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Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thomsom will attempt to capitalize on the success of their Avengers End game and Thor Ragnarok success in the next movie of the Men in Black franchise. Another comic book based film, focusing on the secret group of black-suited agents who police alien life on this planet.
Lowell Cunningham's characters were first created in his comic book series of the same name published in the 90s.
The inspiration for the comic book series and subsequent films were the real reports of shadowy, dark figures that are often reported in and around strange events. The presence of the black suited mystery men has become a staple in today's ufology.
Many witness them at the scene of UFO sightings or report their arrival soon after. So who are they when did they start showing up and what do they want?
The Men in black phenomenon has been deeply rooted in UFO subculture, long before being turned into a comic book and then movies and cartoons reports of spooky almost inhuman suited men were reported. The popularity of these 'mystery men' grew thanks to shows like the X files that introduced the UFO conspiracy and in turn the MIB to a wider audience.
As with many aspects of modern ufology this begins with the sighting of "nine shiny discs" by a private pilot named Kenneth Arnold In the summer of 1947.
What Arnold saw that day led to the press coining the term "flying saucers."
This also marked the birth of the legendary Men in Black, another witness to what was now known as "flying saucers" was a one Harold Dahl. Harold had seen similar craft to Arnold that summer he told many people of his experience and was interviewed by many a local reporter.
Harold enjoying his fifteen minutes of fame was not surprised when there was another knock at his door, after all it would most likely be someone else wanting to hear his story. Harold was wrong and in for shock!
Standing at the door was a man in a dark suit who promised to harm Harold if he continued to disclose details of his UFO sighting.
Harold's sighting which would later become known as the "Maury Island Mystery," was investigated by the Air Force officials, on conclusion of the investigation they declared the incident to be a hoax. Harold did not protest, it would seem the visit from the MIB had the desired effect and silenced the man.
But the story was already out and people around the US and in turn the world began to learn of the visit from MIB, the dark suited mystery man permeated popular imagination, and from that point on accounts of men in dark suits have been connected to UFOs reports.
Albert K. Bender furthers the story with one of the most well-known reports of the phenomena, back in 1952, Albert created the International Flying Saucer Bureau. His goal was to document the increasing number of sightings of strange objects being spotted. He was looking for an answer to these "flying saucers"
Much in the same way as MUFON gathers reports today Bender was amassing a good collection of data and becoming well versed in the odd things happening in the 1950s sky.
Soon he received a visit from three men in dark suits, they threatened Albert with imprisonment if he continued his research into UFOs.
Bender was of the mind that the men who threatened him came from the U.S. government, agents of secretive group sent to cover up secretive Government programs.
Others believe the MIB to have another explanation.
We need to be a little careful here because when talking about this subject there are two groups the first "men in black" use no capitals in their name the second the M and the B are capitalized "Men in Black".
The first group are thought to be human government agents who have been tasked with the cover up of government secrets, when they are seen they are said to look human, all be it with the stern look of G man.
The latter, from which the title of the movies and comics was taken, are described as being something else. Ufologist John A. Keel named the MIB "demonic supernaturals" who behave in distinctly non-human ways.
British ufologist Nick Redfern, penned a book on the mysterious men in suits. The book is filled with the reports of the sinister and deadly MIB. Witness testimony combines with papers from some of the leading figures in UFO- and paranormal-themed research to provide an outstanding look at this creepy and disturbing phenomenon. It is a mysterious, macabre, and menacing journey into the world of the dark-suited silencers.
Nick says that the MIB are often reported as grim-faced, shadow-like characters with shining eyes and who leave behind an odor of brimstone when they quite literally vanish. They are often described as looking not quite human. Their skin resembling plastic. They wear wraparound sunglasses these only partially mask their huge, oversized eyes.
They are clearly unaware of our customs and manners. Some of them don't seem to even know how to eat food or drink water
People who have encountered the MIB have fallen sick. A kind of paranormal infection making them ill after a MIB visit. The MIB are said to be able to place people under a form of mind-control, something which compels the targeted person to open the door and let them in, this regardless of the time of day or night. Witnesses to UFO activity who have been visited by the MIB also make reports of poltergeist activity occurring in the home.
All of this strange activity would make anyone fearful of the men in black, but what if like the Movies and comic books they are the good guys?
They may not be running around blasting aliens to puddles of slime but they may be helping witnesses not fall into a deep hole of obsession with UFOs and the mysteries which surround them.
Nick writing for 'mysterious Universe' explains that people who experience UFO sightings often develop an intense interest in the subject.
He says how he knew several people whose interest in the UFO subject, over time, went from being an interest to a full-blown obsession. Paranoia set in. They came to do nothing but dig into the UFO issue, almost on a 24/7 basis. Having fun, hanging out with friends, going out and having a good time on a Friday night, and knocking back a few beers went out of the window.
A couple whose lives were crippled and ruined by Ufology, mental illness, divorce, and even a cry-for-help-style suicide attempt. There is something about the UFO subject that, now and then, seems to provoke negativity and paranoia.
This is when the MIB step in, are the warnings they give people meant as way of helping people avoid these horrible obsessions.
Nick compares the MIB to a man and his dog. The man takes his dog to the vet, the man is helping the dog but to the dog it's a place of pain and no amount of explanation from the man can change the canines mind.
The MIB are the man and we are the dog, they show up to tell us that the path we are heading down is not good and will have negative outcomes but the clearly non-human Men in Black are incapable of properly getting across the message. This then results in the MIB looking like they are threatening people, Maybe they're just doing their best to keep us away from UFO-driven realms filled with paranoia, obsession, fear and stress.
What do you think, MIBs are they good or bad?
Are the men in black human or something else?
Will you be going to see the new movie?
Let me know in the comments below.
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Thought provoking? ★☆☆☆☆
This article is a review of TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION.
"My face is my warrant," James Savoy (Titus Welliver)
When you have a Transformer whose head turns into a gun, you probably can guess the level of mythology paucity you are about to watch. AGE OF EXTINCTION is just noise: A 165-minute farce, reeking of just being a commercial to sell. Product placement, merchandise-bait and the pandering to governments turn the stomach. For those who thought the last three instalments were inept, wait till you get a load of this.
If reimagining the lunar landings to factor in giant robots wasn't enough in DARK OF THE MOON, EXTINCTION's prologue has spaceships 65 million years ago supposedly causing the ice age that killed off the dinosaurs. Barely explained, and devoid of logic, the first few minutes epitomise a completely nonsensical plot. Joining THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, MAN OF STEEL and PROMETHEUS, are there blockbusters lacking coherence more than these? To go through every narrative hole would be excruciating.
Present day Texas has widower robot inventor, Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg), finding a battered unrecognisable Optimus Prime in an abandoned cinema. Er, he is still a truck, how'd he get in there? The leader of the Autobots is target numero uno. Unknown to the President of the United States, shady bureaucratic bigwig Harold Attinger (Kelsey Grammer) is hunting down all Transformers, killing them and handing them over to private defence contractor, Joshua Joyce (Stanley Tucci), to re-engineer them. Sporadic bleakness is an odd tonal choice among the whizz-bang destruction.
Attinger, rather hypocritically, has teamed up with some sort of interstellar bounty hunter Transformer called Lockdown, who in turn works for mysterious creator types. (These are the purported founding fathers of our mechanised heroes/villains; and not it seems the AllSpark Macguffin thingy from the first two movies. Go figure.)
Guess which brain is being used to instigate Joyce's new army? That's right, Megatron. Akin to liquid metal in TERMINATOR 2, these new automatons don't actually transform. So they'd be really hard to kill right? Nope, just a normal sword swipe. Where there might have been an allegory to the Manhattan Project, no quarter is given to smarts. Contrast X-MEN's ideas of having the foreign in our midst, TRANSFORMERS had the potential to go all DISTRICT 9 in its analysis of the world.
Humans, to try empathy with, come in the bizarre form of Cade fighting over his 17-year old daughter, Tessa (Nicola Peltz), with her 20-year old rally car-driving boyfriend Shane Dyson (Jack Reynor). Amidst dodging death, interactions are boiled down to their dubious squabbling.
Hong Kong gets trashed in the climax, but not to the scale of Chicago. Toning down the mayhem (let's face it, is there any other reason to sit through?), while not upping any other element that makes movies fun, is another head-scratching decision to join the miasma.
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Since 5 Generations
Exciting family history
The Hotel Barbarossa has been owned by the Miehle family since 1874 and is now managed by Florian Miehle and his wife Christiane Miehle in the 5th generation. Maybe one day, one of their three daughters will follow in the footprints of their parents and manage the beautiful, historic building in the 6th generation.
Martin Miehle operated the house as a restaurant with bourgeois cuisine after he bought it in 1874. His parents were running the restaurant and guesthouse "Kreuz" in Blumenfeld. We do not know why he came to Constance and why he bought the Barbarossa. But today we can say, luckily he came to Constance and bought the house.
His son Karl Miehle took over the management of the building from his father and accomplished many construction measures around the turn of the century. The most important thing was the purchase of the third building "Zum grünen Gatter" which is attached to the other both houses on the western side entering the Obermarkt Alley. Furthermore he converted the 4th floor into guest rooms and instructed the construction of the clock tower up top the main building.
Guesthouse "Kreuz" Blumenfeld
Florian und Christiane Miehle mit Karlotta, Katharina, Klara und Schnauzer Otto
Martin, Fritz (als Kind) und Karl Miehle
Afterwards his son Fritz Miehle managed the Barbarossa with his wife Lore. Unfortunately Fritz, the grandfather of the recent owner Florian Miehle, died in the military hospital in Sigmaringen because of a furuncle during war time. The smuggled Penicillin from Switzerland unfortunately brought no relief. Thus, Lore Miehle and her tow kids Wolfgang and Renate were on their own. After World War II the house was occupied by the french army. The good wine, which was previously immured in the cellar, was found after a betrayal. After the end of the occupation in 1949 Lore went on leading the hotel.
Her son Wolfgang should manage the hotel after her and was sent to Munich to study business management. After studying Wolfgang got to know his grand love during a boat trip on Lake Constance. She came from Lünen, near Dortmund and was daughter of a baker family. The bakery, family owned since 1899, has been looking for a man who wants to take over the management. So Wolfgang declared to his mother that he will leave Constance because of his love and could not manage the hotel anymore. His mother Lore was so disappointed about his dicision that she did not appear to the wedding of her son, although he negotiated a lease contract with the long-established family Wiedemann from Constance.
After three long years, within Lore went on leading the hotel, she finally signed the contract in 1967. The hotel was leased to Jürgen Wiedemann, the son of Alfred Wiedemann, after he passed away because still nobody of the Miehle family wanted to take over the leadership.
After Florian Miehle, son of Wolfgang, finished his apprenticeship in the hotel business in the Parkhotel in Düsseldorf, where he got to know his now wife Christane, they dicided to take over the management of the Barbarossa one day. They both studied hotel management in Heidelberg after the spent some years working abroad in New York, Cologne, Munich and England, until they moved to Constance in 2007.
Finally in October 2010 it was time to follow up the families tradition in leading the Hotel Barbarossa into its future.


Wonder what this might mean for the XMRV+.
Because of the low amount of mutation in XMRV, if we can ever get our viral loads down very low in the first place, its likely that we wont need as much firepower for permanent maintenance as the poor son of a guns with HIV need. Even with rock-bottom HIV loads, single-drug maintenance of HIV is soon defeated by evolved viral resistance. That's why they have to take such gobs of drugs.
Or who knows, we may just require chronic use of some rather toxic agent. It's possible.
and the hiv/aids folks would have been dead if they hadn't taken the meds....i'll take premature aging over early/fast/painful death.
Absolutely worth it for HIV and I'm sure many cases of XMRV. For someone like me just moderately ill (functioning at 5 or 6, as of now), more of a judgment call, maybe.
Is it possible that XMRV is of such a different nature than HIV (much slower replication) that ongoing anti-retroviral medication may not be necessary, or may be different from person to person? Maybe some short term intervention can help the immune system put the bug away.
^ Maybe. Gut level, I doubt it. It seems like a lot of people who got 90% better, or (allegedly) even more, have gotten worse again. Chia claims a number of people got way better (or even perfect) on his anti-viral protocol that includes interferons. Most of them relapsed.
None of this is primo research where all conceivable factors have been controlled/randomized. It's quasi-anecdotal. Yet it seems to paint a picture.
I haven't read a high quality source on that. I'm relying on hearsay more or less. If you know this area better than me, you are likely right.
But the reality of people living longer with the disease lessens the urgency . . .
This sounds like where we've been in the ME/CFS community all along. Because there was not the threat of death, or that threat was too far in the future to cause concern, there hasn't been the urgency from just about anybody besides those of us who are suffering, to find a cure. Now the urgency may be based on our contagiousness impacting healthy people. Also that there is money to be made. Hopefully, there will be funding and research interest to help us get completely well rather than just to manage better. I don't think we just want to "live longer with the disease." We want to flourish. And hopefully, this new research can also help those living with HIV to flourish as well.
Although they are designed to be selective for viral enzymes and pathways, its likely that the HIV drugs are affecting normal cellular systems that are needed for healthy cellular repair/function and over time they damage normal cells. Most drugs such as antibiotics and antivirals do this to some degree, the ones that do it less are usually "less toxic". Also, insomuch as aging is dependent on antioxidant status, having an chronic infection causing inflamation and also taking drugs that put a heavy load on the body's detoxifying/antioxidant systems probably accelerates the aging process as well.
This whole area is the reason why chronic long term supressive therapy is really unsustainable with HIV and or XMRV (if it ends up being causual for CFS). Not only is it expensive to keep developing and taking multiple supressive drugs for decades, it likely causes long term effects that are not able to be tested for during the drug trials. Also, in the case of HIV the virus mutates so quickly that its really unreasonable to think that we will be able to keep up with it forever and develop drugs that work to keep it from replicating.


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Q: How can I unittest an Enum's __init__ method? I'm struggling to unit test the __init__ method on an enumeration I'm using. The difficulty is that I can't extend the enum (so can't implicitly call __init__). When I try to directly call it from my test it insists that the first parameter should be an instance of that enum. I can't do this, because I can't assume any of the enum's properties in advance.
With a contrived example of the problem, let's say I have an enum of even numbers:
class EvenNumbers(Enum):
   two = 2
   four = 4

I want to do some value checking so that no-one accidentally adds an odd number to this enum:
class EvenNumbers(Enum):
   two = 2
   four = 4

   def __init__(self, value):
      assert value % 2 == 0

Now I want to write a test to make sure that this works. Two approaches seem intuitive but don't work:
def test_approach_1():
    '''
    Try to extend the Enum with a bad value. This fails
    because I can't extend an Enum.
    '''

    class BadEnum(EvenNumbers):
        three = 3

def test_approach_2():
    '''
    Try to call the __init__ method directly. This fails
    because I need to supply an instance of the enum as
    the first parameter and I can't assume any values are
    available.
    '''

    EvenNumbers.__init__(None, 3)

How should I unit test my __init__ method?

A: When testing an Enum that is a one-off (in other words, you only have one Enum class that is restricted to even numbers), then just test that Enum's values:
for enum in EvenNumbers:
    self.assertTrue(enum.value % 2 == 0)

If you have behavior you want shared among many enumerations, or the behavior being tested has to do with the actual creation of the members, then make a base class with just the behavior (no members):
class EvenNumbers(Enum):
    def __init__(self, value):
        if value % 2 ! = 0:
            raise ValueError('%d is not an even number' % value)
    def double(self):
        return self.value * 2

and then you can create test enumerations:
class TestEvenEnum(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_bad_value(self):
        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
            class NotEven(EvenNumbers):
                one = 1

    def test_good_value(self):
        class YesEven(EvenNumbers):
            two = 2
        self.assertEqual(YesEven.two.double(), 4)

A: The solution I'm currently working with is to put the value checking logic into an empty enum:
class EvenNumbersBase(Enum):
   def __init__(self, val): assert val % 2 == 0

class EvenNumbers(EvenNumbersBase):
   two = 2
   four = 4

This allows me to test that EvenNumbers inherits from EvenNumbersBase. I can subsequently try to extend EvenNumbersBase with different values to test the init method.
This feels like jumping through a few hoops. Can you suggest a better way?

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Home / Featured / Triangle UFO on Michigan video might be stealth aircraft
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Triangle UFO on Michigan video might be stealth aircraft
Posted by: Roger Marsh November 6, 2014	5 Comments
A Michigan witness near Auburn Hills and Rochester reported capturing "an inbound triangle" UFO that he feels might be a stealth aircraft, according to testimony in Case 61223 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The "CE-5 outing" with a group of people was in place when the video was shot at 8 p.m. on November 2, 2014.
"The group met at the organizer's house in Auburn Hills," the witness stated. "When we were heading out to the cars to make half-mile journey to our selected field, we noticed the skies were perfectly clear – an excellent night to be star gazing. It was fairly bright as the moon was overhead and about 70 percent full."
The group then drove to the site about a half-mile away.
About 30 minutes into the session the witness saw and videotaped a triangle craft appearing from the north on a southerly trajectory. Pictured: Auburn Hills, MI. (Credit: Google)
"We again looked skyward and this time commented on three chemtrails being visible. We grabbed our chairs and walked a couple hundred feet to the middle of the field and set up our chairs and blankets. That process couldn't have taken more than 15 minutes."
According to the chemtrail conspiracy theory, long-lasting trails left in the sky by high-flying aircraft are chemical or biological agents deliberately sprayed for sinister purposes undisclosed to the general public. Believers in the theory argue that normal contrails dissipate relatively quickly, and contrails that do not dissipate must contain additional substances. (Wikipedia)
But then they noticed more "chemtrails" in the sky.
"But now there were 15 chemtrails blanketing the sky. The entire sky was nearly completely obscured."
The witness began shooting video with night vision recording equipment.
"Somewhere about 30 minutes into the session I saw a triangle craft appear from the north on a southerly trajectory. It was emitting light from each of its three corners (as you'll see in the attached video 'auburn hills'). Its altitude seemed to be at least several thousand feet. I called out that I saw an inbound triangle and the guy next to me tried frantically to see what I was talking about. He didn't have any light enhancing devices and never ended up seeing the craft."
The group remained in the field until 9:15 p.m. when the cold sent them home.
"The next day, Monday, November 3, 2014, I went through the recordings to show the craft to the others who didn't see it."
But once the entire video was reviewed, more objects were seen.
"I hadn't reviewed more than five minutes of video when I saw what looked like a huge craft moving behind the clouds. I then created a program to step through the frames one at a time so I could see what was going on. It ended up being that what looked like a huge stealth craft with two more fast moving lights. They came in on parallel trajectories from the top of the video and split off towards the center as you should be able to see in the attached video 'hidden UFOs.' Since I didn't notice the crafts during recording, I panned away earlier than I would have liked had I known they were there. If you step through the frames, you can see the lower craft initiating a hard bank to its left when I'm starting to turn away."
The witness is speculating on what was seen.
"When there are three craft in two separate encounters within 30 minutes of each other – this is beyond coincidence. Now considering the clouds that were specifically created (being chemtrails) and only over a relatively localized area, and there was a flurry of advanced technology overhead, it is undeniable that the chemtrails were anything but specifically placed there to shield us from seeing what was going on overhead."
The witness believes the objects may be part of a man-made project.
"Since these didn't exhibit out of this world maneuvering capabilities, I am hesitant to say they were of alien manufacture. Their speed and triangle shape indicates advanced technologies which are within reach of our black projects, so all of this seems likely to be a military cover-up of alien technology."
Auburn Hills is a city in Oakland County, MI, population 21,412. Michigan MUFON is investigating.
Michigan has a current UFO Alert Rating of 5 with a low number of recent reports nationally. Michigan had 16 UFO reports that occurred during October 2014 – calculated at 1.62 sightings per million population.
The UFO Alert Rating System is based on five levels – 1 through 5 – where states with 4.01 or higher reports per million residents are rated an Alert 1; 3.01 – 4.0 reports are an Alert 2; 2.51 – 3.0 are an Alert 3; 2.01 – 2.5 are an Alert 4; and those states with 2.0 or lower are rated an Alert 5.
Please remember that most UFO sighting can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Michigan MUFON Roger Marsh UFO	2014-11-06
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Roger Marsh is a UFO writer and content developer. He is Director of Communications for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) where he manages media contact, rights and permissions, and content development for television, film, documentary, radio, print and stage. Roger is a MUFON case researcher for History channel's "Hangar 1: The UFO Files." He is editor of the monthly international MUFON UFO Journal, executive producer of the weekly "MUFON UFO Traffic Report" radio show; serves as the MUFON webmaster; reporter for the daily "UFO Traffic Report" in web and audio formats; and publisher of the "MUFON Books" imprint. He is the author of Sacred Dialogue, editor of Silent Invasion, and co-editor of Ron Paul Speaks. Roger was featured in the 2015 season premiere episode of Destination America's "Monsters & Mysteries in America." Roger and his wife, Joyce, live in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, restoring a 1910 Pennsylvania four-square.
My godfather was attached to a group the recovered the craft at Roswell. They came from Biggs AFB. connected to Ft Bliss Tx. El Paso, Tx.. They brought it to Biggs he said then it went on to Wright Patterson… He passed away this past June at the age of 89. He was US Army not AF….. My uncle Ted……told me there was one alive and two deceased alien pilots…And was sworn to secrecy under penalty of death. to him and next of kin.. Was this true…? I believe so, he was a God fearing man. Went to church services every Sunday until he left us. And one other thing is the fact he was never a UFO buff….
There are three types of sightings —
1. Clearly a human craft.
2. Clearly a non-human craft.
3. Junk that does not fit 1 & 2.
Oh, and self-debunking is as bad as debunking.
Proven Geo-engineering to our planet is happening now in the form of chemtrails through Government experiments to alter weather patterns and to shield radar tracking signals! A growing concern is that chemtrails including biological, toxic heavy metals, radiation and chemicals to control and reduce the human population on our planet by spreading viruses and disease. The best way to detox your body is with the natural mineral called Clinoptilolite Zeolite! For more information search the single word Zeolite.
I do believe that all of these chemtrails, chemclouds, and total manufactured chem white-outs are to prevent us from seeing alien spacecraft, as shown in the video. The spraying up of the skies is practically non-stop, and while I used to believe this was part of the Agenda 21 plan I no longer beleive that. I now believe it is to block us from seeing what is going on up there. It'll be nice when the truth comes out because I am sick of the incessant spraying and total white-outs.
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2nd of April. Brisbane, Australian. 6:45pm. I was looking up at the night sky, in a north direction, when a boomerang shaped object glided stealthly above me. It was about 150ft above me, under the clouds. It had no lights. I definitely witnessed it. Has anyone seen an object like this?
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Bernard Hirsch est un ingénieur, urbaniste et résistant français, né en 1927 et mort le .

Biographie
Bernard Hirsch naît le 20 juillet 1927 à Courbevoie dans une famille juive originaire d'Allemagne, de Bohême et d'Alsace-Lorraine. Il est le fils d'Étienne Hirsch et de Thérèse Bernheim.

Ses grands-parents Richard et Marianne Hirsch, son grand-père Alexandre Bernheim, son oncle Pierre Bernheim, sa tante Juliette Lévy et ses cousins Michèle, Jean-Paul, Alain et Catherine Lévy, tous déportés, sont assassinés à Auschwitz entre 1942 et 1944.

En 1943, âgé de , il s'engage dans la Résistance, d'abord comme agent de liaison puis dans le maquis d'Yssingeaux. Il rejoint ensuite le  de choc du commandant Fernand Gambiez. Participant activement au combat pour la Libération, et notamment à la bataille d'Alsace, il reçoit la médaille de la Résistance et la Croix de guerre.

Après la guerre, il sort diplômé de l'École polytechnique puis de l'École nationale des ponts et chaussées.
Après avoir été directeur des Travaux publics de Mauritanie et du Mali, il est le principal concepteur de la ville nouvelle de Cergy-Pontoise de 1965 à 1975, d'abord comme directeur de la mission d'aménagement, puis comme directeur général de l'établissement public d'aménagement qui remplace celle-ci. De 1975 à 1983, il est chef du service régional de l'Équipement de la région parisienne et directeur de l'Institut d'aménagement et d'urbanisme de la région d'Île-de-France (IAURIF). Puis il est directeur de l'École nationale des ponts et chaussées de 1983 jusqu'à sa mort le 8 septembre 1988 à Paris.

Fils d'Étienne Hirsch, Français libre, ingénieur, il est le père de Martin Hirsch, haut fonctionnaire.

Hommage
Une avenue porte son nom à Cergy-Pontoise (la préfecture du Val-d'Oise, le centre des finances publiques et l'Essec ont leur adresse sur cette avenue).

Publications
 1990 : L'Invention d'une ville nouvelle : Cergy-Pontoise, 1965-1975, récit d'un témoin, préf. Jean-Eudes Roullier et Guy Salmon-Legagneur, Presses de l'École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris,   ; rééd. 2000,  .
 2003 : L'Aménagement de la région parisienne : 1961-1969, le témoignage de Paul Delouvrier accompagné par un entretien avec Michel Debré, institut Paul-Delouvrier et Programme d'histoire et d'évaluation des villes nouvelles françaises, Presses de l'École nationale des ponts et chaussées, Paris,  .

Liens externes
 Hommage sur le site Planète-TP
 Photothèque de l'École des Ponts ParisTech

Références

Résistant français
Titulaire de la médaille de la Résistance française
Résistance juive en France
Résistant juif
Urbaniste français
Ingénieur du corps des ponts et chaussées
Élève de l'École polytechnique

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To from an opinion of, as to amount, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land.
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In this estimate of his case Ben Trench was wrong.
You- And if you should follow me there, Vivian's estimate of us will not be so far out of the way as we'd like to make it.
Now in 1882 he seems to have determined to declare himself, in a large, free way, concerning his own personal estimate of Mark Twain.


I recently saw this '73 Chevy Camaro Z/28 in Tarpon Springs. This is from the second generation, which was made between 1970 and 1981. The engine is a 5.7 liter V8 that produces 245 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque. This Camaro was modified to have a 5-speed manual transmission.


None of us are short on financial advice from everyone around us... but what's the best financial advice you've gotten?
Money doesn't come with a set of rules, and we all grow up with vastly different outlooks on money. What did you (or didn't you) learn about money during childhood?
Read 1 Timothy 6:17-18 together.
Have you seen your own arrogance go up in relation to your bank account? Does it happen obviously for you, or is it something that happens slowly and sneakily?
"Hope AND money" is fine, but "hope IN money" sets us up for a terrible fall. Has this happened to you? What made you realize that your hope was IN money?
Mike talked about several money myths that we often believe (in message notes below). What stood out to you? What have you believed at some point in your life? What do you struggle with now?
How would you want someone else to manage your money? What kind of things would you definitely NOT want them to do with it?
When in your life have you had the most financial peace? Has money ever bought you happiness? How has money added complexity and stress to your life?
Mike said to start over in finances, we need to talk about it, face the facts, and ask for help. Which one of those is hardest for you? How would doing that one change your relationship with money, or with your family?
What's the one tangible step that you need to make happen this week? What can you do today to set yourself up for success?
"Personal finance is 80% behavior and 20% head knowledge"
But godliness with contentment is great gain… Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
TRUTH: I have more than I need!
Borrower is slave to the lender.


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Posted February 4th, 2016 by Dr. Tom Hannam & filed under Aging, Eggs, News.
Many women are curious about freezing their eggs — preserving their fertility because they aren't ready or able to start a family, but want to keep the option open for the future.
This Chatelaine article delves into new research with regards to timing your egg freezing. The analysis found that women who pursue egg freezing in their early or mid-3os can often retrieve — and preserve — a promising amount of healthy eggs. However, if they start trying to conceive in their late 30s, they're often able to reproduce without using their frozen eggs — making the cost and labour of egg freezing unnecessary.
On the other hand, the article notes that women who pursue egg freezing in their very late 30s, or early 40s, have a less successful chance of retrieving healthy eggs — which means the expense of egg freezing may not be ultimately worth it.
The study suggests that, in general, the optimal age to freeze your eggs is 37: it's likely to result in the preservation of healthy eggs, and your odds of actually using those eggs are higher.
However, if you're considering egg freezing, talk a fertility doctor about whether any individual factors (such as cancer treatments, premature reduction of fertility, etc) should sway that number.


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Divya D'Souza Makes no 'Miskate' When it Comes to Producing
When it comes to filmmaking, Canada's Divya D'Souza knows there are so many elements that cannot be controlled and keeping a level head is the most important thing she can do as a producer. As the leader on any given project, she leads by example, with empathy and determination. No matter the project or genre, she maintains this mindset, and it has led her to being a leader in her industry, working with A-list celebrities like Adam Sandler and Kevin James on Pixels, Kate Burton on Star Names Only, and Colin Farrel, Kate Beckinsale, and Jessica Biel on Total Recall.
D'Souza has also seen great success with her own company, Matchbox Productions, of which she is Founder & CEO. She created the concert film A Picture of Ray Robinson under her brand, as well as Miskate.
Miskate tells the story of Abe, a little boy who is determined to fulfill his dream of figure skating. From trading kisses with his friend, Michelle, to learning jumps to preparing a PowerPoint presentation to get his father to agree to let him sign up for an after-school activity, Abe will do all he can to learn to skate. That is until his father realizes he wants to figure skate and not play hockey. He refuses to sign the form and crushes Abe's dream in one fell swoop, or does he?
"This film shows a child being different and that is ok. A family who at first maybe doesn't understand and gets defensive, but then opens up to something different. I feel like the story is important to shed light on, especially at that time, to the innocence of a child and ambition and determination even if it is something different than the norm," said D'Souza.
D'Souza immediately fell in love with Miskate, and she knew she had to bring it to life as both a producer and director. To do so, she found all the crew members from different big budget projects she had been working on, encouraging them to take part in this passion project. She was responsible for all of the creative decisions from locations to costumes, casting, and art direction.
"I really looked into the details. For example, I made sure we had a tweed couch that reminded me of the ones you would find in 90's Canadian suburb basements. I really wanted to make sure I got across the sentiment and the setting to the audience though I had a short time to tell the story," she described.
Without D'Souza, Miskate would never have made it to the screen, and audiences would never have been privy to such a stunning story. When it premiered on BravoChannel in 2012, she knew all the hard work paid off.
"I loved how it turned out and that every piece of the project I had a handle on. I loved having that ultimate control creatively. Because I played such a large part in bringing the film to life, it felt great to have such positive feedback in people wanting to see more of Abe and where he went from there," she said.
Miskate is heartwarming and captivating, be sure to give it a watch if you have not already.


I could only get through the first five of this year's Darwin Awards before my laughter became too much. Some prime examples of stupidity.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2007 by John.
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and my iBook currently has (1/2)x. However, the price of Ram has dropped over the years, and so this is just a small obstacle that will be resolved upon my return.
There is also a requirement of y mb of available hard drive space, and coincidentally, I have (1/2)y available. However, this is even easier to fix since I have something like 3y mb of music mp3s which can all be moved to an external backup drive.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 27, 2007 by John.
Purchased souvenir cap from PR airport since I left hat at home, and while I tend to deny that I don't have a full head of hair, denial doesn't change facts.
Read a chapter of book that I received from my boss as a holiday gift: The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula, by Eric Nozum. So far it is a humorous, and informational read.
Tested out the DSL connection at the villa we are renting.
Of course, for me, the DSL isn't a connection to work I am trying to avoid. The DSL is a connection to friends and fun. I will only log on after the sun has gone down. But I won't have a 1000 unread msgs this year when I get home.
I also won't do this itemization every day.
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Of all the amateur vacation videos I've found on YouTube, this one does the best job of displaying VG in its fun and splendour. However, note, it is a 5 minute video, but after three minutes, when the screen goes black…it stays black…so you don't have to watch the last two minutes, unless you really want to. I have no idea who the people are.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 20, 2007 by John.
was taken with the built-in camera of an XO computer from the One Laptop Per Child project. It arrived today.
I leave town Friday morning.
I really should have begun packing tonight.
But there's always tomorrow night.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2007 by John.
Phil Ochs would have turned 67 today.
I've slept in your alleys; I've slept in your subways.
I wouldn't mind but I'm growing so old.
But as low as I am, you know I'm still a man.
And I wouldn't mind but I'm growing so old.
It's all so easy to throw me in prison.
It's all so easy to just walk on by.
It's not so easy to look in his eye.
There's poison in every old garbage can.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2007 by John.
Back in 2004, I learned I was in the Southwest quadrant of Politopia.
3) Why some people say they see no difference between the GOP and Democrats, and refer to the US as a Single-Party system in disguise.
I did this meme last year, might as well do it again this year.
List the first sentence from the first post for each month in 2007. Twelve sentences.
I don't have a paraph.
May 1, 1886 – Chicago – Haymarket Square.
Have you not heard of this website?
Had a few minutes to spare this afternoon: If asked, I wonder how many people would guess the American League team that has gone the longest without finishing dead last.
Don't watch this video if: 1) You are diabetic, and can't handle extreme amounts of sweetness 2) You have a phobia of kittens.
Back from SteaknShake a little earlier than I expected.
I still don't have a paraph.
One line is actually the same from last year.
But that's not the only repeated post I discovered doing this meme.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2007 by John.
Since PAD confessed, I feel I should confess too.
Though his steroid usage was recent, mine was 21 years ago. Doctor prescribed. Nurse fed. I was almost completely paralyzed from the neck down, so it wasn't like I could say no when they stuck the drugs inside my mouth.
I'm not paralyzed anymore. So, obviously, it must have been the steroids that did the trick.
I don't recall lifting any buicks, or 37 hour marathons, but my access to buicks in the hospital to attempt to lift were sparse. What happened between me and my nurses I'd like to keep private.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 14, 2007 by John.


Madhu Das has been practicing and teaching kirtan for many years in the bhakti-yoga tradition. His deep love of music and its vast potential for expressing and developing pure devotion has inspired him to use kirtan as a means to share this devotional treasure with seekers throughout the world. Playing throughout dozens of countries in different continents, his passion for kirtan has inspired and enlivened persons from all cultural backgrounds.


"My love for you is endless.
Together we will become one.
I will be there to protect and guide you through the pain.
I will remove the pain from your life for good.
You do not need anyone else but me.
The scar on your left arm, I love it.
The burn on the right side of your stomach, I love that too.
The thoughts in your head, I am in love with them too.
I want to be with you forever now.
Nighttime finally fell upon us. We were the only couple left in the park. He reached for my hand and quietly asked, "Now that we are going to spend the rest of our lives together I need you to be honest with me and tell me what you are truly thinking in that little head of yours." I smiled. Finally, someone truly wants to know what I am thinking. I wasted no time and started to pour out my heart to the man of my dreams.
I am not your typical girl you know. I love to isolate myself from the world, from the people I love, and the things I enjoy the most. I enjoy hurting myself whether it is slashing my thighs or taking a lighter and burning the soles of my feet or the side of my stomach. It feels so good and painless to me. When I do this I think of the ones who hurt me physically and emotionally. The ones who told me "I am no good for them": slash #1. The ones who told me "I do not care about what you illness you have, do not bother me": slash #2 and burn # 1. The ones who rejected me and called me "psycho and crazy": burn #2 & # 3. I love to research but not your typical topics. No. I enjoy researching the top ten methods to kill myself pr the easiest and quickest ways to die. I've tried 3 methods so far in my life and was so close to death but I have no idea what happened. I failed. I am so stupid. I can't believe I failed when I planned for weeks and months. Who knows if I am truly done trying. I hear voices too. Nobody knows that. These voices are like my best friends they guide me through the good, the bad, and the ugly. I have several different personalities. Some people have no idea which personality they are interacting with and I can't help which one shows up. If you are a guy and I like you a lot but you do not like me, you will most likely interact with the more "aggressive and clingy" side of me. I cannot keep friendships or relationships with others for too long. I start to think people are using me and truly do not like me so I remove myself from the relationship. I cry for no reason. I am highly sensitive so please watch what you say around me I take every single word to heart. Do not tell me you "love me" or say "I will always be there for you" if you truly do not mean it. I have a sixth sense and I can tell when you are lying to my face. I have no motivation to hurt others. So when someone hurts me I do not hurt them; instead I hurt myself. My weakness is standing up for myself and using my words. I've trained myself to wear a happy face to hide my depression. I've pretended that everything is happy-go-lucky to hide my manic episodes. So many people around me look up to me. I am a sister, friend, daughter, niece, and a role model to many. But little do they know I am severely troubled on the inside. I cannot hide anymore and pretend to be someone I know I am not. I am ready to let go, be free and open. Please. Listen to me. Listen. I am troubled and I need you to be there for me. I know this rant makes absolutely no sense but you wanted to know what I was thinking right? Well, you got it. This is me. This is the woman you plan to love for the rest of your life.
Tears were falling from his pale flushed face. He grabbed my hand and told me, "Thank you. I love you. Now come. Come with me. I promise to never ever let you go." He removed a tan 11 foot thick rope from the honey mustard picnic basket. "The time has come," he whispered in my left ear. He pulled me up and walked me to the tree by the swings. Behind the tree stood a 10 foot ladder. He climbed up first and jumped up on the still branch and tied the robe to the middle of the branch. The moon shined brightly on his nose. I wanted to kiss it. He looked down at me and yelled, "It's time for you to come up now. We are getting married." I climbed slowly up the metal ladder and reached for his muscular arm to pull me up onto the branch. There we sat and gazed at the stars for 18 minutes.
I jumped and stopped three-quarters of the way down as the rope yanked me from the earth. At last, my pain is released to the stars and to the man who proposed and won my heart: death. I am flying in the wind; I am finally free.
This entry is part of my story and recovery. I wrote this entry recently during a period of time when someone close to me triggered the sensitive side of me and I entered a severe period of deep depression and recurring thoughts of suicide again. Remember to respect the boundaries of others and know their triggers. I called my support person who helped me out of my depressive episode. It was not easy and yes, I am on medication(s) and seeing a therapist/psychiatrist but I still have thoughts and feelings displayed in the post above. I am not perfect. I am sharing this post to open the eyes of those out there who feel like there is no way out. There is. It is okay to seek help and talk to someone you trust about how you are feeling. If you or a loved one are suicidal please get help, do not let your thoughts continue to grow. Call 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) or your local emergency number. You are not alone.


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Confronting the Sphinx: Zainab bint Younus on Gender-Based Violence in Muslim Communities
by TMWTLeave a Comment on Confronting the Sphinx: Zainab bint Younus on Gender-Based Violence in Muslim Communities
In recent times, Muslim communities have developed a large number of experts in gender-based violence (GBV). This is equally as interesting as it is progressive. While more people are needed to do this work, understanding the multidimensional complex nature of this issue is a stepping stone towards getting all hands on deck. The TMWT team has been fortunate enough to get our hands on Zainab bint Younus for a quick breakdown of gender-based violence in Muslim communities.
Zainab bint Younus is a Canadian Muslim Woman who writes on Muslim women's issues, gender-related injustice in the Muslim community and Muslim women in Islamic History. She holds a diploma in Islamic Studies from Arees University, a diploma in History of Female Scholarship from Cambridge Islamic College and has spent the last fifteen years involved in grassroots da'wah. She was also an original founder of Muslim Matters. You can find her online on Instagram
TMWT: In what ways do gender-based violence manifest in Muslim communities?
Zainab bint Younus: Gender-based violence manifests in multiple ways in the Muslim communities. We have "universal" types of gender-based violence, such as domestic abuse, but we also have certain types that are unique to our community, such as when imams or other men in positions of community leadership actively prey on vulnerable women in the community (often by engaging in secret second marriages, or outright sexual harassment/ assault/ rape). Outside of the community, gendered Islamophobia – where visibly Muslim women are routinely the targets of overt acts of violence – is rampant, especially in countries where Islamophobia is constantly perpetrated through media and politics.
TMWT: What would our community look like if our gender equality goals were met?
Zainab bint Younus: This question requires a little more elaboration on what "gender equality goals" are! Broadly speaking, however, I would say that our communities should look like much safer spaces for Muslim women, by providing them with the safety and resources to be able to report abuse and to see consequences for the perpetrators of abuse. On a micro level, this would mean that families are raised with an Islamic understanding of gender interactions, roles, and rights and responsibilities, especially with regards to the severity of consequences in this world and the Next for men who abuse their authority. On a macro level, this would mean that Muslim communities – whether centered on a Masjid or otherwise – have the resources and supports for victims of violence. Perhaps more importantly, proactive measures would also exist on a community level – for example, strict codes of conduct and ethics for all those involved in community work, with supervision and accountability.
TMWT: What are Muslim communities missing out on by not maximizing the talents of both genders?
Zainab bint Younus: As Sh Muhammad Akram Nadwi says, to stifle the talents and knowledge of Muslim women is no different from the burying of young girls in the days of Jahiliyyah! Our Ummah has always been strongest and at its most spiritually powerful when women were fully involved in every level of society, from family to the wider community, from scholarship to business, from activism to political engagement. Muslim communities are missing out on being able to utilize the potential of Muslim women in every field, especially those where we are most lacking qualified female representation: in Islamic scholarship, in community activism, and in many other fields of expertise (social work, counselling, and psychology are particularly valuable fields which the Muslim community often ignores or undermines).
TMWT: What could be the reason Muslim communities evade conversations around gender-based violence?
Zainab bint Younus: There are hundreds of years of cultural baggage to deal with, both from "the East" and the West. There is a sense of defensiveness, of not wanting to acknowledge the diseases that we have within our community because to do so feels equivalent to admitting to the non-Muslims that we are not as perfect and pure as we claim, or that we are as bad as they make us out to be.
There is a social stigma in the community, making it difficult for both victims and bystanders to come forward about the violence that is experienced or witnessed. There is a misconstrued sense of what is and is not religiously sanctioned in Islam, with many abusers and enablers justifying some forms of gender-based violence.
TMWT: Do you think Muslim communities have room to improve our gender equality?
Zainab bint Younus: Absolutely! We are an Ummah of enjoining good and forbidding evil, and of establishing justice – even when it means speaking the truth against ourselves. Alhamdulillah, there are many individuals and organizations in the Muslim community who are working hard to end gender-based violence and oppression.
Zainab bint Younus
TMWT: What is one thing that Muslim women can do to end gender-based violence in our communities?
Zainab bint Younus: First of all, du'a and perfecting our worship of Allah. Secondly, ensuring that everything we do in activism and seeking justice and ending oppression, is done so by adhering to the Shari'ah and holding tight to Islamic spiritual ethics. Ending gender-based violence isn't something that women can do alone; it is necessary for men to be on the same page and to share the same vision and goals. As Muslim women, we can and must do da'wah – within our homes and outside of it – so that Muslim men can be educated just as we must educate ourselves on the realities of gender-based violence and the many ways to end it. Education, raising awareness, and effective da'wah are all powerful tools in achieving this goal, inshaAllah.
TMWT
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Dunkin' Brands Says It's in Talks to Be Acquired by Inspire
October 26, 2020 | themiddlemarket
Apollo Expands Direct Lending Platform to Individuals with New Fund
The move follows Apollo's recent purchase of Griffin Capital.
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Ally Financial and Carlyle also completed deals.
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The St. Louis PE firm partnered with Carlyle's AlpInvest.
Dunkin' Brands Group Inc., parent company of coffee-and-donuts chain Dunkin' and Baskin-Robbins, said it's in talks to be acquired by private equity-backed Inspire Brands.
The New York Times reported the talks earlier, saying Inspire will take Dunkin' private at $106.50 a share, citing two people with knowledge of the negotiations who weren't identified. The deal -- valued at $8.8 billion -- could be announced as soon as Monday, the newspaper added. The price is a 20% premium over Friday's closing price, when the company had a market capitalization of $7.3 billion.
"Dunkin' Brands confirms that it has held preliminary discussions to be acquired by Inspire Brands," Karen Raskopf, a Dunkin' spokeswoman, said in a statement, declining to offer further details and cautioned that there's is no certainty an agreement will be reached.
Shares of Dunkin' Brands have more than doubled since March on investor optimism that its mobile ordering app and loyalty program boosted sales during the pandemic. The Canton, Massachusetts-based company dropped the word "Donuts" from its name in 2018, signaling its broadened focus on beverages. The stock traded at 34 times earnings, lower than the median multiple of 37 for the industry, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News.
The number of coffee shops in the U.S. is shrinking for the first time in nine years as sales plunge and Covid-19 forces the industry to rethink its business. While that's helped Dunkin' and other coffee-serving chains such as Starbucks Corp. and even McDonald's Corp. gain ground at the expense of independent outlets, it's not enough keep all its stores operating.
The U.S. will have 25,307 outlets specializing in coffee or tea at the end of 2020, down 7.3% from a year earlier in the first decline since 2011, according to estimates by research firm Euromonitor International. Annual sales are expected to plunge 12% to $24.7 billion.
Dunkin' said in July it expects to close about 800 U.S. locations permanently this year as part of a "real estate portfolio rationalization." Comparable-store sales have been improving in July, Dunkin' said, but they remain in the "low-single digits" for stores of both key brands at the time.
Inspire Brands, the owner of Buffalo Wild Wings and Jimmy John's, is backed by the Atlanta-based private equity firm Roark Capital. In April, Roark made a $200 million investment in Cheesecake Factory Inc.
In 2005, Dunkin' Brands was sold by Pernod Ricard to a group of buyers including Bain Capital, the Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners for $2.4 billion. It was taken public in an initial public offering in 2011.
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Phnom Penh Post - Police questioning VoIP 'extortionists' in Siem Reap
Police questioning VoIP 'extortionists' in Siem Reap
Niem Chheng | Publication date 04 August 2017 | 08:28 ICT
Chinese nationals wait in a queue after they were arrested on Wednesday in Poipet in a raid on a VoIP extortion ring. Photo supplied
Fri, 4 August 2017
Niem Chheng
About 70 out of a group of more than 200 alleged Chinese scammers were questioned by police in Siem Reap yesterday over an alleged Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) extortion scheme, with 25 later being released, according to an official.
Uk Hai Sela, head of investigations at the Interior Ministry's Immigration Department, said that questioning had shown that the 25 who were released were "just casino staff and rented a room in the same block", but the remainder of the group was detained. He said that the rest of the suspects would continue to be questioned today. "But we are not sure if we can complete that, because there are too many," he said.
He added that some of the suspects had arrived in Cambodia just over a month ago, while others had been in the country for as long as six months. The new arrivals had "just come to learn the technique, how to extort", he said. Hai Sela said the police had not yet seen the passports of all those who were arrested, and were now trying to obtain those too.
"They all said they had passports, but . . . they said their team leader kept the passports and we are telling him to bring [them]," he said.
All of the suspects would be deported to China, he said, though a date has not been set. "When we get the exact number of how many are suspects . . . [we will let China] decide whether to bring them back in one chartered plane, or buy tickets" through an airline, he said.
Representatives of the Chinese Embassy could not be reached yesterday.
Contact author: Niem Chheng
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Significant change in construction order management in Ha Noi (22:43 26/09/2018)
HNP - Over the past eight months of 2018, Ha Noi authorities has conducted inspection and checked all construction works. The number of violation decreased over 51% against the same period last year; over 82% of them were handled thoroughly.
Online conference - Ha Noi venue
This is the Ha Noi People's Committee's review of performance to overcome shortcomings and problems, improve planning efficiency and management, and tighten discipline in construction order in the city. It was given at the online conference between Standing Commissions of Municipal Party Committee, People's Council and People's Committee with leaders of districts and towns on September 24.
The number of construction order violation decreases sharply
According to report of the Official Section of Municipal People's Committee presented by Director of Department of Construction Le Van Duc, the Municipal People's Committee released Plan No. 125/KH-UBND on handling shortcomings and problems, increasing efficiency in planning and management, tightening discipline in construction order management. The plan was given on the basis of instruction of Standing Commission of Municipal Party Committee and resolutions of Official Section of Municipal People's Committee.
After one year of implementation, the bodies take comprehensive measures, proactively build their own plans, assign tasks to subordinate departments and units, and increase sense of responsibilities of district-level and commune-level authorities to detect, prevent and handle violations. As a result, there are significant progress in handling construction violations, in particular the unresolved cases.
In 2017, districts' and towns' inspectorates checked all new construction works (17,422 works), and detected violations in 1,916 works, accounting for 11%. The number of violation is decreased 2% against the same period last year.
People's Committees at commune level and suburban district level solved 1,517 works of violation (coercive measure required in 366 cases), and issued additional licenses/ amended licenses for 254 cases. Currently, there are 57 unresolved cases to be processed. People's Committees of districts and towns granted 1,740 decision on punishment for administrative violation, with total fine of over VND 12.2 billion.
In eight months, construction order management teams of the districts and towns checked all construction works in the area, and recorded 824 cases of violation, making up 5.39% of total buildings and reducing 51.27% against the same period last year. Remarkably, 287 unlicensed buildings were detected, a sharp decrease (55.57%) in comparison to the same period 2017; 308 cases of construction in agricultural land, a year-on-year reduction of 55.81%.
The People's Committees at commune level and suburban district level handled 680 out of 824 violation cases, accounting for 82.52%, and issued 1,086 decisions on punishment for administrative violations with total fine over VND 6.7 billion. Other 144 cases are being processed.
Regarding thin and distorted houses, by the end of April, the authorities solved 12 cases, approved architectural facade combination with nearby constructions/ or issued conditional license for 88 cases without affecting urban landscape. They are taking further action to withdraw public purpose of 32 unqualified construction works. For the 552 thin and distorted houses founded after implementation of traffic projects since 2013, so far Ha Noi has handled 493 of them, and strives to complete other 59 cases in 2018.
Severe punishment for violations of officials
According to the report, the Municipal People's Committee urged Department of Construction of the same level and People's Committees of districts and towns to enhance performance of inspection teams and inspectors who are irresponsible, in charge of infractions, or support the criminals or cover up crimes. This is part of efforts to enhance officials' sense of responsibilities in management order.
Ha Noi detected and applied punishment for 89 officials and civil servants in construction inspection teams, including criticism for 65 cases, warning/ or change of work position for 14 cases, temporal suspension of work for 3 cases, demotation for 2 cases, and dismissal for 5 cases. It helped reducing violations significantly.
The leaders of Municipal People's Committee pointed out that there are still complicated changes in violation of construction order. Further infractions are likely to happen, yet the role of local authorities, especially in communes, wards and towns are limited; they fail to fulfill their functions and missions according to regulations. As a result, state management is limited; some districts, suburban districts, communes, wards and towns are not determined to handle the infraction, or even cover up the crimes and violate regulations intentionally.
According to Municipal People's Committee's request, Chairpeople of People's Committees of districts and towns shall urge authorities, increase inspection and control over construction, detect and handle violations promptly once they occur, deter further infraction, and consider responsibilities of organizations/ individuals who allow the infraction.
Furthermore, popularization shall be promoted in order to encourage people to comply with legal regulation of construction, contribute to raising state management and minimizing violation. Construction management order teams shall improve their qualification, conduct examination, and act as advisor to suggest punishment for violations.
By Mai Phuong
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Grammys 2015: Winners & Highlights: AC/DC, ELO, Beck, Annie Lennox, and more
By Olympus Athens | @ | February 9th, 2015 at 2:29 am
The 87th Annual Grammy Awards took place on Sunday night, February 8, 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, and was broadcast live on CBS on the east coast (the west coast had a tape delay). There were stand-out performances at the Grammys by AC/DC, Jeff Lynne's ELO, Annie Lennox, and Madonna, with the big winners of the night being Beck, Sam Smith, Beyoncé, and Pharrell Williams.
Below are some of the highlights of the evening, along with the full list of Grammy winners at the end.
Topics: Awards, Music, News
Tags: Beck, Beyonce, CBS, Ed Sheeran, ELO, Grammy Awards, Grammys, Jeff Lynne, Kanye West, Madonna, Pharrell Williams, Sam Smith
Free Listen: Beck's New Studio Album 'Morning Phase'
By BAADASSSSS! | February 17th, 2014 at 8:30 pm
I had no idea how out of the loop I was when it came to my favorite musicians until this morning when I saw that singer-songwriter Beck's latest studio album is just eight days away from its release. Thanks to NPR, you can now listen to Morning Phase, Beck's first album in six years and his first for his new label Capitol Records, streaming in full for free.
Beck has reportedly been working on this album since 2005 but had to put it on hold until 2012. Morning Phase is considered to be a successor to his low-key, lyrical 2002 release Sea Change. Critics are hailing it as one of his finest in years and after listening to selected tracks I'm inclined to agree. This is coming from a guy who can often find no fault with Beck's work; to me anyway he's one of the most consistently enthralling and innovative musicians in the world.
Topics: Music, News
Tags: Beck, Capitol Records, David Campbell, Morning Phase, NPR
Check Out Beck's 360 Experience Version Of David Bowie's 1977 Single 'Sound And Vision'
By Stoogeypedia | February 12th, 2013 at 2:00 pm
This week marks the 36th anniversary of the David Bowie single "Sound and Vision," the delectable slice of synthesized, bass-heavy power pop, which appeared on Bowie's Low album and remains a fan and critic favorite in the expansive Bowie catalog.
Since its release, there have been various cover versions of the song. Its latest one comes from eclectic singer/songwriter Beck, who reimagines the tune in a full-on, orchestrated and rather over the top amplified version as part of his Lincoln Now 360 Experience. Check out that video here below.
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Tags: Beck, David Bowie
$5 MP3 Album Deal: Nine Inch Nails, Dio, Beck, Book of Mormon
By Empress Eve | @ | December 31st, 2011 at 11:01 am
Amazon currently has 100 MP3 Albums For $5 Each for the month of December 2011, so today's the last day to grab the items in this sale. There's plenty of great music from artists like Nine Inch Nails, Dio, Beck, Bruce Springsteen, and more, as well as soundtracks for Tron: Legacy and Book Of Mormon.
Below is a sample of some of the albums in this $5 sale, so grab it now before it's over at 11:59pm PST tonight!
– Green Day – Insomniac
– Daft Punk – Tron: Legacy Reconfigured
– The Offspring – Greatest Hits
– The Book Of Mormon – Original Broadway Cast Recording
– Flight of the Conchords – I Told You I Was Freaky
– Bruce Springsteen – Greatest Hits
– Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
– Beck – Odelay
– Dio – Holy Diver
– Korn – Korn III: Remember Who You Are
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DIS To Recognize Space Shuttle Program During The Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola
Posted on 6.30.2011 in 2011 Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca Cola
United States Navy Commander and Astronaut Dominic "Tony" Antonelli, who has served as pilot of both STS-119 Space Shuttle Discovery in 2009 and STS-132 Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2010, will serve as Honorary Starter for the mid-summer classic.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – In honor of the final flight of the Space Shuttle program – STS-135 Space Shuttle Atlantis scheduled for July 8 – Daytona International Speedway will pay tribute to NASA's Space Shuttle program during the 53rd annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday, July 2.
"The final launch of the Space Shuttle program is a historic moment. We're proud to pay tribute to NASA's Space Shuttle program and welcome Astronaut Dominic "Tony" Antonelli as Honorary Starter," Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood III said. "Having piloted the Space Shuttle twice, Tony will surely appreciate the thrill of speed from the flag stand as 43 stars of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series roar past him to start the Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola."
As Honorary Starter, Antonelli will be introduced at the driver's meeting, participate in the driver introductions and wave the green flag for the Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola. Antonelli will also make appearances in the Coke Zero Club and 31 Degrees hospitality venues prior to the start of the race.
Antonelli has logged a total of 24 days, 3 hours, 57 minutes and 35 seconds in space. In his first mission as pilot of STS-119 Space Shuttle Discovery in March 2009, he was part of the crew that delivered the S6 Integrated Truss Segment and the final pair of power-generating solar array wings to the International Space Station.
Aboard STS-132 Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2010, Antonelli was part of the crew that delivered an Integrated Cargo Carrier and a Russian-build Mini Research Module to the Station.
In addition to Antonelli's role as Honorary Starter, Daytona International Speedway will show a video tribute to NASA's Space Shuttle program during pre-race ceremonies.
To purchase tickets for the Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola, call 1-800-PITSHOP or visit www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com
Fans can stay connected with Daytona International Speedway on Twitter (www.twitter.com/disupdates) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/DaytonaInternationalSpeedway).


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Fernández: 'Argentina's problem isn't Cristina. It's what Macri has left behind'
Frente de Todos hopeful dismisses the worries that he would be unduly influenced by running-mate Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, should he win the October 27 election.
James Grainger
Editor-in-Chief, Buenos Aires Times.
Presidential frontrunner Alberto Fernández listens to a student at the end of an oral exam in his classroom at the University of Buenos Aires School of Law on Wednesday. | AP/Natacha Pisarenko
Alberto Fernández, the front-runner in Argentina's presidential race, said Wednesday that his main concern looking ahead is the state of the country's economic woes, which he blamed on President Mauricio Macri.
The Frente de Todos hopeful also dismissed the worries that he would be unduly influenced by his running-mate and former boss, ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, whose administration's economic interventionist approach was criticised by some business sectors.
Fernández previously served as Cabinet chief early in her first presidential term, after initially taking the post under the administration led by her late husband, former president Néstor Kirchner.
"We worked a long time ago. I don't see a conflict there," he said. "Argentina's problem is not Cristina. It is what Macri has left behind."
Macri, who succeeded Fernández de Kirchner in 2015, promised early in his term to eradicate poverty and said his management should be evaluated on that standard. But Argentina has continued to be wracked by inflation running at an annual rate of 50 percent and a steep fall in the value of its peso. About 10 million citizens, 35.4% of the population, are poor, according to recent data from the INDEC national statistics bureau.
Anger over the economy has hurt Macri's re-election chances for the October 27 presidential vote. The 'Fernández-Fernández' slate has been considered as the clear favourite since emerging from the August 11 PASO primaries with a lead of more than 15 points.
Fernández, a lawyer, spoke briefly with The Associated Press news agency after delivering examinations to several students in a class he teaches on crime and punishment at the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).
"Poverty has become a big problem," he said, saying he would seek to rebuild the economy by pursuing "a policy of agreements" among different economic and social sectors.
– TIMES/AP
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I attended my first Civil War living history event this past weekend. This event is part of Guilford's 375th Anniversary Celebration.
For a history buff who reads military history, I know woefully little about the Civil War, so I turned to my friend, author Janis Herbert who is a fount of knowledge when it comes to the Civil War and other historical periods. She's written seven books, six for kids, including one on the Civil War and one on Abraham Lincoln.
All y'all with kids should check out her books because they not only provide great history, they contain fun activities, too, perfect for summer vacation. We used to sell a ton of her books at Borders.
I asked Janis if she'd recommend five historical works and five novels about the Civil War because I want to start reading about it. I'm sharing them here because I thought some of you might enjoy suggestions on where to begin as this is a HUGE field of study with an insane number of books out there. Yes, I realize limiting Janis to choosing a total of only ten books was cruel, but she cheated, so it's all good.
The Black Flower, by Howard Bahr. My top favorite. It's an incredible novel that takes place during and after the Battle of Franklin (Tennessee). His other novels are also amazing.
Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell. I've read it multiple times. Of course you have to overlook the slaves who seemed to prefer slavery, but everything else is spot-on.
The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara. A great recreation of Gettysburg with a real feel for those who fought.
Andersonville, by MacKinlay Kantor. About the infamous Confederate prison camp. Very tense and interesting.
The March, by E.L. Doctorow. About Sherman's March to the Sea. I also love March by Geraldine Brooks, a novel about the father from Little Women.
Centennial History of the Civil War, by Bruce Catton. The three-volume set is Mr. Lincoln's Army, Glory Road, and A Stillness at Appomattox.
Fredericksburg to Meridian, and Red River to Appomattox.
Battle Cry of Freedom, by James McPherson. A must-read.
And oh! I can't just pick 5!
For particular battle — Stephen Sears' book Landscape Turned Red, about the battle of Antietam.
For the soldier's life — Hard Tack and Coffee by John Billings, an enlightening, sometimes amusing book about life as a Union soldier AND, for the Confederate side, Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir by Sam Watkins — love this.
This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust is really thoughtful and interesting.
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin for a picture of Lincoln and the political world.
And for the Civil War today? Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz.
Thanks for all these great recommendations, Janis! The only book I've read from the above is Gone with the Wind (and part of Team of Rivals). I think I'm going to start with The Killer Angels because I already own it and have wanted to read it for a long time.
We weren't able to spend the whole day at the event as originally planned, but one of the perks of arriving later in the day was scoring a good parking spot. One thing I do know about the Civil War is that civilians often went to watch the battles (at least early on in the war). This sign made me wonder if there were horse and carriage parking signs back then, or perhaps someone directing people where to park their teams?
Horse and carriage rides were part of the day's events.
Love this field desk and, of course, I checked out the books on top.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is certainly an appropriate choice, but The Road To Serfdom? It wasn't published until 1944. Somebody was making a statement. Stowe actually lived in Guilford with her aunt & uncle after her mother died.
The company mustering on the green.
Showing the two types of rifles that were used by most soldiers in the Civil War. Only one guy pictured above has an original Civil War era rifle, all the rest are reproductions.
There were 9 steps to loading these rifles. The company demonstrated how units staggered their firepower so that while some men were shooting, others were at various points in that 9 step process of reloading so there would always be bullets flying.
That's my wife, Laura, on the left. She's from Virginia with family roots in South Carolina, but loves me so much that she accompanied me to this Union stronghold. And who doesn't like Abe Lincoln?
I get easily overheated and wouldn't have done well wearing this much clothing in the summer time. Or anytime, for that matter.
Do you have a favorite Civil War history or novel that I should add to Janis's list?
Also, I'm thinking of hosting a read-a-long for The Killer Angels in July…would you be interested in reading along with me?
Nice photos! And thanks for the lists of Civil War books! I should really read the Shelby Foote books; I've always wanted to.


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Q: Object distortion in WPF when switching to different monitor screen size I am new to WPF, my question is :
I have an application in which there is a circle object which carries some information and I would like to drag and drop it.
My problem is when i run it on my computer it works fine, but when I change the screen size circle object shape get distorted and become ellipse.
I am using grids with 5 rows and column with equal ratio(*).
Is it something when screen size changes its inch(physical size) length != breadth.
Please give your expert advice.
(Edit1 : Tried in Canvas, in canvas circle looks like circle irrespective of any screen but wondering how this is implemented in grid !)
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    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="257*" />
        <RowDefinition Height="121*" />
        <RowDefinition Height="442*" />
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="520*" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="121*" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="865*" />
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <Ellipse Name="ellipse2" Stroke="Black" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" />   </Grid>

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I know I am doing wrong as when resolution changes ratio changes which gives different physical units for different screen. Please suggest the better way using grids.
(Edit2 : According to ben solution here below is the result comparison, in my case example 3 i wuld prefer, but had to take care abt that stroke somehow!!)
http://i.stack.imgur.com/1QpRR.jpg

A: Another way to zoom up circle without distortion is apart from viewbox:
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<Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <RowDefinition Height="257*" />
    <RowDefinition Height="121*" />
    <RowDefinition Height="442*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="520*" />
    <ColumnDefinition Width="121*" />
    <ColumnDefinition Width="865*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <Ellipse Stroke="Black" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Stretch="Uniform"  />

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Unlike Viewbox which place circle in the middle of the grid, this Stretch = "Uniform" stretches the circle and place it left of the grid. But shape remain same for all screens.
Its basic, I dont knw how I forget this.

A: Well, i'm not really sure of what you're trying to do, so here are several solutions. They all use Grid since you specifically asked for it. However, I'm not convinced that it's really appropriate.
Your problem is that the Ellipse size is determined by the Grid, and there is no constraint to force the aspect ratio. So the aspect not only changes when the screen resolution is different, it also changes when you resize the window.
Solution 1 : set Width and Height of the Ellipse
<Grid>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="257*" />
        <RowDefinition Height="121*" />
        <RowDefinition Height="442*" />
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="520*" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="121*" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="865*" />
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <Ellipse Stroke="Black" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Width="20" Height="20" />
</Grid>

Solution 2 : set the Width and Height in the Grid
<Grid>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="257*" />
        <RowDefinition Height="20" />
        <RowDefinition Height="442*" />
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="520*" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="20" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="865*" />
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <Ellipse Stroke="Black" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" />
</Grid>

Solution 3 : use a ViewBox
<Grid>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="257*" />
        <RowDefinition Height="121*" />
        <RowDefinition Height="442*" />
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="520*" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="121*" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="865*" />
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <Viewbox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">
        <Ellipse Stroke="Black" Width="20" Height="20" />
    </Viewbox>
</Grid>

Solution 4 : bind ellipse Width and Height together
<Grid>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="257*" />
        <RowDefinition Height="121*" />
        <RowDefinition Height="442*" />
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="520*" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="121*" />
        <ColumnDefinition Width="865*" />
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <Ellipse x:Name="ellipse" Stroke="Black" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1"
             Height="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=ActualWidth}" />
</Grid>

Differences
Solution 1 and 2, both give a constant size to the circle, whatever the Grid size is.
Solution 3 and 4, both resize the circle depending on Grid size.
Solution 3 will also change the thickness of the stroke, whereas solution 4 wont.
EDIT: Fixed solution 4


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Pfizer, Merck KGaA, and Immutep Enter into Second Clinical Trial Collaboration Agreement
The agreement will see Immutep and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany jointly fund the INSIGHT-005 study.
Immutep, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, announced that it had signed a second clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer, on Nov. 29, 2022. The new agreement concerns INSIGHT-005, a Phase I clinical study of Immutep's lead candidate eftilagimod alpha, a soluble lymphocyte activation gene 3 fusion protein, in combination with avelumab in patients with urothelial cancer. It follows the INSIGHT-004 trial, which evaluated the treatment in patients with advanced solid cancers and posted results in June 2021.
According to a company press release, INSIGHT-005 will be an investigator-initiated explorative, open-label study evaluating the safety and efficacy of the drug in up to 30 patients with metastatic urothelial cancer. Jointly funded by Immutep and Merck KGaA, the study will be conducted in Germany by the Institute of Clinical Cancer Research, Krankenhaus Nordwest. It is expected to begin enrollment in the first half of 2023.
"We are very pleased to be deepening our collaboration with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and Pfizer through this new study in patients with urothelial cancer, the sixth most common cancer in the US, who are in need of treatment options," said Marc Voigt, CEO, Immutep, in the release."INSIGHT-005 builds on the encouraging clinical efficacy and safety previously reported from the combination of [eftilagimod alpha] and avelumab in various solid cancers, including deep and durable responses in patients with low or no [programmed death-ligand 1] expression and in indications that typically do not respond to immune checkpoint therapy."
Source: Immutep
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