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Black woman heads DOJ Civil Rights division
Kristen Clarke poised to rebuild after four years of Trump admin.
Charlene Crowell
Kristen Clark PHOTO: Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
On the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd, a 51-48 vote in the U.S. Senate seals Kristen Clarke's place in history: the first woman, the first woman of color, and the first Black woman to receive Senate confirmation to head the Department of Justice (DOJ)'s Civil Rights Division. The largely partisan vote included Maine's U.S. Senator Susan Collins as the only Republican to support the historic confirmation.
After years of rollbacks to hard-won racial progress, Clarke and all of DOJ are poised to correct, reverse, and advance 'justice for all' as a genuine reality instead of a slogan. The COVID-19 pandemic and recession have thrown into sharp view vast health disparities and economic inequities. Much of Black America has suffered in ways that harkened back to Jim Crow and its separate, but never equal status.
For Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, Clarke's nomination is as significant as it is promising.
"At this moment in history, filling this Division, the Civil Rights Division, on the anniversary of George Floyd's murder on the streets of Minnesota, we are confirming the first woman of color in the history of the United States to head this Division," Durbin said.
Since a new administration began this January, a series of hopeful signs signal that regressive and harmful practices will be challenged in the name of justice.
Clarke was tapped on January 7 by President Biden. His remarks noted Clarke's nomination for both its significance and opportunity.
"The Civil Rights Division represents the moral center of the Department of Justice. And the heart of that fundamental American ideal that we're all created equal and all deserve to be treated equally," Biden said. "I'm honored you accepted the call to return to make real the promise for all Americans."
Soon thereafter, a tsunami of endorsements for Clarke's confirmation highlighted national and diverse support for her service. Her backers included labor unions, environmental activists, law enforcement officials, along with legal colleagues and civil rights leaders.
Clarke's legal career takes on even more significance when one considers this daughter of Jamaican immigrants grew up in Brooklyn, New York's public housing. Although financial resources were limited, the family's teachings of discipline and hard work were not. From public schools, her collegiate studies took her to the prestigious Ivy League.
In 1997, she received her Bachelor's degree from Harvard University. Three years later in 2000, Clarke completed her Juris Doctor at Columbia University.
Her first job as a new attorney was as a federal prosecutor with the Department of Justice, working on voting rights, hate crimes and human trafficking cases. In 2006, she joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund until then-New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman appointed her as director of the state's Civil Rights Bureau. In this state role, Clarke led enforcement actions spanning criminal justice, voting rights, fair lending, housing discrimination, disability rights, reproductive access and LGBTQ rights.
As recognition of her legal acumen grew, so did the number of honors she received: the 2010 Paul Robeson Distinguished Alumni Award from Columbia Law School; 2011 National Bar Association's Top 40 Under 40; the 2012 Best Brief Award for the 2012 Supreme Court term from the National Association of Attorneys General; and the New York Law Journal's 2015 Rising Stars.
Months later, the August 2016 edition of the American Bar Association (ABA) Journal featured a Q&A interview with Clarke. In part, she reflected on her childhood and how it influenced her career aspirations.
"I've experienced what it's like to be underprivileged, and I've experienced very privileged settings as well. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to use the opportunities that I have been given to help those less fortunate. We live in a nation that's divided along lines of race and class. I have a personal sense of what life is like on both sides of that divide, and I want to figure out how we close some of those gaps and level the playing field."
Now, Clarke returns to the Department of Justice at a time when the agency is recommitting its focus on serving the entire nation equitably. Since early this year, a series of actions reflect the agency's renewed commitment to civil rights. Here are a few examples:
This February and following an FBI investigation, a Michigan man was indicted on a charge of hate crimes after confronting Black teenagers with racial slurs and weapons for their use of a public beach.
In March, two former Louisiana correctional officers were sentenced for their roles in a cover-up of a 2014 prisoner's death at the state's St. Bernard Parish that followed a failure to provide medical treatment while incarcerated.
In April, DOJ and the City of West Monroe, Louisiana reached a consent agreement following a lawsuit alleging violation of the Voting Rights Act. Although nearly a third of the city was Black, the at-large election of city aldermen resulted in all white local officials. With the consent decree, the method of aldermen selection will change to a combination of single district representatives and others elected at-large.
On May 7, DOJ issued a three-count indictment of four Minneapolis police officers on federal civil rights charges in the death of George Floyd. Additionally, convicted former officer Derek Chauvin faces an additional two-count indictment for his actions in 2017 against a 14-year-old teenager. The indictment charges Chauvin with keeping his knee on the youth's neck and upper back, as well as using a flashlight as a weapon.
Additionally, DOJ is currently investigating police practices in both Louisville, and Minneapolis. Readers may recall that Breonna Taylor was killed in her Louisville home during a late-night, no-knock warrant police entry.
"Our nation is a healthier place when we respect the rights of all communities," advised Clarke in her confirmation hearing remarks. "In every role I've held, I have worked with and for people of all backgrounds…I've listened deeply to all sides of debates, regardless of political affiliation. There is no substitute to listening and learning in this work, and I pledge to you that I will bring that to the role if confirmed."
Charlene Crowell is a senior fellow with the Center for Responsible Lending.
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Soros, Left-Wing Activists Plot Trump Resistance
REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
Peter Hasson Editor
March 23, 2017 11:45 PM ET
A network of wealthy liberal donors aligned with billionaire George Soros are meeting in Washington, D.C. with left-wing activists and political players for four days this week to strategize how best to undermine the Trump agenda and "restore progressive government."
Although the spring investors conference for Democracy Alliance is closed to the press, The Daily Caller was able to obtain a copy of the conference's agenda, marked "confidential."
The conference is scheduled to take from March 22-25, but the last two days are exclusive to "current [Democracy Alliance] Partners and Foundation Subscribers," according to the agenda. Another event on Thursday is closed to everyone but donors and their advisors.
The agenda confirms that leaders from the Women's March organization and anti-Trump protest group Indivisible are huddling with left-wing donors to plan their resistance to Trump.
USA Today reported earlier this week that Democracy Alliance is weighing funding the two groups, which recently joined forces to oppose Trump. At least six former Clinton operatives are currently playing key roles for Women's March.
Women's March organizer Linda Sarsour and Leah Greenberg, co-founder of Indivisible, are slated to participate in a panel Saturday morning on "Fueling and Sustaining the Progressive Resistance." Sarsour, a left-wing activist, has a slew of ties to radical figures. (RELATED: Linda Sarsour Spoke At Event With Convicted Palestinian Terrorist)
Organizers Linda Sarsour (C), Carmen Perez (2nd R) and Bob Bland (R) lead during a 'Day Without a Woman' march on International Women's Day in New York, U.S., March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
An event on Thursday, titled, "From Resistance to Rebuilding: Harnessing the Energy of the Moment to Win in the States," is exclusive to "Donors and Donor Advisors Only."
"Participants will hear about smart, collaborative plans and funding opportunities to win back power in states," a description reads. "Democracy Alliance Board Chair John Stocks will unveil the State Victory Fund, which will be a hub of this work."
Another event on Friday titled, "Disrupting Politics: Technology and Media Innovation," will focus on combating "the rise in popularity of far-right websites." That event is, according to the agenda, "Hosted by an Anonymous Partner."
Neera Tanden, a close Clinton ally and president of Soros-funded think tank Center for American Progress, is also attending the conference.
Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, speaks during the third day of the Democratic National Convention (Getty Images)
Tanden is slated to appear on a panel titled, "What's It Going to Take to Win? Building a Progressive Narrative."
That panel, according to the agenda, will focus on "developing a communications strategy that allows the progressive movement to build an opposition narrative that will translate into winning local fights and defending progressive strongholds in this new political era."
Soros is well-known for bankrolling various left-wing activist groups and causes like Black Lives Matter, and was one of the biggest financial backers of Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful presidential campaign.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Soros once wrote that he considers himself "some kind of god" with "messianic fantasies."
His personal motto, according to that same article, is: "If I spend enough, I will make it right."
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US Census data shows more than 41-thousand immigrants moved to Los Angeles county just in the past year.
The population shift is expected to reach a milestone in the middle of next year.That's when experts say Hispanics will become the majority in California.
Lawmakers are already responding by drafting expanded protections and rights for immigrants.This includes labor rights for documented and undocumented workers, something that immigrants have been fighting to get for years.
Advocates say this goes against more than 7 decades of laws and policies that have unfairly targeted minority workers.
Advocates are also pushing for access to health care.They say even under the health care reform act, more than one million undocumented immigrants would not be covered. Advocates are planning a statewide push to support immigrants in their quest for coverage.
Census data predicts that by the year 2060, Hispanics will make up more than 50 percent of the population. By that time, whites are expected to be less than 30 percent.


Evan Williams hopes his progressive six-year-old hurdler Silver Streak can outrun current odds of 50-1 and pinch a place in the Unibet Champion Hurdle.
One of 27 entries revealed on Wednesday for the Cheltenham Festival showpiece on March 12, spearheaded by dual champion Buveur D'Air, 11-8 favourite with the sponsor, Silver Streak has improved out of all recognition since starting life in handicaps off a mark of 96 at Taunton in December 2016.
He is now rated 156 after five wins and a last-time-out second to Brain Power in the Grade 2 International Hurdle.
Silver Streak was weak and backward when trained by Ann Duffield at the beginning of his career.
Williams said: "Full credit to Ann and to Les Fell, his owner, who has looked after him over the last two summers.
"He wasn't a Flat horse, but should have been. He was beautifully handled by Ann, who allowed him plenty of time to fill into his frame.
More clues should come on Saturday at Haydock when Silver Streak is due to have another pop at Brain Power in the Grade 2 The New One Unibet Hurdle. Williams said: "Saturday will tell us a lot."
The Champion Hurdle is usually run at a scorching gallop and the trainer believes that will play to Silver Streak's strengths at Cheltenham – as long as he pays more respect to his hurdles.
"He needs a real good gallop," he said. "They haven't gone fast enough for him the last twice. He's a strong horse and thinks he can break a hurdle, get away with it, and still win.
"He's been able to do that in handicaps, but he won't get away with that sort of thing in a Champion Hurdle.
There are 12 Irish-trained entries for the Champion Hurdle, featuring five from the Willie Mullins stable – Laurina, who is a likely runner at this stage, Cilaos Emery, Melon, Saldier and Sharjah – and four from Gordon Elliott, including Samcro, although there are major doubts about his participation.


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I search a sourcecode or a class for linux in C or C++ that allows  to send a message by a popup to a Win7 PC like msg.exe.

A: If you want to make a popup, you need to reference a system-dependent program that interfaces with your window manager. Using msg.exe for windows works, because its a built-in program that makes popup boxes. If you're running ubuntu, try using xmessage, or notify-send (for built-in programs), otherwise you'll need to import a library that handles GUIs, like GTK+.

A: The question is indeed a little misleading. If you want to send a message over the network, you should try smbclient. I'm not sure if it still works with Win7 but you're able to send messages from a linux box to windows with smbclient -M "my message".
Doing this in C or C++ is more complicated though. Maybe a look at the sourcecode of smbclient might help you.

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Viața la castel  (titlul original: în ) este un film de comedie francez, realizat în 1966 de regizorul Jean-Paul Rappeneau, protagoniști fiind actorii Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve și Pierre Brasseur.

Conținut

Distribuție

 Philippe Noiret – Jérôme, proprietarul castelului
 Catherine Deneuve – Marie, soția sa
 Pierre Brasseur – Dimanche, tatăl Mariei
 Mary Marquet – Charlotte, mama lui Jérôme
 Henri Garcin – Julien Pontaubert, membru al rezistenței
 Carlos Thompson – maiorul Klopstock
 Marc Dudicourt – Schimmelbeck
 Robert Moor – Plantier, grădinarul castelului
 Christian Barbier – colonelul
 Donald O'Brien – ofițerul parașutist american
 Jean-Pierre Moulin – locotenentul
 Paul Le Person – Roger, un muncitor agricol ()
 Alexis Micha – un tânăr din rezistență

Premii
 1965 Premiul Prix Louis-Delluc la categoria Cel mai bun film;
 1966 Premiul Special al Juriului la Festivalul de Film Karlovy Vary - împreună cu filmul Moartea unui birocrat de Tomás Gutiérrez Alea;

Vezi și
 Listă de filme străine până în 1989

Legături externe

Filme din 1966
Filme de comedie
Filme de război
Filme în limba franceză
Filme regizate de Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Filme alb-negru

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Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has come under fire after making a startling admission about Brexit. In a revealing interview with Channel 4's Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Rees-Mogg admitted it may take 50 years to benefit from leaving the EU.
The interview was part of Channel 4's Way's to Change the World podcast series. In it, Guru-Murthy pressed the Tory MP as to whether he would resign if Brexit went wrong.
Good news: there's going to be a Brexit dividend! Yay! Go us!
The news that it may take 50 years to reap the benefits of Brexit may not be much solace to many. The claim that the NHS could be £350m a week better off is looking even less likely now than it did when it first appeared on the side of a bus.
While Rees-Mogg's honesty is at least a refreshing change, it's a shame it's taken him this long to admit this. If we all knew then what we know now, the result could have been very different.


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Each of us has been infinitely blessed - beginning with the gift of life.
our glass is not half full, it is 99.9% full.
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      }
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  }

  NavController.$inject = ['$scope', '$state'];

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    $scope.current = $state.current.name;

    var routes = angular.copy(foundationRoutes);

    //setup autocomplete
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    if(foundationRoutes) {
      angular.forEach(routes, function(r) {
        var title = r.title || r.name.replace('.', ' '); //use title if possible
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      });
    }

    $scope.selectRoute = function(routeName) {
      var title = routeName;
      var name = routeName.replace(' ', '.');

      //search for route
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        if(r.title && r.title === routeName) {
          $state.go(r.name);
          return;
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we are happy to announce a Call for Modules for the round III questionnaire of the Comparative Candidates Survey (CCS). CCS is a joint multi-national project, which collects elite data on candidates running for national parliamentary elections in different countries, using a common core questionnaire to allow for cross-country comparison (comparativecandidates.org). Since 2007 the survey has been conducted in 26 countries covering 49 elections and data as available at FORS (forscenter.ch/de/daris-daten-und-forschungsinformationsservice/datenservice/spezialprojekte/comparative-candidate-survey-ccs/).
CCS Steering Committee now opens a Call for Modules to be included in the CCS round III questionnaire inviting individual scholars or groups of scholars to submit proposals for additions to the core questionnaire. Detailed information regarding the overall procedure and requirements can be found here: comparativecandidates.org/CCS-III-call.
Proposals must be submitted electronically to Annika Lindholm (Annika.lindholm@unil.ch) no later than 6 May 2018. In case of questions regarding the call or the procedure, do not hesitate to contact me or anyone else involved in the Questionnaire Development Committee.


Puffy eyes? Lacklustre complexion? Face feeling decidedly...meh?
We caught up with Danish skincare dynamo, Ole Henriksen (he of the eponymous skincare brand and swish L.A day spa, where Helena Christensen, Charlize Theron and Christina Hendricks all go to get red carpet ready) recently to get his advice on waking up a tired face.
Here, his speedy morning fast-track to a fresher, more awake-looking complexion. We tried it - it works.
1. Fill your sink with cool water and a tray's worth of ice cubes. Soak a clean flannel in the water (it has to be terry cloth, not thin muslin, as it traps and holds water better) then wring it out and press it gently onto your face a few times, taking lots of lovely deep breaths as you do so. It's a really Nordic thing and it works faster than anything else to dispel redness, wake you up and make you feel fresher. You can lay the cloth on the back of your neck, too, on a hot day.
2. Soak the cloth again, wring it out and lay it across your eye area and again, press very gently. It helps constrict capillaries to get rid of any redness and puffiness and brighten up the whole area.
3. After your ice treatment, don't dry your face. Leave your skin damp and massage in your favourite cleanser, for two minutes, to help banish the last of your puffiness and get your circulation going again. Remove it with your terry cloth or my soft complexion sponges for a gentle exfoliation that will leave your skin brighter, but not overly buffed.
4. Apply a few drops of a good vitamin C serum, like my Truth Serum, all over and gently work it into your skin until it's absorbed. For me, vitamin C is the queen of antioxidants. It has had the most research done on it, so we know it works, and it's great for brightening up your skin and boosting collagen for a plump, healthy glow.
5. Apply your normal tinted moisturiser and concealer - paying close attention to the central panel of your face, where skin is normally ruddiest (read: most knackered looking). An extra dot of highlighter in the inner corners of your eyes gives your whole face instant luminosity and makes you look more awake.


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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Asian Productivity Organization
Post by: Biên tập viên ISMQ - Post date: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 | 9:52 - View count: 199
The Asian Productivity Organization (APO) officially turns 60 years old (11/05/2021), APO Secretary General, PhD. AKP Mochtan has sent a letter to economies member expressing its appreciation and recognition for the contribution made by member economies to APO's development and regional productivity. The Secretary-General also wants APO and member economies to achieve more success in the next stages.
Established on May 11, 1961, starting with only 8 member economies including Japan, India, Korea, Taiwan (China), Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand, APO experienced with current membership numbering 21, making a huge contribution to boosting productivity in member economies and the Asia-Pacific region.
APO Secretary-General's greeting card to member economies celebrating the APO's founding anniversary in 2021
The date of establishment of APO this year is a very special day, marking the moment when APO is officially 60 years old, the anniversary is considered a diamond according to East Asian conception. To commemorate this important period, since the beginning of 2021, APO has held a launching ceremony to celebrate its 60th anniversary in the form of online opening to a series of events held in the member countries.
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Xuan Dinh, on behalf of Vietnam, the country in charge of the APO President for the 2020-2021 tenure, made a welcome speech and together with the Secretary General of APO to launch activities for this anniversary year. Due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of events have been turned online. In particular, the first anniversary event is the International Conference and Center of Productivity to be held on June 10, 2021 together with the 63rd APO Executive Board Meeting.
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Xuan Dinh congratulates and with the Secretary General of APO launch activities to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of APO on January 21, 2021.
The Asian Productivity Organization (APO) is an international, intergovernmental organization established on May 11, 1961. With 21 member economies, APO is the only organization. In the Asia-Pacific region, there are many activities implemented in member economies to improve productivity, contributing to promoting sustainable socio-economic development of the region. With the permission of the Prime Minister, Vietnam officially became a member of APO since January 1, 1996. STAMEQ (Ministry of Science and Technology) is authorized to represent Viet Nam's standing office at APO and is the focal point for the implementation of APO's programs and projects, bilateral projects with APO member national productivity organizations. Currently, the General Department of Representatives of Vietnam assumes the role of APO Chairman for the term 2020-2021, which is also the second time that Vietnam has assumed the chairmanship role of this organization since its accession.
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Al Green was a top-sellingR&B singer in the early '70s—until he put away his past and threw himselfwholeheartedly into a new life. Director Robert Mugge's 1984 documentary, GospelAccording to Al Green , looks closely at a un.. Read more
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What in the world was President Barack Obama doing two days after his State of the Union address braving the wilds of Waukesha County, one of America's most virulent centers of Read more
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Contemporary Political Comedy in Racine
Not too long ago, Next Act theatre staged a really compelling script with Jason Wells' Perfect Mendacity --the story of a man trying to cheat a lie detector test. This coming weekend, Racine's Over Our Head Players brings another work by the con.. Read more
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On the eve of his first "State of the Union" address, Barack Obama confided that he would "rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president." But his proposal to freeze domestic spending is exactly the ki Read more
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The Athletics and Cardinals have completed a trade that sends outfielder Matt Holliday to St. Louis in exchange for third baseman Brett Wallace, outfielder Shane Peterson and right-handed pitcher Clayton Mortensen, sources told ESPN The Magazine's.. Read more
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Measured against a career studded with landmarks such as Metropolis, M, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, Fury, Scarlet Street and The Big Heat, Fritz Lang's Man Hunt was a minor effort. But the director's 1941 movie, out now on DVD, was an important .. Read more
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Join Us every Tuesday morning from April thru October at The Fairway Hills Golf Club to meet, make good friends and enjoy the game of golf. This was the goal of the founding seniors in 1996 when they created the Fairway Hills Senior Golf Association. Today, many years and many new members later, senior golfers at all skill levels are doing just that. Gathering with friends, laughing and playing the game we love.


Well made, super cute, Go Dodgers!!
I purchased this sign for my daughter-in-law for Mother's Day. She and my son are Atlanta Braves fans, and I knew she would love the sign.
This product is ok, but I paid $12.99 for it and it came in with the Gordmans price tag still on it at $7.99.


America Canada Motor home Convoy Tours offers five quite different touring adventures through some of the most breath taking scenery in North America. All departures are outside, or just at the end of the main summer holiday season, with less crowds and near perfect weather for your adventure. Click on the Motor home Tours button (above) to see full itineraries and costs – and if you have any enquiries please get in touch with tour operator Graeme Smyth by email or phone (click on the Contact Us button above).
Veteran Australian travel agent Graeme Smyth, who has the Hello World Franchise at Menai, Sydney began organising a motor home tour through Canada and Alaska in 2003. Over years since the interest in Graeme's unique concept of organising a group of motorhomes to cover a designated route, with pre-booked stops at RV parks along the way has really taken off, as it offers a lot of freedom for participants to explore their particular interests as they travel through some fascinating regions of North America.
The added attraction of doing a journey without constant packing and unpacking, or doing most things in a large group – and not having the burden of everything being time sensitive has proved a huge success with people who are used to caravaning, and those who are new to motor home traveling.
Over time Graeme has developed a number of tours in various parts of Alaska, Canada and the continental USA.
These are constantly revised and refined to ensure the quality of all aspects of the adventure are maintained.
Now Graeme offers his package of outstanding tours through this web site, dedicated only to motor home convoy touring in North America.
Graeme regularly leads tours himself, and has a team of experienced tour leaders to travel with each tour.
As you'll see, going through our web site, care is taken to ensure your trip is a great adventure.
Driving a motorhome on the other side of the road is not daunting.
especially regarding the insurance of the motor home.
Please have a look at Graeme's introductory video and the video about motor home touring.
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The Brand Proving Sleepwear is the New Loungewear
It's fall – finally — which means it's time to put your best cozy gear to work.
Everything about fall makes you want to curl up with mulled cider and sit thoughtfully, wrapped in a cocoon of warmth. Or at least that's what the "romanticize your life" movement wants me to believe. And I'm believing it. Bring on the Halloween-themed cookies, the falling leaves, the smell before rain. Bring on the hot chocolate, fuzzy socks, and oversized sweaters.
For the latter, I'm wrapping myself in NAP loungewear.
Honestly, I'm the ideal audience for a brand named NAP. Being sleepy is my primary personality trait, so I'm easily seduced by anything bed-adjacent. Those Instagram-famous pajamas with the feathered sleeves that were all over at the beginning of the pandemic? Check. The ubiquitous Nap Dress? Check. The wearing sleepwear outside movement? I was ahead of the curve.
But I'm not the only one. For the past few years, athleisure has become one of the most dominant trends in fashion. Taking a cue from the Los Angeles Hot Girls, gone was the social stigma attached to wearing workout clothes outside. Leggings and sweatpants went from shame-garments that you'd only run errands in, to staples in any fashion-minded person's closet.
The pandemic only intensified this trend. In an attempt to keep their customers buying, most brands pivoted to sweatpants and loungewear. Our return-to-the-world has proven that this love of comfort is not going anywhere. However, it is evolving.
During our most boring 2020 moments, our lockdown-addled brains sought out exquisite sleepwear to defy our newfound homebody status. Satin pajamas, silk robes, vintage sleep sets, and lingerie reigned supreme on Instagram.
Who did we think we were? Sleeping Beauty? The Princess and the Pea? In any case, sleep couture has surprisingly stuck around. After all, it was the summer of love. There's something romantic about going into the world in sleepwear — a slip dress, a coverup, a dainty little robe.
But beyond the dramatic choices and on-the-nose sleepwear interpretations, pajamas as loungewear is here to stay, even in the most subtle ways. Pajama jackets pass as collared shirts for Zoom meetings, for one. Who's really ready to relinquish the comfort we've grown used to, especially in the fall?
NAP loungewear is at the helm of the sleepwear movement, providing all the versatile essentials that will keep you cozy at home, while appropriate to wear for outside excursions.
Born of the pandemic, NAP loungewear saw the writing on the wall and are convinced that they wanted to retain parts of the "new normal" like comfy clothes and a more relaxed mindset.
According to their founder, the brand wanted "to break free from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Take a breather. Relax and immerse in our comfort and aesthetics. It's a designer brand that represents modernity, simplicity, and fashion."
In the post-pandemic Wild West that was known as Hot Vax Summer, it looked as if NAP might have miscalculated. People had spent all year overindulging in comfort, who wanted to keep wearing at-home clothes?
And sure enough, the sartorial themes of the summer were bold prints and dating colors. After all, now that we're out in the world again, why not dress like it.
But, it bears repeating, it's fall! Cozy Season is back-in-action and, like the prodigal son, NAP is here to welcome us home.
NAP pieces blend classic feminine tailoring with contemporary needs and styles. While they focus on sleepwear, the brand has lines of activewear, knitwear, and lush cashmere. So, no matter what you do, you're in the spirit of a nap.
For example, their signature Cozy Fleece Pajama Set is an essential versatile set and perfect for travel. Now that international borders are opening up for vaccinated travelers, it's time to get out there again — which means carefully crafting a fantastic plane outfit. For comfort that won't embarrass you in the airport, this set is presentable but not restricting.
When it comes to travel, NAP loungewear is a packing staple. Versatile styles and neutral tones go with many outfits and are easy to dress up or dress down. Come up with countless outfit combinations without having to pack countless outfits, and be confident that you'll be comfy wherever your travels take you.
NAP loungewear is changing what clothing means. Now that the activewear revival is giving way to sleepwear, we'll gladly embracing it with NAP.
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The scaly-naped pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa) is threatened by hunting in the Caribbean. At present, the pigeon is abundant in Puerto Rico, but overharvesting is a major concern; therefore, the development of a sustainable harvest strategy is a management priority. The management objective of the harvest strategy is to maximize hunting opportunity while keeping the population above an abundance threshold (NT) of 260,000 pigeons. To facilitate operational development and implementation of the harvest strategy, we conducted point-transect distance sampling to estimate population size, and mail and telephone hunter surveys to estimate total harvest. We used monitoring data and a Bayesian state-space model to estimate population and harvest management parameters, and predicted changes in population size as a function of expected total harvest. Population size averaged 262,899 pigeons (SE=122,087) in April–June 1986–2012, and total harvest averaged 40,760 pigeons (SD=43,405) in September–November 1986–2011. Intrinsic rate of growth was 0.442 (SD=0.142), carrying capacity was 524,900 pigeons (SD=119,200), maximum sustainable harvest rate was 0.221 (SD=0.071) with a total harvest of 57,988 pigeons (SD=14,640), and equilibrium population size was 262,500 pigeons (SD=59,620). Because the population recently recovered from deforestation and has been affected by hurricanes, a conservative harvest level was prescribed at 50,311 pigeons (SD=24,939). However, harvest in 2008–2011 was 2.1 times larger than the maximum sustainable yield. Assuming 122,905 pigeons were harvested per year in 2012 and 2013, we predicted a population size of 216,000 pigeons (SD=90,770) in 2014, suggesting that restrictive regulations may need to be prescribed to meet the management objective. Our monitoring and modeling framework is an important first step in the development and implementation of a sustainable harvest strategy for the scaly-naped pigeon, and the approach can be applied to the management of other columbids in Puerto Rico.
From: Rivera-Milán, F., Boomer, G. S., and Martínez, A. (2014). Monitoring and Modeling of Population Dynamics for the Harvest Management of Scaly-Naped Pigeons in Puerto Rico. Journal of Wildlife Management; DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.672.


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Yenra : RFID : RFID Smart Cards : Radio Frequency Identification Smart Tag
CardXX today announced the company has resumed operations in a new state-of-the-art-facility. The new 7,200 square foot manufacturing facility for RFID smart cards is located in Englewood, Colorado. Earlier this month, CardXX moved its patented RAMP production machinery to the new facility.
CardXX also announced it has closed private funding which has satisfied close to all outstanding liabilities and has provided sufficient working capital to fund the company over the next twelve months. In addition, the Company intends to close on additional funding with institutional investors that will allow for aggressive expansion into developing markets, both domestically and internationally.
Mr. Paul G. Lewis, President, stated, "I am delighted with the positive direction of CardXX. We continue to work diligently to return CardXX to cash flow positive. Our accomplishments over the past 6 months are a testament to the company's future abilities."
The company appointed Stephen G. Wapelhorst as Vice President and Paul Reed as Director of Business Development. Mr. Phil Worack will remain as CEO and Chairman of the Board.
CardXX has engaged or retained the services of specific members of the former engineering team. Together, they are working to restore and enhance the CardXX RAMP machinery. The company expects to be able to process smart card orders within 90 days. The Company currently is the only smart card manufacturer that has attained Level 3 security clearance for the Common Access Card (CAC) program for the US government.
CardXX manufactures RFID Smart Cards, Smart Tags and packaging technology using its proprietary and patented encapsulation process known as the Reaction Assisted Molded Process (RAMP). RAMP is used to securely integrate a microcircuit or mini-computer, rechargeable battery, and/or digital memory storage implant into a small form factor Smart Card, proximity or Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Smart Tag with unsurpassed physical security. CardXX also licenses its patented technology and provides manufacturing equipment and services to other card manufacturers.
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Q: Tag an Azure Resource using multiple variables from a DevOps Release Pipeline I am trying to assign tags to an Azure Resource by passing them through an Azure DevOps pipeline, but cannot define the correct expression in the ARM template.
An Azure resource group deployment task is used in a DevOps Release pipeline to deploy a resource to Azure. Several pipeline variables are defined for tags to apply to that resource. These variables are passed through to the ARM Template by overriding the template parameters in the task. The ARM template defines a "tagsObject" parameter with a format of "tagName" and "tagValue" wrapped in an object. The issue is how to assign all of the tags provided by the tagsObject in the "tags" section of the ARM Template? The standard "tags": "[parameters('resourceTags')]" fails. What I'm after is for each object, extract the key-value pair and assign them to their corresponding item. Can this be done?
How to do the assignment?
"tags": "[union(parameters('tagsObject'),json('{\"tagName\":\"tagValue\"}'))]",
Below is the variable object used in the Override template parameters of the Azure resource group deployment task:
-tagsObject {"tags":[
    {"tagName":"Application","tagValue":"$(tagApplication)"},
    {"tagName":"Description","tagValue":"$(tagDescription)"},
    {"tagName":"Environment","tagValue":"$(environmentLongName)"},
    {"tagName":"Department","tagValue":"$(departmentLongCode)"},
    {"tagName":"Business Owner","tagValue":"$(tagOwnerBusiness)"},
    {"tagName":"Technical Owner","tagValue":"$(tagOwnerTechnical)"},
    {"tagName":"Platform","tagValue":"$(tagPlatform)"},
    {"tagName":"Project","tagValue":"$(tagProject)"},
    {"tagName":"Solution Type","tagValue":"$(tagSolutionType)"}
]}

This is the Parameter in ARM Template:
"tagsObject": {
            "type": "Object",
            "defaultValue": "{}",
            "metadata": {
                "description": "Specifies all tags {\"tagName\":\"\",\"tagValue\":\"\"} wrapped in an object."
            }
        }

A: If you can, put all of those tags into a PowerShell hashtable like this:
$tagsObject = @{
  'Application'     = '$(tagApplication)'
  'Description'     = '$(tagDescription)'
  'Environment'     = '$(environmentLongName)'
  'Department'      = '$(departmentLongCode)'
  'Business Owner'  = '$(tagOwnerBusiness)'
  'Technical Owner' = '$(tagOwnerTechnical)'
  'Platform'        = '$(tagPlatform)'
  'Project'         = '$(tagProject)'
  'Solution Type'   = '$(tagSolutionType)'
}

Then assign the variable to the parameter with -tagsObject $tagsObject
Recommendation when using Azure DevOps (ADO) variables to fill out the tags values that are processed by a PowerShell command or script to deploy the ARM template -- You should use single-quotes to wrap the ADO variables. If any of the ADO variables happen to contain a $ character, the PowerShell will attempt to treat it as a PowerShell variable and replace it with what will likely be a null or empty value. The single-quotes will treat the ADO variable substitution as a literal string.
ADO variable: departmentLongCode = asdf$qwert
"$(departmentLongCode)" becomes asdf because $qwert variable probably doesn't exist.
'$(departmentLongCode)' becomes asdf$qwert as expected.
Maybe this wouldn't happen in your case but I have seen it happen with password variables.


Am I the only one who likes to occasionally browse the rows of college textbooks, like at the Barnes and Noble on Mockingbird? I wouldn't call it an obsession, or a deviancy (although obsessive deviants can't be expected to recognize their condition, I suppose), but I like to know what college students are being asked to read these days.
I just did this yesterday. I almost convinced myself I needed a new backpack after I was finished.
It's ok as long as you weren't wearing a surgical glove on one hand.
I think you should be looking into how much college students PAY for textbooks these days. SMU Barnes & Noble = highway robbery.
You're right about the inflated cost of textbooks, and I think that's been the case for a long time. I hope the advent of digital textbooks will ease that problem, not to mention the load on the backs of students, starting in high school.


Understanding mental health, the mind, and the brain through the arts.
Arts in Mind is a week-long festival celebrating innovative collaborations between researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) and the creative and cultural sector. It showcases work that explores new ways to improve well-being and facilitate a better understanding of mental health, the brain, and the mind.
As part of the Early Career Award Researcher Scheme which provided the initial funding of Heroin Bodies, all of the 2017 project winners were invited to display their work at Somerset House. The Breathing Body animation, by Galia Rybitskaya was displayed along with a miniature replica of the original Museum of Drug Policy exhibition.
Heroin Bodies also won a prize for best project at this Showcase event.
HIT conference is focused on harm reduction is more important than ever given the current UK situation in terms of drug related deaths, novel psycoactive drugs, chemsex and a lack of political will to promote evidence-based approaches to these issues.


reddit has launched a new crowdfunding platform called redditmade that focuses on privacy and building community around subreddits. The platform works by allowing reddit users to create a range of products like T-shirts, pins, and stickers through reddit and set a financial goal for the campaign. Other users can back the project by purchasing those items, but no money changes hands and no products are physically created until that goal is reached.
Where redditmade differs from other crowdfunding options is that reddit handles everything on their end including payment processing, item production, and shipping. This allows them to manage campaigns without giving any user information to the campaign creators. Any reddit user can create a campaign, but moderators of official subreddits will have additional perks like having their campaigns featured on redditmade and the potential for free advertising on their subreddits.
redditmade is now live and in an open beta.


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Shivalik College of Engineering, Dehradun
Establishment Year: 2008
Location: Dehradun
Website: www.sce.org.in
Affiliated To: UTU, Dehradun
Approved By: AICTE
Contact No.: 0135-2693401, 0135-2111208, 099971-55111
Shivalik College of Engineering, Dehradun (SCE) is a private and self-financing institution set up by the Rijan Educational Society in the year 2008. The SCE is affiliated to the UTU, Dehradun. The SCE is approved by the AICTE, Ministry of HRD and Uttarakhand Board of Technical Education. The SCE is an ISO 9001:2008 certified institution.
The SCE campus is sited on the Shimla Bypass Road in Village Sihniwala at Post Sherpur in District Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The campus is spread over in 16 acres of land. The campus is 13 km away from Dehradun ISBT, 16 km from Railway Station and 40 km from Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun.
The SCE campus conducts B.Tech degree programme in five engineering disciplines, Polytechnic diploma programme in two engineering disciplines and B.Ed degree programme. Read More >>
Students & Faculty:
The SCE campus offers the admission in engineering programmes over 600 seats as the annual intake capacity of the courses. The campus has a team of 42 faculty members from all departments.
The SCE campus provides separate hostel for boys & girls, transport facility, medical facility, seminal hall, conference hall, cafeteria, gymnasium, sports facility, bank, ATM and industrial trips.
The campus organizes student clubs, live projects, technical festival, annual day, fresher party, farewell party and various co-curricular activities and extracurricular activities.
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Melissa Ivy Rauch is commonly known for her character Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski Wolowitz on the CBS comedy series The Big Bang Theory. A versatile, talented and notable American actress and comedian, Rauch has also tried her hands in Film Producing and script writing.
Born on June 23, 1980, she is currently 36 years old. She was born to Susan and David Rauch in Marlboro Township, New Jersey as a daughter.
She attended Frank Defino Elementary School and developed an interest in acting as she went to Marlboro High School. She used to perform stand-up comedy. She won the Outstanding Solo Show and Theater Mania's Audience Favorite Award- New York International Fringe Festival/HBO's US Comedy Arts Festival for her one-woman show The Miss Education of Jenna Bush.
She played a role of the daughter of the former president. The show also garnered a lot of critical acclaims and was sold out completely.
That was just the beginning of her career then she never had to look back. She graduated in 2002 from Marymount Manhattan College and has a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts in Acting.
New Jersey native Melissa Rauch is married to husband Winston Beigel
36-years-old Melissa is married to writer Winston Beigel. They have a huge height difference. Winston is 6 feet 3 inches tall. They knew each other since college but they collaborated for a project called The Miss Education Of Jenna Bush in 2005 and subsequently began dating. And finally, they got married.
Melissa Rauch is also seen in movies. Let's know her jaw dropping net worth
Her main break was in the year 2009 when she has cast the recurring role of Bernadette in the third season of The Big Bang Theory. She became a show regular as her character got engaged to and married another character Howard Wolowitz in the following seasons respectively.
She was nominated as a part of the cast of the series for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and the series has been nominated for four consecutive years from 2011.
Besides that, she used to appear on VH1's TV show Best Week Ever. She has also appeared in numerous TV shows including True Blood, The Office, 12 Miles of Bad Road among others.
She has also tried her hands in movies. As a matter of fact, she debuted from the movie Delirious in 2006. I Love You, Man, The Condom Killer, In Lieu of Flowers and others are her other movies.
She has also toured with the political satire group Gross National Product and performs in the show "The Realest Real Housewives" reading transcripts from the Real Housewives franchise.
She appeared in the movie The Bronze as the lead character. She was also the co-writer as well as co-producer of the movie. She co-wrote the film with her husband Winston. The movie got the honor of opening the Sundance Film Festival.
Comedian Rauch possesses an apple shaped body of measurements 37-27-35 inches. She looks sexy in her attires but doesn't have a complimenting height. She is only 5 feet tall.
She is slightly chubby and weighs 59 kg. As apple shaped body have large breasts, she wears a bra size of 34C.
It won't be a mistake if we say Melissa Rauch bagged most of her earnings from The Big Bang Theory. Her regular character in the show as immensely famous. Her salary is not known but she has an estimated net worth of $6 million.
Name Melissa Rauch
Birthday June 23, 1980
Star Sign Cancer


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Infant injuries on the decline
Swedish babies are living ever safer lives. A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that the number of injuries amongst children under the age of two almost halved in the two decades from 1987 to 2007, a decline that coincided with a sharp rise in the amount of paternity leave taken out.
"Perhaps we can't give fathers all the credit for the decline in injuries during this period, the issue is more complex than that," says Professor Lucie Laflamme at the Department of Public Health Sciences. "But at least we can dismiss the claims of a few years ago that fathers as a group posed a danger to babies. This is absolutely not the case."
For their study, which is published in the scientific periodical The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, the researchers used data from the National Board of Health and Welfare's national patient registry to chart injuries in children under the age of two between 1987 and 2007. This was a period in which the amount of paternal leave trebled to more than 20 per cent of total parental leave taken. From the statistics the researchers could see that the number of child injuries almost halved during.
The researchers also looked more closely at the risk of injury to all first-born babies between 1988 and 1989. Of this group, 817 babies had suffered an injury that required hospital treatment while at home with the mother. The corresponding figure for the father was 67. In proportion to amount of parental leave taken, the babies thus had a 12 per cent lower risk of being injured when in the care of their fathers.
However, the difference between the mothers and fathers disappeared when a statistical adjustment was made for education. One result of this new analysis was that fathers who took parental leave were more likely to be more highly educated, and that there are generally fewer accidents in homes with academic parents. The researchers therefore conclude that men and women are equally capable of looking after babies as regards the risk of injury.
The researchers also recently presented their findings in an op-ed published in Svenska Dagbladet newspaper (link in swedish).
Dangerous dads? Ecological and longitudinal analyses of paternity leave and risk for child injury.
Laflamme L, Månsdotter A, Lundberg M, Magnusson C
J Epidemiol Community Health 2012 Nov;66(11):1001-4
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The Cotswolds – a pocket of England where time seems to have stood still. Rolling hills, honey coloured houses, quaint villages bursting with tea rooms, and loads of amazing days out for families make this one of the most visited parts of the UK. And rightly so too.
And if you've decided to visit the Cotswolds, the next thing to do is to find somewhere to stay which is great for babies and toddlers; with excellent facilities so both parents and children can relax, at the same time as offering a cosy and homely place to return to after a busy day out. And that's where Bruern Cottages comes in.
Bruern Cottages is an exclusive collection of 12 luxury cottages, near to Chipping Norton, sleeping from 2 people to 14. You can choose to stay for 1 night, or for however long you want, but at the end you will leave refreshed, relaxed and with lots of new happy memories. We had a winter weekend break at Bruern Cottages with our 2 young children, and I want to share with you why I'd recommend Bruern Cottages to families looking for a baby or toddler friendly place to stay in the Cotswolds.
We stayed in Cheltenham Cottage, which is a luxury 2 bedroom cottage below the clock tower in a former hayloft opposite Bruern Abbey. We loved the exquisitely designed large open living area, with far reaching views over the garden and over to Stow-on-the-Wold in the distance. There was a comfy settee, family dining table, open plan kitchen and dresser full of pink and white tea pots and crockery.
The cottage was inviting and welcoming at the same time as being beautifully furnished in a quintessentially English style with thick curtains, subtle lighting, individual prints and a big bookcase full of adults and children's books.
The kitchen was one of the best equipped we had ever seen. Coffee fans had a choice of the Nespresso machine (pods provided), or making their own coffee using the cafetiere. There was a dishwater, washing machine, large family fridge / freezer and every type of kitchen utensil you could ever have needed. Just outside the kitchen, the dining table had a lemon drizzle cake and tea cups ready for a welcoming brew after a long journey.
Upstairs there were 2 bedrooms – one double and one twin with one of the beds in the twin room being situated in a curtained alcove, which our children found very exciting. The eldest bagged this one for himself, and swiftly unpacked all his books and toys to make it his own.
One of the most important things to any parent is a good night's sleep, and Bruern Cottages definitely delivers on that front. The beds had top quality bedding and mattresses, which meant we sank into them and didn't move until the morning. The curtains were thick and didn't let any light through so we all had a welcome lie in.
There was a shared bathroom with a bath, and plenty of complimentary Elemis toiletries.
Outside, Cheltenham Cottage has its own Summer House at the end of the garden which would be great for al fresco dining in the summer months. As we visited in winter, we loved lighting the cosy log fire in Cheltenham Cottage and chilling out.
Negotiating the UK's motorways on a Friday evening isn't a pleasant experience, but neither is having to dash out to the shop as soon as you have arrived on holiday to buy milk and bread. Again, Bruern Cottages do the hard work for you, and visitors are met with not just the essentials (like washing up liquid etc), but an amazing Welcome Basket packed full of Cotswold local produce.
This included bacon and sausages from Paddock Farm, eggs from Cackleberry Farm, apple juice from Benson's Farm, rapeseed oil, locally made jam and best of all – a bottle of Heidsieck & C° Monopole champagne. The perfect treat to get a holiday off to a great start.
We visited Bruern Cottages at the end of February, and the weather was perfect – cold, crisp days with the sun shining from morning through to night. This meant we could get out and about and enjoy the fresh air. But if we hadn't have been as lucky with the weather, there would still have been plenty to do at Bruern. These are some of the things which babies and toddlers will love at Bruern Cottages.
A real toddler pleaser – a heated indoor swimming pool with floats and toys for children to play with. This was the first thing that my children wanted to do after we arrived at Bruern Cottages, and we spent most of our first morning swimming. The pool was heated to a toasty 30 degrees, and although it is available to all the guests staying, you may be lucky enough to have it to yourselves. There were sunbeds around the pool, and a baby bouncer and walker for babies to play in if they don't fancy a dip. Swim nappies are provided.
In the summer, the swimming pool patio doors open to a private Italianate garden with picnic tables.
Tired parents wanting a well deserved pick-me-up can choose some treatments from an extensive list of Spa Treatments, and escape to one of the Bruern Spa rooms for the ultimate treat.
There is also a Gym available for parents wanting to exercise whilst on holiday.
The second thing that my children wanted to do after we arrived was go to the playground. There is an outdoor playground at Bruern Cottages, and an indoor Play Cabin packed full of toys, books, games, dressing up outfits, a play kitchen and much more. Next to the Play Cabin is also a 2 storey Wendy House. I tried to squeeze into the Wendy House to have a look around, but as well as getting stuck, I was told in no uncertain terms that this was for children only. And my children seemed to have lots of fun playing in it too.
Bruern Cottages are set in 4 acres of gardens, and the owners are as passionate about the grounds as they are about the interiors of their cottages. When we visited, we noticed the signs of spring starting at Bruern – the hellebores were already flowering and there were carpets of snowdrops throughout the grounds. The bulbs were just starting to peep up too. If you love your gardens, a visit to Bruern Cottages in the summer months is a must.
Bikes and helmet are also available to borrow for guest staying at Bruern Cottages. The bikes are for children aged 4+ but there are also adult bikes with bike seats on are available to borrow too. It is fairly flat around Bruern, and the roads are quite quiet, so there are lots of opportunities for getting out and about on 2 wheels.
The Games Room is another place where you can go to if the weather is bad, or if you fancy a game of table tennis or table football. There is a big comfy settee, magazines, hundreds of DVDs to borrow and take back to your cottage, and an Xbox for older children. If you had older children, this would be the place that they would hang out.
There are so many things to do around Bruern Cottages with babies and toddlers, and lots of these things are within a 1-hour drive.
Animal lovers have a choice of visiting the Cotswold Wildlife Park, Adam Henson's Cotswold Farm Park, Birdland Park and Gardens or for something a bit different – Crocodiles Of The World. Toddlers who love running around outside can let off steam at Blenheim Palace, or go for a bike ride at Cotswold Water Park. Other great days out include The Model Village at Bourton-on-the-Water, Warwick Castle, Oxford Bus Museum or Didcot Railway Centre.
Free and reliable WIFI is available in the cottages.
The nearest shop is the Coop at Milton-under-Wychwood which is 2 miles away.
You can arrive at any day of the week, and stay for any duration at Bruern Cottages.
Sincere thanks to Bruern Cottages for our stay.


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Twins in Death: Chapter Three – Part Three
A Tale of The Weirdo
By Brett N. Lashuay
Chapter Three: The End of Captain Scourge
There is something that flies through the air when a storm is coming. It's more than the scent, more than the warm winds that begin to whip around, more than the clouds. It's not something that the human mind is meant to describe, and it would require a long talk about astrophysics and inverse reality to even get started, which is why people generally don't. The point is that something is in the air when a storm is coming, and at the moment it was wearing a gray trench coat and fedora.
You could say that he was flying on the arms of the wind or that angels were holding him up. It wouldn't be absurd to suggest that he had been taught by Peter Pan to think of happy thoughts in order to fly, because this was true. The eternal boy had taught him how to use a happy thought to break the bonds of gravity. The Weirdo had discovered over the years that any strong emotion could make a person fly though, and he was sailing on the wings of pure righteous indignation.
He had stopped himself from killing Captain Scourge, and this was the thanks he got? Rage, anger and insult drove him on, for his little meeting with the lightning-throwing villain. It was really a bad time for Captain Scourge to come back. The Weirdo was on an emotional roller coaster and couldn't get off, and didn't know if he wanted to. It would be fair to say that what happened in the next few minuets were not The Weirdo's responsibility really, that he was temporarily insane. It didn't matter that he would have acted the same way, more or less, if he had been perfectly calm. Right now he could legally be considered temporarily mad.
When he landed he saw that Jack and Tommy were sitting in the car, holding themselves. They had each been given a nasty shock and while it didn't kill them they wished it had. Being electrocuted tightens up the muscles in the body, one can loose control of their body for a moment and things go wrong. It's a terrible feeling to have and it lingers in the muscles long after the fact.
There were ambulances, police cars, and army vehicles. Many of the vehicles were on fire while others simply smoked. There were dead bodies, covered with coats, lying in a long line on the street. The Weirdo looked at the bodies and remembered the day a few years ago, on the day when New York fell down.
Max was reloading the clips for his guns, determined to kill the good Captain since his men had smashed his face with the butt of a gun. He was pissed off and one eye was half closed from the swelling and the other had completely closed. His chest hurt from where a thin plate of titanium had stopped a bullet from entering his body a year ago. He pushed the last bullet into the clip and slammed it into the Beretta, and then the other in the Glock. He pulled back on the slider to prime a round in the chamber and the gun was pulled out of his hand. He tried to look up but one eye was swelled shut and the other wasn't doing very well.
"Stay here." The voice could have made fog appear as easily as if the owner of it had been munching on dry ice. It did not issue a command just a solid fact. Max would stay there. "I will take care of this."
The Weirdo drew the Thompson sub machine gun out from under his coat, which had the effect of making Captain Scourge wonder how he kept a machine gun with a large drum magazine under his coat. The Weirdo threw back both doors and walked in, like a tiger walks into any place a tiger cares to enter.
One of Captain scourge's men raised a weapon with the intent to shoot. The Weirdo must have moved quickly, but it was as if he were walking through some sort of John Woo slow motion effect. He seemed to be raising the gun slowly and with a glorious fluid motion, but he moved faster than the other man. The gun came up, held by The Weirdo's right hand, like the weapon on a professional. The Weirdo squeezed the trigger and a bust of automatic fire split the air. Three forty-five slugs struck the man in the chest and face, and sent him to the ground dead. The Weirdo then lowered the weapon, holding it in just his right hand, as if he trusted it implicitly to do its job.
The Weirdo approached, still holding the gun in his right hand, as if he were a knight of old and just carelessly holding a sword, surrounded by men with swords. He moved as if people would have to approach to do him harm and there would be plenty of time for him to raise his defenses.
"Captain Scourge." The Weirdo said.
"The Weirdo." Captain Scourge said.
There was a moment there, after they had confirmed that they knew each other's names, that they stood watching each other. One could almost hear the wind whipping outside, whistling through the trees. They could actually hear the bits of metal attached to a flag make its odd tolling sound as it whacked against the flag pole, and if one listened they might hear the whip snap the flag made. The wind wasn't really blowing hard enough to whistle through the trees yet, but if this had been a simple novel, instead of a true and accurate account, you would have been able to hear it.
He looked at Captain Scourge, his left hand raising and his index finger pointing. He wasn't raging, but he was angry. He looked like his entire body was coiled like a viper. His arm pulled back and he pointed again.
"I showed you a great deal of consideration." The Weirdo said. "I did not kill you when last we met."
Another of Captain Scourge's men tried to get a shot off on The Weirdo and was rewarded like the other one was with a face full of lead. He then, with great precision and care, gunned down the other three men that had rushed into the bank with Captain Scourge. He shot the one with the detonator first, so that he would not blow the bloody doors off the vault.
He then tossed the empty machine gun to the ground, where it clattered like a sub machine gun that's used all its bullets. Nothing sounds quite like that so any metaphor one might try to make would be futile. This is the main problem with metaphors. They often don't really do the required trick any better than the straight forward version. One could just as well say it clattered to the ground and leave it at that. However if we did just leave it like that, would the point get across the same? It's an interesting question and one worth a lot of research. Of course the more literary of you might just ask is such a question strictly necessary, when of course it is. If we don't get these sorts of questions worked out now, you'll be left wondering forever.
"Your friends were here." Captain Scourge said.
"Yes I know." The Weirdo confirmed, talking the sort of way that a tiger might while yawning.
"You shot Mike, and he had the detonator switch."
"Yes I did." The Weirdo said, his voice languid and calm. "And I'm sure he had."
"But I could just zap the explosives and blow this whole place up."
"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off." The Weirdo said in a passable Michael Cane impression, but he said it far too calmly. "Besides you don't have a Mini anywhere."
"It's from the Italian Job." He saw the look of total cluelessness on the young man's face and lost patience. "Oh forget it."
The Weirdo leapt through the air and was blasted by Captain Scourge's lightning. The electricity jumping from the fingers and landing like stabbing fingers of energy on his chest. The problem here was that The Weirdo was now so epically annoyed that he totally failed to notice the electrify as it struck him. Captain Scourge however did not fail to notice the fist that struck him. Nor did he fail to notice the other fist when it also struck him.
"I could have killed you before." The Weirdo shouted as he smashed Captain Scourge's head into the ground. The electromagnetic shield helped cushion the blow, but it still hurt.
The two of them parted and Captain Scourge flew into the air, his cape billowing around him. He looked a little worried because this was not going like the plan said. The plan hadn't exactly worked out the way he'd hoped. He was going to have try desperation, or something along those lines. It wasn't easy when you played by ear.
"You can't kill me! I am Captain Scourge." Captain Scourge said.
He extended his hand to blast the explosives, sparks dancing around his fingertips. The Weirdo's hand went into his coat, but his hand didn't go towards his chest like he usually did if he were drawing a pistol. When drawing a pistol he gave the impression that the gun was in a shoulder holster, even thought there was no gun or holster a moment ago. This time his hand went to his hip, as if he were Arthur drawing Excalibur from its sheath. When it came up it was holding the black gun, which demanded attention. Everything suddenly stopped when the black gun came into view, with The Weirdo holding it in both hands as if he expected one hell of a kick.
The black gun had a way of freezing a room like that though. It looked much like a colt 3.57 python, or rather what a 3.57 python wanted to be when it grew up. It was not painted or treated to be black, but was made of some black metal with ebony scales on the handle. The thing seemed to radiate some dark light of its own, or perhaps it sucked light away from the world. Things seemed to grow pale when he drew it out, as if the world were greatly made up of illusions but this gun was one of the heavy realities, an undeniable truth that made everything else look pale by comparison.
The Weirdo thumbed back the hammer and looked at Captain Scourge.
"Don't fuck with me electric boy." The Weirdo said.
Captain Scourge raised his hand and The Weirdo fired.
The gun seemed to take a while to fire. The hammer snapped down and time stopped, the gun sucked the universe in around it as it got ready to fire, and when it did it snapped the universe back out again and left everything with a wobbly feeling. It was like the gun had taken stock of all possibilities and discarded the ones it didn't like, as if it had decided through quantum mechanics to observe the universe one way and was going to force it on everyone else. The truth was more complex, but much simpler and easier to deal with. I'm not going to describe that part because I'm not here to discuss hyper-ballistics with you.
The gun fired its bullet and caused reality to be what the bullet wanted. The gun fired a single bullet that was made of pyrite. All the bullets this gun fired were jewels, it was just part of the gun's weirdness. The pyrite bullet went right through Captain Scourge's shield and tore his chest open, exploding part of his back.
The young Captain Scourge fell to the ground, not merely dead but destroyed. In a word, ended. There was no romance or wonder to his fall, it was merely pathetic. The Weirdo slid the gun back under his coat in an attempt to try and limit the time anyone could spend looking at the weapon, in fear people might want to take it from him. He wasn't entirely sure he trusted himself with it, so he wasn't going to trust anyone else.
He looked at the destroyed Captain Scourge, kicked him gently to make sure he was gone. He took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, letting the tension roll out of him, shaking off the feeling of Death's hand on his heart. His shoulders shook slightly as he exhaled but that's life sometimes, a shudder now and then is uncontrollable.
There would be questions, there are always questions, but he wouldn't answer them. He didn't want to, and he didn't have to, so to hell with them. Let them ask questions, he would wave them all away and not say a thing. Who knew where Captain Scourge came from and who cared? He certainly didn't, he was going home.
© 2012 Autumn Knight Productions
July 12, 2012 - Posted by	greyweirdo | Fiction	| The Weirdo, Twins