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Chester County House of Horrors: Julianne Lewis, Boyfriend Jailed for Gruesome Torture of Girl, 9
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A Chester County duo accused of brutally torturing a 9-year-old girl remain behind bars after the district attorney filed additional charges against the child's mother on Thanksgiving, Your Content is first to report. The unraveling events resemble those of a horror film, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation revealed.
The Chester County District Attorney's Office and the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department charged 31-year-old Julianne Lewis, of West Chester, PA, with multiple counts of Aggravated Assault, Kidnapping a Minor, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, False Imprisonment, Conspiracy, and related charges for her role in the brutal beating, systemic abuse, and neglect of her 9-year old daughter.
As Your Content readers know, Dimitrios Moscharis, was arrested and charged earlier
The child victim is currently in critical condition at Nemours/A.I. DuPont Hospital in Wilmington, D.E., with injuries to multiple organs, extensive bruising all over her body, and likely brain damage due to oxygen deprivation for an extended period.
Medical professionals describe her injuries to be consistent with trauma
and child torture.
"It is incomprehensible that a mother would not only engage in this horrific treatment of her child but also fail to intervene to protect her from abuse from a man she just met," said Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan.
It is incomprehensible that a mother would not only engage in this horrific treatment of her child but also fail to intervene to protect her from abuse from a man she just met
Deb Ryan, Chester County District Attorney
"She participated in a systemic abuse pattern that violated her duty of care and subjected her to unimaginable acts of cruelty.
"Her failure to render aid to her child is despicable.
"We are grateful to the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department and
the Chester County Detectives for their tireless efforts in this investigation. We
will get justice for this child."
According to prosecutors, in the early hours of November 23, 2020, Westtown-East Goshen police
responded to a 911 call of an unconscious 9-year old child at a Westtown Township home. The child's mother, Julianne Lewis, reported that while she was driving for Lyft in Northeast Philadelphia, she received a text from the codefendant,
her boyfriend, to come home immediately.
The child had been in the
defendant's care. When Lewis arrived home – which she claimed was in disarray,
indicating a struggle – she found her daughter unconscious, wet, and fully clothed
in the bathtub.
She claimed that she and the co-defendant pulled her from the
bathtub to perform CPR after Lewis called 911.
Police found the child unresponsive on the bathroom floor. When EMS removed
her clothes to perform life-saving measures, they found extensive bruising all over her body that appeared both old and new.
The child was taken to Nemours/A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE.
Doctors at DuPont said the victim child suffered a "near fatality," meaning she
suffered life-threatening injuries, including to her lungs.
Tests showed that she likely suffered brain damage because she was deprived of oxygen for a significant time, indicating strangulation or suffocation.
Doctors also reported injury to the ligaments along her spinal cord, consistent with imprisonment in a small space and the child contorting her body during an assault and/or after the loss of consciousness.
The child's body had bruising patterns consistent with objects found near the
bathroom, including a curtain rod, hanger, and other implements.
During the investigation, police learned that she and the co-defendant had been
dating for about two months.
The co-defendant told Lewis that the child needed disciplining, so whenever the child acted out or didn't listen over minor complaints, like whether she brushed her teeth or did her homework, Lewis allowed and watched the co-defendant hit her with a curtain rod or a baton used to open and close window blinds.
Additionally, they forced the child to walk up and down the stairs with her arms outstretched for hours at a time, the
defendant's punishment of choice for her daughter.
They also locked her in the closet for extended periods, made her kneel on a pile of hangers, and made her sleep on a concrete floor in the basement on numerous occasions.
Investigators learned that co-defendant Moscharis forcefully grabbed the child by
her shoulders and covered her mouth with his hand while verbally berating her.
These assaults took place over approximately two weeks in Lewis's presence, but she did nothing to help her.
On November 22, 2020, the victim was forced into a two-foot by three-foot closet for more than 15 hours with clothes dumped on her and without access to food, water, or a bathroom.
During that time, the defendant went to work, returned home, and then left again with the co-defendant to purchase marijuana.
When they returned home, they got high and fell asleep while the child remained in the closet.
The defendant made no effort to release her daughter, check on her, or
render aid.
Later, when the defendant was at work again, she was contacted by the co-defendant about the child's unresponsive condition.
Neither called 911 for help
despite knowing the child had difficulty breathing for at least 45 minutes.
When the defendant arrived home and finally called 911, the co-defendant told her to lie to the police and state that the child's biological father injured the child.
The defendant was arrested on November 27, 2020, and arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Grover Koon. Her co-defendant, Moscharis, was
arrested on November 23, 2020. Both defendants were remanded to Chester
County Prison without bail.
Anyone with information is urged to call Chester County Detectives at 610-344-
6866 or Westtown-East Goshen Detective Russel Weaverling at 610-692-9600.


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Arosa Gay Ski Week – Europe's favourite Ski Pride Festival will takes place from 6th to 13th January 2013.
It's a lively, colourful week, supported by Arosa and Swiss tourist offices.
The new concept for Arosa Gay Ski Week introduced last winter proved to be a resounding success: all events took place at different locations throughout Arosa, in the new Kursaal, in the Waterworld in Hotel Altein and in various ski hut restaurants and hotels. Just as successful was the date, the beginning of January, with the very best snow conditions (last winter even a record snow depth of 2.50 m) and lots of sunny days.
The organisers were able to welcome yet again almost 400 participants from over 30 different countries and, justifiably, speak about Europe's favourite winter pride festival!
This year too, the sun loungers at the Tschuggenhütte and throughout the Arosa skiing area are ready and waiting for the 9th successive year for this unique gay/lesbian event! The organisers' many years of experience and the excellent feedback from participants are reflected in the programme: welcome cocktail party with Josey Greenwell Live on Stage (gay superstar country singer from the USA), singles' dinners for anyone who hasn't already hooked up with someone at the welcome party, daily après ski with DJs, lots of special dinners and late, late lounges – so many possibilities and so little time! Fortunately on holiday you can turn nights into days without a guilty conscience, otherwise you might miss, the "Splash Pool Party" or the "White Snow Ball". Highlights again this year, however, will be the classic concert in the Dorfkirche (church) with Michel Dalberto (F) and Boris Radulovic (S), fondue fun at the Tschuggenhütte with night-time sledging and the already, world-wide, infamous Drag Queen Race.
No-one is born on skis or a snowboard, so the experienced ABC Snow Sport School team will be on hand for participants. Just the breathtakingly beautiful, winter landscape in Arosa should be enough to convince the most resigned couch potato to chance one downhill run. But experienced skiers and snowboarders will not be bored: they can enjoy the more challenging slopes and even book a ski trip to St. Moritz by helicopter! Non-skiers are also not left out: the Tschuggenhütte, complete with free sun loungers, can also be reached easily and pleasantly on foot!
Just like after a long day at the beach or on the sea, a day in the mountains (don't forget the suncream!) can be quite ex-hausting so it is perfect that Arosa, with accommodation to satisfy all requirements, awaits. A room in one of the eleven participating hotels is recommended for three reasons: the hotels are not only fully prepared for the (in the meantime very international) special guests, accommodation booked over the www.gayskiweek.ch website is available at special rates and by booking a hotel package the "Eventpass Gold" is also included which entitles the bearer to free entry to all events and a twenty percent discount on ski hire in Bananas Ski-‐ and Snowboardcenter Arosa.
LOCATION – HOW DO I GET TO AROSA? Arosa is at the end of the Schanfigg valley, in Canton Graubünden, in eastern Switzerland between Davos and St. Moritz.


For the sides involved in the fifth round of the FA Cup, they find themselves just 180 minutes of football away from a day out at Wembley and 270 minutes away from a place in club football's oldest competition.
As such, you wouldn't have thought motivation – for players or managers – would be hard to find, but for some the FA Cup remains a distraction; a burden upon those with bigger fish to fry.
So there's no surprise to see the likes of Lincoln or Sutton, or any of the eight non-Premier League teams, in the last 16, and that is a trend that is likely to continue into the future until the Football Association make this great trophy worth winning again.
The hosts here are ten points clear of the relegation zone in the English top flight, and as such can plough plenty of resources into a lengthy cup run. It would be nothing less than Sean Dyche's side deserve.
For Lincoln, wow what a story. The National League table-toppers have had a belting six months or so, and they will surely return to the Football League come the end of the campaign.
The Imps will give this game both barrels but there is something simply irresistible about Burnley at home, whose W9 D2 L3 run at Turf Moor has all but secured their Premier League future.
Relinquished of the pressure of league duty, expect the Clarets to shine against plucky Lincoln.
Ordinarily, this would have the feeling of a real cup humdinger, but we suspect neither manager will take it all that seriously.
Pep Guardiola has a Champions League date with Monaco to prepare for, and as usual his key stars are likely to be rested here.
As for Huddersfield and David Wagner, they are preparing to launch an assault on the top two in the Championship and thus promotion to the Promised Land. He too will be reticent to go full ball in this one.
So two sets of second-string players going at it….the game will surely lack tempo and rhythm as a result.
Of all the fifth-round ties, it is perhaps this one that has 'potential upset' written large over it.
No team has scored fewer Premier League goals than Middlesbrough this season, and be under no illusions they are bang in trouble in terms of survival. Aitor Karanka's pragmatic style is a necessary evil given his lack of resources, but in front of their own fans – in a match they are 1/2 favourites for – the pressure will be kicking in big style.
Oxford have nothing to lose in the grand tradition of these David vs Goliath encounters, and they aren't a bad side at all: they have won four of their last six League One outings and their away form reads W4 D1 L1. The Boro are in for a hell of an afternoon.
So far in their FA Cup sojourn Antonio Conte has decided to field a second-string Chelsea side, with young players join forces with the creaky old bones of John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic.
That's fine – the Blues have some outstanding fringe players at their disposal – but against a Wolves side for whom this is their cup final a lack of presence on the pitch could be a problem.
Like a number of these fifth-round ties, we're expecting the favourite to get home; but only just.
Will Mauricio Pochettino make the same mistake here as he did against Wycombe in the fourth round? There, he fielded a second-string side and was nearly made to pay by the Chairboys.
You suspect he will field a stronger eleven against their London rivals on Sunday, but he will still be without Jan Vertonghen and Danny Rose at the back.
Fulham have gone a bit off the boil of late, but they've still got a goal or two in them; a brace of 3-2 wins in their last pair of Championship sides is confirmation of that.
Could this be the mother of all cup upsets. Sutton United, in front of a vociferous Gander Green Lane support, on a plastic pitch on a cold Monday night in front of the TV cameras. The script is almost written.
You certainly wouldn't expect the Gunners, with their midweek Champions League date in Munich, to be at their best – particularly on this 3G surface, and so there is every chance that Sutton could get amongst them.
We're not expecting the hosts to win of course, but we suspect they won't lose by any more than two goals.


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Wales Air Ambulance is the official air ambulance service for Wales. We're on standby every single day of the year, ready to help anyone in Wales during their most difficult hour. The charity also runs the Children's Wales Air Ambulance, a specialist division for our youngest patients.
We've recently received enquiries from members of the public about a charity called the 'County Air Ambulance' from England, which has been fundraising in Wales.
This is a registered charity based in Walsall, which also uses the name 'HELP (Helicopter Emergency Landing Pads) Appeal'. The 'County Air Ambulance' does not own or operate any air ambulance helicopters. They fundraise for helicopter landing sites.
We want to clarify to all our supporters that Wales Air Ambulance is in no way connected to this charity. Some of their marketing materials include images of helicopters. These are not our helicopters, our operation here in Wales does not work with the 'County Air Ambulance' and we receive no funding from them. We have never worked with this charity on the establishment or build of helicopter landing sites in Wales.
All our materials are bilingual and clearly branded Wales Air Ambulance in red and green.
We're proud to be the only air ambulance charity based in and dedicated to Wales. Our helicopters in Caernarfon, Welshpool, Llanelli and Cardiff have responded to more than 28,000 missions since we launched on St David's Day 2001. As healthcare is devolved from England, we work closely with NHS Wales to treat and transfer patients.
Wales Air Ambulance occasionally canvasses to promote our Lifesaving Lottery. Our teams always wear Wales Air Ambulance-branded red jackets and carry ID. They are highly trained and follow a strict, ethical code of conduct. Our registered charity number is 1083645.
If you have any questions or concerns, please call us on 0300 0152 999 or email [email protected].
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Flintshire golf club raises money for Wales Air Ambulance
A Flintshire Golf Club has raised money for Wales Air Ambulance during 2019.
Wales Air Ambulance launches 24/7 appeal
The Wales Air Ambulance (WAA) Charity has today (13 January) officially launched its campaign to fund a 24-hour helicopter operation.
OBE for Wales Air Ambulance Charity CEO
The Chief Executive of the Wales Air Ambulance (WAA) Charity, Angela Hughes, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's New Years Honours List.
Christmas Day with the Wales Air Ambulance crews
It's the one day of the year where many people are away from work, spending time with their loved ones at home. But for the emergency services, Christmas Day is just like any other day.
House of Lords Accolade for Wales Air Ambulance Partnerships
The unique partnerships that the Wales Air Ambulance Charity has developed to create a world-leading medical service have been recognised by the UK's thought leaders for collaborative working.
Former Mayor and Mayoress of Wrexham raise £9,000 for WAA
The former Mayor and Mayoress of Wrexham have donated £9,000 to Wales Air Ambulance after nominating the service as one of their dedicated charitable causes.
Snowdon 24 team raise over £6k for Wales Air Ambulance
A team of ex-servicemen have raised over £6,000 for Wales Air Ambulance after a continuous 24-hour Snowdon challenge.

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Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe is the latest strongman to win China's …
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ZIMBABWE – Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean dictator, has been named the winner of this year's Confucius Prize, otherwise known as "China's Nobel Peace Prize."
Mugabe may not seem like the obvious choice for a peace prize, given his brutal, repressive 28-year rule of Zimbabwe that has been marked by torture and killing of political opponents and destruction of the local economy. But the Confucius Prize appears to be judged by different parameters than other peace prizes.
The Confucius Peace Prize Committee was established in 2010, the same year that the Nobel committee was preparing to award a peace prize to Chinese dissident Lui Xiaobo. Tan Changliu, its chairman at the time, expressed a wish to promote world peace from "an Eastern perspective."
"China is a great nation that has been influenced by the Confucian concept of peace for a long time," he told CNN. "Europe is full of small countries that had fought each other for centuries… We don't want to see people who don't understand peace to ruin the concept."
The organizers are not connected to the Chinese government, and a year after it began, China's culture ministry attempted to shut the operation down. But the committee moved to Hong Kong and renamed itself the China International Peace Studies Center. That year it awarded Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, its peace prize.
Here are the past winners:
Lien Chan, former Taiwanese Kuomintang chairman, who met regularly with Chinese Communist Party leaders.
Vladimir Putin, Russian president. A statement from the organizer said: "His iron hand and toughness revealed in [Russia's 1999 war with Chechnya] impressed the Russians a lot, and he was regarded to be capable of bringing safety and stability to Russia."
Kofi Annan, former UN secretary general, for his "enormous contribution to the reform and revival of the United Nations."
Yuan Longping, agriculture professor, for his work on hybrid rice.
In 2012 the award money was also raised from 100,000 yuan ($15,000) to $1.5 million which, chairman Qiao Damo noted, is "also more than the $1.2 million that the EU, the recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, will receive."
Yi Cheng, former president of China's Buddhist Association.
Fidel Castro, former president of Cuba.


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First on our list is the famous Master of G which comes with a surprising number of features and elements for the true outdoor enthusiasts. The design is attractive with a symmetrical case and it has a better weight / footprint ratio than most other G-Shocks, meaning that it won't feel too heavy on your wrist.
This is one of the first G-Shocks to incorporate the now famous triple sensor (Altimeter, Thermometer, Barometer along with a Compass). With these sensors, you can take multiple readings that can help you on different outdoor expeditions or any activity that implies working in the natural environment. You can predict the weather thanks to the barometer, keep track of the heights with the altimeter, or simply guide yourself through unknown environments with the compass.
The G-Shock GW-9400-1CR scores big in most of the categories that I enumerated above. The watch is great for everyday use since it is comfortable and easy to configure, it is affordable, and it certainly is popular (More than 550 separate reviews on Amazon and many more purchases worldwide) and last but not least is made of high-quality materials. This is definitely a great G-Shock for the outdoors.
There is a lot more to tell about the watch so check out our in-depth review of the GW-9400-1CR Rangeman here.


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Post-Brexit £30,000 immigration salary threshold will be 'disastrous'
By Rob Moss on 28 Feb 2019 in Brexit, Right to work, Manufacturing, Labour market, Latest News, Skills shortages, Immigration, Migrant Workers
The government's proposed salary threshold for EU migrants will "decimate" the UK's manufacturing base, according to Make UK, which is urging the government to phase in any minimum earnings level.
According to the manufacturers' organisation, formerly known as EEF, 88% of employees working in skilled roles in manufacturing would not meet the salary threshold of £30,000, laid out in the government's immigration white paper.
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New analysis from Make UK highlighted that three-quarters of manufacturers employ EU nationals who predominantly fill skilled roles such as engineering technicians.
While the government has proposed to extend the definition of "skilled" to include these job roles in a post-Brexit system, Make UK said this will mean nothing if there is proposed minimum salary threshold of £30,000.
Tim Thomas, Make UK's director of employment and skills policy, said there are a number of proposals within the government's immigration white paper that risk "decimating" the manufacturing workforce.
"We need government to urgently reconsider plans to introduce a salary threshold – as a minimum to reduce the rate and offer a phased approach to any salary threshold introduction to allow businesses to adapt and train a different cohort of employees," he said. "As yet, the UK does not have the home-grown talent and expertise to fill what will soon become vacant job roles."
Thomas said that it was "essential" for government to abolish the resident labour market test for all job roles, not just those at graduate level and above, and to allow job-seekers who come to the UK through the temporary route to be allowed to switch to the skilled route if they meet the set criteria.
"Getting rid of the immigration skills charge for all non-UK nationals would send a signal to industry that government is in listening mode and not ignoring businesses calls for a simple, flexible skills and migration system."
The new immigration rules would also mean that EU jobseekers looking to fill lower-skilled roles in manufacturing such as machine operators would only permitted to come into the UK to work for a maximum of 12 months with a 12-month cooling off period.
In London and the South East, Make UK found that 71% of employees would not meet the threshold, increasing to 90% in the North East and 94% in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Other manufacturing roles such as robot operators, toolmakers and maintenance technicians would also be significantly affected by the threshold. Many job roles "almost at graduate level" such as design draftspersons would also fail to meet the threshold.
Thomas added: "We urge the government to take on board real evidence like ours and stops proposing damaging policies that will have significant impacts on the UK economy."
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What UK companies need to start doing is invest in UK people and also retrain their staff. Companies in the UK rely on cheap labour from abroad to drive down UK wages.
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Q: Is conjugate of holomorphic function holomorphic? If $f(z)$ is holomorphic, does it follow that $g(z)=\overline{f(z)}$ is holomorphic?
I'm looking at $$\lim_{z\rightarrow a}\dfrac{g(z)-g(a)}{z-a} = \lim_{z\rightarrow a}\dfrac{\overline{f(z)-f(a)}}{z-a}$$
Can we pull the limit out to get $\overline{\lim_{z\rightarrow a}\dfrac{f(z)-f(a)}{z-a}}$?

A: If $f(z)=u(x,y)+iv(x,y)$ then $\overline{f(z)}=u(x,y)-iv(x,y)$. The Cauchy-Riemann equations imply $v=\operatorname{const}$. Hence $u(x,y)=\operatorname{const}$

A: No. When you took the conjugation out, it forces you to conjugate $z-a$ in the denominator.
An easy (and canonical) way to see that the conjugate of a holomorphic function is not holomorphic is to consider $z\mapsto \overline z$. This is easily confirmed by looking at the Cauchy-Riemann equations.

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Lightless Digital continues to put out some more Finnish d&b/jungle mastery. It's time for Mineral to step up with his bangin' four-tracker. "Mineral EP" consists of four tracks that will make d&b lovers dance and head-nod like there's no tomorrow! Check out the soundclips below, and get the tunes at Juno, Digital Tunes, iTunes as well as all other good stores.
"Twisted Dream" explores the deep roots of break-oriented d&b with a proper heavy, in-your-face approach, getting all wicked with amens and apaches – Source Direct fans will go crazy for this oldschoolish tune…it's hard to believe this one's not from 1997!
"Mercury" is an eerie track that clearly pays homage to the Platinum-Breakz-era jungle, making you both shiver and brock out with its deadly basslines, tight drums & spooky pads. Not for the faint-hearted!
"Searching for the Daylight" represents the softer and deeper side of Mineral's production with more subtle and melancholic melodies. This one's a groovy stepper!
Finally, the classic Mineral track "Other Life" (released on In Da Jungle) gets the fresh revamp treatment it deserves from another talented Finnish junglehead, Trisector, who remixed the track to the proverbial next level – this is a serious dancefloor-smasher to all you neuro addicts out there.
This is a must release for all deeper dnb fans. Crank up the bass, put your dancing sneakers on and enjoy another Lightless release that won't disappoint.
The Mineral EP for Lightless Digital will be released on 25th July, so we're getting very close!
It is already available to listen & preorder the EP at itunes.


The Fellowship of St. Alban will be sharing our Holy Week liturgies with Saint Kateri, which is the norm for every Ordinariate Catholic community that is a guest located in a larger parish.
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday Ordinariate Mass on April 14th at 11:30 am at St. Cecilia.
On Tues. April 16th the Diocese of Rochester will have the Chrism Mass at the Sacred Heart Cathedral at 7:00 pm.
On Wed. April 17th St. Alban's will have a 7 p.m. Tenebrae prayer service at St. Cecilia.
On Thurs. April 18th we join with St. Kateri parish to enter the three-day journey of the Sacred Triduum beginning with Holy Thursday at St. Margaret Mary Church at 7:00 pm, Good Friday at 3:00 pm at St. Margaret Mary, and the Great Easter Vigil on Sat. at 7:30 pm at St. Margaret Mary.
On Easter Sunday, St. Alban's will celebrate with Easter joy our 11:30 am Ordinariate Mass, followed by parish fellowship.
Spiritual Reflection for Holy Week from Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman's "Behold the Man"
"I see the figure of a man, whether young or old I cannot tell. He may be fifty, or he may be thirty. Sometimes he looks one, sometimes the other. There is something inexpressible about his face that I cannot solve. Perhaps, as he bears all burdens, he bears that of old age too. But so it is; his face is at once most venerable, yet most childlike, most calm, most sweet, most modest, beaming with sanctity and with loving kindness. His eyes rivet me and move my heart. His breath is all fragrant and transports me out of myself. Oh, I will look upon that face forever and will not cease.
"And I see suddenly someone come to him and raise his hand and sharply strike him on that heavenly face. It is a hard hand, the hand of a rude man, and perhaps has iron upon it. It could not be so sudden as to take by surprise him who knows all things past and future, and he shows no sign of resentment, remaining calm and grave as before; but the expression of his face is marred; a great welt arises, and in a short time that all-gracious face is hidden from me by the effects of this indignity, as if a cloud came over it.
"A hand was lifted up against the face of Christ. Whose hand was that? My conscience tells me: 'You are the man.' I trust it is not so with me now. But, O my soul, contemplate the awful fact. Fancy Christ before you, and fancy yourself lifting up your hand and striking him! You will say, 'It is impossible: I could not do so.' Yes, you have done so. When you sinned willfully, then you have done so. He is beyond pain now: still you have struck him, and had it been in the days of his flesh, he would have felt pain. Turn back in memory, and recollect the time, the day, the hour, when by willful mortal sin, by scoffing at sacred things, or by profaneness, or by hard hatred of your brother, or by acts of impurity, or by deliberate rejection of God's voice, or in any other devilish way known to you, you have struck the All-Holy One.
"O injured Lord, what can I say? I am very guilty concerning you, my brother; and I shall sink in sullen despair if you do not raise me. I cannot look on you; I shrink from you; I throw my arms round my face; I crouch to the earth. Satan will pull me down if you do not take pity. It is terrible to turn to you; but oh, turn me, and so shall I be turned. It is a purgatory to endure the sight of you, the sight of myself – I most vile, you most holy. Yet make me look once more on you whom I have so incomprehensibly affronted, for your countenance is my only life, my only hope and health lies in looking on you whom I have pierced. So I put myself before you; I look on you again; I endure the pain in order to receive the purification.


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By Baritenor on December 07, 2009 at 11:16 AM
I'm sure I do not need to tell the mostly New-York based readers of parterre this, but Turandot is an opera that can really be turned into a pageant. Not that that's a bad thing. It is, after all a fairy tale, and so when directors attempt to delve deep into the psychology of Puccini's icy Princess and her unnamed-for-two-and-a-half-acts Prince, they tend to come up short on actual ideas and long on self-indulgent concepts grafted onto the work. (David Pountney's production from Vienna, also available on DVD, is a clear-cut example of this problem.)
Turandot appears to be an opera that doesn't stand up well to directorial fiddling, and most staging seem to leave the drama in the music and surround the cast with as many dancers, supernumeraries and choristers in funny hats as possible. So it is gratifying to finally have a production on DVD that inserts clear, striking ideas into the staging while remaining grounded in Puccini's score. Led by a first-time director with clear ideas and a veteran conductor, this Turandot
should be a watershed. Unfortunately, an uneven cast gets in the way of a total success.
First, the good news: This production from the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, is helmed by Chinese film director Chen Kaige, most famous, as the DVD case and a dull making-of documentary bonus feature are quick to remind us, for Farewell My Concubine, a drama about the lives of apprentice singers in a Peking opera troupe. This Turandot was his first opera production, and he equates himself mostly successfully. Kaige's staging is practically minimalist compared to the opulent Tornados we are used to.
A unit set, designed by Liu King, designed to resemble a traditional Chinese Opera House, serves the entire opera, and instead of a stage bustling with supernumeraries and over-active choristers, Kaige keeps his central playing area mostly clear for the principles. Chen Tong Xun's gorgeous costumes provide enough eye candy that those of us used to opulence do not feel cheated, but Kaige's refreshing production reminds us that Turandot boils down to a love story, and keeps the focus on Calaf, Turandot and Líu throughout.
That being said, Kaige's staging takes some time to take some time to get going. His Achilles heel is that he never quite appears to know what to do with the chorus, and the chorus-heavy act one sees them moving aimlessly around. The appearance of Pu-Tin-Pao, a fey-looking dancer instead of the usual muscle-bound super, is risible, and Turandot's big entrance is totally undercut by having her appear too early.
But once Act II begins, the scene with Ping, Pang and Pong (played more sympathetically than usual) providing a surprising amount of laughs, and a moment of reflective sweetness at the "Honan" trio, strikingly performed while the trio swing back and forth on swings that descend from the flies. After that, the performance gets off the ground, and imaginative touches abound. The Emperor, here both blind and a drunk, seems barely interested in the goings-on.
Turandot is dressed predominantly in a simple red dress, emerging in the usual sparkly gown and crazy headgear only for the highly ceremonial riddle scene. Much is made of Liù's plight, and when she kills herself (by strangling herself with a sash) it is with a despairing look at Calaf. The Princess is visibly horrified by Liù's death, and it is clearly that more so than Calaf's kiss, which lasts all of three seconds, which leads to her change of heart.
The musical forces at the Palau don't let their side down, either. Led by Zubin Mehta, the Orquestra de la Comunital Valenciana plays thrillingly (the horns are especially good) and the chorus work is generally strong. Mehta's tempi are on the slow side throughout, but the tension never lags and he drags out a great deal of detail from the score's resources.
So what goes wrong? Apart from a heartfelt, exquisitely sung Liù from Greek soprano Alexia Voulgaridou (a singer to watch), and a Ping (Fabio Previati) who launches the "Ho una casa nell'Honan" trio about as beautifully as I've ever heard, the cast is uniformly on the dull side.
Marco Berti, as Calaf, is one of those generic dramatic Italian tenors who can be relied upon to give a sturdy performance with solid high notes and no great musicality or dramatic insight. He does exactly that here, a respectable if unremarkable performance. (Strangely, no attempt whatsoever is made to make him look Asian.) Alexander Tsymbalyuk is a booming Timur, but fails to make any sort of impression in an admittedly thankless role. The two tenors in the P-ng trio (Vincenc Esteve and Roger Padullés) support Previati well but tend to have less than attractive tones. Ventseslav Anastasov's Mandarin is coarse and gruff, and Javier Agulló's Altoum sweet-voiced but unsteady.
The worst offender, and the performance's main demerit, is unsurprisingly the Turandot of Maria Guleghina. She is in better shape than she was on the recent Met simulcast, but it's still very uneven. The end of "In questa reggia" is not pretty, as Guleghina repeatedly turns squally on the crucial high notes. She has good dramatic ideas for the character, but frankly, she is just not pleasant to listen to. Let me put it this way…when I finally get a chance this January to see Franco Zefferelli's Turandot, in the theater, I'm glad I will be seeing Lise Lindstrom.
It's unfortunate that the Palau wasn't able to gather a more impressive cast for their first DVD release. Otherwise this DVD would be ideal. But opera, especially Puccini, is about the singing, and you can't have a Turandot without a Turandot.
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For the past twenty years, we have been witnessing an unprecedented architectural effervescence in China. A very strange trend is developing throughout the country: replica architecture. The idea is to reproduce more or less exactly the iconic buildings of the world, most often European sights. Given that most of the Chinese outflow of Chinese tourists are driven to other Asian countries, it could be said that architects are trying to bring some of the memorable sights in the country so that people do not have to make long haul flights across the globe. Tourism-Review presents the top 7 replicas of famous architectural sites in China.
Little Paris – Tianducheng
In the outskirts of Hangzhou, in Zhejiang Province, a replica of Parisian neighborhoods was built in 2007. The inhabitants live in the middle of the Haussmannian boulevards overlooking the Eiffel Tower and the Champs Elysees. The residential complex covers 30 km2 and houses tens of thousands of residents. Several years ago, it was labelled as a ghost town by many considering the few inhabitants (2,000 in 2013), but the situation has developed ever since. Moreover, a metro station is under construction for the system and is expected to start operating in 2021.
Tower Bridge – Suzhou
Built-in 2012 in the Xiangcheng District, right in the middle of the new neighborhoods that now form the old water city of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, the identical replica of London's Tower Bridge seems lost in the middle of a typical Chinese urban setting. The Chinese copy also isn't exactly a copy and has an upgrade over the original version in the British capital. While the London version has a classic two-way road, Suzhou's version boasts with a 4-lane highway. The Chinese bridge also has four towers, twice the number of the original. Each tower is 40 meters high and there is an elevator which takes the visitors to the top.
Hallstatt - Huizhou
This pretty little Austrian village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was honored with an identical replica of all its buildings and street layout, including the church, in the subtropical province of Guangdong. The Austrians were not particularly enthusiastic about this project, except for the mayor of the village Alexander Scheutz, who even travelled to the opening ceremony of the replica in 2012. It turned out that the mayor had a legitimate point to be more positive about the project, as the Chinese tourists were amazed about the copy and later on expressed their willingness to visit the Austrian original. Thus, with a little bit of exaggeration, it can be said that the Chinese gave Hallstatt a sort of free promotional campaign.
Florentia Village – Tianjin
This village in the Hebei Province has been designed in an entirely Italian fashion, with a little bit of Tuscany here and a little bit of Venice there. Here, one can find Italian luxury shops like Gucci, Prada, Fendi, Armani, and others. The inspiration of the construction is a 16th-century Italian town which offers its visitors a close copy to what they would experience on the Apennine Peninsula. To make things even more authentic, there are also gondolas flowing in the canals alongside the reconstructed classic buildings.
Thames Town – Shanghai
What is more charming than a British city with its brick buildings and pubs? 30 kilometers from Shanghai, a residential area includes Victorian facades, red telephone boxes, and "corner shops". The town is named after the famous British river Thames and the architecture is inspired by the classic British market town styles. It was completed in 2006 and occupies an area of 1 square kilometer, designed for a population of 10,000. Many have labelled it as a ghost town, with only several permanent residents and most people buying the properties only as their "second homes".
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Sesbania tetraptera Hochst. ex Baker
subsp. tetraptera
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Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. and Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Pages 247 - 248.
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 169. as Sesbania tetraptera
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 335. (Includes a picture).
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 51.
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 72.
Other sources of information about Sesbania tetraptera subsp. tetraptera:
Flora of Botswana: Sesbania tetraptera subsp. tetraptera
Flora of Malawi: Sesbania tetraptera subsp. tetraptera
Flora of Mozambique: Sesbania tetraptera subsp. tetraptera
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sesbania tetraptera
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sesbania tetraptera
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Flora Zambesiaca web site: Sesbania tetraptera
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sesbania tetraptera
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sesbania tetraptera
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Tropicos: Sesbania tetraptera
Wikipedia: Sesbania tetraptera
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2021). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Sesbania tetraptera subsp. tetraptera.


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Arizona is obviously not known for being a particularly wet state. We don't get a whole lot of snow that can melt rapidly and lead to flooding. So why worry about water collecting in the lowest levels of our home? Well, because we willingly bring water into our homes through our plumbing systems, right? And we do get some rain. And, frankly, you just never know when something is going to go wrong. A dry climate doesn't mean that you should leave your home vulnerable.
That is why we strongly recommend the installation of a sump pump in Maricopa, AZ. With a sump pump, you can protect your home from the problems caused by water damage, which can extend well beyond the actual water damage itself! The best part is that you don't even have to think about it. But we're getting a little ahead of ourselves. So let's dive in, take a closer look at sump pumps, and get your home protected.
A sump pump is actually a pretty simple device. A sump pump is excavated at the lowest point in your home, where water is naturally going to head when it enters the property. Water collects there and, when it reaches a certain point, the sump pump activates.
Once the sump pump activates, it will start pumping water out of the sump pit. It continues to do so until the water falls below that designated level once more. The water is pumped out of the house through a drainage pipe or tube, and is diverted away from the residence.
The way the sump pump activates is with a float switch. That means that, as the water rises, the switch rises. In other words, well—it floats! Then, when the water level falls, the float falls. When it falls far enough, the pump shuts off.
A sump pump may function simply in theory, but the installation of a sump pump really is not that simple. Sure, anyone can drop a pump into a pit. Consider this, though. That pit may not be present. You don't want to go busting into your foundation on your own, right? And what about the type of sump pump you'll use?
The different types do the same thing, but they are situated in different ways. Pedestal pumps sit above the water level on a pedestal. That makes them noisier, but also easier to access for service. Submersible pumps are typically preferred, as they are quieter and the water itself helps to cool them. However, they require bigger pits.
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Q: How to secure samba file server to access from windows 7? I tried setting up the samba server with multiple configurations but i could not success on setting up a secure samba server.I want to setup a common share folder for our project and obviously it need to be access controlled for 20 users.I tried setting this up by integrating access with ubuntu user accounts but whenever i try to access the folder by default the default company domain is coming up in windows 7 and i'm not able to remove the domain when the credentials are prompted.
If not unique credentials for 20 users at east i should be able to authenticate the access with one username and password. Given that the nature of project artifacts this cannot be disclosed to anyone who just type in my server IP.
I would really appreciate any help you can provide in this situation

A: Try this, in your policy editor:
Local Computer Policy->Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Security
Settings->Local Policies->Security Options

Find the policy:
Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (always)

If this is enabled, change it to Disabled. Be sure and restart your machine for the change to take effect! (Pressing the "Apply" button in the Policy Editor after the change is made is not sufficient...)
Once I did this, I was able to access my Samba share. Hope it helps.


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Q: jQuery check if one of the inputs with same class is not empty I'm having two elements with same classname and I am doing $(".text-input") to select all of them. In the on input callback,
$(".text-input").on("input", function (event) {
console.log(is any of those not empty?);
})

in of any one of these, I want to know if at least one of the input boxes are not empty. How do I do this?

A: You can check the content of all text-input elements in with the each() method. With not(this) you can exclude the currently typed into textbox.

$('.text-input').on('input change', function() {
    // check all elements with the 'text-input class', but exclude the one currrently typed into
    $('.text-input').not(this).each(function(){
    // if there is content in one of the others, then display a message in console
    if($(this).val().trim().length > 0) {
        // one of the inputs already has something in it
      console.log('Something is filled in another box');
    }
  });
});

<input type="text" class="text-input" />
<input type="text" class="text-input" />
<input type="text" class="text-input" />

A: Actually, you shoulld always .trim() the content before testing.
You don't want whitespaces to account for a valid input value:

$(".text-input").on("input", function() {
   const is_empty = !this.value.trim();
   if (is_empty) console.log("field is empty");
   $(this).toggleClass("is-empty", is_empty);
});
/* bool helpers */
.is-empty {
  outline: 2px solid red;
  outline-offset: -2px;
}
<input type="text" class="text-input">
<input type="text" class="text-input">

To answer your second question:

"I want to know if at least one of the input boxes are not empty. How do I do this?"

*

*Use Array.prototype.some()
    // Return true if at least one input has value
    const atLeastOneNotEmpty = (elements) => {
      return [...elements].some(el => el.value.trim());
    }

Example code

const $inp = $(".text-input");

const validateEmpty = () => {
  $inp.each((i, el) => {
     const is_empty = !el.value.trim();
     if (is_empty) console.log(`field ${el.name} is empty`);
     el.classList.toggle("is-empty", is_empty);
  });
};

// Return true if at least one input has value
const atLeastOneNotEmpty = (ELs) => [...ELs].some(el => el.value.trim());

$inp.on('input', validateEmpty);

$("#test").on("click", () => {
  console.log(atLeastOneNotEmpty(jQuery.makeArray($inp)))
});
/* bool helpers */
.is-empty {
  outline: 2px solid red;
  outline-offset: -2px;
}
<input type="text" class="text-input" name="a">

<input type="text" class="text-input" name="b" value="foo">

<input type="text" class="text-input" name="c">

<button id="test" type="button">TEST one has value</button>

A: One way is use filter() to create a collection of the ones that have values and then compare length of that collection to length of all the inputs

const $inputs = $('.text-input').on('input', function() {

  const $filled = $inputs.filter((_, el) => !!el.value.trim());

  console.clear();

  if ( $filled.length < $inputs.length ) {
    console.log('At least one is empty')
  } else {
    console.log('No empties')
  }

});

<input type="text" class="text-input" />
<input type="text" class="text-input" />
<input type="text" class="text-input" />

A: You can just check if the length of the value of each input is equal to 0. If it is then do whatever you want.
Here is the code.
$(".text-input").on("input", function (event) {
    if($(this).val().length == 0){
        console.log("is any of those not empty?");
    }
});


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In the current frenzy, depending on which side you are on, to either bring Hillary Clinton down or hold her up, the open government public policy implications of her email scandal ("Emailgate") are being ignored: how to prevent government officials from using private rather than government email systems for government business.
The Incentives for Secrecy
By using private rather than government email systems, Clinton and other high-level government officials seek enhanced control of public records concerning their job performance. This control prevents potentially embarrassing work emails from becoming public.
Such control can be attained either by using an independently hosted email server, such as Gmail or Outlook, or, as Clinton used, a self-hosted email server. Using an independently hosted email server is much more widespread because of its greater convenience and lower cost. But both types of server can be equally effective in selectively shielding work emails from public scrutiny.
Clinton's Emailgate scandal hasn't spurred open government reforms because such reforms aren't in either political party's interest. Incumbent officials regardless of party have a shared interest in preserving email practices that give them control of their records. Asking officials to make potentially controversial emails public elicits a response like asking them to run naked down Main Street.
The Current Framing of the Issue
The great irony of Clinton's Emailgate is that in seeking to hide information from American citizens she made the information more accessible to America's enemies. It is this secondary effect of Emailgate that Clinton's enemies have chosen to focus on. This narrow focus is smart politics for several reasons:
First, only a very small percentage of government officials have access to top secret information, so few are implicated in this framing, especially outside national security agencies. Most important, the target, Democratic presidential candidate Clinton, is well covered by this framing, so expanding it would merely create needless opponents.
Second, America's laws regarding secrecy are highly asymmetric: whereas the penalties regarding hiding information from the American public are weak and rarely enforced, the laws regarding hiding information from America's enemies are strong and often enforced. (As for me, I'd make the penalties symmetrical, which would entail a complete reconceptualization of America's open government policy.) In other words, whereas it is hard to imagine Clinton getting indicted for hiding information from the American public, it is relatively easy to imagine her getting indicted for not hiding information from America's enemies.
Alas, while smart politics, the current narrow framing won't significantly reduce, let alone eliminate, government officials' current incentives for Clintonesque email secrecy, which is the root problem that caused Emailgate.
To be sure, the open government as opposed to national security implications of Emailgate haven't been totally ignored. But even when they haven't been ignored, we have had another type of narrow politicized framing. The Republicans have been endorsing an open government double standard: one standard of email transparency for Clinton and another for other government officials. In contrast, the Democrats have been endorsing the current "don't ask; don't tell" status quo.
The Ubiquity of the Problem
Many high level government officials engage in Clintonesque email secrecy. "Using a private server… is a terrible practice," observes Thomas Blanton, director of the National Security Archive at George Washington University. "The problem is that everybody does it." Blanton can name dozens of Federal level officials who have engaged in such practices. Among them are dozens of White House officials in the previous Bush administration, former U.S. secretaries of state, and current U.S. cabinet officers.
Not to be ignored are government officials at the local level, where the problem is likely much worse. In my local public school system (Anne Arundel County, Maryland), which has a billion dollar budget and more than 10,000 employees, centralized backups of emails are deleted every 30 days (which places controversial emails out-of-reach of the public records law), employees have an implicit fiduciary duty to delete controversial emails from government (but not private) email systems in response to a public records request for them, and no credible independent enforcement agent — such as the FBI, U.S. State Department Inspector General, or U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee — exists with either the expertise or motive to investigate such deletions, including the transfer of government email to private email systems after a public records request has been made.
In the same county in Maryland, one chair of an election commission appointed by former Governor Martin O'Malley used four private email accounts and no government email account to conduct his official business. At the state level, the same governor, now running against Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, used private email for work purposes while governor. All this was legal. In response to my Baltimore Sun op-ed on this subject, legislation has been introduced in the current session of Maryland's General Assembly (HB0492 andSB0155) to at least partially address such abuses.
Congress and state legislatures should embrace a new enforcement paradigm — regardless of whether the law being violated concerns making government more open or secret. Enforcement currently centers on the email sender rather than recipient. But the key to effective enforcement is to improve the recipient's as well as the sender's incentives.
For example, it was easy for Clinton to hide her private email account from the public during her four years as an executive branch official and for several years afterward as long as her dozens of trusted correspondents, who received at least 27,000 emails from within the U.S. State Department alone according to Clinton's own estimates, had no incentive to enforce the law. Those correspondents should have been ethically and legally liable for receiving and replying to such emails over an extended period of time. They should also have been able to report the abuses to an independent enforcement agency with effective investigative powers and a credible commitment to protect their identities. If her correspondents had credible incentives to whistle blow, Clinton would have been deterred from the abuses that got her into trouble in the first place.
Among Clinton's email correspondents was President Obama, with whom at least 18 emails were exchanged via Clinton's private email account. Presidential email correspondence is exempt from public disclosure except for posterity long after a president has left office. But President Obama (and his trusted aides who presumably carefully filter his email) should have understood that it was improper for Clinton to violate his administration's own email policies by corresponding with him via a private email account.
Among the excuses used to justify Clinton's handling of classified emails is that they were sent to her. "It has never made sense to me that Secretary Clinton can be held responsible for email exchanges that originated with someone else," argued Senator Diane Feinstein after Clinton's latest batch of emails was publicly released. "The only reason to hold Secretary Clinton responsible for emails that didn't originate with her is for political points, and that's what we've seen over the past several months." I agree with the premise of Senator Feinstein's argument that senders and receivers should have different degrees of culpability. But there are two unmentioned corollaries to her argument. First, that those doing the sending, including to Clinton, should be held responsible; that is, if Clinton isn't at fault, then somebody else should be. Second, that those doing the receiving and not reporting the violations, including Clinton, should also be culpable, albeit to a lesser degree.
Much of law and ethics enforcement has relied on motivating witnesses and co-conspirators to whistle blow, partly by providing them with some immunity for doing so. It is long past time when this principle should have been applied to curb the abuses of powerful government officials at all levels of government who use private email systems to shield their official work from appropriate public scrutiny.
Source: The Open Government Public Policy Implications of Hillary Clinton's Emailgate, Medium, February 1, 2016
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Le Wei He ou rivière Wei (渭河) est une rivière du Shaanxi, en Chine, qui arrose notamment Baoji et Xi'an. C'est un affluent principal du fleuve Jaune.

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Long de 818 km et d'un bassin de  km², il prend sa source, dans le district de Weiyuan, dans le Gansu, traverse le Shaanxi avant de se jeter dans le fleuve Jaune à Fenglingdu, dans le district de Tongguan, dans la province du Shanxi.

Cette rivière a joué un rôle crucial pour Xi'an au cours des siècles, puisqu'elle a fourni à l'ancienne capitale à la fois une source d'eau potable et une défense naturelle, et ses alluvions ont créé la fertile plaine du Wei He. En outre, elle permettait de naviguer jusqu'à Chang'an (l'ancêtre de Xi'an) sous les dynasties Tang et Han.

En août et , après des intempéries historiques,  personnes furent déplacées, et  furent mobilisées en raison des risques de rupture du barrage de Weinan sur le Wei He.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Stopping the cycle of head lice
Many parents worry that their children will get head lice. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, that happens for six to 12 million children a year.
Stephanie Speers kids are part of that statistic.
"I went to braid [my daughter's] hair, and my stomach just dropped," Speers said. She saw lice and their eggs, known as nits. "I started checking [my sons'] hair, and I was like, okay so it's apparently a family affair."
Speers' daughter had lice once before when she was younger. She said over-the-counter treatments took weeks to get rid of the bugs and eggs. Patty Ziegler had a similar experience with her daughter.
"[Lice] are very contagious and will spread quickly," said Ziegler.
More and more now, professional grade treatments like Ziegler's are needed to get rid of lice.
"Most lice are super lice," explained Karen Sokoloff.
Sokoloff added, many over-the-counter treatments don't get the nits, and home remedies are ineffective. "What will happen is they'll comb out what's visible, and they'll leave in the tiny [nits]. They'll just miss it."
Many school districts have changed their policies within the last five years after recommendations from the AAP and CDC. The Madison Metropolitan School District is one of those.
"We're really trying to make more of a caring policy and a less exclusionary policy," said Sally Zirbel-Donisch, the health services coordinator at MMSD.
Zirbel-Donisch said students at MMSD are no longer routinely mass screened for lice because research showed that wasn't stopping the spread. Also, students do not have to go home immediately if head lice are found. At their parents' digression they can stay through the rest of the school day because typically children will have had lice for weeks prior to the discovery. They are sent home with instructions on how to remove lice and checked the next day.
However, a note is not sent home to all parents when a child has lice in the class, grade or school. "A lot of times those children are stigmatized and isolated, and children in the class know who those students are, and so we really want to protect a child's privacy," said Zirbel-Donisch.
Speers' kids go to school in Janesville. The district reports a nit reduction policy, meaning as long as no live bugs are found on a student, they can stay in class even if they have nits. The full Janesville district policy is available at the end of this article.
Speers said, she would appreciate a note going home to parents if someone else in her children's grade had lice. "I think it's really frustrating. I don't view contracting lice as anything different than the flu bug or a cold or something like that," she said. "I think that they should let parents know, so that they can be on the lookout, catch it early, not let the other kids just pass it… It spreads as fast as a virus."
While the stigma associated with lice prevents some districts from doing this, many health professionals say the stigma is not true.
"I hate the stigma. It's so backwards," said Ziegler. "It's those kids with the clean hair and the most friends [who get lice]."
Health professionals say the reason for this is because lice are usually spread in a social hair-to-hair contact situation, and the bugs typically only can attach to clean hair.
"People think that head lice is a sign of poor hygiene, but it's the opposite," said Sokoloff.
No matter your school or district policies, health professionals suggest stopping the spread of lice by taking matters into your own hands and preventing future cases.
"That openness, that willingness to say, hey we had a case of lice in our family. Texting, emailing, calling friends and saying, maybe take a look at your child and make sure," said Ziegler.
"The only way to stop the cycle is for everybody who hangs out together checked and treated," Sokoloff said.
That's something Speers said she was quick to take care of, notifying her son's daycare and parents of her other children's friends. After she and her three kids were treated at The Bright Side, they went home lice free.
Janesville School District Head Lice Policy
Live lice – These are live lice that have hatched from the eggs and can be seen in a person's
hair. They are capable of laying eggs and continuing the life cycle of lice.
Nits – These are the eggs that are found on hair shafts, can be hatched or unhatched. They are
cemented on the hair shaft and are hard to remove. Nits close to the scalp have not hatched. Nits
further away from the scalp (more than 1 inch) have already hatched.
Classroom – This is the specific room that a student with live lice or untreated nits were identified.
Grade level – This is the grade level (i.e. all third grade classrooms) where cases of live lice or
untreated nits were identified.
Unit – This is the two grade levels that share time together at recess/lunch (i.e. 4th and 5th grade, or 2nd
and 3rd grade).
At the beginning of each school year, schools will include the introductory letter on head lice in the
informational packet to parents. This introductory letter informs parents about the district actions
on head lice and actions parents can take to help manage head lice in the school.
Keep Alert! Be suspicious of students who repeatedly scratch their heads.
If a student is found to have live head lice, send the student home to be treated along with the letter.
If the student is found to have nits only, contact the parent/guardian. Do not send the student home.
Send the letter home with the student.
All other household members to the identified case, should be checked. Household members should be sent home for treatment if live lice are found. If
no live lice are found, the student may stay in school.
Up to three students that are in the same school as the case person, who may be considered a
suspect or close contact, should be checked for head lice. Students to consider include:
Frequent playmates.
Students who recently shared combs, brushes, hats, coats, gym towels and/or equipment,
helmets, dress up clothing, etc.
Students who share the same locker or cubbies. Students who are frequent "huggers".
At the elementary and secondary school level:
If no other close contacts are found to have live head lice, the follow up screening can stop.
If 2 or more close contact students are found to have live lice or nits, proceed to check the
students in the classroom(s) of the students found to have head lice.
If five or more students in the classroom(s) are found to have live head lice or nits,
immediately contact the school nurse for further direction.
Students sent home for treatment can return to school after completing treatment and changing into
clean clothes.
Upon returning to school, students will be checked for live lice. If no live lice are found, the
student can return to class. If live lice are found, the student will be sent home with the proper
letter.
Students with nits only and no live lice will be able to return to class. The school district supports a
reduced nit plan. Students with recurrent cases of head lice shall be encouraged to have the nits
The following actions are recommended to prevent the spread of head lice at school:
Store each student's hats, coats, jackets in separate lockers or cubbies.
Do not have dress-up clothes at school that different students can play with and wear without
being laundered between students.
Teach students not to share clothing, towels, hats, scarves, helmets, combs, hair clips, head
bands, or other personal grooming articles.
Store smocks, gym clothes, etc. in separate lockers or cubbies.
For longer hair, braid your child's hair or have it pulled back in a ponytail.
Source: https://wkow.com/news/top-stories/2019/02/25/special-report-stopping-the-cycle-of-head-lice/
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You are here: Home / Album Phil Collins / No Jacket Required / Separate Lives / Only You Know and I Know
Separate Lives / Only You Know and I Know
Separate Lives was a originally a song written by Stephen Bishop whom Phil Collins had been a friend of, Phil liked the song so much be asked if he could arrange and record a version for himself. Following on from the success Phil Collins had with Against All Odds Taylor Hackford approached Phil Collins again when Taylor was making/directing a film called White Nights.
The song a duet was performed by Marilyn Martin and Phil Collins, Phil would eventually perform the song live starting on the 1990 But Seriously tour with a female singer and it remained a live staple of Phil Collins's solo shows.
The single was released into the UK Charts on 23rd November 1985, reaching number 4 and remaining in the charts for 13 weeks.
Phil provided his version of Separate Lives with help from Arif Mardin and Hugh Padgham.
Separate Lives ( love theme from White Nights )
Only You Know and I Know
Released on Virgin Records (VS 818)
Separate lives Produced by Arif Mardin, Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham.
Only You Know and I Know Produced by Hugh Padgham and Phil Collins.
Note: Only You Know and I Know is wrongly attributed in the writing credits to Phil Collins – Hugh P/Daryl Stuermer when in fact it was just a co written song by Phil Collins and Daryl Stuermer.
Further notes: A music video was filmed for the song Separate Lives featuring Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin, the single front cover is a still taken and adapted (hence the split) from the music video.
■ 1985 / No Jacket Required / Last Updated March 21, 2013 by The-Archiver /
NEWERPress kit – Phil Collins – Marilyn Martin – Separate Lives – 25th November
OLDERPress sheet – PC – Atlantic Records – Five Top Five singles in 1985 – 18th November


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I'll offer my apologies right up front, because I'm sure I'm going to offend many of you. I have always disliked Black Friday and all that it stands for. What really bothers me is that, what has become more important that the holiday itself, spending time with family and friends, or the tradition of being thankful and showing gratitude for what we already have, has become the countdown to more mindless and gluttonous consumerism. We can fill up those carts at Wal-Mart, Toys"R"us and every other major department store faster than we can fill up our plates at Thanksgiving dinner.
Just makes me all warm and patriotic inside, you?
Black Friday, like every other marketing scheme, is really just that; a scheme, a ploy (and most of these items that you will risk your life for can be had at an earlier date or right after, I mean after all, these people are out to make a sale) It's a sad day when our insatiable appetites are filled by spending, and adding to our already obese supply of material possessions. These newly acquired possessions fill our holes only momentarily ~ then soon evaporate, needing a quick refill. In this article read how less can make you much happier than more.
I know many of you love it. You can't wait to get out there in the rush and excitement of the season - the hunter/gatherer syndrome. But it's really time to slow down, examine our lifestyles and the hows and whys of our buying into the material world madness. I just hope that before you run off at 4 or 5 pm on Thanksgiving Day to your nearest Wal-Mart, you might take a moment to rethink it. You might be saving a few dollars but you are feeding the beast and sacrificing the really important possessions, time, peace of mind, connecting with self, family or friends.
If I could wish anything for you, I wish you would slow down, find satisfaction and comfort with less things, and more satisfaction and joy by sharing your time with people you love, cooking together, telling stories, laughing, having a glass of wine and just being ~ just being. Together. No price tags.
Stress is one of the biggest factors when it comes to the state of our health. As I've said before, you can eat the healthiest diet, exercise regularly, but if your mind and body are being assaulted by stress, it is pretty much a guarantee that your health will be compromised.
In today's world with all of the gadgets, inventions and technology that we have, designed to make our lives easier, it sure can cause us to "lose it" when it isn't working properly. Like, for example, when your wifi goes down and you can't get online, or the garbage disposal backs up on Thanksgiving after the big meal, or heaven forbid, the cable TV goes down and the latest episode of House of Cards is about to start, and instead you spend hours on the phone with some customer service rep in another country.
But one of the things that can wreak havoc on our lives, and can be more than just a mere nuisance, is Spam. It can turn your life upside down. And while it seems many of us are getting rather Spam savvy, a lot of us are still confused and scared by what shows up in our inbox.
Spam is coming at us from all directions, our emails, on Craigslist, on home rental sites, just about everywhere. It seems that the Spammers can't really be monitored so the only solution I see is to educate ourselves.
So, first and foremost, when you get ANYTHING from institutions like your bank, the IRS, credit card company, or PayPal via email stating that they need account info from you, or any other Urgent message, disregard it. If you look closely at any of these emails, something will be off. Like their spelling. Or punctuation. If there is truly an account problem you will receive a phone call. And, if you think that possibly the email is valid, do not respond, but instead you should call whatever company is emailing you directly. And not to the number on the email, if there is one, but to the correct number that you have in your records or that you can locate legitimately.
I mean seriously, are you kidding me? I keep getting this email from, what they would like me to believe, is PayPal. I love the use of the word "here" in the body of this email. But many people won't even see that ~ and they will panic and respond immediately to the Update Your Info button.
So what I am asking all of you, is to look closely when you receive these types of things and share this information with others you know, especially older people who aren't quite as tech savvy and have a strong sense of "doing the right thing" ~ they are extremely vulnerable and the Spammers know it. Heaven knows, we don't need this kind of bulls*#t causing us any more stress in an already stressful world.


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Stack Overflow's 2018 Developer Survey reveals programmers are doing a mountain of overtime
by Matthew Hughes — in Design & Dev
Stack Overflow has released its annual developer survey. The document examines attitudes among developers with respect to the tools they use, the industry they work in, and most interestingly, how they got there. Each year, there's inevitably an interesting takeaway. While reading through this year's findings, I couldn't help but feel as though they illustrate how difficult a job programming is.
No, perhaps difficult is the wrong word. Software development in a highly-competitive industry, where elegance, speed, and creativity are highly valued. To stay on top of their game, many developers choose to work and study outside of the traditional working hours. For many developers, the traditional nine-to-five is an unattainable pipe dream.
Around half of all professional developers contribute to open source projects. Interestingly, it seems there's a correlation between language used, and willingness to contribute to open source. According to Stack Overflow, 70 percent of Rust, Julia and Clojure developers work on open source projects, while only 40 percent of VBA, VB.NET, and C# do so.
It's worth noting that this isn't necessarily done outside of the workplace. Some companies, often as a marketing and recruiting strategy, let their employees contribute to open source projects during working hours. This question could also be interpreted to encompass software used within the business, but has been released publicly under an open source license. Both of these scenarios seem increasingly likely if the codebase is written in a more obscure language.
The next question in the survey asks developers if they code as a hobby. This is a better indicator of the self-study they perform outside of working hours. 81 percent of all professional developers replied in the affirmative, with only 19 percent of professional developers limiting their coding to the working day.
You perhaps might expect the numbers of developers working on their own side-projects to dip as they get older, and responsibilities like parenting emerge. That, however, isn't the case. Stack Overflow reports a very modest increase in the number of those coding for fun who have parental or other caretaking responsibilities.
The survey results also note that those who exercise daily, or spend the most time outdoors, were also more inclined to write code for pleasure.
One question, which nearly 70,000 developers replied to, asked about the way they learn outside of the traditional schooling environment. While 86.7 percent said they learned a particular language or framework in their own time, only 35.1 percent said they received on-the-job training from their employers.
Roughly 30,000 developers reported attending a hackathon. That's a lot, but it's worth putting in a context. This is small-fry. Contrast that to the roughly 90,000 developers who replied to the question about coding as a hobby, and the nearly 100,000 who answered the question about open source software.
I want to make it clear, I think it's true that a sizable number of developers have side-projects for fun. They contribute to open source software purely because they derive enjoyment and a sense of satisfaction from it. They attend hackathons because they crave the thrill of building something from the ground-up over an unfathomably short amount of time.
In short, programming is fun.
I also want to acknowledge that the data published by Stack Overflow can be interpreted in different ways. What you've just read is mine. I'm pretty confident that a few people will vehemently disagree with this post, and will let me know in the comments.
Ultimately though, I feel this data is a wake-up call. It shows that we need to have a frank discussion with new programmers, and let them know what they're getting themselves in for. To be a good programmer is to continuously be learning and expanding. It's often the case that this can't be confined to the ordinary working hours.
And for those already in the midst of their development careers, it's perhaps worth asking if the extra work we're doing on the side is necessary and beneficial for us, both in terms of our mental health, and our relationships.
Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2018 on Stack Overflow
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CAMDEN — Author Bibi Gaston will speak at Camden Public Library, Friday, Feb. 15, at 3 p.m.
Her latest book, Gifford Pinchot and the First Foresters: The Untold Story of the Brave Men and Women Who Launched the American Conservation Movement tells the story of her great-granduncle Gifford Pinchot. Pinchot served as chief forester of the U.S. Forest Service from 1905 to 1909.
The letters, penned between the years 1937 and 1941 by the first class of American Forest Rangers to serve under President Theodore Roosevelt and first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot, offered a mirror to the America we once were, and an optimistic guidebook for the road ahead.
These narratives tell of extreme hardship, fearless struggle, confrontations with cattlemen, miners, loggers, and the challenges of turning confrontations into cooperation and gratitude. It wasn't an easy life by any means, but to these men and women, a life of service was the best life they could imagine, according to the Camden Public Library, in a news release. To a one, they were grateful for the chance to live a meaningful life in a time of struggle.
"We owe our country's natural beauty to the Old Timers," said Bibi Gaston, in the release.
Bibi Gaston's first book, The Loveliest Woman in America: A Tragic Actress, Her Lost Diaries and Her Granddaughter's Search for Home was published by William Morrow / Harper Collins in hardback in 2008 and by Harper Perennial in a paperback edition in 2009.
Copies of both of Gaston's books will be available for sale and signing.


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