A national park in Alaska is asking fans to go on Facebook, and vote for which bear is biggest during "Fat Bear Week." The bears have been packing on the pounds, getting ready for hibernation, and they say a fat bear is more likely to survive the winter. So, with that in mind, the park created a whole 12-bear single-elimination bracket. And, sometime today the park will crown the 2018 Fat Bear Tuesday Champion.
A bus driver in India's been suspended after a video surfaced of him letting a monkey sit on his lap and steer the bus.
And, a man in Holland was out on a jog when he came across a caged lion cub that had been tossed out and left for dead in a field. The cub is about five months old. The guy found him on Sunday, and the cub was taken to the Lion Foundation, which cares for big cats. The little guy's healthy, just really tired.


Gossip SocietyHomes & ConstructionsWhat is hydro jetting?
Hydro jetting is a method used for cleaning inner walls of sewage pipes by jet vac services. Most house owners like it very much due to many reasons. Some such reasons are explained here.
Best cleaning action: According to sewer and drain specialists hydrojetting allows thorough cleaning of the inner walls of sewage pipes and helps to get rid of all kinds of dirt and congestants like mineral collection, grease, and other accumulated deposits. This helps the sewer lines to remain free from congestants and obstructions for a long period. The high pressure produced in the hydro jet is powerful enough to get rid of any kind of dirt from the inside of the pipe..
Fast results: High water pressure is made use of cleaning the inside of the sewer pipes and other drain lines. Annoying clogs are removed immediately by using this type of cleaning. This saves much time and money and technicians will have to spend only little time for this type of cleaning. In short hydro jetting is very helpful to the house owner as it removes all the dirt very fast with lesser expenditure.
Eco-friendly: As no chemicals are used in this method this is very eco-friendly also. Though chemicals can work less effectively, it can cause damage to the sewer lines when it is used repeatedly. In this case instead of chemicals high hydraulic power is used for removing the dirt sticking in the inside of the pipes.
No digging: Sometimes it will be required to open the drains for removing the clogging. For this professionals will be required to dig the land without causing any damage to the lines. But in the case of hydro getting no digging is required. In this case only the nozzle needs to be placed inside the clogged sewer line where it is seen above the ground. Now need to dig all over the area and make the entire line visible.
Sewer repair professionals are of the opinion that the house owners usually make mistakes while using the jet services, though they have often created many repercussions. Some of the common mistakes are explained below so that you can be very careful when engaging professionals for carrying out hydro jetting.
Non inspection of sewer lines with camera: Before starting the hydro jetting procedure, it will be good if the inside of the sewer lines are inspected with a camera to ascertain the degree of the clogging and the type of clogging and the location of clogging. This will help you to use the hydro jetting process accurately. If the pipes are severely damaged, then hydro jetting can lead to breaking of the sewer lines as they are weak to withstand the heavy pressure of hydro jetting. If they are not severely damaged you can proceed with hydro jetting. After completing the process you need to inspect again with camera to ascertain that the entire clog has completely been removed.
Hiring and inexperienced technician: Most often house owners tend to engage some new comers for hydrojetting process thinking that it is not that very important. This is a completely wrong attitude. Always engage experienced technicians for hydrojetting from some well known drain contractors ny as this is not a child's play.


Learn how you can eat for free by making use of the various promos and loyalty programmes we have in Malaysia.
There's no such thing as a free lunch they say, but what about all those free dining offers that come with reward redemptions? Is it really possible to eat for free?
The truth is, you can enjoy free dining by picking and choosing only the most valuable rewards earned from membership to your favourite restaurants, loyalty programmes, and even credit card swipes.
Get ready for a gastronomic freebie as we show you how to #GetMore for your dining budget by scoring complimentary meals. Here are four tried-and-tested tips to sink your teeth into.
If you take advantage of rewards directly from restaurants, be sure to choose ones of which you're a fan. Staying loyal and earning points becomes that much easier because you'll probably visit more often and thereby collect points faster.
The Nando's PERi-Vilege programme is a great example of a rewarding restaurant loyalty programme that lets you eat for free. Basically, as a member, every time you patronise the restaurant and spend a minimum of RM30, you will be awarded with a maximum of one 'chilli' (reward points unit) per day.
You can then proceed to redeem free food for every 3rd, 6th and 9th chilly collected. What's better is that it is supported by the Nando's app so you can easily keep track of your rewards.
Keep your eyes peeled for other eateries that offer such rewards - you never know which juicy promotion you're losing out on by keeping your blinders on!
Each credit card will offer differing reward and redemption programme, with free meals certainly not out of reach. Banks often offer direct discounts if you swipe at certain eateries but what you want is a FREE meal!
How can you do that? By redeeming credit card reward points!
Every bank's point system will differ but it isn't hard to find a programme that allows you to redeem free cash vouchers at selected eateries. For example, HSBC will give you an RM50 cash voucher in exchange for 15,000 points valid at eateries such as Dragon-i, Sakae Sushi and Nando's amongst others.
Check out your own credit card for the cash vouchers you can redeem for points - there are sure to be dining vouchers available.
If you don't have a rewarding credit card - it's time to switch!
A reward card like Bonuslink or BCard serves many brands so it is easier for consumers to rack up points. For example, you can earn points while shopping at Borders, renewing your road tax, or even while purchasing tickets to the Zombie ApoKLypse!
At the same time, cards like these provide variety for redemptions as well. For instance, if you have accumulated 1,960 BCard points, you can use it to redeem a free Kenny Roger's Quarter Meal. If that's not your thing, you can also use your points to get cash value meal vouchers; 1,900 BCard points nets you a RM20 voucher from Papa John's Pizza.
Although, a rare promotion to find in Malaysia; word on the street is that it does exist! All you have to do is keep your eyes peeled whenever you dine out to find the lurking promos.
A lot of eateries offer discounts on your birthday but few will give you a full-on free meal. We found only one in our search: Shogun by Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurants offer birthday boys and girls a free dinner IF they come with 3 paying adults.
If you know of any more free birthday meal places - let us know in the comments!
Man wasn't made to live by Mi Maggi alone, so utilising rewards for free dining is really helpful for those looking to save more while dining out.
The majority of free dining promotions will come with some restrictions, so make sure the limitations are worth the trouble.
Of course, in your zeal to scarf down all that free food - do take a moment to ask or check the terms and conditions of your freebie meal before taking it up. This is to make sure you aren't paying other hidden costs to enjoy the bargain.
You can certainly #GetMore for your dining budget by being the ultimate cheapskate and seeking out free meals. Why wouldn't you?
Did you like learning how to #GetMore when dining in this article? Follow our #GetMore hashtag on your favourite social media channels as we bring you more tips on how you can get more for your money in everything from travel to shopping and dining until the close of 2015. Who wouldn't like to #GetMore for their money?


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Biotechnologists look to bacteria in extremely cold environments for 'green' detergents
February 7, 2018 , Cell Press
This photograph depicts the cold environment in Iceland during a sampling campaign for extremophilic microorganisms. Credit: Amedea Perfumo
Despite subzero temperatures, increased UV radiation, little liquid water, and few available nutrients, bacteria living at Earth's poles thrive. They manage it thanks in part to molecules called biosurfactants, which help them separate the complex substrates they feed on into easy-to-metabolize droplets. On February 7 in the journal Trends in Biotechnology, researchers review the hypothetical uses of these cold-loving molecules for "green" detergents, fuel additives, and other applications.
"They really have a tremendous potential," says microbiologist and biotechnologist Amedea Perfumo of the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. Biosurfactants are safe to release into the environment and can be produced using affordable waste products such as olive oil byproduct and cooking oils. They also work in lower concentrations, so we need less of them to get the same job done. But the ones produced by extremophilic bacteria have what Perfumo calls "an extra feature": they work at freezing temperatures.
This stability has huge implications for how these molecules could be used. Biodiesel, which is produced from waste materials and cleaner burning than gasoline, might be a viable fuel alternative if a biosurfactant additive could improve its sluggish flow in cold temperatures. Cold-active biosurfactant detergents would mean we could go green by reducing washing temperatures, without worrying that our clothes wouldn't get clean. These biosurfactants could also be used to harvest natural gas from cage-like ice crystals called gas hydrates or to clean up pollution spills in colder regions of the ocean.
This photograph depicts the synthesis of biosurfactants visible as foam and bubble formation in a flask experiment with Antarctic bacteria. Credit: Amedea Perfumo
According to Perfumo, there has never been a better time than now to advance research into these biotechnological applications. "The cold regions of our planet are actually becoming more reachable for exploration and for scientific research," she says. And the growing availability of extremophilic bacteria in culture collections has also improved accessibility. "Scientists who don't have the option to go personally to the polar regions and take samples can simply get organisms from culture collections. It's in reach for everybody."
Cold-active enzymes, which are also produced by extremophilic bacteria, have already begun to be produced industrially. When asked why this isn't true of cold-active biosurfactants, Perfumo doesn't have a good answer. "It's quite a question mark for me," she says, because she sees so much potential for these molecules. She does acknowledge, however, that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to determine the most useful bacteria, the conditions at which they will produce the highest yields, and whether it might be possible to produce biosurfactants as part of the process that produces enzymes.
"We still only know a little," she says. Nonetheless, she's hopeful. "I think that with a little work and a little patience and especially with joint forces, we can take a bold step in the near future. It will really be a grand challenge for science and technology."
More information: Trends in Biotechnology, Perfumo, A. et al.: "Going Green and Cold: Biosurfactants from Low Temperature Environments to Biotechnology Applications" http://www.cell.com/trends/biotechnology/fulltext/S0167-7799(17)30280-9 , DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2017.10.016
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Bioprospecting study finds biosurfactant-producing microbes target biodiversity in Latin America


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Living as a plural family definitely comes with its fair share of drama! TLC's new reality TV series Seeking Sister Wife is shedding light on polygamy by documenting the lives of three families who are looking to add or have recently added another wife to their family. The Briney family is part of the cast this season, and they are definitely experiencing some growing pains after they just moved their entire family under one roof.
Drew Briney said that there's always been tension between his first wife April and second wife Auralee, but he thought that their dynamic would change by adding a third wife. "I was hoping that adding Angela to the mix would bring some balance and help everybody to get along better," but right now things are not looking so bright," he revealed.
Check out our new YouTube Channel with our first satire video up and live! "I can live my religion… I just can't SAY that I live my religion!" 😉 http://thebrineyfamily.com/youtube Remember to tune in to the #SeasonPremiere of #SeekingSisterWife tonight on @tlc at 10/9c following #SisterWives!
There's some new drama between Auralee and April over some new mattresses. After the move, Auralee's boys needed new mattresses and Drew offered to buy them. But Auralee felt that April stepped in and asked Drew to buy the mattresses for her own boys so that she could give Auralee the used ones and Drew called a meeting with all three of his wives to squash their beef.
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April defended herself and said all she was trying to do was point out the fact that her sons had extra mattresses that Auralee's sons could use, but Auralee wasn't having it, and Angela was on Auralee's side. Angela said it seemed like April only wanted her kids to have new, nice things instead of her sister wives' children.
But some fans were upset at Auralee and felt that she was the troublemaker, not April. "Auralee has a speech impediment. Not a lisp. She's so dramatic. Playing the victim," one fan tweeted. We're gonna have to keep tuning in to find out how this drama plays out!


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Mountaire Farms Selects Scotland County for Nation's Largest Grain Mill
Delaware-based Mountaire Farms, a fully integrated provider of branded and private-label chicken to U.S. and foreign consumers, announced in January its choice of Scotland County for a $44 million grain mill. The facility will be the largest of its kind in the U.S., employing 65 workers at annual wages averaging $51,408.
"This is a fantastic project and we look forward to getting started," said Paul Downes, president and CEO of Mountaire Farms, which was founded in 1914 and has operations in four states.
The size and scope of the facility necessitated the inclusion of many local and state economic development partners, including the state departments of Commerce and Transportation, the NC Railroad Company and the Laurinburg Maxton Airport Commission. Nate Groover of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina collaborated with Southeastern Partnership and local officials in ushering "Project Eat" to fruition.
"There will be 200 trucks going in and out of the facility everyday -- more during harvest season," says Mark Ward, director of the Scotland County Economic Development Corporation. New positions will include machine operators, maintenance specialists, truck drivers and management staff. The facility also will likely spur the expansion of farms in the region. "It's going to be an economic development engine for about four or five counties around us," Ward says.
Governor Roy Cooper officially released news of the win on January 24th in the first economic development announcement of his term. "Agriculture has a long and proud history in North Carolina and Mountaire Farms' new state-of-the-art operations are a sign that the agriculture industry has a bright future here," Cooper said.
Local incentives plus a $200,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund will help support Mountaire Farms' success in Scotland County. In mid-February, the North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority approved a $1.35 million Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) that will facilitate rail service to the company's 600-acre site.
Carol McCall, chairman of the Scotland County Board of Commissioners, commended the team-oriented effort that brought Mountaire Farms to the county. "Scotland County and our partners worked as one and showed Mountaire we want to be a partner in their business and want them to be a partner in our community," McCall said.
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Steve Cannon runs, fat bikes, kayaks, and skis. However, we doubt he would call himself a runner, biker, kayaker, or skier. He would most likely refer to himself as an adventurer.
He has logged thousands of miles by foot and bike – but most recently, he completed the Iditarod Trail Invitational.


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More than half a million Tunisians hold public sector strike over wages
Reuters , Thursday 22 Nov 2018
People carry flags as they protest the government's refusal to raise wages in Tunis, Tunisia November 22, 2018. (Photo: Reuters)
About 650,000 public sector workers went on strike and thousands protested across Tunisia on Thursday over the government's refusal to raise wages amid threats from international lenders to stop financing Tunisia's tattered economy.
Schools, universities, municipalities and ministries were shut and hospitals were on emergency staffing only in the nationwide walkout organised by the UGTT union, the biggest strike action in Tunisia in five years.
Tunisia's economy has been in turmoil since autocrat Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was toppled in a 2011 uprising sparked by anger at unemployment and poverty.
Earlier this month the IMF warned Tunisia to keep its public sector wage bill - one of the world's highest in proportion to GDP, according to the IMF - under control to avoid severe debt problems.
Thousands of protesters gathered in front of parliament in the capital Tunis, calling for the government to resign and holding banners with slogans such as "Strike for dignity".
Thousands also took to the streets in cities including Sfax, Gabes, Sidi Bouzid and Kasserine.
"The situation is very dangerous in light of growing inflation and low standard of living..the government will see soon a revolution of hungry and empty bellies," said Nourredine Taboubi, the head of the UGTT.
He said negotiations had failed because "the sovereign decision is not in the hands of the government, but of the IMF."
Tunisia struck a deal struck with the IMF in December 2016 for a loan programme worth around $2.8 billion to overhaul its ailing economy with steps to cut chronic deficits and trim bloated public services, but progress has been slow.
The government aims to cut the public sector wage bill to 12.5 percent of GDP in 2020 from the current 15.5 percent.
Prime Minister Youssef Chahed also faces a political crisis over his government's failure to solve Tunisia's economic woes.
"If Chahed was looking for populism or electoral interests, he would have signed the wage increase, but we want to know who will finance salaries increases" said the government spokesman Iyad Dahmani.
He added that the international lenders including the IMF had threatened to stop financing Tunisia in the absence of the reforms.
Public sector wages have doubled to about 16 billion dinars ($5.48 billion) in 2018 from 7.6 billion dinars in 2010, officials say.
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President Bush and President Calderón of Mexico Exchange Luncheon Toasts
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PRESIDENT CALDERÓN: President George Bush, President of the United States of America; distinguished Laura Bush; distinguished members of the delegation accompanying President and Mrs. Bush. For the people in government of Mexico, it is a great satisfaction to have the presence of the President of the United States and his distinguished wife in Yucat n. A proud Mexico, proud of its culture, its roots and history, receives you.
You are also in a modern country, a country which is ever more interrelated and interdependent. Mexico is a nation with a sound past, but also with a sound future; a nation which modernizes in order to face the 21st century. A democratic nation which shares with the United States values -- values of freedom, of democracy, of respect to rule of law and individual rights, and the defense of human rights. Mexico, then, is a freer, safer, and more democratic country.
I have believe, as you do, Mr. President, that our work as leaders takes us to have a better world for our people and for North America. And we hope that we, together, can thrust, within the framework of equality, a future of development and well-being in our region.
I am certain that if we continue to work together we will be able to face the many challenges of our agenda; issues such as migration, combat poverty, the environment, organized crime, and regional trade.
And if you allow me, I would like to toast the health and well-being of President Bush and his wife, and the prosperity and happiness of our peoples in the United States and Mexico. Cheers.
(A toast is offered.)
PRESIDENT BUSH: Señor Presidente, thank you very much for your gracious hospitality. I think you picked a perfect place to invite Laura and me and our delegation. It's a beautiful land. It is a spectacular day. And our meetings were constructive. Thank you, First Lady, for your hospitality, as well.
Relations between Mexico and the United States are muy importante. We've got a great history. We've got a strong tradition of working together. And my job, Mr. President, is to do all I can to work with you to advance progress on both sides of the border.
There are issues, of course, issues that we discussed today and will continue to discuss in a manner of respect and dignity. Perhaps the biggest issue concerning your country is the issue of migration. America is a country of law, we'll respect law, but America is also a hospitable country, a country that recognizes the value of each human being. And as the President of your grand country, I know you're deeply concerned about how your citizens are treated within our country. And my pledge to you and the people of Mexico is they'll be treated with respect and dignity.
The best way to do that is to pass a migration law that upholds the values of America, and at the same time, allows us to respect the rule of law. As I told you in private, as you expressed your deep concerns about whether or not America can pass such a law, that I will use all the efforts I can, working with both Republicans and Democrats, to pass such a piece of legislation.
We spent a lot of time talking about Mexico's important role in the world, and I thank you for your leadership, Mr. President. You're President of a great country.	You will use your influence to foster social justice and prosperity and peace. I look forward to your leadership on such issues -- I look forward to helping you as best I can, as best as you request to do so.
And I, too, would like to offer a toast. I'd like to offer a toast to the great people of a great country, nuestro amigo, México, and to your salud, Mr. President.
(A toast is offered.) (Applause.)
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Firefox 29 now available in Fedora
Posted by	Ryan Lerch	on May 1, 2014
On Tuesday, Mozilla announced the release of Firefox 29, and now this updated version of the web browser is available to download through the official Fedora repositories (Fedora 20 is available to update. Fedora 19 users can test and add karma to the update here).
The most notable and visible change in this update is the major overhaul of the main Firefox user experience. Jennifer Morrow of Firefox's UX team recently blogged about these changes, stating:
It's not an interface adjustment or tweak. It's not a bug fix. It's a complete re-envisioning of Firefox's user experience, and it's been brewing for the past five years.
In Fedora, the updated Firefox looks a lot cleaner and more streamlined, letting the user focus more on the web content, rather than the browser chrome itself:
Firefox 29 on Fedora 20
The new Firefox Menu
The Firefox Menu button is now positioned in the top right, and the "popover" style menu that "includes popular browser controls, features and add-ons in one place to make it easier and faster to access them." (see the Firefox release announcement). Additionally, this new pop-over style menu appears is quite similar to the popovers that will be in the next version of GNOME/GTK+.
One of Firefox's big strengths as a web browser has always been it's ability to be customized. The community has already developed a plethora of Themes and Plugins for Firefox users to utilize. Firefox 29 makes the experience of tweaking your browser that much easier with the new Customization Mode.
Customization Mode in Firefox 29
The GNOME Firefox Integration team has also released an updated version of their Firefox theme so Fedora GNOME users can make their Firefox look similar to the default GNOME applications. The most notable change with this Firefox theme is the styling of Firefox's Tabs to look more GNOME-ey.
Firefox 29 with the GNOME theme
Additionally, for the Fedora GNOME users who have taken the plunge and installed GNOME 3.12 on their machines, The GNOME Firefox Integration team has a beta version of the theme (and a Firefox "tweak" plugin), so you can style your Firefox to match some of the changes that are in GNOME 3.12:
Firefox 29 with GNOME 3.12 styles
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Ryan is a designer that works on stuff for Fedora. He uses Fedora Workstation as his primary desktop, along with the best tools from the Libre Graphics world, notably, the vector graphics editor, Inkscape.
"Fedora 20 is available to update"
I am not finding this. Has it not hit the repos yet, or am I missing something?
It can take a bit for updates to get out to all of the mirrors. Try again soon and it should be there.
The Firefox Menu button is now positioned in the top left.
The only thing I see in the top left in your screenshots is the Back button.
Whoops! good catch. Thanks Elliott!
I have updated the post to read what I meant. (top right)
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Dr. Girdwood attended Holt Public Schools from kindergarten through high school and continued his education at three public institutions, receiving degrees from: Western Michigan University (BA in Philosophy, Ethics, and Comparative Religion), Central Michigan University (Masters of Science in Administration), and Michigan State University (PhD in Sociology). He values his relationships with friends more than anything else and promotes education as a tool for building happiness. Professionally, he stays busy as a Program Manager at Michigan State University. He previously managed grant-funded research at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Detroit Mercy, was a Fellow at the Central Michigan University College of Medicine, and has managed hospice volunteer programs.
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It's the Math Brothers favorite time of the year. Why? Cuz it's TAX SEASON! Boo Yah. In this special episode the Math Bros cruise around the campus of illustrious Columbia University to find some unsuspecting ladies who will do their taxes. Tom convinces a brainy physics major with a love for 19th Century German poetry to to get in the van for some hot number crunching, while Marty and Chris tag team a Grad Student from Central Europe for the ultimate deduction. OMG, Math Dawgs, hold on to your TI-83 graphing calculators cuz it's gonna be a bumpy ride.


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Q: Creating IStream object in C# I'm writing a project and working with another party DLL.
Function from their DLL wants an IStream object to save result, but I can't understand how to create an IStream object.
Can anyone help me with my problem?

A: You don't create IStream object, because obviously it's an interface. You should rather implement this interface and pass your object. Or simply use an object that already implements it, if such object exists.
Already given answer for a similar question gives a nice example how to use IStream interface in C#.
Does a wrapper class for a COM interop IStream already exist?
Correction:
This, however, works only if you need to use already an existing IStream inside your app, not when you need to create and pass an IStream elsewhere. For that task, see this for refence how to do that:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa380034(v=vs.85).aspx
And here is an example from Microsoft (used for XmlLite, not sure if it works for you)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms752876(v=vs.85).aspx
Or maybe this example, already posted by Marcus:
http://hl7connect.blogspot.sk/2010/04/c-implementation-of-istream.html
This last link shows how to use any Stream to implement the IStream interface.

A: Here is a managed implementation from Microsoft now that .Net is more open source:
https://referencesource.microsoft.com/#PresentationFramework/src/Framework/MS/Internal/IO/Packaging/managedIStream.cs

A: Implement your own stream class and inherit the IStream interface. IStream is just a stream and can be pretty much what you decide it is as long as it is a stream (e.g. FileStream etc.)
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Die Apostolic Church – Apostle Unity (Apostoliese Kerk – Aposteleenheid) ist eine südafrikanische Freikirche in der Tradition der katholisch-apostolischen Erweckungsbewegung des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts. Sie wurde ab 1889 von Australien aus gegründet und entstand in ihrer jetzigen Form 1956 als Zusammenschluss einer Gemeinschaft, die sich 1955 von der Neuapostolischen Kirche (NAK) getrennt hatte und südafrikanischen Gemeinden der Apostolic Church of Queensland.

Ihr Logo ist das gleiche, wie das der australischen Gemeinden: ein 4R-Symbol. Die vier "R"s stehen für: RIGHT – ROYAL – RIGHTEOUS – RICH. Richtig in Bezug auf die biblischen Schriften, königlich in Bezug auf die Brautgemeinde Christi, rechtschaffen in Bezug auf die Teilhabe am Leib und Blut Christi und reich in Bezug auf die Zusagen Christi an seine Apostel.

Geschichte der Klibbe-Gruppe, Südafrika
Der australische Apostel Heinrich F. Niemeyer ordinierte 1889 Carl Klibbe (1852–1931) zum Evangelisten und entsandte ihn zur Mission nach Südafrika. Klibbe siedelte nach Südafrika über und begann seine Missionstätigkeit zunächst mit geringem Erfolg. 1893 wurde er in Australien zum Apostel berufen und am 8. Juli 1893 von Niemeyer in das Apostelamt eingesetzt. Da es zu dieser Zeit noch keinen Stammapostel gab, hatte jeder Apostel der apostolischen Gemeinden das Ordinationsrecht. 1908 unterstellte Klibbe sich während eines Aufenthaltes in Deutschland direkt dem Stammapostel. 1911 wurde Niemeyer aus Australien wegen unterschiedlicher Positionen in Bezug auf die Vorrangstellung des Stammapostels aus der NAK ausgeschlossen und führte die australischen Gemeinden der Apostolischen Einheits-Kirche unabhängig von der NAK weiter.

1913 traf Carl Klibbe das gleiche Schicksal. Er führte die von ihm gegründeten Gemeinden, die sich zu diesem Zeitpunkt Neuapostolische Gemeinde nannten, weiter, doch musste er die Gemeinden nach einem langjährigen Rechtsstreit mit der Neuapostolischen Kirche 1927 in The Old Apostolic Church of South Africa umbenennen. 1913 berief er in Swakopmund, Namibia seinen Schwiegersohn H. Velde zum Priester und entsandte ihn nach Johannesburg, Südafrika. Später wurde dieser dann zum Evangelisten und Ältesten ordiniert. Am 8. September 1930 wurde H. Velde als Apostel berufen und am 3. April 1931 in Hatton Vale, Australien, als Apostel ausgesondert. Sowohl Klibbe als auch Velde hielten engen Kontakt zu den australischen Gemeinden.

1955 kam es zu einer Kontaktaufnahme zwischen der Apostolischen Gemeinschaft Düsseldorf und H. Velde. Apostel Velde verunglückte jedoch am 27. September 1956 bei einem Autounfall in Wynberg, Kapstadt, tödlich. Nur einige Gemeinden der Old Apostolic Church um den Ältesten Petersen schlossen sich der Apostolic Church of South Africa – Apostle Unity an.

Die Old Apostolic Church beruft sich auf Carl Klibbe als ihren Gründer, weil dieser nach einem Namensrechtsstreit mit der Neuapostolischen Kirche im Juni 1927 die Old Apostolic Church of South Africa registrieren ließ. Die Geschichte dieser Kirche und ihre Entwicklung unter der Leitung von H. Velde ist weitgehend unerforscht.

Geschichte der Erasmus-Gruppe
Zeitgleich mit der Absetzung von Klibbe setzte Stammapostel Hermann Niehaus am 21. September 1913 Wilhelm Schlaphoff († 1928) während dessen Europareise als Apostel ein, um einige neuapostolische Gemeinden Südafrikas, die dem Stammapostel und Schlaphoff folgten, weiterzuführen. Aufgrund der Botschaft des neuapostolischen Stammapostels Johann Gottfried Bischoffs, der zufolge die Wiederkunft Christi würde zu seinen Lebzeiten stattfinden werde, kam es weltweit zu Unruhe in der Neuapostolischen Kirche und zu Ausschlüssen von Oppositionellen. In Südafrika waren 1954 davon die Apostel Philippus Jacobus Erasmus (1904–1960) und D. C. S. Malan (1918–1968) sowie der Stammapostelhelfer für die südliche Erdhalbkugel, Heinrich Franz Schlapphoff (1894–1965), einem Sohn von Wilhelm Schlaphoff, betroffen. Sie standen einem blühenden Bezirk mit etwa 60.000 Mitgliedern vor und gründeten die Apostolic Church. Ihnen folgten sehr viele Mitglieder. Apostel Schlaphoff übernahm jedoch keinen aktiven Dienst mehr.

Zusammenschluss
Aufgrund des plötzlichen Todes von Apostel Velde war es nicht mehr zu einem Treffen mit Apostel Erasmus gekommen. Der Älteste der Old Apostolic Church, Petersen, wurde vom australischen Apostel Zielke gebeten, sich mit der Erasmus-Malan-Gruppe zu treffen. Am 23. November 1956 wurde in Kapstadt eine Übereinkunft über den Zusammenschluss erzielt. Etwa 800 Mitglieder und drei Kirchen wurden in die nun Apostolic Church of South Africa genannte Gemeinschaft eingebracht. Bereits im Juli 1956 hatte sich die Apostolic Church of South Africa der internationalen Vereinigung Apostolischer Gemeinden angeschlossen.

Aktuelle Situation
Am 14. Mai 1972 wurden zwei weitere Apostel berufen: Johannes Philippus Erasmus (1943–1986) und Josua Jeremia Joubert (* 1932). 1978 trat Johannes Philippus Erasmus in den Ruhestand. Er verstarb am 26. Oktober 1986. 1989 wurde im damaligen Homeland Venda eine Mission eingerichtet. Im Februar 1993 feierten die südafrikanischen Gemeinden ihr hundertjähriges Jubiläum. Ende Juli 1997 trat Apostel Joubert in den Ruhestand. Um 2017 trat auch Apostel Johannes Philippus Erasmus in den Ruhestand. Er ordinierte seinen Sohn PJ Erasmus zum Apostel in der "Kathedrale" in Crosby. Ebenfalls um 2017 wurde auch sein Schwiegersohn James Slabbert zum Apostel ordiniert. Während der Corona-Pandemie übertrugen alle drei Apostel Gottesdienste z. T. aus ihren privaten Wohnungen/Häusern. Am 10. Juni 2021 verstarb der Altapostel Johannes Philippus Erasmus an den Folgen einer Corona-Infektion.

Die Gemeinschaft hat ein Glaubensbekenntnis mit sieben Artikeln.

Die Kirche ist derzeit in acht Bezirke mit insgesamt 34 Gemeinden untergliedert. Verbreitungsschwerpunkte sind die Provinzen Westkap und Gauteng. Der Sitz und die Hauptverwaltung befinden sich in Crosby, Johannesburg.

Weblinks
 Vereinigung Apostolischer Gemeinden

Apostolische Gemeinschaft
Christliche Organisation (Südafrika)

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Most modern PHP applications access important user information and store them in a database. For example, web app might have a registration system for new users. But how should you store usernames and passwords in the database?
You must always think about security. If passwords are stored in plain text, what happens if an attacker gains access to your database? He can easily read all of the users' passwords. That's why we use a technique called password hashing to prevent attackers from getting user passwords.
In this article you'll learn how to store the passwords securely in the database so that, even if your database falls into wrong hands, no damage will be done.
Hashing is not a new concept. It has been in practical use for quite a long time. To understand hashing, think about fingerprints. Every person has a unique fingerprint. Similarly, each string can have a unique fixed-size "digital fingerprint" called a hash. For a good hashing algorithm, it's very rare that two different strings will have same hash (called a collision).
The most important feature of hashes is that the hash generation process is one way. The one way property indicates that it's impossible to recover the original text from its hash. Therefore password hashing perfectly suits our need for secure password storage. Instead of storing a password in plain text, we can hash the password and store the resulting hash. If an attacker later gains access to the database, he can't recover original password from the hash.
But what about authentication? You can no longer compare the password entered by user in a login form with the hash stored in the database. You need to hash the login password and compare the result with the hash stored in the database.
There are different algorithms for generating hash of a text. The most popular ones are: MD5, SHA1, and Bcrypt. Each of these algorithms are supported in PHP. You really should be using Bcrypt, but I'll present the other alternatives first because they help illustrate what you need to do to protect your passwords.
In the above example, md5() creates a 128-bit hash out of the given password. It's also possible to usesha1() instead of md5() which produces a 160-bit hash (which means there's less chance of a collision).
Never hash a password two times. It does not add extra security; rather, it makes the hash weak and inefficient. For example, don't try to create an MD5 hash of a password and then provide it as input tosha1(). It simply increases the probability of hash collisions.
Researchers have found several flaws in the SHA1 and MD5 algorithms. That's why modern PHP applications shouldn't use these two hash functions. Rather, they should use hash algorithms from the SHA2 family like SHA256 or SHA512. As the name suggest, they produce hashes of length 256 and 512 bits. They are newer and considerably stronger than MD5. As the number of bits increase, the probability of a collision decreases. Either of the above two is more than sufficient to keep your application secure.
PHP offers the built-in function hash(). The first argument to the function is the algorithm name (you can pass algorithm names like sha256, sha512, md5, sha1, and many others). The second argument is the string that will be hashed. The result it returns is the hashed string.
An important security measure to follow is always hash your users' passwords before storing them in your database, and use modern hashing algorithms like Bcrypt, sha256, or sha512 to do so. When you do, even if an attacker gains access to your database, he won't have the actual passwords of your users. This article explains the principles behind hashing, salts, and Bcrypt.


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COMMITMENT TO SERVICE:
From the beginning of its existence, Iota Phi Theta has sought to "Make a Difference." One of the very first activities of the newly-formed Iota was participation in the protests at the segregated Northwoods Shopping Center in Baltimore, Maryland. The founders of the Fraternity considered themselves "Militant" at a time when militancy was not an entirely popular stance.
This commitment to service has been a constant thread throughout the history of Iota Phi Theta. In the late 1960's and early 1970's, Iota was a strong supporter of the "Big Brothers of America" program. In fact, in 1974, then Grand Polaris, Thomas Dean appeared in a local television commercial on behalf of Big Brothers of America.
The commitment to service has continued and is manifested in the activities of local chapters of the Fraternity. A partial listing of involvements undertaken by Iota Phi Theta chapters includes:
The NAACP
The United Negro College Fund
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Project IMAGE
The National Federation of the Blind
The National Sickle Cell Foundation
While this list is by no means exhaustive, it highlights the type of community involvement and spirit that exists within the Iota Phi Theta brotherhood.
A NATIONAL EMPHASIS:
In the initial stages of the Fraternity's existence, the Fraternity's service initiatives were local in nature as reflected by the size of the Fraternity and the scope of its resources. As the Fraternity began to take on a National dimension, it became evident that its programmatic thrust would have to be adjusted accordingly. This adjustment was complicated however, by the fact that many chapters have had historical ties to service organizations and causes in their local areas.
In order to address these concerns, In 1993, the Fraternity created 2 important National initiatives that remain the primary focus of its service thrust. These Initiatives are The National Iota Foundation and The IOTA Youth Alliance.
THE NATIONAL IOTA FOUNDATION:
The National Iota Foundation is a Tax-Exempt, 501(c)(3) organization founded by Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. to serve as a clearinghouse for funding and programs for worthwhile endeavors. Since its creation, the Foundation and its subsidiaries have distributed over $250,000 in grants, aid, and services.
A recent example of the Foundation's work is the First Annual IOTA Black College Tour. The tour, which was conducted in April, 1996, was held in conjunction with "POSITIVE BLACK IMAGES" (a student group at City College of San Francisco) and Balboa High School in San Francisco and was underwritten by the Foundation. This tour was designed to introduce graduating High School Seniors to Historically-Black Colleges and Universities with the further intent to have them select and attend such an institution. The tour group, consisting of group of 47 students and 8 staff members visited the Atlanta University Center, Tuskegee University and Alabama State University.
As a result of this tour, four students are now scheduled to enter Clark Atlanta University, 2 scheduled for Morris Brown, and 2 are scheduled for Tuskegee University in the fall of 1996. At least 10 others are considering attending HBCU's upon completing high school and/or community college. Activities such as the Black College Tour are prime examples of how the National Iota Foundation is attempting to channel funding and resources into the minority community.
The National Iota Foundation is an important cornerstone in the Fraternity's future strategy for providing assistance and uplift to the African-American community.
THE IOTA YOUTH ALLIANCE:
The IOTA Youth Alliance is a national umbrella program through which individual chapters of Iota Phi Theta address the needs of Black Youth in their communities. Under the auspices of the Alliance, chapters either work with existing organizations or create new ones based on the requirements and available resources in their locality. In order to insure continuity, each of the Fraternity's chapters is strongly encouraged to prioritize youth alliance activities as a part of their programmatic thrust.
The Youth Alliance is especially important because it allows the Fraternity to make a national impact while maintaining ties to those causes and organizations with whom it has had historical relationships. One of the many examples on Iota Youth Alliance Activities is the African-American Male Educational Network (AAMEN). Created and sponsored by the Beta Omega (Washington DC) Graduate Chapter, AAMEN is a mentoring program consisting of boys between the ages of 8 and 13 years old. Meeting twice a week, these young men are tutored by members of the chapter in academic, social, and leadership skills.
As a testament to their success, the 40 young men currently enrolled in the program are collectively in the top five percent of their classes. As a recreational and reinforcement activity, the AAMEN program has also formed a "Step" team which performs routines that reinforce the positive principles of AAMEN. Membership on the team is contingent upon the establishment and maintaining of a 3.0 grade point average. The team has performed in various locations including Washington, DC, Columbus Ohio and most recently, Chicago, Illinois.
AN ONGOING COMMITMENT:
As Iota Phi Theta continues its growth and development, commitment to the African-American community shall remain the priority of its activity. The Fraternity understands that its primary mission should be to serve as an enabler for the empowerment of the African-American community and as a continuing source of positive images and assistance for our youth.
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Q: Best practice to handle a MySQL connection in a long running python script I currently have a long running python script (multiple days), which occasionally executes queries in a mysql db. The queries are executed from different threads.
I connect to the db as following:
import mysql.connector
import time

class DB():
    connection = None

    def __init__(self, host, user, password, database):
        self.host = host;
        self.user = user;
        self.password = password;
        self.database = database;

    self.connect()

    def connect(self):
        try:
            self.connection =  mysql.connector.connect(
                host = self.host,
                user = self.user,
                password = self.password,
                database = self.database,
                autocommit = True,
            )
        except Exception as exception:
            print("[DBCONNECTION] {exception} Retrying in 5 seconds.".format(exception = str(exception)))
            time.sleep(5)
            self.connect()

db = DB("11.111.11.111", "mydb", "mydb", "mydb")

One of the functions to execute a query:
def getUsersDB(self):
    db.connection.ping(reconnect=True)

    cursor = db.connection.cursor()
    cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM Users")

    users = cursor.fetchall()

    return users

I believe, that I'm far away from a good practice how I handle the connection. What is the correct way for such a case?

A: The problem with your approach is that db.connection.ping(reconnect=True) doesn't promise you a live connection.
You can read the function's description here:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/connector-python-api-mysqlconnection-ping.html
You can try to use this:
class DB:
    connection = None

    def __init__(
        self,
        host: str,
        user: str,
        password: str,
        database: str
    ) -> None:
        self.host = host
        self.user = user
        self.password = password
        self.database = database

        self.connection = self.init_conn()

    def init_conn(
        self,
    ):
        return mysql.connector.connect(
            host=self.host,
            user=self.user,
            password=self.password,
            database=self.database,
        )

    def get_cursor(
        self,
    ):
        # This will try to reconnect also.
        # In case it fails, you will have to create a new connection
        try:
            self.connection.ping(
                reconnect=True,
                attempts=3,
                delay=5,
            )
        except mysql.connector.InterfaceError as err:
            self.connection = self.init_conn()

        return self.connection.cursor()

And use the DB object like this:
def getUsersDB(self):
    cursor = db.get_cursor() # cursor from a live connection

    cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM Users")

    users = cursor.fetchall()

    return users


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Q: How to make a free body diagram of a lever? So this is what we are working with:

Basically, the spring and the lever are used to press in the plug (part no 2). I need to find the force that is acting upon the welding (I painted it in red). Now I don't need you to calculate anything for me, just explain why is the free body diagram of the lever like this:

I don't understand, if the spring is pushing the lever upwards, why is the force Fb drawn downwards? I can only guess that Fb is the force inside the bolt, but still, why are they ignoring the effect that the spring has on the lever?
Also, on the left side, why isn't there a reactive force that the plug has on the lever?
I would appreciate if someone could help me out here.

A: The spring will always push because there is a contact on the right, and a contact can only push and never pull.
Similarly on the left the contact force is always upwards or otherwise the rocker arm will hop out of place.
The FBD is drawn upside down for some reason. The force on the bolt is downwards, and hence the need for a weld or threads. Otherwise you could just seat the bolt in a hole and it would be fine.
Here is how I see it


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Predator diversity and the strength of trophic cascades (GMR)
Effects of biodiversity on temporal stability and resilience of subtidal marine communities: a global evaluation
Responses to El Niño events in Galapagos subtidal ecosystems
Decadal scale losses of foundation species and ecological consequences (GOM)
Conservation protection for Cashes Ledge (GOM)
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Chasing giants and seeing familiar? sights in the Channel Islands
At the end of our long field season in the Galapagos Islands this summer, I felt like I hadn't had my fill of diving and so I flew back to the west coast for a week of collaborating with the Channel Islands National Park in southern California. There I joined director Dave Kushner and staff Josh Sprague and Kelly Morse on the yearly kelp forest monitoring project. One of the longest of its kind, this project has yielded one of the longest running marine ecological datasets in the world, dating back over 30 years. Such a timescale of high-quality data on fish, sessile and mobile invertebrate, and algal abundance, size, recruitment, and diversity is an invaluable tool for defining relationships between fishing, reserve protection, and environmental oscillations as drivers of ecosystem structure and functioning.
I saw many parallels between the yearly monitoring work that we do in the Galapagos and the kelp forest program, but the scale of things was much larger: they monitor 32 sites every summer, taking copious amounts of information from multiple 100 x 20 transects at each site, in addition to recruitment modules and roving fish counts. I held my own and was able to contribute valuable data, and I also got my first taste of a California kelp ecosystem, one of the most productive and diverse in the world. In contrast to the New England kelp forests, which reach a maximum canopy height of about 20 feet, these giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can grow as much as 2 feet per day and reach maximum heights of 150 feet!
Needless to say, this immense 3-dimensional habitat houses a wide variety of unique, and sometimes familiar, marine life. My first incredible underwater encounter was with a giant black sea bass, a 7-foot behemoth that stood as an example of just what the ocean is capable of producing if we let her be. This amazing fish circled us curiously for about 20 minutes, allowing me to videotape it closely, I even got shots of the parasitic copepods covering it's face and a couple good shots showing divers alongside it for scale. Just a beautiful, powerful animal, what a treat.
I also took some cool film of a California sheepshead wrasse eating a large red urchin. It acted similarly to the triggerfish of the Galapagos, biting into the urchin test and scooping out the insides. Instead of hogfish circling to steal the prey, this wrasse had to deal with dozens of señoritas, small elongate wrasses that were able to get into the bite holes that the sheepshead had made and eat out all the meat before the sheepshead really even had a chance to get it. Very similar interference competition to what we see in the Galapagos, increasing handling time and decreasing the caloric reward for predation, and thus increasing the number of urchins needed to be killed in order to survive.
The Channel Islands are an incredible place and I highly recommend a visit for anyone who loves marine life. Completely worthy of designation as a National Park, I hope that this ecosystem remains healthy and protected long into the future.
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I always dreamt of going outside the United Kingdom and explore the island to which Charles Darwin made a striking discovery: the Galapagos Islands. This volcanic turf is a perfect place for a tropical escape to the concrete jungles of London. But, the true beauty of the Galapagos Islands lies underneath its waters. That's the reason why I bought the earliest ticket flying to Ecuador. There is a speedboat going directly to these islands waiting for the passengers of the flight I'm in.
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The medical advantages of cumin incorporate its capacity to help in absorption, improve resistance, and treat skin issue and a sleeping disorder. It additionally helps treat sickliness, bubbles, malignant growth, and respiratory issue, for example, asthma and bronchitis.
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Eckert's '69 Ford Mach 40 Wins Gran Turismo's Best of Show
Vol. 15, No. 45, November 8, 2012
David Eckert's '69 Ford Mach 40 won Best of Show at the 10th annual Gran Turismo Awards during the 2012 SEMA Show
David Eckert, with his '69 Ford Mach 40, won Best of Show at the 10th annual Gran Turismo Awards during the 2012 SEMA Show at the Palms Casino and Resort's Rain nightclub in Las Vegas. Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA), publisher of the Gran Turismo racing franchise, hosted the hottest rides from the Show, competing for an opportunity to be immortalized in a future Gran Turismo title, selected by Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi.
Additional awards included:
Best Truck/SUV – Sean Morris, '08 Toyota Dragquoia
Best Domestic Car – Jim Holloway, '13 Ford Mustang RTR
Best Asian Import – Felix Marcelino, '13 Scion – Evasive FRS
Best European Import – Jamie Vondruska, '13 Volkswagon Vortex Super Beetle
Best Hot Rod – David Eckert, '69 Ford Mach 40
Eckert's vehicle will join the esteemed list of GT Award winners with a playable part in future Gran Turismo games.


LONDON (AP) — Netherlands forward Ryan Babel is back in the Premier League after securing a move to Fulham from Turkish side Besiktas on a short-term deal. Babel played for Liverpool from 2007-11, and has since played in Germany, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Spain as well as in his native country with boyhood team Ajax.
Fulham will look to the 32-year-old Babel to help keep the team in the Premier League. Fulham is in next-to-last place, five points from safety with 16 games remaining. Babel, who has signed a contract until the end of the season, said "I definitely have faith that Fulham can stay up. That's one of the reasons that I'm here, to try and help that to happen."


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Przypadki pewnego Chińczyka (, 1879) – jednotomowa powieść Juliusza Verne'a wchodząca w skład cyklu Niezwykłe podróże złożona z 22 rozdziałów.

Pierwszy polski przekład pojawił się w 1879.

W języku polskim powieść drukowana była pod następującymi tytułami:

 1879 Utrapienie Chińczyka w Chinach
 1880 Kłopoty Chińczyka w Chinach
 1937 Przygody ucznia filozofa Wanga
 1987 Przypadki pewnego Chińczyka
Na jej motywach nakręcony był film "Człowiek z Hongkongu" 1965 (w roli tytułowej wystąpił Jean-Paul Belmondo).

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Akcja toczy się w II połowie XIX wieku w Chinach. Główny bohater, Chińczyk Kin Fo, jest bogatym mieszkańcem Szanghaju, posiadającym wielu przyjaciół i mającym niezadługo się ożenić z ukochana kobietą. Nie jest jednak do końca szczęśliwy, przez całe życie dręczy go melancholia, nuda. Pragnie nowych wrażeń, ale życie mu ich nie zapewnia.

Pewnego dnia Kin Fo otrzymuje list od swojego amerykańskiego korespondenta. Dowiaduje się z niego, że cały jego majątek przepadł wskutek nietrafionej inwestycji. Wówczas Chińczyk, nie chcąc żyć w biedzie, decyduje się popełnić samobójstwo. Wykupuje polisę w amerykańskim towarzystwie ubezpieczeniowym, która w razie jego śmierci ma zapewnić bardzo wysokie odszkodowanie jego narzeczonej oraz najbliższemu przyjacielowi - filozofowi Wangowi. Ciesząc się, że jego bliscy są zabezpieczeni, decyduje się zażyć śmiertelną dawkę opium. Jednak rezygnuje z tego, gdyż dochodzi do wniosku, że chce ostatni raz przed śmiercią doznać wzruszenia, które przerwie jego melancholię. Udaje się do Wanga i informuje go o sytuacji. Prosi go, by to on go zabił. Oddaje do jego ręki list, w którym wyznaje, że popełnił samobójstwo z własnej winy, by Wang nie miał kłopotów prawnych, oraz mówi Wangowi, że dostanie dużo pieniędzy z ubezpieczenia w razie jego śmierci. Wang po pewnym wahaniu zgadza się. Obaj ustalają, że śmierć Kin Fo ma być nieprzewidywalna i zaskakująca. Kin Fo nie chce wiedzieć kiedy ani jak zginie, gdyż chce w chwili śmierci doznać wzruszenia, którego nie doznał już dawno w życiu.

Kiedy Kin Fo wraca do domu, okazuje się, że doszedł drugi list. W liście tym korespondent informuje, że Kin Fo nie tylko nie zbankrutował, ale jeszcze pomnożył swój majątek. Uszczęśliwiony Chińczyk wraca do Wanga, by poinformować go o tym i odwołać swoją prośbę. Jednak nigdzie nie może go znaleźć. Jest coraz bardziej przerażony. Zaczyna się ukrywać. Zwierza się z kłopotów towarzystwu ubezpieczeniowemu, w którym wziął polisę. Szef towarzystwa, obawiając się, że Wang gdzieś nadal planuje zabójstwo, które może narazić na koszty towarzystwo ubezpieczeniowe, daje Kin Fo dwóch pracowników firmy do ochrony. Wraz z nimi oraz swoim niezbyt rozgarniętym służącym, Sunem, Kin Fo rozpoczyna dramatyczne poszukiwanie Wanga. Jednak mimo podejmowanych wysiłków nie są w stanie go odnaleźć.

Po jakimś czasie dochodzi do nich list od Wanga. Wang pisze w nim, że mimo obietnicy nie był w stanie zabić przyjaciela. W związku z tym jego prośbę przekazał znanemu chińskiemu bandycie Leo Szenowi. Wręczył mu też otrzymany od Kina list, w którym Kin wyznaje, że popełnił samobójstwo z własnej winy. Kin Fo jest coraz bardziej przerażony. Udaje się więc, wraz z towarzyszami, do domniemanej siedziby bandyty, by wykupić feralny list. Jednak po drodze okazuje się, że minął termin polisy ubezpieczeniowej, więc dwaj ochroniarze go opuszczają.

Kin Fo wraz z Sunem docierają samotnie do siedziby Leo Szena. Kiedy stają w nim oko w oko Kin proponuje pieniądze za list. Leo Shen odmawia. Zarzuca Kinowi, że obraził Buddę gardząc darem życia i tylko jego śmierć może to pomścić. Kin Fo zostaje związany i w skrzyni przetransportowany w nieznane miejsce. Spodziewa się śmierci, ale kiedy zdjęto mu opaskę z oczu, okazuje się, że wokół stoi Wang i jego przyjaciele.

Przyjaciele wyznają mu, że zrobili mu kawał, gdyż chcieli by docenił wartość życia. Wang zapewnił, że ów list oddał jego narzeczonej, która go kocha i nie chce żeby umarł. Po tej przygodzie Kin Fo ożenił się i już więcej nie miał stanów melancholijnych.

Ekranizacje
 Człowiek z Hongkongu – francusko-włoski film z 1965 roku

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Marguerite Allotte de la Fuÿe, Jules Verne, sa vie, son œuvre, Les Documentaires, Simon Kra, 6 Rue Blanche, Paris, 1928 (w języku francuskim)
 Jean Jules-Verne, Jules Verne. A Biography, Macdonald and Jane's, London, 1976,  (w języku angielskim)
 Peter Costello, Jules Verne. Inventor of Science Fiction, Hodder and Stoughton, London Sydney Auckland Toronto 1978,  (w języku angielskim)
 Simone Vierne, Jules Verne, Éditions Balland, 1986,  (w języku francuskim)
 Brian Taves, Stephen Michaluk Jr., The Jules Verne Encyclopedia, Scarecrow Press Inc., Lanham, Md. & London, 1996,
 Volker Dehs, Jules Verne. Eine kritische Biographie, Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf und Zürich 2005,  (w języku niemieckim)
 William Butcher, Jules Verne. The Definitive Biography, Thunder's Mouth Press, New York 2006,  (w języku angielskim)

Linki zewnętrzne
 Tekst w wielu językach w Jules Verne Virtual Library (mirror)

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My friend is 95. She is dear to me, a sweet woman who is frail but feisty. Can you be both? I think so. She is kind and hospitable when I come to call, and offers me food: an apple, an orange, a cup of tea. The feisty part comes out when she argues with her caregiver about what to wear, and when to stop talking and get dressed. Over the last year, I have seen her mental sharpness fade. On the phone, she asks me over and over what time I am coming. She cries easily, missing her husband who died years ago. She talks to a life-sized photo of him propped on a chair in her living room, facing the couch where she sits. I know it's not him, she says with a smile, but it makes me feel better when I talk to him.
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Although I've never been that great into history, I have figured out that generations don't learn from the generation before them. If we did, we wouldn't always be fighting wars. Staying angry interferes with our inner peace and causes anxiety but it doesn't solve problems. Each person has to go into their golden years trying to figure out what works for them as individuals because most of us don't have the answer for World Peace.
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I'm an optimist, so hope is part of my nature. I'm thankful I can still believe in a world where peace and kindness rule.
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I'm angry every time I think about what's happening in our country now too, but I'm grateful that there are people like you who never give up or become cynical. Keep it up!
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Jeff Coetzee (* 25. April 1977 in Okiep) ist ein ehemaliger südafrikanischer Tennisspieler, der seine Erfolge im Doppel feiern konnte.

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Coetzee spielte ab 1996 als Profi auf der ATP World Tour. Schnell entschied er sich dazu, hauptsächlich im Doppel anzutreten. Er gewann sechs Doppeltitel und stand weitere zehnmal in einem Doppelfinale. Im November 2008 erreichte er mit Rang 12 seine höchste Platzierung in der ATP-Weltrangliste. Sein bestes Resultat bei einem Grand-Slam-Turnier erlangte er bei den Australian Open in den Jahren 2003 und 2008, in denen er jeweils das Halbfinale erreichte. Seine beste Saison war auch das Jahr 2008, in der er fünf Finals erreichen konnte, von denen er eines gewann. Damit konnte er sich einmalig mit seinem Partner und Landsmann Wesley Moodie für den Tennis Masters Cup qualifizieren. Dort schieden sie in der Gruppenphase aus. Nach dem Turnier erreichte Coetzee seine Bestplatzierung. In den nächsten zwei Jahren verlor er kontinuierlich an Plätzen, sodass er bald lediglich auf der Challenger Tour antrat. Hier gewann er auch seinen letzten von 18 Titeln im Mai 2010 in Tunis. Nach dem Challenger-Turnier in Dortmund beendete er seine Karriere.

Zwischen 2000 und 2009 spielte er für die südafrikanische Davis-Cup-Mannschaft, in der er eine Bilanz von 13:5 vorweisen kann. Nach seiner aktiven Karriere begann er als Trainer zu arbeiten. Juan Sebastián Cabal und Robert Farah gewannen unter seiner Betreuung 2019 den Titel in Wimbledon.

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GBPUSD rallied on the back of better than forecast PMI data (Actual 55.1 vs 52.1 in February) and hopes that politicians will avoid a "no-deal" Brexit. There is speculation that Ms May will make a fourth attempt at convincing MP's to back her Brexit plan. GBPUSD climbed to 1.3107 from a low of 1.3012.
WTI oil prices climbed to $60.85/barrel overnight and are hovering just below that level in early New York trading. The improved risk sentiment and rumoured progress in the China/US trade talks, combined with ongoing supply issues from Venezuela and Opec production cuts, continue to support prices.
USDCAD consolidated Friday's post GDP losses in a narrow 1.3341-1.3361 range and is trading with a bearish bias. The far-better-than-expected January GDP rise of 0.3% combined with firm Industrial Product and Raw Materials Prices drove USDCAD below support at 1.3380. Rising oil prices have also undermined the currency pair. Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz is speaking later today. The question is will we parrot dovish economic reservations like the rest of the central banks or deliver a more upbeat assessment of the domestic economy.
US Retail Sales dropped 0.2% in February which was a tad weaker than expected in part due to poor weather during the month. The January results were revised higher. FX markets ignored the data preferring to await ISM Manufacturing PMI (forecast 54.2) later today.
The intraday USDCAD technicals are bearish while prices are below 1.3380 and looking for a break below 1.3330 to extend losses to the 1.3250 area. A recovery above 1.3380 would negate the immediate downside pressure and suggest 1.3340-1.3460 consolidation. For today, USDCAD support is at 1.3330 and 1.3270. Resistance is at 1.3380 and 1.3420.


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The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce has elected its chair of the board — and added three local executives to its governing body.
Douglas A. Dozeman, a partner at the law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd, will chair the local chamber, which represents more than 2,700 businesses. He will serve a one-year term.
Dozeman, who specializes in litigation, has more than 30 years of experience representing businesses and individuals in civil litigation.
The chamber also said this month that its board has added three members: Lew Chamberlin, CEO of the Whitecaps Professional Baseball Corporation, Lynn Afendoulis, director of corporate communications at Universal Forest Products, and Nelson Sanchez, CFO of RoMan Manufacturing.