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Frequent question: Is Cameroon safe for expats?
Is Cameroon a dangerous country?
Is Cameroon a safe place to live?
Why is Cameroon so dangerous?
Is Cameroon expensive?
What is the safest country in Africa?
What is Cameroon best known for?
What is the cost of living in Cameroon?
What race is Cameroon?
What is illegal in Cameroon?
How safe is Chad?
What religion is Cameroon?
What language do they speak in Cameroon?
What do they eat in Cameroon?
What is the cost of a bag of cement in Cameroon?
What is the nearest country to Cameroon?
There is an extremely high level of crime in Cameroon. … Two of Cameroon's main crime problems are mugging and armed banditry. The towns and cities that expats should avoid are Yaoundé, Douala and Buea, especially when alone and on foot.
Violent crime, including kidnapping by terrorists and/or kidnapping for ransom, armed robbery, assault, and carjacking are serious concerns in Cameroon, especially in all these regions. Visit our website for Travel to High-Risk Areas.
With an overall score of 22 out of 100 (100 being entirely free), Cameroon ranks 174th out of 210 countries measured. Bordering Nigeria and Chad, Boko Haram continues to pose a threat to Cameroon, especially in the country's far north. This represents a huge issue for the safety of the country's citizens.
TERRORISM RISK : HIGH. Terrorists are very likely to try and carry out attacks in Cameroon, especially in the Far North region and the eastern border with Central African Republic. The main threat comes from terrorist groups including Boko Haram and Ansaru.
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A recent worldwide survey ranks Douala, Cameroon, as the most expensive city in Africa.
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Cameroon is often known as "Africa in miniature" because of its geographical and cultural diversity. The Central African country has one of the highest literacy rates on the continent, but its economic progress has been hampered by corruption and decades of authoritarian rule.
A single person estimated monthly costs are 547$ (293,632CFA) without rent. Cost of living in Cameroon is, on average, 40.47% lower than in United States. Rent in Cameroon is, on average, 81.64% lower than in United States.
Cameroon has more than 240 tribes which are found in three main ethnic groups; Bantus, Semi-Bantus and Sudanese. The number of national languages spoken in the country is more than 240. The most notable tribes are: BANTUS: Beti, Bassa, Bakundu, Maka, Douala, Pygmies……
It's illegal to buy, sell, kill or capture any protected wild animal or trade its parts without a licence. Cameroon is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) which bans trade in ivory.
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Chad is extremely dangerous due to the risk of terrorism, kidnapping, unrest and violent crime. If you decide to go anyway, seek professional security advice. Avoid crowds, including any demonstrations or protests.
Christianity is the predominant religion in Cameroon with significant minorities of the adherents of Islam and traditional faiths.
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Among Cameroonian specialties are:
Fufu corn and njama njama (garden huckle berry leaves)
Brochettes, known locally as soya (a kind of barbecued kebab made from chicken, beef, or goat)
Sangah (a mixture of maize, cassava leaf, and palm nut juice)
Mbanga soup and kwacoco.
Eru and water fufu.
Cement in Cameroon is among the most expensive in Africa. For instance, in Senegal, a 50‑kg bag of cement is sold at CFAfr3,500 (US$6), whereas in Cameroon its price averages CFAfr4,400‑4,600.
Cameroon is triangular in shape and is bordered by Nigeria to the northwest, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, the Republic of the Congo to the southeast, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest.
How big is Nigeria compared to Zambia?
Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making
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September 2015 Playstation 4 games Part 2
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Playstation 4 – September 2015 game releases – Part 2!
Welcome to the part 2 of PS4 game releases in September.
Skylanders: SuperChargers
The new Skylanders is a pretty huge deal and it does bring in quite a lot of interesting ideas to the table. It's also very interesting to play and offers some nice, new skylander characters which is always nice.
Release date: September 20
Blood Bowl 2 is one of the best titles when it comes to fantasy sports, so if you are a fan of the genre you should check this title out.
Obviously, FIFA 16 is one of the best game to come this month, and it does bring in many new features, a women's championship and improved graphics. Definitely a great title for gamers that love competition.
Soma (stylized as SOMA) is a science fiction survival horror video game being developed by Frictional Games. The game will take place on the PATHOS-2, an underwater remote research facility with machinery that begins to take human characteristics.
With NBA 2K16 you can rest assured that playing NBA just became a lot more fun, so you should try out to keep an eye on this one when it comes at the end of the moth.
The ultimate LEGO game is here, and it will offer you insane challenges along the way. If you like this type of games or just want to try out something new, then Lego Dimensions is a wonderful addition to your game stash.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater comes back with a new iteration, this time offering us the ability to play through some new locations and access modern skaters. A new skating game is always nice, and hopefully this on will be great!
September is the month of EA Sports game, so seeing a new NBA Live coming out is always fun. Expect the updated rosters and new ideas as well, not to mention some really cool new mechanics!
Grand Ages: Medieval
Taking the action in medieval times, the strategy game offers us a unique insight into the world of medieval times, and if you are a fan of the genre, you should keep an eye on this!
Samurai Warriors 4-II
Samurai Warriors 4-II is a hero-focused saga. Unlike the previous Samurai Warriors games that focused on delivering their narrative by exploring the various regions of feudal Japan, this title casts a spotlight on the characters themselves and tells their stories through 13 exciting new chapters. These chapters revolve around nine characters introduced in Samurai Warriors 4, three fan-favourites from previous titles and a brand new addition to the samurai roster. The game will feature many new and improved features as the battle, action and character development systems have been revamped. It also introduces a highly challenging and richly rewarding mode called: the Endless Castle. Players can choose to enter and struggle to survive for as long as possible, or to play against the clock and see how far they can get up the castle's increasingly difficult levels!
ADR1FT is an immersive First Person Experience (FPX) that tells the story of an astronaut in peril. Floating silently amongst the wreckage of a destroyed space station with no memory and a severely damaged EVA suit slowly leaking oxygen, the only survivor struggles to determine the cause of the catastrophic event that took the lives of everyone on board. The player fights to stay alive by exploring the wreckage for precious resources, and overcomes the challenges of an unforgiving environment to repair the damaged EEV and safely return home.
Release date: September
Conclusion: Now that was a loooooong list of games:
Yes, there are a whole bunch of games coming out this month. I'm 99,9% sure that this month is a record breaking month when it comes to Playstation 4 game releases, so if you are a PS4 fan you should prepare your wallet and your time, since there are games coming next month that are well worth trying out! What's your favorite?
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The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) confirmed it will do away with the catchy It's More Fun in the Philippines slogan and launch a new campaign by January 2017. The move comes although the phrase has proven to be very effective in attracting tourists to the country since its inception in 2012 when it was created by Makati-based agency BBDO Guerrero.
However, a Nielsen study found that the slogan's appeal has faded in the recent past and the campaign had not been successful enough in terms of arrivals, according to DOT Undersecretary Catherine De Castro.
She said that is was time for a new campaign slogan which would be more specific in terms of destination and touristic activities.
"We would like to reinforce the Philippines brand… and definitely inject more unique Philippine experience with the local cuisine and culture to make it more authentic," she added.
The study found that while 65 per cent of respondents in Europe liked the It's More Fun in the Philippines campaign, only 26 per cent of them would visit the Philippines. Meanwhile, 72 per cent in North America liked it but only 45 per cent indicated they would actually visit.
The Tourism Department is now soliciting ideas from advertising companies for the new slogan and campaign to be launched in January 2017, when the Miss Universe pageant is to be held in Manila.
The news drew mixed reactions from the travel sector, where many said they rather would like the DOT stick to the existing slogan or at least build upon it. The argue that other slogans such as Amazing Thailand and Malaysia, Truly Asia stayed on for many years.
She said the department was on track to reach its six-million tourist mark by the end of 2016, since the 3.8-million mark was already reached in July.
The DOT recorded close to 4.7 million tourist arrivals in 2013, which reflected a 9.56-per cent growth rate compared to 4.27 million in 2012. Since then, figures have increased by 3.25 per cent in 2014 and 12.5 per cent in 2015 when the country welcomed a new record of almost 5.4 million arrivals last year.
And by the way: It's More Fun in the Philippines is a modified copy of this 1951 slogan of the Switzerland tourism authority.


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Michael Mukasey, New US Attorney General, Steps Into an Agency Under Fire
By Brianna Blake
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
Michael Mukasey became America's top law enforcement official last Friday. But this week, a ceremonial swearing-in attended by President Bush took place at the Justice Department.
Wednesday's event was the first chance for the new attorney general to speak publicly with his employees. He talked about their duty to the law and the Constitution, saying "the result of faithful performance of our duty is justice."
The retired federal judge from New York takes over a struggling department that critics say has become too political. Several top officials have resigned, and delays in replacing them have only added to the criticisms.
On Thursday, President Bush announced five nominees for leadership positions at the Justice Department. Among them is Mark Filip, a federal judge in Chicago. The president nominated him for Senate confirmation as deputy attorney general. Several other positions also need to be filled.
Michael Mukasey is the third attorney general under the Bush administration, which has fourteen months left in office. John Ashcroft left in two thousand four. Alberto Gonzales resigned in September.
Already, Mister Mukasey has re-opened an investigation into the part that Justice Department lawyers played in the Terrorist Surveillance Program. The Bush administration began the program after the September eleventh, two thousand one, attacks. The president gave the National Security Agency permission to listen to calls and read e-mail of people in the United States without a warrant.
The Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility opened the investigation early last year. But it was suspended after the National Security Agency denied security clearances to the investigators. Those clearances have now been received. And, at the beginning of this year, the administration said it had ended the use of surveillance without court approval.
The Senate confirmed Michael Mukasey last week by a vote of fifty-three to forty. The American Civil Liberties Union noted it was the narrowest vote to confirm an attorney general in half a century.
His confirmation was slowed by the way he dealt with questions about the interrogation method known as waterboarding. During hearings last month, he said answering questions about it might risk the careers or freedom of those who might be using it.
The United States military has banned the practice which creates a sense of drowning. But human rights groups say the Central Intelligence Agency has used it on terrorism suspects in recent years.
Mister Mukasey deplored waterboarding and said torture violates the Constitution. But he told lawmakers that he could not say whether waterboarding is torture. He said he did not have enough information because he was still a private citizen.
And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English, written by Brianna Blake. I'm Steve Ember.
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Proposed development under review in Carp
by Neil Hartstein December 19, 2022 0 comment
The City Council, Planning Commission and Architectural Review Board will meet today to review conceptual plans for a three-story mixed-use development in Carpinteria's downtown core that would include apartments, commercial space and covered parking.
Staff is recommending the three bodies receive public comment and provide conceptual review and comments on the proposed mixed-use development for a 0.87-acre lot at 4745 Carpinteria Ave. currently occupied by Sun Coast Rentals.
The council, commission and board will meet at City Hall, starting at 5:30 p.m.
"The purpose of the conceptual review process is to allow an applicant to submit tentative plans in order to receive advisory comments and suggestions from the city's decision makers," staff said. "These advisory comments shall constitute a conceptual review only. A conceptual review and recommendation are not binding upon the Planning Commission or City Council as to any further determinations to be made with respect to the project.
"The city decision makers shall be wholly free to render a different determination and/or decision upon formal review of the project."
Upon completion of the conceptual review process, the next step for the applicant would be to submit a formal application for the project. Once the city has deemed the application complete, environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act would be conducted, followed by formal review by the Architectural Review Board and Planning Commission, appealable to the City Council.
The proposed concept contemplates a commercial-residential mixed use development on the western edge of the city's downtown core in place of an existing equipment rental business. The project represents an opportunity for higher density infill development, including both expanded visitor-serving commercial leasable space and one- and two-bedroom workforce rental housing, including a number of income-restricted affordable units, on an under-utilized site on the Carpinteria Avenue corridor.
"Downtown mixed-use developments that provide opportunities for both new/expanded commercial development in the downtown and desperately needed new workforce housing … concentrate (such) housing near job centers and existing businesses, and in close proximity to essential services (including, but not limited to, transit)," staff said. "Higher density mixed use developments also help to foster a more lively and vital downtown district by introducing additional year-round residents to the area to supplement seasonal tourism.
"The redevelopment of the site with a multi-story mixed use building creates an opportunity to gain additional utility out of a rare large, but under-developed site in the city's Downtown 'T' district.
"While three-story construction has been controversial in the city in the past, the contemplated proposal may offer a means of preserving a two-story façade along Carpinteria Avenue, while also providing a meaningful number of new housing units and meeting the project's required parking (as adjusted by Density Bonus Law) in a manner that reflects the (desired) character for the downtown Carpinteria Avenue corridor (i.e., transitioning Carpinteria Avenue into an integrated downtown street similar to Linden Avenue)," staff said.
The project site is presently occupied by a long-time tenant operating an equipment rental business with a large outdoor yard devoted to the storage and parking of various equipment, machinery and/or vehicles available for hire.
"Arguably, the existing use provides an important service to the community, but caters more to residents than visitors despite the property's (partial) visitor-serving commercial designations," staff said.
The proposed mixed use concept includes 6,000 square feet of commercial leasable space, situated along the site's Carpinteria Avenue frontage, and distributed between two floors. The ground floor would be 3,800 square feet in area and oriented directly to the sidewalk on Carpinteria Avenue. The second floor would contain an additional 2,200 square feet of commercial space and a 650 square-foot-patio space overlooking Carpinteria Avenue.
"Cumulatively, this new square footage would provide expanded opportunities for new visitor-serving commercial development to be introduced at the west end of the downtown core, and present an opportunity to activate or reinvigorate commercial activity in this part of the downtown," staff said. "In order to maintain consistency with the intent of these policies, future commercial tenants would need to be visitor-serving in nature."
The proposed mixed use development would be composed of a 24-unit, 26,400-square foot, two-story apartment complex built atop a ground-level 22,500-foot-concrete parking podium, and the 6,000 square-foot, two-story commercial building fronting Carpinteria Avenue. All existing site improvements would be removed to facilitate the proposed development.
Cumulative square footage for the proposed project would total approximately 54,900 square feet. Maximum building height to the top of the proposed three-story element would be approximately 36 feet.
The contemplated two-level, 24-unit apartment building would be composed of 13 one-bedroom units and 11 two-bedroom units.
The lower level of the apartment complex would house 15 units total, each of which would be approximately 960 square feet in size. The upper level of the apartment complex would be occupied by the remaining nine units. Four of the units on the upper level would be 960 square feet each in size. The remaining units on this upper level would be larger in size at 1,632 square feet.
The contemplated concept calls for utilizing the state's Density Bonus Law to allow for the inclusion of additional dwelling units beyond what the city's maximum density would allow for under the current zoning designation in exchange for designating a certain number of the apartment units as income-restricted rentals.
More specifically, the project calls for setting aside 10 units for households that fall within the moderate-income level (80% to 120% of the area median income) in exchange for a density bonus for six additional units.
Pursuant to Density Bonus Law, the concept proposal also requests the use of incentives or concessions from the local jurisdiction's development standards in order to facilitate the construction of the project and/or to accommodate the increased density. In this case, the project proposes to utilize three incentives or concessions to reduce required parking, allow for increased building height beyond the maximum allowed by the city, and allow for building lot coverage in excess of city zoning requirements for the Planned Residential Development zoned portion of the property.
email: nhartsteinnewspress@gmail.com
Neil Hartstein
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"Hebrew" redirects here. For the civilization in the Near East, see Hebrews.
Hebrew is a Semitic language. It was first spoken in Israel. Many Jewish people also speak Hebrew, as Hebrew is part of Judaism.
עִבְרִית ʿIvrit
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Israel, Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria;[1] used globally as a liturgical language for Judaism
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"Israel" written in the Hebrew alphabet.
It was spoken by Israelites a long time ago, during the time of the Bible. After Judah was conquered by Babylonia, the Jews were taken captive (prisoner) to Babylon and started speaking Aramaic. Hebrew was no longer used much in daily life, but it was still known by Jews who studied halakha.
In the 20th century, many Jews decided to make Hebrew into a spoken language again. It became the language of the new country of Israel in 1948. People in Israel came from many places and decided to learn Hebrew, the language of their common ancestors, so that they could all speak one language. However, Modern Hebrew is quite different from Biblical Hebrew, with a simpler grammar and many loanwords from other languages, especially English.
As of 2021, Hebrew has been the only dead language that had been made into a living language again.[3]
The Hebrew Bible was originally written in Biblical Hebrew.
1 Grammar
2 Alphabet
GrammarEdit
Hebrew is a Semitic language, like Arabic, a similar language. Hebrew words are made by combining a root with a pattern. In Israeli Hebrew, some words are translated from European languages like English, French, German, and Russian. Many words from the Old Testament were given new meanings in Israeli Hebrew.[4] People learning Hebrew need to study the grammar first so that they can read correctly without vowels.
In Israeli Hebrew, there is no verb "to be" in the present tense only in the future and the past tenses. In Biblical Hebrew, there are no tenses but only two aspects: imperfect and perfect. The imperfect is something like the future and the present tenses. The perfect is something like the past tense.
Mishnaic Hebrew was spoken as well as Judeo-Aramaic at the time of Jesus and at the time of the Bar-Kokhba revolt (2nd century AD) until the Byzantine Empire of Justinian (6th century AD).
The Hebrew alphabet has been adapted to write Yiddish, another Jewish language. However, Yiddish is different from Hebrew because Yiddish comes from a mix of German, Hebrew, and other languages.
AlphabetEdit
The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters.[5] Five of them change when they are at the end of a word. Hebrew is read and written from right to left.[6] The first three letters, aleph, beth and gimel, are also used in mathematics in the context of transfinite numbers.[7]
The Hebrew alphabet is an abjad and so only the consonants are written, and readers must supply the vowels. Since that can be difficult, the vowels can be marked as dots called "nikkud" or "tnuah" (plural "nikkud" signs and "tnuot" respectively.) In Modern Hebrew, some letters can denote vowels, which are called matres lectionis (mothers of the reading) since they greatly help reading. Vav (or Waw) can make the 'oo' sound (/u/ in IPA) like in food. Yodh (or Yud) can make the 'ee' sound (/i/ in IPA) like in feed.
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↑ Standard Israeli (Sephardi) [ʕivˈɾit]; Iraqi [ʕibˈriːθ]; Yemenite [ʕivˈriːθ]; Ashkenazi [ˈivʀis]
Related pagesEdit
Hebrew edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikibooks has more about this subject:
↑ "CIA's World Fact Book". Archived from the original on 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
↑ "Hebrew language report". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
↑ "Hebrew | Foreign Languages | Monroe Community College". www.monroecc.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
↑ Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2003). Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew. England: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781403917232.
↑ "Hebrew alphabet | writing system". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
↑ "The Hebrew Alphabet (Aleph-Bet)". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
↑ "Greek/Hebrew/Latin-based Symbols in Mathematics". Math Vault. 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
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In just one year, America will inaugurate a new president. What the winning candidate says in the coming months of 2016 may well determine success or failure during the new president's critical first year in 2017.
In every presidential election, candidates are tempted to say anything that wins public attention.
The 2016 race has driven this imperative to new heights…literally. The primary debates have been ratings blockbusters, with the GOP debates averaging nearly 20 million viewers per episode—almost double the average of 10 million viewers in 2011-2012.
That means two things for our next president. The good news: He or she may be able to bring new voters along who not only help them get elected, but who also help break the political gridlock. The bad news: The outlandish things candidates say to garner attention may come back to haunt them.
And the longer the primaries last, the greater the risk candidates run of undermining their ability to govern if elected. The duration of the 2016 primaries is not a trivial issue for 2017.
Of course, the race could end early. In the GOP, if either of the current leaders, Donald Trump or Ted Cruz, sweeps the first four states to vote, he might then have unstoppable momentum going into March, when bigger states go to the polls. Mid-March primaries in Florida, Ohio, and Michigan are particularly important, since the winner will take all delegates.
A decisive winner across these states would be well on his way to the nomination, despite the fact that many observers suspect that neither Donald Trump nor Ted Cruz can consistently collect any more than 30%-40% of the GOP vote.
Indeed, many analysts are planning for a longer contest. If neither Trump or Cruz consistently dominates early on, and if enough other survivors stay in the race, the contest may remain undecided for some time. With a large GOP field, and a number of different winners in different states, the race could last well into April or May.
And that will only lead to greater incentives for candidates to say anything to further stand out from the crowd. Those high-visibility comments have untold consequences within the parties, let alone for what it will mean to govern if elected.
Donald Trump clearly has a gift for saying things to drive up visibility for the GOP face. What is less clear is whether he is expanding the party's supporters—particularly with his foreign policy pronouncements. Sure enough, some traditional Republicans support his views on immigration—from expecting Mexico to pay for a huge new border wall, to stopping all Muslims from entering the country—even if party leaders have expressed outrage.
But on other issues, such as criticizing President Bush's 2003 decision to invade Iraq or praising Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump is not a traditional Republican. His unorthodox statements may be driving traditional Republicans away.
A similar trend is developing among Democrats. Bernie Sanders' liberal positions on foreign affairs include promises President Obama couldn't keep, such as slashing defense spending and promising to shutter Guantanamo. Hillary Clinton also has parted company with President Obama, promising to establish a no-fly zone in Syria.
If any one of these candidates are elected…what then?
Regardless of who wins, the president's first year is particularly critical. Even if elected with a narrow mandate in 2016, the new president has a unique opening—and the political capital—to work with Congress in 2017.
Yet dramatic political polarization in the last five decades has made it harder for presidents to take advantage of their honeymoons, and for Washington to work effectively.
That will be harder still if the new president, over a long election year, has left a trail of high-visibility statements that make him or her more suspicious in the eyes of the other party.
Would President Donald Trump follow through on charging Mexico for a new border wall? Would President Ted Cruz really use American bombs to target the families of ISIS leaders? Would President Bernie Sanders actually shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison camp? And would Hillary Clinton establish a no-fly zone over Syria?
Domestic politics and complex foreign affairs make each of these promises hard to implement.
The spectacle is great for a long campaign. But it is often vexing when it's time to actually govern the country as commander in chief.
William Antholis is the Director and CEO of the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.


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Strategically located at the geographical center-point of India, Nagpur is not too far from any Indian city. The British rulers identified the exact center-point, and built the Zero Mile Stone in Nagpur to measure distances of all major Indian cities from there. Thanks to its central location, Nagpur has always been an important trading center in India. While being the largest producer of famous Nagpur orange – earning it the nickname "Orange City" – Nagpur is also an established IT hub. The city is called the "Tiger Capital of India" for being a gateway to many tiger reserves, including Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, Bor Tiger Reserve, and Pench National Park.
Nagpur is growing fast and has recently made it to the list of 98 Indian cities nominated for the Government of India's Smart Cities Mission. As part of the project, the central government will fund an annual Rs 100 crore for five years to upgrade the city's infrastructure and IT connectivity. According to a recent survey by ABP News-IPSOS, Nagpur has been named the best city to live in India for its greenery, top-class healthcare, and public transport facilities. It is no wonder then that young talents from around the country flock to the city for a rewarding career opportunity.
Job Opportunity and Key Industries
Being the second capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra, Nagpur houses many administrative offices, including Vidhan Bhavan – where the winter session of state government takes place. Moreover, many acclaimed banks and financial institutions, including the Reserve Bank of India have regional offices in Nagpur. Public sector jobs are also available with the NTPC Limited and Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MSPGCL), in their thermal power plants, such as the Khaparkheda and Koradi power stations. Other key job generating sectors include information technology, education, healthcare, and manufacturing.
Indian FMCG giant Patanjali Aurved is investing Rs1000 crore to set up a huge plant in Nagpur, for the production of orange juice and herbal products. The proposed plant across 230-acres of land in the special economic zone (SEZ) of Mihan is likely to create more than 10,000 jobs over the next few years. In addition to orange, the city produces and exports large amounts of manganese oxide, spun yarn, wool yarn, aluminum sheet, steel bar, and fabric. Thanks to its thriving economy, Nagpur provides ample opportunity to almost every jobseeker – from engineers, teachers, accountants to fresh graduates and unskilled workers.
Nagpur's economy is mainly driven by its manufacturing sector, with the city having more than 10,000 registered industrial units. Located on the outskirts of the city, Butibori is the largest Industrial region in Asia. It houses a number of large-scale manufacturing units, including Rama Synthetic, Hyundai Unitech, Gammon India Ltd. (Infra), ACC Nihon Castings Ltd. and KEC. Another industrial region in Nagpur, Hingna accommodates most of the small and medium Industrial units, including Bajaj Auto group, Mahindra and Mahindra, NECO Ltd., and Candico. Some other acclaimed companies with manufacturing units in Nagpur include;
Haldirams, a leading manufacturer of Indian sweets and snacks
Dinshaw's Dairy Foods Ltd, a leading manufacturer of milk and dairy products
Vicco, a leading manufacturer of herbal products
Actchawa Foods Pvt. Ltd.
Evidently, Nagpur's manufacturing sector creates both entry-level and high paying jobs for a diverse workforce.
If you are planning to build your career as a teacher, researcher or non-teaching clerk, Nagpur could be your job destination. The city houses many acclaimed schools, colleges, universities, and technical institutes. These include Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur, and Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering (YCCE). There are three medical colleges, three reputable state universities and many centrally funded training institutes in the city. Finding a job in Nagpur's education sector should not be a problem, if you have the required skills, qualification, and experience.
Information Technology and Aerospace
Many of India's leading IT companies, including TCS and Infosys have campuses in the city. The TCS campus is located in the special economic zone of Mihan on a sprawling 50-acre area. The aerospace industry in Nagpur is also growing fast. Indian conglomerate Reliance Group is planning to build an Aerospace Park in Mihan that could pioneer aerospace structure, designing, and platform integration in India. TAL Manufacturing Solutions and Air India already have their manufacturing units in the special economic zone of Mihan.
Nagpur's tourism, healthcare, and real estate sectors also have huge potential for job creation. If you want to build your career in this city, keep updated with jobs in Nagpur.
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2002 Alex Maskey (50) became the first Sinn Féin lord mayor of Belfast.
1981 It was reported that five men in California were suffering from a rare form of pneumonia that was found in patients with weakened immune systems—the first recognised cases of AIDS, which was to kill over 30 million worldwide.
1920 Cornelius Ryan, war correspondent and author, notably of the best-seller The longest day (1959), which became a film that set box-office records, born in Dublin.
2002 Former US President Bill Clinton opened a new £3 million peace centre named after him on the site of the 1987 Remembrance Sunday bombing in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
1988 Robert Dudley Edwards, professor of modern Irish history at UCD (1945–79) and writer, notably of Church and state in Tudor Ireland (1935), died.
1968 Robert Kennedy (42), leading candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for the presidency, was mortally wounded by Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. He died the following day.
1967 The Six-Day War began, in which Israel heavily defeated Egypt and her Arab allies, capturing the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank from Jordan and the Golan Heights from Syria.
1916 Kerry-born Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, secretary of state for war, lost his life, along with over 600 others, when HMS Hampshire struck a German mine and sank west of the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
1916 Lord Kitchener, Kerry-born field marshal, was lost at sea when HMS Edinburgh was struck by a mine off the Orkneys. Winston Churchill would have accompanied him in what was a war-boost trip to Russia had he not been dropped from the coalition cabinet the previous January owing to pressure from the Conservatives.
1868 James Connolly, socialist and revolutionary, born in Cowgate, Edinburgh, to Irish immigrant parents.
1646 Battle of Benburb, Co. Tyrone.


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Q: como mostrar un ProgressBar o un ProgressDialog mientras realizo una consulta con retrofit Estoy trabajando en una app la cual utiliza una Api para realizar consultas a un servidor web a través de retrofit. En mi proyecto utilizo el patrón MVC, y lo que busco es introducir un ProgressBar o un ProgressDialog q se muestren cuando espero la respuesta de mi response mientras hago la validación de existencia de un usuario. Quisiera saber como podría introducir cualquiera de los Progress a mi proyecto.
AgregarUsuario
public class AgregarUsuario extends AppCompatActivity  {

    public EditText nombre;
    LinearLayout agregar;
    Context context;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_agregar_usuario);
        nombre = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.nombreUsuario);
        agregar = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.btnAgregarUsuario);
        context = AgregarUsuario.this;

        agregar.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
                StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);
                ControladorUsuario controlador = new ControladorUsuario(context);
                if (nombre.getText().toString().length() > 0) {
                    String nom = nombre.getText().toString();
                    Usuario u = new Usuario();
                    u.setNombre(nom);
                    boolean existe = controlador.validarUsuario(u);
                    if (existe == false) {
                        controlador.crearUsuario(u);
                        finish();
                        }
                }
            }
        });
    }
}

ControladorUsuario
public class ControladorUsuario {

    private Context context;
    public ArrayList<String> listaEspecialidades;
    public ArrayList<Especialidad> EspecialidadesList;

    public ControladorUsuario(Context c) {
        this.context = c;

    }

    public boolean validarUsuario(Usuario usuario) {
        Controlador_Api_Usuario c = new Controlador_Api_Usuario();
        String nombre = usuario.getNombre();
        List<Usuario> e = c.getUsuario(nombre);

        if (e.size() == 0) {
            return false;
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    }

    public void crearUsuario(Usuario usuario) {
        Controlador_Api_Usuario c = new Controlador_Api_Usuario();
        c.crearUsuario(usuario);
    }
}

Controlador_Api_Usuario
public class Controlador_Api_Usuario {

    public static final String base_url = "http://misiatio.com/api/";
    public Retrofit retrofit;

    public Controlador_Api_Usuario() {

    }

    public void conectar() {
        retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
                .baseUrl(base_url)
                .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create(new GsonBuilder().create()))
                .build();
    }

    public List<Usuario> getUsuario(String nombre) {
        conectar();
        List<Usuario> usuario = null;
        UsuarioService eService = retrofit.create(UsuarioService.class);
        Call<List<Usuario>> call = eService.validarUsuario(nombre);
        try {
            Response<List<Usuario>> response = call.execute();
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                usuario = response.body();
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.getMessage();
        }
        return usuario;
    }

    public void crearUsuario(final Usuario usuario) {
        conectar();
        UsuarioService service = retrofit.create(UsuarioService.class);
        Call<Usuario> call = service.agregarUsuario(usuario);
        call.enqueue(new Callback<Usuario>() {

            @Override
            public void onResponse(Call<Usuario> call, retrofit2.Response<Usuario> response) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onFailure(Call<Usuario> call, Throwable t) {

            }
        });
    }

}

UsuarioService
public interface UsuarioService {
    @GET("usuario/getAll")
    Call<ArrayList<Usuario>> getUsuarios();

    @GET("usuario/validar/{nombre}")
    Call<List<Usuario>> validarUsuario(@Path("nombre") String nombre);

    @POST("usuario/agregar")
    Call<Usuario>agregarUsuario(@Body Usuario usuario);

}

A: En tu metodo crearUsuario de la clase Controlador_Api_Usuario es donde realizas la peticion con retrofit para crear tu usuario. Lo que puedes hacer es mandar el callback como parametro desde tu activity para manejar cuando llega la respuesta y mostrar y/o esconder un progressbar o dialog a tu gusto.
Si utilizas un progressbar, agrega previamente el progress donde quieras que se muestre en tu layout y haz la referencia necesaria. Si utilizas el dialog, hay que crear una variable en tu activity para poder realizar el dismiss cuando termines.
private ProgressDialog mDialog; //inicializalo con el mensaje que necesites

.......

if (existe == false) {
    //mDialog.show();
    mProgressbar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

    controlador.crearUsuario(u, new Callback<Usuario>() {

        @Override
        public void onResponse(Call<Usuario> call, retrofit2.Response<Usuario> response) {
              //validar que la respuesta llego correctamente
              mProgressbar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
              //mDialog.dismiss();
              //agregar un mensaje al usuario que todo salio bien
        }

        @Override
        public void onFailure(Call<Usuario> call, Throwable t) {
              mProgressbar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
              //mDialog.dismiss();
              //agregar un mensaje al usuario que algo salio mal
        }
    });
}

En tu clase ControladorUsuario
public void crearUsuario(Usuario usuario, Callback callback) {
    Controlador_Api_Usuario c = new Controlador_Api_Usuario();
    c.crearUsuario(usuario, callback);
}

En tu clase Controlador API
public void crearUsuario(final Usuario usuario, Callback callback){
    .....
    call.enqueue(callback);

A: XML
<ProgressBar
    android:id="@+id/progressBar"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"

Activity
public class AgregarUsuario extends AppCompatActivity  {

public EditText nombre;
LinearLayout agregar;
Context context;
private ProgressBar progressBar;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_agregar_usuario);
    nombre = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.nombreUsuario);
    agregar = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.btnAgregarUsuario);
    progressBar = findViewById(R.id.progressBar);
    context = AgregarUsuario.this;

    agregar.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
            StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);
            ControladorUsuario controlador = new ControladorUsuario(context, onUserValidatedCallback);
            if (nombre.getText().toString().length() > 0) {
                String nom = nombre.getText().toString();
                Usuario u = new Usuario();
                u.setNombre(nom);
                controlador.validarUsuario(u);
                progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            }
         }
      });
   }

  private  OnUserValidatedCallback  onUserValidatedCallback = new OnUserValidatedCallback() {
    @Override
    public void onSuccess() {
        controlador.crearUsuario(u);
        finish();
        progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
    }

    @Override
    public void onError() {

    }
  };

    interface OnUserValidatedCallback {
        void onSuccess();
        void onError();
    }
}

Controlador
 public class ControladorUsuario {

private Context context;
public ArrayList<String> listaEspecialidades;
public ArrayList<Especialidad> EspecialidadesList;
private OnUserValidatedCallback onUserValidatedCallback;

public ControladorUsuario(Context c, OnUserValidatedCallback onUserValidatedCallback) {
    this.context = c;
    this.onUserValidatedCallback = onUserValidatedCallback;
}

public boolean validarUsuario(Usuario usuario) {
    Controlador_Api_Usuario c = new Controlador_Api_Usuario(onUserValidatedCallback);
    String nombre = usuario.getNombre();
    List<Usuario> e = c.getUsuario(nombre);

    if (e.size() == 0) {
        return false;
    } else {
        return true;
    }
}

public void crearUsuario(Usuario usuario) {
    Controlador_Api_Usuario c = new Controlador_Api_Usuario();
    c.crearUsuario(usuario);
 }
}

Controlador API
public class Controlador_Api_Usuario {

public static final String base_url = "http://misiatio.com/api/";
public Retrofit retrofit;
private OnUserValidatedCallback onUserValidatedCallback;

public Controlador_Api_Usuario(OnUserValidatedCallback onUserValidatedCallback) {
     this.onUserValidatedCallback = onUserValidatedCallback;
}

public void conectar() {
    retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
            .baseUrl(base_url)
            .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create(new GsonBuilder().create()))
            .build();
}

public List<Usuario> getUsuario(String nombre) {
    conectar();
    List<Usuario> usuario = null;
    UsuarioService eService = retrofit.create(UsuarioService.class);
    Call<List<Usuario>> call = eService.validarUsuario(nombre);
    try {
        Response<List<Usuario>> response = call.execute();
        if (response.isSuccessful()) {
            onUserValidatedCallback.onSuccess();
            usuario = response.body();
        }
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.getMessage();
    }
    return usuario;
}

public void crearUsuario(final Usuario usuario) {
    conectar();
    UsuarioService service = retrofit.create(UsuarioService.class);
    Call<Usuario> call = service.agregarUsuario(usuario);
    call.enqueue(new Callback<Usuario>() {

        @Override
        public void onResponse(Call<Usuario> call, retrofit2.Response<Usuario> response) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onFailure(Call<Usuario> call, Throwable t) {

        }
    });
}

}

Puedes implementarlo también para recibir una respuesta al crear un usuario.
Saludos.

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Cop Swap : His Beat Is Leningrad but He's on Loan to LAPD. His Local Host Will Visit U.S.S.R.
By BOB POOL
That wasn't Gorky Park that a burly Russian cop was swooping over Monday in a police helicopter.
That was Griffith Park.
Leningrad policeman Albert Vorontsov went airborne to get acquainted with Los Angeles and launch a first-ever swap of Soviet and local police officers that is aimed at spreading goodwill--and trading good ideas.
Vorontsov will shadow Los Angeles Police Sgt. Greg Braun for two weeks. Then Braun will travel to the Soviet Union in June to work with Vorontsov.
Although movies frequently have portrayed Soviet and American lawmen working side by side, it has never before happened with real Los Angeles officers. So police at the West Valley station in Reseda where Braun works were curious about their visitor.
Officers at a Monday morning roll call listened intently as Vorontsov explained that a shortage of automobiles keeps most Leningrad cops on foot patrol.
They nodded knowingly when Vorontsov explained that officers at his Kujbishevsky District station in the center of Leningrad struggle to cope with car thieves, drug pushers and a balky court system. They were surprised when he told them that violent crime in Leningrad has jumped 40% in the last year because of economic hard times.
They smiled when Vorontsov explained that Soviet police are routinely disciplined for being "impolite" or for striking suspects with their hands--but rarely for hitting them with nightsticks.
The group laughed when Vorontsov told them that Soviets have become aware of American police techniques through Hollywood cops-and-robbers movies. Fifteen theaters in his district alone are showing that type of film as a result of glasnost.
And some of the veterans in the back of the room cheered when Vorontsov explained that female police officers in Leningrad are assigned to desk jobs or juvenile units. "We like women too much to let them go out on patrol," he said through interpreter Serge Riyevski--a Russian-speaking LAPD detective assigned to Hollywood.
For his part, the 45-year-old Vorontsov, who is a lieutenant colonel in the Leningrad Criminal Militia, was intrigued by computers scattered on desktops and attached to dashboards of patrol cars at the Reseda station house.
He thumped on the chests of several officers wearing bulletproof vests beneath their uniforms. He thumbed through West Valley homicide detectives' blue-binder "murder books," which contain detailed accounts of killings, investigations and arrests for use in court.
Vorontsov handed out small replicas of Soviet police badges to Lts. Bill Gaida and George Rock and to Detective Robert Peloquin as Braun looked on.
Braun vowed to take an ample supply of uniform shoulder patches and police pins with him to Leningrad, even though LAPD pins cost $3 each.
The Soviet trip will cost him about $3,000, Braun said, although he hopes to receive grants from the police union and an LAPD training support group called the Parker Foundation. For months he has been preparing for the trip by studying Russian in night school and through a private tutor.
Braun said he was invited to join the Soviet-American swap after he helped Bakersfield police officers arrange for the arrival of the first group of visiting Soviet officers two years ago. At the time, Braun was assigned to the Los Angeles International Airport police office.
While Soviets are dazzled by American police technology such as computers, 911 systems and helicopters, U.S. officers come away from the exchange with plenty of Soviet police ideas, said Tim Kibbey, a Bakersfield policeman who helped organize the officer trade.
Kern County lawmen have adapted a simple Soviet "pole vault" technique that can flip SWAT team members into second-story windows, he said. They are evaluating flexible rubber batons used by Soviets that minimize bruising to suspects and are studying a special Soviet ballistics technique. It can help investigators identify barrel markings from shotguns thought to have been used as murder weapons, Kibbey said Monday.
"We may think we're on the cutting edge of technology in police work, but a lot of other people are doing very innovative, bright things all over the world," said Bayan Lewis, an LAPD commander who helped Braun arrange for Vorontsov's visit.
Braun, 44, said he plans to take Vorontsov to an Optimist Club's "officer-of-the-quarter" awards breakfast on Thursday and to a City Council meeting and a frontier-era U.S. Marshals display at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum on Friday.
"I was expecting him to be a cigar-smoking, vodka-drinking guy," Braun said. "But he isn't."
So when they are off duty at his home in Thousand Oaks, Braun is showing Vorontsov a suburbanized good time.
"We went to the Conejo Valley Days rodeo yesterday," he said.


Welcome everyone to a very special vacation edition of Sunday Night Heat! I am in beautiful Columbus, Ohio as of this typing and am eagerly awaiting my journey back home to Detroit tomorrow for some much-needed time with family! Enough about me though, it�s time for some Heat!
(1) Maven defeated Steve Fender. The match begins with the traditional collar and elbow tie up. Fender breaks the hold and the two men exchange slaps to the face. Maven then legtrips the jobber and goes for a quick cover, garnering a two count. Maven follows with a hip toss into an armdrag and finishes the sequence with a nice dropkick. Before Maven can hit another move Fender falls to the mat and rolls out of the ring avoiding further punishment. Maven walks to the ropes where fender trips him and elbows Maven in the throat. Fender quickly rolls in to the ring and covers Maven for a two count. Fender slaps on a chinlock for a bit until Maven makes an abbreviated comeback. Fender kicks Maven and performs a standing blockbuster for another two count. Fender climbs to the second rope where he misses a legdrop. Maven takes hold of the opportunity with a clothesline and a back elbow. After a two count he connects with a heel kick and goes for another cover. Garnering another two count Maven ascends the top rope and misses a dropkick. Fender covers him for a two count. Fender whips Maven into the corner but runs into the bottom of Maven�s boot. Maven, seizing the moment, ascends to the second rope and nails a reverse DDT for the victory!
Talking points: Maven continues to progress inside the ring and that is a good thing. Placing him in matches with opponents of Fender�s caliber is a step in the right direction. Maven just has not had enough training at this point in his career to be involved in a match of any consequence. Jobber matches should be on his itinerary for the next few months at least.
Before the commercial break they go to footage from �earlier today� where we find Al Snow and Tommy Dreamer sitting at a table eating lunch. In barges Stevie Richards and Victoria. Steven gets all over dreamer about finding him in catering and his weight problem. This leads to Dreamer taking Richards�s fuzzy fisherman�s hat, pouring water in it and placing it on Stevie�s head.
(2) Stevie Richards (w/Victoria) beat Tommy Dreamer. The match starts with Stevie attacking Tommy as he steps through the ropes. The advantage does not last long and Dreamer back tosses Richards and follows with a fall away slam. As Tommy runs to the ropes, Victoria grabs his leg. Steven tries to take advantage but he is introduced to a sloppy atomic drop. Steven slides outside the ring but Tommy follows him and tosses him into the guardrail. Steven rolls back into the ring. Dreamer follows but Steven catches him with a series of kicks. Steven then bodyslams Dreamer. As Dreamer lies in the ring, Stevie distracts the referee, allowing Victoria to land a spinning leg drop on to Tommy. Steven grabs his fuzzy hat and tries to attack Dreamer but he is cut off. Dreamer spins through a neckbreaker and lands a powerbomb. Dreamer tries to DDT Stevie but he is run into the turnbuckle. Both men stagger out but Dreamer grabs Richards and performs the Death Valley Driver. It is Victoria�s turn to distract the referee this time. Tommy takes exception to her interference. He walks over to her and kisses her on the mouth but when he turns around he is greeted with a Stevie kick. Steven covers the fallen opponent and scores the three count.
Talking Points: Another pointless match on HEAT. The match itself was technically sound but the outcome was inevitable. Can anyone remember the last time Tommy Dreamer won a match against someone other than a jobber? Me neither!
After the break we are entranced with a slick video about the Elimination Chamber. It included highlights of the past match and the brutality that is involved. Some highlights of mention are, RVD forearming Triple H�s throat, Kane throwing Chris Jericho or Michaels (it was hard to tell) through the plastic windows and Shawn Michaels superkicking Kane. They followed this video with a recap of the Ric Flair and Goldberg match from Raw. They started with Flair having Goldberg in the Figure Four leglock. Randy Orton interfered on Flair�s behalf continually until Goldberg made his comeback. He spears Orton and goes after Flair who immediately started begging off. Goldberg eventually spears Flair. Shawn Michaels runs out and superkicks Orton. Using Orton�s limp arm Michaels counts Flair�s shoulders down for Goldberg�s victory.
(2) Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade defeat Ken Anderson & Slater Vain. Yet again the production team and the announcers fails to distinguish the jobbers. Luckily Slater Vain has �Vain� on his trunks. Vain starts with Garrison Cade. The two men entangle with a collar and elbow. Vain breaks and runs off the rope connecting on Cade with a shoulderblock. Both men then exchange leapfrogs. Cade then connects with a big punch then slaps Vain around. Cade tags in Jindrak and they hit a double hip toss that sends Vain across the ring. Vain tags in Anderson who immediately gets into it with Jindrak. The jobbers take control for a spell with Anderson choking Cade, now in the ring, over the top rope. Cade makes the comeback and tags Jindrak who cleans house. He cleans up on the jobbers with some nice dropkicks and finishes with a spring board clothesline on Anderson. Cade returns to the action and bulldogs Vain. Cade then holds up the prone vain and Jindrak hits a high dropkick for the win.
Talking Points: Not a bad match. The jobbers did not look out of place in the least bit, which is a hard criticism of Jindrak and Cade. The appearances of Cade and Jindrak were so similar to those of the jobbers that it gave off the feeling that none of them men were special. It was just a tryout match on a shallow level.
(3) Test defeats Val Venis. Once again a match starts with a collar and elbow tie up. Val garbs control with an arm wringer and knocks Test off his feet. Test, however, immediately kips up and applies an armringer of his own. Test backs Val into the corner and punches him. Val though backs him out and runs the ropes with Test, kneeing him in the gut. Test breaks out and knocks Val down to the mat. As Test does jumping jacks with his back to Venis, Val jumps up and clotheslines him. Test regains control though and stomps on Val�s head with his boot. He then punches Val and locks on a headlock. Val fights out and runs to the ropes. As he shoots off the rope both he and Test perform clotheslines felling them both. Val is the first to his feet. He clotheslines the staggering Test and then shoulder tackles him. Test thumbs Val in the eye and attempts the pumphandle slam, which Val squirms free. Val lands a spinning powerbomb on Test and heads for the top rope. Test kicks the referee�s leg causing him to fall in to the ropes knocking Val down. Test gets up and pulls a Barry Horowitz by patting himself on the back. Test goes back on the attack but it is cut short and he is knocked down to the mat again. Val climbs the ropes and jumps off for another money shot. This time test raises his knees at the last moment. Test raises up and connects with the pumphandle slam for a two count. He is angered by this and calls for the big boot. Test misses the boot. Val then side body drops him. Val lifts him up and sends Test in to the cornerpost. As he charges, Test lunges forward with the big boot for the pinfall.
Talking points: Not a bad match between the two combatants. Test continues to stride slowly but surely with is new arrogant character. His inevitable reunion with Stacy Kiebler tomorrow night on Raw will help flush his character out, as he will have someone to play off of on a consistent basis. As for Val, he is saddled with a gimmick that will never lead him up the card. He is a curtain-jerker for life as it stands right now.
End of the Line: I enjoyed this show more than any of the shows I have reviewed so far. The wrestling matches were competitive and told good logical stories. I still have the same gripes with the production gaffes but it is out of my control at this point.
Other news: There will be no Lounge article this week. Sorry, I will not have access to a computer for the next five days and I did not have the opportunity to write anything suitable since I have been traveling and dealing with some family or as I like to call it" real life" problems. Also, Dusty Giebenk will be doing this review next week as I will be ending up my vacation with the traditional "SummerSlam weekend." More on that when I return to the Lounge on August 27th. Until then, have fun!
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Town Crier Tony Appleton Proclaims the Birth of Royal Baby No. 3
He has announced the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's third child at the Lindo Wing.
Tony Appleton has been on "red alert" since the beginning of April. Like so many in the U.K. (and around the world), he has been patiently awaiting the arrival of the new royal baby. But Appleton is hardly your average royals enthusiast; he was ready to spring into action the minute Duchess Kate was admitted to the hospital.
Here he is announcing the new prince's birth.
The 81-year-old is a town crier. And despite not having an official relationship with the royal family (though he does describe them as "the envy of the world"), he announced not only both Prince George and Princess Charlotte's births from the steps of the Lindo Wing, but also the new royal baby's.
Like someone straight out of the 18th century, he starts with "Oyez, Oyez, Oyez," which sounds something like "Oh yay, oh yay, oh yay" and means "hear ye." Then, once he has everyone's attention, he'll go forth with the proclamation.
Watch him in action here:
"God save the Queen!" - A town crier announces the birth of a baby boy on the steps of the Lindo Wing #RoyalBaby pic.twitter.com/IHeluWKMAm
— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 23, 2018
Appleton is clearly well-versed in the duties of town crier. He fills the traditional role in Bury St. Edmunds, a town in Suffolk, and in Romford, which he tells me is part of the outer London Borough of Havering.
And while he's thrilled by the royal birth—he correctly predicted the Duchess was having a boy and thinks they will name him "Philip"—it's really no more significant than any other announcement.
"Every proclamation I make is important to me, whether it is a friend, a company, or a member of the royal family," he tells Town & Country via email. "They all deserve my best efforts to celebrate good news."
In addition to his town crier responsibilities, Appleton owns a small elderly care home in Great Baddow, near Chelmsford. Like the royals themselves, Appleton has a busy spring. He also plans to make a proclamation for the royal wedding in May.
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