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Григо́рий Я́ковлевич Соко́льников (настоящее имя — Гирш Яковлевич Бриллиа́нт; , Ромны, Полтавская губерния, Российская империя — 21 мая 1939, Верхнеуральск, Челябинская область или Тобольск, Тюменская область, РСФСР, СССР) — советский государственный деятель.

Член ЦИК СССР 1, 2, 7-го созывов. Член ЦК РСДРП(б) (1917—1919 и 1922—1930), кандидат в члены ЦК (1930—1936). Член Политбюро ЦК РСДРП(б) (октябрь 1917), кандидат в члены Политбюро (1924—1925).

Биография

Семья и образование
Родился в еврейской семье. Отец — врач, коллежский советник, владелец аптеки Яков Бриллиант. Мать — Фаня Розенталь, дочь купца первой гильдии. Братья — Владимир и Михаил.

Окончил 5-ю московскую классическую гимназию. Учился на юридическом факультете Московского университета, который бросил в связи с революционной деятельностью. Окончил юридический факультет и курс доктората в области экономики Сорбонны (1914). Владел шестью языками.

Революционер
В 1905 году вступил в Российскую социал-демократическую рабочую партию. Участвовал в революционных событиях 1905—1907 годов, в том числе в восстании в Москве в декабре 1905. Являлся партийным пропагандистом в Городском районе, затем входил в состав Сокольнического райкома РСДРП и Военно-технического бюро при московском комитете партии.

Осенью 1906 года Сокольников и Николай Бухарин объединили гимназические кружки в Москве в единую социал-демократическую организацию учащихся. По воспоминаниям активистки организации А. Выдриной-Рубинской:
Душой нашей организации несомненно являлись Брильянт и Бухарин. Первый пользовался среди учащихся исключительным авторитетом благодаря своей серьёзности, знаниям и вдумчивому подходу к работе. Второй был всеобщим любимцем, заражая всех своей бесконечной жизнерадостностью, бодростью и верой в дело.

Осенью 1907 года арестован, в феврале 1909 года приговорён к ссылке на вечное поселение, которую отбывал в селе Рыбном Енисейской губернии. Однако уж через шесть недель после прибытия в это село бежал из ссылки, а вскоре выехал за границу. Поселился во Франции, совмещал учёбу в университете с журналистской деятельностью (участием в издании газеты «За партию») и заведованием рабочим клубом «Пролетарий».

Примкнул к группе «большевиков-партийцев», или «нефракционных большевиков» (Ленин называл их примиренцами), лидерами которой являлись М. К. Владимиров, А. И. Любимов и С. А. Лозовский. Они были сторонниками организационного сближения с меньшевиками-антиликвидаторами, возглавляемыми Г. В. Плехановым, утверждали, что оставаясь большевиками, не согласны с раскольнической тактикой ленинцев, их нетерпимостью к идейным противникам. Сокольников часто встречался с Лениным, который его ценил.

Негативно относился к Первой мировой войне. Жил в Швейцарии, где организовал бюро заграничных групп большевиков-партийцев, работал в Швейцарской социал-демократической партии. Последовательно придерживался «интернационалистических» позиций, близких к точке зрения В. И. Ленина, вместе с которым вернулся в Россию после Февральской революции в «пломбированном вагоне» (апрель 1917). Очень быстро стал одним из лидеров московских большевиков, с апреля 1917 года — член московского комитета РСДРП(б) и фракции большевиков в исполкоме Моссовета. Выступал с резкой критикой в адрес Временного правительства, меньшевиков и эсеров, считая возможным объединение лишь с близкими к большевикам социал-демократами-интернационалистами. Составил проект новой программы большевистской партии.

На VI съезде РСДРП(б) (июль — август 1917) был избран членом центрального комитета партии. Входил в состав исполкома Петроградского совета рабочих и солдатских депутатов и ВЦИК Советов. Являлся членом политического бюро ЦК большевистской партии, созданного для подготовки вооружённого восстания против Временного правительства. После прихода к власти большевиков был членом ВЦИК нового состава, редактором газеты «Правда».

Национализация банков и Брестский мир
В ноябре 1917 года был избран членом Учредительного собрания от Тверской губернии.

С ноября 1917 года руководил национализацией банковской системы страны в качестве помощника комиссара Государственного банка на правах товарища управляющего, руководителя Комиссариата бывших частных банков, члена коллегии Народного комиссариата финансов (Наркомфина). Автор проекта декрета о национализации банков. Сокольников вошёл в состав делегации, которая была направлена в Брест-Литовск для подписания мира. После он сменил Льва Троцкого на посту руководителя делегацией и 3 марта 1918 подписал Брестский мир от имени Советской России.

В мае-июне 1918 года — член президиума Высшего совета народного хозяйства, работал в газете «Правда».

В июне 1918 года вёл переговоры в Берлине по экономическим и правовым вопросам, связанным с Брестским миром.

Участник гражданской войны

С 1918 года находился на фронтах Гражданской войны, был членом Реввоенсовета 2-й и 9-й армий, Южного фронта. В 1919—1920 годах — командующий 8-й армией: не имевший военного образования и опыта самостоятельного командования Сокольников был назначен на этот пост для укрепления доверия личного состава к начальству, после того, как часть работников штаба в условиях наступления Вооружённых сил Юга России дезертировали, а некоторые из них перешли на сторону белых. Показал себя хорошим организатором — под его командованием армия перешла в контрнаступление, совершила тяжёлый переход от Воронежа до Ростова-на-Дону, завершившийся взятием этого города. Затем она, совершив быстрый обходной манёвр, вышла к Новороссийску, что означало окончательное поражение деникинской армии. За военные заслуги был награждён орденом Красного Знамени.

Занимая посты в Красной армии, Сокольников негативно относился к политике «расказачивания», проводимой рядом партийных и советских работников и направленной на уничтожение казачества. Поддерживал казачьего красного командира (бывшего войскового старшины) Филиппа Миронова, которого взял под защиту после приговора к расстрелу по обвинению в восстании против советской власти. Последовательный противник «партизанщины», сторонник строительства Красной армии на регулярной основе с использованием военных специалистов. Так ещё в 1919 году выступая на VIII съезде РКП(б) Сокольников смело указал на положительное влияние, которое оказывают военспецы в работе военного комиссариата.

В 1920 году — командующий Туркестанским фронтом, председатель Туркестанской комиссии ВЦИК и СНК и председатель Туркбюро ЦК ВКП(б). Руководил утверждением советской власти в Туркестане, борьбой с «басмаческим» движением, проведением в короткие сроки в Туркестане денежной реформы — заменой местных обесцененных денежных знаков (туркбон) на общесоветские деньги. Во время его работы в регионе была отменена продразвёрстка (раньше, чем в целом по стране), которая была заменена продналогом, разрешена свободная торговля на базарах, освобождены из тюрем представители исламского духовенства, заявившие о своей политической лояльности. Позднее аналогичный набор мер был реализован в общероссийском масштабе в рамках НЭПа («Новой экономической политики»), одним из главных проводников которого позднее был Сокольников.

Практически весь 1921 год не участвовал в активной политической деятельности из-за тяжёлой болезни, находился на лечении в Германии, где ему была сделана операция.

Боевая деятельность командарма-8 была высоко отмечена Реввоенсоветом Республики: приказом № 150 от 12.04.1920 г. Сокольников, награждён орденом Красное Знамя РСФСР.

Народный комиссар финансов
Вернулся к работе осенью 1921 года, когда был назначен членом коллегии Наркомфина, в 1922 году стал заместителем народного комиссара финансов и фактически возглавил это ведомство (нарком, Николай Крестинский, одновременно был полпредом РСФСР в Германии и постоянно находился в Берлине). В этот период страна переживала финансовый кризис, к 1921 году рубль по сравнению с довоенным временем обесценился в 50 тысяч раз, средние цены на товары увеличились более чем в 97 тысяч раз. Осенью 1922 Сокольников официально стал наркомом финансов РСФСР, а после образования народного комиссариата финансов СССР в июле 1923 возглавил это учреждение (занимал пост наркома финансов СССР до января 1926).
«…наш милый, талантливый и ценнейший т. Сокольников в практике торговли ничего не смыслит. И он нас погубит, если ему дать ход» (В. И. Ленин в письме Л. Б. Каменеву)

В начале 1920-х годов с отдельными лекциями выступал в МФЭИ. Летом 1922 года участвовал в Гаагской конференции. В 1922—1924 годах руководил проведением денежной реформы, последовательный приверженец создания устойчивой валюты. Опирался в проведении финансовой политики на профессионалов, в том числе на специалистов из государственного аппарата царской России и учёных, по его инициативе Конъюнктурный институт под руководством Н. Кондратьева вошёл в структуру Наркомата финансов.

Во время его пребывания на посту наркома в СССР была введена в обращение твёрдая валюта — «червонец», приравненная  золотой монете царской чеканки и обеспеченная на 25 % своей стоимости золотом, другими драгоценными металлами и иностранной валютой и на 75 % — легко реализуемыми товарами и краткосрочными обязательствами. Весной 1924 в обращение поступили казначейские билеты. Началась чеканка серебряной разменной и медной монеты. В 1925 году советский червонец официально котировался на биржах ряда стран (в том числе Австрии, Турции, Италии, Китая, Эстонии, Латвии, Литвы), а операции с ним проводились в Великобритании, Германии, Голландии, Польше, США и многих других странах.

Во время пребывания Сокольникова на посту наркома финансов была создана система банковских учреждений во главе с Государственным банком, начали проводиться государственные кредитные операции (краткосрочные и долгосрочные займы), ликвидировано натуральное налоговое обложение и создана система денежных налогов и доходов, созданы Госстрах и государственные трудовые сберкассы, дифференцированы государственный и местные бюджеты, выработаны нормы советского бюджетного права, введены финансовая дисциплина и отчётность. Таким образом, в СССР была создана нормальная финансовая система.

Сторонник жёсткой финансовой политики, противник нереальных хозяйственных планов и ускоренного развития промышленности с помощью инфляционных механизмов, которое могло привести к крушению национальной валюты. Приверженец «медленного, постепенного и осторожного осуществления социализма на деле». Заявлял, что если у нас возле Иверской часовни на стене написано: «Религия — опиум народа», то я бы предложил возле ВСНХ повесить вывеску: «Эмиссия — опиум народного хозяйства».

Был противником монополии внешней торговли. Рассматривал советскую экономику как часть мирового хозяйства. Полагал, что экономический и финансовый подъем Советской России возможен в короткий срок, только если она сумеет хозяйственно примкнуть к мировому рынку и опереться на широкую базу сравнительно примитивного товарного хозяйства в России.

Внутрипартийная борьба
В июне 1924 — декабре 1925 года — кандидат в члены Политбюро ВКП(б). В 1925—1926 годах участвовал в деятельности «новой оппозиции» в партии, лидерами которой были Лев Каменев и Григорий Зиновьев, выступал за коллективное руководство партией, высказывал сомнения в необходимости сохранения поста генерального секретаря ЦК ВКП(б), который занимал Иосиф Сталин.

В октябре 1925 года, накануне пленума ЦК, вместе с Г. Е. Зиновьевым, Л. Б. Каменевым и Н. К. Крупской подписал заявление, обвинявшее большинство ЦК в «либеральном» отношении к «правым» настроениям в партии. Сокольников осудил лозунг Н. И. Бухарина «Обогащайтесь!» и предложил изменить сельскохозяйственный налог, чтобы «бедняки совсем не подлежали бы обложению, чтобы обложение середняцких слоев деревни было минимальным, чтобы налог в большей степени был переложен на тех, которые могут больше платить». Поскольку экономические взгляды Сокольникова расценивались как «правые», Троцкий назвал его участие в оппозиции «примером чисто личной беспринципности и в то же время величайшим курьёзом». По важнейшим экономическим вопросам, по словам Троцкого, Сокольников «сочувствовал скорее правому крылу партии, чем левому», и «никогда не входил в объединенный оппозиционный центр», сохраняя за собой «полную свободу действий». Историк В. Л. Генис видит причину блокирования Сокольникова с Зиновьевым и Каменевым в стремлении к сохранению коллективного руководства партией и отстранению Сталина с поста генерального секретаря ЦК ВКП(б).

Окончательно от левой оппозиции отошёл летом 1927 года, объяснив это обострением международного положения СССР. На XV съезде ВКП(б) в декабре 1927 он был вновь избран членом ЦК. Во время Пленума ЦК в июле 1928 года, ещё надеясь добиться отстранения Сталина с поста генерального секретаря ЦК, по инициативе Бухарина организовал его встречу с Каменевым, чтобы заручиться поддержкой бывших руководителей «левой» оппозиции в борьбе против сталинской группы. В феврале 1929 партийному руководству стало известно содержание этих бесед, Бухарин и Сокольников были вынуждены оправдываться.

На пленуме ЦК в ноябре 1928 года счёл нужным отмежеваться от «правого уклона». На ноябрьском пленуме 1929 года заявил, что после принятия в июле 1928 года решений о повышении хлебных цен и отмене чрезвычайных мер против крестьянства и после услышанного от Бухарина во время разговора с Каменевым, он более «не считал правильной ту линию, которую вёл Бухарин», и их политические отношения были порваны.

По словам дочери Г. Г. Тартыковой-Сокольниковой, «отец очень резко выступал против коллективизации. Сокольников считал, что Россия – страна сельскохозяйственная, и ни в коем случае нельзя разорять деревню. Это он писал в 1925-28 годах.»

Продолжение государственной службы
После поражения оппозиции отошёл от неё, потеряв пост наркома финансов, при этом сохранив возможность занимать значимые посты в государственном аппарате, но утратив реальное политическое влияние. В 1926—1928 годах — заместитель председателя Госплана СССР, был сторонником пропорционального развития лёгкой и тяжёлой промышленности. В 1928—1929 годах — председатель Нефтесиндиката СССР. В 1929—1932 годах — полпред (посол) СССР в Великобритании, с 1932 года — заместитель народного комиссара иностранных дел. В 1930 году утратил пост члена ЦК партии, будучи переведён в кандидаты в члены ЦК. В январе 1934 года был подвергнут резкой критике на Московской партийной конференции за «ошибки в области индустриализации» — в частности, Лазарь Каганович заявил, что простая колхозница политически грамотнее «учёного» Сокольникова.

В 1935 году был назначен на пост первого заместителя наркома лесной промышленности СССР, что выглядело явным понижением по сравнению с теми должностями, которые он занимал ранее.

Арест и суд
26 июля 1936 года арестован по делу «Параллельного антисоветского троцкистского центра», в том же месяце опросом исключён из состава кандидатов в члены ЦК и из партии. Протоколы допросов Г. Я. Сокольникова от 1 августа и 4 октября 1936 года. Во время следствия, как и другие обвиняемые, был подвергнут сильному давлению; в то же время Сокольникову, по некоторым данным, обещали, что его жена Галина Серебрякова останется на свободе и сможет заниматься писательской деятельностью (обещание выполнено не было). Об этом свидетельствуют воспоминания Серебряковой о том, что её мать вызвали на Лубянку и принудили написать письмо Сокольникову о том, что с её дочерью всё в порядке. В результате на открытом судебном процессе был вынужден оговорить себя и 30 января 1937 года приговорён к 10 годам тюрьмы.

Убийство
По официальной версии 21 мая 1939 года убит заключёнными в Верхнеуральском политизоляторе.

Однако при расследовании, проведённом ЦК КПСС и КГБ в 1956—1961 годы, бывшие оперуполномоченные работники НКВД Федотов и Матусов показали, что убийство Сокольникова (как и Карла Радека за два дня до этого) было произведено под руководством старшего оперуполномоченного НКВД Кубаткина, действовавшего по прямому указанию Л. П. Берии и Б. З. Кобулова.

В Тобольскую тюрьму, где сидел Сокольников, приехал оперуполномоченный секретно-политического отдела Шарок. Вместе с начальником тюрьмы Флягиным, а также осуждённым по Кировскому делу бывшим сотрудником НКВД Лобовым, 21 мая 1939 года они совершили убийство Сокольникова.

Реабилитация
12 июня 1988 года Григорий Сокольников был посмертно реабилитирован Пленумом Верховного суда СССР. 16 декабря того же года Комиссией партийного контроля при ЦК КПСС восстановлен в КПСС.

Семья
Был женат трижды, официально оформив лишь последний брак. В каждом браке родилось по одному ребёнку.
 Первая жена — Фаина Матвеевна Зархи (1889 — ?).
 Сын Евгений Зархи (1914—1985).
 Вторая жена — архитектор Мария Васильевна Щекотихина.
 Сын от этого брака: Михаил Григорьевич Червонный (1923—1980), — получил, по желанию отца, фамилию Червонный, в честь введения в СССР новой денежной единицы — червонца.
 Третья жена — Галина (1905—1980), урождённая Бык-Бек, в первом браке Серебрякова, сохранила фамилию первого мужа и после вступления в брак с Сокольниковым — писательница, дочь большевиков, бывшая жена видного партийного работника Леонида Серебрякова. После ареста мужа также была арестована, восемнадцать лет находилась в лагерях и ссылке.
 Дочь — Гелиана (Лана) Сокольникова (родилась в 1934; в замужестве — Тартыкова), была в ссылке вместе с матерью.

Память о Сокольникове
По мнению петербургского историка Никиты Елисеева, именно Сокольников послужил прототипом героя романа «Доктор Живаго» Павла Стрельникова — фанатичного приверженца идеи построения коммунизма любой ценой.

В течение долгих лет имя Сокольникова упоминалось в советской исторической литературе в негативном контексте (как «оппозиционера»), его труды не переиздавались, роль в проведении денежной реформы замалчивалась. Ситуация изменилась после официальной реабилитации Сокольникова в 1988 году. В ряде историко-экономических работ высоко оценивалось его участие в проведении НЭПа, в 1991 году вышел в свет сборник экономических работ Сокольникова.

В последующие годы он воспринимался как пример успешного руководителя финансового ведомства, выступающего с ярко выраженных антиинфляционных позиций. Так, либеральный экономист Борис Фёдоров, будучи министром финансов в 1990-е годы, поместил в своей приёмной табличку с лозунгом Сокольникова: «Эмиссия — опиум для народного хозяйства». В 2006 был переиздан один из основных трудов Сокольникова — «Финансовая политика революции».

Б. Г. Бажанов писал о Сокольникове: Один из самых талантливых и блестящих большевистских вождей. Какую бы роль ему ни поручали, он с ней справлялся. <…> На съезде 1926 г. был единственным оратором, требовавшим с трибуны съезда снятия Сталина с поста генерального секретаря. Это ему стоило и поста наркома финансов, и членства в Политбюро. На XV съезде партии, когда Сталин наметил свой преступный курс на коллективизацию, Сокольников выступил против этой политики и требовал нормального развития хозяйства, сначала лёгкой промышленности (Бажанов Б. Г. Воспоминания бывшего секретаря Сталина. М., 1990. С. 122).

Как отмечалось выше, в течение своей жизни Сокольников оказывал посильную помощь и поддержку многим бывшим военспецам. Одним из примеров может послужить военспец Г. Горчаков, оказавшийся без средств к существованию после увольнения из РККА. Тогда, благодаря вмешательству Сокольникова беспартийный специалист был устроен на работу в Наркомфин.

Труды
 Государственный капитализм и новая финансовая политика: Сборник статей. М., 1922.
 Государственный кредит в Советской России. М., 1923.
 Проблемы финансового строительства. М., 1923.
 Бюджет и валюта. М., 1924.
 Денежная реформа и пути её закрепления. М., 1924.
 От дензнака к твердой валюте. М., 1924.
 Денежная реформа. М., 1925.
 Осенние заминки и проблемы хозяйственного развертывания. М., 1925.
 Пройденный путь и новые задачи. М., 1925.
 Советская финансовая система и задачи советского строительства. М., 1925.
 Финансовая политика революции. Т. 1 — 3. М., 1925—1928 (переиздание в двух томах — М., 2006).
 Основы финансовой системы СССР. М., 1930.
 Финансовая наука. Т. 1, 2. М., 1930.
 Новая финансовая политика: на пути к твёрдой валюте /Составитель и автор вступительной статьи «Упрямый нарком с Ильинки» В. Л. Генис. — М., 1991; 1995; 2003.

Примечания

Литература
 Глейзер М. М. Советский червонец. СПб., 2007, 120 с.
 Глейзер М. М. Советские монеты. СПб., 2011, 196 с.
 Густерин П. В. Советско-британские отношения между мировыми войнами. — Саарбрюккен. — 2014. — ISBN 978-3-659-55735-4.

Ссылки

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 Серебрякова Г. И. Смерч // Воспоминания о ГУЛАГе на сайте Сахаров-центра
 Как убили главного финансиста СССР. 80 лет назад произошло убийство первого наркома финансов СССР Сокольникова // Газета.Ru, май 2019

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One friend remarked, "Every day is Holocaust remembrance day at my house," indicating she does not share her parents' passion for the subject. Another friend claimed it had been discussed at her Jewish middle school so often that she didn't engage with the subject or talk about it for nearly ten years afterwards. Though we want to remember the Holocaust, sometimes you can't help feeling desensitized if you talk about it too often.
But no matter how frequently you'd like to deeply consider the Holocaust, a particularly meaningful way to do it is by visiting the L.A. Museum of the Holocaust's new Tree of Testimony exhibit, which opened this past weekend.
I've been to at least ten Holocaust-related museums on one field trip or another, and thus can't help but compare. Naturally, I recall perusing an insufficient collection of photographs in two or three musty, carpeted rooms somewhere in an office building in Canada with less enthusiasm than I do gliding through Yad Vashem, Moishe Safdie's gorgeous and solemn mountain prism in Jerusalem, where the constricted path you take through the exhibits primes you for the discomfort of the content.
A lot of Holocaust museums make the mistake of awkwardly try to recreate the experience, allowing you to explore a facsimile of Auschwitz' gas chambers (Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles) or an actual rail car used to transport cramped and starving Jews (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C). Somehow confronting these empty, nightmarish symbols increases my sense of dissociation. What's missing is the people. Thanks to the USC Shoah Foundation Institute's extensive collection of survivor testimonies, the human beings who experienced the horror of the Holocaust become the central focus of the Tree of Testimony.
Inspired by Nam June Paik's video art and Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin's data visualization sculpture in the lobby of the New York Times building, the Tree of Testimony consists of 70 television screens of various shapes and sizes piping interviews with Holocaust survivors into the headphones of museum-goers. Thick black tubes squiggle on the wall behind the TVs, and keywords like "ghetto cultural activities" "sisters" and "wartime photographs" pop up on the screens to help you decide whose private miseries to experience, meaning which testimony's code to enter into your free iPod Touch audio guide.
"A lot of people use the [Shoah] archives, but it's hard to imagine how large [the collection] is, sitting at a terminal," Schoenberg says.
About half of the testimonies aren't in English, but Schoenberg and Executive Director Mark Rothman insist international visitors and cosmopolitan, multilingual Angelenos will appreciate hearing stories told in their native languages. Regardless of whether you can understand the content of each individual screen, to sit at the Tree of Testimony is to participate in a concert of conversations, engaging with history on a personal level surrounded by other people silently doing the same.
1. You feel the vastness.
Trying to sit still and watch one individual testimony was incredibly distracting at first. While you attempt to concentrate on one person's tale, 69 other survivors clamor for your attention and occupy your visual space, reminding you of the context; this is just one of tens of millions of stories.
2. You feel the randomness.
Even after ruling out testimonies you can't understand due to language barriers, the process of choosing which person to listen to, which life to reflect on, can be an overwhelming burden. This forced act of random choosing parallels the choices made about who was chosen to die, who was chosen to work, who managed to survive. By choosing who to listen to, you choose to a certain extent who gets to live on in your own memory and who doesn't, condemning fifty even while preserving the memories of five.
3. You feel the banality.
Staring at photographs of charred bodies in a ditch is not the same as listening to an interview with an old lady in a sweater set who lives in Florida. The scariest part of these testimonies, especially when experienced one after another in a series, is how seamlessly the survivors alternate between the horrifying and the mundane. Confining your remembrance to the atrocities makes the Holocaust feel surreal and removes you from its reality; listening to an actual person tell his or her entire story in fits and starts, full of digressions and personal tragedies, brings you much closer than any shocking exhibit ever could.
The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Pan Pacific Park is free to the public and open Mon-Thurs and Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.


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According to the Random House Dictionary to "maintain" is, "to keep in existence or continuance." To "excel" is, "to be better or finer than (others)." I was thinking about the difference between maintaining and excelling as I was mowing the lawn. I can cut the grass, keep it from turning into a jungle and just maintain it. Or, I can spend some extra time and edge, fertilize, water the dry patches, dig out by hand the weeds that the "weed and feed" fertilizer didn't catch and make the lawn look a little nicer. I can go above and beyond-add that little extra effort that makes a difference. I can pursue excellence with my lawn so that it is "better or finer" than my neighbors.
What areas in our lives are we just maintaining when we should be excelling? You might not even have a lawn. You might not even care if your lawn makes it through the summer. But there are probably other areas that you care about that could use some edging, fertilizer and weeding. Think about your relationships. Are you improving, nurturing and working on your relationships or are you just maintaining-keeping them in existence? What about your job or career? Are you looking at better ways of doing things, making recommendations, improving your skills and pursing excellence? Or are you just continuing on, showing up, gathering a paycheck, doing the minimum and hoping something better comes along that will pay more?
Doing just a little more and pushing yourself towards excellence does take a little more time. There is a sacrifice and investment that comes with it. You might have to pick and choose what items you are OK with maintaining and what items you should excel in. But that should be a conscious decision that you make. In most cases, the time and energy spent in the pursuit of excellence isn't that much more than the time you are going to put in anyway. Excellence is more of a mind set. The satisfaction of a job well done is well worth the effort. Push yourself to get out of the box and do better.
Now if I could only remember who borrowed my weed eater!


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Scenario: You show up to a friends house to go out to the movies. What are the things you do and check before heading out? How do you ensure everyone is on yellow? What do you do if one or more of the members is not carrying? These are some of the questions to ask to prepare yourself and others to go out for a fun evening.
My thought is that I do not want to become a part anyone's solution if they've not prepared themselves. People are kinda predictable. Taking what they may do is probably as important as what the troll is doing. Part of the CCC's (Cooper's Color Codes) says when moving from "Orange" to "red", a plan has been made. If someone doesn't have a plan would they not immediately retreat back to "white" and this enable to act?


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Hedera nepalensis (Himalayan ivy, chang chun teng) is a species of perennial Ivy (genus Hedera) native to Nepal and Bhutan, as well as Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, at altitudes of about 1000–3000 m. Plants grow up to 30 m in height, with simple leaves ranging from 2–15 cm long, and yellow flowers.

Morphology
Stem: creeping or climbing to a height of 30 m with adventitious roots. Evergreen foliage, dark green, glossy, lighter underneath, glabrous, leathery, lanceolate, oval, to klapowanych (flaps odd, usually 3, triangular), u heart-shaped base of the wedge, the top slightly pointed or blunt.
Flowers: bisexual, small, 5-fold, meeting within the fond ovate panicles. Flower stalks (length 7–12 mm) and Flowering hairy. Chalice entire edges, retained. Petals yellow crown. Stamens 5, anthers 1–2 mm long. Pillar short neck, single, Fruit is a drupes, flattened, 5–7 mm long, 5–10 mm wide, with orange to red.

Ecology
The plant blooms from October to April.

Plant toxic, all parts are poisonous because they contain saponins (e.g. hederynę), which are irritating to the skin, and conjunctiva of eyes, and after ingestion induce gastrointestinal nervous system, disturbances. Can occur hemolysis and erythrocytes.

It occurs mostly in moist soil in shade, at the height of 1000–3000 m as climbs over rocks and tree trunks by adventitious roots, rarely used as a ground cover or decorative climber in gardens and parks. Resistance to frost apparently large (up to 8 zones USDA).

There are two varieties or subspecies:

Hedera nepalensis var. nepalensis
''Hedera nepalensis K. Koch var. Sinensis (Tobler) Rehder - occurs in the China.

Synonyms
 Hedera cinerea
 Hedera himalaica
 Hedera helix var. chrysocarpa
 Hedera helix var. cinerea
 Hedera helix var. himalaica

References

 eFloras entry
 Hort. dendrol. 284, t. 75. 1854.
 Ackerfield, J. 2001. Trichome morphology in Hedera (Araliaceae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 58:259–267.
 Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
 Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
 Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
 Lawrence, G. H. M. & A. E. Schulze. 1942. The cultivated Hederas. Gentes Herb. 6:107–173.
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Hello! My name is Seleise and I'm pleased to join the Pickled Potpourri Design Team. I'll be popping in each month with a project or two and some tips and tricks too!
So, you may be wondering what I bring to the craft table... I've been papercrafting for at least a dozen years and have been crafting my whole life. I learned how to hand quilt with my mom and grandma when I was a little girl so fabric and old-fashioned pieced quilts will always have a special place in my heart. Another phase of my crafting life involved the glue gun! For a time, anything that could be hot glued together, was hot glued together. It was kind of awesome! And, yes, I still burn myself but can't quite say good-bye to that awesome tool. Cross-stitching, soap-making, candle-making, craft sewing, craft painting (so not good at it at all!), vinyl, jewelry making, clay and finally papercrafting - you name it, I've tried most of it. And, it's all so awesome! Not so good for the budget but hey - it's therapy, right?! And, I've turned it into a business so making my hobby work for me is a good thing.
On the money side, sometimes you "need" something new but the pocketbook is a little light. Digis (digital images) are a great way to stretch the budget as you can get so many different images and make them so many different sizes that it gives you added flexibility for just a few dollars.
I have to admit that when I started paper-crafting, it kind of took over my life. I still do bits of the other but mostly everything involves paper and stamps in one way or another. I demo'd for a couple of papercrafting companies and now am focusing on craft fairs and card sales and playing with the stamps and digi files that I own. That's what makes being a design team member for Pickled Potpourri so great as I've been a customer and now I get to share images that I love working with and share the awesome ways you can use digis!
I'm going to start with a straightforward use. I downloaded the image, inserted the image into Word, adjusted it to the size I wanted and printed it on copic friendly white cardstock. So now to explain more about why I chose this image.
I make a lot of sympathy cards. When I saw the Petunia Frame image, I knew it would be perfect for a sympathy card. The beauty of working with digital is that you can adjust the size of the image to fit your project and can mimic stamping by adding a sentiment from another set to the digital image before you print it on your cardstock. Rose Sentiments had the perfect, simple "with sympathy" that I wanted to share the message but not take away from the beauty of the gorgeous petunia and scrollwork.
I also wanted an image that was copic coloring friendly. Using a laserjet printer, the image is ready to go as soon as it is printed. Using an inkjet printer, you may have to heat-set the image or emboss it to make it copic-friendly.
Petunia Frame was colored with the following copics: R01, R02, R05, YG93, YG95, YG97, W2 and W6. The outline was done in R01. I like to start with the lightest color in each color family and then start adding shadows with the middle shade and fill in the deepest part of the shadow with the darkest shade. I then go back over with the lightest color and blend the shadowing. If I take off too much of the shadows, I go back in and add some depth again. Now, I'm not a trained artist, I've just been practicing. My process is just to color how I like it to look - it's not perfect and it doesn't always follow the rules for which flowers grow in which colors. I figure it's artistic license and face it - it's fun not to be limited.
So, that's my story and I hope if you haven't tried digis, that you now give them a try. And, what better place to start than with the wonderful images on Pickled Potpourri.
Love your card Seleise! You do fabulous work. Congrats on the new gig!
Congrats Seleise! Beautiful sympathy card.
Beautifully done! Looking forward to seeing lots more of your wonderful work - have been missing you!!! Hugs!
Such a pretty card, your coloring is beautiful Seleise!


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TCRH Receives "A" for Patient Safety in Spring 2017 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
Galax, Virginia, April 12, 2017 – The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization committed to driving quality, safety, and trans parency in the U.S. health care system, today released new Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, which assign A, B, C, D and F letter grades to hospitals nationwide. Twin County Regional Hospital was one of 823 hospitals to receive an "A" for its commitment to reducing errors, infections, and accidents that can harm patients.
"We are pleased with this high mark, our second consecutive letter 'A' grade in the last six month reporting period, which places us among the top tier of hospitals across the country when it comes to patient safety", remarked Jon D. Applebaum, Chief Executive Officer of Twin County Regional Healthcare.
Agnes A. Smith, Chief Nursing Officer of Twin County Regional Healthcare emphasized, "While this is only one part of our quality story, critical to our success has been the support of our team and the implementation of a number of initiatives directly aimed at enhancing quality." These include:
Executive safety patient rounding
Bedside shift reporting
Safety learning boards
"Hospitals that earn top marks nationally in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, 'have achieved the highest safety standards in the country," said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. "That takes commitment from every member of the hospital staff, who all deserve thanks and congratulations when their hospitals achieve an 'A' Safety Grade."
Developed under the guidance of an Expert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 30 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign A, B, C, D and F grades to more than 2,600 U.S. hospitals twice per year. It is calculated by top patient safety experts, peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public.
To see Twin County Regional Hospital's full grade, and to access consumer-friendly patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit www.hospitalsafetygrade.org or follow the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade on Twitter or Facebook. Consumers can also download the free Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade mobile app for Apple and Android devices.
About The Leapfrog Group
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps forward in the quality and safety of American health care. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey collects and transparently reports hospital performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog's other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections.
About Twin County Regional Healthcare
Twin County Regional Hospital (TCRH) is the flagship of the Twin County Regional Healthcare delivery system, a Duke LifePoint Healthcare affiliate. The hospital is located in Galax, Virginia, the center of the Twin Counties of Grayson and Carroll Counties in Southwest Virginia. Centered on the mission "to promote, preserve and restore the health of our community," emphasizing excellent service, safety, quality and efficiency, Twin County Regional Hospital has been the anchor and the region's leader of healthcare for over 40 years. The hospital and the Twin County Physician Practices (Galax, Hillsville & Independence; Behavioral Health; Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT); Pain; Pediatrics; Surgery, Urgent Care and Urology) – continually develop and improve services as well as outreach programs in response to community need based on a foundation of teamwork, compassion and respect for all. For additional information, please visit www.TCRH.org.


Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science are using eDNA to battle invasive Crown-of-thorns sea stars from eating the Great Barrier Reef.
A handheld qPCR thermocycler is allowing water quality testing for bacteria in 90 minutes or less, confirming whether water is swimmable.
A commercial eDNA kit enables almost anyone, including citizen scientists, to monitor even rare aquatic species in a less intrusive, more effective way.
A team of scientists proves that eDNA can be used to more effectively track the range of rare species of sharks in the ocean.
The metabarcoding of eDNA technique goes a step further than typical eDNA approaches, as shown by a study on England's Lake Windermere.
Brand new DNA-based biomonitoring methods are emerging, thanks to the pioneering work of a collaboration of Canadian genetics researchers.
Scientists say that emerging eDNA sampling techniques could more efficiently locate and quantify threatened and endangered marine species.
When researchers from the University of Idaho set out to track amphibians, they ran into a problem.


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Four Hills Farm
Bristol, VT
3,000 acres
2,100 milking cows
Them thar Hills
There are many rolling hills in the pastoral landscape around Four Hills Farm, but its name actually refers to a different kind of hill entirely. The four Hill siblings – Ron, Brian, Joanne and Kevin – purchased the family farm from their parents, Jeanette and Robert, who are technically retired, but still involved. There are even three from the next generation of Hills back on the farm after each earned a degree in a different aspect of agriculture: Elizabeth and Britney, Brian's daughters, and Megan, Ron's oldest.
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In 2012, the Hills joined the Cow Power program working with Green Mountain Power to harness the power of cow manure through a biodigester to produce renewable energy. The family's goal was not only to improve the farm, but also make a positive contribution to the community and the environment. They also work hard to manage their fields for minimal ecosystem impact. A few years ago, the farm won the Conservation Farmer of the Year award presented by Otter Creek Natural Resources Conservation District. They believe strongly in the importance of educating the community about farming and have often been a stop on the popular Tour de Farms cycling event.
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Something to come back to
"Our model is farming for a new generation," says Chanin Hill, Brian's wife and mom to two of the younger Hills who are back on the farm. All three young women grew up active in 4-H and loved being on the farm but headed off to build skills before coming back to settle. "They knew they were going to need to know a lot more than we know to succeed," Chanin says. Her father-in-law was proactive in transitioning the farm to her husband and his siblings. "We are looking forward to turning it over to the next generation," she continues. "We want to make sure the kids want to come back—and that they have something promising to come back to."
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I just got my first kite for kiting with skis once the local lake freezes. (I know, wait until the ice is thick enough. No worries, I live near Montreal, Canada, we will have plenty of ice).
My question pertains to kites for my kids. They are both very good skiers, and want to get into kite skiing this winter. I am trying to determine what size kite to get them. Just for a bit of context, I am looking for foilf kites as we will not be using them in the lake in the summer. I want to get them something that they can learn on, but still requires a bar and a harness.
14 years old, 5 foot 2 inches, 90 lbs (Do not want to attach this one to a 10m kite, I will never see him again!).
So, what size kite would be appropriate for each kid? Assuming winds of around 5-10mph (8 to 16 km/h) on a frozen lake with packed snow.
I think the small kid can use a 3m, but would a 3m be powerful enough to pull along the 130 lb kid as well? I will be buying them each a kite, so budget is important as well.
I am sure this has been asked before, but I have been reading threads for a while and keep getting sidetracked!
I got lots of recommendations for a flysurfer Viron (4m or 6m). I could not find one used, so ended up buying an ozone access 4m to get my 10 yrs old to practice on skis in light wind.
You might want to consider Pansh kites. Ive got several Blaze 2s which have worked out well. They are very inexpensive (at least half the price of any of the big brands). Your kids will be hard on the kites at first so if they destroy one no great loss. You can order them online and they will show up on your doorstep in a week or so.
Kiting is a great winter family activity. My kids who are now in their 20s are still riding.
Price/quality/durability/safety mix seems about right on the single skins e.g. Flysurfer Peak.
If you are willing to consider pumping, my kids are enjoying the Naish Boxers which you can find on clearance.
I prefer foil kites for me, but the safety behavior dropping the bar on a tube kite appeals to me as I am more risk averse with the kids. They do need some more wind to fly.
As the wind approaches 5 mph you are definitely entering single skin territory to keep the kite in the air.
For their size I would start with Peak 4 and 6 and then move up from there.
Something like the Charger v3 18m.
It's a Twinskin/Arc. And because of that there are a number of features that might suit you.
There are no inflatable bladders.. So nothing to pop if you crash on ice.
It's got good depower capabilities.
They handle gusts very well.
You can self land and launch them safely.
The biggest feature is the auto zenith. Let go of the bar and it'll fly up to the top of the wind window fully depowered, And it'll just stay there until you grab the bar again.
The biggest drawback to the arcs is they arn't competitive, Your not going to win any speed records, or jump the highest or the furthest. But the fact the kite is tame, and super easy to fly launch and land mean it's got other qualities that a more competitive kite might not have.
All of the Arc range from the Guerilla model and onwards would work for you. You will need the larger size for that wind range. Arcs are not like a regular kite they have a much smaller projected area than a standard foil. Peter Lynn have sold them since the early 2000's so there are quite a few older ones kicking about that generally sell for very good prices.
There are no bridles, And the only thing that can happen to them is either tears in the material, or the spars snap. You can replace the spars for home made ones, And often people will use aluminium tube rather than the carbon fibre ones that they came with. Either way a very robust design with a decent following.
I am using Flysurfer 6m Psycho4 with my back then 9y kid. Got it second hand cheap. Just adjusted bar throw from std 40cm to shorter 30cm. Perfect for the task and has saved me at mountains in 40+kn winds.
I did the same with my Son a while back. So many more choice now.
Ozone Hyperlink, the New Ozone Explore and the great Ozone Access like guys have mentioned.
Budget with an Ozone Ignition V2 for certain reasons, many options can be 2 different kite models.
Not many tested so far.
I bought a 6m Flysurfer Viron for my 10y old (less than 40kgs).
The kite is perfect for light wind on the beach and first water starts and relaunches. But after a while it shows its limits (no upwind at all).
Last summer he had Lessons with a 7m Peter Lynn LEI kite. With 15kn wind, but we were with instructor, radio helmets and far from the beach (started from a boat). Perfect conditions and he was able to do upwind and transitions.
Really hard to find kits designed for kids in my experience. I found the Ozone Uno, but hard to find used ones.
Kites for beginner snowkiters would be low aspect ratio kites which usually means a low lift stable kite like the ozone access, HQ apex, flysurfer Peak, flysurfer viron. these are all depower kites or u may want to start with fixed bridle which are way cheaper but stay away from pansh their kites mostly come with unknown defects straight from the factory . lots of used kites from quality manufacturers out there on websites like ikitesurf and ebay . Im assuming they have some type of kite experience so no need to start with trainer if no experience thn better to start on a trainer . A good depower kite size for the windrange u mentioned would be like 7m or 8m or if u go fixed bridle a 3.5 or 4 m would work.


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Esrange launch site, North Sweden, April 7, 2017. At 11:30 local time, the noise of a launching rocket pierced the snow-covered landscape in the vicinity of the Esrange launch pad near Koruna in Northern Sweden. An unmanned MAXUS sounding rocket embarked on its ballistic flight, which took it to an altitude of 678 kilometers, where it provided weightless conditions for a period of 12 minutes. It was precisely this period of the flight that researchers were eagerly awaiting in order to perform the scientific and technological experiments which the rocket was carrying in its interior. On its 10th MAXUS mission, the rocket had a length of 15.5 meters and a launch mass of 12.3 tons. OHB System AG was again materially involved in the success of the mission.
Running since 1990, MAXUS is an ESA research project, to which DLR makes a considerable contribution. OHB System AG has been involved since the inception of the program and is responsible for providing the service systems (service module and recovery system). In addition, it oversees the integration of the payloads and the ensuing execution of environmental tests ahead of the go-ahead for launching.
OHB is also present at the launch site to assist with the execution of the mission. The 12 minutes of weightless conditions that MAXUS typically provides are used by scientists to perform their experiments that are contained in autonomous individual modules. These are mostly prototypes that are to be used on board the International Space Station at a later date. During the mission, scientists at the ground station at the Esrange launch site collect the telemetry and video data, which allows them to monitor the experiments and directly control them remotely via the OHB and range station equipment. The experiment data is stored at a high resolution on board the rocket during the flight and released to the scientists for evaluation after the scientific payload has been recovered. All OHB activities are performed in a subcontract awarded by Airbus Defence and Space.
The advantages of this research program include the re-usability of large parts of the payloads, the short preparation and access times by scientists and the relatively low safety requirements.
MAXUS has a little sister called TEXUS, which has already completed more than 50 missions. This microgravity rocket has a length of only 12.5 meters but is used for the same purpose: It permits scientific experiments to be performed during weightless conditions lasting six minutes. OHB System AG also makes a substantial contribution to this research program in the same way ahead of the missions and at the launch pad. The next TEXUS double mission is scheduled for autumn 2017. The German Space Agency (DLR) is the sponsor of this program.
The payload was erected on its trolley in the assembly building and then mounted on the rocket motor.


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George W. Bush Shares TERRIFYING Statement – Is There Still Hope?
21 Jul, 2016 by	Greg Campbell
George W. Bush is not endorsing Donald Trump. It makes sense; Trump slammed his brother Jeb and humiliated him time and time again on the campaign trail. Trump also blasted George's presidency repeatedly. Still, the Bushes are holding a grudge and the former president issued a startling warning: the GOP may be done for.
From Western Journalism:
As the Republican Party meets this week to chart the next few months, one of its former leaders has grave doubts about the future from where he sits — which is very far away from Cleveland.
According to Politico, former President George W. Bush has told close advisers and friends, "I'm worried that I will be the last Republican president."
The former president — along with his father, former President George H.W. Bush, and his brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, are sitting out this week's Republican National Convention. During the primary season, GOP nominee Donald Trump continually demeaned the candidacy of Jeb Bush, and he also took several shots at George W. Bush's leadership after 9/11 and the decision to invade Iraq.
The former president has also shown his disdain for Trump's style.
"I understand that Americans are angry and frustrated, but we do not need someone in the Oval Office who mirrors and inflames our anger and frustration," Bush said at one point. "We need someone that can fix the problems that cause our anger and frustration."
However, the former president does not directly attack Trump, using a line that works well as he campaigns for congressional candidates. "My candidate lost," Bush will say, referring to his brother.
Although Bush will be missing yet another convention — he has not attended since he left office — there are Republicans who are wishing he were there.
"He should be here," said Soraya Zamora, a delegate from Texas. "He was a president of the United States and he has been a leader of this party. He should be here as well. This is not about Donald Trump. This is about the Republican Party and showing everybody that we can manage ourselves and put things aside for the good of the party. Not just the good of the party. For the good of the country."
Others, though, said Bush may simply have had enough time in the limelight.
"I'll be honest with you. Had I gone through what President Bush had gone through, I probably would have my belly full and said, 'You know what, I don't need this,'" said Nelson Spear, who was part of a Secret Service detail when Bush came to New Mexico in 2004.
Some expect the scars of the campaign to heal over time.
"In a primary situation, all is fair in war. Most of the time, they move on from the primary. I think the day will come when the Bushes and Donald Trump will put this behind them," said delegate Doug Colety, chairman of the Westchester County, N.Y., Republican Committee.
However, for some delegates, that day cannot come too soon.
"If he showed up, he'd be given an overwhelming welcome," said David Keene, a longtime conservative activist. "I think [the Trump campaign] would cheer him too."
George W. Bush was a moderately sub-par president with an above-par love of this country – a trait that has been lacking in the Oval Office for nearly eight years.
While his love of this nation is laudable, not only is his leadership ability in question, but he seems to have not noticed that things have changed considerably since "his day."
We are in tremendous debt (thanks, in part, to his policies) and we are more fractured than ever before.
While Donald Trump may not be the answer, Bush's style of establishment, middle-of-the-road republicanism is outdated and such a candidate (like Jeb) would get demolished in a general election against Hillary Clinton.
We needed a fighter in the race and that only left Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. Admittedly, I would have vehemently preferred the latter over the former, but I will take Trump over any squish "Republican" any day.
Greg Campbell
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Pranks are funny and often are found humorous by both parties, despite initial embarrassment. Unfortunately, this guy went WAY too far posting this online. From AWM: Sometimes ...


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Q: How to set 'load' action after unsafeWindow.open It used to be that I could simply do this:
var newWindow = unsafeWindow.open(someUrlOnTheSameDomain);
newWindow.addEventListener('load', toRunOnLoad);
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But now Firefox gives the error Permission denied to access property 'addEventListener' when trying to perform this or similar actions. This happens whether window.open or unsafeWindow.open are used.
According to this announcement the new way to interact with an unsafeWindow is to use cloneInto(), exportFunction(), and createObjectIn(), but it's unclear from the announcement or limited documentation how any of these can be used to attach an event handler to the new window.
What's the new solution for this pattern?

A: Hmm.. Turns out interacting with a window opened from another window via a content script is really a mess.

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*You can use window.open, but cannot interact with the resulting window, because of the various involved wrappers in conjunction with the sandbox principal (same origin policy).

*You can use unsafeWindow.open, but need to make sure to provide a function belongs to unsafeWindow.

So I experimented a bit, and this seems to work in Firefox 31 and Nightly.
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All Good Things in Time
by Source Weekly
About this time of year, I question why it is that bears get to be the hibernators of the great animal kingdom. Wouldn't we all be a lot more fit if, right after Christmas, we homo sapiens took one deep yawn that led immediately to four months of solitude and rest? We'd no doubt awake with a vigor that could only be explained by months of slumber, relaxation and absolutely no stress. But given that most human beings can't go more than a day without a visit to the restroom, hibernating appears to be out of the question. In the meantime, are you not what you imbibe? If so, perhaps ingesting a spirit that's been sleeping for years on end might just do the trick.
There's a lot of good that can come from sipping a fine bourbon on a frosty night. It will warm you all the way down to the soul with complex flavors of sweet vanilla and caramel that have developed from distilled corn juice as it snoozed away in oak barrels for so long that if the whiskey were a child, by the time it escaped from the barrel it would be old enough to drive.
Bourbon is for those who understand patience and know that good things come to those who wait. It is not for the faint of heart and you can never turn a Malibu and pineapple drinker into a whiskey drinker. No, a good bourbon has nothing in common with bubble gum pop and pink race cars; it's about enduring the toil and ultimately enjoying the fruits of one's labor. - Columbine Quillen
Editor's Note: The author is a long-time Bend bartender and former Source Weekly reader's choice for Bend's Best Bartender. She can be found most days conceiving and mixing mind-blowing cocktails at the Oxford Hotel's 10 Below lounge where she currently works as head bartender and mixologist.
Tempered Temperance
2 ounces of the finest bourbon
you have in the cabinet
drink it neat (without ice)
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While many of us are going to be slaving over stoves, stuffing, brining or the always fun deep-frying our butterball turkeys this Thursday, there are options for those who don't feel like sticking their hands in the cavity of a 20-pound bird or cutting up the neck to stew some gravy. For all of you who would rather have a skilled chef prepare your fixins, here's a list of restaurants serving Thanksgiving Dinner, courtesy of Visit Bend.
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In this volume the author examines the origins of Arabic linguistics on the basis of the earliest Qur'anic commentaries (1st half of the 8th century A.D.). The material used includes both edited texts and manuscript commentaries.Various chapters analyze the exegetical methods of the early commentators (such as Muqa-til and Muhammad al-Kalbi) and their use of grammatical terminology. These data are compared with the earliest grammatical treatises (Such as Sabawayhi and Farra).The material presented here constitutes an important source of evidence for the development of linguistic thinking in Islam and the origin of the grammatical schools of Basra and Kufa.


The operatives of Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday arrested a Lagos based lawyer, Mr. Edward Oseghale for procuring false judgement document in a matter involving a tenant and landlord.
The lawyer was alleged to have used the judgement obtained in another matter from a different court with the same number but different year for the eviction of a tenant in Lagos.
Speaking with journalists in Lagos, Chief Registrar of the Lagos State Judiciary, Mrs. Taiwo Olatokun said Edward Oseghale was arrested in the court premises after making appearance in another matter.
The Chief Registrar also said the alleged lawyer has been handed over to the Police for investigation and prosecution.
She said the lawyer was arrested in the court of Magistrate T. Abayomi of Court 4, Surulere, Lagos.
Olatokun said issue of forgery has been a source of headache to the Lagos judiciary, adding that'' The ministry has been inundated with inquiries from embassies and foreign missions abroad seeking verification for judgment procured by lawyers, some in issues relating to divorce and that the Chief Justice of Lagos State, Justice Opeyemi Oke is determined to prosecute this matter as a deterrent to others.
"It has become a big problem for us. We are taking steps but we decided that as long as we can get hold of the people doing it, the law takes it course hence the CJ is interested in prosecution of this lawyer as a deterrent for those using fake documents.
''We have told the Chief Security Officer that this matter must be prosecuted, we have forwarded documents to the police", she said.
According to her, all the staff of the judiciary are ready to give evidence, adding "for us it is a serious and a very painful development, she wants us to prosecute and see to the end of this case".


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O Beautiful
Jung Yun
From the critically-acclaimed author of Shelter, an unflinching portrayal of a woman trying to come to terms with the ghosts of her past and the tortured realities of a deeply divided America.
Elinor Hanson, a forty-something former model, is struggling to reinvent herself as a freelance writer when she receives an unexpected assignment. Her mentor from grad school offers her a chance to write for a prestigious magazine about the Bakken oil boom in North Dakota. Elinor grew up near the Bakken, raised by an overbearing father and a distant Korean mother who met and married when he was stationed overseas. After decades away from home, Elinor returns to a landscape she hardly recognizes, overrun by tens of thousands of newcomers.
Surrounded by roughnecks seeking their fortunes in oil and long-time residents worried about their changing community, Elinor experiences a profound sense of alienation and grief. She rages at the unrelenting male gaze, the locals who still see her as a foreigner, and the memories of her family's estrangement after her mother decided to escape her unhappy marriage, leaving Elinor and her sister behind. The longer she pursues this potentially career-altering assignment, the more her past intertwines with the story she's trying to tell, revealing disturbing new realities that will forever change her and the way she looks at the world.
With spare and graceful prose, Jung Yun's O Beautiful presents an immersive portrait of a community rife with tensions and competing interests, and one woman's attempts to reconcile her anger with her love of a beautiful, but troubled land.
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Invitation for all: SoftMaker Office 2016 available immediately for public beta testing
The German software manufacturer SoftMaker released the beta version of SoftMaker Office 2016 for Windows today. The new Office is now even faster and more compatible with Microsoft Office. Numerous functional improvements make it the alternative to Microsoft Office. SoftMaker invites everyone who is interested to download the beta version for free and test it.
SoftMaker Office 2016 for Windows is available immediately for public beta testing.
Everyone who is interested can download the beta version from www.softmaker.com free of charge.
Incorporates new versions of the word processor TextMaker, the spreadsheet program PlanMaker and the presentation software Presentations.
As a novelty, E-mail and calendaring is provided by an extended version of Thunderbird with Lightning – both for SoftMaker Office Standard and SoftMaker Office Professional.
The professional version additionally includes Berlitz dictionaries for English, German, French and Italian.
Seamless support for all Microsoft Office formats such as DOC and DOCX, XLS and XLSX as well as PPT and PPTX
Link: http://www.softmaker.com
SoftMaker Office 2016 enters public beta testing: starting today, anybody who is interested can download the beta version from the SoftMaker website www.softmaker.com free of charge and test it. The new Office package from the Nuremberg software manufacturer incorporates new versions of the word processor TextMaker, the spreadsheet program PlanMaker and the presentation program Presentations. As an alternative to Microsoft Outlook, SoftMaker positions the E-mail and calendar program Thunderbird which has been improved and had new functions added by SoftMaker.
SoftMaker Office 2016 is even faster, more compatible and comfortable.
The new SoftMaker Office 2016 convinces with numerous improvements. One of them is the further improved speed. The previous 2012 version was already streamlined, resource-friendly and fast, but SoftMaker Office raises the bar still higher.
Thus, Microsoft Office files are opened as fast as lightning, sometimes even faster than Microsoft Office itself manages. The graphics functions can now use several CPU cores, drastically accelerating the handling of documents with large images. The result: an incredibly fast Office package.
Compatibility with the Microsoft Office formats has once again been improved. In any case, the SoftMaker import and export filters serve as references within the market: both the older Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats DOC, XLS and PPT as well as the latest Microsoft Office 2007-2013 formats (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) are already opened and saved true to the original. SoftMaker Office 2016 now closes the last gaps, for example by supporting the font color "Automatic" and the integration of a Word-compatible text highlighting function (text marker). No other Office package provides such seamless data exchange with Microsoft Office.
SoftMaker Office 2016 has also become more user-friendly, for example with its real-time preview of text formats, file preview of documents before opening them, improved table and page layout formatting and a lot more. SoftMaker Office also supports modern 4K monitors and enables agile zooming and scrolling on touchscreens using your fingers.
SoftMaker Office 2016 also improves its functionality
TextMaker 2016 not only offers improved PDF export with tagging and bookmarks, but also for the first time is able to export files to the E-book format "EPUB". Therefore, E-books can be created from written documents in two common formats in a matter of seconds. Now, charts in eighty different 2D and 3D variants can be inserted and diversely formatted in TextMaker 2016 as well as in Presentations 2016.
PlanMaker 2016 makes it possible for the user to edit and create pivot tables for precise data analysis and structuring. The new version of SoftMaker's spreadsheet program now also supports huge worksheets with 1 million rows. Conditional formatting now works as in Excel 2013 – including color bars, marking the highest and lowest values as well as new icons for value trends.
Presentations 2016 now uses "smart guides" to support the fast, precise alignment of objects with one another. Tables were fully redeveloped in Presentations 2016: instead of a collection of AutoShapes, it now incorporates real tables as in TextMaker and PowerPoint.
Both in Presentations as in TextMaker and PlanMaker, photo frames are supported; images can also be directly cropped directly in the document in all three programs.
SoftMaker Office 2016 comes with integrated version management for documents: an unlimited number of backup copies of each document can be created fully automatically for each document. The integrated version manager enables the user to revert to any earlier file version at the push of a button.
New on board: Extended Thunderbird with Lightning
The two open-source programs Thunderbird and Lightning take over the E-mail, appointments and task management part in SoftMaker Office 2016. SoftMaker has improved the Thunderbird user interface and integrated functions for fast filing of E-mails in folders.
Moreover, SoftMaker provides an import filter for E-mails, contacts, calendars and tasks for the "eM Client Professional" application that SoftMaker had previously shipped. This means that the move from eM Client to Thunderbird is done with a few keystrokes.
Everybody is welcome to test it!
Managing Director Martin Kotulla: "We are proud to be able to present the public beta version of the new SoftMaker Office 2016 to our customers and those who wish to become our customers. We invite all interested users to download it free of charge from our website and to test the package thoroughly. We look forward to feedback."
The Nuremberg software house was founded in 1987 and has worked on the development and improvement of its own Office program SoftMaker Office since then. It incorporates the word processor TextMaker, the spreadsheet program PlanMaker and the presentation program SoftMaker Presentations. The compact, stable office suite which is compatible with Microsoft Office is offered for the operating systems Windows, Linux, Android, Windows Mobile and Windows CE. SoftMaker also offers professional font collections, including the MegaFont XXL and infiniType collections.
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In recent months many people have written and spoken about Blockchain technology and its potential to be a game-changer. There is a lot of buzz about how it will affect loyalty programs, financial services and marketing initiatives in general.
I am not a Blockchain or technology expert. But I do have extensive experience building customer engagement, fostering customer loyalty and successfully motivating and rewarding profitable, long-term customer behavior. I know how critical it is to execute a customer loyalty program using the best, most appropriate technology; today's best-designed programs are enabled by the best and newest tech.
One thing I've learned is to understand the difference between the strategy and the execution of customer programs. And that the available – or most hypothetically attractive – technology should never drive program design. Successful program design is built on understanding the real drivers of customer loyalty, both the behavioral and emotional elements of customer engagement. Once the program is designed, THEN it is time to determine what the best technology is to support it.
So, what does this have to do with Blockchain?
Blockchain technology was made famous by its most widely known application, as the foundation of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. But Blockchain, as defined by Wikipedia, is simply "a continuously growing list of records which are linked and secured using cryptography." In addition to enabling cryptocurrency trading, Blockchain is finding commercial applications like managing carbon credits, secure exchange of healthcare data and insurance claims processing. Blockchain is an enabler, not a program in and of itself.
Blockchain provides greater security, permanence, convenience and transparency. As such, it clearly has implications for loyalty program designers. Using Blockchain could help reduce fraud and other security risks – a growing concern among loyalty marketers – and make program management easier.
But it seems like many conversations about Blockchain's potential for loyalty quickly devolve into discussions about the use of universal loyalty cryptocurrencies. And that's pretty scary for loyalty marketers.
What's wrong with a universal loyalty currency?
There are a number of companies popping up promoting the adoption by marketers of universal loyalty currencies. This, of course, arises not from an altruistic impulse to improve program management, but by the financial opportunity these companies have to profit from the arbitrage of a widely traded loyalty currency. Fair enough, we're all here to make a profit.
The argument goes something like this: Wouldn't it be great if consumers could use the loyalty currency they earn anywhere they like? Surely customers would shop more with you if they could spend their currency all over town? It would be a golden age of choice and freedom for consumers.
But here's the thing: Why would McDonald's give you currency you could redeem at Burger King? I would hope at the very least that anyone peddling a universal loyalty currency would ensure category exclusivity. But that still wouldn't drive real loyalty.
Loyalty programs do not exist primarily to reward customers. In fact, well-designed programs go to great lengths to reward only incremental behavior or to retain customers at high risk of defection. Loyalty efforts are designed to gain customer-level data, and use the understanding of that data to drive profitable behaviors. Of course a program must have a compelling value proposition for the consumer. But a program that rewards customers in ways that don't drive repeat visits and incremental share of wallet is useless. You might as well just lower your margin by the cost of the rewards.
What really builds loyalty and engagement?
In research, consumers will always say what they want most is in rewards is discounts or cash back. And that works for credit card programs, because the banks don't care where you shop; they just care about how you pay. But in real life, consumers quickly forget about the discount or the cash reward they have earned. Cash back – or a loyalty currency as fungible as cash – is soon forgotten. And if the cash reward is in the form of an automatic statement credit, it's even worse; the customer often won't even notice the discount, let alone appreciate it, remember it and change their behavior because of it.
What consumers remember is what's special about your brand – and your program. They care not only about what they get for being brand loyal, but also about how they feel about your brand.
Here's an example: While celebrating our birthdays at Wrigley Field, my friend mentioned the occasion to the ticket takers, who all sang happy birthday to us. But as she scanned our tickets, the associate must have entered a note on her device. During the game a guest services rep visited our seats, and invited us to the Cubs dugout after the game to have our photo taken. That was four years ago, and we're still talking about it. We'll never forget it. If they'd just given us 10% off on food or souvenirs, we'd never remember that.
What matters most – unique or universal?
Loyalty efforts should seek to differentiate your brand, not commoditize it. If programs using universal currency were to gain traction, it could take away an important tool in the marketer's toolkit and undo years of loyalty building by hundreds of marketers. Disruptive technologies are great; disruptive strategies drive creativity and competition. But not all strategies are equally wise. A universal currency would discourage, not foster, loyalty.
If you're interested in learning more about how to differentiate your brand and improve your loyalty program, email us at info@kobie.com.


Meaning, you can make money with your undevelop domain name using Google Adsense for domains. Just to give you an example, if you have 10 domain names that generate decent traffics and guestimate $10 revenue per day. Do the math, this is $100 per day or $3000 per month revenue. Sounds like a promising business opportunity.
Do not register trademark domain names e.g. domains with Google, MSN, Coke, IBM, and other obvious company names. You may use http://www.uspto.gov website to check existing trademarks and avoid them.
Do not register mis-spelling domain names.
You may register .com .net .org .tv and other extension to protect your brand name.
Where to register domain name at low cost?
and other domain name registration services out there.
Going back to Google Adsense for domains, webpreneurs registered some domain names and parked it for advertisers search results. Parking companies like Parked, Domain Sponsor, NameDrive, and other provides parking pages so you don't have to create from scratch. They will provide you easy to navigate control panel to customize the look and feel of your parked domain names. So the revenue share between Google to Parking company and then to you. Today, this all changed because Google extend adsense for domains to all publishers (or domain name owners). Soon, the computation of revenue is between Google and You. No more third party.
This is a great revenue for publishers or domain name owners but what will happen if Google maintain full control of domain name parking income? Only time can tell.
Thank you for sharing Phil.
I will try some domains this week, definitely a lot better to go direct with Google for Adsense.