This book should really be titled "Photographic Multishot Techniques with Photoshop CS3". Although it does touch on some other software (in particular a quite detailed look at PhotoAcute) you get the distinct impression that the authors are out of their comfort zone unless they can "do it in Photoshop".
This is a great shame, because multishot techniques such as panoramic stitching and HDR are areas in which smaller software vendors have frequently produced powerful, innovative, inexpensive software solutions. Also, it makes the book less relevant to anyone who cannot afford (or does not want to invest in) full-blown Photoshop CS3.
The introductory sections are quite good, introducing the reader to basic multishot workflow techniques. However, there's not much here for the more advanced reader. For example, the book explains how RAW files differ from processed files, but doesn't really explore the pros and cons of feeding RAW files straight into multishot processing vs pre-processing them in a separate RAW convertor.
Surprisingly, the authors decide to start their exploration of multishot techniques with super-resolution, combining very similar shots to increase resolution or decrease noise. This is an odd choice, partly because it's a relatively rare requirement, and partly because the only effective software support appears to be from PhotoAcute, which makes this a "one solution" chapter. Given that there's another section at the end dealing with issues like sharpening and local contrast enhancement, it might have made more sense in that position.
The next section turns the attention to focus stacking. This is at least a balanced chapter, exploring techniques with Phtoshop, PhotoAcute, CombineZM and Helicon Focus. However, rather than exploring the options within the stacking tools, the authors seem happier to take the default output, and then extensively post-process it in Photoshop.
The section on panoramic stitching is particularly disappointing. Although there are a wealth of alternatives available, some of which are absolutely excellent, the authors don't do a single worked example using anything other than Photoshop 's Photomerge command. They also use some very poor examples: some are just bad photography, like the wedding group with a number of people facing away from the camera, but others simply emphasise the limitations of the Photoshop focus. In one example the authors show a first-cut panorama which Photoshop has distorted wildly and stitched badly, but there is no "corrected" version.
HDR gets a better treatment, but again very much "Photoshop first". After a good introduction to the general subject, the first worked example uses manual blending of layers in Photoshop, then there's a brief but effective example with PhotoAcute, then it's back to Photoshop again! Finally they get to the clear leader in this space, Photomatix Pro, but again there's very little attempt to explore the options of this powerful software. One key function is simply described by comparison to a Photoshop CS3 function, which is meaningless if you don't have that software. FDRTools gets a surprisingly detailed review, given that the authors were working with a beta release of the software which was clearly not fully functional.
The final section is about improving image micro-contrast. While of interest, it's not really a multishot technique, being more about various post-processing options in Photoshop. This is another missed opportunity to explore the trade-offs between pre-processing and post-processing component images, which would have perhaps been more useful.
Overall this book left me frustrated, as an opportunity lost. I did learn things from it, but instead of a balanced overview and keen insights into technique, this is just too much about fiddling in Photoshop.
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In blind tests even violinists prefer newer violins to Stradivari.
Stradivarius violins – made in the 17th and 18th centuries by the Stradivari family in Italy – are regarded by many as sounding better than any others, especially instruments made in modern times.
But research published in the US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) might have finally consigned that pre-eminence to the realm of myth.
Testing led by Claudia Fritz from the Pierre & Marie Curie University in Paris concludes robustly that concert-goers far prefer the volume and tone of new violins.
The study follows previous work from Fritz and colleagues that showed professional violinists also prefer newer instruments to the revered antiques.
Fritz's latest work demolishes what has often been a peculiar, yet usually uncontested, aspect of the Stradivarius legacy. Even though the old violins sound rather quiet to any musician who plays one, their projected sound is held to be far superior.
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When projection assessment among audience members was compared to how loud the actual musicians found each instrument, the contradictory reputation of Stradivarius violins disappeared, a niente.
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Listeners were also asked to note which violins they preferred listening to – a necessarily subjective response – and here too the blind votes fell heavily on the side of the modern instruments.
The finding harmonises with the research published by Fritz and colleagues in 2014. In a blind listening experiment, professional violinists asked to distinguish between Stradivari and modern instruments were unable to do so at a rate better than chance.
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Tullio Ascarelli (Roma, 6 de outubro de 1903  Roma, 20 de novembro de 1959) foi um economista, jurista e professor italiano que viveu no Brasil de 1941 a 1946, expulso por sua condição judaica pelas leis raciais do regime fascista.

Foi professor na Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Roma, na Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo e na Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Bolonha. Em 1947, recebeu o título de doutor honoris causa da Universidade de São Paulo.

Seu filho, Gianni Ascarelli (1931-1995), foi um importante físico.

Ascarelli na Faculdade de Direito da USP
Em abril de 1941, ofereceu um Curso de Extensão Universitária em Direito Comercial e Liebman em Direito Judiciário Civil (como então se chamava o Processo Civil). Lecionou entre 1943 e 1944 para os alunos formados em 1945 – entre eles, Anacleto de Oliveira Faria, Geraldo de Camargo Vidigal, Renato Cirell Czerna, Ruy Barbosa Nogueira, Paulo Nogueira Neto, Paulo Autran e Lygia Fagundes Telles. Também lecionou na Faculdade de Direito de Porto Alegre em 1944.

Em 1959, Ascarelli faleceu repentinamente. Como agradecimento pela calorosa acolhida na FDUSP, sua família doou, a seu pedido, a parte jurídica de sua biblioteca pessoal à Faculdade – que contava inclusive com obras raras (algumas remontando ao século XVI). Para recebê-la e mantê-la, foi fundado o Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Comercial Comparado e Biblioteca Tullio Ascarelli.

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LA MONETA - Considerazioni di dirito privado - Padova, (1928).
Appunti di diritto commerciale (1931)
Apresentação do Brasil (1952)
Cambiale, assegno bancario, titoli di credito (1938)
Consorzi volontari tra impreditori (1937)
Corso di diritto commerciale (1962)
Derecho mercantil (1940)
Ensaios e pareceres (1952)
Iniciacion al estudio del derecho mercantil (1964)
Instituzioni di diritto commerciale (1938)
Introducción al derecho comercial y parte general de las obligaciones comerciales (1947)
Lezioni di diritto commerciale (1955)
Lucros extraordinarios e imposto de renda (1944)
Negocio juridico indirecto (1965)
Negozio indiritto e le societa commerciali (1930)
Norma giuridica e realtà sociale (1955)
Obbligazioni pecuniarie (1959)
Panorama do direito comercial (1947)
Panorama del derecho comercial (1949)
Per uno studio della realtà giuridica effettuale (1956)
Problemas das sociedades anônimas e direito comparado (1945)
Problemi giuridici (1959)
Problemas das sociedades anônimas e direito comparado (1969)
Saggi di diritto commerciale (1955)
Saggi giuridici (1949)
Sguardo sul Brasile (1949)
Sociedades y asociaciones comerciales (1947)
Studi di diritto comparato e in tema di interpretazione (1952)
Studi giuridici sulla moneta (1952)
Studi in tema di contratti (1952)
Studi in tema di società (1952)
Teoria della concorrenza e dei beni immateriali (1957)
Teoria geral dos títulos de crédito (1943)

Sobre Ascarelli
Meroni, Massimo - La teoria dell'interpretazione di Tullio Ascarelli (1989)

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My daughter and her children are a very significant part of my life. This week I did my Tuesday child care looking after the twins and also Wednesday afternoon while my daughter went to the dentist. I love my twin grandsons as if they were my own children.. My wife said this and I realised it when she said it. There is no doubt about it I have bonded to them and them to me in a big way.
They are approaching their first birthday at the end of May. It's been a long, difficult, at times gruelling and emotionally challenging year for my daughter who has had to cope with her three children by herself much of the time. They were born 10 weeks early so developmentally they are really only nine months old. In the last few weeks Archie has learnt to sit and this has liberated him so that he can do occupy himself so much more. His development is in stark contrast to Alfie's who actively resists sitting... In the last few weeks we have become acutely aware and concerned of differences in his development compared to Archie's. We have always been conscious of the consultant's diagnosis before they left hospital that Alfie's brain scans showed signs of damage - probably because his brain was starved of oxygen at some point. Something that I think is not unusual in babies with such low birth weights. We have lived in hope that everything will be okay but we think we are now seeing the effects of this damage in his development. For the first time this week I googled to find out something about cerebral palsy. The information was both reassuring (that there is help and the condition doesn't get worse) and distressing (depending on the degree it can be quite disabling). There are a number of signs that are pointing to this condition for example one of Alfie's arms seems less active than the other, he throws himself backwards when sitting or standing and he often goes into a trance. I know my daughter and her husband are very worried as I am for them and Alfie. The physiotherapist came today and she is going to arrange for some tests for Alfie to check on epilepsy and his cognitive functioning.. I tried to reassure my daughter that the testing is for the best as the earlier any discoveries are made the quicker treatments can be put in place.. But my heart bleeds for them as parents. But she is a remarkable woman and Alfie is fortunate to have her for his mum.. She will I know do everything she can for him and I/we will try and support her and them as family as much as we can. We will not give up hope that his life will not be so limited and I will not dwell on all the potential scenarios and imaginings of of what lies ahead. Instead I will remember the wonderful smile he gives me when he hears 'Hello Alfie its granddad!' and the way he rests on my tummy when I cuddle him. What a funny mix of joy and sadness life can be.
I often say that we are who we are because of all the experiences we have had and the meanings we have chosen to create for ourselves through those experiences. Today is a special day for me and my children. Its thirteen years since my wife Jill died of cancer at the age of 48. It's also true that you never stop grieving for and missing the person you have chosen to spend the rest of your life with. They remain an integral part of who you are for the rest of your life. Indeed, one of the reasons I have tried to live a positive and fulfilled life since she died was to try to honour her. Had she lived she would have seen our three children grow up to become fine young people, she would have enjoyed two of them getting married and the third talking of marriage and enjoyed our grandson and the thought of twins on the way. She had that rare gift of being able to get so much enjoyment from the smallest incidents of life - like a cup of coffee and a chocolate biscuit. She taught me to see the joy in the simplest of moments. Whereas I complicate life she simplified it to the essentials and enjoyed it for the sensual experience it is. She helped me see that it is the simplest of things in life that are worth living for.Generally I am able to be positive abouit most things and people often comment on my enthusiasm, energy and positivity but there is nothing positive about losing the one you loved. Sometimes I feel sorry for myself and my loss, at other times I experience intense feelings of guilt that I am alive and she is not. I tell myself that she would have wanted me to try to live my life to the full and I know she would think I had done the right thing to marry again and try to be a good step father to my three children. But I am not religious so I have no concept of her awareness being in another place and that makes me very sad sometimes. I have to comfort myself with the thought that her spirit lives on in mine and of our children. Perhaps all I am doing is really a tribute to her.
My wife knows how I feel because she feels the same about her husband who she lost when he was only 35. We are united by a shared experience that has profoundly shaped us both.
These two pieces of music to express how I am feeling - when I am feeling melancholy I love to listen to the Chinese erhu. Jill never saw the film crounching tiger but here is some of the music from the film that really touches me. The second is Jill's favourite ever song - fields of gold by sting. The first makes me feel unbelievably sad the second reminds me of our happiness.


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Kurki – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie mazowieckim, w powiecie kozienickim, w gminie Magnuszew.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość należała administracyjnie do województwa radomskiego.

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Wierni kościoła rzymskokatolickiego należą do parafii św. Jana Chrzciciela w Magnuszewie.

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package ca.intelliware.ihtsdo.mlds.service;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.annotation.Resource;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

import com.google.common.base.Objects;

import ca.intelliware.ihtsdo.mlds.domain.ReleasePackage;
import ca.intelliware.ihtsdo.mlds.repository.ReleasePackageRepository;

@Service
@Transactional
public class ReleasePackagePrioritizer {

	public static final int END_PRIORITY = 0;

	@Resource ReleasePackageRepository releasePackageRepository;

	public void prioritize(ReleasePackage releasePackage, Integer priority) {
		if (priority != null && Objects.equal(releasePackage.getPriority(), priority)) {
			// no change - so do nothing - under the assumption that existing priority is valid
		} else {
			setPriorityTo(releasePackage, priority);
		}
	}

	private void setPriorityTo(ReleasePackage releasePackage, Integer priority) {
		List<ReleasePackage> originals = releasePackageRepository.findByMemberOrderByPriorityDesc(releasePackage.getMember());
		List<ReleasePackage> existing = new ArrayList<ReleasePackage>(originals);
		boolean removed = existing.remove(releasePackage);
		int matchedIndex = existing.size();
		if (removed) {
			for (int i = 0; i < existing.size(); i++) {
				ReleasePackage existingPackage = existing.get(i);
				if (existingPackage.getPriority() == null) {
					matchedIndex = i;
					break;
				}
				if (existingPackage.getPriority() != null && priority != null && priority >= existingPackage.getPriority()) {
					matchedIndex = i;
					break;
				}
			}
		}
		existing.add(matchedIndex, releasePackage);

		updateAllPriorities(existing);
	}

	private void updateAllPriorities(List<ReleasePackage> existing) {
		for (int i = 0; i < existing.size(); i++) {
			ReleasePackage existingPackage = existing.get(i);
			int newPriority = existing.size() - i;
			if (! Objects.equal(existingPackage.getPriority(), newPriority)) {
				existingPackage.setPriority(newPriority);
				releasePackageRepository.save(existingPackage);
			}
		}
	}
}

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Als Siemens-Hochhaus werden mehrere Hochhäuser in deutschen Städten bezeichnet, die als Bürogebäude von der Firma Siemens genutzt werden bzw. wurden:
 in Bremen, siehe Siemens-Hochhaus (Bremen)
 in Erlangen, siehe Glaspalast (Erlangen)
 in München, siehe Siemens-Hochhaus (München)


I apologize for the delay in posting this but things got busy at the end of last week and so I had no time to post till now. So today I'm sharing with you the card I made as a Thank You card that I included with all my customer orders last month.
It is another CAS card using the clear acrylic blocks to stamp the solid background, which I stamped in Melon Mambo. The flower is from Fabulous Florets and is stamped in Early Espresso. The "Thank You" is from the Upsy Daisy Set. I just stamped the "Thank You" and omitted the rest of the sentiment ("Thank You....for your friendship"). That's it, quick and easy right?
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I'm so happy you enjoyed my tea party! About the teacups, I pick them up at yard sales, thrift shops, and antique shops. Once in a while I might find one at Winners or some other shop. I have some that were gifted to me too. Have fun teacup hunting and I would be happy to have you join me anytime. Happy New Year!


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Samantha Downs
Translator and Spanish Instructor
Spanish to English Translation
A look at El Palacio Nacional
February 2, 2019 February 3, 2019 samanthadowns
Monument to the survivors and victims of the Tlatelolco Massacre of 1968, located in la Plaza
de las Tres Culturas.
There is a designated square and monument to "las Tres Culturas" in the Cuauhtémoc burrough of modern day Mexico City. It sits atop land that was once the ancient Mexica city of Tlatelolco–where the last Mexica ruler Cuauhtémoc fought his final battle with Hernán Cortés–officially ending the Aztec empire. It is also the land upon which the Massacre of Tlatelolco took place, in which somewhere between 300 to 400 people were systematically killed by military and police in 1968, 10 days before Mexico City hosted the Summer Olympics. The "three cultures" represented in the square are: the Mesoamerican, the colonial, and the independent nation.
View from the second floor of el Palacio Nacional's main courtyard, overlooking the central fountain from which rises a Bronze statue of Pegasus.
The thing is, the more time you spend in Mexico City, the more you realize that everything around you is a monument to the three (or sometimes four or five) cultures. Subway and building construction is constantly being interrupted by the spontaneous discovery of ancient ruins and artifacts. Lake Texcoco, around which Tenochtitlan was so carefully built–and which the Spanish Empire stubbornly insisted upon draining in their expansion of New Spain–attempts to re-establish itself each year, flooding major sectors of the basin, and causing problems for modern day chilangos. A Toltec altar (which dates back to 750 AD!) shares the same final resting place as a colonial aqueduct in Los Bosques de Chapultapec.
Religious relics from Emperor Moctezuma II's "New Houses".
El Palacio Nacional, situated in Mexico City's Plaza de la
Constitución, or Zócalo, is no different. It is the actual site of Mexica huey tlatoani (emperor) Moctezuma II's construction of his "New Houses" or tecpancalli in 1503. It served as the residence and seat of power for succeeding Mexica rulers (Cuitláhuac–Moctezuma's half brother who died shortly after ascending, and last tlotoani–Cuauhtémoc) until the empire was overtaken by Cortés' army, and the "New Houses" were demolished.
Meanwhile in Asia, Ferdinand Magellan was leading his own destroy and conquer expedition in the Indies and Asia–also funded and sponsored by the Spanish Crown. He played a large role in Spanish conquest of the Philippines, which is why we are honorary Latinos.
After the conquest, Cortés had the palace rebuilt with more citadel-like features–cannons, crenels and a tower for arsenal–in addition to its offices, courtrooms and residential quarters. The Spanish Crown purchased the palace from the Cortés family, and it housed nearly all of the viceroys for New Spain, save the first and last, until Mexico's independence from Spain in 1820. Because of a conflict between Viceroy Diego Carillo de Mendoza and archbishop Juan Perez de la Serna that ended in the latter being arrested, supporters of the archbishop held a riot, invaded, and set fire to the palace in 1624, nearly destroying it completely. After its renovation, the new iteration of the palace replaced many of Cortés' military features with the baroque ornamentation that characterizes today's Palacio Nacional.
There were a couple of moments after Mexico formally shucked off Spanish rule in 1821, in which Mexican monarchies emerged. The first was right after the declaration of independence, from 1822 to 1823, with Don Augustin Geronimo de Iturbide, and then again for a brief moment from 1864-1867, with Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian I. They each spent their brief rules living in the palace, and were both dethroned and executed during their administrations. Every Mexican president resided in the palace until 1884, until Los Pinos became the official residential quarters of the head of state. This trend persisted until last year, when AMLO declared his intention to either reoccupy it during his time in office, or move into an apartment nearby, in order to open up the splendorous Los Pinos as a museum for the people.
Among the many Mexican presidents who lived in the Palacio Nacional is the popular and widely loved Benito Juarez, a liberal Zapotec lawyer from the small town of San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, who served during both the French Invasion of Mexico and the Liberal Reform era. He is considered a national symbol of Mexican resistance to foreign intervention. There is a whole wing dedicated to him, complete with fan art of the time, letters between him and his wife, and reconstructed versions of their living quarters.
Lineage of Mexican heads of state
AMLO doll his corresponding place
Shortly after the Mexican revolution, in 1929, radical communist painter Diego Rivera was contracted by the Mexican government to the cover a stairwell and part of the second floor of el Palacio Nacional in murals depicting not only the Mexican revolution, but also an abridged meso-american history. This is well known attraction for Mexican nationals and tourists alike. The murals are very lovely, and interesting, so here's a picture.
One of many Diego Rivera murals in the Main Stairwell of the Palacio Nacional
I'm getting kind of tired of writing about men (funny how that tends to happen the moment Diego Rivera comes up), so I will end this post with a fact about el Palacio Nacional that I found most interesting:
Self-educated scholar, early feminist, philosopher, mathematician, scientist, poet and Hieronymite nun of New Spain, the honorable Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, graced the Palacio Nacional with her residency under the rule of
viceroy Antonio Sebastián de Toledo as a lady in waiting for his wife, Vicereine Leonor Carreto. This woman's virtues are too long to list, and it was truly the highlight of my visit to have seen a few of her humble belongings. Look out for another post about the University of the Cloister of Sor Juana. I leave you with one of her most famous poems, A Su Retrato (To Her Portait). While its clear that Sor Juana refers to her own portrait, her own ephemeral youth–I like to think of the poem as it applies more broadly to the passage of time, and to sites like el Palacio Nacional, or Mexico City itself–the rise and fall of empires with their flamboyant rulers and larger than life symbolism–relics of greatness bygone that are reduced in the end to stories that the taxi driver tells you on your way to the airport, blog posts, museum arrangements, "corpse and dust, shadow and nothingness".
Her bible, inkwells and lectern.
A SU RETRATO
Este que ves engaño colorido,
que del arte ostentando los primores,
con falsos silogismos de colores,
este, en quien la lisonja ha pretendido
excusar de los años los horrores,
triunfar de la vejez y del olvido,
es un vano artificio del cuidado,
es una flor al viento delicada,
es un resguardo inútil para el hado,
es una necia diligencia errada,
es un afán caduco y, bien mirado,
TO HER PORTRAIT
This coloured counterfeit that thou beholdest,
vainglorious with excellencies of art,
is, in fallacious syllogisms of colour,
nought but a cunning dupery of sense;
this in which flattery has undertaken
to extenuate the hideousness of years,
and, vanquishing the outrages of time,
to triumph o'er oblivion and old age,
is an empty artifice of care,
is a fragile flower in the wind,
is a paltry sanctuary from fate,
is a foolish sorry labour lost,
is conquest doomed to perish and, well taken,
is corpse and dust, shadow and nothingness.
(translation by Samuel Beckett)
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TREASON! POTUS KNEW! CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE SEEKS ANSWERS - POTUS LIES TO REPORTER/AMERICAN PEOPLE. WHITE HOUSE SILENT. COVER-UP CONTINUES!
In light of revelations over the last two months concerning the attack in Benghazi, Libya, it is impossible that the President of the United States was not aware of events as they were happening. Through various communications from U.S. personnel in the region, the administration had previous knowledge that al Qaeda was present and that the safety of our personnel was tenuous.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but is this not a treasonous offense? Enemy forces were aided in their attack because not only did the administration refuse to provide the additional security repeatedly requested, nor did they leave the security at the same level. The administration removed security, leaving our personnel in the cross-hairs, knowing the enemy would take advantage of the obvious weakness. The administration was advised a week prior of 'chatter' that there would be Islamic action on the upcoming anniversary of September 11, 2001.
Not one person interviewed, or appearing before the House Armed Services Committee, has stated that the administration, and specifically POTUS, was not aware of the situation. Nor has anyone come forward with proof to the contrary.
It has become painfully obvious that what has occurred since September 11, 2012, is a cover-up; and, a very poor one, at that.
communicated to the military and other agencies verbally or in writing.
9/11/12; and, if so, which assets?
Essentially, the Committee is demanding a description of the events that took place and people involved after POTUS was advised of the attack.
First, it was a video that caused a demonstration that got out of control (proven false). Then, the administration didn't know it was happening at the time (proven false). Then, the President claims he took action (testimony to the contrary).
The administration has a huge problem, as all liars do: proving the lie to be true in light of all the evidence to the contrary.
Do you think answers will be forthcoming before the election? Have they ever been promptly given by this administration? Never!
Time to call your Representatives again, people!
Aaron Klein of WorldNet Daily reported that a test donation of $15 was made at BarackObama.com using a confirmed Pakistani IP address, yet the campaign site did not refuse the donation.
"Using a Pakistani Internet Protocol and proxy server, a disposable credit card and a fake address, "Osama bin Laden" has successfully donated twice to Barack Obama's presidential re-election campaign," WND reported. The website did not request the card's security code, either.
Foreign donations are illegal under U.S. campaign finance law.
The test contributions were made to see if media reports were correct in their assertions that foreigners could donate to the Obama campaign but not to the Romney site, which has placed safeguards against such efforts.
After the donation, the e-mail address for the fake foreign donor received several solicitations from the Obama campaign requesting additional donations.
I previously posted articles concerning our Constitutional rights and the entities wanting to remove free speech and the Muslim influence over government.
A New Jersey Imam has come out in support of disregarding the U.S. Constitution in favor of instituting Sharia law.
Mohammad Qatanani, an Imam of one of the largest New Jersey mosques, said that anyone that criticizes Islam was a direct threat on our national security.
We?!? If Qatanani wants to remove our Constitutional rights, then he is no American! So, it's my responsibility that Muslims get violently angry?!?
Qatanani said he thinks agitators who slander Islam, or, more specifically, the Prophet Muhammad, incite violence and hence, pose a national security risk that threatens the safety of Americans at home and abroad. Thus, America should disregard its First Amendment as it is typically applied and instead act in accordance with sharia law for the ultimate "good" of society.
Wait a minute! Muslims don't stop speaking against Jews and Christians, but no one is allowed to speak the truth about their false religion? You don't see anyone else behaving that way! And, they get away with it right here in the U.S.A.
Muslims moved around the world to live among the 'infidels' they despise for one sole purpose: to be ready when their al Madhi (copying the Judaic Messiah and Christian Christ) comes to claim the ten caliphates. The proof is that they are rude to Americans. Why would you be rude to the people you decided to live among in a country in which you want to live? Because you were told to live there.
I have been called many derogatory names more times than I care to remember. I won't respond. And, I certainly won't throw rocks at them or slit their throat! That's called recognizing their right to free speech.
It's my responsibility to live under the Constitution of this United States of America and tell the truth! Either abide by the laws of the country you move to or leave!
We should have sent Qatanani packing because the Constitution of Islam (Q'uran) and resulting Sharia law takes precedence over their oath to the Constitution of the United States - doesn't it, Mr. Ellison? Yes, it does. Ex-terrorist and ex-Muslim, Walid Shoebat, repeatedly warns us. Take heed, America!
The U.S. Department of Justice website has ditched the red white and blue banner – and what it's been replaced with is quite disturbing to say the least. The staunch black background is reminiscent of a Muslim flag. [Or, Nazis] Then there's the caption "The common law is the will of mankind issuing from the life of the people." The quote is by C. Wilfred Jenks, who in the 1930′s was a leading and voiced proponent of "The international law" movement. The goal of this movement was simple: impose global common law by selling the idea of global worker rights. The combination of color and slogan on the DOJ website gives one the impression that our government is slowly – one department at a time – moving towards Marxism and implantation of Sharia law.
It should alarm every U.S. citizen that the White House visitor logs reveal an unsettling fact: top U.S. policy-makers in this Administration are receiving visitors who have been proven in American courts to support, both idealistically and monetarily, the Islamic jihad directed at the West.
The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) is a non-profit investigative organization founded in 1995. IPT is the world's most comprehensive data gathering center on Islamic terrorist organizations, their activities, funding and associated front groups around the world. Many government offices, including the U.S. Congress, law enforcement agencies, and public policy forums, utilize IPT.
A year-long investigation by IPT has revealed there have been hundreds of visits to the White House by known radical Islamists who met with top administration officials since 2010.
One example is Mohamed Elibiary who was appointed by DHS Chief, Janet Napolitano, to the Homeland Security Advisory Council in October, 2010. Elibiary is an outspoken proponent of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Sayyid Qutb of the Muslim Brotherhood, and radical New York Imam Siraj Wahhaj. Elibiary has also accused the U.S. government of waging a war on Islam.
Elibiary's organization, the Freedom and Justice Foundation (FJF), founded in 2002, had its tax-exempt status revoked in May, 2010, for failing to file Form 990 for at least three years and reportedly since its inception. The 990 filing provides information on a the organization's mission, programs and finances, including the sources of income. Despite the revocation, FJF continued to solicit donations.
Further, FJF is an affiliate of the Texas Islamic Council, whose directors include H. Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of the Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR has been linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, a part of a Hamas-support network.
DHS Deputy Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis Bart Johnson, on Monday, October 31, 2011, requesting DHS begin an investigation concerning allegations that Elibiary used his DHS security clearance to access the HS SLIC database and downloaded classified documents and reports, then 'shopped' the information to the media.
TPDS confirmed the allegations, and the House Judiciary Committee launched its own investigation, demanding Janet Napolitano's explanation, at which time she claimed no knowledge of Elibiary's actions. Remember that Mr. Johnson had already been contacted by Mr. McCraw.
Appearing again before the Committee in July, 2012, Elibiary's boss, Janet Napolitano, was quite evasive. Initially, the events did not occur; however, she then told the Committee that the report was misleading and the TDPS was wrong. Then she said Elibiary did access some information, but it only became an issue because he is Muslim.
Elibiary was the only member of a twenty-six member Homeland Security Advisory Council to be given security clearance which allowed access to the Homeland Security State and Local Intellligence Community of Interest (HS SLIC) database, despite his associations and revocation of FJF's tax-exempt status.
It is quite disturbing that an outside adviser (as are all members of this Council) who is not a DHS employee with properly-screened security clearance, and who is not employed by any state or local law enforcement agency, would be given access to a database intended for intelligence sharing between U.S. agencies. Whoever authorized Elibiary's security clearance, allowing access to highly sensitive material, including FBI source reporting and terror watch lists, is at least guilty of great irresponsibility, and at most treason.
Elibiary also worked with the FBI, National Counterterrorism Center, and Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Who knows what other documents he accessed and to whom he 'peddled' those documents! Elibiary's security clearance was finally revoked in November, 2011.
During the Committee proceedings, Ms. Napolitano also stated she did not know of anyone with known terrorist organization ties visiting the White House, despite the proof contained in the visitor logs.
If that's horrifying enough, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) seems to enjoy the closest working relationship with the Administration. MPAC's stated doctrines include anti-semitism, promoting a reduced terrorist threat, refusal to cooperate with Congress, denouncing counterterrorism tools, and hostility toward law enforcement.
MPAC's agenda is to remove references to Islam and terrorists from U.S. security dialogue. Fifteen MPAC officials have been welcomed by the White House, including its executive director, who enjoyed at least six White House visits between September, 2009, and July, 2011; and, MPAC's government liaison who visited the White House 10 times between July, 2010, and May, 2012.
This administration's peculiarly large welcome mat to radical Islamists can only serve to compromise American security. As a result of these horrific revelations of what has been occurring in the White House, State Department, and Department of Homeland Security, I can't help but notice that - again - the Administration is anything but transparent, as was promised. Doesn't that bother anyone else?
And, I can't forget his statement: 'If I don't have this done in three years ...' (See video below) I guess he's getting it done! But, that depends on what 'it' really is.
If we're judged by the company we keep, what does that tell you about Barack Hussein Obama?
Can UN Take Away Free Speech in the United States?
When the framers of the Constitution of the United States sent the document for ratification by the States, most were concerned that it did not sufficiently ensure the rights of the people and States, holding too much power in the Federal government. Therefore, the first ten amendments called The Bill of Rights was adopted.
(1) establish one religion as the religion of the country, as monarchies had done.
(2) reduce and/or remove freedom of speech even by minute measures.
actions in groups, which the monarchies and dictatorships have done.
unfair treatment. This was applied by the Supreme Court after the Civil War.
Notice that part of the First Amendment commonly referred to as 'separation of church and state' does nothing to remove religion from the fabric of society, in total contradiction to what atheists and secularists want you to believe. This first lie caused some to willingly relinquish a Constitutional right.
Freedom of speech is a great liberty we have taken for granted. For one person to have this Constitutional liberty, he or she must grant the same liberty to another, despite the fact neither may like what the other is espousing. If one is prevented from publicly speaking his beliefs for any reason, the other is in jeopardy of losing his liberty, as well.
The United States has always been a 'melting pot' - but let's understand that what is already in the pot has much greater volume and is only seasoned by any additions. What is in the pot remains essentially the same. Vegetable soup remains vegetable soup; chicken soup remains chicken soup. The additions add flavor, yet must meld into the mix. If not, the soup is inedible.
In the past, immigrants were taunted, ridiculed and treated downright hatefully. They lived among their own for support. However, their desire and that for their children and grandchildren was to become part of the soup. I respect and admire their fortitude! Immigrants past have always desired to become American - not so today. They have ruined the soup!
What has resulted is intolerance of intolerance; and, everything that is disagreeable to anyone who considers themselves tolerant is labeled 'hate speech'. There are efforts in our own government to create a law removing a portion of our freedom of speech. Remember the Bill of Rights? Are we going to allow them to abridge - or take away a little bit - of our freedom of speech? It may sound like a good idea, but keep whittling away one freedom after another and pretty soon, you have no freedoms left!
Today, we are not only fighting amongst the citizens of the 'melting pot', but there are foreigners who seek to invade and remove our greatest 'Blessing' provided, and the masses seem to be in agreement! The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, attacked our Constitution which the UN seeks to over-rule by saying, 'when some people use this freedom of expression to provoke or humiliate some others' values and beliefs, then this cannot be protected.' Mr. Ki-moon erroneously said 'freedom of expression' and not freedom of speech.
How is it that the United Nations sees itself as a ruler over rather than a servant of the nations? Has the UN become so arrogant that it views itself as ruler over the laws of the nations it was supposed to serve?
I find it ludicrous to defend the only 'religion' which has the most heinously intolerant 'doctrine' in the world, while those who consider themselves tolerant call those who speak the truth about Islam ugly names and say we are guilty of 'religious hatred,' as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard did in her recent UN speech. Words cannot slice throats as Muslims have done. Nor can words crucify, which Muslims have resurrected from Roman history for those who leave Islam.
If you so willingly relinquish one Constitutional right, the others will fall away - one by one, until you have no Constitution upon which to stand. The enemies win. This is why I continue to fight to wake you all up! You have drunk the Kool-aid and your children are in danger!
If you don't like what I say - don't listen - don't read it. You have still have the freedom to choose. But, remember: if they take my rights away, your rights aren't far behind.
Seniors - Don't Be Fooled! You're Getting Cut!
Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, threatened to subpoena the Department of Health and Human Services if it does not turn over documents by Thursday (yesterday) on a program he claims is being used to "buy" the election by hiding the Medicare cuts in ObamaCare.
"Your staff has run out of excuses and the long delay in providing these documents is inexcusable," Issa wrote Kathleen Sebelius, Health Secretary.
The request was made months ago for documents concerning an $8 Billion program that pays bonuses to Medicare Advantage plans to mask the first round of Medicare Advantage cuts that would have begun this week.
The effects of ObamaCare's $200 Billion (71%) in Medicare Advantage cuts over the next decade are being delayed by the bonus program which only stays in effect until 2014. Of course, if he's re-elected, you can't do anything about it!
"What they're really doing is trying on the eve of an election not to have seniors realize that the cuts to Medicare Advantage were real," Issa said.
Obama was given a binder for Muslims to be hired in his administration by Muslim Keith Ellison - Representative, Minnesota. Read the article from the 2009 Denver Post. Folder - Binder - Who Cares?!? Get Over It!
Some Give SO Much for us!
Despite Requests and Warnings: U.S. Hired British Company Which in Turn Hired Unarmed Libyans to Secure U.S. Embassy in Benghazi!
The State Department hired Blue Mountain Group (formerly Pilgrim Elite), a private security firm (but not one of the eight the U.S. usually uses), to guard the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya. The 2011 revolt that ended Gaddafi's rule and life, began in Benghazi.
The claims by the State Department regarding its actions are contradicted by testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and various memoranda and supporting documents.
Before last week's hearing, of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last week, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Charlene Lamb, admitted that she denied requests for additional security for U.S. diplomatic personnel in Libya.
Regional security officer for the U.S. Embassy in Libya until July, 2012, Eric Nordstrom, had prepared a memoranda before leaving his post, outlining the violence from June, 2011 through July, 2012. Eric Nordstrom, testified that Ms. Lamb, wanted to keep the number of U.S. security personnel in Benghazi "artificially low."
According to Nordstrom, Patrick Kennedy, the under secretary of state for management, issued a "decision memo" in December 2011 requiring that the Benghazi post be manned with five diplomatic security agents, but that it usually had only three or four.
Nordstrom sent two cables to State Department headquarters in March and July, 2012, requesting additional Diplomatic Security Agents for Benghazi, but that he received no response to either request.
"The State Department has formed a special panel to investigate the consulate attack but have told CBS News' U.S. State Department correspondent Margaret Brennan that any withdrawal of security personnel prior to the Benghazi attack had "no impact whatsoever on the total number of fully trained American security personnel in Libya overall or in Benghazi specifically." There was a Quick Reaction Force on standby in Tripoli to deploy if needed. That team did arrive in Benghazi on the night of the attack, but not until hours after the assault began."
But, the Quick Reaction Force obviously couldn't get there quickly enough and it was the State Department's job to know that. Likewise, the State Department was warned that the reduced number of U.S. Security Agents and the ragtag, unarmed band of local yokels was dangerous under the circumstances. The State Department should have understood that the hired guards could not provide the necessary security armed with only flashlights and batons. They were told by their 'commander,' a former English teacher who had never even held a gun, to sound the alarm over the radio and then run for cover if there was an attack.
There's more! Read the riveting CBS reports and memoranda. There is also a link to another article on the security personnel withdrawal. I highly recommend them.
Reuters claims that in emails it obtained, State Department security officials had concerns about the reliability of some of the guards at the mission months before the attack. But they did nothing!
I guess Ms. Lamb will fall on the sword for Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton this time. But, I don't believe for a moment that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State didn't advise the Secretary of State and that she didn't advise the POTUS.


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Arsenal 2-0 Marseille [Imperial Hotel, Melbourne]
G'day mate! Melbourne is my stop for this week as I work my way around the land of Oz.
The city of Melbourne is a sprawling, happening metropolis in the state of Victoria. It is considered the sporting centre of Australia. Firstly, you have the Melbourne Cricket Ground (known locally as 'The MCG') which is arguably the most well known of the country's test venues for The Ashes. Then there are 2 football teams, Melbourne Heart and Melbourne Victory, both equally abysmal. There's a rugby league team and a rugby union team. The Rod Laver Tennis Centre, where the Australian Open is held in January, also sits in Melbourne.
'Down Under' in Melbourne. Get it? I'm too funny ;)
And then you have AFL, or the Australian Football League. This is known to most of you as 'Aussie Rules' and, to describe it in as succinct a manner as possible, it's essentially a cross between rugby, Gaelic football and cage fighting. With the game taking place on a cricket field(?), Aussie Rules Football is an utterly brutal sport where players beat the living daylights out of each other in the hope of drop kicking a ball between some sticks. It's the most followed sport in Australia, and just here in Melbourne alone, there are nine teams all kicking the crap out of each other for fun and money. The season doesn't start until March next year so I won't get to witness any of this neanderthal-bashing up close, and that's unfortunate because it's the only sport here that I'm interested in learning more about.
Just a regular Aussie Rules football game. "Play on" says the ref.
Being 11 hours ahead of the UK, Sean Jenkinson (no relation to Carl) and I had the immense pleasure of waking up at 05:30am in order to get into town to catch the 6:45am kickoff at The Imperial in downtown Melbourne. The Imperial isn't the official pub for the Arsenal Australia members, but it's the only one that's open early enough to accommodate a live Champions League viewing (for the weekend we will be at AA Melbourne's regular home, the Celtic Club). There were about six of us watching the Arsenal match against Marseille, and we were all thrilled with the result. It was especially nice to see Jack Wilshere get on the scoresheet with his first ever brace for Arsenal (and also the fastest Champions League goal scored by an Englishman).
Not bad for 6am.
That result means we have one foot in the next round of the Champions League, but as everybody is well aware, the work isn't finished with yet. It's the first time in quite a few seasons that we enter the final group game of the Champions League with the qualifying teams still undecided. It means we have to go to Napoli with the intent of winning, and that will test our mettle next month when fixture congestion starts to come into play once more. Let's hope the Ultras behave themselves.
Labels: Arsenal, Champions League, Gooner, Gooner Family, Gooner On The Road, Jack Wilshere, Marseille
Location: Melbourne VIC, Australia


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Plamen Ivanov Iliev (; born 30 November 1991) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Romanian Liga I club Universitatea Cluj.

Iliev spent his early years with his hometown club Balkan Botevgrad, before joining Vidima-Rakovski's youth academy in 2006. He made his professional debut in 2009 at the age of 17 and quickly became a regular starter. In December 2010, Iliev moved to Levski Sofia for an undisclosed fee. Four and a half years later he signed for Romanian club Botoșani. In February 2017, he moved to Astra Giurgiu where he stayed two years before he returned to Bulgaria to join up with Ludogorets Razgrad.

A former regular for Bulgaria at Under-21 level, Iliev made his senior international debut in May 2012.

Club career

Vidima-Rakovski
In his youth years in Botevgrad, Iliev started to play football at Balkan. He joined Vidima-Rakovski when he was fourteen years old and signed his first professional contract in 2009.

At the beginning of the 2009–10 season, Iliev was added to Vidima's senior squad by manager Dimitar Todorov. He made his B Group debut in the starting line-up on 8 August 2009 in a 1–1 draw against Kom-Minyor. During the season he became first choice goalkeeper and earned 23 appearances, helping his team to win promotion to the A Group. Iliev was also the first choice keeper for the team from Sevlievo in the first half of the 2010–11 season and earned praise for his performances.

Levski Sofia

On 17 December 2010, Iliev was sold to Levski Sofia. He made his debut for Levski against Lokomotiv Sofia on 6 March 2011, with Iliev succeeding in keeping a clean sheet. On 6 April 2012, Iliev was appointed as Levski's captain, but became vice-captain for the 2012–13 season, as new coach Ilian Iliev decided to give the captain's armband to Stanislav Angelov.

On 14 September 2012, Iliev signed a new contract keeping him at the club until 2016.

Botoșani
On 5 June 2015, Iliev moved abroad for the first time, agreeing to a three-year deal with Romanian Liga I club FC Botoșani.

Astra Giurgiu
Following his good display at Botoșani, Iliev was signed by defending champions Astra Giurgiu on 1 February 2017.

He kept a clean sheet in his competitive debut against Politehnica Iași, with Astra conceding two goals before his substitution. On 3 April, Iliev saved two penalties in six minutes, but in an eventual 1–2 home loss to Viitorul Constanța.

After the departure of Silviu Lung Jr. to Kayserispor in the summer of 2017, Iliev became the starting goalkeeper for Astra.

Ludogorets Razgrad
On 7 January 2019, Ludogorets Razgrad confirmed that Iliev had signed a preliminary contract under the Bosman ruling and is set to join the team as a free agent in June 2019 if the negotiations between Astra and Ludogorets in January didn't end with a transfer agreement, but on 12 January the teams reached an agreement and Iliev joined the team for an undisclosed fee.

Dinamo București
After being released from Ludogorets, Iliev returned to Romania, signing a contract with local giants Dinamo București.

International career
Since 2010 Iliev has been a regular with the Bulgaria U21 side, gradually becoming first choice, taking over from Stefano Kunchev. On 11 October 2011, he was sent off in the last minute of Bulgaria's 3–2 win against Luxembourg U21 in a 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifier after an altercation with Tom Laterza. Iliev was subsequently banned for 3 matches.

Iliev received his first call-up to the senior team of his country in 2011 and made his debut on 29 May 2012, in the 0–2 loss against Turkey in a friendly match after replacing Stoyan Kolev in the 76th minute. Iliev appeared as a starter for the first time in the 2–1 win over Kazakhstan in another exhibition match held on 4 June 2013, managing to keep a clean sheet, with Bulgaria conceding after his replacement.

On 31 August 2017, he saved a penalty taken by Emil Forsberg and the subsequent shot from the rebound in the 16th minute of the game in a historical 3–2 home win against Sweden. Iliev established himself as the first choice goalkeeper during Petar Hubchev's tenure as manager.

Personal life
Iliev has two children with his wife Anna - daughter Isabella and son Vladi.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club
Vidima-Rakovski
B Group: 2012–13

Levski Sofia
Bulgarian Cup runner-up: 2012–13, 2014–15

Astra Giurgiu
Cupa României runner-up: 2016–17

Ludogorets Razgrad
First Professional Football League: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020-21
Bulgarian Supercup: 2019, 2021

Individual
 Best goalkeeper in the  Bulgarian First League: 2019

References

External links

1991 births
Living people
People from Botevgrad
Bulgarian footballers
Bulgaria under-21 international footballers
Bulgaria international footballers
Association football goalkeepers
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo players
PFC Levski Sofia players
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players
Liga I players
Liga II players
FC Botoșani players
FC Astra Giurgiu players
FC Dinamo București players
FC Hermannstadt players
FC Universitatea Cluj players
Bulgarian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Romania
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Sportspeople from Sofia Province


House Bill 781 primarily defines prohibited acts related to the unlawful exercise of notarial powers and provides penalties, outlines the complaint process and clarifies that licensed attorneys who are Notaries are still subject to oversight by the state Supreme Court.
Clarifies that subject to the duties required of a Notary as a result of a change of residence, a Notary who is also licensed to practice law in Louisiana may notarize in every parish of the state.
Clarifies that subject to any other law to the contrary, a Notary appointed for any parish who has taken the examination on or after June 13, 2005, may notarize in every parish of the state.
Prohibits any person who has not been authorized to exercise notarial powers or any Notary whose powers have been judicially revoked from: (a) Exercising or purporting to exercise notarial functions; (b) Holding oneself out the public as being entitled to perform notarizations; (c) Rendering notarial services; (d) taking acknowledgments, administer oaths or executing any instrument as a Notary or person with authority to exercise notarial powers; (e) Assuming to be a Notary or be authorized to exercise notarial functions; and (f) Assuming, using, or advertising using the title Notary Public or ex-officio Notary or equivalent terms in any language or any other term meant to convey the impression that one is permitted to notarize.
Stipulates that a violation of unlawful exercise of notarial powers (item #3 above) shall result in a fine of up to $1,000, imprisonment for up to 2 years, or both, and a requirement to make full restitution for all costs incurred as a result of the improper act.
Prohibits a Notary who has been authorized to exercise notarial functions to perform notarial services during any period when: (a) the Notary's commission is statutorily or judicially suspended, statutorily or administratively revoked; (b) the Notary is no longer commissioned as a Notary; (c) the Notary has placed the Notary's commission in retirement statutes under R.S. 35:202(G); (d) the person no longer holds the office or position from which authority to notarize was derived; (e) the Notary has been convicted of a felony; and (f) the Notary is not authorized by law to perform a particular notarial function.
Stipulates that any of the violations listed above in #5 shall result in: (1) in a fine of up to $1,000; (2) a requirement to make full restitution for all costs incurred as a result of the improper act; and (3) being subjected to suspension or revocation of the commission and permanently enjoined from exercising notarial powers in any capacity.
Institutes the process for handling complaints against a Notary by the Secretary of State: (1) If a Notary has active status, the Secretary shall notify the Notary and complainant of the findings; and (2) If the Notary does not have a valid active status, the Secretary shall send a notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, informing the Notary of the impediment to the Notary's authority and allow the Notary to remedy the impediment within 10 days of receiving the notice. Upon failure to remedy the impediment by the Notary on inactive status, the Secretary shall forward a copy of the sworn complaint to appropriate law enforcement or a prosecutor for further investigation or prosecution.
Recognizes that the Louisiana Supreme Court's jurisdiction in regulating the conduct of any attorney licensed to practice law supersedes the enforcement of provisions related to the unlawful exercise of notarial powers.
Permits ex-officio Notaries appointed to act on behalf of a municipal police department to notarize an affidavit required for the enforcement of R.S. 32:661-32:669.
House Bill 781 primarily defines prohibited acts related to the unlawful exercise of notarial powers and provides penalties, outlines the complaint process and clarifies that licensed attorneys who are Notaries are still subject to oversight by the state Supreme Court. Incidentally, the bill also clarifies the duties of ex-officio Notaries appointed to serve municipal police departments and the circumstances under which attorney and nonattorney Notaries may notarize in every parish.


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Manchester raises the bar with new carbon target
In Buildings, Economy, Energy and Society on 14.11.2018
Manchester City Council has today announced its plan to bring forward its ambition to become a zero carbon city by twelve years, with a revised target of 2038.
The announcement places the city in a league of leading cities globally in setting science-based targets for tackling climate change.
The revised plan will see the city capping total emissions at 15 million tonnes from 2018 – 2100, and also committing to a 13 per cent year-on-year reduction in emissions from 2018 onwards - becoming zero carbon by 2038, well in advance of the previous commitment to achieve this goal by 2050.
The new target is set out in a report to be considered by Manchester City Council's Executive next week, proposed by the city's Climate Change Board and in line with research carried out by the world-renowned Tyndall Centre for Climate Change.
The report, which follows recent international reports stressing the importance of making rapid reductions in global carbon emissions, outlines that all of the city's sectors will need to greatly reduce their carbon emissions, if the target is to be met. It highlights the council's leadership role, in working with businesses and housing providers to help them to become more energy-efficient and with Transport for Greater Manchester to encourage further uptake of public transport, cycling and walking, by investing in new infrastructure.
"Going further is necessary if we are to play our full part"
According to Executive Member for the Environment Councillor Angeliki Stogia, the new target is 'challenging' but necessary:"It is clear that going further is necessary if we are to play our full part in limiting the future impacts of climate change," she said. "A zero carbon city will have many benefits for our citizens, not least enhanced air quality, better public transport networks, lower energy bills and future job opportunities in the growing low-carbon energy sector.
"However, the council cannot do this on its own. We will all need to play our part in reducing Manchester's carbon emissions - and will all share in the benefits of a healthier city when our goal is met."
How typical of Manchester to step forward and lead in this way.
The move has already won praise nationally. The Chair of the UK Committee on Climate Change, Lord Deben, said: "This gives me real hope. How typical of Manchester to step forward and lead in this way. Making changes is never easy but cleaning up the local economy will really help people in Manchester and could become a blueprint for other cities around the world."
And the chair of the city's climate change board, Gavin Elliot, congratuled city leaders for taking this bold but critical decision: "This places Manchester at the very forefront of world cities leading on this issue, and creates a massive opportunity to transform the city both environmentally, socially and economically.
"We're very proud of the role the Climate Change Agency has played in helping the city to arrive at this point, and look forward to working with all stakeholders across the city to help them grasp this incredible opportunity, to the benefit of both our and future generations," he said.
Manchester experts help shape EU climate policy
Manchester's climate change experts helped shape the direction of EU policy for adaptation this week, having been called upon to advise Europe on how it can prepare for future changes in our weather and climate.
Green Summit heralds bold green future for Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester has set out its ambitions to become one of the leading green city-regions in the UK and Europe, at its inaugural Green Summit held today (Wednesday 21 March).
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