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Why Neighborhood Nicknames Matter
They can have a big impact on economic fortunes and social cohesion, which explains the controversy that often surrounds them.
Alan Ehrenhalt | October 2017
Twenty years or so ago, working on a book about the Chicago of the 1950s, I spent some reporting time in Bronzeville, the neighborhood that had been the segregated but vibrant home base of the city's African-American population from the 1920s through the 1960s. I was surprised to find that a friend of mine who had grown up nearby claimed not to be familiar with the name. "Bronzeville?" she said. "Don't believe I've heard that one."
Thinking about it some more, I began to understand how the name Bronzeville got lost. It was a symbol not only of segregation, but of the innumerable indignities that people of color were forced to endure in the Chicago of the early- and mid-20th century. When things started to open up in later years, and black people could live and shop and play pretty much where they chose, the last thing they wanted to be reminded of was the confinement they had just escaped from. If they knew the old name, which most of them probably did, they preferred not to use it. Bronzeville was a ghetto name. The ghetto was over.
Recalling all this, I find it comforting to see that in the new century, Bronzeville has sprouted back to life as an emblem of ethnic and community pride. There are guided tours, summer art fairs, blues festivals, and cool places to eat and drink, some of them trading on historical neighborhood themes. The name itself has been central to the neighborhood's revival.
One of the many lessons to be learned from Bronzeville is that as generations pass, history that was once depressing can become the locus of community pride. Another is that what residents decide to call their community can make a great deal of difference to its economic fortunes and social cohesion.
That last point has come up repeatedly in the last few months in a battle over what name to use for a portion of Harlem, perhaps the only historic black community in America that is even more iconic than Bronzeville. It turns out that Keller-Williams, the giant real estate company with a heavy presence in Manhattan, had started marketing properties at the southern end of the neighborhood (between 110th and 125th streets) under the name SoHa, a sort of code name for "southern Harlem." The company never gave a clear reason for why it was doing this, but local residents nearly all believed that it was an attempt to attract affluent white people who were uneasy about buying into Harlem's dangerous reputation.
It didn't take long for a storm of protest to develop. Street corner rallies were organized. Op-eds were published in the city's newspapers. A state senator from Harlem, Brian Benjamin, introduced a bill in the legislature that would create a city office of neighborhood naming and punish businesses that "advertise a property as part of, or located in, a designated neighborhood that is not traditionally recognized as such."
The Benjamin bill didn't go anywhere, and likely would have encountered First Amendment problems if it had. But it served to reinforce the widespread belief that a neighborhood's name belongs to its residents, not to the real estate industry. For outsiders to come in and give it a new name is insulting. The company caved. In July, it announced that it would be putting SoHa away in a drawer until further notice.
Insults and racism aside, however, New York City has been on a neighborhood rebranding binge since the early 1960s, when an urban planner named Chester Rapkin decided he could save a dingy old warehouse district in lower Manhattan by rechristening it SoHo, for "south of Houston Street." Within less than a decade, warehouses once threatened with demolition were turned into condominium lofts, artists moved into them in droves and the whole place became a tourist attraction. Today, very few working artists can afford to live in SoHo.
Why a simple name change worked so well was never entirely clear, but it provoked a flurry of imitation. SoHo begat Tribeca (Triangle below Canal), Tribeca begat NoLita (north of Little Italy) and real estate brokers all over the city started trying to find similar magic in nearly every neighborhood where the market needed a boost. Not all of them succeeded: BoHo wasn't a very attractive name for Bowery below Hudson, and SoBro for the South Bronx was too big a stretch for most tastes. It sounded like a bunch of jocks who had vowed to quit drinking. But the fad itself had staying power. Rapkin had proved, in the words of urban writer Kevin Deutsch, "that you can essentially call a neighborhood into existence with sheer will, imagination and a catchy acronym."
Some of the new names teetered for years on the cusp of popular acceptance. Brooklynites who live "down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass" have grudingly come around to saying they live in Dumbo. But the most interesting of these involved a nondescript swatch of light industrial territory just north of Manhattan's Madison Square Park. It had no history of neighborhood cohesion to speak of. In 1999, real estate brokers decided to name these few square blocks "NoMad." The New York Times picked up on it, and headlined one article, "The Trendy Discover NoMad Land, and Move In." The fad didn't last. By 2001, the term had fallen into almost complete disuse. Local residents said it sounded too much like No Man's Land.
But seven years later, an ambitious developer opened a hotel in the middle of the district, and to give his project a little pizazz, resurrected NoMad to describe the surrounding area. Within months, Britain's Guardian newspaper was calling NoMad "a hipster hub in midtown Manhattan."
This time, the name stuck. Within just a few years, NoMad had acquired an identity pervasive enough that its leaders decided to apply for historic district status. Sadly for them, the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission turned down the application earlier this year. But it's hard to escape Deutsch's lesson that with enough effort, a name can create a community.
New York is clearly the rebranding capital of the United States right now, but the strategy has taken root in many other cities. A few months back, San Francisco, which coined a hit years ago by calling the area south of Market Street "SoMa," spent $70,000 on a project to find a name and build a neighborhood identity for the cluster of downtown office buildings and high-rise condos known to residents mostly as "the area around the transit center." The name the city came up with was East Cut. How this could be a prizewinner is a puzzling question, and some of the residents pointed out that the territory was once called "Rincon Hill," and would be better off going back to that. But they didn't prevail.
Over the years, there's been a fair amount of research on neighborhood identity, and while there's no consensus on what makes for a strong one, there's general agreement that commonly accepted names and boundaries bring an enhanced sense of community and lead to a higher level of citizen engagement.
Chicago is often described as a city of neighborhoods, and that is a fair description. What's less well known is that the city's strong neighborhood identities are the product of work done by sociologists at the University of Chicago in the 1920s. They created a city map that delineated 77 precisely defined communities, each with a name that the residents could use to place themselves. Those names have been an important part of the city's culture ever since. When Barack Obama was elected president, journalists reported that he owned a home in Hyde Park, a well-known neighborhood on the city's South Side. But some locals pointed out that the Obama house wasn't really in Hyde Park -- it was in Kenwood, a half-block outside the Hyde Park border. People in Chicago know things like that.
Chicago's neighborhood naming system has generated a few imitators, most notably an effort a few years ago by a citizens' group in Indianapolis, one that included Governing columnist Aaron M. Renn. The group felt that the city was weak in neighborhood identity and, as a result, was lagging behind in civic participation. So it produced a Chicago-style map with precise boundaries and precise names. "Where there weren't well-defined neighborhoods, we created them," Renn told CityLab in 2012. The project didn't carry official government sanction, but today the neighborhood map is posted on the wall in cafés and stores, and, in the words of principal mapmaker Josh Anderson, it has given cohesion to parts of the city once known only by "neighborhood diehards."
The liveliest running debate about neighborhood identity, however, revolves around the question of what size the ideal neighborhood should be. The pioneering urbanist Jane Jacobs argued in the 1960s that most of them were too small, unable to muster the energy and clout they needed to negotiate with city government. But most current scholarly opinion is on the other side of this issue, arguing that smaller communities create more loyalty and cohesion. "The greatest deficiency in neighborhood names," the urbanist David Boehlke wrote in 2013, "is that they refer to places that are just too large, places that people can't identify with. … Neighborhood naming is a core aspect of economic renewal. It must be done with care."
We all know what Shakespeare said about roses. You can call them anything you want and it won't affect the fragrance. That's probably true of a lot of things. It just doesn't seem to be true of neighborhoods.
Alan Ehrenhalt Senior Editor
ehrenhalt@yahoo.com


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Flashback Friday, The Late Edition ~ Puzzles & Games
October 8, 2010 October 8, 2010 / Quilly
This is the Friday Late Night Edition of Flashback Friday
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Flashback Friday is the brain child of Linda from Mocha With Linda. This is the meme that takes us back in time to the days of our youth. Linda says, This meme's purpose is to have us take a look back and share about a specific time or event in our lives. It will be fun to see how similar – or different – our experiences have been! This week Linda wants us to share our memories of our favorite puzzles and games.
My cousin Patty had every board game under the sun. This was our favorite at her house. We played it two or three times per day, but only during bad weather. If the weather was at all tolerable, we weren't allowed in the house. Patty and I also enjoyed playing Trouble and Parcheesi.
With my Weniger cousins the games usually involved more thinking or Math. They were all
super-fast at putting puzzles together and doing math in their heads. I hated putting puzzles together with them. They'd place 8-9 pieces to my one — and despite the fact that we were all kids, the puzzles were generally no smaller than 250 pieces. However, of all the the entertainment choices we had, we almost always played Kismet — Kismet was like Yahtzee, but the dice were colored and one had to get color and number combinations in order to meet one's quotas.
At my house we had two favorite games. One –BINGO! — took hours to play because we'd each have 6 cards and we always played to blackout. The other game, however, was really our favorite — Cooties! This photo (found on the internet) could actually be my game. This is the original 1949 edition my family and friends were still playing in 1969 and for all I know is still in a cupboard in Grandma's house (my cousin lives there now).
However, my favorite games of all were the outdoor games. Of course we played tag of various different kinds and incarnations. We even played bicycle tag that was a lot like flag football. We'd clothespin bandannas to our shirt sleeves. If the person who was "It" snatched your bandanna away, then you became, "It." The game often involved bike crashes, but I don't remember anybody ever getting hurt.
Another outside favorite was baseball. There was a huge field about 3 blocks from our house. We were allowed to play baseball there because none of us could possibly hit a window. Previous to playing in that field, we played on the school grounds, but I somehow managed (at 10 years old) to hit the baseball with enough force to drive it 100 yards to the fence, over the fence, across the street, and through the window on Tapley's Cabinet Shop. It was a pure fluke, but even so it got us banned from the immediate neighborhood.
A couple of my girlfriends and I liked to play hopscotch, jump rope, and Chinese jump rope, but the boys didn't care for them and since there was about an even mix of boys and girls that played together, we didn't frequently indulge in those "girly" games.
In my teen years when I lived with my father and step-mother, we almost always played a game or two of cards after dinner. We played Acey-Duecy, Canasta, and Michigan Rummy. Sometimes we'd play Cribbage, too. On Friday nights my dad, step-mom and I always went to the Baker's house and played a progressive rummy game that my sister now calls 3-13. I can't recall what name we gave it then, but I do know it was different.
My very most cherished game playing memories of all come from the hours I spent playing Rummy with my friend, Mary. I rarely ever beat her. I'm lucky if I can remember a card 20 seconds after I play it. She knew where every card in the deck was at all times. It wasn't so much the card playing that made my time with Mary special. It was the friendship and the laughter.
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Acey Duecy was one of my all time favorite games. We played it all the time in high school. Dont ask me how we got our money to bet with but we always had it Haven't played it since. But what a great fun game. Thanks for bringing it up.
Thom — we played with pennies. We each had a jelly jar full of pennies.
Ours was dollars Q…One dollar bills LOL I lost my ass plenty of times…If they could only see it now they'd realize I have plenty ass to lose now LOL
I enjoyed reading your memories. I mentioned cooties in my post too! Some of my best childhood memories are from summer evenings spent playing huge games of neighborhood tag, hide and seek and kick the can.
Joyce — the best time to play hide-n-seek is after dark. We'd get 8-10 kids and play in Kohler's apple orchard. It was a blast.
Some of these are familiar but some I have never heard of. But the interaction, as you said at the end, is usually what makes it so fun.
Barbara — yes, it isn't the games I remember so much as the people I played them with.
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Several people have mentioned Cooties and I don't remember it at all. I also never heard of Acey Duecy with cards.
I think it's funny that whenever boys and girls play together, the boys won't play the "girl" games, but the girls will play the "boy" games!
Linda — girls are more secure in their identities than biys, I think.
My daughter and I often play Trouble and she usually beats me everytime! Those darn 6s never seem to come up for me.
Mousetrap is such a classic! But made more flimsily today than in yore, boo hoo.
Sounds like you had a great time outdoors as a kid. We did too.
Thanks for popping in on me, Quilly! Appreciate it.
Jannie — sixes can be frustratingly elusive.
it's funny that other than bingo and yahtzee everythign sounds alien to me although i'm pretty sure we played similar games but called them differently (which can hardly be surprising)
Polona — I bet you didn't have Cooties!
Nice and thorough, Quilly. 🙂
Our youngest daughter had Cooties! My game cupboard photo is the one she played with along with quite a few others. You will recognize a lot of them.
Outside games are the funnest aren't they? Even our dog, Adi, likes to go outside for some game playing. You couldn't go wrong with Bingo. Unless the games lasted too long. I learned Yatzee from my ex-in-laws. That and cribbage.
Actually, Jim, I've discovered I missed mentioning of lot of my favorite games — Chinese Checkers, Masterpiece, Risk, Monopoly, Life, and I didn't mention that I used to play solitare while watching TV, either!
I never played mousetrap, but as a kid I remember the commericials and all the fancy colourful looking gizmos and gadgets and thinking about how much I wanted that game!
Teresa — you really didn't miss much. There was a lot of anticipation in building the game. Everyone wanted to be the last player who tripped the mouse trap, but once it was tripped everything was over in seconds and the game fell apart. So, an hour of build up for 15 seconds of fun.
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We didn't have any puzzles we did have lotto which is similar to bingo. Mostly we played out in the back street, cricket, rounders and skipping. No wonder we were slim and healthy.
Oops I forgot we did have jigsaw puzzles which I've always loved.
I loved Parcheesi!
The neighborhood I grew up in had a playfield where we held pick-up games of baseball, football, kickball, and just about any game you can imagine. Sometimes it devolved into a free-for-all game we called "smear the queer" — something that was never meant as a slur — it just meant that one person was "it" and everyone else tried to tackle him or her and "dogpile" on top. It usually was played with a football, but any ball (or frisbee or whatever) would do. We even played it on bicycles a few times; however, I do not recommend playing tackle football and dog-piling with bicycles!


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Today, the leaders of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) joined and applauded Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Mark Warner (D-VA) for their commitment to Travel and Tourism and its role in creating jobs and driving economic growth in the United States.
The two Senators jointly met with the 30-strong Executive Committee of the WTTC as part of its annual meeting in Washington, DC on October 30th. The Senators discussed the role of Travel & Tourism in the United States – the world's biggest Travel & Tourism economy. Furthermore, the group discussed:
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"Senators Warner and Blunt have been great champions of Travel & Tourism because they understand the positive economic impact our industry has had on their states and the country as a whole."
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Q: Color change, primary hover I'm a beginner and a great desire to learn. But despite my best efforts there are things that I cannot solve.
Through the element inspector I understood that this color is the primary hover, set by default with this code: #eeac00
I want to change this color with a different code, that is: #000000
How can I do it elementor also provides me with a CSS editing section.
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A: Try this CSS:
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A: If you want to change this color for all your website you can do it in multiple ways :

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*Make a child theme of your Wordpress theme. Then change the color as you want. (Editor -> Appareance)

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*You can try to add this code into your Custom CSS from Elementor. Maybe, will it work.

*Maybe not the best way if you do update of your theme but if not you can directly change it in your theme settings.

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The Mexico Institute is pleased to announce the report Growing Together: Economic Ties between the United States and Mexico, which explores the bilateral economic relationship in detail to understand its nature and its impact on the United States. The report includes original research on the employment impact of bilateral trade on the U.S. economy, analysis using government and academic datasets, and an extensive overview of existing research relevant to the U.S.-Mexico economic relationship.
Our study concludes that the economic relationship with Mexico, though not without its challenges, provides concrete benefits, strengthening the competitiveness of American firms, creating jobs in the United States, and generating savings for the average American family. The report finds that nearly 5 million U.S. jobs depend on trade with Mexico and that the competitiveness of U.S. industries is significantly enhanced by trade and investment ties with Mexico.
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Тронът е официалният стол, на който седи монархът при специални празненства или заседания. Трон също се използва в израза "наследява трона" или "взема трона", под което се има предвид наследяване / вземане на властта.

Троновете от стари времена
Троновете винаги са били символ на царската власт. В някои култури троновете са използвани в церемониите по коронация или за да се издигне монархът над всички.

Древните елини поставяли празни тронове в своите храмове, за да могат боговете да седнат някъде, когато пожелаят. Най-известният е тронът на бог Аполон в Амиклес.

В Китай тронът на императора бил поставян в центъра на Забранения град, който китайците смятали за център на самия свят. За да се стигне до този трон, се минавало през множество тайни входове и специални проходи, които били построени, за да предизвикват изумление и почуда.

Римляните също имали 2 вида тронове – за императора и за богинята Рома, чийто лик бил поставян в седнало положение на тронове, които се превръщали в място на почит.

За хетите, че троновете били самите богове.

Троновете и християнството
В християнството троновете са често явление, особено в храмовете и в Библията.

Троновете в Библията
Думата "трон" се появява в Библията 176 пъти (множественото чисто "тронове" се среща само 9 пъти). Бог е описан седнал на трон като крал, което е знак за неговия суверенитет над живота.

В Стария Завет цар Давид и цар Соломон (като представители на Бог на земята) са представени на тронове.

В Новия Завет и в много от евангелията се говори за Исус, седнал на трон. Исус обещава на своите апостоли, че ще седят на 12 трона, съдейки дванадесетте племена от Израел.

Апостол Павел също говори за тронове.

В Средновековието "Тронът на Соломон" бил асоцииран с Богородица, която била изобразявана като тронът, на който Исус е седял. Слоновата кост в трона на Соломон е интерпретирана като символ за чистота, златото – божественост, а шестте стъпала на трона представяли шестте добродетеля.

Тронове на духовници
От стари времена епископите на римокатолическа църква и на други църкви, където съществуват епископи, формално седят на тронове, наречен катедра (гръцки: κάθεδρα-място за сядане). Обикновено намираща се в храма, катедрата символизира авторитета на епископа като учител на вяра и като водач на своите ученици.

От името на тази катедра (трона), която може да бъде детайлно украсена и изящна като за принц, идва и името на църквата на епископа – катедрала. Подобно думата базилика идва от гръцкото basilikos – кралски, царски.

Някои други прелати също имат позволение да използват тронове. Например абатите. Абатските тронове обаче са много по-бедно украсени от тези на епископите.

Като знак за по-висок пост, римокатолически епископи, и тези с по-висок ранг на прелати, си слагат балдахин над троновете при определени духовни събития. Цветът на балдахина трябва да отговаря на цвета на дрехата на свещеника.

В православната църква тронът на епископа често се смесва с определени отличителни черти на троновете на монарха, някои наследени от Византийския съд, както например двойка лъвове, седящи, там където се слагат краката.

Терминът "трон" често се използва и при патриарсите като се говори за техния авторитет като висши духовници.

Папски тронове
В Римската католическа църква папата е избиран монарх и като глава на църквата, и като глава на Ватикана. До днешен ден папата поддържа своя дипломатически статус, а папските делегации се изпращат на мисии из целия свят.

Тронът, на който папата седи като епископ на Рим, се намира в базиликата Св. Йоан. Тронът, на който той седи като папа, е в базиликата Св. Петър във Ватикана. Над този трон се намира един стол, на който се вярва, че е седял св. Петър – първият папа.

В миналото папата също е бил носен на подвижен трон при специални случаи.

След 1978 г. на конклава за нов папа всеки кардинал сяда на трон в Капелата. Всеки трон има балдахин над него. При успешен избор се избира и името на новия папа, кардиналите свалят своите балдахини по-надолу като остава само този на новоизбрания папа.

Троновете през феодализма
По време на феодализма в Европа, в много страни монарсите често седели на тронове, създадени по римския стол на магистъра. Тези тронове били сравнително прости, особено сравнени с тези в Азия. Един от най-известните и важни тронове е Тронът на Шарлеман в "Императорската катедрала" () в Аахен, където били короновани 30 немски крале и няколко императора на Римската империя.

По византийско време, императорите използвали много по-усложнени тронове, често пазени от каменни лъвове. Императорът често е бил обгърнат в няколко копринени завеси, висящи надолу. При посещение на по-важен чужденец, тези завеси се вдигали. Когато някой се приближавал до трона, механичните лъвове издавали силни ревове и се свирело на орган. При достигане до трона посетителят бил принуден да падне ничком и да наведе глава до земята, а тронът се издигал във въздуха, така че когато посетителят вдигнел глава, да бъде удивен.

Средновековните руски царе също използвали тронове. Най-известният московски трон е този на Иван Грозний. Датиращ от средата на XVI век, той е оформен като стол с голяма облегалка, с подлакътници и украсен със слонова кост, на която са изобразени сцени от митологията и живота. Има и сцени от живота на цар Давид, защото цар Давид е смятан за идеал за монарх.

По време на Руската империя, тронът в залата Свети Георги в Зимния палат, бил смятан за трон на Русия. Той е разположен на място, до което се стига чрез седем стъпала. Стаята на Петър I е скромна в сравнение с нейния създател. Тронът там е направен за императрица Анна Ивановна.

Тронът в днешно време
В някои днешни страни, които продължават да са монархии, троновете все още се използват и са важен символ с церемониално значение. Въпреки това много днешни монарси се отказват от използването на подобни символи като корона, трон и коронация.

Сред най-известните тронове в света, продължава да се използва Тронът на св. Едуард, на когото монархът на Великобритания се коронова.

Някои републики използват характерни столове, приличащи на тронове, на дадени церемонии. Президентът на САЩ седи на подобен стол с бяла на цвят облегалка. Това става най-вече, когато той е в Белия дом и се среща с някого пред видеокамера (посетителят седи на подобен стол).

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As soon as Aleppo was liberated this month; December 2016, an aggressive fake news campaign was launched to demonize this liberation as a war crime against Syrian civilians perpetrated by Syrian, Russian and Iranian forces. All the western media networks are recruiting so-called Syrian expert, who had never been in Syria, describing Bashar Assad, who was democratically elected in 2014 and again in 2016, as a "brutal dictator" intent on slaughtering his own people.
The Judaic fake news western main media outlets would never host investigator journalists such as Canadian Eva Bartlett, who has been on the ground in Syria four times to tell the truth. Nor would they give independent investigator reporter Vanessa Beeley, who had been in Syria many times, a chance to tell her eye witness stories of real situation in Aleppo. Beeley's stories would shame all the media outlets and their fake Syrian experts. Here, in December 15th 2016, just returning from liberated Aleppo, she explains who are the real butchers slaughtering Syrian civilians.
The war against Syria is part of the Zionist/American "New Middle East" project intent on destroying every Arab country and dividing them into smaller weaker sectarian enclaves, especially those countries who are considered part of the resistance axis against Israeli occupation of Palestine and against Zionist hegemony in the Middle Eastern region. This is basically proxy wars for the terrorist state of Israel, as the then Secretary of State Clinton stated in her email released by Wikileaks "best way to help Israel is to use force in Syria to overthrow the government".
This terrorist war against Syria was launched in 2011 by the US Ambassador to Syria; Robert Ford, who was the chief architect of regime change in Syria and had actively worked with terrorists to aid their overthrow of the legitimate Syrian government. Carrying a suit case full of money, Ambassador Ford paid an unauthorized visit to the leaders of Muslim Brotherhood in the Syrian city of Hama. Back in 1982 the Brotherhood staged a failed insurrection and an assassination attempt of Hafiz Assad, Bashar's father. The insurrection was crushed in few weeks with about 200 -300 casualties, although the numbers were extremely inflated by the Brotherhood and by western media. Still carrying a grudge against Assad's government, incited and paid by Ambassador Ford, and encouraged by what was falsely termed as the Arab Spring and the events that took place in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, the Brotherhood went into the streets demonstrating against their government. Initially peaceful, the demonstrations turned violent due to mercenary thugs attacking both sides; the demonstrators and the Syrian police.
As part of the Middle East, Syria has always been on the war list of the Judaic Secret World Government. Syria is part of the Fertile Crescent region with rich natural resources that include oil and gas. Syrian government has always been against the Great Israel project, has never accepted or negotiated with Israel, has always supported the Palestinian just cause, and had supported and armed Hezbollah especially during the 2006 Israeli aggression war against Lebanon. Syria had always been an economically self-sufficient country with budget surplus and without any national debts to the Rothschildian usury international banks. Most importantly Syria, similar to Iraq, is considered a front line for Iran, who is the next target on the Judaic Secret World Government's war list.
The goals of the terrorist war against Syria are the total destruction of the country, evacuating it as much as possible from its citizens, and slicing it into smaller antagonistic sectarian American-protectorate enclaves (American military bases) similar to Qatar.
Israel wanted to destroy Syria for its support to Palestinian just cause and its support to Hezbollah during the 2006 Israeli aggression war against Lebanon. Israel has been supporting the terrorist groups by providing them with weapons and treating their wounded fighters in its hospitals.
To accomplish these goals this war was financed by billions of Dollars, mainly American and European tax money. Hundreds of thousands of the most brutal savage mercenaries from all around the world, many from European countries as British, French and German media networks had often reported, have been recruited, financed, militarily trained, armed with thousands of tons of weaponry, and shipped to Syria, mainly through Turkey and also, to a lesser extent, through Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. A huge brainwashing propaganda campaign mainly through thousands of western media outlets; television networks, newspapers, social media outlets, and armies of politicians, political clergy; Rabbis and takfiri Muslim Sheikhs, and disillusioned political activists, were used and manipulated to justify the war against Syria.
Syria war is not a civil war as the Western propaganda wants us to believe, rather it is an invasion war spearheaded by the US administration as described by the delegation of US Peace Council Representatives headed by its president Alfred Marder last September 14th. 2016. This delegation paid a fact finding visit to Syria and discovered that Syrian war is not a civilian war where Assad is slaughtering his own people, rather it is a war against Assad and the whole Syrian population by outside terrorist-supporting countries such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, US and Israel.
The US administration has been following the Secret World Government's war plans and waging Israel's proxy wars. Under the supervision of Vietnam War traitor Arizona Senator; John McCain, who had been working closely with the terrorist groups in cooperation with the head of ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the US had dropped tons of weapons to the terrorist groups in Syria. The American coalition forces; US, NATO, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, had also sent their own military officers to train, supervise and direct terrorist attacks against Syrian targets. Many of these coalition officers were captured by Syrian Special Forces during the late events in Aleppo last week.
Besides the conventional weapons the American coalition forces had also provided the terrorists with chemical weapons to use against Syrian civilians in order to implicate Assad and to justify an intensive American military interference in Syria. BBC reported in May 6th 2013 that the terrorists, not Assad, had used chemical weapons against Syrian civilians. In December 13th, 2013 the UN Mission Report had also confirmed that "opposition" rebels, not Assad, used chemical weapons against civilians and government forces in Syria. Saudi Arabia was the major chemical weapons provider to terrorist. After the liberation of Aleppo Syrian government discovered a large lab where chemical weapons were manufactured by the terrorists, and had handed over evidence of Mustard gas attacks by the terrorists on civilians to the OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons).
Qatar and Saudi Arabia wanted to destroy Syria because Assad refused to give them royalties to run the proposed Qatari gas pipeline and the proposed Saudi oil pipeline through Syria all the way through Turkey to Europe. Such pipelines would have negatively impacted Russian and Iranian economies, which are largely dependent on selling their own oil and gas to Europe.
Turkey joined in the war for the same reason. Turkey's Erdogan family would have gained million in royalties for allowing these energy pipelines run through Turkey. Turkey had also gained millions buying stolen Syrian oil from the terrorist organizations for half price on the market as exposed by Russia, and transporting it on Erdogan's son-in-law; Berat Albayrak, oil tankers through Powertrans oil transportation company according to WikiLeaks. Turkey had also benefited from buying Syrian industrial equipment looted by the terrorists from heavily industrial cities of Aleppo, Idlib and Sheikh Najjar.
Initially, Syrian government was left to fight the terrorist alone by itself without the help of any other country. Yet, when thousands of mercenary terrorists descended on the country from all direction and from all over the world, neighbouring countries of Lebanon, Iraq and Iran felt also threatened of any anticipated spilled attacks, they also joined the Syrian army in the fight against the terrorists. Russia had also joined in for fear that the many Chechen terrorists, who joined ISIS might later on come back to Russia and perpetrate terrorist attacks. Russia preferred to fight these Chechen terrorist on Syrian ground rather than in Russia itself.
Since Bashar Assad was elected president in 2000 Syria gradually grew into an ideal country; a real cultural and religious melting pot, where people from different religious denominations; Sunni and Shiite Muslims, Alawites, different Christian denominations, Druze and a Jewish minority, and from different nationalities; Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, Assyrians, Syriacs and Armenians were living in peace and harmony together. The number of mosques, churches, schools, hospitals and factories multiplied. Being part of the rich Fertile Crescent Syria became an exporter of wheat, cotton and medicine to many parts of the world.
Syria, as well as Lebanon, Iraq, Libya and the whole Middle East in general was safer and secure without any terrorism until Israel occupied Palestine and started its colonial expansion with the help of successive American administrations, who, following a foreign policy of regime change, have been waging wars of terror against the whole Arab World, destroying one Arab country after the other and turning them into the hands of terrorist organizations. American Senators are well aware of this insane policy as Senator Ted Cruz once professed.
American politicians, who furiously accuse Russia without any shred of evidence of meddling with American election, have the audacity of giving themselves the right to interfere into the affairs of other sovereign countries destroying their infrastructures and imposing regime change against the will of their own people.


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The numerical methods applied in curve fitting and the updates of CurveFitter
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With the development of big data and computational science, data mining and analysis tools play an increasingly important role. For general two-dimensional curve and three-dimensional surface data, through the given curve/surface equations and parameters, complex data can be expressed with simplified and abstract functions, and relevant important information can be extracted quickly. At present, curve fitting has been widely used in engineering and scientific research, involving sociology, medicine, engineering, biology, and many other fields.
WELSIM released the free tool CurveFitter two years ago, which has received a lot of praise and popularity. The earliest version of CurveFitter was developed to compute test data-curve fits for hyperelastic materials in structural mechanics, and data-curve fits for energy losses in magnetic materials. After that, many general curves are added per users' requirements, such as polynomial, power function, exponential function, and so on. Most of these curves are nonlinear, and the corresponding parameters can be obtained quickly and accurately only by computing.
The least squares method is the most commonly used method in solving curve fitting and optimization. The core of the algorithm is to find the global minimum of the function within a given set of data. By linearizing at each step size and constructing a Jacobian matrix, a linear equation system with parameters as independent variables is obtained, and the parameter values we need are obtained when the solution converges.
The general approach when solving non-linear optimization and curve fitting problems is to solve a sequence of approximations to the original problem. At each iteration, the approximation is solved to determine a correction step size vector. In order to converge faster and more accurately, the control of the step size is particularly important. Line search methods are in some sense dual to trust region methods: trust region methods first choose a step size and then a step direction while line search methods first choose a step direction and then a step size. Usually, for curve fitting problems that are not computationally expensive, the trust region method is a better choice.
Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm
The Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm (LMA) is the most commonly used method for solving the nonlinear least squares method. The LMA was developed in the early 1960s as a trust region method for solving nonlinear least squares problems. The LMA combines two numerical minimization algorithms: Gradient Descent method and Gauss-Newton method. In the Gauss-Newton method, the sum of the squared errors is reduced by assuming the least squares function is locally quadratic in the parameters and finding the minimum of this quadratic. The LMA acts more like a gradient-descent method when the parameters are far from their optimal value, and acts more like the Gauss-Newton method when the parameters are close to their optimal value[1].
In addition to the LM method, the Dogleg method is also a commonly used method for computing trust region optimization problems. Unlike LMA, the dogleg method computes two vectors about the step size. The advantage of the dogleg method is that it does not need to be calculated from scratch, and the radius of the trust region is small. The dogleg method can generally only use the direct method (factorization) to solve the linear equation system Ax=b.
Updates from CurveFitter
Recently, CurveFitter, a free software tool developed by WELSIM, has undergone many upgrades. These include:
Support multi-core parallel computing. For a large amount of test data, curve fitting is processed quickly.
Support user input of solver options, such as the maximum number of iterations, function tolerance value, etc. Currently, the solver control options supported are: Maximum number of iterations: the maximum number of iterations of the solver. If this value is exceeded, it will not be determined to converge. The default value is 100. Function tolerance: The critical value used to judge the change of the objective function value. Convergence is judged when it is less than this value. Defaults to 1e-9. Gradient tolerance: The critical value used to judge the maximum norm. Defaults to 1e-10. Parameter tolerance: the critical value used to judge the step size parameter. Defaults to 1e-8.
Added 1st-6th Schulz-Flory functions. The Schulz-Flory function has been widely applied to describe the polymerization of various complex materials. The governing equation is as follows:
It can be seen that this equation is highly nonlinear and has high requirements for curve fitting algorithms.
A lot of software optimizations and enhancements.
At present, CurveFitter already supports a variety of nonlinear curve fittings, and more curves will be added in the future to fulfill the needs of users. Curvefitter can be downloaded from WELSIM's official website and used for free.
[1] Henri P. Gavin, 2020, The Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm for nonlinear least squares curve-fitting problems.
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We look back at the Dutch football shirts since 2004.
There is now not long until the world cup in Brazil kicks off. Four long years it has been since we saw vuvuzelas, the Jabulani and a nationwide party in South Africa. We warm up to the forthcoming World Cup, by taking a look at the shirts, which Holland have worn the last 10 years.
Since 1997 Nike have had the pleasure of producing the shirts for the country of total-football and the partnership has brought us several different shirt designs. We have taken a peek at a few the ones used in the last 10 years. One thing they do however have in common, they have always been and probably always will be 'Oranje'.
You can see our large selection of Holland shirts right here.
Orange is the colour of the Dutch royal family and that is the reason for the national teams colours, despite the country's flag being white, blue and red. They have actually only on one occasion veered from the orange home kit and that was at the world cup 1934, where they were dressed entirely in blue.
We start our look back in time at the Euro's in Portugal. The Dutch shirt was made with the same design as many of the other Nike teams. The classic orange colour was complimented by white details. What stands out most in our recollection of this shirt, was the cool circle design, where the players squad number was displayed. Worthy of note is also that the KNVB logo was situated in the middle of the home shirt. Wearing this shirt Holland made it all the way to the semi-finals, before the hosts from Portugal knocked them out. For any boot enthusiasts out there, we also fondly recognise Ruud van Nistelrooy's Nike Mercurial Vapor II boots.
At the World Cup in Germany the Dutch kit was simple to an extreme and could be described in one word: Orange. The football shirt has no colour detail, but had on the other hand fitted an elegant collar, which gave the shirt some edge. The shorts were also orange, so the kit was entirely orange. Arjen Robben took things one step further and wore an orange pair of the Adidas F50.6 Tunit football boots – we tip our hats to good style. Yet again it was Portugal, who were Holland superior, as they played in one of the most famous World Cup games, which ended up in something resembling brawling at the end. 4 red cards and 16 yellow cards were handed out in the game, which was afterwards known as "The battle for Nürnberg".
Nike were more creative with the design of Hollands shirt for the European championships in Austria and Switzerland. Naturally the shirt was once again orange, but the Dutch flag had this time been implemented and could be found on the left side of the collar. The socks were, as something completely special light blue. Only once before have they played in a different colour socks – that was back in 1934. Sneijder & co. charged through the group stages getting maximum points and with a goal difference of 9-1. However this time was not to be a success, despite the flying start. In the quarterfinals they faced a Russian team playing out of their skins, who went on to beat The Flying Dutchmen 3-1, after extra time.
At the world cup in South Africa the Dutch national team were equipped with a new shirt, with a very clean design. White stripes ran from the shirt and down the shirts, so the top and bottom joined in one. Both black and orange shorts were used to accompany the shirt. The kit helped them all the way to the final, where the Dutch again faced despair once more, after losing 1-0 til the Spanish. In the 62. Minute of the game Arjen Robben was clear on goal and many would say that a goal in Holland's favour would have sealed it for them. Do you remember Robbens howler?
Great things were predicted for Holland as they went in to the European Championship in Poland and Ukraine. Nike had therefore produced a very special shirt for the occasion. The Dutch shirt was made with a two toned, diamond shaped design, with darker shades of orange. They were made in reference to the first Dutch shirt from 1904. For van Persie and his team mates it was however a short European championship in 2012. Three loses in the group stages, sent the Dutch mega stars on an early summer holiday.
We are not yet allowed to reveal the new Dutch home shirt will look like, but we can already now divulge two things; it is going to be orange and it will once again be Nike responsible for the production of it. But that is hardly news is it. The rest is a secret and we look forward to unveiling The Oranje's new shirt soon.
The trip down memory lane is over for now, but it has been an exciting look back at Holland's home shirts from the last decade. Which Holland football shirt is your favourite? Do you think Holland can finally fin the coveted trophy this summer? Tell us what you think in the comment-section down below, or on Facebook and Twitter.


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Tituboea chikatunovi es una especie de insecto coleóptero de la familia Chrysomelidae.

Fue descrita científicamente en 1995 por Lopatin.

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20 candles and as many stories to share with you
In 2019, Phoenix Voyages celebrates its 20th year anniversary, an opportunity for Edouard George, its founder, to look back at some of his best memories and share a few unpublished anecdotes. Discover below, the anecdote of the month: The Rise of Tourism in Asia.
How did Phoenix Voyages adventure begin? What were its first steps?
At the time, Le Tuan Linh (Co-Founder) and I were leaving the Accor Hotels, we didn't have much except an address book and knowledge of the business.So we started small, we applied for a license and moved into my kitchen in Saigon, which was our first office. We worked 18 hours a day, alternating between production, customer research, contracting and public relations, to get people to talk about us. At that time in Vietnam, there was still very little technology in the offices, our daily lives revolved around pencils and notebooks to scribble the production and hand-made brochures to present our trips. It is in this universe that we began to imagine the shapes of Phoenix Voyages as we know today.
Why did you decide to set up a travel agency and what was your initial idea?
Tourism was then barely existing in Vietnam but promising a bright future. However, there were still some major gaps in the map of tourism offers: there was no interest in a "European vision" and targeting a European clientele, and there was no option similar to luxury. With my experience with Accor, I was captivated in this sector and sensed that there was something to create in Vietnam. It was, therefore, necessary to train and adapt the local structures to the standards of European customers. We were in a way pioneers in the sector, with only few competitors.
Read January's article on why Phoenix Voyages is called Phoenix Voyages
Who was Phoenix Voyages' first customer?
We were very lucky with our first customer who was only Philippe PEERE, JetAir's Asia Director in Belgium...who is still our customer today. This is one of Phoenix Voyages' founding values: loyalty! We have many customers present since the company was founded and we are grateful to them for this.
Can you tell us how you evolved in the early years?
As I told you last month, we started very modestly. Our first employee was Miss Hoai, our General Cashier, who is still with us today. We became a little bigger until we were a dozen in my house in District 1 (Saigon Center NDLR). As we were getting more and more cramped, we decided to take a desk in another "matchbox"... a nickname given to these narrow and tall houses so typical of Vietnam. It was in the heart of the tourist district on Thai Văn Lung Street. The fax machine was running at full capacity at that time!
Then you saw further than Vietnam...
From the beginning, we offered programs combined with Cambodia and Laos for some of our clients, thanks to the local knowledge. Confident by our first professional tourism license in Vietnam, we opened our first Phoenix Voyages decentralized office with Partners in Cambodia in 2002 and then in Laos the following year. We knew that these neighboring countries, that formed the former Indochina, also have treasures to share, and always in mind our primary goal: to offer an authentic local experience with a service and expertise that meets the expectations of European customers.
If you are asked for your best memory, which one comes to mind instantly?
It is the trip of 1,250 people in 2012 to Cambodia and Vietnam with 4 privatized aircrafts from Spain and 7 aircrafts between Siem Reap and Northern Vietnam! The entire trip was tailor-made and the participants were pampered with a unique service. The organizing agents asked us to produce a 90-minute show for their gala dinner. The show and setting were fabricated from scratch mixing traditional folklore with Vietnamese rap, local divas, etc.... all these have created an ecstatic sound and magical atmosphere.
...and one of your bad memories?
During the outbreak of the SARS epidemic in early 2003, when we lost the equivalent of 3 years of business in less than a week. It took us more than a year to recover.
You have experienced the development of the countries in Southeast Asia, what is your impression on the development of its tourism?
Indeed, in 25 years, the evolution has been spectacular! Vietnam, for example, has gone from level 0 to 1,000 with a lot of advantages and disadvantages relating to all the rapid developments of the country, such as tourism that has boosted the economic development of the nation, the creation of thousands of jobs, the opening of the destinations, the technological development of the isolated regions; on the other hand, however, there was an increase in pollution, the destruction of its heritage and all the inherent excesses from the lack of control to the lure of immediate profit... It is now necessary for us, the tourism professionals, to be active in the preservation of these many treasures because our customers are increasingly in demand for "responsible" tourism and that make sense !
Phoenix Voyages is one of the few receptive DMCs to offer both Koreas. How did you establish contact with North Korea?
I have always loved Korea. In some ways, it is very similar to Vietnam... enthusiastic spirits, different influences and occupations, wars and the reconstruction of the nation...
My first contact with North Korea was rather a crazy story. I used to go to the Cuban Embassy to practice my Spanish in the early 1990s. During dinners with the Ambassador at that time, I had the opportunity to meet several times General Giáp and the North Korean Ambassador, who came with a young Korean translator with whom I kept in touch with.
One day, this young Korean became the Deputy Minister of Tourism of North Korea. He then invited me to discover his country. And so, I made my Partners believe that we were going to a "Board of Directors meeting in an impossible country" and surprisingly, this country that is so closed but so appealing, immediately has blown us away… and that's how it became one of Phoenix Voyages' destinations.
You have been there about fifty times, what is your most memorable memory?
In 2009, we organized a trip for 120 people for an orientation race in the mountains near Pyongyang. I remember that the Koreans were very anxious about the clients getting hurt during the activity, so everything was extremely mark well. In addition to this large group, there was the participation of the Korean delegates from the Federation of Orientation who took part in the activity. The moment was magical.
But above all, there was a moment suspended during the event when a car approached and everyone kept quiet, people stood still. And for a good reason: the car stopped, the window was lowered and a few words were exchanged in total silence and then the car left... I will let you guess who was in the back of that car? In addition to an amazing trip that went very well, this moment made the experience just incredible!
What are the assets of your destinations today for tourists looking for new experiences?
The expansion of Tourism in Southeast Asia is fortunately uneven across the regions of our countries, particularly in Vietnam. That is why there are obviously very authentic experiences and incredible memories to bring back, especially when you go out to meet the local people and travel to the off-the-beaten-paths... Among the ethnic groups of the central highlands or a little further north near the borders, meeting with the local populations really marks ones journey.
In Cambodia, the Angkor Temples offer a timeless experience and the "Wow" effect is guaranteed! This is a must-see site. The surrounding countryside also allows oneself to immerse in time and the local life. And in the South of the country, although less known in this aspect, Cambodia is rich in beaches that can be compared to those in the the Caribbean, for example.
Our office opened in 2002.
Laos remains our nugget of greenery, calmness and authenticity. Our travellers always find this serenity, these landscapes of waterfalls or countryside, just breathtaking. Recently we have developed amazing cruises on the Mekong River to discover the country.
Despite political difficulties, we are always committed to Myanmar with our team on site! Like Laos, Myanmar - the "Golden Land" offers spirituality and authenticity to the visitors.
As for Thailand, I do not regret the reopening of our office in 2015. Because even if the destination is already well known, we managed to offer idyllic holidays in the Southern islands and nature experiences in the Northern mountains with top-of-the-range hotel partners.
Reopening of our office in 2015.
Finally, the Koreas are our youngest "children"! South Korea is attracting more and more European tourists and has a lot to offer: bustling cities, beautiful mountains, colourful seasonal landscapes. I am very enthusiastic about these "young" destinations and especially about everything related to North Korea.
Our first group arrived in North Korea in 2008.
Opening of our South Korea office in 2013.
My dream is yet to add Japan to our portfolio. This destination, full of history and modernism, is exactly what the new generation of travelers is looking for. Similarly, it would be interesting to develop Taiwan, a destination between nature and urban development, for which we already have a partnership but we could exploit more. However, we are now very busy with our 6 destinations. That is why we will continue to prioritize these destinations in order to be more expert in them….and who knows? surprises may emerge in the coming years...
What do you wish in the short term and the next 20 years?
In the immediate future, I wish to celebrate our 20th anniversary as it should be and I hope to meet our European partners at IFTM Top Résa in Paris where we will welcome them to mark this jubilant anniversary.
For the next 20 years, there will be more and more trips, discoveries, exceptional moments for our customers and stronger links with our partners. Excellence is a daily task and Phoenix Voyages is committed to doing better at all times. I would like to continue to promote South East Asia as an exceptional, exotic and safe travel destination. So I wish us to be more successful, and especially to reach 40 years, hence 40 candles to blow!
Link to the timeline of the Phoenix Voyages website


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Le donne degli ammutinati del Bounty (The Women of Pitcairn Island) è un film del 1956 diretto da Jean Yarbrough.

È un film d'avventura statunitense con Lynn Bari, John Smith e Sue England. È basato sui personaggi dei romanzi Mutiny on the Bounty (1932), Men Against the Sea (1933) e Pitcairn's Island (1934) scritti da Charles Nordoff e James Norman Hall, racconti ispirati all'evento reale dell'ammutinamento del Bounty.

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Produzione
Il film, diretto da Jean Yarbrough su una sceneggiatura e un soggetto di Aubrey Wisberg, fu prodotto dagli stessi Wisberg e Yarbrough per la Regal Films e girato nei Paramount Studios a Hollywood e nella Portuguese Bend, in California, da metà agosto a fine settembre 1956.

Distribuzione
Il film fu distribuito con il titolo The Women of Pitcairn Island negli Stati Uniti nel dicembre 1956 al cinema dalla Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

Altre distribuzioni:

 in Finlandia il 20 settembre 1957 (Mustien helmien kirous)
 in Italia (Le donne degli ammutinati del Bounty)
 in Brasile (Terror na Ilha das Mulheres)
 in Grecia (To nisi ton eleftheron gynaikon)

Critica
Secondo il Morandini il film è una "versione romanzata mediocre e poco veritiera" dell'evento reale riguardante l'ammutinamento del Bounty".

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I began to teach a single mama's Bible study a couple weeks ago. This past week we looked at the above passage from 2 Corinthians 6. Corinthians is a letter written by the apostle Paul to the church in Corinth. In this section of Paul's letter he is encouraging the believers in Corinth not to turn away from sound doctrine, thereby shunning God's Grace. Paul goes on to explain the backwards life of the apostles and how there are so many paradox's in the life of the one who chooses to follow Christ. He lists all these paradox's, including the one above. As I read this Truth through the example of the life of the very first Christians, I am challenged and a bit taken aback.
How can I live a life that is so filled with sorrow, yet I ALWAYS rejoice?
Well, today tested me on this very Truth. Today was the Third Annual Conner Wilson Memorial Golf Tournament. It was a day that was full of so much sorrow I wasn't sure if I could make it through, yet I had so much to rejoice in.
I knew that there would be so many people there that not only loved my husband dearly, but also cared so much for me and my littles. These people sacrifice their time and money to make sure we are loved and taken care of. I have begun to do a pretty good job of trying my best to live my single mama life. A day like today, when I knew I would encounter all of Conner's high school buddies and teammates, along with his business partners and people who have grown to love and respect my man, I knew it would be a hard day for me to handle. All of this honor given to this man, and all of the people who loved him so much, reminds me of just how much I have lost and how empty my life is without him.
I was shaking all over as I pulled into the parking lot today. I was hesitant to enter the gathering because I knew I would have to hold it together as I interacted with all these men and women who wanted only to honor my husband and provide for his widow and littles.
Most people who know me, know that I would get Conner back in an instant, if I could. He was an amazing man. He loved me like no one else on earth ever has before. He loved our kids and was an excellent Daddy, and one that they miss every day. He invested in our lives and prioritized his time, money and energy after eternal things that continue to outlast his 32 years on this earth.
So, while I was choked up as I watched Conner's buddies golf with my littles, I was thankful that they included them on this day. Even though I wish the above picture was still my reality, I am ridiculously grateful for these men who continue to care for us. I battle the emotions of bitterness and anger as I plead with God that one freakin' day of golfing isn't enough for my kids.
But I resolve to place my sorrows before HIM and trust that HE not only knows what they are, but that HE has taken those sorrows upon HIMSELF and has felt every last one of them for me.
Those who work so very hard to put the tournament on for us each year and those that contribute so much in support of my family, humble and amaze me. I spent so many years learning how to give through living with a God-given giver, to now turn the tables and learn how to receive is a humbling and pride breaking process. I am so incredibly grateful for people who consistently care to provide for my family. These are the people who have chosen to be "Jesus with skin on" for this weary mama and her littles.
It most definitely is a choice to provide for the widow, it doesn't just happen, you have to choose to do what God calls the believer to do.
Taking care of the orphan and widow is a deliberate, planned, purposeful, and intentional act. It is not something that will just fall into your lap. You must allow the Lord to interrupt your life and allow the pain of this fallen world to enlarge your heart with love and generosity for those who need help. You will not only be interrupted, you will also have to sacrifice. It may be a number of sacrifices (time, money, heart space, energy, etc.), but it does not come without a sacrifice. I am constantly surrounded by those who have allowed the Lord to interrupt their picture-perfect lives, in order to minister to me and my littles. Inclusion of me requires time, money and heart space for each of these Christ-like people.
Though I was shaking and hesitant, I was overwhelmed at the love that HE has shown me through HIS People. This is something that I had never really experienced before Conner's death. HIS Body is an amazing organism and one that is BEAUTIFUL to watch and experience when it works the way HE designed it to.
So my struggle today to be so full of sorrow, yet always rejoicing, has not been an easy one by a long shot. I excused myself for an hour or so, cried my eyes out, took some Tylenol, and drank a coffee to physically release some of the pain in my heart.
But I came back to the tournament and could remain thankful that I was married to a man that would warrant such honor and esteem. I am deeply humbled by the generosity of others.
Maybe the sorrow won't go away? Maybe it will diminish? Maybe it won't? Maybe the Christian life is more about sorrow and rejoicing coinciding than the absence of one and the presence of the other?
I do know one thing, this deep sorrow has opened my eyes to the working of God here on earth. I pray that it expands my heart through the pain, readying it for more love. I also know that this grief has readied my heart for my home to come. I am a foreigner here and I see the jacked up world for the broken place that it is. I can be grateful for the small joys and blessings that I experience here, but I know that this is not the place that I want to build my permanent residence. So, I will remain sorrowful for the brokenness of a sin-sick world, and I will constantly rejoice in the hope of my forever home, while remaining grateful for the shadows and glimpses I get while I stopover here on earth.
Kristin, I am rereading your post today after suggesting your blog to a friend. Even in the midst of your sorrow, your words are so encouraging every time I read them. Thank you for inviting others to experience God as you have!


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Los Angeles, with its warm weather, proximity to celebrities, and general atmosphere has been a draw to tourists all over the world. In spite of this demand, or because of it, L.A. has a reputation of being expensive to visit. Budget-conscious travelers that want to visit the City of Angels will be happy to know there is a wealth of activities to do for little or no money at all. Here are some ways to experience Los Angeles on a budget.
Visit the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard
It costs no money of all to see one of Hollywood's most famous trademarks: the Walk of Fame. 2,500 stars exist dedicated to celebrities that have contributed to movies, television, radio, theater, and the recording industry and have been displayed prominently in media for years. The walk, which received its first 8 stars in 1958, allows the public to attend ceremonies for the stars for free. You can check the website for upcoming star ceremonies at www.walkoffame.com
See the Sights from Griffith Observatory
Whether you're interesting in stargazing or the iconic Hollywood sign, Griffith Observatory is a great way to see Los Angeles on a budget. There's no charge for admission to the grounds or to use the telescopes, and the live shows held in the Samuel Oschin Planetarium are only $7 for adults. Digital Nomads visiting the observatory will be happy to know that there's WiFi available in the exterior area.
Drive Along the Coast
If you're already got a rental car for your trip, why not make the most of it? The California coast is home to some of America's most scenic drives, with no admission, cover charge, or hidden fees necessary. Just gas and go. The drive down North Sepulveda Boulevard alone will give you Instagram worthy views of multiple beaches. While we're on the subject of the beach, did I mention hanging out on the beach is also free? Driving in Los Angeles on a budget is a treat for the eyes.
The Sea View Inn at Manhattan Beach
When you finish driving to Manhattan Beach, getting a room at the Sea View Innmeans you don't have to worry about bringing any beach accessories. The Sea View has bicycles, beach chairs, towels, umbrellas, toys, and boogie boards available for your beach excursion. You'll be conveniently located to explore Manhattan Beach to the fullest. Contact us now and let our staff help you make the most out of your trip to Los Angeles!
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Wanadongri  es una ciudad censal situada en el distrito de Nagpur en el estado de Maharashtra (India). Su población es de 37667 habitantes (2011). Se encuentra a 13 km de Nagpur.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2011 la población de Wanadongri era de 37667 habitantes, de los cuales 20171 eran hombres y 17496 eran mujeres. Wanadongri tiene una tasa media de alfabetización del 89,31%, superior a la media estatal del 82,34%: la alfabetización masculina es del 92,81%, y la alfabetización femenina del 85,23%.

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There is a history of using virtual currencies in the area of online fantasy games. The blockchain is the secret behind the rise of Bitcoin. The most important aspect is that it is publicly visible and records the Bitcoin transactions anonymously.
Bitcoin can't be physically held in the hands. The government doesn't issue it. Instead, Bitcoin and its allies are specific software protocols that produce digital tokens. The strict tracking transactions don't allow re-using the same tokens.
If you make an online transaction through a bank, it will first verify your account balance, deduct the required amount from the colossal database and credit the money to another end. Your account will show you the result. But, the problem is your transaction is under the dominance of the specific bank. In this case, you have to trust the bank 100%, and it will also ensure that you can't counterfeit the money again. Here, the Bitcoin wins as the blockchain takes the headache of the tracking issues with any central authority or bank.
As per the recent events related to the cryptocurrency, the whole world has encountered the rapid changes of prices starting from the whirling highs to the woeful lows. For example: – Once the cryptocurrencies value suddenly crashed by $2000 approximately in an hour. The BTC went berserk. Then, it again recovered and again went down in the middle of January, and then again got stronger and once again dropped at the February's initiation.
The notorious volatility indicates that BTC may continuously shift without any prediction. The people started doubting about the rise of Bitcoin because of the uncertainty.
Who is responsible for Bitcoin's banking function?
The transactions are made via various sites who offer electronic wallets for uploading the data to the specific network. It is done by the agreement on a decentralised system. Here, the new transactions are accumulated together into a particular batch. Then, the quantity is broadcasted to the following network for verification. The Bitcoin miners do the needful.
For the motive of validating blockchain transactions as well as affixing the value to the entire system, Bitcoin is considered as a reward. The report says that it is close to approximately 17 million of the total limit of around 21 million Bitcoins that have already been mined.
The pre-tellers predicted that a lot of money would be entering into the zone of Bitcoin. It may rise to $100,000 by the year's end. But be careful in investing in Bitcoin. They have asked the people to make sure of the usage of the trusted apps that contain a considerable track record. Unocoin, Zebpay, and Coinsure are some of the essential apps.
The coming years will be probably Bitcoin's years. The value tracker of the cryptocurrency named Coindesk has placed one Bitcoin's value at $997.69 on 2017's 1st January. On the same year's 16th December it soars to $19,343. There are ups and downs of cryptocurrencies value. The actual conversion of the vast sums of BTC can be inflexible, but the mathematics says it will gain more popularity in the coming years.