text:
Home/article/The 7-year couple, Se7en and Lee Da Hae showed off their love on the broadcast
The 7-year couple, Se7en and Lee Da Hae showed off their love on the broadcast
cabeti119August 22, 2021Last Updated: August 22, 2021
Singer Se7en revealed his sweet daily life with his girlfriend, actor Lee Da Hae on a show.
Se7en appeared on the preview of MBC's show "Point of Omniscient Interfere" which was aired on August 21.
Se7en was the most famous artist of the 2000s. He was known for having a vibe of an innocent boy and his unique dance skills, especially his rust-free dance moves.
In particular, the show broadcasted a phone conversation between Se7en and his 7-year girlfriend, Lee Da Hae. Having dated for so long, the two confidently comforted each other and showed off their sweetness. Lee Da Hae surprised Se7en and the cast of the show by saying, "The more I look at him (Se7en)…", sharing an unrevealed shocking story.
The MCs who were watching the conversation of the couple, Song Eun Yi, Hong Hyun Hee, and Yang Se Hyung, could only cheer with embarrassment. In reaction to how the couple shows off their affection to each other, the show placed a caption, saying, "Oh, what's kind of words is this?", drawing the viewers' attention.
Both Se7en and Lee Da Hae were born in 1984. In the official confirmation of their romantic relationship released in 2016, it was reported that they had been dating for 1 year.
The two have mentioned each other on various shows with sweet words. Se7en boasted about Lee Da Hae, saying, "I became more mature and well-mannered. Although we're the same age, sometimes I feel like she's an older sister of mine. I think I am still lacking and have to learn a lot from her. She's the person who makes me feel that I should become a better man."
In addition, he shared, "I feel grateful that I was able to meet this precious friend at the most difficult times of my life. I became stronger thanks to her."
MBC's show "Point of Omniscient Interfere" is aired every Saturday at 10:50 p.m.
lee da hae se7en
3 Korean actresses openly badmouthed their own dramas' crews
8-year couple Lee Da-hae ♥ Se7en to appear on a variety show together for the first time
"Goddess of China" Lee Da-hae shared, "My Tiktok earns 80 million views in China"
4 Korean on-screen couples who stick to each other time after time


text:
Faces of IEU: Valeria Hernández
«I wanted to be in an environment where all ideas were welcome, entrepreneurship was encouraged and where, essentially, there are no limitations.»
Author: Carla Costa
Valeria is studying the Dual Degree BBA and LLB, and is based at Madrid campus. She has an international background, and has lived in five different countries. Born in Alicante (Spain), she decided to return to Spain in order to study her Bachelor's degree at an international school like IE University. Learn more about Valeria's personal and educational experience here:
Where are you from? Have you ever lived anywhere else in the world?
I was born in the city of Alicante while my parents were living there. That's where I spent the first year of my life, until moving to Lima, Peru, when I was one. I stayed there until I was almost four, and then moved to Caracas, Venezuela. I lived in Caracas for six and a half years, until in 2010 the country started to decline, so we moved to Surrey in England. I studied in England for another four years, before finally moving to Amsterdam when I was 14. I finished high school there, before choosing to move back to Spain at the age of 18 and pursue further education here at IE.
I have completed my first year of studying the Dual Degree BBALLB and I chose a Dual Degree because I am highly ambitious, so I wanted to put myself in a rigorous academic environment where I could exceed the expectations I had for myself. I chose the BBA in particular because of my interest in the business and entrepreneurial world, but I also wanted to understand the legality behind this industry in order to ensure that I am able to address and understand all the encompassing legal requirements. This is also why I chose to study the LLB, and I opted for the English version since it offers a comparative approach.
Outside of my academic life, I enjoy acting, both on camera and on stage. It is one of my biggest hobbies and has been an important part of my life for many years. It has also given me a lot of confidence when talking in front of people, and is also a reason why I really enjoy debating.
Another hobby of mine is cheerleading. I discovered this activity through IE's university team. I love it because we get to dance and have a fitness workout that is oriented around gymnastics and, of course, I love the opportunity to meet new people!
Why did you choose IEU?
One of the main reasons I was attracted to IEU is its diversity and international mindset. I was first exposed to it when I attended the IExPEERience, and to this day I am still amazed how there are people studying here from all over the world. I am so glad that IE hosted the IExPEERience, and that I chose to come here.
I also chose IE because I liked its values of "driving innovation", and I wanted to be in an environment where all ideas were welcome, entrepreneurship was encouraged and where, essentially, there are no limitations.
What do you want to do after graduation? What is your area of interest?
After graduating, I would like to integrate my interest in theatre and communications with my study of business and law. This year, I have gained a deeper understanding of different professions, such as being an entertainment lawyer, a business consultant or an advertising manager. It is still too soon for me to decide, but I would love to explore these in the future.
About her experience at IEU
What's the most valuable aspect of your experience at IEU?
For me, the most valuable aspect of IE has been the close interaction between students and their teachers, which is facilitated by how small and personal the classes are. This allows the class to have an open discussion and have all our questions answered promptly by the teacher, creating more of a community feel as opposed to sitting in a huge lecture hall with a bunch of people you don't know. These personal interactions really motivated me and sparked my interest in various subjects I would not have expected to enjoy.
How has IEU's comparative law methodology shaped your perspective about the legal world?
The comparative law methodology IEU offers has allowed me to gain in-depth knowledge about many different jurisdictions, ranging from the Spanish one to the German, French, and American jurisdictions. I find it so interesting how we can compare different countries' stances on particular topics and see how different penalties can be imposed on different cases depending on the country. This has been particularly useful to me because I was able to understand how each country is unique in terms of the legal world, and I became more aware of the opportunities and limitations each jurisdiction brings.
I am glad to have opted for the comparative approach, because I did not have to limit myself to learning about just one country's laws, but was able to gain a global approach that gave me a broader understanding of the legal world as applied to different topics.
Are you a member of any clubs at IEU? If so, which ones?
As mentioned in my hobbies, I am a member of the IEU cheerleading team, where we get the chance to cheer on the IE sports teams when they play against others, as well as support the university on special days such as the IEU Barbecue and Sports' Day.
I am also a member of the Fashion Club and together we visited the Louis Vuitton Time Capsule Exhibition at the Thyssen Museum, which I really enjoyed. I have also attended talks by the Arts and Business club, and I love this because it integrates my professional interest in business with my personal experience in the arts. There are so many clubs to choose from, I cannot wait to join more next year.
Have you participated in a Lab at IEU? What was it about and what was your role? What did you learn?
I am currently participating in the Communications Lab. As soon as I heard about it, I was eager to sign up. My keen interest in the arts sparked my curiosity, but so far the Lab has surpassed my expectations and has been a fun and interesting project to work on. My role consists of designing an animated video for a company called Swapper, in order to promote their product, a powder that you add to milk so it tastes like lemon or cinnamon. While I am still in the process of creating the video, so far this has been a fantastic professional experience, and I have gained lots of new skills like working with cameras, sound, lights and editing. Despite my Lab not being closely related to my area of study, it has allowed me to realize how I can bridge the gap between them, and gain a more thorough insight into what I want to do in the future.
All in all, the Lab has been really valuable to me because it allowed me to collaborative to create something meaningful for a client, something that you can be proud of when you see their company succeed.
What do you like the most about being in the Madrid campus?
Being an international student who has lived in many different cities, I like to be surrounded by a diverse and cosmopolitan environment. This is precisely what is offered in Madrid. Here, I can feel the buzz of a big city and explore many different places, but also feel surrounded by a close and welcoming community when I attend IE. Basically, you get to live in the best of both worlds, and I would not prefer it any other way!
Discover our Bachelor Degrees Click here!

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Алборта (; ранее было нежилым селом Мугриси, ) — село в Закавказье. Расположено в Знаурском районе Южной Осетии, фактически контролирующей село; согласно юрисдикции Грузии — в Карельском муниципалитете края Шида-Картли.

География
Расположено у левого побережья реки Проне Средняя (приток реки Кура) у восточных окраин райцентра посёлка городского типа Знаур.

Население
Село населено этническими осетинами. В 1987 году было нежилым.

Примечания

Топографические карты

Населённые пункты Знаурского района

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


When using an old version of Azure Functions, you might run into an issue like "The WebHook verification request must contain a 'code' query parameter". This means you can't call the functionsfrom your logic app anymore. Upgrade to the latest version of Azure Functions and redeploy your logic apps. I'm not entirely sure, but things should work again.


text:
Vincitore del campionato mondiale Supersport nel 2013. Anche suo fratello gemello, Alex Lowes, corre come pilota professionista.

Carriera
Dopo aver concluso in 20ª posizione con 17 punti il campionato europeo Superstock 600 nel 2008 alla guida di una Honda CBR600RR, partecipa al mondiale Supersport nel 2009, correndo gli ultimi cinque Gran Premi sulla Honda CBR600RR del team Echo CRS Grand Prix, con compagno di squadra Michael Laverty, senza ottenere punti.

Nel 2010 corre il Gran Premio di Silverstone in qualità di wild card a bordo di una Honda CBR600RR, ottenendo 6 punti. Nel 2011 corre la Honda CBR600RR del team Parkalgar, con compagno di squadra Miguel Praia, ottenendo tre secondi posti (Aragona, Imola e Magny-Cours) e tre terzi posti a Phillip Island, Misano Adriatico e Nürburgring. Durante la gara di Assen è protagonista di un high side che gli causa un trauma cranico e la frattura di una clavicola.

Nel 2012 passa al team Bogdanka PTR Honda; il compagno di squadra è Mathew Scholtz. Ottiene pole position e secondo posto a Imola e Monza e un'altra pole position ad Assen. Ottiene la sua prima vittoria a Donington, ripetendosi in Aragona. Ottiene un'altra pole position a Misano Adriatico. Giunge secondo a Silverstone e Magny-Cours. Finisce al 3º posto con 172 punti. Nel 2013 passa al team Yakhnich Motorsports equipaggiato da una Yamaha YZF R6. I risultati in campionato lo vedono vincitore in 6 gare, giungendo secondo nelle prove restanti, ad eccezione del GP di Aragon, unico ritiro stagionale di Lowes. Tale ruolino gli consente di vincere il titolo iridato con 250 punti.

Nel 2014 passa nella classe Moto2 del motomondiale, alla guida di una Speed Up SF14. Ottiene come miglior risultato un quinto posto in Australia e termina la stagione al 13º posto con 67 punti. Nel 2015 ottiene la sua prima vittoria nel motomondiale al Gran Premio delle Americhe, un secondo posto in Australia, tre terzi posti (Argentina, Olanda e Aragona) e tre pole position (Qatar, Italia e Gran Bretagna). Chiude la stagione al quarto posto in classifica con 186 punti.

Nel 2016 passa al team Federal Oil Gresini alla guida di una Kalex Moto2. Ottiene due secondi posti (Argentina e Americhe) e una pole position in Argentina. Con il secondo posto in Argentina diventa il leader del campionato con 47 punti. Rafforza la leadership a Jerez conquistando la pole e la vittoria. In Italia giunge terzo dopo essere partito dalla pole position. Giunge terzo in Repubblica Ceca. Ottiene la pole position in Gran Bretagna. In Aragona vince dopo essere partito dalla pole position. Conclude la stagione al 5º posto con 175 punti.

Nel 2017 passa in MotoGP guidando l'Aprilia RS-GP dell'Aprilia Racing Team Gresini; il compagno di squadra è Aleix Espargaró. Ottiene come miglior risultato un tredicesimo posto in Giappone e termina la stagione al 25º posto con 5 punti. Nel 2018 corre in Moto2 sulla KTM del team Swiss Innovative Investors; il compagno di squadra è Iker Lecuona. Ottiene come miglior risultato un quinto posto in Germania e termina la stagione al 16º posto con 49 punti. Nel 2019 torna a guidare la Kalex del team Gresini, come nella stagione 2016. Ottiene come miglior risultato due quinti posti (San Marino e Aragona) e chiude la stagione al 16º posto con 66 punti.

Nel 2020 corre sulla Kalex del team Marc VDS Racing, con compagno di squadra Augusto Fernández. Ottiene tre vittorie (Francia, Aragona e Teruel), due secondi posti (Repubblica Ceca e Catalogna), un terzo posto nel Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna e tre pole positionː San Marino, dove però partirà dai box per una penalità comminatagli a seguito di un incidente nel precedente GP di Stiria, Aragona e Teruel. Conclude la stagione al terzo posto con 196 punti. In questa stagione è costretto a saltare il Gran Premio del Qatar a causa di un infortunio alla spalla destra rimediato in un test pre-stagionale.

Nel 2021 rimane nello stesso team. Ottiene tre vittorie (Qatar, Doha ed Emilia Romagna), due terzi posti (Spagna e Algarve) e sei pole position (Qatar, Doha, Portogallo, Austria, Aragona ed Emilia Romagna) e chiude la stagione al quarto posto con 190 punti.

Nel 2022 corre per il terzo anno con il team Marc VDS Racing, il compagno di squadra è Tony Arbolino. In Qatar ottiene un terzo posto. Dopo una serie di gare concluse anzitempo ritirandosi, torna sul podio al Gran Premio di Germania dopo essere partito dalla pole position. In seguito è costretto a saltare diversi eventi per infortunio,. chiude la stagione al diciannovesimo posto.

Risultati in gara

Campionato mondiale Supersport

Motomondiale

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Piloti del mondiale Supersport
Piloti della Moto2
Piloti della MotoGP


text:
Collaborative school aids Revere ex-dropouts (Revere, Mass.)
Written by: Sara Brown
Kevin Williams, 20, worked on his English homework on a recent cloudy afternoon at Coast Collaborative on Everett Street.
This time last year, Williams admits he most likely wouldn't have been in class.
"I would probably be out on the streets doing stuff I shouldn't be," Williams said.
Revere public schools recently joined with Ombudsman Educational Services to create Coast Collaborative in an effort to lower the dropout rate in Revere, which is roughly 9 percent, School Superintendent Paul Dakin said.
"We were looking for a program to help us arrest our dropout rate and draw back some of the kids we might have lost," he said.
The center offers an alternative learning environment for students in grades 9 through 12 who are at risk of dropping out, have been expelled or who have dropped out and wish to return to earn their diploma. It is a partner of Seacoast, Revere's alternative high school.
Williams went back and forth between Revere High School and Seacoast before ultimately getting kicked out.
"Honestly, when I was 16 or 17, I was a punk," Williams said. "I went to school for my friends and not my education."
However, Williams soon realized he would need a high school diploma if he wanted to do anything in life. That's when he decided to attend Coast Collaborative, an extension of Ombudsman and Revere High School. "Ombudsman offers flexible hours with the same educational quality to those who are at risk of dropping out," Dakin said.
Ombudsman Educational Services is a division of Educational Services of America (ESA), the nation's leading provider of K-12 alternative and special education schools and programs.
Based in Nashville, Tenn., ESA partners with 260 public school districts in 22 states and the District of Columbia to operate more than 170 schools and programs. ESA provides highly personalized academic and behavioral services to 12,000 students each year though its Ombudsman divisions.
Coast Collaborative is Revere's center for Ombudsman's Educational Services.
"It is for students who weren't doing as well as they could," Center Director Ria Ferich added.
Students enrolled attend one of two four-hour sessions Monday through Friday. Class size is smaller than traditional high school and students receive more personal one-on-one attention from teachers than they would in a traditional setting.
There are currently 19 students in the program.
"Seacoast was a little rowdy," Williams said. "It is a lot more relaxed here."
It's the flexible schedule that many credit for the program's success. "A lot of these kids have adult responsibilities and the traditional school day wasn't working for them," Ferich said. "Some may be taking care of a family member or even a child. This allows them not to give up school."
Eighteen-year-old Page Cinelli enrolled because she was attracted to the flexible schedule Coast Collaborative offered.
The senior had dropped out of Revere High School.
"I was just sick of it," Cinelli said.
But Cinelli likes the alternative school.
"I get to work at my own pace and can do my own thing," she said.
Williams agreed. "I can work (at) the pace I want to work," Williams said. "There is no bell ringing to tell me to go to my next class. I just sit here and do my work."
Ombudsman's services are used throughout the country, however, this is the first time they have joined forces with a high school in Massachusetts.
"We are very excited about it," Dakin said. "Especially if it helps out our dropout rate."
Ombudsman and Revere public schools officials talked about developing a center for years. "When we got the approval this March… we knew we wanted to make this a reality," Operations Manager William Listanski said.
It seems to be working for Williams and Cinelli.
"It taught me responsibility," Williams said. "To wake up every day and come to school."
Cinelli graduates this year and plans on going to college in the fall.
"Coming here taught me how important it is to get a diploma," Cinelli said.
Source: The Daily Item


© 2019 Deco USA, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
By this presentation, Deco USA, LLC makes no offer or solicitation to invest in any security. Offerings will be made to only individual persons (not any legal entities) who are eligible investors by virtue of their being "non-US persons," in "offshore transactions," as those phrases are defined under Regulation S of the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), or to persons, including US residents and legal entities, who are otherwise "Accredited Investors," as such term is defined in Regulation D, Rule 501(a) under the 1933 Securities Act.
Deco USA, LLC does not attempt to interpret US securities law nor provide legal advice. All prospective investors interested in pursuing additional information are strongly urged to seek professional advice from a qualified securities law attorney and/or financial advisor.
An investment in this project may only be made in accordance with and following review of a confidential private placement memorandum. The information presented here is not meant to replace or supplement the confidential private placement memorandum. It is solely provided for the purpose of familiarizing yourself with a potential real estate project.
In the event we determine to pursue this real estate project, and in the event that we determine to offer you the opportunity to participate in such investment, you will be provided with a confidential private placement memorandum together with appropriate exhibits.


text:
Movie: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Our Rating: 3.50
Like Labyrinth or The Nightmare Before Christmas before it, this proudly grave kid-lit adaptation seems destined to disappoint at the box office but be remembered as a lifetime favorite by a few million Goths in training. The love of reading, a gift for invention and a handful of other brainiac attributes are the guiding virtues as a trio of resourceful orphans are delivered into the slimy custody of their conniving Count Olaf (Jim Carrey). The film's excellent look arrives at a time when Tim Burton isn't making Tim Burton films anymore – exec producer Barry Sonnenfeld covered similar terrain in his Addams Family movies – and the unflinching depiction of loss and loneliness will tug at the black-lace heartstrings of trivia-deniers of all ages. A smattering of vulgar anachronisms spoils the timeless appeal, with Carrey the worst offender: His excessive ad libs are the symptoms of an advanced case of Robin Williams' disease.


text:
Q: Sort strings in original order This is the query i am using:
;WITH list (Value) AS
(
SELECT Value
        FROM (
        SELECT Value
        FROM fn_SplitString('Quick Brown Fox',' ')
        ) a
), cte AS
(
    SELECT Value
    FROM list
    UNION ALL
    SELECT two.Value + ' ' + one.Value
    FROM cte AS one, list AS two
    WHERE two.Value > one.Value
)
SELECT *
FROM cte

The output of that will be
Quick
Brown
Fox
Quick Fox
Quick Brown
Fox Brown
Quick Fox Brown

The fn_SplitString will create a table like this. It will just split all the words separated by spaces into rows.
Quick
Brown
Fox

I already tried reversing it using ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY GETDATE()) and this will be the output of fn_SplitString. But still the overall output will be the same.
Fox
Brown
Quick

the query above sorts the words/letters alphabetically(reversed) per row and what output i need is not sorted alphabetically or like the example below.
Expected Output
Quick
Brown
Fox
Quick Brown
Quick Fox
Brown Fox
Quick Brown Fox

or
Quick Brown Fox
Quick Brown
Quick Fox
Brown Fox
Quick
Brown
Fox

how will I do that?

A: It would be best to either modify fn_SplitString to return an indexer or switch to using a different split string function that returns one (example), but in either case you need to get the sort index from that parse operation.
EDIT: The order of the insert into @Stage below is not reliable without an explicit ORDER BY as commented by damien. Ill leave the example here but it does not serve the OP's purpose:
declare @stage table (i int identity(1,1) primary key, value varchar(max));
insert into @stage (value)
    select Value from dbo.fn_SplitString('Quick Brown Fox',' ');

;WITH list (i, Value) AS
(
    SELECT [i] = cast(i as varchar(10)), Value
    FROM @stage
), cte (i, value) AS
(
    SELECT  cast(i as varchar(10)),
            Value
    FROM list AS wan
    UNION ALL
    SELECT  cast(two.i + '/' + one.i as varchar(10)),
            two.Value + ' ' + one.Value
    FROM cte AS one, list AS two
    WHERE two.Value > one.Value
)
SELECT *
FROM cte
order by len(i), i;

Here, ive constructed "i" as an node path ("1/2/3") just to illustrate whats going on in your CTE. You can of course order this anyway you want using i.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


A flight dispatcher (also known as an airline dispatcher, flight follower or flight operations officer) assists in planning flight paths, taking into account aircraft performance and loading, enroute winds, thunderstorm and turbulence forecasts, airspace restrictions, and airport conditions. Dispatchers also provide a flight following service and advise pilots if conditions change. They usually work in the operations center of the airline. In the United States and Canada, the flight dispatcher shares legal responsibility with the commander of the aircraft (joint responsibility dispatch system).
You can use our Flight calculators' tool for calculating atmosphere, bank angle, conversion tables, time, speed, distance, flight time, true airspeed and many more calculations you can do easily by using the flight calculator. The Flight calculator makes it easy for you to plan your flight for any location in across the globe.
Flight plan with EUROCONTROL Route access and IFPS validation Within Europe there are as many as 30,000 restrictions in operation at any one time that limit the use of particular airways by days of the week and by times of day. Euro control and CFMU provide several tools including the NOP Portal as a method to validate routes either using a form or cut/paste of the Type B message structure. How to prepare and validate FPL Flight with CFMU (Euro Control) fast using free validation tools from Flytag Flight support.
Jet Fuel Conversion Chart for Pilots and Flight Dispatchers in order to execute their worldwide flights.Aviation fuel weight conversion tables by Flytag Flight Support will be approximate for temperatures other than 15 degrees Celsius.
It is essential to advise ATS of cancellation, delay or any changes to the flight plan. When multiple changes are to be made, it is preferable to cancel the existing flight plan and file a new one. The pilot or representative should advise ATS about a delay if it exceeds 30 minutes for flights in controlled airspace, or 60 minutes for flights outside controlled airspace. After filing the flight plan check if it has been received and accepted. Only then will you be able to use it. the modified flight plan should also be sent along with the message.
An aircraft registration is a unique alphanumeric string that identifies a civilian aircraft. Because airplanes typically display their registration numbers on the aft fuselage just forward of the tail, in earlier times more often on the tail itself, the registration is often referred to as the "tail number".
he frequencies are published on oceanic orientation charts. Not sure about Caribbean HF, but in NAT MNPS airspace, ATC will assign primary and secondary HF frequencies before you leave VHF coverage. High Frequency (HF) and Very High Frequency See the ARINC Jeppesen Charts for coverage areas.
The quickest and most convenient way to access aviation routine weather reports.
In the world of Aviation, there is a different way of learning your ABC's The phonetic alphabet is an essential part to any aviator's knowledge base, start using it today to speed your Basic Aeronautical Knowledge learning process.
Country codes are a component of the international telephone numbering plan, and are necessary only when dialing a telephone number to establish a call to another country.


I finally got around to reading Scarlet by Marissa Meyer yesterday. And honestly, I think the agony of waiting for this book was worth it. I have to say that I loved this book probably more than the first. Anyway, the novel is told in multiple sides but they're all in the third person POV which is probably confusing? Honestly, I'm really bad at explaining technicalities using literary jargon. I am so bad at this. Anyway, new characters were introduced while there are also some of the old faces from Cinder.
And yes, I have it in hardback. Thank you Suzanne Johnson! Anyhow, let me start with the titular character, Scarlet. She also happens to be our Red Riding Hood in the retelling. Anyhow, I liked the fact that Scarlet was written as a strong, independent and feisty character. I'm really not a fan of lame heroines so I really love the fact that she did what she wanted to do. To hell with everyone else around her. She was determined to reach her goals and at the same time she had this vulnerability that made you want to take care of her even if she is being stubborn. I really did like her and her relationship with Wolf is just so smexy for some reason.
Then there's Wolf. A Street Fighter who happens to be a very important part of the entire story. He may seem like a thug but once you get to know Wolf I'd bet all of my books that you'd soon end up falling for his wolfish (Pun intended.) charms. I really loved the way he interacted with Scarlet. He had this innocence that made him so charming despite being scary and burly. He's a bit of an enigma for me and for some reason that adds up to his charms. I loved Wolf maybe more than Kai. If you've been reading my reviews then by now you should know that I'm a sucker for troublesome guys.
And of course, who could forget Cinder. Yes, she may not be the titular character this time around but her and Scarlet's lives are bound to collide at some point. I got confused with Cinder from time to time but it is in a good way I can assure you. One minute she's doing something amazing and then the next she's going crazy or something but then she goes back to doing something amazing and I just can't help but admire her. I really felt bad though since she and Kai didn't get any alone or even any together time in this novel. I guess we'll all have to wait and see in the upcoming books. But I did love her since what she did or rather what she's about to do took and takes a lot of guts but she's doing it anyway.
And lastly, Emperor Kai. I have to be honest here. I missed Prince Kai. The boy who did whatever the hell he wanted because he was smitten by the lowly mechanic. Yes, there are still traces of the smitten boy from time to time but the Emperor is definitely more dominant now. I feel bad for him actually. I feel like he's just too young to be taking on all of these responsibilities all on his own. I just wish he could be carefree again. I hate Queen Levana for doing everything in her power to make Kai submit to her stupid demands. I wanted to strangle her so that Kai and Cinder can finally be together. Anyway, I just hope Cinder comes back in time to save Kai if he should ever need it.
Overall, I really loved this novel as much as the first one if not more. I didn't really feel the Middle Book Syndrome since the novel didn't drag on and on. I really liked all of the characters except for the awful Lunars on Queen Levana's side. I also liked Captain Thorne. He reminded me of Flynn Rider from Tangled. He enjoys hearing himself talk and brag about stuff and yet he didn't really annoy me at all. From time to time I think he did keep Cinder grounded. Anyway, the plot of the entire novel kept me up. It is quite long after all, 452 pages and yet I didn't feel the need to put it down. I finished this in a day. It's one of those books that you just can't help but breeze through since there were no dull moments. The pieces of Cinder's missing memories were somehow pieced together even if there were still some lacking elements but we'll probably get to that as the novels are released. I love fairytale retellings and I can definitely say that this is one of the best that I've read. Marissa Meyer is a genius and I'd give this an easy 5/5 star rating if not more.


text:
All Views Articles for 2011-view-2009
Wendell Potter
Does the U.S. Have the World's Best Health Care System? Yes, If You're Talking About the Third World
A little more than a year ago, on the day after the GOP regained control of the House of Representatives, Speaker-to-be John Boehner said one of the first orders of business after he took charge...
Wisconsin Recall Drive Surpasses 300,000 Signatures
The petition drive to recall and remove Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has surpassed all expectations in its first two weeks, collecting more than 300,000 signatures. The truly remarkably thing...
Paul Rosenberg
Under the Growing Influence of the 1%, American Exceptionalism has Become American Deceptionalism
From the dawn of the colonial era, long before they even had a national identity, Americans have always felt they had a special role in the world, though the exact nature of American exceptionalism...
Take Our Children, Please! A Modest Proposal for Occupy Wall Street
In 1729, when Ireland had fallen into a state of utter destitution at the hands of its British landlords, Jonathan Swift published a famous essay , "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of...
The Victims the NYT Editors Forgot
In July, 2007, The Washington Post 's Richard Cohen wrote a column condemning the prosecution of Lewis "Scooter" Libby on the ground that political officials should not "be called to account for...
Martha Pskowski
Oil & Natural Gas Frontlines: First Nations Lead the Way
American environmentalists are declaring victory over the announcement that the United States will research alternate routes for the Keystone XL pipeline. While Obama's announcement was an...
Jennifer Robinson
'Bugsplat': The Ugly US Drone War in Pakistan
It's time for the US to re-examine the consequences of its dehumanizing, deadly attacks in Pakistan.
Cynthia Schneider, Khaled Abol Naga
Egypt's Elections Can't Be Trusted
"The people and the army are one hand," the chant of Egypt's January 25th revolution on the eve of President Hosni Mubarak's resignation, has yielded in the face of toxic gases, rubber bullets and...
Time to Retake Politics From the One Percent in Both Political Parties
The country is still celebrating the inability of the supercommittee to cut Social Security and Medicare, but it is important to move on from this victory to retake control of the political debate...
Danny Schechter
Occupy Wall Street is All Over The Media: But for How Long?
One of the oldest patterns of media coverage can be summed up this way: First, they ignore you. Then, they ridicule you. Then, they realize you are a story and fall in love. So they build you up at...
Health Workers Deliver First Aid to Protest Movements
Warning: Defending your rights may be hazardous to your health. Potential side effects can include rubber bullets, tear gas, and batons wielded with impunity.
Barbara Dudley
A Tale of Two Portlands: Occupy vs Subsidizing Developers
Contrast these two stories from The Oregonian: In Saturday's (11.19.11) Business section, "A disgruntled California developer is suing Portland's urban renewal agency (Portland Development Commission...
Chris Anders
Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens in a "Battlefield" They Define as Being Right Outside Your Window
While nearly all Americans head to family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans. The...
Trevor Timm
Cablegate One Year Later: How WikiLeaks Has Influenced Foreign Policy, Journalism, and the First Amendment
One year ago today , WikiLeaks started publishing a trove of over 250,000 leaked U.S. State Department cables, which have since formed the basis of reporting for newspapers around the globe. The...
William Greider
The Democratic Promise of Occupy Wall Street
Regular politics in Washington now resembles an ecological dead zone where truth perishes in a polluted environment. Democrats and Republicans shadowbox over their concocted fiscal crisis, neither...
Occupy Congress: Norman Solomon Sees a Role for Progressive Legislators
Conventional politics in the United States focuses on elections, while left activists typically argue that political change comes not from electing better politicians but building movements strong...
Peter Van Buren
Thought Crime in Washington: No Free Speech at Mr. Jefferson's Library
George Orwell, Philip K. Dick, and Ray Bradbury Would Have Recognized Morris Davis's Problem
Tom Weis
Now Is the Time to Fight the Keystone Pipeline
Everyone who helped slow down TransCanada's "Keystone XL" tar sands juggernaut -- rural farmers and ranchers, Native Nations, organized labor, elders, faith leaders, youth, environmentalists and...
Kara Miller
The Uprising of 2012?
Around the world, this has been the year of uprisings - spurred in large part by financial concerns. Athens, of course, has witnessed months of fiery protests. But the disaffected have also crowded...
Leslie Savan
Pepper-Spray Cop Begets Pepper-Spray Shopper
First we had the Pepper-Spray Cop . Now we have the Pepper-Spray Shopper , an as-yet unidentified woman who allegedly sprayed open an avenue for herself amid crowds grasping for Black Friday bargains...
UC Davis Pepper-Spray Video Shows Importance of Civilian Oversight of Police
Video of the Nov. 18 incident tells a different story. It shows a group of Occupy Davis student protesters sitting peacefully with arms interlocked while a UC Davis police officer walks back and...
Washington Leaves Millions to Die
The wonder of our world is that scientific knowledge is now so powerful that we can save millions of children, mothers, and fathers from killer diseases each year at little cost. The Global Fund to...
Julie Matthaei
Occupy Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, inspired by the Occupy movement, I have found myself thinking about how my family shares this special meal. When we take a helping of something, we start with a modest serving, to...
Heidi Hutner
Thanksgiving Victories and Some Leftovers
President Obama put off the Tar Sands and Keystone XL Pipeline decision -- which Bill McKibben thinks will effectively kill the plan. Thanks to the thousands who have worked tirelessly on this issue...
Jesse Hagopian
Why I Am Shopping for Handcuffs on Black Friday: Occupy the Capitol!
A premeditated crime is about to take place on November 28, 2011. With police across the country obsessively focused on enforcing camping regulations on Occupy activists, dangerous criminals who...
Janine Jackson
But You Didn't Hear It From... Anyone
Anonymity abuse in the corporate press
Rev. Howard Bess
Would Jesus Join the Occupy Protests?
When the Martin Luther King Jr. monument was dedicated recently in Washington DC, I was reminded that the civil rights movement in America was led not by a politician fulfilling campaign promises,...
Looking Back on the Road to Folly
In October, 2002, I wrote an analysis of the impending Iraq War for "American Conservative" entitled "The Road to Folly." I observed, "A war that fails to achieve clear political objectives is merely...
Russell Mokhiber
Richard Grossman 1943-2011: A Long Fight Against Minority-Rule Governance
Last month, Richard Grossman sent me an e-mail. He wanted to let me know of legislation he helped draft that would criminalize the corporate form.
Hannah Gurman
The Under-Examined Story of Fallujah
Seven years after the U.S. invasion of Fallujah, there are reports of an alarming rise in the rates of birth defects and cancer. But the crisis, and its possible connection to weapons deployed by the...
Christopher Brauchli
Arms and Bahrain
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. — Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man
The Shocking Truth About the Crackdown on Occupy
The violent police assaults across the US are no coincidence. Occupy has touched the third rail of our political class's venality
Ask the Candidates Real Questions — Like These
Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern says it's time for citizens to put politicians on the spot with some more pointed questions
Sam Husseini
An Open Letter to the Ethics Committee of the National Press Club
The Ethics Committee of the National Press Club has asked me to present my journalistic credentials following the controversy of my suspension from the Club because of my questioning of the former...
Michael Winship
DC as ATM: Newt, the Ultimate Beltway Swindler
You maybe should think twice when even Jack Abramoff thinks you're beneath contempt. Not that Newt Gingrich cares. Abramoff, America's favorite convicted influence peddler, told NBC's David Gregory...
Ann Wright
Violence on Tahrir Square
Rick Salutin
Non-Violence is Back and Shaking Things Up
This is a time of rejuvenation for non-violence. The Occupy movements were built on what one writer called "the courage of young people to fly into conflict on Gandhi's wings." The Arab Spring won...
Will Shopping Save Us?
Today's the day. It's "Black Friday" ("black" as in the day our business supposedly go into the black.) This may not have been such a wise use of language since the Wall Street crash of 1929,...
John Vidal
At Durban, the Big Emitters Will No Doubt Fail Us Again on Climate Change
World leaders have reduced climate change to a low-grade, backroom discussion. But developing countries are getting angry
Jon Wiener
Berkeley Faculty: No Confidence in Chancellor Over Campus Police Violence
Berkeley is not only a school with an honored history of campus protest; it's also our greatest public university, and its faculty include some of the country's most brilliant and accomplished people...
Sharing the Turkey
Thanksgiving is the occasion or requirement, not necessarily welcome, that one eats with many other people, while looking at their faces even. As a contemporary American, I take many meals alone...
Another Helping of FDR, Please
President Obama's Thanksgiving proclamation for 2011 reprises the boilerplate language employed in his previous seasonal statements.
The First Amendment Upside Down. Why We Must Occupy Democracy
You've been seeing this across the country … Americans assaulted, clubbed, dragged, pepper-sprayed … Why? For exercising their right to free speech and assembly — protesting the increasing...
Thanks for What?
I love Thanksgiving for its illusion of abundance. It brings back early childhood memories of the one day each year during the Depression when the food on my family's table was not the leftover...
The Pepper-Spraying Cop Gets Photoshop Justice
The casual way a policeman pepper-sprayed protesting students at UC Davis has caused outrage but also a mocking response
Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez
Thanksgiving as a Day of Atonement
The founding myth of Thanksgiving is the fateful meal shared by the indigenous peoples of Massachusetts with the starving English Pilgrims. The Pilgrims "gave thanks" at that meal for the generosity...
Jen Schradie
Why Tents (Still) Matter for the Occupy Movement
Last week, I responded to a 4am text and went down to the Occupy Oakland site to support the encampment during yet another raid. I saw the sunrise over various police agencies dismantling Occupy...
Weeding Out Corporate Psychopaths
Given the state of the global economy, it might not surprise you to learn that psychopaths may be controlling the world. Not violent criminals, but corporate psychopaths who nonetheless have a...
Two Scandals, One Connection: The FBI link between Penn State and UC Davis
Two shocking scandals. Two esteemed universities. Two disgraced university leaders. One stunning connection. Over the last month, we've seen Penn State University President Graham Spanier dismissed...
Washington's Debt Panic and the Real Social Debt in America
In the wake of the Congressional Supercommittee's collapse, we finally have consensus on both sides of the aisle : the lawmakers orchestrating the partisan drama are, behind the scenes, happy to...
Let Them In!
From New York City to Oakland, and several cities in between, the police, on orders from city officials, have smashed the Occupy encampments and evicted the protestors from public parks and spaces...
Buffy Sainte-Marie
No No Keshagesh
Keshagesh means Greedy Guts. It's what you call a little puppy who eats his own and then wants everybody else's. * * * * * I never saw so many business suits Never knew a dollar sign could look so...
Robin Broad, John Cavanagh
How Occupy is Transforming Our National Conversation
In just two months, the Occupy movement has begun to unseat an economic narrative that held sway for thirty years.
Linda Lye
Police Crackdowns on Occupy Camps are Real Threat
Around California and all over the country, we have been told that Occupy encampments must come down because of "health and safety concerns." But all around the country, we have seen the police take...
Robert C. Koehler
Saluting Rapists
Remember that awkward silence that fell across the nation back in '94 when Bill Clinton's surgeon general used the M-word? Jocelyn Elders, speaking at an AIDS conference at the U.N. about reducing...
Randall Amster
Tangled Up in Blue: Can There Be Solidarity Between Movement Activists and Police Officers?
Recent days have seen the increasing use of police violence against peaceful Occupy demonstrators around the country, including the gone-viral merciless pepper-spraying of students at UC Davis as...
Tom Gallagher
Next Stop, Australia: 'We are Here to Stay'
Let's face it, a decade spent fighting a war in Iraq that had no cause – at least no just cause – and a war in Afghanistan that appears to have no end, made a lot of people think it inevitable that...
Phil Rockstroh
"The Degree To Which You Resist Is The Degree To Which You Are Free."
I've noticed a meme beginning to fester among liberal insiders who are positing that the Occupy Wall Street movement is starting to "distract" the citizenry from the wicked machinations of...
Katharine Ainger
The Spanish Election is a Mandate for the Indignados
For Spain's indignados, last Sunday's election delivered a mandate for struggle and resistance
Margaret Krome
It Sure Looks Like Rural Wisconsin's for Recall
I wasn't expecting the reception I got on Saturday in the small southwest Wisconsin town near our family's cabin. I walked both sides of a long residential street, taking petitions door-to-door for...
Peter Hallward
Occupy Has the Power to Effect Change
If the movement can convert its polemical slogan into a political standpoint, no authority will be able to resist co-ordinated action
Paul Buchheit
Financier, Tax Thyself
It's a brazen show of hypocrisy: while low-income families pay up to a 10% sales tax on necessities, wealthy investors who nearly crashed our economy pay ZERO sales tax on their financial purchases.
'You Can Crush the Flowers, But You Can't Stop the Spring'
Dream big. Occupy your hopes. Talk to strangers. Live in public. Don't stop now.
Italian Prosecution of Asbestos Boss Heads to a Verdict
It's been twelve long years since a criminal investigation was first opened against Stephan Schmidheiny. Schmidheiny is one of the wealthiest men in Europe. And he was a majority owner of Eternit, at...
Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans
Obama Must Condemn Egyptian Military
As we watch the Egyptian police and military viciously attack democracy activists on the streets of Cairo, using U.S. weapons, it is outrageous that the Obama Administration has failed to issue a...
Michael Nagler
Violence and Evolution: Where Do We Stand?
How do we measure violence? The question has come up because of recent studies by Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, featured on TED among other venues, which seem to show that, contrary to common...
César Chelala
How to Own a Congressman
A widespread perception that Congress people respond increasingly to special interests has received additional support from a person who knows something about it. In a cynical interview with Lesley...
Linda McQuaig
Occupy Moves Us Into a New Era
When thousands of Egyptian protesters took over Tahrir Square in events widely celebrated as the Arab Spring, I don't recall anyone being concerned that they were violating local bylaws. Of course,...
Tony Norman
Police Brutality Hits the Spotlight, Again
When the late Gil Scott-Heron said that "the revolution would not be televised," he spoke too soon. There was no way that the performance poet could conceive of the era of the viral video or know...
Protests Fill Tahrir Square, Again
It's midnight Monday in the Middle East. The streets of Cairo are hopping. Egyptians are angry with the lack of change and the heavy handiness of the Egyptian military and police. I just arrived in...
Karen Dolan
Thank You "Super Committee!" You Failed, Now The Rest Of Us Can Succeed
Thank you to Super-Committee Republicans who remained intransigent in their insistence of governing by and for the 1%, protecting their self-interest and the interests of the Super-Rich and Wall...
Allison Kilkenny
Occupy Wall Street and the Importance of Creative Protest
Perhaps the single biggest factor that helped lead to the Occupy movement's success in capturing the media and public's attention has been its creativity. Novel protest strategies have served as OWS'...
The Pipeline Protests: Taking It to the Streets
Last spring, months before Wall Street was Occupied, civil disobedience of the kind sweeping the Arab world was hard to imagine happening here. But at Middlebury College, in Vermont, Bill McKibben, a...
Bob Dreyfuss
Is Egypt Syria?
Egypt, whose revolution in February, was a landmark of the Arab Spring, is looking more and more like, well, Syria.
Poet-Bashing Police
LIFE, I found myself thinking as a line of Alameda County deputy sheriffs in Darth Vader riot gear formed a cordon in front of me on a recent night on the campus of the University of California,...
Jason Benlevi
A Generation Moves from Preoccupied to Occupy
Power Of Physical Presence in a Digital World
Occupy the Budget: How to Pay for the Crisis While Making Our Nation More Equitable, Green, and Secure
Some lawmakers are trying to give America the cartoon image of a penniless hobo, circa 1932, with holes in his pants and nothing but a cold can of beans for dinner. We're broke, they say, with no...
40,000 Rally, More Than 100,000 Sign Petitions, to Say 'Recall Walker'
As tens of thousands of Wisconsinites rallied in Madison for a mass signing of petitions to recall anti-labor Governor Scott Walker Saturday, it was announced that the drive had collected 105,000...
Kalle Lasn, Micah White
Why Occupy Wall Street Will Keep Up the Fight
On Tuesday, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg evicted the Occupy movement from its spiritual home near Wall Street. Soon afterward, a longtime Occupier sent us his testimony from the streets of New...
The Christian Spirit Rests with Occupy Protestors
I went directly from the events that occurred on the night of Nov. 12 and early Sunday morning the 13th at Occupy Portland to the pulpit of Ainsworth United Church of Christ to repeat what I have...
Andy Kroll
How the 99% Won in the Fight for Worker Rights
The Unsung Victors in the Hottest Election of 2011
Power in Numbers: Millions Crowd to Occupy Life
One of the most powerful and interesting things about the Occupy Movement is its reach well beyond Wall Street or even the smallest tent encampments around the nation. The power to bloom and spread...
Catherine Porter
Occupy Toronto: They Can't Evict a Conversation
Last time I checked in with the occupiers of St. James Park, word was they were going to fight for their ground. If Superior Court Judge David Brown rules to evict them on Monday, they plan to...
Odd as It May Seem, 2011 is Proving to be a Year of Rebirth
When New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, sent stormtrooper cops – equipped with batons, pepper spray and ear-splitting pain compliance devices – to sweep the Occupy protesters from Wall Street, he...
Carrie Packwood Freeman
Will You Pardon Your Turkey & Eat Him Too, Mr President?
Each Thanksgiving, the President uses his executive powers to publicly pardon the life of a turkey gifted to him from agribusiness in a celebratory press conference. I believe this rather utopian...
Abe Louise Young
On "Body Handles" & Occupy Reality
The recent incident of an officer casually deploying his jet of chemically propelled liquid pain into the eyes of peacefully seated students— like he was taking a stroll around the park with his pet...
Falguni Sheth
OWS, Police Brutality, and the War on Terror: An Empire State of Mind
Over the last week, among the multiple images that horrified and angered the American public, two stood out: One is an image of Dorli Rainey, an 84 year old protester at Occupy Seattle with milk...
Occupy This: Poetry Survives the Trashing of the People's Library
One of the clearest indicators of a fascist mentality is its contempt for ideas it disagrees with. The Nazis staged mass book burnings, and some religious zealots followed in their footsteps, in our...
Peter Beaumont
It's Not Just Our Leaders Who are in a Crisis. Democracy Itself is Failing
The world's statesmen no longer shape events but merely respond to them, in thrall to market forces
Frida Berrigan
Civil Disobedience: Do You Pay to Play or Do the Time?
Reflections on Extending Direct Action by Not Paying Fines, Going to Court and Maybe Even to Jail
Greg Sargent
How Wall Street Really Views the Protesters
MSNBC's Chris Hayes just aired an exclusive that provides an interesting look at how some of those being targeted by Occupy Wall Street may really view the protests. He reported that a memo from a...
Here's What Attempted Co-Option of OWS Looks Like
The 2012 election is almost a full year away and nobody knows who is running against President Obama, but that didn't stop Mary Kay Henry, the D.C.-based National President of the Service Employees...
Banks, Pentagon and Academic Pusillanimousness
"I'm not supposed to know anything about foreign policy." —GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain Not everything, mind you, but anything, which would put him on par with the dumbest American living...
1914 Déjà Vu in the South China Sea
I've a lovely little painting in my study of Germany's first emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm 1. It was painted soon after the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War and the creation of a united Germany with Wilhelm as...
Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Opens Eastern Front for Neoliberalism
With the U.S. economy stuck in a constant rut and Europe going into a tailspin, President Obama is looking to escape to the East. While the nations of the Asia Pacific rim face strains of their own,...
The Coach and the Pope
There is only one religion although there are a hundred versions of it. -- George Bernard Shaw, Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant
Jordan Luftig
Crashing the Parties: As with God, So with Money
Once upon a time, God was almighty. Throughout the world his word conferred moral authority. In the Western world his body, the Church, held power in society. Then modern revolutionaries like America...
On Black Friday, a New Target: Occupy the Malls!
What's so effective about the Occupy movement is how it makes creative use of public space to get its message across. For instance, the terrific techno-graffitti unleashed last night in New York,...
Ed Bruske
Processed Food Industry Shows USDA Who's Boss in the Cafeteria
First it was potatoes. Now it's pizza. The processed food industry is reaching out to its friends in Congress to scuttle new USDA guidelines that were supposed to make school meals healthier.
Father Roy Bourgeois
Standing Against Militarism and Violence: From Haiti to Fort Benning
On November 18, thousands of people will gather outside the gates of the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA, now renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) to stand in...


text:
Headquarters of Ancient Egyptian mining mission found in Sinai
In the Wadi Al-Nasab region
Archaeologists working in the Wadi Al-Nasab region of the Sinai have uncovered the headquarters of a mining operation that dates back to the Middle Kingdom.
The site is located near several deposits of copper and turquois, which during antiquity was heavily mined in the Sinai.
The copper was used for making agricultural tools, whilst turquoise for fashioning small objects such as amulets and beads.
The discovery of the headquarters was made as part of the Sinai Development Project, in which archaeologists unearthed a large stone structure made from sandstone blocks.
A study of the ruins has determined that the structure covered an area of 225 sq.m. and consisted of two floors (evidenced by a number of columns and the remains of a staircase found in situ).
Archaeologists suggest that it was constructed during the Middle Kingdom period and continued to be occupied until the Second Intermediate Period.
The interior of the building contained up to two halls, a washroom, a kitchen of sorts, and several kilns for copper smelting. Another room was used as a workshop for the preparation and polishing of turquoise before it was transported back to the main population centres in Egypt.
1. Ministry of Antiquities
Excavations in India uncover Harappan factory
Ancient artifacts yield their secrets under neutron imaging
Archaeological Research in the Middle Haliakmon Valley (Part 2)
The systematic excavation at the Peak Sanctuary of Vrysinas
The church of Elijah the Prophet in Thessaloniki


text:
L'Ultramontanismo letteralmente si riferisce a una politica in supporto a coloro che sono "al di là dei monti" (dal latino ultra montes); espressione molto usata dopo la riforma protestante, che generalmente allude al papa che risiede oltre le Alpi rispetto a Francia e Germania.

In teologia l'ultramontanismo fu il nome dato a una dottrina che proclamava il primato del papa sulle Chiese nazionali.

Storia
La vera origine del termine risale al linguaggio ecclesiastico medioevale; quando veniva eletto un papa non italiano, questi veniva detto papa ultramontano. La parola venne riesumata dopo la riforma protestante. Tra i governi e i popoli nord-europei, si sviluppò gradualmente una tendenza a considerare il papato come una potenza straniera, in particolare quando il papa interferiva nelle questioni temporali, favorendo qualche regnante o qualche nazione rispetto ad altri. Il nome ultramontain venne applicato in Francia ai sostenitori delle dottrine romane e della superiorità papale, in contrapposizione alle "libertà gallicane". Il termine era inteso come insultante, o quanto meno implicava la mancanza di attaccamento per la propria nazione.

A partire dal XVII secolo, l'ultramontanismo divenne strettamente associato alla Compagnia di Gesù, dichiarando la superiorità dei papi sui re e sui Concili, anche in questioni temporali. Nel XVIII secolo la parola passò in Germania (Febronianesimo e Giuseppinismo), dove acquisì un significato più ampio, essendo applicabile a tutti i conflitti tra Chiesa e Stato, i sostenitori della Chiesa venivano chiamati ultramontani.

La parola ultramontanismo venne rivitalizzata nel contesto della Terza Repubblica francese, come termine offensivo generico per le politiche che sostenevano il coinvolgimento della Chiesa cattolica nelle politiche del governo francese, in opposizione alla cosiddetta laïcité. In questi casi, l'ultramontanismo si mosse come controbilanciamento al crescente potere degli stati in Europa. I cattolici sostenevano che il papa dovesse avere potere sulle chiese nazionali, in modo da proteggerle dall'influenza dei governi. Di fatto, gli stati che avevano chiese nazionali divennero sempre più secolari ed ebbero o statuti garantiti di libertà religiosa o avevano privato la Chiesa del suo status.

Nella Chiesa cattolica, gli ultramontani ottennero una vittoria nel Concilio Vaticano I con la dichiarazione dell'infallibilità papale e la suprema e universale giurisdizione del Papa. Altri cattolici, non completamente in accordo con Roma, definirono questa dichiarazione come l'"eresia dell'ultramontanesimo". Venne specificatamente rigettata nella Dichiarazione del Congresso Cattolico di Monaco, nelle Tesi di Bonn e nella Dichiarazione di Utrecht, che divennero i documenti fondanti dei cosiddetti Vetero-cattolicesimo (Altkatholische) che, con atto scismatico, si separarono da Roma respingendo la dichiarazione di infallibilità e supremazia. Con la risoluzione della questione dell'autorità papale nella Chiesa cattolica, il movimento ultramontano, e quello avverso, conciliarista, divennero in gran parte obsoleti. Comunque, alcune tendenze estreme di una piccola parte di aderenti all'ultramontanismo, in particolare quelle che attribuivano al Pontefice romano, anche nelle sue opinioni private, autorità assoluta e la virtuale impeccabilità, sopravvissero e vennero usate strumentalmente dagli oppositori della Chiesa, prima del Concilio Vaticano II, nella loro propaganda.

Il dibattito riemerse durante il Concilio Vaticano II, e, nella Costituzione dogmatica Lumen Gentium sulla Chiesa, l'insegnamento cattolico sull'autorità del Papa, dei vescovi e dei concili venne ulteriormente elaborato. Le sfide all'ultramontanismo sono rimaste forti da allora, dentro e fuori la giurisdizione romana. Ciò ha adombrato in particolare il lavoro ecumenico tra la Chiesa cattolica, i luterani e gli anglicani. La Consulta Internazionale Anglicana-Cattolica Romana sul dono dell'autorità, evidenzia punti di accordo e differenze su tale questione.

Tra i più noti rappresentanti dell'ultramontanismo si annoverano:

 in Italia Joseph de Maistre, Monaldo Leopardi, Clemente Solaro della Margherita.
 in Francia Louis de Bonald, il primo Félicité de Lamennais, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, Frédéric Ozanam.

Note

Voci correlate
 Primato papale
 Cattolicesimo intransigente

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Storia del cristianesimo


The Sony Wireless Remote Commander allows you to control many functions on selected Sony cameras and DSLR's such as recording, play and stop and deletion of photos/videos. Control your camera from a distance when recording video footage or even releasing the shutter with a click of a button on the remote and include yourself in family group shots without the stress of fiddling with your camera and missing the shot. Additionally, you can control the playback on HDTV's.


In the United States and Canada , a college of education (or college of education ed college) is a division within a university that is devoted to scholarship in the field of education , which is an interdisciplinary branch of the social sciences encompassing sociology , psychology , linguistics , economics , political science , public policy , history , and other folks, all applied to the topic of elementary , secondary , and post-secondary education. The road-menders would spray hot tar all over the road and spread grey stone chippings to cover the tar. Full LCU graduation specifications with degree and date earned on transcript, or an earned baccalaureate degree from an accredited university with adequate coursework in an authorized academic content material field and skilled improvement coursework to meet the state requirements for an educator certificate. This is a different kind of teacher film: all of it requires spot inside the college, and we never ever see the students in other settings, like at house or on the street.
He is four and in my state we have to use a essential curriculum, nonetheless it will nonetheless leave most of the day open for his interests. I am an international student who was blessed enough to have an athletic scholarship for my undergraduate research right here in the US. My household is not capable to meet the expenses of a graduate system if I make it. I graduate in December with about a three.9 in Athletic Coaching and i have completed over one hundred hours in an outpatient clinic about to do a lot more in an inpatient facility.
And for those living in cold climates, correct winter gear which consists of snow pants. The Waldorf way delivers the wholesomeness of an old fashioned childhood where kids played outside and enjoyed property cooked meals along with an academic understanding of developmental stages whereby the child receives an excellent atmosphere in which to thrive and blossom. On the entire homeschooling prepared me nicely for life, and I am glad that I was homeschooled. There are absolutely some wonderful points here that any parent or educator ought to take into account when raising young children.
Also, I have deemed taking creative writing classes myself for a degree. I want to teach these skills employing present events, info about the United States, New York State and New York City (stats, demographics, and so on). Hi there, wonderful stories, thank you for sharing, particularly for us who's born in the 90's. That truly puts education/homeschooling in America at risk beneath the UN Charter for the Rights of the Child – one of the factors we resist. There is a story exactly where his mentor Park Jin Young would always criticize him and give him lessons on how to get better.
The Stasi Records Agency provides printed material, audio and video recordings as well as downloads for project days and teaching lessons. However, the socialization skills of young children that have been mainstreamed far exceed these who have not. That's why, a cooling pad, is suggested all the time when gaming or making use of software program that need a lot of CPU resources. What a great lens, full of wonderful data. Hi I am a mechanical Engineering junior student, I am struggling Thinkpad T450s or Allienware 13 R2. Socialization to me indicates socialistic approach brought from Europe of failing system. Hi, I've designed a custom develop laptop and I am asking yourself if it would be alright for mechanical engineering.
Some restaurants will let fundraisers function behind the counter. It follows that in any offered school, a classroom that seats 35 students will be assigned to the teacher with six classes of 20-33 students, while the teacher with five classes of 8-15 students will float. This is pathetic behavior and we've all been educated in it… in this civilization. I am nevertheless a student, me and my friends generally dance to his song and at times even copied his dance moves. Eric, your comment made me think of a wonderful option on YRE.
When your child comes house for the summer time, it could happen that all of the good summer time jobs – and if the economy is genuinely negative, all of the summer jobs – are taken by little ones who reside in the area who have been operating during the college year. Chief Minister V Narayanasamy nowadays inaugurated a 'smart classroom' in his alma mater, the Thanthai Periyar Government Higher Secondary School in neighbouring Manavely block. Lastly there is the problem of the provision of the physical structures for delivering education – there are still also many kids possessing to go to school below trees instead of in classrooms.
Primarily, even though these students might go on to turn into profitable in life in their personal person ways, from an educational standpoint they would not be equipped with the essential facts and expertise required to succeed in the classroom. As one particular who loves the color blue, I guess I'd like all classrooms painted a medium blue. Many of these students do go deep into debt with absolutely nothing to show for it. However, it isn't politically correct to suggest that folks who are not capable of performing college level perform should not be admitted to a college.
By means of the College Credit Plus plan, more than 52,000 Ohio high school students took college classes for the duration of the 2015-16 academic year, earning college credit even though meeting their high school graduation needs and collectively saving far more than $120 million on college tuition. According to Lynn 'Shaughnessy, Private colleges and universities have far better, but not wonderful 4-year grad prices. Laptops for engineering students and graduates must be quick, effective, and versatile! My bamboo died simply because my cat, ironically his name is Lucky, decided that it was a excellent snack. Secondly, the rate for Sallie Mae is a fixed six.eight%. It does not go up nor down from this unless the government has indicated to reduced the prices, which was lowered by up to 1.9% a couple years ago.
Ninety-one particular % admitted to utilizing their phones to text in the course of class, 10 % mentioned they sent a text for the duration of an exam, and a quarter of these surveyed mentioned that texting presents a significant distraction throughout class," (Hawley). I do invest really a although in my nearby library and will spend more focus to the displays! It is only when you are playing graphics-intensive games and application for a extended time that ANY laptop will heat (not just Lenovo). The program will recognize 'colleges that do the most to assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds as effectively as determine colleges that are enhancing their functionality,' according to a release from the White Property." Parents of very first generation college students have to attempt to be a lot more supportive to their young children.
Nearly two-thirds of college students participating in a recent survey say they decided not to buy a new textbook due to the fact of its cost, and a lot more than 90 percent stated they were concerned that not acquiring a book would negatively impact their grade according to the report, titled 'Fixing the Broken Textbook Marketplace: How Students Respond to Higher Textbook Charges and Demand Options,' presents the final results of a survey of 2,039 students on much more than 150 college campuses conducted in September and October by The Student Public Interest Study Groups, or Student PIRGs, a consortium of student customer advocacy groups," according to the article tilted Survey: Majority of College Students Elect Not to Get New Textbooks by DAVID KRECHEVSKY in REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN.
According to a study that they interviewed some college students, 95 percent of these surveyed say they bring their phones to class every single day. These charges can strain what typically occasions in homeschooling circles is a one particular earnings loved ones. With a low self-esteem and worry of not becoming liked and/or rejection they tend to keep their feelings inside and are extremely susceptible to depression due to the fact of this. Please, I urge everybody to verify to see if the community colleges in their state provide on-line degree applications.
The film was a pilot for the Television series, but in the film Wonder Woman has no super-powers to speak of and she doesn't resemble the character from the comic books. Described by Pelé as the 'Greatest Defender he ever played against', and captain of the England 1966 Planet Cup winning team. Plant Tycoon was created by Last Day of Perform and puts the player in charge of planting and expanding seeds from over 500 species of plant in order to locate the six magic plants offered in the game. As a jazz musician and composer he is identified for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass guitar as well as for his many film and tv scores.
Quickly-forward seven months, I won the A-League's Golden Boot. If you don't know what the Sims Legacy Challenge is, you are missing out on a large part of playing the game! A superb lens, it has a excellent really feel to it, loved reading it. Blessed by a SquidAngel. The Puerto Rican metropolis has hosted the VIII Pan American Games in 1979. He is most fondly remembered by English club West Ham united, who he represented a number of 544 occasions, winning the FA Cup, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup and International Soccer League all on 1 occasion.
Thank you soo much for telling the truth about CNA perform, I have signed up for a CNA class, but I am considering about dropping the class ahead of it even begins, simply because I've been reading via the workbook, and articles on the internet, and it sounds as well nasty and gross to me, I'm sorry, but I think I'd rather function at a gas station or a rapidly food restaurant, I consider the CNA course is advertised in a extremely sugar-coated way, like you will get to sit around with the elderly and serve tea and cookies while they are playing bingo, lol, and the truth is yes, of course I like to assist men and women, to a specific degree, but a lot of people actually sign up for CNA function simply because, like this post described, the economy is so poor and a lot of people require rapid education to get a steady job, and CNA is a fast course.
Zidane's very best performances were typically in the most decisive games, demonstrating a character not seen in numerous other sportsman. Even though Edward almost certainly was much more a producer than a bass player, his influence on the bass scene was massive time and not to be underestimated. This list contains nine best gymnastics films and a single terrible one particular: Gymkata. The player is in charge of a company that owns numerous stores and blocks of land (housing and apartments) that are primarily based on the Monopoly game board.


text:
The Emerging Role of Melatonin Agonists in the Treatment of Major Depression: Focus on Agomelatine
Author(s): Domenico De Berardis, Giuseppe Di Iorio, Tiziano Acciavatti, Chiara Conti, Nicola Serroni, Luigi Olivieri, Marilde Cavuto, Giovanni Martinotti, Luigi Janiri, Francesco Saverio Moschetta, Pio Conti, Massimo Di Giannantonio. National Health Service, Department of Mental Health, Psychiatric Service of Diagnosis and Treatment, "G. Mazzini" Hospital, Piazza Italia 1, 64100, Teramo, Italy., Italy
Journal Name: CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets
(Formerly Current Drug Targets - CNS & Neurological Disorders)
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is an extremely disabling, chronic and recurrent disease. Moreover, subthreshold depressive symptoms often persist during periods of apparent remission. Such symptoms include sleep disturbances, sexual dysfunction, weight gain, fatigue, disinterest, anxiety, and/or emotional blunting, which do not often respond to available antidepressant treatments. Agomelatine is a melatonergic agonist (at both MT1 and MT2 receptors) and serotonin 2C (5-HT2C) receptor antagonist. Agomelatine should be particularly useful in the treatment of MDD because of its unique pharmacological profile, accounting for its effective antidepressant action with a relative lack of serious adverse effects. Several clinical trials confirmed the antidepressant efficacy of agomelatine in patients with MDD, with significant efficacy even in severe manifestations of disease and on residual subtreshold symptoms. This compound showed a relative early onset of action as well as an excellent safety and tolerability profile linked to a low discontinuation rate in MDD patients. Moreover, some data suggest that agomelatine has not only antidepressant effects but also anxiolytic effects, with a potential benefit both on anxiety symptoms associated with MDD and in the treatment of generalised anxiety disorder. This review will summarise the role of the melatonergic system in MDD and will describe the characteristics of agomelatine, focusing on its efficacy and safety in the treatment of MDD.
Keywords: Agomelatine, circadian rhythms, efficacy, melatonin, major depressive disorder, tolerability, treatment, NCS-R, STAR D, Circadian Timing System, SCN, N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, Zeitgeber, SPZ, norepinephrine, MDD, DMV, adrenocorticotropin, fluoxetine, duloxetine, hypericum perforatum, low melatonin syndrome, 5-HT2C, 5-HT1A, selective serotonin, SSRI, slow wave sleep, NREM, HAM-D, CYP1A, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, lorazepam, fluconazole, paroxetine, mirtazapine, sleep-phase syndrome, imipramine, Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, CGI, REM, electroconvulsive therapy
Title: The Emerging Role of Melatonin Agonists in the Treatment of Major Depression: Focus on Agomelatine
Author(s):Domenico De Berardis, Giuseppe Di Iorio, Tiziano Acciavatti, Chiara Conti, Nicola Serroni, Luigi Olivieri, Marilde Cavuto, Giovanni Martinotti, Luigi Janiri, Francesco Saverio Moschetta, Pio Conti and Massimo Di Giannantonio
Affiliation:National Health Service, Department of Mental Health, Psychiatric Service of Diagnosis and Treatment, "G. Mazzini" Hospital, Piazza Italia 1, 64100, Teramo, Italy.
Keywords:Agomelatine, circadian rhythms, efficacy, melatonin, major depressive disorder, tolerability, treatment, NCS-R, STAR D, Circadian Timing System, SCN, N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, Zeitgeber, SPZ, norepinephrine, MDD, DMV, adrenocorticotropin, fluoxetine, duloxetine, hypericum perforatum, low melatonin syndrome, 5-HT2C, 5-HT1A, selective serotonin, SSRI, slow wave sleep, NREM, HAM-D, CYP1A, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, lorazepam, fluconazole, paroxetine, mirtazapine, sleep-phase syndrome, imipramine, Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, CGI, REM, electroconvulsive therapy
Abstract: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is an extremely disabling, chronic and recurrent disease. Moreover, subthreshold depressive symptoms often persist during periods of apparent remission. Such symptoms include sleep disturbances, sexual dysfunction, weight gain, fatigue, disinterest, anxiety, and/or emotional blunting, which do not often respond to available antidepressant treatments. Agomelatine is a melatonergic agonist (at both MT1 and MT2 receptors) and serotonin 2C (5-HT2C) receptor antagonist. Agomelatine should be particularly useful in the treatment of MDD because of its unique pharmacological profile, accounting for its effective antidepressant action with a relative lack of serious adverse effects. Several clinical trials confirmed the antidepressant efficacy of agomelatine in patients with MDD, with significant efficacy even in severe manifestations of disease and on residual subtreshold symptoms. This compound showed a relative early onset of action as well as an excellent safety and tolerability profile linked to a low discontinuation rate in MDD patients. Moreover, some data suggest that agomelatine has not only antidepressant effects but also anxiolytic effects, with a potential benefit both on anxiety symptoms associated with MDD and in the treatment of generalised anxiety disorder. This review will summarise the role of the melatonergic system in MDD and will describe the characteristics of agomelatine, focusing on its efficacy and safety in the treatment of MDD.
Domenico De Berardis, Giuseppe Di Iorio, Tiziano Acciavatti, Chiara Conti, Nicola Serroni, Luigi Olivieri, Marilde Cavuto, Giovanni Martinotti, Luigi Janiri, Francesco Saverio Moschetta, Pio Conti and Massimo Di Giannantonio, " The Emerging Role of Melatonin Agonists in the Treatment of Major Depression: Focus on Agomelatine", CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets (2011) 10: 119. https://doi.org/10.2174/187152711794488674
Collateral Damage: Contribution of Peripheral Inflammation to Neurodegenerative Diseases
The Battle of the Sexes for Stroke Therapy: Female- Versus Male-Derived Stem Cells
Lobar Atrophy in Frontotemporal Dementia: Diagnostic and Prognostic Implications
Gene Patents Related to Common Diseases of the Eye
Aquaporins and Glia
Current Neuropharmacology
Cerebrovascular Profile Assessment in Parkinson's Disease Patients
MiR-22-3p Regulates Amyloid β Deposit in Mice Model of Alzheimer's Disease by Targeting Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase 14
Stem Cells in Stroke Repair: Current Success & Future Prospects
Neuronal and Extraneuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Heterotrimeric G Proteins: Insights into the Neurobiology of Mood Disorders
Presynaptic Cell Dependent Modulation of Inhibition in Cortical Regions
Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Meta-Analysis of Creatine for Neuroprotection Against Parkinson's Disease
Neuropsychiatric Disturbances in Alzheimer's Disease: What Have We Learned from Neuropathological Studies?
Estrogen and Serotonin: Complexity of Interactions and Implications for Epileptic Seizures and Epileptogenesis
Novel Therapeutic Approach for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Focus on SHANK3
Discovery and Development of Endocannabinoid-Hydrolyzing Enzyme Inhibitors
Patent Selections:
Recent Patents on CNS Drug Discovery (Discontinued)
Synthetic Androgens as Designer Supplements


text:
Globalization has its costs, you could say, to us old-lady swimmers.
The ocean-going barges come to where I live -- about 300 miles from the ocean -- only because of a whole network of dams and locks built by the federal government over several decades. The dams are controversial, mostly because they significantly stress the salmon and steelhead that move up and down the rivers in their reproductive cycles.
Still, because of the upside of the economical shipping traffic, and the large volumes of cheap and carbon-free electricity the dams generate, I think they'll be around a good bit longer than my dog and me. As I see it, the dams are one small aspect of globalization, and we will not retreat from them anytime soon.
Here's the longer-term view that helps me keep some perspective on such matters as I watch the barges or am engulfed by their tsunami-like waves as a swimmer.
Globalization is not actually a human invention at all. Mother Nature set up an experiment based on globalization, uniting Asia and North America with firm and dry land between them, off and on throughout the long-lasting Ice Age. The land bridge only disappeared, in fact, a few thousand years ago. That's not long ago to a geologist such as myself, and the natural experiment resulted in a number of different plants and animals making their way from Asia to North America.
Mother Nature, if you will, did a lot of one-way shipping from Asia to us, and the changes brought by this natural globalization were more profound than our economic globalization of recent years. (Scientists don't know why the natural shipping was so strongly one-way, sad to say.)
Just to cite one example, the fossil record makes it pretty clear the brown bear walked across the land bridge from Asia into Alaska. It then spread down the coast of North America. The inland grizzly bear arose from it, meaning the grizzly is a cousin to the brown bear, and the polar bear appeared in the Arctic as a cousin to them both.
If the land bridge hadn't forced globalization onto North America, we'd be short of the three bears we know and value. Globalization has its benefits, you could say. Still, I have no doubt the arrival of the three bears on the ecological scene was plenty difficult for the animals that had earlier occupied many lands without them. The Asian invaders changed the food web, just one example of the dynamic processes to which Mother Nature is always committed -- even at the cost of earlier species and ecological relationships.
There are dozens of other plants and animals that made the same basic journey as the brown bear, coming to us from Asia courtesy of natural globalization of the late Ice Age. The gray-headed chickadee is one and the Blackfish another.
The jury is still out, but the evidence suggests we ourselves -- modern people just like us -- made it to the New World in the same way. The native tribes of the Americas, if you will, are all the product of the earlier wave of globalization. (And domestic dogs, of course, always come along with people --- just like my faithful dog walks with me along the Snake River.)
From this broader point of view, the current economic globalization we are creating is just Phase II of the natural globalization people experienced in the Ice Age.
It's déjá vu all over again.
Police say Kennewick man possessed and dealt massive amounts of child porn. He denies it
She was shot in the head and made it to a hospital. Police wonder how it all happened
Living Columns & Blogs
Bridge in the Tri-Cities: The December Unit Game
By Tom Edwards, Manager, Richland Duplicate Bridge Club
Dealer: West Vul: None ♠: AJ7 ♥: 63 ♦: JT6542 ♣: Q4
MORE LIVING COLUMNS & BLOGS
Bridge in the Tri-Cities: The November Runner-Ups
Bridge in the Tri-Cities: Duane Neitzel
Bridge in the Tri-Cities: The November Unit Game
Bridge in the Tri-Cities: The DSIP Double
Bridge in the Tri-Cities: Really Stupid
Bridge in the Tri-Cities: Ladies Night


text:
require "singleton"
require "ffi_yajl"
require "pathname"
require "veil"
require_relative "console"

module ChefFixie
  def self.configure
    yield Config.instance
  end

  def self.load_config(config_file = nil)
    if config_file
      puts "loading config: #{config_file}..." if ChefFixie::Console.started_from_command_line?
      Kernel.load(config_file)
    else
      path = "/etc/opscode"
      puts "loading config from #{path}" if ChefFixie::Console.started_from_command_line?
      ChefFixie::Config.instance.load_from_pc(path)
    end
  end

  def self.setup
    # TODO: do we have to polute global object with this to make it available to the irb instance?
    Object.const_set(:ORGS, ChefFixie::Sql::Orgs.new)
    Object.const_set(:USERS, ChefFixie::Sql::Users.new)
    Object.const_set(:ASSOCS, ChefFixie::Sql::Associations.new)
    Object.const_set(:INVITES, ChefFixie::Sql::Invites.new)

    # scope this by the global org id?
    Object.const_set(:GLOBAL_GROUPS, ChefFixie::Sql::Groups.new.by_org_id(ChefFixie::Sql::Orgs::GlobalOrg))
    Object.const_set(:GLOBAL_CONTAINERS, ChefFixie::Sql::Containers.new.by_org_id(ChefFixie::Sql::Orgs::GlobalOrg))
  end

  ##
  # = ChefFixie::Config
  # configuration for the fixie command.
  #
  # ==Example Config File:
  #
  #   Fixie.configure do |mapper|
  #     mapper.authz_uri = 'http://authz.example.com:5959'
  #   end
  #
  class Config
    include Singleton
    KEYS = [:authz_uri, :sql_database, :superuser_id, :pivotal_key]
    KEYS.each { |k| attr_accessor k }

    def merge_opts(opts = {})
      opts.each do |key, value|
        send("#{key}=".to_sym, value)
      end
    end

    # this is waaay tightly coupled to ::Backend's initialize method
    def to_ary
      [couchdb_uri, database, auth_uri, authz_couch, sql_database, superuser_id].compact
    end

    def to_text
      txt = ["### ChefFixie::Config"]
      max_key_len = KEYS.inject(0) do |max, k|
        key_len = k.to_s.length
        key_len > max ? key_len : max
      end
      KEYS.each do |key|
        value = send(key) || "default"
        txt << "# %#{max_key_len}s: %s" % [key.to_s, value]
      end
      txt.join("\n")
    end

    def example_config
      txt = ["Fixie.configure do |mapper|"]
      KEYS.each do |key|
        txt << "  mapper.%s = %s" % [key.to_s, '"something"']
      end
      txt << "end"
      txt.join("\n")
    end

    def load_from_pc(dir = "/etc/opscode")
      configdir = Pathname.new(dir)

      config_files = %w{chef-server-running.json}
      config = load_json_from_path([configdir], config_files)

      secrets = load_secrets_from_path([configdir], %w{private-chef-secrets.json} )

      authz_config = config["private_chef"]["oc_bifrost"]
      authz_vip = authz_config["vip"]
      authz_port = authz_config["port"]
      @authz_uri = "http://#{authz_vip}:#{authz_port}"

      @superuser_id = dig(secrets, %w{oc_bifrost superuser_id}) || authz_config["superuser_id"]

      sql_config = config["private_chef"]["postgresql"]
      erchef_config = config["private_chef"]["opscode-erchef"]

      sql_user = sql_config["sql_user"] || erchef_config["sql_user"]
      sql_pw = dig(secrets, %w{opscode_erchef sql_password}) || sql_config["sql_password"] || erchef_config["sql_password"]
      sql_vip = sql_config["vip"]
      sql_port = sql_config["port"]

      @sql_database = "postgres://#{sql_user}:#{sql_pw}@#{sql_vip}/opscode_chef"

      @pivotal_key = configdir + "pivotal.pem"
    end

    def load_json_from_path(pathlist, filelist)
      parser = FFI_Yajl::Parser.new
      pathlist.each do |path|
        filelist.each do |file|
          configfile = path + file
          if configfile.file?
            data = File.read(configfile)
            return parser.parse(data)
          end
        end
      end
    end

    def load_secrets_from_path(pathlist, filelist)
      pathlist.each do |path|
        filelist.each do |file|
          configfile = path + file
          if configfile.file?
            data = Veil::CredentialCollection::ChefSecretsFile.from_file(configfile)
            return data
          end
        end
      end
      nil
    end

    def dig(hash, list)
      if hash.respond_to?(:get)
        hash.get(*list)
      elsif hash.nil?
        nil
      elsif list.empty?
        hash
      else
        element = list.shift
        if hash.has_key?(element)
          dig(hash[element], list)
        else
          nil
        end
      end
    end

  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Microsoft to cut another 7,800 jobs and take $7.6B hit
HomeDevicesNews
Microsoft is to slash 7,800 jobs, with the axe falling primarily on its phone business, as well as taking an impairment charge of $7.6 billion relating to assets associated with the acquisition of the unit from Nokia.
The latest cull follows the company's reduction of 18,000 jobs, or 14 per cent of its full-time workforce, almost exactly a year ago. That was the biggest layoff in the company's history.
In addition to the huge impairment charge announced today, the company is also taking a restructuring charge of between $750 million to $850 million.
"We are moving from a strategy to grow a standalone phone business to a strategy to grow and create a vibrant Windows ecosystem including our first-party device family," said CEO Satya Nadella (pictured).
"In the near-term, we'll run a more effective and focused phone portfolio while retaining capability for long-term reinvention in mobility."
Back in June, it was announced that a new team headed by Terry Myerson called the Windows and Devices Group (WDG) will combine the existing Operating Systems Group and Microsoft Devices Group (MDG).
At the same time Microsoft announced four senior executives are leaving, including Stephen Elop, the former CEO of Nokia who headed Microsoft's devices unit after its acquisition by the US company.
Microsoft will record a charge in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 for the impairment of assets and goodwill in its phone business, related to the acquisition of the Noka handset unit.
This charge will have no impact on cashflow from operations and is nondeductible for income tax purposes, it said.
Based on the new plans, the future prospects for the phone business are below original expectations, it said. Accordingly, the company decided to take an impairment charge on the unit's assets and goodwill of approximately $7.6 billion.
The aim is to mostly complete the redundancies and financial actions by the end of the calendar year and fully complete by the end of the Microsoft's fiscal year (end June 2016).
Previous ArticleMobile "key" for next phase of internet growth – report
Next ArticleVisa Europe to sell down remaining Monitise stake
Richard Handford
Richard is the editor of Mobile World Live's money channel and a contributor to the daily news service. He is an experienced technology and business journalist who previously worked as a freelancer for many publications over the last decade including...
Nokia licensee eyes US push, unveils H1 device line up
HMD Global dives into tablet market with Nokia T20
HMD touts durability with latest Nokia line
ElopMicrosoftNadellaNokia
Get Our Devices Newsletter


text:
Q: Is there another way to implements Long Polling in PHP I have read some articles (like this, or this), and all of them give me the same way to implements Long Polling in PHP (using usleep() and loop), like that:
$source; // some data source - db, etc
$data = null; // our return data
$timeout = 30; // timeout in seconds
$now = time(); // start time

// loop for $timeout seconds from $now until we get $data
while((time() - $now) < $timeout) {
    // fetch $data
    $data = $source->getData();

    // if we got $data, break the loop
    if (!empty($data)) break;

    // wait 1 sec to check for new $data
    usleep(10000);
}

// if there is no $data, tell the client to re-request (arbitrary status message)
if (empty($data)) $data = array('status'=>'no-data');

// send $data response to client
echo json_encode($data);

Is there another way? I know that PHP is a script language only, but i would like a way that base on event rather than checking and doing or waiting until timeout. It maybe be something like Continuations in Java that would be perfect.

A: You could try React: http://reactphp.org/
Is not very mature yet, but it may suit your needs. Instead of doing long pooling, you can do it async.

A: I would recommend: http://ape-project.org/
mature and scalable


How to watch Western (2015) on Netflix Canada!
Sorry, Western is not available on Canadian Netflix, but you can unlock it right now in Canada and start watching! With a few simple steps you can change your Netflix region to a country like Argentina and start watching Argentine Netflix, which includes Western.
We'll keep checking Netflix Canada for Western, and this page will be updated with any changes.
Western is not available in Canada BUT it can be unlocked and viewed!
For decades, two towns on opposite sides of the Texas-Mexico border have coexisted quietly, but encroaching drug-related violence threatens the peace. The rising tide of ruthless drug lords threatens to bring a peaceful way of Western life to an end.
There is a way to watch Western in Canada, even though it isn't currently available on Netflix locally. What you need is a system that lets you change your Netflix country. With a few simple steps you can be watching Western and thousands of other titles!