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McGuiness pleads not guilty; bail set at $50,000
Charles Megginson October 12, 2021 Government, Headlines
Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness pleaded not guilty to corruption charges Tuesday after turning herself in to authorities at the New Castle County Superior Court.
McGuiness entered the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center in Wilmington alongside her attorney just before 10 a.m.
State Attorney General Kathy Jennings on Monday announced a slew of felony and misdemeanor charges against the auditor including conflict of interest, felony theft, non-compliance with procurement law, official misconduct and felony witness intimidation.
If convicted, McGuiness could face up to 13 years in jail.
State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness
The auditor appeared in court via video stream from a holding room while state prosecutors and McGuiness's attorney, Steve Wood, debated the conditions of her bail. Her bail was set at $50,000 unsecured and she was barred from speaking with any former employees or discussing the ongoing investigation with current employees.
Deputy Attorney General Mark Denney unsuccessfully sought to bar McGuiness from speaking about the case with her daughter, who Denney called an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the alleged crimes.
Wood called the DOJ's request "unworkable."
"To say to a mother that you may not talk to your young daughter about probably the most traumatic event that has occurred for either of them in their lives is unnecessary and inhumane," Wood said.
The judge agreed and McGuiness left the courthouse around noon without taking questions from reporters.
Among the charges leveled at McGuiness is that she fired workers in her office and hired her own daughter, who she allowed to use a state vehicle and whom she continued to pay while the daughter was in college in South Carolina and not working for the state.
Altogether, her daughter received more than $19,000 in pay during her employment with the Auditor's Office. A friend of McGuiness's daughter, who the auditor also hired, is said to have received $8,000 in pay.
Jennings said McGuiness's daughter never logged in to her work account remotely or "sent so much as an email."
In a statement emailed to Delaware LIVE News, McGuiness's attorney disputed those charges but acknowledged that McGuiness did hire her daughter — something he said does not violate Delaware law.
Wood said there have been many instances of such hiring practices throughout the state government, including in the attorney general's office.
"It is also true that, like millions of Americans, Ms. McGuiness's daughter worked remotely during the COVID pandemic," Wood said. "However, the indictment's assumption that the only way for a state worker to work remotely is by using the state's email network is false."
The auditor is also alleged to have monitored the emails of current and former employees she perceived as possible whistleblowers.
Attorney General Kathleen Jennings
That charge, Wood said, is "pure fiction, and is clearly the result of fanciful tales spun by former employees with an axe to grind."
Most concerning, the Attorney General said in her announcement Monday, is that McGuiness engineered a "sweetheart deal" with public policy firm My Campaign Group — a company whose services she previously procured during her unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor in 2016.
The indictment alleges that McGuiness knew state contracts under $50,000 need not be subject to public bidding and therefore contracted My Campaign Group to provide communication services at a cost of $49,900 – just $100 below the oversight threshold.
The indictment also charges that McGuiness structured payments on the contract to cover up her spending and avoid oversight. Delaware Division of Accounting rules required special approval for purchases or payments of $5,000 or more, so the auditor directed invoices of more than $5,000 to be paid in increments under $5,000.
Wood said that from time to time, McGuiness has hired outside contractors to perform various professional, policy-related and communications functions for the Auditor's Office.
"Unlike the Attorney General Office, which has several full-time employees that assist with press and public relations, the Auditor's Office does not have a full-time employee to perform those functions," Wood said. "Furthermore, unlike many other state agencies, the Auditor's budget did not provide for a full-time policy development staffer until recently."
He said for these reasons, McGuiness hired My Campaign Group to assist in those tasks, and noted that the company has performed policy development services for other elected officials in Delaware before, including a former governor.
He called all the contracts with My Campaign Group "entirely lawful."
"There is nothing unlawful about hiring a former campaign consultant to perform legitimate tasks related to government service," Wood said. "The Indictment fails to mention that the consultant has provided policy advice for elected officials all around the United States in the past and continues to do so today."
Wood said the indictment against McGuiness is full of misleading statements and half-truths.
"Kathy McGuiness is absolutely innocent of these charges," he said. "The grand jury's indictment, like all grand jury indictments, was based upon a one-sided presentation from witnesses and documents selected by the Attorney General."
His statement concluded that McGuiness will continue to serve as auditor and focus on the job that she was elected to do.
Despite the presumption of innocence, some state legislators and political leaders are calling on the auditor to step down.
Jane Brady, chair of the Delaware State Republicans Party, said, "The allegations, if true, are a very serious breach of public trust. Ms. McGuiness holds an office that was responsible and trusted with being the watchdog of our public funds. She breached that trust seriously. Ms. McGuiness is the fourth Democrat in the last "six or eight months who have found themselves in trouble with the law. It's ridiculous."
She pointed out that McGuiness' indictment comes after Rep. Gerald Brady, D-Wilmington, used a racial slur in a June 27 email, Sen. Darius Brown, D-Wilmington, was arrested on two misdemeanor charges related to an alleged domestic dispute in late May and Rep. Andria Bennett, D-Dover, was charged with third-degree assault in 2020, with charges dropped by the victim in May.
"She must resign immediately," wrote Rep. Eric Morrison, D-Glasgow, on a Facebook post with a link to a news story about the indictment.
Rep. Madinah Anton-Wilson, D-Wilmington, has also called on the auditor to resign, calling the charges against her "really gross."
Common Cause Delaware director Claire Snyder-Hall said in a statement to Delaware LIVE News that if the allegations against McGuiness are true, they amount to an egregious violation of the public trust.
"Elected officials are not supposed to use their power to benefit their children, line the pockets of their political supporters or treat their elected office as a personal fiefdom," Snyder-Hall said.
She said that the auditor is supposed to prevent and detect these sorts of activities and protect taxpayer dollars from misuse.
"Delawareans shouldn't have to wonder what our elected officials are up to, or whose interests are being served," she said.
Betsy Maron, chair of the Delaware Democratic Party, said in a statement Monday that McGuiness would be doing Delawareans a disservice if she chooses to remain in office.
"When Delaware Democrats supported Kathy McGuiness, they did so on the promise that she would serve as a watchdog to prevent waste and abuse and uphold the highest ethical standard of transparency and fiscal responsibility," Maron said. "Our volunteers and voters put their faith in her to do right by the people of Delaware. To see that she broke the public's trust while executing her official duties is disheartening and downright embarrassing to our Party."
The DOJ said the first case review will take place on Monday.
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SPCA brings 75 cats, dogs back from tornado-stricken Kentucky
The Brandywine Valley SPCA team moved 75 dogs and cats to Delaware from Kentucky Monday night. A Brandywine Valley SPCA emergency response team has brought 75 adoptable cats and dogs back from the Kentucky Humane Society in the wake of a deadly tornado outbreak across six states. Relocating the animals will allow the Louisville shelter to have more space to accept lost and displaced pets from communities impacted by the deadly tornadoes. The cats and dogs are expected to start becoming available for adoption Wednesday. They include large and small animals, as well as kittens and puppies. The animals brought to Delaware were already up for adoption in Kentucky and were not lost or displaced by the tornadoes. "As soon as we saw the impact, we started planning, knowing there would be a significant need for help," said Adam Lamb, CEO of Brandywine Valley SPCA, in a press release. "These are the times we all need to come together for both pets and their people, and we're proud to have the resources to step up in such times of crisis." The Kentucky Humane Society is the Bluegrass State's largest animal adoption agency. It provides support to under-resourced animal shelters in over 35 Kentucky counties, including Mayfield, which was ravaged by a Dec. 11 tornado. Kat Rooks, initiatives director at Kentucky Humane Society, said it has provided the Mayfield-Graves County Animal Shelter with low-cost spay and neuter surgeries and transported more than 1,600 shelter animals from there in the last three years. "We are heartbroken to see this community we love and know so well shattered by these storms," Rooks said in a press release. The Brandywine Valley SPCA sent a team to Kentucky to bring back animals after the Dec. 11 tornado there. The Brandywine Valley SPCA often steps in to aid fellow animal welfare groups in other states after natural disasters and other catastrophes. In August, the group received more than 100 animals after an emergency airlift brought them from Louisiana to Delaware when Hurricane Ida hit, only to see the remnants of Ida cause massive flooding and destruction in Delaware. The Kentucky shelter dogs and cats arrived at their Animal Rescue Center in Georgetown late Monday night. They will be up for adoption on Wednesday at the organization's locations in Delaware and Pennsylvania. Donations to support the animals and the SPCA can be made at bvspca.org/kentucky-tornado.
Carney extends health emergency to protect hospital capacity
Not everyone is thrilled about Gov. John Carney's decision to extend Delaware's COVID-19 public health emergency for another 30 days. The order "aims to help protect capacity at our health care facilities and it enables the state to maintain eligibility for federal funding or assistance," said Charlie Quimby, a spokesman for the governor's office. Charlie Copeland, co-director of the Caesar Rodney Institute's Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy and Government Spending, is among many who don't see the point of continuing the emergency order. "COVID is over and it's been over for months," he said. Copeland is a former legislator who served as leader of the Senate Republican Caucus in 2007 and 2008. "Giving Gov. Carney another emergency extension is based on a lie that COVID is still a major health threat, or at least one that's larger than any other respiratory virus, including the flu or the RSV that we're seeing spike in children and others," Copeland said. The extension of the public health emergency is Carney's 10th, not including the various state of emergency orders issued during the pandemic. Quimby noted that there's an ongoing staff shortage at health care institutions, and Carney and Division of Public Health officials already have warned that beds are filling up with cases of COVID, respiratory syncytial virus and the flu. RELATED: Winter viruses & kids: Difficulty breathing? Seek help Specifically, Quimby said, the order: Allows the Delaware National Guard to take precautionary or responsive actions to help local authorities. Allows the Department of Health and Social Services to take all steps to maintain the State of Delaware's eligibility to receive federal funds or other federal assistance, such as enhanced pandemic EBT benefits. Enables acute care hospitals to increase their bed capacity with approval from the Division of Public Health in order to treat COVID-19 patients. Suspends some regulations, like bed capacity, long-term care staffing ratios, and prior authorization from insurance, in order to test patients for or treat COVID. Under Delaware law, Public Health Emergency declarations must be renewed every 30 days. Copeland said the devil's in the details as it relates to Carney's seemingly never-ending health emergency. During the pandemic, the U.S. Congress appropriated more than $5 trillion in aid. Of that, $745 billion went to state and local governments. "And Gov. Carney wants to spend," Copeland said. "As long as Joe Biden says, 'Oh, we've got hundreds of billions of dollars to just pass out because of a quote-unquote emergency, Gov. Carney is going to keep issuing emergency orders." Copeland said the D.C. money isn't being used as effectively as it could be. "If you said to me, 'Hey, I'm gonna give you a bunch of free money to spend it on something you don't need,' do you take it," Copeland asked. "Or do you want to focus your time, effort and attention on the places where people need it, like mental health, like the fentanyl and drug overdose pandemic that we're experiencing, like violence in the streets of Wilmington?" Copeland said there's nothing politicians love more than spending money. "That's not a partisan statement," he added. Copeland said there are plenty of good reasons to have an emergency order, including bad weather. "However, it should be for a limited period of time and then the legislature should have to come in and give authority to extend it," he said. "So there should be legislation that says you get a 90-day initial emergency, and then you have to come back to the legislature to get each and every extension."
Inside The Circle – Softball Week 6 Preview
Appoquinimink softball doing a handsake at the mound, photo courtesy of apposoftball Instagram We enter week six of the softball season with a little "shake up" at the top of the rankings. No. 1 Appoquinimink (10-0) is the only unbeaten program in the Top 10 with wins over a solid Wilmington of Charter and #7 St. Mark's. Savannah Laird recorded 24 strikeouts in the two wins and Hailey Watlington collected 5 hits total. Julia Weglarz ripped 3 doubles in the victory against the Spartans. As a team, the Jags pounded out 20 hits in the two games. Our new No. 1 will face HVT, Mount Pleasant & Concord this week. No. 2 Caravel (8-1) suffered its 1st loss to Pennsbury, PA over the weekend. The Bucs have only one game scheduled this week against a very good Newark Charter team (6-3). The Patriots loss to Delmar has them just out of the rankings. Caravel picked up a win earlier Saturday over Mt. St. Dominic, NJ as Brooke Holdsworth went 2 for 4 with a double and Haley Grygo went 2 for 3 with 2 RBI's. No. 3 Sussex Central (9-2) falls one spot after Madge Layfield held No. 6 Middletown to one hit in a 4-0 shutout Saturday morning. Layfield threw 133 pitches in that game. Later in the day she pitched the 1st 4 innings against Laurel and held the Bulldogs to a single run, but she was pulled after throwing another 59 innings. Central ended up falling to Laurel in 8 innings 6-5. The Golden Knights face Lake Forest and No. 8 Caesar Rodney this week. DMA (7-1) Holds on to No. 4 after dispatching No. 10 Delmar 9-7 and unranked Sussex Tech 8-1 last week. The Hawks win over the Wildcats featured back-to-back homers by Marissa Edevane and Sara Sobocinski in a 5 run second inning. Emily Trzonkowski pitched a 1-hitter in the victory over the Ravens. DMA has 3 road games this week at MOT Charter, Concord and No. 7 St. Marks. No. 5 RLCA (7-1) hasn't played a game since the 16th when they were involved in a "slugfest" against Sussex Tech in a 16-15 win. The Ravens had scored 9 times in the top of the 7th to surge ahead 15-13 only to see that lead disappear when the Lady Lions roared back with 3 in their half of the 7th for a "walk-off". Red Lion's offense was led by Morgan Lieske going 3 for 4 with a grand slam, solo home run, and a 2 run single. Followed by Maiti Meginniss going 4 for 5 with two doubles. No. 6 Middletown (7-2) edged No. 8 Caesar Rodney 3-2 then fell to No. 3 Sussex Central 4-0 last week. Reese Founds was the winning pitcher for Middletown against CR. Founds went seven innings, allowing two runs on seven hits and striking out seven. In the loss to Layfield and Central, the Cavs could only muster one hit against "arguably" one of the best pitchers in the state. Middletown will face Delcastle, SGT and Charter of Wilmington this week. No. 7 St. Mark's (7-3) Went 1-1 last week as the Spartans blanked St. Elizabeth 12-0 and fell to undefeated Appo 6-3. Ryleigh Thomas and Carly Maxton combined on a 2-hitter in the win over the Vikings. Morgan Hall and Ryleigh Thomas led St Marks with 3 hits each. Maddie Casapulla added 2 hits including her first HR. In the loss to No. 1 Appo, the Jags broke a 3-3 tie with three runs in the top of the 7th. Morgan Hall had two hits to lead the Spartans, a double and solo home run. No. 8 Caesar Rodney (10-1) The Riders lost for the 1st time this season in a game streamed on Delaware Live last week, falling 3-2 to No. 6 Middletown. Peyton Shields was "special" in the circle, striking out 12 and no walks. The Riders rebounded with a close 1-0 win over Sussex Tech and a 15-2 victory against Charter of Wilmington. Shields struck out 13 and allowed only 2 hits against the Ravens. Stacy Deputy knocked in the only run of the game in the 1st inning. Deputy also was instrumental in the victory over Charter as she drove in four on three hits on a home run in the first, a single in the second, and a single in the third. CR faces Woodbridge and then meets No. 3 Sussex Central Thursday at home. No. 9 Delmarva Christian (5-3) hasn't played a game since the 14th. They've dropped a bit in the rankings. The Royals will meet 4-4 Dover Thursday. No. 10 Delmar (4-4) The Wildcats hold onto the final spot in the Top 10 after a close 9-7 loss to No. 4 DMA and a win against unranked Seaford 7-2. Wins earlier over Newark Charter and Laurel, keeps Delmar ahead of those two for the final spot. The 'Cats fought their way back from a 9-0 deficit against DMA but fell short. The offense was led by a 3 hit game from Jordyn Hollamon dishing out a double, triple, and 4 RBI's. Zoey Coco and Ashlyn Tapman also recorded two hits in the game for the Wildcats. Those three also had good games at the plate in the win over the Blue Jays. Delmar hits the road this week for games at Sussex Tech, IR and William Penn. That's it for this edition of "Inside The Circle"
Former GOP candidate Protack sentenced to year in jail for mailing threats
A former Delaware Republican candidate for governor and U.S. Senate will spend a year behind bars after pleading guilty to federal charges of mailing threats to his ex-wife's attorney. Michael Protack, 64, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews on the charge of mailing threatening communications. According to court documents, Protack used the U.S. mail to send a series of threatening communication to his ex-wife's attorney. One threat, received on Jan. 7, 2021, stated that the victim should "count on being dead by June 2021." "You won't know when, where or how but your end has been written," the communication said. "Take the time and put your affairs in order because they will not find your body for weeks." Another threat, received a couple of months later, contained nothing more than a graphic image of a dead, mutilated body. One of the last threats received by the victim stated, "I drive past your office every day." Protack was arrested on June 11, 2021. In handing down his sentence, Judge Andrews described Mr. Protack's conduct as a "campaign of terror" and noted the lengths to which Mr. Protack went to conceal his identity as the perpetrator. Andrews further noted that Protack's actions represented a "very serious offense" and there was a need for just punishment that would promote respect for the law. United States Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss said "Protack's repeated threats to murder another human being is, indeed, a very serious offense, and the court's sentence reflects that fact." "My office is dedicated to obtaining justice for victims of violent crime and holding the perpetrators of these crimes accountable," Weiss said. "I want to thank the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the FBI for their diligence in investigating this case and helping bring Mr. Protack to justice." Damon Wood, inspector in charge of the Philadelphia Division of the Postal Inspection Service said people using the U.S. mail to terrorize others is not that common. "The Postal Inspection Service, however, takes such threats seriously and will aggressively investigate anyone who uses the mail to terrorize or threaten another person," Wood said. "Protack thought that by using the mail, he would never be identified. Thanks to the work of local Postal Inspectors and agents of the FBI, he was identified and now has a year in prison to think about his crime." Wood said anybody who is being threatened through the mail should not hesitate to file a complaint with the Postal Inspection Service. "We have over two hundred years of experience investigating and identifying criminals who use the mail to commit or facilitate crimes," he said. The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the FBI's Delaware Violent Crime and Safe Streets Taskforce in the Wilmington Resident Agency. Protack, who graduated from William Penn High School in 1975 and the University of Delaware in 1979, unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor in 2004 and 2008 and for U.S. Senate in 2006. Assistant U.S. Attorney Briana Knox prosecuted the case.
St. Mark's uses powerful ground game to escape Red Lion Christian Academy with a 21-20
St Marks celebrating after a 21-20 win over Red Lion RED LION – St. Mark's used a powerful ground game and some timely defense to escape Red Lion Christian Academy with a 21-20 victory in a Class 2 intradivisional game on Saturday night. The Spartans threw the ball three times unsuccessfully on their first drive, but after Red Lion lost two linemen for the evening, St. Mark's found success with the run, particularly inside. They found themselves trailing, however, after Lions quarterback Mac Krauss hooked up with Kyle Manley on a 47-yard touchdown late in the first. The two-play drive took about 30 seconds. After that, they took to the ground to grind out a 75-yard, 10-play drive that ended with St. Mark's quarterback Chase Patalano going up the middle three yards for a score. Matt Hanich and Patalano did the work on that drive, with all of the yards gained on the run except for one screen pass to Hanich that went for seven yards. The Spartans forced a Lions punt from their end zone, taking possession at the Red Lion 30 after a penalty. Donovan Artis and Hanich went to work, with Artis closing it out with a one-yard scoring run. The Lions tied the score after taking the second-half kickoff. The 80-yard drive included a 14-yard pass to Seth McGroerty on a third and eight, and another third down conversion on a seven-yard run by Breon Simms. Daejon Jones ended the drive with a 48-yard touchdown run around right end, going untouched into the end zone. A penalty, however, forced Red Lion to kick off from deep in its own territory, and Logan Klein returned the ball 16 yards to the Lions' 34. Facing a third and five from the Lions' 29, Patalano completed a pass to Jack Burns at the one, and the quarterback snuck it in on the next play for the eventual winning score. But it wasn't easy. Later in the third quarter, the Lions embarked on an 83-yard drive in an attempt to tie the score. The first play of the drive covered 43 of those yards as Krauss hit Jones with a successful screen pass. The other big play came on third down and 22 at the St. Mark's 36, with Jones catching a pass that went for 29 yards. Jones scored on a run on the next play, the first of the final quarter. With the capacity crowd cheering them on, the Lions lined up for the extra point. The snap was high, and McGroerty, the holder, attempted to run the ball into the end zone for two points. He was stopped inches short of the goal line, and the Spartans kept the one-point lead. Shane Caleb blocked a Saint Mark's punt on the next drive, and he picked up the loose ball and started downfield. A Spartans player was able to catch up to him and poke the ball loose from behind, and St. Mark's kept possession. The Spartans burned six and a half minutes off the clock before turning it over on downs at the Red Lion 16 with 42 seconds remaining. An interception by Tahj Johnson sealed the victory. The Spartans improved to 2-0 and will host Woodbridge next Friday at 7. Red Lion fell to 0-1 and visits Delmar on Friday at 7:30.


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The New Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (major spoilers)
Thread starter Ice
Who's going to be the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
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Teh Sexy Monkey Queen
NRAMA: Joe, the solicitation for January's She-Hulk #15 mentions the "new director of S.H.I.E.L.D." but not by name. Now we don't try to spoil stories for readers here at Newsarama but [the stark reality is] we have heard some rumblings about who this may be. You want to get out in front of this one and perhaps say what you can about this character's identity?
JQ: The character will be a true American patriot.
So who do you guys think it will be? Captain America? Iron Man? The Return of Fury or someone else? Spill the beans!
Master of TOG-fu.
Re: The New Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
I want Fury back but I don't think it would be any of them.
maybe Sharon Carter?
But could she be counted as a "True American Patriot?"
I'm saying it'll be Captain America after this whole mess is said and done.
Dr.Strangefate
He Sees You When You're Sleeping. He Knows When Yo
I bet Tony Stark...
moonmaster
Without him, all of you would be lost souls roamin
Lil Brother
U.S.Agent all the way!
He has something or another to do with Civil War, right? Or am I making that up?
Lil Brother said:
I was told that he was
going to Canada
Really? Because Ben Grimm is doing the exact same thing...
When/where did that happen?
Or is that an in-joke that I don't understand...? [/paranoid]
I don't know. I was just told that a little while ago. It's not a joke or anything.
Fredrik Martinsson
Formerly known as Ultimate Warrior
Yes, U.S. Agent is said to flee to Cananda and join Omega Flight and Ben Grimm left the country for France.
I would have said that it would be The Patriot if not for the fact that he is dead :wink:
Iceshadow
Xorn.
ProjectX2
Don't expect me to take you with me when I go to s
I was thinking that Tony has to be in a position of power after Civil War, because if things go back to normal and everyone forgets he's betrayed them, then it will be stupid.
So, Tony Stark for President or Director of SHIELD?
I don't Nick Fury back yet - he's better when he's hiding out, and commanding Winter Soldier.
Really is pretentious, no matter what she says. Do
ProjectX2 said:
Well it would explain the fact that he may not be the iron man in mighty avengers. I hear it might be Pym.
Ultimate Warrior said:
*gasp*
Guys, I think I just figured out who is coming back in Civil War: The Return!
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None of those options sound particularly good to me.
If the hints and rumors about post-Civil War MU are to believed, I don't see how it could be Cap.
And what's so patriotic about Tony Stark?
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I see that it can be argued how Tony could be patriotic. Maybe not in the same level as Captain America, but in some other sense.
Ultimate Houde
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He buys American made vodka
Ultimate Houde said:
TOny Stark runs America therefore he IS America. That's the commercial I'm seeing. I still think Fury will come back through some smooth game of chess playing.
Perhaps this is a controversial view, but what if we assume that the cornerstone of American national identity is not freedom, in the sense of freedom of civil liberties, but free trade -- anybody can come to America to set up a business, earn a living, and (if they're successful) turn a living.
Everything else -- the freedom of expression, or assembly, etc. -- is enabled by the capital generated by free trade. In the ideal marketplace, you don't need super-powers to become successful; just a good product. And in the world of geopolitics, nowhere is the marketplace freer than in America.
(Incidentally, Joe Caesy did an admirable job of exploring this very theme in WildC.A.T.S. v.3.0.)
In that sense, Tony Stark is a "true American patriot", because he represents one who has not only enabled further trade, but also uplifited his own status as a result of it.
Take note, I definitely DO NOT agree with this assessment of the US; i'm just saying it's one way of percieving things.
Having said that, I don't believe that he will be the next Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Victor Von Doom
Fist of teh Internets.
Crap! I voted wrong. I voted for Fury when I meant to vote for Tony.
I mean I want Fury to come back and run the show....but I think Tony will run it.
This thought is based on the Mighty Avengers preview/Bendis teases in Wizard a few months ago. When reading the preview you get a feel that Iron Man isn't Tony. It's someone who's using the Iron Tech for the first time.
Tony can't play Iron Man when you've got a global security force to run.
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Q: java update query for paradox database i'm trying to update paradox table from java but i'm getting an Exception
java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Paradox Driver] Operation must use an updateable query.
java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Paradox Driver] Operation must use an updateable query.
java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Paradox Driver] Operation must use an updateable query.
I'm using this code:
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    try {
        Connection paradoxCon = paradox.createConnection();
        Results res = new Results();
        res.getAll();
        if (res.allRes.isEmpty()) {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(mainPanel, "There are no Finished or Postponed Games!", "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
        } else {
            int y = res.allRes.size();
            for (int x = 0; x < y; x = x + 1) {
                try {
                    if (res.getAll().get(x).Reversed == 0) {
                        if (res.getAll().get(x).Status.equals("Fin")) {
                            String sql = "UPDATE Kvote SET _45_d = '" + res.getAll().get(x).HThome + "', _45_g = '" + res.getAll().get(x).HTaway + "', _90_d= '" + res.getAll().get(x).FThome + "', _90_g = '" + res.getAll().get(x).FTaway + "', Ok='Y' WHERE Kolo = '" + res.getAll().get(x).tRound + "' AND Sifra='" + res.getAll().get(x).TID + "'";
                            PreparedStatement ps = paradoxCon.prepareStatement(sql);
                            ps.executeUpdate();
                        }
                        if (res.getAll().get(x).Status.equals("Post")) {
                            String sql = "UPDATE Kvote SET _45_d = '" + res.getAll().get(x).HThome + "', _45_g = '" + res.getAll().get(x).HTaway + "', _90_d= '" + res.getAll().get(x).FThome + "', _90_g = '" + res.getAll().get(x).FTaway + "', Ok='O' WHERE Kolo = '" + res.getAll().get(x).tRound + "' AND Sifra='" + res.getAll().get(x).TID + "'";
                            PreparedStatement ps = paradoxCon.prepareStatement(sql);
                            ps.executeUpdate();
                        }
                    }
                    if (res.getAll().get(x).Reversed == 1) {
                        if (res.getAll().get(x).Status.equals("Fin")) {
                            String sql = "UPDATE Kvote SET _45_d = '" + res.getAll().get(x).HTaway + "', _45_g = '" + res.getAll().get(x).HThome + "', _90_d= '" + res.getAll().get(x).FTaway + "', _90_g = '" + res.getAll().get(x).FThome + "', Ok='Y' WHERE Kolo = '" + res.getAll().get(x).tRound + "' AND Sifra='" + res.getAll().get(x).TID + "'";
                            PreparedStatement ps = paradoxCon.prepareStatement(sql);
                            ps.executeUpdate();
                        }
                        if (res.getAll().get(x).Status.equals("Post")) {
                            String sql = "UPDATE Kvote SET _45_d = '" + res.getAll().get(x).HTaway + "', _45_g = '" + res.getAll().get(x).HThome + "', _90_d= '" + res.getAll().get(x).FTaway + "', _90_g = '" + res.getAll().get(x).FThome + "', Ok='O' WHERE Kolo = '" + res.getAll().get(x).tRound + "' AND Sifra='" + res.getAll().get(x).TID + "'";
                            PreparedStatement ps = paradoxCon.prepareStatement(sql);
                            ps.executeUpdate();
                        }
                    }
                } catch (Exception ex) {
                    System.out.println(ex);
                }
            }
        }
        res.getAll().clear();
    } catch (ParseException ex) {
        Logger.getLogger(AutoResultsImporterView.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    }
}

A: I Solve the problem using INTERSOLV 3.11 32-BIT ParadoxFile (*.db) driver
I created an System DSN Data Source Using this driver and connect to this Data Source

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Q: How to group a multidimensional array by multiple subarray values? I checked this question and answers:
How to group a multidimensional array by a particular subarray value?
He wanted to group results by 'level'. But how would you do it to group it by 'level' first and then by 'type'?

A: Its pretty straight forward. Loop through $items array. Get each item's level and type and if they are not set yet, initialize them with an empty array. Then just push the "cust" value into the array.
I have given the code below.
I am assuming "$items" is an array which contains the input.
$g = [];

foreach($items as $k => $v) {
    $l = $v["level"];
    $t = $v["type"];
    $c = $v["cust"];

    if(!isset($g[$l])) {
        $g[$l] = [];
    }
    if(!isset($g[$l][$t])) {
        $g[$l][$t] = [];
    }

    $g[$l][$t][] = [
        "cust" => $c
    ];
}

var_dump($g);

The output of this code would be like below:
array(3) {
  [1]=>
  array(1) {
    ["standard"]=>
    array(2) {
      [0]=>
      array(1) {
        ["cust"]=>
        string(6) "XT8900"
      }
      [1]=>
      array(1) {
        ["cust"]=>
        string(6) "XT8944"
      }
    }
  }
  [3]=>
  array(1) {
    ["premier"]=>
    array(2) {
      [0]=>
      array(1) {
        ["cust"]=>
        string(6) "XT8922"
      }
      [1]=>
      array(1) {
        ["cust"]=>
        string(6) "XT8816"
      }
    }
  }
  [7]=>
  array(1) {
    ["standard"]=>
    array(1) {
      [0]=>
      array(1) {
        ["cust"]=>
        string(6) "XT7434"
      }
    }
  }
}

[P.S.]: You can also use sort to solve this problem easily. That's another way of solving this problem.


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Q: Writing multiple JSON objects as one object to a single file with python I'm using python to hit a foreman API to gather some facts about all the hosts that foreman knows about. Unfortunately, there is not get-all-hosts-facts (or something similar) in the v1 foreman API, so I'm having to loop through all the hosts and get the information. Doing so has lead me to an annoying problem. Each call to a given host return a JSON object like so:
{
  "host1.com": {
    "apt_update_last_success": "1452187711",
    "architecture": "amd64",
    "augeasversion": "1.2.0",
    "bios_release_date": "06/03/2015",
    "bios_vendor": "Dell Inc."
   }
}

This is totally fine, the issue arises when I append the next host's information. I then get a json file that looks something like this:
{
  "host1.com": {
    "apt_update_last_success": "1452187711",
    "architecture": "amd64",
    "augeasversion": "1.2.0",
    "bios_release_date": "06/03/2015",
    "bios_vendor": "Dell Inc."
}
}{
"host2.com": {
    "apt_update_last_success": "1452703454",
    "architecture": "amd64",
    "augeasversion": "1.2.0",
    "bios_release_date": "06/03/2015",
    "bios_vendor": "Dell Inc."
   }
}

Here's the code that's doing this:
for i in hosts_data:
    log.info("Gathering host facts for host: {}".format(i['host']['name']))
    try:
        facts = requests.get(foreman_host+api+"hosts/{}/facts".format(i['host']['id']), auth=(username, password))
        if hosts.status_code != 200:
            log.error("Unable to connect to Foreman! Got retcode '{}' and error message '{}'"
            .format(hosts.status_code, hosts.text))
            sys.exit(1)
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        log.error(e)
    facts_data = json.loads(facts.text)
    log.debug(facts_data)
    with open(results_file, 'a') as f:
        f.write(json.dumps(facts_data, sort_keys=True, indent=4))

Here's what I need the file to look like:
{
"host1.com": {
    "apt_update_last_success": "1452187711",
    "architecture": "amd64",
    "augeasversion": "1.2.0",
    "bios_release_date": "06/03/2015",
    "bios_vendor": "Dell Inc."
},
"host2.com": {
    "apt_update_last_success": "1452703454",
    "architecture": "amd64",
    "augeasversion": "1.2.0",
    "bios_release_date": "06/03/2015",
    "bios_vendor": "Dell Inc."
  }
}

A: It would be better to assemble all of your data into one dict and then write it all out one time, instead of each time in the loop.
d = {}
for i in hosts_data:
    log.info("Gathering host facts for host: {}".format(i['host']['name']))
    try:
        facts = requests.get(foreman_host+api+"hosts/{}/facts".format(i['host']['id']), auth=(username, password))
        if hosts.status_code != 200:
            log.error("Unable to connect to Foreman! Got retcode '{}' and error message '{}'"
            .format(hosts.status_code, hosts.text))
            sys.exit(1)
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        log.error(e)
    facts_data = json.loads(facts.text)
    log.debug(facts_data)
    d.update(facts_data)  #add to dict
# write everything at the end
with open(results_file, 'a') as f:
    f.write(json.dumps(d, sort_keys=True, indent=4))

A: Instead of writing json inside the loop, insert the data into a dict with the correct structure. Then write that dict to json when the loop is finished.
This assumes your dataset fit into memory.

A: For safety/consistency, you need to load in the old data, mutate it, then write it back out.
Change the current with and write to:
# If file guaranteed to exist, can use r+ and avoid initial seek
with open(results_file, 'a+') as f:
    f.seek(0)
    combined_facts = json.load(f)
    combined_facts.update(facts_data)
    f.seek(0)
    json.dump(combined_facts, f, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
    f.truncate()  # In case new JSON encoding smaller, e.g. due to replaced key

Note: If possible, you want to use pault's answer to minimize unnecessary I/O, this is just how you'd do it if the data retrieval should be done piecemeal, with immediate updates for each item as it becomes available.
FYI, the unsafe way is to basically find the trailing curly brace, delete it, then write out a comma followed by the new JSON (removing the leading curly brace from it's JSON representation). It's much less I/O intensive, but it's also less safe, doesn't clean out duplicates, doesn't sort the hosts, doesn't validate the input file at all, etc. So don't do it.


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#include <QtSpotify/qtspotify_global.h>
#include <QtCore/QObject>
#include <QtCore/QList>
#include <QtCore/QHash>
#include <QtCore/QStringList>

class SpotifyTrack;
class SpotifyAlbum;
struct sp_album;
struct sp_albumbrowse;

class QTSPOTIFYSHARED_EXPORT SpotifyAlbumBrowse : public QObject
{

    Q_OBJECT

    Q_PROPERTY(QStringList copyrights READ copyrights NOTIFY completed)
    Q_PROPERTY(QList<SpotifyTrack*> tracks READ tracks NOTIFY completed)
    Q_PROPERTY(SpotifyAlbum* album READ album NOTIFY completed)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString review READ review NOTIFY completed)
    Q_PROPERTY(qint32 serveTime READ serveTime NOTIFY completed)

public:

    QHash<sp_albumbrowse*, SpotifyAlbumBrowse*> albumBrowseObjects;

    SpotifyAlbumBrowse(sp_album* album);
    ~SpotifyAlbumBrowse();

    QStringList copyrights() const;

    QList<SpotifyTrack*> tracks() const;

    SpotifyAlbum* album() const;

    QString review() const;

    qint32 serveTime() const;

    sp_albumbrowse* native() const;

protected:

    bool event(QEvent*);

private slots:

    void updateData();

signals:

    void completed();

private:

    QStringList m_copyrights;
    QList<SpotifyTrack*> m_tracks;

    SpotifyAlbum* m_album;

    QString m_review;
    qint32 m_serveTime;

    sp_albumbrowse* m_spAlbumBrowse;

};

#endif // SPOTIFYALBUMBROWSE_CPP

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JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Christmas may have passed, but the feast which means the first fruits in Swahili is well underway.
One of the producers of the Kwanzaa Community Celebration kicked off this year's vacation at the Ritz Theater and said it was the only public celebration of Kwanzaa in River City.
"He celebrates bringing the community together in a very specific way to solve his own problems and move forward together," said producer Brenda Frinks.
Kwanzaa was originally created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in the 1960s following riots in order to bring African Americans together by remembering their culture.
This holiday takes place from December 26 to January 1 and during this period, seven principles are reflected:
Umoja, which means unity
Kujichagulia, which means self-determination
Ujima is for collective work and responsibility
Ujamaa stands for cooperative economy
Nia means goal
Kuumba is for creativity
Imani is faith
On top of that, there is a traditional tabletop display set up every year with several items of importance including …
"Mazao, meaning the harvests, they symbolize the harvest celebrations around the world," Frinks said. "There is the Mkeka which is the carpet. It is symbolic of traditions and history. Like I said, the kinara the candle holder. The Muhindi which will be the corn which will be on it and which represents the children.
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In addition to these symbols, there is also the cup of unity, Zawadi – which are homemade gifts from family members, knowledge books, black, green and red candles.
"It is important that we pass on the traditions because as a race of African Americans much of our history was erased when we came to this land," said Frinks.
Finks said it's important to celebrate Kwanzaa every year as a re-commitment to African-American ancestry.
"It's kind of like the resolution where you take time with each of these principles that we mentioned and think about it and give it a little respect," Finks said. "What happened in the past, what is happening in my life now and what I would like to see in the future."
The Ritz Theater has been hosting this community celebration for over 25 years, an effort to reconnect African Americans to their homelands.
Frinks describes each principle and its specific purpose in the video below:
Brenda Frinks, one of the producers of Community Kwanzaa Celebration, reflects the principles of Kwanzaa.
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Let's imagine that as well as our robots reproducing, their cells reproduce too. In fact if I'd explained the development of the robot and its cells properly, this would be a given because we know that the robots is made of dust and we know that the dust reproduces (see previous parts). The addition of brain cells is generally useful to the robot insofar as they allow it to behave in more complex ways that aid its survival and reproduction, therefore they're inherited. We reach the stage where the robot has about 250,000 neurons, which is about as many as a fly.
We discussed previously how a slug could make a decision using just two neurons. With 250,000 neurons, things become more interesting. Our robot's brain can effectively decide to play a mini lottery inside its own head to determine which neurons respond, resulting in unpredictable outcomes. The reason for this is clear. If the robot behaved predictably then its predators (which we've never introduced but let's just say there are some) would have a much easier task of catching it.
The robot can now sense a lot more of what's going on both inside its own body and in the world around it. It also has a relatively good degree of decision-making ability, at least compared to a sea slug. Yet it has no intent or forethought. It doesn't know what it's doing. As outsiders, we can certainly explain its behaviour because in terms of our own understanding, the rationales for many of its decisions are clear but they're not at all clear to the robot.
The growth of the robot's brain continues. Having seen the robot acquire its senses in part 5, we know that it can hear sound. Assuming the robot has a mouth, a windpipe and some lungs, it's not much of a stretch to imagine that one or more robots might start to produce sounds that can be heard by itself and other robots. Such sounds are produced completely unwittingly and without any intention, yet they attract the attention of other robots, making it easier to find mates to reproduce with, which makes the ability to make sounds an inherited feature.
In our earliest population of dust balls, those that survived were the ones that rolled around most easily. That is to say, those that were most easily transferable from one place to another, the reason being that the quality of transferability increased the dust ball's chances of reproduction. The same is true of the robot's earliest spoken words. Without any intent or planning, those sounds that are most efficiently and effectively produced and transmitted to other robots are the ones that are in turn picked up and reproduced by those other robots. Still without understanding and without reason.
I guess that's the problem. We view most things from our own understanding.
Is an ego just as much a projection of self onto others, rather than being entirely owned by who we are judging?
They must be very important for evolution. Lots of lessons learned and honing of new skills.
Comedically I love unpredictable outcomes. That feeling of a whole concept being delivered by a curve ball you hadn't been expecting.
Day to day though I hate it. I'm sadly very unadventurous. I think it's more to do with navigating people than things though.
Sounds, tones, language. Voices are incredibly telling in many more ways than words, especially tone and inflection. The right words delivered in the wrong way may as well have been left unsaid.
I'm sure we're all attracted to certain sorts of sounds. I bought some guinea pigs years ago based almost entirely on their little whistley warbles.
You're too good at this Dan. It's like lateral mind sweeping. I think you should start classes.
A primary school in Essex is piloting a new project that brings elderly people suffering from isolation, depression and early dementia into the classroom to work with four- and five-year-old children. They'll read books, sing songs, and do puzzles with children.
The potential benefits for children include positive changes in perceptions and attitudes towards older people, increased self-confidence, better behaviour in school, increased self-management skills, and higher standardised reading test scores.
I guess it's a bit like having your Grandparents at school with you. Who wouldn't love that when you're a child. The benefits to the elderly people would be company, mental activity and feeling useful. It's just win, win! Awwww.
I might need some help in taking this thought experiment to whatever final state it ends up reaching. I'm thinking about covering: sweating/running, pack-hunting, identity, the further evolution of culture and language, some metaphysics (beliefs, stories). Maybe the subconscious.
None of these ideas are my own but when Dan Dennett starts talking about the evolution of the mind, he often jumps from one "this is how this trick is done" explanation to the next, whereas I'd much rather continue with this kind of ground-up conceptual development although I'm not sure how exactly to do that or where it will finish. It might be that once I'm done with the above topics, I then move onto what people have often thought the mind to be like (e.g. a cartesian theatre - or like in Men In Black when they pop the guy's face off and it's a tiny little alien inside pulling levers) and how it's different from that.
Oh that's absolutely brilliant about the old people. A real win-win-win situation! (Old people, teachers, children). Plus old people know about life. Well, the ones that aren't losing their marbles. It is very heartwarming isn't it?
Ha, I'm not sure my grandad would be much use, he HATED school and bunked off most of it. My grandma was a teacher though so, y'know, swings and roundabouts. Yes it is a very positive story.
To be honest you could cover pretty much anything. I just really admire you even trying to put all these concepts into words.
It's like having a random package of very interesting little thought triggers delivered every day.
Its quite a feat you know. I'm very impressed, and I'm honestly not impressed that easily.
Explaining how the mind works? Phwerrgghhh.
Boo to institutions, I've never been a fan, but I know we need them.
My MIL would be an amazing teacher for little ones. She's very sweet and kind. Not so sure about my Mum or Dad, although kids do tend to love my Dad because he's a bit eccentric.
I'll definitely finish the series.
Is this the first time you've mentioned your parents? You've spoken about your MIL a few times.
I don't know? They've been divorced some 40 years now.
My Dads a cross between Lord Bath, Billy Graham and Micheal Parkinson and my Mums a tad more parochial (wouldn't take much tho) and quite a sweet lady.
"Old age is OK I suppose. Nothing much has changed here....the crosswords are getting harder, willy less so.
Yeah thanks for sharing that.


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Awards, tributes and honours
Civic honours and related
Freedom of select Cities and Boroughs in the United Kindom with 9 signatories in support of his resistance to Apartheid
Freedom of the City of Heidelberg
Honorary Freedom of the City of Howick from the Howick Transitional Council
Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein
Freedom of the City of Cape Town
Freedom of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Freedom of the City of Ushuaia
Honorary Freedom of the City of Omagh in Northern Ireland by the Omagh District Council
Freedom of the City of Liverpool
Honorary Freeman of the District of Midlothian, Glasgow
Freedom of the Borough of Islwyn, Wales
Freedom of the City of Bristol City Council
Free Burgess and Guild Brother of the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen
Key of the City of Enugu State, Nigeria
Mandela received the Key to the City of Chicago during his visit on 14 July 1993 as well as a resolution from the City Council paying tribute to the contributions of Nelson Mandela to freedom and racial harmony
Freedom of the City of Boksburg
Honorary Citizenships
Honorary Citizenship of the State of Washington
Honorary Citizen of Cesena
Honorary Citizen of the City of Macerata
Honorary Citizenship of the City of Siano
Honorary Citizenen of Bologna
Honorary Citizenship of the City of Thionville
Honorary Citizenship of Maryland conferred by the Governor, Parris N
Honorary Citizenship from Sindaco Maurizio Fistarof
Honorary Citizenship of the City of Ivrea
Honorary Citizenship of the City of Tromso
Honorary Citizenship of the City of Sao Bernardo
Honorary Citizen of the City of Sao Paulo
Resolution by the City of Saint Paul to award Nelson Mandela with a Honorary Citizenship
Civitas Europae of the City of Brussels
Honorary freedom of the City of Omagh, Northern Ireland
Honorary Citizenship of the City of Florence conferred by the Mayor of Florence
Honorary Citizenship of nine municipalities: Egaleo, Ellenikon, Glyfada, Ilioupolis, Daissariani, New Filadelfia, Nikaea, Preveza and Zogrofu
Honorary Citizen from the City of Windhoek local authority council
Order of the Aztec Eagle was presented to Mr Mandela by the Mexican Ambassador to South Africa on Occasion of the 200th Anniversary of Mexico's Independence
Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St John from Queen Elizabeth II
Order of Mapungubwe, Platinum
Order of the Starra Planini
Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra
Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim from Sweden
Highest order of Japan, the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum was presented to Mandela by Emperor Akihito at Akasaka Palace
Order of the Liberator San Martin from the government of Argentina
Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour from the Republic of France
Bharat Ratna' (Jewel of India) Award from the President of India
Dr Antonio Agostinho Neto Order, the highest honour of the People's Republic of Angola
Order of the Bay of Pigs (Playa Giron ) awarded by President Fidel Castro
Order of Friendship and Peace - first grade from the Republic of Mozambique
Soka University Award of Highest Honour
Order of Rio Branco in the grade of Master from the Republic of Brazil
The Great Malavi Medal from the King of Morocco
Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion from the Republic of Senegal
Honorary Queen's Coucil by Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal created to mark the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty's accession to the Throne and granted to Mr. Mandela by the Governor General of Canada for his dedicated service to his peers, his community and to Canada
Award of recognition conferred to Mr Mandela by the Vice Foreign Minister for Africa of Venezuela, Dr Reinaldo Bolivar
Award presented to Mr Mandela on the occasion of his visit to Trinidad and Tobago from the President of the Rebublic
Perspex key on plastic and marble base
Merit of Gold for his service to Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) from the Minister of Defense
Certificate of a joint resolution to honour Nelson Mandela by the State of Maine
Certificate welcoming Mr Mandela to Louisiana and recognizing his contributions to the world from US Senator Mary L
Campania Award for Peace and Human Rights
Congressional Recognition of the Congress of Texas for Lifetime Achievements
Award recognising Mr Mandela's life contributions from the Afro-Anglo-Caribbean Community
City Council of Nairobi presented Mr Mandela with the Coat of Arms
Shield with Coat of Arms of the City of Gold Coast presented on the occasion of the World Life-Saving Championships
Medal of the Church of the Virgin Mary from the City of Spilimbergo
Award from the City of Aulla for his commitment to peace
Honorary Citation from the City of Macerata
Prince of Asturias Prize for International Cooperation 1992 from King Juan Carlos of Spain
Resolution by the Board of Chosen Freeholders from Union County congratulating Mandela on being elected President and declaring May 22-29 1994 as "Nelson Mandela and Youth of South Africa week"
Citation recognizing Mr Mandela's demonstration of leadership, courage and strenght from the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusettets
Award of Appreciation from the People of the Cayman Islands
Shield of Liberty from Liberia
Miguel Aleman Velasco Medal from the City of Veracruz
Recognition and Appreciation Award from the Educational International Africa Region and All Africa Teachers Organisation
Special Welcome and Appreciation from the South African Embassy in Bangkok for Ten years of Freedom
California State University Los Angeles esteem and admiration citation
Fleetwatch Friend of the Trucking Industry Award from Fleetwatch
Fivehunderd Years of Discovery of America 1492-1992
Governor's Award from Lions International District 323-A1
The MESAB Service Award presented to Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, whose courage, vision and generosity of spirit insprires the world
Recognition from the State of Louisiana
Harvest Celebration 1659-2003 honour from KWV
India Leadership Conclave 2009
One Million Dream Balls for Africa from Hyundai Motor Company and One Million Balls for Africa
Presented posthumously to Nelson Mandela: for his exemplary Leadership, Sacrifice and Committlemt to the dignity and respect for all Mankind by Congo Solidario
Recognition from the Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church
Recognition of outstanding service and sacrifice from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
Award from the Chicago State University Office of International Programme
Commonwealth Champion of Health Medal from the Brithish Columbia Council on Smoking and Health
African Elephant Award from the Africa Scout Committee
Jonas Salk Prize from the Human Futures Foundation
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in recognition of his outstanding leadership in the fight against apartheid and racial discrimination, in South Africa and worldwide
Nelson Mandela Block, consisting of a class room block and nursery, was opened at the Baba Yara School as part of the Mandela Day activities in Ghana
Plenary hall in the new conference centre of the African Union (AU) has been named after Nelson Mandela
Housing development has been named 'Mandela Gateway' by the Oakland Housing Authority
Nelson Mandela Art Museum, previously known as the King George VI Art Gallery
Nelson Mandela Clinic of the CHISA Children's Fund for Southern Africa
Multi-purpose room at SUNY Binghamton renamed to Nelson Mandela's Room


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Pigeon Forge, TN – 2023 1 Hour Photography Class Lesson 1 – Taking the Artistic Approach (12+ years old)
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The 2016/17 Hyundai A-League Finals Series kicks off with an absolute cracker as Brisbane welcome Wanderers to Suncorp in Friday night's Elimination Final. Will we see a repeat of last season's nine-goal thriller?
These two met in a quite extraordinary finals match a year ago, with Wanderers eventually prevailing 5-4 in extra-time.
Brisbane led 3-0, before Romeo Castelen hit a hat-trick to give Western Sydney a 4-3 lead.
Jamie Maclaren took the game to extra time, but Dario Vidosic supplied Wanderers' winner.
This time, it really is too close to call.
Of the two, Western Sydney come into this game in better form, having not lost any of their last six matches.
Meantime, Brisbane needed to come back from 3-1 down to beat Wellington 4-3 last weekend and avoid a second straight defeat.
Even so, Brisbane are probably slight favourites by virtue of being at home and Maclaren's sparkling recent form.
But Wanderers have a fully fit 23-man squad, a rare luxury at this time of the season and even more remarkable given their additional ACL commitments.
They also have significant Finals Series experience.
They won't have any more games at home though, and for the first time, will need to negotiate their way to the Grand Final from outside the top two.
* Brisbane haven't trailed the Wanderers at half-time in any of their last seven meetings.
* The Wanderers have won just one of their last seven games at Suncorp Stadium, drawing one and losing five.
* Three of Brisbane's last six Finals Series games have been against the Wanderers; they've won one and lost two of those.
* Roar boast a shooting accuracy of 49.8% this season, the second-best of any team in the competition and nearly two percentage points higher than Western Sydney (47.9%).
* Western Sydney have scored eight headed goals this season, the joint-most of any team in the competition and five more than Brisbane.
When defensive strategies against Roar are drawn up by opposition coaches, stopping Jamie Maclaren is likely to be at the top of the page.
The red-hot marksman scored his 19 th goal of the season last weekend to grab a share of the Golden Boot.
And worryingly for Western Sydney, Maclaren has scored more goals against them than any other Hyundai A-League side.
He's scored nine times against the Wanderers, including eight goals in his last seven games against them.
And after shouldering the recent goalscoring load almost single-handedly, "Macca" is starting to get some help.
Brett Holman scored an eye-catching brace against Wellington last weekend, while Brandon Borrello, Thomas Broich and Nick D'Agostino have all been on the scoresheet in the last three weeks.
Western Sydney come into the Finals Series as the lowest-scoring of the top six sides, netting just 35 goals in their 27 games.
But Brendon Santalab can lay claim to being as effective as Maclaren, if not more so.
The evergreen Wanderers striker has scored a goal every 76.3 minutes this season, compared to Maclaren's 110.5 minutes.
He's also fresh and confident, having played in just one of Western Sydney's last three A-League games and being named his side's player of the season on Tuesday night.
Santa's support cast will need to step up, though.
Nico Martinez is the next highest Wanderers scorer with just four and he's been goal-less in the last month.
In fact, Santalab's team-mates have combined for just seven goals in the past ten games.


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Warwick John Tecklenburg is a former South African rugby union player, who played first class rugby between 2011 and 2016. He playing in Super Rugby for the  and domestically for the  and . He also played for Kamaishi Seawaves in the Japanese Top League East. His usual position is flanker.

He retired at the start of 2017 to join his family's farming business.

Career
He represented Mpumalanga Country Districts at U18 level and the  at U19 level before joining the .

He made his first team debut for the Blue Bulls against  in the 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division season.

He signed a two-year contract with the  for the 2013 season. and played in both legs of the ' promotion/relegation matches after the 2013 Super Rugby season, which saw the  regain their spot in Super Rugby.

He was then included in the  squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season and made his Super Rugby debut in a 21–20 victory over the  in Bloemfontein.

He also represented  in the Varsity Cup.

He joined Japanese Top League side Kamaishi Seawaves for the 2015–2016 season.

References

South African rugby union players
Living people
1987 births
Blue Bulls players
Golden Lions players
Lions (United Rugby Championship) players
People from Mbombela
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3. In a small sauce pan, melt the chocolate on low and add in coconut oil and maple syrup. Stir until completely melted and combined. Pour over the peanut butter layer and let set in the freezer for 20-30 minutes or until the chocolate is hardened.


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Talay: Phoenix young guns have nothing to lose
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Ufuk Talay's young Wellington Phoenix side are embracing the challenge of facing last year's A-League champions on their home patch.
The Phoenix have travelled to Melbourne to face Melbourne City in their rescheduled FFA Cup quarter-final tomorrow night.
The match was supposed to be played before Christmas but was postponed on gameday as a result of a number of positive COVID-19 cases in the Melbourne City camp.
The quarter-final is Wellington's first in club history and comes amidst a disappointing run of results in the Isuzu UTE A-League.
"We've been struggling a little bit, but what better way to turn it around than to knock over the reigning champions in the Cup," Phoenix defender Tim Payne said.
"We're excited to play against good quality opposition. You want beat the best so we're looking forward to it.
"We want to go all of the way to the final and win the final, it'd be a fantastic achievement for the club."
Payne is one of just a handful of players in the current Nix squad that are over the age of 25.
"It's a great opportunity for these players to grab the jersey while they can," Phoenix head coach Ufuk Talay told media on the eve of the match.
"This is one of those seasons where we've been hindered by a lot of things and opportunities have arose for younger players coming through our academy to step up.
"We're playing this season with a thought of what we're going to do next season as well so there's a lot of opportunities there for these players to grab their jersey and continue on."
Talay believes "they've got a lot to gain and they've got nothing to lose".
"If this is what they want to do as a career and be a footballer for the next 20 years, what a great opportunity.
"What more would you like as 18-year-old or a 19/20-year-old to go out there and do something that you love?
"Go out there and play football. We'll try to guide them in the right direction to get the best out of them but…go out there and play."
Knocking over City and advancing to the FFA Cup semi-finals would also be a great fillip for the squad as they endeavour to turnaround their fortunes in the A-League.
"It'll be a massive confidence boost for our younger players to be able to show that they can step up and play against last season's champions.
"Hopefully we can get the job done in 90 minutes rather than 120 and penalties because we've got a game at the weekend we need to think about as well.
"We'll go there with the mentality to win. We've come this far in the Cup and we're going to go as far as we can go."
But Talay isn't looking beyond tomorrow night's match.
"If we look too far ahead, I don't think it's a good thing.
"We just need to focus on getting the result that we need to get into the next round and then we go back to a league game in the weekend."
The Phoenix are able to call on experienced English forward Gary Hooper for the rescheduled quarter-final, after border restrictions prevented him travelling to South Australia last week.
But young forward Oskar van Hattum is in doubt for the match after he experienced tightness in his hamstring late in the match against Adelaide.
The two squad members who tested positive to COVID-19 after Christmas remain unavailable for selection. They are still isolating and have yet to re-join the squad.
The FFA Cup quarter-final between the Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne City is scheduled to kick-off at 7:30pm AEDT (9:30pm NZT) at Kingston Heath in Melbourne and broadcast live & free on 10 Play in Australia.
And for those in New Zealand and around the world, the game will be live streamed via our official YouTube channel.
FFA Cup 2021 Quarter Final
Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix
Date: Wednesday, 5 January
Time: 7:30pm AEDT kick-off, 9:30pm NZDT
Venue: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
Broadcast: Live & free on 10 Play
Tickets: Free - register here
Wellington Phoenix squad: 3. Matthew BOZINOVSKI, 5. James MCGARRY, 6. Tim PAYNE, 8. Ben OLD, 9. David BALL, 10. Reno PISCOPO, 11. Jaushua SOTIRIO, 12. Luka PRSO, 13. Nicholas PENNINGTON, 14. Alex RUFER (c), 16. Louis FENTON, 17. Callan ELLIOT, 18. Ben WAINE, 19. Sam SUTTON, 21. Joshua LAWS, 23. Clayton LEWIS, 30. Henry GRAY, 31. Kurtis MOGG, 32. George OTT, 33. Finn SURMAN, 34. Jackson MANUEL, 40. Alex PAULSEN (gk), 43. Oskar VAN HATTUM, 88. Gary HOOPER
Unavailable: 20. Oli SAIL (gk) (injured)


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Reminder: Recreation areas closed to travelers, locals alike
April 1, 2020 — Many of the state's top federal, state and local recreation areas are closed to all use following Governor Kate Brown's Executive Order on Monday, March 23, that prohibits all non-essential travel.
State and county health officials say that Oregon has reached a critical moment in the COVID-19 health emergency, when limiting contact between people can save lives and flatten the infection curve.
All state parks, parts of national forests and some city recreation areas shuttered their doors over the past week to reduce crowds and discourage travel.
The closures also affect local use, and land management authorities acknowledge this will be frustrating. With parks and other public lands closed, safety-related services like restrooms are closed and trash collection is suspended, increasing the risk of injury when a person visits in violation of the closure.
Local health care professionals are focused on using resources to prepare for COVID-19 care and cannot afford to spend limited time and resources on people injured during recreational activities.
All use, whether originating locally or not, is prohibited in a closed park.
The closures do not yet affect the ocean beaches, though all state and many federal and local access points are closed. If problems arise with people traveling unnecessarily or congregating there, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department will reconsider its current decision for those areas to remain open.
Some travel is necessary, and state highway rest areas are open for travel-related needs. Some parks also serve as rest areas.
While nearly all are available for rest area-type functions, they are closed to recreation. Some rest areas may have reduced service or may be difficult to access.
Parks that attract too many people seeking recreation rather than rest area services will be closed to all service.
A map of state highway rest areas is available at TripCheck.com.
People are encouraged to exercise as close to home as possible, including backyards and neighborhoods where social distancing is easier to maintain.
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Royal London Half Day: Buckingham Palace and the Changing of the Guard
Experience this historic ritual that has been guarding the sovereign's palaces for over 500 years
All Destinations United Kingdom & Ireland Tours London Tours Royal London Half Day: Buckingham Palace and the Changing of the Guard
Your Perfect Trip...
A comprehensive exploration of the key royal sites in London
Led by a PhD level historian
Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace
Elite soldiers have guarded the King or Queen since the reign of Henry VII who made the Royal Body Guard a permanent institution which has spanned over 520 years of history. This tour will allow you to witness this storied ritual within a narrative that encapsulates all of the key aspects of royal London; providing a comprehensive understanding of the roles these sites have played in the history of the monarchy.
Sites Visited
Buckingham Palace (Exterior)
Westminster Abbey (Exterior)
House of Cavalry or
Royal Mews (will be again possible in 2022)
3 hours with a PhD or MA-level guide
Itinerary Details
This royal exploration will begin with an introduction to the exterior of the Queen's official residence, prior to witnessing the iconic red tunics and bearskin hats performing the age-old ritual of the Changing of the Queen's Guard. A stroll through St James's Park and past its Tudor palace, the principal palace in London during the Georgian era, will provide the opportunity to connect and consolidate the roles of these various sites within the narrative of the British monarchy. The tour will conclude with a walk around the exterior of the Gothic masterpiece that is Westminster Abbey, home to over a thousand years of Royal History.
Is this tour good for kids?
Yes! We have some excellent family-friendly guides who can appeal to the learning styles of children. Please book privately if you have children under 13. Feel free to provide us with information about your children such as favorite school subjects, and hobbies. This way we can match you with the best possible guide. Please note that as this walk tour does not fall within our official family program, there will not be special family activities.
Will you pre-purchase tickets?
Yes. We'll pre-purchase tickets for each participant for the House of Cavalry, or the Royal Mews as soon as they reopen again in 2022. Your guide will have the tickets on hand.
What if it's raining?
Tours operate rain or shine, but it also never hurts to have an umbrella on hand.
Does this include a tour of Westminster Abbey?
The tour will end with a tour of the exterior of the abbey, as an integral component of royal history, but will NOT include the interior. If you would like to explore the inside of the abbey please book our Westminster Abbey tour or the Monarchy and Parliament, as the perfect compliment.
Sarah has lived and worked in London all her life, but pops over to Rome fairly often. After completing her MA in History of Art at University College London, specialising in late 19th Century French Painting and mid 20th Century Art, she has worked in different areas of the contemporary art world in both London and Rome, before deciding to focus on gallery education. This necessitated a far greater knowledge base, so Sarah trained to be a guide and qualified as a City of London Guide and as a Blue Badge Tourist Guide in 2008. She now works as a guide, specialising in Museums and Galleries as well as tours for children and young people, she teaches courses in art history and the history of London at the University of Richmond and works as a gallery educator at the National Portrait Gallery and the Dulwich Picture Gallery, specialising in tours for older people and people with Dementia.
An amateur urbanist, Sophie has spent more than a decade exploring and falling in love with cities around the world. She spent her student years in Dublin and left with a BA in English Literature and History from Trinity College. From there she headed off to the City of Light, where she did an MA in Paris Studies at the University of London in Paris and started working for Context. Her work on 19th-century Paris was the beginning of her passion for city planning, and her MA thesis on the relationship between the French capital and Algeria sparked an interest in immigration and its impact on cities and urban issues. After a couple of years in the southern-hemisphere cities of Melbourne and Wellington, Sophie moved back to the UK and is enjoying applying everything she's learned about cities to her research into London's urban history.
Born in London, Ruth has also lived in Israel for many years. She trained at the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, where she studied Voice and Piano and received a degree in performance in both instruments. She is a qualified music teacher and for many years taught music to children and adults of all ages. Returning to London in 2000, Ruth undertook a number of intensive courses learning about the history of this great city which she loves. She has recently earned an MA in Art History and enrolled in a Ph.D. program. Ruth also has a particular interest in Jewish London and a keen interest in the artistic and musical history of London.


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