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Keidel: Sorry, There's No Logical Explanation For Benching Manning For Smith
Giants Are Making Change For Sake Of Change -- And Disrespecting An All-Time Great In The Process November 29, 2017 at 12:12 pm
Filed Under:Ben McAdoo, Eli Manning, Jason Keidel, Local TV, New York Giants
By Jason Keidel
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Big Blue's eyesore of a season has just gotten historically ugly.
A 2-9 team can wave a white flag in myriad ways. Cut salary cap fat. Waive a few deadbeats. Start a rookie here. Bench a vet there.
You don't bench the man who made you relevant for the last 13 seasons, is chiefly responsible for half your Lombardi Trophies and has started 210 straight games, the second-longest streak in NFL history.
You don't spit in the face of your franchise.
Giants quarterback Eli Manning (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
But that's what coach Ben McAdoo just did. With his boss's blessing, it seems. Indeed, you can't sit a star of Eli Manning's timbre without running it up the totem pole first, presumably to general manager Jerry Reese and then to co-owner John Mara. Actually, McAdoo said as much during his surreal presser Tuesday, which was played, in full, during Mike Francesa's show. If you haven't listened, you should, not only for the Twilight Zone logic but also for Francesa's stellar, verbal takedown of the Giants.
It's bad enough that the Giants had saddled Manning with these woeful three months of football. But now they're benching him to see what Geno Smith can do under center. Geno Smith, who, while across the hall with the Jets, had perhaps the worst first quarter in NFL history during a game against the Buffalo Bills. Who was so beloved in the Jets' locker room he had his jaw shattered by a teammate's fist. Who was so good that the biblically QB-starved Jets couldn't wait to get rid of him.
MORE: Manning Benching Caps Year In Which Giants Did Most Everything Wrong
There's no regal way to say goodbye to an iconic player. The NFL is known for its hardscrabble life at the end of the line, for cutting players without warning, without notice and without payment. But some players deserve a red carpet to retirement, or at least out the door. And it had better be for a darn good reason.
When the Colts said goodbye to Manning's older brother, they had Andrew Luck in their back pocket. When the Packers gave Brett Favre his walking papers, they had Aaron Rodgers. But the Giants are benching Manning for Smith, whom we've seen in vivid and gory technicolor too many times already. If you think this might be about giving Davis Webb a shot, then why did McAdoo say that Manning was the backup for Sunday's game?
As Francesa astutely asserted, the only reason Reese has been GM all these years is because of the two Super Bowls that Eli delivered, as MVP of both games. The only reason McAdoo is head coach is because he's supposedly a wizard with offenses. Such a wizard he can't make it work with a future Hall of Fame quarterback.
Manning is certainly not having a great season. His 84.1 passer rating is barely ahead of Jay Cutler and Blake Bortles. His 14 touchdowns and seven interceptions are reasonable considering the dearth of decent talent around him. Manning can't run the ball, he can't block, and he can't make Odell Beckham Jr. and Brandon Marshall magically recover from injuries.
MORE: Report: Giants Placing Janoris Jenkins On Injured Reserve
The Giants are losing with Manning at quarterback, not because Manning is at quarterback. That's an essential distinction, yet one that is lost on the Giants' brass. Benching the best QB in franchise history, who has taken every sack, pad and punch delivered since 2004 without missing a game, is poor logic, bad karma and horrible PR.
Big Blue's bosses are saying that their incompetence is so profound, so virulent, that change for the sake of change is the only move they have left. There is nothing on paper, on the gridiron or in history to suggest this is the right move. But that's all the Giants have left, to stuff their roster in a symbolic blender and pour the variables onto a football field.
In that case, then the Giants have problems that transcend the quarterback. Eli Manning doesn't deserve this. And now it's clear the New York Giants don't deserve Eli Manning.
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"Plemenita laž" i njezina uloga u politici
Author(s): Henning Ottmann / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 03/2003
In his State Plato allowed his philosopher-kings the "noble lie", the "lie" that benefits the person lied to, akin to the "medical lie" used by a physician to his patient's benefit. This text, using Plato as its starting point, looks into the role of the "noble lies" in today's politics. It turns out that such lies occur in today's democratic societies. Also, the "noble lies" are held responsible for stifling democratic publics and the loss of political trust.
"Politička razlika" kao temeljni spoznajni izazov političke teorije (o pojmovnom razlikovanju politike i političkoga)
Author(s): Dragutin Lalovic / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 01/2012
The author clarifies the point of publishing a series of translations of some fundamental texts regarding the conception of politics/the political. The selection includes the following: "The Political Paradox" (1964/1957) by Paul Ricoeur; What is Politics? (1993) by Hannah Arendt; "An epilogue" (1968/1962) by Leo Strauss; and For a Conceptual History of the Political (2003) by Pierre Rosanvallon. In contemporary political theory, the conceptual differentiation between politics and the political is termed "Political Difference". The contribution to reflection on this conceptual pair in the political theories of Schmitt, Arendt and Lefort is briefly outlined. The problem matter is masterfully presented and critically valued in Oliver Marchart's book Post-Foundational Political Thought (2007). This paper summarizes and evaluates the sense of Marchart's theoretical investigation of "political difference" as a conceptual differentiation between the ontological moment and the ontic moment of new political ontology. The radically new concept of the political is a transcendental prerequisite for the possibility of existence of society, while politics is a social sub-system and a special type of activity. "Political difference" is, in fact, political-ontological difference; it constitutes a theoretical field which eludes both traditional political philosophy and political science. Marchart's principal theoretical insight is that, in political difference, the political appears in two meanings: as the ontological moment of original commencement and the way of establishing the social, and also as the way of relating two moments in their irrevocable difference, but also in their essential interdependence. The primacy of the political over politics (and the social in general) is thus manifest in the mediationally understood political, which discursively constitutes and maintains political difference between the ontologically understood political ("moment" of Being) and the ontically understood politics ("moment" of being). And this is precisely the conceptual determination of freedom.
"Polityka" w Medytacjach Marka Aureliusza
Author(s): Cheikh Mbacke Gueye / Language(s): English / Issue: 06/2013
Marcus Aurelius; Meditations; politics; ethics; leadership
"Poor Empire or a Second Rome"—Temptations of Imperial Discourse in Contemporary Russian Thinking
Author(s): Andrzej Nowak / Language(s): English / Issue: 3 (8)/2003
"Positive Discrimination" Policies for Inclusion of Europe's Largest Minority: Examples of Educational Policies for the Roma Minority in Europe
Author(s): Irena Baclija / Language(s): English / Issue: 05/2008
There are approximately ten million Roma in Europe, living in almost every country on the continent. Roma are also one of Europe's most vulnerable minorities. Research has shown that in practically every aspect of life, Roma are worse off than the average citizen. Roma have higher rates of infant mortality, lower life expectancy, lower per-capita income, and higher unemployment, all major indicators of social exclusion. The disadvantaged situation of Roma communities has been widely recognized at both the international and national levels (Open Society Institute, 2007), and a remarkably wide range of initiatives has been developed to address and improve their situation. Positive change, however, has been slow to manifest itself. The Roma are a more traditional community that is trapped in a socalled "dependency trap," whereby they become dependent on social transfers that push them even further into poverty and marginalisation. Some experts argue that the only way to break out of this trap is through education. According to the human capital theory, there is a positive correlation between individuals' education and the welfare of the state. Bevc (1991) argues that investments in education will pay off in the form of welfare and more sustainable societies. In Europe, education is primarily a competency of national governments. In many countries, much of the actual regulation of education is delegated to local authorities. Yet, as with most other aspects of public policy, international conventions and instruments, and intergovernmental organizations like the European Union contribute to the larger framework to which states adhere. There are several mechanisms that would better include Roma into national educational systems throughout the EU; one of them is the Roma teaching assistant program. Although well-recognized and widely implemented, this mechanism lacks a thorough international evaluation that would help support arguments for the program to become a standard practice. The aim of this paper is to elaborate on the Roma teaching assistant program in Slovenia. This paper is the first to present empirical research on Roma teaching assistants and although results of the research imply that this mechanism lacks in substance and that there is much room for improvement, a thorough evaluation will help guide future models.
"POWER AS INFLUENCE" OR "POWER AS CAPABILITIES"? THE EU'S POLITICAL DIVISION DURING THE IRAQ CRISIS OF 2001- 2003 INTO "OLD" VERSUS "NEW" ACCORDING TO
Author(s): Ioana Andreea Tiriteu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2006
The Iraq crisis of 2001-2003 was a controversial and challenging moment for the European diplomacy and not only. Intending to reflect on the events that tormented the European political landscape and led to the "divide et impera" scenario within the European Union, the following research paper will address – from Kenneth Waltz's structural realist perspective – the question regarding the insights of power that stimulated a de facto European political division in the Iraq crisis framework. The analysis will basically focus on the new American "postatlanticist" order and its effects on the EU's fragile Common Foreign and Security Policy.
"Power Players" within the System of Political Relations in the Post-Soviet Space (The Case of Transdniestria)
Author(s): Nicolai Tveatcov / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2010
The end of the twentieth century was marked by dramatic changes on the ge¬opolitical ground, which was generated, first of all, by the USSR collapse. Political confrontations that accompanied the process of USSR collapse cau¬sed in the early 90's violent conflicts at the periphery of the former Soviet em¬pire (in the Republic of Moldova, for example). The path pursued by the Re¬public of Moldova from 1992-2003 to settle its conflict was reduced to ne¬go¬tiations with the Transdniestrian separatist administration and to signing of a great number of documents with the participation of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Organization for Se¬curity and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). After some events (for example, refusal of signing the "Kozak Memorandum") the negotiation for¬mat was changed. Two new ne¬gotiator re¬presentatives of USA and European Union were involved in the process; they expres¬sed their own positions and interests, provided new visions. The Transdniestrian co¬nflict reached an international level and actually is has been dis¬cus¬sed within the Council of Europe, European Commission and other inter¬national bodies, which is significantly im¬portant in the po¬litics of conflict resolution.
"Present Dangers" Through The Looking Glass: Russian Neo-Conservatives' Designs For A (Retro)Empire In The "Near Abroad"
Author(s): Maria Peunova / Language(s): English / Issue: 02/2007
This paper will tackle the Russian New Right's thinking about the "Near Abroad". Renowned political comparativists compete in theorizing the Russian Right wing's ideas and ideologies, and arrive at novel definitions for "reactionaries", "conservatives", "nationalists", and "imperialists" as applied to the Russian right-wing intellectuals. In place of adding a new drop to an already sophisticated taxonomy of the Russian New Right, I will focus on the virgin lacuna within the Russian ideational space by bringing to light a plethora of intellectuals who, thus far, escaped categorization as belonging to the New Right but rather received scholarly attention within the framework of the tradition of Russian liberalism.
"Pro-life" in the Czech Republic – What Kind of Europeanization Is Present?
Author(s): Matthew Ch. Rees / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2013
This paper attempts to show what effects Europeanization has had on the pro-life movement in the Czech Republic. The first section of the text outlines a multifaceted concept of institutional theory based on historical institutionalist ideas. Next, it looks at one specific institutional process, Europeanization, informed by the work of Radaelli as well as della Porta's and Caiani's work on mobilization in the European Union. The following section defines the relevant actors in the Czech pro-life movement. Finally, the paper applies this concept of Europeanization of social movements to the Czech pro-life case. The paper concludes with observations that Europeanization of the Czech pro-life movement is uneven, manifesting itself among some actors, though not all, and in some areas of Europeanization. Charitable organizations as well as one highly visible activist group are highly associated with processes of Europeanization; on the other hand, in most cases, other activist groups in the pro-life movement in the Czech Republic are more highly influenced by more general trends in interest-group internationalization. These insights may pave the way for additional research on trends both of the European pro-life movement as a whole, as well as serving as a touchstone for improving such theoretical concepts as "Europeanization" vis-à-vis "globalization" or "European integration".
"QUO VADIS" UNITED EUROPE: AN E-FORTRESS IN BECOMING OR THE PROMISE LAND "ELDORADO"?
Author(s): Edina Lilla Mészaros / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2012
The Arab Spring had some serious consequences in terms of human mobility, Europe finding itself facing an extremely dynamic and uncertain emergency situation, crying out for a prompt response, putting under pressure the foundations and the components of the EU's migration policy asking for a clear reconsideration of its strategy on cross-border migration, mobility and security. Alerted by this unprecedented phenomenon and in addition by the terrorist and organised crime experiences of the previous years, the European elites came out with the EUROSUR and the Smart Borders Initiative. This research targets many problems, wondering if the European Union is erecting fences and building walls at its external frontiers, this being a clear return to the realist perceptions, or it's constructing bridges which connects cultures, heading towards inclusive practices. By analysing the viability of the EUROSUR proposal and of Smart Borders Initiative we wish to give a prognosis of the direction where the EU is heading in border security and immigration policy matters, envisaging the creation of an e-fortress Europe with invisible fences rather than a promise land, Eldorado.
"Republikanska monarhija" i ustavni inženjering s kraja stoljeća
Author(s): Arsen Bacic / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 01/1997
Contemporary constitutional and political debates have for quite some time toyed with the concept of republican monarchy as a model which is becoming the common denominator of both presidential and parliamentary as well as mixed systems. Namely, the contemporary democratic state, regardless of its constitutional structure underlying it, has been asserting one of its aspects by which presidential, parliamentary and hybrid regimes have been regaining the efficacy they forfeited in late 1930s. In that respect, elected monarchs, i.e. republican monarchies are characteristic for old as well as new democracies. In the text, the author gives the reasons for the emergence of republican monarchy, its forms, advantages, disadvantages, and offshoots. U suvremenim ustavnim i politološkim raspravama već je dugo prisutna ideja republikanske monarhije kao oblika koji postaje zajednički nazivnik, kako predsjedničkih tako i parlamentarnih, ali i mješovitih sustava. Naime, suvremena demokratska dr`ava, neovisno o ustavnoj strukturi koja je podupire, sve očiglednije afirmira jedan svoj dio kojim predsjednički, parlamentarni i hibridni re`imi sebi vraćaju efikasnost što su je izgubili potkraj tridesetih godina ovog stoljeća. U tom smislu izabrani monarh, odnosno republikanska monarhija karakterizira, kako stare tako i nove demokracije. U tekstu autor iznosi razloge pojave republikanske monarhije, njezine oblike, apologiju, kritiku i nadogradnju.
"RESTES EN EXIL". LA COMMUNAUTE ROUMAINE DE HONGRIE APRES LE TRAITE DE TRIANON
Author(s): Gabriel Moisa / Language(s): French / Issue: 3/2016
The considerations on the history of the Romanians in Hungary provide the image of a community almost assimilated today, with a population share that has been continuously decreasing after the Treaty of Trianon. In the '90s only the number of the Romanians in Hungary fell be 25% and the trend has continued even after 2000. The destiny of the Romanian community has always assumed a persistent struggle to preserve its investigate aspects of the history of this community were doomed to failure. The present research introduces us to some very interesting conclusions on the history of the Romanians in Hungary, and even offers a series of projections on its future, a future that several present leaders of the community do not see in very bright colours.
"Roba općenito" i globalizirajući moderni totalitarizmi
Author(s): Zorka Zovic-Svoboda / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 04/2010
The author reflects on Dag Strpić's book Karl Marx and the Political Economy of Modernity, in particular on the part in which Strpić laid out the scientific results of his research into the applicability of Marx's critique of political economy from the viewpoint of commodity production on the theoretical level of "capital in general". Furthermore, she draws attention to Strpić's discussion of the causes of appearance of various forms of globalizing modern totalitarianisms (political and corporate), which can also be recognized in the contemporary neo-liberal order. This is so in spite of the fact that the latter is legitimized theoretically and ideologically as liberal, and that, in principle, it has retained its form of modern development.
"Safer Balkans Network" , University and Security
Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2006
"Serenity in Overcoming Crises": A Parochial Gloss on the Transnational Shift in Constitutional Vocabularies
Author(s): Bogdan Iancu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2013
Along with the rise of the modern normative constitutions at the close of the eighteenth century, constitutionalism started to crystallize into a body of conceptual justifications for the limited government. Whereas constitutional phenomena always have parochial dimensions and connotations, related to the implications of popular sovereignty and the historical origins of various arrangements, the foundational concepts of constitutionalism are in their nature abstract and universalistic. Nonetheless, as long as constitutions reigned a world of nation-states, constitutionalism could serve, within the limited and concrete setting provided by the adherence of debates to state-bound constitutional phenomena, as a an intelligible meta-juridical language for assessing practices. With the contemporary erosion of the nation state came an increasing dilution of the constitutions' jurisdictional capacity to normatively predetermine legal and political evolutions. Conversely, as the locus of crucial decisions shifted, attempts were made to bring institutions and structures located beyond or alongside the classical nation-state in tune with inherited patterns of legal and political legitimacy. This contemporary phenomenon, interchangeably described as "supranational", "transnational", "global" or "international" constitutionalization, determined a detachment of the language of constitutionalism from the concrete context provi ded by nation state practices and also produced new, quasi-constitutional vocabularies. This article tests, on the basis of a Romanian case study, the capacity of constitutional language, when it is heaved to and abstracted at the cosmopolitan level, to function as a rational framework of reference.
"Sometimes We Do Reach Consensus"
Author(s): Nick Thorpe,Tibor Navracsics / Language(s): English / Issue: 06/2011
Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics talks to Nick Thorpe
"Sonderweg" or Successful Transition? - Romania's Prospects of Integration into the European Union
Author(s): Constantin Jordachi / Language(s): English / Issue: 03-04/2003
"STATUL CAPTIV" SAU "GUVERNAREA MIXTĂ" ÎN ROMÂNIA
Author(s): Ileana Petras-Voicu / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2002
"The Captured State" or the "Mixed Government" in Romania. The article is about the causes why the reform in Romania is in such a delay comparatively with other countries. The main thesis is that the reform is delayed because Romania failed the real transformation of the state and its government structure. More specifically: lack of political authority, a weak state, the lack of autonomy versus the social forces and the whole of society. The state is captured by the social forces. The social structure is a great obstacle for an efficient public policy in Romania.
"Still-Born Giant:" How Russia's Faltering Economy Will Stifle the Eurasian "Economic" Union
Author(s): Ievgen Vorobiov / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2014
The launch of the Eurasian Economic Union in January 2015 augurs little progress in integrating the economies of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia. While the existing Customs Union has been impaired by numerous exemptions enforced by Russia, a common external trade policy within the EEU will be derailed by Russia's economic decline and expansionist foreign policy. Given that the newly created bloc lacks a sense of political actorness, there is no rationale for the European Union to embark on forming bilateral ties with it or negotiating trade policies.
"Stripped of All Phrases". Romanian Politics and Romanian National Expenditures
Author(s): Ronald King,Cosmin Gabriel Marian / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016
This article attempts to link 'who governs' in Romania with 'what they do when governing'. It utilizes time series analysis of actual expenditures since the revolution, and examines the division of outlays between national budgets and local authority budgets; between capital, current, and transfer allocations; and across the various substantive purposes for state expenditure. The main hypotheses are that the government in power, the political party of the Prime Minister who heads that government, the incentives of electoral law, and the timing of the election cycle should all prove statistically relevant, causing visible deflections from long-term expenditure trends. Most often, however, no systematic variation is observed, raising questions about the degree of actual representation.


"Celebrating HICSS50: The Past, Present, and Future of HICSS" by Alan Dennis, Joey George et al.
The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) celebrated its 50th anniversary (HICSS-50) in January, 2017. To mark the occasion and to pay respect to the significant standing of this conference in the global IS community, the Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS) organized a special section on "Celebrating HICSS50: The Past, Present, and Future of HICSS Conference". In this editorial, we share the guest editors' perspectives on HICSS and summarize the three papers in the special section.


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Interactive experiences are the norm at Byron, Georgia area museums, whether they are focused on military aircraft, history, fishing, or something else. Spend some sweet time exploring the collections of memorabilia and history in Middle Georgia.
Byron Train Depot Museum
Area of Interest: Local History & the Railroad Influence
In the exact center of town, the Byron Depot is a historic railroad depot and caboose, beautifully restored to reflect times in Byron in the early 1870s when the community was a flag-stop known as "Number One and One-Half Station" on the Southwestern Railroad. Take a photo at the caboose, or call ahead to arrange to see the museum inside the depot which presents the history of Byron through pictures, artifacts, and other memorabilia. History presumes that more area-grown peaches were shipped through this site daily in the 1920s and 1930s than anywhere in the world.
101 East Heritage
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Old Jail Museum
Area of Interest: Local History & Genealogy; Law Enforcement
The old Byron jail, built around 1875, is now the headquarters building for the Byron Area Historical Society which renovated the building in 1998. It serves as a repository for society records and documents and houses historic pictures and memorabilia from Byron's past. Tours may be arranged at any time.
108 Jailhouse Alley
15 miles southwest
Area of Interest: Civil War & Reconstruction-era House Museum
Fort Valley State University's oldest building, the Anderson House, contains the Biggs Collection of period furnishings, silver, glassware, china, quilts, linens and Civil War memorabilia. Most of the items on display date from about 1860 to 1900. The English Victorian furniture outfitted the parlor, dining room and bedrooms of an antebellum home in Box Springs, Georgia. The contents of the home were bequeathed by the plantation owner to Mr. Biggs' grandmother, who was a slave.
1005 State University Drive
Fort Valley, GA 31030
Massee Lane Gardens
Area of Interest: Porcelain Sculptures; Art
Fort Valley also is home to the largest collection of Edward Marshall Boehm porcelain sculptures on public display in the United States, housed in Massee Lane Gardens' Stevens-Taylor Gallery and the Annabelle Lundy Fetterman Educational Museum. This stunning porcelain collection also includes pieces by Connoisseur, Bronn, Cybis, Royal Worchester, Dorothy Doughty, Gunther Granget, and Hummel.
100 Massee Lane
16 miles southeast
Museum of Aviation
Area of Interest: Military Aviation
With a collection dating from a replica of an early 1896 glider to modern-era aircraft such as the B-1B bomber, the SR-71 Blackbird, the U-2 Dragon Lady and F-15 Eagle, the Museum of Aviation is the second largest museum in the U.S. Air Force and the fourth most visited museum in the Department of Defense. Exhibits tell the story of aviation events from World War II to the present, including depicting the mission of Robins Air Force Base, the largest industrial employer in Georgia. The on-site Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame displays the achievements and artifacts of civilian and military men and women who made significant contributions to aviation in Georgia. Located adjacent to Robins Air Force Base, the museum is free to visit.
1942 Heritage Boulevard
Perry,GA
17 miles south
Go Fish Education Center
Area of Interest: Georgia's Watersheds and Aquatic Wildlife
Take an educational journey through Georgia's watersheds at the Go Fish Education Center to learn about Georgia's diverse aquatic wildlife, their natural habitats, and the impacts of water pollution. Beyond that, the Center serves as a great resource of fishing information for any level of angler – where to go, what bait to use and when. You can even catch fish in the stocked pond, and try out the interactive fishing and boating simulators.
401 Golden Isles Parkway
Perry Area Historical Museum
Area of Interest: Perry Area History and Genealogy
The Perry Area Historical Society's Historical Museum offers a collection of artifacts and memorabilia from Perry's earliest days. Of particular interest to researchers is the Museum's Resource Room which contains many family histories and photos.
Sam Nunn Museum
Area of Interest: Retired Georgia Senator Sam Nunn
Housed in the Houston County Board of Education building, the Sam Nunn Exhibit displays memorabilia from the early childhood days of retired Senator Sam Nunn to his Washington, D.C. days as a senator from the State of Georgia.
macon,GA
18 miles northeast
The Allman Brothers Museum at the Big House
Area of Interest: Music History
The Big House was once the home of members of The Allman Brothers Band and now houses the world's largest collection of the band's memorabilia.
2321 Vineville Avenue
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
Area of Interest: Georgia Sports History
The nation's largest state sports museum houses almost 4,000 artifacts, high-energy exhibits, and interactive area that features a basketball court with four goals, a NASCAR simulator, a sports trivia game, a football area with a field goal, and more!
Area of Interest: Prehistoric Peoples Who Lived in Middle Georgia
This prehistoric Native American site has experienced 17,000 years of continuous human habitation. Explore the site's six miles of trails, mounds, museum and the only recreated earth lodge with original 1,000-year-old floor – the largest archaeological dig in the U.S. Free admission.
1207 Emery Highway
Cannonball House and Museum
Area of Interest: Civil War-era House Museum
The only house in Macon hit and damaged in the Civil War, this mansion houses a Civil War museum as well as furnishings from the Wesleyan College meeting rooms of Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu sororities.
Hay House
The Hay House's seven stories, 80-foot cupola, amazing fine arts and a 15-room speaker tube system have been featured on CSPAN's "Cities Tour." A guided tour of the 1850s Italian Renaissance Revival-style mansion is available.
Museum of Arts and Sciences
Area of Interest: Understanding of Humankind Through Art, Science, History and Culture
If you are curious about everything around you, this museum will acquaint you with Ziggy, a 40 million-year-old whale fossil; bring you face to face with more than 50 animals that live at the museum; and give you access to the stars in the Mark Smith Planetarium.
4182 Forsyth Road
Otis Redding Mini-Museum
Soak up some Middle Georgia musical history and learn about the King of Soul, Otis Redding, through exhibits and displays provided by the Redding family.
339 Cotton Avenue
Sidney Lanier Cottage
Area of Interest: House Museum of a Famed American Poet
On a guided tour of this birthplace of Sidney Lanier, the famous poet and musician of the Old South, learn about Lanier's life and writing, see his silver flute, and view his wife's tiny wedding gown from 1867. Best known for his poems "The Marshes of Glynn" and "Song of the Chattahoochee," Lanier was also a renowned musician, as he was first chair flute in the Peabody Symphony Orchestra in Baltimore for seven seasons.
Tubman African American Museum
Area of Interest: African-American History and Heritage
Explore the Southeast's largest facility devoted solely to African American art, history and culture. Learn about Harriet Tubman, the amazing survival story of William and Ellen Craft, and see creations from the minds of African American inventors, among the variety of exhibits.
roberta,GA
19 miles northwest
Museum of Southeastern Indians and Farm Museum
Area of Interest: Native American History and Farm Heritage
The Museum of Southeastern Indians offers Native American pottery and artifacts 700 to 1500 years old for viewing. The Farm Museum displays farming equipment of yesteryear. By appointment only.
777 Julia Jordan Road
Roberta, GA 31201
americus,GA
Area of Interest: Military History
Andersonville National Historic Site is the site of the former Camp Sumter, a Civil War prisoner of war camp that is now a memorial to the nearly 13,000 Union POWs who died there. The site includes the former prison, the National Prisoner of War Museum, which honors all American POWs in the United States' various military conflicts, and the Andersonville National Cemetery
760 POW Road
Andersonville, GA 31711
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Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
Area of Interest: Presidential History
The rural Southern culture of Plains, Georgia, that revolves around farming, church and school, had a large influence in molding the character and in shaping the political policies of the 39th President of the United States. The Jimmy Carter National Historic Site includes the Plains Depot, a museum of the 1976 campaign, Carter's boyhood home, and Plains High School.
300 North Bond Street
Plains, GA 31780
311 Georgia Highway 49N, Suite 230, Byron, GA 31008
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GERD Is Just a False Pretext for Egypt to Pressure Ethiopia
Egypt considers itself an aspiring hegemon that expects to wield transregional influence over North Africa, East Africa, and the Levant. It feels challenged by Ethiopia's peaceful rise as a developmentally driven and fiercely sovereign Great Power due to the zero-sum influence exerted upon its decisionmakers by their American ally.
Ethiopia planned third filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) prompted Egypt to complain to the UNSC. Cairo's official position is that the megaproject will supposedly deprive its downstream people of the Nile's water upon which they depend, while Addis Ababa insists that this scenario is unrealistic, that it has no such intentions to "weaponize water", and that everything that it's done is fully in line with international law. Objectively speaking, Egypt's concerns are unsubstantiated and appear driven by the desire to mask its meddling in Ethiopia's domestic affairs.
To explain, Egypt considers itself an aspiring hegemon that expects to wield transregional influence over North Africa, East Africa, and the Levant. It feels challenged by Ethiopia's peaceful rise as a developmentally driven and fiercely sovereign Great Power due to the zero-sum influence exerted upon its decisionmakers by their American ally. Instead of supporting all African countries' comprehensive improvement of their domestic situations through economic means, Egypt prefers to hold those like Ethiopia down so that it can dominate them and subsequently exploit their resources.
On the one hand, Egypt claims that it's an African country, while on the other hand it rejects the formula of "African solutions for African problems" by involving the Arab League, the UN, and the US in its artificially manufactured dispute with Ethiopia. Cairo's plot is to have them put pressure on Addis under the pretext of GERD in order to assist its efforts in eroding that target state's sovereignty for the purpose of eventually exploiting its resources. This modus operandi complements its employment of Sudan and the TPLF as proxies, both of which have thus far failed in their divide-and-rule missions.
Short of a direct military strike against GERD, which would plunge the larger region into an unprecedented war and therefore isn't in Egypt's objective interests, there really isn't anything that Cairo can do to stop Ethiopia from continuing to fill its dam. All people have the right to renewable energy, especially those who haven't been able to reliably enjoy any form of energy up until this point like so many in Ethiopia. GERD is therefore a humanitarian megaproject that aligns with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, with only Egypt claiming that it's part of a regional conspiracy.
The only such conspiracy that objectively exists is that which Egypt and its Western partners have hatched against Ethiopia through their TPLF-driven Hybrid War of Terror as punishment for its principled neutrality in the New Cold War as well as the complementary pressure that they're exerting upon it on the false pretext of GERD. Neither national unity nor humanitarian megaprojects should ever be politicized, yet that's exactly what Egypt and others have attempted to do as part of their hegemonic plot to sabotage Ethiopia's peaceful rise as a multipolar Great Power.
Seeing as how it's unlikely that Egypt will stop its Hybrid War against Ethiopia, both with respect to its employment of regional proxies as well as its exploitation of the artificially manufactured scandal over GERD, the only suitable recourse is for activists to continue exposing Cairo's true motivations. It needs to be called out for meddling in a nearby country and politicizing that which should never have been politicized in the first place. While this method might not influence its foreign policy, it'll at the very least stand the chance of eroding its soft power and getting others to realize that it's an irresponsible actor.
Source: Andrew Korybko's Newsletter
Post Tags: #Egypt#Ethiopia#GERD#Hybrid War
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The recent aggravation of China-India relations during the summer of 2017 was connected with a chain of events in the Doklam Valley. For months the servicemen of the two most powerful Asian states were patrolling the territory disputed between the PRC and Bhutan throughout the summer, with their governments exchanging incensed messages. Those events accompanied…
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In an attack by a Dutch F-16 on a car bomb factory in Iraq in 2015, at least seventy civilian deaths occurred, revealed by the regular Dutch MSM. The bombing completely destroyed a neighborhood in the Iraqi city of Hawija on the night of 2 to 3 June 2015. It was one of the bloodiest…
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Four Days to Declare a Cold War
The week that has just ended was exceptionally rich in events. But no media were able to report it, because they had all deliberately masked certain of their number in order to protect the story that was being woven by their government. The British government and certain of its allies, including US Secretary of State…
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NATO's Iraqi Oil for Food Program Targets Russia
If, as it seems, Zelensky wants war without mercy, General Armageddon should accommodate him in the most efficacious way he can. Generals Armageddon and Shoigu, together with Russian President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov, are no doubt considering their various responses to NATO's latest provocation. Should they agree to allow NATO do an Iraq on…
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The Arab East: New Points of Reference of a New Policy
A large number of countries in the Arab world have finally been set into their natural motion and they are becoming more and more active in showing their independent character, gradually sloughing off the leadership of their past "sponsors" from the West. At the end of March, an extraordinary period of regional summits and high-level…
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In an address to West Point military graduates, US Vice President Mike Pence told them they will one day fight for America. "It's a virtual certainty," said Pence who was swelling with pride as he spoke, rather than lamenting. Well, at least, he is being candid. The United States is a warmongering nation, there is…
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Q: Would you award a bounty without marking any answer as correct? The case is that I have a question where I feel none of the answers are correct, but I think it's unfair to leave a bounty unawarded.
So, I will award the bounty to the most voted question, leaving the community to decide once I really think none of those answers are correct.
Is this the expected way of solving this situation?

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That said, "incorrect" as in doesn't help you with your specific case, does not always mean "wrong" or "not useful to others". If you feel there is answer that is helpful to others and useful, granting it the bounty would be smart move indeed to reward its author. It doesn't have to be the most upvoted answer, if there are several answers of equal quality maybe it's even better to reward the one less upvoted to compensate the author.

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Tower Hamlets grants - increases to requested amounts.
While other council documents have one field that identifies the grant amount the document for the Mainstream Grants has two fields. One is for the amount the organisation applied for and the other is the amount awarded to the organisation.
In some instances the two amounts are the same but in other instances the council seems to have awarded organisations significantly more than they asked for.
The reason for this is not known. The 86 instances where this has happened are shown below. To put this data into context please see Tower Hamlets council grants distribution by electoral ward.
Mainstream Grants awards increases over and above grant sums requested by applicants.
Please see other posts on Love Wapping (www.lovewapping.org) for context.
It may be the case that other grant types (CFSB, Community Chest, Community Events) have also been subject to increases but this documentation is not available.


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I'm getting random people's Apple ID's popping up after attempting to jailbreak 9.3.3. Please help!
Yesterday, I updated my jailbroken iPhone 6 Plus from iOS 8.1.2 to iOS 9.3.3. I then attempted to jailbreak 9.3.3, and I followed every instruction, but the jailbreak seemed to have failed. Cydia showed up on my screen, but it would crash the moment I clicked on it. Re-jailbreaking didn't help. I then deleted the profile that PP originally loaded onto my phone. One thing that differed in my process is that I was never asked to put in my Apple ID while jailbreaking.
Today, I tried syncing my iPhone several times to iTunes and iCloud, but it kept failing. It kept telling me "The iPhone could not be synced because this computer is no longer authorized for purchased items that are on this iPhone." No matter how many times I authorized my computer, it would not work.
I then created an iCloud backup for the first time. I restored my iPhone to factory settings, and then restored from my iCloud backup. In the process of restoring from my iCloud backup, I was asked to put in my Apple ID. I put that information in to restore from iCloud, but then it started asking me for the password to so many random Apple IDs that I've never seen before. I just kept pressing "Skip this step." Once my iPhone restarted, Cydia and PP were gone. However, I kept getting popups saying "enter the password for your apple id 'teiron@25pp.com'." That was one of the numerous different Apple ID's that kept popping up.
I don't know how to resolve this issue. Can someone please help me?
You should try to jailbreak your phone again.
I know this doesn't help your issue but having other people Apple ID's popping up on my phone would be a big enough concern to not do this. My phone got hacked by somebody in China last year on a Pangu JB and they placed an activation lock on my phone. Their ID popped up on my phone as they were the registered owner. Apple confirmed my phone was then registered to somebody in China. Since I had proof if purchased, Apple removed the activation lock.
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How to Endure
By J. C. Hallman
THE PHILOSOPHER WILLIAM JAMES once described his bedridden sister, Alice — one of history's most influential diarists — as a "bottled-lightning girl." He intended this as a compliment, and it characterized not just Alice, he thought, but a particular type of American woman. Full of energy, but stoppered by societal gender roles. James may have meant well, but as a phrase, "bottled-lightning girl" can't be said to have aged particularly well. And yet it's appropriate to a discussion of Jessa Crispin's The Dead Ladies Project, since William James is the book's first dead lady (three of nine ladies are men), and because Crispin, while neither bottled nor a girl, can safely be described — given how often we see her "drunk and sobbing on the floor" — as a bit uncorked.
The Dead Ladies Project is a sometimes rollicking, sometimes panicked, but always insightful and moving chronicle of a series of intellectual apprenticeships, with "guides" ranging from writers to philosophers to editors to composers. To give her investigations flesh, Crispin visits European cities important to each of her mentors' lives, making her study at the same time a journey, an Intellectual Grand Tour.
James is the first stop, in Berlin, where, as a directionless young man, he suffered the emotional crisis that resulted, eventually, in the personal fiat that Crispin, too, takes as motto: "My first act of free will is to choose to believe in free will." Crispin has been having a crisis of her own, which we've witnessed in a brief Chicago prelude: the police arrive at her apartment after she "made threats against [her own] life" during a call to a friend, and then turned off her phone. Crispin describes herself at this moment as "pretty unwashed and terrified," and her literary journey won't change much. What the intervention in Chicago kick-starts is a global search for how to endure.
Thus The Dead Ladies Project is less a series of pilgrimages than an exercise in what might be called "lived criticism," the hidden thesis being that the stakes of our intellectual lives are high — life and death — and that the way to survive, to go on, is to embody the lives and ideas that make our own lives seem worth living. Which is another way of saying, I suppose, that even though The Dead Ladies Project is very much a book about books, it would be a mistake to say that it's a book about reading. Rather, it's a book about being — but to be, according to Crispin, you must read. Being requires a companion, a text, and texts also need a companion, a context — and that's why a "lived critic" must venture out into the world.
Furthermore, that's why we're exposed to so much of the author's inner turmoil — the drinking alone, the promiscuity ("my slut days" — and I should shoehorn in here somewhere the fact that Crispin founded and edits the indispensable literary magazine Bookslut), and the harsh treatment she doles out to lovers and guides alike. Crispin is no fawning hagiographer. "Sometimes I want to drown her in the bathtub," she writes of Rebecca West, reading Black Lamb and Grey Falcon in a rented Belgrade apartment. And who will not feel for the lover, some random sap, who shares the author's William James fascination — he even points her to James's "Is Life Worth Living?," which she uses to contextualize her impulse to end her own life — yet finds himself unceremoniously shuttled out of both her book and her bed? "Have I always done this," Crispin writes, "treated men like doors rather than partners?" Perhaps.
But all of this is important, for though a more traditional criticism or literary meditation would stifle the self, Crispin flaunts it, lets all the lightning out of the bottle. And though The Dead Ladies Project is of a third-, or fourth-, or fifth-wave feminist bent — one chapter follows James Joyce's underappreciated wife, Nora Barnacle, in Trieste; another, in London, takes Jean Rhys to task for pretending "to be stronger and more independent than she really is" — it's not really Crispin's femininity that's on display here, it's her humanity (rollicking, as I say, panicked), and, more often than is comfortable, she returns, internally, to what, statistically anyway, is a more masculine pursuit — suicide. This investigation is in no way self-indulgent or self-pitying. In fact, it may amount to the book's true purpose: Crispin seems to suggest that it's only when we forget that there's just one thing at stake in life — death — that living starts to seem not worth the bother. Reading the dead, or dead ladies, then, is a way of flirting with your own posterity, and thereby reminding yourself that it's worthwhile to see life through to the end.
In all good books, there comes a moment when a line ostensibly about something else rings with the resonance of a mission statement. Crispin offers several of these. When she says, discussing James, "that scarcity, depression, thwarted ambition and suffering most often leave the person a little twisted," we're invited, I think, to squint in at the autobiography poking out from between the lines. And again, when she writes of Igor Stravinsky, in Lausanne, that "the job of the artist should not only be to take dictation, it should be to make oneself as large a canvas as possible, to constantly be pushing at one's boundaries," we can't help but recognize the sly self-portrait. By that point we're savvy: even though The Dead Ladies Project can (and probably will) be described as a series of essays about the interesting stories of women who are too little-known (Margaret Anderson, Maud Gonne, Claude Cahun), told in far flung locales (South of France, Galway, Jersey Island), the real star here is Crispin, whose predicament is not limited to her generation, her gender, or herself. Indeed, if you can't recognize you and yours in this passionate presence, bleeding hard-won wisdom onto the page, either you're not looking hard enough or you're unwilling to be as ruthlessly honest as the author manages to be throughout.
Which means, of course, that there will be times when you'll want to drown Crispin in a bathtub. Lord knows I did. But that's kind of the point. Because the interplay here between Crispin's guides and her lovers is no accident. Guides are lovers, lovers guides. And if we are to have truly human relations with either, we must neither initiate their apotheosis, nor flatten them with knee-jerk condemnation. Same goes for all reading, particularly as we wince at an author's sincere disclosures. Too often we read with anodyne dispassion; too often we level judgment rather than act as partner, co-creator. Yes, I wanted to drown Crispin in a bathtub, but when that fleeting seizure passed, I recalled why I'd kept reading as far as I had — to continue an impassioned and fruitful relationship with a lady, still alive, who is every bit as interesting as any lady in this neat cemetery of a literary study.
What's true of me will be true of you as well. Yes, you! You, reading quickly through this review to see whether you might want to click The Dead Ladies Project into your Kindle. You, like Crispin, have been broken-hearted, and you've broken hearts. You have been drunk and sobbing on the floor. And you have read books by writers important to you, and you have sometimes been enraged by them, to the point of murderous fantasy. You can hide from all that, if you want. You can pretend you're less unwashed than you are, but, if you're smart, you won't. You'll buy, or download, The Dead Ladies Project and find in it a familiar soul, and, thereby, a way to endure a little longer.
J.C. Hallman is the author of several books, most recently B & Me: A True Story of Literary Arousal. He currently splits his time between New York City and Maine.
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By Jessa Crispin
Changing Sides, or, The Assimilation Blues
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Wild Literary Geographies
By Joy Horowitz
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Sihem Bouyahia is an activist and student in Algiers, Algeria, and is an alumnae of the 2009-2010 National Democratic Institute's Young Women's Leadership Academy, held in part by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
As a girl I always dreamt of attending a soccer game instead of watching my favourite players on TV. But in the North African region and specifically in Algeria, access to soccer stadiums is limited as far as women are concerned, despite there being no national law banning such access. Nor is attending games an illicit activity in the Islamic religion. For instance, in an Arab and Muslim country such as Egypt, women are free to attend any soccer game. Why is it not the case in my country?
The authorities say it's a security problem; the police don't want to take on the responsibility of any incident or aggression against women by people that they cannot control. But there are cultural obstacles to women's access to public places including stadiums. Women's freedom is restricted as they cannot access cafés, for instance. Women are not supposed to have coffee outside their home. Coffee shops and other public places are men's field. Many men think that women may go to school, work and go shopping but are not supposed to and should not hang around in streets and public places. They think that women's freedom of movement should not be total and should obey what they call "traditional" values. And a woman attending a soccer game outside her home is likely to "harm" those values.
However, women can and do practice sports and even soccer as sports are very important in Algerian society. There is even a national female soccer team. Women's interest in soccer has always been great but since the national team has had impressive results and qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2010, their enthusiasm became hysteria. Many women of all ages wanted to attend any game involving the national team.
A year ago, I had the pleasure to participate in a program held by the National Democratic Institute, aiming to encourage young women to be socially active in their societies. Once I came back to Algeria, the first thing I thought of was to do something about women's access to stadiums as the Algerian soccer team was playing to qualify for the African Cup of Nations.
I decided to make a project to facilitate this. I come from a progressive family so I didn't have difficulties gaining their support as well as that of my friends. So I started a petition which all, women and men, signed and would have signed by friend of theirs, and so on. I also created a website dedicated to my project I interviewed female soccer players and sought their support. I'm also planning to have an appointment with the Algerian Sports Ministry to expound my project and make a step forward towards its implementation.
My strongest argument was that violence which is said to be behind women's limited access to stadiums could be reduced if women and families could attend soccer games. If hooligans go to stadiums with their own families, their attitude would be completely different. I've also recommended that there should be an entrance and seats reserved to women at least at the beginning until men get used to seeing women in all public places including stadiums. What is seen today as a revolution will gradually become just ordinary.
What do you think about Sihem's activism? Is challenging "traditional values" in a public setting such as a soccer (football) stadium effective? In terms of Islam, is there a line which should not be crossed in reference to women in public spaces? How much of Algerian norms surrounding soccer stadiums is cultural and how much is Islamic? Is there a difference?
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Sihem is one of the most amazing young activists who took interest in something so special to her and pursued her dream of including all the females in her society in such a wonderful dream. The effect of what one attempts to accomplish is weighed by the level of commitment that one portrays in the cause and Sihem is very much involved and devoted to inclusion of women in stadiums as soccer fans and audience. I do not believe that Islam separates women and men in sports especially when it is in respectful circumstances and calls for no misconduct in a public place. I think they are both from the perspective of people as religion is an integral part of culture.
Maybe it is the men who do not properly cover their bodies (players wear shorts that don't cover their knees), as ascribed by Islam (Awrah), that prevent women from being allowed into the stadium.
As far as Islam is concerned, it's Halal unless there is abusive language being used or men are taking off their shirts in public. It's Halal for woman to watch entertainment, assuming it doesn't cause them to have physical desires.
Or may they're afraid that evil men can take advantage of the women present?
The Quran says oppression is worse than slaughter. If women are feeling oppressed because of restrictions, they should stand up to be heard—they are equal members of society and it is upto them to determine what roles they want to play in it.
To answer Usman Nisar, i don't think it has anything to do with the covering of the players' bodies. In my piece, i also talked about public places like cafes and there is no awrah !!!
I think that it's more of a social problem. As women in Algeria can get high ranks in the society, men feel that their places and activities are being threatened and restricted, and stadiums and cafes are the examples of those restrictions.
1st: Honor. A real Algerian never lets his wife, daughter, or female relative go to a place where young people say bad words, and where they might not have "horma," which is the concept where you are sure that your family members will be respected so nobody will hurt them with words. This is also related to the religious part.
2nd: Violence in stadiums. I myself stopped attending football matches, as people are often stabbed, hit, or robbed at these events.


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Anorak News | Arsenal: Arsene Wenger gets help from aliens
Arsenal: Arsene Wenger gets help from aliens
by Anorak | 5th, April 2013
GOOD news for Arsenal fans. Cosmic powers are guiding Arsene Wenger. Stephany Cohen, 52, a former policewoman of Bromley, London, says alien races – Grays, Cat People and the half-reptile, half-alien Reptilians (but not Stan Kroenke) – are helping Britain's economy:
"The people of Britain need not be too down – Reptilians are helping. They are working with people's minds, in the background, to steer the economy in the right direction. It is a very bad time for everyone but recovery will happen in its own time, at the right time."
A quicker way to help would be for the aliens to make appearances over the country and allow the State to charge for tickets to see the show. But what about the Gunners? Can aliens turn around the team's fortunes?
"The Grays offer guidance to Mr Wenger. At the moment they are telling him he needs to get rid of a whole lot of people and bring in a stronger squad – especially in the defence. He also needs to let assistant manager Steve Bould do his job. Mr Wenger likes to do everything but he is not good at everything."
Are Grays from another planet (see above)? And is Wenger over the moon?
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Congratulations to Devin Roach who has successfully defended his thesis! He will go on to become a Postdoctoral Fellow at Sandia National Labs. While at Georgia Tech, Devin's work focused on liquid crystal elastomers, 4D printing, and multi-material printing. He will make a great addition to the Sandia community!
Congratulations to first-year PhD student Robert Caraway who has been selected for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)! This is an outstanding honor, and we are excited to see the impact of Robert's work!
Second-year student Haley Hilborn and third-year student Macrae Montgomery have been accepted as summer interns at Hewlett-Packard. They will be assisting HP's 3D printing efforts in California. We will miss them this summer!
We are excited to announce that Dr. Craig Hamel has become our group's newest graduate! Craig successfully defended his dissertation "Modeling of Polymeric Materials with Applications in Active Materials and Additive Manufacturing." We wish him luck as he transitions into his new role at Sandia National Labs!
Craig's recent paper focused on machine learning has been accepted by Smart Materials and Structures!
In this paper, Craig discusses how we can utilize machine learning to design complicated active composite structures that leverage our lab's 4D printing capabilities.
Devin passed both qualifying exams to put him one step closer to earning his PhD! Congratulations Devin!
Vincent successfully defends his dissertation on the 3D printing of cellulose nanocrystal structures
Congratulations to Vincent! We will miss him greatly, but we know he will thrive at International Paper.
Jiangtao's work on Active Tensegrity is just accepted by Scientific Reports!
Zeang's work on Origami by Frontal Photopolymerization just appeared in Science Advances! Congratulations!
Chao's work on Direct 4D printing just appeared in Scientific Reports! Congratulations!
Welcome Devin Roach and Craig Hamel to join the group
Both Devin and Craig join the group as PhD students and will be working close with 3D printing team to develop new multifunctional 3D printers.
Dr. Kai Yu joined University of Colorado at Denver as an assistant professor
Kai left GT in the middle of July and becomes an assistant professor at University of Colorado at Denver. Congratulations to Kai!
Kai and Qian's work on recycling carbon fiber composite was published in Advanced Functional Materials
Kai and Qian developed a new method to promote bond exchange reactions so that they can achieve near 100% recycling of CFRP. Great work!
Dr. Qi is selected as ASME fellow
Dr. Qi is recently selected as ASME fellow for his contributions to the mechanics of polymers research and 3D/4D printing and to the service to the ASME society.
Dr Wei received the prestigious Distinguished Young Scholar Award from Natural Science Foundation of China
Congratulations to Dr Wei! the Distinguished Young Scholar Award is the most prestigious award for young investigators in Chinese academic community. Wei was a visiting scholar in our group in 2014.
Dr. Qi is named the Woodruff Faculty Fellow by the Woodruff school and College of Engineering
Dr. Qi is named the Woodruff Faculty Fellow to encourage his efforts in developing his research program at GT.
Devin Roach has successfully defended his thesis!
Congrats to Devin! He will join Sandia National Labs as a Postdoctoral Fellow!
PhD Students Haley Hilborn and Macrae Montgomery have been hired as summer interns at Hewlett-Packard!
Congratulations to Haley and Macrae!
First-year PhD student Robert Caraway wins prestigious NSF GRFP award!
Congrats Robert!
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Amb les mateixes armes (títol original en anglès: Slightly Honorable) és una pel·lícula estatunidenca dirigida per Tay Garnett i estrenada el 1940. La pel·lícula està basada en la novel·la de 1939 Send Another Coffin, de F.G. Presnell, i ha estat doblada al català.

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John Webb, advocat, està acusat de l'homicidi d'Anne Seymour, una cantant que ha trobat en un local nocturn.

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 Pat O'Brien: John Webb
 Edward Arnold: Vincent Cushing
 Broderick Crawford: Russel Sampson
 Ruth Terry: Anne Seymour
 Alan Dinehart: George Joyce
 Claire Dodd: Alma Brehmer
 Phyllis Brooks: Sarilla Cushing
 Eve Arden: Miss Ater
 Douglass Dumbrille: George Taylor
 Bernard Nedell: Pete Gordena
 Douglas Fowley: Madder
 Ernest Truex: P. Hemingway Collins
 Janet Beecher: Mrs Cushing
 Evelyn Keyes: Miss Vlissigen
 John Sheehan: Mike Daley
 Addison Richards: Inspector Melvyn Fromm
 Cliff Clark: Capità Graves
 Tay Garnett
 Bud Jamison
 Victor Potel

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Pel·lícules dels Estats Units del 1940
Pel·lícules dels Estats Units en blanc i negre
Pel·lícules del 1940 doblades al català
Pel·lícules dirigides per Tay Garnett
Pel·lícules basades en novel·les

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Let me start with a brief look back at the difficult year just past.
The year 2014 pushed our response capacities to the limit. More than 100 million people needed assistance. An unprecedented number of United Nations personnel are deployed in highly volatile security environments.
Earlier today, we honoured the many peacekeepers, humanitarian workers and others who died last year while serving the United Nations. The toll of sacrifice remains appallingly high, and we must do more to provide security for those on our frontlines.
The year 2014 also presented serious challenges to diplomacy and, indeed, our common humanity, as conflicts raged and extremism rose.
The year also tested the world's readiness in the face of deadly disease. During a visit to West Africa last month, I saw the heroic work being done by Ebola responders. I thank all the governments, NGOs and others that have provided support to people in need.
It was a year of turmoil. But let us also recognize two important advances.
First you, the Member States, produced the foundations of an inspiring new development agenda, including a proposed set of sustainable development goals. In my synthesis report, now delivered to you — "The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet" — I am offering my support of this work and some further ideas on the road ahead.
I also welcome last month's adoption of the "Lima Call for Climate Action" and the recent announcements by the European Union, United States and China aimed at reducing the risks of climate change.
As we look ahead, 2015 is a chance for major advances across the three inter-connected pillars of our work: development, peace and human rights. Let me take them each in turn.
First, sustainable development.
This year marks the culmination of the Millennium Development Goals.
The signal moment of the year ahead will be the adoption of a new framework for development.
The agenda we are working towards is to be universal. It places people, and the planet that nurtures us, at the centre.
The new agenda will reflect the urgency of finishing the work of the MDGs, reaching the marginalized and vulnerable, and investing in children and young people.
It will aim to build inclusive societies, strong institutions and shared prosperity.
And it is to be supported by a global partnership that delivers on its ODA commitments, disseminates technology and taps all sources of financing – public, private, domestic and international.
To help frame and reinforce this agenda, my synthesis report proposes a set of six essential elements which can help ensure that the vision expressed by Member States is communicated to the global public — and is achieved at the country level.
Women's empowerment, participation, education and health — including sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights — are central to all our activities and hopes. An end to violence against women remains an imperative.
This year is the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, and we must continue to push for its full implementation. We can also make important progress through the reviews of the Security Council's landmark resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, and of the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health.
I welcome the President of the General Assembly's decision to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth. My Envoy on Youth continues his efforts to bring the voices of young people into our work.
The success of the new development agenda is inseparable from our efforts to address climate change.
We must not be forced into a false choice between the economy and the environment. Across the globe, countries, cities, citizens and CEOs are taking action on climate change because they recognize the benefits – including new market opportunities, cleaner air, improved public health, greater energy security and sustainable growth.
I urge all Governments to come forward with ambitious national commitments as soon as possible. I would like to remind all Member States that you have agreed in Lima to submit Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, or INDCs, by the first quarter of this year.
I also urge developed countries to articulate a clear pathway for achieving the goal of $100 billion per year in climate financing, and to make good on their pledges to the Green Climate Fund.
I also look to all of you for scaled-up action on the ground that builds on the good work and partnerships announced at last September's Climate Summit.
The development roadmap in the year ahead has four crucial stops.
First, in March in Sendai, Japan, the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction can set a course to greater resilience.
Second, in July in Addis Ababa, we can agree on financing and investments that are crucial for growth and for the credibility of the new development path.
Third, in September here in New York, we can adopt a bold, new and integrated agenda for sustainable development.
And fourth, in December in Paris, we can ensure a meaningful, ambitious and universal climate change agreement.
As we take these essential steps, we must keep ambition high to end poverty, tackle inequality and turn the climate challenge into opportunity.
The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has been a human tragedy and a setback for development in the hardest hit countries, and has highlighted the need for global vigilance and solidarity.
I thank the General Assembly for its unprecedentedly rapid action to establish UNMEER, the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response. The affected countries are beginning to see some improvements, thanks to their own mobilization and global support. Mali has made progress in controlling the virus, and we hope that Mali will be declared Ebola-free this month.
I have been especially moved by the deployment of health workers from many African countries and other parts of the world. But, Excellencies, we are still short of people and resources. As we strive to fill those gaps, we also need to address the wider impacts and to meet recovery needs.
We must also prepare for any possible new epidemic, wherever it may occur. Strengthening national health systems is a priority. International rapid response capacities must be improved. In that regard, I support the efforts of the World Health Organization led by Dr. Margaret Chan, to begin work on the way forward.
Let me now turn to peace and security.
The elimination of Syria's chemical weapons programme was a major achievement in 2014. I thank the Member States for their support, including key technical capacities.
But of course, the conflict in Syria continues to inflict immense suffering and will soon enter its fifth year. We must continue to provide humanitarian assistance to millions of refugees and affected people in and outside the country.
We also face a long list of other hot-spots.
The South Sudan crisis has entered its second year. Horrendous violence continues in parts of the Central African Republic, northern Mali and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Chaos in Libya is spreading, and violence in Yemen is growing. I am concerned about an upsurge of fighting in Darfur and other parts of Sudan. The transition in Afghanistan will require strong support. Conflict in Ukraine has cost well over four thousand lives, endangered security and stability in Europe, and reanimated the ghosts of the Cold War.
In several countries, electoral processes and constitutional amendments seem designed to prolong incumbencies instead of strengthening democracy — and thus risk provoking violent conflict.
We must not resign ourselves to any further worsening of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. I urge both sides to ease the situation in Gaza and the West Bank, and move away from confrontation and towards a negotiated settlement.
The presence of thousands of foreign terrorist fighters in Syria and in Iraq has added a volatile dimension to those crises. Groups responsible for atrocities have capitalized on a legacy of atrocious governance towards disenfranchised populations.
Terrorism remains a global threat. In recent days alone, we have seen carnage in Yemen as well as a despicable attack against the French magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Our response to brutality and extremism cannot be limited to military action, important as it is. We must engage in wide-ranging efforts, including by addressing the conditions that give rise to such poison in the first place. There is also a need for greater attention to the nexus of extremism and organized crime; this year's Crime Congress in April in Qatar can help strengthen criminal justice systems for this work.
My heart aches at the thought of the suffering of the girls and boys kidnapped by the brutal extremist groups Boko Haram and Da-esh. I would like to make a special appeal to the conscience of all those involved in senseless violence. It is in your power to end these acts and to save lives. As Secretary-General and as a father and grandfather, I appeal for the immediate and unconditional release of all abductees so that they can return to their families and resume their lives.
In the same vein, I also appeal to those conducting military actions against terrorists to fully observe human rights. Failure to do so can be counter-productive, since we have seen time and again that this is a recruiting agent for terrorists.
Peace and security are not possible in a world flooded with easily available deadly weapons.
I congratulate the countries whose ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty has enabled that landmark instrument to come into force so quickly. I urge others to follow suit, above all the world's leading arms traders.
The nuclear powers continue squandering vast sums to modernize arsenals instead of eliminating them, which they committed to do under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The NPT review conference that begins in April is an opportunity to rededicate ourselves not just to non-proliferation but to the disarmament agenda.
Let me turn now to the third pillar of our work, human rights and the rule of law.
In so many places, both Governments and non-state actors are exhibiting a callous disregard for the Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian and human rights law. In Peshawar, we saw the deliberate and diabolical slaughter of more than a hundred schoolchildren. The frequent targeting of hospitals, schools and other civilian facilities has had a devastating impact. It is essential to strengthen protection and pursue accountability, including through international criminal justice.
This year marks ten years since you, the Member States, endorsed the Responsibility to Protect. Our discussions have covered the full range of issues and concerns. Yet in too many crises the international community does not act on early warning signs, or fails to match rhetoric with responses. My next report on Responsibility to Protect will explore what more we can do to operationalize the Responsibility to Protect and reclaim the people-centred focus that made the endorsement of the principle possible in the first place.
A year and a half ago, I launched the Human Rights Up Front initiative, which aims to ensure the United Nations acts earlier, more effectively and "as one" to prevent atrocities. As the Secretariat and wider UN system embrace this approach, I urge Member States to support this initiative and take similar steps to fulfil this core UN function, including by making better use of UN bodies.
I reiterate my deep concern at the resumption or continuing use of the death penalty in several countries. Let us take inspiration from last month's call by the General Assembly for a global moratorium on executions and move decisively towards the abolition of the death penalty.
Let me also make a special appeal to counter intolerance faced by migrants, refugees, minorities and other marginalized groups. I am troubled by the rise of political parties that target vulnerable groups for discrimination and abuse. I am horrified by the unscrupulous actions of smugglers who subject vulnerable migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to abuse, and even abandoning them to die at sea.
Let us strengthen our shared response to this growing challenge. I also urge Member States to support the campaign to end statelessness and ensure that everyone enjoys the right to a nationality.
This year marks the beginning of the International Decade for People of African Descent. Over the years, the world has failed to fully recognize the legacy of colonialism and the slave trade, and the discrimination still faced by people of African descent. An important part of this observance will be the unveiling here at UN Headquarters of the permanent memorial to the trans-Atlantic slave trade. I hope it will also spark efforts to end the forms of slavery and exploitation that affect millions of people today.
From development to peace to human rights, the United Nations must be ever more fit for purpose.
The UN development system – including the agencies, funds, programmes and regional commissions — is fully supporting efforts to shape and implement the new agenda.
The reviews of peace operations and peacebuilding will help us to better fulfil our challenging mandates.
I will also be appointing a high-level panel to explore how to fill the growing gap between humanitarian needs and available resources. This effort will also help with preparations for next year's World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul.
We continue to engage in efforts to modernize the Secretariat, including the launch next year of the new mobility framework. I thank Member States for supporting the completion of the Capital Master Plan and our efforts to move towards the carbon neutrality of UN buildings around the world.
At the same time, as the Secretary-General, I must express my deep concern that the General Assembly was unable to agree on many important management issues in December. I trust that you will resolve your differences and review your working methods when your discussions resume in March. We need your support to meet the enormous challenges before us.
I would like to stress the importance of my proposal, which was made [three] years ago in 2012 for a new approach to partnerships. This is a crucial enabler for the progress that you yourselves have said you want.
Partnerships with the private sector and others have accelerated exponentially. Many key actors are eager to work with us.
A dedicated partnership facility would allow us to seize this great potential while providing the necessary coherence, oversight and accountability. My senior advisers and I understand your concerns and have answered all your questions. I again urge you to give the go-ahead in March so that we are ready to move when the Sustainable Development Goals are adopted in September.
Finally, a United Nations that is properly serving the world's people is one that is always scanning the horizon for emerging challenges.
Cybersecurity is one such issue. Cybercrime is a threat we ignore or postpone at our peril. A future catastrophe involving the financial or health systems, key urban infrastructure or deadly weaponry is not hard to imagine. As with so many other aspects of life in an interdependent world, we should not wait until a crisis is upon us to forge a response.
The United Nations system is addressing its own internal safeguards. We are ready to support Member States as you do the same. As we do so, we must uphold our commitment to foster an open, secure and trustworthy Internet. As more of our lives move online, so too must our norms and principles.
Excellencies,
If our work unfolds as it should, by the end of this year, our Organization will be enriched with a new vision for development, new ideas for the maintenance of peace and security, a renewed embrace of human rights, and a stronger United Nations to help bring it all to life.
This is what we must do. This is our moral and political responsibility.
If we must, we can. And if we can, we must.
In this year that marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, we commemorate the Charter that has guided us from San Francisco to the present day.
We have a huge responsibility before us – but also a year of opportunity.
Your support and guidance are indispensable. Global responsibility is indivisible. Let us work together to make this year, 2015, a time for global action.
I count on your leadership.
Thank you very much. Merci.
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