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Forensic Files
American true crime documentary series
Title card, seasons 7–14
Medical Detectives (1996–1999)
Mystery Detectives (2009–2012 reruns)
Murder Detectives
Forensic Files: Digital Details
Paul Dowling
Peter Thomas (1996–2011)
Peter Dean (2001; specials only)
Bill Camp (2020–present)
406 (including 6 hour-long specials) (list of episodes)
22 minutes (episodes only)
44 minutes (specials only)
Medstar Television
Trifecta Entertainment & Media
TLC (1996–1999)
Court TV (2000–2007)
NBC (2002)
truTV (2008–2011)
480i (SDTV) (Seasons 1–12)
1080p (HDTV) (Seasons 13–14)
April 23, 1996 –
Forensic Files is an American documentary-style television program that reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and outbreaks of illness. The show was originally broadcast on TLC, narrated by Peter Thomas, and produced by Medstar Television, distributed by FilmRise, in association with truTV Original Productions. It broadcast 406 episodes from its debut on TLC in 1996 as Medical Detectives until 2011. Reruns shown on HLN were initially retitled Mystery Detectives before settling on the main title of the show in 2014.
Production and title sequences
Broadcast run and alternative titles
Show format
Narration and cast
A version of the program was broadcast on Five in the United Kingdom, under the name Murder Detectives. Several episodes are also available on distributor FilmRise's YouTube channel. [1]
On October 1, 2019, HLN announced it had greenlit a revived season scheduled to air on the channel in February 2020. [2] In light of long-time narrator Peter Thomas' death, the show will instead be narrated by Bill Camp. [3]
Title card used during seasons 5 through 6 (including the retitled Medical Detectives episodes).
A slightly altered title display of the one above used for episodes "Reel Danger" and "The Alibi" of Season 7.
The program began on the TLC Network in April 1996 as Medical Detectives. [4] Old episodes of Medical Detectives now air on TruTV under the Forensic Files label. Overseas, the show airs under these two titles, and others, on various channels in over 100 countries. It is distributed by CABLEready.
The original "puzzle piece" title layout of the first episode when the show aired as Medical Detectives.
For the first four seasons under the Medical Detectives name, the format of the show was generally the same as it would be in later seasons under its "Forensic Files" name, but there were slight differences. During the opening credits and after the title display of the show, the titles of the episodes appeared and they were each displayed distinctively. For example, "The Disappearance of Helle Crafts" depicted a jigsaw puzzle coming together that displayed a picture of Helle Crafts and this picture lead into the episode (under the Forensic Files name, this picture was replaced with another), and "Raw Terror" depicted the words in big red letters against a black screen. The titles were sometimes featured in a visual representation to accommodate the subject at hand. For example, "The Southside Strangler" depicted black and white buildings coming down the screen; the buildings were displayed there in order to represent the "southside" of wherever the crime happened in and Season 2's "The Common Thread" displayed the title through a use of small "thread" strands that dangled in full-view and formed the title. The re-enactment scenes for the first couple of seasons were displayed in black and white and an eerie music score with a tunnel-like echo voice was used in order to provide a more terrifying feel to the show.
When CourtTV acquired the rights to the show for its fifth season, the decision was made to rename the show Forensic Files in order to emphasize the forensic science that was performed on the cases and connect it better with other documentary/reenactment crime shows with a similar title such as The FBI Files and Cold Case Files . A new opening was produced for Seasons 5 and 6 (and a couple of Season 7) and it depicted footage from the first four seasons. The title display "Forensic Files" is depicted in big blue and red letters with a background light beaming across the "Forensic" part. This opening was later used for the Medical Detectives episodes, removing their original openings and distinctive title displays. Some episodes such as "Raw Terror" were never incorporated under the Forensic Files name due to CourtTV's desire to have the show focus on crime-related episodes in favor of simple accidental virus ones (episodes that focused on bank robberies and attempts at poisoning, but no murders were incorporated). "Raw Terror" (along with a number of episodes from the "Medical Detectives" era) can be seen online under its original format when they were aired as Medical Detectives.
In Season 7, a newer (and more well-known) opening sequence was made with an entirely new theme song, providing a more techo-feel and featuring a new title format. The titles of the episodes are quickly scanned underneath the title displays. No footage from actual episodes is used and everything displayed is made exclusively for the opening. This opening was used on a number of rebranded Medical Detectives episodes; replacing the opening for Seasons 5 and 6 that was originally given to them. Episodes such as "The Southside Strangler" and "Legionnaires' Disease" can be seen with all three openings. Season 7's "Reel Danger" can be seen with two.
By Season 12, starting with the twentieth episode, the opening sequence was shortened entirely and as a result, just the title of the show is featured and the title of the episode was written beneath it.
On October 1, 2019, HLN announced it had acquired the broadcasting rights from Medstar Television to produce a new season of 16 half-hour episodes. The new season is titled Forensic Files II. [2] The first episode is scheduled to air on February 23, 2020 with Bill Camp serving as the new narrator. [3]
Premiering just as the O. J. Simpson murder trial had focused attention on the world of DNA and forensics, Medical Detectives became a hit. [5] It was one of the first of the popular forensic science shows. A few years later, Court TV acquired rights to broadcast the show and it quickly became the cornerstone of its primetime schedule, increasing its annual production run to 42 episodes. The show was retained after the network was renamed TruTV in 2008.
The show was so successful that, in 2002, NBC aired it as a summer replacement series, one of the first times in which a program produced for cable television was aired by a broadcast network in prime-time. [6] [7]
In 2009, truTV's sister network Turner Network Television ("TNT") began airing episodes in HD on Wednesday nights for the month of December. [8]
The vast majority of the shows are in a half-hour format. However, some hour-long specials have been produced. Several of these have re-investigated famous cases such as The Norfolk Four, or even historic murders such as the Lindbergh kidnapping and the John F. Kennedy assassination. [9]
Reruns were aired on Lifetime in the fall of 2011 under the Medical Detectives moniker. [10] A year later, in October 2012, HLN began airing the reruns under the title Mystery Detectives. Beginning in January 2014, HLN switched to the "Forensic Files" title. [11] On that network, it is increasingly being used to fill many time slots due to program cancellations by budget cuts. In fact, the program took up about 58% of the entire HLN channel each week. [12] In June 2014, the program aired nightly from 2am through 5am on CNN, before being removed due to industry and viewer criticism, [13] along with continuing international breaking news events, and replaced with a CNN International simulcast. Since November 7, 2015, HLN has retitled the program "Forensic Files: Digital Details" and aired episodes that did not air on the channel before. The show led HLN in ratings in early 2015. [14]
TruTV currently still holds the licensing rights to the Forensic Files name. [15] The reruns were repackaged with a shorter intro, and (at the end of some episodes) updates on what became of the suspect(s) or parties involved since the final verdicts. (For example: At the end of the 1996 episode "The List Murders," it is mentioned that John List, convicted of murdering his entire family in 1971 and sentenced to life in prison, died in 2008.) In late 2014, Investigation Discovery started airing episodes under the "Cause of Death" title. [16] Reruns of the show also are carried over-the-air on Escape, AMGTV and in off-network syndication. In 2019 the entire catalogue of Forensic Files are available on Netflix and a "Best of Forensic Files" series is available on Amazon Prime.
HLN advertised "brand new episodes of Forensic Files" intermittently since 2014, when the advertised "new" episodes are actually just old episodes that had never aired on the network before and were "new" to HLN. [17] The advertisement of "new" episodes caused confusion, with some viewers taking to Twitter to ask the show's creator, Paul Dowling, if the show was going back into production. The show's narrator, Peter Thomas, died on April 30 2016, five years after the program went out of production. Dowling stated that Thomas "can't be replaced," thus eliminating any hopes of reviving the program. [18] Despite this, the program was revived for an additional season for February 2020. [2]
The show helped pioneer documentary style crime-science shows. The show's official website says it profiles "puzzling, often baffling cases whose riddles are ultimately solved by forensic detection." The cases and people are real. Scientists and forensic experts in many fields are interviewed.
Not every case is a crime. In some cases, the investigation reveals that the suspects are innocent, and that the death was an accident or a suicide. Several shows have profiled people who have been jailed for or convicted of a crime, and who were ultimately exonerated by forensic evidence. Other episodes have focused on accidents where consulted experts relied on forensic evidence in order to explain why the incident occurred, such as the 1987 King's Cross station fire and the 1993 Big Bayou Canot train wreck. Many of the accident investigation episodes were originally broadcast as a separate CourtTV program titled Extreme Evidence, but they are now re-run under the Forensic Files name, and are included in the Mystery Detectives re-branding.
Although Medical Detectives also showed episodes about how outbreaks of mysterious illnesses were tracked (such as Hantavirus and Legionellosis), most of them have been dropped in favor of episodes about criminal cases (and occasionally civil cases), and they are currently aired on TruTV.
The show takes a "whodunit" approach, making each case a mystery that needs to be solved. Every half-hour episode follows one case from its initial investigation until the suspect(s) conviction, acquittal, or some other legal resolution. Pathologists, medical examiners, police officers, detectives, prosecutors, defense attorneys, friends and families of victims or suspects (if their cooperation is given) are all interviewed about their roles.
Video footage of the lab tests is shot in a modernistic film noir style, in dark, moodily lit settings with odd, glowing colors. The crimes and parts of the investigation are re-enacted with actors in dramatic recreations. These recreations are indicated by a change to a "filmized" look, as is done with many crime re-enactment shows. [6] These recreations sometimes include alternate versions of the crime, which are eventually disproven by the science. This technique would later be appropriated, in a modified form, by the CBS television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation —essentially a fictionalized big-budget version of Forensic Files. During the original run of the show as Medical Detectives, eerie vocal music was matched with the recreations in order to create a frightening atmosphere. This specific effect was discontinued after the move to Court TV.
For privacy considerations, the names of some victims and their families are changed, and case evidence featured within the show is re-created in order to protect their true identities. That is, unless consent is given by the persons who are being spoken to, the show is not allowed to use the family's (or families') real name(s).
In 2006, Forensic Files "Advanced" episodes aired, which had older episodes interspersed with Pop-Up Video style factoids about the cases which were then being featured.
Sometimes, another case is mentioned which is similar to the one being aired. For example: "Cold Hearted" on "Freeze Framed" and "Past Lives" on "A Squire's Riches". In another episode that involves DNA evidence, the name of a man shown on an older episode was mentioned again and this time he was revealed to have been the first person put to death in the United States based on DNA evidence.
Cover of the first Forensic Files DVD.
The Official Forensic Files Casebook was published in 2004. The book recaps and expounds on some episodes, explains how the show is produced, and details why some proposed episodes were turned down. In it, the show's Executive Producer/Writer Paul Dowling says he was inspired to create the show because he had been present in Philadelphia during the outbreak of Legionellosis in 1976, as well as by the murder of Helle Crafts. The CDC's legionellosis investigation eventually became an episode of Medical Detectives, while the Crafts case was filmed as the program's pilot episode. [5]
In 2004, Court TV released a limited number of episodes on DVD. As of June 26, 2009, Amazon.com says the DVD has been discontinued by the manufacturer.
In August 2011, TGG Direct released 8 DVD collections each containing 12 episodes. These collections include "Historic Cases," "Convictions Overturned," "Death By Poison," "Crimes of Passion," "Kidnapping Cases," "Medical Mysteries," "Serial Killers" and "Sex Crimes."
Not every episode of Forensic Files has been narrated by Peter Thomas, a well-known voice-over talent. Four special hour-long episodes ("Payback", "Eight Men Out", "See No Evil", and "The Buddhist Monk Murders") were narrated by Peter Dean due to a scheduling conflict. [19] These episodes were originally broadcast on TLC in 2001 and all except for one ("Eight Men Out") aired for the first time on the HLN Network in 2016.
Each episode has a new 'cast', including interviews with witnesses, investigators, and forensic scientists. Many of the world's most well-known forensic analysts have appeared on the show (often in more than one episode), including Henry Lee, Cyril Wecht, William M. Bass, Alec Jeffreys, Skip Palenik, and Richard Souviron.
For the dramatic recreations, "lookalike" actors and models resembling the main figures in the story are found through a casting company in Allentown, Pennsylvania, [20] or through "open" casting calls in New York and other cities.
This basic cable offering has been reviewed infrequently by television critics. The Houston Chronicle compared it to an episode of Unsolved Mysteries : "A criminal story is told – the more bizarre the better; a mysterious element is introduced; and forensic experts solve the mystery. All that's missing is Robert Stack." [21]
The Los Angeles Times gave this review: "Although "Forensic Files" ably extends this specialized field to the masses and deploys its slick reenactments effectively, its jarring voice-over is the overcooked antithesis of the meticulous science it depicts." [22]
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Forensic Files is an American documentary-style series which reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and even outbreaks of illness. The show is broadcast on truTV, narrated by Peter Thomas, and produced by Medstar Television, in association with truTV Original Productions. It has broadcast 406 episodes since its debut on TLC in 1996 as Medical Detectives.
Forensic Files is an American documentary-style series which reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and outbreaks of illness. The show is broadcast on truTV, narrated by Peter Thomas, and produced by Medstar Television, in association with truTV Original Productions. It has broadcast 406 episodes since its debut on TLC in 1996 as Medical Detectives.
Forensic Files is an American documentary series which reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and even outbreaks of illness. The show is broadcast on truTV, narrated by Peter Thomas, and produced by Medstar Television, in association with truTV Original Productions. It has broadcast 406 episodes since its debut on TLC in 1996 as Medical Detectives. The HLN channel broadcasts new episodes once a week.
Forensic Files is an American documentary-style television series which reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and even outbreaks of illness. The show was broadcast originally on truTV, in reruns on HLN, and was narrated by Peter Thomas. It has broadcast 406 episodes since its debut on TLC in 1996 as Medical Detectives.
Forensic Files is an American documentary-style series which reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and even outbreaks of illness. The show was broadcast originally on truTV, in reruns on HLN, was narrated by Peter Thomas, and produced by Medstar Television, in association with truTV Original Productions. It has broadcast 406 episodes since its debut on TLC in 1996 as Medical Detectives.
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Birds can thank dinosaurs for their colorful eggs
Noel Kirkpatrick
November 1, 2018, 1:11 p.m.
Photo: Jasmina Wiemann/Yale University
Birds only use two pigments, red and blue, to create a dazzling array of colorful and speckled eggs. Scientists thought these colors evolved independently, meaning it was an avian innovation. But it turns out our beaked friends owe a colorful debt to non-avian dinosaurs.
According to a study published in Nature, birds' eggs are the result of dinosaurs that began to lay their eggs in open or partially open nests. The colors evolved as a result of this practice. (Many dinosaurs buried their eggs.) Once eggs were easier to see, they were more exposed to the elements, including egg-nabbing predators. Colors and speckles provided some camouflage and protection.
"This completely changes our understanding of how egg colors evolved," the study's lead author, paleontologist Jasmina Wiemann, said in a statement released by Yale University. "For two centuries, ornithologists assumed that egg color appeared in modern birds' eggs multiple times, independently."
To determine how birds got their colored eggs, researchers looked at 18 fossil dinosaur eggshell samples from all over the world. They used nondestructive laser microspectroscopy to test for red and blue pigments. They found these pigments in eggs belonging to oviraptors, relatives of the famed velociraptor, and other dinosaurs that are closer to birds on the evolutionary tree than, say, triceratops, whose eggs displayed no such evidence of coloring.
The photo above shows a collection of bird eggs next to a fossil theropod egg on the right. Theropods are a suborder of dinosaurs that birds evolved from.
"Colored eggs have been considered a unique bird characteristic for over a century. Like feathers and wishbones, we now know that egg color evolved in their dinosaur predecessors long before birds appeared," said Mark Norell, co-author and the Macaulay Curator of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History.
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This 1-pot gluten-free vegan stew with brown lentils is a perfectly quick and filling main dish to add to your salad bowls! Lentils and peas make it so hearty and creamy while the corn is there to surprise you with sweetness.
Definitely give this recipe a try, if you are into plant-based comfort foods that require only minimal effort yet are so rewarding and satisfying. In my opinion, any vegetable stew with beans or lentils falls under comfort food category. Moreover, it?s super simple to throw these stews together!
Let me take you through a few simple steps that you can follow to create your own vegan stew with the ingredients in hand.
Choose legumes and/or grains and put them to soak.
Start with the base of onions or leek, garlic, celery and carrot. Choose the flavours: Indian spices or Mediterranean herbs.
Add a sweet and/or starchy vegetable, e.g. sweet potato, potato, butternut squash, green peas, corn, beetroot.
Optional: add a few more non-starchy veggies, e.g. summer squash, fennel, green beans, cauliflower, broccoli, bell pepper, kale, spinach, chard.
Decide how to make it creamier: add nut or seed butter, coconut milk and/or tomato paste or puree. In addition, mash the stew a bit with potato masher at the end.


A conference entitled "Muslim World in Transition: Contributions of the Gülen Movement" was held at SOAS University of London, House of Lords and London School of Economics on 25-27 October, 2007. Below are full texts of the conference papers.
The conference will also examine the theological and intellectual contributions of Fethullah Gülen, situate him in the context of the modern intellectual history of Islam and discuss his own interpretations of the above central issues. As a religious intellectual and peace activist from Turkey, Gülen has influenced a whole generation of Muslims worldwide and inspired them to play an important role in charitable and educational projects and foundations. His aim has always been to bring out the universal mission of Islam, which is to serve people regardless of faith, colour, or national origin.


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OUT OF MIND » SOLAR & PLANETARY ALERTS » EARTH CHANGES » Stunning Icelandic lava flows illuminate desolate landscape (VIDEO)
Stunning Icelandic lava flows illuminate desolate landscape (VIDEO)
1 Stunning Icelandic lava flows illuminate desolate landscape (VIDEO) on Wed Sep 03, 2014 11:58 am
Published time: September 03, 2014 14:29
Lava fountains are pictured at the site of a fissure eruption near Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano September 2, 2014. (Reuters/Armann Hoskuldsson)
Ecology, Iceland, Natural disasters
A volcanic eruption has created an almost post-apocalyptic landscape in Iceland. Streams of lava are spewing out, reminiscent of Mount Doom in Lord of the Rings. And there is still a significant risk to air traffic, with the current 'Orange' warning.
The Orange level, is the second highest on a five-color scale. So far no ash has been visible, but this could change.
Lava fountains rose to around 50 meters on Sunday at the Bardarbunga volcano, which took the aviation warning to red, the highest on the scale. There has been a lot of seismic activity in the area and Einar Heinarsson, a spokesman from Iceland's department of civil protections says, "The eruption is still going on at the same pace as before. It has been continuous."
While aviation companies may be worried, the eruptions have certainly created some fantastic photos, with some stupendous scenes visible in the south west of the country.
The lava flows on the ground after the Bardabunga volcano erupted again on August 31, 2014. (Reuters/Armann Hoskuldsson)
Heinarsson added that the lava was emerging from a fissure near the volcano. It was now moving towards a river and experts believe there could be some minor gas explosions. The lava is covering an area of 6.2 kilometers, which is the same size as 868 soccer pitches.
Picture shows magma along a 1-km-long fissure in a lava field north of the Vatnajokull glacier, which covers part of Bardarbunga volcano system, August 29, 2014. (Reuters/Marco Nescher)
"If the fissure that the lava is flowing from closes, there is a possibility that new ones might open up, possibly closer to the Vatnajokull glacier," said Kristin Jonsdottir, a geophysicist at the Meteorological Office.
"Therefore, an eruption at Bardarbunga, beneath the glacier, cannot be ruled out," she said.
Bardarbunga is in the north west of the huge Vatnajokull glacier. The volcano has a dramatic history - about 8,000 years ago it was the source of the world's largest eruption in the past 10,000 years, spewing out lava that covered 950 square kilometers of land. In contrast the present eruption covers a mere 6.2 square kilometers.
Volcanic eruptions are common in Iceland, which is located in the hot seat of seismic activity - on top of the Atlantic's mid-oceanic ridge.
In 2010, a volcano, with the nearly-impossible-to-pronounce name – Eyjafjallajoekull, erupted in the country, producing a giant cloud of ash that severely disrupted air travel, costing airlines millions of dollars.
More than 100,000 flights were canceled due to the eruption and 10 million people were left stranded after aviation officials were forced to close Europe's air space for five days due to fears the ash could harm jet engines.
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I think this sort of thing can only happen when you have a physics engine determining fall damage. There's no reason for Jessie to have died simply stepping off a hay bale but some glitch made it register as if she fell off a much taller structure.
I edited the strip after I posted when Jessie suggested I draw myself as Francis. I usually play as him and dressing myself up as him was the original plan; I'd just forgotten to do so. I figured the vest itself was kind of boring so I added some fun tattoos. Here's a closeup.


Cheilanthes rufa D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 16. 1825; Holttum, Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 33. 1961; Tagawa & K.Iwats., Fl. Thailand 3: 205. 1985; Tagawa & K.Iwats., Fl. Thailand 3: 618. 1989; Boonkerd & Pollawatn, Pterid. Thailand: 121. 2000. – Aleuritopteris rufa (D.Don) Ching, Hong Kong Naturalist 10: 200. 1941.
Cheilanthes subrufa auct. non Baker: Tagawa & K.Iwats., Fl. Thailand 3: 204, f. 15.4. 1985.
Rhizome short, erect, covered with scales; scales linear to linear-lanceolate, gradually narrowing towards attenuate apex, bicoloured with dark brown centre and brown to pale brown margins, 3–5 mm long, up to 0.4 mm broad, entire. Stipes 12–20 cm long, castaneous to nearly black, polished, sparsely to densely scaly throughout, larger ones similar to those on rhizome, smaller ones linear, concolorously pale brown, internal walls of marginal cells sometimes projecting irregularly, the apical portion like the articulated hairs on frond margin. Laminae elliptic, oval or subdeltoid in outline, round to acuminate at apex, pinnatisect to bipinnatisect, 8–15 by 5–8 cm; rachis winged on both sides except in the lower portion, scaly; lateral pinnae several pairs, opposite or nearly so, the lowest the largest, pinnately lobed, asymmetrically subdeltoid, falcate, up to 5 by 4 cm, sessile, basal acroscopic lobes the largest; middle pinnae narrowly oblong, lobed to midway between costa and margin, round at apex, adnate at base; larger pinnules oblong, oblique, slightly falcate, round at apex, subentire or lobed; herbaceous or thicker, green, with lemon-yellow to nearly white powderly wax on lower surface; lower surface of costa, veins and veinlets scaly; scales linear, brown, the larger bicoloured, up to 2 mm long. Sori at end of veinlets, appearing more or less continuous, or round, protected by reflexed margin of lobes; uneven pellucid edge persistent, reniform or continuous, fimbriate .
In crevices of rather dry limestone cliffs in open areas or forests at 900–2100 m.
Middleton et al. 4981, Chiang Mai, Doi Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary (E).


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La nazionale di pallavolo maschile delle Fær Øer è una squadra europea composta dai migliori giocatori di pallavolo delle Fær Øer ed è posta sotto l'egida della Federazione pallavolistica delle Fær Øer.

Risultati

Campionato europeo dei piccoli stati

Collegamenti esterni

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Chag Sameach/Happy Shavuot! Shavuot is a fairly new holiday for me, as someone still in the early stages of her Jewish Journey. In short, this is a holiday that celebrates when the Israelites received the Torah from G-d at Mount Sinai.
In this chapter of the Torah (Exodus chapters 19 and 20), we see G-d tell Moses to gather the people and prepare, for three days, to receive the 10 Commandments directly from G-d. But what Moses does instead is striking.
He instead only instructs the men.
It is clear here, that Moses has deliberately decided that G-d's holy words are not meant for women. On this important holiday, read year after year, women are reminded (usually by men) that they have been, quite literally, shunted to the side.
But we must remember that G-d explicitly included women when commanding the Israelites to prepare. G-d commanded women to prepare for the revelation. G-d was speaking to the women just as much as the men.
It is Moses who has inserted his own patriarchal views into the holiness of the revelation. It is one man who decided that women were too ritually impure to receive the Commandments.
It is crucial that women understand that this passage should not be a justification as to why we are left out of Judaism. This passage that we recite every year should serve as a reminder to men in positions of power in Judaism that they cannot leave women out. That men are obligated to remember G-d's own words. That women belong in Judaism just as much as they do.
Because women do belong in Judaism.
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Belle da Costa Greene
In 1905, Morgan hired twenty-six-year-old Belle da Costa Greene, a librarian from Princeton University, to manage and augment his collections. Greene was a woman of color and the daughter of Richard T. Greener, a prominent educator and the first African-American to graduate from Harvard College. Although she would work with Morgan for only seven years before his death in 1913, Greene transformed Morgan's collection and quickly became a leading figure in the rare book world. For example, in 1908—during her first trip to Europe—she famously orchestrated a secret pre-sale deal to secure a group of coveted volumes printed by William Caxton.
After Morgan's death, Greene continued as private librarian to his son, Jack, and when the Morgan Library become a public institution in 1924, Greene was named its first director. She would hold that position for twenty-four years, until her retirement in 1948. Not only did she build one of the most important collections of books and manuscripts in the United States; she transformed an exclusive private collection into a major public resource, creating the Morgan's programs of exhibitions, lectures, publications, and research services. She died in 1950.
Pierpont Morgan: Banker
Marriage to Amelia Sturges
Marriage to Frances Louisa Tracy
Pierpont Morgan: Collector
The "Magnet"
Jack Morgan
1906: J. Pierpont Morgan's Library
The Rotunda Paintings
Library Ceiling
Works in the Study
North Room
1928: A Public Institution
Further Additions
The Morgan House
Thaw Conservation Center
2006: The Renzo Piano Expansion and Renovation
Expansion Design
More on Expansion Design
About the Morgan
Clare Eddy Thaw Gallery
Exterior of Clare Eddy Thaw Gallery
Gilbert Court
Horace Goldsmith Foundation Education Center
JPMorgan Chase Lobby
Librarian's Office
J. Pierpont Morgan's Library
Morgan Café
Morgan Dining Room
Morgan Shop
Morgan Stanley Galleries
Mr. Morgan's Library
Mr. Morgan's Study
Gilder Lehrman Hall lobby
Gilder Lehrman Hall
Restoration of J. Pierpont Morgan's Library
Report to Donors


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LiveWest customers win two Travis Perkins Managed Services My Community Awards
We are delighted to announce that both projects and individuals that were nominated for two Travis Perkins Managed Services My Community Awards have won not one but two awards.
Michael Parker from Exeter, won the Community Hero Award, and St David's Neighbourhoods Partnership in Exeter won the Building Safer Communities Award at the Travis Perkins Managed Services My Community Awards.
Michael Parker who won the Community Hero Award was selected as the winner due to the positive contribution he has made to his neighbourhood. His efforts have seen him painting bollards and railings, litter picking, weeding and maintaining communal areas. He also runs his own allotment site and helps with a community polytunnel, which enables people with mobility problems to be able to participate and enjoy gardening. On top of this he regularly volunteers with Age UK in Exeter. His efforts have made his neighbourhood a great place to live and significantly benefitted others.
Mike Parker, LiveWest customer said: ''It was a big surprise to win and I did not expect it. It is nice to be recognised for the things I do and be thanked. My LiveWest Community Connector, Lesley Browne's jolliness is just what I need; with Lesley's help, we now have compost and water butts in the courtyard. That came about after we talked about what we could to do when there was a drought to keep things going.''
Lesley Browne, LiveWest Community Connector Lesley Browne: ''I nominated Mike Parker for the Community Hero Award because he does a lot of work in the community. He also works with the St David's Partnership and with Age UK and puts in a lot of time and effort. We have supported Mike and his volunteering efforts here by putting in things like water butts and compost bins to help him dispose of garden waste, and keep plants watered. It was a pleasure to nominate Mike for this award and he is such a deserving winner.''
The award ceremony took place on Thursday 26 September in Northampton. Click here to read about the full list of award winners.


1. Today, too, in this splendid place in the mountains, I would like to continue the talks I have been developing over the past few weeks. The fact can never be sufficiently stressed that woman must be appreciated in every area of her life. However, it must be recognized that, among the gifts and tasks proper to her, her vocation to motherhood stands out particularly clearly.
With this gift woman assumes almost a "foundational" role with regard to society. It is a role she shares with her husband but it is indisputable that nature has assigned to her the greater part. I wrote about this in Mulieris dignitatem: "Parenthood—even though it belongs to both—is realized much more fully in the woman, especially in the prenatal period. It is the woman who pays directly for this shared generation, which literally absorbs the energies of her body and soul. It is therefore necessary that the man be fully aware that in their shared parenthood he owes a special debt to the woman" (n. 18).
Woman's singular relationship with human life derives from her vocation to motherhood. Opening herself to motherhood, she feels the life in her womb unfolding and growing. This indescribable experience is a privilege of mothers, but all women have in some way an intuition of it, predisposed as they are to this miraculous gift.
2. The maternal mission is also the basis of a particular responsibility. The mother is appointed guardian of life. It is her task to accept it with care, encouraging the human being's first dialogue with the world, which is carried out precisely in the symbiosis with the mother's body. It is here that the history of every human being begins. Each one of us, retracting this history, cannot fail to reach that moment when he began to exist within his mother's body, with an exclusive and unmistakable plan of life. We were "in" our mother, but without being confused with her: in need of her body and her love, but fully autonomous in our personal identity.
The woman is called to offer the best of herself to the baby growing within her. It is precisely by making herself "gift", that she comes to know herself better and is fulfilled in her femininity. One could say that the fragility of her creature demands the best of her emotional and spiritual resources. It is a real exchange of gifts! The success of this exchange is of inestimable value for the child's serene growth.
3. Mary, whom we invoke today under the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, experienced this to the full, having received the task of generating, in time, the eternal Son of God. In her the vocation to motherhood reached the summit of its dignity and potential. May the Blessed Virgin help women to be ever more aware of their mission and encourage the whole of society to express every possible form of gratitude and active closeness to mothers!


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Rhos (GWR) railway station served the village of Rhosllanerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, from 1901 to 1963 on the Pontcysyllte branch.

History
The station was opened on 1 October 1901 by the Great Western Railway. It was situated at the west end of School Street. On the west side of the line was a siding that served Rhosllanerchrugog Brick Works and the signal box. Passenger services ran from from Wrexham, and initially terminated at Rhos Station, with only goods using the Pontcysyllte branch to the south - but from 1905 to 1915 railmotor services were introduced and these ran as far south as Wynn Hall Halt. After this service was withdrawn Rhos again became the terminus for passenger services. The station closed to passengers on 1 January 1931 but it was used during the 1945 Eisteddfod festival from 6 to 12 August. It also was used for football specials until the 1950s. The signal box closed in 1952. The final use of the station was a rail tour on 18 April 1959. Goods traffic ceased on 14 October 1963.

Goods facilities in Rhosllanerchrugog were provided further south at Brook Street, where there was a brick-built goods shed, two sidings and a 1-ton crane. From 1905 to 1915 the passenger services from Wrexham to Rhosllanerchrugog were extended as far South as Wynn Hall, and during this period the Brook Street goods station was raised to passenger status and named Brook Street Halt.

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Disused railway stations in Denbighshire
Former Great Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1901
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1931
1901 establishments in Wales
1963 disestablishments in Wales


In late October 2017, Tesla, an American company that specializes in electric cars, energy storage, and residential photovoltaic solar panels, introduced their latest technology: glass solar roof tiles.
The new roof tiles convert sunlight into electricity using a Powerwall battery that collects energy during the day, stores it, and makes it available at any time, essentially turning a residence into a homeowner's personal utility that yields uninterrupted electricity during power grid outages. The tiles come in four styles: textured, smooth, Tuscan, and slate. Each are 8.65" in width x 14" in length.
Tesla offers customers the ability to tailor the production of their solar energy by using two types of glass tile: solar tile, and non-solar tile, which they say appear identical from street-level.
The tiles are constructed of tempered glass and are three-times stronger than standard roofing tiles, according to Tesla. The company conducted a hail test and the tile's tempered glass withstood the force of two-inch hailstones traveling at 100 mph, giving it a Class 4 hail rating. The tile also earned a Class F wind rating, and a Class A fire rating. All ratings were the highest in their respective categories.
The company guarantees the tiles for the lifetime of a home. Power and weatherization warranties last for 30 years.
Another company that specializes in photovoltaic roof shingles is OK Solar. The shingles provide conventional weather protection while generating clean solar electricity to residential and commercial buildings. The surface of the shingles is textured to blend with conventional asphalt shingles. Each shingle can be nailed into place on roof decking over top 30lb. felt sheeting. Electrical lead wires extend beneath each shingle, passing through the roof deck to interior roof connections.


The status of Washington and West Coast salmon and steelhead is not a crisis – it is a catastrophe. Our ocean ecosystems are changing dramatically — the S. Times reported that herring populations in Central and South Puget Sound have dropped by over 90% since 1975 — and the declines in marine fish are staggering, according to researchers (NBCI) and any fishermen you talk to. Approximately one third of West Coast salmon/steelhead stocks are extinct, and a third of the remaining populations are under ESA jursidction.
Steep slope logging threat to steelhead on private forest lands in Nisqualy River headwaters — if the DNR mandate was eliminated, revenue-generation pressure to "clear cut for kids" would disappear and steep slope harvests like those planned on the Nisqually would have been banned long ago on all DNR and private forests immediately and certainly after the Oso Slide.
Although many factors decimate fish stocks, habitat loss/ degradation due to logging is key. Fortunately, habitat improvement is perhaps the most efficient and effective way to restore out declining salmon/steelhead runs. (EG: it takes a lot longer to remove pollution from the Sound, dams from the Columbia and Snake, or get Marine Mammal Protection Act waivers to address seal/sea lion predation). Habitat restoration can give us time to strengthen our stronghold runs and rejuvenate our threatened rivers systems and runs.
The disappearance of our salmon is hard on fishermen, but far worse for orcas.
Experts like Ken Balcomb, the dean of Puget Sound orca research, think that the Sound's plummeting orca population indicates that some orcas are actually starving to death because of the shrinking numbers of king salmon, which constitute 80% of the orcas' diet.
Note: None of the principles or practices below are new — they are rarely used/emphasized in our mandate driven, revenue focused management plans — That "TIMBER" is listed first in TFW says it all.


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Prospect, Connecticut
Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum
The Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum in Cheshire, Connecticut is a unique institution, as it is one of the most complete expressions of an American childhood through the ages. The Museum houses the personal collection of Gloria and Herbert Barker, an assembling of almost 80,000 items that took over forty years to create.. (This excerpt taken from the Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum website)
Through the generosity of the State of Connecticut and $35 million dollars, the doors of the Palace Theater opened once again to the public on November 12, 2004. All of the grandeur, originally designed by period architect Thomas Lamb, is what is described as a Renaissance Revival style, featuring an eclectic mix of Greek, Roman, Arabic and Federal motifs. Boasting grand lobby spaces and ornate dome ceilings, the Palace Theater provides a palatial setting fit for a king – but intended for the people of Waterbury. (This excerpt taken from the Palace Theater website)
It Adventure Ropes Course
Located inside Jordan's Furniture in New Haven, CT, It Adventure Ropes Course offers offers plenty of room for birthdays, celebrations and large groups, as well as endless adventurous activities for guests of all ages to explore. Get active and make lasting memories while challenging yourself on our many heart pumping attractions! (This excerpt taken from the It Adventure Ropes Course website)
Mattatuck Museum
The Mattatuck Museum is a center of art and history, a gathering place that nurtures creativity and learning through transformative experiences to encourage a deeper understanding of ourselves and our heritage. Established in 1877 as the Mattatuck Historical Society, today we collect and exhibit American art and cultural history with a focus on the history of the Naugatuck Valley and the artists of Connecticut. (This excerpt taken from the Mattatuck Museum website)
Sleeping Giant State Park
Two miles of mountaintop resembling a sleeping giant give this park its name, and make it a distinguishing feature on Connecticut's skyline (This excerpt taken from the Sleeping Giant State Park website)
Mount Southington Ski Area - your favorite local shred destination since 1964. Thrills made locally. Just minutes off exit 30 on I-84 in central CT. (This excerpt taken from the Mount Southington Ski Area website)
Laurel View Country Club is a 18 hole public golf course in Hamden, Connecticut. The course first opened in 1969, and was designed by Geoffrey Cornish. (This excerpt taken from the Laurel View Country Club website)
The round stone observation tower of native trap rock was built by local stone masons in 1900. It stands on East Peak with an elevation of 976 feet. The tower is 32 feet in height and 58 feet in circumference. An interior stairway provides access to the observation deck. On a clear day, an observer may see the Sleeping Giant Mountain Range to the south, and catch a glimpse of New Haven, the glistening water of Long Island Sound, and even the dim profile of Long Island. To the north, the foot hills of the Berkshires in Southern Massachusetts, vicinity of Mt. Tom, are discernible. (This excerpt taken from the Hubbard Park website)
Quassy Amusement & Waterpark
Quassy Amusement & Waterpark has been providing families across Connecticut with affordable family fun for more than 110 years. With activities for everyone, the thrills and laughter never end at Quassy. Start the day with exciting rides, cool off in the waterpark and win some prizes from the variety of games and the arcade. Bring a whole group along and book a catered private event on scenic Lake Quassapaug. You'll also be treated to a variety of special events and live entertainment this season at Quassy. (This excerpt taken from the Quassy Amusement & Waterpark website)
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library holds one of the largest and most dynamic collections of rare books and manuscripts in the world. Its holdings draw hundreds of scholars, artists, and critics from around the world to the reading room each year. Thousands of students from Yale and beyond learn about the history of human thought through hands-on sessions with original artifacts in the Beinecke classrooms. Each year, new acquisitions build on the collections' strengths and establish new areas of excellence, affording opportunities for interdisciplinary research, scholarly exploration, creativity, and intellectual exchange. (This excerpt taken from the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library website)


Veganism and Christianity Discussion at MCCNY!
I've been asked to participate in a conversation on Veganism and Christianity presented by the Metropolitan Community Church New York. I would be thrilled if you could attend. We can meet/greet at the reception following the conversation.
Following the conversation, join us in the 3rd floor gallery for a reception featuring vegan snacks and treats!
Luanne's Wild Ginger Crown Heights!


Knowing how to use color to create good feng shui is an awesome (and easy!) way to improve the energy in any space, be it home or office. From a feature wall painted red to brown pillows, gray color rugs or a yellow color front door - explore the feng shui magic of color.
Find out how to choose best colours for any room in the house - from bedroom to baby's room, as well as which colors to wear this year and even the best feng shui use of color in business.
Black is a powerful color and should be used wisely. It is actually a color that any space will benefit from, so instead of avoiding it, learn how to invite its magic to create good energy.
Serenity, wisdom, healing and trust - all these energies and more are fully expressed by the healing presence of colour blue. An expression of the water feng shui element, blue color is much welcomed for good feng shui in several areas of one's home or office.
Brown is the only colour in feng shui that can express two feng shui elements - wood or earth - so it is good to understand the difference and know how to apply it to create good energy in your home.
Gray colour can be beautiful, calming and even mesmerizing - if you know how to use it! In feng shui, gray is the expression of the metal element and can greatly enhance several areas of your space.
Green colour is one of the most healing colors for the human spirit; it is the colour of lush vibrant nature, as well as the colour of heart chakra energy. Feng shui-wise, this colour can be freely used in your home with just a few exceptions.
The happy and full of life and joy orange colour is easier to decorate with, feng shui wise, than with red, but is still a color you need to know and understand how to best use in your home.
The most soothing of all colours, pink is the colour of romance, gentle love, true feelings and compassion. It opens one heart like the most exquisite fragrance of a precious rose, and it keeps healing and opening it.
Purple is a very intense colour and, according to feng shui masters, should be used with caution in one's home. It is a very high vibration color, a color of royalty and higher spiritual realms.
Red color is pure passion, fiery sexuality, joy of life and possible danger, too. It can create auspicious energy in some areas of your home, while weakening the good feng shui in other parts. It's all about knowing where to invite and nourish the fiery energy and where to diminish it.
Every home needs a bit (or a lot!) of the cheerful, happy energy of colour yellow. The energy of summer sun and a healthy solar plexus chakra, we all thrive with a good amount of this colour in our lives.
White is a color of purity, freshness and clarity. A color of new beginnings, as well as clear endings. feng shui-wise, color white is the expression of the metal feng shui element.
From vibrant red to soothing aqua blue and fresh white - which color is best feng shui for your living room or for the home office? How about your kitchen feng shui? Would green color create good feng shui in the bedroom? And if not, then why?
Front doors are very important in feng shui, because it is through the front door - also called the mouth of Chi - that the house receives its feng shui nourishment of energy. In classical feng shui, the choice of most auspicious colour is based on the direction of the front door and its corresponding feng shui element.
Here are 15 kitchen colors we absolutely love and adore! Some of these choices might be unusual for you or your kitchen, but why not give it a try?
Color is alive and its good feng shui presence in your home or office is dependant on many factors, two of the main ones being the quality of light in your home and the surrounding colors in your home decorating. The feng shui color tips here will help you define your main color scheme in order to create good energy.
One of the basic principles of feng shui is the principle of five elements, which are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. Each feng shui element is represented by a specific color, and color is the easiest way to use the five elements principle to bring more harmony into your home with feng shui.
Are Red and Pink Colours Good Feng Shui in the Bedroom?
Feng shui of color, along with feng shui in the bedroom are the most popular, as well as the most misunderstood feng shui application. Generally, choosing the right colors with feng shui takes a bit of time and calculation.
The main feng shui way to determine the best feng shui color for your baby's room is according to your baby's feng shui birth element. Next, in order to choose the best feng shui color for your baby's room, you will have to look into the basics of the five feng shui elements and understand how these elements are represented in specific colors.
In feng shui, the energies of both colours and shapes are used as very powerful tools, so when you know how to work with colours and shapes you can easily create the needed shift in your space.
As each business also belongs to a specific feng shui element, it is highly advisable to choose harmonious feng shui colors for the business logo design. Best colors are the colors that strengthen the feng shui element of the business because they express either the same, or a complimentary to the business feng shui element.


Vietnam has been under international spotlight since the US-NK Summit as US President Trump further praises Vietnam's emergence onto the global economic platform. With the US- China Trade War in effect, a number of businesses have migrated to Vietnam to establish their production line. Ho Chi Minh City's property market is especially reflecting the growing potential in Vietnam with markets along the upcoming rail system to soar in value. Golden Emperor hosted a Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Property Investment Seminar over the past weekend and launched de Capella Thu Thiem, in the prime location of HCMC's District 2. The event attracted a number of investors and buyers, reflecting the phenomenal investment appeal of de Capella Thu Thiem D2.
Photo Above: Mr. Terence Chan, Managing Director of Golden Emperor Properties hosted a discussion on Vietnam's current market trend and Ho Chi Minh City's upcoming and high potential investments.
Photo Above: The event attracted a number of investors and buyers, reflecting the phenomenal investment appeal of de Capella Thu Thiem D2.


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Ólafur Briem (født 28. januar 1851 på Espihóll i Eyjafjörður, død 19. maj 1925 i Reykjavík) var en islandsk bonde, altingsmand og ad flere omgange sysselmand i Skagafjarðarsýsla. Han var den islandske bondeparti Fremskridtspartiets første formand.

Ólafur blev født på gården Espihóll i Eyjafjörður, som søn af den stedlige sysselmand Eggert Briem og dennes hustru Ingibjörg Eiríksdóttir. Han tilbragte sin første drengeår i Eyjafjörður, men familien flyttede i 1861 til Skagafjörður, da faren blev udnævnt til sysselmand der.

Ólafur gik på latinskolen i Reykjavík og blev student i 1870. Han var dernæst skriver hos sin far frem til 1884, da Eggert afgik som sysselmand; hjalp faren med hans embedspligter og var til tider stedfortrædende sysselmand under dennes fravær.

I 1885 bosatte han sig på gården Frostastaðir i Blönduhlíð, men flyttede 1887 til Álfgeirsvellir i Efribyggð og boede der indtil 1920, da han solgte sin gård og flyttede til Reykjavík, hvor han blev assistent i finansministeriet i det nyoprettede Kongeriget Island.

Politisk arbejde og tillidshverv
Ólafur blev valgt til amtsrådet i Skagafjarðarsýsla i 1881 og sad i rådet indtil amterne nedlagdes i 1907. Han var desuden agent for Reynistaðarklaustursjarða fra 1888 og frem til han flyttede til Reykjavik og varetog forskellige andre tillidshverv i lokalområdet.

I 1886 valgtes Ólafur til Altinget for Skagafjördur og repræsenterede i datidens omskiftelige politiske liv  både Framfaraflokkurinn, det ældre Fremskridtsparti, Þjóðræðisflokkurinn, Selvstændighedhedspartiet, Sambandsflokkurinn, og Bondepartiet frem til 1916, hvor han var med til at forene Islands to bondepartier til Fremskridtspartiet, og blev dettes første gruppeformand. Han genopstillede ikke ved valget i 1919.

Han var formand for det samlede Alting i 1895, og formand for Altingets nedre del 1914-1919.

Familie
Ólafur var gift med Halldóra Pétursdóttir. Blandt deres børn var provsten, altingsmanden og ministeren Þorsteinn Briem, og Ingibjörg Briem, hustru til statsminister Björn Þórðarson. Blandt hans mange søskende var altingsmændene Eiríkur Briem og Gunnlaugur Briem, amtmanden Páll Briem, og grundlæggeren af Reykjavík husholdningsskole (Hússtjórnarskóli Reykjavíkur) Elín Briem.

Kilder
 Profil på Altingets hjemmeside
 "Ólafur Briem". Óðinn, 21. årgang, 1.-6.

Altingsmedlemmer
Landmænd fra Island
Sysselmænd fra Island


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South African crypto scheme shuts up shop over fraud claims
By Chris Lee Chris Lee
A once-popular investment vehicle in South Africa has closed its doors after claims that the organisation may in fact be a front for fraud.
Bitcoin Wallet, which was based in the city of Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal, has long since been a destination for investment.
The company made a series of grand promises, including a pledge that 100% returns would be on offer in a fortnight.
There was high demand for its services, and at one stage the firm was so overwhelmed by customers looking to add cash to its investment vehicles that it had to cease accepting deposits which were worth under 5,000 South African rand – which is equivalent to over £275 British pounds or around $350 or so US dollars.
According to media estimates, Bitcoin Wallet was receiving over two million rand every single day at one stage.
The firm would regularly welcome people to invest their cash physically in its offices. On some occasions, investors would wait overnight in order to be able to leave sums of cash.
They were under the impression that in around two weeks' time they would receive their cash back – and, with the profit factored in, doubled.
However, five days ago it became apparent that the firm may in fact be a Ponzi scheme. In a Ponzi scheme, cash which comes from newer investors is then used to pay older investors, to create the illusion of profit.
Reports from the African News Agency also alleged that when conversing with the South African regulator known as the Financial Services Conduct Authority (FSCA), more red flags were raised.
The FSCA supposedly claimed that a signature on the official business forms of Bitcoin Wallet which was meant to be from a registrar appeared to have been faked.
In the most recent development, it became clear that Bitcoin Wallet did not have the funds in place to return its cash to clients.
According to a local newspaper in the Ladysmith area, the founder of Bitcoin Wallet Sphelele Mbatha, who is also known as "Sgumza", denied all knowledge of being able to return the cash to investors.
Mbatha is believed to have lived the high life and to have invested in status symbols commonly associated with cryptocurrency wealth such as high-end cars. One unconfirmed report said that Mbatha was given police protection at one stage.
He is now denying knowledge of how to fix the problem.
"I don't know what's going on. I don't know online or how this system works. [It has] to be workshopped", he is quoted as saying.
He has also apparently claimed that he was simply a "manager" at the Ladysmith Bitcoin Wallet offices rather than the leader of the organisation.
"I won't continue working. I don't have cash anymore. The owner says people must go online and collect their money online. I, myself, have invested my money in there. I submitted my banking details online and now I am also waiting", he said.


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Maui Travel Guide
Maui's Best Beaches
More than 60 beaches hug Maui's coastline, including four that have been named "Best Beach in America" by environmental scientist and author Steven "Dr. Beach" Leatherman. Choosing which stretch of sand to visit is an inviting tropical challenge, and it could take months — or even years — to leave your footprints on all of them. Here's a starter kit of beaches we recommend for the attractions they offer — from sunup to sundown.
Story by Kyle Ellison
Best Beach for an Early Morning Stroll
Sugar Beach, Keālia
How long is this sandy crescent along Mā'alaea Bay? The exact length is up for debate (it runs into other named beaches near its southern end in Kīhei), but it's safe to say you could walk a 5K without having to turn around. Early mornings are quiet and still, and in the soft, pastel light of dawn, when the sun is rising from behind Haleakalā and casting shadows on the shoreline, there are few places more scenic for a stroll than here on Maui's longest unbroken beach. Mā'alaea Bay is one of the island's best places for spotting whales in winter. Honu (Hawaiian green sea turtles) hang out here, too, napping peacefully on the sand, unperturbed by the teams of outrigger-canoe paddlers who stroke in unison offshore. The northern terminus is in Mā'alaea, with parking at Haycraft Park, but you also can begin in Kīhei by Sugar Beach Resort, or in the middle by Keālia Boardwalk.
Runner-up: Kahekili Beach Park, Kā'anapali
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Considering the significant cost of failure and loss of production, shouldn't the industry ensure a data-driven approach to improve the reliability of their Sand Control equipment?
Sand Control Equipment is required in more than 70% of all hydrocarbon production wells around the world. We also know that sand control failures are in most cases catastrophic for the well, resulting in permanent P&A of the wellbore, and subsequently sidetracking and re-completion of the well. For a subsea well, the cost is easily 30 mill USD or even more.
The diversity in available options (equipment and systems) for completing wells with various screen types, open hole or cased hole gravel pack completions, slotted liners, and more, has become significant. This makes it even more important to systematically capture and make use of experience data from wells with Sand Control when designing and selecting methods and systems for new wells.
Available industry data on Sand Control Equipment and systems based on operators' experiences and failures are very limited. The only known source of this kind is the well-known but old George King database from 2003 (with its related SPE paper), so operators are prone to rely on their own (often limited) experience, if any.
Sand Control Equipment Reliability is influenced by many factors, where some are generic and some are specific for the application, the producing formation type, and the operational conditions of the well. In almost all cases, failures are only observed and determined without having the Completion/ Sand Control Equipment pulled for potential further failure investigation. Details are not always systematically captured and made easily available for others to use at a later stage for well design, planning and analyses purposes. Transferring and sharing of data and knowledge across various organizational units and business assets, and handover between staff personnel is in many ways difficult without a common base for capturing, storing and maintaining the data.
So, what can data tell you?
Access to quality reliability data enables a number of use cases for operators, including planning and evaluation during well and field developments, prediction of lifetime cost, and assess the potential impact failures may have during the operational phase by considering the different survival probabilities that two possible approaches and options for the required sand control offers. ExproSoft has over 30 years' experience with similar analysis on other well completion equipment, and have seen first-hand the tremendous cost benefits reliability data has provided to the industry.
Below are two examples of how reliability analyses of Sand Control Equipment data are presented in ExproSoft's well analytics solution, WellMaster RMS. The functions for analyses provide average failure rates, details on failure modes and failure cause categories, and reliability analyses are here based on the Weibull 2-parameter distribution model, with MTTF and survival probabilities as part of the main results.
Learning by sharing of experiences and data, not only between assets and organizational units within one company, but also between different operators who see the benefits of sharing knowledge and data, is considered by many to be increasingly important in today's oil and gas upstream operational regime.
Since the performance of Sand Control methods and systems are influenced by a range of different factors during well design, planning, completion and operation, collecting experience and related failure/reliability data for Sand Control Equipment is thus a more challenging task when comparing with collecting reliability data for other types of downhole completion components such as Down Hole Safety Valves, Production packers etc.
Therefore, a Sand Control Equipment Reliability data model must be detailed enough for allowing relevant reliability assessments to be made, but without being too complex in trying to cover every detail and parameter of the various sand control applications. This to avoid a very resource-demanding and time-consuming data collection process in accordance with an un-necessary complex data model.
ExproSoft's WellMaster RMS includes the features for collecting and analyzing reliability data, also for Sand Control Equipment. The WellMaster RMS database today contains Sand Control data from some North Sea assets, in addition to the available data from the previously mentioned old George King database. The WellMaster RMS may be applied as a platform/tool for more dedicated efforts among interested operators to capture, analyze and share data regarding sand control methods and equipment.
If you think there is a significant potential for establishing a common and dedicated source for Reliability data for Sand Control Equipment, let us hear from you!


We are pleased to announce new updates and enhancements to our comprehensive portfolio of PaaS solutions. A summary of Oracle Cloud Platform release updates for December 2018 are listed below. See Oracle Cloud Platform Documentation for more details.


With great conditions and more snow, it was basically impossible not to go out again for day #3 of what has thus far been a stellar season. The weather forecast looked marginal, but sometimes you've just got to roll the dice and hope for the weather window. And if it never comes, all you can do is try to pick a place with some definition thanks to trees or a couloir.
It was at about this point that I grabbed my camera, lined up the shot, and heard my camera beep at me.
Dang it, the SD card is in the computer. Luckily, my partner for the day, Chris Miller, takes better photos than I do anyway and was willing to share. If you haven't checked out his website, millerperspectives.com, you should. Thanks for the great photos and great day out, Chris.
The sucker holes we enjoyed in the lower valley were just that- sucker holes. The higher we got, the deeper into the ping pong ball we found ourselves. Looks like we'll ski a couloir today. As long as we can get up it first.
We did make it up and I got the honors of dropping into the milky abyss first.
Down on the apron, we found unbelievably good snow for early October on a south face. Yes, I said south. South facing face shots, no less.
The low-lying clouds made for some cool scenes, if not perfect light. All in all, the kind of day that reminded me of my time spent living in B.C.
Looks awesome Frank, amazing to get that kind of skiing this early. Here's to a great season to come!
AMAZING! I cant believe you guys are getting skiing of this quality with leaves still on the aspens . . .
Let's hope it keeps up, Ben!


Value (million or billion US Dollars or any other national currency) or volume (number of transactions) of ATM transactions. ATM stands for Automated Teller Machines and refers to electomechanical devices allowing authorised users, by using a payment card, to withdraw cash from their account and in some cases to access a range of other services, such as balance enquiries, transfers of funds and acceptance of deposits. ATMs may be operated online (with real-time reference to an authorisation database) or offline. Based on: Bank for International Settlements.
Number of ATM terminals. ATM stands for Automated Teller Machines and refers to electomechanical devices allowing authorised users, by using a payment card, to withdraw cash from their account and in some cases to access a range of other services, such as balance enquiries, transfers of funds and acceptance of deposits. ATMs may be operated online (with real-time reference to an authorisation database) or offline. Based on: Bank for International Settlements.


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How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head is a live album by Norwegian band A-ha, released on 25 March 2003 by WEA Records.

Track listing
"Forever Not Yours" (Morten Harket, Ole Sverre-Olsen, Magne Furuholmen) – 4:33
"Minor Earth Major Sky" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Magne Furuholmen) – 5:41
"Manhattan Skyline" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Magne Furuholmen) – 5:50
"I've Been Losing You" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy) – 4:09
"Crying in the Rain" (Howard Greenfield, Carole King) – 4:56
"The Sun Always Shines on T.V." (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy) – 5:51
"Did Anyone Approach You?" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy) – 4:53
"The Swing of Things" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy) – 5:27
"Lifelines" (Magne Furuholmen) – 4:37
"Stay on These Roads" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket) – 3:34
"Hunting High and Low" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy) – 5:54
"Take On Me" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket) – 5:42
"The Living Daylights" (John Barry, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy) – 7:32
"Summer Moved On" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy) – 4:41

Bonus disc (not included with all versions)
"Scoundrel Days" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Magne Furuholmen)
"Oranges on Appletrees" (Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket)
"Cry Wolf" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Magne Furuholmen)
"Dragonfly" (Magne Furuholmen)
"Time and Again" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
"Sycamore Leaves" (Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)
A-ha Tourbook (Video)

Notes
 Only some editions include the bonus disc, which concentrates on album tracks. The regular single disc version is composed of live versions of singles, save for the live version of "The Swing of Things" which was never released as a single.
 Waaktaar-Savoy handles vocals on "Sycamore Leaves", as he does on the version with his other band Savoy. Furuholmen takes lead vocals on "Dragonfly", which was originally a solo single before it was recorded by A-ha for their Lifelines album.
 "Crying in the Rain" is sung as a duet between Harket and Anneli Drecker.

Personnel
A-ha
 Morten Harket – lead vocals
 Magne Furuholmen – lead vocals on "Dragonfly", keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
 Paul Waaktaar-Savoy – lead vocals on "Sycamore Leaves", guitars, backing vocals

Additional musicians
Anneli Drecker – backing vocals
Christer Karlsson – keyboards
Sven Lindvall – bass
Per Lindvall – drums

Charts

References

2003 live albums
A-ha albums
Warner Music Group live albums


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Dievs, svētī Latviju (Gud signe Lettland) är Lettlands nationalsång. Den skrevs av Kārļis Baumanis (1834-1904) och varje vers sjungs två gånger.

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Noter

Externa länkar
Officiell inspelning (klicka på orden: Kārļa Baumaņa komponēto mūziku)

Nationalsånger i Europa
Lettiska sånger


Edna: Well, well, if it isn't Marge Simpson and her gangland cronies.
Maude: Perhaps you've heard of the Yakuza... the Poison Fists of the Pacific Rim... the Japanese mafia.
Agnes: They'll kill ya five times before you hit the ground!
Fat Tony: Come here you little squirt.
Marge: Homie, maybe we should go inside.
June: I was of the Road Runner. Meep!
Homer: You mean "Meep Meep"?
June: No, they only paid me to say it once, then doubled it up on the soundtrack. Cheap bastards.
Homer: Hey, look at me, I'm the Prime Minister of Ireland!
Moe: Hey, Homer, isn't that your kid on TV?


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Understanding EMAP Accreditation
Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) is considered the "gold seal" among preparedness organizations. EMAP is an independent, non-profit organization, that fosters excellence and accountability in emergency management and homeland security programs by establishing credible standards applied in a peer review accreditation process. The process evaluates emergency management programs on compliance with requirements in sixteen areas. Among them are planning; resource management; training; exercises, evaluations, and corrective actions; communications and warning; and administration.
Things to know about EMAP:
EMAP defines "emergency management" in the broadest sense, meaning it encompasses all organizations with emergency/disaster functions in a jurisdiction, rather than only one agency or department.
There are five steps to the EMAP accreditation process. Though rigorous, many organizations have followed these steps and obtained this completely voluntary, but highly regarded certification.
To achieve accreditation, applicants must demonstrate through self-assessment, documentation and peer assessment verification that its program meets the Emergency Management Standard. The emergency management program uses the accreditation to prove the capabilities of their disaster preparedness and response systems.
EMAP accreditation is valid for five years and the program must maintain compliance with the Emergency Management Standard to preserve its accreditation during that time.
Obtaining EMAP accreditation isn't necessarily an easy process. It requires a lot of time, preparation and funding. Still, as others can attest, it's a goal worth pursuing, even if you must bring in outside support to help you work through the process.
Start by subscribing to EMAP online. This simple action gives you immediate access to the Program Assessment Tool and other services. Also, consider taking part in EMAP Emergency Management Standard Training. For information regarding training opportunities, consult the EMAP Events Calendar or contact EMAP staff at emap@csg.org.
With EMAP accreditation, you too can carry the gold seal of emergency management and join the ranks of the many across the country and around the globe who are working to create safer communities for all.


An active yet easy-going dog, the Australian shepherd loves to romp with children and tends to get along well with other pets.
Australian shepherds are great family pets, herding animals, police dogs and competitors in obedience trials.
Australian shepherds are medium-sized dogs with a solid build and low center of gravity.
They are about 18 to 23 inches in height, and weigh from about 40 to 60 pounds (18 to 27 kilograms). Males generally are taller and heavier than females. Aussies live about 10 to 12 years.
Aussies have a lush, medium-length coat that is straight or slightly wavy. They have feathering on the back of the legs and a generous mane around the neck. Coat colors vary and might be blue or red merle or red or black tricolor, all with white and/or tan markings. Most Aussies have a naturally short tail, but sometimes tails are docked if longer than four inches.
Aussies are active yet easy-going dogs that love to romp with children. They tend to get along well with other pets. The breed is considered highly intelligent and easy to train. Aussies are known for being especially eager to please their owners.
True to their herding instincts, Aussies are very protective of their families and territory and will let you know if strangers approach, but they are not considered aggressive.
Australian shepherds, particularly those from working lines of the breed, are active dogs that need to be busy. Left alone and confined, they become unhappy and can be destructive. They are best suited to country living or, at the very least, should have a large fenced yard and owners who want to spend time with their dog.
Aussies are considered average shedders. Despite their lush coat, weekly brushing with a bristle brush and bathing occasionally as needed will keep their coats nice and help prevent matting.
Historical reports on the origin of the Australian shepherd vary widely among various sources. According to one theory, Aussies were entirely developed in the United States to work on ranches. Their ancestors may have been Spanish herding dogs that originated in the Basque region of Spain and France and were brought to the United States with herds of Merino sheep during the early colonial days. Collie may also be in the background of the breed. The dogs are called Australian shepherds only because they were associated with Basque shepherds that came from Australia to the United States in the 1800s.
Besides working as herding animals, Aussies serve as police dogs, narcotics detectors and competitors in obedience trials. They also make great family pets. They are a recent addition to the AKC herding group; some Aussie breeders fear AKC recognition may create undue emphasis on appearance over ability. The Australian Shepherd Club of America was the main registry of Aussies before AKC recognition and remains a powerful force in the breed.