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Arianna DeBoer Takes the Hills In Stride
Senior star looks to rewrite school record books in her final year.
Liz Carr
Senior Arianna DeBoer takes first place at the cross country meet on March 17 at Panorama Farms. DeBoer would go on to win the State cross country title and lead her team to its first state championship.
Brian Teweles, Student Editor
Senior Arianna DeBoer approaches another first place finish at Panorama Farms on March 17. (Liz Carr)
For anyone who has run cross-country over the past two decades for Albemarle, Panorama Farms holds a special place in their heart. 10 minutes from the school, yet seemingly in the middle of the countryside, the training ground for the Patriots is full of rolling hills, grass, dirt, and gravel paths, making it a runner's paradise. Rightfully so, it has earned its place as senior Arianna DeBoer's favorite place to run.
However, the three-time state champion had to take over a year's break from Panorama as a result of a COVID-19 pandemic that, although depriving her of competition for months, managed to have a silver lining.
"I think the quarantine period was almost good for me because I got to have extended training without meets in between, it was just workouts."
She did, however, get to do a few time trials that, although they weren't personal records, still proved that her training was going well.
Restrictions lifted in the fall, when athletes could compete in unattached meets in lieu of a traditional cross-country season. This led to a culmination of her quarantine training, which came in the form of a PR in the 5K at Pole Green Park, a course known for quick times.
"It was fun to be able to test my fitness and see my 5K times go down, since normally we don't run on that fast of a course. It was also nice to race against people that I wouldn't normally race against if I were competing with Albemarle."
DeBoer is already in rarefied air when it comes to the Albemarle record books, having run times of 11:01 in the 3200 meters, 5:09 in the mile, and 18:08 in the 5K.
For those that are uninitiated in the world of track, these times are top notch. In fact, for this past indoor season, her 3200 time was the fourth best in Virginia and the 42nd best in the country.
However, she has her sights set even higher. Former Patriot and current Ole Miss Rebel Ryann Helmers ('18) holds school records in the 1600 and 3200, at a lofty 4:56 and 10:39.
At a glance, these targets may seem out of reach, but there's two important things to remember.
First, times on an outdoor track are typically faster than those indoors, since on indoor turns are tighter and more momentum is lost. Secondly, DeBoer hasn't had an outdoor track season in over two years, meaning that she's raring to go.
DeBoer leads the pack in the 3200 at the 2021 Region 5D meet. (L. Reaser)
"Anything could happen this season. I think my fitness is a lot better than it has been in the past, and I'm looking forward to trying to get closer to [Helmers's] times. I do want to break 11:00, I think that's my main goal right now, especially since cross-country is over and I won't get another shot at the 5K."
With a senior year championship in each of the first two seasons under her belt, she'll look to complete the triple crown in the spring. With success, however, comes pressure. To cope with this, she works in some mental deception.
"Sometimes that [pressure] makes it harder for me to race. When I race in [big meets], I have to go in telling myself that I'm the underdog."
She hasn't always had to trick herself into thinking that. She was a projected 12 seconds back in the 2020 indoor State 3200.
"It was a race that going into, I didn't really think that I'd be able to win, but I really surprised myself. I don't think I've tried harder in a race than that… I was so tired at the end."
Coming into the meet, Maury's Maeve Stiles was the heavy favorite, having beaten DeBoer by over a minute in the 5K in the fall. As the race wore on, though, DeBoer hung onto the future Penn Quaker, weaving around lapped competitors on the tight green and yellow lanes of the notoriously difficult to navigate Boo Williams Sportsplex.
After staying behind Stiles the whole race and closing the last lap in near 30 seconds, DeBoer made it into the home straight and summoned one final push towards the finish line.
"I just said to myself 'Keep going, keep going'."
Arms pumping and the crowd's noise raised to a deafening height, she burst across the line, edging Stiles by a razor-thin margin of two one-thousandths of a second to capture her first state title.
"I looked up on the board and saw my name ahead of hers, but at first we didn't know who had won, so there was a lot of anticipation. After, it was just this feeling of joy that I had not expected at all… there's no other feeling like that."
She repeated this feat in 2021, garnering her second consecutive 3200 state crown after dropping a dominant 70 second last 400 meters to close the race. In an unorthodox transition, she moved to cross-country after the indoor season, ready to chase a championship on the grass.
Typically, the Class 5 State meet occurs in November at Great Meadows, a relatively fast course that runners can expect to PR on during a good day.
For 2021, however, it was held in April at Oatlands, a course in Leesburg known for its killer hills that, after a fast opening downhill section, stops competitors in their tracks.
We're not talking about your normal incline here, some run-of-the-mill bump in the road. No, these hills have names, highlighted by "Big Bertha," a seemingly endless mountain that's been quite literally soaked in blood, sweat, and tears.
For DeBoer, however, it was nothing out of the ordinary.
"It is a harder course, and I think that really helped us. We're a team that does a lot of hills, with both training on hills and racing on hills. Our main competition, Deep Run and Midlothian, both of them do a lot of flat courses, so I knew that being at Oatlands was going to help us."
Due to COVID restrictions, she had competed solely on local, slower courses, as opposed to the flatter, faster ones that are found in the Richmond area. This left her with only the fifth fastest time overall heading into the State meet.
However, she had the power of Panorama and its hills behind her. Forget "Big Bertha," DeBoer had conquered "Cardiac" and "Heartbreak" hills back in Earlysville. She would be prepared for whatever Oatlands had to throw at her.
With her underdog mentality ready to go, DeBoer had her work cut out for herself as she faced off against Midlothian's Caroline Bowe, a fellow state champion who's PR was around 30 seconds better than hers. However, an unexpected challenger appeared.
"There was this girl in front who I'd never heard of… I kept expecting her to get tired and go slower, but she didn't, and it wasn't until a half a mile until the race ended that I was able to catch up with her and then I was finally able to pass her right at the end."
Having already dropped Bowe, the unfamiliar face (who turned out to be Mills Godwin's Landin Bostian) was also left behind as DeBoer motored away in the final quarter mile. Even though her battle was over, the war was still raging on for her teammates.
Although she was worn out from becoming Albemarle's third-ever individual female state champion, DeBoer anxiously watched her fellow Patriots stream across the finish line in an attempt to capture their first State team title in school history.
"I started to see my teammates come in, and it was looking good, but I wasn't sure, so it really was fun when we found out we won."
Fun it was, as the Albemarle girls won by six points and got to bring home plenty of hardware for the trophy cases back on Hydraulic Road.
Exhibiting her trademark modesty, DeBoer downplayed her first place finish.
"They way they do the scores in cross-country, it's the scores of the top five combined, so the top runner doesn't really make much of a difference."
Her track coach, Chris Alba-Cantone, says that it's this humility that gives her an edge.
"You wouldn't know that she's a state champion by the way that she walks, by the way that she talks, even by the way she runs workouts. The only way that you really know is either by looking at a results sheet or seeing her right on the line."
The newly crowned state champion beams with her trophies at the finish line. (D. Bonham)
With her success on the track, college coaches came calling. After taking some time to decide, DeBoer committed to William and Mary this past fall.
A self-described "math girl" who plans on majoring in either statistics or chemistry, DeBoer prioritizes the educational side of college just as much as the athletic part. "I knew I was looking for a school that has good academics, since as much as I love running, I really am going to college to learn."
In addition to W&M, DeBoer talked consistently with coaches at Virginia Tech and Davidson, as well as some chatter with Duke and UVA. However, her heart was set on Williamsburg.
'It's a great academic school, I talked with the coach, I liked what the team looked like, and it's close to home, plus it's a state school, so it's definitely affordable."
Since she tends to lean towards the longer distances, DeBoer says she's excited to have a chance to run some events that are contested on the collegiate circuit, specifically the 6K for cross-country and the 10K on the track.
Alba-Cantone thinks that she has the perfect skill set for a successful transition to the next level.
"Running in college is difficult, and it threatens to eat you alive sometimes, but what I know about Arianna is that she's always a person before she's a runner. She's Arianna who runs, not the Runner Arianna, and I think that's a really important distinction for someone like her."
While excited about the new challenges in college, DeBoer will miss the camaraderie of her fellow Patriots the most.
"We've had such a great team over all four years, and I'll miss running with these girls. I know that I'll find a new awesome team at William and Mary, but it will be really sad to leave behind the people that I've run with for so long."
With only the outdoor track season left to go, DeBoer has graduated from the long grass and soft trails of Panorama Farms as a high schooler. However, the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships are being held at her old stomping grounds, so maybe there's a chance that she'll return to where it all began.


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Books|But Will It All Make 'Tiger Mom' Happy?
Books of The Times
But Will It All Make 'Tiger Mom' Happy?
By Janet Maslin
"There are all these new books out there portraying Asian mothers as scheming, callous, overdriven people indifferent to their kids' true interests," Amy Chua writes. She ought to know, because hers is the big one: "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," a diabolically well-packaged, highly readable screed ostensibly about the art of obsessive parenting. In truth, Ms. Chua's memoir is about one little narcissist's book-length search for happiness. And for all its quotable outbursts from Mama Grisly (the nickname was inevitable), it will gratify the same people who made a hit out of the granola-hearted "Eat, Pray, Love."
You might wonder how this is possible. In "Eat, Pray, Love," Elizabeth Gilbert presented herself as a seeker of solace, whereas Ms. Chua eagerly overacts the role of wicked witch. The litany of her outrages has made her an instant conversation piece. What kind of mother throws her 3-year-old out in the cold? ("You can't stay in the house if you don't listen to Mommy.") Or complains that her family's pet rabbits aren't smart enough? ("They were unintelligent and not at all what they claimed to be.") Or, most memorably, makes her two daughters' music lessons so grueling that one girl leaves tooth marks on the piano?
Ms. Chua claims that this is the essence of tough Chinese parenting, as opposed to the lax Western kind. And already her book has a talking point: What does she mean by Chinese and Western? She is of Chinese descent, but she grew up in the American Midwest. ("How I wished I could have a bologna sandwich like everyone else!") She became a law professor and now teaches at Yale. She and her husband, another Yale law professor, hired a Chinese nanny to speak Mandarin, though Ms. Chua doesn't speak it herself. Ms. Chua grew up as a Roman Catholic, but her daughters were raised as Jews.
So she admits to using the term "Chinese mother" loosely — so loosely that even "a supersuccessful white guy from South Dakota (you've seen him on television)" told her his working-class father was a Chinese mom. (The book carries an "it will leave you breathless" blurb from South Dakota's own Tom Brokaw.) And what she uses "Chinese mother" to mean is this: driven, snobbish and hellbent on raising certifiably Grade A children. Ms. Chua contrasts these attitudes with the sappy "Western" ones that can be found in Disney movies, where a mere romp in the ocean can be construed as a happy ending.
Amy ChuaCredit...Peter Z. Mahakian
"That's just Disney's way of appealing to all the people who never win any prizes," she says.
Ms. Chua was not about to raise prizeless slackers. She wanted prodigies, even if it meant nonstop, punishing labor. So "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" chronicles its author's constant demanding, wheedling, scolding and screaming. It describes seemingly endless piano and violin sessions that Ms. Chua supervised. (Her own schedule of teaching, traveling, writing and dealing with her students goes mostly unmentioned — and would require her to put in a 50-hour workday.) And it enforces a single guiding principle that is more reasonable than all the yelling suggests: "What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it."
If this were the entirety of "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," this book would not be destined for major best sellerdom. But Ms. Chua's story has been shaped according to a familiar narrative arc, the one that ensures that her comeuppance will occur, that her children will prove wiser than she and that other not-all-that-far-from-Disney things will happen. When it's time to fess up to shortcomings ("the truth is I'm not good at enjoying life") and smell the roses at the end of the book, Ms. Chua deploys her sister's illness to provide the necessary dose of carpe diem.
Wherever she is in this slickly well-shaped story, Ms. Chua never fails to make herself its center of attention. When her older daughter, Sophia, was a baby, "she basically slept, ate and watched me have writer's block until she was a year old." (The italics here are mine.) "Sophia," she later explains, "you're just like I was in my family." When she pitches what's already become her most notorious fit over the girls' amateurishly made birthday cards, Ms. Chua declares, "I spend half my salary on stupid sticker and eraser party favors" for their birthdays, adding "I deserve better than this." And when Jed fails to honor Ms. Chua's birthday with reservations at a good enough restaurant, and the family ends up at a so-so one, he too is in hot water.
Jed? Yes, Jed. Ms. Chua's husband plays a large role in this story, even if he is made to sound like her hapless foil. He is presented as a handsome, charming and amazingly patient man, especially since his mother and wife had some similar traits. (His mother, according to the book, was once "aghast" at the cheeses Ms. Chua chose for a party and demanded better ones.) Jed is the fixture without which Ms. Chua's book would not be possible. And he is often wrong, wrong, wrong about child rearing, which means that the reader will think he is right.
Jed happens to be Jed Rubenfeld, a novelist as well as a lawyer. His first book, a richly textured historical thriller, "The Interpretation of Murder," was published in 2006. When Ms. Chua runs up expenses for extra music lessons in "Tiger Mother," Jed is quoted as saying, "I'd better start on a sequel now."
That sequel, "The Death Instinct," is about to come out. It lacks the sensationalism to rise as high on the charts as Ms. Chua's book, but it's a well-executed work of escapism and an emphatically good read. Set in the post-World War I era, it has a notably smart, well-educated heroine and features Sigmund Freud as a character. For reasons about which "Tiger Mother" readers can speculate, Mr. Rubenfeld sends Freud delving into the causes of shell shock.

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Bluebirds defender targets consistency
Barrow AFC's Sam Hird targets consistency in battle to stay in League Two
DETERMINED: Sam Hird
Consistency will be key in Barrow's battle to stay in the Football League, according to experienced defender Sam Hird.
The former Doncaster Rovers and Chesterfield player helped the club to end its lengthy wait to return to the Football League with promotion last year and now has his sights set on ensuring they do not make a swift return to non-league.
And he has identified consistency in performances as a vital component of any successful bid to stay in the division under new manager Michael Jolley.
Speaking to the club's official website, Hird said: "Being back in the football league is big for this club and the challenge now is to stay there.
"We're not stupid, we know where we are and we know that the consistency of results needs to be better.
We are all working hard to do that; I think people could see that from the results in recent games.
"I am one of the senior players in the squad, so I just try and guide the group as do the other senior players, not to panic people but to encourage everyone to believe in themselves.
"We have a good squad, a good group of players and I think we've shown that and I just think we need to be more consistent and more professional.
"We have to keep the standards high day in and day out to give yourself the best possible chance of getting in the team and then doing everything possible to represent Barrow."


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Sun: Unix beats Windows in "uptime"
Sun Microsystems pushes to make its Unix OS more reliable than Windows NT.
Sun Microsystems has launched the latest volley in the battle to guarantee that its Unix systems are more reliable than competitors' Windows NT machines.
Sun, which already promises customers that its enterprise servers will be available 99.95 percent of the time, announced today a program called SunUp to help software and hardware companies stamp out problems that could take a machine down. Part of the program will tie Sun employees' pay to how well Sun products do in the real world.
The announcement comes a week after IBM, and Unisys joined Hewlett-Packard, Data General, Compaq in guaranteeing 99.9 percent uptime guarantees for Microsoft Windows NT systems--less than 9 hours down per year.
However, the NT systems' availability requires "clustered" systems, in which two or more systems are tied together so one can take over if another fails. With clustered systems, Sun's "uptime" guarantee rises to 99.975 percent, and Sun's Netra 1800 ft server for the telecommunications market comes with a 99.999 percent uptime guarantee.
The SunUp program has several components. Sun will foster communication between the company and its customers to share knowledge about how to keep systems up and running. J.D. Edwards and IBM's DB2 database group have joined the list of participants in a Sun program to help tightly integrate their software with Sun machines. Sun also is expanding education and consulting services to help companies achieve better uptime.
Discuss: Sun: Unix beats Windows in "uptime"


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Has a stranger ever given you unsolicited feedback about your style or looks? I can never understand how someone would think this is acceptable behavior. I mean, can't we just be who we are without other people having negative opinions about us?
Savannah Phillips is a mother from Oklahoma who, like many others, struggles with her self-image. And when she travels, Savannah tries sit alone on the plane so she doesn't disturb them.
"I always try to sit in a row where I don't have to sit next to anyone. I'm not the biggest person on the airplane, but I'm not the smallest. My worst nightmare is someone being uncomfortable because they have to sit next to me," she writes on Facebook.
Recently, Savannah ended up next to someone on a plane — but she never could have imagined how painful it would be.
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If you want to read about the huge crowds of Central American migrants heroically marching to the United States, the mainstream media has you covered.
If you want to read about the huge crowds of Americans turning out for President Trump's rallies, you will have to dig a little deeper.
The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Boston Globe all have pictures shot from on high to illustrate the length of the convoy of migrants. None have pictures – or have run pictures recently – of the size of crowds outside President Trump's rallies.
Trump's new campaign manager, Brad Parscale, estimated there were 7,000 people inside the arena, 2,000 in the overflow room and thousands more outside – and that Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) said 92,000 people had requested tickets.
It was left to Right Side Broadcasting Network to show the overflow crowds inside and outside the president's rally in Erie, Pa., on Oct. 10.
Meanwhile, the Washington Post's Monday coverage included a story that Trump is drawing these crowds because, "Ahead of midterms, Trump avoids suburbs and goes where he's loved" and one on the inside of the paper entitled, "'It's time for me to go back': Deportees join the caravan," which chronicles several people who have been deported and now are attempting to return.
CBS issued what amounted to a press release promoting the caravan and its goals and progress.
He then threw it to Adriana Diaz, a correspondent who is following the caravan, which has reached the southern Mexican town of Tapachula.
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The New York Times took the opportunity to try to put Trump back into the box he found himself at an earlier border crisis – whether to separate families for detention. "Trump's Plans to Deter Migrants Could Mean New 'Voluntary' Family Separations," read the headline on its story by Miriam Jordan, Caitlin Dickerson and Michael D. Shear.
It did not mention this policy was put in place during the Obama administration.


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Virtual gets real for utilities
Posted on: October 24, 2018 by Caroline Barret
Over the last five years or so, we've seen Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) starting to move from the margins to the mainstream. Five years ago it was seen as a novelty with promise. Now, our utility clients are taking a more rigorous analytical approach.
For the moment, you are still more likely to see a suited executive in AR glasses moving in some private ballet at a trade fair than you are to see a field-service engineer with a heads-up display, but this is set to change.
The business case for AR and VR
Without understating the pure excitement people feel when playing with these technologies, it's time to get serious.
In discussions with utility clients, the logic for adoption soon becomes clear, and we have established four classes for application which seem to resonate well with business and operational decision-makers.
Firstly, think about how AR/VR can benefit engineers on site or in the field. There's a particular interest for water companies where assets can cover thousands of hectares, often in remote and hostile environments. Just getting an engineer to the site or problem can itself be challenging. Once on site, the analysis and intervention may need to be carried out in wind and rain, usually wearing gloves. Just to make life more interesting, buried or concealed pipes may be undocumented.
For field service use, we think about how AR/VR can deliver contextual documentation on-demand and even more importantly, show virtually what in reality may be hidden behind meters of earth or concrete. In these cases AR/VR makes a direct contribution, not just to the efficiency of the service team, but also to reducing risk and cost.
Assisted reality and remote experts
Expertise is always at a premium, but you cannot always anticipate the requisite expertise when allocating an engineer to a job. Although not strictly AR/VR, the ability to give the on-site engineer remote access to specialized skills can be invaluable. Sharing an augmented reality visualization with a remote expert, takes step-by-step guidance to a whole new level.
The business incentive is clear. It allows the utility to capitalize on expertise, improving the quality of field service performance while minimizing the logistic problems and cost of sending specialists.
Whether welcoming new recruits or keeping service teams up-to-date, technical training is an essential activity for every utility. Until now, for most utilities, much training was inevitably on-the-job: it's just not feasible to put a turbine in the classroom.
While AR and VR are no substitute for hands-on training, they can, however, provide an essential shortcut to gaining skills. Time spent with simulation and immersive VR minimizes the risk of error and speeds the acquisition of not just understanding, but even muscle memory. And for the utility, with AR and VR, training can take place where and when it's needed – not just in the classroom.
Public relations and education
Utility company customers, thankfully, are keen to use resources responsibly: the environment is a shared concern. AR/VR can play a valuable role in helping utility companies ensure their customers gain a real understanding of the service and industry. It can be especially useful in demonstrating new investments in infrastructure, giving customers an inside view of the scale and cost of major engineering programs. This in turn helps customers gain a clear understanding of what they are actually paying for.
For many years, for example, nuclear power stations have invested in visitor centers. With AR/VR it's possible to take established education practices much further: the visitor center, with a remote guide, can be taken right into the school classroom, teaching the next generation how their water and power supplies work – and what they can do to use them responsibly. By taking the world of utilities into the classroom with AR/VR, we can also inspire a new generation to think about possible career choices in the sector.
Creating the business case for AR/VR
All this sounds great – and the business logic is clear. If AR/VR is going to make field engineers more effective, help share expertise across widely distributed operations, accelerate training and educate customers, what's not to like?
Everything, however, must be paid for. Every utility company is acutely aware of the massive cost of maintaining and modernizing the infrastructure whether water or power. For power, budget pressures are further increased by the need to adopt new decentralized models which embrace local renewables.
Under these pressures, does AR/VR become a "nice to have – but not now"?
The good news, is that with the right approach, introducing AR/VR into mainstream operations can be embedded within existing digital transformation initiatives. When, for example, drones are already being used to capture detailed site images, it is relatively straightforward to rapidly and cost-effectively adopt these for AR/VR use.
Similarly, when many utilities are already adopting cloud-based architectures as a means of optimizing mobile application access, the working essentials for AR/VR are already in place.
Finally, let's consider AR/VR and the next generation. Many utilities today have an aging workforce and struggle to attract the best of a new generation of engineers.
What can utilities do to attract young people who have grown up with digital? Utilities are not video games or social media sites – but that doesn't mean that you cannot benefit from those technologies and practices in your own operations, starting right now.
This blog is part of the Atos Look Out 2020+ Utilities "From commodities to high-value service providers" where we explore the business opportunities and key technologies which will shape the future of Utilities.
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Ljubytiw (; ) ist ein Dorf im Zentrum der ukrainischen Oblast Wolyn mit 1400 Einwohnern (2001).

Der Ort liegt am Ljubytiw-See (Любитівське озеро) im Rajon Kowel der Oblast Wolyn, etwa 13 Kilometer südöstlich der Rajonshauptstadt Kowel und 58 Kilometer nordwestlich der Oblasthauptstadt Luzk, nordöstlich des Ortszentrums befindet sich eine Bahnstation an der Bahnstrecke Kowel–Kosjatyn.

Geschichte
Der Ort wurde 1545 zum ersten Mal schriftlich erwähnt und gehörte bis 1785 zur Adelsrepublik Polen (in der Woiwodschaft Wolhynien). Mit den Teilungen Polens fiel der Ort an das Russische Reich und lag dort bis zum Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs im Gouvernement Wolhynien.

Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg kam der Ort zu Polen (in die Woiwodschaft Wolhynien, Powiat Kowel, Gmina Lubitów). Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde er zwischen 1939 und 1941 von der Sowjetunion besetzt. Nach dem Überfall auf die Sowjetunion im Juni 1941 wurde er bis 1944 von Deutschland besetzt, dies gliederte den Ort in das Reichskommissariat Ukraine in den Generalbezirk Brest-Litowsk/Wolhynien-Podolien, Kreisgebiet Kowel.

Nach dem Krieg wurde der Ort der Sowjetunion zugeschlagen. Dort kam das Dorf zur Ukrainischen SSR und seit 1991 ist es ein Teil der unabhängigen Ukraine.

Am 12. Juni 2020 wurde das Dorf ein Teil der neugegründeten Landgemeinde Kolodjaschne, bis dahin bildete das Dorf zusammen mit dem Dorf Rokytnyzja (Рокитниця), Wolja-Ljubytiwska (Воля-Любитівська) und Worona (Ворона) die gleichnamige Landratsgemeinde Ljubytiw (Любитівська сільська рада/Ljubytiwska silska rada) im Südwesten des Rajons Kowel.

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 Eintrag zum Ort in der Enzyklopädie der Geschichte der Städte und Dörfer der Ukrainischen SSR (ukrainisch)

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Ort in der Oblast Wolyn
Rajon Kowel

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At 15st, Grace had given up on her dream of musical theatre. Swapping stodgy takeaways for healthy student meals put her back on the path to stardom!
Hiding at the back of my dance class, I struggled to keep up with the other students while trying desperately to avoid my reflection in the studio mirrors. I'd dreamt of being on stage since watching Elphaba fly through the air, belting out Defying Gravity, in the West End show Wicked. Thinking back to that wide-eyed, starstruck little girl filled me with sadness. Despite bagging a place to study musical theatre at university, I could no longer imagine myself enchanting audiences in a starring role – I wasn't sure I'd even keep up with the chorus line.
The truth was, uni life had put me further away from my acting ambitions than ever. I missed my family and my boyfriend, Jack, intensely, and food became my home-from-home comfort. With no one to stop me, I'd eat pizza every night and snack on big bags of toffee popcorn – making healthy student meals felt like hard work after a tiring day. Then I'd celebrate the weekend with Jack by ordering a takeaway. My dance leotard soon became too tight and I found it impossible to get through a routine without gasping for breath.
It wasn't long before doubt crept in. Was musical theatre really the right course for me? If I couldn't picture myself on stage, why was I putting myself through four intense dance classes a week? I was ready to quit completely, but a call home to mum persuaded me to stick with performance, switching my course to Acting for Film instead.
I knew that I was compromising my dream, but I just couldn't bear having to squeeze into that leotard any longer.
Ironically, my turning point came not long after switching courses. I'd been to a music festival with Jack during the summer break and hardly recognised myself in the photos. At 15st, I desperately wanted to do something about my weight, but I felt like I'd tried every diet going, and nothing had worked. Luckily, a passing comment from one of my mum's friends introduced me to Slimming World. He gave me a Food Optimising book to look through and I could immediately see that making healthy student meals didn't have to be a chore. For the first time, I felt hopeful that I'd found something that was right for me!
With my third year of uni about to start, I searched online to find a Slimming World group close to my student accommodation. From my very first group meeting, I knew that I'd found the help I was looking for. Everyone was so welcoming, and the other members' stories were so inspiring. I was sure that I could lose weight with this incredible support, and I immediately threw myself into Food Optimising.
I started planning my meals in advance, so I wouldn't be tempted to grab pizzas or order takeaways. I prepared packed lunches to see me through the day – typically something like a wholemeal chicken sandwich, carrot sticks and cherry tomatoes. Then I set aside some time every weekend to batch cook dinners for the week ahead. Slimming World lasagne and homity pie were firm menu favourites, along with Jamaican-style curry with rice and peas (inspired by my nan's amazing home cooking).
As well as batch cooking healthy student meals to last the whole week, I also learnt to make simple changes to my eating habits, like using low-calorie cooking spray, cutting the fat off my meat and using sweetener instead of sugar. And I started exercising again – first with gentle walks and then with spin classes and gym sessions. Before long, these little changes had totalled one big lifestyle change, and the weight started coming off steadily. Unlike some members in my group, I never had really huge weekly losses, but I also had only two gains throughout my entire journey, so the steady approach really worked for me.
Slowly, my confidence at uni returned. I started sitting at the front of the class, instead of hiding at the back, and was always the first to volunteer for acting demonstrations. By the time my final assessment came around, I felt like a different person. The shy, anxious student was gone and in her place was a confident budding actress, ready to take centre stage.
It was incredible to think that, just a year earlier, I'd come so close to giving up on performing completely.
With my degree done, my next thought was the graduation ceremony. I was so proud of myself for staying the distance, even through all the homesickness and my doubts about my abilities. It was time to celebrate my achievement, and I wanted to look amazing on the big day.
Shopping was something that I used to dread as I felt so ashamed and worried about the shop assistants judging my size. But as I neared my target weight, I felt nothing but excitement at finding the perfect graduation dress. There was just one problem: size 12 was out of stock. With my fingers crossed, I tried on a size 10 – and it fitted like a dream!
When the big day came, I strode out on to the stage wearing high heels (which I'd never felt comfortable wearing before). At 9st 13½Ibs, I weighed over 5st less than I did at my first Slimming World meeting. As I accepted the certificate that said I'd passed with a 2:1, wearing my graduation gown over that size-10 dress, I couldn't have felt prouder or happier.
I'd discovered my happiest, most confident self – and I felt ready to take on the world!
Since graduating, three amazing opportunities have come my way. I went back to my first love and auditioned for a musical theatre production, landing my first proper acting role of Rizzo in Grease! I have so much energy now that the evening rehearsals are no problem, even after a day of working as a radiology administrator. I also took up another exciting role as a Slimming World Consultant, and standing in front of my lovely group fills me with pride. Then, I got an email from a talent agency wanting to put me on their books! I'm now waiting for auditions to come through, and when they do, I know I'll perform with confidence and commitment.
Losing weight has filled me with self-belief. The thought of wearing a figure-hugging leotard doesn't scare me these days! I'm happy to be in the spotlight now – and I'm ready to shine in any role.
As a busy student, Grace relied on stodgy pizzas and takeaways – a diet that left her low on energy and unable to give her best performance. With Slimming World, the student lifestyle doesn't have to be unhealthy. Pasta, potatoes and rice are all unlimited Free Foods, so it's easy to make healthy student meals that will keep you going through even the busiest study schedule. Try these filling breakfast, lunch and dinner ideas to get a First in Food Optimising!


IMO, It's their attempt to keep the site different (as in not like others) in a positive way. If one thread gets "too out of hand" and gets the boot, so be it. If there is one you can count on more to follow. If they don't set a standard now....it may never be the standard they seek. I appreciate this site and respect their decisions in moderating it as they see fit.
Sometimes people forget that it is a public forum and reflects upon the staff and general membership. As a website administrator for another forum I tell my staff to think, "What if your 12 year old daughter were to read this thread?".
Tell your 12 year old daughter to stay off a car website dominated by men. Your job as a parent to control what your kids read and watch. Not for the rest of us to have to be sensored or have someone sensor us.
agreed. Its just some friendly banter, talking about mods and rims gets pretty lame after a while.
So it doesn't get the reputation of pointless squabbling instead of useful content. It is fun to watch though. Some of the comebacks are hilarious.
I don't the bantering, but when the belittling starts to become more out of hand, it needs to be handle. Yeah, forums can have their callouts, bickering, name calling, etc, but there is a point where it needs to stop.
Come on for the most part this site doesn't have a lot of activity and is for the most part boring. Every once in a while you need something like this to bring life back to the board. How many times have you logged on and nobody has said a damn thing on this board all day, not one post. Its because of things like this. This isn't a tech website, there are only a few people on this board that know what the hell they are talking about anyways.
I posted a bunch one night and got banned. Ryan too.


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События
 721—737 — Король франков Теодорих IV.
 Кормесий — хан Болгарии из ханского рода Дуло с 721 по 738 год.
 721—731 — Абдур-Рахман ибн Абдаллах, вали провинции аль-Андалус Омейядского халифата.
 Изготовлена самая большая деревянная скульптура в Японии — позолоченная одиннадцатиголовая богиня Каннон высотой 9,3 м из храма Хасэ Каннон в Камакуре (датировка приблизительная).

Родились
 Джабир ибн Хайян — арабский алхимик, врач, фармацевт, математик и астроном.
 Исмаил ибн Джафар — сын Джафара ас-Садика, эпоним шиитской секты исмаилитов.
 Марван ибн Аби Хафса — арабский поэт

Скончались
 Бертрада Прюмская — мать графа Хариберта Лаонского и бабушка Бертрады Лаонской.
 Императрица Гэммэй — 43-я императрица Японии.
 Дунхад Бэк — король Кенел Габран с владениями в Кинтайре.
 Тервель — хан Дунайской Болгарии из династии Дуло.
 Хильперик II — король франков из династии Меровингов.
 Этерскел мак Маэл Умай — король Мунстера.
  — английский епископ, известный тем, что стал основателем города Беверли (в этом же году, после его смерти, впервые письменно фиксируется личное имя Беверли).

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Q: CSV Import into SQL Server table(s) I have a spreadsheet which is laid out
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Pants                  X        X

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How can I import the data from the spreadsheet into the correct mapping in ItemTags where the column has an X?

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Dubréka ist eine Präfektur in der Region Kindia in Guinea mit etwa 131.000 Einwohnern. Wie alle guineischen Präfekturen ist sie nach ihrer Hauptstadt, Dubréka, benannt.

Geographie
Die Präfektur liegt im Westen des Landes an der Atlantikküste, verfügt über Mangrovensümpfe und umfasst eine Fläche von 5.676 km². Früher gehörte sie zur Präfektur Coyah.

Auf dem Gebiet der heutigen Präfektur befand sich vor und während Kolonialzeit das Königreich Kapitaï der Baga. Khabitaye ist heute ein Nationalpark mit 4.900 Hektar, Kapitaïs ehemalige Hauptstadt Yatiya gehört zur Unterpräfektur Khorira.

Quellen

Präfektur in Guinea
Region Kindia


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By ApparentlyIFail - 20/11/2009 09:30 - France
Today, my girlfriend of two years broke up with me so she could "let her life flow in the direction she wants." Apparently that includes smoking, stealing and making out with other girls at parties. The best part? She wants to get back together "after she matures and gets it out of her system." FML
Modern student life sucks
Menace II Society
By movingbuddy - 08/01/2013 13:31 - Australia - Sydney
Today, my boyfriend of a year asked me to move in with him. I would have been touched at this gesture, had he not asked in the form of a text message, saying: "Got kicked out. Wanna get a flat or something?" FML
By mylifeisamovie - 28/02/2009 06:39 - United States
Today, I woke up to a tap on my shoulder and had no idea where I was. I quickly discovered It was 11 am and I was still at the bar I had been drinking at the night before. My shoes were gone. FML
By Godi - 10/12/2009 19:00 - United States
Today, I got a call from my girlfriend of 13 months. She told me that she had gotten chlamydia from the guy she cheated on me with, and that I most likely have it too. I gave her a diamond ring, she gave me chlamydia. FML
By BoringFucker - This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff - United Kingdom
Today, my girlfriend openly mocked me, calling me an idiot for thinking seahorses are real. She insists that they're like unicorns, and only exist in fiction. FML
By GrahamCracker - 21/05/2009 05:36 - United States
Today, I was taking a final exam and I reached into my pocket to get out a pencil. I felt this thing in my pocket so I got it out and put it on the desk. At first I thought it was a leaf but then it started kicking and trying to run around. It was a cockroach. It had been living in my pocket. FML
By SolaceInRage - 20/03/2013 23:53 - United States - Wilmette
Today, I tossed half a sausage to a dog sitting beside a park bench. It wasn't until he lunged for it and dragged the man beside him off of the bench that I realized it was a seeing eye dog. FML
Shitty prank
By Crohn - 03/07/2021 04:01
Today, when I woke up, I discovered that someone thought it'd be hilarious to set up an obstacle course of boxes and furniture in the dorm hallway. I have Crohn's disease, and the bathroom is at the other end of the hall. No, I didn't make it in time. FML
By Anonymous - 24/01/2013 01:44 - United States - Waldorf
Today, my girlfriend found out you can use food coloring in anything. Everything she cooks is now in bright neon colors. I feel like I'm in a Dr Seuss book. FML
By Anonymous - 11/11/2020 22:02 - Argentina - Mar De Ajo
Today, apparently having mood swings at 37 weeks pregnant is being "braggy" according to my husband, and totally not acceptable. FML
By fire1 - 25/10/2011 04:30 - United States
Today, working as an EMT on an ambulance, we had a patient who refused to accept that he had a massive GI bleed, despite the fact that bloody stool was flowing from his anus all over my ambulance. To make things worse, my EMT ride-along student puked all over the patient. FML
By catlover - 20/05/2009 09:07 - Australia
Today, my cat kept sneezing all morning so I took her to the vet. $150 later and the vet says she's fine. I get home and the noise starts up again. My automatic air freshener spray sounds just like my cat sneezing. FML
By blinded - 11/02/2011 16:14 - United States
Today, I went to get a facial. I forgot my contact case so I put them into paper cup. My beautician thought it was leftover water from someone else, and threw my only pair of vision aid away. I scuttled home half blind. FML
Today, I didn't have plans on shaving my pubic hair. My girlfriend's braces thought otherwise. FML
The fertility dance worked
By UnexpectedMom - 31/12/2020 02:01
Today, I'm currently 9 months pregnant with my second child within 3 years. I was told by 4 different doctors over the course of the past 5 years that I'm incapable of having kids, due to a medical condition that affects my reproductive system. FML
By captainfail - 14/07/2009 15:27 - Germany
Today, I applied for my first job. I didn't know how to write a resume, so I copied and pasted one from someone else and reworked it. I got on the bus, handed it in, and left. Then I remembered I forgot to change the contact info and date. FML
By Application - 28/07/2015 20:44 - United States - Cincinnati
Today, I asked my boss for a promotion. "You don't work here but I can give you a job application." I've been working here for 8 years. FML
By magomag - 14/05/2013 04:15 - United States - Fair Lawn
Today, I learned if you type my full name in Google Images, the 3rd thing that comes up is a naked woman in ropes. Someone on Pornhub thought it was smart to comment that the girl looks just like me. She does. Now my parents think I'm a porn star, and most people at school stopped talking to me. FML
Happy birthday?
By Not really - 19/07/2018 15:00
Today, I picked up a birthday card for my dad at the supermarket in a mad rush. I didn't realise that the inside said "From your daughter". He thinks this was my way of coming out as trans, and said that he suspected it for years. FML
Exterminators are expensive
By "vinyl_mermaid" - 02/03/2017 14:00
Today, in an effort to rearrange my bedroom, I planned to reroute my internet cables under my house. Then I found out about the black widow infestation. FML
By J……… - 16/10/2020 02:02
Today, my new dog broke out of his new crate, ate my door, pissed on the floor, and trashed my room. I got him to help with my anxiety, but all he does is give me more anxiety. The worst part is that I adopted him as a favor to a friend, because she couldn't handle him. FML
Sludge factory
By fmyactuallife - 03/05/2020 08:00
Today, I'm on my second day of a week of antibiotics to treat a bad urine infection. Incidentally, the pills seem to be giving me extremely loud, frequent, gut-wrenchingly painful and smelly diarrhea. Only 5 more days to go. FML
By olyswimmer - 03/02/2010 05:11 - United States
Today, my car got a wheel lock because I had 5 tickets. Three of those tickets dated back to 2006. I got my car and license in 2008. FML
By :( - 14/06/2013 04:06 - United States - Parker
Today, I was at a swim meet, swimming as hard as I'd ever swum before. During the last lap I saw no one in the lanes next to me. Thinking I was first, I became extremely excited. When I came to the wall, I realized the reason no one else was around: They already finished the race. I was last. FML
By BbyDelight - 27/04/2009 03:39 - Canada
Today, it was my mom's birthday. I decided to get her a Willow Tree statue of a woman fairy holding a heart. After dinner, I presented my gift. My mother asked me how much it was. I replied, $30. She threw me a dirty look, shoved the present in my direction, and told me to return it. FML
In shape
By emmy - 01/04/2021 14:01
Today, even after months of vigorous exercise and diet in an attempt to gain muscle, I have not gained any muscle. Instead, my body is putting fat into the one part of my body I can't work out: my face. FML
By dadum - 27/01/2011 07:17 - Australia
Today, I had a stranger scream at me that I was a whore and I was trying to steal her boyfriend. She then said my full name, stating my previous hair colour, my recent activities and that her boyfriend had been my year nine dance partner. I officially have a stalker. FML
Things that go bump in the… parking lot
By Lousydriver - This FML is from back in 2011 but it's good stuff - Canada
Today, I was about to drive out of a parking lot. The space in front of me was empty, so I figured I could drive forward. I hadn't noticed that there was a median in front, and my car got stuck. FML
By Jill - 09/04/2011 22:00 - United States
Today, I went into the women's bathroom and was warmly greeted by a man masturbating on one of the sinks. FML
Today, despite having the choice of several bowls of clean water in the house, as well as puddles and ponds outside, my cat was drinking out of a pot I was soaking in the sink. She doesn't seem to mind the taste of dish soap. FML
By gng2fckngkilluyoufckngfckr - 03/08/2012 18:31 - Canada - Ottawa
Today, I found out that my girlfriend has been cheating on me. I also found out that my best friend knew about it all along. When I confronted him, he tried to justify the betrayal by saying that she paid him to keep quiet. FML
Womens' pockets liberation now!
By Anonymous - 06/06/2021 21:03 - United Kingdom - Runcorn
Today, I had to give in and order men's jeans, just so I could have functional pockets. Ordinarily not a problem, except I have wide hips and a suitable size doesn't seem to exist. FML
By jaleesadavis21 - 18/10/2011 13:25 - United States
Today, while I was in the shower, my older brother thought it would be funny to change the language on my phone to Serbo-Croatian. I don't know how and can't change it back. FML
By ferret702 - 05/02/2016 12:04 - United States - Las Vegas
Today, in the current company I'm employed by, I have a better chance at gambling my way to the top, as opposed to working my way up. FML
Today, I came home from work to find that my girlfriend had sold all of my N64 and Atari games and both the consoles and bought me a PS4 with the money. While I was standing there in shock, she kissed me on the cheek and said, "I know, I'm the greatest." FML
Make it stop!
By MsGlaDos - 12/06/2013 21:45 - United States - Austin
Today, I accidentally left some music playing on my iPad, then left to do some errands. When I came back, I found it smashed into a million pieces. Apparently, grandpa couldn't find any other way to "shut off that goddamn music." FML
By goner - 01/05/2012 04:05 - United States
Today, my wife and I decided it would be funny to pull a prank on her family who we were going to see for dinner. I hid in the foyer while she went in and announced to her parents that she was leaving me. I watched as her mother hugged her daughter and cried "Finally..." FML
By Anonymous - 29/06/2013 17:18 - Czech Republic
Today, I was sitting at my favorite coffee shop, when a creepy 50-ish looking guy sat at my table. He asked if I'm into submissive guys, and if I wanted to dominate him. I'm a 17-year-old girl, and am now scared to ever go back there. FML
By fuckthisandfuckthatandfuckyoutoo - 28/07/2013 16:23 - United States
Today, I was preparing a customer's meal in my restaurant's kitchen, when I choked on my own saliva and went into a coughing fit. The head chef, who's always hated my guts, accused me of trying to hock a loogie into the meal and fired me on the spot. FML
By MC - 15/08/2011 02:51 - Canada
Today, I was so drunk that I gave my mom's number instead of mine to the really cute guy I met at the bar. FML
Thanks mom
By Anonymous - 14/02/2021 14:01 - Colombia
Today, my mom decided it was a good idea to remind me about my non-existent sex life while all the family was having dinner. FML
popatia 0
LOL Do the same thing and see if she still wants you back :P
lostfaithinpppl 19
OP, I hope you didn't agree to patiently wait for her until "she matures"
youthink_fml 0
Say good riddance. Sounds like you dodged a bullet.
The_Pleb 0
Just tell her to shut her pipehole and make you a damn SAMMICH!!!! Females are objects and you cant treat them with freedom.... Its like giving your ipod the freedom to choose what music it plays, stupid. So YDI for 1. Having a girlfriend that thinks shes worth more then an average female. and 2. Not stamping your authority
raNDMGUy 5
..... that's called the shuffle button
DeathShad0 1
Saturday 21 November 2009 3:40
LOL @ 25. The most epic response ever.
Astroman129 7
Saturday 1 May 2010 6:14
That's true, #25...xD
flakes_fml 0
Wednesday 5 May 2010 23:50
make out with guys at parties to make her jealous
ZiivaZephyr 6
Tuesday 20 December 2011 9:15
Is the OP dating Snooki? Lol
Jagger117 0
I'd say thass not too bad, at least she's not going around fucking other men.... and she has a plan to mature, I'd say it's more of a "oh well this kinda sucks but it's not too bad"...
jay423 0
Monday 28 June 2010 16:33
hey if ur lucky u could try to get a three some in there!
OBTrice 15
Monday 19 May 2014 4:26
moderators need to block your comment
jonnymohio 2
Move on. She'll never get it out of her system. She's a party girl at heart.
Intellectualist 0
She did the right thing, it might hurt now, but you both get to live your lives now. So go do the same... go make out with boys, smoke drink and steal...it's more fun screwing around than actually being in a relationship anyway.
TC1_fml 0
Sex, drugs & rock'n'roll, bitch! Stop whining, go get some beer! :D
time_consumer 0
Hey, at least she broke it off with you first.
What? Are you afraid that one of the other girls has a bigger dick than you do? If I were you, I'd say "Hell, yeah" and go on my merry way. If you are free when she feels she is "mature," then pick up where you left off. If you've found someone better by then, tell her to fuck off.
donkey_hang_down 2
Perdix, you are on the right track. However regardless if he has someone or not when she is done scissoring and stealing, he should bang her like a hooker (do some really nasty things) and then leave her ass by herself. That should teach that whore a lesson..
MsSippi 0
Saturday 21 November 2009 20:57
Patriarchal bullshit.
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Don't worry, she will come back to you. When she needs some cash.


A will is a legal document that sets out how your property is to be disposed of upon your death. In New South Wales, wills are governed by the Succession Act 2006. In the absence of a will, your property will be distributed to your family members according to a predetermined formula set out in the Succession Act. This could result in your estate being distributed in a way that does not reflect your wishes.
A will can set out your intentions in relation to all your property, including real estate, cash, shares and other personal effects. A will can also appoint an executor, a person to administer your estate and ensure that your wishes are carried out.
Your will can also detail how you want your children and pets to be cared for after your death and your wishes for conducting and paying for your funeral.
It is strongly advisable to seek the advice and assistance of a lawyer in preparing your will. A lawyer can help you to ensure your will is clear and unambiguous and that it is not drafted in a way that leads to any unintended consequences.
There are a number of formal requirements that must be met in order for a will to be valid. A will must be in writing, it must be signed and it must be witnessed by two people. The witnesses must not be beneficiaries of the will or their spouses. For a will to be valid, the will-maker must have testamentary capacity, meaning they must be legally and mentally capable of making a will.
4. That the will-maker is of sound mind.
While generally, you must be over the age of 18 to make a will, wills can be made by minors in some circumstances.
A will can be challenged on the basis that it leaves inadequate provision for a spouse, child or someone that had a close relationship with the deceased. If you want to challenge a will, you have 12 months from the date of the will-maker's death to do so (Section 58).
A will is challenged by filing an Application for a Family Provision Order accompanied by a detailed affidavit setting out the circumstances of the case in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. This application is served on the executor of the estate, who then files a response, seeking to establish the validity of the will. Parties are required to attend mediation to attempt to resolve the dispute. In the event that resolution is not reached, the matter will proceed to hearing.
In considering whether to make a Family Provision Order, the court will consider all the circumstances including the financial situation of the applicant and their relationship with the will-maker.
An intestate is a person who dies without a will or who dies with a will that does not dispose effectively of all of his or her property. Roughly half of Australians die without having made a will.
If a person dies intestate, their estate is disposed of according to a predetermined inheritance formula set out in Part 4 of the Succession Act. If the deceased has a spouse or domestic partner, the spouse or partner is entitled to the whole estate. If the deceased has children (who are not the spouse or partner's children) the estate is divided between the spouse or partner and the children. In the absence of a partner or children, the estate defaults to parents, siblings, grandparents and then aunts and uncles.
If a will is found by a court to be invalid, the estate will proceed to be dealt with as an intestate estate.
The Succession Act has been criticised for setting out an inheritance formula that is unsuitable for some cultural groups, notably Aboriginal people. Under the Succession Act, children who are legally adopted are recognised as 'issue' for the purposes of intestate estates in the same way as biological children. However, there is no recognition of informally adopted children, of whom there are many in Aboriginal communities. It is therefore particularly important for Aboriginal people to obtain competent and culturally appropriate advice in relation to will-making.
If you require legal advice or assistance in relation to making a will, please contact Go To Court lawyers.


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Last Dance is a 1996 crime drama thriller film directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid and Peter Gallagher.

Plot
Cindy Liggett (Sharon Stone) is waiting on death row for a brutal double murder she committed in her teens, 12 years earlier. Clemency lawyer Rick Hayes (Rob Morrow) tries to save her, based on the argument that she was under the influence of crack cocaine when she committed the crime of which she was found guilty and that she is no longer the same person she had been at the time of the murder. However, her death sentence is carried out. The films ends with Rick on a trip to India after Cindy's execution.

Cast
 Sharon Stone as Cindy Liggett
 Rob Morrow as Rick Hayes
 Randy Quaid as Sam Burns
 Peter Gallagher as John Hayes
 Jack Thompson as The Governor
 Jayne Brook as Jill
 Pamala Tyson as Linda, Legal Aid Attorney
 Skeet Ulrich as Billy Liggett
 Don Harvey as Doug
 Diane Sellers as Inmate Reggie
 Patricia French as Guard Frances
 Ralph Wilcox as Warden Rice
 Buck Ford as District Attorney Rusk
 Dave Hager as Detective Vollo
 Christine Cattell as Louise
 Peg Allen as Helen
 Charles S. Dutton (uncredited) as John Henry Reese

Production
Last Dance was filmed in Nashville.

Critical reception
The film was largely ignored at the box office, and suffered in comparison to the 1995 film Dead Man Walking, which was an Academy Award-winning drama whose treatment of the death penalty theme was still fresh in the minds of audiences.

Last Dance received negative reviews from critics. It currently holds a 30% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. Sharon Stone was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst New Star (as the new serious Sharon Stone) for this film and Diabolique, where she lost to Pamela Anderson for Barb Wire.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times felt the film handled "potentially powerful material thoughtfully" and made a "good showcase for Stone". However, he pointed out that the film suffered from the "inescapable misfortune" of being following too soon after the "unquestioned masterpiece" of Dead Man Walking. In comparison, Ebert felt Last Dance "comes across as earnest but unoriginal". James Berardinelli of ReelViews also felt Dead Man Walking was "far superior". He felt Last Dance was a "less compelling tale" and "a little too safe", with "a little too much manipulation and melodrama". He praised Stone as giving the "most impressive performance of a rather lackluster career", but criticized Morrow as "leav[ing] something to be desired". He concluded that Last Dance is "perfectly watchable, and even worth a marginal recommendation, [but] in comparison to Dead Man Walking, it feels diluted."

Janet Maslin of the New York Times praised Stone's "stellar presence and surprisingly intense performance" in the film, describing her "dead-end role" as the film's "lifesaver". However, she was critical of the overall film, stating: "...soon the story begins taking sentimental turns, and even Ms. Stone's startling ferocity gets buried in sludge." Peter Travers of Rolling Stone was critical of the film and concluded: "Last Dance is a prison melodrama that embraces all the cliches that Dead Man Walking artfully dodged. Last Dance acts tough, but its heart is pure soap opera." Desson Howe of The Washington Post was also critical of the film, suggesting that the film "isn't quite "Dumb Blonde Walking", but that satirical slur isn't so far off the mark". He described the film as "formulaic" with a "strangely distancing" emotional effect.

Barbara Shulgasser of the San Francisco Chronicle described the film as "simplistic, puerile rubbish", adding that Stone needed to "start picking difficult material if she really wants to become an actress". Edward Guthmann of the same newspaper felt the film had "able" direction and acting, but that Dead Man Walking was "far superior". He praised Stone's performance, but added: "The moments when Last Dance doesn't gloss over Stone's character are the best, and they make you wish the movie had been restructured." He described the film as an "earnest, unremarkable addition to the Hollywood canon of prison movies". Anne Billson of the UK newspaper The Telegraph felt Stone "emerges from this enterprise with a certain amount of dignity", unlike Morrow, who is given "a wilfully unsympathetic role". She described the film as providing the "usual compendium of clichés".

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1996 films
American drama films
1996 drama films
Films about capital punishment
Films shot in South Carolina
Touchstone Pictures films
Films directed by Bruce Beresford
Films scored by Mark Isham
Women in prison films
Films produced by Steven Haft
Films with screenplays by Steven Haft
1990s English-language films
1990s American films


You probably didn't know that every thing I post on A Taste of Koko (my blog, Instagram, Snapchat, ect) is what I'm going through in real life. But one of the things I've tried to keep private is my relationship. So today what I'm sharing with you is something that is very personal, and near and dear to my heart.
Earlier this year, Eric and I transitioned to a long-distance relationship when he moved to San Francisco. This was a first for the both of us, and it has been really hard, for me.
Food is such a big part of our lives that I wanted us to continue to have date night. We started to use UberEATS to order our meals for date night every week, catch up over FaceTime, and watch Netflix together. After a couple of virtual date nights, it became a weekly event.
Thanks to UberEATS, I look forward to virtual date night with Eric every week! UberEATS has been a great supporter of A Taste of Koko in the past year. I'm so excited when I mentioned to the team that we were using the UberEATS app for virtual date night, they wanted to help us share our story.
Videography by Dos Mundos Creative, thank you so much for the beautiful videography! Food in video is from Hillside Farmacy.
Eric and I have been dating for 3.5 years. We first met in 2007 at the University of Texas Austin when we were both freshman. We had a short fling but things didn't work out. If you ever ask us what happened, you'll hear different stories from the both of us. Fast forward to 2013 – Eric just moved from Dallas to Austin and I was still food blogging in Austin. After a couple of dates at Lick Ice Creams, Zed's Restaurant, and home-cooked meals, we started dating officially after a brunch at Contigo.
He'll tell you about all the painful times he's had to wait for me to finish taking photos of our food before he could eat it. And that he's never had hot food.
And the time he didn't make Valentine's Day reservations.
Eric is very single-minded. As a software engineer, he loves to work and can stay focused on the computer for the entire day. I'm easily distracted and tend to work spontaneously. Usually I work on a blog post while editing photos on Photoshop, uploading an Instagram picture, and watch Netflix – all at the same time.
Even though we both work a ton, at the end of the day we love eating. When we're not eating out, we're ordering food through the UberEATS app and staying in to watch our favorite shows on Netflix.
Noble Sandwich Co – PBLT sandwich, The Noble Pig sandwich, Seared Beef Tongue sandwichm and soup of the day.
Chi'Lantro – rice bowl, street corn with chips, and Korean fried chicken wings.
Thank you for letting me share this with you. If you've been in a long-distance relationship, I'd love to hear your thoughts and tips in the comments below.
This post is brought to you in collaboration with UberEats. Thank you for supporting the brands that support A Taste of Koko!


Android is one of the fastest growing operating systems for mobiles and tablets which is developed by Google. If we say that Android operating system is powered pack system with customization and open source development, then it would not be wrong. Android system and its application mostly backed by object-oriented programming (i.e., C, C++, C #, and Java) which passes through extensive testing before placing them into Google App Store. Testing the application before making it available to general users is quite essential to identify any bug, speed efficiency and response rate to make it more convenient and increasing the user base with a higher rating. As the applications development for Android systems is on the boom, so the testing is also rapidly growing. AndroidiOS App Test Automation with J is the same approach to testing environment for Android Apps in terms scalability, performance, speed, and support for different versions of Android Operating Systems.
The video course on Android iOS App Test Automation with J is a unique program which provides the testing knowledge and skills in an efficient way that each part of the course is self-explanatory.Android iOS App Test Automation with J is the need of the today's mobile world. This video course program is designed and developed by the gurus of Android systems. This certification course is the need of the today as Android-based systems occupy almost more than 80% market of the mobiles and tablets in the world. The growth application and system development on the Android platform are so rapid even thousands of applications are updating and developing with the passage of each day. There is substantial justification to have a robust testing environment for such applications and soft-wares which Android iOS App Test Automation with J makes it possible. This testing environment based on Java programming environment which is one of the most influential application development and testing criteria for Android systems and applications. Through the use of AndroidiOS App Test Automation with J it is possible to early diagnosis of the software bugs, speed, performance and multi-support system across different versions of Android operating systems. Thus, AndroidiOS App Test Automation with J makes it possible to test and modifications in the applications proactively before its launching and placement in the Google App Store.We have seen an immense growth in the use of mobile technologies and smartphones all over the world from last decades in Android is one of the giants regarding applications and operating systems platforms for mobiles, PDAs, and tablets users. The Android platform of Google is the market leader that provides lots of applications with the open source environment to its users and developers. Therefore, such an increased use and growth of Android system based applications require a good testing platform too in order to continuously retain and increase the market share by the Google.Android iOS App Test Automation with J is one of such testing tools which provides not only the testing but also a handy platform for automation which backed by sturdy object-oriented programming based on Java. This is the certification which is high in demand and rapidly requested by the mobile programmers, developers, and users. Brainmeasures being an ISO 9001:2008 certified institution provides the opportunity to all learners around the globe who wish to become a successful AndroidiOS App Test Automation with J. This course comprehensively covers all essential aspects which are crucial to become a successful application tester, software engineers and troubleshooter for Android-based applications and soft-wares. Throughout the video course at Brainmeasures you will learn the basics of AndroidiOS App Test Automation with J, how to perform load and bug testing, refining, and automation process, etc. This course is essential for all who are interested in learning about Android-based architecture, applications, and system. Brainmeasures AndroidiOS App Test Automation with J is developed with an easy to use and understandable examples in a way that anyone without having any prior knowledge can get the maximum benefit. The fee is very economical and competitive. Furthermore, this certification will be an addition to your RESUME to get more job opportunities and increment in your earnings.


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OFFSTAGE: Blake Shelton's Lost Letter From His Dad
There's a country song somewhere in this story about Blake Shelton finding a life-lessons letter from his dad about 20 years after he'd sent it. He talks about it in the August issue of Men's Journal , and it's just so sweet, Shelton needs to write a song about it. According to the magazine, Shelton moved to Nashville right after high school graduation. A few weeks after he arrived in Tennessee, his dad sent him a five-page letter about entering the world. "I didn't want to hear it. I was 17. I didn't want to be told what to do," Shelton said. So he didn't read it and lost track of the letter for two decades. But after his dad died last year, Shelton found the long lost letter when he was going through some of his old things. He said most of it was practical advice. "But there was also a lot … about how to treat people, how to get respect, how to look people in the eye and how to shake their hand — basically, how to be a man in the world," Shelton said. "It was like I was having a conversation with him I never had."
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Q: centering google captcha and send button on "contact form 7" I am trying to center the google captcha and the send button of contact form 7 on this web page:
http://p17238-110-2914.s110.upress.link/contact/
I tried margin: 0 auto; and wrapping it with a div without any success: my form

A: Around the capcha iframe, you have a div within inline style:
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Remove this and add display:block and margin: auto to the iframe
Hope this helps.


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Burnes after no-no: 'Only going to get better'
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CLEVELAND -- Corbin Burnes pitched eight no-hit innings before Josh Hader finished the job on a historic night for the Brewers on Saturday.
But that wasn't the deepest Burnes had ever gone in a game with a no-no.
When he was a junior in college at Saint Mary's, Burnes went 8 2/3 no-hit innings in a start at the University of San Diego.
"The nine-hole hitter was left-handed and had been slapping stuff all night," Burnes said. "We had a full shift on, and he slapped one to right."
Asked if he had ever come close to throwing a no-hitter in high school, Burnes shook his head.
"Nah," he said. "I wasn't that good."
Burnes was pretty darn good Saturday. It was after the sixth inning that he began to think he could be headed for history.
• 14 facts, figures from Crew's combined no-no
"That's when I realized, 'We've got a chance here,'" he said. "We had just gotten through the order a second time. That's when it starts to sink in. But the leadoff walk [to Myles Straw in the seventh, ending the perfect game bid] was not ideal and caused me to throw a few too many high-leverage pitches, which kind of changes the scope of that game. But once we get through the sixth, I kind of had that feeling."
Some are getting the feeling Burnes could be headed for something even more special -- a National League Cy Young Award. He entered Sunday with a Major League-leading 2.25 ERA, 1.50 FIP, 35.4 percent strikeout rate (tied with the Dodgers' Max Scherzer), a 7.1 FanGraphs-calculated pitching WAR and an NL-leading 4.9 percent walk rate.
"Obviously, there's a lot of big-name guys having great years," Burnes said. "I try to not get too caught up in it. It's cool now and then to check it out, but my focus is what I'm doing in between starts and preparing to go out there and be the best I can to help the team win. This is a pretty special team. What we've done to this point is impressive, and it's only going to get better the rest of the season and the postseason."
• Brewers' no-hit history filled with close calls
Manning connected to both Brewer no-nos
From the Obscure (and Totally Worthless) Trivia Department, we present this:
Rick Manning caught the final out of Len Barker's perfect game for the Indians on May 15, 1981. It remains the most recent no-hitter thrown by a Cleveland pitcher -- the longest such drought in the game.
Until Saturday night, the second-longest drought belonged to the Brewers, whose first no-hitter was thrown by Juan Nieves against the Orioles on April 15, 1987.
On the Brewers' bench that day in Baltimore? One Rick Manning.
And who was in the home broadcasting booth for the Burnes/Hader no-hitter that ended Milwaukee's drought? Rick Manning, of course.
"Here it comes back around!" Manning said Sunday.
Best anybody can tell, there were only three people in the building for both no-hitters in Brewers history -- Manning, Brewers director of clubhouse operations Tony Migliaccio and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Tom Haudricourt. (Note: Bill Schroeder caught Nieves' no-no and broadcast Saturday's game for Bally Sports Wisconsin, but the broadcast was done remotely from Milwaukee.)
"I was just sitting on the sideline and watching," Manning said. "But that was the year that we got off to a 13-0 start. That was the ninth game in that start. And they had a good lineup over there -- Cal Ripken, Eddie Murray, Fred Lynn, Rick Burleson. And [Nieves] was dealing, and the catch of the day was Robin Yount, which I was reminded of with [Lorenzo] Cain's catch. I don't remember if there was any more than that catch by Robin, to be honest with you. But that was a heck of a start to a year."


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For icy or slippy problem, though need to be fixed, at least I can play with your BOT on map with normal terrain.
For example, non official maps such as op4_ctf omen, it's pretty simple map, and the BOT wouldn't get any problems there.
Agreed - I'll look at trying to just lower the slipperiness instead of getting rid of it all together though so that the original effect is left somewhat intact.
I agree it's not a huge deal in the scheme of things but I'll get it sorted.
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What The Storm said - he added MetaMod support for v0.4 which was released in March.
I'll look at changing bot_count thing.
Changing names will come eventually - at the moment the bot creation code is a bit complicated and I want to simplify it before I do that.
I could be wrong, but bot_skill does not seem to work either when loading Sandbot through Metamod.
- saved games are corrupted (if you try to load any saves made while Sandbot was installed they will crash the game, or if they do load the scripted events will not work).
HPB bot had these singleplayer issues as well, and they were fixable by using a Metamod plugin called SingleP. There is a link to it on the HPB bot website.
bot_skill shouldn't have any problems - note that if you change it then it won't change the skill of existing bots, only bots that you add after the change (I think I will change this behaviour). Does that correspond with what you see?
Thanks for pointing out SingleP - I suspected that might have been the issue (all the other things seemed okay, though possibly the save-restore wasn't). I'll take a look though it appears to be Windows only from the quick look I had but single player is now available on Linux (and Mac) too.
Alright I got Opposing Force CTF working by the looks of it. I'll probably tidy things up and release it in the next few weeks.
I'll take a proper look at single player support probably as part of the next release.


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Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata)
All counties in our region
Shrubby meadows and woodland edges.
One of the smaller Scudderia bush katydids – only the arboreal Northern Bush Katydid is similar in size. The female has a distinctive pinkish-purple ovipositor, and the male has a similarly-colored tail plate that appears forked. This color is apparent even in the nymphs, and it certainly makes identification easier!
Female's ovipositor
Male's tail plate
Female nymph
Male nymph
"Pffftt!" That's all it is. There can be a lengthy pause between songs.
Fork-tailed Bush Katydid - Recording by Lisa Rainsong
Adult season
Late July through much of October.
General description and context
This common, hardy, adaptable katydid can be found in a variety of habitats and its range is actually coast to coast. Their very short song is difficult to separate out from the general singing insect song texture because it is very simple, there are substantial pauses of 3-4 seconds between each "pffftt", and the very high pitch frequency of the song can be difficult to hear.
The female's ovipositor and the male's tail plate (located at the far end of his abdomen) are distinctive because of their purple color. Only the Treetop Bush Katydid has a similar color, but they live up in the trees and may be rare. I have only seen one once (in Ashtabula County), and I believe it was knocked down from its trees in a thundershower.
One can easily confuse the Fork-tailed's song with the "tzip!" call of the Greater Angle-wing, and Greater Angle-wings can be in the same shrubs as Fork-taileds as well as up in trees. The Angle-wing's calls more frequently – closer to two seconds apart than the Fork-tailed's 3-4 seconds.
In this composite recording below, I've shortened the amount of time between the Fork-tailed songs so the track isn't quite as long. When you hear additional crickets singing, we've moved to the greater Angle-wing tzit calls. I think the latter is sharper, cleaner, and more percussive, but acoustics in the field would make the differences far less obvious.
Fork-tailed songs followed by Greater Angle-wing tzit calls - Recording by Lisa Rainsong
Field observation
These hardy katydids live well into the fall and sometimes seems to change color to match their surrounding vegetation as fall progresses. Their autumn coloration can be quite beautiful. Perhaps this is a result of the changing color of the vegetation they're eating?
Listening in Nature
http://listeninginnature.blogspot.com/2017/10/a-katydids-studio-recording-session.html
Songs of Insects:
http://songsofinsects.com/katydids/fork-tailed-bush-katydid
Singing Insects of North America:
http://www.entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/063a.htm
Female Fork-tailed Bush Katydid's final molt into adulthood.


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Q&A With Heather Burns, Accessibility Consultant, Equal Entry
Heather Burns is a program manager at heart, passionately curious, always looking for ways to improve anything she can. After a 20-plus-year career at Microsoft, she's excited to work in the field she loves — accessibility! Heather provides training, project management, as well as software and hardware testing to improve the ability of individuals with disabilities to use products and services.
How did you get your start in accessibility?
I don't remember a time when I didn't feel a part of the accessibility community. I was diagnosed with a learning disability at a young age. Because of this, I received accommodations throughout my academic career. I experienced the difference between an inclusive environment that supported me and those where I was left out or forced to struggle.
From the time I was a child, my parents modeled advocacy for me. As I got older, I advocated for myself and then others. In college, I co-founded an organization to help students with a broad range of cognitive disabilities. And my roommate ran the organization for students with physical disabilities.
When I started my computer science career at Microsoft, it was a happy accident that the company assigned me to accessibility.
You're a co-inventor. Tell us about your patents.
I was in the accessibility group at Microsoft during the early days of Windows accessibility. We saw a repeating issue with products being released with new controls, and assistive technologies having to release updates to support them. This meant that individuals with disabilities had to wait months or years to upgrade to a new product.
The patents are for the server and client-side of User Interface Automation or UIAutomation, which is a system that explains the functionality and how to interact with controls. UIAutomation works for Windows a lot like how ARIA works for the Web.
Patterns describe the functionality and relationships. For example, an element could have both a TogglePattern and a SelectionItemPattern. Assistive technologies learn how to support the functionality and relationship rather than specific control types. This way, when new controls were created, their functionality could be described and interacted with. All without the need to update the Assistive Technology.
As a program manager at Equal Entry, you see accessibility projects from start to finish. What does a typical accessibility project involve?
I get the opportunity to work with clients as we define the scope of the project, what will or won't we include within our work with them. A typical project might be an audit, but it could also be a wireframe review of a new product idea or a new component system library they want to move to. We have even worked with clients to define custom accessibility guidelines for their organization to follow.
Equal Entry listens to our client's needs and then determines what's the right solution based on those needs.
What does a typical audit project involve?
Our first engagement with a client is normally a small audit. Testing can be done by one or more of our Equal Entry accessibility consultants. It typically takes two to three weeks. We focus our audits on how individuals with disabilities would use the client's website or web application. We define a set of key scenarios to test.
Once the project is approved, we write out detailed testing steps. These steps guide testers to focus on the most critical issues an individual might encounter. Then, we prioritize issues using Equal Entry standard categories:
All Blocking, Major, and Minor issues are accessibility violations. Advisory issues are commonly best practices or usability issue that impacts all users, such as a feature not working. Based on the client's needs, the results from the audit can be used to create an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR), sometimes mistakenly called a VPAT®. VPAT or Voluntary Product Accessibility Template is a registered trademark of the Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC) that created and updates the template used by Equal Entry and others to create an ACR.
Once we have current accessibility audit results, we can move on to post-audit services and training. Equal Entry's post-audit services are a way to help clients fix and verify issues found within the audit. They consist of five 2-hour sessions with an accessibility expert. Equal Entry's training is customized to specifically address common issues to your organization and uses your own examples to better engage with the audience.
Because we have so many repeat clients, I not only get to see clients make progress within an audit project but also I get to see progress over time, between projects with Equal Entry.
What is an accessibility barrier you would like to see solved?
I'm passionate about diversity and inclusion (D&I) work to allow everyone to bring their best self to everything that they do. Computers and Web accessibility have allowed some to keep their disabilities invisible. However, the barrier I'd like to see solved is social change so that a person's abilities aren't judged against an idealized norm.
I'm passionate about diversity and inclusion (D&I) work to allow everyone to bring their best self to everything that they do.
Lori Samuels
NBCUniversal
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