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Early Education in Upper Gravenhurst
Hillside Farm - 25 Campton Road Upper Gravenhurst
List of Upper Gravenhurst Vicars
Medieval Robbery and Wounding in Upper Gravenhurst
Methodism in Upper Gravenhurst
Origins of the Living of Upper Gravenhurst
Sources for Education in Upper Gravenhurst
The Bell Public House Upper Gravenhurst
The Green Dragon Public House Upper Gravenhurst
The Manor of Upper Gravenhurst alias la Hyde
The Manor of Upper Gravenhurst alias Schepehoo
The Manor of Upper Gravenhurst alias Tewells
The Old Post Office - 39 High Street Upper Gravenhurst
The Parish of Upper Gravenhurst in General
The Red Lion Public House Upper Gravenhurst
Upper Gravenhurst Before 1086
Upper Gravenhurst Church Alterations and Additions
Upper Gravenhurst Church Architecture
Upper Gravenhurst in 1086
Upper Gravenhurst Maps
Upper Gravenhurst Registration and Early References
Upper Gravenhurst School
Upper Gravenhurst Vicarages
Upper Grvenhurst School in 1904
Gravenhurst Academy February 2016
In 1677 John Hayes was licensed by the Diocese of Lincoln as schoolmaster in Upper Gravenhurst. Volume 81 published by Bedfordshire Historical Records Society (2002) is a series of episcopal visitations undertaken in the first twenty years of the 18th century, edited by former County Archivist Patricia Bell. At each visitation a list of questions was sent out in advance, one of which enquired about the provision of schools in each parish. In 1706he curate wrote: "There is no Lecture, Schole, Almeshouse, or Hospital endowed within this parish". In 1717 and 1720 it was reported that there was no school.
In 1818 a Select Committee was established to enquire into educational provision for the poor. This was no doubt prompted, in part, by the recent foundation of two societies promoting education and specifically the building of schools. The Society for Promoting the Lancasterian System for the Education of the Poor was established in 1808 promoting schools run along the lines pioneered by Joseph Lancaster, who had himself copied those of Dr. Andrew Bell, in which older children taught their younger fellows. The Society was renamed the British and Foreign School Society in 1814. It was supported by a number of prominent nonconformists, Lancaster himself was a Quaker, and sought to teach a non-sectarian curriculum. In answer to this perceived nonconformist takeover of local education the National Society was formed in 1811 to encourage the teaching of poor children along Anglican lines, including the catechism. The Select Committee sent a questionnaire to all parishes in the country asking for: particulars relating to endowments for the education of children; other educational institutions; observations of parish needs etc. The correspondent covering both Upper and Lower Gravenhurst noted that there was no daily school but there was a Sunday school in Upper Gravenhurst containing 25 and an evening school with 17 children "the master of which is paid by the scholars". In those days a Sunday school was just that, a school which met on a Sunday, usually in the church or nonconformist chapel or other similar building, teaching more than the religious topics with which they are associated today. The correspondent to the enquiry commented: "The poor are willing to avail themselves of the means of education afforded them". In 1820 it was reported [L30/11/157/3] that 23 children were at school in Gravenhurst with 39 girls at a separate day school.
In the country generally the number of schools built continued to grow over the next fifteen years so that by 1833 the government agreed to supplement the work of the two societies, and local benefactors, by making £20,000 per annum available in grants to help build schools. It also prompted another questionnaire to be sent to each parish in England asking for details of local educational provision. The correspondent noted that there was no school in Lower Gravenhurst but there was now a daily school in Upper Gravenhurst which had commenced in 1829: "containing 4 males and 8 females, educated at the expense of their parents. One Sunday school (commenced 1822) consisting of 42 males and 36 females, which is supported partly from the Poor's Rate and partly by contributions".
The next national enquiry was in 1846/7 when the Church of England made an enquiry as to all its church schools. This was against the background of a new Whig government which championed secular education and the increasing importance of nonconformists, particularly Wesleyan Methodist, and Roman Catholics in providing schools. The return for both Upper and Lower Gravenhurst listed a Sunday school for 35 boys and 38 girls, and a dame's school for infants with 13 boys and 12 girls, supplied by Countess de Grey.
Upper Gravenhurst National School was built in 1869. The first Education Act was passed in 1870 (more correctly it was known as the Elementary Education Act). It was a milestone in the provision of education in Britain demonstrating central government's unequivocal support for education of all classes across the country. It also sought to secularise education by allowing the creation of School Boards. These were groups of representatives, elected by the local ratepayers and the Board had the powers to raise funds to form a local rate to support local education, build and run schools, pay the fees of the poorest children, make local school attendance compulsory between the ages of 5 and 13 and could even support local church schools, though in practice they replaced them, turning them into Board run schools (known as Board Schools). Naturally, and luckily for local historians, the Act required a questionnaire of local schools in 1870. The return for Upper Gravenhurst noted the existence of the national School, with accommodation for 96 children. The return for Lower Gravenhurst noted the same school giving accommodation as 16, presumably the allocation for Lower Gravenhurst children.


Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter was born in Los Angeles, California in 1942. In his earlier days, Carter was a member the Slauson street gang, he was so well-respected, he was nicknamed the "Mayor of the Ghetto" and was also a member of that gang's extremely tough inner circle called the "Renegades".
Carter would later be convicted of armed robbery and would be incarcerated at Soledad prison for four years. While in prison he was influenced by the teachings of the Nation of Islam and Malcolm X and would eventually convert to Islam.
He would later renounce Islam and focus his time and energy on the black Liberation movement.
After being released from prison, Carter would meet Huey Newton, one of the founders of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and would join the organization.
In the early part of 1968, Carter would form the Southern California chapter of the B.P.P and would be that chapter's leader, like all chapters of the group, they studied politics, trained firearms, first aid and read party literature. They also had a free breakfast program for poor, economically-disenfranchised black youths. By April of that same year, the chapter was becoming so popular it was gaining between fifty to a hundred new members a week.
As the B.P.P continued to grow and popularity, they would become targets of Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) and it's director J. Edgar Hoover. The FBI's secret division known as the Counter Intelligence program ( cointelpro ) it would later be revealed in Senate Testimony, that they worked with local police to sabotage, intimidate and harass members of the party.
During the time between 1968-69, many warrantless searches, false arrests occurred and several members of the black organization would be killed.
Towards the end of 1969, J. Edgar Hoover sent out orders to FBI field offices to : "exploit all avenues of creating dissension within the ranks of the BPP", and "submit imaginative and hard-hitting counterintelligence measures aimed at crippling the BPP" . In Southern California, the FBI would also work hard to exploit the rivalry between the BPP and the black nationalist organization called "US", which was founded by Ron Karenga. The two groups had very different approaches about how they battled systematic white supremacy, and often times found themselves completing over the same potential recruits.
On January 17, 1969, Carter and fellow Black Panther named John Huggins were allegedly heard making uncomplimentary statements about the head of US, Ron Karenga. An altercation would ensued , which would lead to the murders of Carter and Huggins.
The Panthers would claim that it was an assassination on their leadership, while the US organization would claim that it was a spontaneous event. Claude Hubert, the man who allegedly killed Carter and Huggins would never be captured.
In 1975, during the Church Committee hearings, evidence was revealed that proved that the FBI's Counter intelligence program, under the direction of Hoover, covertly sent out disinformation, fake death threats and humiliating cartoons to the Panthers and US organization, pretending they were from the other group with the hope of causing conflict and inciting violence between the two black Liberation groups.
Bobby Hutton (Robert James Hutton) was born on April 21, 1950, in Jefferson County, Arkansas. He was the son of John D. Hutton and Dolly Mae Mitchner-Hutton. At the age of three, Bobby and his family moved to Oakland, California after his family was visited by a group of white supremacists, threatening to harm his family.
As an adolescent, Hutton would meet Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, the two founders of the Black Panther Party in North Oakland, at the government funded Neighborhood Anti-Poverty Center, a program dedicated to the employment of local youths for service projects.
In 1966, at the age of 16, Hutton would become the first recruited member and also the first treasurer of the Black Panther Party.
In May of 1967, Hutton with thirty Black Panther Party members traveled to Sacramento, California to protest the Mulford Act at the state Capital , a bill that would make it illegal to carry loaded firearms while in public, when Hutton and others walked into the state assembly, he and four other panthers were arrested.
Hutton's funeral was held on April 12, at Ephesians Church of God in Berkeley, several famous people attended, including activist and author James Baldwin and actor Marlon Brando. At the time of his death, Bobby Hutton was only 17 years old.
THE VOTING PURGE IS REAL AND IS NOW IN CALIFORNIA!
June 7th California Democratic Primary.
I recently found out I was the victim of voter suppression, when on the advice of one of my friends I checked my voter status and to my suprise , I realized after 13 years of being a registered voter I was purged from the voting rolls in California, with no explanation , like the over 126,000 registered voters purged from the voting rolls in New York .


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EXPRESS INFORMER > News & Politics > Mike Tyson hints at fireworks in the ring as he and Roy Jones Jr. weigh-in for exhibition bout
Mike Tyson hints at fireworks in the ring as he and Roy Jones Jr. weigh-in for exhibition bout
November 28, 2020 Express Informer
Don't let their ages and the description of their bout as an exhibition deceive you: Mike Tyson, 54, and Roy Jones Jr., 51, are ready to rumble.
The weigh-in for Saturday's much-anticipated match at Staples Center in Los Angeles was held on Friday, and both boxing legends looked fit and ready to get it on.
Billed as an eight-round exhibition, the former champions have more than insinuated that they will be heading into the the ring to win.
Ready to rumble! Mike Tyson, 54, and Roy Jones Jr., 51, weighed-in for Saturday's bout at Staples Center in Los Angeles that's been billed as an eight-round exhibition
Tyson, who reigned in the heavyweight division in the 1980s and part of the 90s, weighed in at 220.4 pounds, while Jones, a former four-division champion in 1990s and early 2000s, tipped the scales at 210 pounds.
That was followed by the traditional face-off that wasn't so traditional due to the plexiglass that separated the fighters due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Moments later, both men sounded supremely confident they will leave the ring on Saturday victorious.
'I'm coming right at him. He doesn't have to worry about me, if I'm going to run I'm going to run right at him,' Iron Mike declared during a quick interview.
'They say my whole boxing career was a mistake, and I love it. They said I did everything wrong but it worked out right,' Jones said in reference to his unorthodox style that leaned heavily on his incredible athleticism.
'So I can't tell you how to do it. It's going probably going to look wrong, so I know if I try to tell it to you it's going to sound wrong but it's going to turn out right.'
Stare down: The legendary boxers faced-off between plexiglass amid as a precaution due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
Iron Mike tipped the scales at 220.4 lbs, which isn't much higher than when he reigned as undisputed champion of the world from 1987 to 1990
Ring rust? The Brooklyn, New York native last fought in 2005
While the boxers had similar triumphs and accolades during their careers, their roads to superstardom were far different.
Once dubbed the Baddest Man On The Planet, Tyson pummeled the competition with his incredible power and intimidation en route to becoming undisputed heavyweight champion (200 lbs. and above) from 1987 to 1990.
But the Brooklyn, New York native had seemingly lost the lust for fighting even before he stepped into the ring for his last bout in 2005.
Jones, a former four-division champion, initially made his mark as a middleweight and pound-for-pound king (160 lbs.) before becoming the first middleweight champion to win a heavyweight title in 106 years in 2003.
He would fight into his late 40s against lesser opponents, but as a result he will have far less ring rust than Tyson, considering he last fought in February 2018.
Promise of fireworks: 'I'm coming right at him. He doesn't have to worry about me, if I'm going to run I'm going to run right at him,' Iron Mike declared during a quick interview
Inspired: Tyson looked fit and ready dressed in all-black during the weigh-in festivities
He's Iron for a reason: Tyson was once dubbed The Baddest Man On The Planet during his heyday when he was knocking nearly every one of his opponents in the 1980s
The undercard will also feature 23-year-old YouTube star Jake Paul, in his second professional fight. He's going up against 10-year NBA veteran Nate Robinson, who's making his professional boxing debut at the age of 36.
Dressed like Super Saiyan from Dragon Ball Z, Paul weighed 189 lbs. while Robinson came in at 181 lbs.
'Nate's kids, if you're watching, please don't watch the fight, I don't want to embarrass your dad in front of you,' Paul said while hyping the fight after their face-off.
'Please Nate's kids don't watch the fight, it's going to be bad and it's going to be bloody.'
It comes as Paul faced some controversy over referring to COVID-19 as a 'hoax' in an interview with the Daily Beast.
Although journalist Marlow Stern took to Twitter with audio from the interview, Paul attempted to backtrack, telling The Verge: 'So this guy, this reporter, he misquoted me. He took what I said out of context, and I told him that. I told him that the whole entire time.
'COVID is very, very real. COVID is very real, like, it's killed so many people. It's killed people I know. It's killed someone very, very close to me. So that's what I'm saying. I don't even know where that came from.'
The Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. bout, which some proceeds will go to charity, will be available on-demand on Saturday, November 28, for $49.99.
Cross-over match: in his second pro fight, YouTube star Jake Paul, 23, is taking on 10-year NBA veteran Nate Robinson, who's making his pro debut at the age of 36
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Effective advocacy requires an in-depth understanding of your client and your clients' story. Visiting your clients in their own home can give you insights into their lives and losses that an interview in the office or over the telephone will never provide. Visiting the scene of the incident allows you to absorb the environment with all five senses—looking at photographs is not enough.
Ask your clients about problems their injury or the litigation process is causing or exacerbating, and seek creative solutions. One example: a client may be having problems making rent payments. The client's attorney can talk to the landlord and offer to allow a lien against the case and help the client keep a roof over the client's head during the lawsuit.
Most catastrophically injured clients should be getting social security disability payments. Many of them do not know to ask or are denied despite their injuries. They may need assistance with applying for social security disability. Whether you refer the matter out to a social security attorney or help them yourselves, they need the medical records that you likely have obtained in their case. The deadlines in social security disability cases can be complicated for someone untrained in the law or administrative procedure. Clients frequently need help in order to obtain the benefits they are due.
Chat with your client about his/her financial needs and long-term goals well before there is a settlement or verdict. For most catastrophically injured people, the settlement or verdict they receive will be the largest sum of money they have ever seen. But it also needs to take care of them for the rest of their life. Prepare them in advance for the opportunities and pitfalls. People who have not had large amounts of money before often are not prepared to manage it. They need to think about it in advance of receiving the reward.
5. Address their workers' compensation and medical liens.
There are ways to resolve liens in various situations, whether they be workers' compensation liens or medical liens. Workers' compensation liens require an analysis of employer fault and have to be handled very delicately. The resolution of workers' compensation liens or subrogation actions in civil cases is an article in itself. Given that our firm handles a large number of multiparty construction-site injury cases, we have a great deal of experience in this area. Medical liens may be subject to the made-whole doctrine. This is an equitable insurance principle under which the insurer may not subrogate the insured's recovery unless the insured recovers 100% of his or her damages. Similarly, California Civil Code § 3040 subjects certain liens to a pro-rata reduction for costs and attorney's fees under the common-fund doctrine. The common-fund doctrine is an equitable doctrine that permits a litigant or attorney, who recovers a common-fund for the benefit of persons other than himself or his client, to recover fees from the fund. For briefing on these issues, please contact our office.
6. Help repair their credit.
Before settlement or trial, talk to them about their debts and see if you can help negotiate down interest, penalties, and other excess charges on credit cards. Card companies and collection agencies are often amenable to such arrangements, but not if the collections agency learns that the client has just received a substantial amount of money.
Clients who get a large recovery frequently find that they start hearing from long-lost friends and family once news of the resolution gets around. Everyone seems to have a business idea, real-estate venture, or reasons to use their services once the funds are in. Matching your client with a trust or estate attorney to protect their recovery, evaluate their needs, and establish trusts if appropriate and a very good way to help make sure the client's funds last.8. Use financial professionals and structured settlements.Whether you have your client consult a trust attorney, you should help match the client with a certified financial planner and plaintiff-side structured settlement broker to help evaluate the future needs for the client against the available funds. It is helpful for the trust attorney, CFP, and structure broker to have access to the life-care plan pre- pared in your case. If the client needs more time to evaluate options, consider a Qualified Settlement Fund (QSF). A QSF is a formal process, set up through the courts, that allows the settlement proceeds to be held for later distribution. The QSF preserves all of the plaintiff's tax benefits. Most structure companies will do the paperwork free of charge to the client. Make sure you afford your clients the opportunity of working with a plaintiff-only structure broker. Plaintiff-side structure brokers are looking for the best deal for your client, not for the insurance company.
Make sure clients understand the potential benefits of structures, as well as potential risks. Guaranteed payments are excellent for some clients but the lack of flexibility can be a problem. If the client needs more time to make a determination, offer a Qualified Settlement Fund.
Some clients are eligible for governmental programs that they will be disqualified from if they receive a large settlement in cash. A particular vehicle known as a Special Needs Trust may be appropriate for these clients. A Special Needs Trust enables a person under a physical or mental disability to have, held in Trust for his or her benefit, an unlimited amount of assets. Those assets are not considered countable assets for purposes of qualification for certain governmental benefits. Once you determine whether such a trust might benefit the client, the client should be referred to an experienced Special Needs Trust attorney to make sure it is established properly.


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Hollywood Jobs Each year, NPR's Susan Stamberg profiles behind-the-scenes pros who help make the movies happen.
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Spielberg's Schindler's List will mark its 20th year in 2013. Levy was in charge of the publicity campaign for the film and still has his original press kit. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
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For Publicist Marvin Levy, It's All About Eyeballs
February 22, 2013 • A publicist is responsible for making a movie known — in a good way, with any luck. It's a multifaceted job, but what does he or she really do? NPR's Susan Stamberg continues her annual Hollywood Jobs series with a story of one prolific publicist and the director he serves.
The football-field-sized third floor of Warner Brothers' Prop House, where they keep a host of antiques available for rent. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
For Film Set Decorators, Tiny Details Count
February 21, 2013 • On a movie set, every piece of furniture, wall hanging or bit of desktop clutter that an actor doesn't touch is chosen by the film's set decorator. For her annual Oscar-season series on Hollywood jobs, NPR's Susan Stamberg follows a handful of these decorators from prep through "Action!"
Alexander Payne's The Descendants has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editor and Best Actor. Payne co-wrote and directed the film, which stars George Clooney as an indifferent dad struggling to raise two daughters. Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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The Extraordinary, Ordinary Life Of Alexander Payne
February 24, 2012 • Life is a collection of "extraordinarily ordinary moments," says the Academy Award-winning director, if only people would "wake up and pay attention to how beautiful it all is." Payne's latest film, The Descendants, puts the power of everyday moments to use, and is nominated for five Oscars.
At the Charles Aidikoff Screening Room on Rodeo Drive, filmmakers can screen their works in progress for an invite-only audience in the small, 57-seat theater. The screening room is also rented to show films to members of the Academy and the press. Cindy Carpien/NPR hide caption
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Private Screening: How Hollywood Watches Its Work
February 23, 2012 • Filmmakers rely on private screening rooms to show their unfinished films to invite-only audiences. NPR's Susan Stamberg visits one screening room on Rodeo Drive, run by 97-year-old Charles Aidikoff and his grandson Josh. Four generations of Aidikoffs have worked in the projection business.
Rudolph Valentino once entertained girlfriends (and boyfriends) in Room 1202 of L.A.'s Alexandria Hotel. Location manager Doug Dresser scouted the surreal space a decade ago — and recently took NPR's Susan Stamberg back for a visit. Courtesy Doug Dresser hide caption
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For Location Scouts, It's All About Making The Scene
February 25, 2011 • Among the earliest production crew members hired on a film, they help directors turn words into pictures — and help manage the chaos of a movie set. For the second of this year's Hollywood Jobs stories, NPR's Susan Stamberg tags along to see the sites.
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Objectively Speaking, It's All About The Prop Master
February 24, 2011 • When The Social Network needs 60 vintage computers that work — or Steven Spielberg needs live crabs, and needs them in motion — it's prop masters who move heaven and earth to make it happen. In the first of her annual Hollywood Jobs stories, NPR's Susan Stamberg profiles some of the field's best.
When Atlanta burns in Gone with the Wind, what you're actually seeing is leftover sets from King Kong and The Garden of Allah set aflame in a lot in Culver City, Calif. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hide caption
Long Before Computers, How Movies Made Us Believe
January 27, 2011 • Once upon a time, scenery and special effects were crafted entirely by human hands. NPR's Susan Stamberg reveals some of the surprising secrets behind Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Dr. Zhivago and other classics.
Belief On The Big Screen: Secrets Of Special Effects
March 5, 2010 • A spaceship lands. Humans become avatars. A man in a cape can fly. Special effects have made movies magical for decades. NPR's Susan Stamberg goes backstage to learn how moviemakers frighten, fool and thrill the audience.
"A lot of times when parents are in this industry, they really don't get to see their children," says Charlie Scott III (left). "In the morning, you know, Dad's gonna be there. Like death and taxes." Cindy Carpien/NPR hide caption
How Hollywood Gets Fed: A Lesson In Craft Service
March 4, 2010 • Gone are the days when actors brought their own lunches to the set in brown paper bags. It's a full-time job feeding the hundreds — sometimes thousands — of men and women working each day on major films. Susan Stamberg spends a day with craft service — the crew responsible for the snacks that keep moviemakers going during long days of filming.
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February 20, 2009 • The man behind Charlton Heston's sandals in The Ten Commandments is 91-year-old Willie Rivera, who began making shoes at the age of 13 in Mexico City. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s and has dressed the feet of legends such as Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Lily Tomlin and Bill Cosby.
A Movie's Look, From Toilet To Villain's Lair
February 19, 2009 • Lighting, props, sets and costumes all contribute to the "look" of a movie — and production designer J. Michael Riva, the grandson of Marlene Dietrich, makes sure all those elements integrate seamlessly for a film. He has worked on blockbusters such as The Goonies and A Few Good Men.
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February 22, 2008 • NPR's Susan Stamberg profiles the crafts and crew members who keep movies rolling. On the Hotel for Dogs set, she meets the trainers responsible for every bark and wag.
When Continuity Counts, Call a Script Girl — Er, Guy
February 21, 2008 • Best boy, key grip: Hollywood's full of oddly named jobs. In an Oscar-season tradition, NPR's Susan Stamberg looks for the stories behind those strange credits. Hint: A script supervisor doesn't just copy the screenplay; it may be the hardest job on the set.
Costume Designer Dips into Hollywood's Closet
February 22, 2007 • Hollywood costume designer Julie Weiss has clothed celebrities from Marlon Brando to Demi Moore. She shares some favorite stories, including how she earned an Oscar nomination for her designs in the 2002 film Frida.
How Hollywood Makes Noise
February 20, 2007 • They've created the sound effects for more than 200 movies, including World Trade Center and Kill Bill. Jeff Wilhoit and Jim Moriana share some of the tricks of the trade.
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Sean Robertson (né le  à Kelowna, dans la province de la Colombie-Britannique au Canada) est un joueur professionnel canadien de hockey sur glace.

Carrière de joueur

Joueur des ligues mineures nord-américaine depuis la saison 1999-2000.

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|2013-2014 || Generals de Bentley || Chinook HL ||21 ||6 ||11 ||17 ||17 ||4 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||6
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| 2014-2015 || Generals de Bentley || Chinook HL || 2 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || - || - || - || - || -

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Naissance en avril 1978
Naissance à Kelowna
Joueur canadien de hockey sur glace
Joueur des Raiders de Prince Albert
Joueur des Warriors de Moose Jaw
Joueur des Hurricanes de Lethbridge
Joueur du Blizzard de Huntington
Joueur des Eagles du Colorado (LCH)
Joueur du Fury de Muskegon
Attaquant de hockey sur glace
Étudiant de l'Université de Calgary

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Title text: It's the TMBG Dial-a-Song line, to save you some time.
Resistors are electronic components carrying color-coded bands indicating their value (measured in ohms) and tolerance (e.g. 5%). Cueball has been hunched over his work for so long that, when asked for his phone number (by his Cueball-like friend), he absentmindedly reads out his phone's area code as a sequence of colors found on the aforementioned resistors (each colour corresponding to one of the ten decimal digits, in this case 718 – see Resistor color-coding). He realizes his mistake after these first three digits, and begins again using numbers to state the entire phone number. His friend points out that such a mistake means it's a good time to take a break, and Cueball concurs.
It's not uncommon for readers to try calling phone numbers they see inside a book or a comic strip, just to discover what it actually goes to. Randall foresees this, and in the title text he simply tells you what the phone number is.
TMBG is They Might Be Giants, a popular beat combo responsible for toe-tapping chart-topping "Birdhouse In Your Soul." At one point, they recorded individual songs on an answering machine and advertised the phone number so people could call and listen to the song on the machine. Hence, Dial-A-Song.
Resistor color codes was again mentioned in 1604: Snakes.
Friend: Hey, what's your cell number?
Cueball: (Violet Brown Gray)— Uh, I mean, (718)-387-6962.
Friend: Okay, you are putting down those resistors and going outside for a while.
Cueball: That's probably a good idea.


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J. V. Stalin
Order of the Day
Source : Works, Vol. 15
Publisher : Red Star Press Ltd., London, 1984
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Issued by Marshal Stalin and addressed to Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov
Troops of the First Ukrainian Front, de-; veloping their offensive yesterday, March 26,-as a result of a vigorous blow by tank format: ions and infantry, captured the Regional-; centre of the Ukraine, the town of Kamenets — Podolsk, a powerful strongpoint of the German-defences on the Dniester.
In the fighting for the town of Kamenets-Podolsk, distinction was won by troops commanded by Lieut.-Gen. Lelyushenko, tankmen commanded by Maj.-Gen. of Tank Corps Belov, Lieut.-Gen. Akimov, Col. Smirnov, Col. Zhukov, Col. Denisov, Col. Fomichev, Col. Medvedyev, Col. Turkin and Col. Ryvzh, artillerymen commanded by Col. Rubasov, airmen commanded by Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Golovnya, Maj.-Gen. of Aviation Kamanin, Col. Kotelnikov and Col. Nechiporenko, and sappers commanded by Maj.-Gen. of Engineering Plagoslavov and Col. Yepifanov.
To commemorate the victory the units and formations which particularly distinguished themselves in the fighting for the liberation of Kamenets-Podolsk will be recommended for conferment of the name Kamenets-Podolsk and for award of orders.
Today, March 27, at 21.00 hours (Moscow time), the capital of our Motherland, Moscow, in the name of the Motherland, will salute with 20 artillery salvoes from 224 guns our gallant troops of the First Ukrainian Front which captured the town of Kamenets-Podolsk.
For excellent military operations I express my thanks to all the troops under your command which took part in the fighting for the liberation of the town of Kamenets-Podolsk.
Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in the struggle for the freedom and independence of our Motherland!
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Supreme Commander-in-Chief
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Using INDECT at the Olympic Games in London might not be legit. Some sources say they do, but official sources deny it.
INDECT stands for "INtelligent information system supporting observation, searching and DEteCTion for security of citizens in urban environment". It is a research project of the European Union launched in 2009 and planned to be finished in 2013.
INDECT is a research project under the 7th Research Framework Programme of the European Union (EU). The aim is to further develop existing surveillance technologies and combine into an instrument of operational policing, which allows you to monitor a comprehensive urban environment.
The project started in 2009 and will end 2013 with a budget of 15 million euros from the EU.
INDECT is the most extensive surveillance project ever planned or established. It is not limited to monitoring the internet. People on the street won't escape INDECT either. What sounds like weird science fiction could become disturbing reality as soon as 2013. Science fiction was yesterday. INDECT will be tomorrow. INDECT combines all data from forums, social networks (e.g. Facebook) and internet search engines with government databases, communication data and feeds from street surveillance cameras. INDECT will know where we are, what we do, why we do it and what we are going to do next. INDECT will know our friends and our place of work. INDECT will judge whether we are behaving normally or irregularly.
Image and video search using watermarks, as well as automated search algorithms to find depictions of violence and "abnormal behavior".
Advanced computer linguistic algorithms which are able to bind relations between persons and contexts of conversations into the analysis and interpretation of messages (for example, in chats).
The UAVs shall be connected "intelligently and autonomously" into a network to co-operate, allowing to both identify suspicious moving objects and trace them in cities automatically through hive patterns.
Surveillance cameras use biometric data from passports to identify persons and create movement profiles.
In 2013 the research project is to be finished. INDECT will show results. It will be possible to gather, pool and analyze information on each citizen from all available sources. It will be possible to identify "potentially dangerous" behavior and alert the authorities. The masters of INDECT will try to predict when and where any kind of protest can come up, even before the protesters themselves know it. INDECT is a tool of intimidation and control. It allows to remain in charge without the necessity to pay attention to the people.


HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - During his 15 years in law enforcement, former deputy Sheriff Keiron Pratt claims his colleagues harassed him because he's gay.
"They all knew that I was openly gay even though I didn't talk about it so one of my partners would call me female names," Pratt said.
So he sued the Department of Public Safety.
That first case was dismissed on a technicality. He sued again and received a $35,000 settlement.
Now, he's suing for a third time, claiming retaliation by department executives, including Director Nolan Espinda.
"I want it to be known that this department violates their employees civil rights and they cover it up," he told Hawaii News Now. "It's my lifelong dream. They took that away from me."
The Department of Public Safety declined comment in the case.
"We have been advised to reserve comment until the Attorney General's office has had time to review it."
Pratt said in 2014 he was appropriately stripped of his gun when he sought treatment for addiction to pain medication.
But he says he never got it back after beating his addiction and then was re-assigned to the Paroling Authority.
Last month, Pratt got a letter advising him that he could be fired for poor performance, he said.
"Because I was calling out other deputies on their behavior, this was the reason that they wanted to job search me or try to get a reaction out of me and use that as a way to terminate me," Pratt said.
Pratt's attorney, Peter Hsieh, said the Department of Public Safety's conduct is "an outrage."
"Third time around. Third lawsuit. They don't want to learn. They don't want to change," he said.


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Hello everyone! And welcome to my January 2019 TBR post! Are you ready for 2019? And what are you most excited to read in the new year! For those of you who have kept an eye on my reading progress and my TBR lists for September to December 2018 might know that I fell behind on my reading in September and luckily had only 1 ARC on my list for December and was therefore able to catch up (for the most part)! I'm still finishing up some 2018 reads, but I think I did pretty okay, considering how little reading time I had due to career changes, personal stuff, moving to a new apartment, Christmas shopping, and all of the holiday socializing! And now, I'm definitely looking forward to the 2019 releases on my list, and starting with a fresh reading calendar!
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The Devil's Thief by Lisa Maxwell
Note: This book is part of a series, and there are likely some spoilers in the synopsis below.
Hunt the Stones.
Beware the Thief.
Avenge the Past.
Esta's parents were murdered. Her life was stolen. And everything she knew about magic was a lie. She thought the Book of Mysteries held the key to freeing the Mageus from the Order's grasp, but the danger within its pages was greater than she ever imagined.
Now the Book's furious power lives inside Harte. If he can't control it, it will rip apart the world to get its revenge, and it will use Esta to do it.
To bind the power, Esta and Harte must track down four elemental stones scattered across the continent. But the world outside the city is like nothing they expected. There are Mageus beyond the Brink not willing to live in the shadows—and the Order isn't alone in its mission to crush them.
In St. Louis, the extravagant World's Fair hides the first stone, but an old enemy is out for revenge and a new enemy is emerging. And back in New York, Viola and Jianyu must defeat a traitor in a city on the verge of chaos.
As past and future collide, time is running out to rewrite history—even for a time-traveling thief.
Slayer by Kiersten White
Into every generation a Slayer is born…
Nina and her twin sister, Artemis, are far from normal. It's hard to be when you grow up at the Watcher's Academy, which is a bit different from your average boarding school. Here teens are trained as guides for Slayers—girls gifted with supernatural strength to fight the forces of darkness. But while Nina's mother is a prominent member of the Watcher's Council, Nina has never embraced the violent Watcher lifestyle. Instead she follows her instincts to heal, carving out a place for herself as the school medic.
Until the day Nina's life changes forever.
Thanks to Buffy, the famous (and infamous) Slayer that Nina's father died protecting, Nina is not only the newest Chosen One—she's the last Slayer, ever. Period.
As Nina hones her skills with her Watcher-in-training, Leo, there's plenty to keep her occupied: a monster fighting ring, a demon who eats happiness, a shadowy figure that keeps popping up in Nina's dreams…
But it's not until bodies start turning up that Nina's new powers will truly be tested—because someone she loves might be next.
One thing is clear: Being Chosen is easy. Making choices is hard.
No One Here is Lonely by Sarah Everett
Our entire lives are online, but what if the boy you love actually lives there? For fans of Adam Silvera comes a story about the future of relationships.
Eden has always had two loves: her best friend, Lacey, and her crush, Will. And then, almost simultaneously, she loses them both. Will to a car accident and Lacey to the inevitable growing up and growing apart.
Devastated by the holes they have left in her life, Eden finds solace in an unlikely place. Before he died, Will set up an account with In Good Company, a service that uploads voices and emails and creates a digital companion that can be called anytime, day or night. It couldn't come at a better time because, after losing Lacey–the hardest thing Eden has had to deal with–who else can she confide all her secrets to? Who is Eden without Lacey?
As Eden falls deeper into her relationship with "Will," she hardly notices as her real life blooms around her. There is a new job, new friends. Then there is Oliver. He's Lacey's twin, so has always been off-limits to her, until now. He may be real, but to have him, will Eden be able to say goodbye to Will?
The Wicked King by Holly Black
You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.
The first lesson is to make yourself strong.
After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.
When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.
96 Words for Love by Rachel Roy & Ava Dash
Ever since her acceptance to UCLA, 17-year-old Raya Liston has been quietly freaking out. She feels simultaneously lost and trapped by a future already mapped out for her.
Then her beloved grandmother dies, and Raya jumps at the chance to spend her last free summer at the ashram in India where her grandmother met and fell in love with her grandfather. Raya hopes to find her center and her true path. But she didn't expect to fall in love… with a country of beautiful contradictions, her fiercely loyal cousin, a local girl with a passion for reading, and a boy who teaches her that in Sanskrit, there are 96 different ways to say the word "love."
Enchantée by Gita Trelease
Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries—and magicians…
When smallpox kills her parents, Camille Durbonne must find a way to provide for her frail, naive sister while managing her volatile brother. Relying on petty magic—la magie ordinaire—Camille painstakingly transforms scraps of metal into money to buy the food and medicine they need. But when the coins won't hold their shape and her brother disappears with the family's savings, Camille must pursue a richer, more dangerous mark: the glittering court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
With dark magic forbidden by her mother, Camille transforms herself into the 'Baroness de la Fontaine' and is swept up into life at the Palace of Versailles, where aristocrats both fear and hunger for la magie. There, she gambles at cards, desperate to have enough to keep herself and her sister safe. Yet the longer she stays at court, the more difficult it becomes to reconcile her resentment of the nobles with the enchantments of Versailles. And when she returns to Paris, Camille meets a handsome young balloonist—who dares her to hope that love and liberty may both be possible.
But la magie has its costs. And when Camille loses control of her secrets, the game she's playing turns deadly. Then revolution erupts, and she must choose—love or loyalty, democracy or aristocracy, freedom or magic—before Paris burns…
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
Note: This is an e-book, which is why it's not pictured with the other books above.
Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. But when the all-powerful society, the Order of Babel, seeks him out for help, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance.
To find the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin will need help from a band of experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. A historian who can't yet go home. A dancer with a sinister past. And a brother in all but blood, who might care too much.
Together, they'll have to use their wits and knowledge to hunt the artifact through the dark and glittering heart of Paris. What they find might change the world, but only if they can stay alive.
The Field Guide to the
North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
Note: I do not have a physical copy of this book yet, which is why it's not shown in the picture above.
Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A black French Canadian, he knows from watching American sitcoms that those three things don't bode well when you are moving to Austin, Texas. Plunked into a new high school and sweating a ridiculous amount from the oppressive Texas heat, Norris finds himself cataloging everyone he meets: the Cheerleaders, the Jocks, the Loners, and even the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Making a ton of friends has never been a priority for him, and this way he can at least amuse himself until it's time to go back to Canada, where he belongs.
Yet, against all odds, those labels soon become actual people to Norris. Be it loner Liam, who makes it his mission to befriend Norris, or Madison the beta cheerleader, who is so nice that it has to be a trap. Not to mention Aarti the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, who might, in fact, be a real love interest in the making. He even starts playing actual hockey with these Texans.
But the night of the prom, Norris screws everything up royally. As he tries to pick up the pieces, he realizes it might be time to stop hiding behind his snarky opinions and start living his life—along with the people who have found their way into his heart.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR READING MY TBR POST! I'M SO EXCITED TO READ ALL OF THESE! HAVE YOU READ ANY OF THESE BOOKS? OR ARE THEY ON YOUR TBR? WHY? WHY NOT? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW!
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I'm in the middle of The Wicked King right now, and I'm planning on reading Slayer as well. Hope you have an awesome January!
Cool! I'm hoping to start Wicked King today, and Salyer soon too 🙂 And thanks! I hope you'll have an awesome January too!
I'm so excited for the wicked king!
January 1, 2019 at 10:18 pm	 Reply
Me too! I started it today and oh my goodness! I'm so happy to be diving back into this story!
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Thousands of so-called Neptunian objects are located in the outer solar system. In 2006, it was revealed that some of them could be as large as Pluto, which led the International Astronomical Union to create the category of dwarf planets.
Haumea was recognised by the International Astronomical Union in 2008 and is one of five dwarf planets, alongside Pluto, Ceres, Eris and Makemake. They are located beyond Neptune – 50 times farther away from the sun than Earth.
Haumea, named after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth, is unusual because of its elongated shape, comparable to a rugby ball, and its rapid rotation, spinning around once every 3.9 hours. Its diameter is approximately a third of the size of Earth's moon.


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Proverbial Cat
Resident Cats
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The Cat Tree
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Grace Murray Hopper
The Stirrings of Nationhood
Service School Command
Being a Cat Foster
First Generation
Second Generation
Fifth Generation
Summer 2010 - The Hawaiian Kittens
In June 2010, I was asked to foster a mamma kitty and five one week old kittens. I picked them up on a Friday after work and by the next day, one of the kittens was obviously having difficulty. An upper respiratory infection (URI) had taken hold and he was congested and had very little appetite. I tried supplementing him with some kitten formula but he was having difficulty breathing which made it hard for him to nurse. By Sunday he was dead. It was very hard watching him struggle for breath. I even tried taking him into the bathroom and running a humidifier to see if that would help ease his breathing. Towards the end, I think he knew his time was up as he kept crawling away from the rest of the litter to be by himself.
Unfortunately, that was not the last tragedy faced by this litter. A week later, a second kitten took ill. I brought her into the shelter to see if they could help her. They put her into the nebulizer for a bit and tried giving her subcutaneous fluids. Despite our efforts, she perished less than 24 hours after getting sick. Unfortunately, they were all too young to be giving the normal antibiotics that are given to cats with URI. Because they were so small, it took very little for them to succumb to the infection.
Fortunately, the remaining litter mates survived and eventually went on to be adopted. So did their mother who was a very friendly girl. They already had names when they arrived. As is often the case, they had a "theme". The mom was named Hawaii. There was a little female calico named Lanai, a black and white female named Maui, and a black and white male named Oahu. The two that died were Kona, a black and white male and Honolulu, a tortie female. Apropos of their names, the shelter also ran a Meow Luau adoption promotion event shortly after I took mom and the kittens home.
Copyright © 2022 Janet Potts


"Do you have ID?" It's a common question heard in most places we frequent, including banking institution, schools, and grocery stores. Many of us can say "yes" immediately, but for individuals with justice involvement, the answer is more complex.
In 2016, then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch acknowledged the unnecessary difficulties individuals returning home from prison face when obtaining IDs, and encouraged state lawmakers to aid in offering an easier path.
This proposed solution reflects a larger issue within the nation's current criminal justice system: Far too many individuals with justice involvement are woefully unprepared to return home. Since 1967, The Fortune Society has worked to address this. Programs like I-CAN (Individualized Corrections Achievement Network) offer skill building and discharge preparation, which includes applying for identification documents well in advance of an individual's release date. And after returning to the community, Fortune participants can access Single Stop, where staff members like Nicholas assist them in obtaining Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, and more.
Organizations around the nation, including California's A New Way of Life Re-Entry Project and The Fortune Society, are providing direct impact to meet present needs, while also leading justice advocacy initiatives to ensure a fairer and human-centered future.
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Travel to France ? Yes ! I'd LOVE to Travel to France. If you Travel to France with Boowa and Kwala, what will you see ? Paris with the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame cathedral, or the Louvre ? Or maybe a juggler wearing a beret ? Bonjour ! This is a funny way to Travel to France ! See for yourself as you stowaway with Boowa and Kwala as they Travel to France !


Today we have launched a new IQ measuring project. Not only it measures the IQ of individuals, but it generates the statistics for the entire nations. This project is unique thanks to both its scope and concept. Continuously there might be new tests; all the tests together lead to a one and the most precise result. If you want to be informed when a new test appears in the calendar, you can simply register for free on this website. And since Socrates taught that it is not the physical strength but the mental one, you can support your nation in this way. Our entire creation team wishes you fun. Enjoy!


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Azar praises Taiwan's health efforts
Wednesday, 12 August 2020 05:31	Taipei Times
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, left, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu hold a news conference at the Grand Mayfull Hotel in Taipei's Zhongshan District yesterday prior to a closed-door meeting.
Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
International organizations are not the place to play politics, especially when the matter relates to healthcare, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said in Taipei yesterday, adding that the region and the world are safer because of Taiwan's commitment to health promotion.
On the third day of his visit, the highest-level visit by a senior US Cabinet official in decades, Azar met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) at the Grand Mayfull Hotel in Zhongshan District (中山) yesterday morning, following his meetings with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) on Monday.
Taiwan faces an increasingly difficult situation as China continues to pressure it into accepting its political conditions, "conditions that would turn Taiwan into the next Hong Kong," Wu said before his closed-door meeting with Azar.
"The people of Taiwan are all too familiar with dealing with threats, be it military, diplomatic or the threats of epidemics," Wu said.
Thanking Azar for supporting Taiwan's fight for international space, Wu said that the battle is not just about Taiwan's status, but about sustaining democracy in the face of authoritarian aggression.
"Taiwan must win these battles, so democracy prevails," he said.
The US would continue advocating for the contributions Taiwan can make to the world on important issues like health, Azar said, adding that he would discuss these issues and Taiwan's global health leadership with Wu.
Following his talk with Wu, Azar and his delegation attended a luncheon banquet hosted by Vice President William Lai (賴清德), representing Tsai.
Wu, Chen, former vice president Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁), National Security Council Secretary-General Wellington Koo (顧立雄), Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua (王美花), Academia Sinica President James Liao (廖俊智) and American Institute in Taiwan Director Brent Christensen also attended the luncheon, Lai wrote on Facebook.
In the afternoon, Azar traveled to National Taiwan University's College of Public Health, where he delivered a 15-minute speech to an audience of more than 100 health experts and students, as well as the ambassadors of Palau, the Marshall Islands, Nauru and Tuvalu — Taiwan's four Pacific allies.
Azar praised Taiwan's aid to Pacific island nations and others around the world, and praised former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝), who died on July 30.
"President Lee's legacy goes beyond just political freedom," Azar said. "The democratic legacy he built has made Taiwan a leader not only in freedom and economic growth, but also in global health."
"Taiwan's approach to combating the virus through openness, transparency and cooperation stands in stark contrast to the country where the virus began," he said.
"The Chinese Communist Party had the chance to warn the world and work with the world on battling the virus. But they chose not to, and the costs of that choice mount higher every day," Azar said. "I believe it is no exaggeration to say that, if this virus had emerged in a place like Taiwan or the United States, it might have been snuffed out easily."
"Instead, Beijing appears to have resisted information-sharing, muzzling doctors who spoke out and hobbling the world's ability to respond," he said.
China's influence outweighs its investment in the WHO, and it uses influence not to advance public health objectives, but its own narrow political interests, he said.
Taiwan in 2016 became the eighth jurisdiction to publish results from its Joint External Evaluation by engaging the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security as its evaluators, he said.
"The Indo-Pacific region and the whole world are safer because of Taiwan's commitment to this public health work," he added.
Azar is scheduled to pay his respects to Lee at a memorial to the former president at the Taipei Guest House today before his delegation heads to the airport to return to the US.
Additional reporting by AFP
New Taipei City is shrouded in smog in a picture taken from Taipei across the Zhongxiao Bridge yesterday.
The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) yesterday initiated a second-level emergency command center as air pollution from Shanghai is expected to affect the nation's air quality until tomorrow.


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As the world's leading festival city enters its peak summer season, Edinburgh offers an unparalleled opportunity for audiences from around the globe to experience the very best dance, theatre, music, opera, visual art and literature. Underpinning the wealth of events and performances for audiences lies a programme which sets the gold standard worldwide in cultural networking and business.
Momentum is a world-leading delegate programme that runs throughout the month of August in Edinburgh providing a dynamic platform for key cultural figures from across the world to engage and build relationships with Edinburgh, the wider Scottish cultural sector, and the international community that flocks to Edinburgh during the peak Festival season.
The programme, now in its sixth year, is managed by Festivals Edinburgh, British Council Scotland and Creative Scotland with additional support from City of Edinburgh Council, Event Scotland and the Scottish Government.
Over 90 cultural policy makers, programmers and artists from Canada, New Zealand, Columbia, Japan, India, Taiwan, France, China, Germany, the Caribbean and Argentina, including the Ambassador and Deputy Cultural Minister, gather this month to meet Scottish artists, festival directors, programmers and partners in the context of Edinburgh's famous festivals offering an opportunity unmatched anywhere else in the world.
By the end of August 2016, over 450 international delegates will have experienced the Momentum program: visits which have resulted in seasons of work by New Zealand and India at the Festivals and many opportunities for Scottish artists to tour to Brazil, India, Australia and many other countries around the world.
Julia Amour, Director of Festivals Edinburgh said, "We're delighted to welcome cultural policy makers from around the globe as Edinburgh enters its peak summer season. Our festivals are distinctively Scottish yet profoundly international and Momentum delivers a dynamic platform for key cultural players from around the world to engage and build relationships with the world's leading festival city."
Laura Mackenzie-Stuart, Head of Theatre, Creative Scotland said, "The Momentum International Delegate Programme provides a unique opportunity to connect our internationally ambitious artists with like-minded producers, presenters and makers from around the world. Now in its 6th year, the individually tailored programme is proven to facilitate long term engagement and we are now enjoying an ever growing number of fruitful collaborations."
Jackie Killeen, Director of British Council Scotland said, "Edinburgh's Festivals offer a context and an opportunity like no other. The world is here and Scotland is at the heart of that. Through the Momentum International Delegate Programme we've been able to connect international programmers, producers and artists with our own here in Scotland to further their cross cultural collaborations and world-wide opportunities."
Jon Goransky from Metropolitan Citi Theatre, Buenos Aires in Argentina, who is attending Momentum for the second time said, "My visit in August 2015 as part of Momentum left me with one thing very clear: The desire to return year after year. It's very powerful to see that art goes out and takes over the city. A city taken by 5 festivals at once is something really different and for those who have a passion for the performing arts, Edinburgh in August becomes the place go be.
"Participating in Momentum, jointly delivered by British Council, Creative Scotland and Festivals Edinburgh, meant for me an unforgettable and enriching experience. Having access to the behind the scenes of the festivals, talking to their managers, who from first hand tell you why they do what they do with their successes and mistakes and having the possibility to connect and network with people who work for and to the culture globally honestly - It opened my mind."
Notes to Editor
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About the British Council
The British Council is the UK's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations.
British Council Scotland, the British Council's Scottish office, brings the best of international education and arts to Scotland. We also help Scottish students, teachers, artists, and others connect with people around the world. We enrich people's lives in Scotland and abroad through the exchange of ideas, skills and experiences.
Building trust between the people of Scotland and other countries helps create trade and business links. By broadening people's horizons and connecting Scots to other countries and cultures, we help boost Scotland's economic prosperity.
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A 94-year-old D-Day veteran appeared in Atlanta this morning and received proof he is a U.S. citizen so he can get a passport and travel to France for the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy.
Sherwin Callander of Madison, Ala., received his citizenship certificate Monday morning at the Atlanta office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
A Navy veteran, Callander did not have documents proving his citizenship. He was born in Canada but is a U.S. citizen because his mother was one, according to USCIS.
"I believed all my life I was a citizen," Callander said. "My mother was a citizen. My dad… was born in Scotland but he lived in Canada. But I always believed I was a citizen.


Are you sitting comfortably on your chaise lounge, basking in the knowledge that critical thinking is for chumps? Have you got it all covered? Or, even better, are you thinking – what's so important about critical thinking?
Everything. Even if you think you've got it down to a T, it never hurts to improve the ability to think rationally. Not only will it help improve academic endeavours but social situations as well.
Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and judiciously – in other words, to look at a subject or argument rationally from both sides, using critical thinking to come up with a logical conclusion or answer. Good use of these skills will enable you to understand the rational connection between a set of ideas, to identify the significance of ideas and to solve problems methodically.
This way of thinking will help you to purge and identify mistakes in an idea or an argument and make you a great essayist – and, ultimately, person. Developing critical thinking skills in children will help them write and think better. This will inevitably affect the way they interact as well; rather than jumping to conclusions, a good critical thinker will be able to deduce consequences from what's in front of them, coupled with sensible reasoning. It will lessen the harmful, pointy accusations at the other kid in the class who drew on his pencil case by mistake.
How Do I Develop My Critical Thinking Skills, Then?
First and foremost, try to understand and identify where the arguers come from and why. WHAT WHERE WHY HOW – these are your vital tools. View the argument objectively. Forget about your personal opinion for a minute. Once you've learnt how to evaluate an idea or situation – you'll be able to solve a problem and construct a rational conclusion or explanation much more easily.
Critical thinking is more than just sourcing and gaining information – but that's a start. Once you know both sides of an argument, once you understand what it is that you're trying to solve or identify, you'll be able to create your own conclusion or argument. It's not just about handing out criticism, either – it's about being judicious with what's in front of you along with the knowledge you've now gained.
Now that you've identified the what, where, why and how – start to deduce your own opinion. The great thing about being part of the most intelligent species on the planet is that you will undoubtedly have the ability to forge your own opinion already. This is a great start.
But What If I'm The Creative Type?
Here's a great example of an artist who was borderline genius in both creativity and logicality – Lewis Carroll, a.k.a. Charles Dodgson. He created puzzles, riddles and used a mathematical approach to solving problems that eventually leaked into his stories and poems. 'Jabberwocky' may be utter nonsense – but who says there's no method in the madness? Great poetry encompasses rhythm or beats that are appealing to the eye and to the ear – that requires clear, intelligent thinking.
Puzzles are a great way to develop critical thinking skills in children. Sudoku, chess, solitaire or card games that involve developing a game strategy all help to enable children to think strategically and clearly.
Literary comprehension is another effective way to train the mind. Give children an exercise that lets them read through a passage and answer the following questions; but make sure those questions invite thoughtful, logical answers. Simply repeating what's in the passage will come to no avail.
This may seem like a task you want to stay away from in the classroom, but give children a topic they can get their teeth stuck into and already have some knowledge about, like reality television – healthy or unhealthy? Or how about getting rid of coursework, creating tougher GCSE grade boundaries, the school's new cafeteria as a subject to debate? Give them time to think about their answers, write a pros and cons list and draw a logical conclusion. This is also a great way of rewarding children in class; by letting them feel like their opinion matters. As the next politicians and doctors, their opinion means everything.
Do you think critical thinking skills are important to a child's growth, both academically and socially?


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TEST_PROJ:=../SOURCE/flask

all:

test:
	pytest test_cmd_import.py

%.csv: %.sql
	sqlite3 feb.db -init $<
	sqlite-utils feb.db "select * from file_hash limit 4" --table

summary:
	sqlite-utils feb.db "select * from file_hash limit 4" --table

sum-code:
	sqlite-utils feb.db "select count(*) from file_hash where path like '%.py'"

zoot:
	sqlite-utils memory proj_summary.csv \
	'select name from proj_summary where language="Python" and size_mb < 500'

feb:
	python3 ./cmd_import.py ../SOURCE/flask
import2:
	python3 ./cmd_import.py ../SOURCE/django
import-all:
	python3 ./cmd_import.py ../SOURCE/{flask,requests,pyramid,sqlalchemy,django}

fastlint:
	flake8 $$(git ls-files '*.py')

test-list:
	cd $(TEST_PROJ) \
	; git ls-files -z \
	| xargs -0 -n1 -I{} -- git log -1 --format="%ai {}" {}

fmt:
	isort .
	black .

setup:
	python3 -m venv .venv
	.venv/bin/pip install -r ./requirements.txt

# TODO: add project ID
# .PHONY: project.db
# project.db:
# 	sqlite-utils create-database $@
# 	sqlite-utils create-table --replace $@ file_hash \
# 		tag text \
# 		hash text \
# 		path text \
# 		size_bytes integer \
# 		--not-null hash \
# 		--not-null path
# 	sqlite-utils tables $@ --schema -t

git-ls:
	git -C $(TEST_PROJ) ls-tree  -r --long '2.0.0' > git-ls.dat

stats:
	sqlite-utils query project.db 'select count(*) from file_hash'

# OLD_import:
# 	head -1 git-ls.dat
# 	@echo
# 	sqlite-utils insert project.db file_hash git-ls.dat \
# 	--lines --convert ' \
# _mode, _type, hash, size_bytes, path = line.split(); \
# return { \
# "hash": hash, \
# "path": path, \
# "size_bytes": size_bytes, \
# "tag": "flask-2.0.0", \
# }'
# 	sqlite-utils project.db "select * from file_hash limit 4" --table

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Q: How to implement a custom cost function in keras? I have a following cost function= argmin L1+L2 , where L1 is Mean Squared Error and L2 is
-λ Summation( Square((y) x (z) )) where y is the predicted output image and z is the given input image to model. Elementwise multiplication of y and z and then taking square of it. λ is a trade off parameter between L1 and L2. I am not sure how to implement in , I did it as follows
def custom_loss(i):

        def loss(y_true, y_pred):

            y_true=K.cast(y_true, dtype='float32')
            y_pred=K.cast(y_pred, dtype='float32')
            input_image=K.cast(i, dtype='float32')

            mul=tf.math.multiply(input_image,y_pred)
            L1=K.mean(K.square(mul),axis=1)
            L2=K.mean(K.square(y_pred - y_true), axis=-1)
            closs=L1-L2
            return closs

        return loss

A: To break your question part by part

where L1 is Mean Squared Error

Thus,  L1 = np.square(np.subtract(y_true,y_pred)).mean()

L2 is -λ Summation( Square((y) x (z) )) where y is the predicted
  output image and z is the given input image to model. Elementwise
  multiplication of y and z and then taking square of it

Thus, L2 = np.sum(np.concatenate(np.square(np.multiply(y_true,y_pred)))). You realize that L2 will be a very big number for a loss.
To Summarize this is how your loss function looks like -
def custom_loss(y_true,y_pred):
    def loss(y_true, y_pred):
        y_true = img_to_array(y_true)
        y_pred = img_to_array(y_pred)
        L1 = np.square(np.subtract(y_true,y_pred)).mean()
        L2 = np.sum(np.concatenate(np.square(np.multiply(y_true,y_pred))))
        loss=L1-L2
        return loss

I have written a simple code here to load a image as y_true and crop central part for y_pred and perform the loss you mentioned (doesn't make much meaning as the value is to big).
Code -
import tensorflow as tf
from keras.preprocessing.image import load_img
from keras.preprocessing.image import img_to_array, array_to_img
from matplotlib import pyplot

# Load the image
y_true = load_img('/content/bird.jpg', target_size=(224, 224))

# Convert Image to array
image = img_to_array(y_true)

# Central crop image
image = tf.image.central_crop(image, np.random.uniform(0.50, 1.00))

# Resize to original size of image
image = tf.image.resize(image, (224, 224))

# convert the image to an array
y_pred = array_to_img(image)

# def custom_loss():
#     def loss(y_true, y_pred):
#         y_true = img_to_array(y_true)
#         y_pred = img_to_array(y_pred)
#         L1 = np.square(np.subtract(y_true,y_pred)).mean()
#         L2 = np.sum(np.concatenate(np.square(np.multiply(y_true,y_pred))))
#         loss=L1-L2
#         return loss

def loss(y_true, y_pred):
    y_true = img_to_array(y_true)
    y_pred = img_to_array(y_pred)
    L1 = np.square(np.subtract(y_true,y_pred)).mean()
    L2 = np.sum(np.concatenate(np.square(np.multiply(y_true,y_pred))))
    loss=L1-L2
    return loss

x = loss(y_true,y_pred)
print(x)

Output -
-251577020000000.0

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MESOP ROJAVA : PYD/PKK (YPG) ATTACKING CHRISTIAN BY FORCE
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Mediates Between Assyrians & Kurds in Qamishli
By Bar Daisan (AINA NEWS) 2016-01-18 07:04 GMT – In the early hours of Tuesday, January 12th, members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) conducted a large attack on Assyrian checkpoints, using more than 30 vehicles and hundreds of heavily armed Kurdish fighters against the Assyrian Gozarto Protection Forces (GPF) in the Assyrian neighborhood of Al-Wusta in Qamishli. The fighting lasted for at least three hours and ended after the Kurds called upon a Syrian government representative to mediate a cease-fire.
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem II meets with family members of the victims of the restaurant bombings in Qamishli.Qamishli, Syria (AINA) — Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem II, the supreme head of the Syriac-Orthodox Church, arrived in Qamishli on January 15 to mediate between Assyrians and Kurds, who clashed on January 15, resulting in the killing of one Assyrian fighter and 3 Kurdish fighters (AINA 2016-01-12). The Patriarch met with all relevant groups and initiated a meeting between the Assyrian groups and the Kurds to diffuse the tense situation.In the early hours of Tuesday, January 12th, members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) conducted a large attack on Assyrian checkpoints, using more than 30 vehicles and hundreds of heavily armed Kurdish fighters against the Assyrian Gozarto Protection Forces (GPF) in the Assyrian neighborhood of Al-Wusta in Qamishli. The fighting lasted for at least three hours and ended after the Kurds called upon a Syrian government representative to mediate a cease-fire.
The onslaught by Kurdish YPG fighters came after a demand by the YPG to cede control of Al-Wusta to them was refused by GPF. Al-Wusta is located in the center of the city and has no Kurdish or Arab residents. The attack also came in a time of increased tensions in Qamishli, less than two weeks after bomb attacks on three Assyrian restaurants, which killed more than 18 people, 14 of them Assyrians (AINA 2015-12-30). Assyrian security forces tightened security around Al-Wusta after the bombings.
Upon arriving in Qamishli Patriarch Ephrem held a remembrance service for the victims of the restaurant bombings and other Christians killed in the city, met with all relevant groups to assess the situation and met with the families of the deceased to offer his condolences. The patriarch received Mr. Mohammad Zaal Al-Ali, the Governor of Hasaka, at the Archdiocese headquarters in Qamishli.
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In an interview with AssyriaTV, Ahikar Rashid, a representative of GPF who was at the meeting, said all Christian organizations had met a day earlier to formulate their concerns and demands for a sustainable peace in the province in the face of the threat from ISIS. A key demand is that Christians must independently protect themselves without control by any other political or military groups.
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YPG's latest attacks on Assyrians came after their earlier attacks on Turkmen, Arabs and other Kurdish groups not willing to collaborate with them. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both recently documented massive human rights violations by the YPG, a Syrian PKK offshoot, including forced evictions and the destruction of homes and property of non-Kurdish populations in regions under its control (AINA 2015-11-10).