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Q: Jenkins CI Master-Slave setup with docker for slave server So I have setup up two Ubuntu AWS Instances (a small t2.medium and a big r3.large). The t2.medium has Jenkins CI installed on it and the r3.large has docker engine installed on it. The intention here is to have a Master (t2.medium) server and a Slave (r3.large) server; where the master server can delegate docker containers for jobs (spin up jenkins docker containers as needed).
My problem is that I'm kinda way over my head with this one. I've been researching around but almost anything I do fails on me.
My current situation is: Like I've mentioned above, I have jenkins successfully running on one instance, and docker engine successfully running on the other. I also have the docker plugin, found here, installed on jenkins and I have followed the instructions that are on that page to the teeth. However, when I add a cloud and add credentials the only thing that's showing is "-none-"; however that same credentials shows up at the bottom.
Here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about:

The problem with this is that every time I test the connection I get the following error:
shaded.org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connect to 10.96.24.240:4243 [/10.96.24.240] failed: Connection refused.
Any help would be much appreciated! I've been going at this for more than a week! And I'm just not able to wrap my head around this.
EDIT: If I'm going about it the wrong way, please do guide me on how to achieve the intended setup.
EDIT2: All ports are opened between those two instances.
Here's a screenshot of the security group:

EDIT3: Here are my docker images:
ubuntu@ip-10-96-24-240:~$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
ubuntu@ip-10-96-24-240:~$ docker images
REPOSITORY             TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             VIRTUAL SIZE
jenkins-1              latest              9de6ee8eeebc        3 days ago          816.3 MB
ubuntu                 latest              8251da35e7a7        2 weeks ago         188.4 MB
jenkins                latest              0c79d0a394dc        3 weeks ago         888 MB
evarga/jenkins-slave   latest              8880612971b0        8 months ago        610.8 MB

A: Ok so this doesn't fully satisfy my problem, however it is a viable answer to the shaded.org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connect to 10.96.24.240:4243 [/10.96.24.240] failed: Connection refused problem. My problem was that I didn't add the following code to /etc/init/docker.conf:
description     "Docker daemon"

start on filesystem and started lxc-net
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn

script
    /usr/bin/docker -H tcp://127.0.0.1:4243 -d
end script

I also put 1.8.1 for the Docker Version which is the client version. Instead it should be the API version which is currently 1.20.
I hope this helps any beginner like me. :)
EDIT: Docker conf file has changed a little bit since I've posted this, here's how my docker.conf looks like now:
pre-start script
        # see also https://github.com/tianon/cgroupfs-mount/blob/master/cgroupfs-mount
        if grep -v '^#' /etc/fstab | grep -q cgroup \
                || [ ! -e /proc/cgroups ] \
                || [ ! -d /sys/fs/cgroup ]; then
                exit 0
        fi
        if ! mountpoint -q /sys/fs/cgroup; then
                mount -t tmpfs -o uid=0,gid=0,mode=0755 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup
        fi
        (
                cd /sys/fs/cgroup
                for sys in $(awk '!/^#/ { if ($4 == 1) print $1 }' /proc/cgroups); do
                        mkdir -p $sys
                        if ! mountpoint -q $sys; then
                                if ! mount -n -t cgroup -o $sys cgroup $sys; then
                                        rmdir $sys || true
                                fi
                        fi
                done
        )
end script

script
        # modify these in /etc/default/$UPSTART_JOB (/etc/default/docker)
        DOCKER=/usr/bin/$UPSTART_JOB
        DOCKER_OPTS='-H tcp://0.0.0.0:4243 -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock'
        if [ -f /etc/default/$UPSTART_JOB ]; then
                . /etc/default/$UPSTART_JOB
        fi
        exec "$DOCKER" daemon $DOCKER_OPTS
end script

# Don't emit "started" event until docker.sock is ready.
# See https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/6647
post-start script
        DOCKER_OPTS='-H tcp://0.0.0.0:4243 -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock'
        if [ -f /etc/default/$UPSTART_JOB ]; then
                . /etc/default/$UPSTART_JOB
        fi
        if ! printf "%s" "$DOCKER_OPTS" | grep -qE -e '-H|--host'; then
                while ! [ -e /var/run/docker.sock ]; do
                        initctl status $UPSTART_JOB | grep -qE "(stop|respawn)/" && exit 1
                        echo "Waiting for /var/run/docker.sock"
                        sleep 0.1
                done
                echo "/var/run/docker.sock is up"
        fi
end script

So the only thing that needs to be done now is to just add -H tcp://0.0.0.0:4243 -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock to DOCKER_OPTS

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WHAT IS THE HEOA BOOT CAMP?
PNPI's Higher Education Opportunity Act Boot Camp (Boot Camp) is designed to provide up-and-coming policymakers who currently work in federal higher education policy with a foundational understanding of the majority of titles in the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA). What makes this boot camp different from others? We are focusing on the non–Title IV titles — everything "else" that is in higher ed!
WHY FOCUS ON TITLES OTHER THAN FEDERAL STUDENT AID?
PNPI and many other organizations in town already offer a wide variety of federal student aid briefings and boot camps throughout the year. What's been missing is a concerted effort to focus in one place, at one time, on the other HEOA titles. Covering these pieces together allows a unique opportunity to consider each title on its own and to consider how each title interacts with federal student aid and other titles.
WHAT DO THESE OTHER TITLES COVER?
Among the many programs and policies covered are teacher quality, Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), international education, graduate education, the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), and general provisions that include key requirements for the types of institutions that qualify to receive federal student aid. This is not an exhaustive list — much more will be covered!
WHO HAS THE BOOT CAMP BEEN CREATED FOR?
The Boot Camp is designed for individuals who are relatively new to federal higher education policy, who work in nonprofits or government, and who have worked on federal postsecondary issues for five years or less.
WHAT CAN PARTICIPANTS EXPECT TO GET OUT OF THE BOOT CAMP?
Boot Camp participants will receive a thorough overview of Titles I-III and V- VIII of the HEOA.
WHAT DOES THE BOOT CAMP CONSIST OF?
Each session will provide an overview of one to two titles and include discussions about the issues related to the title(s) being taught. Sessions are designed to provide a nonpartisan, education-only forum in which to learn. Sessions are closed-door, off the record, and will be considered social media–free zones to maximize learning and frank discussions.
HOW DO I APPLY TO THE BOOT CAMP?
All applicants must fill out an application for admission, submit a short personal essay explaining how the Boot Camp will support their work, and submit a nomination form from their workplace supervisor. There is no cost to apply for, or participate in, the Boot Camp. Applications are due by 5:00 PM ET on Friday, April 12th. No late submissions will be considered. Admissions decisions will be made and communicated by Friday, May 3rd.
HOW DO I KNOW IF I QUALIFY TO APPLY?
All individuals currently working on federal higher education policy issues and who are relatively new to the work (five years or less working on postsecondary issues) and who work in nonprofits or government may apply.
HOW MUCH DOES THE BOOT CAMP COST?
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WHEN IS THE BOOT CAMP BEING HELD?
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BOOT CAMP ENDS?
Post-event, all participants who have attended at least three sessions will be given continued access to a class Dropbox containing speaker presentations, session materials, and speaker and participant contact information. Participants who have attended all four Boot Camp sessions will be eligible to receive a free digital badge. Issued through the Acclaim platform, badges can be added to participants' LinkedIn profiles, social media platforms, and shared with employers.
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A list of the sessions is below. Additional information on each session can be found on the event agenda.
If you have additional questions, please email us at pnpi@pnpi.org. The Boot Camp application can be downloaded here.
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From Film Noir to Teen Drama: The Films and TV Shows That Led to Twin Peaks.
2 years ago Yasmin Wegman
Twin Peaks (1990-2017) created by David Lynch & Mark Frost.
Warning: Spoilers may follow for Twin Peaks.
Twin Peaks has been an influence on many films and tv shows, like Broadchurch (2013-2017), Bates Motel (2013-2017), The Killing (2011-2014), Mad Men (2007-2015), and recently Riverdale (2017-). Although Twin Peaks is unique, it has in its turn also been influenced by other films or TV shows. In this article, I will look into the many, but not all, influences that lead to Twin Peaks, like the film noir, the soap opera, and the films by Alfred Hitchcock.
Sherylin Fenn as Audrey Horne in Twin Peaks.
Twin Peaks is mostly a combination of film noir, murder mystery, and soap opera. This was the plan from the beginning: FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) is lured into Twin Peaks to solve the murder of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), but David Lynch and Mark Frost wanted to slowly step away from that. It was supposed to be more and more about the inhabitants of Twin Peaks. David Lynch said about that:
"Closure, I keep hearing that word. It's the theater of the absurd. Everybody knows that on television they'll see the end of the story in the last 15 minutes of the thing. It's like a drug. To me, that's the beauty of Twin Peaks. We throw in some curve balls. As soon as a show has a sense of closure, it gives you an excuse to forget you've seen the damn thing."
But, the producers wanted the killer to be identified, and therefore the closure came too soon.
The detective theme in Twin Peaks has strong hints of film noir, like many other of Lynch's films. The name of Laura Palmer comes from the film 1944 film noir Laura, like the name Rita in Lynch's 2001 film Mulholland Drive comes from actress Rita Hayward. Another character from Laura is named Waldo Lydecker. In Twin Peaks, a bird's name is Waldo, and a veterinarian in season one is called Dr. Lydecker. David Lynch plays Gordon Cole, and is a reference to a character in Sunset Boulevard (1950), which would later be a huge influence on Mulholland Drive.
The detective, in this case FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, is the one who arrives in Twin Peaks. The town is at first glance a nice place, with fun and quirky characters, but it's also a town of mystery and threatening atmosphere. Film noir's tendency to violence and sexual tension, while keeping its class is closely related to Twin Peaks. And don't forget the neon lights that are everywhere.
Doc Hayward, Deputy Hawk, Sheriff Harry S. Truman and Special Agent Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks.
The Detective
But Twin Peaks' detective story-line is not only inspired by film noir, it's also a classic 'whodunit' or detective television drama. Mark Frost was a writer for the cop show Hillstreet Blues (1981-1987) before he made Twin Peaks, which was, according to Frost, inspired by film noir. It has influenced shows like ER (1994-2009), Law and Order (1990-2010) and NYPD Blue (1993-2005). Like the soap opera, it had multiple story-lines that could be spread out over multiple episodes or even seasons. No doubt Mark Frost kept this in mind when he wrote Twin Peaks.
There are other references to the detective film. Dale Cooper might remind someone of Sherlock Holmes. They both see connections and resolutions very quickly. However, Holmes uses logic and deduction to come to an answer, while Cooper also uses emotions, dreams, and his instinct. Also, Cooper is a very kind and warm person, while Holmes is a drug-using sociopath.
Other detective references are, of course, the donuts that can always be found at the sheriff's department, or the catchphrase 'Who killed Laura Palmer', that was obviously a take on Dallas (1978-1991) 'Who shot J.R.?' It was parodied again, at the end of season one, when Dale Cooper has been shot by an unknown person. It then became: 'Who shot Agent Cooper?' According to Mark Frost, this was clearly a joke, because it was obvious that Cooper wasn't dead because he had a bulletproof vest. The one armed man, Philip Gerard (Al Strobel), is an homage to The Fugitive (1963-1967), where a character is called Philip Gerard, and another is an one armed man.
Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents…
Although most of Alfred Hitchcock's films are murder mysteries, he deserves a separate section, because Twin Peaks is hugely influenced by him. Hitchcock and Lynch and Frost love birds. The Birds (1963) and Psycho (1960) are examples of Hitchcock's birdly fascination, the owls and Waldo can be seen in Twin Peaks. Voyeurism is a trademark of Hitchcock, which is used in extend in Rear Window (1954). We can see Audrey among other characters snooping and spying on her father. But most importantly is the use of the double. It's clear Lynch and Frost used Vertigo (1958) as an inspiration. In this Hitchcock film, Kim Novak plays two characters: a blonde and a brunette. One of them is supposed to be dead and John Ferguson (James Stewart) investigates this mysterious case. In Twin Peaks, Sheryl Lee plays the blonde Laura Palmer, and the brunette Madeline Ferguson, a direct reference to the main characters of Vertigo.
But Laura and Maddy aren't the only doubles. Audrey (Sherilyn Fenn) and Donna (Lara Flynn Boyle) look similar to each other, the good Dale Cooper is opposed to his friend turned bad Windom Earl (Kenneth Welsh), Shelly (Mädchen Amick) and Norma (Peggy Lipton) are like twins, Ben (Richard Beymer) and Jerry (David Patrick Kelly) are brothers, and then there's multiple Bob's and Mike's. The teenage Bobby (Dana Ashbrook) and Mike (Gary Hershberger), and of course Killer Bob (Frank Silva) and the one armed man Mike. Killer Bob is an evil spirit from the black lodge, the supernatural and mysterious space that's entered via the woods of Twin Peaks. It's to represent hell, and the white lodge is supped to be heaven. Those lodges are the home of doppelgängers, of which at least Leland Palmer (Ray Wise) (father of Laura), Cooper and Laura herself have one. The doppelgängers represent good and bad. It's a contrast that has been made popular in the book Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and states that every person has a good and bade side.
The double is seen in many other of Lynch's films, like Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway (1997). Mulholland Drive was influenced by Vertigo. That's not crazy, since Lynch originally wanted to make a Twin Peaks-spin off about Audrey. That never happened, but he made a film with a character that was inspired by Audrey, which became Diane in Mulholland Drive. And Diane is of course the name of Cooper's secretary which he addresses on his tapes.
Something used frequently in Hitchcock's films is the McGuffin. This was intended to be used in Twin Peaks by David Lynch and Mark Frost. They wanted to lead Dale Cooper to Twin Peaks to look into the murder of Laura Palmer, but they never wanted to reveal the killer. Laura Palmer's death was supposed to be a McGuffin. Another thing is the director as 'auteur'. He appeared in his own tv show Alfred Hitchcock Presents… (1955-1962) where he introduced all kinds of stories. He was shown as a maker, which wasn't seen much, until Mark Frost and David Lynch made Twin Peaks. It wasn't just a show, it was a show by Frost and Lynch. The short introductions The Log Lady made in a new release of Twin Peaks can be seen as an ode to the Hitchcock introductions.
Invitation to Love on TV in Twin Peaks.
As I said, Twin Peaks is a mix of film noir, the detective and the soap opera. The soap opera focuses on a town and its inhabitants, exactly like Twin Peaks does. Lynch and Frost mocked the soap opera, but at the same time embraced it, to tell different stories about a lot of characters. The soap opera is literally referenced in the 'soap within Twin Peaks' that characters watch: Invitation to Love. The many and bizarre plot-lines you'll only expect to happen in a soap, are accepted because it comes from the minds of David Lynch and Mark Frost. People who are dead are coming back to life, people are disguised as someone else, there are many romances and love affairs, and the characters become like a family. And, of course, typical to the soap opera and to Twin Peaks: the many cliffhangers. Cooper getting shot in season one was one, but also Cooper being possessed by Bob ('How's Annie?'), the bomb explosion at the bank where Pete (Jack Nance) and Audrey are at and Ben being attacked by Dr. Hayward (Warren Frost).
Peyton Place was the soap and film that was a huge influence to Mark Frost and David Lynch. Peyton Place was a book by Grace Metalouis, and was turned into a film in 1957. It then became a soap and ran from 1964 to 1969. The soap aired prime time, which was uncommon before then. The story took place in 1940 in a fictional town with secrets and sex. More than the soap, the film was an inspiration. Frost and Lynch screened the film before they started writing. In line with Peyton Place, they came up with the town first. They drew a map and knew which character would be located where. It was also Russ Tamblyn, who had a role in the film Peyton Place, and later performed the role of Dr. Jacoby in Twin Peaks.
Peyton Place, the soap opera, and the film noir are products of the 40s and 50s. Those decades are strongly resembled in the fashion and decors of Twin Peaks, like the neon signs, the Double R diner, the waitress suits of Norma and Shelly and the clothes of Audrey and Donna. The 40s and 50s were also the time in which David Lynch and Mark Frost grew up.
Lara Flynn Boyle as Donna Hayward & Lenny Von Dohlen as Harold Smith in Twin Peaks.
The teenagers of Twin Peaks, like Donna, Audrey, Bobby, Mike, James (James Marshall) and Laura play a huge role in Twin Peaks. This high school drama can also originally be found in soap operas, but there are a few films, like 80s teen films or James Dean movies that have played a part in this. While Lynch and Frost never said they were inspired by the 1988 film Heathers starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, it shows huge resemblances. Heathers changed the high school films that became popular in the 80s, like The Breakfast Club (1985) and Sixteen Candles (1984), like Twin Peaks did two years later. Heathers was dark, twisted and about murder. The clothes Winona wears in the film, also show similarities with the clothes of Donna and Audrey.
The romance of James and Donna in Twin Peaks is inspired by the relationship of Judy (Natalie Wood) and Jim (James Dean) in Rebel Without A Cause (1955). James Dean plays Jim. David Lynch wanted someone who looked like Dean and chose James Marshall to play him. The character Bobby is more of a rebel than James, so it might be that they both are inspired by James Dean.
Kyle McLachlan as Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks.
Twin Peaks started out as a mix of a soap opera, a teen show and a mystery thriller, but by the end of season two it had become full blown science fiction. With its black and white lodges and supernatural spirits, Twin Peaks brought science fiction to prime time drama. Other shows had already brought science fiction to the small screen, like The Twilight Zone (1959-64). It had all kinds of science fiction stories and inspired Lynch and Frost to bring horror and science fiction to the small screen. Mark Frost was even more inspired by The British television series The Prisoner (1967). The show had all kinds of genres, including science fiction. It's about a British secret agent being held prisoner in a mysterious place. This might have inspired Frost and Lynch to create the black and white lodge and Dale Cooper being trapped there at the end of season 2. Also, the arrival of an FBI agent in a mysterious town might already be an influence.
But there's more. Dale Cooper's middle name is Bartholomew, which makes him D.B. Cooper: a reference to the famous skyjacker by the same name. The brothers Ben and Jerry share a name with the ice cream. Sheriff Harry S. Truman (Michael Ontkean) shares his name with the U.S. president who dropped the atomic bomb. There are also references to other Lynch films. The floor pattern in the red room is also used in Eraserhead (1977) and the red curtains were blue in Blue Velvet (1986). Dreams, which are a huge part of Lynch' oeuvre, are inspired by one of Lynch's favorite films The Wizard of Oz (1939). The red rooms and black and white lodges might be a direct reference to the film, with the black and white floor pattern instead of a yellow brick road.
'From Film Noir to Teen Drama: The Films and TV Shows That Led to Twin Peaks.' was written by Yasmin Wegman and posted on Monday May 15, 2017
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Some people (whose opinions are being promoted by the local newspaper), seem to think that those "alternative community lifestyles," and "socially liberal leanings," might really have to go. Let's take Claudia Rimai as a fair example of this species.
Santa Cruz needs to ... change the way it thinks and acts.
And finally, [that] police are not the enemy.
Apparently, Rimai is seriously suggesting that there is some sort of general feeling in Santa Cruz that "authority is evil," that "police are the enemy," and that "all development is bad." I have lived here for more than fifty years, and was an elected representative for twenty years, and none of these postulates tracks with my experience.
I do think that Wikipedia is right, though, and that Santa Cruz actually does celebrate "alternative community lifestyles" and "socially liberal leanings."
We had an active community of midwives before almost any other local communities around the country understood their value. We had a "Women's Health Collective," of, by, and for women, and we have always been a pro-choice community. We had a local medical marijuana cooperative that stood up to the federal government, and our City Council stood right with them. The Mayor personally distributed medical marijuana on the steps of City Hall. We have a lot of acupuncture, and yoga, and art. AND music! We have actually had world famous jugglers and world famous bubble blowers doing their thing on our main street downtown. We have a whole big building, and lots of people using it, called the Resource Center For Nonviolence. Nonviolence! What a concept!! We have a wonderful statue, by the Town Clock, that commemorates the victims of war, instead of those who perpetrate it.
Plus, Santa Cruz actually thinks that protecting the environment is more important than letting developers make the maximum big bucks possible as they seek to pave over productive agricultural land and cram as many units as they can into our residential neighborhoods. We are an official "Nuclear Free Zone," and our County North Coast has been preserved as "open space," instead of being turned into resorts and golf courses for the rich. Hey, Monterey County is great, too, but we are "different." In fact, one of the best and most beloved businesses in downtown Santa Cruz celebrates that difference by selling tee-shirts and signs that say, "Keep Santa Cruz Weird."
You get the idea. What I gave was just a "partial list," but I think it demonstrates that the Wikipedia characterization is "right on." Right on, and many of us are proud of it!
Not everyone, however, is proud of the "alternative" approaches our community exemplifies, and Ms. Rimai's litany of disapproval, as outlined above, is also just a "partial list." Read the entire article to get the full flavor. Rimai starts right off with a tone of maximum snark by saying, "Santa Cruz needs to figure out what it wants to be when it grows up." She says Santa Cruz needs to "start making mature decisions toward that end."
So, just before looking into that community mirror myself, and saying a little bit about what I think about Santa Cruz, can I first ask what qualifications the Santa Cruz Sentinel thinks Claudia Rimai has that make it appropriate for her to tell Santa Cruz residents what our community "must" do?
Why did the Santa Cruz Sentinel pick Claudia Rimai to speak to the future of Santa Cruz?
Claudia Rimai lives in Bend, Oregon.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel has chosen to elevate Claudia Rimai as an expert on what Santa Cruz "must" do because she doesn't live here! While she apparently did live in Santa Cruz once, she has now moved away, to what she thinks of as a "kinder place." Obviously, Ms. Rimai believes (and the Sentinel with her) that if she wasn't happy with Santa Cruz when she lived here, the fault must lie not with her, but with the community. Only a person with this kind of self-satisfied mindset could muster the effrontery, as a non-community resident, so confidently to tell other people that they need to "figure out what they want to be when they grow up."
Here is what I think. I think the precious gold of what it means to live in Santa Cruz is our community engagement in the very real problems confronted by all communities, including ours. Growth and development pressures are everywhere. We have chosen to address them through citizen enacted initiative measures that gave us a permanent Greenbelt, mandate that at least a minimum amount of affordable housing be built, as market rate housing goes forward, and that protect our commercially viable agricultural land. We have a creative and innovative network of social services, based on nonprofits of, by, and for our local community. We continue to provide a home for world class artists.
But, the overwhelming problems related to the economic disintegration being experienced generally in the United States, as lower-income and middle-income people are shut out, and the super-rich win, affect our community, too. Putting mentally ill and poor people out on the street affects us, and San Jose, and San Francisco, and Every City, Everywhere.
When we look into a mirror, if we're honest, we don't always get a clear, crisp image back. We have LOTS of problems: crime, homelessness, a lack of affordable housing, traffic, a limited water supply. This is just one more "partial list."
But we have a community that has, since I moved to the County in 1961, and to the City in 1971, always been engaged, and enterprising, and innovative.
When things need to be addressed, we do our best. We mobilize our resources. And when that's not enough, we keep working on it.
Let me say this to my friends who may be getting discouraged, or who got discouraged when they saw our local newspaper promoting the thoughts of a disaffected, out-of-community expatriate: the solution is not to move away.
The solution is not to "step back," and to succumb to fear of failure and disillusionment.
*Just a snarky comment right back, in response to that snarky "What do you want to be when you grow up?" question.
I'm committed to working on the many problems confronting my own community in and around San Bernardino. But if I were to choose the most pleasant place to live Santa Cruz would be at or near the top of my list primarily for the very things that Rimai is too unperceptive, ignorant, or greedy to appreciate.


There's nothing massively wrong with the standard Xbox One controller - yes the bumpers are niggly and if you drop it you might find the shell cracks open at the seams, but on the whole it's a solid piece of kit. So why would you fork out enough money to pay for three of them to procure a single Xbox One Elite wireless controller? It isn't an upgrade for everybody, but those willing to splash the cash will get a premium product to match the premium price-tag.
Aesthetically, the controller's a knockout with a rubberised, velvety matte-black finish, all-black face buttons and complementary metallic accents throughout - just take a look at the images for yourself and swoon.
Looks aren't everything though, so it's a good job that the build quality feels similarly outstanding. Interchangeable d-pads, analogue sticks and paddles easily snap right into place magnetically, the analogue sticks very quickly spring back to neutral when released and the bumpers are improved to the extent they surpass even those found on the Xbox 360 controller. These elements and more combine with the aforementioned rubberised finish, a nicer overall heft and comfortable rubber handle grips to make the Elite controller a joy to hold and use.
Any two configurations can be saved to the controller's memory at one time, easily and instantly toggled at the flick of a switch; configurations not currently in use are stored in the app and there's room for more than you would ever conceivably need. It's all incredibly simple to get to grips with and the two simultaneous setups are of great convenience - you might use them for different elements of the same game (for example one to run and gun and one to stay back and snipe in an FPS), or implement your favourite set-ups for your two favourite games and be set for the foreseeable future without needing to again access the app.
If you aren't the tinkering type, first party games have developer-made custom presets (that's Gears, Halo 5, Forza 6 and Sunset Overdrive presently) corresponding to variables like campaign, manual gear shifting and multiplayer in their respective games. Naturally they're expertly put together and we'd recommend using them where possible. Whilst there isn't any offering at launch, expect to see more third party-developed and published games jumping onboard in the future.
One foible with presets is the language used, they may be intended for 'pros', but the terminology isn't accommodating to those outside of that circle. Gears touts easy slipping and bouncing, whatever that means, and Halo 5 has presets for "Fishstick" and "Hell Jumper"... anyone have a clue?
There are a couple of things to be mindful of when customising the controller, both physically and through the software app. Firstly, some paddle configurations will cause overlap and thus pressing one will trigger both button inputs. Secondly, remapping can be taken to silly extents (you could map RT to depressing the left stick, for example) - go too crazy with your setup for both memory slots and have fun getting things back to normal when you don't know what buttons do what.
Whilst the above aren't true negatives and might prove useful to some, there is one true issue and it lies in putting the controller down. It's just fine on a flat surface, but if you place the pad on the arm of your chair or lap, expect the paddles to activate and unpause the game, un-snap your app, or quit party chat. Naturally, it's always something catastrophic.
As we recently discovered thanks to Guitar Hero Live's remodelled guitar, adding new buttons and methods of control to those longstanding can be a struggle to grow accustomed to. The Elite controller's paddles are no exception. You'll likely find yourself gravitating towards standard control methods out of habit and consciously having to be mindful to use the paddles, but before long it becomes second nature, their services called upon just as often as your friends A, B, X and Y.
The Elite controller features a headphone jack that enables receiving game audio straight from the device, so there's no further need for extension cables to trail across the floor from the back of your TV - your parents/partner will be happy! A smaller, yet no less technically impressive addition is the ability to update the pad wirelessly, though whatever witchcraft is responsible we can only assume harmful to humans, as you're instructed to leave it close to the console and not move it during the process.
For the uber-serious gamer that doesn't want to eliminate cables because of the ever-so-slight input advantage they carry over wireless, you'll be glad to know that for all the wires it gets rid of, the Elite controller comes bundled with a lengthy one of its own. For everybody else it can be used to power the pad if you don't have any batteries to hand, or to replace your Play & Charge Kit's shorter offering. As you've probably just worked out, the Play & Charge Kit is indeed compatible and know that whatever power method you choose, despite all the fancy extra features, the controller is far from power hungry - in tens of hours of play the home screen's battery indicator hasn't yet indicated any level of depletion.
With all that said, does the controller actually help improve your performance in-game? That largely depends on the game in question, but you should be aware that whilst it'll help improve your game, it won't carry you from zero to hero.
It actually provides great value for money - it's cheaper than its closest competitors, much sexier, of a better build quality, and official.
Gears of War Ultimate Edition plays like an absolute dream. Using the custom preset, main weapon switching occupies rear paddle buttons, P3 and P4, whilst A and B occupy P2 and P1 respectively; this setup means your thumbs rarely need leave the analog sticks - equipping a pistol or grenades and picking up weapons or ammo are the only necessary occasions. This means you're always ready and able to act and react to whatever is thrown your way, combine this layout with active hair-triggers for faster shooting and aiming and a domed stick on your aiming side (you can flip for lefties) - which allows your thumb to roll over and achieve a smoother aiming arc - and you may as well be cheating. I didn't lose a game thanks to the ability to track opponents during melee attacks and maintain camera control during rolls, cover transitions and roadie-runs, neither of these are viable on a standard controller as they'd require using the right stick and face buttons in tandem.
It's worth noting we were already pretty good at Gears (and modest too), but the controller was a definite tool at our disposal and did boost performance. The experience did further highlight the fact that the damn inconsistent Gnasher spread needs fixing, however!
Other shooters tested similarly well and really they're the controller's bread and butter along with MOBA SMITE, which sees a similarly sizeable improvement. Mapping the face buttons to paddles makes for more accessible and quick to employ abilities that can save you and your team in clutch situations, complete that kill on a fleeing God and help capitalise on that short buff/negative status effect window after a little bit of practice. In a game with a high point of entry, it helps level the playing field.
Fighters see less of a performance boost, however. We opted to remove the paddles as with no use for the right stick, thumbs are free to tangle with the face buttons. The faceted d-pad helps somewhat with MKX and KI combos: it doesn't roll in a perfectly smooth fashion, instead the eight directional inputs are clearly defined and the feedback lets you know you've hit them and with that when to stop, or change direction as appropriate. The difference was disappointingly slight, but it is there and the hair-triggers also help with timings on move modifiers thanks to their faster reaction time. Serious fighters will want to hold onto their fight-sticks.
Switching gears in racing games has never felt more natural, though it's insignificant by comparison, truth be told. Then games like Divinity: Original Sin and Project Spark didn't benefit in any way from the controller, though it was still nice just to be holding something more comfortable regardless.
The Xbox One Elite wireless controller is easily the best we've ever held, but, that said, it should be, considering it's the most expensive we've ever held. Comparably it actually provides great value for money - it's cheaper than its closest competitors, much sexier, of a better build quality, and official. It has genuinely changed our gaming experience for the better; after a lifetime with no paddles, hair triggers and other gadgetry, we're now glad to have them in our lives and will never look back.


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Date: September 28, 2018Author: Cindy Jemmett 0 Comments
Charles Raymond Brown is one of fourteen World War One soldiers to be commemorated with a plaque at Old St Paul's. He died exactly a century ago this week, on 1 October 1918.
Just nine months after their wedding, Jessie Brown (née Bevin) said farewell to her husband, Charles, as he boarded a troopship bound for the Great War. It was a conflict in which 100,000, or just under ten percent of New Zealand's population served overseas and in which nearly one in five of those did not return. After an anxious year of separation, during which casualty lists filled the papers, Jessie was to learn that Charles had been killed in action in France. It was just one month before the end of the war.
Jessie Audrey Bevin and Charles Raymond Brown were married at Old St Paul's in November 1916. She was 24 and he, 26. The wedding was described in the papers: 'The bride wore a dainty white wedding dress and embroidered veil, and carried a bouquet of sweet peas.'
Jessie was born in Invercargill, but her father's work for the railways department took the family to different parts of the country. When she was five, the family moved to Auckland, where they remained until Jessie was twenty. Charles and his family lived in Auckland and it seems reasonable to presume the couple met during this time.
Charles was born in Auckland. He attended Devonport Primary School on the North Shore, and later, Auckland Grammar School. He was both athletic and academic and won a number of school prizes. He studied law at Auckland University College and worked as a clerk for law firm Buddle, Richmond and Buddle.
We can only speculate about when and how Jessie and Charles may have met, but there seems little doubt that this handsome, athletic and diligent student with a promising law career ahead of him was capable of making a young woman's heart flutter.
After Auckland, the Bevin family spent two and a half years in Greymouth, before moving to Wellington where Jessie's father was appointed Traffic Manager of Railways for the Wellington region. Assuming the couple formed a connection while Jessie was in Auckland, the period of separation would have been an incentive for Charles to work hard, finish his study and put himself in a stable position that would allow him to marry. In August 1915, Charles was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court. He found employment, with lawyer, John Alexander, in Auckland and began to build his career and experience. Just over a year later, he and Jessie married.
Two months after their wedding, Charles enlisted to serve with the army. He joined the 4th reserve battalion of the Wellington Regiment. While other young men had rushed to enlist, Charles had remained focused on his studies. But by the end of 1916, his training and qualification was complete, he had a solid career foundation and had secured the hand of the woman he loved. There was a great deal of social pressure on young men to enlist, and there is no doubt that Charles would have been feeling it. 'Shirker' was a dirty word, and in November 1916, the first ballot of conscripts was drawn.
Charles went into camp in February 1917. His diligent study habits and athletic aptitude doubtless served him well in the army. In July 1917 he qualified for a commission and was appointed platoon sergeant. He left New Zealand with the 29th reinforcements E Company on 13 August 1917. As well as parting from his wife, Charles also left behind a younger brother, Guy Lennox Brown. Guy was too young to serve, being just fourteen at the time of his brother's departure.
The first stop for the Company was Glasgow, Scotland, and from there on to Sling Camp in England. It was to be only a brief stop, as men were desperately needed on the Western Front. Here Charles, along with many other fresh unbloodied recruits would enter an arena that had dragged wearily on through both small successes and appalling failures for the past year and a half.
In the autumn months of July-November, directly preceding Charles' arrival in France, the allies had suffered through terrible conditions at Passchendaele. Heavy rain and constant shelling had turned the ground to a thick muddy pulp, artillery and tanks were unable to be brought forward. Casualties had been high and morale was low.
The New Zealand Division spent the winter, December 1917 – February 1918, south of Passchendaele. New recruits were unable to make up for the losses sustained and divisions were reorganised. The new men needed training, but were required to hold a fairly active sector along the front line. An attack on Polderhoek on 3 December gained the Allies some ground though not their objective and cost a considerable number of lives.
Charles' military records show that he reverted to the ranks 'at own request' on 20 December 1917. It is possible that recent unsuccessful offensives made him feel keenly his lack of experience. Things were going poorly for the Allies and he may not have wanted the feeling of responsibility for further unavoidable loss of life for little gain. It was a tough moment to have been thrown into the breach.
But if Charles had found the situation hot before, it was about to get even hotter. Russia's withdrawal from the war meant that German troops were redirected to the Western Front. In March 1918, the German Spring Offensive succeeded in breaking the British line and forcing a retreat. The New Zealand Division was among the forces hastily deployed to counter this attack. Fierce battle ensued.
By August, the German army was in retreat. The offensive had stretched German resources and supply of men and arms was dwindling. The Allied forces were also much depleted, though new troops were beginning to arrive from the United States. Most importantly, the Allies were able to increase production of artillery and had improved upon their earlier tank design.
Charles had arrived in France to depressed winter conditions, then faced sustained German attack. To now be part of a force gaining ground and moving swiftly, must have been a profound and wonderful relief. That he would see a victorious end to this conflict and soon return home to his wife seemed within grasp.
For Jessie at home, the news was overwhelmingly positive. Headlines declared enemy surrender and Allied success. In the paper were lists of returning soldiers, daring her to hope that Charles would soon be among them. This is the climate in which she received news of his death. To mourn a personal loss amid public celebration would have been a most difficult experience.
The Evening Post on the day that Charles died, 1 October 1918.
On 1 October 1918, Charles' company advanced towards Crèvecoeur. They encountered enemy shelling and Charles was killed. The Allied advance continued and the following month the war was over. Thirty months on the Western Front had cost New Zealand 12,483 lives.
Charles was to the army, one man, but to his wife, Jessie, an individual most dearly beloved. The memorial plaque in Old St Paul's reads: 'In proud and loving memory of my husband Charles Raymond Brown, killed in action, France, October 1, 1918, aged 28. With eternal love.'
Charles' Grave in the Anneux British Cemetery, Nord, France.
Sources: Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph records: Brown, Charles Raymond, 1889-1918; Charles Raymond Brown's war service record, R21888478, Archives New Zealand; Wellington; Michael King, New Zealanders at war. Auckland: Penguin, 2003. Ian McGibbon, Ian, The Oxford companion to New Zealand military history. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 2000; Ministry for Culture and Heritage, 'Western Front', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/western-front WW100, 'History Guide', URL: https://ww100.govt.nz/history-guide; New Zealand Herald, May 27, 1897, 5. New Zealand Times, January 18, 1915, 6. Evening Post, November 10, 1916, 9; October 1, 1918, 7. New Zealand Times, October 25, 1918, 3.
Images: Portrait of C. R. Brown. Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1918, v.6, n.2. https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/charles-raymond-brown
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Medgar Evers College, a branch of the City University of New York (CUNY), has announced that, at its upcoming commencement ceremonies, it will grant an honorary doctorate to Reverend Al Sharpton—whose past incitements of anti-Semitic violence have led to multiple deaths. The editors of the New York Post comment:
What makes this [decision] especially galling is that it's to take place in [the Brooklyn neighborhood of] Crown Heights, the site of the 1991 anti-Jewish riots in which Sharpton played a key role in riling up the mobs. The reverend has never apologized for his actions during those days, which included denunciations of Orthodox Jews as "diamond dealers" and a false claim that Jews operated an "apartheid ambulance service."
Not until twenty years later did he finally admit he'd made some "mistakes," while still claiming Jewish "extremists" deliberately misconstrued his remarks.
[L]ittle about Sharpton has changed over the years—save his weight, fancier clothes, fatter bank account, and now-national platform. Medgar Evers College thinks that adds up to an "unwavering commitment to racial, educational, and socioeconomic equity." . . . But he isn't a worthy choice for this honor—especially not from a college named for a true civil-rights hero who paid the ultimate price for his genuinely "unwavering commitment" to racial justice.
Sharpton is also expected to speak at a conference sponsored by the Religious Action Center, a major arm of organized Reform Judaism in America, in May.
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Julio Estrada flips on the stereo among the packing crates in his Mexico City home, and a lone violin cries in a strange new musical language. It tells a tale of human suffering and desire.
Mr. Estrada - a slender man with dark, troubled eyes - is a Mexican composer. But he does not compose in Mexico.
Right now, however, this country heaves and pulls under a burden that leaves little room for dreaming.
In the music of Mexican composers, you can hear the cry of a land whipsawed by modern economic travail and ancient social wrongs. And in the music world they inhabit, you can see a microcosm of almost everything that has gone wrong with the life of this diverse country.
Julio Estrada, for instance, composes and teaches in the United States, as he cannot find the technology in financially ravaged Mexico to develop his advanced theories - and because, he says, such ideas are not well received by Mexico's powerful musical oligarchy.
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As long ago as the 1910 post-Mexican Revolution era, composer Carlos Chavez forged a Mexican idiom and a musical life to nourish it. The onrushing change that poured out of the revolution bore Chavez - as it did the poets, thinkers, and painters of Mexico - pell-mell into the heart of the nation's confrontation with the future. Chavez, and such contemporaries as Silvestre Revueltas, helped create a Mexican appetite for contemporary music that survives to this day.
By third-world standards, Mexico still has a thriving symphonic and chamber-music life. But there is little to sing about in the outlook for the country's musical culture. The reason: The compositional mainstream here has been both supported and strangled by what many feel is a hidebound cultural bureaucracy.
With the nationalization of the banks in September of 1982, the last independent source of funding for cultural enterprises disappeared. Mexican composers and musicians now work for the state, or they work for no one.
Until the collapse of world oil prices in '82, the flood of Mexican oil expectations fueled a boom in orchestra building, helped in large part by former President Jose Lopez Portillo's wife, Carmen Romano. But there was more enthusiasm than planning behind this expansion.
Composers here despair of raising the level of performance in these ensembles. ''We are a poor country now,'' Mario Lavista laments.
Alberto Alba, the round-faced, solicitous director of Mexico's National Conservatory, sits in his run-down office one afternoon and explains matter-of-factly that, because of the country's economic crisis, Mexico's largest music school cannot afford instruments for its pupils.
One of the only solutions, he says, is to ask visiting US high school bands to sell their instruments (at reduced prices) when they return home.
More troubling to composers than the lack of instruments is the fact that they cannot invite guest soloists, let alone major orchestras, to perform here.
To the country that once hosted Stravinsky and Bartok, this prohibition - decreed by the government and occasioned by the weakened peso - seems devastating. By long-established tradition, visiting musicians don't simply play concerts: They often teach classes and listen to local music, and they sometimes stay up all night talking with local composers and conductors.
Today, a small band of composers, headed by Enriquez, is struggling to keep the currents flowing. They all left Mexico to study in New York and Europe. Now they are back here, toiling at their craft.
With Enriquez, this craft takes on a fierceness and beauty reminiscent of the country's savage history. A student of Persichetti, William Schuman, and others at Juilliard in New York, Enriquez strives for images that German, American, English, and Japanese composers hanker after. ''I am very fond of the new trends and colors,'' he says, as he plays a tape of his works for a visiting reporter. Although neither he nor any other Mexican composer has come near Chavez's international stature, Enriquez is widely credited with carving out his own national-international persona.
But Manuel Enriquez is not the problem. The problem, according to most observers, is: Who comes after him? Right now, nobody is offering any answers.
Musical trends around the world are charging ahead in numerous directions. New technology has become enormously important in the development of theory. And these trends and this technology are generally out of the reach of young Mexican composers. Many of them are hard pressed to get the books containing new theory.
''This is a hard time,'' comments Gerard Behague, author of ''Music in Latin America'' and chairman of the music department of the University of Texas at Austin. ''Composers will not be as productive as in better times.
History has a way of defying the best analysis.
Carlos Chavez grew up as a talent during the most violent, most difficult period in Mexico's national life. And no one is writing off the hope that, in a country that has a way of coming up with the dramatic, impossible, and beautiful , a Chavez is coming of age somewhere.


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Despite reports of some theaters resuming business as early as next week in some areas of the world, AMC Theaters issued a statement on Friday saying that they have no plans to open their doors until Hollywood is ready to distribute new product for the big screen. To put a tentative date on the matter, the first summer tentpole expected for release is Christopher Nolan's TENET on July 17, which is set to be followed by Disney's live-action version of MULAN on July 24.
The theater group's comment comes not long after the National Association of Theatre Owners, speaking on behalf of AMC and other companies, reinforced the intention to keep cinemas closed until such a time when shelter-in-place orders related to the coronavirus outbreak can be lifted.
"As we plan our reopening, the health and safety of our guests and associates is our absolute highest priority. To be able to open, we also need a line of sight into a regular schedule of new theatrical blockbusters that get people truly excited about returning to their favorite movie theaters. Those blockbusters are scheduled to return this summer, beginning with Warner Brothers' Tenet and Disney's Mulan, with many more major titles scheduled immediately thereafter," AMC said in a statement, earlier today.
"While we expect to open our theaters in the weeks ahead of these new blockbusters, utilizing creative programming of immensely popular previously released films, we would be wise to do so only directly in advance of the release of major new movie titles," the statement continued. "AMC is currently working through every detail required to successfully showcase these exciting new releases in an environment that's safe and welcoming for moviegoers, and we will share those details as we get closer to the dates when our theaters will reopen."
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The movie-going business has taken a major hit since the coronavirus pandemic triggered the closing of 5,500-plus theaters since March 20th. It's to be understood that some theater chains might not make it through the ordeal, including AMC, who earlier this month announced a $500 million debt offering as part of a plan to avoid filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. While much remains in flux at this time, these are indeed grim times for one of humankind's most treasured social experiences; and by that of course, I mean going to the movies.
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Grace Academy: K. Lee 4, M. Emme 12, H. Brison 12, N. Harton 2, N. Huttle 13, A. Brown 4, J. Knutzen 2, S. Moore 0, J. Blue 0, H. Zimmerman 0. Totals: FT: 12-21 49.
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'Copyright' Sting Targeting 15-Year-Old Backfires With Arrest Warrants & Record Sales
A fake 'copyright agent' who instructed a 15-year-old Thai girl to make cartoon character krathong floats and then tried to extort her for alleged copyright infringement is watching his plan backfire spectacularly. Not only is a warrant out for his arrest but the publicity generated by the scam has massively boosted demand for the girl's products, which help finance her education.
Loi Krathong is an annual festival celebrated in Thailand and some neighboring countries during which 'krathong' (decorated baskets) are floated on a river.
These beautiful items are often made by locals looking to generate relatively small sums to help support their families and in some cases fund their education. Sadly, there are others who see the creations as an opportunity to generate cash for themselves in an entirely more sinister fashion.
According to local media reports, earlier this month a 15-year-old girl known as 'Orm' or 'Orn' (we'll settle on the former) was contacted on Facebook by a stranger who placed an order for 136 krathong floats. The order carried specific instructions for them to be adorned with faces of cartoon characters owned by Japanese company San-X.
When Orm took 30 completed floats to a local mall, at the request of a supposed "copyright agent" she was reportedly arrested by police for 'copyright infringement'. She was told to pay a fine of 50,000 baht, around US$1,650, a figure that was later negotiated down to 5,000 baht, US$1,650, by her grandfather, a former policeman.
"After receiving the order, I made krathong baskets from 8am to 1.30am the next day so that I could fill the order, only to be arrested," Orm said.
"Normally I do not make any basket with a copyrighted character. This customer stressed they wanted copyrighted characters. After being arrested I cried all night because I have never faced such legal action before."
The action against the teenager provoked outcry in the community after the chief of a local police station said it had worked with the 'copyright agent' on the sting operation, Bangkok Post reported.
However, all was not what it seemed. TAC Consumer PLC, which represents San-X, issued a statement stating that it had not participated in the operation against the teenager and had assigned one of its lawyers to the case. But worse was to come.
After news of the scandal spread, other victims of the scam came forward, saying they too had been arrested and settled for even larger amounts having borrowed the money from family members. They identified the 'copyright agent' as the same man who targeted the teenager.
When news reached local TV, a reporter helped to track down the 'copyright agent', who was discovered to be a local motorcycle taxi driver called 'Nan' whose wife sells meatballs in the area.
Yesterday, as pressure mounted against local police, a commander announced that after 40 similar complaints were filed against the 'copyright agent', they would be seeking arrest warrants by the end of the week. While that news will be celebrated in its own right, the knock-on effect of all the publicity is doing wonders for Orm's work.
After making 360 floats to sell during the Loy Krathong festival, people queued up to buy them. They sold out in an hour, making herself around 8,110 baht in profit, around US$267.00. She told local media she was "delighted" by the response having sold just 30 in previous years.
Half of the money will go towards her school fees and the rest will go to her family to help with household expenses.
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AN server fetched these for me from 3 different servers, via google, in less than second. Could be something local to your neighborhood, or it could be a punk on your cable hogging the shared cable network. You could clear your cache just for kicks. You could try a different DNS server like google, 8.8.8.8. I use OpenDNS, sometimes it's slow, today it is very fast.


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Ахаци Ґроховський гербу Юноша (;  7 січня 1633) — польський шляхтич, державний та католицький релігійний діяч, латинський єпископ перемишльський, луцький. Брат львівського латинського архиєпископа Станіслава Ґроховського.

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Найстарший із шести синів Войцеха та його дружини Зофії з Монастирських гербу Пилява, внук Петра та його дружини Красіцької, мав посади королівського секретаря, пробоща в Ленчиці, Сандомирі, краківського каноніка

Був похований у родинному гробівці в Перемиській латинській катедрі.

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Джерела
 Grochowski Achacy h. Junosza (zm. 1645) // Polski Słownik Biograficzny. — Wrocław — Kraków — Warszawa : Zakład Narodowy Imienia Ossolińskich, Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 1960. — T. VIIІ/4. — Zeszyt 39. — S. 598—599.
 Niesiecki К. Korona polska przy złotej wolności starożytnymi wszystkich katedr, prowincji i rycerstwa klejnotami… ozdobiona, potomnym zaś wiekom na zaszczyt i nieśmiertelną sławę pamiętnych w tej ojczyźnie synów podana…  — Lwów, 1738. — Т. 2. — 761 s. — S. 308—309.

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 Adam Przyboś. Achacy Grochowski h. Junosza

Ахаци
Луцькі римсько-католицькі єпископи
Перемиські єпископи РКЦ
Королівські секретарі
Поховані в латинській катедрі Перемишля

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Vermont in the desert. Gorgeous custom home with a 200-degree view of the golf course, Venetian plaster, auto port, + beautiful terraces. Reclaimed hardwood flooring, gourmet kitchen, oversized cul-de-sac with huge green space and a pebble tech pool and spa. The dramatic front entry will be the envy of your friends. Original cost to build was 1.6 million.


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Sandbox- The Sandstorm in The Crypto Market
in Gaming Sites, NFT
Bears have taken the hold of the crypto market. As a result, the prices of many digital assets is going down. Whereas, cryptos dedicated to the metaverse niche are outnumbering the rest of the space in terms of greener numbers. Additionally, Facebook rebranding as Meta is adding enormous value to this segment. As a result, digital assets associated with the metaverse have grown dramatically in recent years.
The Sandbox is gaining ground in its efforts to disrupt the space. It strives to be a front runner in this digital space.
What is Sandbox (SAND)?
Sandbox is emerging as one of the prominent players in this space. And its native token SAND has risen in value as a result of Facebook's announcement of its move into the Metaverse. The Sandbox has made significant contributions to the NFTs. And the platform has also received major funding. The trade volume of Sandbox is also rising constantly.
The emergence of the gaming business is well-known. According to analysts, there are over 3 billion games in the world and counting. A typical gamer spends around $150 each year on gaming. As a result, various cryptocurrencies are contending for their fair share.
The Sandbox is a blockchain-powered virtual environment where users can play, create, purchase, sell, and monetize their gaming experiences. The platform's main goal is to unleash gamers' creativity by allowing them to design the platform of their dreams.
The Sandbox metaverse environment is built on the Ethereum blockchain and uses the Proof-of-Stake consensus method. The platform, on the other hand, has its native currency, SAND, which is a conventional version of the ERC-20 token.
The Sandbox metaverse facilitates LAND which is a digital piece of real estate. The idea's main purpose is to allow game developers and producers to construct and sell their virtual experiences. The platform permits the players, in particular, to lease and stake out their LANDs. To make a purchase, SAND must be present in one's wallet.
Also read: Will The Blockchain Gaming Revolutionise The Future of Video Games?
Factors behind the rise of SAND
For numerous traders and investors in the area, the rise of Sandbox is astounding. The reason behind the rise of SAND are as follows-
The rise of Sandbox correlates with the rise of NFTs. NFTs are vital to the metaverse. On Sandbox, NFTs can only be traded with SAND, which directly impacts the value of the token positively.
It has a mid-size market capitalization. Hence, it takes less investment for influencing the price of SAND as compared to bigger exchanges like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
SAND has robust tokenomics. Tokenomics is the study of the economics of crypto tokens or cryptocurrencies. It entails primarily researching the factors that influence the demand and supply of tokens. Quality, distribution, and creation of crypto tokens are among the considerations.
It has strong technicals that can help in a further surge of SAND.
The platform is planning to introduce NFT avatars, De-Fi staking on layer-2 and play-to-earn efforts. Together, they may be able to power growth in the fourth quarter.
Future of Sand
The future of Sandbox/ SAND looks quite bright. The platform is focusing heavily on technological improvements and innovations that users are appreciating. With companies like Facebook, Epic Games, Ubisoft, EA Games and many more are moving towards metaverse, as a result, the demand for platforms like Sandbox is going up.
So, should you invest in SAND? SAND like other cryptocurrencies is an extremely volatile asset, making it riskier to invest in than other types of assets. Your risk tolerance and personal financial circumstances will determine if the SAND coin is a good fit for your portfolio. Before investing in any asset, you should conduct your research. Also, never put more money into anything than you can afford to lose.
Also read: Philadelphia 76ers' Launch of NFT Collection


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De Sint-Aldegondakerk (Duits: Aldegundiskirche) is een rooms-katholieke parochiekerk in de Duitse plaats Emmerik in Noordrijn-Westfalen. De "olde kerk", zoals de inwoners van Emmerik de kerk ooit noemden, is gelegen aan het Aldegundiskirchplatz.

Geschiedenis
De kerk werd omstreeks het jaar 700 als de Sint-Martinuskerk gesticht. Sinds 914 was de kerk verbonden met een collegiaal stift. Met de verhuizing van het stift naar een plek buiten de oude stadsmuren werd bij het stift een nieuwe Sint-Martinuskerk gebouwd en kreeg de oude kerk het huidige patrocinium van de heilige Aldegonda.

Van 1449 tot 1514 werd op de plek van de door brand verwoestte voorgangerkerk een langgerekte, drieschepige pseudobasiliek van baksteen opgetrokken. De kerktoren werd van tufsteen gebouwd. Het middenschip en het uit twee traveeën bestaande koor met 5/8 afsluiting werden voorzien van stergewelven, de zijschepen kregen netgewelven.

De toren werd in 1651 door een brand verwoest maar eerst na 1719 herbouwd en in 1854 gerenoveerd.

In 1944 was men van plan om de kerk te renoveren, echter in hetzelfde jaar werd de kerk tot op de buitenmuren vernietigd. Het kerkschip en het koor werden tot 1955 in de oude vormen herbouwd. Met de wederopbouw van de toren werd in 1959 begonnen. De spits werd echter niet herplaatst. De beelden aan de toren zijn in 1967 door Waldemar Kuhn vervaardigd.

Inrichting
 Aan de zuidoostelijke muur van het koor werd in 1888 door Friedrich Stummel een groot muurschilderij van dominicanen die de Moeder Gods vereren geschilderd. Het werd ter herinnering aan de oprichting van de Rozenkransbroederschap aangebracht.
 Aan een zuil hangt een paneel uit 1350 met een voorstelling van Christus in het graf; het wordt toegeschreven aan Duccio di Buoninsegna.
 Het triptychon aan de zuidelijke muur werd in 1900 door H. Lamers naar een voorbeeld van Rogier van der Weyden gemaakt. Uitgebeeld worden: de aanbidding van de koningen, de annunciatie en de presentatie van Jezus in de tempel.
 Op consoles aan de oostelijke torenpijlers staan de beelden van de heiligen Catharina en Agnes uit circa 1470-1480. Agnes draagt de wolkenbandketting van de Kleefse Antoniusorde.
 Een dubbelmadonna uit 1490 in het koor maakt deel uit van de Marialuchter uit 1963.
 In het noordelijke zijschip staan op consoles de beelden van de heiligen Thomas, Christoffel en Johannes de Evangelist. Het beeld van Sint-Thomas met resten van de originele kleuren wordt toegeschreven aan meester Arnt en dateert van rond 1480, het Christoffelbeeld dateert van rond 1500 en zou van de hand van Dries Holthuys zijn en het Johannesbeeld van rond 1530 wordt toegeschreven aan Hendrik van Holt uit Kalkar.
 Rechts en links van het koor staan de houten beelden van de heilige Catharina van 1510-1520 en de heilige Jacobus van ± 1500. Beide beelden zijn opnieuw beschilderd.
 In het zuidelijke zijschip staat op een zuil het beeld van Sint-Sebastiaan uit 1480.
 De vergulde zilveren torenmonstrans werd in het begin van de 16e eeuw gemaakt. Het betreft een van de meest belangrijke laatgotische werken van de Kleefse goudsmeedkunst.

Orgel
Het orgel werd in 1973 door de orgelbouwfirma Romanus Seifert & Sohn uit Kevelaer gebouwd en in 1997 vergroot. Het sleeplade-instrument kent 47 registers verdeeld over drie manualen en pedaal. De speel- en registertracturen zijn elektrisch.

Klokken en carillon
In de toren bevindt zich een driestemmig gelui. Bijzondere vermelding verdient de grote Mariaklok, gegoten door de Nederlandse klokkengieter Geert van Wou. De klok werd in 1498 gegoten en is naast de Victorklok in de dom van Xanten de grootste middeleeuwse klok aan de Nederrijn. Een tweede klok van dezelfde gieter met slagtoon cis1 werd in de Tweede Wereldoorlog verwoest. Na het oorlogseinde kreeg de parochie ter compensatie een klok in bruikleen van onbekende herkomst. In 1952 goot de klokkengieterij Feldmann & Marschel te Münster de angelusklok. In de jaren 1990 werd een carillon geïnstalleerd. De eerste 18 klokken werden in 1995 bij de Koninklijke Klokkengieterij Petit & Fritsen te Aarle-Rixtel gemaakt. In het jaar 2000 volgden nog eens 25 klokken. Het carillon bestaat in totaal uit 43 klokken.

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Aldegonda


I'm happy to announce the release of a new project!
With the help of another awesome Chinese translator friend Junichiro. Reapers Scans releases our first chapter of a new project. Oh and I'll be releasing another chapter of either Wolfsmund or Ouke no Monshou next saturday! Feel free to shout out in the forum which one you want more.
Please do Wolfsmund. It's so gritty and violent, that it is a nice change of pace from most other type of manga.
Finally someone is going to continue translating this great manga. Thanks guys!
Thanks for picking this up, I had lost hope to see new translations.
Thank you for picking this up. I hope this delay doesn't mean you are going to drop it, this series really needs some love.
Thanks for doing Wolfsmund. I'm buying the Vertical releases, but being up to date on the manga is nice as well.


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Former England captain Mike Tindall says he does not regret his antics during the 2011 World Cup where he was caught in a dwarf-throwing club and on camera with a girl just six weeks after his wedding to Zara Phillips.
By Nicola Harley 14 January 2015 • 3:46pm
Mike Tindall, Dylan Hartley and Chris Ashton in Altitude club in Queenstown, Australia
Former England captain Milke Tindall says he has "no regrets" over his drunken antics during the World Cup.
Tindall, 36, who retired from professional rugby last year, has revealed he had a "great time" with his team mates when they ended up in a bar which had a dwarf-throwing competition.
The players were on a drink-fuelled night out during the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand celebrating their win over Argentina.
In the same night Tindall was also captured on CCTV joking with a girl, who turned out to be an old friend Jessica Palmer.
The side were knocked out in the quarter-finals against France and Tindall was axed from the Elite Player Squad for his conduct until he successfully appealed and reduced his fine from £25,000 to £15,000.
He had married Zara Phillips, the Queen's granddaughter, just six weeks before the incident.
"Do I have any regrets about the evening? No because I had a good time with a lot of the players that I enjoyed playing with, with a lot of fans who I enjoy spending time with," he told Times2.
"It was nothing we didn't do in 2003. Not one player threw a dwarf."
He says it was not a "big deal" but blames the media for making it one.
At the time he initially denied going to the bar and told officials he was "too drunk" to remember.
Tindall is seen talking to a woman in a bar
Tindall, who gained 75 caps for England, added: "Worst time to have amnesia that was."
Despite being married to the Princess Royal's daughter, the couple do not receive any money from the Royal Family as his wife does not have a Royal title.
He says he "always" worries about finances and the money he made at the height of his career will not last.
"You cant' live off it for the rest of your life," he said.
Zara Phillips and her new husband Mike Tindall outside Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh after their wedding (PA)
Players can expected to earn up to £200,000 at their peak.
Presently he is taking part in television show The Jump, which sees celebrities take part in winter sports, and is looking to carve out a career as a pundit.
The couple had their first child Mia last year and she is due to celebrate her first birthday on Saturday - already the youngster has three Shetland ponies.


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September 17, 2022 September 17, 2022 bcnn1wp
Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber is Accused of Rebuking Conservatives and the Abortion Abolitionist Movement and is Also Criticized For Backing New ERLC President Brent Leatherwood. — Daniel Whyte III Says . . .
Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber
Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber is Accused of Rebuking Conservatives and the Abortion Abolitionist Movement and is Also Criticized For Backing New ERLC President Brent Leatherwood.
— Daniel Whyte III Says the Southern Baptist Convention Leadership Needs to Stop Allowing the Devil to Use Them to Fight Against Each Other. You Dear People Have a Demonic Spirit of LYNCHING and CIVIL WAR Among Yourselves, Which I Believe is a Generational Curse Going Back to the Early Days of the Southern Baptist Convention Confederacy in How You Treated Negroes Back in the Early Days of This Country. Now, You Treat Each Other the Same Way. In my Humble Opinion, You Dear People Need to Chill Out (that is Black vernacular for you people need to 'Calm Down'), Especially in Light of the Fact That YOU ARE BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Seriously People, You Need to Consult With Dr. Tony Evans on Everything You Say or do Publicly Before You Say or do it Because I Doubt Very Seriously if the Leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention "UNDERSTAND THE TIMES AND KNOW WHAT TO DO." DR. TONY EVANS Understands the Times Very Well and he Knows What to do and What Not to do, and You People Need to Listen to Him Regarding All Issues — NOT JUST ABOUT RACE. God Has Blessed the Church With a Few Good Men in This Day and Time Who Know the Times and Who Know What to do. Dr. Tony Evans and I Still Love the Southern Baptist Convention Because You Are Organized, You Are More Transparent Than Most Denominations, and You Are Solvent (Meaning You Don't Do Foolish Things Financially For the Most Part That Causes Churches to go Bankrupt), Thus Positioning Your Denomination to be Used by God to Lead All Other Denominations to Revival and Awakening, if That be God's Will at This Point in History. We Both Know Your Potential and Influence.
Now, by the Grace of God, God Has Used me, the "Least of All Saints" and the "Chief of Sinners," to Help Get Rid of the Former President of the Southern Baptist Convention and Gross Plagiarizer Mr. Ed Litton; to Exterminate the Heretic Termite Andy Stanley From Destroying the Southern Baptist Convention With His Demonic Attack on the Word of God, Which Contains the Old Testament and the New Testament and Now the Foundational Christian Creeds, With the Purpose of Making the Southern Baptist Convention an INCLUSIVE Denomination by Allowing Practicing Homosexuals and So-Called Homosexual Married People to Become Members of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, Which is a Double Abomination;
By the Grace of God, Through my Preaching and Writing Along With, I Believe, the Help of Such Men as Your Former Friend Dr. Russell Moore, Who Has Been Unnecessarily Persecuted by Some People in the Southern Baptist Convention and Who I Believe is a Good, Godly Man Who Still Loves the Southern Baptist Convention, Along With Dr. Tony Evans' Consulting Presence in the Southern Baptist Convention, we Have Recently Seen the Miraculous Coming Back Into the Biblical, Orthodox, Christian Fold of Dr. J. D. Greear and Dr. Ed Stetzer Both Recently Denouncing in Their Own Loving Way the Heretic Andy Stanley With Their Positive Statements Against Andy Stanley's False Teaching on How That Christians Ought to "Unhitch Themselves From the Old Testament." In J. D. Greear's Case, he Recently Denounced "PRONOUNS" That do Not Line up With the Person's Birth Sex, the Abomination of Homosexuality, and he Retracted His Statement That God "Whispers About Sexual Sins," and he Affirmed the Word of God That God Does Not Whisper About Sexual Sins at All and Especially About Homosexual Sins.
Brethren, by the Grace of God, I've Done my Part as an Outsider. That's All That I Can do to Help You Other Than to Pray For You. I Say With the Prophet Samuel "Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you . . ." (I Samuel 12:23). Dr. Tony Evans, Who God Has Given Multiple Gifts in the Areas of Prophet, Evangelist, and Pastor Can Truly Help Guide You Through The Politically-Drenched Season That we Are in and Beyond in the Future For However Long God Allows Him to Live. Please Take Advantage of His Gifts, Talents, Wisdom, and Love For You, or the Southern Baptist Convention, as You Know it, Will be Destroyed.
Following criticism from conservatives in the Southern Baptist Convention for the permanent appointment of Brent Leatherwood as the head of the ERLC by the SBC institutionalist establishment, SBC President Bart Barber, hell-bent on spreading disunity and misrepresenting the pastors he's supposed to be leading, took to Twitter with some spicy criticism for conservatives and abolitionists in the SBC. Barber focused his vitriol on SBC pastor Dusty Deevers, the abolitionist producer of the documentary A Storm Comes Rolling Down The Plain. Barber Rebukes Conservatives/Abolitionist Movement.
Institutionalists in the SBC who continue to support the incrementalist position, despite the overturning of Roe v. Wade, pretend that Deevers and the abolitionist movement attacked the incrementalists first. In reality, the real battle between the two positions began when incrementalist pro-life organizations, including the ERLC, threatened primary pro-life legislators who promoted any incrementalist legislation and funded campaigns to defeat any abolitionist legislation. Barber Rebukes Conservatives/Abolitionist Movement.
The scenario of ERLC-supported incrementalists fighting against abolitionist bills played out in Louisiana just prior to this year's SBC national convention. ERLC leaders, including Brent Leatherwood, rejected abolitionist overtures at the SBC annual meeting and refused to honestly answer for their actions that led to the defeat of Louisiana's abolitionist bill.
Ironically, Barber accuses Deevers of "selling out to the crass tone of secular politics instead of following the way of Christ", an act that most accurately describes what the ERLC did in Louisiana and other states. Deevers is merely calling out the SBC for celebrating the promotion of a man who, as interim head of the ERLC, led the opposition to abolition in the state of Louisiana.
Source: Protestia
To read more, click here: https://protestia.com/2022/09/16/sbc-prez-bart-barber-slanders-conservatives-and-the-abolitionist-movement/
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