The Oya Kannon Buddhist Temple, or Oyaji as it's more commonly known, is a small but exquisite temple set into the side of a rock face. Located in Utsunomiya in Tochigi, the temple is surrounded by the area's picturesque countryside. With its carvings and statues all chiseled out of the natural stone, the temple draws thousands of visitors to Tochigi Prefecture.
Records and opinions vary on the actual origins of the site, with some suggesting that the Oyaji Temple dates back to AD 810. According to legend, the temple was supposedly established by the famed Buddhist Monk Kobo Daishi, who also established the Shingon Sect in Japan. Despite murky origins, most sources seem to agree that the temple was rebuilt sometime around AD 1615-1624.
The main attractions of the Oya Kannon Buddhist Temple are the rock carvings and statues, both within and outside of the temple hall. The Oya Kannon Statue, which is a carving of the thousand-armed goddess, is 13-foot-tall and is supposedly the oldest Buddha carving in all of Japan. The theme of the carvings at Oyaji is that of peace. The large Heiwa Kannon Statue, stationed at 90 feet high, was erected after World War II and is dedicated to the fallen as a symbol of peace and harmony.
An essential and unforgettable highlight of any vacation in the prefecture, Oya Kannon Buddhist Temple is a beautiful way to explore the historical offerings of Tochigi.
Opening times differ from season to season, 8:30-17:00 from April to September, 9:00-16:30 from October to March (admission until 20 minutes before closing time).
30 min by bus from Utsunomiya Station on the JR Nikko Line.


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Is there some implementation in scikt-learn that would let me calculate such scores?
mutual_info_classif seems to calculate only mutual information between features and the target variables, according to this example, which is great for feature selection, but not for identifying relevant terms for each category.

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This paper examined electoral processes and security challenges in Nigeria with specific reference to the 2011 and 2015 presidential elections. The data for this study were drawn mostly from secondary sources. Systematically, the paper reviewed the conceptions of electoral violence, perspectives on election related violence and security of lives and properties in Nigeria. The major findings of this study reveal that from the 1950s, elections in Nigeria approximated a war that is often waged to determine political power. All weapons are always available for politicians in Nigeria to use religion, ethnic sentiments, outright bribery, the power of incumbency, corruption, the abuse of electoral processes, etc. to unleash violence and threaten the security of lives and properties in the country in such a way that in such election-related crises, it is estimated that over 10,000 Nigerians have lost their lives, hundreds of thousands have been displaced while properties worth billions destroyed during pre-election, election and post-election period. The study deployed the qualitative historical research method to carry out its analysis, which implied the use of the descriptive analytical tool where data were drawn from secondary sources.
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Elections are considered as cardinal and indispensable in the practice of modern democracy. According to Nnoli (1990), "it is closely tied to the growth and development of democratic political order that is generally held to be the single most important indicator of the presence or absence of democratic government". Elections, if properly organized, devoid of rigging and all forms of electoral manipulations and malpractices do not only establish and entrench democracy, but confers legitimacy on the leadership that emerges from the process, the political institutions, policies and programmes that accompany such administration.
Election has been defined as the manner of choice agreed upon by people out of many to occupy one or a number of positions of authority (Nnoli, 2003). Elections have always been the legitimate way of transferring power from one regime to another through elections, popular conduct and participation in public affairs is created in the society (Ugoh, 2004).
The current global emphasis on democratization has made election an inevitable process of leadership choice and succession. Obviously, the success of every conditional democracy is tied to the integrity of electoral process while the quality of a representative government is also linked to the capacity of state to evolve viable, transparent and trusted electoral machinery that will inspire the interest and confidence of broad spectrum of civil society and contending factors of political society (Okolie, 2008).
Regrettably, election in Nigeria since independence has been characterized by violent actions that always result in socio-economic tension and unrest. This has indeed remained a recurring decimal in Nigeria's political life despites efforts at curbing it. Besides, political violence in the country has been sustained and reinforced mostly by religious, ethnic and tribal diversities of Nigeria. For instance, the political violence that greeted Nigeria's first and send republics which eventually led to the military intervention and long spell in the country's government and politics. This had its roots in ethnic and tribal considerations.
The Human Right Watch revealed that between independence in 1960 and 1990, Nigeria produced only two elected governments, both later overthrown in military coups. Nigeria's military ruled the country for nearly 30 of 40 years of independence. However in 1999, Nigeria made a transition to civilian rule. The 1999 elections, which brought a retired general, Olusegun Obasanjo to power, were blights by such widespread fraud that observers from carter centre concluded that "it is not possible for us to make an accurate judgement about the outcome of the Presidential election".
Federal and states election in 2003 were again married by fraud as well as serious incidents of political violence that left over 100 people dead and many others injured. Human rights watch found that members and supporters of the ruling party were responsible for the majority of abuses, though opposition parties also engaged in political violence. Most deaths occurred where opposing bands of armed gangs fought each other in an effort to control an area and displace supporters of the opposing party. Human rights watch documented how ruling party politicians in the oil-rich Niger Delta mobilized and funded armed groups to help rig elections. This led to a sustained increase in political violence and criminality in the region.
Despite the abysmal record of the 1999 and 2003 elections, the government did not correct the problems in the next elections. Observers from the European Union described the 2007 elections which brought Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to power, as the worst they had witnessed anywhere in the world. Human Right Watch estimates that at least 300 people were killed in political violence linked to the 2007 elections.
The 2011 general elections process under Atahiru Jega was commended and domestic observers regarding major improvement in areas like voter registration exercise, accreditation and counting phases of the elections. The 2011 presidential elections raised strong domestic expectation, as exemplified by the high turnout rates, especially in the core Hausa/Fulani states of Northern Nigerian, where women living in "KULLE" (a king of Islamic nunnery) were mobilized on religious grounds to vote for Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) (Human Rights Watch, 2011).
However, the whole electoral process has been criticized for number of reasons ranging from under age voting, campaigning during election, intimidation and political violence. The presidential election was marred by allegation of vote buying, ballot box stuffing and inflation of results most noticeable in south eastern Nigeria. Jonathan's stronghold were official results in the presidential elections in some rural areas recorded close to 100 percent voter turnout and parts of Kanduna, Plateau and Adamawa States with Christian "enclaves". This was greeted with widespread protest which later turned to violence in Northern Nigeria (Human Rights Watch, 2011).
The 2011 presidential elections had come and gone, but the "credible" elections had been stained by the blood of Nigerians who had their lives in the post-election violence experienced mostly in Northern part of Nigeria. According to Corinne Dufka, a Senior West African researcher at Human Rights Watch, "the April elections were heralded as among the fairest in Nigeria's history, but were also among the bloodiest".
Following the announcement of the result of the 2011 Presidential election which saw to the re-election of the incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan candidate for the ruling People's Democratic Party, violence began with widespread protests by the supporters of the main opposition candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) challenging the results. The protest generated into sectarian violence and killings by the Almajiri (Sanghaya School Students) in the Northern States of Bauchi, Adamawa, Bornu, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Nigeri, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara. Relief official estimates that more than 65,000 people were displaced while over 800 people were estimated to have lost their live.
In a bid to forestall future occurrence, two commissions were established in May, 2011 following the elections, to examine the factors that led to the insecurity issues. Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa established a twelve man commission in Kaduna, and nationally, President Jonathan established a 22 person commission headed by Sheikh Ahmed Lemu. The commission's work was to identify the root causes of the violence, and even identify the perpetrators for possible punishment. But the tracks of past commissions suggested that neither effort will make any headway as the 2015 Presidential elections also surface with its sad parts though not as horrible as that of the 2011 presidential elections.
The 2015 General elections was the fifth to be conducted by INEC in the country's forth republic. As part of preparations, INEC developed a timetable and schedule of activities for the conduct of the elections. Unlike in the past were elections were staggered in such a way that the Presidential election was usually conducted last, the timetable for the 2015 general elections showed that the presidential and National Assembly elections were paired to hold on February 14, 2015 while the governorship and state houses of assembly elections were to follow on February 28, 2015.
However, insurgency by the Boko Haram sect in the north-eastern part of the country, which had been on since 2009, necessitated a change in the election timetable at the last minute. INEC consequently postponed the elections by six weeks (Suleiman, 2015). This meant that the Presidential and National Assembly elections were rescheduled for March 28, and the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections for April 11, 2005. Similarly, unlike previous elections in the country, INEC introduced the use of permanent voters cards (PVC) containing the biometric details and embossed passport photograph of voters, and smart card readers to verify the authenticity of PVCs presented by voters. The introduction of both items by INEC was aimed at checking multiple voter registration, as only one card was issued to each registered voter, and to prevent multiple voting. This was intended to ensure the integrity of the elections.
Other arrangement for the election was the adoption of the "Remodified Open Secret Ballot System (REMOBS). In the system, voters were to thumb/finger-print on the ballot for the candidates of their choice in secret and cast their votes in open (INEC 2015:8).
The 2015 elections were actually symbolic in Nigeria's political history as it marked the first time the opposition party successfully dislodged the incumbent party from power at the federal level particularly in a less controversial and peaceful process. Clearly, this interesting development is in contrary to the gloomy picture presented by many analysts in previous elections. The country experienced for the first time in its post-democratic transition history, the emergence of a strong opposition party which had the capacity to displace the incumbent party. This was against all odds, as the election was staged in an environment of raging terrorists violence in the north-eastern part of the country which was not only a major risk to voting, but also possibly affected the electoral chances of the main opposition party, and could result in post-election violence. Also, there was growing public perception of poor preparation by the Electoral Management Body (EMB) and the INEC following problems experienced in the voters registration process which influenced beliefs that the election might be another charade. The electoral process was characterized by a heated campaign process which was anchored on ethnic and religious sloganeering which did not only divide the potential voters along religious and ethnic lines, but also potentially prepared the grounds for another ethno-religious violence.
The conduct of the security agencies indicated bias for the ruling party which increasingly generated fear for the opposition and electorate about electoral security and electoral fraud. The sudden postponement of the elections for six weeks (February 14 to March 28) also increased public distrust of the electoral process (see international crisis group, 2015; Onapajo, 2015).
The study therefore aims at a comparative analysis of the 2011 and 2015 Presidential elections in Nigeria with sole objective of comparing the conduct of the elections as well as the nature of electoral security using its indicators which are divided into three phases-pre-election period, election period, and the post-election period.
1.2 Statement of Problem
The credibility and legitimacy accorded an election victory is determined by the extent to which the process is free and fair (Garuba, 2007; Bagaards, 2007). Free and fair election serves the purpose of legitimizing such government. Elections are therefore considered as vital and indispensable for determining the democratic nature of a political system and for ensuring national security. When election is not satisfactorily managed, it gives room for protest, insecurity of lives and properties, social explosion, doubts about the institutions, etc. Factly, election mismanagement is a real and prolific source of conflicts, violence, insecurity and instability (Hounkpe and Gueye, 2010).
Voters confidence in elections emanate from a combination of the mechanisms and procedures deployed to count and record votes and the election officials competence and integrity. These processes anchored on proactive security to engender confidence. Understanding the outbreaks of election violence is a complex issue and one way of addressing electoral violence is to empower the electoral umpire to secure the process through adequate funding by the state. However, often, the state fails to adequately fund the umpire thereby unwittingly compromising the process. For instance, paucity of funds can affect voter's turnout due to poor mobilization of voters, this in turn can affect the outcome of the election result leading to conflicts and invariably fragility of the state. To guarantee national security, the electoral umpire should understand the different phases of the electoral process otherwise known as the indicators of electoral process and thus craft the needed strategy to secure each phase. For elections in Nigeria, the electoral cycle can be categorized into three phases namely the pre-election phase, the Election Day and the post-election phase. In the context of Nigeria, most security breaches happen during the post-election phase. The paper therefore focuses on electoral processes and the concomitant security breaches emanating from such processes especially those of the 2011 and 2015 presidential elections.
This study aims at achieving the following objectives;
To determine the causes of insecurity in the 2011 and 2015 presidential post-elections.
To evaluate the different strategies that were put in place to secure the conduct of the 2011 and 2015 presidential elections.
To recommend the necessary measures to be adopted by INEC in enhancing security of elections at every phase.
In the course of conducting this study answers will be provided to the following questions:
What were the causes of insecurity in the 2011 and 2015 presidential elections?
What were the different strategies put in place to secure the conduct of the 2011 and 2015 presidential elections?
How can INEC secure the electoral processes?
The study has both theoretical and practical significance. Theoretically, the study has the potential of contributing greatly to the existing body of literature on electoral processes and national security. This work will provide the students of political science and political history the needed framework for tackling the issues of political violence and insecurity in future elections.
Practically, the research work will be of interest to Nigerian government, especially House committee on election matters, ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) like the independent National Electoral commission (INEC), etc. The findings of this study will also provide valuable information in articulating potential policies that will help address the problems associated with conduct of elections and security breaches.
Finally, to the reader and researchers, this would make useful contribution to any study on some or related topics on electoral processes and national security.
1.6 Scope and Limitation of the Study
This study is meant to cover the entire machinery of electoral processes in Nigeria and its implication on national security, drawing a comparison between the 2011 and 2015 presidential elections.
To this end, the research work is limited by financial constraints resulting from the limited resources of the researchers, time constraints arising from the limited period used to conduct the study as well as tendency of not finding enough literature.
1.7 Operational Definitions
The following terms, when used anywhere within this research study will imply such a meaning as given below:
Democracy: Democracy is a form of government in which the people have a voice in the exercise of power, typically through elected representatives.
Government: Government is a system by which a state or community is governed.
Election: Election is a formal procedure whereby a person is elected especially to a political office.
Electorate: Electorate are all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.
President: President is the elected head of a government
Phase: A distinguishable part of a sequence of cycle occurring over time.
National Security: The safety of a country as managed through the exercise of economic and political power.
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Wisconsin father shoots newborn, abandons her in fallen tree: Complaint
Green County Circuit Court
Logan T. Kruckenberg-Anderson in court Tuesday.
By: Jackson Danbeck
WARNING: This incident may be disturbing to some readers.
GREEN COUNTY -- A 16-year-old father is facing homicide charges after prosecutors say he placed his nude child inside a snow-covered fallen tree and fired two gunshots into the baby's head.
Logan T. Kruckenberg-Anderson, 16 years old of Albany, Wis., was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and felony Move/Hide/Bury Corpse of Child in Green County Court Tuesday. If found guilty, Kruckenberg-Anderson could spend the rest of his life behind bars. He will be charged as an adult in court, according to the Department of Justice.
Investigators wrote in a criminal complaint released Tuesday that they received word from an Albany resident that his daughter had just given birth in a bathtub on Jan. 5, and that the child hadn't been seen from since.
Under questioning, the father, Logan Kruckenberg-Anderson, first told investigators that he had given the child to his friend, the complaint states. The mother of the child told deputies that after giving birth, they had decided to give the child to an adoptive agency in Madison.
In a second interview, Kruckenberg-Anderson told investigators said they had decided they could not keep the child and needed to do something "to not have the child in their life." They discussed several options, including dropping the child off at a fire department or an adoption "place," according to the complaint.
Kruckenberg-Anderson finally told agents they decided he would get rid of the infant by dropping the child off "somewhere," investigators say.
Kruckenberg-Anderson said to the detectives that he placed the child in his backpack and walked to his mother's home, where he placed the child in a larger backpack and left again.
He walked to a remote wooded area in Albany, where he placed the infant into a small, snow-covered area inside a fallen tree, according to the complaint. He placed more snow over the infant's entire body, and walked away, investigators say.
He told investigators he could still hear the baby crying as he walked, "which caused him to emotionally break down, fall to his knees and cry," according to detectives.
"Kruckenberg-Anderson stated that he knew that by leaving a nude infant child exposed and covered in the elements would likely cause the baby to die," the complaint states.
Kruckenberg-Anderson later directed law enforcement to where he left the child.
The local medical examiner's office soon discovered a bullet hole in the child and a casing nearby.
In a follow-up interview, Kruckenberg-Anderson admitted that he had in fact fired two shots into the baby's head after placing the child into the tree, according to the criminal complaint.
He is slated to be back in court on Jan. 20 for his preliminary hearing. A judge handed down a $1 million bond at his court appearance Tuesday.


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In liberal South Jersey town, all-in for Trump means vandalism, threats
At Collingswood home: rock-throwing, thefts, arson threat
By Kevin C. Shelly
PhillyVoice Contributor
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Collingswood resident Lauren Boisvert has had some issues, especially repeated vandalism, while showing her support for President Donald Trump. The hat she's wearing was signed by Trump at a campaign rally in Delaware.
Collingswood resident Lauren Boisvert's been a target of vandalism and harassment – again and again and again – and she knows why: her unabashedly enthusiastic and visible support of Donald Trump.
Her front lawn, lit with floodlights to cut down on trespassers, has flags, banners and signs. They are targeted by vandals – and the catalyst for harassment.
She says nearly 20 separate incidents have occurred on her quiet residential street in the past year as Trump progressed from unlikely candidate to even more unlikely president.
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Boisvert ticked off the incidents during an interview last Friday: Her car, with plenty of Trump support visible, got keyed. Trump banners were repeatedly stolen, maybe a dozen times, until finally secured with luggage locks. An American flag was ripped down August 3, tossed to the ground. Dog poop got dumped on the lawn in front of the sign which read "God bless America, God bless Trump." Multiple times. People screamed at her that she is either a racist or anti-Muslim, or both, which she says is untrue. Epithets were shouted, mostly in the dark of night, followed by a screech of tires.
There was even a threat to burn her home down.
The vandalism and harassment became so frequent at one point that local police loaned the sisters a surveillance video camera.
The camera captured the rocks thrown at the home Boisvert and her sister rent in Collingswood, a South Jersey community they both love.
A 12-year-old boy – one of six around the same age in the rock-throwing group – was arrested as a result, she said, after he was identified from surveillance video.
"We love Collingswood, Haddon Avenue, the restaurants. I don't understand it. I'm one of the kindest people I know," she said of what she has come to think of as Collingswood's "liberal hate."
"So much for the tolerant left, right?" she said of the borough's reputation as a liberal and unprejudiced town.
"The only hate I've ever received is from liberals," she added.
KEVIN C. SHELLY//PHILLYVOICE
Frustrated by repeated vandalism apparently sparked by her display of support for President Donald Trump, Collingswood resident Lauren Boisvert has fashioned a poster riffing on the HateHasNoHome lawn signs which dot her community.
Peeved and frustrated by the ongoing harassment, she made a new poster about two weeks ago.
The sign, with a heart logo in red, white and blue colors, reads "LIBERAL HATE HAS NO HOME HERE," an obvious takeoff on the "Hate Has No Home Here" lawn signs, which began in a Chicago neighborhood and spread across the region, including many Collingswood lawns.
Carmen Rodriguez, a spokeswoman for the founding Hate Has No Home group in Chicago, said her group is not meant to have any political connotations.
"We believe our message is universal, and should be one every American can support. The project is non-partisan, non-sectarian, and is not affiliated with any party, religion, campaign or candidate," she said.
"It was just for Trump. We liked the idea of someone new, not a politician, someone with fresh ideas." – Collingswood resident Lauren Boisvert, on showing her support
She offered to get Boisvert one of the original signs to display alongside her improvised sign. Boisvert is taking her up on the offer.
As Boisvert stood on her front lawn Friday talking to a PhillyVoice reporter, an SUV slowed, stopped and the window slid down.
But instead of a jeer, Boisvert was cheered on for her overt display of Trump love.
"It happens about once a week. There are definitely closet Trump-lovers around town," she said, thanking the driver.
Boisvert, who went to the Trump inaugural and related festivities with her sister – they cried happily when Trump was declared president – said the month after the election was the worst.
And while vandalism and harassment continue, "Now I get a thumb-up more often than not."
Collingswood resident Lauren Boisvert has had some issues, especially repeated vandalism, while showing her support of President Donald Trump. She finds the reaction, including keying her car and throwing stones at her house in the decidedly liberal-leaning community she loves troubling.
Collingswood Mayor Jim Maley, a Democrat with public safety oversight in the borough, sent an emailed statement to PhillyVoice about the incidents: "Regardless of your political views, no one should ever feel like their home or property isn't safe. That's unacceptable and our police have done their best to help find the offenders."
Maley contended the targeting of Boisvert is out of character for the community.
"One of the best things about Collingswood is its small-town neighborliness and neighbors share a spectrum of beliefs," he wrote. "For every unfortunate report of vandalism we receive there are hundreds of untold acts of caring and generosity in town – it's what makes Collingswood special.
"But when matters escalate, we are committed to making sure no one feels targeted and issues are handled by the police," his statement concluded.
Collingswood Police Chief Kevin Carey did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Monday.
Collingswood resident Lauren Boisvert has had some issues, especially repeated vandalism, while showing her support of President Donald Trump. The hat in front of her was signed by Trump at a rally in Delaware while he was still a candidate. She copied the signature for a tattoo on her foot.
FROM LIBERAL TO TRUMP TATTOO
Boisvert, 29, grew up in a "very liberal household" in South Jersey's Mount Laurel.
An accountant with a master's degree, she says she twice voted for Barack Obama, mostly because of her father's support of the 44th president, even though she was registered Independent, not Democrat.
But last year, she registered as a Republican – but not for the party, simply to support Trump.
Speaking for her sister, she explained their support, "It was just for Trump. We liked the idea of someone new, not a politician, someone with fresh ideas," adding she even likes Trump's frequently caricatured hair.
For Boisvert, her greatest disappointment with the young Trump administration is its failure to adequately vet those it wanted to serve in high positions, such as former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who worked for the government of Turkey while also advising Trump as a candidate. She said that failure undermines Trump's repeated call for "extreme vetting" of would-be immigrants.
Lauren Boisvert had a copy of Donald Trump's signature tattooed on one foot. She copied his signature from a hat he signed for her at a rally.
Otherwise, she's still all in for Trump, right down to a tattoo of his signature on her left foot.
"Oh, yeah, it is staying up," she said of the Trump yard display, "For eight years," she added, as she looked ahead.
She's learned not to discuss her love of Trump when she visits local bars, "but otherwise, I talk about it everywhere."
Well, almost everywhere.
"I don't talk about it with my boyfriend," she allowed. "He's anti-Trump."
Kevin C. Shelly
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Carbon Black has revived its plans for an initial public offering—after initially filing in 2016—and aims to complete an IPO in the first half of this year, according to people familiar with the situation. But it also is open to selling and has held talks with IBM, Microsoft and VMware, one of the people said.


I went to this great place in Sydney and picked up a mixed bag of stuff including some mouse pads. They get things destined for the dump and stock them. You can buy a whole bag full of anything you want from around the place for 5 bucks (Australian)!!!
I saw the wallet comp and thought "Thats an idea! I can show how green this recycled wallet is"
It may look a little stingy though because mine was a rush job. If I make another I will post it because it will have a decent hour spent on it...... Enough intro, lets go!
Also my camera wouldn't focus on title shot. Sorry!
The picture is of my "clean" workbench.
If you have a second mouse pad you should cut a piece as big as you want the wallet to be when folded. If not rule it up onto the mouse pad.
you should make two of these long strips.
The one above had not yet been cut to size.
Score one lightly in the middle on the foam side.
This is early in the process but now is the time to turn on your glue gun (unless it heats up really quickly) and to take apart your battery / clip.
If you have a 9v battery unfold the edges around the clip.
Remove the top and cut it into 2 so you have both the + and - side separated.
If you have a clip remove the plastic from around it and cut it in half.
These will be the clips or fasteners that will hold the wallet shut.
Lay the two long strips on top of each other and fold like you do a wallet from left to right.
If there is a bit sticking out over the end like in the picture cut it off neatly.
Cut the inside (folded) / top (unfolded) piece in half.
Glue the left piece onto the backing piece (the piece behind) with an L shape of glue on the edge making sure of the middle gap.
Do the same to the other but on the right nd base not left and base with the glue.
It should look like the second picture.
I've had to retype this step a few times due to troubles in instructables so it might be a bit weird!
This is the easiest way I could come up with to keep it non bulky so here it is. If you have a better Idea could you post it please?
The piece of off cut from last step may come in useful in this step if it is the right size.
Secondly find the width of your widest card and add about 1 and a half cms to the length of it and cut it from your old mousepad. place a small amount of glue on each bit at the end and glue it on.
The first internal one requires no more than gluing the clips onto the far left and right of the wallet so when it shuts they align and clip. It looks bulkier in this shot but it squeezes down quite small.
The second one you'll need to glue a strip of mouse pad with plastic side up about 1 inch or 3cm wide onto the back on the edge that is long enough to reach the other side (second picture). Then glue each clip bit on so they join tightly.
Thats your wonderful recycled cooler than duck tape (brand preference I know it's duct) wallet.
1. Get the sound chip from a card so when you open the wallet it sings "Celebrate good times come on"
Need help orange board me!
Thanks, good night and smurf worry be happy now!
Haha, I thought it said ROFL.
just curious, what was that place that you are talking about in sydney?
The battery thing is totally cool. Couldn't have even dreamed of it. Like nagutron said, mouse pads have cool textures and are cheap enough to get many. So you can make many wallets to impress your friends. Nice!
Thanks! It turns out a duct tape wallet had done it too but around the side there are lots of the clips so I thought Id use one. Thanks for the feedback!


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Why does the FBI headquarters still bear J. Edgar Hoover's name?
February 3, 2021 February 25, 2021 by lbjthemasterofdeceit, posted in Uncategorized
FBI Headquarters Still Named After a Sadistic Murderer
When the FBI headquarters was being built, and named after the recently-deceased director, Hoover was still generally held in high esteem by most of the public. That has long-ago ceased being the case; indeed just two years after it opened in 1975, basic truths of Hoover's illegal, highly-intrusive surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. were being exposed. In a rare case of an article in the MSM — in this case the Chicago Sun-Times — that asserted Hoover's FBI being involved in the murder of two Black Panthers, on Monday of this week a reader wrote the following "letter to the editor" that posed the question I've used in the headline above:
"In the current, ongoing era of racial reckoning, many symbols of America's racist past, including statues of slave-holding Confederates, are being taken down. Government buildings named after slave owners are being re-named. In Washington D.C., the FBI's headquarters bears the name of J. Edgar Hoover. As more and more is revealed about his racist motivations, it is clear that Hoover was at least as noxious as Confederate General Robert E. Lee, whose statues have recently been removed. That being so, why does the FBI headquarters still bear Hoover's name?" ~ Ted Z. Manuel, Hyde Park, Illinois, in a "letter to the editor" of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper, February 1, 2021.
Mr. Manuel's complete letter (here) was in response to an article in the Sun-Times January 24th edition, titled "The killing of two Black Panthers, the secrets of the FBI — and our nation's long fight for police reform," within which it is asserted that " . . . the newly released FBI documents shed new light on a scandalous raid on a Black Panthers apartment on Chicago's West Side on Dec. 4, 1969 . . . The new records reveal that complicity in the raid ran higher up the ladder at the FBI than previously confirmed, though even now the full truth remains a secret. The released records are full of blacked-out redactions."
The focal point of the article related to how the FBI, acting through local authorities and police, led a vicious raid on the apartment of two Black Panthers members, Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, in a brutally vicious 1969 raid that resulted in their deaths.
The article points out that the FBI-induced attack by Chicago police involved their firing a barrage of more than 90 bullets into the apartment, then falsely claiming that they had been fired on themselves. The article continues, noting that the recently released file of FBI memos and reports:
" . . . provides the first direct documentation that William C. Sullivan, director of the FBI's Domestic Intelligence Division, and George Moore, head of the Extremist Section of the Domestic Intelligence Division, played key roles in planning the raid, as well as in covering it up.
"All we had was the Chicago FBI office's involvement and unnamed faces in Washington, rather than the actual participants — highest-level guys," said Chicago lawyer Flint Taylor, one of the lawyers, along with Jeff Haas and members of the People's Law Office, who led a 13-year federal civil rights lawsuit after the raid. "It is a remarkable difference."
We now know that Sullivan and Moore knew the informant, William O'Neal, who provided a diagram of the Black Panther apartment, and O'Neal's FBI control agent, Roy Martin Mitchell. [Assistant Directors] Sullivan and Moore were involved in the entire lethal debacle. (Emphasis added by author)."
Axiomatically, it may be presumed that all of it was merely one of many such incidents emanating from Hoover's COINTELPRO operations, clearly aimed at charismatic black leaders like Fred Hampton. The goal was to "neutralize" them before they became as popular as Martin Luther King Jr. had become by the time he had finally been "neutralized" just 19 months before Hampton's murder.
It is lamentable that a number of books were written by high-level FBI officials — like the aforementioned William C. Sullivan, as well as Cartha DeLoach — which were plainly their attempts to hide their own criminality. But in the case of Sullivan, his mysterious death (supposedly by a hunter who mistook him for a deer) might have been a case of Karma, many researchers believe that he was among the many witnesses (including five other FBI officials) murdered by people who suspected that he might "sing like a canary" at the 1977 House Select Committee on Asassinations (HSCA). Those "people" could only be others who held high level positions within the same "law enforcement" organizations who feared their own exposure, and the inevitable recriminations that would certainly follow.
Recently, the topic of building a new FBI headquarters has been raised anew — after President Trump, who had taken that issue off the priority list, left office. If that should be put back onto the agenda, it may finally solve the problem, though indirectly and without an official acknowledgement of what should be a public atonement.
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Research Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Diversity Feedstock Showcase is One of a Kind
EDWARDSVILLE, IL – Passersby can't help but notice the 12-foot tall corn growing in front of the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (NCERC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's (SIUE) University Park. SIUE students are working the "Feedstock Diversity Showcase" that features not only corn, but also grain sorghum and sweet sorghum. These three feedstocks represent conventional biofuels production, advanced biofuels production, and cellulosic biofuels production.
"This is the only 'Feedstock Diversity Showcase' of its kind, anywhere in the world," says John Caupert, NCERC director. "Anyone who is interested in the past, present and future of sustainable biofuels production, should stop and visit. We are always happy to demonstrate what we are doing with the Showcase, as well as the awesome work we are doing at NCERC, in order to create a cleaner, greener, sustainable future for biofuels production."
Caupert points to Ida Hand, NCERC grants and contracts administrator, for making the project come to life. "Ida coordinated everything with the Showcase," he says. "From formally laying out the plot, locating and procuring the seed, coordinating logistics of planting, and advising and guiding the students participating in the project, Ida made it happen."
Capitalizing on a concept by Caupert and Courtney Breckenridge, NCERC director of communications and client relations, Hand reached out across campus. "NCERC has a great relationship with some of our chemistry professors, especially Bob Dixon, who is the advisor of the student group 'From the Ground Up," she says. "These students plant different plants around campus. So, we thought this would be a great opportunity to help the group grow. It has worked out perfectly. They are a great group of young adults and help us out tremendously!"
Hand enjoyed seeing the students learn about agriculture. "Some of the students could not believe that a tiny little seed could turn into a large, healthy plant that can feed the world and help put fuel in your gas tank," Hand says. "One of the students even said they couldn't believe the seeds actually came out of the ground!"
SIUE senior Catherine Akley, of St. Louis, a double major in biochemistry and fermentation science, and junior Shea Walker, of O'Fallon, started the "From the Ground Up" club in spring 2018. Their club has done the majority of the planting, watering, weeding, and cultivation of the Showcase.
According to Dixon, Ph.D., and associate professor of chemistry in the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences, the club is dedicated to the bioeconomy as it relates to the agricultural sciences, the food and beverage sciences, and the fermentation sciences.
"The organization is dedicated to further understanding the bioeconomy, agricultural, food, beverage, and fermentation sciences through community involvement projects," Akley says. "This project just seemed to fit perfectly with our club's mission."
Akley described it as a unique experience, because not many people have the ability to get up close and personal with the crops from which biofuels are produced. Most consumers only see the finished products.
"I learned patience, humility, and empathy toward farmers," Akley says. "I had no prior experience with growing crops, and I must say it is hard work! It was frustrating at times, because it was hot and weeding was a pain. It absolutely demonstrated how much effort farmers put into growing crops."
Dixon said the group decided to initiate and participate in public displays as a way to advertise the organization and its principles. Along with the Showcase, the club also is working on a hop trellis at the SIUE Biotechnology Laboratory Incubator and the cultivation of grapes for winemaking in The Gardens at SIUE. The projects are at various stages of development with the Showcase being the most visible at this point. Funding is provided by NCERC and the Department of Chemistry.
The club plans a campus showing of "Food Evolution" with a discussion panel during the fall 2018 semester. This will be in corporation with Madison County Farm Bureau, the Madison County CARES Foundation (Agriculture in the Classroom) and the Illinois Farm Bureau.
Hand said the Showcase will become an annual event. "We plan on planting a cover crop in the winter and then next spring expanding the Feedstock Diversity Showcase," she says.
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"'No Pagan ever loved his god': Tolkien, Thompson, and the Beautification of the Gods." Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature, vol. 37.1 (Fall/Winter), 2018. Download the article here.
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Melian, Divine Enchantress and Deathless Queen
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"Returning to the Scene of Victory: Apocalypse in the Climactic Moments of The Lord of the Rings." TexMoot, Houston, TX, February 2020.
"The Life and Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien." Guest lecture. River Terrace Church, East Lansing, MI, May 2019.
"Translating Trickster: Reading Loki for the 21st Century." "More than Marvel: Representations of Norse Mythology in Contemporary Popular Culture," ICMS, Kalamazoo, MI, May 2019.
"Death by Romance: The Tortured Textuality of Alcott's A Modern Mephistopheles." Hideous Progeny: The Gothic in the Nineteenth Century, Loyola University Chicago Victorian Society, Chicago, October 2018.
"'No Pagan ever loved his god': Tolkien, Thompson, and the Beautification of the Gods." Mythcon 49, The Mythopoeic Society, Atlanta, July 2018. [Received the Alexei Kondratiev Award from the Mythopoeic Society]
"The Last of the Minstrels: Tolkien's Quest for Abdication in the Age of the Author." NCUR, Asheville, NC, April 2016. [Received the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award from Milligan College]
"The Return of the King: Power Constructs and Cycles in The Lord of the Rings." NCUR, Asheville, NC, April 2016. [Received the Edwin W. Gaston scholarship from the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society]
"The Stranger in the Mirror: Identity Formation and the Other Construct in Selected Short Stories." First annual Tennessee Experiential Learning Symposium (TELS), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, October 2015.
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Die Zwei mit dem Dreh (Originaltitel: Switch) ist eine US-amerikanische Krimiserie aus der Feder von Glen A. Larson, die zwischen 1975 und 1978 produziert wurde.

Handlung
Frank MacBride ist ein pensionierter Polizeibeamter, Pete Ryan ein Betrüger, den MacBride einst ins Gefängnis gebracht hatte. Trotz dieser Vorgeschichte eröffnen die beiden nach der Haftentlassung von Ryan gemeinsam in Los Angeles ein Detektivbüro. Sie helfen Betrugsopfern, indem sie den Betrügern mit jeweils noch viel ausgeklügelteren Maschen das ergaunerte Geld wieder entwenden. Unterstützt werden sie von Restaurantbetreiber Malcolm Argos, wie Ryan ein ehemaliger Betrüger sowie von Maggie Philbin, der Sekretärin der Detektei.

Hintergrund
Die Serie wies mit Robert Wagner, einem Film- und Fernsehstar, der zuvor unter anderem die Hauptrolle in der Serie Ihr Auftritt, Al Mundy und neben Peter Sellers in Der rosarote Panther gespielt hatte und für den Emmy und den Golden Globe nominiert war, sowie Eddie Albert, einem Oscar-Nominierten Routinier eine Starbesetzung auf. Weitere Hauptrollen übernahmen Sharon Gless, die in den 1980er Jahren als Christine Cagney in Cagney und Lacey zu Ruhm kam, sowie der Comedian Charlie Callas. Wiederkehrende Gastrollen hatten Jaclyn Smith, Anne Archer und Dionne Warwick. Als weibliche Gaststars traten Joan Collins, Kathleen Quinlan, Cheryl Ladd, Morgan Fairchild, Kim Cattrall und Maud Adams und andere auf. Zu den männlichen Gaststars zählten Ricardo Montalbán, Casey Kasem, Patrick Duffy und Sonny Bono. Zudem traten in verschiedenen Folgen mit Fernando Lamas und Lorenzo Lamas Vater und Sohn auf.

Die Serie weist einige Ähnlichkeiten mit dem Spielfilm Der Clou auf; so die Zusammensetzung aus dem weisen, älteren und dem jungen, gutaussehenden Partner und die Prämisse der betrogenen Betrüger. Eine ähnliche Handlung wies später auch Hustle – Unehrlich währt am längsten auf.

Ausstrahlung in Deutschland
Die Serie erfuhr ihre Erstausstrahlung in Deutschland im April 1989. RTL Television wiederholte sie im darauf folgenden Jahr, seither wurde sie in Deutschland nicht wieder gesendet.

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The Ultimate Guide to Planning the Best Safari in Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve
Want to experience an unparalleled Selous Game Reserve Safari in Tanzania?
Spanning 50,000 km2, Selous is Africa's largest and oldest game reserve and is a breathtakingly beautiful setting for your game viewing expedition. In comparison (wildlife-to-visitor ratio) to the famous Serengeti National Park, there's a lot to see in Selous and only a handful of other visitors that can be seen at any one time. Thanks to lagoons and channels from the mighty Rufiji River, the lush landscape draws in the game and other wildlife towards the end of the dry season (from July to mid-November) so this is the best time to plan your visit.
With the Rufiji River wandering through the heart of the reserve, you will be rewarded with an exceptional boat safari and the serenity of the riverside scene. Most of the camps and lodges are based around these water sources, giving you every opportunity to get the most out of your adventure.
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The Ecosystem of Selous Game Reserve – Animals, Birds & African Wild Dogs
Selous is a wild and pristine game reserve in southern Tanzania, offering an off-the-beaten-track safari with rewarding game viewing. The sheer volume of game is staggering with diverse flora and fauna including over 2,100 plant species that have been recorded in this beautiful sanctuary. Elephants, buffalo and lions are arguably found in no greater numbers, year round, anywhere else in the world, and Selous has a reputation as the last true stronghold for the African wild dog – so keep a lookout!
Apart from the standard game drives, the reserve also offers the widest range of safari activities in the country. Thanks to the varied terrain — ranging from Miombo woodland to rivers swirled with sandbanks, open plains, verdant swamps, and lowland rainforest; here you can enjoy boating or walking safari, or even a once-in-a-lifetime fly camping trip.
How to Get to Selous Game Reserve
The reserve is easy to access from Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar by light aircraft and is ideally combined with the close by Ruaha National Park. Located away from the better-trodden path of the northern parks, Selous Game Reserve was awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 1986, recognizing the reserve as one of Africa's biggest wildlife protected areas.
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Writer Dan Slott's FANTASTIC FOUR #1 left a lot of people wanting more. Considering it promised to reunite Marvel's first family and then didn't was appropriately disappointing. So, does FANTASTIC FOUR #2 rectify this problem? Well, yes and no.
Dan Slott takes us to the stars in FANTASTIC FOUR #2 to show us where Reed, Sue, and the Future Foundation have been for the past few years. If you read Jonathan Hickman's SECRET WARS, then you know they've been rebuilding the multiverse. FANTASTIC FOUR #2 gives us a closer look at that process, and how it's apparently been a complete blast for the family and team. But, as their work finally concludes, a new enemy threatens all of what they've created.
Joining Slott once again for this cosmic journey is artist Sara Pichelli, who delivers some explosively creative pages. As the family visits the many universes they create, Pichelli is there to capture it all in beautiful detail. She also depicts one of the creepiest Marvel villains in recent history.
Following Hickman's SECRET WARS, the Fantastic Four were basically finished. It seemed as though Johnny and Ben were dead (though they, of course, came back during the All-New, All-Different Marvel era), and the rest of the team were up in space rebuilding the multiverse. FANTASTIC FOUR #2 gives us a closer look at the latter.
Franklin Richards, aka Powerhouse, has the power to conceive whole realities. With the help of the Molecule Man, those realities become real. So, this has been the process for about three years now. At least, to us, that's what it's been. It could have actually been longer for the Future Foundation in Marvel Universe time.
FANTASTIC FOUR #2 page 3. Courtesy of Marvel Entertainment.
The team has undoubtedly visited millions of worlds. Where FANTASTIC FOUR #2 picks up, they're on a world where, apparently, one of the rulers (who has an uncanny likeness to Namor) has grown fond of Valeria Richards, aka Brainstorm. She and Franklin have both appropriately grown up a bit, so it seems fair that this young prince is hitting on Valeria.
As the team travels through the multiverse, they eventually find that Franklin's powers "stop working." I say stop because, though he's still extraordinarily powerful, he can't conceive universes anymore. This tells the team their work is done. But, right as this occurs, a new villain known as the Griever swoops in and starts destroying everything the Future Foundation has built.
As things look dour, Reed goads the Griever into allowing them to call on the rest of the team to face her. In doing so, Reed doesn't just call upon Ben and Johnny, but also anyone who's ever been a member of the Fantastic Four. Which, come to think of it, is quite a lot of people.
Comic book villains are often recycled again and again in a fairly repetitive cycle. Nowadays, it's not that often creators will actually come up with new villains for the heroes to face. Dan Slott has gone against the grain, though, in FANTASTIC FOUR #2, as he sets the team against a very new and very dangerous threat.
The Griever looks like something out of a nightmare. Even the way she is introduced is particularly haunting. It came absolutely out of nowhere. As the family is trying to figure out why Franklin can't make universes anymore, the final panel of the page shows you the villain's lips, as she smiles and cheers of her arrival.
FANTASTIC FOUR #2 page 9. Courtesy of Marvel Entertainment.
The best indicator of how dangerous the Griever is is a bit of a spoiler, so I can't entirely share it with you. Trust me, though, because once you actually read FANTASTIC FOUR #2, you'll fully understand how threatening this character is.
She has these creatures/minions called Endlings with her that are just as creepy and off-putting as she is. They seem to consume raw energy. All-in-all, the Griever and her pets are strong enough to defeat some of the Future Foundation's strongest members, including Franklin. Keep in mind, he's boasted in this issue as having more power than Hulk, Silver Surfer, and Thor. The Griever mops the floor with him.
And that bit's not the spoiler. She does worse.
In such a succinct amount of time, Slott introduced a very potent villain, who I'm very eager to see more of in the future.
The art of FANTASTIC FOUR #2 is entirely fitting and appropriate. The issue features a wide range of locations and scenarios. Pichelli, along with colorist Marte Gracia, expertly captures every second of the action.
To continue my discussion of the Griever, it's like I said, she's something out of a nightmare. Though it's still too early to get a sense of what she's after, it's not to soon to say she looks insane, and she's got the power to match the looks. This is the kind of creativity I usually expect from Pichelli, and she didn't disappoint.
The rest of the characters look great, as well. There's some solid consistency at play, so nothing ever really feels out of place.
FANTASTIC FOUR #2 page 5. Courtesy of Marvel Entertainment.
The real treat of FANTASTIC FOUR #2 is the bevy of environments and worlds we get to see. As part of rebuilding the universe, the members of the Future Foundation have some say in how Franklin and the Molecule Man make up the universes. This leads to some universes with more aquatic worlds and others that feature more worlds covered in snow. All of this is captured excellently.
It's actually all a very nice callback to Slott's own SILVER SURFER series, where every issue took you somewhere new. Pichelli does a great job of capturing that same flair in FANTASTIC FOUR #2.
As FANTASTIC FOUR #2 draws to a close, Slott does, in fact, deliver a family reunion. Although, it's certainly not the one we were all probably expecting. FANTASTIC FOUR #3 promises to be an epic face-off between every FF member ever and the all-powerful Griever. That'll be one heck of a light show.
As for this issue, though it kept us waiting a bit longer, FANTASTIC FOUR #2 is a widely necessary tale. We needed this issue to fill in the three-years-long gap in the family's history. Now that we're all caught up, and we've got a new threat for the family to face, the timing feels even more appropriate for the team to finally reunite.
Slott does a great job of telling this story and presenting us with a credibly dangerous villain. Pichelli and Gracia do an equally impressive job of capturing it all, making every page of this issue come to life. Whatever comes next for the Fantastic Four, I'm glad this is the team handling the action.


WELCOME to the fifty-ninth issue of the Bay City Post! - Keeping you updated on the best city on the grid!
August will bring with it Hot Bay City Nights, with car washes to benefit Child's Play charity, and the annual crowning of Miss Bay City! To keep updated on those exciting events, as well as Bay City's weekly rumble, monthly Espresso Night (see below), and occasional block parties, please feel free to join the Bay City Alliance group. Regular and varied community events are part of what makes Bay City unique, and if you are thinking of moving to our fair city, attending these events is a great way to get to know the people who already call Bay City home.
Two evenings ago, I attended Espresso Night at The Pen, a monthly event during which Bay City residents (or anyone from across the Grid!) are invited to gather together in a virtual coffeehouse to exchange stories, poems, ideas, joys and sorrows, or expound upon any topic imaginable - while remembering that The Pen is in a G-rated region, and that mimes, while occasionally entertaining, are expressly forbidden. It occurred to me during the evening what an unusual and wonderful thing we have in Espresso Night, and in the Bay City community in general. There are certainly private sims where communities exist, and where people gather to chat or have events. The difference is, those sims are generally started by a group of friends, so the communities which occur within them are already formed. Bay City is on the Mainland, and is comprised of 46 (!) sims. Certainly those of us who live or work there are not going to know all of our neighbors, and not all of us are going to get along all of the time. And yet, a strong-knit community does indeed exist - of people who play together, work together on projects, and work out our occasional differences in a democratic way (such as throwing people in the canals or burning down the city on a regular basis). Seriously though, the community that exists here is something rare and unique, and I feel privileged to be a part of it.
"In my early Second Life as a Linden, Robin Linden was a tremendously positive influence on me, and she gave me a book called The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg. It's about the importance of social surroundings like coffeeshops in creating community. (Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place) To this day, I think one of the best examples of SL heritage is the monthly event hosted by Marianne McCann that breathes life into this beatnik building, which I've had the joy of attending on several occasions with friends. You mentioned Espresso Yourself in a previous post, and I recommend that any new Resident of Second Life should explore the broader Bay City — including the museum! — to get a feel for an abundant culture that continues to thrive over the years."
Echoing Torley's sentiments, if you are reading this paper, you are at least somewhat interested in Bay City and what happens here. I'd urge you to get more involved - attend some events or throw an event, get to know your neighbors, and stop by the Community Center for information and freebies, or to attend a weekly Bay City Alliance meeting. What makes this city fabulous is the people who live and work here, and all of the combined interests and efforts of those people. What will YOUR contribution be?
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We have show at Treviso, Italy. After friday night we have time to check out the Trevio and Venice. Oooh, so beautiful place.
Good food and nice weather. We spend nice time together and planning future. We have plenty of time so we also bought some souvenirs.
I was performing at Italy!
Me and my band get change to get on stage at Nasty Boy's saloon.Friday was burlesque night. I have shows with adorable Pocket Girl and stage kitten was beautiful Mia. I take my classical shows "I put spell on you" and Wild Swing" with me and the third was the Paint it Black act. Audience was great and really did know what they have cometo see. Thank you!!! <3 I was really nervous and little bit tired after traveloing and busy week before flights, but all turned nice after all. People was so kind and Diego who runs the place is really great and nice person!
I also did my "I put spell on you" act first time with music what I have produced to myself. I have performing with other music but now the track is ready. Group of really talented musicians played, recorded and mixed to me and it is really gooooood!!!! I'm so happy! I working wit a video to you to see and hear!
If you follow me at Instagram you maybe did see my crafts and decoration sessions before trip. I was decorating my new outfit, my new costume. Pink one!! It's awesome and big!! Huge boa which is made by the best tailor in the world, Anni Hiro!


Are you looking for an original and tasty brunch in the heart of Paris?
Pullman hotels offer a new take on this fun meal with one-of-a-kind activities. With family or friends, you'll have a wonderful time.
A family brunch is tempting for grown-ups, but little ones don't always have the patience to sit quietly at the table. That's why "Esprit du 12ème", the restaurant at the Pullman Paris Centre-Bercy created its "Brunchy Family" brunch.
While you enjoy a tête-à-tête with your other half over an excellent buffet spread, your children can have fun under the watchful eye of our imaginative activities staff in the "Salon Enfant" kids' room. Performances, make-up, board games, films and kid-friendly dishes: there is a different theme every Sunday. Finally, a brunch that's a real pleasure for the whole family!
At the heart of the capital, the "Just'In" restaurant of the Pullman Paris Montparnasse is another location for a pleasant Sunday with loved ones thanks to its "Baby Brunch". With the restaurant's four themes, "Dreamers", "Sports-minded", "Foodies" and "Artists", as well as new activities and theme shows every month, there is something for everyone. Farm animals, space and pirates will spark the imagination of even the youngest of children.
The brunch also offers delicious, home-made dishes: adults can tuck into scrambled eggs with truffles, cream of chestnut soup and game terrines, while the kids can treat themselves to crepes, waffles and chocolate doughnuts.
If a relaxing Sunday brunch with your partner or friends is what you're looking for, the "Yoga Brunch" at the Franco-American brasserie "Frame" at the Pullman Paris Tour Eiffel is for you.
Start the day right: reconnect with a yoga class in the fitness room or in the hotel's roof-top vegetable garden, which offers a splendid view of the Eiffel Tower. After de-stressing, quench your thirst with a detox juice. Enjoy a healthy and tasty buffet that combines the staple dishes of a New York brunch with pastries and other French specialities. It's an excellent way to end the week – and start the next!
You can count on AccorHotels' Pullman hotels for an enjoyable family brunch or a delicious morning with friends.