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Batman - Season 1
Episode 01: Hi Diddle Riddle
Episode 02: Smack in the Middle
Episode 03: Fine Feathered Finks
Episode 04: The Penguin's a Jinx
Episode 05: The Joker Is Wild
Episode 06: Batman Is Riled
Episode 07: Instant Freeze
Episode 08: Rats Like Cheese
Episode 09: Zelda the Great
Episode 10: A Death Worse Than Fate
Episode 11: A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away
Episode 12: When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play
Episode 13: The Thirteenth Hat
Episode 14: Batman Stands Pat
Episode 15: The Joker Goes to School
Episode 16: He Meets His Match, the Grisly Ghoul
Episode 17: True or False-Face
Episode 18: Holy Rat Race
Episode 19: The Purr-fect Crime
Episode 20: Better Luck Next Time
Episode 21: The Penguin Goes Straight
Episode 22: Not Yet, He Ain't
Episode 23: The Ring of Wax
Episode 24: Give 'em the Axe
Episode 25: The Joker Trumps an Ace
Episode 26: Batman Sets the Pace
Episode 27: The Curse of Tut
Episode 28: The Pharaoh's in a Rut
Episode 29: The Bookworm Turns
Episode 30: While Gotham City Burns
Episode 31: Death in Slow Motion
Episode 32: The Riddler's False Notion
Episode 33: Fine Finny Fiends
Episode 34: Batman Makes the Scenes
The Caped Crusader and his young ward battle evildoers in Gotham City.
Comedy, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Crime, Sci-Fi, Family
Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton, Stafford Repp, Madge Blake, Yvonne Craig, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Julie Newmar, James OHara, ...»
Oscar Rudolph, James B. Clark, Robert Sparr
#Adam West #Alan Napier #Batman #Burt Ward #Neil Hamilton #Season 1
ACTORS OF "Batman - Season 1"
19 September 1928, Walla Walla, Washington, USA
6 July 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA
Alan Napier
7 January 1903, Birmingham, England, UK
9 September 1899, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Stafford Repp
26 April 1918, San Francisco, California, USA
Madge Blake
31 May 1899, Kinsley, Kansas, USA
16 May 1937, Taylorville, Illinois, USA
15 February 1907, New York City, New York, USA
16 November 1907, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
16 August 1933, Los Angeles, California, USA
James O'Hara
11 September 1927, Dublin, Ireland
Byron Keith
17 November 1917, El Paso, Illinois, USA
5 April 1933, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3 February 1938, San Diego, California, USA
19 October 1916, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
27 May 1911, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
7 May 1923, Michigan City, Indiana, USA
Richard Bakalyan
29 January 1931, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA
Al Wyatt Sr.
7 May 1917, Mayfield, Kentucky, USA
Carolyn Jones
28 April 1930, Amarillo, Texas, USA
Estelle Winwood
24 January 1883, Lee, Kent, England, UK
Joe E. Tata
13 September 1936, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Larry Anthony
9 September 1923, La Jolla [now in San Diego], California, USA
17 January 1927, North, South Carolina, USA
Tony Epper
1 October 1938, Los Angeles, California, USA
Gil Perkins
24 August 1907, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
12 July 1908, New York City, New York, USA
30 January 1914, Traverse City, Michigan, USA
Don 'Red' Barry
11 January 1912, Houston, Texas, USA
Victor Lundin
15 June 1930, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 May 1941, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
14 December 1923, Los Angeles, California, USA
Lewis Charles
2 November 1920, New York City, New York, USA
Maurice Dallimore
23 June 1912, Essex, London, England, UK
28 July 1901, Island Pond, Vermont, USA
Glynis Johns
5 October 1923, Pretoria, South Africa
Len Felber
April 18, 1915 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Leslie Parrish
13 March 1935, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
7 February 1919, Chicago, Illinois, USA
7 January 1929, Los Angeles, California, USA
Lyn Peters
February 28, 1941 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Al Ferrara
22 December 1939, New York, New York, USA
Joe Di Reda
16 September 1928, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Sivi Aberg
7 May 1944, Gävle, Gävleborgs län, Sweden
Allen Emerson
9 July 1941, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Lynley Laurence
Louis Quinn
23 March 1915, Chicago, Illinois, USA
John Mitchum
6 September 1919, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Hal Baylor
10 December 1918, Banner County, Nebraska, USA
Stacey Gregg
April 7, 1946 in Marylebone, London, England, UK
James Griffith
13 February 1916, Los Angeles, California, USA
Tim O'Kelly
Violet Carlson
September 13, 1900 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Nannette Turner
Aleta Rotell
Tol Avery
28 August 1915, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Pat Becker
18 July 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA
Monte Landis
29 February 1940, London, England, UK
Van Williams
27 February 1934, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
27 November 1940, San Francisco, California, USA
Julie Gregg
24 January 1937, Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Ethel Merman
16 January 1908, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
29 December 1923, New York City, New York, USA
Woodrow Parfrey
5 October 1922, New York City, New York, USA
27 February 1921, Yonkers, New York, USA
Hermione Baddeley
13 November 1906, Broseley, Shropshire, England, UK
Frank Baron
February 5, 1919 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
William Corcoran
Richard Krisher
August 22, 1938 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
Jim Drum
Boyd Santell
Don Hannum
October 30, 1934 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Jeanie Moore
Howard Duff
24 November 1913, Bremerton, Washington, USA
Breena Howard
Gary Owens
10 May 1934, Mitchell, South Dakota, USA
Steve Conte
16 January 1920, Gagliato, Calabria, Italy
26 July 1945, Berlin, Maryland, USA
Milton Stark
July 11, 1913 in USA
4 November 1918, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Maurice Evans
3 June 1901, Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK
25 August 1916, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
May 16, 1919 in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA
Roddy McDowall
17 September 1928, Herne Hill, London, England, UK
Eileen O'Neill
3 July 1939, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
5 December 1905, Wiznitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary [now Vyzhnytsia, Chernivetska oblast, Ukraine]
25 August 1909, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
3 July 1906, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Linda Gaye Scott
1 February 1943, Los Angeles, California, USA
Dan Seymour
22 February 1915, Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 May 1902, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
1 December 1928, New York City, New York, USA
30 March 1930, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Phyllis Douglas
7 December 1915, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Tisha Sterling
CRITICS OF "Batman - Season 1"
Slant Magazine
The show has unfairly endured a legacy of shame.
Remains a hugely entertaining, tongue-in-cheek romp.
On its own, Batman still offers an otherworldly perspective on a popular character now synonymous with fear and intimidation.
It is now considered as fun and smart as it was originally meant to be... This show has aged wonderfully.
Chemically pure, as direct a translation as is humanly possible.
Without Adam West's Batman, you might have never heard of the character at all.
Batman itself has the swingiest, jazziest soundtrack this side of Peter Gunn.
The show that launched a thousand double entendres.
However, taken on its own terms, Batman is a very fun and entertaining show.
Dozier's unimaginative stories and formulaic repetition ground Batman into the dirt almost immediately.
This hysterical and culturally significant series could be a terrifically fun binge to indulge in over the course of a weekend.
If you've never seen the original by Bill Dozier -- who took Bob Kane's greatest-comic-hero-ever and turned him into a figure of joy and mirth, with a wonderful cast in support -- then you have not lived a full or productive life.


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Q: What argument should I be passing to "root" when importing a tkinter file? This is likely a very basic question, but I am trying to code something with very little knowledge of Python at the moment.
I am writing a script that will open a GUI (designed in PAGE, which works with tkinter) for a user to enter several inputs. When they click submit, the code stores the values from their inputs as variables and destroys the GUI window. At this point it begins running a Selenium script (created in the Katalon IDE) to control a browser window and begin using the information in the inputs to populate fields in a web form.
My tkinter files consist of one main file for the GUI that inputs a support file that defines what happens when the button is pressed. Right now I am importing the the main GUI tkinter file to the Selenium script file and then at the bottom of the file, running this:
if __name__ == "__main__":
SNinput.create_New_Toplevel(root)
unittest.main()

I am passing root because my primary tkinter file (SNinput.py) contains this function:
def create_New_Toplevel(root, *args, **kwargs):
'''Starting point when module is imported by another program.'''
global w, w_win, rt
rt = root
w = Toplevel (root)
top = New_Toplevel (w)
SNinput_support.init(w, top, *args, **kwargs)
return (w, top)

When I run the Selenium file, I get a TypeError that it's missing a positional argument: 'root'. What am I missing? What should I be passing to that function?
Alternately, should I have this process reversed, since I want to launch the GUI first and only then run the Selenium script? In other words, import the Selenium script (servicenow.py) into SNinput.py and then find a way to run that file when I click the submit button? The reason I didn't do this is I don't see a way to pass those variables down to the called function.
EDIT:
I have tried passing in several variations on 'tkinter' in place of root within my servicenow.py file but each time I get the error that the name is not defined.
At the top of my servicenow.py, I import the GUI module:
import SNinput

In the GUI module SNinput.py, the the initial imports and function definiations are as follows:
import sys

try:
    from Tkinter import *
except ImportError:
    from tkinter import *

try:
    import ttk
    py3 = False
except ImportError:
    import tkinter.ttk as ttk
    py3 = True

import SNinput_support

def vp_start_gui():
    '''Starting point when module is the main routine.'''
    global val, w, root
    root = Tk()
    top = New_Toplevel (root)
    SNinput_support.init(root, top)
    root.mainloop()

w = None
def create_New_Toplevel(root, *args, **kwargs):
    '''Starting point when module is imported by another program.'''
    global w, w_win, rt
    rt = root
    w = Toplevel (root)
    top = New_Toplevel (w)
    SNinput_support.init(w, top, *args, **kwargs)
    return (w, top)

def destroy_New_Toplevel():
    global w
    w.destroy()
    w = None

A: When written in modular manner it doesn't really matter which script drives the other. I personally prefer to make the GUI import other scripts.
If we were to assume that the first code snippet is indented correctly, and that it is somewhat the entire script, then the error is only natural because root by itself has no meaning. One must first assign an object to it for it to have a meaning.
By looking at your create_New_Toplevel, it looks like you should be passing an instance of tkinter.Tk class. Replace 'main' with:
if __name__ == "__main__":
    import tkinter # replace with Tkinter if python 2.x
    SNinput.create_New_Toplevel(tkinter.Tk())
unittest.main()

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Docent-led tours at the Tampa Museum of Art focus on connecting students with the Museum's collections and special exhibitions. They inspire an understanding and appreciation of the visual arts. Students are encouraged to use critical thinking and viewing skills to connect the art on view with their studies and their own life experiences. Volunteer docents lead tours based on current museum pedagogical theory and classroom curricular standards.
The Classical World
Ongoing exhibition
Fragment from a Red-Figure Volute Krater (Mixing Vessel) with the Judgment of Paris. Attributed to the Darius Painter, South Italian, Apulian, ca. 380-370 BC. Ceramic. Tampa Museum of Art, Joseph Veach Noble Collection, 1986.105.
The Classical World showcases nearly 200 Greek, Etruscan, and Roman artworks and artifacts from the Museum's notable antiquities collection, supplemented with important loans from local private collectors. Ranging from prehistoric pottery and sculpture (dating from as early as 3000 BC) to marble sculpture and terracotta from the Roman Empire (dating to as late as the 5th century AD), the exhibition includes a particularly fine assortment of Greek and South Italian black-figure and red-figure vases. Also included in the exhibition are important works of sculpture in terracotta, stone, and precious metal, as well as ancient coins, jewelry, and glass vessels. Ongoing, reinstalled July 14, 2018.
The Classical World in Focus: Contests, Combat, and Commemoration is currently on display. Contest, combat and commemoration played important and often interrelated roles in ancient art, life, and culture. This small exhibition, drawn primarily from the Museum's permanent collection, explores a number of these connections within both mythological and historical contexts. Altogether, some eighty works of Greek, Roman, Etruscan, and Egyptian art are included, ranging from the sixth century BC to the fourth century AD, and from painted pottery to sculpture in terracotta, bronze, and stone.
Vapor and Vibration: The Art of Larry Bell and Jesús Rafael Soto
May 3 – September 30, 2018
This exhibition places in dialogue, for the first time, the work of two of the 20th century's most innovative artists exploring light and space. Since the 1960s, Soto and Bell have pushed the boundaries of traditional painting and sculpture with new materials and forms. While there have been several exhibitions devoted to each artist, Bell and Soto aims to present their works in a fresh context not yet explored by curators and art historians. Bell and Soto is not a survey or historical overview of the artists' prolific careers. Rather, the show will juxtapose key bodies of work by both artists in three sections: Cubes and Structures; Vapor and Vibration; and Light and Transparency.
Cubes and Structures section will explore the reductive significance of the cube and the grid as both artists pushed beyond traditional painting formats and pedestal sculpture. Vapor and Vibration looks at how Soto and Bell have used color, as well as contrasting properties of light and dark, to render spatial illusion and optical effects in 2D planes. The final section, Light and Transparency, demonstrates the artists' investigations of light, color, and surface in experiential-based sculpture and installation. Approximately 30-40 objects will be on view in Bell and Soto and will feature influential works from the 1960s through the present.
Patricia Cronin, Aphrodite, and the Lure of Antiquity: Conversations with the Collection
August 16 – January 6, 2019
This is the inaugural exhibition in a biennial series exploring synergy between collections that may initially strike visitors as wholly separate from one another – namely, classical antiquities and modern and contemporary art. Patricia Cronin (American, b. 1963) is an internationally recognized Brooklyn-based artist uniquely positioned for such a visual conversation. Winner of a Rome Prize in Visual Art in 2006-2007, and past Trustee of the American Academy in Rome, Cronin is deeply interested in the ancient world, which she frequently references in her work. For the first commission in our biennial series, Cronin has created a large outdoor sculpture of Aphrodite inspired by a fragmentary 1st-century AD marble torso of Aphrodite in the Museum's collection. Entitled Aphrodite Reimagined, Cronin's sculpture re-envisions the Museum's Aphrodite fragment as a monumental "complete" sculpture with a stone torso and translucent head, arms, and legs. The sculpture invites viewers to reconsider the narrative of an ancient work heavily restored after its rediscovery, and acts as a metaphor for shifting certainties about human history. Cronin and Museum curators will also pair an Etruscan cinerary urn from the Museum's collection with multiple iterations of Cronin's 2002 sculpture Memorial to a Marriage, a powerful artwork that references ancient and neoclassical funerary monuments as well as contemporary issues of social justice. The final gallery of the exhibition will comprise a visual dialogue between figural works by Cronin and several antiquities from the Museum's permanent collection.
This exhibition is made possible by the Vinik Family Foundation.
Yayoi Kusama: LOVE IS CALLING
September 28 – February 14, 2019
The Tampa Museum of Art is pleased to present Yayoi Kusama's LOVE IS CALLING, one of the artist's iconic Infinity Rooms, on loan from the Vinik Family Foundation Collection. An immersive, experiential work of art, LOVE IS CALLING invites visitors to enter a mirrored room with tentacle-like soft sculptures hanging from the ceiling and positioned on the floor. These forms glow with changing colors and feature Kusama's signature polka dots. Mirrored walls create a kaleidoscopic effect, with the reflected imagery of the tentacles seemingly extending into infinite space. Visitors hear audio of the artist reciting a love poem in Japanese as they walk throughout the installation.
Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b. 1929) is one of today's most recognized and celebrated artists. In addition to her widely popular Infinity Rooms, such as LOVE IS CALLING, Kusama creates vibrant paintings, works on paper, and sculpture with abstract imagery. Her artwork has been shown and collected by leading institutions across the globe and she is considered "the world's most popular artist." A comprehensive retrospective, organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, is currently travelling around the US and Canada. In October 2017, the Yayoi Kusama Museum opened in Tokyo. The artist lives and works in Tokyo.
Robert Indiana: A Sculpture Retrospective
October 25 – March 17, 2019
This exhibition is organized by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
On the occasion of the American artist Robert Indiana's ninetieth birthday and in recognition of his broad and enduring achievement in sculptural media, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery will mount Robert Indiana: A Sculpture Retrospective in Summer 2018. The exhibition will then travel to Tampa, the only other venue.
Having gained international prominence in the early 1960s, Indiana (born Robert Clark in 1928) has created some of the world's most immediately recognizable works of art. Filled with intensely personal combinations of universal symbols—words and numbers, stars and wheels—his sculptures, paintings, drawings, and prints are most readily associated with the Pop art movement. Indiana's work in sculpture offers a unique opportunity to consider the multiple paradoxes inherent in his practice of creating objects of significance and permanence from everyday impressions and materials.
Many of Indiana's sculpture have never been publicly exhibited in the United States, and some of the most extraordinary examples of his career-defining LOVE sculpture, one of the twentieth century's most iconic works of art, have never been shown anywhere. This exhibition offers a thorough reassessment of the artist's work in sculpture, from his earliest assemblages of the late 1950s to his most recent series of remarkable painted bronzes.
Our educational tour series, titled "Art and…", offers different tour themes, each designed to align with a specific course curriculum. Students are encouraged to use critical thinking and viewing skills to connect with the art on view with the students' classroom curriculum and to discover how it relates to their studies and life experiences. If you have a specific Florida Standard you would like to achieve during your visit, we are happy to work with you. Our greatest strengths are in Visual Arts, Language Arts and Social Studies (Ancient Civilizations).
Art and..Tour Themes:
Art and Looking: Look close and discover the meaning, media, and inspiration behind the artwork. Focus on modern and contemporary art and/or ancient art to have meaningful conversations about the artwork on view.
Art and Storytelling: Discover the stories behind the objects. Practice your story telling skills by examining visual representations of well-known myths and real world events and using the artwork to inspire new stories.
Art and the Ancient World: Focus on the iconography and objects of the ancient Greeks and Romans as you explore The Classical World. Learn about Greek and Roman artifacts within their artistic, social, religious, economic, and political contexts.
45-60 Minutes in length and can begin as early as 10am.
The maximum number of students in the galleries at one time is 60.
Groups interested in seeing only one exhibition are capped at 30 students.
Large groups are divided into smaller groups of 10-15 and led through the galleries.
Groups larger than 60 can be accommodated by staggering lunch times in the adjacent Curtis Hixon Park.
Bus parking is conveniently located directly across from the Museum on Gasparilla Plaza.
Activity and study guides can be made available upon request for our antiquities collection.
Tours are free for K-12 students and school groups receive one free adult for every 10 students.
All additional chaperones and teachers are $15 for adults and $7.50 for FL educators.
The bus is on us! Book a tour to the Tampa Museum of Art and through our Art Line Bus Grant program, we will cover the cost of your transportation. Art Line is made possible by the Corbett Family Foundation, the Tampa Yankees Foundation, and Suncoast Credit Union.
Tours must be scheduled a minimum of two weeks in advance, on a first come, first served basis.
A School Tour Request form is available on the website at www.tampamuseum.org/School-Tour-Request.
For any questions or concerns, please email education@tampamuseum.org
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Could people please post the links toward BETA and Active Servers in here ?
Last edited by Ringo on Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
You mean something like this or something else?
Last edited by zivs on Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:57 am, edited 1 time in total.
set m01 "exec rots/town_SW1.cfg;set nextmap vstr m02"
set m02 "exec rots/town_SW2.cfg;set nextmap vstr m03; say "^1Next map is Kung-Fu-Grip""
set m03 "exec rots/kfg_SW1.cfg;set nextmap vstr m04"
set m04 "exec rots/kfg_SW2.cfg;set nextmap vstr m05; say "^1Next map is Beach""
set m05 "exec rots/beach_SW1.cfg;set nextmap vstr m06"
set m06 "exec rots/beach_SW2.cfg;set nextmap vstr m07; say "^1Next map is Hacienda""
set m07 "exec rots/haci_SW1.cfg;set nextmap vstr m08"
set m08 "exec rots/haci_SW2.cfg;set nextmap vstr m09; say "^1Next map is Canyon""
set m09 "exec rots/canyon_SW1.cfg;set nextmap vstr m10"
set m10 "exec rots/canyon_SW2.cfg;set nextmap vstr m11; say "^1Next map is BattleCreek""
set m11 "exec rots/bcreek_SW1.cfg;set nextmap vstr m12"
set m12 "exec rots/bcreek_SW2.cfg;set nextmap vstr m13; say "^1Next map is Harmonica""
set m13 "exec rots/harmo_SW1.cfg;set nextmap vstr m14"
set m14 "exec rots/harmo_SW2.cfg;set nextmap vstr m15; say "^1Next map is El Paso""
set m15 "exec rots/elpaso_SW1.cfg;set nextmap vstr m16"
set m16 "exec rots/elpaso_SW2.cfg;set nextmap vstr m17; say "^1Next map is Mine""
set m17 "exec rots/mine_SW1.cfg;set nextmap vstr m18"
set m18 "exec rots/mine_SW2.cfg;set nextmap vstr m19; say "^1Next map is Mountain""
set m19 "exec rots/mountain_SW1.cfg;set nextmap vstr m20"
set m20 "exec rots/mountain_SW2.cfg;set nextmap vstr m21; say "^1Next map is Sanchuchillo""
set m21 "exec rots/sancuchillo_SW1.cfg;set nextmap vstr m22"
set m22 "exec rots/sancuchillo_SW2.cfg;set nextmap vstr m23; say "^1Next map is Santa Cruz""
set m23 "exec rots/santacruz_SW1.cfg;set nextmap vstr m24"
set m24 "exec rots/santacruz_SW2.cfg;set nextmap vstr m25; say "^1Next map is Train""
set m25 "exec rots/train_SW1.cfg;set nextmap vstr m26"
set m26 "exec rots/train_SW2.cfg;set nextmap vstr m01; say "^1Next map is Town""
also which version of canyon does this call up new or old one?
It's the script for the old one that is obj not sw mode.
i was refferring to the rotation script , some servers are getting stuck ..
as for santa mod , it has been installed .. running on a different port .. i advise people to have rtcw though since its no total conversion ..
say "^2Round 1 of 2"
say "^2Hacienda CTF.. Hold all the flags to win"
... well there's part of your problem.
... or is that generic obj mode and tdm is 13 ???
say "^2Team DeathMatch.. Highest team score wins"
zivs wrote: You mean something like this or something else?
Meh, I'm bit outdated - which ones are not running now?
currently none of the url's above show active servers.
El Dragon wrote: currently none of the url's above show active servers.
like I said, all the ones in the top of the post are dead links.
man maintainance here has gone down hill after I left.
El Dragon wrote: like I said, all the ones in the top of the post are dead links.
But you're back now, so things will get fixed!! Welcome back Dragon! I knew this retirement thing wouldn't last.


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Craig 2014 announcement tour reaches Salisbury
It wasn't exactly by Pony Express, but the third of three days of current Harford County Executive David Craig traveling the state and making his 2014 plans official began this morning in Salisbury at the Government Office Building. His announcement drew about 40 onlookers and various members of the media, as you'll soon see.
Following Monday stops in Havre de Grace, Dundalk, and Hagerstown, and an itinerary yesterday which included Silver Spring, Prince Frederick, and Annapolis, the final day was opened with some pleasant weather and welcoming remarks by Wicomico County Councilman Joe Holloway.
Holloway's welcome served as a means to introduce many of the local elected officials who were there to back this Republican effort; a group which included Central Committee members from Worcester, Somerset, and Wicomico counties as well as his fellow County Council members Bob Culver and Gail Bartkovich, Wicomico County State's Attorney Matt Maciarello, and Delegates Addie Eckardt and Charles Otto.
Holloway then introduced Gail Bartkovich, who had the honor of introducing our esteemed guest.
Gail opened up her warm welcome by noting that our state government seems to think that problems are solved in just two ways: taxes and spending. "Annapolis has forgotten that Maryland government works for us," said Bartkovich. "We deserve a choice."
Gail went on to point out that David is unique as a man who has headed up both the Maryland Municipal League and the Maryland Association of Counties as mayor of Havre de Grace and Harford County Executive, respectively. She touted a number of fiscal accomplishments David has achieved as county executive, including leadership in agricultural preservation and a "buy local" campaign. Obviously in a rural county like Wicomico this was seen as appealing.
But the key points Gail wanted to bring up were Craig's experience as a county leader and the idea David could be a credible alternative to the current policies in Annapolis which I feel only seem to enrich those who are connected. In that, she accomplished her goal and set the stage for the man who would be governor.
The audience seemed quite receptive to his message as well.
In his 16-minute statement, Craig touched on a number of key points.
Coming from a long line of Marylanders, Craig praised the state he grew up in. "I've been blessed to grow up in Maryland, to live here, to raise a family here, to have a career here, and to live with my grandparents and – now – our grandchildren," he beamed.
Comparing his hometown to Salisbury and other small towns in Maryland, Craig reiterated his "faith" in the state, noting, "we can get off the mat, we don't have to be counted out and don't have to give in." But our leaders were focused on the next election, not the next generation, said David.
"When they focus on their political power for too long, we see our faith starting to erode," warned Craig. He then blasted the incumbent, stating that "politicians…seem to be more concerned about being rockstars and celebrities and (with the) headlines than they are about doing what they're supposed to do."
All the while, Maryland is being "outflanked" by its neighboring states. Yet, in the areas adjacent to our surrounding states, said Craig, "we are the forgotten Marylanders." Government isn't working for us, he continued – the "political monopoly" in Annapolis is working for itself.
David turned to the taxing legacy of Martin O'Malley, pointing out that the 40 tax increases enacted by the O'Malley/Brown administration have cost working Maryland families $3.1 billion. Yet he warned, "if we don't offer an opportunity or a choice in 2014, by 2018 that number will be $20 billion."
If government continues to act as it pleases, added Craig, we will continue the trend which has seen 6,500 small businesses leave the state – second worst on the East Coast – and 31,000 taxpayers who fled the state for more tax-friendly confines like Florida. As an aside, David added "it would have been better to get rid of the death tax than the death penalty," a line which drew applause from those present.
Turning to education, David reminded the audience which had been fed the line about Maryland's top-ranked education system that the assessment had come from a trade publication. "That has no connection with student achievement," said David. "It's all about how much money you spend in education, not about how well the children do and what happens with them afterward."
Craig was also critical of the state's transportation plans, chastising the waste and conflicts of interest in awarding contracts, along with "falsely" balancing the state budget with $1 billion from the Transportation Trust Fund.
David asked about how we "lost our balance" between the environment and agriculture, steering away from sound science principles and instead "looking at what the headlines will be" in the quest for a cleaner environment. Eventually this imbalance will force succeeding generations to leave the state.
"This is what an unbalanced government looks like," added Craig. He then extolled his achievements in 32 years in government, including setting a financial plan for his successor as mayor of Havre de Grace which has enabled the lowering of the city's tax rate seven years in a row. (If only Salisbury could say the same.)
But his biggest selling point may have been lost, buried in a paragraph of other remarks. "We have more jobs in Harford County now than we did before the recession started," said David.
"I'm just a regular Maryland guy," he continued. "I refuse to accept we are going to continue to be a one-party state…we need to give people a true choice." And with a track record of confounding the naysayers, Craig was confident in victory. "I'm not going to be counted out," concluded David.
He then talked to his supporters before turning his attention to the media.
There was a good bit of local media there, with a camera crew and reporter from WMDT-TV patiently watching the affair before getting their interview in, while next in line was Jennifer Shutt of the Daily Times.
As I noted in my post from early this morning, newly-minted District 38C candidate Mary Beth Carozza was also there and introduced herself to the would-be governor. I also received a little insight about her campaign as I was awaiting my chance to speak with David.
That interview I had with David Craig will be published next Tuesday as I polish off the TQT series for a day. I was the only local blogger there so you'll get his insight on some local issues.
Yet David didn't just jump on the bus and leave after finishing with me. Instead he investigated another local business.
Today was the final day of the Craig announcement tour, which came just as fellow Republican Ron George will formally kick off his 2014 gubernatorial campaign this evening in Annapolis and rumblings from former Lieutenant Governor and RNC Chairman Michael Steele about throwing his hat into the ring later this year. (Sounds like a former governor I know, feeling entitled to win without a campaign.)
But Craig seems to have established his place as the man to beat thus far, and it's certain that he'll see a lot of Salisbury in the coming months as he seeks the nomination.
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Pierre Brigot (1 September 1713 – 8 November 1791) was a missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and was the first Superior of Karnatic Mission headquartered at Pondicherry which later became the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore. He was the Superior from 30 September 1776 until his death. He was formerly the Vicar Apostolic of Siam in Thailand from 8 December 1755. After his death the Karnatic Mission was headed by Bishop Nicolas Champenois.

Early life
He was born at Sully-sur-Loire in the Diocese of Orléans, France on 1 September 1713. He joined the Paris Foreign Missions Society and was sent to Siam, Thailand in 1741.

In Siam Mission

He worked first in a place called Mergui. In 1749 he apposed the erection of a stone in front of his Church. The stone is claimed to have contained abusive language towards Catholicism and for that reason it was called scandal stone. After two months of fighting, the Governor relented. From 1742 to 1750, he worked as the provicar of the Tenasserim.

He came back to Bangkok on 22 January 1755 and was appointed titula bishop of Thabraca and Coadjutor of Siam. Since his predecessor Jean de Lolière-Puycontat died before consecrating him, Brigot went to Manila to receive his episcopal consecration on 24 August 1757 from Bishop Juan de La Fuente Yepes.

Dunring the Burmese–Siamese War of 1767 Bishop Brigot, his missionaries together with their Christians and seminarians, a Jesuit, Dominicans, another Portuguese priest, and their Christians were taken prisoners. Seeing fellow Christians in misery, he gave them everything he had, he even sold his episcopal ring. During the month of May they were taken to Tavoy and then in November to Rangoon. The Franciscans and Barnabites missionaries in this city, chose him as arbitrator on an issue that divided them, and accepted his decision.

On 31 January 1768 he consecrated Giovanni Maria Percoto as the Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates and the Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù. He left in March of that year to Pondicherry.

In Karnatic Mission
After the Suppression of the Society of Jesus, the Karnatic Mission was given to the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He was appointed as its Superior by Pope Pius VI on 30 September 1776. He devoted himself to the reunion of the Jesuits and MEP missionaries and encouraged them to work together.

By a decree issued on 7 September 1778 he gained 13 jurisdictions, which gave him authority over all Christians in the territory of the French colony excluding Europeans and Creoles who remained subject to the Capuchins. Later his jurisdiction was extended over the Madurai and the Mysore. He consulted with Rome on some Indian customs and caste, and wisely applied the guidelines he received.

Death

In 1785, he chose Nicolas Champenois as coadjutor and consecrated him as the Titular Bishop of Doliche on 5 November 1786. Because of old age and sickness, he entrusted the administration to his coadjutor. He died in Pondicherry on 8 November 1791.

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Duets / *1/2 (2000)
When six spiritually unhappy individuals pair up in rather unrelated situations, they all find themselves on route to the same destination: a $5000 prize at an Omaha, Nebraska karaoke contest. One pair are newly-acquainted father and daughter, who bond throughout the movie on various ventures into karaoke competitions in local bars. The second pair consists of a business man who is overwrought with anxiety because his family ignores him, and an escaped convict with a voice that would captivate saints. The third is, rather pointlessly, a cab driver with the breakup blues, who agrees to take an ambitious waitress across the country to this contest just as long as she continues to perform sexual favors. For any person even slightly interested in seeing "Duets," which is a road movie without any sense of direction or stability, perhaps these descriptions alone will help shape your final decision.
"Duets" is one of the most muddled, unconvincing pictures you will ever see this year; an off-the-wall exercise where ingredients such as pretentious dramatics, halfhearted comedy, shaky characters and relentless studio sentiment are hammered together without reason or consistency. Directed by Bruce Paltrow, father to the movie's star, Gwyneth Paltrow, the picture functions with limited accessibility, combining stories so hastily that viewers are unable to grow comfortable with the setup. Each specific story adopts its own incentive, and because they are told at intervals throughout the 112-minute running time, the movie never manages to ground itself on the terms of a reasonable tone. Even though all three of them are sloppy, one story would be enough to satisfy the picture's narrative needs. The marriage of the three is just overkill.
The movie opens with Ricky Dean (Huey Lewis), a karaoke hustler of sorts, challenging the night's entertainment to a singing bet that involves large wads of cash. People feel up to his challenges because Dean's appearance at these places is not that suspicious: he dresses in a loud tone, wears glasses, and pretends to care little about the competition, even questioning why anyone would want to do it. He beats the pants off of his competitors, needless to say, and carries the money off with him. His routine lifestyle changes, however, when a former girlfriend dies, he attends the funeral, and meets (for the first time) his daughter Liv (Gwyneth Paltrow), who is a Las Vegas showgirl and can't wait to get to know her father. Paltrow is a cheery actress, and even Lewis has touches of merit on his part, but both of them trample through the story without much convincing momentum, using the script's melodrama like it was a survivor's guide.
In another approach, we meet Todd Woods (Paul Giamatti), whose traveling salesman business and neglecting family have sucked the energy from his soul, encouraging him to go traveling across the country to search for himself. Giamatti has the only strong performance here because he never treads into the pool of dramatic manipulation; when he rants, he sounds sincere, has validity in his expression, and we even identify with his frustration. But then there's an awkward change of priorities when Todd picks up a hitchhiker named Reggie Kane—who is an ex-con only experienced in singing and stealing—and the two strike up a friendship that leads them towards Omaha. The pairing is amusing, but the chemistry feels one-sided.
Following these formations comes Billy (Scott Speedman), a cab driver who has grown flustered over his recent breakup. He picks up waitress Suzi Loomis one day, and she convinces him to take her to this big competition in Omaha in exchange for, well, practically anything he wants. Both of the characters here are obviously unhappy, but the script never dives into their personas, letting them drift at the surface while the other two stories get more screen exposure.
Somehow, someway, this is all supposed to lead us into one big and fancy climax with a deep sense of meaning, but alas, like the story configurations, it doesn't have any real ambush (other than the fact that there actually is a climax amongst all of this mess). The bottom line here is that "Duets" is a complete miscalculation, uneven and bland, without a clue as to who it wants to please.
Drama (US); 2000; Rated R; 112 Minutes
Maria Bello: Suzi Loomis
Paul Giamatti: Todd Woods
Huey Lewis: Ricky Dean
Gwyneth Paltrow: Liv
Scott Speedman: Billy
Marian Seldes: Harriet Gahagan
Produced by Katherine E. Beyda, John Byrum, Neil Canton, Kevin Jones, Tony Ludwig, Lee R. Mayes, Bruce Paltrow and Alan Riche; Directed by Bruce Paltrow; Screenwritten by John Byrum
Labels: *1/2, 2000, ARCHIVE, COMEDY, DRAMA, MUSICALS, REVIEWS
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Laying the law down on ambush marketing
By Andy Sutherden // Thu 16th February 2012
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Before any case is presented for the defence and prosecution, let's start with defining the term. The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) describes ambush marketing as "... any kind of marketing activity undertaken around a property by an entity that is not a sponsor, where the entity seeks commercial benefit from associating itself with the property without paying any sponsorship fees". In other words 'corporate shop lifting': taking something for nothing when others have paid their way.
Regardless of these sinister overtones, some would describe ambush marketing as a bit of innocent fun that involves an audacious story of how a plucky underdog beat the system and – if only for a moment – won the hearts and minds of an unassuming public. One can certainly argue that ambushers bring their own brand of creativity to the table that helps keep official sponsors alert and constantly thinking about ways of keeping their own campaigns fresh and relevant.
Many examples spring to mind. Rewind to 1994 at the VISA-sponsored Winter Olympics in Lillehammer when American Express claimed Americans do not need "Visas" to travel to Norway. Or Linford Christie's infamous Puma logo contact lenses at the 1996 Olympics, sponsored by Reebok. Or Tonga's Epi Taione who changed his name to Paddy Power at the 2007 Rugby World Cup? How adidas' blood must have boiled when Li Ning, founder and chairman of the sports apparel company that bears his name– lit the cauldron at start of the 2008 Beijing Games. And spare a thought for Budweiser, sponsors of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa, who watched on helplessly as the football world toasted the audacity of Dutch rival Bavaria, who sent in 36 rather 'photogenic' ladies all dressed in orange to support Holland in their game against Denmark.
Creativity is the modern day pre-requisite of effective sponsorship activation, especially in a world of unprecedented clutter when multiple brands with legitimate rights of their own are fighting for a share of voice. No question ambush brands give the creative muscle of official sponsors some much needed exercise. Kit-Kat's brilliant 'fingers crossed' campaign last summer certainly gave its rival and England sponsor, Mars, a decent World Cup work-out.
Creative or not, ambush marketing has become somewhat of a dark art. So trust the legal profession to throw some light on how one addresses the rights and wrongs of this activity. A good friend and astute sports lawyer told me: "You can do what you want so long as you don't break the law!" Implicit in his message is an assumption that one knows what the law is. Some brands - like Bavaria - celebrate being 'unofficial' and flirt with the authorities knowing that their addiction to ambush is hated by the rights holder but loved by the public. In this case, the severity of FIFA's response helped give Bavaria the oxygen of publicity. All of the mini-skirted ladies were ejected from the venue and two were arrested on charges of organising "unlawful commercial activities".
The steps now being taken by governing bodies and organisers to protect the official rights of sponsors who have paid millions for the privilege of exclusive representation is a trend that reveals a telling insight. In South Africa, ambushers were subject to both criminal AND civil penalties. They also set up, at the instigation of FIFA, special courts to deal with these cases. This helped attract new sponsors paying premium prices to generate a record $1.6bn in sponsorship revenue. Similarly, the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 created the London Olympic Association Right (LOAR) which gives the Games' organisers the power to grant licenses to authorised sponsors to use the symbols, words and logos of the event. Some may be surprised at how restrictive the provisions of the Olympics Act are, but even in the grip of a global recession, LOCOG (London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games) has still managed to raise something north of £700m in commercial sponsorship revenues, and counting. Upwards of 50 companies will be officially associated with the event, sleeping sound in the knowledge that their rights are being rigoursly protected by law.
The industry recognises that nations bidding to host any event need to be able to demonstrate that they have an adequate legal framework to protect the rights of official sponsors. LOCOG would never have been able to raise the unprecedented levels of commercial revenue if brands felt unprotected and vulnerable to ambush. In many ways, the ever stronger arm of the law is making anti-ambush legislation more effective. It has helped avoid giving ambushers a level of cachet and perceived 'edginess' by virtue of being seen to exploit loop holes and areas of legal uncertainty.
Although unequivocal, anti-ambush laws are far from simple. Complexity still breeds an appetite to 'test' the system and for many, indirect association via separate sponsorship arrangements provide brands with legitimate ways of making a credible link without falling foul of the law. For example, is Aviva 'ambushing' its rival and LOCOG sponsor, Lloyds TSB? As a long term sponsor of athletics (signature event of a Summer Olympics), Aviva is quite rightly using its rights with UKA to make an association with a sport it has sponsored since 1999. British Gas is the headline sponsor of swimming in the UK. Is it ambushing its rival and LOCOG sponsor EDF? Non-LOCOG sponsors signing athletes in their individual capacity as part of an ambassador campaign is a common tactic adopted by multiple brands. Nestle is fronting its 'Get Set Go Free' initiative for instance with Team GB hopeful Tom Dayley. Is Nestle ambushing its rival and LOCOG sponsor Cadbury? Complex indeed.
These brands would argue they're not ambushing; simply using their own 'assets' to maximise an association with a connected property that does not infringe the rights of the event sponsors. A rights holder not liking something doesn't make it unlawful. Even ESA say "....anti-ambush legislation should not be allowed to stifle the financial 'dividend' generated in the wider economy generally, especially where the host nation has had to invest specifically in order to stage the event".
ESA's position urges a pragmatic approach to ambush marketing, concerned that "... anti-ambush laws and practices have in some circumstances brought the concept of sponsorship into disrepute". They're right. An unduly heavy handed approach could backfire, giving additional publicity to (and potential sympathy for) the ambusher. The Bavaria example earlier is a case in point. Any action should be proportionate to the circumstances. ESA go further and encourage rights holders to "use the full range of non-legal measures to combat ambush marketing and, so far as possible, to foster an environment where ambush marketing is seen by the general public as unattractive and where appropriate unpatriotic and/or dishonourable".
This drives straight to the heart of a way forward. ESA's own guidelines move the story on from a legal debate to a moral debate. The thought of making ambush marketing unattractive is at last seeking a cure rather than dealing with the symptom. The very public who have led to the uprising of ambush marketing could ironically lead to its downfall. Imagine a public education campaign that spelt out exactly how the money invested by official sponsors benefitted sport and society as a whole. The New Zealand team competing in the 2003 Americas Cup did exactly that. A full blown advertising and public relations campaign urged fans to only buy official sponsor merchandise because that money was quite literally keeping the crew – and the hopes of the nation - afloat. Fast forward nine years and LOCOG paint an even more graphic picture: without the official sponsors, the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games would simply not be happening.
More rights holders need to be more forthright in explaining why sponsorship revenue is critical to the very existence of organised sport and broader entertainment at all levels, not to mention the positive social and economic benefit they bring. And sponsors need to be more creative in connecting with its audience and demonstrating value. Rather than continue to spend time, money and positive energy in unscrambling the legal complexities of it all, ambushing the ambushers may simply come down to pricking consumer conscience and finding more compelling ways of selling the benefit of brands who actually pay to play.


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When unattended environmental and economic crises lead to social chaos, not even gated communities are safe. In a night of fire and death Lauren Olamina, a minister's young daughter, loses her family and home and ventures out into the unprotected American landscape. But what begins as a flight for survival soon leads to something much more: a startling vision of human destiny… and the birth of a new faith.
Parable of the Sower is set in what's essentially the apocalypse, following a young woman named Lauren in Southern California during an economic and social crisis. The book explores religion and philosophy, faith in the face of a crumbling society, and the formation of a family in times of crisis.
As something of a disclaimer, I've read one other novel by Octavia Butler — a standalone titled Kindred — and gave the book 5 stars. Much of that was due to the writing style, and Parable of the Sower is written in similarly accessible language: the narrator speaks normally, and Butler's prose isn't flowerly, overly technical, or — as I described to a friend — "so complicated that she sounds like an asshole."
While I didn't enjoy Parable of the Sower as much as I enjoyed Kindred, I did enjoy it, and the book made me think. Though set in what was at the time a relatively distant future of 2024, it's close enough to present-day to make me think of what might be coming. The novel is about environment, human nature, and the essence of family, and addresses racial and gender realities.
I was reading this book to evaluate whether or not to include it as a Girls in Capes book club selection, and it definitely made the cut. We'll be reading this for our April selection to coincide with The Growing Issue at GiC.
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Home Top Stories Parents Who Never Stopped Searching Reunite With Son Abducted 24 Years Ago
Parents Who Never Stopped Searching Reunite With Son Abducted 24 Years Ago
For almost 24 years, the daddy crossed China by motorcycle. With banners displaying photographs of a 2-year-old boy flying from the again of his bike, he traveled greater than 300,000 miles, all in pursuit of 1 purpose: discovering his kidnapped son.
This week, Guo Gangtang's search lastly ended. He and his spouse have been reunited with their son, now 26, after the police matched their DNA, in response to China's public safety ministry.
In a scene captured by Chinese language state tv, the trio clung to one another tearfully at a information convention on Sunday in Liaocheng, Mr. Guo's hometown in northern Shandong Province.
"My darling, my darling, my darling," Mr. Guo's spouse, Zhang Wenge, sobbed as she embraced the younger man. "We discovered you, my son, my son."
"He's been delivered into your arms, so you might want to love him properly," Mr. Guo stated, attempting to consolation her at the same time as his personal voice shook.
The obvious glad ending captivated China, the place Mr. Guo has grow to be one thing of a people hero. His cross-country odyssey, throughout which he stated he was thrown from his bike not less than as soon as and slept outside when he couldn't afford a lodge, impressed the 2015 movie "Misplaced and Love," starring the famend Hong Kong actor Andy Lau.
After the reunion, Chinese language social media full of congratulatory messages. Hashtags in regards to the Guo household have been considered tons of of hundreds of thousands of occasions. "Immediately, 'Misplaced and Love' lastly has an actual glad ending," the film's director, Peng Sanyuan, stated in a video on Douyin, a social media app.
Youngster abduction is a longstanding downside in China. There are not any official statistics on the variety of youngsters kidnapped every year, however officers on the Ministry of Public Safety stated this month that they'd positioned 2,609 lacking or kidnapped youngsters to date this 12 months. Numerous reviews estimate the variety of youngsters kidnapped yearly in China could also be as excessive as 70,000.
Traditionally, youngster abduction was linked, not less than partially, to China's one-child coverage. On the top of the coverage's enforcement within the 1980s and 1990s, some {couples} resorted to purchasing younger boys on the black market to make sure they'd have a son, in response to analysis by students at Xiamen College in Fujian Province. Chinese language society has historically favored sons.
Because the central authorities started easing enforcement of the coverage within the early 2000s — earlier than ending it in 2015 — reported abductions fell sharply. Technological advances similar to a nationwide DNA database of lacking youngsters, stiffer felony penalties and higher public consciousness of kid trafficking have additionally helped curb the issue, stated Zhang Zhiwei, government director of an anti-trafficking middle on the China College of Political Science and Regulation.
Nonetheless, the specter of abduction continues to weigh on many Chinese language. On Monday, a number of police departments within the japanese metropolis of Hangzhou issued statements denying viral rumors about tried kidnappings.
Mr. Guo's son, named Guo Xinzhen at beginning, disappeared on Sept. 21, 1997. He had been taking part in on the door of his residence whereas his mom cooked inside, in response to interviews the elder Mr. Guo has given through the years.
A frantic Mr. Guo and his spouse, together with household, neighbors and associates, fanned out throughout the area to seek for the boy. However after a number of months, the hassle waned. That was when Mr. Guo hooked up giant banners printed together with his son's picture to the again of a motorbike and got down to discover the boy on his personal.
"Son, the place are you?" the banners stated, alongside a picture of the boy in a puffy orange jacket. "Dad is searching for you to return residence."
Over time, Mr. Guo wore out 10 bikes, touring from Hainan within the south to Henan within the north, chasing down any tidbits of knowledge, he has stated. As soon as, on a wet day, a rock slipped off a truck mattress in entrance of him, sending his motorbike toppling. He had so many near-miss site visitors incidents that he misplaced depend. However he at all times set out once more.
"If I'm at residence, the human trafficker just isn't going to ship him again to me," he stated in a 2015 interview with state tv.
In 2012, Mr. Guo based a company to assist different mother and father discover their lacking youngsters, and he stated he has helped dozens of different households discover their family members, at the same time as his personal search remained unsuccessful. His story rose to nationwide prominence with the 2015 movie. Earlier this 12 months he additionally started selling anti-trafficking consciousness on the social media app Douyin, the place he had gained tens of 1000's of followers even earlier than his son was discovered.
The newest growth in Mr. Guo's story additionally appeared like one thing straight out of a screenwriter's creativeness.
In June, regulation enforcement officers in Shandong acquired discover of a possible match for Mr. Guo's son in Henan Province, in response to the general public safety ministry. It was not instantly clear how officers had recognized him, although they stated they'd used "the most recent comparability and search strategies." Additional blood work confirmed that the 26-year-old man, who some native information reviews stated was working as a instructor, was Mr. Guo's son.
The authorities later stated that they'd arrested a girl surnamed Tang and a person surnamed Hu. In line with the state information media, Ms. Tang snatched the boy and delivered him to Mr. Hu, who then bought him. CCTV, the state broadcaster, stated the 2 had confessed.
Forward of the reunion, a dazed Mr. Guo and his spouse purchased greater than 1,000 kilos of sweet to distribute to neighbors in celebration. Mr. Guo additionally cleaned out his residence, tossing out previous belongings to commemorate a brand new starting.
In an interview forward of the reunion with Chen Luyu, a talk-show host, the mother and father veered between jubilation and paralysis. Sitting at their eating desk, Ms. Zhang, Mr. Guo's spouse, broke down a number of occasions, questioning if their son would blame her for not watching him intently sufficient.
Mr. Guo stated he bore no resentment towards the couple that had raised his son. How his son would deal with that couple going ahead was as much as him, he stated.
"If the kid desires to be filial to his adopted mother and father, you then simply have to overtly and sincerely settle for that," he stated.
State media reviews stated that the youthful Mr. Guo had stated he would proceed residing with the couple that had raised him, who he stated had handled him properly. However he stated he would go to his beginning mother and father usually.
The elder Mr. Guo informed Ms. Chen, the tv host, that he was content material with regardless of the future introduced.
"Our youngster has been discovered," he stated. "Any longer, solely happiness is left."
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Photonics: Integrated laser on silicon is looking good
(Mar. 28, 2012) — A unique 'micro-loop mirror' design may enhance the performance of integrated laser on silicon.
Active optical fibers with silicon photonic chips can carry a lot more information for data interconnect than copper cables. Silicon photonics can also be the material of choice for wiring 'lab-on-a-chip' devices -- however, the construction of such devices is not without its challenges. One of the greatest difficulties is the implementation of lasers because silicon is a poor light emitter, but is commonly required for a photonic system on chip.
Doris Keh-Ting Ng at the A*STAR Data Storage Institute and co-workers have now successfully fabricated a laser on top of a silicon chip1. The III-V semiconductor...
(Mar. 28, 2012) — Faster computational methods could simulate the power and signal integrity of next-generation electronic systems.
The overall performance of modern computers and communications networks is dependent on the speed of electronic components, such as transistors and optical switches, as well as the quality of the wire network that powers and relays signals between these electronic components. Power and signal integrity are two important parameters for gauging the...
Nanotechnology: Feel the pressure
(Mar. 28, 2012) — Nanowires have superior electrical and mechanical properties and can be put to good use in pressure sensors, new research shows.
Miniaturized pressure sensors are widely used in mechanical and biomedical applications, for example, in gauging fuel pressure in cars or in monitoring blood pressure in patients. Woo-Tae Park and co-workers at the A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics1 have now developed a nanowire-based sensor that is so sensitive it can detect even...
Molecular Braille created to identify DNA molecules
(Mar. 27, 2012) — Researchers at UCLA and New York University have developed a method to detect sequence differences in individual DNA molecules by taking nanoscopic pictures of the molecules themselves.
The work is reported in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
Using the approach they call "Direct Molecular Recognition," the UCLA and NYU researchers used nanoparticles to turn the DNA molecules into a form of molecular braille that can be read in the scale of...
Capsule for removing radioactive contamination from milk, fruit juices, other beverages
(Mar. 27, 2012) — Amid concerns about possible terrorist attacks with nuclear materials, and fresh memories of environmental contamination from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, scientists have described the development of a capsule that can be dropped into water, milk, fruit juices and other foods to remove more than a dozen radioactive substances.
In a presentation at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), they...
Transparent, flexible '3-D' memory chips may be the next big thing in small memory devices
(Mar. 27, 2012) — New memory chips that are transparent, flexible enough to be folded like a sheet of paper, shrug off 1,000-degree Fahrenheit temperatures -- twice as hot as the max in a kitchen oven -- and survive other hostile conditions could usher in the development of next-generation flash-competitive memory for tomorrow's keychain drives, cell phones and computers, a scientist reported March 27.
Speaking at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American...
Nanostarfruits are pure gold for research
(Mar. 27, 2012) — They look like fruit, and indeed the nanoscale stars of new research at Rice University have tasty implications for medical imaging and chemical sensing.
Starfruit-shaped gold nanorods synthesized by chemist Eugene Zubarev and Leonid Vigderman, a graduate student in his lab at Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative, could nourish applications that rely on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).
The research appeared online this month in the...
35,000 gallons of prevention: Containing a tunnel flood with an inflatable stopper
(Mar. 27, 2012) — Twenty years ago in Chicago, a small leak in an unused freight tunnel expanded beneath the Windy City and started a flood which eventually gushed through the entire tunnel system. A quarter-million people were evacuated from the buildings above, nearly $2 billion in damages accrued, and it took 6 weeks to pump the tunnels dry. How much more costly -- in lives and infrastructure -- would a flood in a heavily used, underwater subway tunnel be today?
In January...
Writing graphene circuitry with ion 'pens'
(Mar. 27, 2012) — The unique electrical properties of graphene have enticed researchers to envision a future of fast integrated circuits made with the one-carbon-atom-thick sheets, but many challenges remain on the path to commercialization. Scientists from the University of Florida have recently tackled one of these challenges -- how to reliably manufacture graphene on a large scale.
The team has developed a promising new technique for creating graphene patterns on top of...


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Q: Multi-object create/update/delete? Use select SOAP APIs from REST client? I have a client calling various SF REST APIs.
So far so good.  Unfortunately (and inexplicably in my opinion), object create, update, and delete operations can handle 1 object per REST API request, however, which has some serious drawbacks (e.g. unnecessary network chatter/latency for each object, inability to do everything in 1 transaction, etc).
I don't want to have to create custom services in SalesForce -- as the client should be generic to any SalesForce installation.  And I don't want to rewrite everything in SOAP -- REST is much more appropriate overall.
Is there a way I can just make multi-object create, update, and delete calls from my REST client, e.g. using bare-bones SOAP calls for precisely these calls and passing the access token already established for the REST calls?
I really don't get why these capabilities are excluded from the REST API itself.

A: You could make use of the new batch resource that was added in Summer 15.

vXX.X/composite/batch
The Batch resource lets you execute a sequence of independent subrequests. For example, you can update the name on an account and get the account's field values in a single request.
{
    "batchRequests" : [
    {
    "method" : "PATCH",
    "url" : "v34.0/sobjects/account/001D000000K0fXOIAZ",
    "richInput" : {"Name" : "NewName"}
    },{
    "method" : "GET",
    "url" : "v34.0/sobjects/account/001D000000K0fXOIAZ"
    }]
}

The response contains the status codes of each subresponse and the responses themselves.
{
 "hasErrors" : false,
 "results" : [
    {
    "statusCode" : 204,
    "result" : null
    },{
    "statusCode" : 200,
    "result" : { Account attributes }
    }]
}

A: You should be able to.   Here's a excerpt from the REST API documentation

Upserting Records and Associating with an External ID
If you have an
object that references another object using a relationship, you can
use REST API to both insert or update a new record, and also reference
another object using an external ID.
The following example creates a new record and associates it with a
parent record via external ID.
It assumes the following: A
Merchandise__c custom object that has an external ID field named
MerchandiseExtID__c.
A Line_Item__c custom object that has an external
ID field named LineItemExtID__c, and a relationship to Merchandise__c.
A Merchandise__c record exists that has a MerchandiseExtID__c value of
123.
A Line_Item__c record with a LineItemExtID__c value of 456 does not exist. This is the record that will get created and associated to
the Merchandise__c record.

https://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api_rest/
Your other option is to use the Bulk REST API, which is discussed in another thread: INSERTING MULTIPLE RECORDS USING SALESFORCE REST API


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Q: C++ coroutines / Visual Studio: How can a generator call a function that yields values on its behalf? With coroutines defined as of http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2016/n4628.pdf and implemented in VS2015/Update 3, how can a generator invoke a function that emits values on its behalf?
Clarifying example
I would like to write code as follows...
static void yield_for_me()
{
    co_yield 27; // does not compile
                 //  co_yield relies on hidden definitions
}
std::experimental::generator<int> testf()
{
    yield_for_me();
    co_yield 28;
}

...in hopes that it will have the exact same outcome as the following code:
std::experimental::generator<int> testf()
{
    co_yield 27;
    co_yield 28;
}

A: It can't. It's a well-known limitation of the coroutine model proposed by P0057.
Although in the paper, it also describes a recursive_generator (not included in MSVC) that allows you to do something like this:
recursive_generator<int> yield_for_me()
{
    co_yield 27;
}
recursive_generator<int> testf()
{
    co_yield yield_for_me();
    co_yield 28;
}

BTW, such a thing is implemented in CO2, which is an emulation of the proposed model.

A: Using co_yield/co_await/co_return in a function turns it into a coroutine, thus it needs to have a signature that allows compiler to discover library classes explaining to the compiler what that coroutine means.
The generator included with Visual Studio does not support delegating co_yield to another generator. But is is not difficult to  create a recursive_generator that can.
Here is an example of a recursive_generator that allows to yield either a value or the result of execution of a different generator.
https://gist.github.com/GorNishanov/29e813139175b1c5299ad01021d2556d
The promise_type of the recursive_generator defines two yield_value functions:
yield_value(T const&); // This one yields individual values
yield_value(recursive_generator<T>&&); // delegates to another generator

Using the recursive_generator above, just change the return type of yield_from_me function from void to recursive_generator and you are good to go.
recursive_generator<int> yield_for_me()
{
    co_yield 27;
}
recursive_generator<int> testf()
{
    co_yield yield_for_me();
    co_yield 28;
}


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The Guardian briefing
The two-state solution in the Middle East – all you need to know
John Kerry has set out the US framework for a Palestinian-Israeli settlement in an attempt to protect what is left of the peace process before Donald Trump takes office
Harriet Sherwood
@harrietsherwood
Wed 28 Dec 2016 12.47 EST Last modified on Tue 28 Nov 2017 03.31 EST
Jerusalem west of the green line. Trump pledged to move the US embassy to Jerusalem – a potentially explosive move. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP
The US secretary of state, John Kerry, has set out the parameters for a potential resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a last throw of the dice on this issue for the Obama administration. His speech focused on the "two-state solution".
What's the basic idea?
For decades, the two-state solution has been held up by the international community as the only realistic deal to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Its basis is two separate states, Israel and Palestine, living peacefully side by side on the land between the western bank of the Jordan river and the Mediterranean Sea. This territory would be divided broadly along the pre-1967 armistice line or "green line" – probably with some negotiated land swaps. Jerusalem, which both sides want as their capital, would be shared.
What are the obstacles?
Past negotiations have failed to make progress and there are currently no fresh talks in prospect. The main barriers are borders, security, Jerusalem, refugees, Israel's insistence on being recognised as a "Jewish state" and the Palestinians' political and geographical split between the West Bank and Gaza.
The Palestinians demand that the border of their new state should follow the green line, giving them 22% of their historic land. But Israel, which has built hundreds of settlements on the Palestinian side of the green line over the past 50 years, insists that most of these should become part of Israel – requiring a new border which would mean, according to critics, the annexation of big chunks of the West Bank. Land swaps could go some way to compensate but negotiations have stalled on this fundamental issue.
Israel wants assurances of its security behind whatever borders may be established in a two-state solution.
Jerusalem is another obstacle. Israel has said it cannot agree any deal which sees the city shared or divided between the two sides. The Palestinians say they will not cede their claim and access to their holy sites, all of which are located in East Jerusalem, on the Palestinian side of the green line.
John Kerry: Israel must adopt two-state solution for lasting peace
The Palestinians have long insisted that refugees from the 1948 war and their descendants should have the right to return to their former homes, although many diplomats believe they would settle for a symbolic "right of return". Israel rejects any movement on this issue.
Israel insists that the Palestinians must recognise Israel as a "Jewish state". The Palestinians say this would deny the existence of the one in five Israeli citizens who are Palestinian.
Any potential deal is complicated by the political breach between Fatah and Hamas, the two main Palestinian factions, and the geographical split between the West Bank and Gaza.
Can it still happen?
For years, international diplomats, Palestinians and some Israelis have been warning that time is running out as Israel's continued settlement expansion swallows up land that would become part of Palestine. Many Palestinians and some Israelis now say the line has already been crossed and the two-state solution is impossible; privately many diplomats agree.
What is Trump's view?
During his election campaign, Donald Trump pledged to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, a potentially explosive move as it would signal that the US considered the city to be Israel's capital. The president-elect has also suggested that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict simply may not be a priority for his administration.
He has appointed as US ambassador to Israel David Friedman, a fervent opponent of a two-state solution, a big supporter of settlement expansion and a vocal champion of an undivided Jerusalem as Israel's "eternal capital".
Is there an alternative?
The Israeli hard right has pushed for annexation of the West Bank, with its Palestinian population living permanently under military rule or being pressed to relocate to neighbouring Arab countries.
Many Palestinians and some Israelis now advocate a "one-state solution", with the focus turning to a civil rights campaign for Palestinians – who would soon be a majority in a binational state. This would effectively be the end of the Jewish homeland, and thus unacceptable to the vast majority of global Jews and many others.
• This article was updated on 15 February 2017 to include Israel's concern to be assured of its future security under any two-state solution.
John Kerry's two-state plan still falls short in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Rashid Khalidi
Kerry made another push for peace in the Middle East, but the whole discourse gives Israel the upper hand
John Kerry's challenge to Israel on a two-state solution
Letters: There is no evidence to show that a single democratic state covering Israel, the West Bank and Gaza would be unacceptable
Theresa May's attack on John Kerry over Israel is extraordinary
Azriel Bermant
By currying favour with the incoming Trump administration at Kerry's expense, the prime minister may be hoping to persuade it to advance a two-state solution
Kerry defends US decision not to veto UN resolution against Israeli settlements
US secretary of state pushes two-state solution and criticises Netanyahu in toughest remarks on Israel by a US official in years
White House races to save Middle East peace process before Trump takes office
UK's key role in brokering UN resolution on Israeli settlements confirmed
Mahmoud Abbas: UN resolution lays groundwork to end Israeli settlements
Israel threatens to give Trump 'evidence' that Obama orchestrated UN resolution


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Steven Dyki Receives Champion Of Civil Justice Award
On November 10, 2016, Steven Dyki received the Champion of Civil Justice Award from the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York. Mr. Dyki was recognized by LRANY for representing Collette McLafferty, a professional singer who was sued by an attorney and professional drummer. The attorney claimed that he had formulated the idea for a tribute band based on the music of the artist known as "Pink" and that he entered into a legally binding contract with one of the co-defendants in the case. The plaintiff claimed, among several allegations, that Ms. McLafferty and the co-defendants breached the contract and stole his idea for the band. The complaint contained 112 pages, 562 paragraphs and 42 causes of action and sought $10 million in damages. After obtaining summary judgment dismissing all claims against Ms. McLafferty, Mr. Dyki assisted in the negotiation of a settlement that included reimbursement of attorneys' fees incurred by Ms. McLafferty, an apology, and testimony in open court by Ms. McLafferty regarding the impact of the frivolous lawsuit on her personal life.


U. N. officials have hailed Yasser Arafat's decision to convert to Judaism as a major step in bringing peace to the Middle East. In Israel, government offices were swamped beyond capacity by applicants volunteering to be the moyel.
You are at a Wedding and you want To know what type of Synagogue you are in.
During the first day of Hanukah, two elderly Jewish men were sitting in a wonderful deli frequented almost exclusively by Jews in New York City. They were talking amongst themselves in Yiddish - the colorful language of Jews who came over from Eastern Europe.
A Chinese waiter, only one year in New York, came up and in fluent impeccable Yiddish asked them if everything was okay and if they were enjoying the holiday. The Jewish men were dumbfounded. "Where did he ever learn such perfect Yiddish?" they both thought. After they paid the bill they asked the restaurant manager, an old friend of theirs, "Where did our waiter learn such fabulous Yiddish?"
The manager looked around and leaned in so no one else will hear and said... "Shhhh. He thinks we're teaching him English."
A Jewish businessman warned his son against marrying a "shiksa."
" It doesn't matter," the old man said. "A shiksa will cause problems."
" It's Shabbos," the son replied.
The father was surprised: "But we always work on Saturday.
It's our busiest day." "I won't work anymore on Saturday," the son insisted, "because my wife wants us to go to shul on Shabbos."
"See," the father says. "I told you marrying a shiksa would cause problems."
Papers. He Was Asked To Spell "Cultivate" - He Spelled It Correctly.
He Was Then Asked To Use The Word In A Sentence.
Vas Vaiting For A Bus, But It Vas Too Cultivate, So I Took The Subvay Home."
"My son," says Mrs. Levi, "is a Physicist and heads up a department at the University. Her friends nodded approvingly. "My son," says Mrs. Greenberg, "is a Doctor and is Chief of Surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital." You must be so proud, they said. "My son," says Mrs. Goldblatt, "is the head of a law firm and president of the bar association." Again, nods all around.
"My son," says Mrs. Cohen, "is a Rabbi."
"A Rabbi?!" they exclaim, "What kind of career is that for a Jewish boy?"
Two Jews, Morty and Saul, are out one afternoon on a lake when their boat starts sinking.
Saul says to Morty, "So listen, Morty, you know I don't swim so well." Morty remembered how to carry another swimmer from his lifeguard class when he was just a kid. So Morty is begins tugging Saul toward shore. After ten minutes, he begins to tire. Finally about 100 feet from shore, Morty asks Saul, "So Saul, do you suppose you could float alone?"
Saul replies, "Morty, this is a hell of a time to be asking for money!"
" Tessie, did you know that Ethel passed away last week?"
" No, Becky, I didn't. Did her husband, Joe, take it hard?"
" He did, Tessie, but not as hard as Irving, their boarder, who everyone knew was carrying on with Ethel. As a matter of fact, when she died, Irving went to pieces. He couldn't eat and he couldn't sleep. He just sat around the house and moped."
"I'll tell you what happened. A few days after the funeral, Joe said to their boarder. "Stop your worrying. Irving, I'll get married again!"
comes to the realization that he is more likely to own a professional sports team than he is to play for one.
How do Jews actually practice their religion in contrast to what rabbis tell us we ought to do?
1. I don't floss my teeth on Shabbat.
2. I don't eat shellfish on Shabbat.
3. I drive, but not on freeways (on Shabbat).
4. I keep kosher, but only within 50 miles of my home.
5. I keep 3 sets of dishes - for meat, dairy, and Chinese Food.
Sure enough the horse won and the man won $20.
He went down to the paddock again and again the rabbi was blessing another horse.
Just before the last race he watch the rabbi bless another horse.
" I had the strangest dream last night," a young Jewish man was telling his psychiatrist.
"I saw my mother but, when she turned around to look at me, I noticed that she had your face. And you can imagine, I found this very disturbing. In fact, I woke up immediately and couldn't get back to sleep. I just lay there in bed waiting for morning to come. Then I got up, drank a Coke, and came right over here for my appointment. I thought you could help me explain the meaning of this strange dream.
" A Coke? That's a breakfast?"
By Joe Hampie (sung to the tune of "As Time Goes By" from "Casablanka"
1. You may call your Rabbi for his opinion.
3. You may consider your spouse's opinion...or not.
4. Bonus lifeline! Your Mother will give you her opinion, whether you ask for it or not.
Lets play: So you wouldn't mind being a Kosher Millionaire.
Q. What is the technical term for a divorced Jewish Woman?
Q. How does a Jewish kid verbally abuse his playmates?
Q. In the Jewish doctrine, when does the fetus become human?
Q. What does a Jewish women do to keep her hands soft and her nails long and beautiful?
Q. What do you call a bloodthirsty Jew on a rampage?
Q. Why did the Moyel retire?
Q. If Tarzan and Jane where Jewish, what would Cheetah be.
Q. What is the difference between a Jewish Grandmother and an Italian Grandmother?
An elderly Jewish lady approaches a man at a bus stop in Brooklyn.
She tugs on the sleeve of his coat and asks, "Farshtayn Yiddish?"
The man answers, "Yes, Ich Farshtay."
Elderly Lady: "Vot time is it?"
Gotlieb called his Rabbi and said, "I know tonight is Kol Nidre, but tonight the Yankees start the playoffs. Rabbi, I'm a lifelong Yankee fan. I've got to watch the Yankee game on TV."
The Rabbi responds, "Gotlieb, that's what VCRs are for."
Gotlieb is surprised. "You mean I can tape Kol Nidre"?


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WTA Tennis Big Boobs - Melis Sezer (Turkey)
Melis Sezer, one of Turkey's most prominent youngsters in pro tennis, was born on 2nd June uy1993 in ?zmir.
She started playing tennis in ?ZT?K (Izmir Tennis Specialization Club) at five years of age. After playing there for four years, she switched to the famous Karsiyaka Sports Club (KSK) in Izmir.
Melis quickly made her name as a "promising talent", and moved to Istanbul to train at the well-known Club Istanbul@Enka International Tennis Academy at the age of 14.
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Sea, friends and good humor: the forced holidays of Maria Sharapova
Let's see in June, calmly. Another two months at Maria Yamarova's bath marijuana, which was positive for the meldonio (Russian sport has no peace: two cyclists and a palliotist have been caught yesterday by the same substance) at the last Australian Open.
Russian Federtennis President Shamil Tarpischev said the champion could be heard at the hearing by the doping committee that will decide on disqualification (risked two to four years of stop) not before two months. Sharapova has always argued that he had taken the medication for medical reasons and did not know that the drug had been banned since January 1, 2016. Tarpischev told Tass that the tennis player "could be put on trial in June," adding but "to have no official information, my opinion is only an opinion." Federtennis's No. 1 added that he was in constant contact with Sharapova: "Mary has not stopped for a moment, is continuing to train."
Sharapova's Instagram profile (1.5 million followers), however, shows that not only tennis - legitimately - is made of the days of the Russian that a weekend getaway (Cabo San Lucas?), By airplane private and friend Chelsea Handler, a comedian, writer and well-known television broadcaster in the US ("Chelsea Lately" is the most cynical and irreverent night show of the late American night). In the meantime, besides the positive comments and compliments, there are also insults, criticisms, and acid jokes.
An example? "Legs at the Meldonius" posted next to the picture of Maria sunbathing. In this photo, Sharapova leaving on private plane with his friend Chelsea Handler (Instagram)
NADAL'S GIRLFRIEND XISCA,XISCA
Nadal just won Wimbeldon, that probably means he made a lot of money for a week's work and here he is relaxing with his Spanish girlfriend named Xisca, something you probably can't pronounce because it's too foreign to you. The truth is that landing hot pussy when you're this dude is probably not all that challenging, and instead of looking at him in envy, like you're some kind of loser, you should take a moment to give the heroes in your life some credit for the shit they've accomplished.
The most recent hero in my life is my neighbor. No, he didn't kill my wife. He did however fuck the system and hasn't had electiricity for the last 6 months because dude's a fucking hurtbag. Tonight, I walked in only to find an extension cord running form the hallway outlet and despite it taking him 6 months to figure out, I thought it was a good fucking strategy to save a couple of dollars. The real impressing thing in all this is that he still manages to bring home hot fuckin' pussy when he's wasted and despite walking into a pitch black shit hole of an apartment, they still end up fucking him. I guess they feel like they are camping or have that help a guy while he's down mentality that every girl I've ever slept with also had, but the point of all this is to say that if you're fucking broke and still getting laid, you're someone who deserves more love than some light on his feet tennis player.
The girl is from Mallorca, like Rafael Nadal. Her name is Catalan and sounds something like this: "shees-ke"
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Hanzhi Wang
An Evening of Accordion
Sun, February 16, 2020 at 7:00pm
Buy Tickets Student Tickets
Cabaret (seated)
Praised for her captivating stage presence and performances that are technically and musically masterful, the groundbreaking young musician Hanzhi Wang is the only accordionist to ever win a place on the roster of Young Concert Artists in its 59-year history. First Prize Winner of the 2017 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Ms. Wang's debut opened the 2018-19 YCA Series in New York in The Peter Marino Concert at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, and her Washington, DC debut opened the 40th Anniversary Young Concert Artists Series at the Kennedy Center, co-presented with Washington Performing Arts.
Ms. Wang earned her Bachelor's degree at the China Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She completed her Master's degree at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with the renowned accordion professor Geir Draugsvoll, and now serves as an assistant teacher at the Academy.
Cabaret, Just Added, Stanford Live 19-20 Season
Sundays with the St. Lawrence
Beethoven and Adams
NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic
Giancarlo Guerrero, Music Director and Conductor
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Soft pretzels are the perfect little snack. These little pillows of amazingness are best served warm, with a mustard for dipping and dusted with some salt.
Okay, so back to these soft pretzel bites. We made them the other day and they were a total success. (Plus, it was our first time baking with yeast together and it wasn't a failure – woohoo) They were a hit with all the kids (and adults) and a recipe I will keeping in my back pocket for a very long time!
Soft Pretzel Bites & A Giveaway!
Combine the yeast, brown sugar and warm water in a mixer bowl fitted with a dough hook attachment. Let it hang out for 5 minutes until foamy. Add the melted butter and salt to the mixture and combine. Add the AP Flour while the dough hook is rotating. Next add the Whole Wheat flour and mix until the dough has formed a large mass.
Place a large pot with 10 cups water on the stove and bring to a boil. Add the baking soda. Don't freak out when it almost bubbles over - it's normal - and it's kinda cool, so make sure the kids are around when you do it!
Remove the dough from the bowl and divide into 8 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a rope about 14 inches long. Cut the rope of dough into little bite sizes pieces about 1 inch long.
Using a slotted spoon, add about 20 to the boiling water at a time. Once they rise to the top of the water, about 30 seconds, remove with your slotted spoon to a paper towel to dry. Repeat with the remaining pieces of dough.
Transfer the bites to parchment lined baking sheets that you've sprayed with cooking spray.
In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolk and a splash of water. Brush the tops of each pretzel bite with the egg wash and sprinkle with sea salt. Transfer to the oven and bake until golden brown, about 10-16 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool slightly before serving!


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Haploposthiidae är en familj av plattmaskar. Enligt Catalogue of Life ingår Haploposthiidae i klassen Acoela, fylumet plattmaskar och riket djur, men enligt Dyntaxa är tillhörigheten istället fylumet plattmaskar och riket djur. Enligt Catalogue of Life omfattar familjen Haploposthiidae 54 arter.

Kladogram enligt Catalogue of Life och Dyntaxa:

Källor

Externa länkar

Plattmaskar
Haploposthiidae