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Pope Francis Writes to the Priests of Rome
by armaghpriest.com on June 3rd, 2020
During this Easter season I had thought we could meet and celebrate the Chrism Mass together but, since a diocesan celebration was not possible, I am writing this letter to you. This new phase that we have embarked upon demands of us wisdom, farsightedness and shared commitment, so that all the efforts and sacrifices made thus far will not be in vain.
During this time of pandemic, many of you have shared with me by e-mail or telephone your experience of this unexpected and disconcerting situation. In this way, even though I was not able to leave home or encounter you directly, you let me know "first-hand" what you were going through. This in turn I have brought to my prayers, both of thanksgiving for your courageous and generous witness and of petition and trusting intercession before the Lord, who always takes us by the hand (cf. Mt 14:31). The need to maintain social distancing did not prevent us from strengthening our sense of fellowship, communion and mission; and this helped us ensure that charity, especially towards the most vulnerable individuals and communities, was not quarantined. In our frank conversations, I was able to see that necessary distancing was hardly synonymous with withdrawal or the self-absorption which anaesthetises, sedates and extinguishes our sense of mission.
Encouraged by these exchanges, I am writing to you because I want to keep close to you and accompany, support and confirm you along the way. Hope also depends on our efforts, and we have to help one another to keep it alive and active. I mean that contagious hope which is cultivated and reaffirmed in the encounter with others, and which, as a gift and a task, is given to us in order to create the new "normality" that we so greatly desire.
In writing to you, I think of the early apostolic community, which also experienced moments of confinement, isolation, fear and uncertainty. Fifty days passed amid immobility, isolation, yet the first proclamation would change their lives forever. For even as the doors of the place where they stayed were closed out of fear, the disciples were surprised by Jesus who "stood among them and said, 'Peace be with you!'. After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said, 'Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you'. And with that he breathed on them and said, 'Receive the Holy Spirit'" (Jn 20:19-22). May we too let ourselves be surprised!
The doors of the house where the disciples met were locked for fear (Jn 20:19)
Today, as then, we sense that "the joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted… are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ. Indeed, nothing genuinely human fails to raise an echo in their hearts" (Gaudium et Spes, 1). How well we know this! We all listened to the numbers and percentages that daily bombarded us; with our own hands we touched the pain of our people. What we heard was not something alien to our own experience: the statistics had names, faces, stories of which we were a part. As a community of priests, we were no strangers to these situations; we did not look out at them from a window. Braving the tempest, you found ways to be present and accompany your communities; when you saw the wolf coming, you did not flee or abandon the flock (cf. Jn 10:12-13).
Suddenly we suffered the loss of family, neighbours, friends, parishioners, confessors, points of reference for our faith. We saw the saddened faces of those unable to be present and bid farewell to their loved ones in their final hours. We felt the suffering and powerlessness experienced by health care workers who, themselves exhausted, continued to work for days on end, out of a concern to meet so many needs. All of us felt the worry and fear experienced by those workers and volunteers who daily exposed themselves to risk in order to ensure that essential services were provided, and to accompany and care for the excluded and the vulnerable who were suffering even more from the effects of the pandemic. We witnessed the difficulties and discomforts of the lockdown: loneliness and isolation, especially among the elderly; anxiety, anguish and a sense of helplessness at the possibility of losing jobs and homes; violence and breakdown in relationships. The age-old fear of being infected once more reared its head. We shared the anguish and concern of entire families uncertain as to whether there would be food on the table in weeks to come.
We also experienced our own vulnerability and helplessness. Just as the kiln tests the potter's vases, so were we put to the test (cf. Sir 27:5). Distraught, we felt all the more the precariousness of our own lives and our apostolic efforts. The unpredictability of the situation heightened the difficulty we feel in facing the unknown which we cannot control or direct and, like everyone else, we felt confused, fearful and defenceless. At the same time, we also experienced that healthy and necessary courage that refuses to yield in the face of injustice and reminds us that we were created for Life. Like Nicodemus, at night, confused by the fact that "the wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes", we too wondered: "How can this be?" And Jesus tells us too: "Are you are a teacher of Israel, yet you do not understand these things?" (cf. Jn 3:8-10).
The complexity of the situation we had to face did not allow for textbook recipes or responses. It called for something much more than facile exhortations or edifying speeches incapable of touching hearts and confronting the concrete demands of life. The pain of our people was our pain, their uncertainties our own: our shared sense of frailty stripped us of any pseudo-spiritual complacency or any puritanical attempt to keep at a safe distance. No one can be unaffected by all that has happened. We can say that we experienced as a community the time when the Lord wept: for we too wept before the tomb of Lazarus his friend (cf. Jn 11:35), before the incomprehension of his people (Lk 13:14; 19:41), in the dark night of Gethsemane (cf. Mk 14:32-42; Lk 22:44). It is also the time when his disciples weep before the mystery of the cross and the evil which strikes so many innocent people. It is the bitter weeping of Peter after his denial (cf. Lk 22:62), and that of Mary Magdalene before the tomb (cf. Jn 20:11).
We know that, in situations like these, it is not easy to find the right way forward, and any number of voices will make themselves heard telling us about all that could have been done in the face of this unknown reality. Our usual ways of relating, planning, celebrating, praying, meeting and even dealing with conflict were changed and challenged by an invisible presence that turned our everyday existence upside down. Nor did it simply affect individuals, families, specific social groups or countries. The nature of the virus caused our former ways of dividing and classifying reality to disappear. The pandemic knows no descriptors, no boundaries, and none of us can think of getting by alone. We are all affected and involved.
The notion of a "safe" society, carefree and poised for infinite consumption has been called into question, revealing its lack of cultural and spiritual immunity to conflict. A series of old and new questions and problems (in many places long since considered resolved) came to dominate the horizon and our attention. Those questions will not be answered simply by resuming various activities. They necessarily challenge us to develop a capacity for listening in a way attentive yet filled with hope, serene yet tenacious, persevering yet not fearful. This can prepare and open up the path that the Lord is now calling us to take (cf. Mk 1:2-3). We know that in the wake of tribulation and painful experiences we are never again the same. So all of us need to be vigilant and attentive. The Lord himself, in the hour of his own suffering, prayed for exactly this: "I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one" (Jn 17:15). Having experienced, as individuals and in our communities, our vulnerability, frailty and limitations, we now run the grave risk of withdrawing and "brooding" over the desolation caused by the pandemic, or else that of seeking refuge in a boundless optimism incapable of grasping the deeper meaning of what is happening all around us (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, 226-228).
Times of tribulation challenge us to discern the temptations that threaten to mire us in bewilderment and confusion, in a mind-set that would prevent our communities from nurturing the new life that the Risen Lord wishes to give us. A variety of temptations can nowadays blind us and encourage sentiments and approaches that block hope from stimulating our creativity, our ingenuity and our ability to respond effectively. Rather than seeking to acknowledge frankly the gravity of the situation, we can attempt to respond merely with new and reassuring activities as we wait for everything to "return to normal". But in this way we would ignore the deep wounds that have opened and the number of people who have fallen in the meantime. We can also sink into in a kind of numbing nostalgia for the recent past that leads us to keep repeating that "nothing will ever be the same again" and thus show ourselves incapable of inviting others to dream and to develop new paths and new styles of life.
Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you. When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you!" (Jn 20:19-21)
The Lord did not choose the perfect situation to appear suddenly in the midst of his disciples. Certainly we would have preferred that what happened did not have to happen, but it did; and like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, we too can continue to speak sadly and in hushed tones along the way (cf. Lk 24:13-21). Yet by appearing in the Upper Room behind closed doors, amid the isolation, fear and insecurity experienced by the disciples, the Lord was able to surpass all expectations and to give a new meaning to history and human events. Any time is fitting for the message of peace; in no situation is God's grace ever lacking. Jesus' appearance in the midst of confinement and forced absence proclaims, for those disciples and for us today, a new day capable of challenging all paralysis and resignation, and harnessing every gift for the service of the community. By his presence, confinement became fruitful, giving life to the new apostolic community.
So let us say with confidence and without fear: "Where sin increased, grace has abounded all the more" (Rom 5:20). Let us be fearless amid the messy situations all around us, because that is where the Lord is, in our midst; God continues to perform his miracle of bringing forth good fruit (cf. Jn 15:5). Christian joy is born precisely of this certainty. In the midst of the contradictions and perplexities we must confront each day, the din of so many words and opinions, there is the quiet voice of the Risen Lord who keeps saying to us: "Peace be with you!"
It is comforting to read the Gospel and think of Jesus in the midst of his people, as he welcomes and embraces life and individuals just as they are. His actions embody Mary's moving song of praise: "He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly" (Lk 1:51-52). Jesus offers his own hands and his wounded side as a path to resurrection. He does not hide or conceal those wounds; instead, he invites Thomas to touch his pierced side and to see how those very wounds can be the source of Life in abundance (cf. Jn 20:27-29).
Over and over again, as a spiritual guide, I have been able to witness how "a person who sees things as they truly are and sympathizes with pain and sorrow is capable of touching life's depths and finding authentic happiness. He or she is consoled, not by the world but by Jesus. Such persons are unafraid to share in the suffering of others; they do not flee from painful situations. They discover the meaning of life by coming to the aid of those who suffer, understanding their anguish and bringing relief. They sense that the other is flesh of our flesh, and are not afraid to draw near, even to touch their wounds. They feel compassion for others in such a way that all distance vanishes. In this way, they can embrace Saint Paul's exhortation: 'Weep with those who weep' (Rom 12:15). Knowing how to mourn with others: that is holiness" (Gaudete et Exsultate, 76).
"As the Father has sent me, so I send you" When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit" (Jn 20:21-22)
Dear brothers, as a community of priests, we are called to proclaim and prophesy the future, like the sentinel announcing the dawn that brings a new day (cf. Is 21:11). That new day will either be completely new, or something much worse than what we have been used to. The Resurrection is not simply an event of past history to be remembered and celebrated; it is much more. It is the saving proclamation of a new age that resounds and already bursts onto the scene: "Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?" (Is 43:19); it is the future, the "ad-vent" that the Lord even now is calling us to build. Faith grants us a realistic and creative imagination, one capable of abandoning the mentality of repetition, substitution and maintenance. An imagination that calls us to bring about a time ever new: the time of the Lord. Though an invisible, silent, expansive and viral presence has thrown us into crisis and turmoil, may we let this other discreet, respectful and non-invasive Presence summon us anew and teach us to face reality without fear. If an impalpable presence has been able to disrupt and upset the priorities and apparently overpowering global agendas that suffocate and devastate our communities and our sister earth, let us not be afraid to let the presence of the Risen Lord point out our path, open new horizons and grant us the courage to live to the full this unique moment of our history. A handful of fearful men were able to change the course of history by courageously proclaiming the God who is with us. Do not be afraid! "The powerful witness of the saints is revealed in their lives, shaped by the Beatitudes and the criterion of the final judgement" (Gaudete et Exsultate, 109).
Let us be surprised yet again by the Risen Lord. May he, whose pierced side is a sign of how harsh and unjust reality can be, encourage us not to turn aside from the harsh and difficult realities experienced by our brothers and sisters. May he teach us how to accompany, soothe and bind up the wounds of our people, not with fear but with the audacity and evangelical generosity of the multiplication of the loaves (Mt 14:15-21); with the courage, concern and responsibility of the Good Samaritan (cf. Lk 10:33-35); with the joy of the shepherd at his newfound sheep (Lk 15:4-6); with the reconciling embrace of a father who knows the meaning of forgiveness (cf. Lk 15: 20); with the devotion, gentleness and tender love of Mary of Bethany (cf. Jn 12:1-3); with the meekness, patience and wisdom of the Lord's missionary disciples (cf. Mt 10:16-23). May the wounded hands of the Risen Lord console us in our sorrows, revive our hope and impel us to seek the Kingdom of God by stepping out of our familiar surroundings . Let us also allow ourselves to be surprised by our good and faithful people, so often tried and torn, yet also visited by the Lord's mercy. May our people teach us, their pastors, how to mould and temper our hearts with meekness and compassion, with the humility and magnanimity of a lively, supportive, patient and courageous perseverance, one that does not remain indifferent, but rejects and unmasks every form of scepticism and fatalism. How much we have to learn from the strength of God's faithful people, who always find a way to help and accompany those who have fallen! The Resurrection is the proclamation that things can change. May the Paschal Mystery, which knows no bounds, lead us creatively to those places where hope and life are struggling, where suffering and pain are opening the door to corruption and speculation, where aggression and violence appear to be the only way out.
As priests, sons and members of a priestly people, it is up to us to take responsibility for the future and to plan for it as brothers. Let us place in the wounded hands of the Lord, as a holy offering, our own weakness, the weakness of our people and that of all humanity. It is the Lord who transforms us, who treats us like bread, taking our life into his hands, blessing us, breaking and sharing us, and giving us to his people. And in all humility, let us allow ourselves to be anointed by Paul's words and let them spread like a fragrant balm throughout our City, thus awakening the seeds of hope that so many people quietly nurture in their hearts: "We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies" (2 Cor 4:8-10). Let us share with Jesus in his passion, our passion, and experience, also with him, the power of the Resurrection: the certainty of God's love that affects us deeply and summons us to take to the streets in order to bring "glad tidings to the poor … to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord" (cf. Lk 4:18-19), with a joy that all can share in their dignity as children of the living God.
All these things, which I have been thinking about and experiencing during this time of pandemic, I want to share fraternally with you, so that they can help us on our journey of praising the Lord and serving our brothers and sisters. I hope that they can prove useful to each of us, for "ever greater love and service".
May the Lord Jesus bless you and the Blessed Virgin watch over you. And please, do not forget to keep me in your prayers.
Rome, Saint John Lateran, 31 May 2020, the Solemnity of Pentecost.


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News | 5 March 2018
Times of Israel: Real-life 'Casablanca' story is even more dramatic than the Hollywood classic
By Rich Tenorio, for Times of Israel
The Times of Israel quoted Alma Rachel Heckman, the Neufeld-Levin Chair of Holocaust Studies and assistant professor of history and Jewish studies, in an article about a new book that explores the story of the many Jewish refugees in the Vichy Moroccan port of Casablanca fleeing the Holocaust.
While the film "Casablanca" is immortalized for its story of World War II refugees seeking freedom from Hitler, the real-life history that inspired it is arguably less well-known — but no less dramatic.
A new book, "Destination Casablanca: Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II," by Meredith Hindley, seeks to bridge the gap and explore the story of the many Jewish refugees in the Vichy Moroccan port fleeing the Holocaust.
"I saw the movie 'Casablanca' in high school and, even then, I was interested in why there were refugees in Casablanca and why the French resistance was there," Hindley wrote in an email. "After that, every time I saw the movie, my historian brain would kick in and I would wonder what the real Casablanca was like during the war."
Researching a separate project, Hindley — a historian and writer for the National Endowment for the Humanities — encountered telegrams and reports on refugees in French Morocco and the area's infamous internment camps.
"When I was looking for a new project, I decided to dig in and see what was happening in and to Casablanca during the war," she said. "I discovered that not much had been written about French Morocco during WWII. 'Destination Casablanca' is the result."
The book was released last October, in time for two 75th anniversaries: the Allied invasion of Casablanca in Operation TORCH from November 8-11, 1942; and the premiere of the Warner Bros. film on November 26, 1942.
Hindley chronicles individual refugees, including Jews such as Esti Freud, daughter-in-law of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, and her daughter Sophie Freud; as well as Arthur Koestler, author of the anti-totalitarian novel "Darkness at Noon."
"Most refugees who ended up in Casablanca were Jewish," Hindley said.
The book also addresses the city's Moroccan Jewish community, including one particularly heroic activist — Hélène Cazès-Bénatar, who helped refugees even while undermined by anti-Semitic Vichy legislation.
After the fall of France in 1940, "Casablanca became a way station for refugees because of its location," Hindley said. It was the largest Atlantic port in Africa and, with Lisbon, it transformed into a jumping-off point for North America, South America, and the Caribbean early in the war, she said.
But departure was difficult. Refugees were required to obtain hard-won immigration visas, as well as exit and transit visas, which were all issued by different governments, she said.
"Getting those to line up — they all expired after a set period of days — could be nerve-wrecking. That's how many refugees ended up stranded for months or sometimes years in Casablanca," she said, giving the example of Esti and Sophie Freud, who were stuck in Casablanca for nine months until they could obtain new visas.
Notable refugees
As Hindley describes in the book, before the war, Esti Freud, her husband Martin (Sigmund Freud's son) and their teenage children Walter and Sophie lived a bourgeois life in Vienna. But after the Anschluss, they and the extended Freud family sought to escape.
The famed psychoanalyst left with his wife Martha and daughter Anna to London, but his four sisters died in the Holocaust. Martin and Walter also emigrated to London while Esti and Sophie left for France, and then Casablanca, where Sophie noted the city's palm trees and white houses, but lamented the poverty she saw in the Muslim and Jewish quarters.
A failed attempt to leave Morocco occurred in January 1942 when a ship that was to have taken Esti and Sophie Freud to the US arrived the day after their visas expired.
"When Sophie learned of their fate, she cried for a day," Hindley writes in the book. But the local Jewish community was there to help — including Bénatar.
"Throughout the war, she would help refugees find housing, navigate the French bureaucracy, and work with aid agencies," Hindley said. "The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee helped finance her work."
Her fellow Moroccan Jews helped, too. "Hélène Bénatar's work depended on the generosity of the Jewish community in Casablanca," Hindley said. "They contributed money, volunteered their time, and opened their doors to Jewish refugees" — including the Freuds.
Esti Freud gave back to Casablanca. A trained speech therapist, she established the city's first-ever school for deaf children.
"Esti believed that she and Sophie were spared the 'unpleasant surprises' that befell other refugees because of her work with deaf children," Hindley writes in the book, referring to anti-Semitic Vichy policies that "regulated what professions Jews could practice, where they could live, and how they could use their severely restricted ration coupons."
"Casablanca's [indigenous] Jews were also banned from living in the city's European neighborhoods. Instead, they were all supposed to live in the mellah, the ancient Jewish quarter rife with poverty," she added.
Hindley said that European Jews arriving in Casablanca were "subject to rules governing foreign nationals. One false step and they could land in an internment camp as an enemy of the state."
She called these camps "miserable — meager rations, harsh living conditions, and the indignities that come with living behind barbed wire and under guard."
In this atmosphere, Bénatar's refugee work was threatened. "When the Vichy collaborator appointed to run Casablanca demanded she shut down the refugee organization she ran, she carried on the work under her own name," Hindley said. "I have so much respect for her."
Another who wins Hindley's respect is Morocco's sultan, Sidi Mohammed, who later became King Mohammed V.
"Sidi Mohammed found Vichy's laws appalling and did what he could to ameliorate them, but his power was limited," she said. "Vichy was determined to bring its vision to French Morocco even if it meant ignoring the sultan's pleas not to subject his Jewish subjects to such treatment."
Vichy Morocco ended with Operation TORCH, an Allied invasion led by American General George S. Patton. In its wake, a deadly melee broke out between Jews and Arabs in Casablanca's Jewish quarter.
US forces defused these tensions. Hindley writes that "[the] last thing the Americans needed was for the Arabs and Jews to start fighting among themselves."
If Patton had not captured Casablanca, the situation might have gotten far worse.
Alma Rachel Heckman, the Neufeld-Levin Chair of Holocaust Studies and assistant professor of history and Jewish studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, told The Times of Israel that "it's becoming clearer and clearer that Vichy authorities were working with Nazi authorities."
There were plots to exploit Africa's natural resources, including "a plan for a trans-Saharan railroad, Algeria on through French West Africa, to transport natural resources to Mediterranean seaports, enrich France, and in turn enrich Germany," she said.
Heckman said that what might have befallen Casablanca's Jews had Vichy rule continued "is speculation, and really impossible to say."

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STELLAR PERFORMANCE PAYS OFF FOR LEVEL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PRESIDENT MAR 19, 2015 CAI-Nevada named Anne Calarco Professional Community Association Manager of the Year and On-site Manager of the Year for 2014. PRLog - March 19, 2015 - LAS VEGAS -- Anne Calarco has spent her career helping peers and clients learn useful lessons. Now the president and managing partner of Level Property Management learned a lesson herself: excellence pays off. Calarco received two awards at the Community Associations Institute-Nevada chapter's Feb. 21 awards gala. She was named Professional Community Association Manager of the Year and On-site Manager of the Year for 2014. Click here to view entire article on PRLog.


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Exploring Beauty with Meryanne Loum-Martin, owner of Jnane Tamsna
By whind
It's everyone's dream to carve out their own little corner of paradise - but for lawyer turned hotelier, Meryanne Loum-Martin, this vision became a reality when she bought an unloved patch of land in Marrakech's palm-studded Palmeraie back in 2000. Two decades later, the result of her imaginings is Jnane Tamsna: nine acres of enchanting, evocative gardens and a boutique hotel stuffed with both global and local crafts, artworks, and objets d'art.
ENTRANCE TO JNANE TAMSNA, COURTESY OF BRAND
We caught up with Meryanne to chat about how she's highlighting the varied Beauty of Marrakech in her new book, Inside Marrakesh: Enchanting Homes and Gardens, as well as how she seeks magic and inspiration from cultures around the world.
How did the idea to create Jnane Tamsna come about?
We wanted to create a hotel where the gardens would be an important part of the experience - Jnane means 'garden of paradise'.
What makes the place so special and different?
It's more like a house than a hotel. Each room is different; nothing is standardized. I'd describe it more as nine acres of palm groves, trees and beautiful vegetation, which just happen to have 24 rooms spread over five buildings.
Where do you draw inspiration from, both within Morocco and beyond?
We're a very diverse family, so I draw my inspirations from our identity and our travels through Africa, India, Europe, Turkey, Egypt and Morocco, all of which are places that have traditional designs that I love.
How has your business been impacted by Covid-19? Have you had to pivot business strategies?
We were paralysed, just like the rest of the world. We started selling organic vegetables and I also wrote a book about Marrakech design, which was a big success in Europe and in the US. Additionally, I started designing trips offering an insider design experience, which have all sold out.
Can you discuss the importance of local craftsmanship and community for Jnane Tamsna?
It is key for me as a designer and my husband also heads an NGO, which works with local communities in farming and agriculture.
What's next for Jnane Tamsna?
When I get the planning permission I'm seeking, it'll be about creating a lot of very creative jobs and empowering traditional knowledge. Watch this space!
What is your absolute favorite place in Morocco and why?
Should I be biased and say my own place? I'm at my happiest in our garden or in the hotel library by the fireplace. Otherwise, there are a lot of places in Marrakech which are wonderful. Too many to name!
COURTYARD FOUNTAIN, JEAN CAZALS
DINING ROOM AT JNANE TAMSNA, COURTESY OF BRAND
What's the skincare hero you swear by?
We have a wonderful client who is one of the top dermatologists in the US – I guess it would be her! Her name is Dr. Michelle Henry and she's based in NY. There's also an excellent dermatologist in Marrakech called Dr. Maria Sadak.
What's the best Beauty advice you've ever received?
You don't need daily make-up... But you do need daily moisturizing.
What's your skincare philosophy?
Moisturizing... with your products, of course!
Follow Meryanne's journey on instagram at @jnanetamsna - and be the first to know more about how we're working with our community of creators (as well as exclusive offers, product drops, and more), connect with us @whind.
"My skincare philosophy? Moisturizing daily... with your products, of course!"
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Scones are classic teatime biscuit treats that are quick and easy to make.These almond chocolate coconut scones are full of scrumptious goodness.Slightly sweetened flaky biscuits with shaved chocolate, sliced almonds, coconut flakes and glazed with sweet coconut glaze.They are perfect with coffee or tea.
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter,cold.
In a bowl of stand mixer,whisk together flour,sugar,baking powder,and salt.Shred cold butter and using your hands quickly work in the butter with flour mixture to create crumb mixture. You can also use a large blender to combine flour mixture with butter.
Add coconut,chocolate, and almonds to the mixture.
in a small bowl whisk coconut milk with egg.
Add milk and egg mixture to flour mixture and mix until combined.
On a slightly floured surface,divide the dough in half and pat a 6 inch circle.Cut the circle in to wedges.Transfer scones to baking sheet and set them at least 1 inch apart.
Prepare the glaze.Combine powdered sugar with coconut milk (reg.milk) and vanilla.
Pour or brush glaze over baked warm scones. Sprinkle with coconut flakes and sliced almonds over the top.
This is a delightful cake that is fairly sweet and with a little fruity flavor.Markiza cake is multi layered shortbread cake with meringue,nuts,and jam.In most original Russian recipes it is made with rich and sweet dulce de leche frosting.It's too sweet for my family. I make it with my favorite frosting that goes perfect for this cake.One advice…Plan to spend good amount of time in the kitchen.It's not a quick cake,but worth all your time and effort.Enjoy with coffee or tea.
2 sticks butter room temp.
2 sticks butter at room temp.
In a mixing bowl using hand or stand mixer combine butter with 1 cup of sugar.
Add egg yolks and sour cream.Mix until all ingredients are well incorporated.
In another bowl combine flour and baking powder.
Gradually add flour* to the batter.
Form 6-8 balls,cover with plastic wrapper and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
* start with 3 cups,gradually adding more if needed.
Add 1 1/2 cup sugar.
Continue to whip until stiff peeks.
Roll out one ball at a time on slightly floured parchment paper.
Cut edges of cake layer using a 8 or 9 inch cake pan.
Spread about 1 -1 1/2 tablespoons of jam** on the layer.
Spread about 2 +/- tablespoons of meringue.
Sprinkle with about 1 tablespoon of nuts on top of meringue.
** Spread jam on every other layer.
Bake for 6-8 minutes depending on your oven then reduce temp. to 200 degrees and continue baking for another 10 minutes.
Repeat steps with the rest of the dough.
Whip butter with cream cheese and vanilla.
Gradually on med-low speed pour in heavy whipping cream*,increasing speed as cream thickens a little.
Continue to whip until cream thickens.
*if not using heavy cream,add cool whip.
Slightly heat jam using stove or microwave.Stir and let it cool.
Carefully spread a good amount of cream on the first layer with jam.
Place second layer(no jam)meringue side facing down on top of the first one.
with jam-cream-no jam-cream-with jam-cream-no jam…so forth.
Apply cream to the sides and top of the cake.
Gently spread cooled jam on top of the cake.
Decorate sides of the cake as desired.I used white chocolate shavings and whipped cream with powdered sugar for top edges.
When you have some bananas that are getting a little bit too ripe,it's just perfect to bake a batch of fresh healthy muffins.They are wholesome with whole wheat flour,chopped walnuts,mashed bananas and chia seeds.They are perfect for breakfast with little bit of softened butter and a cup of coffee of course .They store well for couple of days when wrapped in plastic wrap and also freezer friendly.
Spray mini cupcake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
In a mixing bowl,whisk together flour,salt,baking powder,cinnamon and chia seeds.
In another mixing bowl,whisk together sugar and egg.
Whisk in mashed bananas,vanilla,oil,and yoghurt until well combined.
Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
Divide batter evenly into prepared mini cupcake pan.
Sprinkle some chopped nuts and oatmeal on top if desired.


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require_relative 'sass_construct'

class SassSelector < SassConstruct

  attr_reader :name
  attr_reader :parent_name
  attr_reader :parent_line
  attr_reader :parent_type
  attr_reader :number_of_base_selectors
  attr_reader :number_of_nestable_selectors
  attr_reader :number_of_declarations
  attr_reader :has_nesting
  attr_reader :type

  def initialize(selector_node, parents, has_nesting, type, style_sheet, style_sheet_path)
    super(selector_node, style_sheet, style_sheet_path)
    @selector_node = selector_node
    @parents = parents
    @has_nesting = has_nesting
    @type = type
    @name = selector_node.kind_of?(Sass::Tree::MediaNode) ?
        '@media' : SassASTQueryHandler.remove_illegal_chars(selector_node.rule.join)
  end

  def set_parent_info(parent_name, parent_line, parent_type)
    @parent_name = parent_name
    @parent_line = parent_line
    @parent_type = parent_type
  end

  def set_body_info(number_of_base_selectors, number_of_nestable_selectors, number_of_declarations)

    @number_of_base_selectors = number_of_base_selectors
    @number_of_nestable_selectors = number_of_nestable_selectors
    @number_of_declarations = number_of_declarations

  end

  def level
    @parents.size
  end

  def fully_qualified_name

    f_qualified_name = ''

    @parents.each_with_index do |parent, index|
      f_qualified_name << parent
      if index < @parents.size - 2
        f_qualified_name << ' '
      end
    end

    if @parents.size > 0
      f_qualified_name << ' '
    end

    f_qualified_name << name

    f_qualified_name

  end

  def hash
    prime = 31
    prime * super.hash + fully_qualified_name.hash
  end

  def to_s
    fully_qualified_name
  end

end

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In another, the campaign shelled out $8,000 to the Trump Corp. last month for "legal & IT consulting," according to the filings.
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In July, The Washington Post's David Fahrenthold reported that Trump's campaign sent nearly $400,000 to the Trump Organization in just two days.
President Donald Trump's private business has received $2.3 million in campaign funds so far, according to recent Federal Election Commission filings.
Forbes, which first reported on the filings, said that in one instance, Trump Tower Commercial LLC, which owns the Trump Organization's building on Fifth Avenue, received nearly $38,000 in campaign-donor money to cover rent last month. In another instance, the Trump campaign shelled out $8,000 to the Trump Corp. last month for "legal & IT consulting," according to the FEC filings.
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As a way to start sprucing up their living space after their unexpected regeneration, Dilan is given the task of purchasing some lovely floral arrangements for their royal abode. Because that's certainly what they need living in Radiant Garden: more flowers.
One trip to the flower shop turns into a few, and something besides initial disdain begins to sprout.
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Emotions run high after saving the world from the forces of darkness. Two long lost friends finally return to realm of light.
Not wanting to be apart, the pair decide to spend their first night back home together, and end up spending the rest of their lives together instead.
After returning home from the Realm of Darkness after their battle with Xemnas in The World That Never Was, Sora finds himself wandering into The Secret Place, quickly realizing there's a new addition made to that drawing he made over a year ago.
When Kairi's royal heritage is discovered, Sora and Kairi are coerced into a marriage in hopes of bringing peace and prosperity back to Radiant Garden. Will their young love survive and make it to the Wedding?
A sleepover where Riku confesses he loves Sora and Kairi.
When an accident blasts Sora far across the stars, he crosses paths with the paladins of Voltron, defenders of the universe. Heartless start to roam the skies, and it's up to Sora and his new friends to not just take them out, but to also fight a growing darkness that has joined the Galra Empire. When Riku and Kairi try to find him, they too are dragged into the war between good and evil. Will the paladins and heroes of light triumph, or is it the darkness that will be claiming victory?
Sora has something in common with the insects that swarm the lone cage light illuminating your back porch. Moths and other things gathered around the light just as your son did under it. You would often find him lying on his stomach surrounded by seashells and popsicle sticks. Crayons and bird feathers he thought were uncommon. By the smiles of his best friends.
You did not know: his first act in existence had been to share his light with someone broken an Ocean away.
You did not know: one of those smiling friends had found her way to the shoreline of your world by the light of his own.
You did not know: he is drawn to light just as it is drawn to him.
Upon returning to Destiny Islands, Riku and Kairi fell into a new routine.


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Chapter 2545 - Her Highness Yu'er
Right at that moment, the space next to him started to tremble slightly. Then, a woman walked out.
Compared to the middle-aged man, this woman was much younger. Not only did she have an attractive face, but her figure was also enchanting. She was a sexy woman.
That said, although she had a very sexy appearance, she was wearing the same sort of majestic armor as the middle-aged man.
Furthermore, that woman also had the same identical 'Palace Guard' title plate on her waist.
"That boy is truly a toad that wants to eat swan meat," The woman looked to the direction that Xianhai Shuoyi had left in and smiled coldly. She added, "He should have checked his status. If it wasn't for Her Highness Yu'er having such a good personality, how could she concern herself with someone like him, the son of a servant?"
"Don't bother with him. After all… he's hopeless," The middle-aged man said.
"Of course. With how excellent Her Highness Yu'er is, how could she fancy someone like him? She is merely feeling pity for him," The woman said.
The two of them were conversing through voice transmissions. Thus, only the two of them were capable of hearing it.
On the island was an overhanging cliff.
The cliff was very dangerous. However, a young woman was sitting at the edge of the cliff.
She was sitting at the edge of the cliff with her legs dangling at an altitude of over ten thousand meters.
That young woman had a head full of beautiful jet black hair that sprinkled down behind her. As she blinked, her long eyelashes trembled slightly.
Her beautiful eyes were very clear. It was as if there were countless stars within them. They were completely untainted.
Her tall nose bridge and delicate cherry lips were also magnificently beautiful.
This young woman's appearance was simply the pinnacle of beauty. Especially her pure and charming aura, it was simply akin to that of a celestial fairy. She was simply perfect.
Not only was the young woman's facial appearance akin to that of a celestial fairy, but her figure was also very good. She possessed snow-white skin with a faint rosy and translucent glow. Her skin was like that of jade.
As for her long green dress, it made the woman appear like an elf in the world.
It was as if a woman like her could only be seen in one's dreams, and not present in reality.
"Huu~~~"
Suddenly, wind blew past. Her long green skirt started to flutter slightly. The young woman's beautiful legs were exposed intermittently. It was truly alluring.
Likely, apart from Her Lady Queen, there was no one that could match that young woman's beauty.
Although that young woman was very beautiful, she had a child-like personality.
The young woman was swinging her legs back and forth over the cliff. As for her beautiful eyes, they were sizing up a beaded chain that she was fiddling with in her hand.
However, her witty appearance made her seem even more lovely.
"Yu'er, is that beaded chain what you've obtained from the Sacred Heavenly Temple?"
Suddenly, a voice was heard. It was Xianhai Shuoyi. He descended from the sky and stood behind that beautiful young woman, then slowly walked toward her.
Seeing Xianhai Shuoyi, the young woman did not show any sign of being on guard. Instead, she turned around, smiled sweetly and held up the beaded chain in her hand.
"How is it? Not bad, no?"
At that moment, Xianhai Shuoyi was able to clearly see the beaded chain. The beaded chain was sparking, translucent and dark green in color. Each and every bead on the beaded chain seemed to be alive.
Not only that, but if one were to look carefully, one would see that the beads were actually all grand formations. There was a total of a hundred and thirty-eight beads. In other words, there were a hundred and thirty-eight grand formations. Each and every single grand formation was extremely powerful. Furthermore… there were both defensive and offensive formations.
"The treasure one obtains after using a Martial Immortal-level Sacred Temple Bead to enter the Sacred Heavenly Temple is truly of excellent quality," Xianhai Shuoyi said.
"Xianhai Shuoyi, what sort of treasure did you obtain? Let me have a look at it," The young woman's beautiful eyes were flickering in a very mischievous manner.
"I…" Xianhai Shuoyi's expression turned sluggish. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Compared to your bracelet, what I've obtained is simply unworthy of mention. Thus, I'm not going to take it out to shame myself."
Xianhai Shuoyi did not tell the truth.
He was able to tell anyone that he had been defeated in the Sacred Heavenly Temple by someone and did not obtain any treasure. However, it was only before this young woman before him that he did not dare say that.
He was afraid that the young woman would be disappointed in him. He was also afraid that he would shame himself.
"If you don't want to tell me, so be it."
The young woman raised her head and turned around as she continued to fiddle with the beaded chain in her hand.
It seemed like she was not very concerned with what that Xianhai Shuoyi might have obtained.
Xianhai Shuoyi walked over to the young woman and said, "Yu'er, this bracelet of yours is very pretty. It suits you very well. Why don't you wear it?"
"What bracelet? This is a footlace. Boys like you truly do not know about anything," The young woman let out a ridiculing laughter.
However, this ridiculing and mocking laughter was so very pleasant-sounding when it reached Xianhai Shuoyi's ears.
He did not feel that his ego was insulted from the young woman's ridiculing laughter. The reason for that was because he knew the young woman very well, and knew that she was not really ridiculing him. He knew that she was merely joking with him.
"So it's actually a footlace. Isn't that even better? You'll be able to replace that old, dirty footlace on your feet," Xianhai Shuoyi said.
"Woosh~~~"
Right after Xianhai Shuoyi said those words, he suddenly felt that the surrounding air had instantly turned incomparably ice-cold.
Even though he was a grand True Immortal-level expert, he still felt bone-chilling coldness.
"Yu'er, are you angry?"
At that moment, Xianhai Shuoyi's voice was trembling slightly. Although the young woman did not explicitly express it, he knew that she was angry.
The bone-chilling coldness was caused by the young woman's change in mood.
The young woman slowly got up. However, she completely ignored Xianhai Shuoyi and walked past him. She began to walk toward the depths of the mountain.
Seeing that, Xianhai Shuoyi hesitated slightly. He wanted to say something, but didn't dare to say it.
Finally, he tightly clenched his fists, gathered up his courage and said, "Yu'er, wait a moment."
The young woman stopped. However, she did not turn around. Instead, with her back facing Xianhai Shuoyi, she said, "What do you need now?"
"Yu'er, I have something that I've wanted to ask you for a long time now. Exactly what did you experience back then? Why did you completely change after returning?"
"Furthermore, you've been wearing that footlace the entire time ever since. But, that footlace is merely an Elite Armament. It is simply useless in protecting you."
"Why do you wear it all the time? Exactly what did you experience?" Xianhai Shuoyi spoke in an emotional manner.
Evidently, he had kept those words in his heart for a very long time. Today, he was finally able to let them out.
"You have given me footlaces many times in the past. Your goal is so that I will change this footlace, right?"
"Did you do that because you felt that my footlace was very unbefitting of me?" The young woman spoke calmly.
"That's right, I feel that footlace to be very ugly, very irksome. I do not wish to see you wearing it," Xianhai Shuoyi spoke emotionally.
"Boom~~~"
Right at that moment, that Xianhai Shuoyi suddenly crashed onto the ground. Overwhelming power caused crushed rocks to scatter about in the air. Xianhai Shuoyi was crushed deep into the rocks of the cliff, unable to move in the slightest.
"Woosh, woosh, woosh, woosh, woosh~~~"
At the very next instant, a total of twenty-four figures appeared on the cliff simultaneously. They completely surrounded the young woman.
Among those people, the youngest were middle-aged individuals, whereas the oldest were white-haired elderly individuals. The man and woman from earlier were also present among them.
Not only were they all wearing the same sort of armor, but they also all had the 'Palace Guard' title plate on their waists.
Most importantly, those twenty-four individuals all possessed extremely frightening auras. Their cultivations were extremely powerful, and most definitely superior to those of Martial Immortals.
At that moment, they were looking at their surroundings in a greatly alerted manner. The killing intent from their eyes could be said to be extremely frightening.
It was as if their gazes and auras alone were sufficient to suffocate and kill their enemies.
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import { signal } from '../utils/signal';

export default class AudioMeter {
  constructor(audioContext, clipLevel, averaging, clipLag) {
    this.processor = audioContext.createScriptProcessor(512);
    this.processor.onaudioprocess = this.volumeAudioProcess.bind(this);
    this.clipping = false;
    this.lastClip = 0;
    this.volume = [0, 0];
    this.peak = [0, 0];
    this.clipLevel = clipLevel || 0.98;
    this.averaging = averaging || 0.85;
    this.clipLag = clipLag || 750;

    this.vuChanged = signal(false);

    this.processor.connect(audioContext.destination);
  }

  connect(target) {
    this.processor.connect(target);
  }

  checkClipping() {
    if (!this.clipping) {
      return false;
    }
    if ((this.lastClip + this.clipLag) < window.performance.now()) {
      this.clipping = false;
    }
    return this.clipping;
  }

  shutdown() {
    this.processor.disconnect();
    this.processor.onaudioprocess = null;
  }

  volumeAudioProcess(event) {
    const buf = event.inputBuffer;
    let x;
    let mx;

    // Do a root-mean-square on the samples: sum up the squares...
    for (let b = 0; b < buf.numberOfChannels; b += 1) {
      const inputData = buf.getChannelData(b);
      const { length } = inputData;
      let sum = 0;
      let peak = 0;
      for (let i = 0; i < length; i += 1) {
        x = inputData[i];
        mx = Math.abs(x);
        if (mx >= this.clipLevel) {
          this.clipping = true;
          this.lastClip = window.performance.now();
        }
        peak = Math.max(peak, mx);
        sum += x * x;
      }
      // ... then take the square root of the sum.
      const rms = Math.sqrt(sum / length);

      // Now smooth this out with the averaging factor applied
      // to the previous sample - take the max here because we
      // want "fast attack, slow release."
      this.volume[b] = Math.max(rms, this.volume[b] * this.averaging);
      this.peak[b] = Math.max(peak, this.peak[b] * this.averaging);

      if (this.peak.every((a) => a > 0) || this.volume.every((a) => a > 0)) {
        this.vuChanged();
      }
    }
  }
}


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Attack on the Bataclan Theater in Paris: Looking Back
Bryan Wawzenek
Thierry Chesnot, Getty Images
For almost a year, the Bataclan theater stood silent. There were no concerts hosted by the Parisian music venue, which had become famous for big shows by legendary artists like Metallica, the Police, Jeff Buckley and members of the Velvet Underground, among so many others. In 2015, however, the Bataclan suddenly became better known for tragedy, as a site of one of the most horrific terrorist attacks in history.
Extremists affiliated with the Islamic State perpetuated a coordinated assault in multiple locations across Paris on Nov. 13 – including the Bataclan, where a trio of gunmen stormed a concert being performed by the Eagles of Death Metal. Wearing dark clothing and suicide vests while toting automatic weapons, the three terrorists arrived at the venue midway through Eagles of Death Metal's set, opening fire from the mezzanine on the crowd of approximately 1,500.
Chaos ensued, as fans rushed out through emergency exits, ran to the building's roof or tried to hide in dressing areas and restrooms. The attackers stalked victims inside the Bataclan and took hostages. When French police got word that the terrorists had started killing hostages, they infiltrated the venue. Two of the extremists triggered their suicide vests, while another was shot by authorities, prompting his vest to ignite.
It soon became clear that the entire building was awash in carnage. France, the world and the music community were in shock. Of the 130 people who died at the hands of suicide bombers and machine-gun wielding assailants, 89 perished in the attack on the Bataclan. Those who were injured numbered in the hundreds. It was the deadliest attack in the European country since World War II.
All performing members of Eagles of Death Metal somehow made it safely out of the Bataclan. But some associates of the band weren't as lucky. Nick Alexander, a veteran of the touring industry, was working the merchandise table when he was killed. Record company employees Thomas Ayad, Marie Mosser and Manu Perez were also among the victims. Eagles of Death Metal paid special tribute to those four people in a statement issued five days after the attacks.
"Although bonded in grief with the victims, the fans, the families, the citizens of Paris, and all those affected by terrorism, we are proud to stand together, with our new family, now united by a common goal of love and compassion," the band wrote.
Dan Auerbach also shared his sadness for "merch guy" Alexander, who had worked the Black Keys' European tours for the past decade. Auerbach was actually in Paris on that dreadful night, playing with his other band the Arcs at a venue only a few miles from the Bataclan.
He expressed survivor's guilt: "The Black Keys played the Bataclan almost five years ago to the day. ... It's a place I've been to a lot," Auerbach said. "It just really hit home. I know people that were there last night. … Why the hell did it happen there and not where we were playing? I'm just so brokenhearted about all those people."
There was an outpouring of support from around the world, especially among the musicians who had performed at the Bataclan since the early '70s, when it began to host rock shows. Meanwhile, bands cancelled concerts scheduled in Paris in the days after the attacks, out of respect for the lives lost.
The Foo Fighters called off the last four days of their European tour. The Deftones, who had been scheduled to play at the Bataclan the night after Eagles of Death Metal, also cancelled their shows, while revealing that some band members had left the venue shortly before the terrorists stormed in.
Motörhead postponed an upcoming Paris show, and it ultimately was never rescheduled when frontman Lemmy Kilmister died the following December. U2 had been set to play a pair of big concerts in Paris, including one show that was to be telecast on HBO. They promptly postponed the gigs, and instead appeared outside the Bataclan to pay respects to the victims.
"It's very upsetting. These are our people," U2's Bono said. "This is the first direct hit on music that we've had in this so-called war on terror, or whatever it's called."
Watch the Eagles of Death Metal and U2 Sing "People Have the Power"
Bono and U2 also spoke out when they performed the rescheduled Paris concerts in December, bringing out the Eagles of Death Metal at the second of two shows at the Accorhotels Arena. "They were robbed of their stage three weeks ago; we'd like to offer them ours tonight," Bono, before the two bands teamed up for a cover of Patti Smith's "People Have the Power." U2's special guests then closed the show with their own "I Love You All the Time."
Eagles of Death Metal halted their tour as well, but singer/guitarist Jesse Hughes became a media fixture after the Paris attacks, initially as a witness to the violence and then as a spokesman for the power of music over terror. As the months progressed, however, Hughes' comments took an angrier turn. When his band returned to Paris for a February concert specifically for the survivors of the Bataclan attacks, Hughes went on French TV and declared his support for more guns on the street.
"Did your French gun control stop a single f---ing person from dying at the Bataclan?" he asked rhetorically on iTele. "I think the only thing that stopped it was some of the bravest men I've ever seen in my life charging head-first into the face of death with their firearms."
Hughes began delving into conspiracy theories, suggesting in another interview that a lack of security guards not only was to blame for the attack, but that he suspected that those guards were in league with the attackers. After the Bataclan owners called Hughes' comments "grave and defamatory," the singer offered an apology.
"My suggestions that anyone affiliated with the Bataclan played a role in the events of 13 November are unfounded and baseless – and I take full responsibility for them," Hughes said. "I've been dealing with non-stop nightmares and struggling through therapy to make sense of this tragedy and insanity. I haven't been myself since 13 November."
Still, controversy continued to follow Hughes. After he claimed that he saw "Muslims celebrating in the street during the attack" and that citizens knew about the terrorists' plans, a pair of French festivals cancelled summer appearances by the Eagles of Death Metal. Director Colin Hanks was forced to deal with some of these contentious opinions in Nos Amis (Our Friends), a subsequent documentary about the band's struggle in the aftermath.
Other musicians sought to do what they could to support France and its victims of terror. For instance, Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme – a co-founder of Eagles of Death Metal who wasn't on tour with the band in Paris – began a charity drive for the victims. Metallica issued a 2003 concert recorded at the Bataclan for the following Record Store Day, with proceeds going to Give to France. Many other artists donated funds from concerts to charities for victims and their families.
Watch Metallica Performing in Paris in 2003
The Eagles of Death Metal continued to struggle with the horror of that evening. They eventually got back on the road, making a triumphant 2016 appearance at Paris' Olympia Theatre. A documentary focusing on that night, I Love You All the Time: Live at the Olympia in Paris, followed in August. Still, the band initially couldn't imagine returning to "Kiss the Devil," the song they were playing when the attacks began.
Meanwhile, for most of the next year, the Bataclan was covered in barricades and protective material as it underwent an enormous restoration project, funded in part by a government grant. Sting then announced that he would play the first concert at the remodeled Bataclan theater on Nov. 12, 2016, with all earnings going to a pair of victims' charities. He had previously appeared at the venue as a member of the Police.
"In reopening the Bataclan, we have two important tasks to reconcile," Sting said in an official statement. "First, to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attack a year ago, and second, to celebrate the life and the music that this historic theater represents. In doing so, we hope to respect the memory as well as the life-affirming spirit of those who fell. We shall not forget them."
In addition to the refurbishment, Bataclan security was given a boost with cameras posted inside and outside of the theater. Extra security forces were present for the venue's reopening. In another controversial moment, members of the Eagles of Death Metal were reportedly turned away at the door, though the band's management later denied those claims.
Sting's show, which sold out in minutes, was followed by the dedication of a memorial plaque outside the music hall, as well as concerts on subsequent days by Pete Doherty and Youssou N'Dour.
After a year of solemn quietness, the Bataclan had come alive, transforming one more into a place known for beauty and artistry and fun and joy. In refusing to go dark, the Bataclan stands defiant against those who wish to terrorize the world.
The venue posted a stirring message of resolve from writer Bertrand Dicale a year later, and then a notable excerpt from it on the two-year anniversary: "It was unconscionable that it would die," Dicale said of the Bataclan. "We could not believe that, on top of the 90 deaths of 13 November, we could add the name of a concert venue that has traversed 150 years of history. Defeat could not be added to our grief."
Next: Worst Concert Mishaps and Tragedies/
Source: Attack on the Bataclan Theater in Paris: Looking Back


Natural disasters are adverse phenomena resulted from natural processes of the Earth that cause great damage and worst, even loss of many innocent lives. It is also indubitable for properties such as real estate to be unaffected by these inevitable natural phenomena. Natural disasters such as storm surges, hurricanes, earthquakes, landslides, and the like could result in countless property damages and not to mention, delay in thousands of mortgage loan approvals and home sales. These natural disasters and man-made catastrophes tend to have long-term impacts on housing sales, housing markets, and the real estate industry.
If your property has been damaged by a natural disaster, call your insurance agent to report the damage. It is essential to get your properties covered by a well-trusted insurance company. However, insurance policies can be difficult for a layperson to understand. It is also inexorable for disputes to happen when the time comes that the client may need a compensation. Real estate and natural disaster law are always handled well if an attorney is by your side, thus it is imperative to seek legal advice from a real estate lawyer to oversee the policy provisions and the entire litigation process of such cases. A real estate lawyer can help clear such outstanding documents and litigation connected with natural disaster cases.
What can a real estate lawyer do with natural disaster cases?
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Keeping freshwater stingray as a pet has been started since a few decades by some hobbist and fish collector, this fish has lots of name due to its shape, size, and places.Due to its unique anatomy flat body with long slender tails that has serrated spines on its tails it resemble UFO, for some people they called it UFO. For some species this fish can reach a humongous size, hence some people called it devilfish. There are dozens of names for this fish but all of them belongs to Potamotrygonidae family.
Freshwater stingrays distribution can be find mostly in the tropical area such as Central and South America and also Asia.But most species that are being breed by hobbist and fish collector come from Central and South America.
Freshwater stingray is a carnivour which means it eats flesh and meat, their diet is variate in the wild, such as live fish and crustaceans such as shrimp and crab. For captive breed stingrays people also already weaned them using dry pellets and other diets too.
wean them to eat frozen fresh prawn and fish or dry sink pellet so it will be much easier to take care.
After the stingray eat, small stingray has only a small stomachs, eventhough they have high metabolism and can eat a lot, dont feed them with food which is too hard for them to digest. Feed them with small portion but frequently, dont overfeed them since it will only deteroriate the water quality and make them not active.
Healthy and active ray will keep swimming and hunt for food all the time, feed them with high protein diet to get them to put on size and weight fast.
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I guess it is the position of the sun in the sky this time time of year, but every dawn and every sunset will cause the greatest orange-ish color to appear on the bottom of clouds.
Fox 4's Jenny Anachondo thought: Pretty, pretty hot.
I have never really understood the concept of the Pope. Until I see some super powers, I'm not particularly interested.
The Clock-Making-Kid's sister was once suspended for issues related to a bomb threat which she denies: "I got suspended from school for three days from this stupid same district, from this girl saying I wanted to blow up the school, something I had nothing to do with." (H/T Bud Kennedy)
Random post on a Rhome Facebook page at 6:49 a.m. this morning: "We [recently] moved here because of my husband's job. We are from a small town and were thrilled to find a house away from the craziness of more populated areas. I joined this group to learn about Rhome. After reading these posts, I'm really wishing we hadn't moved here. Has it always been like this?" Yes, darlin'. The answer is yes.
I used to have a credit card which was associated with only one type of gas station. I think it was Shell or Texaco. How weird is that?
I think I may put up a sign up in my office which reads: "The more you talk to me, the more I can help you."
The Dallas Observer has released a list of the "10 Most Embarrassing People In North Texas". You'll notice that there are six people on the list that I've had in my figurative cross-hairs over the years.
Yogi Berra has died. The closest thing I ever got to one his crazy sayings was when I announced to my buddies that "We may have opened up a can of Pandora's boxes!" I still remember the look on their faces.
I think Trump has realized he needs to get out of the public eye for a month or so.
I think I just mowed the lawn for the last time this year. Every March of April when I mow it for the first time, I tell myself I'll be doing this weekly until the third week of football season.
I noticed that the Update had a notice about a government office "closed for training."
Apparently I ruined BagOfNothing's plan to post a different version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" each day this week by linking to a site yesterday which has the ten greatest covers of the song. He has (jokingly) declared we now have a Gary Patterson/Art Briles relationship where he wishes to be Briles. No, sir. I will be playing the role of Art Briles in this playlet. And this was my reaction to your assertion to the contrary. (Side note: I'll say it again, the real life Patterson vs. Briles battle is one of the greatest things of all time in Texas football history.)
Patterson yesterday said that once all the facts come out about the arrest of one of his players that the should media report it "just as strongly as what" they were doing now. Man, that brought back memories of the Michael Irvin clip where he was outside of a bar in Valley Ranch and declaring (correctly) into the camera that he had been falsely accused of rape. "You report it with the same intensity!!!," he yelled. I couldn't find the video.
Look at that headline below: "Should mentally ill be executed?" You think fifty years from now society will locate that edition of the paper and scream, "Are you kidding me??!!"
It's The Weekend: Let's Get Out Of Here
Well, This Is Crazy
Not An Ad But I Do Accept Day Old Rolls As Compens...
Fox News Doing A "Random Thought Girl" Bit
I Need Smart People To Tell Me What Is Going On He...
I Can't Believe I Didn't See This Coming
Wow. Former Rhome Officer Talks About Using Deadly...
Eagle Fans vs. Tony Romo Tackling Dummy: Who Ya Go...
Tuesday Afternoon Golf Swing Analysis
Let's See If Gary Patterson Has Anything To Say Ab...
Get Me A Sphynx Cat!!!
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Il koel corona bianca (Cacomantis leucolophus ) è un uccello della famiglia Cuculidae.

Distribuzione e habitat
Questo uccello è endemico della Nuova Guinea.

Sistematica
Cacomantis leucolophus non ha sottospecie, è monotipico. Talvolta viene segregato nel genere Caliechthrus.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Cuculidae

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Good girl!! My kids love helping too, but I'm afraid they'll grow out of it like they do everything else!! Guess we should take advantage of it while we can!
That is one of my son's favorite jobs too!
You will TREASURE that photo later! Too cute with the tippy-toes!
Ahhh, that is so cute! Love the tiptoes. My kids loved to help, too, when they were little. I would freak when my oldest wanted to wash the dishes--puddles on the floor and chair she was standing on, what if everything didn't get CLEAN? DH was great, though. Puddles dry out and what better time to teach thoroughness? He would dry and send back some dishes for a redo. My youngest dd grew up unloading the "silver" and now unloads and loads it all.
Have fun...what a darling girl you have!
Thanks for visiting my blog and commenting...I am a sucker for comments! :) I accidentally hit "publish" too early...TWICE! So, there are more pics up now, but they are all of my dh and family. Sorry you don't have any pics like that of your family...but you are building a stash now!
What a great little helper!
BTW.. Graham did a great job on the hike!
That is such a sweet photo. I love how she's on her tippy-toes.
Those little legs are tooo cute!