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Мари́на Вита́льевна Глуховска́я — российский режиссёр театра и кино, лауреат театрального фестиваля «Золотой Арлекин», номинант премии «Золотая маска».

Биография
В 1992 году Марина Глуховская закончила филологический факультет МГУ, в 1998 году — Российскую академию театрального искусства (мастерская Петра Фоменко).

Марина Витальевна работала в Казани, Магнитогорске, Москве, Новосибирске, Омске, Саратове, Твери, Челябинске, Барнауле.

C сентября 2012 года по июнь 2014 — Главный режиссёр Челябинского государственного академического театра драмы имени Наума Орлова.

Признание и награды
 2007 — Лауреат театрального фестиваля «Золотой Арлекин» в номинации «Автор музыкального оформления в драматическом и кукольном театре» (за постановку в Саратовском академическом театре драмы спектакля «Дом Бернарды Альбы»).
 2016 — Лауреат театрального фестиваля «Золотой Арлекин» в номинации «Лучшая работа режиссёра» (за постановку в Саратовском академическом театре драмы спектакля «Кабала святош» М.Булгакова).

Творчество
 1996 «Свадьба» А.П. Чехов. Режиссёр Пётр Фоменко — Змеюкина (Московский театр «Мастерская Петра Фоменко»).

Дипломные спектакли
 «Капитанская дочка» А. С. Пушкина — сценическая композиция в двух частях, Тверской областной академический театр драмы, премьера 3 апреля 1998 года — «Капитанская дочка»

Постановка кино
 2005 — Адъютанты любви (телесериал, режиссёр-постановщик).

Постановки спектаклей
 «Старосветская история» по произведениям Н. В. Гоголя Омский государственный камерный театр «Пятый театр», премьера 29 мая 1999 год (спектакль номинирован на премию «Золотая маска», режиссёрский дебют Марины Глуховской)
 «Человек из ресторана» И. С. Шмелёв. Омский государственный камерный театр «Пятый театр», премьера 13 апреля 2000 года
 «Демон» М. Ю. Лермонтов Омский государственный камерный театр «Пятый театр», премьера 23 мая 2000 года — Демон
 «Маскарад» по мотивам М. Ю. Лермонтова Омский академический театр драмы, премьера 30 июля 2000 года — Маскарад
 «Полковнику никто не пишет» Габриэль Гарсия Маркес. Омский академический театр драмы, премьера 6 апреля 2001 года — Полковнику никто не пишет
 «Закат» Исаак Бабель Омский академический театр драмы, премьера 11 июля 2001 года
 «Санта-Крус» Макс Фриш Казанский Татарский государственный театр юного зрителя, премьера состоялась 19 января 2002 года
 «Фердинанд VIII» по мотивам «Записки сумасшедшего» Н. В. Гоголя. Омский государственный камерный театр «Пятый театр», премьера 16 апреля 2002 года
 «Ромео и Джульетта» Шекспир Омский государственный театр куклы, актёра, маски «Арлекин», премьера состоялась 31 мая 2003 года
 «Добрый человек из Сычуани» Бертольт Брехт Омский государственный театр куклы, актёра, маски «Арлекин», премьера 7 октября 2004 год
 «Молодая особа ищет место гувернантки» по повести Ф.М Достоевского «Кроткая», Московский драматический театр «АпАРТе»
 «Свадьба Кречинского» А. В. Сухово-Кобылин Новосибирский театр Глобус, премьера 4 марта 2005 года
 «Дом Бернарды Альбы» Федерико Лорка Саратовский академический театр драмы имени И. А. Слонова, премьера 13 мая 2006 года — Дом Бернарды Альбы
 «Трамвай "Желание"» Теннеси Уильямса, Саратовский академический театр драмы имени И. А. Слонова, премьера 14 октября 2006 года — Трамвай «Желание»
 «Преступление и наказание» Ф. М. Достоевского, Саратовский академический театр драмы имени И. А. Слонова, премьера 5 июня 2007 года — Преступление и наказание
 «Немного о лете» Екатерины Ткачёвой, Саратовский академический театр драмы имени И. А. Слонова, премьера 15 декабря 2007 года — Немного о лете
 «Гамлет» Шекспира, Саратовский академический театр драмы имени И. А. Слонова, премьера 19 апреля 2008 года — Гамлет
 «Бег» — драма в девяти снах по мотивам произведений М. А. Булгакова, Магнитогорский драматический театр им. А. С. Пушкина, премьера состоялась 12 мая 2010 года — Бег
 «Ревизоръ» — театральное сочинение по мотивам пьесы Н. В. Гоголя, г. Омск, Омский государственный театр куклы, актёра, маски «Арлекин», премьера состоялась 11 марта 2011 года — Ревизор
 «Софья Петровна» — драма, инсценировка по мотивам повести Л. К. Чуковской, Саратовский академический театр драмы имени И. А. Слонова, премьера 7 октября 2011 года — Софья Петровна
 «Сколько длится любовь?» — по мотивам пьес «Тестостерон» Анджея Сарамоновича и «Тирамису» Иоанны Овсянко, Челябинский государственный академический театр драмы имени Наума Орлова, премьера состоялась 28 мая 2012 года — Сколько
 «Васса Железнова» — драма по мотивам второго варианта пьесы Максима Горького «Васса Железнова», Челябинский государственный академический театр драмы имени Наума Орлова, премьера состоялась 22 марта 2013 года — Васса
 «Камень» — семейная история по пьесе Мариуса фон Майенбурга, Челябинский государственный академический театр драмы имени Наума Орлова, премьера состоялась 6 декабря 2013 года — КАМЕНЬ
 «Прекрасное Далёко» — картины из несвободной жизни по пьесе Данилы Привалова, Челябинский государственный академический театр драмы имени Наума Орлова, премьера состоялась 27 марта 2014 года — Прекрасное Далёко
 «Кабала святош» — драма в 3-х действиях по пьесам «Тартюф» Мольера и «Кабала святош» М.А. Булгакова, Саратовский академический театр драмы имени И. А. Слонова, премьера 1 апреля 2015 года — Кабала святош
 «Ромео и Джульетта» — трагедия Вильяма Шекспира в переводе Осии Сороки, Саратовский академический театр драмы имени И. А. Слонова, премьера 23 января 2016 года — Ромео и Джульетта
 «Живой труп» — драма в 2-х действиях по пьесам Льва Толстого и Ильи Толстого, Саратовский академический театр драмы имени И. А. Слонова, премьера 21 апреля 2017 года — Живой труп
 «Анна в тропиках» — драма в 2-х действиях по пьесе Нило Круза, Саратовский академический театр драмы имени И. А. Слонова, премьера 13 апреля 2018 года — Анна в Тропиках
 «Время Женщин» — драма в 2-х действиях по роману Елены Чижовой, Алтайский краевой театр драмы имени В. М. Шукшина, премьера 14 сентября 2018 года — Время Женщин
 «Моя Марусечка» — драма в 2-х действиях по повести Александры Васильевой, Саратовский академический театр драмы имени И. А. Слонова, премьера 27 сентября 2019 года — МОЯ МАРУСЕЧКА
 «Случайные встречи» — трагикомедия в 2-х действиях по пьесе Уильяма Сарояна «Лучшие годы вашей жизни»(1939), Алтайский краевой театр драмы имени В. М. Шукшина, премьера 20 марта 2020 года — Случайные встречи

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WA Appeals Court Slaps Down 'Safe Storage' Ordinance
February 23, 2021 By Dave Workman
A Washington appeals court ruled unanimously that a City of Edmonds safe storage ordinance is illegal under state preemption. (Dave Workman)
A Washington State Court of Appeals panel smacked down a so-called "safe storage" requirement for gun owners living in the City of Edmonds because it violates the state's preemption statute.
The Second Amendment Foundation, National Rifle Association and three private citizens sued the city in 2018 after it adopted the storage requirement in defiance of Washington's long standing preemption law, adopted in 1983 and 1985. Under that statute, authority for adopting gun laws rests solely in the hands of the State Legislature.
In a 16-page unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel in Division I of the appeals court, the city ordinance was set aside because it violates the law. Acting Chief Judge Beth Andrus authored the opinion, with Judges Bill Bowman and Lori Kay Smith in concurrence. It strongly upholds Washington's preemption statute, first adopted in 1983 and strengthened in 1985. This law has been used as a model for similar preemption laws in other states. More than 40 states have preemption laws, according to the Giffords Law Center, a gun control legal group.
A lawsuit was filed against a similar ordinance adopted by the City of Seattle, also in 2018. That lawsuit also involves SAF and NRA as partners, with two local residents.
SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb expressed confidence the Seattle lawsuit will turn out the same way because the same appeals court covers both cities.
According to the Everett Herald, Edmonds Councilwoman Adrienne Fraley-Monillas said the city is "looking at" the ruling, trying to figure out its next move.
"Any time you lose in court it is a disappointment," she said. "If this ordinance may have saved a child's life because a parent locked away a gun it is worth it."
But that emotional argument has been tried before. Gun rights activists counter with the equally important concern that some homeowner might lose his or her life because they couldn't access a firearm in time in a self-defense situation.
NRA spokesman Lars Dalseide said in a prepared statement, "Today's ruling is an important victory for the people of Washington. Hopefully jurisdictions like Edmonds will realize that violating the Washington State Constitution is neither legal nor in the best interest of personal protection."
Gottlieb was somewhat more aggressive, observing, "Let's be clear about something. Edmonds didn't adopt this safe storage mandate in the interest of safety, but rather to challenge and erode, if not irreparably dismantle the state preemption law. The city has no business dictating to citizens how they should store firearms in their own homes."
Some Washington municipalities have attempted to repeal the preemption statute because they want to return to the era when the state had a patchwork of confusing and often conflicting local gun laws. More than 35 years ago, the late Republican State Sen. Kent Pullen championed state preemption and got the Legislature to adopt it. The law has prevented local gun bans in city parks and other locations.
"State preemption is the most common sense approach to firearms regulation there is," Gottlieb said. "It provides uniformity on gun laws from one state border to the other. Whether you live in Edmonds or Ephrata, the gun laws are the same."
There was no immediate reaction from Seattle-based gun prohibition lobbying groups.
Filed Under: 2nd Amendment, Headlines, Politics Tagged With: Edmonds, Gun control, NRA, SAF, Safe storage, State preemption

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Rakesh Satyal on the Pick-Up Line That Changed His Life
(And Some Very Good Writing Advice, Too!)
By Rakesh Satyal
As someone who works as both an editor and an author, I often find myself offering writers a popular piece of advice: Write the book that you would want to read. But as with most things, actually doing this can be much more complicated than a one-line directive would have you believe.
In 2012, after a decade of living and working in New York City, I moved to San Francisco: I was leaving book publishing to work in the world of branding. It was not a mere career switch that instigated my change of scenery. Despite dating efforts that had ranged from throwing myself at potential suitors to the occasional pas de deux that could—but never did—transform into an enduring waltz, I had spent that entire decade single, and as long I had no one special tethering me to the Big Apple, I thought that I might as well pack up my lonesome self and sail into the Bay.
At this time, I was about a hundred pages into writing a new novel that I had begun in the hopes of processing my own isolation and solitude. My first novel, Blue Boy, had focused on the resilience and resourcefulness of an Indian-American adolescent who, in order to process why he feels so different from everyone else—he is queer, it turns out—seizes upon the idea that he might be a reincarnation of the Hindu god Krishna. Although the main character, Kiran, faces innumerable obstacles and challenges from his parents, teachers, and classmates alike, the novel culminates in a hopeful moment: Kiran sees a way forward by reiterating, not diminishing, his natural creative impulses.
That first book had been well-received, and I had received countless messages from readers of all ages letting me know that it had helped them. It had enabled them to come out, to live their lives truthfully, to pursue their creative interests unabashedly and proudly. But I could not, at the time of my move, claim to be in a similar state of stability. Instead, I started to write about a middle-aged Indian man who was so mired in his lack of self-esteem and stunted by the absence of legitimate romantic engagement that loneliness was the defining factor of his life. Grafting solitude onto a character who would live it on the page seemed to provide me with a sense of catharsis.
San Francisco, despite all its numerous charms, was unable to pull me out of my funk, and I fell into a deep depression—one that was occurring a whole country's length away from my friends and confidants in New York. My office was in Sausalito, and I would take the bus over the Golden Gate Bridge and look out at the shifting gem of the Bay and feel, at once, a sense of immense marvel at the physical world around me and intense defeat about my romantic prospects. I'd gather the city, perched as it was on those several hills, within my entire gaze, and all I would think was There is no one on this coast for you, either. I'd find myself collapsing on the floor of my still-virtually-empty apartment in the Outer Richmond, my spirit cloaked in a fog of defeat as the actual fog crept through the streets of my neighborhood.
Things came to a head a few months after my move when my older brother came to visit me from Los Angeles. I knew that I was not in a particularly happy place, of course, but until I saw my brother's reaction to my sadness—saw it reconstituted in his stricken posture as he looked at me—I hadn't realized how thoroughly sadness had permeated not just my perspective but my physical being. I even joked to him that I might do harm to myself, and yet again, in the intensity of his reaction, I realized how I hadn't entirely meant this as a joke at all.
"Grafting solitude onto a character who would live it on the page seemed to provide me with a sense of catharsis."
For all my denials, I was in a state of crisis. I had, in essence, lost the narrative of my life, and as with the countless stories and novels I had started but never taken back up, if I didn't find a way to engage fully with the gravity of my situation, the narrative would remain unfinished, unrealized.
To the page I went again. The anxiety that had been tensing up my shoulders released itself through my fingers, and I poured all of my doubt and heartbreak and frustration into my protagonist, Harit. I turned an awkward date on which I had gone into a scene in which Harit struggles to connect with a new acquaintance when they go out to dinner for the first time. I turned a night in which I tossed and turned, worrying about my amorous prospects, into a scene in which Harit did so, as well. In reverse, the next time I found myself tossing and turning again, I found comfort in knowing that there was someone else struggling in the same way—even if it was I who had created him. Although I had come to see my depression as a thing to be fought, I still felt protective of it, and I felt that I could honor the truth of my hurt by laying it out in the form of compassion for the kindred spirit I was aiming to create in my writing.
Something about this process allowed me to dispel much of the pain that I was feeling. My first book, I had to remind myself, had included many humorous moments—its theme being that levity could loom just as large as suffering, if not larger—and as I managed to find moments of amusement, of recognizing the joys of life alongside its challenges, I saw my work not as compromised but, on the contrary, all the more justified.
Weeks later, on a Friday evening, I was walking along 16th Street, from the Castro to the Mission, to meet up with some friends at a now-sadly-defunct gay bar. I remember, vividly, the sway of the leaves in the night trees above me, the sweep of the windborne fog across my face, and I knew in that moment that the time I had taken to work out my pain through my writing had afforded me just enough confidence to make my way out of the emotional morass in which I had found myself for so long.
After a short while hanging out with my friends, I went to the bar to get another drink and saw the handsomest man I'd ever seen in my life.
In that moment, it was as if my character were writing me instead of the other way around. I found Harit telling me to say something, anything. I had nothing to lose: I had moved through my feelings of defeat and somehow emerged intact, and why shouldn't I have the freedom—and courage—to be proactive? So I turned to this disarmingly beautiful fellow and delivered a now-infamous pick-up line (one that should likely never be repeated): "Who are you?"
"In that moment, it was as if my character were writing me instead of the other way around. I found Harit telling me to say something, anything. I had nothing to lose…"
Startled as he may have been by my directness, the fellow answered me, then ended up being my boyfriend for four-plus years. He is now my husband.
Ours was a whirlwind courtship that brought a surfeit of happiness where I had never expected one, yet however wondrous that period was, it was still laced with self-recriminations as I tried, again and again, to deny that I deserved any such joy. I would pick unnecessary fights, throw pointless tantrums, point out the million ways that I couldn't possibly be worthy of the love that I had found. (I am, after all, a writer—and melodrama can be all too easy to write into your own life.)
Over time, however, I would learn to accept the gift that had been given to me–yet I also felt a responsibility not to forget the lonely person I had been in the past. As I continued to write the character of Harit, I helped him to move past his own limitations, and ours became a symbiotic relationship, my character helping me to chart my own unexplored emotional territory while I was able to give him the chance to transcend his self-doubt.
Years later, when the book, No One Can Pronounce My Name, was finally released and I held a launch party—back in New York, to which I had returned with my beloved—I found myself talking about how loneliness had played a key role in the genesis of the project. In turn, a friend asked me during the Q&A if I thought I would still make it a central theme of my work going forward, now that I was married and seemingly blissful. I knew in that moment, as I had known in the time before then, that yes, I would always feel a calling to give a voice to those who found themselves struggling as I had—and also to show them the hope that might come from pressing forward and finding the strength to persist, whether or not romance was what they wanted. (Lest this piece be read as an instruction to put all your goodwill into finding a man.) I had written the book that I wanted to read even if I hadn't been fully conscious that was what I had been doing. All along, writing had been the companion, and then the solution, to my own solitude.
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Claudia Ntsapi
Autophagic Flux Failure in Neurodegeneration: Identifying the Defect and Compensating Flux Offset
By Claudia Ntsapi, Chrisna Swart, Dumisile Lumkwana and Ben Loos
Protein degradation through autophagy is one of the key pathways that maintain proteostasis and neuronal viability. Dysregulation in autophagy has been associated with a number of major protein aggregation storage disorders that are characterized by increased cellular vulnerability and susceptibility to undergo cell death. Although the molecular machinery, the proteome, and the regulation of the autophagy system are becoming increasingly clear, the specific nature of its dysfunction in the context of neuronal disease pathogenesis remains largely unclear. Moreover, although the intricate network of autophagy regulatory proteins with key metabolic checkpoints is increasingly being revealed, the relationship between autophagy dysfunction, the changing rate of protein degradation in the specific pathology, and the aggregate prone behavior of specific candidate proteins remains less understood. Many questions remain and deserve urgent attention. When does a neuron respond with heightened autophagic activity and When does the system fail to degrade autophagy cargo? This book chapter will focus on some of the main challenges in the field of autophagy research, the identity, and nature of autophagic flux failure in neurodegeneration, current means to discern and measure autophagic flux dysfunction in neuronal tissue, and recent advances in compensating the flux offset. Specifically, the role of both macroautophagy and chaperone‐mediated autophagy in neuronal function and dysfunction and the spatiotemporal changes in their rates of protein degradation will be discussed and their molecular interplay highlighted. Finally, current advances in the use of autophagy modulators to better control autophagy activity will be stressed and contextualized within the framework of re‐establishing neuronal proteostasis to favorably control cellular fate.
Part of the book: Autophagy in Current Trends in Cellular Physiology and Pathology
Dietary Impact on Neuronal Autophagy Control and Brain Health
By Claudia Ntsapi, Andre du Toit and Ben Loos
Autophagy is the major intracellular system which is critical for the removal of harmful protein aggregates and malfunctioning organelles. Dysfunctional autophagy is associated with a multitude of human diseases, such as protein aggregation in Alzheimer's disease and non-successful aging. Major interest exists in the dietary manipulation of the autophagy pathway activity, so as to tune the cell's protein degradation capabilities and to prevent cell death onset. It has recently become clear that the machinery required to degrade protein cargo has a distinct activity level which can be altered through specific dietary modulation. Moreover, this activity may differ from that of the proteinaceous cargo. Overall, brain health and successful aging are characterized by limited protein aggregation, with a distinct molecular signature of maintained autophagy function. However, it is largely unclear how to control autophagy through dietary interventions with a precision that would allow to maintain minimal levels of toxic proteins, preserving neuronal cell viability and proteostasis. In this chapter, we carefully dissect the relationship between autophagy-modulating drugs, including caloric restriction mimetics and their impact on neuronal autophagy, in the context of preserving brain health.
Part of the book: Feed Your Mind
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Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Guillermo Blanco
Laura Kornblihtt
Daolin Tang
University of Pittsburgh, United States of America
Rui Kang
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Susan Collins becomes top 2020 target for Dems
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By Jordain Carney, The Hill
Sen. Susan Collins is now a top target for Democrats in 2020.
The Maine Republican shot up the list over the weekend after providing her GOP colleagues the crucial 50th vote needed to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
In an increasingly partisan chamber, Collins has consistently been ranked as one of the Senate's most moderate members. But her decision to support Kavanaugh outraged a coalition of progressives, activists and even some supporters who spent months urging her to vote against President Trump's nominee.
Democrats are pledging to unseat her if she runs for reelection in 2020, comparing an almost hour-long floor speech that earned praise from fellow GOP senators to a "slap in the face."
Heidi Hess, co-director of Credo Action, said the 2020 election will be "tough" for Collins, predicting the anger over Kavanaugh wouldn't be erased by the time she is on the ballot.
"She made a floor speech saying she believes survivors and saying she was going to vote against the ones who ... came forward against Brett Kavanaugh, and that's not something people are going to forget," Hess said.
She added that the "chances are good that by the time 2020 comes around, Kavanaugh will have taken a vote against Roe," meaning Collins will be "exposed as ... a liar and so politically unsavvy that she believed him in the first place."
Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of Indivisible, added that Collins would be one of the group's targets in 2020 and that Collins had "gravely damaged her reputation in Maine."
"Many of our own groups in Maine ... were deeply insulted by that speech," Greenberg said, comparing it to a "slap in the face."
The two organizations are part of a coalition of outside groups that is pledging to try to unseat Collins.
A fundraising effort by Maine People's Alliance and Mainers for Accountable Leadership briefly crashed the Crowdpac website and has raised more than $3.6 million for a potential Democratic opponent against Collins. The groups increased their fundraising goal to $4 million, and Republicans have characterized the effort as a "bribe."
Protect Our Care, a pro-Affordable Care Act group, released a TV ad this week in Maine that shows the Supreme Court - "sometime in 2019 or 2020" - striking down ObamaCare, with Kavanaugh as the deciding vote.
Leslie Dach, chairwoman of Protect Our Care, said Kavanaugh's nomination was a "true test" for Collins, one that she failed.
"Mainers will remember where she stood when the court rules to rip health care away from us," Dach said.
Democracy for America, a progressive group that mounted a campaign against Collins in 2014, said they were committed "to working with anyone we can to finish the job in 2020. Mainers deserve better."
Collins, who was first elected to the Senate in 1996, won her 2008 reelection bid by more than 22 percentage points. That margin widened to 37 percentage points in 2014.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton won Maine by 2.9 points in 2016, a considerably narrower margin than the 15 point victory for then-President Obama over GOP nominee Mitt Romney four years earlier.
Collins was at the center of the months-long Kavanaugh fight, with protesters flooding the hallways outside her Capitol Hill office and staff receiving "vulgar" phone calls and mail. In the final days of the battle, Collins was frequently spotted with a police escort around the Capitol grounds.
While she has never voted against a Supreme Court nominee, Collins was considered a swing vote because of her willingness to buck the GOP at times on votes for Cabinet-level nominations and on ObamaCare repeal and abortion legislation.
Roughly 24 hours before Kavanaugh's confirmation vote, Collins said from the Senate floor that she believed Christine Blasey Ford was sexually assaulted but that the FBI report did not corroborate her allegation that Kavanaugh was the assailant.
She warned that if the Senate rejected Kavanaugh's nomination it would be "hugely damaging to this confirmation process."
She also disputed several policy issues activists used in their attempt to sway her vote, such as arguing that Kavanaugh will be the fifth vote for weakening or overturning Roe v. Wade.
Polls from a left-leaning firm have found that Collins's vote for Kavanaugh could cost her if she runs for reelection in 2020.
Public Policy Polling released an Oct. 1-2 survey showing that Collins's 8 point advantage over a generic Democratic opponent was erased if she voted for Kavanaugh. An August survey by the same group found that 47 percent of Maine voters would be less likely to vote for her if she supported Kavanaugh. That poll was conducted before Kavanaugh's accusers went public in September with their allegations.
Collins's speech earned her praise from Trump and GOP colleagues. The president called her "incredible," adding that "she gave an impassioned, beautiful speech."
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a close ally of Trump, defended Collins in a tweet aimed at Democrats, saying: "Take a shot at the title. We'll see how it works out for you."
And Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), asked about the crowdfunding efforts against Collins, told Fox News that she would be "well funded."
"She's my top priority, too," McConnell separately told reporters after the Kavanaugh vote, when asked about Democrats making Collins a "top priority" in 2020.
Collins hasn't announced whether she will run again, and no Democrat has announced their candidacy.
But Sara Gideon (D), the speaker of Maine's House of Representative,hinted in a Facebook post that she would consider challenging Collins.
"Maine deserves a champion in the US Senate. ...After November I will be seriously considering how I can elevate the voices of people who deserve and demand to be heard and represented in Washington, DC," she wrote.
And a tweet by Susan Rice, Obama's national security adviser during his second term, sparked speculation that she could be interested in challenging Collins as well.
When a former Obama administration staffer asked on Twitter who wanted to run, Rice responded with: "Me."
Rice, speaking at the New Yorker Festival on Sunday, said she was "disappointed" in Collins's vote and "moved by the enthusiasm" she received in response to her tweet.
"I'm going to give it due consideration after the midterms," Rice said. "My ties to Maine are long and deep."
Collins has dismissed the potential political consequences of her vote, telling CNN that she did "what I think is right."
"As far as Susan Rice is concerned ... she doesn't live in the state of Maine," she said. "Everybody knows that."
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The climate in Caticlan-Boracay is tropical year-round with an average temperature of 29-35 degrees Celsius. Caticlan-Boracay or Philippines has only two seasons, which is wet and dry seasons where rainfall can be heavy during the wet or monsoon season and humidity during the hotter months can be high. The best time to visit Caticlan-Boracay would be between December to February when the weather is warmer with occasional showers. During this season, the sun shines bright, resulting in clear skies with the winds blow gently suitable for outdoor activities. The off-peak season is between July to September where the climate during that season is unpredictable and typhoons can sometimes occur anytime. Visitors should check the weather reports before going to this island. During this season you will find better flight tickets and hotel deals. It is best to plan your trip well so you may enjoy seeing sailboats take place due to its windy weather patterns and do other interesting outdoor activities in this island.
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Sayak - Siargao Airport - Sayak Airport also well known as Siargao Airport. This airport is serving the public area of Siargao Island, located in the province of Surigao del Norte in the Philippines. The airport situated in Barangay Sayak in the city of Del Carmen, where the airport derives its name from. There are direct flights to Siargao Island from Cebu four times a week on Cebu Pacific. Flight time is approximately 50 minutes depends on your destination. To go in and out of the airport is easy because there are many types of light public transportation available in Sayak Airport for the visitors to use.
Godofredo P. Ramos Airport - Godofredo P. Ramos Airport is also known as Caticlan Airport and recently the Boracay Airport. The airport serves the area of Malay and the vicinity. This is the airport for those who wish to go to Boracay. The airport is the seventh busiest airport in the Philippines. The airport was previously named after a former member of the Congress who was a native Malay. The airport has a runway of 2100 meters and a width of 45 meters. It can only support aircraft as big as an Airbus A320. Some of the airlines that operate here are Air Juan, Cebu Pacific, Philippines AirAsia and few more. The routes are only for domestic locations. Godofredo P. Ramos Airport has many interesting shops and eateries within the airport so you can shop or dine in while waiting for the plane to arrive or depart. To go in and out of the airport is easy because there are many types of transportation available in Godofredo P. Ramos Airport for the visitors. There are many flights available operated by Philippine Airlines to fly from Siargao to Catilcan Airport.
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Caticlan-Boracay's weather is under the hot sun for most of the time. Usually, it will be warm and sunny throughout the years with little rains except for typhoon season which the weather can be random with heavy rains and thunderstorm. The average maximum temperature in Caticlan-Boracay is around 26 and 32 degree Celsius, while the average minimum is about 21 and 25 degree Celsius. While around December to February will be the peak of seasons because it will be the warm and pleasant season of the year. If you plan to visit Caticlan-Boracay during this season, make sure you book your flight and hotel early as both fill up quickly and don't forget to bring SPF lotion for skin protection as well as umbrella just in case.
Highlights attractions in Caticlan-Boracay
Willy's Rock - Willy's Rock is a volcanic rock formation located nearby the shallow water of White Beach. The rock is often said to have the shape of a warship. There is also a Blessed Virgin Mary statue placed there and is becoming a place of worship for some of the religions there. There is a man-made stair that can bring tourists up the rock. Once you reach the peak of the rock, you will be amazed at the view there.
White Beach - White Beach is the main attraction in Boracay. There are three stations at the beach where station 1 is for visitors to sit and enjoy the wide stretch of sand and shallow water. There are also markets and restaurants on this beach so you can shop and dine in while enjoying the beauty of this beach. Station 2 is the busier part where boats will take visitors to go to island-hops and cruises. Station 3 is where accommodations are located. The famous clear turquoise water and powdery white sand beach that is featured in the list of the world's best beaches by so many globally recognized publications. The White Beach is a must-visit attraction in Boracay!
D'Mall Boracay - This mall is an open-air shopping center and market. It's located in Station Secondary in between White Beach and the primary road. It's almost like a street market, which makes it colorful with a vibrant yet laid back vibe to it. There are high-end boutiques in booths that have traditional elements. Tourists may purchase artisanal handicrafts and souvenirs here. They are also welcomed to bargain for the best price. It is also located between Station Primary and Secondary of White Beach.
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Wood River High School students took top awards in the Future Career and Community Leaders of America District IV competition. The cooking competition was held at the College of Southern Idaho by CSI Culinary Arts program instructors, Mike Johnson and Diane Jolovich.
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Humberto "Tito" Nieves (born June 4, 1958; also known "El Pavarotti de la Salsa") became one of the leading salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s.
Born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico and raised in the United States, Nieves began his career while participating in Orquesta Cimarron, a New York-based group. In 1977, he teamed up with singer Héctor Lavoe and his Orchestra and joined the Conjunto Clasico. Later, Nieves decided to start his solo career in 1986, setting himself apart by singing Salsa in English. He is known for his hits such as El Amor Más Bonito, Sonámbulo, and the English-salsa hit, I Like It Like That (1996). Present hits from the album Fabricando Fantasias include Fabricando Fantasias and Ya No Queda Nada with La India, Nicky Jam, and K-Mil. He attended Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, New York, where he played in a Spanish-language band named Makondo. Though he left before graduating, he was given an honorary diploma in 1994.
In 2007, he released Canciones Clasicas De Marco Antonio Solís, a tribute to Mexican singer, Marco Antonio Solís.
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Sonámbulo (Sleepwalker) is a fictional character from the American independent comic book series of the same name created by Rafael Navarro. The character made his debut in Sonambulo: Sleep of the Just, the first of the ongoing series in 1996. The story follows the eponymous character, who in the '50s became a successful luchador. Due to his rise in fame, Sonámbulo was approached by the local Mafia with the intent of extorting money from him and other special services. Around the same time, the masked-wrestler was plagued by a strange sleeping disorder. Upon refusing the gangsters demands, he was brutally beaten, shot, and left for dead. Instead of dying however, Sonambulo fell into a deep hibernation only to awake decades later, having the power to see other people's dreams and having the uncanny ability to go without sleep. Using his new-found powers, Sonámbulo becomes a private detective against the supernatural underworld of the night. All of the collected stories following the character feature some surreal dream-like quality, keeping with the theme of sleep.
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Sonámbulo (or Sonambulo) is a word in the Spanish language meaning sleepwalker.
sonámbulo may refer to:
Sonámbulo, an independent comic-book by Rafael Navarro which combines elements of lucha libre and noir
Sonámbulo, the protagonist of the series
"Sonámbulo", a song by Fernando Villalona
"Sonámbulo", a song by Tito Nieves
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La Salsa Vive, Tito Nieves
Fabricando Fantasias, Tito Nieves
Muy Agradecido, Tito Nieves
Le Gusta Que La Vean, Tito Nieves
Dos Canciones Clasicas de Marco Antonio Solis, Tito Nieves
Serie 32: Tito Nieves, Tito Nieves
Ya No Queda Nada, Tito Nieves
Make It Like It Was, Tito Nieves
Pura Salsa Live, Tito Nieves
Edición Limitada: Tito Nieves, Tito Nieves
Tito Nieves: Éxitos Eternos, Tito Nieves
Can You Stop The Rain, Tito Nieves
La Salsa Vive
Me quede dormido
Escuchando salsa soñe con el cielo
Y que San Pedro me esperaba
Cuando presentaron al inconfundible
Al inmortal Felix Rodriguez
La salsa vive llega hasta el cielo que Dios bendiga
La tradicion de nuestro pueblo el negrito zaparrosa
Pero su recuerdo vive en la musica señor
Ahora viene nuestro hermano
El gallero Feliciano esto es pura gozadera
Y no hay nadie que lo niegue Canta Cheo
Les saluda Feliciano como


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I received a link to sign a petition asking PM to take action against MP Ravindra Gaekwad and I think it is preposterous.
If the signatories feel strongly, they should ask the leader of Shiv Sena to remove the MP from the party or write to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha to explore options to disqualify this MP. I think the latter approach is not feasible because the issue is only at the FIR stage.
Although it is great that this action has created an outrage amongst the citizens, asking the PM to take action on the behaviour of a MP of another party and that too outside the Parliament is ridiculous .
Allow the PM to do his job. He is not the country's policeman.
I'm however happy that there is no campaign (yet) asking the PM to resign on moral grounds because Shiv Sena was an alliance partner in the past. Opposition demoralized or sleeping?
We have always thought of hospitals as places where there is always activity and excessive attention! when my mom was recently admitted into a neighbourhood hospital, much against our willingness, i saw this place as an anti-thesis of my notion of hospitals.
Since she had a nasty fall at her place of work, she was rushed to this hospital (I wouldn't name) for some first aid and for some comfort. Strangely, they did neither. on the contrary, they were trying to make the visit as uncomfortable as possible.
on reaching the place, I was aghast when the chief doctor suggested that she be admitted in the ICU. When I asked why, he pointed out to the high BP and blood sugar levels. I told him that she was given some coffee with sugar immediately after she fell down and that might have contributed to the spike and suggested that BP taken after a few minutes to establish. But he persisted with the line that she be admitted and I gave in after a while. Didn't know what was in store for us subsequently.
It took a while for me to complete the admission formalities and advance payment but by the time I came back to the casualty room, I was informed that she was already taken to her room. the staff on the third floor where her room was located were either too tired or were plain incompetent. we had to remind the duty nurses several times to attend to every small issue and still were rebuffed, albeit politely. Doctors were taking forever to come and take a look at an inpatient and patients were being needlessly ferried to x-ray rooms multiple times.
because her knee was swollen, I had to ask them to check it out. I heaved a sigh of relief when they finally took her to the x-ray room only to get the chest x-ray done. when i protested that what was more important was the knee, they just plain over-ruled me on the grounds that chest x-ray was standard and required for the physician who would be taking a look. they even disregarded my suggestion to get the knee x-rayed at the same time to avoid the need for her to come again.
soon the bp and the sugar levels came under control but still the physician was nowhere to be seen. and when i went out to get the dinner, he had apparently called on my mother and asked her to stay for a while. and when i went to get some medicines from the in-house pharmacy, she was again ferried to the x-ray room (this time mercifully for the shoulder and knee), had the ortho doctor look at it and declare that all was fine and brought back to the room.
As her knees, shoulders and the head were aching, we had been requesting for some pain relief and that came almost late in the night in the form of an injection and some tablets.
Finally, at around 9 am the next morning, I convinced the chief doctor to start the discharge process and it was an amazing 3 1/2 hour ordeal during which I had to make multiple visits to the billing, accounts, nursing station in the 3rd floor. We eventually left at 12:30 pm and reached home.
a. There is a real conflict of interest when they force a person who has come to the casualty to get admitted rather than alleviate the pain for which the person had come in the first place.
c. There was not even a sign of interest amongst the physicians and the staff to even listen to the patient and the attenders, let alone redress them, even though there wasn't many patients clamouring for their attention. Just plain casual approach!
I went in for healthcare but experienced neither care nor a healthy attitude and came out with a much depleted wallet!
I noticed a flurry of tweets about the impending launch of the FreeChargeWallet by Snapdeal and FreeCharge. It made me wonder if we are on the cusp of a revolution and realized we are not. But it served the purpose of writing this post which has been pending for quite some time now.
As a regular and happy user of FreeCharge, I am observing the evolution of their service from only pre-paids to cover post-paids, DTH and now certain utility bills as well and I must really compliment the team for a smooth and gradual increase in coverage. I have also noticed their emphasis on the user experience and the constant efforts to minimize the friction. I must also compliment the social media team, especially the customer care unit on twitter which is very responsive and active.
I have gone on record on twitter that I would continue to use freecharge even if there were no coupons. In fact, skip coupons has become a default setting for me. I enjoy the convenience and the hassle-free experience.
Given that the freecharge team is trying to get its existing user base to use the service repeatedly, I have experienced a clear chasm as a frequent user and i have shared the same with the key people a few times.
when i effect my post-paid payment, i go through the process of selecting the card or payment mode, enter the amount and authenticate via otp. And when I want to recharge my wife's mobile immediately thereafter, I am forced to repeat the process much to my chagrin. Given that I am most likely to use the same credit card, for both the transactions, I would prefer to check out after all my bills are ready for payment and do it at one stroke.
Imagine the situation at a e-commerce site like Snapdeal where after you have selected your shirt, you cannot add a pair of pants but must pay for your shirt first!!
I am confident that the key folks at FreeCharge would make the overall experience of customers smoother by making these subtle changes rather than focus on big bang announcements.
Arvind Kejriwal (AK) has done the pheonix by rising from nowhere to virtually owning the Delhi assembly!
It is not my intention to analyze how he managed to do it and what were the factors that led to this remarkable victory because that is already done ad nauseam. I am more concerned about going forward and this is where AK will do well to learn from history.
Circa 1982: NT Rama Rao started his Telugu Desam party in Andhra and within a year he won a landslide victory by securing 201 seats out of 270 against Indira Gandhi, then PM.
1991:Jayalalitha's ADMK with Congress won 225 out of 234 seats in Tamilnadu and the then incumbent party DMK managed to get only 2 seats.
The common theme amongst these examples is that all of them wasted the huge mandate possibly because they weren't ready for that! Or possibly the results got into their heads!! You may be already aware about what happened to them and more importantly how the nation/states lost out despite giving them such clear and massive mandates.
At the same time as Jayalalitha, PV Narasimha Rao took over the mantle of PM leading the INC which won only 244 seats (less than the minimum 272 for a majority) but then transformed the nation.
So Mr Kejriwal, you have a choice of fulfilling the aspirations of the Delhi voters who have given a never-before drubbing to everybody else in your party's favour or letting the verdict get into your head. You have got a second chance but you may not get a third one. More importantly, Delhi and perhaps the Nation will go back to the cynical mindset.
Is WhatsApp serious about being the complete messaging platform?
As someone who has recently started using WA on the web after a few months on the mobile, I have become a convert to the WA experience. I was extremely keen to try the WA on the web not because of the novelty factor but going solely by the utility.
a. All said and done, typing is easier on the desktop or laptop as compared to the mobile. And we can truly leverage this ease by using WA on the web.
b. Further, it is now extremely easy to share something that we have discovered on the web thro WA on the web than on the mobile.
c. Yes, it is a pain to have the phone connected to internet for us to use the WA on the web but for the benefit of instant sync that we get, it is a small price to pay.
d. If you have not tried using WA on the Web yet, here is the way to do it. Incidentally, it is only available for Android and Chrome browser as of now.
Btw, this post is not about WA on the Web.
I am quite perturbed by the recent updates from this company (possibly on account of it being bought by FB) because it displays confusion and lack of clarity of purpose. Rather than make the messaging experience more compelling and useful, WA is going in a totally different direction ie calling!! Perhaps it has been compelled to do so because of the other players. So the giant has become a follower! There are already free options to call like Viber. So what's next? Video Calling?
On the contrary, I would have loved WA to focus its energies towards making the messaging experience more fulfilling.
For example, it is a real pain to share a message with a number of individuals on WA. It doesn't make any sense to create groups for a one-off communication and if the group members don't find value in being part of a group, then they will leave it. There is also a problem of the limitation on the number of members in a group. WA may argue that we can use the broadcast option but that also is irrelevant when I want to do a one-off share.
A much easier to use option is having a simple interface where I can choose multiple contacts when I click on the forward button as compared to the single contact selection that is available now.
By the way, the same solution would work beautifully as well when I want to copy and paste because currently I can do that for only one contact at a time.
Are Jan Koum and Brian Acton listening? Or should I pose this question to Zuck?
Yesterday at an ATM of Union Bank of India, I saw a poster (see below) that was revealing and self-explanatory in the context of charging for ATM usage beyond the 'free' transactions. The poster had clearly differentiated between Financial and non- Financial transactions.
Background: For many years, Banks have been campaigning to get their customers away from the branches to reduce the cost of transactions. They started with the ATM culture where a customer can withdraw cash only from the ATMs of that particular bank and then as adoption increased they made it possible for customers of any Visa card to withdraw from any bank that supported the network. And just like the mobile revolution, customers started using ATMS and more or less stopped going to the counters to withdraw cash except in situations where the withdrawal amount was more than the limit for withdrawal by ATMs.
And now when ATMs have become a habit, they have chosen to limit the transactions and charge for anything more than the limit. So what was created as a service to help customers enjoy convenience has now become a 'Revenue Model'.
When I first came to know about this 'free and then fee' model, I thought it was fair on the grounds that if a customer can do 5 Free Transactions on the Banks's own ATMs and 3 more in other ATMs in a month, he/she can actually transact 8 times using an ATM in a month. It seemed inconceivable to me that anyone would require more than this until I started reading the small print.
I see that different banks offer different limits for the 'Free' but I am going to consider them as a single entity for the 5 questions (on the lines of daily 5 questions that BJP is posing to the AAP) that follow.
1. So do the banks want more people to come to the branches now and use the ATMs sparingly? This defeats the original purpose of offering this service because the cost of say 'cash withdrawal' at the branch was significantly higher than at the ATM.
2. Will there be a warning to the customers at the ATM or via sms when they exhaust the number of Free Transactions for the month and that they will be charged for further transactions during the month? I suppose Banks don't expect their customers to keep track of their transactions on the own Bank ATMs and the network ATMs.
3. If the bank's intention is that customers should pay for the services they enjoy, will it also extend to the number of debit card transactions and going forward Internet Banking? There is a high push from Banks to encourage the customers to use the debit cards instead of cash and I suspect that they will charge for debit card usage once it takes off. Likewise for the other services like sms banking, internet banking, app banking to just name a few.
4. Will banks allow carry forward of unused transactions for a period of 6 months? As a customer, I can plan my usage on a larger time window than just a month. If the Banks have the wherewithal to track the number of financial and non-financial transactions, surely they can offer this facility.
5. Is this a ploy to create new products like a premium account where the number of transactions on ATMs (or any other channels) will be unlimited to attract more customers?
Bonus question: Are the charges levied for the extra transactions inclusive of Service tax? I know that this is trivial but since there is no * in the poster above, I want a clarification.
I'm surprised and shocked that RBI has allowed Banks to get away with such customer-unfriendly practices.
Mr Raghuram Rajan, are you listening?


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Kames Castle is a 16th-century tower house located on the shore of Kames Bay near Port Bannatyne, on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. The castle, which is set in  of planted grounds, includes a  18th-century walled garden. It is extended through the addition of a range of stone cottages. The castle, cottages, walled garden and other estate buildings are category B listed buildings.

History
The lands of Kames were granted to the Bannatyne family by Robert the Bruce in the 14th century. Although of 14th-century appearance, the present tower house is thought to date from the 16th century. The last Bannatyne owner was Sir William Macleod Bannatyne (1743–1833), a distinguished lawyer and judge in Edinburgh, who took the title Lord Bannatyne on promotion to the College of Justice in 1799. In the later 18th and early 19th century he laid out the walled garden and constructed a mansion adjoining the tower house.

Kames was the birthplace and early home of the critic and essayist John Sterling (1806–1844). Thomas Carlyle in his biography of Sterling refers to the castle as "a kind of dilapidated baronial residence to which a small farm was then attached". Lord Bannatyne sold the estate around 1810, to James Hamilton WS (1775–1849), preferring his social life in Edinburgh. Kames Castle became part of the Marquess of Bute's estate in 1863. Some alterations to the tower house were undertaken in the later 19th century. Around 1900 the mansion was demolished and replaced with a series of cottages around a courtyard, with the intention of creating a hunting lodge.

In the mid to late 20th century, Kames was used as a children's holiday home, run by the Scottish Council for Spastics. It is now privately owned, with a number of cottages available as holiday lets.

See also
Wester Kames Castle, a restored 16th-century tower which lies around  north of Kames Castle

References

Isle of Bute
Castles in Argyll and Bute
Category B listed buildings in Argyll and Bute
Listed castles in Scotland


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1 arrested, 1 in critical condition after Orem shooting
By Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL.com | Posted - July 20, 2017 at 3:10 p.m.
6PM: Police: Man in critical condition after Orem shooting
KSL TV
OREM — Orem police responded to a shooting Thursday afternoon at 515 E. 1834 South that left one man in critical condition.
Arthur Henry Freek, 60, was arrested later Thursday evening on suspicion of attempted murder and domestic violence in the presence of a child.
He was booked into Utah County Jail at 6:40 p.m., according to a booking report. He is being held without bail.
Police say two men who are related were involved in the shooting, which occurred at about 1:30 p.m.
The victim, 53, was shot in the chest. The man was taken to Utah Valley Hospital in critical condition and was scheduled to go into surgery, police said.
Orem Police Lt. Craig Martinez said the victim had been shot but was able to make it to the front lawn of the house, where police found him when they responded to the scene.
At about 2:15 p.m., Orem police tweeted that the area of the shooting was safe.
Freek lives in the house where the incident occurred, police said, but it was not clear if the shooting victim also lives there.
There were other family members at the residence at the time of the shooting, according to Martinez. Police were still interviewing them Thursday afternoon to sort out what led up to the shooting.
Utah Domestic Violence Coalition operates a confidential statewide, 24-hour domestic abuse hotline at 1-800-897-LINK (5465). Resources are also available online: udvc.org.
Contributing: Sam Penrod, Pat Reavy
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Based on the dark mythos of master horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, the Secrets of Arkham expansion features a new 10-card story deck designed to take your experience with Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game down new paths of cosmic horror. This story deck provides an alternative to the story deck provided by the Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game Core Set.
This 110-card expansion also contains two copies of 50 different cards, featuring iconic mythos figures like Azathoth, Professor Armitage, and the Necronomicon, as well as introducing new cards and resurrecting old favorites from the archives for all seven Factions and neutral cards.
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The Order of the Silver Twilight expansion introduces the Order of the Silver Twilight as the 8th faction into Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game. This expansion contains 55 new cards, 40 of which are from this new faction. There are also two cards for each of the other factions – The Agency, Cthulhu, Hastur, Miskatonic University, Shub-Niggurath, The Syndicate, and Yog-Sothoth – as well as a neutral card. There are three copies of each card in this expansion.


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Melbourne August 17th 2011 – Gamma Solutions' a leading Australian data capture systems designer, today announced that they are partnering with Psion; the market leader in rugged mobile computing.
Gamma Solutions specializes in data capture systems, designing systems which provide solutions to assist companies attain peak efficiency and quality. Offering a wide range of specialty products and services, Gamma Solutions ensures its customers receive the maximum value from their investment.
Psion base their products on an open innovation business model which changes the way products are developed and customers make purchases. This unique approach called Open Source Mobility is the combination of 3 fundamental elements: Modularity, Open Innovation and Customisation. OSM is designed to deliver flexibility and performance now coupled with the best lifetime total cost of ownership and future adaptability for customers.
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Update On WWE Survivor Series 2020
• Update On WWE Survivor Series 2020
WWE introduced virtual fans at their events starting from SummerSlam weekend with their move to the ThunderDome at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.
Originally, the contract between WWE and Amway Center was set to expire on Saturday, October 31st, but it has now been extended, according to PWInsider.
The report states that WWE has gotten at least 4 more weeks to hold shows at the Amway Center.
This means that the Survivor Series 2020 pay-per-view will also be held at the ThunderDome.
WWE still has a lot of options when they decide to move from the ThunderDome, as they've got the Capitol Wrestling Center now, and some plans even state that they want to start touring again.
Speaking of Survivor Series 2020, the Dirty Sheets patreon page is reporting that WWE wants to move away from the RAW vs. SmackDown vs. NXT format this year.
While this is not confirmed, there are some rumors going on that WWE might promote this year's Survivor Series as "30 Years Of Undertaker".
Also Read: WWE's Latest Plan For The Undertaker's 30th Anniversary
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (October 12, 1985) – WWF All-Star Wrestling
On this day in 1985, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show 'WWF All-Star Wrestling'.
This episode was taped at the Brantford Civic Centre in Brantford, Ontario, Canada and fearued matches & interviews on the road to WWF The Wrestling Classic.
You can find the card below:
– King Kong Bundy & Big John Studd vs. Mario Mancini & Paul Roma
– WWF Update
– Terry Funk vs. Gary Starr
– Cpl. Kirchner vs. Joe Mirto
– Beefcake & Greg Valentine vs. George Wells & Brian Mackney
– The Body Shop with guests Don Muraco, Mr. Fuji
– Bob Orton vs. Jim Powers
– Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart vs. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell


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Q: I am unable to redirect user in Yii after login I am new to Yii so i decided to write a simple login script just to put to test what i have learnt so far.
For some reasons my code doesn't work as it should.
Ideally if username and password exist, it ought to redirect to the index view and also and if it doesn't exist it ought to redirect to the login view.
If username and password exist it redirects as it ought to and it also shows the right session value but if username and password doesn't exist i also get the same result.
Any idea what i am doing wrong?
Here is my controller code:
<?php

namespace app\controllers;

use app\models\Users;
use Yii;

class UsersController extends \yii\web\Controller
{
    public function actionIndex()
    {

        $model = new users();
        return $this->render('login', [
                'model' => $model,
            ]);
    }

    public function actionLogin()
    {
        $model = new Users();
        if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post())) {
                // form inputs are valid, do something here
               $request = Yii::$app->request;
               $form_values = $request->post('Users');
               //var_dump($form_values['email']); exit;
               //echo $form_values['email'];
               if($model !==NULL){
                    $model = $model->doLogin($form_values['email'],$form_values['password']);
                    $session = Yii::$app->session;
                    $session->setFlash('login', 'Login succesful.');
                    return $this->render('index', [
                        'model' => $model,
                    ]);
                }

                elseif($model === NULL){

                    $session = Yii::$app->session;
                    $session->setFlash('login', 'Invalid Login.');
                    return $this->render('login', [
                        'model' => $model,
                    ]);
                }
        }

    }
}

A: This is because your condition does not make sense and your else branch is a dead code.
First you're initializing $model variable:
$model = new Users();

Then your testing if it is not null:
if($model !==NULL){

Which will always return true since you already initialized this variable to contain Users model, there is no chance it will be null. You should probably have something like this:
class UsersController extends \yii\web\Controller {

    public function actionIndex() {
        $model = Users::findOne(Yii::$app->user->id);
        return $this->render('index', [
            'model' => $model,
        ]);
    }

    public function actionLogin() {
        $model = new Users();
        if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->login()) {
            Yii::$app->session->setFlash('login', 'Login successful.');
            return $this->redirect(['index']);
        }

        return $this->render('login', [
            'model' => $model,
        ]);
    }
}

And handle login (validating username and password) in Users::login() method. See example in basic application template.

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The Devil wears Privada
Published: 18 January, 2007
Concha y Toro's Chilean label Casillero del Diablo will launch a blend on the UK market in the next few weeks.
Red Hot Chile - a preview of the annual tasting of wines from Chile
London tasting
The Nursery Pavilion, Lord's Cricket Ground, London NW8 8QN
Monday 11 September 2006 - press and on-trade only
Tuesday 12 September 2006 - all guests
(Press are invited on either Monday or Tuesday, with Monday a special day for on-trade and press only)
Wines of Chile is hosting a special focus tasting on Monday only, which will feature the Chilean Gold and Trophy winners from the 2006 UK competitions (International Wine & Spirits Competition, International Wine Challenge and Decanter World Wine Awards). In addition there will a spotlight on Chilean ros and sweet wines
Manchester tasting
The Grand Ballroom, The Lowry Hotel, 50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Salford, Manchester M3 5LH
Thursday 14 September - for all press and trade
Product News 28th April
Anakena exclusive - The Co-op has launched a new wine from Chilean producer Anakena exclusively to its stores.
Product news: Silver star
Pommery has designed a new look for its POP 20cl bottles. Silver POP, which is packaged in a limited-edition reflective bottle, is exclusive to Selfridges and will retail for 9.99. It accompanies the blue and fuchsia-pink (ros) versions.
Sara Hicks of Vranken Pommery Monopole (which owns the brand) says: Silver POP has been designed to add a festive dimension to a brand that's already fun and funky!'
New packaging for Fetzer's Pacific Bay
Fetzer Vineyards has repackaged its Pacific Bay wines. Created by Barlow Doherty, the new design follows the new Fetzer family look, which was launched earlier in the year'. In addition to new labels, the range has moved to Nomacork synthetic cork.
Produced exclusively for the European market, the range currently consists of a Chardonnay/Pinot Grigio; White Zinfandel; Merlot; and Cabernet Sauvignon, all priced at 4.99. Main stockists include Sainsbury's, Co-op, Morrisons and Asda.
Grenache ros from PLW
Peter Lehmann Wines is launching its Grenache ros into the UK for the first time.
You can't rely on research
Have you ever experienced an underwhelming sommelier describing Cava as "Spanish Champagne"? It's pedantic to point it out really.
My View: Regionality is limited by trade and consumer ability
Regionality is one of those terms that transcend criticism.
My View: Spotlight on South Africa
South Africa is under the UK wine trade spotlight, with everyone pontificating on the best way forward.
Degrees of success by Jo Burzynska
As New Zealand shivered through what has been for many the coldest December on record, global warming felt an ice age away. The world may be heating up, but one of the most conspicuous climate changes in this country has been the increased frosts.
Paul White replys to the AWRI
Before getting into a detailed discussion of the issues at hand, I'd like to address AWRI's complaint that Harper's and Scientifically Speaking have not rigidly followed academic scientific standards. Harper's is obviously not a peer reviewed scientific journal. It's a magazine focused on the wine trade and interested consumers. Given that audience, its primary task is to translate complex issues in a way that makes sense to its readers so they can make informed, rational decisions about wine related issues. Dressing Scientifically Speaking with snappy titles and headings goes a long way towards engaging readers' attention, not to mention keeping them from dozing off mid-paragraph. AWRI appear to have misunderstood the point of this and seem to have been a touch overly sensitive concerning choice of titles and section headings.
Fling or real thing?
As one year slides not particularly memorably into another, Italians are looking back on an age, now clearly on the wane, when the so-called vitigni migliorativi' (improving vine varieties) were something no self-respecting wine could be seen without in polite society.
Wines in the Weekly Press
The Independent on Sunday
RICHARD EHRLICH bows out of his column this week after 10 years. The growth of the internet has been one of the biggest influences on the drinks trade during that time, he says, and of the recent developments in the online drinks world, the most uneven is the rise of the blog'. He doesn't hate all drink-related blogs, but most are drivel'. In his view, there are way too many amateurs waffling on about subjects they know nothing about. He remonstrates: In cyberspace,
it seems, no one can hear you scream "Enough! Shut up, please."' One of his favourite blogs is by Sunday Express columnist Jamie Goode (www.wineanorak.com/blog), which combines technical expertise with vivid accounts of his travels and a nice bit of personal history'. Ehrlich also uses this last hurrah to sing the praises of France and insists: French wine is the best on Earth'. He suggests trying 2005 Le Cas, Mas de la Conscience, Vin de Pays de l'Hrault (10.95; Berry Bros & Rudd).
Liberty demands change over screwcap attitudes
Dear Minister,
I am writing to you regarding an issue that is having an adverse effect on the sales and positive image of Italian wine.
It can't be easy living up to the Chef of the [20th] Century' accolade applied to Jol Robuchon by Gault Millau.
Oz Clarke's forthcoming BBC series - Oz and James' Big Wine Adventure - is thrown into the spotlight by JILL PARKIN as she takes a look behind the scenes of the televised French road/wine trip. She finds that Oz remains a true expert on all things vinous -when it comes to wine, he can talk you beautifully into anything' - although Top Gear's James May reveals that his car knowledge is somewhat lacking: He's quite good at talking about them in a lyrical way but he thinks they've still got carburettors.' The series will be aired on BBC2 in November.
MATTHEW JUKES recommends some inexpensive French reds, including 2004 Chteau Roubaud, Tradition Costires de Nmes, France (6.99; Yapp Brothers).
Riesling remains a favoured topic of JANCIS ROBINSON MW, but this time it's the turn of Australia, rather than Germany.
'Piety versus terroir' - by Max Allen
Terroir, according to Malcolm Gluck in his new book Brave New World, is twaddle. Well, I'm sorry, Malcolm, I just don't agree.
The Analyst - by Neil Beckett
The Bell at Skenfrith (www.thebellatskenfrith.co.uk) has long been known to aficionados, but has only recently started to win the wider recognition it richly deserves, earlier this month beating one of London's best hotel restaurants to win the 2006 Gosset Award for the best Champagne list in the UK.
From eco-wine to Frankenvine - by Joanne Simon
Welcome to South Africa, a place of great natural beauty, still teeming with unique and exciting wildlife in places, and home to the Cape Floral Kingdom, the smallest and richest of the earth's six great floral kingdoms.


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Provident Jewelry hosted a party to ring in the holidays and benefit The Immokalee Foundation on Dec. 7 at two of its five locations in South Florida. Held simultaneously at its original store in Naples at 541 Fifth Avenue South and its newest flagship at 766 Fifth Avenue located three blocks away, the events featured live music, an open bar, and plenty of bling. Ten percent of the evening's sales were donated to Immokalee, a not-for-profit organization which provides education for the children of Immokalee, Fla., an area home to thousands of working poor.
The original store at 541 Fifth Avenue South in Naples.
Provident specializes in vintage, estate, and contemporary jewelry. The newest door is home to several designer shop-in-shops as well, including Cartier, Chopard, and Los Angeles-based designer Bez Ambar. Ambar, known for his innovations as a diamond cutter, made a personal appearance at the event and hosted a trunk show introducing his newest cut, the Blaze. The Blaze has 13 main facets that bend and refract light which produces "more fire" than traditional 50-facet diamond cuts, according to the designer's website.
Provident's newest location at 766 Fifth Avenue South in Naples.
Provident Jewelry, primarily owned by Robert Samuels and Scott Diament (each store has a minority managing partner), has been a big supporter of children's charities over the years. Provident has also partnered with The Immokalee Foundation—whose Pathways to Success mentoring program focuses on college and career development, scholarships, and tutoring—as a jewelry sponsor for the Charity Classic Pro-Am golf tournament and the Charity Classic Celebration in Naples.
The interior of the Jupiter store.
During the holiday event, a horse and carriage transported a mix of loyal customers and new clients between both stores on Fifth Avenue South. Sales were strong and continued through the weekend, says Puntervold, noting clients tend to buy more if they think their purchase can do some good.
The interior of the newest location in Naples.
The interior of the Fort Myers store.


You May Be Throwing Money Away on Marketing Your Small Business.
Marketing your business effectively can be a costly endeavor. Traditional marketing tactics might not work as well for your business as they might for others, even in the same industry. Figuring out what marketing methods work best for your business can be an exercise in trial and error. (Not to mention, cost you a bunch of money.) Traditional marketing methods require extensive analytics and targeting in order to be truly give you the highest return on investment (ROI) possible. The only way of doing this is to spend money, money you may or may not have budgeted for along with all of your other small business expenses. Still, the most traditional marketing method is still the best, and that is word-of-mouth. Your customers speaking positively about your business or brand are the best marketing tool you can have. This is especially true in this social media heavy world that we have built over the past few years. Take the time, above all else, to make sure your business is providing a service or product that your customers enjoy and is a positive experience in every way. This will generate more business on its own. Spend a little of your marketing budget on bonuses for your employees that are representing your business in a way that benefits its image and work hard to build a staff that does the same. Once you have found a good team, the difficult part is making sure they stick around. With a rebounding economy, you may see your turnover rate skyrocket. A better economy means an abundance of job opportunities and more competitive salaries. Employee retention is largely reliant on compensation packages. An employee is more likely to be happy at his job if he or she feels properly compensated for their efforts. The mistake that most business owners make with regards to payroll, is not taking into account what a big part of marketing a good employee is. You may have a budget for payroll and a stipend for marketing expenses without realizing there is crossover. Make sure you provide recognition and compensation for the staff you have that is giving your business a good name with your customers. This won't be difficult to determine because your customers will often mention your best employees by name if your industry has any sort of customer service aspect. Your customers will naturally gravitate to those that offer a more positive experience. Do your best to make sure you keep these employees happy. Alternatively, don't waste too much time trying to cultivate ones that are not performing at the same level. Pay attention to your reviews online and work on correcting any problem issues your customers might point out, and thank them for doing so. Many make the mistake of offering compensation to customers that leave positive reviews in the way of discounts or gift cards, but it is the customers that point out your flaws that can offer the most value. Business owners would do well not to lose sight of this. Converting an unsatisfied customer into an evangelist for your brand carries more weight than rewarding blind fandom. With so many low-cost marketing tools available via the internet, you will find your marketing budget goes further when you apply it internally than spending it blindly on blanket advertising.


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The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is an international organisation formed of lay Catholics, whose vocation is to follow Christ through service to the most vulnerable people.
The SSVP is organised into groups called "Conferences", which are communities of faith and love, prayer and action. Their members are traditionally known as Vincentians.
They have a spiritual bond, as brothers and sisters together. Their shared mission is to follow Christ by serving in hope those most in need.
Conferences meet weekly or fortnightly, forming bonds which strengthen their unity and friendship. Together they seek personal development and the encounter with Christ in the person of those in need.
The Councils
Councils serve the Conferences they coordinate; they help them to develop their spiritual life, increase their service and diversify their activities.
The function of Councils is to create new Conferences, help expand existing
Conferences, encourage special works, support training, establish relationships with the Vincentian Family, drive forward collaboration with other organisations and ensure good communications among Conferences and their associated Councils. Finally, they promote the sense of belonging to a Society which covers the entire world.
Conferences are grouped under various levels of Council:
Superior or National Council: coordinates and represents the general work of all Conferences in a particular country or geographical zone.
Zone Council: represents groups of Conferences from a particular geographical zone, under the direction of the Superior Council to which they belong.
Regional, Particular, Central Councils, etc, are other levels of Council which may be established when circumstances require it.
International Council General (CGI)
This is formed of the representatives of each of the member countries of the
International Confederation of the SSVP. These vote on the main resolutions which affect the life of the SSVP, and every 6 years they elect a President General, who will appoint the executive board and members of the international structure to support the new President General during their term of office.
The CGI represents the Conference in the world, organises international meetings among countries, distributes information and provides funds for help in humanitarian emergencies. It is also the guarantor of the spirit of the Society, and ensures respect for the Rule (go to the document). It is also responsible for aggregation of the Conferences and institution of Councils.
Commission for International Aid and Development (CIAD)
The CIAD (Commission for International Aid and Development) is the Commission which considers requests for financing projects of the Society around the world.
Its actions are financed by donations from Superior or National Councils and from outside donors.
This Commission channels and coordinates four main areas of action around the world:
Emergency help in disaster situations.
Projects to support development.
Support for expansion and growth of the SSVP.
Strengthening Superior/National Councils.


The Next Great American Outdoor Game!
My Pole-ish Horseshoes is a competitive outdoor Frisbee game that combines skill and endurance as players defend their post from opposing teams. It provides friends and family with hours of outdoor competition and fun. The object of the game is to score points by throwing a Frisbee at the opponent's pole and knocking the can off its perch. The first team to get 21 points wins the game!
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Q: SItuar un row hasta el principio de un dataTable siempre Buen dia mi gente yo quisiera saber si tienen algun ejemplo de como poner un row siempre al principio de una tabla hecha con el plugin dataTable e buscado varias formas pero no lo logro me podrian ayudar por favor ?

A: La forma correcta de agregar una nueva fila en datatable es:
dt_Empleados.row.add([
    "123",
    "Juan Pérez",
    "Administrativo"
]).draw();

Esto agregará la fila en la posición correspondiente al orden actual de la tabla.
Procura que tu enunciado de datatable sea algo como esto:
var dt_Empleados = $('#empleados').DataTable({
    "sDom": "... ...",
    "autoWidth": true,
    ...
    "order": [[1, 'asc']]
});

Fíjate... con la "D" en mayúscula, no dataTable.
Respecto a poner la fila en primera posición, prueba con esto:
dt_Empleados.Rows.InsertAt(myDataRow, 0);