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Four Brewers
The Hop Tripper
The Ultimate Guide to Drinking Beer in Denver
Tyra Sutak Editorial 2
Euclid Hall,photo by Visit Denver
With more than 70 breweries to explore, and the home of the most iconic craft beer festival in the country, Denver is a city that should be on any beer lovers beercation bucket list.
The city of Denver has come a long way from its former cow town days. Sure, you can still catch a herd of Longhorn cattle roaming the streets of Colorado's capital city each year as part of a kick-off to the National Western Stock Show, but these days, you're more likely to cross paths with fast-moving hipsters on fixie bikes, or a gaggle of business casual-clad young professionals en route to one of the city's many celebrated restaurants and tap rooms. At its core, Denver has earned a reputation as a vibrant, down-to-earth city with a killer outdoor scene and one heck of a boozy backbone. It's that boozy backbone that lured the Great American Beer Festival to the city back in the early 80s. Even the elected official currently residing in the Governor's mansion has a deep-rooted history in the local brewing industry, which has exploded in recent decades. In 2006, Colorado had 108 operating breweries. Today, the city of Denver alone is home 70 breweries. With so many exceptional, award-winning and innovative breweries in town, it's time to cash in your vacation days and start planning your beercation in the city Denver.
Beer, Please
First things first: let's just go ahead and lay it all out on the table. With more than 70 breweries to explore, it would be nearly impossible for every single visiting beer drinker to be equally excited about every single suggestion in this piece. And to that end, it'd also be an extremely long read to run through the pros and cons of every single brewery in town in this one story. So while the breweries and businesses listed in this piece are some of the most buzzed about craft beer joints in town, we encourage everyone to explore Denver as they see fit, and share any tips and places we missed in the comments section.
With so many breweries to explore, it's best to tackle Denver's beer scene by neighborhoods. Denver is a city made up of colorful, artsy and welcoming neighborhoods — each one home to a handful of local watering holes.
If you're limited on time, head straight to the River North Art District (RiNo). Over the past decade, the art-driven neighborhood has become the home of some of the city's most popular breweries, like Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, a leader and perfecter of sour styles. The brewery operates a tap room inside of The Source — a hotel and market hall that houses a collection of 25 independent food and retail vendors. Other notable stops in the RiNo neighborhood include Ratio BeerWorks — an energetic, buzzing brewery driven by punk rock music and one of the best patios in town; Bierstadt Lagerhaus — makers of deliciously clean and crisp German-style beers, Woods Boss Brewing Company — an innovative and community-focused joint creating some of the most buzzed about beers in Denver at the moment, and Black Shirt Brewing Co. — a small brewery influenced by the life of Johnny Cash that you might recognize from the craft beer-inspired documentary Crafting a Nation. The neighborhood has even attracted some of the region's larger breweries to open up additional breweries/tap rooms, like Odell, Epic and Great Divide.
If you're looking to stay confined to the city's easily walkable LoDo (Lower Downtown) area, head over to Denver Beer Company's bustling tap room and outdoor beer garden. Along with a lengthly beer list that runs the gamut, the longtime Denver brewery also recently opened the doors to Cerveceria Colorado — a new, inviting brewery crafting together the flavors and culture of Mexico in beers like a Churro Stout and Mexican Lager. Diehard fans of Dale's Pale Ale, Oskar Blues Brewery's hopped-up flagship beer, can now grab a pint, a plate of Southern-style cuisine and live music, at the newly opened Oskar Blues Grill & Brew in Denver's historic downtown.
For locals, the Broadway neighborhood is quickly becoming the site of some of the most recommended breweries in town. In recent years, TRVE Brewing has emerged as one of the top must-visit breweries in the city, thanks to a line-up of consistently well-made creative beers and an affinity for heavy metal music. The area is also home to Baere Brewing Company and Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales, two of the city's top breweries pushing the limits of barrel aging and fermentation experimentation.
To explore Denver's other sudsy neighborhoods like East Colfax (where you'll find Cerebral Brewing and Thirsty Monk), and the Highlands (home to Prost Brewing, Briar Common Brewery + Eatery and Diebolt Brewing Company), you'll need to hop in a Lyft, Uber or cab, all three of which are easy to find in the city.
Bottom line: even if you get lost, you'll most likely still be within a stone's throw of a brewery making really excellent beer.
Sustenance
Denver's dining scene is having a moment, there's no doubt about it. With such a demand for craft beer at the dinner table and with a city full of knowledgeable beer drinkers, you better believe that most eateries in town are incorporating craft beer into both their drinks and dining menus.
A short walk from the Colorado Convention Center where the Great American Beer Festival is held each fall, you'll find Euclid Hall — one of Denver's most respected craft beer-focused dining establishments. Here, beer lovers can nerd out on beer with Euclid Hall's Cicerone Certified staff in between bites of seasonally-inspired dishes and sips of one of the many, many offerings from the beer menu. At Frescraft, beer and food live in harmony. The food menu is an array of shared plates and hearty entrees, each one accompanied by suggestions from the staff on the best beer pairings. Although burly burgers and buffalo wings reign supreme on the food menu at The Falling Rock Taphouse. the institution is worthy of a visit for any beer lover in town. More than 75 beers pour from the seemingly endless row of drafts, and another 100-plus bottled or canned beers can be found in the cooler. Falling Rock takes its craft beer menu very seriously, as evidenced by the year-round countdown to the Great American Beer Festival always ticking away in the bar.
Gettin' Around
Bikes, trains, tricked-out busses, ride shares and your own two feet will get you just about anywhere you need to go in this city. Flying into to Denver? Catch the A-Line train from Denver International Airport to downtown Denver for just $9 one-way. Exploring neighborhoods? The bike-friendly city is host to ample BCycle bike share stations where you can rent a bike for as little or long as you need. Looking for a unique and safe way to really tour Denver's brewery scene? Book a brewery tour on one of Banjo Billy's Bus Tour. The funky, converted 1994 school bus offers public brewery tours or private tours, and is one heck of a fun way to tour the city and its colorful, delicious and innovate craft beer scene.
Jose Cox
Denver has a bunch of breweries. We also have beers served in a food truck. Try it on your next visit.
Ian Roberts
I can't believe Strange Craft Brewing Co. is not on the list. They share a space with Wit's End Brewing Co. (also not mentioned) at the end of a rather beaten-up strip of businesses not far from the Broncos stadium.
We were on a beer trip from San Diego to Denver/Boulder in June and we wondered what to expect when we saw the outside. Opening the door, the place was packed solid.
I'm from the U.K. and I've had more Barley Wines in my time than I can think of, but the one I had at Strange Craft (dating from 2016) was possibly the best I've ever had. Thankfully, I was able to pick up a bottle to bring back to SD. Yes, Strange Craft = Brilliant Craft and worthy to be on any list!
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July 22 @ 12:00 pm - July 29 @ 11:00 pm
SOCIETE 7: Societe Brewing's 7th Anniversary …Festival
Angel City x Surfrider x KROQ Beach Clean-Up …Concert Series
Podcast EP 144 – Evolving a Craft Beverage Company – Garrett Marrero
We are joined by Co-Founder of Maui Brewing and Kupu Spirits, Garrett Marrero. We talk about the past, present and future of Garrett's famous Maui
Podcast EP 143 – The July Mailbag Episode
Danny and Jonny Fullpint sit down and answer the beer related questions you submitted on social media for the July mailbag edition of The Full Pint
Podcast EP 142 – Airman Unleashed – Jeffrey Airman
FacebookTwitterPinterestRedditemail We are joined by Jeffrey Airman, brewer and blender from Paradox Beer Company out of Divide, CO.
© The Full Pint - Craft Beer News 2019


The Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridge creates a new benchmark for wireless bridging by providing a high-performance and feature-rich solution for connecting multiple LANs in a metropolitan area. Building a metropolitan area wireless infrastructure with the Cisco Aironet 1400 Series Wireless Bridge provides deployment personnel with a flexible, easy-to-use solution that meets the security requirements of wide area networking professionals. Designed to be a cost-effective alternative to leased lines, it is engineered specifically for harsh outdoor environments.
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Q: PowerShell error record has empty/incorrect 'InvocationInfo' I am running a PowerShell script in Azure DevOps, and in the event of a command failing I need to log a warning so that observers can see that the script did not run as expected.
As part of the warning, I wish to output the path to the script and the line number / offset where an exception occurred.
To do this, am using the $_ variable within the catch or a try/catch block.
$command = "New-AzCosmosDBAccountKey -Name {0} -ResourceGroupName {1} -KeyKind {2}" -f $Name, $ResourceGroupName, $keyKind
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However, for some reason within $_.InvocationInfo, the ScriptName is blank and both ScriptLineNumber and OffsetInLine are set to 1.
If I output $_.ScriptStackTrace I see that there are three messages, and presumably $_ relies on the last message in the stack trace.
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
at <ScriptBlock>, C:\pathTo\My-Script.ps1: line 40
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What I don't understand is where these messages on the stack trace are coming from, and why they don't contain the script name, line number, etc.

A: After comments on OP stating that my issue was being caused be the use of Invoke-Expression, and suggesting that I don't use that cmdlet, I investigated other possible solutions and I came across the brave new world (for me!) of splatting.
Sadly there is no Format-Splat function, so I had to write a little one, but as it'll be used several times in the script I'm not too bothered. Hoepfully this is something MS will add in the future.
Happily, using the snippets below means that warnings are now being written properly for Azure DevOps -

##vso[task.logissue type=warning;sourcepath=C:\pathTo\My-Script.ps1;linenumber=60;columnnumber=17;]Something went wrong.

using namespace System.Collections.Specialized

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In Rio de Janeiro, 2002.
I have been reading, studying, and writing about Clarice Lispector's work for more than 15 years. My introduction to Clarice first came in Santiago, Chile, in 2000 when I was teaching ESL at the Nido de Aguilas International School and my students were reading her final novel The Hour of the Star (originally published in Portuguese in 1977) as translated by Giovanni Pontiero. After a year of teaching and working as a journalist in Chile, I went back to school to pursue a PhD in Comparative Literature. My first year I enrolled in an intensive Portuguese class to learn the language (my teacher was then a graduate student — her name is Alessandro Santos). By the spring semester I found myself taking a seminar at UCLA with Elizabeth Marchant that was devoted entirely to Clarice and her work in Portuguese. I went to Brazil for the first time that summer, which is winter in South America. I returned with focused energy and a sense of what would become my dissertation project.
In October 2002, I gave my first academic paper on Clarice's work at a graduate student conference at UCLA. The keynote speaker at the "Crime & Punishment in Literature and the Arts" conference was Hélène Cixous, whose 1979 book Vivre l'orange centers on Clarice and her oeuvre.
UCLA, Crime and Punishment in Literature and the Arts, 2002.
I went on to write about Clarice — in particular the "Three Stories" translated by Elizabeth Bishop and published in The Kenyon Review in 1964 — in my doctoral dissertation, and I have continued to write about her work in my published essays, which you can find below.
As the translator of Clarice's second novel O LUSTRE/THE CHANDELIER — which has never before been published in English — I feel a deep and long-standing connection to her legacy — specifically as seen in her published works and in her influence upon scores of artists and writers within and beyond Brazil.
Special Guest. ABC RN in Australia. Book and Art's Latin American Book Club. On The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector, translated by Benjamin Moser (New Directions 2012). I also had a chance to talk about my translation of THE CHANDELIER. June 28, 2017. Podcast here.
Special Guest. Los Angeles Review of Books' LARB Radio Hour on KPFK-FM. On Clarice Lispector's Complete Stories(New Directions 2015) translated by Katrina Dodson. October 29, 2015. Podcast here.
Speaker/Interviewer. A conversation with translator Katrina Dodson about Clarice Lispector's Complete Stories. Skylight Books, Los Angeles. October 14, 2015. Podcast here.
Three Monkeys in Brazil, 2006.
My great-grand-uncle, my great-grandmother's brother, the surrealist writer Juan Emar (1893-1964).
And I see him in my children, the blood line is strong.
I've just returned from four days in New York, where I attended a writing conference called BinderCon, went to see Sarah Ruhl's play Dear Elizabeth at Women's Project Theater, and started reading Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts. A provocative trio of pursuits.
I am not the most skilled at Twitter, and I have my reservations about participating in a sport that feels like high school all over again, but the concision of a tweet appeals to my lyrical sensibilities. A challenge, like a haiku.
I felt the impulse to tweet the evening of Sarah Ruhl's play Dear Elizabeth, which I attended with Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts in hand — to read before each act began. I wanted to highlight the triangulation of two texts coursing through the mind of one reader/listener/viewer (me). We do this kind of triangulation all the time.
It's reassuring to me and my Twitter skittishness that neither Maggie Nelson nor Sarah Ruhl have Twitter handles (hence the hashtags instead of the @_____).
Lowell: I seem to spend my life missing you!
I invite you to read Maggie Nelson's book alongside Sarah Ruhl's play if you can, and remember that I was the one to make the suggestion.


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Britney Spears to star in new Quentin Tarantino movie?
NME Aug 15, 2008 12:20 pm BST
Director reportedly offers disgraced singer career reviving role
'Pulp Fiction' director Quentin Tarantino has reportedly offered Britney Spears a leading role in his new movie, a remake of a the 1965 cult classic 'Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'.
According to The Telegraph, Spears is set to play the role of lesbian dancer Varla in the film.
A source is quoted as saying: "Quentin is convinced Britney will be brilliant. She's delighted. She thinks it could turn her career around.
"It is perfect Tarantino material. He wanted to get Britney first. She's playing the most important character."
Reportedly, Spears' will be seen murdering another character with her bare hands, before engaging in sex scenes with another female character.

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The old saying goes, a dollar saved is a dollar earned. And today, your smartphone can help you keep more money where it belongs – in your pocket.
We take a closer look at some of the main contributors to increased energy bills over the winter months and share some handy tips for keeping your usage down.
Autumn's an ideal time to get our home ready for the cool weather around the corner, looking for opportunities to maximise energy efficiency and minimise costs.
Sometimes we don't give our LPG supply much thought, which is when the potential for household hiccups can occur. Keep your gas going strong with a few helpful tips.
Overspend during Christmas and New Year? Reeling in your spending habits doesn't have to be complicated. Here are a few handy tips to get you started.
It's that time of year when the cricket is on TV; the Big Bash or the famous Boxing Day Test Match and we all need to do something to work off that Christmas feast…I am talking about the age-old Australian tradition of 'Backyard Cricket'.
The silly season can mean over-indulging and with over-spending. Here's some energy saving tips to help keep your household costs down this Christmas.
Western Australian summer brings endless opportunities for outdoor entertaining and activities, but with it comes the looming threat of bushfires.
Whether you prefer parking up a caravan on the edge of a rugged cliff or getting chummy with nature during a stay in an eco-bush retreat, WA is home to some seriously adventurous camping experiences.


Road Trip – Roads and journeys almost always signify your journey toward achieving your goals and making accomplishments in your life. If you dream of taking a recreational road trip with friends, the significance of this is that you are able to have fun and enjoy yourself while pursuing these goals.
The friends who are with you on your road trip in your dream are people who are very important to your pursuit of success, and they will help you reach your goals and aspirations.


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Joseph Mercieca (ur. 11 listopada 1928 w Victorii, zm. 21 marca 2016 w Żejtun) – maltański duchowny rzymskokatolicki, biskup pomocniczy Malty w latach 1974–1976, arcybiskup metropolita Malty w latach 1976–2006.

Życiorys
Święcenia kapłańskie otrzymał 8 marca 1952.

Episkopat
20 lipca 1974 papież Paweł VI mianował go biskupem pomocniczym Malty ze stolicą tytularną Gemellae in Numidia. Sakry biskupiej udzielił mu 29 września 1974 ówczesny ordynariusz - abp Mikiel Gonzi.

29 listopada 1976 został arcybiskupem Malty. Na emeryturę przeszedł 2 grudnia 2006, a jego następcą został abp Paul Cremona.

Linki zewnętrzne
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Maltańscy biskupi katoliccy
Urodzeni w 1928
Zmarli w 2016

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Insertion loss is an important parameter used to characterize passive fiber-optic components, such as WDM couplers and variable optical attenuators. This article describes an automated insertion loss measurement system which incorporates 980 nm, 1310 nm, 1529 nm and 1561 nm DFB lasers and two internal fiber optic standards. Insertion loss measurements collected with the system for WDM couplers and internal standards are presented. The system repeatability was validated by measuring the insertion loss for a WDM coupler six times at 980 nm, 1310 nm, 1529 nm and 1561 nm over 3 days period. The standard deviation calculated for the insertion loss measurements is less than 0.11 dB and the %CV is less than 1%.
As depicted schematically in Figure 1, the automated WDM insertion loss measurement system consists of four major parts: four discrete DFB diode laser sources, polarization scramblers, internal calibration standards, and two radiation detectors.


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Gemma Sales i Amill (Barcelona, 1945) es una escritora, guionista de cómic e ilustradora española.

Trayectoria
Sales estudió Bellas Artes en Barcelona, en la Escuela de la Lonja y en el Círculo Artístico de San Lucas, un postgrado de Ilustración en la EINA, y cursos y seminarios de filosofía, literatura, arte contemporáneo y simbolismo en el Instituto de Humanidades de Barcelona.

Se introdujo en el mundo del cómic y de las artes gráficas de la mano del dibujante Edmond, de quien aprendió la técnica del cómic. A los 16 años empezó a publicar profesionalmente en el estudio de Bruguera, donde dibujó Celia y As de corazones (1963). En 1965, comenzó una larga colaboración con la editorial Toray, donde trabajó activamente con los guiones de Victoria Sau. Con Toray, publicó Rosas Blancas, Serenata, Azucena y Carol. En 1985, publicó sus primeros relatos en el periódico Avui, en la colección de cuentos para primeros lectores Els Peluts y en guiones para historietas en la revista Rodamón.

Sales ha publicado libros infantiles como Me gustan los monstruos (1994), Cuéntame una historia (2002), Adiós, adiós (2004), Duermes mucho, Joana (2004), Los buenos amigos (2011) o Gnomos de jardín (2013). Ha escrito cuentos para niños que han sido traducidos al italiano, al chino, al japonés y al coreano. Concretamente, tiene diversos títulos traducidos al inglés y publicados en japonés, entre otros, Mummy's Elephant Birthday (2001) y The Scarf (2001), que han sido adaptados posteriormente a dibujos animados para enseñar inglés a los niños coreanos y chinos.

Como ilustradora, ha trabajado especialmente con la editorial francesa MSM y en la japonesa Gakken. Imparte talleres de escritura creativa e ilustración a niños y adultos. Combina escribir e ilustrar con el trabajo de dar clases de dibujo y pintura en la escuela de adultos Freire. Es socia de la Asociación de Escritores en Lengua Catalana y del Pen Club.

Reconocimientos
Sales ha ganado los siguientes premios literarios:

 Crítica Serra d'Ord de la ilustración infantil, 1992: La lluna i els miralls
 Parcir de álbum infantil ilustrado, 2003: Adéu, adéu…

El 22 de noviembre de 2016, en la Real Academia de España en Roma, se inauguró la exposición Presentes: autoras de tebeo de ayer y de hoy comisariada por el Colectivo de Autoras de Cómic, en la que incluyen la vida y obra de Gemma Sales i Amill como una de las mujeres olvidadas en el mundo del cómic en España.

Obra

Libros publicados
Sales ha publicado los siguientes títulos:

 Dorms molt, Joana.... Barcelona: Ed. del Pirata, 2007.
 Adéu, adéu… Berga: L'Albí, 2003.
 Quants tràfecs per un coixí!. Barcelona: Alfaguara - Grup Promotor, 2000.
 Conta'm una història trista. Barcelona: Edebé, 2000.
 M'agraden els monstres. Barcelona: Joventut, 1995.
 Reis. Santa Coloma de Gramenet: Ajuntament, 1991.
 Dibujos del n.º 197 [de 204] de Historias. Barcelona, Bruguera, 1963.

Obras dramáticas representadas

 La caputxeta deixa la caputxa. Barcelona: Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, 1998.

Guiones de ficción difundidos

 La mar. Televisió: TV3, 1998.

La Biblioteca de Catalunya ha comprado en el año 2019 dibujos originales relacionados con la actividad de la artista.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Documental sobre Gemma Sales (2009).
 Vídeo sobre la exposición Presentes: Autoras de tebeo de ayer y hoy.
Fondo de Gemma Sales en la Biblioteca de Catalunya

Ilustradoras de España
Nacidos en Barcelona


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We haven�€™t put this to use yet because it�€™s just so heavy! I�€™m using our single stroller as long as possible because I can hardly lift the b-ready while I�€™m pregnant- hopefully that will get easier when the new baby arrives! I love that it folds with both seats but I do wish it would fold with the lower infant car seat attachment- it seems silly that I will need to remove that each time. I like how versatile it is and my daughter really seems to love it. It maneuvers really well even in our small hallways and doors. Wish it was a one handed fold but I know that isn�€™t really an option on most double strollers. We love Britax products and it is great quality just like our other stroller and seats. Love that our b-safe pops right in. I have confidence that this thing will last and will be a lifesaver with my two little ones. I�€™ll just need a nice tote in the car to store all of the attachments we have!


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Economic genocide against black people in SVG
SVG Green Party is making a very strong call on the United Nations to urgently provide food aid to St. Vincent, to stop the massive rise in the number of black Vincentians who are being forced to eat from rubbish bins in the capital, Kingstown, to survive.
There is a high level of unemployment and poverty in SVG and this has led to widespread hunger and malnutrition. The lack of food problem in SVG is comparable to Haiti.
In a deliberate act of economic genocide, the indigenous black people are being pushed to the ground by Taiwan, the super-rich, white foreigners of Mustique and Canouan and the ruling ULP regime. The ULP government grants Taiwan and the super-rich, white foreigners of Mustique and Canouan blanket tax and customs duty exemptions, estimated to be worth EC$2.5 billion annually.
In collusion, the ULP government, Taiwan and the super-rich, white foreigners of Mustique and Canouan are choking the SVG Treasury of about EC$2.5 billion annually, by their tax and customs duty exemptions scandal.
According to Mr Ivan O'Neal, who has a Master of Science degree in Macro-Economics, Planning Policy from Bradford University, England, the consequence of this tax evasion scheme is that the SVG government lacks finance to provide the infrastructure to stimulate significant employment and economic growth.
This has led to high unemployment and hunger in the indigenous black population, as thousands of poorer households have little or no income, and fail to feed their households adequately. That is why we are calling on the United Nations to bring food aid to St. Vincent to halt the devastating impact of the economic genocide against black people in SVG.
The tax exemption scandal is a crime against humanity and needs urgent action by the international community and the International Criminal Court. The SVG economy is dangerously weak and is getter weaker. Our people are going hungry.
The United Nation needs to bring supplementary food rations to prevent increases in acute malnutrition rates and provide food aid to children aged under five, pregnant women and nursing mothers through the first 1,000 days to prevent stunting and micronutrient deficiencies.
The United Nations needs to deliver daily hot meals to thousands of schoolchildren to provide a country-wide food safety net to improve children's diet. There is massive food insecurity in SVG and the country is in a state of massive hunger.
The blanket tax and customs duty exemptions given to the super-rich, white foreigners of Mustique and Canouan should be abolished. They should pay tax.
Taiwan's exemption to not pay fish tax under the SVG Fish Act 2001 is ridiculous. Taiwan uses SVG's fish licence and SVG's national flag on its fleet of fishing vessels to fish for tuna in the Atlantic Ocean. They should pay tax on their fish sales.
SVG has gone from colonialism to economic genocide in the 37 years of so-called independence. We broke the back of colonialism and we must break the back of the economic genocide. Taiwan and the super-rich, white foreigners of Mustique and Canouan are parasites sucking the economic lifeblood out of our country.
The United Nations urgently needs to provide food aid to St. Vincent to stop thousands of black Vincentians being wiped out through economic genocide.


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Shaw: Letters: 2volume 4
Dan H. Laurence, Editor Viking Books $45 (0p) ISBN 978-0-670-82109-9
The fourth and last volume of this massive collection includes letters, postcards and telegrams Shaw wrote from the age of 70 to his death at 94. Here, addressing Elgar, Nehru, Wells, Yeats and hundreds of others, he indulges his whims, gives his impressions of art, literature, music, politics and foreign countries, continues to advise actors, directors and producers (including the Little Theatre of Akron, Ohio), tells Winston Churchill how to win the war, admonishes publishers, provides monetary, editorial and other guidance to needy individuals, confirms his admiration for dictators, fascism and communism. Typical are his refusals to contribute to causes that make no sense to him. Signing himself ""almost indignantly,'' he is against playwrights' contributing even a small percentage of theatrical proceeds to a fund for Jewish refugees; and he does not sign an appeal against the killing of civilians in wartime because he regards them as ``the enemy just as much as the soldier.'' To Virginia Woolf he declares that he has been secretly in love with her since the first time they met (and she responds in kind). When he tells Wendy Hiller that she has misconceived her role in St. Joan he does so charmingly and disarmingly. A copy of his letter of June 19, 1940 to Dodd, Mead should appear on the bulletin board of every literary agent in the land. Laurence, adviser to the Shaw estate, supplies excellent summary introductions, identifies people and institutions and concludes with an account of Shaw's death that should help put to rest the many unreliable posthumous reports and ``last words.'' In his final letter, written six days before he tripped on a garden edging and broke his hip, Shaw ended, ``I shall be burnt up myself presently; but the fumes will get no farther than Golders Green.'' Not so: they penetrate and warm every page of this relentlessly readable volume. (May)


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Der Grand Larousse encyclopédique (Kürzel: GLE) ist ein enzyklopädisches Nachschlagewerk (vergleichbar dem Großen Brockhaus) und gleichzeitig ein Wörterbuch der französischen Sprache. Er erschien von 1960 bis 1964 in 10 Bänden im Verlag Larousse.

Geschichte
Als der Larousse du XXe siècle in sechs Bänden (1927–1933) nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg nicht mehr zeitgemäß war, erschien in den Anfängen der Fünften Französischen Republik als Nachfolgewerk der Grand Larousse encyclopédique in 10 Bänden mit 10 240 Seiten, dem 1968 und 1975 Supplementbände beigefügt wurden. Dieses Werk wurde 1980 außer-kommerziell als "édition familiale" auch in 24 Bänden gebunden und ab 1982 durch den Grand Dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse ersetzt. Nach Einstellung der Veröffentlichung von zehn- und mehrbändigen Papierlexika gegen Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde der Titel Grand Larousse encyclopédique auch für kleinere Lexika verwandt, so 2007 für den Le grand Larousse encyclopédique. Dictionnaire encyclopédique en 2 volumes. 2 Bde. 2763 Seiten.

Gliederung
 1. A – Bau
 2. Bauf – Cher
 3. Ches – Desè
 4. Desf – Filao
 5. Filar – Hydra
 6. Hydre – Malh
 7. Mali – Orly
 8. Orm – Rals
 9. Ram – Stre
 10. Stria – Zyth
 Supplementband. 1968. 918 Seiten.
 Supplementband. 1975. Rund 1000 Seiten (ohne Seitenzählung)

Literatur
 Monique C. Cormier und Aline Francoeur (Hrsg.): Les dictionnaires Larousse. Genèse et évolution. Presses de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal 2005.
 Franz Josef Hausmann: Einführung in die Benutzung der neufranzösischen Wörterbücher. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1977, S. 25.
 Jean-Yves Mollier und Bruno Dubot: Histoire de la librairie Larousse (1852–2010). Fayard, Paris 2012.

Grand Larousse encyclopedique
Grand Larousse encyclopedique


When you looked out the window this morning, what did you see? Here in Wisconsin, I saw snow! I'm ready to see green grass and flowers blooming everywhere. So I created this little spring scene in my stamp room.
Once the scene was complete, I needed a little sentiment, so I chose 'it's a good day' from the Stampin' Up! Happy Home set.
What do you think? Is it a good day? Every morning that I wake up and can get out of bed is a pretty good day!
Festival of Trees, Happy Home, Hearth & Home Framelits., Lovely As A Tree. Bookmark.


Having been to Disney once or twice, I know that there are a few things to make life easier when in the land of magic. If you're taking children or in a large group, chaos will ensue in any event so knowing a few hacks could make it easier for your trip.
1. Brush up on your French.
Cast members' name tags show which languages they speak, most will speak English, but as with all foreign countries; it's nice to know the basics of their mother tongue.
Be warned, their signs and rides are in French and English; however, check your leaflets and the website for details of when English speaking shows are on so you can get the full magical effect.
2. Get out the measuring tape.
Make sure you know how tall all the children are that you take with you to not only prevent you queuing for a ride you won't get on, but it also stops the disappointment when your child realises they aren't tall enough to get on a ride they've been looking forward to.
Letting them down gently before your arrival will stop tears!
3. Check the weather forecast.
Most of the rides are outside and as we found out when we went once, when it rains, it pours… and rides stop.
The best thing to do is to know what the forecast is when you're there to plan the trip according to the weather – have a plan for when it rains, keep the indoor rides and shows for that occasion.
4. And check the French calendar too.
Not all school holidays are at the same time, this also goes for foreign school holidays, so if you want to try to go to Disneyland when it's not so busy, check the calendar to see if it's over the French school holidays.
Even though you can rent a buggy, it is cheaper to take your own. It also means you know the condition it is in and where you can stash bits in the bottom so when you pack you know what can be placed underneath. Just don't forget to put something on or around it to make it distinct whether it be a unique sticker or name tag for when you collect it after a ride.
Sometimes the queues are quite long and if you have little ones they could get bored very easily. To stop this from happening, bring some entertainment with you whether it be stickers, snacks, trump cards etc, this will make the queue time go faster but also stop frustrations for all!
3. Stock up on merch before you arrive.
Don't feel the need to buy lots of toys in the park. In fact, a lot of parents advise leaving a selection of items (bought at home) on your child's bed the night before, as a "gift from Mickey".
Whilst picnics are not allowed inside the park, make sure to bring smaller snacks like crisps, biscuits, drinks etc. It means you can pick up just a sandwich rather than buying a whole lunch, or use the snacks to keep you from splurging on the expensive chocolates and sweets around every corner! So tempting isn't it?!
5. Don't forget to download the app.
There is no wifi in the park, but the hotels have it if you stay in the Disney hotels. Download the app before you arrive so you can look up show times etc saving you taking around a big map and flapping around with it struggling to find what you need.
1. Seek out sneaky short cuts.
There are several short cuts throughout the park, check out this website to help your day run smoother.
2. Head for the most popular rides first.
If you have small kids head to Fantasyland first.
Visit the most popular rides when the parade is on as they'll be less busy.
Similar to the points above, go against the crowd and the ride queue times will be so much quicker!
5. Be clever with your eating schedule.
If your child has a set eating time than perhaps look to book somewhere to eat ahead of your trip.
If not, try to avoid eating between midday and 2pm, as all the food places will be crazy busy.
6. Prime position for the parade.
I've heard he best place is on the road curve, about 100 yards before the finish line.
7. Disneyland Paris has plenty of hidden Mickeys.
Do you know any hacks that will make your life easier when at Disney? I'd love to know!
Great tips! We have been to Florida twice now and Ive been thinking about trying the Paris one for a while. Do you think its suitable for tweenagers??
Great tips, Lianne. I need all the help I can get to avoid the crowds anywhere I go! And measuring the kids right before you go is important–to avoid waiting forever, only to find out the child can't go on the ride! Thank you for hosting #triumphanttales.
brilliant post. I have pinned it so I can refer back to it. Im hoping to take my boys to DLP, all being well.
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I have never been there, but knowing all these hacks will come in useful for the future.


Katie Lee finds the best beach bites in Sullivan's Island, Mt. Pleasant, Isle of Palms and Folly Beach; elevating classic low country boil by turning it into chowder; a restaurant that lures skeptics in with Korean cuisine.
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Q: How to make Python count the time during which Windows sleeps? I have a Python script which performs a certain task and then goes to sleep for 4 hours. The task is to close a window which pops up every 4 hours.
while(True):
    if (is_window_open()):
        close_window()
        time.sleep(4*3600) #The timer is actually a little less than 4 hours
    time.sleep(1)

The script works perfectly when my PC running continuously, but it fails after Windows goes to sleep and wakes up. I realised that the sleep timer doesn't run when Windows is in sleep, and it continues the sleep timer from where it stopped when Windows went to sleep. The problem I'm facing is that when Windows wakes up from sleep, this window pops up, and I would like my script to close it automatically.
For example: Assume this window popped up at 2300 hrs and my script closed the window and went to sleep. Now at 2330 hrs, Windows went to sleep. Now the sleep timer stops at 30 mins. Assume at 0600 hrs, I wake up Windows from sleep. The window which is supposed to be closed appears but my script timer starts from 30 mins and has to complete another 3.5 hours before it can close this window.
One solution which popped up in my head is to check the actual sleep time and wake up time, and compare both those times to determine if 4 hours have elapsed or not. But this would require my script to know when Windows goes to sleep and when it wakes up, which I believe can be achieved using Windows Shutdown Events, although I couldn't figure out a way on how to use it. I saw this question, but couldn't figure out on how to use it in my scenario nor did it work when I ran it. I added a log when shutdown happened but that log never printed. In my scenario where Windows goes to sleep, I will need to listen to WM_POWERBROADCAST with PBT_APMSUSPEND but that also doesn't seem to be working. (I believe this could be because my script runs in the background)
Another feasible solution would be to make the sleep time to 1 second which would also solve the issue at hand, but I would like to know if there is an alternate solution where in I can keep the timer to 4 hours and still be able to make my script work.
Is there a solution for this wherein I can fix the idea where I can get the Windows sleep time and wake up time or maybe some other solution which I can use?
NOTE: I can't stop the window from popping up every 4 hours as I don't have the privileges to stop the Powershell script which makes the window pop up every 4 hours. Also, my Python script starts on it's own when I start my PC and the script contains 4 threads, which does minor tasks. The window closing script is one of these threads. My script runs in the background by using a Visual Basic script.
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell" )
WshShell.Run chr(34) & "D:\scripts\script.bat" & Chr(34), 0
Set WshShell = Nothing

script.bat just launches the python script.
EDIT: To check if the window is open and to close the window I use pygetwindow module.

A: Instead of letting the system handle the 4-hour sleep, you can take the matter into your own hand by sleeping for only 1 second at a time in a while loop until the current time reaches the scheduled end time:
end_time = time.time() + 4 * 3600
while time.time() < end_time:
    time.sleep(1)


The always energizing tandem of Brian Warren and Quentin Branch, otherwise known as ANGRY BLACKMEN, have just released their latest track, "USA!" The track starts off with what sounds like someone trying to go Super Sayain, but then Quentin really hits the ground running once the base drops. With every new drop, you can really hear the growth of ANGRY BLACKMEN and where I heard it the most in "USA!" was with Quentin. This is probably his hardest verse he's had so far in his young career. Now that's not a knock on his partner, Brian who's already been spitting hard verses since I started covering these two, it's just that Quentin just really stepped it up on this one. "USA!" Had what a lot of listeners look for nowadays which is, heavy bass drops, creative and catchy lyrics, and tons of energy so if your someone who looks for these things in a song, waste no more time and press play below!


Last month I had the privilege of attending the Texas Ministry Conference in Houston. There were workshops covering a wide range of topics, guest speakers for meal times, and vendors a plenty during breaks. I signed up for four different workshops, but I have a confession to make: I skipped one of them in order to have a deeper conversation with one of the vendors about a program that might end up being a really good fit for Immanuel.
If I'm being perfectly honest, the best part of that conversation was not the actual program we were exploring, but the overall excitement for doing ministry. The longer Carolyn (the vendor's representative) and I chatted, the more energetic we became. I'm told it was interesting to watch us going back and forth with new ideas and creativity, our passion for ministry bubbling out of us. I don't know what I missed when I skipped that workshop, but I'm so glad I had this time. I left the table feeling energized and ready to do ministry.
So often we get caught up in the nitty-gritty, boring, but necessary, business of our daily lives and we don't leave room for opportunities to have passionate conversations about doing God's work in the world. These are the conversations I want us to be having as a community. Conversations fueled by excitement and passion. Conversations filled with new ideas and big dreams. Conversations rooted in God's grace and Christ's love. Conversations that give the sense that we are living out the resurrection of Jesus Christ Every. Single. Day.
Come one! Come all! Come in! Come on!
May our hearts fill to bursting with the biggest of dreams. May we answer God's call to break free from the troubles of the world that keep us from celebrating the risen Christ.
And knowing that we can't go back again, may we all COME ALIVE with the joy of the empty tomb.


I've been to the Kruger National Park twice since I was a child and absolutely loved it both times. I don't know whether it's just my fondness for the outdoors or whether it's that bush air and the sounds of nature that draw me to the Kruger Park.
Staying in Kruger National Park or one of the surrounding private game reserves is ideal during a visit to South Africa. The safari and game lodges range from artistically elegant to super luxurious with en-suite bathroom facilities. The expert game rangers whisk you off on game drives and walking safaris, tracking the wildlife in their natural habitat.
One of the most famous South African National Parks in SA, the Kruger National Park is one of the biggest nature reserves in South Africa where you can spot the Big Five, and it's also home to some of the most beautiful flora and insect species.
I remember the first time that I was privileged enough to enter the Kruger – I was a teen and on my grade 10 'bushveld' camp. That was the first time I've encountered a marauding, juvenile elephant! It was the most terrifying and most exciting experience as the little champ ran up close to our school's tour bus – thank God he never got close enough to hurt anything.
The Kruger covers 18,989 square km and extends 350km from north to south and 60km from east to west. To the west and south of the Kruger National Park are the two South African provinces of Mpumalanga and Limpopo. In the north is Zimbabwe, and to the east is Mozambique. It is now part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, a peace park that links Kruger National Park with the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe, and with the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique.
The game reserve offers the views of wild buck, buffalo, lions, elephants, cheetah and leopards. To read more on the wonders of the park and the great environmental work they're doing to sustain our environment for generations to come, check out the Wiki page.


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But he said, "If you put a 17-year-old boy next to her, I don't think, even if she thinks she is, she's ever going to be as strong as a boy."Hargreaves said only three out of 10 of the males playing at the Chiefs' level will play at the competitive college level. Even at 5-10, Lyszczyk has natural physical limitations, and "she's at a level now where this will probably be the top level she would attain as far as men's baseball," he said.Scott Mackenzie, director of female programming at Baseball B.C., said he isn't familiar with Lyszczyk's playing lately, but said, "I would hope she would be able to crack that lineup" at the college level. He agreed the most likely position for a women to compete in against men would be pitcher because a catcher needs to be able to jump up and throw 180 feet to second base to prevent a steal, and to block balls that are coming in at 90 m.p.h. Men have "longer legs and longer arms that give you the whip action and velocity on a throw."Whether or not they go on to higher-calibre ball, female players at Lyszczyk's level benefit from playing with men."You always want your top players to play at the top level, to play at their top peak performance," said Mackenzie.He said training programs are starting earlier for girls and the goal is for them to be able to play at a higher level on an all-girls baseball team as they age instead of switching to softball as most do now."Maybe in 10 years, the women's (baseball) league will be at the same level as the men's," he said.There is already an all-women's baseball team that competes in a men's league and last year they won four out of 10 games, he said."I hope they (women players) keep knocking on the door and one day it may be possible" for women to continue to play at a higher level, Mackenzie said.CLICK HERE to report a typo. Is there more to this story? We'd like to hear from you about this or any other stories you think we should know about. Email vantips@postmedia.com.


I have some fun Free Printables for you today with Thanksgiving Scriptures and Bible Verses on them. I have been decorating for Fall around my house and one of the things I love to do is keep Scriptures around my house in Picture Frames, it's a great reminder to me of the season and I also love that it helps my kids learn Scripture.
I have created 3 Thanksgiving Scriptures you can download and Frame. These are designed to print on an 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper so you can use Photo Paper or regular paper, then you will probably have to trim them down to 8×10 to fit in a standard frame. There should be plenty of space around the edges for you to trim these down and still have them fit perfectly in your frame.
I picked up a Frame at Hobby Lobby for around $10 when they were half price. You can also use the Hobby Lobby Coupons to save 40% off any full priced item. These frames are great because you can reuse them over and over and just change the Printable inside to match the season.Just Click the Image Below to download the PDF Version, You can print these directly from your computer once you download the file.
Thank you for making this available for free. They are all beautifully done!
Thank you , thank you, thank you!!!! These are beautiful! What great reminders to fill our thoughts and homes. Thank you for sharing your talents!


In 1546, Anthony Jenkinson (died 1611), mariner/merchant, sea captain, traveller, went to sea and to the Levant for commercial training. He visited most countries of the Mediterranean; Algiers, Tunis, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey and "Western Asia", Sicily, Crete and Cyprus. In 1553 at Aleppo he got a licence to trade from Suliman the Great. In 1555 he was admitted to membership of the Merchants' Company; in 1557 he was appointed by the Muscovy Company as captain-general of their fleet sailing to Russia, and he would be a diplomat to an indecisive Czar. Jenkinson went to Bokhara, to the Caspian Sea area, and was at Moscow by 20 August, 1563. One of his companions was Edward Clarke, who carried Jenkinson's letters home. Then from London came a second expedition to Russia of May 1564, with Thomas Alcock. On 30 May, 1565 Jenkinson addressed a memorial to Queen Elizabeth about a north-east passage to Cathay, but nothing came of such ideas.
Active by 1560 were the "great pioneers" of the Russia Co. and the Morocco Co., William Bond and Francis Bowyer, also engaged in Levant trade. Brenner, Merchants and Revolution, p. 73.
By 1580, some great Merchant Adventurers who went into the Levant Company were Richard Saltonstall, Middletons, Batemans, Ferrars, Henry Andrews. By about 1580, the Muscovy Company was led by Sir George Barne. Rowland Heywood tried for a north-east passage, sending a voyage led by Arthur Pet and Charles Jackman. By 1580, English merchants were backing a voyage into the Arctic (Kara Sea), to find any near-Russia north-east passage to the East, perhaps by a river near China?
By 1581, Elizabeth I had granted charters to companies trading to Spain and Portugal, the Eastland Co. to the Baltic, the Levant Co. to Turkey, while Raleigh began planning a company for Virginia which ended in disaster; and at century's end the East India Company was chartered.
Neville Williams, Elizabeth I: Queen of England. London, Sphere, 1971., p. 298.
(1) Adam Francis, Lord Mayor of 1339-1340, whose daughter Maud married John Montagu third Earl Salisbury, who was beheaded by a mob.
GEC, Peerage, Exeter, p. 210; Salisbury, p. 393; Willoughby, p. 665. There are also links here to lords Zouche and Fitzalan.
(2) The descendancy of Thomas Mirfyn of the fifteenth century can give 415 records from a database. It is helpful to see his descendants in line with those of Lord Mayor Geoffrey Boleyn. Mirfyn provides links to many names including dukes 4-7 Manchester, to many promoters of colonisation, a splendid crop of the Cromwell family (Oliver's family) and other Cromwellians, also the financier name, Palavicino.
See Lawrence Stone, An Elizabethan: Sir Horatio Palavicino. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1956., p. 260.
(3) Lord Mayor Robert Drope with his second wife, Joan Unknown, who married Edward Grey, third Baron Grey, who died in 1492.
GEC, Peerage, Lisle, pp. 59ff.
(4) Lord Mayor Thomas Legge married Elizabeth Beauchamp. This Elizabeth Beauchamp was daughter of Katherine Mortimer (first daughter of Roger Mortimer, first Earl March, executed 1330) and Thomas Beauchamp, third Earl Warwick. There are links here also to Miles Bermingham, Lord Bermingham, and the later William Legge, first Earl Dartmouth. This Elizabeth Beauchamp also married Thomas De Ufford (died 1368, son of Robert De Ufford [1298-1369], first Earl Suffolk).
GEC, Peerage, Abergavenny, p. 28; Ufford, p. 152.
(5) Lord Mayor of 1525, John Alleyn, whose illegitimate son Christopher married Audrey Paget, daughter of William, first Baron Paget.
Burke's Extinct Baronetcies, p. 3; GEC, Peerage, Paget, pp. 276-280.
(6) John Tate, whose descent provides 46 database descent records.
See Burke's Peerage and Baronetage for Duncombe-Pauncefote; Burke's Landed Gentry for Flower.
(7) William Capel, circa 1503, with a descent providing at least 576 records following daughters linked to eighth Lord Zouche, and to Paulet as second Marquis Winchester.
(8) Circa 1517, Lord Mayor William Brown whose widow, Alice, daughter of Lord Mayor Henry Keble, married as third wife of William Blount (1478-1534), fourth Baron Mountjoy and became mother of Charles, fifth Baron.
GEC, Peerage, Mountjoy, p. 341.
(9) Lord Mayor circa 1520 John Brydges, whose daughter Winifred married Treasurer Richard Sackville (d. 1566).
GEC, Peerage, Dacre, p. 11, Dorset, p. 422; Winchester, p. 764.
(10) Lord Mayor of 1537, Richard Gresham, father of the founder in 1566 of the Royal Exchange, Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579).
Burke's Extinct Baronetcies for Gresham, p. 227. Brenner, Merchants and Revolution, p. 55. R. G. Lang, �Social Origins and Social Aspirations of Jacobean London Merchants�, Economic History Review, 2, V, 27, 1974., pp. 28-47. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage for Bacon, regarding ancestors of the Lords Townshend.
The Lord Mayor of 1537, Sir Richard Gresham (died 1548), was brother of Lord Mayor John Gresham.
(11) Circa 1555: Lord Mayor Sir William Gerard/Garrard. This man produced a son John also a London Lord Mayor, and a daughter Anne who married Lord Mayor George Barne, and so arose a part-dynasty in commercial circles, more than any influence on aristocracy directly.
Brenner, Merchants and Revolution, pp. 17ff. Josef Hamel, England and Russia; comprising The Voyages of John Tradescant The Elder, Sir Hugh Willoughby, Richard Chancellor, Nelson and others, to the White Sea. London, Richard Bentley, 1854. (Translated by John Studdy Leigh)., p. 26. Burke's Extinct Baronetcies for Garrard of Lamer, p. 214. R. G. Lang, �Jacobean London Merchants�, as above. Hasler, The House of Commons, 1558-1603, Vol. 3, pp. 294-295. GEC, Peerage, Berkshire, p. 151. In Thomas S. Willan, Studies in Elizabethan Foreign Trade. Manchester University Press, 1959., pp. 129 and previous, Garrard here seems to be involved in trade to Morrocco, exporting perhaps cloth and arms, importing sugar.
(12) For Thomas Curteis, Lord Mayor circa 1557, there appear to be nil linkages. The name Curteis does appear however in connection with George Sackville-Fox, twelfth Lord Conyers.
GEC, Peerage, Powis, p. 655.
(13) For Thomas Leigh, Lord Mayor in 1558, few linkages are found. His daughter Winifred married Lord Mayor Sir George Bond.
R. G. Lang, �Jacobean London Merchants�. Burke's Extinct Baronetcies for Bond of Peckham and for Leigh of Stoneleigh. GEC, Peerage, Leigh, p. 566 for first Baron Leigh; Willoughby, p. 713.
(14) Lord Mayor Sir John Rivers, whose name appears in the lines for Garrard above.
(16) For John White, Lord Mayor circa 1563, few linkages are found.
R. G. Lang, �Jacobean London Merchants�. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage for Bellyse Baker of Highfields.
(17) Lord Mayor William Holles, provides a descent with 364 records, with his son Sir William Holles marrying Anne Denzell; with their son Denzell Holles marrying Eleanor, a daughter of Edmund Sheffield, first Baron Sheffield. Here were later provided links with John Townshend second Viscount Sydney, the first and second marquises Rockingham and third Baron Rockingham, fifth Earl Dartmouth, second Earl Strafford, third Marquis Bath and fifth Earl Bath, third Duke Portland; the nineteenth century bankers Grenfell, fifth Earl Dartmouth; and the beheaded Thomas Wentworth, first Earl Strafford, who died in 1641.
Hasler, History of Parliament, Vol. 2, p. 330. GEC, Peerage, Clare, p. 247.
(18) Lord Mayor John Garrard is noted in R. G. Lang, �Jacobean London Merchants�, and GEC, Peerage, Berkshire, p. 151.
His lineage did not produce any marriages to aristocracy, but amongst the descendants of the progenitor of the family of Lord Mayor John Garrard (London grocer, John Garrard), we find a remarkable number of commercial names and descendants of other families noted in this book: London Lord Mayor Sir William Garrard (c.1555;d.1571); London Lord Mayor and Spanish Co. merchant Sir George Barne (c.1587;d.2 Jan 1593); Anne Barne, (d. 1564) the first wife of Sir Francis Walsingham (b.1532;m.1562;d.6 Apr 1590); and Anne Barne's first husband Alexander Carleill and his son, mariner Christopher Carleill; plus Anne Carleill who married merchant Sir Christopher Hoddeson; Elizabeth Barne who married London Lord Mayor Sir John Rivers (b.1574); Frances Bowyer who married Sir Matthew Carew, the poet Thomas Carew; Lord mayor Sir John Garrard himself, (c.1592;d.7 May 1625), father of London Lord Mayor, Sir Samuel Garrard; Sir John Garrard (d.1637) and later baronets of his line; MP Montague Drake; MP William Drake (b.1723;d.8 Aug 1796); MP Charles Garrard Drake (d.Jul 1817).
(19) Lord Mayor Rowland Hayward had links to Mirfyn, and his second wife was Catherine a daughter of customs farmer Sir Thomas "Customer" Smythe (d. 1591 of whom more later - the Smythes were notable figures in the early East India Company). Hayward provides links to Barons Knyvett and to Townshend MPs.
Brenner, Merchants and Revolution, p. 63. Hasler, History of Parliament, Vol. 2, p. 283; Vol. 3, pp. 516-517. GEC, Peerage, Strangford, p. 358. Sir William Winter was friends with London merchant figure John "Customer" Smythe who is treated at more length in a later chapter.
(20) Lord Mayor William Bowyer provides no records of interest.
He is noted in Hasler, History of Parliament, Vol. 3, p. 368.
(21) Lord Mayor William Browne, providing 99 records of descent.
He can be noted in Burke's Extinct Baronetcies for Tyrrell of Springfield, and in GEC, Peerage, Mordaunt, p. 196; Say and Sele, p. 484.) With links including to: fifth and sixth Viscounts Say and Sele, twentieth Baron Clinton, fourth Earl Lincoln, Robert Walpole as second Earl Orford and second Baron Rolle; Ralph Warren with 408 records, with daughter Joan married to Sir Henry Cromwell and following arose links to eleventh Earl Montrose, ninth Baron Brooke, third Earl Plymouth, ninth Earl Wemyss, first Earl Buckinghamshire and fourth Earl Buckinghamshire; and dukes 5-7 Manchester and via Cromwells to the financiers Palavicino.
(23) The line of Lord Mayor for 1589-1590, Stephen Soame, seems to have had no aristocratic linkages, although family members later linked with many baronets.
R. G. Lang, �Jacobean London Merchants�. Brenner, Merchants and Revolution, p. 73. Burke's Extinct Baronetcies for Soame. Lord Mayor Peter Soame is seen in Burke's Extinct Baronetcies for Barnardiston, p. 40.
(24) Lord Mayor of 1590, Sir John Hart, on whom there is little information, was a Levant Company merchant and moneylender, often governor of the Muscovy Company. He had a daughter Jane who married Sir George Bolles.
Burke's Extinct Baronetcies, Bolles, p. 69.
There are then, many precedents for discussing linkages between commercial families and aristocracy. Where the family of Boleyn becomes conspicuous, along with the "Bible-study group" of Katherine Parr, is with the rise of a Puritan social movement, which included increasing numbers of affluent merchant families. This was a new trend in English life, and it happened to connect with opportunities provided by the existing slave trades in the New World conducted by the Portuguese and Spanish... as follows... as can be seen from a larger fall of descendants than given above, as can pour from a genealogical database... Such descendancy lists for Lords Mayor of London, and/or London alderman, can often provide evidence of "mini commercial dynasties" active in London life.
Endnote: Follows material on London Lord Mayor 1597-1598 Sir Richard Saltonstall.


Here's Elliot Easton talking about something many of us can relate to — growing up as a left handed guitarist!
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According to the sales department of SUNY Press, William Almon Wheeler: Political Star of the North Country has been printed and shipped to SUNY Press's warehouse in Virginia. From there, it will be shipped to booksellers to fill backorders.
Although the book will not be officially released until December 1, shrink-wrapped copies have been delivered to Farmingdale, Long Island. The 349-page biography has 48 black and white illustrations and is very pleasing to the eye. This is true in large part because of the skillful work done by Dana Foote who was in charge of production. Throughout the long and tedious process of copy editing, illustration identification, and index preparation, she was patient, courteous and a pleasure to work with.


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1/4 of the 'Squad' Is Backing Warren
Ayanna Pressley is behind the Massachusetts senator
By Kate Seamons, Newser Staff
Posted Nov 6, 2019 1:01 PM CST
The endorsement.
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(Newser) – "The Squad" isn't united in its pick for president: On Wednesday Rep. Ayanna Pressley endorsed Elizabeth Warren. BuzzFeed reports there had been much speculation over where the "rising star" would direct her support, especially after the rest of the Squad—that would be Reps. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—endorsed Bernie Sanders in October. At the time, a rep said Pressley had "tremendous respect for her sisters-in-service" but would make the choice on her own. Says Pressley, also of Massachusetts, in a video: "I'm proud to call her my senator. I can't wait to call her our president."
BuzzFeed describes Pressley's endorsement as a particularly "coveted" one, "in part because she has strongly represented the Democratic Party's bedrock constituency in Congress: black women." The New York Times calls it Warren's "most high-profile congressional endorsement to this point," and a key one: She's behind Biden by nearly 30 percentage points among black voters. (Read more Elizabeth Warren stories.)


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Israeli Delegation to Visit UAE Next Week, Accompanied by Trump Aides
by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks during the Wall Street Journal CEO Council, at the Newseum in Washington, DC, Dec. 9, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Al Drago.
An Israeli delegation and top aides to US President Donald Trump will fly together to the United Arab Emirates on Monday for talks on cementing the two Middle East countries' deal to normalize relations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
The high-level meeting would be the first between the three parties since Trump announced the US-brokered accord on Aug. 13.
The deal still awaits negotiations on details such as opening embassies, trade and travel links before it is officially signed.
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, US Middle East envoy Avi Berkowitz and other American officials will travel together with an Israeli delegation led by National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, Netanyahu said in a video statement.
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The US and Israeli officials will fly aboard an Israeli airliner direct from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi, the first-ever commercial flight between the two countries, Israel's Kan broadcaster reported.
Talks will focus on ways to promote Israeli-UAE cooperation in sectors such as aviation and tourism, trade, finance, health, energy and security, Netanyahu said.
"This is a historic agreement. It will bring growth engines…I hope other countries in our region will join the circle of peace."
The deal would make the UAE only the third Arab country to forge ties with Israel in more than 70 years, after Egypt and Jordan in 1979 and 1994 respectively.
But the prospect that the agreement could grant the Gulf power access to advanced weaponry previously denied to it has upset Israel, and could emerge as a sticking point in negotiations.
During a visit to the region to showcase US support for Israeli-Arab ties, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured Israel on Monday it would retain a military advantage in the region under any future arms deal with the UAE.
On Tuesday, top UAE and Israeli defense officials held their first publicly-acknowledged phone call, heralding possible security cooperation.


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GROCER WINS $16M VERDICT IN FRAUD CASE
By BEVERLY N. WILLIAMS
A jury agrees the nation's third-largest supplier treated the Virginia businessman unfairly.
A former Richmond-based grocer was awarded $16 million Wednesday after a jury decided the nation's third-largest grocery supplier forced him out of business.
Few lawyers wanted to take on Jonathan Johnson's case against Minneapolis-based Supervalu Inc., which has a retail network of 2,500 grocery stores that includes the Farm Fresh Food and Pharmacy grocery store chain.
It was too much like David going up against Goliath.
However, Hampton lawyer Verbena Askew saw things differently. She said she was confident she could win the case.
The $25 million personal injury lawsuit against Supervalu was filed in March 2004, a month before Johnson closed his four Community Pride supermarkets in Richmond's inner city.
Askew began working on the case in April 2005.
The suit alleged that the company sabotaged Johnson's efforts to buy a Virginia Beach-based 18-store food chain that had just emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.
He accused the company of actual fraud, constructive fraud, interference with business commerce and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Askew, who headed up Johnson's legal team, argued that Supervalu singled Johnson out as a troublemaker. She and his other lawyers also argued that while Supervalu had extended high-interest loans and supply contracts worth millions to Johnson, the company backed off support for him when he tried to expand to increase revenues.
The jury ruled in Johnson's favor on two of the counts, awarding him $15.5 million for the constructive fraud and $500,000 for the intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The jury also tacked on 6 percent interest, dated all the way back to March 2004.
Supervalu, which is likely to appeal, won on the other two counts.
"I'm still in shock," Johnson, 44, said Thursday during a telephone interview. "I'm elated.
"I knew if I got a chance to tell my story, I would feel better whether I won or lost," he said. "And I got my chance to tell my story. The judge gave me that."
The judge Johnson is referring to is not Richmond Circuit Judge Margaret P. Spencer who oversaw the case. He's referring to Askew, who once served as a Circuit Court judge in Newport News.
"I thank God that I met this woman. She's my savior," he said. "She believed in me and that's all it took. Once she believes in you, she'll fight for you to the end. My whole family is indebted to her."
Johnson said he plans to use the money to reopen his grocery store chain.
"I'm so happy," he said. "I will reopen Community Pride but this time I will have a new team of lawyers so it will be a fair playing field."
Johnson's sister, Cynthia Thompson, said a clear playing field was all her brother wanted from Supervalu. "But they dug a hole and tried to bury him," she said.
The trial, which began on May 21, was scheduled for seven days but stretched into 11. Much of the testimony focused on the stress, depression and other medical troubles Johnson suffered as a result of the trouble with Supervalu.
"At the time this happened, he was the country's largest black grocery store owner," Askew said. "This was rather intense. So, I'm real happy that we got this result for Johnny."
Supervalu argued that Johnson's stores were failing and not worth the risk of further loans or agreements that would allow him to purchase additional stores.
"The company made significant efforts to help Mr. Johnson grow his business, and we believe the facts presented at trial supported that position," the company said in a statement.
Supervalu ranks third among the nation's biggest supermarket chains after Kroger Co. and Safeway Inc.
Its store brands include Farm Fresh Food and Pharmacy, Save-A-Lot and a number of grocery store chains in Northern Virginia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. The company also owns stores in New England, the Midwest, the Plains states and California.
Farm Fresh operates 42 grocery stores in Richmond, Hampton Roads and Elizabeth City, N.C., and a free-standing pharmacy at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters in Norfolk.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. *


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At William C Smith, we have a passion for building quality communities. Whether we are developing the newest apartment building, managing our current portfolio, or supporting the local communities through outreach, we are constantly striving to make the District of Columbia a better place to live.
Our Summer Youth Employment Program is one of the ways in which we are able to promote education and workplace development for the adolescents in our communities. SYEP is a six-week long paid program for young people ages 14-17 who live in WC Smith-managed properties. The program is in its 26th year and over 1,000 adolescents have been able to participate.
To get a glimpse inside of what the Summer Youth Employment Program experience is like, I spoke with Tashayla Pollard, the Community Manager at Huntington Village Apartments. Tashayla was a SYEP participant for four years, beginning in 2003, and has worked for WC Smith in various positions ever since.
Seeing the impact that SYEP has on our interns year after year is what motivates us to continue this program. We are excited to see what the 26th year of SYEP will bring!
We are now accepting applications for the 2018 program.
Applicants must live at a WC Smith community. The program will run June 25th through August 3rd. Applications are due no later than Monday, April 16th at 5:00 pm and can be completed on our website.


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Tag: downbeat
Trowbridge DJ and Producer, Neonian Releases Debut EP
A figure appears through the labyrinth of florescent drapes, strobing with ultra-violet lights. She's void of expression, hypnotised in her individual realm she perpetually gyrates, wearing a black figure-hugging bodysuit, highly decorated in costume jewellery constructed from glowsticks. It's not the image families would conceive of when thinking of Longleat, rather a cheeky posse of rhesus macaque monkeys ripping the rubber insulation off their Volvo.
Yet the Wiltshire raver of yore will note, and reminisce, to trek to Swindon's Brunel Rooms would be to face happy hardcore, jungle or house, whereas there was a tribal movement of tranced techno-heads, a conglomerate of Wilts and Somerset rural ravers in the basement of the Warminster manor, and it took on a wildlife of its own; the UFO Club at the Berkley Suite. Memories of it flood what's left of my neurons, I'm halfway into Trowbridge DJ and Producer, Neonian's debut EP Vaxxor, released this coming Friday (5th March.)
Not before the opening title track, that is, which detonates a more breakbeat house prose at you, something for the peaky middle of a set by Plump DJs in a glasshouse club off Brighton beach in the latter nineties. There's a lot going on here, for a four track EP, and it's having all subgenres large.
Released through Weatnu Records, there's parts of Vaxxor where I thought a more conventional and contemporary danceable beat might rear its head, but it doesn't, it solidly rides a wave of classic electronic dance music with a penchant for the techno-trance feel, hence my memories of the UFO Club. That said, Vaxxor, as a tune contains definite traces of punky chemical beats, akin the Prodigy or Chemical Brothers, yet rather than a gimmicky vocal or sample element for possible mass-appeal, Neonian seems aware pop has detracted from this trend of recent, ergo its concentration is on perusing a consistent beat and sonic hi-hats.
This leaves you semi-prepared for the more trance-techno sound of the following tune, Glow. For this it is thumbs up as the most poignantly danceable, in the four-by-four psytrance fashion akin to Goa trance. Hypnotic Jerk takes elements of this, and slides into a downbeat "hypnotic cocoon teetering on the edge of normality." Imagine Nightmares on Wax if triphop hadn't been invented. We're in the chillout tent, Eat Static are playing a Sunday morning set, that's where it is; yeah, I'm with you, mate, got a flyer I can roach?!
All these four tracks were recorded during the lockdowns, and together are a glorious testament to the psych-subgenres of the UK underground dance scene. But if you've any misgivings to the variety of the melting pot, I'll confirm Neonian blends and crafts it with distinct precision. To affirm he's clearly nodding to his influences, the testament comes to a finale like a returning migratory bird to its nest. Proof to the Tower finishes this short journey off with something, though layered with aforementioned influences, strips the sound back the subgenres' combined roots.
Proof to the Tower drips with elegant attributes of post-punk electronica, aligning New Order, Depeche Mode and even the stiffer originators, Kraftwerk and The Art of Noise. The EP is getting radio plays from BBC Radio Wiltshire, Kinetic7Radio (Bleeps & Beats show), Radio TFSC and Radio Wigwam, and I'm far from surprised.
Neonian is the work of Ian Sawyer, who has previously released a few singles, a mini LP 'Treasure' and provided remixes for Frannie B, NNYz?, Sergeant Thunderhoof and James Harriman. "I make music, for myself," Ian explains, "I can't really describe it but it's mainly made with synthesisers, loops and samples. Influences include New Order, Boards Of Canada, Coil, Pye Corner Audio, Factory Floor, and Russ Abbot." Unsure about citing that last one, though Vaxxor certainly has an atmosphere!
Nonetheless these tributes to the pioneers of electronica and nineties trance, techno and breakbeats are often viewed as rather soulless, this does what it says on the tin while retaining something fresh to boot. Clearly, four tracks with Neonian aren't enough, I'd like to hear a fully-mixed electronic concept album, perhaps, to be fully sucked into its deep and hypnotic grooves.
Excuse me for being so fussy, but some uplifting sections, with gimmicky elements such as female vocals would be advantageous. Not solely for my own palate, rather in hope it'll attract the attention of a wider audience. As, like William Orbit did when he got the phone call from Madonna, I think while Vaxxor is damn cool with florescent socks on, Neonian, I feel has yet to achieve his magnum opus, but when he does, judging by this EP, you'll want to standing in the middle of it, making boxes and reaching for the stars.
Available on all Digital Platforms March 5th 2021; 'Vaxxor' is now available to Pre-Order on Bandcamp via the following link. You get to download the track 'Glow' now and the rest of the EP when it is released on March 5th.
Author Darren WorrowPosted on Mar 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 Categories musicTags chemical beats, club, dance, downbeat, electronica, longleat, Neonian, Rave, techno, trance, Trowbridge, ufo club, Vaxxor2 Comments on Trowbridge DJ and Producer, Neonian Releases Debut EP


Attacking the 1st group will aggro the entire pocket, attacking the 3rd group will aggro the 1st Group also.
Fleet members that warped in and attack will draw aggro from the 2nd group if not previously engaged.
Auto aggro from 1st and 2nd group.
All of the pockets are in normal space, therefore MWD works and Fleet Members may warp directly to any pocket.
All of the acceleration gates are locked until the pocket is clear of any hostile ships.
Spacial interference prevents the use of stasis Webifiers or "other items of its type" on the EoM Behemoth.
Don't forget to retrieve the dropped VIPs passengers.
The EoM Behemoth in pocket 5 can be difficult to kill for laserboats because of it's good resistances to em/therm. It stays at around 50km range, just out of range from your drones. Fitting a drone augmenter link and bringing along vespa drones will make you kill him much faster.
Just a thing to consider, the fourth pockets NPC's hit harder and orbit you at a closer range of 7,000 meters. And like stated above, drones aggroes all of them. What was a piece of cake the first 3 pockets turned really bad at the fourth pocket.
In fact, is because the Merc Commanders hit Em and/or Explo damages , and mission runners often use only Kin/Them resistances because they see EoM at the first gates. I recommend using an EANM and/or a Damage control to get better resistances on the fourth pocket.
I recommend 2 Kinetic, 1 Thermal and 1 Invuln for shield tankers.
I used drones in Pocket 4 on Group 2 after the 4 Overlords of Group 1 were dead and no aggro from Group 3. I AB'd away from the gate as suggested above and did not use drones on Group 1. The pocket isn't hard; just kill the 4 Overlords first.
To give yourself some range on the first gate group, start your warp and then stop your ship and the warp. Then you can do a warp to within and select your distance. For some reason this works after stoping your warp, trying to warp within does not work the first time, only after you stop.
Also since these are not true deadspace pockets use the gate to get you there, set a bookmark and warp away. Then warp back at your range of choice to the bookmark.
Has anybody received this mission in the last months, or has it been removed?
Pocket 3 has changed , no aggro on warp in now but Attacking Group 1 aggros entire pocket. Had to warp out after killing Group 1, but wingman was not engaged until he opened fire. Warped back in, no aggro. No aggro from Group 3 when attacking Group 2.
yep, got that mission yesterday. This mission description is almost ok. I had auto-aggro in Pocket 2 after the first warping there.
Just got offered this mission as well. Seems to be Gallente-only, and I've only gotten it from one specific agent (as far as I can remember).
Nov. 1, 2010. I am Gallente and I have this mission offer in my journal. I haven't accepted yet because don't think I can handle it if it's a lvl 4 mission.
Jul 8, 2012 - received it @ Blood Raiders. I have been running missions for Bloods since 2009 but never received it before.