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Obama Orders Faster Review for Oil Pipeline Projects
President Barack Obama waves as he arrives at the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Oklahoma, March, 22, 2012.
President Barack Obama has ordered steps to speed up the expansion of oil pipeline projects in the United States, including a portion of the planned Keystone pipeline. The president spoke as he concluded a two-day trip to Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio and Oklahoma - highlighting his energy policies amid national concern about high gasoline prices.
For Obama's latest remarks on his so-called "all-of-the-above" energy policy that includes traditional and alternative fuels, the White House chose Cushing, Oklahoma, and a backdrop of huge oil pipes awaiting installation.
Cushing is the starting point for the 780-kilometer southern half of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that is to carry oil from tar sand fields in western Canada to U.S. refineries along the Gulf of Mexico.
Obama announced Thursday that the White House has directed federal government agencies to speed up reviews of pipeline projects related to the southern section.
"Today, I am directing my administration to cut through the red tape, break through the bureaucratic hurdles, and make this project a priority. To go ahead and get it done," he said.
The White House order also applies to other pipeline infrastructure projects across the country. Trans-Canada, the company building the Keystone XL pipeline, intends to complete the Oklahoma to Gulf of Mexico section next year.
The pipeline has been caught up in election year politics. Obama ordered that the northern portion be subject to further review amid environmental concerns.
Republican presidential contenders say the president is suppressing domestic oil and gas production, and encouraging high gas prices.
Former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney criticized Obama's policies at a recent campaign rally in North Dakota.
"He [Obama] instead has tried to slow the growth of oil and gas production in this country, and coal production in this country," said Romney.
On Thursday, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, told reporters that Obama's remarks in Oklahoma were driven by election year politics.
"The president is down here in Oklahoma, taking credit for a part of the pipeline that is going to go through the normal process. It has already gotten its approvals. And this idea that the president is going to expedite this will have no impact on the construction of this pipeline," Boehner said.
In Oklahoma, Obama struck back at critics who say he has not done enough to encourage U.S. oil production.
"Anybody who suggests that somehow we are suppressing domestic oil production isn't paying attention. They are not paying attention," said Obama.
When he speaks about energy, the president underscores the importance of alternative and clean sources, such as ethanol and wind power, and greater automobile fuel efficiency to reduce America's dependence on imported oil.
In Oklahoma, he said gasoline prices are determined by a global oil market influenced by events including tensions in the Middle East, including those involving Iran.
The president is expected to increase the frequency of such cross-country trips, emphasizing what he says are policies that are effective in helping the U.S. economy and creating jobs.
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After Walter Scott Shooting, Ex-Cop Michael Slager Sentenced to 20 Years In Prison
By Grace Guarnieri On 12/7/17 at 12:35 PM EST
U.S. Walter Scott Police brutality Allegations against police Black lives matter
Former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager, who shot and killed Walter Scott in 2015, was found guilty of second-degree murder Thursday.
Slager also was found guilty of obstruction of justice, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison by U.S. District Court of Charleston Judge David Norton. The former North Charleston cop could have received life in prison.
Walter Scott's mother, Judy Scott, forgave Slager before the sentencing, and the former cop reportedly began sobbing.
"What made me feel good about it is that Michael Slager admitted what he did. That was enough years for me," Judy Scott told CNN.
Slager, a former North Charleston cop, shot and killed Scott on April 4, 2015.
A video recorded by a nearby civilian showed Slager firing eight rounds into Scott's back as Scott, 50, ran from him after a traffic stop. After Scott had fallen to the ground, Slager walks toward him shouting "Put your hands behind your back!" and appears to plant a Taser next to Scott.
"If you met him, you would like him," Judy Scott said, addressing Slager in court before the verdict was announced. "I didn't know anyone who didn't like him."
The North Charleston Police Department fired Slager shortly after the shooting death. The police department paid the Scott family a $6.5 million settlement in October 2015. After Judge Clifton Newman declared a mistrial in Slager's 2016 state murder trial, the ex-cop pleaded guilty to shooting Scott in May 2017.
Scott's murder was one of many violent police killings of unarmed black men caught on tape, including the shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice and the chokehold death of Eric Garner, both in 2014, which sparked protests that grew into the "Black Live Matter" movement.
Slager's attorney, Andy Savage, argued that the former officer's actions were not criminal and pushed for a voluntary manslaughter charge. Slager and his attorney will have 14 days to appeal.
Michael Slager in court. Grace Beahm - Pool/Getty Images
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We are building a platform, this platform is planning to have 4 parts, actually 4 WAR files in the end. And these 4 WARs will be deployed in different servers, but the problem is that one WAR file (actually the core of our platform) will be deployed on a server which has no middleware, such as tomcat or weblogic etc.
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Dickson: Citizens Show Up to First Lubbock March for Life
"Abortion is murder, plain and simple. And we want to end that in our city." – Chalon Goodley, president of the Lubbock Area Republican Women
Mark Lee Dickson | February 4, 2021
Last weekend, residents gathered together for the Lubbock March for Life—the first gathering of its kind in the city.
The Lubbock Area Republican Women hosted the two-day event with help from leaders of various organizations, including West Texas for Life, Right to Life of East Texas, Raiders Defending Life at Texas Tech, Turning Point USA at Texas Tech, Project Destiny, and the Conservative Action Network.
The three-part event took place at three separate locations, and it's estimated well over a thousand people attended. The first event took place outside of Planned Parenthood, the second event at Church of the Blessed International, and the third at The Worship Center – West Campus.
The event was organized because Chalon Goodley, president of the Lubbock Area Republican Women, was concerned about Planned Parenthood's desire to start performing surgical and medical abortions in the city, with the message "abortion is healthcare."
"It is not women's healthcare," said Goodley. "Abortion is murder, plain and simple. And we want to end that in our city."
She explained her goal was not to run Planned Parenthood out of the city, but to do her part to end the slaughter of innocent babies before it begins.
Karis Peters, president of Turning Point USA at Lee University in Tennessee, was one of the many speakers who traveled for the March for Life. "The world will proudly tell you that it's the woman's choice because it's her body. But the fact is if it's the woman's body, then why isn't she the one who dies?" she asked. "It's the baby's body. The baby is the one who is dying."
Many of the event's speakers could not ignore the fact that they were speaking right in front of the new Planned Parenthood Lubbock Health Center. Dr. Karysse Trandem, who had flown in from Florida, challenged the organization's idea that "abortion is healthcare."
Dr. Trandem is a practicing obstetrician and gynecologic surgeon who has been board-certified for the last seven years. Through her practice, she has seen patterns of distress in women who have had abortions.
She's researched at the National Institutes of Health in Washington D.C. and the World Health Organization in Switzerland, and she has compiled a list of the risks facing women who undergo an abortion.
"Healthcare is not abortion," Dr. Trandem confidently said. "The risks to women are four-fold."
(1) Breast Cancer. Women who have one abortion have a 30 – 40 percent increased risk of breast cancer in their lifetime.
(2) Preterm Birth. Women who have a surgical abortion have a 36 percent increased chance of having a preterm birth because their cervix was damaged from an abortion.
(3) Uterine Damage. There can be a hemorrhage that occurs when an active pregnancy is separated from the wall of the uterus. That can lead to severe hemorrhage, even death, and scarring that prevents future pregnancies.
(4) Mental Health Issues. Women who have one abortion have an 81 percent increased risk of having emotional health problems that stays with them for the rest of their life. Like depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and a higher rate of suicide.
Pointing to the new Planned Parenthood Lubbock Health Center, Republican Party Chair Allen West asked those in attendance, "You see the name of this building over there?"
"There are a lot of people talking about white supremacists. There are a lot of people talking about being racist," he continued. "But the person who founded that organization was a white supremacist. She was a racist. She spoke at the Ku Klux Klan rallies. She referred to black people as undesirables and weeds. But yet, we have people who support this organization?"
West went on to talk about how more than 20 million unborn black babies have been murdered in the womb since Roe v. Wade, all because of Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood.
Currently, there are no abortion clinics in Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland, and Odessa. As reported by CBS Austin, "Those four cities—along with Rapid City, South Dakota—are the farthest from an abortion clinic among all U.S. cities with more than 50,000 residents."
Lubbock is the farthest out of the five; late last year, Planned Parenthood opened up a facility there.
If the facility starts providing surgical and medical abortions, as they have said they are planning to do this year, this will change abortion logistics in West Texas.
Unlike other pro-life rallies, the purpose of the event was not to see the overturning of Roe v. Wade, nor to see any particular piece of pro-life legislation pass in Austin or Washington D.C.
The purpose of the event was to rally the vote for a city ordinance to outlaw abortion, which Lubbock citizens will vote on May 1. The Lubbock City Council voted against it in November, which triggered the referendum option in the city charter.
During the event, Joaquin City Councilman Mike Cummings Jr. shared how his city was the fourth to outlaw abortion and the third to be mentioned in a lawsuit from the ACLU. The lawsuit didn't cost the city or taxpayers one penny and was withdrawn later.
As Councilman Cummings looked out into the crowd Saturday morning, he said, "The more we do these things, the more familiar each face becomes." He pointed out Paul and Lynna Zapata from Morton in the audience. "The Zapatas were instrumental in leading the charge in their city becoming a Sanctuary City for the Unborn. They are here in Lubbock to say, 'We did it in our town, where we live and raise our kids. It's time to do it in Lubbock!'"
Next, Cummings pointed to J.C. Archuleta from Big Spring, who was sitting almost directly in front of him. "J.C. Archuleta went in front of his council and mayor for three months, telling them that he wants his city to become a Sanctuary City for the Unborn," he said. "He is here today in Lubbock as someone who has been here before. He supports our efforts!"
Mayor Javier Joven from Odessa was also in attendance. While his city has not yet outlawed abortion, Mayor Joven is hopeful to pass such an ordinance in the near future. Representatives from Texas Right to Life, Right to Life of East Texas, and West Texas for Life all prayed over Mayor Joven at the Saturday morning gathering, which concluded the Lubbock March For Life.
A total of 18 cities outlawed abortion in Texas, with many other cities considering the measure in the near future. On May 1, Lubbock citizens will cast their vote, and abortion will either be outlawed or allowed within the city limits.
For more information about the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative, citizens are encouraged to visit www.sanctuarycitiesfortheunborn.com.
This is a commentary published with the author's permission. If you wish to submit a commentary to Texas Scorecard, please submit your article to submission@texasscorecard.com.
Mark Lee Dickson
Mark Lee Dickson is a director with Right to Life of East Texas, a pastor of SovereignLOVE Church in Longview, Texas, and the founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative.
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Russia to begin delivery of S-400 missile system to Turkey next year
Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile launching system is displayed at the exposition field in Kubinka Patriot Park outside Moscow on August 22, 2017. (AFP)
Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Tuesday 21 August 2018
Russia is to begin delivery of S-400 missile defence system to Turkey next year, the Interfax news agency cited Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport as saying on Tuesday.
The S-400 Triumf is considered the latest Russian long-range anti-aircraft missile system.
The United States has expressed concern that NATO member Turkey's planned deployment of the Russian-made S-400 could risk the security of several US-made weapons used by Turkey, including the F-35 jet.
Rosoboronexport also said it would switch to using local currencies in deals with foreign trade partners, instead of using the dollar, the RIA news agency reported.
Since 2016 Turkey started negotiations with Russia on the potential purchase of S-400 air missile defense systems, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik said on Friday, adding that Ankara was also in touch with other countries on missile defense. Read more
On the other hand, In February the Saudi Ambassador to Moscow Raed bin Khaled Qrimli said that the negotiations to supply Saudi Arabia with Russian missile systems S-400 is in its final stages, reported Okaz Saudi newspaper via Russian News Agency (TASS).
In a related context, TASS pointed out that the Russian President adviser for Technical Cooperation Vladimir Kuzin said in an interview with the Russian Kommersant newspaper, earlier, that the documents for shipments of S-400 to Saudi Arabia, was signed and approved by all standards.
On October 5, 2017, TASS quoted the information office of The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) as confirming an agreement with Saudi Arabia, for the sale of the S-400 air defense system, a Kornet-M anti-armor system and a rocket launcher Tos-A1, the AGS-30 grenade launcher and the Kalashnikov AK-103, during King Salman's visit at the time.
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'The Getaway' builds on the success of a similar social media initiative carried out over the winter holidays, which generated more than 500 holiday travel photos from airline passengers. The top 10 winning submissions are currently featured in a Facebook photo album.
Beginning today, travelers are able to submit their favorite spring 'getaway' photos by using the hashtag #WhyWeFly on Instagram and Twitter or by submitting photos as comments on selected A4A Facebook posts. Winning submissions will be announced and featured at the beginning of April in the #WhyWeFly gallery. Follow A4A on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for the latest updates.


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Recycling in the Sea to Sky is a good news, bad news story
Backlog of product at GFL is a symptom of a complex 'perfect storm,' in the world of reducing, reusing and recycling: sales manager
Jennifer Thuncher	/ Squamish Chief
The tower of recycling last week at GFL when young Mya Hartnells visited the depot. She sent the photo to The Chief.
Photo: Mya Hartnell
Bales of recycled goods tower above visitors' heads and stretch on for the length of a large house, or more.
For those wondering what's happening at the Green For Life Environmental — formerly Carney's — recycling depot, here are some answers.
Denise Imbeau, sales manager at GFL told The Chief the issue is complex and dynamic.
"It is a bit of a perfect storm, frankly," she said, of the current backlog.
The first thing to know is that the Squamish GFL depot takes in residential recycling from the whole Sea to Sky Corridor, not just Squamish.
Secondly, a couple of acute factors lead to the build-up.
The District says there was a fire at a Recycle BC processing facility, which prevented GFL from delivering loads until cleanup of the fire was complete, which took about three weeks, resulting in a build-up of loads.
"We understand that the loads are now moving again, so presumably any backlog would dissipate in a reasonable timeframe," said District communications manager Christina Moore.
GLF confirmed that loads are moving again, but the backlog will take time to clear as more product keeps coming in as loads go out.
Adding to the backlog is the fact that off-shore markets are accepting less material than previously, which has a trickle-down effect.
Other than with plastics — that often go to a B.C. company called Merlin Plastics, which turns the material into pellets used by the plastic industry to make goods — most other products are shipped outside Canada to be processed.
"Slowly, but surely all of those destinations — India, China, Korea — they are slowly closing the door to what they want to take from North America," she said.
"B.C. probably has the best reputation of all of North America... because of Recycle BC... they have forced all of the players, including ourselves, to be held to a really high standard," Imbeau said, adding GFL has to keep the contamination rate to less than three per cent.
Residential recyclables are funneled through Recycle BC from GFL.
"Most of what we get is governed by Recycle BC, so that is a flowthrough," Imbeau said. "It comes and then it goes."
The remainder of the product is what GFL picks up from commercial businesses.
"So, we will say 'who wants to buy it?'"
Every product has its own market.
"It used to be that cardboard brought in enough money that it would pay for itself and most of the other products," Imbeau said. "Right now, cardboard is paying about $35 a metric tonne. What it costs me is $40 a tonne to bale it, and ship it. So right now I am losing money on cardboard and cardboard pays for the rest of the stuff."
In other words, cardboard sales can no longer subsidize processing other recycled goods.
"We are not in an all-out panic or anything yet," Imbeau said. "Right now we are just biding our time and waiting to see."
Adding to the acute issues are the longer-term changes in household habits in Squamish. The volume of recycling that GFL receives has increased.
The good news is more is being diverted to recycling, especially given that our landfill is going through an expansion due to the amount of waste it receives.
"If we had gone back a decade, all of that would have just gone directly into the landfill," she said. "It is a good news story that we are recycling that much."
Residents can take some responsibility, Imbeau added.
"When I make my buying decision in the first place, am I thinking about the packaging that is coming with it?" she said. "Then once I have it, am I doing the responsible thing with it. Am I sorting it accordingly?"
"We are getting just huge volumes. People are doing lots of mail order, so tons of cardboard, tons of Styrofoam — we literally can't keep up with the Styrofoam," she said.
She said residents get frustrated at times that bins are overflowing at GFL, but often staff will dump the bin and immediately it will be filled again.
"In some ways, it is a super good news story in that it is not going into the landfill, on the other side, people are just generating so much waste, and a lot more than we have before," she said.
One complicating factor is that some local businesses use the depot, though it is meant for residential waste.
"Right now, there's tons of businesses that just pull up, full up with a van, every day just full of Styrofoam, or cardboard or whatever and they dump it in there and now the residents are annoyed because it is full," she said. "Now we have their waste and we have to haul it for that business — we are subsidizing all the other businesses in Squamish," she said, hinting that aspect might be one thing that could change in the future.
Commercial drops may eventually be turned away, Imbeau said. "What they need to do is get a bin for whatever product it is they are producing and they need to pay accordingly, whatever the appropriate tipping fee is."
Another thing that is a longer-term option is a commodity charge for recycling, as there is for landfill fees for garbage, she said.
Recycle BC has a lot of information on recycling at recyclebc.ca.
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Percentage of residents that recycle — 73.
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Germany, Austria, South Korea and Wales are global recycling leaders. They recycle between 52 per cent and 56 per cent of their municipal waste, according to the World Economic Forum.


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Q: Recreating char level RNN for generating text I tied to follow a book on deep learning, where there is an chapter about generating text in the style of an example. They used an char level RNN with two LSTM layers in it to generate text in the style of shakespare. But the code in the book (also online: https://github.com/DOsinga/deep_learning_cookbook/blob/master/05.1%20Generating%20Text%20in%20the%20Style%20of%20an%20Example%20Text.ipynb) is written in keras and I only use pytorch. So i tied to recreate it exactly in pytorch, with same network structure and hyperparameters.
So after recreating it and making it work without errors it trained it and it only learned to write the most common character, a space. Then i tried to overfit it on one realy simple sentence, so I had to decrease the sequence lenght to 8. This also did not work, but when decreasing the hidden size of the LSTMs to only 32 it learned it nearly perfectly.
So then I continued working on the original text and started to play arround with the hidden size, learning rate, optimizer (also tried adam) and trained it even longer. The best I could achieve were some random letters, still with a lot of spaces and somtimes something like "her", but far from readable, with still an quite high loss. I used RMSprop with lr=0.01 and a hidden size of 128 over 20000 epochs. I also tried to initialize the hidden state and cell state to zero.
The problem is, that my results are far worse than those in the book, but I did exactly the same just in pytorch. Can someone please tell me, what I should try or what I have done wrong. Any help is appreciated!
PS: Sorry for my bad english.
Here is my code with the original hyperparameters:
#hyperparameters
batch_size = 256
seq_len = 160
hidden_size = 640
layers = 2

#network structure
class RNN(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.lstm = nn.LSTM(len(chars),hidden_size,layers)
        self.linear = nn.Linear(hidden_size,len(chars))
        self.softmax = nn.Softmax(dim=2)
    def forward(self,x,h,c):
        x,(h,c) = self.lstm(x,(h,c))
        x = self.softmax(self.linear(x))
        return x,h,c

#create network, optimizer and criterion
rnn = RNN().cuda()
optimizer = torch.optim.RMSprop(rnn.parameters(),lr=0.01)
criterion = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()

#training loop
plt.ion()
losses = []
loss_sum = 0
for epoch in range(10000):
    #generate input and target filled with zeros
    input = numpy.zeros((seq_len,batch_size,len(chars)))
    target = numpy.zeros((seq_len,batch_size))
    for batch in range(batch_size):
        #choose random starting index in text
        start = random.randrange(len(text)-seq_len-1)
        #generate sequences for that batch filled with zeros
        input_seq = numpy.zeros((seq_len+1,len(chars)))
        target_seq = numpy.zeros((seq_len+1))
        for i,char in enumerate(text[start:start+seq_len+1]):
            #convert character to index
            idx = char_to_idx[char]
            #set value of index to one (one-hot-encoding)
            input_seq[i,idx] = 1
            #set value to index (only label)
            target_seq[i] = idx
        #insert sequences into input and target
        input[:,batch,:] = input_seq[:-1]
        target[:,batch] = target_seq[1:]
    #convert input and target from numpy array to pytorch tensor on gpu
    input = torch.from_numpy(input).float().cuda()
    target = torch.from_numpy(target).long().cuda()

    #initialize hidden state and cell state to zero
    h0 = torch.zeros(layers,batch_size,hidden_size).cuda()
    c0 = torch.zeros(layers,batch_size,hidden_size).cuda()
    #run the network on the input
    output,h,c = rnn(input,h0,c0)
    #calculate loss and perform gradient descent
    optimizer.zero_grad()
    loss = criterion(output.view(-1,len(chars)),target.view(-1))
    loss.backward()
    optimizer.step()

Plot of the loss with original hyperparameters:

Example of target and output after training:
Target:  can bring this instrument of honour
    again into his native quarter, be magnanimous in the enterprise,
    and go on; I will grace the attempt for a worthy e
Output:

Plot of the loss with hidden size of 128 over 20000 epochs (best results):

A: I later finally found a way to achive something close to real sentences, maybe it will help someone. Here is an example result:

-I have not seen him and the prince was a signt of the streme of the sumpering of the property of th

In my case the important change was to not inizialize the hidden and cell state to zero every batch but only every epoch. For this to work I had to rewrite the batch generator, so that it produces batches following on each other.


Learners study the differences between sets of data and explain how organisms are adapted to their environment. In this marine mammals lesson students analyze data based on set criteria.
Students participate in an online whale watching game. They identify the reasons for migration and describe the route. They make predictions on what would happen if the ways did not migrate.


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Richard Howard
Poet, essayist, and translator Richard Howard was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1929. He studied at Columbia University and the Sorbonne, and, early in his career, worked as a lexicographer. He served as the poetry editor of The Paris Review from 1992 to 2004. His first collection of poems, Quantities, was published in 1962. His landmark volume of essays Alone with America: Essays on the Art of Poetry in the United States Since 1950 (1969) characterized the poetics of a major generation of American poets. Howard won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Untitled Subjects and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1996. A major translator from the French, Howard's version of Les fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire won the American Book Award; he also translated important works by Roland Barthes, André Breton, Emil Cioran, André Gide, and many others, including The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. In 1982, the French government named him a Chevalier of l'Ordre national du Mérite. He is professor emeritus of professional practice of writing at Columbia University and lives in New York City.
On having been a precocious child: "Of course, what precocity gave, socialization took away, and I hope the rather nasty designation 'precocious child' faded away before (at least!) adolescence."
Stanzas in Bloomsbury: Mrs. Woolf entertains the notion of a novel about Lord Byron
Issue no. 100 Summer-Fall 1986
. . . wanting to build up my
imaginary figure with every
scrap I could find, when
The Sun (Translator)
Issue no. 82 Winter 1981
Late in this cruel season when the sun
scourges alike the city and the fields,
parching the stubble and sinking into slums
Epigraph for a Banned Book (Translator)
Gentle reader, being—as you are—
a cautious man of uncorrupted tastes,
lay aside this disobliging work,
"You Used to Be Jealous... " (Translator)
You used to be jealous of our old nurse
who sleeps, warm heart and all, beneath the sod.
We ought to bring her flowers, even so.
A Strange Man's Dream (Translator)
Have you felt—I have—a pain that you enjoyed?
Do they say about you, too: "How strange he is!"
—I was dying, and a special agony
"I Prize the Memory..." (Translator)
I prize the memory of naked ages when
Apollo relished gilding marble limbs
whose agile-fleshed originals achieved
Duellum (Translator)
Two warriors have engaged in combat: swords
Hash and clash together; blood is spilled.
Such passages of arms are the result
Carrion (Translator)
Remember, my soul, the thing we saw
that lovely summer day?
On a pile of stones where the path turned off,
Parisian Dream (Translator)
It is a terrible terrain
no mortal eye has seen
whose image still seduces me
Meditation (Translator)
Behave, my Sorrow! let's have no more scenes.
Evening's what you wanted—Evening's here:
a gradual darkness overtakes the town,
Confession (Translator)
Once, indulgent lady—only once
you lay your lustrous arm
on mine (against the darkness of my soul
The Offended Moon (Translator)
Worshipped once, discreetly, by our sires
as Cynthia, the lamp of secret haunts,
and still attended through blue landscapes by
The Head of Hair (Translator)
Ecstatic fleece that ripples to your nape
and reeks of negligence in every curl!
To people my dim cubicle tonight
The Abyss (Translator)
Pascal had his abyss, it followed him.
But the abyss is All—action and dream,
language, desire!—and who could count the times
Twilight: Daybreak (Translator)
Dreams come now, bad dreams, and teenage boys
burrow into their pillows. Now the lamp
that glowed at midnight seems, like a bloodshot eye,
Spleen (II) (Translator)
No chest of drawers crammed with documents,
love-letters, wedding-invitations, wills,
a lock of someone's hair rolled up in a deed,
Jewels (Translator)
My darling was naked, or nearly, for knowing my heart
she had left on her jewels, the bangles and chains
whose jingling music gave her the conquering air
Romantic Sunset (Translator)
The sun is all very well when it rises—then
who minds returning its abrupt salute?
But fortunate the man who still can find
The Mask (Translator)
It is a legacy of Tuscan skill;
see how the holy sisters, Power and Grace,
sustain this woman's beauty in a form
To the Reader (Translator)
Stupidity, delusion, selfishness and lust
torment our bodies and possess our minds,
and we sustain our affable remorse
With a Potpourri from Down Under
Anything but rotten, such flowers are ill
named, remaining exempt from the compost fate
by a decorum of fatigue, keeping still
It is the movement that disturbs the line,
Thickening the form,
Turning into warm
L'invitation au Voyage
Wandering with you the shore
Which parallels our river
Like a second thought,
Earlier today, we announced that Richard Howard will receive The Paris Review's 2017 Hadada Award. To celebrate, we're sharing "On Tour," a poem by Howard from our Summer 1956 issue. It is the movement that disturbs the line.
Thickening the …
Introduction to Paris Review Poets from the Fifties
After forty-five years, as W.S. Merwin says, "the sentence continues." Here are a sheaf of poems from some of the original contributors to The Paris Review, which may serve--though many more of the original contributors are still writing poems--to inscribe upon the tablets of memory a certain continuity, a certain faith.
Introductory Note to Ten New Poets
So disparate, so distinct, even, are the new poems, the new poets who appear in all their multitudes in the office mail, so docile in their return-addressed envelopes yet so indubitable in their variety and delicacy that it would be defamatory for the poetry editor to claim more, in a generalizing way, about this particular clutch of poems than his own taste, his own delight in their particular virtues, their singular vitalities.
from a new translation of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time
The great works are ageless, but their translations date; indeed, as Walter Benjamin remarks, the subsequent translations of great works mark their stages of continued life.
In Memoriam: James Merrill


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Safe Places in the Pandemic: How Does Your State Rank?
September 22, 2020 By David Franke
By Gargantiopa @ Shutterstock.com
Covid-19 is no respecter of ideology—it's more interested in your immune system. Geography is important, but what we're really talking about there is population density, which is a very important demographic factor. You would do well to take this into consideration when selecting your Safe Place.
How does your present state rank in regard to coronavirus safety? How about the state you're considering as your new home? Take a look at the list below giving the coronavirus death rates by state, from low to high. You may be surprised.
U.S. Coronavirus Death Rates
Death rates per 100,000 population, by state and District of Columbia.
Compiled by Reuters, as of September 16, 2020
First, the big caveat: All coronavirus statistics are suspect, as I've demonstrated in my pandemic articles for this website. There is no consistent "science" in how the statistics are defined and compiled. Corona "cases" is the most bogus statistic—that depends on the amount of testing, which varies widely, and the tests themselves are notoriously inaccurate. The most reliable statistic is of corona deaths, though even that statistic is not a gold standard—these numbers are often inflated by including people who would have died anyway, without the pandemic, because of serious immune deficiencies.
Still, deaths are the most reliable statistic we have, so let's go with that. And the only fair and reasonable comparison is deaths per 100,000 population, which puts high-population and low-population localities on an equal footing.
So, what can we learn from this state listing of coronavirus death rates per 100,000 population? This is open to interpretation, so have a go at it yourself. Here are some of my observations. I like to pay special attention to the 10 lowest-death states and the 10 highest-death states because that comparison of the two extremes clarifies a lot of issues.
I mentioned at the beginning that population density is a very important demographic factor. You can see that almost all of the lowest-death states are basically rural and low-density. That's true even with the states among these 10 that have the higher overall populations. Oregon (outside of Portland), Hawaii (outside of Honolulu), Utah (outside of Salt Lake City), and Kansas (outside of Kansas City) are quite rural in their overall character. And their "big cities" don't compare in size to what you find in California, Texas, and New York.
Now take a look at the highest-death states. Almost all of them are also high-density, and they are joined by the high-density District of Columbia. Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arizona are the only ones that strike me as rural in character, and even there Arizona is dominated by the huge Phoenix metropolitan area and Louisiana by New Orleans. Poverty, contributing to massive immune deficiencies in the population, no doubt accounts for Mississippi's inclusion among these states.
Conservative vs. Liberal
My first sentence in this report said: "Covid-19 is no respecter of ideology." Nevertheless, the ideological composition of the lowest-death states compared to the highest-death states is significant.
In large measure, this is because liberals are concentrated in the states with the highest overall populations and highest densities, while conservatives are concentrated in the Heartland areas with the lowest overall populations and lowest densities. But this suggests that, if you wish, you can "have your cake and eat it too," by picking a state that has a low pandemic death rate, is low in population density—and is politically and culturally conservative. That sounds like a winning formula for a Safe Place to me.
Of the 10 lowest-death states, I count six as conservative and four as liberal—and even Maine may switch to the conservative side in the upcoming election.
Of the 10 highest-death states, I count seven (joined by the District of Columbia, of course) as liberal, and three as conservative.
Of the 10 lowest-death states: 6 or 7 are conservative, 4 or 3 are liberal.
Of the 10 highest-death states: 7 are liberal and 3 are conservative.
See here for my previous Safe Places articles.
Big Cities Will Never Be the Same After These Riots and This Pandemic
State of Your State Update
The Factors that Will Shape Your Move to a Safe Place
Choosing the Right Climate for Your New Safe Place
David Franke
David Franke was one of the founders of the conservative movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s, starting his media career at Human Events and National Review (editorial assistant to William F. Buckley Jr.).His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Esquire, and many other publications.His books have included Safe Places, The Torture Doctor, Richard C. Young's Financial Armadillo Strategy (as co-author to Dick Young), and America's Right Turn (with Richard A. Viguerie).He was Senior Editor of Silver & Gold Report in the 1980s, and served as the writer/editor of John Naisbitt's Trend Letter in the 1990s.A native Texan, David now lives in Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley.
Latest posts by David Franke (see all)
Will Expats Decide the Election? - October 21, 2020
Good Satire is Hard to Find - October 20, 2020
My Fearless Election Prediction - October 19, 2020
Why Black Lives Matter Needs to Be Shut Down
"Some Sixty Million People Died in World War II"
"I've Got Guys Buying Guns/Ammo for Me All Through the Night."
"The Goal": Strong Families, Resilient Faith, Thriving Middle Class.
Johnson's Landslide Tory Victory Crushes Corbyn the Communist
To Me There Isn't a Better Way to Live
"The Great Object Is that Every Man Be Armed"
Ted Nugent Tells it Like it Is
The Common Ground of Democracy is Sinking Beneath Americans' Feet


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Q: Firebase PHP CURL Authentication I currently building a small chat using Firebase and PHP. This, I thought, would be a good learning project for Firebase, and so far I am very happy with it!
However, I have hit a wall. I am not sure how I can implement an authentication system to Firebase via PHP. It's quite specific what I need the authentication system to do:
To be able to use the chat, the user must login using my custom php login system. Then once they are logged in, they will also authenticate to be able to read/write in the chat.
I couldn't really understand how this (if even) is possible with PHP, using CURL.
In my __construct function in have the following:
require('/libs/FirebaseLib.php');
$this->firebase = new fireBase('https://<url>.firebaseio.com');

require('/libs/JWT.php');
require('/libs/FirebaseToken.php');
$tokenGen = new Services_FirebaseTokenGenerator('<firebase-secret>');
$this->authtoken = $tokenGen->createToken(
    array(
        'id' => $this->userid
    )
);

How would I authenticate with Firebase to let the user be able to read/write in my chat and not allow non authenticated user to read/write?
Note: I have not done anything to the Firebase security rules - this is part of my question.
I've looked at the documentation, I might just be very thick, but I couldn't really find what I was looking for.
Hope anyone to point me in the right direction.
Thanks!
EDIT: I have intentionally not been using javascript for my chat, apart from ajax calls to my php script which then relays it to Firebase after I have done what I want to do with the user's messages.
EDIT 2: Added links to the used libraries: "Firebase Token Generator" and "Firebase PHP Client"
EDIT 3: My current code looks like this: (reference)
__construct:
$this->authtoken = JWT::encode(
    array(
        'admin' => true,
        'debug' => true,
        'v' => 0,
        'iat' => time(),
        'd' => array('user' => 'admin')
    ),
    '<secret>',
    'HS256'
);

New Message Function:
$response = $this->firebase->set('/chat.json?auth=' . $this->authtoken, array(
    'message' => array(
        'username' => 'Test',
        'time' => time(),
        'string' => 'Hello World!'
    )
));

However it returns: { "error" : "invalid_token: Could not parse auth token." }. I basically want to get permission as the administrator. I have tried just using the Firebase secret as the auth, but its returns the same error.
Rules:
{
  "rules": {
    ".read": "auth.username == 'admin'",
    ".write": "auth.username == 'admin'"
  }
}

A: The general workflow would be:

*

*After user has authenticated with your custom login system, generate a Firebase auth token in your server-side PHP code.  (it looks like you got this far with the code snippet you pasted).

*Pass that token back to the client.

*Have the client call firebase.auth(<token>); to authenticate to Firebase using your server-generated token.

*Use security rules to restrict what the client can read/write, depending on the contents of their auth token.

For a simple scenario where you just want to allow all Firebase access if they're authenticated, you could just have security rules like:
{
    "rules": {
        ".read": "auth != null",
        ".write": "auth != null"
     }
}

This would give authenticated users read/write access to your whole Firebase.  You probably want to lock it down more than that though (i.e. only give them read/write access to certain parts of the Firebase).  Check out our Security Quickstart for a walkthrough on how auth and security rules work.
If this doesn't help, perhaps you can elaborate on which part you're getting stumped at.


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print("Content-Type: text/csv;\n")
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Tony Iannelli's Talking Business: Reinvention leaves world a little bit different, for better or worse
By Tony Iannelli
Special to The Morning Call |
In the past, children needed pay phones to call a parent to come pick them up at the end of a night out. With time has come cellphones, text messages and ride-sharing services such as Uber, writes columnist Tony Iannelli. (AP FILE PHOTO)
There's no doubt that this world is moving at a faster pace than ever before. You can almost double that crazy pace just by living here in the Northeast. We tend to operate at an even faster pace than most of the country. Heck, most of the world.
When you apply that to business and add the amount of unending competition out there, it's daunting. Throw in the fact that one of the fastest-growing hospitality businesses in the world doesn't own a single hotel — Airbnb. How about the reality that one of the most rapidly expanding transportation companies doesn't own a single car, truck or plane — Uber. And the company that's turning the retail world on its head owns just a handful of stores — you guessed it: Amazon. How's that for competition coming out of nowhere?
Business used to develop five- and 10-year plans. I somewhat kiddingly say today that's reduced to five to 10 weeks. Not that business doesn't need long-range financial forecasting, but this world is evolving so rapidly that business and workers must do one thing without question. Business must establish relevance and build value in a quickly changing universe. Reinvention is a must and it better be brilliant, quick and of value or you'll be left behind.
For those of you who recognize we once lived a less dizzying life, here are some fond memories. For those who've experienced only the tech wonders of today, here's a reminder of how good we have it.
Milkman at your door: To me, as a child, there was nothing more reassuring than hearing the milkman on our porch in the early morning hours. It meant life was good and the outside world was safe. Knowing he was on the job, watching out for and feeding his customers, was comforting to me.
That also went for the paper carriers and baked goods deliverers too. Up early and at the front doors delivering happy doses of food and information.
Today, no more deliveries, but there are more kinds of milk than we ever dreamed. Low-fat, organic, almond, cashew, soy. I'm confused but it's freedom of choice and healthy choice, at that. As for information, you can get it on your phone in seconds.
Pay phones: When we'd attend a nighttime sporting event or after a day at Dorney Park and needed a ride home, we called from a pay phone.
Most times, my teenage sister Donna was on the phone, so we'd get a busy signal. It didn't bother us, it just meant keep playing the pinball machine until we could get through. Or we'd play some mindless game with friends until somebody reached a willing parent (aka chauffeur). Waiting for a ride was part of life and meant more time with your friends.
[More Business] Your View: The good (lower corporate taxes) and bad (tariffs) of the Trump economy »
Today, there's immediate access via cellphone. Most often, within minutes, it's mission accomplished. You can reach people and information faster than we ever dreamed. Mom, dad, brother, they all drive, and then there's Uber. One way or another, you know you're getting home with little or no wait.
AM disc jockeys: There was no better feeling than blaring the radio and hearing your local DJ call out and play your favorite tunes. They were everywhere, in your car, on the beach and every second in my mom's kitchen. Just push that button and it was beautiful music and product-pushing commercial magic. So many of my best memories are tied to songs I heard and loved.
Today, you can dial up any song of any genre with the touch of your phone. Actually, you don't have to lift a finger, just tell Alexa to do it.
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Corner grocery store: We had a million. They were run by your neighbors, and I loved the aroma of the food and the chatter of the people in them. The butchers knew exactly what type of lunchmeat or cut of beef your mom sent you to get. And if families were a little low on cash, they'd record your balance in their book. They trusted you'd pay them and you never wanted to break that trust.
Today, we have megastores filled with the most extensive food variety ever. Foods and baked goods of all types and plenty of them.
Soda fountains, like Sine's 5 & 10 in Quakertown, pumped real syrup into seltzer water to make drinks. (MORNING CALL FILE PHOTO)
I could go on remembering how truly amazing childhood was. I could go on about soda fountains. Back then, at the counter, they pumped real syrup into the seltzer water to make the amazing concoction. Yum. Or the grand hotels with beautifully ornate elevators and a live operator who brought you to your floor. Magical …
But the past is just that, the past.
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It's a new day, filled with amazing opportunities. Our homes are bigger and our cars safer. Our health care facilities treat and cure patients with technology we never thought imaginable 10 years ago, much less 30 years ago.
You see, memories have a way of making the good even better. The happiness even happier.
We live in one amazing time and I won't ever forget that. But if I am ever given just one wish, it'll be to go back to what I remember as heaven on earth. I'm not staying long, just enough to know how happy we were. This time, the difference will be knowing how wonderfully good we have it today.
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Salman Khan must put business before emotions before producing films like LoveYatri, Hero and Tubelight
When it comes to superstardom, there arrives a point where you either change or self-destruct. The release of LoveYatri could well be that point in Salman Khan's case. This is the third film that the star has produced in quick succession after Hero and Tubelight, all to an underwhelming response. When viewed from the perspective that LoveYatri was probably an entirely unneeded film for Khan to be associated with, the failure becomes more pronounced.
The reason any star decides to don the mantle of the producer is either to attract material that otherwise might not have come their way or gain more control over the destiny of the project. Looking at the way Khan operates, there has rarely been a situation in the last three decades where he didn't get either. In fact, Khan notoriously refused films such as Baazigar and Chak De! India, which not only became blockbusters but also boosted the career of one of his biggest contemporaries, Shah Rukh Khan, at different stages. The reason why Salman began producing independently with Chillar Party (2011) was purely 'emotional' where he felt that his brand could help small, meaningful films get noticed. Jointly directed by Vikas Bahl (Queen, Shaandar and the upcoming Super 30) and Nitesh Tiwari (Dangal), Chillar Party made money and also won the National Award for Best Children's Film in 2011. The reason one could say that the film never really did anything substantial for Khan has to do with the fact that he never really saw himself transforming into a bonafide producer.
The second film that Khan produced under his banner, Salman Khan Being Human (SKBH) Production was Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) for completely different reasons. Rumour has it that KV Vijayendra Prasad, the writer of the film had initially pitched the film to Aamir Khan, who despite liking the basic idea wanted a major overhaul but when Prasad refused, Aamir suggested Salman Khan's name. Unlike Aamir, or Hrithik Roshan, who was also rumoured to have been offered the part, Salman Khan immediately gave Prasad the signing amount. This was also around the time when the 2002 hit-and-run case was in its final phase and there was a possibility of no major production plunging right away into the film with Salman and therefore, he probably decided to produce it himself.
Since the success of Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Khan has produced Hero (2015) that launched Suneil Shetty's daughter Athiya Shetty and Aditya Pancholi's son, Sooraj Pancholi, which much like this year's LoveYatri came across as an utterly pointless exercise for Salman. The actor nonetheless had fun with the production where he also sang the title track of the film and featured in a video at the end. But the biggest disappointment for him as a producer came in the form of Tubelight (2017), the much-hyped film that reunited him with his Bajrangi Bhaijaan director, Kabir Khan. The film managed to collect a face-saving amount, Rs 200 crore, but when you consider Khan's overall box office appeal and the fact that the budget of the film was a whopping Rs 135 crore, then there is no other way to describe Tubelight but as underwhelming.
Despite Tubelight's lackluster performance Khan's attitude towards producing – more emotional than business-driven – separates him from the other stars who are doubling up as producers such as Aamir, Shah Rukh, Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, among others. In this aspect, the sinking of Race 3 (2018) that he co-produced with Tips Industries is a bigger blow. The film was a typical tentpole production and there was enough riding on Race 3 for everyone involved to expect that it, in a sense, would undo the damage of Tubelight. Also, Race 3 is just the kind of production where the fabled 'Salman Khan touch' ought to have worked. The manner in which the franchise underwent a complete change to accommodate Khan's wishes, which included changes in the script and replacing directors Abbas-Mustan with Remo D'Souza, it wasn't tough to predict that all the whims would be forgotten once the film raked in the big bucks. The film was a disaster and in all likelihood, pulled the plug on the franchise.
A look at Khan's upcoming projects reads like a desperate bid to glory days. Barring Bharat, Khan's supposedly working on the sequels to No Entry, Dabangg 3, Tiger Zinda Hai Sequel and Kick. If there were ever a reason for him to think seriously about producing, then the LoveYatris of the world shouldn't feature on his to-do list.
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Badhaai Ho box office collection: Ayushmann's Khurrana's film rakes in Rs 45 cr in extended opening weekend
The extended Dusshera weekend ended with Ayushmann Khurrana's Badhaai Ho overshadowing Arjun Kapoor's Namaste England completely. Although both the films were pulled ahead to release a day earlier, Badhaai Ho managed to raced ahead Namaste England to garner Rs 45 crore in the first four days of its release.
The film earned an additional Rs 13 crore on Sunday, scoring a big extended opening weekend. Also starring Sanya Malhotra, Neena Gupta and Gajraj Rao, the film opened to rave reviews. On the other hand, Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra's Namaste England was unanimously panned by critics for its trite and immature storyline. The film could only score Rs 6.55 crore over the extended weekend, reports BollywoodHungama.com. From the holdover titles, Anushka Sharma and Varun Dhawan's YRF big-ticket, Sui Dhaaga, has almost exhausted its run. Currently showing in about a 100 screens, the film has raked in Rs 78.70 crore.
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We all came across plastic waste during these holidays. The best way to guard against it is to avoid a maximum of using plastic. Yes, it's easy. You'll see.
No, plastic is not fantastic. It is made with oil and water. Barely used as it is already thrown. Only 9% of the plastic produced is recycled. A plastic bottle takes 400 years to disappear, by scattering its chemical molecules in the environment. The plastic pollution of the oceans is frightening. They are available in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, the 7th continent, composed exclusively of plastic waste. Drastically, it continues to expand.
In short, it is high time to act. Follow our 5 tips to reduce it if you can't stop the consumption of plastic.
The coffee beaker and its famous turret perfectly illustrate the misuse of plastics. Do not you find it more pleasant to taste your drink in a nice mug, with a metal spoon? Even if the authorities foresee the forthcoming ban on plastic straws and cotton swabs, as a consumer, we have the choice to turn away definitively from this type of product.
Same is true is for plastic bottles. The Beverage Marketing Corporation and International Bottled Water Association have released the data that are showing 10 countries with unquenchable thirsts for bottled water.
You understand now that China and USA is the 1st and 2nd largest consumer of bottled water in the world. Still, our tap water is drinkable! If you're not comfortable with it, try the Stainless Steel reusable water Bottles, the infused water, or simply the bring back the old habits, fill a glass bottle and place it one night, open, in the refrigerator door. The next day, your water will be fresh and neutral in taste. In the kitchen, trade the food film, very bad for the environment, for a beeswax packaging, easy to make and reusable to infinity. Finally avoid fast foods, which serve you in disposable plastic dishes.
Always carry a small bag with you, and think of going shopping with your bags, shopping bag or reusable shopping bag. The tote-bag, launched to replace the plastic bag. It is a good option if you buy it made of cotton. If not, consider doing it yourself, possibly with new or used fabrics. You will be able to adapt the format to your needs (bread bag or XXL …). The crochet bag is back in force. If you like crocheting, get started on it.
The cucumbers or broccoli covered with plastic, the 4 apples in their tray of polystyrene and vacuum, the cupcakes in individual bags, stored in a box itself under plastic. Once, it is at home, it is still necessary to get rid of all these packaging, the cost is reflected on your bill. Admit that plastic does not always simplify life! Choose unpacked fruits and vegetables, sugar, flour, rice, and all others. There are more and more groceries in bulk, which also allows you to buy the quantity you need. As for drinks, ban plastic bottles, and preferably can packing or glass bottles. Cheese and cold cuts, prefer the products to cut, that your trader will be able to even put in the box that you will hold him.
A bottle of cleaner for earthenware, an anti-limestone bottle for faucets, a bottle for the toilet bowl, another for the telescope … Products for windows, the floor, the worktop … The references for household products in plastic bottles are innumerable. These products are expensive and do not always have the expected effectiveness. Invest in baking soda, liquid black soap, and white vinegar. With these really economical basic products, you will be able to clean the whole house without invading it with flasks. This is a key to great savings and a guarantee not to pollute. Even the sponge, the nest of bacteria and catastrophic carbon footprint, can be easily replaced by a Tawashi.
And for your skin care products, apply the same logic. Avoid multiplying the bottles. Especially since you have at home, without knowing it, all that is necessary to make your products yourself. Test the solid shampoo; you will not be able to do without it! You will see, with a little sweet almond oil or olive, bicarbonate always him, clay, honey, you will easily make potions very effective magic.
Take a minute to compare the price (and quality) of yogurts in their plastic pot, to those homemade, you will be amazed! Same sanction for compotes. At snack time, homemade cupcakes are incomparable in taste and always cheaper than over packaged industrial products. If you read this article, it is because you have probably already removed from your daily diet prepared meals. For your quiches, you probably prefer homemade dough to that under plastic. As for the soup, once you have tasted homemade soups, you can't swallow those in ready soup packing again.
Keep your Continent pollution free and yourselves Healthy! A Message by the Coldest Water.
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Despite much of the negative optics surrounding the current administration's foreign policy, this week, Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. condemned reports of Chechnya's ongoing torture of gay men. Amidst reports of widespread torture as well as the imprisonment, Ambassador Haley stated, "We are against all forms of discrimination, including against people based on sexual orientation. . . When left unchecked, discrimination and human rights abuses can lead to destabilization and conflict."
While Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has repeatedly denied reports of abuse and torture, a growing list of international organizations have condemned the government-promoted actions occurring in Chechnya.


Matthias drew a house and a tree.
Graham lives alone in an apartment.
Russell doesn't know who to believe: John or Kevyn.
I'll make sure Marian goes to school tomorrow.
Kristi is very busy right now.
Sehyo has been appointed administrative director.
Rich was my very first patient.
Cindie was lying on the couch, reading a book.
I'm helping Barbra out with something.
Patrice wondered if Kate would slap him if he tried to kiss her.
Rob said he'd be at school today.
Thierry pretended not to notice.
I've failed Marilyn so many times now.
Brender still plays golf, doesn't he?
Blair wants to learn to speak fluent French.
Do you happen to have any photographs of Jonathan?
Manny handed Jayant the briefcase.
Do you think Skip has any chance of being elected class president?
Morris knew that Malcolm was rich.


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Wuhan virus continues global spread despite efforts to contain it
Beijing (dpa) – Chinese authorities are marshalling ever more resources to stop the spread of a new and deadly coronavirus, even as instances of the case grow both domestically and internationally.
Just as Beijing upped the number of medical workers it is sending to Hubei province - the site of the initial outbreak - to nearly 6,000, according to a health official cited by the Xinhua state news agency.
Of those, 4,130 are already in the region, in 30 teams, while another 1,800 workers are expected to arrive by the end of Tuesday.
The country has 4,515 confirmed cases of the disease: 2,714 of them are in Hubei. There have also been 106 deaths.
The question now is whether the efforts out of China will make a difference, as the disease has already made it across most of China and outside China's borders, with reports in the last 24 hours of new cases in Japan, Thailand and Taiwan, and the first case in Germany.
The disease has been detected in 11 countries on four continents, according to data provided by the World Health Organization on Monday.
Worries that the disease is still getting out of China have prompted more countries and regions to set up border controls, with additional safeguards reported at US airports. Other safety attempts are more localized, such as Thai shopping centres distributing face masks.
Similarly, Hong Kong said trains and ferries to and from mainland China have been cancelled in an attempt to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Speaking at a press conference and wearing a surgical mask, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced the new measures, which also include restricting air and other forms of individual travel.
The Philippines is temporarily suspending its visa-on-arrival scheme for Chinese nationals on group tours to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
The European Commission is seeking to coordinate screening and EU entry measures across the bloc, but no new measures have been taken, according to a spokesperson.
In China, people have been urged to avoid travelling abroad to help control the spread.
In order to reduce the movement of people across the border, citizens who want to go abroad should "choose the time of the trip with reason," Xinhua said, citing the National Administration for Entry and Exit.
"If there is no particular need, it is recommended to postpone the time of the trip," it added.
The point was driven home by the two new cases confirmed in Taiwan on Tuesday, a pair of women from Wuhan who were hospitalized on Saturday with fever after arriving in Taiwan days before.
"It's likely that they contracted the new virus in Wuhan," Taiwan Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang told a televised news conference.
Another Chinese tourist travelling with the two patients has been isolated and monitored by health officers, Chuang said.
China has already cordoned off entire cities in central Hubei province, in an effort to contain the spread of the disease.
The government also extended the Lunar New Year holiday for three extra days until Sunday to discourage people from travelling.
Additionally, the eastern metropolis of Shanghai has ordered many of its companies to stay closed for another two weeks.
But the number of cases keep mounting.
According to a Xinhua report, 6,973 people are suspected of being infected and 976 remain in critical condition. Monday alone saw 1,771 new confirmed cases, along with 2,077 new suspected cases. There were also 26 deaths reported on Monday.
In all, 47,833 people who have come into contact with the infected have been put under observation in China: Of those, 44,132 remain under observation. Meanwhile, 914 had been discharged.
The virus belongs to the same family of coronaviruses that caused an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002.
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Outrage in Pakistan over rape and killing of 5-year-old girl - 09/08/2020
Multiple stabbings reported from British Midlands city of Birmingham - 09/06/2020
Italy to extend coronavirus measures as case numbers rise - 09/06/2020
Residents told to evacuate as powerful typhoon closing in on Japan - 09/06/2020


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Manjiro "Matty" Matsuda (1887-1929)  was a Judo practitioner who later became a professional wrestler.  Matsuda was born in Japan but emigrated to the United States, and wrestled in many different areas. He was promoted by William Muldoon who also managed boxing heavyweight champion John Sullivan.  Matsuda wrestled many different opponents throughout his career. He eventually became a champion by defeating Tiger Daly.  Matsuda later died as a result of injuries sustained in the ring against Basanta Sinzh

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the enmity of the Bud Light crowd – opposite sides of the same coin.
Clouseau Special. You won't be disappointed.
to side with a small snicker is preferable. Remember, a beer cynic is more respected than a beer Pollyanna.
make up the name of fictitious town but place it near a real one.
are allowable only for cask ales.
buy it but do not drink it. There are a lot of suckers on E-Bay just waiting to feverishly bid on it.
not. There is a universal phrase that is always appropriate and will serve to validate your beer credibility.
Jean. It's not that Michael Jackson.
doesn't mean it comes in a twelve pack. In fact nothing good comes in a twelve pack and often not in a six pack.
Experience shows that the best beer usually comes in a one pack.
unless everyone around you is a bit hammered.
surrealistic look; B. the logo almost fits in the Hyperrealism school; C. it's a fine example of minimal Minimalism.
him what he charges per room.
has tasteless flavor", "the beer is only as good as it tastes", or the always accurate, "it's not Heady".
So there you have it – the easy way to be a Pretend Beer Geek. Leo, you can thank me later.


Finch set out to answer the question, "what can the international community expect from the Antitrust Division?" He stressed that "with over 130 antitrust enforcers worldwide, it is even more imperative that competition agencies work together." He also identified several areas where the Antitrust Division intends to work with overseas competition authorities.
Second, Finch emphasized the need for greater international cooperation and coordination on cartel cases. This is especially so, in his view, because of the proliferation of leniency programs. Today, many antitrust enforcement agencies have programs that provide for leniency for cartel members who are the first to report the existence of that cartel to antitrust authorities and cooperate with the authorities' investigations. As a result, global corporations who make a leniency application are frequently managing multiple leniency processes simultaneously—which can result in challenges.
Coordinate logistics of interviews and searches.
To that end, Finch also spoke about the Division's "Visiting International Enforcers Program," which is designed to allow staff from other competition authorities to see how the Antitrust Division conducts investigations and facilitate a "pick up the phone" relationship between the Division and the staffs of foreign antitrust enforcers.
Third, Finch provided an overview of discussions at the Competition Committee meetings at the OECD in June, including those related to the growing role of technology in the marketplace and the Division's experience with price-fixing agreements facilitated by algorithms. Finch explained that "the potential for algorithms to be used to facilitate price-fixing agreements does not change the fundamental way we analyze illegal agreements." He emphasized that there are pro-competitive benefits to technological innovations, and algorithmic pricing can be used to facilitate rapid competitive response. As a result, he stressed that the Division's focus in price-fixing cases "must remain concerted action"—regardless of whether it is effected through direct communications or a common understanding that the competitors will use software to achieve the same result.
Overall, Finch stressed that the Antitrust Division will "continue [its] tradition of strong collaboration" and take steps to coordinate investigations, share best practices, and provide technical assistance with other antitrust enforcers.


WESTBOROUGH, MA- USTA New England's flagship program, USTA League, is once again expanding and giving a new segment of tennis players the opportunity to get out on the courts this winter. From 2017 to 2018, USTA League participation in New England rose 3 percent, up to nearly 34,000 players. Now, thanks to a brand new 18-39 league in Eastern Massachusetts, it's easier than ever for young adults to transition to League tennis.
The league, which capped at 80 players for the first season, began on Friday, February 1 and will run weekly on Fridays through March 29. Teams will then advance to a one-day playoff in April.
"We're excited to be able to offer this indoor league so our young adults can play through the winter. The level-based play provides great, competitive matches while still being in a fun and social setting," said Sarah Rice, USTA New England Manager, Community Development and league co-coordinator.
The 18-39 league serves as an alternative option to traditional USTA League or as a continuation of USTA's Tennis On Campus program or the Jack's Abby Social Tennis League.
Viola Schutter, USTA New England's Eastern Massachusetts League Coordinator, will oversee the league with Rice.
"This is a great opportunity for young adults to play socially and still have a structured format that includes advancing. We have standings online and will have a playoff with prizes and a party in April," Schutter said.
Matches are being played at the Boston Athletic Club, Mount Auburn Club and Winchester Indoor Tennis.
"I have played in the Jack's Abby Social Tennis League for almost three years now and it's a great way to meet other people who play tennis. I've always found it difficult to get back into the swing of things in the spring, so I thought this would be a great way to keep up with tennis during the offseason and meet new tennis friends," said league player Maeve Mackey.
Jack's Abby Social Tennis League site coordinator, Nikki Cachelin, captains Mackey's team this winter and had high praise for the first night of play.
"We had an overwhelming response from players, and since this league filled quickly with even more players than we anticipated, we will definitely be looking to offer it again this year," Rice said.
To follow the 18-39 league standings, schedules and results online, click here.


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Ecclesiastes 8 is the eighth chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The book contains philosophical speeches by a character called '(the) Qoheleth' ("the Teacher"), composed probably between the 5th and 2nd centuries BCE. Peshitta, Targum, and Talmud attribute the authorship of the book to King Solomon. This chapter concerns human and divine authority with the advice that fearing God is the wisest course.

Text
The original text was written in Hebrew. This chapter is divided into 17 verses.

Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text, which includes Codex Leningradensis (1008).

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), and Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century). The Greek text is probably derived from the work of Aquila of Sinope or his followers.

Structure
The New King James Version has two sections within this chapter:
  = Obey Authorities for God's Sake
  = Death Comes to All

Royal authority (8:1–9)
Verse 1 closes the theme from chapter 7. and may be read as part of that section, leaving verses 2-9 as a group dealing with authority. Qoheleth then uses the previous observation of human authority to form a basis for understanding the divine authority but Weeks notes that verses 2 and 3 present "several difficulties", and their sentence division is unclear.

Verse 1
Who is like the wise?
And who knows the interpretation of a thing?
A man's wisdom makes his face shine,
and the hardness of his face is changed.
"Make his face shine": in Hebrew Bible this idiom is used of God (cf. ).
"Hardness" (KJV: "boldness"; NKJV: "sternness"): literally, "strength".

Fearing God is the wisest course (8:10–17)
Echoing the idea in Ecclesiastes 3:16–17, Qoheleth affirms that it is still 'safer to stand in fear before God', even as the righteous are sometimes regarded as wicked and the punishment of the wicked seems lacking.

Verse 15
So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
"To eat, drink, and be merry" refers to Ecclesiastes 2:23-24; 3:13; 5:18-20; 9:7, as the remedy that Qoheleth offers, that is, to accept God's gift and place oneself in his hands.

See also
 Related Bible parts: Numbers 6

Notes

References

Sources

External links

 Jewish translations:
 Kohelet – Ecclesiastes - Chapter 8 (Judaica Press) translation [with Rashi's commentary] at Chabad.org
 Christian translations:
 Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
 Ecclesiastes Chapter 8 King James Version
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Fencing Club Tallinna Mõõk was founded on 8 September 1991, in Tallinn, and since its founding it has been a charitable volunteer association active in the form of a non-profit association. The objectives and the main activity of the association are concern the sport of fencing, and creating the conditions necessary to practice fencing as a sport in Estonia.
Fencing Club Tallinna Mõõk brings together natural and legal persons interested in sports, engaged in fencing, or enthusiastic about developing and supporting fencing as a sport.
In its activities the club adheres to legislation valid in the Republic of Estonia, as well as other acts and decisions established in accordance therewith, the statutes of the club, and the Estonian Sport Charter.
The highest body of the club is the general meeting of the club's members. All club members have the right to participate in the general meeting.
The club has a management board that is responsible for its activities and appoints the chief executive officer.
There are paid trainers as well as voluntary trainers working at the club, in order to ensure the best preparation for the athletes following their personal goals.
At Tallinna Mõõk, young people who have just started school, along with veteran athletes, can engage in fencing. Also, the club is open to professional fencers as well as hobbyists.