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A Year in Review: Our best social media posts from 2017
Posted by: Comms 5 January 2018
As we begin the New Year and continue taking on pancreatic cancer, here is a recap of some of our top stories on social media for 2017.
We held another successful Annual summit last year, which focused on 'Inspiring Innovation'. The day brought together researchers, health professionals and people affected by the disease to hear about the progress being made in diagnosis, treatment and research
Every month matters
Our Every Month Matters petition called for fairer access to life-extending treatments for people with pancreatic cancer. We called on the bodies responsible for approving life-extending treatments on the NHS to take into account the huge value of extra time for people with just a few months left to live.
New blood test for pancreatic cancer patients
A research project sponsored by our Research innovation Fund saw scientists take exciting steps towards the development of a blood test which could be used for detecting and improving the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
Our team of 118 runners supported us by taking on the world's most renowned marathon and ran a 26.2 mile race past the capital's most famous landmarks. We raised a fantastic £361,000. Thank you #TeamPanCanUK!
#ResearchAtRisk
We surveyed leading cancer researchers as part of our Research At Risk campaign. 92% felt Brexit could negatively impact access to EU research funding. Research is the only way to find new treatment options, so we asked our supporters to help us encourage the government to guarantee access to EU clinical trials, post-Brexit.
BBC Radio 4 Appeal
Many of our supporters tuned in to listen to actress Alison Steadman present our BBC Radio 4 Appeal which raised an incredible £34,730. Alison talked about her mum's battle with pancreatic cancer 21 years ago and asked for your help to fund cutting-edge research, led by some of the brightest minds in the field.
Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce
People with the six less survivable cancers are almost five times less likely to survive beyond five years. That's why we joined forces with four cancer charities to form the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce and demand all cancer patients have a fair chance of living for longer.
Clinical Pioneer Awards scheme
A pilot treatment pathway funded by Pancreatic Cancer UK demonstrated the potential to save the NHS an astonishing £3,200 per patient. Through our Clinical Pioneers Awards, we continue to fund pioneering research to improve diagnosis, treatment and care.
The launch of our Future leaders Academy saw us fund five of UK's brightest PHD students at the Beatson Institute in Glasgow as they began their research careers. Their research could help develop new treatments and make the breakthroughs that are so desperately needed.
An Evening with Suggs and Friends
This popular fundraiser was back for a 5th year running with fantastic performances from Suggs, Jools Holland and special guests. We raised an amazing £170,000.
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
We achieved some fantastic awareness raising throughout November last year. Our various news stories generated 965 pieces of media coverage reaching at least 55 million people. We also reached over 2 million people through our Facebook posts, which received over 86,000 engagement likes, comments and shares in total.
Early Diagnosis Research Dream Team
50 of the brightest minds from the UK's best research centres were brought together last November to discuss a new strategy for taking on the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. We will now fund our Dream Team to deliver the early diagnosis research study over the next three years.
Our 2016-17 Impact Report highlighted the incredible work we've done with our supporters to take on pancreatic cancer. Thanks to their help we reached more people than ever before with our support services, helped increase standards of care, invested 2.4 million in research, campaigned for policy change and took a leading role in building a stronger pancreatic cancer community.
Comms Fundraising Guest author Information & support Policy and campaigning Research Supporter Involvement Carer's stories authors
08/07/2019: An amazing experience and worth the pain 05/07/2019: A small step that gives our campaigns tremendous power 24/05/2019: I class myself as a lucky man 17/05/2019: Early diagnosis: a doctor's perspective 25/04/2019: Dad will be in our hearts and minds on race day
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He came 287th in class and 287th overall!
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Have you ever used a Rebounder to loose weight?
I am about 85 pounds overweight - ughhhh! I have heard good things about using a rebounder to lose weight. I also have a treadmill -- this year I want to shed 85 pounds but I have to be realistic and start with maybe 20 pounds at time, if you have used a rebounder or have any words of encouragement they would be appreciated -- I really need to set some goals here -- any suggestions?
All you need is to believe in yourself that you can do it. I never used a rebounder. I believe in daily exercise. I go for an hour daily walk and I have lost around 20kgs in around 11 months. I lost weight gradually. I did not see a remarkable improvement at first. You have to eat healthy foods, avoiding a lot of fats and fast foods.
thanks for awarding me the best repsonse.
I'm sorry, but what is a rebounder? To loose weight you can intake your water drinking, and just cut out salty snacks and sugared snacks. That will start you. Take it a day at a time, and you are right to start with a realistic goal, so it isn't overwelming. I also will suggest the smart frozen dinners. They have points on them. Eating them each day, you will loose weight. Good luck dear.
I think do cardio is the best thing for oyu... it gets you fit, its fun, and you lose weight. Running and swimming are probably your best options... good luck!
No I have never needed to lose weight I am a slim person.


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Coronavirus: a drug based on bear bile
Marketing April 2, 2020
China has given the go-ahead to a bear bile-based drug to treat patients suffering from Covid-19.
China has given the green light to a bear bile-based drug to treat patients suffering from Covid-19, reigniring controversy over the treatment of plantigrades raised for this purpose. Environmental groups have long denounced the plight of thousands of bears in China, immobilized in narrow cages where their abdomens are punctured by a catheter connected to their vesicle to remove bile.
The latter is resold for the therapeutic qualities it is given in traditional medicine. In particular, it is supposed to help regulate cholesterol or dissolve gallstones and kidney stones. But the controversially effective substance is now included in medical recommendations added by Beijing to the arsenal to fight the new coronavirus.
The Chinese Ministry of Health recommended last month an injection called "Tan Re Qing" consisting of bear bile, but also goat horn powder and plant extracts, for severely affected patients.
President Xi Jinping's regime, which likes to stir up nationalist fibre, has for years been touting the virtues of traditional pharmacopoeia in the face of Western medicine, and this time especially in the fight against the Covid-19. Tan Re Qing is indicated in the treatment of respiratory diseases, including pneumonia, according to its manufacturer, the Kaibao laboratory in Shanghai.
But for the Animals Asia Foundation (AAF), using bear bile against the epidemic is both "tragic and contradictory" since China has just banned the trade in wild animals for food purposes, in response to the onset of the virus.
It was detected in late 2019 at a market in Wuhan (centre), where wildlife was being marketed.
The Asian Black Bear, an Endangered Species
Brian Daly, a spokesman for the AAF, fears that Beijing's official recommendation will add to the threat to the endangered Asian black bear. "Promoting the use of bear bile may result in an increase in the volumes collected, not only at the expense of bears in captivity but also of those who are at large," he told AFP. The production of bear bile is legal in China but its export is prohibited by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
But some 20,000 plantigrades in China are still reduced to paying their bile to a pharmaceutical market valued at more than $1 billion a year, according to Kirsty Warren, a spokeswoman for the World Society for the Protection of Animals. "Throughout Asia, the trade in bear bile is flourishing, even though it is banned in most states," says Richard Thomas of Traffic.
The active ingredient in bear bile, ursoxycholic acid (or ursodiol), can now be chemically produced in the laboratory, he says. As a result, there is "no reason to incorporate bear bile" into medicines, he said. In addition to the health risk posed by the wildlife trade, animal protection is increasingly needed in China.
At the gates of Hong Kong, the giant metropolis of Shenzhen has just banned this week the consumption of dog and cat meat. According to Humane Society International, Shenzhen is the first city in China to take such a step. As many as 10 million dogs and 4 million cats are slaughtered each year in the country for their meat, according to the association.
This boat will cross the Atlantic… on it's own.
Coronavirus. Armed conflicts continue around the world
Contaminated Tom Hanks Gives Blood for Science and Wife Warns Against Chloroquine
On the futility of official economic science: the trade-off between economic activity and health risks
City medicine at a standstill
France / Coronavirus: the French Academy of Medicine recommends mass screening

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Seo Eun-chan brought out A4 paper and pen from the conference room corner and sat in front of Seojun. Seojun also pulled his chair close to him with a serious expression, unlike his uncle's.
"Any other conditions?"
"I'll think about the drama or movie suggested by Cocoa Entertainment, but I won't accept it if I don't like it."
"Even if a new actor comes in, you can't attach my name to him."
"No attaching your name… where did you learn that?"
"No. Ji-Seok taught me."
Seojun had already asked advice from Brown Black and Lee Ji-Seok and other acquaintances in the Korean and American entertainment industries.
'Should I be with them until I become an adult?'
It was also them who proposed a time limit of till middle school.
Since there are more roles to play for high school students, they said that the agency's care is definitely needed from then on.
Seo Eun-chan, who was scratching his head with a pen, nodded. Actor Lee Ji Seok.
Other than Lee Ji-Seok, many people would have already said their advice for him.
Seo Eun-chan, who was thinking of Seojun's personal connections, swallowed his saliva.
"Okay, no using of your name, next?"
"We have to sign an overseas movie contract separately."
"Okay. I didn't even think about that place."
'Did he mean Marine? Going into Hollywood. I didn't even think about it.'
Seojun quietly told Seo Eun-chan what he decided with his mother and father.
There was more content that valued Seojun's opinion than money.
No matter how much works Seojun does in a year, he does it if he wants to and will not do it if he doesn't want to.
They don't care how many years he will take off.
Not knowing when Seojun would want to do something else, his mom and dad suggested conditions for Seojun from one to ten.
"Re-signing will be after graduating from middle school."
"Yeah. There's no more?"
"I think I've told you everything I have to tell you."
"Then I'll write a contract with this. I will also talk about it with my sister and brother-in-law."
"Oh, by the way. What's the appointment time?"
They didn't even realize that the time went by so fast.
Seojun and Seo Eun-chan looked at the clock hung in the conference room.
Fortunately, there were still 20 minutes left until the appointment time.
"You have some time left. Do you want to read some script?"
"There is still some Script?"
"There is a lot of proposals coming. It's just that we don't have a lot of production. These days, I think the amount has increased because of the increasing demand for web dramas."
"Yes, I want to read them!"
"I hope there's something Seojun likes this time. What if they don't want you because of your front teeth?"
"Uncle!"
Lee Ji-Seok came to Cocoa Entertainment with his manager Yoon Sung-oh.
"It's completely different from the picture."
Cocoa Entertainment completely changed the span of few months after the president changed.
It was definitely different from the old building that would usually appear on news and Internet articles.
"The president changed, and investment came in, so it changed completely. They will definitely hire more employees."
The office was spacious and clean.
New employees were also hired. There were also new talented and attractive trainees.
The trainees, who were surprised to see Lee Ji-Seok over there, became shy and ran toward the staff, guiding them to debut after a few months.
When Lee Ji-Seok waved, the surprised trainees bowed down to greet him and disappeared immediately to the practice room like a flock of sparrows while going to the convenience store to buy snacks.
With the guidance of the staff, Lee Ji-Seok and manager Yoon Sung-oh opened the conference room on the first floor.
Seojun, who was sitting in a chair was rummaging through script given by his uncle, welcomed the two.
He came just in time for their appointment.
"Jisheok-Hyung! Seongoh-Hyung! Hello!" (TL: The author here really misspelled the names because of the airy pronunciation of Seojun)
"Pfft. That's why you hesitated."
Lee Ji-Seok couldn't hold back his laughter when he saw Seojun's empty front teeth.
Looking at his cute, charismatic, and cool appearance, his ordinary appearance may seem awkward, but Seojun looked perfect like a very naughty child.
Yoon Sung-oh also covered his mouth with his hand because a laughter seemed to burst out.
Seojun said with a displeased face.
"This was already the second time today."
"Your pronunciation is leaking, too."
"I didn't know on the phone."
"The wind keeps coming out this way. Later on, this and this will fall too. Really! I don't think I can act seriously until my permanent teeth come out."
Lee Ji-Seok sat down smiling. Manager Yoon Sung-oh also sat next to him.
Lee Ji-Seok took a bunch of paper from his bag and handed it over to Seojun. It was the script of the drama in which he is acting on.
"Is this the script?"
"Okay. What do you think?"
[Re-investigation]
Even the title screams "Mystery!"
Seojun flapped over the script.
In the second half of the script, there was a place marked with a highlighter and post-it. There were about three lines.
"It's just a Cameo role that has nothing to do with the drama."
"Are you okay with it?"
Rather than replying, Seojun showed Lee Ji-Seok his empty front teeth.
Lee Ji-Seok burst into laughter again.
"It's okay. It's okay. It looks better on you."
"What role is it?"
"The role of an elementary school student who says the hit-and-run car number."
"That's really…"
Seojun nodded when he heard Lee Ji-Seok.
"It looks good on me."
"What do you think? Do you want to do it?"
"Let's read what kind of drama it is."
Seojun packed the scripts he received from Lee Ji-Seok in his bag. The Golem doll on the zipper of the bag rattled.
Lee Ji-Seok stood up smiling.
"Let's go eat lunch."
"Is there a good restaurant near here?"
"There's a dumpling restaurant in front of the building. They sell cold noodles, too!"
Lee Ji-Seok laughed at the memory of eating dumplings together during 'The Devil' shooting.
"Cold noodles are good."
"I know. The dumplings were good, too."
After having a satisfactory lunch, the three took a walk together. No one recognized Seojuun and Lee Ji-Seok because they were wearing hats and masks.
"I think we should have just met outside."
When Seojun and Lee Ji-Seok laughed and talked, Yoon Sung-oh shook his head.
People were passing by, but they were busy making fun of their feet as if they were using this road to go somewhere else.
Well, he heard that there was a road across the main road, and everyone seemed to have gone there. Yoon Sung-oh scratched his head.
Three people were surprised by the sudden voice.
Yoon Sung-oh naturally blocked the two and talked with the person. Seojun's eyes sparkled at sight.
'A Top actor's manager!'
Uncle Chan's words to introduce Seojun's manager the next time he came to Cocoa Entertainment appeared in his mind. What kind of person is he? 'I wish he would be this cool.'
"What's wrong with you?"
The man shrank his neck with a slightly cold voice.
Seojun applauded Yoon Sung-oh's change of voice. He seemed to be intimidating right now.
"Hey, if you have time, why don't you watch a play? Kids can watch it, too."
"A play?"
Lee Ji-Seok and Seojun reacted to the word. They were two actors who could talk all day long about movies and dramas. The play was also indispensable.
Yoon Sung-oh's stiff expression slowly loosened.
Perhaps he felt the change, but the man continued in a clear voice.
"Yes. There is a small theater nearby. The content is fun, and everyone is good at acting. You won't regret watching it."
Yoon Sung-oh received the flyer handed out by the man and gave it to Lee Ji-Seok and Seojun.
[My neighborhood]
Well, just looking at the title, they couldn't guess what it was about.
Lee Ji-Seok tapped Seojun on the shoulder with his hand. Lee Ji-Seok winked when Seojun raised his head.
"Do you want to watch?"
Seojun nodded. He watched few plays in the United States, but this is his first time watching a play in Korea.
"If you buy the ticket from me, I'll give you a 20%, no, 40% percent discount."
"No, it's fine."
The shoulders of the man, who was working hard, dropped at Lee Ji-Seok's words. He doesn't know how many rejections he has heard so far.
'What if there's no audience today?'
The man, who pretended not to be disappointed, thought about the disappointed face of the members. He tried to turn around and find another audience.
At that time, Lee Ji-Seok's voice was stuck in the man's ear.
"We like plays. We can buy it at a regular price. How much is it?"
At Lee Ji-Seok's words, the man's face was in full bloom.
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Home/Language/English/Archaeology in the Bedford Region
Archaeology in the Bedford Region
549pp, Includes 254 figures, plans, maps and drawings, 143 tables, 45 black and white plates
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Bedfordshire Archaeology Monograph Series, 4
This volume on the archaeology of the English county of Bedford and its environs brings together the results of five excavations over a four year period in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It includes settlement sites dating to the Iron Age and Roman period, cemeteries and craftwork centres. One of the cemeteries, Kempston, includes a significant proportion of decapitations from the Roman period and there is a detailed analysis of this phenomena. At the same site burial from the 6th century AD hints at some form of continuous settlement in the area. Kempston is also interesting for the possibility that it is a planned rural settlement dating to the earliest years of the Roman province. This volume also includes the largest finds and ceramics assemblages presently published in the county and is an essential database of artefactual material for any future work. It also contains full accounts of several pollen columns taken at Ruxox and Kempston and provides a commentary on the environmental history of the region from the late post-glacial. The additional data on palaeo-environmental evidence from the sites provides a detailed insight into the affect of the environment on later prehistoric communities and the means by which these communities changed and adapted the environment. In a small way the "Archaeology of the Bedford Region" continues the debate into the role of human agency in change and adaptation to events at a local level, moreover rather than seeing the archaeology of the region as series of dated phases it presents both qualitatively and, where appropriately, quantatively, the almost continuous changes that took place amongst the rural populations of this region during the later prehistoric and Roman periods.
Written by Michael Dawson. With major contributions by Michael J. Allen, Peter Barker, Francesca Boghi, Anthea Boylston, Caroline R. Cartwright, Brenda Dickinson, Holly Duncan, Dawn Enright, Peter Guest, Sheila Hamilton-Dyer, Terry A. Spencer (formerly Jackman), Ed McSloy, Yvonne Parminter, Antony F. Roberts, Charlotte Roberts, Rob Scaife, Dan Shiel, Anna M. Slowikowski and Jackie Wells. Illustrations by Roy Friendship-Taylor, Peter Froste, Cecily A. Marshall, Lisa A. Padilla and Faith Puetress.


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Removal Power of the President, [17 June] 1789
Removal Power of the President
[17 June 1789]
Debate continued on the clause in the bill establishing a foreign affairs department that declared the secretary could be removed from office by the president.
Mr. Madison. However various the opinions which exist upon the point now before us, it seems agreed on all sides, that it demands a careful investigation and full discussion. I feel the importance of the question, and know that our decision will involve the decision of all similar cases. The decision that is at this time made will become the permanent exposition of the constitution; and on a permanent exposition of the constitution will depend the genius and character of the whole government. It will depend, perhaps, on this decision, whether the government shall retain that equilibrium which the constitution intended, or take a direction toward aristocracy, or anarchy among the members of the government. Hence how careful ought we to be to give a true direction to a power so critically circumstanced. It is incumbent on us to weigh with particular attention the arguments which have been advanced in support of the various opinions with cautious deliberation. I own to you, Mr. Chairman, that I feel great anxiety upon this question; I feel an anxiety, because I am called upon to give a decision in a case that may affect the fundamental principles of the government under which we act, and liberty itself. But all that I can do on such an occasion is to weigh well every thing advanced on both sides, with the purest desire to find out the true meaning of the constitution, and to be guided by that, and an attachment to the true spirit of liberty, whose influence I believe strongly predominates here.
Several constructions have been put upon the constitution relative to the point in question. The gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Sherman) has advanced a doctrine which was not touched upon before. He seems to think (if I understood him right), that the power of displacing from office is subject to legislative discretion; because it having a right to create, it may limit or modify as is thought proper. I shall not say but at first view this doctrine may seem to have some plausibility: But when I consider, that the constitution clearly intended to maintain a marked distinction between the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government; and when I consider, that if the legislature has a power, such as contended for, they may subject, and transfer at discretion, powers from one department of government to another; they may, on that principle, exclude the president altogether from exercising any authority in the removal of officers; they may give it to the senate alone, or the president and senate combined; they may vest it in the whole congress, or they may reserve it to be exercised by this house. When I consider the consequences of this doctrine, and compare them with the true principles of the constitution, I own that I cannot subscribe to it.
Another doctrine which has found very respectable friends, has been particularly advocated by the gentleman from South-Carolina (Mr. Smith). It is this; when an officer is appointed by the president and senate, he can only be displaced from malfeasance in his office by impeachment: I think this would give a stability to the executive department so far as it may be described by the heads of departments, which is more incompatible with the genius of republican government in general, and this constitution in particular, than any doctrine which has yet been proposed. The danger to liberty, the danger of mal-administration has not yet been found to lay so much in the facility of introducing improper persons into office, as in the difficulty of displacing those who are unworthy of the public trust. If it is said that an officer once appointed shall not be displaced without the formality required by impeachment, I shall be glad to know what security we have for the faithful administration of the government. Every individual in the long chain which extends from the highest to the lowest link of the executive magistracy, would find a security in his situation which would relax his fidelity and promptitude in the discharge of his duty.
The doctrine, however, which seems to stand most in opposition to the principles I contend for, is that the power to annul an appointment is in the nature of things incidental to the power which makes the appointment. I agree that if nothing more was said in the constitution than that the president, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, should appoint to office, there would be great force in saying that the power of removal resulted by a natural implication from the power of appointing. But there is another part of the constitution no less explicit than the one on which the gentleman's doctrine is founded, it is that part which declares, that the executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States. The association of the senate with the president in exercising that particular function, is an exception to this general rule; and exceptions to general rules, I conceive, are ever to be taken strictly. But there is another part of the constitution which inclines in my judgment, to favor the construction I put upon it; the president is required to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. If the duty to see the laws faithfully executed be required at the hands of the executive magistrate, it would seem that it was generally intended he should have that species of power which is necessary to accomplish that end. Now if the officer when once appointed, is not to depend upon the president for his official existence, but upon a distinct body (for where there are two negatives required either can prevent the removal), I confess I do not see how the president can take care that the laws be faithfully executed. It is true by a circuitous operation, he may obtain an impeachment, and even without this it is possible he may obtain the concurrence of the senate for the purpose of displacing an officer; but would this give that species of control to the executive magistrate which seems to be required by the constitution? I own if my opinion was not contrary to that entertained by what I suppose to be the minority on this question, I should be doubtful of being mistaken, when I discovered how inconsistent that construction would make the constitution with itself. I can hardly bring myself to imagine the wisdom of the convention who framed the constitution, contemplated such incongruity.
There is another maxim which ought to direct us in expounding the constitution, and is of great importance. It is laid down in most of the constitutions or bills of rights in the republics of America, it is to be found in the political writings of the most celebrated civilians, and is every where held as essential to the preservation of liberty, That the three great departments of government be kept separate and distinct; and if in any case they are blended, it is in order to admit a partial qualification in order more effectually to guard against an entire consolidation. I think, therefore, when we review the several parts of this constitution, when it says that the legislative powers shall be vested in a Congress of the United States under certain exceptions, and the executive power vested in the president with certain exceptions, we must suppose they were intended to be kept separate in all cases in which they are not blended, and ought consequently to expound the constitution so as to blend them as little as possible.
Every thing relative to the merits of the question as distinguished from a constitutional question, seems to turn on the danger of such a power vested in the president alone. But when I consider the checks under which he lies in the exercise of this power, I own to you I feel no apprehensions but what arise from the dangers incidental to the power itself; for dangers will be incidental to it, vest it where you please. I will not reiterate what was said before with respect to the mode of election, and the extreme improbability that any citizen will be selected from the mass of citizens who is not highly distinguished by his abilities and worth; in this alone we have no small security for the faithful exercise of this power. But, throwing that out of the question, let us consider the restraints he will feel after he is placed in that elevated station. It is to be remarked that the power in this case will not consist so much in continuing a bad man in office, as in the danger of displacing a good one. Perhaps the great danger, as has been observed, of abuse in the executive power, lies in the improper continuance of bad men in office. But the power we contend for will not enable him to do this; for if an unworthy man be continued in office by an unworthy president, the house of representatives can at any time impeach him, and the senate can remove him, whether the president chuses or not. The danger then consists merely in this: the president can displace from office a man whose merits require that he should be continued in it. What will be the motives which the president can feel for such abuse of his power, and the restraints that operate to prevent it? In the first place, he will be impeachable by this house, before the senate, for such an act of maladministration; for I contend that the wanton removal of meritorious officers would subject him to impeachment and removal from his own high trust. But what can be his motives for displacing a worthy man? It must be that he may fill the place with an unworthy creature of his own. Can he accomplish this end? No; he can place no man in the vacancy whom the senate shall not approve; and if he could fill the vacancy with the man he might chuse, I am sure he would have little inducement to make an improper removal. Let us consider the consequences. The injured man will be supported by the popular opinion; the community will take side with him against the president; it will facilitate those combinations, and give success to those exertions which will be pursued to prevent his re-election. To displace a man of high merit, and who from his station may be supposed a man of extensive influence, are considerations which will excite serious reflections beforehand in the mind of any man who may fill the presidential chair; the friends of those individuals, and the public sympathy will be against him. If this should not produce his impeachment before the senate, it will amount to an impeachment before the community, who will have the power of punishment by refusing to re-elect him. But suppose this persecuted individual, cannot obtain revenge in this mode; there are other modes in which he could make the situation of the president very inconvenient, if you suppose him resolutely bent on executing the dictates of resentment. If he had not influence enough to direct the vengeance of the whole community, he may probably be able to obtain an appointment in one or other branch of the legislature; and being a man of weight, talents and influence in either case, he may prove to the president troublesome indeed. We have seen examples in the history of other nations, which justifies the remark I now have made. Though the prerogatives of the British king are great as his rank, and it is unquestionably known that he has a positive influence over both branches of the legislative body, yet there have been examples in which the appointment and removal of ministers has been found to be dictated by one or other of those branches. Now if this is the case with an hereditary monarch, possessed of those high prerogatives and furnished with so many means of influence; can we suppose a president elected for four years only dependent upon the popular voice impeachable by the legislature? Little if at all distinguished for wealth, personal talents, or influence from the head of the department himself; I say, will he bid defiance to all these considerations, and wantonly dismiss a meritorious and virtuous officer? Such abuse of power exceeds my conception: If any thing takes place in the ordinary course of business of this kind, my imagination cannot extend to it on any rational principle. But let us not consider the question on one side only; there are dangers to be contemplated on the other. Vest this power in the senate jointly with the president, and you abolish at once that great principle of unity and responsibility in the executive department, which was intended for the security of liberty and the public good. If the president should possess alone the power of removal from office, those who are employed in the execution of the law will be in their proper situation, and the chain of dependence be preserved; the lowest officers, the middle grade, and the highest, will depend, as they ought, on the president, and the president on the community. The chain of dependence therefore terminates in the supreme body, namely, in the people; who will possess besides, in aid of their original power, the decisive engine of impeachment. Take the other supposition, that the power should be vested in the senate, on the principle that the power to displace is necessarily connected with the power to appoint. It is declared by the constitution, that we may by law vest the appointment of inferior officers, in the heads of departments, the power of removal being incidental, as stated by some gentlemen. Where does this terminate? If you begin with the subordinate officers, they are dependent on their superior, he on the next superior, and he on whom?—on the senate, a permanent body; a body, by its particular mode of election, in reality existing for ever; a body possessing that proportion of aristocratic power which the constitution no doubt thought wise to be established in the system, but which some have strongly excepted against: And let me ask gentlemen, is there equal security in this case as in the other? Shall we trust the senate, responsible to individual legislatures, rather than the person who is responsible to the whole community? It is true the senate do not hold their offices for life, like aristocracies recorded in the historic page; yet the fact is they will not possess that responsibility for the exercise of executive powers which would render it safe for us to vest such powers in them. But what an aspect will this give to the executive? Instead of keeping the departments of government distinct, you make an executive out of one branch of the legislature; you make the executive a two-headed monster, to use the expression of the gentleman from New-Hampshire (Mr. Livermore); you destroy the great principle of responsibility, and perhaps have the creature divided in its will, defeating the very purposes for which an unity in the executive was instituted. These objections do not lie against such an arrangement as the bill establishes. I conceive that the president is sufficiently accountable to the community; and if this power is vested in him, it will be vested where its nature requires it should be vested; if any thing in its nature is executive it must be that power which is employed in superintending and seeing that the laws are faithfully executed; the laws cannot be executed but by officers appointed for that purpose; therefore those who are over such officers naturally possess the executive power. If any other doctrine be admitted, what is the consequence? You may set the senate at the head of the executive department, or you may require that the officers hold their places during the pleasure of this branch of the legislature, if you cannot go so far as to say we shall appoint them; and by this means you link together two branches of the government which the preservation of liberty requires to be constantly separated.
Another species of argument has been urged against this clause. It is said, that it is improper, or at least unnecessary to come to any decision on this subject. It has been said by one gentleman, that it would be officious in this branch of the legislature to expound the constitution, so far as it relates to the division of power between the president and senate; it is incontrovertably of as much importance to this branch of the government as to any other, that the constitution should be preserved entire. It is our duty, so far as it depends upon us, to take care that the powers of the constitution be preserved entire to every department of government; the breach of the constitution in one point, will facilitate the breach in another; a breach in this point may destroy that equilibrium by which the house retains its consequence and share of power; therefore we are not chargeable with an officious interference; besides, the bill, before it can have effect, must be submitted to both those branches who are particularly interested in it; the senate may negative, or the president may object if he thinks it unconstitutional.
But the great objection drawn from the source to which the last arguments would lead us is, that the legislature itself has no right to expound the constitution; that wherever its meaning is doubtful, you must leave it to take its course, until the judiciary is called upon to declare its meaning. I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and constitution devolves upon the judicial. But, I beg to know, upon what principle it can be contended, that any one department draws from the constitution greater powers than another, in marking out the limits of the powers of the several departments. The constitution is the charter of the people to the government; it specifies certain great powers as absolutely granted, and marks out the departments to exercise them. If the constitutional boundary of either be brought into question, I do not see that any one of these independent departments has more right than another to declare their sentiments on that point.
Perhaps this is an omitted case. There is not one government on the face of the earth, so far as I recollect, there is not one in the United States, in which provision is made for a particular authority to determine the limits of the constitutional division of power between the branches of the government. In all systems there are points which must be adjusted by the departments themselves, to which no one of them is competent. If it cannot be determined in this way, there is no resource left but the will of the community, to be collected in some mode to be provided by the constitution, or one dictated by the necessity of the case. It is therefore a fair question, whether this great point may not as well be decided, at least by the whole legislature, as by a part, by us as well as by the executive or judicial? As I think it will be equally constitutional, I cannot imagine it will be less safe, that the exposition should issue from the legislative authority than any other; and the more so, because it involves in the decision the opinions of both those departments whose powers are supposed to be affected by it. Beside, I do not see in what way this question could come before the judges, to obtain a fair and solemn decision; but even if it were the case that it could, I should suppose, at least while the government is not led by passion, disturbed by faction, or deceived by any discoloured medium of light; but while there is a desire in all to see, and be guided by the benignant ray of truth, that the decision may be made with the most advantage by the legislature itself.
My conclusion from these reflections is, that it will be constitutional to retain the clause; that it expresses the meaning of the constitution as must be established by fair construction, and a construction which, upon the whole, not only consists with liberty, but is more favorable to it than any one of the interpretations that have been proposed.
Cong. Register description begins Thomas Lloyd, comp., The Congressional Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the First House of Representatives … (2 vols.; New York, 1789; Evans 22203–4). description ends , I, 499–507 (also reported fully in N.Y. Daily Advertiser, 22 June 1789, and Gazette of the U.S., 24 June 1789).
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0143
Madison Papers
Madison, James
"Removal Power of the President, [17 June] 1789," Founders Online, National Archives, accessed September 29, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0143. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 12, 2 March 1789 – 20 January 1790 and supplement 24 October 1775 – 24 January 1789, ed. Charles F. Hobson and Robert A. Rutland. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, pp. 232–239.]


For those of you familiar with the internal workings of the State of Sandus, you may be familiar with the Collegio Sacerdae, a college of priests that has been proposed by the Sôgmô and has been under discussion since March. The Sôgmô is currently in the process of drafting a Royal Charter for this institution, and it is expected to be meeting within the coming weekends.
The planned meetings will take place in the online game "Second Life", and will be open to all Sandum citizens, aswell as foreigners who are invited by the Dean of the Collegio. The purpose of these meetings held by the Collegio Sacerdae will be to discuss philosophy, religion, and other intellectual subjects. This is well-fitting to Sandus, as Sandus is a nation with a strong foundation of philosophy, aswell as a cultural embrace of the Gods of many ancient civilizations. Many Sandum citizens (including Sôgmô Soergel, a Buddhist) find a strong interest in ancient religion, including the Hellenic Gods, the Egyptian Gods, the Roman Gods, and perhaps more unique, the Abenaki Gods, as Sôgmô Soergel is a member of the Abenaki tribe, a Native American tribe found mostly in the Northeastern United States and Québec.
If you are interested in joining the discussion and coming to a meeting of the Collegio Sacerdae in the coming weeks, then contact the Dean of the Collegio at kremlumsandus@gmail.com for more information.


Several years ago, I wrote about regret and I included Danny Devito's monologue from the Big Kahuna. The movie was adapted from a stageplay called "Hospitality Suite" and Kevin Spacey took it on as his special project.
While the movie didn't do very well at the box office - there were no car chases, explosions, or aliens - it has managed to become somewhat of a cult classic in recent years. If you haven't seen it, you might want to put this little movie on your to-do list. Spacey and Devito are at their best and deliver top notch performances.


I have Pentaho reports loaded into Pentaho Server. These reports are called via an Iframe.
My issues are: 1) I wrote a small php script that sends a POST request to /pentaho/j_spring_security_check. The scripts does not return any error, but does not redirect me to home page as expected.
2) I tried typing directly in the browser "http://localhost:8080/pentaho/j_spring_security_check?j_username=admin&j_password=password", I get the "login_error=1" result, while both logins and passwords are correct (the expected behaviour is to be redirected to the home page).
It's the first time I'm using REST API, so I might be doing things wrong.
Typing into the browser won't work because you're not POSTING the data. So that can be ignored.
Looking in the browser on normal login you can indeed see the POST to the jsecurity check, and then the 302. So it seems you're remarkably close.
I was indeed missing the step where I would reuse that cookie. also, using "curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true)" helped me understand mistakes in my script and solve it.
thank you very much for your answer which helped me solve the case.


AntiSec claims to have accessed more than 12 million UDIDs, some with users' personal information included.
Members of AntiSec recently published a list of a million Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs).
"In a post accompanying the data dump, the group says it withheld other personally identifying information, including names, mobile phone numbers, and addresses," writes Slate's Will Oremus. "There's no indication that bank account numbers or passwords were included."
"The group's Pastebin posting claims that the stolen list was taken from the notebook computer of FBI Supervisor special agent Christopher K. Stangl's computer in March 2012 using a Java AtomicReferenceArray vulnerability," writes BYTE's Larry Seltzer. "The purloined file was named 'NCFTA_iOS_devices_intel.csv' and contained UDIDs for 12,367,232 iOS devices, although not all of them with full personal information."
"AntiSec said they 'decided a million [UDIDs] would be enough to release' from the list of data for more than 12 million Apple devices that was allegedly accessed from Stangl's computer," writes The Hill's Jennifer Martinez.
"Antisec suggests that the FBI is using the information to track citizens," write Gizmodo's Jamie Condliffe and Sam Biddle. "It's not clear, of course, whether any of these claims are true -- but if they are, the NCFTA acronym in Antisec's file name could likely stand for National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance, which 'functions as a conduit between private industry and law enforcement.' If that's the case, it could mean Apple is feeding the FBI user data though the NCTFA, that the FBI is mining its own data... or something else entirely."
To help you find out whether your device ID is included in the breach, TheNextWeb has created an online tool that checks your device's UDID against the published list.


California— Choreographer Mandy Moore was lying under a car on the hot pavement while more than 100 dancers above her twirled through gridlocked LA freeway traffic during the opening number of La La Land .
The sequence was months in the making — the most complicated ever undertaken by Moore, who's been creating routines for TV's Dancing With the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance for years.
"I'm going to call it hashtag panic attack," the Emmy-nominated choreographer said of the freeway routine, which required dozens of cars, several stuntmen, 30 professional dancers and more than 100 extras to have perfect timing during long takes.
She had to be close enough to call out cues but couldn't be seen on camera, so she hid under a car, watching on a wireless monitor. She could feel the magic from there when they got the shot.
"I still get goose bumps when I think about it," she said.
Creating that show-stopping (or starting) number and the celestial routines Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone perform in La La Land wasn't Moore's only role in the dreamy musical. She also spent months personally teaching the stars to dance.
A tribute to Old Hollywood and modern Los Angeles, the film is a love story set to original music, with Stone and Gosling dancing together throughout.
Each started with individual lessons at a small studio in Burbank, California — not far from the restaurant where their characters, Mia and Sebastian, first meet onscreen. Moore began with the same basics she would for any new student: connecting movement to music and repeating classic jazz, tap and waltz patterns. Along the way, she worked to build "a general love of dance" in the actors.
"If these people don't love to dance, they're going to hate me by the end of this... and I know that can't be part of this equation," she said. "They have to love to dance."
Stone picked up the footwork first, Moore said, then focused on style and delivery. Gosling was the opposite.
"With Ryan, he was like, 'I don't know what step you're doing, but if you give me the style...'" she said.
"Her job is to kind of see the diamond in the rough," Gosling said, calling his teacher "a wonderful person and choreographer."
"She's very confident she can get it out of you if you'll stick with her."
Once they got the basics down, Moore put the stars together and taught them Mia and Sebastian's moves, which were based in part on preferences the actors showed during their private lessons. For example, a foot-scrape move that Gosling liked became one of Sebastian's signature steps.
Planning and executing large-scale performances — like the freeway routine — and creating intimate dances that suit real strengths and imaginary characters tapped all aspects of Moore's talents. The opening scene was "big picture, then work on the details," she said, "where Ryan and Emma was very detail (first), then get the big picture."
Moore's story isn't unlike Mia's. Musicals both classic and contemporary — movies like La La Land — are what inspired the dancer to leave her small Colorado hometown for Los Angeles after high school.
"It's super cliche," Moore said. "I was 18. I had 500 bucks and my suitcase."
She performed with contemporary dance companies and in film and TV productions before a series of events brought her to La La Land. She worked with Dancing With the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba, who introduced her to So You Think You Can Dance creator Nigel Lythgoe. Moore's work on that show earned her two Emmy nominations and the attention of a Silver Linings Playbook producer, who hired her to create the dance Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence perform in that film.
For La La Land writer-director Damien Chazelle, the most important thing about the choreography was that it be "as much about character as about bodies moving."
"What I told Mandy is that in this movie, dancing, singing and acting are all just one thing — there is no separation between them," Chazelle said. "Ultimately the dancing really emanated from how Ryan and Emma relate to one another."
Moore would love it if the film inspires viewers to discover their inner Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers — "ballroom dance is very accessible to people who aren't dancers," she says — but she really just hopes people feel the kind of joy watching it that she did working on it.
"I feel like La La Land is the Super Bowl of your career," she said. "For this to happen for dance, for it to happen for me, and choreography, I mean, this is huge, huge, huge. I might need to hang up these shoes after this."


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"""
In order to save gate resources, test paths that have similar
environmental requirements to the functional path are marked for
discovery.
"""

import os.path

from neutron.common import eventlet_utils

eventlet_utils.monkey_patch()

def load_tests(loader, tests, pattern):
    this_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
    parent_dir = os.path.dirname(this_dir)
    target_dirs = [
        this_dir,
        os.path.join(parent_dir, 'retargetable'),
    ]
    for start_dir in target_dirs:
        new_tests = loader.discover(start_dir=start_dir, pattern=pattern)
        tests.addTests(new_tests)
    return tests


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All scholarship nominees must be a high school senior graduating in 2019, and a have a family member that is a APCO-MS Chapter member. Their member number is mandatory for nomination. The Alan Gray Scholarship Award will be presented at Conference 2019 held Starkville, MS May 5-8, 2019 at The Mill Convention Center.


Dr. Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm's response to this question: A list of the names for all known members of the Fabergé family according to their birth certificates is in Fabergé ja hänen suomalaiset mestarinsa (Fabergé and His Finnish Workmasters) 2008, 18-19. It is not unusual for the calling name to come second.
Peter Karl Fabergé was born on May 30, 1846. His Russian mark was for Karl Fabergé (Карл Фаберже); for the English market it was CF . I have always thought it was wrong to say Peter Carl for the same reason that I would find it strange, if you called me Edith Ulla. Bainbridge was almost a poet – his text is 'music' and Peter Carl somehow sounded better to him than the prosaic Karl.
Tillander-Godenhielm further suggests the names of the Finnish Fabergé workmasters (Ibid., 404-5) be cited as their names are spelled on their birth certificates, with the understanding that the birth certificate lists all given names of the person. Only the names the workmasters themselves used in their marks should be cited with Fabergé objects. Thus, the workmaster Armfelt often misspelled Karl Armfeldt should be Hjalmar Armfelt, Victor Aarne should be Viktor Aarne and Anders Nevalainen should be Antti Nevalainen, etc.
After 1899 a uniform mark was adopted throughout Russia. The traditional woman's headdress, the kokoshnik, was introduced. For the years to 1908, the head faces to the left, and from 1908, to the right.
After 1908, St. Petersburg included the Greek letter alpha, and Moscow, the Greek letter delta. There had been much debate over how and when the kokoshnik hallmark was actually introduced. Recent reseach by Valentin Skurlov has clarified the position, and readers wishing to know more are referred to his enlightening article, "Russian Hallmarks at the Turn of the 19th Century" in von Habsburg et al., Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World (2000), 404.
There are no hard and fast rules regarding the marks of the House of Fabergé. In St. Petersburg, "Fabergé" in Cyrillic script was used, although the initials KF in Cyrillic were used on smaller items.
Some silver objects made by the workmasters Antti Nevalainen and Julius Rappoport have Fabergé's name with the initial K, plus a double-headed eagle, indicating the items were sold in Moscow.
The Imperial Warrant of the double-headed eagle appears, as a rule, on objects made in Fabergé's Moscow branch, together with "K. Fabergé" in Cyrillic script. Some objects have been found with just the initials KF in Cyrillic.
There are various exceptions, and readers wishing to investigate further are referred to Géza von Habsburg's article "Hallmarks," in von Habsburg and Lopato, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller (1993). Articles made for the London shop had "Fabergé" or "CF" stamped on them in Roman letters and often have later English import marks.
In the days of the guild system, craftsmen underwent a regulated course of training from apprentice to journeyman, i.e., fully trained craftsman. Journeymen often travelled so as to have the opportunity of increasing their professional skill under other masters and in other places. The journeyman's aim was to become a master, i.e., to establish himself either as a workmaster in a large firm or as an independent employer with his own workshop.
Most of the Finnish masters were only concerned with production; very few had their own shops. As a rule, Finnish workshops worked either under contract or as free subsidiary suppliers to firms who took care of sales. The high degree of specialization in the field favoured the adoption of a system of subsidiary suppliers. The House of Fabergé had an organisation of this kind. In addition to the workshops which operated on the firm's premises, many of which were presided over by Finnish masters, Fabergé employed many other workshops as subsidiary suppliers.
Between 1883 and 1888 he was a journeyman with the Finnish master Enock Sistonen, thereafter, he worked for the jeweler Karl Bock. While employed by Bock, he worked on his master's degree, was granted his rights & certificate in 1907, and allowed to use a master's mark, the use of which was strictly enforced by assay laws in Imperial Russia.
Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm advises the entry AB. Unidentified Workmaster (Lowes & McCanless, Fabergé Eggs, 2001, 178) is incorrect and should refer to Abraham Beilin (Beilin and Son, ibid., 185). She further states Fabergé and many other companies ("… also my great grandfather and grandfather Alexander Tillander …") turned for assistance to Abraham Beilin when they did not have the capacity to fulfill orders. Two examples on the misidentification of the maker's mark AB are in Keefe, Masterworks of Fabergé: The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection, 1993, 144, and all subsequent publications for this collection. The misidentification was originally an error by Dr. Tillander-Godenhielm.
Sotheby's London, 26 November 2008, Lot 163 (identified here as Andrei Bragin, a silversmith who exclusively produced holloware and flatware. Valentin Skurlov is credited with recognizing this mistaken identity problem in Lowes & McCanless, 185). This latter cigarette case, decorated with an imperial double-headed eagle, is in an original étui of A. Tillander and was commissioned by the Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty as an Imperial gift.
Biographical details on Albert Holmström (1876-1925) – He was the son of August Holmström, who took over his father's jewelry workshop after his death in 1903, and maintained the quality of the pieces made. It appears to be unique in the Fabergé genre that the same mark was used by two generations of qualified workmasters, and needs to be considered in dating a piece. Examples of their work are the 1892 Diamond Trellis Egg (2011 McFerrin Collection), and the 1896 Lilies of the Valley Basket (Matilda Geddings Gray Collection) and under Albert's leadership, the 1913 Winter Egg (private collection) and 1914 Mosaic Egg (British Royal Collection).
Has anyone seen cigarette cases in gold marked HK (Heikki Kaksonen), St. Petersburg, 1908-17? This workmaster was one of the main makers of cigarette cases in Wigström's workshop at Fabergé before he established himself as an independent master, and later worked in Finland.
Karl Gustav Lundell, attributed as a Fabergé 'workmaster' in recent publications and on websites, died on May 29, 1856, and never qualified as a workmaster. Confirmed archival research on this gentleman was first published in Tillander-Goldenhielm, et al. Carl Fabergé and His Contemporaries, 1980, 46-47. Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm assisting with information on the Odessa branch pointed out the biographical entry for Karl Gustav Lundell is incorrect (Lowes and McCanless, Fabergé Eggs: A Retrospective Encyclopedia, 2001, 220). He was not the principal workmaster in Odessa, because he died in 1856 at the age of 23. The mark ГЛ is of an unknown workmaster.
Anders is the Swedish speaking version of the name, but Nevalainen was a purely Finnish speaking person. There are two official languages in Finland, Finnish and Swedish. The clergymen in the old days were almost all Swedish speakers and therefore, on their own initiative wrongly marked Swedish versions of names into church registers when they added confirmation dates, marriage dates, etc.
Niukkanen is an old misunderstanding which came about because Nykänen, when he as a young apprentice arrived in St. Petersburg, had to have his name transliterated into Russian. When the name was transliterated back to Latin script, it went wrong. Both Nykänen and Niukkanen are usual Finnish names, no one has noticed the error before now.
Dr. Tillander-Godenhielm has solved the Gabriel Nykänen question. He spent his entire working career with the House of Fabergé in the St. Petersburg up to the revolution, and not in Odessa as sometimes suggested. His nephew Frans Botolf Nykänen (b. 1870) worked for Fabergé in Odessa. He moved with his wife and children to Odessa in 1903, but returned to Finland already in 1905. The father of Frans Botolf, Matts Nykänen (b. 1847) was also a goldsmith master in St. Petersburg. The research on the Nykänen family of goldsmiths is, however, still incomplete.
Alma Pihl – Sister of Oskar, her married name was Alma Klee.
Oskar Pihl (1890-1959) Junior, born in Moscow, first name spelled with "k", the former's son trained with his uncle Albert Holmström, worked as a designer at A. Tillander in Helsinki. Neither Oskar nor his sister Alma had marks of their own.
Alfred Thielemann, a Fabergé workmaster from 1880-1910, specialized in gold, enameled and gem-set jewelry, Imperial presentation jewelry, miniature Easter eggs and jettons. His son Rudolf Thielemann continued the business after 1910. Active 1898-1909.
The workshop was founded in 1865 by the silversmith master Stefan Väkevä (1833-1910), who shortly after qualifying as a master, became a supplier of silver objects to the jewelry firm of Gustav Fabergé, father of Karl Fabergé. From the late 1870's Väkevä had a contract with Fabergé to work exclusively for him. This collaboration continued until 1917. Stefan Väkevä's two sons, Konstantin (1867-1902) and Alexander (1870-1957), apprenticed with their father and qualified as master silversmiths in the early 1890's. Both sons continued to work with their father in the family workshop. Each had his own master's mark: and for Stefan, for Konstantin, for Alexander.
It was unusual for a family workshop, with three family members working under the same roof, to mark their production with their individual marks. To add to the confusion of three separate marks, a fourth mark was introduced after 1902 in the Väkevä workshop. Due to the premature death of Konstantin Väkevä, his widow Jenny Väkevä was left alone to support two small children. She was subsequently given the right to a mark of her own . This entitled her to an income from the workshop. The so-called 'widow's mark', was apparently unique to Russia as part of traditions of the old Guild system. Terminated in Western Europe in the middle of the 19th century, the Guild system had permitted widows of masters to carry on their husbands' workshops using his established marks. Russia seemingly took a further step in granting widows a mark of their own. This being one of the peculiarities of the system, as women at that time did not have the possibility to train in the craft, they were in other words not themselves master gold- or silversmiths.
Stefan Väkevä was a member of the St. Maria Lutheran congregation in St. Petersburg. The clergymen in this congregation were originally Germans and therefore kept the church registers in the German language. The letter V in the German language is pronounced as an F, Väkevä's last name was changed by the clergyman, for the purpose of the church register only to W. But the family used their regular spelling Väkevä, meaning "strong". The family comes from the village of Väkevälä in Finland, it is an ancient place, originally inhabited by a strong man whom one can trace to the 16th century. There are still today members of the Väkevä family farming the land of the village Väkevälä near the border of Russia. Stefan Väkevä, his son and daughter-in-law used the version S•W, K.W., A.W, and J.W. in their masters' marks, probably because the version W sounds more exotic to a Finnish ear. That is (according to the descendants) the reason Stefan decided to use the W in his masters' mark. The offspring modeled their marks on their father's mark.
Lowes, Will and Christel Ludewig McCanless. Fabergé Eggs: A Retrospective Encyclopedia, 2001.
Who's Who in the House of Fabergé profiles 500 artisans and companies who worked for or with Fabergé.


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Azure, a laurel wreath Or surmounted by a triple towered castle with lowered drawbridge, the central tower cupolaed and pennoned to sinister argent, in base two barrulets wavy Or.
Blazon: Per pale azure and argent, on an escallop inverted counterchanged a boar spear fesswise reversed argent hafted proper, a base embattled counterchanged.
Blazon: Per pale azure and argent, on an escallop inverted counterchanged, a stag's head cabossed proper, a base embattled counterchanged.
This badge is used to identify archers of the baronial guard.
(Fieldless) A keystone emabttled on its upper edge azure charged with two bars wavy Or.
This the badge for the local, nonarmigerous award for service rendered unto the Barony.
This is the badge awarded to those members of the Barony who show exceptional persona play and are a shining inspiration for others in the Barony.
Blue, white, and gold braid on a gold ring.
This is Elfsea's award for those members who show growing skill in the various martial arts.
Red and black braid with gold rings.
This was Elfsea's award for service before attaining baronial status. This award is closed.
Cooking items crossed on an azure background.
This is the badge for the Cooks' Guild of Elfsea.
White quill and inkpot on an azure background.
This is the badge for the Scribe and Illuminator's Guild of Elfsea.
Two hammer's crossed on an azure background.
This is the badge for the Armormaker's Guild of Elfsea.
White open book on an azure background.
This is the badge for the Elfsea Academy.
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Specimen, Acumen: Robert Guerrero Vs. Andre Berto Preview And Prediction
Posted by Tim Starks on Nov 24, 2012 07:17
There exists a nether zone, a big one, at welterweight after anyone named Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, and anyone who isn't them. Kell Brook lives there in that secondary zone. Devon Alexander lives there. Those two might fight one another soon, so they're unlikely to ask for sugar from each other in this neighborhood. Also in the neighborhood are Andre Berto and Robert Guerrero, and they also will not ask for sugar from each other. The winner of Guerrero-Berto Saturday on HBO: He's a man who could be in line for a megabucks fight against Mayweather upon the moment that Mayweather again deigns to, like, you know, FIGHT. And because Guerrero-Berto is matched competitively, it's hard to figure the winner. Best not help the other guy with a cup of sugar if you can avoid it.
Berto is the more naturally, physically advantaged one. He's also the one coming off a positive peeformance enhancing drug test, a result he writes off to a contaminated supplement, and whether you believe him or not shapes whether you think he can win or not Saturday. Guerrero is naturally smaller, but he's naturally composed of less fissile elements.
Berto ha been inactive more than a year, benefiting as he has from California agreeing to grant him a license despite his positive drug test via the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency. You will find a good number of people who contend he ought to have suffered some kind of penalty for that positive test, and those people are all mentally sound in extremis. But, per some recent discussion of what a positive test means these days to Golden Boy Promotions, he returns post haste to the boxing ring as an opponent most valid on pure competitive merits for Guerrero. Berto is an authentic welterweight with authentic power and authentic speed pre-PED test, and he is more than willing to go round and round with comparable mid-tier welterweights, be they Victor Ortiz (close loss) or Luis Collazo (close win). He was HBO's favored son, the one who never lived up to expectations. But he is a favored son not far removed from his status, a clueless pure athlete who cannot jab or tie up on the inside or other basics who on any given night could make any welterweight regret choosing him as an opponent just on sheer genetics.
Guerrero is an exceeding ambitious lad who has found a bit of a ryhthym in recent fights after a career of inconsistency, eager as he is to snatch the big purses by fighting the likes of Mayweather or Pacquiao. He just keeps moving up in weight, and, incredibly, it keeps working out for him. His welterweight debut earlier this year against Selchuk Aydin was a closely fought bout, sure, but Guerrero, outpunched and outsized, found a way to outwork and outbox Aydin both, and now he's a legit welter as a result. He stands out in no way other than his willpower, and when he decides to flex it. When he flexes it, he looks like one of the best boxers alive. When he coasts, he is just some boxer or the other.
Give me Guerrero on technical boxing ability and willpower. Guerrero tends to fight up or down to his competition, and Berto is the kind of opponent who ought to get him fighting up. He can use boxing ability to time Berto, to overcome his physical advantages. Berto has not done antyhing lately to make me believe in his ability to capitalize on those physical edges. He's just some aimless specimen, floating around in space, capable of winning because he's a specimen but not much more.
It could be a good, tight fight, though. Guerrero edged by Aydin, the first real welter he had fought, because he outworked him and outboxed him. Berto hits harder and is faster than Aydin. He also doesn't have the stamina of Aydin, however, and Guerrero is the kind of boxer who can edge bouts by just trying harder. That is what I see here. Guerrero, by close decision.


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(Molecular mechanisms associated with upregulation of Jak3 transcription during myeloid differentiation.)
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This amazing sauce is as close to home made as we have ever found. Exclusivo is very versatile, perfect as a pasta sauce, in stews, on pizza and much more. So popular we have customers that often buy it by the case for home use.
VINE-RINPENED FRESH TOMATOES, EGGPLANT, OLIVE OIL, ONION, PORCINI MUSHROOMS, CARROTS, GARLIC, CELERY, SUGAR, SALT, BASIL, PARSLEY, BLACK PEPPER, OREGANO, RED WINE VINEGAR AND NATURALLY DERIVED CITRIC ACID.
This is the best sauce you can find anywhere. I agree with other reviews-you can use it as is and it is terrific, but when added to your own recipe-it is out of this world!
Since, for some reason, all canned tomato sauces had upset my stomach, I had given up. While shopping at Sciabica's in Modesto, a fellow shopper recommended this and said that it's the only one that his wife could eat. I took a chance, bought it and am so happy that I did. Not only does it not upset my stomach, but it tastes better than any sauce that I've tried, including homemade.
BEST SAUCE EVER HANDS DOWN!!!
Please keep making this sauce. I love it and have driven to Rinaldi's in Linden, CA just to pick it up. BEST SAUCE EVER MADE!
Since discovering this sauce, I don't make homemade (and my homemade was really, really good) 'cause this is as good as anyone's homemade!
Trader Joe's (in Sacramento) used to carry this product under their label years ago. They discontinued it. I searched high and low to find a match, had even memorized the ingredients. Then one day I spotted the Exclusivo label at Smart Foods in Lodi, CA, by looking at the ingredients. Cleaned out the shelf, then they discontinued it. Found it again at Podesto's in Stockton, CA. Now they only carry the new large can. I even called Stanislaus Foods and they directed me to Sciabica's so I could order and have it shipped to Sacramento. Best sauce! ever!!!
I first picked up a can of this at a small fresh vegetable grocer several years ago. Soon after I cleaned out their entire stock. This is the best sauce I've ever used and so rich in taste, I don't even add my usual crushed red pepper- usually added when something is too bland. Even my Mother in Law, who is not one to give out compliments, loves it I buy it by the case and will continue to do so even with the professional size cans.
Resist the urge to 'doctor' this sauce because it comes from a can. It ain't broke… don't try to fix it.
I give a can to everyone that trys it at my house. Everyone loves it.
I make cioppino with this sauce. Open up a can, add a pound of fish, another pound of shellfish or seafood sausage, and a bit of chopped spinach. Cook for 10-15 minutes and a delicious high protein stew is waiting for you. So easy to make with virtually no preparation or clean up.
Perfect for a Weekday Meal!
Our firned gave us one can to try out and we love it. i ordered 24 cans immediately for my family and frineds. Great Christmas gift!!!
Ditto the earlier raves. Normally, one must make sauce at home to experience that wickedly delicious eggplant flavor; but this sauce, incredibly, comes in a can. No one who samples this can believe it is not made to order with fresh vegetables. I'm crushed that it may be discontinued!! No ~ don't do it!!
I don't usually buy sauce, as a cook I prefer to make my own. As a food writer, I tend to shun pre-made anything…so I was given a can of this to just try. Holy smokes was I pleasantly surprised. This sauce is incredible!!!! So fresh, the flavors are so perfectly balanced; it is delicious. I am ordering a case.
I am a new customer who recently purchased olive oil and decided to sample some sauce. I am so glad I did. I don't generally write reviews but I had to write one about this product. This sauce is absolutely incredible. Years ago, my husband and I grew our own tomatoes and vegetables and would make our own sauce. This sauce tastes just like homemade. Nothing needs to be added to enhance the flavor. We are from Rhode Island where Italian restaurants are everywhere. We have sampled sauce at many restaurants and this is the best sauce we have tasted in a long time. I plan to purchase a case of this sauce so I will always have it on hand. I will never buy any other sauce. Thank you Sciabica and keep up the good work.
The very best sauce our family has ever tasted. My husband is Italian, so he knows sauce!
This is one of the greatest food products ever. The other reviewers are right–you don't have to do anything to this sauce, it is perfect. It makes boring vegetables like eggplant and zucchini SING! Every single time I use it (and only for friends and family I consider "Exclusivo worthy"), someone takes me aside and asks me what my secret ingredient is. I am not one for prepared sauces but this is out of this world. It is fun to find other devotees, and finally a reliable online source. Thank you and keep it coming.
My sister sent me a can of this sauce (from Houston). My bunch had fits over it. It is wonderful. I do not add anything to the sauce, it's ready as soon as the can is opened. I ordered a case of it. I do not want to run out of this stuff! I have noticed that it is 'out of stock' still. Please keep stocking this wonderful, wonderful sauce. I live in Amarillo. mailing the sauce from Houston is too costly, and it is a 13 hour drive from. Anyway to find someone closer that carries it?
This is the only canned sauce that doesn't require any additives. I eat it cold straight from the can and buy it by the case.
I love this sauce… i keep it on hand for unexpected company…they really think i made something special.
The grocery store I frequent was doing a tasting of this sauce and I immediately fell in love. It stands on its own (great for dipping bread in). I have used it for a base for chicken cattitore, spaghetti & pot roast. Every time I have used this product, I get rave reviews. I have had to buy extra cans to give to family members.


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Veterans' Medical Marijuana Amendment in US House Comes Up 3 Votes Short /
Veterans' Medical Marijuana Amendment in US House Comes Up 3 Votes Short
There are reasons to be optimistic about a vote in Congress that didn't go our way.
Last night the U.S. House voted down a bipartisan amendment by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV) that would have allowed Veterans Administration (VA) doctors to recommend marijuana to their patients.
The House rejected a similar amendment last year. It received 195 votes (222 voted against it). Last night, 210 members of Congress voted for it, and only 213 voted against it.
That's a 15-vote pick up — and in a Congress far more conservative than last year.
Two votes would have made a big difference. One Democrat voted no when he meant to vote yes. One Republican voted no because the amendment didn't go far enough.
Despite the setback on the veterans amendment last year, we went on to win FIVE other marijuana votes in 2014. Those votes were more focused on letting states set their own marijuana policy.
The fact that this year's amendment picked up 15 votes in just one year means support for medical marijuana is increasingly rapidly in Congress. It also means we will most likely go on to win other amendments this year that are more focused on states' rights.
The amendment was a complicated one that went beyond merely allowing states to set their own marijuana policy to allowing federal employees at the VA to discuss marijuana with their patients and recommend its use if medically necessary. Under the law of almost two dozens states a doctor's recommendation to use marijuana exempts a patient from local or state arrest.
While the Blumenauer/Heck amendment would have treated veterans like any other resident in a medical marijuana state, our opponents framed it as being about allowing federal employees to break the law or facilitate the breaking of law – even though it was clearly about free speech and the right of doctors to provide accurate information to their patients. In some cases opponents of medical marijuana outright lied – saying that it would allow federal doctors to distribute marijuana, allow marijuana use on federal property, etc.
Don't get me wrong - this is a major loss for veterans. There's no sugar-coating that. As a letter to Congress from a former VA physician pointed out, "Our men and women in uniform make incredible sacrifices for our country, and the least we could do is make every possible treatment option available to them when they come home."
However, we see substantial momentum toward making change for veterans and medical marijuana patients, alike. We have a roadmap for bipartisan marijuana reform and will be pushing forward more aggressively, and on more fronts, than ever before.


Waking on a Monday morning to warm sunshine and a house freshly cleaned (no qualms here about having worked on the Sabbath) – what could be nicer, eh?
Today I plan to do something I have rarely done. I plan to sew during daylight hours. All my adult life I've been a sew-er. To call myself a 'seamstress' is to claim a professionalism I don't quite deserve, though even if I say so myself, I have learned to sew to a pretty high standard after 50 years of doing it; and to write that I'm a 'sewer' (without the hyphen) may be equally misleading (except perhaps to my ex-husband). So let's just say: I sew.
I've written here about this before, I know. So I needn't elaborate about the appeal of sewing to us sew-ers, the pleasure we get from working intimately with beautiful fabric. And even if we did once, we no longer do it just to save money.
Especially since to me the quality of the fabric is paramount, it's not usually cheaper to make rather than buy clothes – though certainly it remains cheaper to sew home furnishings than to buy drapes, cushion covers and bedspreads. And I'm now moving into that demographic whose members actually don't need new clothes, or even new curtains; the ones we've got could well 'see us out' (as my mother once said about the new set of appliances she purchased when my father retired).
No, sewing, for me, is about creating. Or when I sew for my daughter or new grand-daughter, it's about setting love into stitches. It's also the most relaxing pastime I've ever known – more soothing, even, than reading. It wasn't always so, of course. Time was when putting in a zipper was an activity fraught with danger. It might or mightn't succeed, after all. But that time is long past.
The confidence that comes with experience means that that and every other stage in the process of bringing a garment or piece of soft furnishing to fruition is no longer cause for anxiety. The fingers may be arthritic now, but they've memorised the moves, much like they once knew how to travel across the keyboard when playing well-practised pieces. So the mind is free to....well, I suppose it's a bit like meditating. Except that at the end of the session, there's something material to show for it.
Time was when I only sewed after dark, dinner dishes cleared away, the child asleep and the day's work, paid or otherwise, complete. Evenings are still my favourite sewing times. But now I can extend those sessions well past midnight if I like, knowing that no alarm clock need be set for the next morning. I can leave all the gear in place on the dining table as long as I like. No sticky fingers need to use that space on the morrow. And every now and then, with my favourite radio station playing in the background, I can sit down in broad daylight and sew the day away, with little else to intrude on my time and talents.
PS - what's a Prufrock?
Well, Zoe, I don't want to say too much about the Prufrock connection just yet. Will explain later.
I appreciate the TS Eliot connection... will look forward to hearing more.
I would love to be able to sew. It must be deeply satisfying. To be able to mend things properly would be enough for me, but if I was also able to create - WOW - that would be the icing on the cake. What a wonderful skill to have!


Break both the eggs in a bowl and beat them well.
Add rest of all the ingredients in it and mix well.
Heat oil in a big pan and add this mixture into it.
Spread it well and let it cook for about a min or 2.
Flip it over and cook for a min again.
You can adjust the spices according to your taste.


Tony Anedeo Corona, 58, of Jefferson, MD passed away in Mt. Airy on September 23, 2017. Tony was born in Washington, DC to Rudolph Joseph Corona and Julia Reh Corona. He had been employed as an electrician and most recently as a locksmith. Tony is survived by his twin brother, Vince Corona of Jefferson, MD and his sister, Theresa Corona. HIs mother, Julia Osborn predeceased him.