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Struggling to the Surface | Village Voice
Struggling to the Surface
by Georgia Christgau
Who let the road dog out? photo: Michael Wilson
Her voice has the tensile strength of a tuning fork, she can sing louder and softer than many who have come before and after her, and she's the Queen of Remorse. She pushed herself away from duets with country greats and toward interpretations of Jimi Hendrix with 1995's Wrecking Ball, a sobfest lamenting the limelight, motherless children (twice), and the usual love and death (six times). It won her her eighth Grammy, but she wanted more. Beneath her willowy sadness and deferential persona, Emmylou Harris was a self-confessed "road dog," hard worker, and exacting boss, who, disappointed by sales of Wrecking Ball, let go of her manager, her label, and her producer, to finally come out with her own material on her new Red Dirt Girl.
Harris's reputation as a self-effacing and generous star seems unsullied by ego or groveling, but Red Dirt Girl reveals both. And that's a compliment: She's long been shrouded by—and profited from—her industry mantle as country's prettiest widow. Red Dirt Girl's trick is to adorn Harris's songs with handsome flourishes, such as Bruce Springsteen's falsetto harmony on "Tragedy," an all-out-for-love song that makes you count your blessings. Then there are the strategic and grandiose allusions to great men: In "Boy From Tupelo" she equates a boyfriend's departure with the untimely death of the most important white boy in rock-and-roll history; in "Michelangelo" she dreams of the artist crying into her silver bandanna. (Me, I'd settle for a wink from David.) No wonder: Harris's career took off when an up-and-coming man died stupidly of a drug overdose. She lionizes her father in "Bang the Drum Slowly," and though her eulogy lacks the stunned disbelief of Loudon Wainwright's "Sometimes I Forget," it shares a point of view with Iris DeMent's "No Time to Cry": Both women were too busy to grieve properly. But there's one important difference. DeMent questions a life that takes her away from her family, and Harris doesn't. Then there's the album's references to another great man, the god of powerful silences; in concert she lauded her earthly influences, guitarist Buddy Miller and his born-again wife, Julie, as her "religion." Somehow I can't help but feel they love her too, all the way to the bank.
Red Dirt Girl is relatively carnal for an Emmylou Harris record. Gravelly drums and a little distortion—downright muddy, in fact—make a little rock mess over the pure simplicity of guitar and piano, to create an underwater effect. The production value serves as an apt metaphor for an artist struggling to the surface to be heard. It's most effective on "I Don't Want to Talk About It," where Harris crawls back to a lover who's "poison." But when we get to the point where Lucinda Williams would have changed the locks, Emmylou only blames herself: "God knows why you don't want me/No one would do the things I do." I've researched this, and aside from finding out that she once spent two hours buying lipstick, I have nothing incriminating to report. Freedom is a bitch, and if Harris still seems trapped it's because she doesn't quite trust herself to be liberated. That may help explain why Lillian of the title track seems at once so forgotten and familiar. Many of Harris's women see no way out; it's easy to romanticize this protagonist by inventing her suicide, harder to look at the life of a victimized woman and figure out her choices if she wants to survive.
Since her first singing-contest victory in rural Virginia, where she observed that she "was the only girl entered who didn't look like Dolly Parton . . . but the only one who sang a Dolly Parton song," Harris has embodied respect for tradition. But she's shown that she can do more than revere it. Gram Parsons fused country and rock in ways that younger artists are still reinventing, as last year's excellent tribute, Return of the Grievous Angel (which Harris produced), attests. Despite the faithful reading she gives Dolly's "To Daddy," collected on her three-CD boxed set Portraits, the song's acid wit—an exquisitely taciturn housewife holds her tongue until she has the last word in the final stanza—still rests comfortably with Parton's original. If on Red Dirt Girl time has become "a brutal but a careless thief," maybe Harris is ready to look at what other basics, such as her beauty and talent, have stolen: her anger, for instance. Or was it just me who got pissed off in September when the Times' magazine profiler condescendingly cataloged Harris's favorite authors (gee! A country singer who can read!) and needed to know, 30 years after the fact, if Harris and Parsons had been lovers?
I always kind of liked Harris's first self-penned album (with Paul Kennerly), The Ballad of Sally Rose, with its vaguely feminist, fictional/autobiographical conceit. Here was someone who could reinvent an old American myth as a love letter to the record industry, and play the lead herself: Dakota Plains Native American Girl carries torch for guitar player who dies. Harris invented Sally's more politically correct past to obscure her own army brat-homecoming queen beginnings outside Washington, D.C. But maybe the real and fictional uprooted childhoods were more alike than they seemed. Harris bemoans her own rootlessness, not only in song but seemingly in life. A mother of two, veteran of three marriages, she's been on food stamps and she's been a country music queen. She's also blown more years on the road than she probably feels like remembering. But that's the gig when you become your own subject, isn't it?
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Cogent provides plant-wide Systems Integration, Operations Management and Process Optimization services to 750,000 T/year biomass pellet plant in Georgia
Category: Wood Pellets & Biomass
RWE Innogy, a German-based utilities company, and BMC of Sweden have completed the construction of a $150 million pellet plant in Ware County, Georgia. The plant is built on a 300-acre site with abundant forest resources and access to Georgia's deepwater ports. Originally built with a capacity of 750,000 metric tons per year, the Georgia Biomass pellet plant now operates at nearly 850,000 T/year, making it one of the largest pellet plants in the world.
In constructing this biomass plant, BMC was committed to building and operating a modern and agile facility that is fully optimized and able to successfully compete in the 21st century. In addition to working closely with BMC and Georgia Biomass to define and design process control, IT and automation systems, Cogent has also deployed a complete real-time Operational Performance Management (OPM) system in the new plant. This OPM system has provided expanded visibility into the operational performance of this world-class facility. With this tool, Georgia Biomass was able to decrease ramp up time of the plant, better collaborate across workgroups, make informed decisions in real-time and drive continuous improvement.
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As long as I can remember, I have been a lover of all things that have a past. I have a passion for Saturday morning yard sales, church rummage sales and thrift stores.
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Every single African nation represented at the World Cup
Ed Dove
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Morocco may be the last team standing in Qatar, but which other African nations have been represented at the World Cup?
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Les Fennecs were defeated by Cameroon in a stunning World Cup playoff defeat, but they're still represented in Qatar with two players from the hosts' squad having been able to represent the North Africans.
Both France-born Karim Boudiaf and centurion Boualem Khoukhi could have turned out for the 2019 African champions.
France superstar Kylian Mbappe is also of Algerian origin, via his mother.
Ben Cabango's Angolan father coached the boy's youth team during his days growing up in Wales, with the young SwanseaCity man ultimately opting to represent the land of his birth.
Cabango was unused for Wales during their brief World Cup campaign.
France wonderkid Edouardo Camavinga was born in Cabinda, and is still standing in the World Cup, while Portugal also had four Angola-origin players in their squad—William Carvalho, Rafael Leao, Nuno Mendes and Joao Mario.
Jules Kounde was heavily linked with Chelsea during his time at Sevilla, but has ultimately ended up at Barcelona.
Of Beninese origin, he made his France debut last year, and has featured in four of France's matches so far this term.
Eliminated following a spirited group-stage campaign, Cameroon are still 'alive' in the competition through France centre-back William Saliba, anchor man Aurelien Tchouameni, who opened the scoring in the quarter-final victory over England, and of course, Mbappe.
Germany also had Cameroon interest in Armel Bella-Kotchap and Youssoufa Moukoko, while Breel Embolo—who scored against the Indomitable Lions for Switzerland at the tournament—was born in Yaounde.
The West African island nation was represented by Qatar utility man Ro-Ro, who was born in Portugal, and Edimilson Fernandes of Switzerland.
His cousin, Cabral, opted to represent Cape Verde at senior level.
Denis Zakaria may be struggling to make an impact at Chelsea, but he's been a key element of the Swiss national side for the last six years.
He was born in Switzerland to parents from South Sudan and Congo-Brazzaville.
Defeated by Cameroon in African World Cup qualifying, the Ivorians have nonetheless been represented by three players in Qatar.
Nathan Ake and Serge Gnabry each had their moments with the Netherlands and Germany respectively, while Ismael Kone was arguably underused by Canada.
There was strong Congolese representation in eliminated Belgium, in the form of Youri Tielemans, Romelu Lukaku and Michy Batshuayi.
They still have a trio of Frenchmen still standing, with Steve Mandanda, Axel Disasi and Randal Kolo Muani all eligible to have played for Les Bleus.
Egypt were defeated by Senegal in the World Cup playoffs, but they were still represented in Qatar by the hosts' Ahmed Alaaeldin, who was born in Ismailia.
Australia's Garang Kuol was also born in the North African country.
The Black Stars were one of Africa's five qualifiers in Qatar, with the national side taking four points from their three group stage games.
It should have been more, but the West African giants crumbled in their final group game against Uruguay.
Denmark's speedy full-back Alexander Bah was eligible for The Gambia through his father.
Gambian referee Bakary Gassama was also among Caf's refereeing contingent in Qatar.
What a team Guinea-Bissau could have had, if only they'd been able to convince France's Dayot Upamecano and Spain duo Alejandro Balde and Ansu Fati to play for them.
Portugal's Danilo Pereira was also born in Bissau.
Australian duo and dear friends Thomas Deng and Awer Mabil were both born in Kenya to South Sudanese refugee parents.
Only Mabil saw gametime in Qatar.
Not likely to qualify for the World Cup anytime soon, the tiny West African nation was nonetheless represented well with Alphonso Davies of Canada and USA duo Haji Wright and Timothy Weah.
Timothy's father—the great George Weah—was in attendance to watch his son's matches in Qatar.
The tiny Cosafa nation were represented at the World Cup via official Souru Phatsoane.
Mali are still standing in Qatar with France duo Youssouf Fofana and Ibrahima Konate, both of whom were born to Malian parents.
Ousmane Dembele could have represented Senegal or Mauritius via his mother, or Mali via his dad.
The last African team still standing at the World Cup—and the first in history to reach the semi-finals—Morocco have the chance to reach an unthinkable final if they defeat France on Wednesday.
The Atlas Lions will be up against a player who could have represented them, with Matteo Guendouzi instead opting to represent the Bleus.
Mozambique were represented at the World Cup through official Arsenio Marrengula.
Some of the brightest young talents on show in Qatar could have instead represented the Super Eagles.
Both Bukayo Saka and Jamal Musiala could have been Nigeria greats, while the likes of Karim Adeyemi, Sam Adekugbe, Manuel Akaji, Noah Okafor and Ike Ugbo could have all also turned out for the West African giants.
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Fresh of making history at the Africa Cup of Nations, Salima Mukansanga was given the opportunity to break new ground at the World Cup.
Africa's champions were dumped out in the Last 16, but they still have some representation in Qatar via Ousmane Dembele of France—who could have turned out for the Teranga Lions—or Germany wideman Leroy Sane.
Belgium and Switzerland midfielders Amadou Onana and Djibril Sow would have also been major assets for the West African heavyweights.
Two players in Qatar could have featured for Sierra Leone.
Antonio Rudiger grew up in Berlin to a Sierra Leonean mother, although there was never any doubt that he'd represent Germany.
The centre-back has invested heavily in the West African country, and used all of his World Cup bonus to fund surgeries for children in Sierra Leone.
Wales' Sorba Thomas could have turned out for England, or the Leone Stars—via his father.
Akram Afif's mother is Yememi while his father is from the Somali-Yemeni Benadiri people.
Afif senior, who was born in Tanzania, played football in the Somali top flight for eight-time champions Horseed FC.
Providing rare South African representation at the World Cup was Australia's Keanu Baccus, who was born in Durban but came through the academy at Western Sydney Wanderers.
He featured in every one of Australia's games in Qatar.
South Africa also provided several match officials for the World Cup.
Three Australian players could have turned out for South Sudan.
As mentioned, Deng and Mabil were born in Kenya to immigrants from the country, while Garang Kuol was born in Egypt after his parents travelled to the North African country from South Sudan.
Switzerland midfielder Zakaria's parents were from South Sudan and Congo-Brazzaville.
Six members of the Qatar squad were either born in Sudan or born in the Gulf to parents from the East African country.
Musab Kheder, Abdelkarim Hassan, Meshaal Barsham, Assim Madibo, Almoez Ali and Abdulaziz Hatem all made history with the World Cup hosts, while Sudan still await their first ever World Cup appearance.
As well as Qatar's Afif, Denmark's Yussuf Poulsen could have represented the Taifa Stars.
Poulsen was born in Copenhagen to a Tanzanian father, and has made over 60 appearances for the Danish national side since making his debut eight years ago.
One of the early stars of the World Cup group stages, Cody Gakpo could have featured for either Togo or Ghana.
Represented by the Carthage Eagles, Tunisia fell at the first hurdle despite some heroic displays including a draw with Denmark and victory over France.
They let themselves down with defeat against Australia.
Despite making global headlines for his questionable performance at the Africa Cup of Nations, Zambia's Janny Sikazwe was given the opportunity to represent Zambia at the World Cup.
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NOCCA was founded in 1973 by a diverse coalition of artists, educators, business leaders, and community activists who saw the need for an institution devoted to our region's burgeoning young talent. Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., Terence Blanchard, Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet, Wendell Pierce, Anthony Mackie, Mary Catherine Garrison and Gary Solomon Jr. are only a few NOCCA graduates who can attest to the extraordinary educational opportunity the Center represents to the children of Louisiana.
NOCCA was operated for its first quarter-century by the Orleans Parish School Board; students were required to be residents of New Orleans. In 2000, the school relocated to its present campus, on the banks of the Mississippi River in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood, and its governance was revised to provide for direct administration by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. At this time NOCCA began accepting students residing anywhere in Louisiana, in service of its broadened role as the premier performing and visual arts high school for the state.
In the ensuing years, NOCCA's curriculum matured to encompass concentrations in eleven disciplines, including jazz, classical instrumental music, drama and the visual arts. The events of 2005 tested the institution, scattering its faculty and student body across the country, but NOCCA's stakeholders responded by embracing a bold plan for growth.
Additional concentrations, in the digital media and culinary arts were launched, and, in 2011, a longstanding dream to offer at NOCCA a full school day of instruction came to fruition with the debut of the Academic Studio. For the first time, curricula in math, science and the humanities were taught on campus, making it possible for NOCCA students to acquire an innovative, fully comprehensive, arts-centered secondary education without having to leave the site. NOCCA's progress has come in the face of ten budget cuts, some occurring mid-year, over the last four years; the school's state funding has decreased by 25% during this period.
Responding to these challenges with characteristic boldness, the NOCCA Institute – NOCCA's community support and advocacy organization – developed a plan for the NOCCA Forum, a dramatic $26.4MM proposal to lay the foundation for the school's future. The Forum will incorporate cutting-edge facilities and include revenue-generating elements to provide independent means to the institution's endeavors. In early 2013, NOCCA contacted Crescent Growth Capital ("CGC") to assist them in bringing together financing for the Forum.
On December 19th, 2013, CGC helped NOCCA close and fund a $12.5MM Qualified Equity Investment ("QEI"), using New Markets Tax Credits allocations of $6.5MM and $6MM provided by First NBC Bank and Whitney Bank, respectively, and leveraging an estimated $7.8MM in Federal and State Historic Tax Credit equity, and $14MM of Qualified Zone Academy Bonds ("QZABs"). The Federal and State New Markets and Historic Tax Credit equity, combined with $14MM of QZABs provided the NOCCA Institute with nearly $12.5MM in combined subsidy, which amounts to nearly half of the project budget.


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Republican Mike Garcia wins California special election and flips House seat
By Aaron Navarro
May 15, 2020 / 6:50 AM / CBS News
Republican veteran Mike Garcia held onto his lead in California's special election for the 25th Congressional District, and will become the first Republican to flip a seat held by a Democrat in the state since 1998, winning former Representative Katie Hill's seat. Garcia stopped short of a full-fledged victory speech on a call with supporters late Tuesday night, as results showed him ahead of Democratic State Assemblywoman Christy Smith by double-digits.
But by Wednesday morning, Garcia was declaring victory.
"After seeing more results last night, it is clear that our message of lower taxes and ensuring we don't take liberal Sacramento dysfunction to Washington prevailed," he said in a statement. "For too long, the people of our district have not had representation, and it's time their voice is heard in Washington."
On Wednesday afternoon, Smith officially conceded, and in a Facebook statement said while "it is critical" all the remaining votes should be counted, "the current tally shows Mike Garcia is the likely victor."
Garcia's victory was a welcome sign for House Republicans, coming in a district Hillary Clinton had won by 7 points in 2016, and in a race for a seat that had been held by a Democrat. Hill, who flipped the seat by 8 points from Republican to Democratic in the 2018 midterm elections, resigned in December 2019 after admitting to an affair with a campaign staffer.
A Navy fighter pilot who is the son of a Mexican immigrant, Garcia was viewed as an appealing candidate, a good "outsider" fit for Republicans in the district. As the pandemic swept across the country after he advanced through the March primaries, which Smith led, Garcia's campaign quickly adapted to the times, holding tele-thon town halls.
In the final weeks of the campaign, national Democratic figures such as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Senator Kamala Harris were lavishing their support for Smith through endorsements and social media pushes. While Smith has said she supports the Democratic presidential nominee, neither she nor Vice President Joe Biden officially endorsed each other.
President Trump and national Republicans advocated for Garcia, particularly in the last weekend before Election Day, and they complained about the opening of a new in-person voting center in Lancaster, which they claimed could give Democrats an unfair edge.
"Dems are trying to steal the Mike Garcia Congressional Race in California. Republicans, get out and VOTE for your terrific candidate, ASAP!" Trump Tweeted on Monday.
Paul Mitchell, vice president of the non-partisan Political Data Inc., said the new voting center was not likely to make any notable impact. "This is a tempest in a teapot in the middle of a desert during a pandemic," he told CBS News before Election Day.
The Trump Victory campaign also played an important role, holding nearly 80 training events for volunteers in support of Garcia. The Republican National Committee and California Republican Party spent nearly $1 million on the special election and combined to contact over 1.4 million voters while sending over 300,000 text messages to voters in the district leading up to Election Day.
The financial support for Garcia, who consistently tied with or slightly lagged behind Smith's fundraising, proved useful in the end. The House Republican campaign arm spent $1 million on an ad buy in April, the Congressional Leadership Fund spent $600,000 on ads and anti-Smith mailers, and the Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of California spent nearly $1 million to support Garcia through field staff and targeted mailers.
While the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee also spent $1 million in an ad buy for Smith, the Democrat-backed House Majority PAC (HMP) didn't spend anything past the primaries.
Democrats expect the registration advantage and turnout from the presidential race to help them take the seat back in November, when Garcia and Smith will face each other again in a rematch. One indicator of this came on Monday, when HMP announced that they have reserved $3.25 million in ads for the Los Angeles market in the fall.
Smith's concession statement looked ahead to the next race and a "vigorous debate" on issues in the coming months, including health care access and job creation, among others.
Republicans also held their seat in Wisconsin's 7th District special election, formerly held by Congressman Sean Duffy, where GOP state senator Tom Tiffany beat Democrat Tricia Zunker by 14 points.
Tiffany was another Republican special election candidate backed by Trump, and said he had a quick phone call with the president after his victory. In a call with CBS News, he emphasized he wants to help Congress with reopening the country.
"We know who is most affected by this: it's the elderly, it's people with underlying conditions, health conditions, and we need to make sure that we protect those people. We need to make sure that our frontline health care providers are protected," Tiffany said. "But otherwise, for a lot of people, they can go back to doing many of the things that they used to. And the sooner we get there, the better."
The election in the rural district was expected to favor the Republican, but was also a chance for local election clerks to bounce back after April's chaotic presidential primaries.
"It's one of the most unusual campaigns I've been through," Tiffany said in his election night remarks.
Musadiq Bidar contributed reporting.
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Aaron Navarro is an associate producer for the political unit at CBS News, focusing on House and gubernatorial campaigns as well as the census and redistricting.
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Three alumni honored at HU's Homecoming
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HUNTINGTON, Ind. Huntington University honored three alumni at today's Homecoming luncheon for their work in advancing the institution's mission to impact the world for Christ.
Janet Clark of Huntington, Ind., received the Distinguished Alumni Citation for devoting her life to educating and ministering to children. For 17 years, Clark has directed the children's ministry at College Park Church of the United Brethren in Christ in Huntington. She previously served as a teacher and principal. Clark earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education from the university in 1963.
In part, the citation about her reads, "Her dynamism and faith have inspired countless individuals. Children are drawn to her, whether they are extroverted or introverted, because of her genuine care and love for them. She purposefully places herself in situations where she encounters hurting people, trusting that Christ will give her an opportunity to minister to them."
Rachel Tinon Rempt, who is serving through Youth With A Mission in Europe, was honored with the Alumnus of the Year Award. In addition to her mission work, she also is an author, having published her first novel before graduating with a bachelor's degree in literature in 2005. She has just completed her third novel, which was accepted for representation by noted publisher Chip MacGregor.
A portion of her citation reads, "Mrs. Rachel Tinon Rempt stood out to the faculty as an undergraduate student at Huntington University. One professor referred to her as 'one of the finest students I have had in 30 years of teaching.' Described as personable, highly capable, and gifted, Mrs. Tinon Rempt exhibited a passion for academic excellence in her disciplines, literature and missions. She integrated her strong faith thoughtfully into her areas of study and continues to do so in her career."
Jonathan Brenneman, who is pursuing his master's degree at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, was acknowledged as the Young Alumnus of the Year. After earning his bachelor's degree in history and philosophy in 2012, Brenneman served with Christian Peacemaker Teams in Palestine. Passionate about peace and justice in Palestine, he plans to return to the country for an internship and then rejoin Christian Peacemaker Teams there once he earns his master's.
The citation lauds Brenneman for "his service to others in Palestine, his continued studies in peace and justice, and his efforts to fulfill Christ's call."
Clark and Brenneman attended the alumni awards luncheon, but Tinon Rempt was unable to as she is currently serving in Europe.
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My dear fashionistas, the new year is a fresh start – blue is the new black, even if the weather forecast still has other ideas for us.
Pantone did not choose "Lapis Blue", "Niagara" and "Island Paradise" as the new trend colors 2017 without reason – they embody reliability, trust and a certain ease, they are meditative and enduring, timeless and versatile in their uses for our wardrobe. A blue bag can do at least as much as a black one. If you still want to be on the safe side, AIGNER's new Bella Bag will also be available in powder pink and black, of course, from this spring on. However, everyone who has held a Bella Bag in his or her hand, will not want to let go, regardless of its color. What's so special about the Bella Bag is its interior – three compartments with a wedge set at an angle in the style of a concertina, which offer a lot of space and provide for the big volume effect. If the bag is full to bursting, the flap folds backwards and the bag can stay open. For women like me, whose luggage tends to quadruple over the course of one day, this is a godsend! I simply had to wrap myself in blue all over for my first outing with the Bella Bag. I absolutely wanted to create a look reminiscent of a vacation and suggestive of calm which makes you want to wear fresh colors. You can decide for yourself if I managed to achieve that. At least it effected a big change for me: I fell hopelessly in love with the beautiful Bella Bag!


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Q: Creating a Progress bar inside a HTML table cell I'm trying to create a progress bar in a HTML table cell which gets it's data from Mysql, so that I can display how much my garbage bin is filled.  So far,with the help of stackoverflow  I've been able to construct this :
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This works, but I need the progress bar width to take value from $row["Percent_Filled"]. I'm not able to do this without some or the other syntax error.

A: You are almost there, just replace style='width: 20%' with style='width:". $row['Percent_Filled']."%'

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Heritage, History and Culture
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Sierras del Castillo
The Sierras Details
In Puente Genil there are three small mountain ranges: Sierra del Castillo, Sierra Gorda and Sierra del Niño. They are made up of limestone, which gives the land a grey colour. In these mountains there is an abundance of bush vegetation because the soil is covered by rocks and this has prevented the agricultural machinery from destroying the native flora to plant crops such as olives.
Sierra del Niño is located next to the San Pancracio industrial zone. It is formed by two large hills and is the one with the least vegetation because it has suffered numerous fires over many years. In spite of everything, several oaks can be seen and on its north face the vegetation is recovering, with the appearance of rockroses and brooms. Behind this mountain range is another smaller one called Malconado, where there is more vegetation.
Sierra Gorda is made up of three rocky masses, Sierra Gorda itself, currently used for the extraction of limestone; Peñóncriado and Sierra Maestra, also with another quarry. In the first one there is an abundance of bushes with mainly wild olive trees, as in Peñoncriado. The cornicabra also stands out in this one. Sierra Maestra is the one with the most variety of vegetation, with some oaks, bushes and an important spot of thyme. On the other hand, ammonite fossils that lived at the bottom of the sea about 150 million years ago can be found in the soil.
Finally, there is the Sierra del Castillo, which is the largest and where the Arab ruins that give it its name are located. This is an elongated mountain range, running from the Puente Genil-Jauja road to Cordobilla. The Peñarrubia gorge, Cinco Peñones and the Sierra de las Gaseosas are in the same direction. Peñarrubia is the highest point in the town, at 511 metres above sea level. It's a large gorge where they raise birds of prey and other birds like the crow, the jackdaw and the crag martin.
In all the Sierra del Castillo there is abundant scrub that in some areas becomes very thick. Such is the case of El Madroñal, at the foot of Peñarrubia. The following list shows the main species we can find in this area:
The holm oak (Quercus ilex)
The olive (Olea europaea)
The mediterranean buckthorn (Rhamnus alaternus)
The lentisk (Pistacia lentiscus)
The terebinth (Pistacia terebinthus)
The kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
The sarsaparille (Smilax aspera)
The honeysuckle (Lonicera implexa)
The rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
The tree germander (Teucrium fruticans)
The wild madder (Rubia peregrina)
The marjoram (Thymus mastichina)
The asparagus (Asparagus albus)
The branched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus)
Among the fauna, in addition to the birds that live in the rocks, we find others that occupy the scrub, such as the thrush, the small owl, and the Sardinian warbler. Among the reptiles, the ladder snake and the large psammodromus.
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Q: Continuous functional such that $f(x_0)\ne 0$ I read that in any locally convex topological space $X$, not necessarily a Hausdorff space but with linear operations continuous, for any $x_0\ne 0$ we can define a continuous linear functional $f:X\to K$ such that $f(x_0)\ne 0$.
I cannot find a proof of that anywhere and cannot prove it myself. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think that if $A$ is closed in $X$ and $x_0\in A$ there exist a continuous linear functional rigorously separating $x_0$ and $A$, but I am not sure whether we can use that...
Thank you so much for any help!

A: In locally convex spaces, you can use the Hahn–Banach theorem. Take a functional on the one-dimensional subspace spanned by $x_0$ and extend to the whole space.
More generally, in a topological vector space $V$ you will find such a functional if and only if $V$ contains a convex, open proper subset which contains $x_0$.


An 11-year-old Michigan girl used a shotgun to scare an intruder away from their home.
LAPEER COUNTY, Mich. — An 11-year-old used a shotgun to scare an intruder away from their home.
The girl was home alone Friday when a vehicle entered the driveway. The individual knocked on all the doors and then forced entry into the residence, the Lapeer County Sheriff's Department said.
The child hid in a bathroom closet with a shotgun, police said. The bathroom and the bathroom closet were eventually forced open by the suspect, according to WNEM TV.
The girl aimed the gun at the suspect and the suspect fled from the residence, police said, adding the child was not harmed during the incident.
The suspect's vehicle was located in Imlay City, about 30 minutes after the incident, and stopped by Imlay Police, Almont Police Department, Michigan State Police and Lapeer County Sheriff's deputies, police said. The occupants of the vehicle were taken into custody.
James Wasson, 53, and Rhonda Steward, 31, both of Detroit, are in custody at the Lapeer County Jail. They are charged with first-degree home invasion, second-degree home invasion, and burglary tool possession.
Wasson is also charged with receiving and concealing stolen property valued between $1,000 and $20,000, felon in possession of a firearm and firearm with commission of a felony.


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[Retrospective] The X-Files – season 1 "Pilot"
September 2013 sees the 20th anniversary of the first airing of The X-Files . To celebrate this on The Hex Dimension, I'll be providing you with retrospectives on episodes and I'll also be covering the films at the points that they fit into the series' chronology. Paul Blewitt will also be providing additional commentary, so, without further ado… welcome to the "Pilot".
In the dark woods
A young woman is running through some woods in the middle of the night and she's not even dressed for a midnight run, her nightgown emphasises how vulnerable she is there and then. She's scared, terrified even. We don't see who or what is pursuing her. And then it's all over. The following morning, Courier style font on the screen, and local law enforcement are in the woods and a corner of Oregon seems just that bit less tranquil. There's a ark on the dead woman's body. An officer asks, "Would that be class of '89, detective?"
What's most important about the pilot episode is that in it the key mainstays of the show are laid down in it. The main platform of Mulder and Scully's professional relationship, the quirky position of the viewer who knows more than both Scully and Mulder a great deal of the time – the locals that avoid them or are hostile. And most importantly of the X-Files tropes: the involvement of – seemingly – extraterrestrial forces, metal implants, and dubious federal intentions. It's all in there in this first episode.
Not Twin Peaks
In many ways, this pilot takes some doing to get through. There's the cheesy early nineties TV soundtrack to get through. The fashion, kind of , and the melodramatic acting, which takes some time to adjust to. Knowing that Chris Carter's initial pitch to Fox for the series was rejected, it almost feels like he packed the pilot full with details to leave the studio execs without a doubt of what they were watching – something that was more grounded than Twin Peaks , yet no less mysterious.
The above is probably why there are so many details about Mulder and Scully crammed into the first twenty minutes. After the scene in Oregon, we follow Scully through FBI headquarters as begins the first day of her new assignment at the Bureau. During an interview with senior staff, Scully divulges the background of not herself, but the agent she's about to be partnered with. We quickly learn just how brilliant Fox Mulder is, the calibre of agent he has previously been at the bureau. Previously. Dana Scully's background is laid bare by Mulder once the pair meet for the first time. This is all very professional how this happens, all calm, calculated. But Scully's remit hangs over them, " […] we trust you'll make the proper scientific analysis", while Mulder's sarcastic retort not long after is also part of the operational balance, "Do you believe in the existence of extraterrestrials?"
Paul Blewitt's thoughts
I felt the pilot episode of X-Files was actually very strong. Everything that people have come to love about the X-Files, including the sexual tension between Scully and Mulder, the sceptical nature of Scully and believer nature of Mulder along with the entirety of the aliens storyline, can all be found in the pilot. In fact, the only thing that Scully and Mulder can be sure of, is that high up people are constantly trying to prevent them from completing their cases .
The really revealing thing, is that neither Scully or Mulder is dominant. They are both fantastic characters, incredibly intelligent and both come from polar opposite perspectives. Despite this, you can't help but see both perspectives. You gain an appreciation that Mulder's theories cannot be scientifically backed up, nor can you dismiss all of the eerie goings on as coincidence. Overall though, the pilot serves as a clear platform for what becomes a great series, and one that captured the imaginations of millions.
Looking for signs of life
Once the pair are officially on the case, the change in Mulder is palpable. He's almost manic when they finally reach the other side of the country, a sign to the audience that his judgement and assessment of the case is questionable. It almost makes Scully's presence and her quest for answers based in known reality an acceptable leash on Mulder's character. But the deluge of signs that things are not normal are hugely manifest and that makes this episode easy to get hooked on, so long as you can overlook those odd bits of acting.
The first episode is a suitable opener to the first season of The X-Files and is a brilliant tool for familiarising yourself with the key themes and snippets of backstory that will come to play again and again in later episodes and seasons. Everything is foreshadowed.
What did you think of the pilot episode? Let us know in the comments below.
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Wotton + Kearney in partnership with the Australian Professional Indemnity Group are pleased to announce that James Skiba of DUAL Australia has won the 2018 W+K APIG Scholarship. James received the award at the Annual APIG National Conference Dinner held in Sydney on 6 September.
James's submission was selected by the judging panel for his detailed analysis on how the rise in Securities Class Actions will impact on D&O insurance policies, and the need for reforms to continuous disclosure obligations and litigation funding to maintain shareholder rights in a manner which doesn't restrict corporate activity or access to adequate insurance cover. He also demonstrated a pro-active role as a young insurance professional engaging in industry training and skill development.
As part of the scholarship prize, James will attend the Professional Indemnity Forum Conference to be held at Cambridge University, England in July 2019 – with a grant of $7,500 towards flights, accommodation and spending courtesy of W+K.
Launched in 2015, the annual Australian W+K APIG Scholarship was established to support the development of young professionals practising in professional indemnity and financial lines insurance in Australia.
L to R: Suzanne Craig (Partner, Wotton + Kearney), James Skiba (DUAL Australia), Jeremy Scott-Mackenzie (APIG President).


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Number Four: Mariah Carey Has Her Piano. In a 1999 auction, Monroe's white baby grand piano sold for $662,500 to Mariah Carey, Interestingly, the piano was priced at a mere $10,000 to $15,000.
Number Three: She Wore a Wig to Her Funeral. Because part of Monroe's head had to be shaved for her autopsy, she wore a platinum wig to her open casket funeral. She also wore a Pucci sheath dress made of nylon jersey in the color green.
Number Two: She Wanted to Remarry Joe DiMaggio. It is believed that Monroe was interested in remarrying ex-husband Joe DiMaggio at the time of her death. DiMaggio had been working on building their relationship; he was undergoing therapy, quit drinking, and he often read poetry together with Monroe.
Number One: One of Her Gowns Sold for 820,000 Pounds. The gown that Monroe wore when she sang "Happy Birthday" to President Kennedy sold for an impressive 820,000 pounds in 1999. However, this is not the most expensive item of clothing Monroe has ever sold. Her Seven Year Itch dress sold for 2.8 million pounds in 2011.
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Q: GIT Auto-Fetch Not Updating Org I am finally making the transition from Eclipse-->SVN to Visual Studio Code-->GIT for SFDC development.
One major issue:  When you refreshed from your SVN repo into Eclipse the code was not only updated in your project, but it auto-pushed to your org, so you could see if there were any issues with checked in code from other people.
To my horror I have noticed that when code changes are auto-fetched from GIT they are silently applied to my local project but NOT pushed to the connected org.  So the org is in an unknown state versus your project.
Is there a workaround for this??
Thanks.


DURING this last summer I took a little journey into the country, as I had an opportunity of preaching and visiting in the region where I lived as a little child and where I afterwards spent some of my school-boy days. Everything was very vividly interesting to me, much more so than it could have been to anybody who was a stranger to the district. Now I want some of you, especially you who love the Lord, to go back in thought to your early days when you were children in Grace. Yes, go back even further than that–to the time of your spiritual birth–those first hours when your love to your Lord was true and fervent, and everything round about you was fresh and bright and joyous.
Biographies are generally interesting if they are biographies, that is to say, if the events of the person's life are truly told. But I think that the most interesting biography to any man is his own life. Take that book down from the shelf and look into it. You say that you have not kept a diary? Well, perhaps not, but you have one in your memory. You may have read Pepys' Diary, or Evelyn's Diary–they are interesting–but I want to get you to read your own! Turn over the pages of the book of memory and think of those first times when you sought and found the Savior, when you repented, when you believed, when you yielded yourself up to Jesus–when He took you to be His and you took Him to be yours! I am sure that this exercise will awaken many happy thoughts and I feel equally certain that it will suggest many regrets. But the happiness will be good for you if it excites your gratitude–and the regrets will be good for you if they deepen your penitence.
The Covenant was also on God's part, for He has promised to save all those who trust Him. And that promise became ours when we trusted His dear Son. All the promises of the Covenant of Grace became promises made particularly to ourselves when we received the seal of the Covenant by believing in the Lord Jesus Christ!
It is a somewhat singular thing that in this chapter God does not say anything about Israel's part of the Covenant. He seems to pass that over as though it were never worth mentioning. The nation had so entirely forgotten it and had been so altogether untrue to it, that the whole stress of the chapter seems to lie on what God did, how God kept the Covenant. Though the sin of the people is brought to their remembrance, yet the Lord does not say to them, "You entered into Covenant with Me," but He says, "I swore unto you, and entered into a Covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became Mine." So, at this time, I shall not say much about the Covenant that you made with God–do not you forget it–and do not forget that you have often forgotten it. You covenanted with God that you would be His and you meant it when you made the promise. You know how far you have been true to it, but what I want to remember, myself, and for you to remember, too, is God's Covenant with us–what He promised to do for us and what He has done for us! Let this thought dwell in our minds, that it may renew our love to our Lord and make us continually to realize that we are truly His because He has made a Covenant with us.
Here, then, is our text–"Yes, I swore unto you, and entered into a Covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became Mine." My remarks upon it will be, first, that it was a Covenant freely made. Secondly, it was a Covenant entirely of love. Thirdly, it was a most sure Covenant and, in closing, I will try to show you that this Covenant involves very gracious consequences.
In the first place, IT WAS A COVENANT FREELY MADE.
There are some who do not believe in the depravity of human nature. I must believe in it if I am, myself, a fair specimen of human nature. And every man who has watched his own heart and has any idea of the sin which dwells within him will know that his origin is tainted, that from the very first there is a tendency to evil and only evil and, therefore, that there is nothing in him as to his birth that can command or deserve the favor of God. If God enters into Covenant with unfallen man, man is so insignificant a creature that it must be an act of gracious condescension on the Lord's part! But if God enters into Covenant with sinful man, he is then so offensive a creature that it must be, on God's part, an act of pure, free, rich, Sovereign Grace! When the Lord entered into Covenant with me, I am sure that it was all of Grace–nothing else but Grace–and I think that all of you who know what that Covenant means and can claim an interest in it, will say, "In my case, at any rate, it was of Grace and of Grace, alone." It was a Covenant freely entered into by Divine Grace, for our pedigree did not suggest it.
We were, not all of us, open, profligate sinners–some were, however. If I speak of drunks, swearers, fornicators and the like, I may add with the Apostle, "And such were some of you; but you are washed." And others of us, who were not suffered to run in those evil ways, yet with our hearts, with our thoughts, with our tempers and with our spirit we sinned grievously in the sight of God. When I remember what a den of unclean beasts and birds my heart was, how strong was my unrenewed will and how obstinate and rebellious against the Sovereignty of the Divine rule, I always feel inclined to take the very lowest room in my Father's house. And when I enter Heaven, it will be to go among the less than the least of all saints and with the chief of sinners.
Yes, dear Friends, it is only too true there was nothing in our condition to commend us to God, or to induce Him to enter into Covenant with us! It was just because He would do it, because He will have mercy on whom He will have mercy–because when He is showing the greatness of His mercy He feels that He may as well show it where it is most needed! So He looks, not for merit, but for misery! Not for deserving, but for undeserving! According to the riches of His Grace, He abounds in mercy towards the very worst of us, pardoning our sin, passing by our transgression and blotting out our iniquity.
It was also a Covenant freely made because there was nothing in our beauty to warrant it. Indeed, there was a total absence from us of everything that might be reckoned comely and beautiful. Are you now penitent? Yet, then your heart was harder than adamant stone! Are you now believing? Then you were an unbeliever! Are you now zealous for God? Then you were rather zealous against Him, or if not, you were quite indifferent to Divine things! Is there any virtue, is there any praise, is there anything of good repute in you? It was not there when God entered into a Covenant with you! If there was any beauty in the wife who is mentioned in this parable, it was after the marriage. But before she was cast out, she was not grown. Whatever there was there was undeveloped and, still worse, unclean! And in that day when Jesus took us to Himself and we took Him to be our Savior, there was nothing as yet apparent of that which His Grace has now worked in us–it was totally absent. Oh, Brothers and Sisters, let us praise and magnify that Free Grace that entered into Covenant with you and with me!
II. But we cannot linger long on any one part of our glorious subject, so we notice, in the next place, that IT WAS A COVENANT ENTIRELY OF LOVE.
That it was a Covenant, which was meant to be entirely of love is proved by the way in which it was carried out. See how it is said, "Then I washed you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil. I clothed you, also, with broidered work, and shod you with badgers' skin, and I girded you about with fine linen, and I covered you with silk. I decked you, also, with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon your hands, and a chain on your neck. And I put a jewel on your forehead, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head." And so on. This is a Covenant all of love, for these are all love tokens, love-gifts to the beloved one!
Now, will you go back in thought and recollect when you used to receive those gifts from the Lord? You remember when your ears were hung with earrings. Oh, what hearing that was! You did not grumble at the preacher, then–you enjoyed listening to him whenever you could! You would be up early and work hard so as to get a half-holiday, that you might go and hear the Gospel. Your ears were hung with earrings then! And, oh, how you rejoiced in God as He gave but other people could see them, and they told you that they were there. And they would sometimes say, "How beautiful God has made you by His Grace!" Do you remember that? You cannot have forgotten, I hope, those happy times when love tokens came to you so fresh and frequent! Those evening meditations, how delightful! That sitting up in bed at midnight, enjoying the Presence of your Lord–those morning prayers, those quiet walks! Oh, how precious were many texts of Scripture! How delighted you often were with the visits of the Spirit of God when He brought home this and that great Truth to your soul with overwhelming comfort!
"Do You ask me who I am?
Let us praise the name of the Lord for the Covenant which, in the way it has been carried out, has proved to be a Covenant all of the Love of God!
of what use would they be to Him? No, if the Lord enters into Covenant with us, it cannot be for any gain to Himself! It must be only out of a desire to benefit us. Therefore, let us bow in reverent adoration of the unselfish, self-created love of God to us which we have known since that dear hour which brought us to His feet and He entered into Covenant with us and we became His own! Surely I have said enough upon this topic to suggest many a grateful thought within the minds of all God's people.
The Covenant which God makes with Believers is intended to remain forever. It is not something which may be broken in a few hours, like a child's toys–it is an everlasting Covenant. Read that 60 th verse–"Nevertheless I will rememberMy Covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish unto you an everlasting Covenant." How I love to get among the everlasting things! You know, in Canada, they build palaces of ice in the winter time and very beautiful things they are. But then, when spring comes, where are those palaces? And in summer, the very foundation upon which they were built has melted back into the St. Lawrence. God does not make with His believing people Covenants like those ice palaces–His Covenant stands secure, though earth's old columns bow. If God has promised to save you–as He has done if you believe in Jesus–He will save you in the teeth of death and Hell! Rest you sure of this, and say with David, "He has made with me an everlasting Covenant, ordered in all things and sure." Here is something to rest upon–"I swore unto you, and entered into a Covenant with you." He intended it to remain!
Support me in the sinking flood!
He, then, is all my hope and stay!
To make a Covenant even surer than by an oath, men were accustomed to seal it by a sacrifice. They struck hands and then they said, "Let us kill a bullock, let us slay a lamb–and the blood shall be the token that this covenant is made between us." Now, Beloved, you who believe have the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, to confirm the Covenant of Grace. God cannot break it! If you believe in Jesus, He must save you, by the pledges of His own Son's life and death! If you truly believe that Jesus is the Christ, you are born of God. If you believe that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. If you are trusting in Him, alone, He cannot, He will not cast you away, for the Sacrifice of His Son makes the Eternal Covenant sure. Is not the blood of Jesus called, "the blood of the Everlasting Covenant"? And herein we see the Covenant most surely established.
I would have you notice, in our text, that the Covenant is remembered by God. It is He who says, "I swore unto you, and entered into a Covenant with you." He does not forget it. He does not want to forget it. He does not intend to forget it. He says, "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me." The Lord remembers what He did when He swore that He would save His people and when He gave Christ to make the Covenant sure!
Yet once more, this Covenant will be remembered by Him forever. I will read again that 60 th verse–"Nevertheless Iwill remember My Covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish unto you an everlasting Covenant." And then the 62 nd verse–"And I will establish my Covenant with you; and you shall know that I am the Lord." He madea Covenant with Noah that He would not again destroy the earth with a flood. And He promised to hang His rainbow in the cloud as a token of that Covenant–and He has done so to this day. He has not destroyed the earth with a flood and His Covenant, which He has made with the greater Noah, who is our true Rest, stands fast, and shall still stand fast when Heaven and earth have passed away!
Sit still and meditate till your hearts burn within you because of this amazing love!
"You became Mine." Do you recollect the spot–perhaps it was your own little room–where, as a youth you sat, after having long prayed and wept? And at last you felt that Jesus was yours and you sat still, and you said to yourself, "Yes, I am His, every bit of me. He has bought me with His blood, I am His." Do you remember those first few days in which you felt half afraid to do anything lest you should grieve that dear Lover of your soul? Then you wanted to do everything that you might please Him whose servant you had become. I remember a verse of Scripture, which, as a young Believer, I often used to repeat, for it was very dear to me. I daresay you love it too. It is this–"Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar." We felt, then, that we were wholly Christ's! Do we feel it as much now? "You became Mine." To come back to the marriage Covenant of which the Lord speaks–when the husband put the ring upon his bride's finger, he said to her, "you have become mine." Do you remember when you felt upon your finger the ring of infinite, everlasting, Covenant love that Christ put there? "You became Mine." Oh, it was a joyful day, a blessed day! Happy day, happy day, when His choice was known to me, and fixed my choice on Him!
Now, Beloved, we ought to be the Lord's more and more. Ever since we became His, we have been the objects of His love and mercy. He has done everything for us. I cannot tell you what He has done, nor can I tell you what He has not done, for everything that could be desired and wished for, Christ has done for you and for me! This long list which He gives, here, of how His spouse was clothed, and shod, and adorned, and crowned, reminds me of that verse in the 103 rdPsalm where the list of benefits reaches its climax–"Who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies." Well now, after having experienced the blessings of this Covenant, we ought to love our Lord Jesus Christ more than ever, and we ought to feel that we are more and more completely His than we ever were in our lives!
If that is our feeling, it will lead us to practically renew the bond of the Covenant. "You became Mine." After all that the Lord has done for us, let us become His, again! Let us come and yield ourselves up to Him once more. If any of you have backslidden, or grown cold towards your Lord, come and renew your vows unto the Most High. Say, with me, "My Savior, I repent not of having yielded myself to You; but I repent that I have not more fully carried out my resolve to be wholly Yours. If I had never trusted and loved You before, I would desire to begin to trust You and love You now, for You are unutterably lovely, You are unspeakably worthy of the confidence of every redeemed man and woman!" Let us each come and lay our hands, once more, on that dear head which was bowed with the burden of our sins–and look up into that dear face which has brightened our life so often with its love-glances. And let us now surrender ourselves fully, perfectly, joyfully, over, again, unto Him whose we are and whom we serve. God help you to do it!
And you who have never done so, may you come to Jesus this very moment! Your only hope lies in Him. God says by the mouth of His servant Isaiah, "Behold, I have given Him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people." There is no Covenant between God and man except in Jesus Christ! Come, then, and take Christ as your Savior, and God has sworn to you, and entered into a Covenant with you, that He will never cast you away, but you shall be His in that day when He makes up His jewels. God grant it, for His name's sake! Amen.


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Trump distances himself from Cohen, openly discusses possibility of longtime lawyer 'flipping'
"Sorry, I don't see Michael doing that," he tweeted.
Melanie Schmitz Twitter Apr 21, 2018, 11:21 am
President Trump this week defended longtime attorney Michael Cohen, who is currently under federal investigation, claiming the lawyer would not flip on him. (CREDIT: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
President Trump both defended and simultaneously distanced himself from attorney Michael Cohen on Saturday, insisting his longtime associate, who is currently under federal investigation and faces possible criminal charges related to work he did for Trump, would never "flip" on the president to save his own skin.
"The New York Times and a third rate reporter named Maggie Haberman, known as a Crooked H flunkie who I don't speak to and have nothing to do with, are going out of their way to destroy Michael Cohen and his relationship with me in the hope that he will 'flip'," Trump tweeted.
The tweet cited an article published by the Times on Friday, which claimed the president had long treated Cohen with contempt, and that Cohen's longstanding devotion to Trump may have begun to wane in the wake of recent controversies.
"They use non-existent 'sources' and a drunk/drugged up loser who hates Michael, a fine person with a wonderful family," Trump continued. Suggesting Cohen mostly worked for himself, and not for the Trump family, he added, "Michael is a businessman for his own account/lawyer who I have always liked & respected. Most people will flip if the Government lets them out of trouble, even if it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, I don't see Michael doing that despite the horrible Witch Hunt and the dishonest media!"
Trump did not identify the "drunk/drugged up loser who hates Michael" referenced in his tweet, although some have suggested he may have been referring to longtime adviser Roger Stone, who spoke to the Times for its report and claimed that Trump often treated Cohen "like garbage," or Trump biographer Tim O'Brien, who claimed Trump viewed Cohen as "inadequate."
….non-existent "sources" and a drunk/drugged up loser who hates Michael, a fine person with a wonderful family. Michael is a businessman for his own account/lawyer who I have always liked & respected. Most people will flip if the Government lets them out of trouble, even if….
….it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, I don't see Michael doing that despite the horrible Witch Hunt and the dishonest media!
Aside from the fact that Trump himself admitted "most people will flip" if it means authorities will let them off the hook, Trump's decision to speak out so aggressively in support of Cohen is curious, if only because his tweets are the first time he's defended Cohen by name since the FBI raided Cohen's home, office, and hotel room on April 9, on a referral from Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller is investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, as well as potential obstruction of justice by the president.
Despite Cohen's dedication to the president over the past two decades, the Times report claims that Trump generally dislikes Cohen and views him with contempt. Such a sudden, public outpouring of support suggests that Trump, indeed, believes Cohen may flip on him and provide FBI officials with damaging information.
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Elway seeks another fourth-quarter comeback
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John Elway sees an "upward trend" for car sales. He plans to open or acquire auto dealerships in and around Denver.
A tough spot?
It was looking to the world like National Football League great John Elway was finished, settling into a middle-aged retirement of lush golf courses and tending to his investments.
But how could a guy with a career record of 34 fourth-quarter comebacks ever be finished?
Not only is the 50-year-old former Denver Broncos quarterback back with the Broncos, neck deep in a labor dispute, draft-pick planning and franchise rebuilding. But Elway also is plotting a comeback in the business that got into his blood when he was 29-year-old Broncos No. 7: selling cars.
His game plan? Open or acquire auto dealerships in and around Denver. But there's a twist: In 1997, Elway sold his six Denver stores to a new publicly traded company called Republic Industries.
That company became AutoNation, now the biggest dealership group in the country. And AutoNation, which still owns the five stores, will be Elway's competitor.
It is a bold plan.
While Elway runs the Broncos' football operations, he will operate dealerships under the Elway name through a private investment group. Former AutoNation executive Todd Maul will be in charge of dealership operations.
Elway, Maul and partner Mitch Pierce have one thing in common. They were all big western retailers in the 1980s and 1990s--Pierce from Tempe, Ariz., and Maul from Denver's multifranchise Chesrown Group--who were among the first auto dealers to sell out to Republic.
Elway sold his Denver-area stores for a reported $82.5 million in cash and stock, and made it possible for AutoNation to execute its "Mile High" strategy there. AutoNation acquired 17 Denver stores and operated them all under the brand name "Elway."
The Super Bowl champion separately leased his name to AutoNation for nearly a decade to help it take root in Denver.
Now comes the challenge: Elway has his name back. His noncompete clause is long expired. And he wants to invest again in auto dealerships. In Denver.
This has been brewing awhile. Since 2004, Elway and Pierce have owned two Toyota/Scion stores in Manhattan Beach and Ontario, Calif. But it is their Colorado aspirations, under the name Elway Automotive Group, that are gaining attention.
Partners Elway, Maul, Pierce and Indianapolis dealer Fernando Falcon opened their first new dealership in Greeley, Colo., Elway Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge-Ram. The store consists of franchises that Chrysler Group rescinded in its dealer consolidation drive and then were combined in a single new point awarded to Elway. The group now has arranged to buy Burt Chevrolet, a 75-year-old store in Englewood, Colo., near the Broncos headquarters and training camp.
"I always thought I'd be able to get back into this market," Elway says from his office at the Broncos' headquarters in suburban Dove Valley. "I love Denver, and I want to be here. I know the market, and this is where I want to build the business."
But the big difference between the Denver market where he thrived as a young Toyota-Nissan-Honda-Hyundai-Mazda-Ford dealer in the 1990s and the Denver market of 2011 is AutoNation.
Thanks to Elway himself, he and his partners must now contend with a competitor that reported $12.5 billion in revenues last year.
Elway Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge-Ram, the first store in Elway's comeback plan for the Denver market, opened in December.
Elway has a history of crawling out of tough spots.
Flash back to Jan. 11, 1987.
It's the Broncos vs. the Cleveland Browns. The Browns are favored and are winning by a touchdown in the game to determine which of the two will go to Super Bowl XXI. Elway finds himself in the tough position of taking possession of the ball on his own 2-yard line after a botched kickoff return, with just more than five minutes on the clock.
Football historians now refer to what happened next as simply "The Drive." Elway ran 15 plays for a 98-yard push to a game-tying touchdown with less than a minute left. A repeat drive in overtime enabled the Broncos to score a field goal and go to the Super Bowl.
Now, in 2011, Elway and his partners believe they have a viable alternative business model to pursue--a private capital pool ready to buy out dealers in the region who might be ready to sell.
"A lot of people are still under the impression that John still owns all those old Elway stores," Maul notes. "I feel like we're going to be able to compete very effectively."
Elway thinks his name, knowledge of the market and executive team will be a strong combination. He says he has "great respect for AutoNation."
"And you know, I had to ask the question: Do we really want to be in business against these guys? But I believe there is a great opportunity for us."
Maul and Elway say the partnership is focused primarily on acquiring franchises in or close to Denver. But at the Chrysler dealership's grand opening in Greeley late last year, addressing a showroom full of employees, Chrysler representatives, customers and football fans, Elway picked up the microphone and hinted at a larger vision.
"We want to take care of our customers," he told the crowd. "And that's everybody here, as well as everybody in Greeley. Up to Montana and down to Texas--that's our market."
Maul says other dealerships will follow, but declines to give details.
"I was in charge of 80 dealerships in my last job," he says. "I think I could handle a few more."
Maul's last job was the western regional president for AutoNation. Maul, 52, has been working in dealerships since he graduated from college in Nebraska. After AutoNation bought his Denver employer, he went to work for AutoNation operating the company's big Maroone brand dealerships in South Florida, and then taking over its western stores from an office in California.
At that regional post at AutoNation, it fell to Maul to sit across the table from Elway and be the closer on the group's 2006 negotiations to talk him into renewing the deal to lease his name to the chain.
But Elway declined the terms AutoNation management in Florida was offering. And so it again fell to Maul to start AutoNation's rebranding of all the Denver-area Elway stores to the name "GO"--as in GO Chrysler and GO Toyota.
Marc Cannon, senior vice president of corporate communications at AutoNation, says the Denver rebranding has been a success. Last year, the renamed Denver group delivered a 17 percent increase in revenues, he reports.
"We're very pleased with our Denver market," Cannon says.
Elway and his partners decline to reveal the size of their investment pool, but Elway says their acquisitions will not rely on debt.
Elway, who looks 10 years younger than his age despite a touch of gray at the temples, has learned since his playing days that a quarterback can get sacked in the business world, too.
After his retirement from professional football and the sell-off of his stores, he invested in upscale laundries and an online sporting goods business that both fizzled. He also tried unsuccessfully to buy the Denver Nuggets basketball team.
And he discussed a more recent financial disaster, one he hasn't talked about publicly.
A year ago, Denver police were summoned to a downtown parking garage where a local 42-year-old investment broker, Sean Mueller, was on a ledge, threatening to jump. It quickly came to light that Mueller had been running a high-level Ponzi scheme with clients' money. A list of 65 investors--among them Elway and partner Pierce--had been bilked out of $71 million.
Mueller was taken to jail and pleaded guilty to the investment scam. He was sentenced late last year to 40 years in prison.
"I hope we can learn from that," Elway says of the swindle. "I've never run into a thief like that."
He declines to say how much he lost.
"It's bad any time you lose money, especially when somebody steals it," he says. "It was a setback. Some people did have their life savings in it--I didn't. I'm always one for diversification. So it was only a small piece."
But was that financial loss what prompted him to get back into auto retailing?
"No, not at all," he says. "This is something I've wanted to do for a long time.
"I believe the automobile business is going to be on an upward trend for years to come. This is where I want to be.
"The restructurings that GM and Chrysler have gone through make the industry stronger now," he says. "And I think we're at the right moment, with the right people and the right game plan to grow with it."