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Callum Smith – The plot to beat Canelo
Speaking exclusively to Boxing News, Callum Smith explained why fighting Canelo Alvarez will bring out the best in him
GETTING the deal done hasn't been as exciting as most people probably think. It's been a bit frustrating. The fight was on the table, off the table, on the table over the course of 2020.
But it's a good feeling. It's a fight I've wanted, I've chased it for a long time and I've finally got it now. It's time to deliver.
It's no secret he's had his own problems outside of the ring for the past few months with the Golden Boy, DAZN stuff. Then he became a free agent. I just think fights at this kind of level aren't as easy to make as fights at a lower level. There's a lot that goes into the contractual side of things. I think it was always going to take a little bit of time but we got there in the end. Maybe he was trying to get me as late as possible. It's short notice but I'm not just getting off the couch with four weeks to go and trying to work a miracle. I've been in the gym, I've been working so I'll be good on the night. I'll be ready for whatever comes on December 19.
In life opportunities don't present themselves very often and sometimes they only present themselves once and that's it, your chance might have gone. I've said for a while now after becoming world champion the goal was to be involved in the biggest fights possible and when the biggest fight possible presents itself you've got to take it. There was no hesitation from me.
I've got to focus on me, make sure the best version of me steps in that ring and I believe the best version of me can beat anyone in the world at 168lbs. I fully believe that, including Canelo Alvarez. I'm under no illusions how good he is, I know sub par performance from me loses and that's the reality of it, but I believe the best version of me beats him.
Canelo's in the position he's in because he can do a little bit of everything. I don't think you reach the level he's got if you've got a weak part of your game. He's shown he can go on the front foot, the backfoot. He can do it all. So I've got to expect all different tactics from him. He could come and try and put it on me early, he could try what he did with [Sergey] Kovalev, taking me to the later rounds and then pick it up. I'm preparing for everything.
I know what Canelo Alvarez is like. I've seen a lot of him. But I do believe I beat him, I believe I've got the style to do it.
Joe has always believed if there's a man to beat him, it's me. Training's going well, we're working on different things and we feel we'll get the right gameplan.
Styles do make fights I think stylistically and tactically I've got the beating of him and I wouldn't be calling for this fight if I didn't believe it.
Like what we've seen with Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez, there comes a point where your ability can only make up for so much size. There's the saying a good big 'un beats a good little 'un and I believe that.
This fight is more about me showing the world how good I am. I've proved I'm a world champion but I want to prove that I can compete at the highest level.
Being around Liam in a fight week with Canelo Alvarez, and my other brothers in big fight weeks you get a feel for it and it's not a shock to the system. I know what to expect.
Liam's been in with him and there are little things you pick up only from being in with him. It's different sitting outside and watching or even watching on the telly. Little things that he [Alvarez] does well and what he feels you can catch him on. My brothers are always there for advice, they try to help me as much as possible. So I'll be getting little bits of advice off them and I just want to come up with the best gameplan possible and the best version of me possible step through the ropes, then we'll see what happens.
That's the plan, I've avenged Paul [his eldest brother, against George Groves], now I'll avenge Liam! I can't get any of Stephen's ones but I'll stick to doing Paul's and Liam's hopefully.
I think the John Ryder fight [above] was probably the main reason why this fight got made. After Groves, I don't believe I was in Canelo's plans.
I'm always looking to improve, even if I've come off a good performance. I went into the Groves fight off the back of a bad performance against [Nieky] Holzken and I took a lot of criticism for it. I knew at the time what I was capable of. I knew the best version of me turns up, I'd beat George Groves.
There is a lot more to come from me. As long as I believe in myself and believe in my own ability then I know I'll deliver on the night.
I think my career has shown, every step up I've had, every fight where people have had question marks over it, I've always delivered and I believe this will be exactly the same. I believe Canelo Alvarez, who is one of the best pound-for-pound at the moment, will bring out the best in me.
It's is the biggest fight possible for me. All the hard work of becoming a world champion, these are kind of your rewards; when you become a world champion you've got the right to the biggest fights possible. This is that for me. I've just got to make sure I go out there and perform.
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Ran in The Weaponeer on 4 February 1999
JSOW scores first combat success
By Kathi Ramont
One of the first combat-ready JSOWs hangs from the outboard weapon station on an F/A-18 aboard USS Carl Vinson before a strike sortie over Iraq.
Three successful Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW) AGM-154A missions were conducted in the Persian Gulf area during the week of Jan. 24 by an on-station Carrier Air Group. "The revolution in strike warfare has begun," wrote NAWCWD's new commander Capt. Bert Johnston, who is also the program manager for Conventional Strike Weapons, in a message to the JSOW Team. "Three JSOW were launched against targets in Iraq, and reports are that all were successful."
JSOW, conceived at the Weapons Division, is a family of low cost, air-to-ground weapons that employ a Global Positioning System-aided inertial navigation system.
Johnston sent the following message after the missiles deployment. "All of us wish for peace, but understand the world is a dangerous place and military intervention is a sometime necessity. You should all be very proud of your contribution to providing this extraordinary capability to the warfighter. The use of JSOW will most certainly save the lives of some of our men and women at the pointed end of the spear. Your efforts will affect the outcome of future battles."
"Response from the fleet has been extremely favorable," said Scott Weed, JSOW's project director, "and attention is focused on the use of these weapons at the highest levels in the Navy and in the theater of operations."
Two NAWCWD employees, LCdr. Mike Murphy, JSOW's project officer assigned to the China Lake Weapons Test Squadron, and Clyde Swasey, JSOW's logistics manager, were onboard the carrier to help train aircrews on the weapon's operation and functionality. According to Weed, Murphy was instrumental in identifying the need for a mission planning software program release version that was not on the ship but was needed to support JSOW. "Murphy personally hand-carried this crucial and classified mission planning software program to USS Carl Vinson and instructed aircrews in its use," Weed said.
These JSOWs were provided as a part of an urgent request by COMNAVAIRPAC and are the first production assets provided to the fleet, said Weed. The weapons were designed, built and delivered by Raytheon Systems Company, Lewisville, Texas, and based on the urgency of the request, transferred from their holding area at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in McAlester, Okla., to the carrier within 24 days.
NAVAIR's PMA-201, and the NAWCWD JSOW Team, helped by providing the weapons in-theater within the unusually short turnaround of three weeks through establishment of priorities, extensive coordination, and working shipping and logistics issues, Weed explained. "This is a significant accomplishment," he added.
JSOW has a range capability to satisfy standoff requirements for attacking interdiction targets from outside enemy point defenses. Weed also said that area commanders involved in the recent mission described the weapon as an "awesome new capability," and that it will revolutionize the way we [the Navy] prosecute targets.
The missile has also recently accomplished a significant program milestone -- on Jan. 21, PEO(T) issued a message which declared initial operational capability for JSOW's newest, the AGM-154A.

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Presidential Management Fellowship Program recruits second cohort
The program for recent Hopkins alums offers career training, mentorship, and the possibility of joining university staff permanently
By Amy Lunday
/ Published Oct 27, 2020
Ted Oh's year embedded with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions as one of the university's first Presidential Management Fellows is shaping up a little differently than expected.
Oh, who earned bachelor's degrees in both international studies and economics from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences in May, is working on a project to expand admissions outreach into rural areas. Normally at this time of year, the recruitment team would be flying around the country and the world, visiting high schools and bringing students to Johns Hopkins for visits and events—all of which are off the table right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Oh said.
"But something I hear all the time is that our mission, which is to find the best and brightest students from all different backgrounds, hasn't changed," Oh said. "And so it's been fascinating to see firsthand all the really creative work being done to adjust and make sure that we're still reaching students in any way we can, whether that's through things like engaging more on social media or building out extensive offerings of virtual events and online content."
"Though the pandemic has meant we are physically distant, I am encouraged that our presidential fellows are still able to lend their talents and insights to our university."
Ronald J. Daniels
President, Johns Hopkins University
The energy and enthusiasm that Oh brings to this behind-the-scenes opportunity is just what the university envisioned when it launched the Presidential Management Fellowship Program last fall. The idea is to turn Johns Hopkins University's bright, high-achieving students into dedicated staff members whose talents will support the university mission and who will make their homes—and launch their careers—in Baltimore.
"Though the pandemic has meant we are physically distant, I am encouraged that our presidential fellows are still able to lend their talents and insights to our university," JHU President Ronald J. Daniels says. "I am hopeful this experience will inspire them to put down roots in our city as they work alongside our exemplary colleagues and make lasting contributions to Johns Hopkins' academic, research, and service mission that continues unabated even in these difficult times."
Oh is one of five recent Hopkins graduates who in July started year-long, full-time jobs with a salary and benefits in various roles in university administration. The program offers career training, mentorship, and the possibility of joining university staff permanently.
"The Presidential Fellows program is a unique opportunity for Hopkins students to have an experiential learning experience in a professional role within our global, world-class university," says Vice President for Human Resources Heidi Conway. "We encourage highly qualified students to apply."
Along with supporting the rural recruitment effort, Oh has been learning about all the different functions of the admissions office, from how to give information sessions to access and diversity initiatives.
"One of the main reasons why I chose to come to Hopkins and loved my time here so much is because of the student body," Oh said. "It's truly amazing how passionate and engaged everyone is, so it's been really meaningful to be able to make that transition from being a student to working on the process of bringing those students to campus from the inside."
The other inaugural Presidential Management Fellows are:
Adler Archer, who earned a graduate certificate in business of health studies from Carey Business School in 2016 and a master's in applied health sciences informatics from the School of Medicine in 2019. His fellowship is with the Technology Innovation Center, a collaboration between JH IT and the School of Medicine.
Chase McAdams, who in 2020 earned bachelor's degrees in both applied math and statistics from the Whiting School of Engineering and in economics from the Krieger School. His fellowship is with the Investment Office.
Jenna Movsowitz, who earned a bachelor's degree from the Writing Seminars in 2020. Her fellowship is with Student Affairs.
Marc Pion, who earned a bachelor's degree in public health studies in 2020 and is pursuing an MBA at Carey. His fellowship is with the Office of Planning & Budget's Strategic Initiatives team.
Individuals from undergraduate or graduate programs who completed their degrees in 2020 or will complete them by spring 2021 are encouraged to apply. Applications will be accepted Nov. 6 through Nov. 30 on the Johns Hopkins University Career site. Submit your application via this link on jobs.jhu.edu. More information is available on the Student Affairs website and questions can be emailed to jhufellowsprogram@jhu.edu.
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My husband is a multimedia journalist and I'm a busy blogger, so obviously our phones are our greatest tools. We use them to communicate. We use them to record interviews and conversations and to snap family photos. My husband shares breaking news on social media, and I share important documents from my phone. Plus, we travel and document our trips.
Scott: "On any given day at work as a baseball correspondent, I use my phone to record video of pregame interviews with the manager regarding injury updates and other noteworthy items. Then I usually get to talk with tomorrow's pitcher. I then take a few pics of the starting lineup card for Twitter and maybe a few cool shots from batting practice for Instagram.
Many times, we have to transfer those video files from a phone to a computer so that we can edit them for broadcast or save them for a project we are working on at a later date. SanDisk's iXpand™ Flash Drive is a great tool for helping us store and transfer all those important video files. These are precious moments we don't want to lose!
This plug-in external USB drive delivers a simple way to free up space on your phone, password-protect sensitive files, automatically back up your camera roll, and even watch videos straight from the drive. It can plug into your computer's USB port so you can seamlessly transfer photos and videos from the iXpand Flash Drive to your laptop or PC.
Simply plug in the Lightning connector and you can easily move photos, videos and other files off your phone and move them to your desktop or other compatible phones to share and store, freeing up space on your device and cutting down transfer times. The iXpand Flash drive supports popular video formats (.MP4, .MOV) so you can play videos back directly from the drive.
You can even use it to automatically backup your iPhone or iPad camera roll anytime the drive is connected. No need to purchase additional cloud storage. Plus it is more secure than cloud-based storage options. Encryption software allows you to password-protect files to keep sensitive files secure across your devices.
When time is essential, the iXpand Flash Drive is great for shuttling video quickly between the clubhouse and the press box…or from the cruise ship to your computer. We wouldn't want to miss special moments like this!
Whenever and wherever inspiration strikes, SanDisk is there to help you shoot, store, and share every experience.
I need to get one of these. I'm always running out of space! I love how easy it is to use, too.
I could really benefit from a simple solution like this. I take so many photos when I go on trips and doing some quick transfers straight off my phone would help a lot.
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Perstorp aims at reducing carbon emission by producing sustainable methanol
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Perstorp, a global leader in the specialty chemicals market, has developed a production concept to produce methanol from a large variety of recovered end-of-life streams and hydrogen from electrolysis.
Business, TechnologyCarbon Capture and Utilization, carbon emissions, Perstorp, sustainable methanol
Bioplastics: Perstorp calls for action
Linda Zellner
Perstorp, a world leading specialty chemicals group headquartered in Sweden, has initiated a campaign called "Time to act" where they are launching "The Challenge", a quiz with the aim to spread knowledge. For each person joining, Perstorp will make a donation to preserve our planet. The initiative is in line with Perstorp's focus on sustainability and its aim to offer sustainable solutions. The motto is: No-one can do everything but everyone can do something!
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Perstorp announces new investments in the development of bioplastics and bioproducts
One of the plants of Perstorp
Perstorp, the world leader in ε-polycaprolactones (PCL) technology, marketed under the Capa brand, is stepping up its investment into the fast growing bioplastics market. "World demand is expected to continue to grow at over 20% pa for the foreseeable future, and Capa Thermoplastics are already playing a vital role in enhancing biopolymer performance and biodegradability across a range of bioplastic applications", Swedish company writes in a note.
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Students from the Hudson County Science Fair in New Jersey are attending Intel ISEF 2013 as Observers with Society Fellow Marie Aloia. Read on to learn more about their experiences.
Early this morning, we all went to a symposium with Nobel Prize winner and experimental physicist, Douglas Osheroff. I came in knowing nothing about him or what he did. I came out being super fascinated with super liquids, super fluidity, and helium-3. One wouldn't expect a Nobel Prize winner to be treated like a rock star, but at Intel ISEF, it was different; before and after the session, crowds of people were around him, following his every move. Sharif was lucky enough to get the back of his ID signed while Alfred asked to get his stuffed "bunny suit" figure signed.
Having a couple of hours to spare before our next session, we all decided to go to the e-Lounge. Once we walked in, Sharif was immediately drawn to the presentation by Brent Brushnell (co-founder of Two Bit Circus). The next presentation was given by Intel's Futurist, Brian David Johnson; he talked about the [Tomorrow] project and [science fiction competition] for students from ages 13 to 25.
From the super fast computers to the awesome music, the highlight of that time was meeting people from other countries. Hearing words like "hyung" and "oppa," I turned around and asked if they were from South Korea. They smiled and cheered when I spoke a couple of Korean words. Later, Alfred joined Charmaine and Chrystal when they conversed with the Filipinos. Right before leaving the e-Lounge, the group ran into some Italians. Claudio, Andrei, and Francesco were friendly and enthusiastic about their projects, and the New Jerseyians hit it off with them right away!
Around 2pm, at the Nobel Prize panel, the rock star treatment continued. The three-section hall was filled with people who wanted to hear J. Michael Bishop, H. Robert Horvitz, Sir Harold Kroto, and Douglas Osheroff talk. The whole session went well; the scientists garnered a great amount of cheers as they gave intellectual yet witty answers. After the panel, we were able to have a personal one-on-one with the scientists. Sharif met and conversed with J. Michael Bishop. I was fortunate enough to be the first in line to meet Sir Kroto with Mina and Jan-alfred.
To finish off the night, we all walked across the street to Chase Field to watch the Diamondbacks play the Braves. To our great surprise, we were seated in front of our new Italian friends. We had a blast cheering for the Diamondbacks, learning Italian sports chants, talking about school and future plans, and calling the Coldstone Creamery Ice Cream we were eating "diabetes in a cup" but enjoying it anyway. The D-backs won, 2-0. It was a great night and we are definitely looking forward to what is ahead of us here at Intel ISEF.


You might be going to your regularly-scheduled eye exam, or you may be following a recommendation or referral from another health care provider.
The more you know going in, the more relaxed you'll be!
Then you'll undergo a series of vision and ocular health testing to examine the overall health or your eyes and quality of your vision. We will examine your eyes for signs of any potential vision problems or eye diseases. In many instances, your pupil may be dilated (opened) using drops so that your we can better see the structures of the eye.
Afterward, we will have an honest discussion about the current state of your eye health and vision, and may "prescribe" vision correction for you in the form of eyeglasses or contact lenses. Any health concerns or possibly serious vision complications will also be discussed, including the next steps you must take to preserve and protect your sight.
In general, a routine eye exam will last less than an hour, depending upon the amount of testing that you need.
Visiting eye doctors as a result of a vision screening is also common, but remember: vision screenings offered by health clinics, pediatricians, public schools or local charitable organizations are not a substitute for comprehensive eye exams. Be sure to bring the findings from your screening to us—it's a great way to begin the discussion of your current eye health.
Many vision problems and eye diseases often present minimal, if any, symptoms. That's why it's so important to make regular appointments to see an eye doctor. Since vision can change gradually over time, it's important to know that you're seeing your best, year after year.


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Sharing wild food recipes gets easier as my favorite organic farmers and local specialty foods markets are now selling these "weeds" in addition to cultivated vegetables. Most of my early wild edibles discoveries were by trial and error. As I got older, I discovered experts who published their knowledge and gave classes in some cases….


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Feng Shui can be confusing to the beginner and quite often, the more you research it in books or on websites, the more confusing it actually becomes. This is because there are many methods or "schools" of feng shui. Some methods are very quick and easy to use, whilst others are more advanced and require knowledge of complex techniques to fully understand. However, all the classical methods originated in China and have been tried and tested over thousands of years ago. We begin with one of the earliest types of feng shui.
The oldest documented form of feng shui, Form School is how feng shui was practiced thousands of years ago before the invention of the magnetic compass. These ancient people studied the land, qi flow and the principles of yin and yang. From this, they learnt how best to site their homes, ensuring plentiful harvests and healthy livestock, thereby ensuring their own prosperity.
Today using Form School means analysing natural features such as trees, hills, mountains, rivers and lakes. In the urban environment, this also includes other buildings, walls and fences. Form School is still relevant today, and particularly important in Flying Star Feng Shui.
Although thousands of years old, the term "feng shui" only really came to be known in the west within the last thirty years or so with the introduction of "Black Hat Feng Shui". Generally, this is the first type of feng shui that people come across and use, although many using this system are unaware of its actual name. In an attempt to simplify the complex rules of traditional Chinese Feng Shui, Black Hat uses the Ba Gua, also known as an Energy Map or Bagua Grid, to divide a building into eight "Life Aspirations" or "Stations". It is also common to see the Ba Gua, meaning "Eight Trigrams", incorrectly divided into nine sectors.
In its original form, Black Hat feng shui does not use a compass and the main door is always in only one of three sectors. Sometimes, directions are taken into account and incorrectly referred to as being part of "compass" school. The simplicity of this system means that Black Hat feng shui is very popular, however it relies on the power of a positive mind and in particular, the use of decorative "enhancers" or objects that you must place around the home to keep you positive and focused on your goals. If you like these new age accessories and they fit in with your decor, that's fine, but traditionally, Feng Shui cures were simply the correct use of colour, shape and natural materials such as plants and of course, water.
Traditional feng shui masters are more interested in the type of qi that enters a site and to do this they use more than just the simple bagua. In addition, a feng shui master will also use Chinese Astrology in conjunction with Feng Shui because using Feng Shui in a building without finding out the energy of the people who actually live or work there, is meaningless.
Compass Schools, as the name suggest, use compass bearings and various feng shui calculations, but within this group, there are differences. Methods such as Eight Mansions or Eight House (Ba Zhi) are increasingly popular but very often misunderstood. This system uses the 8 trigrams to designate auspicious and inauspicious sections of a building, but having been greatly simplified, often causes great confusion.
Although useful when properly implemented, Eight House does not account for the effect of time on the energy within a building and is therefore not as dynamic as other methods.
Flying Star Feng Shui or Xuan Kong Feng Shui is considered one of the most powerful and long lasting methods of feng shui. It uses a Luo Pan or Chinese compass to gain an accurate compass bearing of a building, together with complex calculations that supply specific information about the site. This degree of accuracy ensures the feng shui analysis is not only unique to that building but most importantly, that the effects of time are taken into account. The occupant's birth dates should also be used in conjunction with Flying Star to help identify the relationship between them and the energy pattern of their environment.
Attention: Those Seeking The Truth About Feng Shui (And the Adventure Awaiting within Your Home).
All you need to improve your life (and the lives of others) is potentially slipping through your fingers by not taking advantage of the energy already in your home or office.
Your space is a mesocosm of the outside world in the same way that an atom , the smallest building block of matter, is a replica of our own solar system.
By changing one we change the other; that's where you, the microcosm comes in. After all, how many times have you felt better after redecorating your own home or living environment?
Now by learning feng shui you can do this with purpose and read your environment to see the effect it is already having on your life. Furthermore, you can make subtle changes without decorating, to invite the things that you want to happen manifest in your life. More.
Practical advice on how to apply traditional Feng Shui cures in your home.
Find out how colour is used in Feng Shui according to the Five Elements.
Traditional feng shui cures, remedies and enhancements.
The ancient trigram symbols that contain great knowledge and wisdom.
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Q: Números correlativos según último registro insertado Estoy creando y guardando en la base de datos un número correlativo al último guardado, en una consulta que se ejecuta dentro de un bucle.
La correlatividad está lograda y el primer registro lo inserta correctamente, pero los siguientes, en lugar de leer el último valor insertado, lee el anterior.
Es decir:
Si en la base de datos, el último registro es el 00003.
todos los registros que se insertan serán con el número 00004.
y lo que necesito es que se inserten 00004, 00005, 00006, 00007, etc.
Aquí mi código y espero haber sido claro.
Saludos y gracias!
<?php

    $Cliente=$_POST['cliente'];
    $ClientesAFacturar = array_unique($Cliente);

    $num=0;
    foreach ($ClientesAFacturar as $NuevaFactura)
    {
        $num++;

        include ("includes/conexion.php");
        $resultClientes = mysql_query("SELECT id_cliente, razonsocial, nombrefantasia, direccion_fiscal,nro_fiscal,piso_fiscal,depto_fiscal,codigopostal_fiscal,localidad_fiscal,provincia_fiscal,pais_fiscal,cuit,id_iva,periodofacturacion,tipofacturacion,condicionpago,descuento,diasvencimiento,id_facturador
            FROM clientes
            WHERE id_cliente = '$NuevaFactura'
        ");

        if ($rowCliente= mysql_fetch_array($resultClientes)){
            $NumCliente=$rowCliente["id_cliente"];
            $Facturador=$rowCliente["id_facturador"];

            do {
?>

...

<?php
    $resultFacturador = mysql_query("SELECT id_facturador, facturadortalonario, facturadoriva FROM facturadores WHERE id_facturador = '$Facturador'");
    if ($rowFacturador = mysql_fetch_array($resultFacturador)){
        $FacturadorIVA = $rowFacturador["facturadoriva"];
        do {
            $FacturadorTalonario = $rowFacturador["facturadortalonario"];
        }
        while ($rowFacturador = mysql_fetch_array($resultFacturador));
    } else {
        echo 'No tiene facturador cargado.';
    }

    //Obtener último numero insertado en la DDBB y Genera nuevo Numero de Factura

    $rs = mysql_query("SELECT MAX(id_facturadeventa) AS idFactura, FacturadorTalonario FROM facturasdeventa WHERE FacturadorTalonario = '$FacturadorTalonario' ");
    if ($row = mysql_fetch_row($rs)) {
        $numfactura = trim($row[0]);
    }
    $rsped = mysql_query("SELECT id_facturadeventa, FacturadorTalonario, facturaNumero FROM facturasdeventa WHERE id_facturadeventa = '$numfactura' ");
    while ($rowrsped = mysql_fetch_array($rsped)) {
        $numero_factura_ultima=$rowrsped["facturaNumero"];
    }

    $numero_factura_nueva = $numero_factura_ultima;
    $numero_factura_nueva++;

?>

factura A

Nº: <?php
    $NumeroDeFacturaNuevo = str_pad($numero_factura_nueva, 9, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT);
    $NumeroDeFacturaCompleto = $FacturadorTalonario . "-" .  $NumeroDeFacturaNuevo;
    echo ''.$NumeroDeFacturaCompleto.'';

?>

...

    <input type="hidden" id="FacturadorTalonario" name="FacturadorTalonario" value="<?php echo ''.$FacturadorTalonario.'';?>">
    <input type="hidden" id="NumeroDeFacturaNuevo" name="NumeroDeFacturaNuevo" value="<?php echo ''.$NumeroDeFacturaNuevo.'';?>">
.........

        <div id="Letras<?php echo ''.$num.'';?>">

    <div id="ResultadoDeFactura<?php echo ''.$num.'';?>">

<?php
            } while ($rowCliente = mysql_fetch_array($resultClientes));
        } else {
            ECHO 'No existe el cliente.';
        }
    } //Fin foreach
?>

Archivo facturas_escribirfacturaenddbb.php

<?php

$facturaNumero=$_POST['facturaNumero'];
$FacturadorTalonario=$_POST['FacturadorTalonario'];
$FechaDeFactura=$_POST['FechaDeFactura'];
$FechaDeVencimiento=$_POST['FechaDeVencimiento'];
$PeriodoImputacion=$_POST['PeriodoImputacion'];
$id_cliente=$_POST['id_cliente'];
$cuit=$_POST['cuit'];
$cuitLimpio = preg_replace('([^A-Za-z0-9])', '', $cuit);
$iva_condicion=$_POST['iva_condicion'];
$subtotalparaBBDD=$_POST['subtotalparaBBDD'];
$descuento=$_POST['descuento'];
$iva_valor=$_POST['iva_valor'];
$total=$_POST['total'];

$connect = include ("includes/conexion.php");

//Escribe Factura en DDBB

if(isset($facturaNumero)){

$queryInsertaFactura =
"INSERT INTO facturasdeventa (FacturadorTalonario,facturaNumero,FechaDeFactura,FechaDeVencimiento,PeriodoImputacion,id_cliente,cuit,iva_condicion,subtotal,descuento,iva_valor,total) VALUES ('$FacturadorTalonario', '$facturaNumero', '$FechaDeFactura', '$FechaDeVencimiento', '$PeriodoImputacion', '$id_cliente', '$cuitLimpio', '$iva_condicion', '$subtotalparaBBDD', '$descuento', '$iva_valor', '$total')";

if (mysql_query($queryInsertaFactura) === TRUE) {
    echo "Factura generada correctamente.";
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $queryInsertaFactura . "
";
};

mysql_close($connect);
}

?>

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On 16-17 October two linked events were held to commemorate the life and work of Max Watson. The first, in St Antony's College, was jointly arranged by PEFM and SEESOX and covered his career under the title "A Tale of Three Cities". Tributes were heard from those who knew him and his work in Washington, Brussels and Oxford, covering his time with the IMF, the European Commission, The Bank of Ireland and the University. It built up a full picture of Max and his many achievements. The second was organised by the family and in particular his widow Janny in Dorchester Abbey, close to Max's house. This concentrated rather more on his life and interests; but continued to build up the story of his multi-facetted career as well.


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QUESTION #3: What are the immediate steps necessary to reshape American Culture?
George Barna:
"Well, you know, first of all we've got to understand the importance of timing. When I see results like this and recognize that they're tied to recent circumstances, the election, some of the cabinet appointments and some of the executive orders that have been signed and so forth, what that says to me is that all of this has been building momentum. Momentum is a resource that has to be used carefully and in a timely manner. If you squander it, it's very, very difficult to regain that momentum. It takes a lot more energy to re-stoke the momentum than it would take to simply exploit it when it already exists.
I would say timing is critical. Recognizing that right now, sage cons are saying yeah, let's go. This is our moment. That's an important statement for leaders to hear and to recognize okay, I've got to rev it up. I think there's a second thing to keep in mind here as well which is that part of what is keeping that enthusiasm level of SageCons so high is the high level of activity from the left.
You look at all the demonstrations, the protests, the use of the media in the exaggerated way that's been happening by people who don't like Mr. Trump. They don't like some of the policies that he's advancing. They're concerned about the direction that the nation may be shifting in. All of that has energized the left. If conservatives were to look at that and simply sit back and say, 'huh, isn't that interesting? They're having a good time.' without playing ball at the same time, without getting on the field and being ready to do something, well, that in and of itself is a very significant indicator of where the culture is and where it could go.
They have to be competitive, if you will, when the time is right and that time is now. What happens, too, when you don't take advantage of the opportunity to get people who are willing to act, to do so when they're ready is that you dissipate their sense of hope and optimism about what could be for the future. We all know the children's stories, the fairy tales, but we also know real life examples of when leaders didn't take advantage of that moment of opportunity and it was lost and it wasn't regained.
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Alternate History Discussion: Before 1900
A Son of Aragon - Henry VIII's Catholic Heir
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A Son of Aragon- Henry VIII's Catholic Heir
Hello all. This will be my new timeline. After returning to the site and in the process of wrapping up Disaster at Leuthen I will now be beginning a new journey. One where we will revisit the chaos and opportunities of early Reformation Europe. We shall begin with that age old question of alternative history: what if Catherine of Aragon had had a surviving son? I shall as always try to remain in the realm of plausibility but may look to push and experiment more than I have previously. Things to look forward to are a very different Britain, a new balance of power in Eastern and Central Europe, religious and political struggles from the Irish Sea to the Bay of Bengal.
This will be a top-down style of timeline, written in the same manner and format as Disaster at Leuthen was. And I may indulge in a fair bit of artistic license. Months of research, planning and writing have already been done and a fair plan has been worked out for the next century. After that we shall find out together. We will begin by addressing the small changes in England and the surrounding states. But then in the next few years the butterflies will flap their wings and then we shall see Europe face its new destiny come what may.
The POD will be Catherine's rumored pregnancy of 1517. It is likely this ended OTL in miscarriage which in turn accelerated the souring of her marriage to King Henry and and his desire for annulment and a new wife. And we all know where that ended.
But what if it hadn't? What if she had seen through the pregnancy? What if she had a born a son? How would history be different if Henry VIII had gotten his prince? And secured his Catholic heir? Well what follows shall be my interpretation of a possible different history.
Do not listen to the Insults and Detractions against the Vicar of Christ which the Fury of the little Monk spews up against the Pope; nor contaminate Breasts sacred to Christ with impious Heresies, for if one sews these he has no Charity, swells with vain Glory, loses his Reason, and burns with Envy." - Henry VIII on Luther in the Defence of the Seven Sacraments (1521).
mrmandias
1SaBy
Okay, here we go again...
Is there a reason your going for the seventh pregnancy, the one after Mary?
The fifth one sounded easier to change when on 30th June 1513, Catherine was left as regent in England when Henry VIII went to fight in France. In November 1513, she went into labour prematurely and gave birth to a stillborn boy.
Jonathan said:
Yes there is. Quite simply there are things that have happened by 1517 that I didn't want to change. Specifically Mary's birth (she will definitely have a part to play) and some of the events in Italy and the Balkans.
Bastiram
Looking forward to this
Direwolf22 said:
That's fair enough, I'll wait and watch with interest.
BlueFlowwer
SealTheRealDeal
I joined too late to witness in DaL's original run, but I'm certainly watching this.
Polish Eagle
He was the Defender of the Faith! He was supposed to destroy the Protestants, not join them! Bring balance to the Church, not leave it in darkness!
I'll be watching this timeline with great interest.
Glad to see there's a lot of interest. Will start posting later this week.
Will also try during this to take in reader interests about what you'd all like to see after the first few updates.
I demand a happy Catherine of Aragon! Also if Charles Brandon can get run over by a runaway wagon or something that would be perfect, thank you very much.
desmirelle
I like Charles Brandon - definitely better than Henry VIII - so I'm hoping his life doesn't change much. But it butterflies a marriage to Anne B.
darthfanta
Hopefull this little boy doesn't inherit his father's blood disorders.
the Kell theory raises it's head.....I think a prefrontal head injury in 1524 and increasing bad health accounts for it, myself. Especially since Henry basically went from prisoner (of his father) to King without any real training and, of course, absolute power corrupts absolutely and Henry VIII just might be the poster boy for that saying.
but direwolf, so far so good.
desmirelle said:
I think the fact that he had so many stillborn children most certainly is an indication that there's something wrong on the genetics level,especially since most of the stillborns happened when Henry was athletic and young.
True he had some problems. But I think the twin jousting incidents in 1524 and 1536 played a large part in those. These will be butterflied. I do think he had some other issues as well so don't expect him to live until hes 80.
Darth_Kiryan
You know, this is very refreshing. Everyone always goes for a son by Anne Boleyn.
DOn't actually recall if I have every seen a surviving son by Katherine Timeline yet.
Kellan Sullivan
Darth_Kiryan said:
The idea gets pulled out of mothballs every so often, but what happens (IMO) is that people get carried away with the idea of Henry has a son by Katherine of Aragon in 1511/1513/151x, and don't realize how much stuff would change beyond the whole no Anne Boleyn and the other 4 wives thing. Sure, Henry could still take England Protestant (for other reasons than OTL), but a son means we factor out most (if not all) the hoops that Henry's jumping through OTL 1520s, and he's too much of a glory-hound to enjoy a splendid isolation type government. Thus, it gets awkward, and (IMO) the writer either loses interest or just takes the route of least resistance and either keeps England Catholic or has everything happen as OTL (if Henry's gone Protestant for some reason). Whereas, if Anne Boleyn/one of the others gives Henry a son, all of that water's over the dam already, so the world would be more recognizable under a Henry IX born in 1533/34/36/4x than one born in 151x.
But that's just my opinion.
The last attempt at giving Henry and Katherine a son - there are probably others, but it's the only one I know of without having to go to the search function.
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/fruit-of-the-pomegranate-a-tudor-timeline.335629/


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Britons abandon cash as they flee Thailand
By Andrew Drummond in Bangkok
12:01AM BST 29 Jul 2001
TWO Britons and two Americans, fleeing Thailand after a police crackdown on bogus share dealing, handed over more than $100,000 (£72,000) in cash to officials at Bangkok airport yesterday before boarding a flight to Switzerland.
As more than 20 crooked share-dealing operations closed down throughout the Thai capital putting hundreds of young smartly dressed Britons and other young foreigners on the streets, many of the bosses appeared to be fleeing the capital with the cash float from their safes.
Two Britons, Patrick Campbell, 33, and John Hayward, 29, were arrested with Americans Richard Albino, 46, and Donald Kern, 40, as they attempted to board an early morning Thai airlines flight to Zurich.
They were asked to accompany immigration officers to a room where a search revealed that they were carrying $100,000 and 2.5 million Thai baht (£40,000).
They were allowed to board the flight TG979 after leaving the cash behind. A Thai police spokesman said: "They offered to give the cash to the Thai government to help out with the country's economic problems.
Thais charge Britons over £120m scam
"We accepted. They were members of an illegal trading company but we did not have specific evidence against them at the airport."
Meanwhile Thai police have confirmed that they would like to question John Kealey, a Dublin businessman and the boss of the Brinton Group and Benson Dupont Capital Management which was raided on Thursday.
They also named Malcolm Schavarian, thought to be American, and Ronan Murray, another Irishman, as people they would like to interview.
Kealey is known to have managed the bank accounts in Hong Kong to which investors, who are thought to have lost more than $100 million, transferred their cash.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — All night, the people of Gaza heard rumors of what was happening in Shijaiyah, the town glowing orange on the horizon, the scene of the most intense Israeli bombardment of the 13-day-old conflict.
Then, during a brief cease-fire Sunday, they got a closer look.
After a few hundred yards, Shijaiyah's main boulevard became impassable for vehicles because of shredded trees and downed power lines. House after house showed signs of heavy damage and raging fires from sustained shelling by tanks and artillery.
Shattered glass and household belongings — a stuffed animal, a pair of undershorts, a bag of mangos — were strewn on the sidewalks. Charred automobiles and at least two abandoned ambulances blocked the way.
The earliest responders found bodies in the streets.
The Gaza Health Ministry, run by Hamas, says that at least 70 Palestinians died in the Shijaiyah offensive, including at least 17 children and 14 women. Thirteen Israeli soldiers were also slain, seven of them when a mine blew up under their armored vehicle, military officials said.
Reporters who arrived in the midafternoon during the cease-fire, arranged by the Red Crescent humanitarian organization, witnessed chaotic scenes of ambulance drivers struggling to fill their bays with wounded. On one street, seven stretchers were carried out of the rubble in 10 minutes. Some of the injured looked near death. Armed militants dashed down the street, their faces covered by checkered scarves.
Israeli military officials said that Shijaiyah was an important and legitimate target — a stronghold for militants and a launchpad for constant rocket fire at Israel, with a dense urban population living atop a warren of tunnels used by militant wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Capt. Eytan Buchman, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, said the assault on Shijaiyah was intended to destroy Hamas tunnels and was not part of an effort by Israeli troops to move into the urban core or reoccupy the Gaza Strip.
The district is less than a mile from the Israeli border, he said, and many of Hamas's tunnels are that long. The militants, he added, were fighting back fiercely.
In the early morning, thousands of panicked residents were fleeing the overcrowded community of shops and homes and heading into Gaza City.
"I saw dead and injured on the street. I couldn't help them. I couldn't carry them. I had my arms full with my own children," said Jalal Ghoula, an unemployed police officer who sat slumped in the shade of a brick wall outside the Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest medical center.
Ghoula said that residents had been warned by the Israelis to evacuate but that many would leave the area briefly and then return. The United Nations is offering refuge in 60 vacant schools but provides the barest minimum — temporary safety, potable water and a floor to sleep on.
Ghoula left on foot with 32 relatives, including 19 children. "Only God saved our souls," he said.
Inside the hospital, emergency rooms were overflowing with patients.
In Gaza City, evacuees who arrived from Shijaiyah were being allowed to shelter in the lobbies of buildings, in corridors. They were exhausted, desperate, afraid and asking for food.
Washington Post staff writer Ruth Eglash in Kfar Aza, Israel, contributed to this report.


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RBI Bi- Monthly Monetary Policy
RBI Leaves Repo Rate unchanged at 4%
Reverse repo rate remains unchanged at 3.35%
Maintained an accommodative stance.
Inflation is likely to remain elevated with some relief in winter months and bumper Kharif arrivals
Retail inflation seen at 6.8% in third quarter, at 5.8% for Q4 FY21, and 5.2-4.6% in H1 FY22.
RBI sees GDP for FY21 contracting 7.5%.
The RBI had estimated GDP to contract by 9.5% in its assessment in October
Expects GDP is estimated to grow by 0.1% in Q3 FY21 and by 0.7% in Q4 FY21. It is estimated to grow by 21.9-6.5% in the first half of the next financial year, with risks broadly balanced.
Recovery in rural demand is expected to strengthen further, while urban demand is also gaining momentum
RBI has decided to formulate guidelines on dividend distribution by NBFCs.
Commercial banks and cooperative banks will not be allowed to pay any dividends from the profits made in FY20.
On-tap TLTRO will be expanded to cover other stressed sectors in tandem with ECLGS scheme.
RTGS system to be made 24X7 in next few days.
From January onwards, the limit for contactless card transaction will be upped from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 per transaction.
Regional rural banks will be allowed to access the liquidity adjustment facility, the marginal standing facility and the call money markets.
"We will continue to respond to global spillovers in order to secure domestic stability with our liquidity management operations. The various instruments at our command will be used at the appropriate time, calibrating them to ensure that ample liquidity is available to the system. Our paramount objective is to support growth while ensuring that financial stability is maintained and preserved at all times" said Shaktikanta Das, RBI Governor.
RBI in its Monetary has indicated that there is still room for monetary policy support for growth, which is not yet broad-based. Hence, one may expect that the RBI can cut interest rates based on the inflation trajectory. That said, a lot will depend on how food inflation moves in the next few months. The expectation is that inflation will be above 5.5 per cent for the rests of the year. Quite clearly, the scope for rate cuts in the financial year will be difficult under these conditions. It is more likely that rate cuts can be invoked earliest in financial year FY22. The RBI's take on growth is interesting as it is looking at marginal positive growth in Q3 and Q4. This is based on faster-than-expected recoveries witnessed in several sectors including services. While Q4 forecast is more or less in lines with the market, the Q3 forecast is unique even though growth is to be just 0.1 per cent. This will imply that the RBI expects sustenance of demand in December, too. If this does happen, it can be said that growth in Q4 could be even higher. The overall forecast of -7.5 per cent for the year appears to be in line with CARE Ratings' estimate of -7.5-7.7 per cent.


Based on this premise, how does Barney Franks and Chris Dodd feel right now? Those Bas!@#$ds, I mean BASTARDS!
The way I read it, they have good consciences (& lots of proceeds).
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Close enough to clearly hear what someone says or does. They didn't realize I was within earshot when they were discussing my performance in school. Let's step outside—I don't want to fight while they're within earshot.
close enough to something to hear it. (*Typically: be ~; come ~; get ~; move ~.) As soon as I got within earshot of the music, I decided that I really didn't belong there.
near enough to hear somebody/something or to be heard: As she came within earshot of the group, she heard her name mentioned.


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I have to tell you that I have never seen The Sopranos, but in reading the press this morning, everyone was surprised and/or upset by the ending of this series. Here is the Washington Post point of view this morning.
So, in case you missed it, here are the final five minutes of the episode. Watch it now before YouTube is forced to remove it from their database. Personally, I don't get the ending, but, I guess that's how the writer/creator wanted to leave it.
Update: After a couple of hours since the original post, the above video had already been "deleted by the user." I've also seen this message today: "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Home Box Office, Inc." I did manage to find found another YouTube link (for now). If you haven't seen it, click here before this is deleted.


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The Orphan Master's Son Part 2, Pages 305-327
By Adam Johnson
Part 2, Pages 305-327
Sun Moon changes her mind about Casablanca—she absolutely must see it. With 90 minutes of charge on the laptop, they get ready for a nonstop Ingrid Bergman/Humphrey Bogart experience.
Ga has to translate into Korean for Sun Moon, and at first things don't go well. Sun Moon is disappointed that there's no singing, no glorification of anything, no portrayal of real problems.
Sun Moon doesn't understand why Bergman's character can't just settle down with the nice Victor Laszlo. But then things change.
Sun Moon begins to see similarities between herself and the characters. By the end, she's crying—which is the proper response to Casablanca, of course.
But Sun Moon's crying because the black-and-white purity of the film makes her "acting in color" pale in comparison.
Sun Moon vows to go to the place where this film was made. She'll need a letter of transit, just like Rick and Ilsa.
Ga tells Sun Moon that it's just a movie, but she goes on: Ga is like Rick, and he will get them out. Ga feels a little freaked out by this.
Ga wants to make his own choices in life and not be ruled by a character in an American film. Also, he's not sure that Sun Moon wants him in her life. And what about her kids? Would she leave them?
But no—Sun Moon accepts that impostor Ga is her husband now, and they all must go.
Ga asks Sun Moon if the real Commander Ga had a plan for when everything came crashing down. He did, she says, but it didn't include his wife and kids.
Ga promises that his own plans won't be like this.
The Interrogator can't sleep for thinking about himself and Commander Ga. He feels that they are alike in some ways—both are essentially nameless. They both also don't know the fates of people in their lives.
It occurs to the Interrogator that once he writes a biography, he doesn't really know what becomes of the person. He feels that if can write Ga's biography, he will also be writing his own.
Down on the street below, the Interrogator can see workers being rounded up for some detail or other. He asks his father, who he assumes is also awake, if this is all there is to life. He gets no response.
When the Interrogator gets back to Division 42, another member of his team is missing. The percentages have been bad for his team—they're really dwindling.
The Interrogator takes his team to search Sun Moon's and Comrade Buc's houses. They find the tunnel with the rice and DVDs, but the garden has been harvested.
Q-Kee makes some deductions based on the arrangement of things in the bathroom and the bedroom. Ga and Sun Moon were in love, but they haven't had sex.
The interrogators note that only one of Sun Moon's dresses is gone. Q-Kee understands that the dresses in the closet were costumes from Sun Moon's movies, and she feels she can figure out which dress is missing if she's given a little time.
In Comrade Buc's house, the interrogators find only a secret stash of miniature Bibles. They divide the rice and DVDs, but chuck the Bibles out the window.
The Interrogator continues to work with Ga, but he's not getting what he wants: the location of Sun Moon's body.
But the Interrogator also wants something else: to understand how Ga got from showing up at Sun Moon's door as the murderer of her husband to the point of sharing a bed and bathroom with her.
What the Interrogator really wants to know is how to be loved.
And this is where the dynamic shifts between these two men. Ga starts asking questions. Is the Interrogator in love? Does the woman he loves mind what he does for a living?
The Interrogator is a little surprised. What's so bad about his work? He saves people from the Pubyok, after all.
The Interrogator throws the question back at Ga: why should he have been worthy of Sun Moon's love? Ga was just a replacement husband. Who loves those?
It suddenly occurs to the Interrogator that perhaps he, too, is a replacement. Had his parents had children before him? They were kind of old, and they seemed distant from him.
The Interrogator decides to take a look at his parents' files, just to make sure, but he doesn't find anything noteworthy. It seems to have been only him from the beginning.
When he returns to Division 42, the Interrogator realizes that Q-Kee is cozying up to Sarge. He also notices that he's wickedly behind on his workload: 11 unfinished cases.
The Interrogator has even forgotten to check on his easiest case, a nurse who had flirted with a South Korean officer. He had taken her in five days ago.
By the time the Interrogator gets to her, this nurse is really eager to denounce everyone she knows and confess to anything.
Despite this, the Interrogator hooks the nurse up to the autopilot. He touches her so that he can feel the electricity moving through her body.
The Interrogator thinks back on his days as an intern, when he and his co-worker Leonardo performed lobotomies on most subjects. But the lobotomies didn't produce the desired results. Instead of creating happy, dedicated workers, they made zombies out of everyone. No work could be done on the labor farms with these people.
This experience made the Interrogator want to improve their methods.
The autopilot was "test driven" by him and his crew. It delivered electric shocks designed to peel away a subject's personality and desire to resist.
The nurse is getting her fair share now, so much so that the Interrogator can smell ozone in the room.
It's back to impostor Ga, who is fulfilling his promise to the Dear Leader to oversee a replica of the Senator's Texas ranch. He meets Comrade Buc on the site—who hands him the pair of cowboy boots he had had to leave behind at the store in Texas.
Ga changes the real Ga's shoes for the boots, which are a better fit.
Buc wonders if the set-up looks enough like Texas. Ga tells him that the Dear Leader has never been there, so who cares?
Ga reflects on a conversation he had with Sun Moon that morning. She wanted him to confirm that her husband was really, truly never coming back. She was afraid he might pop up again. Ga told her she would never see him again—but in her mind, that's not the same thing as saying that Commander Ga is dead.
For sure he's dead, impostor Ga said. It's just that it was dark down there. And things were crazy. And he'd refused to crush his skull with a stone, like Mongnan suggested.
What if Ga had only very nearly killed the real Commander Ga? That would be awkward.
As he surveys "Texas," Ga thinks of Dr. Song, who is now dead. He asks Buc what will happen if, despite their work, the Dear Leader isn't happy.
After all, Dr. Song followed all the rules.
Buc shows Ga a ridiculously enormous branding iron. It says "Property of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea"—we kid you not.
Ga laughs at the branding iron but assures Buc that it's spelled correctly.
Ga then confesses to Buc his worries about possibly maybe not exactly having absolutely killed Commander Ga in the mine.
Now it's Buc's turn to reassure Ga. They would have heard by now if Commander Ga were still alive.
Impostor Ga tries to hint that Buc should maybe distance himself from him—for the sake of his wife and girls.
Buc gets suspicious. Ga explains that he and Sun Moon's family will be leaving on the American plane when the delegation goes. They're defecting.
Now Buc is mad that he knows. Why would Ga tell him such a thing? He's placed Buc in danger.
Ga changes the subject by saying that the gigantic branding iron will probably kill the ox they procured for the branding demonstration.
Though Comrade Buc is angry with Ga for telling him his plans, he believes that Ga has a chance of making it. He feels that Ga is extraordinary in some ways.
Buc asks if Ga is in love with Sun Moon. Could he live without her? No, Ga says.
Buc tells Ga that if he chooses to go with Sun Moon, the chances of making it are average. If, however, he stayed by the Dear Leader's side and distracted him, her chances would be good.
It's convenient for another reason: Comrade Buc won't be the one to suffer for the defection, since Ga himself will be around to do that.
Buc promises to help Ga through the repercussions if he stays in North Korea.
At this moment, Commander Park approaches and says there's been a change of plans.
Back in the Dear Leader's bunker, Ga learns that the Americans won't even be leaving the tarmac on their visit to North Korea. He tells Ga that they have to move the ranch to the airport.
The Dear Leader is humiliated by the American plan, so he's trying to think of a humiliating gift to give them. He's leaning toward rhinoceros-horn bookends.
Ga also thinks they should give back the pallets of food a Texas church group had sent for them when they made the trip. And, he says, they should give back the dog, Brando.
In lieu of the Bibles that were also sent home with them, they could offer Kim Jong Il's latest work on opera.
The Dear Leader is pleased by this, and he decides to show Ga something important.
Part 1, Pages 7-20
Part 1, Pages 20-34
Part 1, Pages 91-112
Versions of Reality
Foreignness and the "Other"
Pak Jun Do/Imposter Commander Ga
Sun Moon
The Interrogator
Kim Jong Il (The Dear Leader)
Comrade Buc
Commander Ga
Li Mongnan
Q-Kee
Dr. Song
The American Rower (a.k.a. Allison Jensen)
The Second Mate
The Second Mate's Wife
The Senator
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When Ginger Boswell and her husband first purchased forestland in 1993, they began inviting students from the local school to their property. A district state forester would accompany the students, conduct a forestry presentation, and do PLT activities with the youth. Ginger was so inspired with the PLT program that in 1999 she attended the Texas Forestry Association's Teachers' Conservation Institute and a year later became trained as a PLT facilitator. Every year, she leads PLT activities for the Texas Forest Service's annual Houston's Backyard program and helps with the "Walk in the Forest" PLT workshop for pre-service educators from Sam Houston State University. Whether she's leading a workshop or simply conducting a PLT activity, Ginger introduces teachers and students to the first-hand perspectives of a land steward.
Ginger was named National PLT Outstanding Educator Honoree in 2008.
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Denise Trufan
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Мурманские инициативы — внешнеполитические предложения Генерального секретаря ЦК КПСС М. С. Горбачёва, сделанные 1 октября 1987 года в Мурманске. Мурманские инициативы послужили прологом сотрудничества в Баренцевом/Евроарктическом регионе.

Инициативами предполагалось:
 создание безъядерной зоны в Северной Европе;
 ограничение военно-морской активности в прилегающих к Северной Европе морях;
 мирное сотрудничество по рациональному освоению ресурсов Севера и Арктики;
 научное изучение Арктики;
 охрана окружающей среды Севера;
 открытие Северного морского пути.

Мурманские инициативы получили положительные отзывы за рубежом. Реализованы частично.

Литература
 Смирнов А. И. Мурманский коридор. Мурманск, 1998.

 Ю. Е. Фокин, А. И. Смирнов Киркенесская Декларация о сотрудничестве в Баренцевом/Евроарктическом регионе: взгляд из России 20 лет спустя. — М. 2012. — 88 с.

История Мурманска
Михаил Горбачёв
Внешняя политика СССР
Баренц-регион
1987 год в Мурманской области
Октябрь 1987 года

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GEORGIA ADVOCACY OFFICE, et al v. STATE OF GEORGIA, et al
October 11, 2017 – Parents of children with disabilities, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, the Center for Public Representation, the Georgia Advocacy Office, The Arc, DLA Piper LLP, and the Goodmark Law Firm filed a class action lawsuit in federal court alleging that the State of Georgia has discriminated against thousands of public school students with disabilities by providing them with a separate and unequal education via the State's Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Supports Program (GNETS). The complaint, filed in United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, alleges that the State, in denying GNETS students the opportunity to be educated with their non-disabled peers in neighborhood schools violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Read this fact sheet and press release to learn more about the lawsuit.
U.S. District Court for the Nothern District of Georgia
The Georgia Advocacy Office; The Arc of the United States; R.F., by and through his mother, B.F.; C.S., by and through his mother, M.S.; V.H., on behalf of himself and others similarly situated
State of Georgia; Nathan Deal, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Georgia; Georgia Board of Education; Georgia Department of Education; Richard Woods, in his official capacity as State School Superintendent; Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; Judy Fitzgerald, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; Department of Community Health; and Frank Berry, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Health
Georgia Advocacy Office et al v. State of Georgia et al (Complaint, filed 10/11/17)
GNETS Complaint: What You Need to Know (Plain Language Summary for Advocates, 10/11/17)
US v. Georgia (Complaint, filed 8/23/16)
Department of Justice Findings Letter regarding GNETS (7/15/17)
Parents and Advocates Sue State of Georgia over Separate and Unequal Education for Thousands of Students with Disabilities (10/11/17)
Parents, Advocates Sue State, Claim Inequities in GNETS Schools, Georgia Health News (10/11/17)
Parents of Disabled Students Suing Georgia in Federal Court, U.S. News and World Report (10/12/17)
Special Ed Program An Unconstitutional 'Dumping Ground,' Suit Claims, Disability Scoop (10/16/17)
» Georgia Advocacy Office, et al v. State of Georgia, et al.Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law


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405 F. 2d 493 - Ira Haupt Co Ottinger v. Seligson & P
405 F2d 493 Ira Haupt Co Ottinger v. Seligson & P
In the Matter of IRA HAUPT & CO., a Limited Partnership, Bankrupt.
Egon H. OTTINGER, Henry Schlenger, George Lewis, Bernard Klebanow, Michael Sloan, Gladys Knapp and Harold L. Marantz, Kenneth Alan Marantz and Edith Lee Marantz, as Executors of the Estate of Charles Marantz, Appellants,
Charles SELIGSON, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Ira Haupt & Co., and James P. Mahony, Appellees.
Docket 32638-44.
United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.
Argued December 16, 1968.
Decided December 17, 1968.
Rosenman, Colin, Kaye, Petschek, Freund & Emil, New York City, for appellants.
Seligson & Morris, New York City, for trustee-appellee.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York City, for appellee James P. Mahony.
Before KAUFMAN, ANDERSON and FEINBERG,* Circuit Judges.
The motions of the Trustee and the Liquidator to dismiss the appeal are granted. Judge Tyler's order remanding to the Referee for further hearings the question of the sufficiency of the Liquidator's accounting is an interlocutory order concerning "[a controversy] arising in proceedings in bankruptcy," which is not appealable under 11 U.S.C. § 47(a). Moreover, the appellants are not aggrieved by the denial of their request for an order requiring the New York Stock Exchange and the creditor Banks to submit an accounting, since the denial was without prejudice to their making a formal application for such relief in the future.
Feinberg, J., did not participate. The parties agreed to proceed before the two other judges of the panel


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HUNTERSVILLE, North Carolina (Nov. 13, 2018) – The current elimination format of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs is down to the final weekend of its fifth season, and one thing has been clear during the format's first four seasons of finales – it truly is winner take all.
The good news for Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M'S Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), is he's not only visited victory lane eight times this season to tie his career high, he performed that same feat in 2015 when he won the 400-mile season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway to bring home his first Cup Series championship.
While the rules state that Sunday's highest-finisher among the four championship-eligible drivers at Homestead will win this year's title, it's been proven thus far it's about more than simply being the highest finisher, it's a must-win situation. Martin Truex Jr., was the latest to win the finale at Homestead last season to clinch his first career championship. In 2015, winning was also a necessity for Busch to bring home his first title as another Championship 4 driver, Kevin Harvick, was right behind him in the runner-up spot. Last season, the winner-take-all scenario rang true as, right behind the victorious Truex was fellow Championship 4 contender Busch in the runner-up spot.
The road to Homestead for Busch and the M&M'S team has highlighted a career year for Busch. While this is the fourth consecutive season Busch has made it to the Championship 4, his path in 2018 proved to be much different than the previous three seasons. In 2015, Busch's path was paved with six top-five finishes and seven top-10s in the 10 playoff races, his lone win coming in the championship race at Homestead. During last season's 10-race playoffs, Busch made it through to Homestead with victories at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, Dover (Del.) International Speedway and Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
Busch has two wins, four top-fives and six top-10s in this year's nine playoff races, and he knows he'll likely need to find one more victory in order to become the 2018 Cup Series champion and bring home his second title. There have been 15 NASCAR Cup Series drivers who have won two or more championships since the sport was founded in 1959. Busch is hoping to become the 16th this season to go with his first title in 2015.
Busch also knows the task of winning at Homestead is a big one as he'll compete against former champions Harvick and Truex, along with former teammate Joey Logano. It's perhaps the strongest Championship 4 field in history, one that will vie for the title in the one-race shootout for the Cup Series championship trophy Sunday afternoon in South Florida.
While Busch's statistics at Homestead, where he has an average finish of 18.5, may not be his best, they certainly aren't indicative of how he can run at the 1.5-mile oval. Busch dominated the 267-lap season finale in 2012, leading six times for a race-high 191 laps. But while he had the dominant car, the Las Vegas native had to settle for a fourth-place finish after a long, green-flag run to the checkered flag, the M&M'S team come up short on fuel and a seemingly certain win was foiled in the closing laps. He backed up his strong run from 2012 with an eighth-place finish in 2013 and had a strong run going in 2014 before a driveline issue put him in the garage for several laps, foiling another chance at the win. Busch's most impressive race at Homestead came in 2015, when he had the top championship-eligible car for much of the 400-mile race, leading six times for a total of 41 laps and bringing home the win and the championship.
So, as Busch heads to South Florida with everything on the line Sunday, the M&M'S driver has the mindset that it's a must-win situation in order to guarantee a second Cup Series championship.
How much weight do you put on momentum and the battle coming up at Homestead?
Are there any clear favorites among the Championship 4?
How big is it to have a chance to win another championship?
How does it feel to be able to go and race for a championship at Homestead for a fourth year in a row?
"It's obviously a great opportunity to be able to go race for a championship, and that's what this format is. It doesn't mean a whole lot to make it to the Championship 4 if you don't win it. You know, it's all reset to zero. There are four of us who go for winner-take-all at Homestead. It means a lot to have that opportunity, not only for myself, but for M&M'S, Toyota, Interstate Batteries and everyone at JGR who helps us to be as good as we've been. It's what your whole season comes down to. I'm looking forward to Homestead and we'll see if we can bring home another championship.
From your recent experience, how has Homestead changed over the last several years?


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