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Life: Fr. John Paul Crispin was born on August 12. He is the second born in a family of three children. He is the son of Late Mr. S. Crispin and Mrs. Louisa Mary Crispin. He is from the Archdiocese of Bangalore, India. His home parish church is Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Bangalore, India. His older brother Fr. Amal Raj Crispin is also a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Bangalore, India.
Religious Community: Fr. John Paul Crispin is the member of Franciscan Missionaries of Hope. The religious community founded in Kenya, Africa. Franciscan Missionaries of Hope, (The Lyke Community), is a catholic congregation of priests and brothers inspired by the Holy Spirit to live together and observe the Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ following the spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi in witnessing to the life of evangelical counsels while committed to their mission and ministry of hope to God's people. Their religious community charisms are pastoral counselling and hospitality. He has been a missionary in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania)
Formation, Ordination and Ministry: He graduated the Master of Divinity in 2014 from Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, LA. He was ordained on June 21, 2014 at St. Mary of the Pines Catholic Church, Shreveport, Louisiana by Bishop Michael G. Duca. His first appointment as the Parochial Vicar was also at St. Mary of the Pines Catholic Church and it's mission Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Shreveport, LA. After completing his five years as the Parochial Vicar, he has been assigned as the Pastor of St. Joseph, Mansfield and it's mission St. Ann, Stonewall, LA. He faithfully ministered all age groups in his previous parish. He has a great zeal for ministry to children, homebound, and family.
Favorite Saints: St. Anthony of Padua, St. Mother Theresa of Calcutta, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Francis Xavier and his patron Saint St. John Paul II. He was inspired to be missionary by reading the lives of the missionary religious men and women. His mother used to tell the lives of the saints and reading and explain to him the valuable teachings of the church. When he was growing up his mother often reads the Bible before he goes to bed. The Word of God was a great foundation for him to be rooted in his pastoral approach to the people of God.
Favorite Quotation: "Christ speaks to all through the priest's lips, Christ sees all through the priest's eyes, Christ loves all through the priest's heart, Christ helps all through the priest's hands, Christ teaches all through the priest's mind, without Priestly ministry there would be no Eucharist, no mission and even no Church." (Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI). This very quote he put in his souvenir card on his first mass. Even the words of St. John Paull II (his patron saint) inspired him, "Priesthood is not a profession but a vocation."
Favorite Bible Verse: "Simon, son of John, do you love me?… and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep." (John 21:17). The Lord Jesus invited Simon Peter for a mission to serve and to love. Fr. John Paul's role model Mother Teresa said, "God has not called me to be successful. He called me to be faithful." With this inspiration he tries to be faithful in his pastoral ministry to serve the least, the lost, and the last. He has zeal to serve God and His people without any boundaries and differences. Service to many is his goal and mission. He has to go through a lot of hardship in his vocation because he was rejected many times but God had a great plan for him to serve his people. "God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong" (1 Corinthians 1:27). God has led him to the altar because of his trust and faithfulness.
Favorite Words of St. Francis of Assisi: "…the Lord gave me, and gives me still, such faith in priests who live according to the rite of the Holy Roman Church because of their orders that were they to persecute me; I would still want to have recourse to them… And I act in this way because, in this world, I see nothing physically of the Most High Son of God except His Most Holy Body and Blood which they receive and they alone administer to others. I want to have these Most Holy Mysteries honored and venerated above all things and I want to reserve them in precious places." (From the Testament of St. Francis of Assisi)
Favorite Food: Gumbo, Jambalaya, boudin, salads, Ice cream, vanilla cake, spicy Indian food, seafood and other international food.
Favorite Sports: Volley Ball, Ping Pong, Cricket, Soccer, Football (Saints is his favorite NFL team).
Adventures: Zip lining, Go-Kart, Maid of the Mist boat ride in Niagara falls, and many other adventures in East coast.
New Assignment: He is happy and excited to minister the parishioners of St. Joseph and St. Ann. He is available for them. He is ready to begin his new chapter with the wonderful and prayerful parishioners. This is his first assignment as a pastor at St. Joseph and St. Ann. May the Lord bless him and his parishioners as he begins his new assignment. He requests his parishioners to pray for him and he assures his prayers and love to the people of God. God is Good All the Time, All the Time God is Good. All praise and Glory to God.
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Most of the insurgency in the Philippines takes place in areas where indigenous people groups live. The majority of children who live in these tribal areas have no opportunity to gain an education because there are no schools for them to attend. Rebel groups see this lack of education as an opportunity to indoctrinate and recruit the children as soldiers in the fight against the Philippine government.
In 2012, Indigenous datus (chiefs) from the Manobo, Banwaon, and Talaandig tribes in Mindanao, asked PROJECT AK-47 to build schools to keep the rebels from recruiting their children, and to provide them with educational tools to build a future for their people.
We have already built two schools in the villages of Mintosing and Insibay - but our work will not be finished until every child has a school to attend. Our #SCHOOLSSAVE campaign aims to do just that.
This old datu declared that, in his lifetime, he never saw a more beautiful school, because it belongs to them, and it is in their village.
"I never thought that in my lifetime, I would live to see a real school in our forest. Today, I am overjoyed, because in my entire life, I never saw such a beautiful school ... it is so lovely because it belongs to us and to our children, and because it is in our village to build a future for our children and our people. In the years to come, no one will be able to deceive and hurt our people, as they always did in the past, or think that we are just dumb tribal people, because our children will be empowered with knowledge. These people of PROJECT AK-47 are the first people to ever keep their promise to us. They said that they would build us a school and help our children, and they did ... now, we will work with them to change our lives and make our home in the forest peaceful."
Help us make this a reality in two more villages this year! By becoming a FUNDRAISER or DONATING to our #SCHOOLSSAVE campaign, you'll be helping us hire teachers, and buy building materials, chalkboards, desks, and books.
Thank you, PROJECT AK-47 partners, for doing your part to help change history in the mountains of Mindanao!


The permit process is the means by which an adjacent property owner or utility demonstrates that any work proposed for the public right-of-way (ROW) complies with all local regulations and state and Federal laws in effect at the time the permit application is filed with the Town. All improvements proposed for the public ROW need a permit of some type, and some improvements to the ROW are prohibited. It is important that anyone proposing work on the public ROW consult the Beaux Arts Village Municipal Code to learn what work is allowed and what permits are required before beginning any construction work. Any person who starts a construction project without the needed permits will be charged a penalty in addition to the normal permit fees.
The inspection process ensures that the proposed work is completed according to the requirements of the permit issued. Inspections protect both adjacent homeowners, utilities, and the Town from construction that fails to meet code requirements.


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New Apple TVs now on sale, with delivery starting Oct. 30
Apple's fourth-generation set-top box is all about apps.
By Caitlin McGarry
Staff Writer, Macworld |
The fourth-generation Apple TV is now on sale, with first deliveries arriving on doorsteps Oct. 30. You can choose between a 32GB model for $149 and a 64GB model for $199, depending on how much gaming you plan to do.
Apple is offering free shipping for delivery between Nov. 2 and Nov. 4, and in an unusual twist, next-day shipping is $17—but the delivery window is Oct. 30-Nov. 3.
The new Apple TV doesn't look a whole lot different from its predecessor—which is also still available to purchase for $69—but the hockey puck-shaped set-top box has tons of new features under the hood. The biggest change is support for tvOS apps: apps designed just for Apple TV. All the usual suspects will have tvOS apps at launch, like HBO, Showtime, Netflix, Hulu, and sports subscriptions from the MLB, NBA, and NHL. But you'll also be able to play games directly from the set-top box, and we're not sure what these will look like yet. Developers can't just port iOS apps to the Apple TV—they have to design them specifically for the set-top box. (If you're working on something awesome for tvOS, get in touch!)
The new TV also comes with a redesigned remote with Siri integration for voice search, and you can buy a wrist loop for $13 to use the remote as a game controller. If you lose the remote, replacements cost $79. iMore notes that only one Siri remote can be paired to an Apple TV, so don't expect to buy several remotes for the ultimate multiplayer gaming experience. You will be able to use multiple iOS devices or MFi game controllers with the TV, though, so your friends will still be able to join in.
The fourth-gen Apple TV is now on sale in 80 countries, though the Siri remote only supports voice search in 12 of those. For a detailed breakdown of the Apple TV's features and specs, check out our Apple TV FAQ. Did you already place your order? Let us know which one you picked and why in the comments.
Caitlin McGarry is Macworld's Staff Writer. She covers Apple news, health and fitness technology, and anything wearable.

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This week's Safetip is about Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) / Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and breaking down a job into steps by observing a worker.
As part of an occupational safety and health program, a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) or Job Safety Analysis (JSA) is an effective way to: 1) identify workplace hazards that can lead to risks of injuries and illnesses, 2) assess the risks, 3) eliminate hazards or put control measures in place to mitigate risks.
JHA and JSA are used interchangeably by many, but there are slight differences. According to a definition in a Safety+Health magazine article, JSAs cover only the following three items: job steps, hazards associated with each step, and safety measures for avoiding hazards. But JHAs add risk assessment to JSAs with an evaluation of risk for each step and determination of likelihood and severity.
The very first step of a JHA/JSA is to select the job to be analyzed. The second step consists of breaking down the job into basic steps.
When breaking down a job into basic steps, it could be tempting to save time by simply relying on knowledge, i.e. by listing all job steps based on your understanding of the job, or by asking the worker involved to describe the job steps while you record them. But this is not enough because job steps must be recorded in their correct sequence and potential hazards can be missed if a worker is not observed performing the steps in their actual working environment.
According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety (CCOHS), the observer is normally the immediate supervisor, but there should also be another person (e.g. a member of the safety committee) to make sure that the analysis is more thorough and that key points are not missed. The job observer should have experienced all parts of the job, CCOHS says. Also, the reason for the exercise must be clearly explained to the worker, to avoid the misconception that the worker is being monitored for other reasons.
In addition, the job should be observed during normal times and situations (e.g. observing at night for a job done only at night). Finally, once completed, the breakdown of steps should be discussed by all the participants, including the worker, to make sure that all steps are noted and in the correct order, CCOHS says.
With the breakdown of a job into steps completed, you can then proceed to the next steps of a JHA/JSA: Identify potential hazards for each step; assess risks at each step; and determine measures to eliminate hazards or mitigate risks.


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They have a wholesome and platonic sibling relationship. . my opinion about people who would ship the Sora x Shiro incest loli relationship. Read the topic about Steph x Sora on MyAnimeList, and join in the discussion on But I still feel that Jibril is the best for Sora or Shiro. . bit funny:) (comparison, some of your questions in the Mahouka thread will be answered Shiro x Sora I don't see them yet in the Kousaka siblings type relationship yet. In real life, relationships between sisters and brothers are a big taboo. of Shiro and Sora, and while they are most certainly really really close.
One day, they are challenged to a game of chess by Teta god from another reality. The two are victorious and are offered to live in a world that centers around games. They accept, believing it to be a joke, and are summoned to a reality known as Disboard. There, a spell known as the Ten Pledges prevents violence and enforces the rules and outcomes of games. The two traverse to Elkiathe nation which inhabits humans, and befriend the duchess Stephanie Dola.
Seeking to further their reputation as the undefeated gamers, Sora and Shiro seek to conquer the other species in order to challenge Tet. Following the death of their parents and feeling ostracized by the world, the two suffer from a degree of agoraphobia and became hikikomori. After Sora and Shiro are summoned to Disboard, they decide to uphold their undefeated reputation as Blank by besting the sixteen ruling species, followed by Tet.
She has a lot of explicit knowledge but lacks the intuition to win games. They discover her grandfather kept hidden records on the other species which becomes an asset to their victories; Her experience with Sora and Shiro improves her skill to the point that she can win against normal humans.
Jibril is over years old and is the youngest and most powerful of her species. After losing to Sora and Shiro in a game of Shiritorishe becomes their slave but is treated as an equal. She often provides magic or transportation necessities for the protagonists. Warbeast The warbeasts are kemonomimis with high physical abilities; their nation is known as the Eastern Federation [Jp. Her explanation was quick, concise; words spoken in hushed whispers. It was hard for Sora to understand but sensing her impatience, he pretended he understood when she finished.
The first game began with Shiro starting. He didn't quite understood and simply continued, moving the pieces wherever he saw fit. The game quickly finished with Shiro as the winner. Her eyes glowed from pointed concentration to a curious weak flame. She wasn't easy to defeat.
A victory would take an arduous amount of skills and wits. The way she conquered in games wasn't modest either. For every move he made, there was a small smirk on her face. For every move she made, that smirk widened into a toothy grin. It was disconcerting and terrifying; to be both losing and made fun of.
Her little expressions seemed to claw at your mind, toy with your heart, until, until you were reduced to a lost and a feeble remainder of your former self. Sora didn't feel this way though. He reached to pat her head. Her eyes were not shining happily like that of a victor but were dimming like that of a loser. Why would a person who won so triumphantly feel dejected? And above all, why didn't anyone notice this about her? You're prettier when you smile. It was a seedling finally blossoming into a delicate flower, rare to those who actively seek it but a treasure to those who rightfully deserve it.
A smaller pinky slid around his. Shiro stared back dumbly. The girl now could barely contain the red spilling her face and the boy who was rapidly advancing near his face to neither Sora's nor Shiro's notice. You're embarrassed—" "—hold it," a pull forcibly tugged them apart.
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He bristled at her words, jaws tightening. I'm not a pervert! I didn't mean to! Out of the corner of his eyes, he could spy Shiro enjoying this, smiling smugly so openly.
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Schadenfreude was her go-to mode of entertainment. Sora looked at her questioningly. But please stick to an organized schedule so you won't upset Shiro. He had a soft smile on and a faraway, dreamlike star. I think this one was from when you were playing that chess game with Shiro.
He flipped the card, flipped it again. His picture still remained the same with him looking as He didn't remember feeling that happy. All he could recall from their match earlier was how much he enjoyed it.
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He looked up to find Shiro, only to see her already by his side and snatching the ID card from him. She didn't say anything, inspecting it with an authoritative flare before handing it back to him. She definitely had more to say, hiding her intentions with indifference.
I pink promised didn't I? His questions were never answered but he got something even better than answers and that was— —the opportunity to see Shiro every day. I sincerely hope things didn't get too cheesy towards the end or if it did, it was at least bearable. Like I don't know. This chapter was, by far, the hardest to write. And undoubtedly future chapters will be challenging as well so yay, more slow updates!
This is demonstrated during his card game with Stephanie. Rather than computing numbers like Shiro, Sora can quickly determine what his opponents are going to do based on observation of their behavior and motivations, a technique called "cold reading". His amazing observational and deductive skills help him come up with complex plans quickly and efficiently.
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This is shown during his game against Jibril and when he figured out the previous King's plan to beat the Werebeast. He was even able to learn to read Imanity-go language in just about one hour slower than his sister self-proclaimed.
He is also highly manipulative convincing an Inn-keeper to let them stay four nights despite not lying to others although he does tell half-truthsalong with showing proficiency at strategy and romance games. Weaknesses While brilliant, Sora is not nearly as intelligent as his sister when it comes to calculative based games and through his own admission, can't play games such as a match of chess against a high level AI as effectively.
Despite being a shut-in, he is slightly perverted and desires a girlfriend for himself, with his lust leading to a linguistic mistake that causes Stephanie to fall in love with him and elicits a scolding from Shiro. He also has trouble with crowds but is shown to be able to can handle them when he is with his sister.
His most significant weakness is his reliance on Shiro. If he is separated from her by so much as a door, he becomes a quivering, spineless coward. During episode 11, he was able to overcome this completely as they were holding hands in the real world while in their game pods.
Character Sora is 18 years old. He later becomes King after winning a game and therefore his sister becomes queen. He lives with his step-sister Shiro and was abandoned by his parents at a young age.
After that, Sora pledged to be there for his sister no matter what. Sora cares about his step-sister Shiro very much. He has an absolute trust in her which can be shown in anime episode 9 or volume 3 chapter 1 where two things more important than himself were his trust in Shiro and everything about her.
Similar to his sister he has a sibling-complex, being with her at all time and panicking if they're not in the same room together. Although this doesn't keep him from hitting on other girls mostly Stephanie Dola. He is also shown to have perverted tendencies. Background In the light novel, Sora's family isn't explained well. But there are parts from Shiro's point of view which tell about their parents. Sora and Shiro are step-siblings, which means Sora's father married Shiro's mother.
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After the wedding, his family lived together, and that's when he met Shiro. When she saw Sora for the first time, Shiro mumbled " That day, they played 20 games in a row. As time elapsed, the siblings began to live together. Sora mentioned that "those that were called their parents were no longer present," implying that their parents abandoned them.
He mouthed out such words to his little sister in reply, "Meh, from now on, it's just you and me then. Conjoining the two names:
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Cable thieves cut phones
CABLE thieves struck again in Cambourne on Friday, cutting telephone services to up to 1,200 homes for the second time in four weeks. The lines were disabled after the thieves stole 350m of underground cable from a site just half a mile from School L
CABLE thieves struck again in Cambourne on Friday, cutting telephone services to up to 1,200 homes for the second time in four weeks.
The lines were disabled after the thieves stole 350m of underground cable from a site just half a mile from School Lane.
Lines were restored on Sunday after engineers from BT worked throughout the weekend.
A mobile police station was sent to the village to offer reassure and assistance to residents.
Officers also urged friends, family and neighbours to check on vulnerable people.
A spokesman for BT, which has seen its installations repeatedly targeted in Cambridgeshire, said the company does take its security obligations very seriously.
He added: "We work closely with police and other authorities to counter crime and secure convictions and we are continually reviewing our procedures to ensure they are as effective as possible."
Just four weeks ago more than 1,000 homes in Cambourne were left without telephone lines after cables were stolen from close to the Caxton to Cambourne bypass.
And almost every month since October, telephone cable has been stolen and services disrupted to hundreds of homes in Cambridgeshire, including Alconbury Weston, Great Gidding and Great Staughton.
The latest theft in Cambourne was reported to police at about 11am on Friday.
Detective Inspector Andy Gipp said: "If anyone saw anything suspicious taking place in the last 24 hours on the roads near to the Cambourne area then please get in touch.
"Perhaps you saw what you thought were workmen operating at a small site or if you can recall seeing something strange."
INFORMATION: Contact police on 0845 4564564 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.


With the S&P 500 declining more than 10% from its September 20 all-time high, please join us for this extra webinar by independent economist Fritz Meyer.
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Coleophora zukowskii is een vlinder uit de familie kokermotten (Coleophoridae). De wetenschappelijke naam is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1959 door Toll.

De soort komt voor in Europa.

Kokermotten
Dier uit het Palearctisch gebied

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So I'm watching the Steven King thinggy on TNT right now (who isn't?), and the actor just mentioned that for Christmas (1983?), he recieved a Commodore 64, with WordStar. Was there ever a C= 64 version of WS?
Directly following this statement, the camera cuts to a shot of a child inserting first, a cassette tape, and then a disk (presumably at the same time). Am I missing sum'n, or does the show need a better vintage computer consultant?
Maybe the word processing software (whichever it was) loaded from disk, but only supported tape for storing documents. Or supported both, but in this documentary they would not want to swap floppies between program and work disk.
It doesn't mean there wasn't one, but I don't recall Wordstar for the C-64. It was obviously big on CP/M and later, for a short while, on DOS. I'm not sure it would be appropriate on the C-64 anyway, with its 40 column limit. There were a few "professional" word processing systems for the C-64, but never any of the truly big names that I can recall. I can't say 100% though without doing some research.
I run Wordstar on my C128D but it's the CP/M version. I too don't ever remember a C64 version. I think they need a better consultant.
Wasn't there a CP/M cart for the C64 that contained a z80 chip?
I too have plenty of CP/M software for the C-128. It actually was quite good at that since the 1571 could read multiple formats.
Yes, there was a CP/M cart for the C-64. It did have a chip in the cartridge. The issue was though that software did have to be converted to work properly (an issue withy many CP/M implementations) and it wasn't particularly stable or effective. The 40 column limitation of the C-64 was also a factor, as it was on systems like the Coleco Adam. It's fairly collectible as those things go, though, and I wouldn't mind acquiring one myself if I can get one for a reasonable price. I've seen them available in various states of completeness and it would certainly round out my CP/M system/add-on collection.
An acquaintance of mine bought a box of C64 cartridges from another guy I know. In the box were several TFC3, HesMon etc, but also a CP/M cartridge. Big items, reminds me of REUs. Dunno if the CP/M one is for sale, or if it even is working.


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Карл Кройтц (; 20 вересня 1909, Бромберг — 27 липня 1997, Бонн) — німецький офіцер Ваффен-СС, штандартенфюрер СС, кавалер Лицарського хреста Залізного хреста з Дубовим листям.

Ранні роки
Карл Кройтц народився 20 вересня 1909 року в місті Бромберг. У 30-х роках Кройтц вступив в НСДАП (партійний квиток № 656 236) і СС (службове посвідчення № 50 559). У липні 1933 року зарахований в штабну охорону СС «Берлін» (яка в тому ж році була перетворена в Лейбштандарт СС «Адольф Гітлер»), з 8 березня 1935 року був командиром взводу. З червня 1939 року був командиром батареї в дивізії посилення СС.

Друга світова війна
Карл Кройтц взяв участь в Польській, Французькій, Балканській кампаніях і в боях на Східному фронті. 20 квітня 1941 року призначений командиром 4-го дивізіону важких гармат артилерійського полку в складі дивізії СС «Райх». З березня 1943-го по 18 квітня 1945 року був командиром 2-го самохідного артилерійського полку СС «Дас Райх».

З 20 січня по 4 лютого 1945 року виконував обов'язки командира 2-ї танкової дивізії СС «Дас Райх». 13 квітня 1945 року знову очолив дивізію і став її останнім командиром. 8 травня 1945 року разом із залишками дивізії здався американським військам.

Життя після війни
До 1948 року перебував в американському полоні. Після звільнення жив у Західній Німеччині. Карл Кройтц помер 27 липня 1997 року в місті Бонн.

Звання
 Унтерштурмфюрер СС (9 листопада 1935)
 Оберштурмфюрер СС (12 вересня 1937)
 Гауптштурмфюрер СС (30 січня 1940)
 Штурмбаннфюрер СС (5 серпня 1942)
 Оберштурмбаннфюрер СС (20 квітня 1943)
 Штандартенфюрер СС (20 квітня 1944)

Нагороди
 Залізний хрест (1939)
 2-го класу (2 жовтня 1939)
 1-го класу (30 липня 1940)
 Медаль «За зимову кампанію на Сході 1941/42»
 Знак «За поранення»
 Німецький хрест в золоті (17 грудня 1943) як оберштурмбаннфюрер СС і командир 2-го самохідного артилерійського полку СС «Дас Райх»
 Лицарський хрест Залізного хреста з Дубовим листям
 Лицарський хрест (27 серпня 1944) як штандартенфюрер СС і командир 2-го самохідного артилерійського полку СС «Дас Райх»
 Дубове листя (№ 863) (6 травня 1945) як штандартенфюрер СС і командир 2-го самохідного артилерійського полку СС «Дас Райх»

Джерела

 Schulz, Andreas, Wegmann Günter, Zinke, Dieter: Die Generale der Waffen-SS und Polizei: Lammerding-Plesch, Biblio-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 978-3-7648-2375-7.

 Yerger, Mark C. (2005). German Cross in Gold Holders of the SS and Police, Volume 2, "Das Reich: " Karl-Heinz Lorenz to Herbert Zimmermann. San Jose, CA: R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 0-912138-99-8

Командири дивізій СС


It is hard to decide what this natural gold nugget from Alaska is most shaped like. From one side it looks like a dog head, specifically Spud McKenzie, the dog in the Budweiser beer commercials. I'm sure you recognize it. The other side kind of looks like a bird. It is very rare and unusual to find gold nuggets in such distinct shapes like this. This Alaska gold nugget is 3/8" (10 mm) long. The weight of this wonderful gold specimen is 20 Grains (1.30 Grams). It is a jewelry/investment grade natural gold nugget. It comes with a certificate of authenticity.


Water quality needs to be monitored at popular beaches which are called 'designated bathing waters' to ensure that beach users are protected from pollution. A bathing water is defined as a beach (or inland site) used by a large number of bathers or where bathing is promoted or associated facilities are provided.
Sometimes when beaches don't meet these requirements they're monitored voluntarily. Although this provides information about the general quality of the water, there is no legal requirement to monitor water quality or to ensure that the beach meets the required bathing water standards.
How are beaches monitored for water quality?
Look for beaches with 'Excellent' or 'Good' water quality and check for daily pollution forecasts when deciding where to paddle, swim or snorkel.
Bathing water quality isn't monitored outside of the bathing season and daily pollution forecasts are not made.
What are daily pollution forecasts?
During the bathing season some beaches release daily forecasts, to warn you if there is a risk of increased pollution. Look out for temporary signs at the beach and warnings on our website. Remember water quality can be reduced for up to 72 hours after heavy rain.
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As the violence continues in Libya, the US has been sending warships and more troops in that direction, fueling speculation of a military intervention. Some believe, however, that the West has already launched its war against Gaddafi's regime.
According to specialist in US sanctions Michael Krinksy, the latest freezing of Muammar Gaddafi and his family's foreign assets has been the main weapon in this war so far. "Most countries consider the freezing of their assets an act of economic warfare," he said.
Some estimate that Libyan foreign assets amount to as much as US$ 100 billion, believed to be spread across the globe in investment. The question now is what happens to this fortune, especially the US$ 30 billion which the US has frozen, essentially cutting Libya off from the entire US banking system.
Despite the situation in Libya remaining unresolved, one thing is now certain: the president of the United States is now in control of the money, and this gives him a powerful tool.
"Maybe we will make a deal about this money, or some of this money, but it means 'you have to do the following', and whatever the US at that point is trying to accomplish. Presumably that he [Muammar Gaddafi] leaves," Krinksy said.
To enact the latest sanctions, the US president declared the situation in Libya "an unusual and extraordinary threat to US national security and foreign policy." This statement comes in a situation where there has not been clear aggressive action taken by Libya against the US. As for Libya's financial interests, analysts say you could look at the history of countries such as Iran. Their assets were frozen in the wake of the 1979 hostage crisis.
"We took their nuclear capacity away, made promises, did not live up to them, claimed there was a great victory for peace and now we are in the situation where it is clear oil is at stake," Schechter added.
Money in such situations is used most often to pay for the settlements of lawsuits against a leader or a government, or to recoup losses. It gives grounds for speculation that Muammar Gaddafi could most likely kiss his fortune goodbye. And while the future of the massive sums of money reaped from Libyan oil remains uncertain, so does the fate of the divided country it came from.
Independent journalist Keith Harmon Snow says global media reports from Libya lack a fundamental thing – evidence of an all-embracing conflict.
"Recent reports have been saying that government forces, meaning Gaddafi's forces, have bombed a weapons depot on the edge of one of the cities. The weapons depot had already been taken over by the rebels, and it was a government weapons depot to begin with – the rebels took it over – but when Gaddafi bombed it, then of course he was the enemy and he was the dictator and the terrorist," he says.
The journalist says despite the outcry about violence in Libya, there are very little pictures of Libyan violence in the media.
Keith Harmon Snow also claims that the military intervention has already occurred in Libya.


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Il Ciclo dei Sogni (o Opere oniriche) è il ciclo letterario che si riferisce alla produzione dal carattere onirico e fantastico dello scrittore statunitense Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Le storie appartenenti al Ciclo dei Sogni sono ambientate nel Mondo dei Sogni, una dimensione a cui si può accedere soltanto attraverso i sogni. Questa dimensione presenta una sua geografia e una sua cultura. Per l'elaborazione di questo corpus letterario, Lovecraft si ispirò principalmente alle opere di Lord Dunsany.

Il Ciclo dei Sogni presenta alcune caratteristiche in comune (ad esempio le divinità) con il ben più famoso insieme di opere scritto da Lovecraft, il Ciclo di Cthulhu. Nonostante questo si differenzia dai racconti dei Miti di Cthulhu, in quanto questi ultimi sono fantascientifici, mentre le storie oniriche appartengono più propriamente al genere fantasy. Entrambi i cicli, infine, come la maggior parte delle storie scritte da Lovecraft, appartengono al genere horror.

Opere del ciclo
Le informazioni presenti in questa sezione sono tratte da Gianni Pilo e Sebastiano Fusco (a cura di), Lovecraft - Tutti i romanzi e i racconti, 2ª edizione, Newton Compton Editori, 2009, pp. 1907–1912.

Appartengono al Ciclo dei Sogni i seguenti racconti, oltre che la Saga di Randolph Carter (vista nella sezione successiva):
 Polaris (Polaris, 1918)
 Il prato verde (The Green Meadow, 1918) - apparso con il doppio pseudonimo "Elizabeth Berkeley e Lewis Theobald Jr" a nascondere Lovecraft e Winifred V. Jackson
 Oltre il muro del sonno (Beyond the Wall of Sleep, 1919)
 Il ricordo (Memory, 1919)
 La nave bianca (The White Ship, 1919)
 Il fato che colpì Sarnath (The Doom that Came to Sarnath, 1919)
 I gatti di Ulthar (The Cats of Ulthar, 1920)
 La strada (The Street, 1920)
 La poesia e gli Dei (Poetry and the Gods, 1920) - con Anna Helen Crofts mentre Lovecraft usò lo pseudonimo "Henry Paget-Lowe"
 Celephaïs (Celephaïs, 1920)
 Nyarlathotep (Nyarlathotep, 1920)
 Il caos strisciante (The Crawling Chaos, 1920) - apparso con il doppio pseudonimo "Elizabeth Berkeley e Lewis Theobald Jr" a nascondere Lovecraft e Winifred V. Jackson
 Ex oblivione (Ex oblivione, 1921)
 La ricerca di Iranon (The Quest of Iranon, 1921)
 Gli altri dei (The Other Gods, 1921)
 Hypnos (Hypnos, 1922)
 Quel che porta la luna (What the Moon Brings, 1922)
 La creatura illuminata dalla luna (The Thing in the Moonlight, 1927)
 La razza antichissima (The Very Old Folk, 1927)
 Il sacerdote malvagio (The Evil Clergyman, 1933)

La saga di Randolph Carter
La saga di Randolph Carter è l'insieme delle storie oniriche che hanno per protagonista Randolph Carter, una sorta di alter ego di Lovecraft. La saga è composta da due racconti brevi, due racconti lunghi e un romanzo:
 La dichiarazione di Randolph Carter (The Statement of Randolph Carter, 1919) - racconto breve
 L'innominabile (The Unnamable, 1923) - racconto breve
 La chiave d'argento (The Silver Key, 1926) - racconto lungo
 La ricerca onirica dello sconosciuto Kadath (The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, 1926-27) - romanzo
 Attraverso le porte della Chiave d'Argento (Through the Gates of the Silver Key, 1932) - racconto lungo - revisione di un racconto di Edgar Hoffmann Price

Bibliografia
 Gianni Pilo e Sebastiano Fusco (a cura di), Lovecraft - Tutti i romanzi e i racconti, 2ª edizione, Newton Compton Editori, 2009, pp. 1907–1912

Sogni
Opere di Howard Phillips Lovecraft


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Published: 26-10-2017 Tajikistan, S Korea soon to open direct air link
Oct 26, 2017 (newstodate): Tajikistan and South Korea has agreed to prepare for setting up direct air services between the two countries.
As a first step, the privately-owned Tajik carrier Somon Air will perform a technical test flights between Dushanbe and Seoul Incheon Airport on October 31, 2017, operating a Boeing 737-900 aircraft on the route that will also carry a delegation from Tajikistan to conduct further negotiations after the presidents of the two countries have paved the road.
In autumn 2017 Somon Air has been awarded TCO status from EASA and also obtained membership of IATA.
Somon Air currently performs flights from Tajikistan to destinations in Germany, UAE, Turkey, China, Russia and Kazakhstan with its fleet of two Boeing 737-300, two Boeing 737-800 and two Boeing 737-900ER aircraft.


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Nebraska's 2020 team still has at least one game left on the schedule and could conceivably play two more times before the calendar flips to 2021.
A big chunk of the recruiting class that signed with Nebraska on Wednesday will be on campus before the nicks and bruises heal up and the soreness of the 2020 season subsides.
NU coach Scott Frost on Wednesday afternoon confirmed that 13 players in Nebraska's class are expected to be midyear enrollees.
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"The way high schools are right now with COVID, I might be ready to get out of there, too, I don't know," Frost said with a laugh. "I think for some, spring sports were a question mark and prom is probably a question mark and they're probably tired of half-days in school and those types of things, but there's just more and more of that happening, too."
By the Journal Star's count, the midyear enrollees are: quarterback Heinrich Haarberg (Kearney), offensive linemen Teddy Prochazka (Elkhorn), Henry Lutovksy (Mount Pleasant, Iowa) and Branson Yager (Grantville, Utah); tight ends Thomas Fidone (Council Bluffs, Iowa) and James Carnie (Norris); running back Gabe Ervin (Buford, Georgia); wide receiver Latrell Neville (Missouri City, Texas); defensive lineman Ru'Quan Buckley (Grand Rapids, Michigan); linebackers Randolph Kpai (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) and Seth Malcom (Tabor, Iowa); and defensive back Marques Buford (Cedar Hill, Texas); in addition to Northern Iowa graduate transfer linebacker Chris Kolarevic.
"Kids are ready to take the next step and move on. Kids that do early enroll get a chance to go through spring ball, get accustomed to college, get accustomed to the team, and that gives them a better opportunity to probably play early than if they showed up in June or July."
The midyear enrollees will arrive on campus next month. Prochazka said Wednesday that offensive line coach Greg Austin told him to be ready to get his playbook and his weight training schedule by Wednesday night.
QB talk: Frost said he was impressed with Haarberg, a 6-foot-5, 205-pound quarterback from Kearney Catholic, the first time he watched him perform.
"Love his size. Love his arm strength and his overall athletic ability," the coach said. "I think with some training he has a chance to be a really good — really good — quarterback for us. We have to add him to that group (of quarterbacks) and get to work with him."
Of course, Frost starred as a quarterback at Wood River High School back in the day.
"We used to play Kearney Catholic all the time," Frost said. "Back then, we used to beat them up pretty good. I think they're getting the best of it now. A lot of it has to do with him."
"He's really committed to being good, and determined," the coach added. "He has a ton of raw material to work with to make him a good player."
Worth the wait: When asked about the in-state signees, Frost began the discussion with Omaha Westside defensive back Koby Bretz.
"I'm really excited about Koby Bretz," the coach said of the 6-foot-2, 195-pounder. "Koby's a kid we didn't offer right away. Watching him his senior year, I thought he was about as good as any football player or safety we looked at. His size and athletic ability give him a chance to be really good."
Bretz verbally committed to Nebraska in late August. He earned his first Power Five scholarship offer from Kansas State back in the middle of June. He also piled up offers from FBS schools such as Buffalo, Wyoming, Ohio, Northern Illinois and Miami (Ohio).
"Special relationship" with DL Buckley: The most recent addition to Nebraska's class is Buckley, the defensive lineman from Michigan. He was one of the few players from further away that was able to visit campus before the pandemic, making it to a junior day in January.
Consistently since then, he's said Nebraska coaches stayed in constant touch and he wasn't kidding.
"I've developed a really special relationship with him," Frost said Wednesday of Buckley. "I think he developed a special relationship with this place. We had to fight off a lot of people at the end to get him to sign.
"He's just a great person, and he's a big, great athlete, too."
Those suitors included in-state Michigan State, a top-10 program in Cincinnati and Florida State
Versatile LB group could still grow: Nebraska missed out on some outside linebacker targets over the course of the 2021 cycle, but still has four linebackers in the group to work with.
NU could still add more, whether it's a player like four-star Wynden Ho'ohuli (Mililani, Hawaii) or four-star Deonte Anderson (Fort Meade, Florida), both of whom could announce their college choices on Jan. 2, but Frost said he thinks the current group can help fill the gaps in, too.
NU got signatures from a couple of rangy players in Kpai (6-3, 200), Malcom (6-3, 200) and Mikai Gbayor (6-2, 220). Northern Iowa graduate transfer Kolarevic (6-1, 230) might be closer to a box linebacker, but he's shown the ability to rush the passer at the FCS level, too.
"That's one thing I really like about this linebacker group is I think all of them can probably play inside or outside linebacker for us," Frost said. "Randy is super twitchy. When you watch him, he covers ground fast and he strikes on the move. He's violent. Seth and him and all the other linebackers, Mikai, all the linebackers we recruited, I think they're going to be capable of playing multiple positions for us.
"That's going to be valuable and help them get on the field faster."
2023 offer to a familiar name: The recruiting wheel never stops turning, and Nebraska offered it second in-state class of 2023 prospect in the past few days.
This time, it's legacy recruit Maverick Noonan, a talented young lineman for Elkhorn South.
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Noonan, the son of former All-Big Eight selection and first-round NFL Draft pick Danny Noonan, is already listed at 6-5 and 210 pounds and played well as a sophomore for the Class A runner-ups.
He joins Lincoln Southeast defender Teitum Tuioti, the son of NU defensive line coach Tony Tuioti, as in-state players in the 2023 class that already have offers from the Huskers.
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Q: can we express $x=f(y)$, if $y=\exp(x/1.45)(1-\exp(-x))$? Given $y=\exp(x/1.45)(1-\exp(-x))$, I need to express $x = f(y)$.
I tried taking log of both side but didnt get any fruitful expression.
Is it possible? If yes, how?

A: If $t = \exp(x)$, this can be written as $t^{9/29} y = t - 1$, which is a polynomial equation in $t^{1/29}$.  Of course since the degree is greater than $4$, we don't expect a solution involving radicals.  There is, however, a nice series solution in powers of $y$, obtained from the Lagrange Inversion Formula: if $b = 9/29$,
$$ \eqalign{t &= 1 + y + b y^2 + \dfrac{b(3b-1)}{2!} y^3 + \dfrac{b(4b-1)(4b-2)}{3!} y^4 _+ \ldots\cr
&=   1 + \sum_{n=1}^\infty \left( \prod_{j=0}^{n-2} (nb-j)\right) \frac{y^n}{n!}}$$

A: You will not find any explicit solution if you want $x$ such that $$y=e^{20 x/29} \left(1-e^{-x}\right)$$ Setting $e^x=z$ the equation would write $$y=z^{20/29}(1-\frac 1 z)=\frac{P_{29}(z)}{z^9}$$ with which you would have a lot of fun (just kidding !).
If $y$ is small, you could approximate the function by its Taylor expansion around $x=0$ which will give $$e^{20 x/29} \left(1-e^{-x}\right)=x+\frac{11 x^2}{58}+\frac{301 x^3}{5046}+O\left(x^4\right)$$ and using more or less terms, you could find an approximation of $x$ as a function of $y$. But this works for a very limited range of $y$.
For the most general case, the only way is to consider a method such as Newton which, starting at a "reasonable" guess $x_0$ will update it according to $$x_{n+1}=x_n-\frac{f(x_n)}{f'(x_n)}$$ For your case $$f(x)=e^{20 x/29} \left(1-e^{-x}\right)-y$$ $$f'(x)=\frac{1}{29} e^{-9 x/29} \left(20 e^x+9\right)$$ For illustration purposes, let us consider two cases.
First case : $y=12345$. A look at the plot of the function shows a solution around $x=15$. So, let us apply the method using $x_0=15$. The successive iterates will then be
$$\left(
\begin{array}{cc}
n & x_n \\
 1 & 14.12564931 \\
 2 & 13.72770282 \\
 3 & 13.66199628 \\
 4 & 13.66046179 \\
 5 & 13.66046098
\end{array}
\right)$$
Second case : $y=-12345$. A look at the plot of the function shows a solution around $x=-30$. So, let us apply the method using $x_0=-30$. The successive iterates will then be
$$\left(
\begin{array}{cc}
n & x_n \\
 1 & -30.37705418 \\
 2 & -30.35664112 \\
 3 & -30.35657618
\end{array}
\right)$$

A: Here are the details of the Lagrange Inversion computation. We have
$$y = \exp(bx)(1-\exp(-x)).$$
where $b=20/29.$ Putting $\exp(x) = t$ so that $x = \log t$ we get
$$y = t^b (1-1/t).$$
We seek to compute
$$[y^n] t(y) =
\frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|y|=\epsilon} \frac{1}{y^{n+1}} t(y) dy.$$
Using the definition we put with $w$ being complex
$$y = w^b (1-1/w) = w^{b-1} (w-1)$$
so that
$$dy = (b w^{b-1} - (b-1) w^{b-2}) \; dw.$$
We get for the integral
$$\frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|w-1|=\gamma}
\frac{1}{w^{(b-1)(n+1)}}
\frac{1}{(w-1)^{n+1}}
\\ \times w \times
w^{b-2} (bw - (b-1))
\; dw.$$
This has two pieces, the first is
$$\frac{b}{2\pi i}
\int_{|w-1|=\gamma}
\frac{1}{w^{(b-1)n-1}}
\frac{1}{(w-1)^{n+1}}
\; dw
\\ = \frac{b}{2\pi i}
\int_{|w-1|=\gamma}
\frac{1}{(1+(w-1))^{(b-1)n-1}}
\frac{1}{(w-1)^{n+1}}
\; dw
$$
and the second is
$$\frac{b-1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|w-1|=\gamma}
\frac{1}{w^{(b-1)n}}
\frac{1}{(w-1)^{n+1}}
\; dw
\\ = \frac{b-1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|w-1|=\gamma}
\frac{1}{(1+(w-1))^{(b-1)n}}
\frac{1}{(w-1)^{n+1}}
\; dw.$$
Extracting coefficients yields
$$(-1)^n
\left(b {(b-1)n-2+n\choose n}
- (b-1) {(b-1)n-1+n\choose n}\right)
\\ = (-1)^n
\left(b {bn-2\choose n}
- (b-1) {bn-1\choose n}\right).$$
This is one when $n=0.$ Continuing we have
$$\frac{(-1)^n}{n!}
(b (bn-2)^{\underline{n}} - (b-1) (bn-1)^{\underline{n}})
\\ = \frac{(-1)^n}{n!} (bn-1)^{\underline{n}}
\left(b \frac{bn-(n+1)}{bn-1} - (b-1)\right)
\\ = \frac{(-1)^{n+1}}{n!} (bn-1)^{\underline{n}}
\frac{1}{bn-1}
\\ = \frac{(-1)^{n+1}}{n!} (bn-2)^{\underline{n-1}}.$$
We thus obtain
$$t = 1 + \sum_{n\ge 1} \frac{y^n}{n!} (-1)^{n+1}
\prod_{j=0}^{n-2} (nb-2-j)
\\ = 1 + \sum_{n\ge 1} \frac{y^n}{n!} (-1)^{n+1}
\prod_{j=2}^{n} (nb-j).$$
Remark.  Observe that  the  accepted answer  and  this post  solve
slightly different equations which both yield the correct result.

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Nogent sur Marne is the proud owner of one of the Baltard pavillions from the old Halles in Paris. It's been transformed into a sort of TV Studio/convention center. It's not far from the RER station if visitors to Paris want to see it.
I think I went to a concert there in about 1979. The musician was the guitarist Ry Cooder. In the audience, sitting in the row behind me and my friends, was Francis Cabrel, who had already had a few of his big hits.
And I went to a Joan Baez concert either in 1980, I think. (I time these things by my children and I know it was before I got pregnant with Anne!) "Prendre un enfant par la main" was a big hit. She sang it and Yves Dutheil, the author, composer, singer, was in the audience. There were also other French celebreties, but I don't remember who. I was in the balcony and there was a bit of a smoke haze down below -- they were not smoking tobacco!
I love these grand old markets. Ours wasn't so gran originally but still had it's charms (I've seen photos). It was replaced by a modern building with no personality.
mitch, I'm amazed that so many of these places have survived the advent of the supermarket/hypermarket.


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CHENNAI, November 29, 2021 01:42 IST
'Cracks appeared due to wear and tear'
The Highways Department has said that a bridge on phase II of Rajiv Gandhi Salai near the salt pans was safe for use.
A video, doing the rounds on social media, showed a crack on the bridge and an audio in the background suggesting that the bridge was likely to collapse.
Officials said that the minor bridge was in very good condition, and the crack would be filled in a couple of days.
"We inspected the bridge. The cracks will be sealed in a couple of days. We are waiting for the rain to stop before the cracks are filled," an engineer said. The cracks had appeared due to the routine wear and tear of expansion joints below the deck slab.
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Expansion joints are spring-like structures that absorb the vibrations that are caused by moving the running of vehicles over the bridge.
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California woman gives birth and hospital charges her $50,000
A woman went viral after sharing that a hospital billed her more than $50,000 for the birth of her baby. The staggering cost on her part inspired her to post a video on TikTok.
Shannon Mayor, who lives in California, became pregnant in the fall of 2020, according to Insider. She told the outlet that after finding out she was pregnant, she began looking for the "best insurance" she could find.
Shannon explained how the market-based U.S.
healthcare system is difficult to decipher. She recalled stressing about having to switch to her husband's insurance shortly before her baby was born.
"Insurance is complicated. It's not easy to figure out in this country, and you can be f*cked if you don't, you know, really think ahead," she observed.
Shannon delivered her baby at a nearby hospital, where she said she received excellent care from the medical staff. Then she discovered the true cost of that care.
Last week, Shannon received a bill for her hospital stay. Her insurance plan paid $50,816.02 for her delivery.
Thanks to her insurance, she owed only $250.
The staggering cost of her part inspired her to post a video on TikTok, which garnered more than 8 million views.
She said most people don't have $50,000 to spare to have a baby, noting that it was "like a down payment on a house somewhere."
"I was grateful to have insurance. A lot of people aren't as fortunate in this country to have as good insurance as I do, and without it, it would have cost a lot more to probably have my baby. Not many people have access to that kind of insurance, so I felt a lot of gratitude in that moment," she detailed.
Some people pointed to the disparity between the expensive, privatized U.S. health care markets and the much less expensive, socialized medical services across Europe and Canada.
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A young gay couple were subjected to a vicious homophobic attack after a Christmas Day drink with friends.
The two men and their pal needed hospital treatment after being set upon by a gang outside a pub in Thornaby.
The unprovoked attack saw them beaten with bottles and punched and kicked to the heads and bodies.
Early on in the evening they claim to have been verbally abused at the Jolly Farmers pub in Thornaby by members of the group.
Jayson's partner said he was the first to be targeted - at first over his religion.
The 21-year-old said: "At first a girl in the group started taking the mick out of me for being Jewish.
"Then another lad from the group came over saying being Jewish was a race. I was disagreeing with him and it was just a little debate really at first.
Jayson said he was also subjected to abuse while nipping outside for a cigarette.
The friends, all from Thornaby, said they chose to ignore their intimidators but decided to leave when trouble broke out in the pub.
But as they started to make their way to the female friend's home, they were then approached from behind by a group of about 15.
He needed a CT scan to check for potential brain damage.
His partner was also brutally attacked, suffering bruising across his body and a black eye. He also has suspected cracked ribs and a broken nose and has to return to hospital for further checks.
Their pal Marc Vasey, 21, suffered a black eye and nerve damage to his cheek.
It was the second homophobic attack in Thornaby in less than a week.
On Wednesday, December 21, a 30-year-old cyclist was attacked after having homophobic abuse thrown at him in Thornaby .
The man was cycling along Langley Avenue, Thornaby, at around 3.45pm when he was approached by a white Mercedes saloon.
The driver and passenger, both men, shouted homophobic abuse at the victim, then the passenger got out of the Mercedes and assaulted him.
Jayson said the men who attacked him and his friends were "arrogant" adding there is "no place" for homophobia in 2016.
"We didn't want any trouble. I could understand if we had provoked them but we were just minding our own business," he said.
"They started off calling us and then it escalated.
The group said the verbal abuse began in the pub at about 8.30pm and the physical attack outside the Thornaby Road pub occurred at about 11.15pm.
Cleveland Police are investigating the attack and urged anyone with information to call 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.


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In spite of the fact that I was a mere 3 years old when it debuted in 1966, Star Trek is one of a small handful of TV shows that I can actually remember watching while on my daddy's knee back during their original airings. (The others I remember from that era include Batman, The Green Hornet, Ron Ely's Tarzan, Get Smart and, believe it or not, Mission: Impossible.) For that reason, I feel I am justified in considering myself to be a first-generation Trek fan; I may not have understood mos...
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John A. Small is an award-winning newspaper journalist, columnist and broadcaster whose work has been honored by the Oklahoma Press Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press, the National Newspaper Association, and the Oklahoma Education Association. He and his wife Melissa were married in 1986; they have two sons, Joshua Orrin (born 1991) and William Ian (born 1996). Mr. Small is the News Editor and columnist for the Johnston County Capital-Democrat, a weekly newspaper headquartered in Tishomingo, OK. He obtained his nickname, "Bard of the Lesser Boulevards," from a journalism colleague - the late Phil Byrum - in recognition of the success of his popular newspaper column, "Small Talk." (In addition to the many awards the column itself has received over the years, a radio version of "Small Talk" earned an award for "Best Small Market Commentary" from the Society of Professional Journalists in 1998.) John was born in Oklahoma City in 1963; lived in the Bradley-Bourbonnais-Kankakee area of Illinois for most of the next 28 years (with brief sojourns in Texas and Athens, Greece, thrown in to break up the monotony); then returned to his native state in 1991, where he currently resides in the Tishomingo/Ravia area. He graduated from Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School in 1981, and received his bachelor's degree in journalism from Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais in 1991. The years between high school and college were a period frought with numerous exploits and misadventures, some of which have become the stuff of legend; nobody was hurt along the way, however, which should count for something. In addition to his professional career as a journalist he has published two short story collections: "Days Gone By: Legends And Tales Of Sipokni West" (2007), a collection of western stories; and "Something In The Air" (2011), a more eclectic collection. He was also a contributor to the 2005 Locus Award-nominated science fiction anthology "Myths For The Modern Age: Philip Jose Farmer's Wold Newton Universe," edited by Win Scott Eckert. In additon he has written a stage play and a self-published cookbook; served as project editor for a book about the JFK assassination entitled "The Men On The Sixth Floor"; and has either published or posted on the Internet a number of essays, stories and poems. He has also won writing awards from the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the National Library of Poetry. He is a past president of the Johnston County Chamber of Commerce in Tishomingo; was a charter member and past president of the Johnston County Reading Council, the local literacy advocacy and "friends of the library" organization; served as Johnston County's first-ever Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator in 1994-95; served two terms as chairman of the Johnston County (OK) Democratic Party; and has taught journalism classes for local Boy Scout Merit Badge Fairs. He is a member of the New Wold Newton Meteorics Society.
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Featured Photo(above): John Ferguson Weir, East Rock, New Haven, ca. 1901. Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, FGM.
Like the dramatic red-tinged cliffs of New Haven's East Rock captured on two canvases in the exhibition Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: An Artist's Guide to the Universe, [1] Old Lyme's "mineral kingdom" invites exploration. While art colony painters, among them George M. Bruestle (1872–1939), saw the town's ledges and rock-strewn hillsides as spaces of scenic beauty, the picturesque terrain also had practical uses.
George M. Bruestle, Light and Shadow. Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, FGM
Artists' Views
"The variety in the landscape would drive an artist to distraction," historian Martha J. Lamb (1829–1893) wrote in a profile of Lyme for Harper's Magazine in 1876. Her article encouraged early tourists to discover "one of the loveliest nooks on the New England coast" and included sketches by an illustrator, likely Charles Parsons (1821–1910), the magazine's art editor. His view of the rocky promontories above Rogers Lake shows sightseers in a horse-drawn carriage surrounded by "sharp steeps" and "wild crags" as they followed the twisting path of today's Grassy Hill Road. [2]
Attributed to Charles Parsons, Roger's Lake, 1876. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, LHSA
Another 19th-century depiction of the landscape includes a rocky bluff, now demolished, that once overlooked the mouth of the Connecticut River. In View of Ferry Point, ca. 1860, Ellen Noyes Chadwick (1824–1900) provides an embellished impression of the wharves, warehouses, and sailing vessels visible from her home on what was then called Noyes Hill. A 1775 survey of the "highway" leading to the ferry locates that "Cragged Ledge of Rock," [3]. A decade later much of the bluff above the ferry landing was leveled to make way for the railroad. Before a bridge spanned the river in 1871, railroad cars crossed from Saybrook by ferry.
Ellen Noyes Chadwick, View of Ferry Point, ca. 1860. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Krieble, FGM
The rock-strewn landscape repeatedly attracted artists and photographers after the turn of the 20th century. Their images of boulders, hummocks, and ledges display startling patterns of light and shadow and convey the shifting moods of the seasons. Whether somber, contemplative, or exuberant, they invite viewers to pause and admire both the intricacies of nature's handiwork and the resourcefulness of those who worked the land.
Willard Leroy Metcalf,Dogwood Blossoms, 1906. Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, FGM
Edward F. Rook, Bradbury's Mill Dam, ca. 1905. Gift of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, FGM
Ledges and Quarries
Czikowsky's, 1948. Album 6, LHSA
Gungi Road, 1949. Album 6, LHSA
From the time of the early colonial settlement, farmers quarried Lyme's granite outcroppings and harvested its scattered stones to clear fields for cultivation. Using draft animals and sometimes the labor of indentured servants or Negro slaves, they piled rocks into boundary markers, walls, cairns, and livestock enclosures. Teams of oxen hauled stone to the sites of homesteads, mansion houses, barns, warehouses, and mills where skilled masons fashioned the local rock into foundations, bridges, dams, embankments, and piers.
Childe Hassam, The Ledges, October in Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1907. Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, FGM
Granite quarries, now overgrown and obscured, once featured prominently in the landscape. A guidebook published in 1907 noted that the "rugged rocks" edging the hayfields in Tantammuhaeg were "formerly the quarries of the Lords and of 'John Coult, gentleman,' who built homesteads hereabout." Farmer and boat builder Henry Noyes (1826–1917) purchased a portion of the former Enoch Lord (1725-1814) estate in 1869, and his acreage included "all that land known as the Quarry and south of the roadway leading to the upper Quarry dock." [4]
Lyme Quadrant, State of Connecticut Highway Department map, 1951, showing Quarry Hill. LHSA
Caro Weir Ely, Quarry Boats, Pilgrims' Landing, Old Lyme,1930. FGM, Gift of Mr. Geoffrey Conklin
Today above Pilgrim's Landing on the Neck Road, discarded wheels of granite rest among the weeds near the abandoned quarry dock, but less than a century ago the site was still active. In 1934 the new Center School that replaced an earlier consolidated schoolhouse on Lyme Street utilized blocks of stone hewn nearby.
Allan B. Talcott, The Ledges at Pilgrim's Landing. Private collection. Photograph courtesy of The Cooley Gallery
"There were warm days in the summer," recalled educator and historian Willis H. Umberger (1907–2006), when "a large number of local workmen sat or kneeled on the lawn in the front yard of the demolished wooden building, and hammered and chiseled away at the blocks of pink and grey granite which had been hauled in from a near-by quarry. The larger and darker colored stones were placed on the foundation, and as the front wall rose, the blocks of reduced size, and lighter colors, were selected and added." [5]
Center School, postcard, 1935. LHSA
Stephen J. Lord, Addition to west wing, 1842. Lord Papers, LHSA
Construction of Memorial Bridge over Black Hall River, 1888. LHSA
At the southern end of Meetinghouse Hill, a smaller quarry produced a more celebrated stone. Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury (1823–1917) described the red porphyritic granite on her father's farm as "one of the richest known stones for architectural and ornamental uses." In 1880 the McCurdy quarry beside Duck River measured "about 50 by 30 feet and from 5 to 10 feet in depth from the present ledge." The site was never commercially developed, but Charles J. McCurdy (1797–1891) contributed its distinctive granite to build the Channing Memorial Church in Newport, completed in 1881.
Channing Memorial Church, Newport, R. I.
W. P. Blake (1826–1910), a prominent geologist who analyzed the "carnation red" McCurdy rock, described its special features: "The contrasts between its minerals, the cleavage planes of the large porphyritic feldspars reflecting the light, the iridescence of some of the feldspars and the attractiveness of its general color make this an unusual rock." he wrote. "It is well adapted for ornamental use, and, when polished, for internal decorations." Specimens of McCurdy granite were exhibited at the expositions held in Philadelphia in 1876 and in Paris in 1878. "Transportation is by cart about one-half mile to New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad," the geologist noted. [6]
Joshua's Rock, Lyme. Postcard.
The most active quarrying in the Lyme region occurred at Selden Neck where hundreds of workers in the 1890s produced 3500 paving stones a day for the streets of New York and Philadelphia, as well as granite blocks for the gate house of the Croton aqueduct in New York State. Farther south along the Connecticut River a 60-foot cliff known as Joshua Rocks also produced quarried granite before 1911. Named for the Native American chief Attawanhood, known as Joshua after he converted to Christianity, the cliff face has a natural rock shelf, called Joshua's Seat, where the sachem is said to have observed fishing activity along the river below. [7]
Charles deWolfe Brownell,Joshua's Seat, 1858. FGM Purchase.
Sermons and Legends
Rocks, Lyme, Conn., postcard, postmarked 1909. LHSA
Local rocks sometimes became sites for sermons and temperance lectures. In the 1740s during the revivalist movement known as the Great Awakening, minister Jonathan Parsons (1705–1776) invited English evangelist George Whitefield (1714–1770) to stir the community's religious passions. From atop a boulder in what was then an open field behind the minister's home, the impassioned orator delivered his address. Katharine Ludington (1869–1953) remarked in a family memoir that Rev. Parsons had "scandalized the more conservative of his congregation by having his visitor preach to an open air audience, standing on 'The Rock' which is still at the back of our house."
Black Hall cairn, called "Mt. Temperance." LHSA
A rocky elevation in Black Hall also became an open-air platform when Augustus H. Griswold (1789–1836), after a distinguished career as a packet ship captain, delivered rousing speeches to gather support for the local Temperance movement. "There is still standing a cairn, erected on the top of the hill between his house and the road," Adeline Bartlett Allyn (1846–1915) noted in her Griswold family reminiscences, "and it was always called 'the top of Mt. Temperance.'" [8]
"The Rock," Katharine Ludington, Lyme—And Our Family, 1928
But local rocks sometimes served more playful purposes. Over the decades children of all ages wondered at the mysteries of nearby Penny Rock, Toad Rock, and the Devil's Hopyard whose curious potholes were said to mark the passing of the devil's sharply pronged tail. Alluring shapes and crevices drew amateur photographers who recorded family excursions to rocky points along the shore, like Nonsuch on today's Brighton Road. Local albums also preserved the joyful mood of Sunday afternoon walks to Penny Rock on Meetinghouse Hill where generations of children searched excitedly for pennies believed to grow mysteriously in its cracks and crannies.
Sunday afternoon at Penny Rock. Courtesy Ludington Family Collection
Toad Rock, postcard. Courtesy Carolyn Wakeman
Chapman Falls, Devil's Hopyard, 1950. Album 6, LHSA
Young women on the rocks. Mary Griswold Steube album, LHSA
The "singular precipice called 'the Jumping-rocks,'" which Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury described as "standing perpendicular some eighty feet above a wet valley," created a more brooding setting. According to local legend an Indian had jumped to his death there, but below that towering granite face children spent long summer days piling stones to dam the stream and building makeshift bridges across the wetland. [9] Today, protected by the Old Lyme Conservation Trust, the Jumping Rocks at the end of Library Lane remain a distinctive feature of the town's enticing "mineral kingdom."
[1] See also George Henry Durrie, East Rock, New Haven, ca. 1862. Gift of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, Florence Griswold Museum, FGM.
[2] Martha J. Lamb, "Lyme: A Chapter in American Genealogy," Harper's New Monthly Magazine (February, 1876), Vol. LII, pp. 327–328. Monographs G–Lu, LHSA.
[3] Survey of the highway from the Great Bridge to the Lower Landing used for the Saybrook ferry, January 30, 1755. LHSA.
[4] Katharine M. Abbott, Old Paths and Legends of the New England Border (New York, 1907), p. 54; Old Lyme Land Records 4:69.
[5] Willis H. Umberger, "Center School Elementary: Landmark in a Land of Art," (June, 1988). Monographs P–Z, LHSA
[6] T. Nelson Dale and Herbert E. Gregory, "The Granites of Connecticut," United States Geological Survey 484:101–102 (1911). See also: Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, For Producers, Workers, and Users of Stone, Marble and Granite (May, 1889), Vol. 2, p. 4.
[7] "Quarries of Lord's Island (Selden Island)," The Deep River New Era (August 28, 1892), cited in Peggy B. and George Perazzo, eds, "List of Quarries in Connecticut" (2013). See also Dale and Gregory, pp. 99-100; The Day, August 29, 1911.
[8] Adeline Bartlett Allyn, Black Hall: Traditions and Reminiscences (Hartford, 1908), p. 77.
[9] Recollection of Janet York Littlefield (1921–), August 2013.
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Building, recruiting and retaining digital talent for an automated tech-driven future
More than 75% of non-technical workers would consider a technology career, but are they the answer to the skills gap and how can organisations recruit and keep them?
This article can also be found in the Premium Editorial Download: Computer Weekly: Casting the IT skills net wider
Clare McDonald, Business Editor
Published: 02 May 2017 14:00
As the pace of transformation increases in the technology industry, the gap is widening between the number of roles that need to be filled and the number of skilled workers to fill them.
Firms are struggling to find the people they need, with many claiming that graduates are leaving university without relevant skills and the talent pool for senior technical roles is too small. And by 2020, the UK is expected to have a shortage of 800,000 tech workers.
But focusing on candidates who have passion and a desire to learn, rather than those with detailed technical skills, may be the best way to bridge the skills gap and to avoid job automation for tech roles in the future, according to the Mortimer Spinks and Computer Weekly Technology Survey.
Paul Church, director at Mortimer Spinks, said: "If you don't have a desire to learn, you are going to get left behind. It is reassuring, in a world of automation, that the need for soft skills is not going anywhere."
Mortimer Spinks' research found that 76% of non-technical or non-digital workers would consider a career in tech and digital, and 91% agreed that the tech and digital industry is growing rapidly.
Church and a panel of hiring managers and experts in the technology industry agreed that more firms should look into cross-skilling the workers they already have as one of the most effective ways to gain instant access to talent.
Some of the businesses surveyed by Mortimer Spinks and Computer Weekly said they were already doing this, with 33% of tech and digital workers joining the tech remit through cross-training via unofficial means such as shadowing or learning in their own time.
Church said: "Cross-training is the most organic and efficient way to get the right people into the right roles in your business. Just imagine what we could achieve if we had some formal processes for this."
But many firms said there were barriers to this method of recruiting tech workers, with some saying they did not think this was an option or were not even aware of this method.
Many turn to outsourcing to overcome these issues, but Thierry Bedos, CTO of Hotels.com, said this was the "easy way out" and suggested firms should increase spending on cross-training or upskilling, using methods such as coding bootcamps or online courses.
By bringing people into the IT remit from other areas of the business, organisations also gain diversity of thought, said Bedos, because these workers will approach problems from a different angle and may have a different perspective than traditional tech workers.
"Cross-train and be willing to take this workforce that is not particularly ready now, but invest in that workforce because the dividends are very clear in terms of loyalty, in terms of the diversity these people bring to the table," he said.
Diversity and stereotypes
There are a number of stereotypes that surround the type of people who pursue a career in technology, and Bedos said many thought there were high barriers to enter tech roles.
More than 30% of non-technical workers think a key requirement for a tech role is coding ability, 26% think candidates must have a tech-related degree and 33% think candidates have to be good at maths.
Role models talking about their career paths or jobs roles can often help people feel more comfortable about following a similar path, and by showcasing some of the people who have taken an alternative route into technology can encourage others into technology.
Initiatives like this can also encourage minority groups who are under-represented in technology roles, and many who choose not to enter tech, especially women, who claim a lack of role models contributed to their decision.
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By providing programmers with instantaneous feedback, they are more likely to improve and develop the skills they will need for the corporate environment, says Codecon creator.
Strategy includes plans to create international tech hubs, digital skills partnerships, a fintech competition and industry collaboration.
Bedos said educating employees and organisations about diversity would help to make a change, and everyone should get on board to help shift the dial. "It is not a women problem, it's a problem of society," he said.
Almost 70% of technical and digital workers said they thought it was important to be part of a diverse team, but only 38% were aware of any official initiatives in their organisation to increase diversity and inclusion in tech teams.
But Roselyn Cason-Marcus, manager – global partner recruiting at McKinsey and Company, claimed that diversity programmes did not work because hiring managers were often not the drivers behind such initiatives.
Instead, firms should focus on changing their internal culture to allow employees to be flexible and inclusive in their nature, she said.
"In every society, women tend to be some form of carer," said Cason-Marcus. "And if we are not taking into consideration the cultural issues and what the blockers are that remove women from the workplace and actually think about addressing them, that trend will continue."
Many think technology roles are focused on coding, not creativity, but Cason-Marcus said a tech career should be marketed as something that is fun and inclusive.
"We make it too much of a corporate model," she said. "We have a very a narrow perspective of what we call IT and many times women don't fit into that."
Employers are increasingly looking to hire people who not only have the technical skills needed for a role, but also have soft skills.
There has been a focus on soft skills and creativity in recent years as the digital age has made it more important for tech teams to communicate and innovate – 51% of non-technical workers believe creativity is an essential skill to have when breaking into the IT industry.
Problem-solving, creative thinking and communication are the top three soft skills that business leaders look for when hiring, and 56% of business leaders said they would consider hiring someone without a technical background if they ticked the right soft skills boxes.
Soft skills also offer a way to avoid job automation in the future, with 67% of non-technical workers claiming their jobs were unlikely to be taken over by technology.
But businesses are still focused on technical skills, too – business leaders plan to hire programmers, project managers and apps developers in the next six months, and take on data analysts, cyber security experts and artificial intelligence/automation specialists in the next three years.
How firms can close the tech and digital skills gap
The technology industry is suffering from a technology skills gap that is only getting wider. With the political climate endangering the UK talent pool and the education system lagging behind, how can firms bridge this gap? Mortimer Spinks suggests:
Soft skills – Don't focus too much on technical skills, and hire people with soft skills such as creativity, problem-solving, leadership and communication who can be trained in the technical aspects of the role.
Cross-training – Teach existing employees the skills they need to move from their current role into a digital one.
Basic tech skills – Encourage workers to use online tools or clubs to learn the basics of technical skills, such as how to code.
Training – Invest in apprenticeships and junior roles to train up those who already have basic skills.
Communicating – Talk about technology, tell people what technology roles involve and help people understand and be inspired by digital.
Mentoring – Become a mentor or a mentee to further those who are already in, or thinking about, a technology career.
Project management is one of the easiest areas to cross-train non-technical staff for, according to 46% of business leaders, and software development is another a good area for cross-training.
But Andrew Harmel-Law, head of UX/Java at Capgemini, suggested looking at corporate training budgets to address the current skills gap and invest in cross-training or developing junior talent through massive online open courses (Moocs) or online training, because formal courses in some areas are not as available as might be expected.
"We started realising we had to branch out what we saw as training," he said.
Harmel-Law also said the most experienced candidate was not always the best person for the job, and investing in apprentices and junior talent could be beneficial for innovation and company culture.
In a bid to keep up with the changing technology landscape, the UK government made it mandatory for children aged between five and 16 to learn computational thinking as part of the computing curriculum, but many say this has not been as effective as hoped and it will take many years for these young people to filter through into the recruitment pool.
Look at internal structures
Half of business leaders says the lack of talent and strong competition from other firms is blocking them from hiring workers with key skills, but Catherine Knivett, principal policy officer for digital skills at the Greater London Authority, said businesses should be looking at their internal structures and processes to make it easier to hire and train apprentices to fill roles.
Knivett said young people could "change the dynamic of an organisation in a really positive way". She is working to set up a £7m industry-led programme for digital and tech occupations in London to grow the capital's tech skills and diversity of talent.
The apprenticeship levy, which was introduced in April 2017, is intended to increase apprenticeships by requiring firms with a payroll of more than £3m to contribute to the apprenticeship levy in exchange for apprenticeship training funds, but Knivett admitted it was a big challenge to help firms to understand and implement these programmes.
"There is a real appetite to do it, but I think they need help to understand the process," she said.
Ultimately, in order to close the skills gap and invest in the future tech workforce, employers should focus on developing and training workers, whether through cross-skilling, upskilling, apprenticeships or continuous learning.
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Q: Java MC Plugin ProtocolLib Mute Pistons Sounds so currently I have this code:
@Override

public void onEnable(){

    ProtocolManager manager = ProtocolLibrary.getProtocolManager();
    manager.addPacketListener(
            new PacketAdapter(this, ListenerPriority.HIGHEST,
                    PacketType.Play.Server.NAMED_SOUND_EFFECT) {
                @Override
                public void onPacketSending(PacketEvent event) {
                    // Item packets (id: 0x29)
                    if (event.getPacketType() ==
                            PacketType.Play.Server.NAMED_SOUND_EFFECT) {
                        if (packet.getSoundEffetcs().getValues().contains(Sound.BLOCK_PISTON_CONTRACT || packet.getSoundEffetcs().getValues().contains(Sound.BLOCK_PISTON_EXTEND))){

                        }

                        event.setCancelled(true);
                    }
                }
            });
}

@Override
public void onDisable() {
    // Plugin shutdown logic
}

}
It is not complete, once its finished it should cancel all the
packets that get send to the server/client in which piston sounds get involved.
The code if (packet.getSoundEffetcs().getValues().contains(Sound.BLOCK_PISTON_CONTRACT || packet.getSoundEffetcs().getValues().contains(Sound.BLOCK_PISTON_EXTEND)))
is providing me trouble because the "packet.getSoundEffects()" tells me that it "cant resolve symbol "packet"" as an Error. Which imports to I have to add to my Plugin so that "packet" gets recognized properly?

A: You never define the packet variable.
You have to do it like that :
@Override
public void onPacketSending(PacketEvent event) {
    // Item packets (id: 0x29)
    if (event.getPacketType() == PacketType.Play.Server.NAMED_SOUND_EFFECT) {
        PacketContainer packet = event.getPacket(); // get ProtocolLib packet
        List<Sound> sounds = packet.getSoundEffetcs().getValues(); // get values from it
        if (sounds.contains(Sound.BLOCK_PISTON_CONTRACT || sounds.contains(Sound.BLOCK_PISTON_EXTEND))){
             // here what you want
        }
        event.setCancelled(true);
    }
}


Defendant sold land containing tracks to plaintiff. Their agreement made it subject to a 30-day option for the state to purchase the premises, as required by statute giving the state the right of first refusal. They notified the state as required, telling them they were selling it for $100,000 and that they had thirty days to accept before they sold it to Promet. Plaintiff then accepted the offer in writing and no longer required defendant to remove the tracks like Promet required. Defendant and Promet's meeting was delayed for engineering reasons, which was told to the state. Plaintiff's assistant director arrived ten minutes before the scheduled closing time, only to find out that they had closed an hour and a half before at a different location without notifying him.
Trial court found that plaintiff accepted defendant's offer within the thirty-day period.
Did plaintiff's letter constitute a valid acceptance?
When an acceptance absolves the offeror of a material obligation, the "rules of contract construction . . ." preclude construing that absolution as an additional term that invalidates the acceptance.
Don't apply as general rule.
Yes, plaintiff's letter constituted a valid acceptance. Affirmed except for the requirement for the state to pay interest.