Between December of 1933 and October of 1936, a strange series of thirty-five novels were published as pulp magazines. In their time, they were widely read, selling millions of copies. Over the succeeding decades, they have become almost entirely forgotten. Printed on the cheapest of paper, the original pulp magazines have all but turned to dust. When read with a contemporary perspective, however, these obscure dreamlike books ring with what appear in retrospect to be eerie prophecies, forming a mythology for wars based upon terrorism. They are an Iliad for the Twenty First Century.
Thousands of people, sometimes tens of thousands, died in the course of a typical Spider adventure. Death would strike in the form of swarming poisonous vampire bats, or marauding legions of Neanderthals, or flocks of pigeons infected with bubonic plague, or compounds that turned steel as brittle as glass. In one book, a multitude marches to suicide like lemmings, influenced by a pagan god and an ancient drug. In another, a toxin causes its victims to break into epileptic dances while a salt dissolves their flesh; the two agents combine to create a choreography of seizure and dissolution. In yet another, the nation's tobacco has been poisoned, and those who smoke cough themselves to death. The Spider tries to warn about the dangers of smoking, but no one will believe him. The Spider's enemies, these perpetrators of vast calamities have vaguely stated, often irrational reasons for unleashing their bizarre weapons of mass destruction, but whatever motive they profess, the reality is clear: they are terrorists.
In response to the monstrosity of the Spider's new species of enemy, Page brought a new brutality to the Spider. There is an illustrative sequence in King of the Red Killers.
The villain offers to pay for the Spider's head with its weight in gold. Wentworth responds by lopping the head off the first wrongdoer who has the misfortune to cross his path. He then applies his Spider disguise to the severed head, and delivers it with a bomb tucked into the brainpan.
Wentworth, in short, was as suave and sophisticated as James Bond, yet as savage as Conan the Barbarian.
Wentworth formed a laugh low in his throat. It was at once guttural and sibilant. It was not loud, yet it penetrated to the farthest point of the room. He enunciated slowly and the words fairly hissed from his unmoving lips.
It is difficult to describe the allure of the Spider novels. Page was writing at a pace of over a million words a year, not all of which went into the Spider. This invariably led to plot holes, inconsistent character histories, and scenes that repeat themselves like fragments of a recurring dream. But somehow, these flaws don't detract from the reading experience. Is it possible to over-praise a masterpiece of hyperbole? This is literature played at full volume, improvised like hot jazz, and as grandiose as opera.
Rain was pouring down in cascades, but a shimmer of blue-white fire still played over the apartment building. From its roof downward for half of its fifteen-story height, a great gaping crack had been rent in the bricks.… the crack widened, the wall swayed outward. A few separate bricks became detached and whipped away. Then, with an appalling lack of sound, the entire wall crumpled. It smashed downward, disintegrating, shredding fragments and dust, like a violently hurled shovelful of ashes. The mass of debris struck—half upon a terraced projection five stories above the street and half in the street itself. Then came the sound of the destruction, a rumbling echo of that fearful crash of thunder. It beat upon the deadened ears.
Had the world gone mad? The Spider shook his head savagely to clear it, rubbed a heavy hand across his forehead. Before this, he had witnessed mad scenes—criminals out of their minds and killing like Seljuk Turks on a jihad; men writhing to death by a thousand foul means—but this utterly wild self-destruction!
That middle-aged woman was still struggling to mount the rail. He dashed toward her and she spun on him like a cornered cat, spitting curses in an ancient voice, striking furiously with her rubber tipped cane. A lurch of the ship threw her off balance and she pitched down, clutched frantically at the rail and struck her head. Well, she was safe…!
With set lips, The Spider sprang to the rail, automatic in hand. "I'll shoot the next man or woman who tries to commit suicide!" he shouted.
A man sauntered from the darkness—a man in the crumbled clothes of a mendicant, whose eyes were shielded by the black glasses of a blind man, who tapped before with a can as he advance. He was chuckling under his breath, as though he laughed to himself at some private joke. His cane twitched the automatics from beneath Wentworth's helpless hands, then he had poised the ferrule just above Wentworth's neck.
The cane touched Wentworth's neck.
Abruptly, and for reasons lost to history, Page quit the series after the October 1936 issue. Other writers took over, all sharing Page's house pseudonym, Grant Stockbridge. Page would later return, but none of the other writers, not even Page himself, ever regained the magic of Page's first thirty-five issues. The issues that followed are like the passages of Kubla Khan written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge after the person from Porlock interrupted his opium delirium—none of the basic elements have changed, but there is an indefinable quality that is missing. Richard Wentworth, like Sherlock Holmes after he returned from his fall off the cliff, may have survived, but he wasn't quite the same.
Until recently, reprints of the Spider novels have been few and hard to come by, but these days the Spider can be found skulking in a variety of formats. The web-site vintagelibrary.com offers some Spider titles as PDF files—very affordable, and an inexpensive way to get many of the very best Spider novels. There are also paperback reprints of several novels from presses such as Carroll & Graf, Baen and Wildside currently in print. There is also The Spider vs. the Empire State, from Age of Aces Books. Finally, there are replica versions from Girasol Press at three hundred times the original cost of a pulp magazine; pricy but beautiful, these replicas look almost exactly like their original counterparts, as if plucked off a newsstand on 5th Avenue and shipped through time. Their authenticity extends down to occasional smudges of ink to crooked lines of typeset that warp and blur.
Expensive as they are, the replicas provide what seemed to me the best reading experience one could have for the Spider these days, given the way originals crumble at the touch. The painted covers, the interior pen and ink and scratchboard illustrations, and even the printing errors are as much a part of the reading of the Spider as are the plot holes, the inconsistent histories, the improbabilities of the plots and the deus ex machina resolutions. The replicas don't have the wonderful smell of antique carpentry that the originals have, but all the old ads are preserved: self-improvement books for a quarter, jewelry for a dollar, cures for ruptures and piles, and cigarettes strutting in their former innocence. This format gives the novels their temporal context, a reminder of where they came from and what has happened since in the world.
On that subject there is also much relevance to be found in Page's stories. The poisoned products found in The Red Death Rain and The Pain Emperor call to mind the Tylenol killings of the summer of 1982, and the hundreds of poisoned products cases that followed. Bio-terrorism plays large in the Spider mythos, with bubonic plague in Wings of the Black Death, rabies in The Mad Horde, and cholera in The Cholera King foreshadowing the Anthrax scare of 2001. The same could be said of the terror gases from Kingdom of Doom and Green Globes of Death and the nerve gas attack in the Tokyo subways in March of 1995. Masters of the Death Madness unfolds as a nightmare meditation upon suicide, which has become one of the principal weapons of modern terrorists. One scene involves suicide bombers. Another scene chillingly presages the Jonestown massacre of 1978: a grand procession lines up to drink from a bowl of poisoned wine while surrounding gunmen pick off anyone who refuses to drink.
Written with an eye to the horrors festering in Germany at the time, The Mayor of Hell now reads as an infernal vision of the Homeland Security Act. When Wentworth's penthouse is attacked by machine gunners, the only weapon he can bring to hand is his priceless Stradivarius violin, which he hurls at his attackers. His apartment burns, and he is pumped full of bullets. Finding refuge in the home of a small-time crook, he passes out from loss of blood. When he regains consciousness six weeks later, a crime boss called the Mayor of Hell is running the city as a military dictatorship. Wentworth has lost everything: he is bankrupt, his loyal servants are in prison, and his fiancée lies comatose with grave wounds. Even the Spider is dead, at least according to the press, so Wentworth assumes a new identity to fight the Mayor of Hell—"Corporal Death," literally death of the body. It is as if Wentworth did not survive the machine gun attack and finds himself in an actual Hell, where the cops are all crooked. Mounting a rebellion against the regime, he becomes an inversion of his former self—a terrorist in fact—and allies himself with the underworld. He still marks his victims, though. Abandoning the vermilion spider seal, he cuts his fallen enemies with the mark of Corporal Death: a cross. The novel resonates with political and mystic implications.
Newspaper headlines flung the ghastly news at their readers in letters two inches high. Whenever people gathered in frightened groups on street corners and public squares, they repeated over and over those grim words. They were shouted above the clatter and roar of the subways, whispered in awed tones over the supper table. Mothers glanced with worried faces over their children: and men went about their work with drawn lips and haggard eyes.
The eeriest of all the modern terrorist parallels appears in a novel called The City Destroyer, originally published in 1936. It features a set piece involving the collapse of a fictitious gigantic building, supposedly the tallest in New York City, called "The Sky Building." When it fell, it wiped out five city blocks and claimed 1,000 lives. And perhaps it's worth noting a further parallel that occurred in the 1970's, when Pocket Books tried to revive the Spider; they repackaged him in a paperback series, striving for an image of what was then cool and thrusting Richard Wentworth into a contemporary setting. They replaced his cape and mask on the cover with a blond wig and a turtleneck. They re-christened the character "Spider," as if the vigilante wreaked his terrible vengeance under a hip nickname. When Pocket Books reprinted and updated The City Destroyer in 1975, the collapse of the Sky Building was replaced with the collapse of the World Trade Center.


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Where Is Anthony Strangis Now? Here Are The Details!
By Aarya On Nov 28, 2022
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"Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives," Netflix's newest crime documentary, is currently airing. It goes deep into one of New York City's biggest fraud scandals. At the centre of the documentary are Sarma Melngailis and Anthony Strangis, two former lovers who became business partners. They tricked investors and stole over $1 million from Melngailis's well-known raw vegan restaurant, Pure Food & Wine. Melngailis and Strangis didn't get away with their thefts, though. They were both caught in 2016, putting an end to their theft spree. Melngailis went to jail for four months, but what happened to Strangis, her partner in crime? Here's what you need to know about where Anthony Strangis is now.
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According to a report in Vanity Fair, Anthony Strangis had a hard life as a child. He saw his parents get into dangerous fights and had to move back and forth between their homes after they got divorced. As a young adult, Strangis met Stacy Avery and married her after only a few months together. Avery says that when she got pregnant, Strangis told her he was "going to get $5 million from an aunt" and pawned all of her jewellery and electronics before leaving her and their baby son. The New York Post says that before he met Sarma Melngailis, Strangis did time in jail for pretending to be a police officer and for grand theft.
"Bad Vegan" says that in 2011, Strangis and Melngailis started talking to a Twitter user named "Shane Fox." Before they talked on the phone, they sent each other texts and played Words With Friends for months, and Melngailis started to fall in love. Shane Fox turned out to be Strangis. By November, Strangis and Melngailis had met and were going out together.
Vanity Fair says that during their relationship, Strangis told Melngailis a version of the same lies he told his ex-wife, Stacy Avery. He told Melngailis he had a lot of money saved up and that he would pay off the debts she had gotten into to start her restaurant. Even though they had their ups and downs, the two got married in December 2012. By that time, Strangis was involved in every part of Melngailis' life and had access to her email, cell phone, and bank accounts (though Strangis denies these claims).
It's up to you to decide if Strangis was the real bad guy in the Bad Vegan scandal. People often say that he stole money from Pure to pay for his gambling habit, but Melngailis says that this isn't how they stole so much money.
But, with the help of her lawyers, she has put the blame on her ex-partner. Her lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman, said that Strangis was a "crazy person" who was to blame for the chef's downfall. He said, "She was badly abused and controlled by a man who had been a predator and a crook all her life."
And Strangis brought his supposedly crazy way of running things to the business of the Pure restaurant. "Sometimes, when I got to work on Monday, [Strangis] would text or call me and say, "Don't deposit the money. You have to bring the money to me here,'" a former director of operations at Pure told the New York Post. He would meet Strangis at CitiBank, where Strangis had an account. In the meantime, the restaurant's balance went down to $0.
In the trailer for Bad Vegan, there is a disturbing recording of Strangis and Melngailis having what sounds like a heated argument:
"So I should just do what you say and listen to your orders," Melngalis says, not so much as a question as a statement.
Strangis answers loudly and angrily, and the conversation turns to money, which is very important.
"Yes, you put your name on this! You said you wanted a happy ending." In a quieter, more threatening voice, he adds, "If I tell you to take all your money out of the bank and burn it… Do it."
It doesn't seem so far-fetched that he was a "sociopath" pulling strings, even though both Strangis and Melngailis were found guilty of stealing from her restaurant.
Strangis worked with Pure Food & Wine even more. Vanity Fair says that when Melngailis wasn't there, he would run the restaurant like he was in charge. All of the promises that Strangis supposedly made to pay off Melngailis's debts did not come true. In the end, the two stole about $2 million from Pure Food & Wine, which included the wages of their employees. They spent the money on trips to casinos, hotels, and expensive watches.
In 2015, there was a strike at Pure Food & Wine, and both Melngailis and Strangis were facing extradition for not paying wages, grand theft, and tax fraud. Instead of facing the consequences of their actions, the couple ran away. In May 2016, the two were caught in Tennessee after a Dominos pizza order gave police a hint about where they were.
Forbes says that in March 2017, Anthony Strangis admitted to "four counts of grand theft in the fourth degree." Among the charges were taking $844,000 from investors and not paying $40,000 to 84 employees. According to the New York Daily News, Strangis was let out of New York's Rikers prison in May 2017 after serving a year for his crimes. He was given five years of probation.
Melngailis asked Strangis for a divorce in 2018, and since the scandal, he hasn't been seen or heard from. In May 2022, he will have been on probation for five years.
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Friday's Wayne County arrest log
Wayne County law enforcement jailed 10 individuals Friday.
Friday's Wayne County arrest log Wayne County law enforcement jailed 10 individuals Friday. Check out this story on pal-item.com: https://www.pal-item.com/story/news/crime/2019/02/11/fridays-wayne-county-arrest-log/2841912002/
Mike Emery, Richmond Palladium-Item Published 4:58 p.m. ET Feb. 11, 2019
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RICHMOND, Ind. — Law enforcement agencies in Richmond and Wayne County jailed 10 people Friday.
Except for warrant arrests, the following charges are informal and subject to change until the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office reviews each case and files formal charges in court.
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The people booked into the Wayne County jail Friday are:
Kasey Jean Allen, 31, 2700 block of Nichols Avenue, Richmond: Assisting a criminal (Level 6 felony), 4:37 a.m.
Ashley M. Chapman, 31, 2700 block of West Yorkshire Drive, Muncie: Hold for other jurisdiction, 11:27 a.m.
Howard E. Clark, 35, 100 block of North 18th Street, Richmond: Possession of a syringe (Level 6 felony) and failure to appear, 12:24 a.m.
Keegan Compton, 20, 200 block of North Seventh Street, Middletown: Operating while intoxicated (Class A and C misdemeanors) and minor consuming an alcoholic beverage (Class C misdemeanor), 3:03 a.m.
Calvin M. Phillips, 28, 2100 block of South Pittenger Road, Selma: Driving while suspended (Class A misdemeanor), leaving scene of an accident (Class A misdemeanor) and operating without financial responsibility (Class C misdemeanor), 10:50 p.m.
Jeffrey Powell, 25, 2500 block of Lewisburg Western Road, Lewisburg, Ohio: Invasion of privacy (Level 6 felony) and possession of a firearm without a license (Class A misdemeanor), 5:37 a.m.
Michelle Lee Rhoades, 49, 1000 block of Evergreen Drive, Greenville, Ohio: Hold for other jurisdiction, 11:27 a.m.
Margarita Santiago-Julian, 46, first block of South 16th Street, Richmond: Failure to appear, 1:15 p.m.
Tammy E. Schoonover, 40, 7500 block of Ohio 177, College Corner, Ohio: Hold for other jurisdiction, 11:27 a.m.
Deborah Ann Wagner, 33, 200 block of Pearl Street, Richmond: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 felony), resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor), disorderly conduct (Class B misdemeanor) and failure to appear, 10:28 a.m.
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The White House on Sunday, echoing President Donald Trump, said sending undocumented migrants to sanctuary U.S. cities that have protected them from deportation remains a possibility even though government agencies have said it would be impractical and there is no money allocated to do it.
"We certainly are looking at all options as long as (opposition) Democrats refuse to acknowledge the crisis at the border," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told the "Fox News Sunday" show.
Trump said late Saturday on Twitter, "Democrats must change the Immigration Laws FAST. If not, Sanctuary Cities must immediately ACT to take care of the Illegal Immigrants – and this includes Gang Members, Drug Dealers, Human Traffickers, and Criminals of all shapes, sizes and kinds. CHANGE THE LAWS NOW!"
Hundreds of U.S. cities, along with California, the country's most populous state, have declared themselves as havens for migrants who have illegally crossed the southern U.S. border with Mexico, refusing the help U.S. immigration officials to track down the immigrants so they can be deported. U.S. border authorities apprehended more than 100,000 undocumented migrants, mostly from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, at the border in March, nearly twice that in the same month in 2018.
"The USA has the absolute legal right to have apprehended illegal immigrants transferred to Sanctuary Cities," Trump said. "We hereby demand that they be taken care of at the highest level, especially by the State of California, which is well known (for) its poor management & high taxes!"
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee told NBC's "Meet The Press" that in his state he welcomes people who are awaiting their asylum hearings.
"You can't threaten somebody with something they're not afraid of. And we are not afraid of diversity in the state of Washington," Inslee said.
He criticized what he called immigration solutions based on "trolling on the internet" and instead promoted on based on adding capacity to process more asylum claims, a path to citizenship for those already living in the United States who came to the country illegally, and having an overall "acceptance of refugees because we're a humane nation."
The U.S. now houses thousands of migrants at the border, but is running out of beds and instead is releasing new arrivals into the U.S. on their promise to appear at asylum hearings that might not occur for two years.
The Department of Homeland Security has said that Congress has not appropriated any money to transport the migrants from the border to far-flung sanctuary cities across the U.S., while the Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency has called the idea an "unnecessary operational burden."
Sanders said, "Nobody thinks this is the ideal solution," sending migrants to sanctuary cities. But she said mayors of cities "who want this … should be looking to help" Trump resolve the crisis at the border. She accused Congress of wanting to spend "all of its time investigating the president" rather than dealing with the immigration turmoil at the border.
Trump tweeted, "So interesting to see the Mayor of Oakland and other Sanctuary Cities NOT WANT our currently 'detained immigrants' after release due to the ridiculous court ordered 20 day rule. If they don't want to serve our Nation by taking care of them, why should other cities & towns?"
Trump was referring to a court ruling prohibiting the U.S. from detaining migrant minors, those under 18 years old, for more than 20 days, before being required to release them to relatives in the U.S. or other care givers.
Oakland Mayor Libby Shaaf responded to Trump with a tweet saying, "It's time to stop fanning hate and division."
"I've been consistent and clear: Oakland welcome all, no matter where you came from or how you got here," she said.
A key Republican lawmaker, Sen. Lindsey Graham, told another Fox News show, "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo," that after the current two-week congressional recess ends, he would introduce legislation that would authorize the detention of children beyond 20 days, "toughen up our asylum standards," and allow migrant children to be returned to Central American countries, which is not now allowed once they have entered the United States.
"We're never going to change this with troops and walls at the border," Graham said of the U.S. immigration crisis. "Doing what we're doing is not working."
He added, "If you get one foot into the United States," migrants can seek asylum. "The word is out that if you come with a minor, you're never going to get deported. We need to change that narrative. We need troops at the border. We need a law. But these (U.S.) laws are insane."
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Every month the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases data on hiring, firing, and other labor market flows from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, better known as JOLTS. Today, the BLS released the latest data for May 2018. This report doesn't get as much attention as the monthly Employment Situation Report, but it contains useful information about the state of the U.S. labor market. Below are a few key graphs using data from the report.
The quits rate continued to change little in May, continuing it's upward trend and indicating a tightening labor market as workers feel confident about their opportunities.
The vacancy yield, or the job-filling rate, increased slightly from 0.82 in April to 0.87 in May. But the long-term trend is downward and below historical levels.
The ratio of unemployment-to-job openings was 0.91 in May, continuing its trend below the significant barrier of 1.0. A ratio below one means there are more open jobs than officially unemployed workers.
The Beveridge Curve, which estimates the unemployment rate for a given amount of job openings, has returned to its level during the expansion of the early 2000s.


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Few emerging designers can cite celebrities like Lady Gaga and Rihanna among their customers. But New York-based UTS graduate Matthew Dolan can.
The Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles and Bachelor of Arts in International Studies graduate's latest collection has been applauded by, and seen adorning the bodies of, renowned fashion figures and high-profile performers.
Rihanna was first photographed wearing Dolan's designs at the cover shoot for British fashion magazine i-D's Spring music issue. Afterwards, Dolan was contacted by her creative team: "She wanted to keep one of the jackets after the shoot, and of course you are going to say yes to her."
In late January, she was photographed wearing the oversized denim jacket on multiple occasions, attracting extraordinary attention for the designer's label, Matthew Adams Dolan.
"The response and support for my graduate collection has been amazing," says Dolan. "I felt like I was answering emails with requests from stylists for about two months straight, and running all around the city delivering the pieces. It's still surreal."
The 28-year-old graduated with honours from UTS in 2012, and was one of just 12 students from around the world selected to study on the prestigious MFA Fashion Design and Society Program at Parsons in New York City.
After applying for entry to into the course, his portfolio and reference letters scored him a scholarship supported by Belgian-born American fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg.
Dolan finished his master's degree in May 2014, and by September his graduate collection was showing on the runway as part of New York Fashion Week.
Despite his emerging success, the young designer is appreciative of where it all began. Dolan moved from Massachusetts, USA to Sydney with his family before starting primary school. But the traditions of American craft remained a prominent part of his childhood.
"My mother was always sewing, embroidering or quilting something," he recalls.
Dolan's collection focuses on the familiarity of wardrobe staples such as jeans, t-shirts and denim jackets, and plays with genderless ideas and exaggerated silhouettes. But old jeans and t-shirts are not the only things he deconstructs and reweaves – he also pulls apart the history of American fashion.
"I looked at and experimented a lot with the history of weaving in America, from rag rugs in colonial New England to the traditions of southwest textiles, especially the practices of the Navajo who traded for discarded army uniforms and deconstructed them to create rugs," Dolan says.
"I always really enjoyed the theory side of the degree at UTS. Being technically sound is great, but understanding the history of fashion and its sociological and cultural aspects really opens up your eyes and allows you to challenge perspectives.
"I think that's what makes design exciting."
While designing in the Big Apple has brought "so much opportunity", it's also been hard work. "Any industry is competitive, especially with something creative. You are always going to be competitive – even with yourself."
Dolan is determined to make his next New York collection even stronger, by keeping busy with a number of different projects and listening to the advice of industry figures. "I think being confident and having a strong point of view is really important. Having such a positive response to the collection straight out of school is a great foundation."
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1932 Mitropa Cup
The 1932 season of the Mitropa Cup football club tournament was won by an Italian club for the first time.
10 June – 17 July 1932
Final positions
AGC Bologna (1st title)
Runners-up
Top scorer(s)
Renato Cesarini (5 goals)
The winners were AGC Bologna; after they defeated the holders, First Vienna in the semi-finals, they were awarded the cup as the final was scratched after Juventus and Slavia Prague, who contested the other semi-final, were both ejected from the competition following stone throwing and a pitch invasion in Prague, in what has been described as the worst violence ever in the competition's history.[1] In one incident, Slavia goalkeeper František Plánička was badly injured when he was hit by a stone thrown by a spectator.[2]
Despite the violence, Hugo Meisl, president of the Austrian Football Association, described the competition as a doubly valuable public magnet (Diese Mitropa-Cup-Konkurrenz erscheint ein doppelt schätzbarer Magnet für das Publikum zu sein).[1]
This was the sixth edition of the tournament. Renato Cesarini of Juventus was the highest scorer with five goals.
1 Quarterfinals
2 Semifinals
3 Finals
4 Top goalscorers
QuarterfinalsEdit
Team #1
Agg.
Admira Wien 3 - 0 0 - 1
AGC Bologna
Sparta Prague 5 - 0 0 - 3
Ferencváros 4 - 0 3 - 3
Újpest 5 - 3 1 - 1
SemifinalsEdit
First Vienna 2 - 0 0 - 1
Juventus 4 - 0 0 - 21
1 The match was abandoned with Juventus leading 2-0 after the crowd, enraged Slavia had conceded two quick goals in the match and resorted to obstruction and time wasting, threw stones onto the pitch. After a stone hit and seriously injured Slavia goalkeeper František Plánička, Slavia's team walked off; both team's fans invaded the pitch in response, leaving Slavia pinned in their dressing rooms for hours while 1,500 soldiers and policemen formed a cordon. Slavia Prague and Juventus FC were both ejected from the competition.
Sansone
Littoriale, Bologna
Referee: František Cejnar (Czechoslovakia)
13' (pen.)
Hohe Warte, Vienna
Referee: René Mercet (Switzerland)
FinalsEdit
The final was scratched and Bologna were awarded the cup after Slavia Prague and Juventus were both ejected from the competition.
1932 Mitropa Cup Champions
1st Title
Top goalscorersEdit
Renato Cesarini
Juventus 5
Franz Schönwetter
First Vienna 4
Vlastimil Kopecký
Slavia Prague 3
Bruno Maini
František Svoboda
György Sárosi
Raimundo Orsi
Mitropa Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
^ a b Scharnbeck, Johannes (2007-05-24). "Ein doppelter Publikumsmagnet". 11 Freunde. Archived from the original on 2007-09-06. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
^ Mitropa Cup 1932 report - by Karel Stokkermans, RSSSF, 1999. Retrieved 2008-09-21
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1 decade 3 years 3 months ago Wednesday, April 05 2006 Apr 5, 2006 Wednesday, April 05, 2006 1:06:41 PM CDT April 05, 2006 in News
The 6'4" freshman has 20 double-doubles, tying a Big 12 record set by Angie Wells of Iowa State in 2001-02, in the first 23 games for Oklahoma (19-4, 9-0 Big 12). The consecutive games streak already is a conference record. Paris, who missed much of the second half after getting her fourth foul and also was rested during the Sooners' dominant first half, entered the game leading the nation with 14.7 rebounds per game and averaging 21 points.
LaToya Bond scored 30 points and Christelle N'Garsanet 16 for Missouri (18-5, 6-3), which had the longest winning streak in the conference. The Tigers, who were the first also-ran in the last Top 25 poll, shot only 34 percent in the first half. Missouri's home streak was the third ended by Oklahoma in the last three games. The Sooners previously halted perfect runs of 13 games at Texas A&M and 25 games at Baylor, and earlier in the season ended streaks of 21 games at Iowa State and 16 at New Mexico.
Chelsi Welch added 16 points and was 3-for-4 from 3-point range for Oklahoma, which has won seven in a row overall. Paris' twin sister Ashley had 14 points and seven rebounds. Courtney Paris nearly had a double-double after the first 8 and a half minutes when she had 10 points and eight rebounds, before getting rested late in the half. The Sooners shot 51% and ended the half with a midcourt shot at the buzzer by Kendra Moore after the last of Missouri's 11 turnovers for a 47-27 lead.
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Q: Why should spring postOnly be false for Logout to work? what does postOnly mean in below property
grails.plugin.springsecurity.logout.postOnly=false?

Why should it be false for Logout to work? Tried making the logout feature work by making it true. But it did not work. What is the reason behind making it false?

A: For starters, please read the plugin documentation - the 2.x docs are here and the 3.x docs are here.
The plugin defaults to requiring a POST request to logout, but using the config setting you reference you can make your application more convenient to use but less secure by allowing GET or POST requests.
GET requests (e.g. regular links) are supposed to be for actions that read data. A strict REST API requires that GET requests be read-only and also idempotent, but obviously in a regular web app this is too strict. But in general it's best to use links and GET requests to request information, and POST/PUT/DELETE/etc. requests to make changes.
If you include a logout link that uses GET to make the request, it's possible for someone using XSS or similar attacks to trick your browser into logging you out. This isn't a severe vulnerability and requiring POST doesn't make it significantly harder for an attacker but it does raise the bar.
With the default configuration all you need to do is replace a logout link with a simple form that POSTs to that same url (and you can optionally use CSS to style the submit button like a link if you want). If you're comfortable with allowing users to logout with a GET request, change the setting to false and any request to that url will work.

A: Once you make it true as below
grails.plugin.springsecurity.logout.postOnly=true

the request method type should be POST only i.e. you can't use GET method.
So, change the logout call to POST type in this case.
You may also look at How to customize Grails Spring Security Core 2 login / logout controller and views?

A: By default Spring Security requires logout to use a POST request to provide CSRF protection. For more on CSRF see Wikipedia.

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what does postOnly mean in below property

I means you grails will only logout a user if you send a POST request to the logout url.

Why should it be false for Logout to work?

It's mainly for CSRF protection.

It is considered best practice to use an HTTP POST on any action that
  changes state (i.e. log out) to protect against CSRF attacks. If you
  really want to use an HTTP GET, you can use logoutRequestMatcher(new
  AntPathRequestMatcher(logoutUrl, "GET"));

Additionally, modern browsers like chrome will preload links in a page before the user tries to access them to make them fast. This means if you make your logout link accept GET requests, chrome might log you out even if you don't want to.

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Champions League - Football: Juve face another knockout blow
bet365 News Team 15 Mar 22
Juventus and the Champions League have rarely seen eye-to-eye and there's the potential for more heartache with Wednesday's visit of Villarreal in the last-16.
Juve and the Yellow Submarine are locked at 1-1 after the first leg in Spain as the final two ties in the round of 16 reach their conclusion.
The match in Turin is likely to carry far more intrigue than proceedings in France, where defending European champions Chelsea have a firm grip on matters against Lille after winning the reverse fixture 2-0.
Knockout woes dog Old Lady
The Blues' 1-0 victory over Manchester City in last year's final saw them lift the European Cup for a second time, moving them level with Juve on the all-time winners' list.
Given no team from Europe's top five leagues has won their domestic title more often than Juventus (36), it is remarkable that they haven't enjoyed more success in the continent's premier competition.
They last won the Champions League in 1996 following a penalty shootout against Ajax, with their first success having arrived in 1985 and they are 25/1 to add a third success this season
Those two triumphs are outliers when considering Juve's history overall though, with the Italian giants having been to nine finals in total.
Despite assembling squads featuring a who's who of Europe's greats, success in this format has never come easy for the Bianconeri, even when they had serial winner Cristiano Ronaldo amongst their ranks.
During their run of nine successive Serie A titles between 2011 and 2020, Juventus twice got as far as the final of the Champions League, only to come up short against Barcelona and Real Madrid in the decider.
Recently, the Old Lady have lost four of their last five European knockout ties, bowing out at the last-16 stage of the Champions League the last two years.
Both those exits have occurred despite having home advantage in the second leg of the tie, so there's a sense of trepidation heading into a meeting with canny operators and Europa League holders Villarreal - with Juve 4/9 to progress to the quarter-finals.
Yellow Submarine aim for sinking feeling
There wasn't a great deal between the two teams in the first leg, Dani Parejo's equaliser for the hosts levelling the tie after Dusan Vlahovic had given Juve the lead just 33 seconds into the game.
For the most part, the game was a chess match orchestrated by two astute tacticians in Unai Emery and Massimiliano Allegri, with chances at a premium.
Allegri was the last man to take Juve to a European final and has spoken of the need for his team to be patient in their quest for success, both at home and abroad.
After a rocky start to his return to Turin, Allegri's team have shown good form of late, a run of eight wins from their last 12 matches in all competitions helping move Juve to within seven points of Serie A leaders AC Milan.
The addition of talented forward Vlahovic in the January transfer window has added an extra dimension to Allegri's line-up and his performances, along with a returning Giorgio Chiellini, could be the key elements to the return leg.
Villarreal are hopeful of having their own key forward, Gerard Moreno, back for this game after a recent spell out with a calf injury as they seek to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since the 2008-09 season.
Win in Italy already achieved
They confirmed their spot in the last-16 with a win on Italian soil, getting the better of Atalanta in the group stages as they finished runners up to Manchester United in Group F.
They won back-to-back away games in the group round, but have traditionally struggled on the road in Europe, winning only four of 17 games on their travels in the Champions League.
They've won just three away games in La Liga this season too and will no doubt be well-organised under Emery with the Spanish tactician having built a defence that's kept the third highest number of clean sheets domestically.
With Villarreal no pushovers and Juventus' previous failures on their mind, it's likely to be a tight second leg, with a home win in 90 minutes priced at 19/20 and the hosts 13/5 to triumph by a one-goal margin.
Europe the priority for Blues
A win for Juventus would make it seven straight home Champions League victories for the Italians, with Chelsea amongst their string of victims.
A 1-0 victory over the Blues in September helped them clinch top spot in Group H, denying the European champions home advantage for the second leg of their last-16 tie with Lille.
However, Thomas Tuchel's men take a healthy advantage with them to France, having outclassed the Ligue 1 champions 2-0 at Stamford Bridge - with Chelsea 10/1 to retain thir European crown.
That made it 14 wins in the last 20 Champions League matches for the Blues, who could throw all their eggs into the European basket given they trail Manchester City by 11 points in the Premier League standings.
Tuchel has done well to keep his squad's focus on matters on the pitch and although they weren't brilliant in Sunday's 1-0 win over Newcastle United, it was a professional performance, the type they will be keen to repeat on Wednesday.
Les Dogues' bark worst than their bite
Lille were second-best for much of the first leg and haven't given many indications they are likely to improve on that performance.
Coach Jocelyn Gourvennec said his team lacked a spark in Friday's goalless draw at home to St Etienne as Lille made it one win from their last four matches on their own turf.
Goals are a big issue for Les Dogues, failing to score more than once in seven of their last eight, while they've never beaten Chelsea in three previous attempts.
Even with a fully-fit squad to choose from, the odds are firmly stacked against Gourvennec's men and Chelsea are 9/10 to wrap up their place in the quarter-finals with a win in 90 minutes, with the draw 12/5.
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Patient story: "When I woke up, I could hardly breathe."
Lynn Ashton was havinga happy Christmasdinner until a candle set her plastic tablecloth alight.
"We were taking a break after the main course when one of my children said she could smell something funny," says Lynn.
"I rushed into the dining room to find the plastic tablecloth and the dining room in flames. I threw the tablecloth on to the patio,but by then I hadinhaled a lot of toxic fumes."
She sat outside trying to get her breath. Initially, she didn't go to the doctor. But over the next few weeks, her breathing got worse. She was already an asthmatic and smoked around 15 to 20 cigarettes a day.
"I spent the next four months in and out of hospital with chest infections," says Lynn. "At times, my breathing was so bad I could barely bend down to tie my shoelaces."
Lynnwas diagnosed with COPD and bronchiectasis, an abnormal widening of the air sacs in the lungs. It was a shattering blow, and she stopped smoking immediately.
But Lynn was determined to stay strong. Her daughter was pregnant with her first grandchild.
"My prognosis wasn't good at first," she says. "I thought, I can either sit around and be miserable or I can live life to the full. I wanted to see my grandchild grow up. I wanted to help other people with COPD. I believe things happen for a reason."
Lynn is on a treatment regimenwhich includessix different drugs and a nebuliser. Two years ago she had a small catheter fitted,which passes from the lower neck into the windpipe and delivers oxygen directly into her lungs. It's held on by a discreet chain around her neck. "Iclean it several times a day andit's wonderful," she says.
Lynnnow helps other people who have COPD. Shejoined a local support group in Huntingdon called Hunts Breathe for Life, which she now chairs, and started to raise money for the cause.
"I started off doing some short walks. Then it occurred to me that I'd love to do the London Marathon. I called the British Lung Foundation and they were very enthusiastic and offered me a place. But when I told them I had COPD and was on oxygen, they were rather worried."
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the name for a group of lung conditions that cause breathing difficulties. COPD is a common condition that mainly affects middle-aged or older adults who smoke. Many people don't realise they have it.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) makes breathing increasingly more difficult. But it develops slowly over many years and you may not be aware you have it at first. Common symptoms include shortness of breath, a persistent cough and wheezing, etc.
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San Francisco Mint to Produce 1st Curved Coin
March 16, 2014 1 By SCS
This undated photo released by the U.S. Mint shows one side of the gold $5 National Baseball Hall of Fame coin. The bowl-shaped coin is the product of a 2012 law – the National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act – and commemorates the Hall of Fame, which celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2014. (AP Photo/US Mint)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The United States Mint in San Francisco will soon produce an unusual coin in honor of the nation's favorite pastime.
Like so many great baseball pitches, the new coin will feature a curve.
The bowl-shaped currency is the result of a 2012 law — the National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act — ordering the U.S. Treasury to manufacture the coin to commemorate the Hall of Fame, which celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2014.
According to the text of the law, the coin's striking shape is intended to be similar to the 2009 International Year of Astronomy coin issued by Monnaie de Paris, the French mint.
The coin will come in $5, $1 and half dollar denominations and will feature a baseball on one side and a baseball glove on the other.
The baseball is to be depicted on the convex side, to complement its round shape, and the glove is shown on the coin's concave side, to complement its cupped shape.
The glove-and-ball design is the creation of 28-year-old Cassie McFarland, an artist and photographer in San Luis Obispo, Calif., who submitted it as part of a contest.
McFarland's entry was chosen from among 178 submissions by sculptor-engravers and designers at the mint and members of the Hall of Fame.
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Neither China or N. Korea are particularly "communist" (although China still tosses out the odd bromide or two every so often). and I've not heard of any Americans who support either of those regimes over "socialism". <shrug>
And yeah, there's been nothing communist about Russia for more than a few decades.
Upon reflection I think that China just might be the most fascistic country in the world these days and getting more so as each day passes.
China still has the structure of rule by the Communist Party, it's still a one-party state. And, at least till recently, still has some elements of internal party democracy at the lower levels. I believe it's still, in terms of politics but not economics, a recognizable mutation/degeneration of Stalinist-type communism (can't say Maoism because that's something else again - his type of insane brutal chaos was supposed to be an effort to prevent that kind of bureaucratic sclerosis, and the backlash against his chaos has affected the Chinese elite mindset ever since).
Russia has much less continuity, as it went through a complete collapse and reconstruction by way of free-market capitalism before ending up with gangsterism.
The Trotskyist line was always that those regimes would have to have a 'political revolution', that would transform the bankrupt political system but retain the state-controlled economy. The precise opposite has happened - the economy went full-on capitalist while the political excrescences that were the unforeseen downsides of the communist idea have continued without much change.
What communist dictatorships and who is it that supports them?
Trump congratulated China on their 70th anniversary of Communist rule.
Trump congratulates China on 70 years of communist rule; message coincides with Hong Kong unrest
President Trump congratulated China on the 70th birthday of communist rule there Tuesday, cultivating his relationship with strongman leader Xi Jinping even as members of his party chastised the Asian superpower for its crackdown in Hong Kong.
www.washingtontimes.com
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HomerJS said:
And? A throwaway action by a wannabe dictator towards an actual dictator.
Russia hasn't been a 'communist' state for a few decades now.
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Ісміхан Кая Ханим-султан (1633—1659) — донька Мурада ІV і Айше Султан, дружина Мелек Ахмеда-паші. Її життя детально описав Евлія-челебі (племінник Мелек Ахмеда-паші).

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Ісміхан Кая-султан народилася в Стамбулі в 1633 році в родині османського султана Мурада IV і його фаворитки Айше-султан.

Під час святкування з нагоди народження Ісміхан, згідно з описом Евлія Челебі, відбувся запуск ракети з людиною — Лагарі Хасаном.

Хоча Евлія Челебі згадує про народження у Мурада IV 32 дітей, зрілого віку досягли лише приблизно вісім дочок — в тому числі і Кая-султан.

Кая означає «скеля». Султан сказав їй: «Кая, оскільки у тебе ім'я скелясте, кам'яне, то я дарую тобі сорочку з каменю». Він подарував їй сорочку, яку можна було кинути у вогонь, щоб очистити. Як писав Евлія Челебі, це була сорочка з азбесту, що добувається на Кіпрі. З азбестового тканини робили різні речі, наприклад білизну, хустки, килими, і дарували «великим людям», так як це був незвичайний і дорогий матеріал.

У 1640 році помер батько Каї і на престолі опинився молодший брат Мурада, Ібрагім I. Після цього матір Каї з доньками була вислана до Старого палацу.

У 1644 році, з ініціативи своєї бабусі, валіде Кесем-султан, одинадцятирічна Ісміхан була видана заміж за майбутнього великого візира Мелек Ахмеда-пашу, який був старший за неї приблизно на сорок років. Подробиці шлюбу були описані Евлією Челебі, який був племінником (сином двоюрідної сестри) і протеже Мелек Ахмеда-паші, а сестра Евлії служила Каї. Кая боялася заміжжя настільки, що в першу шлюбну ніч вдарила Ахмеда-пашу кинджалом. Іншим разом вона відрізала частину його бороди, і він деякий час не міг відвідувати диван. Страхи були пов'язані з передбаченням, що вона помре під час пологів.

Через сім років шлюбу Кесем викликала Каю і Мелек Ахмеда-пашу і запитала їх, з якої причини за цей час Кая не завагітніла і не народила дитину, на що він відповів, що ні разу не був з дружиною. Кесем порадила паші вбити служниць і компаньйонок дружини і зламати її опір. Потім Кесем замкнула їх в кімнаті, і Каї довелося поступитися чоловікові, після чого вона завагітніла. На знак подяки Мелек-паша обсипав Кесем подарунками.

Через дев'ять місяців Кая благополучно народила дочку. Вона полюбила чоловіка, прогнала всіх своїх колишніх повірниць і весь час стала проводити з ним. Наступні десять років їх шлюбу були щасливими; крім того, Кая надавала чоловікові підтримку як морально, так і фінансово. За словами Евлії, Кая була однією з найбагатших принцес.

У грудні 1647 року дядько Каї, султан Ібрагім I, одружився зі своєю наложницею Хюмашах-султан. Проти цього шлюбу виступила не тільки Кая, але і троє її тіток, Айше, Ханзаде і Фатьма. Ібрагім, який відрізнявся буйною вдачею, конфіскував їхнє майно і подарував його своїй новоспеченій дружини. Крім того, їм було урізано платню, яка надається всім членам династії: так наложниці Ібрагіма отримували 1000—1300 акче в день, в той час як султанші отримували не більше 400 акче.

З 5 серпня 1650 по 21 серпня 1651 року чоловік Каї займав найвищий пост держави — великого візира.

2 вересня 1651 року було вбито Кесем-султан. Проти Мелек Ахмеда-паші були висунуті звинувачення командою нового великого візира, Сиявуша-паші. Кетхюда (управитель) Мелек Ахмеда-паші був поміщений у в'язницю і йому разом з Ахмедом-пашею було пред'явлено звинувачення в розтраті грошей. Коли Евлія Челебі повідомив про це Каю-султан, вона негайно вирушила до своєї двоюрідної сестри — дружини Сиявуша-паші (дочки Реджеба-паші і Гевхерхан-султан), і веліла покликати її чоловіка.
Коли Сиявуш-паша прийшов, Кая-султан накинулася на нього зі звинуваченнями у вбивстві своєї бабусі, Кесем-султан. Вона заявила, що не дозволить тримати в тюрмі слугу свого чоловіка, що якщо потрібно, вона сама заплатить потрібну суму. Все ще в люті вона вирушила прямо до нової валіде, а потім і до султана. Три дні потому кетхюда був звільнений, а Сиявуш-паша зусиллями Каї-султан позбавлений поста.

Восени 1654 року, коли Кая була вагітна вдруге і перебувала на сьомому місяці, Ахмед-паша був викликаний в Стамбул, де отримав призначення в Ван. Великий візир вимагав негайного відправлення Ахмеда на місце служби. Настільки стрімке призначення і відправлення змусили Каю думати, що її чоловіка хочуть вбити. Вона відправилася назустріч чоловікові в Стамбул через протоку; човни, на яких пливли подружжя, зустрілися, але у Каї почалися передчасні пологи.
Коли подружжя дісталися до будинку, Ахмед-паша роздав 10 000 акче домашнім, щоб кожен прочитав тисячу разів «аль-Іхляс» (112 суру Корану) за благополучне позбавлення його дружини від тягаря. Надіслані до Ахмеда-паші люди великого візира продовжували наполягати на негайному від'їзді в Ван, однак Ахмед-паша відмовився залишати дружину під час пологів. Кая народила мертвонароджену сина. За свідченням Евлії Челебі, Ахмед-паша, тримаючи його і плачучи, говорив: «Дивіться, який був би гарний хлопчик». Не чекаючи похорону дитини, великий візир знову відправив до паші своїх людей, проте на цей раз Ахмед-паша прогнав їх, застосувавши до них силу.

Вже після від'їзду Ахмеда-паші були арештовані кілька людей з його оточення, включаючи кетхюду, дефтердара (скарбника), начальника канцелярії. Евлія Челебі, з'явившись до Іпшіру-паші за викликом, чув їхні крики. Йому продемонстрували нещасних, роздягнених догола і посаджених в басейн (була зима) в ланцюгах. Він повинен був умовити їх віддати гроші, нібито розтрачені або привласнені. Евлія Челебі, зробив, що міг, поговоривши з ними. Вони погодилися віддати все, що могли, однак через день Кая-султан повідомила Евлії, що їх повезли, нібито на заслання, але по дорозі вбили.

Кая-султан забезпечила Евлію грошима і відправила до Мелек Ахмеда-паші, повідомляючи чоловікові, що він повинен швидше дістатися до Курдистану. За її словами, Ібшір-паша просив у султана фірман на страту Мелек Ахмеда-паші, однак і султан, і валіде-султан були проти.
«Цей Ібшір-паша моєму чоловікові родич (akraba), але він йому і скорпіон ('akraba)». У березні 1654 року Евлія Челебі виїхав слідом за Мелек Ахмедом-пашею, уникаючи великих доріг і заїжджих дворів.

У 1659 році великий візир Кепрюлю Мехмед-паша наказав конфіскувати 47 000 баранів, багато мулів і верблюдів з маєтку Ахмеда-паші. Подружжя поїхало зі Стамбула в заміський палац в Бейкоза, щоб бути подалі від зайвих очей і не провокувати великого візира.

У 1659 році Кая народила другу дочку, названу Фатьмою. За кілька місяців до вагітності Каї почали снитися пророчі сни, які передрікали швидку смерть султанші від втрати крові.
Мелек-паша, щоб заспокоїти дружину, порадив їй роздати велику суму біднякам і подарунки шанованим в столиці людям. Сама Кая стала ще більш побожною, ніж раніше.
Після народження дочки Мелек-паша роздав ще раз величезну суму в якості милостині.
Однак пологи пройшли з ускладненнями: відшарувалася плацента і її частки залишилися всередині матері; акушерки протягом трьох діб намагалися допомогти Каї, найчастіше досить болючими способами. На четвертий день після пологів Кая померла від великої крововтрати.

Незважаючи на наявність дочки і вдівця, майно султанші, за традицією, було передано в державну казну, при цьому великий візир Кепрюлю Мехмед-паша наказав забрати все, що знаходилося в палаці Каї-султан, в тому числі цінності, одяг і зброю Ахмеда -паші.

За свідченнями людей, Ахмед-паша, який палко любив дружину, зі сльозами кинувся на її труну, чим викликав осуд оточуючих. «Незрівнянна дівчина, сяючий місяць» — згадував про неї Ахмед-паша.

Похована Кая-султан в тюрбе султана Ібрагіма при мечеті Ая-Софія в Стамбулі, за словами Евлія Челебі «між султаном Ібрагімом і султаном Мустафою».

Через три роки після смерті Каї Ахмед-паша був змушений одружитися з її тіткою Фатьмою-султан.

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З опису Евлії Челебі відомо, що Ісміхан Кая-султан народжувала тричі:
 Афіфе Ханим-султан (1650/1652 — до 1659) — померла в дитинстві, похована в мечеті Шехзаде.
 мертвонароджений син (1654)
 Фатьма Ханим-султан (1659—1727) — 20 листопада 1727 року в записах казначейства відзначено отримання назад майна, виділеного Фатьмі. Проживала і померла в Стамбулі. Відомостей про заміжжя або дітей немає. Похована на цвинтарі комплексу Азіза Махмуда Хюдаї.

Померли в Стамбулі
Дочки султанів Османської імперії
Персоналії:Османська імперія
Померли в пологах

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Give three (3) options. This way hopefully your team gets one of their requests. Only approved requests will be entered on the KASA calendar. If you request more than one night per week, two request forms must be made. No more than two (2) nights per week will be granted.
Get your requests in early as they will be made on a first come first serve bases.
One last item, if any one coach on your team has not returned to KASA the signed coach's concussion acknowledgement, your team will not be granted gym space.
NOTE: If your team is not going to need the gym you are scheduled for please be sure to notify the gym scheduler so that the time can be opened up for another team.


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Q: Apache Webserver - getting security risk error on local network but not on public domain I have an asp.net core MVC website running with an asp.net core Rest API on the same server. It was a bit tricky to set up the Apache2 configuration, but I finally got it working.
From the outside, everything works perfectly. I can access https://{domain}.com and it works, and I can access https://{domain}.com/api and it works too. I was getting a weird error, the MVC project couldn't find the api project even though I could find it from the outside.
In the same network, I have a linux machine with a GUI so I can browse to the internet from there. I discovered that https://{domain}.com gives a security error, and that is probably why the two projects can't communicate with each other.

In above screenshot ou can see what I get when going to that website. It works fine from a different network.
The server is configured with SSL using LetsEncrypt. The SSL is fine from outside, but apparently not from inside.

Here you can see my apache2 configuration.
My goal is that I can access https://{domain}.com from the internal network, I think that will solve my issue.


We provide kitchen exhaust maintenance services to ensure you kitchen hood and exhaust venting systems are clean and safe. One third of commercial restaurant fires are grease related. The grease also acts as a bacteria breeding ground in vents and other areas. Our cleaning methods are superior in removing grease and bacteria. We use a combination of caustic chemicals as well as hot water pressure washing, finished off with a hood polish for a Profeesional and clean look. Along with our hood and exhast vent cleaning services, we will provide a digital inspection report with pictures outlining the maintnenace and cleaning services we provide. This is proof of your due dilligence, as Fire and Health Officials generally follow the Alberta Fire Code Guidlines.
1) Hoods, ducts and filters subject to accumulations of combustible deposits shall be inspected at intervals not greater than 7 days, and shall be cleaned if the accumulation of such deposits creates a fire hazard.
1) Except as provided in 1.1.2.3., commercial cooking equipment exhaust and fire protection systems shall be designed and installed in conformance with the Alberta Building Code. 2) Except as provided in 1.1.2.3. and Sentences (3) to (5), the use, inspection and maintenance of commercial cooking equipment exhaust and fire protection systems shall be in conformance with NFPA 96, "Ventilation Control and Fire Protection of Commercial Cooking Equipment."


Smart businesses are taking advantage of new technologies to overcome the challenges and secure the opportunities arising from recent shifts to buyer behaviour. The single biggest challenge for businesses today is to retain the loyalty of your existing customers and to find a way of extending your reach to find new ones. Social CRM allows you to do precisely that, offering a platform from which you can manage your current customer base while building and extending it.
Craig Jamieson, an expert in social sales, wants to unlock the power of Social CRM for your business. With this book he takes you through the process of integrating Social CRM within your business strategy. He explores how to evaluate your needs, and discusses choosing the right Social CRM system for your business, before looking closely at how to successfully implement the system with best practices to bring increased revenues.
Craig M. Jamieson is the managing member of Adaptive Business Services in Boise, Idaho, which also owns and operates NetWorks! Boise Valley B2B Networking Group.
Craig has been in B2B sales since 1977 and during that time, has served in a variety of positions including sales manager, division sales manager, national sales manager, district manager, and a business owner. He has also taught salesmanship at university level and has been self-employed since 2005 as a sales trainer and consultant.
Craig is a Nimble Social CRM and HootSuite Solution Partner, a TTI Performance Systems VAA, and he also provides training and consulting to businesses on how to leverage social sales tools, techniques, strategies, and Social CRM to increase their revenues. Craig currently writes a monthly column on social sales at maximizesocialbusiness.com/ and is presently a Midsize Insider who has been empowered to blog for IBM on the general topic of social business.


The 2018 pantone color of the year is confirmed. Selected for its inventive and imaginative qualities, this shade of purple is surely set to influence art, design and the runway. But don't think this is JUST a fashion statement. Truly setting a "tone", the pantone color of the year is chosen to reflect current cultural shifts.
We are living in a time that requires inventiveness and imagination. It is this kind of creative inspiration that is indigenous to PANTONE 18-3838 Ultra Violet, a blue-based purple that takes our awareness and potential to a higher level. From exploring new technologies and the greater galaxy, to artistic expression and spiritual reflection, intuitive Ultra Violet lights the way to what is yet to come.
Associated with technology, mindfulness and spiritual discovery, Ultra Violet encourages us to feel deep and expand out. Taking a step back, we live in amazing times and technology is making astonishing advancements. But of course it is not without growing pains! In an information rich world, little remains below the surface for long. Ultra Violet reminds us that amid much digital stimulation and digging up of truths, we would do well to connect back to ourselves and to each other.
Here at Dot Think, we are so on board. Honoring the power of our combined intuition, we thrive in the realms of discovery, design, and story-telling (all with the seamless integration of technology). We also recognize the sacredness of balance and re-connection. On our downtime you can often catch us in a yoga studio, the beach, or reading up on political #resistance.
As this bluish-purple glow casts a light on our world, we you invite you to look up – The galaxy is the limit!
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, endorsed by Trump, wins Republican primary
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton waves after speaking during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Hilton Anatole in July 2021 in Dallas, Texas. Tuesday, Paxton won the GOP primary for attorney general Tuesday.
Updated May 24, 2022 at 11:02 PM ET
HOUSTON - Incumbent Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won the Republican primary over George P. Bush, the Texas General Land Office commissioner, according to a race call from The Associated Press.
Paxton was endorsed by former President Donald Trump and is known for challenging Democratic presidents and blue Texas cities while working to move Texas further to the right.
His win comes on the same day that a gunman killed at least 21 people, including 18 children at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
In his victory speech, Paxton sounded a somber note, reflecting on the mass shooting.
"We're going down there [to Uvalde] tomorrow," Paxton said at his watch party. "We're going to do our job tomorrow. We're going to try to help these people."
On Twitter, he wrote, "I ask you all of you to join me in praying for our fellow Texans impacted by the horrific shooting in Uvalde today."
Paxton secured his victory despite heavy legal baggage. He was indicted on state securities fraud charges in the summer of 2015, less than a year after winning his first term as attorney general.
In 2020, the FBI opened an investigation into Paxton for alleged bribery, corruption and abuse of office, according to The Associated Press.
Throughout the campaign, George P. Bush blasted Paxton as unfit for office, arguing that Paxton's legal troubles would make him especially vulnerable against his ultimate Democratic rival.
"The Republican Party is taking a huge risk going with Ken Paxton. In fact, he will lose to the Democrat in this race," Bush said at a press conference in Austin Tuesday morning, all but acknowledging the likelihood of his loss to Paxton.
For his part, Paxton has vehemently denied any wrongdoing, citing a 374-page report that concluded he's innocent. As critics have pointed out, the report came from inside the Texas AG's office and was unsigned. The whistleblowers whose charges sparked the investigation released a statement criticizing Paxton for "numerous false and misleading public statements" about the investigation.
But for Republican voters inclined to support Paxton, his legal troubles didn't make much of a dent.
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Eddie goes 1 for 3.
Who is the better Van Halen frontman?
At the time of the show recording the project had not been released.
Jim and Don stand outside Madison Square Garden the day of the Van Halen concert and pretend to be with 'Van Halen TV". They interview fans telling the fans that the bad was backstage watching.
A short-lived, one episode segment where Jim dresses up as a preacher and reads lyrics from the song Cherry Pie.
This was the pilot episode and you can tell. The production and delivery was clumsy. Some segments worked better than others. The Book of Warrant was a failure and never to be seen again. Stump the Trunk showed it's potential and stuck around. This was not the best episode but it did lay the groundwork for what has become one of the best shows on cable television.
I love this show. Seen all the episodes and even if I don't care for the guest(s), I still dig it. I'm glad the latest season was hour long episodes and I hope that continues.
Don Jamieson reminds me of Ian.
a little but yeah. He's my Facebook friend. I'm cool.


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Ing. Josef Bečvář
GLOMEX Military Supplie
After 45 years in the Army, Josef Bečvář Is Starting a New Career
Josef Bečvář, retired army general, became president of Glomex Military Supplies (Glomex MS) in January 2019.He had served in the army for a total of 45 years. He left the army in summer 2018 after reaching the highest position – that of the Chief of the General Staff. At the age of 60, he started a brand-new career as a private sector manager.
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His interest in technology brought him to the army
Josef Bečvář´s interest in military technology brought him into the army. "I grew up in the countryside in West Bohemia, my parents worked in agriculture. There were several military units in the vicinity, so I often saw soldiers in my childhood, and I enjoyed watching their equipment." This eventually led him to try studying at the military secondary school in Moravská Třebová. "It was interesting to see that the applicants had to take a demanding preparatory course prior to the actual entrance exams," adds Josef Bečvář.
Bečvář was accepted and went to pursue his studies in a town three hundred kilometres away from his home. At the age of fourteen, he had to stand on his own. "Back then, communication means and transport connections were not as they are today. We went home only a few times a year," recalls Josef Bečvář. The military secondary school offered mostly general education and students were expected to acquire further military expertise at university level s. That is why after completing school, Bečvář moved further away from his native village – he started studying at the Military Command and Technical School in Martin, Slovakia, where he specialized in missile troops and artillery.
From combat units to military police
After graduating from university, Josef Bečvář started to serve at combat units. He joined the army in 1981 and worked his way up from the bottom. After commanding a firing squad and a battery he started working at the Missile Troops and Artillery Main Directorate within the Ministry of Defence. He thus qualified for postgraduate studies, which he pursued between 1986 and 1989 at the Military Academy of Brno. He returned to combat units as senior officer at division level and he served in staff positions where he could apply his expertise. In 1990, it became apparent that the armed forces had to undergo a radical transformation. The size of the military was reduced, many units were dissolved, but, at the same time, new sections were being established. One of them was the military police and Josef Bečvář joined it in 1991. "It was clear to me that the combat units were to be significantly scaled down. The newly established military police looked a good prospect, so I decided to change my green (ground forces) beret for a black (police) one," he says.
Working for the military police also gave him the possibility of further education at specialized schools abroad and this brought him to France. In 1993, Josef Bečvář was sent to a gendarmerie course in Melun, France. "I don't know where the idea came from, but, as a kid, I felt a desire to live in France for a stretch of time. I even hung a map of France on the wall of my room. Thanks to the army, my dream came true," says Josef Bečvář. In the course of his military service, he returned to France several times: he completed his education for senior command posts at the Collège Interarmées de Défense of Paris by the end of the 1990s and he served as defence attaché in France from 2004 to 2007 and from 2011 to 2014.
Serving in the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces
Josef Bečvář continued to climb the career ladder. In 1999, he became the chief of the military police and in 2003 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. Another turning point in his career came in 2007 upon his return from France, where he had served as a defence attaché for three years. Bečvář was appointed as director of the Force Development Division. "It is a post in which you focus on developing all parts of the army in more detail than the Chief of the General Staff himself. This was a unique experience," he comments. Bečvář was subsequently promotedto Deputy Chief of the General Staff and in 2011, he went to France as defence attaché for the second time. Upon his return in 2014, he became First Deputy Chief of the General Staff. His career culminated on 1stMay 2015, when he was appointed as Chief of the General Staff by the President of the Czech Republic. One year later, he achieved the highest military rank – that of an Army General.
Image: Josef Bečvář, Chief of the General Staff of Czech Armed Forces, taking part in a NATO exercise, 2015 | Wikimedia Commons
He took office at a time when the economy was growing, politicians were willing to increase defence spending and the need for major modernization and armaments projects was being emphasized. In this context, Bečvář managed to carry through the Concept of the Czech Armed Forces up to 2025, which was approved by the Czech government. The entire Czech army is now being gradually re-equipped under this strategic document.
Building the active reserves was another significant accomplishment achieved by Bečvářduring his service as Chief of the General Staff. Thanks to new legislation and a new concept the long-neglected active reserves became a well-respected and important part of the Czech Armed Forces and they have no shortage of applicants. The Czech army had onlyone thousand active reservists in 2015. Since then, their number hastripled.
Image: General Bečvář congratulates the three best participants of the preparation course for active reservists in Vyškov | army.cz
The relationships between reservists and their employers have also improved. This was due to Bečvář and his team making the active reserves more attractive in terms of remuneration, equipment and exercise content.
Josef Bečvář lefthis post ofChief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forceson30thApril 2018 and was succeeded by Aleš Opata. Just like other soldiers who became generals, he faced a dilemma about whether to start a new career at a late age or not.
Image: Josef Bečvář with General Petr Pavel | army.cz
Starting a new career at the age of 60
"I hate the word retirement," says Bečvář.He confirms that in his case, retirement was not an option, although he turned 60 last year and had spent 45 years in the army. "Toward the end of my service at the General Staff, I gave an interview to the Czech daily Právo and I said that I would not make contacts with the arms industry to prepare the way for a future career until my service had come to an end, but then I would keep my options open. I kept my word," explained Bečvář when he joined Glomex Military Supplies.
In fact, his path to this employer was not so straightforward. Retired generals usually have several options. First, they can take up a new post in the public sector, but adequate positions (e. g. those of ambassadors) are rare. Second, they can try their luck in municipal or even national politics. Finally, they can join the private sector – and they are most likely to work in the security industry or in the defence industry. The latter option is a common practice both in the Czech Republic and in other NATO countries: former Czech generals and senior army officers are being employed by important players in the defence industry, such as, for example, the Czechoslovak Group, Česká zbrojovka, Pramacom, Omnipol, STV Group or SVOS Přelouč.
Image: "I hate the word retirement," says Bečvář. He confirms that in his case, retirement was not an option, although he turned 60 last year | army.cz
Former soldiers who start working in the arms industry rarely communicate this to the public and the same goes for the companies, which do not tend to announce that they have hired former army officers, colonels or generals unless journalists start asking questions. This leads to a variety of speculations about whether army officers develop relationships to companies while they are still on active duty, about conflicts of interest, lobbying for corporate projects and disclosures of classified information.
Josef Bečvář is one of the first high-ranking Czech soldiers to openly communicate his transition to the private sector. "I vowed to myself that I would not reach out to arms companies until the end of my service (which came several months after my tenure as Chief of the General Staff had expired), although I might seek career opportunities in the private sector when I leave the army. I kept that promise. I spent several months waiting to see whether I any interesting opportunity would occur within the public sector, but the proposal remained vague. After the NATO Days in Ostrava, I got in touch with several defence companies. In autumn, I decided to work in the private sector and considered several opportunities. After careful consideration, I opted for Glomex Military Supplies," says Bečvář.
In January 2019, Josef Bečvář became president of Glomex Military Supplies, a not-so-well-known yet very successful medium-sized company that grew thanks to providing special forces and air forces with arms and equipment. The company has been increasing its capacities and providing maintenance for the Czech army's planes such as Airbus A-319 and Yak-40. "Readers may not believe it, but I first chose the company without actually considering what post I was going to be offered," says Bečvář. "I did not want to join a large corporation, because I would have only limited opportunities to influence it and I would I would probably serve more of a representative role as former Chief of the General Staff. I wanted to become a manager and the environment of a successful and dynamic medium-sized company was the perfect choice for me. I can learn new skills and grow with the company."
Image: In January 2019, Josef Bečvář became president of Glomex Military Supplies, a not-so-well-known yet very successful medium-sized company
Bečvář firmly rejects any speculations about a possible conflict of interests or about him receiving preferential treatment from the company owner. "As a soldier, I never came into contact with Glomex MS. I first learned about the existence of the company, when I was discussing the A-319 and Yak-40 aircraft maintenance project. These orders were placed by the civilian part of the Ministry of Defence and, to my knowledge, Glomex MS had to fight hard to be awarded these contracts in open competitions. I first got in touch with Glomex MS after I had left the army. And last but not least, unlike other colleagues who joined arms companies, I agreed to openly communicate my arrival at the company to journalists and security professionals," he says.
To conclude, Josef Bečvář says: "I would like to thank the army for everything it has given me during my 45-year-long service. If I had to decide again, I wouldn't change anything about my career. At the same time, I would like to express my gratitude to the owner of Glomex MS for the trust he placed in me when he made me president of this company. A new and exciting chapter of my career is starting, and I can continue working towards the security of the Czech Republic and its allies."
Image: "If I had to decide again, I wouldn't change anything about my career," says Josef Bečvář
Source: https://www.armyweb.cz/clanek/josef-becvar-po-45-letech-sluzby-v-armade-zacina-novou-karieru
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Эдгардо Мортара (, ) — католический священник еврейского происхождения. Получил известность в связи с тем, что в шестилетнем возрасте был отобран полицией у родителей и воспитывался как христианин. Случай с Мортарой вызвал широкий общественный резонанс.

Биография
Вечером 23 июня 1858 года в дом Марианны и Саломона (Момоло) Мортара в городе Болонья прибыли полицейские, чтобы забрать их шестилетнего сына Эдгардо. Они действовали по приказу папы Пия IX. Церковным властям стало известно, что служанка в доме Мортара тайно крестила Эдгардо, когда он был болен. По её словам, она опасалась, что мальчик умрёт и его душа попадёт в ад. Болонья входила в состав теократического государства — Папской области. Согласно законам, евреям запрещалось воспитывать христианского ребёнка, даже если это были их собственные дети.

Эдгардо Мортара был перевезён в Рим, где воспитывался в доме для евреев-католиков. Семье первоначально было запрещено иметь с ним контакты. Впоследствии были разрешены свидания, но не наедине. С протестами выступили различные еврейские организации, а также известные деятели (в частности, Наполеон III и император Франц-Иосиф). Тем не менее, папа Пий IX отклонил все требования вернуть ребёнка.

После присоединения Папской области к Италии в 1870 году папа потерял власть, и семья Мортары вновь предприняла попытку вернуть сына. Однако к этому моменту Эдгардо Мортара, достигший 19-летнего возраста и ставший совершеннолетним, заявил, что привержен католической вере. В тот же год он переехал во Францию, где вступил в орден августинцев. В 23 года Мортара стал священником, приняв новое имя Пий. Он занимался миссионерской деятельностью в немецких городах, обращая евреев в католицизм.

Мортара был сторонником причисления Пия IX к лику блаженных. В 1912 году, выступая в поддержку беатификации папы, он писал, что спустя девять дней в Рим прибыли родители, которые в течение месяца ежедневно посещали его, уговаривая вернуться. По его словам, он не испытывал никакого желания вернуться домой, объясняя это «силой молитв».

Позднее Мортара восстановил отношения с семьёй и присутствовал на похоронах матери. Он владел девятью иностранными языками. Мортара умер в Бельгии, проведя последние годы жизни в монастыре.

См. также
 Принудительное обращение

Примечания

Литература

 David Kertzer. The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara (ISBN 0-679-76817-3)

Ссылки
 An account of the American reaction to the Mortara case
 Secret Files of the Inquisition. Episode 4

Католические священники Италии
Августинские братья
Похищенные дети
Католические блаженные