are compassionate towards him or her.
The first two part of this mindfulness we have already practiced. Today, you'll be focussing on the compassionate side of it.
Compassion is feeling the suffering of others with the desire to help ease that suffering. As a parent, we have this instinctive compassion for our child but sometimes it can be hard to be compassionate when in the midst of an argument or when your child doesn't behave as you like.
When you're angry it's hard to be compassionate. In these moments, you must try to be mindful and take a step out of your anger. You need to remind yourself of the love you have for your child and the good qualities that he or she has.
So when you find yourself angry with your child conjure up that loving feeling again. Maybe it was a time when you first held him in your arms or the time when she bombarded you with kisses. When you can feel this love again, you'll be able to feel compassion for your child. And from this point you can start to understand and respond to your child's underlying emotions.
Today's challenge action is to be compassionate to your child when in anger by recalling a more positive emotion.


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"Ah! You know your Ancient Greeks? They understood that war is a God. A God that requires human sacrifice. And in exchange, war gives man purpose, meaning, a chance to rise above his petty, mortal little self and be courageous, noble, better!"
"Only one of the many gods believed in that. And he was wrong."
"You know nothing of the Gods."
―Erich Ludendorff and Diana[src]
General Erich Ludendorff was a World War I general of the Imperial German Army, an ally of the nefarious Dr. Poison, and an enemy of Wonder Woman. He gained metahuman powers by inhaling a special gas developed by Dr. Poison, who was secretly influenced by Ares into creating it.
Ludendorff visits a German military base in the Ottoman Empire. Unbeknownst to him, one of his pilots is the American Spy on the British service, Captain Steve Trevor. Trevor soon realizes that the Germans are building chemical weapons in the base. While Ludendorff meets with his chief scientist Doctor Poison, Maru unleashes her newest gas in a chamber where a test subject is located. The subject is affected by the poison gas but does not die from its effect resulting in Maru to pull the collar string to hang the test subject to death in frustration. Afterward, Maru has a conversation with Ludendorff in which she begs him for more time to complete her formula. However, she then realizes that her notebook has been stolen. Trevor, who has taken the notebook, escapes via plane while Ludendorff and Maru enter a car. Although Trevor sweeps back over the camp and attempts to shoot their car, Ludendorff and Maru escape successfully.[1]
Preventing an Armistice
Ludendorff next headed to Belgium, where the newest base for Doctor Maru's research is located. There, he was greeted by one of his captains, who welcomed him at the camp. While they were entering the base, Ludendorff asked how long the captain will need to fulfill his mission. When the captain replied that they will need two days, Ludendorff interrupted him and stated that he and his men have until tonight. When the man tried to argue, claiming that his man had neither food nor sleep, Ludendorff coldly replied that he had neither food nor sleep as well and that the captain did not hear him complaining. Ludendorff claimed that the captain's men are weak and seemed to have forgotten that an attack can take place anytime, from any corner. To remind them of that fact, Ludendorff shot the Captain in the head to intimidate the rest of the troop.[1]
Ludendorff discusses with Dr. Maru on their plan to unleash the gas
Ludendorff then enters the base which is the new main base for Doctor Poison. He asks Maru whether she has made any progress but she reveals that it was not enough. Poison also reveals to Ludendorff that the war is over; Germany has given up. Von Hindenburg has recommended that the German emperor signs the armistice and the fighting will be over soon. Ludendorff claims that the emperor will not sign the armistice if he sees Poison's newest weapon. Although Maru seems to have lost faith since her notebook was stolen, Ludendorff tells her that he believes in her, not her book. Maru then reveals to Ludendorff that she had fabricated an additional gas for Ludendorff himself, which will restore his strength. Ludendorff inhales the gas, which gives him enhanced strength and endurance. While he is recovering from the shock, Maru suddenly has an idea which might perfect her gas.[1]
Ludendorff returns to Germany where he enters a meeting of the German commanders. He is aghast that a peace treaty is to be negotiated but the commanders assure him that it is the wish of the emperor. Ludendorff claims that with the absolute assistance of the assembled leaders, Germany could easily win the war if they only had a little faith in him. However, the leaders reveal to him that they do not have the required faith in him anymore. The leaders are unwilling to sacrifice any more German lives but Ludendorff argues that only one more attack is required to crush the enemy. When he attempts to reveal to them how Doctor Maru created a new gas weapon, the leaders interrupt him and reveal that they have no faith in him or his witch anymore. One of the men states that the war will end in twenty-four hours and that it is essentially over. Ludendorff angrily claims that the war is only over for all of them. He then storms out of the room and signals Maru, who is waiting outside. Maru tosses a grenade containing her gas and Ludendorff locks the room - trapping the German High Command inside. When Maru asks him why he left the High Command one gas mask, claiming that it will not work against the gas, Ludendorff sadistically states that the High Command does not know that. While the members of the High Command gruesomely perished inside the room, Ludendorff inhales another dose of the gas Maru fabricated for him.[1]
Staging a Presentation
After the death of the High Command, Ludendorff and Maru plan to stage a presentation of the efficiency of Maru's gas for the German emperor as to convince him not to end the war.[1]
Ludendorff was said to be hosting a gala shortly before the signing of the armistice. Even the German emperor was said to be there and Trevor and Diana believe that this will be the best opportunity to take down Ludendorff. Diana also came to the conclusion that Ludendorff is the human form of Ares, the God of War. Believing that killing Ares would end the war, Diana was now even more convinced to take down Ludendorff.[1]
Ludendorff dancing with Diana
Steve and Diana infiltrate the castle Ludendorff is hosting his gala at. While Diana is walking through the crowd, searching for "Ares", she sees Ludendorff approaching her. However, when the music starts playing it is revealed that Ludendorff merely wants to dance with her and while they are dancing, Ludendorff asks whether she is enjoying the party. Diana replies that she is not sure what exactly they are celebrating and Ludendorff tells her that they are celebrating the victory.[1]
Diana asks why they are celebrating victory when peace is said to be so close. Ludendorff replies that peace is merely an interval in an everlasting war. When Diana seemingly agrees, Ludendorff claims that this concept is from the ancient Greeks which he noted that the Greeks understood that war is a god, a god who needs sacrifice and that in exchange, war gives men purpose. Due to this answer referring to the god Ares, Diana is strengthened in her belief that Ludendorff is actually Ares incarnate. She states that only one of the many gods believed in this theory of war and that he was wrong. Affronted, Ludendorff replies that Diana knows nothing of the gods but the two are then interrupted by a German officer who reveals to Ludendorff that the presentation is ready to start. As Ludendorff turns to leave, he tells Diana to enjoy the fireworks. When Ludendorff's back is turned to Diana, she attempts to draw her hidden sword to strike her down but she is stopped by Steve.[1]
Due to Steve's interference, Ludendorff is able to launch the missile carrying Maru's gas. The missile strikes a nearby village, the one Diana and Steve saved earlier, and kills every inhabitant - most of them civilians. After heading to the village and finding the corpses, Diana vows to pursue Ludendorff and kill him, and by extension Ares.[1]
Ludendorff points the gun to Diana before shooting her in vain
Directly after launching his gas, Ludendorff heads to a nearby military base where he oversees his troops load a plane with his poison gas bound for London. While he is in a watchtower, he is suddenly confronted by Diana who grabs Ludendorff's companion and throws him off the tower. Ludendorff recognizes Diana and admits his surprise. However, he then states that he has a more important matter to attend to and swiftly draws his gun and fires it at Diana's face. However, Diana blocks the bullet with her bracelet and deflects it back on Ludendorff. The bullet hits Ludendorff's gun and knocks it out of his hand. In pain, Ludendorff asks Diana what exactly she is. Diana replies that Ludendorff will soon find out and draws her sword. Ludendorff, powered by Maru's drug, rips a boiler from a nearby wall and thrusts it into Diana. It comes to a battle between the two, and Ludendorff manages to disarm Diana and picked up her sword. He throws her to the ground and states that she is no match for him. However, when he thrusts his sword down, Diana blocks it with her bare hands. She gets back up and continues the fight.[1]
Ludendorff being stabbed by Diana
Ludendorff flees to the roof, but Diana pursues him. She jumps up and ensnares him with the Lasso of Hestia. She violently smashes him into the floor and, claiming that she will full fill the mission of the Amazons, rams her sword into Ludendorff's chest, executing what she believes to be the ancient enemy Ares. However, after Ludendorff has died, she soon comes to the conclusion that Ludendorff was not Ares after all, as the Germans keep loading the plane when, according to her, they should have been freed of Ares' influence.[1]
"Peace? There's only an armistice in an endless war."
―Erich Ludendorff, quoting Thucydides[src]
General Ludendorff is as an extremely megalomaniacal, ambitious, ruthless and relentless individual, seeking to win World War I at any cost with Doctor Poison's chemical weapons, and not hesitating to shoot his own men or officer peers at the slightest disagreements with him, thereby being an even more sinister and malevolent militaristic supervillain than General Zod. Indeed, Lundendorff was charismatic enough as a leader to instill immense loyalty in Doctor Poison, who ultimately refused to abandon him for Steve Trevor (who was undercover, posing as a ruthless German officer interested in her). Despite being usually calm, Ludendorff occasionally displays fierce wrath and rage when frustrated, such as when confronted and thwarted by Wonder Woman's sudden arrival.
Ludendorff sadistically romanticizes war (unknowingly thus worshiping the God of War Ares), believing that it serves a purpose of bettering individuals, and claiming that it demands human sacrifices. Due to this mindset, personality and enhanced physical condition, Wonder Woman originally believed him to be Ares in disguise, though she later finds out that this is not the case. Also, in spite of being used as a pawn by Ares, it was revealed that Ludendroff is more than capable of waging war against his enemies even without Ares' influence; this was shown when Ares stated that while he may have inspired Ludendroff and Poison to create formulas and weaponry for their plans, he doesn't force them wage war to take down the enemies as they are capable of doing it themselves due to their free will. This implies that Ludendroff was power-hungry from the very beginning even before Ares came to the picture.
Ludendorff was also quite intelligent and well-read, notably reading quite a bit of Ancient Greek literature, and being impressed when Diana Prince quotes him an author of that era. Indeed, he was an excellent military scientist, tactician and battle strategist, scouring both himself and the Imperial German Army multiple victories during the 4-year duration of World War I, being all the more effective due to his ruthlessness, as when several other high-ranking German officers opposed his views, Ludendorff unexpectedly wiped them out on the spot with a chemical weapon, and when Wonder Woman managed to free a Belgian village from a year of German occupation on the Western Front, Ludendorff promptly wiped the village out with the same chemical weapon. His intelligence, however, was occasionally undermined by his extreme arrogance and overconfidence, with Ludendorff even going so far as to claim that even Wonder Woman, while a magnificent warrior, was no match for him. This would prove to be Ludendorff's undoing, as Wonder Woman promptly proceeded to defeat and kill him.
Lundendorff also appears to have a sadistic sense of humor, as when he has Doctor Poison kill disagreeing German officers with her extra-lethal mustard gas, Ludendorff tosses in a gas mask, gleefully laughing at the prospect of the doomed officers not knowing that the mask would be useless against the horrific gas.
Temporary Powers
"As magnificient as you are, you are still no match for me."
―Erich Ludendorff to Diana[src]
Enhanced Metahuman Physiology: General Ludendorff inhaled regular doses of a gaseous drug developed for him by Doctor Poison (under Ares' secret tutelage), resulting in his impressive metahuman powers.
Superhuman Strength: General Ludendorff has incredible superhuman strength, seemingly on par with that of Wonder Woman, though she notably had still not yet reached her full potential at the time. Nonetheless, this allowed him to easily crush a pistol with his bare hand, and to go blow for blow against Wonder Woman, even briefly knocking and pinning her to the ground.
Superhuman Durability: General Ludendorff is incredibly durable to blunt force trauma, with him withstanding mighty blows from even Wonder Woman herself, though he could still be pierced by the God Killer sword.
Gifted Intelligence: General Ludendorff is quite intelligent and well-read, notably reading quite a bit of Ancient Greek literature (and being impressed when Diana Prince quotes him an author of that era), with his intellect mainly extending to his superb understanding of warfare and military science (to the point of him sadistically romanticizing war, much to Ares' delight), as well as his considerable tactical, strategic, and leadership skills.
Expert Tactician: General Ludendorff, despite his arrogance, is an excellent tactician and battle strategist, scouring the Imperial German Army multiple victories during the 4-year duration of World War I, being all the more effective due to his ruthlessness. Ludendorff notably took over and occupied of a Belgian village (leaving Allied troops stationed at the Western Front unable to break through for almost a year, until Wonder Woman unexpectedly showed up), later fully wiped out the aforementioned village with an unexpected attack after it was freed (utilizing Doctor Poison's extra-lethal mustard gas), wiped out a group of disgruntled fellow German officers with another unexpected chemical weapon attack after they meet together, and almost succeeded in winning the war with his mustard gas-filled plane strategy (only thwarted by the last minute valiant efforts of the Wonder Men, as well as Steve Trevor's self-sacrifice).
Expert Leader: Ludendorff, as a general of the Imperial German Army, was a highly skilled and experienced leader, having lead his troops though almost the entirely of World War I. Indeed, Lundendorff was charismatic enough as a leader to instill immense loyalty in Doctor Poison, who ultimately refused to abandon him for Steve Trevor (who was undercover, posing as a ruthless German officer interested in her).
Bilingual: General Ludendorff, apart from his native German, also fluently spoke English (albeit with a mild German accent).
Master Combatant: General Ludendorff is an extremely skilled hand-to-hand combatant, to the point that he managed to hold his own against Wonder Woman herself in their fight, dodging or countering many of her attacks, though he was ultimately defeated and killed by the Amazon warrior.
Expert Marksman: As a seasoned soldier, General Luendorff is a highly skilled gunman. He killed one of his own men for irritating him, with a single shot from his pistol.
Regular Drug Doses: General Ludendorff's greatest weakness is that in order to maintain his metahuman powers, he needs to inhale regular doses of Doctor Poison's gaseous drug every so often, or else they will fully wear off.
Beings of Equal Power: General Ludendorff, when fighting beings of comparable or greater might, like Wonder Woman (even though she was not yet at her full potential), is more vulnerable, as they are powerful enough to injure and even kill Ludendorff, with Wonder Woman promptly killing him after a brief fight.
Magic: General Ludendorff is vulnerable to magic-based attacks and weapons, so he can therefore be cut and wounded by Wonder Woman's God Killer sword, as well as restrained by the Amazonian Lasso of Hestia (which is magically rendered unbreakable). As a result, Ludendorff is ultimately stabbed to death by the Amazonian blade.
Arrogance: General Ludendorff's main psychological weakness is his overconfidence and arrogance (stemming from his megalomania), with him even going so far as to claim that even Wonder Woman, while a magnificent warrior, was no match for him. This would prove to be Ludendorff's undoing, as Wonder Woman promptly proceeded to defeat and kill him.
Gaseous Drug Vials: General Ludendorff always had vials of this drug on him, in order to temporarily enhance himself whenever necessary.
Luger P08: General Ludendorff used his pistol to shoot down one of his own men when the latter began complaining.
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Erich Ludendorff was a real-life senior German military official during World War I. Unlike his film counterpart, the real Ludendorff lived another nineteen years after the war, becoming a hard-line nationalist, blaming Jews and Marxists for Germany's defeat, and advocating a "total war", of devoting Germany's entire physical and moral force against other nations. He died in 1937, less than two years before the outbreak of World War II.
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Get Loopy
EVER SINCE PRIMITIVE MAN FIRST stood at the mouth of an echoing canyon, sound loops have fascinated and inspired us to create.
DigiTech JamMan SoloEVER SINCE PRIMITIVE MAN FIRST stood at the mouth of an echoing canyon, sound loops have fascinated and inspired us to create. Over the eons, looping technology has become more flexible and portable (try hauling a canyon to your next gig!), allowing musicians to create multilayered soundscapes all by themselves— live, and in real time. Early looping devices were tape-based machines like the Echoplex, whose analog technology and beltdriven mechanics produced a warm tone. During the 1980s, digital technology trickled down to the consumer world, and pedals like the Electro-Harmonix 16-Second Delay made live looping a relatively simple task. Modern looping devices now have studioquality audio, long loop times, and cool performance features, and they come in a variety of price ranges, making it a good time to get loopy.
Back in the late '70s, trendsetter Jaco Pastorius performed a looped solo, "Slang," during his live shows, and electric bass players have since followed his lead in droves. Bass is an ideal instrument for looping: You can play percussion, bass lines, chords, and melodies, all on one axe. A bass with 20 frets and four strings can produce over a four-octave range—plus harmonics—but with an extended-range bass, the potential is staggering.
There are two aspects of looping to consider: the hardware, and the music. First, let's look at some popular devices and their features, and then we'll talk about a few simple musical ideas to get you started.
HARDWARE … HARDWARE … HARDWARE
Line 6 JM4 Boss offers several options in the looping department. The small yet mighty RC-3 is a single-space pedal crammed with an amazing amount of features. With stereo in and out, you can connect more than one instrument or the send signal from a stereo effects chain. With three hours of recording time, the RC-3 allows you to store up to 99 loops for recall on the gig; it also has preset drum patterns, an AUX input for iPods or other external devices, and a USB port to import or export .wav files. The RC-3's big brother, the RC-30, adds an XLR input with phantom power, built-in effects, three hours of looping time, and two independent loops. The flagship RC-300 really ups the ante with three independent stereo loops (with dedicated transport/control pedals), a three-channel mixer, built-in expression pedal, MIDI control, and inputs for more external controllers.
Several Line 6 floor units have looping features, but the company now offers a pedal whose sole function is looping. The JM4 has several amp models, effects, and jam tracks that cater more to the guitarist, but there's plenty for bass players, too: separate XLR or q" inputs for an AUX in channel, each with its own EQ and reverb; a line out for your amp; stereo line outs for recording or PA consoles; a dedicated footswitch for halfspeed; a r" AUX input; and 24 minutes of total recording time. You can import and export files on an SDHC card.
Echoplex If you're considering a Digi- Tech JamMan looper, you can choose between Solo (mono), Stereo, and Delay models. They all offer 35 built-in minutes of recording time, but with an SDHC card, you can bump that up to 16 hours. Each model includes a metronome with multiple sounds and time signatures, and a USB port that lets you manage your loops with DigiTech librarian software. The JamMan Delay has up to 16 seconds of stereo delay, three programmable presets, reverse playback, and several control options.
Built in the Lone Star State, the Boomerang III E-156 Phrase Sampler is a performance- friendly unit. It offers over 17 minutes of mono recording time, six independent loops that can be played sequentially or simultaneously, an octave-down function for making bass lines out of wimpy guitar notes, and several features that make the 'Rang well-suited to working with complex song forms. The downside is you can't store loops or expand the memory capacity, but it is wedge-shaped for easy floor operation. (Did I mention it's built in Texas?)
The big kahuna of loopers is the Looperlative LP1, a rackmount unit that has all the firepower you could need. The LP1 offers eight independent stereo loops that can be synchronized or asynchronous, it produces 24-bit audio at a 48kHz sample rate, and it sends the signal to stereo outs, as well as two different stereo aux outs. To use the LP1 hands-free, you will need to use your own MIDI controller pedal. For those who find the LP1 too much to handle, the new mono LP2 loop pedal is a simpler device that has some unique features. With 12-bit audio and 48kHz sampling, the sound quality is fairly high, and it offers MIDI sync, permanent storage on SDHC cards, and feedback control via an expression pedal input. It also has "rhythmic replace" functions that allow you to create rhythmic loops out of slices of other sounds, and "Random Retrigger," which allows real-time creation of randomized ostinatos.
Boomerang III E-156 Phrase SamplerMUSIC … MUSIC … MUSIC
Once you've chosen a looper and figured out how to operate it, it's time to make some music. Start with a short loop—say, two bars long. Getting the hang of "snipping" the first loop at the right time takes practice. While some units include drum patterns, it's totally possible to create groovy drum tracks with your bass. You can get a kick drum sound by muting your strings and hitting the lower ones with your palm, or thumb. Make a "snare" sound by tapping your hand on the higher strings or by using a muted pluck. Start with a simple alternating pattern: kick on beats one and three, snare on beats two and four. You can fill it in with eighth- or 16th-notes on the "hi-hat" by lightly tapping the high strings.
With the drum track in place, play a simple bass line—one bar of E to a bar of A will work. Once the bass line is in place, play some simple two-note chords: playing G and D at the 12th fret with an E root makes Em7, and playing G and C# against an A builds an A7 chord. Keep the rhythm simple, for now. For some texture, add some harmonics: Play the harmonics on the D and G strings at the 5th fret (D and G) for an Em7 chord, and at the 4th fret (F# and B) against an A root for a snazzy A6/9. You can break up the harmonics rhythmically if you like, and a touch of chorus works wonders. Now you have a complete rhythm track to solo over for days.
Looperlative LP2 MiniSeveral bassists have taken looping to new heights, and Steve Lawson (stevelawson.net) is certainly at the forefront of the scene. Steve has toured the world as a solo bassist for years, and has released a trove of CDs featuring his unique blend of musicianship and effect mastery. Steve says, "Looping has enabled me to soundtrack the inside of my head without outside interference. I would not be playing solo if it weren't for looping—it's as simple as that."
Michael Manring (manthing.com) is one of the few players who can hold an audience spell-bound with nothing but a 4-string bass and his hands, but he's also used looping extensively in his solo shows. Manring got his first JamMan in 1994 and immediately went for the MIDI sync option, which allowed him to connect two JamMans together with a MIDI cable. "The loops sync to each other in various multiples," he says. "I realized I could now play whole tunes, change sections, bring melodies in and out, and basically arrange a whole piece of music rather than being locked into a single idea for the whole piece."
Boss RC-3Todd Johnson (toddjohnsonmusic.com) is a master of chordal bass technique, and he's superb at playing walking bass lines and chords simultaneously. He uses a loop pedal to create jazz rhythm tracks and then solos over them. "Looping has been a godsend to me," Todd says. "In addition to being a bassist for hire, I now have a solo career. I can be proactive and not just sit around waiting for the phone to ring. Looping and performing as a solo act have caused me to start writing my own material. It's a newfound freedom—I'm limited only by my own creativity and imagination."
For a modest investment, looping can open up previously unimaginable creative possibilities. It's a great way to learn more about music, and there is even career potential— imagine yourself playing a solo bass gig one day. It's a loopy idea that could really work.
Preamps Demystified
IT SEEMS WE BASSISTS ARE ON AN eternal quest for sonic nirvana, a journey that takes us through every part of our signal path.
By ED Friedland
Review: Warwick Sklar Bass I Signature
When Warwick decided to build a signature model for Leland Sklar, the company knew it would have to live up to the reputation of the man.
Tech Voices: BBE Sound and G&L Guitars' Paul Gagon
Some of us were meant to "just" be players—the instrument makes perfect sense to us, but the engineering behind it is an enigma that simply lets us go boom when the need presents itself.
Adam Nitti: Getting To The Bottom
Credit the web with helping to create the boon in cover-song videos, which has brought dozens of new artists to attention and made stars out of acts like Jacob Collier, Dirty Loops, and Knower.
By Chris Jisi | Photographs By Frank Zipperer
Review: Phil Jones Bass Double Four and Bass Cub Practice Amps
For many years, Phil Jones bass has been creating small solutions to one of the bigger problems we bassists face: amplification.
TC Electronic TonePrint Pedals
THESE DAYS, IT SEEMS ALMOST EVERY product interfaces with our smartphones to make our lives easier and more productive; musicians in particular are enjoying the fruits of the "iLife."
Gear Review: Glockenklang Blue Soul
THE WORD GLOCKENKLANG MEANS "bell sound" in German, and the company bearing that name seems intent on making sure nothing gets lost in translation.
Tech Bench: Bridge Building
AS I BEGIN THIS SERIES OF ARTICLES ON BASS modifications, let me first publicly apologize to the victims of my obsessive quest for tone—P-Basses routed for J pickups, the Stingray I thought would sound great with a P pickup in neck position, the Jazz Bass I thought would improve with molten lead poured into holes cut beneath the bridge … Over the years, thousands of dollars were spent, and thousands more have been lost by desecrating what would now be vintage instruments. Forgive me, Leo.


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Steal Away Home: One Woman's Epic Flight to Freedom - And Her Long Road Back to the South
Author Karolyn Smardz Frost
In this compelling work of narrative non-fiction, Governor General's Award winner Karolyn Smardz Frost captures Cecelia's epic story of courage. She was a teenager when she made her dangerous bid for freedom. Escape meant that she would never see her mother or brother again. She would be cut off from Fanny, the young mistress with whom she grew up, but who also owned her. This was a time when people could be property, and when a beloved father could be separated from his wife and children, to be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Cecelia found a new life in Toronto's vibrant African-American expatriate community. There she fell in love with her dashing rescuer, and initiated a correspondence with her former owner that would endure for more than two decades. Widowed, she braved the Fugitive Slave Law to cross back into the United States. When she eventually returned to the Kentucky she had known as a child, she found her home much changed in the wake of war. Reunited with her mother, Cecelia also renewed her complicated relationship with her former mistress. After years apart, the two lived within a few blocks of each other until Fanny's death.
Smardz Frost's impeccable research and vivid description takes the reader through the Civil War, the shameful backdrop of slavery and the very real and stirring tale of one woman's struggle for freedom—and her return to her former home on her own terms, despite the risk involved.


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Remembering Lenin On His 150th Birthday During Pandemic
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By Prakash Karat
April 22, 2020, marks the 150th birth anniversary of the greatest revolutionary figure of the twentieth century, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. After Marx and Engels, Lenin made the biggest contribution to the theory and practice of Marxism. Lenin's groundbreaking theoretical advances, such as his analysis of imperialism, set the stage for the world's first socialist revolution in Russia in October 1917. Lenin created a revolutionary strategy that encompassed the industrial proletariat and the peoples of the colonies and oppressed countries. Another aspect of this strategy was the concept of worker- peasant unity. In the sphere of revolutionary practice, Lenin pioneered the role of a revolutionary party organisation as the vanguard of the working class.
Lenin fought relentlessly to safeguard the revolutionary character of the working class against all forms of reformism and class collaboration. As leader of the new state, the Soviet Union, though for a short period, Lenin strove to give direction to building socialism in the face of innumerable odds. That experience was to be of the utmost importance for the future.
In this brief tribute, we deal with Lenin's seminal contribution to the understanding of imperialism, the contemporary relevance of that contribution, and with the contributions of Lenin and the young Soviet state to combating disease.
While Marx foresaw the establishment of capitalism as a worldwide system, it was only after his death that capitalism grew to the stage of monopoly capitalism. Lenin's grasp of theory enabled him to see how imperialism developed as a world-wide system because of the inherent requirements of monopoly capitalism, and integrated the theory of imperialism with the concrete strategy and tactics of the world proletarian revolution.
Lenin's profound understanding of imperialism made him the first Marxist to break from the conventional understanding that a socialist revolution was possible only in societies that had made the transition to full-fledged capitalism. Lenin noted that the uneven development of capitalism in the era of imperialism made it possible for a socialist revolution to be successful in a country that was backward with respect to capitalist development. In the era of imperialism, revolution would occur where the weakest link in the worldwide chain of capitalist exploitation could be broken. It was Lenin who pointed out that, after the outbreak of the First World War, which was an outcome of inter-imperialist rivalry, Tsarist Russia was the weakest link in that chain.
The Leninist understanding of imperialism laid the basis for linking the struggles of the working class of the advanced capitalist countries with the national liberation struggles of the people of the colonies.
It is only by building on the foundations of Lenin's theory of imperialism that we can confront the reality of globalised finance capital today. There have been major changes in the nature of finance capital since the time Lenin analysed imperialism. There have been gigantic levels of concentration and centralisation of capital over the last three decades. This finance capital seeks unhindered access across the globe in its quest for profit. This financialisation of capital along with neoliberal policies has had serious repercussions on the economic and political sovereignty of nation-states and the lives of the working people.
These changes do not mean there is any let-up in the aggressive and predatory nature of imperialism. Inter-imperialist contradictions have not led to wars between imperialist powers but the head of the imperialist bloc, the United States, has waged war against national liberation struggles and imperialist coalitions have waged war against countries to subdue them and maintain their hegemony. The United States uses economic blockades and coercive sanctions against countries that stand in the way of its hegemonic designs.
The predatory nature of imperialism is seen in the expropriation and accumulation of capital by capturing and exploiting the resources of the developing countries; in neoliberal policy of transferring basic services like health and education and public utilities like water and energy to the private domain; and in the intensification of the exploitation of working people in all capitalist countries .
We celebrate Lenin's 150th birth anniversary when the world is gripped by the Covid-19 pandemic. People in 185 countries have been affected by the virus and, as on April 15, nearly two million people have been affected worldwide. The biggest pandemic in the world took place a century ago in 1918-1919 – the influenza pandemic (misleadingly called the "Spanish" flu, although it did not originate in Spain). The influenza epidemic killed between 50 to 100 million people. The flu spread globally because it affected soldiers fighting in First World War and through troop movements. India, under British rule, was the worst victim; it is estimated that 16 to 18 million people died after the virus was brought back by Indian soldiers fighting in the War.
The pandemic began within weeks of the October Revolution. On behalf of the workers' and peasants' government, Lenin issued a decree on peace in October, calling for an end to hostilities by the major powers. His call was ignored by Britain, France and the United States on one side and by Germany and its allies on the other.
Britain and its allies sensed victory and wanted to continue the fighting. If a peace treaty had been agreed upon, a better fight could have been put up against the deadly influenza. When the second, more virulent, phase of the flu erupted in October 1918, tens of thousands of soldiers died a swift death. This dark episode in the history of the First World War showed the inhuman character of imperialism. The quest for hegemony overrode all human considerations of care for the sick and dying.
Russia was plunged into civil war in this period. The counterrevolutionary forces waged a savage war to destroy the revolution and the workers' State. Russia experienced famine and epidemics during the period. It is not known how many died because of the influenza pandemic. One of its prominent victims was the Bolshevik leader Yakov Sverdlov, the young (he was short of his 34th birthday) head of state of the young republic. Soon after the World War ended, the imperialist powers turned their attention to attacking Russia and strangling the revolution. Eleven countries sent troops to support the counter-revolutionary forces. Their concern was not with the raging pandemic in their midst, but with the suppression of the revolution.
Lenin was the chairman of the Council of Commissars, equivalent of being the prime minister of the revolutionary government, and one of the first steps he took concerned public health. A People's Commissariat of Public Health was established in July 1918, and control of infectious diseases was one of its priorities. Lenin wrote in 1920: "All our determination and all our experience of the civil war we must apply to combating epidemics."
The significance of early Soviet policy in this respect is explained in Pale Rider, a fascinating 2017 book about the Spanish flu by Laura Spinney. Spinney writes: "In 1920, therefore, Russia was the first to implement a centralised, fully public health care system. It wasn't universal, because it didn't cover rural populations…but it was a huge achievement nevertheless, and the driving force behind it was Vladimir Lenin . . .
Such were Lenin and the new socialist State, blazing a trail in the fields of public health and the war against epidemic disease. And what a contrast to the actions of the chief imperialist power today! Pandemic or not, the United States continues to wage economic and political war against Cuba, Venezuela and Iran. It seeks to appropriate medical supplies for itself, even at the expense of its allies. Berlin's state minister of the interior condemned the diversion to the United States of a consignment of face masks bound for Germany as "an act of modern-day piracy." While thousands die of the virus in the United States because of its expensive and extremely privatized health care system, Trump has halted funding to the World Health Organisation, accusing it of colluding with China in covering up the spread of the coronavirus.
In these times of pandemic, let us recall Lenin's prescient observations about imperialism and his tireless efforts to establish a humane system – socialism – in the Soviet Union.
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Bitwa pod Rogalinem – starcie zbrojne w czasie trwania powstania wielkopolskiego 1848 r., do którego doszło 8 maja 1848 r. pod Rogalinem, starcie zakończyło się przegraną i rozproszeniem oddziałów powstańczych.

Geneza
Wieść o dużych bitwach pod Książem i Miłosławiem i Sokołowem rozniosła się po Wielkim Księstwie Poznańskim. Zwłaszcza wygrana pod Miłosławiem i Sokołowem przyczyniła się do rozbudzenia nadziei, że powstanie może być wygrane. W wielu miejscach poznańskiego zaczęły się więc samorzutnie tworzyć oddziały powstańcze, które zaczęły działać na własną rękę. Jednym z takich samorzutnych dowódców został Jakub Krotowski-Krauthofer. Zebrał on znaczny oddział partyzantów, przeważnie z żołnierzy rozpuszczonych po zawarciu ugody w Jarosławcu. Krotowski bez porozumienia z żadnym komitetem, ani z żadnymi naczelnikami wyparł Prusaków 3 maja z Mosina i 6 maja z Kórnika.  Na opanowanym terenie proklamował Rzeczpospolitą Polską, mianował burmistrzów i innych urzędników. Rozpoczął też pośpieszne zbrojenia zabierając osiadłym w tych okolicach kolonistom niemieckim wszelką broń palną. W krótkim czasie zebrał oddział liczący blisko 800 ludzi. Naczelnikiem wybrano Włodzimierza Wilczyńskiego, a szefem sztabu został Krotowski.

Bitwa
Działalność powstańców nie uszła uwadze pruskiej. Prusacy wysłali przeciwko Polakom wojsko i 8 maja 1848 r. doszło do bitwy pod Rogalinem. Walka trwała około dwóch godzin. Ostatecznie polski oddział musiał ratować się ucieczką, przeprawiając się na drugą stronę Warty. Dowódcy nie zrezygnowali jednak z dalszych działań. Zmienili pozycję i po przeprawieniu się przez rzekę zaatakowali Rogalinek. Atak się nie powiódł i powstańcy znowu wycofali się za rzekę. Zdecydowali następnie rozsypać się na mniejsze oddziały i poszukiwali schronienia w lasach. W starciach tych Polacy stracili kilkunastu zabitych, oraz kilkunastu rannych.

Zobacz też
 Wojsko wielkopolskie 1848 roku

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Kazimierz Rakowski, Powstanie poznańskie w 1848 roku..., Lwów 1900.

Bitwy powstania wielkopolskiego (1848)
Rogalin

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I love me some wide leg pants. As a shorty, I can hide some giant heels underneath and pretend like I'm an exotic height, like 5'5" (and three-quarters or something). Bonus points for these pants, which have a delightfully stretchy waistband.
Top, I forgot (similar from Nordstrom Rack).
Pants, BB Dakota (rent them // buy them).
Bag, 3.1 Phillip Lim (similar color from Forever 21).


This year, the workers with disabilities in Israel Elwyn's (IE) Sabbah Occupational Training Center (OTC) in Jerusalem were excited to be among those helping to prepare for the 19th Maccabiah Games, which were held in Jerusalem from July 17 through 30.
The workers were given the task of preparing three different types of gift kits for the fans, athletes and foreign visitors. A total of 40,000 bags displaying the 2013 Maccabiah Games logo were stuffed with Israeli flags, programs, glow sticks and other treats.
Not unlike the athletes, the workers strove to finish the work in record time – and succeeded in finishing the job much faster than expected. They understood the significance of the kits they were preparing and discussed how recipients of the kits would enjoy opening them and discovering their contents. The workers also enjoyed the work, saying that it was refreshing to do something new and different from their regular work.
The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932 in Tel Aviv, when 400 athletes from 18 countries participated, including from Syria and Egypt. The Games have been held every four years since then, aside from a gap due to the Second World War and then the establishment of the State of Israel. This year, 9,000 athletes from 70 countries participated. Israel Elwyn is proud to have been a part of this international Jewish event.


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Touching balloon launch held in tribute to two teenagers killed in crash
They will remain in people's hearts forever
Paul Whitelam
Friends and loved ones of the victims of a fatal crash at Welton Cliff have held a balloon release in Lincoln to remember the two teenagers.
The pair, named locally as Ricky Sharp, 17 and Joby John Coyle, 14, were killed in the collision in Heath Lane at about 8pm on Monday, March 25.
Heartbreaking details have now emerged relating to a third teenager injured in the crash.
The mother of 17-year-old boy who was also one of the six teenagers in the car wrote on Facebook on Tuesday: "We are devastated to say that we are spending our last few moments with him before we have to turn his life support off.
"You will forever be in are heart son and will miss you always."
Joby John has been named locally (Image: Go Fund Me)
The incident and involved a single Vauxhall Astra which left the road about halfway between the A15 and Welton village and crashed into a tree.
Three other teenagers who were in the car, including an 18-year-old woman who was driving, suffered minor injuries.
People gathered on a field behind the Coop in Birchwood, Lincoln, on Tuesday evening where they released balloons into the night sky in a poignant tribute.
Two teenagers, 14 and 17, die after crash on outskirts of Lincoln
Evie Carr posted a video of the event on Facebook and commented: "Forever missed and loved.
"Rest in peace boys, gone but never forgotten, in our hearts forever."
So sad (Image: Anna Draper)
Tom Washington, a friend of Joby's, is organising a meeting in City Square in Lincoln at 11am on Saturday, March 30 from where balloons and flowers will be taken to the crash scene.
Four teenagers seriously injured in crash which closed road for seven hours


Places of interest of nature of Kazakhstan.
Tulips tours in reserve Aksu-Zhabagly.
Tulipa buhseana Boiss. 15 - 40 cm tall, bulb ovoid, 1 - 1,5 cm thick, with brown, coriaceous, strong, woolly tunics at the apex inside. Stem is glabrate, rarely pubescent at the top; leaves 2 in number, widely straddled, reclinated, deflexed, glabrous, more or less ciliated, linear, the lower is wider, 3 - 8 mm broad, usually much shorter than flowers.
Flowers 1 - 4 in number (sometimes up to 6), perianth lobes are white, yellow at the base, 15 - 30 mm long, acute, the outer are lanceolate, dingy-violet on the outside, more or less breaded at the base, nearly 2 times shorter than inner, the inner are oblong, gradually narrowed towards the base, with bread and ciliated there.
Stamens are 2 times shorter than perianth. Filaments are yellow, with dense hairy ring at extended base, usually hairy upwards, anthers are linear-oblong, 4 - 6 mm long, yellow or light-violet at the apex, with short mucro.
Ovary is a little shorter than stamens, with short style; fruit case is oblong, rarely globular, about 1 cm wide, 1,5 - 2 cm long, with short tip. Flowering time in April - May.
Distribution in Kazakhstan: It grows in deserts on sandy and clay soil. It occurs in Turgai, Prearal, Kzyl-Orda, Balkhash-Alakul, Kyzyl-Kum and Turkestan floristic regions, in Chu-Ili Mountains.
Note: According to some experts, tall populations of this species are independent taxonomic unit - Taliev's Tulip (Tulipa talievii Klikov et Zoz.). They differ in heavier pubescence of the bulbs, leaves, which are considerably exceeding a flower, and pubescent stem and non-incurved tips of petals.
This form occurs around a canyon of the Ili River, to the north of Kapchagai water-basin to Arharly Pass. However, recent studies based on evaluation of morphology and DNA relative weight, demonstrated that Taliev's Tulip could not be distinguished as independent species.


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package net.markenwerk.commons.iterators;

import java.util.Iterator;

import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;

@SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
public class NullFreeIteratorTests {

	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
	public void create_nullIterator() {

		new NullFreeIterator<Object>(null);

	}

	@Test
	public void iterate_nullAtFront() {

		Object[] values = new Object[] { null, new Object() };
		Iterator<Object> iterator = new NullFreeIterator<Object>(new ArrayIterator<Object>(values));

		Assert.assertTrue(iterator.hasNext());
		Assert.assertSame(values[1], iterator.next());
		Assert.assertFalse(iterator.hasNext());

	}

	@Test
	public void iterate_nullInMiddle() {

		Object[] values = new Object[] { new Object(), null, new Object() };
		Iterator<Object> iterator = new NullFreeIterator<Object>(new ArrayIterator<Object>(values));

		Assert.assertTrue(iterator.hasNext());
		Assert.assertSame(values[0], iterator.next());
		Assert.assertTrue(iterator.hasNext());
		Assert.assertSame(values[2], iterator.next());
		Assert.assertFalse(iterator.hasNext());

	}

	@Test
	public void iterate_nullAtEnd() {

		Object[] values = new Object[] { new Object(), null };
		Iterator<Object> iterator = new NullFreeIterator<Object>(new ArrayIterator<Object>(values));

		Assert.assertTrue(iterator.hasNext());
		Assert.assertSame(values[0], iterator.next());
		Assert.assertFalse(iterator.hasNext());

	}

	@Test
	public void remove() {

		RemoveTestIterator testIterator = new RemoveTestIterator();
		Iterator<Object> iterator = new NullFreeIterator<Object>(testIterator);

		iterator.next();
		iterator.remove();

		Assert.assertTrue(testIterator.removed());

	}

}

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All proceeds from Joeypalooza are to benefit Simone Rose Glim-Cawley.
Mark your calendar for November 30th!
It's official! Joeypalooza will be on November 30th at 7:30PM. Joeypalooza is a celebration of guy who was truly bigger than life. We hope it will become, an annual event to remember the life of Joe Cawley and help raise funds for those he left behind, particularly his beautiful daughter Simone Rose. The first annual Joeypalooza will be held on November 30, 2013 from 7:30PM till 11:30PM at St. Dominic's Marian Hall. Please mark your calendar. We plan to make this event one of the highlights of your year filled with all the things that Joe loved; fun, food, family, friends and music. And even if you can't make it, please consider buying a ticket anyway to support the cause. A ticket link will be added to this site soon. Please check back to purchase your tickets via PayPal.
Here's the first poster suggestion. Please submit your design today by clicking here.
1. To pay tribute to an amazing friend, brother, son, uncle and father who left us far too soon.
2. To raise money for Joe's family as they face the unexpected challenges of continuing on without him. Joe has a beautiful 6 month old daughter Simone Rose Cawley. We don't want her to ever be in need of anything. Anything...ever!
3. To make this a spectacular annual event at which we will all look forward to celebrating and toasting Joe every year.
To be rescheduled for a future date.
Here's the first poster suggestion. Please submit your design today by clicking here .


We reached THIRUBHUVAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT by 13:15 hrs. by Indigo Airlines from New Delhi International Terminal-3. While we came out from Airport Mr. Ravi Kumar of M/s. Muktinath yatra private limited welcomed us with great pleasure by wearing us flower garlands. After few minutes we met Mr. Suresh Sharma and discussed about our programme, he accepted everything and modified the original itinerary itself as per our plan.
We first visited Mahadev Mandir in Sanga, THE WORLD TALLEST [143 FEET] STATUE OF LORD SHIVA. The view of the statue from very long distance is AMAZING. We felt very happy once looking the very tall MahaDev Statue. Once we reached near to him, we thought how much small we are. Actually Lord Shiva has NO shape & NO dimensions, but while looking this tallest statue we are very much happy and felt we are in the feet of our father. Mr. Suresh Sharma arranged pooja for us with the priest over there. The priest performed pooja for the FOUR FACE SHIVA LINGA. We took some pictures and return.
Then we visited Doleswar Mahadev temple – one of the Pancha Kedar Temple. This is the face of the Bull while Lord Shiva Hiding not wishes to met Pancha Pandava.
While entering into the hotel main gate there is welcome board for us from M/s. Muktinath yatra pvt limited, also warm gesture from hotel management. We stayed in king size cot double AC room, very neat and clean. Outside view from Balcony is amazing.
We went Shri Lal hotel Next Street to Hotel Holy Himalaya, they are serving south Indian menus also; where we met Mr. Natraj family from Tamilnadu settled in Bangalore, they came to admit their daughters in Nepal College for Hotel Management.


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Gnosticism: A Genesis — Rikki Ducornet
Rikki Ducornet
1. THE VOID
Atte1mpt to imagine – and the task is futile – an absence, as when the night sky is empty of her moon, of moonshine, of stars, of starlight. Imagine a void in which you are without purchase (there is no place to stand); a night as unfathomable as a pool of ink (there is no pool, no ink) in which the vast firmament has dissolved. There is nothing but absence. (And you, the one who attempts this imagining, are nowhere to be seen.)
Imagine the beggar's bowl once the beggar has slipped behind the trees to relieve himself – one of the many disadvantages of corporality. The empty bowl he did not submit to you is not there, having vanished into thin air, and there is nothing to fill in its absence. (You must also imagine that there is no air.) I say also recalling that when we (who are corporeal and irreversibly implicated in the material world) gaze upon all that has been seeded and aggregated, we are compelled to acquire things illicit and divine, of powers seemingly magical, to cry out; spellbound: "I'll take that! And also: this!" Some say we are like ravens bewitched by things that catch the light. Imagine an emptiness that knows nothing of light. That all this that surrounds us is gone: the mole on your lover's cheek, the shape of her wrists – and consider how once before time (I say once well aware of the absurdity) there was only the Void.
Now imagine he who is the Void, that eminence without name, sleeps. He is perfect, self contained, empty of dreams. And yet, unprompted, he starts, and reaching for a thing both essential and absent, murmurs: Light! (He does not eruct. Nor does he roar. The roaring comes later with Yavweh. Do not confuse him with Yavweh!) (Some will tell you he tore an egg in two and with the yolk made the universe, but no! You see: he was himself the egg!)
This light of his that surges forth the instant he speaks fills the void. Dazzled, he awakens. Or, rather, he is that Dazzlement. He is that Awakening.
That… Quickening.
As when a youth sees, not quite hidden by the leaves, a girl the color of wild honey standing in a pool of water, illumed by the lunar light. Threading the water through her black hair, she moves her limbs in the seductive manner of the willow, the water revealing and concealing forms that – if they are the vessel of light, are also the very things that lead us astray, far from the light we aspire to that initial impulse empty of confusion, limpid and marvelous. (Yet she is marvelous also; this I admit to you. She who causes Confusion! And one is left wondering: why has he who is the light, who is the Egg, engendered so many questions begging answers? The truth is, she is about to upend everything. Washing her hair!
We have acknowledged that the Void is empty beyond emptiness. A regency with nothing above, below, or to either side and so: incorruptible. At its core the Resplendent Germ burns devoid of femininity (yet harboring Her potentiality). He knows (he knows everything) that love without an object is unimaginable. She is there, immanent, standing in a pool of light that reaches her navel: Barbelo! He gazes into the generative mirror that he is and that surrounds him, and sees his reflexion burning there. In this way she is sparked – as when an ember leaps from the fire and blazes alone on the tiles before the hearth.
Enamoured from the First Instant (and this is exactly what it is!) he adores her. After all, is she not a perfect projection of himself? Only an image and yet she knows enough to praise him and ask at once for gifts. She has clout! She is the Womb of Everything. He gives her what she wants in a flash: Thought! Truth! Indestructibility! Foreknowledge! Eternal Life! Newly minted archons, they stand in gratitude, bowing and scraping: the Androgynous Pentad of the Aeons!
Everything stirs. When he gazes into her eyes, a pneumatic current penetrates two perfect irises. Quick as lightning she conceives the One who, if resplendent, will fail to save the world. The Christ! Who any second now will uncoil in Eden, his scales like prisms gleaming in the moonlight, and speak convincingly and sensibly of moral awakening to Eve and her Adam – and this to the eternal rage of Yavweh – that despicable interloper.
But before that can happen, a galaxy of superterrestrial luminaries are projected by the Pentad – they cannot help themselves. Their names are far to numerous to put down here; indeed they would demand a book, no, an entire Library (as would the names of the sublunar demons that, thanks to that malevolence: Yavweh, will any minute now appear in droves and elbow their way into every aspect of existence, disguised as beasts: aerial, aquatic and terrestrial, and hell-bent on corrupting, corroding, mortifying, and bringing everything down. But for now there is Subtlety. There is Perfection. There is Time, also. And space. Indeed the two embrace with such conviction they cannot be torn apart – as on an evening somewhere in the galaxy, lovers come together and time stands still and the flesh dissolves into heat and light. Above them the sky shimmers with powers, with alphabets of fire. These foretell everything to come.
From this bright turbulence Wisdom arises – a luminous egg of stardust quickened by a serpent of fire whose tail rends the night sky like a knife of ice. She is called The Virgin. Perfect Memory. The Lustful One. The Wanderer. Wisdom. Pistis Sophia.
2. PISTIS SOPHIA
Alone, suspended in a liminal space between perfect light and chaos, she considers how Barbelo was made, and longs for a loving image of her own to cherish. She acts without permission, and this is her error. Her impulse, born of loneliness and longing, is unlawful. To her shame and horror, she creates a monster with twelve faces – all roaring for attention. She names him Yaltaboath, but his names will be many: Abortion, Miscreation, Abomination, The Adversary of God, Saklos, Samael, Yavweh, Man Eater, Jehova. She takes him far from everything, sets him on a throne within impenetrable clouds and abandons him. Exhausted she sleeps. Her sleep is restless. The cosmos takes on weight. Opacity.
Yaltaboath's rejection is bitter beyond bitterness. Where he sits brooding, the sky grows dim. "I am God!" He bellows into the silence. "There is no other!" And he calls forth an army of angels to do his bidding: The Reaper, Pestilence, the Keeper of the gates of Hell. Melancholy. Gangrene. There are 365 of them: one angel for every day of the year. They have the faces of wild animals, their forms scripted from the stars in the sky or, as was the bull, seeded by the moon. (It is said they have significance beyond themselves. The fish correspond to the deep waters of the soul, the birds to the soul's longing for the light.)
But… what of Adam? Is Adam immanent? Do the stars foresee him? Or is he a projection of Yaltaboath's pride? We know this: it takes Yaltaboath's angels 365 days to make Adam.
3. ADAM
Adam is formed of red clay. He is formed of mud, of ashes. (Some call him "volcanic.") Each of Yaltaboath's angels make one of his 365 parts: bone soul, sinew soul, blood soul, the right testicle and the left. The angel Yeronumous makes an ear, Bedouk a buttock and Miamai the nails of his feet. (Some say Adam falls to earth from deep space like a meteor – as did that other wild man: Enkidu.)
But angels cannot proceed without demons and so Yaltaboath now summons the passions that – you will appreciate this – take hold only where there is a body to contain them. Passion such as dread and grief, agony and wrath; the kind of thwarted loving that leads to death. (These take their source from carbon, sucking it up just as the infant sucks milk.)
Once Adam is formed, his body is perfect and yet without cohesion. He cannot stand but worms his way along the ground inch by inch. At night when he rests his head on a stone, his lungs ache with dust. He is confused. In the wind he trembles. His destiny is unknown to him; he is unknowing. His life is like the death the Mesopotamians describe in which the dead kneel naked in the dark eating clay.
At last, the archons of the Upper Spheres look down and see Adam confounded in his filth and suffering. They rush to Pistis Sophia and awaken her. She is scolded and she is advised. She calls for Yaltaboath at once. As he approaches, gyring in a vortex of fever and contagion, she shudders with horror. But Yaltaboath is flattered, disarmed by the unprecedented attention. His mother has summoned him at last! And he has so much to tell her! He is the master of an army of angels and demons! Master of an entire world! Its moon and neighboring planets!
"I have seen your creature," Pistis Sophia tells him. "I have seen how he dwells in ignorance, unable to speak or stand. Yet he could be flawless. Breathe into his nostrils and he will rise. Even the archons, the angels will envy his beauty.
Yaltaboath descends to earth at once and does as she has told him. In the instant he breathes into Adam's nostrils, Adam stands. But there is something more. The one spark of light that was Yaltaboath's now belongs to Adam. This gift is immeasurable, for now Adam is fully capable of transcendence.
Yaltaboath sees that he has been tricked and ignites with anger. The same anger that will torment Job and test Isaac. The same anger that will bring down the tower of Babel and cause men to speak to one another without comprehension.
4. EVE AND THE SERPENT
Awakened to the world, Adam explores paradise. Everything speaks, everything sings. He discerns spells on the backs of turtles, and drinks at pools of fresh water with the lions and gazelles. There are sweet grains to eat, figs, pomegranates, and bitter herbs. What is the world if it is not magic? But if all the creatures have a mate, Adam sleeps alone.
Once again the angels take up the red clay. Formed in the heat of their hands, Eve is the color of cinnamon, of ebony. Her eyes are gold, silver and pearl, and her hair falls to her shoulders like clusters of grapes. When Adam sees Eve for the first time, a veil lifts from his mind. Eve. The moon incarnate. Her perfect flesh unscarred. Reaching out he touches her for the first time. Seven days and seven nights they cling together. In the moonlight the bees move among the stars. My beloved, Adam whispers. My one and only murmurs Eve. (And it is true.)
Christ, who always hovers near, sees this unfold, and smiles. He appreciates that they are resplendent in one another's eyes, just as Barbelo and his father were once resplendent. He is covered in iridescent scales, and as they embrace he coils around the tree, the One Tree, like a vine, singing. When at last the lovers lie quietly side by side, he approaches Eve. His voice is irresistible. (Of all the creatures in Eden, Christ is by far the most beguiling.)
That night the three of them eat apples, watching lightning strike the horizon, the comets tearing space like birds with knives in their beaks. In the sound of thunder they hear Yavweh's insane bellowing. (He has never ceased his bellowing and his angels have never ceased their yammering!) When day breaks they run for their lives.
Later, as Adam and Eve continue on alone, they ask questions of one another such as:
Why are we punished in our bodies which are the vessels of light?
Why are we banished from Eden, longing as we do, for the light
The author of nine novels, three collections of short fiction, two books of essays and five books of poetry, Rikki Ducornet has received both a Lannan Literary Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award For Fiction. She has received the Bard College Arts and Letters award and, in 2008, an Academy Award in Literature. Her work is widely published abroad. Recent exhibitions of her paintings include the solo show Desirous at the Pierre Menard Gallery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2007, and the group shows: O Reverso Do Olhar in Coimbra, Portugal, in 2008, and El Umbral Secreto at the Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende in Santiago, Chile, in 2009. She has illustrated books by Jorge Luis Borges, Robert Coover, Forest Gander, Kate Bernheimer, Joanna Howard and Anne Waldman among others. Her collected papers, including prints and drawings, are in the permanent collection of the Ohio State University Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago Chile, the McMaster University Museum, Ontario, Canada, and the Biblioteque Nationale, Paris.
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Pat Keane says:
A lovely and haunting prose poem, but filled with intimate knowledge of Gnosticism, its essence and its arcane exfoliations. And a beautiful ending. Thank you.
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BLUE JAYS REINSTATE JANSSEN
By ROCKET SPORTS and ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK on July 20, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE courtesy of the Toronto Blue Jays
The TORONTO BLUE JAYS have reinstated RHP CASEY JANSSEN from the 15-day disabled list and have optioned LHP LUIS PEREZ to Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League (AAA).
JANSSEN, 29, was placed on the 15-day DL on June 17 (retro to June 15) with a right forearm strain. The Huntington Beach, California resident appeared in 28 games for the Blue Jays this season, going 2-0 with one save and a 2.93 ERA. His .295 opponents slugging percentage ranks 1st on the club. The right-hander appeared in five games on a rehab assignment for New Hampshire (AA) without allowing a run in five innings.
PEREZ, 26, returns to Las Vegas (AAA) after his second recall on May 23. The left-hander made 21 appearances since his recall going 1-2 with a 3.06 ERA, striking out 27 and walking just nine. Overall the Guayubin, Dominican Republic native has made 24 appearances in his rookie season, posting a 3.57 ERA.
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Tags: blue jays transactions, CASEY JANSSEN, luis perez
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I call upon all people of goodwill to support H.R. 1459, the Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009. Senator Jim Webb recently sounded the alarm about the brokenness of our prison systems. His pronouncement, of course, is nothing new, but it lends visible and much-needed support to the cause of prison reform. And, to be sure, altering cocaine sentencing policy lies at heart of prison reform.


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Florencio Sánchez es una ciudad uruguaya del departamento de Colonia, y es sede del municipio homónimo. Lleva el nombre del dramaturgo uruguayo Florencio Sánchez.

Geografía
GUFI
La ciudad se ubica al noreste del departamento de Colonia, sobre la cuchilla Grande Inferior, en la confluencia de las rutas 2, 12 y 57. La vía férrea la separa de la ciudad de Cardona (departamento de Soriano). Aproximadamente 100 km la separan de la capital departamental Colonia del Sacramento.

Historia
La localidad fue declarada oficialmente como pueblo por ley 8482 del 2 de octubre de 1929, fecha que se toma como fundacional, posteriormente fue elevada a la categoría de villa por ley 15540 del 3 de mayo de 1984, y finalmente a la categoría de ciudad por ley 16725 del 24 de noviembre de 1995.

Gobierno
En 2013 se creó el municipio de Florencio Sánchez.

Población
Según el censo de 2011 la localidad contaba con una población de 3716 habitantes.

Escuela
La Escuela N°93 lleva el nombre del dramaturgo uruguayo Florencio Sánchez, fue fundada en el año 1929 siendo su primera directora la maestra María Rosa Barizone.

Este centro docente es referente en la comunidad educando a generaciones durante 9 décadas,

Actualmente la Escuela está en proceso de transformación a tiempo extendido a partir del año 2019 siendo su director el maestro Daniel Núñez Giménez.

Este centro docente forma parte de la Red Global de Aprendizaje, característica que la empodera en sus prácticas como una comunidad con fuerte apalancamiento digital.

Blog institucional.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
Plano de las ciudades de Florencio Sánchez y Cardona

Blog institucional de la Escuela N° 93.

Localidades de Colonia
Lugares de Uruguay con nombres de personas


The towering Oscar buzz surrounding La La Land highlights not only in the problems in Hollywood, but also how they see the diverse city of Los Angeles.
So, La La Land just feasted at the Golden Globes as an entree to the Oscars. Is anyone really shocked? Hollywood's fancy for elevating and celebrating "show-bizz" stories has become an innocuous punchline over the past decades, but with La La Land's nearly inevitable Oscar victory now very much in sight, the Academy stands poised to deliver the golden statue to perhaps the most undeserving candidate in recent history.
Hollywood has been replete with self-referential tales of late; stories that chronicle the lives, hopes, dreams and struggles of the creative industry. The notion that Hollywood loves movies about Hollywood has seeped into our collective movie-going consciousness, and recent titles such as Argo, Birdman and The Artist prove that these projects are often worthy of our time. As broadly different as those three titles are, each offered audiences a glimpse into a painstakingly rendered slice of the entertainment industry, while functioning as provocative, dimensional, technically impressive films in their own right. In contrast, La La Land is an uninspired, derivative bore.
Set against the backdrop of an aesthetically anachronistic 2016 Los Angeles, the film tells the tale of Mia and Sebastian. Mia (Emma Stone) is struggling (as we've seen so, so many times before) to catch that big break and finally score the role that will launch her acting career. Meanwhile, across town, obstinate jazz pianist Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) drifts from shallow gig to shallow gig, all the while determinedly scheming to restore and re-open a legendary LA jazz bar.
The pair eventually cross paths and trust me, you know the rest.
All of this happens in a bizarre, quasi-fantasy reality where struggling actors drive convertibles, a young white male decides he's going to save the art of jazz and the suspension of disbelief is under constant attack.
The rest of La La Land is wafer-thin, so to say much else risks spoiling whatever remains of the film's plot, despite its excruciating two-hour length. In this case, what matters more than the anaemic, clichéd story is how it's delivered: the song and dance numbers. Oh, that's right. I forgot to mention: La La Land is ostensibly a musical. Except…it's not really. Despite a tonally inconsistent (and entirely unrelated) opening number of relative scope (and despite the film's marketing promising a return to form for the classic Hollywood musical), La La Land barely manages to stumble across the screen. Lazy choreography and forgettable compositions abound but Ryan Gosling's awful singing voice is the true star of the show here. Honestly, it's bad. The film is limited to a handful of musical scenes, and none of them ever ignite. More time is spent by our lead characters discussing the particulars of their individual struggles, as they wander throughout some not particularly interesting LA locales. For a film with the name in the title twice, you'd think the filmmakers would have gone to an effort to capture some of the magic of the "city of stars".
All of this happens in a bizarre, quasi-fantasy reality where struggling actors drive convertibles, a young white male decides he's going to save the art of jazz and the suspension of disbelief is under constant attack. And don't get me started on the lack of gay characters or the astoundingly manipulative third act climax. That being said, the finale of the film is perhaps the only moment that this otherwise languid movie has any pulse, so it remains a highlight by default. And while the film's whimsical indulgences are surely identified as a strength by some, unlike other musicals where the laws of reality are freely bent and broken to accommodate the genre, La La Land never earns or justifies its numerous oddities and quirks, nor does it manage to soar to any emotional heights (again, bar the cheap ending).
In the midst of the second act, musician John Legend chastises Sebastian for his tenacious refusal to change with the times and accept that jazz has to grow and evolve if it wants to survive. It's a fascinating moment because it leaves one wondering: from this point of view, what is La La Land? Is it a desperate attempt to cling to the charms and comforts of the past? Or is it a bold fusion of old and new? Whatever its intention, La La Land moves and sounds like a tone-def amateur.
See you at the Oscars.


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Die Adenylierung (auch Adenylylierung) ist eine posttranslationale Modifikation von Proteinen, bei der eine Adenosinmonophosphat-Gruppe angehängt wird.

Eigenschaften
Die adenylierte Aminosäure im Protein ist z. B. ein Tyrosin. Die Adenylierung eines Proteins erfolgt durch Reaktion einer Hydroxygruppe, Aminogruppe oder Sulfhydrylgruppe des Proteins mit Adenosintriphosphat, bei der Pyrophosphat abgespalten wird.

Das Ausmaß der Adenylierung der Glutamin-Synthetase hängt von dem Verhältnis von Glutamin zu α-Ketoglutarat ab. Je größer das Verhältnis, desto mehr erfolgt eine Adenylierung bei den Monomeren, wodurch ihre Enzymaktivität abnimmt. Daher ist die Adenylierung ein Anzeichen für ausreichende Konzentrationen an Glutamin-gebunden Amin, eine geringe Adenylierung dagegen zu einer verstärkten Fixierung von Ammoniak durch die Glutamin-Synthetase.

Die adenylierenden Enzyme der ANL-Familie umfassen z. B. Acyl- und Aryl-CoA-Synthetasen, die firefly luciferase und die Adenylierungs-Domänen der modularen nicht-ribosomalen Peptidsynthetasen (NRPS). In NRPS erfolgt durch die Adenylierung die Initiation der Proteinbiosynthese durch Aktivierung der Aminosäure.

Einzelnachweise

Posttranslationale Modifikation


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RIBA Plan of Work 2013
The RIBA Outline Plan of Work 2007 is part of the mind-set of every architect and most other professionals involved in the construction industry and is woven into their processes. This section sets out the conceptual shift from the former RIBA Outline Plan of Work 2007 to the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013.
The former RIBA Outline Plan of Work 2007 consisted of eleven stages defined by the letters A–L, a description of key tasks and reference to former Office of Government Commerce (OGC) Gateways™.
The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 consists of eight stages defined by the numbers 0–7, and eight task bars, as illustrated in Figure 2.
Strategic Definition is a new stage in which a project is strategically appraised and defined before a detailed brief is created. This is particularly relevant in the context of sustainability, when a refurbishment or extension, or indeed a rationalised space plan, may be more appropriate than a new building. Certain activities in Stage 0 are derived from the former (RIBA Outline Plan of Work 2007) Stage A – Appraisal.
Preparation and Brief merges the residual tasks from the former Stage A – Appraisal – with the Stage B – Design Brief – tasks that relate to carrying out preparation activities and briefing in tandem.
Concept Design maps exactly to the former Stage C – Concept.
Developed Design maps broadly to the former Stage D – Design Development – and part of Stage E – Technical Design. The strategic difference is that in the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 the Developed Design will be coordinated and aligned with the Cost Information by the end of Stage 3. This may not increase the amount of design work required, but extra time will be needed to review information and implement any changes that arise from comments made before all the outputs are coordinated prior to the Information Exchange at the end of Stage 3.
Technical Design comprises the residual technical work of the core design team members. At the end of Stage 4, the design work of these designers will be completed, although they may have to respond to Design Queries that arise from work undertaken on site during Stage 5. This stage also includes and recognises the importance of design work undertaken by specialist subcontractors and/or suppliers employed by the contractor (Performance Specified Work in JCT contracts) and the need to define this work early in the process in the Design Responsibility Matrix.
Construction maps to the former Stage K – Construction to Practical Completion – but also includes Stage J – Mobilisation.
Handover and Close Out maps broadly to the former Stage L – Post Practical Completion – services..
In Use is a new stage which includes Post-occupancy Evaluation and review of Project Performance as well as new duties that can be undertaken during the In Use period of a building.


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Caroline Delplancke, (Brugge, 13 juli 1967) is een gewezen Belgische atlete, die zich had toegelegd op het hordelopen. Zij nam eenmaal deel aan de wereldindoorkampioenschappen en veroverde indoor en outdoor in totaal drie Belgische titels.

Biografie
Delplancke veroverde in 1992 haar eerste Belgische indoortitel op de 60 m horden. Ze nam dat jaar ook deel aan de Europese indoorkampioenschappen, waar ze de halve finale haalde. Het jaar nadien verlengde ze haar titel en nam ze deel aan de WK indoor in Toronto, waar ze de series niet overleefde.

Outdoor veroverde ze in 1993 ook de Belgische titel op de 100 m horden. Begin 1994 nam ze op de 60 m horden voor de tweede keer deel aan de EK indoor. Deze maal werd ze uitgeschakeld in de series. In mei 1995 kondigde ze aan dat ze stopte met topatletiek.

Clubs
Delplancke begon haar carrière bij Olympic Brugge, maar stapte daarna over naar Sporting Club Anderlecht.

Privé
Delplancke studeerde psychologie aan de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven en is actief in de farmaceutische sector.

Belgische kampioenschappen

Persoonlijke records
Outdoor

Indoor

Palmares

60 m horden
1991:  BK indoor AC – 8,34 s
1992:  BK indoor AC – 8,35 s
1992: 7e in ½ fin. EK indoor in Genua – 8,31 s
1993:  BK indoor AC – 8,25 s
1993: 5e in serie WK indoor in Toronto – 8,29 s
1993:  BK indoor AC – 8,33 s
1994: 5e in serie EK indoor in Parijs – 8,28 s
1995:  BK indoor AC – 8,39 s

100 m horden
1989:  BK AC – 14,34 s
1991:  BK AC – 13,38 s
1992:  BK AC – 13,3 s
1993:  BK AC – 13,61 s

Onderscheidingen
1991: Grand Prix LBFA

Belgisch hordeloper


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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The University of North Carolina Tar Heels and UNC Pembroke Braves will be competing – and coming together for an important cause – during their Nov. 4 men's basketball exhibition game at the Smith Center.
While the teams are facing off on the court, the universities, in coordination with Harris Teeter's Million Meals Challenge, will team up for a food drive to benefit those in eastern North Carolina impacted by Hurricane Matthew.
UNC Pembroke, Carolina's sister institution, is one of several communities still cleaning up, restocking and rebuilding after historic flooding in October. Donations of canned goods, cleaning supplies and non-perishable food items collected during the game will be distributed to Second Harvest Food Bank, which serves UNC Pembroke and neighboring communities.
"The Pembroke area was greatly affected by the hurricane and we can all help with recovery efforts by participating in a food drive at our basketball game on Nov. 4 against UNC Pembroke," said Carolina Basketball Coach Roy Williams.
"On behalf of the hurricane victims in Pembroke and Robeson County, we would like to thank Coach Williams and the Tar Heels for their support," said UNC Pembroke Basketball Coach Ben Miller, a former assistant under Williams while at Kansas.
As part of the Million Meals Challenge, Harris Teeter works with the North Carolina Association of Feeding America Food Banks to supply emergency food assistance. Collection sites will be set up near Smith Center entrances starting at 6:30 p.m. when the doors open. The first 100 people to donate five or more items will receive a $5 Harris Teeter gift card.
Find more information about on-campus donation sites at Carolina and ways to contribute financially on the Carolina Center for Public Service's web page.
To learn more about funds established to assist UNC Pembroke students and staff members, what items are needed and how to volunteer in the region, visit the UNCP Hurricane Matthew Relief & Recovery site.
More information on the Million Meals Challenge can be found at Million Meals Challenge.


Facebook has shared an implementation for cross-lingual language model (XLM) pretraining with the machine translation community, so if you're interested in language processing and know your way around PyTorch, go and have a look.
Natural Language Processing is one of the main research fields in machine learning and with the amount of text Facebook harbours, it shouldn't come as a surprise that automatically understanding language is on the company's research agenda as well. After all, you need a certain degree of automation to, for example, find problematic content.
To advance supervised as well as unsupervised machine translation, Facebook's AI research team has developed an extension for masked language modeling (MLM) which was put forward by Google senior research scientist Jacob Devlin et al. in October 2018. While MLM trains systems by making deductions from other words in a sentence, Facebook's approach gives the system access to two versions of a sentence in different languages to use during the prediction process.
This method is named translation language modeling and should improve the initialisation of neural machine translation systems as well as help NLP systems with understanding across different languages. Sharing its implementation isn't really meant as a way of finding more people to work on it, but helps forward research in that area, since it offers a way for others to test the approach with different data sets and therefore validating Facebook's findings.
The open source repository contains code for monolingual and cross-lingual language model pretrainings to compare TLM against earlier concepts, different training scenarios and XNLI as well as GLUE fine-tuning. There are also pretrained models available. To shorten the time it takes to create a working model, XLM is able to work with multiple GPUs and nodes during training.
The XLM implementation is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license as formulated by the Creative Commons Corporation and can be found on GitHub. To run it, Python 3, NumPy, PyTorch, fastBPE and Moses have to be installed. A research paper fleshing out the theoretical details can be found on the open access platform arXiv.


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OBSTRUCTION? First solid evidence that Obama was DIRECTLY involved in Hillary Clinton's email investigation
Wednesday, February 07, 2018 by: JD Heyes
Tags: barack obama, corruption, deep state, Email Investigation, Hillary Clinton, involvement, James Comey, Lisa Page, obstruction of justice, Peter Strzok, President Obama, treason, White House
(Natural News) Most of us who have been watching the biggest political scandal in our country's history unfold over the past year — the politicization of our federal law enforcement and intelligence institutions to spy on a rival presidential campaign — never for one second believed that the 44th president was completely in the dark.
To believe that President Obama didn't know that the bogus "Trump dossier" bought and paid for by the Clinton campaign was an opposition research document and not an intelligence report is the epitome of misplaced trust.
To accept that, somehow, Obama's top FBI and Justice Department officials could hide from him the fact that they misrepresented the dossier as an intelligence document so they could get a surveillance warrant from the FISA court to spy on a rival political campaign is akin to accepting unicorns, Middle Earth, and Arizona coastline as real things.
But until now there hasn't been any direct evidence to prove that Obama was in on that.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., head of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, just received a new batch of text messages exchanged between anti-Trump FBI counterterrorism agent Peter Strzok and his mistress, FBI lawyer Lisa Page, proving that Obama was kept in the loop for the Hillary Clinton email investigation — making it incredulous to think that, somehow, he wasn't aware of what was going on in the Trump spying scandal.
As reported by Fox News, among thousands of newly released text messages the network reviewed was one from Page to Strzok regarding talking points for then-FBI Director James Comey to give to Obama.
On Sept. 2, 2016, Page wrote to her lover about prepping Comey because "potus wants to know everything we're doing." 'Potus' is the acronym for "President of the United States."
"According to a newly released Senate report, this text raises questions about Obama's personal involvement in the Clinton email investigation," Fox News reported further.
Johnson, along with majority staff from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is releasing the texts, along with a report titled, "The Clinton Email Scandal and the FBI's Investigation of it."
The newly uncovered text messages also reveal more regarding the timing of when FBI agents discovered "hundreds of thousands" of emails on disgraced U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner's laptop, which eventually led to Comey's now-infamous letter informing Congress about them in October 2016 just days before the election.
On Sept. 28, 2016, Strzok wrote to Page, "Got called up to Andy's [McCabe] earlier.. hundreds of thousands of emails turned over by Weiner's atty to sdny [Southern District of New York], includes a ton of material from spouse [Huma Abedin]. Sending team up tomorrow to review… this will never end."
As to the question of whether Obama knew about the FBI's misrepresentation of the bogus "Trump dossier" to get surveillance warrants so they could spy on former campaign official Carter Page (and anyone else in the campaign he would be talking to), it's hard to imagine he didn't.
First of all, the attorney general (in this case Loretta Lynch) has to sign off on all FBI requests for a warrant from the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. But we also know that former FBI Director James Comey also signed off on three of them (McCabe signed one).
Also, as reported by The National Sentinel, FISA warrant applications are included in the President's Daily Brief, a classified document that Obama often received electronically.
"As the Brookings Institute noted in a policy paper arguing for the Trump administration to renew legislation reauthorizing Section 702 of the FISA Act, which clarifies warrant requirements of the Act, information gathered via FISA warrants 'sometimes known as PRISM, comprises a large part of the President's Daily Brief,'" the website noted.
Revelations about Obama being in the loop for the Clinton email probe only reinforce the belief that he also stayed on top of the Trump investigation. The only question now is Obama's level of involvement and whether he obstructed justice.
J.D. Heyes is a senior writer for NaturalNews.com and NewsTarget.com, as well as editor of The National Sentinel.
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Q: XAMPP with Wordpress running too too slow I am using latest version of xampp and wordpress for development of my new website. Although i am working with xampp and wordpress since couple of years but this new version has frustrated me like anything. Using this new version of Xampp with wordpress is loading one page of the site on local machine in 3-5 minutes. I have tried many changes but really not helping. Can I have some insight over this. This is really annoying and frustrating. Any advice will be lifesaver for me.
My system specs :
Processor - Intel(R)Core i5-5200U CPU @2.20GHZ
RAM 8GB
64 Bit OS
Windows 10 Home

Errors are not coming but the loading of any page is extremely slow. Internet speed is pretty descent and as its on localhost so it should not worry about that.

A: In your WordPress wp-config.php file, is the entry for DB_HOST 'localhost'? If so, change it to '127.0.0.1' and see if it helps.
Another way check your IP address on your local network like 192.168.0.111 Then edit your hosts file like
Change to
/etc/hosts 192.168.0.111 mysite.org

or try MAMP it is more speed optimized

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