Bodegas Pinoso was set up as a cooperative in 1932 and the work carried out in the vineyards faithfully respects the wining traditions of our wine producers.
The coming together and effort put in by the founding members of Bodegas Pinoso meant that the winery quickly became renowned for the quality of its wines. This is why, in the years that followed, many other wine producers wanted to join the cooperative and initially in 1969 and later on in 1974, the winery was extended so as to make room for the new producers. After quite a lot more expansion at the beginning of the 80's, the winery was capable of producing up to approximately 19,000.000 litres. It thus became the most important winery cooperative in the province of Alicante with 650 members. At the end of the 90's the winery began to rethink its quality policy so as to improve its bottled wines while at the same time designating the first areas of the winery land to be used for certified ecological vineyard plots.
Since then, Bodegas Pinoso has continued to invest in new technology and qualified personnel in order to carry out an ambitious project that involves a whole village – to become a winery of international renown.
Our understanding of wine is that it is nature's will to give it to us. Our crops become an expression of the earth itself. Our wines are the true reflection of team spirit, transparency, responsibility and constant innovation which can be seen in our winery.
Quality is our greatest obsession. Dozens of years of work, wisdom and experience are our guarantee, where past and present come together by means of the most modern technology. Behind all of this there is a young but experienced team, with experts in wine production and oenology, who love and have faith in the land, the vines and nature itself.
Our commitment to quality, sustainability and innovation is well known in countries all over the world.


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Fritz Pollard
First African American Coach in NFL History
By Kitonga Alexander, Milwaukee Bronzeville Histories Explorer
Fritz Pollard Fritz Pollard in a college photo Source: Images of Brown. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library Creator: Unknown Date: 1916
Story Contents
African Americans in professional sports before Jackie Robinson
Did you know Milwaukee had its own team in the National Football League (NFL)? Did you know this team had African American players in 1922? Fritz Pollard had a pioneering sports career. He was the first African American to play in the collegiate Rose Bowl Game. Shifting into the professional leagues, he became the first African American quarterback in the NFL. While in the NFL he would also become the first African American coach in the league's history. Pollard played for the Milwaukee Badgers, an NFL team in 1922 while living in the city. There is some speculation that he may have been a player /coach in Milwaukee, as he was the year prior in Akron.
Later in his career, Pollard continued to take on leadership roles both within the sport as well as in business and media.In the 1930s, Pollard founded his own professional football team, the Brown Bombers. Outside of football, he founded the F.D. Pollard and Co. investment firm in 1922 to serve the African American community, and in 1935 he founded the New York Independent News, the first black tabloid.
Acknowledging Pollard's legacy in football, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005 and inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 2015. The Fritz Pollard Alliance, a group promoting minority hiring throughout the NFL, is named in recognition of Pollard's resiliency in playing, coaching, and managing football.
Fritz Pollard's full name is Frederick Douglas Pollard.
Frederick "Fritz" Pollard Fritz Pollard photographed in a football uniform in 1916 Source: Images of Brown. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library Creator: Unknown Date: 1916
Fritz Pollard and Paul Robeson Fritz Pollard (left) and Paul Robeson would be teammates in Milwaukee as they played for the Badgers in 1922 Source: The Crisis Creator: Unknown Date: 1918
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Carroll, John M. (John Martin). Fritz Pollard : Pioneer in Racial Advancement. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991.
Ross, Charles K. Race and Sport The Struggle for Equality on and Off the Field. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
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Kitonga Alexander, Milwaukee Bronzeville Histories Explorer, "Fritz Pollard," Milwaukee Bronzeville Histories, accessed January 27, 2023, https://milwaukeebronzevillehistories.org/items/show/1.
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SunTrust Foundation Awards $1.5 Million Grant to Junior Achievement of Greater Washington
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SunTrust Foundation Awards $1.5 Million Grant to Junior Achievement of Greater Washington to Support JA Finance Parks. Photo credit: Hyon Smith.
The SunTrust Foundation today announced a three-year partnership with Junior Achievement of Greater Washington (JA) and a $1.5 million grant to support JA Finance Park®, an innovation in experiential education designed to engage middle school students and prepare them for life and work outside of school. With this grant, the SunTrust Foundation will become the JA Finance Park signature partner at two locations in Fairfax, Virginia, and Prince George's County, Maryland.
JA Finance Park combines in-classroom curriculum with an interactive "mini-city" where students experience the challenges of making real-life financial decisions. This experience lays the foundation for how they approach their future financial responsibilities and navigate success in the modern economy.
"The SunTrust Foundation's committed partnership gives JA the ability to empower over 50,000 students a year across Greater Washington to develop financial management skills and take charge of their financial life," said Ed Grenier, president and CEO, Junior Achievement of Greater Washington. "JA Finance Park's success is a testament to the public-private venture model that brings together businesses and school systems to prepare our local students for the future. By partnering with the SunTrust Foundation, we look forward to expanding our reach and continuing to impact our region's next generation of leaders."
JA Finance Park is a collaboration between the Greater Washington region's school systems, businesses, educators and volunteer mentors, who come together to inspire, guide and teach students how to be financially responsible. Students leave JA Finance Park equipped to make financial decisions related to income, expenses, savings and credit.
"The SunTrust Foundation is committed to providing financial education in our communities," said Stan Little, president of the SunTrust Foundation. "Our partnership with Junior Achievement will give youth financial skills and confidence for their future success as adults."
"Our SunTrust team actively volunteers throughout our communities," said Dan O'Neill, SunTrust Bank Mid-Atlantic division president. "We're looking forward to expanding our volunteerism to JA Finance Park in Fairfax and Prince George's County to help more students gain financial confidence."
About Junior Achievement of Greater Washington
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TRY TIME: Seagull's player Zoe Nuss crossing the line for Tweed in their win over Toowoomba Valleys. SMP Images
League rivalry will be a celebration of the game
by Michael Doyle
25th Apr 2019 6:00 AM
RUGBY LEAGUE: The storied rivalry between Tweed and Burleigh adds another dimension this weekend when the clubs meet for the first time in the SEQ Division One women's premiership.
Tweed will be hoping for a much improved performance, after suffering a 40-point loss to Wests Brisbane.
Coach Kelvin Wright said his side has spent the last two weeks focusing on a few key areas which he believes let them down a two weekends ago.
"Hopefully we will have a few players back, we were down a few going into our last game," Wright said.
"Burleigh have been the standard in the competition for a long time now.
"We will be making sure we get plenty of footy and use it wisely."
Wright said this weekend's first match-up between the clubs in the competition was a celebration of rugby league in the region, rather than a rivalry.
"It is a great moment for Gold Coast rugby league," he said.
"I don't see it as a spiteful rivalry, I see it as a celebration of rugby league on the Gold Coast and one that hopefully lasts for a long time to come."
Kick-off for Burleigh and Tweed will be Sunday, at 3.45pm at Pizzey Park in Burleigh.
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Environment One of the biggest ever projects for our waterways has just begun.
Tweed seniors to receive free health info at exhibition
News The expo will have everything from living options to hearing tests.
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Q: Grails  woes I am using the Spring Security Plugin.  By default this plugin has created three classes in my project.
org.me.example.UserRole.UserRole
org.me.example.UserRole.User
org.me.example.UserRole.Role
The User and Role classes are unaware of each other, but the UserRole class has both a User and a Role object.  The Role object has only one attribute, a string called authority.
My objective is to obtain all Users with a certain authority in a <g:select> statement.
Here is one of my attempts:
<g:select name="loggedBy.id" from="${org.me.example.UserRole.UserRole.list(fetch:[(role.authority):"ROLE_ADMIN"])}" optionKey="id" value=""  />

I do realize that this would return a UserRole list and not a User list.  Is there anyway to "join" my classes so I can retrieve the data I want?  Looking for the cleanest solution.
Update:
I think there was some confusion about what my classes look like, so here are the stripped down versions.

class UserRole {

    User user
    Role role

    //more stuff

}

class Role {

    String authority

    //more stuff

}

class User {

    //lots of stuff, but nothing that links back to the Role class or the UserRole class

}

Crudof's answer worked for me after some alterations.  Crudof pointed out that the package name UserRole does not follow Java package naming conventions.  This is true, but if I remember right the Spring Security Core plugin automatically creates that package and the classes in it, so I didn't mess with the name... But it has been a while since I did that, so I could be mistaken about it automatically naming the package.
<g:set var="desiredRole" value='${org.me.example.UserRole.Role.findByAuthority("ROLE_ADMIN")}' />
<g:select name="loggedBy.id" from="${org.me.example.UserRole.UserRole.findAllByRole(desiredRole).user}" optionKey="id" value=""  />

A: It would be better to do this in a controller:
def usersWithAdminRole = UserRole.withCriteria {
  eq("role", Role.findByAuthority('ROLE_ADMIN'))
}.collect {
  it.user
}

<g:select from="${usersWithAdminRole}" name="loggedBy.id" optionKey="id" />

A: *

*Your package names are not conform to common java-standards: package names should/HAVE TO start with lower case character. Otherwise one is confused, that it might be a class (where UserRole is a nested class of UserRole).

*Basically your code snippet is fine (concept-wise). Note, that you cannot use double-quotes in double-quotes attribute values! I think this has stopped your progress. You can try the following:
<g:set var="desiredRole"
    value='${org.me.example.UserRole.findByAuthority("ROLE_ADMIN")}' />

<g:select name="userSelect"
    from="${org.me.example.UserRole.findAllByRole(desiredRole).user}" />

Note that accessing the user-instances from the UserRole-instances is a groovy-sugar. See http://groovy.codehaus.org/Collections for a few examples.

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Rakolojane takes over from Hloni Pitso who has since been appointed as head of SA Tourism's South Europe Hub.Rakolojane brings 18 years' worth brand management experience to his new role and will call upon his tourism industry knowledge to ensure market excellence.


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Celebrating the Baby Boomer Generation
Get out your party hats! Baby Boomer Recognition Day is August 17th. This event is an opportunity to celebrate a generation of people worthy of being honored.
Baby Boomers, or colloquially 'boomers,' have witnessed massive events globally and have had a tremendous influence on the world. In the spirit of recognizing these folks, let's peruse some of those events and acknowledge some of the key players who hail from this generation.
The Timeline: 1946-1964
Boomers were born during a post-World War II spike in births and a time of economic prosperity in the United States. In 1946, President Truman proclaimed the end of the war. That same year, nearly three million babies were born, breaking birth records for the country. This 'boom' gives us the origins of the generation's name.
Noteworthy Events
The world shifted in fundamental ways during this time. This era has so many notable events, so we won't highlight them all. Here are ten that shaped the world:
1947- Edwin Land makes the first "instant camera," the Polaroid Land Camera
1950- President Truman orders the development of a hydrogen bomb in response to the Soviet Union's detonation of the world's first atomic bomb the previous year
1952- The first mechanical heart is placed in a human patient
1955- The first atomically generated electrical power is sold commercially
1957- President Eisenhower desegregates schools in Little Rock, Arkansas
1960– The Senate passes the Civil Rights Bill
1962– The Beach Boys introduce a new musical style
1964– The Beatles debut, launching pop music's "British Invasion"
The Baby Boomer generation boasts many renowned people from every walk of life. While this list is in no way exhaustive, it helps demonstrate the diversity and success of this generation.
Michael Jordan, Terry Bradshaw, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Andre The Giant, Arnold Palmer, Rocky Marciano, Julie Krone, Joan Benoit, Nancy Lopez, Cheryl Miller, Florence Griffith Joyner
Stevie Nicks, Dolly Parton, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, David Bowie, Elton John, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Jackson, Donna Summer
James Patterson, J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, Diana Gabaldon, Michael Pollan, Barbara Kingsolver, Tony Robbins, Donna Tartt, Tom Clancy, Louise Erdrich
Tim Berners-Lee, Margaret Geller, Alain Aspect, Jennifer Doudna, Robert Sapolsky, Cynthia Kenyon, Simon Conway Morris, Sunetra Gupta, David Graeber, Mae C. Jemison
Bill Murray, Oprah Winfrey, Samuel L. Jackson, Meryl Streep, Robin Williams, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Tom Cruise, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eddie Murphy, Susan Sarandon, Jodie Foster, Brad Pitt, Angela Bassett, Jeff Bridges, Diane Keaton
Jeff Bezos, Alice Walton, Bill Gates, Larry Page
Ready To Celebrate?
By now, you might be itching to pull out your dancing shoes and celebrate. Watch your favorite films from the era. Dress in duds that reflect the moment. Who knows, since the holiday falls on the anniversary of Woodstock, you might want to relive memories from the summer of love! Whatever you choose to do, don't forget to give love to a boomer, especially if that person is you!
Celebrating the Baby Boomer Generation Sources:
1: Baby boomers. (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved July 20, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomers
2: BABY BOOMERS RECOGNITION DAY – August 17, 2022. (n.d.). National Today. Retrieved July 20, 2022, from https://nationaltoday.com/baby-boomers-recognition-day/
3: O'Brien's, T. (2014, July 31). The Boomer List | Timeline of a Generation | American Masters. PBS. Retrieved July 20, 2022, from https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-boomer-list-timeline-of-a-generation/3153/
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package hudson.model;

import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.startsWith;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.junit.Assume.assumeNoException;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.security.cert.CertificateFactory;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import java.util.Base64;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import net.sf.json.JSONObject;
import org.junit.Test;

/**
 * Quick test for {@link UpdateCenter}.
 *
 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
 */
public class UpdateCenterTest {
    @Test public void data() {
        try {
            doData("https://updates.jenkins.io/update-center.json?version=build");
            doData("https://updates.jenkins.io/stable/update-center.json?version=build");
        } catch (Exception x) {
            // TODO this should not be in core at all; should be in repo built by a separate job somewhere
            assumeNoException("Might be no Internet connectivity, or might start failing due to expiring certificate through no fault of code changes", x);
        }
    }

    private void doData(String location) throws Exception {
        URL url = new URL(location);
        String jsonp = DownloadService.loadJSON(url);
        JSONObject json = JSONObject.fromObject(jsonp);

        UpdateSite us = new UpdateSite("default", url.toExternalForm());
        UpdateSite.Data data = us.new Data(json);
        assertThat(requireNonNull(data.core).url, startsWith("https://updates.jenkins.io/"));
        assertTrue(data.plugins.containsKey("rake"));
        System.out.println(data.core.url);

        // make sure the certificate is valid for a while more
        CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X509");
        JSONObject signature = json.getJSONObject("signature");
        for (Object cert : signature.getJSONArray("certificates")) {
            X509Certificate c = (X509Certificate) cf.generateCertificate(new ByteArrayInputStream(Base64.getDecoder().decode(cert.toString().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))));
            c.checkValidity(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + TimeUnit.DAYS.toMillis(30)));
        }
    }
}

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The Open Studios were great and thank you to everyone that came along. Some interesting discussions and feedback from visitors and artists. Well worth the effort and time we all spent there over the last two weekends.


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IN THE GALLERY is pleased to announce "Beyond assumption", the first Danish solo exhibition by Tokyo-based artist Katsutoshi Yuasa, who's work has been shown widely over the world. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in London in 2005, Yuasa has undertaken five international residencies, including at the Danish Art Workshops in Copenhagen from February to April 2011. It is thus a great pleasure to be able to welcome Yuasa back to Denmark for this solo show.
The exhibition consists of large woodcuts which all have reference to photography. Starting with a photographic snapshot of his own or a found image, Yuasa undertakes an inner journey in which the image is being processed – not through the photographic darkroom, Yuasa explains, but through a carving process which takes weeks to complete. Left is a subjective impression of the journey. Yuasa's work can thus be seen to visualise the relationship between the subjective memory of the individual and the objective moment of the captured event.
If the artist can be seen as the "filter", the work shown in "Beyond assumption" can be seen as the aftermath of the artist's journey. A filtered journey, which might start with a "still", but soon will move, provoked not only by the "filter" (the artist), but also by the spectator watching the work. This beautiful form of "simplicity" in the method can be found both in Japanese and Danish design. Here, Yuasa takes the principle into to the world of the artist. And, gone through the "filter", it leaves us with an exhibition, which seems to indicate a hidden layer of reality, something that goes beyond assumption.


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2021-10-01T13:30:00Z by Kurt Halfyard
Friday One Sheet: THE HARDER THEY FALL
Scratchy, sunset backlit, spaghetti western vibes exude from the key art for Netflix's The Harder They Fall. Even in 24x36 'portrait mode', instead of the typical ultra-wide framing of the genre (or even a UK Quad design), the composition of...
2021-08-06T08:02:08Z by Mel Valentin
Review: THE SUICIDE SQUAD, Literal Heads and Shoulders Over Its Predescessor
James Gunn directs an action-adventure movie.
2019-11-05T15:48:00Z by J Hurtado
Giveaway: Win FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW On Blu-ray!
Time for a giveaway! Screen Anarchy has teamed up with the lovely folks at Universal Pictures Home Entertainment to host a giveaway of the brand new Blu-ray release of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw! This wild science...
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Review: THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US, Realistic Survival Amidst Romantic Notions
In an interview with our own Dustin Chang in February 2014, speaking in connection with his film Omar, director Hany Abu-Assad said in part: "If I made a list of ten movies I like by other filmmakers, they would be...
Review: THE TAKE, Terrorism As Background for a Buddy Action Movie
British filmmaker James Watkins previously helmed Eden Lake and The Woman in Black, horror thrillers that may not have been completely successful but were certainly above average accomplishments. So the idea of him directing a straight action flick sounded intriguing....
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LA Film Fest 2016 Announces First Titles
Always a comfy stop on the summer fesitval circuit, the LA Film Festival, announced today the first batch of titles for their 2016 edition, which takes place at the Culver City Arclight Cinemas, June 1 - 9. The Buzz section...
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Review: ZOOTOPIA, An Arresting Buddy Comedy
Expectations in regard to Disney's latest animated feature, Zootopia, are likely rooted in two things: 1. The fact that it is a Disney animated feature about talking animals. 2. Hilariously effective trailer which tells a single, well-executed joke involving...
2016-03-01T11:05:00Z by Shelagh Rowan-Legg
Idris Elba And Matthew McConaughey To Star In THE DARK TOWER
Finally, after months of waiting, The Dark Tower director and co-writer Nikolaj Arcel has announced the main cast for the adaptation of the beloved Stephen King book. Idris Elba will play Roland Deschain, the gunslinger, and Matthew McConaughey will play...
2015-12-14T12:00:18Z by Todd Brown
First STAR TREK BEYOND Trailer Is An Odd - But Fun - Blend Of Influences
Right. I think it's safe to say that where Star Trek is concerned the time has come to pretty much throw expectations aside as far as how the Trek universe is supposed to behave and just kind of roll with...
LUTHER Returns With Trailer For New Episodes!
All due apologies to The Wire - which in this case amounts to none - but if you've not yet experienced Luther then you've not yet experienced Idris Elba at his peak powers. The UK crime series is simply one...
Review: BEASTS OF NO NATION, Bold And Beautiful For A Harrowing Subject
A big screen movie made by streaming media behemoth Netflix, for click and view streaming, Cary Fukunaga's beautifully brutal war story, Beasts of No Nation feels too large and too difficult a watch to warrant a casual click on a...
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2015-09-11T10:00:04Z by Ard Vijn
The Many Faces Of Idris Elba
For the last few weeks, one of the most discussed actors was Idris Elba, and not because of a new film coming out. Instead, we got a typical Internet lynchmob running after someone who made a James Bond-related comment which...
2015-09-09T11:00:11Z by Matt Brown
Destroy All Monsters: Fear Of A Black Bond
The Idris Elba / Anthony Horowitz mess last week was an incredible display of context eaten down to the molecular level by the whiz-bang memeification of the internet. Horowitz claims he was mortified by the response to his quote, and...
2015-03-25T13:30:00Z by Andrew Mack
STAR TREK 3: Idris Elba In Talks To Play The Villain?
Variety is reporting that their sources close to the production of Star Trek 3 have found out that Idris Elba (Pacific Rim, Avengers Age of Ultron and Thor The Dark World) is in talks to take up the role of...
What Remake? More Of The Original LUTHER On The Way ...
Never say never, right? Ever since the most recent episodes of Idris Elba starring UK crime drama Luther aired on the BBC official word has been consistent: There may be a Luther feature, there may be a spinoff devoted to...
Fox Developing US Remake Of BBC Cop Drama LUTHER, But Who Will Play The Title Role?
Can there really be Luther without Idris Elba? That's the only question that really matters in response to word that Fox is developing a remake of the hit BBC cop thriller with series creator Neil Cross currently writing a US...
Charlie Hunnam To Be Crowned In Guy Ritchie's KING ARTHUR Film
Charlie Hunnam will be crowned king in Guy Ritchie's upcoming King Arthur film. The Sons of Anarchy star is in final negotiations to play the titular role in what Warner Bros. is planning to be a six film series, according...
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This weeks entry of New To Netflix is not here to nourish your brain, fulfil your soul or stir deep undiscovered emotions. Here we encourage you to grab nachos, popcorn topped with flavoured oil product, and perhaps some cheap...


Thái Nguyên is a region of Northern Vietnam known for its green tea production. I had the privilege of following the whole process of tea making from trees to teapot.
What impressed me most was the intimacy of the process. Local families who own plots of tea trees choose which tea production house to work with. I watched as the families came to drop off their sack of hand-picked leaves. They weighted the pickings, and headed home for lunch. Then the husband and wife team who own the tea brand takes over from there. They do the whole drying and crushing process themselves in just 2 big tumble dryers and 8 mechanical crushers.
This small team is one of the highest producing in the region. Observing this process certainly gave me a new-found appreciation for tea.


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Monday, 8 June, 2015 - 23:50
KatB
A recent run of coincidences has got me thinking about poetry.
First, there was an utterly brilliant and totally unexpected birthday present from a very dear friend. Concealed in the inevitably mundane trappings of the postal service - for all non-bank-related post, I feel the Royal Mail should consider wrapping their parcels in sparkly, or at the very least brightly coloured, paper - was a slim cardboard box. In this cardboard box was a selection of twenty poems: some of which I recognised, whilst others I had never read before. All are beautiful, uplifting and moving. I wish that I could share each and every single one with you. For the purpose of this blog, however, that would be impossible. So here's just a very short taster of one poem by Emily Dickinson to whet your appetite:
If I can stop one heart from breaking
I shall not live in vain; ...
--- Emily Dickinson
In such a simple yet powerful manner, it expresses all that we really want from life: to make a difference.
The second coincidence was stumbling across this article in The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11174094/Poems-to-live-your-life-by.html
The article explores the idea that poetry, rather than being inaccessible, melodramatic and essentially useless, has a role to play in everyday life, because of the way it can capture snapshots of emotion and experience in a few lines. Plus, the fact that Judi Dench learns a new poem every single day was staggering - as if she wasn't already cool enough!
The third and final reason poetry has been on my mind is because of a poem I had previously scribbled down on a piece of paper, which I rediscovered whilst I was slowly, joylessly packing up my things ready for the move back home. I couldn't (and still can't quite) believe that my time as a language assistant was vorbei; after months of early mornings, long weekends, and bright new cities, it was all over. Weirdly enough, the end of the year coincided with two similarly monumental milestones: in the space of four days, I said goodbye to my life in Germany, turned twenty-one and ran the Edinburgh Marathon. Needless to say, given that certain Disney films can reduce me to a blubbering wreck, it was an emotional time. And the marathon-induced blisters didn't help matters.
Anyway. Back to the poem. It's a section from T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets. Throughout this last year - a year which has been simultaneously memorable, unique and incredibly challenging - I have often found myself returning to the poem for reassurance. For days when it seemed that nothing was going according to plan, everything was falling apart, and I was a complete failure who was only good for staying in bed and watching hours of mindless television. For days when the marathon seemed like an impossible dream, and days when it felt like I was turning twenty-one with nothing to show for it. Stupid, I know, but I used to be convinced that I would compete in show jumping, ride for Team GB at the Olympics aged a mere nineteen. That particular ambition I now need to let go. This poem - gently, articulately - reminds me that, no matter what, it's all okay. Here, we can only put a taster of the poem:
'So here I am, in the middle way, having had twenty years-
Twenty years largely wasted, the years of l'entre deux guerres-
Trying to use words, and every attempt
Is a wholly new start, and a different kind of failure ...'
--- T.S. Eliot
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Do you like poetry? What's your favourite poem?
Ken 25 November, 2015 - 14:01
I like this old Chinese poetry which I learned at school. The writer is Du Fu (the 8th century).The rhythm and the choice of words sound nice in the original poetry, but the meaning goes like this:
Spring-The Long View
Even though a state is crushed
Its hills and streams remain;
Now inside the walls of Changan
Grasses rise high among unpruned trees;
Seeing flowers come, a flood
Of sadness overwhelms me; cut off
As I am, songs of birds stir
My heart; third month and still
Beacon fires flare as they did……
Elsa007 21 June, 2015 - 12:52
Thank you KatB for a nice blog!
'…..For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.' ーBy T.S. Elliot.
I like this part as well☆ッツ
KatB 22 June, 2015 - 16:44
That is my favourite part too! Somehow says everything I always want to be able to say, but much more eloquently.
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Q: Affectiva Emotion SDK - Academic licensing I would like to use this API for my Bachelor's Thesis in the area of context sensitive websites. My interpretation of the licensing agreement is that I am not allowed to use the API for any software development in academic research.  Since this is an individual project am I allowed to use the API under the free licensing agreement?

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HeroQuest, Advanced HeroQuest & Warhammer Quest - Warhammer Quest is back!
Re: Warhammer Quest is back!
Hahaha, and if you think it's bad in YOUR country, try coming to the Netherlands, where English is becoming more and more woven into our beautiful Dutch language.
Words like: chill, flex, relax, app, dope, etc. are common, and worse, in businesses people talk about: management, go-getters, and all those other modern business terms we didn't have 10 years ago. I hate that.
There are perfectly good and understandable DUTCH words for all of this people! It annoys me to tears.
But back OT: any ingame material yet?
The following pictures are from the GW blog, the look to be samples of what the game will look like but not actual in-game screenshots - I'm guessing the project isn't quite far enough along for them to have full screen shots or working game play footage.
I hope the game is better than that rubbish voice over. Nice tiles though.
I'm posting this from my iPad and I am very glad to read this. I have been looking for a good game for my iPad. Morris, you're right though those tiles are epically detailed and would make great tiles.
Okay, I've been playing this for a few days now, despite a few short comings it's fairly loyal to the original game. That promotional video doesn't seem to have much to do with the game. Despite a few graphics effects, the actual dungeon play is top-view only (using tiles similar to the ones posted above) The strength of the game is in the rules and leveling up of the characters. It's brutal and random, like the original -with extra monsters turning up during a fight. I forgot how when WQ is played strictly it truly punishes the cautious - but if you are victorious the gold and xp stack up from random encounters. Random events occur in settlements and en route to dungeons - usually the equivilent of being mugged or characters given a penalty for one dungeon. There is a fixed campaign map which reveals itself. You can choose quests and destinations and when you arrive at a settlement a book opens and the town is magically built before you - but the effect just makes you wonder why the dungeon play isn't 3D. At first, I wasn't comfortable with it visually. Apparently HD screens mean the text has to be tiny, but this could be a sign that it could be ported to PC. The only mobile app features I've encountered so far are the opportunities to buy extra character templates (and I think you can buy extra gold for shopping and training) - neither are essential. I can imagine the game working well in Steam. I'm not sure what this game has to offer the modern gamer, but it's certainly a welcome distraction if you're familiar with the WQ board game.
This is really strange - I thought I'd posted again with some observations, which now were perhaps incorrect.
After further play I thought that there was a limit to levels for the heroes - it stopped at 5 for me, but now a new set of quests seems to be opening up I seem to have two level 6 characters - not sure how or when that happened.
There's a link to a twitter feed, which might be worth following, just in case they announce it for other platforms.
The bad news about this game is that it's big on in-game purchase temptation. You reach the edge of the map and you find a new settlement, but you can't visit that town without buying the Skaven expansion. Settlements have different market lists - in the spirit of the original game - where you'd roll for item availability - except here the settlements are specific places and the lists aren't random. As a result you get used to one place being better than another when it comes to stocking up on supplies. I kept crossing the map (at great peril from random events) to get back to a town which sells firebombs (a dwarf item). The settlements are the anchor point for small quest dungeons and plot related dungeons - which appear on the map only when you're in a specific town.
Some treasure / reward items are unusable by the main four characters. A powerful artefact is rendered redundant without buying extra character packs. Also, as with all of these games extra gold can be bought with real cash. These in-app purchases feel a little cynical, to be honest.
It also sticks in big battles - I think it's when monsters can't move - a small bug, but it can ruin the game - I'm sure it'll get fixed. It's only happened twice to me and I was losing at the time (I'm running it on an iPad3 with plenty of memory spare).
It's still good, but I just hope it's going somewhere without me having to shell out for an expansion.
Steam is showing a deluxe version now. Its a pre order for the pc which contains all the new characters.
I have been playing this on my ipad for a few weeks now and I have been able to fend off the darkside of in app purchases(IAP): .
As for the PC deluxe version i just purchased? It has all the everything, so i dont have to IAP.
What sort of spec pc are you running it on?
I really liked this game when I first got it on iOS but the version I'm now playing from Steam seems to be stingy with rewards, costs a bucket-load more and has horribly overpowered Vampires turning up in the middle of "orc & goblin" quests.
It's been getting a lot of flak for the in-app purchases too. Buying extra heroes and quest packs seems fine - you could do that with the original boardgame. But the way they are doing this seems very underhanded and greedy to me. Buying gold? Treasure cards that you can't use without buying the Witch Hunter or Ogre characters?
It's got some stinking reviews on Steam since it came out. I only gave it a 4/10 myself. What do people on here think?


Bold n Bright is a water-based, high-gloss tyre dressing and cleaner.
Quality results like all the Poorboys range is. Brought the tyres and black trim to a very high standard. I found the spray nozzle a bit annoying my freshly sealed alloys were unavoidably in it's firing line. But I found that using a sponge applicator was easiest.


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VMware Does Complicated Dance With Open Source
Now that VMware owns Nicira, how will Nicira continue to lead development of virtual networking in OpenStack? Nicira founder Martin Casado explains.
By Charles Babcock, Editor At Large, InformationWeek , InformationWeek, November 09, 2012
When it comes to thinking about the future data center, it's well understood that servers and storage will function as pools of virtualized resources that can automatically switch from task to task.
Networking is a much harder nut to crack. It remains unvirtualized and has lagged far behind the other two. But without it, we'll never get to the flexible, automated data center of the future envisioned as a "private cloud."
That's why I sat down to talk to Martin Casado, the former Stanford grad student whose PhD thesis turned into the OpenFlow networking protocol. Casado co-founded virtual networking firm Nicira, which soon became the lead contributor to OpenStack's virtual networking project, Quantum. VMware bought Nicira for $1.26 billion in July -- not bad for a young company with 100 employees.	Read full story on InformationWeek
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A beautiful must see home in Mission. This house is a 3 bedroom 2 car garage with a large bonus room on the top of garage with its own full bath. The kitchen is a spacious open concept with lots of cabinets. Make an appointment to see all the potential this house will offer your family.
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Started 36 games at LT in last 3 seasons, missing 3 games in 2012 after tearing ACL. 2013: Second team All-SEC. Started all 14 games at LT. 2012: Started the first 9 games before tearing his ACL against Florida. 2011: Started all 13 games at LT.
2010: Played all 13 games as a reserve.
2009: Redshirted. High School: First team All-State (Missouri) in 2008. Won Class 4 state heavyweight championship. Misc: Weighed 11 pounds, 8 ounces at birth.
Solid build with a stout base and long torso. Quick enough to cut off the outside rush and give help where it is needed. Recognizes the blitz and displays good enough agility to adjust to movement. Good work ethic. Very good weight-room strength -- cleans nearly 400 pounds.
Operates out of a 2-point stance in a spread-option offense. Falls off blocks and does not finish. Very average sustain. Limited body control and recovery speed. Late to reach the block point on the second level. Does not create movement in the run game. Gives too much ground in pass protection.
College left tackle with enough length and foot quickness to handle the blind side in a pinch, but is more ideally suited for the right side and could be best suited for a swing backup role. Has played nearly every position on the line and could add depth as a positional, wall-off blocker.


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Q: Why do I get "can't find crate" that is listed as a dependency in Cargo.toml when I compile with rustc? My Cargo.toml includes this:
[dependencies]
chrono = "0.4"

And my code includes this:
extern crate chrono;
use chrono::{Duration, DateTime, Utc};

yet when I run my code, I get this error:
error[E0463]: can't find crate for `chrono`
 --> src/lib.rs:1:1
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1 | extern crate chrono;
  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ can't find crate

I am working on an Exercism exercise, so the way I am building/running the program is rustc src/lib.rs to test my solution. Is the problem because I'm not running rustc src/main.rs?

A: When you're directly running rustc, all that compiler knows is the command line arguments. It doesn't know anything about Cargo.toml, in particular, and so it doesn't know where to look for chrono library.
To use dependency management, you have to compile your project with Cargo - just use cargo build/cargo run/cargo test, and everything should be fine. See the Book for details.
If, however, you want (for some reason) use rustc directly, I'd advise to check first cargo anyway, by using cargo build --verbose. It will show all the commands that are invoked, allowing you to inspect the possible arguments to be defined manually.


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Backbone Review – Vancouver in Flashbulbs and Fur
James Paley
Backbone Review
Animals make for excellent allegorical vehicles. That said, it's unusual for them to be properly utilized. Backbone might actually pull this off? Vicious as this version of Vancouver might be, it's also incredibly, subtly human. At turns clever, cruel, and compassionate, Backbone keeps you hooked. Also horrified, from time to time. But what's a good neo-noir detective story without a few shudders up your spine?
I mentioned Vancouver before, and it bears repeating. This is my city as I've never seen it before, while still feeling a bit familiar. Granville, Yaletown, and the infamous steam clock are all intact. Even the unhoused encampments have survived. Yet, there's a hardened edge here. A stronger sense of disparity and desperation, a feeling like something is terribly wrong. Although that mix of beautiful and brutal is just actual Vancouver at one AM. Like I said, it feels rather familiar. Essentially, this is the perfect backdrop for a grizzled raccoon to tackle a compelling mystery.
Mean Yet Familiar Streets
You play the aforementioned raccoon, a private investigator named Howard Lotor. You've been tasked with finding some deadbeat suspected of cheating on his wife. It turns out he's been hanging around a ritzy club known as The Bite. This leads to a labyrinth of plot twists that go… places! The narrative distance between the first act and the last seems impossibly large, especially given the game's runtime. I won't go into any of the nitty gritties, but suffice to say I wasn't expecting this at all. It's a true testament to the writing quality that these wild turns all felt rather grounded. 'Of course,' you'll say to yourself, 'what else would it be?' Every new development is handled with a light touch, with expert agility. Heavy subjects like homelessness, addiction, infidelity, and grief are neatly woven into the larger story. The furred and fanged character models act as a buffer, easing you into the serious subject matter. Everything from the core dialogue to the diary entries is well-crafted and clever.
Beyond the crackling plot, Backbone is part of a changing conversation about pixel art. Calling it retro seems like a misnomer at this stage. While the character models could be anywhere from one to thirty years old, the lighting and environmental effects are a different story. The lights, shadows, and water all elevate this game well beyond traditional pixel art. Watching Howard trudge through flooded streets while a theatre marquee glitters above him is breathtaking. Every stage is composed of a symphony of moving parts. Cars, foot traffic, NPCs, litter, and local flora all hum along as you proceed. The rain (for there is always rain in Vancouver) falls in sheets or sprinkles, as the scene requires. To say nothing of the soundtrack, a set of original doom jazz compositions like little else you've heard in your life so far. Backbone's aesthetic tells a story of its own, one nearly as complex and compelling as the actual plot.
Okay, confession time: I don't know for sure yet what kind of branching pathways are in Backbone. This is due to a deliberate design decision. There are no save files in this game, you see. That means no save scumming, and no instant reloads when you do something ill-advised. You just… make the choices you make, and watch the consequences play out afterwards. This makes every decision feel more agonizing, and more organic. Blowing a stealth section puts you at the start of a given room, but that's it. Otherwise, you're flying by the seat of your pants, hoping you've made the right call. It's a positively exhilarating system, mostly. Since you're relying on auto saves, you can lose a bit of progress within a section when you load up the game. But for the most part, it's an ingenious way to make even repeated playthroughs feel fresh and impactful.
No Turning Back Now
Speaking of those stealth sections, Backbone is a surprisingly active experience for how strong the narrative is. There's also a healthy dose of puzzle-solving to tease out, along with more mundane activities like tea brewing and firewood retrieval. I played most of the game with a mouse and keyboard, though I eventually switched to a controller. Both options feel pretty painless, aside from the mouse booting me out of full-screen mode once in a while. The puzzle sections are tactile, the stealthy bits feel appropriately responsive, and I've got nothing to compare the tea-making to. I was very grateful that the controls didn't suffer in the slightest, an all-too-common problem in adventure titles with a strong narrative focus.
Good point and click adventure titles strike a delicate balance between action and story. It's not an even balance, either. You need to spool out a massive yarn, so to speak. There's little time for the more fiddly bits like puzzle solving and tea brewing. Backbone tells an enormous story within a tiny runtime, and it never feels like too much. New wonders, new horrors, and fresh plot twists are chucked your way with reckless abandon. Yet, you never feel too lost. A little lost, surely! All the better to capture that sense of dark waters closing overhead. Between the clever mechanics, the compelling narrative, and the gorgeous pixel art, there's a real fire lit beneath you from the very start. If you're looking for a detective story with glistening fangs, glittering eyes, and sharpened hooks, Backbone will be perfect for you.
***A Steam key was provided by the publisher***
Fantastic storytelling
Excellent pixel art graphics
Intuitive gameplay mechanics
No save scumming
Autosave not always precise
Geese are unrealistically nice
Developer: EggNut
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September Program - "Sustainability September"
Program Details: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center accepted its first patients in 1970 after receiving a $50 million grant from the M.S. Hershey Foundation in 1963 to establish a medical school and teaching hospital in Hershey.
Its mission is to enhance the quality of life through improved health and the discovery of knowledge that will benefit all. The sustainable manner in which Milton S. Herhsye Medical Center manages and utilizes its campus resources is an integral part of how the organization contributes to the improvement of the health for the patients it serves. This midset and practice was established at the inception and has continued to grow.
Healthcare is going through a transformation, and the rate of change continues to accelerate. As a leading academic medical center in central Pennsylvania, Hershey Medical Center must continue to take a leadership role in those changes.
Despite the uncertainty of the future of health care, several things remain clear. There will be an emphasis on patient-centeredness. As patients become more empowered, there will be increased transparency on the quality, cost and outcomes of health care systems. The Medical Center campus and services must showcase sustainable attributes and successes. While change is inevitable, the ongoing sustainability programs and initiatives the Medical Center established are that much more important to its patients and employees.
Topics covered in this program include energy efficiency, energy reduction, campus landscaping and eco-friendly design, community bike share programs, waste reduction and more.
Kevin Kanoff, CEM, is the Campus Energy Engineer and has extensive experience and knowledge in, evaluating existing systems and retrofitting energy conservation measures to functioning building and process systems. His experiences, includes; data collection, energy data analysis, energy conservation measure project development, energy conservation measure construction management, measurement and verification of energy conservation measures, development of annual Energy Reports for Senior Management, and developing energy master plans. The Energy Savings Program he has implemented at PennState Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has resulted in significant energy savings and energy intensity reduction. Kevin has been invited to many conferences and Professional Society meetings to speak on the achievements and outcomes of the program. In addition, he is on the Utility budget development team and energy procurement team for PennState Health. Kevin has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Idaho and has worked in the field of engineering for 25 years, specializing in the building energy field for the last 15 years.
Steve Furmanski is the Manager of Facilities Grounds at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He has more than 15 years' experience in a supervisory role overseeing construction and landscaping services. He graduated with an associate degree in Automotive Technology and Science from Morrisville State College. From lawn care to snow removal, Steve oversees all aspects of maintaining the grounds of the 552 acre campus. For two consecutive years, the Facilities Department, Grounds team, received the "Green Star Award - Honor Level" from teh Professional Grounds Management Society for campus beautification and sustainability. Landscaping, turf management, safety, and sustainable best practices are evaluated as part of this award. Through Steve's leadership and management role, he and his team put forth the work and effort to be recognized for such an award. In 2017, the campus received the "Certification of Accreditation" for grounds management. A three star accreditation which exhibited exemplary standards in the overall management and operations of its landscapes with a focus toward sustainable practices, and demonstrated such through an in-depth review by peers - written, oral, and on-site presentations. Steve's passion and enthusiasm is shared by the staff he manages. The campus reflects a clean, beautiful and well maintained landscape reflecting smart principles that promote a safe environment. The Facilities Grounds team strives to provide a welcoming environment that provides our patients and visitors with a lasting impression as they enter and exit the campus. Steve's motto is this, "we all can do our part to be better!"


Four medical students who dressed up as gun-toting Islamist militants in a hospital on the French Riviera saw their prank badly backfire after French police sent in a commando to neutralise them.
Terrified patients at Saint-Roch hospital alerted staff after spotting a "bearded" individual in a djellaba and a turban wandering around his ward armed with a machine gun last night.
Amid widespread panic among patients and staff and fearing a full-scale terrorist attack, police took no chances, sending in 40 officers to the scene to find and stop the would-be "Jihadists".
After cordoning off the district and redirecting ambulances to other hospitals in the city, officers searched the premises high and low. But despite the intensive hunt, they were unable to find any trace of the alleged Islamist militants.
Finally, at around 10pm, officers spotted four sheepish individuals leaving the hospital with a bag, from which protruded the barrel of a gun. Inside the bag, police found the djellaba spotted by the witness and several plastic handguns, including a fake machine gun.
The four suspects instantly admitted to being dental students who had not intended their practical joke to have unleashed quite so much mayhem.
"They looked forlorn when they suddenly became aware of the consequences of their actions," said Martine Rajzman, university hospital duty head, referring to the incident as a "bad joke".
The four students were taken to the police station for questioning.
France has been on heightened alert for possible terrorist attacks since it sent troops into Mali to fight Islamist militants.
France ranked second as a Western target of interest for al Qaeda militants, according to an analysis of jihadist messages released by al-Qaeda's most dangerous branch, AQAP, in 2013.
Earlier this month, two French journalists, Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont of Radio France Internationale, were found dead on the outskirts of the northern town of Kidal after being kidnapped.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb later claimed responsibility for their murders in retaliation for French military intervention in Mali.
Fears of home-grown attacks have been rife since Mohamed Merah went on a gun rampage in March 2012 in an al-Qaeda-inspired attack that left seven people dead in Toulouse, southwestern France, including three Jewish schoolchildren.


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2023: Reno Omokri Attacks Tunde Bakere Over Lying Against The Holy Spirit
Reno Omokri wrote:
If Tunde Bakare Can Lie Against God, Is It Man He Can't Lie Against?
Many of my readers would by now have watched Tunde Bakare's viral video where he came out swinging in defence of Bola Tinubu, and made a number of claims, among which were that some 'rancorous elements, bitter and resentful noise makers' Yorubas, 'who have not achieved as much as Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has achieved' had sent someone to him, and they included his name in a list of participants in a conference without asking him, and that the conference was being backed by two sworn enemies.
His exact words were "when Pilate and Herod agreed, it is because they wanted to kill Jesus. Who do you want to kill? I reason straight from Scripture."
If he had stopped at 'who do you want to kill', then I would have held my peace. But by saying 'I reason straight from Scripture', he libelled Scripture, and I for one will not let that pass, lest younger believers are misled by this untruth.
He claims that if two enemies come together, then it means they want to kill Christ. He gives Scriptural backing to it, saying Pilate and Herod were enemies, that only came together because they wanted to kill Christ.
That alone is evidence of Bakare's shallow grasp of Scripture. Like many Nigerian big men of God, Bakare is blessed with oratorical skills and a firm grasp of the art of persuasion, with which he uses to beguile our people, who hardly read Scripture to verify what they are told, but just eat up slop dished out to them from the pulpit.
His use of clever, sleek, highfalutin, but inaccurate arguments, has the capacity of deceiving the body of Christ, even if that may or may not be his intention.
Pilate never wanted to kill Christ. As a matter of fact John 19:12 says:
"From then on, Pilate tried to set Yeshua (Jesus) free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, "If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar."
Pilate actually wanted to free Christ and indicated his desire, but was firmly resisted by the Jews. We see that in Matthew 27:23:
"Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!".
In fact, both Herod and Pilate did not want to kill Christ. We see that in Luke 23:14-15
"You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him. NEITHER HAS HEROD, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death."
When Pilate was pushed to the wall by their threat to report him to the Emperor l, and could not prevail against the Jews, Scripture records the following:
"When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. "I am innocent of this man's blood," he said. "It is your responsibility!"-Matthew 27:24.
I think Pastor Tunde Bakare is probably confusing Herod Archelaus with his father, Herod the Great, who wanted to kill Christ, but died in 4 BC, when Christ was 4, at which point, Joseph and Mary brought Him back from Egypt, from where they had taken him after they were warned by an angel.
That Herod (who murdered all the children of Bethlehem, from two years under) did not live to meet Pontius Pilate. He had no agreement with Pilate.
Tunde Bakare has such a limited grasp of Scripture. And his congregation would not know it, because by and large, many Nigerian Christians are very unlike the Berean Christians of which Scripture said:
"Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true."-Acts 17:11.
As far as many African Christians are concerned, if it comes out of the mouth of our pastor, it is true. Mesmerise them with big grammar, and they fall in love with you and out of love with Scripture and its author!
What we saw with Tunde Bakare was an attempt to bend Scripture to suit his bias, rather than to bend his bias to suit Scripture.
And let us for the sake of argument agree that Herod and Pilate wanted to kill Christ (they did not), Is Bola Tinubu Christ?
Scripture asks us to make peace with our enemies (Follow peace with all men-Hebrews 12:14). That is what these two former enemies are doing (I know their identities, but I promised not to reveal it).
Bakare is not a stable fellow. This is a man of God, who preached in October of 2019 as follows:
"That's why potholes are killing you, that's what pools of water…you can't drive now anymore because what is meant for road has been stolen since democracy began, they are living larger than life having jets here, having jets there, HAVING HOUSE IN BOURDILLON, having house in this place, having house in that place, having house in every place at the expense of the public. You will not go without vomiting what you have stolen. Wait, and see. Because a king will reign in righteousness and princes will rule with justice. Unfortunately, Nigeria people, you celebrate your villains and crucify your heroes."
And now, barely a year later, he has now become Voltron, The Defender of those who have "HOUSE IN BOURDILLON"? What a shifty character!
Tunde Bakare is one of those who feed the false stereotype that the Yoruba are unreliable backstabbers. That stereotype is not true because some of the most reliable Nigerians have been Yoruba, including President Obasanjo himself (a man who, unlike what Bakare said, has achieved more in life than Bola Tinubu can ever dream of achieving), who returned from Copenhagen to clear his name of coup plotting charges levelled against him by Abacha, Tunde Idiagbon, who returned from Mecca after he and Buhari were overthrown by Babangida, and Adekunle Fajuyi, who chose death, rather than abandon and betray Aguiyi-Ironsi.
But enemies of the Yoruba will point to characters like Tunde Bakare, who are unreliable, shifty, double-tongued, and cannot be counted on to say the same thing today and tomorrow, as specimens for that false stereotype of the Yoruba.
Take a stand and stick to it. Scripture says "Likewise must the deacons be grave, not DOUBLETONGUED, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre."-1 Timothy 3:8.
Note that word "double tongued". That fits Tunde Bakare to a T. The man cannot take a stand and stick to it. That is why he has become a figure of fun amongst Buhari's inner circle, who mockingly call him 'Number 16' behind his back (a reference to his laughable claim that God told him he would succeed General Buhari). I am aware. I have my informants.
I ceased taking Pastor Tunde Bakare seriously ever since he lied against the Holy Ghost by prophesying (wrongly) that "Let me tell you the truth by the spirit of God, neither OBJ, Atiku, IBB and this tall one, Buhari are part of the new. They are part of the old that is decaying. That old one is passing away. The new is emerging and these ones are not part of that new."
For those who do not know, Pastor Tunde Bakare made the above statement in an October 2, 2006 interview he granted to the Punch Newspapers. Please research it.
It is now a historical record that after claiming that God's Holy Spirit told him Muhammadu Buhari was part of Nigeria's decaying past, the same Pastor Tunde Bakare went ahead to accept to be the running mate of the Muhammadu Buhari who was 'not part of the new' in 2011.
Perhaps only in Nigeria would such a character continue to parade himself as a pastor. It is as Karl Marx said, "religion is the opium of the people" and Bakare sure knows how to feed that addiction.
The Bible clearly tells us two things about the Holy Spirit.
In Matthew 12:32, Christ, the Son of God said "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come."
Bakare clearly lied against the Holy Spirit of God because his so called word "by the Spirit of God", DID NOT come to pass.
1 Corinthians 14:33 further tells us that "God is not the author of confusion."
If a man can lie against God, is it man that he cannot lie against? I wonder why Nigerians continue to take people like Bakare and Mbaka seriously!
Did Bakare not say "I have never said that to you before. I make it plain this morning, I let you know it this morning, nothing can change it in the name of Jesus. He (Buhari) is number 15, I am number 16"?
If God actually told him that, why is he campaigning for Bola Tinubu today?
And you can imagine him accusing eminent Yoruba elite of making "rancorous noise"? What nonsense!
It is just his luck that Nigerians have short memories. Is this not the same Bakare that prophesied on March 7, 1999 that Obasanjo was going to die before he was sworn in as Nigeria's President?
His exact words were "Obasanjo is not your messiah. He is King Agag and the prophetic axe will fall upon his head before May 29."
When he was questioned about the failure of his 'prophecy', Bakare said "If I gave a false prophecy, why did Obasanjo invite a thousand pastors to Ota to start praying for intervention?"
I know for a fact that President Obasanjo did NOT invite a thousand pastors to Ota. Again, Bakare lied.
Twenty one years later, Obasanjo is still alive and is still making news, while Tunde Bakare is still making noise!
We remember all the nasty things he said about Bishop David Oyedepo, when he publicly tore Bishop Oyedepo's book. Who does this fellow thinks he is? Today, in terms of integrity, credibility, and morality, Bishop Oyedepo, whose book he tore, stands head and shoulder above him.
Oyedepo will certainly not be caught dead eulogising a man whose house was photographed receiving bullion vans on the eve of an election! Never!
Tunde Bakare is a guesser, not a prophet. And like any guesser, some of the rubbish he speaks will come to pass, because a broken clock will automatically be right twice a day. But those who still believe in him and believe him, should read Deuteronomy18:22:
"If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed."
Reno Omokri
Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Avid traveller. Hollywood Magazine Film Festival Humanitarian of the Year, 2019.
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IFC One Saigon revives after 10 years
The new façade of IFC One Saigon (formerly Saigon One Tower) in a prime location of HCMC between districts 1 and 4 has captured public attention of late. It revives after more than 10 years of construction delay.
Although the project is located at the intersection of Ham Nghi, Ton Duc Thang and Vo Van Kiet streets in HCMC's District 1, its construction had ground to a stall for 10 years.
It required a total investment of hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars. Saigon M&C Real Estate Joint Stock Company, who was the investor of the project at that time, scheduled to complete the building in 2009, but it was suddenly delayed when 80% completed. Since then, Saigon One Tower was a "black" spot in HCMC. Photographers may hate it the most as the "black" spot was in every frame seen from the intersection.
In late 2021, many workers returned to the construction site.
Then, Viva Land Management & Development Joint Stock Company was announced as the new project owner and its name was also changed to IFC One Saigon. Established in 2020, Viva Land has invested in a series of projects in prime locations aside from IFC One Saigon.
According to Viva Land, the skyscraper with a gross floor area of 123,000 square meters includes office spaces, apartments, and shopping centers.
The façade of the 43-storey building has been in the fast process, impressing citizens. The building undergoes a total transformation with an outstanding façade covered with big triangle glass panels.
The two-layer façade makes IFC One Saigon look like a shinning diamond in downtown HCMC, attracting many passers-by who may be surprised with its transformation.
The rapid construction progress is the combination between human resources and careful construction plan. BM WINDOWS, the façade contractor of IFC One Saigon, offers flexible solutions and use state-of-the-art construction machines to build the two layers including the Unitized glass wall and the layer of big triangle glass panels. Notably, the triangle glass panels are designed exclusively for the building and transported to the construction site by oversized-overweight vehicles.
Thanks to the smooth coordination between production plants and the careful construction plan of BW WINDOWS, more than 200 glass panels are installed every day. This is an impressive record. In the last 40 days, 883 triangle glass panels and 1,628 unitized panels have been installed. As the façade design of the 185-meter building is inspired by the legendary "dragon," the big triangle glass panels are used to create an artistic gradient effect of dragon scales.
IFC One Saigon is expected to become a new landmark of HCMC once it is completed.
The project's price is forecast to be much higher than that of Grand Marina Saigon project developed by Masteries Homes.
The previous price was VND90 million per square meter, but the new price will be 11 times higher.
BM WINDOWS is also the façade contractor of many projects along the west and east banks of the Saigon River, such as Hilton Saigon, The Nexus, The Sun Tower, The Galleria Residence- Metropole Thu Thiem, The Crest Residence-Metropole Thu Thiem, The River Thu Thiem, Cove Residence – Empire City and De La Sol.
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Q: Repeated Multiplication formula for Excel I am looking for a way to get excel to multiply a formula by ANOTHER 3 after each consecutive calculation.
Basically, I have a column with numbers in A: 10; 20; 30; 40 ...
And what I'm looking for is in B1 = (10 mult 3) = 30; in B2 = (20 mult 3 mult 3) = 180; in B3 = (30 mult 3 mult 3 mult 3) = 810 ...
Thanks for any tips and help in advance.

A: Fun little problem using some basic maths:
=A1*3^ROW(A1)

Kept it simple, but there is the power() function that could be used.
Do take care if you start in a row other than 1...


I started by making a background with alcohol inks and blending solution. A mix of sequins went in between the background and front of the shaker element.
I added a pretty die cut snowflake and a snowflake gem both of which Linda had sent me.
I was going to leave the card front without a sentiment but in the end added a sparkly die cut sentiment.
I'm afraid I didn't get to make a card last week for Linda's challenge or a matching tag to go with today's card but hopefully in the next few days I'll play catch up on my card and tags. Here you can find the fun challenge Linda has set for this week.
Nice one Heather! You ladies are coming up with some fun themes. I wanted to participate more but I am letting other things get in the way.
Wow fabulous shaker card Heather.I really must get cracking with my Christmas cards!!


The seven levels in SFIA are used in two key ways.
The breakdown of each level can be found in the generic levels of responsibility section of this guide.
The directory of skills in the SFIA 6 reference guide is probably the most essential compilation of information a member of the SFIA community will use as a reference and resource.


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Put away the chicken noodle soup. These Victoria restaurants will expand your idea of comfort food
It's cold, it gets dark early, and we're in the midst of a pandemic.
In these tough times, food is one of the few things we can take comfort in.
That's why at All Points West we have been doing the leg work to find some of the best comfort food in Greater Victoria — to help us all get through what looks to be an arduous winter ahead.
Initially, the classic staples like chowders and curries sprung to mind. But as the journey continued, a burning question emerged: What is comfort food?
The adventure started with a trip to Chinatown for a visit to a place called Noodle Fans, famed for its beef noodle soups.
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Owner Chris Lee says he wanted to serve food that people eat at home in China.
"The kids like it, the friends like it, so we can copy it in the restaurant," said Lee.
Mini He works at Noodle Fans. She says there are several good reasons why noodle soups are a breakfast comfort food in China.
"It's fast, it warms you up, it fills you and gives you energy to start your day; that's why it's super popular," said He.
Noodle Fans initially had a lot of customers wanting to order the westernized Chinese food they were familiar with, like stir-fried noodles.
"A lot of Canadians, they refuse to try anything with the soup. A lot of time they will ask for something dry or fried," said He. But customers who are more open-minded often come around, she said.
"After they try our classic dish, the beef soup, they say, 'Oh, you were right, the broth is really rich!"
'This food changed them'
Trying to expand people's idea of comfort food is a challenge faced not only by Noodle Fans.
Trini to D Bone is a Trinidadian restaurant in Victoria that All Points West listener Yoni Bremner recommended.
"The rotis fill your mouth and belly with warm, succulent, tender, excellently spiced ingredients wrapped in the most fresh and delicate flatbread wrap," Bremner wrote in an email.
Jeffrey and Nirmala Singh are the husband and wife duo behind Trini to D Bone.
The restaurant was born out of necessity when Jeffrey was laid off from his roofing job in 2008. The couple made the bold decision to open an authentic Trinidadian restaurant in a city with a very small Caribbean population.
"It was hard in the beginning because nobody on the Island had known about Trini cuisine," said Jeffrey.
But Nirmala refused to compromise the authenticity of their food.
"I told Jeffrey off the bat, I am not westernizing my food," said Nirmala. "If you were to go into my mom's kitchen, this is exactly what you would get."
After years of developing a small devoted following, word of mouth spread beyond the Trinidadian community and into the general public. And taste buds began to shift.
"At first when we started off, a lot of my customers would eat mild. Now, 10 years after, I can't even supply them with enough hot sauce ... this food changed them, they actually went out of their comfort zone," said Nirmala.
Despite the huge amount of work involved in running a restaurant on their own, Jeffrey says the customers' reactions make it worthwhile.
"We have some customers that hug this [roti] wrap, put it next to their face as they're walking out, it brings a good feeling to your heart seeing this," said Jeffrey.
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden will deliver an appeal to national unity when he is sworn in Wednesday and plans immediate moves to combat the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of President Donald Trump's most controversial policies, his incoming chief of staff said Sunday. Biden intends a series of executive actions in his first hours after his inauguration, an opening salvo in what is shaping up as a 10-day blitz of steps to reorient the country without waiting for Congress, aide Ron Klain said. Klain told CNN's "State of the Union" that Biden, in his inaugural address to the nation, will deliver "a message of moving this country forward. A message of unity. A message of getting things done." Biden will end Trump's restriction on immigration to the U.S. from some Muslim-majority countries, move to rejoin the Paris climate accord and mandate mask-wearing on federal property and during interstate travel. Those are among roughly a dozen actions Biden will take on his first day in the White House, incoming chief of staff Ron Klain said Saturday in a memo to senior staff. Other actions include extending the pause on student loan payments and actions meant to prevent evictions and foreclosures for those struggling during the pandemic. "These executive actions will deliver relief to the millions of Americans that are struggling in the face of these crises," Klain said in the memo. "President-elect Biden will take action — not just to reverse the gravest damages of the Trump administration — but also to start moving our country forward." Incoming White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said Biden would use his address to the American people to appeal to those frustrated by the rancour of Washington and to explain how his administration will tackle the nation's challenges. "I think you can expect that this will be a moment where President-elect Biden will really work to try to turn the page on the divisiveness and the hatred over the last four years and really lay out a positive, optimistic vision for the country, and lay out a way -- lay out a path forward that really calls on all of us to work together," she told "Fox News Sunday." Despite the flurry of expected executive action, "full achievement" of Biden's goals will require Congress to act, Klain said memo, and that includes the $1.9 trillion virus relief bill that Biden outlined last Thursday. Klain said that Biden would also propose a comprehensive immigration bill to lawmakers on his first day in office. Some lawmakers have already balked at the aid bill's price tag, and immigration overhaul efforts over the past decade and a half have all stalled in Congress. Still, Klain expressed optimism. "I think there are people in both parties we can work with to move this agenda forward," Klain said Sunday, noting voters elected a 50-50 Senate, where Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris will serve as the tie-breaking vote. "We're going to have to find ways to get Democrats and Republicans to work together to get things done." Providing a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally will be part of Biden's agenda, according to people briefed on his plans. Ali Noorani, president of the National Immigration Forum and among those briefed, said immigrants would be put on an eight-year path. There would be a faster track for those in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields people from deportation who came to the U.S. as children, and for those from strife-torn countries with temporary status. On Thursday, the new president's second day in office, Biden would sign orders related to the COVID-19 outbreak aimed at reopening schools and businesses and expanding virus testing, Klain said. The following day, Friday, will see action on providing economic relief to those suffering the economic costs of the pandemic. In the following week, Klain said, Biden would take additional actions relating to criminal justice reform, climate change and immigration — including a directive to speed the reuniting of families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under Trump's policies. More actions will be added, Klain said, once they clear legal review. Incoming presidents traditionally move swiftly to sign an array of executive actions when they take office. Trump did the same, but he found many of his orders challenged and even rejected by courts. Klain maintained that Biden should not suffer similar issues, saying "the legal theory behind them is well-founded and represents a restoration of an appropriate, constitutional role for the President." ___ Associated Press writer Elliot Spagat in San Diego contributed to this report. Zeke Miller, The Associated Press


As the name suggest, a Guitalele is basically a hybrid of a guitar and a ukulele – although this perhaps does it a disservice as it really is a wonderful instrument in its own right. It is considerably smaller than a standard guitar, yet far bigger than a standard ukulele, and similar in size and scale to a baritone ukulele. It is typically tuned to ADGCEA.
Why should a ukulele player buy a guitalale?
The skills which you develop thorough learning and playing a ukulele are immediately transferable when playing a guitalele. As mentioned earlier, the standard tuning is ADGCEA, so it is basically the same as a ukulele tuning but with two extra base strings. Of course, it will take time to become accustomed to the two extra strings, but it is easier to handle than a standard-sized guitar and with practice the transition from uke can be made and can prove very rewarding.
As Barry Maz wrote in his Got a Ukulele review of the Noah Guitalele, "If you are enjoying the ukulele you might very well enjoy this and use it as a first step towards dabbling with the guitar too".
Why should a guitarist buy a guitalele?
The most obvious reason is the ease in which it can be transported – have you ever tried taking an acoustic guitar plane?! A guitalele is great because you can take it anywhere and that makes it a fantastic option as a travel guitar. In terms of playing, the tuning means that it is essentially the same as playing an acoustic guitar with a capo on the fifth fret so all your regular chord shapes will still be useful.