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Callaghan, Sarah and Ventouras, Spiros and Wrench, Charlie L (2003) Details of plans to make site diversity measurements using stentor. Other. UNSPECIFIED.
Callaghan, Sarah and Vilar, Enric (2003) Synthesis of Two Dimensional Rain Fields for Systems using Spatial Diversity. Other. UNSPECIFIED.
Davies, F and Collier, C and Bozier, K and Middleton, D (2003) Improved air quality forecasting report ISB52-04. Identification of key parameters for dispersion models. Technical Report. Crown Copyright, United Kingdom.
Davies, F and Collier, C and Holt, A and Middleton, D and Pearson, GN and Siemen, S and Willetts, DV and Young, RI (2003) Improved Air Quality Forecasting Report ISB52-06. Boundary Layer Measurements of Dispersion Model Parameters using Dual Doppler Lidar at Malvern, UK. Technical Report. Crown Copyright, United Kingdom.
Olsen, LM and Rossow, WB (2003) International satellite cloud climatology project (ISCCP): cd documentation. Documentation. NASA Langley Research Center.
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To make budgeting easier, YNAB has several keyboard shortcuts if you prefer that over your mouse or trackpad.
These shortcuts work on both Windows and Mac.
Attention Mac users! We've listed the CTRL key frequently in this article to create a shortcut. Be aware that on a Mac, you would use the CMD (⌘) key instead.
Up/Down or Tab/Shift+Tab: If a budget cell is highlighted, move the highlight up or down to the next budget cell.
In the budget cell or in the inflow and outflow columns on the register, pressing any of the arithmetic keys on a Mac (+,/, *, -), will bring up the calculator and act as if you had just clicked that button. If the cell is empty the minus sign will let you enter a negative number.
On Windows this works best on the number pad but you can use shift++ (to add), shift+* (to multiply), and type - and / directly to subtract or divide on the main keyboard.
More details about the calculator and how it functions can be found here.
These shortcuts bring up the calendar in the register and jump to the date shown if the date field is active.
Up and down arrow as well as + and - keys: add and subtract days from the date shown.
Also, if the date field gets blanked out you can quickly fill it in with today's date by tapping the period (.) key.
In the check number field, you can use the down arrow to go back to the previous check number. The up arrow and the + key goes to the next check number.
Pressing the letter C when highlighted on one or more transactions will toggle them back and forth from cleared to uncleared.
F2: If editing a cell in the budget, this drops down the list of auto-suggest possibilities.


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2nd Crash Renews Safety Concerns for Boeing's Prized New Jet
Dozens of airlines around the world have embraced the plane for its fuel efficiency and utility for short and medium-haul flights
By David Koenig	• Published at 6:54 pm on March 11, 2019
The second deadly crash of a prized new airplane in five months has renewed safety concerns about the 737 Max that could shape Boeing's fortunes for many years.
The 737 Max is the newest version of the 737, the best-selling airliner ever. Since debuting in 2017, Boeing has delivered more than 350 of them in several versions that vary by size.
Dozens of airlines around the world have embraced the plane for its fuel efficiency and utility for short and medium-haul flights.
Boeing has taken more than 5,000 orders for the various Max versions, and they constitute the largest share of the company's backlog of nearly 5,900 planes. They carry list prices from $100 million to $135 million, although airlines routinely get deep discounts.
The plane suffered its first fatal accident in October, when a 737 Max 8 operated by Lion Air plunged into the Java Sea, killing 189 people. Boeing bounced back, however, with little apparent effect on new orders.
However, the second deadly crash for a Max 8 on Sunday in Ethiopia, which killed all 157 people on board, could prove far more damaging if investigators find fault in Boeing's design or airlines and their passengers lose confidence in the jet.
Already airlines in Ethiopia, Mexico, China, Brazil, Argentina and Indonesia have temporarily grounded their Max 8s, in addition to Caribbean carrier Cayman Airways, Comair in South Africa, and Royal Air Maroc in Morocco.
Crucially, however, there was no outward sign that the influential U.S. regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration, would do the same.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said her department, which includes the FAA, was "very concerned" and monitoring developments around Sunday's crash. She said she met with acting FAA Administrator Dan Elwell to discuss the situation "and what are our possible paths forward." She didn't say whether the agency was considering grounding any planes.
It's unusual for authorities to take the step of grounding planes, and it's up to each country to set standards on which planes can fly and how those planes are maintained, said Todd Curtis, an aviation safety analyst who directs the Airsafe.com Foundation.
In the last major FAA recall, the agency grounded Boeing 787 passenger jets in 2013 after several instances in which lithium-ion batteries overheated. The plane was relatively new at the time. United was the only U.S. carrier affected, with six planes grounded.
Late on Monday, the FAA issued a statement saying that while others have drawn similarities between the Indonesia and Ethiopia crashes, the agency was not.
"This investigation has just begun and to date we have not been provided data to draw any conclusions or take any actions," the FAA said.
The FAA also said that no later than April it expects Boeing will complete changes, including new training for pilots in automated anti-stall technology that is suspected of playing a role in the Lion Air crash. Data released by Indonesian investigators indicates that pilots struggled unsuccessfully to counter the system, which repeatedly pointed the plane's nose down and may have sent it into a death spiral.
A consumer group, FlyersRights.org, urged the FAA to ground the Max 8.
"The FAA's wait-and-see attitude risks lives," said the group's president, Paul Hudson.
U.S. airlines repeated their belief that the plane is safe.
American Airlines, which operates 24 Max 8s, said it bases its judgment on collecting extensive data on its entire fleet, including the Max 8.
"We have full confidence in the aircraft and our crew members," the carrier's vice president of flight service, Jill Surdeck, said in a memo to employees.
Southwest Airlines operates the largest U.S. fleet of Max planes, with 34 Max 8s. Spokesman Brian Parrish said the airline remains confident in their safety. United has about a dozen Max 9s, which are slightly bigger than the Max 8.
Dozens of Max aircraft crisscrossed the skies over the United States on Monday, and passengers continued to board them and fly without incident. Passengers interviewed at Houston's Hobby Airport were keenly aware of the crash in Ethiopia. They expressed concern but no panic.
"I drive in Houston every day," said Brian Browder, who was waiting for a flight to Washington, D.C. "That's the place to be worried."
Still, Browder, who works for a construction-industry trade group and flies several times a month, said he would be "a bit apprehensive" about getting on a 737 MAX.
"They need to explain exactly what happened and why," he said.
Kelly Wells, a health care worker from Austin, believes a catastrophic accident is less likely to happen in the United States.
"Those pilots are very well trained to handle an emergency. I'm in capable hands," she said before a flight on Southwest, which operates the Max, although her flight was not among them.
Peggy Chang Barber, a lawyer for a Houston nonprofit who was on her way to New York, said U.S. airlines are "pretty vigilant" about maintenance and pilot training, and she won't be concerned "unless they find a fault with the plane."
It isn't clear yet whether the plane's technology played a role in the Ethiopian Airlines crash, or whether that accident is related to the deadly Lion Air accident on Oct. 29 in Indonesia.
Even if Boeing must make software or hardware changes to the plane, "it's nothing they can't get past, but it would be an expensive process," said Richard Aboulafia, an aviation consultant with Teal Group.
"Historically, (airlines) cancel orders because of (fuel) performance shortfalls or because somebody else gave them a discount — not because of safety," Aboulafia said.
The FAA stripped the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 of its airworthiness certificate after numerous safety problems including a 1979 crash in Chicago, yet it still outsold a rival plane made by Lockheed, he said.
Associated Press writers Christopher Bodeen in Bejing, Niniek Karmini in Jakarta, Indonesia, Cathy Bussewitz in New York, and Tom Krisher in Detroit contributed to this report.

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Christian Boarding Schools In Cambridge, Massachusetts – schools for troubled teens and alternative schools.
The schools in our directory are like inexpensive residential treatment centers that offer counseling to troubled teens in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They are designed for teens struggling with issues such as misbehavior, low self-esteem, minor drug abuse, oppositional behavior, trauma, or explusion from their local school.
Christian boarding schools near Cambridge, Massachusetts will provide teens outstanding therapy in a safe and caring environment. They help teens find restoration and healing in their life and in their relationships. Even though some may not be located near Cambridge, Massachusetts, the schools listed here are worthy of consideration due to their lower cost and exceptional success with teenagers who are struggling.
The boarding schools listed here have assisted thousands of families to find healing and hope again when their boy or girl has gotten off track. They offer multifaceted therapy that upholds families and family values. Most Christian Boarding Schools offer professional counseling for students, families and groups. They help teens heal their personal issues. Additionally, they make use of innovative therapies and offer spiritual guidance.
These schools believe in the power of relationships to touch lives. With that in mind, they have several mentors who live in the dorms with the teens and spend the days with them, participating in chores or enjoying activities together. It is during these commonplace moments that a great deal of meaningful conversation occurs. Few typical therapeutic boarding schools have such a powerful asset as these dedicated young men and women mentors.
Beyond the therapy and the relational environment on the campus, the schools listed here commit to giving teens a solid education as well. During their year in residential treatment, teens pursue credits in core subjects, focusing on mastery of foundational skills and material to fill in any academic gaps and prepare them well for their future.
All of these boarding schools are a real school, so that troubled teens enjoy the benefits of a normal high school experience during their treatment. Educational credits for students who leave before they graduate high school can be transferred, for an easier transition back to their former school in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The Christian boarding schools listed in our directory focus on the family and on the values cherished by the families they serve. Faith forms the cornerstone for everything they do, from the care to the fun and physical content of their daily program. They usually provide practical help to parents during family retreat weekends, in which parents are also given time and support to build the relationship with their teen. While the teen receives the majority of the direct care, entire families experience help.
We encourage you to look beyond Cambridge, Massachusetts, for help for your teenager. Few therapeutic boarding schools go so far to treat teenagers as a whole and to care for the entire family.
Contact us today to learn how families like yours, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and all over the country, are finding the care and help need from the therapeutic schools listed in this directory.
Thank you for discovering more about the boarding schools for teens that may or may not be located in Cambridge, MA.
Christian Boarding Schools Enroll Boys and Girls from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Should you need help finding boys homes, teen boarding schools, military school for troubled teens, or alternative schools, please let us know. This directory includes a list of the best Christian boarding schools, faith-based schools, and America's best religious boarding schools for troubled teens.


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Q: PHP: Fatal error: Uncaught PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000] I have a class named player that creates, deletes and controls if a player entity exists. In another file, I have the database connection with PDO and, finally, in third file I have the call to player class. Here's all the code:
file: player.php
<?php
    class player
    {
        private $pdo;
        private $network_id;
        public $color;

        public function __construct($pdo, $network_id, $color)
        {
            $this->pdo = $pdo;
            $this->network_id = $network_id;
            $this->color = $color;
        }

        public function create_player()
        {
            if(!$this->exists_player())
            {
                $sql = 'INSERT INTO players SET network_id = :network_id';
                $query = $this->pdo->prepare($sql);
                $query->execute(array(':network_id' => $this->network_id));
            }
            else
            {
                echo 'error';
            }
        }

        public function delete_player()
        {
            if($this->exists_player())
            {
                $sql = 'DELETE FROM players WHERE network_id = :network_id';
                $query = $this->pdo->prepare($sql);
                $query->execute(array(':network_id' => $this->network_id));
            }
            else
            {
                return -1;
            }
        }

        private function exists_player()
        {
            $sql = 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM players WHERE network_id = '.$this->network_id;
            $result = $this->pdo->exec($sql);

            if($result > 0) return true;
            else return false;
        }
    }
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file: test.php
<?php
   include './Php/db_connection.php';
   include './Php/player.php';

    $player = new player($pdo, 1112, 'red');

    $player->create_player();
?>

file: db_connection.php
 $pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost; dbname=myDbName', 'dbUtent', 'myPassword');
 $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

The thing is that when I call test.php, I get this error:
Fatal error: Uncaught PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 2014 Cannot execute queries while other unbuffered queries are active. Consider using PDOStatement::fetchAll(). Alternatively, if your code is only ever going to run against mysql, you may enable query buffering by setting the PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY attribute. in F:\Software\Coding_Development_Software\Server\wamp\www\myProject\Ajax\Cube\Php\player.php on line 21
All code is an exemple.
Any ideas?

A: The thing here is that you need to fetch until it fails for a row fetch attempt. In fact, your own exception is telling you the solution:
Consider using PDOStatement::fetchAll().  Alternatively, if your code is only ever going to run against mysql, you may enable query buffering by setting the PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY attribute. in F:\Software\Coding_Development_Software\Server\wamp\www\myProject\Ajax\Cube\Php\player.php on line 21

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Pretorius ponzi probe bubbles on
Publications: The Citizen
Date Publiched: 4 November 2013
Brokers who sold the investment products of the late Herman Pretorius were paid commission of "at least" R100m, the most recent letter from the curators of his failed investment scheme, the Relative Value Arbitrage Fund (RVAF), says.
It has been more than a year since Pretorius shot first his former business partner and then himself. The incident confirmed what some had already suspected: Pretorius had been running a massive Ponzi scheme. It has been estimated that the scheme took nearly R2.2bn from 3 000 investors.
The Financial Services Board (FSB) and the Financial Planning Institute (FPI) have launched investigations into brokers who peddled the scheme. But there has been no disciplinary action announced as yet.
Likewise the financial advice ombudsman Noluntu Bam has yet to issue a determination connected with a Herman Pretorius investment.
Earlier this year the RVAF identified Michal Calitz as one of the more prominent brokers. Calitz, who was a close friend of Herman Pretorius, received more than R15m from the scheme. Calitz is still a representative of Impact Financial Consultants CC, which is an FSB-authorised financial service provider and is listed as an FPI member.
The FPI says it is finalising charges against members in relation to the RVAF, but it will pronounce on the matter only once a December disciplinary hearing has been held.
The FPI's Disciplinary Regulations require publication of the outcomes of disciplinary hearings, but after finalisation only, it says.
The FSB says its own investigation into the Pretorius matter is not finalised; the "FAIS supervision department is still in a process of engaging with the identified financial services providers and other interested parties".
The RVAF's curators are trying to trace investor money that was moved by Pretorius to the UK and Switzerland.
Tags: FPI, FSB, Herman Pretorius, Julius Cobbett, Michal Calitz, Noluntu Bam, Ponzi, RVAF, the citizen
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Gerald Scarfe
Gerald Scarfe is one of Britain's most celebrated and distinctive artists, cartoonists and illustrators. His unmistakeable political cartoons have decorated the editorial pages of London's most prestigious Sunday newspaper, The Sunday Times, for more than five decades. For The Daily Mail he also contributed editorial reportage in the 1960s from around the world, including memorable illustrations of the war in Vietnam. The same decade saw his work appearing regularly in two of the country's most popular magazines, Private Eye and Punch, while he also contributed several of the most creative cover designs for Time magazine.
His journalistic and editorial work was merely the springboard for a life devoted to a dazzlingly diverse array of creative ventures. Over the course of his long and distinguished career, Scarfe's talent has been turned to many other media beyond the printed page, including television (where, among other commissions, he provided the unforgettable opening title sequence for the BBC comedy classic, Yes, Minister); theatre; opera; ballet; and cinema, notably his work as Production Designer on the 1997 Disney animation, Hercules.
His depictions of major British figures, past and present, were commissioned and exhibited by the National Portrait Gallery in 2003 – merely one of literally dozens of exhibitions of his work which have been staged since the late 1960s. He has been a regular broadcaster, most recently as the presenter of BBC Radio 4's Recycled Radio, and has also worked successfully as a film and TV director, a costume and set designer, and an author.
Among his many honours, he was awarded a CBE in HM The Queen's Birthday Honours in 2008; and he was also invited to design a set of postage stamps for The Royal Mail. Since the 1960s, his drawings have often been collected in book form, most notably in his pictorial autobiography, Scarfe by Scarfe (1986), which was made into a BBC film, and also Drawing Blood, published in 2005. But perhaps his most familiar and widely seen work has arisen from his frequent collaborations with the rock band, Pink Floyd, on whose career he left an indelible and unique mark.
In 2017 SFAE was honored to be selected to offer Gerald Scarfe's original works from Pink Floyd The Wall for sale to collectors for the first time ever. We hosted an extraordinary exhibition of nearly two dozen original artworks from the making of the album sleeve (1979), the live concert tour performances (1980-81), and the award-winning film (1982). Among the sales of original artworks we achieved from this collection is the highest price ever paid for a Rock & Roll related painting: The Scream, the image used internationally on the film's poster, sold for $1.85 million!
We continue to be the key representative of original artworks from Scarfe's remarkable personal archive. A selection of originals and a very special commemorative limited edition signed print are featured below. For more information on available artworks including many not shown please CLICK HERE to request digital (PDF) catalogs.
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A Terrifying Mother, 1980
As The Hammers March, The Gigantic Judge Dwarfs a Terrified Pink, 1981
Comfortably Numb, 1980
Education For What? No Jobs!, 1981
One Of The Frightened Ones, 1981
Original Storyboard for Pink Floyd The Wall, c.1981
The Gross Inflatable Pig, 1990
The Scream, 1981
The Teacher Walls Up The Innocent Children, 1979
The Wall Commemorative Edition, 2017
The Wife With Flaming Hair, 1979
The Wife's Shadow Looms Large Over A Terrified Pink, 1981


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Chris Speed
Chris Speed is a tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and composer, whose work ranges widely, from a jazz base out through various forms of folk, classical and rock music.
Affiliated with a bewildering variety of ensembles, he has been a prominent and influential voice in jazz and improvised music for almost three decades.
Speed was named the rising star clarinetist in Downbeat magazine for 2004 – 2006, was the recipient of a NEA composition grant in 1993, and in 2006 he created Skirl Records, a label dedicated to Brooklyn based creative music, now with over 50 releases. "As a document of the fertile Brooklyn scene, Skirl has few equals, skirting the boundaries between jazz, rock, electronic, classical and improvised music." AllAboutJazz


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Planning Ahead for Climate Change Protects Fish and Fisheries with Few Trade-offs, Study Says
As our climate warms, some marine species are moving northward, diving deeper or shifting their distribution in search of cooler waters, affecting fisheries and fishing communities. But uncertainty regarding whether the benefits of proactively planning for these shifts outweigh the costs has remained a barrier for some to incorporate climate change impacts into ocean plans.
NOAA's Climate Program Office Awards $48.7M to Advance Climate and Decision Support Science, Build Community Resilience
"From using machine learning to develop critical atmospheric datasets to creating an experimental system for rapidly assessing causes of extreme events, these new awards will expedite climate science discoveries and build the library of resilience solutions needed to protect all sectors of our economy and environment."
"Thermal displacement" reflects how far species must go to follow preferred temperatures
Marine heatwaves across the world's oceans can displace habitat for sea turtles, whales, and other marine life by 10s to thousands of kilometers. They dramatically shift these animals' preferred temperatures in a fraction of the time that climate change is expected to do the same, new research funded by NOAA's Climate Program Office shows.
Learn more about the Office's Fiscal Year 2021 grant competitions
NOAA Research's Climate Program Office (CPO) is pleased to announce that its Fiscal Year 2021 grant competitions are now open.
NOAA Research's Climate Program Office is pleased to announce that its Fiscal Year 2020 grant competitions are now open.


Brett Powell is the founder and owner of Frontline Analytics as well as the author of two well-received books by Packt Publishing – Mastering Microsoft Power BI and the Microsoft Power BI Cookbook. In addition to project and client engagement via Frontline Analytics, Brett regularly speaks at large technical events including the Power BI World Tour, Data & BI Summit Europe, and SQL Saturday Boston and New York. Brett also routinely authors technical blog posts on Insight Quest and is the co-organizer of the Boston Business Intelligence User Group.


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Uganda: Two trans women brutally attacked; one is missing
Posted by Kikonyogo Kivumbi on October 15, 2019 in Africa | 585 Views | Leave a response
Transgender women in Uganda are living in fear after a brutal attack on two trans women Oct. 12 in Kampala, which came amid renewed calls by some of the country's leaders for a new Anti-Homosexuality Bill. One of the women is missing.
From the African Human Rights Media Network
Photos show Zari's bruises (center) and her earlier appearance, with makeup (left and right)
By Kikonyogo Kivumbi
One of the trans women, known to the LGBT community as Nash, has been missing since the attack. Family members and friends have tried looking for her but to no avail as of 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
Another trans woman, Zari, also was badly beaten in the incident, which occurred in the Namasuba area, about 6 kilometres from Kampala City Center along the Kampala-Entebbe International Airport road.
Zari told Erasing 76 Crimes in Kampala that she has severe chest pains, bruises and sometimes coughs up blood.
After the beating, concerned passersby took her, unconscious, to a nearby clinic. She narrated that men wearing hood masks beat the two women for reasons they do not know. She had to leave hospital after a day to stay with a friend, Phillip, another trans woman, because she could not afford the hospital bills.
However, she had to leave after Philip's father returned home. Now she is moving from friend to friend as she slowly recuperates. Her family abandoned her after they learned that she is trans and a member of the Ugandan LGBT community.
Two police cases for assault by unknown persons and disappearance/missing person have been lodged at Namasuba police post (case reference SDREF18/13/10/2019 and S). But police are reluctant to investigate, claiming they lack fuel for their vehicles, although the police station is only about 300 metres from the scene of the attack.
Babu Ramathan, the executive director of Campus Liberty Uganda and a community paralegal officer attached to the Human Rights and Promotion Forum, told Erasing 76 Crimes Tuesday in Kampala that he is beginning to fear for the worst for the missing Nash.
Cases of abduction for ransom, murder and related crimes are rife in Kampala. Last year, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni outlined a 7 point security plan that has failed to curb insecurity.
Last year more than 50 women were murdered in Kampala and surrounding areas by unknown people. This led to a large women's protest and a petition to Ugandan parliament seeking improved security and an end to the murders. But the murders and kidnappings for ransom have persisted.
Diane Bakuruira, an LGBT activist with Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), joins other women in a protest march last year through Kampala city to protest women's murders. The killings and kidnappings continue. (UhspaUganda photo)
Appeal for assistance
Babu said that he appeals to whoever can help with medical bills and evacuation of Nash to help.
The Oct. 12 attack came eight days after the murder on Oct. 4 of Brian Wasswa, a young LGBT paralegal professional. A respected member of the LGBT community, he was found struggling for his life after he was brutally hacked in the head with a gardening hoe in his home in Jinja, about an hour's drive from Kampala City.
His attacker(s) left him to bleed to death from 10 deep cuts. Neighbors called for help and he was then rushed to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, and later died.
No one has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks, which come at a time when anti-gay officials are seeking to introduce a new anti-homosexuality bill in the Ugandan parliament that would provide the death penalty for homosexuality.
Human Rights Watch, among other human rights observers have called for a thorough investigation by Ugandan authorities into the murder of Brian Wasswa in a press statement issued today in Kampala
Kikonyogo Kivumbi, the author of this article, is the executive director of the Uganda Health and Science Press Association.
This article was corrected Oct. 15 to indicate that Zari was hospitalized and Nash is missing, as reported by Babu Ramathan.
Posted in Africa | Tagged Anti-Homosexuality Bill, attack, Human Rights Watch, Kampala, President Yoweri Museveni, Security Plan, Trans, trans attack, Transwomen, Uganda, Uganda Police


The bad road has stimulated corruption and bribery to incredible levels. Smugglers profit, government loses revenue and travelers voyage in agony.
The devastated National Highway No 8 that runs from Kumba in Meme Division to Mamfe in Manyu Division offers smugglers and transporters a safe route to dodge taxes while sneaking in contraband goods into Cameroon, said an administrative official.
The smugglers and transporters have tied a neat corruption knot with the forces of law and order that operate along the nearly 200-km highway.
Goods smuggled into Cameroon from Nigeria includes petrol, milk, yams and plastic products.
The infamous Kumba-Mamfe road is like a vein through which putrid blood flows. Apart from Manyu people who have reaped tremendous distress from the rundown road, Nguti people have mentally, economically and socially suffered the disfavor of fortune in an extreme degree. The mid-way town plays a delicate balance between Kumba and Mamfe, cut off from most of modern civilization amenities – electric power stops at Mile 12 in Ikiliwindi on the Kumba side and starts again at Tinto Junction on Mamfe side; water is a luxury and farm produce end mostly on the farms and homes.
Nguti produces so much food such as cassava and plantains but most of it does not reach the main markets outside the Sub-division.
"Even if the cassava reaches the state of transformation into garri, the production is limited by the lack of grinding machines," said an indigene.
According to the indigene, government is making a fool of Nguti and Nguti's misfortune affects largely farmers.
"Cocoa famers lose a lot of their crops to unscrupulous buyers who use faulty weighing scales," The Green Vision was told.
"From each bag of 65 kgs, a cocoa farmer can lose up to eight kilos," the indigene said.
Travelling to anywhere from Nguti is simply by chance and often a nightmarish experience.
"Travelers are always forced to sleep on benches in off-licenses whenever their vehicles break down or get stuck in mud," the Assistant Divisional Officer for Nguti, Jacob Amamukai, told The Green Vision.
"Sometimes, the owner of the off-license drives you away and removes his bench leaving you with a hard cold veranda," said Amamukai.
Businesspersons suffer in much the same way but with additional stress.
"During the rainy season, we pay up to 20.000 francs cfa to Kumba on a motorcycle. Subsequently, we are forced to double the prices of our commodities such as beer, which we may sell at 1.000 francs cfa," said Eyeni Davran.
Some Nguti natives say government is just not interested in developing the Kumba-Mamfe road, which has become a kind of devilish piece in an intricate political jigsaw puzzle cut out by self-serving politicians.
"Since sometime in 1986 or thereabout, Nguti has seen no prosperity. Even Manyemen that is a great deal smaller than Nguti is economically busier and socially livelier," said Arrey Bejong.
The Nguti natives and their neighbours from Manyu and Meme hope that whenever the road is tarred, the economy of the Sub-division will improve and the lives of the people will be lived at a better level.
"We shall be relieved from sleeping on the road," said Jacob Amamukai.
The Kumba-Mamfe road has been some sort of gem for political gimmicks. For the last 30 years or so, it has received unfulfilled promises of reconstruction and each promise has come and gone. As soon as one promise is forgotten, another one is quickly cooked up to replace it.
The President of the Nguti Youths and Development Association (NGUYOCUDA-BANE'EBUM) told The Green Vision that if, and when, the road is finally tarred, they will have left earth to heaven.
"Business, transport, social life will all change for the better," said Eyeni.
There are at least 15 bridges that were constructed sometime in the 1980s ahead of the construction the Kumba-Mamfe highway. They lie abandoned in the wilderness waiting for mortar and tar to connect them to the mysterious Kumba-Mamfe road.


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Search Engines is a movie starring Joely Fisher, Natasha Gregson Wagner, and Grace Folsom. Sanity and relationships are put to the test when mysterious circumstances force a family to survive the annual American Thanksgiving holiday...
Grace Folsom, Joely Fisher, Nicole Carmela, Natasha Gregson Wagner
Sanity and relationships are put to the test when mysterious circumstances force a family to survive the annual American Thanksgiving holiday without their cell phones.
Comments about comedy «Search Engines» (20)
Daniel Turner
Thursday, 02 Jul 2020 20:37
An excellent movie. I enjoyed it very much. I loved the plot and characters and the relationships between them. I really loved the parts where it was "light" and the dark parts. I think the acting was terrific and I would have liked to have seen a little more of Jamie Foxx and John Corbett. I think the way the director did it was really good. The ending was great. I thought it was a nice way to end a movie that had a really good plot. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes a good movie, whether it be a romance, comedy, drama, etc. It has lots of action and some scary parts, but it is not a movie to scare you, but it is a movie that is enjoyable.
This is the story of the couple whose life was forever changed by a small but powerful piece of Internet history. It's not a perfect movie, but it's not a bad movie either. It's a bit slow in places, but I found myself enjoying it. And it's one of the few movies that I found myself actually laughing at. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes the romantic comedy genre. For me, it's a 9/10.
I was a little leery of seeing this movie when I first heard it was coming out, but I decided to watch it and now I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. This is an exceptionally well done film. I think that I would be a little bit less disappointed if I hadn't read the book before seeing the film, so I am glad I did. I also think it is worth mentioning that the actors did a good job of portraying the characters. I think that my favorite character was Bobby ("Lurch") because he was so completely believable. I also like that they made the movie so much shorter, because I think it gave it a more timeless feel. If you haven't read the book, then this is not the movie for you. If you have, then I think you'll love it. I gave it an 8/10.
I have seen the movie several times and i just find it to be a great movie. As i have watched it, it has taught me a lot about our parents. We are more aware of the problems they face and we must learn to live in the same way. The movie has taught me a lot about the life of a father and how hard life is. It is more about the friendship between father and son than the friendship between father and son. It is about the life of a child and how hard life is. It is more about how children are, how they feel and how they act. I just like the movie and i think it is a great movie. I think it is a must see.
I am a 26 year old guy and I enjoyed the film. I think it was good. I watched it last night and it didn't feel like a horror movie but more of a drama. I think that's what the director was aiming for. I don't know if he succeeded, but I am sure he had a lot of fun creating the film. I don't want to give away the ending, but I would say it is not the worst ending that you could come up with. The movie was interesting and had a good story and plot to it. The cinematography was amazing and I can't wait to see the film again. I also liked how the movie started with the main character doing the most annoying thing in the world. It showed how selfish people can be and how they can get involved in the negative emotions they are feeling. It was a nice change and I recommend it to anyone.
Gerald Little
I enjoyed this movie. It had good comedy, good story, good acting, good soundtrack, and a good message. It didn't take itself too seriously, but it was a fun movie to watch. I liked the different story line. The ending was a bit surprising. My family really enjoyed it and it was a nice change from the usual comedies we get. My daughter has seen the original version, but she thought the new version was better. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes a light hearted movie with great performances, good music, and good message.
My favorite scene is the one when the boy gets his heart removed after being a patient of Dr. Portia. I have a lot of things to say about this movie. The characters are great, the story is so entertaining, and the actors are good. I'm surprised that I didn't know about this movie when it came out because it is so good. I like the idea of this movie and I think it is a really great idea. It is so interesting that this boy has to take a heart transplant when his life is in danger because his heart is being destroyed by a machine. I think it is really sad that a person can be so far away from their family. The heart transplant is really a big deal in this movie because it is not something you would see in movies. I think it is a really interesting idea that makes this movie great. It is really an amazing movie, and I really recommend it to anyone who loves movies. It is so funny and entertaining, and it is really a great movie.
Richard V.
I just returned from seeing this movie, and as an immigrant from the South I would say this movie is perfect for children and teens, it's a little bit for adults too. It's the story of a family who moved to America from their native country, so you can imagine how they feel at the end of the movie. I would say it's a good family movie, because it shows the characters in a very realistic way, like you really know the families and their needs. The characters are also very entertaining, because they are not cliche, but people with very real problems, and a lot of time and effort went into making them as real as possible. It's also a good movie for the adults, because it is very similar to the story in the "The Great Gatsby" movie, so it will not be a bad choice to watch this movie. I would say this is the best movie I have seen in a long time, it is very well made, and I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes family movies, but also to anyone who is a big fan of "The Great Gatsby" movie. I would recommend it to anyone who likes family movies, because it is the best movie ever.
I have always been a fan of the original movie, but it was hard for me to watch this version of it. This movie is one of those movies that reminds you of what is good in life. This movie is about a boy who works for a company called OpenMind, which is a company that is responsible for protecting the citizens of the world from terrorists. One day, a terrorist named Jaser Naser steals a bus, and the bus is attacked by terrorists, one of them is a terrorist named Jaser Naser. When the police can't find any evidence, they have to search for the boy. In the search of the boy, the police find that Jaser Naser is a terrorist. One day, a different terrorist named Moustapha Akkad, and he is also a terrorist. The boy decides to hide Jaser Naser, and he also hides Moustapha. But after that, Moustapha takes revenge for Jaser Naser and his mother. One day, Jaser Naser who is the terrorist of the bus is the victim of a terrorist attack. Jaser Naser now has to protect the boy who was attacked by Jaser Naser. This movie is very much good.
James Pearson
This movie was so incredibly moving and so funny. I've never been to a funeral, but I've been to a lot of funerals. I really appreciated how all of the characters in this movie were from the typical background. It was a very sweet and well-thought-out movie, and I'm glad it was even nominated for best picture, because I think that's a huge accomplishment.
Louis B.
This is a movie that you can watch at home, with a few friends, with the lights off, and with the lights on. That's what I did, and I really enjoyed it. The characters are all very likable, and the story is so simple and easy to follow, it's hard to dislike it. It's a movie that you can watch and forget it. It's got a great ending, and it's a great movie. This movie is definitely one of the best of the year. I rate this movie 8/10.
What a delightful movie this is! This is the type of movie that could have been made by two girls, or three, or a dozen, or a hundred. But this movie is so well-written, and so beautifully-crafted that it actually makes you wish you had that kind of time on your hands. All I have to say is that it is so great that I am going to watch it a second time! The writing is wonderful. The writing is in such a wonderful style that the style itself feels alive, like the story. I do not want to give too much away about the story, because that would spoil the experience. But it is a great story. I have never seen a movie that is so well-written that I can actually think of myself as an audience member, a character in the story, rather than just a spectator. My favorite part of the movie was when the two girls told the story of their childhood. It is so touching, and so realistic. The emotions that the two girls felt when they told that story are just so perfect that you can't help but feel it yourself. And the ending is beautiful, too. And the characters are wonderful. The actors are very well-casted, and they each have their own personality. There is something about the way the actors play the characters that makes you feel like you are watching two young women who have been through so much, and they are very lucky to be alive to tell their story. The movie has such a great cast. The cast is a mixture of so many different actors and actresses, so many different types of actors and actresses. The actors in the movie are so great and so nice and so nice, that they can easily be two or three different people at once. I was also happy to see that the movie was shot in a way that the actors were not the only thing in the movie. There is another aspect to this movie that I like to mention. When you watch a movie, you want to be able to tell the story through the characters. That is why I think the movie is so well-written. It really makes you feel like you are watching a real movie. And the best part is that the movie is so enjoyable. I do not want to give anything away. But I do want to say that the movie is absolutely a must-see. I am not the type of person who enjoys a movie that is a 2+ hour long movie. I prefer movies that are more like 2 or 3 hours long, because that gives me time to be with the characters, and it gives me time to think about what I am watching, rather than being bored with an action-packed movie. I am very pleased that I watched this movie. It is a beautiful movie, and I do recommend it to anyone who likes good movies. I think you will not be disappointed.
Diana Hart
I have not been a huge fan of comedy movies in the past. This one made me laugh so hard, that I cried. One of my favorite movies of all time. I would recommend it to anyone!
Samuel G.
This film was the surprise of the year. I was not expecting a lot and I am glad that I chose it. This film is great for families with children and teenagers. It is great for children who are afraid of germs and germs are scary. It is great for the family. It is great for the teen that is scared of germs. I loved this film and I recommend it to everyone.
George P.
I thought that this film was so beautiful and it was really good. The plot was really good. I really liked the characters in the movie. The movie was really good and it was worth to watch it. I really liked the scenes. The actors did a really good job in this movie.
A very entertaining movie that gives a good message about love and it's importance. A family needs to spend more time together and less time with work or with each other. Kids need to have more time to play and not be distracted by homework or TV. There are many parents that are not very active in their kids lives and are not so active in their own life. These parents can be very neglectful and are not very loving. Parents can also be irresponsible and use their kids to do their work. A good message to a parent that would like to make a change to a parent that is neglectful of their kids.
As a big fan of this film, I thought it would be great to watch this again. I can't think of a single problem with this film, it's a gem and a heartwarming story. I think that this is what all of the big "kids" films are lacking nowadays. A film with heart and emotional scenes, and with great characters and an optimistic ending. This is a family film with a heart and an optimistic ending. I hope more films like this are made.
It is the year 2007 and I live in Germany, and as you probably already know, every year the German people vote for the best movie. The popular vote is for the best movie in each category. Every year this year the German people decide for the Best Foreign Movie, and the winner is Germany's answer to "The Lord of the Rings". The movie has received some good reviews in the press, but it was not well received in the theaters. The movie is about a woman named Krista who is the main character, and it is a very funny movie. The movie is about her troubles in finding a job and living in a small town. The movie is full of humor, and it is funny every time you watch it. The movie is very romantic, and it is full of love, love, and love. This is a very funny movie, that is highly recommended for all ages. The movie is full of wonderful actors, and it is very entertaining to see it. I highly recommend this movie, and I am sure you will love it as well. 8/10
Bruce B.
I really enjoyed this film, but it's not the kind of film that I'm usually drawn to. That being said, I really liked the story line and the way the film was filmed. The setting of California was very well suited to the story, and the entire cast was great. All the actors did a good job. I think the only reason I could not give this film a higher rating is because of the children who weren't quite as appealing as I would have liked. The adults in the film did a good job, too. I think the only reason I could give this film a higher rating is because of the ending. I really don't know what to say about the ending. I can't remember why I enjoyed it so much, and I've seen the film over ten times. I think I would have liked it better if it ended differently. I recommend this film to anyone who likes a good family film.
Jane Tran
This film is entertaining. I think it's important to note that this movie was made for children and I think that's the main reason it's not rated PG-13. If you look at this film for the content, you'll find it's somewhat crass and crude. However, if you look at the plot, you'll see it's very engaging and the writing is good. The writing isn't as clean as other films that have come out recently and I think that's what makes the film appealing. It's not a great film, but it's a fun and engaging film that is appropriate for children. This is a film that I would recommend. I give this film 8 out of 10.
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Clink used to be a new robot, but now he is dusty and squeaky. Even his ability to make toast and play music doesn't attract the children anymore. Instead they want newer robots with retractable arms or the ability to bake cookies. When Clink tried to be like the newer robots, it never worked well. Finally Clink just gave up and hid himself away. A long time later, a boy came to the shop and wasn't interested in any of the new robots. As the boy left the store, he played a song on a harmonica. When Clink heard the music, he came to life. He began to sing and then to dance. But just as he caught the boy's attention, a spring popped free and hit the boy right in the face. Had Clink lost his chance to finally find a home?
DiPucchio has created a world where robots are cool but only if they are new. Her writing is long enough to really describe a full world. The book reads aloud easily and has a great built-in appeal with the charm of Clink himself on the cover and the robot theme.
Myers helps visually build the world that DiPucchio describes so well. His depictions of the new robots are just as whimsical as Clink himself. I especially enjoy the hair-cutting robot that moves around on a broom and the cookie-baking robot that wheels around on a rolling pin. Myers uses bright colors and deep colors together. He manages to make the robots feel physical and real.
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All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel by Dan Yaccarino
Yaccarino tells the story of several generations of his Italian family in this picture book. The book starts with his great-grandfather who grew up in a farm in Sorrento, Italy. He headed for America in search of new opportunities, leaving his parents behind. His father gave him a little shovel, reminding him to work hard, but remember to enjoy life. His mother told him to never forget his family. As time goes on, Michael and his descendants used the small shovel in a variety of ways. Michael used it at his first job in America to scoop flour and sugar. When he opened his own pushcart, he used it to measure dried fruits and nuts. His son Dan used the little shovel in his market. His son Mike used it to pour salt on the icy sidewalks in front of his barbershop. And now Dan, the author of the book, worked hard himself and uses the shovel to on their terrace to grow fruits and vegetables.
I love the use of the symbol of the shovel to tie the different generations together. Additionally, the ways that the shovel is used by different people add an interesting piece to everyone's story. Yaccarino has created a vibrant picture book from his heritage that is warm, friendly and intriguing. His writing contains just enough detail to be interesting and to evoke a specific time, but not too much for the young audience.
Yaccarino's illustrations have a wonderful graphic nature to them that is fresh, modern yet evokes the past clearly. Watching the features of the family change from one generation to the next is a treat. The illustrations are filled with color to the edges of the page, making for a bright, complete world.
A great pick to use with youngsters learning about their family tree, this book would also make a good place to start off family conversations. Appropriate for ages 5-8.
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Beaumont has created a text that reads aloud beautifully. It has a rollicking rhythm and a pattern that repeats again and again. This makes it ideal for toddlers and young preschoolers, who will enjoy the repetition. The humor of the text is delightfully simple, made from the silliness of animal noises and interruptions.
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Add this to any farm story time or any bedtime story times you do. It will be enjoyed by small children with big senses of humor looking to avoid going to bed. Appropriate for ages 2-4.
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What does a daredevil look like? What traits must they embody? Take the first person who ever went over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Who do you think that person might be? I'll bet you didn't think of a retired charm school teacher named Annie Edson Taylor. She decided to try for fame and fortune through her stunt. So she had a custom-made barrel designed and created, riding it over the falls in 1901. This picture book follows her through her decision, preparations, over the falls, and then how her chance at fame turned out. It is a book that explores fame, courage, and stereotypes.
Van Allsburg's writing is rich, offering more text than is usually found in a picture book. His picture books tend to have more text and be aimed at an older audience than general picture books, so this is exactly in the vein of his previous work. The writing offers readers a glimpse into Annie's though process as she changed from teacher to daredevil. So much of the story would have been lost without the writing to carry it.
Of course any Van Allsburg book is about the illustrations. He captures moments of inspiration, times of disappointment and anger, and also what a person's face would look like as they go over Niagara Falls. There is a beauty to this feisty woman who would not stop because of derision from those around her. Van Allsburg reveals her as a real heroine in his book, creating incredible moments of tension in his art.
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Engle's latest historical novel in verse explores piracy in the Caribbean Sea in the 1500s. It is the story of Quebrado, a fictionalized character, who is a slave aboard a pirate ship. Also on the ship is Alonso de Ojeda who has been captured. That ship, owned by real historical figure Bernardino de Talavera, becomes shipwrecked. The story is populated by people from history, but told primarily through the voice of Quebrado. It is a pirate story that removes the swashbuckling glamour and tells the bitter truth about what piracy was.
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Legendary 'Black Widow' Killed Husbands For Insurance Money
High Point Enterprise (NC)
April 07-- Apr. 7--HIGH POINT -- You've probably heard stories about "the one that got away."
Sometimes it's a tale about a big ol' bass that a fisherman claims he had on his line, but the lunker somehow managed to escape. Other times it's a lovelorn guy or gal lamenting the loss of "Mr. Right" or "Miss Perfect" in a romantic relationship gone awry.
In this case, though, "the one that got away" takes on a whole new meaning -- it refers to a High Point man who, more than 60 years ago, very nearly found himself on the victim list of a black-widow serial killer.
The year was 1954, and in late November, a most unusual story made national headlines when a 49-year-old grandmother named Nannie Doss confessed -- actually, she "cheerfully confessed," according to newspaper accounts -- to murdering four of her five husbands by giving them rat poison.
Newspaper photographs showed the harmless-looking woman actually smiling and sometimes laughing -- even as she was being interrogated or taken into custody -- which led to the press nicknaming her "The Giggling Granny" and "The Jolly Black Widow." Don't let her sweet, grandmotherly countenance fool you, though -- in reality, Nannie was a cold-blooded murderess who, in addition to the four husbands she admittedly bumped off, was also accused of killing seven more people, including two of her own children, her two sisters, her mother, a grandson and a mother-in-law.
According to newspaper accounts, only the first of her five husbands, an Alabama man named Charles Braggs, had managed to free himself from the notorious black widow's wicked web. He divorced Nannie, claiming he didn't trust her and that the food she cooked for him "didn't taste right." In fact, two of their four daughters had died very young of suspected food poisoning -- and it was later suspected that Nannie was the one who'd done the poisoning.
The four husbands Nannie poisoned died in 1945, 1952, 1953 and 1954, and in each case the grieving widow collected insurance money. And had she not finally been caught in 1954, she apparently had plans to strike again. Even as the last of her husbands lay on his deathbed -- the victim of a dish of arsenic-laced stewed prunes -- Nannie was already corresponding with a new potential husband she'd met through a lonely-hearts club.
As you can imagine, news of this cold-hearted granny sent shock waves throughout the country, but her trail of dead husbands was of particular interest here in North Carolina.
For one thing, Nannie's third husband was Lexington's own Arlie Lanning. As with some of her other men, she'd met Lanning through a lonely-hearts club, married him only days after meeting him, and lived with him in Davidson County -- right up until the day she sprinkled arsenic on his food and killed him. Nannie was also accused of killing Lanning's mother, Sarah Lanning, and her own mother, Lou E. Hazel, both of whom are buried in Davidson County.
Also, Nannie's next potential husband -- the one she'd been corresponding with when she was arrested -- lived in Goldsboro.
And here in High Point, there was yet another twist to the strange tale -- a local man who had dated Nannie, but managed not to eat any of her rat-poisoned delicacies.
On Nov. 29, 1954 -- as newspapers across the country reported the news of Nannie's arrest -- The High Point Enterprise published a scoop no other newspaper had: The previous year, Nannie had dated a High Point man, and she apparently had tried to marry him. The news of her arrest must've sent cold shivers down his spine.
"I'm the luckiest man in the world," 50-year-old Coy Foust told The Enterprise, looking at a couple of snapshots of Nannie he still carried in his billfold.
According to Foust, he met Nannie in 1953 while he was working in Lexington, and they dated off and on for about six months. During that time, Nannie asked Foust to marry her on numerous occasions, he said, but he always turned her down.
"I had $2,500 worth of life insurance," Foust told The Enterprise, "and it looks like now they might have had to pay off on it if I had married her."
At the time, though, Foust never suspected he was dating a serial killer.
"I never thought anything bad about her," he said. "She was nice to me."
Of course, she was probably nice to the other men, too ... until after they had tied the knot.
Nannie eventually pleaded guilty to killing the last of her husbands and received a life sentence, which she served at the state penitentiary in Oklahoma, where the crime occurred. She would live out the rest of her days there, dying of leukemia in 1965, at the age of 60. She apparently had been a model prisoner, spending her time attending church services and working in the prison laundry -- the only place she was permitted to work.
"When they get short in the kitchen, I always offer to help out," she told a newspaper reporter in 1957, "but they have never let me work there."
With that, "The Jolly Black Widow" couldn't help but grin.
That was so like Nannie. Right up until the end, she always had a killer sense of humor.
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Ugh! I could not watch the Bionic Woman again tonight. I had to read some stupid book called Pride & Prejudice for a book report due Monday. I don't understand these old fashioned novels or the way this lady writes, and besides, I'll never use this stupid stuff anyway!
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THE BIONIC WOMAN 3x17
SHARK AND SENSIBILITY
This week Jane Austen guest blogs and attempts to make sense of this deep disappointment.
Oh the pain, the pain... Aside from a few nice scenes with Jaime and some wardrobe treats this week (which I'll include at the end), this episode was so uninteresting, I actually found myself fast forwarding through some scenes. So I decided to take the week off and just throw Jane Austen into the water to review this one.
Blame it on the fabulous miniseries Downton Abbey which is currently airing on PBS. Okay, it's Georgian era instead of Victorian, but it has put me in a period drama mood, and Deadly Music put me in a bad mood, so I have decided to smash them together in my brain as a new writing assignment and explore what might happen if Jane Austen met Jaime Sommers.
A (reluctant) review
The Bionic Woman's Deadly Music
(With apologies to Ms. Austen, edited Nov. 1, 2015 to update wardrobe.)
Dear People of Blonde Locks and Mechanical Limbs,
In the opening chapter of what you Americans refer to as a 'television show,' Miss Sommers is seen wearing a very peculiar bowl shaped hat and large spectacles, and jumps out of a giant bird flying in the sky. Since the lady attempts to land with nothing but the benefit of a bed sheet to soften her fall, it is little wonder she is injured in this descent.
I was struck, however, how this metaphorically resembled a new sister being dropped by a stork into a reputable family, which is how we are instructed to properly explain the act of procreation (and TV series spin-offs) whenever tutoring children.
As the story of Miss Sommers' past continued, I had difficulty ascertaining what was going on at the hospital after her misfortunate fall, where the attending physician appeared to be attaching mechanical limbs to Miss Sommers, and proceeded to insert a tiny sixpence coin into her ear.
In my time, all illnesses and injuries were easily cured by the simple act of bloodletting. I'm quite certain this Dr. Wells had no idea what he was doing here, especially since, upon her recovery, Miss Sommers was only able to move in slow motion.
Miss Sommers was ten minutes late for her story this evening. In addition to missing a timepiece, the young lady also apparently does not employ a maid or cook, therefore she must prepare her own food, plus that of her companion dog named Max.
She had a very lovely cottage on the edge of a country estate called "Ojai" and a horseless carriage that was not a Mercedes Benz.
A tall gentleman by the name of Mr. Goldman paid a call on Miss Sommers, but we soon learned it was not entirely a social visit. I found it rather shocking that Miss Sommers did not practice her manners and offer him tea and biscuits before they sat down to converse. This Mr. Goldman, who appears to be some sort of an uncle to the lady, was requesting she travel with him to a sea port to assist his company with some underwater bathing.
When they arrived at the ship, Miss Sommers was immediately and unabashedly flirtatious with the ship's Commander Kimball, a gentleman with whom she had formed a previous attachment, having made his acquaintance at a ball in Washington two years earlier.
I have been instructed to coyly refer to him as "Not!Steve 3.6, the Navy Captain Kangaroo," which I would like to revise to read "Not!ColonelAustin," since one should never address a gentleman by his first name, especially when we have not yet been properly introduced. (I feel it warrants clarification that Colonel Austin is of no relation to me, Jane Austen, by deviation of a vowel.)
Apparently Miss Sommers and Colonel Austin, a man of exceptional, artificial strength and reputation, were once engaged to be married, but their romantic attachment became interrupted when Miss Sommers suffered a series of difficult headaches, which—had they been properly treated with bloodletting—might not have resulted in her loss of all memories associated with their accord.
I am, in all honesty, a bit puzzled as to why this incident of unrequited love is not addressed in a more prominent fashion in this story. It bears noting that nearly 200 years after my own death, my bestselling novels that tell timeless tales of romance remain on the NY Times bestseller list, and I continue to enjoy an upsurge in fame and fortune (which I am sadly unable to spend anymore).
So if I might be so forward as to address the masters of this television series with regard to why this romance saga between Miss Sommers and Colonel Austin is effectively ignored, I feel I ought to offer a bit of professional advice: You idiots, people love this sh*t.
Mr. Goldman soon left the company of Miss Sommers on the naval ship, which meant she was without a proper chaperone during her sea mission with these sailors. Shocking behavior indeed!
However, they set about with their plan to place something on the ocean floor for Mr. Goldman, and Miss Sommers thusly retired to change into something more suitable for bathing in the ocean.
But oh my goodness! Miss Sommers' swimming attire was entirely inappropriate for a lady, who should be properly fitted with bloomers for such an occasion! Instead she was adorned in a very form fitting red undergarment with some sort of breathing tank attached to her back. This accessory seemed to be heavy and very tightly strapped, but I suppose it was no more uncomfortable than a laced corset undergarment, which was also glaringly absent from her wardrobe this evening.
Whilst swimming, Miss Sommers has an unfortunate run-in with a shark underwater and punches him in the face. I ask, is this the proper conduct of a lady?
While I enjoy a good fish stew now and again, it seemed rather forward of her to engage a fish in this manner, especially when in the company of gentlemen who are far better suited for the sport of fishing.
It seemed several of the "divers" were unknowingly wearing a special brooch, which appeared to be causing the sharks to pursue them with aggression. Miss Sommers, indeed a very smart woman, soon ascertained the source of the danger and removed the brooches to be sent back to the jeweler at once for defective workmanship.
In the last chapter, when the sharks were all driven off, Miss Sommers (at last wearing a very agreeable gown) and Commander Kimball were seen together taking a turn on the ship's deck. But once again, without the benefit of a proper chaperone, and I fear her reputation of virtue is now lost completely!
But I must acknowledge the Commander was indeed quite handsome in his regiment uniform, and as Miss Sommers was once engaged to Colonel Austin, she appears to have a romantic weakness for officers in military service to the King.
Given the title of this story, I was mislead that we did not get to hear any "music" —deadly or otherwise—during the course of this adventure. All I could hear was a dreadful screeching noise. Is this what you Americans call music? I expected we might at least be treated to a few measures on the pianoforte, as I so enjoy this type of social entertainment, especially when it's the talents of Mr. Darcy's sister.
With grave disappointment, I must observe that your American telly has completely shunned all proper decorum of Victorian society. In addition, if this is an accurate sampling of modern entertainment, the stories in your era move most dreadfully slow. I haven't been this bored since I took tea one afternoon with Mr. Bingley's pale, disagreeable sisters.
Lastly, I was quite put off by the fact there was no wedding ceremony at the end. How could there be a happy future for a woman unless she is married to a respectable gentleman by a minister from the local parish, with dowries properly settled between families? I'm afraid this American society will never work. You people need a good bloodletting.
Except for Miss Sommers. I found her a very pretty and likable woman, even with her mechanical limbs.
Miss Jane Austen
FASHION HIGHLIGHTS
Behold what saved this episode from sinking completely. A few outfits made a return appearance from an earlier episode, but count them... 5 awesome costume changes!
In her first scene, Jaime wore a green velour short outfit with green knee socks and white tennis shoes—almost identical to the purple outfit in Martians.
Then when she arrived at the ship, she had on a nice, lavender cowl neck shirt layered with a long purple cable knit sweater, scarf and knit cap. We only got a short glimpse but it looked like she wore dark, bell bottom slacks with this.
Later it was the return of her fab Old Navy™ Pea Coat from Escape to Love and Iron Ships, with jeans and an ecru cowl neck sweater. Loved the gray wool hat here, too! For her adventures in Sharknado™ —a red scuba diving wet suit. And then in the final scene,
a repeat of the lovely dress from Escape to Love with a purple flower hair barrette.
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What qualities should and must a good ruler have when ruling over people?
A partial explanation can be found in the words of John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States. "No government is better than the men who compose it," he said. Since even the most gifted politician is imperfect, every government that humans set up is doomed to failure.
Actually, God never intended for humans to rule themselves. In order to enjoy perfect government, humans need more than just government by supermen. They need theocracy, government by God.
The bible confirms that very soon all human governments will be destroyed and a righteous government will rule Daniel 2:44.
When God brought the Hebrews into the promised land He told them how to run a Utopia: no central government, not to be like the nations, laws applied only in cities according to the needs of each city. The Hebrews were prosperous, peaceful, free of crime, and invincible in war. Likewise for the people known to the Romans as Germanicus, the Dutch empire, and the American colonies. Each of them lasted about 150 years and then the people threw away their freedoms and demanded a central government to take over all their responsibilities, and they never wanted them back for any reason. In every case they eventually were conquered, or collapsed from within. It seems to be a flaw of human nature. Mankind is unable to self govern in numbers larger than a small city, and even cities don't have a great record of success.


The achiote tree or shrub, native to South America and the Caribbean, has heart-shaped leaves and a spiny heart-shaped seed pod that contains the annatto seed. The red pulp and tiny red seeds have been used historically as paint and dye. It's currently used as a colorant in many commercially prepared foods, including cheese, butter, candy, and smoked fish.
Annatto seed has a subtle bay-juniper flavor that's favored in meat dishes throughout South America and the Pacific. Philippine cuisine takes full advantage of the annatto seed, incorporating it into all kinds of stews, sauces, and fried foods.
The seeds themselves are very hard, and when ground, still tend to add a touch of grit to a recipe. The most efficient method of incorporating annatto seeds is to first cook them in oil, strain out the seeds, and use the oil. Another way to incorporate annatto is to use a commercially prepared paste, called achiote paste.
Both the seeds and the paste can be found easily in Latin American markets or in the ethnic aisle of better supermarkets.
This dish can be frightening to those who don't enjoy spicy heat. But tell them to relax. It's more spiced than spicy.
In a small saucepan over low heat, combine oil and annatto seeds and cook, stirring, until oil is red and aromatic, about 10 minutes. Cool and strain off and discard seeds.
In a large bowl combine annatto oil with garlic, onion, oregano, cumin, allspice, bay leaves, peppercorns, orange zest and juice, lime zest and juice, and vinegar. Stir well to combine.
Put rinsed chicken pieces into a large plastic zipper bag. Pour in marinade and seal the bag. Massage marinade into meat and refrigerate for 4 to 6 hours. Grill or sauté the chicken over low heat, or roast in a 400˚F oven, until the skin is crispy and the internal temperature reaches 180˚F, about 10 minutes per side. You could also roast the chicken at 400˚F for 45 to 60 minutes.


My Dad always says there's a reason fishing is called fishing instead of catching. While not a stranger to freshwater lake fishing, my first time deep sea fishing was, well, a fishing trip and not a catching trip.
In years past, Kwaj fishermen tell me the fish used to be plentiful here, and they would almost never come back disappointed. More recently, an increase in the number of commercial fishing vessels licensed to operate in the Marshall Islands (e.g., Japanese, Chinese, American) has led to a decrease in success for the locals.
To some extent the fishing in the Marshall Islands depends on the time of year. Not that we really get seasons here, but some fish migrate to (or come from) other parts of the world that do.
After living on Kwajalein for almost two years, a few of the regular fishermen invited me out on a boat to finally go fishing one morning in early April.
It was towards the end of Mahi Mahi season, so they told me, but we still thought we might catch one or two and probably some tuna and/or Ono (aka Wahoo). Two of these guys had been boasting for a while that they went out fishing almost every weekend for the last two years (when they got here), and ALWAYS caught at least one fish. One of them had even recently acquired a giant cooler that was perhaps twice the size of the coolers available to rent at the small boat marina, and got me a small pair of gloves to borrow so that I could pull in one of the hand lines.
The regular setup these guys have is two large poles and two hand lines, one on each side of the stern of the B-boat (the 22-foot twin-engine powerboats available for rent on Kwaj).
We set out trawling up the west reef of the atoll, anywhere from about a half-mile away from the islands to a mile or two out in the ocean (the rental boat limit is 3 miles oceanside). As you can probably guess from the build up, we tried our best and occasionally changed lures, but ultimately came away skunked. I didn't feel too bad as it was still a nice morning out, but the guys felt terrible ("first time!") and dreaded the "walk of shame" up the dock with an empty cooler and no fish to clean.
Once back at the marina, we were slightly consoled by the fact that the most any of the other boats caught was three. Sadly we couldn't even say we got a hit on a line but the fish got away.
The next weekend, I had to go with them again and hopefully actually catch something.
As soon as we went outside SAR Pass (the nearest ocean pass, on Kwaj's west side), we came across a huge pod of spinner dolphins!!
I was thrilled to the core, and kneeled down at the bow of the boat to try to get close up shots (sadly with just my cheap point-and-shoot as I didn't risk my DSLR). I had seen dolphins once or twice before from the shore, but they were always a ways off. The spinner dolphins we have here like to jump out of the water and spin around their long axis, which can make quite the show if there are a few showing off.
I had heard people say that the dolphins seem to love powerboats, and swim right alongside the boat, but I had never witnessed this until that day. Surrounded by an estimated 150 or so dolphins, I knew the day was going to be a good one. The water was literally THICK with them, and they liked to get right up under us and so close that I was a bit afraid for them, but they were fearless. That right there made the trip for me.
Not long after the dolphins disappeared, rather as suddenly as they appeared, we got a hit on one of the hand lines, and to our delight brought in a Mahi Mahi.
Excited to have the monkey off our back, we were in high spirits but still had to wait a while before our next bite.
This time we brought in an Aku (Hawaiian name for a Skipjack Tuna) on one of the poles. Akus are quite feisty, and as soon as one of the guys tossed it in the cooler, it started rapidly vibrating and making quite the racket, especially with all that space.
After trawling around for a while and changing lures again, we suddenly got a hit from a marlin!! One of the guys started to reel in the pole, but it was just playing with us and got away. After another minute, it hit a handline. Our boat driver even saw it crest the water, so we knew for sure it was a marlin.
Sadly the marlin never did take a good bite, so we lost it, but it sure gave us some excitement for a few minutes. We even saw its bill frayed the end of the hand line, which was interesting.
We finally had to head back to the marina as our boat's rental time was up. While the guys might have been a little disappointed we didn't have much more luck than just the two fish, after the previous week we were glad to have at least caught something for dinner.
I had another wonderful day, from the dolphins, to the fish we caught, to the excitement of the marlin, to another fine day with friends, and a most delicious grilled fish dinner outside on a lovely tropical evening!
For a few more photos of the fishing adventure, see my Kwajalein Atoll Fishing Flickr set.
It's from Wake Island; I befriended a couple of the TDY pilots last year and they were going to fly me up there for a few hours but it didn't work out, so they brought back a few shirts instead!


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Today's Article - Smooth Criminal
This article is for quizzes on Thursday January 14th...
"Smooth Criminal" is the seventh single from American recording artist Michael Jackson's 1987 Bad album. The song contains a fast-paced beat intertwined with Jackson's lyrics about a woman named Annie, who has been violently attacked in her apartment by a "smooth" assailant. First broadcast on television as a video in early October, it was released as a single on October 21, 1988, and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Smooth Criminal" is a song written by Jackson and co-produced with Quincy Jones. Two early versions of the song were written in 1985 and the original demo was recorded in 1986. The first song was called "Chicago 1945" which evolved into "Al Capone" (which was later released on the 25th anniversary edition of the album).
The refrain of the song contains the phrase "Annie, are you OK?" This is a phrase used in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training courses, and Michael Jackson is known to have taken a CPR course. Resusci Anne, otherwise known as "Annie" in English-speaking countries, is the name of a mannequin commonly used in CPR training. As part of the course, trainees are taught to say "Annie, are you OK?" to the dummy in order to check that the patient is conscious and responsive
In the music video, Michael Jackson and the dancers immediately around him perform a seemingly impossible forward lean. To accomplish this maneuver, a hitching mechanism which Jackson co-patented was built into the floor of the stage and the performers' shoes, thereby allowing performers to lean without needing to keep their centers of mass directly over their feet. The system consists of pegs that rise from the stage at the appropriate moment and special shoes with ankle supports and cutouts in the heels which can slide over the pegs and be temporarily attached to the stage.
In the patent, it is stated that the illusion in the music video was achieved by means of harnesses and cables which had to be connected to and disconnected from the floor by stagehands, a claim that is inconsistent with the footage itself in which shiny objects resembling pegs later used in live performances appear from underneath the dancers' shoes as the illusion is concluded
Today's Article - Smooth Criminal Reviewed by Quizmaster Trivia on Thursday, January 14, 2016 Rating: 5


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LAIE, Hawaii – BYU-Hawaii men's and women's soccer looked to give back to the community and its supporters by holding a clinic for the American Youth Soccer Organization and a fireside over the past week.
With almost 200 children in attendance on Saturday, the Seasiders were able to conduct drills and teach skills to aspiring soccer players.
"The kids were enjoying themselves," BYU-Hawaii head coach Dan Dümmar said. "All the athletes participated and I heard a lot of positive feedback. It was just for service to the community. We wanted to let the community to know who we were and try to help out and get a connection there."
Following two wins at the Academy of Art in San Francisco on Tuesday, the Seasiders headed to the California Berkley Institute to hold a fireside.
"Missionaries and investigators were present along with lots of young adults from Berkley," Dümmar said. "Several young adults told us it was 'the best church meeting they had ever attended.' Such a great experience."
Afterwards Dümmar also received a note of thanks from their host of the event. The Seasiders continue their road trip on Thursday at Notre Dame de Namur in Belmont, California.


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A Jazz Christmas with Frank Unzueta! Join Frank Unzueta for a great night of Christmas favorites with his trio including music from A Charlie Brown Christmas and Le Jazz Hot arrangements with special guest jazz violinist Dan Weinstein!


A recent article in the Jerusalem Times is once again showing the world how desperate Israel is to get rid of Iran, a desperation that is very similar to America's desperation to get rid of Saddam Hussein back in the early 2000s. Let's take a look at the recent news item followed by an analysis.
"New satellite images of an area in northwestern Syria show the establishment a new Iranian surface-to-surface missile (SSM) factory which may house weapons capable of striking Israel.
You'll note that in the first two sentences, the author uses the conditional words "may" and "purport".
"According to ImageSat, some of the structures at the site which is involved in the manufacturing and assembly facility of different SSM types have similar visual characteristics as structures built at SSM facilities in Parchin and Khojir in Iran.
"Therefore, it is probable that the same elements are responsible for their planning and construction," ImageSat wrote in their analysis, adding that the facility is in its final stages of construction and will likely be completed by early 2019.
Again, note the use of "similar", "probable" and possible" and the "fact" that these facilities could be used to attack Israel directly.
And, as we all know, despite Washington's best efforts, Iraq had no program to expand its inventory of weapons of mass destruction, no matter what the annotated satellite photos "purported" to show.
You have to love the line "You know they're nervous, you know they're frightened. Bullies are always frightened when someone stands up to them and you've stood up to them." when referring to Iran's leadership. The irony of who is really the bully seems totally lost on Mr. Giuliani and, presumably, on Benjamin Netanyahu as well.
For more than a decade, Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu have gone to extreme levels to convince Washington that war or at the very least, regime change, is necessary to ensure that Israel is safe from the "Persian hordes" and, if Trump followers like Giuliani are to be believed, it's just a matter of time until hostilities break out. As we've all learned from past efforts to convince Main Street America that war is necessary, all you have to do is annotate a few satellite images to convince people of Washington's version of "the truth".


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passing the path from the activities to the race, the TBT works regularly, even with automatic pause active.
file fit too big to be added to the ride.
New issue - at least for me.
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