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/*
 *               In the name of Allah
 * This file is part of The "Quran Teacher or Learn Arabic" Project. Use is subject to
 * license terms.
 *
 * @author:         Fazle Rabbi Rahat
 *
 */
package Downloader;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;

public class ImageDownloader extends Downloader{

	private boolean overwrite;
	public static String parentSource;
	private static String imageFileType=".img";

	private List<Thread>imageLoadThreads;
	private int totalThreads;

	private int totalCompleted;

	public ImageDownloader(JButton btnStart_1,JTextArea txtrImageprogresstext,
			boolean imageOverwriteSelected, JLabel kbLabel, JLabel progressLabel) {

		super(btnStart_1, txtrImageprogresstext, kbLabel, progressLabel);

		parentSource="http://corpus.quran.com/wordimage?";
		overwrite=imageOverwriteSelected;

		storageFolder=System.getProperty("user.dir")+"/WbWImages";
		itemId="Image";
		maxVal=77429;
		maxValString=Integer.toString(maxVal);

		totalThreads=100;
		imageLoadThreads=new ArrayList<>(totalThreads);

		for(int i=1;i<=totalThreads;i++)
		{
			imageLoadThreads.add(new Thread(new Runner(i, totalThreads)));
		}

		totalCompleted=0;
		shouldStop=false;

		File directory=new File(storageFolder);
		if(!directory.exists())
		{
			directory.mkdir();
			publish("New directory "+directory+" created.");
		}
		else
		{
			publish("Output directory "+directory);
		}
	}

	@Override
	protected Boolean doInBackground() throws Exception {
		for(int i=0;i<totalThreads;i++)
		{
			imageLoadThreads.get(i).start();
		}

		for(int i=0;i<totalThreads;i++)
		{
			imageLoadThreads.get(i).join();
		}
		if(totalCompleted==maxVal)
		{
			return true;
		}
		else
		{
			return false;
		}
	}

	/*private String getFileName(String imageUrl)
	{
		return imageUrl.split("=")[1]+".png";
	}*/

	class Runner implements Runnable
	{
		int start;
		int gap;

		public Runner(int start,int gap) {
			this.start=start;
			this.gap=gap;
		}
		@Override
		public void run()
		{
			for(int i=start;i<=maxVal;i+=gap)
			{
				//System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName());
				if(shouldStop)
				{
					//System.out.println(isCancelled());
					return;
				}

				String outId=Integer.toString(i);
				String outName=outId+imageFileType;
				File outFile=new File(storageFolder+"/"+outName);

				if(!overwrite && outFile.exists())
				{
					//publish(outName+" already exists.");
					incrreaseCompleted();
				}
				else
				{
					if(download(parentSource+"id="+outId, outFile))
					{
						//publish(outName+" downloaded");
						incrreaseCompleted();
					}
					else
						return;
				}

				if(shouldStop)
				{
					//System.out.println(isCancelled());
					return;
				}
				//sleep
				try
				{
					Thread.sleep(5);
				}
				catch(InterruptedException ie){ie.printStackTrace();}

				publish("ppp"+Integer.toString(totalCompleted));
				setProgress(100*totalCompleted/maxVal);
			}
		}

	}

	private synchronized void incrreaseCompleted()
	{
		totalCompleted++;
		notify();
	}
}


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Notice the influx of gratitude themes invading the internet and other news outlets? I wonder if it has to do with the economic situation that is making people stop to think about the things we take for granted. It's so easy to get caught up in the moment of trying to live that we forget all the reasons we truly are blessed and should be grateful. There are probably a huge lists of things anyone can be grateful at any given moment if one stops to think about it. My grandmother never dwelled or focused on the bad things. For those of you over 40, you might have heard all the stories of what it was like to be a woman back in the 1800's and early 1900's (and of course before). My father, who is 73, tells me how his mother would get up before everyone else to light up the woodstove, she would get the daily bread made (not store bought) and would have to wash clothes with one of those washboards that would bloody her knuckles up every now and then. We truly have no idea how easier life is and all the reasons we should be grateful.
Keep a journal or write in it every day what you have to be grateful for.
Help someone less fortunate then you.
Build your self-esteem if you have a low one. Avoiding the pitfalls of what you perceive can be an amazing mood changer.


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Richard Grilling (Lebensdaten unbekannt) war ein deutscher Fußballspieler.

Karriere

Vereine
Grilling gehörte als Mittelfeldspieler zunächst dem Dresdner SC an, für den er in der Saison 1904/05 in der vom Verband Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Vereine durchgeführten Meisterschaft Punktspiele bestritt. Die in drei Gauen ausgetragene Meisterschaft beendete er mit seiner Mannschaft als Sieger im Gau II – Ostsachsen punktgleich mit dem Mittweidaer BC, der im Entscheidungsspiel um Platz 1 am 16. April 1905 in Freiberg mit 4:2 besiegt wurde. Das am 21. April 1905 in Leipzig ausgetragene Finale gegen den Halleschen FC 1896, den Sieger aus dem Gau I – Nordwestsachsen, gewann seine Mannschaft mit 3:2. Infolgedessen nahm er mit seiner Mannschaft an der Endrunde um die Deutsche Meisterschaft teil, in der er am 28. Mai 1905 auf dem Germania-Platz, der Spielstätte des BFC Germania 1888, beim 5:3-Viertelfinalsieg über den FC Victoria Hamburg debütierte. Das sich am 4. Juni 1905 anschließende Halbfinale auf dem Leipziger Sportplatz, Spielstätte des VfB Leipzig, gegen den Berliner TuFC Union 92 wurde mit 2:5 verloren.

Die Saison 1908/09 bestritt er für den VfB Leipzig. Als Sieger aus der Abteilung A dem neben der Abteilung B unterteilten Gau I – Nordwestsachsen hervorgegangen, und das Entscheidungsspiel um Platz 1 gegen die punktgleiche SpVgg 1899 Leipzig-Lindenau mit 4:1 am 28. März 1908 für sich entschieden, verlor er zunächst das Finale um die Nordwestsächsische Meisterschaft am 4. April 1909 mit 1:2 beim FC Wacker Leipzig. Doch die am 25. April 1909 mit 4:1 gewonnene Wiederholung des Finales wurde notwendig, da seine Mannschaft durch die Abstellung der Spieler Heinrich Riso und Leopold Richter zu Länderspielen einen Nachteil ausgesetzt war. Aus Zeitgründen, der Ansetzung des Wiederholungsspiels geschuldet, blieb ihm und seiner Mannschaft die Teilnahme an der Endrunde um die Mitteldeutsche Meisterschaft verwehrt.

Auswahlmannschaft
Als Spieler des VfB Leipzig und der Auswahlmannschaft des Verbandes Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Vereine nahm er am erstmals ausgetragenen Wettbewerb um den Kronprinzenpokal teil, dem ersten deutschen Pokalwettbewerb des DFB, der von den seinerzeit existierenden Regionalverbänden ausgetragen wurde. Nachdem seine Auswahlmannschaft am 1. November 1908 und am 21. Februar 1909 im Viertel- und Halbfinale gegen die Auswahlmannschaften des Westdeutschen Spiel-Verbandes und des Baltischenr Rasen- und Wintersport-Verbandes sich mit 2:0 und 8:0 hatte durchsetzen können, erreichte sie das Finale. Das am 18. April 1909 auf dem Viktoria-Platz in Mariendorf bei Berlin gegen die Auswahlmannschaft des Verbandes Berliner Ballspielvereine ausgetragene Finale wurde mit 3:1 gewonnen.

Erfolge
 Mitteldeutscher Meister 1905
 Nordwestsächsischer Meister 1909
 Kronprinzenpokal-Sieger 1909

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Fußballspieler (VfB Leipzig)
Fußballspieler (Dresdner SC)
Deutscher
Geboren im 19. Jahrhundert
Gestorben im 20. Jahrhundert
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The Tarot of Eli: The Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot- Key 7- The Chariot & The Thoth Tarot- Key 7- The Chariot.
THE CHARIOT Key 7, is the 18th Path of Cheth on the Tree of Life, the word Cheth means enclosure, or fence.
In the THIRTY TWO PATHS OF WISDOM , Paul Foster Case stated: "The Eighteenth Path is called the House of Influence ( by greatness of whose abundance the influx of good things upon created beings is increased) and from the midst of the investigation the arcana and hidden senses are drawn forth, which dwell in its shade and which cling to it, form the cause of all causes."
Between Geburah (Severity) and Binah (Understanding) the Great Mother on the Tree of Life, runs the Path of Cheth. This is the highest and most profound Path on the Pillar of Severity and introduces the Personality to the Supreme Spiritual Self, that wraps our Soul in the Golden Armor of Protection so that the Psyche can be carried through the unmanifested Universe, and/or Dark Matter and Dark Energy of the Quantum Mind. The Chariot is the enclosure that holds the Soul in a state of peace, as it moves through all planes.
In his BOOK OF TOKENS, Paul Foster Cases stated this about the Chariot:
I am the hedge of protection
Enclosing the field of existence
In this field thou dwellest,
And I am thy defense, Against the darkness which is without.Yet is this hedge of safety
Alas a wall of limitation,
And the darkness against which it defendeth thee
Is the radiant Darkness of the Limitless Light.,
Too brilliant for thine eyes.
The Darkness that Case refers to is that of the Limitless Light of Kether, the very pinnacle of the Supreme Spiritual Self. Pictured in the Chariot, the experience of the Spiritual Self, is known in Alchemy as the "Exhalation", where the Alchemist becomes the Philosopher's Stone.
The Thoth Deck Chariot, shows the influences of both the Hindu Tattvas
and the biblical text of Ezekiel with its "living creatures" being represented as 4 Sphinxes pulling the Chariot. These Four Kerubiim (angelic beings) represent not only the four Tarot Elements of Fire, Water, Air and Earth, but also each has four sub-elements, as do the Tattvas, and are represented as the four faces of the creatures.
In his Ryder-Waite-Smith Tarot Deck, Waite mostly followed the design of Eliphas Levi straight out of Levi's book, The Ritual of Transcendental Magic where Levi wrote:
A Cubic Chariot with four pillars and a azure and starry drapery. In his chariot a victor crowned with a circle adorned with three radiant pentagrams. Upon his breast are three superimposed squares, on his shoulders the URIN and the THUMMIN of the sovereign sacrificer, represented by the two crescents of the moon in Gedulah [Chesed] and Geburah; in his hand is a sceptre surrounded by a globe, square and triangle, his attitude is proud and tranquil. A double sphinx or two sphinxes, joined at the haunches, are harnessed to the Chariot; they are pulling in opposite directions, but are looking the same way. They are respectively black and white. On the square which forms the fore part of the chariot is the Indian lingum surrounded by the flying sphere of the Egyptians.
Rather than a square on the forefront of the Chariot, Waite used a shield and placed the Eye of Horus above the lingum, sphere glyph. He also depicted the Mystical city of Jerusalem in the back ground along with a river that is being straddled by the Chariot representing the River of Paradise that flows from the High-Priestess to Tiphareth and making the Chariot an intermediary between the Above and the Below.
Other than the Egyptian sphere and Indian lingum,Geburah, is also symbolized with a Pentagram, or five pointed star,that has the Four Elements crowned by the Spirit. Thus, making 5 the number of Geburah on the Tree of Life, Geburah is a Red Force, and is symbolized on the Thoth card as Red Wheels, on the Ryder-Waite card, the red glyph of lingum and yoni, meaning that the force of Geburah (Severity) is the motive force of the Chariot.
Geburah is complimented by Chesed (Mercy) on the Tree of Life, and this compliment is seen in the Thoth Card's constant usage of the number 4, Chesed's number. We have Four Sphinx, and four columns (Four Universal Elements) holding up the starry canopy or heavens of Binah (The Great Mother- Empress Card key 3). Theses four elemental columns are called the " four columns of the Tree of Life in a Solid Sphere", adding a little more of the arcane to this card. I suggest the curious student gets the book, THE QABALISTIC TAROT by Robert Wang, as it is a fine text for understanding the Arcane.
Above the Golden Armored figure is a crab, symbolizing the sign of Cancer Woven into the canopy is the word "ABRACADABRA", which Robert Wang thinks is an apparent pun on "ABRAHADABRA", a word that Crowley called,"one of the most important key numbers of the Liber Al...the word of the Aeon....the cypher of the Great Work which when using Qabalistic Gematria (numerology), (Book 777 of Crowley) adds up to 418 which is then reduced to 4+1+8=13. Key 13- is the spiritual transformation death card.
Hence, Crowley understood that something martial is going on in the Psyche of the Seeker themselves. Much like the Bhagavad Gita, where the pursuit of enlivenment is symbolized by warring factions. On this highest Path of Severity, the Soul Warrior of Geburah has reached a pinnacle, as shown by the Ten stars on his golden chest that represent Assiah or Matter. Seated in meditation, with the Holy Grail in his hands: the Cup (Womb) that we look directly into.
The movement of the Chariot conceals a mystery (arcana) of great significance. The Chariot is reminiscent of the Greek Chariot of the Sun, Helios, as the four horses of the Sun pulled the Chariot of the Sun across the sky. This is significant as a representation, since the Chariot moves between the Light, centered in Tiphareth (Beauty) and the Supreme Darkness of the Limitless Light at the hidden side of Kether (Crown). Yet, there is even a more complex meaning suggested here, as the Sun is guided by the Moon! And in both Greek Mythology and the Qabalistic Tree of Life, the sun is subordinate to the moon. Since the Chariot is of the sign of Cancer, that is ruled by the Moon (and in which Jupiter is exalted), the Charioteer follows this philosophy of subordination to the Great Mother nicely. The cardinal Path of the Moon, leads from Tiphareth (Beauty-Solar Logos) to Kether (Crown) is the Path of the High Priestess. Water ( Pure Consciousness) takes precedence here and is represented by the Moon.
What is more interesting, the Chariot Card, also represents the "Secret Lover" that resides in our Soul or as our Soul; who protects and adores us. Many call this one, "the holy guardian angel".
This is a Higher Path card, and requires much skrying, meditation, and arcane study, so this author recommends that you devote more time to this card than a brief blog. At least, get the books I have recommended in this blog and read them liberally! What is also noted here, is that the Male-Female relationship, is represented backwards here in our reflected world. The Male Force of the Universe is Subservient to the Female Force in order for Force to become Form. Idea is subservient to Understanding, for Life to progress. There is much to consider here, if one wishes to "Know thyself!"
When the Chariot card is thrown during a reading, the querent is reminded:
To devote themselves to the combination of activity and quietude so that they may have the drive to attain goals.
It is a time of clearing out the past, moving beyond and beginning with new energy while taking responsibility for one's present condition.
There is a need for victory here, by combining the images or content of the unconscious with the consciousness for the purpose of achievement.
The Chariot also signifies that the querent has begun controlling a situation by the force of their personality....a focus of Will.
The goal will need fighting for, but you have been granted the energy to win it!
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Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Irene Shaum, 95, of Sun City are scheduled today in Sun City, with burial in Sedona.
Mrs. Shaum passed away July 25 in Glendale.
She was born in Elkhart, Ind., and moved to Arizona in 1936. She was a homemaker and a member of Grace Bible Church of Sun City.
She was preceded in death by her husband Nelson and a daughter, Joyce.
Survivors include a daughter, Rosemary Warren of Sun City; a son, Nelson J. Shaum, Jr., of Cottonwood; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral is set for 11 a.m. at Grace Bible Church of Sun City at 19280 North 99th Ave. Burial is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday at Sedona Memorial Cemetery.
Memorial may be sent to Hospice of the Valley, 9720 W. Peoria Ave., Suite 128, Peoria, Ariz., 85345-6133, or to Gideon's International, P.O. Box 1366, Sun City, Ariz., 85372.
Funeral services for James A. Bonner, 76, of Cottonwood are scheduled for Saturday. Mr. Bonner died July 23.
He was born April 3, 1925, in Goodlet, Texas. In 1928, he moved to Arizona and grew up in the Verde Valley. He moved to Flagstaff, where he became a successful business owner, operating J. Bonner Construction.
James fell in love and married Pauline Keith on Nov. 7, 1942. He retired to Cottonwood in 1986.
His wife Pauline preceded him in death in 1990.
Mr. Bonner is survived by three daughters; Pat and her husband Art Breidenbaugh, Jackie and her husband Richard Walters, and Pamela Bonner; a brother, Wayne Bonner; four sisters, Jewell Dunham, Mary Wickam, Hazel Golt and Nellie Mitchell; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and loving companion Marie Nollsch.
Mr. Bonner never knew a stranger and was a friend to all. He was a beloved father, brother, grandfather, great-grandfather and companion. He will be missed by many.
Visitation begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1377 E. Hombre Dr. The funeral services begin at 10 a.m.
Arrangements are under the care of Westcott Funeral Home.
A memorial service for Donald E. Proctor of Lake Montezuma is Saturday at 3 p.m.
Mr. Proctor passed away at the Kindred Hospital in Phoenix on July 24. He was 74 years old.
He was born July 8, 1927, in Logansport, Ind., to the late Alfred and Bernice Proctor. He served in the Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater in World War II.
Mr. Proctor spent most of his life in Connecticut before moving to Sedona in 1986, when he retired from the General Electric Company.
He was an avid sportsman, enjoying hunting, fishing, archery and golf. In 1975, he earned the world title in the bow-hunter division in archery at Jay Peak, Vt. He was a member of VFW Post 6471 in Manchester, Vt.
Mr. Proctor was preceded in death by a daughter, Kimberly Proctor, and his brother, Richard Proctor.
He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Janice Kuszik Proctor: four children, Kelly Babjak of Connecticut, Karen Aldrich of Canada, and Peter and Robert Stout of Vermont; 10 grandchildren; his brother Jon Proctor of Cottonwood; his niece Vance Proctor and nephew Reese Proctor of Connecticut.
The memorial service is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Beaver Creek Baptist Church. A Celebration of Life will follow at the Beaver Creek Ranch House.
Funeral services for William M. Murie of Cottonwood were held at Mountain View United Methodist Church. Burial was at Citizen's Cemetery in Flagstaff.
Mr. Murie, 81, died July 21. He was born March 27, 1921, in Langdon, N.D.
He served in the U.S. Air Force in World War II. He was a member of the St. John's Methodist Church in Kingman. He also belonged to the Arizona Elks, Kiwanis Club, El Zariba Shrine Order of the Masons. Mr. Murie was a member of the Board of Directors of Stockman's Bank.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Robert J. Murie, and by his son, William H. Murie.
He is survived by his wife Nyla H. Murie; a son, Richard D. Murie; a sister, Alice Torgeson, and five grandchildren.
Donations in his memory may be made to Arizona Elks Major Project (AEMP, Inc.) at P.O. Box 2619, Sierra Vista, Ariz., 85636 or to Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital, 3160 Geneva St., Los Angeles, Calif., 90020.
Arrangements were handled by Westcott Funeral Home of Cottonwood.
James McClaskey of Camp Verde passed away July 22 at the age of 84.
Mr. McClaskey moved to Arizona from Ohio in 1943. He worked many years as an electrician for Arizona Public Service.
After his retirement, he and his wife moved to Camp Verde, where they lived for the past 15 years. He was very active in the Verde Valley Horsemen's Council.
Mr. McClaskey is survived by his wife Helen, to whom he was married for 58 years; a daughter, Sherry Conrad; siblings Ed and Hazel Robinson, Leonard and Willa Sammons, Elizabeth Hoff, Ruth Bish and Grace Matthews; granddaughter Debbie Hummer; great-grandson Adam Pierre.
Private family services were arranged. Cards and condolences may be sent to Helen McClaskey at 4445 E. Campbell Ct., Higley, Ariz., 85236.


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/* TEMPLATE GENERATED TESTCASE FILE
Filename: CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67a.c
Label Definition File: CWE665_Improper_Initialization.label.xml
Template File: sources-sink-67a.tmpl.c
*/
/*
 * @description
 * CWE: 665 Improper Initialization
 * BadSource:  Do not initialize data properly
 * GoodSource: Initialize data
 * Sinks: cat
 *    BadSink : Copy string to data using strcat
 * Flow Variant: 67 Data flow: data passed in a struct from one function to another in different source files
 *
 * */

#include "std_testcase.h"

#include <wchar.h>

typedef struct _CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67_structType
{
    char * structFirst;
} CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67_structType;

#ifndef OMITBAD

/* bad function declaration */
void CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67b_badSink(CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67_structType myStruct);

void CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67_bad()
{
    char * data;
    CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67_structType myStruct;
    char dataBuffer[100];
    data = dataBuffer;
    /* FLAW: Do not initialize data */
    ; /* empty statement needed for some flow variants */
    myStruct.structFirst = data;
    CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67b_badSink(myStruct);
}

#endif /* OMITBAD */

#ifndef OMITGOOD

/* goodG2B uses the GoodSource with the BadSink */
void CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67b_goodG2BSink(CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67_structType myStruct);

static void goodG2B()
{
    char * data;
    CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67_structType myStruct;
    char dataBuffer[100];
    data = dataBuffer;
    /* FIX: Properly initialize data */
    data[0] = '\0'; /* null terminate */
    myStruct.structFirst = data;
    CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67b_goodG2BSink(myStruct);
}

void CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67_good()
{
    goodG2B();
}

#endif /* OMITGOOD */

/* Below is the main(). It is only used when building this testcase on
 * its own for testing or for building a binary to use in testing binary
 * analysis tools. It is not used when compiling all the testcases as one
 * application, which is how source code analysis tools are tested.
 */

#ifdef INCLUDEMAIN

int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
    /* seed randomness */
    srand( (unsigned)time(NULL) );
#ifndef OMITGOOD
    printLine("Calling good()...");
    CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67_good();
    printLine("Finished good()");
#endif /* OMITGOOD */
#ifndef OMITBAD
    printLine("Calling bad()...");
    CWE665_Improper_Initialization__char_cat_67_bad();
    printLine("Finished bad()");
#endif /* OMITBAD */
    return 0;
}

#endif

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Home / FAQ / Definitions / What is a second mortgage loan or "junior-lien"?
A second mortgage or junior-lien is a loan you take out using your house as collateral while you still have another loan secured by your house. Home equity loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) are common examples of second mortgages. Some second mortgages are "open-end" (meaning you can continue to take cash out up to the maximum credit amount and, as you pay down the balance, can draw again up to the same limit) and other second mortgage loans are "closed-end" (in which you receive the entire loan amount upfront and cannot redraw after that).
Tip: Be careful using home equity to consolidate higher interest debts. When you use home equity to pay off other debts you really aren't paying them off. You are merely taking out one loan to repay another. The interest rates may be lower in the short term, but that's only because you are using your home as collateral. The risk is that if you can't repay your home equity loan, you could lose your home.
Plus, if you take on more debt, that could make repaying that new debt and existing loans difficult. For example, taking out a mortgage to pay off a five year car loan may have you making payments and paying additional interest for ten, fifteen, or even thirty years. Be careful about trading short-term debt for long-term debt at a higher cost to you.


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We believe the share-price weakness on oil-service stocks is overdone, and we maintain our positive medium- to long-term outlook. We believe most U.S. nonconventional oil plays are economic in the $60-$80 range, and we expect 2015 earnings growth, albeit at a modestly slower rate.
Over the past several days, oil-service stocks have plunged as crude-oil prices have dropped precipitously. The crude-price weakness has been driven by lackluster demand, rising non-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) production and an aggressive stance by Saudi Arabia and Iran to discount prices and keep production levels at high levels. There seems to be increasing discord within OPEC that has led to Saudi and Iran making apparently unilateral decisions and damaging the impact of the cartel.
Heading into third-quarter earnings season, we generally do not expect any major upside or downside surprises. We do expect investors to focus on several key factors, including the outlook for crude oil, commentary from oil service companies on demand and pricing expectations, and rhetoric from exploration and production (E&P) companies on the impact of lower prices on future activity.
We are now expecting West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude-oil prices to range $85-$90 per barrel in 2015. We are modestly lowering our U.S. rig-count assumptions to 1,950 rigs versus 1,975 previously. Our revised international rig-count forecast is 1,450 rigs versus our prior 1,495 rig projection.
We are cutting our 2015 earnings-per-share estimates and price targets to reflect a cloudier near-term view and modestly lower oil price assumptions. However, we believe the stocks offer compelling value for medium- to long-term investors.
Following recent weakness we are upgrading Baker Hughes (ticker: BHI ) to Buy from Neutral. With the shares trading at under five times projected 2015 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) and 10 times estimated 2015 EPS, the risk/reward in the stock appears very favorable. Our revised $72 price target is based on six times projected 2015 Ebitda, in line with the five-year median.
Our favorite names include Halliburton ( HAL ) (rated at Buy, $68 price target), Schlumberger ( SLB ) (rated at Buy, $121 price target) and Oil States International ( OIS ) (rated at Buy, $70 price target).


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Лес Косем (чам. Lès Kosem; ? — 1976) — камбоджийский военный и антикоммунистический политик, этнический тям. Участник вьетнамской войны и гражданской войны в Камбодже.

После переворота 1970 года — активный сторонник проамериканского режима Лон Нола, видный офицер и генерал ФАНК — вооруженных сил Камбоджи (Кхмерской республики) в 1970—1975 гг. Входил в близкое окружение Лон Нона — брата генерала Лон Нола. Участвовал в боевых действиях против красных кхмеров Пол Пота, обвинялся в военных преступлениях против сельского населения, симпатизировавших красным кхмерам. В 1974—1975 гг. — особый посол при президенте Кхмерской республики.

После победы красных кхмеров и падения режима Лон Нола в апреле 1975 года Косем бежал в Малайзию. Умер собственной смертью семь лет спустя.

Литература
Hickey, G. Window on a war: an anthropologist in the Vietnam conflict
White, T. Swords of lightning: special forces and the changing face of warfare, Brassey's, 1992
Ahern, T. Good Questions, Wrong Answers, declassified CSI study on arms shipments through Sihanoukville during Vietnam War
Vickery, M. Cambodia 1975-1982
Corfield, J. and Summers, L. Historical Dictionary of Cambodia, Scarecrow Press, 2002

Ссылки
 Viếng thăm mộ Thiếu Tướng Les Kosem, sáng lập viên phong trào Fulro

Участники гражданской войны в Камбодже
Генералы Камбоджи
Участники войны во Вьетнаме


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namespace MassTransit.Tests.Pipeline
{
    using System.Threading;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using NUnit.Framework;
    using Shouldly;
    using TestFramework;
    using Util;

    [TestFixture]
    public class ContentFilter_Specs :
        InMemoryTestFixture
    {
        [Test]
        public async Task Should_only_get_one_message()
        {
            await InputQueueSendEndpoint.Send<TestMessage>(new {Key = "DENY"});
            await InputQueueSendEndpoint.Send<TestMessage>(new {Key = "ACCEPT"});

            await _accepted;
            await _denied;

            await Task.Delay(50);

            _consumer.Count.ShouldBe(1);
        }

        MyConsumer _consumer;
        Task<ConsumeContext<TestMessage>> _accepted;
        Task<ConsumeContext<TestMessage>> _denied;

        protected override void ConfigureInputQueueEndpoint(IInMemoryReceiveEndpointConfigurator configurator)
        {
            base.ConfigureInputQueueEndpoint(configurator);

            _consumer = new MyConsumer();

            configurator.Consumer(() => _consumer, x =>
            {
                x.ConfigureMessage<TestMessage>(v => v.UseContentFilter(async context => context.Message.Key == "ACCEPT"));
            });

            _accepted = Handled<TestMessage>(configurator, x => x.Message.Key == "ACCEPT");
            _denied = Handled<TestMessage>(configurator, x => x.Message.Key == "DENY");
        }

        class MyConsumer :
            IConsumer<TestMessage>
        {
            int _count;

            public int Count => _count;

            public Task Consume(ConsumeContext<TestMessage> context)
            {
                Interlocked.Increment(ref _count);

                return TaskUtil.Completed;
            }
        }

        public interface TestMessage
        {
            string Key { get; }
        }
    }
}


I love listening to music when I work. Not long ago, I was listening to a Sandi Patti CD when the song "Forever Friends" played. I have heard that song many, many times and have always loved it; but that day, for some reason, I found myself stopping my work and listening intently to the lyrics. It reminds me so very much of my friend, Mary.
Mary and I were roommates in college. Over the years, we have experienced so much of life together, both good times and not-so-good times. But the common thread through all of our experiences is that we have been there to support, encourage, love, and pray for each other.
Forever Friends was designed in soft pinks, pastel greens, and yummy yellows to provide the perfect feminine backdrop for gentle memories. It was accented with dark grays and black for drama and contrast. A Mega kit in size, Forever Friends has everything you need to create memorable scrapbook pages. Why not consider designing a special scrapbook page or photobook of memories for your own special friend? What a treasure that would be.
Be sure to scroll to the end of this post for a special gift to you from me!
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Thanks to Norma, Lella, and Pat for their inspirational layouts. Be on the lookout for layouts, created by my other team members, on Facebook and Pinterest.
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>> Crime
>> Shootings
Court claim puts attention on Las Vegas shooter's girlfriend
After lawyers for police claimed in court Tuesday that charges may be filed in the Las Vegas Strip shooting, legal observers questioned whether the gunman's girlfriend is unfairly being singled out.
By	Jeff German and David Ferrara	/ Las Vegas Review-Journal
Updated January 16, 2018 - 8:21 pm
Marilou Danley (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Windows are broken at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in Las Vegas. (John Locher/AP)
Stephen Paddock (Eric Paddock via AP)
Marilou Danley was initially considered a person of interest after her boyfriend, Stephen Paddock, opened fire on a concert on Oct. 1 from his 32nd-floor Mandalay Bay room, killing 58 people before fatally shooting himself. But she agreed to cooperate and has publicly said she had no knowledge of his horrific plans.
"It's a very bold statement to say that criminal charges are going to be filed in this case when the only person whose name or inference has been put in the news is his girlfriend," Las Vegas attorney Craig Drummond said. "I would hope they're going to back it up. If they don't, it will incite all of these conspiracy theorists even more."
Drummond said it is possible authorities are looking at other people who may have not followed proper procedures when selling firearms to Stephen Paddock or others who may have helped him modify some of the weapons.
Defense lawyer Robert Langford speculated that if Danley knew of Paddock's plans and somehow aided or abetted his actions, she would already have been charged.
But he added, "If she somehow told a different story than what was true, it could be deemed obstruction if it slowed them down."
Attorney Chris Oram said that if Danley lied to authorities or destroyed potential evidence such as Paddock's computer, she could be charged with a crime.
Defense lawyer Chris Rasmussen said there is possible circumstantial evidence that points to Danley's involvement in the massacre, including her trip to the Philippines and the $100,000 Paddock wired to her before the massacre. Her player's club card also was found in Paddock's Mandalay Bay hotel room.
"It's enough to take to a grand jury," Rasmussen said. "People can be convicted solely on circumstantial evidence."
Paddock's younger brother Eric Paddock said he doesn't believe Danley was involved in the mass shooting.
"She had absolutely nothing to do with Steve killing those people," said Paddock, who lives in Orlando, Florida. "We believe 100 percent that Steve played her the same way he played the rest of the world."
The younger Paddock, who indicated he last talked to Danley around Christmas, said she would have told somebody if she had any idea he was planning the deadly shooting.
"She's not stupid," he said. "She would have come to someone like me."
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson and a spokeswoman for the Nevada U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment on the investigation.
Danley's Los Angeles lawyer, Matthew Lombard, did not return a call for comment.
Contact Jeff German at jgerman@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-4564. Follow @JGermanRJ on Twitter. Contact David Ferrara at dferrara@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-1039. Follow @randompoker on Twitter.
Posted on: Crime, Local, Local Las Vegas, Shootings, The Strip
Tagged: Las Vegas Shooting, The Shooter
By Glenn Puit / RJ
A man was seriously injured in a shooting early Monday in central Las Vegas.
A shooting on the Las Vegas Strip left a man in critical condition early Monday.
Man dies after New Year's Day shooting in Henderson
By Katelyn Newberg / RJ
A man who was shot following a car crash on New Year's Day died on Friday, Henderson police said.
Man arrested in connection to east Las Vegas Valley shooting
Las Vegas police have arrested a 18-year-old man in connection with a fatal shooting last week in the east valley, police records show.
Police investigate shooting in Rio parking lot
Las Vegas police are investigating after a man was shot overnight outside the Rio, officials said.
Video shows suspects' Las Vegas wedding, weeks before deadly shooting spree
By David Ferrara / RJ
Video of a couple exchanging wedding vows in Las Vegas just weeks before authorities say they carried out a two-state shooting spree has been obtained by the Review-Journal.
1 hospitalized in northwest Las Vegas shooting
By Sabrina Schnur / RJ
Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital Wednesday night.
70-year-old killed in driveway was a family man, 'people person'
On the night of Dec. 27, Alan Bondelid, 70, was fatally shot in the driveway of his southeast Las Vegas home near Mountain Vista Street and East Tropicana Avenue.
Man killed when argument turns into gunfight in east Las Vegas ID'd
The Clark County coroner's office has identified a man shot and killed Sunday morning in east Las Vegas.
Burglary suspect jailed after being shot by Henderson police
By Alexis Ford and Rio Lacanlale / RJ
January 11, 2021 - 9:28 pm January 12, 2021 - 12:26 pm
Henderson police identified the suspect as 37-year-old Joshua Watkins, who was briefly hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries after the shooting.


IIEP has a special ability to connect the local with the global, the decision-maker with the educational planner, and the academic with the practitioner. As power relations continually shift between governments, corporations, civil society and other actors, IIEP's ability to convene and connect is critical and valued.
The Institute's Policy Fora are annual rendezvous that provide a valuable opportunity for education actors from around the globe to share their knowledge and experience and to exchange views on topics of current debate. Decision-makers, practitioners, civil-society representatives, and researchers learn from each other, and benefit from the variety of viewpoints on offer, in an atmosphere that promotes genuine dialogue and debate. Together with IIEP's training programmes, technical cooperation, and research outputs, these always well-attended events contribute to creating an environment for change.
In 2011, the Policy Forum on 'Gender Equality in Education' laid the groundwork for the Institute's current Gender Programme.
In 2012, the Policy Forum on 'Engaging Youth in Planning Education for Social Transformation' brought together youth, policy-makers, academics, and practitioners, to discuss how to promote the engagement of youth in education. The event led to a concrete Agenda for Action based on the key recommendations emerging from the event, which were then taken forward as part of IIEP's ongoing follow-up programme on youth.


The Safety & Security Subcommittee of the Middle School Building Committee has been established to oversee the safety & security issues related to the design and construction of the North Haven Middle School. Specifically they are charged with working closely with the Architect and the School Security consultant to assure that the school will meet the requirements in the new Connecticut School Safety Infrastructure Council (SSIC) guidelines.
Members of the subcommittee are: David Marcarelli (Deputy Fire Chief), Chairman; Lynn Sadosky (Director of Public Works), Vice Chairman; Thomas McLoughlin (Police Chief), Secretary; Goldie Adele (BOE & Building Committee); Michael Brandt (Building Committee); Luigi Coppola (Building Committee) Philip Diana (Board of Education Supervisor of Buildings & Grounds); Philip Piazza (Principal, NHMS) and Michelle Spader (Building Committee).


Some great DIY woodworking gift ideas to make your day special!
In any occasion, gifting a good wisher something is really a great idea. Gifting our loved ones something makes them feel really special and also happy. There are many different types of gifts that one can give to someone. A gift is never judged by its price or its size. It is just a gift.
As it is said, yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery but today is the gift. That's why it called the present. Yes, this same applies to the gift that we give to our loved ones. Hence, a gift is only enjoyed. It is never seen or observed to check its value.
Now coming back to the point, there are various things through which one can actually make a very good thing. One thing that has been common throughout the ages is the fact that many gifts are made with the help of wood. Wood has been a center to make classic yet sounding gifted for the loved ones. It is durable. We all know that. And hence here it will actually be discussed on to how to make some really interesting simple woodworking projects that you can make for your loved ones.
1. How to make a great trivet?
The trivet is something that will surely add grace to your dining table. These things are and will surely create a positive vibe while dining and also, people those who will see this will surely ask about this. Hence, gifting this to your loved one will surely enhance improve your relationship with them and also their life.
2. How to make an outstanding wooden phone charger?
In this modern age of technology and various other advancements, the life of normal human's life has changed drastically. And in this modern era, having smartphones is the most common thing. Hence, by gifting this awesome handmade wooden charger to your loved one is something that will make them feel good. This will make you feel more modern and also, the classic look of wood will remain constant. This is something that should be really thought of.
This gift is really durable and also long-lasting. So this is something that should actually be considered.
Making something for your loved one that your loved one can actually wear is actually a very good idea. The person who will wear it will surely love you and also remember you when they wear it. The thing is that this jewelry made will be really durable. The durability will be so good that the necklace or anything that you will make for your loved one will last a really long time. This will indeed keep this gift as one of their favorites and also, you'll be able to keep this memory with you for a really long time.
A piece of the word written in any form which will express your love for your loved one is always special. They will surely take care of it and also, whenever they read it they will understand that you always have loved them. That is actually the power of having a great piece of wood signs. And by far the best place to write a piece of love than in the wooden slate. These wooden skates are really durable. You can keep them for really long and still, you will not have to worry about its finishing and shine fading away.
That is the sheer strength of wood. That's why, when something really strong and steady has to be made, people prefer to use wood. Its long lasting capability will surely make the customers ask for more.
Making something that will actually be useful for your love is a very good and great idea. The fact that your gift can actually be used by your loved one is something that will make you and your loved one really happy. You'll be really happy to know that such useful things are really easy to use and make.
The shoe storage is an example. This is very easy to make and also this gift once used will last for years. It's not like the normal shoe storage. It's made up of wood. Wood is very much durable as mentioned many times here, you may want to visit LuxuryHomeStuff.com for more woodworking projects like this. And also keeping in mind that shoe storage will be used very hardy in the house, this thing can surely last for years even after very bad usage. As long as the shoe storage will be preserved in your house, your loved one will surely remember you and keep you in your heart. Just a little bit of effort and you can easily make this for your sweetheart.
Are you finding it difficult to spend time with your loved one on the lawn? You do have a lot of space kept but still, you don't have a place to sit down and relax?
That's when a wooden bench will come in use. It's really easy to make and if you want and are planning at gifting this to your loved one then that's actually a very good idea. The fact that you can actually build this in a very short span of time and that too very easily is something. That is sure to be mentioned and also about durability. This is wood that we are talking about. The durability will surely be very good. Even if you sit here for years and spend some quality time, then also you'll never find it to be getting old or broken. This bench that you make will surpass all your gifts and expectations. Even after lasting long for years, this will be in really good shape.
A relaxing back yard is never complete without a porch swing. A wooden porch swing is the easiest swing you can make in the shortest time possible. It looks exactly like the expensive swings and cost less than the original swing which goes for about $200.
While doing your garden some justice, you need a place you can store all the seeds, the manure and many more. You want them to look neat and well-arranged while tending to your plants. This is why you will need to put the wooden garden polling bench among the projects for your home. It is incredibly easy to crafty and costs you less when than acquiring a bench for the same purpose.
An artist or someone who interacts with pencils most of the time, you will need to put the pencil holder among your projects. This is an easy project that can cost you a few minutes once you have the correct instruments.
Keeping your paint in the right place helps they last longer in order to serve another purpose. Building a simple paint storage shelf is also one of the projects that you can consider to keep your paint in order. The size and length of the shelf depending on how long you would want your shelf to be.
The cost of acquiring a new outdoor couch and the cost of building one will shock many. Why not build one yourself. All you need is some timber and nails. The material you use is dependent on the capability of your pocket. Once you have made the couch you can get some high-end cushions to spice up the couch.
Building this will spice up your bathroom completely. A place you can keep those white towel and anything fancy that add up to the beauty of the bathroom. All you need is some wood to get you started.
A narrow sofa table is a place you can place your phone, the remote and anything you need quick access to when sited on the table.
Accruing a table like this is very expensive, but once you have the knowledge to make one, you can save yourself the cost. Making the table should cost you less than $50 if you are saving on cost.
Spice up your kitchen which a little style. The Wooden Kitchen Island saves you all the trouble by providing you a place to store all the fruits some utensils and many more. It also adds to the beauty of the kitchen once painted.
To add that rustic look to your living room the wooden lantern is the ideal solution. It can be designed and dressed based on any celebration and fit perfectly. This should also be among the projects you should consider.
The design of this table will get you building one fast on site. It is designed to fit the living room perfectly combining the rustic look of the 1960s and the modern living room. You can use metallic lets or build legs from the wood leftovers.
Wall arts are the best when you intend to capture your guest's attention. This amazing DIY wall art will certainly get your guests hooked. It has broad blocks which are toggled to give it dimensions and overall. You can choose to leave the block plain, stain them or choose to paint them different colors.
A wooden mirror will suit your bathroom sink perfectly. It is also easy to make and one can also stain the wood in order to bring out the wonderful attractive wood it's made off.
You can incorporate the design of your bench to accommodate 2 crates or more, based on what you have planned in mind. Building this is also the way and uniquely attractive.
A wooden blanket ladder should be the simplest to make of all. It not only adds style to the living room but keeps the small blankets neat at attractive.
The mushroom wood bench is built to be more comfortable. It provides a wider base and large space below to store shoes or baskets. It is also the perfect bench to sit on when removing some shoes.
The dresser is easy to make and gives you house that rustic look that makes it more attractive. It also provides a wide base top where you can place your more stereo system and many more.
One unique wall art that will stand out from the rest is the Wooden Arrow wall art. The woods are put together to achieve an arrow shape which is very attractive to the eyes. The woods don't have to be stained for this purpose.
Among the simplest most attractive projects is the wooden USB drive. All you need is to have the correct shape stain the wood and insert the USD drive. Adding the USB to your keys makes them look even more attractive.
Last but not least, the wooden I pad Dock is one simples unique wood works that you should put into the long list, especially if you are into I pads. It may me a bit challenging to craft the exact piece but finishing it is victorious.
Hence, these were some gifts that are actually been made and used by wood. As mentioned above, these things made out of wood are really durable and great. Life is surely way better when it comes to the fact that these things last longer.
So gifting someone this quality woodwork present made by you is something really special. The most important fact is about the mental happiness and satisfaction that this brings. That is something unmatchable. So do make this stuff and enjoy your life with your loved ones.


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Psychonauts is een platformspel ontwikkeld door Double Fine Productions De game is in 2005 en 2006 oorspronkelijk uitgegeven door Majesco Entertainment voor Windows, Xbox en PlayStation 2. Nadat Double Fine Productions de rechten van Pyschonauts had teruggekocht werd vanaf 2011 de game geporteerd naar andere systemen.

Plot
Pyschonauts vertelt het verhaal van Razputin Aquato, kortweg genaamd Raz, een jongen met paranormale gaven. Raz loopt weg bij het circus om deel te nemen aan een zomerkamp voor jongeren die dezelfde capaciteiten demonstreren als Raz, met als doel een internationaal paranormaal begaafde geheim agent te worden. Met andere woorden een 'Psychonaut'.

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 Het spel is opgenomen in het boek 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die van Tony Mott.

Computerspel uit 2005
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If you're worried about size restrictions or finding the perfect style, this sofa is the answer to your prayers. It's got a clean and casual look with crisp lines and flared wood legs. Plus its a modest 80 inches long, so you can still have a comfortable living room even when space is at a premium.
The Belton Casual Sofa with Track Arms by Elliston Place at Morris Home in the Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus, Ohio, Northern Kentucky area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
Outfit your living room for entertaining your friends, your mother-in-law, or just you and your dog with a comfortable, subtly stylish sofa. Clean lines and plush seating make this collection a must-have for city or suburban homes across the country.The small-scale sofa and complementing arm chair and loveseat are available in both fabric and leather, see store for availability and pricing.
The Belton collection is a great option if you are looking for Contemporary Casual furniture in the Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus, Ohio, Northern Kentucky area.
Browse other items in the Belton collection from Morris Home in the Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus, Ohio, Northern Kentucky area.


Stage eight of the Dakar rally saw France's Sebastien Loeb take the honours, and the overall lead as the former WRC superstar used his vast experience to retake the lead from Dakar superstar Stephane Peterhansel.
He got to the finish line in Salta, Argentina, three minutes ahead of his compatriot.
Peugeot took the top three places thanks to Cyril Despres. Mikko Hirvonen lies fourth.
Eric Bernard managed to flip his car and looked to be out of the action, but Romain Dumas chivalrously stopped to lend him a hand, and his tow rope came in handy.


Quotations about Arrives. Quotes to stimulate mind and drive action! Use the words and quote images to feed your brain inspiring things daily!
The moment that you died my heart was torn in two, one side filled with heartache, the other died with you. I often lie awake at night, when the world is fast asleep, and take a walk down memory lane, with tears upon my cheeks. Remembering you is easy, I do it everyday, but missing you is heartache that never goes away. I hold you tightly within my heart and there you will remain. Until the joyous day arrives, that we will meet again.
The time at length arrives, when grief is rather an indulgence than a necessity and the smile that plays upon the lips, although it may be deemed a sacrilege, is not banished.
Love changes things; hope allows us to endure until the change arrives.
That man,' Elayne said, 'is never where he needs to be.' 'And yet,' Perrin said, 'he always arrives there eventually.
...as soon as we examine suicide from the standpoint of religion we immediately see it in its true light. We have been placed in this world under certain conditions and for specific purposes. But a suicide opposes the purpose of his creator; he arrives in the other world as one who has deserted his post; he must be looked upon as a rebel against God. God is our owner; we are his property; his providence works for our good.
I don't believe in inspiration that arrives like a bolt from the blue ... It seems to me that the more motivated I am by what I film, the more objectively I film.
It is by great economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.
I would definitely like to direct at some point. I've been very fortunate to work with some amazing talent and study them. But when the right time and the right story arrives, and I feel like I'm compelled to tell it, then I'll do that.
Boredom is the thing that regularly arrives between excitements and episodes of meaning: it is as natural as the tides, and in it an artist can drown.


In my ongoing series, Conversations, I talk with interesting people who have something compelling to s ay about family relationships. Today I'm chatting with Rachel Simon, bestselling author of The Story of Beautiful Girl and Riding The Bus with My Sister.
Lynne: I often talk about what a wonderful vehicle fiction is for teaching. I found The Story of Beautiful Girl to be a powerful narrative that does so much to educate readers about people with disabilities, what they want and hope for, how universal our dreams and desires are. How do you think novels in particular educate readers, as opposed to nonfiction?
Rachel: Two answers come immediately to mind. In fiction you don't have to come to a single way to respond to what's being written about, you may even experience ambiguity. Fiction can prompt a reader to rethink previous positions on the issues at hand, about characters; the reader may go deeper than they've gone before emotionally. Enlarging their perspectives. In fiction, writers aim to move our hearts.
The second real difference between fiction and nonfiction, is that in fiction a writer with a great toolbox, real skill, can write from multiple points of view. Allowing readers to see the world through many different people's eyes. With more than one story, many issues can be addressed, none of which have to lead the reader to any particular conclusion. Multiple points of view in a story, ask readers to imagine other lives. In this way, these stories are so powerful. I believe great novels of the past, even the bible, have stood the test of time for this reason.
Nonfiction on the other hand has only one perspective. And of course the danger of writing nonfiction, is writing with an agenda. It shouldn't be a writer's intent to write with specific messages in mind.
Lynne: You've written nonfiction memoirs. Most notably, Riding the Bus with My Sister. When do you choose to write a story from a nonfiction point of view or as fiction? When you get the germ or seed you know will become something, how do you know it will be fiction or nonfiction?
Rachel: For me there has always been a lot of considerations. When I was an event coordinator for Barnes and Noble, I saw fiction events not well attended. For nonfiction of all kinds, events were well-attended, we sold books. At that time, memoir was a big trend. It was the rise of the stories like Angela's Ashes, The Color of Water. I've always wanted my work to be read widely, and I thought perhaps I can try my hand at memoir.
Enter serendipity. I wrote a piece on my sister and her bus schedule for the Philadelphia Inquirer. My colleagues said, "This is a memoir." I wondered how would I structure it, and then with a lot of thought, hard work and support, I wrote Riding the Bus with My Sister. The book became a big deal, then movie, and led to speaking engagements about my experiences having a sister with disabilities.
Lynne: So you've written nonfiction about your experiences, and now a novel exploring similar themes. Do you consider yourself an expert on persons with disabilities?
Rachel: No. I'm only knowledgeable about my experience. Every day is a learning process. The older I get the more I listen. Both experiences—my writing in general—have invited people to share their stories with me. And each one reminds me what I know and what I don't know. I am increasingly curious. I try to live consciously with an open mind and heart—even though at times I don't.
My whole idea of society is informed by my sister. I believe we are here to help each other. From that you gain a strong sense of what social justice is. It's part of why I'm here. To do the right thing. To encourage others to do the right thing. To be a translator. I see myself as playing a key role in helping others to understand her, to help her to understand the world.
What I've learned that's so valuable is that so often our stories may at first may seem at odds with each other. The parent, the teacher. But in fact they aren't. There is something larger at play.
A skilled writer writes from the vantage point of a person's truth, about psychological understanding of themselves, who they love, or she invites others to go on a journey with fictional characters. Somehow this allows readers the opportunity to examine universal truths.
Rachel Simon is the award-winning author of six books and a nationally-recognized public speaker on issues related to diversity and disability. Her titles include the bestsellers, The Story of Beautiful Girl and Riding The Bus with My Sister. For more about Rachel, her books, and her speaking engagements visit her website.
Lynne Griffin is the author of the family novels Sea Escape and Life Without Summer and the parenting guide Negotiation Generation. You can find her online here: www.LynneGriffin.com, and atwww.twitter.com/Lynne_Griffin and at www.facebook.com/LynneGriffin.
You wait for your characters to reveal the heart of their stories to you. You read and reread your novel, begging it to sing so you'll know you're done. You wait for an agent to read your manuscript, then an editor to make an offer. Rejection slips come in the forms of radio silence and impersonal no-thank-yous; and while some are dotted with blatant encouragement—just as a kiss is still a kiss, a no is still a no.
The job description for writer should include a line in bold letters: Impatient pessimists need not apply.
Certainly leading up to the publication of my third novel, I've got my share of gloomy moments and faithless days, otherwise known as pre-pub jitters, but I've got a much stronger handle on how to manage expectations this time around. The trick for me, when it comes to persevering in the face of the obstacles to successful publishing today, is to sprinkle my hopes with a dash of reality and a pinch of practicality.
Though it may seem counterintuitive, the first step is to dream big. If you don't believe—to your core—that great things are just around the corner, why would you keep on keeping on? Who will have faith in you, if you don't have faith in yourself?
Sadly, there will be times amidst all the waiting, to say nothing of all the rejection and opportunities just beyond your grasp, when self-doubt will take up residence. Only your faithful inner voice spurring you on will be what sustains you. The emotional work involved in maintaining a healthy outlook involves the daily exercise of pulling negative self-talk from the brain like lint from a favorite sweater. I can't do it must be replaced with, yes, I can. This is impossible must become all things are possible. Being positive is an essential ingredient to living a literary life. The bridge from writer to author to career novelist is paved with perseverance born of hope.
What some see as platitudes, I hear as mantras. Dream big. Believe. Be bold. Still, there's a downside to trusting your abilities, to reveling in your accomplishments too readily. If you dream big and hope large, you leave yourself in the path of disappointment. Let's say you're new at this writing gig, and you envision yourself situated on a comfy couch at Harpo Studios holding your latest hardcover. When Oprah's OWN doesn't call—and I'm telling you, you're more likely to be struck by lightning—you'll be crushed. Worse, you might consider an appearance on WLS talk radio a letdown, when in fact who wouldn't love to shout out, Good morning Chicago?
The impressionist painter Henry Matisse said, "What I dream of is an art of balance." If this is the key–and I believe it is–then managing expectations means holding on to enough positivity so you can persevere, energized by all the possibilities, while still being realistic enough to protect your heart, so you can get up another day to face the blank page, the bad review, your lousy Amazon ranking, or someone telling you at your own reading that she only reads happy books.
The secret salve to managing expectations is a bucket of hope mixed with healthy doses of resignation. Want a reality check? Whether you're working on your first novel or third memoir, some aspects of the journey stay the same.
• Lots of homework. You know what they say about luck; it's what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Learn about the industry. Join online communities. Read success stories. Build your career on a solid foundation of knowledge and collegial relationships.
• Regular mental gymnastics. I'm fortunate to have a fantastic agent and a marvelous editor, still the decisions about my career ultimately rest with me. Should I hold on to foreign rights? Accept a two book deal? Hire an independent publicist? These and other risk vs. benefit decisions can be informed by others, but I must process the options and decide what's right for me.
• Loads of advice. Other writers and industry insiders will insist you blog, tweet, and create a Facebook fan page; join Library Thing, Red Room, Good Reads…good grief! You should do these things only if you want to. And only if they fit your personality. Choose the tools to raise your profile that you know you'll stick with. If you try to do it all but then never engage with readers or update your feed, it's about as helpful as shouting out your bedroom window—buy my book. The way to get mileage out of your efforts is to pick what suits you, then be consistent, and be sure to have fun while you're at it.
• Cycles of writing followed by phases of publicity. No one will be as invested as you are in bringing your work to readers. Yet to build momentum, you need to keep producing. Balance time to write with time to promote by creating routines and keeping to a schedule. I've found it works best to write first, and then reward myself with time on social networks.
• Perpetual waiting. Even after a grueling revision, another will be required. First novel or third, agents and editors take time to read, suggest edits, or make offers. Get used to delays and lag times. When action is required, things happen fast. The rest of the time it's limbo. Though easier said than done, resist the urge to check and recheck email or waste time playing online scrabble. In those in between times, my best advice is to keep your head down and write your next novel.


Amongst the myriad of unexpected trends that are popular now (that's you, Birkenstocks), we never thought we'd see the day that our sports bras would ditch the elliptical and prance out onto the streets for all to see. Leave it to daring fashion insiders like Chiara Ferragni of The Blonde Salad and model Ming Xi to prove us wrong.
Scroll through for surprisingly stylish ways to wear your sports bra outside of the gym, and shop your favorites along the way!
Style Tip: Wear a sheer panel top with a white sports bra for a subtle take on the sporty trend.
Style Tip: Try layering a sports bra underneath a sheer black blouse. Wear a leather jacket and skirt for a touch of edge.
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Style Tip: Mix and match your athletic separates (think: sports bra, sweats, sneakers), and accessorize with a statement clutch to give your outfit a fashion-forward vibe.
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Everyone has an opinion on immigration, no matter where you live in the country. If you ask me, there'll never be enough immigrants.
Have we done it well? Not always. When a rich country like ours welcomes immigrants, it comes with responsibilities. We have to make sure they can go to school, learn the language, have proper housing and contribute to Canada as soon as they can. In return, they'll make Canada stronger by sharing who they are.
The bottom line is, immigrants are essential to our country. Canada wouldn't be what it is without them — we all know it. I don't believe and don't imagine for a second that someone would cross a whole continent, escape violence and persecution, and move to a new country in order to do nothing, or worse. It's just impossible. It took too much to get here, too much sacrifice and pain.
A few years ago, Montreal chef Charles-Antoine Crête filmed a documentary series in conflict zones around the world called À table avec l'ennemi ("Dining With the Enemy"). The premise of the show — bringing people together around food — really affected me. The results were not always perfect, but when people from different backgrounds share a meal, incredible things can happen. I've experienced it first-hand. Around the table there's no religion or politics.
Fear — the cause of war, discrimination and racism — turns into understanding. And when I understand you and get to know you better, I see not just your humanity, but mine. Every day in the Toronto Star, I have the privilege of publishing my recipes. And they're inspired by you, wherever you're from. Your stories are now part of my story, and I thank you.
Cooking is one of the most beautiful acts that bring people together. When you sit people around a table, there's no more language, religion or politics. There's less fear, and more understanding. When I know you, I see your humanity. People love to share food, and we have a lot to share here in Canada.
So the question is, how do we make sure there's less fear and more sharing in our country? Food's a great unifier. Cooking and eating together creates new connections. I've worked with thousands of students from all kinds of backgrounds and seen the impact food can have with my own eyes.
Suspicious of each other at first, these kids find out, after spending some time in the kitchen and around the table, that they actually have a lot in common. Like every new immigrant to our country, they want dignity and respect, and want to be acknowledged for who they are. And at the end of the day, isn't that what we all want?


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Premier League: Salah goals, Mahrez assists and other African stories for 2022-23
Techy Detect August 4, 2022 5 min read
Mohamed Salah won the Premier League Golden Boot for the third time last season after scoring 23 goals
On Friday, the new English Premier League season begins, with Manchester City looking to defend the crown they won in May after beating Liverpool to the title by just one point.
Egypt's Mohamed Salah finished as top scorer with 20 goals, alongside Tottenham's Son Heung-min, and is one to watch as much as ever – as are the few new arrivals.
With Senegalese star Sadio Mane having left England for Germany, who are the best Africans to step into his big shoes?
The star man
As the Premier League's 31st season gets under way, all eyes will be on the league's top African scorer – and biggest star – Salah, who has scored 120 goals and will be looking to extend his impressive record, perhaps to the point of being unsustainable .
Only two other Africans have over a century of Premier League goals, but Mane (111) is now at Bayern Munich, while Chelsea legend Didier Drogba (104) retired four years ago.
When Salah scores his first league goal this season, he will overtake Reds great Steven Gerrard and if he scores over 30 for the first time since 2018, he could break into the Premier League's top 10 goalscorers (and to surpass Michael Owen's 150).
A Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League and Club World Cup winner with Liverpool, the two-time Confederation of African Football and BBC African Footballer of the Year is looking to add to club and individual accolades after picking up three top scorer awards championship since 2017.
Riyad Mahrez (right) could become the most capped African player in Premier League history this season
After claiming his fourth title last season to equal Drogba, Manchester City's Algerian star Riyad Mahrez is chasing two personal bests.
The second African – after Ivorian Yaya Toure – to win Premier League titles with two different clubs, now hopes to become the continent's most successful with a fifth title.
He is also on pace to become the African Premier League's assist king with 51 assists, while Drogba – the only player ahead of him – recorded 55.
Chelsea's Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has enjoyed another impressive campaign between the posts at club and international level, while also picking up the 2021 FIFA Men's Goalkeeper of the Year award.
Now in his third season, the 30-year-old African champions will look to add to his 30 league clean sheets as the Blues chase domestic and European success.
The new arrivals
Quiet activity in the transfer window meant only a handful of African players from the continent arrived in England.
Six years after an unsuccessful attempt to first bring him to England, Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly has finally joined compatriot Mendy at six-time champions Chelsea.
Regarded as one of the best centre-backs in the world, Koulibaly – who signed a four-year deal after leaving Serie A side Napoli – is the continent's top-flight arrival.
"I will have to adapt to everything because the speed is faster [in England]", the 31-year-old he said on Wednesday.
"I will need time for sure because I can't be the player that everyone wants from the first game. I will take my time and in two or three months I will be the one that everyone is waiting for."
Elsewhere, Malian midfielder Yves Bishouma has joined Tottenham on a four-year deal worth £25m (plus add-ons) after impressing at Brighton with his goals, passing and all-round play.
Compatriot Cheick Doucoure joined Crystal Palace from Ligue 1 side Lens on a five-year deal, while Moroccan Nayed Aguerd left Rennes for West Ham United, but the 26-year-old will miss the start of the season after picking up an ankle injury in a friendly . against Rangers.
The ones you need to watch
Mali's Cheick Doucoure and Nigeria's Joe Aribo to play in the Premier League for the first time
Nigeria's Taiwo Awoniyi believes he has arrived at Nottingham Forest who have just gone ahead will attract fans from across Africa's most populous nation at the club.
The 24-year-old striker, who scored 20 goals in 43 games in all competitions last season, joined Forest from German club Berlin for a club-record fee in June.
"This is a great opportunity for my career," he told BBC Sport Africa. "The hard work starts now and I can't wait to get started."
Southampton have signed compatriot Joe Aribo on a four-year deal from Rangers Scotland and a player who featured in last season's Europa League final has already shown what he can produce.
"The goal in pre-season was good, but it's just for pre-season, I just want to keep my head focused on what's ahead," he told BBC Sport Africa.
The 25-year-old Super Eagle joined for a fee reported to be around £6m, rising to £10m with add-ons.
Innovative season
Time is running out for Nigeria international Alex Iwobi at Everton, who joined the Toffees from Arsenal in 2019 but has failed to really establish himself in the club's starting line-up under four managers.
"Last season was difficult but I am positive that things will be better this season," Iwobi, 26, told BBC Sport Africa.
Tunisian teenager Hannibal Mejbri, meanwhile, says he is "ready to risk everything to succeed at Manchester United".
Since arriving from French side Monaco in 2019, the 19-year-old has made just three league appearances for United, but with 16 appearances for the Carthage Eagles, he is keen to force his way into new manager Erik ten Hag's first-team plans.
"I have to work hard," he told Pro-Direct Soccer France recently.
"I didn't come here for nothing, not to have on my CV: 'I played for United', I came to prove to the world that a young man from Paris, from the neighborhood, can come and impose himself."
A surprise Caf Young Player of the Year winner, Pape Matar Sarr has finally been linked with Tottenham Hotspur.
Pape Matar Sarr was recently named Caf New Player of the Year
The 19-year-old defensive midfielder joined Spurs last year but spent the season on loan at French side Metz to continue his development.
Despite playing in some pre-season games, Sarr has been linked with another loan move away from North London.
He has eight caps, including one at January's Africa Cup of Nations, which Senegal won for the first time in their history.
Veteran Ivory Coast defender Eric Bailly is expected to put his injury woes behind him at Manchester United by leaving the club before the end of the current transfer window.
He has been linked with a move to another Premier League club, but is also said to be interested in clubs in Italy, Spain and France.
Elsewhere, Ivory Coast winger Simon Adingra joined Brighton from Danish side Nordsjælland but the Seagulls sent him to Belgian club Union SG on a season-long loan.
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New legislation may provide fraudsters with legal loopholes.
The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act includes regulation that prohibits providing information about newly opened accounts before they are activated by customers, which could create an increase in fraudulent credit card applications.
Red Bank, Feb. 19, 2009 /The FraudBlog Newsletter/ - The current economic crisis is affecting all of us, but could it also be creating new loopholes for fraudsters to exploit? You may be surprised to learn that some recent discussions could have a very tangible impact on fraud trends down the road.
According to the USA Today Article entitled "Job credit checks called unfair" by Thomas Frank on 2-13-2009, five states are considering laws that would restrict credit checks by employers. Amid the financial crisis U.S. states and government officials are calling to stop employers from unfairly screening out employees who can't pass a credit check. For many industries that have jobs with access to money this is a necessary step to lower risk from employees with access to money such as tellers, cashiers and finance officers. According to the Society for Human Resource Management about 43% of U.S. employers currently check job applicants for overdue payments on anything from mortgages and rent to credit cards and student loans. While there is no correlation of employee performance to bad credit, there is implicit risk of employees with financial problems potentially being more susceptible to committing some form of internal fraud if they have the access to financial resources. How real is this issue? If you recall our August 2008 newsletter, we reported 5 cases of employee fraud in that month alone, with 4 of those cases being embezzlement through the use of a company credit card (all cases were over $100,000 in losses) and one case of an employee perpetrated data breach.
Senator Chris Dodd is pushing legislation in the CARD ACT to change when application information can be posted into a consumer's credit file. His argument is based on his belief that the policies of credit card issuers to post information on application attempts, instead of account activations, causes card issuers to change the consumers risk exposure thus producing higher fees and rates charged to the consumer. Dodd stated, "Too many families are starting to rely upon short-term, high-interest credit card financing to meet basic needs".
The most critical aspect of his plan is that the bill would prohibit providing information about newly opened accounts before they are activated by customers. If this policy were implemented it could create an increase in credit card fraud applications. For example, a fraudster could open 10 credit card accounts, but waits to activate them until they receive all of the cards. The second through the tenth issuer would have no idea the fraudster had already opened the other accounts when they processed these applications. This could lead to significant increases in Identity Theft per case losses.
increased legislation causing waves in the online landscape.
The United States and European Union continue to draft new legislations affecting eCommerce.


Move over Quorn – make way for more facon and tofurkey (careful if you're saying that one out loud). With 3.5 million people in the UK identifying as vegan and worldwide meat-free campaigns like Meat-free Monday, these food innovations are just the tip of the faux meatberg. Colour, texture and flavour are all up for grabs as faux meat becomes more appealing than ever before – from "bleeding (meat free) burgers" to chickenless tenders. 25% of over 35's say they have experimented with veganism – could you be flirting with faux meat in the near future?
As the high streets reinvent themselves to draw convenience junkies off the net and back onto the streets we can all look forward to more exciting shopping experiences.
Fabulous new food halls are opening across the country - like the shiny new Market Hall in London Victoria. Shopping and food have long co-existed in old fashioned shopping centres but the new wave food halls take it far beyond the familiar big macs and margherita pizzas. Food Halls bring in exciting new cuisines, interesting celebrity chef partnerships and most importantly, a really flexible dining experience: small plates and individual freedom of cuisine - all in a communal lively hall. Look out for more news on Time Out's newly announced mega Food Hall - taking over London Waterloo's Eurostar terminal - due to open 2021.
Avoid gelatine for vegetarian and Hindu guests. Try agar agar instead. It's a vegetarian as-close-as-you-can-get alternative.


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Factor investing outpacing traditional market-cap indexing
Factor investing continues to expand and mature, based on broadly favourable outcomes and investor satisfaction, but the real test will come, perhaps soon, when the many relatively recent adopters take their factor strategies through a market downturn, according to a new study.
This may prove an inflexion point in which, should factor continue to meet or exceed expectations, it jumps from the early adopters into the mainstream, according to the latest study on factor investing by global manager Invesco.
The third annual survey of factor investing, 'Invesco Global Factor Investing Study 2018' involved interviews with 300 institutional and wholesale investors around the world. It shows the trend to factor investing is continuing and provides various insights into investor behaviour.
For instance, rather than take a new allocation to a factor strategy from an existing active strategy, in a bid to decrease potential risk, investors are more likely to fund it from their traditional passive allocations, despite usually incurring slightly higher fees. The study predicts that factor investing will continue to encroach on market-cap passive's relative share of the total pie.
The 96-page study, overseen by Georg Elsaesser, senior portfolio manager for Invesco Quantitative Strategies, says investor intentions are strongly net positive. With a combination of in-line or better-than-expected experiences, plus fee benefits in many cases, the majority of current factor investors intend to add to their allocations on a three-year view. This intention is slightly stronger amongst institutional investors where around two thirds intend to increase factor allocations.
"Very few investors intend to decrease allocations;" the study says. "Even those amongst the small segment of disappointed investors are more likely to maintain their current allocations rather than reduce them. Combined with the probability of increased adoption amongst today's non-factor users, the three-year outlook for factor investing remains very positive."
Looking at the drivers of increasing adoption, improvement in net performance is seen as the most important by some distance, with risk less prominent, especially compared to the initial motivations of taking up factor investing. Cost benefits are also important for smart beta product allocators in particular.
The expected sourcing for increased factor allocations differs significantly across each dimension. For product types, investors intending to increase smart beta allocations have broad sourcing intentions across active, passive, new cashflows and mixtures.
For investors expecting to increase active quant allocations, the predominant funding sources are seen as active allocations and new cashflow.
For more sophisticated investors, active allocations are in most cases less common as the intended funding source. For sophisticated institutional investors looking to increase smart beta allocations, they are more likely to draw on active allocations than passive allocations, although sophisticated wholesale investors are still slightly more likely to draw on passive.
Overall, there is a trend where increasing factor user sophistication results in increasing factor allocations, and where those allocations are funded from within the portfolio rather than new cashflow, the funding source shifts from active to passive allocations.
"As the overall factor user cohort gains experience and becomes more sophisticated, that implies that this trend will become more embedded over the longer term," the study says. "If so, this will further drive up average factor allocations relative to average passive allocations, cementing the place of factor investing in portfolios, with the potential to ultimately challenge the current place of traditional market-cap passive allocations in investor portfolios."
In the absence of a major market event to provide a crisis test, a key risk seen continues to be crowding out. Yet here, too, concerns are abating. The level of concern about crowding has dropped significantly in two years. It is particularly low amongst European investors, and slightly higher amongst APAC institutions and North American investors, but overall this is one of the lower ranked ongoing concerns of factor investors.
Rather, the drivers which would cause factor investors to rethink their commitment are a reversal of the performance and risk benefits which most have seen so far, or an adverse effect on costs – in other words if the factor investing ceased to deliver on its value proposition.
Helpfully, the study also addresses the issue of confusion about the main terms often used by investors and consultants to describe the same thing. The authors say that "factor" is the preferred investor term for the overall philosophy of systematic investing strategies. Other common terms such as "smart beta" and "active quant" are seen as product-related terms which are part of the overall factor hierarchy. "Investors see industry standardisation of factor terminology as a desirable development which will help its spread to new adopters," the authors say. They do not mention "risk premia" investing as another alternative term.
In a confused category terminology landscape, 'factor' is the preferred investor term for the overall philosophy of systematic investing strategies. Other common terms such as 'smart beta' and 'active quant' are seen as product-related terms which are part of the overall factor hierarchy. Investors see industry standardisation of factor terminology as a desirable development which will help its spread to new adopters.
– G.B.
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Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.
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If you look at the MTA subway map, in the top right hand corner is a legend explaining what the different symbols on the map mean. But hidden underneath this legend is the location of an abandoned Civil War fort, now an obscure underfunded city park — Fort Totten.
Located in the Bayside area of Queens and built in 1862, the fort was designed to protect against Confederate ships' approaches to New York via the East River. The fort remained in use until the 1970s, including as a stockpile for Nike missiles and anti-aircraft batteries.
Today the area is a city park, and you are free to wander around and explore a strange and remarkable collection of buildings. The Civil War fortifications lie in ruins and are easily accessible, and there is a small museum in the visitor's center. Parts of the grounds are still used by the Fire & Police Departments and the Army Reserve, so they remain off limits. It's common to find troops training behind wire fences, giving the park an Area 51 feel. Alongside these newer buildings lie many dilapidated ruins from the park's past as an army base. Former officer's quarters, a movie theatre, laboratories, and hospital were all left abandoned.
In the middle of the park is a beautiful neo-Gothic building called the Castle, which was once used as the officer's club and is now home to the Bayside Historical Society.
Take the 7 to the last stop, Flushing Main Street. Then transfer to the Q16 bus, located on 39th Ave and Union Ave to the last stop, Fort Totten.
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The home of former Heavyweight Boxing Champion, "Gentleman Jim" Corbett.
This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.
A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.
Flushing Town Hall
This landmark building is now a vibrant performing arts space with musical acts from around the world.
Medway, England
Grain Tower Battery
This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.
Ruins of the Columbian Cannon Foundry
These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.
Carp Lake, Michigan
Ruins of the Waugoshance Light Station
During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.
Tréguennec, France
Treguennec Pebble Crusher
The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.
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Relapse Sampler 2016
Classic, Death, Metal, Stoner, Thrash
Every year Relapse Records puts out a sampler album featuring great tracks from its roster. This years sampler is mighty impressive with over 40 tracks from some heavyweight bands. Best of all, the sampler is always free to stream and download so check it out below.
"Relapse is excited to present one of our largest and most diverse yearly samplers to date, featuring music from all corners of the metalsphere and beyond. We've gathered 41 tracks taken from new and upcoming releases, including music from rising stars like GATECREEPER, NOTHING, INTER ARMA, and GRUESOME, tracks from sonic boundary-pushers MYRKUR, SURVIVE, BRAIN TENTACLES, and BORIS, and songs from brand-new signees THE OBSESSED, KING WOMAN, CLOAKROOM and INTEGRITY. The sampler also includes new music from Relapse heavyweights RED FANG, OBSCURA, OBITUARY, THE ALBUM LEAF, and many more alongside selections from our recent reissues of classic albums by DEATH, PENTAGRAM, and more. Death metal, hard rock, grindcore, electronic, experimental, prog - there's something here for everyone. As always, the sampler is entirely FREE to stream and download."
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#ifndef elxResampleInterpolatorBase_h
#define elxResampleInterpolatorBase_h

/** Needed for the macros */
#include "elxMacro.h"

#include "elxBaseComponentSE.h"
#include "elxElastixBase.h"
#include "itkInterpolateImageFunction.h"

namespace elastix
{

/**
 * \class ResampleInterpolatorBase
 * \brief This class is the elastix base class for all ResampleInterpolators.
 *
 * This class contains all the common functionality for ResampleInterpolators.
 *
 * \ingroup ResampleInterpolators
 * \ingroup ComponentBaseClasses
 */

template <class TElastix>
class ITK_TEMPLATE_EXPORT ResampleInterpolatorBase : public BaseComponentSE<TElastix>
{
public:
  ITK_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_MOVE(ResampleInterpolatorBase);

  /** Standard ITK stuff. */
  using Self = ResampleInterpolatorBase;
  using Superclass = BaseComponentSE<TElastix>;

  /** Run-time type information (and related methods). */
  itkTypeMacro(ResampleInterpolatorBase, BaseComponentSE);

  /** Typedef's from superclass. */
  using typename Superclass::ElastixType;
  using typename Superclass::RegistrationType;

  /** Typedef's from elastix. */
  using InputImageType = typename ElastixType::MovingImageType;
  using CoordRepType = ElastixBase::CoordRepType;

  /** Other typedef's. */
  using ITKBaseType = itk::InterpolateImageFunction<InputImageType, CoordRepType>;

  /** Typedef that is used in the elastix dll version. */
  using ParameterMapType = typename ElastixType::ParameterMapType;

  /** Retrieves this object as ITKBaseType. */
  ITKBaseType *
  GetAsITKBaseType()
  {
    return &(this->GetSelf());
  }

  /** Retrieves this object as ITKBaseType, to use in const functions. */
  const ITKBaseType *
  GetAsITKBaseType() const
  {
    return &(this->GetSelf());
  }

  /** Execute stuff before the actual transformation:
   * \li nothing here
   */
  virtual int
  BeforeAllTransformix()
  {
    return 0;
  }

  /** Function to read transform-parameters from a file. */
  virtual void
  ReadFromFile();

  /** Function to write transform-parameters to a file. */
  void
  WriteToFile(xl::xoutsimple & transformationParameterInfo) const;

  /** Function to create transform-parameters map. */
  void
  CreateTransformParametersMap(ParameterMapType & parameterMap) const;

protected:
  /** The constructor. */
  ResampleInterpolatorBase() = default;
  /** The destructor. */
  ~ResampleInterpolatorBase() override = default;

private:
  elxDeclarePureVirtualGetSelfMacro(ITKBaseType);

  virtual ParameterMapType
  CreateDerivedTransformParametersMap() const
  {
    return {};
  }
};

} // end namespace elastix

#ifndef ITK_MANUAL_INSTANTIATION
#  include "elxResampleInterpolatorBase.hxx"
#endif

#endif // end #ifndef elxResampleInterpolatorBase_h