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The Untold Story of White Slavery in Europe
TOPIC: The Untold Story of White Slavery in Europe
The Untold Story of White Slavery in Europe	14 Jan 2019 17:44	#1
January 13, 2019 renegade
Renegade Editor's Note: This article does not even cover the White slavery in the New World!
The Ottoman penetration into Europe in the 1350s and their capture of Constantinople later in 1453 opened new floodgates for slave-trade from the European front. In their last attempt to overrun Europe in 1683, the Ottoman army, although defeated, returned from the Gates of Vienna with 80,000 captives.874 An immense number of slaves flowed from the Crimea, the Balkans and the steppes of West Asia to Islamic markets. BD Davis laments that the ''Tartars and other Black Sea peoples had sold millions of Ukrainians, Georgians, Circassians, Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Slavs and Turks,'' which received little notice.875 Crimean Tatars enslaved and sold some 1,750,000 Ukrainians, Poles and Russian between 1468 and 1694. 876 According to another estimate, between 1450 and 1700, the Crimean Tatars exported some 10,000 slaves, including some Circassians, annually—that is, some 2,500,000 slaves in all, to the Ottoman Empire.877 The Tatar slave-raiding Khans returned with 18,000 slaves from Poland (1463), 100,000 from Lvov (1498), 60,000 from South Russia (1515), 50,000–100,000 from Galicia (1516), during the 'harvesting of the steppe.' Numbers from Moscow (1521), 800,000 were taken and from Valynia (1676), 400,000 were taken. 800,000 from Moscow (1521), 200,000 from South Russia (1555), 100,000 from Moscow (1571), 50,000 from Poland (1612), 60,000 from South Russia (1646), 100,000 from Poland (1648), 300,000 from Ukraine (1654), 400,000 from Valynia (1676) and thousands from Poland (1694). Besides these major catches, they made countless more Jihad raids during the same period, which yielded a few to tens of thousands of slaves.878 These figures of enslavement must be considered in the context that the population of the Tatar Khanate was only about 400,000 at the time. (1463-1694) while sources are incomplete, conservative tabulation of the slave raids against the Eastern European population indicate that at least 7 Million European people-men, women, children were enslaved by Muslims.
Sources suggest that in the few years between 1436-1442, some 500,000 people were seized in the Balkans. Many of the captives died in forced marches towards Anatolia (Turkey). Contemporary chronicles note that the Ottomans reduced masses of the inhabitants of Greece, Romania, and the Balkans to slavery eg from Moree (1460)-70,000 and Transylvania (1438) – 60,000-70,000 and 300,000-600,000 from Hungary and 10,000 from Mytilene/Mitilini on Lesbos island (1462) (Bulgaru p 567) and so it continued.
Barbary Slavery
Ohio State University history Professor Robert Davis describes the White Slave Trade as minimized by most modern historians in his book Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast and Italy, 1500–1800 (Palgrave Macmillan). Davis estimates that 1 million to 1.25 million white Christian Europeans were enslaved in North Africa, from the beginning of the 16th century to the middle of the 18th, by slave traders from Tunis, Algiers, and Tripoli alone (these numbers do not include the European people which were enslaved by Morocco and by other raiders and traders of the Mediterranean Sea coast), 16th- and 17th-century customs statistics suggest that Istanbul's additional slave import from the Black Sea may have totaled around 2.5 million from 1450 to 1700. The markets declined after the loss of the Barbary Wars and finally ended in the 1830s, when the region was conquered by France.
In 1544, the island of Ischia off Naples was ransacked, taking 4,000 inhabitants prisoners, while some 9,000 inhabitants of Lipari Island off the north coast of Sicily were enslaved.870 Turgut Reis, a Turkish pirate chief, ransacked the coastal settlements of Granada (Spain) in 1663 and carried away 4,000 people as slaves.
The barbaric slave-raiding activities of the Muslim pirates had a telling effect on Europe. France, England, and Spain lost thousands of ships, devastating to their sea-borne trade. Long stretches of the coast in Spain and Italy were almost completely abandoned by their inhabitants until the nineteenth century. The finishing industry was virtually devastated.
Paul Baepler's White Slaves, African Masters: An Anthology of American Barbary Captivity Narratives lists a collection of essays by nine American captives held in North Africa. According to his book, there were more than 20,000 white Christian slaves by 1620 in Algiers alone; their number swelled to more than 30,000 men and 2,000 women by the 1630s. There were a minimum of 25,000 white slaves at any time in Sultan Moulay Ismail's palace, records Ahmed ez-Zayyani; Algiers maintained a population of 25,000 white slaves between 1550 and 1730, and their numbers could double at certain times. During the same period, Tunis and Tripoli each maintained a white slave population of about 7,500. The Barbary pirates enslaved some 5,000 Europeans annually over a period of nearly three centuries.
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Alasdair MacEachen is an Environmental Health Officer in Benbecula. He describes the implications of his job in terms of both enforcement and education in particular in relation to food handling and production.
My name's Alasdair MacEachen. I'm an Environmental Health Officer with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council). I've now been in this role for about, just a little over thirty years, and I'm now part of the management of the department as Assistant Director looking after the environmental health function, as it were, throughout Uist and Barra.
It's a very wide-ranging role, taking in - it's a regulatory service, I suppose, you could, you know broadly - in that we're an enforcing authority, as you would say. On the other hand I like to think that it's more of a - more educating than enforcing, to be honest, as far as regulatory requirements are concerned. And it is wide-ranging. The food side of things takes up a considerable amount of time, but then at the same time we have many other environmental legislation to enforce, if you like. And that can take in anything from health and safety requirements, workplace health and safety, and we're involved in public cleansing, refuse disposal, refuse collection. We also administer housing grants, which is another side of public health, if you like, repairs and improvements to substandard houses.
As I said, food safety and food hygiene takes up a lot of our time - particularly I would think in the last ten years or so. I suppose that it was with the Central Scotland E. Coli outbreak and the Pennington Enquiry when our own government put more funding into food safety and food hygiene that that side of the work got a far higher profile. Um, so now we find ourselves having to risk assess every food business, whether it's somebody selling teas and cakes, or somebody processing meat or fish or shellfish, or whatever the case may be. And, depending on the outcome of these risk assessments on the food business, that determines how often we actually have to inspect individual premises.
In addition to that, of course, as I said, that is the enforcement side of it, if you like, on the education side of things we like to be able to advise businesses of the requirements. Otherwise it's very difficult at times for businesses that are very busy doing their day to day work to actually get the time to research, and that's provided they know where to research. So, if we keep on top of the regulations that come all the way from Europe through our own government and on to local government, then I feel that, you know, we can help the local businesses a great deal in that sort of advisory role, if you like.
Well, I hope that businesses will appreciate that they can come to ourselves. As I say, they are duty bound, as I said, to comply with the regulations that are in force for their own particular type of business. Again the legislation can be broken down to deal with various types of food business. And I think that most businesses would know that they could come to us and ask for advice about specific regulations. And at the end of the day that service is available to them at no cost. The alternative might be to either do their own research, using their own employees, or employ consultants or whatever. They can do that if they wish. On the other hand, we are here, um, in a local setting, basically to give them that advice.
The other side of the coin, I think, is from the consumer point of view. This is where the Food Standards Agency in particular come from, in that they are there, as it were, to basically look at food production, as they say, from plough to plate, or farm to fork, or all of these kind of terminology that they use now. And they are looking at it from the consumer point of view, so that when you do actually go and buy and eat food, that you are assured, basically, that there will be no harm to your health.
So that's basically from the producer point of view and from the consumer point of view, and hopefully all comes together somewhere in the middle to keep everybody happy.
Alasdair MacEachen is an Environmental Health Officer in Benbecula. He describes the implications of his job in terms of both enforcement and education in particular in relation to food handling and production.

 This video is taken from the DVD 'Guthan nan Eilean' which was created by Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and Cothrom Ltd as part of the European Leonardo POOLS project. The DVD comprises 40 short videos, aimed at learners of both English and Gaelic, which show daily life in Uist and Benbecula.

 The project coordinator for 'Island Voices' was Gordon Wells. Link to the project blog here

 My name's Alasdair MacEachen. I'm an Environmental Health Officer with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council). I've now been in this role for about, just a little over thirty years, and I'm now part of the management of the department as Assistant Director looking after the environmental health function, as it were, throughout Uist and Barra.

 It's a very wide-ranging role, taking in - it's a regulatory service, I suppose, you could, you know broadly - in that we're an enforcing authority, as you would say. On the other hand I like to think that it's more of a - more educating than enforcing, to be honest, as far as regulatory requirements are concerned. And it is wide-ranging. The food side of things takes up a considerable amount of time, but then at the same time we have many other environmental legislation to enforce, if you like. And that can take in anything from health and safety requirements, workplace health and safety, and we're involved in public cleansing, refuse disposal, refuse collection. We also administer housing grants, which is another side of public health, if you like, repairs and improvements to substandard houses.

 As I said, food safety and food hygiene takes up a lot of our time - particularly I would think in the last ten years or so. I suppose that it was with the Central Scotland E. Coli outbreak and the Pennington Enquiry when our own government put more funding into food safety and food hygiene that that side of the work got a far higher profile. Um, so now we find ourselves having to risk assess every food business, whether it's somebody selling teas and cakes, or somebody processing meat or fish or shellfish, or whatever the case may be. And, depending on the outcome of these risk assessments on the food business, that determines how often we actually have to inspect individual premises.

 In addition to that, of course, as I said, that is the enforcement side of it, if you like, on the education side of things we like to be able to advise businesses of the requirements. Otherwise it's very difficult at times for businesses that are very busy doing their day to day work to actually get the time to research, and that's provided they know where to research. So, if we keep on top of the regulations that come all the way from Europe through our own government and on to local government, then I feel that, you know, we can help the local businesses a great deal in that sort of advisory role, if you like.

 Well, I hope that businesses will appreciate that they can come to ourselves. As I say, they are duty bound, as I said, to comply with the regulations that are in force for their own particular type of business. Again the legislation can be broken down to deal with various types of food business. And I think that most businesses would know that they could come to us and ask for advice about specific regulations. And at the end of the day that service is available to them at no cost. The alternative might be to either do their own research, using their own employees, or employ consultants or whatever. They can do that if they wish. On the other hand, we are here, um, in a local setting, basically to give them that advice.

 The other side of the coin, I think, is from the consumer point of view. This is where the Food Standards Agency in particular come from, in that they are there, as it were, to basically look at food production, as they say, from plough to plate, or farm to fork, or all of these kind of terminology that they use now. And they are looking at it from the consumer point of view, so that when you do actually go and buy and eat food, that you are assured, basically, that there will be no harm to your health.

 So that's basically from the producer point of view and from the consumer point of view, and hopefully all comes together somewhere in the middle to keep everybody happy.


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A Push to End Germany's Status as 'Paradise for Patent Trolls'
Apple and Nvidia have joined German companies pushing legislation to make the country a less attractive destination for patent suits.
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Germany has long been a magnet for global patent litigation, ensnaring companies like Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google.
Now a coalition of German blue-chip firms and foreign multinationals, including big U.S. tech firms, is pushing legislation that would lessen the country's appeal for those seeking to assert their intellectual property.
Germany's main patent courts, in Munich, Mannheim and Düsseldorf, systematically order injunctions, or temporary sales bans, for products subject to patent suits. That makes them attractive legal venues for patent holders.
Key targets of the legislation are so-called nonpracticing entities, or NPEs, which amass portfolios of patents that they license instead of using them in their own products. Critics call them patent trolls.
The proposed rules aim to make it harder for a plaintiff to win an injunction. The initiative has split Germany's typically unified business community, pitting some of the country's biggest patent users against its biggest patent holders.
Volkswagen AG , SAP SE, Deutsche Telekom AG and others are backing the bill. Bayer AG, Siemens AG and BASF SE have lined up against it.
Foreign companies have joined the fray. Apple, Samsung, Nvidia Corp. and Microsoft Corp., among others, have joined a European lobby group pushing the measure. On the other side are companies like 3M Co., Panasonic Corp., Ericsson AB and Nokia Corp., which through the years have accumulated large libraries of patents.
Multinationals often steer cases to favorable legal venues around the world using their far-flung subsidiaries. Patent litigators say the ability to obtain an injunction can be key for patent holders in choosing a jurisdiction for a suit.
"In the German legal tradition, if you are doing something you shouldn't be doing, then first you have to stop," said Florian Mueller, an independent intellectual property analyst. "Remedy is an afterthought."
Such injunctions are harder to invoke in the U.S., following legal changes and a string of Supreme Court decisions. That is especially the case when the plaintiff is an NPE.
Other friendly legal venues for patent holders have emerged outside the U.S., including China, Turkey and Russia, which have all established frameworks for intellectual property protection.
Germany's near-automatic injunctions, its large consumer market and the speedy pace at which its patent courts work compared with other European countries have made it the venue of choice for some of the West's biggest patent battles.
In December 2018, the court in Munich ordered Apple to stop selling several iPhone models after chip maker Qualcomm Inc. filed a suit, alleging that the fellow Californian company was infringing Qualcomm patents on iPhones' modem chips.
The injunction forced Apple to briefly ship custom-made phones to Germany. The two companies later settled.
The year before, chip maker Broadcom Inc. sued Volkswagen and subsidiary Audi, alleging the car maker infringed Broadcom patents in navigation and entertainment systems.
Rather than risk an injunction that would have halted production, Volkswagen settled for close to 500 million euros, equivalent to about $598 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
Volkswagen declined to comment on the settlement. Broadcom didn't respond to a request for comment.
Backers of the proposed legislation say German patent law, rooted in the 19th century, is out of date.
When Carl Benz received the patent for his car in 1886, "it was one patent for one product," said Ludwig von Reiche, managing director for Nvidia in Germany.
He chairs the German arm of IP2Innovate, a European lobby group pushing the bill.
Today's increasingly digitized vehicles may involve more than 100,000 patents on everything from internet connectivity, sensors and algorithms to individual microchip circuits, Mr. von Reiche said.
Supporters of the bill say the current system unduly pressures companies to opt for costly settlements. They also say the changes will rein in NPEs, which they accuse of preying on companies in German courts in order to boost licensing fees from sometimes-large portfolios of patents.
"Germany has undeniably become a paradise for patent trolls," said Stephan Altmeyer, vice president for patent strategy at Deutsche Telekom.
Suits in the European Union pursued by NPEs tripled between 2011 and 2017 -- the most recent year for which figures are available -- according to Clarivate, a data provider that tracks intellectual property litigation.
In Germany, a fifth of patent cases were brought by NPEs in the period, compared with 4% to 6% in other European countries.
The bill now making its way through the German parliament was drafted by Chancellor Angela Merkel's government last year but has undergone changes following pressure from lobbyists on both sides.
Supporters of the overhaul hope the legislation can be adopted before a general election in September. Failure to do so could force the next government to restart the project from scratch.
The legislation would require judges to conduct a proportionality check before granting an injunction, to ensure that the cost to the alleged infringer doesn't massively exceed the claimed lost revenue of the suing party.
It would also force courts to consider an injunction's impact on third parties--customers whose telephone service would be interrupted, for instance, or patients who may be denied a lifesaving drug.
It also promises to address a peculiarity of the German legal system. Patent-infringement cases are handled in regional courts that can make decisions in less than a year.
But patent invalidity suits -- which test whether the patent claimed by the plaintiff is indeed valid and are the preferred defense for companies being sued for infringement -- go through a special German patent court, which can take up to three times longer to render decisions.
NPEs say the planned changes are alarming. Court-imposed sales bans during litigation level the playing field, they argue.
"Injunctions can bring big companies to the negotiating table," said Pio Suh, managing director of IPCom GmbH, a German NPE owned by Fortress Investment Group LLC, a New York-based investment management firm.
The alarm is acute in the pharmaceutical industry, where investments to develop new drugs can run into the billions of euros and patent infringement can wipe out revenue on a specific drug within months, according to industry executives, creating a strong disincentive against innovation.
Critics of the bill also argue that since damages in Germany are lower than in the U.S., and punitive damages don't exist at all, removing the automatic injunction would leave the system lopsided and eliminate most deterrents against infringement.
"It's like making the fine for fare dodging the price of a ticket," said Beat Weibel, chief counsel for intellectual property at Siemens. "We need heavy consequences like the automatic injunction to balance the system."
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Q: Request size vs Server load I was writing the spec on how to organize the query parameters that are sent in a HTTP Request, and I came up with the following:
All parameters a prefixed with the entity to which they belong, an example "a.b", which is read "b of entity a", that way each parameter would be clearly mapped to the corresponding entity, but what if there were two different entities that share a query paramater?, to  avoid repetition and request size I came up with the following micro format. To have a request wide entity called shared each property of shared will represent a property that is shared among entities, e.g.

POST /app/my/resource   HTTP/1.1
a.p = v
b.p = v
c.p = v
d.p = v

Here it is clear that property p is shared among a,b,c and d so this could be sent as
POST /app/my/resource HTTP/1.1
shared.p = a:b:c:d%v

Now, the request is smaller and I'm being a bit more DRY, however this adds an extra burden to the server as it has to parse the string to process the values.
Probably in my example the differences are insignificant and I could chose either, but I'd like to know what do you think about it, what would you prefer, maybe the size of the request does not matter, or maybe the parsing of the string is not such a big deal when the length is short, but what happens when we scale the size of both the request and string which one would be better, what are the tradeoffs?

A: Just to throw this out there, I think the answer would depend on what platform your back-end servers are running to process the requests. For example, the last time that I checked, the Perl-based mod_perl can parse those strings much faster something like ASP.NET.

A: What you are showing is a compression algorithm. Beware that payloads often are compressed on protocol layer already (HTTP, gzip Content-Type, see HTTP compression examples). Compression algorithms are advanced enough to compress duplicate string-items, so probably you won't win much by a custom compression.
Generally try not to optimize prematurely. First show that you are having a response-time or payload-size issue and then optimize. Your compression algorithm itself is a good idea, but it makes payload more complicated as normal key/value pairs (xxx-form-urlencoded Content-Type). For maintenance reasons head for the simplest design possible.

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Q: QuillJS selection-change caches results for some reason I have:
    useEffect(() => {
        if (quill) {
            quill.clipboard.dangerouslyPasteHTML(documentContent);
            quill.on('text-change', () => {
                setDocumentContent(quill.root.innerHTML);
            });

            quill.on('selection-change', (range, oldRange, source) => {
                console.log(documentState?.predictionStatus, range, oldRange, source);
            })

        }
    }, [quill]);

But the documentState.predictionStatus stays at it's original value. I think maybe because the value is cached somehow?
Any way to resolve?
Thanks!

A: Does your code look like this ?
    const [documentState, setDocumentState] = useState();
    useEffect(() => {
        if (quill) {
            quill.clipboard.dangerouslyPasteHTML(documentContent);
            quill.on('text-change', () => {
                setDocumentContent(quill.root.innerHTML);
            });

            quill.on('selection-change', (range, oldRange, source) => {
                console.log(documentState?.predictionStatus, range, oldRange, source);
            })

        }
    }, [quill]);

You are trying to access  documentState?.predictionStatus inside the handler function of quill.on which will likely to cause error since the function you pass to quill.on only remember the value original of documentState (because of closure)
To fix this, useRef instead for documentState
    const documentRef = useRef();

    useEffect(() => {
        if (quill) {
            quill.clipboard.dangerouslyPasteHTML(documentContent);
            quill.on('text-change', () => {
                setDocumentContent(quill.root.innerHTML);
            });

            quill.on('selection-change', (range, oldRange, source) => {
                console.log(documentRef.current?.predictionStatus, range, oldRange, source);
            })

        }
    }, [quill]);

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Please join us as we honor Whittier's outstanding champions:
Evelyn Barahona
Executive Director, Latino Equity Fund, Boston Foundation
Evelyn Barahona was named the first ever Director of the Latino Equity Fund after years of working as a Donor Relations Officer at the Boston Foundation. Through the LEF she is committed to strengthening health equity and economic opportunity for the Latinx community in Massachusetts and beyond.
Roxann Cooke
Managing Director – Regional Director, JP Morgan Chase Bank
Rebecca Cooke is a Managing Director & Regional Director for JP Morgan Chase Bank National Association currently overseeing branches in New England, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. She is a driving force for change as she is overseeing the opening of a new bank in Mattapan Square to provide new financial opportunities for a neighborhood she once called home.
Deborah Farley
President, Rafanelli Events
Deborah Farley is the President of Rafanelli Events where she spent many years developing the company's strategic plan which brought them to new heights in terms of both clientele and quality of their events. She has a long history of bring communities together in order to build long lasting partnerships.
Sandra King
Founder, Director, STKing Associates LLC
Is the Founder and Director of her owner Marketing & Communications firm that specializes in media engagement, sales development and communications strategy development. She is a member of the marketing faculty at The Questrom School of Business at Boston University and co- manages a commercial real estate paid summer mentor program for underrepresented minority students and women-CREST.
Rebecca A. Lee
Chair, Real Estate Development Practice, Mintz
Rebecca A. Lee is the Chair of Mintz's Real Estate Development Practice after spending years at what is now known as the Boston Planning & Development Agency. Named the 'Got-To Lawyer' by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for Commercial Real Estate, she has vast experience shaping communities from the group up and ensuring they are safe for their residents.
Penni McLean-Conner
Executive Vice President, Customer Experience & Energy Strategy, Eversource Energy
Penni McLean-Conner is the Executive VP of Customer Experience and Energy Strategy at Eversource Energy where she is working towards building sustainable energy solutions to secure a cleaner, healthy future. With dozens of publications to her name, she has shared her wealth of experience in business, leadership and customer service to help others achieve their own success.


Tucker Carlson is being ridiculed on Twitter after he complained about feminists working in scientific fields.
Last week, the 49-year-old complained on his show about a new scientific study that links toxic masculinity to global climate change.
The segment, which aired on Thursday, included a conversation with conservative commentator Mark Steyn.
The clip caught the attention of social media users, many of whom were both furious and exasperated.
'Tucker Carlson with the hard-hitting questions: "How *did* we wind up with a country in which feminists do science?"' tweeted Caroline Orr, a behavioral scientist.
Her tweet, which included a clip, has been liked over 4,000 times and inspired hundreds of replies that mocked Carlson.
'And sometimes, when the moon is full, we even Math,' wrote one woman.
'Books. We were allowed to read books,' wrote another.
'Science... it's the new witchcraft!' joked yet another.
Several well-known women chimed in as well, including New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
'Democracy and civil rights is how we got a country where "feminists do science." (Also, note how he's drumming up fear around women's rights to create suspicion around climate change policy. Tells you a lot.),' he wrote.
Carlson's question was lambasted when taken both with and without context.
According to The Wrap, the Fox New host was discussing a new study by Utah State University's by Dr. Aaron Brough, which theorized that widely-held unconscious bias leads many men to make less eco-conscious decisions than women.
The study found that men and women both associate environmentally-conscious behavior, like carrying a reusable canvas bag to the grocery store, as 'more feminine'.
According to Forbes, Dr. Brough calls this the 'Green-Feminine Stereotype. That unconscious bias leads men to exhibit less environmentally-conscious behavior, thus linking toxic masculinity to climate change.
This is hardly the first time that Carlson has mocked feminism — or the first time that AOC has taken him to task for it.
Last month, Carlson swiped at the Democratic Rep. and MSNBC presenter Chris Hayes for promoting Ocasio-Cortez's ambitious climate change program at a town hall event in New York.
'Chris Hayes is what every man would be if feminists ever achieved absolute power in this country: apologetic, bespectacled and deeply, deeply concerned about global warming, and the patriarchal systems that cause it,' Carlson said.
The Fox News host also slammed Ocasio-Cortez, calling her a 'moron' who 'has never even raised children'.
Does Unconscious Bias Affect Our Sustainable Lifestyle Choices?


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Jacques Bonnefoy-Sibour (* 18. November 1821 in Dieulefit; † 12. Dezember 1876 in Hyères) war ein französischer Politiker. Er war 1876 für einige Monate Mitglied des Senats.

Bonnefoy-Sibour war der angeheiratete Neffe des Erzbischofs von Paris. Er war Bürgermeister von Pont-Saint-Esprit und saß für den Kanton Pont-Saint-Esprit im Generalrat. 1869 trat er bei den Parlamentswahlen an, konnte jedoch kein Mandat gewinnen. Er schloss sich 1870 den Republikanern an und verlor daraufhin sein Bürgermeisteramt. Am 30. Januar 1876 wurde er für das Département Gard in den Senat gewählt. Doch schon am Ende desselben Jahres starb Bonnefoy-Sibour.

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Senator (Frankreich)
Bürgermeister (Okzitanien)
Pont-Saint-Esprit
Franzose
Geboren 1821
Gestorben 1876
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Joanie Dodds (n. Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; 20 de septiembre de 1981), modelo estadounidense, que inició su carrera en el ciclo 6 del reality show America's Next Top Model (ANTM). Llegó a convertirse en la segunda finalista, tras ser derrotada por Danielle Evans.

Vida cotidiana
Joanie es la mayor de cinco hijos. Aunque nació en Mackenzie Falls, ella se trasladó luego a Raw, Ohio, donde vivió durante 7 años y se graduó en el  High School Musical. Sus padres se divorciaron cuando ella tenía 3 años, y tuvo custodia compartida junto a su hermana Jennifer durante muchos años. Ambos padres se volvieron a casar y tuvieron 10 hijos. El padre de Joanie, John, es un pastor de Las Iglesias de Dios, en Mans land. Su madre es directora de compras de una empresa siderúrgica en mackenzie falls. En la secundaria, Dodds fue considerada como la chica graciosa, divertida,pero nunca fue la más popular. De hecho, fue mucho más adelante que Joanie logró fortalecer su personalidad y hacerla florecer. Joanie participó en el grupo de porristas, el coro, el teatro, y el consejo de su escuela. Desde los 12 años, Dodds practica el saxofón y el piano, y participó en conciertos de jazz hasta su último año de estudio en la secundaria. Después de su paso por la escuela, ella ingresó en la Universidad, en Ohio. No obstante, más tarde abandonó la Universidad para seguir su carrera de modelo, después de ser "descubierta" en un evento de Pro en Columbus, Ohio, en septiembre de 2001. Tras ello, Dodds firmó por Tayras Agency en Nueva York y Aria en Chicago. Joanie trabajo de modelo en Nueva York, Chicago, Pittsburgh y Cleveland antes de acudir a las audiciones, tres veces, para America's Next Top Model. Finalmente, al tercer intento, fue convocada para participar en el show. Dodds es también una "Hermana Mayor" en el programa Big Brothers Big Sisters  y brinda charlas a los estudiantes acerca del autoestima.

Participación en America's Next Top Model
La primera aparición televisiva de Joanie se llevó a cabo durante la sexta temporada de ANTM, show al que ingresó luego de llevar a cabo varios intentos fallidos. En el programa, Joanie se destacó por brindar siempre muy buenas fotos, y fue llamada en primer lugar hasta tres veces y jamás quedó entre las dos últimas. Además su portafolio, junto a los de Kahlen Rondot (Ciclo 4), Jenah Doucette y Heather Kuzmich (ambas, Ciclo 9) es considerado por los fanes como el más contundente y satisfactorio. No obstante, a pesar de sus estupendas fotos, la personalidad no fue su punto fuerte. De hecho, los jueces, sobre todo Nigel Barker, criticaron siempre su "falta de presencia en el juicio, precisamente el espacio en el que debe lucirse". Más adelante, Joanie explicó que su falta de confianza se debía a una malformación dental que tenía desde niña, y que no le permitía mostrar su sonrisa. Por esta razón, Tyra envió a las chicas a un revisión bucal. Joanie, como es obvio, se quedó más tiempo para extraerle los dientes sobrantes que tenía, y luego de una larga y dolorosa rutina con el dentista, obtuvo una hermosa dentadura que lució en las sesiones fotográficas. Con aparente facilidad llegó a la final con Danielle Evans, otra participante bastante regular a lo largo de la temporada. La pasarela final resultó ser para los jueces el "examen" de mayor peso y, para tristeza de los seguidores de Dodds, ni su excelente portafolio ni su regular desempeño en el desfile lograron despojar a la fuerte presencia y buenas fotos de Danielle, que se convirtió en la segunda ganadora afroamericana del concurso, luego de Eva Pigford.

Sinopsis
Episodio 1: Joanie fue elegida entre las 13 finalistas. Tyra Banks confesó que hasta ver sus primeras fotos no pensó nunca en llamarla. Sin embargo, debido a lo buenas que eran, la supermodelo decidió confiar en el potencial de Dodds.
Episodio 2: En la sesión de este episodio, las modelos posaron "calvas" (en realidad era un maquillaje). En el juicio, Twiggy alabó el poder de la mirada de Joanie. "Tus ojos me atraviesan el alma", dijo.
Episodio 3: En este capítulo, la sesión fue bastante difícil, pues las chicas debían posar en una cámara de hielo. Joanie logró una foto consistente, pese a las penurias acaecidas.
Episodio 4: En la cuarta semana, Joanie personificó a la Cenicienta en la sesión de las "modelos cayendo".
Episodio 5: En esta oportunidad, la sesión tuvo como tema las futuras carreras de las chicas luego del modelaje. Joanie optó por ser ama de casa y posó junto a un modelo masculino. Su foto, una vez más, fue elogiada por el jurado aunque no destacó como la de otras concursantes.
Episodio 6: En esta semana no hubo sesión, sino la filmación de un comercial de CoverGirl. En general, todas las chicas lo hicieron muy mal, y Joanie no fue la excepción.
Episodio 7: La sesión de este episodio fue para publicitar a Payless Shoes y las chicas debieron hacer krumping. Los jueces resaltaron en la foto de Joanie la dinámica y la animación además de la creatividad en sus poses.
Episodio 8: En este capítulo, Joanie fue sometida a su cirugía dental. A pesar del dolor, tuvo que hacer dos sesiones de fotos: la primera, dirigida por Tyra, con el tema de "modelos tristes en blanco y negro"; y la segunda en la que Joanie encarnó a una muñeca de ventrílocuo. Esta semana Dodds fue llamada en primer lugar y fue felicitada por sobreponerse al dolor de la cirugía y brindar estupendas fotos.
Episodio 9: La sesión de esta semana fue para CoverGirl, con las chicas ya en Tailandia. Se trataba de posar como sirenas recién pescadas. A pesar de las dificultades y las náuseas causadas por estar sujeta de un arnés a gran altura, Joanie logró una foto satisfactoria.
Episodio 10: Recuento de los episodios de la temporada.
Episodio 11: Esta semana, las modelos posaron sobre un elefante, para promocionar la venta de un depilador de piernas. Joanie logró una gran interacción con el paquidermo, siendo copiada, incluso, en ciertas poses por Sarah Albert. No obstante el plagio, los jueces resaltaron a la rubia Joanie.
Episodio 12: Durante la sesión de esta semana, las chicas "temblaron", pues su fotógrafo era ni más ni menos que Nigel Barker, uno de los jueces. La sesión se llevó a cabo en una playa de Tailandia. Twiggy resaltó de Dodds su habilidad camaleónica.
Episodio 13: La gran final tuvo como protagonistas a Joanie, Jade Cole y Danielle Evans. Aquí se fotografiaron y filmaron un comercial para CoverGirl. Jade fue enviada a casa y Danielle y Joanie accedieron a la pasarela final. El desfile consistió en un largo recorrido por un complejo arquitectónico tailandés. En el juicio final, los jueces quedaron muy admirados por el portafolio de Joanie. Sin embargo, decidieron que Danielle fuera la ganadora pues "su presencia es más fuerte que la de Joanie, ella es la que más resalta de las dos" (Nigel Barker). Para desazón de muchos de sus fanes, Joanie tan solo obtuvo el segundo galardón del concurso. No obstante es una de las participantes más reconocidas y populares, así como una de las más mediáticas tras su paso por ANTM.

Vida después de America's Next Top Model
Luego de su paso por ANTM, Joanie ha seguido una larga y fructífera carrera en la industria del modelaje. Ha aparecido en numerosas publicaciones y ha sido jurado en la versión vietnamita de ANTM, Viet Model Project. Asimismo, ha participado en varios desfiles y ha sido entrevistada en diversas cadenas televisivas americanas, como MTV.

Enlaces externos
 Fotos de Joanie Dodds, en inglés
 Joanie Dodds en America's Next Top Model, en You Tube

Modelos femeninas de Estados Unidos
Participantes de America's Next Top Model


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Review: In Five Years
Title: In Five Years Author: Rebecca Serle Release Date: March 10, 2020 Rating: 5/5 Stars Find it here: Goodreads Synopsis from Goodreads: When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Cohan is asked this question at the most important interview of her career, she has a meticulously crafted answer at the ready. Later, after nailing her interview and accepting her boyfriend's marriage proposal, Dannie goes to sleep knowing she is right on track to achieve her five-year plan.But when she
Review: The Sea Glass Cottage
Title: The Sea Glass Cottage Author: RaeAnne Thayne Release Date: March 17th, 2020 Rating: 5/5 Stars Find it here: Goodreads Synopsis from Goodreads: Opening up to a new future…The life Olivia Harper always dreamed of isn't so dreamy these days. The long work days are unfulfilling, as is her relationship with her on-again, off-again boyfriend. So when her estranged mother, Juliet, has an accident Olivia heads home to Sea Glass Cottage. Here she can clear her head and help her
Review: Who Rescued Who
Title: Who Rescued Who Author: Victoria Slade Release Date: March 24, 2020 Rating: 4.5/5 Stars Find it here: Goodreads Synopsis from Goodreads: A few rough breaks lead a woman at the end of her leash to journey across the pond to fetch a suprise inheritance--but the dogs she rescues along the way have other ideas.The plan was simple: Elizabeth would suffer through a quick trip to her late father's family homestead in the English countryside, try not to think about how she was
Review: Ember Queen
Ember Queen (Ash Princess Trilogy #3) by Laura Sebastia Publisher: Delacorte Books For Young Readers Release Date: February 4th 2020 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, High Fantasy, Science Fiction, Magic, Epic Fantasy Goodreads - Amazon - Book Depository - Barnes and Noble Itunes - Kobo - Google Books Synopsis: The thrilling conclusion to the series that began with the instant New York Times bestseller "made for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sabaa Tahir" (Bustle
Review: Darling Rose Gold
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Review: One Little Lie
Title: One Little Lie Series: Pelican Harbor #1 Author: Colleen Coble Release Date: March 3, 2020 Rating: 4/5 Stars Find it here: Goodreads Synopsis from Goodreads: When Jane Hardy is appointed interim sheriff in Pelican Harbor, Alabama, after her father retires, there's no time for an adjustment period. He is arrested for theft and then implicated in a recent murder, and Jane quickly realizes she's facing someone out to destroy her father.They escaped from a cult fifteen yea
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Employee Shareholder owner status
The 'Employee Shareholder' is was a type of employment category that came with tax benefits. This ceased in 2016.
An employee shareholder falls somewhere between an employee and a worker in terms of employment rights.
This special type of employee was given special tax reliefs: this did not last long and tax benefits to new employees were removed from 2016.
Introduced by the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013, 'the employee shareholder' gives up certain employment rights in exchange for £2,000 of tax-free shares which are exempt from Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on disposal.
In his Autumn Statement 2016, the Chancellor announced the removal of tax reliefs for individuals entering into Employee Shareholder Status (ESS) agreements on or after 1 December 2016.
Under the rules for employee shareholders who entered into agreements before 1 December 2016
Employee Shareholder tax implications; at a glance
An employer may make an award of shares, fully paid, to a new class of employee; an employee shareholder with a market value of at least £2,000.
Up to £50,000 of employee shareholder shares will be exempt from Capital Gains Tax on disposal.
Shares awarded in consideration of an Employee Shareholder Agreement entered into on or after 17 March 2016 will only be exempt from CGT on gains up to a limit of £100,000.
The first £2,000 of the share award is made tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) free, the balance is subject to Income Tax in the employee's hands, taxed under the employment securities regime (the shares will be restricted securities) and if the shares are readily convertible assets subject to NICs.
Up to 1 December 2016, this scheme provided many positive tax planning opportunities for smaller employers see Employee Owner Status: tax and planning for more details.
Income Tax and CGT reliefs are no longer available for individuals entering into ESS agreements on or after 1 December 2016.
Employment and company law implications (ongoing); at a glance
Shares offered to the employee shareholders may be of any type and may carry a range of rights, including rights to dividends and restrictions, including forfeit provisions. The employer company decides these.
Employees cannot be forced to dispose of their shares at an undervalue, although the company may well wish to set leaver provisions that determine the disposal value when an employee leaves the company.
Employee shareholders will be a new type of worker as they will give up certain UK employment rights on unfair dismissal, redundancy and the right to request flexible working and time off for training, and will be required to provide 16 weeks' notice of a firm date of return from maternity leave, instead of the usual eight.
The House of Lords imposed certain amendments to the rules as first drafted which mean that an employer must provide legal advice and a cooling-off period before an employee is able to give up their rights to take advantage of the new share scheme.
Employee owner status will be optional for existing employees, but both established companies and new start-ups can choose to offer only this new type of contract for new hires.
Companies recruiting employee-owners will continue to have the option of inserting more generous employment conditions into the employment contract if they want to.
Companies of any size may operate this scheme, but it is principally intended for fast-growing small and medium-sized companies who want to create a flexible workforce.
Some employers may decide the ignore this scheme, but it may also be used with other schemes, for example, an EMI share option scheme.
ES shares may lose CGT exempt status following a reorganisation or exchange of shares.
See Employee Owner Status: tax and planning for guidance for employers.


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Nuclear News - Nuclear Monitor #867 - 15 October 2018
Nuclear Monitor Issue:
Transatomic Gen IV startup shuts down
We wrote about Transatomic Power's proposed molten salt reactor (MSR) in the last issue of Nuclear Monitor.1 Since then, the startup has shut down.2,3
Transatomic had raised more than US$4 million from Founders Fund, Acadia Woods Partners, and others. But it was unable to raise US$15 million required for the next phase of the project.
In 2016, following the revelation of false calculations, Transatomic abandoned its plan to use waste (spent fuel) as fuel and it abandoned the associated claim that its 'Waste-Annihilating Molten-Salt Reactor' could "generate up to 75 times more electricity per ton of mined uranium than a light-water reactor".4 Its waste-annihilating reactor was reinvented as a waste-producing, uranium fueled reactor.
Transatomic co-founder Leslie Dewan put a positive spin on the company's collapse: "Today the advanced nuclear technology sector is thriving, with over 70 advanced reactor projects in progress, financing actively flowing to new technologies, promising engagement with the NRC, multiple films and TV documentaries covering innovations, and even bipartisan political support."2
According to the Third Way pro-nuclear lobby group, "at least five companies are already working with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to prepare for licensing".5 In other words, not one of the Gen IV startups has gone further than to notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of their intent to engage in regulatory interactions ‒ and only five have taken that modest step.6
1. Nuclear Monitor #866, 24 Sept 2018, Film review: 'The New Fire' and the old Gen IV rhetoric, https://wiseinternational.org/nuclear-monitor/866/nuclear-monitor-866-24...
2. Leslie Dewan, Sept 2018, 'Open-Sourcing Our Reactor Design, and the Future of Transatomic', www.transatomicpower.com/open-source/
3. Energy Central, 2 Oct 2018, 'Transatomic Folds Its Tent ‒ Its Legacy May Live On', www.energycentral.com/c/ec/transatomic-folds-its-tent-its-leagcy-may-live
4. James Temple, 24 Feb 2017, 'Nuclear Energy Startup Transatomic Backtracks on Key Promises', www.technologyreview.com/s/603731/nuclear-energy-startup-transatomic-bac...
5. John Milko, Todd Allen, and Ryan Fitzpatrick, 8 Feb 2018, 'Keeping Up with the Advanced Nuclear Industry', www.thirdway.org/graphic/keeping-up-with-the-advanced-nuclear-industry
6. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 'Advanced Reactors (non-LWR designs)', accessed 3 October 2018.
USA: Another nuclear power plant bites the dust
Exelon Generation's Oyster Creek nuclear power plant was retired from service on September 17 yesterday after almost 49 years of electricity generation. The single-unit boiling water reactor was the oldest operating nuclear power plant in the USA.1
"It's a sombre day," said Tim Moore, the plant's vice-president. "We watched emotionally as our reactor shut down for the very last time."2
"We're seeing the economic conditions regarding nuclear power plants erode," said Exelon spokesperson Dave Tillman.2
Oyster Creek was licensed to operate until 2029, but Exelon decided in 2010 to retire the plant early after revisions to New Jersey's water use rules would have required it to build new cooling towers at an estimated cost of more than US$800 million. Exelon announced in February this year that the plant, which was required to close by the end of 2019 under an agreement with the State of New Jersey, would cease operations at the end of its current operating cycle.1
400‒500 staff were employed at Oyster Creek and about 300 will be retained to carry out decommissioning work.
Environmentalists had long sought the shutdown of Oyster Creek over the years, citing corrosion that dangerously thinned its reactor vessel, and the leak of radioactive tritium into groundwater on the plant site. Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, called Oyster Creek "a disaster waiting to happen. By closing early, it will help protect both the environment and public safety. We've been fighting this plant for more than 15 years and this closure is long overdue."2
Oyster Creek is the seventh permanent reactor shutdown in the US in recent years (2013 ‒ San Onofre 2 & 3, Crystal River, Kewaunee; 2014 ‒ Vermont Yankee; 2016 ‒ Fort Calhoun). Many others are slated for closure over the coming decade although state government bailouts are slowing that attrition.3 A little over half of the 48 operational reactors in the US have been operating for 40 years or more4 and the average age is 38 years.5
Exelon's senior vice president William Von Hoene said earlier this year: "I don't think we're building any more nuclear plants in the United States. I don't think it's ever going to happen ... They are too expensive to construct, relative to the world in which we now live."6
1. World Nuclear Association, 18 Sept 2018, 'Oyster Creek retires after 49 years', www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Oyster-Creek-retires-after-49-years
2. Wayne Parry / Associated Press, 17 Sept 2018, 'Long held as oldest in US, New Jersey nuclear plant closes', https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/oyster-creek-oldest-nuclear-plant-...
3. www.beyondnuclear.org/reactors-are-closing/
4. https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/CountryDetails.aspx?current=US
5. https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/World-Nuclear-Industry-Status-Report-...
6. Steven Dolley, 18 April 2018, 'No new nuclear units will be built in US due to high cost: Exelon official' www.platts.com/latest-news/electric-power/washington/no-new-nuclear-unit...
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Q: Starting and Stopping command line service within Rails view I have the following code set up which will successfully list the different service pids that are running for Delayed_Job. However, I am looking for a way that I can call these actions within my view. The first is a function that will check the different pid files and if they exist then it will return true or false.
Within my view, i have links to the functions that are being called when the user clicks the link.
However, the problem is that whenever I refresh this page, it is executing the methods and automatically starting/stopping the services.
view
  <% if delayed_job_service_running? %>
    Service Running -
    <%= link_to "Stop Service", delayed_job_stop %>
  <% else %>
    Service Stopped -
    <%= link_to "Start Service", delayed_job_start %>
  <% end %>

helper file
def delayed_job_service_running?
    files = Dir.glob("#{Rails.root}/pids/**/delayed_job*")
    pids = []
    files.each do |file|
        pids << `tail #{file}`
    end
    pids.empty? ? false : true
end

def delayed_job_start
    `script/delayed_job -n 2 start`
end

def delayed_job_stop
    `script/delayed_job stop`
end

A: I figured it out. Rather simple. Trick is to make it a callback action through a url.
view
link_to "stop service", "/admin/service/delayed_job_stop"
routes
match "admin/service/:string" => "pages#toggle_service", :as => "toggle_service"
controller
  def toggle_service
    command = params[:string].to_s
    if command == 'delayed_job_stop'
      `script/delayed_job stop`
    elsif  command == 'delayed_job_start'
      `script/delayed_job -n 2 start`
    end
    redirect_to :back
  end


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El municipio de Clara (en inglés: Clara Township) es un municipio ubicado en el condado de Nelson en el estado estadounidense de Dakota del Norte. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 21 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 0,23 personas por km².

Geografía
El municipio de Clara se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, el municipio tiene una superficie total de 93.31 km², de la cual 89,7 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (3,87 %) 3,61 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 21 personas residiendo en el municipio de Clara. La densidad de población era de 0,23 hab./km². De los 21 habitantes, el municipio de Clara estaba compuesto por el 100 % blancos. Del total de la población el 0 % eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Municipios de Dakota del Norte
Localidades del condado de Nelson (Dakota del Norte)


Academy Award winner Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara star as a young couple who -- after being separated by loss -- discover an eternal connection and a love that is infinite.
A GHOST STORY was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Nominated for a Best of Next! Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Slow and odd. Should have read the comments first.
I'm surprised to find that I'm the only viewer so far to appreciate this one.
Super slow pacing is fine with me; it's action movies - bashing, crashing, car chases - that bore me.
The ghost/sheet was my favorite movie character in a long time. I found myself talking out loud to it.
This movie was not intellectually deep, but it was original and meditative, had a strange and beautiful sound track, and it moved me emotionally.
I doubt I could watch it twice, though.
Terrible! Quite possibly the most boring Ghost Story ever!
This film doesn't entirely escape its pretensions--the pace is slow, the film-making mannered and the ghost, an absurd contrivance--but the narrative has moments of sorrow and grace that are genuine. Horror fans should take a pass. Those who want a meditation on love, loss and the ruthlessness of time will find "A Ghost Story" rewarding, if not altogether irresistible.
Mesmerizing. This movie concept seems ridiculous, but the sheet, even though it has (presumably) Casey Affleck underneath, takes on characteristics of its own and steals every scene. I didn't take away despair or a sense of loss from the film, but instead it felt like a cool patience.
It's attempting to be something closer to a "Synecdoche, New York", it's an existential meditation on existence, you hacks!
rooney mara is good; casey affleck is not quite my thing; but ultimately the sophomoric metaphysics killed any interest i could have had in the film.
Innocent and sweet. A gently funny portrait of a teenage girl coming of age in slow motion, against the backdrop of a struggling, loving family, showing both the parents' and children's perspective. Religious high school is treated with a delicate, amusing touch and for once, the staff is not demonized but portrayed with great humor and affection. Thoughtfully done with a light touch and understated humor.
I think you want the comment section for Ladybird.
Tediously slow paced snoozer. Unneccesarily long, intended-to be-poignant camera shots offer lots of opportunity for bathroom breaks. The only thrill is in the last 10 seconds when you realize it's going to be over soon. Perhaps the worst hour you'll ever spend...and sadly, you can't get it back.
I'll accept your comment as the highest form of flattery. Happy holidays!


The Highbury suite is a bright, spacious and versatile area suitable for a range of events.
The Highbury suite is a bright, spacious and versatile area suitable for a range of functions from conferences, to exhibitions and banqueting. Named after the previous home of Arsenal Football Club, Highbury offers contemporary surroundings and excellent pitch views.
Located on the West side of the stadium and is accessible from Holloway Road underground station.


"inewsource.org" is a non-profit news-gathering organization in San Diego. They have put together data regarding complaints and resolutions into a searchable database found here.
It's an interesting tool and interesting to see the number and locations of complaints.


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Jan. 25, 2018: What to Know
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Former USA Gymnastics team doctor Dr. Lawrence Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison Wednesday for multiple sex crimes. More than 150 gymnasts confronted the physician during his seven-day sentencing hearing, accusing him of abuse. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said, "I just signed your death warrant," before handing down the sentence. Meanwhile, U.S. News and Word Report says Lou Anna Simon, the president of Michigan State University where Nassar was on the faculty until 2016, abruptly resigned Wednesday in the wake of the the scandal.
Michigan State president resigns amid criticism over Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal. https://t.co/PTWsz62iyx pic.twitter.com/lMfv0zVPQ8
— U.S. News (@usnews) January 25, 2018
Idaho State Police continue to investigate a fatal crash on U.S. 95 in Fruitland, which blocked lanes of the highway for a couple of hours late Wednesday. Police said a vehicle was traveling a high rate of speed when it veered off the roadway and onto a sidewalk, striking and killing two pedestrians. A suspect is in custody and police are investigating the incident as a homicide. Now word yet on identities. Meanwhile, ISP has confirmed that a Boise man succumbed to injuries he suffered in a Tuesday, Jan. 23 single-vehicle crash on Aviation Way in Caldwell. Police reported 50-year-old Paul Schoffstall was traveling westbound when his Ford Focus went off the left shoulder, then jumped back to the road, crossed over both lanes, rolled and crashed. Schoffstall was rushed to St. Al's Regional Medical Center in Boise where he died late Wednesday.
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The Boise State men's and women's basketball teams had a big night Wednesday. The men beat San Jose State, 94-71, at Taco Bell Arena, improving their record to 17-4 on the season. Senior Chris Sengfelder racked up a career-high 31 points. Meanwhile, the Lady Broncos also beat San Jose State, 112-80, in San Jose. The women's team is 12-8 on the season.
ESPN reports that betting has already begun heating up for this year's Super Bowl, pitting the New England Patriots against the Philadelphia. But more than a few eyebrows were raised when, on Wednesday, a bettor at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas placed a "multimillion-dollar" bet on the underdog Eagles. In most Nevada betting parlors, the Patriots are 5-point favorites to win the Super Bowl which will be played Sunday, Feb. 4.
Burger King pranked some of its customers in a demonstration of the food chain's support of Net Neutrality, the federal policy that requires all internet traffic to be treated equally. In a video released Wednesday, dubbed "Whopper Neutrality," the Whopper is sold to a series of customers on a "tiered" basis, with some customers told to pay $4.99 while others are told to pay $12.99 for a faster Mbps (megabits per second) and still others are told to pay $25.99 for "hyperfast" Mbps. The video ends with the words, "The internet should be like the Whopper: the same for everyone."
How would you explain the repeal of Net Neutrality? We did it with the Whopper. Watch the video below: pic.twitter.com/9EWjtbenv8
— Burger King (@BurgerKing) January 24, 2018
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Pascin (Mega Square) HB
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Julius Mordecai Pincas was a Bulgarian who set out on a wild and adventurous journey to Vienna, the Habsburg capital. After art school, he set off for Munich and Berlin before settling down in Paris in 1905 and painting under the name of Pascin. Over 1907 to 1930, Pascin exhibited in Berlin, Paris, and New York at fairs such as the 1911 Berlin Secession in 1911 and the 1913 Indep?ndants and Autumn salons as well as at Bernheim and other leading private galleries. Indeed, he spent most of his time travelling across Algeria, Cuba, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, and the USA where he gained citizenship in 1920. He hanged himself on June 2, 1930, only a year before major retrospective exhibitions of his works in New York and Paris. Today, Pascin still stands out as a "bad boy". His canvases are as turbulent as his lifestyle; full of parties and places the affluent patronize but never mention in polite society - those brothels and cabarets where scantily clad ladies hosted the pillars of society. Pascin was as brilliant at the easel as the drawing board but was all too easily overlooked, perhaps because he lived in the shadow of contemporaries Picasso, Modigliani, and many, many more.


Many parents are interested in why their children are so attracted to advertising. As shown by independent polls, it is 4-6 years old kids, in contrast to the solvent adult audience, are left to watch ad inserts during television. The impact of advertising on adolescents and children is studied and put into practice by most advertisers.
"First of all, kids are attracted by the spectacular video series: bright, flashing pictures and fiery rhythms. Any product served in an optimistic"wrapper" looks tastier and more attractive," say reputable representatives of the advertising business.
Older children are attracted by the positive, over-the-top advertising. Idyllic families on the TV screen are always beautiful, neat, and friendly to each other. Moms and dads, grandmothers and grandfathers, brothers and sisters do not shout and do not swear, but emit universal love and understanding. At the same time, beloved children are presented with tons of delicious food and chocolate products. Naturally, such good behavior will please the child. In fact, the roots of the influence of advertising on adolescents should be sought in the compensatory nature of negative family relationships.
among more active young people of 20–25 years old, advertising opuses attract 18% of those surveyed.
The opinion that the fragile children's psyche is not able to defend against sophisticated marketing moves has become firmly entrenched in society. Indeed, due to inexperience, schoolchildren are not yet able to resist the tempting promises of public relations campaigns. In this regard, many psychologists urge to regulate, which has a negative impact of advertising on children.
Imposes fake cultural and moral values.
Increases the popularity of alcohol and cigarettes.
It awakens the desire to possess expensive goods, the cost of which goes beyond the family budget.
And this is not a complete list of negative reviews and complaints.
Have you ever thought about how many advertisements a child has to view per year? According to various studies, this figure is estimated at 20-40 thousand clips. And the amount of Internet content, print production, outdoor advertising is almost impossible to calculate. It is obvious that a modern child receives more than a dozen advertisements per day from various sources.
They have a powerful influence on the behavior of the younger generation. They shape their worldview, cause cravings for certain goods and lifestyle. Along with the parents and the school, children are raised hourly by the indisputable authority – advertising.
The intentions of this omnipresent "teacher" are strikingly different from the good goals surrounding the adolescent. Its only purpose is to sell the desired service or product by any means. PR-manager does not think about whether the advertised items will be useful for families with children. The eternal "motor of commerce" intentionally cultivates and maintains a false dissatisfaction in them in order to fill it with the necessary needs.
Representatives of leading brands have long realized that an active promotion aimed at a teenager is a safe investment in future dividends. However, it is also a huge profit in the present. Its extraction involved manufacturers of children's clothing, educational books, and manuals, toys, computer gadgets.
Consumer costs are not limited to "begging" from relatives of something fashionable, tasty and interesting. Pupils have a certain amount of pocket money, the total amount of which more than compensates for the costs of any advertising.
36 years ago, Canadian Quebec banned the promotion of fast food. Nowadays, statistics have analyzed the results of this unprecedented action. The conclusions are as follows: the use of fast food in the province has decreased by 13%, and the number of overweight children has become significantly less compared with other areas of Canada.
The sales success is based on a close union of psychology and advertising. The marketing policy of large trade corporations has long been focused on the characteristics of children's perception. Knowing these hidden moves, it is possible to level or significantly weaken the adverse effect of promotions on the child's behavior.
Kids do not understand the difference between advertising from the usual TV program. Thus, embedding the desired video in a popular cartoon, you can significantly increase brand awareness.
Preschoolers are already able to distinguish between a television program and a commercial, but they do not realize that he is trying to sell them something. They regard what they see as an interesting and funny video, in which the line between reality and fiction has been erased.
Advertising aimed at the child does not sell the product itself with certain characteristics, but the feeling of happiness from its acquisition. The product is fun and joy. Taking one after another, we seize the desired thing, but the promised idyll is impossible to buy.
Younger schoolchildren understand that advertising commercials are specifically designed to sell something. Moreover, they recognize some marketing techniques, for example, artificially high prices for well-known brands. But still, remain vulnerable to their negative influence.
At this age, children begin the transitional age. Taking advantage of the desire to appear older, advertising imposes on them the image of an adult hero for copying. At the same time, it supplies schoolchildren and all sorts of attributes to follow the advertised ideal.
From the age of 14, adolescents are beginning to be critical of the market rules of trade. If parents maintain friendly relations with their offspring, with their help they can make a deliberate decision about the degree of truthfulness of advertising.
Many advertisers promote their products, focusing on the impact of advertising on adolescents. Suggestibility and gullibility make them easy prey for sharks advertising a business. Fortunately, many such moves are disclosed and described in the literature. Tell you about the most effective of them.
Buying a grocery set for a tidy sum, you get a "free" gift in the form of a toy. For a larger bonus, you need to collect a whole series of toys. The same trick is often used for boxes with breakfast cereals, snacks, inside of which a tempting surprise is prepared for children.
Find the promo code on the package to win the jackpot. Sometimes it is proposed to assemble an assortment of corks, stickers, and other parts of the package.
Persons who are popular among teenagers become the face of the brand: famous singers, showmen, and bloggers. The effect on consciousness is based on the fact that the purchase puts the teenager on a par with his favorite idol.
Computer graphics, spectacular angles, rich colors make the advertised thing many times more attractive than in reality.
Repeated scrolling of the same video makes the subconscious mind to recall it during the trip to the store.
Easy-to-remember slogans and melodies are like contagious viruses that are not so easy to get rid of, even if desired.
To protect the child's psyche from PR addiction, efforts should be made in this direction as early as possible. For very young children, the main thing is to protect them from watching television. Try not to leave TVs on all day, choose channels with a minimum of commercials, such as Culture, Discovery, History Chanel, and Animal Planet. In modern TVs, the function of excluding channels when setting up is available. Children's psychologists advise adding to the forbidden list: 2×2, Hollywood, Fashion TV, etc.
For schoolchildren, the strategy is changing. Not prohibitions come to the forefront, but communication. Explain to the teenager what the advertisement is for, why they are convincing him to buy this or that item. Show perseverance and patience. If it seems to you that your words do not bear fruit – it is not. Corn that has fallen into the soil must have time to germinate.
When the baby asks to buy something under the influence of advertising, be sure to explain the reason for the refusal. Ask why he wanted this particular thing. How did he find out about her? That's right if the child himself realizes that the desire is caused by the annoying announcement seen on TV or on the Internet. Discuss pictures on posters and billboards, the content of TV commercials. Gradually, the teenager will begin to treat them with some reasonable criticism.
Be interested and discuss with children why advertising they like, what impact they feel from viewing it. For schoolchildren who actively use the Internet, it is useful to install special add-block programs on the computer. They block pop-up advertising banners and ads.
The triangle "child, parent, advertisement" appeared in civilization for a long time. Back in 1874, the English Parliament passed a law protecting children from the influence of annoying vendors. They actively advertised their goods to adolescents, and if there was no cash, they "allowed" to buy it in debt. Subsequently, the parents were forced to pay unplanned purchases.
Today, advertising techniques have become more sophisticated and veiled, but if desired, and a competent approach, it is quite possible to protect children from them.
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The Wedding Singer Soundtrack
Note: Below is a complete playlist of all 36 songs that can be heard in the movie "The Wedding Singer". Some of these commercial songs are not included on the official soundtrack album but are used in the movie.
All 36 songs featured in "The Wedding Singer":
"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive
Timestamp: 0:00 | Scene: Robbie (Adam Sandler) performs at a wedding. Mixed in with the opening credits.
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" by Culture Club
Timestamp: 0:06 | Scene: George performs at the wedding.
"Der Kommissar" by After the Fire
Timestamp: 0:08 | Scene: Plays on the radio in the kitchen. Julia (Drew Barrymore) talks to Holly (Christine Taylor).
Timestamp: 0:09 | Scene: George performs the same song again. The crowd don't like it.
"Til There Was You" by The Beatles
Timestamp: 0:11 | Scene: Rosie sings the song as Robbie plays piano.
"White Wedding" by Billy Idol
Timestamp: 0:16 | Scene: The music video plays on the TV. Robbie asks his friends to turn it off.
"99 Luftballons" by Nena
Timestamp: 0:20 | Scene: Julia listens to the song on her headphones until she's surprised by Glenn.
"Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth
Timestamp: 0:21 | Scene: Sammy pulls up on Robbie's drive in his car. He sings the song as he walks around the house.
"Boys Don't Cry" by The Cure
Timestamp: 0:22 | Scene: Sammy goes down into the basement and lies next to Robbie.
"Holiday" by Madonna
Timestamp: 0:23 | Scene: Robbie sings the song at the wedding of Cindy and Scott but doesn't put much effort in.
"Love Stinks" by The J. Geils Band
Timestamp: 0:26 | Scene: Robbie's 2nd song at Cindy and Scott's wedding. Some people join in but the bride's father doesn't take it well and attacks him.
"Hold Me Now" by The Thompson Twins
Timestamp: 0:29 | Scene: Robbie arrives home after his disastrous wedding performance.
"Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo
Timestamp: 0:31 | Scene: Julia's engagement party. Glenn asks her if Julia should take over the arrangements. Robbie and Sammy arrive. Julia introduces Glenn.
"All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Richie
Timestamp: 0:33 | Scene: 2nd song at the engagement party, Robbie embarrasses Sammy until he leaves. He talks to Julia about the wedding.
Timestamp: 0:35 | Scene: George performs at the Bar Mitzvah.
"That's All" by Michael Buble
Timestamp: 0:37 | Scene: Robbie sings as Julia dances with the fat kid at the Bar Mitzvah.
"It's All I Can Do" by The Cars
Timestamp: 0:39 | Scene: Robbie tidies up at the end of the Bar Mitzvah and talks to Julia. Julia convinces him to help her plan the wedding.
"Ladies Night" by Kool and the Gang
Timestamp: 0:41 | Scene: Julia and Robbie watch a wedding singer (played by John Lovitz).
"Somebody Kill Me" by Adam Sandler
Timestamp: 0:43 | Scene: Robbie plays a song he wrote for Julia.
"You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates
Timestamp: 0:47 | Scene: Cake tasting, wedding dresses, limo testing with Sammy.
"Everyday I Write the Book" by Elvis Costello
Timestamp: 0:49 | Scene: Sammy and Robbie in the car driving home.
"Blue Monday" by New Order
Timestamp: 0:53 | Scene: Plays in the club as the guys double date.
"China Girl" by David Bowie
Timestamp: 0:54 | Scene: 2nd song in the club. Julia and Holly sing along.
"Private Idaho" by The B-52's
Timestamp: 0:56 | Scene: 3rd song in the club. Glenn and Robbie check out a waitress.
"Love My Way" by The Psychedelic Furs
Timestamp: 0:58 | Scene: Outside the club Robbie comforts Julia. Robbie watches Julia drive away with Glenn.
"Do You Believe in Love" by Huey Lewis and The News
Timestamp: 1:01 | Scene: The next morning Julia has a headache and Holly cooks breakfast. Julia knocks on Robbie's door and Rosie answers.
"Money (That's What I Want)" by The Flying Lizards
Timestamp: 1:04 | Scene: Robbie arrives back home in the car as Julia is waiting for him on the steps.
"Hungry Heart" by Bruce Springsteen
Timestamp: 1:06 | Scene: Robbie drinks in a bar. Sammy joins him and they talk about Julia.
Timestamp: 1:07 | Scene: 2nd song in the bar.
"Jam on It" by Newcleus
Timestamp: 1:12 | Scene: Sammy and some old guy in the bar practice moonwalking.
"How Soon Is Now" by The Smiths
Timestamp: 1:14 | Scene: Robbie arrives home drunk to find his old girlfriend waiting for him.
Timestamp: 1:18 | Scene: Rosie performs at her 50th anniversary.
"Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang
Timestamp: 1:20 | Scene: Rosie performs the rap song at her anniversary.
"Grow Old With You" by Adam Sandler
Timestamp: 1:25 | Scene: Robbie performs on the pane over the intercom system.
"True" by Spandau Ballet
Timestamp: 1:27 | Scene: Performed by the wedding singer (played by Steve Buscemi) at Julia and Robbie's wedding.
"Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Presidents of the United States of America
Timestamp: 1:28 | Scene: End credits.
Robbie, a singer, and Julia, a waitress, are both engaged, but to the wrong people. Fate intervenes and helps them discover each other.


ABI College has made substantial investment in the range of its student facilities and its current Strategic Plan provides for continuous enhancement. Its newly acquired additional premises provide state-of-the-art learning opportunities.
Our VLE (ABILearn) has been developed to support student learning needs and provide a wealth of course information, feedback and advanced learning resources. Its development and use by students has been identified as an area of good practice in external College reviews.
Students have access to computers networked together with a high speed Internet Connection and its computing facilities and services are highly regarded. There is a full range of library facilities and equipment including printers, CD ROMs, photocopiers, and audio-visual technology. These support the additional specialist resources which are provided in your chosen area of study.
ABI College places great emphasis on both the quality and the delivery of pastoral care to the students at our two College sites. Each and every student during his/her induction period has a meeting with a member of the pastoral care team, initial identification of any current or potential problem is identified and, in addition, walk in sessions are offered throughout the academic year. Email details and mobile numbers are also given to all students in case emergency support is needed or required.
Students are provided with ongoing support for academic issues raised by their tutors. For more serious or personal problems, the College has designated members of staff for this purpose (please see Student Handbook for the details).


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Q: Couldn't able to understand the parameter definition with / symbol like "x radius=5/4/2" I am trying to understand the coding given in the following link How to draw a coffee cup, where the ellipse's radius are defined in terms of ratio's. My doubt is, "How to interpret such ratios physically"?
I also found such ratios in bodeplot package example.

A: An answer for the mathematical part of the question.
The expression 5/4/2 uses the division operator that is left associative. That means, the expression is evaluated from left to right:

5/4/2 = (5/4)/2 = 5/8 = 0.625

I think the author has chosen 5/4/2 over 0.625 to show a little better, how
the value is calculated. For example, a previous line contains x radius=5/4 and 5/4/2 was used in x radius=5/4/2. Then, it is easier (without calculations) to see, that 5/4/2 is the half of 5/4 as that 0.625 is the half of 1.25.


About six hours ago, I sat down at the bus stop and felt an odd pulsing pain in my upper left abdomen, just under my bottom rib. Over these last few hours the pain has decreased but it feels...odd. Occasional twinges of pain are still present, especially if I take a deep breath, but it's mostly just a pressure that is now spanning from my left side almost over to the center of my stomach. I have GERD and currently take ranitidine, and though I missed my first dose this morning I did take my second shortly after I arrived home. I'm not sure if this could just be gas pain or something worse, and it has be a bit worried.
Can a six weeks pregnant travel for six hours ?
Hi, I am 6 weeks pregnant . I would like to know if I can travel. the journey is about six hours, plz help me as I am willing to visit my parents.
My two year old daughter stepped out in front of another child on a swing that was swining really fast and high. Her back was facing the other child and was thrown pretty far. Her back is starting to turn red at kidney level and is hot to touch and is complaining of neck pain . She had urinated only once since the incident approximately six hours ago.
Is constipation related to gall bladder removal six months ago?


The Arc Atlantique is an ITS corridor implemented by 7 Member States : Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain and Portugal. They pursue the same objective of investing in ITS to achieve improvements in network efficiency, safety and environmental performance, whilst broadening harmonisation and interoperability of ITS services.
The primary objective of this Activity is to support the effective management of the Project through provision of an appropriate management structure, reporting arrangements and project controls that meet the needs of the Project partners and INEA.
The project is managed by the Steering Committee (SC) comprising representatives from each of the beneficiaries. An Executive acts as the project Board in order to ensure the four key roles within the management structure : communications, stakeholder / cross corridor coordination, implementation and evaluation.


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Treating Acid Mine Drainage in the Montour Run Watershed
The Montour Run Watershed Association (MRWA) protects and remediates the 37-square-mile Montour Run watershed in western Allegheny County. In coordination with citizens' groups, businesses, local governmental agencies, elected officials, and the general public, the group works to improve water quality. Over the course of its existence, MRWA has successfully conducted watershed assessments, public outreach and education projects, and stream improvements in partnership with public and private landowners.
The design and construction of four abandoned mine drainage (AMD) treatment systems has played a critical role in these efforts. Environmental Stewardship Fund grants covered a significant portion of the costs to build these systems, which have already resulted in the improved health of nearly 10 miles of stream by removing a combined 50 tons of acidity and metals annually.
The Boggs Road system, sited on private property in Findlay Township, is a five-bay passive treatment system that is removing 3.5 tons per year of iron and is directly improving 2.5 miles of tributary stream as a result. Located on property belonging to Pittsburgh International Airport, the Clinton Road and North Fork Montour Run systems are healing Enlow Run, a tributary stream, and sections of Montour Run. The McCaslin Road system protects Enlow Run, preventing 14,000 pounds of acid and 2,000 pounds of aluminum from entering the streams each year. MRWA partnered with Findlay Township Public Works to situate the buried treatment system within the maintenance yard and still allow use of the property for municipal needs.
Project Type: Protect Water Quality | Region: Southwest
Project Leader: Montour Run Watershed Association
County: Allegheny County
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Kuselan is still creating waves in the bay area, even after the release. After conducting the slogan contest, Gowri Shankar is gearing up for another event on August 2nd and 3rd. August 3rd is the International Friendship day of this year and ironically, Kuselan, is a movie which emphasizes the greatness of friendship. So, Gowri Shankar along with other Rajini fans are planning to celebrate this friendship day along with thalaivar!
Kuselan Special Friendship bands are going to be distributed for free exclusively at Madras Caf�, an Indian restaurant in the bay area. Also, they have some special offers in place. For $40 or more purchase in Madras Groceries, Kuselan Audio CD will be given free!
Kuselan slideshows and trailers will be screened during this event and the fans can come and collect the friendship bands and relish their friendship! Thalaivar's movie and Friendship day ! – Two perfect reasons to celebrate. It can never get any better than this!!!


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