Ich habe auch nichts gegen das Hovern. Tatsächlich ist nahe Level 20 ein Spielen ohne Hover unmöglich, weil die Spielsteine direkt unten erscheinen.
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You put illegally in quotes, my dear. It means that it wasn't illegal in your eyes. And I think that Talmudic law agrees with you in this case. But what do I know? I'm catholic.
Orange est une tres grande entreprise en effet, mais c'est quasiment impossible de lancer de nouveaux produits car cette entreprise est organisee en silo, avec des gardiens de temples a tous les etages. J'ai passe 11 ans dans cette entreprise et force de constater qu'il est impossible d'innover sans passer par la case politique interne.Il est a mon avis mieux de comparer Orange a un ministere ou a un parti politique plutot qu'une entreprise privee, cela lui rendrait plus justice.
You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this matter to be really something that I think I would never understand. It seems too complex and extremely broad for me. I'm looking forward for your next post, I'll try to get the hang of it!


Thomas Piketty's book about inequality showed that income and wealth inequality have been getting much worse over the last half-century. There seems to be a "positive feedback" process occurring, that is, the most powerful people accumulate more and more income-producing assets, and this greater wealth allows them to gather yet more wealth. "Positive feedback" is the process that occurs in nature and in engineering that leads to quickly escalating gains, such as when a microphone feeds back and starts screeching. Growing income inequality is our economy screeching.
Manufacturing, on the other hand, is the economic sector that turns off the "positive feedback" of income inequality in the economy. Manufacturing does this in a couple of ways. First, manufacturing generates so much wealth that a middle class can develop, as happened in the 19th century. Before that time, what little surplus wealth was generated was grabbed by the ruling elite, and almost everybody else engaged in the toil of farming. But the surplus that manufacturing creates can also be taken by the ruling elite, leaving everyone else in the same boat as before. However, the second reason manufacturing leads to a middle class is that manufacturing requires high skill levels — which is why Germany now, and the United States before, have had comfortable middle class families working in factories. When people have high skills — assuming they can organize, as in unions — then they have power, and with power comes better income and better income equality.
So a country that has manufacturing has more wealth, and more economic and therefore political power for a large part of its population, what is known as the middle class. But if the manufacturing sectors start to decline, then so does the wealth-generating power of the country, as well as the power of the middle class. And thus we find that the United States is declining in power and in its middle class. By not focusing on the role of manufacturing in the economy, both Sanders and Piketty miss an opportunity to explain the phenomenon of income inequality that they are describing — and they have trouble proscribing effective solutions as well.
Income equality, and manufacturing, both peaked around 1968 in the United States. Manufacturing has almost always been the quintessential middle class sector because manufacturing employs about the same percentage of the workforce as the income it receives. In 1968, 25% of the workforce was engaged in manufacturing, and 25% of the country's income went to manufacturing. On average, in 1968 people in manufacturing received the average income of the economy. No other sector can boast this "middle class-ness".
On the other hand, if you total up the hotel, restaurant, health, and retail sectors, you will find that in 2009 these lower-income service sectors employed 30% of all workers, but received in income about 20% of the nation's income. Thus, on average, a worker in a low income sector received about 2/3rds of the average income. And this is an average — if you take out the doctors and other highly paid professionals from these sectors, the rest of the workforce has even lower income.
From 1968 to 2009 the manufacturing sector declined from one quarter of the economy — every fourth working person — to about one in every 11 people, a decline of about 16% of the total employment pool. Where did those people go? Most of them went into the lower income service workforce, which grew from 12.8% to 20.5% of the workforce (and many others stopped working altogether). So, on average, the people that moved from manufacturing to low income services lost 1/3rd of their income, if not more since most were not the highly paid professionals in those sectors. In mainly white communities, these are some of the people interested in Trump and suffering from high death rates. In mainly African-American communities, the loss of manufacturing is the economic crisis that has been decimating African-American communities for decades.
While many communities were being devastated by factory shutdowns, about half the income drop of manufacturing (from 25% to 11%), was scooped up by FIRE (from 14.2% in 1968 to 21.5% in 2009). Most of the rest of the income was claimed by what are called professional, technical, and scientific services (from 2.4 to 7.6), where on average people are also highly paid. This professional sector accounts for about one quarter of the loss of manufacturing employment (moving from 2.1% of the workforce to 5.6%). Because of this shift from manufacturing to professional income, many in the Democratic Party focused on professional voters instead of working class voters.
Thus, there has been a movement of people from middle class manufacturing jobs to lower middle class and lower class service jobs, even within the higher average service sectors, while at the same time income moved to smaller, non-manufacturing sectors, particularly FIRE, and particularly to the "ruling elite" within FIRE.
The decline of manufacturing in the United States is usually framed like this: "Because of globalization and automation, manufacturing is never coming back." I will address the nature of globalization and whether 'manufacturing is never coming back' in subsequent posts, but automation is not the reason manufacturing in the U.S. is declining.
Manufacturing is automation. That is, manufacturing is the process of people using machinery to create goods, including other machinery which can then be used for making more machinery and goods. When people use the word "automation", they are generally referring to using some kind of computer technology within the machinery used for production. Computer technology is another form of machinery, and is in turn made by people and machines. But more importantly, there is no sharp break in capability that computer technology has brought to manufacturing. For the entire 20th Century, the productivity increase of manufacturing, that is, the value of goods that a particular value of machinery could produce, has been going up by about 3%, at a pretty steady rate, and computer technology has not significantly increased those gains. The German middle class has been doing very well, even with computer technology, because the German government intervenes in the economy in order to support manufacturing. Although the share of manufacturing in Germany has been going down over the last 40 years, it is still at around 20% and forms the basis for their prosperity. Although the share of manufacturing in Germany has been going down over the last 40 years, it is still at around 20% and forms the basis for their prosperity. Moreover, a recent assessment by Bernard S. Bernanke at the Brookings Institution found that "in 2014, Germany's trade surplus was about $250 billion (in dollar terms), or almost 7 percent of the country's GDP," continuing "an upward trend that's been going on at least since 2000." Manufacturing has therefore continued to contribute wealth to German society which conceivably can be partially taxed or redistributed to lower income earners.
Throughout history, and even at points in American history (for example, Alexander Hamilton and Abraham Lincoln), the government has made manufacturing the focus of national policy. There is nothing inevitable about the decline of manufacturing, in the U.S. or anywhere else.
The rise of FIRE and the decline of manufacturing are linked, because the increased profits resulting from the imported manufactured goods that used to be made in the United States now go to the top 1% or so, where much of FIRE resides. That is, when goods are made in China, and sold in the US, the profits eventually wind up in FIRE and with billionaires, instead of going into the pockets of middle class manufacturing workers in the US. With those greater profits, FIRE and the billionaires indulge in the positive feedback processes of accumulating greater and greater economic and then political power, leading to growing inequality.
By the late 1990s, this financial power led to a further positive feedback loop, as the government deregulated the financial industry, allowing for the emergence of the "too big to fail" banks, leading to our financial oligarchy of five or so huge banks and a bunch of hedge funds and their billionaires. Thus, Sanders correctly calls for breaking up the banks, to roll back this "positive feedback" process. Trump, too, has used what used to be called "economic nationalism" to call for tariffs (or taxes) on imported goods to encourage manufacturing, and both Sanders and Trump are against the TransPacific Partnership, whose passage would continue a long tradition of destroying the manufacturing sector. However, both politicians do not explicitly get to the bottom of the problem: we need to rebuild the manufacturing sector, which will simultaneously decrease the power of FIRE and increase the power of the middle class.
Of course, Bernie Sanders would fight for policies that are much more progressive than Donald Trump. But I fear that unless we start to attack the root of the problem, and in particular unless progressives make rebuilding manufacturing a central plank of their platform, there will be more and even worse Donald Trumps to come.


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For Pope Francis, Good Friday shrouded in grief over persecuted Christians
Pope Francis at Good Friday liturgy held at St. Peter's Basilica on April 3, 2015. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA.
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Rome, Italy, Apr 3, 2015 / 03:45 pm ().- Both Pope Francis' Good Friday service at the Vatican and the Stations of the Cross held at the Colosseum later in the day zeroed-in on the plight of persecuted Christians around the world.
"In you, Divine Love, we see again today our persecuted brethren: beheaded, crucified, for their faith in you, beneath our eyes, or often with our complicit silence," he said in a brief reflection April 3 following the Way of the Cross.
The Pope's remarks come one day after the massacre of 147 students – mostly Christian, separated from their Muslim colleagues at the start of the attack – at Kenya's Garissa University College at the hands of Somalian Al Shebaab gunmen.
Earlier today, Pope Francis condemned "this act of senseless brutality," in a letter of condolence to the Kenyan Bishop's conference, praying "for a change of heart among its perpetrators."
According to the letter which was signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy Father called on authorities to increase their efforts in bringing an end to violence, promoting justice and peace.
Earlier in the day, during celebrations for the Passion of Our Lord in Saint Peter's Basilica, papal preacher Father Raniero Cantalamessa also touched on the Kenya massacre, and other recent examples of Christian persecution.
Speaking also of the 21 Coptic Christians killed by ISIS last February, Fr. Cantalamessa said Christ gave them "the strength to die whispering the name of Jesus."
Pope Francis has spoken out repeatedly on Christian martyrs of today. He has stressed that there are more persecuted Christians throughout the world now than there were in the early centuries of Christianity.
At the conclusion of the Way of the Cross – or Via Crucis – Pope Francis reflected on the suffering which Christ endured during His Passion.
"In the cruelty of your Passion, we see the cruelty in our heart, and of our actions," he said.
"Oh Victorious Christ Crucified, your Way of the Cross is the synthesis of your life, the icon of your obedience to the will of the Father, and the realization of your infinite love for us, who are sinners."
Pope Francis also spoke of those who, like Christ during his passion, feel abandoned, "disfigured by our negligence, and our indifference."
The pontiff concluded his address by asking God to "teach us that the Cross is the Way toward the Resurrection," and that "Good Friday is the path toward the Easter of Light."
"Teach us that God never forgets any of his children, and never tires of forgiving us and embracing us with his infinite mercy. But also teach us to never be tired of asking for forgiveness, and believing in mercy, without limit, from the Father."
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Dewa sets world record for gas turbine overhaul
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has broken the world record in major inspection outages by re-engineering the gas turbine SGT-4000F overhaul process at the Jebel Ali Power and Desalination Complex.
Dewa succeeded the completion of its major inspection outage within 11 working days compared to 30 working days previously. This allows a 63 per cent reduction in outage duration, leading to increased availability of its gas turbines.
"These gas turbines, along with the steam turbines in the same train, provide 63.2 per cent of Dewa's gas plant power generation capacity, and 55 per cent of the total thermal energy needed to produce desalinated water that Dewa provides to Dubai," said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, managing director and CEO of Dewa.
"This shows the strategic importance of the project to Dewa. In order to ensure its success, a project charter was initiated with a clear vision and strategic objectives in line with Dewa's vision of being a globally leading sustainable innovative corporation."
The project's objectives were to strengthen and highlight Dubai's position as a leader in technological transformation. There are a total of 461 similar units worldwide, with 46 in the UAE. The lessons learned from Dewa's achievement helped global users to use these turbines as a benchmark to improve their operating costs and availability of their services, and improve their environmental footprint.
"Using various innovative ideas and techniques, a team comprised of over 200 members, including 176 field staff, succeeded in reducing the major inspection outage of the unit GTK53 at K Station in October 2018 to 11 working days, breaking the previous world record of 20 days. To affirm the project's sustainability, the same period was achieved on the unit GTK52 at K Station in April 2019," said Nasser Lootah, executive vice president of generation at Dewa.
Since the project's success, the major inspection outage period over the next 12 years is expected to result in an increase in the availability of high-efficiency units and use by 756 days. In addition, Dewa managed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 394,632 tonnes in a year, equivalent to 18.13 million trees. – TradeArabia News Service
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Amo Township is a township in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 132 at the 2010 census.

Amo Township was organized in 1873. The name Amo is derived from Latin, meaning "I love".

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which  is land and , or 1.98%, is water.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 140 people, 52 households, and 40 families residing in the township. The population density was 4.0 people per square mile (1.5/km2). There were 63 housing units at an average density of 1.8/sq mi (0.7/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 100.00% White.

There were 52 households, out of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.1% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.2% were non-families. 17.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the township the population was spread out, with 28.6% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 28.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $55,625, and the median income for a family was $65,625. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $19,000 for females. The per capita income for the township was $25,945. There were 6.1% of families and 13.5% of the population living below the poverty line, including 26.2% of under eighteens and 37.5% of those over 64.

Politics
Amo Township is located in Minnesota's 1st congressional district, represented by Jim Hagedorn, a Republican.  At the state level, Amo Township is located in Senate District 22, represented by Republican Doug Magnus, and in House District 22B, represented by Republican Rod Hamilton.

References

Townships in Cottonwood County, Minnesota
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"Iron-clad" rice
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Iron-enriched rice will soon contribute to reducing "hidden hunger." (Photo: Kurniawan)
Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia cause a range of health problems in humans, including increased chances of maternal and child mortality and negative consequences on cognitive and physical development of children. They also affect an individual's physical performance, especially the work productivity of adults.
Combating micronutrient malnutrition is considered to be among the best investments that generate a high return in socioeconomic benefits according to the 2008 Copenhagen Consensus. The Consensus listed biofortification, a method of breeding crops in order to increase their nutritional value, as one of its top five investments to address global challenges.
In developing countries, rice, as a staple food, may still provide as much as 80% of the daily calorie intake. Unfortunately, polished white rice contains low amounts of iron. A study of the iron content of polished rice marketed in a number of rice mills in the Philippines and Vietnam showed that popular varieties such as IR64, Sinandomeng, Intan, and Jasmine 85 generally contain 2–3 milligrams of iron per kilogram (ppm) of rice, and a maximum of 4–5 ppm in a few rice mills in Vietnam. Similar studies in the U.S. and Brazil have verified the very low iron in white rice.
Breeders at the International Rice Research Institute screened thousands of rice seeds from the International Rice Genebank (a seed bank) and from breeding lines and varieties for the iron content in the polished rice. They identified a few potential breeding materials with 5–8 ppm iron. Biofortified crops need to contribute at least 30% of the estimated average requirements for them to be me aningful to a target population group. The HarvestPlus Program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research has set a minimum of 14 ppm iron in polished rice to benefit women and children.
Now, the next question is, how to fill the gap.
In addition to more breeding, one option is to use modern biotechnology to introduce other genes to increase the uptake and storage of iron in the rice endosperm (white rice when polished). In earlier work, it has been established that the iron in rice is highly bioavailable (can be absorbed and used by the human body) and additional iron should also be bioavailable. One preferred biotechnology approach uses the gene from soybean for the protein ferritin. Ferritin is an iron-storage protein that can hold up to 4,500 atoms of iron per molecule in its central cavity. A study with humans with ferritin purified from soybean has shown that the iron from this source is one of the most bioavailable forms known.
Several studies have reported that the ferritin biotechnology approach can increase the iron content to 8–10 ppm, but not yet to 14 ppm. Recently, some studies have shown that modifying the iron transporter nicotianamine in rice can be effective in increasing iron concentrations in the grain. This approach uses a number of rice genes for nicotianamine synthase to boost the overall levels of the transporter and thereby increase the movement of iron into the grain. The incorporation of the two approaches, soybean ferritin and rice nicotianamine synthase, together in popular varieties, is now being advanced to determine whether the combination will lead to achieving the very important goal of rice with higher iron.
Biofortification can serve as an important sustainable tool in combination with existing ways of overcoming iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia; these existing approaches include a diverse diet, fortification, and supplements. The main advantages of developing varieties with high iron content are that this is a food-based approach and delivering the solution in such a widely consumed crop could contribute to a large effect.
Dr. Slamet-Loedin is a senior scientist in IRRI's Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division.


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Investing in a Christmas tree storage container might cost you a small amount initially, but it will help you to save money in the end. If you are normally one of those who buy a tree every single year, you are effectively throwing your money away every time you chop it up in January.
Buying a fake tree saves you money over the years, but you need to have a way to keep it for the 11 months that it is not in use. A good storage container will help to keep it safe from harm, as well as making it easier to store.
Extra room – It can be very tempting to buy the smallest possible storage container to save money but nothing is more frustrating than pushing and squashing a tree into a tight space.
Lightweight – The chances are that you will be storing your tree above head height in the attic or in overhead storage in the garage. This means that you need to find a lightweight container as the added weight of the tree can make it surprisingly heavy.
Plastic boxes – These often come with wheels to help you move it around. The design of the lid is also key, as you need it to protect against cold, damp and heat throughout the year. You can either buy hinged lids with clips or ones that come all the way off. If you have a large tree, you will probably want the fully removable lid so you have some extra room when you are packing it away. The market leader here is Iris, and you can get a box that will store up to a 9-foot tree for less than $90.
Duffel bags – The duffel bag offers you a greater amount of flexibility when you are cleaning up as well as offering a greater level of protection against sharp branches and needles. The only difficulty with them is that they are less secure than plastic boxes against dampness and are much more susceptible to mold. However, you can treat them with anti-mold spray each year to keep the bag fresh. They are much cheaper than plastic boxes and you should look at Whitmor, who sell big duffel bags for up to 11-foot trees for around $18 plus shipping.
Cardboard box – By far, the cheapest option for your Christmas tree storage container is a cardboard box. Do not be tricked into thinking that you will be able to fit the tree back into its original container to save money, as you will never be able squeeze it in the carton again. Buying a new larger box will not cost that much and is ideal if you have a fully dry and secure attic space for storage. Be aware that rodents can make quick work of a cardboard box leaving your tree useless for the next year.
The trick of selecting the right Christmas tree storage container is to choose the right tree that you can store easily. Figuring out where you can store your tree will help narrow your choices from the numerous trees and the storage containers available that will fit in that space.


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Denis Roux (Montreuil, 5 november 1961) is een Frans voormalig wielrenner.

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Denis Roux was professional van 1984 tot 1992 en boekte in totaal elf overwinningen waaronder één etappe in de Ronde van Spanje in 1990. Hij nam zes keer deel aan de Ronde van Frankrijk met een tiende plaats in 1988 als beste klassering.

Na zijn actieve loopbaan werd hij trainer bij onder andere de Canadese en Franse wielerbond en was hij ploegleider bij Crédit agricole.

Hij is gehuwd met de Franse skiester Sarah Hemery.

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 Circuit du Sud-Est
1987
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1988
 Criterium van Castillon-la-Bataille
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Thursday Spanish Copa del Rey action will include a game between Barcelona, currently the cream of the La Liga table, travelling to take on Celta Vigo.
Barcelona has been thoroughly dominant in La Liga so far this season, as they have racked up a record of 14-3-0 for a total of 45 points. With Real Madrid's struggling to start the year, this means that Barcelona is currently enjoying a 9 point cushion over second place Atletico Madrid, and, more importantly, a 14 point cushion over Real Madrid.
There was some thought that Barcelona might struggle this season given the departure of Neymar from the club, though Messi and company have more than picked up the slack, delivering Barcelona fans a season that has been devoid of losses so far.
Celta Vigo, on the other hand, is toiling at 11th place in the table, which puts them safely out of relegation territory. Celta Vigo currently has a total of 21 points thanks to their record of 6-3-8.
In short - Barcelona should easily take this Copa del Rey match, though they may choose to sit some of their stars for some of the match.
With Barcelona current momentum, there seems to be little hope of them losing either of these Copa del Rey matches.


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David Dickson Terry (January 31, 1881 – October 6, 1963) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1933 to 1943. He was the son of William Leake Terry.

Biography
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Terry attended public schools, along with the Bethel Military Academy in Fauquier County, Virginia and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He graduated from the law department of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1903. Later, he also attended the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. After he was admitted to the bar in 1903, Terry commenced practice in Little Rock.

Military service
During the First World War, Terry enlisted on June 5, 1918 and was later commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry. He was discharged on December 20, 1918.

From 1929 to 1933, Terry served as a member of the Little Rock School Board.

Political career
He was elected to the State House of Representatives in 1933.

Terry was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Heartsill Ragon. Terry was reelected to the Seventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses, where he served from December 19, 1933 to January 3, 1943. He did not run for reelection in 1942, in order to run for the United States Senate. His run was unsuccessful, and he returned to the practice of law.

He unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1944, and placed third.

Terry served as director of the Division of Flood Control Water and Soil Conservation of the Arkansas Resources and Development Commission from 1945 until 1953.

Death
Terry died in Little Rock on October 6, 1963. He was interred in Mount Holly Cemetery. Named in his honor, the Little Rock School District opened Terry Ełementary School in 1964.

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The artist's anxiety makes sense. "The script was great, and it meant something," Sivan says. Loosely adapted from Conley's own story, Boy Erased follows Jared (Lucas Hedges), a closeted young man torn between his sexual identity and his faith, instilled in him by his southern family. Outed to his parents, Jared is forced to participate in gay conversion therapy along with other adolescents—suffering deeply, while connecting all the more with the person he truly is.
At a moment in time when gay conversion therapy is legal in 36 states, Sivan knows that making a film like Boy Erased is one way to facilitate progress, eliciting empathy and raising awareness where there is none. At the same time, there are many stories to be told, and as many ways to go about telling them. In "Revelation"—a song he wrote for the film with Jónsi (of Sigur Rós fame)— Sivan's truth shines all the way through.
With Boy Erased, were you first approached as an actor or musician?
I wasn't really approached. I auditioned for it, and thankfully, Joel really liked my self-tape. That was what got the conversation going, and got his attention.
What attracted you about the notion of working on this film in multiple capacities?
I wanted to be involved in the movie in any way that I possibly could. First of all, I was so happy that I got the part as an actor. That felt really exciting and fresh to me. Then, once it was confirmed that I was going to be in the film, I was like, "Any music that I've already written, you guys can have. If you want me to write new stuff, I'll do it. I just want to be involved in as many ways as I possibly can, because I think this story is so important." So, that kind of informed everything. I just threw myself at the project.
The cast for this film is remarkable eclectic, featuring prominent international filmmaker Xavier Dolan, your director and a young Oscar nominee. What was it like occupying a space amongst this group?
This cast is the craziest bunch of people in the whole world. It's full of so much talent. We've got Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Nicole Kidman, and Joel, and Russell Crowe. To be surrounded by all of these people was obviously inspiring, work-wise. But I think the thing that was most inspiring to me was the way that everyone so wholeheartedly threw themselves at this project because of what it stands for, and what it has to say. That was really, really nice.
What kind of process did Edgerton take you through, early on?
There were a couple of weeks of pre-production where we all got together. People were going off and doing fittings, and getting their hair done, and stuff like that. But we were also just spending a lot of time together, talking and reading source material from the actual booklets that people would get when they arrived at one of these camps. We really immersed ourselves in the location and the wardrobe, and spent a lot of time working through that stuff to the point where, on set—going to the same place every single day, wearing the same outfit with the same people, hearing those same kinds of speeches—it started to have a very real weight and impact.
First, I really threw myself at anyone that I could—producers, Joel, the composers for the film, whoever. I just kept telling everyone, "I want to write a song for the movie." I ended up going off and writing like five songs that I sent to Joel, and none of those felt quite write. Then, I heard that Jónsi was working on some of the music, so I went and met Jónsi for coffee. I heard that there was a scene in the movie where Jónsi had started this little piano thing, but didn't know where to go melodically or lyrically, or anything like that. So, Joel sent me the scene—a rough cut with Jónsi's piano—and I started writing lyrics. It was so helpful to have this place to begin, and the song just really flowed.
What was your initial reaction, watching that rough cut? Lyrically, what was the seed of your idea?
One of my favorite things about this movie is, it hosts a genuine conversation between the viewer and the film. No one is really vilified. I think it really does hold your hand and show you, these are parents who really, really love their kid—and because they really love their kid, they want to send their kid to conversion therapy. That's where it starts, and then the whole thing plays out, and you realize how wrong of a move that is, but in a really gentle way. I'm hoping a parent can watch this and it'll prevent them from putting their kid through something similar.
Looking back now on your experience with Boy Erased, what did it mean to you?
My big goal in life is to keep things interesting for myself, in the hope that that'll mean it'll be interesting for other people, as well. This felt like something that fit so perfectly with who I am as a person, what I'm trying to achieve, but also felt equally as surprising, as far as a project to take on. It just felt really exhilarating, and it was pushing me in all the right ways. And at the same time, it felt completely comfortable. That, I think, is sort of the stars aligning.
How do you imagine your career as you look forward?
I have no idea where I'm going to be or what I'm going to be doing in five years, 10 years, and that feels cool to me. But I want to keep going. I want to do more acting and make more music for film. It felt like a real pivotal moment when I got the part, and I'm hoping that it sets me on a new, interesting path for myself.
You're currently touring with your latest album, Bloom. What has your experience on the road been like this time around?
It's interesting to shift gears. Last night, I was on stage and then today, I'm here talking about the movie. That's been a weird thing that I haven't had to really do before. But I've just had the time of my life on tour. It's been so much fun. The shows have felt really special. I think the thing as well is, it's kind of the reason why I'm doing this movie, is so that I can see more of what I get to see at my shows every night. I look out into the crowd and I just see this group of happy, open, free people who have come to really love themselves, and love each other, and it just gives me such hope and such drive. I'm hoping that the movie is going to amplify that and spread that wider.
What does the album say about where you are in your life?
Oddly enough, in contrast to the film, I feel I'm at this place in my life where I'm most open with myself and with the people around me, and it's led to me being just really, really happy. I'm in a really great place and feel very lucky and grateful to be where I am. I'd never really written happy music before and I wanted to see what that would sound like, and what this time of my life sounds like. That's kind of what the album is.


The answer to this question will be different for each people as the word 'design' is not a word which defines a specific object, but it is a vocabulary of action.
It was until the 21st century people started to realize the importance of visual aesthetic beauty. End of 19th century and beginning of 20th century was time of industrial revolution where technological advancement started to accelerate from being dormant. And during the time, the emphasis and the focus of the act of creating or manufacture were on an element which heavily influenced and deeply implemented in human mind, the functionality. People understood that whatever they created has to work, otherwise, it was considered useless. The aesthetic quality was secondary.
This dominance of functionality over aesthetic quality heavily influenced large (almost all) population around the globe - it became almost like a regulation where that the hierarchy where functional quality is higher than aesthetic quality. That became the obvious rule where people agreed upon and it became hard to understand why people would start focusing on the beauty of a product in first place. And the remnant of the emphasis on the functionality still remains today implemented vastly in people's mind.
I was also heavily influenced by the concept which taught the hierarhy of functionality comes before the visual beauty. However the statement was incomprehensible to some degree. As an artist I understood the functional aspect of any design is important as it is obvious that any design you create should actually work and fulfil its purpose, otherwise it becomes a piece of sculpture (unless the purpose of the object you created is a sculpture). Hence I understand that functional element is important but what I did not understand was the fact that 'why aesthetic qualities were not emphasised enough'. I just did not understand as I knew both of them were equally important however I was not able to find a suitable answer and adequate reasons to support my statement - the reason why aesthetic element is important as the functional element. Then I came across the 10 principles of design by Dieter Ram.
The 10 principles of design directs you what a good design should be. All the 10 of those principles were very powerful reasoning but when I was reading the 3rd principle, I felt a shiver running down on my spine.
"A good design is aesthetic... because products are used every day and have an effect on people and their well-being."
While I was reading this principle, I had to stop there for a moment because this principle clearly showed why aesthetic quality was equally important as functional quality. It was something that was so fundamental yet so intimate.
Good design will influence people - it can shape their inner self.
Well-being is a topic which came up not long time ago - it was only 80s and 90s we started to take the topic seriously. And it is interesting to discover that well-being is deeply integrated with the mental health of human being.
Imagine having a product with slim, very sophisticated and simple design (a good example is Apple). When people first see Apple products, majority will feel that apple product is different to other product - it looks special and different, and makes the user to have this emotion of positive satisfaction when they use the product. This, I believe is due to the aesthetic beauty of the product. I agree that aesthetic property is not the only thing which makes the Apple product so popular, however I want to say that Apple product did distinguish themselves from other products by their competitors with their aesthetic qualities. Therefore we can say that the experience of using the product will influence how you feel about the product, and your emotions - even after you use the product.
The functionality affects the physical element with human interaction, while the aesthetic quality affects the psychological element of human interaction.
How we visually design of our products can affect the emotion of the user and eventually the mental health of the user. I believe this small influence will eventually have a huge effect on the whole society.
I think Dieter Rams' principle of the design is really focuses on the core of design - it is honest and so fundemental we shouldn't ignore it. Knowing the 10 principle (especially the 3rd principle) provided me a great insight and the gravity of visual communication by design.
To close my words, I believe design is a process of creating a particular subject to help the humans who later will use it. I believe, as a human being, it is our duty to help and create the world a better place for human to live in, and aesthetic value does play a big role inside this process.
Disclaimer: The quote which you will see in english is translated directly from me, since the english version of the quote could not be found.
About a year ago, I came across a book called '자기혁명' which in english translates to 'Self Revolution'. Reading this book was one of the best reading experience I ever had in my life as this book attacked and questioned some of the most fundamental, yet extremely vital questions that our society should ponder.
I have to admit that this quote is absolutely beautiful; Jeremy Rifkin was able to condense something very fundamental and extremely true into one paragraph which described the process of development of human civilization in an elegant manner. We can make reference this quote to the world that we live in right now. Individuals such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Larry Page and Sergey Brin etc, all these figures are the 0.1 percent of creative individuals who have placed their flag and shouted out. And indeed the other 0.9 percent of humanity have recognized the value and invested which apparently changed our world into digital information era in the 21st century.
Recently, I was able to know who Elon Musk is and the work he has achieved and doing at the moment. And I think this individual is one of the individuals who I found very inspiring and creative. I think he will, and already is, change the world and be considered as one of the individual in the 21st century who made contribution which starts the next generation of civilization of human development.
Doing works such as Tesla, Space X, Paypal, Solar city, Elon Musk has achieved and working now surely hit me hard with a shock. But a different kind of shock, because I was thinking of doing something related to these categories of work but someone already started it. Considering the effect that his work will have an impact to the world will be phenomenal, and I consider him as the one of the individual who is the 0.1 percent from to the quote.
Many individuals of the 0.1 percent will be marked in a page in human history and new 0.1 percent will arise waiting to be written. I, as a person who is blessed to be able to live in a era where I am living with people such as Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, am excited to see whats the next move, the next 'big thing' which will change the world. This, at least to me, is one of the thing worth living for.


The Woolsey fire that has engulfed over 90,000 acres in California last weekend may have spread toxic and radioactive substances from a Superfund site. Activists, who believe authorities might be downplaying the risks of the toxins released into the air, say the burning of the nuclear waste site could further complicate health concerns.
While the California Department of Toxic Substances Control said there was no reason to be concerned of "any risks other than those normally present in a wildfire situation," locals aren't so sure, pointing out that the agency has dragged its feet in cleaning up toxic sites. Many are accusing the government of a possible cover-up as well.
Residents' concerns, however, are not unfounded. Reports that authorities are possibly downplaying the risks are fueled by the DTSC's track record of broken promises, combined with the very real history of nuclear meltdown onsite. The California state legislature commissioned an Independent Review Panel to investigate the DTSC and found in 2016 that the agency had placed communities "at risk" by "failing to perform its basic function of protecting the public and environment from industrial hazardous waste and contamination." The DTSC was held responsible for the Exide scandal in Vernon, in which a battery recycling plant leaked toxins into surrounding communities for decades, and was criticized for its backlog of hazardous waste permits.
Even those who do not consider themselves the diabolical "conspiracy theorists" are having concerns about the fire tearing through the SSFL site.


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TRL or trl may refer to:

Arts
 Temporary Residence Limited, a record label
 Total Request Live, a former MTV show
 TRL Awards (Total Request Live), an Italian music award

Libraries
 Tampines Regional Library, a regional library in Tampines, Singapore
 Timberland Regional Library, Washington state, US

Science and technology
 Technology readiness level
 Telstra Research Laboratories, Australia
 Thru-Reflect-Line, a technique used for network analyzer (electrical) calibration
 Transistor–resistor logic, a class of digital circuits
 Transport Research Laboratory, UK

Sports
 Tariff Reform League, UK
 Toowoomba Rugby League, Australian rugby league football competition

Transportation
 Terrell Municipal Airport, Texas, US, IATA airport code TRL
 Thirroul railway station, New South Wales, Australia, station code TRL
 Tiruvallur railway station, Tamil Nadu, India, station code TRL

Other uses
 Turkish lira, ISO 4217 code before redenomination in 2005
 trl, the ISO 639-3 code for Scottish Cant, Scotland


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The Washington Post's Unredeemable 'Reporting' on UNRWA
By: Sean Durns November 20, 2018
Washington Post reporting on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) continues to omit key context and mislead readers. A Nov. 19, 2018 front-page dispatch, "U.S. cuts add to Palestinians' misery," adds to the paper's poor coverage of the U.N. organization. The Post is unable, or perhaps unwilling, to offer straightforward reporting on the agency.
Originally envisioned as a temporary agency, UNRWA was created in 1949, following the unsuccessful attempt by several Arab states to destroy Israel. Over time, UNRWA developed into the only U.N. organization whose stated mission is to assist a specific group of refugees, Palestinian Arabs. All other refugee populations in the world fall under the jurisdiction of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Importantly, UNRWA's definition of "refugee" is not dependent on need and even applies to citizens of recognized states, such as Jordan.
Oddly, UNRWA considers individuals living in areas ruled by Palestinians—as well as descendants of those who fled during and before Israel's 1948 War of Independence—to be Palestinian "refugees." As CAMERA has noted, according to UNRWA's spurious definition, the twenty-year-old, Los Angeles-born millionaire fashion model, Bella Hadid, is considered a "refugee" from a seventy-year old event that occurred after Arab countries rejected a U.N. plan for a Jewish state and an Arab state, opting for war instead. Further, UNRWA has become the only refugee agency in the world whose purpose is not to resettle refugees ("UNRWA Has Changed the Definition of Refugee," Foreign Policy Magazine, Aug. 17, 2018).
Instead of helping resettle refugees, UNRWA schools and facilities have been used to promote hatred and murder of Israelis. For example, a March 7, 2016 ceremony at an UNRWA school in Gaza City celebrated stabbing Jews. UNRWA officials have posed with maps erasing Israel and have been caught disseminating antisemitic materials.
Indeed, according to a 2014 report by The Center for Near East Policy Research, terrorist organizations Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad "control the UNRWA stations in Gaza" and in 2012 "UNRWA in Gaza elected Hamas to all 11 seats in the UNRWA's teacher union and to 14 out of 16 sets in the employees and service sector union." Hamas is a U.S.-designated terror group that rules the Gaza Strip and calls for Israel's destruction.
As CAMERA highlighted in an Aug. 10, 2018 Algemeiner Op-Ed, these actions run counter to section 301(c) of the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act which stipulates that "no contributions by the United States shall be made to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency except on the condition" that UNRWA "take all possible measures to assure that no part of the United States contribution shall be used to furnish assistance to any refugee who is receiving military training as a member of the so-called Palestine Liberation Army or any other guerrilla type organization or who has engaged in any act of terrorism [emphasis added]."
Readers of The Washington Post, however, wouldn't have a clue about the numerous issues and controversies surrounding UNRWA.
As CAMERA has documented, the newspaper has repeatedly whitewashed the agency's history.
In the last year alone, The Post has filed no fewer than five full-length articles and commentaries on UNRWA—most of them detailing the decision by the U.S. to quit funding the agency. Yet, not once did The Post mention UNRWA's habit of employing terror operatives or promoting anti-Jewish violence.
The paper's Nov. 19, 2018 front-page article is no exception. In more than 1800 words, The Post failed to fully detail UNRWA's problems. Instead the paper implicitly minimized issues with the organization by claiming that only "Israeli sentiment" is the organization "irredeemably flawed."
But it's not merely "Israeli sentiment" which suggests that UNRWA is failing in its mission—the raw numbers themselves illustrate that UNRWA is doing less with more. At the dawn of the organization's creation, there were an estimated 700,000 Palestinian Arab refugees; in 2020, there will be a projected 6.4 million "refugees," per UNRWA's definition of the term. Yet, according to a 2011 report by the Center for Near East Policy Research, UNRWA has four times as many staff members as UNHCR does—despite the fact that UNRWA deals with six times fewer refugees than UNHCR. Instead of working to resettle refugees, UNRWA employees have been caught working for Hamas and praising Hitler ("Watchdog: Employees of UN Agency Praise Hitler, Hamas on Facebook," The Times of Israel, Feb. 6, 2017).
Indeed, The Post seems insistent on obfuscating when it comes to UNRWA and violence. As The Jerusalem Post and other news outlets noted, in October 2018 UNRWA withdrew some of its staff from the Gaza Strip after "a number of UNRWA workers had been 'harassed and prevented from carrying out their duties' by people angered by the organization's cost-cutting measures due to its financial crisis." UNRWA management was even "specifically targeted" by threats from Palestinians, according to the organization's executive director.
At the time, The Washington Post failed to report that UNRWA staff were being evacuated from the Gaza Strip due to Palestinian threats. Six weeks later, the paper belatedly wrote, "Protests regarding the cuts UNRWA has already made have forced some of its international staff to leave." But "protests" are hardly the same thing as "threats"—although the newspaper does have a curious history of conflating Palestinian violence with "protests" as CAMERA has documented.
In contrast to what Washington Post reporting implies, the need to reform UNRWA has been noted by more than Israelis and Trump administration officials. As CAMERA noted in an Aug. 16, 2018 JNS Op-Ed, Dave Harden, a former diplomat and one-time head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, has also been publicly critical of UNRWA, which he says, "fosters dysfunction" and needs to be "reordered." In an Aug. 12, 2018 Times of Israel Op-Ed, Harden agreed that Trump adviser and son-in-law "Jared Kushner may be right in seeking to disrupt the current structure of U.S. assistance to the Palestinians" via funding cuts and other measures.
UNRWA's own former legal counsel, James Lindsay, has also called to reform UNRWA. In a 2009 report titled Fixing UNRWA: Repairing the U.N.'s Troubled System of Aid to Palestinian Refugees, Lindsay disagreed with UNRWA's decision to apply the "refugee" categorization irrespective of need, noting: "No justification exists for millions of dollars in humanitarian aid going to those who can afford to pay for UNRWA services."
The Washington Post is well aware of Lindsay's criticisms—CAMERA has, on several occasions, emailed his report to Post staff. Indeed, on Sept. 5, 2018 The Post published CAMERA's letter to the editor ("The full truth about UNRWA") which pointed out that the newspaper had "failed to fully detail problems with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency" including that "UNRWA employees have been caught praising anti-Jewish violence, and, per a 2015 U.N. investigation, the organization's facilities were used by terrorist groups to launch and store rockets during the 2014 Israel-Hamas War."
But when it comes to UNRWA, The Washington Post has its narrative—and it isn't about to let facts get in the way.
The Post, quoting a Palestinian political activist named Manal Kortam, says that UNRWA has "helped to preserve and forge a shared memory," although Kortam claims that the organization has "held back Palestinian aspirations to reclaim their homeland." Yet, in a nearly 2,000-word article replete with numerous pictures—some taken at the Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp in Lebanon—the paper fails to elaborate on what precisely is being "preserved" by UNRWA—or what the borders would be of the "homeland" that Palestinians like Kortam want to "reclaim."
Another picture taken at the Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp in Lebanon provides the specificity that The Post lacks. The image was originally posted on the official Facebook page of Fatah, the movement that dominates the Palestinian Authority (PA), on Jan. 19, 2017 and was subsequently translated by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). PMW noted: "The picture shows Director of the Insan Center Abu Zuhdi at the Burj Al-Barajneh refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, giving Fatah officials a plaque of honor on which is the PA map of 'Palestine' that presents all of Israel as 'Palestine' together with the PA areas."
A picture, the saying goes, is worth a thousand words. And this particular picture is worth more than the thousands of words and images that The Washington Post has produced in its pathetic "reporting" on UNRWA.
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Sean Durns Senior Research Analyst Sean Durns is a Senior Research Analyst for the Washington D.C. office of CAMERA. With a background in the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, he worked for several think tanks and for a former high-ranking Pentagon official before joining CAMERA. His articles regularly appear in a variety of media outlets, including The Washington Examiner, The Washington Times, The Hill, The Jerusalem Post, and The Washington Jewish Week.
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Home latest news BREAKING: Fired Bauxite Workers reinstated, Berbice River to be cleared
BREAKING: Fired Bauxite Workers reinstated, Berbice River to be cleared
RUSAL and the Bauxite Union have finally reached an agreement which will see the fired workers being reinstated and the clearing of the blockages in the Berbice River.
See full statement from the Union:
Strike ends and Terms of Resumption
The workers' struggle, which began on 22nd November 2009, has ended after approximately nine (9) years, three (3) months, and twenty-eight (28) days. The recent industrial conflict from February 15th, one (1) month and four (4) days, has also ended today with the signing of Terms of Resumption (ToR) which includes reinstatement of all 61 dismissed workers and those laid off during the dispute; no victimisation or change of conditions for the reinstated workers; no compensation for time not worked during the dispute; return of the check-off system; and clearing of the Berbice River.
Both parties have further agreed to recognise the sovereignty, Constitution and Laws of Guyana and neither shall act in contravention thereof; promised to uphold the spirit and goodwill to which the ToR was negotiated and signed and will do nothing to circumvent same.
Subsequent meeting with be held within fourteen (14) days following the full resumption of work and the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) and the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) shall commence negotiation of a new Collective Labour Agreement (CLA). The parties agreed that in the pursuit of a new CLA and in the Avoidance and Settlement of Disputes the procedure used for dealing with same in the old (former) CLA shall be utilised as an interim measure; and further agreed that all major issues which involve conditions of employment shall be addressed with a view to achieving resolution.
History of BCGI workers struggle
In the history of independent Guyana this is the longest industrial conflict on record occurring under the Bharrat Jagdeo regime, and continued under the Donald Ramotar regime, only be resolved finally under the Coalition Government. Looking back this is a struggle that never should have been. It is a struggle that GB&GWU was bound to come out successful, regardless of long it went, because the laws were on our side.
It is unfortunate however inspite of the Constitution and laws that protect workers that successive PPP government ignored the pleas and struggles of GB&GWU to hold BCGI accountable and to protect those who it was bound by Constitution to represent. And to imagine that could have occurred under a government headed by a party founded by working class advocate Dr. Cheddie Jagan is an indictment of his legacy.
GB&GWU thanks the Ministry of Social Protection, more particularly Minister Amna Ally who brought a seriousness and intolerance to the violation of the Laws of Guyana and Guyanese workers. Thanks to the media, local and international, for standing with us during this time; the countless individuals on social media, the people of Guyana, who took on this fight personally. The workers and families of BCGI and the communities around, thank you for standing up for your rights and standing for justice.
Thank you to the GTUC, FITUG, GPSU and trade unionists from near and far, including the international unions, that gave us support and encouraged us on to keep the fight. For those businesses affected by the blockage of the river and sacrificed silently as workers struggle, GB&GWU regrets the inconvenience caused but thank you for your forbearance during this period. Thanks to all those who contributed food stuff and other supplies to keep the workers and their families going. Thanks everyone for defending Guyana. In true trade union spirit, we are stronger together.
We remember our fallen brother at this time, Carlton Sinclair, President of the Aroaima branch, who started this struggle with us and dedicated his energies up until he departed the land of the living. GB&GWU is sure if there is power in the decease, he is smiling now and saying, "job well done."
This was a hard-fought battle and there are miles to go still to ensure that what happened here does not repeat itself, not only with GB&GWU but with any union, where the laws of the country are disrespected by successive governments and a foreign company to create unnecessary and prolonged industrial conflict. This is a battle that should have never been.
No confidence in Mohamed Akeel
Analysing the circumstance of our struggles leave us to conclude that whereas the Russian principles of BCGI erred, their behaviour and maltreatment of the workers could not have been possible had our fellow Guyanese not chosen to encourage and participate in the violation of our laws and workers' rights.
We must remember that BCGI has in its employ as Labour Advisor, a Guyanese and former Chief Labour Officer Mohamed Akeel, who has more than 25 years of service with the Labour Department. He knows better yet failed to adequately represent the Laws of Guyana protecting the rights of BCGI workers. This brings into question the quality/efficiency of his performance and whether he is best capable of serving the interest of BCGI and the Union in upholding the signed agreement.
The Union declares today that it has no confidence in Mohamed Akeel. And for as long as he remains in the employ of BCGI his attitude and behaviour toward workers will be placed under the microscope and exposed. We are convinced that his is the attitude that creates unnecessary conflict, highly suggestive of political and racial overtones. Guyana can do better and must unite to safeguard our gains as a sovereign nation.
GB&GWU commits to upholding its end of the agreement and will not shy away from holding BCGI accountable for same.
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Be very careful when pruning Weeping Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria 'Pendula' or you will loose the prized look of the plant.
It needs little pruning to develop a strong structure. Weeping Yaupon Holly makes a distinct irregular, weeping form with its upright crooked trunks and slender, curved, branches with small, oval, gray-green foliage.
They can reach a height of 30-feet or more but most you see are between 15 to 20-feet with a width of 6 to 12-feet. As the tree grows older next to a sidewalk or patio, lower branches can be removed to allow room to walk under them.


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It is the first Saturday of June and Ron McNutt Field is unusually different.
Usually on this day, the grass is trim and emerald. Usually on this day, the dirt is brick red and the bases are polar-bear white. Usually on this day, Ron McNutt, the coach not the field, waters the grass like it's a struggling garden and methodically rakes the first-base line like a balding man strokes his last hair.
But, today, the grass is an overgrown chia-pet. There are brown patches where there should be outfielders. Weeds are growing on the warning track. The bases have been removed, as have the signs along the outfield wall. The hose and rake are in storage. A baseball game isn't going to be played. Not today. Not ever again.
For the first time since 1978, instead of hitting ground balls during pregame, Ron McNutt is hitting the sack. In April, he announced the Carson Capitols, one of the country's best amateur summer baseball programs, were done. The community wasn't terribly surprised. After all, they knew after 23 years it would end sometime. Still, the tie between Carson City and a storied baseball tradition was severed.
The first weekend of June, the Caps usually played their first game. Announcer Carl Henry and his soothing voice would introduce future stars, players like Matt Williams and Darrell Rasner. Dustin Pedroia and Dustin Hahn. Nate Yeskie and Dusty Bergman. Players would then trot to the third-base line, listen to the national anthem and pound the other team. That usually happened a lot.
If this was last year, those at tonight's game would hear Merk Human and Ray Arnett, two ardent Capitol supporters, evaluate the team. They would discuss the players they liked, and the ones they didn't. They liked them all.
If there was a two-strike count, Ray would harass an unlucky batter from the other team, telling Tim Priess to 'throw 'em a chair.' And if Timmy threw enough chairs, Ray would give him one of his own, a wooden rocking chair Ray always gave to his player of the week. Sometimes it was Joe Mercer or Joe Hooft or Joe Jacobitz who got the chair. Other times it was J.P. Howell or Bake Krukow or Brett McMillan, Northern California studs who came to Northern Nevada and became even bigger ones.
The chair was always placed on the west end of the dugout. To have the chair was to have bragging rights galore, at least for 168 hours. A lot of great players never earned the chair. A lot of great players never will.
So much tradition, so much fun. Now, it's over.
I'll never find out where Ron's wife, Terrie, buys those damn hot dogs. Every game I asked her and every game, she never budged. She would still give me one, sometimes two if there was a doubleheader. When I reached into my pocket to pay her, she always refused. I didn't think she wanted lint anyways.
But I loved those doubleheaders, as did the fans. Talented players making spectacular plays, melting July sunshine, followed by memorable Sierra Nevada sunsets. The sun and the mountains will still be there, of course. But talented baseball players, the ones that aren't already here, don't come to Carson City without a reason. No Capitols, no reason.
The Capitols have won their own tournament, the Capitol Classic, seven times in 23 years. They've won the USABA World Series twice. They've had scores of players play at the collegiate level, a fraction made it to the highest level. What else more could they do? And will Ron miss any of it?
"No. I don't miss mowing the field and cutting the grass to get ready for a game," McNutt said.
That's not a good enough reason, yet it's a great reason. Either way, it's time.
When Merk died in December, it was time. He couldn't have lived without the Capitols, and they couldn't have lived without him. For 21 years, he never missed a practice or game, looking out over Ron McNutt Field with his simple, blue eyes, marveling at teenage greatness. The kids will still be great, only somewhere else, but definitely not at Ron McNutt Field.


Absolutely stunning hammond version of the Don Covay/Aretha classic on this label out of Nashville. Another guy that I know nothing about.
05 Feb 04 ·shaka_klaus: great track!
26 Nov 01 ·tempted: I just found the original album of the same name this song is on. It's beautiful with just the right kind of softly psychedelic artwork and some crazy, groovy spoken word passages on some tracks. "Like to Get to Know You" stands out as the definitive song and remains one of the most mesmerizing soft pop tunes in the world.
28 Mar 03 ·gregcaz: It's also worth noting that the single version, found on the 1969 "Spanky's Greatest Hit(s)" album, is the definitive one, free as it is from the pickup-line chatter that obscures the intro on the original album, as well as featuring the gorgeous coda which is included separately on the "LTGTKY" LP.
17 Apr 07 ·artlongjr: This is my favorite Spanky and Our Gang tune, a gorgeous and wistful number. I also have the original LP, which features a different version from the 45 as gregcaz mentioned. There is a video of the band performing this on Youtube that I think originally aired on the Smothers Brothers. I saw Spanky and the Gang a number of times on TV as a kid.


The kids when we first arrived in Madagascar in February 2016.
Our home. Good timing and awesome people who approved our housing allowed us to live in a nice home. A big yard, a screened-in porch, a big living space and a spacious kitchen were all put to good use for sure. This house allowed us to host so many events - both for the embassy and the school community. As there were not as many activities to do in Tana, the expat community really survived by making up events almost every week, and at the same time, gave us the opportunity to help out local businesses. Our community of friends became our family there and we will always remember our wonderful time together.
Out of town trips. We will miss the often tiresome but fun road trips we've had. From driving to the rocky hills and crater like roads of of Ambohimanga, to the beautiful Ampefy falls and geyser, the quaint artsy town of Antsirabe, to visiting the lemurs and taking hikes in the rainforests of Andasibe and Saha Forest camp, we enjoyed exploring the country and getting to know the people a little bit better. We also loved that we were close to other islands in the Indian Ocean - Mauritius and Reunion Island, as well as South Africa - places that we wouldn't even dream of going to, if we didn't live in Madagascar.
The wildlife. Ahh, the animals we were able to marvel at and hold in our hands! Lemurs! Big spiders! Tortoises! Chameleons! We will miss the normalcy of seeing some endemic species of birds in our backyard.
The kids when we left Madagascar after 2 and a half years.


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Missing teens found in woods
Thick terrain challenges rescue effort
Updated: 9:50 PM EST Jan 1, 2013
Three 14-year-old boys who were reported missing Tuesday evening have been found.Authorities with Massachusetts State Police and the Norwell Police Department said the teens were found in the woods at Wompatuck State Park.Police made contact with the teens through their cellphones, and officials said they're making their way through dense woods to reach them.Helicopters and K-9 units assisted in the search, and officers used sirens on their cruisers and a public-address system to help the boys hear them.The condition of the teens was not known, and rescue crews said they're facing challenges because of dense woods and swamp, as well as cold weather.
NORWELL, Mass. —
Three 14-year-old boys who were reported missing Tuesday evening have been found.
Authorities with Massachusetts State Police and the Norwell Police Department said the teens were found in the woods at Wompatuck State Park.
Police made contact with the teens through their cellphones, and officials said they're making their way through dense woods to reach them.
Helicopters and K-9 units assisted in the search, and officers used sirens on their cruisers and a public-address system to help the boys hear them.
The condition of the teens was not known, and rescue crews said they're facing challenges because of dense woods and swamp, as well as cold weather.


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A good reason not to vote for Stephen Harper and his blue clowns: Omar Khadr persecution
I never been able to understand clearly what had happened to Omar Khadr. I read the big lines of the story, but I never understood how a child soldier could had been put away for so long and the most disturbing thing: how and why was Omar Khadr put in prison for so long. But today, everything been clear up and Omar was released, under strict conditions, but release, at least. And during all that time, Stephen Harper and his bunch of blue clowns had publicly fight against the liberation of Omar Khadr. And its specifically why I won't be voting for Stephen Harper at the next federal elections. Just like at the last elections, I will vote for NPD.
Was it already 4 years ago - I don't know - but at the last federal elections, I also vote for NPD. At that time, my vote was a strategic vote to quick out Duceppe and his Bloc whatever Quebecois. And this time, my vote will be a politic vote. I have enough of Stephen Harper. He's too arrogant and doesn't have strong community values.
I hope Canadians will wake up. Its the only way to give to this country another turn, another strong leadership, a government that will act with dignity on behalf and for its citizens.
Omar Khadr now live with his lawyer and its been said at the news that he'd pass 13 years away. I never understood how a child soldier could had spent so many years away in prison, and I don't have anything left for Stephen Harper and his Tories.
By Sunny at 10:41 PM
I disagree. He spent so many years because he threw a grenade that killed a US soldier. He deserves to be behind bars for life.
The rest of the federal leaders are inept. Mulclair was try not to smile at the camera during his Oct/22 address.
At least Harper has done enough for people who want to help themselves. NDP is an odd choice.. The NDP will kill your TFSA increase. Taxing business, the ones that actually create jobs and stimulates the economy is a mistake. Not all comapies are full of fat cat explotive suits.
My vote will go to the party that let's me keep the most of the money I earned and let's me decide what to do with it. Hippy Libs and communist NDPers think you're not smart enough to handle your own money.
I agree 100 % with your comment on
Omar Khadr ,a 15 year old child sol
dier ,confessions were obtained und
er torture etc .shame on harper and
his retards , i will definitely not
vote for him ,but vote for the
ndp , or justin trudeau ,tough choice .
Khadr is a traitor to his country (Canada) since he was actively waging war against the coalition.
Harper has nothing to do with how long this traitor has been in jail. This was a US decision.
The only reason he is even free today is because his lawyer transferred him to Canada. Otherwise he would still be in Guantanamo.
As for voting NDP. Doesn't really add up with you hoping to join the investors class.
Maybe you should stay away from giving your opinion on things that you don't understand.
But I guess, that would make your posts pretty sparse and infrequent.
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Surgeons (General)
Surgeons (General) perform surgery to correct diseases and disorders covering a broad range of medical conditions.
You need to be a qualified Medical Practitioner and then complete further training with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons before you can specialise as a Surgeon (General). Many Surgeons (General) complete postgraduate studies.
Examines patients to determine the necessity of operations, estimates and explains risks to patients, and selects the best operational procedures.
Reviews reports on patients' general physical condition, reactions to medications and medical histories.
Consults with anaesthetists regarding the correct anaesthesia for patients.
Performs surgical operations.
Examines instruments, equipment, and surgical set-up to ensure that antiseptic and aseptic methods have been followed.
Instructs other medical, nursing and associated staff regarding the preparation of patients and instrument and equipment requirements.
Prescribes post-operative care, and observes and investigates patients' progress.
Maintains records of operations performed.
May specialise in particular types of operations.
More about Surgeons
All Surgeons
Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists
Paediatric Surgeons
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Ambulance Officers and Paramedics
Medical Technicians
General Practitioners and Resident Medical Officers
Unavailable Weekly Pay
Stable Future Growth
500 workers Employment Size
Very high skill Skill level rating
The number of people working as Surgeons (General) (in their main job) stayed about the same over 5 years:
from 400 in 2011 to 500 in 2016.
Location: Surgeons (General) work in many regions of Australia.
Industries: Most work in the Health Care and Social Assistance industry.
Health Care and Social Assistance 95.3
Public Administration and Safety 3.7
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services 0.4
SA 10.3 7.0
65 and Over 10.8 -4.2 4.2
Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 57.4 -10.1 10.1
You must also be registered with the Medical Board of Australia. Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons may also be needed to specialise.
national police check
be up to date with immunisations
Medical Board of Australia.
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Australian Medical Association.
Australian Medical Council.
Employers look for Surgeons who are caring, compassionate, empathetic and work well in a team.
Medicine and dentistry
Diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities, including preventive health-care measures.
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, how they rely on and work with each other and the environment.
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Helping and caring for others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 29-1067.00 - Surgeons.
Physically close to people
Work physically close to other people.
Freedom to make decisions
Have freedom to make decision on your own.