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140 people recognized as victims of crimes of Polish border guards on Belarus-EU border
News of the story "Migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border"
Poland's Border Guard signs contracts to build fence on border with Belarus
Refugee: I hoped to welcome New Year in better conditions, not on the border
MINSK, 28 December (BelTA) – All in all, 140 people were recognized as victims of the atrocities committed by the Polish security forces at the Belarus-Poland border. Materials of the criminal investigation will be forwarded to all international organizations, including the UN and the Council of Europe. This information was published by the SB. Belarus Segodnya newspaper, BelTA informs.
On 17 November the Investigative Committee of Belarus launched a criminal investigation under Article 128 of the Criminal Code "Crimes against peace". "Five volumes of the criminal case documented facts that took place on 8-16 November, including deportations, torture and acts of cruelty against people trying to get to Germany," the newspaper reports.
According to Konstantin Bespalenkov who is responsible for overseeing the implementation of legislation by the Instigative Committee at the Prosecutor General's Office, "the materials documented the mounting of additional barriers by the Polish security forces, deployment of paramilitary armed patrols and cordons, and the use of aircraft in the immediate vicinity of the refugee camp on the Belarusian side and in the neutral zone near the border. The materials emphasized that the refugees were unarmed and publicly declared their status, goals and plans to get to Germany, which the Poles were well aware of".
The criminal investigation also mentioned the use of chemicals on the border by Polish security forces on 16 November. "The casings of stun grenades, soil and vegetation samples, outerwear, equipment of journalists and a baby cradle were collected and examined. Potent toxic substances were found, including deltamethrin, which is an insecticide, capsaicin, a colorless crystalline causing a burning sensation, camphor, colorless volatile crystals that are dangerous to humans when taken orally. At least 30 people reported burns and poisoning caused by these chemicals," the newspaper reads.
Konstantin Bespalenkov mentioned other incidents as well. On 29 October three Syrian citizens who have a residence permit in Germany were denied medical assistance and pushed back from Poland into Belarus near the Tokari border outpost, Kamenets District. Three Iraqi citizens were also pushed back from Poland. One of them was carrying a body of his brother who had diabetes and died due to the refusal of the Polish police to provide insulin.
Another Iraqi citizen was also on the Polish territory when his legs failed. He asked the border guards to help him, but the Poles kicked the man out of the country. On 24 October, the man died of hypothermia. His body was found in the border area near the village of Podlipki, Grodno District.
All in all, the victims include 130 Iraqi citizens - 28 women, 22 children, including 17 children under 14. There are also victims from Syria, Egypt and other countries. In addition, four Belarusian and foreign journalists, Belarusian border guards were injured.
The investigation continues, Konstantin Bespalenkov said. Every criminal act by Polish officials, including that on the territory of Belarus, is reported and documented. Measures are being taken to identify each official who has committed crimes against defenseless people.


Living in a Tamale World cuz I am a Tamale Girl: Great Balls of Fire!
Oh my dear Virgen de Guadalupe...what the heck HAPPENED? There I was minding my own business last Saturday and all of the sudden, something was just not right. I've been forgetting to eat during the holiday rush but this was different, I truly felt ill. Is this what I get for *thinking*, "WOW, I didn't get SICK this year!!!" I tried to eat a soft taco, but I was queasy. Food and I are not friends and that makes me sad. I ran to the restroom...NADA. I hid in the Fiesta Room in the dark trying to figure out why there was a growing ball of fire overtaking my GUT. It steadily grew and was the size of a LARGE Honeydew melon and was burning bright. I text messaged Sweet Bratty Niece that I needed mineral water and where she could find me. She found me leaning against the wall with my feet up and just shook her head with worried eyes, " You don't look so good"
Renee was coming in late since she had a cold and we were worried about her hacking up a lung. Fortunately, she showed up about an hour later and sent me on my way home. I managed once again to climb the stairs and fall into bed. I did get "sick" and I will spare the gory details. NOT GOOD and there I remained all of Sunday 12/30 too. Renee IMs that I have to stay home from work on NYE, see food service and tummy trouble do not mix. Things improve a bit and the ball of fire is shrinking but I am still ill. BOO, no parties or drinking for me for the New Year. This just blows since Days of the Dead, my birthday and NYE are my most FAVORITE holidays (yes, I do consider my BDay a holiday.) Gilberto and I hang out on yelp.com with the other sickies and sober folks staying in at home.
Finally, I manage to make it out of the house. Gilberto wants to see a movie, Juno, and the ball of fire in my gut is now the size of a lemon. We have a quick meal and the flick was great, well written and funny. Maybe this NYE stuff is really overrated? It was interesting to be calm, well rested and not hungover on the first day of the year. Boo, who am I kidding? I really wanted to party it up but maybe this is a sign of what this year will be like, mature and serious? Stay tuned.
My great ball of fire is now a memory. I wake up feeling OK. My day is spent updating stuff, emails and hanging on Yelp once again. The Elite '08 badges were posted and our EB posse all made it. It is also Stevie's BDay so I make sure to let him know I'm thinking about him and we decide to try to make plans to party this weekend. I go out for dinner with Renee and all is fine with eating. Food and I are no longer enemies. La Borinquena is open tomorrow and I have TONS of stuff to do. It should go well in Tamale World and let's see how 2008 treats us!


When Drake met with XXL last month in his hometown of Toronto, he had a lot on his mind, more than what was fit for print. In a XXLMag.com exclusive, here are portions of the conversation that did not make the cover story.
XXL: How far along are you with the album?
I'm usually scrambling around this time. My confidence is usually all over the place because you are about to surrender a body of work and I think for the first time I'm ready. I don't know what that means. I don't know if that means it s really good of it means something else. I feel extremely confidant right now.
It's a surprise to hear you struggle with confidence.
The confidence in the records, I mean, it takes me a year, a year and a half to make an album, so those are emotions spanning over [that time]. There might have been nights that I was supremely confident due to events that occurred that day or that week, and those emotions come across and then there'll be emotions not so much. But as far as the actual act of completing an album and handing it over and saying, "Okay, 40 go to New York, master this and give this in for production.' With So Far Gone, there wasn't really any mastering involved. I remember being like, "Did we just make the biggest mistake in life?" I'm doing Peter, Bjorn And John songs over. I did a Lykke Li song over. It was like, "What did we just do? Did we shift the needle on the culture, or did we just sort of potentially bomb any hope of being respected as a real rapper?" And it ended up working out really well. I think I carry that with me. I think it's a reflection of the amount of risks we do take musically. It's a bit nerve wracking. This is the first time I was like, "You know what, I'm just ready. I'm ready for people to hear it." That's all I'm saying. I'm trying to be very careful.
How is this album different from Take Care?
Take Care was about connecting with my city and connecting with my past and sort of still feeling guilty that I'm not in love with one of these girls that cared about me from back in the day. Now, I'm 26, I'm with my friends, I'm making jobs for people, I'm making memories for people that will last a lifetime. I don't need to be in love right now. I don't need these things that I maybe once thought that I needed to feel normal and feel righteous about myself. I think for the first time in an album I'm content—not satisfied—but proud of where I'm at as a person. My thing was after going to these places I wanted to go to—Houstonlantavegas, I call it—there was a part of me that was like, "Man, I got to reconnect with one of these girls from Toronto that actually loved me for me before all of this happened or else I'm gonna end up like in some weird, miserable, divorced, three-times married guy." That was a way I was thinking at one point, like, "I got to find one of my exes and make that work because a girl from Toronto is the only girl that will ever understand me, a girl that knew me before this happened is the only girl that will ever understand me." Now I look back at those girls like, "Ahhh, not so much." They might be more twisted than some of the new girls that I meet.
What are some things you did on this album that you couldn't do beforehand?
I found a way to get all my thoughts across within 15 songs, which I'm very proud of. Take Care was, look, here is everything I have. I don't think I had the time towards the end to be like, "Let me get rid of this but add this piece to this so you can still get a piece of this. I didn't have enough time to sort of shave it down and make it concise, which some of the best rap albums and albums period are those albums with 12-13 songs—Tha Carter III, the Graduations, the Black Albums, there are those records with 14 songs long that are straight and to the point and once you hit the end of the record, you have to bring it back. It's that weird sensation where you feel gratification from the music, but it's almost over before you know it, and it forces you to listen again. Or even House Of Balloons from The Weekend, which is nine songs. I remember playing it over and over again. What could I do differently?
I think for me, from So Far Gone to Thank Me Later to Take Care, I'm 26 years old. I'm just getting my bearings in this industry, in this business, in this position I'm in, and I what I noticed was, okay, I'm starting to develop, maybe like a Drake formula for songs. Maybe [people] can predict what they are going to hear as far as a Drake single. I feel like with this project I've created a new artist. I've played it for people and people have been like, "Who's rapping?" When I played "Started From The Bottom" for people, people were like, "Whose voice is that? That's not you. Who is it?" I've taken that risk as far as trying to break out of my own formula, which, by the way, works extremely well. I could definitely go and do what people expected and probably win per se. But that's not the long-term vision. I remember these moments. I remember waiting all summer to hear an album from an artist I was excited about. I think me being the age that I am and being in touch with those emotions is, that's why I'm in there every night like Christmas Eve, I'm in the studio working if need be, if I have an album coming out. Nothing matters more to me than this right now, and I've surrendered pretty much my entire summer—any joy and fun and partying, I've sort of let that go out the window three or four months ago. I really want to just want to deliver something that is shocking, is refreshing and takes a little bit of time to digest. I don't want you to be able to put it in and understand it right away.


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Guru Shikhar, a peak in the Arbuda Mountains of Sirohi district in Rajasthan, is the highest point of the Aravalli Range and Rajasthan. It rises to an elevation of . It is 75 km from Sirohi city, the district headquarter and 15 km from Mount Abu and a road from there leads almost to the top of the mountain. It is named Guru-Shikhar or 'the peak of the guru' after Dattatreya, an incarnation of Vishnu, and of a cave at the summit contains a temple dedicated to him, plus one dedicated his mother, Anasuya, wife of sage Atri nearby.

Adjacent to the temple is the Mt Abu Observatory operated by the Physical Research Laboratory. This observatory hosts a 1.2m infrared telescope and also several Astronomy experiments.

Mythological history

In this mythological history, the name of goddess Anusuya and her husband, Atri, is primarily recorded as wife and husband.
It is a matter of time that Mother Anasuya Trideva became absorbed in the strictest tenacity for obtaining a son like Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, which made Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati feel uneasy, the wife goddesses of the three Gods.

The three said to their husbands that they should go to the people and go there and take the examination of Goddess Anusuya. At the behest of Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh Sannyasis, the people of the earth went to take a test of the ascetic Goddess Anusuya. Tried to go near the sannyasi, Tridev asked him to beg, but he had a condition too.

To take the examination of the favor of Anusuya, Tridev told them that he had come to ask for alms but he should not go begging in his normal form but in the nude state of Anusuya. Artha Devi Anusuya will be able to give them an alms only when she is naked in front of Tridev Please listen to this. After listening to this story, the disciplined first started fluttering but after a little bit of rehearsing, Defining water poured on three monks.

When the water sprinkled, Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh all changed into infant form. After taking the baby form, Anusuya breastfed them as a beggar. When Anushuya's husband Atri came back home, Anusuya called them the secret of three children. Atri had already seen the entire development with his divine vision. Atri embraced the three children and with their power, they converted three children into one child, with three heads and six hands.

Due to Brahma,Yes Vishnu, Mahesh's not returning to heaven, his wives became worried and came to Goddess Aasuya himself. Saraswati, Lakshmi, Parvati urged them to give back their respective husbands. Anusuya and her husband accepted the suggestion of the three ladies and Tridev came into their real form. After being pleased and impressed by Anusuya and Atri, Tridev gave them Dattatreya's son as a gift, which was the embodiment of these three gods. Dattatreya's body was one but he had three heads and six arms. Dattatreya, in particular, is considered to be the incarnation of Vishnu.

Dattatreya's other two brothers were Chandra Deva and Rishi Durvasha. Brahma and Rishi Durvasha are considered to be the form of Shiva to the Moon.

On the day Dattatreya was born, people of Hindu religion celebrate that day as Dattatreya Jayanti.

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Mountains of Rajasthan
Hill stations in Rajasthan
Mount Abu
Highest points of Indian states and union territories
Aravalli Range
Tourism in Mount Abu

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I've set my fences to "Never" show their title bar (Labels). But Folder Portals ignore this and always show their title bar when I mouse over them. It's really annoying! That animation of the title bar is distracting and shouldn't be happening. Please let us hide the labels on Folder Portals!


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Q: child div going beyond parent div when used inline-block with nowrap .containerdiv{
white-space: nowrap;
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.childdiv{
display : inline-block;
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I dont want the child div's to wrap. hence created the css as above.
in div "child1" i specify the width which varies in differnt places. to prevent the div child2 going beyond the container i want to specify the max width in child2. ie. not more than the parent div. (i cant calculate and put) how can i achieve this. what i can see is now the div child2 is going out than the parent container. how to prevent this?
please help. thanks in advance.

A: If you want it to be very happy you can just do inline-block and hope for the best.
BUT if the content is too wide it might just push the inline-block to the next line
SOLUTIONS
#containerdiv {overflow:auto;}/*the clear fix*/
#containerdiv>div {float:left; width:50%;}

There, they both take up 50% of the container and overflow auto clear fixes it.
You can do inline-block with 50% but you need to destroy horizontal whitespace.

This works because there is no whitespace between them

This works because the comments remove the whitespace.

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Umicore prefers Polish Nysa above Antwerp for battery factory
Joris Van Roy Posted On June 4, 2018
In February Umicore CEO Marc Grynberg announced the company would invest 660 million euro in a new battery materials factory for Europe and didn't rule out Belgium as a candidate at that time /Belga
Belgian material group Umicore will set up its new battery material plant – offering 400 jobs – in Nysa (Poland) and not on the former Opel site in Anwerp, as the city government hoped before. Lower labour costs, availability of schooled workers and the proximity of its clients made Umicore choose for Poland.
Antwerp mayor Bart De Wever (NV-A) isn't surprised. The city already gave up hope to get the investment because of the impossibility of salt dumping in the Antwerp harbour, the higher labour cost, but also the lack of skilled technical people. In Antwerp some 8.200 job vacancies were still open in April 2018.
Never really in the picture
When Umicore CEO Marc Grynberg gave the impression that Belgium was a candidate for the new factory in February, Antwerp pulled out all the stops to get the investment. Umicore said it was going to invest 660 million euro extra – somewhere in Europe – in the production of materials for lithium-ion batteries to make them cheaper and lasting longer.
It reminds of the period, the newspaper De Tijd writes, of Elon Musk visiting the Antwerp mayor three years ago and saying Flanders to be one of the top five candidates for Tesla's European electric car factory.
Meanwhile this 'passage' is considered only 'a stunt'. "Flanders was never really in the picture", sources in Belgian government say. And again nobody seems surprised Antwerp misses the boat on the battery factory. "We know the competitive handicap Belgium has for labour and energy costs", Flemish Minister-President, Geert Bourgois (NV-A), says.
Umicore follows its clients
"Belgium was never a realistic option", says ACV union man, Dirk Van der Eycken. "Umicore always follows its clients and in Poland they are nearby." Nysa is only a few hours away from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
Several projects on electric vehicles are emerging. Skoda (Volkswagen) is building an electric car in Mlada Beleslav (Czech Republic) from 2020. PSA (Peugeot-Citroën-Opel) will start production of electric cars in Tmava (Slovakia).
Market shifting to Eastern Europe
Germany is only a three-hour drive away with BMW building the i3 in Leipzig, for instance. "The proximity of clients was very important in the decision for Umicore", the company spokeswoman, Marjolein Scheers, says. "The core of the market is shifting towards Eastern Europe."
Like South Korean LG Chem opening Europe's biggest lithium-ion battery factory in Polish Wroclaw, and Samsung SDI having its battery factory in Göd (Hungary).
Although not the main reason, according to Umicore, the lower labour costs are another advantage for Poland. According to the European statistics agency Eurostat, the average labour costs in Polish industry were 9,30 euro per hour in 2017, compared to 44,80 euro in Belgium.
Vlaanderen grijpt naast batterijfabriek
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Q: Java delimiter reading a text file I'm trying to read a text file with this format:
Array x
1,3,5,4

Array y
12,13,15,11

and put it in two array, but I only want the integer.
What delimiter should I use to ignore the String and the empty line?
Here's my code in putting the int to arrays. By the way, I'm using scanner to read the file:
Scanner sc = null;

     try
     {
     sc = new Scanner(new FileInputStream("C:\\x.txt"));
     sc.useDelimiter("");  // What will I put inside a quote to get only the int values?
     }
     catch(Exception e)
     {
     System.out.println("file not found!");
     }
int[] xArray = new int[4];
int[] yArray = new int[4];

     while (sc.hasNextInt( )){
         for(int i=0; i<4; i++){
            xArray[i] = sc.nextInt( );
        }
         for(int i=0; i<4; i++){
            yArray[i] = sc.nextInt( );
        }
    }

What I want to get is
int[] xArray = {1,3,5,4}
int[] yArray = {12,13,15,11}

I hope you understand :)
Thanks.

A: I suggest you to use bufferedreader instead of scanner. You can use below code :
BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new FileReader("your file name"));
br.readLine(); //it will omit first line Array x
String x=br.readLine(); //it return second line as a string
String[] x_value=x.split(","); //You can parse string array into int.

This is for Array x. You can do the same for array y. and after that parse into int.


alaTest has collected and analyzed 33 reviews of Oppo R15 Pro. The average rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Cell phones for all reviews. Views about the screen and design are overall positive. The durability and battery are also appreciated. There are some mixed comments about the performance. Many are negative about the usability and camera.
We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Cell phones the Oppo R15 Pro is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 92/100 = Excellent quality.
Oppo's R15 Pro is a great phone, just not quite as great as the similarly priced OnePlus 6.
The Oppo R15 Pro is a strong all-rounder, giving you solid cameras, battery life and power for a reasonable price. It also looks less like an iPhone than previous models, and it comes with a headphone jack.
Oppo's operating system is still a blatant iOS clone, and portrait photos can look washed out. They charge through the outdated Micro-USB port.
Camera quality is excellent Display is pretty good Only issue I have sometimes is the phone heats up very quickly and shuts down. Its better than having a Samsung which comes with so much bloatware. Its a decent devise at a reasonable price.
Apps and games run smoothly, long battery life and some very cool features. I thought it wouldn't be as good as it is because of the cheap price and similar it looked to the iPhone x. Have no regrets so far purchasing this, it's been 6months now.


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Bayman Sadat (, also Romanized as Bāymān Sādāt) is a village in Howmeh-ye Sharqi Rural District, in the Central District of Ramhormoz County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 241, in 56 families.

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Populated places in Ramhormoz County


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What: Madison Club Charitable Foundation board members will present a check for $128,000 raised through the Madison Club's annual Charity Gala on November 10. The gift represents the second-largest donation from the Madison Club Charitable Foundation in its 14-year history.
Why: The Madison Club membership committed to a five-year term supporting organizations that bridge opportunity gaps. More than 55,000 adults in Dane County need literacy services. This gift will support sustainability of programs and increase the number of learners.
"It is a great honor to work with the amazing Madison Club Charitable Foundation to support adult learners on their journey. We're excited to partner with their members and staff to help adults and families achieve their dreams," said Literacy Network Executive Director Jeff Burkhart.
Literacy Network is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization made up of teachers, students, tutors, volunteers and donors, all working together to improve adult literacy in Dane County. Programs help adults improve their basic reading, writing and English skills so that they may better achieve goals specific to their needs. Literacy Network serves about 1,000 each year in 34 locations.
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Vinny Arora and Charlie Wray, both hugely important scholars and personalities in the world of Hospital Medicine, join to discuss a hotly debated topic: do Social Media activities belong on a professional CV? We set out to write the White Paper, we were successful. This is an outstanding and important discussion!
6. Deep-diving into how to evaluate impact of Twitter feeds & contributions, along with a serendipitous paper reference!
13. What should this section be titled on a CV and where on the CV should it land?
15. The White Paper findings!


The Baltic Sea Waste Campaign is a tour to Baltic Sea coastal cities during the summer of 2012. It involves seminars, underwater litter documentation, production of film and educational material with the purpose to promote knowledge about waste and pollution in the Baltic Sea marine and coastal environments. FRP will document the tour, producing film, a web site and a blog.
Unique under water footage of the marine ecosystem and comprehensive graphic work will explain the complexities of human impact and waste.


BATES MOTEL has lit up its Vacancy sign for a second season, and it's retained its particular blend of soap, black comedy and horror thriller. The strength of Bates is that even if we didn't recognize its protagonist's name, and know what lies in his Hitchcockian future, the prequelled characters are strong enough that they'd still be worth watching.
Season 2 began with a brief prologue establishing that the night after the murder of Miss Watson, the concerned teacher of young Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore), troubled teen Bradley (Nicola Peltz), for whom Norman has unresolved and mostly unrequited feelings, attempted suicide by jumping off the local bridge. The bulk of the episode, written by series creators Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin, and directed by Tucker Gates, jumped ahead 4 months, and cannily leaped into a complete change of tone, as we got to watch the Bates family mostly–of all things!–happy. The motel was full, erratic mom Norma (Vera Farmiga), her hair lightened, was flitting around with a grin on her face, and brother Dylan (Max Thieriot) was prospering enough from his pot trade duties to offer rent to his mother.
It could not, of course, last. Norman, still unable to remember all the events of that night 4 months earlier, was dividing his time between visits to Miss Watson's grave and long hours perfecting his taxidermy skills. He made an ill-advised visit to Sheriff Romero (Nestor Carbonell, now a regular) with his suspicions about another cemetery visitor, which only sharpened the sheriff's suspicions about Norman himself. Norma discovered that the freeway bypass that would soon make the Bates Motel obsolete was proceeding much faster than expected. And Bradley, newly released from the asylum, was determined–deadly determined, as it turned out–to track down the murderer of her father, who she soon discovered had been sleeping with Miss Watson and may have been killed for that reason.
With the success of Season 1, Cuse and Ehrin seemingly feel comfortable enough with their section of the Bates saga that they've eased up on the Psycho references and jokey hints, playing the series as a mostly separate entity. Counting Bradley's violent actions in the season premiere, just about every regular character on Bates Motel is now a killer, or at least a killer-to-be, since Norman's involvement in Miss Watson's demise is still unclear. (Olivia Cooke's Emma, the last bastion of relative innocence on the show, was barely seen in this episode.) That gives the writers enormous leeway for what they can have the characters believably do, and while the energy still sags when the town's drug trade takes center stage, mostly the show keeps viewers pleasantly uncertain about what could happen next.
Bates continues to be immeasurably helped by the presence of Farmiga and Highmore. She can streak from a perfectly reasonable and likable woman trying to cope with a variety of realistic challenges to a scary, imposing threat without visible strain, and was particularly good in the premiere as she faced off against the town council, futilely trying to halt or at least delay the construction of the bypass, as her anger did battle with her attempt to stay civil. (Anger won.) Highmore, like the show in general, is less concerned now with suggesting Anthony Perkins, and is building a complicated Norman, a far more ambiguous figure than Hannibal's louche Lecter, and one that isn't without its own humor. A driving lesson with Norman and his mother was as delightful as one would imagine.
There are many ways in which Bates Motel can go wrong before it ends, and the presence of Cuse, who shares both credit and blame for Lost, can only give one pause. For the moment, though, his sensibility is mixing well with Ehrin's more down-to-earth drama (her previous work includes Friday Night Lights) and together they're keeping the tone both stylized and emotionally grounded. Bates was a substantial hit for A&E last season, with ratings consistently in the 1.2-1.3 vicinity, and it should hold well on its return.
Programming note: tonight A&E aired a live companion show, BATES MOTEL: AFTER HOURS, modeled after AMC's successful Talking Dead, after the premiere of the companion series Those Who Kill. For the moment this was an experiment, and its return is currently unscheduled. It was hosted by the rather scarily overcaffeinated Carrie Keagan, who made Chris Hardwick seem wanly unenthusiastic, and featured what may have been a record number of social media mentions in a single televised half-hour. The two conclusions one can quickly draw are that this isn't Vera Farmiga's chosen brand of forum, and it's not going to be the place to go for in-depth probing of the creative strategies behind Bates Motel.


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Musical performance
An inter-cooperative artistic endeavor
Lyrics by Jon Sarasua, interpreted live to the tune of a composition by prize-winning composer Fernando Velázquez, will be the foundations of the live musical performance on stage on 14 September at the Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
The performance will bring together an array of artistic disciplines: dance, theatre, choral music, and the live orchestral interpretation of Fernando Velázquez's composition by the Basque National Orchestra (Euskadiko Orkestra).
The chorus will be made up of cooperative members who wish to participate, as will the dance and theatre companies. Each group will be directed by outstanding professionals in the genre, including Jon Maya of Kukai and Josu Cámara of Kukubiltxo.
For Fernando Velázquez, musician and composer of the MONDRAGON soundtrack, "Humanity at Music is a different, appealing project."
A first-rate cast of performance artists and partners
Fernando Velázquez, winner of a Goya award for the soundtrack to Un monstruo viene a verme (A monster is coming to see me). Velázquez has composed over 30 soundtracks for movies such as Lo imposible (The impossible) and El Orfanato (The Orphanage). In addition, he is a cellist, and has directed myriad orchestras from the London Metropolitan Orchestra to the Budapest Radio Symphony. On this occasion, it will the the Basque National Orchestra under his baton, interpreting what he defines as the soundtrack of the MONDRAGON cooperative experience.
Jon Maya, Kukai Dantza taldea (Kukai Dance troupe)—National Dance Prize, 2017.
Jon became interested in the project because of the similarities he found between Kukai and MONDRAGON: Both have sunk their roots deeply into the region, but they use innovation as means of interacting with the outside world. Kukai's dantzaris (dancers) will interpret the choreography that Jon is now designing to visually communicate the feeling of the Experience.
Jon Sarasua, bertsolari (Basque a cappella singing poet), lyricist, writer and professor, wrote the lyrics for this work.
Leire Bilbao, Katixa Agirre, Irati Jimenez, Gloria Totorikaguena and Pili Kaltzada are the authors of the literary creations.
Maite Mutuberria, illustrator, will create a world of images that will mix with those of MONDRAGON and will be featured both in the book and in the final performance.
Andoni Egaña, Onintza Enbeita, Julio Soto, Jone Uria, Amets Arzallus, Oihana Iguaran, Xabier Igoa and Maddalen Arzallus will all add their bertsos (Basque poems put to music) to the project.
Josu Camara, of Kukubiltxo, will coordinate the casting and set-making of the entire performance.
Fernando Velázquez
Winner of a Goya award for the soundtrack to Un monstruo viene a verme (A monster is coming to see me). Velázquez has composed over 30 soundtracks for movies such as Lo imposible (The impossible) and El Orfanato (The Orphanage). In addition, he is a cellist, and has directed myriad orchestras from the London Metropolitan Orchestra to the Budapest Radio Symphony. On this occasion, it will the the Basque National Orchestra under his baton, interpreting what he defines as the soundtrack of the MONDRAGON cooperative experience.
Jon Maya
Dancer and choreographer
Kukai Dantza taldea (Kukai Dance troupe)—National Dance Prize, 2017.
Oriol Roch
General Manager of the Basque National Orchestra
Catalonian Oriol Roch has been the General Manager of Euskadiko Orkestra (EO), the Basque National Orchestra, since 2014. He leads a team of professionals and plans the activities of EO in order to achieve the highest levels of quality, outreach and cultural impact in the Basque Country, making the orchestra the musical benchmark for the country.
Jon Sarasua
Professor and writer
The cooperative movement has been a constant in his life. Since he was born, he has lived and breathed the evolution of the cooperatives in his own home, as well as watching on as the cooperative experience has spread far and wide. He is a professor at Mondragon University (Mondragon Unibertsitatea) and a researcher at LANKI. His theories about the cooperative movement have found their way into a host of publications. In addition, he has composed lyrics for well-known Basque songwriters and, of course, he has an admirable CV as a bertsolari.
Onintza Enbeita
Bertsolari and journalist
Born and raised with traditional Basque bertsolaris all around her, she got to her first finals in the bertsolari championship for Biscay province in 2006. That year she won the championship for her area (Busturialdea) and since then she has never failed to classify in the finals of each and every Biscay championship. In 2005 and 2009 she competed in the Basque Country championships.
Maite Mutuberria
Navarrese illustrator Maite Mutuberria has helped illustrate many books for children and young people and has won many prizes for her efforts. Her latest prize is the Lazarillo Prize for 2014. She is a graduate in Audiovisual Communication and Advanced Technical Illustration.


During the Babies R Us Black Friday sale, you can get four Playtex Diaper Genie single refills for $20 and Tomme Tippee infant and toddler feeding items are buy one get one 75% off. Babies R Us will also have 40% off all character themed sleeping bags and pillows plus they have 40% off the Elf on the Shelf insulated sip cup.
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Pom Pom's Teahouse and Sandwicheria, located on Bumby Avenue just south of the heart of Orlando's Milk District (the area around the T.G. Lee's Milk processing factory), serves up some of the most creative and scrumptious sandwiches in our area.
Here at this indie, homey sandwich shop – with walls bedecked in local artwork – there are over 20 types of sandwiches to order, with each 'wich is set to a playful, yet delicious gourmet theme.
Like the Mama Ling Ling's Thanksgiving, a monstrous turkey, ginger cranberry chutney, gouda, stuffing, mashed potato, cream cheese served with a side of gravy, so now you can have that after Thanksgiving dinner meal -itis feeling all year round.
Or try the villainous Fu Man Chu, made with a sweet Hoisin barbecue sauce based Asian Pulled Pork, watercress, goat cheese, ginger cranberry chutney, and spicy red onions, a perfect lunch for all those deviants out there. It's got sweetness from the barbecue and cranberry chutney, a little tart from the red onions, savory from the pulled pork, creamy from the goat cheese. It all sounds like quite the mess, but it's all strangely satisfying and fulfilling.
Pace yourself, these sandwiches are large and can easily be shared between two people. There is also a wide variety of diverse salads to tantalize your taste-buds.
These days, you can probably more often find Pom Moongauklang, owner and operator of Pom Pom's Teahouse and Sandwicheria, dividing her time between this shop and mixing it up and creating wonderful little fusion tacos at her new venture Tako Cheena in the Mills 50 District, but the staff here is on their best behavior even when Pom Pom is away. They were some of the friendliest and down to earth staff I've had the fortune to dine with in a while.
The place is pretty small and can get quite busy, so sit back, relax and enjoy one of the many house blend or specialty teas like the Rooibos Love tea. End the meal with one of their fabulous desserts like the Red Velvet cupcake imported from nearby Bluebird Bakery. One thing I love about Pom Pom's, despite the very hip ambiance, is their eclectic clientele: from trendy hipsters to twenty-something working ladies in heals to college students on a first date, everyone is here together under one roof enjoying good food. On the weekends they are sometimes open 24 hours, when interesting late-night conversations over tea and sandwiches are sure to ensue. A tiny teahouse with a big heart in the City Beautiful.
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The Pompeii was delicious!! Turkey, bruschetta, mozzarella, balsamic glaze, water cress = yummy!


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Best Baby Names of 2011
Our year-end roundup of the best baby names of 2011. These cool names might just steal the spotlight from 2010's popular names, like Emma and Jacob.
We've seen a huge surge in popularity for this literary-inspired girls' name (one of the most famous Harpers is To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee). Celeb parents like Neil Patrick Harris, Dave Grohl and, most recently, David and Victoria Beckham have all given the name to their daughters. It's unique, but distinctly feminine.
Photo: PR Photos / The Bump
Okay, some might doubt us on this one, but we love it because it reminds us of old Hollywood. Picture a little baby in a (non!)smoking jacket, singing Sinatra tunes — it's cute, right? Props to Kate Hudson and her fiance, Matt Bellamy, for the inspiration.
We love the Italian version of the classic name Julia. If you want to give your baby a unique name, but don't want to get into crazy territory (like the names that made our Worst Baby Names of 2011 list, a different take on a traditional name is the way to go. Plus, the first couple of France, Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni, just named their newborn daughter Giulia — a clear sign it's Parisian-chic.
Natalie Portman didn't disappoint when it came to baby naming. She and her fiance, Benjamin Millepied, gave their son the ancient Hebrew name Aleph, which is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. With tons of modern names out there, it's nice to see a classic and cultural name in the mix.
After the royal wedding, a star was born — and we're not talking about Kate! Sister Pippa won everyone over (including most of the world's male population) when she walked down the aisle as maid of honor. Pippa's actually a nickname for Philippa, but we think it works well by itself too. It's safe to say that this name will be trending for years (or as long as Pippa Middleton stays in the tabloids!).
Knox has been steadily trending since Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie named one of their twins Knox Leon. In the 2010 Social Security baby names rankings, Knox had climbed 246 spots in the past year. We're guessing it'll be even more popular this year — and why not? It's a strong name for a boy; plus, it's got a little of that southern twang.
Rumor has it (sorry, we couldn't help the pun!) this name's becoming a huge hit for baby girls everywhere. Most likely inspired by the talented British songstress, the name has been around for centuries, and we're glad it's making a comeback.
We're digging this baby name, and it doesn't hurt that fashionista Rachel Zoe recently named her baby boy Skyler. This one's modern and trendy, but we're thinking it won't go out of style any time soon. Bonus: It's gender neutral!
Remember when the name Emma got a huge boost in popularity a few years ago (maybe it had something to do with Ross and Rachel's baby on Friends!)? Well, Gemma might be a good choice if you're looking for something similar but you don't want your baby girl to be the fifth person in her class named Emma. The name, which means "jewel" or "gem" in Latin, jumped 114 spots between 2009 and 2010 in Social Security's baby names rankings. It's already got a growing celeb following: Sex and the City star Kristin Davis just named her adopted daughter Gemma Rose!
We can't resist Flynn Bloom's (son of Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr) chubby cheeks, just like we can't resist his unique and adventurous name. It reminds us of old-Hollywood action star Errol Flynn. Maybe we're a little biased because we think Flynn's one of the cutest celeb babies around, but we're betting that this name will climb the popularity charts next year.
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The Lloyds TSB Jewel Awards is a celebration of the expertise and success. Crystal Iced is a proud finalist at this years event and would like to thank everyone around us for their support.
This jewel awards are not a competition, they are a celebration of excellence. At this level of achievement there are no losers! So we are very happy about becoming a finalist.


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Cannes 2017: Pattinson is So Good & So Bad in Safdie Bros' 'Good Time'
This is what happens when there isn't a single character worth caring about in a film - it's not compelling. Good Time is the latest film from the Safdie Brothers, also known as Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie, of the films Heaven Knows What and Daddy Longlegs previously. Set in contemporary New York City, this ultra-stylish crime thriller stars Robert Pattinson as a careless wannabe criminal known as Connie Nikas. Pattinson is pretty much the only reason this is worth watching, as he's so incredibly good in this film, and does his best to make his unlikable character likable. But it doesn't overcome that giant flaw, and although it's somewhat interesting to see the story play out, there's just nothing else that makes this film memorable.
In an attempt to provide a better life for his mentally challenged brother, Connie convinces his brother Nick (played by Ben Safdie) to join him and rob a bank. While all goes as planned at the bank, the bank is filled with ink and his brother gets caught. Connie gets desperate and tries anything and everything to get him out of the jail. But man is he stupid, making mistake after mistake, causing more problems as his desperation grows. This film is merely about a dumb criminal who leaves a wake of chaos and destruction, dragging in innocent people. But there isn't a single person in it that's likable. Anyone who appears or gets caught up in the chaos just feels like another person that isn't even worth caring about. Maybe Barkhad Abdi's security guard character is the only one who has a good side, but he's in this so briefly it doesn't make a difference.
Of course, not every film needs likable characters. And it's possible to tell thrilling stories with unlikable characters if you can still build a strong film around them. Good Time just doesn't do a good job establishing any emotion or any reason or anything that should make us feel anything for the characters we encounter. Not a single one. I don't care what happens to them, especially when they bring it on themselves, which is the case with Connie. There's even a twist halfway through that introduces a new character, and I found it annoying because here's another person we don't give a crap about, yet now the story is all about him. Ugh. Give us something, and maybe I'd feel better, but this never gives us anything to grab onto the entire time.
There's no redemption for Connie, which is what I was hoping we might see. Instead, it's all about how bad he is and how dumb he is, and damnit, he still gives an outstanding performance. It's also hard to complain about the film's style, which is vibrant and kinetic and intimate, highlighting the dingy streets of New York City with occasional fluorescent accents. The best part of this film is probably the music and score, used throughout as part of the driving force behind the narrative. There's some sides of Good Time that are intriguing, but overall it felt impressively mediocre and never really amounted to anything in the end. Bank robbers get caught? So what. Criminals are chased? Big deal. Dumb decisions are made? Okay, I don't care. Is that all there is? That's it? Give me something to care about, and maybe I'll enjoy the film more next time.
Alex's Cannes 2017 Rating: 6 out of 10
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Glad to hear Pattinson was great. It can definitely be harder to like a movie when there's no redemption or positive turn in the story, which it sounded like it lacked. Maybe he didn't deserve it and that's the lesson. Anyways, it's gotten some great reviews other places. I'll check it out.
Efterklang on May 27, 2017
Sounds great kind of like a OF MICE AND MEN retelling. Except less poignant.
DAVIDPD on May 27, 2017
Rob is always the best....and I found this story quite interesting... I love the movie anyways..as I have seen the trailer...I really loved and waiting to watch the movie
Aditi Sengupta on May 28, 2017
I'm curious. Did you feel that way about Inside Llewyn Davis? Because Llewyn is a jerk from start to finish. He wasn't a character people could care about. In fact, there wasn't anyone in ILD you could care about. Carey Mulligan's character was awful, her husband was ignorant of what she was doing behind his back and he focused on his career--all of the characters in that film were unlikable in some way. But I seem to recall you loved it. Because it was cushioned in folk music? That made it more pleasant to watch? It's funny how you give musicians a pass but not the people in Good Time. Says more about you than it does about the films.
Olive on May 28, 2017
When you look at the Mona Lisa, Is your reaction,"It's a woman just sitting there. Who cares?" Just wondering.
D A Davis on Aug 2, 2017


2014 is the 20th anniversary of the Thames Landscape Strategy (TLS). To celebrate the 20th anniversary a series of events and projects are planned across the TLS region. The centrepiece of these celebrations will be the re-creation of an Eighteenth century Chinese tea tent with an integral camera obscura that can be used as an educational tool to increase understanding about the remarkable Arcadian landscape. These 'obscura tents' were once a common feature along the Thames providing a magical way for everyone to interpret the environment around them.
It is proposed to commission Mark Edwards MBE (Richmond Bridge Boathouses) to design and construct a modern and portable interpretation of a Tea Tent that incorporates a camera obscura at its top – reflecting an image of the surrounding landscape downwards to a table at the centre of the tent. This can be used at local fairs, educational days and special events.
A Camera Obscura, derives from the Latin word camera meaning "room" and Obscura meaning "dark" or translated as "dark room". It is a term first used by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler in the early 17th century. The affect produced by a Camera Obscura is based on elementary physics. By making a small hole in the wall of a darkened room an inverted image of the scene outside the hole can be produced on the inside of the room. This is due to the fact that light travels in a straight line and when some of the rays reflected from a bright subject pass through a small hole in thin material they do not scatter but cross and reform as an upside down image on a flat surface held parallel to the hole.
The physics of pinhole reflection of the outside world from a darkened room dates back to the Chinese philosopher Mo-Ti in the 5th century BC. Mo-Ti called this darkened room a "collecting place" or the "locked treasure room." It was first described outside China by the Arabian scholar, Alhazen ,of Basra in about 1030. Then Leonardo DaVinci more famously documented it in 1490 in his notebooks. Others like Dutch scientist Reinerus Gemma-Frisius used a camera obscura in 1544 for observing a solar eclipse. In 1558 Giovanni Battista Della Porta in his book Magiae Naturalis recommended the use of this device as a drawing aid for artists.
Many of the first camera obscura's were large rooms and then compact boxes. Later in the 16th century the box camera obscura's were improved with the addition of a convex lens into the aperture, which provided for better image quality.
In the eighteenth century the addition of a mirror was used to reflect the image down onto a viewing surface. This allowed for portable 'tents' often associated with tea drinking to be constructed that formed a movable inside place from which to view the outside world. These obscura tents quickly became a marvel of the Scientific Age, a tool for the most fashionable gentlemen of the day to show off their good taste and knowledge.
It is known that camera obscuras were a feature of Georgian Richmond – obscura tea tents being erected in the gardens of riverside villas to be used by the gentleman as a tool to interpret the landscape around them. One C18th tea tent survives – the Duke of Buccleugh Chinese Tent, now kept at Boughton Hall in Northamptonshire.
The scientific age coincided with the great period of C18th Arcadian enlightenment based at the Royal palaces and aristocratic villas of the Arcadian Thames. During this time the landscape structure we cherish today was laid out along the Thames whilst the ideas that were shaped and forged on and below Richmond Hill would lead to the formation of the English Landscape Movement (recognised as one of England's most important contributions to world culture). It is this period more than any that encapsulates the essence of the Arcadian Thames and subsequently it is the C18th that is used by the TLS as a tool to educate the public about the landscape that stretches between Hampton and Kew today.
The Thames Landscape Strategy has an active education and outreach programme that has been delivered in partnership with a range of partners including Orleans House Gallery based at Twickenham and the Jubilant Trust in Richmond. It has been a long standing aim of the TLS to build a camera obscura as a tool to increase understanding about the Arcadian Thames.
It is intended that a portable camera obscura would form the centrepiece of future TLS educational activities to be used at organised educational days, special events and at fairs across the region. The obscura would be used for many years to come (one or two eighteenth century tents still survive) and it is hoped that the structure would become a cultural icon in the same way that the replica eighteenth century boats such as the Gloriana and Jubilant have captured the public imagination.
It is proposed to design and build a replica of an eighteenth century Chinese Tea Tent (based on the Duke of Buccleugh's Tea Tent that survives at Boughton Hall in Northamptonshire) that would house a camera obscura at its top.
The Arcadian Thames Camera Obscura tent would be constructed in a traditional way although designed with a modern twist in order to allow it to be easily erected and robust enough to meet modern health and safety considerations. The TLS has teamed up with HM The Queen's Royal Thames Barge maker Mark Edwards, based at Richmond Bridge Boathouses to design and construct the tent and the camera obscura.
The tent would be designed in the correct style for the period – following the Chinese tradition. The modern twist is that the structure is based on a box trailer design with 4 corner uprights extending to 2m to the eaves then welded ridge bars to the camera apex. Four additional uprights hinge and extend out from the basic welded steel structure. The steel would be finished in wood and painted to form an invisible structure. The main frame is floored in wood (raised off the ground) with side flaps which hinge down to form an octagonal shape.
Once the floor and frame is extended, a central round table is positioned to allow the rotating camera cupula to be erected. Next, a 'bell tent' cover is thrown over the structure and the side panels pinned and hinged in place. The upper half of the canvas walls can be opened if needed. The outside of the tent would be traditional white canvas draped across the steel frame. It would have a single double wooden doorway, clad in canvas. The end of the eave pole and to the frame would have curved wrought iron finals depicting dragons – similar to those found on the traditional Thames barges. A retractable ramp would be incorporated into the trailer to allow for full disabled access.
The inside of the tent would need to be dark in order for the image reflected by the camera to be viewed. To achieve this it is proposed for a series of images to be painted on the inside of the canvas depicting dragons flying on the ceiling and local scenes found along the Arcadian Thames on the walls. It is proposed that some of the panels could be painted by local artists and local school children in partnership with Orleans House Gallery.
The camera obscura would be placed in the cupula above the centre of the tent (similar to an old music box – see front the first page of this proposal). The image would be reflected downwards to a central table facing upwards that allows for visitors to easily view the world around them. The scene displayed can be changed by rotating the camera using a long pole descending into the tent from above. The tent would fit approximately 20 people at any time. A series of drop down wooden benches can be used. The external draw bar will be modified to have a waterproof box containing a gas storage bottle. This would provide power for lighting and a small water heating system. Guests could take tea in this way from replica C18th Chinese tea bowls. Chinese lanterns would hang on the exterior.
The TLS would own and store the tent and camera obscura at their offices at Holly Lodge in Richmond Park. It would be used as part of the on-going TLS education and outreach programme and could be hired out for private events in order to provide an income that would help to sustain the education programme in the longer term.
It is proposed to train a small team of dedicated volunteers to erect and operate the tent and obscura. The TLS has an excellent track record in managing volunteers – carrying out 210,000 hours of volunteer work over the past decade. All costs associated with the movement and erection of the tent at events or educational days would be met through existing and future TLS educational budgets. It is anticipated that some maintenance work would be needed in the future – up to £2k once every five years. . This would be met by funds accumulated from the renting out of the tent and obscura for private functions.
An appeal to raise £30,000 to fund the construction of the Arcadian Thames Camera Obscura was launched at the 31st March at Hampton Court Palace by HRH The Duke of Gloucester during the Thames Landscape Strategy's 20th Anniversary Arcadian Thames event.
The Father Thames Trust (the charitable arm of the Thames Landscape Strategy) has already committed £5,000 towards the project and would be the beneficiary of any further grants or donations. The camera obscura would be constructed over the winter 2014/15 ready for use the following summer season.
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Yes, I know it's February. January turned out to be a bit of a crazy month, mostly because one or another of us has been sick since we got home from Spain. So here's the long-awaited post on what we did in Sevilla on our last day in Spain.
First of all, we drove. It's three hours from where we were staying in little Béznar to Sevilla, the longest stretch we drove during our vacation. We don't mind driving (kind of look back on it nostalgically when we remember our time living on the West Coast), and our kids are great travelers. But poor Axa had a bit of a sensitive stomach during this whole trip, and we did end up taking at least one puke break on the way. Unfortunately, she felt no better once we arrived. So after another puke session on the doorstep of the Starbucks across the street from the Sevilla Cathedral, Tony convinced our hotel to let us check in early, and put Axa to bed, where she promptly fell asleep.
Meanwhile, Raj and I pressed on, encountering our first queue of the trip in front of the Cathedral. Fortunately, the largest Gothic cathedral in the world was worth the 15-minute wait.
At most of the cathedrals and museums we visited, Raj and Axa were quite absorbed by the audio tours. The Sevilla Cathedral had a special kids tour, so Raj tried it out, and was unimpressed. He wanted the full story, so I gave him my audio tour, and he reported to me all the details that had been left out of the kids tour.
Our favourite part of the cathedral was the Giralda, the giant bell tower converted from a 12th century minaret belonging to the mosque that once stood on the site of the cathedral. Raj and I climbed all the way to the top of the 343-foot structure. At every new level, you could look out the windows of the tower and see the cathedral from a different angle.
It's all gothic splendor and fantastical detailing, and from some angles looks rather like a castle from a Patricia McKillip novel.
When Raj and I went to find Tony and Axa in our hotel, Axa was still fast asleep. So we left Raj there with her and his pad while we went to wander through the halls and gardens of the Alcazar, aka Dorn.
The place was both beautiful and romantic, especially since we were there without children. Unfortunately, I had left my phone with said children so I guess all you get is the above selfie from Tony's phone of the famous courtyard from Game of Thrones.
Really, though, the Alcazar is so worth a visit. It's not quite as famous as the Alhambra in Granada, but it feels to me more like a place that people lived. It's extraordinarily well-preserved, and has the same sort of mix of time periods, like several centuries of history frozen in place.
Geeks that we are, before we went back to our children, we had to walk over to the Plaza de España in Maria Luisa Park, which was used as a setting for Star Wars, Episode II. Unlike many Star Wars sets, this one received minimal digital alterations for the movie. Strolling along like Padme and Anakin (with perhaps slightly less repressed teenage passion), it really felt like we were on Naboo.
As the light faded, we went in for one more kiss on the bridge before returning to our children.
See? I told you it was romantic.
After going home and feeding the kids dinner, we took a turn through the artisan Christmas market in the piazza outside our hotel. And this is where it gets even more romantic (er . . . cheesy). You know that scene in Father of the Bride where she tells her dad they got her engagement ring at a flea market outside Rome? Well, we're already married and already have wedding rings, but for years we have been fantasizing about getting matching wedding bands on a romantic trip in some romantic location. We always look for rings, but never manage to find something we like.
But on this trip, our first real vacation from our real European jobs, at the end of the year where Everything Finally Happened, of course we did. Here's the artisan who made them, resizing mine to fit my pinkie finger.
And here are our new "pinkie promise" rings!
We promise to always keep being us, no matter how crazy we look to other people. And this is the end of my schmaltziest of schmaltzy stories. After that we went out for one last round of tapas, went to bed, and then next day flew home to Amsterdam. Which really did, somehow, feel like home.


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2005: Fined $25,000 for failing to insure workers
On Franken's miscues on tax payments, "Franken Faces Penalties for Lack of Workers' Insurance," screamed a Minneapolis Star Tribune headline on March 5. Franken owed a twenty-five thousand dollar penalty to the New York State Workers' Compensation Board for failing to carry workers' compensation insurance for employees of his corporation from 2002 to 2005.
News reports said the Workers' Compensation Board began sending notices to Franken as early as April 2005 after discovering that the insurance hadn't been paid for nearly three years. Penalty notices went unanswered and unpaid. The candidate for the working man wasn't paying his worker's comp insurance, the bloggers screeched. This man wants to be a senator? Source: This Is Not Florida, by Jay Weiner, p. 71 , Sep 16, 2010
Preserve occupational safety and prevailing wage laws
Not only will I vote for the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), I'll proudly co-sponsor it. This bill would make it easier for employees who want to organize to do so without harassment or intimidation, and would reform a labor relations system currently dominated by corporate interests. I'll fight to preserve the integrity of our occupational safety and prevailing wage laws. Source: 2008 Senate campaign website, www.AlFranken.com, "Issues" , May 14, 2008
I'm a member of four unions
The Writers' Guild of America (WGA), the Directors' Guild of America (DGA), the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG), and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors (AFTRA). My family and I get our health benefits from AFTRA, and our prescription drugs through the WGA. I'm also an associate member of the Steelworkers. Source: 2008 Senate campaign website, www.AlFranken.com, "Issues" , May 14, 2008
A hard day's work should earn a decent day's pay
Minnesota's working families got a much-needed raise this year when the Democratic Congress followed through on its promise to raise the minimum wage. But life continues to grow riskier for middle-class families. Organized labor is one of the last defenders of America's working class; we must support workers' right to organize. Even as we work to provide economic security for today's working families, we should act now to ensure that a lifetime of hard work earns a secure & comfortable retirement. Source: 2008 Senate campaign website, www.AlFranken.com, "Issues" , May 14, 2008
Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot.
Franken signed H.R.1409&S.560
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to certify a bargaining representative without directing an election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative (card-check) and there is no other individual or labor organization currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit.
Requires that priority be given to any charge that, while employees were seeking representation by a labor organization, an employer:
discharged or otherwise discriminated against an employee to encourage or discourage membership in the labor organization;
threatened to discharge or to otherwise discriminate against an employee in order to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of guaranteed self-organization or collective bardaining rights; or
engaged in any unfair labor practice that significantly interferes with, restrains, or coerces employees in the exercise of such guaranteed rights. Source: Employee Free Choice Act 09-HR1409 on Mar 10, 2009
Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016.
Franken co-sponsored Minimum Wage Fairness Act
Congressional summary: Increases the federal minimum wage for employees to:
$8.20 an hour beginning 6 months after enactment
$9.15 an hour beginning 1 year later,
$10.10 an hour beginning 2 years later, and
an amount determined by increases in the Consumer Price Index, beginning annually after 3 years.
Increases the federal minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.00 an hour beginning 6 months after enactment, with annual CPI adjustments.
Proponent's argument in favor (RaiseTheMinimumWage.com): The federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour remains decades out of date, and the federal minimum wage for tipped workers--$2.13 per hour--has not increased in over 20 years. The minimum wage of the past provided significantly more buying power than it does today. The minimum wage of $1.60 an hour in 1968 would be $10.56 today when adjusted for inflation.
Opponent's argument against: (Neil King in Wall Street Journal, Feb. 24, 2014): The CBO concluded that a jump in the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour could eliminate 500,000 jobs. For Republicans, the report provided ammunition that a higher minimum wage would kill jobs. Democrats pointed to the CBO's findings that the higher wage would lift 900,000 people out of poverty. But both sides missed a key finding: That a smaller hike from the current $7.25 to $9.00 an hour would cause almost no pain, and still lift 300,000 people out of poverty while raising the incomes of 7.6 million people.Congressional Budget Office report:: Once fully implemented, the $10.10 option would reduce total employment by about 500,000 workers, or 0.3%. Some people earning slightly more than $10.10 would also have higher earnings, due to the heightened demand for goods and services. The increased earnings for low-wage workers would total $31 billion. Accounting for all increases and decreases, overall real income would rise by $2 billion. Source: S.1737 & H.R.1010 14-S1737 on Nov 19, 2013
Let Senate cafeteria workers organize their own union.
Franken signed unionizing Senate cafeteria workers
Excerpts from Letter from 31 Senators to the Compass Group: Senate cafeteria workers are currently pushing for a union through the majority sign up process, but their employer, the Compass Group, has resisted the drive, even after the NLRB upheld charges against the company regarding discriminatory behavior. Although the Compass Group promised the NRLB they would end further unlawful intimidation, the Compass Group has discouraged their organizing campaign.
We request there that the Compass Group commit to reaching an agreement with the union seeking to organize these workers, and recognize the union as the worker's exclusive bargaining representative on the basis of majority representation of signed authorization cards.
OnTheIssues explanation: At issue is how the workers would unionize: the controversial aspect is the "majority of authorization cards," known as "card-check," which makes unionization much more likely.
Opposing argument: (Cato Institute, "Labor's Day is Over," Sep. 6/2009): Card-check would effectively abolish the secret ballot in workplace elections for union representation. It would also require employers to submit to binding government arbitration if they cannot reach an agreement with union representatives, forcing companies to submit to contracts that may imperil their very survival.
Opposing freedom argument: (Heritage Foundation, "Card Checks Block Free Choice," Feb. 21, 2007): Union activists argue that publicly signing a union membership card in the presence of union organizers, known as card-check organizing, is the only way that workers can freely choose to unionize. However, with card checks, union organizers know who has and has not signed up to join the union. This allows them to repeatedly approach and pressure reluctant workers. With this technique, a worker's decision to join the union is binding, while a decision to opt out only means "not this time." Source: Letter to Compass Group 15LTR-COM on Nov 13, 2015
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Why Is C Language Is Called "C "? Why Not "D"?
sivaganesh answered
The first version of UNIX was written in the low-level PDP-7 assembler language.Then they developed a High-level language called 'B' and it got its name since it was developed based on BPCL language. Then Dennis Ritchie developed the Language 'C' due to the arrival of PDP-11 computer.They named it as 'C' since the previous language they used was 'B' and they want to be named in sequential order i.e after 'B' , 'C' comes which follows sequential order.Hence they didn't name it a 'D'.
Languages are usually came from basic combined programming language.
So the first language was named as b-language
and later it was advance and named as c-language
Khalid Hussain answered
If I am right that you might be wondering about the origin of the C language and where it got its name. Then here is, C was created by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1972. The language was not created for the fun, but for a specific and special purpose that to design the UNIX operating system
The C is such a powerful and flexible language, its use quickly spread beyond Bell Labs. Programmers everywhere began using it to write all sorts of programs. Then, after that the different organizations began utilizing their own versions of C. In response to this problem, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) formed a committee in 1983 to establish a standard definition of C, which became known as ANSI Standard C. With few exceptions, every modern C compiler has the ability to adhere to this standard.
Now, what about the name? The C language is so named because its predecessor (An activity that must be completed or be partially completed before a specified activity can begin is called a predecessor) was called B. The B language was developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Labs. Now, you should be able to guess why it was called B.
Deepak Edward answered
Just before the C Language there was A after which came B..C was developed at AT&T Bell Laboratories
Selvam Shanmugam answered
A programming language is a machine-readable artificial language designed to express computations that can be performed by a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that specify the behavior of a machine, to express algorithms precisely, or as a mode of human communication.
Because we believe on Dennis Ritchie , if he called it " C " then it is " C"
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Mall of America, located in Bloomington, MN, is the largest retail and entertainment destination in the Western Hemisphere.
A shopaholic's dream, this mall is a top travel and shopping destination that features over 520 retail stores and over 50 restaurants from big-name stores like Macy's, Nordstrom, and Apple, to local retailers, only found at Mall of America.
If you're traveling with kids who are eager for an adventure, then Nickelodeon Universe, SEA LIFE Minnesota Aquarium, and Moose Mountain Adventure Golf are all fun ways to add a spin to your shopping trip!
After working up an appetite for shopping and fun, there is a wide variety of dining options. Mall of America is home to family favorite restaurants like Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Rainforest Cafe, and Hard Rock Cafe.
Adults looking for a romantic atmosphere or want to have a drink can head to more upscale establishments like Cantina #1, CRAVE, and FireLake Grill House & Cocktail Bar.
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With the enhancement project substantially complete at Wildcat and Middle fields, the new athletic field surface is ready for play, even on rainy days. But as with all things, there are rules for its use. Recreation Director David Donnellan says the rules are a mixture of making sure we don't invalidate the warranty and making sure we don't end up doing a lot of expensive, unnecessary maintenance.
Sports groups, who are permit holders on the field, always have first dibs, and they are responsible for making sure the rules are followed and the turf stays in good shape while they are on the field. But if the field is open, you're welcome to play a pickup game, have a Turkey Bowl or help your kid practice those penalty kicks.
Organized use is by permit only. For info, call 412-561-4363.
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Sandra Mae Frank
Exclusive: Interview with Sandra Frank
Thomsen Young March 9, 2015
Natasha Mullan
Written by Thomsen Young and you can follow him @
My name is Sandra Mae Frank and I hail from Louisville, KY – born and raised. Graduated from Kentucky School for the Deaf, I went straight to Gallaudet afterward to major in teaching and minor in theatre but the more involved I got with theatre, the more it became my major rather than my minor so, thus I graduated from Gallaudet University with BA in Theatre Arts: Performance and Production and here I am, pursuing my career as a Professional Deaf Actress on the stage and film.
More info about me on my website, www.sandramaefrank.weebly.com
Serious Questions:
At what point did you realize that you wanted to do performance artist for the rest of your life?
To be honest, I've always loved acting with my friends, making fun videos with my 90's "kid-camera" and playing ASL games my whole life. I just didn't realize it would become my career, my life. I love being able to become someone else completely and understand their life, their world and tell their story to the world through my performance. My career as a professional Deaf actress, it's always something new, something exciting and never been touched before, it's an adventure every time and I discover something new about myself. I do this for passion and I am great at it. Above all, I've met and chatted with patrons from my shows and hearing their comments about my performance and how it has touched them in a special way, triggered their memories/experiences… it's amazing and inspiring.
What is your best performance that you're proud of? Why?
I've done so many productions that I am proud of but I am going with Deaf West's Spring Awakening as Wendla because I have that strong connection with Wendla Bergman and her story has really inspired me. Also it's my first musical and I am amazed with how hard I've worked for this role and to make it work, especially with the fact that I cannot hear at all, I still love music and feel the beats in the songs I sign. Wendla also pulled me out of my comfort zone in Washington, DC and brought me in Los Angeles, where the city is always alive. I am proud to be still doing Deaf West's Spring Awakening at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills! It is very rare for a production to be remounted with the same cast.
What is your favorite modeling experience so far?
I've never really done any modeling work, but I would like to give it a try and see what I can create with my acting experiences to modeling.
If you could give a young performance artist advice based on your experiences so far, what would you recommend that he/she should do?
I would tell them this: "Always believe in your passion and show them what you've got. Know this: you will fall, you will get frustrated and you will have moments when nothing seems to be working, don't give up. Keep finding new ways to get out there and grab every opportunity you see, even if it's small. Prove them wrong. Be confident and keep refreshing your skills, keep signing up for acting classes and learn from people you meet. I believe you truly grow stronger by supporting and working with other deaf artists to create beautiful things together."
What is your future plans?
I plan on going back to school for MFA in Theatre but in a meantime, I am committed to my role, Wendla in Deaf West's Spring Awakening and see how far we will go. I want to travel the world for acting works starting with my first international production this Fall and inspire young deaf actresses/actors… push them beyond their limitations and aim for the stars in the galaxy. I hope for #deaftalent to always be everlasting throughout generations of deaf artists.
Since #deaftalent is still trending all over the Internet right now, do you have any thoughts on what #deaftalent means to you?
I think it's incredible and very powerful, it has brought the community together, stronger than ever through this hash tag. One single hash tag has formed a strong community of deaf talents all over the world. I am proud to be part of it and finding ways to break barriers between both worlds. "Just because it says it's not a deaf role doesn't mean you can't audition, show up and give them a reason why they should rewrite the character for you."
Completely Silly Random Questions:
If you could be any character in fiction, who would you be?
I would have to say… Female version of Legolas from Lord of the Ring!
If you had only six months left to live, what would you do with the time?
Carpe Diem, I'd do everything I can in 6 months and sky diving would be the first thing I'd sign up to do.
You have the choice to live with a gorilla that knows sign language or a dog who sings lullabies, which do you choose?
Ever since I saw a video of Robin Williams chatting with Koko the gorilla that knows ASL, I was astonished! Understanding a mind of an animal and it brings a new perspective on life. Beside, who doesn't like a decent conversation with a gorilla that knows sign language?!
If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?
Fierce Catwoman, of course! To have all of the cat-like abilities and save the world? Not a problem 😉
If you were a Star Trek® [or Star Wars® ] character, which one would it be?
Princess Leia, I love how the character transformed!
My favorite part: The questionnaire concept was originated by French television personality Bernard Pivot on his show Apostrophes, after the Proust Questionnaire.
The ten questions Lipton asks are:
1. What is your favorite word?
Carpe Diem (Seize the day!)
2. What is your least favorite word?
Stop Dreaming
3. What turns you on?
ASL accents – the style of each person's way of signing always fantasizes me!
4. What turns you off?
How people underestimate the profession of acting and lack of manners
5. What sound or noise do you love?
In this case, it would be based on the vibration but I love the "holding note" part in a song where people would sing and hold a note for a long time, it's so beautiful and seductive.
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
I would have to go with train… since I live close to a train, I always can feel it coming and going, it feels like something huge has happen but no, it's just a train and that drives me crazy sometimes!
7. What is your favorite curse word?
Declined to comment.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Definitely photography
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Monday to Friday from 8AM to 5PM type of job, it's not my thing. I like having a flexible schedule with acting and filming, including weekends and traveling.
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
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IG – sandy21mae
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Facebook Page – www.facebook.com/sandramaefrank
Sandra's Website – www.sandramaefrank.weebly.com
If you missed Deaf West's Spring Awakening last fall, worry not because we will be picking it up again this Spring from May 21st until June 7th at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, go to this link to purchase tickets! (Even if you've already seen it but would love to see it again!)
http://www.deafwest.org/
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