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November 20, 2019 News » Cover Side
Watertower Place is awash in Pueblo history
NUCKOLLS DOWN
Pueblo County Historical Society
Emmet Nuckolls started Nuckolls Packing Company as a butcher shop in Leadville in the 1880s.
Nuckolls Packing Co. — and the 250,000-square-foot tribute to its cutting-edge founder — traces its roots to the late 1880s and Emmet Nuckolls, who started the company as a butcher shop in Leadville. Orphaned at the age of 6, Nuckolls grew up riding horses and working with cattle, sheep and pigs, Watertower Place Creative Consultant and Pueblo historian Gregory Howell says, so the humane treatment of animals was important to him.
Related How a historic building, a creative, a landowner and a big idea could change the face of Pueblo: CLEANSING WATERS
How a historic building, a creative, a landowner and a big idea could change the face of Pueblo
CLEANSING WATERS
Nuckolls had a dream of creating "the world's largest and most-modern meat packing and cold storage facility," and by 1891, he had established the Nuckolls Packing Co. at the Pueblo Union Stockyards. But an accident cut his life short before he was able to fully realize his vision, Howell says.
As he speaks about the patriarch, Howell stands in a first-floor hallway of the building now known as Watertower Place, studying a series of 3-foot-tall storyboards. The historic images and interpretive signs walk guests through the rich history of the building at 303 S. Santa Fe Ave., and the even richer lives of its pioneering first family.
Construction on the plant began in 1916, took one year to complete and cost $300,000. It survived the Arkansas River flooding just four years after completion.
Following his father's death, Emmet Nuckoll's son, George Harvey (G.H.) Nuckolls, took up the vision. He arranged for the plant to be built on 6 acres of land a half-mile west of the Union Stockyards, in a micro-neighborhood known as The Grove, bounded by the Arkansas River and Santa Fe Avenue.
G.H. Nuckolls tapped the talents of Norwegian-born architect Hans Peter Henschien in 1915, at a critical time for sanitation and safety in the meat-packing industry. (This was less than a decade after Upton Sinclair published shockingly accurate, albeit fictional, revelations of diseased, rotting meat and unsanitary and unsafe working conditions in meat-packing facilities in his novel, The Jungle.) Henschien wrote what Howell dubbed the industry's bible — Packing House and Cold Storage Construction: A General Reference Work on the Planning, Construction and Equipment of Modern American Meat Packing Plants.
"He was a genius," Howell says of Henschien.
Henschien rose to fame for designing multistory plants that utilized gravity to streamline work processes and create maximum output. He dubbed the concept the "rational factory," and tested his vision when building the Nuckolls' plant.
Flooding in the 1920s damaged much of Pueblo's central business district.
Construction began on the building in March 1916, according to an application for a historic landmark designation filed with the City of Pueblo. The process took one year and cost $300,000. Just four years after completion, in 1921, the Arkansas River hit historic flood levels and swept away much of the city's central district.
The Nuckolls plant fronted the river at the time; however, because the building was constructed with a concrete frame and no load-bearing walls, it suffered almost no damage, property owner Ryan McWilliams says.
"The front half of the [administrative offices] fell off because the water tower got knocked over and into it," McWilliams says. "It was the first building back up after the Flood of 1921 that took out most of downtown, and that hardly touched the building itself."
The Nuckolls family spent fewer than 90 days resurrecting the office. Today the beautifully renovated space dubbed the Alpha-Beta Room bears a curious jagged line where the brick doesn't quite match, the only visible scar from the flood. According to the historic designation petition, G.H. Nuckolls and family then partnered with the Red Cross and Elks Pueblo Lodge to set up offices in the Grove neighborhood and provide flood recovery.
Gregory Howell
The Nuckolls left meat-processing in 1946.
By 1922, the company reached a capital stock of $1 million. Another expansion in 1926 led to the construction of a five-story icehouse adjacent to the processing plant. Over the next 60 years the facility would employ as many as 500 people, which, Howell says, made it one of Pueblo's top two employers.
G.H. Nuckolls died in 1928, and it did not take long for the Nuckolls board of directors to tap the third generation of family members to run the company. Sisters Marion and Della Nuckolls, G.H.'s daughters, were named president and vice president/treasurer, respectively. They are believed to be two of the first U.S. women to assume top-management roles in a major food-production facility, according to the historic designation application.
Marion Nuckolls was also the vice president of the Southern Colorado Investment Co. and is credited with creating and sponsoring an employee salary savings plan, employee life insurance plan and credit union. Her older sister, Della Nuckolls, left a career as a professional performer in New York City to run the family business. She resurrected the plant after it was shuttered in 1942 because of World War II price controls and tin rationing.
The historic designation application includes a letter to Della from Jay C. Hormel. The meat magnate, whose company rode out the war by creating and processing Spam, offered Nuckolls assistance in navigating the rough waters of a challenging economy. His advice: Scrap beef until after the war, focus on lamb and pork, and hold on.
"It would appear that there is not much opportunity to show profits during the wartime, but there would appear to be a profit opportunity thereafter," Hormel wrote. "It would seem if the local business is to be available later, it should be cultivated now, even though barely on a break-even basis."
In 1946, the Nuckolls family would quietly bow out of the meat-processing industry, selling the plant to American Stores (later Acme Markets) of Philadelphia. In 1970, it passed into the hands of Alpha Beta Acme — a name that still evokes strong reactions from many in Pueblo — which operated the facility until a workers' strike in December 1981 again shut down production.
Pueblo Beef Products took up management, but meat production at the site came to an end for good when that company closed its doors in 1983.
Public tours of the facility are available.
The massive building fell into foreclosure and was repossessed by a bank, which then rented out space for a handful of years. That is, until December 1989, when Frank Glenn, the owner of Santa Fe Warehouse & Storage, acquired it for cold storage and public warehouse space.
Thereafter came a plan to turn it into high-end condominiums and retail stores, The Pueblo Chieftain reported in 2012. Douglas R. Hess bought the 6-acre lot on Dec. 21, 2012, according to Pueblo County assessor records, but nine days later a fire gutted portions of the building and it, again, sat abandoned.
McWilliams, a Pueblo native, bought the property in 2015 with the intention of making it a hub for rail technology and logistics companies. But the community, he says, had a different idea, and that drove its resurrection.
"I was drawn to two things, I guess: The solid structure and the integrity and the history of the building, and I just said, 'We can do something with this,'" McWilliams says. "We can take Southern Colorado's biggest eyesore and show Southern Colorado has the wherewithal to turn it into Colorado's biggest gem."
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The starting salary for finance PhD graduates' often ranges from $180K to $210K, depending on placement, which is largely determined by performance in the doctoral program. Moreover, the job market for finance PhDs has been strong, and in recent years more positions have been available than candidates pursuing jobs.
A select group of students complete their PhDs in two years, while a tiny number of elite students can get it done in 12 months. It's hard to overstate how rare and impressive this is, but it is always a possibility. The key to a fast-track PhD is building up a strong academic CV before you even start.
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Biografia
Federica Carlotta discendeva dalla casata di Brandeburgo-Schwedt, un ramo minore della casata reale prussiana. Era figlia del margravio Federico Enrico di Brandeburgo-Schwedt e di sua moglie, la principessa Leopoldina Maria di Anhalt-Dessau. Dopo il fallimento del matrimonio dei suoi genitori e la messa al bando imposta alla madre, dopo essere stata a Kolberg, Federica Carlotta, grazie al re Federico II, ottenne una carica nell'abbazia di Herford. Già nel 1755 il re prussiano la pose quale coadiutrice della badessa Edivige Sofia di Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, finendo per divenirne il successore designato.

Insieme a sua sorella Luisa, Federica Carlotta venne educata in parte nella corte prussiana. Il matematico Eulero scambiò con la principessa, tra il 1760 ed il 1762, numerose lettere in lingua francese aventi ad oggetto la matematica, la filosofia, ed altri temi. Tale corrispondenza venne stampata tra il 1769 ed il 1773, sotto il titolo di Lettere ad una principessa tedesca a Lipsia ed a San Pietroburgo. La sola edizione francese ebbe dodici ristampe. Eulero cercò all'interno dell'Illuminismo di analizzare in particolare le questioni della fisica, e di rendere divulgativa la formazione filosofica. Forse egli fu anche insegnante della principessa.

Il 13 ottobre 1764 Federica Carlotta divenne badessa di Hertfort, e di conseguenza posta a capo, quale imperiale principessa della locale libera abbazia imperiale. In tal veste gestì il patrimonio dell'abbazia e ne difese i diritti contro la città di Herford. Federica Carlotta risiedé ad Herford conducendovi un'esistenza principesca. Nel 1790 donò un'insegna religiosa per i cittadini posti sotto il suo dominio, comprensivo del convento di Santa Maria sul monte vicino ad Herford.  attestano però che ella avviò il convento verso un declino economico.

Anche se Federica Carlotta tentò di preservare i diritti dell'abbazia nei confronti dello stato prussiano, alla fine nel dubbio prevalse il volere del re. Allorché, a causa di una contraffazione testamentaria si avviò un procedimento penale di primo grado contro i domestici ed i dipendenti dell'abbazia, Federico Guglielmo III nominò nel 1798 una commissione immediata "per esercitare la tutela sui beni dalla signora badessa". La commissione venne sciolta nel 1799 ma, sebbene Federica Carlotta avesse affermato che solo a lei toccasse giudicare il proprio personale, i colpevoli vennero infine condannati da un tribunale prussiano nel 1800.

Il 15 agosto 1802 l'abbazia venne secolarizzata, ed il suo patrimonio incamerato dallo stato prussiano. La badessa e le monache ottennero una pensione. Davanti all'avanzare delle truppe rivoluzionarie francesi Federica Carlotta fuggì ad Altona, dove morì. Venne sepolta nella chiesa dell'abbazia.

Ascendenza

Bibliografia
 Leonhard Euler; Briefe an eine Deutsche Prinzessin über verschiedene Gegenstände der Physik und Philosophie. Neuausgabe Braunschweig, 1986 S.XXIf. Teildigitalisat
 Gisa Kleinebenne: Die wirtschaftliche Situation der Fürstabtei Herford in den letzten Jahren ihres Bestehens bis zum Beginn der Säkularisation (1773-1802). In: Der Remensnider 1/2005 S.10

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Netanyahu rebuffs challenge from within to win primary
Updated December 27, 2019 — 12.43pm first published at 7.15am
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has easily brushed off a challenge for the leadership of the conservative Likud party, a crucial victory for the country's longest-serving leader but one that may only harden its year-long political stand-off.
In the party primary on Thursday, local time, the most serious internal leadership challenge Netanyahu had faced in years, he handily beat a rival party veteran, Gideon Saar, by a vote of 72.5 per cent to 27.5 per cent, according to an unofficial final count.
"A giant victory!" Netanyahu declared on Twitter just after midnight, barely more than an hour after the polls closed. "With the help of God and with your help, I will lead Likud to a great victory in the upcoming elections and we will continue to lead the country to unprecedented achievements," he added.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem earlier this month. Credit:AP
For Netanyahu, the result reaffirmed his political prowess and staying power despite his indictment last month on corruption charges, and it gives a jolt of fresh energy to his campaign for the next general election in March.
But it also assures that one of Israel's most polarising issues will be on the ballot in that election: Netanyahu himself.
Israel has already had two inconclusive elections this year, each ending in deadlock with voters nearly evenly divided on whether the corruption cases against Netanyahu should disqualify him from serving a fourth consecutive term.
Likud leadership challenger Gideon Saar has challenged Netanyahu in policy areas where the PM appears hamstrung by international pressure. Credit:AP
And though support for Netanyahu has been slipping since his indictment, recent polls suggest that a third election may not resolve anything. Once again, neither Netanyahu nor his main opponent, Benny Gantz of the centrist Blue and White party, may have the votes to form a majority government.
Saar congratulated Netanyahu and conceded defeat in a televised statement. He said he and his colleagues would stand behind Netanyahu in the party's campaign for the general election.
"I am happy with my decision to have run" in the primary, Saar said, adding, "Whoever is not ready to take a risk will never win."
But the fact that there even was a battle exposed cracks in Likud's long-united front as it prepares for an eventual post-Netanyahu era.
Benny Gantz, leader of the centrist Blue and White party, was given a chance to form government after the last election. Like Netanyahu, he failed in his attempt to construct a working majority. Credit:AP
Despite fears of a low turnout because of stormy weather and the Hanukkah holiday, about half the 116,000 paying members came out to vote, a fairly typical number for Likud party primaries.
Though those eligible to vote in the leadership primary were only a small fraction of those who vote for the party in general elections, Thursday's contest may serve to allay broader concerns ahead of the March election that Israelis are suffering from voter fatigue and may give up on the democratic process.
Saar, a hawkish ideologue and technocrat, had argued that only he could return Likud and its right-wing allies to power and that Netanyahu was "blocked" after failing to form a government after the two previous elections, in April and September.
In those elections, neither Netanyahu nor Gantz was able to muster a majority to build a viable coalition.
Netanyahu and Gantz both professed interest in joining forces in a unity government, which polls showed most Israelis wanted, but Gantz said he would refuse to serve in a government with a prime minister who is under indictment, and Netanyahu insisted that under any agreement to rotate the prime minister's job, he must serve first.
Netanyahu had little incentive to yield on that demand. He remains prime minister until a new government is formed, and retaining the job leaves him in better position to fight his legal battle.
He could, for instance, try to negotiate a plea deal with law enforcement authorities in which the charges are dropped in return for his departure from public life. A sweeping victory in the next election could even get him enough support to grant him parliamentary immunity from prosecution.
Known to all as "Bibi", Netanyahu has inspired a cult-like devotion, with supporters at his rallies chanting "Bibi, King of Israel".
Netanyahu is accused of trading official favours worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Israeli media moguls for lavish gifts and positive news coverage. He has denied any wrongdoing, casting himself as the victim of a witch hunt by a left-wing elite that he says dominates the news media and has pressured the law enforcement authorities to pursue criminal investigations against him.
Fighting for his political survival, Netanyahu left nothing to chance. He attended campaign rallies in up to five different towns a night and appealed to voters in Facebook Live videos, re-establishing his popularity within the Likud and firing up the party's rank and file ahead of the more fateful contest against Gantz.
Netanyahu, 70, has brought Likud to power four times and has led the party for the past 14 years, and for a total of 20 years in all. Known to all as "Bibi", he has inspired a cult-like devotion, with supporters at his rallies chanting "Bibi, King of Israel".
At age 53, Saar is one of the next generation of Likud leaders vying to succeed Netanyahu. He, too, pulled out all the stops in his bid to lead the party, even pledging to work to secure a new job for Netanyahu as president. That post, high profile but mostly ceremonial, is meant to be apolitical and unifying.
Israel's Supreme Court will hold a hearing this week in response to a petition requesting a ruling on whether a candidate charged with serious crimes may be asked to form a new government.
Under current law, a prime minister under indictment can continue to serve until a final conviction. But the law does not address what to do in the case of a candidate for prime minister who has been charged.
The judicial authorities have tried to avoid ruling on the matter, hoping it would be decided in the public and political realm, through elections.


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News / Syria
Moscow says militant attacks in Syria's Idlib must be stamped out
Monday, 26 August 2019 1:41 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 26 August 2019 1:49 PM ]
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a press conference after his meeting with Finland's president in Helsinki, August 21, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is equally concerned about attacks by foreign-backed militants from Syria's northwestern province of Idlib after his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan alleged that offensives in the province threaten Turkey's national security.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the comment during a press conference in the capital Moscow on Monday, three days after Erdogan said offensives by the Syrian troops, backed by Russian air cover, were purportedly causing a humanitarian crisis and threatening his country's national security.
"Putin has repeatedly said he understands the concerns of our Turkish colleagues ... but at the same time the president remains ... concerned about the activation of action by terrorist elements from Idlib that cannot be (left) without being stamped out and destroyed," Peskov said.
Large parts of Idlib province, home to three million people, and parts of neighboring Hama province constitute the last major militant stronghold in Syria. The Idlib-based militants regularly conduct attacks against Syrian troops, Russia's bases and civilian districts.
PressTV-Putin: Russia backs Syrian army operation in Idlib
President Putin says Moscow backs attacks by the Syrian army against terrorists in Idlib.
The government troops, supported by Russian airstrikes, are resolute to liberate the province from the grips of militants, who have practically taken the civilians hostage.
On August 5, the Syrian army announced the start of an offensive against foreign-sponsored militants in Idlib after those positioned in the de-escalation zone failed to honor a ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey and continued to target civilian neighborhoods.
Moscow, a key ally of Damascus, launched its military campaign against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and other terror outfits in the Arab country in September 2015 at the Damascus government's request. Russia's airstrikes have significantly helped the Syrian forces deal heavy blows to foreign-backed militants operating in the Arab country since 2011.
PressTV-Erdogan: Turkey to launch new operation in Syria 'soon'
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will "soon" start a new military operation against US-backed Kurdish militants in northern Syria.
Idlib offensive does not violate any accord with Turkey: Russian FM
Separately on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed that Syrian army's offensive in Idlib, supported by Russian airstrikes, did not violate any agreements with Turkey.
On Friday, the Syrian army officially announced the liberation of the strategic town of Khan Shaykhun south of Idlib along with other localities from the clutches of militants.
Syrian troops already encircled militants and a Turkish military post in northwest Syria. Damascus has repeatedly slammed the presence of Turkish troops in its northern parts.
PressTV-Syria officially declares liberation of Khan Shaykhun
A military statement said the liberation came "with great resolve and complete belief in victory."
Turkish soldiers will step in Syria's safe zone soon: Erdogan
Additionally on Monday, the Turkish president said that his country's army troops would enter a planned safe zone in northern parts of the Arab country "very soon."
"We are slowly making progress in our efforts to establish a safe zone," Erdogan said, adding, "Just like many other issues some saw as untouchable, we are putting the east of the Euphrates issue on track."
Earlier this month, Turkey and the US agreed to establish a so-called joint operation center for the planned safe zone along Syria's northeastern border. However, both Ankara and Washington have so far given few details on the size of the zone or the command structure of the forces to operate there.
Turkey has already launched two operations in northern Syria. The first offensive dubbed "Euphrates Shield" began in August 2016 to stop the advance of Kurdish militants.
Then in January 2018, Turkish military forces launched another cross-border military operation inside Syria, code-named "Operation Olive Branch," with the declared aim of eliminating militants of the People's Protection Units (YPG) from northern Syria, particularly the Afrin region.
Turkey has declared the YPG as a terrorist group and views it as the Syrian branch of the Anatolian country's homegrown Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a terrorist group that has been fighting for an autonomous region inside the Anatolian country since 1984.
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In an earlier post, we showed you how to use TTX, an open source font editor, to rename a font in order to avoid font conflicts. This can be helpful because your operating system and your applications recognize fonts by name and name alone, and on occasion you may need to activate a font which conflicts with an installed system font. So even if you have two very different versions of a font, but they have the same name, the operating system cannot discern between them.
The biggest hurdle for most people, is that TTX is a command line tool, which adds one layer of difficulty, but the method of installation, which is very obvious to those acquainted with Python, is not readily apparent to the technologically challenged. But once the steps are explained, and carefully followed, you will get access to a powerful tool for editing fonts.
Secondly, when you process your fonts using TTX, there is no behind the scenes mystery to what is happening with the fonts. TTX is a tool to convert OpenType and TrueType fonts to and from XML. You could use tools like FontLab Studio or Fontographer to make changes to your fonts, but it is not always transparent what is happening to your fonts during this process. In short, changes made in those applications may include something you not readily apparent in the processed font. TTX is the least invasive option for those seeking to make simple (and sometimes very complex) changes in your font files.
First you will need to have Xcode installed, and a download link to the version you require can be found here. Make sure you download the correct version for your OS, as the development tools for Snow Leopard cannot be installed on Leopard.
Then download TTX. A link to the files needed can be found here. Once downloaded, decompress the file and move the folder to the root level of your hard drive.
Next, launch Terminal, which can be found in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder.
If you would like to see a list of the contents of the folder in Terminal, just type "ls" (once again, no quotes) at the prompt, or just open the folder in Finder.
What this command does is run the installer in the fonttools folder (setup.py). The command "sudo" (pronounced soo-doo) means you are running the command as the superuser, which is a special user account used to administer your Mac (or any Unix/Linux system). Because you are running the command as the superuser, you will be required to enter an administrator password. The item "install" is an option telling the setup script what to do.
After you have the command inserted at the prompt, hit return, then enter your password and hit return again.
If all is well, the Terminal will spit back a bunch of information describing what the script is doing, mainly that it is moving files to the locations needed to run TTX.
Once installed, your are ready to run TTX. To find out the options you can use with TTX, just type in "ttx" (still no quotes) in Terminal and it will list them all.
There are a lot of things you can do with TTX, including the post mentioned earlier on how to rename fonts with TTX here.
Hopefully, this article lowered a barrier of entry for those looking to work with TTX. It is a powerful tool, and like all powerful tools, it gives you the capability of really messing things up, so always back up your font files before getting too deep in editing them.
Font licensing is not standard across foundries and the terms of the license are often byzantine requiring a team of lawyers to help you decipher how a font can be used.
But what if there was a way around dealing with font licensing issues all together? This is where open source fonts come in.
In the past many fonts offered as open source were, to put it kindly, not ready for prime time. But as the open source font movement has matured the quality of fonts under these licenses is getting better all the time.
The Open Font License was created to make collaboration on font projects easier for academic and linguistic communities. But one of the side benefits for end users is that these fonts can be used anywhere, free of charge.
This applies only to fonts that use this license. It is not safe to assume that any font offered as "free" is automatically under this license. Many fonts offered as "free" are offered free for personal use and if you wish to use it commercially you need to buy a license. You will need to read the fine print, but in most cases sites offering open source fonts are very up front about their licensing. You can do an online search for "open source fonts" and see what I mean. But if a font has an Open Font License, there is no limit to the way you can use it in your graphic projects.
As mentioned earlier the quality for open source fonts is vastly improved. One of the more vocal proponents of the open source font movement, The League of Moveable Type, offers 12 very nice typefaces (and is looking to add more) including several display and text fonts.
But in a world where designers are used to typefaces with 30+ different styles such as Adobe's Myriad Pro, which covers the gamut from regular to semi-bold-semi-extended-italic, the breadth of styles offered by most open source fonts is lacking. Many offer only one style, or if you are lucky, a roman and an italic font. For projects that call for a nice display font, you may find a good open source alternative. If you need more versatility in your typefaces, you might be hard pressed to find on in the open source world.
But as the movement continues, and because of the collaborative nature of the open source fonts, we will see more full-featured fonts. It is only a matter of time.


Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are the workhorse of weeknight dinners in my kitchen. They're inexpensive, relatively quick to cook and like a blank canvas they take on the flavor of whatever you pair them with. They're also extremely versatile. You can serve them on their own, sliced and piled on top of a salad, shredded in tacos or chopped in chili, just to name a few. At their best, boneless, skinless breasts can be a mealtime lifesaver. At their worst they can be dry, overcooked and bland. How do we get the most from boneless, skinless chicken breasts – perfectly-cooked with great favor?
Unless you're buying chicken cutlets, thinly sliced breasts, from your market, you're probably going to end up with a breasts that are thick at one end and thin at the other. This difference in thickness makes boneless, skinless breasts tricky to cook properly. Most people overcook chicken because no one wants to risk noshing on raw poultry. That would be fowl, right? Over cooked chicken is the stuff nightmares are made of. Dry, tough, chewy, grainy. Blech.
I cut the chicken breasts in half HORIZONTALLY! One cut turns two chubby-on-one-end breasts into two perfectly even pieces that will absorb flavor fast, cook quickly and more importantly, evenly! No more undercooked, over cooked or unevenly cooked bird! AND you turn one large breast into two servings.
Once you've cut and marinated your chicken breasts grilling them is a cinch. Heat your grill to medium-high heat. Brush your grill or grill pan with oil. Use tongs to remove chicken from marinade, gently shaking off excess, and place on grill (or grill pan). Cook without moving the chicken for three minutes. After three minutes you can carefully lift one end of the breast to check for brownness. Once the chicken's golden brown, flip it and cook another 3-4 minutes until cooked through. Remove chicken from grill and let rest for 3-4 minutes before slicing or serving.
Happy slicing, marinating and grilling!
Combine all marinade ingredients in a large resealable plastic bag. Place one chicken breast on a cutting board. Place one hand on top to hold it in place. Use a sharp knife to carefully cut breast in half horizontally, creating two thinner pieces of chicken. Repeat with remaining two breasts.
Place chicken in bag with marinade. Give the bag a squish or two to make sure chicken is evenly covered. Marinate 1 hour, up to 24 hours.
excess marinade to drain off and place chicken on grill. Cook 3-4 minutes per side.
Remove chicken from grill. Let rest 5 minutes before serving.


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When you hear the word equality being used, what do you think? What do you feel? Are you satisfied that we're moving in the right direction? Do you feel that we're already there? Or maybe you're dissatisfied with society's progress. Maybe you're filled with filled with rage.
What you feel is almost assuredly associated with what you were raised to believe. And what you were raised to believe is almost assuredly associated with your social status. And that, in turn, is almost assuredly associated with your colour.
In a very real sense, I grew up entirely ignorant of the problem. As the son of Canadian actor Don Francks and small-town girl-turned-flower child Nancy Sue, my grasp of racial differences were entirely based from a place of love and respect. People of different creeds and colours frequented our social circle and I learned to see them as, wow, people. It never, ever occurred to me that any of these people might be lesser than me. Or anybody else, for that matter.
My parents divorced early on and dad went on to marry a beautiful and talented dancer, Lily. They, in turn, created two beautiful kids of their own, Cree Summer and Rainbow Sun. Lily is black and dad is white, so the kids turned out to be a lovely blend of black and white. Blends are good, I think. My own kids from my second marriage are a blend of Japanese and white.
Which brings me back to my original thought: What is equality? How does one measure it? What is the quantifiable baseline from which one can state, beyond doubt, when a segment of society is not enjoying equality? Unfortunately, it's a more complex problem than I originally thought. Why? Unfortunately, it goes beyond colour/race and extends to caste. Like it or not, we live in a world in which equality is far from prevalent. The reasons for it are a mix of obvious and subtle.
The most obvious problem is associating skin tone as making somebody really, really different. There's no scientific basis for making such an assertion. From a DNA perspective, there are not enough differences to distinguish black from Caucasian from Japanese or whatever. Skin tone is nothing more and nothing less than an evolutionary adaptation to environmental stress. So, if your ancestors came from Northern Europe and suffered through long periods of little sunlight, you're probably about as white bread as they come. And if your skin tone is darker, it's only because your ancestors inhabited areas for long periods of time where they enjoyed a lot of direct sunshine with little (or no) canopy overhead.
Somewhere along the line, we became fearful of such differences. Part of this, no doubt, is because along with a "That dude looks different" was the problem of communication. When you've just sailed half-way around the world and met that guy with the funny-shaped eyes, he spoke a different language and had entirely different social customs. Fear and ignorance go a long way to creating a bogey man against which to rail.
Equality suffers when it comes to social status. In a market-driven economy, you're looking at a situation where those with the money are constantly looking to consolidate their position. (That's secret code for get more money.) In such a "free" market, it's common for the European feudal mentality to express itself. Instead of companies and individuals exchanging services in a mutually beneficial arrangement, many operate from a place of ownership and control.
I've been on the receiving end of such a relationship. For a long time as an employee of a particular company, I operated fairly autonomously and I honestly felt that I was enjoying a relationship of peers. All it took was a new HR director to be hired and the entire complexion of my employment changed overnight. Instead of telecommuting, I was forced to commute 3 hours per day. And then I was downsized, to save money. In those latter changes, I realized that I wasn't a peer. I was a serf. Being downsized actually proved to be the best thing to ever happen to me, as it forced my hand and caused me to empower myself to forever only interact with others as a peer.
Still, the issue of the Haves trying to have more at the expense of those who don't have enough is very real. In North America, especially, we see a social structure that pretends to give equal opportunity to everybody, while nursing along the truth that money brings with it privilege. Without equal money, there can be no equal opportunity in that social structure.
So, you have a society in which education opportunities are tiered and only the cream of the well-to-do can access the best opportunities. In fact, the same is true in the U.S. of the for-profit healthcare system, in which providers are always on the lookout for ways of denying healthcare and only those with wads of cash are solvent enough to get their services despite the system trying to cut 'em off.
Making things worse is the two-pronged socio-racial attack: On one hand, you have the hysterical fear from All Things Different that breeds irrational hate for anybody of a different race, creed, colour or religion. On the other hand, you have those who hold the money being able to capitalize on the former FUD as a means of distracting the masses from the process of creating a greater divide between the haves and have-nots.
So I ask again: What is equality?
The first answer must be equal opportunity for education, health and welfare regardless of race, creed, colour or social caste. It means saying NO to racial profiling. It means the court trials for whites killing blacks offering parity in sentencing as they do for blacks killing whites. It means that no matter what ethnic persuasion you may happen to be, you have just as many opportunities as anybody else.
It also means that we don't worry about other people's religion, sexuality, marital status or living arrangements. It means that we don't deny a gay man visiting rights to his partner in hospital due to not recognizing their relationship.
All things being equal, some things are more equal than others.
That used to be a joke I'd make, but it has become more of a thorn for me over the last couple of decades. At some point, we need to move beyond the status quo and fully embrace a world in which we all give each and every last man, woman and child complete access to education and healthcare. To afford them all chances to grow and flourish in society.
The U.S. currently has the highest incarceration rate per capita of any country in the New World. If you ask me, that is the very definition of Poster Child for Inequality. Until we turn the tide and stop trying to control all those who appear to be different than us white-bread folk, the world is not going to be a happy place. And in case you think it's okay for Blacks and Latinos to be stuffed away out of sight, just remember that one day when they're all locked up, you might be next. You might be deemed different enough to be locked up.
Freedom only works when it is afforded — 100% — to everybody.
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Arne Ekeland (* 14. August 1908 in Bøn/Eidsvoll, Viken, Norwegen; † 28. Februar 1994) war einer der bedeutendsten norwegischen Maler des 20. Jahrhunderts.

Zu seinen berühmtesten Werken zählen "Våren", "Perlebekken", "Angst" und "Frihetens søstre" (Schwestern der Freiheit), das im Storting hängt. Er war ein politischer Maler und den größten Teil seines Lebens Mitglied der Norwegischen Kommunistischen Partei. Viele seiner Bilder sind stark geprägt von seinen politischen Ansichten, Pazifismus, Humanismus und der Schönheit, die er in Natur und Familie um sich herum sah. Er war beeinflusst von Kubismus und Surrealismus, orientierte sich aber auch an der Formensprache der Renaissance-Malerei, jedoch änderte sich sein Stil kontinuierlich.

Er war überzeugt, dass Kunst in den öffentlichen Raum und nicht in die Privatsphäre gehört. Dass sein Entwurf für die Ausgestaltung des Rathauses von Oslo 1936 zwar prämiert, aber – vermutlich aus politischen Gründen – dennoch nicht berücksichtigt wurde, hat ihn besonders enttäuscht.

Sein Atelier in Bøn/Eidsvoll kann besichtigt werden.

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Wigan MP Lisa Nandy demands vote on better financial package for coronavirus restrictions
By: Noble HorvathPosted on October 12, 2020
Wigan MP Lisa Nandy
The Shadow Foreign Secretary said Labour will be seeking a vote when Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveils the new three-tier restrictions in the Commons later today (October 12).
Greater Manchester will reportedly be placed in the highest category – Tier 3 – along with Liverpool and Newcastle, where infection rates are rising.
This could means pubs and bars closed and all but essential travel to and from the region banned under new measures aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus.
But Nandy made it clear that while Labour wants to force a vote on a better financial package for those impacted by the fresh restrictions, the party is unlikely to oppose the new rules.
She told BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show: "What we really want… is for the Government to come forward with a package of financial support that enables people to comply with the health restrictions."
Asked if Labour MPs will join Tory rebels to vote the measures down if the Government does not listen, Ms Nandy said: "We will try and frame the terms of a debate and vote in the House of Commons so that there is an opportunity to put forward an alternative support package.
"The problem with just voting down what the Government is proposing is – as (Greater Manchester mayor) Andy Burnham and others recognised at the press conference yesterday – is that we support more restrictions coming in, we've got to get control of the virus, we support a financial package, but the financial package is not sufficient.
"We don't want to get rid of what the Chancellor has done. It was right that he said there will be some help, but the help is by no means good enough."
Pushed again on whether Labour is prepared to vote against the Government's restrictions, Ms Nandy said: "We wouldn't vote down a support package with nothing in its place. That wouldn't be a responsible thing to do at all.
"But we certainly will be seeking to find a way to force a vote in the House of Commons for a better support package."
Ms Nandy said it is "probably right" for greater restrictions to be placed on pubs.
She added: "Now I think it is probably right to say that there are going to have to be restrictions on pubs. I think the length of time that young people spend in pubs probably is part of the driving force around this."
However, the leader of Manchester City Council said Labour will have to say "enough is enough" and refuse to support further Government Covid restrictions at some point.
Sir Richard Leese made the comments ahead of the introduction of new three-tier coronavirus rules as northern MPs and mayors voiced alarm at the Government's handling of the situation.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said the party would not vote down restrictions like the 10pm pub curfew in the coming days because such a move would hit other restrictions as well.
Sir Richard said the party leader faces "great difficulties" over Covid-19.
He told Times Radio: "At some point, given, frankly, the job that Government have done so far in tackling Covid-19, given, until this week, unwillingness to properly co-operate with local government – this is the first time we've had any discussions in eight months, any real discussions with Government over eight months – I think at some point the Labour Party in Parliament has to say, 'enough is enough, we can't support this'.
"Clearly at the same time putting a realistic alternative."
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I'm back again with a scene tutorial as promised. Last night I had a terrible headache so I went to bed super early. Result: Woke up super early :( However I did get a jump start on some cards I needed to make including this one for my nephew Joey's 1st Birthday. His theme is Cowboys so when I found these stamps at The Cat's Pajamas I just HAD to have them.
So moving on to the tutorial First I stamped all the images onto my masking paper.
then I cut them all out. When your cutting don't worry about cutting around the black areas. Black is going to cover whatever color you are using anyway. Like the cowboys gloves and shoes, they are detailed and tiny. It's a pain to cut around something that small so I don't. It's an unnecessary frustration ;) The canoe Indian I had used on a previous card and saved.
next rip a post it note or scrap card stock into two pieces for your water line. Some are more particular about the shape then others. I just rip it and however it comes out it comes out. You will need both pieces.
Now we are ready to start stamping. I used a plain piece of white card stock cut to 4 x 5 1/4. I lined up where I wanted my canoe by laying the waterline piece next to my card stock. I stamped with Ranger Archival jet black.
cover him with his mask.
Since I just ripped card stock for my waterline I used my Zig two way glue pen to make the edge sticky. I wait for it to dry clear and then I walk my fingers up and down the sticky part to pull off some of the adhesive. Make sure you wait for it to dry. Since this glue has the capacity to be permanent if you stick it to soon you WILL NOT be able to get it off without ruing your project.I glued down the bottom piece to place my cowboy.
I stamped all my pieces and covered them up with masks. When you are doing a scene make sure you stamp the image you want to be in the forefront first. The blue masks you see are actually the backing to the original masks. This is a little trick I use in order to save time. I don't have to use more masking paper and I don't have to cut a separate image. I just use the Zig two glue on the backs and stick em' down. The buildings didn't stretch across the whole horizon so I just stamped the bank and the jail again to fill it out.
Last minute I decided I wanted a rising sun in the background just to add a little interested. I punched a circle from card stock put some two way glue on it and stuck it down.
I used a large post it note as a mask for my horizon line.
I rubbed on some Tumbled Glass distress ink with my foam ink applicator, starting on the edges working my way in.
did the same thing with broken china distress ink not covering the tumbled glass entirely.
remove the post it note and the circle. Line the post note up with your horizon line this time masking the sky. Leave your waterline mask in place.
I used brushed corduroy for my desert. I also did some shading with vintage photo. Once you like the look of your desert you can remove the post it note.
Finally :) you can remove the mask for your waterline.
Only now you put on the other ripped piece we saved to mask the desert and sky. I used my Zig two way again to temporarily adhere it.
I applied faded jeans to the whole area and chipped sapphire for shading.
When you remove the mask you'll notice that your waterline has white areas where the mask didn't line up perfectly. Not to worry we'll fix it.
I colored the Cacti with peeled paint and forest moss distress ink.
I won't bore you with all the details I'll just show the close up and the color list for the rest. For the cowboy I used barn door, antique linen, and walnut stain.
On the half portion of the bank I used tea dye, fired brick, antique linen, and walnut stain. For the jail I used black soot, brushed corduroy, and vintage photo. The buzzard is antique linen and wild honey.
The saloon was colored with tea dye, walnut stain, and barn door.
I used a lot of colors on the bank. I wanted the brick to look genuine. I used brushed corduroy, antique linen, rusty hinge, and fired brick.
The half (not even) portion of the jail I used walnut stain. Now that everything is colored I went back to work on the water. I used a dark gold yellow marker and outlined the shore. Then I used a navy marker to outline the water's edge, and under the canoe. I also made random lines in the water with the marker and a white gel pen.
I used my h20 pen and vintage photo to draw in some shadows for the cacti, cowboy, and buildings.
I added Glossy accents to the water's edge, just under the canoe, and all the building's windows.
For the inside of the card I did the same technique. I stamped the cacti, masked them, applied brushed corduroy, removed the masks, and colored them in with crushed olive, peeled paint, and forest moss. The rock was colored with vintage photo and walnut stain. The sentiment (so super cute) is from the stamp set It's a western thing. I used black for my card base.
Wow, this is so impressive! Look at how detailed you created the scene. Great card. And thank you so much for supporting Caring Hearts Card Drive. I really appreciate it! Hugs!
Wow! This is amazing. Fantastic card and great tutorial.
Congrats on your win at Caardvarks!!! This is such a fabulous card - you truly deserve it!
WOW, WOW... congrats on your Caardvarks win. Adore your creation.
This is awesome! Such a great scene and I love it and I bet every boy will love this card if they saw it! Thanks for the tutorial as well.
Really a master piece! Thanks for the tutorial!


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Luke O'Brien is a Tasmanian landscape photographer based in Hobart. Luke has presented and displayed his images for many years at Salamanca Market and his own gallery on Melville St which was open from 2009 to 2013.
In addition to developing his original range of landscape images, Luke also specialises in photographic tours and tuition, and runs regular workshops to places such as Cradle Mountain, Bay of Fires, Mt Field and the Styx Valley.
In recent times, Luke has achieved some success photographing the southern lights in some well loved Tasmanian locations including Coles Bay and Cradle Mountain. Luke's Coles Bay aurora photograph was selected as the cover shot for the "Aurora Chasers Handbook" and also as an Australia Post stamp which was released in August 2014. Luke's "aurora chasing" was recently featured nationally on the ABC's 7:30 show (Sept 2015).
Luke is also proud to contribute photographs to conservation issues across Tasmania such as the Tarkine and other forest issues, and as resident photographer for the Raptor Refuge in Kettering. Luke's raptor photographs are used in the annual calendar for the refuge, which is a major fundraiser for raptor conservation in Tasmania.


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Unknown Pastor Claims 'Umlando' Dance Is A Demonic
Unknown Pastor Claims 'Umlando' Dance Is A Demonic:
Former soccer player turned musician, Pholoso Masombuka (22) got into music in 2014. He started off as a rapper. He says growing up he liked kwaito and got into dancing and became known for dancing pantsula in Tsakane, East of Joburg. When he moved to the Vaal because he was a naughty kid, he then met musicians who introduced him to hip-hop music.
The famous "Umlando" dance by amapiano star Toss is said to be a demonic dance, according to an unknown pastor currently making rounds. The Video of a pastor talking about his recent revelation surfaced on the internet and it's successfully garnered people's attention. The clergyman said lots of girls have hosted the demon, especially the Tik Tok users. "There was this dance that came newly, of dancing with back. I saw that dance in the realms of the spirit. The Lord took me there, I saw how the demons manufactured that dance style, and unleashed that dance into the atmosphere, into the media. So many girls all over the world have hosted that demon," he said.
In case you missed it, Toss previously had fans concerned after he took to Instagram live weeping.In the video, the former soccer player turned musician pinned the phrase "I need love right now" and cried without revealing the reason for his tears.
Earlier in March, the Umlando hitmaker fainted on stage during his performance and concerns for his health and wellbeing mounted on social media. Addressing the incident in a video, Toss assured his fans he was well and needed to take time out to rest because he was fatigued.
"I want to address what happened, I fainted on stage due to fatigue. I wanted to inform you that I am doing well. I saw a video that has been circulating on Twitter and I wanted to give you an update that I am OK and I appreciate the love and positive energies that you are sending out to me," he said.
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I'm so happy to kick off the new year with such a wonderful class! With a shorten week this week, we focused on some mini projects. In Writing, we learned about idioms and talked about how to make SMART goals. We used what we learned about SMART goals to create both personal and class resolutions.
In Math, we dove head first into fractions. It would be great for students to see some real life applications of fractions so any time you can incorporate that into your home life would be wonderful! A great example of fractions is cooking so try a new recipe with your students and put their fraction knowledge to the test. We will be collecting Easter brunch recipes in the upcoming weeks so be on the look out for a letter home.
We began a social studies unit this week. We are learning about how to be a good citizens and the rights that citizens have. We will be doing a research project later in the month about some important historical figures who helped fight for civil rights.
As a class we discussed the handwriting expectations. We will be expecting students to use cursive more for finals drafts, essay questions, and spelling test. We will be practicing more at school and it will help students to encourage them to use cursive at home as well!
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import com.chargebee.exceptions.InvalidRequestException;
import com.chargebee.internal.Request;
import com.chargebee.models.Address;
import com.chargebee.models.Customer;
import com.chargebee.models.HostedPage;
import com.chargebee.models.Invoice;
import com.chargebee.models.Subscription;
import com.chargebee.org.json.*;
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import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import static com.chargebee.samples.common.ErrorHandler.*;
import static com.chargebee.samples.common.Utils.getHostUrl;
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    public String getServletInfo() {
        return "Self Service Portal for customers to manage their subscription";
    }

    @Override
    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        String path = request.getServletPath();
        if( !authenticate(request) ) {
            response.sendRedirect("/ssp");
            return;
        }
        try {
            if (path.endsWith("/update_card")) {
                updateCard(request, response);
            } else if (path.endsWith("/redirect_handler")) {
                redirectHandler(request, response);
            } else if (path.endsWith("/invoice_as_pdf")) {
                invoiceAsPdf(request, response);
            } else {
                response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);//Will be handled in error servlet.
        }

    }

    @Override
    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        String path = request.getServletPath();
        if( !path.endsWith("/login") &&  !authenticate(request) ) {
            response.sendRedirect("/ssp/");
            return;
        }
        try {
            if (path.endsWith("/login")) {
                login(request, response);
            } else if (path.endsWith("/logout")) {
                logout(request, response);
            } else if (path.endsWith("/update_account_info")) {
                updateAccountInfo(request, response);
            } else if (path.endsWith("/update_billing_info")) {
                updateBillingInfo(request, response);
            } else if (path.endsWith("/update_shipping_address")) {
                updateShippingAddress(request, response);
            } else if (path.endsWith("/sub_cancel")) {
                subscriptionCancel(request, response);
            } else if (path.endsWith("/sub_reactivate")) {
                subscriptionReactivate(request, response);
            } else {
                response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);//Will be handled in error servlet.
        }
    }

    /*
     * Checks the session variable is set for the logged in user.
     */
    public static boolean authenticate(HttpServletRequest request)  {
        if( getSubscriptionId(request) == null || getCustomerId(request) == null) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    /*
     * Gets the subscription Id from the session variable if set in session
     */
    public static String getSubscriptionId(HttpServletRequest request) {
        String subscriptionId = null;
        if (request.getSession(false) != null
                && request.getSession(false).getAttribute("subscription_id") != null) {
            subscriptionId = request.getSession(false)
                             .getAttribute("subscription_id").toString();

        }
        return subscriptionId;
    }

    /*
     * Gets the customer Id from the session variable if set in session
     */
    public static String getCustomerId(HttpServletRequest request) {
        String customerId = null;
        if (request.getSession(false) != null
                && request.getSession(false).getAttribute("customer_id") != null) {
            customerId = request.getSession(false)
                             .getAttribute("customer_id").toString();

        }
        return customerId;
    }

    /*
     * Forwards the user to ChargeBee hosted page to update the card details.
     */
    private void updateCard(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        String hostUrl = getHostUrl(request);
        try {
            Result result = HostedPage.updatePaymentMethod()
                    .customerId(getCustomerId(request))
                    .embed(Boolean.FALSE)
                    .redirectUrl(hostUrl + "/ssp/redirect_handler")
                    .cancelUrl(hostUrl + "/ssp/subscription.jsp")
                    .request();
            response.sendRedirect(result.hostedPage().url());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
        }

    }

    /*
     * Handles the redirection from ChargeBee on successful card update.
     */
    private void redirectHandler(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException, Exception {
        String id = request.getParameter("id");
        Result result = HostedPage.retrieve(id).request();
        if (result.hostedPage().state().equals(HostedPage.State.SUCCEEDED)) {
            response.sendRedirect("/ssp/subscription.jsp");
        } else {
            response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
        }

    }

    /*
     * Returns pdf download url for the requested invoice
     */
    private void invoiceAsPdf(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException, Exception {
        //response.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=utf-8");
        String invoiceId = request.getParameter("invoice_id");
        Invoice invoice = Invoice.retrieve(invoiceId).request().invoice();
        if( !getSubscriptionId(request).equals(invoice.subscriptionId()) ) {
            response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
            return;
        }
        Result result = Invoice.pdf(invoiceId).request();
        response.sendRedirect(result.download().downloadUrl());
    }

    /*
     * Authenticates the user and sets the subscription id as session attribute.
     * Here the username should be subscription id in ChargeBee and
     * password can be anything.
     */
    private void login(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, Exception {

        if ( fetchSubscription(request)) {
            response.sendRedirect("subscription.jsp");
        } else {
            response.sendRedirect("/ssp?login=failed");
        }
    }

    /*
     * Log out the user by invalidating its session
     */
    private void logout(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        if (request.getSession(false) != null) {
            request.getSession(false).invalidate();
        }
        response.sendRedirect("index.jsp");
    }

    /*
     * Update customer details in ChargeBee.
     */
    private void updateAccountInfo(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        response.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=utf-8");
        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();

        validateParameters(request);
        try {
            Result result = Customer.update(getCustomerId(request))
                    .firstName(request.getParameter("first_name"))
                    .lastName(request.getParameter("last_name"))
                    .company(request.getParameter("company"))
                    .phone(request.getParameter("phone"))
                    .email(request.getParameter("email")).request();

            out.write("{ \"forward\" : \"/ssp/subscription.jsp\" }");
        } catch (InvalidRequestException e) {
            handleInvalidRequestErrors(e, response, out, null);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            handleGeneralErrors(e, response, out);
        } finally {
            out.flush();
        }
    }

    /*
     * Update Billing info of customer in ChargeBee.
     */
    private void updateBillingInfo(HttpServletRequest req,
            HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException {
        resp.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=utf-8");
        PrintWriter out = resp.getWriter();

        validateParameters(req);
        try {
          Customer.updateBillingInfo(getCustomerId(req))
          .billingAddressFirstName(req.getParameter("billing_address[first_name]"))
          .billingAddressLastName(req.getParameter("billing_address[last_name]"))
          .billingAddressLine1(req.getParameter("billing_address[line1]"))
          .billingAddressLine2(req.getParameter("billing_address[line2]"))
          .billingAddressCity(req.getParameter("billing_address[city]"))
          .billingAddressState(req.getParameter("billing_address[state]"))
          .billingAddressCountry(req.getParameter("billing_address[country]"))
          .billingAddressZip(req.getParameter("billing_address[zip]"))
          .request();

            out.write("{\"forward\" : \"/ssp/subscription.jsp\"}");
        } catch (InvalidRequestException e) {
            handleInvalidRequestErrors(e, resp, out, null);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            handleGeneralErrors(e, resp, out);
        } finally {
            out.flush();
        }
    }

    /*
     * Update Shipping address for the customer in ChargeBee.
     */
    private void updateShippingAddress(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        response.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=utf-8");
        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();

        validateParameters(request);
        try {
            Subscription.update(getSubscriptionId(request))
                    .shippingAddressFirstName(request.getParameter("shipping_address[first_name]"))
                    .shippingAddressLastName(request.getParameter("shipping_address[last_name]"))
                    .shippingAddressLine1(request.getParameter("shipping_address[line1]"))
                    .shippingAddressLine2(request.getParameter("shipping_address[line2]"))
                    .shippingAddressCity(request.getParameter("shipping_address[city]"))
                    .shippingAddressState(request.getParameter("shipping_address[state]"))
                    .shippingAddressCountry(request.getParameter("shipping_address[country]")).
                    shippingAddressZip(request.getParameter("shipping_address[zip]")).request();

            out.write("{ \"forward\" : \"/ssp/subscription.jsp\" }");
        } catch (InvalidRequestException e) {
            handleInvalidRequestErrors(e, response, out, null);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            handleGeneralErrors(e, response, out);
        } finally {
            out.flush();
        }
    }

    /*
     * Reactivate the subscription from cancel/non-renewing state to active state.
     */
    private void subscriptionReactivate(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        response.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=utf-8");
        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();

        try{
            Subscription.reactivate(getSubscriptionId(request))
                        .request();
            out.write("{ \"forward\" : \"/ssp/subscription.jsp\" }");
        } catch (InvalidRequestException e ) {
            handleInvalidErrors(e, response, out);
        } catch ( Exception e) {
            handleGeneralErrors(e, response, out);
        } finally {
            out.flush();
        }

    }

    /*
     * Cancels the Subscription.
     */
    private void subscriptionCancel(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException, Exception {

        String cancelStatus = request.getParameter("cancel_status");
        Subscription.CancelRequest subscriptionCancelParam = Subscription
                .cancel(getSubscriptionId(request));

        if ("cancel_on_next_renewal".equals(cancelStatus)) {
            subscriptionCancelParam.endOfTerm(Boolean.TRUE);
        }
        subscriptionCancelParam.request();
        response.sendRedirect("/ssp/subscription.jsp");
    }

    /*
     * Verifying subscription id is present in ChargeBee.
     */
    private boolean fetchSubscription(HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException, Exception {
        try {
            String username = request.getParameter("subscription_id");
            if(username == null || username.isEmpty()) {
                return false;
            }
            Result result = Subscription.retrieve(username).request();
            HttpSession session = request.getSession();
            session.setAttribute("subscription_id",
                    result.subscription().id());
            session.setAttribute("customer_id",
                    result.customer().id());
            return true;
        } catch (InvalidRequestException ex) {
            if ("resource_not_found".equals(ex.apiErrorCode)) {
                return false;
            }
            throw ex;
        }
    }

    /*
     * Return Shipping Address if it is found in ChargeBee.
     */
    public static Address getShippingAddress(String subscriptionId) throws IOException, Exception {

        try {
            Result result = Address.retrieve().label("shipping_address")
                    .subscriptionId(subscriptionId).request();
            return result.address();
        } catch( APIException e )  {
            if(!e.code.equals("resource_not_found")) {
                throw e;
            }
            return null;
        }

    }

    public static String countryCodeFilePath() {
        return "ssp/country_code.txt";
    }

    /*
     * Get the list of Country and its Codes.
     */
    public static Map<String,String> getCountryCode(String path) throws Exception {
        BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;
        File file = new File(path);
        System.out.println("Reading Country codes from file " + file.getAbsolutePath());
        Map<String, String> m = new HashMap();
        try {
            bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
            String currentLine;
            while ((currentLine = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
                String[] line = currentLine.split(":");
                for (String countryCode : line) {
                    String[] cc = countryCode.split(",");
                    if( cc.length == 2 ) {
                       m.put(cc[0], cc[1]);
                    }
                }
            }
        } catch(Exception e){
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        } finally {
            if( bufferedReader != null) {
               try{
                   bufferedReader.close();
               } catch ( Exception e) {
                   throw new RuntimeException(e);
               }
            }
        }
        return m;
    }
}

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Home » Christmas in… Gaeta!
For the coming Christmas season, the seaside town of Gaeta has become an enchanted land: fabulous Christmas lights, gigantic polar bears, a huge Santa with his sleigh filled with presents, and an ice skating rink. And every weekend, you will see the show of the new "dancing fountain" and beautiful fireworks.
The sweet and merry Christmas atmosphere is on every corner and on every face, so what are you waiting for?
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The lights are already on and they will be on till January 14th, 2018.
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If you want to buy a Lakenheath High School yearbook or sell your Lakenheath yearbook, this is the place to do it. Just make a post below to find another person who went to school in Apo - Lakenheath to make the trade.
Attended Lakenheath High School from 1991 to 1992. Attended Lakenheath American Middle School from 1989 to 1991.I am looking for yearbooks that cover these years. Thank you.
Lost my yearbook during a move, and I sure would like to have a replacement.
Requesting an actual real copy.


Set in the world of the Retail Witches Series, this fun story takes place when Carol is a young woman fresh out of college, (and a year early at that). It's the story of a summer vacation that turned into a magical adventure of witchy proportions.
A forgotten garden house, mysterious books, a quirky new friend, & a day-drinking faerie send Carol on the trip of a lifetime. Can she solve the clues to find an alchemist's long-lost amethyst crystal ball?
The Garden Witches (A Retail Witches Novella) is not for sale anywhere, and is only available to members of my Reader's Group. Get yours now and be sure to bring your wand!
Authors Note: This is a New Adult Urban Fantasy Novella that I would classify as Fun-Witchy. (Yes that's my own genre, I just invented it.) Like the series it's based on, the stories are for mature readers, but they aren't super-violent, nor graphically smutty. They are, however, realistic (in as much as a book about magick, faeries, and ghosts can be realistic, which as far as I'm concerned, is utterly). The Garden Witches novella can be read in any order with relation to the main series of novels. It comes before the first book in time, but not in any other way. It simply expands the lore of a few characters. Writing it was a pleasure and I hope reading it is for you. –Les Goodrich.


Question: I received a call from a commercial flooring contractor. What training do thon's people need to remove asbestos flooring?
So long as the material is removed substantially intact (that is, without creating small pieces of the flooring), the only training/certification requirement is from OSHA.
OSHA requires that the workers performing the removal have 8 hours of training and the supervisor ("competent person" have an additional 4 hours. All training has to incorporate the Resilient Floor Covering (RFCI) methods.
The simplest way for a company to meet the requirements would be to have a few people (1-3) attend our regularly scheduled 16-hour O&M course to complete the supervisor training, and then to have these persons train the 8-hour workers.
Alternatively, we can arrange for a customized training for workers and supervisors at the flooring company's site or here at the Institute.
OSHA defines flooring removal as Class II work.
Following a court settlement with the flooring industry, OSHA established special rules for flooring removal. If the material is removed substantially intact, the rules require only 12 hours for the competent person and 8 hours for the worker. This training can be provided by the employer or by a training organization using the OSHA outline.


Meaning of life and that stuff | Welcome to allaboutwordswa!
1000 posts: So much to say, so little time!
It has taken me a seven years to get here. It has become part of my day-to-day life. I don't write all that often now but love to read other bloggers' adventures and do the Photo Challenge most weeks.
On 8 May I will be leading (as a volunteer) a University of the Third Age class of eight people (seniors) in Blogging for Beginners. I hope to be able to share in eight hours (two hours a week for four weeks) what I have found out over the past seven years.
I have done my homework on the technical side but the actual writing side of things is not so straightforward. I have meandered over a wide range of topics over that time. I guess my blog is really about my life, thoughts, ideas etc. I have got more into including photos in the past year or so. I love doing that but wonder if I am a bit lazy with the writing!
There are 168 hours in one week. Do you know what you do with them all? Does it match what you would like to be doing? Even when we can see a mismatch it is hard to change our habits.
On another level, how much time do we have (in total)? Unless we have an appointment for voluntary euthanasia we would have to admit that we don't know. We also don't know how much time we have with our families, friends and acquaintances.
I started thinking about this after someone I know passed away last week. It is sad, but we were not close – however it made me consider whether I give enough thought and care to those I am close to.
It is so easy to put off telling people how much I care or asking questions about how others are really dealing with life. There is a sense that we have all the time in the world to do that. We don't! At least I don't.
Once again I am reminded to be awake to the present moment and not to get caught up in thoughts about the past or fears about the future.
The present moment needs my full attention.
I have now reigned about fifty years in victory or peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honours, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting for my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have befallen to my lot. They amount to fourteen: O man! Place not thy confidence in this present world.
Today I was looking for information about having a life purpose and there are many lofty ideas out there. I like this post by cheskablogs.wordpress.com as it is something we can all relate to :-).
I had an aha! moment today.
Ever since giving up full time work I have tried out volunteering with the idea that I am offering a service to my community (will all the feel-good stuff that goes along with it).
I have experienced many false starts and have been a little puzzled as to why it didn't turn out as I hoped it would.
Just recently I have offered my services to another group and gave them a copy of my resume to demonstrate what areas I could be of use.
I received a request to do a job and was very conscious about doing it well. It was then that I realised that I am not truly offering them a service. I am asking them to provide a service to me where I can feel skilled and capable.
I saw it more as a transaction with the emphasis more on what was in it for me!
As I said before, Ouch! But at least I can be honest with myself about it now and hopefully the community group will benefit as well.