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Tamron announces a compact $549 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 for Sony E mount cameras
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Tamron has announced the release of the 70–300mm F4.5–6.3 Di III RXD, a lens deemed as 'the world's smallest and lightest telephoto zoom lens for Sony E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras.'
The lens is constructed of 15 elements in 10 groups, including a low dispersion element for minimizing aberrations. Autofocus is driven by Tamron's Rapid Extra-Silent Stepping Drive (RXD) motor technology.
Other specifications include an aperture range of F4.5 (at 70mm) to F32 (at 300mm), a seven-blade aperture diaphragm and a minimum focusing distance of 80cm (31.5") on the wide end and 150cm (59.1") on the tele end. Tamron says the lens is moisture-resistant thanks to an array of seals in 'critical locations' and its compact design measures in at just 14.7cm (5.8") long, 77mm (3") diameter and weighs only 545g (19.2oz).
The lens is expected to retail go on sale starting October 29 for $549, but Tamron notes the complexities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could change that date.
Tamron Announces the World's Smallest and Lightest Telephoto Zoom Lens for Sony E-mount Full-Frame Mirrorless Cameras
70-300mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD (Model A047)
September 24, 2020, Commack, New York – Tamron announces the launch of the 70-300mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD (Model A047), a telephoto zoom lens for Sony E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras. The lens will be on sale on October 29, 2020 at approximately $549.00; however, due to the current global health crisis, the release date or product supply schedule can change.
While Tamron has manufactured many popular telephoto zoom lenses that extend to 300mm for DSLR cameras, the new 70-300mm is the first model designed for full-frame mirrorless cameras. Developed with the concept of bringing the joy of easy telephoto shooting to photographers everywhere, it's the world's smallest and lightest 70-300mm zoom lens— just 5.8 in. in length and weighing a mere 19.2 oz.— and delivers exceptional image quality.
Its Moisture-Resistant Construction provides greater protection when shooting outdoors and the lens shares the 67mm filter diameter common to all members of Tamron's lens series for full-frame mirrorless cameras. The lens also takes full advantage of in-camera features, including Sony's Fast Hybrid AF and Eye AF that support a fantastic shooting experience. The 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 is a highly practical lens that makes the excitement of telephoto shooting easier than ever before across a diverse range of shooting styles including landscapes, sports and other athletic events, wildlife, portraits, and more.
1. A telephoto zoom so compact you will want to carry it around everyday
Tamron has adopted a dedicated design for mirrorless cameras and achieved a compact size once again by fixing the aperture at F6.3 at the telephoto end. The maximum diameter is 77mm. Measuring just 5.8
in. and weighing a mere 19.2 oz., this 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 is the world's smallest and lightest telephoto zoom lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. Compatible with Sony's popular E-mount cameras, it has been developed with the concept of enabling photographers to experience the universe of full-scale, full-frame 300mm telephoto photography more easily.
The AF drive system incorporates the exceptionally quiet RXD (Rapid eXtra-silent stepping Drive) stepping motor. Because this lens is compatible with Sony camera features, including in body image stabilization and Eye AF, you can enjoy comfortable, high-speed, high precision telephoto photography, even handheld.
Experience the excitement of bringing distant subjects closer as well as the perspective flattering characteristics achieved by full-scale telephoto photography more easily than ever before. For landscapes, sports, birds, and wildlife as well as closer subjects such as portraits and street scenes, this lens expands the range of telephoto photography.
2. Superior optical performance and supreme lightweight portability
Pursuing lightweight design as a top priority, Tamron has created a compact 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 zoom lens that makes 300mm telephoto shooting easy and fun. The superb optical design is based on a rigorous simulation process using state-of-the-art design technologies. As a result, Tamron has successfully struck a balance between extreme lightness (19.2 oz.) and compactness (5.8 in.), incorporating a slim lens barrel with a maximum diameter of 77mm— all without sacrificing high image quality. The optical design includes 15 elements in 10 groups, with an LD (Low Dispersion) lens element precisely arranged to suppress axial chromatic and other aberrations that are likely to happen with telephoto zoom lenses. At 300mm, a commonly used telephoto zoom focal length, the design delivers excellent resolution from edge-to-edge. Overall, the efficient optical construction (which also contributes to its light weight), plus Tamron's BBAR (Broad-Band Anti-Reflection) Coating with its well-established reputation for anti-reflection properties, combine to enable the photographer to capture extremely clear, crisp images across the entire zoom range. While the lens features an advanced design with excellent core image quality, optical performance can be enhanced even further by employing the lens correction features found on Sony cameras.
With the introduction of this lens, all photographers, from first-time users of dedicated telephoto zoom lenses to experienced enthusiasts seeking a compact, lightweight telephoto zoom, can comfortably enjoy the advantages of a powerful, versatile zoom without worry about size or weight. Photographers who are shooting with in-camera image stabilization or using a tripod, can reduce the burden of their gear. Moreover, the 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 maintains excellent balance even when used with the APS-C sized E-mount cameras that are smaller than full-frame cameras (e.g., Sony α6500); consequently, users can also enjoy photography with an even greater equivalent telephoto zoom appearance of approximately 450mm.
3. The RXD stepping motor unit is exceptionally quiet
The AF drive incorporates a sensor that accurately detects the position of the lens while the RXD motor unit delivers optimized AF control. This achieves very fast and accurate autofocus operation and allows
users to maintain tack-sharp focus on continuously moving subjects shot at the telephoto zoom position. Thanks to the exceedingly quiet AF, the lens can be used discreetly in concert halls and other situations that require low noise levels, and for video recording.
4. A full family of superb, compact lenses made especially for mirrorless cameras
The 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 shares the same uniform 67mm filter diameter as other members of Tamron's series of full-frame mirrorless camera lenses. When using an assortment of these lenses, users can easily interchange filters (e.g., PL, ND, etc.) and lens caps, thereby increasing convenience and minimizing costs as it is unnecessary to purchase a collection of different size filters.
Tamron's lineup of lenses with 67mm filter diameter for full-frame mirrorless cameras (in the order they were launched):
– 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III RXD (Model A036) / High-speed standard zoom lens
– 17-28mm F/2.8 Di III RXD (Model A046) / High-speed ultra-wide-angle zoom lens
– 24mm F/2.8 Di III OSD M1:2 (Model F051) / Prime lens
– 20mm F/2.8 Di III OSD M1:2 (Model F050)/ Prime lens
– 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD (Model A056) / High-speed telephoto zoom lens
– 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 Di III RXD (Model A071)/ All-in-one zoom lens
5. Moisture-Resistant Construction for added protection
Seals are located at the lens mount area and other critical locations to deter infiltration of moisture and/or rain drops and afford Moisture-Resistant Construction. This feature provides an additional layer of protection when shooting outdoors under adverse weather conditions.
6. Compatible with camera-specific features and functions
Tamron's new 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 is compatible with many of the advanced features that are specific to certain mirrorless cameras. These include the following:
– Fast Hybrid AF
– Eye AF
– Direct Manual Focus (DMF)
– In-camera lens correction (shading, chromatic aberration, distortion)
– Camera-based lens unit firmware updates
: A047
: 70-300mm
: F4.5-6.3
Angle of View (diagonal)
: 34°21′-8°15' (for full-frame mirrorless format)
Optical Construction
: 15 elements in 10 groups
: 31.5 in. (WIDE), 59.1 in. (TELE)
Maximum Magnification Ratio
: 1:9.4 (WIDE) / 1:5.1 (TELE)
: Ø67mm
Maximum Diameter
: 5.8 in.
: 19.2 oz.
Aperture Blades
: 7 (circular diaphragm)**
: F22-32
: Round-shaped hood, Lens caps
Compatible Mounts
: Sony E-mount
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Today, the Prime Minister Boyko Borisov visited the Parliament, to sum up, his position on migrants. The visit was provoked by the question of whether our country will accept refugees for money, asked by BSP leader Cornelia Ninova.
"We can hardly integrate them, so we can hardly accept them. The solutions I propose are also in favour of Bulgaria, and they also solve the problems of other countries," Boyko Borisov commented, adding that he doubted that there is a politician who would respond to a new portion of refugees, no matter how much money is given for them.
Borisov also talked about the recent escape of a prisoner, specifying that even during socialism prisoners were able to escape, and the construction of new prisons will not fully solve the problem entirely.
He announced that the position he will present at the Summit on 28 June will be to an immediate stop of the migration wave and guarantee the security of the EU's external borders.


What makes a really good client?
One who gives you a good brief. Not all clients know what they want, perhaps most don't. It is part of our job to talk to them and 'tease out' the details of what they want (and what they will want to spend). However, we have all experienced clients who don't know what they want but when they see the project nearly finished they know what they don't want. So I guess the key here is if a client can't give you a good brief, write one yourself and communicate really well throughout the project.
One who doesn't tell you what to do. This is of course an over simplification, but there is no doubt that it can be frustrating to have a client who constantly explains to you how you should design the job. Often, this is followed up with a deconstruction of what you have done. By this, I don't mean a critique, more an unravelling through a series of alterations that mean the scheme no longer makes sense. At this point I always ask myself why I was taken on. I guess the key to this is that clients should give designers enough room to think creatively. Of course, we can all think of schemes that we have looked at and thought 'that designer was given a bit too much free rein' – or maybe it's just me that thinks that.
One who understands the true meaning of value. Clearly what I don't mean by this is someone who wants everything at a reduced price. As designers, we all know that cheapest is rarely best. Also that 'whole life cost' is an important principle – cheaper light fittings for example are rarely a saving in the long run. Cheap hedges grow quickly and – well it's obvious.
One who understands the balance between programme cost and quality. To be fair, most clients do these days, but we do still come across the odd person who wants a high quality job quickly and cheaply.
One who respects your professional skills and experience. By this I mean one who doesn't just expect you to 'fill in the green bits' but will give you the room to do a good job and will support you against the occasional forays into our zone by other professionals. Also, a good client will get you involved early on in the project, before all the essential decisions have already been made.
One who recommends you to friends. Obvious really.
Finally – One who enthuses! For me this is the most rewarding. I had a client a few years ago who was buying the garden along with everything else – pool, kitchen, interior design etc. By the end of the project two years later he was completely addicted to his garden. At the end of each day who he would come back home and go and sit in his garden to unwind before he went inside. Every time I saw him all he would talk about was how much he loved it. I would never have predicted this from our first few meetings, so it was an added bonus for me. Clients who really love gardens are a relative rarity but they always lift my spirits.
Perhaps this all sounds rather negative? Clients are actually what I love about this business, people in all their random variety with their foibles, likes, dislikes and baggage that they bring to a project. Our work could not function without them.
As long as they pay that is.


Songs play a big part in my life, both as a woman and as a writer. On most days, from the time my family is in the kitchen for breakfast, music of some sort is playing, usually from a playlist or from asking our Google Home to just play a particular genre of music (man, is Google Home good at finding what I didn't even know I wanted to listen to)!
One of my favorite things to do, though, is come up with a playlist of songs for my books. Now, while I'm writing the books, I don't actually listen to the playlist, but once I'm into the editing, that playlist gets a lot of airtime.
For Rebel in a Small Town, I had even more fun because, as it's part of a series, I had both series-specific songs playing and story-specific songs.
Smoke by A Thousand Horses – this became a kind of theme song for James. He's been in love with Mara since they were kids, and he was ready to propose before she ran out on him (before the book even started). For him, Mara is the smoke you can't quite get out of your clothes after a night at a bar, the smell of the sea you can't remove after you've left a beach vacation…she's a part of him, and this song really spoke to that.
Stay a Little Longer by Brothers Osborne – this one was Mara's theme song. She returns to town thinking she's only going to be there to make sure Collin's orchard is okay and to tell James her little secret..but the more she's in town, the more she wants to stay just a little longer. Especially, when she's around James.
Black by Dierks Bentley – this song kind of speaks for itself…and for the smexy times James and Mara get down to in the book.
Wanna be that Song by Brett Eldredge - which is where both James and Mara are, although neither want to admit it, in the beginning of the book. They both want to be that someone the other turns to…but neither knows quite how to be that.
James Calhoun has never been able to resist Mara Tyler, or her knack for mischief. Her reputation as a reckless teenager drove Mara from their hometown. So Slippery Rock is the last place James ever expected to see her, and Mara's timing couldn't be worse. With the upcoming election for sheriff, she threatens the squeaky-clean image James needs to win. Because Mara has brought with her the result of their steamy affair: his two-year-old son, Zeke. After the initial shock, James is determined to have both his family and career. He just needs to convince Mara that her home is where it's always been. With him.


"Golfer's elbow" is a type of elbow pain that originates near the inside part of the bony protrusion. This type of pain is also caused by a tear or rupture in the tendon supporting the elbow bone.
"Locked elbow" is a type of pain that occurs when the elbow bones or their surrounding muscle fibers become stiff or immobile from disease or injury.
"Student's elbow" is another term for bursitis, or swollen sacks under the elbow joint. This is often caused by repeated rubbing of the elbow on a hard surface, such as a desk.
"Tennis elbow" is a layman's term for pain on the lateral, or outside part of the elbow, on or near the bony protrusion. Tennis elbow is caused when the tendon from the elbow bone tears or is ruptured. It's no surprise that professional tennis players can become afflicted by this with all of the stress and strain they place on the joint during play.
Carpal tunnel syndrome, while chiefly affecting the wrist, can cause elbow pain if an inflamed tendon pinches a nerve going to the elbow.
Tendonitis can cause elbow pain and is caused by an elbow tendon that has become swollen or inflamed when the forearm tendon is damaged.


Measurement of multiple parameters on individual cells in conventional flow cytometry is limited because of spectral overlap of the fluorophore markers that are detected. Bendall et al. (see the Perspective by Benoist and Hacohen) describe a technique in which more than 30 measurements can be made through the use of distinct elemental isotopes detected by mass spectrometry. This technique allows the analysis of hundreds of cells per second. Each cell is vaporized at 5500 degrees kelvin, and the markers are monitored by inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The technique was used to analyze the signaling properties of various cell types in the human hematopoietic system but should also be applicable to many other systems.


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E … 605 ist der 12. Kriminalfilm der Fernsehreihe Stahlnetz. Die deutsche Erstausstrahlung erfolgte am 3. Oktober 1960 im Ersten Programm der ARD.

Handlung
Nachdem der Ganove Elling zum wiederholten Male das Prozedere der Geldübergabe einer Essener Sparkasse an zwei Boten beobachtet hat, überfällt er mit seinem Schwager Karl Siegert, genannt Charly, die Männer und flüchtet mit der Beute von 150.000 D-Mark in deren Auto, das später verlassen aufgefunden wird. Ein dritter Mann hatte kurz vor dem Überfall durch einen fingierten Anruf einen Mitarbeiter der Sparkasse daran gehindert, die Geldboten zum Wagen zu begleiten.

Nach einer Woche treten Oberkommissar Opitz und Obersekretär Richter bei ihren Ermittlungen immer noch auf der Stelle. Inzwischen fordert Elling seinen Anteil an dem geraubten Geld. Als Charly die Herausgabe verweigert, droht ihm Elling, er werde schon einen Weg finden, um an das Geld zu kommen. Kurz darauf teilt ein anonymer Anrufer der Polizei mit, dass er wisse, wo die Beute versteckt sei. Zwei Versuche einer Kontaktaufnahme scheitern, doch die Presse hat Kenntnis von dem anonymen Tipp erhalten und veröffentlicht eine entsprechende Meldung. Charly glaubt, Elling stecke dahinter, liquidiert ihn gemeinsam mit dem gerade aus der Haft entlassenen Helmut Faber, mit dem Elling vor Jahren einen Überfall verübt hatte, und vergräbt die Leiche. Faber erleidet dabei einen Steckschuss in den Unterarm und muss im Krankenhaus behandelt werden.

Dadurch erfahren Opitz und Richter von Faber, lassen sich seine Akte kommen und stoßen so auf Elling als damaligen Komplizen. Als Richter Vera Elling aufsucht, berichtet sie, dass ihr Mann seit vier Tagen verschwunden sei. Da die Beschreibung des einen Täters auf Elling passt, mutmaßen die Beamten, dass Elling und Faber die Bankräuber seien, Elling der anonyme Tippgeber war und Faber ihn deswegen umgebracht habe. Doch bei einem Besuch im Krankenhaus erfährt Richter, dass Faber erst eine Woche nach dem Überfall aus der Haft entlassen worden ist. Allerdings erinnert sich der Pförtner des Krankenhauses an einen häufigen Besucher Fabers. Den Namen wisse er zwar nicht, aber auf Wagentyp und -farbe könne er sich besinnen und besonders das Kennzeichen sei ihm aufgefallen: E … 605. Den Buchstaben dazwischen wisse er nicht mehr.

Ein junger Mann namens Peter Lieberitz hat eine Vorladung erhalten, da Faber ausgesagt hatte, er habe mit Lieberitz Schießübungen gemacht, dabei habe dieser ihn versehentlich angeschossen. Lieberitz gibt an, die Waffe ordnungsgemäß erworben zu haben und zeigt seinen Waffenschein vor. Doch mittels einer Quarzlampe kann Opitz noch einen weiteren Namen auf dem Schein sichtbar machen: Karl Elling, der Vater des Verschwundenen. Inzwischen ist aufgrund der Angaben des Krankenhauspförtners der Halter des Wagens mit der Nummer E-R 605 ermittelt worden: Karl Siegert. Für Opitz und Richter ist nun klar, dass es eine Verbindung zwischen den vier Männern geben muss. Zwar können die überfallenen Geldboten Lieberitz nicht als einen der Täter identifizieren, doch den Ermittlern kommt der Verdacht, dass er nicht nur der anonyme Anrufer im Präsidium, sondern auch der dritte Mann beim Überfall gewesen sein könnte.

Lieberitz wird beschattet und dabei beobachtet, wie er zu Siegert und Faber in den Wagen steigt. Auch Siegert hat inzwischen die Vermutung, dass nicht Elling, sondern Lieberitz der Tippgeber war und will ihn ebenfalls umbringen. Die Polizei nimmt die Verfolgung des Wagens auf. Faber steuert ihn auf ein Trümmergrundstück, dort geht der Wagen in Flammen auf. Lieberitz kann überwältigt werden, aber Siegert und Faber verstecken sich auf dem unübersichtlichen Gelände. Nach einer Verfolgungsjagd, an der inzwischen auch Opitz teilnimmt, kann Faber gestellt werden, wird aber von Siegert erschossen, ehe er sich selber ergibt und festgenommen wird. Auf die Bemerkung Opitz', dass man nun alle drei zusammen habe, entgegnet Siegert: "Vier. Sie stehen drauf. Auf Ellings Grab." Allerdings bezichtigt Siegert den toten Faber des Mordes an seinem Schwager.

Sonstiges
Der Film entstand in Zusammenarbeit mit der Kriminal- und Schutzpolizei von Essen. Gedreht wurde in Essen und den Studios der Real-Film. Die Bauten stammten von Dieter Bartels. Einer von zwei Off-Sprechern ist Heinz Engelmann als Oberkommissar Opitz. Der Titel der Folge wird – wie so häufig – weder im Vor- noch im Abspann genannt.

Die Handlung beruht wie gewöhnlich auf einer wahren Begebenheit. Etwa drei Jahre zuvor hatten zwei Männer mit Namen Schäfer und Reinhard diverse Banküberfälle begangen und wurden nach ihrer Festnahme zu 15 bzw. 12 Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt.

Laut Krimihomepage soll es Quellen geben, nachdem der Film als Zweiteiler am 3. und 4. Oktober 1960 gesendet worden sein soll. Die Quellen werden nicht genannt, allerdings ist beispielsweise im Begleitheft zur DVD-Box von 2013 nur vom 3. Oktober als Ausstrahlungstermin die Rede.

In einer Szene hat Wolfgang Völz als Obersekretär Richter ein Taschenbuch von Edgar Wallace in der Hand: Der rote Kreis. Jürgen Roland hatte dieses Buch kurz zuvor verfilmt. In einer anderen Szene beobachtet Elling die Geldboten aus einem Borgward mit dem Kennzeichen E-DE 69 heraus. Als nach dem Überfall die Beute in diesen Wagen umgeladen wird, sieht man deutlich das Kennzeichen E-BE 69. Ob dies ein Filmfehler ist oder die Nummernschilder von den Bankräubern zwischendurch gewechselt wurden, wird nicht klar.

Die Episode ist in einer 2013 erschienenen DVD-Box mit sämtlichen Stahlnetz-Folgen enthalten.

Weblinks

 Stahlnetz: E … 605 auf der Krimihomepage

Einzelnachweise

Filmtitel 1960
Kriminalfilm
Fernsehfilm
Deutscher Film
Schwarzweißfilm
Das Erste

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Vicki White
Eric Lobbecke
A conversation with nature, 2011
Eric Lobbecke's upcoming exhibition at NG Art Gallery, Conversations with Nature, draws upon his recent trip to Poland where the artist visited the castle from which his father was banished during World War II. "The Russians threw my dad out of it, so he fled with his family to Vienna." Lobbecke goes on to explain, "it was interesting because the façade of it was beautiful, but around the back all the sheds and barns were crumbling under the pressure of the natural world. This Imperial artefact had buckled and been taken over by nature. I realised that nature is always going to triumph over man."
This exhibition is a visual testimony to an intensely fantastical natural world that calls all the shots. "It's taken a life of it's own – it's constantly growing,". Conversations with Nature, offers up intriguing paintings that explore the relationship between humans and the world they inhabit. Enormous cacti swallow smiling faces, anonymous figures grow heads of roses and one man is left struggling to hold the weight of a delicate gumleaf. A political cartoonist come serious painter, Lobbecke's work is a study of contrasts – clearly informed by his expertise in illustration yet distinct from it. What remains perfectly intact at the centre of each work is a deeply personal questioning of how nature can be so complex yet so beautiful.
As a multifaceted exhibition, Lobbecke's paintings hang beside hand-painted ceramics and underneath a giant chandelier made from alfoil roses whilst his interactive blog, hirethehandthatdraws.wordpress.com, is projected onto the gallery walls. Bringing a third dimension to Conversations with Nature, the blog invites audiences to request what they would like to see grown/drawn. As people post requests, Eric illustrates and a mystical garden full of the strange and the exotic has developed.
Born in Vienna, now living and working in Australia, Lobbecke has become a celebrated emerging painter on the contemporary scene. Eric has been the winner of significant art prizes such as the prestigious Walkley Award, Artists Association's award for Best Symbolic Illustration alongside being named News Limited's Artist of the Year. He has also been a finalist in the Dobell Prize for drawing. His work continues to gain critical attention and is housed in various major collections in Australia.
Lisa Omagari, Arts Writer,
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while applying SBI clerk exams, many people have doubts,so we are listing some common questions with answers here.
1. Candidates who could not get the printed applicant of form.
Printed application form is not required by the Bank. It is not to be deposited.
2. Candidates who have registered ON-LINE.
Call letters have been despatched to all the registered candidates. In all probabilities, they will be getting the call letters by 30th June 2008.
3. Any enquiry site for those candidate who has registered on-line but could not get the call letters.
Those candidates who have registered on-line but could not get the call letters by 30th June 2008 may visit the website http://app1.ibps.in/sbiclmenu.asp to get necessary information about his venue after entering their Registration ID, password and Date of Birth.
4. Candidates who have registered ON-LINE, but do not receive the call letters by 30th June 2008.
They should contact the Authorised Bank Officer for the Centre (City) where they have mentioned to write the test, alongwi th original Cash Deposi t (Challan) Receipt and Photo Identity Card. No documents need to be submitted.
5. Candidates who have deposited the cash through Challan on or before 31st May 2008 but could not register on-line.
They should contact the Authorised Bank Officer for the Centre (City) where they have mentioned to write the test , alongwith original Cash Deposit (Challan) Receipt, Photo Identity Card and proof of having requisite qualification. They will have to fill an application form to be provided to them by the Authorised Bank Officer.
6. Contact details of the Designated Bank Officer.
Contact details of the Authorised Bank Officer is given at the end of this communication.
7. Change in Centre allocated for any reason.
Centre has been filled in by the candidates, AS SUCH NO REQUEST FOR CHANGE IN VENUE WILL BE ENTERTAINED.
8. Candidates who have received more than one call letter.
Candidate should check the details on the call letters and whichever they found to be correct they should put that call letter on top and staple all other call letters with it. Photograph of the candidate should be pasted on the call letter on top and hand over the same to the Invigilator in the examination venue.
10. In case candidate do not have Call Letter with photograph affixed on it &/or Original Cash Deposit (Challan) Receipt or have misplaced them.
SUCH CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO WRITE THE WRITTEN TEST AND WILL BE TURNED BACK. Both the documents are MUST for appearing in the written examination.
Candidature of General and OBC category candidates will be rejected. In case of SC/ST/PWD/ XS candidates, their candidature will remain valid.
12. In case Caste, Date of Birth etc., except that at sl.no.12 below, is wrongly mentioned in the application/call letter.
Candidates should inform such correct ions by email on sbicl@ibps.in. In case information relating to Caste, Date of Birth etc. is incorrect ly mentioned in the call letter, then in addition to e-mail, candidate should correct it by writing the correct one on the call letter itself , attendance sheet and also in the answer sheet.
(instead of candidate's name, father, mother or siblings name has been mentioned Candidates should inform such correct ions by email on sbicl@ibps.in. In addit ion to the e-mail, candidate should correct it by writ ing the correct one on the call letter itself, attendance sheet and also in the answer sheet . In such cases, candidate should produce photo ID proof alongwith self attested photocopy thereof.
my name which is printed on the call letter is wrong.its written MANISH KUMAR instead of MANISH KUMAR SINGH.
after you have selected, they don't bother much about it.
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PLZ send to me sbi clerk exam solved question paper last 5 years.
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I got selected in SBI clerk 2009. i have lost my challan. But i have challan no. they will ask me at the time of interview. please help me out.i have also written mail to them.
what can i do please suggest me.
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Fed's Bullard: Rate Cut 'May Be Warranted Soon'
St. Louis Fed leader says a rate cut could bring desired boost in inflation
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard speaking at a public lecture in Singapore October 8, 2018.
Photo: edgar su/Reuters
Michael S. Derby
@michaelsderby
michael.derby@wsj.com
Updated June 3, 2019 3:26 pm ET
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said on Monday that a lowering of the central bank's short-term rate target "may be warranted soon."
The Fed "faces an economy that is expected to grow more slowly going forward, with some risk that the slowdown could be sharper than expected due to ongoing global trade regime uncertainty," Mr. Bullard said in materials prepared for a presentation in Chicago.
"Both inflation and inflation expectations remain below target, and signals from the Treasury yield curve seem to suggest that the current policy rate setting is inappropriately high," Mr. Bullard said. Lowering short-term borrowing costs soon could "help recenter inflation and inflation expectations," he said, adding it could also "provide some insurance in case of a sharper-than-expected slowdown," the official said.
"Even if the sharper-than-expected slowdown does not materialize, a rate cut would only mean that inflation and inflation expectations return to target more rapidly," he said. Since 2012, the Fed has set a target of a 2% inflation rate, but has rarely reached that level since then.
Mr. Bullard is a voting member of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee. The official has long been a skeptic of the Fed's currently on-hold effort to lift short term rates, arguing that low inflation rates and changes in the job market argued against the need to make short-term borrowing costs more expensive.


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LBJ and the school beginnings
Fifty years ago this January, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared an "unconditional war on poverty" during his first State of the Union address. This declaration is considered a turning point in Johnson's presidency and in United States history
Prior to his presidential declaration, in his home state of Texas, Johnson had already demonstrated a willingness to improve the lives of the less fortunate. In 1956, as a United States Senator, Johnson supported Social Security amendments to increase federal funding for grants to assist the training of social work personnel at the state level.
A major supporter of these amendments was Lora Lee Pederson, the director of the recently created School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. In 1956, Pederson mounted a campaign to urge Johnson to support the bill, indicating that student registration for that year was dependent on scholarship funds. Johnson graciously responded to all School supporters, thanking them for their input and assuring them that he would bring their views to the Senate Finance Committee.
Lora Lee Pederson
The School had officially opened in 1950, after a few failed attempts at the legislature to approve funds for the establishment of a graduate school to train social workers. Some legislators, and many Texans, viewed social welfare initiatives of any kind as dangerously close to communism and socialism. A 1950 article in the Herald-Press Palestine, for example, warned that the recently created graduate school needed "close supervision to prevent it becoming a training center for Socialism." "Social service is admirable and needed," the article went on, "as long as it is kept on the basis of conscience, either of the individual or the community… [it] becomes dangerous when it is approached from the idea of government responsibility."
Field placement at CPS, 1963
Despite the difficult beginnings, by 1956, when Pederson mounted the campaign in favor of federal scholarship funds, the School was flourishing. It had already been accredited by the American Association of Schools of Social Work, and had graduated many highly trained social workers needed in the expanding social welfare agencies throughout the state. In 1960, in fact, the Austin American-Statesman reported that School graduates had been "eagerly sought after for professional work."
Pederson's zeal to find sources of funding for social work students was also giving fruit. And, in true Texas self-reliant spirit, not all those funds were coming from the government. In 1960, School alumni launched a fundraising campaign and presented Pederson with a check for $1,000 for the establishment of the Lora Lee Pederson Scholarship Fund. Pederson's legacy continues today, as this fund still supports excellence in social work education at the School.
Posted January 27, 2014.
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Allowing municipalities to opt out of pot shops helps black market: experts
Ontario government said that it will only issue 25 retail licences by April
As municipalities across Ontario weigh whether to allow cannabis retail stores in their neighbourhoods, experts and consumer choice advocates warn that having large swaths of the province opt out of brick-and-mortar pot shops could fuel the black market.
Recreational cannabis can currently only be bought online in Ontario, and municipalities have until Jan. 22 to decide if they want to host private cannabis stores, which are set to open next spring.
Under the rules laid out by the Progressive Conservative government, municipalities that opt out can change their minds down the line, but once they sign on, they can't back out.
In recent weeks, several municipalities — both rural communities and major urban centres such as Mississauga, west of Toronto — have chosen to reject cannabis retail stores, saying they want more control over the number and location of the shops before they consider opting in. Some have also said they want more time for public consultations.
This, combined with the government's recent announcement that it will only issue 25 retail licences by April — after initially saying it would not put a cap on the number — could embolden illegal pot sellers and allow them to thrive, experts and consumer groups said.
"Unfortunately, it's turned out to be just a comedy of errors," said Anindya Sen, an economics professor at the University of Waterloo who specializes in the cannabis industry. "When you take (those things) together, it's possible that despite being legalized, Ontario might become one of the biggest black markets in the world."
While the internet remains an option, Sen said delivery hiccups and limited selection at the province's online cannabis store also undermine efforts to lure consumers away from illegal avenues.
That sentiment was echoed by David Clement, manager of North American affairs for the Consumer Choice Center.
"Community opt-outs and limited storefronts is a toxic combination which pretty much guarantees that the black market will thrive," he said. "Capping retail outlets and having entire communities opt out makes the legal market in Ontario far less accessible."
The Ontario government has said it was capping licences in response to a national cannabis supply shortage, which it said can only be tackled by the federal government.
"Ontario intends to transition to an open allocation system as soon as supply permits," Jesse Robichaud, a spokesman for Attorney General Caroline Mulroney, said in an email.
Robichaud further said that municipalities that have not opted out will have 15 days to provide written submissions to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, the provincial agency overseeing retail cannabis stores, on any proposed storefront location. He would not say whether the province was open to giving municipalities more control over the site selection.
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The province has pledged $40 million over two years to help local governments with the costs of legalization, with each municipality receiving at least $10,000. A first payment will be issued this year on a per household basis, but a second payment doled out after the January deadline will go only to those that opt in, Robichaud said.
As of Wednesday, roughly 30 of Ontario's 444 municipalities had formally notified the AGCO of their decision, with at least 10 opting out, according to the agency's website.
In the Town of Erin, south of Orangeville, councillors voted on Dec. 5 to keep cannabis stores out of their community, largely over the site selection issue, said Mayor Al Alls.
"Basically, we feel there's just too many unanswered questions at this stage of the game and that we weren't comfortable with proceeding with allowing it to be retailed in our community," Alls said.
Alls said he would reconsider if the municipality was given more control over the locations, but stressed council has not discussed that possibility and would need to be on board.
The mayor also suggested a pot shop might not be successful in a small community anyway, noting people might be reluctant to be seen going in and out of a store. "It's going to take civilization a while to accept the fact that my Joe Blow minister down the street goes in to get a joint every day," he said.
People are more likely to choose to grow it themselves, "especially in the country," he said.
Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie wrote a letter to Premier Doug Ford outlining the city's concerns earlier this month, a day after councillors voted to hold off on hosting pot shops for the time being, but hasn't heard back.
She said that while the city isn't opposed in principle, officials felt they did not have enough time to prepare for the shift to an open market model from the government-run system proposed by the previous Liberals regime.
Municipalities should be allowed to increase the setback beyond the 150-metre minimum laid out by the province, and should receive funding even if they opt out because they still bear the costs of public education and enforcement, she said.
Asked whether she feared the black market would flourish in the absence of pot shops, Crombie said every municipality has to do what's right for its residents.
"Cannabis is available online…so there is availability to residents," she said. "And certainly there's always the option of purchasing cannabis at a retail store outside of your own municipality, taking a trip into the city of Toronto."
At least one other municipality on the outskirts of Toronto has also opted out, prompting Toronto's mayor to raise concerns about the pressure that will put on the city's cannabis market.
John Tory has also asked the province to give the city more control over where the stores are placed, saying he doesn't want to see a cluster of them near the highway just to accommodate consumers from neighbouring communities without pot shops.
"I think it is reasonable for us, given that there may be more pressure on the Toronto market, for us to say that we should have a hand in determining that there aren't clusters of pot shops all together in one place or that they aren't located near schools or community centres," he said this week.
"I'm more concerned with that at the moment than the absolute number but there's no question that the number of pot shops will affect the continued existence or not of a black market we're trying to eradicate."
Though she acknowledges there are many outstanding questions on how the retail model will roll out, Pauline Rochefort, the mayor of East Ferris in northeastern Ontario, said councillors wanted to get in on the ground floor.
The community near North Bay chose to opt in, in part to ensure its own residents — which have a high rate of entrepreneurship — have the chance to participate in the cannabis market, she said.
Rochefort said there has been no public outcry over the prospect of retail cannabis stores, but it's unclear whether the community of roughly 5,000 can keep an outlet in business.
"While we did not have…all the information, we felt comfortable that things were in good hands," she said.
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ACSPN Task IMC Practitioners, Political Parties on Issue-Based Election Campaign Messages
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L-R: Ayo Oluwatosin, Group Managing Director, Media Seal and Report Writer; Prof. Oyedamola Oke, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Admin), Lagos State University (LASU); Prof. Lai Oso, President, Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN); Prof Rotimi Olatunji, Dean, School of Communication, LASU and Report Writer at the public presentation of the Research Report On Nigeria's 2015 Presidential Election held recently.
As 2019 General election approaches, communication stakeholders under the auspices of Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) have called on Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) practitioners, Political parties and other stakeholders to ensure that election campaign messages are not about hate speech but issue based.
The association made this disclosure during the public presentation of a research book titled "Understanding Nigerian Media and Elections through Research: Analysis of the 2015 Presidential Election Campaign Messages" held at the Conference Room, School of Transport, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo recently.
The research was funded by Ford Foundation (West Africa) and was undertaken by the Association in collaboration with North Dakota State University (NDSU), ORBICOM/UNESCO and other partners, including the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON). The report writers are Prof Rotimi Olatunji, Dean, School of Communication, LASU, and Ayo Oluwatosin, Group Managing Director, Rosabel/Media Seal Ltd.
The research revealed the level of hate speech in the media during the 2015 presidential campaign and offered recommendations. In respect to this, the President of ACSPN, Professor Lai Oso, urged stakeholders like Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Political parties, Advertising Practitioners Council Of Nigeria (APCON), Media, and IMC practitioners to avoid its occurrence in future elections.
According to the report, two of the dominating political parties, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC), engaged the use of negative tone and hate speech, which account for 67%; and most of these ad campaigns were not vetted by APCON and NBC.
The publication's data were collated from content analysis of media campaign messages on the 2015 presidential election, through newspaper advertisements, radio and television commercials, social media, including public relations messages which were extensively analysed.
To avoid what happened in 2015, Oluwatosin urged Political parties and their supporters to concentrate on issue based campaign messages. "Political parties and their supporters should concentrate on issue based campaign, it is important we concentrate on the issue than the personalities, concentrating on what they intend to do for the nation than attacking personalities"
The report therefore recommends that every political advertisement, without exception must be vetted by APCON and NBC before publication or broadcast. Also, Advertising agencies, public relations firms and political marketing firms should adhere to professional ethics in design and dissemination of media messages during elections, while no media house should publish any material without the approval stamps.
On a different note, Prof. Olatunji pointed that in 2015, the dominating Political parties engaged the services of foreign communication consultants at the expense of professionals that the country boost of. "There are professionals in all areas of communication in Nigeria, they have enough competent to handle campaigns but rather the government of the day and the party in opposition decided to go offshore to bring people to do their campaign strategies and yet many of these campaigns did not resonate well with the electorate." he said.
Meanwhile, Nosa Owens-Ibie, General Secretary, ACSPN pointed that communication has to be right and targeted right to deliver the right impact, adding that Nigerians need to avoid hate speeches in the interest of all.
It is noteworthy that more than half of all respondents (58.5%) agree that the messages in the 2015 election campaigns were more personality focused than issue-based.
Furthermore, the research recommends the need to adopt creative approach to media planning during elections, voting pattern should go beyond the primordial sentiments, political parties and candidates should speak more to the felt needs of the electorate through issued-based campaigns in the country.
Also, it recommends that the codes of APCON and NBC in particular should be amended to state that penalty for publishing or broadcasting non-vetted materials or material adjudged by the body to be hate speech, shall be twice the rate that media had been paid for that particular advert.
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However, a steady round proved not enough around a soaked Aronimink, with McIlroy's two-under 68 bettered by Rose, who shot a three-under 67, and eventual victor Bradley, whose six-under 64 took him into a play-off with the Englishman. He made that for par to finish the third round in sixth place, three shots out of the lead.
The event is the third of four tournaments in the PGA Tour's end-of-year FedEx Cup Playoffs and featured a field of 69 players from the top of the playoff standings.
"It's a game changer for a player like me that's not in the top 50 to get in the Tour Championship", Bradley said.
Monday's victory marks the end of a six-year slump for Bradley, the 2011 PGA champion, who dipped as low as 122nd in the world in 2016.
With temperatures taking an extreme dip in Philadelphia Pa., Tiger showed up to Aronimink Golf Club on Monday morning facing a five-shot deficit and rocking an iconic red sweater, perhaps the same one he wore while winning the 1997 Masters. I obviously accept whatever fine it is and move on and try and add one [new event] every year. He already had somewhat of a disappointing year by going without a win for the first time since 2014, then he was forced to miss the opening two FedEx Cup playoff events with an oblique injury. But he couldn't take advantage Monday, playing his first five holes in 3 over par and ending up with a 3-over 73 that had him depending on others. However, he is still happy to get to the number one rank.
They will try again on Monday but with a similarly dire forecast and a saturated course that simply can not take any more punishment, there is every chance the event will be reduced to 54 holes. "But tomorrow or the next day, the week after, I'll look back at this and think it was an fantastic moment in my career".
He put any doubts of him not being ready for the Ryder Cup to bed by firing off three straight rounds of 65 to start off the BMW Championship.
Woods took away any suspense about getting back to the Tour Championship for the first time since 2013. A couple of holes into the final round, Woods is now just two strokes back.
That means he will have played only 24 tournaments this season.
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland ended up fifth at 18 under after a 68 in which he hit the ball well from tee to green but continually missed makeable putts.
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I began my week by standing outside a very clearly shut S2 Gallery on St George's St – ringing the bell in vain – for what was supposed to be the second opening of Sotheby's Signals exhibition. We're still not quite sure what happened but the steel shutters were not part of the show. Slight glitch aside, I spent my week in an office lobby between Hauser & Wirth's London spaces, marvelled at Allyson Strafella's new works and found myself in the midst of a jewellery parade around Elephant & Castle (and possibly also burnt my nose).
As a Giacometti devotee, very little could prevent me from attending the opening of Spiegelgasse, Hauser's new show curated by Gianny Jetzer. Talking its name from the address of Cabaret Voltaire, where the Dadaist movement originated, the show seeks to bring together Swiss artists from the 1930s to date. The survey does not aim to present an historical or chronological account of Dada's influence. Rather, it reflects on the Dadaist and Surrealist exploration of fragmentation of surroundings and its assimilation by contemporary artists.
Starting with Giacometti's 'Buste' we find a haunting figure emerging from the panel, barely distinguishable from the background. Yet the artist's thin brush strokes, their layering, and in particular the added white pigments give the bust a skeletal quality, enhancing the figure's ghastly appearance as an ochre aura makes us unable to avert our eyes from the unsettling canvas.
When we finally do, our eyes meet a mirrored wall and then a washing machine, upon which a skeleton is placed – this is Urs Fischer's doing. In 'One More Carrot Before I Brush My Teeth' the artist addresses the inanimate objects that characterise our daily lives and creates particular narratives. Here the foam skeleton, its legs dangling, seems to arch its back in pleasure, its cranium tilted towards us inviting us to watch.
The absurdity of the quotidian is perhaps even more evident in Manon's 'Salmon Colored Boudoir'. Here the artist amasses a series of items – memorabilia, clothes, wigs – to fill the mirrored pink interior. The mirrors around the boudoir and the photographs create a sense of disjoint, of fractured identities, illustrating the distance between an actress's true self and her persona on stage – which is not dissimilar to the differences between our multiple modulates selves.
Spiegelgasse allows us to indulge in ambiguity and in the macabre with Spoerri's 'Tragédie Grecque' whose rag doll, hanging from a frame, suspended is both lifeless and capable of possessing a disconcerting charge.
As our own reflections appear across the gallery space, the show invites to engage with our refracted nature, our own fragmented selves.
Prior to Spiegelgasse, I had been walking around Fitzrovia, eagerly awaiting the opening of Allysson Strafella's new show, her first in the UK, at Bartha Contemporary. It was around 5pm and the door to the gallery was open, with the artist herself finalising the installation. I asked if I could take a look, conscious that the viewing was not scheduled for another hour, but was welcomed in. If the works at Hauser were imposing and in many ways controlled or were geared to manipulate our perception of them, the beautifully delicate paper compositions presented on the gallery's white wall were for us to absorb freely.
Two decades worth of works is presented in field, and Strafella's minimalist drawings – emerging from the densely populated wall – truly moved me. Whilst her use of bright colours and her ability to pair hues on its own is a testament to her artistry, the delicate nature of the handmade paper sheets is what makes these incredibly powerful pieces.
In imprinting repetitive marks on each of the extremely frail sheets, Strafella creates abstract forms that retain the familiarity and assimilability of language.
The artist uses typewriters as her drawing tools – allowing them to imbue the sheets with the desire to communicate albeit in a way that does not require any formal rules or linguistic constructs, one that can permeate our core.
I focused greatly on the pierced surfaces, observing the fractures where the wall was visible, changes in the paper's density, the broken strands, delicately handing within the composition. I felt incredibly fortunate to have seen the show with such bright natural light and quiet around me and upon leaving I felt immediately compelled to write in my journal, as Strafella's field soaks through us, allowing our most intimate thoughts to surface.
I left Strafella and her stunning hues behind and on Sunday made my way to Elephant & Castle's Shopping Centre for a vivacious jewellery parade – Salon 63's first community art event.
Whilst the full curatorial project will open in mid-September, across several beauty and hair salons on the bus 63 route, Galitzine collaborated with the incredible Andrew Logan whose jewellery performances are as wonderfully eclectic as his glass and mirror creations.
As I walked through the soon-to-be-demolished centre, I could hear Banda Batuke, led by Xavier Osmir, playing a wonderful Samba. I approached the centre's entrance and delighted in seeing the performers, wearing brightly coloured velvet costumes, dancing away, their jewellery creating incredible light games as they moved along.
In line with Salon 63's desire to engage with the local community, the performers were mainly recruited through an open call for participants.
Following the first part of the parade we had a coffee break at La Bodeguita as casual visitors who were initially surprised to see a group of beaked masks and spider fascinators then partook in the dancing and celebrations.
Logan's pieces were marvelous to look at – I was particularly drawn to the monkey-creature necklace and the cross containing a watch whose face displayed the virgin Mary. His pieces often comprise objects found whilst traveling and have been included in collections by Comme de Garçons and Emmanuel Ungaro.
Most importantly his love of life is incredibly contagious. During the second part of the parade, as we danced around the shopping centre, en route to St Mary's Churchyard, he engaged with his performers, with onlookers, smiled and pirouetted – enhancing the lighthearted energy that surrounded us all.
One of my favourite moments was seeing a series of shoppers in Sainsbury's abandoning their self-checkouts to glue their faces on the glass window, trying to understand what exactly was happening.
With this as a preview event, there is no doubt Salon 63 will be ripe with fun initiatives and I am very much looking forward to September.
Further information re Salon 63 can be found here and here.
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Dominance and prestige are two strategies that professionals often use to maintain or gain status.
Dominance involves using power, coercion, and intimidation in group situations, while prestige involves demonstrating valuable knowledge and skills and earning respect.
Workers that use these two strategies show differences in personal traits and group behaviors that can have a large effect on workplace functioning and group well-being.
In a recent issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science, psychological scientist Jon Maner of Florida State University reviews the literature of dominance and prestige approaches to navigating social status.
Researchers have found that both strategies are effective at exerting influence.
Dominance works as a tool to gain power, if not respect, but generally douses a group's well-being. While dominant people are liked less than prestigious individuals, groups in some situations prefer a dominance-oriented leader over a prestige-oriented one.
Dominant workers tend to exhibit arrogance, superiority, and conceit. They have higher-than-average levels of aggressive, disagreeable, manipulative personality traits. Dominant people also score highly in the traits known as the 'dark triad': Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy.
Those who use prestige often show humility and pride. Personality-wise, prestige is marked by self-esteem, agreeableness, need for affiliation, social monitoring, fear of negative evaluation, and conscientiousness.
In groups, dominant members tend to view others as either allies or foes, to evaluate people's usefulness in attaining goals, and to show a hunger for power. Those who use prestige strategies share knowledge and skills. Unsurprisingly, prestige-oriented people tend to be better liked by others in a group.
Leaders high in dominance go to great lengths to safeguard their power, even at the cost of the group. They want to coerce others through reward and punishment. They often view talented group members as threats.
Prestigious leaders, however, promote strong positive relationships among subordinates. They support the best efforts of the group and subordinates, even when their own power is at risk.
So why would anyone want a dominant worker or leader? Prestige seems like the preferable strategy for just about any workplace or group setting. Who wants a power-hungry, coercive, arrogant, aggressive, Machiavellian group member, much less a boss with those traits?
Groups seem to prefer dominant leaders in the face of conflict between their group and some outside group. The traits of a dominant leader (aggressiveness, power-hungriness) may be more attractive in these situations than a prestige leader with traits like altruism, which may be seen as weak.


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package operations_test

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net"
	"net/http"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"syscall"
	"time"

	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric-lib-go/healthz"
	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/common/fabhttp"
	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/common/metrics/disabled"
	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/common/metrics/prometheus"
	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/common/metrics/statsd"
	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/operations"
	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/operations/fakes"
	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
	"github.com/onsi/gomega/gbytes"
	"github.com/tedsuo/ifrit"
)

var _ = Describe("System", func() {
	const AdditionalTestApiPath = "/some-additional-test-api"

	var (
		fakeLogger *fakes.Logger
		tempDir    string

		client       *http.Client
		unauthClient *http.Client
		options      operations.Options
		system       *operations.System
	)

	BeforeEach(func() {
		var err error
		tempDir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", "opssys")
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

		generateCertificates(tempDir)
		client = newHTTPClient(tempDir, true)
		unauthClient = newHTTPClient(tempDir, false)

		fakeLogger = &fakes.Logger{}
		options = operations.Options{
			Options: fabhttp.Options{
				Logger:        fakeLogger,
				ListenAddress: "127.0.0.1:0",
				TLS: fabhttp.TLS{
					Enabled:            true,
					CertFile:           filepath.Join(tempDir, "server-cert.pem"),
					KeyFile:            filepath.Join(tempDir, "server-key.pem"),
					ClientCertRequired: false,
					ClientCACertFiles:  []string{filepath.Join(tempDir, "client-ca.pem")},
				},
			},
			Metrics: operations.MetricsOptions{
				Provider: "disabled",
			},
			Version: "test-version",
		}

		system = operations.NewSystem(options)
	})

	AfterEach(func() {
		os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
		if system != nil {
			system.Stop()
		}
	})

	It("hosts an unsecured endpoint for the version information", func() {
		err := system.Start()
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

		versionURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/version", system.Addr())
		resp, err := client.Get(versionURL)
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
		Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusOK))
		resp.Body.Close()
	})

	It("hosts a secure endpoint for logging", func() {
		err := system.Start()
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

		logspecURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/logspec", system.Addr())
		resp, err := client.Get(logspecURL)
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
		Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusOK))
		resp.Body.Close()

		resp, err = unauthClient.Get(logspecURL)
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
		Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusUnauthorized))
	})

	It("does not host a secure endpoint for additional APIs by default", func() {
		err := system.Start()
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

		addApiURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s%s", system.Addr(), AdditionalTestApiPath)
		resp, err := client.Get(addApiURL)
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
		Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusNotFound)) // service is not handled by default, i.e. in peer
		resp.Body.Close()

		resp, err = unauthClient.Get(addApiURL)
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
		Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusNotFound))
	})

	It("hosts a secure endpoint for additional APIs when added", func() {
		system.RegisterHandler(AdditionalTestApiPath, &fakes.Handler{Code: http.StatusOK, Text: "secure"}, options.TLS.Enabled)
		err := system.Start()
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

		addApiURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s%s", system.Addr(), AdditionalTestApiPath)
		resp, err := client.Get(addApiURL)
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
		Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusOK))
		Expect(resp.Header.Get("Content-Type")).To(Equal("text/plain; charset=utf-8"))
		buff, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
		Expect(string(buff)).To(Equal("secure"))
		resp.Body.Close()

		resp, err = unauthClient.Get(addApiURL)
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
		Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusUnauthorized))
	})

	Context("when TLS is disabled", func() {
		BeforeEach(func() {
			options.TLS.Enabled = false
			system = operations.NewSystem(options)
		})

		It("hosts an insecure endpoint for logging", func() {
			err := system.Start()
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

			resp, err := client.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/logspec", system.Addr()))
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusOK))
			resp.Body.Close()
		})

		It("does not host an insecure endpoint for additional APIs by default", func() {
			err := system.Start()
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

			addApiURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s%s", system.Addr(), AdditionalTestApiPath)
			resp, err := client.Get(addApiURL)
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusNotFound)) // service is not handled by default, i.e. in peer
			resp.Body.Close()
		})

		It("hosts an insecure endpoint for additional APIs when added", func() {
			system.RegisterHandler(AdditionalTestApiPath, &fakes.Handler{Code: http.StatusOK, Text: "insecure"}, options.TLS.Enabled)
			err := system.Start()
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

			addApiURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s%s", system.Addr(), AdditionalTestApiPath)
			resp, err := client.Get(addApiURL)
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusOK))
			Expect(resp.Header.Get("Content-Type")).To(Equal("text/plain; charset=utf-8"))
			buff, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			Expect(string(buff)).To(Equal("insecure"))
			resp.Body.Close()
		})
	})

	Context("when ClientCertRequired is true", func() {
		BeforeEach(func() {
			options.TLS.ClientCertRequired = true
			system = operations.NewSystem(options)
		})

		It("requires a client cert to connect", func() {
			err := system.Start()
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

			_, err = unauthClient.Get(fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/healthz", system.Addr()))
			Expect(err).To(MatchError(ContainSubstring("remote error: tls: bad certificate")))
		})
	})

	Context("when listen fails", func() {
		var listener net.Listener

		BeforeEach(func() {
			var err error
			listener, err = net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

			options.ListenAddress = listener.Addr().String()
			system = operations.NewSystem(options)
		})

		AfterEach(func() {
			listener.Close()
		})

		It("returns an error", func() {
			err := system.Start()
			Expect(err).To(MatchError(ContainSubstring("bind: address already in use")))
		})
	})

	Context("when a bad TLS configuration is provided", func() {
		BeforeEach(func() {
			options.TLS.CertFile = "cert-file-does-not-exist"
			system = operations.NewSystem(options)
		})

		It("returns an error", func() {
			err := system.Start()
			Expect(err).To(MatchError("open cert-file-does-not-exist: no such file or directory"))
		})
	})

	It("proxies Log to the provided logger", func() {
		err := system.Log("key", "value")
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

		Expect(fakeLogger.WarnCallCount()).To(Equal(1))
		Expect(fakeLogger.WarnArgsForCall(0)).To(Equal([]interface{}{"key", "value"}))
	})

	Context("when a logger is not provided", func() {
		BeforeEach(func() {
			options.Logger = nil
			system = operations.NewSystem(options)
		})

		It("does not panic when logging", func() {
			Expect(func() { system.Log("key", "value") }).NotTo(Panic())
		})

		It("returns nil from Log", func() {
			err := system.Log("key", "value")
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
		})
	})

	It("hosts a health check endpoint", func() {
		err := system.Start()
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

		healthy := &fakes.HealthChecker{}
		unhealthy := &fakes.HealthChecker{}
		unhealthy.HealthCheckReturns(errors.New("Unfortunately, I am not feeling well."))

		system.RegisterChecker("healthy", healthy)
		system.RegisterChecker("unhealthy", unhealthy)

		resp, err := client.Get(fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/healthz", system.Addr()))
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
		Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusServiceUnavailable))
		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
		resp.Body.Close()

		var healthStatus healthz.HealthStatus
		err = json.Unmarshal(body, &healthStatus)
		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
		Expect(healthStatus.Status).To(Equal(healthz.StatusUnavailable))
		Expect(healthStatus.FailedChecks).To(ConsistOf(healthz.FailedCheck{
			Component: "unhealthy",
			Reason:    "Unfortunately, I am not feeling well.",
		}))
	})

	Context("when the metrics provider is disabled", func() {
		BeforeEach(func() {
			options.Metrics = operations.MetricsOptions{
				Provider: "disabled",
			}
			system = operations.NewSystem(options)
			Expect(system).NotTo(BeNil())
		})

		It("sets up a disabled provider", func() {
			Expect(system.Provider).To(Equal(&disabled.Provider{}))
		})
	})

	Context("when the metrics provider is prometheus", func() {
		BeforeEach(func() {
			options.Metrics = operations.MetricsOptions{
				Provider: "prometheus",
			}
			system = operations.NewSystem(options)
			Expect(system).NotTo(BeNil())
		})

		It("sets up prometheus as a provider", func() {
			Expect(system.Provider).To(Equal(&prometheus.Provider{}))
		})

		It("hosts a secure endpoint for metrics", func() {
			err := system.Start()
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

			metricsURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/metrics", system.Addr())
			resp, err := client.Get(metricsURL)
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusOK))
			body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
			resp.Body.Close()
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			Expect(body).To(ContainSubstring("# TYPE go_gc_duration_seconds summary"))

			resp, err = unauthClient.Get(metricsURL)
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusUnauthorized))
		})

		It("records the fabric version", func() {
			err := system.Start()
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

			metricsURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/metrics", system.Addr())
			resp, err := client.Get(metricsURL)
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusOK))
			body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
			resp.Body.Close()
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			Expect(string(body)).To(ContainSubstring("# TYPE fabric_version gauge"))
			Expect(string(body)).To(ContainSubstring(`fabric_version{version="test-version"}`))
		})
	})

	Context("when the metrics provider is statsd", func() {
		var listener net.Listener

		BeforeEach(func() {
			var err error
			listener, err = net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())

			options.Metrics = operations.MetricsOptions{
				Provider: "statsd",
				Statsd: &operations.Statsd{
					Network:       "tcp",
					Address:       listener.Addr().String(),
					WriteInterval: 100 * time.Millisecond,
					Prefix:        "prefix",
				},
			}
			system = operations.NewSystem(options)
			Expect(system).NotTo(BeNil())
		})

		recordStats := func(w io.Writer) {
			defer GinkgoRecover()

			// handle the dial check
			conn, err := listener.Accept()
			if err != nil {
				return
			}
			conn.Close()

			// handle the payload
			conn, err = listener.Accept()
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			defer conn.Close()

			conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(time.Minute))
			_, err = io.Copy(w, conn)
			if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			}
		}

		AfterEach(func() {
			listener.Close()
		})

		It("sets up statsd as a provider", func() {
			provider, ok := system.Provider.(*statsd.Provider)
			Expect(ok).To(BeTrue())
			Expect(provider.Statsd).NotTo(BeNil())
		})

		It("emits statsd metrics", func() {
			statsBuffer := gbytes.NewBuffer()
			go recordStats(statsBuffer)

			err := system.Start()
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			Eventually(statsBuffer).Should(gbytes.Say(`\Qprefix.go.mem.gc_last_epoch_nanotime:\E`))
		})

		It("emits the fabric version statsd metric", func() {
			statsBuffer := gbytes.NewBuffer()
			go recordStats(statsBuffer)

			err := system.Start()
			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
			Eventually(statsBuffer).Should(gbytes.Say(`\Qprefix.fabric_version.test-version:1.000000|g\E`))
		})

		Context("when checking the network and address fails", func() {
			BeforeEach(func() {
				options.Metrics.Statsd.Network = "bob-the-network"
				system = operations.NewSystem(options)
			})

			It("returns an error", func() {
				err := system.Start()
				Expect(err).To(MatchError(ContainSubstring("bob-the-network")))
			})
		})
	})

	Context("when the metrics provider is unknown", func() {
		BeforeEach(func() {
			options.Metrics.Provider = "something-unknown"
			system = operations.NewSystem(options)
		})

		It("sets up a disabled provider", func() {
			Expect(system.Provider).To(Equal(&disabled.Provider{}))
		})

		It("logs the issue", func() {
			Expect(fakeLogger.WarnfCallCount()).To(Equal(1))
			msg, args := fakeLogger.WarnfArgsForCall(0)
			Expect(msg).To(Equal("Unknown provider type: %s; metrics disabled"))
			Expect(args).To(Equal([]interface{}{"something-unknown"}))
		})
	})

	It("supports ifrit", func() {
		process := ifrit.Invoke(system)
		Eventually(process.Ready()).Should(BeClosed())

		process.Signal(syscall.SIGTERM)
		Eventually(process.Wait()).Should(Receive(BeNil()))
	})

	Context("when start fails and ifrit is used", func() {
		BeforeEach(func() {
			options.TLS.CertFile = "non-existent-file"
			system = operations.NewSystem(options)
		})

		It("does not close the ready chan", func() {
			process := ifrit.Invoke(system)
			Consistently(process.Ready()).ShouldNot(BeClosed())
			Eventually(process.Wait()).Should(Receive(MatchError("open non-existent-file: no such file or directory")))
		})
	})
})

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


In the first picture I show the water around the duck after the first pass has been painted and the duck itself in the beginning stages of the painting. The masking fluid is still on the paper, in the places, where I intended to leave the white of the paper. Also in the picture is the mess around the painting table, and my little notebook in which I work out my color notes.
In the second photo, above is my reference photo, from which I did the painting and below is my completed painting with the masking fluid taken off and the edges fudged. Before removing the masking fluid, I did a further pass in the water area, going slightly darker. The areas in which the ripples were white, towards the bottom right of the duck in the first stage of the painting, has gone darker now. The only really whites are the glints on the water.
I cropped this picture from a very large photo of a lake, but to paint it in class would have been impossible, so I cropped it to paint the duck, but also at the same time to tackle painting water and the effects of light and reflections. I love to challenge myself and my students. After doing this painting, tackling water in a watercolor painting will be a bit easier for me.


text:
Dutch national arrested in Nairobi, deported to Netherlands for human traffic ming
Kenyan detectives have arrested and deported a Dutch national who was wanted for smuggling dozens of men, women and children to Europe.
Wanted by The Netherlands since 2017, 53-year-old John Habeta was arrested in Nairobi on December 16 and stayed in custody until Christmas Day when he was deported to the Netherlands.
Officials said this was part of a sting operation coordinated between authorities in the Netherlands and Kenya with the support of Interpol.
Acting on globally sourced Interpol intelligence leads, the National Central Bureau (NCB) in The Hague alerted the Kenyan NCB to the fugitive's presence in Nairobi on 10 December.
An Interpol Red Notice – or international fugitive alert – was published the same day for people smuggling and use of fake identity documents to carry out transcontinental smuggling operations, triggering the suspect's surveillance and arrest on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital.
The Dutch national remains in custody in The Netherlands until trial where, if convicted, he faces a sentence of up to eight years in prison.
Habeta who is originally from Eritrea was allegedly involved in at least four different operations to smuggle groups of Eritrean nationals into Europe using routes from Asia.
Interpol's specialized unit on migrant smuggling and human trafficking identified Habeta as a high priority target in October 2020 when member countries alerted the agency to new leads about the fugitive's global smuggling activities, which were immediately shared with the NCB in The Hague.
The subsequent issue of the Red Notice played a central role in the location and arrest of the fugitive.
People smuggling syndicates are run like businesses with high-profit margins and links to a wide range of serious and often violent crimes including illicit money flows, corruption, terrorism, trafficking in illicit goods and human trafficking.
Interpol says they focus on profit margins, facilitating the passage of migrants with little or no regard for their safety and well-being.
Criminal groups behind human trafficking and migrant smuggling were already hit last July when Interpols operation Liberterra saw 286 suspects arrested worldwide.
In April, Operation Weka mobilized 24 source, transit and destination countries enabling authorities in Africa and Europe to rescue nearly 500 victims of human trafficking and identify some 760 irregular migrants.
Both operations boosted regional law enforcement cooperation into people smuggling and triggered associated police investigations in all continents into targets like Habeta.
This latest investigation was supported by The Regional Operational Centre in support of the Khartoum Process and the African Union (AU) Horn of Africa Initiative (ROCK) and Europol.
Egypt's Agricultural Exports Hit New High Despite Covid-19
Third pro-democracy news outlet to close in Hong Kong during security law fears


You likely can't stop a hurricane, tornado or storm from damaging your home. But you can take steps to prevent one of the most common causes for homeowner claims: water damage from a faulty water heater.
To avoid the disruption and inconvenience associated with your water heater bursting—as well as the loss of personal possessions and keepsakes that are often stored nearby—it's a good idea to inspect it several times a year for rust or leaks.
If your water heater is nearing eight years old, this is even more important. Most water heaters have a lifespan of 8 to 15 years.
The average cost to replace a water heater is around $800, but you could end up paying more if the water heater leaks or bursts.


Dŵr Cymru's Water Framework Directive (WFD) funding scheme provides financial contributions to not-for-profit organisations for projects that will deliver improvements to Welsh rivers, lakes and waterways. The aim is to create a more vibrant and healthy environment for people and wildlife.
The initial £400,000 scheme was launched in July 2012 and was created to match a fund operated by Natural Resources Wales (NRW). Recognising the benefit of the scheme, Dŵr Cymru added a further £150,000 in July 2013. The funding scheme aims to help implement the European Union's Water Framework Directive within Dŵr Cymru's operational area. The directive aims to improve and ensure good quality of rivers, lakes, transitional waters, and coastal waters in all member states of the European Union.
The Independent Environmental Advisory Panel (IEAP) has been advising Dŵr Cymru on the merits of projects submitted for funding. Further information regarding the IEAP can be found HERE.
Loving our Lake working with Snowdonia-Active aims to reduce phosphates in Llyn Padarn.
Monmouthshire Olway and Trothy project of the Wye & Usk Foundation aims to reduce the adverse impact of agriculture in the catchments.
Upper Tywi Catchment Restoration Project of the Carmarthenshire Rivers Trust aims to reduce acidification.
Alun and Chwiler Living Landscapes project of the North Wales Wildlife Trust aims to increase the connectivity between habitats.
River Schools educational programme by Groundwork North Wales aims to raise awareness of the river environment.
Clear Streams Swansea project aims to reduce surface water entering the sewerage network and change attitudes and behaviours towards the water environment.
Healthy Rivers project of Groundwork Caerphilly will; remove barriers to fish migration, promote and facilitate volunteering opportunities, and aims to further implement the River Schools project currently being developed by Groundwork North Wales.
Middle Dee Diffuse Pollution Project of The Welsh Dee Trust aims to prevent and reduce the levels of diffuse pollutants entering into the Worthenbury and Wych Rivers.
or involve 'upstream' or other work that could reduce the burden or risk of improvements being required at Dŵr Cymru assets.
For further information, to discuss ideas for projects, or to obtain an application form, please e-mail wfd@dwrcymru.com.


text:
1,1,1,07 Jan 01,"Pilot","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848426/the-division-1x01-pilot"
2,1,2,07 Jan 01,"There but for Fortune","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848427/the-division-1x02-there-but-for-fortune"
3,1,3,14 Jan 01,"Seduced and Abandoned","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848428/the-division-1x03-seduced-and-abandoned"
4,1,4,21 Jan 01,"Forces of Deviance","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848429/the-division-1x04-forces-of-deviance"
5,1,5,28 Jan 01,"Mother's Day","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848430/the-division-1x05-mothers-day"
6,1,6,11 Feb 01,"Secrets and Lies","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848431/the-division-1x06-secrets-and-lies"
7,1,7,18 Feb 01,"The Fear Factor","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848432/the-division-1x07-the-fear-factor"
8,1,8,25 Feb 01,"Don't Ask","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848433/the-division-1x08-dont-ask"
9,1,9,04 Mar 01,"What Sharp Teeth You Have","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848434/the-division-1x09-what-sharp-teeth-you-have"
10,1,10,11 Mar 01,"Hero","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848435/the-division-1x10-hero"
11,1,11,18 Mar 01,"Absolution","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848436/the-division-1x11-absolution"
12,1,12,01 Apr 01,"Faces in the Crowd","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848437/the-division-1x12-faces-in-the-crowd"
13,1,13,08 Apr 01,"Partners in Crime","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848438/the-division-1x13-partners-in-crime"
14,1,14,15 Apr 01,"The Parent Trap","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848439/the-division-1x14-the-parent-trap"
15,1,15,22 Apr 01,"Deal with the Devil","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848440/the-division-1x15-deal-with-the-devil"
16,1,16,29 Apr 01,"Obsessions","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848441/the-division-1x16-obsessions"
17,1,17,10 Jun 01,"The First Hit's Free, Baby","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848442/the-division-1x17-the-first-hits-free-baby"
18,1,18,17 Jun 01,"Mothers & Daughters","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848443/the-division-1x18-mothers-daughters"
19,1,19,24 Jun 01,"Redemption","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848444/the-division-1x19-redemption"
20,1,20,01 Jul 01,"High on the Hog","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848445/the-division-1x20-high-on-the-hog"
21,1,21,22 Jul 01,"Virgin Territory","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848446/the-division-1x21-virgin-territory"
22,1,22,29 Jul 01,"Intervention","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848447/the-division-1x22-intervention"
23,2,1,06 Jan 02,"Spin Dry","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848448/the-division-2x01-spin-dry"
24,2,2,13 Jan 02,"Shelby","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848449/the-division-2x02-shelby"
25,2,3,20 Jan 02,"This Thing Called Love","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848450/the-division-2x03-this-thing-called-love"
26,2,4,27 Jan 02,"Insult to the Body","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848451/the-division-2x04-insult-to-the-body"
27,2,5,10 Feb 02,"Forgive Me, Father","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848452/the-division-2x05-forgive-me-father"
28,2,6,17 Feb 02,"Journey","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848453/the-division-2x06-journey"
29,2,7,24 Feb 02,"A Priori","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848454/the-division-2x07-a-priori"
30,2,8,10 Mar 02,"Hide and Seek","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848455/the-division-2x08-hide-and-seek"
31,2,9,17 Mar 02,"Beyond the Grave","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848456/the-division-2x09-beyond-the-grave"
32,2,10,31 Mar 02,"Angel Work","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848457/the-division-2x10-angel-work"
33,2,11,07 Apr 02,"Keep Hope Alive","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848458/the-division-2x11-keep-hope-alive"
34,2,12,21 Apr 02,"Illusions","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848459/the-division-2x12-illusions"
35,2,13,28 Apr 02,"Remembrance","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848460/the-division-2x13-remembrance"
36,2,14,12 May 02,"Unfamiliar Territory","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848461/the-division-2x14-unfamiliar-territory"
37,2,15,19 May 02,"Welcome Home","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848462/the-division-2x15-welcome-home"
38,2,16,02 Jun 02,"Brave New World","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848463/the-division-2x16-brave-new-world"
39,2,17,09 Jun 02,"Secrets, Lies, and Weddings","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848464/the-division-2x17-secrets-lies-and-weddings"
40,2,18,23 Jun 02,"Farewell, My Lovelies","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848465/the-division-2x18-farewell-my-lovelies"
41,2,19,21 Jul 02,"Full Moon","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848466/the-division-2x19-full-moon"
42,2,20,28 Jul 02,"Long Day's Journey","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848467/the-division-2x20-long-days-journey"
43,2,21,04 Aug 02,"Before the Deluge (1)","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848468/the-division-2x21-before-the-deluge-1"
44,2,22,11 Aug 02,"Sweet Sorrow (2)","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848469/the-division-2x22-sweet-sorrow-2"
45,3,1,05 Jan 03,"Til Death Do Us Part","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848470/the-division-3x01-til-death-do-us-part"
46,3,2,12 Jan 03,"Oh Mother Who Art Thou","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848471/the-division-3x02-oh-mother-who-art-thou"
47,3,3,19 Jan 03,"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848472/the-division-3x03-bewitched-bothered-and-bewildered"
48,3,4,02 Feb 03,"Murder.Com","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848473/the-division-3x04-murdercom"
49,3,5,16 Feb 03,"Testimonial","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848474/the-division-3x05-testimonial"
50,3,6,23 Feb 03,"Cold Comfort","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848475/the-division-3x06-cold-comfort"
51,3,7,09 Mar 03,"Strangers","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848476/the-division-3x07-strangers"
52,3,8,16 Mar 03,"Cost of Freedom","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848477/the-division-3x08-cost-of-freedom"
53,3,9,30 Mar 03,"Cradle Will Rock","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848478/the-division-3x09-cradle-will-rock"
54,3,10,06 Apr 03,"Radioactive Spiders","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848479/the-division-3x10-radioactive-spiders"
55,3,11,13 Apr 03,"Rush to Judgment","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848480/the-division-3x11-rush-to-judgment"
56,3,12,20 Apr 03,"Misdirection","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848481/the-division-3x12-misdirection"
57,3,13,04 May 03,"Rich Girl Poor Girl","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848482/the-division-3x13-rich-girl-poor-girl"
58,3,14,11 May 03,"Wish You Were Here","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848483/the-division-3x14-wish-you-were-here"
59,3,15,18 May 03,"Baby It's Cold Outside","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848484/the-division-3x15-baby-its-cold-outside"
60,3,16,01 Jun 03,"Extreme Action Figures","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848485/the-division-3x16-extreme-action-figures"
61,3,17,08 Jun 03,"Castaways","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848486/the-division-3x17-castaways"
62,3,18,15 Jun 03,"Body Double","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848487/the-division-3x18-body-double"
63,3,19,06 Jul 03,"Diagnosis","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848488/the-division-3x19-diagnosis"
64,3,20,13 Jul 03,"Thus With a Kiss I Die","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848489/the-division-3x20-thus-with-a-kiss-i-die"
65,3,21,27 Jul 03,"Hearts & Minds (1)","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848490/the-division-3x21-hearts-minds-1"
66,3,22,03 Aug 03,"Acts of Betrayal (2)","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848491/the-division-3x22-acts-of-betrayal-2"
67,4,1,11 Jan 04,"Bite Me","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848492/the-division-4x01-bite-me"
68,4,2,18 Jan 04,"Skips & Stones","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848493/the-division-4x02-skips-stones"
69,4,3,25 Jan 04,"What's Love Got to Do with It?","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848494/the-division-4x03-whats-love-got-to-do-with-it"
70,4,4,08 Feb 04,"Play Ball","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848495/the-division-4x04-play-ball"
71,4,5,15 Feb 04,"A Death in the Family","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848496/the-division-4x05-a-death-in-the-family"
72,4,6,22 Feb 04,"That's Them","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848497/the-division-4x06-thats-them"
73,4,7,07 Mar 04,"Rush for the Door","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848498/the-division-4x07-rush-for-the-door"
74,4,8,14 Mar 04,"Book of Memories","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848499/the-division-4x08-book-of-memories"
75,4,9,21 Mar 04,"It's the Real Thing","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848500/the-division-4x09-its-the-real-thing"
76,4,10,04 Apr 04,"The Fall of the House of Hayes","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848501/the-division-4x10-the-fall-of-the-house-of-hayes"
77,4,11,11 Apr 04,"As I Was Going to St. Ives","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848502/the-division-4x11-as-i-was-going-to-st-ives"
78,4,12,25 Apr 04,"Lost and Found","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848503/the-division-4x12-lost-and-found"
79,4,13,02 May 04,"The Kids Are Alright","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848504/the-division-4x13-the-kids-are-alright"
80,4,14,09 May 04,"Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848505/the-division-4x14-now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep"
81,4,15,16 May 04,"Acts of Desperation","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848506/the-division-4x15-acts-of-desperation"
82,4,16,06 Jun 04,"The Box (1)","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848507/the-division-4x16-the-box-1"
83,4,17,06 Jun 04,"Crawl Space (2)","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848508/the-division-4x17-crawl-space-2"
84,4,18,13 Jun 04,"Baby, the Rain Must Fall","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848509/the-division-4x18-baby-the-rain-must-fall"
85,4,19,20 Jun 04,"Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848510/the-division-4x19-hail-hail-the-gangs-all-here"
86,4,20,27 Jun 04,"Be Careful What You Wish For","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848511/the-division-4x20-be-careful-what-you-wish-for"
87,4,21,28 Jun 04,"Zero Tolerance (1)","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848512/the-division-4x21-zero-tolerance-1"
88,4,22,28 Jun 04,"Somewhere In America (2) (a.k.a. Zero Tolerance (2))","https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/848513/the-division-4x22-somewhere-in-america-2-aka-zero-tolerance-2"


Amazing Grace is hosting a Congregational Garage Sale form the community. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Youth Group's Summer Camp South retreat in Covington, GA this July. Besides items for sale, there will be snow cones and bake sale items.


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Tag Archives: Wole Soyinka
Soyinka Denies Endorsing Tinubu for President
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has disowned a social media post which claimed he was endorsing All Progressives Congress (APC)..
Religion Has Become the Number One Problem for Nigerians – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said that religion was not allowing Nigerians think like rational humans. Soyinka made the..
Soyinka to FG: Apologise to Igboho, Stop Pursuing Him as a Criminal
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has asked the Federal Government to apologise to Sunday Igboho after officials of the Department of..
States Should Shut Down In Protest When Next Child Kidnapping Happens – Soyinka
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka on Saturday said States should consider shutting down their activities when the next student abduction takes..
Herders-Farmers Crisis Could Degenerate Into Civil War – Soyinka
Professor Wole Soyinka has said the conflict between herders and farmers across the country can degenerate into a civil war...
Crackdown on Protesters Premature, Obasanjo, Atiku, Soyinka tell Buhari
Eminent personalities, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday faulted..
Soyinka Backs Obasanjo, Says Nigeria Divided Under Buhari
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has thrown his weight behind President Olusegun Obasanjo's criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration as..
Buhari Not in Charge of Aso Rock, Says Soyinka
Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says he does not believe that President Muhammadu Buhari is in charge of the country. Speaking..
Write More Fiction, Steer Clear of Science, Presidency Blasts Soyinka
The Nigerian presidency Wednesday night called the bluff of Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, asking Nigerians to ignore his fictional..
Amotekun: Soyinka Replies Balarabe Musa Over Comment On Oduduwa Republic
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has replied ex-governor of the old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, following his comment that the..