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Q: Using Structure Map to replace an abstract type in generic type parameter I have the following class with a generic type parameter.
public class ContentService<T> : IContentService where T : DataString, new()
{
    public ContentService(IEnvironment environment,
                          ILogger logger)
    {
        _environment = environment;
        _logger = logger;
    }
...
}

DataString is an abstract class and I want Structure Map to use a concrete implementation (XmlDataString) whenever my application creates an instance of ContentService. Structure Map is already injecting concrete implementations of IEnvironment and ILogger when I do this:
Version 1:
_contentService = ObjectFactory.GetInstance<ContentService<DataString>>();

... but when I step through, ContentService is created with a type parameter of DataString, not XmlDataString. I have these three entries in web.config that set default instances:

*

*IEnvironment -> TestEnvironment

*ILogger -> Log4NetLogger

*DataString -> XmlDataString

The Structure Map site has this to say about generics, but I can't seem to relate that example to my actual problem.
This approach works, but I'm losing the auto wiring of the constructor arguments and it looks quite ugly:
Version 2:
Type typeOfDataString = ObjectFactory.GetInstance<DataString>().GetType();
Type genericClass = typeof(ContentService<>);
Type constructedClass = genericClass.MakeGenericType(typeOfDataString);
_contentService = (IContentService)Activator.CreateInstance(constructedClass,
            ObjectFactory.GetInstance<IEnvironment>(),
            ObjectFactory.GetInstance<ILogger>());

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong in the first version, or how I might improve the second version?

A: First, when you write ObjectFactory.GetInstance<ContentService<DataString>>(), you can't get ContentService<XmlDataString> back, because that's a different, incompatible type.
But it seems you actually want IContentService, so write that: ObjectFactory.GetInstance<IContentService>(). This will return the implementation of IContentService that you registered, so you should do that: register ContentService<XmlDataString> for IContentService. The fact that you have XmlDataString registered for DataString has nothing to do with this.
If you have problems representing the generic type ContentService<XmlDataString> in web.config, I think using the .Net representation of generic types (and not that of C#) should work. In your case, that would be something like ContentService`1[[XmlDataString]], probably with added namespaces and possibly assemblies too.

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Sheet metal transportation requires specific solutions and specific equipment. Often because of a few extra centimeters wide sheet metal cargo is oversized and does not fit into a standard trailer. The only one solution for such kind of load left is transporting it by platform-trailer, what makes the transportation significantly more expensive.
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This week's really one for anyone who likes big red wines. Syrah, or Shiraz as it's called in most other countries, is famous for being just that. Up and down the Rhône valley it produces blockbusting wines.
Reason I pick out those three is that it gives a good range of wines from that area.
The Côte-Rôtie (roasted slope) is where you can get hold of very fat wines, full of fruit and a bit of flower, and quite a lot of the time the smell of bacon. Yep I said it, bacon! Wines from the Côte-Rôtie are top drawer, but usually have a price tag to follow.
Hermitage is pretty much just one hill filled with vineyards. Because of the soil and the way the sun and wind and all that hits this hill during the days, this is another prized area. The soil's different, and you get more minerally wines than the Côte-Rôtie. Again wines from prized areas don't come cheap!
The cheap(er) way of starting off with Northern Rhône Syrah is Crozes-Hermitage. It's basically the valley floor next to Hermitage. Everything's similar, except the slopes. And the ownership. Most of the wines down here are made by co-ops. They buy the grapes from lots of growers and make the wines themselves, and bottle for different companies, such as supermarkets (and stick the supermarket labels on them). It is a cheaper product, but it's still going to give you everything you want for a starter for ten with Northern Rhône Syrah.
I love wine from this area and look forward to your posts reviewing them.


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package com.twitter.sdk.android.tweetui;

import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Looper;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.twitter.sdk.android.core.Callback;
import com.twitter.sdk.android.core.Result;
import com.twitter.sdk.android.core.Twitter;
import com.twitter.sdk.android.core.TwitterException;
import com.twitter.sdk.android.core.models.Tweet;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;

/**
 * FilterTimelineDelegate manages and filters timeline data items and loads items from a Timeline.
 */
class FilterTimelineDelegate extends TimelineDelegate<Tweet> {
    final TimelineFilter timelineFilter;
    final TweetUi tweetUi;

    static final String TWEETS_COUNT_JSON_PROP = "tweet_count";
    static final String TWEETS_FILTERED_JSON_PROP = "tweets_filtered";
    static final String TOTAL_APPLIED_FILTERS_JSON_PROP = "total_filters";
    final Gson gson = new Gson();

    /**
     * Constructs a FilterTimelineDelegate with a timeline for requesting data and timelineFilter to
     * filter tweets
     * @param timeline Timeline source
     * @param timelineFilter a timelineFilter for filtering tweets from timeline
     * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if timeline is null
     */
    FilterTimelineDelegate(Timeline<Tweet> timeline, TimelineFilter timelineFilter) {
        super(timeline);
        this.timelineFilter = timelineFilter;
        this.tweetUi = TweetUi.getInstance();
    }

    @Override
    public void refresh(Callback<TimelineResult<Tweet>> developerCb) {
        // reset scrollStateHolder cursors to be null, loadNext will get latest items
        timelineStateHolder.resetCursors();
        // load latest timeline items and replace existing items
        loadNext(timelineStateHolder.positionForNext(),
                new TimelineFilterCallback(new RefreshCallback(developerCb, timelineStateHolder),
                timelineFilter));
    }

    @Override
    public void next(Callback<TimelineResult<Tweet>> developerCb) {
        loadNext(timelineStateHolder.positionForNext(),
            new TimelineFilterCallback(new NextCallback(developerCb, timelineStateHolder),
                    timelineFilter));
    }

    @Override
    public void previous() {
        loadPrevious(timelineStateHolder.positionForPrevious(),
                new TimelineFilterCallback(new PreviousCallback(timelineStateHolder),
                        timelineFilter));
    }

    /**
     * Handles filtering of tweets from the timeline, provided a given TimelineFilter
     */
    class TimelineFilterCallback extends Callback<TimelineResult<Tweet>> {
        final DefaultCallback callback;
        final TimelineFilter timelineFilter;
        final Handler handler;
        final ExecutorService executorService;

        TimelineFilterCallback(DefaultCallback callback, TimelineFilter timelineFilter) {
            this.callback = callback;
            this.timelineFilter = timelineFilter;
            this.handler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
            this.executorService = Twitter.getInstance().getExecutorService();
        }

        @Override
        public void success(final Result<TimelineResult<Tweet>> result) {
            final Runnable timelineFilterRunnable = () -> {
                final List<Tweet> filteredTweets = timelineFilter.filter(result.data.items);
                final TimelineResult<Tweet> filteredTimelineResult =
                        buildTimelineResult(result.data.timelineCursor, filteredTweets);

                handler.post(() -> callback.success(new Result<>(filteredTimelineResult, result.response)));
            };

            executorService.execute(timelineFilterRunnable);
        }

        @Override
        public void failure(final TwitterException ex) {
            if (callback != null) {
                callback.failure(ex);
            }
        }

        TimelineResult<Tweet> buildTimelineResult(TimelineCursor timelineCursor,
                                                  List<Tweet> filteredTweets) {
            return new TimelineResult<>(timelineCursor, filteredTweets);
        }
    }

    private String getJsonMessage(int totalTweetsSize, int filteredTweetsSize, int totalFilters) {
        final JsonObject message = new JsonObject();
        message.addProperty(TWEETS_COUNT_JSON_PROP, totalTweetsSize);
        message.addProperty(TWEETS_FILTERED_JSON_PROP, totalTweetsSize - filteredTweetsSize);
        message.addProperty(TOTAL_APPLIED_FILTERS_JSON_PROP, totalFilters);
        return gson.toJson(message);
    }
}

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Das japanische Museumsgesetz (jap. , Hakubutsukanhō, engl. Museums Act) ist geltendes japanisches Recht. Es wurde am 1. Dezember 1951 beschlossen und besteht aus fünf Teilen () mit 29 Paragraphen. Das Gesetz regelt die Gründung und Leitung japanischer Museen (). Es bestimmt die Prüfungsbedingungen für die lokalen Schulbehörden der Präfekturen, die Erstellung von Satzungen für öffentliche Museen, verankert das Grundprinzip der Kostenlosigkeit eines Museumsbesuchs, die Einrichtung eines Museumsrats, die Unterstützung auf Landesebene und regelt die Beziehung von Land, Gebietskörperschaften und den lokalen Schulbehörden in den Präfekturen. Der Grundgedanke des Gesetzes basiert auf dem "Gesetz über die lokale Selbstverwaltung" (, Chihō-jichi-hō) von 1947 und dem "Sozialpädagogikgesetz" (, Shakai-kyōiku-hō) von 1949.

Struktur und Inhalt
Allgemeine Bestimmungen - § 1 bis § 9
Das Gesetz versteht sich als Beitrag zur Entfaltung von Wissenschaft, Kultur und der Ausbildung der japanischen Bürger. Die Aufgabe eines Museums ist es zunächst, Materialien zur Geschichte, Kunst, zu Volksbräuchen, zur Industrie und naturwissenschaftliche Materialien zu sammeln und aufzubewahren. Um zur wissenschaftlichen Forschung, der Erziehung und Freizeitgestaltung beizutragen, gehört es zur Aufgabe der Museen, die gesammelten Materialien durch Ausstellungen und Veranstaltungen der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich zu machen. Zur Einrichtung eines Museums können verschiedene Gesellschaftsformen gewählt werden, wobei ein "staatliches Museum" (, kōritsu ~) im Sinne des Gesetzes lediglich eine registrierte Gebietskörperschaft () ist, alle übrigen Museen gelten nach dem Museumsgesetz als "private Einrichtungen" (, shiritsu ~). Paragraph 3 bestimmt näher, was zu den aufzubewahrenden und auszustellenden Materialien gehört und über welche Räumlichkeiten bzw. welche Ausstattung das Museum verfügen soll. Entsprechend dem Kulturgutschutzgesetz muss ein Museum alle gesammelten und sich in der Nähe seines Standortes befindlichen Kulturgüter in einem Register verzeichnen (§ 3 Satz 8). Da die Museen einen Bildungsauftrag besitzen, müssen sie Informationen veröffentlichen und diese, wie auch Ausstellungsstücke, mit anderen Museen austauschen. Die Paragraphen 4 und 5 bestimmen mit Bezug zum "Schul- und Erziehungsgesetz" (, Gakkō-kyōiku-hō) die Voraussetzungen, die an das Personal, vom Leiter, Kurator bis zum Angestellten, eines Museums gestellt werden.

Registrierung - § 10 bis § 17
Die Registrierung eines Museums erfolgt im Hauptregister für Museen der zuständigen lokalen Schulbehörde. Die Person, die ein Museum registriert, muss dazu einen schriftlichen Antrag bei der Schulbehörde der Präfekturen mit seinen persönlichen Adressdaten, dem Namen und dem Standort des Museums einreichen. Hinzugefügt werden müssen Dokumente zur Lage und Größe des Museums, die Satzung und Hausordnung des Museums, ein Verzeichnis der Ausstellungsstücke, eine Auflistung des Personals, ein Geschäftsbericht des laufenden Jahres und eine Umsatzprognose. Die Grunddaten werden im Hauptbuch der Präfekturbehörden unter dem Datum des schriftlichen Antrags eingetragen. Gegebenenfalls werden hier auch die Gründe für eine Ablehnung des Antrags aufgeführt. Änderungen müssen der Präfekturbehörde mitgeteilt werden. Nicht wahrheitsgemäße Angaben führen bei Bekanntwerden zum Widerruf der Registrierung.

Staatliche Museen - § 18 bis § 26
Staatliche Museen müssen durch die Satzung als Gebietskörperschaft bestimmt sein. Zuständig ist die lokale Schulbehörde. Als Beratungsgremium dient der Museumsrat, der von der lokalen Schulbehörde berufen wird. Staatliche Museen dürfen weder ein Eintrittsgeld, noch Gebühren für die Benutzung der Materialien erheben (§ 23). Das Land kann die Gemeinden Im Rahmen ihres Haushaltsplans beim Unterhalt der Museen unterstützen.

Private Museen - §§ 27 und 28
Die Schulbehörden können von privaten Museen die Anfertigung von Informationsmaterialien und Forschungsberichten einfordern. Sie können zudem die Museen in Fragen der Einrichtung und Leitung fachlich und technisch beraten.

Sonstiges - § 29 und Ergänzungen

Revision
Die erste Revision des Gesetzes nach mehr als 50 Jahren, im Juni 2008 ist von der Asahi Shimbun als Enttäuschung bezeichnet worden. Erwartet wurden Verbesserungen, die die Leitung von Museen vereinfache und den finanziellen Druck nehme.
So sind das Nationalmuseum Tokio, das Nationalmuseum für westliche Kunst und das Nationalmuseum der Naturwissenschaften nach dem Museumsgesetz keine vorschriftsmäßigen Museen. Als Museum (hakubutsukan) gelten im Sinne des Gesetzes nur registrierte Museen oder museale Einrichtungen. Laut MEXT gab es 2005 ca. 5614 Museen, wovon 8 % keine Museen oder museale Einrichtungen im Sinne des Museumsgesetzes waren.

Weblinks
  Gesetzestext – fünf Abschnitte (japanisch)
  Ausführungsbestimmungen zum Gesetzestext (japanisch)

Anmerkungen

Einzelnachweise

Rechtsquelle (Japan)
Rechtsquelle (20. Jahrhundert)
Museumswesen (Japan)

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Dignitaries from Prez. Biden's Administration & Others Visited Sunrise Group of Companies
MR.Mohammad Naeem(Founder and Chairman SGoS) with MR. Jim McGreevey (Former Governor Of New Jersey)
22nd November 2021, New Jersey: Sunrise Group of Companies was honored to welcome dignitaries from President Biden's administration, former governor of New Jersey, Mr. McGreevey and others. They visited to acknowledge the great work that Sunrise Group of Companies have done with underprivileged communities during the time of need, as well as fight with substance abuse, and immeasurable help Sunrise have done during the COVID-19 pandemic. They further advised the team to prepare an agenda for the future and plan accordingly to work together with the federal and the state governments.
The meeting was organized with Mr. Dennis Gonzalez on 21st October 2021 in Irvington to introduce him to Sunrise Group of Companies, comprising the organization's collective offerings. Among Attendees were Gov. McGreevey, Rabbi Friedman, Pastor Flores, Tuseeaf Rathore, Eugene Shvartsman, and the founder himself, Mohammed Naeem.
During the meeting, Sunrise's dedication, commitment and contribution towards the communities served at large were highlighted. As shared by Mr. Naeem, "We reviewed how Sunrise Group of Companies can further help with opioid crisis, as well as continued fight with COVID-19."
Mohammed Naeem has been a mentor, motivator, life-long advocate and supporter of several charities like food pantries, cancer research, violence victim, scholarship programs, etc.
Sunrise Group of Companies aims to improve their offerings. They focused on certain sectors like rehab facilities, county jails, etc. which need a different approach along with education and awareness. The attendees at the meeting also highlighted the possibilities of testing opportunities in women's health areas.
The founder furthermore discussed the contract works that might be available through American Recovery, Cares Act and NJRC. Guidance was sought from the dignitaries and attendees regarding growth opportunities and how Sunrise can serve more people across the state towards better living.
To track execution of the plans appropriately, follow-up meetings have been set up. A plan chart has been prepared which clearly highlights the tasks, individuals assigned and the last date of completion.
Mohammed Naeem said, "We have planned several follow up meetings with Senator Booker, Governor McGreevey, and Senator Melendez to further discuss the ways how Sunrise can help in various areas of substance abuse as well as tackling COVID-19 pandemic."
Rabbi Friedman will set up a meeting with the White House Reentry appointee, Aakash Shah. Governor McGreevy has taken the responsibilities of conducting meetings with Senators Melendez and Cory Booker. Mr. Tuseeaf Rathore will set up follow-up meetings with Governor McGreevey and Mr. Gonzalez. Finally, Pastor Flores will be getting in touch with Osborne Society, the non-governmental organization offering programs for those who are mistreated by the law.
"We will be working hand-in-hand with the local and the federal government to improve the healthcare solutions for the underprivileged population in the state," added the founder of Sunrise Group of Companies. The meeting successfully aimed to create an agenda for expanding the organization's model programs to other states and cities beyond New Jersey.
About Sunrise Group of Companies
Founded by Mohammed Naeem back in 2009, Sunrise Group of Companies is one of the fastest growing healthcare groups in New Jersey. Their services revolve around 'Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention' of psychiatric illnesses, infectious diseases, substance use disorder, medication assisted therapies and residential care. The company aims towards serving everyone who seeks help.
Media contact: 646-251-8770
Original Source of the original story >> Dignitaries from Prez. Biden's Administration & Others Visited Sunrise Group of Companies
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Q: cannot delete wwwroot on azure I am trying to run an NodeJs app on Azure app services for Linux. After a failed deployment I would like to delete the wwwroot folder and start from scratch, but I am not able to delete it.
I have tried using ssh, bash, ftp and the Kudu REST API, but every time the result is the same.
This is the response from the DELETE call:
{"Message":"Cannot delete directory. It is either not empty or access is not allowed."}
Looks like there's an hidden .bin folder inside /node_modules that is blocking the delete operation.

Any hint?

A: I ran into this same issue today and resolved it by deleting the following App settings from Azure; WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_ZIP and WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_PACKAGE (Both settings do the same thing, just different names).
This was following instructions in Vikas Guptas blog on 17 Aug.
Not sure if you are using VSTS (Azure devops) but it may be helpful to some people to know that using version 4 of Azure App Service Deploy automatically sets the Website_Run_From_Package flag.


Our intent is to provide a central resource for SPR members who seek additional information to help establish or grow their involvement with fetal imaging in their communities. Content is offered in a downloadable format for your use and modification. To offer suggestions on ways to improve the page or add other useful components, please contact the Fetal Imaging Committee chair through the link on the committee roster.
The Fetal Committee moderates an online colloquium for fetal imagers, hosted via Google Groups, which serves as a forum for discussion of diagnostic dilemmas, exchange of imaging tips and novel techniques, and development of best practices. This forum, which presently includes members from the United States, Canada, and Europe, is open to anyone actively performing and interpreting fetal imaging, including both US and MRI.
Institutions who self-report offering prenatal imaging (in alpha order by US – States , then Canadian Provinces) can be found here.
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Ryzvan Talibov (, born 20 January 1998) is a Ukrainian karateka competing in the kumite 75 kg division. He is 2018 European Team Championships medalist.

In November 2021, he competed in the men's +84 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

References

External links
 Ukrainian Karate Federation: Ryzvan Talibov

1998 births
Living people
Ukrainian male karateka
Competitors at the 2022 World Games
20th-century Ukrainian people
21st-century Ukrainian people


'Paul Blart: Mall Cop' was a successful film -- so wildly and bafflingly successful, in fact, that its sequel, 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2,' now has an official release date. Grab your calendars and a marker and quietly cry as you circle the day where you will be reminded of our failures as a human race.
Columbia Pictures has officially marked April 17, 2015 as the day that Kevin James' Paul Blart, he who is known as the Mall Cop, will hold audiences hostage once more. 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop' grossed $183 million worldwide -- yes, even with a name like that. And on a mere $26 million budget!
Director Andy Fickman will return, with star Kevin James once again co-writing the, uh, script with Nick Bakay. We are, of course, playing fast and loose with professional terminology here as this is a movie about an overweight security guard who proves himself by defending his mall against dangerous criminals. In the sequel, Paul Blart goes to Las Vegas and has to prove himself in front of his daughter when people make fun of him -- and also there are more bad guys for him to beat up, but this time they're art thieves because someone saw one of those fancy Steven Soderbergh 'Ocean's' movies on TBS in between syndicated airings of 'The King of Queens' (wonder who that could be).
These are the movies, folks.


Well, neighbors, if you expected the new Parks & Recreation Commission to morph into a dynamic, action-oriented body of public servants, ready to take on all challenges, you're going to be very disappointed.
Last night, in their monthly meeting, the five members of the commission decided to perpetuate mediocrity by re-electing Realtor Kurt Galitski as Chairman and Mike Brumbaugh as Vice Chair. Galitski, whose management style seems to be "winging it", demonstrated that he really hasn't learned much ab out how things are supposed to work up there during his past tour.
Over at the CM Press, The Mouth From Mesa North delivered to his readers yet another steaming pile as he demonstrates both his bias and his ineptitude when he attempts to blame all our fiscal woes on immigrants - and does so very badly. In his entry #621 he attempts to embed fourteen links to articles supporting his racist rant. The problem is, only a couple of his links work! Even if you take the time to copy and paste them into your browser window most of them don't work.
This poor, pathetic man just couldn't wait to get his vile rant into the ether, so rushed it and ended up with yet another entry full of lies, misinformation and unfounded allegations. Perhaps he should seek help from one of his kids when posting on his blog - they're probably much more tech-savvy. Actually, perhaps he should just seek help, period.
What is funny is that list he posted is the same list we suspect either he or one of his minions posts regularly on the OCR comment section. Of course they are posted with one of numerous aliases.
While I enjoy your rants and critism of my mangement style, I promise you they are not ones of winging it. I would love to hear something constructive from you about the PRC. While we are all appointed by city council, maybe your complaint should be with them. I would enjoy meeting with you for a cup of coffee and some good conversation. I am open to your suggestions of how I and the commission can do a better job in your opinion.
I know it's early in the tenure of this particular iteration of the Parks and Recreation Commission and I acknowledge that some of the stuff you must deal with is pretty mundane. After only one meeting it's too much to expect that a "personality" of a commission is formed yet.
That being said, this is the beginning of your second tour as Chairman and, quite honestly, you seem unprepared. By now you should know your way around the agenda and procedures and should be leading the discussions. That's what a chairman is supposed to do.
I have positive things to say about any group who volunteers for such assignments. I know it takes a ton of work to do those jobs right. In the case of the PRC, it's probably less demanding than the Planning Commission, but requires homework, nonetheless. I'm grateful to all of you who step up for these assignments. That gratitude, however, doesn't make you immune from criticism.


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The night is used to recognize and celebrate our members achievements for the past 12 months.
Several assorted Ratings and Endorsements.
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(AP) Violence erupted at a noon-hour protest in front of Holy Name Cathedral, as demonstrators from the liberal Catholic organization Christ With Us traded taunts with counter-demonstrators from the reactionary conservative group Voluntas Dei. The march, targeting the recent moratorium on marriage annulments announced by Pope Pius XIII on November 27, began peacefully, but descended into fistfights that spilled into the street near Wabash and Superior about 11:45 AM.
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Rob again scanned the headline piece from Friday's Chicago Tribune and tossed the paper back on one of Suzy's end tables. There would certainly be more in Sunday's edition, much more, especially now that reporters were doggedly searching for anyone who might have been there and could provide a provocative quote.
He had given his name to no one. And where was Suzy? The photo had been cropped to exclude her completely, even though she had been standing perhaps a foot behind him.
"Rob, stop staring at that paper!" Suzy had an ancient blown-glass ornament in each hand, and the pile of boxes labeled "Shiny Brite" was growing on the carpet by her bare feet. There were cookies in the oven and a new log on the fire, and it smelled very much like Christmas. Rob put down his brandy snifter of eggnog (spiced up and fortified with some very good Scotch whisky) and took the ornament that Suzy held out to him.
"They cut you out of the picture," Rob said in protest, edging around Suzy's half-decorated balsam tree to confront a bare spot with the ornament.
"But why me and not you?" Rob tucked the ornament onto a vacant branch, touching it with one finger to make sure it could swing freely.
Maria Farella was finishing up her master's work in journalism at the University of Chicago, intending to build a career in publishing. Like her mother, she was intense, but did not have Suzy's sense of irony. Rob had never met her before his return from Indianapolis, and still wasn't sure when to take her seriously.
"I don't want to be famous. I want to marry your mother, and…" Rob paused, thinking about those still-unmentioned incardination papers.
Rob felt himself blushing. As soon as Bishop Hughes received his incardination agreement, he would gain episcopal faculties and lose his last excuse to dodge the question of what he could and could not do as a priest.
Rob blushed again, unsure what answer he could make to that. "Doing it" had more than one meaning, and both were an issue. He pursed his lips but said nothing.
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It's (almost) all good news. Carol is improving daily, though still using crutches for long hauls. Her foot hurts when she uses it too much. She's about to begin physical therapy, which should help. And in three weeks she goes in to get the other one done. We knew this winter was going to be spent mostly at home, though neither of us fully appreciated just how at home we were going to be. Then again, dancing with that girl is as close to heaven as I'll get on this old Earth. It's not even three years until our 40th wedding anniversity celebration. Dancing you want? Dancing we'll give you!
Our Lionel trains are up! It's been several years, but with a little unexpected help from Jim Strickland, the Camel and the GG-1 are tearing around a longish loop that now surrounds both of our livingroom couches, powered by my formidable Lionel ZW. We put some liver treats in Carol's 1959 hopper car, and of all the Pack, only Dash was willing to chase the train around and scoop the treats up out of the hopper. He was also the only one willing to grab Louie the Giggling Squirrel from the same hopper.
Then again, Delphi and Lazarus are just better.
Carol and I got the Christmas cards out today. It didn't get done last year because Carol's mom was failing and we knew we had only one more Christmas with her. Between Carol's foot and my book project it almost didn't get done this year either, but we're trying to get back real life as life should be lived. Christmas cards are part of that. No complaints.
Bad news? Not much. I was pulling a pizza out of the oven a couple of nights ago, and fumbled the pan with my gloved right hand. Fearing that dinner was about to go jelly-side-down on the kitchen floor, my reflexes put my un-gloved left hand in the line of fire, and whereas I saved the pizza, it came at the cost of second-degree burns on two fingers and the thumb of my left hand. It's not bothering me as much today as yesterday, and my typing speed is slowly getting back to my accustomed Thunderin' Duntemann (Thanks, Fiona!) 100 WPM. But I promise you, the next pizza that gets wonky on me is gonna go jelly-side down, while I stand there and laugh. I may be 61, but I learn.
New featured pairing: Stilton cheese and Middle Sister Rebel Red wine. Very good news.
As most people have already discovered just sticking their noses out the back door, 2013 looks to become one of the ten coldest years in US history. It may not be global, but damn, it's cooling.
And that, my friends, makes me look to my now-empty snifter of brandy and egg nog beside the monitor. Time for a refill. Long past time, in fact.
As the temperature slides back down below zero (F) here, the supper dishes are done, and I lean back to savor the memory of home-made stuffed peppers, and for dessert a good sharp Stilton cheese chased with Middle Sister Rebel Red wine. It was very close to a carb-free meal, consisting of some 85% ground beef with a little rice to thin it out, mixed with salsa and scooped generously into some very Christmas-y red and green pepper halves. Oh, I'll maybe have a little egg nog later on, the season being what it is.
What the season actually is, is early. I'm not used to below-zero temps two weeks before winter begins. It certainly hasn't happened in the ten years we've lived here. I get screamed at every time I suggest that we may be entering a cooling spell on the Third Rock, but from all I've seen in the stats it sure looks that way. At some point my strongly suspected Neanderthal genetics may come in handy.
Carol's still scooting around the house on her knee walker. She's improving day by day but there's still some pain that her surgeon will have to consider when we go back next week. I hung a little canvas pack on the knee walker so she can carry things around. My father brought the pack home from WWII, and it sat in a box in my mother's attic until we sold her house in 1996. It then sat in a box in my sister's garage for another ten years, until we unpacked it and I took it home. I have no idea what sort of pack it is, and if you recognize it (see above) give a shout. Now, the other mystery: How could something that old and neglected not smell? It doesn't. It's clean and looks almost unused. Whatever my father did with it back in the day, it's become useful again. He would be pleased if he knew. Someday I hope to tell him.
I turned in a ginormous chaper today for The Book I Still Can't Tell You About. I'm well over half finished with the gig, and certainly hope the next chapter won't cast off to 55 book pages all by its lonesome. It's certainly something to do while waiting for a quick trip outdoors to cease being a near-death experience.
Michael Covington mentioned to me that Lowes is now selling Meccano parts in those marvelous little bins of odd bits in the hardware aisle. I got up there a few days ago to take a look, and it's true: A company called The Hillman Group provides little bags of zinc-plated steel girders, plates, and brackets, all with the Meccano standard 1/2″ hole spacing, the holes sized to clear an 8-32 bolt. They're expensive compared to haunting eBay for beat-to-hell and incomplete modern Erector sets, but the parts can be damned handy. Here's an Arduino-powered cat teaser built from some servos and Hillman parts.
Tomorrow I dive into Chapter 5. Should be easier, as it's about programming, not hardware. Now, can we ditch this absurd obsession with curly brackets? What part of BEGIN and END don't you all understand?
I always hate to hand you two Odd Lots in a row, but I've been so burned out by the end of the day working on this book that there's nothing left to craft a coherent essay with. I was going to write something insightful about Prohibition (which was repealed 80 years ago today) but about all I can muster is this: Prohibition was altogether evil and accomplished nothing. It was a cry of rage against Irish and southern European Catholic immigrants, and in one blow created organized crime and birthed a disrespect for the rule of law that afflicts us to this day. Of all the things our government has condoned, only slavery was more evil.
ARM Holdings offers a free ARM and Thumb-2 instruction set reference in PDF format. I remember when these things folded up to fit in your shirt pocket. Not anymore.
Somebody figured out how to hack Parrot quadricopters wirelessly, and it was done with a Raspberry Pi.
Bill Meyer sent me a link to a nice comparison of various small under-$100 boards in the Arduino / Raspberry Pi class. The only serious omission I see are the Beagle boards, including the fascinating BeagleBone Black.
But never fear: Make did a BBB vs RPi comparison back in August. Best I've seen so far. Gizmag's is older but still worth a quick scan.
You can evidently find out if your login or logins were stolen in the recent hack of Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Adobe, and other sites. Here's a multi-site lookup.
Is there any article online about the "divided sleep" concept (our ancestors retired at nightfall, slept for three or four hours, awakened for an hour or two, and then slept again for three hours or so) that does not walk back to Roger Ekirch? I've read Ekirch's book very carefully, and his evidence for this phenomenon is pretty damned slim. Yet…it shows up all over the place.
Statins may not cause memory loss or confusion. However, their primary mission of reducing cholesterol levels may not do much to prevent heart disease in people who don't already have it.
There are currently 35 volcanoes erupting around the world. Here's a great site summarizing where they are and what they're doing. I'm still curious about what the active volcano trends have been over the past thousand years or so (within the limits of our ability to determine what was blowing up on Kamchatka in the 1300s) and if you've seen any trend reports like that, do drop a note.
That poor llama is finally getting a rest. After fifteen years, AOL is shutting down the Winamp page and ceasing support of the product on December 20. Winamp was the first MP3 player I ever tried, way back in 1998. One of my colleagues had to send me an MP3 to test it with: Rosanne Cash's "Seven-Year Ache." The song didn't impress me, but the concept made me think: This is gonna change a few things in the music business.


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How can your church and community address issues of sex, sexuality, and HIV prevention?
Our difficulty in addressing issues of sex and sexuality has often made it painful for us to engage, in an honest and realistic way, with issues of sex education and HIV prevention.
- World Council of Churches' Plan of Action: The Ecumenical Response to HIV/AIDS in Africa
How can your church and community address issues of sex, sexuality, and HIV prevention in an open and honest way?
As a church why not set time aside to look at the positive and negative impact of your church's current attitude towards talking about sexual issues and/or the impact HIV and AIDS is having on your church and local community? What do you learn from this process? And what could you change as a result?
Initiate a dialogue process that enables members of the church to come together in a safe environment to take part in structured dialogue sessions on issues relating to sex, sexuality, and HIV and AIDS. You could use a model such as in the "Exploring Solutions" publication.
Ask your church leaders to teach and preach on biblical passages that deal with issues of sex and sexuality, recognizing both the gifts that sex and sexuality are, and also the challenges sex and sexuality create.
Discussing Prevention
How is HIV transmitted?
Methods of Prevention
Combination models of prevention - ABC, SAVE
Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT)
What makes some populations more vulnerable to HIV?
How to get your Church and Community involved in effective HIV prevention


March 19, 2009: Catching up on laundry after our trip.
March 20, 2009: Wyatt made this awesome sculpture at preschool.
March 21, 2009: Setting up a production line for my Project 365 scrapbook.
March 23, 2009: Augie has really been enjoying the pureed sweet potatoes I made him. Definitely his favorite new food.
March 24, 2009: Just me and my boy playing around on the couch. Note the lovely pile of (clean!) laundry over his shoulder. Nice.
March 25, 2009: I've got two boys and they have matching robot pajamas. I'm a lucky lady.


MONU #6 – Beautiful Urbanism and MONU #9 – Exotic Urbanism were exhibited at the "Haus der Architektur" (HDA) in Graz, Austria. The exhibition was dedicated to the life and work of the Dutch architect Joost Meuwissen who contributed frequently to MONU Magazine, particularly to the issues #3, #6 and #7. ""Don't Stop Thinking!" – Die Denkräume des Joost Meuwissen" opened on March 22 and ran until April 22, 2018.


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On The Road To Damascus
Author: Simon Field MW
Bread-making, Lebanon, Beeka Valley
For those of a certain age the words Beirut and Lebanon are shorthand for all that has gone wrong in the Middle East over the past generation; the cauldron of a preternaturally complicated Civil War is still simmering; checkpoints abound on the dusty roads and even smart buildings such as the famous downtown hotel Phoenicia are still riddled with bullet holes; a pointillist souvenir from not so long ago.
With Damascus only 60 km down the road, the veneer of cosmopolitan Beirut, with its more than fair share of rooftop cocktail bars, night clubs and jeunesse dorée, maybe somewhat illusory. The ethnic, religious and atavistic tribal make-up of the country is unfeasibly complicated, and yet in this period of relative prosperity there is a sense of an esprit de corps, and an almost touching national pride, born out of adversity and the fragility of the peace.
The country is long and narrow, the fertile Bekaa Valley (the bread basket, cornucopia indeed, of the country) shouldered on both sides by mountains, Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, which rise to nearly 3000 metres. Even in mid-June the road over Mount Lebanon is surrounded by vestigial snow, some of which blocks the road. Herds of goats and sheep are the other timeless obstacles. Above the birds of prey hover and the atmosphere is perfumed by the honey aromas of the indigenous Jeenqui plant. The world's oldest cedar tree, pre-dating Christ by over a thousand years, is centrepiece of the wildlife sanctuary here.
on Mount Lebanon
On top of the mountain our genial host Sami Ghosn, Moses in designer kit, points out the Biblical landmarks; Mount Hebron, the Golan Heights, Cana, where water, appropriately enough was turned to wine. The Promised Land of Isreal is just to the South; it relies, Sami is proud to reveal, on water from these mountains; thankfully the fighter planes have not incursed for a few years.
Baalbeck Temple of Bachus
At the north of the Valley is the Temple to Jupiter at Baalbeck, built in the second century by the Romans. The fact that it is the largest Roman temple in the world underlines the significance of the Phoenician Silk Route and the pivotal location of this country. The Temple to Bacchus, within the compound, is larger than the Acropolis, on which it is modelled, its 54 flute Corinthian columns perfectly preserved. Outside the gift shop the locals try to sell Hezbollah tee-shirts; this is a Hezbollah stronghold and it is about 40 km from the troubled Syrian town of Homs.
Left: snow-caped path to Massaya winery
Right: Sami Ghosn
In the centre of it all we arrive at the vineyard of Massaya, an oasis of olive and mulberry trees, with roses at the end of the vines. With an engaging combination of courage, arrogance and inherited wealth, not to mention a commercial partnership with two famous French vinous dynasties (the Hebrands formerly of Cheval Blanc and the Bruniers of Vieux Télégraphe) the Ghosn brothers, Sami and Ramzi have transformed Massaya into a world class winery. Their wines are a far cry from those of the more familiar name of Musar, which seems to relish a somewhat volatile and evolved style. Sami farms in the hills of the northern end of the Bekaa Valley and has invested heavily in stainless steel and expensive foudres, similar to those to be found in Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
Left: Sami by the new winery.
Right: stone masons working on the site of the new winery
His wines get better and better, with their winning combination of international grape varieties Cinsault, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache and Mourvèdre; the last two give more than a nod to the expertise of Daniel Brunier who is actively involved in the vinification process, and it shows. With scattered vineyards at over 1500 metres farmed and harvested entirely by hand and an impressive new winery being constructed à l'ancienne, the brothers do not lack for ambition, much of the construction work in the country appears to be unfinished, so we must hope that the Mediterranean blight of property fuelled debt bubbles does not spread to The Lebanon.
A secular democracy, and a not insignificant financial centre, the country is prosperous for the time being, but political reality is never too far away as when, for example, a caravan of Syrian refugees delays the traffic on our route to the ancient town of Byblos. For now it is easy to hammer the horns of the 4×4 (the vehicular lingua franca in these parts) and to overtake in a cloud of dust and shouting, but this may not always be possible. Everywhere there is sound and fury. On the hotel terrace at night, we drink the local beer and are not quite sure if the noise from the hillside is machine gun fire or wedding fireworks. Either are possible, but only because we know that there has been a wedding here today.
It is easy to be seduced by wines in situ, the more exotic the situ generally the more intense the seduction. And here we are talking serious seduction, a scene from High Opera. The acid test (in both senses) is whether the wines will taste as good when lined up against their peers in the rather less glamorous environs of the Tasting Room at BBR Basingstoke. Early indications are positive and it especially impressive when a Rosé can survive such a culture shock; the 2011 Massaya Rosé is their best yet; ditto their Gold and Silver 2009, in fact the whole range. These are clearly vins de terroir and the steepest clay-limestone slopes are proving perfect for these robust yet fresh and inherently complex wines. Sami speaks eloquently of a third category, to bring the story of wine full circle.
We all know about Old World and New World wines, but to these we should now add Ancient World wines, wines from the vast geographical expanse known locally as The Fertile Crescent. This will include, inter alia, Greece and its islands, Croatia, Armenia, Georgia and perhaps most telling of all, Israel. The inclusion of the last name reflects a genuine sentiment of a sense of vinous brotherhood that should rise above the maelstrom of politics. A noble dream indeed for the time being we should at the very least applaud the Ghosns for their indefatigable work to ensure that Massaya is to be one of the leading wines of this brave new Ancient World.
Filed Under: Old World
Tags: Fine Wine : Lebanon : Massaya
6 Responses to "On The Road To Damascus"
Mike Karam says:
20th June 2012 at 12.23pm
Nice piece and happy to see the Simon Field excited about the blend (Cinsault, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache and Mourvèdre) of Massaya's Silver Selection. Lebanon's best in my opinion.
PS Not sure about the bullet holes in the Phoenicia. He could have been referring to the adjacent Holiday Inn
Simon Field says:
20th June 2012 at 1.19pm
Dear Mike,
Thank you very much for the comment and I fully agree with you about the progress being made here, epecially at Massaya, with their inspired blend of varieties and dedication to terroir.
Vicarious apologies to the Phoenicia if I have mistaken it with the adjacent hotel..
Gil Shatsberg says:
25th June 2012 at 9.02am
Hi Simon, Beautifull piece…as a winemaker and a neighbor to the south (Israel), I am willing to "pick up the glove" you've thrown and if you want to make the professional connection between winemakers from Lebanon and Israel I am more than happy to participate and help.
You are welcome to come and visit us here as well.
Thank you again
Dear Gil,
Thank you very much for your generous words and wonderful invitation. Also for your kind offer; we are all friends in the world of wine; a universal love of the product and respect for each other and our differing winemaking techniques should be more visibly seen to rise above political bounderies and this tasting would be a very good way to start!
Hilary Wilkes says:
17th July 2012 at 8.43pm
Rebecca pointed me to your Lebanon blog. Beautifully written giving a real insight not only to the winemakers but also the whole country both ancient and modern. Delighted you made the trip!
Dear Hilary,
Very kind words; many thanks. It really brings home the tragedy of the chaos that is Syria, having been so close. Hopefully Lebanon will not get caught up, although it often does…. unfortunately. If only the so-called leaders could take a diplomatic leaf from the winemakers' book, then we would all be better off and, for several reasons, a lot happier!


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Chorus as Character: Washington National Opera Presents a Powerful Nabucco
By Megan Ihnen Published May 1, 2012 July 16, 2013
Franco Vassallo as Nabucco. Photo by Scott Suchman for Washington National Opera
It is rare to find a subject that is as true and current in 6th century B.C. as it is in 1842; however, Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco profoundly mingles the Biblical tale of the defeat, enslavement, and exile of the Jews in Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar with the plight of Verdi's Milanese contemporaries. American director and designer Thaddeus Strassberger, keenly aware of the political and social ramifications of the opera, brings a bold new production to Washington National Opera's first performance of Nabucco in its 56-year history. Featuring radiant musicianship from the orchestra, the soloists, and an outstanding chorus, opening night of WNO's Nabucco was a fete of visual and aural mastery.
When Nabucco premiered at La Scala in 1842, northern Italy was tormented under unbearable Austrian control. Verdi and librettist Temistocle Solera (1815-1878) were able to support the ideals of the Risorgimento, or Italian independence, through the music and lyrics. Strassberger, a graduate of La Scala's Accademia, stages an opera within an opera to illustrate the nationalism of the time. During the overture, supernumeraries and dancers dressed in 1840s garb participate in a court dance and take their box seats stage right. Strassberger selected a scenic artist whose artistic lineage runs back to those of Verdi's time. This master teacher added majesty and depth to each scene through the elaborately painted sets.
Soloman Howard as the High Priest of Baal and Csilla Boross as Abigaille. Photo by Scott Suchman for Washington National Opera
Equal in majesty and depth to the scenery and stage production was the talent and musicality of the orchestra and singers led by conductor Philippe Auguin. From the beginning of the overture, the orchestra played with sincerity and technical power. The representation of the "whirlwind of the Lord" in the strings during the Act II overture was impeccable. The lead cast was well balanced; during ensemble moments individual voices were understood without being overdone. At the height of Nabucco's madness and despair, he pleads for Fenena's life in the duet with Abigaille, Oh di qual onta aggravasi questo mio crin canuto. Csilla Boross' (Abigaille) interpretation was dripping with venom and derision. Although Abigaille is one of the most feared and revered soprano roles in the repertory, Boross was a force on stage. While understanding the limitations, one wishes for more presence in her lower registers. Both Franco Vassallo (Nabucco) and Sean Panikar (Ismaele) provided brilliant and vivid vocal performances. Vassallo's voice took on more depth and resonance throughout the night, which highlighted Nabucco's madness and frustration at his own imprisonment. Burak Bilgili (Zaccaria), Géraldine Chauvet (Fenena), and María Eugenia Antúnez (Anna) added superb performances along with Soloman Howard (High Pries of Baal) and Jeffrey Gwaltney (Abdallo.)
Csilla Boross as Abigaille. Photo by Scott Suchman for Washington National Opera
Any review of this performance would be lacking without mention of the exceptional chorus and their performance of the famous Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate. Verdi uses the chorus in Nabucco as another fully-fledged character. Eschewing collective emotions, like most operatic choruses, Verdi's chorus creates suspense, fear, piety, love, and most of all longing. Strassberger's setting of Va, pensiero was especially moving. During the scene change, the set and chorus are set up as though the audience is viewing the backstage with seamstresses, ballerinas, gambling men, and cast members. Still considered a de facto national anthem by many Italians, Va, pensiero is a powerful depiction of a lost homeland. "Fly, thought, on wings of gold; go settle upon the slopes and the hills, where, soft and mild, the sweet airs of our native land smell fragrant." Performed in this way, it becomes apparent that the sentiment lives on and is relevant today as it was in 1842.
If it took Washington National Opera these 56 years before it found the right production of Nabucco, it was worth the wait. Fans of opera and theatre should not hesitate to catch one of the remaining performances on May 2, 5, 10, 13, 15, 18, and 21. For more production details visit www.kennedy-center.org/wno. David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of WNO. Generous support for WNO Italian opera is provided by Daniel and Gayle D'Aniello. Additional support for Nabucco is provided by The Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts and by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Born in 1983, Smarajit entered the world of music at a very tender age under the tutelage of Late Prof.Sukumar Chanda and later Pt.Buddhadeb Dasgupta. He participated in many competitions and music festivals and came out with flying colours. He completed his Masters in Music with first class. He is also A-Grade artist of All India Radio and TV.Surrounded by different forms of music he developed his own unique style. His signature is evident in this debut album.


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I count myself among those who were royally disappointed when one of Finland's unsung power metal heroes Olympos Mons decided to close shop after a brief, two album run. They had taken on a rather interesting mixture of neo-classical, traditional and melodic power metal ideas and put forth a very different sound from the flash and grandeur typical to many of the Stratovarius oriented bands of the day, but also were completely untouched by the AOR infused trend that was brought in by Edguy and Masterplan. This isn't to knock either of those two new traditions within the power metal paradigm, but it was refreshing to hear a band that could write a catchy song while still experimenting a bit with some of the extraneous elements that were either absent from the equation or exaggerated to the point of dominating the entire listen. In other words, where Olympos Mons made their mark was by being a bit more nuanced than the rest, and when it had been revealed that the vocalist and bassist of said band had a new project dubbed Astralion, I expected something along similar lines to their former project.
It might come as a shock to many familiar with the mature, measured character of Conquistador, but what is found on Astralion's self-titled debut is about as far removed from the character of said album while still remaining in the same basic style. This album dispenses with any sense of subtlety and goes for the most raucously fast, celebratory, ultra-consonant sound heard out of the Timo Tolkki mode of songwriting since the last Dreamtale album and essentially one-ups it with seemingly little effort. Part of this can be attributed to the thrash metal credentials of the guitarist and drummer that have been picked up from the Finnish act The Addication, resulting in something along similar lines to what Thunderstone accomplished when they first put their act together. Similarly, the keyboardist comes with a set of chops about roughly along the same skill set as Jens Johannson, though perhaps a bit stricter and more methodical in how he puts together a keyboard solo.
What is perhaps a bit surprising is that for the radically different character that this album has compared to the Olympos Mons debut, it is structured in a very similar way. The album cycles through a series of highly impressive speed songs that are faster and catchier than the fastest numbers on Conquistador, but also a bit simpler in structure and easier to follow. Slower songs are still largely within the realm of being up tempo, and the guitar sound tends to stick to a nimble approach rather than a bottom heavy chug, and there is only one true ballad in "To Isolde", which is actually a rather brilliant display of how Edguy used to write ballads back in the late 1990s, but with a vocal job more reminiscent of Kai Hansen. Topping things off at the end is a whopping 13 minutes plus epic sailor's song after the mold of something that Wuthering Heights might attempt, but translated into a Stratovarius-like format. It takes its time at the beginning, but once it gets going, it ends up in the same sort of speedy territory that the triumphant speeding symphony of victories found on here such as "Mysterious And Victorious" and "When Death Comes Knocking".
About the only thing that can really be counted as a flaw on this album is the somewhat ridiculous looking album cover, which would probably have been more at home on a thrash metal album, but these guys don't play music with their album art. It's the sort of music that will pick you up out of that depressing place known as the real world and send you flying through the air on the wings of a great black dragon. It's melodically tinged, fantasy steeped escapism like the sort that was more common place 14 years ago, and is only really rivaled today by the recent Twilight Force debut out of neighboring Sweden. Pretty much anyone who has heard of Dreamtale, Gamma Ray, Thunderstone, Conquest, Sunrise or Stratovarius will find the same story here, but told with a good deal more energy and vitality than many of their latest offerings. Suit up for flight, for "we all made metal", and now it's time to ride it to a whole new dimension.
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A vicarious thrill and no small amount of pride to see that the real talent in the family, the mother of my spoiled-rotten child, maestra of the molten glass Jennifer L. Worden lands the cover spot and featured artist interview in this month's issue of Akron's incomparable arts and culture magazine, The Devil Strip. Do check it out.
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Member of Parliament from Rumphi East, Kamlepo Kalua has said in Parliament that some Indians , Chinese and Nigerians are exploiting the Malawi youth, especial girls who are used as drug traffickers.
Kalua said foreigners have now made Malawi their heaven such that they enter the country illegally and do "dirty business".
Kalua asked the Minister of Homeland Security, Nicholas Dausi to explain what government is doing to curb the influx of illegal immigrants who pose a security threat.
Dausi said government will come up with a serious and comprehensive response in a quest to curb huge influx of illegal immigrants and admitted that the country has porus borders.
"Our country is indeed facing an influx of people from other countries who mostly are irregular immigrants. Statistics show that the majority of such irregular migrants are mainly from countries like Ethiopia and Somalia, Nigeria. However some Chinese and Indians have overstayed because their work permits are overdue.
"Most of the immigrants use unchartered route and claim that they are seeking asylum in the county which is compromising the security risks in our country as government, we would like to make sure that there is a thorough vetting as to who is doing what, where and why," he said.
The Minister said there are a number of strict measures the government has put in place to address the issue.
He said government has intensified swiping operations and patrols and has introduced a comprehensive public awareness programs for dealing with illegal immigrants in the country.
Dausi urged members of parliament to sensitize their communities to stop supporting illegal immigrants in the country.
"Let us sensitize our constituencies that should they see people who are not Malawians using unchartered routes, they must report to police or immigration department, they should not aid or abet entrance of illegal I immigrants," he pointed out.
The Minister added that the government is increasing the number of Immigration and Police officers to deal with the challenge and has embarked on computerization of border exit points to track and target busy borders.
"In October, 2018, we recruited 246 new Immigration Officers deployed across the country. We are training our officers how best they can identify those that are coming as illegal irregular immigrants.
"In the office we are computerizing and automating the assurance of permits and issuance of passports to be able to analyze who is doing what and for what particular reason," he highlighted.
Dausi said that his Ministry would work hand in hand with Ministries of Lands, Housing and Urban Development and Trade to deal with issues of land given to foreign nations and their business operations in the country.
"The Ministry will coordinate with the two ministries in order to sensitize our officers that before they give permit for trade or whatever or investment or even the acquisition of land to immigrants, they must consider Malawians first because at the end of the day, we don't want Malawians to be refugees in their own country," he explained.
Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Clement Chiwaya requested the Minister to come up with a comprehensive Ministerial statement to clarify to members as to how there is an increase influx of migrants in the country.
I never agreed with Kamlepo before. But this time i am 100% behind him. The guy is the first ever kind to speak about this while the Dausi's and friends are enjoying the looting. Mr Chilima what are u saying about the issue of migration. It seems you are just busy with 1 million jobs while the country is being taken over by alendo. Kamuzu protected us from these alendos. Koma andale amasiku ano protects their families.
They are even taking over some jobs in tea industries. Go to Eastern Produce and Lujeri Tea Estates, Indians are ill-treating Malawians. They are beating and calling Malawians monkeys.
Kamlepo is right we need our government to do something urgently for instance there's a burundian near winners chapel in mchesi near the lilongwe bridge doing Sobo wholesale business surely that business should be done by locals/Malawinas. Am very surprised and disappointed about this surely where are we heading as a nation? And to the management of Sobo Malawi how and why did they give such a contract to a foreigner? Are they trying to tell us there are no Malawinas who can do such business?
The only good Indian is a dead one….
The ordinary people of Malawi are so poor and the politicians are so greedy and corrupt to deal decisively with the illegal immigrants. The problem has now become a source of income for both the rich politicians and the poor people. Ridding Malawi of these criminals will be a mammoth task come 2020. Every corner of the country will be infested with foreigners.
I have never agreed with Kamlepo but on this one he is saying absolute truth.
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The IALS Visiting Research Fellowship Programme hosts academics and practitioners to undertake research and to participate in and enrich the research life of the Institute. IALS Visiting Research Fellowships are intended to create close working relationships with scholars and practitioners from other institutions in the UK and overseas who are undertaking work within fields covered by or adjacent to its own research programmes. For information about our research expertise, see here and for details of our research centres, see here.
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deliver a research paper as part of the lunchtime and evening seminar series
stay for a period no less than three months
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Applications are accepted annually by 31st January. The application form should be sent to Eliza Boudier at eliza.boudier@sas.ac.uk.
Applications are reviewed by the Institute's Research Committee, which meets annually in March. Applicants will be informed shortly afterwards as to whether their applications has been successful.
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