Now, you can find Naruto coloring pages on the internet. This is very encouraging news for the children. Naruto is a cartoon character who is very popular in many countries. Naruto is a boy who has martial arts skills. He also had many friends who are ready to assist him in defeating the enemies. Naruto become the best student in a martial arts school. This character makes a lot of boys were amazed. Naruto has become an idol among boys. The Naruto coloring pages have been downloaded by thousands of naruto's fans in various countries.
The naruto coloring pages is a means for naruto fans to collect pictures of naruto. They can color their idol with the right color. naruto is dominated by the orange color. There are hundreds of naruto pictures that have been provided. Children must be very happy that their idol looks very handsome in the picture.
The naruto coloring pages also provides guidance as how to choose a color, how to coloring, and more. So, children can learn and have fun. Coloring is a most enjoyable activity for children can imagine their creativity in combining colors. Therefore, the coloring becomes a basic lesson in schools. The internet will help them to find many unique images to be colored.


On 29 November 2017 the state council of the Republic of Tatarstan, a wealthy autonomous region in Russia, passed a new version of the school curriculum proposed by Moscow. According to this document, the Tatar language may now be studied only with the consent of pupils' parents and for no more than two hours a week. How did it happen that Russia's second language (by the number of native speakers) ceased to be obligatory at schools in Tatarstan? And is it just a case of minority language oppression or something more?
According to the latest statistics, 53% of the Tatarstan Republic population are Tatars, 40% are Russians. Tatar, which belongs to the Turkic language family, counts as Russia's second language — both by geographic distribution and number of native speakers. As of 2010, nearly 4.3 million people declared themselves to be Tatar speakers.
During the Soviet time, native languages were actively promoted and courses of these languages were compulsory in every republic. After the USSR collapse in 1991, the situation in each republic differs. In Tatarstan, Russian and Tatar are state languages according to the republican constitution and are mandatory at schools.
Controversy over obligatory Tatar language classes started after Russian President Vladimir Putin said in July 2017 that people must not be forced to learn a language "that is not their mother tongue". He ordered prosecutors to determine whether that was happening. In September 2017, Russia's central government started to implement the President's instructions and pushed local governments into abolishing local language courses in the ethnic republics, like Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Chuvashia etc. The reaction was immediate: Tatarstan's government ignored the imposed regulations and 16,000 people signed a petition against the new law.
Children in the region's schools will study Tatar for two hours a week on an optional basis and with written parental consent.
To break this pushback, in October, government prosecutors started to investigate local schools to determine whether they had kept compulsory courses on Tatar and to put pressure on schools to abolish them. A month later the Tatarstan state prosecutor reported about the investigations he had performed in Tatar schools and presented the new education bill, which would make local curricula correspond to the new instructions from the Moscow Ministry of Education. The bill stated: Children in the region's schools will study Tatar for two hours a week on an optional basis and with written parental consent.
The societal reaction was predictably daunting: people objected that this change would violate the region's constitution, discourage learning of the language of the indigenous ethnic group, and undermine Tatarstan's cultural identity. But is this case so straightforward? Does everyone agree with these statements?
For the last 25 years, studying the Tatar language was not simply the right — but the duty — of every school pupil in Tatarstan from kindergarten till the last year of high school disregarding what their mother tongue is. Out of the overall 35 hours of study a week, six were spent studying Tatar. It was done at the expense of the number of hours devoted to Russian language and literature (Russian is the obligatory state exam subject to enter a university and get a school diploma). This fact led to dissatisfaction and numerous complaints among the parents. However, these complaints were largely ignored by the republic's authorities and for 25 years the system for teaching Tatar at school remained unchanged.
Young people argued that fluency in Tatar wouldn't help them to find a good job or enter a university.
According to the results of a sociological study carried out among young people in Tatarstan in 2015, the majority of respondents wanted to learn English (83%), some 62% also named Russian as an attractive language and only 38% voiced support for Tatar. In explaining their choice, young people pointed to the lack of motivation to study Tatar. Having a fluent command of the language wouldn't help them to find a good job or enter a university.
The reactions to the changes in schools' curricula were immediate. Religious authorities insisted on the wider use of the national language, opening free courses of Tatar language and culture in mosques and switching all the preaching in Tatarstan mosques from Russian to Tatar. Additionally, the Tatarstan government increased funding of the organizations promoting Tatar language and culture.
Overall, it is obvious that the matter is not as clear and straightforward as it seemed. Not only the rights of the ethnic majority (Tatars, in this particular case) were at stake.
On the one hand, this case is a typical example of a language loss which starts with the introduction of the majority language as the medium of instruction (Ricento, 2016). Tatar is perceived as the key element of the indigenous culture with its literature, mass media, history, traditions and customs. Many citizens of Tatarstan express fears about the future of the Tatar language, that in the long run it may disappear. The future prospects of numerous Tatar language teachers are also insecure. In all likelihood, they will lose their jobs since the demand in learning the language will drop.
On the other hand, it is vital to remember that such decisions have to be made in view of the least possible disruption, and that the rights of all citizens should be respected. Eventually, the children will grow up and will be willing to enter a university, find a job or move to another part of the country. In all these cases the command in Russian is indispensable.
All in all, what is good for the future generations is what really matters.
Inkazan.ru (2017). Is it true that Tatar language is disappearing?
Rakhmatullin, T. (2018). Reflections on the topic: will the Tatar language survive?
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Obverse: bust of King Louis XIV, LVDOVICVS.MAGNVS.REX.
This jeton is made by Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer, master jeton maker in 1663, died 1709.
Many members of the Lauffer family were master jeton makers in Nuremberg. Lazarus Gottlieb and his brother Cornelius (master 1658-1711); their father Conrad Lauffer (master 1637-1668); grandfather Hans I Lauffer (master 1611-1632) to the first recorded Lauffer master jeton maker: Wolf (Wulf) I Lauffer (master 1554-1601).


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by Samuel Haig
Xmr.to Claims to Offer Fully Anonymous Bitcoin Transactions
Xmr.to claims to facilitate fully anonymous bitcoin transactions. The websites receives monero (XMR) from users, and in return sends a corresponding quantity of bitcoin on behalf of the user, obscuring the origin of the payment.
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Xmr.to purports to offer total anonymity by obscuring the path taken
Xmr.to claims to allow its users to send fully anonymous bitcoin transactions by using its service. The company will send payment on behalf of a user in exchange for monero – an altcoin that claims to offer privacy capabilities that are superior to bitcoin's pseudonymous ledger.
Xmr.to purports to offer total anonymity by obscuring the path taken by funds in between destination and origin, as well as the medium of exchange employed. The company claims that the record between the sender and xmr.to is untraceable owing to monero's protocol, and that there is no record associating the sender with the recipient of a transaction created during a transfer. Said anonymity would, however, appear to be exclusively enjoyed by the sender and not the recipient of a transaction, as the recipient will have a pseudonymous record of the transaction sent from an xmr.to wallet recorded on the bitcoin blockchain.
The Decision to Receive Payment in Monero May Be Largely Motivated by the Self-Interest of Xmr.to
The decision to receive payment in monero may be largely motivated by the self-interest of xmr.to. With the company's operations comprising that of a basic bitcoin 'tumbler', the choice to accept xmr has likely been made in order to protect the anonymity of xmr.to.
Information surrounding the origin xmr.to is extremely scant, which is unsurprising given that the company's business model circumvents the traditional money transmitting industry and regulations. New users of cryptocurrency seeking to utilize the privacy benefits of virtual currencies are advised to exercise due diligence and conduct independent research regarding the different cryptocurrencies and services available to them, and should strive to be able to manage one's virtual currencies independently, and without reliance on third parties.
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UK to lift Plan B COVID-19 restrictions, PM announces
Conservative Maltese woman picked to head European Parliament
LA chosen to host Summit of the Americas in June
Gap between super rich and the poor at its widest, claims Oxfam
Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:57 UTC
Oxfam has produced similar reports for the past five years. In 2017 it calculated the world's eight richest individuals had as much wealth as the world's poorest half
Oxfam chief executive Mark Goldring said its constant readjustment of the figures reflected the fact that the report was based "on the best data available at the time".
The gap between the super rich and the rest of the world widened last year as wealth continued to be owned by a small minority, Oxfam has claimed. Some 82% of money generated last year went to the richest 1% of the global population while the poorest half saw no increase at all, the charity said.
Oxfam said its figures - which critics have queried - showed a failing system. It blamed tax evasion, firms' influence on policy, erosion of workers' rights, and cost cutting for the widening gap.
Oxfam has produced similar reports for the past five years. In 2017 it calculated that the world's eight richest individuals had as much wealth as the poorest half of the world.
This year, it said 42 people now had as much wealth as the poorest half, but it revised last year's figure to 61. Oxfam said the revision was due to improved data and said the trend of "widening inequality" remained.
"However you look at it, this is an unacceptable level of inequality," he said.
Oxfam's report coincides with the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos, a Swiss ski resort. The annual conference attracts many of the world's top political and business leaders.
Inequality typically features high on the agenda, but Mr Goldring said that too often "tough talk fades away at the first resistance".
The charity is urging a rethink of business models, arguing their focus on maximizing shareholder returns over broader social impact is wrong.
It said there was "huge support" for action with two thirds (72%) of 70,000 people it surveyed in ten countries saying they wanted their governments to "urgently address the income gap between rich and poor".
But Mark Littlewood, director general at free market think tank The Institute of Economic Affairs, said Oxfam was becoming "obsessed with the rich rather than the poor".
"Higher taxes and redistribution will do nothing to help the poor; wealth is not a fixed pie. Richer people are also highly taxed people - reducing their wealth won't lead to redistribution, it will destroy it to the benefit of no one," he added.
It was a criticism echoed by Sam Dumitriu, head of research at another free market think tank - the Adam Smith Institute - who said the charity's inequality stats "always paint the wrong picture".
"In reality, global inequality has fallen massively over the past few decades.
"As China, India and Vietnam embraced neoliberal reforms that enforce property rights, reduce regulations and increase competition, the world's poorest have received a massive pay rise leading to a more equal global income distribution."
Categories: Politics, International.
Tags: Gap between rich and the poor, Inequality, Oxfam, poverty.


It's June and time for the spring seal hunt. People travel on the melting sea ice looking for cracks and breathing holes in the 24-hour daylight. Zach follows elder Louis Uttak on a family seal hunt, as he shares his expert hunting knowledge and tells stories of his past life living on the land.


AquaFit Swim Spas at Northwest Spa & Pool, serving Spokane and Coeur d'Alene areas.
What makes AquaFit Swim Spas the best?
tremendous load of thousand of pounds of water weight.
2. Second the DuraTex shell is the only swim spa shell designed to besunshine proof against cracks and blisters. If you own an acrylic swim spa it's important to monitor the shell surface in the hot summer sun or you could end up with cracks or blisters in the acrylic shell, on the other hand you can use your AquaFit Swim Spa with the DuraTex Shell like a swimming pool in the summer, leaving it open all day long in the hot summer sun with no worries.
frame and DuraTex shell doesn't need benches or steps in the exercise area to make the shell less flexible, that means more open area to exercise.
structural integrity and reduced energy consumption; Aquafit Swim Spas are among the most energy efficient swim spas built.
chemicals and pool maintenance so you can relax and enjoy your new swim spa.
6. Finally the depth of your swim spa is very important, for the full benefit of the warm water therapy you should buy a swim spa no shallower than 52". AquaFit builds swim spas up to 62" deep for the serious swimmer.
and cold winter snow from Northwest Spa & Pool in Spokane.
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These are our recommended peas for growing tall pea shoots as a microgreen. Also great as a short sprout.
These peas sprout so well.. 100% of my seeds produced beautiful, tasty greens. I find myself eating as I harvest they are so good.
great value, germination, flavor, this is a winner!
Great taste, great germination, micro greens in 10 days. After storing in fridge them become sweeter.
We ate the delicious speckled pea seeds and the sprouts...are you supposed to remove the seeds?
Cons: If they grow too long they are taught to eat.
I do like these peas. They grow fast, at the end they are clean and delicious. Don't have too many leaves. They taste best when harvest early, afterwards, in my opinion, are too harsh. My clients love them.
Great price, amazing seeds. Love my pea microgreens!
Cons: Anyone who has grown sunshoots knows that there is some time involved removing the shells from the microgreens. I have some success just rubbing my hand over the shoots while still growing. But there are still a lot that I have to remove when washing.
I grow these for our family and for sales at our farmer's market. They grow incredibly thick and delicious. The seed is clean and has a very high germination rate. Everyone that tries them loves their almost carrot flavor and heartiness. I think that the healthy oils they contain make this a much more substantial and filling microgreen than others. Definitely my favorite!
Excellent germination. Customer raves on flavor.
I'm in the US. I found Mumm's prices to be significantly better than US prices. The nine-day shipping time has to be programmed into your planting schedule but the price savings was well worth the wait. The quality was excellent. Wonderful germination and rave reviews for flavor from my customers.


We are looking for a talented, passionate Web Developer to join our ambitious team on a permanent basis. Due to our continued success we are offering a great opportunity to join our creative development team, working closely with the team on all areas of web design and development, from e-commerce builds to brochure sites.
Work closely with our team on all areas of web design and development and who has strong HTML and CSS skills. Liaise with clients to keep them updated as to the progress of their build and obtain feedback at key stages.
Creation of high quality HTML and CSS code, based on designs created in either Photoshop or Fireworks.
The ability to convert HTML and CSS to WordPress.
Develop and manage e-commerce solutions in WooCommerce, Open Cart and Magento would help but not essential.
Working with the designers to bring web, mobile and app designs to life using front end tools and techniques.
Make amends and enhancements to current sites.
Liaise with clients confidently to help solve their technical queries/problems.
Test websites and web applications to identify any technical problems.
Upload content and updates to the existing and future client base.
Creation of email newsletters from Photoshop to HTML/CSS.
You'll be working in a dynamic team with our current Web Developers, Graphic Designers and Social Media Consultant, supported by leadership and direction from our Directors.
Getting out as a team, whether it's for the Christmas party or simply to shovel endless piles of pasta into our mouths!
We work hard throughout the week with the reward of an ice cold beverage on a Friday.


LAKE WALES - All Lake Wales area public school teachers, administrators and support staff are invited to attend the second annual Business-Education Breakfast Reception hosted by the Lake Wales Area Chamber of Commerce on Friday.
The event, which begins at 7:30 a.m. in the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, and is designed to let each guest know how much they're appreciated by the business community for all that they do in preparing students to become productive citizens and employees.
Eileen Holden, president of Polk Community College, will be the guest speaker during the program, which will begin at 8:15 a.m. and end no later than 9 a.m. in the church auditorium following the breakfast reception.
All attendees are asked to use the Tillman Avenue entrance and register in the lobby before entering the fellowship hall.
Teachers and support staff members are encouraged to notify their school office of their plans to attend.
Teachers, administration and support staff can attend the event for free.
For all others, the cost for the breakfast event is $10 and chamber members may also sponsor one or more school guests at $20 each.
Sponsors will be recognized in the event program and a portion of each contribution will support the educational programs carried out by the chamber on behalf of its Lake Wales Area Foundation.
Reservations can be made by calling the chamber at 863-676-3445.


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Crystal City and Queens Will Be Home to Amazon's HQ2
by UrbanTurf Staff
A rendering of a planned JBG Smith development in Crystal City. Click to enlarge.
The Amazon HQ2 rumors and speculation will come to an end today.
Amazon is reportedly expected to announce on Tuesday that two cities will be home to its second headquarters: Crystal City, Virginia and Queens, New York. Each city will eventually be home to as many as 25,000 Amazon employees, and the company will invest approximately $2.5 billion into the headquarters for each city.
The HQ2 sweepstakes began more than two years ago as the massive online retail giant started its search for a city that would be home its second headquarters. The new headquarters would occupy upwards of 8 million square feet of real estate and employ 50,000 people. In recent weeks, reports came out that the company would split its second headquarters between two cities.
Crystal City is well-positioned to take on an influx of Amazon employees. Developer JBG Smith has a portfolio of two dozen buildings totaling approximately 7 million square feet of office space in that area. It has been reported that two JBG Smith buildings -- 1851 S. Bell St. and 1770 Crystal Drive -- are properties that Amazon could lease immediately. Amazon has said that it will need 500,000 square feet of office space for use in the first year in the two cities.
Last year, as part of a multi-building development, JBG Smith applied to convert the office building at 1750 Crystal Drive (map) into a residential development. However, in August, the firm set aside the plan to retrofit the building as residential, opting instead to tweak plans to renovate the office building, raising speculation that Amazon was on its way.
While there hasn't been much evidence of residential real estate speculation in Crystal City, the area has almost 1,200 new residential units in the pipeline.
The DC area had three jurisdictions vying for the Amazon campus, with Northern Virginia, DC and Montgomery County, Maryland all on the shortlist. In the District, NoMa, Reservation 13, the Anacostia Riverfront and off Georgia Avenue near Howard University were put forth as potential sites; in Maryland, the White Flint area was pitched as a possible location.
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Expressed from fresh lime peel, lime essential oil shares many of the same aromatherapy qualities as lemon.
This simple homemade lotion bar combines the wonderful aromas of cocoa butter, lime, lavender and patchouli in a skin soothing oil blend that will leave you feeling silky smooth.
Line your cupcake pan with liners. This keeps the clean-up easy, but is not necessary.
In a double boiler, melt beeswax and cocoa butter together over medium heat.
As the mixture is melting, add the castor, coconut and macadamia oils.
Once the heated mixture is completely liquid, remove from heat and add the essential oils.
Whisk together for 15 to 20 seconds to evenly disperse the essential oils and pour into your lined cupcake pan.
If you fill each cup ¾ of the way full, you will end up with 6 lotion bars. Let cool before removing from pan.


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We have been delivering our tailor-made solutions to customers worldwide for over 65 years, and service a wide number of industries. The company name, Robur, is Latin for oak and represents our core product values: strength and reliability.
Robur understands that health & safety is a main priority for many businesses, which is why we champion best practice with all our clients. Every bespoke application we manufacture for is built to the highest safety standards, as well as being expertly engineered to solve the problem at hand.
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Majority of COVID restrictions to be gone from 6am TOMORROW
Liam De Brun
Almost all COVID-19 restrictions will be removed from 6AM tomorrow morning, according to plans that have gone to Government this afternoon.
Workers will return to offices on a staggered basis from Monday, while normal hours will resume in the hospitality industry this weekend, under plans approved on Friday.
Social distancing measures and limits on gatherings will be scrapped, as will the requirement to show Covid-19 passes for access to pubs and restaurants.
Micheal Martin is set to announce the timeline for the easing of COVID restrictions at 6pm on Friday, which the majority set to be gone from 6am tomorrow. Pic: Julien Behal Photography
Mask-wearing looks set to continue until the end of February, self-isolation will remain in place for symptomatic people and COVID passes will still be needed for international travel.
Cabinet are set give the proposals the green light in their meeting on Friday afternoon, with Taoiseach Micheal Martin expected to address the nation at 6pm.
It's been a turbulent 24 hours for the nation after NPHET recommended the easing of almost all COVID restrictions that have been in place for nearly two years.
On Thursday evening, extra.ie exclusively revealed the contents of the NPHET letter to Government. The letter said that almost every COVID-19 restriction from social distancing to COVID passes and hospitality curfews will be lifted.
Pubs and restaurants will make a return to normality as table service, 1m distances between tables and a maximum of six per table will soon be a thing of the past.
NPHET recommended the easing of restrictions on Thursday. Pic: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin
Indoor establishments will be allowed to keep their doors open after 8pm for the first time in 2022, with the capacity limit for venues set to be abolished.
This is a huge boost for sports fans looking to watch Ireland take on Wales in their Six Nations opener in The Aviva Stadium on February 5.
Nightclubs are also set to open their doors on Saturday night, having reopened for just over a month in October before having to shut their doors again due to the rising case numbers.
Workers are to make a return to the office from Monday. Pic: Getty Images
Workers look to be returning to their office on a phased basis from Monday, with many workers never seeing the inside of their current working environment and others likely to make a permanent move online.
There are plans to continue the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme as businesses look to return to trading levels of a pre-pandemic time.
Not everything will change immediately with the public to continue wearing face masks in areas such as shops, schools and public transport until February 28 at the earliest.
Taoiseach says 'no cliff edge' to cost-of-living supports at the end of February
Watch: Taoiseach Micheal Martin confirms Santa Claus will be allowed into Irish airspace
Street artist slams Taoiseach for using copyrighted work in TikTok video
Good news for holidaymakers as 20 new flights to take this year from Irish airports
Taoiseach and Tánaiste attend Mass for victims and families of Donegal tragedy


An Act to provide for the establishment, ownership, operation, and regulation of a commercial communications satellite system, and for other purposes.
47 U.S.C. ch. 6 § 701 et seq.
President John F. Kennedy signing the act.
The Communications Satellite Act of 1962 was put into effect in order to deal with the issue of commercialization of space communications. This act was very controversial, and was left very open-ended. The act was signed August 31, 1962 by President John F. Kennedy.
The act aimed to join together private communication companies in order to make satellites more obtainable.
Democratic Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana said of the act, "When this bill first started out I thought it was as crooked as a dog's hind leg. I am now convinced that that would be a compliment. This bill is as crooked as a barrel of snakes." The American Telephone and Telegraph Company argued that using space for communications was just a modern representation of the submarine communications cables currently in use. AT&T proposed joint ownership of all of the communications satellites, with control based on the system facilities, but since AT&T had a majority of world communications this proposition was opposed by other communication companies. The Federal Communications Commission proposed that the ten companies join together in a program, but this was put down with anti-trust legislation.
The compromise allowing the bill to pass was that there would be government regulation on the communication industry. The United States Congress made it so that all companies registered by the FCC had nondiscriminatory access to the satellite systems. This would allow competition to develop among the companies, thus preventing trusts from forming. The United States Government, including the President, NASA, and the FCC, were all to maintain certain duties to monitor the communications satellites. The President was to observe every aspect of the development and operation of the satellite systems. He is also responsible for providing arrangements with foreign participation. NASA was designated as a technical advisor for the FCC and the communications corporation to the extent that would aid the nation. NASA was to receive reimbursement for the services it rendered. The largest burden on regulation falls on the FCC. The FCC was deemed responsible for making sure that competition is present, and that small businesses would be able to participate.
The Act created a board of directors to oversee regulation of the act. There are to be 15 members of this board; three appointed by the president, six chosen by public stock holders, and the remaining six chosen by communication carriers that are authorized by the FCC. This board of directors is to control the public satellite systems. Stock shares for this Board were to be sold for $100. This would provide finances for the board.
The act was very ambiguous about the responsibilities of the regulators and the direction that the companies were to go; however, the act provided a good start towards a global communications system. Section 301 of the Act provided Congress the right to "repeal, alter, or amend." This would be necessary in order make clear the future regulation done by the committees established by the act.
The year after the act passed, President Lyndon B. Johnson reported to Congress that, "act is progressing well in light of the complexities of the problem." Yet, at this point little had actually been accomplished. There had been no communication satellites launched and only some research had been conducted to provide moving for moving forward. President Johnson's next report to congress was on March 17, 1967. Here he reported that, "the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 [has] brought mankind to the threshold of a full-time global communications service to which all nations of the world may have equal access." At this point in time much had been accomplished towards a global communications system. COMSAT had been joined by 17 nations for the creation of INTELSAT, International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (Columbia Encyclopedia). Fifty five nations had joined INTELSAT, which was a consortium established to provide an intergovernmental owning of communications satellites. INTELSAT was created at a time when private companies were unwilling to invest in Satellite technology shortly after the passing of the Communications Satellite act of 1962 (Gruenwald 1998).
^ "Bill signing, H.R. 11040 Public Law 87-624, Communications Satellite Act of 1962, 9:45AM". John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Gruenwald, Juliana. Satellite service privatization gets House panel's approval (3/28/98). Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report. Vol. 56 Issue 13, p816, 1p, 1bw; (AN 442562).
"Communications Satellite" The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001–04. www.bartleby.com/65/. [2/2/2007].
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A cozy Sunday afternoon calls for going back through photos, and finally getting to long awaited to-do lists or projects. This weekend after a beautiful afternoon nap, I went back through some photos from this year and compiled a snapshot of a month here in Lausanne. The bright and colorful spring, with the flowers, cool evenings, and warming days for board games on the patio. My designer eye really appreciates how God has created such a colorful world!


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I am a computer expert who loves a challenge. When I am not managing servers and fixing flaws, I write about it and other interesting things on various blogs.
Kellett Autogiro Corporation
The Kellett Autogiro Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer from 1929 based in Philadelphia, named after founder W. Wallace Kellett (1891; July 23, 1951).
The Kellett Autogiro Corporation was formed in 1929 after it acquired a licence from Pitcairn-Cierva to build autogiros. The first three designed were all typical Cierva designs and the more advanced KD-1 was similar to the contemporary Cierva C.30. The KD-1/G-1 was the first practical rotary-wing aircraft used by the United States Army. The company stopped building autogyros in the late 1940s and switched to the design of helicopters. In the 1950s it built some ultra-light helicopters the RH-1 to test some rotor features and its last design the K-25 was an experimental convertiplane using tilt-rotors.
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Dario Grava (né le  à Claut, dans la province de Pordenone, dans la région du Frioul-Vénétie Julienne, en Italie) est un footballeur franco-italien des années 1970. Il évoluait au poste de défenseur.

Biographie

Le 10 mai 1982, naît sa fille Lesly (Lily Berry de son nom d'artiste).

Clubs
 Avant 1968 : FC Neuweg ()
 1968-1973 : RC Strasbourg ()
 1973-1977 : OGC Nice ()
 1978-1979 : SR Haguenau ()

Équipe de France
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Chapter 1: Down the Rabbit Hole
Chapter 2: The Pool of Tears
Chapter 3: A Caucus Race and a Long Tale
Chapter 4: The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill
Chapter 5: Advice from a Caterpillar
Chapter 6: Pig and Pepper
Chapter 7: A Mad Tea Party
Chapter 8: The Queen's Croquet Ground
Chapter 9: The Mock Turtle's Story
Chapter 10: The Lobster Quadrille
Chapter 11: Who Stole the Tarts?
Chapter 12: Alice's Evidence
The Queen of Hearts
Chapter 8: The Queen's Croquet Ground
Chapter 9: The Mock Turtle's Story
Chapter 12: Alice's Evidence
Themes, Motifs and Symbols
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Summary Chapter 2: The Pool of Tears
After finishing the cake that says "EAT ME," Alice grows to nine feet tall and finds that she can barely get an eye down to the doorway. She begins to cry, and her massive tears form a sizable pool at her feet. The White Rabbit reappears and mutters to himself about keeping a Duchess waiting. Alice attempts to speak to him, but he scuttles away, leaving behind his gloves and fan. Alice picks up the fan and begins fanning herself. She muses on the possibility that she may not be Alice but someone else entirely. To determine if she knows all that Alice is supposed to know, she starts to recite her lessons. She finds that she gets the recitations wrong and considers the idea that she may not be Alice, but possibly a girl she knows named Mabel. Since Mabel knows very little, it makes sense to Alice that her confusion over the lessons must indicate that she has somehow become Mabel. If she is Mabel, there is no reason for her to find her way out of the well to rejoin society. Even though she's confused about her identity, she knows that she must find a way out of the well and back to the world aboveground.
Alice realizes that the fanning motion causes her to shrink, so she fans herself down to a size that will allow her to fit through the door. Once again, Alice has forgotten the key, but before she can become upset, she tumbles into a pool of salt water. She thinks she has fallen into the sea, but quickly realizes that she is swimming in her own giant tears. As she swims, she comes across a Mouse, whom she asks for help. The Mouse doesn't understand Alice, so she tries to speak French to him. She recites a line from her French lessons, inquiring after a cat. At the mention of the cat, the Mouse leaps with fright. Alice apologizes but then absentmindedly chatters about her cat Dinah. The Mouse becomes offended, so she changes the subject to dogs. The talk of dogs only frightens the Mouse more, and he begins to swim away. Alice promises to stop talking about cats and dogs if the Mouse will come back. The Mouse swims back to Alice, telling her to follow it to shore, where he will tell his history to explain his hatred for cats and dogs. Now accompanied by several other animals that have fallen into the pool, including a Duck, a Dodo, a Lory, and an Eaglet, Alice and the Mouse swim to shore.
Alice becomes confused about her identity as her size changes, mirroring the confusion that occurs during the transition from childhood to adulthood. The reality that she is too large to fit into the garden produces confusion over who she is, which Alice responds to with bouts of crying and self-reproach. Unable to accept the changes she is experiencing, she questions her own identity. Since she cannot remember her own lessons, she believes that she must not be Alice anymore. At first, Alice assumes that she may in fact be someone she knows. The comparisons she draws between herself and Mabel show her class-consciousness, as well as her ties to the material trappings of the Victorian world. Though she tries to use chains of reasoning suited to the aboveground world, the paradox of Wonderland is that she must accept the logic of nonsense or she will go mad with contradiction.
Alice tries to deal with her predicament reasonably, but the episode in the pool of tears illustrates how easily Wonderland distracts her from reason and causes her to react emotionally. The sea of tears is like a punishment for Alice's giving in to her own emotions. Alice vacillates between crying and scolding herself, going back and forth between emotion and reason. However, as she swims, she doesn't notice that the landscape has transformed around her. The great hall has become an ocean, while the floor has become a dry "shore." Instead of reacting to her predicament by rationalizing the problem or starting to cry, she distracts herself by trying to figure out how to address the Mouse. Alice has started to react with total detachment to the absurd situations in which she finds herself. As she proceeds throughout her journeys, she will continue to encounter problems that cause her to react with extremes of emotion or reason. However, in this scene, she has begun to take the absurdities of Wonderland at face value, allowing herself to become distracted so that she ignores the real problem at hand.
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Q: Develop Windows like Replaceable Tiles using AngularJS 1.4? How to develop windows like tiles ( replaceable ) in my dashboard ?
the position of tiles can be changed and it other tiles should fit accordingly .

A: The building blocks for these types of masonry is css FlexBox. Try and understand the basics. It is great to know and solves a lot of problems with grid and responsive design.
This is in jQuery but I found jQuery in AngularJs is less confusing to use than in Angular2 (Personal experience). This would answer your question specifically.
Create An Interactive Metro Style Grid Dashboard
This should do the trick.
There is also AngularJs Masonry npm package that you can look at. The css will most probably have to be done by you.

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Nelson Pinto, född 1 februari 1981 i Providencia, är en chilensk före detta fotbollsspelare.

2001 började Pinto sin professionella karriär som fotbollsspelare. Mellan 2001 och 2005 spelade han för Universidad de Chile och under den tiden fick han spela hela 110 matcher, på vilka han gjorde 8 mål. 2005 köptes Pinto av den mexikanska klubben UAG Tecos.

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Inveraray Castle
Auchnagoul,
3.5 miles from Auchnagoul, UK-T8
The ghost of an executed harp player can be heard making music in the castle's library. It is also said that a woman who was murdered nearby is also seen on the premises. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
Overtoun House and Bridge
Auchnagoul, West Dunbartonshire
29 miles from Auchnagoul, UK-T8
The bridge leading up to this location has one of the strangest reputations: since the 1950's many dogs have taken their own lives by jumping off of this bridge (even jumping off again if they don't die the first time). Furthermore, a man threw his child over the edge, intending ...
Renfrew Victory Baths
Renfrew, Renfrewshire
36.3 miles from Auchnagoul, UK-T8
Renfrew Victory Baths is said to be haunted by nine different ghosts of which some have made local news headlines including a paranormal investigation with STV. We have never been disappointed at this venue!! A woman in white is seen in the tunnels and a small boy who is said to ...
Culcreuch Castle
Auchnagoul, Stirling
A harp-player was said to accompany her lover when he was dying. She can be heard in adjoining playing her instrument. A dark human-sized mass has also been seen in the halls. The Chinese Bird Room is said to have the most activity. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
Lapwing Lodge - Coats Mill Sanatorium
Auchnagoul, East Renfrewshire
Lapwing Lodge started Life as a Sanatorium for Coats Mill workers in 1910. At this time the veranda was open to the elements for the patients to be wheeled out into the fresh air to recover. It remained in their ownership until 1955. Some of the former residents are said ...
Glasgow, Glasgow City
Stories exist here of a washer girl who perished in an accident in the Victorian Era; one guest managed to snap a photo of the supposed girl waving at the camera. Whether it is a camera trick or not, other guests and employees have reported a similar girl in the ...
Ardrossan Castle
Ardrossan, North Ayrshire
The ghost of William Wallace is said to wander the grounds. Some of the people who died when the castle was attacked by Wallace's forces are said to be here as well. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
Doune, Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots, was exiled here. She is believed to be the source of energy that produces energy balls in photographs. Otherwise, this castle is necessary to visit because it was used for the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
Queen's Park, Glasgow
On May 13th, 1568, the Battle of Langside (which is said to have been the beginning of the Marian civil war) took place here. With about 10,000 soldiers fighting, the casualties ranged at about 300, but many soldiers are still seen here. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Airth Castle
Airth, Scotland
It is said that the castle burned down and killed two children and their nanny. They can be seen all over the property and heard in rooms 3, 4, 9, and 23. A ghostly dog is also said to bite people in the hallways. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
Dalzell House
Motherwell, North Lanarkshire
Three women are said to haunt here. The first is the Green Lady found in the south wing, the second is the White Lady who wanders around the whole building, and the last one is believed to be a nurse from World War I. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
Culzean Castle
Auchnagoul, South Ayrshire
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A battalion of Spanish soldiers were killed in this castle; one of them is seen in the giftshop holding his under his arm. A woman known as Lady Mary is also seen in the bedrooms. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
Ballygally Castle
Ballygalley, Larne
Lady Isobel Shaw, a former occupant, is said to knock on the doors within the building. Another woman seen in a silk dress is believed to be the ghost of Madame Nixon. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
Culloden Battlefield
Culloden Moor, Highland
The Battle of Culloden was a deadly and failed uprising that resulted in the deaths of around 1,500 to about 2,000. Hundreds of years later, some people happen to notice the gloomy atmosphere still surrounding the open. The ghosts of highlanders are seen here, and, as the anniversary of the ...
Dobbins Inn Hotel
Auchnagoul, Carrickfergus
105.9 miles from Auchnagoul, UK-T8
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Carrickfergus Castle
Carrickfergus, Carrickfergus
106 miles from Auchnagoul, UK-T8
A former soldier is seen here, nicknamed "Buttoncap", he is said to have murdered a man in a fit of jealousy, but was later executed; in his last breath, he vowed to haunt the castle. He is commonly reported by the old well. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Mark Stanley worked for three weeks on a farm in complete silence, shearing sheep and castrating lambs to prepare for his latest role as Joe Bell in Dark River
Most actors' careers start out with minor roles but in Mark Stanley's case he finished his studies at Guildhall and was launched straight onto our screens as Grenn in Game of Thrones before even having an agent. He is also known for his roles in Broken and Dickensian and stars alongside Eva Green in upcoming title Euphoria.
Dark River, the latest offering from Yorkshire writer and film director Clio Barnard explores the darker side of the Dales. Filmed around Skipton and Malham, it tells the story of Alice (Ruth Wilson) who returns to her home village following the death of her father to claim the tenancy to the family farm. We chat to Yorkshire actor, Mark about his latest venture…
Can you tell me about how you got into acting/what inspired you?
I moved from my original high school to Prince Henry's Grammar in Otley. I went there because it was a school that had a load of finance pumped into it from the Leeds Rugby Union Association; leading up to that I'd been screened for a feed group from Leeds Rugby to England Rugby. The drama teacher there was so personable and he asked me if I was thinking about applying to drama school. So, I thought if I'm going to try it. I got accepted to about five or six drama schools; one the London Academy and the Guildhall. I'd heard so much about Guildhall so I went there.
You played Grenn in Game of Thrones; what was it like being a part of such a successful show?
"It was amazing. Walking on to an HBO show where there are 150 people in the crew alone in a castle that they'd built in a quarry in Belfast; you're flying over to play a medieval warrior who's a bit stupid; I absolutely loved it. Everyone was so nervous and humble; we were all like the new kids who had been accepted into a team; a big sports team if you like. I think we all acted out of pure fear that day, just abject fear of anybody pointing at us and screaming that we shouldn't be actors.
You've worked with fellow northerner Sean Bean three times now, what is it like working with him?
"The first time I was running late to set on Game of Thrones as my trousers had ripped down the crotch and I was trying to run back thinking that I'd get in trouble. I ran around a corner and smashed into Sean Bean and he was just wearing full armour and I think he said something like "watch where you're f***ing going." (laughing).
Can you tell me a bit about your character Joe Bell in Dark River?
Joe Bell's been left in isolation for a good while; his father has recently passed away and he's spent months looking after his father to his dying breath. Alice, his sister, returns after been missing for 15 years and the film is about a broken familial relationship between Joe and Alice. She's haunted by a secretive and strange past with her father and you pick that up along the way. Joe bore witness to it all and bears the guilt of what happened to her. He lives on this totally dilapidated farm and he's going to wreck and ruin along with the land; he's on the verge of a nervous breakdown and he's drinking himself stupid to numb out the voices that come calling for him.
The film deals with a very dark subject matter of physical, psychological and sexual abuse within the family home. How did you tackle this subject within your role?
We spoke to a psychologist who explained to us trauma, guilt and helplessness. He guided me to where Joe would be in his mind. I think Ruth and Clio struggled with it. There's something about the vulnerability of being a young woman living in a man's world and that farming world in the early 80s it would have been very closed off.
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Of all the classic arcade games out there to turn into board games, I kinda feel like Donkey Kong should have been the easiest to adapt. You could basically just make a variation of Chutes & Ladders and you're good to go. A few simple hazards, climbing ladders, first one to make it to the top wins the game. Good times. Well, unfortunately for us all, whoever designed this mess of a board game didn't see things that way. On one hand, they overthought things way too much, and then on the other hand underthought the rest. The resulting experience is a boring slog of a game that shouldn't be played by anyone, regardless of its cool collector's value.
This is another one of the games I got in my yard sale find from a few years back. It's in pretty nice shape, but it's missing the instructions, so I had to look them up online. I'm not sure if it was just the instructions I was looking at online, or even if I got them right when my son and I played, but as far as I can tell, this game is absurdly complicated, as is setting the whole affair up. It's not exactly "placing 72 marbles" complicated, but it's not terribly far off. You've got the game board, which is modelled after the first stage in the arcade game, except the coloring is all weird. Instead of the pink/purple girders we all know and love, this game paints them as blue girders with red and green lines on the side. It's true that in some of the official Donkey Kong art the girders are blue with just the pink part on the sides, but it's the addition of the green to them that's just a little off-putting to me. An odd choice to be sure. The player pieces are four different colored Marios, which I guess makes sense. It's not like Luigi, Wario, and the rest of the Mario gang had been established at this point. Then there's a bunch of barrels, which look cool, but wound up annoying the crap out of me by the time I was done playing. (More on that in a bit). And finally, a couple of fireball pieces, a pair of dice, one red with words on it and one regular white one, and a stack of cards with point values and Mario performing various actions. Typical board game fare. That is, until you get to Kong.
I started to realize that this game might not be very much fun once I started putting this wacky Kong contraption together. This device snaps together and you load him up with barrels. His arm is spring loaded (well, mine isn't because the spring seems to be missing) and that seems like it's going to be pretty cool until you realize this elaborate mess of engineering is nothing more than eye candy and a great place to get your barrel pieces stuck. You press his arm down to lay a new barrel, but at least for me, loading the darn thing is really easy to screw up. If the barrels go in on an angle, DK gets all clogged up and you have to pry him apart to straighten the barrels out. If DK actually did something important, this might actually be worth it, but he turns out to basically be this game's version of ROB for NES. If you take him away, the game is exactly the same, but faster because you don't have to deal with this dumb contraption to place the barrels. He does have this little clip on the bottom of his foot to fasten him to the board, so that's a nice, thoughtful little touch, but beyond that there really isn't much about this part of the game that I would consider "good." He's ugly, looks ridiculous with his spring-loaded arm, and serves no real purpose.
Alright, enough complaining about the stupid Kong thing. Let's get to the meat of the game. Each player controls their own Mario. You roll both dice, with the white one telling you how many spaces you can move Mario, and the red one telling you how many spaces to move ALL OF THE HAZARDS ON THE BOARD. Again, I could have been reading the instructions wrong, but I'm pretty sure I didn't. Every turn, you have to move every fireball and barrel however many spaces you roll on the red dice. If that doesn't sound like fun, it's because it isn't. It's the opposite of fun. It's painfully bland monotony designed to simulate the constant movement of the Donkey Kong arcade game. You can play cards to jump over or destroy the barrels as you encounter them, and if I'm being honest, this is pretty much where I started to tune out. Trying to get my 5-year old son to move 13 barrel pieces after every one of his turns was simply impossible, and I in no way blame him for not wanting to do it. That's not fun at any age, and it goes to what I said earlier about the creators overthinking things. This didn't have to be this complicated.
Centipede and Pac-Man worked because they looked at the elements of the arcade games they were based on and figured out how to adapt them into a board game sensibly. In the case of Donkey Kong, it seems like they looked at the arcade game and instead of trying to build a board game around that, they just took it as literally as possible. They wanted to find a way to make DK throw barrels, and keep the board in constant movement. It's almost a good idea on paper, but the thing they completely forgot to take into consideration when designing it was whether or not it was actually a fun game to play.
In case you can't tell, it isn't.
It's not all bad though. For one, the artwork in this game is pretty cool. Yeah, the girders look weird, but everything else is based on actual Donkey Kong artwork, and very little of strikes me as "off brand" if you know what I mean. There aren't any Pac-Man pieces with creepy sharp teeth here. Everything looks like it more or less fits in with the arcade games' art aesthetic, and that has to count for something, right? The actual game box is pretty nice as well. It's basically a detailed painted version of the original's official art, which is nice, albeit a little eerie with this level of detail. Milton Bradley also used this art for a 200 piece puzzle, but I think this game and that puzzle are the only places I've seen this specific artwork before, so that's pretty cool.
I wish I had more nice things to say about it than this, but I just don't this game is dreadful. It's poorly thought out, barely resembles fun, and leaves tons of potential on the table. I have no doubt Donkey Kong could have made for a heck of a cool board game, but they really dropped the ball with this one. Here's hoping the next one is a step up.