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The Impact of the Kurdish-Led Campaign to Isolate Raqqa
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by the U.S., are engaged in an operation to push ISIS out of its de facto capital, but the campaign comes at a cost, writes Syrian researcher Haid Haid.
Written by Haid Haid Published on  Nov. 18, 2016 Read time Approx. 5 minutes
U.S.-backed fighters taking a rest during fighting with the Islamic State group near Ein Issa, north of Raqqa, Syria. Qasioun, a Syrian Opposition Media Outlet, via AP
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Nov. 5 that they would be launching Operation Euphrates Wrath to isolate Raqqa – the de facto capital of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). The operation – backed by the U.S.-led coalition – aims to encircle Raqqa by taking control of surrounding villages and access routes to weaken ISIS and ultimately liberate the city.
The short-term focus of this operation, however, has created ethnic divisions between Arab and Kurdish groups within the SDF. It has also created new waves of displacement among locals, which could be used as a recruiting tool by ISIS. Additionally, it has increased tension between Syrian Kurds and Turkey, which may lead to full-scale military confrontations in the future.
The reported planning inside Raqqa of significant external terror attacks and the Obama administration's search for more significant achievements against ISIS have led to the premature announcement of the operation to isolate the extremist group. The U.S. views the SDF as the only local force capable of executing such an operation in the near term, despite the challenges facing this alliance.
Turkey opposes any cooperation between the U.S. and Syrian Kurds. The country is worried that advances by Syrian Kurdish fighters will embolden Kurdish militants in its own southeast, where for three decades it has been fighting an insurgency led by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The U.S., focused on its short-term objective of militarily defeating ISIS, is sending mixed signals to all its allies – neglecting the long-term consequences of such actions and the risk of sparking secondary conflicts.
The Raqqa campaign has led to internal divisions between Arab and Kurdish groups within the SDF and resulted in the withdrawal of Arab forces from the operation. In a statement released on Nov. 8, Liwa Thuwwar Raqqa (Raqqa Revolutionaries' Brigade) – the main Arab group within the SDF and most popular in Raqqa – announced that it would not participate in the operation. "The brigade refused to participate in the operation because the YPG [the People's Protection Units, the main military wing of the Kurdish Autonomous Administration] did not keep to what we had agreed: that the battle be led by the [Raqqa Revolutionaries'] Brigade and that the fighters all come from Raqqa itself," said Liwa Thuwwar's political office leader, Mahmoud Hadi. "But what happened on the ground has unfortunately been the complete opposite to what we had agreed." The Brigade's move aims to pressurize the U.S. to abide by its statement to let Arab forces take the lead in the operations.
Reported Kurdish forces' violations against Arab communities, especially during their June 2015 attack on Tal Abyad, have led Arabs to mistrust the Kurdish forces. As a result – and due to Turkey's hostile position toward the YPG and the Kurdish Democratic Party (PYD) – the U.S. supported and funded the creation of the SDF, a Kurdish-led alliance with some Arab and Assyrian fighting groups. The absence of Arab forces in the fight to isolate Raqqa, where Arabs are the majority, will increase tensions and mistrust in the SDF operation and lead to confrontations with local communities, which will directly benefit ISIS.
The SDF's Raqqa operation also led to new waves of displacement among local communities, where Arabs are the majority – which is playing into the hands of ISIS. On Nov. 11, the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported large-scale displacement among locals in the Hamisha district, as well as in other villages in eastern Raqqa province. The SDF–ISIS fighting, displacement of locals and U.S.-led airstrikes – which were reported to have killed 20 noncombatants in Hamisha – have forced many local people to leave their homes. Moreover, there has been a growing trend among local communities to turn away people fleeing from ISIS-controlled territories for fear that they belong to sleeper cells of the terrorist group.
Such violations and practices caused the people living in communities under ISIS to feel indifferent toward the operation because they believe this will simply replace one enemy with another. In other cases, it has reportedly contributed to pushing people to join ISIS because they are fearful of what might happen once it is kicked out; they see Islamic State as "the devil they know." So ISIS losses against the Kurdish-dominated SDF, which locals in ISIS-controlled areas do not see as friendly, allow the terrorist group to benefit from its defeats and use fear as a recruiting tool.
To achieve its short-term objective of driving ISIS out of Raqqa, the U.S. is sending mixed signals in an attempt to please all its allies at once. The same day that the SDF announced its Raqqa operation, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Dunford, rushed to Ankara for a four-hour meeting with his Turkish counterpart. He assured Turkey that the Kurds would not take on the main role of liberating Raqqa and that Turkish views would be taken into account before any final assault.
Nonetheless, in a recent interview, Salih Muslim – a co-leader of the PYD – said Dunford's statement "was more of a 'declaration of intent' on the part of the Americans rather than a firm commitment toward Turkey." This is not the first time the U.S. has made promises to the Turkish government it could not keep with regard to Syrian Kurds. It promised Turkey in August that the SDF would allow local Arabs to run the city of Manbij after liberating it from ISIS; however, the SDF still remains in Manbij three months later. The failure or unwillingness of the U.S. to fulfill its promises in Manbij – which is likely to happen also in Raqqa – led to a number of clashes between the SDF and Turkey backed by its Syrian rebel allies.
The Raqqa operation is a continuation of the U.S. balancing act between Syrian Kurds and Turkey. This strategy, which avoids confrontation by sending mixed signals to its allies, has allowed the U.S. to degrade ISIS in Syria, but at the cost of increasing local tensions. The current operation, in the absence of clear roles and agreements among the U.S. allies, will likely increase the frequency and intensity of military confrontations between Turkey and the rebel groups it backs and the SDF as they come into further contact along shared front lines. This fighting, as well as the lack of a credible alternative to Islamic Front that enjoys popular support, will benefit radical groups like ISIS.
This article was originally published by the Atlantic Council and is reprinted here with permission.
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How Noam Chomsky Betrayed the Syrian People
American linguist and renowned left-wing activist Noam Chomsky's stance on the Syria uprising turned proxy war is a betrayal of the Syrian people, writes analyst Sam Hamad. He has allowed his steadfast anti-imperialist approach to blind him to the Arab Spring's complexities and contradictions. April 14, 2016
A Woman's Harrowing Account of Torture and Abuse Inside Assad's Prisons
Meet the Doctors Keeping Aleppo Alive
A Look at the Remaining Rebel Territory in Syria
How Sectarianism Can Help Explain the Syrian War
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Haid Haid is a Syrian researcher who focuses on foreign and security policy, conflict resolution, and Kurds and Islamist movements. Follow him on Twitter at @HaidHaid22.
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Q: Syntax error in an object which has an array of objects I am wondering why the code below is invalid. It gives the following error: SyntaxError: missing ] in computed property name. If I remove the outer curly braces it works. But I am wondering why it wouldn't work with the curly braces.

const example2 = {[
  {
    'title': 'Hello World',
    'Author': 'John Doe',
  },
  {
    'title': 'Hello World2',
    'Author': 'John Doe',
  },
]};

console.log(example2);

A: Objects have key/value pairs. Your example2 object had an array (value) with no key.

const example2 = {"array" : [
  {
    'title': 'Hello World',
    'Author': 'John Doe'
  },
  {
    'title': 'Hello World2',
    'Author': 'John Doe'
  }
]};

console.log(example2);

A: You're putting an array inside an object, without defining the key (or the property).
Object is a key/value pair, you can't give a value without a key.
var myObj = {
  myArr: [{
      'title': 'Hello World',
      'Author': 'John Doe',
    },
    {
      'title': 'Hello World2',
      'Author': 'John Doe',
    },
  ]
};

A: You are getting this error:

SyntaxError: missing ] in computed property name

Because there is an error with the Object initializer syntax.
An object can be created using the "key: value" pair.
And in your case, you have initialized example2 object without the key.

const example2 = {
  "key": [{
      'title': 'Hello World',
      'Author': 'John Doe',
    },
    {
      'title': 'Hello World2',
      'Author': 'John Doe',
    },
  ]
};

console.log(example2);

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Filter, Stone Temple Pilots and Linkin Park are such different bands it seems unlikely they would have anything in common and yet this combination of styles seems to mix perfectly. Why does it work so well? Bennington: A genre that we all fit under, Filter, STP and Linkin Park, would be the "alternative" umbrella, which is what makes the alternative moniker funny in a lot of ways. In LP, we've prided ourselves as being a band that has no genre bounds, because we do pop music, rock, hip-hop, metal, dub-step... We do whatever the f--- we want to. If I walk into the studio with a banjo and some jugs and write a song that's awesome, we're going to find a way to make that work with Linkin Park. STP is a good, solid rock and roll band. It's sexy; it's got groove, energy and attitude; there's melody; it's got all those things that make rock great, but it's modern, which is how it fits into the alternative side. Patrick: I would say Linkin Park is way more electronic and more broad; for Filter, I think of us as modern rock. That's a massive canvas to paint in. Although we use electronics and samplers, it's still always written around a guitar.
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Filter, Stone Temple Pilots and Linkin Park are such different bands it seems unlikely they would have anything in common and yet this combination of styles seems to mix perfectly. Why does it work so well? フィルター、ストーンテンプルパイロッツ、そしてリンキンパークは全く違うバンドだし、何の共通項もなかった感じだけれど、今回の共演では見事なコンビネーションを見せているね。何か秘訣があったのかい? Bennington: A genre that we all fit under, Filter, STP and Linkin Park, would be the "alternative" umbrella, which is what makes the alternative moniker funny in a lot of ways. In LP, we've prided ourselves as being a band that has no genre bounds, because we do pop music, rock, hip-hop, metal, dub-step... We do whatever the f--- we want to. If I walk into the studio with a banjo and some jugs and write a song that's awesome, we're going to find a way to make that work with Linkin Park. STP is a good, solid rock and roll band. It's sexy; it's got groove, energy and attitude; there's melody; it's got all those things that make rock great, but it's modern, which is how it fits into the alternative side. ベニントン:俺たちのジャンルってのは、フィルターにしてもSTP、リンキン・パークにしてもいわゆるオルタナティヴの傘下に属してる。いろんな意味でオルタナティヴって名前を面白くしてきたんだ。LP制作に関しては、ジャンルを超えたバンドであると自負してる。ポップミュージックあり、ロックあり、ヒップホップあり、メタル、ダブ、何でもござれってなもんよ。バンジョー片手に飲み物を持ってスタジオ入って曲を書きゃ、リンキン・パークの連中となら、どう仕上げりゃいいのかすぐ分かる。STPってのは最高にソリッドなロックバンドだ。セクシーでノリのいいエネルギッシュなスタイルのね。さらにロックに貢献してきたメロディがある。加えてオルタナティヴのジャンルにフィットするぐらいモダンだしね。 Patrick: I would say Linkin Park is way more electronic and more broad; for Filter, I think of us as modern rock. That's a massive canvas to paint in. Although we use electronics and samplers, it's still always written around a guitar. パトリック:リンキン・パークは電子的で間口が広い感じがするね。フィルターは所謂モダンロックで、何でも描ける大きなキャンバスという感じ。電子楽器やサンプリングを使う場合でも、曲自体はギターで作曲するんだ。
Robert was also full of praise for his new bandmate, telling Pop-Break.com, "Chester is an amazing human being. "Coming in, we knew we wanted to do this right and sing our songs the way they were supposed to be sung and move forward as a band. "LINKIN PARK will always be his first priority and we respect that. "The guys in LINKIN PARK have been amazing with all this. "Everyone likes to be surrounded by amazing people. We have a great management team, everyone's excited and working hard. We've got a lot of work to do. "There's people out there that really don't like the fact Scott isn't in the band. We have to go out there and prove ourselves. Our goal is to play the best set of songs we can play and really make that count."
What has the response been like for you? Patrick: I was walking over from the bus and some kids freaked out and came over and they looked exactly like [Chester] -- with the ear thing and the flannel. I said, "You guys are Linkin Park fans, aren't you?" And they said, "Yeah! You're the Filter dude!" Then some 20 year-old is on their phone, looking me up. ... It's awesome because Chester is bringing a younger crowd and, at the same time, we have a single out now and it's doing it's job, bringing in younger people to mix with our longtime fans. For a while there, we'd do a show and go, "Gee, everybody's the same age." [Laughs] So now we have this song that connects to the youth.
Chester said it was a no brainer to accept the job as STP's new singer. Bennington clarified that he is the lead singer of both Stone Temple Pilots and Linkin Park, he joked that he's "a greedy fucking bastard." He said he's happy to get to play in a more classic rock type of band, which helps balance out the more tech leaning Linkin Park.
Over the last couple of months, we observed the success that this method has produced for several bands and artists alike. It's an unusual method, but it's a new method and it seems this is a way for us to connect with you, our fans, on a much more personal level. We like that. After laying down an ear recipe that is sure to piss off a few neighbors on our new record "The Sun Comes Out Tonight," we realized it was necessary that we Tour the World and break a few more strings with all of you. This is something we've dreamt about from the very beginning, but to fulfill this dream we are going to need your help. Essentially, the success of this campaign will determine the epicness of the Tour. We want to bring you the very best of Filter. ※ 『The Sun Comes Out Tonight』はアルバム名、『Filter』はバンド名です。
"We want to try to get as many new songs as possible," he says. "The stuff we're working on now is more or less a rock record. A Brit-rock kinda thing. Stones-ish kinda influences. A lot of different sort of things. All in all, it's just rock n' roll." Polite, jovial and absolutely willing to discuss past successes and future endeavors and everything in between, Weiland is easily one of the most forthright and dynamic conversationalists – not surprising based on his musical track record.
When STONE TEMPLE PILOTS bandmembers Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz began thinking of singers to accompany the new music they were working on, Bennington was at the top of the list. "Chester has a one-of-a-kind voice that we've admired for a long time," said Dean DeLeo. "We know LINKIN PARK will always be his priority, but we thought it would be cool to try something together. We managed to find the time to record a song and we're all really happy with the result."
According to The Pulse Of Radio, Robert and Dean DeLeo recently revealed why STONE TEMPLE PILOTS parted way with Weiland. In a radio interview, Robert explained that he thinks that you get to a point in your life where your BS meter starts running down to a certain kind of tolerance and that it wasn't just a musical decision, but it was a business decision. Robert added: "It was a quality-of-life decision and that really what it's about. That's where we wanted to be. Chester is a person that's really surrounded by good fortune and that's something you want to be around. It's no longer three guys in a room, trying to make a record or trying to get a tour together — it's four guys in a room."
BENNINGTON GIVES UPDATE ON STP RECORDING SESSIONS, BAND TO RELEASE "OUT OF TIME" IN U.K. Stone Temple Pilots frontman Chester Bennington gave a brief update on STP's current recording sessions in a new interview with PhilStar, "We enjoy our families. I have a lot of kids. If I'm not with Linkin Park, I'm working with other people. I've been working with Stone Temple Pilots and we're making great music together." STP will release "Out of Time" as a single on July 15th in the United Kingdom through Spinefarm Records in the UK. Spinefarm is a heavy metal label, so it's an interesting choice for STP to go with that label for the release of Out of Time. STP self-released the track in the United States in May. ※ 『Stone Temple Pilots』『Linkin Park』はバンド名、『Chester Bennington』は人物名、『Out of Time』は曲名です。
Basically it was the same thing all over again. In this situation it's like, I don't know what the terms of your own personal contract was, but I was unlawfully fired. We had specific rules in our contract on how it has to be done, and it wasn't followed." On the problems in STP last year: "There were financial things we were dealing with, and I also felt on a creative level that we needed to take a break. I felt like we were playing the same set over and over and over. We were supposed to do a big big release of the box set for the 20th anniversary of Core and go on tour in the summer of 2012 and play Core in its entirety which is an idea we got from a couple other bands, namely Weezer. It was hugely successful, and for us to do that with Core, the offers we were getting were amazing, and they didn't want to do it. There was a lot of promotion that would have had to take place. So that didn't happen, so we ended up playing the greatest hits set, which was basically the same version of the set we had been playing since 2008 when we got back together.
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Excellent post. The attrition of open space, wildlife, and natural ecosystems occurs slowly and quietly. Without vigilance and unrelenting effort, the attrition is unstoppable. Always, the urge to obtain immediate convenience or profit obscures the potential long-term consequences of our actions. Learning to take the long-term view is essential for managers of natural systems.
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I really liked this book. It has romance, suspense, mystery, excitement, and humor. It's a story about a Texas Ranger, a telephone operator, a train robber and his gang, and a precocious young girl. I was a little disappointed that there wasn't more of a faith and Christianity theme but to be honest, it doesn't claim to have that. It is a really enjoyable story with a respectful handling of the romantic story line. It starts out with an exciting train robbery and ends with ...an exciting train robbery. The main characters, Georgie, the telephone operator, and Luke, the undercover Texas Ranger, are at first glance, not at all suited for each other and you wonder if they ever will be. After all, Luke has to hide his true identity from Georgie and he has to 'take up' with some unsavory characters in order to keep his cover in tact. Georgie's strength of character has made her a successful phone operator, living on her own, independent in a man's world. She is a crusader for bird preservation and wages a war against the local hat maker who uses body parts from real birds on his hats, and is successful in her quest.
I never found myself bored with this book or skipping paragraphs. Each sentence was interesting and important to the story. I'm not sure what year this story is supposed to have taken place but it seems like around the late 1800's to early 1900's. The author prefaces and ends the book with her historical research, so you know her depiction of the time period is accurate. I will be looking for more books by this author.
You can read an excerpt by going HERE . If you're looking for an exciting, eventful, clean romance story,you won't be sorry with this one!
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I was getting kind of tired making the Block Bs for my Lazy Sunday Mystery Quilt, so I decided that I would start sashing together the blocks from the center out, and somehow I thought it would make my life more organized. Jury is still out on that one.
Hooray! I love it so far and I'm happy that I didn't go with a white background for once.
I"m off this weekend to Michigan for my wedding shower --- hooray for family and food!
Thanks for all the love and help celebrating my two year blog-iversary! Here's to many more years!!
So here are her primary color fat quarters!!
No finishes here today, but just a little more progress on my Lazy Sunday Mystery Quilt.
I have just about finished putting together all of the pieces for the second block for the quilt and started the cutting on the centers of the Ohio star-like block. The fabric that I chose is a print from AMH's Innocent Crush line and I decided to fussy cut the fabric so that there is a "burst" in every center square.
One downside to fussy cutting is a lot of waste!! I decided to "skip ahead" in the directions a little to part 4 (I'm not quite finished with part 2 yet, whoops) and fussy cut the setting cornerstones out of the scraps.
Is it just me or are these really cute?
While I'm not quite done finished making all of the hourglass blocks (almost!!) and not made a lot of progress with the corner blocks, I have enough done to show what the next set of blocks will look like! I am in love with the orange and can't wait to see how the final block looks with the fussy cut centers.
Happy Friday to you! And this is the last chance to enter my blog-iversary giveaway -- entries close at 8 PM tonight!
If you haven't entered my blog-iversary contest, please click here!!
While I was working and out of town a good chunk of the weekend, Sunday afternoon I was able to get all of the first type of block done for my Lazy Sunday Mystery quilt. Hooray!
Right now I'm working on making half-square triangles and then cutting them in half for the next block. Kind of a slick trick instead of sewing all the individual triangles together by hand.
So far, I've really liked the color scheme that I've chosen and hopefully it doesn't look too busy in the end!
Linking up at Fabric Tuesday, Sew Cute Tuesday, and WIP Wednesday!
Tomorrow is my two year blog-iversary and to celebrate, I am going to put together a set of four fat quarters from my stash for the lucky winner in whatever color (or colors) they choose!
As some of you might remember, I am getting married in October (ZOMG LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AWAY!!) and my wonderful Park Ranger Fiance needs space for his stuff, so I am going to have to cut down on the stash that I have just a little bit. My loss is your gain!
I'll put some teaser stash pictures on here once I get home from work tonight.
But for now, for one entry put what color/style of fabrics you're trying to stash!
For a second entry, followers comment with "I'm a ______ follower" and enter the color/style of fabrics you're looking for.
The contest will close at 8 PM August 23rd.
Today I got my August Fat Quarter Friends swap package! The fabrics are so beautiful!
This weekend I also braved doing some free motion quilting on some simple placemats! I did one with loops, one with curls, one with shells, and one outlining the large flowers. I still need a LOT of work, but I am proud of starting to practice it myself!
The fabric is something I bought on the clearance at Joann and the binding is a print from the Summersault collection.
Sharing with Sew Cute Tuesday at Better Off Thread and Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story!!
I did the hand stitching on two of these and then decided to finish the rest by machine. It came out decently well, I still need to figure out how to make beautiful corners.
Here are all ten of them!
And here are all the backs!
The quilting isn't perfect so I'm not willing to share a close up, but they turned out so cute! I made extra so hopefully I'll have one to keep for myself!
Sharing my finish at The Lovely Year Of Finishes August Party!
When I decided that my August Lovely Year of Finishes Goal was to make potholders for thank you gifts for my wedding shower with my church friends, the date of said shower was August 17th.
Because we're all afraid one of our members is going to go into labor at any time (for whom I made this baby quilt), they decided to move up the date to THIS Saturday.They all have been quilted and the bindings are machine stitched to the front so I need to finish the hand stitching and loops over the next three days!
If you're an avid Quiltmaker reader like I am, you probably recently received the most recent issue where the four part mystery quilt by Bonnie Hunter was revealed. I decided I loved it, so I got all four parts out and started pulling fabric!
I got all of the cutting done for the first part done (minus the borders, not sure if I am going to do them as the pattern or not).
And now all of the four patches and half square triangles for the first part of the blocks are done!
Sharing at WIP Wednesday and Sew Cute Tuesday!
Waste not, want not -- a sort of tutorial.
I've recently given up trying to do stitch-and-flip triangle corners without drawing a line on the square beforehand. Too many wrong angles, sliding, picking it out and resewing.
One advantage of knowing that your line is very straight is that you can use what you'd be cutting off as waste to make additional half square triangles, unless they are itty bitty -- so waste not, want not!
Now, cut between these two lines. You can use a rotary cutter, but I just used my big ol' Fiskars.
The blocks I was making took four units, so you ended up with four "bonus" squares for each block.
Sure, this idea isn't new, but I am really proud of these darling pinwheels!
Well, I didn't make my July goal. Boo. Guess I wasn't in the mood to work on a Christmas quilt.
This month, I am going to turn some of my scrappy basket blocks into potholders to give as gifts for my little bridal shower with a group of ladies from my church here.
I'm not going to use all of my baskets and make potholders-- I think I need to make about 8.
Linking up with A Lovely Year of Finishes for August!!
This month our Queen Bee Chelsa asked us to do a larger version of Suki's Origami Star from the Virtual Quilting Bee.
I strip pieced the red portions and then you add the aqua triangles via stitch and flip -- I'm putting together a little tutorial on making the most of your extras -- watch for it!


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"The nicest journey is the journey that allows one to serve others": Star Wars Families in Italy
by Studio 1854
"Star Wars is the first movie that I remember ever watching," says Paula Avila. "My dad took my brother and me to see the movie. When I stepped out of the cinema, I did not want to come out of this fantastic world that had been portrayed. It bonded me and my brother in hours and hours of pretend play and daydream…dreaming that maybe an Ewok would show up, and we could keep him at home."
Many years have now passed since Paula and her brother first fell in love with the Skywalker saga. Originally from Colombia, Paula now lives in Angrogna, Italy, with her husband Eliseo and their children Sophia, Manuela, and Pietro. Their home is in a beautiful valley just 10 minutes from Paula's father, Hernando, and his wife, Pilar.
"My youngest son, Pietro, was seven when the third trilogy came out," remembers Paula. "He would enter the Star Wars world at seven, just like me. It became a family occasion for us: a special moment to welcome him to the adventures of life, to the struggles of our heroes, a preparation to face adversities and hang on to what matters." The family began watching the entire catalogue of Star Wars films together before going to the premiere of The Force Awakens, where a new family tradition was born.
Paula and Eliseo originally met 25 years ago when they were both working onboard a volunteer ship. "All of us, 350 volunteers, young people from many different countries, were united in one same objective, with one common mission: serving others with our talents, our hearts, and our hard work in order to provide practical help, but above all to provide a message of hope and brotherly love," Paula describes.
The couple eventually married on that same volunteer ship. Today, both work for a Swiss NGO which defends refugees, immigrants, and victims of wars and persecutions. They also run a social centre in a poor neighbourhood in Turin, and Paula organises local activities in the valley near their home. She and her husband are deeply committed to this ethic of service, one which they see reflected in the lessons and morals of the Skywalker saga.
"The epic battles, the individuals or entire populations that are threatened by evil…all that is just like what's happening on our planet today, where entire peoples are being threatened by wars, famines, natural disasters. The Star Wars common denominator is that there is hope of being able to overcome these things, to confront and resolve them," says Eliseo.
Eliseo goes on to say: "When I meet people who arrive from difficult situations in which they are forced to flee their land, their homes, because of war or other types of persecution…you can see the sadness, the tragedy, but you do see hope as well: being able to seek a better future for one's kids. The fact that one can now reconstruct a life and a future."
Italian photographer Carlotta Cardana was commissioned to produce a narrative family portrait documenting the Avilas at this unique moment in their lives as they anticipate the release of the Star Wars finale. "All of us photographers were put into very intimate situations in joining the families in their homes," the photographer says. "It was important to gain their trust and make them feel at ease."
The commission had a personal resonance for Cardana, one which echoes in her sensitive portrayal of the Avilas. "This project, to me, has always meant family," says Cardana. "Star Wars reminds me of these peaceful and rare, quiet moments with my brothers, just watching the films on the sofa under the same blanket. I cherish my Star Wars memories."
The photographs are bursting with Cardana's characteristic attention to the fine details of family life. We watch as the Avilas say grace around the dinner table, as they practice their instruments and as the women do one another's hair in the bathroom. This is a privileged intimacy that speaks volumes about the family's confidence in Cardana's careful handling.
While some images are more formal — a striking frontal photograph of Pietro on a snowy bridge, or a painterly family portrait — the family's love of the Force is clear, not least in a lightsaber duel between father and son. "It was very important to listen to them and let them decide how to present themselves to the camera; let them live this Star Wars dream for a day," says Cardana of her inclusion of so many rich details. "They were all very excited."
"Star Wars reminds us who we are in a fun way, but also in an emotional way," concludes Paula. "It reminds us what we are made of: love, hope and faith, which are characteristics that give us strength and that light up our path in life." The Avilas' profound commitment to the betterment of the world around them, to helping the less fortunate, corresponds to that familiar Skywalker theme of the triumph of good over evil.
"In Star Wars there are many journeys," Paula continues. "I think that the nicest journey is the journey that allows one to serve others. The giving of oneself to others. That's a journey that lasts a lifetime, and is worth taking."
Star Wars Families presented by eBay is a collaboration between Lucasfilm and British Journal of Photography in advance of the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. An immersive photographic and editorial project, it sheds light on families around the world who have enjoyed the magic of Star Wars for nearly half a century.
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Q: How do I choose the most proper word from several synonyms? Please help me to find a way to find out the most proper word from several synonyms.
I mean, generally, Is there a way to understand that which word is more proper that the other ones?
For example, from the words below, which one is appropriate for using in a story book, news, and in a conversation?
Bewitching, fetching, attractive, charming,

A: Short of consulting other resources or data sets that show English word usage frequencies, the long-term answer is to read as much as you can. As with any language, English speaking children go through school reading books with many words they do not understand and often don't take the time to look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary. However, after so much exposure to words, if they were to see them as synonyms in a thesaurus for a word they did know, they would intuitively know which words they had encountered more often in their life and therefore which ones were more likely to be idiomatic or correct. You can replicate this experience, to a certain degree, by increasing your exposure to English that contains words you don't understand but can get a sense of with context clues.
As for your examples, in American English, the words "attractive" and "charming" would be the most common and relatively neutral in connotation. "Attractive" is by far the most common, and thus would be the most likely to use in a conversation. The word "fetching" is not common in American English usage, and the word "bewitching" bears an additional connotation that a person's beauty is so intense as to deprive its beholders of self control.


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Discussion in 'Artificial Reefs' started by diver222, Mar 14, 2008.
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ANy one planning to attend the sinking of the Vandenberg? Then hopefully dive on it the next day or so. Sinking is May 15th Get a seat....Mike
diver222, Mar 14, 2008
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May 15 at the earliest, huh? Those dates often shift.
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Carbon Monoxide is toxic, orderless, tasteless, and can be produced by any overheated compressor, but most fill stations don't test. You can test the tanks you breathe or - dive on hope.
Testing is safer...
The agencies & DAN are doing nothing as exposure is bad for business and the industry. It gets boring checking tank after tank always getting zeroes until you get your first tank failure, then you view it all as worthwhile.
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Mar 22, 2008 (Florida Keys Keynoter - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- NO MATCHES FOUND. | news | PowerRating | PR Charts -- Key West City Commissioner Bill Verge wants the City Commission to set a deadline of April 1 to garner $2.3 million still needed to sink the USS Hoyt S. Vandenberg as an artificial reef seven miles off Key West.
The city holds the title to the vessel, and if the deadline is not met, "the city will turn the title over to the lending institutions and the ship will be sold for scrap," Verge wrote in a letter to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Chairman Rodney Barreto.
Verge said he'll ask his fellow commissioners to approve the deadline when they meet April 1, the deadline he wants.
He said he's looking to the state for the money, specifically the Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development. It's the last resort "unless some sugar daddy steps up and pays the rest."
"The state hasn't put one dime into this yet," Verge told the Keynoter. "And yet they're the main beneficiary on this."
According to Verge, the city's Tallahassee lobbyist firm, Gray/Robinson Attorneys at Law, is trying to make it happen.
"We have talked to [the tourism office] about that, and we are waiting for a response," said Ed Scales, a local attorney with Gray/Robinson.
According to Verge, the Vandenberg is only a piece of the state's new tourism plan.
"The state would like to sink 10 more ships around Florida to keep the tourists here for a longer period of time," he said.
The city deadline was set because of towing limitations.
"Time is of the essence due to towing dates and hurricane season," Verge wrote. "The Coast Guard will not allow a tow after June 1," because hurricane season begins.
On top of the city's financial worries, the Department of Environmental Protection introduced more mitigative requirements for the ship before it can be scuttled and made an artificial reef. Those include, according to Verge, dry-docking the ship twice to clean the hull before it's scuttled as an artificial reef.
With a total cost of now more than $8 million, the project is being financed by the city of Key West, Monroe County, the county Tourist Development Council, U.S. Maritime Administration, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and local banks.
The city, county and TDC have pledged the funds, but no transactions will occur until the 520-foot ship is on the ocean bottom.
"Of course, the TDC has $1 million allocated to the ship, which cannot be released until the ship goes down as an artificial reef," TDC Director Harold Wheeler said.
Asked if the TDC would consider contributing more, Wheeler said, "We feel as though the million we've invested in it is a good investment."
Not only does the vessel need to sink, it needs to sink correctly.
The 510-foot Spiegel Grove ran into complications in 2002 when it was sunk in 134 feet of water near Dixie Shoal off Key Largo. That vessel unintentionally rolled upside down. It's since been righted.
"If these guys can't pull it off, they get no funds," Verge said.
Reefmakers is contracted to scuttle the vessel for Artificial Reefs of the Florida Keys.
Managers of the 10-year project say the 14,300-ton former military vessel will be towed from its shipyard in Norfolk, Va., where it's been cleaned out and prepared for scuttling.
Joe Weatherby of Reefmakers announced a sinking date of May 15 in late January.
polarguard, Mar 24, 2008
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That does not sound good at all for the sinking.
truck1, Mar 24, 2008
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The sinking isn't sunk ....yet.
Ships ahoy or bon voyage?
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BY MANDY BOLEN
Citizen Staff
A Key West city commissioner is working to protect the city from liability in case the USS Vandenberg does not sink as an artificial reef, but he maintains hope for the project's success as the mayor continues to seek state funding.
Mayor Morgan McPherson met Wednesday in Tallahassee with Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp and members of the governor's Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development, which could help with funding.
"They are working to try to come up with a grouping of funds," McPherson said. "Have they committed to it 100 percent? No. But they believe in it and they want to get behind it."
He said he told the group the city was working with a two-week deadline for funding.
"It's either time for the state to become our partner in this or not, but I'd say as of now we have better than a 50-50 chance," McPherson said.
If the funding is not in place within those two weeks, McPherson and City Commissioner Bill Verge both said they need to protect the city of Key West.
Verge, a longtime supporter of the reef project, on Tuesday will ask the city attorney to "begin negotiations" for the city to release the title of the ship, possibly to the banks that have committed financial support.
As of now, the city holds title to the ship "and has entered into various memorandums of understanding or agreement with federal, state and local governments to assist in the project. Private funding institutions have also cooperated in funding the project," according to the proposed resolution.
Verge also remains hopeful for the project.
"The full-court press is on right now," Verge said. "I have to keep the banks comfortable, but I'm trying to keep the window open as long as I can."
He emphasized that, if approved at Tuesday's City Commission meeting, his direction to begin negotiations to release the title would not be the final death knell for the project.
Unforeseen cost increases have jeopardized the hard-fought sinking, with project organizers needing an additional $2.3 million.
Verge and McPherson both have championed the reef project, citing positive economic impacts and environmental benefits to the natural coral reef.
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trtldvr, Mar 27, 2008
Let's keep our fingers crossed on this one. ...does any one have any idea how they found themselves this far over budget at the last minute?
It sounds like the Monroe COunty political scene will be highly entertaining again
This is how I understand it.
First, the original contractor had set a fixed bid to clean the ship, but it had taken soooooooo long to aquire the funding, this contractor was no longer available. Then another contractor stepped up and agreed to do the job for the proposed price, but if any additional work needed done the price would be adjusted.Then the sanctuary required more cleaning than what was originally thought, this lead to an additional trip into the dry dock.
The amount of cleaning to this ship is unprecedented.
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I have a feeling that none of this being over budget or poor planned is "last minute".
they've been saying they would be sinking this wreck long ago, even before the Spiegal Grove was sunk.
If you read into the problems (on land with politics, organizers, etc) with the sinking of the Grove (or the people who sunk it), it will indicate a lot of dis-organization.
on a positive note, I hope they get it sunk. but I'm not booking any travel plans yet!
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mike_s, Mar 27, 2008
'Vandenberg' plans in disarray
By Sam Nissen snissen@keynoter.com
Posted-Friday, April 4, 2008 10:01 PM EDT
Big shortfall puts scuttling into question
The USS Hoyt Vandenberg is making more waves without moving an inch.
While work to prepare the ship for its final mission as an artificial reef off Key West is proceeding, cost concerns have nearly sunk the project.
The project is 40 percent over 2006 cost estimates and time is running out to secure the added money, according to a project budget.
The new estimate of $8.45 million is 3.9 times more than the original estimate calculated in 2001, according to Monroe County Tourist Development Council records. Jeff Dey, whose company, Resource Control Corp., is part of the team scuttling the ship, filed that estimate - $2.18 million.
As the deadlines loom, BB&T Bank is considering pulling loans for the project, Key West City Commissioner Bill Verge said.
He said banks should see through their commitment, but that BB&T has reason to raise questions.
The bank and city became aware of millions of dollars in additional costs when the project manager, Reef Makers, used up bank allocations.
Verge described mounting costs as legitimate, and said they stem from various environmental concerns and unforeseeable variables such as the steep rise in gas prices the past few years. But, he added, Reef Makers should have warned the various governmental agencies involved in the scuttling for the 520-foot former military ship of the rising expenses.
Most of the unforeseen costs are in the removal and disposal of PCB-laced wiring, said Joe Weatherby, marketing director for Reef Makers. PCB is a toxic pollutant banned in 1979.
John McMahon, manager of the Key West branch of BB&T, said it is against company policy to comment on its relationship with clients.
Any pulled funding would add to the project's current $2.4 million shortfall. About $1 million of that is working its way through a legislative committee. Key West Mayor Morgan McPherson said he thinks the state's Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development can fund the rest.
"This is going to be one of the most different summers ever," he said.
Asked if the TDC should pay more than the $1 million it already committed, he said: "I'd love to see the TDC come out with something, but that would have to be an action that board would have to address.
"At this point, the executive director, Harold Wheeler, has taken a pretty staunch position against extra monies being used. He hasn't been helpful up into this point, and I don't expect him to be helpful about it in the future," he said.
Placing explosives on the ship to sink it will take a month, Verge said. To make the U.S. Coast Guard deadline of June 1, brought about by the beginning of hurricane season, the ship must be in place by the end of April.
If the ship is sunk, benefits to the Keys are disputed.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contends the ship will increase diving 10 percent in the county, according to a report authored by Bob Leeworthy, chief economist for that agency. Added visitors will spend an extra $7.5 million each year since divers spend on lodging and other tourism businesses, the report says.
Wheeler said he thinks the impact could hurt the Upper Keys, where diving is a big attraction, or dissipate quickly.
"I believe if the ship goes down that it will have a very positive effect for at least a short period of time," he said. The question is after a about a year and a half or two years, what economic impact is it going to have in Key West?"
Said Weatherby, "This is the right thing for our economy and our environment, but I recognize that people feel differently."
polarguard, Apr 5, 2008


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US Sets New Single-Day Record With Over 60,000 Reported Coronavirus Cases
By Kevin Billings
John Hopkins University said the total number of new coronavirus cases for Tuesday was 60,021
California, Arizona, Florida, and Texas accounted for over half of the cases with 33,738 new confirmed cases
The new daily record comes as the Trump administration begins withdrawal proceedings from the World Health Organization
The U.S. on Tuesday set a new single-day record with over 60,000 new coronavirus cases reported in a 24-hour period, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The new single-day record comes on the back of total confirmed cases within the U.S. surpassing 3 million.
As of Wednesday afternoon, there are 3.5 million confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. and over 133,000 deaths.
The total number of new cases reported Tuesday was 60,021, with most cases located in the South and West. California, Arizona, Florida and Texas accounted for over half of the new cases. Tuesday's total for the four states, together, was 33,738 new confirmed cases.
The growing number of daily cases is reflective of statements previously made by White House advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci over the virus' spread in the U.S. Fauci warned the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee the U.S. was "not in total control" of the virus' spread and if measures weren't taken immediately to curb the spread, daily cases would continue to go up.
At the time of the hearing, the number of new daily cases surpassed 40,000.
"I can't make an accurate prediction but it's going to be very disturbing," Fauci told the committee. "We are now having 40-plus-thousand new cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around, and so I am very concerned."
He has also pointed to the European Union's apparent success in bringing cases down as evidence of the failure in the U.S. to contain the virus.
"The European Union as an entity, it went up and then came down to baseline," Fauci told the National Institutes of Health. "Now they're having little blips, as you might expect, as they try to reopen. We went up, never came down to baseline, and now it's surging back up. So it's a serious situation that we have to address immediately."
Additional criticism has also been leveled at the Trump administration dealings with the World Health Organization. On Tuesday, the administration notified the WHO and Congress that the U.S. would be formally withdrawing.
"Thousands of people have spoken, from health experts to heads of state and heroes on the frontlines: the world needs WHO," Global Health Council president and executive director Loyce Pace told CNN. "This move signals a dangerous gamble in the midst of a pandemic we have yet to conquer, and without a viable alternative to WHO."
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Americans are safer when America is engaged in strengthening global health. On my first day as President, I will rejoin the @WHO and restore our leadership on the world stage. https://t.co/8uazVIgPZB
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 7, 2020
In the midst of a global pandemic, President Trump announced plans to withdraw from WHO. When we need to learn and work with other nations to fight this public health crisis and develop a vaccine, the President lets his colossal ego overrule common sense. https://t.co/LddZtZ9caD
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) July 8, 2020
Congress received notification that POTUS officially withdrew the U.S. from the @WHO in the midst of a pandemic.
To call Trump's response to COVID chaotic & incoherent doesn't do it justice. This won't protect American lives or interests—it leaves Americans sick & America alone.
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Several Wisconsin legislators have been warned by Capitol Police recently that they should not be observing the arrests and other activities currently happening in the Capitol rotunda daily over the noon hour, as Solidarity Sing Along participants continue to sing out their disapproval of Gov. Scott Walker and his policies each weekday from 12 to 1 p.m.
Many state elected officials have been sympathetic to the song circle and have joined in on occasion to voice support. Others have issued press releases and written letters to DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch urging him to respect citizen's right to petition their government.
The latest Capitol crackdown on dissent began late last month with daily declarations of an "unlawful event," which requires "participants" and spectators to disperse or risk arrest. Observers, including tourists and other visitors to the Capitol, are warned daily about the danger of remaining in their statehouse while the arrests are happening. Tuesday, Rep. Sondy Pope (D-Cross Plains) was warned to stop observing the scene as she watched arrests from a balcony outside her office.
Wednesday, Reps. Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) and Terese Berceau (D-Madison) stood their ground when asked to move away from Capitol Police arresting a citizen sitting peacefully on the floor.
Having watched the video, I'd like to add a comment for your consideration. I did about 25 years in law enforcement both in the Maryland/DC area and in the international arena and believe that the choices made by the Capitol Police to arrest people for non-violent protest are totally in error. I believe every citizen has the right to peaceful protest.
While I totally disagree with the decision made by Capitol Police to make arrests in this instance, one that decision is made, you, as an official don't have a "right" to interfere in that arrest.
I policed in some of the worst high crime areas of Maryland and DC and I would have arrested you without a second thought for your insistence on interfering in that officer's arrest. You were asked, politely, multiple times, to move and you should have done so.
You can watch without creating a roadblock. No, you offered no violence, but once the officer made the choice to arrest, you needed to get out of the way and let them do their job. If you think what you are doing is helping, guess again. Bring suit in court, make changes in law, sanction investigations into the legality of these actions…do what Representatives do, but remember the police department isn't at fault here, it's the fault of those directing the police. I would like to see legal challenges here, that would force those directing the police from behaving like spoiled children.


OBA was a project of independent game initiated by Beckoning Cat on his own and supported by The Icehouse collective. It was thought as an action/adventure game for PC, reminscent of famous console games such as the Zelda series or Ico. The main character, Oba, had the power to use nature and could invoke grass, flowers, trees and even animals. Animals could follow Oba everywhere and help her kill her ennemies, while the trees could be destroyed to make fire. Or you could just take their fruits to increase your HP.
Several portals were to be found in the Kingdom, and each of them were under the protection of a dark eye. If entering a portal would heal you and save your game, in return it would call for more and more ennemies around, for as long as you would stay inside it. Oba would have to use her powers and skills, including her sword, to defeat the ennemies.
OBA prototype was developped with Unity 4 in a few weeks. However Beckoning Cat believed that the gameplay was probably not good enough and that it was complicated for a single person to polish and finish such an ambitious project on his own.
It will be obvious that the project could never ever release in its existing form. However, we are also confident that, with the help of The Icehouse indie creator's collective, the project may come back in the future using a different approach (comic book, new game, or anything else?). Yet, for now, that is just a dream, and the developer has taken the decision to share his canceled prototype version with everyone in order to show and explain what happened! Please read the instructions below and enjoy the beginning of the game.
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Current president of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) Ben Nunoo Mensah has hailed one of his predecessors, Hon. Benson Tongo Baba formerly of the Ghana Prisons Service for his contribution to Ghana Sports.
Speaking at the maiden colloquium on empowering women to take up executive and administrative positions in sports, he praised B. T. Baba for acquiring the land at Amasaman for the GOC, which has become one of their most valuable assets, and promised to continue to develop the site which is now a community park to an international sports facility as required and proposed by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA).
According to Nunoo Mensah, B. T. Baba is one of the biggest sports icons Ghana has produced after the likes of the late Ohene Djan.
He said Ghana lost a huge opportunity to have a big say in world sports when B. T. Baba's name was withdraw from the Vice presidential contest of ANOCA after the change of administration at the GOC.
According to Ben Nunoo Mensah, the legacies Baba at the GOC and Ghana sports is still unmatched, and would continue to consult him.
B. T. Baba who has not made public appearance for a long time was the chairman of the Women Sports Association of Ghana (WOSPAG) event at the media center of the Accra Sports Stadium, and he charged women to be serious with sports and appealed to the sports authorities to promote physical education.
The Member of Parliament for Talensi Constituency in the Upper East region commended WOSPAG and hinted that the legislature of Ghana is very much concerned with the development of Ghana Sport, and has decided to support the industry.
He noted that the GOC is there to support the federations, and cannot carry the whole burden of sports, which is the duty of the government.
He called for the training of more physical education teachers and coaches, as well the investment in sports infrastructure, so that more sportsmen and women can be produced.
B. T. Baba also called for the return of the inter- colleges sports programme that produced many student sportsmen and women who were selected into the Academicals and later became national stars.
He commended the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for a successful election which was free from interference, and urged members of the GOC to support Ben Nunoo Mensah to succeed in his reign.
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Grand Canyon National Park to Hold Desert View Watchtower Rededication Ceremony
Contact: Emily Davis, 928-638-7609
Grand Canyon, Ariz. –The National Park Service (NPS) and its partners invite the public to a re-dedication ceremony at the Desert View Watchtower on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 10:30 am.
The ceremony, a National Park Service Centennial event, commemorates the grand re-opening and rededication of the Watchtower from a souvenir shop to a cultural heritage place. Representatives from the NPS, Grand Canyon Association, Grand Canyon's InterTribal Advisory Council (ItAC), and the American Indian Native Alaskan Tourism Association (AIANTA) will be present. "Thanks to the hard work of the ItAC and our partners, this project re-envisions how visitors experience Desert View and the entire park. This will lead the NPS into the next century,"said Grand Canyon Superintendent Dave Uberuaga.
Desert View has transformed into a place to celebrate, share, and learn about inter-tribal cultural heritage.The revival of Desert View as a cultural heritage site provides opportunities for the public to connect with Grand Canyon National Park's Traditionally Associated Tribes through displays and the Cultural Demonstration Series.
For the weekend of the ceremony, join Hopi musician and artist Ed Kabotie and Navajo moccasin maker Bill Thomas, Jr. at the Watchtower. At shade shelters near the Watchtower, meet Havasupai storyteller Diana Sue Uqualla, Zuni silversmith Duran Gaspar, Zuni fetish makers Jimmy Yawakia and Eric Lasiloo, and Hopi and Zuni potters Bobby Silas and Tim Edakkie.
The Desert View area has been used as a gathering place for thousands of years. Visitors can see a glimpse of the ancient past at the Tusayan Ruin and Museum. Architect Mary Colter modeled Desert View's centerpiece, the Watchtower, after the architecture of the Ancestral Puebloan people of the Colorado Plateau. Today Desert View represents the physical and cultural gateway from Grand Canyon National Park to the Navajo and Hopi reservations.
Desert View is the eastern entrance into Grand Canyon National Park. It is located on the South Rim approximately 45 minutes east of Grand Canyon Village. To plan your visit to Desert View, go to https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/placestogo.htm.
All events are free and open to the public.
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We both know you offer endless design selections, use top-of-the-line equipment, and have the most friendly, experienced artists in town - but do customers know it? You could own the absolute best tattoo shop on the planet, but if no one knows your shop exists, what does that really do for you?
If you're looking to drive more customers to your tattoo shop it's time you get the word out there with a little, old-fashion advertising. We're not talking anything super time consuming and/or expensive. No, no - we're talking the basics here. There are tons of simple, quick, inexpensive ways you can advertise your tattoo shop and double your shop's traffic in practically no time.
So, let's get to it with three easy, economical and extremely effective advertising ideas for your tattoo shop.
According to the Pew Research Center, as of 2014 about 71% of all online adults use Facebook and that number only continues to grow. With close to three-fourths of the entire online adult market operating on Facebook, it's a no brainer that your tattoo shop wants to have some sort of presence on this social media giant.
First thing's first. Your tattoo shop needs (and deserves) its very own Facebook Business Page. Don't have an hour to waste on getting this set-up? That's okay! Facebook is extremely user friendly and getting your page up and running will take you 20 minutes max. All you have to do is input your business' info, put up some pictures, and you're ready to go.
Having a Facebook Page is a great way for advertising your tattoo shop, but maybe you're looking for a little extra push. If so, consider taking full advantage of Facebook advertisements. Facebook ads are a great, extremely cost effective way for you to push your tattoo shops exposure even further and helps you to better specify whom you want your advertising to be getting in front of.
When potential new customer search for tattoo shops in their area for their newest tat, you want to make sure that it's your shop's name that they come across. The days of the giant yellow phone books may be behind us, but the days of the online directory take-over have just begun.
People use popular listing sites such as Google and Yelp everyday to connect and research with local businesses. So, you want to make sure that your tattoo shop is listed on any and all local listing sites in order to get your shop's name out there. People using local listing sites are searching for the sole purpose of spending their money, so make sure your shop is what they find.
How can you get your customers, to go out there and talk-up your tattoo shop to all their friends? Well, sweeten the deal for them. Get a simple loyalty program going. So, for example, if a customer of yours refers a friend maybe they get 10 dollars off their next piercing. If you keep rewards enticing and tangible, you'll see how customers can actually do a huge bulk of the advertising for your tattoo shop for you. It's a marvelous thing.
So, what's your tattoo shop's secret to great advertising? Be sure to leave us a comment below!


On the left of the river bank stood rows of old shophouses that were once the main offices and warehouses of importers and exporters of food and spices. This is Boat Quay. In front of the houses, directly next to the river, were tents built for dining under the hot tropical sun, or under the moonlight.
The shophouses were no longer used as traders' offices or residences but restaurants, pubs and other businesses.
See how clean the river is. No debris, no stench.


I bet what happened to me yesterday has happened to you, too. And, because so many people are also doing it here on social media, then be sure to keep reading.
Yesterday I received a request from someone I have not heard from in years asking if I would help them spread the word about an event they are hosting.
The reason I am bringing this up is because I often hear my new clients say that it feels like they have to beg and do tricks to get others to give them hand or accept their requests for help.
And, I let them know that if they have been making requests like this person did to me, then I bet it does feel like begging and most people are going to say "No!" or simply ignore you.
And, sure, your friends can listen too!
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I wanted to share some theme deck codes with you which you can claim on the Pokemon Trading Card Game Online. These codes can be added to your account via the online game shop. And will give you multiple copies of the rally theme deck. Even though they no longer give unique theme decks they are still useful for giving yourself multiple energy cards and also duplicate cards. Some of the codes also give clothing for your character, hats and also shirts. Remember to check back for new codes to get more free Pokemon trading card game online stuff.
So the deal with the Pokémon Pack Giveaway codes is every month I give away a free booster pack code which can be claimed for the online trading card game. This costs you nothing you don't have to do anything for this is just something nice I do for the people who follow and read my blog. If you want to be notified about when I post one subscribe or follow my blog. I have many more Pokemon codes to give away so if you didn't get one yet you will eventually. Just keep following!


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I hope this experiment goes well!
I could hear my wife calling out to me from the porch.
My wife had this habit of calling me out to see things that she thought she saw. We were both old now, but I thank God my vision was not as poor as her vision, and that my imagination was not as vivid. Last week she had screamed that she had seen an intruder in our fields. It had turned out to be our own scarecrow. I wasted so much energy running out with my gun.
I almost got up from the couch, ready to go out. Right at that moment, the score equalized. I could not get up now. My team needed me to sit until the match was over.
I had already tuned her voice out.


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Carbohydrates have been linked to this skin condition, so cutting down on them may help. And the drop in insulin that a ketogenic diet can trigger may also help stop acne breakouts. (Insulin can cause your body to make other hormones that bring on outbreaks.) Still, more research is needed to determine exactly how much effect, if any, the diet actually has on acne.
But beyond that, experts aren't convinced that the keto diet has any other scientifically-proven health benefits. In fact, it may have some distinct downsides. If you follow the keto diet incorrectly, for example (like by eating lots of saturated fats, versus healthy unsaturated fats), you're at risk of raising your cholesterol levels. "The best strategy to keep your heart healthy is to get as much fat as possible from unsaturated sources such as olive, avocado and canola oils, nuts, seeds, avocados, and olives," says Ansel.
Milestone 3: intermittent fasting. This one may come on pretty naturally at any point when you start realizing that you're not eating because you're hungry but because you're bored. Cutting out breakfast was the first step for me and switching to black coffee, then I naturally fell into an eating window of noon to 7:00 p.m. I would eat my lunch at noon and dinner at 7:00 and that was enough for me and my body to feel comfortable.
Long-term use of the ketogenic diet in children increases the risk of slowed or stunted growth, bone fractures, and kidney stones.[18] The diet reduces levels of insulin-like growth factor 1, which is important for childhood growth. Like many anticonvulsant drugs, the ketogenic diet has an adverse effect on bone health. Many factors may be involved such as acidosis and suppressed growth hormone.[38] About one in 20 children on the ketogenic diet develop kidney stones (compared with one in several thousand for the general population). A class of anticonvulsants known as carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (topiramate, zonisamide) are known to increase the risk of kidney stones, but the combination of these anticonvulsants and the ketogenic diet does not appear to elevate the risk above that of the diet alone.[39] The stones are treatable and do not justify discontinuation of the diet.[39] Johns Hopkins Hospital now gives oral potassium citrate supplements to all ketogenic diet patients, resulting in one-seventh of the incidence of kidney stones.[40] However, this empiric usage has not been tested in a prospective controlled trial.[9] Kidney stone formation (nephrolithiasis) is associated with the diet for four reasons:[39]
Work indulgence foods into your calorie plan. If you do want to have something that is a little higher in calories, then make sure that you work it into your overall calorie goal for the day. For example, if you are following a 1,800 calorie plan, and you want to have a brownie that is 300 calories, then you would only have 1,500 calories left for the day.
In a state of ketosis, your body breaks fat down in the liver and converts it into ketones to be used for energy. Fat doesn't generate an insulin response, so insulin levels remain stable. This makes it much harder to store excess fat, and easier to tap into body fat stores for energy. Not only will this allow you to maintain your weight, but it will greatly encourage weight loss.
Conklin's fasting therapy was adopted by neurologists in mainstream practice. In 1916, a Dr McMurray wrote to the New York Medical Journal claiming to have successfully treated epilepsy patients with a fast, followed by a starch- and sugar-free diet, since 1912. In 1921, prominent endocrinologist Henry Rawle Geyelin reported his experiences to the American Medical Association convention. He had seen Conklin's success first-hand and had attempted to reproduce the results in 36 of his own patients. He achieved similar results despite only having studied the patients for a short time. Further studies in the 1920s indicated that seizures generally returned after the fast. Charles P. Howland, the parent of one of Conklin's successful patients and a wealthy New York corporate lawyer, gave his brother John Elias Howland a gift of $5,000 to study "the ketosis of starvation". As professor of paediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital, John E. Howland used the money to fund research undertaken by neurologist Stanley Cobb and his assistant William G. Lennox.[10]
On the ketogenic diet, carbohydrates are restricted and so cannot provide for all the metabolic needs of the body. Instead, fatty acids are used as the major source of fuel. These are used through fatty-acid oxidation in the cell's mitochondria (the energy-producing parts of the cell). Humans can convert some amino acids into glucose by a process called gluconeogenesis, but cannot do this by using fatty acids.[57] Since amino acids are needed to make proteins, which are essential for growth and repair of body tissues, these cannot be used only to produce glucose. This could pose a problem for the brain, since it is normally fuelled solely by glucose, and most fatty acids do not cross the blood–brain barrier. However, the liver can use long-chain fatty acids to synthesise the three ketone bodies β-hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate and acetone. These ketone bodies enter the brain and partially substitute for blood glucose as a source of energy.[56]
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package org.jetbrains.plugins.scala
package codeInsight.generation

import com.intellij.codeInsight.generation.actions.BaseGenerateAction
import com.intellij.psi._
import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor
import org.jetbrains.plugins.scala.lang.psi.api.ScalaFile
import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil
import org.jetbrains.plugins.scala.lang.psi.api.toplevel.typedef.ScTemplateDefinition
import com.intellij.lang.LanguageCodeInsightActionHandler
import com.intellij.codeInsight.CodeInsightActionHandler

/**
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abstract class ScalaBaseGenerateAction(val handler: CodeInsightActionHandler)
        extends BaseGenerateAction(handler) {

  override protected def isValidForFile(project: Project, editor: Editor, file: PsiFile): Boolean = {
    lazy val classOk = {
      PsiDocumentManager.getInstance(project).commitDocument(editor.getDocument)
      val targetClass: PsiClass = getTargetClass(editor, file)
      targetClass != null && isValidForClass(targetClass)
    }
    lazy val handlerIsValid = handler match {
      case l: LanguageCodeInsightActionHandler => l.isValidFor(editor, file)
      case _ => true
    }
    file.isInstanceOf[ScalaFile] && file.isWritable && classOk && handlerIsValid
  }

  override protected def isValidForClass(targetClass: PsiClass): Boolean = true

  override protected def getTargetClass(editor: Editor, file: PsiFile): PsiClass = {
    val offset: Int = editor.getCaretModel.getOffset
    val element: PsiElement = file.findElementAt(offset)
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Attorney Philip Grant serves clients in cases of family law and divorce, custody and visitation, personal injury or wrongful death, wills and estates as well as general litigation. He devotes more than 90% of his practice to litigation drawing on more than 30 years of professional experience.
Mr. Grant has earned bar admissions from Georgia, the U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, the U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Grant earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville, TN in 1987 and also holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tennessee.
He is an active member of the Rotary Club of Fayetteville, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Lawyers Club of Atlanta and the Fayette County Bar Association for which he served as President in 1993.
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Rethinking the World - Great Power Strategies and International Order
Jeffrey W. Legro
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Stunning shifts in the worldviews of states mark the modern history of international affairs: how do societies think about—and rethink—international order and security? Japan's "opening," German conquest, American internationalism, Maoist independence, and Gorbachev's "new thinking" molded international conflict and cooperation in their eras. How do we explain such momentous changes in foreign policy—and in other cases their equally surprising absence?The nature of strategic ideas, Jeffrey W. Legro argues, played a critical and overlooked role in these transformations. Big changes in foreign policies are rare because it is difficult for individuals to overcome the inertia of entrenched national mentalities. Doing so depends on a particular nexus of policy expectations, national experience, and ready replacement ideas. In a sweeping comparative history, Legro explores the sources of strategy in the United States and Germany before and after the world wars, in Tokugawa Japan, and in the Soviet Union. He charts the likely future of American primacy and a rising China in the coming century. Rethinking the World tells us when and why we can expect changes in the way states think about the world, why some ideas win out over others, and why some leaders succeed while others fail in redirecting grand strategy.
Jeffrey W. Legro is Randolph P. Compton Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Rethinking the World: Great Power Strategies and International...
The Garments of Court and Palace...
Philip Bobbitt
A "serious and thoughtful" interpretation of Machiavelli's life and thought—and its relevance today—from the acclaimed author of Terror and Consent (The Times, London).   Constitutional scholar Philip Bobbitt turns his expert attention to the life and work of Niccolo Machiavelli, the sixteenth century political philosopher whose classic text The Prince remains one of the most important and controversial works of political theory ever written.   In The Garments of Court and Palace, Bobitt argues that the perception of Machiavelli's Prince as a ruthless, immoral tyrant stems from mistranslations, political agendas, and readers who overlooked the philosopher's earlier work, Discourses on Livy. He explains that Machiavelli was instead advocating for rulers to distinguish between their personal ethos and state governance.   Rather than a "mirror book" advising rulers, The Prince prophesied the end of the feudal era and the birth of the neoclassical state. Using both Renaissance examples and cases drawn from the current era, Bobbitt shows Machiavelli's work is both profoundly moral and inherently constitutional, a turning point in our understanding of the relation between war, law, and the state.


A southwest Missouri man agreed to a plea deal in the beating and strangling death of a 71-year-old Joplin man.
Kristopher Smith, of Carl Junction, entered an Alford plea Monday to second-degree murder in the 2014 death of David McKibben. He was scheduled to go to trial in the case next week. The plea deal caps Smith's sentence at no more than 18 years.
The Joplin Globe reports Anthony Carter, of Joplin, pleaded guilty earlier to the same charge and is serving a 20-year sentence. Prosecutors believe Carter was the main assailant in cKibbin's death.
The two men told police they went to McKibben's home to collect money Smith believed McKibben owed him and a fight began when McKibben refused to pay.
Smith will be sentenced March 7.


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In principle and in practice, AAUW values and seeks an inclusive membership, workforce, leadership team, and board of directors. There shall be no barriers to full participation in this organization on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, geographical location, national origin, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status.
The organization includes both a section 501(c)(3) public charity, the primary membership organization, and the AAUW Action Fund, a smaller section 501(c)(4) social welfare organization that may engage in limited activities related to member activism and voter education.
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The Professor of Florida International University and Fulbright Nicholas Greenwood Onuf was appointed Honorary Professor of the Department of Political Science and International Relations of University of the Peloponnese in a ceremony that took place on May 31, 2016 at Korinthos, Greece.
Prof. Prokopis Pavlopoulos was appointed Honorary Professor of the Department of Political Science and International Relations in a ceremony that took place on May 22, 2015 at Korinthos, Greece.
Prof. Panagiotis Tsakalogiannis was elected Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science and International Relations by a unanimous decision of the General Assembly of the Department.
The Professor of Political Science in Duke University (USA) Joseph Morris Grieco was awarded honorary doctorate of the Department of Political Science and International Relations of University of the Peloponnese, by University of the Peloponnese.
Dr Grieco was awarded his honorary doctorate on December 8th, 2017 in Loutraki, Greece.
Dr Mousouris was awarded his honorary doctorate on July 3rd, 2013 in Korinthos, Greece.


(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Romania now has its very own Chinatown. Investors and officials, including Prime Minister Emil Boc, have opened a 100-million-euro (US$140-million) complex near the Romanian capital.
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Dr. Uma Rao
Head, Principal Scientist
Phone: 011-25846626, 25842721, 25846400, 27550355
E-mail: head_nema[at]iari[dot]res[dot]in, umarao[at]iari[dot]res[dot]in
The Division of Nematology is mandated to work on nematodes, commonly called as roundworms, eelworms or threadworms. They are the most numerous multi-cellular organisms inhabiting different habitats and belong to diverse trophic groups. Plant parasitic nematodes also inflict indirect damage to crops by pre-disposing plants to other co-inhabiting pathogenic bacteria, fungi, pathogens etc. They are an important biotic stress for the successful cultivation of field and horticultural crops. Among these, root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne sp.), cyst forming nematodes (Heterodera sp.,Globodera sp.), reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis), lesion nematode (Pratylenchus sp.), burrowing nematode (Radopholus similis), and leaf and bud nematode (Aphelenchoides besseyi) are economically important nematodes. Some of the important nematode diseases such as molya disease of wheat and barley, ear-cockle and tundu diseases of wheat and barley are prevalent in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana. Slow decline of citrus due to Tylenchulus semipenetrans in citrus growing areas and spreading decline of banana due to Radopholus similis in southern part of the country are also key-nematode pests. In the recent past, rice root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola) infecting rice both under low-land and upland rice has become a serious nematode problem throughout the rice growing belt of the country. Phytonematode induced plant diseases often go unaware amongst the farming community due to the hidden mode of life of these soil-borne unseen enemies of the crops. In the present scenario, the nematode problems are increasing due to adoption of multiple cropping system and intensive cultivation of crops. At least 10 phytonematodes damage the crops and have been found to be responsible for quantitative and qualitative yield losses all over the world. In India, the national loss due to plant parasitic nematodes in 24 different crops in monetary terms has been worked out to the tune of Rs.21,000 million.
However, there are some beneficial and useful nematodes which are potential biocontrol agents and have been successfully utilized as entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) for the management of insect pests of crops. These EPNs along with their bacterial symbionts kill the insect-hosts within 24-48 hours. Nowadays EPNs have been considered as an excellent candidate for the biological control of insect-pests of crops. Saprozoic nematodes which are non-pathogenic and free-living in nature, play a vital role in the rhizosphere management by regulating the populations of other microorganisms including phytonematodes and contribute to soil health by nutrient mineralization and soil processes. Caenorhabditis elegans was the first metazoan to get sequenced and has served as a model organism for the modern researches in the area of molecular and developmental biology.
The Division of Nematology, formally came into existence on 31st December, 1966 after merger of the two separately existing Nematology units, functioning in the Division of Entomology and Division of Mycology and Plant Pathology. Dr. A.R. Seshadri, a renowned nematologist of international repute was appointed as the first Head, Division of Nematology, and Dr. S.K. Prasad as the first Professor of the Division. All India Coordinated Research Project on Nematodes in Cropping Systems is also operating with the Project Coordinating Cell, Headquarter at the Division of Nematology, IARI, New Delhi.
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'Coco' Edges Out 'Justice League' at Thanksgiving Box Office With $8.9 Million
By a narrow margin, Pixar's "Coco" edged out "Justice League" among moviegoers on Thanksgiving. The animated film made $8.9 million from 3,987 screens on Thursday, compared to $8.4 million from 4,051 screens for "Justice League"
"Coco," which released on Wednesday, now has a running total of $22.7 million and is estimated to make around $70 million by Sunday's end. For comparison, the last Pixar movie to release on Thanksgiving weekend, 2015's "The Good Dinosaur," made $16.3 million to this point and finished with $55.4 million. Disney's "Moana" released on this extended weekend last year as well, making $25.4 million to this point and grossing $82 million over five days.
Though "Coco" was released amid bad publicity for Pixar, as studio founder John Lasseter announced a leave of absence amid sexual misconduct allegations, it hasn't dampened the rave reactions to this Dia De Muertos family adventure. CinemaScore audiences gave the film an A+ on CinemaScore to add to its 95 percent Rotten Tomatoes score. Word of mouth is expected to only get bigger as more moviegoers see the film through the rest of the weekend, which should make this film a major box office player through the rest of the holiday season.
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Al Franken Says He 'Crossed a Line,' 'Made Some Women Feel Badly'


When news broke yesterday that Margaret Atwood is writing a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, anyone who wished to know why this drew so much attention could visit Atwood's Wikipedia page. There, they could read about her career, recurring themes in her work and their cultural contexts, film adaptations of her writings, and so much more that positions Atwood as a prominent cultural figure. The Wikipedia article is so informative thanks to the handiwork of National Women's Studies Association member Dr. Jenn Brandt, a participant in our professional development course that trains subject-matter experts how to contribute their knowledge to Wikipedia.
Take a look at all that Dr. Brandt contributed to the article. Highlighted in purple here are Dr. Brandt's edits. Before she came in and reworked both the article's content and organization, it contained almost no information about Atwood's career. Nor did it outline what influence her work has had in the American cultural and political landscape.
Dr. Brandt took it upon herself to bring Atwood's biography article up to Wikipedia's second highest quality standard: that of Good Article. The process for designating an article of this quality requires a detailed back and forth with another editor to determine if the article meets requirements. Dr. Brandt made several more edits to the article through this rigorous feedback process and it has been accepted among the Wikipedia community as a comprehensive representation. In the last day, she has returned to the article to add information about the sequel – seven months after her course wrapped!
Atwood's article receives a daily average of about 2,500 pageviews and has received more than 400,000 total since Dr. Brandt improved it. That's a tangible impact that an individual has made for public knowledge. Become a Wiki Scholar yourself and learn how to edit in our unique courses. For more information about our current course offering, see bit.ly/NARAwiki.
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