from 235 € / pers.
A break in the land of relaxed lifestyle, where you can discover the most prestigious châteaux of the Loire Valley.
You will stay in a comfortable hotel in the heart of the royal city of Blois, from where you can wander through the historic town centre in complete freedom and visit the château, a jewel of French architecture.
For your first bike excursion, follow the banks of the Loire river and then continue through the rich Domaine de Chambord forest, where a stop is essential to visit the most famous and majestic château of the Loire Valley. In its Renaissance splendour, the Château de Chambord boasts no less than 440 rooms. You can also explore its 5433-hectare (13425-acre) park, before setting off again along the country paths towards Blois.
Your itinerary takes you through fields and vineyards, and a number of villages, via the Château de Troussay, a charming Renaissance manor, and the Château de Cheverny, remarkable for its sumptuously furnished and decorated apartments, which inspired Hergé's vision of Marlinspike in the adventures of Tintin!
Go West along the Loire river, following the peaceful 'Loire à Vélo' cycling paths! You will reach the imposing 15th century château de Chaumont sur Loire which overlooks you and the river … do not miss the extraordinary "Festival des Jardins" garden festival between late May and mid-October! Cross the Loire river to come back to Blois riding on the nice countryside and forest routes.
Departure at the end of the excursrion.
Possibility to plan an extra night in Blois.
Located in Blois town center, 300m away from to the castle and near the station, your 3* hotel offers a warm family friendly environment with all the comfort. Ideal place to discover the historic city with the older neighbourhoods after your cycling days. Room with private bathroom.
Stay in a hotel completely renovated in 2017 and located on the banks of the Loire river, 500m from the historic heart of Blois. Very contemporary design, relaxation area with swimming pool, jacuzzi, sauna and steam room, cozy wine bar, ideal location ... all the assets are there to enjoy your stay.
C'était notre première expérience et nous sommes ravis d'avoir découvert la Loire et ses châteaux de cette manière. Merci à toute l'équipe pour sa disponibilité et son aide précieuse.
travel date: 12 March 2014.
Je tiens a vous remercier pour ce week end en vélo, ce fut très agréable, le temps était au rendez vous et l'hôtel ainsi que le personnel était très bien, je vous recommanderais à mes amis.
travel date: 07 May 2012.
Un grand bravo pour l'organisation de ce week-end ! Les ballades sont superbes, l'hôtel était parfait, le dîner excellent et l'accueil très sympa … A bientôt peut-être pour un prochain séjour !


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Trump Jr. trolls Schiff after Mueller summary's release
by Owen Daugherty - 03/24/19 6:28 PM ET
Donald Trump Jr. took to Twitter on Sunday to troll House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) hours after Attorney General William Barr delivered a summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation to Congress.
As lawmakers from both sides of the aisle reacted following Barr's summary of Mueller's lengthy investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia to interfere in the 2016 election, Trump Jr. knocked Schiff for remaining quiet.
"Has anyone heard from slimy Adam #fullofschiff Schiff today?" Trump Jr. wrote in a post on Twitter Sunday evening. "I mean it must be embarrassing to have have spent the last 2 years as the leader of the tinfoil hat brigade and have it all come crashing down so quick."
Has anyone heard from slimy Adam #fullofschiff Schiff today? I mean it must be embarrassing to have have spent the last 2 years as the leader of the tinfoil hat brigade and have it all come crashing down so quick.
I'm legitimately concerned for his mental state.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 24, 2019
Trump Jr. borrowed the "full of Schiff" reference from his father. President Trump has consistently ripped the California lawmaker, who is leading a congressional investigation into Trump.
{mosads}Trump's son added that he is "legitimately concerned for his mental state," referring to Schiff.
On Sunday morning, before Barr delivered his letter to Congress, Schiff said Congress would have to consider impeaching Trump if Mueller's report found "overwhelming evidence of criminality" on Trump's part.
According to Barr's letter, which summarized the conclusions from Mueller's investigation, there was no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia to interfere in the 2016 election.
The letter says that Mueller did not make a conclusion as to whether Trump obstructed justice in the investigation of Russia's election interference, though Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein decided they would not pursue an obstruction of justice charge against Trump.
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Q: Linq to Nhibernate - Compare 2 lists I have 2 lists and I need to know if there are any matches.  I've tried using request.Interests.Intersect(x.Post.Tags.Split(' ')).Count() > 0 but I get the error

System.NotImplementedException : The
  method Intersect is not implemented.

So, I tried a recursive function that returns a bool.  And it's as if the function call is just ignored.
Here's my function
private bool GenerateInterestsExpression(string postTags, string[] interests)
        {
            if (interests.Length == 0)
                return false;

            string interest = interests[0];

            var newInterests = interests.ToList();
            newInterests.Remove(interest);

            return GenerateInterestsExpression(postTags, newInterests.ToArray()) || postTags.ToLowerInvariant().IndexOf(interest.ToLowerInvariant()) >= 0;
        }

here's what the relevant piece of my linq expression looks like.
request.Profile.Tags.Count == request.Interests.Length

                                        ||

                                        (
                                            request.Profile.Tags.Count != request.Interests.Length

                                            &&

                                            x.Post.Tags != String.Empty

                                            &&

                                            (
                                                GenerateInterestsExpression(x.Post.Tags, request.Interests)
                                                                                )
                                        )

When GenerateInteresExpression has a breakpoint in it, it does not pause.  I tried building a recursive function to build the expression on the fly, but I can't figure out how to chain the linq expressions together.  Any ideas on how to accomplish this with dynamic linq for linq to nhibernate?

A: I had to change it to use HQL and dynamically build the HQL query.

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A United States Government plane toured some Native American ground in pipeline country yesterday. The government spokesman who is a Democrat and worked in the Obama Administration said all went very well.
No wonder Goodell was booed!!


I have been quiet,not just externally, but internally as well, listening rather than speaking. It is a lost skill in some ways, the deliberate turning inwards, and I have struggled, feeling as though I should be "doing" more. Doing is great when there are things to be done, but it's hard to think of quiet time as important and meaningful when I can watch the world moving by me at each still junction. Still, as I sit in the darkness this morning, I know that this too is what I need; the softness of empty space. As I get older, I can better see the invisible threads between my fallow, still time, when I am not outputting, but examining inwardly my experiences, absorbing them quietly, like the secret hush of roots calling nutrients to them and my creative outpourings. I need to read, to fill myself with words other than my own, to seek out thoughts that are alien to me, and then titrate them into my own. I need to fill my eyes with the wonder of the silent moon stalking the oblivious sun, of the trees holding sky and snow alike.
This all following the busy weekend of the CFMAs, where my weekend was filled with my showcase, the award ceremony and the following gala. I did not win in my category, as you must all be aware, but I could hardly begrudge the winner after seeing him perform on the stage before me, a masterful player. They say it's the nomination that counts, which has some truth but completely disregards that stomach dropping, disappointing moment when you are hoping, hoping that it is your name to be called and you are left in your seat with your name lost in the glory of another's. ~smile~ I am grateful for each moment that weekend, even the disappointment.


3D Secure adds an additional layer of protection for cardholders and merchants. During an online checkout cardholders are asked to enter an additional passphrase to check they are truly the cardholder. However as with any additional step in a checkout process, 3D Secure can have some negative effect on conversion rates. Cardholders frequently forget passwords or get confused by the long processes and forms.
Every ecommerce business owner must make a decision to use or avoid 3D Secure technology. Also, n some cases, or in some countries, due to higher risk business type, the bank may impose a mandatory use of 3D Secure.
3D Secure stands for "Three Domain Secure" - One domain is acquiring bank (retailer's bank), second is the issuing bank (the cardholder's bank) and lastly the infrastructure that supports the 3D Secure protocol.
On the website which participates in 3D Secure scheme, after completing the checkout process, the cardholder is asked to provide a password (if previously enrolled) or to set up their new Verified By Visa or MasterCard SecureCode password. The cardholder is normally redirected to the issuing bank's website for authorization.
Not all cards are supported. Discover and American Express which has it's own authentication named Safekey, available only in the UK and Singapore, Visa gift cards and business cards with multiple names are detected and not prompted to enroll or enter a passphrase.
With a card which is not yet enrolled in 3D Secure (either Visa, Maestro or MasterCard) and when shopping on a website allowing only 3D transactions, a cardholder is allowed to opt out of the scheme a minimum of 3 times (depending on the card issuer), up to an unlimited number of opt outs. In some cases, the card issuer requires authentication the first, second or third time). If cardholder opts out the maximum number of times, they will no longer be presented with a "No thanks" button, and may not be able to shop online with online retailers that use 3D Secure until they enroll their card (depending on the card issuer).
With Visa, a merchant (you) may decide whether to process a transaction from an enrolled card or incorrect password, and is still protected from chargebacks simply from making the attempt to authenticate through the Visa Attempts program. However MasterCard does not offer the same protection if the cardholder does not enroll.
Liability shift - Normally, you as the merchant pay the price when a transaction is disputed by the cardholder. However with 3D Secure the liability shifts from the merchant to the issuing bank. This alone usually makes an implementation of 3D Secure worthwhile for your business and is thus a popular service merchants ask for when looking for a merchant account provider.
Chargeback protection - Verified by Visa ensures you will not receive a chargeback on your merchant account. This can help prevent "friendly fraud" when a cardholder makes a purchase and files a chargeback, knowing the bank will side with them. (MasterCard does not support chargeback blocking).
Interchange benefits - These include lower discount rates, and in some cases longer payment terms with your acquiring bank.
Increased online shopping - Many customers may hold back from online shopping due to to fear of online fraud. Verified by Visa claims 3D service increases online shopping, and suggests consumers are more willing to purchase through a site that uses 3D Secure.
Some customers don't like it - It's not just merchants that can complain about 3D Secure, such as one of the cardholder's comments: "I create a new password every time and it just gets longer and longer."
Customers don't understand it - In markets where it's not mandated, cardholders are not always sure what to do. When they see an extra step in the checkout process some will just give up and seek out a webshop that doesn't use it.


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The Best and the Wurst: Wildcard – Packers at Redskins
Posted on 01/11/2016 by Taylor O'Neill
The Green Bay Packers offense awoke from its slumber early in the second quarter of a wildcard playoff game against the Washington Redskins. The defense continued its success, and the Packers pretty thoroughly dominated in a game that most had them losing. Now the Packers must travel back to Arizona where they received a 30 point drubbing just over two weeks ago.
J.C. Tretter
I'm not saying that Tretter looked like an All-Pro left tackle, but if you weren't worried when David Bakhtiari was ruled out against the Redskins, you should have been. After a false start and then giving up a sack for a safety, it looked like it would be a long (and season-ending) day at the office for the Packers offense. But Tretter rebounded and played very well the rest of the game. Consider the carousel that has been left tackle with Bakhtiari out. The Packers have tried Don Barclay, Josh Walker, and even Josh Sitton, and all failed. Tretter came through in a big way for the offense, and was a vital part of its success in Washington. Tretter has absolutely carved out a spot for himself as the most valuable back-up on of the offensive line.
For the first time in multiple weeks Rodgers didn't turn the ball over. Finishing with a 93.5 QB rating, Rodgers looked like he was having fun again. It certainly wasn't his best post-season performance, but it was the one that the Packers needed to keep their season going. The fact that he was only sacked once probably helped. Hopefully some of Rodgers' usually comfort in the pocket is returning.
Mike Neal
This was the best game of Neal's career. He came up with two sacks one of which forced a fumble which Neal also recovered. The Packers are going to need to pressure Carson Palmer to slow down the hot Arizona offense. Another performance like this will go a long way toward that goal.
It was pretty much the same story with Perry, who sacked Kirk Cousins twice. Neal and Perry being on the field tends to mean a drop-off in QB disruptions, but that was not the case against the Redskins. Everyone was getting past the Washington offensive line, not just Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers. The first round pick is finally playing up to his draft pedigree.
Dom Capers
Man, the defense was humming in Washington. The Packers don't have a lot of big name players on defense and thus they play well when everyone is contributing and adding their piece to the puzzle. The defense was playing with an extra fire right up until the final whistle. I can't name a single player on the defensive side of the ball who had a bad game. Raji and Guion downright dominated the middle of the line of scrimmage. Mike Daniels continued to be the most disruptive force on the defense. The entire outside linebacker corps was great. The defensive backs mostly kept the Washington receivers at bay. Micah Hyde was put in a tough position, and the play of Jake Ryan and Joe Thomas wasn't exactly a strong suit, but the defense as a unit put up perhaps its best effort of the season. Now imagine if the cornerbacks would have held on to just one or two of those gifts that Cousins threw up.
Rodgers' Deep Ball
I hate to nit-pick the offense on a game of resurgence, but one particularly frustrating left-over was Rodgers missing Cobb and Jones deep. Both receivers managed to get open down the field on several occasions but Rodgers simply overthrew them. I know that it was a windy day, but this has been a re-occurring problem. It seems like not a game has gone by over the past 5 or 6 weeks without at least one 20 or 30 yard pass down the field to James Jones that lands about 10 yards out of bounds. To beat the Cardinals, the Packers are going to have to sharpen it up and capitalize on opportunities for explosive plays.
The offense has been taking 2 or even 3 quarters to get going recently. In Washington, it only took 1. That might work out alright against the Redskins, but the Packers simply cannot start slow against Cardinals who have one of the best offenses in the league. Rodgers and company have to put together 4 quarters of strong play in Arizona, both to put up points and give a surging defense some much needed breathers.
Taylor O\'Neill is a Packer fan born and raised in Oshkosh, WI. He currently lives in Florida and is pursuing his PhD. Taylor is a writer with PackersTalk.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @TaylorONeill87 for more Packer news.
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7 thoughts on "The Best and the Wurst: Wildcard – Packers at Redskins"
shavager says:
Oh, please! This is a problem with many Packers fans–GB drew the WORST team to qualify for NFC playoffs as their first opponent. Is there anyone out there that really thought Redskins would beat Packers? Redskins qualified just like McCarthy's Packers–WON enough games against losing teams to make the playoffs. Even with a bad game Rodgers should be good enough to beat this Redskins team even with the improvement they've made in building a team. NOW, the level of challenge meets the road–Packers will be playing a team that was 30 points BETTER just a few weeks ago, I'm not convinced McCarthy can get this team that ready to duel Carson Palmer/Larry Fitzgerald offense. Even against the Redskins, Packers gave up some big plays up the middle on defense, Cardinals are 3 times better at taking advantage of Pack's weakness. I don't think they got a single sack against Palmer earlier–without pressure on him, this Cards offense will run/pass all over GB's defense unless Capers has some great schemes up his sleeve.
croatpackfan says:
And then you woke up! And find out that world is not how you dreamed about it! Packers may lose again, but it will not be same game as the first meeting…
Most likely not, but this Packers team under McCarthy has WON 15 times, LOST 13 times in past FIVE seasons against teams that were winners. No matter what YOU want to believe about'em, McCarthy's been getting them into playoffs based on BEST record in division against LOSING teams, NOT by ability to dominate the better teams–in past five years the Lions have had one good team and Vikings one, that's 22 wins against DIVISION teams in those 56 wins GB has during this period. When you look at won-loss record against the WINNING teams, that's barely above .500 record no matter what sport you look at. I look for Packers to hang with Cards for first half Sat, IF the defense can't close down middle of field zones Capers has them playing, it'll probably by over before 4th quarter starts. IF defense holds up and Rodgers can get ANY run production, get some WR's open–they may keep it close enough to get a shot at winning. I think McCarthy needs to keep TRETTER at LT–it makes no difference if Tretter's at center or LT–Pack's run production is better with Tretter on the field than either Bakhtiari or Linsley. I'd sit Bakhtiari for this game as an bench backup, give Tretter some work against a top-level D-line.
Wow, that Mike McCarthy was really lucky man! He has the second best wining ratio amongst active coaches. He must led the team who was playing just against teams with losing record when he achieved that numbers… I think you must be fan of Rex Ryan or Jim Schwartz… They are excellent coaches according you… I'm stunned with your football knowledge…
Taylor O'Neill says:
I also don't expect the Packers to beat the Cardinals, but you take enthusiasm to a whole new level, shavager.


I got 6 new CD's for Christmas, Stand has quickly risen to the top of the replay list. It's jangly, happy, fun, poppy, folk music by a husband wife team from NYC. Highly recommended. If you don't trust me they have MP3 samples of every song from the album on their web site.


Here we have a small and versatile stool which is easily accessed and ready for impromptu meetings at workstations, or good simply as extra seating in meeting rooms or lounge environments. Cap has a straightforward, self-explanatory design which takes its inspiration from thimbles and hats. Its distinct shape and light weight means moving it could not be more simple. Cap is made from fitted felt, which creates a sound absorbing effect. The plastic ring is available in six different colours. A stacking trolley is available as an optional extra. Stacking trolley for 10x stools available as optional.
Frame of compression moulded polyester felt, dark grey. Ring of injection-moulded polypropylene in 6 colours; beige-green, dark burgundy, pink, dark green, dark grey and light green.


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Q: Faster Ping in Elevated Command Prompt vs Non-Elevated Command Prompt I'm pinging a server across a VPN and get good response times at all offices that ping 192.168.1.3 except for one location.  See image below - when I ping with a non-elevated command prompt (on the right) I get an average of 900ms - horrible.  When I was testing things out, I tired an elevated command prompt and I'm getting around 79ms average.  Can anyone suggest what is going on here?  My client computers are running tasks that require a consistently under 100 ms ping to function correctly.
Side-by-side pinging - one elevated one not
When I ping directly from my Cisco Meraki appliance at the location that is experiencing high ping values, there is a very good response time directly from the firewall online admin portal.  When I step just inside of the network into the office with the issue and ping on a non-elevated cmd I get high values.  While trying to figure out what is wrong, I opened up an elevated cmd window and the time is so much better and as-expected values appear, even when running the pings side-by-side as seen in the attached image.


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Aero Vodochody (también doniminado simplemente como Aero) es una compañía diseñadora y fabricante de productos aeronáuticos, fundada en el año 1919. Tiene sus instalaciones situadas en la ciudad checa de Odolena Voda (antigua Checoslovaquia). Esta empresa es conocida por fabricar una amplia gama de aviones de entrenamiento, entre los que se encuentra el L-29 Delfin, el L-39 Albatros, el L-59 Super Albatros y el L-159 Alca.

Tras la Revolución de terciopelo en Checoslovaquia en el año 1989 y sobre todo, tras la caída de la Unión Soviética, la compañía perdió su posición predominante en el mercado de aviones de entrenamiento a reacción. Las ventas de aeronaves militares se redujeron a principio de los años 1990 y con ello su principal mercado.

Aero estuvo bajo el control de Boeing desde el año 1998 hasta 2004. A finales de octubre de 2006 Aero Vodochody fue adquirida de nuevo. Un grupo inversor de capital checo y eslovaco, Penta Investments, la compró por cerca de 3.000 millones de coronas checas.

La producción de Aero Vodochody se centra en la fabricación del helicóptero Sikorsky S-76, partes para el Alenia C-27J, ensamblajes para las puertas del Embraer 170 y Embraer 190, cabinas para el Sikorsky UH-60, partes para el Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet y el L-159 Alca.

Aeronaves

Aeronaves anteriores a la 2ª Guerra Mundial

Aero Ae 01
Aero Ae 02
Aero Ae 03
Aero Ae 04
Aero A.10
Aero A.11
Aero A.12
Aero A.14
Aero A.17
Aero A.18
Aero A.19
Aero A.20
Aero A.21
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Aero A.24
Aero A.25
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Aero A.27
Aero A.29
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Aero A.38
Aero A.42
Aero A.46
Aero A.100
Aero A.101
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Aero A.200
 Aero MB.200 (Bloch MB.200)
Aero A.204
Aero A.300
Aero A.304

Aeronaves posteriores a la 2ª Guerra Mundial

 Aero Ae-45
 Aero Ae-145
 Aero HC-2 Heli Baby
 Aero L-60 Brigadýr
 Aero L-29 Delfin
 Aero L-39 Albatros
 Aero L-59 Super Albatros
 Aero L-159 Alca
 Aero Ae 270

Véase también
Let Kunovice

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Página web de Aero Vodochochy

Fabricantes de aeronaves de la República Checa y Checoslovaquia
Empresas de la República Checa

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Public land is one of the primary battlegrounds on which ideology will contest power in the 21st century. As city regions face continued pressures to expand, control and disposition of public land will increasingly become a focal point of governance. At the crossroads of financialisation, privatisation, and devolution, the stewardship of public land will pit the preservation of landscape, ecologically sensitive zones, and agricultural land, against the forces of urban expansion, development, and speculation.


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NH House Approves Bill Mandating Waiting Period for Gun Buys
Supporters say the bill could help decrease the state's suicide rate while opponents say it infringes on gun owners' Second Amendment rights
By Michael Casey • Published March 20, 2019 • Updated on March 20, 2019 at 6:39 am
The New Hampshire House approved several bills Tuesday aimed at tightening the rules on gun purchases in the state, a dramatic shift in a state known to have some of the least restrictive laws in the country.
Supporters in the Democratically-controlled body voted 199-147 in favor of a bill that would mandate a seven-day waiting period on gun sales. The House also approved a bill 203-148 that requires criminal background checks on commercial sales and a seven-day waiting period for gun purchases.
The bills now go to the Democratically-controlled Senate.
Supporters of the waiting period bill argued that limiting the access to guns could dramatically cut the suicide rates in the state.
"Waiting periods can and do save lives by preventing impulsive acts of violence and suicide," House Majority Leader Doug Ley said, claiming that suicide rates have gone up nearly 50 percent between 1999 and 2016 in New Hampshire.
"Our most important job as legislators is to protect and preserve the health and safety of all New Hampshire citizens and I am pleased that the House voted today to do just that," he said. "It is imperative that New Hampshire join the ranks of states that take this important action to avoid violent tragedy."
Opponents, including the National Rifle Association, said the bill would harm the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. They also argued that the bill requiring background checks would effectively ban private transfer of weapons, contending the definition of commercial sales was too broad.
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It is unclear if Republican Gov. Chris Sununu would veto the measures. But he campaigned for keeping gun laws as they are.
The proposals are among a raft of gun control bills that Democrats are pushing this legislative session.
Last month, the House voted to allow school districts to create gun-free zones. A House committee also voted last week to retain a bill to make it easier to take guns away from people in danger of harming themselves or others.
The success of gun control measures is also in stark contrast to years past. Last year, the Republican-controlled Senate rejected a bid to create gun-free school zones. And in 2017, Sununu signed a bill that allowed residents to carry a concealed handgun in public without a permit.
The push for tougher gun control laws has led to some of the most crowded and contentious hearings so far, pitting gun owners and hunters against those concerned about gun violence including a rash of school shootings.
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One week ago, Purdue and Wisconsin jumped to the head of the class in the Big Ten power rankings, leapfrogging the two Michigan schools that had commanded the top spots for most of the season.
At the time, both the Boilermakers and Badgers were riding significant winning streaks and creating their fair share of good breaks along the way.
Then the Badgers tested themselves against Michigan and Michigan State and walked away with consecutive losses. Meanwhile, Purdue forgot to unpack its offense for the second half in a disheartening road loss to Maryland.
Elsewhere in the Big Ten, Indiana keeps losing, Ohio State and Illinois each has won three straight and only three games separate the bottom six teams in the conference. The Big Ten isn't going to get 10 teams in the NCAA Tournament, as has been widely speculated, but the depth of the league continues to impress.
* Big risers: It's back to the top of the rankings for Michigan State. After losing three straight — as well as linchpin Joshua Langford for the season — the Spartans have rallied in a big way with convincing wins at home against Minnesota and at Wisconsin.
* Big fallers: Welcome to the basement, Nebraska. Now carrying a seven-game losing streak, there seems to be no end in sight for the misery the Cornhuskers are experiencing. Coach Tim Miles had to choke back tears during his postgame news conference after a 15-point home loss to Maryland.
* Big picture: Several teams have pushing Michigan and Michigan State near the top of the Big Ten standings, and that doesn't figure to completely go away anytime soon, but the Spartans and Wolverines still have to play each other twice. The conference title may come down to those two games.


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Campaign US Honors VMLY&R as Advertising Network of the Year
VMLY&R has been named Advertising Network of the Year by Campaign US. The announcement, part of Campaign's Agency of the Year awards, was made in a virtual ceremony Thursday, Feb. 18. Entries were judged on notable projects within the past year, major client relationships, business performance. company culture, thought leadership, talent recruitment and diversity. Other finalists for this year's Advertising Network of the Year included Dentsu, Digitas, McCann Worldgroup and TBWA.
Accepting the award on behalf of the agency, Jon Cook said, "More than the individual award and the pride we feel about that, it's pride for what our entire industry did in 2020. It was a weird year — the hardest year we've ever had in some respects, and a lot of industries buckled. But the advertising industry collectively brought hope, brought optimism, and persevered."
Additionally, Ben Geheb was honored as a finalist for Strategic Planner of the Year, and Allison Pierce was a finalist for Creative Person of the Year.
Click here to read the feature story on VMLY&R, and you can watch the award announcement here.


After having a toddler I've learned there's no set season for popsicles! My daughter loves frozen yogurt pops, juice pops, you name it! It's always nice being able to make them at home so I know exactly what's in it and what she's eating. Nuby's Fruitsicle Popsicle Molds are perfect for her and her future baby siblings to enjoy a frozen treat any time of year!
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Tailoring of the unit cell structure of autocloned photonic crystals
Takayuki Kawashima, Takashi Sato, Yasuo Ohtera, Shojiro Kawakami
This paper discusses how to enhance the ability to tailor material structures within a unit cell of photonic crystals fabricated by the autocloning method which is based on stacking corrugated multilayers of constant thickness by a bias-sputtering process. We developed a new process by introducing reactive ion etching into autocloning, and thus created a novel structure having multilayers whose thicknesses are modulated, and the new structure has bandgaps in the directions parallel to the substrate. The new process allows photonic bands of autocloned photonic crystals to be designed with greater controlability, which should facilitate the application of autocloning, such as for in-plane optical circuits.
Photonic crystal
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Photonic crystals Engineering & Materials Science 100%
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Kawashima, T., Sato, T., Ohtera, Y., & Kawakami, S. (2002). Tailoring of the unit cell structure of autocloned photonic crystals. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 38(7), 899-903. https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2002.1017604
Tailoring of the unit cell structure of autocloned photonic crystals. / Kawashima, Takayuki; Sato, Takashi; Ohtera, Yasuo; Kawakami, Shojiro.
In: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 38, No. 7, 07.2002, p. 899-903.
Kawashima, T, Sato, T, Ohtera, Y & Kawakami, S 2002, 'Tailoring of the unit cell structure of autocloned photonic crystals', IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 899-903. https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2002.1017604
Kawashima T, Sato T, Ohtera Y, Kawakami S. Tailoring of the unit cell structure of autocloned photonic crystals. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 2002 Jul;38(7):899-903. https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2002.1017604
Kawashima, Takayuki ; Sato, Takashi ; Ohtera, Yasuo ; Kawakami, Shojiro. / Tailoring of the unit cell structure of autocloned photonic crystals. In: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 2002 ; Vol. 38, No. 7. pp. 899-903.
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Documents, photos, art
Royal Artillery Unit Histories
By rflory
5 January , 2004 in Unit histories
rflory
Interests:Twentieth Century Royal Artillery officers, especially for the Great War
I have the following Royal Artillery and Canadian Artillery unit histories and would be happy to do lookups as time permits:
Divisional Artilleries
Narrative of the 5th Divisional Artillery, 1914-1918
History of the 20th Divisional Artillery, 1914-1919
29th Divisional Artillery War Record and Honours Book 1915-1918
Brief History of 31st Divisional Artillery (officers only listed)
History of the 33rd Divisional Artillery in the War, 1914-1918
A Short History of the 39th (Deptford) Divisional Artillery 1915-1918
War Services of the 62nd West Riding Divisional Artillery
Royal Field Artillery Brigades
The War History of the 1st Northumbrian Brigade, RFA TF
War Diary of the 1st West Lancashire Brigade, RFA
A Short History of the 1st West Lancashire Artillery Brigade
Kamp News, 1915-1918 (3rd West Lancashire Brigade, RFA TF
Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Honours and Awards (4 E Anglican Bde, RFA TF)
Lewisham Gunners (4th Lond Howitzer Bde, RFA)
London Gunners Come to Town (5, 6, 7, and 8 London Brigades, RFA TF)
Short Record of War Services of the 7th London Brigade, RFA TF
25th Brigade Ammunition Column War Diary (1914)
Roll of Honour and Casualties and List of Officers who have served with 75th Brigade, RFA, 24
August to 11 November 1918.
Push and Return Push (82 Brigade, RFA
The Raising of the 157th Brigade (City of Aberdeen), RFA TF
The History of the Locally Raised 160th Wearside Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Exploits and Escapades, Brief History of happenings of the 3rd Staffs Battery, RFA
Before the Echoes Die Away (242 Bde, RFA, 5th Warsickshire (How) Battery)
The Story of the Monmouthshire Volunteer Artillery (266 Bde, RFA TF)
Diex Aix: God Help Us (9 Divisional Ammunition Column, RFA)
Royal Field Artillery Batteries
2nd City of Edinburgh Battery, RFA, 1914-1918
Record of the 3rd Devonshire Battery (Tavistock), 4th Wessex Bde, RFA TF, The Great War,
Third Durham Volunteer Artillery (4th Durham Battery, RFA TF)
The Battery Book (1/6 Hants Battery, RFA TF)
The History of Strange's Battery, Royal Artillery (8th Battery, RFA)
27th Battery, RFA, 1914-1919
The History of A Battery, 84th Brigade, RFA 1914-1919
Field Guns in France (D/151; A/150 Batteries, RFA)
The Long March, Story of "The Devils Own", B/210 Burnley Battery, RFA 1914-1919
Over There, Commemorative History of the Old Leak Battery, 1908-1919 (C/231, RFA)
An Australian in the RFA (D/242, RFA
A Record of D245 Battery, 1914-1919
History of the Yarmouth Battery, 1569-1926 (A/270, A/264, A/272 Batteries, RFA)Romford to
Beirut via France, Egypt and Jericho (B/271, RFA)
Royal Horse Artillery Brigades and Batteries
History of the 1/1st Hants Royal Horse Artillery during the Great War, 1914-1919
Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery, 1912-1918
The War Diary of "E" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, 5th Aug. 1914-31st Oct. 1919
The Story of "F" Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (F Bty, RHA)
Some Pages from the History of "Q" Battery, RHA in the Great War
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigades
The 25th Army Brigade, RGA on the Western Front in 1918
61, How Some Wheels Went Round (61 Heavy Artillery Group, RGA)
History of the 77th Bde, RGA, France 1916-19
Nine Days: Adventures of a Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Third Army during the German
Offensive of March 21-29, 1918 (90 Brigade, RGA)
Heavy Batteries, RGA
9 Heavy Battery, RGA, 1914-1919
War Diary and Roll of Honour, 14th Heavy Battery, RGA in France, Belgium, Germany
With the Heavies in Flanders (24 Heavy Battery, RGA)
Dads Diary, A Gunners Experience in War, 1914-1918 (121 Heavy Battery, RGA)
126 Heavy Battery, RGA, 1915-1919
The Hampstead Heavies (138 Heavy Battery, RGA)
Diary of 144th (York) Heavy Battery, RGA, 1915-1919
Siege Batteries, RGA
The Eleventh Siege Battery, RGA, 1914-1918
Notes of History of 19th Siege Battery, RGA
20th Siege Battery, RGA, BEF, France and Flanders, 20th June 1915-11th November 1918
27th Siege Battery, RGA, BEF, France and Flanders, 5 Sept 1915 to 15 Apr 1919.
Memoirs of 42 Siege Battery, RGA, 1914-1918
52 Siege Battery, RGA, August 1915-August 1919
A Short History of the 72nd (South African) Siege Battery
The History of 76 Siege Battery, RGA
History of 81 Siege Battery, RGA
History of the 91st (Siege) Battery, RGA, December 1915 to 11 November 1918
Siege Battery 94 During the World War, 1914-1918
Occasional Gunfire, Private War Diary of a Siege Gunner (118 Siege Battery, RGA)
126th Heavy Battery, RGA 1915-1919
History of the 135th Siege Battery, RGA
144th Siege Battery, R. G. A.
A History of 154 Siege Battery, RGA, France 1916-19
Nominal Roll of 170th Siege Battery, RGA
178 Siege Battery, R. G. A., B. E. F. France
"Two Eleven," Being the History of 211 Siege Battery, R. G. A. on the Western Front
"228", The History of a Siege Battery during the Great War
History of 250 Siege Battery, R.G.A.
With a Siege Battery in France, 303 Siege Battery, RGA
London Gunners (309 (Hon Arty Co) Siege Battery, RGA)
The Honourable Artillery Company in the Great War
332 Siege Battery, R.G.A.
The Record of 355 Siege Battery
A Short Record of the 359th Siege Battery RGA
Canadian Field Artillery
Gun-Fire, An Historical Narrative of the 4th Brigade, CFA
NREF, 16th Brigade, C.F.A.
The Battery, The History of 10th (St. Catherines) Field Battery, RCA (10 Bty, CFA)
The Diary of the 13th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery 1914-1919
Battery Action! The Story of the 43rd Battery, CFA
The History of the Fifty-Fifth Battery, CFA
The 60th C. F. A. Battery Book, 1916-1919
The Story of the Sixty-Sixth C. F. A. (66 Bty, CFA)
Second Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column and Its Part in the Great World War
Canadian Siege Artillery
The Seventh (7 Siege Battery, CGA)
War Diary, 10th Canadian Siege Battery, 1917-1919
Guest birdflightless
Hi rflory,
When time allows, I would appreciate a look up as to what the 5th Divisional Artillery were up to on and around the 24th April 1915.
David_Bluestein
What a library! Oh I can only dream....
Have a few names for you, and would be grateful if you might have something on these artillery men:
Thanks, again for this kind offer!
Stewart: According to the "Narrative of the 5th Divisional Artillery , 1914-18: "Early in April the Division was relieved by the 46th Division, and marched via Renninghelst to Ypres, where they took over the front Hill 60- Polygon Wood from the 28th Division, which side-slipped to the North the artillery taking up positions as follows:
27th Brigade, RFA (right) about Kruistraat
28th Brigade, RFA (centre) about Zillebeke Lake
15th Brigade, RFA (left) East of Ypres
37th and 67th Batteries working with the 27th Division.
The Divisional Artillery Headquarters were with the Division 2 kilometers west or Ypres"
The brigades of the 5th Divisional Artillery remained in these positions through April but by 23 April 1915 (the first day of the Second Battle of Ypres) the Divisional Artillery Headquarters had moved to Renninghelst, out of telephone communications with the brigades.
Regards. Dick Flory
Bob Coulson
You wouldn't by chance have anything on the 280th Siege Battery RGA?
my grandads unit.
Bob.
Bob: Sorry, nothing on the 280th Siege Battery, RGA. Regards. Dick
Would you please check the whereabouts of the 2nd Division Ammunition Column, Canadian Field Artillery, on March 25th 1917. I am researching Gunner William Mervyn Montague Vere Coren Richardson who was killed that day and is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery. He is the third Canadian soldier that I have found listed on the Rhayader Memorial.
Graeme Fisher
If there's any mention of the home stations (drill halls) of the Territorials or Volunteers, I'd be grateful.....
Would you please check the whereabouts of the 2nd Division Ammunition Column, Canadian Field Artillery, on March 25th 1917. I am researching Gunner William Mervyn Montague Vere Coren Richardson who was killed that day and is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery.
Myrtle: Nothing in the "Second Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column and Its Part in the Great War of 1914-1918" about 25 March 1917, but I think the following passage for 24 March will answer your question: "On the 24th March, Headquarters and Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Sections moved from Gauchin le Gal to an open field at X.25.d near Mont St. Eloy, where No. 4 Section was already camped. Only one Nissen Hut was available, so considerable rustling had to be done. Tarpualins and wagon covers seemed to spring from nowhere and within two days the slope of the Mont St. Eloy hill was the home of some 600 men and 650 animals."
That said I have some comments:
The 2nd Can DAC has a very detailed list of casualties for each month and Richardson is not listed as a casualty for March 1917; in fact he is not listed in the list of casualties in their roll of honor. He also is not listed under the 2nd DAC or any other CFA unit in "Casualties, Canadian Expeditionary Force, March 1st to 31st, 1917" which was published monthly in "Militia Orders."
He is listed as killed in the "Canadian Book of Remembrance" but as a Driver, rather than a Gunner.
I am not sure what to make of all of this. Regards. Dick
Graeme: It is given for some of them but it would take some time to wade through all of the unit histories to obtain this information. Are you aware that the Monthly Army Lists gives this information for each territorial unit up through at least March 1915? Regards. Dick Flory
Thank you very much for checking on Canadian Field Artillery 2nd Div. movements. It is strange that there is no mention of Richardson in the other sources. He is listed on CWGC and his attestation papers are now available on-line at the Canadian Archives. I came across him being listed as a driver somewhere but more than once he is listed as a gunner. His attestation papers are signed W. Mervyn Richardson, therefore indicating that he used Mervyn as his Christian name. I don't know if this makes any difference. A mystery !?
Another detail mentioned on the attestation papers reads that he served with 6th D.C.O.R.(?) for 2 months prior to joining the CFA.
Guest Steve Seaman
What a fantastic collection.
I know this is a long shot but in your research have you ever come across the name Dvr 41102 John Valentine Harry GILL RFA.He was my grandfather who enlisted in London in 1915 and served mainly in Belgium.He survived the war.I have been to the PRO but was unsuccessful.
As i say i know its along shot but I'd thought I'd ask anyway.
Re 280th Siege Battery RGA, many thanks for looking anyway.
Guest jamesoldforge
Posted 24 January , 2004
I am interested in the 27th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison history 1914-18.
we are doing an article for our Village(Wilmington in Devon) about the village school history, and we wish this to include those ex-pupils who went to war and did not return. One who we can get little knowledge of, other than that from the War Graves Commission, is Gunner L.B.Snell, who died on 25th February 1918. Would like some history of his unit, the 27th siege batt. if at all possible.
Thank you for keeping the memories alive, so much is being lost.
Jim Hudson
Hi Dick,
One of the men from my local memorial was Gunner 108053 Herbert Sutcliffe, who served with 200th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He had only been over in France for about 5 weeks, when he was killed by a shell on Tuesday 6th February 1917.
Please could i kindly trouble you to see if there was anything mentioned for that day & if possible any background regarding the Battery & in particular the five weeks during his short time in France.
In the Newspaper obituary it prints a letter from his Commanding Officer H. Laburn, do you have any details of this officer or maybe a picture?
As ever, i am grateful for your time and research.
Guest alison300
Posted 1 February , 2004
Have you any history of the 22nd Battery Royal Field Artillery, 84th Bridage Field Artillery.
I am trying to find out any information about my great grandad who was in that regiment.
K.Baker
Hi, i recently came across a small box of war medals from both the Fisrt and Second World Wars in my late Fathers home, of which i knew nothing about. As i had a passing interest in the wars (and time on my hands) i decided to see if i could find any information on the men involved, which led me to this site. I soon realised that i knew next to nothing of the Wars at all and i've been totally absorbed by all the information contained here. Reading some of the diaries and stories, and in particular the nearly endless lists of names and ages of young men that died has been an incredibly emotional experiance for me. The few personal details i now have about my Great-Grandad, Serjeant C.S.Sinclair have brought me closer to a man i never met, but more so, has opened my eyes to a catastrophic period of our history, which to my generation (or at least anyone ive known) seems to be completly unknown or forgotten.
After much reading i realise that its unlikly that i will find much more additional information on my Great-Grandad as an individual, due to his rank and being in the Artillery (i read the Artillery's files were destroyed WWII?) but im wondering if any more information is available on his units actions and movements, particulaly around the time of his death, 29/06/1916.
Unfortunatly its my Grandads funeral today, Son of C.S.Sinclair, so a valuable link has been lost. I think that the contrast between the short life of C.S.Sinclair and the long and happy 90 years of his Son, my Grandad, has helped me accept his passing this week.
The information i have today is ...
Serjeant C.S.Sinclair 32759 126th Bty Royal Field Artillery XXIX
Died age 25 on 29/06/1916
Husband of Mrs M L Webb, living at 20 Floyd Road, Charlton, London
Now at rest in Sucrerie Military Cemetary, Collingcamps - Grave I-C-5
I would like to thank the operators of this excellent site for providing such valuable information and offering a window into an era of our Country and the Men of my age that fought and died for it.
hmsk212
Location:Herne Bay, Kent
Hi K Baker,
The picture of Sergeant C S Sinclair RFA that you tried out on "A place to Play" appears to be that of a 2nd Lieutenant.
SDGW details for CS Sinclair
32759 Sergeant Cecil Stanley Sinclair
RHA & RFA
Died of Wounds, France & Flanders 29/06/1916
Born Woolwich
Enlisted London
Posted 10 February , 2004
Thanks for that Steve, i have a few questions about the uniform but ill ask them in the uniforms section. Also thanks for supplying his full name, i hadnt had that confirmed yet! Cheers
Location:Wessex
I see that you have something on the 228th Siege Bty.
Thetford Grammar School master Second Lieutenant Ernest Edward Thompson died with this unit on 16/10/18. I'd be grateful for anything you can find on him or the unit's activities at that time.
As always most grateful for any help with this project.
2nd Lieut. Ernest Edward Thompson joined the 228th Siege Battery on 2 October 1918 and a fortnight later was killed in action. The Battery's unit history records the following for the day of his death:
"On Oct . 16th Lieut. Thompson was killed. Five of us, the Officer Commanding, Lieut Thompson and Hughes (?) and two Battery Commander's Assistants were standing round the centre pole of a small dug-out in the bank of a sunken road near the battery. A shell exploded in the road outside and a splinter struck him in the head. He was killed instantaneously; one other was slightly wounded. The two BCAs left that evening with shell-shock."
Educated at St. John's College, University of Cambridge in 1903.
Sources: "228". The history of a siege battery during the Great War; War List of the University of Cambridge, 1914-1919.
That was quick! Very many thanks.
nickyp
Posted 3 March , 2004
Location:Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Interests:Leonard Victor Davidson, b. 1893 Camberwell, Royal Artillery?
William Henry James Edwards, d. 6 April 1943 age 20, Pte. 14200427 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders, Buried SFAX
Pte. Charles Lazenby, 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers, POW
Pte. Joseph Lazenby, 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers
Harry Lazenby, Driver, Royal Field Artillery
Pte. William Lazenby, Canadian Regiment at Folkestone
L.C. Foster Chaplin Lazenby, Royal Engineers
Pte. Oliver Pearson, CEF, 76th Battalion
this really is a longshot and a prize goes to the winner!!!!
LEONARD VICTOR DAVIDSON b. 1894 in Camberwell. Royal Field Artillery. And that is all I know. I have no access to Kew as I am in Canada. Where do I start? This board is truly great, I have spent more time here the last few weeks that anywhere else. Thanks so very much.
All my family has passed on, so noone know anything about my grandad!
KateJ
Location:Essex
Interests:Local historian specialising in East of England (Essex, Hertfordshire and Suffolk) and vintage postcards. My book "Postcards from the Front: 1914-1919" has just been published by Amberley. "Postcards as a medium of correspondence became popular in the early years of the twentieth century. This soon became a flood as hundreds of thousands of postcards found their way into the postal system as the Edwardian era progressed. With the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, it was only natural that the sending of postcards would spill over into the battlefields of the Western Front and Britain's Home Front. The book also includes extensive appendices on how to identify and research postcards from the battlefields of the First World War, to reveal the story of your own ancestors' war." https://www.amberley-books.com/postcards-from-the-front-19141919.html
Hi Dick
Do you have anything on the following 2 men or the whereabouts of their units at the time of their deaths - both with the Royal Garrison Artillery
Gunner Gordon Parnall Kemp
of the 186th Siege Battery
Serjeant Francis Albert Hawes
HQ IV Corps Heavy Artillery
died 11 July 1916
JulianB
I was interested to see that you have a history of the Monmouthshire Volunteer Artillery. My great grandfather joined that unit in 1900. I understand that it became 4th Welsh Bde in the 53rd Welsh Div in 1908. From 1914 he was apptd Staff Capt in 53rd Div Arty, then var other appointments and finally CO C/265 being disembodied in July 1919. Your title has 266 so I'm not yet sure how it all works, I need to do some more homework.
I know there is a history of the 53rd Div but I'd be grateful if you could give me the full details of the MVA book, I'll try to look it up here somewhere (eg IWM or BL).
I've been working on my grandfather's papers so much that I have not properly started on gt gfather's.


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'For God all things are possible': Mennonite Church Colombia continues its witness despite great risk
Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de Colombia issues bold statement against massacres and ongoing violence affecting most vulnerable
Source: IMCOL.
In late October, Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de Colombia issued a public statement declaring that there have been 60 massacres (killings of five people or more) so far in Colombia in 2020. Victims include young people and small farmers, as well as 200 civic leaders. The violence stems from a decades-long, multi-layered conflict between guerilla, paramilitary and drug cartel groups who fight for control of the country's land for their own interests.
"This same individualistic emphasis is also manifest in the overall economic functioning of the country, making it a major obstacle to overcoming the poverty and inequality that afflict Colombia, and which particularly affects Afro-Colombian and Indigenous populations, women, and small farmer families," the statement reads. "It is in this reality that we find ourselves as a church: a reality of violence and injustice that requires that the church, the body of Christ, respond with faithfulness and wisdom."
Carlos Moreno is senior administrator for IMCOL, which has 25 congregations in four regions in Colombia. He said IMCOL's guiding biblical text for 2020 comes from Matthew 19:26: "But Jesus looked at them and said, "For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible."
"A lot of what's going on is not in the big cities, where the T.V. cameras and news outlets are," said Moreno. "A lot of it is hidden and so our people are there and we expose what is happening and we try to inform the public and the government."
There was hope that a peace accord signed in 2016 between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) would bring an end to the violence. A change of government in the last election and its failure to uphold promises made in the accord means that peace is not materializing.
'Our sense of the importance of hope is inspired by God in us and in our understanding of faith.'
IMCOL's relief agency, Mencoldes, provides food, health services and education to communities, while Justapaz, its peace-and-justice organization, documents violence and accompanies victims. Rural communities in particular face the constant threat of violence as they try to reclaim land taken land taken by drug cartels, para-military groups and guerrilla forces.
Moreno said their accompaniment work makes it difficult for groups to move peasants off the land, especially since IMCOL denounces violence publicly.
Jack Suderman, former administrator and teacher at IMCOL's seminary in from 1989 to 1994, said that while IMCOL's statement is one in a long line of responses to the country's violence over the years, it is no less significant.
"To speak out at all like that is still risky. It generates reaction," said Suderman.
Moreno says church leaders have safety protocols in place as they work and accompany in their communities. They know the risks and choose to serve anyways because of the hope they have.
"If Christian faith is at its foundation a hopeful faith then regardless of how difficult things are we always look for ways in which we can help a little bit here and there and simply be a spark of hope for the lives of people as they need it," said Moreno. "Our sense of the importance of hope is inspired by God in us and in our understanding of faith."
IMCOL's statement also outlines seven of its responsibilities. Denouncing violence, promoting peace and justice, and accompanying victims are listed, as well as practicing solidarity by advocating for better living conditions in communities.
Suderman notes that the biblical references alongside these duties are evidence of IMCOL's firm Anabaptist and theological training. He said Mennonites elsewhere can learn from this statement the importance of training in an Anabaptist perspective, of international solidarity and of continuing to support IMCOL in its work.
Mennonite Church Canada International Witness supports the Colombia Mennonite Church with grants for ministries, especially in the areas of leadership development, church planting and missions. To learn more and to donate to this ministry, go to mennonitechurch.ca/colombia.


The number one New York Times bestselling author Bernard Goldberg is back with more hard-hitting observations and no-nonsense advice for saving America from the lunatics on the Left and the sellouts on the Right.
In Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right, Goldberg speaks for the millions of Americans who are saying: Enough!
But Goldberg doesn't stop with the crazies on the Left. Speaking for fed-up conservatives, he also goes after the wimps on the Right - the gutless wonders in Washington who sold out their principles for power.
He's had it with hypocritical Republicans who say they're for small government but then spend our hard-earned tax money like Imelda Marcos in a shoe store. He's also had it with the weak and timid Republicans who won't stand up and fight against racial preferences, too afraid that the Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons of the world will call them bigots. In plain English, he's had it with Republicans who are afraid to be conservative!
In his most personal, provocative book yet, Bernard Goldberg argues that while conservatives still believe in important things, the jury is out on Republicans. The 2006 election was a wake-up call, he warns, and if the wimps on the Right fail to regain their courage, recover their principles, and reclaim their sense of fiscal responsibility, the crazies on the Left just might win the White House in 2008.
After spending three decades at CBS News, Emmy Award-winning correspondent Bernard Goldberg decided to come forward and blow the whistle on what he saw as his industry's tendency to slant the news to the political left. His buzzed-about book, Bias, was the controversial result.


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Saturday the 18th of January
The Trouvadore Story
Cultural Ties & Legacy
Search For Trouvadore
AntiSlavery & AntiPiracy Patrols
Slavery in the TCI
The Trouvadore Story » Trail of the Survivors
Tantilizing Clues Discovered
Trail of the Survivors
Trouvadore - A Global Story
Slavery Timeline
The Illicit Slave Trade
2008 Expedition Log
New Homes in a New Land
Once the Trouvadore survivors were rescued they were taken to Grand Turk where the ship's crew were imprisoned in the upper room of the old court house and the Africans were placed inside the crowded prison. A better long-term solution was needed. Should they be returned to Africa? Sent to Nassau for the Bahamas government to deal with? Or released into the local community?
The last option was preferred but the authorities needed to recover their costs of rescuing the Africans. They also needed the support of the salt proprietors, so a compromise was reached. Of the 192 Africans, 168 were distributed amongst salt pond owners on Salt Cay and Grand Turk on a one-year contract. The 89 men, 26 women, 39 boys, 11 girls and 3 infants were given clothing, food, accommodation and medical care in return for their labor. The established church was to teach them to speak English and Christian ways, including being christened and attending services.
Photo:St Thomas' Church, the oldest church in the Bahamian archipelago was where Trouvadore survivors were christened and taught English
The remaining 24 Africans, 20 men and 4 women, could not be absorbed into the local community and were taken to Nassau along with the slaver's crew. At Nassau the crew of the Trouvadore was released into the custody of the Spanish Consul who took them to Cuba for trial, but the fate of the 24 Liberated Africans is uncertain.
In the Turks Islands, the only work was salt production. Working conditions had improved since emancipation but it was still a hard, unrewarding job and for this reason the salt proprietors were eager to take in the liberated Africans as cheap labor.
1842 and onwards – A Move to the Caicos Bank?
Did the Africans find the compassion that some suggest, or were the local population just frustrated at having new unwelcome guests and wanted to get rid of them? This question may be resolved when research identifies their final destination after 1842.
The headright system in the Turks Islands gave all British citizens an equal share of the salt ponds. It worked well for the proprietors when slave's shares went to their owners, but now the freed slaves were on equal footing. Wealthier whites, concerned their privileged way of life was threatened, lobbied to replace headright with a leasehold system. It was during this period that Trouvadore wrecked. This influx of Africans weakened the former slave owners' rights even more. They accepted them as cheap labor but at the end of that year they should be entitled to a share in the salt ponds. This was unacceptable to the white population who felt sending them to the less populated Caicos Islands as the best solution. Further, as the black population increased and gained positions in the community, the social order of pre-1834 was threatened.
The British Government did have certain ideas about how to treat re-captives. They were aware of the issues surrounding the arrival of so many first generation Africans into small communities and for this reason tried to keep them together. In the Bahamas they set up separate settlements where their own communities could develop, but there are no records of any of these for the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Most of the population produced salt in the Turks Islands, which are low lying with little rainfall limiting the amount of freshwater and food that can be produced, making living there difficult even at the best of times. On the other hand the Caicos bank was greener and more fertile and able to sustain a population who was willing to lead a subsistence way of life. If the liberated Africans went to the Caicos Islands where could they have settled? There are only two possibilities: Middle Caicos and South Caicos
Middle Caicos
One historian recorded that Bambarra, Middle Caicos, was settled in 1842 by survivors from the wrecked slaver Gambia. However, 1842 records show that only 168 liberated Africans were settled in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the previous three years, this being the number from Trouvadore. There is no evidence of liberated Africans from another ship landing here in this period, nor any records for a ship called Gambia being captured by the British Navy or wrecked in the Bahamian Archipelago for the years 1807 to 1860. Is tempting to assume that account was confusing the ship's name and the origins of the Africans.
Location of Bambarra on Middle Caicos
Bambarra is the only settlement in the country with an African name, suggesting strong links with first generation Africans, making a good case for a link to the liberated Africans from Trouvadore. This circumstantial evidence makes a good argument but proof is still being sought. Local folklore gives Bambarra two origins. The first is that slaves owned by William Forbes settled here, accounting for why the surname Forbes is common. The second is they are descendants of Africans from a wrecked slaver. It is likely that both stories could have some basis in truth.
South Caicos
In 1842 salt production began in earnest on South Caicos. This development occurred at the right time to provide employment to the liberated Africans from Trouvadore. Further expansion occurred after 1848, and it is likely that as salt production developed on South Caicos it attracted workers not only from the Turks islands but also the Caicos Islands. This development also suited the liberated Africans from Trouvadore; they had experience working in the salt ponds so were some of the earliest people to seek work in the newly developed ponds. If they moved to Middle Caicos the change was only temporary.
In 1843, the Bahamas government recorded the Turks and Caicos population as 2495. If all 168 liberated Africans from Trouvadore survived until 1843, they represented 6.7% of the population. The Turks Islands had equal numbers of men and women, while the Caicos Islands had a large difference. Was this due to single men going to the Caicos Islands in search of work? Or was it because the liberated Africans from Trouvadore were moved there taking their unequal numbers with them?
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'You let them put the fear on you': Van Morrison teams with Eric Clapton for anti-lockdown song
Gary Dinges
Van Morrison has crafted yet another anti-lockdown tune, this time teaming with Eric Clapton.
"Stand and Deliver," which dropped Friday, was written by Morrison and performed by Clapton. Proceeds from the blues track will go to Morrison's Save Live Music campaign benefitting those working in the music industry in the UK and Ireland.
"Eric's recording is fantastic and will clearly resonate with the many who share our frustrations," Morrison told Variety. "It is heart-breaking to see so many talented musicians lack any meaningful support from the government, but we want to reassure them that we are working hard every day to lobby for the return of live music, and to save our industry."
Morrison previously released a trio of anti-lockdown songs in September and October in support of the campaign: "Born To Be Free," "As I Walked Out" and "No More Lockdown."
In "No More Lockdown," the Northern Irishman says the lockdowns "enslave" people and accuses scientists of "making up crooked facts."
'No More Lockdown':Van Morrison to release 3 songs criticizing coronavirus restrictions
The singer-songwriter has started a Change.org petition urging officials in his home country to put an end to the lockdowns put in place to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
"The Northern Ireland Executive has refused to quantify the economic impact of the restrictions on live music nor have they provided the scientific evidence to justify the ban," Morrison said in a statement. "It's time to make them accountable."
Much of the world, including the U.S., has been under some form of a lockdown since early this year. That's likely to continue, health officials say, until a newly developed vaccine is widely available next year.
In "Stand and Deliver," Morrison and Clapton urge listeners to push back against the narrative they've been hearing, with lyrics such as: "Stand and deliver // You let them put the fear on you // Stand and deliver // But not a word you heard was true // But if there's nothing you can say // There may be nothing you can do // Do you want to be a free man // Or do you want to be a slave?"
In the U.S., owners of nearly 3,000 venues have formed a new group, the National Independent Venue Association, to lobby for federal assistance allowing the music industry to stay afloat. A survey NIVA distributed to members showed 90% of music venues think they will be forced to permanently close in the coming weeks or months if funding doesn't arrive.
"We are at the precipice of a mass collapse of this industry," NIVA spokeswoman Audrey Fix Schaefer told USA TODAY recently. "These are such good, hardworking, determined people. They don't deserve to be left out to dry like this."
Legislation that could provide relief includes the RESTART Act and the Save Our Stages Act. They would provide financial support in the form of loans, grants and tax credits and have bipartisan support.
Follow Gary Dinges on Twitter @gdinges


Students at a Skegness school have been learning new skills to help them with their projects.
Year 12 students at Skegness Grammar School, part of the David Ross Education Trust, enjoyed a series of seminars during a recent visit to the University of Leeds.
The day was structured around reinforcing essential skills, knowledge and understanding necessary for students completing their Extended Project Qualification.
During their visit, students attended a number of specially led seminars facilitated by PhD and Doctoral postgraduates. The sessions involved critical analysis of source information, how to structure an extended research based project and essential guidance on citation, plagiarism and referencing.
As part of the trip, students were given full access to the university library where they were able to gather further academic sources to help support their individual projects.
Heather Scott, Principal at Skegness Grammar School, said: "This visit has been an incredible opportunity for our students to demonstrate the love of learning that we see in our Sixth Form students every single day.


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Q: How to make React app render differently for different subdomains? I am new to deployment, networking, routing, handling DNS records, etc. and I'm currently working on a project which requires several subdomains to point to a same React app. This front-end app serves a template, to which all subdomains point. However, said template is supposed to be rendered with different elements (images, fonts, etc.) depending on which subdomain it was accessed from, so for example, accessing www.sub1.example.com would render the template filled with elements corresponding subdomain sub1. The goal is to have a web app that works like this this:

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*Front-end is accessible (say IPv4 X.X.X.X, port YYYY) only through subdomains. A user goes to www.sub1.example.com, and the template with specific elements for subdomain sub1 is rendered. This subdomain specifies (in some way that I haven't figured out yet) that it is fetching the url with the specific route X.X.X.X:YYYY/login/sub1, indicating that the template must be rendered with the elements corresponding to subdomain sub1.

Another way to put it is this: the goal is to have the subdomain records behave as if they each could point to a specific route on the app (which is not possible), like:
www.sub1.example.com    ->    X.X.X.X:YYYY/sub1
www.sub2.example.com    ->    X.X.X.X:YYYY/sub2
www.sub3.example.com    ->    X.X.X.X:YYYY/sub3
The idea is to "generate" different web pages while only hosting one front-end. Also, it is necessary to use subdomains, because it is required that users access each webpage through different subdomains, so I can't just use the same domain with different routes like www.example.com/sub1 or www.example.com/sub2 for each webpage.
What is a possible way in which this could be accomplished? Also, I'm not entirely sure that pointing several subdomains to a single app is the best way to go, but I think the idea is to only host one app which renders several web pages based on a template. Is this something that is commonly done? If not, why? Anyway, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :)
As of now, I have just recently started working on this, so I haven't really tried anything yet. However, this question looks kind of like what I am looking for, except that I'm working on React and I won't have separate files for each company because the amount of companies could potentially grow.


I adopted the recipe from the French chef Philippe Bertrand. The end results are far from perfect. First of all the bottom layer was supposed to be coconut dacquoise, but my dacquoise was too dry. I ditched it and whipped up a quick sponge cake instead. Secondly the chocolate slices were too thin so the chocolate flavor was lost compared to the prominent raspberry flavor.
I have to mark down my biggest achievement here – my first tempered chocolate wasn't a total failure. Although I didn't get the thickness of the chocolate slices right, I managed to tempered it correctly so it was glossy and crispy. Honestly tempering chocolate was a long process, I either made it too hot or too cold so I had to start all over again for a few times. I felt a sense of relief when I finally got the temperature right.
These slices had a perfect flavor and texture profile – sweet and creamy from the white chocolate ganache, tart and soft from the raspberry jelly, bitter and crunchy from the dark chocolate. It was very enjoyable to eat them. One day will make these again and also try to perfect them!
Mix the raspberry puree, the lemon juice and the sugar in a sauce pan and heat up until it is boiled. Turn off the heat and add the bloomed gelatin, stir until it is completely dissolved.
Let it cool down to 30C . Pour the mixture into the 15x15cm square mousse ring (put a silicon mat or a baking sheet underneath), let i firm up.
Heat up 100g cream in a sauce pan, add the bloomed gelatin and stir until it is completely dissolved.
Put the white chocolate in a bowl. Pour the mixture in the bowl, stir until the white chocolate is dissolved.
Add the remaining cream. Refrigerate until the mixture cools down to 4-5C.
Whisk the mixture until it is fluffy.


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FINANCE /
Capital.com Hires Former IG Executive Greg Adams as Head of Risk
2022-12-9 11:44 am NEWS → FINANCE

Capital.com has onboarded Greg Adams as the Head of Risk, thus strengthening its executive team. He is based in London and has already joined the new company.

Adams took over the role at Capital.com from IG, where he spent 17 years of his career. He joined the London-headquartered broker in January 2006 in a Credit Operations role and climbed the corporate ladder over the years, holding several positions around risk management. He separated from IG as the Head of Risk Assurance, a role he held for five years.

IG Executives Joining Capital.com

Adams is one of the many executives hired by Capital.com from IG after the former IG head, Peter Hetherington joined Capital.com and Currency.com as Group CEO, replacing Jon Squires.

Check out the recent London Summit session on opportunities and challenges with talent acquisitions in the FX/CFDs industry.

Capital.com and its sister platform, Currency.com are owned and controlled by the Belarusian billionaire entrepreneur Viktor Prokopenya.

Adams joined the London offices of Capital.com while the broker was growing aggressively. It added more than 1 million new users in the second quarter of 2022, ending the quarter with 6.4 million accounts. However, it did not specify the number of active accounts.

Now, the broker group is focusing on growing the UK business. Earlier this year, the group injected £2.5 million into the UK arm, thus doubling the core capital to £4.7 million. The decision came as revenue of the UK unit of the broker group jumped to £15.4 million in 2021 from the previous year's £2.0 million, with profits doubling to around £1.9 million.

Moreover, Capital.com has witnessed several key executive changes in the last few months. Some significant appointments in the company include Christopher Brankin as the CEO of Singapore, Angela Shi as the APAC CFO, Laura Lin as the APAC CEO, and Alessandro Capuano as the Head of Europe. On top of that, the broker saw a few senior executives exit as Simon Henry left last month to join Exness as the Compliance Director and the resignation of the Chief Market Strategist, David Jones.

This article was written by Arnab Shome at www.financemagnates.com.
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CNS Cheers Conservative Comedian's Mocking of Kavanaugh Accuser
CNSNews.com blogger Craig Bannister wrote disdainfully of a Democratic congressman for mocking Republican Sen. Susan Collins' claim that she's receiving threats related to the battle over confirming Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice by claiming she has Secret Service protection as a senator and that she didn't mention that the woman who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school has also received death threats. After the congressman apologized, Bannister typed that up too, adding that the congressman "deleted his offensive tweet."
But a few days earlier, Bannister was cheering those who mock -- when the target is Kavanaugh's accuser. Bannister approvingly writes in a Sept. 17 post:
"You can talk to me," comedian Terrence K. Williams jokes in a video mocking Christine Blasey Ford's last-minute allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
In a video posted on social media Monday, the comedian, actor and conservative commentator chides Ford for waiting decades to make her claim, since Kavanaugh has "been a judge for almost half his life:
"Girl, so you gonna wait 30 years to speak up? Huh? And, not only that, y'all were in high school. And, you claim he assaulted you at a high school party, and you just now speaking up now, 30 years later?
"And, I find it quite funny that you speaking up now that he is a Supreme Court nominee. But, this man been a judge almost half his life. Well, he's been a lawyer, a judge…why you didn't say nothing 10 years ago, 15 years ago?"
Williams jokes that someone in the anti-Trump media or Democrat Party must have put Ford up to making the accusation and that – if she just tells him who it was – she can trust him to keep it just between them:
"Who paying you? Is it CNN? I won't tell nobody. Is it the New York Times? Who paying you? Is it Hillary? Obama? I won't tell nobody. You can talk to me."
Forgive us if we think that Bannister's outrage over Collins being mocked is more than a tad hypocritical.


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Erézcano es una estación ferroviaria ubicada en la localidad del mismo nombre en el Partido de San Nicolás, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Servicios
El ramal dejó de transitar en 1961, por lo que actualmente no se prestan servicios de pasajeros.

Historia
En el año 1885 fue inaugurada la Estación Campos Salles, por parte del Ferrocarril Central Argentino, en el Ramal San Nicolás - Pergamino.

La estación pertenecía al Ferrocarril Mitre; cuando era operado por Ferrocarriles Argentinos pasaban más de 50 trenes da cargas y de larga distancia hacia las provincias de Santa Fe y Córdoba
La estación fue clausurada en 1961 y actualmente no se opera ningún servicio.

Véase también
 Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre
 Ramal San Nicolás C - Pergamino del Ferrocarril Mitre

Erézcano
Erézcano
Partido de San Nicolás


This sterling silver ring features two Ridley turtles. One turtle is larger than the other, you could call it a mother and baby turtle. This ring is also sizeable. That means the size listed is the base size. Each ring will squish down one whole size or stretch up one whole size. That's the great thing about having rings that are open. This ring design is antiqued to bring out the design on the shell and the flippers. This ring is handmade and not pre-ordered like you can find on some websites.
Sterling silver adjustable sea turtles design measures just over 1 inch long (28x20mm).
Check out my other listings for a Ridley turtle pendant, bracelet, and earrings.
I have included pictures of the waxes we use to cast with. We use the lost wax casting method.


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Depending on schedules of participants, there is small chance of adjustments if necessary.
Some slides are going to be protected by a password the participants of the course will obtain directly from me.
In the first part of the course, we will engage in the formal verification of reactive systems. Students learn the syntax and semantics of the temporal logics LTL, CTL, and CTL* and their application in the specification of e.g. safety and liveness properties of systems. Simple models of systems are designed and verified using model checkers and dedicated frameworks for asynchronous and synchronous reactive systems, and the algorithms working in the background are explained.
The second part of the course focuses on functional correctness of programs; more precisely, we discuss the theory of pre- and postconditions, Hoare triples, loop invariants, and weakest (liberal) preconditions, in order to introduce automatised correctness proofs using the Hoare calculus.
Tools we are planning to use for the first part of the material include at least the model checker nuSMV/nuXmv.
Depending on whether there is more interest in the first or in the second part (and on other factors), we will devote the remaining tutorials either to SCADE or to VeriFast, correspondingly.
G. Winskel: The Formal Semantics of Programming Languages: An Introduction, The MIT Press, 1993.
Ch. Baier, J-P. Katoen, Principles of Model Checking, The MIT Press, 2008.
M. Huth, M. Ryan: Logic in Computer Science, Cambridge University Press, 2. Aufl., 2004.


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from ecdsa import ellipticcurve, numbertheory, ecdsa, util
import binascii, string, bitcoin # from electrum code, contains base58 encode and others

# ----- testnet / mainnet -----

def testnet():
  bitcoin.addrtype = 0x6f

def mainnet():
  bitcoin.addrtype = 0x00

testnet() # default

# ----- curve definition secp256k1 -----

_p = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEFFFFFC2FL
_r = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE6AF48A03BBFD25E8CD0364141L
_b = 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007L
_a = 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000L
_Gx = 0x79BE667EF9DCBBAC55A06295CE870B07029BFCDB2DCE28D959F2815B16F81798L
_Gy = 0x483ada7726a3c4655da4fbfc0e1108a8fd17b448a68554199c47d08ffb10d4b8L
C = ellipticcurve.CurveFp( _p, _a, _b )
G = ellipticcurve.Point( C, _Gx, _Gy, _r )
Z = 0*G

# ----- conversion functions -----

# notion
## point = EC point object
## pubkey = compressed pubkey (32+1 bytes) as binary string
## pubkeyx = pubkey in hex format
## id = hash160(pubkey) as binary string
## idx = id in hex format
## addr = base check encoding of id

# ishex, tohex, toraw
def ishex(s):
  for c in s:
    if not c in string.hexdigits: return False
  return True
def tohex(s):
  if ishex(s):
    return s
  else:
    return s.encode('hex')
def toraw(s):
  if ishex(s):
    return s.decode('hex')
  else:
    return s

#ECP = ecdsa.Public_key(G,P)
#ECQ = ecdsa.Public_key(G,Q)

# convert point
def point2pubkey(p):
  x_str = util.number_to_string(p.x(), G.order())
  y_str = util.number_to_string(p.y(), G.order())
  return (chr(2 + (p.y() & 1)) + x_str)
def point2pubkeyx(p):
  return tohex(point2pubkey(p))
def point2id(p):
  return bitcoin.hash_160(point2pubkey(p))
def point2idx(p):
  return tohex(bitcoin.hash_160(point2pubkey(p)))
def point2addr(p):
  return bitcoin.public_key_to_bc_address(point2pubkey(p))

# convert pubkey
def pubkey2point(pubkey):
  x = int(tohex(pubkey)[2:],16)
  fx = (x * x * x + C.a() * x + C.b()) % C.p()
  y = numbertheory.square_root_mod_prime(fx,C.p())
  P = ellipticcurve.Point(C,x,y)
  if point2pubkey(P) != toraw(pubkey):
      P = ellipticcurve.Point(C,x,C.p()-y)
  return P
def pubkey2addr(pubkey):
  return bitcoin.public_key_to_bc_address(toraw(pubkey))
def pubkey2id(pubkey):
  return bitcoin.hash_160(toraw(pubkey))
def pubkey2idx(pubkey):
  return tohex(pubkey2id(pubkey))

# convert id
def id2addr(id):
  return bitcoin.hash_160_to_bc_address(toraw(id))

# convert address
def addr2id(addr):
  return bitcoin.bc_address_to_hash_160(addr)
def addr2idx(addr):
  return tohex(bitcoin.bc_address_to_hash_160(addr))

# little-endian binary value (e.g. hash)
#def val2int(val):
#  return int(tohex(toraw(val)[::-1]),16)
# big-endian binary value (e.g. hash)
def val2int(val):
  return int(tohex(val),16)

# derived pubkey
def derivepoint(P,hash):
   return val2int(hash)*G+P
def derivepubkey(pubkey,hash):
   return point2pubkey(derivepoint(pubkey2point(pubkey),hash))
def derivepubkeyx(pubkey,hash):
   return tohex(point2pubkey(derivepoint(pubkey2point(pubkey),hash)))

# secret
def sec2point(sec):
  return int(tohex(sec),16)*G;
def sec2pubkey(sec):
  return point2pubkey(sec2point(sec));
def sec2pubkeyx(sec):
  return point2pubkeyx(sec2point(sec));
def sec2id(sec):
  return point2id(sec2point(sec));
def sec2idx(sec):
  return point2idx(sec2point(sec));
def sec2addr(sec):
  return point2addr(sec2point(sec));

# hash
def hash2pubkey(hexstr):
  return point2pubkey(derivepoint(Z,hexstr))

def hash2pubkeyx(hexstr):
  return point2pubkeyx(derivepoint(Z,hexstr))

def hash2id(hexstr):
  return point2id(derivepoint(Z,hexstr))

def hash2idx(hexstr):
  return point2idx(derivepoint(Z,hexstr))

def hash2addr(hexstr):
  return point2addr(derivepoint(Z,hexstr))