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Lewisburg's Nick Shedleski throws a pitch during Wednesday's contest against Selinsgrove.
Brian Holtzapple/The Standard-Journal
Selinsgrove edges Lewisburg in rematch of District 4 final
By Brian Holtzapple
LEWISBURG — Wednesday's contest between Lewisburg and Selinsgrove was pretty indicative of a matchup featuring the same two teams that appeared in last year's District 4 Class 4A championship game.
The Green Dragons may have come away with the title a year ago, but this time around the rematch belonged to the Seals.
Selinsgrove took a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning, and it was just enough as the Seals held off Lewisburg for a 3-1 victory in the Heartland Athletic Conference crossover game played at Donald H. Eichhorn Middle School.
The loss drops the defending district champs to 1-4 on the season. It is a position similar to the one Lewisburg was in last year when the Green Dragons started the year 1-3, and then 2-4, before reeling off five wins in their final six games to reach the postseason.
However, it was still another close loss for Lewisburg this season. All four of the Green Dragons' losses have been by two runs or fewer.
"That's baseball. (During the postgame talk) I told the guys I'm proud of them. We worked out of jams and (pitcher) Nick Shedleski worked very hard," said Lewisburg coach Brian Zysset, whose team beat Selinsgrove 5-0 to take the district title a year ago.
"There were some situations where if we could've gotten another hit or another run (it would've been different). Our defense did its job, so I'm proud of them," added Zysset. "It was definitely a playoff environment. Selinsgrove came ready to play, but we have to fix the little things. It's not so much about the matchups and the hitters, it's about the little things that we need to clean up and we know we need to do it."
Lewisburg was stymied from the get-go by Selinsgrove and its starting pitcher Logan Hile.
In the first inning Andrew Ramirez hit a leadoff single and proceeded to steal second, but the speedy center fielder was later thrown out at third following a strikeout by Shedleski.
And in the third Ramirez reached base with a two-out single, but Hile got Josh Heath to ground out to first to end the inning.
In between, Selinsgrove (4-0) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third on a single by Blaise Zeiders as well as an error that occurred on the play that allowed Josh Nylund to score all the way from first base.
The Seals' lead grew to 3-0 an inning later when Nylund hit a two-run double to plate both Ryan Aument and Ben Heim after the two reached base on a single and a walk, respectively.
The Green Dragons had a perfect opportunity to really cut into the Seals' lead in the fourth, but the hosts only came away with one run.
With one out, Peter Marrara singled and Jacob Brooks drew a walk before Aaron Strosser stroked an RBI single to right. But that was it after Hile struck out Brett Herman and got Colt Kline to pop up to short.
"Hitting-wise, we didn't get what we wanted (in the game). We wanted more baserunners and put more pressure on (Hile)," said Zysset. "Hat's off to (Hile) — he's a true competitor. He works hard and he's a tough guy to beat."
Hile limited Lewisburg to only one more hit the rest of the way in 6 1/3 innings of work before Zeiders came in to shut the door on the Green Dragons. Hile finished with eight strikeouts and only two walks.
Shedleski struck out seven to lead Lewisburg before he was relieved by Kline with one out in the seventh.
"We have (Hile's) number, and we're going to see them again sometime. I have a feeling we will," said Zysset, whose team next travels to play Shikellamy at 4:30 p.m. Friday. "We're going to come out and practice hard (today) and worry about Friday. We have great kids, they work hard and we're going to continue to get our work in (today).
"Our spirits are fine, and we don't have to worry about motivating them. They are going to be hungry to get the next win, and games like these really test your spirit — they try to break you. It's adversity," added Zysset. "Are you going to crack or are you going to persist and keep doing the right things that we've been doing. We're going to see if that pays dividends later, not so much now, but we're going to keep working hard."
Selinsgrove 3, Lewisburg 1
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Logan Hile, Blaise Zeiders (7) and Wyatt Metzger. Nick Shedleski, Colt Kline (7) and Peter Marrara.
WP: Hile. LP: Shedleski. S: Zeiders.
Selinsgrove hitters: Josh Nylund, 2-for-4, double, 2 RBI, run scored; Zeiders, single, walk; Nate Schon, 2-for-4; Christian Kantz, walk, HBP; Ryan Aument, single, run; Ben Heim, walk, run.
Lewisburg hitters: Andrew Ramirez, 2-for-3; Marrara, single, run scored; Aaron Strosser, 2-for-2, walk, RBI.


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A: ODT/ODF is basically zipped XML, so any XML library will do. You'll need to know the specification though if you're going to write a new ODT file from scratch. It's much easier to unpack an existing ODT and insert data into contained the content.xml file.
See OASIS OpenDocument Essentials (especially the "The Virtues of Cheating" paragraph)

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Bills, Jaguars, Chiefs, Patriots and Titans to host NFL international games in 2023
We know who the home teams will be for the NFL's international games in 2023.
The league said Thursday that the Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots and Tennessee Titans would be among the teams that play in Europe next season. The Bills, Jaguars and Titans will all play in London while the Chiefs and Patriots will play in Germany.
Opponents for the five teams were not announced. All five European hosts are AFC teams because AFC teams have nine home games in 2023. With the exception of the Jaguars, who have an annual deal to play at London's Wembley Stadium, the hosts for the 2022 NFL games were all NFC teams.
The Jaguars are the only team that's playing at Wembley in 2023. The Bills and Titans will have games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. No sites were announced for the Chiefs and Patriots, though one team will play in Frankfurt and another will play in Munich.
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The NFL hosted a regular-season game in Germany for the first time in 2022. That game featured the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs and Chiefs were given the NFL's "home marketing area" rights to Germany along with the Panthers and Seahawks, so it's no surprise that Kansas City will be playing a game in Germany next season. Before the Seahawks were announced as Tampa's opponent in Germany in 2022, the Week 4 game between the Chiefs and Buccaneers was rumored to be the NFL's inaugural Germany game.
The Bills haven't played a game internationally since 2015 when they lost 34-31 to the Jaguars in Wembley. The Bills hosted games at the Rogers Centre in Toronto from 2008-2013.
The Patriots played against the Raiders at the Azteca in Mexico City in 2017. Their Germany appearance will be the team's fourth international game. The first came in 2009 when the Pats played the Bucs at Wembley.
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The Titans are playing abroad for the first time since losing 20-19 to the Chargers at Wembley in 2018. That's the only international game in Tennessee franchise history.

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Die großen Familien (frz. ) ist der erste Band der Romantrilogie des französischen Schriftstellers Maurice Druon, der 1948 in Paris bei Julliard erschien. Der Autor erhielt für dieses Werk den Prix Goncourt 1948.

Band 2 – Der Sturz der Leiber (La Chute des corps) und Band 3 – Rendezvous in der Hölle (Rendez-vous aux Enfers) kamen 1950 und 1951 heraus. Die deutsche Ausgabe der gesamten Trilogie in der Übertragung von Lotte Frauendienst erschien 1961 bei Henry Goverts in Stuttgart.  Humphrey Hare übersetzte den Roman 1952 ins Englische (Curtain falls. A modern trilogy). Eine andere englische Übertragung heißt treffend Rise of Simon Lachaume. Marisa Zini übersetzte den Roman 1956 ins Italienische (Einaudi, Turin:  Le grandi famiglie). 1963 erschienen eine tschechische (Burziáni) und eine armenische (Ays ashkharhi hzornerě) Fassung sowie 1987 eine chinesische (Dàjiāzú) von Liú Zhìwēi.

Der herrschsüchtige Bankier Noël Schoudler – 1856 geboren, als Zuckerfabrik- und Zeitungsdruckereibesitzer sowie Betreiber von Handelsgesellschaften reich geworden – überlässt dem einzigen Sohn kein Quäntchen seiner Macht.

Inhalt
Paris, Avenue de Messine und deren Umgebung Anfang 1916 bis 1924.

Familie Schoudler
Laut Romantitel muss außer der Bankiersfamilie Schoudler mindestens noch eine Familie im Spiel sein. Diese zweite Familie wohnt in der Rue de Lubeck. Es handelt sich um das Ehepaar Jean und Juliette de La Monnerie. Der Dichter Marquis Jean de La Monnerie, Mitglied der Académie française, wurde 1846 nahe bei Vierzon geboren.

Den Grundstein zum Schoudler-Imperium hatte Baron Noël Schoudlers Vater Siegfried Schoudler – Gründer des Bankhauses Schoudler – gelegt. In seiner Jugend hatte Baron Siegfried mit seinem Vater sogar einmal bei Fürst Metternich diniert. Siegfried stirbt Anfang 1924 im Alter von um die vierundneunzig Jahren.

Der wuchtige, hünenhafte Baron Noël Schoudler, einer der mächtigsten Männer von Paris, nun Mitglied des Direktoriums der Banque de France, herrscht als Alleinerbe.

Noël und Adèle Schoudlers um 1879 geborener Sohn Baron François Schoudler heiratet 1914 Jacqueline, die Tochter Jean de La Monneries. Marie-Ange Schoudler wird geboren. Der junge Vater nimmt am Ersten Weltkrieg teil. Zu Beginn des Jahres 1916 bringt Jacqueline den Sohn Jean-Noël zur Welt. Er trägt die Vornamen seiner Großväter.

Während einer geschäftlichen Amerikareise im Jahr 1922 lässt sich Noël Schoudler von seinem Sohn François vertreten. Nach seiner Rückkehr aus Übersee fällt der Vater aus allen Wolken. Wie selbständig der Sohn geworden ist! Keine der Neuerungen kann Baron Noël gutheißen, schiebt den Sohn in die 1857 von Baron Siegfried gegründete Zuckerfabrik Sonchelles als Direktor ab, verweigert ihm aber letztendlich den Kredit für in Sonchelles anstehenden Investitionen. Verzweifelt wendet sich François Schoudler an Lucien Maublanc. Letzterem bereitet es Vergnügen, dem Sohn seines Feindes Noël Schoudler die Hilfe zu verweigern. François Schoudler erschießt sich. Noël Schoudler weist alle Schuld von sich, schiebt diese auf Lucien Maublanc und will sich an ihm rächen. Lucien Maublanc lässt sich das nicht gefallen, gibt seinerseits Noël Schoudler die Schuld am Suizid François'. Der Mediziner Professor Lartois diagnostiziert bei Lucien Maublanc eine ausbrechende Dementia senilis. Der Kranke stirbt im Alter von 62 Jahren in der Landesirrenanstalt.

Simon Lachaume steigt in Noël Schoudlers Zeitung Echo du Matin zum zweiten Mann auf.

Simon Lachaume
Wie die Trilogie vom tiefen Fall Noël Schoudlers erzählt, so kann sie gleichzeitig als Geschichte des Aufstiegs von Simon Lachaume genommen werden. 1920 wohnt der am 12. Oktober 1887 in Mureaux geborene  Simon Lachaume, Studienassessor am Lycée Louis-le-Grand, mit seiner ungeliebten Ehefrau in bescheidenen Verhältnissen in der Rue Lhomond. Er hat die Dissertation Jean de La Monnerie oder die vierte Romantikergeneration fertig, wird ans Sterbebett seines Meisters gerufen und lernt dort im Hause in der Rue de Lubeck Isabelle d'Huisnes, die um die dreißigjährige Nichte des sterbenden Dichters kennen. Jean de La Monnerie übergibt Simon Lachaume ein an Madame Marie-Hélène Eterlin gerichtetes Blatt Papier und stirbt. Professor Emile Lartois, der Hausarzt des Verstorbenen, bittet Simon Lachaume um einen Nachruf für den Verstorbenen und teilt dem Assessor die Adresse der Madame Eterlin mit. Der frischgebackene Journalist – der Nachruf ist im Echo du Matin erschienen – sucht die 43-jährige Mätresse des Dichters auf, übergibt ihr das Blatt und beginnt sowohl eine Liaison mit ihr als auch mit deren Feindin Isabelle d'Huisnes. Simon Lachaume gibt zusammen mit Isabelle den Nachlass des toten Dichters heraus. Ein reichliches halbes Jahr nach dem Tode ihres Onkels stellt Professor Lartois in seiner Praxis in der Avenue d'Iéna fest, Isabelle ist schwanger und errät auch noch den Vater: Simon Lachaume. Der bedeutende Mediziner macht auf dem ärztlichen Untersuchungstisch einen vergeblichen Vergewaltigungsversuch der werdenden Mutter. Isabelles Tante, die Witwe Madame Juliette de La Monnerie, die sich zu einer Kur in Bagnoles-de-l'Orne aufhält, weiß weiter. Der greise Olivier Meignerais, ein überaus hartnäckiger Verehrer der Tante, willigt in eine Josefsehe mit dem wesentlich jüngeren Fräulein Isabelle ein. Das Ehepaar Meignerais muss sich in die Schweiz zurückziehen. Dort wartet es die Niederkunft Isabelles ab. Nach einer Fehlgeburt kann das Paar nach Paris zurückkehren. Isabelle hat sich in ihren greisen Olivier verliebt und überfordert ihn aber mit der Zeit sexuell. Olivier Meignerais, der sich mit der Einnahme "weißer Kügelchen" aufputscht, stirbt mitten über einem Liebesakt.

Unmittelbar nach der Leichenfeier für den Dichter Jean de La Monnerie hatte sich Simon Lachaume bei einem der Redner, dem Kultusminister Anatole Rousseau, als aufstrebender Autor in Erinnerung gebracht. Als der 66-jährige Rousseau Kriegsminister wird, übernimmt er den ehrgeizigen schreibenden Assessor – vor allem wegen dessen perfekt funktioniertem Gehirn – als Mitarbeiter. In seiner neuen Funktion verschafft Simon Lachaume Isabelles Onkel Brigadegeneral Robert Fauvel de La Monnerie den dritten Stern. Rousseau ernennt den General zum Divisionskommandeur.

Während Noël Schoudlers Amerikatour wird Simon Lachaume in der Redaktion des Echo du Matin von François Schoudler mit offenen Armen aufgenommen. Daneben wird Simon Lachaume bei Anatole Rousseau stellvertretender Ministerialdirektor. Er macht mit Madame Eterlin Schluss.

Lucien Maublanc
Baronin Adèle Schoudlers erster Mann, der impotente Börsenspekulant Lucien Maublanc, genannt Monsieur Lulu, ist der Stiefbruder des verstorbenen Jean de La Monnerie. Im trunkenen Zustand glaubt er nicht mehr an seine Impotenz und beschläft das 20-jährige rothaarige Sternchen Sylvaine Dual. Für ein Neugeborenes verspricht er der Schauspielerin eine Million Francs. Da Sylvaine unfruchtbar ist, geht sie Lucien Maublanc aus den Augen und verbündet sich mit einer Schwangeren. Deren Zwillinge gibt Sylvaine als ihre Kinder aus und kassiert die zwei Millionen Francs. Der kleine Junge stirbt; das kleine Mädchen überlebt.

Emile Lartois
Nachdem wieder einmal eines der vielen alten Mitglieder verstorben ist, nehmen die Mitglieder der Académie française, darunter François de Curel, Anatole France, Robert de Flers, Boylesve, Loti und der Historiker Jérôme Barère im zweiten Anlauf den überaus eitlen 61-jährigen Professor der Medizin Emile Lartois in ihre Reihen auf. Der zweite Kandidat Baron Pingaud hatte diesmal das Nachsehen. Barère ist einer der beiden Bürgen des neuen Akademiemitglieds. Der Junggeselle Lartois hat außer einer unverheirateten Schwester in der Provinz keine Verwandten mehr.

Verfilmung
 1958: Denys de La Patellière verfilmte den Roman mit Jean Gabin als Baron Noël Schoudler, Jean Desailly als François Schoudler, Patrick Millow als Jean-Noël Schoudler,  Pierre Brasseur als Lucien Maublanc, Bernard Blier als Simon Lachaume, Françoise Christophe als Jacqueline Schoudler, Annie Ducaux als Baronin Adèle Schoudler, Françoise Delbart als Isabelle d'Huisnes, Jean Ozenne als Akademiemitglied Professor Emile Lartois, Jean Murat als General Robert de La Monnerie, Nadine Tallier als Sylvaine Dual, Aimé Clariond als Marquis Gérard de La Monnerie und Jacques Monod als Minister Rousseau. Der Film kam im August 1959 in die deutschen Kinos.

Rezeption
Drissen meint, die Trilogie richte sich gegen das Bürgertum. Maurice Druon befinde sich mit solcher Erzählhaltung in guter Gesellschaft. Gemeint ist zum Beispiel die Nähe zu Zolas Naturalismus verbunden mit bevorzugter Darstellung der Unmoral und der Verneinung der allgemein anerkannten Werte. In der Trilogie werde – wie bei Maupassant – dem Pessimismus gehuldigt und tüchtig gestorben. Ironisch und in parallelen Handlungssträngen werde erzählt wie bei Tolstoi. Der Autor sei ein Chronist wie Jules Romains und ein strenger Gesellschaftskritiker wie Aragon. Er porträtiere so ähnlich wie La Bruyère.

Baron Noël Schoudler habe gewisse Ähnlichkeit sowohl mit Baron Rothschild als auch mit Jean Prouvost. Mit Schoudlers Zeitung Echo du Matin könnte das Blatt L'Écho de Paris gemeint sein.

Deutschsprachige Literatur

Deutschsprachige Erstausgabe
 Die großen Familien. Henry Goverts Verlag Stuttgart 1961. 854 Seiten.

Verwendete Ausgabe
 Die großen Familien. Deutsche Übertragung von Lotte Frauendienst. Nachwort: Manfred Naumann vom Februar 1965. 408 Seiten. Volk und Welt, Berlin 1965 (Lizenzgeber: Goverts, Stuttgart)

Andere Ausgaben
 Die großen Familien. Roman. Aus dem Französischen von Lotte Frauendienst. Rowohlt (rororo 730-731), Reinbek 1965. 315 Seiten Paperback

Sekundärliteratur
 Klaus D. Drissen: Literatur und Politik. Der Gaullismus im Werk und Wirken von Maurice Druon. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Paris, New York 1992 (Diss. Uni Wuppertal 1991), ISBN 3-631-44717-5

Weblinks
 Eintrag im WorldCat
 Der Text als .pdf (französisch)
 Der oben genannte Film online im Internet Archive (französisch); auch als .mp4-Download (369 MB, 89 min Video)

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Einzelnachweise

Literarisches Werk
Literatur (20. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (Französisch)
Literatur (Paris)
Roman, Epik
Maurice Druon

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COVID-19 Resources in New Mexico
Leave a Comment / Covid-19 / By Lori Pace
NM is a state that offers emergency grants for single moms and other families hit hard by the coronavirus. The Covid-19 pandemic continues to sweep the nation and impact people's lives.
However, there's hope for single mothers living in the state of New Mexico. That's because the state offers financial assistance and grants to its residents.
1 NM Coronavirus Emergency Single Mom Grants
1.1 Together with Las Cruces (New Mexico)
1.2 The Non-Profit Emergency Fund
1.3 Chamiza Foundation: Emergency Relief Funding
1.4 Albuquerque Community Foundation and United Way of Central New Mexico
1.5 All Together New Mexico Fund
1.6 El Paso Community Foundation
1.7 New Mexico Arts
1.8 New Mexico Early Childhood Funders Group
NM Coronavirus Emergency Single Mom Grants
Together with Las Cruces (New Mexico)
Firstly, Together Las Cruces provides grants to single moms residing in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. NM is currently experiencing a significant loss of income due to its executive orders in response to the covid-19 pandemic. You can learn more about the program at this link.
The Non-Profit Emergency Fund
Next up is The Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico, which has also supported regional non-profits through more than $100,000. The fund aims to help non-profits support single moms experiencing loss of revenues due to the covid-19 pandemic.
The fund goes through a volunteer committee that also manages it and ensures all eligible non-profits can receive the fund and support communities in need. Find out more by visiting this link.
Chamiza Foundation: Emergency Relief Funding
The Emergency Relief Funding program by the Chamiza Foundation offers single mothers affected by Covid-19 grants ranging from $3,000 and $12,000. The program focuses on the most pressing needs of single moms. For instance, food, medical services, relief, and recovery needs, and an internet connection so that their children can continue with their education as in most schools. To learn more about the program, please visit their website.
Albuquerque Community Foundation and United Way of Central New Mexico
This program supports single mothers' owned non-profits impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and faces challenges in recovering revenue expenses. To be eligible for this grant, ensure your non-profit is in Albuquerque. It offers grants ranging from $500-$5,000 to qualified non-profits. Please visit this link to read more about the program to know more about the funding and program.
All Together New Mexico Fund
The All Together New Mexico Fund is mainly concerned with the immediate needs of single moms affected by Covid-19, including food, medical supplies, and even childcare support. The fund also supports single mom-owned small businesses and employees impacted by the pandemic.
Non-profits must ensure they are federally recognizable before applying. If your small business has a budget of less than $500,000, you get first consideration. Otherwise, the grant offered ranges from $25,000-$50,000. To know more about the fund, you can visit their website for more information.
El Paso Community Foundation
The El Paso Community Foundation supports single mom residents impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The foundation helps to deal with the pandemic's financial pressures.
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New Mexico Arts
New Mexico Arts aims to support single moms who have artistic careers or those who work in creative fields. This is for them to get through the economic hardships brought on by Covid-19.
They offer up to $10,000 to those eligible. For more information, please visit their webpage.
New Mexico Early Childhood Funders Group
And lastly, the New Mexico Early Childhood Funders Group help is here to help single mothers.
This group addresses the most pressing issues affecting infants, toddlers, and single mothers during this unprecedented time.
The organizations that prioritize the immediate needs will be considered first at the time of distribution of funds. To be eligible to receive funds, organizations must be operating within the state of New Mexico.
The New Mexico Early Childhood Funders Group offers up to $5,000 to qualified organizations. You can visit their website for more information about the group.
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Die Ferry Akebono () ist ein 2008 in Dienst gestelltes Fährschiff der japanischen Reederei A-Line Ferry. Sie steht auf der Strecke von Kagoshima nach Amami-Ōshima, Tokunoshima, Okinoerabu-jima, Yoronjima und Naha im Einsatz.

Geschichte
Die Ferry Akebono wurde am 12. Dezember 2007 unter der Baunummer 1129 in der Werft von Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Shimonoseki auf Kiel gelegt und lief am 7. Februar 2008 vom Stapel. Nach der Ablieferung an A-Line Ferry 30. Juni 2008 nahm sie am 5. Juli 2008 den Fährdienst von Kagoshima nach Amami-Ōshima, Tokunoshima, Okinoerabu-jima, Yoronjima und Naha auf. Zusammen mit dem 2012 in Dienst gestellten Schwesterschiff Ferry Naminoue wird im Wechsel alle zwei Tage eine Überfahrt auf der Strecke angeboten. Eine einfache Fahrt auf der kompletten Route dauert etwa 25,5 Stunden. Die Ferry Akebono ist das zweite Schiff dieses Namens. Ihre Vorgängerin stand von 1989 bis 2003 im Einsatz.

Die Passagiereinrichtungen der Ferry Akebono sind barrierefrei und können daher auch von Menschen mit körperlichen Beeinträchtigungen genutzt werden. Hierzu gehören neben behindertengerechten Toiletten und Kabinen auch Aufzüge und rollstuhlgerechte Rolltreppen. Zu der Bordeinrichtung zählen ein Restaurant, eine Lounge, ein Raucherraum, ein Ruheraum sowie ein Bordgeschäft. Die Passagiere sind in zwei Klassen untergebracht und können zwischen Schlafsälen, Gemeinschaftskabinen oder Privatkabinen in verschiedenen Größen im japanischen sowie westlichen Einrichtungsstil wählen.

Weblinks
 Informationen zum Schiff auf der Internetseite von A-Line Ferry (japanisch)
 Fotografien des Schiffes auf shipspotting.com (englisch)

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Can Body Armor Stop A Knife – Bullet Proof vs. Stab Proof
Defense / Tactics / By Joe Ready
Can Body Armor Stop A Knife
Have you ever wondered what body armor can protect you from? If it can stop a bullet, what else can it stop?
Can body armor stop a knife? Level III and Level IV armor can stop a knife. Level IIa, Level II and Level IIIa body armor can add some protection from a knife but it isn't designed for it. If you want soft body armor with stab protection, you need to get armor specifically made to stop a knife.
The Difference Between Stab Proof and Bullet Proof
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Is Wearing a Bulletproof Vest Illegal?
Body armor is usually rated according to NIJ standards to stop a certain caliber of a bullet traveling at a certain speed. Body armor tested this way does not have a stab-proof rating as well unless it is tested to the NIJ standards for stab resistance as well.
The NIJ has three levels of stab resistance that it tests. Level I is designed to stop low energy knife attacks, level II is tested to stop medium power knife attacks and level III is tested to stop the highest level of knife attacks.
The main way that soft armor stops bullets is by blunting the bullet and absorbing the energy of the blunted bullet. When a knife stabs a similar material, it spreads the tight weave of the fibers and lets the blade pass straight through.
NIJ Stab Resistant Armor Rating
Level I 17.7 ft/lb with 1/4 inch of penetration and 26.6 ft/lb with 3/4 inch of penetration.
Level II 24.3 ft/lb with 1/4 inch of penetration and 36.9 ft/lb with 3/4 inch of penetration.
Level III 31.7 ft/lb with 1/4 inch of penetration and 47.9 ft/lb with 3/4 inch of penetration.
To make soft armor stab-proof, manufacturers will add things like chain mail, metal inserts or plastic inserts to their armor. This puts a physical barrier in the way of the blade as it tries to pass thought the armor and keeps the armor flexible.
Body armor designed to stop more powerful rounds like those from a rifle will usually stop a knife attack. They aren't tested against knives and aren't specifically rated to stop them but they are made of materials that are usually too strong for a knife to penetrate.
Stab proof vests are most often used in countries like the UK and New Zeland where the threat of being shot is much lower than it is in the United States. In those countries, police, paramedics and most others that work in the emergency response area all wear stab protective vests. In the U.S. police officers typically wear vests that offer ballistic protection instead of knife resistance since getting shot is much more likely for them.
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Can Body Armor Stop A Knife
Kevlar is a modern ballistic material designed to have a high strength even when it's spun into very light fibers. These fibers can then be tightly woven into sheets and stacked on top of one another. When they're stacked this way, this relatively light armor panel can stop pistol rounds and frag from explosive devices.
When Kevlar armor is attacked by a knife, it acts in a very similar way that other tightly woven materials do, it gets cut. These armor plates do provide a higher level of protection than simple cotton material but it isn't enough to call it slash-proof and it's still very susceptible to stabbing.
The laws regarding bulletproof vests vary depending on the country and even the area of the country. In the U.S., it is mostly legal for anyone to wear bulletproof vests unless they are a convicted felon. In certain states, it is also illegal to wear bulletproof vests on school grounds.
Other states have various rules on the wear of body armor. Connecticut for example only allows the sale of body armor in face to face sales.
This is just informational and not intended to be legal advice.
Even where wearing body armor is legal, you're probably going to attract a lot of unwanted attention if you're running around town wearing heavy body armor. People are likely to treat you as if you're going to commit a crime or have committed a crime if it's obvious that you're wearing armor.
Backpack body armor is a great way to carry concealed armor!
I'd recommend wearing concealable body armor if this is something you're looking to avoid.
Can a bulletproof vest stop an arrow? When an arrow strikes soft body armor it separates the ballistic fibers of the armor panel apart and lets the arrow pass through. Soft armor provides some protection but it isn't to a level that can be considered "arrow proof." Hard armor will stop an arrow because it can't be penetrated by the arrow.
How does a bulletproof vest stop a bullet? Bulletproof vests stop a bullet be cathing it and mushrooming it into a dish shape. This spreads the force it exerts on the armor panel across a larger area that the strong ballistic fibers can slow down and stop before it completely penetrates the armor panel.
A lot of people want to know if body armor can stop a knife. As you've probably already seen, there isn't a simple yes or no answer to this question. It all depends on the type of body armor.
Soft body armor is going to protect you from a knife a lot better than simple clothing will, but it isn't going to completely stop a knife unless it's designed to.
Hard body armor will stop a knife.
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"Shook! She's alive. The Viramontes woman is back! Strutting her stuff down the runway @marcjacobs full throttle," wrote the Instagram account @tony_viramontes_archive yesterday. True to their word, there she was – the bold, stylised woman Tony Viramontes depicted in his fashion illustrations of the 1980s, powering down the runway at Marc Jacobs' A/W18 show in New York the evening before.
The Instagram account, run by Tony Viramontes' estate, has been cataloguing the multimedia artist's numerous illustrations, collages and photographs since 2016. Those images, emblematic of the powerful 80s womanhood Viramontes would come to define, were evoked by Jacobs in a collection that celebrated the era's excess. Silhouettes were supersized, colours were bold and flat-brimmed hats, created by milliner Stephen Jones, conjured visions of the matador-like power women of late Yves Saint Laurent or Claude Montana.
Swirls of moire silk in jewel tones, gathered at the model's the waists or necks – "flourishes" as Jacobs called them – were more direct references to the artist's craft. As the designer would explain via Twitter, alongside an image of one heart-shaped twist of taffeta: "I wanted the movement of the draping to resemble the scribbly 'hand of' and have the energy of an Tony Viramontes drawing".
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Piaget Rocks a $340,000 Sapphire and Diamond Watch
Yes, it tells the time. But this dazzling Piaget watch has more in common with statement-making baubles than pragmatic timepieces. The circa-1989 watch, which is pebbled in emerald- and baguette-cut diamonds and sapphires, sold for $338,500—well above its estimated price range of $150,000–$200,000—at Christie's June 15 Important Watches sale. Dubbed the Aura for its undeniable…
By Emili Vesilind | August 29, 2012
Professional Jewelry Making: Silver Locket—Part 1
The procedures in this article are standard practices for bench jewelers at this time. If not executed properly, however, they can cause harm. Neither the author nor the publisher is responsible for injuries, losses, or damage that may result from the use or misuse of this information. Safety Alert: Burs and other setting tools are…
By Alan Revere | August 29, 2012
Platinum: PGI's Small Jewelry Retailer Study and More
The Survey Says… Platinum Guild International recently revealed results of its 2011 Independent/Small Chain Jewelry Retailers Sentiment Study of Platinum Bridal Jewelry. Produced by GfK Retail and Technology, the study offers insights into sales among 201 (or 17 percent) of PGI's Preferred Partners Program, plus 202 small chain and independent U.S. stores. A few findings…
By Jennifer Heebner | August 29, 2012
Silver: Hera Collection, Horsecka Jewelry, and More
Desert Silver When better to launch new looks than during the biggest market week in America? While making the rounds of the shows in Las Vegas, we spotted numerous new silver collections worth closer inspection. Here are just two you'll want to consider stocking. Hera CollectionToronto-based Hera Arkarakas has been making jewelry for more than…
Gold: Stackable Jewelry, Aroc Urtu's Rocky Origin, and More
Back to Stack The stackable craze continues. During jewelry week, manufacturers debuted new lines of stacking rings in both bridal—smaller diamond engagement rings as well as bands—and in fashion. For Plano, Texas–based Sylvie Collection, a new Petite line of complete diamond engagement rings features small cuts—0.30 ct. to 0.90 ct.—of fancy yellow diamonds in 14k…
Diamonds: Lab-Grown Diamonds Arrive at the GIA and More
Lab Groan In June, a parcel of 10 undisclosed lab-grown created diamonds showed up at the Gemological Institute of America's lab in Hong Kong. The incident was announced in the Gems & Gemology monthly eBrief. The news comes on the heels of the International Gemological Institute's May alert that 600 synthetic colorless diamonds were submitted…
By Rob Bates | August 29, 2012
Gem Pricing Report: The Corrections
Gem dealers are anticipating downward price shifts, but the market hopes to fend them off Current market conditions are consistent with the seasonal sluggishness expected during summer. Dealers report that activity has slowed in the commercial grades, but there is action at the high end. Heading into the important fall season—when retailers traditionally stock up…
By JCK Magazine | August 29, 2012
From Sea to Store: Martin Katz's Sea-Worthy Starfish Jewelry
Nature is an evergreen motif in jewelry design, but Martin Katz, one of Hollywood's go-to red-carpet designers, isn't fond of its creepiest, crawliest creatures. "Not everyone likes bugs," he says of the recent industry trend of bejeweled insects. "They creep people out." Starfish, however, "are very whimsical—not creepy at all. There's something really wonderful about…
Gearing Up for the Fall 2012 Hong Kong Show
This month's Hong Kong fair is a magnet for international buyers and exhibitors Now in its 30th year, the September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair is attracting an even greater international clientele, thanks to buyers looking for an entrée into the rising affluent class in China. This year, designer Etienne Perret will be among…
Sales tips from retailers who know how to keep those lustrous organic gems moving Nationwide, pearl jewelry accounts for just 2 percent of retailers' total sales, according to the Jewelers of America 2011 Cost of Doing Business Survey, reflecting a truism in the market: Pearls may be pretty, but they're not an easy sell. Even…
Mystery Metals: RUBEDO and Other Secret-Recipe Jewelry
J. Tyler Teague is a modern-day alchemist-for-hire who loves to prove the impossible possible. Between 2001 and 2003 he developed several castable 950 palladium alloys. The best of these was later bought and branded as TruPd by Hoover & Strong. Last year, this metallurgical gunslinger, president of JETT Research in Johnson City, Tenn., consulted with…
By David Federman | August 26, 2012
A Pinch of Platinum Could Be Just What Your Silver Jewelry Needs
Before germanium became the miracle anti-tarnish ingredient in silver, a small group of refiners discovered that platinum-group metals could whiten and brighten sterling as well as shield it from fire stain. Today, there are at least half a dozen silver alloys that rely on platinum and palladium to keep tarnish and fire stain at bay.…
The Chemical Appeal of Silver Alloy-Infused Jewelry
Scores of new silver alloys that claim to offer more shine than sterling for only a small premium have recently come to market, but the metallurgy has proved confusing to buyers. JCK makes sense of the chaos. Talk to silversmiths like Sam Patania about any of the dozen or so tarnish-resistant silver alloys that have…
How Jewelers Are Thinking Outside the Precious Metal Box
Titanium: It's not just for golf clubs anymore. And if you think ceramic is only for knick-knacks, think again. As visionary designers push the boundaries of fine jewelry, so-called nonprecious metals are becoming more valuable to everyday customers. Titanium, cobalt, ceramic: This might sound like a shopping list to build a space shuttle, but these…
By Martha C. White | August 26, 2012
Can an Indie Jeweler Survive in a Big-Brand World?
With deep-pocketed fashion houses moving in and luxury labels becoming their own conglomerates, independent jewelers must choose their destinies carefully. In last month's JCK, Market Intelligence columnists Tony and Leanne Argyle cautioned retailers about a growing superpower within many of their own stores: the brand. "Beware the double-edged sword of carrying high-profile brands," they wrote.…
What Millennial Jewelry Buyers Want
Younger consumers think differently. Dr. Kit Yarrow has cracked their code. The "echo boomers," also known as Generation Y—defined as people born between 1978 and 2000—is now the largest generation in U.S. history. And as this group grows up, makes its mark in the workplace, and becomes a demographic force to be reckoned with, it…
Social media was just the start. Now it's super-powered smartphones, mobile salespeople, digital influence, and, yes, good old-fashioned storytelling. Here's a peek at what's on the ever-evolving retail horizon. Twenty years ago, few would have guessed just how markedly technology would change the retail landscape. Social media has replaced sale flyers, mobile point-of-sale systems are…
All Hands on Deco
In 1925, photographer Edward Steichen shot then-model Kendall Lee—later to be the actress wife of Oscar-winning director Lewis Milestone—for a Vogue spread called "The New Jewelry." She wore diamonds. She wore pearls. She wore onyx. But most important, she wore Cartier, whose geometric designs and striking black and white jewels were the coolest of the…
By Aubry D'Arminio | August 25, 2012
JCK Asks…Coomi
On her circuitous path to 20 karat success It's not surprising to learn that Coomi Bhasin once worked as a textile designer. Her jewelry—all waves, coils, beadwork, and tactile shapes—begs to be touched. Her past career as a landscape designer explains such nature-inspired collections as Trinity (recalling a pebble-strewn riverbank) and Serenity (evoking desert sand…
By Melissa Rose Bernardo | August 25, 2012
Fred Leighton, the Great Estate Artist
The designer's new wholesale collection draws inspiration from the past while hinting at its future Fred Leighton has more than just sales riding on its first-ever wholesale jewelry line slated to debut this fall. With the Fred Leighton Collection, as the division is called, the vintage and estate brand has assumed the task of selling…
By Kristin Young | August 25, 2012
David Gardner's Jewelers Shows Its Texas A&M Spirit
The store supports the university, and in turn, students support the store At Texas A&M University, it's almost tradition that students who have been seriously dating get engaged during senior year. And though College Station, Texas, the school's hometown, boasts about a dozen jewelry stores, sweethearts shopping for rings are likely to start their journey…
Amanda Pinson Jewelry
1110 Market St., Chattanooga, Tenn. A former discount shopping center, Warehouse Row has evolved into the hottest space in Chattanooga for indie designers to showcase their goods. After the buildings opened three years ago, jewelry retailer Amanda Pinson relocated her eponymous store from the Baggage Claim Building in Southside to her current minimalist downtown space.…
By Kristin Luna | August 25, 2012
Like Father, Like Daughter at NOLA's Hiller Jewelry
Following in her father's footsteps led Lisa Biderman home to New Orleans When recruiting daughter Lisa to work in the business, Hiller Jewelry president Joe Biderman said pretty much exactly what his father-in-law, Jonas Hiller, once said to him. "Let's try it out for a year and see if you like it," recalls Joe. The…
Square: The Next Wave in Mobile Payment
How you can cash in on the cofounder of Twitter's latest great innovation Café Grumpy, a renowned New York City coffee roaster with four locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn, tends to do things differently. Everything from the frowny-face logo to the $12 cup of coffee to the unique pour-over brewing techniques makes it apparent Café…
By Michael Schechter | August 25, 2012
How Retailers Can Corral Customers
Five low- to no-cost ideas to get shoppers through your door Marketing is one of the more expensive costs for any jewelry store—and when times are tough, it's one of the first things to get trimmed from the budget. In some ways, that's not such a bad thing. As famed retail magnate John Wanamaker once…
By Tony Argyle | August 25, 2012
Is a blog essential to a jeweler's website?
"A well-polished blog lets you create added value for your brand." Margaret Halpin, MarketerMMA InternationalAustin, Texas KEEP IN TOUCH: You're staying connected with your customers off the sales floor and engaging with them outside the box of your website. Depending on your resources, a blog may be just the ticket. YOU'VE GOT PERSONALITY—SO SHOW IT:…
By Daniel Ford | August 25, 2012
Michigan Jeweler Becky Beauchine Kulka Sings for Her Supper
1. What one advertisement elicited the most response for you and why?"Sing for Bling" is a contest we've done twice in the last three years. To win a $2,500 shopping spree, people submit videos of themselves singing our jingle, or create their own jingle about the store. In 2009, the first year, it got a…
By Paul Holewa | August 25, 2012
JCK5: The Best New Business Books to Hit the Shelf
A few of the best new business tomes: 1. Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself (2nd edition), by Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy, gives practical tips for attracting business via sites such as Facebook. 2. Simple, by Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn, uses simplicity as a business axiom. (The…
Hired Up! How to Find (and Keep) Top-Notch Salespeople
"Hiring a new employee feels like a full-time job," says Debbie Fox, owner of Fox Fine Jewelry in Ventura, Calif. "Even though I've gotten good at it, it's always an educated guess. You never know what you're going to get until they start." It's a sentiment shared by many independent jewelry retailers, who look forward…
Industry & People: September 2012
COMINGS AND GOINGS >>?Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry named Ryan Berg market president of its Texas operations and its Lafayette, La., location. Scott Berg will serve as market president of the two Lee Michaels locations in Baton Rouge, La., a Pandora franchise store in the Mall of Louisiana, and seven Gold Market stores the company operates…
JCKers in the News! Publisher's Letter, September 2012
Welcome to the September issue of JCK and the beginning of fall! The summer wrapped up nicely with late July's annual jewelry week in New York City. Anchored by the JA Show at the Javits Center and JCK Events' LUXURY Privé show at the Pierre Hotel, the week included two of my favorite events, the…
By Mark Smelzer | August 25, 2012
Free From Convention: Editor's Letter, September 2012
I didn't expect to find a key to the future of retail in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, when I spent two weeks vacationing there in July, but nevertheless, there it was, free for the taking. I could walk through the city's perfectly preserved Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site, or enjoy a coffee…
By Victoria Gomelsky | August 25, 2012
10 Things Rocking the Industry: September 2012
1. High Jewelry It's not too late to book a flight: The 26th edition of the Biennale des Antiquaires opens Sept. 14 at the Grand Palais in Paris. A venerable antique fair, the nine-day event is nevertheless a platform for modern luxury houses such as Boucheron, Cartier, and Dior to display their most exorbitant gem-set…


BOSTON (CBS) — Welcome to spring in the Northeast! Cooler than the rest of the Lower 48 and waves of a wintry mix.
Spring started on Monday, March 20th. The sun's rays are becoming slightly more direct in the Northern Hemisphere. And we gain daylight!
Tonight's sunset was at 7:04 p.m.! Too bad we couldn't really see it since the clouds have dominated the forecast for the last few days. More clouds & rain on the way.
A freezing rain advisory is up for southern New Hampshire, Worcester County, and western MA 8 p.m. tonight to 8 a.m. Monday.
Widespread light icing (glaze to 0.1") will be possible in the higher elevations overnight. While outside of 128, north & west of Boston we could still have light icing, just more spotty.
Temperatures will hover around freezing so use caution tonight and tomorrow morning.
Then a warm front lifts north, and temps quickly increase Monday morning/afternoon.
Periods of rain will rule the day, becoming heavy at times through Monday evening. We will receive 0.25" to 0.75" of rainfall gradually through Monday night.
Tuesday, we may see an early period of dry weather, but another system will be approaching.
If we see some sun, combined with a southerly wind, temps inland may approach 60 degrees.
We stay cooler along the coast, around 50 degrees.
Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, a cold front will cool temps slightly. Then sunshine will round out the work week. Low 50s Wednesday, to mid 40s Thursday and Friday.
No major storms, no major cool downs either in your extended forecast. Happy Spring!


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I want to apologize everyone. I am one of the employee working with EZ1 Rate. It is a Scam. Preveiouly it was Value Benefits of America and then its name got changed as Caller Advantage then Super Savings and now it is EZ1 Rate.
This company is situated in India. We r asked to take the Credit Card numbers of customers saying tht it is just an identification number but it is a very important numbers of cards.
after taking the numbers the card is charged of any amount and then after every month the card is getting charged. if u read this then pls sumone launch a complaint against this company. many r the ladies and old people who give us the credit card numbers so easily.
i found this today i had some call me to asking the same thing that you have writen in these bolgs but i am a cop so i know this was a joke so while i was on the phone i googel what he told me. there was no info of a build and a company name.dont ever gave you info ever over the phone. i called a # for reporting a a scam the are the fedrual some of such there # is 877-382-4357 call them and tell them what happen so the can find these crimanal.
Thank you for your blog. spread the word. They called me too. Lucky thing I googled them.
Got a call from them today. Googled while on the phone. Saw it was a scam. I NEVER give my credit card number over the phone. Plus the clearly Indian female caller said her name was Heidi Smith. Yea, right!!
These people called me and began to offer a $300 card for gas that I could use anywhere. I said fine, but I am NOT going to give them any credit card numbers.
First I talked with one guy then another female came on, they give you a song and dance about how they only need the numbers off the FRONT of your credit card and that those are NOT your account numbers, suuure. So I started looking for old cards that where not valid anymore and wasted there time as they try to charge $1.95 each time you give them a card number.
DO NOT give them any valid credit card numbers. As others have posted they will just begin charging you for anything they want.
Oh and IF you do want long distance service, you can get it from a legitimate company for a lot less than $60/month.
This one is a SCAM all the way.
These fraudsters called EZ 1 Rate just called me now on my new phone I am yet to give out its number to any one saying that I was selected for a $300 USD fuel ticket/coupon for consistently using my phone. Funny isn't it!!!.
I lead them on until I was asked to give my credit card number for a mere charge of $4.90 USD one time handling and postal fee for the $300 USD coupon that I have won.
I then told the verifying operator to send me the said coupon LESS the amount she was asking for as handling and postal charges because I won't mind that at all.
But when she persisted, I then told her "ma'am I am a lawyer from Nigeria so you have to work harder". She hung up the phone immediately. I guess she got the message!!!!.
Pls. just be careful not to give out your credit information on the phone. Social Security number inclusive.
EZ 1 Rate is such a big scam. They train employees to collect credit card this is equivalent of giving training for terrorisim. Another branch was at India(country)>TamilNadu(state)>Chennai(city)>K.K.Nagar(Exact Location).
Its was a call centre with the name of Soft Logic. One of their process was EZ1Rate . I don know whether the company exist now, one of my friend was an employee , who left the company as he felt guilty.


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Two arrests in pawn shop robbery
Orange police officers responded to EZ Pawn located at 1100 16th St. on June 15 in reference to an aggravated robbery.
Responding officers were told two black males entered the business, one brandishing a firearm, and numerous pieces of jewelry were taken. The two left the store as officers approached the area and one officer spotted a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed.
One dead in Pleasure Island wreck
Officers with the Port Arthur Police Department were called out to the 3500 block of S. Highway 82 on Pleasure Island in reference to a head on collision.
Arriving officers found a Ram truck and Nissan Armada at the scene. The driver of the Armada was pronounced dead at the scene. The occupants of the truck were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The wreck is currently being investigated by PAPD's Advanced Accident Investigation Team.
Governor Abbott takes action to extend Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners
Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order June 13 to extend the activity of the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners past its set expiration of September 1, 2019. Governor Abbott utilized Section 418.016 of the Texas Government Code, which allows the Governor to suspend provisions of regulatory statutes prescribing the procedures for the conduct of state business if strict compliance would in any way prevent, hinder or delay necessary action in coping with a disaster.
On June 8, at about 12:30 p.m., the Beaumont Police Department was called to the 800 block of Porter in reference to a shooting victim.
Officers' preliminary investigation revealed an ongoing disturbance between several individduals in the area led to an exchange of gunfire.
During the incident, a female bystander was struck in the shoulder. She was transported to a nearby hospital where she was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
BPD reports the investigation is ongoing.
Vidor man killed in single car wreck
The Texas Department of Public Safety reported a single vehicle accident took place June 9 at about 4 a.m. on FM 1135 in Orange County.
JCSO makes arrest following tip
The Jefferson County Narcotics Task Force made an arrest on June 5 following an anonymous tip.
After receiving the tip, members of the task force conducted a traffic stop on the reported vehicle. Further investigation during the traffic stopped proved the driver was found to be in possession of narcotics.
The driver was identified as James Vosburgh, 53, of China. He was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and trasnferred to the Jefferson County Correctional Facility.
Two arrested in EZ Pawn theft
The Beaumont Police Department reported two Harris County men were arrested for robbing a Lucas Street pawn shop on June 5.
At about 4:30 that day, Beaumont police officers responded to EZ Pawn in response to a panic alarm. An employee at the business told officers they had just been robbed by two black males.
Mexican national sentenced for illegal reentry
A 48-year-old Mexican national illegally living in the Beaumont area was sentenced to prison for federal immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
Jose De Jesus Rocha-Perez pleaded guilty on Dec. 27 to illegal reentry by a previously deported alien and was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison on May 31 by U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone.
Nederland has new middle school principal
Nederland Independent School District has announced Mrs. Natalie Gomez as the new Central Middle School principal. Central Middle School serves over 700 fifth through eighth grade students.
Gomez has 17 years of educational experience, all within Nederland ISD. The last seven years, she has served as assistant principal at Nederland High School. Gomez holds a masters in Educational Leadership from Lamar University and has serves on numerous district committees. A seven-person committee assisted with interviewing Gomez amongst a large applicant pool.
Body found identified as missing man
After responding to a call of a body floating in a private pond near Vidor's community pool, the Vidor Police Department (VPD) has released the identity of the man found.
Officers were reviewing all missing persons cases in the area as they awaited the medical examiner to make identification of the body.
An autopsy was conducted on May 30 and the examiner was able to establish the body belonged to 49-year-old Patrick Steven Wall, of Vidor.
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Dr Claude Juneau
Our sincere greetings to all,
On December 11th 2000, following the announcement of the water table contamination feeding private wells, mostly on the south-east side of the Jacques-Cartier river in the municipality of Shannon, talks were already brewing to create a defence committee. On February 14th 2001, the Shannon Citizens' Committee was formed. The aims of this Committee were and still are to inform and defend the Citizens who are suffering or have suffered in the dossier of the contamination by TCE and its degradation products (MCE (CV ou VC), DCE et PCE).
In December 2003, the Committee notified its intention to sue (as a class action) the liable organisations for the contamination. From January to November 2011, we were in Superior Court with a verdict rendered in the summer of 2012. Following our reading and analysis of this 2012 judgment and our conviction of errors of law and fact and mixed errors, this judgment was carried in Québec Court of Appeal. The appeal was heard, pleaded and questioned on the weeks of 22nd and 29th of October 2018 for 8,5 days. The awaited judges' decision was published on the 17th of January 2020.
Most of you know about and possibly have read the judgment of the Court of Appeal. We will not answer immediately your questions and it is not that we do not want to answer them, it is simply that there is a 60 day time period between the publication of the judgment and the next step in the case. For now, the judgment is not enforceable. Thus, nothing can happen before the end of the legal period of 60 days, nothing. It is a legal period of analysis and reflection that the law gives (obliges…) for us the petitioner (Marie-Paule Spieser plaintiff and the Citizens' Committee), and the defendant parties (the Queen of Canada through the prosecutor General of Canada (National Defense of Canada)), SNC-Lavalin at Valcartier (SIVI, Société Immobilière de Valcartier Inc.) and General Dynamics (GD-OTS CANADA), can serenely in all tranquillity decide their next steps in this matter.
As there seems to be confusion, the PMQs (permanent married quarters) outside the base gates and fences, are in the town of Shannon, thus the people who live there are Shannonites ! The exception is Cannon street which is in Saint‑Gabriel-de-Valcartier but considered legally as being in Shannon for the class action.
The Shannon Citizens' Committee has leaded a collective action on behalf of the Citizens and ex-Citizens of Shannon, all Humans. What is more, from the people of Shannon, it is not we who decide who will be compensated and for what period of time ! Firstly it was the Superior Court first (2012) and now the Court of Appeal (2020) ! It is the Court which judges and decides according to the laws ! And we have to wait until the end of the 60-day deadline for the next step that we do not know at this moment !
The 60-day period ends on March 17th, 2020 at 17:00 h, so no real news before March 18th, 2020. Thank you again for your immense patience, we know you understand.
And yes this delay is over however, inside that delay, the Queen of Canada (attorney general of Canada) has applied for an authorisation at the Canada Supreme Court to appeal this judgment from the Court of Appeal. This resulted in an additional 30 day delay for us to decide whether or not to request a cross-appeal. So we are aligned towards the Supreme Court of Canada. Early on at the start of this 30-day period, the COVID-19 pandemic due to the coronavirus was decreed and, as of March 25, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada suspended the application of the delay limits. And this suspension of delay limits will end when the Supreme Court of Canada issues a notice to that effect. So, as of July, we still need patience. Also, this leaves time to browse through and read the judgment of January 17, 2020, which is not, however, enforceable but available on the site of the SOciété QUébécoise d'Information Juridique (SOQUIJ) at the following address http://t.soquij.ca/t9D7E .
Jean Bernier, Shannon Citizens' Committee
If you believe that you are suffering or have suffered or if you know of a person suffering or that as suffered of this situation, the Committee invites you to fill out the online form describing your situation or the situation of another person. The aim of this form is to obtain the most complete register of the cancers and other medical situations that could have a link with the TCE contamination. All information on the form will be confidentially treated by the Committee, our lawyers and experts.
This form describing medical situations is not a registration for the Class Action. We cannot presume the outcome of the Appeal's Court judgement, so, all affected Citizens and former Citizens, already registered or not, must wait for the Appeal's Court judgement to know the events that will follow. Whether you have joined or not the Class Action, a period of registration could follow after and according to the declarations that will be in the judgement of the Appeal's Court. Instructions will follow.
On the other hand, to help you complete the descriptive questionnaire of your medical situation, here is a situation in the United States. In an American law, "The Janey Ensminger Act of 2016", eight medical situations were recognized by the US government as having possible links to TCE contamination. Here is an enumeration :
(1) Kidney cancer
(2) Liver cancer
(3) Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
(4) Adult leukemia
(5) Multiple myeloma
(6) Parkinson's disease
(7) Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes
(8) Bladder cancer
The Committee adds to this list a 9th and 10th case, a brain cancer and a male breast cancer.
(9) Brain cancer
(10) Male breast cancer
It is to be noted that a medical situation or cancer that you want to describe is not restricted to the 10 cases listed. From time to time, the Committee will publish historical and actual information "here" on this site, but also at the following addresses (URL) :
TCE Shannon Contamination
"La Gang" de Valcartier/Shannon
The Shannon Citizens' Committee
Marie-Paule Spieser, Dr Claude Juneau and Jean Bernier
Descriptive form for a register of cancers and medical situations in Shannon
Please, fill in every field with mouse and keyboard and fill one form per person.
Cliquer ici pour accéder à la version française de ce sondage.
Register of cancers and medical situations
Person aimed *
Form for you
For an incapacitated person
For a deceased person
Person responding *
Current address of responder (including all PMQs of Valcartier military base) *
Address(es) of the aimed person while residing in Shannon and PMQs (if different from current address)
Phone of responding person (home phone) *
Phone of responding person (cellphone)
Email address of responding person *
Date of birth of aimed person *
Age of aimed person during the medical situation or cancer *
Date(s) of residency of aimed person in Shannon and PMQs, and duration of residency in months or years between January 1953 and December 2003
Medical situation of aimed person (type of primary cancer, enter N/A if not applicable) *
Medical situation of aimed person (other than primary cancer, enter N/A if not applicable) *
The City of Shannon (City) has no official connection to the Shannon Citizens' Committee. The City simply offers a showcase on its website "www.shannon.ca" to facilitate communication between those involved. The City does not receive any information regarding the contents of the "Cancer and Other Health Registry Description Form for Shannon". The City is not responsible for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies that may occur. The City assumes no responsibility for them. The City can not be held responsible for any damage or inconvenience caused by the use of this form or the consultation of its website "www.shannon.ca". The City of Shannon is subject to the Act respecting Access to Documents Held by Public Bodies and the Protection of Personal Information. As such, it must take appropriate measures to ensure the protection of personal information it collects, including those obtained through the site "www.shannon.ca".
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La Gallina Ancona – one of Italy´s heirloom chicken varieties.
You know we have got sheep – and we really like them – but we are not 100% satisfied with their work as lawn mowers ….
So we have organized support for next year – Ouessant – smallest sheep race in the world, but obviously perfect and obsessive lawn mowers!


If Laura Croft was a dude, his Tomb Raider would be Uncharted:Drake's Fortune.Uncharted is an upcoming adventure/exploration/action game for the Playstation 3 that Gaming Horizon had a few minutes to sit down with at E3 this week.
This game is simply beautiful!
this game looks beatiful. Tomb Raider n uncharted are not the same. I don't know why people keep saying that uncharted looks like Tomb Raider.
I had high expectations on this game. But this preview is a bit disappointing.
but the anti 360 posts are full up !


Why Choose Sanden for your Electric Hot Water?
The Sanden system is the most energy efficient hot water heat pump currently available on the market. As such, when you buy a Sanden system, you receive the highest amount of Small-scale Technology Certificates (STC's) of any currently available hot water heat pump system. These STC's can be used to discount your purchase prices.
What makes Sanden the most efficient hot water system on the market today?
The Sanden system is the most energy efficient hot water heat pump currently available on the market due to these key features, the use of this natural environmental friendly CO2 refrigerant produces more heat under compression, therefore, giving you more heat than any other system, variable speed key components like the compressor, the condenser fan and the circulation pump ensure the unit is always working at its optimum efficiency, whatever the outside temperature or inlet water temperature. This design gives it a major point of difference form anything else on the market today.
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In Australia we pay more for electricity than most places in the developed world, and it's no wonder. With the recent introduction of the carbon tax, combined with the building of new electricity infrastructure, many commentators suggest that this could result in soaring electricity costs for consumers.
A Sanden Hot Water Heat Pump uses industry-leading technology found in refrigeration and air conditioning units, where energy is drawn in from the ambient atmosphere and transferred into heat. An Ozone friendly refrigerant CO2 (R744) absorbs the heat, which then flows into a compressor where it's converted into a high-temperature gas. Then, it passes through a condenser within the water tank and the water is heated up. No backup elements are required.


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Q: Invalid program exception in release build (.NET 4.6.1) I have a program that deals with socket communication asynchronously. The exception I've been getting only occurs in release build (on build machines). The code that causes the problem is really simple routine to start listening for incoming socket connections:
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AcceptAsync and ReceiveAsync are extension methods that use TPL pattern with Task.Factory.FromAsync. The exact exception is following:
Exception Type:        System.InvalidProgramException
Exception Message:     Common Language Runtime detected an invalid program.

This seem to occur in:
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncVoidMethodBuilder.Start

The exception is generated instantly when call is made to this method. Any ideas what might be wrong?

A: According to MSDN, this exception informs the user about invalid IL code. So something could be broken in the framework. I recommend you to try your luck at Connect.Microsoft. Also, if you're really interested and are looking for a quick fix you may want to inspect the IL code of the failing methods' chain.


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Moved By Gandhi –a documentary film project
February 24, 2015 | Author: Leela Gandhi, Associate Professor (Ethics, Anthropology, South Asian Studies) Co-convener, Religion & Modernity Graduate Field
In November of 2011, I took my six students from Duke University who were studying in India to Sevagram, Gandhi's ashram near Wardha in Maharashtra, as part of a course I had been teaching on Gandhi. This was my second visit to Sevagram. After we had walked around the ashram for a few hours, each following our individual impulse to explore and absorb, we gathered for the early evening meal that had been cooked by the residents of the ashram. We ate this wholesome meal of generous but not wasteful quantities quietly in an outer area that adjoined the kitchen. In customary ashram practice, we washed our plates with ash left in a bowl near the washing area. As the rays of the winter sun dipped and the giant trees quickly loomed over the rectangular courtyard whose perimeter was marked by bamboo sticks (suggesting an open but interior space of the ashram), we gathered for the evening prayer, taking part in a tradition established during Gandhi's stay at Sevagram. We rolled out mats on the gravelly earth and sat facing a tall pipal tree.
A wooden stand with a placard on it read, in Hindi, Bapu dvara vriksharopan [tree-planted by Bapu] and in English, Pipal Planted By Bapu, noting the year as 1936. Amidst the sound of night insects, the stillness of all other activity at the ashram, and in the light of a kerosene lamp, songs and prayers in different languages were sung from many sacred traditions to the accompaniment of an Ektara, the single-stringed instrument characteristic of the Indian street singer. One resident worked his spinning wheel while singing; he explained later to some of my students who asked, that spinning helped him maintain concentration. Despite my reluctance to participate in public, collective recitations of scripture or prayer, this evening in Sevagram was the most moving experience of community I had ever felt.
I had first visited Sevagram in 2010 in the company of Mr. Narasimha Murthy (Dodda Murthy), a retired teacher in Sringeri (Karnataka) where I had spent many years doing ethnographic research on ethics and everyday life. Dodda Murthy had lived for a few weeks in Sevagram in 1944 when Gandhi was still there. I wrote about the impact of Dodda Murthy's visit on him in my book of ethics in everyday life in 2006.
Intrigued by the life-transformation gradually instantiated in Mr. Murthy by his encounter with Gandhi, in 2010, I took Dodda Murthy to Sevagram—66 years after his first and only visit there. It was a return that he had dreamed of for over six decades but had never been able to make. He walked around in a silent reminiscence, peering into huts that housed Gandhi's few belongings, now with signs for visitors. Occasionally he paused to say, "He [Gandhi] used to walk along this path every morning" or "This was where the tub used to be—he used to take long baths and get an oil massage before his bath" or "All vegetables came from the ashram's gardens which used to be in that area."
As I followed Dodda Murthy around the ashram, there was a new reality to the narrations of the 1944 stay that I had heard from him twice, first in 1995 and then again in 2004.
The walk through the ashram was an embodied recollection of a profoundly impressionable time in his life that had become integral to his self-formation. He had also shared with me the essay he had published in 1952 in a well-known Kannada daily called Tāyināḍu (Motherland) on his Sevagram experience. In it, he notes his astonishment at the remote location and the aridity of the village of Shegaon where the ashram was situated: "Perhaps the Mahatma selected this location for Sevagram," Dodda Murthy writes, "so that he could transform this most backward region in India." But other than these narrations, Dodda Murthy had not discussed with me or with others Gandhian methods and principles, nor had he joined rallies and causes. Neither had he ostensibly served disadvantaged fellow-citizens. In fact, I had been completely surprised when I heard him identified by another Sringeri resident as the "Gandhian in town."
Dodda Murthy's initial attraction to Gandhi had been sparked by his readings, by the ardent nationalistic spirit of his peers and his teachers, and by the general mood of India rising toward its independence. However, a lifelong transformation was initiated at Sevagram when Dodda Murthy came into direct contact with Gandhi. Sevagram ceased to be the arid back of nowhere, becoming instead the middle of everywhere in his life. Perhaps it was Dodda Murthy's personal simplicity, his deferral of judgment of others, his continuous self-reflection, and his openness to diverse viewpoints and lifestyles while himself adhering to a traditional Hindu lifestyle, that together contributed to his being perceived as the "Gandhian in town." So why had Gandhi moved Dodda Murthy so much?
As I followed 91-year old Dodda Murthy round in Sevagram, I realized his silent reminiscence, powerfully expressed in the emotive language of the body, was best captured through the medium of film. Mr. Murthy's walk around the ashram returned me to his verbalized narrations but with new questions: Why had Gandhi so moved him? The encounter had transformed him deeply. He did not enter politics nor did he become a social activist; he chose instead to become a schoolteacher in his small town of Sringeri, Karnataka. And yet the town community regards him a Gandhian. Why?
Thus was born idea of a documentary film Moved by Gandhi which will narrate the quiet stories of such nonviolent unpretentious people who have been moved by Gandhi. Their passion is a contrast to the clamor of chest-thumping extremists. The documentary will take on an experimental approach as it speaks to various people across India who have been moved by Gandhi—people who have seen Gandhi, people who can only imagine him, and people who engage him critically but are still influenced by him,
The stories we have followed so far tell us Moved by Gandhi will be an exciting adventure with unexpected insights into questions that affect all of us like:
How can one find solidarity amidst difference?
How do people engage burning questions of justice and truth in everyday life?
Is social protest a valid means of seeking justice or is it anarchist?
Is simplicity possible in a world bursting with commercial choice?
In the spirit of Gandhian collectivism, we would love for you to join us on this journey. Learn more on Kickstarter.
The documentary is being made along with Professor Baba Prasad.


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The Bush White House was infamous for politicizing science. The administration was full of political hacks who not only denied the existence of global warming, but questioned the theory of evolution. Thankfully, the election of Barack Obama has changed all of that. And the choice of Energy Secretary Steven Chu provides definitive proof that the new president has returned science to its rightful place. The former UC Berkeley professor and head of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab who won a Nobel Prize for physics also represents our best hope for finally addressing global warming at the federal level. Chu is a strong believer and advocate for green-energy technology, from wind and solar power to electric cars and biofuels. So far, he has used his bully pulpit to issue strong warnings about the many dangers of greenhouse gas emissions. And as head of a federal department with access to $39 billion in stimulus funds, he has already begun to steer national energy and environmental policy. Last month, he announced a $6 billion loan to Ford to make more fuel-efficient cars, along with loans of $2 billion and $465 million to Nissan and Tesla Motors of San Francisco to develop electric vehicles. He has awarded about $800 billion to biofuels technology and $3.9 billion to start building a "smart" electrical grid to improve the transmission of wind and solar power. Plus, he has moved to eliminate financial boondoggles such as hydrogen power. Imagine what he'll have accomplished after a full four years on the job.


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Bars and emotions, two things Hi Money are presenting us with as he brings us a 2 for 1 visual. "Insane", set like an intro, is a very personal record where we get lyrics that you have no other choice but to feel. "5AM In Chicago", a jacked Drake beat, also catch Hi Money taking his pain and spilling it on the page, while delivering a show of his lyrical prowess. Watch below.


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