I am looking to play RSW-012. The Battle of Lappo from Campaign Bautzen. This is a company level scenario. Wanting to find an opponent in either the Swedish or Russian armies (if possible) to play this with but certainly a French opponent is fine too. I am Swedish, myself, but can play either side.
Would like to continue playing more of the Finnish War of 1808-09 scenarios from this game with same player. Did this long ago with the Campaign Series by John Tiller with the Western Desert scenarios and it was fun.
Open to options. If you want to play with the "No Retreat Overruns" rule ON that works considering the scale of the game and the fact that most of it was fought in or around woods where skirmishers had a definite advantage.
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I am a big fan of the all Russo-Swedish campaigns and glorious Swedish Army, in general.
And I like to play the small company level scenarios too.
So, hope, I could be helpful for you.
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Q: OpenCV4Android 3 / JavaCV: convert and invert image fails I convert a CvCameraViewFrame into the Mat type using inputFrame.rgba(). Now, I want to invert it using Mat.inv(). Here's the code fragment:
Mat invertedMRgba = mRgba.clone();
invertedMRgba.convertTo(invertedMRgba, CvType.CV_32F);
invertedMRgba = invertedMRgba.inv();

The code compiles. However it fails on the last line, with an Assertion failed:
09-18 16:40:12.150: E/cv::error()(17825): OpenCV Error: Assertion failed
(type == CV_32F || type == CV_64F) in double cv::invert(cv::InputArray,
cv::OutputArray, int), file /builds/master_pack-
android/opencv/modules/core/src/lapack.cpp, line 798

Well, the error messages tells me to convert either in CV_32F or in CV_64F, which is exactly what I did... (I also tried CV_64F without success.)
Can anyone help?

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Dr. UM will estimate the size of your tear in the Ultrasound. Anything over 2.2cm and she will recommend surgical repair. If it is less she will let you decide if you want to try and get back to full activity without pain or not. If it gets down to 1.5 and less size, then I think less of the bowel can push through the hole and cause a lot of nerve damage so the risk is limited. One of two things will happen when you try and rehab, it will get worse or better. There is nothing she will not be able to fix if the tear has not been there for a long period of time. Those are her protocols. Ask her when you see her if you decide to go down that route. I'm 6 days post op and have gotten in two brisk walks today with core workout and about 5 minutes of light jogging. No pain. Incision soreness and swelling continue to decrease. The bruising in the incision area is pretty big and will take 3-6 weeks to subside.
As far as the MRI, it will not detect an abdominal tear because you are in a plane position and not flexing your muscles when the MRI is taken. No tear of the lower abdominal wall will be revealed. Dr. UM will not even look at it if you bring it with you, so leave it at home. Meyers MRI works differently. Those that have seen him can answer that question. See a lot of doctors and ask a lot of questions while getting a diagnosis. I of course recommend seeing Dr. UM. I too did 2 MRI's and a CAT scan to rule out all other causes before flying to New York to see Dr. UM and finally getting a firm diagnosis with her Ultrasound.
JCsportsman, my MRI suggested tear of the aponeurosis of the rectus abdominis/ adductor longus - same as you I guess. I understand the aponeurosis is similar in function to a tendon. In other words, the apponeurosis is the "tendon" of those muscles - at least that's how I understand it.
Mike in VA - does she give recommendations for rehab?
I had my MRI's at a local hospital and they showed to be negative. But as some other folks alluded to, Meyers has a more specialized MRI. I'm not sure if that would have revealed anything for me or not. Ideally, I would have liked to have seen something before having surgery. But I met with Dr. Hoadley and decided to have surgery based on inability to recover in a reasonable amount of time. He sutured the conjoined tendon which he said was "splayed" or widened -- a condition he sees with people having sports hernias.
I know i said i would not post again but i feel i have to and you will know why.
However, this is where I think the negativity on this site can be destructive.
While i was checking in the lady asked me if i was here for the first time ....i said no...i am post-op. Well when i went to sit down a very nice young lady looked at me and came over. She asked if i had surgery yet and i said yes. She introduced herself as a pilates and college dance teacher from DC. She commented that it looked like i was walking well and she was asking me about the surgery and so on. She said she was petrified. I asked her why and guess what she said???? She said she was on a website called letsrun and it scared the hell out of her. I told her that the healed do not go on the site and she said her husband said the same thing. This is exactly why I was pissed at Surf not being fair and balanced. She had her MRI today and was not scheduled next day for surgery. She told me her symptoms and said that it was now moving to her back and her chiro said her sacrum was moved 12 cm on 1 side and her pain was moving. I told her that my whole compartment was shot and look how well i was doing. I think this reassured her...or at least i hope it did. I called JC and told him of her.
LIke i said I do not mind people sharing experiences but for goodness sakes when someone is new here fear should not be their first impression and reading about FAILURES.
I hope she comes on here. T (short for her first name) please e-mail me [email protected] (paul aka Albert) Let me know how you made out.
Also Meyers has a 4 plane MRI (i think that is the term) and it is THE MOST ADVANCED machine for this condition. The technology is only 2 years old. Most MRI's will not show anything....However, if you read his last paper it refers to this machine and how now he can be very certain on candidates for surgery. Prior to this it was based only on clinical presentation.
During my visit today with Meyers he answered many questions. Why is my scar so big? He laughed and said on a scale of 1-10 mine was a 10 in severity. Also he said I should feel great at week 12 and to step it up. He also explained my leg symptoms in greater detail in terms of how compartment syndrome works. He also injected me with numbing agent and worked on my scar which was inflamed due to a reaction to the sutures (says it is uncommon...but not too rare)....He cleaned it out and removed some of the sutures....Funny.....the swelling went down asap. I asked him about a vertical cable like thing i could feel from my incision to around my belly button. He said it was a vein and it would reabsorb into my body as the swelling subsides. Nothing to worry about. REALLY REALLY emphasized massaging the adductors and really hammering it with workouts. I mentioned the Core X system and he told me that was a great idea.
I am enthused so far as was he. He was smiling and joking and told me soon it would be a distant memory. I told him i was stiff from the 6 hr ride...but funny thing is that when i got out of the car i loosened right up where before i would be wrecked for a week.
Is there any specific exercise you are doing to work the adductors?
my apologies if this has already been posted... I think my massage therapist forwarded this article to me. He doesn't appear to support surgery, but that's easy to say for anyone who hasn't actually had the injury. It is very interesting reading and makes a lot of sense concerning adduction.
I do not really push it too much in terms of explosiveness but in terms of time i do.
As far as adduction i do swings...left to right....then i do laying down on my side and raises.
Pool work seems to feel the best.
Day after Meyers did work on my scar it is 100% flatter than it was. Yesterday it was thick, purple and raised....Today it is thin, still purple but thinner and flat.
It's 7 Days post op from Dr. Muschaweck in Munich and I ran a 9min 30sec mile up at the local track after my 45 min walk. Truly amazing. All of the SH pain is completely gone. It's like a damn miracle. Swelling has gone down considerably from the incision. I'm really just down to incision soreness at this point. I'm continuing my core work from the Boyle routine that I focused on for 7 weeks pre-op. I really didn't know if this day would come when I was in pain, but it did. I'm very thankful.
I'm about 15 weeks out from surgery with Dr. Um - still pain in the lower abdomen and groin/adductor pain triggered by activity, sometimes just random onset. I'm not sure if I'm still swollen or literally grossly disfigured after the surgery. I'm still holding out hope that things will get better, but it's not easy.
No she doesn't. She advises walks beginning the day of surgery, light activity through day three, and full exertion at day 6-10 depending on how well you are healing.
I just got back from getting my FMS (functional movement screening)....It is the one designed by Gray Cook and is recommended by Mike Boyle and many as the starting point for any rehab program. It is very hip/adductor oriented since they believe a lack of motion in the hip overloads the adductors and starts the whole evil process. Some awkward movements but i will get my assessment and program in a few days. The guy did say after reading my injury history that i surprised the hell out of him on how well i moved.
That's fantastic news. You definitely are not the normal patient coming back as far as you have in such a short period of time. You know from my previous post I have stuck to Boyle's Phase 1 and 2 program for most of my rehab on a daily basis. I'd lover to hear more about it once you receive your program based on the screening results. Keep at it man.
I went to a chiropractor today who specializes in Active Release Technique for sports-related injuries. He worked on my psoas mainly, but also pointed out deficiencies in glutes and hip flexor, and gave me a couple of exercises to improve these areas gently. I did a series of stretching exercises and he was able to detect immediately the modified mechanics on the injury side.
I think it's great that a lot of folks are able to get out and jog, run or play soccer a few days after surgery with UM, but don't forget that you have to correct what was wrong in the first place so that it doesn't happen again.
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i checked the dimensions of the matrix x[train, ] and also the length of y. The columns of the matrix equals the length of the y vector.
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In September 2017, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) issued the world's first Humanitarian Impact Bond (HIB), in which the Swiss Fondation Lombard Odier and the Spanish La Caixa Foundation participated as investors and refinancers, respectively. On the government side, the governments of Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and England are involved.
The aim of this HIB is to establish and operate three physical rehabilitation centres for people physically damaged by war and crises in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and Nigeria. This is specifically with the aim of providing these people with orthopaedic care and (re)integrating them into their communities socially and economically through various accompanying initiatives, such as involvement in sports activities and assistance in setting up their own small businesses.
In terms of its structure, the HIB is similar to the Social Impact or Development Impact Bonds, which have been used for some time and which traditionally consist of cross-sector cooperation between a social service provider, an institution or organisation and the state. The partners regulate their cooperation through a contract that defines the obligations of the individual contracting parties, financing mechanisms, risk distribution and effects.
In total, private investors have invested the equivalent of 16.5 million euros over five years in the ICRC's HIB. The repayments depend on how successful the planned project activities are with regard to the people receiving help through the project. In the best case, the investors receive the capital invested back after five years and up to a seven percent return per year if the project receives a positive evaluation. In the worst case, the investors can lose up to 40 percent of the capital invested – hence HIB belongs in the class of clearly risky investment opportunities.
In an interview with the Association of German Foundations, Christian Tohmé, Sector Head of Strategic Philanthropy at the ICRC, reflected on the benefits and risks of the first HIB for all parties involved. In a second interview, Lucy Schweingruber, expert in foundation cooperation at the German Red Cross, discussed another new way of financing humanitarian aid.
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Christian, what is so special about the ICRC's HIB?
Christian: Our HIB is the first financing mechanism of its kind in a humanitarian environment – i.e. in conflict and crisis-hit regions. The framework conditions for investment and impact assessment in fragile contexts are fundamentally different from those in politically stable countries. This work requires a long-standing presence on the ground and trustworthy contacts with official institutions and influential non-governmental groups. This is where our HIB comes in: against the background of ongoing conflicts and often unresolved humanitarian crises, we wanted to implement a pilot project that would provide indicator-based, impact-oriented and success-dependent financing of our activities for disadvantaged population groups in high-risk countries.
You say that HIB provides indicator-based, impact-oriented and success-dependent financing of your activities for disadvantaged population groups in high-risk countries – that sounds quite abstract on the face of it. As an investor, can you explain exactly what this means for me?
Christian: Together with investors and refinancers – including foundations, financial institutions and governments – we aim to measurably improve the quality of life of the people receiving help in the three new rehabilitation centres. Due to the fact that in conflict and crisis countries only a fraction of the people physically damaged by external influences have access to adequate rehabilitation services, it was logical to place this aspect of our work at the centre of our HIB.
Why did you introduce the HIB?
Christian: With a view to securing our long-term commitment, we aim to continuously improve and diversify our offers for donors and partners. Against this background, we wanted our HIB to attract an audience interested in investing in a new and long-term initiative. The guaranteed financing of our HIB activities over five years also allows us to concentrate on our core business without financial pressure, i.e. providing continuous humanitarian aid to people in conflict and crisis situations.
The impact measurement is indeed decisive for the repayments to the investors. What are the concrete indicators? And how can you ensure reliable impact measurement in war and crisis zones (as that is usually very difficult)?
Christian: In the past 40 years, our project portfolio has grown from two implemented rehabilitation projects in two countries (at the beginning) to around 150 projects in more than 30 countries today. During this time, we have learned a lot and have been able to constantly refine our benchmarks for assessing efficiency and impact in difficult contexts. Against this background, we have defined realistic basic values for measuring the success on the basis of the rehabilitation centres that we have already supported. The new centres financed by the HIB are assessed on the basis of these benchmarks and the amount of the performance-related payments is based on these.
What do I have to consider if I want to invest in this HIB?
Christian: The HIB tender phase was concluded last year, with investments of EUR 16.5 million and refinancing commitments of up to EUR 23 million. As there is a great dependence between the amount of the capital contribution and the radius of the impact targets, our financing initiative was sealed with the agreed amount over the next five years.
In this context, it should also be emphasised that, from a legal point of view, the HIB is not a bond but a type of loan with a performance-related reimbursement mechanism. Furthermore, the HIB is not listed, which is why, on the one hand, it cannot be traded, and, on the other hand, it also remains unaffected by market fluctuations. Due to the volume of capital required, it has also been specially tailored to the needs of institutional investors and refinanciers.
A 40 percent potential loss of capital would be a very high risk for a German foundation with legal capacity. On what basis could an investor, such as the Fondation Lombard Odier, decide to invest?
Christian: This point was indeed a subject of our discussions with our partners on both sides of the financing spectrum, with our investors ultimately weighing the risks carefully against the expected financial benefits on an individual basis. In the decision-making process, we certainly also benefited from our many years of experience of implementing such activities, our easier access to governmental and non-governmental agencies in our countries of operation and the close involvement of our partners in the course of the project.
What do you plan next?
Christian: The expansion of our portfolio with new financing models is currently in full swing. So, by taking into account our experience with the HIB, we are currently considering, together with our long-standing partner Lombard Odier, the design of a new derivative impact investing instrument. Furthermore, we are currently working with a German company on an indicator-based insurance instrument that can bridge financing bottlenecks in the implementation of our activities in regions that receive little media attention. In addition, we are currently cooperating with a coalition led by the World Bank on the development of financial instruments to enable us to respond more quickly to food insecurity in crisis situations. We are also in contact with Sir Ronald Cohen, the inventor of the Social Impact Bond, on a programme to improve children's access to education in conflict regions. Finally, we are working with an agency specialising in innovative financial instruments. With all our initiatives, we aim to further diversify our funding sources and make our commitment to children, women and men in conflict-affected regions even more efficient and effective.
Lucy, does the German Red Cross carry out work in a similar direction?
Lucy: The generation of additional funds for humanitarian aid via innovative financing mechanisms is also a major issue for the German Red Cross: since 2014, with the support of the German Federal Foreign Office, other institutional partners, companies and foundations, we have been developing the so-called "Forecast-based financing" approach, in which aid is bindingly committed even before a disaster occurs. Thanks to technical progress, extreme weather conditions can be predicted more and more accurately, enabling anticipatory disaster prevention measures to be initiated at an early stage: anticipation instead of reaction. Foundations participate in the approach through funding for the individual main components, which are, on the one hand, programme development, in which the predictability of extreme weather events is worked on in cooperation with financial institutions and scientific organisations, and, on the other hand, the implementation of pilot projects in various high-risk countries around the world, and also the establishment of the so-called DREF (Disaster Relief Emergency Fund), which finances disaster prevention measures.
The ICRC and the German Red Cross emphasise that financial investments and grants from foundations support the sustainability goals of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda. How so?
Lucy: Within the framework of international cooperation, the entire Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is making an important contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. A very important cross-cutting theme is adaptation to climate change, i.e. Goal 13: combating climate change and its consequences. In addition, we contribute above all to the most fundamental objectives of Goals 1 to 3: ending poverty and hunger and promoting a healthy life for all.
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Nigerian boys 'freed after Boko Haram abduction'
Hundreds of Nigerian schoolboys kidnapped last week from a boarding school have been released, local authorities have told the BBC.
A spokesman for the governor of Katsina state, where the boys were taken, said the 344 freed were in good condition and expected home within hours.
None of the kidnapped group were killed, the spokesman added.
The attack was the first of its kind in north-western Nigeria and was claimed by militant group Boko Haram.
But the Nigerian authorities said the abductions were carried out by local gangs connected to the Islamist group.
Boko Haram has been notorious over the last decade for school kidnappings, including in Chibok in 2014, when nearly 300 schoolgirls were seized. Its name loosely translated as "Western education is forbidden".
However, these abductions have until now taken place in the north-east, where Boko Haram is based.
The spokesman Abdul Labaran, said that a video purporting to come from Boko Haram showing the boys was authentic, but a message seemingly from the group's leader Abubakar Shekau was not him but an impersonator.
Few other details have been made public, but news of the release has been confirmed to BBC Hausa b
Few other details have been made public, but news of the release has been confirmed to BBC Hausa by another state government official.


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Drew Barrymore Says She's "Not There Yet" When It Comes To Dating As A Single Mom
"I have two young girls and, like, I don't want to bring people home."
by Jen McGuire
It's a moment so many single parents struggle to overcome when they dip their toe back into the dating pool, opening the door of their family life to let in someone new. It's frightening to open up your own heart to a new person, let alone inviting them into your child's life. And even with a little help from Queer Eye's Bobby Berk, Drew Barrymore found the idea of dating as a single mom overwhelming. So much so that the mom of two admitted "I'm not there yet" after breaking down in tears in an excerpt from her talk show The Drew Barrymore Show.
Barrymore co-parents 9-year-old daughter Olive and 7-year-old daughter Frankie with ex-husband Will Kopelman. The 50 First Dates actress has kept her potential dating life private until recently, when she spoke to Berk about the prospect of trying her hand at a Zoom date for her talk show.
In a clip from the show Barrymore shared on Instagram, the two discussed where best to connect for a Zoom chat (apparently not the bedroom) before the mom of two got emotional about the prospect of dating. "I'm not there yet," she said in the clip through tears. "I have two young girls and, like, I don't want to bring people home… I think it would take me a very long time to meet someone and get to know them before I could even ever introduce them to my daughters."
Drew Barrymore isn't ready to date.
Berk comforted her by saying, "And I don't think anybody knows how to do anything, right? So, don't put pressure on yourself because you don't know how to do it. I think going into it, saying to yourself, 'I don't know how to do it,' is the first step of figuring out how to do it."
He also pointed out that being careful about who she is willing to introduce to her daughters makes her a "good mom," and reminded Barrymore not to question that about herself.
The actress certainly isn't the only single parent who wrestles with finding balance between dating and their kids, and some were quick to support Barrymore in her struggle. "I was adamant that my kids would not meet the men I dated after my divorce from their dad until I was dating someone whom I believed was a serious contender for my heart. The first man they met was the man that I ended up marrying. There is no rule book. Trust your gut, but trust your heart, too. Good luck, Drew. We all deserve our own happily ever after," wrote one parent, while another wrote, "I love you omg!!! I know exactly the feeling especially single mum to three kids x."
Barrymore did try her hand at going on a Zoom date, an experience she shared on Tuesday on Instagram, and credited the entire Queer Eye crew for helping her through the date.
Perhaps that's what every parent needs if they're going to try dating. An entire crew of supportive friends waiting in the wings.


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During Open Government Week we've been thinking about what needs to be done to put citizens at the center of data initiatives in a way that gives them meaningful influence in the decisions that affect their daily lives.
At its best, data can arm people with the power to impact their communities and change their lives for the better. Take this community-drone project in Indonesia. Denied access to official government data, villagers in West Kalimantan built drones to collect aerial mapping data and used this data to expose mining companies that were causing environmental damage and violating the land rights of indigenous communities. Ultimately, the Constitutional Courts and local parliamentarians backed the villagers and the mining companies were held accountable.
Unfortunately, this moving example of a community producing and leveraging data to defend their interests is an exception — not the rule.
More often than not, citizens are passive data producers, generating and sharing data — including personal information. While the governments and firms collecting data are able to exploit their benefits, citizens are typically shut out — creating a system of data inequality.
In a recent study on the future of data use in development programs that we conducted with IDS, we argue that such data inequalities are likely to persist or even increase in the coming years, driven by the current system of data ownership, production and use.
However well-intended, development organisations are party to this growing data inequality, with many projects aggravating — or at least not actively tackling — systemic data asymmetries.
For example, some data for development projects develop 'Superman systems' where a single person or a small group get better access to data, often in the form of data dashboards — while instead they should be finding ways to help citizens access and understand the data that they need to engage in their communities and make important decisions affecting their lives.
Other data projects empower the already empowered. For example, one project to digitise land records in Bangalore resulted in increased corruption and led wealthy individuals and corporations to capture vast quantities of land — unintentionally making poorer citizens the victims of increased data availability rather than the beneficiaries.
Many data for development projects still fall into the trap of ignoring fundamental institutional structures, culture and power, and focus more on the data and tools. The problem is that these alone do not change all-important power relations and patterns of influence that impact decision-making.
For citizens to be able to influence decision-making in government or in the private sector, they need to be able to access, use and control data relevant to them. In other words, they must be empowered by data.
To push back against data inequality, data initiatives need to be designed to work with people (as agents of change), not for them (as beneficiaries). They need to move away from Superman systems and instead give people agency through fair, agreed and equitable use and ensure that they actually benefit from any data — whether personal or government — that impacts their lives.
While they are too few, some examples of projects demonstrating the data empowerment approach do exist. The recently concluded Making All Voices Count program and Civicus' Datashift have documented a number of citizen-generated data initiatives ranging from service delivery in post-conflict communities to prevention of human trafficking in fragile contexts.
The Poverty Stoplight project, originating in Paraguay and replicated globally, is one of the more successful. Fundación Paraguaya, the organisation behind the project, developed a poverty assessment and planning tool that lets people conduct an evaluation of their living conditions and helps them develop strategies to escape poverty. While the data created can be aggregated centrally, it also stays with individual citizens who can use it to inform their decision-making.
When it comes to accessing government data, the open data movement has managed to make steady progress in recent years, opening up of data for everyone to freely access and use. However, as the recent Open Data Barometer shows, governments are not opening up the data people need. All too often, politically sensitive data including information on budget, spending and contracting remains locked to citizens. Prioritising disclosure based on people's needs must become the standard approach to opening up government data.
The involvement of citizens in the use and, in some cases, even the production of data is vital. Citizens need to be regarded as active agents of change and not just as passive beneficiaries. The examples highlighted above show that empowerment can start prior to data use, with people being empowered by being involved in the production of data. Data is never neutral and those who control production have influence over what gets collected, how it's used, and therefore its outcomes. That is why having citizens involved in the early collection stages is so important.
Access, production and use need to be complemented by sufficient protection and control over one's personal data to be fully data-empowered. Citizens need to be able to understand and determine how their data is used and the benefits derived from it.
As we celebrate OpenGov Week, we must reflect on what needs to be done to achieve the vision of a data-empowered citizenry. What constitutes a data-empowered individual? What is required to move from data extraction to data empowerment? And what can open government reformers do?
We'd love to hear your thoughts. Comment below or get in touch at contact@webfoundation.org.
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Pochodził z Viterbo, z rodziny, która pod koniec XIII wieku przyjęła nazwisko Capocci, nie była jednak spokrewniona z arystokratycznym rodem Capocci z Rzymu. W młodym wieku wstąpił do zakonu cystersów w rzymskim klasztorze SS. Vincenzo e Anastasio alle Tre Fontane. Uzyskał tytuł magistra, nie wiadomo jednak gdzie studiował. W 1215 został notariuszem w kancelarii papieskiej, a rok później (prawdopodobnie 5 marca 1216) papież Innocenty III mianował go kardynałem diakonem Santa Maria in Cosmedin. Jeszcze w tym samym roku działał jako legat papieski w Lombardii razem z kardynałem Leone Brancaleone. W następnych latach kilkakrotnie sprawował funkcje gubernatora różnych prowincji Państwa Kościelnego. W 1243 został wybrany biskupem Viterbo, jednak już w następnym roku zrezygnował z biskupstwa i objął urząd wikariusza Rzymu. W 1246 został wysłany z misją legacką do królestwa Sycylii, razem z kardynałem Stefano Conti. Uczestniczył w papieskich elekcjach w 1227, 1241 i 1243 roku. Podpisywał bulle papieskie między 7 marca 1216 a 7 maja 1244. Był protektorem zakonów w kurii rzymskiej, zwłaszcza cystersów i dominikanów (był osobistym przyjacielem św. Dominika Guzmana). Zmarł w rodzinnym Viterbo.

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 Werner Maleczek, Papst und Kardinalskolleg von 1191 bis 1216, Wiedeń 1984

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Golfers seal place in national American Golf 9 Hole Championship final
Craig Watts and Ian Temperley will be competing in the final at The Belfry next month.
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Pumpherston golfer Ian Temperley qualified for the UK and Ireland final of the American Golf 9 Hole Championship
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Two golfers have secured qualification for the UK and Ireland finals of the American Golf 9 Hole Championship.
Craig Watts, who plays out of Dundas Park Golf Club, and Ian Temperley of Pumpherston Golf Club have progressed to the finals after impressing in qualifying events.
The final is set to take place at Ryder Cup venue The Belfry on September 7 and 8, where the pair will battle it out in front of the Sky Sports cameras to be crowned American Golf 9 Hole champion.
With front and back nines played as two separate qualifiers, Craig took on the front while Ian competed across the back.
On the front, the competition was a tight affair but Craig took the spoils after scoring a hugely impressive points total of 23. He was pushed all the way by Matthew Pyott whose 21 points was enough to secure second place along with qualification.
Craig Watts of Dundas Park Golf Club
Ian had things his own way on the back nine, coming under less pressure from the chasing pack as his 23 points was four better than runner-up Barry Haldane.
The victory also puts both players in contention for the Tournament of Champions in Mauritius, should they succeed at the iconic Midland venue next month.
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"It gives golfers the chance to play Championship Golf after work and still be home at a reasonable time. Golf has struggled to find a place in people's busy lives over recent years so we're delighted that events such as the 9 Hole Championship have proved to be so popular.
"It's clear to us that golfers' love of the game is still there, we're just finding new ways to help them get out on the course more often."
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Why An Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan is a Harbinger of Chaos?
Sajjad Aasim
Sajjad Aasim is a PhD scholar in International Relations. His areas of interest include International Interventions, Identity Politics and Politics of South and Central Asia. He can be reached at sajjad.aasim1982@gmail.com.
After only a short episode of optimistic brouhaha, the situation in Afghanistan seems to be getting realistic, and, therefore, obnoxious. The prognostications of a peace deal between Taliban and the representatives of a republic system in the country are now figments of imagination. Taliban, looking at the exhausted international troops withdrawing, appear to be overzealous about the victory that they may never win. However, they seem to be gaining grounds in the ongoing clashes with the Afghan troops. A report by the UN sanctions monitoring team for Afghanistan, released on June 03, revealed that Taliban have "tightened their grip on power exercising direct control over more than half of the country's district administrative centers while contesting or controlling up to 70% of territory outside of urban areas." The report also warned of Taliban preparation to launch offensive on key cities and towns after the withdrawal of foreign troops. It also claimed that Taliban have not discontinued ties with Al-Qaeda as it had agreed in US-Taliban deal. Thus, Taliban seem convinced that they will be successful in salvaging a victory for themselves and recreate what they have been dreaming since their downfall – an Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan.
Unfortunately, it is not Taliban alone who are convinced that an Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan is the only viable solution to future instability in the country and the region. Many among the US policy makers share such a view; some even consider such an arrangement vital for the US interests as realpolitik returns, at least in South-Asian political scenario, and the US and China are caught in what Graham Allison calls "Thucydides Trap". When earlier this year (February 28) a document was leaked on national and international media containing the US's suggested political settlement to the Afghan conflict, many eyebrows furrowed because the very first point in 'Guiding Principles for Afghanistan's Future' was: "A new High Council for Islamic Jurisprudence shall be established to provide Islamic guidance and advice to all national and local government structures." Clearly, the proposal undermined the democratic institutions in the country, and called for the dominance of a non-democratic council based on Islamic Jurisprudence, paving the way for an Islamic Emirate.
Is it really difficult to see how the formation of a 'supervisory' council of Islamic jurisprudence can lead to an Islamic Emirate in a country like Afghanistan? It does not require an arduous labor to find an example, only the history of Afghanistan's neighbor Iran would provide enough insight. After the Islamic revolution of 1979, the country's religious elite was successful in establishing a strong 'council based on Islamic Jurisprudence', which in no time, took the control of the entire political system, and has been strengthened since to a degree where the political leaders within the Iranian parliament need to go through the scrutiny of the council – Guardian Council – before they can participate in election. So, the so-called High Council for Islamic Jurisprudence may well turn into a Guardian Council in Afghanistan, though a Sunni version of it, as it will be dominated by Taliban who follow an extreme Deobandi ideology (similar to Saudi Arabia's Salafi/Wahhabi ideology) within the Hanafi School of Islamic Jurisprudence.
An Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan, either through Taliban's military dominance or through a negotiated settlement is bound to invite chaos in the country and the region. First, an Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan will be exclusionary, as Taliban themselves at the very beginning of the peace talks in September 2020 made it clear that they wanted Hanafi Fiqh as the sole religious basis for talks, sidelining the Shia Fiqh, and showing intolerance for other beliefs and ideas. Thus, their Islamic Emirate will discriminate against Shias, and non-Muslims in the country; most probably, it will invigorate Hazara genocide, already being nurtured by sectarian and ethnic hatred, prevalent within certain social and religious groups and state institutions. Moreover, history depicts that when Taliban were gaining power in Afghanistan, they massacred thousands of Hazaras brutally in Bamyan and Mazar-e-Sharif because of their sect and ethnicity, and there is no guarantee they will not do the same once they come to power. So, an Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan will never achieve stability; rather, it will promote a quietness that is a trademark of the states wherein violence and killings establish temporary fear and terror.
Second, there are possibilities that within an Islamic Emirate, Taliban will be more welcoming towards religious terrorist groups like Daesh (Islamic State) and Al-Qaeda, because of similarities in their beliefs and ideologies. Thus, sectarian and religious tolerance will further shrink in an environment that is already witnessing a ruthless wave in Hazara genocide being carried out by Daesh, wherein students are bombed in their schools, couples are targeted during their weddings and babies are killed in the wombs of their mothers. It is, therefore, unimaginable that stability or sanity will ever prevail in such circumstances.
Third, an Islamic Emirate will strive to centralize political authority, which has proved to be dysfunctional in a society like Afghanistan that is multicultural and multiethnic in nature and requires a decentralized setup, wherein, all the political groups and identities are able to have their share of political participation and authority. It has been centralization of power that has made the Pashtun elite dominate the political leadership in the country and has thus alienated Tajiks, Hazaras and Uzbeks among others. Consistent centralization of power will, therefore, keep the elite divided and hinder the political system to tighten its roots.
Fourth, the establishment of an Islamic Emirate based on Sunni school of jurisprudence in the immediate neighborhood of Iran, a Shia state, will definitely start a cold war that can influence the entire region, as the cold war between Saudi Arabia and Iran has been influencing the politics of Middle East for decades now. At the same time, Pakistan, which has been influenced by religious extremism and terrorism to a great extent, would be uncomfortable with the rising wave of extremism in its neighborhood. Similarly, the Central Asian countries neighboring Afghanistan would always fear the rise of an Islamic Emirate, as it would fan the extinguished ashes of terrorism on their soil. China and Russia will also prefer a stable Afghanistan with a political system that can guarantee peace and tranquility, as it would generate a feasible environment for China's grand strategy in the region.
Thus, an Islamic Emirate can never achieve peace and stability in Afghanistan and the region; therefore, all the stakeholders, at the national, regional and international levels, if they are really interested and dedicated in playing positive roles, must make sure that the possibilities of formation of such an Islamic Emirate must be discouraged so that the country's suffering masses are provided an opportunity for attaining peace and tranquility.
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Gather up all the ingredients you will need.
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GLOBAL DEFENCE BUDGET IS RISING
DEFENCE & SECURITY INT'L NEWS
Instead of a peaceful global living there are wars and conflicts all aorund the world. Middle East is continuously a source of conflict for the last thousands of years. In Africa internal wars and unrest never ends. US being a superpower tries to impose its policies almost to all nations. Russia with its great military strength tries to establish a balance against US. So there are several reasons to spend for military defence budgets. It appeared that in 2109 global defence budget has risen and here is an article by Jonathan Marcus from bbc.com regarding the issue;
Global defence spending is on the rise in an unstable world
Jonathan Marcus
In 2019 global defence spending rose by some 4% over 2018 – the highest year-on-year increase in a decade.
The figures are included in this year's Military Balance – the annual publication of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), which is to be launched later this morning at the Munich Security Conference.
Appropriately, defence spending in Europe is also on the up, reaching levels not seen since before the financial crisis – an increase of some 4.2% when compared to 2018.
This is all a reflection of a changing world and the return of state-on-state competition.
In both the US and China defence spending increased by 6.6% in 2019, though the rate of growth is accelerating in the US, while it is slowing in China.
Asia – where defence spending has been rising for some years in response to Beijing's rise as a regional superpower – continues the trend. Overall defence spending in Asia has increased by 50% in a decade, fuelled by the region's rising levels of GDP.
The Military Balance asserts that defence debates remain dominated by an unstable international security environment. Key elements of the rules-based international order that characterised the post-World War Two period, it says, are being challenged.
One of the best examples of this is the unravelling of the fabric of arms control agreements inherited from the Cold War. The Military Balance points to the demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, prompted by Russian breaches and a growing concern in the US about Chinese weapons in this category; Beijing was not a party to the original treaty.
The Military Balance says that observers are "looking nervously" towards both Moscow and Washington to see if the key remaining element of the arms control architecture – the New START Treaty – will be renewed. This expires in less than a year and is the only surviving agreement limiting the strategic arsenals of the two nuclear super-powers.
Growing unease about Russian behaviour is one factor driving the increase in defence spending in Nato countries. To this can be added a significant element of US pressure, with President Donald Trump rarely missing an opportunity to condemn what he sees as the freeloading of Washington's European allies.
European spending is growing – but even in 2019 it only reached the levels observed when the financial crisis began in 2008, though the Military Balance notes that more money is slowly going into procurement, research and development.
Germany, a country much criticised by Mr Trump, is said by the IISS to account for a third of the overall rise in European defence expenditure. It calculates that German defence expenditure rose by some 9.7% between 2018 and 2019. However, Berlin still fell short of the Nato target of spending 2% of GDP on defence. The Military Balance calculates that only seven Nato members currently meet this goal: Bulgaria, Greece, Estonia, Romania, Latvia, Poland and the UK.
The Military Balance points to significant advances in military technology; systems that are now either entering service or have already made their mark. The relative ubiquity of uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) used now by both state and non-state actors has prompted renewed interest in anti-UAV systems.
At the strategic level, both Russia and China appear to be in the process of deploying hypersonic glide-vehicles and hypersonic cruise missiles – super fast systems that threaten to overturn calculations about the effectiveness of missile defences.
This year's Military Balance also points to one of the fundamental strategic problems of our day, the concern that "competitor states" are now using "strategies to achieve effect by operating below the threshold of war".
It points to Russia's initial move into Crimea; its denials of involvement in eastern Ukraine; its use of chemical weapons in the UK; and its alleged election meddling. It cites Iran's activities as another example, particularly its ability to conduct warfare through third parties.
All these approaches are hard to counter with conventional military responses.
As the Military Balance concludes: "They place a premium not just on developing the right military and intelligence capabilities but on boosting the adaptability and resilience of equipment and military forces and, more broadly, of societies and political decision-making."
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It has been a flurry of phones that came in with the bezel-less displays and also with the screens that are tall and have only a tiny notch on the top to house the sensors and the front camera. While it was all good, the notch on the top was what many didn't want to see, and there was some innovation required in that aspect. One of the brands that we have seen to do well in this aspect is Vivo, with one phone being the APEX that was a great concept but in reality, the company actually released another phone, i.e., the Vivo NEX that is already being called one of the best in terms of the innovations it came with.
The Vivo NEX is a super good phone, and it does offer a lot to challenge every flagship smartphone out there, but like most, there are certain talk points that become the major features of the phone and here, we discuss the best features of the Vivo NEX smartphone.
That's the hype. That's what is the coolest factor, and that is going to amaze you when you experience it. The world's first elevating selfie camera is something you won't see directly unless you want to take a selfie, and are going to the camera app. The camera is hidden behind the display, and it pops out whenever you take the phone into the selfie mode. Switch to the back camera, and this elevating camera goes back into its place.
It isn't only good at how it looks and works, the primary reason for the company to come up with this was to give a bezel-less experience on the top. The notch that we had seen on many phones is finally gone. The most surprising thing about the pop-up camera is how well the company has been able to implement the feature without hindering the overall experience. There is a tiny motor that elevates the entire setup for the front camera, the actual sound produced by the camera itself is shallow when it emerges out, you can, however, replace the sound effect with one of the three built-in options.
The next most fascinating feature in the Vivo NEX which has never been implemented by any other brand is the "In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology." The Vivo NEX has a huge Super AMOLED display, and the only way the company could have a fingerprint sensor on the front without disturbing the overall design was by having it underneath the screen itself, and this is what the company has done. The fingerprint sensor is hidden under the display and gives the Vivo NEX a futuristic feel with the tendency to surprise the viewers when they first see it in action.
This works as an optical solution, and when the user touches the fingerprint scanning area on display, the OLED display emits light that reflects off the fingerprint allowing the optical fingerprint sensor below the OLED display to capture the fingerprint. The screen completely turns off when you hit the power button but on raising the smartphone, the fingerprint icon comes up, and you can tap it with the registered finger to unlock the device.
The Vivo NEX is not all about the exclusive features; the device also comes with features that matter the most to users. The Vivo NEX is powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset which is a combination of 4Kryo Gold and 4Kryo Silver cores based on the Kryo 385 architecture. This processor, when combined with the 8GB RAM that the device comes with, is capable of handling just about everything that one throws at it. The Snapdragon 845 is the current leader when it comes to the performance, and the processor is very well capable of handling even intensive tasks involving AI as well as playing the latest games in the highest possible setting.
The design on the Vivo NEX is surprisingly exquisite, most of the front on the Vivo NEX is taken up by the Super AMOLED display, the Ultra FullView display on the Vivo NEX measures 6.59-inches diagonally bringing the aspect ratio to a staggering 19.3:9. Despite the massive body of the smartphone, the device comes in a convenient form factor as the screen to body ratio is very high, in-fact the Vivo NEX has one of the highest screen to body ratios at 91.24%. This is very notable as most brands struggle to achieve even 85% screen to body ratio despite the notch, the Vivo NEX was able to get rid of the notch by implement three significant technology changes. The front camera on the smartphone has now been moved to the slider, the proximity sensor is hidden and controlled via an independent IC, and the fingerprint sensor is now under the glass.
The back of the Vivo NEX is equally beautiful, and a unique Nano-precision laser engraving has been done to carve out several thousands of dynamic color diffraction units on the back cover that reflect and diffract the light in an unmatched way. Each group is split into four independent diffractive surfaces, and this has resulted in the unique and mesmerizing appearance on the back. The Vivo NEX has most of the regular buttons and also an additional dedicated AI button that has been talked about below. The front of the device has a skinny bezel and a minimal chin on the bottom, rest of which is taken up by the enormous display while the back only has the dual camera setup and the flash which thus results in a very simplistic design approach.
Vivo has harvested a lot of AI technology in the smartphone to improve the experience at each point. The camera app on the Vivo NEX uses AI Face Beauty that can identify the gender, skin tone, surrounding light, and several other constraints to come up with the best enhancement to make the image appear more natural and appealing. The face beauty feature is also said to learn the user's habits and tailor the experience to his liking as they use the device more. There is also an AI Scene recognition feature that helps the camera learn from a massive database of over one million photos to detect the different scenarios and adjust the saturation, brightness, tone, white balance and sharpness to achieve the best results.
Apart from the camera itself, the Vivo NEX also has a dedicated AI button for Jovi which is a complete range of AI services. This is very helpful considering the fact that it is not always possible to talk to the smartphone in certain outdoor conditions, the AI button can also simplify your access to Google Now or Google Lens based on whether you press it or hold it. The Vivo NEX also has AI Voice Assistant and Image Identification which is powered by advanced deep learning algorithms. The smartphone can harvest the power of AI to identify objects, landmarks and even increase OCR accuracy to detect the text in the images. This comes as a part of the Jovi suite which includes several AI features that complete the product.
The Vivo NEX also has an AI Smart Engine that is enhanced by AI; the Smart Engine familiarizes itself with the user's preferences to tailor the entire experience to the user's requirement. The system resources are smartly allocated in real-time to enhance the power efficiency and performance, this also helps in efficiently managing the background processed and in prioritizing the memory space for the commonly used apps.
The cameras are one of the most underrated feature of smartphones these days, while most cameras do a great job, few do an exceptional job at capturing images. The Vivo NEX is one such smartphone that does an excellent job in capturing the details in the images. The Vivo NEX uses the Sony IMX363 sensor with a 6P sapphire crystal surface for the optics, the sensor captures images at 12MP resolution and has a massive 1.4um size. The large f/1.8 aperture helps capture utmost details even in low light conditions, the Vivo NEX also uses a combination of Optical Image Stabilization parallelly with Electronic Image Stabilization to achieve the most stabilized feed possible. The Adreno 630 GPU that is a part of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset does an excellent job at image processing to render the images in the most precise manner possible.
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I've seen a good deal of "Stonewall Jackson praising" going on lately, and while I can appreciate his part in the history of the Valley for that time, that's not quite all of the story.
In short, not everyone was cheering the arrival (and in some cases, the return) of Confederate troops in the Valley, and… the 1862 Valley Campaign wasn't just about Jackson and his victories here… with the entire citizenry all in favor.
Indeed, some embraced the arrival of Union troops… some with open arms, and others… while Southern Unionists… with a bit of uncertainty.
As for one who was among the most enthusiastic… I present… again… Dr. James Lee Gillespie.
I've mentioned him before, and the 150 year Sesqui moment slipped through my fingers a few weeks ago, and I wasn't able to post about it in time, but… there was one local Unionist… from my home county, no less… who also accompanied my third great grandfather in the months before Virginia's secession, speaking out against it.
Jones sent me to break up a band, estimated at from two to five hundred, that had collected in the large gorges of the Blue Ridge, in the neighborhood of Swift Run Gap. They were headed by a man named Gillespie, and they had determined to resist the draft, and were armed principally with shot-guns and squirrel rifles. We had with us a company of militia infantry, but they were afraid to go into the mountains at all.
We had skirmishing for two or three days without doing any damage; for, when we attempted to charge, they took to the sides of the mountains, and the ground was too rugged to pursue them, and they could fire on us without being able to return to it.
Yet, there is good reason to doubt that the man Gilmor sought out, and Hotchkiss observed, was actually Dr. Gillespie.
Minute books of the Court of Page County show that Gillespie was in the Page County jail as of June 26, 1861 under the charge of "treason against the government of the Confederate States." Gillespie applied to the court for his release from jail but was denied this request as the county as a legal body could not sufficiently establish jurisdiction in the case. Following this denial, Gillespie applied once again to the court, asking for an examination of the charges against him in legal forum, but again the court denied the appeal based once again on "want of jurisdiction." Minute books reveal no further information in this case, but Gillespie's obituary shows that at some point he was taken to Orange Court House, from whence he escaped. Crossing the lines, Gillespie was able to secure an audience with Union Gen. Henry W. Slocum, who, in turn, gave Gillespie a letter of introduction to President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln "recommended General Nathaniel Banks take him [Gillespie] and protect his home in the Valley of Virginia.
Indeed, for the point on the timeline (April 1862), Gillespie himself seems to show that he was working as a guide for Union General Nathaniel Banks, and therefore, could not have been present at the incident in Swift Run Gap.
So… did some sort of "Gillespie legend" grow from his story from the summer of 1861, and infuse itself into what became known as the Rockingham Rebellion? It's quite possible, and it's too bad in some ways, as we may never know the name(s) of the man/men who led that short-lived rebellion of locals against… the rebellion.
A few years ago, I continued MY search for Dr. Gillespie… and found his grave in Sistersville, West Virginia.
Of course, there were other locals of the Valley who had issues with the Confederacy as well, such as Elder John Kline, who I covered in this briographical sketch from 2008.
In an upcoming post, I'll be writing about Dr. Gillespie's son… who, as a former student of Jackson's at VMI, and at about this same time (Spring of '62), was making every effort to become part of Stonewall's staff, which opens the door wide to how many a father and son in the Valley didn't necessarily see eye to eye when it came to embracing the Confederacy.
I am glad you posted this interesting information. I had seen the various materials, but didn't know exactly how they all fit together, plus everything can't possibly be included in a project.
The Richmond Daily Dispatch of Mar. 21, Apr. 19 describe events relating to the Dunkards or Tunkers, as I had found in searching for "Rockingham." These articles state that the men involved were taken to the prison in Richmond, not Harrisonburg. Some were later released to Col. Baldwin's regiment – that being the 52nd VA Infantry of Augusta and Rockingham. His bio in the Encyclopedia Va show that he held out in favor of the Union longer than most.
Waddell's diary of March 19, gives more details. He states that the arrests were made in Pendleton or Hardy county. This would be consistent with reports that the group was headed toward Ohio.
The Valley Brethren- Mennonite Heritage Center had an event last week relating to these stories. They state in the information I received that prisoners were housed in the Rockingham County courthouse. I recently saw other information relating to Valley religious groups and resistance to the war. It may have been at the main Shenandoah County Library. There may be valuable church records that would shed light on these events. The College may have collections relating to this also.


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By James Mclean
Updated: 19:00 EDT, 18 November 1999
Banque Nationale de Paris is on the verge of unveiling plans to merge its Asian operations with those of recent purchase Paribas in a revamp that will send shock waves as far as London.
About a quarter of the 400 or so Paribas jobs in Asia are estimated to be under threat as BNP contemplates withdrawing Paribas from non-core markets in the region and consolidating instead into regional hubs in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore.
BNP's own presence in Asia is largely based on its purchase last year of parts of failed Hong Kong-based brokerage Peregrine.
Paribas' small London-based dedicated Asian fixed income and equity team will be threatened by the revamp, as are some of the bank's 2100 staff in the capital as part of more-general plans to save about £550 million by merging the two firms' operations across Europe.
Paribas executives will head the combined London fixed income operation, but overall plans for the merger in Britain have not yet been finalised.
Banque Nationale de Paris employs about 600 staff in the capital, most of whom will probably have to move to Paribas' Marylebone headquarters.
'An announcement is expected. I haven't seen any pre-announcements or early versions of it, so that should mean it's a few days away yet,' said a Paribas spokesman.


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Instead of the usual Sunday Summary this week I thought I'd just do a round up of our Christmas. I was working on the morning of Christmas Eve but my in-laws arrived on Monday afternoon and made the cider ham for me while I was working. As soon as I returned from work that evening, the festivities started with reindeer antlers and a cocktail! We went out for dinner to Bibi's in the West End and it was fantastic, we all loved it, I'd been dying to try it but kept forgetting to book in advance, it takes about 2 weeks notice to be able to get a table!
My new snowflake decoration instead of a wreath this year.
On Christmas Eve I baked Nigel Slater's marzipan berry cakes again to enjoy with our coffees and prettied up all my pressies which had been wrapped and placed under the tree until I had time! I never did get round to finishing making my Christmas cards so I'm sorry if you never got one from us this year! Next year's cards will be fab I promise!
We had some of the cider ham for lunch with some bread & cheese.
After lunch everyone went out on a 'meat hunt' while I got on with some more food prep. We weren't bothered which meat we ended up with for Christmas dinner, I'm not that fussed about turkey (I love roast goose or beef or even lamb or pork) and Nik wanted to try to get a bargain since we didn't mind what we ended up with so left it until late in the afternoon to go bargain hunting assuming we'd be able to get some kind of meat. It also meant we didn't need to worry too much about having space in the fridge! They came back with a £55 Waitrose free range Turkey which was all prepared, ready to go in the oven and cost us just £18 due to last minute reductions. Result!
While they were out I made Eggnog which I've never had before and really only made it as I needed some for the Christmas porridge recipe for Nik's Dad's surprise breakfast! It took 2 attempts as I managed to scramble the first batch as I was trying to do too much at once! (I'm not the domestic goddess I may appear to be!) The eggnog I made is basically like runny custard so I was convinced I would like it anyway so it was worth making. No-one else liked it as a drink but I do!
And I got the pork belly marinating (with some help from FIL) ready to make pork rillettes.
I made mulled cider again which went down a treat that evening before we settled down for our film.
We enjoyed our Christmas Eve Box again this year but instead of Christmas PJs in the box, I bought us all Christmas jumpers. The film this year was The Santa Clause and Roz gave us a chocolate Christmas tree to enjoy during the film.
On Christmas day we all got up late (I managed to intervene just in time before FIL made his daily porridge as I had the surprise Christmas Porridge recipe just for him) and had breakfast. We had Christmas porridge and smoked salmon bagels and were so full we decided to leave the gingerbread pancakes for another day.
The cranberries were not artfully placed - the bag exploded when I opened it!
Gingerbread garland hung above the fireplace before all of their right hands broke!
After that we all got dressed before opening pressies. I like to get glammed up for Christmas day but still be comfortable. This maxi dress I bought in September was perfect! It's sparkly, glam and stretchy ;) I added more sparkle with my Anthropologie headband, the necklace Nik gave me for my birthday a few years ago and my Christmas bow ring again.
I had time to quickly ice and decorate my Christmas cake. This year I decided to ice it with cream cheese icing as it's my favourite and I'm not that keen on royal icing. I wasn't sure it would work with fruit cake but it does, I love it! I copied another Pinterest idea (I am so predictable but I find so much inspiration there!) for the decoration.
I was extremely lucky when it came to all the lovely gifts I received. We loved my secret santa present from Amanda M (more detail on all my secret santa presents coming soon, I was also matched with Anna K! Don't forget to send in your own reports if you received a gift - Susan has already sent hers in!), these gorgeous green champagne glasses.
Including an amazing green Stella McCartney bag (!) from Mum & Dad, gorgeous antique green amethyst ring from Nik (which I bought at the Christmas Fayre I went to recently), a scented candle and a fantastic trip to L'Enclume from the in-laws, gorgeous fluffy earmuffs from my brother and sister in-law, various lovely jewellery and little tasty bits n bobs, a chocolate recipe book from Tracy from baking club (extra fortunate for Nik as you know he's a major chocoholic!) and a dragonfly brooch from my brother (also bought at the Christmas fayre). Roz got me a perfume with lovely words on (see below) among other bits and a sparkly necklace, I got some super cosy slippers from Sarah.
Looks like you all had a great time. Love the photos! Haven't tried egg nog before either, but it looks really tasty, especially with the cherries, so it's definitely on the to do list for next year! Cat.


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