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Soviet Gasmask's GP-5 Bag
This is Original Russian Soviet Military / Civilian Item Never used, in perfect condition, 100% cotton. Bag capacity of 3 liters. Made in USSR in 1980'. ..
Soviet Russian Army Gas Mask PBF
The PBF (Russian: Противогаз Без коробочный Фильтрующий Protivogaz Bez korobochnȳĭ Fil'tryushiĭ "Gas mask without box filter") is a gas mask that originated in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was intended to be a lightweight gas mask that did not have a heavy metal canister filt..
Soviet Russian Army Gas Mask PMK
This is a genuine Soviet/Russian PMK gas mask, and comes complete with olive green carry case, filter, two spare eye pieces and attachable drinking system. This is the military version of the GP-7V mask, and features bigger eye pieces than its civilian counterpart so giving..
Soviet Russian Black Gas Mask GP - 7
The GP-7 was a civilian issue version of the PMK gas mask and was produced during the years 1988-1992. It was an upgrade from the earlier version GP-7. This newer version did not change much besides adding a drinking tube. A standard GP-7V kit comes with the a simple cloth ba..
Soviet Russian Military Black Gas Mask GP - 5
The GP-5 (Russian: Гражданский Противогаз 5 Grazhdanskij Protivogaz 5 "Civilian Gas Mask-5") gas mask, is a gas mask that was manufactured from 1970 to 1989 by the Soviet Union and its constituent states. The GP-5 was designed to protect civilians of the Soviet Union from r..
Soviet Russian Military Black Gas Mask PMG-2 (GP - 5M)
The PMG-2 (GP - 5M) gas mask, is a gas mask that was manufactured from 1970 to 1989 by the Soviet Union and its constituent states. The GP-5 was designed to protect civilians of the Soviet Union from radioactive fallout during the Cold War. This mask is a helmet-type m..


In Bangalore India the smoke from engines are not a problem they uses it and recycle it into ink. Nikhil company worker said "what we have built is a retrofit device that attaches to the exhaust pipe or chimneys. This device can be attached practically any exhaust pipe irrespective of the age or type of engine are running and it captures practically whatever particulate matter comes out of it. Once you capture particulate matter it is substantially carbon which is the basis of everything that exist in the world. At present we are recycling into inks which we believe is something that is used by practically everyone in the planet". Their so-called air ink does have a few restrictions. It will ever come in black and at the moment it is not good enough quality to be used in printers. A company Graviky is giving it to artist who are finding their own uses for it painting and screen printing for example, for use on clothes and bags. If the idea catches on users would expect to remove the exhaust pipe device called a Kaalink (black ink) as often as every 15 days depending on how old and dirty their diesel engines were. Nikhil insists that it is still better to put the carbon to good use , than just to collect it and dump it.


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2022 fifa world cup qualifiers
Matter of life and death: Cristiano Ronaldo on Portugal's last chance to qualify for FIFA World Cup
29 March 2022, 02:35 PM IST
Ten European teams have secured their spots at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, with three places still up for grabs via the play-off path. Two finals will be decided on Tuesday, while Wales will take on the winner of the tie between Scotland and Ukraine at a later date to determine the last UEFA representative at Qatar 2022.
Ronaldo| Photo: AP
Lisbon: Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo termed the team's final World Cup play-off match against North Macedonia as a "life and death" situation.
The legendary number seven also admitted that he wants "hell breaking loose" at Estadio do Dragao as Portugal are just one game away from sealing a spot at Qatar 2022.
The Manchester United forward, who has scored a world record 115 goals for Portugal during his career, has issued a rallying cry to supporters for extra noise and passion in Tuesday's final.
"I urge the fans - I want hell breaking loose at Dragao [Stadium]," said Ronaldo as per goal.com.
"I went to bed last night thinking that I want the stadium to shut down the music for our national anthem and let the fans sing it acapella to show our passion, our strength and union around the objective of reaching the World Cup."
The 37-year-old Portugese added on the importance of the fixture: "For us, this game is a matter of life and death. There is a responsibility to win this game. For us, also a game of our lives.
"They have surprised [opponents] in many games but I believe they will not surprise us," he added.
After their shock last-minute semi-final win over reigning European champions Italy, North Macedonia are now just one more victory away from making it to the World Cup for the first time in their history. To make this dream a reality, coach Blagoja Milevski's have another tough task on their hands however - first Italy, now Portugal.
The EURO 2016 winners, with the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo in the ranks, defeated Turkey in their semi-final and are looking to secure a sixth World Cup spot in a row. The Selecao das Quinas will also be able to count on home support in their final. ANI
'Big B' meets Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi in Riyadh, says "what an evening"
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This brilliant, dark ruby wine offers mouth-watering, jammy aromas with a hint of black pepper. Concentrated flavors of blackberries and briar fill the mouth.
A wine of great fruit and structure in this blend of 60% Zinfandel, 16% Petite Sirah,16% Syrah, 6% Grenache, and 2% Carignane.


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On the bench: a two venturi carburetor from a WWII aircraft. Alloys with magnesium were chosen for their strength and lightweight properties in aircraft manufacture. However, magnesium is very reactive and quickly corrodes. We are treating the magnesium corrosion on these engine components by removing the corrosion products and stabilizing the metal.


This week, the Harvard professor who discovered an ancient text "proving" Jesus had a wife has recanted. Or at least admitted that it is "probably a forgery."
You remember this story from 2012? It caused quite a stir among Biblical scholars, most of whom debunked the validity of the scrap of papyrus with the words "Jesus said to them, My wife."
I'd forgotten about this faith-based kerfuffle until a story in The Atlantic came out this month in which the professor, historian Karen King, admitted that the man who gave her the text, anonymously, is actually a disgraced Egyptologist turned pornographer (you just can't make this stuff up).
And it's kind of too bad. I mean, the odds that Jesus had a wife were remote at best and ultimately it wouldn't have changed anything. Married or not, Jesus is still the Savior.
But it sure did make for some great comic material. Here's what I came up with back when this was in the news. Enjoy.
3. Passing the salt at the dinner table gets you a lecture about what happens when salt loses its saltiness.
4. Twelve guys always hanging around makes intimate moments impossible.
5. Having to endure people singing "Joy to the World" on his birthday gets old.
7. Awkard encounters with Pilate's wife at the next pilates class.
9. Even though it's all innocent, it's tough when your husband is always laying hands on other people.
10. It's tough to live with someone who's nursing a major Messiah-Complex.
11. He insists on calling every grace he says before dinner "The Lord's Prayer."
12. "No, I will NOT make locust and wild honey casserole for your friend John tomorrow night.
13. The way he suavely whips out his lighter at cocktail parties when someone pulls out a cigarette and says, "The Light of Christ."
14. 'I came not to be served but to serve.' "Well, that's all well and good but guess who's still left to do the dishes?"
15. He's always saying 'Let the little children come to me.' "You try hearing that all the time while your own biological clock is ticking louder than Big Ben."
16. Ever since his clothes turned dazzling white on that mountaintop, suddenly no bleach is good enough.
17. "You think it's easy getting someone to their annual physical who walks around saying, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor but the sick?'"
18. Every time he forgets to stop by the grocery store on the way home he gives me the same thing: loaves and fish, loaves and fish.
19. 'Pick up your cross and follow me.' "That's rich coming from someone who can't even pick up his socks off the bedroom floor."
20. I never was able to cash in on that life insurance policy.
Re the Pilate/pilates connection in number 7: There's a Pontius Avenue here in Seattle. I'd love to see someone open a Pilates studio there and name it "Pontius Pilates."


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Philip and Larry cover Earth, Wind & Fire (2017)
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Columbia publish Earth, Wind & Fire's eighth album : 'All n All' featuring…
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Columbia publish Earth, Wind & Fire's tenth album : 'Faces' (1980)
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Columbia publish Earth, Wind & Fire's seventh album : 'Spirit' featuring…
Earth, Wind & Fire's 'Spirit' is their seventh studio album released in September 1976 by Columbia Records.1 . Getaway (Live) 2 . Getaway Track listing : 1.Getaway (Peter Cor, Beloyd Taylor) - 03:47 . 2.On Your Face (Charles…
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Earth, Wind & Fire's 'I Am' feat. 'Boogie Wonderland' & 'After the Love Has Gone' is their ninth studio album released on June 9, 1979 by Cbs. Track Listing : 1.In The Stone (Maurice White, Allee Willis, David Foster) - 04:48 .…
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Earth, Wind & Fire's 'Open Our Eyes' is their fifth studio album produced by Maurice White & Charles Stepney and released on March 25, 1974 b Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Mighty Mighty (Maurice White, Verdine White) - 03:03 .…
Earth, Wind & Fire release 'That's the Way of the World' featuring…
Earth, Wind & Fire's 'That's the Way of the World' feat 'Shining Star' is an album co-produced by Maurice White and released on March 15, 1975 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Shining Star (Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Maurice White) -…
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. proxy advisers outlined different processes for sharing their influential research and voting recommendations with stock issuers at a hearing in Washington on Thursday, highlighting one of the charged issues facing regulators as they weigh new rules for corporate elections.
Executives from several investment organizations including State Street Corp (STT.N), the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System and investment adviser R.M. Davis Private Wealth Management spoke in support of the proxy advisers and worried new rules could raise their costs and in turn diminish shareholder engagement.
On an earlier panel, speakers came to a rare agreement that companies and investors could benefit if the names of shareholder proponents were included in corporate proxy statements.


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Alamo es un pueblo ubicado en el condado de Wheeler en el estado estadounidense de Georgia. En el censo de 2000, su población era de 1943.

Demografía
En el 2000 la renta per cápita promedia del hogar era de $25,000, y el ingreso promedio para una familia era de $30,125. El ingreso per cápita para la localidad era de $8,147. Los hombres tenían un ingreso per cápita de $25,921 contra $20,208 para las mujeres.

Geografía
Alamo se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas  (32.187181, -82.568932)

Según la Oficina del Censo, la localidad tiene un área total de , de la cual  es tierra y  (0.0%) es agua.

Referencias

Localidades del condado de Wheeler (Georgia)
Pueblos de Georgia (Estados Unidos)


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A Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras da Universidade de São Paulo (FFCL-USP) foi, por mais de três décadas, a unidade nuclear e primordial da USP. A partir de sua fundação a FFCL desempenhou um papel preponderante no pensamento brasileiro.http://www.sbhc.org.br/resources/anais/10/1344217546_ARQUIVO_TextoFinal-AlexandreM.M.P.Ferreira.pdf

História

A história da criação da FFCL-USP é em si mesma a história do surgimento da USP. Por quase um século existiram inúmeras instituições isoladas de ensino superior em São Paulo, tais como a Faculdade de Direito de São Paulo (criada em 1827), a Escola Politécnica de São Paulo (em 1894), a Faculdade de Farmácia e Odontologia de São Paulo (em 1898), a Faculdade de Medicina e Cirurgia de São Paulo (em 1912). Após a Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932, membros da elite paulista derrotada do estado de São Paulo, alijados do poder decisório nacional por meio armas, se deram conta que a única forma de restabelecerem seu poder e prestígio novamente seria através de idéias, e que para tanto era fundamental um centro de pensamento que irradiasse cultura e ideais que espelhassem e, ao mesmo tempo, moldassem a sociedade brasileira à sua imagem. Assim, expoentes dessa elite aprimoraram a idéia de criação de uma universidade que influenciasse todo o país. Mas para que tal intento funcionasse, seria primordial reunir as instituições existentes de ensino superior ao redor de um órgão que fosse capaz de influenciar os destinos do Brasil.

Dessa forma, homens como Júlio de Mesquita Filho, dono do jornal O Estado de S. Paulo, passaram a advogar a necessidade urgente da instalação de uma universidade onde as faculdades pré-existentes seriam os membros e a Faculdade de Filosofia seria a núcleo pensante em conjunto com a Escola Livre de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, núcleo original da Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo fundada em 1933.
Com a derrota paulista, o governo central designou como interventor no estado Armando de Salles Oliveira. Engenheiro formado pela Escola Politécnica de São Paulo e cunhado de Júlio de Mesquita Filho, por pressão deste acabou criando a Faculdade simultaneamente à criação da Universidade de São Paulo em 1934.

A Batalha da Rua Maria Antônia e o fim da FFCL

Em 02 de outubro de 1968, ocorreu a Batalha da Maria Antônia, em que estudantes se enfrentaram por cerca de 10 horas na região central de São Paulo, após um ovo ser atirado por um estudante da Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie contra estudantes da FFCL-USP que faziam, no momento, uma espécie de pedágio nas imediações para arrecadar fundos para o congresso da UNE.

O enfrentamento acabou causando um princípio de incêndio no prédio da FFCL que foi atingindo por coquetéis Molotov vindo dos estudantes de extrema-direita. Após a morte do estudante secundarista José Guimarães de 20 anos alvejado por um tiro de arma de fogo, vindo de um dos prédios da Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, intensas manifestações por parte dos estudantes contrários ao regime ditatorial se seguiram, culminando em uma intensa repressão policial que até o momento tinha se mantido afastada do conflito.

Os prédios das duas universidades acabaram sendo invadidos pela polícia e após o episódio a FFCL foi transferida para a Cidade Universitária Armando de Salles Oliveira, onde hoje funciona a FFLCH.

O episódio ficou conhecido como Batalha da Maria Antônia e foi um dos episódios marcantes do ano de 1968, auge da ditadura militar no Brasil. A Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie até hoje funciona no mesmo local e o antigo prédio da USP foi devolvido à instituição em 1993, onde hoje funciona o Centro Universitário Maria Antônia da Universidade de São Paulo.

Ver também
 Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo
 Batalha da Maria Antônia

Unidades da Universidade de São Paulo
Rua Maria Antônia


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Home » Just War Theory: Often Ignored, But A Necessary Compromise with The World As It Is
Just War Theory: Often Ignored, But A Necessary Compromise with The World As It Is
The Rev. Dr. Robert D. Flanagan
Published in the Summer 2022 issue.
Last year's sudden withdrawal from Afghanistan and the eruption of war in Ukraine have led me to conclude that the Christian tenets of Just War Theory, first propounded by Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE), have become irrelevant.
Sermon on the Mount, Etching by Jacques Callot, 1635. "But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also." Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington,DC.
The New Testament is mainly negative toward war and violence. The decisive statement by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (5:38-48) is the clearest example: "But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also." In Romans 12:14-21, Paul affirms Jesus' teaching, and Peter does the same in 1 Peter 2:21, 23. However, Jesus accepts the Centurion's request for healing (Luke 7:1-10), and Peter does not deny Cornelius because of his military service (Acts 10:1-33). We may rightly conclude that individual military service is permissible, but that the Christian community as a whole is called to higher ground. As Richard B. Hays writes in The Moral Vision of the New Testament, "The church is called to live as a city set on a hill, a city that lives in light of another wisdom as a sign of God's coming kingdom" and is also to "stand as God's sign of promise in a dark world." Moreover, Hayes notes, "The only weapons that the church wields are faith and the Word of God."[1]
Just War Theory considers when, if ever, it is nevertheless God's will that we should use violence as a means of rendering justice. The theory has two parts: justification for entering war (jus ad bellum); and the actions of combatants in war (jus in bello). There are six principles for entering war: just cause; proportionality; right intention; legitimate authority; last resort; and reasonability of success. The two battlefield principles are discrimination between combatants and non-combatants and proportionality. While scholars hold differing views regarding the theory's application and technical definitions, its overarching tradition works to prohibit indiscriminate state-authorized violence.
During the 20th century, Just War Theory aligned with many American Christians' values. For the most part, they could feel comfortable that their government waged or supported wars in line with its criteria—and could be satisfied, too, that those criteria were a worthy basis on which to determine if a war were just. Starting with the Vietnam War, however, and furthered by the Gulf War's "WMD" premise, many leaders ignored the theory. The 21st century's military actions have furthered its irrelevance.
Two of the theory's principles demonstrate how it is no longer a tool used by our government.
The first of these is the last resort principle, which the US violates by sending weapons aid to Ukraine (though unarguably in every other way a deserving recipient as the victim of unprovoked aggression) without a significant and continued push for a negotiated settlement. The US administration has cut off ties with Russia and Vladimir Putin—and has supplanted negotiations with severe economic sanctions. The administration and other politicians argue that causing the Russian citizenry to suffer should compel it to overthrow Putin. In authoritarian systems, however, sanctions rarely create such an outcome; as in Cuba, North Korea, and Iran, they will not likely change Putin's current gambit and, thus, they will fail as a last resort. Sanctions are an open attempt to punish Putin and Russia.
The second principle against which US actions run regarding Ukraine is that of reasonability of success. A country cannot wage a just war, whether with its own troops on the ground or by supporting others, without a clearly articulated statement of an intended outcome—but the US and other allied governments have sent aid to Ukraine without any obvious route to success or even a clearly articulated idea of what a successful outcome would look like. The US strategy on Ukraine seems, in fact, to be somewhere between simply "doing something" and the removal of Putin from office. Such ambiguity was also evident in the Afghanistan conflict, which our military left without achieving any stated strategic success. Without a clear understanding of a war's intended outcome, military forces languish, soldiers lose moral purpose, and a justifiable exit becomes elusive.
In previous wars and military conflict, US leaders felt compelled to justify their actions morally and explain them to Congress and the country. President Roosevelt's December 8, 1941, speech to Congress is a clear example. Today, the US government's eagerness both to wage war itself and to support the wars of others has not only caused it to fail repeatedly to meet the criteria for Just War, but flies in direct opposition to its self-proclaimed aspiration to be a force in the world for good and for peace. In short, the US government feels no compulsion to adhere to any Just War principles.
War may be a necessary political tool for a state, but that does not mean that the Christian community can justify its indiscriminate use. It is a calamitous event that causes unimaginable suffering to combatants and non-combatants alike.
The value of Just War Theory is found in its attempt to curtail indiscriminate military actions, ameliorate human and environmental suffering, and promote moral conduct of combatants. In recent decades, US leaders have discarded the theory's tenets, and have engaged our military for amoral reasons. As Christians living with the world's most powerful military, we must demand of our national leaders the highest ethic when authorizing weapons of war. Our leaders must not make amoral decisions when it comes to military action.
[1] Richard B. Hays The Moral Vision of the New Testament: A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics. HarperOne. 1996. See Chapter 14: Violence in Defense of Justice
The Rev. Dr. Robert D. Flanagan is a priest in the Diocese of New York.
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Home » Aerospace » Russia curtails production of the Antonov An-148 regional jet
Russia curtails production of the Antonov An-148 regional jet
Posted on October 24th, 2018 by ES in Aerospace, Russia, Ukraine
Delivery of the 15th An-148-100E to Russia's Defence Ministry marks the end of the 10-year production cycle of the Antonov-designed aircraft by Russia's VASO (Sergey Pugatchov)
Russia's Voronezh Aircraft Production Association (VASO) has announced the production flight testing of the last of the batch of Ukrainian-designed Antonov An-148-100 regional jets for the Russian Defence Ministry. The aircraft, with registration 61735 (s.n. 44-02), is the 15th and final of the series of An-148s produced under contract for the Ministry. Once the final aircraft completes testing and is delivered to its customer, VASO will curtail all An-148 production processes until and unless it receives new orders. Considering the ongoing tensions in Russo-Ukranian relations, the future of the programme in Russia appears doubtful, but the manufacturer assures that it will continue to provide support of the fleet in operation.
VASO produced its first serial An-148 in 2009. In almost a decade, the company built just 35 of the regional jets, two of which were destroyed in fatal accidents. The Russian manufacturer plans instead to shift its focus on producing the Ilyushin IL-96 wide-body (including its latest modification, the passenger IL-96-400M) and the Il-112 turboprop light transport, as well as supplying components for other Russian-built aircraft.
At the same time, Ukraine is to continue with the An-148 programme and has recently announced an order for An-158s, the jet's stretched version, from a Ukrainian start-up carrier. The country's Antonov State Enterprise has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the financial leasing of two 97-seat aircraft to FANair, a Kyiv-based carrier, which received its Air Operator's Certificate in June of this year. The airline is poised to become Ukraine's launch operator of the type.
"After a thorough review of the An-148's performance, the board of directors [of FANair] made the decision to acquire two such aircraft to be operated on domestic routes and to neighbouring countries. The deliveries are preliminarily scheduled for 2020," Antonov reveals.
FANair currently operates an Airbus A320 and an A321 on charter flights from Kyiv and smaller airports to leisure destinations, mainly in Turkey and Egypt. "The LOI is an instrument for raising funds for the project. Antonov will deliver the aircraft six months after the financial leasing contract is finalised," the Ukrainian producer adds.
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Vatican proposes a change in viewpoint on gays?
The original source is an article from CNN about the possibility that the Vatican's viewpoint about gays could be changing in the near future. The evidence in this article was a quote from a report that was released as a summary of the discussions within the Vatican this past week. However, it didn't list a source, so I googled the quote and found it in an article on patheos. This article mentioned that the quote was from the Relatio, so I googled this as well. It led me to ZENIT The world seen from Rome and with the title "Synod14: Full Text of Relatio Post Disceptationem" before the original quote among other text from the same document. I then googled Relatio Post Disceptationem and found a website for the Bollettino with "Synod14 – Eleventh General Assembly: "Relatio post disceptationem" of the General Rapporteur, Card. Péter Erdő, 13.10.2014" as the page title. When I went to the homepage of the website I discovered that this was the official bulletin for the Holy See Press Office. This is when my search stopped because the official bulletin containing the updates within the Vatican seemed like a trustworthy source.
It was somewhat difficult to find the original source of information because it was an official document that was quoted many times. The original source was an update from the Vatican and the article I read was a both an informative article as well as a summary of the reactions occuring in the United States. Though the purposes of the sources of the information were different, the meaning of the quote did not change when used in each article. In addition, both sources were to inform the public about the change of the Vatican, and both sources do just that.


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'We don't want another FyreFest': 'Storm Area 51' event cancelled over 'safety concerns'
"AlienStock," a music-festival spinoff of the "Storm Area 51" viral event, has been canceled out of fear for visitors' safety amid armed and angry locals, military police, and punishing desert conditions.
Alienstock, set to take place in Rachel, Nevada – the closest town to the secretive Area 51 airbase -was cancelled out of fear it would turn into "FyreFest 2.0," the organizers announced on Tuesday, referring to the notorious music festival that bilked attendees for hefty ticket fees only to strand them on a tropical island in the Bahamas with no infrastructure and no festival.
"Due to the lack of infrastructure, poor planning, risk management, and blatant disregard for the safety of the expected 10,000+ AlienStock attendees, we decided to pull the plug," a message on the festival's website read. The festival had been scheduled for the weekend of September 20, the same day as the original "Storm Area 51" event.
"We foresee a possible humanitarian disaster in the works, and we can't participate in any capacity…we just don't want anyone to get injured or stuck in the middle of the desert."
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The town of Rachel was also actively warning guests away, informing them that local landowners – many of whom were opposed to the festival – would "step up to protect their property" and that the military installation itself would be guarded not only by Air Force security but also by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department and "several Federal Agencies." A lack of transparency from the owner of the Little A'Le'Inn, the town bar which held the permit for the event, contributed to the decision to cancel, according to Rachel authorities, who said she was unable to provide "proof of deposits or any paper proof of anything."
Storm Area 51 Basecamp, a competing event scheduled to take place the same weekend at the Alien Research Center in Hiko, Nevada – a 45-minute drive away from Rachel – also received a permit, and appears to be still expecting 20,000 people with live entertainment including talks by ufologists, alien-inspired art, music, and films. Area 51, part of the sprawling Groom Lake Air Force Base, is believed by many to hold evidence of extraterrestrial life, including a crashed alien spacecraft, and is so secret the CIA refused to confirm its existence until 2013.
AlienStock organizers have invited extraterrestrial enthusiasts to the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center for an "Area 51 Celebration" that will feature music and art, but it's just not the same without the chance to "see them aliens" – which was the goal of the original viral event that convinced over 2 million people to click "attending," even if most did so as a joke. When authorities began to panic at the thought of 2 million crazed ufophiles descending on the tiny town of Rachel and its environs, event founder Matty Roberts transformed the stunt into a music festival.
Lincoln County law enforcement is still stressed about the possibility of tens of thousands of wannabe Area 51-stormers showing up on its doorstep, but county planning director Cory Lytle told local media last month that granting the events permits was "the lesser of two evils" and that they could always be revoked if festival organizers failed to, well, organize. The county declared an emergency in preparation for the festival.
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Newly-elected President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa addresses lawmakers in parliament, in Cape Town, South Africa, Feb. 15, 2018.
Ramaphosa was sworn in Thursday in Cape Town, after he was nominated in parliament without opposition.
The occasion came just over 12 hours after Zuma's sudden concession to his party's mounting insistence that he step down before his term officially ends in mid-2019.
Ramaphosa, who spent the last four years as deputy president under Zuma and who recently took over from Zuma as president of the ANC, immediately launched a charm offensive on the usually fractious house. He pledged to work with the nation's many opposition parties, and to remember his place – a stark contrast to his predecessor's combative nature.
Cyril Ramaphosa is cheered by Parliament Speaker Baleka Mbete, left, after being elected President in Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Feb. 15, 2018.
Those comments generated applause from lawmakers. But not all parties were present. Before nominations began, the far-left Economic Freedom Fighters party walked out, because the party argues that parliament should be dissolved and snap elections be held to replace Zuma.
Mmusi Maimane, leader of the Democratic Alliance, the largest opposition party, chastised Ramaphosa and his party for standing by Zuma amid his long-simmering corruption scandals, and also called for early elections.
"We don't have a Jacob Zuma problem, we have an ANC problem," Maimane said "...This is a moment in our country where we must move Section 50 and go back to the people of South Africa and ask them for a fresh mandate, so that we can bring a new beginning to South Africa."
FILE - Newly elected ruling African National Congress (ANC) party president, Cyril Ramaphosa, right, and former ANC president and South African President Jacob Zuma, left, attend the party's 106th birthday celebrations in East London, South Africa, Jan. 13, 2018.
Ramaphosa will deliver his first state of the nation address Friday, a speech that Zuma was supposed to give earlier this month. The sudden cancellation of that address signaled the beginning of the end of Zuma's controversial nine-year presidency, leading to his own party recalling him earlier this week, and nearly ending with what would have been an embarrassing no-confidence in parliament.
Ramaphosa has acknowledged that he faces many challenges in his new role. These include cleaning up years of alleged corruption in his own party, trying to reduce the economic inequality that persists nearly three decades after the end of apartheid -- and holding on to his new job when the nation holds elections in 2019.
But on this, the first day of his presidency, he – and many lawmakers, from all sides – were hopeful, and grateful to be at the cusp of a new era for the Rainbow Nation.


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Perfect Example of Kindness
Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) is indeed the best example of mercy and politeness. In the case of last prophet who is Mohammad (P.B.U.H), Allah Himself has talked about the mercy of Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H). The following verse of Holy Quran says in this regard:
"We have sent you ˹O Prophet˺ only as a mercy for the whole world" [21:107]
Treatment of Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) towards Non-Muslims
The Prophet's kindness was not limited to Muslims in any manner. It included everyone, including Muslims and non-Muslims, people and Jinn, animals as well as non-living things. He (P.B.U.H) was such a generous and kind person that he (P.B.U.H) has never even done wrong to those who have done wrong towards Mohammad (P.B.U.H) or who have tried to kill him (P.B.U.H).
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Maintaining Good Relationships with Non-Muslims Relatives
Asma' bint Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (R.A) said:
"My mother came to me while she was still a polytheist, so I asked the Messenger of Allah, 'My mother, has come to visit me and she is hoping for (my favor). Shall I maintain good relations with her?'
He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, 'Yes, maintain good relations with your mother'" [Al- Bukhari and Muslim]
Praying for Non-Muslims
Narrated by Abu Hurairah (R.A):
At-Tufail ibn `Amr came to the Prophet (P.B.U.H) and said, 'The Daws (tribe) have perished as they disobeyed and refused to accept Islam. So invoke Allah against them.'
But the Prophet said, "O Allah! Give guidance to the [the tribe of] Daws and bring them [as Muslims]!'" [Al-Bukhari]
The above verse states that rather cursing the wrongdoers and non-Muslims, Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) has always prayed for their goodness and he (P.B.U.H) has always prayed to Allah for the better guidance for them.
Narrated by Ibn Umar (R.A):
`Umar saw a silken cloak for sale draped over a man and requested the Prophet (P.B.U.H) to buy it in order to wear it on Fridays and while meeting delegates.
The Prophet (P.B.U.H) said, 'This is worn by the one who will have no share in the Hereafter.' Later on, Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings upon him) got some silken cloaks similar to that one, and he sent one to `Umar. `Umar said to the Prophet (P.B.U.H), 'How can I wear it, while you said about it what you said?' The Prophet (P.B.U.H) said, 'I have not given it to you to wear but to sell or to give to someone else.'
So, `Umar sent it to his brother at Makkah before he embraced Islam". The Prophet (P.B.U.H) did not blame him for his deed [Al-Bukhari].
Protection of Non-Muslims' Rights
"Beware, if anyone wrongs a mu`ahid [i.e. a non-Muslim enjoying the protection of Muslims], or diminishes his right, or forces him to work beyond his capacity, or takes from him anything without his consent, I shall be his adversary on the Day of Judgment" (Abu Dawud).
The above Hadith says that there are not only Muslims rights in Islam but there also rights of non-Muslims which must be protected too because Allah's messenger Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) has protected the rights of non-Muslims.
Visiting Sick
Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) used to visit the sick whether Muslim or Non-Muslim. Hazrat Anas (R.A) has narrated:
"A young Jewish boy used to serve the Prophet and he became sick. So the Prophet went to visit him. He sat near his head and asked him to embrace Islam. The boy looked at his father, who was sitting there. The latter told him to obey the Prophet and the boy embraced Islam".
The Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) then came out and said the following words:
"Praise is to Allah Who saved the boy from the Hell-fire" [Al-Bukhari]
All of the above Hadith mentions that Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) has always been nice towards both Muslims and non-Muslim and thus Islam encourages staying kind with humans.
The following verse of Holy Quran says:
"Allah does not forbid you from dealing kindly and fairly with those who have neither fought nor driven you out of your homes. Surely Allah loves those who are fair" [Al-Mumtahanah, 60:8]
Islam is the religion of peace, fairness, and kindness and thus Islam encourages to stay peaceful among each other.
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"It is the sense of the Senate that climate change is real and not a hoax." Let it be noted that the most vocal of the climate-science deniers in the U.S. Senate this week joined ninety-seven of his colleagues in resolving so. This otherwise meager concession to reality might have signaled a significant coming around on the part of the senator, Oklahoma's James Inhofe, who three years ago published his seminal The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future [1]. Might have, except that in conceding one point he made sure to hold fast on another: That "man can't change climate" and that climate has always changed—there's "biblical evidence" of that. "The hoax," Inhofe declared, "is that there are some people who think they are so arrogant to think that they are so powerful that they can change the climate."
Which might explain why he didn't join the fifty senators (necessarily including some Republicans) subsequently resolving that humans "significantly contribute" to warming. Never mind that sixty votes were needed for approval: that it won support of even half the chamber came as better-than-expected news to the resolution's sponsor, Hawaii Democrat Brian Schatz, and even Barbara Boxer, top Democrat on the Senate's environmental panel, declared victory: "It means that there's a softening of the attitude of the deniers. [2]"
None of this even begins to imply imminent action, of course; the resolutions were part of the maneuvering around the more politically urgent issue of the Keystone Pipeline. Which makes the celebratory remarks seem like another kind of denial: Symbolic votes to reject obvious falsehoods and to support obvious facts are taken as measures of progress, softening attitudes on hard realities as victories.
Don't count Jonathan Chait among the satisfied. He is of the opinion that Inhofe (and the considerable number of policymakers who side with him) shouldn't even hold public office [3]:
Inhofe not only maintains control of the chief environmental committee in the upper chamber, but also managed to hold 90 percent of his party with him on a vote to affirm his deranged beliefs …. The Republican Party confidently and forthrightly rejects the firm conclusions of science on a major public-policy question. Isn't that a completely disqualifying position?
At least you could say similarly "softening attitudes" have been sighted in places like Michigan and Kansas, states whose governors are acknowledging, grudgingly and not without opposition, that easing access to firearms for domestic abusers [4] might not be such a great idea. Or that revenue might in fact be needed to maintain public infrastructure like bridges and highways [5]. Or that some new taxes and some deceleration in tax [6] cuts could be required to fund basic governmental operations and education. Perhaps with gasoline prices sinking, it's time to increase the gas tax, which hasn't happened since 1993. The Obama administration hasn't mentioned it--but Inhofe has [7]. It could encourage people to take mass transit instead of drive, or even purchase more fuel-efficient vehicles. There's no biblical evidence of it, but that's just another thing he doesn't have to know about.
Environment [9]
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Yeah JG looked out even on the catch.
I thought Gaffney got hooked by the DB and that forced him onto the end line. Anybody else see that?
Seriously, how do any of these fools still have jobs?
I'm sure some will try and put that one on Gano as well. Not a bit of blocking up the middle.
Can we not FG block or what?
Danny Smith at his finest.
Correction, fire Danny Smith for not fixing the blocking.
D Hall drops a pick 6...the tank is strong.
How could anyone blame Gano on that?
I'm not sure what Neild and Montgomery were doing, but they need to figure it out.
Getting paid to lose is the Redskins specialty. The Washington Redskins = Professional Losers.
Don't worry, I'm sure Shanahan will blame him during the post game as well.
LOL what a great flop by D Hall.
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It's only the Orioles fans who think you're crazy.
Is D. Hall really hurt?


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We saw yesterday, as we completed our treatment of the Myth of Religion, that those who believe that Religion is the source of morality in society are also likely to place great value on Tradition, since both Religion and Tradition seem to have their roots deep in antiquity.
Today we begin to examine the conservative Myth of Tradition, which combines with the other Major Myths to further consolidate a world view that is debilitating, destructive, and selfish in the highest degree. We will start by defining the Myth, and we will quickly show that Tradition cannot possibly be a fundamental value.
Is Tradition the repository of all wisdom?
The sixth Major Myth is the Myth of Tradition, which holds that Tradition is the repository of wisdom gleaned from the past, and the cornerstone of stability in society. Tradition is supposed to be the treasury of "what works" in human relations, tested over the centuries and annealed in the fires of history.
Believers in this Myth lean on habits and customs handed down from their parents and ancestors. They regard such habits and customs as the standards by which life is to be lived. This saves a great deal of time and effort. They don't have to think through every important issue of life for themselves.
But it also means that believers have little justification for their positions beyond "That's the way it's always been, and eternal verities are, after all—eternal." Unfortunately, that justification is both too general and too uncertain to be useful.
There can be no guarantee that any particular tradition is an eternal verity. And the very use of this justification usually implies that a challenge has arisen to confront the presumed verity.
Furthermore, neither the length of time a custom has existed nor its putative utility are the most important factors in judging its value. A practice can be both traditional and foolish, traditional and unjust, traditional and irrational.
For instance, slavery was a long-standing and utilitarian practice. But it had to be eliminated, because it was fundamentally unjust. Justice, to name just one thing, trumps Tradition.
On Monday, we will see that, even though Tradition may contain much wise and useful information, it is also the repository of much that is foolish, unjust, and irrational.


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De Beatrixhaven is een binnenvaarthaven in Werkendam, gelegen aan de Nieuwe Merwede.

De Beatrixhaven is opgeleverd in 1985. De aanleg ervan was noodzakelijk, omdat de capaciteit van de oudere Biesboschhaven niet langer toereikend was. De bouw werd gecompliceerd door de vondst van een eeuwenoude strekdam, vermoedelijk uit 1762. Mogelijk ging het om een van de Hoofden van Dordt, die aangelegd werden om de Werkendamse killen sneller te laten verzanden.

De Beatrixhaven werd uiteindelijk op 28 december 1985 geopend door commissaris van de Koningin Dries van Agt, door het vlaggelint bij de havenmond door te varen. Of dit werkelijk gebeurd is, blijft voor altijd een raadsel. Het was die dag zo mistig, dat niemand een hand voor ogen kon zien. En het publiek vanaf de wal al helemaal niet. Slechts het blazen op de scheepshoorn was een teken van leven van de 21 schepen die met zo'n 200 genodigden in de nieuwe Beatrixhaven aanmeerden.

De Beatrixhaven is in 2011 grondig gerenoveerd, waarbij onder andere een nieuwe kade is aangelegd.

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Bringing Zen training and practice into daily life is the vision for a unique new residential center tentatively slated to open in September 2012 in Seattle's North Beacon Hill neighborhood.
Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji—or "The Listening to the Dharma Zen Temple on Great Plum Mountain"—is remodeling an apartment building at 1727 South Horton Street based on a co-housing model. Adults who want to step up their practice without entering a monastery will find a supportive environment with a balance of privacy and community. Residents will have their own apartments but also share in meals, chores, and formal practice such as chanting and walking meditation.
"Being able to offer affordable housing for people who want to train but who still need to hold down a job" is key, says Chobo-Ji Abbot Genjo Marinello Osho. He likens monastic life to graduate school, quipping, "it's good to do it when you're young." While the Zen path often leads to the monastery, Genjo Osho notes that it comes full circle, requiring that one bring the gifts of training back into family and society. "It's bringing the path back home," he says.
As a part of that path, residents will share their learning with non-resident members of Chobo-Ji and the larger community, teaching classes in basic Buddhism and Zen arts such as flower arranging, poetry, and calligraphy. A guest program might even come to fruition, providing opportunities for people from outside the local community to stay and practice at the center. If that happens, the long-term residents would help to organize and run the program.
The center—a block-long brick affair at 1727 South Horton Street—was built in the 1920's and overlooks a quiet, tree-lined street. Behind it, a generous yard will eventually be transformed into a Zen garden. The daylight basement will become a zendo (meditation hall) accommodating forty people, with an adjacent kitchen, multipurpose room, and bathrooms.
Above, Chobo-Ji now occupies two of eight apartments, and will take over the rest mostly through attrition of the current residents. Chobo-Ji has helped some of the residents transition to new housing, as the intention is not to displace anyone. In addition, Genjo Osho has already "knocked on every door within a two-block radius" to introduce himself and the center. The neighborhood's response has been overwhelmingly positive.
Several different changes provided the impetus behind the project. The Chobo-Ji sangha has outgrown its current space on Capitol Hill, and members want more training options. In addition, Genjo Osho's focus as a teacher shifted two years ago, when he became a dharma heir in the Rinzai - Hakuin Ekaku Zenji lineage. This qualified him to propagate the lineage, which he describes as a mandate to "requite" or "gift back" the training he has received.
Chobo-Ji has raised funds for the project and will sell its current property to pay off the loans for the new center. Remodeling efforts should begin in late fall or early winter of this year.
For more information about Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji, please visit: www.choboji.org.
Photo: Courtesy of Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji.


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In the foreword of this long overdue volume, Les Murray writes that he considers Lesbia Harford to be 'one of the two finest female poets so far seen in Australia; the other has to be Judith Wright' (xviii). This is an extravagant contention, but it is not without foundation. Further, Murray's claim warrants being extended beyond the confines of gender for, to my mind, Harford should be just as readily compared to some of Australia's finest male poets including Les Murray, Kenneth Slessor, A. D. Hope, Bruce Dawe, Douglas Stewart, David Malouf and David Brooks (albeit that the tenor of Harford's poetry is decidedly less conservative than some of these poets). Accordingly, it is quite tragic that Harford has, up until now, occupied such a minor place in Australian literary history for, as this volume amply attests, she produced what can only be described as some of Australia's most evocative poetry.
When they loved, would kiss.
Harford's reference to Sappho carries more than a little weight, because if there is one poet that she most resembles it is Sappho. While Oliver Dennis, the editor of the collected poems, notes the Janus-like nature of her writing in its ability to look 'both forwards and backwards', he largely links the latter capacity to 'Pre-Raphaelite influences' (xix) and at another point, suggests that her poems 'recall those of Shakespeare, Keats, Emily Dickinson and Edna St Vincent Millay' (xxii). While one cannot argue with these assertions (particularly in relation to the openly bisexual and often controversial American poet St Vincent Millay), his claim that 'she left behind three notebooks containing some of the finest lyric poems ever written in Australia' (xix) is lent more authority if one takes Harford's direct invocation of Sappho as a portal to her poetic sensibility. As Dennis notes, 'Harford is said to have sung her poems aloud, memorably on the Manly ferry,' (xix) and certainly most of Harford's sensual and melodic poetry, like Sappho's, appears to have been composed to be sung out loud. Instead of being accompanied by a lyre, however, Australia's musician-poet and modern day version of Sappho was fittingly enough accompanied by the rolling waves against one of our most iconic modes of transportation.
Harford's beautifully concise and eloquent poetry is also exemplified in the compact but vivid poem about her husband 'Pat wasn't Pat last night at all' (115) and the secular poem which reaches for religious transcendence 'I am no mystic. All the ways of God' (129).
This is exactly what Harford achieved, and this necessary and important volume of her collected poems makes this more than evident.
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BTW, does anyone know why the Princeton game is at 4 PM?
When is it not? Darn Tigers must have their precious squeakball on Ivy League TV.
Isn't it usually only the games in Jersey?
RKarger and I will be in town and in the band for this pair of games. Hopefully the boys can take four points for me.
Not always o in Princeton. When the hockey game competes against some other sport-Baker Rink is an echo chamber. Attending a hockey game there for most is an after thought. They would rather watch basketball at Jadwin Gym, rowing, tug of war and just casually drop by the rink in the third period for a few minutes(only if Princeton is winning). Even when the Tigers skated a very good team-the attendance was only good for RPI, Cornell, and Yale and mediocre for Harvard and Brown. Tickets are almost always available which is good for us since it is a fantastic and nostalgic old rink to watch hockey. Just wear a heavy coat as they obviously pay their air conditioning bill.
BTW we kind of like the 4PM game times there-it makes it a bit easier to go out after a game for a dinner in town where they have some super pubs and restaurants and makes the drive home a little less stressful when the weather is bad.
Indeed-and normally just the saturday games.
I have not seen QU except one game on TV-but we have seen Princeton. Usually a very big team, this year not quite so much but much faster. I suspect their record talles the story as they have been in most games for a period or two and just seem to be outplayed enough to lose by 1 or 2 goals often later in the game. Their biggest scoring threats are in the upperclasses(no surprise) with Ammon doing most of the damage. We will probably see Bonar in goal as a senior(we have face him before) but Phinney as a freshman has played some. We saw him in high school and he will be a good one in the years to come. On paper a team we should have more talent than and more scoring-but for some odd reason when they come up to Troy they become a much more effective team.
QU should be a real test from what i saw when they played Yale. They are much smaller than what we put out there but they are very fast and opportunistic. They live off of center ice turnovers and defensive mistakes. The freshman Anas is a handful and of course we know well the Jones boys. They are very deserving of their national ranking and we will have to play mistake free hockey against them. If there was any game that we will have to take advantage of size, this could be it. I had thought they might have problems in goal with a sophomore taking over but I think his GAA speaks for the fact that he will not be easy to solve and their mobile defense prevents you from getting too many good chances at him anyway. Having this game at home with last change could help a lot and hopefully coach Appert can figure out how to maximize the effect.
I would be ecstatic with 3 points this weekend. Less would be a disappointment, more would be a wonderful early Christmas present. Just my 2¢ about teams that I have actually seen.
I just know that attendance is definitely lower at HFH for afternoon games.
It also probably helps Princeton having an early home game on Saturday since the opponent had to travel from Connecticut. Every hour is probably to PU's benefit.
Only those of us around a very long time remember some of those antics-our esteemed coach, Ned Harkness, was one to use everything and anything available to help his teams.
No wonder Cornell has such a "tradition" of cheap BS.
I got to RPI soon after Ned left-but the stories were still fresh. I am not sure if he took his same style to Cornell or not but I would imagine he did.
Oh, Ivies. Never learn sarcasm.
For the record, Princeton's basketball team is scheduled to play a home game against Fairleigh Ridiculous at 7 PM that evening.
Though the idea of RPI scheduling its hockey game at 4 PM to accommodate Princeton fans who want to listen to the hockey game on the radio before going to the basketball game stretches the bounds of credibility a bit.


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A conversation with Hotel Director Julian Brackenbury and Cruise Director Paul Baya
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Celebrity Reflection is the newest and last ship in Celebrity Cruises' award winning Solstice class. After a brief season in Europe, she came across the Atlantic in late 2012 for her first North American season. During her introduction to this most competitive of cruise markets, the person overseeing those aspects of the ship that most immediately impact guests was Hotel Director Julian Brackenbury. In his organization, in charge of entertainment, was Cruise Director Paul Baya. Both Mr. Brackenbury and Mr. Baya are veterans not only of other Celebrity ships but of other unaffiliated cruise lines.
The difference in Reflection
The Solstice class has evolved over the course of the building of the five ships that make up the class. While each ship is similar in design, new ideas have been incorporated into the design with each new vessel. This evolution has continued with Celebrity Reflection.
"The biggest difference is that the Reflection is very slightly bigger than the other Solstice class ships." In fact, Reflection is 14 feet longer, two feet wider and 4,000 gross tons (recall that gross tons are a measure of volume, not weigh; see detailed explanation) larger than the previous ship in the class, Celebrity Silhouette.
"They have raised the middle of Deck 12 to create another deck for the Aquaclass suites, that is the main difference. On the other Solstice class ships, the two outdoor pools and the Solarium are on Deck 12. Then the unbroken upper deck is on Deck 14 and the Lawn is on Deck 15. [There is no Deck 13]. What has happened here is that we have a new category of stateroom, the Aquaclass suites, and they are on Deck 12 where the pool is on the other Solstice class ships. So we have added an extra section in the middle and raised the pools up one deck."
In addition to creating space to accommodate these new staterooms, this change has made the passenger flow on Reflection's top decks better. "If you imagine on Solstice, Equinox, Eclipse or Silhouette, you come out of the Oceanview Cafe, you have to walk down the steps to the pool deck, then back up the steps to get to the Sky Lounge. Here, the Oceanview, the pools, the Solarium, and the Sky Lounge are all on the same deck. The flow on the upper decks, in my opinion, is much much better because now the buffets, the pools and the Sky are all on the same level. In addition, the Lawn is on the same level as the upper open deck whereas before if you were on the upper open deck you would have to go up another staircase to the Lawn. If you go on Solstice, Equinox, Eclipse or Silhouette, the Lawn is kind of by itself whereas here it is part of the top deck, which is really good as the Lawn gets more use."
The Aquaclass suites are suite versions of the Aquaclass staterooms on the previous Solstice class ships. As such, they have enhanced access to the ship's spa and the guests dine in the more intimate Blu dining room.
However, the Aquaclass suites are not the only new category of suites to premiere on Reflection. There are also five new Signature suites and a single ultra-luxury stateroom called the Reflection Suite.
"The Reflection Suite has become the new top tier stateroom. It is amazing - - two bedrooms, a living room, floor-to-ceiling glass. The entire suite is controlled with an iPad - - the lights, the volume, the music, the curtains. There are two bathrooms, one is a big shower room and then you have the other one with the overhanging shower."
"[This] shower overhangs the ocean with a glass floor and it is a completely glass walled shower. You can literally see the whole ocean. It must be the most amazing view in the world from up there."
Above: Reflection has a slightly different profile than her sisters.
Of course, if you can see out, people can see in. However, Celebrity has taken that into consideration. "You could in theory shower with everyone watching you. But there is a little keypad and you can have it on partially private or completely private. In between the glass - - it is like double glazing - - is filled with polarized crystals. When you press the button, it polarizes them and they turn into like a cloud. When you press it again it de-polarizes them and it becomes clear. Partial privacy, it polarizes the panels around but not the one in the middle so you can still see out. That is still a private view. No one else can see you."
The Reflection Suite and the Signature suites are located forward on the port side of Deck 14 occupying some of the space that is occupied by the Sky Observation Lounge on the earlier Solstice ships. "The Sky Lounge is basically half the size of what it used to be. The other half is taken up by the Reflection Suite and the five Signature suites. "
"The observation lounge is the most prime real estate aboard the ship. If you are looking for the area with the best view, the most space, the most quiet, that is it. But when it is not being used for an event, it is redundant. So [from a business perspective], it was we have the best piece of land and we are not using it. To do what we have done made complete sense."
"Apart from the suites, there is nothing drastically different. Up in the gift shops, we now have the Brietling and Omega shops, which are where on the other ships, the art gallery is. We've put the art gallery down on Deck 4 between the casino and the shops. We do not have the Quasar nightclub. That is now conference rooms on here. The Sunset Bar has been totally redesigned. It is a really, really special place."
Mr. Baya noted one other new venue. " There is a section of the game room called 'Game On' with table top games. So [it is not the traditional] game room with a box of checkers. Now we have modern technology, modern luxury, with interactive games."
Technology is also being employed in Reflection's performance entertainment offerings. For example, "we have an interactive theme party called 'Totally 80s' where we have iPads that are configured with all the popular video games of the 1980s. Instead of just having music, [we are] reaching out to the technology that is available and adding new bells and whistles to these theme nights, adding to the entertainment and the feel."
Along the same lines, Mr. Brackenbury pointed out: "We are the only cruise line that is an authorized Apple reseller. There are iPad docking stations in each of the suites. We are very much pushing down that path of modern luxury branding. The whole modern luxury branding, the iPad image, we are trying to appeal to that crowd."
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Q: filerering / replacing single quote in java How do I filter single  quotes ' in java?
I have a search box where if anyone types a single quote, I get a database error.
I don't want to filet it in JavaScript or at Database level; I want to do it in Java only. How can I do that?
I don't want to lose it completely. Is there any other way? Will replacing the quote with \' work??

A: I think you're approaching the problem from the wrong angle. I strongly suspect you're building your SQL like this:
String sql = "SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE USERID='" + userInput + "'";

or something similar. Don't do that. Use a parameterized query instead, and supply the user input as the parameter. Every database I've ever used knows how to handle that, and it's the safe way to handle user input.
If you really, really just want to get rid of quotes, you can use:
text = text.replace("'", "");

... but please don't. Use a parameterized query instead.

A: Yes, use PreparedStatement.setString():
String sql = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE USERID = ?";
PreparedStatement pstmt = connection.prepareStatement(sql);
pstmt.setString(1, "O'Connor");
ResultSet rs = pstmt.executeQuery();

Escaping rules for databases differ. For example in Oracle you can duplicate the apostrope to get it escaped. In MySQL it is backslash + apostrophe (I think).
So either userInput = userInput.replaceAll("'", "''"); or userInput = userInput.replaceAll("'", "\\'");

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