John James is an outspoken Christian and social conservative who is running for the U.S. Senate against leftist Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
James is a West Point graduate who served as an Apache helicopter pilot in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He left the military after eight years to work in his family business. He holds a B.S. degree, a master's degree and an MBA.
James was recently slammed by leftists for a speech he gave to a faith-based business group urging men to take a leadership role in their homes. He was smeared for being anti-woman.
James is endorsed by GING-PAC. We pray he replaces Stabenow, a lockstep liberal in the Senate this November.
Miller is endorsed by the Susan B. Anthony List and serves on their National Pro-Life Women's Caucus.
Miller faces Richard Ojeda, a former soldier who is the grandson of an illegal Mexican alien. Ojeda is campaigning as a "Tea Party Liberal" and met recently with lunatic leftist Michael Moore for an interview. Ojeda was a Bernie Sanders supporter, but then voted for Trump. He now regrets doing so, according to a profile in the Chicago Tribune.
GING-PAC Picks Yvette Herrell For New Mexico House Seat!
Yvette Herrell is currently a member of the New Mexico House, where she is an unapologetic pro-lifer. In the House, she supported legislation banning most abortions after 20 weeks and promises to work to ban federal funding of Planned Parenthood and other abortion industries. She's been endorsed by the House Freedom Caucus.
I believe that the institution of marriage in its traditional definition of one man and one woman is one of the institutions that has kept the fabric of American society strong.
I am committed to preserving traditional marriage, and to defending an individual's right to conscience, religious institutions, and private organizations as enshrined in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. I support overturning Roe vs. Wade and will do all I can to help this cause.
While serving as Senior Pastor at First Baptist Charlotte, Mark was elected President of the North Carolina Baptist Convention from 2011-2013. Mark's tenure as President coincided with the ballot initiative in 2012 to define marriage in North Carolina as the union of one man and one woman. He helped mobilize North Carolina's churches as a founding member of Vote for Marriage NC and is widely credited with playing a significant role in the Marriage Amendment's passage. Harris is a strong social conservative who believes in defending religious liberty, our borders, our national security and marriage as a union of one man and one woman.
We endorse Marth McSally against hard-left activist bisexual Kyrsten Sinema. McSally wants to replace retiring, feckless Jeff Flake.
The Congresswoman also chairs the Border and Maritime Security Subcommittee, the first Arizonan and the first freshman legislator ever given this leadership role.
Marsha Blackburn For The Senate!
Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is running for the Senate to replace the unreliable Sen. Bob Corker who is retiring this year. It was Corker who rewrote and tried (but so far has failed) to made useless HR-390, legislation to help Middle Eastern Christians with aid and fair immigration. Phil Bredesen, a former governor of Tennessee, is the Democrat candidate running against Blackburn. He is a formidable opponent because of his state-wide name recognition.
Congresswoman Blackburn is a hard-core social conservative who has been a consistent pro-life, pro-family vote in the House. She was recently endorsed by the National Right To Life Committee. While in the House, Blackburn was a sponsor of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would have protected unborn babies by banning abortions after 20 weeks.
Blackburn has a 100% pro-life voting record, opposes abortion on demand and the use of taxpayer dollars to pay for abortions.
Ryan McAdams is running for the House of Representatives to represent the voters in the 4th Congressional District of Virginia. He attended Virginia Military Institute and later graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a B.S. in Psychology. He later attended Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, earning a Master of Divinity degree in 1997. He has served on the Board of the Salvation Army, worked as a crisis intervention specialist and full-time social worker.
McAdams is a committed Christian and social conservative. He's facing Democrat Donald McEachin who won our friend Randy Forbes' old seat. McEachin also has a divinity degree but was exposed as a member of the Ashley Madison adulterer's website, when the membership list was hacked and released to the public. McEachin says his attempt to cheat on his wife is a private affair. He's also a member of the ultra-leftist Congressional Black Caucus, a race-baiting, grievance-mongering group within Congress. McAdams will have an uphill battle defeating McEachin. The 4th District was redrawn from a safe Republican district to a heavily Democratic district. McEachin will undoubtedly receive truckloads of cash from pro-homosexual, pro-abortion, pro-Islam and pro-socialist political action committees.


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Q: Sobolev space of maps with higher dimensional target? Consider the space $W^{2,2}(\Omega)$ where $\Omega = [0,1]^3$.
This space contains continuous functions of the form $f:\Omega \to \mathbb{R}$.
I am curious, can a Sobolev space be constructed by maps of the form
$ f:\Omega \to \mathbb{R}^3 $ ?

A: Of course. In general, $W^{k,p}(\Omega;\mathbb R^n)$ is the space of (equivalence classes of) functions $f\colon\Omega\to\mathbb R^n$ such that $D^\alpha f_j\in L^p(\Omega)$ for all multi-indices $\alpha$ with $|\alpha|\leq k$ and $j\in\{1,\dots,n\}$. This means that $f\colon \Omega\to\mathbb R^n$ belongs to $W^{k,p}(\Omega;\mathbb R^n)$ if and only if all the coordinate functions $f_1,\dots,f_n$ belong to the scalar-valued Sobolev space $W^{k,p}(\Omega)$.

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Waltham Abbey woman grabbed and forced to the ground by two men claiming to be police officers
She found them in her hallway as she returned home
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A woman returned home to find two men standing in her hallway claiming to be police officers, before they forced her to the ground and robbed her.
Police are now investigating the robbery in Waltham Abbey, which took place outside an address on Butlers Drive at around 9.30pm last night (Tuesday, November 12).
It was reported that the victim had returned home to find two men standing in her hallway.
They told the woman they were police officers but they then grabbed her and forced her onto the ground.
The pair took her jewellery and her handbag.
A third man came from upstairs and all three men are believed to have left in a dark-coloured vehicle in the direction of Sewardstone Road.
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Two of the men were described as being of medium build and the other man was described as being of muscular build.
The woman did not require any medical treatment.
Detectives are now looking to speak to anyone who lives or was driving in the area as they investigate the incident.
They would also like to speak with those who have ring doorbell or dash cam footage as well as anyone that was in the area who may have witnessed suspicious behaviour.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Loughton CID on 101, quoting crime reference 42/180326/19.
Information can also be given completely anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111 or visiting crimestoppers-uk.org.

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Formica fusca este o furnică de culoare neagră întâlnită în mod obișnuit în întreaga Europă, precum și în părți din Asia de Sud și Africa. Are denumirile comune furnica mătăsoasă sau furnica întunecată. Zpba din regiunea paleaearctică se întinde de la Portugalia în vest până la Japonia în est și de la Italia în sud până la Fennoscandia în nord. Populațiile din America de Nord au fost împărțite ca o specie separată, Formica subaenescens. Cuiburile de F. fusca se găsesc de obicei în cioturile de copaci putreziți sau sub pietre, în zonele tăiate la negru și de-a lungul marginilor pădurii și a gardurilor vii.

Eusocialitate
Coloniile sunt facultativ poligine (deși slab); deși reginele coexistă pe cale amiabilă, contribuția la puiet tinde să fie inegală. Cuiburile sunt de obicei mici, conținând 500-2.000 de muncitori. Muncitorii sunt mari, de  lungime și se mișcă rapid, deși timizi. Pentru a se asigura că ouăle de pereche care nu sunt în cuib nu sunt crescute, acești lucrători se vor angaja într-un proces cunoscut sub numele de poliție a lucrătorilor.

Formele înaripate sunt produse în iunie/iulie, iar zborurile nupțiale sunt în iulie/august.

Un studiu a găsit dovezi de nepotism în F. fusca,Hannonen, M. și Sundström, L. (2003) Nepotism muncitor printre furnicile poligine. Nature, 421:910.în contrast cu experimentele anterioare cu alte specii de furnici;Snyder, L. (1993) Interacțiuni comportamentale non-aleatoare între subgrupuri genetice într-o furnică poligină. Animal Behavior, 46:431-439.</ref> this conclusion has been challenged, however, on the grounds that the observed pattern may result from differences in egg viability.

Ecologie
F. fusca se hrănește cu insecte mici, cum ar fi larvele de molie de tălpi, afidele de miere și nectarul extrafloral.

S-a constatat că muncitorii au o rezistență foarte mare la unii agenți patogeni și se crede că acest lucru se poate datora lui F. fusca utilizând proprietățile antibiotice ale acidului lor formic, în plus față de utilizarea glandei metapleurale.

Referințe

Lectură suplimentară

 Collingwood C. A. (1979) The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Vol. 8, Scandinavian Science Press, Klampenborg, Denmark.

fusca
Hymenoptere din Europa
Himenoptere din Asia
Insecte descrise în 1758
Taxoni clasificați de Carl Linnaeus

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Muhammad Ali Center | Be Great :: Do Great Things > News > News > Muhammad Ali Center Launches "I Am America" Racial Justice Virtual Programming Series
Muhammad Ali Center Launches "I Am America" Racial Justice Virtual Programming Series
First of Three Programs Will Take Place on Wednesday, August 26th
Named after Muhammad Ali's famous quote, "I Am America. I am the part you won't recognize," the Muhammad Ali Center's new virtual program series will be comprised of bold, courageous, and challenging conversations that tackle the topic of racial justice. The first program will take place on Wednesday, August 26th from 5-6 p.m. EDT. The "I Am America" series will provide participants a further understanding of racism—from both a historical perspective and how social justice issues today are both systemic and institutional in nature. An important programmatic outcome will be arming participants with resources to incorporate action steps for creating positive social change through intentional and concerted efforts.
During the continued Covid19 pandemic, these sessions will be conducted virtually to support the health and safety of our community. The "I Am America" series will take place every other Wednesday, but the recorded sessions will be available through the Ali Center's website after each event.
All virtual programs in the "I Am America" series are free; a $10 donation is suggested.
Full List of Programs:
Youth Should Be Seen AND Heard: Amplifying Youth Voice & Leadership in Social Movements :: Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 5:00-6:00PM, EDT
This program acknowledges the pivotal and historical role that young people have played in movement-building as we sit down with current youth activists in Louisville and hear their insight and perspectives.
Jailen Leavall – Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center, Senior Fellow
Imani Smith – "One Love Louisville" Youth Implementation Team member & Youth Coalition Louisville Organizer
Aubri Stevenson – Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students Alum & Youth Organizer
Moderated by Darryl Young Jr., Muhammad Ali Center Manager of Programming
Register for Youth Should Be Seen AND Heard HERE.
Healthy at Home? Healthy at Work?: Viewing the COVID19 Crisis Through a Racial Justice Lens :: Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 5:00-6:00 PM EDT
"Healthy at home? Healthy at work?" will examine the phrasing that has become synonymous with our "new normal" as we dig deeper and examine who is really effected as front line workers and why we see the disparities we see in health outcomes.
Brandy Kelly Pryor – Humana Foundation
Gonzales – Director of the Center for Health Equity
Trinidad Jackson – D. Candidate in the University of Louisville School of Public Health
Moderated by Steven Kniffley Jr., Associate Director for the Spalding University Center for Behavioral Health
Register for Healthy at Work? Healthy at Home? HERE.
Believing In a Better World: Talking with Children about Race and Racial Violence :: Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 7:00-8:30 PM EDT
Together, Flyaway Books and the Muhammad Ali Center will host a virtual panel discussion with the creators of the brand-new picture book, For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World. Inspired by real-life events, the book tells the story of a boy named Jeremiah and his family who discover hopeful forms of activism and advocacy in response to racism and gun violence in their community. For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World includes a discussion and activity guide created by the Muhammad Ali Center that explores racism, gun violence, and social change.
Michael W. Waters – Author of For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World
Keisha Morris – Illustrator of For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World
Erin E. Herbert – Director of Programming at the Muhammad Ali Center and Co-writer of the Guide
Darryl Young, Jr. – Manager of Programming at the Muhammad Ali Center and Co-writer of the Guide
Moderated by Emmy award-winning journalist, Jean West of Jean West's Medical Digest
For more information about the book, visit: https://www.flyawaybooks.com/for-beautiful-black-boys
Register for Believing In a Better World HERE.
"I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me – black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own. Get used to me." – Muhammad Ali
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I'm not kidding. I hate summer. It's my least favorite time of year. If I go out to " enjoy" the weather, I get a nasty sunburn. The air is either too hot, too muggy, or ( and this is the worst) both. I can't wear any of my cute tights or my favorite sweatshirts without absolutely sweltering. And in air- conditioned spaces, I get too cold because I'm underdressed.
Even general summertime " fun" activities are just not my sort of thing.
Whenever I go to the beach, it becomes apparent how pale I am.
My thighs blind people with how painfully white they are. Tanning is out of the question.
Amusement parks are fun, but they're out of my broke college kid budget, and standing in long lines in the blistering summer heat is not exactly good for me. Summer drinks and such are fine, but you can only take so much of watermelon and cotton-candy-flavored slushes.
As much as summer is a wonderful change of pace, I miss winter. I admit it. I've never lived anywhere but Massachusetts, and I miss winter. I miss the cold, the cold you've grown up with. I miss sweaters and sweatshirts to hide my insecurities in. I miss tights and snow boots and long coats and scarves. I miss having an excuse to stay inside and play video games, or watch Netflix. I miss little kids in their marshmallow coats, and pompom hats and mittens and scarves and snowpants and boots and earmuffs, waddling around so absolutely overdressed you'd think the winter would never end.
And I especially miss how after five minutes of waddling, they complain about having to pee.
But more than anything, I miss the way the world falls silent as a snowstorm approaches. I miss the way snow falls quietly onto the ground, a silent hush that fills you with this reverence that you dare not disturb. I miss the taste of hot cocoa with marshmallows and just the right amount of gingerbready undertone. I miss the sensation of a warm fireplace, snapping and crackling and popping, warm against your skin.
I miss how ice clings to trees, coating them perfectly as if they were sculpted to it. I miss how the sun rises, late in the day, and lights the world on fire with pinks and oranges before fading into bright white.


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Pope refers to the Blessed Mother as Queen of Peace
Mary is Queen because she is with the "least". She is "the first to have passed through the 'narrow gate'' opened by Christ to enter the kingdom of God, a way accessible to the humble." The public veneration of Mary as Queen found in many cities and among evangelized peoples. Greetings to Orthodox youth from Galilee.
Castel Gandolfo (AsiaNews) – To Mary, Mother and Queen of Peace, we entrust the world, especially those places "where the absurd logic of violence rages." This is what Benedict XVI recalled today in his address to pilgrims at Castel Gandolfo before the Angelus prayer, the day when the Church celebrates Mary as Queen. "The Mother of Christ - said the pope - is completely crowned by her Son, thus associated with his universal kingship, as the many mosaics and paintings depict her".
The pontiff recalled that in her, what Jesus had said many times, was realised: "For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last" (Lk 13.30) ... Mary is the perfect example of the gospel truth, that God humbles the proud and powerful of this world and lifts up the lowly (cf. Lk 1:52). "
"The small and simple girl of Nazareth – he continued - has become the queen of the world! This is one of the wonders that reveals the heart of God's kingship. Of course Mary's queenship is totally relative to Christ: He is the Lord, who after the humiliation of death on the cross, the Father exalted above all creatures in heaven and on earth and under the earth (cf. Phil 2:9-11). By a design of grace, the Immaculate Mother was fully involved in the mystery of the Son: his Incarnation, his earthly life, at first hidden in Nazareth and then manifested in the messianic ministry, his Passion and Death, and finally, the glory of his Resurrection and Ascension to Heaven. The mother shared with her Son not only the human aspects of this mystery, but by the power of the Holy Spirit in her, she also shared its deep intention, the will of God, so that her whole life, poor and humble, was raised on high, transformed, glorified passing through the "narrow gate" which is Jesus himself (cf. Lk 13.24). Yes, Mary is the first that has passed through the "way" opened by Christ to enter the kingdom of God, a way accessible to the poor, those who trust in the word of God and are committed to putting it into practice".
"In the history of cities and peoples evangelized by the Christian message - concluded Benedict XVI - there are countless testimonies of public veneration, in some cases, even of the royal institution of the Virgin Mary. But today especially as children of the Church, we renew our devotion to her as Mother and Queen, left us by Jesus. We entrust to her intercession our daily prayer for peace, especially where the absurd logic of violence rages, so that all people will be persuaded that in this world we must help each other as brothers to build a civilization of love. Maria Regina Pacis, ora pro nobis".
After the Marian prayer, the pope greeted those present. Among them, speaking in English, he greeted some young Orthodox Christians from the Galilee.


This clerk was well-intentioned, so I cut her some slack: rather than burn her garage down, I simply never went back to that store, because the thought of having to concoct some tragic story about why I wasn't getting bigger was so stressful that I was willing to pay $2 more per pound for butter across town for the rest of my life.
It's often hard to tell if a woman is in fact pregnant, and sometimes, maybe all the times, you just shouldn't say anything. My own personal rule is that unless there is a large, suspicious puddle of fluid on the floor and a woman is screaming something about "the head," or "crowning," or "dear God, someone please call Jason!" then I just keep my eyes upward and talk about the weather.
Pregnant women are sensitive and hungry - hungry for specific foods. I was a pregnant woman twice so I know this to be true. I once ordered two Boston Creme donuts at a donut shop drive-thru when I was pregnant with my daughter, but as I drove away I soon discovered – TO MY HORROR – that neither of said donuts contained any cream at all - Boston, or otherwise.
These were the days before cellular telephone technology became commonplace, so I drove around until I found a pay phone with a phone book, and then I called the donut shop and blasted them through heaving tears, "NO CREAM! NO CREAM!" and then I hung up and cried in a parking lot for several minutes before returning to work.
When I returned to work I relayed the story of my terrible, horrible, no-good day., complete with the whole sordid donut tale - angry phone call to the shop and all. While my female peers commiserated about pregnancy cravings and just wanting a goddamn donut, one kind co-worker, an older gentleman, said "You're pregnant? I never noticed."
I guess he figured I just really, really liked donuts.
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Kartounka () je historické označení manufaktury zaměřené na potiskování bavlněných tkanin.

Německý výraz  vznikl koncem 17. století, z toho odvozené české označení kartounka se začalo používat pravděpodobně teprve ve 20. století (do konce 19. století nejsou známé žádné písemné doklady o jeho použití).

Historie

Textilní tisk před 19. stoletím
Potiskování tkanin bylo v Evropě známé asi od 14. století, nejdříve v jihoevropských zemích  (jako štočkový tisk na lněném plátně).

V 17. století se dostaly z Indie do Evropy jemné pestrobarevně potištěné bavlněné tkaniny zvané indiennes. Protože tato novinka šla velmi dobře na odbyt, pokoušeli se evropští tiskaři brzy napodobit neznámou techniku jejich výroby. Za prvního výrobce tohoto druhu je považována dílna založená v roce 1678 v holandském Amersfoortu (s pomocí odborníka z tehdejší Osmanské říše). Do konce 17. století vzniklo v Holandsku a v západní Evropě několik tiskáren napodobujících indiennes, z některých se brzy staly manufaktury - kartounky. Výrobní zařízení sestávalo zpočátku jen ze stolů, na kterých se na tkaninu pokládaly dřevěné desky (štočky) s vyrytým vzorem. Koncem 18. století se začaly používat vzorovací válce (vynález Skota Bella z roku 1783) a asi od 20. let 19. století přišly do provozu první válcové stroje poháněné párou a o 20 let později perotiny (mechanizace štočkového tisku).

Kartounky od 19. století
V polovině 19. století bylo v Evropě a v USA v provozu nejméně 1000 kartounek s výrobní kapacitou:

Na celkové kapacitě se podílely: 60 % Anglie, Rusko a Francie po 10 %, Čechy 5,5 %.

Větší kartounky vyráběly na padesáti až sto stolech, s jedním až dvěma válcovými stroji a jen některé používaly perotiny. K provozu tiskárny patřilo často bělidlo (později strojní bělení), barevna, sušení, paření a jiné úpravárenské procesy. K obsluze zařízení patřili (např. ve Francii): ze 60 % tiskaři (z nich často dvě třetiny ženy), 10 % rytců forem a 30 % pomocníků. Úspěšné firmy zaměstnávaly jednoho nebo i vice dezinatérů a koloristů. Tiskaři patřili k vysoce kvalifikovaným, dobře placeným řemeslníkům, těmi se však mohli stát teprve po pěti až šestileté učební době. Týdenní výdělky (např. v Mylhúzách ve francouzských francích): rytci 7, tiskaři 2,50, pomocníci 1,50. Špičkoví dezinatéři dostávali až 20 000, koloristé 12 000 franků ročně.

Ve druhé polovině 19. století přešly téměř všechny kartounky na strojní výrobu, přizpůsobovaly se změnám vkusu zákazníků tím, že stále častěji potiskovaly vedle bavlněného plátna také jiné druhy textilií.

Průmyslově tkané a potiskované kartouny byly jako levné módní zboží oblíbené ještě v prvních letech 20. století.

Jeden z posledních podniků s označením kartounka v adrese -  v Bavorsku byl likvidován v roce 1996.

V 21. století je výraz kartounka známý jen z historických pojednání a vzpomínek.

Kartounky v českých zemích
Za první kartounku je považována manufaktura hraběte Kinského ve Sloupu v Čechách. Vznikla v roce 1763 rozšířením tkalcovny a barevny, které byly v provozu asi o pět let dříve. Výrobu v kartounce řídil odborník ze Saska, v celém podniku pracovalo asi 400 lidí.
V roce 1788 bylo v Čechách v provozu 24 kartounek, z toho sedmnáct v Praze. Manufaktury vyráběly s průměrně patnácti až dvaceti tiskařskými stoly, každý stůl obsluhovali 3 dělníci (jen dílny s nejméně pěti stoly platily za manufaktury). Židé tehdy ještě nesměli vlastnit manufaktury, ale protože kontrolovali z velké části obchod s plátnem, byly kartounky závislé na jejich zakázkách.

1821 založili bratři Porgesové kartounku, která se rozšířila tak, že koncem třicátých let 19. století zaměstnávali v Praze na Smíchově a v pobočných závodech 5000 lidí v tiskárnách a na 2000 tkalcovských stavech.

V roce 1843 bylo v Čechách registrováno 74 tiskáren s 3 500 stoly a 86 stroji.

V roce 1844 došlo v pražských kartounkách ke stávkám, nepokojům a rozbíjení strojů. Důvodem bylo snížení mezd na polovinu po zavedení perutin.

V roce 1872 smíchovská kartounka vyhořela, Porgesové se spojili s další pražskou kartounkou (Przibram) do akciové společnosti. V devadesátých letech 19. století však byla výroba zastavena a budovy zbořeny.

Poslední české kartounky byly v provozu asi do třicátých let 20. století.

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In South Carolina special election full of characters, donors are just as colorful
by Keenan Steiner
As voters go to the polls in today's primary contests for a South Carolina special congressional election that has garnered attention for its share of colorful candidates, the donors appear just as just as worthy of a second look.
That's not just because the donors are, in most cases — the candidates themselves. They also include a diverse range of out-of-staters from infamous dark money man David Koch to comedian Stephen Colbert's wife, as Sunlight has reported.
In the final days before polls opened, donations continued to pour in. We're keeping tabs using our Follow the Unlimited Money alert service that sends us emails every time one of the committee's we're watching files with the Federal Election Commission.
Most of the late cash has gone to former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who is trying to make the political comeback of a lifetime just two years after departing office in disgrace. Revelations of Sanford's extra-marital affair with his Argentine lover (now fiance) ended his marriage but not, it now appears, his once-promising political career. By late last month, Sanford was already the dollar frontrunner in the contest to replace Tim Scott, a Republican appointed to the Senate this year. That financial momentum has only continued to build with more late contributors jumping on the frontrunner's bandwagon.
In the 20-day period before today's primary, Sanford raked in $80,050 in contributions of $1,000 or more, bringing him to a total of at least $414,447, according to Federal Election Commission reports. Combined, the six leading Republicans and the Democrat most likely to win her primary, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, have raised over $3 million so far in the race.
Sanford and the five Republicans trailing Sanford most closely in a 16-candidate GOP field have blanketed coastal South Carolina viewers with TV ads aiming to out-conservative their opponents. While Sanford's ads have focused on himself, many of the other candidates have gone negative — in an attempt to at least finish in second place, which would force a runoff with Sanford if he does not win an outright majority. Such ads include a recent one by state Rep. Chip Limehouse, seen below, that smears another colorful candidate in the race, Teddy Turner, a high school economics teacher and son of billionaire CNN-founder Ted Turner. Turner has tried to position himself as an outsider, with his own ad campaign criticizing career politicians.
Among the last minute contributors: Robert H. Dedman, Jr., a Texan who at one time ran one of the largest golf resort companies in the world — before it was sold to a private equity firm in 2006 — and a decade ago was worth over $1 billion. The one-time bundler for George W. Bush's presidential campaign has only given to two candidates since the former president was on the ballot: Thomas Leppert in his 2012 failed Texas Senate run and Sanford. Dedman also gave to Sanford during his 2006 race for South Carolina governor, according to Sunlight's Influence Explorer. Last week, Dedman and his wife sent $5,200 to Sanford's congressional campaigh.
Some curious late out-of-state donors are also helping one of Sanford's main opponents, state Sen. Larry Grooms, who has raised the second most money of any Republican — at $242,691. He's gotten help from one Shaun McCutcheon, an Alabama man who is currently challenging the overall annual cap on campaign contributions that an individual can give to candidates and party committees. If he is successful in the Supreme Court, he would allow for vastly more spending on elections by wealthy donors. The Center for Public Integrity talked to McCutcheon and has a story about him here.
Grooms has also benefited from a $2,000 check from Lewis Topper, the New York CEO of of Fast Food Systems Inc., who gave $55,000 to the Romney Victory Fund in 2012.
If no candidate wins an outright majority in today's primary, a runoff will be held April 2. The candidates who make that round would have to file another report detailing their finances through March 13 with the FEC by Thursday.
Meanwhile, in a two-way Democratic primary, the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, is also attracting some big last minute money. She got $2,600 from venture capitalist Kenneth Lerer, a co-founder of the Huffington Post who gave $75,800 to the Obama Victory Fund during the 2012 campaign. She also got a late $1,000 check from lobbyist Jamie Harrison of Washington D.C.'s Podesta Group, whose clients include Merck, GM and the University of South Carolina. Money also flowed to Colbert Busch from former Democratic Senate leader Tom Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat who advises lobbyists at DLA Piper, as well as Daschle's wife, Linda, also a lobbyist.
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Lopez splits with husband No. 2
New York � J. Lo is solo again.
A source confirmed to The Associated Press Friday that Jennifer Lopez and her dancer-husband, Cris Judd, have separated. The source said the pair had parted amicably and have no immediate plans for divorce.
A spokesman for Lopez declined to confirm or deny the split.
The 31-year-old actress-singer married Judd, 32, in a private ceremony in Calabasas, Calif. The Sept. 29 nuptials came just months after she broke up with hip-hop mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, with whom she had a highly publicized romance.
Judd appeared prominently as a background dancer in the video for her hit "Love Don't Cost a Thing," but in recent months has become more active in her career. He directed the video for the Ja Rule remix of her song "Ain't It Funny," and choreographed her recent NBC concert special.
Lopez married model Ojani Noa in 1997 and divorced him the following year.
Falwell satire site allowed to stay
Lynchburg, Va. � A Web site that pokes fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell and uses his name without his consent will be allowed to continue, an international arbiter of Internet domain names has ruled.
The World Intellectual Property Organization denied Falwell's complaint against Gary Cohn, owner of www.jerryfalwell.com, in a decision distributed Thursday.
The Geneva, Switzerland-based arbiters' panel denied Falwell's claim that he had a common-law trademark on his name.
"The complainant has failed to show that his name, well-known as it is, has been used in a trademark sense as a label of particular goods or services," the decision reads.
Previous WIPO policy has ruled that protection should be limited to personal names that have been commercially exploited.
The three-member panel's decision also applies to www.jerryfallwell.com, another Web site that parodies Falwell.
Bergman stocks foundation
Stockholm, Sweden � Film director Ingmar Bergman will donate raw footage, photographs and manuscripts from his films and plays to a new foundation to be set up in his honor.
The archive material will help researchers study the thought processes that went into Bergman's work, Swedish Film Institute spokesman Jan Goeransson said.
"It's amazing material that becomes available. It will be a huge source for researchers to dig through," Goeransson said.
The foundation will be set up by arts institutions and media organizations, including the film institute and Swedish Television.
Bergman, 83, whose film classics include "The Seventh Seal" and "Fanny and Alexander," is producing a television play for Swedish Television.
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Reynolds does it all in Grizzlies' wild win
Nats farmhand records first five-hit game, pitches one inning
Matt Reynolds is hitting .379/.455/.690 with three homers and nine RBIs in nine games in June. (Fresno Grizzlies)
By Brian Stultz / MiLB.com | June 23, 2019 7:11 PM
Thirty-one runs. Four position players taking the mound. Video game-like numbers in Salt Lake City. And Matt Reynolds was in the middle of all it.
The Nationals farmhand homered, doubled twice, drove in four runs and scored four times in his first career five-hit game as Triple-A Fresno crushed Salt Lake, 22-9, on Sunday at Smith's Ballpark. Oh, Reynolds also spent an inning on the mound for the Grizzlies.
Video: Grizzlies' Reynolds collects his fifth hit of game
The 28-year-old homered to right-center field in the second inning off starter Jose Rodriguez. He doubled in the fifth, driving a ball to right to score Jose Marmolejos and extend Fresno's lead to 7-2.
Batting twice in a 10-run seventh, Reynolds singled to left and doubled to right, plating Marmolejos and Brandon Snyder. A single to left in the ninth gave the Major League veteran the first five-hit game of his eight-year career.
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"I have been just trying to stay to the middle of the field and staying on the off-speed pitches," Reynolds said. "I got some good pitches to hit today and I was able to put some good swings on them."
The 2012 second-round pick by the Mets is batting .298/.384/.509 with eight homers, four triples, 16 doubles, 33 RBIs and 36 runs scored in 67 games with the Grizzlies.
With the game well in hand, Reynolds took the mound in the seventh, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks. It was his second pitching appearance in less than a month after throwing a scoreless ninth against the same Salt Lake team in a 13-1 loss on May 31.
"It's fun to be on the side we were on today," Reynolds said. "I love to get an opportunity to go out there and pitch."
Noting that he was just trying to get the inning over as quickly as possible, the University of Arkansas product wasn't just a one-pitch act.
"I was throwing a little slider and a little changeup but mostly just fastball," he said. "I was just trying to throw strikes."
Reynolds wasn't the only position player thrust into the spotlight on the mound. Snyder, who started the day as Fresno's designated hitter, came on in the fifth and got the win after giving up a run and a hit while striking out one over two innings.
"Snyder was doing a good job," Reynolds said. "He was throwing knuckleballs up there."
It was Marmolejos' time after Reynolds. The first baseman yielded a run on a hit and two walks with one strikeout using "a nasty slider," Reynolds said. Catcher Matt Reistetter finished up by surrendering three runs and five hits in the ninth.
It came as no surprise that the quartet was called on to get some outs. The Nationals called up right-hander Kyle McGowin -- Sunday's scheduled starter -- on Saturday night. Couple that with a tired bullpen and the players were told to be ready.
"Our manager had a talk with us and said Scott Copeland was going to go three, maybe four and then we are going to go position players after that," Reynolds said. "That way, he could give our bullpen a little rest."
Video: Bees' Parker homers again
The Grizzlies decided to have fun with the unusual situation -- and possibly put a wager on the speed gun.
"There might have been some stakes on who could throw the hardest," Reynolds said with a laugh.
So who won?
"The hardest pitch I threw was 87 [mph]," he said. "I won the bet."
Andrew Stevenson was a major part of the Grizzlies' onslaught, going 5-for-7 with a homer, two doubles, five RBIs and four runs scored. Top Nats prospect Carter Kieboom smashed a grand slam in the fifth on a three-hit afternoon, drawing three walks and scoring twice.
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"Carter is an awesome guy to play with," Reynolds said of MLB.com's No. 21 overall prospect. "He's very mature for his age and has a mature approach at the plate. He always does big things like that -- we kind of expect him to do stuff like that. He's a fun guy to have on the team."
Marmolejos had three singles, two RBIs and two runs scored.
Salt Lake's Jarrett Parker homered in the ninth to extend his streak to six games with a big fly. He's one short of the Pacific Coast League modern-era record for consecutive games with a homer set by Albuquerque's Claude Westmoreland in 1977 and matched by Albuquerque's Dallas McPherson in 2008.
Brian Stultz is a contributor to MiLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @brianjstultz. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.


Beautifully combining the world of animation and the world of literature, Charles Bukowski's poem The Man with Beautiful Eyes is put into life by the collaboration of animator Jonathan Hodgson and illustrator Johnny Hannah.
Bukowski was an American poet, novelist and short story writer from Los Angeles. His works are highly influenced by the social and cultural status of his home town and further "marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women and the drudgery of work".
The short opens up with a recollection of a childhood memory. A group of kids finds a mysterious house in an overgrown garden thinking that there was no one living inside, until one day a voice came out of the house. A dead-beat alcoholic steps out and welcomes them warmly. The children have never seen a man with such a free spirit and immediately turned him into a romantic character, set apart from the uptight grown-ups they know.
Visually, the animation is dazzling. I loved how the seemingly painted illustrations help in bringing the poem to life without overpowering it. This shows how the artists' respect the piece, its past and its future. The play-up of words to images is also more than just captivating, transporting you into a whirlwind of abstract objects.
This short animation comes to remind us that society does not always 'permit' the existence of the beautiful things as some may be seen as a threat to the pre set order of things.
The Man With the Beautiful Eyes is indeed a great piece of animation, it's refreshing to hear Bukowski's words transferred into an another medium. So press play and enjoy five minutes of pure imagination.


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The Chi Review: Showtime's New Drama Is Heartwrenching And Raw
By Corey Chichizola
It's no secret that the world of TV is in a bit of a renaissance at the moment. There's a wealth of great content being produced, from places like network tv, cable, premium channels, and now streaming services. While channels like HBO and Showtime used to be the home for challenging and adult dramas, services like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu are definitely giving them a run for their money. Luckily for Showtime, its managed to produce some winners lately. SMILF is getting a ton of positive attention and was already renewed for Season 2, and now The Chi will bring a new soon to be acclaimed drama, focusing on a wide range of characters in the city of Chicago.
The Chi was created by recent Emmy Award winner Lena Waithe. Waithe recently made history for being the first African American Woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing. Her win comes from her work on the acclaimed Netflix series Master of None, and now she's able to create and write for a new series about her hometown of Chicago. The Chi follows a large ensemble cast, who make up the denizens of one Chicago neighborhood. With equal parts drama and heart, we see as the many characters function within their microchasm, especially in the wake of tragedy.
The narrative opens with Coogie (Jahking Guillory) a 16 year old boy who is riding around his neighborhood. We get a feel for what the community is like, and see as he takes care of someone else's near starving dog. But things quickly take a turn for the worse, as Coogie stumbles upon a dead body. The audience is shown how scared the community is of the police, and Coogie decides to steal the necklace, shoes, and wallet off of the body. This split decision quickly ripples through the rest of the cast, including both the victim and Coogie's family.
As each new character is introduced, we don't quite know what they have to do with the main story. We meet an aspiring chef Brandon (Straight Outta Compton's Jason Mitchell) who wants to start a restaurant with his girlfriend Jerrika (The Following's Tiffany Boone). Before the end of the episode, their connection to other characters become clear, as Brandon is actually Coogie's older brother. This is largely how The Chi plays with its large cast. We slowly peel back layers to each of them, and the series truly comes through as an ensemble piece.
The Chi's pilot episode should be enough to hook most TV audiences, as it's shot and written to near perfection. The first episode was helmed by film director Rick Famuyiwa, and his film sensibility can be seen in the cinematography. It's shot very much like a film, and the city feels like another character that we're following. Famuyiwa is the perfect guy to start off The Chi's story, as his work on films like Dope followed a different set of young people of color.
The cast's performances are seriously stellar, and The Chi seems like the perfect show to win some Best Ensemble awards come next Awards Season. Because the series has both charm and tragedy at its forefront, the cast is able to give a variety of performances. But the show really shines during its moment of drama, and there are plenty of absolutely heart wrenching scenes that will find you reaching for the tissues, and pretending you just have something in your eye. In particular Armando Riesco's performance is stellar, as he plays a police officer trying to do the right thing for the community he serves. Although major gang activity, access to guns, and the hatred from the community makes this almost impossible.
It certainly seems like The Chi has everything it needs to become a majorly successful series for Showtime. The show's cast reportedly clamored to be included, as it meant working with the recently lauded Lena Waithe. The series is already being referred to as the modern day The Wire, considering the large scope and cast of characters that The Chi focuses on. Although Detective Cruz is really the only real law enforcement officer that the story follows, as the regular community at large takes up most of the show's runtime. Still, The Wire is considered one of the best shows in TV history, so this is high praise coming from cinephiles.
The Chi is just the latest in an exciting line of TV shows that focus on people of color. Indeed, the 2017 Emmy winners and nominees featured many more people of color than before, including Donald Glover for Atlanta and Lena Waithe for Masters of None. And with the great Spike Lee even coming to the small screen for Netflix's She's Gotta Have It, there are more shows about and produced by African Americans than we've ever seen. And in addition to being a step forward for proper representation, the quality of these shows (including The Chi) prove why a diverse pool of directors and producers are needed in Hollywood.
Overall, The Chi is a beautiful series that packs a series emotional punch. Showtime would be remiss to cancel it anytime soon, so hopefully it'll follow along the lines of SMILF and get a speedy renewal.
You can catch The Chi January 7th on Showtime. In the meantime, check out our midseason premiere list to plan your next binge watch, and our cancellation list to se if your favorite show go tthe chop this year.
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A U.S. District Judge entered a consent decree of permanent injunction between the United States and Isomeric Pharmacy Solutions of Salt Lake City, Utah, two of the company's co-owners, and its chief operating officer. The consent decree prohibits the company from manufacturing, processing, packing, holding, or distributing drugs until they comply with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and its regulations, in addition to other requirements. Isomeric manufactured and distributed purportedly sterile drug products, including injectable and ophthalmic drugs, that were adulterated because the drugs were made under insanitary conditions and in violation of current good manufacturing practice requirements. Read the FDA news release.


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Flavij Ardabur Aspar (latinsko ) je bil vzhodnorimski patricij (primus patriciorum) in poveljnik vzhodnorimske kopenske vojske (magister militum) alansko-gotskega porekla, * okoli 400, † okoli 471.

Kot general germanske armade v rimski službi  je imel od 420. let do svoje smrti leta 471 velik vpliv na vzhodnorimske cesarje, predvsem na Teodozija II., Marcijana in Leona I., ki ga je na koncu dal usmrtiti. Njegova smrt je pomenila konec germanske prevlade v vzhodnorimski politiki.

Ime Aspar (izvorno Aspvar ali Aspidar) v iranskih jezikih pomeni učitelja jahanja ali jezdeca.

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Aspar je bil sin Ardaburja, magistra militum cesarja Teodozija II.. Pod očetovem poveljstvom je igral ključno vlogo za poraz zahodnega uzurpatorja Joanesa Ravenskega in ustoličenje Gale Placidije in njenega sina Valentinijana III. na rimski prestol. Sodeloval je tudi v mirovnih pogajanjih z Gejzerikom po vandalski zasedbi severne Afrike.

Po vojnem pohodu v Afriko je leta 434 dobil konzulski položaj, cesar pa zaradi svoje arijanske veroizpovedi ni mogel postati. Namesto tega je na cesarski položaj postavil svojega podrejenega častnika Marcijana, ki je postal cesar s poroko s Teodozijevo hčerko Pulherijo.

27. januarja 457 je Marcijan umrl. Politični in vojaški igralci na vzhodnem dvoru so kar enajst dni izbirali  njegovega naslednika. Kljub temu, da je bil v igri močan kandidat, Asparjev zet Antemij, je bila končna izbira povsem drugačna. Aspar je verjetno dobil ponudbo senata, da postane cesar, vendar jo je zavrnil. Namesto sebe bi lahko izbral svojega  sina Ardaburja, vendar je namesto njega izbral Leona I., nepomembnega vojaškega tribuna ene od njegovih vojaških enot.

Leta 470 je v borbi za oblast med Asparjem in  izavrijskim generalom Zenonom Aspar prepričal cesarja, naj za cezarja imenuje njegovega drugega sina Julija Patricija in mu da za ženo svojo hčerko Leoncijo. Ker za duhovščino in meščane Konstantinopla kot arijanec ni bil primeren kandidat za cesarja, so na mestnem hipodromu izbruhnili nemiri, ki jih je vodil akimitski menih  Marcel. Leon I. in Aspar sta morala sprejeti pogoje cerkve in meščanov in škofom obljubiti, da se bo Patricij pred ustoličenjem spreobrnil v pravoslavje in se šele potem poročil z Leoncijo.

Leon I. je leta 471 organiziral zaroto, v kateri so Izarvrijci ubili Asparja in njegovega najstarejšega sina Ardaburja. V zaroti je morda umrl tudi Patricij, čeprav nekateri viri poročajo, da si je opomogel od zadanih ran.

Zapuščina
Z Asparjevo smrtjo se je končala germanska dominacija v vzhodnorimski politiki.

Aspar je bil učitelj kasnejšega ostrogotskega kralja Teodorika Velikega, ki je bil nečak njegove žene.  Aspar je imel poleg Ardaburja in Patricija še sina sina Ermanarika, katerega mati je bila sestra ostrogotskega poglavarja Teodorika Strabona.

Sklici

Viri
 M. Bunson (1994), Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire,  New York: Facts on File Inc.
 B. Croke, Dynasty and Ethnicity: Emperor Leo and the Eclipse of Aspar, Chiron 35 (2005), str. 147-203.

Goti
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Бесна Кобила је планина у југоисточној Србији, на развођу слива Јужне Мораве и слива Струме. Припада планинама Родопског система. Највиши врх јој је 1.922 m., а остали високи врхови су Шупљи пад (1.862), Мусул (1.777), Мечит (1.587), Бела Вода и Модрика. Гребеном ове планине простирала се српско-бугарска граница у периоду између 1878. и 1919. године.

Етимологија

Легенда
У давна времена на ову планину богату сочним пашњацима, са својим стадима оваца, крава и коња, стигли су номади. Убрзо ро доласку они почињу да граде и своје колибе.
У том селу живела је и лепа девојка Феја. Али, Феја је била и дете ове природе. Снажна девојка и одличан јахач, ни у чему није заостајала за мушкарцима. Посебна страст било јој је јахање, готово се и није одвајала од своје кобиле.
Једног дана Фејину кобилу је ујео бесан пас. Она то није знала, али је видела да су ноздрве њене кобиле обливене крвавом реном. Пожурила је у село, где ће јој људи помоћи да травама спасе своју љубимицу, али је кобила нагло променила правац кретања и појурила ка планини. Наглим окретањем она је збацила Феју и наставила да јури све дубље у непроход. Феја је том приликом сломила ногу. Људи су је нашли онесвешћену, однели у очеву колибу и дуго, дуго лечили, али је Феја остала хрома. И, тако, по овом догађају — чувајући успомену на ову изузетну лепотицу и њену трагичну судбину, људи су ово село назвали Крива Феја, а планину Бесна Кобила.

Положај и пространство
Планина Бесна Кобила, са својим највишим врхом од 1.922 -{m}- надморске висине, налази се у југоисточној Србији, а удаљена је 40 километара источно од Врања, 120 километара од Ниша, исто толико од Скопља, а 400 километара од Београда.

Ова планина припада родопском планинском масиву. Родопске планине пружају се источно и западно од Јужне Мораве. Поред Бесне Кобиле, родопске планине обухватају и планине: Дукат, Варденик, Чемерник, Кукавицу, Јастребац и остале. Северно од Бесне Кобиле простире се Варденик (1.874), Чемерник (1.638) и Оштрозуб (1.546), а јужно од Бесне Кобиле се простире Дукат и Остроговске планине у Македонији.

Северним подножјем пролази пут који повезује Босилеград са долином Јужне Мораве. На јужној падини налази се рудник галенита.

Геолошке и геоморфолошке карактеристике
Састављена је углавном од гранита, а има и оловних руда. Долине у подножју су под шумом, а виши делови су под пашњацима.

Природне одлике
Бесна Кобила спада у Родопске планине које представљају најстарији планински масив на Балканском полуострву. Највиши врх планине је Бесна Кобила (1.922 метара), а остали значајни врхови су Шупљи пад (1.862), Мусул (1.777) и Мечит (1.587).

Флора и фауна

Ова планина обилује биљним врстама, са преко 700 врста дрвенастих, жбунастих и зељастих биљака. Од биљних врста најзаступљеније је самоникло, лековито биље, попут кантариона, коприве, нане и маслачка, а када је реч о животињама, на Бесној Кобили живе вук, дивља свиња, лисица.

Клима
Средња годишња температура износи 4,5˚C. Најтоплије је у јулу, када просечна температура достиже свега 13,6˚C, док је најхладније у јануару са просечном температуром од -6,5˚C. Када је реч о падавинама, Бесна Кобила прима између 900 и 1000 милиметара годишње у просеку. Највише кише падне у јуну, чак 117 милиметара, док је најсушнији месец октобар, са 35 милиметара падавина.

Воде и водно земљиште
Најважнији ресурси на подручју Бесне Кобиле су слив Јужне Мораве, Струме (као и њене притоке Драговиштице), термоминералне воде Врањске бање, Власинско и Лисинско језеро.

Слив Јужне Мораве представља најзначајнију речну мрежу на подручју Бесне Кобиле. Јужна Морава тече у правцу југ-север у дужини од 295 километара, од македонске границе до ушћа у Велику Мораву. Она припада црноморском сливу, а површина њеног слива је 15.469 квадратних километара. Притоке Јужне Мораве у близини Бесне Кобиле су Врањска река, Врла, Власина.

На територији општине Босилеград хидрографску мрежу чини река Драговиштица са својим притокама Бранковске, Љубатске и Лисинске реке. Сви водотокови са овог подручја усмерени су ка Струми односно Егејском мору, сем Божичке, Лисинске и Љубатске које се преко Лисинског језера усмеравају ка Власинском језеру.

На територији општине Врање хидрографску мрежу чине Јужна Морава, Бањштица, Корбевачка река, Вртогошка река, Ветерница, Коћурица, Врањска и Собинска река.

Термоминералне воде Врањске бање обухватају 11 геотермалних извора са протоком од 126 литара по секунди и температуре у распону од 94 до 110˚C. Врањска бања је најпознатија бања са хипертермалним водама, а спада јужноморавској бањској зони која поред ове бање, обухвата и Нишку, Бујановачку и Сијаринску бању.

Када је реч о језерима, на овом подручју се налазе језера Првонек, површине 100 хектара, и језеро Лисина, на подручју општине Босилеград.

Минералне сировине
Бесна Кобила је планина богата рудама. Од рудних налазишта најзначајније су оловне руде и гранит (олово, цинк, кадмијум, сребро, бакар). Познато је рудно налазиште Бесна Кобила из кога се експлоатише руда кобалта, молибдена, бизмута и волфрама, као и олово-цинкана руда. Поред овог, на планини се налази и рудно налазиште Крива Феја које обилује рудом молибдена.

Демографија

На Бесној Кобили, као релативно високој српској планини, нема већих насеља и градова. Неколико села налази се на падинама и у подножју планине. То су Плоча, Мусуљ, Црни Врх, Крива Феја и друга. Према попису из 2002. године, у селима на Бесној Кобили је живело негде око 1.030 становника. Данас је тај број, сходно великом тренду депопулације и миграција, много мањи. Ова села насељавају претежно старији људи, јер их млади људи све чешће напуштају и одлазе у низијске пределе и веће градове.

Саобраћај
Према подацима републичког завода за статистику, општине Врање и Босилеград, као општине у којима је смештена планина, имале су укупно 20 километара магистралног, 265 километара регионалног, а 858 километара локалног пута. Од тога је савремени коловоз чинио 42% у општини Врање, односно 9,7% у општини Босилеград. Најважније саобраћајнице у близини Бесне Кобиле су Е 75, који пролази 40 километара од планине, као и регионални путеви -{R}- 122 и -{R}- 239 који од Босилеграда воде ка бугарској и македонској граници.

Туризам
Бесна Кобила је 9 месеци годишње прекривена снегом, што је чини погодном за зимски туризам. Од 2010. године постоји планинарски дом, који се користи за смештај посетилаца. "Небески пут" је назив стазе која пролази преко пространих планинских пашњака на надморској висини од 1.800 метара и погодна је за планински бициклизам и шетњу. Постоје амбициозни планови за изградњу већег ски центра на планини и општина тражи стране инвеститоре за реализацију истих.

Општина Босилеград нема регистрованих смештајних капацитета. Општина Врање има нешто више од 700 регистрованих лежаја, од чега је око 200 приватни смештај. Хотелски смештај се може наћи искључиво у Врању и Врањској Бањи. На самој планини се налази планинарски дом са капацитетом од укупно 80 лежаја.

Галерија

Референце

Литература

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by: Eryn Taylor
Tyler Brunson, Malik Graham (Courtesy of the Desoto County Sheriff's Department)
DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. — Three suspects have been charged after allegedly breaking into a car, then shooting at deputies during a subsequent chase in Desoto County.
It all began when the Desoto County Sheriff's Department received a call regarding an auto burglary in the Mitchell's Corner subdivision just after midnight.
During a search of the area, deputies said they eventually spotted a suspicious vehicle, but when they tried to pull the suspects over, they took off, fleeing into the Chateau Drive area with authorities in pursuit. Two of the suspects, Tyler Brunson, 18, and Malik Graham, 18, jumped from the car, leaving three others behind in the vehicle.
Authorities said they were chasing those two suspects when Brunson opened fire.
Both suspects, along with the three in the car, were initially detained.
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A juvenile was also charged, while the other two were released pending the outcome of the investigation.
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Free Internet Access: 1stUp Turns Up the Heat
By internetnews.com Staff | February 15, 2000
With numerous sites now offering free dial-up Internet access, high-speed access becoming readily available, bulk connectivity costs dropping and advertising dollars spent increasing, investors are left with a lot of due-diligence work. What Internet access companies' will benefit from these strong trends that are shifting our entire Internet economy?
CMGI- (CMGI) majority owned, 1stUp.com is a good place to start. The company is still private, though it's likely we will see an S1 filing within the next month.
1stUp.com's technology provides a scalable solution indirectly delivering consumers free, advertising supported dial-up Internet access. Unlike other ad-supported providers, 1stUp.com caters to corporate partners, allowing these partners to offer their users a branded, free Internet access service. High-profile 1stUp.com corporate clients include Excite@Home (ATHM), AltaVista, and Bolt.com among several others.
Reporter@Large had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Charles Katz, 1stUp.com's chief executive officer.
Reporter@Large: So Lets talk about what 1stUp.com is really all about.
Katz: Well, 1stUp.com provides ad-supported Internet access technologies that allow companies to offer ad-subsidized, free Internet access to their consumers.
Reporter@Large: What kind of businesses does 1stUp.com target as potential partners?
Katz: We segment them into three different groups: 1) Internet companies. Companies like AltaVista or Excite that already have an online presence and want to continue and further communications with their users even after they've left that core Web site. 2) Computer Manufacturers. These are companies that have the first crack at the consumer once they've bought a computer. 3) Brick and Mortar companies. Businesses like newspapers, banks and retailers that have a trusted brand name with their consumers but maybe don't have a strong Web presence yet and this is a way to get a lot of their users online and to push those users to their online content.
Reporter@Large: I especially liked the deal you guys did with Excite@Home. It seems only natural for a high-speed access provider to offer a step ladders approach from free dial-up access to the company's premium paid-for broadband services.
Katz: Yeah, from our perspective it makes a lot of sense to try and get people online. We think we can play a very strong role in the broadband market as well. We may not offer free broadband access, but the idea of ad-subsidizing Internet access remains the same, whether it be dial-up, broadband, or internationally as well.
Reporter@Large: So the 1stUp.com model will benefit in the era of broadband.
Katz: Absolutely.
Reporter@Large: And as Internet access becomes more of a commodity, how exactly does 1stUp.com's model benefit?
Katz: As the costs of connectivity come down, the direct costs of offering the service come down as well. So it makes our direct cost service offering cheaper. We're taking advantage of two key trend lines: 1) the cost of connectivity is coming down and 2) the amount of online advertising spending, particularly to the top Web sites, is going up. So as those curves grow farther and farther apart, the business model becomes more and more valuable.
Reporter@Large: Can you give us an idea of the different players involved in 1stUp.com's business?
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Q: Connect Mongodb with Django I am trying to connect mongodb with django, but i am getting this error
ImproperlyConfigured: 'djongo' isn't an available database backend.
Try using 'django.db.backends.XXX', where XXX is one of:
    'mysql', 'oracle', 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'sqlite3'

I have read posts but they are all old and not helping me. I have created mongodb database using studio 3T, name of database is NewDataBase user is gsc-30310 port is 27017 host is localhost
Versions I am using are:
python3
Django==2.1.1
mongoengine==0.15.3
pymongo==3.7.1

Here is my settings.py file, please tell me how to setup for new version of django and python 3. thanks
    """
Django settings for RestUserAPI project.

Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 2.1.2.

For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/settings/

For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/
"""

import os
import mongoengine

# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = '3==2yxbjdvt+hkqm#*%s7cs4g(_+cus9pdup%bxd*uk03g^&w%'

# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = []

# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',

    #RestFrameWork
    'rest_framework',
]

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'RestUserAPI.urls'

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'RestUserAPI.wsgi.application'

# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        #'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        #'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
        'ENGINE' : '',
        'NAME' : 'local',
        'USER' : 'gsc-30310',
        'PASSWORD': 'gsc-30310',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '27017',
    }
}

# _MONGODB_USER = 'gsc-30310'
# _MONGODB_PASSWD = 'gsc-30310'
# _MONGODB_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
# _MONGODB_NAME = 'NewDataBase'
# _MONGODB_DATABASE_HOST = \
#     'mongodb://%s:%s@%s/%s' \
#     % (_MONGODB_USER, _MONGODB_PASSWD, _MONGODB_HOST, _MONGODB_NAME)
#
# mongoengine.connect(_MONGODB_NAME, host=_MONGODB_DATABASE_HOST)

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
    'mongoengine.django.auth.MongoEngineBackend',
)

# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators

AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
    },
]

# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/i18n/

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = True

# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/static-files/

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': [
        'rest_framework.permissions.DjangoModelPermissionsOrAnonReadOnly'
    ],
    'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': (
        'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer',
        'rest_framework.renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer',
    ),
    # 'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES': (
    #     'rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser',
    # )
    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES':[
        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
    #'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication'
    ],
    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES':[
        'rest_framework.permissions.AllowAny',
    ]

}

A: first thank you for your answers and support in this question.
I agree with Sanchit and shreesh katti answers, we can use mongoclient and mongoengine to connect with MongoDB, both works good.
I have found one another way, there is an open source project djongo and I am using djongo to connect with MongoDB database. The main benefit of djongo is that it lets you use everything that django provides ( eg models.Model).
here is link of djongo GitHub page https://github.com/nesdis/djongo
this is settings that we need to use djongo
settings.py
DATABASES = {
'default': {
    'ENGINE': 'djongo',
    'NAME': 'MyDB',
}

}

A: Django works well with Relational databases like PostGreSQL, MySQL. Every django settings needs to have a Database configuration defined with 'default' configurations it also needs database respective engine like psycopg2 for PostGreSQL, mysqlclient for MySQL - if you have multiple database configurations then you need to use database router check here for reference. In case of MongoDB - its a NoSql database which Django officially doesn't support if you really need to use MongoDB create a mongoengine configuration in views and you can define mongo credentials in settings.py

A: Using pymongo in django views:
client = pymongo.MongoClient(MONGO_URI)
mongodb = client[MONGO_DB_NAME]
...
class MongoClassView(View):
   def post(request):
       ...
       mapped_data = {'name': 'John'}
       mongodb.get_collection('mycollection').insert(mapped_data)
       return JsonResponse({})

hope this helps

A: You can try these steps to connect your django 2.0 or more with MongoDB database:
1) Install mongoengine for django 2.0
pip install -e git+https://github.com/MongoEngine/django-mongoengine.git#egg=django-mongoengine
2)Add these in your settings file:
from mongoengine import *

'django_mongoengine', // Add this line to installed app

MONGODB_DATABASES = {
"default": {
"name": '<db_name>',
"host": 'localhost',
"password": '',
"username": '',
"tz_aware": True, # if you using timezones in django (USE_TZ = True)
},
}

You can find the details for querying the database here

A: Use mongoengine and djongo to connect.
Make the following changes in your settings.py file
mongoengine.connect(
        db=config.main_db,
        host=config.host,
        #username=config.username_admin,
        #password=config.password_admin,
        #authentication_source=config.authSource_admin,
        #authentication_mechanism=config.authenticationMechanisms)

DATABASES = {
        'default': {
            'ENGINE': 'djongo',
            'NAME': config.main_db,
            # 'USER': config.username_admin,
            # 'PASSWORD': config.password_admin,
            # 'HOST': config.host,
            # 'PORT': config.port,
        }
    }

A: use djongo to connect to your mongodb:
use these versions on your venv (if you want to use virtual env):
dataclasses==0.1

Django==2.0

djongo==1.2.30

pymongo==3.2

pytz==2018.5

sqlparse==0.2.3

and follow this: Connect MongoDB to Django (using djongo)


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