After more than a year of development and many hundreds of volunteer hours, the CMSMS Dev Team is proud to announce the beginning of a public beta process to assist with getting CMSMS 2.2 production-ready.
Your favorite Content Management System has undergone lots of work over the past months, with many of new features, and improvements to existing functionality. There is something in 2.2 for everybody. We have added new visible features, including a new file picker and "switch-user" functionality. We have made numerous usability improvements to the core modules, and to the admin theme, to make working with CMSMS just that much smoother and more efficient. We have implemented new API's to make creating powerful applications with CMS Made Simple even simpler, and we've upgraded and optimized a lot of code to make sure that your favorite application structure and content management tool continues to perform securely and quickly. There is a great deal of functionality in this release that we are certain you will enjoy.
Therefore, we need your help to ensure that we have minimized the bugs and increased stability before we release version 2.2 for general use.
Beta testing is just that: testing. Using the application and looking for problems, documenting them, reporting them, and re-testing after they are reported fixed. It can take some of your weekend time, or numerous evenings, to actively participate in the beta testing program. It can be a very time-consuming process, and it is not always fun.
However, that does not mean that beta testing cannot be rewarding. It is a great way of learning how new features will work before you start building a new application or website, it allows you to experiment with techniques and processes and functionality you have never explored before, and it is an excellent way of giving back to the community, and building awareness of your personal brand.
Some people are tempted to use beta software for production purposes; we discourage this and do not support it. Beta software is subject to change more rapidly than the production versions, and there is no certainty of an upgrade path or compatibility with the final production version. So please, please, don't.
Beta testing is also not the time to request new features (for that beta). Although you can request features as normal through the CMSMS project on the Forge, we will not be considering new features for the 2.2 version. That doesn't mean we won't make minor tweaks for usability or to improve behavior, but mostly we are concerned about ensuring that this version of CMSMS works as intended in as many environments as possible.
Because we have a brand new database abstraction library, we need to test as much of the functionality of third party modules as possible. Although the database abstraction library has been tested now by the Dev Team for well over a year, we anticipate that there still may be a few edge cases of compatibility to address.
We still support (with the same caveats) upgrading directly from CMSMS 1.12.x to 2.2. Though not a complete install, it should work exactly the same as it did for the 2.0 or 2.1 releases. As well, because of the new assets structure, some files will be moved around during the upgrade process. We need to ensure that all customizations still work as they did before.
We encourage you to try upgrading a copy of some of your more complex websites, or those using more third party modules, or those using some advanced features. This will help us to ensure that when the production version is released, that upgrading is as smooth as possible.
The new 'assets' structure that was implemented allows manipulating templates and stylesheets in the filesystem as well as in the database. It also provides a location for custom language strings, custom plugins, and custom module templates. We are looking forward to hearing your feedback on this functionality.
We have continued to make efforts to improve performance, particularly on the front end. To this end, we need your help in load testing. Both when using slow servers, and on regular servers with high traffic.
As history has shown us, working with files in different environments is often problematic, with respect to performance and permissions, particularly with hosts using obscure configurations. We need as much assistance testing the file picker in different environments, and with different purposes, as possible.
Numerous improvements have been made to the admin log to help with monitoring and troubleshooting your applications or sites. As well, it uses the new asynchronous processing functionality. So while you are testing, please periodically check the admin log to ensure things are working well.
We anticipate that the beta process will undergo a few different releases, over the course of a few months. We have no official end-date for the beta process, but once bug reports start slowing, and participation in the beta starts to fade we will begin making preparations for the final release.
This is a public beta. Anybody can download the latest beta from our downloads page. New versions will be created periodically, and announcements will be placed on the forum.
The changelog file that is available both in the doc directory and from within the installation assistant contains extensive details about what has changed to-date in this version of CMSMS. We encourage you to read that in detail.
The CMSMS Dev team has created a new forum on forum.cmsmadesimple.org for discussing issues specifically related to the 2.2 beta: https://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/viewforum.php?f=89. Here you can report your problems. You can also review what others have tested, and try to reproduce them, to provide additional information.
Additionally, the #cms IRC channel on freenode http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#cms is available to allow talking about your issues in real time. You may also use your favorite IRC client. Many members of the Dev Team are continually on this channel and may be able to answer questions or assist you with isolating a problem in real time.
As a reminder: when resolving issues the developers need as much information as possible. This includes the expected behavior, actual behavior, steps to reproduce the issue, messages generated in the system, logs and/or displayed to you, and information about your environment. Often an issue is only environment-specific, and although you may be experiencing problems, others may have no issues with the exact same test. We absolutely NEED as much information as possible in order to resolve issues in a timely manner.
Although testing can be a time-consuming, and not-so-easy task, we need your help to make CMSMS as stable, secure, and fast as possible, So let's have some fun with it!
This is a great opportunity to learn about some of the advanced features of your favourite content management system, to improve your skills, to build your personal brand, and to make some new friends. We look forward to talking with you.


Happy Fastnacht Day! My daughter and I woke up before dawn this morning to make our fastnachts this year, and you can see the results below.
You're supposed to wake up early to make the fastnachts on Tuesday morning (they're freshest that way), but a few times I've made them the night before, and they're still okay. They keep pretty well in a brown paper lunch bag. I also like to put a little bit of powdered sugar into a ziploc bag, and a mix of granulated sugar and cinnamon into another one, to coat the fastnachts just before eating them.
To see just how popular fastnachts are back up in Pennsylvania, go have a look at this article, Fastnacht reminder -- order yours before Tuesday, with a photo showing some of the 2800 fastnachts that a local church made, or this article, Frying fastnachts for pre-Lenten splurge, about a fire company that made 42,000 of them for a rundraiser. Here's an article from this year, Fastnacht day is here!, with a few more pictures showing different ways of making fastnachts, including a church with a rolling fastnacht cutter to cut dozens at once (we use pint glasses and shot glasses).
I took a few pictures last year while we were making the fastnachts (the only picture I got this year is the one up above after they were done). The first one below is my daughter rolling out the dough to cut more fastnachts. The second is the first batch frying up in the pan. The scene this morning was pretty much the same. Like last year, we doubled the recipe again this year, so the picture up top is twice as much as what you'd normally get from my family's recipe. But all three of us (my wife, daughter, and I) take them in with us to work/school to share them, so the double batch still goes quickly.
A guy I worked with from Chicago mentioned a similar tradition up there - paczkis, from the Polish immigrants. But instead of a hole in the middle like my family's fastnachts (not all fastnachts have the hole), they have a filling, usually jelly or creme. I guess lots of groups have invented traditions to allow indulgence before a 40 day fast.


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Q: What's the damage if I accidently remove the libX11 package? I accidently remove the libX11 package using the repository manager.
The repository manager seems to remove all the other packages which depend on libX11.
After removing, when I restart my computer, the gui won't display.
So I think repository manager has removed the DE I installed.
I'm wondering whether there's other damages has occured to my PC?
Can I simply resume to the original state by reinstall the DE?
I'm using SLES 11.

A: Which distribution and package manager?
Most of them have a history/undo which will allow you to recover the removed packages or at least see a list of what you removed.
For yum that would be:
to see a list of entries in the history:
$ sudo yum history

to see the action that took place in an entry:
$ sudo yum history info 33

to undo these actions:
$ sudo yum history undo 33

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Search - Puccini, Steber, Del Monaco :: La Fanciulla Del West
Puccini, Steber, Del Monaco
La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), opera
All Artists: Puccini, Steber, Del Monaco, Mitropoulos
Title: La Fanciulla Del West
Label: Myto Records Italy
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Sondra Radvanovsky
Verdi Arias
Label: Delos Records
A superb Fanciulla
ketchrigged | Marco Island, FL USA | 09/26/2002
"This live performance from Florence is really terrific. Mitropoulos is really the star of the show, opening cuts and bringing a grandeur and majesty to this score. His tempi are slowish but he obviously has no interest in rushing this ravishing score. Steber would not seem to be the logical choice for Minnie. Hers was a lyric voice but by 1954 she was enlarging her repertoire to include Elsa and Donna Anna, and Minnie. She was in superb voice on the 15th of June, 1954 and she is simply stunning. Much of the role doesn't have to be shouted nor screamed and she sings a lot of it very intimately but the big phrases and the big notes are there in spades. She is my favorite Minnie with Kirsten a close second. Del Monaco's ringing sound is wonderful to hear, and he sings very well, is a sympathetic Johnson and also does some lovely soft singing. Gian Giacomo Guelfi is a wonderful, full voiced Rance. This performance has the wonderful Giorgio Tozzi as Larkins. The orchestra of the Teatro Communale plays extraordinarly well for Mitropoulos. For my money, this is a gem of a performance."
Ecstatic performance, sound a minor issue.
Michael Newberry | Santa Monica | 12/17/2003
"I have wanted to get this particular performance for many years but I was tentative because of the price and the date of the recording, fearing it would sound like a bunch of noise. I love Puccini and I am addicted to this opera. And with an addiction, I was not completely satisfied with the recordings I do have; Mehta's, Tebaldi's two (studio and live), and one with Gobbi and Corelli (horrible sound)-with all this great talent I couldn't help fantasize about a dream cast, but fantasy is not for me.
Anyway, I bought this recording, used, through Amazon; it was cheaper and came in a few days, well packed and in excellent condition. And it is fantastic.
Ketchrigged gave a wonderful review of the performance, spot on. The wonderful phrasing of the singing. And Mitropoulos (!!!) big, lush, passionate concept and the sound is not bad. What seems to be different from my other recordings is that these singers milk the lyricism for all its worth with really big phrasing, and it grows in waves of layers through to the end. In the other recordings the vocalism seems to go in hiccups from very quiet to a few huge notes.
I am ecstatic about this recording and I am glad I no longer fantasize about dream casts!"
Pure Puccini
Michael Newberry | 07/23/2003
"What a great Opera! I presently own most of Puccini's available Operas and although his "best" known and performed were at the top of my list for many years, after listening to La Fanciulla Del West a number of times, came to love and enjoy the music and espesically the cast of my CD, e.g., Del Monico, Steber and Guelfi. What a great live perfomances. Please try it. Also, check out Edgar another great Puccini Opera not very popular."

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This is my last Newsletter as President of Wellington Chapter and I would like to thank all those who have supported me during my two years. It has been a most enjoyable time and a great way to get to know our members better; I will still be involved with Ikebana International but hope to have more time to focus on my own ikebana and my teaching.
As I was preparing this Newsletter I was most excited to receive a letter from H E Ambassador Yasuaki Nogawa of the Embassy of Japan. His Excellency has kindly accepted our invitation to be a Co-Patron of our Wellington Ikebana Chapter. We will continue our tradition of appointing one of our long-serving ikebanists as Patron (currently member Cora Hazlett) but will in future offer a Co-Patron role to the Ambassador for Japan. We will have a special event to welcome His Excellency Nogawa, but hope he may be able to attend our meetings whenever he finds it convenient.
On April 4 we met at JICC to enjoy demonstrations by members of the ikebana schools represented in our Chapter. Nanette Kwok showed us Ikenobo, Valerie Ting, Koryu-Shotokai and Sandra Hurnard, Sogetsu. Members enjoyed the experience of seeing ikebana taking shape and all of our demonstrators explained the process well.
Our Chapter AGM will be held at 10:30am on Thursday 2 May at our usual meeting venue, the Japan Information and Cultural Centre, floor 18 Majestic Centre, Willis St. We have a full slate of nominees for the 2013-2014 Board, so you need not feel under pressure to come on the committee. The AGM will be followed at 11am by a viewing of a film of the Ikebana International 10th World Convention held in Tokyo in May 2012. I was fortunate to be able to attend this Convention and the DVD is a great way to get a taste of the international nature of our organisation.
Our meeting on 6th June will be 2 workshops with Sogetsu Master Takako Martin at St Joseph's Church Hall, Mt Victoria. There will be morning and afternoon workshops on the following themes: in the morning we will do "Festive arrangement for mid-winter Christmas" and in the afternoon "Fruiting branches and some flowers". There are some great photos of arrangements using nandina in the latest Ikebana International magazine (Vol 57 issue 2) which may give you some ideas.
These workshops will be suitable for anyone who is interested in ikebana, whether they are Sogetsu students, members of other ikebana schools, or visitors new to ikebana. Attendees may come to one or both workshops and a light lunch will be provided. For more details have a look at the enrolment form on the last page of this Newsletter.
Ikebana International will host Takako for a restaurant dinner on the evening of 6 June, probably in Miramar at Polo or The Larder. Let me know if you would like to attend. Takako will stay in Wellington for several days and is conducting workshops for the Sogetsu Teachers' Association on Saturday 8 June. These will be held in Khandallah and will use special wire that Takako is bringing from Japan. The morning workshop will be "Creating a work from wire" and the afternoon will be "Using your wire work in an arrangement with plant materials". It is essential to pre-register for these workshops in order for Takako provide the wire. Please contact Sandi Hurnard, Director of the Wellington Sogetsu Teachers Association, if you are interested in attending.
As the Ikebana International year was changed last year to a 1 July to 30 June year, we need to collect members' subscriptions in May and June. The Chapter Board has decided to keep the annual subscription at the same level of last year, i.e. $70 for the full year. (Members will recall that the payment last year was a one-off $60, as in the date-change year we paid a 10 month sub). As in past years, the $70 is not enough to cover the full amount of the international subscription, so the Wellington Chapter will subsidise with funds from interest on investments and our monthly raffle. The raffle prizes are all donated by members, so please let Nanette Kwok know if you have any goodies that would be suitable for a raffle prize. Thanks to those who have already paid their subscriptions and also to members who have donated goods for the raffle. New members joining for the year starting 1 July 2013 will be eligible to attend the 6 June workshop at members' rates.


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Here are some pictures for your entertainment. If you'd like to use this, you need to install the Google Voice plugin first and then restart you web browser.
Keep in mind that you need the plugin to do this (and obviously a microphone) and that you'll be calling friends or family using a number provided to you by Google Voice (so they may not recognize it at first).
The best thing going for Google's new calling feature (if you ask me) is that its completely free for me to call any phone in the USA. While this pricing may not be permanent, it should at least last through the course of this year (my source for that is linked somewhere up above 😛 ).
Hmmm. So they give you a new number that shows up on the other end on called I.D., but the other end can't call you back on that number. That is potentially a HUGE problem for me.
Do I have that right? Or is there a way they can call you back using that numbers? And, if there is, can you "call forward" that number to your cell, for example, or to your land line?
You should be able to setup call forwarding to your mobile device via Google Voice since this is the number you should appear to be calling from.
And i have installed all plugins required, i can call n all i can hear the other person but the person cannot hear me! i tried to adjust my settings but nothing because it works perfectly when i use skype but with the gmail call it just dont work right. please help!


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Posts tagged "Lyndon Johnson"
The Republican Dilemma
Webster's defines a "dilemma" as
"a situation involving an undesirable or unpleasant choice."
Given that definition, the GOP may want to reconsider changing its name to the "Grand Dilemma Party." The reasons can be found in what can only be described as the tepid response the party's rank-and-file have demonstrated towards the party's Presidential aspirants.
Much column space has been devoted to the vagaries of the Republican Presidential Primary season. The topsy-turvy nature of polls; the fact no candidate can seem to muster more than 40% of the electorate for longer than a week; the inability of any candidate to sustain momentum. The commentariat is busy trying to fit round pegs into square holes, though. They've completely missed the boat on what's actually happening this year, having spent the majority of their professional lives ensconced in the daily trivialities of DC politics.
The narrative thus far runs something like this: there is a natural back-lash against establishment candidates, as represented most wholly by Mitt Romney. Each time a new "anti-Romney" rises (currently, that's back to Rick Santorum) the electorate looks more closely at said candidate and decides he's a bit too establishment for their tastes. The anti-Romney of the moment fades back, allowing Romney to capture a few states. The cycle then renews, but in the end the establishment candidate (Romney) wins because he will have the backing of the party machinery. The general GOP membership is resigned to this outcome, even if they aren't happy about it, and so they're largely staying home this cycle.
I think something more fundamental is at work within the party. To understand it, you have to return to 1980 and Ronald Reagan's shock win over Jimmy Carter. (Yes, despite Carter's bungling of the job, nobody really gave Reagan a legitimate chance of winning that November). Reagan's magic was in forging a new Republican coalition. He began with the limited government Goldwater wing, mixed in the once strongly Democratic constituency of social conservatives from the Bible Belt, added in the anti-communist/strong defense types (who had fled the Republicans after Nixon's pursuit of détente) and completed the soup with the Rockefeller Republicans. Most seem to forget now, but Reagan spoke often about his pursuit of a Republican Party "Big Tent" approach – the idea of bringing disparate groups together to work towards a common goal. In 1980, that goal was reinvigorating the American economy through (then radical) changes to monetary and fiscal policy, reducing the size of government while increasing America's defense capabilities, reasserting American dominance in foreign affairs and direct confrontation with Communism and bringing back the traditional American themes of faith, family and hard work. The new groups in his coalition were referred to as "Reagan Democrats." These were the people, generally blue-collar types from the South and Midwest, who President Obama derided during the 2008 election as "clinging to their guns and Bibles."
The dilemma facing the Republican Party is that coalition is fracturing. The former Reagan Democrats and Goldwater Republicans that formed the backbone of that coalition are looking at their choices and felling less than satisfied. Moreover, they sense the Party has moved past them. There are either Rockefeller types (Romney and Gingrich) or aspirants to Jerry Falwell's throne (Santorum), while the one candidate who hews closest Goldwater's federalist view is also the one who is the antithesis of a strong US on the world stage (Paul). This leaves those two groups, who desperately want a return to the type of leadership exhibited by President Reagan, without a horse in the race. The result is each candidate has partially captured one constituency, but their individual flaws prevent them from fully claiming it. Romney has the Rockefeller wing for the most part, but it is a small part of the party base (in terms of numbers, not money). Santorum has the inside edge among Reagan Democrats (note his success in the Midwest); although his extreme views on using government to coerce, or even force, his moral code leaves many cold. Paul has captured perhaps half of the Goldwater wing, but his personal character issues and documented degradation of minorities limits his success there.
Can they recapture the coalition? They managed to pull things together enough to get George W. Bush elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. They lost a fair number of the small –government types, as was represented by the suppressed turn-out numbers in both years: neither party was putting forward a candidate that met that constituency's desired goal, although both have been paying lip-service to that goal for 15 years now. The fact that constituency voted en masse for Ross Perot in 1992 and 1996 undoubtedly cost the Republican Party the Presidency in both of those elections. But unlike 1992 or 1996, there isn't a strong 3rd Party candidate who is advocating both a federalist view of government and strong foreign policy, and unlike 1980, there isn't a defining vision of the future allocuted by any of the candidates to rally the disparate groups within the tent. That would seem to kick in the Republican electoral formula from 2000 – run a social conservative/Rockefeller hybrid and allow suppressed turn-out to allow him to win. The problem is this year, that ploy may not work. For starters, the Goldwater wing is particularly resurgent this cycle. Consider how the TEA Party, which is largely comprised of Goldwater types, pushed the Party into power in the 112th Congress and that Paul is polling at better than twice his career norms (this is his third try for the Republican nomination).
While the Rockefeller and social conservatives will likely unite behind either Romney or Santorum come the convention, they currently run the risk of alienating as much as 40% of the party's base with such a decision. If they do, President Obama will win a tough election in November – and the Republican Party as we've known it for 32 years will cease to exist. What will be interesting to watch is what takes it place. Will there be three major political parties, the Democrats (absorbing what's left of the Rockefeller wing), the Social Conservatives and the Fiscal Conservatives? Or will the big-spending social conservative and Rockefeller wing end up absorbed in the current Democratic Party, while the Republicans re-align around federalists principles? And can the current Democratic constituency accept the social conservatives again? After all, the reason Reagan was able to capture them in the first place was that the Democratic Party began purging them during Lyndon Johnson's Presidency. Regardless, the outcome of this year's Presidential election promises more change than perhaps anyone bargained for.
February 15, 2012 | Categories: Politics | Tags: dc politics, Electoral History, Jimmy Carter, legitimate chance, Lyndon Johnson, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, republican coalition, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Ronald Reagan | 1 Comment


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Q: Gate to Source Resistor turning MOSFET into BJT Could I get a MOSFET to behave like a BJT (with respect to the large signal and hybrid-pi model) if I just tie a resistor from gate to source?

A: No.

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*A BJT has a very definite relationship between VBE and currents. MOSFETs have lower gm (dI_drain/dVGS) which is not as precise as BJTs.

*High voltage MOSFETs have different characteristics as VDS exceeds about 5-10 V (LDMOS pinch off); no such breakpoint exists in NPNs.

*BJTs have non-zero VCE as IC goes to 0; MOSFETs behave like resistors.

*The current that flows in your R_GS is linear with VGS; a BJT is exponential. There is no definite relationship (like beta) between resistor current and drain current.


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De Dorpskerk is een 17e-eeuws kerkgebouw in Bloemendaal (Noord-Holland). De oorspronkelijk hervormde kerk is in gebruik bij de Protestantse Gemeente te Bloemendaal en Overveen.

De kerk, waarvan een restauratie in het voorjaar van 2015 gereedkwam, is een rijksmonument.

Kerkgebouw
Tot de bouw van de rechthoekige zaalkerk werd besloten in 1632 door de welgestelde bewoners van de buitenplaatsen in Bloemendaal en omgeving. Op 25 maart 1636 werd de eerste kerkdienst gehouden.

Joan Wolfert de 16e Heer van Brederode, de Staten van Holland en de stadsbesturen van Alkmaar, Beverwijk, Dordrecht, Haarlem, Hoorn en Leiden financierden de gebrandschilderde ramen, die gemaakt zijn door de Haarlemse kunstenaar Pieter Holsteyn (1585-1662).

In de kerk is nog veel 17e-eeuws kerkmeubilair aanwezig, zoals de kansel met doophek, de herenbanken en een aantal grafstenen. In de kleine kerktoren, die een naaldspits heeft, hangt een luidklok met een diameter van 73 cm., vervaardigd in 1637 door de Amsterdamse klokkengieter Assuerus Koster (1604-1661). Het mechanische Franse torenuurwerk dateert uit 1893. Aan een steunbeer van de kerk is een houten zonnewijzer bevestigd. In 1916 is het kerkgebouw aan de zuidzijde uitgebreid met een consistoriekamer.

In 2014/2015 is een grondige renovatie uitgevoerd. Het bankenplan is aangepast, de binnenmuren zijn volledig opnieuw gestuct, de verlichting werd gemoderniseerd en de verwarming vernieuwd. Tevens is in het gebouw een studio voor Radio Bloemendaal gerealiseerd.

Orgels
De kerk heeft drie eerdere orgels gehad voordat in 1993 een passend 18e-eeuwse instrument werd geplaatst.
Het eerste instrument, een omgebouwd huisorgel, werd in 1816 geleverd door de orgelbouwer Johann Cappar Friedrichs.
Het werd in 1881 vervangen door een tweeklaviers orgel van Richard Paul Ibach. Dit was geschonken door de bewoners van de Bloemendaalse buitenplaats Hartenlust, Jan Borski en Olga Emilie Sillem, die hun zilveren huwelijksverjaardag vierden. In 1928 kreeg het een driestemmig vrij pedaal van de orgelbouwer Van Leeuwen. In 1958 werd het verkocht aan de gereformeerde kerk in Lunteren, waar het nog steeds functioneert, met een andere orgelkas.
In 1959 bouwde Willem van Leeuwen Gzn. een nieuw tweeklaviers orgel dat in 1990 naar de Ontmoetingskerk in Zevenhuizen (ZH) verhuisde.
Het huidige instrument, het vierde in successie, is omstreeks 1760 gemaakt door de Leidse orgelbouwer Pieter Assendelft (1714-1766) of misschien zijn zoon Johannes. Van de geschiedenis van dit orgel is niet alles bekend. Vast staat dat het van 1908 tot 1951 in de gereformeerde kerk aan de Heerestraat in Baflo heeft gestaan. Het werd in 1985 door Klaas Bolt in een opslag ontdekt en op zijn advies aangekocht. In 1993 werd het in gebruik genomen na een grondige restauratie door de orgelfirma Reil te Heerde, waarvoor ook het oksaal moest worden vernieuwd en aangepast. Het orgel heeft twee manualen met 16 registers en een vrij pedaal met drie registers.

Literatuur
 Jaap den Hertog: "Terselver tijt Begosmê hier te Predicken". De ontstaansgeschiedenis van de Dorpskerk te Bloemendaal en de betekenis van de gebrandschilderde ramen. Uitg. Stichting Vrienden van de Dorpskerk te Bloemendaal, 2011.

Externe links
 Stichting Vrienden van de Dorpskerk te Bloemendaal
 PKN Bloemendaal en Overveen

Kerkgebouw in Bloemendaal
Rijksmonument in Bloemendaal
Protestants kerkgebouw in Nederland

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using System;
using Google.Apis.Dfareporting.v2_1;

namespace DfaReporting.Samples {
  /// <summary>
  /// This example illustrates how to delete a report.
  ///
  /// Tags: reports.delete
  /// </summary>
  class DeleteReport : SampleBase {
    /// <summary>
    /// Returns a description about the code example.
    /// </summary>
    public override string Description {
      get {
        return "This example illustrates how to delete a report.\n";
      }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Main method, to run this code example as a standalone application.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="args">The command line arguments.</param>
    public static void Main(string[] args) {
      SampleBase codeExample = new DeleteReport();
      Console.WriteLine(codeExample.Description);
      codeExample.Run(DfaReportingFactory.getInstance());
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Run the code example.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="service">An initialized Dfa Reporting service object
    /// </param>
    public override void Run(DfareportingService service) {
      long reportId = long.Parse(_T("ENTER_REPORT_ID_HERE"));
      long profileId = long.Parse(_T("INSERT_USER_PROFILE_ID_HERE"));

      // Delete the report.
      service.Reports.Delete(profileId, reportId).Execute();

      // Display the new report ID.
      Console.WriteLine("Report with ID {0} was successfully deleted.", reportId);
    }
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People communicate with each other not just with words and gestures. There is one more aspect of interpersonal communication that people often miss. We may not be aware of this, but the way we utilize space plays an important role in how we communicate with each other. We often do not know that this aspect of communication exists at all, but we do notice when another person makes us uncomfortable because they "invade our personal space." There is one term that encompasses this and related phenomena and that word is "Proxemics."
What is "Proxemics?"
"Proxemics" sounds difficult and rather complicated but it's simply about the distance between people. It is the study of "interaction distances and other defined uses of space typically defined by cultural factors." This topic is a very interesting research study for most because of how people use space.
American anthropologist and researcher Edward Hall coined the term in 1963. Hall's personal reaction bubble puts boundaries around a person, which starts with intimate space at 1.5 feet or 0.45 meters. Beyond this is personal space up to about four feet or 1.2 meters. Then it moves out to social space at 12 feet (3.6 meters). The last circle is public space at 25 feet or 7.6 meters.
When we are waiting in line, or in elevators and escalators, we carry with us a "bubble" to protect our personal space, even though we do not always have the opportunity to impose it. People living in westernized urban centers may be used invasion of personal space due to lack of available space in infinitely long lines, packed trains and subways, crowded shops and public places. Still, we do mind when we do not get to maintain that protective bubble though we can't do anything to remedy it in certain situations.
An observer given the opportunity to observe a pair or a group of people interacting with each other will notice that there are differences in how people orient themselves with respect to each other. The distance between the bodies of people communicating with each other can tell the observer a lot of things about the relationships of the people in conversation, whether they are friends, family, strangers, or in an intimate relationship.
Every single person has a sense of what is comfortable for him. If a person that he is not intimate with gets closer than the distance set for strangers, the person backs up a bit. This is done in order to re-establish a "comfort zone." There are times when we are not even aware that we are backing away.
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Proxemics is actually something that we use every day. If we are talking to someone and the person is too far away, we tend to get closer. It becomes more interesting when two people engaged in conversation have different interaction distances. In order to maintain their respective comfort zones, these people would typically shift positions and keep doing so to maintain a certain level of comfort.
In some unfortunate situations, one interlocutor could end up inadvertently trapped in a corner. There are times when just because of the invasion of space people perceive the intentions of other individuals as hostile even when it is not.
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Kingdom of Axum
The African kingdom of Axum (also Aksum), located on the northern edge of the highland zone of the Red Sea coast, just above the horn of Africa, was founded in the 1st century CE, flourished from the 3rd to 6th century CE, and then survived as a much smaller political entity into the 8th century CE. The territory Axum once controlled is today occupied by the states of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and Somaliland. Prospering thanks to agriculture, cattle herding, and control over trade routes which saw gold and ivory exchanged for foreign luxury goods, the kingdom and its capital of Axum built lasting stone monuments and achieved a number of firsts. It was the first sub-Saharan African state to mint its own coinage and, around 350 CE, the first to officially adopt Christianity. Axum even created its own script, Ge'ez, which is still in use in Ethiopia today. The kingdom went into decline from the 7th century CE due to increased competition from Muslim Arab traders and the rise of rival local peoples such as the Bedja. Surviving as a much smaller territory to the south, the remnants of the once great kingdom of Axum would eventually rise again and form the great kingdom of Abyssinia in the 13th century CE.
Name & Foundation
The name Axum, or Akshum as it is sometimes referred to, may derive from a combination of two words from local languages - the Agew word for water and the Ge'ez word for official, shum. The water reference is probably due to the presence of large ancient rock cisterns in the area of the capital at Axum.
The Axum rulers now called themselves by the rather grand title Negusa Negast or 'King of Kings.'
The region had certainly been occupied by agrarian communities similar in culture to those in southern Arabia since the Stone Age, but the kingdom of Axum began to prosper from the 1st century CE thanks to its rich agricultural lands, dependable summer monsoon rains, and control of regional trade. This trade network included links with Egypt to the north and, to the east, along the East African coast and southern Arabia. Wheat, barley, millet, and teff (a high-yield grain) had been grown with success in the region at least as early as the 1st millennium BCE while cattle herding dates back to the 2nd millennium BCE, an endeavour aided by the vast grassland savannah of the Ethiopian plateau. Goats and sheep were also herded and an added advantage for everyone was the absence of the tropical parasitic diseases that have blighted other parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Wealth acquired through trade and military might was added to this prosperous agricultural base and so, in the late 1st century CE, a single king replaced a confederation of chiefdoms and forged a united kingdom that would dominate the Ethiopian highlands for the next six centuries. The kingdom of Axum, one of the greatest in the world at that time, was born.
The kingdom of Axum really started to take off around 350 CE. Axum had already established some form of dominance over Yemen (then called Himyar) in southern Arabia as well as Somalia in the southeast and several smaller tribes to the southwest. Subjugated tribes, although left semi-autonomous, had to pay tribute, typically in the form of hundreds of heads of cattle (as indicated by Axumite inscriptions). This perhaps gave some slight justification to the Axum rulers now calling themselves by the rather grand title Negusa Negast or 'king of kings.' Details of the Axum government and how this absolute monarch controlled conquered tribes over the centuries are lacking but the title 'king of kings' would suggest conquered rulers were permitted to continue to reign over their own peoples.
In the mid-4th century CE, Nubia (formerly known as Kush and located in modern Sudan), with its capital at Meroe, attacked Axum from the north (or vice-versa), perhaps because of a dispute over control of the region's ivory trade. The Axum king Ezana I (r. c. 303-350 CE) responded with a large force, sacking Meroe. Once mighty Nubia, already in serious decline and weakened by overpopulation, overgrazing and deforestation, was soon toppled and broke up into three separate states: Faras, Dongola, and Soba. This collapse left the way clear for Axum to dominate the region.
That Axum's trade was booming is evidenced by the finding of the kingdom's coinage at such far-flung places as India & Sri Lanka.
Another period of great Axum expansion came during the reign of Kaleb I in the first quarter of the 6th century CE. The kingdom came to occupy a territory about 300 kilometres in length and 160 kilometres across; not so large perhaps, but its control of trade goods was the key, not geography. Rulers were keen, too, to indulge in a spot of imperialism across the Red Sea in Yemen in an effort to completely control the many trading vessels that sailed down the Straits of Bab-al-Mandeb, one of the busiest sea stretches in the ancient world. Raids had been made in Yemen in the 3rd and 4th centuries CE, but it was the 6th century CE which saw a major escalation in Axum ambitions. The king of Yemen, Yusuf As'ar Yathar, had been persecuting Christians since 523 CE, and Kaleb, who himself then ruled over a Christian state, responded by sending a force to Yemen in c. 525 CE. This invasion was supported by the Byzantine Empire with whom Axum had long-established diplomatic ties (whether the support was merely diplomatic or material is not agreed upon by scholars). Victorious, the Axum king was able to leave a substantial garrison and install a viceroy which ruled the region until the Sassanids arrived in 570 CE.
Axum the Capital
The city of Axum (sometimes called Axumis) is located at an altitude of over 2,000 metres (6800 ft) in the north of the Ethiopian highlands (in the modern province of Tigray), close to the River Tekeze, a tributary of the Nile. The city, occupied from the 1st century CE, was both the capital and a ceremonial centre which included many stone monuments. Some such monuments are very similar to Egyptian obelisks, although curiously, the granite stone is sometimes worked to resemble architectural features of dry-stone and timber Axumite buildings. Many of these stelae are around 24 metres (78 ft) in height, although one fallen and now broken example is 33 metres (108 ft) in total length and 520 tonnes in weight, making it the largest monolith ever to have been transported anywhere in antiquity. The stelae were likely transported on log rollers from a quarry 4.8 km (3 miles) away. Almost all were used as tomb markers and many have a carved stone throne next to them, often covered in inscriptions.
Other remains of stone structures include three palace-like buildings which once had towers - each with stone pillared basements, royal tombs with massive walls creating separate chambers, water cisterns, irrigation channels, and two- or three-story buildings used as residences by the Axum elite. Most large structures were built on a stepped granite base composed of dressed blocks, with access provided by monumental staircases, usually consisting of seven steps. Stone lion-head gargoyles often provided roof drainage.
Stone structures used clay instead of mortar, with a decorative effect achieved by alternating projecting and recessed blocks. Wood was used between stone layers for horizontal support in walls, for doorways, window frames, floors, roofs, and in ceiling corners to give extra structural support. The decoration on many of buildings at Axum and the motifs used in Axumite art in general such as the astral symbols of disc and crescent are evidence of influence from South Arabian cultures across the Red Sea (although the influence may have been in the opposite direction). The capital also had dedicated areas for craft workshops and, from the late 4th century CE, many churches.
Gold (acquired from the southern territories under the kingdom's control or from war booty) and ivory (from Africa's interior) were Axum's main exports - the Byzantines, in particular, could not get enough of both - but other goods included salt, slaves, tortoiseshell, incense (frankincense and myrrh), rhino horns, obsidian and emeralds (from Nubia). These goods went to the kingdom's seaport of Adulis (modern Zula and actually 4 km from the sea), carried to the coast by camel caravans. There they were exchanged for goods brought by Arab merchants such as Egyptian and Indian textiles, swords and other weapons, iron, glass beads, bronze lamps, and glassware. The presence of Mediterranean amphorae at Axum sites indicates that such goods as wine and olive oil were also imported. That Axum trade was booming is evidenced by the finding of the kingdom's coinage at such far-flung places as the eastern Mediterranean, India, and Sri Lanka.
Adoption of Christianity
In the mid-4th century CE, the king of Axum, Ezana I, officially adopted Christianity. Prior to that, the people of Axum had practised an indigenous polytheistic religion which was prevalent on both sides of the Red Sea with some local additions such as Mahram, god of war, upheaval, and monarchy, who was the most important Axumite god. Other notable gods included the moon deity Hawbas, Astar, the representation of the planet Venus, and the chthonic gods Beher and Meder. Such gods, as well as ancestors, had sacrifices made in their honour, especially cattle - either living animals or votive representations of them.
Traders and Egyptian missionaries had brought Christianity to the region during the early centuries of the 1st millennium CE, and the official acceptance by Aksum may have occurred because the kingdom had important trade connections to the North African provinces of the Roman Empire, which itself had adopted Christianity a couple of decades earlier. Indeed, there were many trade and diplomatic connections directly between Constantinople and Axum, and it is probable that this passage of individuals to and fro also introduced Christianity into Ethiopia. It is important to note, though, that the more ancient indigenous religious beliefs likely carried on for some time, as indicated by the careful wording of rulers' inscriptions so as not to alienate that part of the population which did not accept Christianity.
According to traditional accounts, it was Frumentius, a 4th-century CE shipwrecked traveller from Tyre, who introduced Christianity to the kingdom. Frumentius gained employment as a teacher to the royal children, and then he became treasurer and advisor to the king, probably Ella Amida. When Ella Amida was succeeded by his son Ezana I, whom Frumentius had even greater sway over given that he had been his childhood tutor, the king was persuaded to adopt Christianity. Frumentius next travelled to Alexandria to receive an official title from the Patriarch there in order to aid his missionary work, then he returned to Axum and became the first bishop of the kingdom. The dates of exactly when all this happened are wildly different depending on one's ancient source and range from 315 to 360 CE, with the latter end of that range being the more likely according to modern scholars. Frumentius was later made a saint for his efforts in spreading the Gospel in East Africa.
The form of Christianity at Aksum was similar to that adopted in Coptic Egypt, indeed, the Patriarch of Alexandria remained a strong figurehead in the Ethiopian Church even when Islam arrived in the region from the 7th century CE. Churches were built, monasteries founded, and translations made of the Bible. The most important church was at Axum, the Church of Maryam Tsion, which, according to later Ethiopian medieval texts, housed the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark is supposed to be still there, but as nobody is ever allowed to see it, confirmation of its existence is difficult to achieve. The most important monastery in the Axum kingdom was at Debre Damo, founded by the 5th-century CE Byzantine ascetic Saint Aregawi, one of the celebrated Nine Saints who worked to spread Christianity in the region by establishing monasteries. From the 5th century CE the rural population was converted, although, even in cities, some temples to the old pagan gods would remain open well into the 6th century CE. The success of these endeavours meant that Christianity would continue to be practised in Ethiopia right into the 21st century CE.
A Cultural Mix: Writing & Coinage
The area which Axum would later occupy used an Arabian type script from the 5th century BCE called Sabaean (a Semitic language then used in Southern Arabia). Greek was also used in some inscriptions. The kingdom of Axum had its own writing system, the earliest examples of which are found on sheets of schist rock slabs which date to the 2nd century CE. This script, called Ge'ez or Ethiopic, resembles Sabaean but had gradually evolved into a quite distinct script which included characters for vowels and consonants and which was read from left to right. The Ge'ez script is still used today in modern Ethiopia.
Another example of Axum's tendency to profitably mix ideas from different cultures can be seen in the kingdom's coinage, the first sub-Saharan kingdom to have its own mint. The gold and silver coins of Axum, which appeared from the 3rd century CE onwards, have Greek inscriptions, Sabaean religious symbols, and they were minted adhering to Roman standard weights. The most common material of the thousands of Axum coins discovered is bronze. Coins and their legends are often our only information on Axum's various kings, 20 in total. A portrait of the king is usually accompanied by two ears of corn and, from the reign of Ezana I, a Christian cross. Legends include the name of the king, his title and an uplifting phrase, for example, 'Peace to the People' and 'Health and Happiness to the People.'
In the arts, Axum potters produced simple red and black terracotta wares but without using a wheel. Wares are usually matt in finish, and some are coated with a red slip. Forms are simple cups, bowls, and spouted jugs. Decoration of geometric designs was achieved using incisions, painting, stamps, and added three-dimensional pieces. By far the most common decorative motif is the Christian cross. There seems not to have been either the inclination or know-how to produce the finer wares which Axum imported from Mediterranean cultures.
No large-scale statues have been discovered from the kingdom but there are stone bases. One example has indentations for feet carved into it with each foot space measuring 90 cm (35 inches) which would make the standing figure three-times life-size. An inscription on the base indicates that there once stood a large metal figure on it, probably of a divinity. The same inscription mentions other statues of gold and bronze. The stone thrones found near stelae may also have had seated metal statues on them. Small scale figurines abound and these depict nude females and animals. Unfortunately, the impressive stone chamber tombs of the kingdom were all looted in antiquity and only broken fragments of precious materials and pieces of storage chests and boxes indicate what has been lost to posterity.
Decline & Later History
The kingdom of Axum went in decline from the late 6th century CE, perhaps due to overuse of agricultural land or the incursion of western Bedja herders who, forming themselves into small kingdoms, grabbed parts of Aksum territory for grazing their cattle and who persistently attacked Axum's camel caravans. In addition, the policy of Axum's kings to allow conquered tribal chiefs a good deal of autonomy often backfired and permitted some of them to have the means to launch rebellions. Ultimately, Axum would pay dearly for its lack of any real state administrative apparatus. Finally, there was from the early 7th century CE stiff competition for the Red Sea trade networks from Arab Muslims. The heartland of the Axum state shifted 300 km (186 miles) southwards to the cities of Lalibela and Gondar. As a consequence of the decline, by the late 8th century CE the old Axum Empire had ceased to exist.
The city of Axum fared better than its namesake kingdom and never lost its religious significance. The territory of the kingdom of Axum would eventually develop into the medieval kingdom of Abyssinia with the founding of the Solomonid dynasty c. 1270 CE, whose kings claimed direct descent from the Biblical King Solomon and Queen of Sheba.
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Reports from the Journal of the American Medical Association show that only 40 percent of veterans who test positive for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ever get referred for further care. About 20 veterans commit suicide every day, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. These sobering statistics — and these men and women — have experts across the country calling for new and more effective treatments for PTSD.
A new program centered in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Bluemont, Virginia, however, could be developing a network that achieves higher levels of recovery for soldiers returning from war. The program, called Warrior PATHH (for Progressive and Alternative Training for Healing Heroes), teaches military men and women how to turn their post-traumatic stress into post-traumatic growth.
Veterans from across the country can attend the program at Boulder Crest Retreat for free, thanks to the generosity of private sponsors and donors. The men and women come to the location in Virginia for a seven-day immersion and training program. They rise every morning at 7 a.m. and begin training, which is often centered around activities that have some anchor in warrior traditions, such as archery and kayaking.
On the 3.5-hour kayaking trip, life coaches use the river as a metaphor for life: sometimes fast-paced, sometimes slow, sometimes tumultuous. During the trip, the participants contemplate their lives and the path they want to take.
"We added in [finances] because it's such a realistic and tangible issue for these men and women who are transitioning out of the military and may not have a job, may not have a guaranteed income," Falke told LifeZette. He said many of the veterans who have chosen suicide in his community have focused almost exclusively on financial problems. The coaches at Boulder Crest connect veterans to community resources such as Hire Our Heroes, which can help them improve their resumes and mentor them through the job application process.
Following the immersion program, the veterans return home to their communities and implement their goals. The coaches at Boulder Crest and other peer-to-peer mentors connect with them via Skype every week for the first month and hold them accountable to those goals. They continue connecting on a monthly basis for the next 18 months.
"If you add those hours, it comes out to 75 hours of contact time," Falke said.
That's a vastly superior model to a one-hour occasional discussion with a therapist.
The program aims to get veterans, who are highly motivated by service as a group, to get back into their communities and serving again. "One the final phases of post-traumatic growth, what we would call a post-traumatic growth indicator, is that you are healthy enough to provide quality service back to others as well," Falke explained.
He tells countless stories of vets who take varied paths to that service. One vet was a former helicopter pilot who tried to commit suicide four times. He was ready to divorce his wife and separate from his two teenage children. When he left the program, he became certified to teach yoga and turned part of his property into an equine therapy arena.
"It's amazing to watch a journey like that," said Falke.


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Vermont to Begin Vaccinating People 75 And Older Next Week
The governor of Vermont and five other state health officials are in quarantine after possible exposure at coronavirus briefings last week
By Mary Markos • Published January 22, 2021 • Updated on January 22, 2021 at 12:27 pm
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Gov. Phil Scott and other Vermont officials detailed how people over the age of 75 can get vaccinated during a virtual coronavirus update Friday as they remain in quarantine.
Starting Monday, Jan. 25, people over the age of 75 can begin making appointments to get their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine online or over the phone. Vaccine clinics will open on Wednesday, Jan. 27. Walk-ins are not allowed.
Appointments cannot be made by calling any other Health Department phone number. Officials are asking residents not to call health care providers or hospitals for vaccine appointments.
Scott defended his decision to prioritize elderly people in the second phase of his vaccination plan Friday, emphasizing that statistics show people over the age of 65 are more severely impacted by the virus than any other category.
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"We have to be realistic and we have to deal with reality. And the reality is we don't have enough vaccine to do everybody we want," Scott said. "We have to prioritize and from my standpoint, it's a moral obligation that we take care of those who've taken care of us."
Human Services Secretary Mike Smith added that 70% of Vermont's COVID-19 deaths have been among people 75 and older and more than 90% were over the age of 65.
Once the state vaccinates that age demographic -- composed of approximately 49,000 people -- officials will administer doses to people over the age of 70, then 65, respectively.
Smith said the hope is to vaccinate the 65-plus population -- about 125,000 people -- by the start of spring. Vermont would then move to vaccinate those with certain high-risk conditions.
Vermont's federally qualified health centers have vaccinated somewhere between 70% and 92% of their staff, Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine said Friday. Patient-facing health care workers were given top priority to receive the vaccine in Vermont.
More than 29,000 people have now received the COVID-19 vaccine in Vermont, including 4,092 of whom have received both doses.
"It is our moral imperative to protect, as best we can, those who are at highest risk from this disease," Levine said.
Meanwhile Scott, Smith and Levine, as well as three other Vermont state officials, are quarantining after possible exposure at the virus briefings on Friday, Jan. 15 and Tuesday, Jan. 19.
"I'm doing what we have asked every Vermonter to do during this pandemic when they've been potentially exposed," Levine said. "This is how we keep others safe."
The governor's office said Scott tested negative for COVID-19 earlier this week, but he will continue to quarantine and be tested again on Tuesday.
The state reported 174 new coronavirus cases Friday and six new deaths since Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 169.
Of the 52 outbreaks being tracked by Vermont's epidemiology team, 21 are in long term care facilities or senior independent living, 19 are in workplaces and five are in schools.
Recently, on average, only 10% of cases are associated with outbreaks, according to Levine. More than 50% of people with coronavirus had contact with another person who had it. Only one in four had an unknown source of exposure.
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Définition

L'aire d'attraction d'une ville est composée d'un pôle, défini à partir de critères de population et d'emploi ainsi que d'une couronne constituée des communes dont au moins 15 % des actifs travaillent dans le pôle. Le pôle d'attraction constitue ainsi un point de convergence des déplacements domicile-travail.

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Lots of women do read comics in general, and superhero comics in particular. That fact should be self evident enough by now, given the way the Internet has given voice to many female fans of the genre. And yet sexism in the comics world persists. The effort to firmly debunk gendered stereotypes about who enjoys comics and who doesn't would seem to benefit from hard statistics about just how many women are reading. Those statistics are surprisingly difficult to come by—but the ones that are available suggest that comics, and superhero comics, historically did appeal to both genders and very well could again.
Because of low critical standing or low readership or some combination of both, good data about comics readership over the years is rare. We do know that comics were much, much more popular during the 1940s, when superheroes first burst on the scene, than they are today. Comics then were more like film or television—a mass entertainment option, rather than a niche one. A Market Research Company of America report from 1944 found that 95 percent of all boys and 91 percent of all girls between six and 11 read comics; 87 percent of boys and 81 percent of girls between 12 and 17, and 41 percent of men and 28 percent of women between 18 and 30. Comics scholar Trina Robbins told me that The Newsdealer, a magazine for newsstand owners, actually published figures suggesting that girls at the time read more comics than boys.
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I've written previously articles and made a video on the decriminalization of marijuana in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the potential legalization of the drug in New Jersey in 2018. Despite the move to decriminalize this controlled substance it's important to understand that the sale of it is still a felony in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Our firm has represented a number of individuals who are now charged with the sale of marijuana and it's important to understand that the sale or the possession with the intent to distribute or deliver is a felony level offense, whereas simple possession is a misdemeanor and in some cases a summary offense in the Commonwealth and the Garden State.
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing & Marijuana Felony Offenses
While Pennsylvania does not subject a person convicted of the illegal sale of this substance to any mandatory minimum sentencing, a felony record will certainly hinder a person's professional and educational opportunities later in life as I wrote in my recent book "Bumps On Your Road To Success", which is available as a free download on my website.
Possession vs. Possession with the Intent to Deliver Marijuana
Possession with the intent to deliver requires the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a person sold or intended to transfer a drug to another. Keep in mind that the exchange of money is technically irrelevant but obviously something that the defense can use to argue the person was in mere possession rather than intending to sell or distribute it. To prove PWID, the prosecution must first establish possession either through actual or constructive means. Constructive possession requires the use of circumstantial evidence and more than likely a drug expert to testify that the circumstantial evidence indicates intent to distribute. An expert is not needed if the Commonwealth can present evidence of observed sales or transactions through police officer testimony or other witnesses.
If you're charged with PWID it's important that your attorney distinguishes between simple possession and this offense as simple possession is a misdemeanor in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and a much less serious offense.
Sentencing and Marijuana PWID In Pennsylvania
If you are convicted of possession with the intent to deliver marijuana, the sentencing consequences are much less severe than a drug like cocaine, heroin, PCP, or meth. Despite these lower consequences, it's important to keep in mind that a felony conviction is not expungeable or sealable in Pennsylvania and it will remain on your record forever. Only a pardon from the governor can remove this type of conviction and the likelihood of that is slim to none in most cases. A person convicted of PWID-Marijuana with no prior criminal record, more than likely faces probation but a judge could sentence an individual to a short county prison sentence. In most situations a person convicted of this crime will not face a state prison sentence but the maximum punishment for an ungraded misdemeanor is 7 years in prison in the Commonwealth.
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I carved this horse head from a block of teak using an angle grinder with an 80grit flap disk,I used my 2nd new dremel for the detailing,(the first one broke after 5 minutes really light use!)I hope this dremel last longer than the first!Its my first attempt at a horse I thought it looked very horse like until I took the pictures now I am not so sure! I made the plaque with two pieces of walnut I pocket holed and glued together,i really enjoyed making the plaque.I glued the horses head to the plaque and drilled pilot holes for two screws with a counter sink bit to put screws into the head to pull it tight on the glue and put two wall hangers on the back.I was really pleased with the joint as you cannot tell its 2 joined boards from the front. I finished it with sandpaper from 80 to 1200grit then used danish oil.I really enjoyed the project!
It looks like a wooden horses head to me!
Thanks Robert,I think I just need to practice detailing like eyes a bit more to make it more life like.


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