Cairo: The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but that doesn't mean it's perfect. In fairness, construction of such a huge structure more than 4,500 years ago can't have been easy.
New research shows the west side of the pyramid is longer than the east side by 14.1 centimetres, meaning it isn't square. Engineer Glen Dash was part of the team that discovered the pyramid's lopsidedness.
He said a lack of limestone casing, which originally covered the pyramid, has made accurate measurements slightly tricky.
'Most of those casing stones were removed centuries ago, leaving the pyramid as we see it today, without most of its original shell,' he said. Despite the new discovery, no one can quite agree how the pyramids were built.
Mr Dash told the National Georgraphic that the level of precision in its construction suggest it was laid out on a oriented grid.
'We hope to eventually figure out how the Egyptians laid out the pyramid with such precision and, in doing so, hope to learn much about the tools and technology they had at their disposal,' he added.
Either way. we still think it's fair to call it an Ancient Wonder.


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The Stunt Man (1980) – A Review
05/25/2014 HapStuff Comedy, Drama 1
The Stunt Man is based on a 1970 novel by Paul Brodeur. Director/writer Richard Rush was preparing to make the film adaptation back in 1971. However, after having trouble generating interest by any studio for the project, he finally secured independent financing and finally was able to film the movie in 1978.
Then it sat on the shelf for two years with no one interested in releasing it, It wasn't until Rush started showing it at film festivals which finally secured it a distributor – Twentieth Century-Fox. This is probably what prompted Peter O'Toole's famous quote saying "this film didn't get released, it escaped."
Upon its release the film was praised by many notable critics and would earn three Academy Award nominations for Peter O'Toole, the screenplay and its director. The Stunt Man would become a beloved 'cult' film as the years would pass. But somehow Rush wouldn't direct another film for fourteen years and that would be the notoriously reviled Color of Night in 1994.
Cameron (Steve Railsback) is a Vietnam vet who is on-the-run from the police. Getting cornered by cops he manages to escape and stumbles into the filming of a movie stunt. A car crashes off a bridge and the driver drowns.
Witnessing the whole thing is the films director Eli Cross (O'Toole). The two make a deal that Cross will hide Cameron from the police if he takes his now lead dead stuntman's place and be willing to perform all the dangerous stunts that he needs in order to finish his movie.
Settling into the movie-making business Cameron falls for the leading lady Nina (Barbara Hershey). He then starts to suspect Cross may be a bit unhinged, willing to go to any lengths to finish his movie and that he's gearing up to have Cameron perform a stunt that will kill him while the cameras are rolling.
While potentially sounding seemingly like a simple premise, The Stunt Man is at times a hypnotic exploration involving the treatment of Vietnam vets and the blurred lines between reality and the fantasy of movie-making with power mad personalities controlling it all.
There's much more going on than simply gags involving an amateur stuntman getting thrown in front of the cameras trying to do death-defying stunts and not getting himself killed. There's a psychological mind game being played between the director and his stuntman.
There's a lot to like in the movie. Fans have a high admiration for it with some calling it a 'masterpiece', but I never loved it as much as I wanted to. I never felt the madness on the fictional movie set gradually escalating enough leading up to the paranoia of Cameron in the climax.
I suppose there is meant to be a symbolic connection between Cameron's war experiences and his working on set – both physically and mentally straining him to the point of snapping.
The movie kind of drifts at times into supporting characters that I didn't find very interesting. And Railsback as the lead I thought was somewhat forgettable. Still, O'Toole is fun to watch. I don't think he's as great with this performance as others do and I much prefer his later performance in My Favorite Year, but things liven up everytime he drops onto the scene in his bouncy directors chair and he tries to control everything and everyone around him.
It's an interesting film with plenty of metaphors, symbolism and surrealism going on. I've been told multiple viewings will make one appreciate it even more and you'll discover more subtle nuances sprinkled throughout it. Perhaps one day I'll revisit again.
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I love this movie. O'Toole is fantastic and he gets some great lines to have fun with but repeated viewings have shown Cameron's descent into paranoia. He can never be sure who's on his side and who isn't. The stunt co-ordinator, the scriptwriter and the leading actor all cosy up to Cameron at some point to give him some advice about surviving an Eli Cross movie set, only to show up later at Cross' right hand and seemingly selling out Cameron. Cameron also can't trust Hershey as much as he wants to either. Richard Rush had a good explanation for the basis of Cameron's relationship with her "imagine you're going out with this amazing girl and things couldn't be going better, then one day she tells you she once had a relationship with your best friend before she knew you, it's that level of paranoia." Subtle, but gnawing at you from within.
I also really like Dominic Frontiere's score for The Stuntman. In short, it deserves it's place as a cult film and well worth a rewatch.
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Is it possible to 'unrelax'?
Relaxing COVID-19 restrictions is the easy part, but reversing them might be harder.
The daily number of new COVID-19 cases in Victoria has been climbing for a couple of weeks.
It's not a second wave yet, but it could still turn into one.
Professor Alex Haslam, from the UQ School of Psychology, spoke to Angela Lavoipierre on ABC's The Signal about what it will take to stop that from happening.
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L.A.X. consists of thirty-five shots, most of them around three minutes (or the best part of a 100-foot load long), all taken with a fixed camera, although in several it is mounted in a traveling motor vehicle and in the first shot - a ten minute take - in an airplane that circles around downtown before moving west towards the airport. The shots are various and apparently unsystematic, but, though they include a wonderful take of the beach just before sunset seen from inside the door of a house on the front and a shot of the La Brea Tar Pits, overall they tend to recur to less glamorous and so less common vistas.


On this day, Sterling Roberson, Vice President for Career and Technical Education (CTE) High Schools at the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) came to MetaBronx to meet with CTE teachers, students from CTE schools, startup founders and Bronx entrepreneurs.
The objective of the meeting was to discuss how to expand and formalize the MetaBronx Work-Based Learning space where students are already acquiring the entrepreneurship skills necessary to succeed in the 21st century workplace through an individualized, differentiated, multi-age learning system.
Mr. Roberson was part of the inaugural cohort of teachers to go through the NYC Department of Education's Success Via Apprenticeship (SVA) program.
Miguel Sanchez, Ozzie Coto, and Philip M Shearer from MetaBronx presented their idea to outfit a building into the Bronx Arts and Sciences Innovation Center, similar to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Aviation High School learning environments. This requires staff, equipment, and input from industry and the civic sector.
Programmatically, such a project requires formalizing a year-round multi-grade model whereby students obtain academic credit (based on APCSA, APCSP, CDOS, ELA, and Common Core standards) for Work-Based Learning.
Himself a Bronxite, Sterling had an infinite number of incredible stories about the work and dedication that has been required in order to build a talent pipeline from historically ignored communities like the south Bronx.
There's nothing more enjoyable than listening to these stories because they are an inspiration to anyone working on local economic development today, and in particular the stories show current high school students that learning and school are not just an inconvenience but rather a privilege that should be cherished, respected, and enjoyed to its fullest.
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Никола Грасси, также Джанникола Грасси (; 7 апреля 1682, Цульо, Фриули-Венеция — 6 октября 1748, Венеция) — итальянский живописец венецианской школы.

Биография
Никола Грасси родился в Формеасо-ди-Цульо (Formeaso di Zuglio) в Карнии, он был третьим сыном в семье портного Джакомо и Освальды Джованни Паулини. Вскоре семья переехала в Венецию, где между 1694 и 1698 годами родились ещё четверо детей, его младшие братья и сёстры.

Долгое время Грасси считался учеником фриульского живописца Антонио Карнео, но скорее всего, он учился у портретиста Николо Кассана (генуэзца по происхождению, но родившегося в Венеции). Он расписывал церкви в Венеции и Фриули. После трёх лет, проведенных в Турине (1726—1729), художник вернулся в Венецию, до 1747 года входил в состав гильдии (fraglia) венецианских живописцев.

Творчество
Джанникола Грасси работал в специфичном для венецианской живописи XVIII века барочно-рокайльном стиле под влиянием искусства Дж. Б. Пьяццетты и Дж. Пеллегрини.

В поздний период творчества Грасси, отмеченный высветлением палитры, яркими красками и лиризмом образов, исследователи подчёркивают влияние Дж. Б. Питтони и стиля рококо. В этот период, безусловно, самый выразительный, он создал картины для приходской церкви Сеццы и великолепное «Поклонение волхвов» (Музей в Удине), другие работы на вилле дель Конте (Villa del Conte) в Падуе.

Николо Грасси успешно работал в жанре портрета. Его произведения находятся в разных музеях северной Италии, в том числе в музее города Удине.

Галерея

Примечания

Художники рококо
Художники Венецианской школы
Художники Италии XVIII века

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Living in Finland > As an immigrant in Finland > Do you need an interpreter?
If you need to deal with Finnish authorities and you do not speak Finnish or Swedish and have no other common language with the authority, you are sometimes entitled to interpreting services. In these cases, the authorities will book you an interpreter and pay for the services.
Authorities can arrange and pay for interpretation when the processing of the matter in question has been initiated by the said authorities. However, this is not always possible. If you need an interpreter for the initial assessment and integration plan, it is the responsibility of the authority to book one. You can ask about the matter from the authorities in advance.
If you are seeking asylum in Finland, you are entitled to interpretation in matters related to the processing of your asylum application. You are entitled to receive information about decisions concerning you in your native language or a language that you understand. Information on decisions is provided through interpretation or translation.
If you book and pay for an interpreter yourself, you can use an interpreter whenever you want.
An interpreter will accompany you to meetings with authorities. He or she will interpret the discussion between you and the authority. The interpreter will either be present or the interpretation services will be provided via a telephone or video connection.
The task of the interpreter is to interpret the discussion between you and the authority. The interpreter will not handle any tasks other than interpretation. Therefore, he or she cannot assist you in any other matters. The interpreter is an impartial third party; he or she will not take your or the authority's side.
Interpreters are sworn to secrecy, which means that they cannot disclose information about your affairs to others.
Where to book an interpreter?
There are eight interpreting centres (tulkkikeskus) in Finland, which are maintained by municipalities. The services of interpreting centres are primarily intended for authorities that work with immigrants.
Many companies also provide interpretation services.


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The Champions training is designed for all those staff who have an interest in or may have some influence on energy usage within the company.
The Champion's training is a 1 day course.
How to communicate with peers and other staff the importance of Energy management, at home as well as in the office.
At the end of the course the participants will have an understanding of energy management, why it's important and how to communicate this with peers and customers at a high level.
Completion of nBS EMQ Foundation E-Learning course or equivalent.
Employees or contractors that have interest in or input to or control over low level energy usage.
H&S Briefing on the room and building.
Understand where energy comes from and how energy equates to carbon dioxide emissions.
Understand what an energy manager is.


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The Amazons On The Sounds That Fuel Their Electrifying Second Album
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'Future Dust' drops this week...
The Amazons' debut album erupted with life, this volcano of precocious youth.
Matching biting guitar pop against influences that suggested something deeper, the band spent the best part of 18 months continually on the road.
Deciding to retreat from the limelight and focus on new material, the band worked on their second album at a remote location in Wales.
New album 'Future Dust' is the result. Out this Friday - May 24th - it's a bold, direct return, reflecting the dystopian world we live in with its darker tones.
Clash finds out what fuelled it...
Jerry Lee Lewis - 'Money' (Live at the Star Club, Hamburg)
Jerry Lee was an artist we were introduced to on a deeper level through the Nick Tosches-penned biography 'HellFire'. It follows Jerry Lee's life from birth up to about 1980. The book is very much written like a novel and packed with dense, dark religious imagery and language that reflects Jerry Lee's upbringing and very much the perceived monstrous character he was.
It was that language that helped to inspire a lot of the lyrics across the record, specifically our latest single 'Doubt It', which deals with succumbing to temptation.
We were recommended the 'Live At The Star Club' record by our agent, put it on during a photoshoot and were kind of blown away by how wild his performance was, a recording that reflected his character rather than some of his studio recordings.
Rolling Stones - 'Gimme Shelter'
We listened to a lot of the Stones at our time in Three Cliffs Bay where we wrote the majority of our album.
The apocalyptic nature of 'Gimme Shelter' perfectly reflects the sense we had that the world we had just recently left, far away from our little hut in Wales, was falling apart. This was something that influenced the tone of 'Future Dust' as a whole. The escape and release of the music, the expression and reflection of the lyrics.
Muddy Waters - 'Let's Spend The Night Together'
The album 'Electric Mud' served as a particularly potent gateway drug into the Blues for us. It was only after a little digging we found out it was a record retrospectively despised by Muddy, who deemed it an awkward and slapdash deviation from his more traditional blues sound; an effort to cash in on the increased exposure indebted to the famous British invasion.
This Rolling Stones cover, a song we knew well already, seemed to us to be, initially at least, the most palatable habitat (to our green ears) for Muddy to show off the raw power and soul in his voice.
Kings Of Leon - 'Black Thumbnail'
We listened to 'Because of the Times' a lot while touring our first album. There's a consensus within The Amazons that the album was the peak creatively for Kings. They managed to make an expansive sound on record with very little overdubs, creating that live, exciting sound without sounding too raw.
With 'Future Dust' we created limitations on how many guitar tracks and overdubs we could record, forcing us to consider each track's purpose.
Arcade Fire - 'Keep The Car Running'
One of the many second records we were listening to while writing Future Dust. This is one of the lighter songs on a record that also possesses a degree of apocalyptic undertones.
The momentum of this song and the lyrics dealing with the desire to keep moving forward to escape from our shared doom (something we reflect on in our title 'Future Dust') is something that influenced The Amazons a great deal and still continues to do so.
'Future Dust' will be released on May 24th.
The Amazons
Where To Start... Pet Shop Boys
Entrance points into the pop icons' catalogue...


Turner William,analysis,decoding,explanation of the style,works,the pictures and painting,its life,its evolution.
Born in London on April 23, 1775, William Turner, wire of a barber of modest condition, is allowed at the schools of Royal Academy in December 1789. During 4 years, it studies arts and the techniques of the watercolour near the painter Thomas Malton. Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg learns how to him to be filled with enthusiasm for the atmospheric phenomena and the climatic sudden changes of mood. To directly impregnate atmospheres, places and lights of nature, it starts to travel to England and to Wales then to Scotland. In 1794 it meets the painter Thomas Girtin who incites it to make copies and watercolours of works of John Robert Cozens and other landscape designers. It is during these experiments of "copyist" that Turner is initiated with the subtlety of the colors.
Turner discovers Europe, in particular France, Switzerland, Holland, Germany and Italy since 1819 and it impregnates pictorial methods of its European counterparts, landscapes and new lights which fascinate it. Very influenced by the work of the French painter Claude the Lorraine one, Turner undertakes in 1807 the vast task to index in its turn its own production in a collection of engravings which remained unfinished.
The use which this last of the atmospheric variations makes shows through in many works. The architectural forms are treated identical manners. Its first voyage in Italy, in 1819, mark another turning in the painting of Turner. On its return, its works are characterized by more brilliant colors and the diffusion of the light. Its use gives a radiance particular to the colors, softens the shades and the forms.
Little by little the very balanced compositions of its beginnings make place with detached an enough representation of the object. Turner is useful only of the color to melt the pictorial elements in an overall impression and to make the phenomena climatic by the light and the color.
Its late work is misunderstood by its contemporaries. Completely dissociated object its painting is very advances some for its time. Using to the extreme the abstraction which characterizes its last compositions, it arrives to a vibrating direction of the forces by representing the objects like indistinct masses inside a halation of hot colors.
Turner is before a whole admirer of the light. The light is everywhere, in all its compositions. It is a water man, fascinated by the vastness, the enigma or the violence of the sea. Calmer water enables him to play of the prospect while using for the reflections of nature on their surface.
Fire, element antagonistic of water, offers to him in its turn the occasion of exalter.
Turner is particularly famous for its dynamic treatment of the natural luminous effects in the landscapes and the navy. It left a prolific work (282 paintings and approximately 19 000 watercolours and drawings) which anticipates and influences the later artists, of the impressionists to the modern painters.


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Bruno Stevens, founder/owner of Kitsch Recording Studios, Brussels, Belgium
by Bruno Stevens
(Brussels, Belgium )
I was the second owner of the Fairchild 670 shown on the colour picture above! This unit has an incredible story and very serious pedigree, including a few world number one hits. I sold it in 2007.
This unit was purchased new around 1971 in the USA by Marc Aryan who was a famous pop singer during the 60's.
Marc decided to build a state of the art studio next to his mansion about 25km south east from Brussels.
By 1976, he indeed had achieved that target, his Auspburger designed studio boasted an MCI JH 500 automated console, JH24 recorder, JBL biamped 4343 monitors, about 25 Neumann tube microphones, 4 EMT plates and gold foils, Steinway grand piano and the most amazing (at the time) outboard equipment.
This included 5 Pultec eq's, several LA2A's, 1176's, Lexicon Prime Time units, various Eventide units, a Fairchild reverb unit and that incredible sounding 670. One of my first ever session there as a very young assistant engineer was with Nina Simone who recorded all piano and vocal tracks for her Baltimore album there.
Another remarkable session was the entire recording and mixing of 'Born to be alive', one of the biggest disco hits ever.
In the early eighties, my friend Mike Butcher recorded and mixed the entire Marvin Gaye 'Sexual Healing' album there… and through THAT 670.
Absolute legend.
When the studio closed down after Marc's death around 1985, I managed to buy most microphones, all the outboard (including FOUR EMT's!!!) and quite a few quality keyboard instruments (Moog, Sequential circuits, Hammond…) including the 670. I used it through the 80's and 90's on many projects including Oscar and Grammy award film music for The Piano by Michael Nyman.
I closed my studio around 1998 to become a war photographer, but this is another story…
I eventually sold the 670 to Australia in 2007 in order to finance one of my lifelong dream, a 1963 series one fhc E-Type Jaguar.
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Campaign to reopen towpaths in Yorkshire
The towpaths on the Calder & Hebble and the Aire & Calder Navigations have great potential to be re-opened as walking routes.
The paths on the canal sections of the Calder & Hebble Navigation and the Aire & Calder Navigation remain in use.
However, on the river sections history left the ownership of the towpaths with individual land owners. The paths used to be leased to the navigation authority but the leases were not renewed when horse towing declined. Today some sections of riverside path have fallen out of use and many are not public rights of way.
IWA West Riding Branch would welcome help to co-ordinate and work with others to re-open these routes so that people can access the whole length of these navigations.
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Plans for freight traffic on the waterways of the North East are at risk, due to ongoing delays in dredging…


Citation: ZHANG MAN (2013-08-26). The Effect of Personal Attributes and Mate Preference on Marriage and Relationship: An Experimental Investigation. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
Abstract: At any point of time in human society, most of individuals would experience their own marriages in their limited lifetime. It has really long been the goal of social scientists to better know why individuals accept and reject romantic and marital relationships. This research attempts to shed light on the relation between mate selection and two main factors: one is personal attributes and another is mate preference. The whole thesis is composed of five sections. Section 1 introduces the justification and objectives and background of this research. Section 2 & 3 provides the preconditions, model and algorithm to support the following experimental investigation in the Section 4, which analyzes the data, lists the experimental results. Section 4 also establishes evidence for the explanation and guidance on marriage and relationship. At last, Section 5 presents the concluding remarks.


HomeArticlesManagement for the masses: Will work suffer when employees go back to school?
Many companies encourage their workers to obtain advanced degrees. The employee will enroll in school part time, usually for a master's degree, while continuing to work full time and the company may offer tuition assistance or even time off for studies. Conventional wisdom holds that this represents a good investment for employers. Workers gain advanced skills while also developing loyalty toward their company, meaning those new abilities stay with the organization and benefit both worker and employer. These programs are indeed popular: the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports more than 2/3 of US companies employing more than 100 workers offer some type of tuition reimbursement benefit for graduate school.
While a number of studies confirm the positive long-term effect of tuition reimbursement programs, few have looked at the short-term effects. When an employee adds a significant outside activity such as graduate school to his/her life, what is the effect on job performance?
A group of researchers set out to investigate what they called School/Work Conflict (SWC). In two studies, they examined the effect on work performance and interpersonal work relationships for people enrolled in graduate degree programs while continuing to work full time. They found, as might be expected, that the added requirements of school did result in short-term performance deficits at work, and that employees did report more stress related to SWC while in school. More troubling, though, was the finding that while worker performance improved when school ended, interpersonal conflict with co-workers that developed during the period of schooling did not. It seems co-workers are less forgiving of SWC than are managers.
The researchers suggested that offering flexible scheduling and reduced job obligations, particularly when school requirements are most intense, could reduce this problem. Perhaps co-worker resentment is caused by expectations that the student/employee will continue to engage in the workplace as they always have, and it is the disconnect between past and current performance that causes resentment – and negative interpersonal relationships – to develop. Clarifying expectations of all workers – student and non-student – during this period is important. It is important that co-workers recognize that the student is not receiving special treatment while colleagues "pick up the slack" for them. Simply transferring the students' work to peers without compensation or explanation could make bad feelings between co-workers even worse.
Certainly employees and their companies both benefit from the expansion of knowledge and skills that accompany a master's degree. With a little adjustment during the period of schooling, long-term effects on co-worker relationships can be managed. However, it seems that the company will have to accept a short-term loss in employee performance in order to gain the long-term benefits of an advanced degree.
Wyland, R. L., Lester, S. W., Mone, M. A., & Winkel, D. E. (2013). Work and school at the same time? A conflict perspective of the work-school interface. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 20, 346-357.


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To Virginia
VI. The Period of Intolerance and Persecution in Virginia Ends in 1775 with the Beginning of the Revolution; The Baptists Push for Religious Freedom
V. Virginia Persecution of Baptists from 1768-1774; Baptist Petitions; James Madison on Religious Establishment and Persecution
VII. Virginia Adopts a New Constitution; Recognizes Religious Liberty (as opposed to Religious Tolerance); Patrick Henry for Religious Tolerance; James Madison for Religious Liberty
Click here for links to all lessons on "To Virginia."
1775 closed the period of "Intolerance, Toleration, and Persecution."
"The colony is involved in trouble with the mother country. Virginia has denounced the 'Boston Port Bill,' and made common cause with Massachusetts. The First Continental Congress has already met in Philadelphia. Patrick Henry has electrified the country by his memorable speech in the popular Convention which met March, 1775…. The Battles of Lexington and Concord have been fought (April 19), and Virginia has taken steps to enroll companies of volunteers in every county. The war of the Revolution is on, and the times call for union and harmony among all classes. Hence, there is no more persecution of Baptists. There are no more imprisonments in 1775, and that obnoxious Toleration Bill is indefinitely postponed. The same ruling class that admitted the Presbyterians to Virginia and to the benefits of the Act of Toleration, on condition that they occupied the frontier counties, and thus protected them against Indian raids, are now inclined to tolerate, not only the Presbyterians, but the Baptists also, with all their 'pernicious doctrines,' if only they will help in the struggle with Great Britain. The Baptists will help, and not a Tory will be found among them. But they will strike for something more and something dearer to them than civil liberty—for freedom of conscience, for 'just and true liberty, equal and impartial liberty.'"[1]
The Baptists were ready to push for religious freedom and abolition of the establishment. In their Association meeting on the fourth Saturday of May 1775, "they were to a man favorable to any revolution by which they could obtain freedom of religion. They had known from experience that mere toleration was not a sufficient check, having been imprisoned at a time when that law was considered by many as being in force." "The Revolutionary War opened up possibilities to overthrow the entire system of persecution…. [Baptists] were everywhere the friends of liberty…. There was not a tory among the Baptists of America."[2] They received the highest praise for their patriotic endeavors.[3]
The Baptists decided to circulate petitions throughout the state calling for abolition of the church establishment and freedom of religion, and also to appoint commissioners to present their address for military resistance to British oppression and "offering the services of their young men as soldiers and asking only that, so far as the army was concerned, their ministers might enjoy like privileges with the clergy of the Established church" to the State Convention which was the House of Burgess under a new name and in a different character. The Convention, still controlled by "the same class that had, a few years before made concessions to the … Presbyterians on condition that they settle on the western counties forming a line of defense against the Indians, resolved to allow those dissenters in the military who so desired to attend divine worship administered by dissenting preachers. This first step towards placing all Virginia clergy on an equal footing, came as a result of the need for the numerical strength of the Baptists in what was considered by the establishment in 1775 a "struggle for their rights 'in the union' [with England]." The Convention maintained their "faith and true allegiance to His Majesty, George the Third, [their] only lawful and rightful King." "It would have been very impolitic, even if their petitions had been ready, to have sprung the question of disestablishment upon [the Convention] before they had committed themselves to the cause of independence."[4]
[1] Charles F. James, Documentary History of the Struggle for Religious Liberty in Virginia (Harrisonburg, VA.: Sprinkle Publications, 2007; First Published Lynchburg, VA.: J. P. Bell Company, 1900), pp. 47-48. See also John T. Christian, A History of the Baptists, Volume I, (Texarkana, Ark.-Tex.: Bogard Press, 1922), p p. 381-384.
[2] Christian, Volume I, p. 386-387.
[3] Ibid., pp. 390-391.
[4] James, pp. 49-57.
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Beaches and bodies in Buenaventura: One of the Colombia's most violent cities wants to become the world's next great tourism resort.
Can a city known for bloody gang wars become a tourist mecca?
The view from the top floor of the Hotel Cordillera, in the center of downtown Buenaventura, shows a mix of old houses, recent developments, and a hotel under construction.
Zuluaga's ambitious presentation obscures a darker reality about Colombia's principal port city: The ships and stilts out the window hover over a watery graveyard, a dumping ground for those who have fallen prey to ongoing violence. A horrific war between rival gangs has turned this impoverished city of 400,000 people on Colombia's Pacific coast into the country's most violent city, featuring "chop-up houses"—where people are reportedly dismembered alive—and one of the highest murder rates in the world. Colombia's military is arriving in large numbers to restore order in the city, whose coastal position also makes it a major drug trafficking hub.
Meanwhile, locals are battling to transform their city's reputation, arguing that Buenaventura is the best-kept tourism secret in Colombia. They hope the city's natural beauty—pristine beaches, dozens of intersecting rivers, rich biodiversity—can overshadow its reputation for unspeakable violence.
"In two years we will have changed the image of Buenaventura," Zuluaga says. Since the launch of his tourism association—a two-year-old consortium of 120 business owners and arts and culture representatives—the national government has invested in Buenaventura's beautification and infrastructure development. President Juan Manuel Santos visited this month and announced construction of a multimillion-dollar waterfront park and walkway, and the city is currently converting a downtown street into a pedestrian path. Zuluaga's association is working with boat operators to create more structured tours down the river to various beaches near the city, and is planning a new tourism route through five of the safer downtown neighborhoods.
In recent years, as Colombia emerged from its decades-long guerrilla war, the economy has boomed and tourism has flourished. But in Buenaventura, feuding gangs—the Urabeños and the Empresa, both successors to the paramilitary groups that were formed to fight the leftist FARC guerrillas—routinely terrorize local populations, threaten local journalists for reporting crimes, and sometimes kill young children. Adding to the madness, Colombian guerrilla fighters last month targeted the city with a bombing that cut off electricity for days. Police have done little to improve the situation, according to a recent report by Human Rights Watch, which found that police avoided patrolling high-crime neighborhoods and have been seen holding meetings with gang members.
Efren Vente, director of the city tourist office, notes that tourism could offer crucial jobs in a city with about 40 percent unemployment, and where jobless youth are easy recruits for gangs. "Tourism is the prime option for the development of economic opportunity here," Vente says, noting that even though Buenaventura moves about 60 percent of Colombia's imports and exports, the money never reaches residents.
"We're living in a gold mine, but we're poor. … Young people have to realize that tourism is an option for their careers." He points to nearby San Cipriano, where tourism has thrived and violence has subsided, as an example of what Buenaventura could become.
Currently, Buenaventura has virtually no tourists, but Zuluaga estimates that it has 120 hotels, whose guests usually work for companies importing or exporting goods. Hotel Cordillera, where Zuluaga serves as director, now counts police and national security as guests. But the new five-star Hotel Cosmos, heralded by Colombia's El Espectador newspaper as a major tourism investment, was largely empty during my visit. Buenaventura's surrounding beaches attract about 290,000 tourists annually. But that rate dropped by about 10 percent this year as news of the brutal violence became widely known, Vente says. Even business travelers have started to avoid Buenaventura whenever possible.
Vente says the violence is confined to certain areas of the city, and the "tourist walk"—an approximately 20-block radius whose brick waterfront path features bright food and liquor tents blaring reggaeton, and uniformed soldiers slurping ice cream standing next to men getting outdoor shaves—remains unaffected.
Children play in the sand during low tide by Buenaventura's main waterfront path.
Other locals agree that Buenaventura has plenty of safe areas and they say the violence does not impact their daily lives. Jewelry-maker Gilberto Varon, who organizes a waterfront artisanal market, says people are safe as long as they don't involve themselves with the rival gangs. Upscale restaurant owner Roul Monand says the conflict is just a part of life here, and it doesn't overshadow the city's vibrancy. "It's like waking up and your wife has bad breath, you know you're not going to leave her. You're committed," Monand says.
But cross the wrong bridge, or turn the wrong corner, and the friendly city turns menacing, with neighborhoods even locals won't visit. One evening I meet a group of local journalists dancing salsa at a discotheque downtown, and the tight-knit group quickly welcomes me into their circle, commending me for wanting to focus on the city's tourism potential instead of its violence. The 1 a.m. walk back to Hotel Cordillera several blocks away feels relatively safe, with cops on the street and convenience stores still open. But the next morning, one of the journalists tells me there was a drive-by shooting just eight blocks away, in an enclave known for its high incidence of violence.
The current pier and boat launch.
Garcia doesn't see the answer in tourism—but she agrees with Vente that travelers have never been targets in the city's conflict. "The tourist has always been well-treated. You can come here and find incredible beaches and welcoming people," she says.
The one foreign tourist I meet in Buenaventura—Marla Benoit, an American woman who caught a ride with me and my Colombian friend from Cali, a metropolis three hours west—finds herself captivated by the city. Benoit came to the city to go whale watching, but was also curious about the territory seemingly off-limits to the backpacker circuit. She felt safe walking around alone, and in the evening she watched the sunset over the waterfront and had a cocktail in a tropical outdoor bar, overlooking the stilted shacks in the sand.
But most travelers who venture to the coast for whale watching or to visit the nearby beaches head to Buenaventura's boat launch without stopping. "We heard it was too dangerous," Antoine Sallier, a French traveler, tells me after going directly to the beach at Juanchaco, skipping Buenaventura.


Ask people to name something they might associate with a magnifying glass and it's likely 'Sherlock Holmes' or 'stamps' might rank high in their responses. The Guernsey Post Philatelic Bureau took this line of thinking a stage further in 2009 by issuing an imaginative 'Sherlock Holmes Stamp Issue and Mystery Pack' to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The mystery pack included 6 beautifully-illustrated stamps, a secret code and a special 'whodunnit' to crack - 'Sherlock Holmes and the Curious Case of the Alderney Bull'. A lovely idea and a super gift for super sleuths everywhere!


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The Walking Dead: "Isolation"
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The Walking DeadSeason 4
"Isolation"
Tyreese doesn't take the death of his girlfriend very well. It's hard to blame him; given the ugliness of the situation, the survivors must, of a necessity, cling to anything that will give them a reason to keep living. People do that in non-zombie-hellscapes, too, but with death literally waiting down the hill to gut anyone with the bad luck to wander in reach, that need for hope must be especially strong. So hugs and kisses and moonlight serenades aren't just good things; they're necessary things, and when that affection is taken away, it leaves bad feelings behind. And it's not like Karen (and David, whom Rick mentions later in the episode sounding like a scriptwriter who suddenly remembered there was another corpse to mourn) were eaten by walkers, or died of natural causes. Someone killed them both and burned their corpses, which means Tyreese's grief isn't just sadness—it's rage. The first scene in "Isolation" between him and Rick, which ends with both men doing their best to beat the shit out of each other, is intense, over-the-top, and insane. It also works, in the sense that frustrated violence must be lurking behind the everyday behavior of so many of these characters. Tyreese's plotline throughout the episode is clunky in spots, but the driving force for his behavior makes sense, and the pay-off—a brawl with a horde of zombies that nearly kills him—makes sense. Everything in the post-apocalypse matters so much more than it used to. It matters enough to drive you insane.
The reveal that Carol is the one behind those two burnt corpses is less convincing, even if the writers tried to establish in the previous episodes that she's become a lot more proactive when it comes to facing down death. A caveat: my DVR cut off the last minute or so of the episode, so I had to take a quick Twitter poll to get the details. There may be subtleties I missed. But there was an implication throughout the hour that Carol was the killer (most notably in her scene with Tyreese, where she flipped out for no immediately obvious reason), and viewed from a certain angle, it makes sense. She was lecturing Lizzy last week about not being "weak," and trying to get proactive against a plague is definitely a not-weak approach. But it seems like a drastic leap for the character, and one that a few conversations about knives isn't going to cover.
It's possible to imagine this scenario working. Likeable people making difficult, and morally questionable, decisions under extreme conditions is one of the hallmarks of great drama, and given the threat the plague represents, and the scary fragility of the group's position, it's not unreasonable that Carol would've felt she had no choice but to make a hard call that no one else would make. But it feels like there are steps missing here, steps that rob the reveal both of plausibility and dramatic effect. Framing the deaths as a mystery was a mistake, an understandable one, but a mistake nonetheless. While it's great that Carol's guilt was revealed only an episode after the crime, it still seems like it would've made more sense for us to have seen her do it up close; that would've resolved the problem of understanding why she would go so far, and it would also make the moment less about a cliffhanger that doesn't really go anywhere and more about defining what Carol has become. Given how many people there are in the prison, and how little we know most of them, the suspect pool for the killings was both wide and shallow; it could've been any of half a dozen strangers. That it wasn't was a strong choice on the writers' part, but the framing just doesn't really work; Carol remains something of a mystery, and now we just have to wait and see if there's any fallout from this.
Those criticisms aside, this was a generally strong episode. There were plenty of scenes of characters talking sadly to other characters about how sad everything is, but the creation of a quarantine zone helped to give those conversations some much needed novelty. We've heard much of this before, but the various visual barriers between people—doors and windows, mostly—helped to drive home the point of, well, isolation. We still don't have a strong sense of who most of the sick people are, apart from a few ringers (Glenn, and ultimately Herschel, win the "shit gets real" prize as main ensemble characters who could theoretically die from the plague), but the shots of the sick ward are suitably dire. I have no idea if the speed of transmission is "realistic," but it works as a device, and one that makes Carol's actions last week palpably absurd as well as horrific. The disease has arrived. Killing off a carrier or two isn't going to change a damn thing.
The other element "Isolation" has going for it is giving some of our heroes a chance to step and actually be heroic. Rick, after his explosion with Tyreese, plays at being sheriff for a while and even solves the crime. Daryl, Michonne, Tyreese, and Bob make a run to a veterinary school for antibiotics, although they run in to some minor trouble (a huge horde of walkers, seemingly teleporting into view half a second after Daryl hears someone talking on the radio). And Herschel goes out into the woods for berries, and then risks his life to make elderberry tea to help ease the suffering of the afflicted. It's a small (and potentially fatal) gesture, but the dignity of it, and Herschel's refusal to back down when everyone else tells him he's risking his life, is noteworthy. In a way, it's the exact opposite of Carol's choice. To her, the only way to keep anyone safe is to keep cutting off the infected bits, be it sick people or simple human kindness. But to Herschel, who has experienced amputation firsthand (or leg), it's more important to care for people as best, and as long, as you can. He's not soft, and he's not weak, exactly. He just recognizes the value of making a choice that has more dignity in it that simply trying to stay alive as long as possible. It's a rare moment of humanity from a show that too often views such moments as an invitation to disaster.
Of course, Herschel's gesture does earn him a face full of infected blood, so the standard pattern of "no good deed remains unpunished" continues. But he acknowledged this was the risk he was taking from the start, and went ahead and did it anyway. That seems like the only way to stay sane.
Carl has his gun back. He seems very happy about this.
The secret to surviving a walker attack: Hang back for a while, and then, when the odds are against you, wade in and start beating on the suckers. It helps if the people you're with leave you behind for dead, so you can dramatically reveal you are not a few minutes later. (Joking aside, that was cool. I'm assuming he wasn't bitten?)
No one was murdered by a zombie this week.


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Axe throwing is a form of sport where a player throws an axe at a target and hits it as close as possible. It is a traditional game that has its roots in lumberjack competition. In its modern form, it is a fast-paced sport. Nowadays, competitions are being held all over the world.
This sport has many rules. Each league is run independently. Each player plays in one of them. The distance between the wooden target is known as the "foul line". The wood used to build the targets differs based on the difficulty level and location. The most popular target materials are palmwood pinewood and cottonwood. To be able to compete in a league, players must meet certain minimum standards.
Axe throwing is a very fast-paced game. A typical game is comprised of two teams. Each team is comprised of two players. In a competition, each team competes in a different category. To beat their opponents they must work in tandem. A successful throw can give more points than opponents.
Axe throwing is a fun way to bond with others. It is not necessary to compete to be a professional. You can take it up for fun, as you can have an accurate aim. Axe throwing isn't for everyone. A friend or family member may want to try it out. There are many venues available. No matter where you decide to take part, you can find the perfect venue to take part in the sport.
Axe throwing requires a precise technique. A wrong technique could result in the axe failing to hit its intended target or bounce off the wood, or strike it with the handle. It is essential to use both hands when throwing an axe. Additionally, the technique should be aimed at a 45-degree angle to the board.
Axe throwing is similar to darts, however, it is a whole lot different. In this game, players are placed behind the foul line, 12 feet away from a board marked. To earn the most points, they attempt to throw their axe as close as they can to the bullseye. A typical session of axe throwing can last anywhere from one quarter to three hours.
Canada is seeing a rise in axe throwing. It is now a wildly popular sport in Canada and in the United States. It isn't a new sport but it has gained popularity in urban areas. International competitions are available for the sport. If you're looking to have fun with your pals playing axe throwing may be just the thing you're looking for. To learn more about Axe throwing, visit the page.
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Axe throwing is a great activity suitable for all age groups. It is also a great way to make new friends. Couples and friends can enjoy an axe-throwing session together. It's a great spot for a date night. There are numerous clubs and leagues across the United States that are offering throwing axes. For example, Bad Axe is calling itself the "world's largest urban axe throwing club." This club was founded in Philadelphia and has since expanded to other cities such as Baltimore and Austin.
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Kenosha Police Release Some Details of Arrests
These are not the implements of peaceful protesters.
At least 175 people have been arrested during the recent civil unrest in Kenosha, Wis., with 102 having addresses listed outside of the city, according to numbers released by police on Sunday.
Kenosha Police said in a media release that the arrests were from people located in 44 cities, although authorities didn't elaborate which states they came from. A total of 69 people were arrested for curfew violations.
Thirty-four were arrested for violating curfew. The charges ranged from carrying concealed weapons, burglary and possession of controlled substances, police said. More than 20 firearms were seized. At least three vehicles were towed and all were related to "active criminal investigations."
Kenosha police had arrested nine people traveling in vehicles with out-of-state license plates last Wednesday on suspicion of criminal conduct, according to a report.
Inside the vehicles, officers found fireworks, helmets, gas masks, protective vests, and suspected controlled substances, police said.
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jjf	on August 31, 2020 at 11:05 am
Dad29, can you diagnose Owen's SuPeRNaTUrAL ability to discern the political nature of those arrested?
Mark Hoefert	on August 31, 2020 at 11:39 am
Seeing this, have to laugh at the attempts to create the narrative about a 17-year old white boy "crossing state lines" to act as a vigilante. Sounds so sinister and scary.
He is within walking distance of the state line – 1.4 miles. If he could fly like a crow it would be 1 mile. His residence is 20 miles from Kenosha. Not that undoable for a 17 year old to drive. Hell, there are girls from West Bend that used to drive at that age to Six Flags Great America. In Gurnee IL, 85 miles away. 10 miles across the WI state border.
And it was not his first time in Kenosha County according to CCAP. 8/19 he was charged with two traffic violations. Occurred 8/4.
What I find interesting is that his traffic charges list his race as Hispanic.
His felony charges list him as Caucasian.
You would think it should the other way, ala Elizabeth Warren.
Kevin Scheunemann	on August 31, 2020 at 11:41 am
Left wing terrorists.
Awful. Just awful.
Mark, the "you're not from around here, are you?" slur is quite common in politics. Donors, protesters, voters… Remember when Walker claimed 100,000 were brought in?
We could wonder why he was there, but we all know the answer… he was there to mix it up with the other protesters. Do you think he knew he was carrying illegally?
Jason	on August 31, 2020 at 12:06 pm
jjf, where did Owen divulge their political alignment.
dad29	on August 31, 2020 at 8:43 pm
we all know the answer
Jiffy knows. He's the re-incarnation of Karnak the Magnificent.
I think it's best if the rest of us simply wait for Jiffy the Magnificent/Omniscient to reveal all the thoughts of Kyle. He might even help the D.A. down there by revealing them to that office, saving all the time and trouble of depositions, cross-examinations, evidence, proof, (etc.)
As to 'out-of-towners', Jessica McBride's news outlet ran a story today. She interviewed a resident of the Uptown area who saw a number of people (7-8) using walkie-talkies and being directed down a street, after which that street hosted a bunch of fires. The interviewee says he never saw any of those people before, and he'd lived in the area for 30 years.
Separately, the Epoch Times noticed the banners of a Midwestern Maoist organization; likely those people came from UW-M, Chicago, or Oshkosh, where that org. has chapters.
Let's hope that the US Attorney for E District finds some interstate travel for purposes of insurrection or domestic terrorism among that group of arrestees!
MjM	on August 31, 2020 at 9:16 pm
Odd. They forgot to mention the gas cans.
Mar	on August 31, 2020 at 9:58 pm
Ah, Dad, you brought fond memories of Carnac.
https://youtu.be/76wzA2A2T1Q
Kevin Scheunemann	on August 31, 2020 at 10:10 pm
nord, are you denouncing these left wing terrorists?
Or crickets again?
Le Roi du Nord	on September 1, 2020 at 7:16 am
No crickets, k. If you had a memory longer than trumps, you would recall my position on enforcing the laws . But because acknowledging my position wouldn't fit in your nonsensical conspiracy theory, you repeated forget.
jjf	on September 1, 2020 at 7:36 am
The interviewee says he never saw any of those people before, and he'd lived in the area for 30 years.
Oh noes! The dreaded "You're Not From Around Here"!
One minute it's OK that Kyle came from Illinois, the next it's the Outside Agitators Probably Commies!
Trucks full of agitators, indeed!
I have no idea how the police could interpret water, Gatorade, bags of chips and fire extinguishers as a threat. And the fact that even after seeing all of that they confiscated it and continued to proceed to arrest the driver and passenger is absolutely beyond me," said Rev. Jonah Overton.
For anyone under fifty:
Carnac's final appearance on The Tonight Show occurred on February 19, 1992.
Jason	on September 1, 2020 at 8:38 am
>I have no idea how the police could interpret water, Gatorade, bags of chips and fire extinguishers as a threat. And the fact that even after seeing all of that they confiscated it and continued to proceed to arrest the driver and passenger is absolutely beyond me," said Rev. Jonah Overton.
I have no idea how the driver and passenger of the minivan could interpret the multiple commands of the police officers to unlock the doors, and exit the vehicle as a request to get out. I suppose the good Reverend just accidentally forgot to mention the illegal fireworks… which are needed to run a soup kitchen – everyone knows that.
I thought you were against Kyle being in Kenosha due to being out of state. Where were these people from again jjf? Was their state of origin closer or further than IL? You were very vocal about Kyle not being a WI resident a week ago. Facts are facts you ugly little person.
Jason, if you're arguing facts, I think your beef is with either WKOW or the Kenosha law enforcement that stopped them.
As always, show your work. I was vocal about what? Links, please.


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Upscale US-Based Brand 'Lafayette 148' to Open 1st Standalone Store in Canada in Toronto
By Craig Patterson
Lafayette 148 at 130 Bloor Street - Photo by Craig Patterson
Upscale New York City-based women's fashion brand Lafayette 148 will open its first standalone store in Canada this year on Toronto's Bloor Street luxury run. Until now the brand has had limited distribution through upscale department stores. The move signals confidence in brick-and-mortar retail on a stretch of Bloor Street where other fashion brands have recently opened.
The Lafayette 148 storefront in Toronto will be located at 130 Bloor Street West in a 2,000 square foot space between a St. John Knits store and Burberry. The Lafayette 148 store will feature the brand's range of women's ready-to-wear as well as footwear, bags, jewellery and accessories. Construction has started on the new space that was once occupied by upscale multi-brand retailer Intermix.
David Wedemire and Stan Vyriotes of DWSV Realty negotiated the lease deal for the Bloor Street Lafayette 148 location. Kingsett Capital owns the 130 Bloor Street West building which is also home to a Gucci flagship store facing luxury retailers across the street including Dior, Prada, Cartier and Moncler.
In Canada, Lafayette 148 is also carried at Saks Fifth Avenue and Nordstrom — Holt Renfrew recently carried the line for a time.
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Lafayette 148 was founded in 1996 by Deirdre Quinn, Shun Yen Siu and Ida Siu, and the the company is named after its founding address in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood at 148 Lafayette Street. As of July 2019, the company reported $200 million in revenue with the collection available in about 400 stores in North America and China.
The company's new headquarters are in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and its workshop and production facility in China. The company is vertically-integrated which is said to be a rarity in the fashion industry.
Lafayette 148 is known for its craftsmanship and clean-lined professional wear and sportswear with a "modern, New York sensibility" made from high-quality European fabrics. Mainstays include professional suiting, elevated essentials, leather and cashmere. The brand has been worn by Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Helen Mirren, Melissa McCarthy, Glenn Close, and other notable celebrities.
The finest fabrics are used including cashmere from Loro Piana, printed silks from Como, Italy, cotton from Reggiani, shearling from Spain and classic wool from Botto Giuseppe. Lafayette 148's European mill partners are considered to be some of the finest textile producers in the world for the quality of their yarns as well as their commitment to sustainability.
Soho concept store in NYC. Photo: Lafayette 148
Lafayette 148 has 10 standalone stores in the United States. In New York City, the brand operates its primary showroom at 148 Lafayette Street and also as storefronts at 423 Broome Street and 956 Madison Avenue in New York City. On Long Island, the brand has a store at The Americana Manhasset and in New Jersey, it has a store at the Mall at Short Hills. In the Miami area, Lafayette 148 has stores at the Brickell City Centre and at the Bal Harbour Shops. In California, Lafayette 148 operates a location at the prestigious South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. The brand also has standalone stores at the Phipps Plaza in Atlanta as well as Tyson's Galleria near Washington DC. It also operates eight outlet stores in the United States and is carried wholesale at upscale multi-brand retailers including Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's and Nordstrom.
South Coast Plaza store in Orange County, California. Photo: Lafayette 148
In China, Lafayette 148 operates 15 standalone stores in major markets.
The opening of Lafayette 148 spells confidence for the luxury run of Bloor Street which spans from the Harry Rosen store at 82 Bloor Street West to Avenue Road. Several luxury brands have been investing into their stores on the street. Gucci recently completed a renovation to its flagship store at 130 Bloor Street West, and St. John Knits opened next to it in December of 2019 shortly before the pandemic. Cartier, located at The Colonnade at 131 Bloor Street West is currently under renovation to showcase the brand's latest retail design. Other high-end and luxury brands are said to be looking at leasing space in the immediate area.
It's not yet known if Lafayette 148 will open any more stores in the Canadian market following the Toronto location on Bloor Street which is expected to open later this year.
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Located in Toronto, Craig is the Publisher & CEO of Retail Insider Media Ltd. He is also a retail analyst and consultant, Advisor at the University of Alberta School Centre for Cities and Communities in Edmonton, former lawyer and a public speaker. He has studied the Canadian retail landscape for over 25 years and he holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws Degrees.
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One of my favorite things to do after dinner on winter nights is to make myself a nice cup of hot chocolate. It is the perfect after dinner treat. For years, our family tradition is to open gifts Christmas morning at my parent's house while sipping hot chocolate and enjoying my dad's homemade cinnamon buns. It's not just any kind of hot chocolate, it's heaven on earth, made from scratch hot chocolate.
As you may have read, this year, I wanted to create a station dedicated solely to this decadent drink. I'd purchased the hot chocolate sign for our housewarming party and knew it would be the cutest addition to the station. I broke out my trusty Dollar Tree silver tray, arranged some cinnamon and peppermint sticks, added in some mini marshamallows and these gorgeous Nicole Miller cups and saucers from T.J. Maxx. I moved our electric kettle from the kitchen to the station for the time being, even though I usually make my cocoa with milk (either way is great but I just love the creaminess the milk gives it.). The last step was to make the mix.The recipe is below and makes an ENORMOUS batch. Like 100, 1 cup servings, enormous. Make sure you have a very large bowl to mix everything in if you're doing the full recipe.
Mix ingredients well in a large bowl. Store in an airtight container for freshness.
For serving, mix 1/3 cup of cocoa mix with 2/3 cup boiling water or milk. Garnish, serve and enjoy!


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Colin Graves to remain ECB chairman for additional six months
By Shahid Rasool
Colin Graves will serve an additional six months as England and Wales Cricket Board chairman after his plan to oversee the introduction of the controversial 'The Hundred' competition was approved.
Graves was due to leave next May but he will now stay in place until November 2020 after the debut season of the domestic tournament.
A special resolution, first floated last month and proposed by the ECB's non-executive directors, was approved at Tuesday's annual general meeting.
"I believe they have made a decision that is in the best interests of the game," Graves said.
"This will provide continuity during an important period, as we look to establish our new five-year plan, Inspiring Generations, a central component of which is the launch of The Hundred, next summer."
The Hundred will be the fourth format to the cricket landscape, with 100-balls per innings, and overs due to contain five or 10 deliveries rather than the standard six.
There has been considerable criticism of the new project's potential impact on the existing domestic schedule.
Eight city-based teams will take part in the competition with a player draft to pick the squads.
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The Biggest Global Risks of 2023
January 13, 2023 by Nick Routley
This post is by Nick Routley from Visual Capitalist
The profile of risks facing the world is evolving constantly. Events like last year's invasion of Ukraine can send shockwaves through the system, radically shifting perceptions of what the biggest risks facing humanity are.
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2023's Risk Profile
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We are once again at a transition moment in history. Where our journey goes from here could be exceptionally good or absurdly bad. This mirrors past moments, such as the transition into the Agrarian Age, which gave us early high cultures but also various dark ages. Or more recently the transition into the Industrial Age, with democracies flourishing, but also fascism and communism killing tens of millions.
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The threats are truly scary and I completely understand why some people find it hard to get out of bed. The opportunities can be anxiety inducing in their own ways, even if you don't think a superintelligence will wipe out humanity any day now. At all times there are people seeing that opportunity is elsewhere, finding themselves trapped in stagnant fields. Personally I am excited by the opportunities. But even excitement carries potential failure modes (Read more...)
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On Saturday 27 April, Sibrandes Poppema, President of the Board of the University of Groningen, and H.E. Mrs Retno L.P. Marsudi, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Kingdom of Netherlands, attended 'The Indonesian Day: Heritage of Mankind' in Groningen. The Indonesian Students Association in Groningen (Persatuan Pelajar Indonesia di Groningen, PPIG) organized the 2013 Indonesian Day in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia. Poppema praised the Indonesian students for organizing 'an impressive event' and said he was really proud of them.
During her opening speech, the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Kingdom of Netherlands, H.E. Mrs Retno L.P. Marsudi explained the history of Nusantara (the Indonesian Archipelago), referring to its rich ethnic, cultural and culinary traditions. Ambassador Marsudi concluded by inviting the Dutch community to visit Indonesia and experience Indonesia's diversity at first hand.
During Indonesian Day, special activities such as a batik workshop, an Indonesian food bazaar and traditional cultural performances were organized to demonstrate Indonesian culture to the Dutch community. The event was officially concluded by an Indonesian Dinner, attended by 150 foreign guests.
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In this post we are going to learn opengl tutorial on 2D Moving Car. This is very simple tutorial on opengl, which will teach how to make use of simple polygon functions. You can see the final output of below.
We are going to make the 2D Car with simple polygon - triangle, quadrilateral and circle. In this opengl tutorial we are going to use these three simple polygon to create the car. Since we are going to make moving Car, hence first going to define the angle of movement.
Next step is to create a function that will generate the wheel of car.
We are going to draw the rest of the car with the display functions in our opengl tutorial.
Now you need to have the init functions, window resize function, simple keyboard and main functions. We have included all the function and create the program for this opengl tutorial. See the full source code for the program given below.
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Q: Ruby csv read first line in csv file
Possible Duplicate:
Ruby view csv data

In my app i'm reading csv file, but why in view i have only second,...,n records, without first line?
Here is code:
def common_uploader
    require 'csv'
    @csv = CSV.read("/#{Rails.public_path}/uploads_prices/"+params[:file], {:encoding => "CP1251:UTF-8", :col_sep => ";", :row_sep => :auto, :headers => :false})
  end

:headers => :false i write... but why i didn't get first line from csv file? (ruby 1.9.3)
So, how to get also first line?

A: It should be false, not :false.

A: You can use the [0,20]-method also on csv:
require 'csv'
csv = CSV.parse(DATA.read, {
  :col_sep => ",",
  :headers => false
  }
)
csv[0,10].each{|line|
  p line #-> first 10 lines
}
__END__
00,a,b,c
01,a,b,c
02,a,b,c
03,a,b,c
04,a,b,c
05,a,b,c
06,a,b,c
07,a,b,c
08,a,b,c
09,a,b,c
10,a,b,c
11,a,b,c
12,a,b,c
13,a,b,c
14,a,b,c
15,a,b,c
16,a,b,c
17,a,b,c
18,a,b,c
19,a,b,c
20,a,b,c

But this reads all lines to csv - it is only a restricted output.

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1136 Dollar 49 day, Woodward's
Food Floor: My Woodward's Days
by Margaret Cadwaladr
Langley: Madrona Books & Publishing, 2020
Reviewed by Mary Gale Smith
Margaret Cadwaladr has created a little book of stories that will be of interest to anyone who worked at Woodward's or in a grocery store, or who buys groceries. It is a meandering memoir of her experiences, first as a high school and then as a university student, working part time on Woodward's Food Floor in Vancouver in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Woodward's was one of the big three department stores in downtown Vancouver at the time, the others being the Hudson's Bay and Eaton's. Woodward's started as a small store at Main and Georgia streets in 1892, later moving to 101 Hastings in 1903, where it took up a whole block and eventually rose to six stories. It was considered the flagship store as the company expanded to other cities. It operated at its Hastings Street location until it closed 1993.
What made Woodward's unique was its legendary Food Floor. Imagine a full service grocery store as part of a department store. Woodward's Food Floor, which opened after the First World War, was groundbreaking. Up to that time most grocery stores featured "counter service," where the items for sale were visible behind a counter, or kept close by. Customers were waited on individually and their items handed to them. At Woodward's, shoppers could browse items placed in aisles and select for themselves. According to Cawaladr, by 1952 the Food Floor was the largest grocery store in the world (p. 3). It was ahead of its time in grocery retailing, for example, and had their own brand name products. They also carried "a cornucopia of ethnic foods and gourmet items not available anywhere else" (p. 23). They educated the consumer with in-store displays, and in 1954 added a demonstration kitchen that offered recipes, contests, and culinary advice to customers. Woodward's created a culture of service and loyalty.
At the checkout, Woodward's, circa 1950. Vancouver Public Library
There are 22 chapters in Food Floor: My Woodward's Days, with titles such as Grocery Wrapper, Butter Dreams, Woodward's Own Brands, Chunky Visits, The Beacon and China Tea cups. The chapters are short, some only a page long, but the images — black and white and colour, archival and contemporary photographs — draw the reader in. Chapters are not necessarily chronological, so reading Food Floor is much like wandering up and down the aisles of a grocery store, stopping to browse when something catches your attention or taking the opportunity to pause and reflect on how times have changed.
Having never shopped at the Woodward's Food Floor I was fascinated with the process of checking, packing, marking, and placing grocery orders on a conveyor belt that ended at Woodward's parking garage. As a former home economics teacher, I was interested in the food personalities, for example Bea Wright, who was a made-up persona, and Mona Brun, who was real. As a food history blogger, I found the book a study of food shopping and retailing as a social and cultural experience.
Food Floor: My Woodward Day is not an academic tome by any means, but it provides the fodder for further research. I found myself wanting more on topics such as the role of the modern grocery store in creating consumers, or what happened to the culture of service, or the effect of technology, or what led to the demise of Woodward's.
Margaret Cadwaladr
Food Floor: My Woodward Days is a slight departure from Margaret Cadwaladr's two previous publications, Veronica's Garden: The Social History of the Milner Gardens and Woodland (2002), and A Secret Garden: the Story of Darts Hill Garden Park (2019), also published by Madrona Books & Publishing, a company she formed in 2002. But Food Floor also remains true to her belief in the importance of memoirs, autobiography, and life story. While food shopping and grocery store clerking are often dismissed as dreary occupations, this book demonstrates that even the most ordinary, mundane activities can be extraordinary.
I will warn you that if you are familiar with the Woodwards $1.49 day jingle, you won't be able to get it out of your head! The famous day started out as 25-cent day in 1910, but became $1.49 in 1951. I wonder what it would be today?
Gale Smith
Mary Gale Smith is a retired home economics teacher and British Columbia Food History Network researcher and blogger. As a sessional instructor at UBC she has taught courses in Food Studies, Home Economics Education and Research Methods.
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Eileen Reppenhagen (Friesen) says:
I cashiered from Nov 1970 to June 1972!
Margaret Cadwaladr says:
I might have been the cashier! I was there at the time.
Donn Gardner says:
I started at Woodward's Food Floor the day it opened in Park Royal as a 14 year old student and stayed until I graduated. I became head buggy boy and the most fun was either cranking the cash registers when the power went out or loading cars as they drove up to claim their groceries….it was a rather slanted concrete apron and more than once one a buggy would take off ending up crashing onto the roadway…broken eggs were common. The very first $1.49 day was a zoo as not hundreds but thousands of people went through the turnstiles and trying to keep the shelves full became a total frustration because the aisles were so crowded with customers. I was born in a small grocery store in Sandy Cove but the enormity of Woodward's was awe inspiring.
Thanks Margaret….being a Qualicum Beach resident and former Milner Garden volunteer I thoroughly enjoy your writings. This fits in perfectly
Thank you for your kind words!
Judith Maxie says:
I loved this memory! Our trip to the Woodward's Food Floor was an entire family outing. If we children were well behaved it included a side break at the Food Floor restaurant where we could order our favourite milkshake, salmon sandwich or the best cinnamon biscuit roll in the City. The well stocked food aisles were a feast for our eyes and imagination. When we returned home we loved to help put all the groceries away in the cupboards and even developed a little game where we would slide the canned goods along the cupboard shelves and into rows while making the sound of "ka-ching," which we thought duplicated the sound of the Food Floor cash register the cashier used to ring in our purchases. And who will ever forget that jingle written by Tony Antonias who also supplied the original "Whistle" before and after the tune: $1.49 Day, Woodward's! $1.49 day, Tuesday! Thanks again for the joyful memory, Margaret! (I think I still have my Woodward's Wonderful Toyland button somewhere in my memorabilia.)
Thanks for your wonderful post!
Michael Kluckner says:
I recall friends, c. 1970, loading up a shopping cart and at the check-out saying "Deliver it, please," then heading off for an afternoon exploring the Gastown shops. And it did have exotica that you could only get elsewhere at Famous Foods or on Robson Street. Bravo, Margaret!


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Q: Mockito when()...then() NullPointerException productsInDatabse is a hashMap, output is enum, scanCode is from class which is tested
   public static boolean isInDataBase(int code) {
        return productsInDatabse.containsKey(code);
    }

and I've got a test:
@Test
public void testScanCodeForCodeNotFound() {

    Database db = Mockito.mock(Database.class);
    when(db.isInDataBase(444)).thenReturn(false);
    output = scanner.scanCode("444");
    assertTrue(output == ProductProcessing.PRODUCT_NOT_FOUND);

}

But when()...then() returns with NPE. I saw examples when invoking was exactly like this. So my question is where is the bug, because I thought when()...then() works likes that.
Stacktrace:
Testcase: testScanCodeForCodeNotFound(iodevices.BarCodesScannerTest):   Caused an ERROR
null
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at database.Database.isInDataBase(Database.java:66)
    at iodevices.BarCodesScannerTest.testScanCodeForCodeNotFound(BarCodesScannerTest.java:50)
    at org.mockito.internal.runners.JUnit45AndHigherRunnerImpl.run(JUnit45AndHigherRunnerImpl.java:37)
    at org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner.run(MockitoJUnitRunner.java:62)

Test iodevices.BarCodesScannerTest FAILED

A: Remove the static from your isInDataBase() declaration.
See this if you can't remove the static: Mocking static methods with Mockito

A: You can't mock static methods with Mockito; you'll need PowerMock for that.