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To Sandy Springs and Old Cross Keys
By Sharon Steele-Smith, August 20, 2008
1. To Sandy Springs and Old Cross Keys Marker
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To Sandy Springs and Old Cross Keys. . Schofield's 23rd A.C., the first of the Federal forces to cross the Chattahoochee River at Isom's Ferry on July 8, remained on this ridge from July 8 to 17, 1864. On the 17th the corps began its march to make contact with McPherson's Army of the Tennessee at Old Cross Keys. Cox's (3d) followed by Hascall's (2d) division took the road (Mount Vernon) to Sandy Springs Camp Ground, one mile northeast. . . To present a wider corps front to the southeast, Hascall's division detoured (via Long Island Drive) to Mount Paran Road, where it camped at or near the Burdett farm that night - moving ahead northeast the next day to join Cox on the Cross Keys road. . This historical marker was erected in 1954 by Georgia Historical Commission. It is in Sandy Springs in Fulton County Georgia
Schofield's 23rd A.C., the first of the Federal forces to cross the Chattahoochee River at Isom's Ferry on July 8, remained on this ridge from July 8 to 17, 1864. On the 17th the corps began its march to make contact with McPherson's Army of the Tennessee at Old Cross Keys. Cox's (3d) followed by Hascall's (2d) division took the road (Mount Vernon) to Sandy Springs Camp Ground, one mile northeast.
To present a wider corps front to the southeast, Hascall's division detoured (via Long Island Drive) to Mount Paran Road, where it camped at or near the Burdett farm that night - moving ahead northeast the next day to join Cox on the Cross Keys road.
Erected 1954 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 060-9.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society series list.
Location. 33° 54.995′ N, 84° 23.815′ W. Marker is in Sandy Springs, Georgia, in Fulton County. Marker is at the intersection
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of Mount Vernon Highway and Heards Ferry Road, on the left when traveling west on Mount Vernon Highway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 320 Mount Vernon Highway NW, Atlanta GA 30328, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. 23d A.C. to Decatur (approx. ¼ mile away); The History of the City of Sandy Springs, Georgia (approx. 0.8 miles away); Sandy Springs United Methodist Church Historic Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Sandy Springs (approx. 0.9 miles away); Gen. J. D. Cox's Div. To Old Cross Keys (approx. 1.3 miles away); 4th & 23d A.C. Advance (approx. 1.4 miles away); Isom's Ferry (approx. 1½ miles away); Hascall's Div. Camped (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sandy Springs.
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In this week's Torah portion, there is the commandment to appoint a king. It is only mentioned here, not previously in the Torah, and it is phrased in an unusual way.
The Torah then goes on to lay down conditions. He mustn't have too many wives (in case they distract him), or too many horses (lest he take people down to Egypt in search of more wealth), and he should always be subject to the Torah and not "above the law".
The question is whether monarchy is a necessary requirement of halacha. If so, why did Samuel get so angry when the people asked him to appoint a king? The usual reply is that the motive was wrong. Samuel argued that having God as the Supreme King was enough. Why want a human figurehead? Yet here in the Torah it says very clearly that even if the motive is the most non-Jewish motive of wanting to imitate pagan nations round about, they may still go ahead.
Actually, the motive of wanting to be like the other nations is relevant here specifically. The issue then becomes simply one of self-defense. They felt that having a supreme military commander might help them deal with the outside world better. Of course after the Saul failure it worked for awhile, but then descended into petty rivalry after Solomon. So why do we want to see King David and a monarchy restored?
I think it is just nostalgia, the dream of a time when we controlled our own destiny and King David was the boss and no one else. But now? I do not approve of the hereditary monarchy and would not want to see one. Either Elijah will come and decide we don't need the monarchy or I will have to change my mind.


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Q: How to use digital signature in jsrsasign.js with Chinese Character? I need to interface with third-party organizations. They need to add a digital signature to the data and put it in the request header.
I found that jsrsasign.js could be helpful so I am using that to do the digital signature, but always with the wrong result.

my code:
import { RSAKey, KEYUTIL, KJUR, hex2b64 } from 'jsrsasign'
export function signature (url) {
  // 创建RSAKey对象
  var rsa = new RSAKey()
  let k = '-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----x-----END PRIVATE KEY-----'
  // 将密钥转码
  rsa = KEYUTIL.getKey(k)
  // 创建Signature对象,设置签名编码算法
  var sig = new KJUR.crypto.Signature({'alg': 'SHA256withRSA'})
  // 初始化
  sig.init(rsa)
  console.log('***url***', url)
  // 传入待加密字符串
  sig.updateString(url)
  // 生成密文
  var sign = hex2b64(sig.sign())
  console.log('**sign**', sign)
  return sign
}

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"Logistics" today, my Delivery, and Loc8 Codes
I am astonished that some so-called "logistics" companies are wasting time and money when there are easy technology options to help them get their job done. Last Wednesday I got an unintelligible voice mail at 2.30pm from someone who didn't identify himself. I was expecting a delivery from Imagine (more about this in a later post) and guessed from his accent and background noise that he was driving a van at the time he called - he must be from Imagine's "logistics" company.
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I called him back at about 4.30. He told me that he had called to find out where my address was. He was in the South Dublin area and wanted to deliver my package - but now he was on his way home and would not make the delivery. Imagine had told me that I would get a call from their "logistics" company to arrange a time for delivery. While I missed his call by two hours, I was at work and would not have been at home to accept the delivery anyway. Why did Imagine tell me one thing, and the "logistics" company do another?
The package (a Wimax box) was delivered on Saturday - I got a call from the "logistics" company van driver that he was in Dún Laoghaire and he wanted to deliver the package. I gave him directions and he was here in minutes - package delivered three days after first call. I noticed that his van did not have any markings on it - he is clearly an owner-driver (Man with a Van) trying to make a living. But - this so-called "logistics" company (Imagine's description, not mine) needs to get with the times.
Did this Man and his Van ever hear of a map? Shouldn't someone who does deliveries invest in a Sat Nav? He had to make two phone calls to find my address - I know phone calls are cheap, but surely this is adding to his costs (which ultimately I as a customer have to pay for)? Could Imagine not provide him with at least a map printed out that pin-points my address? After all - Imagine did provide my exact name and address, it was printed on the package cover.
Another possibility - use Loc8 codes.
Loc8 Codes were developed by GPS Ireland in 2006 and are now used with Garmin Sat Navs (just like they use post codes in the UK). John Kennedy, writing in the Silicon Republic, reporting back in July that an All-Ireland digital address code system goes live writes that the new Loc8 code "provides precise address information...and will be invaluable to businesses that need to deliver products and services across the island". This new system references map data from Ordnance Survey Ireland and Land and Property Services Northern Ireland, and has been developed by Cork-based company Loc8 Code Ltd in collaboration with Garmin Europe. For example, the Loc8 code that I use for NCI in my email signatures is NN5-10-VP7 (click on the code link to see how it works). You can even have separate Loc8 codes for different parts of a building, eg one for the front door, and another for deliveries at the back. Time for all "logistics" companies and every Man with a Van to modernize. I predict Loc8 codes will change the way we do deliveries in Ireland - and not before time too.
Brian O'Donovan (BOD) 26 October 2010 at 09:47:00 GMT+1
Loc8 codes are a proprietary system of post codes owned by a private company. Although it is quite easy to reverse engineer the algorithm they use to generate the codes they don't publish it and in fact they seem to suggest that it is not permissible to use loc8 codes without paying a license fee to them. A much better system exists for the last few centuries and is known as latitude,longitude. All major mapping sites and GPS providers support input of Latitude/longitude.
Dr Eugene O'Loughlin 26 October 2010 at 09:56:00 GMT+1
Hi Brian - thanks for the comment. True about Lat/Long - if you have an interest in this area check out the marvelous book "Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time" by Dava Sobel. I reviewed this book in a previous post:
http://eoloughlin.blogspot.com/2010/05/book-review-longitude-by-dava-sobel.html
We'll have to wait and see if Loc8 takes off - I believe it will, but it may need a big helping hand from Dept of Environment.
Anonymous 26 October 2010 at 21:12:00 GMT+1
Why not use An Post's GeoDirectory? An Post are going to know where all the houses are.
Good point - An Post have a number/code for every house in the country. But we need something easy to use - a unified system that everybody understands. Whatever is used, I hope that it catches on soon.
garydubh 28 October 2010 at 19:34:00 GMT+1
Loc8 Code naturally enjoys copyright like many other things and as such is protected from reverse engineering as suggested.
There is no cost to any individual using a Loc8 Code - all new popular Garmin SatNavs have Loc8 already included. There is a samll cost for updating older devices - this reflects the related cost to the parties involved (Loc8 Code is a small Private Company covering its development and setup costs)
Loc8 is currently a commercial system - if it became a National System a different financial model would obviously be appropriate.
There is a Loc8 Code already for every entry in the GeoDirectory - Loc8 Codes are Lat/long or Grid References in any easy to use format
Lat/Long cannot be used as a postcode:
1. because it can be sourced from multiple public sources of varying accuracy causing confusion and variable results
2. because in comes in 3 different formats and 2 different quandrant representation formats, causing great confusion for the untrained. Research by Loc8 Code over 2 years showed that the untrained user will make Lat/long in one format fit into another resulting in large destination errors.
3. You need at least 13 Lat/long Characters to express a location to better than 10m accuracy
4. There is no error checking capability in Lat/long
5. If you get the Lat wrong and the Long short you may set out for Maynooth but end up in Madagascar!!!
The designer of Loc8 Codes is an experienced Surveyor/navigator and has a MSc Degree in Navigation and positioning with particular interest in coordinates - so you can assume that he has considered all the options.
Loc8 Code recently won Geographic Industry Project of the year from IRLOGI.
Loc8 will shortly also be available from multiple other manufacturers. Many business already have Loc8 Codes on their websites - for which there is no cost.
Lots more info here: http://www.loc8code.com/help
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ACLU to Argue That the Poor Have a Right to Counsel
DETROIT – In a case of national importance, the Supreme Court will hear arguments from the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today that a state law is unconstitutional because it prevents poor people from getting legal representation in the appeal of most guilty plea cases. Michigan is the only state in the nation that does not allow judges to appoint lawyers and to deny attorneys in such circumstances.
"We are hopeful that the Supreme Court will reaffirm the important principle that poor people should have the same access to justice in this country as those who can afford attorneys," said Kary Moss, Executive Director of the Michigan ACLU. "Many indigent criminal defendants have not graduated high school and simply do not have the ability to navigate the legal system without a lawyer."
In 2000, the Michigan llegislature enacted a statute forbidding the appointment of counsel to represent indigent people in appeals of a sentence or conviction in guilty plea cases except in very limited circumstances such as when the prosecutor appeals. Both the trial court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit struck down the law as violating indigent defendants' equal protection rights.
Chief Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr., writing for the majority for the Sixth Circuit, said, "Michigan's statute creates unequal access . . . to the first part of the appellate system. . . . [The law's] effect is to create a different opportunity for access to the appellate system based upon indigency."
David Moran, the ACLU of Michigan cooperating attorney and law professor at Wayne State University in Detroit, who will be arguing the case (Kowalski v. Tesmer) said, "Michigan attempted to do something radical that no other state has done in 40 years take away the right of poor people to have the same access to the Court of Appeals that wealthy people enjoy. Our constitutional system recognizes that unrepresented defendants run a much higher risk of wrongful imprisonment."
While Michigan is the only state to abolish the right to appellate counsel in most guilty plea cases, twenty-one states signed on to a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Michigan. Many of these states may follow Michigan's example if the Supreme Court upholds the Michigan law. There are over a thousand requests for counsel in guilty plea cases every year in Michigan most of them alleging errors in sentencing.
In addition to Professor Moran, the challengers to the law are represented by ACLU of Michigan General Counsel Mark Granzotto, ACLU of Michigan Legal Director Michael J. Steinberg and National ACLU Legal Director Stephen R. Shapiro. Several organizations, including the American Bar Association, have filed briefs in support of the ACLU's position.
Monday is the opening day of the term for the U.S. Supreme Court. For a preview of important civil liberty issues to be addressed this term, see http://www.aclu.org/court/court.cfm?ID=16611&c=286
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Fornasetti's Multiplette cycling frieze, produced for Cole & Son, harks back to the glory days of Italian cycling in the early twentieth-century.
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With LOADS of fresh parsley this week I was excited to make a sauce that I could freeze and/or keep in the fridge a bit longer than the fresh herbs would survive. After browsing through several recipes I landed on this one that was an equal ratio of basil to parsley. I'm going to keep my post short and sweet tonight as I head to the couch for some solid relaxation time. Happy to have this simple and easy pesto in my Pantry Portfolio now!
Your pesto sounds amazing, and such a lovely combination. Have a lovely weekend Deb.
Thank you! Any tips for what I can do with the leftover pesto I have?
I'd toss it with some pasta, feta cheese, black olives and walnuts or some other nuts. YUM!
Yum indeed! Thank you for the idea.


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Several former members of the M23 who were confined to the military camp at Bihamba, some 380 km southwest of Kampala, were forced early morning to return the DRC during a repatriation operation.
According to the president of the M23, Bertrand Bisimwa, the Ugandan army had attempted to use force, the approximately 1,300 former combatants fleeing the DRC during the collapse of their rebellion in November 2013.
A Ugandan military source confirmed this, adding that the operation had encountered "resistance" and that many ex M23 combatants had been shot.
President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni announced that he would grant the status of 'political refugee' to all former M23 rebels remaining on its territory after 12th December.
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My Own Private Kessel Run (Portland to Los Angeles)
During the eighties and nineties, I spent a hell of a lot of time driving from Los Angeles to Portland. I made the exhausting long haul at least once a month and it was always generally related to some sort of writing work, stand-up comedy work or both. Only on very few occasions was I lucky enough to have a production company flit the bill and fly me down. The results of these trips are unimportant. After all, don't they keep reminding us, it's about the journey and not the destination? To me, the exhausting drive became sort of a challenge. How fast can I do this and how many vehicles will I go through to best my personal record? Han Solo did the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. If parsecs happened to be hours and the Kessel Run was roughly the exact same distance as Los Angeles from Portland, I had a shot.
I had made the exact same run several times in the mid-seventies, but things had changed since the days of Discos and the Pet Rock. Back then it seemed the trip took an entire 24 hours of 55 miles per hour traveling, a maximum speed imposed by then President Jimmy Carter. Sure, there were a few spots of freeway that you could open it up, but it was not until the rescinding of Carter's maximum speed by Ronald Reagan that I was able to dream of competing with Han Solo's record.
First things first, divide and conquer was my rule on this run. Break it up to into fueling, eating and restroom stops. Keep in mind, the adult diaper had yet to be invented, so there was no cheating. Portland to Ashland is generally considered to be 4 ½ to 5 hours. Dedicate yourself to making it in 4. This is harder in Oregon as the State PoPo are a bit harder on enforcing the limit than their CA brothers. Top off the tank and drive the 2 hours (really more like 2 hour and 22 minutes) to Redding CA. Now, if you leave Portland by 6 am, you should arrive in Redding just in time for lunch at In and Out Burger.
Hint. When passing through the infamous fruit inspection station shortly after arriving in CA, when asked if you are carrying any fruits or vegetables, do not, I repeat do not, whisper to the guard that you have the heir to the Safeway Supermarket fortune bound and gagged in trunk. If you insist on doing so, you will need to make up some serious time later.
Burn about an hour for lunch. You earned it. And, if you play your cards right, you should only be one hour off schedule. Trust me, you can make it up later.
From Red Bluff to Sacramento is your first chance to make up some time. Traffic generally flows a bit faster as you are now in the Golden State. You're going to need it because Sacramento to Stockton is a cluster fuck of congestion. 49 minutes 6am on a Sunday. Not today, you are hitting it about 3 pm. Be patient, it will all be over soon.
Stockton to LA – 5 hours and 4 minutes
Here's your chance to demonstrate some real skills. This thing opens up once you past the Westley Rest Area at the junction of 505. Once you pass that gas station on the bluff, open it up to what drivers in Montana affectionately refer to as, "reasonable and prudent." Watch out for extreme boredom. This can be the killer part of the tip where every landscape looks very much the same. Lesser drivers have been known to become clinically insane, pulling off onto the closest rest area, ditching all of their clothing, and racing naked through California Poppies. And be sure and roll up your windows and crank up the air conditioning at Harris Cattle Ranch if you want to live.
In only a couple of hours you will arrive at the Grapevine, my wife's personal nemesis and the gateway to southern CA. As steep as the Matterhorn, this stretch of freeway literally climbs up into the clouds and has witnessed more deaths than the entire Civil War.
If you're extremely lucky, you may even sport your first celebrity. On my first drive, I happened to spot Optimus Prime, the Transformer, disguised as a semi-truck hauling tomatoes. No time for autographs as I had already reached the summit and was now racing downhill and through the seventeen fir trees that make up the entire Los Angeles Forest. Do not tarry at the historic wilderness to count the buried bodies, you're almost at your destination. All you need to do is get past Magic Mountain, the Budweiser Brewery and you're in the valley. Congratulations. You made it. Why, you're practically a Cannonballer.
My best time was 14 hours and 45 minutes, arriving just before sunset. My worst time. Well, let's just say I was a bit older, the car smaller, and when I stepped out after the thousand mile plus trip, I possessed the posture of a 1960's John Carradine.
Cheers. .
In 1981, J.P. Linde co-wrote and appeared in a one-man comedy show titled "Casually Insane." Shortly after, he joined the ranks of stand-up comedy and performed in clubs and colleges throughout the United States and Canada. In 1989, he made his national television debut on "Showtime's Comedy Club Network." He wrote the libretto for the musical comedy "Wild Space A Go Go" and co-wrote and co-produced the feature motion picture, "Axe to Grind." "Son of Ravage" is his second novel.


We had a rainy weekend, but Brooklyn is lovely even when wet.
This the blog circle's final week on this theme! Please be sure to browse the blog circle, starting with the lovely Cheryl Chriss Sawyer's take on black and white.
I had a wonderful afternoon walking, talking, and shooting photos — and enjoying a little wine — with some lovely photographers in the P52 Blog Circle. We roamed some of New York City's most beautiful architecture, including Grand Central Terminal and the New York Public Library.
They're part of an amazing group of women who post once a week, exploring different themes each month. This month's theme is black and white. You can start the circle with the amazing work of my co-conspirators this afternoon: Linda Hooper and Justine Knight.
At last, the snow arrived! Two of the great things about living in Brooklyn: We have no car to dig out of the snow, and we have an easy walk to one of the most gorgeous parks in the world. All of Brooklyn seemed to be out on Long Meadow on Saturday. B. and I went sledding — the first time for both of us! We had an amazing time. A truly memorable day.
This is our blog circle's second week exploring black and white photography. The circle is comprised of a group of incredibly talented photographers and wonderful people that I'm delighted to call friends. You can start it with Kennedy Tinsley's beautiful work.
This month, our blog circle begins a new theme: Black and white photography. The circle is an amazing group of photographers — and wonderful friends — who explore a different theme each month by posting once a week. You can start the blog circle with Stacey Leece Vukelj's beautiful photography, also in NYC.


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This Is Us: Riotvan | Peter Invasion & Panthera Krause
A refreshing combination of undeniable quality and wide-ranging music policy. The Leipzig-based Riotvan record label, headed by Peter Invasion & Panthera Krause, is a wonderful place of genre-altering diversity, tied together with an unmistakable string of easy-going family vibes.
..And those are the kind of vibes we can appreciate most in a record label! With an emphasis on quality outings, Riotvan carries all the hall marks of an outside the box institution. Headed by Peter Invasion and Panthera Krause, the label operates with a diverse potency that lures you in with an unstoppable gravitation pull. Its catalogue graciously moves between new wave and heavy synth aesthetics, over to tropical and cinematic house, working together with a close group of label friends like Llewellyn, Jennifer Touch and Chinaski.
Fresh from releasing Jennifer Touch's second artist EP on the label, and hosting their first label night at Offenbach's legendary Robert Johnson, we reached out to Markus and Robert and invited them to share the ins and outs surrounding the latest release, Riotvan showcase at RJ, upcoming stuff and Riotvan the record label. Next to that, they delivered an high energy mix of upcoming and favourite material, showcasing their broad style of musical influences aimed at vibe-y dance floors.
Welcome Markus and Robert, good having you here! How have you been, and where do we find both of you today?
We had some sunny days so we're doing good, hanging in our new studio/office in the western part of Leipzig.
Markus, you initially started Riotvan as a Leipzig-based party series. Can you tell us a little on how the whole idea of Riotvan the record label came into play and how it developed from there?
Peter Invasion: Riotvan started in 2006 as a series of parties mostly in Leipzig. I was pretty young, 17 or 18 and wanted to bring some artists like Mr. Oizo or the guys from Keinemusik to Leipzig to name but a few – to have a good time and connect likeminded people. Over the time this led to a crew of people being involved and eventually Riotvan also became a booking agency for the artists that have been a part of the parties since day one: Good Guy Mikesh, Filburt, Lake People, to name just a few. One of the main reasons for the start of the label was to release the music by Here Is Why, the new wave and synth pop band I was part of together with Good Guy Mikesh, my girlfriend Linda and Florian. We wanted to have full control over every aspect of the release and the only way to ensure it was to start our own label in 2012.
Stylistically, the label's output is really diverse, ranging from new wave and heavy synth aesthetics to tropical and cinematic house. Tell us a little about the impetus behind this variety?
Peter Invasion: You're right, we are not a typical House Label. As I said Riotvan started as a Party crew and the music we played was a mix of different styles – from Indie to Rave, from House to Wave, to whatever. It's the same for the label. I like to play a lot of songs in my sets and it's like doing a selection for it – It doesn't matter if it's Disco or House or anything else. In the end it's important for us, that the music has a vibe, that touches us and we choose the music for your releases in that same way. In the same way we choose the releases of Riotvan. Riotvan is more an Indie label focused on the dance floor, which tries to work away from typical categories. But to be honest all of this happens unconscious. Ha Ha. It's a passion!
I've to say, I'm really enjoying the familial vibes Riotvan brings forward as a label. You work closely with a tight knit of artists like Llewellyn, Jennifer Touch and Chinaski. How important is this for the vision you've with the label?
Yes, it's significant for us to have a close connection to the artists. This idea of a tight knit community in the heart of the label is very important for us. It has developed, that we need a really good connection to the people we work with. All in all the vision for the label is to release music we love, get in touch with people and artists and see, what happens. The story isn't new, but that's why we're doing this every day. It's fun to push things forward, make new friends and to do what we love.
Since 2017 the label's distribution is done by Muting The Noise. Can you give us some inside on how that relationship came to be? And what did working with the Muting The Noise crew mean for Riotvan?
Before Muting the Noise, we worked together with a big distribution but it doesn't work out for us and especially not for the music. To be part of a huge distribution with 100 releases a week is not the best idea for a a small label, that is focused on a very special niche. We've known Muting The Noise for their style and their high quality output for a long time. Alex from Kann Records connected us to the MTN-Heads.
We've sent a email and only one day later the answer was: "Yes, let's do this! We're big fans of Riotvan." It was the best decision – It's super familial we have an open and straightforward relation and they understand, what we do. United we stand, divided we… Ahhh that's to philosophic, we really love these guys!
This month we'll see Jennifer Touch return on Riotvan for the release of her new 12". Titled "Chemistry", what will we find on her second record for the label?
Expect two splendid songs of Jennifers unique style. "Chemistry" stirringly showcases the state of Jennifer's artistic progression. Within the whole retro-mania of '80s induced club music, you rarely find an artist being as deeply immersed in the affective reverberation of old synthesizers, as her. She literally bleeds her heart into these bars of Postpunk- and Wave-kissed dreariness. The subsequent Llewellyn remix of "Chemistry", as much as the closing adaption of "DDD-1" by Fabrizio Mammarella, are honouring the originals by taking in almost everything of the source material.
You hosted your very first Riotvan night at the legendary Robert Johnson last month – exciting stuff! Tell us a little about your own experiences at Offenbach, and about the night itself?
For us Robert Johnson always was more than just a club. The concept of hosting parties, exhibitions and having workshops all in the same place is not new but they do it in a different, really inspiring way. And they break with the stereotype of clubs just being dark dance floors or a bold written line up – only focused on the essential – no frills. Also the Graphic Design and the label behind the club are so unique. It was a big honor and even bigger fun for us to host a complete night there and spread some Riotvan vibes / show our Riotvan style with the poster Panthera made for this special party. Thanks again to Ata and Oli for the invitation! And not to forget: 20 of our lovely friends from Leipzig and Berlin joined us in Offenbach so we had a unforgettable good time.
The artwork for Riotvan is done by a variety of different graphic designers. Tell us a little about that decision, who you're working with at the moment and how important the visual aspect of the artwork is for you guys.
The visual imprint of a record for us is truly a matter dear to our hearts. – I bought so many records cause of the artwork. For us, every release is a piece of art and the design of course is a big part of it. We like to work together with different graphic designers and give us and them the possibility to show their style. artists like Jennifer and Panthera are doing the artwork for their releases by their own and for them it's also a way of expression and creating the whole release as an artwork itself.
In the past the idea of establishing an own CI for Riotvan was a hot topic we discussed a lot, but in the end we found that with all the different artworks that all the different and amazing artists contribute for each party or release or whatever – we already have that CI for the label right there.
I've heard you're working on your debut EP, Markus! How is that going, and what else is coming up for you personally?
Peter Invasion: The track I'm releasing is a song I made together with my longtime-friend Florian aka Gregor Habicht. It will be out end of April on the 5 years compilation of the Leipzig-based club Institut fuer Zukunft. We really have a history of working and making music together and did so in several bands like Here Is Why and my former Indie-Band The Plectrons. He's super talented and of my best friends that I already know for over 17 years. We've been back in the studio for a really long time and we made this track in unbelievable 2 sessions.
It's super funny, because we wrote this song unwitting with a lot of elements from the past. There is real guitar, real drums, analog synthesizers in it and it continuous our story as Indie-Kids, who finally discover the spirit of electronic music. I also work on my first EP, but we'll see what will happen in the next few months. No pressure!
You had some great gigs to start of the year with, Robert – playing at Panorama Bar and Institut Fuer Zukunft – next to you working on your first album. Tell us a little about your experiences there, and how are you liking your first encounter with the LP format?
Panthera Krause: Yeees, I had kind of a perfect start into 2019. I must admit that playing Institut für Zukunft wasn't exactly a walk in the park after a heavy NYE (haha) but still it was fun to start my set at 5 pm in front of such a motivated audience and lots of friends. And the same goes for Panoramabar. It was my 3rd time there playing my live set and I'm still overwhelmed by the easiness of this place. At the moment I'm working on my first solo album. Together with my former band Marbert Rocel I've recorded 5 albums so I have a bit of experiences, I thought. But it's something total different to make all the decisions by your own and to find a way through all the sketches. It's a permanent process of looking for ways to express all the ideas and visions working in me. I enjoy this time but it's good to have a deadline otherwise i would work on this for ages.
What can you tell us about the label mix you've made for us – where is it recorded, some special tracks you would like to mention, atmosphere, etc.
Panthera Krause: We recorded the mix at our Riotvan headquarter – a combination of my studio and our office. By Beginning of the year we moved into a house in the west of Leipzig, where a lot of creative workers and artists like Credit 00, Map.Ache, Warm Graves or the guys from Can't Decide clothing found a new home. Our mix shows a the variety of music we like to play – a bit indie, a bit disco but always focused on the dance floor.
Peter Invasion: For us it was important to feature some tracks of friends like the first solo track of our long time companion Reznik from Keinemusik and to show some new music from Riotvan like The Fabrizio Marmarella Remix for Jennifer Touch and a track of the upcoming EP of Panthera Krause. And you can find the track by Florian and me in this set. Excited!
What else is on the horizon for Riotvan – will we see some new faces appear on the label in the nearby future for instance?
Suprise, surprise! Haha! We are curious about upcoming releases from Panthera himself. He will release a 2 track EP in April and his album after the summer. Llewellyn will come back with an EP in June and yes, new faces will appear. But we don't want to reveal too much. 🙂 Besides the releases we are preparing a big birthday party for Riotvan in May at Institut für Zukunft and working on the label structure in our new place. Save is: good times ahead!
Grab your copy of Chemistry via Muting The Noise and Bandcamp.
ChinaskiJennifer TouchLlewellynPanthera KrausePeter InvasionRiotvanThis Is Us
Premiere: Jennifer Touch – Chemistry (Llewellyn's Retouch) [Riotvan]
Premiere: Marlon Hoffstadt – Lost In A Feed [Midnight Themes]
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Q: checkbox disable/enable inquiry using javascript function I'm fairly new to JavaScript and I have been Googling all day for this but I only found how to enable and disable one textbox using one checkbox. I tweaked the code a bit to work with what I want and here is what I got.  I'm thinking of instructing JS function to follow only the id of the checkbox, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it.
Here is my code:
JavaScript
 <script>
 function enableText(checked){
     if(!checked){
         document.getElementById('sel1').disabled = true;
         document.getElementById('txt1').disabled = false;
     }
     else{
         document.getElementById('sel1').disabled = false;
         document.getElementById('txt1').disabled = true;
     }
 }
 function enableText(checked){
     if(!checked){
         document.getElementById('sel2').disabled = true;
         document.getElementById('txt2').disabled = false;
     }
     else{
         document.getElementById('sel2').disabled = false;
         document.getElementById('txt2').disabled = true;
     }
 }
 </script>

HTML
 <form name=sr2 method=post>
      <select name="pt" id="sel1">
           <option>test</option>
      </select>

      <input type="checkbox" name="cb1" checked="checked" onclick="enableText(this.checked)">
      Others

      <input type="text" name="pt" id="txt1" disabled="disabled">

      <select name="dept" id="sel2">
           <option>test</option>
      </select>

      <input type="checkbox" name="cb2" onclick="enableText(this.checked)"  checked="checked">
      Others

      <input type="text" name="dept" id="txt2" disabled="disabled">
 </form>

My question is how can I set the function in js to instruct cb1 to only enable txt1 and disable sel1 and cb2 to only enable txt2 and disable sel2?  My code works but, for some reason, it enables txt1 and txt2 and disables sel1 and sel2 at the same time.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

A: You have created two functions with the same name: enableText. Simplifying your code:
function enableText(checked, index){
     var sel = true, txt = false;

     if(checked) {
         sel = false;
         txt = true;
     }

     document.getElementById('sel' + index).disabled = sel;
     document.getElementById('txt' + index).disabled = txt;
}

And in your HTML:
onclick="enableText(this.checked, 1)"

And change the 2nd parameter for the next items.
A second version of your function with ternaries, but with the same purpose:
function enableText(checked, index) {
     document.getElementById('sel' + index).disabled = (checked ? false : true);
     document.getElementById('txt' + index).disabled = (checked ? true : false);
}


Pasture forage is the ideal meal for most cattle, as it contains all the nutrients they need to thrive. Unfortunately, a lush field of grass isn't always available. When drought conditions or other factors limit pasture supply, ranchers can supplement their cattle's diet with a variety of other edibles.
Hay is usually the farmer's next best choice for cow feed after pasture. There are three types of hay used to feed cattle: grass, legume and cereal grain straw. Timothy grass and bluegrass are among the most common hays in the United States, although there are a handful of others used in certain regions, according to Hobby Farms. Popular legume hays include alfalfa and clover, while material from oat plants are preferred among grain straws. Economics are a big concern for farmers, so they chose hay based on current price as well as nutritional value and digestibility.
Cows with limited pasture continue to gain weight and produce milk by eating grain in addition to pasture. Farmers use mixtures of corn, oats and soybean meal later in the season as natural forage declines, according to Cattle Today. Grains are not friendly to the bovine digestive system and are not an ideal source of food for cattle, but they may be the most economical option if hay is scarce. Grain-heavy diets are often supplemented with green by-products from factories, as well as protein supplements.
While many people rely on cows as a source of protein in their diet, cattle rely on their vegetarian meals to meet the same nutritional requirement. A healthy pasture provides all the protein that cows require. Scant pasture as well as hay or grain diets should be augmented with additional protein. Protein supplements allow farmers to feed cows a diet consisting of up to 70 percent more low-quality hay without a significant decline in health, according to Mother Earth News.
While augmenting a cow's diet with hay, grain and supplements produces adequate results, many farmers also try to increase the productivity of their available pasture. Increasing the supply of fresh forage is the best way to encourage meat and milk production cows. Identifying the types of grass in the pasture and planting seeds from more productive species is only the first step. Farmers also apply fertilizers to keep the soil rich in basic nutrients as well as trace minerals. They also manage their cattle's grazing by sectioning off parts of the pasture and moving cows once they've eaten about half of the available grass, according to Progressive Forage Grower Magazine.
What Is in Hog Feeds?
What Is Wyoming's Ranking in Cattle Ranching?
What Would Happen If Bees Became Extinct?


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package shark.memstore2

import shark.LogHelper

/*
 * Enumerations and static helper functions for caches supported by Shark.
 */
object CacheType extends Enumeration with LogHelper {

  /*
   * The CacheTypes:
   * - MEMORY: Stored in memory and on disk (i.e., cache is write-through). Persistent across Shark
   *           sessions. By default, all such tables are reloaded into memory on restart.
   * - MEMORY_ONLY: Stored only in memory and dropped at the end of each Shark session.
   * - TACHYON: A distributed storage system that manages an in-memory cache for sharing files and
                RDDs across cluster frameworks.
   * - NONE: Stored on disk (e.g., HDFS) and managed by Hive.
   */
  type CacheType = Value
  val MEMORY, MEMORY_ONLY, TACHYON, NONE = Value

  def shouldCache(c: CacheType): Boolean = (c != NONE)

  /** Get the cache type object from a string representation. */
  def fromString(name: String): CacheType = {
    if (name == null || name == "" || name.toLowerCase == "false") {
      NONE
    } else if (name.toLowerCase == "true") {
      MEMORY
    } else {
      try {
        if (name.toUpperCase == "HEAP") {
          // Interpret 'HEAP' as 'MEMORY' to ensure backwards compatibility with Shark 0.8.0.
          logWarning("The 'HEAP' cache type name is deprecated. Use 'MEMORY' instead.")
          MEMORY
        } else {
          // Try to use Scala's Enumeration::withName() to interpret 'name'.
          withName(name.toUpperCase)
        }
      } catch {
        case e: java.util.NoSuchElementException => throw new InvalidCacheTypeException(name)
      }
    }
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  class InvalidCacheTypeException(name: String)
    extends Exception("Invalid string representation of cache type: '%s'".format(name))
}

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The Jamieson Museum, housed in the old Jamieson Courthouse, is maintained by the Jamieson and District Historical Society and is open on weekends between Melbourne Cup weekend and Easter.
Jamieson is a quaint, historic town in the Victorian High Country. It was well known in the late 1800's for gold mining and had many bars, bakeries and even two breweries with a lively community.


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Atlantipedia
An A-Z Guide To The Search For Plato's Atlantis
I have now published my new book, Joining The Dots, which offers a fresh look at the Atlantis mystery. I have addressed the critical questions of when, where and who, using Plato's own words, tempered with some critical thinking and a modicum of common sense.Read More »
Divine Twins
Papamarinopoulos, Stavros
Deucalion, Flood of
Hyksos
Ancient Astronauts
Cart-Ruts of Malta
Panchaea
Bronze Age Collapse
Velikovsky, Immanuel
Mather, Cotton
Castellani, Vittorio
Emiliani, Cesare (L)
Cesare Emiliani (1922-1995) was b orn in Bologna, Italy and is often referred to as the founder of paleoceanography. In 1975, at the University of Miami, Emiliani reported measuring deep-sea cores, taken from the Gulf of Mexico, that demonstrated a shockingly rapid rise of about 325 feet in the world's sea level — a rate of metres per decade — around 11,600 years ago. When he remarked casually that this was exactly the time Plato had given for the fall of Atlantis his offhand remark was met with severe comments from his peers.
In conversation with Peter Tompkins he suggested that putative Atlantis sites such as the Azores, Spain and locations off the East Coast of the United States could all have been part of the Atlantean empire[802.193].
Emiliani was the translator of Zdenek Kukal's book Atlantis in the Light of Modern Research (Earth Science Reviews Vol.21).
Tagged Atlantis, Azores, Cesare Emiliani., Gulf of Mexico, Peter Tompkins, Plato, Sea level changes, Spain, Zdenek Kukal
Copyright © Tony O'Connell


Every Fall semester, the ICN strives to bring graduate students a Professional Development seminar. The ICN prepares these seminars to focus on helping graduate students develop essential skills that may not be found elsewhere.
Every Spring semester, the ICN strives to bring graduate students a Interdisciplinary Development seminar. The ICN prepares these seminars to address the challenging agenda in the hopes of strengthening our understanding of the hurdles to interdisciplinary research and the means by which others have made it past these obstacles.


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Q: How to nest objects in DesignProperties.DataContext through XAML? I have a WPF application, and in the main window's XAML, I have the following:
<d:DesignProperties.DataContext>
    <viewModels:MainWindowViewModel
        IsProcessCanvasVisible="False"
        IsBrowseButtonVisible="True"
         />
    <!-- TODO Bind "Processes" for design time test -->
</d:DesignProperties.DataContext>

My TODO there points to the missing part. This viewModel has a property called Processes, which is a List<Process>.
I would like to instantiate some elements through XAML so I can work with the bindings in design time. I wanted to do this in XAML in order to keep the design-time bindings to its declarative nature. (Creating fake classes just for design time didn't look good to me.)
Can this be done? If so, how?

A: Actually you can easily create objects within xaml.
This should work:
<viewModels:MainWindowViewModel
    IsProcessCanvasVisible="False"
    IsBrowseButtonVisible="True"
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  <viewModels:MainWindowViewModel.ProcessList>
      <Process ... />
  </viewModels:MainWindowViewModel.ProcessList>

But you might struggle about the List< Process > within xaml. So create a type inheriting from List< Process > and use this type in you viewmodel


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VENICE, Italy — George Clooney's "Suburbicon" has a timely subplot — based both on present times and a 1957 incident — about racism in white America. That subplot, however, resounded deeply during the Venice Film Festival press conference for the film, which stars Matt Damon and Julianne Moore.
"I was watching a lot of speeches on the campaign trail about building fences and scapegoating minorities and I started looking around at other times in our history when we've unfortunately fallen back into these things," said Clooney, talking about how the pic germinated.
While casting around for story ideas, Clooney found a 1957 incident that happened in Levittown, Pa., in which an African-American family moved into a suburban development; however, many white residents in the area reacted with violence. Then, while looking to try to make a film out of the Levittown story, he remembered that the Coen brothers had written a script called "Suburbicon," so those two elements were meshed together.
Of course at that stage the Charlottesville, Va., race riots had yet to happen, noted Damon, who in the film plays a bad guy who goes all the way, to an extent that he's "never been able to do so far" in his career.
"When we were filming we obviously could not have predicted the race riots," said Damon. "We weren't literally thinking that race riots would erupt in America right before this came out. But it does speak to the fact that these issues have not, and are not, going away. So there's an honest reckoning in our country."
As to the character Damon plays: "It's kind the definition of white privilege when you are riding around your neighborhood on a bike covered in blood murdering people and the African-American family [who are his neighbors] is getting blamed for it," he said.
Clooney pointed out that the film's very dark tone reflects the anger he sees in the U.S. today.
"If you go to our country…depending on what side of the aisle you sit on, it's probably the angriest I've ever seen it," he noted. "There's a dark cloud hanging over our country right now." But he added: "I'm an optimist…I believe that we will get through all these things…but people are angry; a lot of us are angry."
The "Suburbicon" director also underlined that the film "isn't a movie about Donald Trump. … This is a movie about our coming to terms constantly with the idea that we have never fully addressed our issues with race."
Moore, who plays a double role in the pic, made a clear-cut a statement on the issues being raised by Charlottesville.
"We are living in the United States where people are arguing about removing Confederate monuments: They must be removed," she said. "You simply cannot have these figures from the Civil War in town squares and in universities for our children to see. As a parent and as a citizen I need to be active in the eradication of those, in the re-education of everyone. We have to take responsibility for it."
Clooney joined her on a similar note: "This is something that is really festering right now in the United States: Talking about the Confederate flag, and the Jefferson Davis monument," he noted. "Now, if you want to wear it [a confederate flag] on your T-shirt or if you want to hang it on your front lawn…have at it. But to hang it on a public building where possibly African American tax payers are paying for it — and it's a symbol of hate — that cannot stand."


Bonjourno chicos! I shot another Leeds Guide last week and got up to all sorts of fun stuff.
One feature was shot in House of Fraser, where a Bobby Brown makeup artist made LG sales mentalist Lucy's eyes all smoky.
Looks cool eh? And yeah yeah, I know I spelt smoky wrong on the pic. D'oh.
As I keep repeating, food reviews are my fave part of the whole LG experience, and this issue had loads of em.
First stop, Call's Landing on the Riverside. A fine looking warehouse building that would make an amazing studio flat.
Later I visited one of my fave cantina bars, Sandinista, who aside from making THE BEST Caipiriniha's in Leeds, do all sorts of damn tasty tapas.
Chef man let me nosh this Mediterranean Seafood stew with garlic toasts too. Mmmmmmm.
Not long back I'd visited Sandinista to photograph this cheeky cocktail for the Bartender's Choice feature.
This pokey little number featured Tequila, Cacao & cardamon pods, hence their placement in the pic!
In another recent Bartenders Choice feature I was bizzarely sent to Bargain Booze (a mini supermarket).
With no bartender or cocktail to speak of I was to make nice a bottle of this odd green Bolivian Agwa de Bolivia liqueur. It's apparently made of coca leaf, whose derivative is used to make cocaine, and is drunk as tea in Bolivia & Peru. Though I didn't come across much 'Water of Bolivia' on my travels there. It was all about the egg white 'Pisco Sour', which is the only drink I've drunk that makes your legs paralytic while leaving the rest of you really happy.
Anyhoos – I gathered a few limes and a novelty shot glass & popped it on the shop counter with a bit of off camera flash.
I prefer bartenders choices to look more like this one, shot a while back at the ace cocktail bar Boutique, Leeds.
Understated, soft light, shot on a bartop with off camera flash off the roof.
While digging about for the above pix I found this cool shot from a riverside city flat. Leeds rules.
In another Halloween feature I had to photograph this old chap who does haunted walks.
I met him at his house and we snapped him in his coal cellar looking all haunty.
One flash on the floor in front of him, pointing up, one behind him clipped to that spade handle lighting the back wall.
This restaurant, Dos Amigos, were completely unaware I was coming and had a grumpy chef who refused to cook up.
I'd already had two meals, so can't complain really, and the interior looked cool anyhoos.
This lady delivers organic veggie boxes. She had no boxes to photograph and no uniform or branding for me to snap, so I sat her on her van.
For me Leeds Guide pix are often good practice for getting the most out very little. I really enjoy it, but sometimes wonder why people don't try take advantage of free marketing.
This girl worked in D-Store in The Light and was roped into doing the My Favourite Outfit feature by her boss.
She was really nervous about it, but look how cool and confident she looks!
I'm really pleased with the lighting in this shot, and the backlit sunshine was simply bounced with a silver reflector by my buddy Cris Matthews.
This was another picture I supplied to the Leeds Guide a while back for a feature on local music. I caught it at my Sunday Service night, featuring the excellent David Broad and my fave lamp in the whole world. I bought that shade at Poverty Aid, a repossessions and house clearance place, and it probably lived in some granny's house for years and years. There are many suspicious stains and it lives in my lounge when it ain't Sunday Service.


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F1 Spanish Grand Prix: Come Together
The big controversy of the last week in Formula One was completely overshadowed in less than two hours on Sunday. Red Bull's driver swap dominated conversation from when it was made official last Friday through to the start of the race on Sunday. After a fourth turn collision between the two Mercedes, suddenly that controversy was put on the back burner and a new Mercedes one rose to the forefront.
The other thing that ended the Red Bull controversy? That would be Max Verstappen taking the opportunity that Red Bull handed him and scoring his first victory in Formula One in his first race for Red Bull Racing.
Barcelona F1 Formula One Max Verstappen Red Bull Spain
F1 Power Rankings: Spanish Grand Prix
Four races into the 2016 Formula One World Championship and there is one driver clearly out front of the field. Nico Rosberg has won the first four races of the season and has a near two-race lead over the rest of the field, including teammate Lewis Hamilton. While it's a great run of form, how much longer will it last? We try to answer that in this weekend's F1 Power Rankings.
Barcelona F1 F1 2016 Formula One Power Rankings Spain
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Formula One: 2016 Barcelona 2nd Test Recap
The second of the two-week Formula One pre-season testing program wrapped up last week in Spain at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. As the final preparations for the 2016 World Championship continued, teams switched their focus from speed to locking down any reliability concerns they may have. Some teams were very successful. Others were wondering if the best way to save money was to virtually eliminate all running outside of race weekends.
Barcelona F1 F1 2016 Ferrari Mercedes Spain Testing
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Formula One: 2016 Barcelona 1st Test Recap
The 2016 challengers for the Formula One World Championship turned their first wheels in anger around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for one of two pre-season tests ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. While the whole picture can be gleaned from testing, we probably did somethings in terms of pace and reliability.
F1 Spanish Grand Prix: The Other Guy
For all the passion that the Spanish have for motorsports, they really do have a terrible Grand Prix. The Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona has been absolutely dreadful since they put in the Tilke-chicane in the final sector. They can support four MotoGP races but I'd put it down to high ticket prices and terrible racing as to why Spain can seem to barely support one Formula One Grand Prix.
Anyway, there was a race yesterday in Spain. For the first time this season, Nico Rosberg found his way to both the pole and the top step of the podium as he scored his first win of 2015.
Barcelona F1 F1 2015 Formula One Mercedes Nico Rosberg Spain
After a three-week break, the Formula One circus resumes for the month of May. For the first time this season, the teams will be able to enjoy home cooking just a little bit longer as the European portion of the season begins in Spain.
What will the move to Europe bring? Some new aero upgrades, races starting at a more reasonable time for North American fans and probably more of the same at the head of the field. Until there are some serious changes to the rules formula, we're going to be waiting a long time to see if Mercedes slips.
Formula One: 2014 Barcelona In-Season Test Recap
While the first five races of the season have gone exactly as planned for those who paid attention to the pre-season testing, that doesn't mean that testing follows the same script. With Mercedes testing the new "megaphone" exhaust and the other teams on various testing programs, there were a couple of unexpected drivers and teams topping the time sheets during the second in-season test of 2014.
Barcelona F1 F1 2014 Formula One Spain Testing
F1 Spanish Grand Prix: Gone in 60 Seconds
Over the last four years, Formula One fans complained about the dull dominance of Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel as they won four-straight Drivers' and Constructors' championships with numerous race wins along the way. Before that, there was five straight years of Ferrari dominance with Michael Schumacher leading the way.
This season, things are shaping up to be worse than the Red Bull / Vettel years and approaching Schumacher / Ferrari levels of dominance. Lewis Hamilton won his fourth-straight race after retiring from the pole in the other race in what is shaping up to be a dreadfully dull year for Formula One.
Barcelona F1 F1 2014 Formula One Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Pastor Maldonado Spain
F1 Spanish GP: Send Them Home Happy
When putting on live events, most promoters and performers have a simple philosophy: "Send the fans home happy." Well, Fernando Alonso and Scuderia Ferrari certainly did that at yesterday's Spanish Grand Prix as the Spanish driver and local hero took his second career win in the Spanish Grand Prix.
Barcelona F1 F1 2013 Fernando Alonso Formula One Nico Rosberg Spain
After four flyaway races to start the season, the Formula One World Championship returns to Europe to start the heart of the season. The European season runs from May through to mid-September will separate the pretenders from the contenders. Given that we've had a pretty varied set of results for the first four races, a little settling into a groove is probably due.


I tried out the public Beta of VMWARE Fusion 2.0 because they boast it has "experimental support for DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D acceleration" (meaning it actually uses the video card, allowing one to play some 3d games!) I was hoping that it would allow me to run The Endless Forest on the Mac, and it does!
Okay, before we all get excited, this is still in the realm of exotic setups. VMWARE is a software that allows you to install Windows (or use a Boot Camp partition) without having to restart your computer. So you _still_ need to have Windows. Also, even on the MacBook Pro which runs TEF like a dream in Boot Camp, in VMWARE I'm getting 7-9 FPS for TEF. This is… not good. Then again, this is a beta of VMWARE maybe the final version will get the frame rate up? It _could happen… right?
Anyway, for you Mac using, dual Booting, tinkerers out there who are curious about TEF, I encourage you to give it a try and let us know how you fare!
Auriea's a god, so she gets to play the big deer.
lol cool! my bro just brought a mac book pro and hes giving me his white mac laptop ^^ so i was absolutely ASTONISHED that endless forest can work on it for me, yay.
well…. beware, it still only works "sort of" and on a macbook even more sort of i should think!
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The Food & Beverage Global Solution Sr Global Accounts Manager (Sr GAM) is responsible for managing and growing select global customers within an identified business segment. The Sr GAM ensures that on-going relationships are maintained with customers while maximizing Ecolab s offerings and profitability. The key objective of the Sr GAM is to demonstrate the Ecolab promise and the value we provide as a total solutions partner clean water, safe food, abundant energy, health environment everywhere it matters.
The Sr GAM reports to VP Global Corporate Accounts. The Sr. GAM also has significant interaction and partnership with field sales, corporate accounts, finance and marketing across the global sector.
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Collaborates - Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Takes responsibility and accountability to align everyone in the process.
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I crave a warm, creamy non-caffeinated drink on winter afternoons when I'm working from home, or in the evenings before I tuck in. This tulsi chai is the perfect answer, and tulsi (also called holy basil) has anti-anxiety benefits-- always welcome here.
Combine the milk and water in a small saucepan, add in all spices. Warm gently and allow the spices to release their aromas, stirring occasionally. I usually set the gas on 1 or 2 and then walk away, and when I start to smell everything I come back to it. Last, add the tulsi, stir well, and then let steep for another 5 minutes or so. Strain. Sweeten with honey to taste.
This makes one cup, but in winter I am known to make a half gallon mason jar's worth of this stuff and store it in the fridge. The kids love it, too! It's also great over ice, and in smoothies.


Verifying my site; don't get it . . .
OMG! Pls help. I got through pretty much everything without a glitch but I cannot figure out HOW to verify my site??? Google, Yahoo, Bing . . . everytime I think I might have it . . I don't. I did the cut & paste thing, I did do the download thing; what do they mean 'upload' the file into my site or something . . .can someone please, I don't know, send me pictures! hahaha!! can you help and please; be as simple as you can! Thanks a lot! BTW, if it matters, I'm using a Mac!
frustrated and kinda sad I just about made it. First attempt but disappointed that I'm stuck.
You mention Google and Bing/Yahoo, so I presume you wish to register your site ultimately for their respective search engines.
For the similar process of verifying with Bing/Yahoo there is an instruction on a recent thread. If you are using Yola Free subscription then you cannot verify with Bing/Yahoo as you don't have access to the necessary requremtn of the site structure. You can try to submit your URL directly and see if this will effect the veru=ification but don't think that it is now likely.
For Bronze and Silver Yola subscriptions with Bing/Yahoo, try this process Verify Ownership of your site with Bing Sorry...No pics. happy to help further if you need.


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Sixteen Miami Faculty Demand Answers To Questions Surrounding Firing Of Dean Tony Varona
Following up on Thursday's post, University Of Miami Appoints Acting Law School Dean; Faculty Demands Investigation Into Firing Of Tony Varona: Open Letter to the Miami Law Community, The Termination Of Dean Varona (July 5, 2021):
An Open Letter to the Miami Law Community
The abrupt termination of Dean Anthony Varona, and the upheaval that has occurred in its wake, has been a terrible blow to our community. Dean Varona's appointment less than two years ago expressed our collective vision for Miami Law: an institution committed to inclusion, innovation, and integrity in the practice and the study of law. In his short time in the position, Dean Varona worked tirelessly to achieve that vision. He recruited and retained talented staff and faculty who have already raised Miami Law's profile and expanded our international and comparative reach. He shepherded the law school through an unprecedented and terrifying pandemic. He laid the foundation to achieve the excellence to which the university aspires and that we hope is consistent with its aspiration for the law school.
Despite the faculty's repeated meetings with the administration, we have been given no plausible explanation for Dean Varona's firing. While we welcome the appointment of our colleague, Professor Stephen Schnably, as acting dean, we still have no assurances that the decanal process moving forward will be transparent or accountable. We write this letter to provide a summary of where we are, express our continuing objections, and assure our students of our commitment to their legal education and their welfare.
The decision to terminate Dean Varona was done without consultation with the faculty. Removing a popular and successful dean so early in his term and in this way has led to a chorus of condemnation from Miami Law faculty, students, alumni, and donors, as well as from lawyers, law professors, and law school deans across the country. This includes the May 25, 2021 resolution of the tenured Miami Law faculty; the May 27, 2021 resolution of the University of Miami Faculty Senate; and letters from the Miami Law Alumni Association, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Minority Groups; the Society of American Law Teachers; and the Board of Directors of LatCrit (Latina/o Critical Legal Theory, Inc.).
The administration's only publicly offered reason for firing Miami Law's first Hispanic, openly gay dean not even two years into his five-year term—namely, that his removal from the deanship as of July 1, 2021 was necessary to fulfill the goals of the university's capital campaign—raised far more questions than it answered.
Since May 25th, the faculty has repeatedly sought answers to these questions. Was this decision made at the behest of one or more members of the Board of Trustees? Is the decision the first step in a larger plan for the Board of Trustees to breach the wall between board governance and daily management of the university? Did racial bias, sexual orientation bias, ideological bias, or any combination of the three, play a role in the decision?
These questions carry particular urgency in our current historical moment. We are witnessing a growing and highly coordinated assault against institutions of higher learning and on the development of critical thinking skills, increasing corporate domination and interference in education, and backlash against the values of equity and inclusion. We are deeply disappointed in the administration's failure to answer the questions raised by their actions or to dispel the troubling impressions they have created.
We write this letter in part to reassure our Miami Law student community that the faculty's commitment to intellectual freedom, professional excellence, and to preparing our students for the rapidly evolving demands of the legal profession remains unchanged, as does our commitment to the values of diversity, inclusivity, and justice. We have clearly and repeatedly communicated these principles to the administration, and will continue to fight to have them honored.
The identity — and ultimately, the power — of Miami Law is larger than any one person or one decision. It is the faculty, staff, alumni, and most importantly, the students. We remain dedicated to our students' success and well-being, and to cultivating the courage and integrity necessary to withstand the headwinds of political and institutional forces.
(The list of tenured and emeritus faculty signatories below may evolve; updated list will be available here)
Kenneth M. Casebeer, Professor of Law Emeritus
Donna K. Coker, Professor of Law and Dean's Distinguished Scholar
Caroline Mala Corbin, Professor of Law and Dean's Distinguished Scholar
Marc Fajer, Professor of Law
Zanita Fenton, Professor of Law
Mary Anne Franks, Professor of Law and Michael R. Klein Distinguished Scholar Chair
Tamara Rice Lave, Professor Law
John Mark Newman, Professor of Law
Jessica Owley, Professor Law
Bernard Perlmutter, Professor of Law
Keith S. Rosenn, Professor of Law Emeritus
Rebecca Sharpless, Professor Law
Kele Stewart, Professor of Law
Scott E. Sundby, Professor of Law and Dean's Distinguished Scholar
Stephen Urice, Professor of Law and Dean's Distinguished Scholar
Francisco Valdes, Professor of Law and Dean's Distinguished Scholar
TaxProf Blog coverage:
University Of Miami President Fires Tony Varona After Less Than Two Years As Dean; Tenured Faculty Protests Decision; Varona's Lawyer Says He Will Contest The Firing (May 26, 2021)
Outrage Grows Over Firing Of Tony Verona After Less Than Two Years As Miami Dean. Did Minor Declines In U.S. News Ranking And Bar Passage Rate Play A Role? (May 27, 2021)
More Fallout Over Miami Dean's Firing: Faculty Senate Unanimously Urges Reinstatement; Vice-Dean Resigns; University Agrees To Meet With Faculty; Dean Claims President Defamed Him (May 28, 2021)
Miami Law Alumni Slam Firing Of Dean; AALS Section Demands Investigation To Determine Whether Tony Varona Was Targeted Due To His Gay And Hispanic Status (May 29, 2021)
University Of Miami Faculty Senate Unanimously Condemns Firing Of Dean Tony Varona And Urges His Reinstatement (May 30, 2021)
SALT Calls For Review Of Dismissal Of University Of Miami Law Dean Tony Varona, 'UM's First Latinx And Openly Gay Dean' (May 31, 2021)
Was This Law Dean Fired Because He's Gay? His Supporters Want Answers (June 2, 2021)
University Of Miami President Doubles Down On Decision To Fire Tony Varona After Less Than Two Years As Dean (June 5, 2021)
Miami Searches For Interim Dean After Controversial Firing Of Tony Varona, Who Sought To Reduce Overhead Tax Law School Pays To University (June 14, 2021)
Tony Varona Takes The High Road In His Farewell Message After Being Fired Less Than 2 Years Into His Deanship (June 30, 2021)
University Of Miami Appoints Acting Law School Dean; Faculty Demands Investigation Into Firing Of Tony Varona (July 1, 2021)
Sixteen Miami Faculty Demand Answers To Questions Surrounding Firing Of Dean Tony Varona (July 6, 2021)
Miami Law Community Seeks Answers On Firing Of Tony Varona As Acting Dean Takes Over (July 11, 2021)
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