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Bernhard Hauff junior  (* 2. Juni 1912; † 13. Februar 1990) war ein deutscher Paläontologe und Museumsdirektor.

Hauff war der Sohn des Präparators Holzmadener Fossilien Bernhard Hauff und studierte nach Praktikum in der väterlichen Werkstatt ab 1931 Geologie in Tübingen, Kiel und München. 1938 wurde er in Tübingen promoviert (Über Acidorhynchus aus den Posidonienschiefern von Holzmaden, einen Vertreter der Saurichthyidae). Mit seinem Vater eröffnete er ein paläontologisches Museum in Holzmaden, aus dem ab 1967 der jetzige Hauptbau des Urweltmuseum Hauff entstand, dessen Direktor er war. Nach seinem Tod übernahm sein Sohn Rolf Bernhard Hauff die Leitung.

1953 veröffentlichte er ein populärwissenschaftliches Buch über die Fossilien des Posidonienschiefers von Holzmaden, der vor allem für seine Ichthyosaurier-Fossilien berühmt ist.

Am 21. April 1979 wurde ihm die Verdienstmedaille des Landes Baden-Württemberg verliehen.
1985 erhielt er vom Baden-Württembergischen Ministerpräsidenten den Professorentitel.

1953 erstbeschrieb er den Strahlenflosser Ohmdenia aus dem unteren Jura.

Schriften
 Das Holzmadenbuch, Öhringen: Rau 1953, 2. Auflage 1960

Weblinks
 Biographie beim Urweltmuseum Hauff

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Paläontologe
Museumsleiter
Sachbuchautor (Naturwissenschaften)
Ehrenprofessor des Landes Baden-Württemberg
Träger des Verdienstordens des Landes Baden-Württemberg
Absolvent der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Deutscher
Geboren 1912
Gestorben 1990
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Q: Keep data for node app when alive I've node application and I need to keep data(as far the node app is alive) which will serve the user requests,(I dont want to calculate/parse it for every request so I do it once...) ,
when the node app is down I dont need this data anymore.
I found the following(which is working) but not sure is this is the best way to do so
and what is the drawback if any.
This is what I use which is working
require.cache.persist.myData = myData;

I use node with express

A: i believe that you want to cache the data on the server side of your application. If this is the case then use can use node-cache npm
Also, there is one more npm called node-persist that uses the HTML5 localstorage feature's API . Try it from here

A: There are many ways one can make data persistent, depending on what level of persistence you need. I'll outline a few approaches below.

Application-level Persistence
For when you need data to remain available for as long as the Node application is running. If it stops or crashes, the data is lost. This is the easiest problem to solve, and I think the level that you're looking for in your application.
Anything that your Node program loads into memory will remain accessible until the program stops. So if your program starts off with the line
var myData = { ... };

then myData will remain in memory and accessible from that file for as long as the application does. You can load data from another file using require("./data.js"), where the contents of data.js must export your data:
module.exports = { ... };

From the docs:

Multiple calls to require('foo') may not cause the module code to be executed multiple times.

require caches the results of executing data.js, and serves them from the cache each time they are subsequently requested. Your code simply places data directly inside that cache, without executing an external file.
This does not carry any particular advantages over the strategies  above.
If you've got one file, you may as well just reuse the variable myData as often as you like - it's not going anywhere. You don't need to explicitly cache it.
If you've got multiple files, you should use the require('foo') function as intended.

Session-level Persistence
For when you need data to remain available from one request to another for some individual user. Note that this is generally weaker than application-level persistence. If the app crashes and restarts between two visits of a single user, the cached data may be lost. If this is problematic, see the final section of this answer.
To achieve this with express, you will need to install the express-session package. It's very easy to use. Include it like any other module, tell express to use it as middleware, and you'll find yourself with a persistent req.session object which you can store your data inside.
For example:
var session = require('express-session');
var app = express();
app.use(session({secret: 'ssshhhhh'}));

app.get('/',function(req,res){
    req.session = myData;
}

Global Persistence
For when you need data to become available even after the application as stopped. You can pick up where you left off when the application resumes.
This problem is most often solved using an external database. Node passes your data onto some other application (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB, ...), and it becomes their responsibility to look after it. When you need the data again, even after a restart, you can simply ask them for it.
In many cases setting up a database just for persistence of data is unnecessary, however. It is easier to simply write your data to a local file, which you can trust to remain intact even if your application crashes. In almost every case this will be much faster than using a database.
You can easily do that yourself using the fs built-in module, or use a premade solution such as node-persist. In this case, global persistence is as easy as:
var storage = require('node-persist');
storage.initSync();
storage.setItem('myPersistentData', { ... });
console.log(storage.getItem('myPersistentData'));

A: You could use node-cache-manager with memory store:
var cacheManager = require('cache-manager');
var memoryCache = cacheManager.caching({store: 'memory', max: 100, ttl: 10/*seconds*/});
var ttl = 5;
// Note: callback is optional in set() and del().

memoryCache.set('foo', 'bar', {ttl: ttl}, function(err) {
    if (err) { throw err; }

    memoryCache.get('foo', function(err, result) {
        console.log(result);
        // >> 'bar'
        memoryCache.del('foo', function(err) {});
    });
});

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CH	Round Table Game Discussions Heroes I-IV
Was the Wait button in HoMM III a mistake?
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Postby Darmani » May 14 2018, 4:34
I just wrote up a long post on the Ironfist forums explaining why I believe adding the Wait button was a mistake, and why there will be no Wait button in Ironfist.
I expect this to be a very contentious issue, and also something that many people here would be interested in reading, so I'm copying it here as well.
Original: http://heroes2.forumactif.com/t623-why-there-will-be-no-wait-button-in-ironfist
There's been a discussion running on this forum for a while: should Ironfist support the Wait button?
Today, I would like to announce the final resolution: Ironfist will not support the Wait Button.
The first reason is simple: doing so would require rebalancing all the creatures, and probably also all the existing maps.
But the second reason is: I've become convinced that the Wait button as seen in HoMM III is actually a bad idea, gameplay-wise.
This is something I've changed my mind on recently. I used to think it was a no-brainer that the Wait Button was a good idea. It's something that gives the player more choices. More choices means more tactics and more feelings of control, which means more fun.
What happened? I played a bunch of HoMM III. Specifically, I replayed the Armageddon's Blade campaign last month. And this time, I had a very different perspective: it was my first time playing HoMM III since I studied game design in college.
It was quite amusing to see how there were so many things (spells, buildings, creatures) that had the exact same stats in HoMM III as they did in HoMM II, even as everything around them had changed. I saw a lot of indications that the developers had prioritized adding more stuff over making sure said stuff was well-designed.
I've become pretty convinced that most of the game mechanics changes between HoMM II and HoMM III were mistakes. I have a couple pages of notes on this. I know there are many who disagree with this, and I would love to discuss it more over a metaphorical tea on a sunny afternoon, but am not really interested in getting into a heated Internet discussion over it, especially since this is a HoMM II forum and adding schools of magic is not on the table.
So, why is the Wait button a mistake?
I'll get the small reason out of the way: it slows down the game. People ask "is there ever a reason to not Wait?" Having the first round of a battle consist of trying to do nothing for as long as possible is not ideal for making a game fast and fun, to say the least.
But the bigger reason is: It reduces the variety of creatures seen in the game. For me, one of the best things about HoMM II is how every creature feels different, even though most of them have no special abilities,
But how does the Wait button restrict creature design?
Let's look at some numbers:
The strongest creatures in HoMM II are the Tier 6 creatures. Their speeds range from Average (Giant, Bone Dragon, Green Dragon) to Fast to Ultra Fast (Phoenix). There is 1 faction where the fastest unit is Tier 6, 3 factions where the (upgraded) Tier 6 unit is tied for fastest, and 2 where the Tier 6 unit is not the fastest.
After them, the strongest creature is the Hydra (Very Slow). It serves as a powerful tank unit, a reason to be afraid to cross the battlefield, and the best use of the Teleport spell.
In HoMM III, the strongest creatures are the Tier 7 units. Their speeds range from 5 (Hydra, Fortress) to 21 (Phoenix, Conflux). Pretty good variety.
But, comparing within a faction, a different picture emerges.
In 6 of the 9 factions, the upgraded Tier 7 unit is the fastest creature.
In 1 of the 9 (Tower), the upgraded Tier 7 unit is tied for the fastest creature.
And only in 2 of the 9 (Fortress, Stronghold) is the upgraded Tier 7 unit slower than the fastest creature. In Stronghold, this is only because of the decision to make flying creatures not cross the screen, meaning they needed to bump up the speed of the Thunderbird.
Going down a level: The slowest upgraded Tier 6 creature in HoMM III is 7, which corresponds to Fast in HoMM II.
So, it sees that, in HoMM III, creatures become faster the higher-level they are. As a result, there's less variety in how creatures feel.
What happened to the slow tank units? What happened to the fast raiders? So why didn't the developers just add more strong and slow creatures, or weak and fast creatures?
Because of the Wait button.
The core reason is simple.
In HoMM II, you could have units that were good for attacking early, such as to disrupt enemy shooters, as well as good for attacking late, defending against units that crossed to your side. The former could be given higher speed, and the latter lower speed. Hence, units such as Gargoyles and Hydras.
In HoMM III, the units that move first are also the units that move last. Hence, the units that are good for attacking first....must also be the units that are good for attacking last.
No design decision exists in a vacuum. There are a number of related design decisions, such as the larger battlefields, that make this more of a problem in HoMM III than in HoMM II, but the core reason is the above problem of role confusion.
So really, the core problem is not the Wait Button itself, but the combination of the Wait Button with how creatures use a single stat to determine both how far they move and when they take their turn.
So, it is possible to create a game that has a Wait button, but doesn't have this problem. King's Bounty: The Legend is a good example: it has both a wait button, and strong/slow units. But it makes them viable through a host of other game design changes, such as having separate speed/initiative stats, a smaller battlefield, and the Running ability (a once-per-battle speed boost).
HoMM III has none of these, and hence the Wait Button comes with a host of problems that make the game worse. We will not be bringing these problems into Ironfist.
Jimmy "Darmani" Koppel
Executive Producer, Project Ironfist
Pitsu
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Re: Was the Wait button in HoMM III a mistake?
Postby Pitsu » May 14 2018, 7:34
For me the main reason not to be a fan of the wait button is that it allows significantly more abusive battletactics. It can make PvP more interesting, but at the same time it greatly reduces the challenge from PvE. A much improved AI and/or changes in battle system are required to "fix" it. H5 had it better than H3.
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Postby Pol » May 16 2018, 9:16
Generally it's ok to have it. WAIT exist in normal world, so makes sense to have in the game too. That's actually main reason why it was added to H3.
What is the mistake, is that AI cannot handle it. So from the point of better AI it shouldn't be here - as long as you are not able to learn it how to use that. And there were come to a dead end, as I don't know anyone able to.
So having it or not? Better not as AI cannot deal with it.
That imply that you should check all scenarios where WAIT is necessary in maps or campaigns and fix them. What these could be, btw?
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Postby Bandobras Took » May 16 2018, 17:54
That's a well-presented argument.
I'm interested in this; is there any way to get a copy of those notes? I promise not to argue with you; I just liked your reasoning on the wait button and want to see where else that reasoning leads.
Far too many people speak their minds without first verifying the quality of their source material.
Bersaglio
Postby Bersaglio » May 17 2018, 20:30
Wait button was first introduced in HoMM II. It was fully implemented... but disabled just before HoMM II release in 1996. And it can be easily turned back on. Details in adjacent topic. :-)
Yep; I think it says something that they chose to disable it. Although, it could just be that they didn't have time to implement the AI for it.
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Postby cuc » Nov 2 2018, 13:32
If you may, I'd like to see those notes too! There's a good chance I'd agree with most of them.
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Q: De-serialize Armadillo colvec with Boost I am trying to serialize/deserialize an Armadillo colvec object using Boost. The colvec is a column vector with a few different sizes e.g. it can have 2 rows for 2d vector, 3 rows for 3d vector and I'm also using other specific vector sizes in the code.
I am not sure how to deal with the serialisation for the colvec type in boost when the number of rows in the colvec is unknown during deserialization.
For example to serialise, I might include the following:-
namespace boost
{
    namespace serialization
    {
        template<class Archive>
        void serialize(Archive& archive, colvec& vector, unsigned int)
        {
            for (int i=0; i<vector.size(); i++)
            {
                archive& vector[i];
            }
        }
    }
}

This will serialise a colvec with any number of rows. However, when this code is run during "de-serialization" vector will be a colvec of size()==0 e.g. the required number of rows will be unknown.
I was wondering what would be the best way to handle this.
I may be mistaken in my understanding. I am new to both Armadillo and Boost.

A: I would recommend to split apart load/save. For array you also need to store size first in order to be able to know how many components you will have to read when deserializing. For contiguous memory layout use the optimized
boost::serialization::make_array(T*,size)

function. Finally If you want to support XML archive use
boost::serialization::make_nvp(char*, T)
// or the BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP macro

You can have a look at
/usr/include/boost/serialization/vector.hpp

to see how Boost serializes std::vector, the code is easy to read.
I have never used Armadillo however unoptimized code (I have no clue about memory layout etc...) will certainly be close to:
template<class Archive>
inline void save(Archive & ar,const colvec& v,const unsigned int) {

    const size_t size = v.size();
    ar << BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(size);

    for(size_t i=0;i<size;++i) {
        ar << boost::serialization::make_nvp("v_i",v[i]);
    }
}

template<class Archive>
inline void load(Archive & ar,colvec& v,const unsigned int) {

   size_t size;
   ar >> BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(size);

   v.resize(size);

   for(size_t i=0;i<size;++i) {
        ar >> boost::serialization::make_nvp("v_i",v[i]);
    }
}

template<class Archive>
inline void serialize(Archive & ar,colvec& v,
                      const unsigned int file_version) {

 boost::serialization::split_free(ar, v, file_version);

}


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DeSoto County and Mosaic will extend the selection process for a special magistrate until December. "We're (still) in the beginning steps," Commissioner Elton Langford told the Arcadian after Tuesday's decision. "We don't know anything new. We don't know who's on the list (of magistrates)."
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I saw this story mentioned on my GoodReads' feed and, as I had had a surprisingly (to me) good experience reading Forster and I like the genre, I followed the link to a site where I downloaded the tale and had another pleasant read.
The story takes place in an indefinite future when nearly all of humanity spend their lives in rooms that provide food, air and entertainment - the "Machine" of the title. There's almost no direct, face-to-face contact; people communicate through their screens. Some of the more adventurous may meet on infrequent airship flights but even here there's no physical contact if that can be helped.
Vashti is a typical human of the era - physically, she's a "swaddled lump of flesh - a woman, about five feet high, with a face a white as a fungus" and spends her days listening to music or lectures and giving them (think of it like live 'blogs). One day her son, Kuno, calls and insists on physically meeting her so he can tell her something. It turns out that he's found a way to the surface of the planet, and has developed some decidedly unorthodox ideas about the Machine. So unorthodox he's been threatened with "Homelessness" - banishment to the devastated surface of the planet.
Vashti is unable to deal with her son's heresies and flees back to her room. A few months later, however, her son calls again and leaves the enigmatic message, "The Machine stops," referring to the fact that the Machine is failing and there's no one left among the human race able to fix it. Ultimately, everything shuts down. In the final scene, Vashti stumbles out of her "dead" room into the pitch black halls where all the other denizens have fled to meet her son and die as one of the airships crashes through the complex.
Like most dystopian (or utopian) literature, the world Forster evokes in "The Machine Stops" is reduced to an absurdly extreme logic but that's not the point. Forster's story raises some very serious issues about the role of technology in human life, and the danger that the draws of the "easy life" and a virtual world that's more attractive than the real will kill something fundamental about human nature.
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Q: prove a set is non empty using Hahn-Banach theorem Let $(E, ||.||_E )$ be a banach space, and its $E^*$ topological dual.
For $u ∈ E, F(u) =\{L\in E^*, ||L||_{E^∗} = ||u||_E, \left<L, u\right> = ||u||^2_E \}$
Prove $F(u)$ is non empty and closed.
What I did:
I proved that $F(u)$ is closed as $F(u)=f^{-1}(||u||_E) \cap g^{-1}(||u||_E^2)$ with $f$ and $g$ continuous functions.
For non emptiness, I tried to use Hahn-Banach theorem but I couldn't identify the vector spaces to use.
Thank you for your help.

A: One of the consequences of the Hahn-Banach theorem is the following one.

Proposition Let $E$ be a normed space, and $u\in E$. Then there exists a bounded linear functional $F$ on $E$ such that $\|F\|=1$ and $Fu=\|u\|$.

Proof. If $u=0$, the assertion is obvious. Assume $u\neq 0$, and let $M$ be the one-dimensional subspace of $E$ spanned by the vector $u$. Define a linear functional $f$ on $M$ by $f(tu)=t\|u\|$. The norm of $f$ is:
$$\|f\|=\sup\{|f(tu)|:\|tu\|\leq 1\}=\sup\{|t|\|u\|: |t|\leq\frac{1}{\|u\|}\}=1$$
and $f(u)=\|u\|$. By the Hahn-Banach theorem, there exists a linear functional $F$ defined on $E$ such that $F$ agrees with $f$ on the subspace $M$, and such that $\|F\|=\|f\|$. Thus, $Fu=fu=\|u\|$ and $\|F\|=1$. Q.E.D
In your problem, Given $u\in E$ the proposition guarantees the existence of $F\in E^*$ such that $\|F\|=1$ and $Fu=\|u\|$. Take $L=\|u\|F$. Then
$Lu=\|u\|Fu=\|u\|^2$, and $\|L\|=\|u\|$.


A few years ago, Jasmin decided to reduce the working hours in her job, because it didn't make her happy, and started working as a professional photographer instead. She is especially passionate about capturing the power and beauty of horses in her pictures. Jasmin welcomed me in her home, where we spent a cozy afternoon next to her Labradors Zoe and Lilo with a cup of tea and banana muffins. (And I am deeply impressed that she, a professional photographer herself, embraced the challenge of being photographed just as she is, although she just recovered from a tooth surgery!).
Many, many things make me happy. Being in nature, for instance, spending time with my two beloved dogs and my boyfriend. Many little things like a delicious wine, a great TV-Show where a new talent is discovered, I always cry with them... Having delicious food with friends, a great community around me. And being in the woods. Experiencing the silence in the woods really fills my heart. When I see the success of others. When I am able to touch people... Photography makes me happy, especially when I am surrounded by horses.
And peace. My greatest vision and bliss would be worldpeace, although it may sound like the typical wish of the winner of a beauty contest. But peace really makes me happy.
Here, the feeling of happiness matters. I feel at home, when I feel comfortable and when I feel welcome. I used to say, that home is no fixed place for me, I always considered myself as "uprooted", but in a positive way: That I can grow roots wherever I feel it's right. Home could be anything, like a cave in the mountains with a chandelier – as long as my beloved ones are around me and one can make it cozy, it is a home.
I love to cook and to have it cozy, with my animals, and therefore I need a home. It doesn't matter how it looks like, if it is small or big, I will just create it. Having the possibility of retreating in my own four walls means a lot to me. Like a cave, that offers protection.
Things, that point my way ahead... my self-worth. That's what comes up intuitively. I cannot really specify it, but throughout my youth and childhood, which weren't written in golden letters, I didn't believe that I would achieve something, or even make something, that I have a talent at all. Because nobody took my hand and said "So, and now we gonna find out what your talents are!", I had to experience it by myself. And my selfworth was very deciding during my life.
What also point my way ahead was my carrier of being delinquent, to somehow name it. For a couple of years, I didn't live a model life. Now I now, that I wanted to hide and also suppress my sensitivity, through drugs and intoxicants. And the point of realizing, that I am not only a cold rock without feelings, but so, so much more – and that point my way ahead to what I am doing now.
And the man at my side – from the first day, he saw my talent and did everything to support me. If something is a supporting pillar in my life, it's him. And I am incredibly thankful for that. Where my weaknesses appeared and I "gave way", he supported me in every way.
And of course, the animals. The animals are so important in my life.
Vanja's question: No matter how (!) you are going to achieve it - But what do you really wish to do?
I want to touch people. I want to touch people and open hearts. I want to show people, how wonderful they can be. Because there are so many people who don't believe in themselves. That is, where I want to go: Fill people with enthusiasm and motivate them: YOU, yes, exactly you, why not you?
Maybe also: Making people touchable. That's what I really want.
Jasmin's question to you: What is your personal solution, your vision, for a positive change of the world?


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Ky. community supports openly gay business owner after experiencing hateful comments
WINCHESTER, Ky. (WKYT) – If you follow the trail of colorful bow ties, they'll eventually lead you into Mason on Main in Winchester, owned by Mason Rhodus.
"Mason is Winchester. He's what a lot of people stand for," said JP Martin with Whiskey and Wiles Photography.
But on Saturday, Rhodus was met with hatred. He said people entered his store, telling him that God doesn't love him because he's gay.
"Of just the few negatives, that one hurt me the most. I'm a Christian. And I believe in following the teaching of Christ. And I know that's not true," Rhodus said.
This isn't the first time Rhodus has gotten comments like this, but it was the first time he spoke out publicly against the hate. It's an action that's been met by more love than he could have expected.
"We don't have the same beliefs and we may not agree on everything, but he's a good person. My thought is you love people for who they are regardless," Martin said.
Martin is just one of many downtown business owners who have shown support over the years, and after Saturday's events, there's been an outpouring of more support than ever before.
Last year, Rhodus was the only one with a Pride flag hanging outside. Now, you see the flags flying outside most downtown businesses.
"I've received countless private messages of parents here in town with children who are struggling, they are struggling here in town to be themselves," Rhodus said. "To hear their comments, it's just like wow. My hometown. Look what they're doing because they've never seen that before."
Rhodus said he hopes young people see the love and support outweighing the negativity and hatred.
Pride Flags are flying all over downtown Winchester this month. Mason on Main owner Mason Rhodus says he's overwhelmed by the support from his community and fellow business owners, especially after receiving hateful comments on Saturday. The full story tonight on @WKYT pic.twitter.com/QgPsGbJW8R
— Grason Passmore WKYT (@GrasonWkyt) June 15, 2022
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Police urged to investigate allegations against former High Court judge Dyson Heydon
By Elizabeth Byrne
Posted WedWednesday 24 JunJune 2020 at 3:14amWedWednesday 24 JunJune 2020 at 3:14am , updated WedWednesday 24 JunJune 2020 at 9:52amWedWednesday 24 JunJune 2020 at 9:52am
Former High Court judge Dyson Heydon denies allegations of sexual harassment. (AAP: Joel Carrett)
ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold has written to police recommending they investigate allegations against former High Court judge Dyson Heydon.
Mr Drumgold says the referral to investigate allegations against former High Court judge Dyson Heydon is part of a formal arrangement with the police
Six female former judge's associates have accused Mr Heydon of sexual harassment
Mr Heydon emphatically denies the allegations
Mr Drumgold's recommendation follows a statement released by the High Court on Monday, that an investigation it commissioned upheld complaints from six former judge's associates of sexual harassment by Mr Heydon, claims he has categorically denied.
Three of the women announced on Tuesday that they planned to sue the Commonwealth and Mr Heydon for compensation.
On Wednesday, in a statement, Mr Drumgold said the referral to investigate the allegations was part of a formal arrangement with the police.
"On Tuesday 23 June 2020 I wrote to the AFP [Australian Federal Police] through this formal communication channel directing attention to two news articles," he said in a statement.
The first of these items dealt with the High Court investigation.
"The second referr[ed] to an incident at the University of Canberra on 19 April 2013, with a strong recommendation that both incidences be investigated to determine whether or not criminal charges should result," Mr Drumgold said.
The latter incident involved allegations from senior Canberra lawyer Noor Blumer.
The former ACT Law Society president said an incident with Mr Heydon at the University of Canberra Law School ball in 2013 left her "upset and disgusted."
In a contemporaneous note made at the time, Ms Blumer said she complained about Mr Heydon to other people, and to the University of Canberra.
The university confirmed the complaint was received.
Then-ACT Law Society president Noor Blumer made a complaint about Mr Heydon after an alleged incident at the University of Canberra Law School ball in 2013. (ABC News)
The investigation was undertaken by Dr Vivienne Thom, who used to serve as the Federal Government's Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security.
Mr Heydon sat on the High Court bench for 10 years.
Five of the six associates who lodged complaints with the court worked in his office.
There has been no response from police so far.
Posted 24 JunJune 2020WedWednesday 24 JunJune 2020 at 3:14am , updated 24 JunJune 2020WedWednesday 24 JunJune 2020 at 9:52am


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package build

import (
	"os/exec"

	"github.com/gobuffalo/envy"
	"github.com/gobuffalo/genny/v2"
)

func buildDeps(opts *Options) (*genny.Generator, error) {
	g := genny.New()

	if err := opts.Validate(); err != nil {
		return g, err
	}

	if envy.Mods() {
		return g, nil
	}

	// mount the go get runner
	tf := opts.App.BuildTags(opts.Environment, opts.Tags...)
	if len(tf) > 0 {
		tf = append([]string{"-tags"}, tf.String())
	}
	args := []string{"get"}
	args = append(args, tf...)
	args = append(args, "./...")
	g.Command(exec.Command("go", args...))
	return g, nil
}

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Q: KTable as input from topic with null keys I'm very new to Kafka Streams and encountered a problem.
I have two tables - one is for long-term data (descriptions) and the other is for live data (live). They have a common id.
And the idea is to store data from descriptions (presumably in KTable, keep latest description for each id) and when new messages appear in live - join with data from descriptions on corresponding id and send it further.
For simplicity let's just make all types String.
So the basic idea was like in every tutorial I've seen:
interface Processor {

        @Input("live")
        KStream<String, String> input();

        @Input("descriptions")
        KTable<String, String> input();

        @Output("output")
        KStream<String, String> output();
    }

And then:
    @StreamListener
    @SendTo("output")
    public KStream<String, String> process(
            @Input("live") KStream<String, String> live,
            @Input("descriptions") KTable<String, String> descriptions) {
        // ...
    }

The problem is that descriptions topic is not KTable-suitable (null keys, just messages).
So I can't use it as an input and I can't create any new intermediate topics for storing a valid stream out of this table (basically read-only).
I was searching for some sort of in-memory Binding destination, but to no avail.
The way I thought it could be possible is something like creating an intermediate output that just stores KTable in-memory or something and then using this intermediate as an input in live processing. Like:
    @StreamListener("descriptions")
    @SendTo("intermediate")
    public KTable<String, String> process(@Input("descriptions") KStream<String, String> descriptions) {
        // ...
    }

Hope it's possible with this Binding semantics.

A: I think you can try to introduce an intermediate topic for storing the key/value by introducing an initial processor. Then use that stream as a table for the input in your regular processor. Here are some templates. I am using the new functional model in Spring Cloud Stream to write these processors.
@Bean
public Function<KStream<String, String>, KStream<String, String>> processDescriptions() {

        return descriptions ->
            descriptions.map((key, value) -> {
                Pojo p = parseIntoPojo(value);
                return new KeyValue<>(p.getId(), value);
            })
            .groupByKey()
            .reduce((v1, v2) -> v2)
            .toStream();
}

@Bean
public BiFunction<KStream<String, String>, KTable<String, String>, KStream<String, String>> realStream() {

    return (live, description) -> {

    }

}

The first processor receives the description as KStream and then enrich that with the key and then output as KStream. Now that this topic has both key and value, we can use this as a KTable in our next processor. The next processor is a java.util.function.BiFunction which receives two inputs and generate an output. The inputs are KStream and KTable respectively and the output is a KStream.
You can set destinations on them as below:
spring.cloud.stream.function.definition=prorcessDescriptions;realStream

spring.cloud.stream.bindings.processDescriptions-in-0.destinaion=description-topic
spring.cloud.stream.bindings.processDescriptions-out-0.destinaion=description-table-topic

spring.cloud.stream.bindings.realStream-in-0.destinaion=live-topic
spring.cloud.stream.bindings.realStream-in-1.destinaion=description-table-topic
spring.cloud.stream.bindings.realStream-out-0.destinaion=output

You can achieve the same results by using the StreamListener approach as well.
The downside of this approach is that you need to maintain an extra intermediate topic in Kafka, but if you really want it as a KTable and the underlying information is non-keyed, I don't think there are too many options here.
If you don't need the descriptions as a top-level KTable, you might be able to store this somehow in a state store and later query that store all within a single processor. I haven't tried that out, so you need to play around with that idea. Basically, you get two streams, live and descriptions
(live, descriptions) -> Reduce key/value for descriptions and keep that in a state store.
Then, do the processing on live by joining with what is in the state store.

Kafka Streams allows various ways to accomplish things like that. Check their reference docs for more info.
Hope this helps.


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Former Rangers manager believes the Colombian striker's value has dropped.
Ally McCoist believes clubs chasing Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos will be having second thoughts.
The Colombian has been shown the red card five times this season, and is currently serving a four-match ban after being sent off against Celtic.
Morelos was expected to be the subject of some hefty bids himself this summer after a campaign in which he's scored 29 goals.
But former Rangers manager McCoist believes the elbow thrown at Celtic captain Scott Brown last week will cool that interest.
"Clearly he has let himself down and the team down too with his disciplinary record," said McCoist, speaking at Ayr Racecourse as he promoted this weekend's Scottish Grand National.
"This could be the player of the year we're talking about, though, so it's a dilemma.
"The number of goals he has scored this year has been great and some of his performances have been fantastic - but he clearly has a discipline problem. Steven [Gerrard] knows that.
"I'm very hopeful he has learned from it, but the fact of the matter is that there will be one or two clubs who will have been put off by his disciplinary record and his value will have dropped a little bit."


When you have a kid suddenly food and cooking becomes a challenge. You go to a super market and you see evil ingredients staring down at you from the aisles, proceesed food, packaged ? food, msg, chemicals, gluten and what not. Healthy food choices are not a choice anymore they become a necessity.
Now one thing i have always loved is baking and I always dreamed that I will be a mini Martha Stewart and dole out perfect ? recipes for my little one. But the fact is kids are picky eaters and also while cooking for them you have to be extra careful to keep it as healthy as possible. This means removing all purpose flour ( maida ) from the kitchen and that poses a huge problem because well it is kind of the central ingredient in baking.
So when I am able to replace this with a healthier and more easily digested whole wheat flour ? and the result is as good as this, I am super ?.
These banana muffins are the perfect snacks for evenings when the baby comes back after playing. They are not too sweet and super fluffy. Also the added goodness of bananas, nuts and whole wheat mean that I am also on cloud nine.
Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon powder in a big bowl.
Store in a cool dry place and enjoy snack time ?


The sports apparel retailer Sun & Sand will next year add a further 20 stores in the UAE as it expands across the region.
The retailer, which runs more than 100 stores in the Emirates, also operates outlets for sub-brands such as Nike and Timberland.
Gulf Marketing Group (GMG), the parent of Sun & Sand Sports, embarked on a period of unprecedented expansion last year, with more than 40 store openings across the Arabian Gulf. Sixty new outlets are planned for next year, mainly in Saudi Arabia.
The expansion drive comes even as retail sales in the UAE have shown a marked softening this year as a stronger US dollar and a drop in the number of Russian visitors weigh on demand.
While Sun & Sand reports 5 per cent year-on-year growth in like-for-like sales this year across its stores, its distribution partners have reported falls of up to 10 per cent.
"It's not a situation I see changing over the next year," said Miquel Pancorbo, president of the sports division at GMG.
He said that increasing rental rates at malls were also putting pressure on margins and that mall operators were "disconnected" from the realities in the market.
Representatives of MoE and The Dubai Mall could not be reached for comment.
The Dubai-based multi-brand Landmark Group is also pushing ahead with the expansion of it Sportsone-branded outlets. It began in 2012 but now has 18 outlets with another 10 planned for next year across the UAE and the region.
Global sales of sports apparel and footwear stood at US$270 billion last year, jumping 42 per cent over the past seven years, according to Morgan Stanley. It forecasts average annual sales growth of 5 per cent during the next five years, driven by growth in eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Sports footwear guarantees a steady steam of customers of all ages, types and nationalities and the Mena region is fast becoming an important geography for the brands that want to become recognised. New Balance is one such brand. It had global sales of $3.3bn last year but Mena accounted for almost nothing said Darren Tucker, New Balance's vice president.
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Hello gorgeous people! So today I am combining my Fifty Shades and an OOTD! Its such yucky weather boo!!
I used my accessorize palette, applying a beige as a base then a a metallic purple to flick alongside my gel liner. Mascara and benefit brow kit complete the look.
I am hating this weather! Its chilly yet I seem to be getting hot so easily! Uh oh menopause!!!!! Anyway, I decided to wear my polkadot New Look trousers with my New Look peplum top. Love this combination!!


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Who is after Senator Bukola Saraki's blood? (Part 2)
By ElombahNews	 On Oct 6, 2015
ABOVE PHOTO: Buhari and Saraki on Independence Day celebrations, 01 Oct. 2015
If he is waiting to be so advised, especially since his Sallah Day near-death experience in Ilorin, senate president, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, aka ABS, will do well to go weep his eye out and seek for forgiveness at the graveside of his father, the late Wazirin Ilorin, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki. That is, if for fear of losing their meal tickets, the parasitic, overblown and hungry alfas always hovering round the senate president have not so advised!
The reason for this is simple: none other than alfas should know that no one goes scot-free after they de-robe their parents in public! Which exactly is what the senate president did when, in his quest for power, he defied and messed a dotting father to whom he owes all his temporal relevance. In a manner of speaking, Bukola without Saraki will be another name in Ilorin.
However, it will not be surprising if some of the alfas offered the advice and were spurned. A prominent politician, a repository of lawmaking and the nation's number three personage who can spit in the face of law, based on some laughable legal advice, is capable of spitting in the face of a mere advice. Even the most ardent Bukola Saraki fan should quiver at the mere thought of happenings at government house, Ilorin, for the eight years he served as governor! And, perhaps, beyond.
At issue is the largely-anticipated Sallah Day stone-throwing incident at the Ilorin main Eid ground which came days after the traditional stoning of Shaitan during the Hajj. Its anticipation, according to gleanings from the press, was underlined by the last-minute cancellation of an elaborate, multi-million Naira home-coming reception funded and organised by the perpetually cash-strapped Kwara state government for the state's most prominent ambassador.
After calling off the ceremony, would-have-been chief host and governor, Maigida Abdulfattah Ahmed scampered out of town to his more-welcoming country-home in Share! Wise guy! A large chunk of the recently-received bail-out had just been allegedly put aside to fight Oga's legal battles and there was never going to be enough to clear back-log of salaries. Lamentation by state and local government workers must have reached a crescendo by the time Maigida exited Ilorin on Sallah eve.
But the much-needed peace which the governor expected at his country-home was intermittently shattered by a humanitarian crisis nearby. Of late, the fifteen-minute drive from Jebba to Bode-Saadu along the ever-busy Ilorin- Kaduna highway has become a motorists' nightmare. With the bad road effectively blocked with articulated vehicles, other motorists, always at the mercy of red-eyed extortionists are forced to spend long hours on more tortuous bush tracks. From his country home in Share, Governor Ahmed did not have to strain his ears to pick the vituperations of motorists and travellers directed at their leaders!
In a sense, Governor Ahmed is on the spot, so to say, and could feel the mood of the people. Typically, the senate president must have dismissed any likely advice on possible consequences of his odious public appearance. Mind you! This is Kwara state's de facto number one and the nation's three who just arrived town to make a big political statement. In a fleeting moment of oneirism, the senate president felt insulated from the mess back home.
He must have thought that it should be no business of his if, for whatever reason, Kwara state is in such a big mess and the state government cannot pay its workers. But, the people thought differently and, in their own moment of oneirism too, felt a huge chunk of the millions the senate president allegedly used to finance a false lifestyle was hijacked from Kwara state government treasury. There is something uncanny in the realisation that it was allegedly favoured Ilorin that suddenly moved against its own.
Be that as it may, handlers of the senate president were nowhere near Ilorin to gauge the temperature of long-suffering state employees. They were nowhere between Jebba and Bode Saadu to hear the swearwords thrown by long-faced Nigerians at their unseen tormentors. If they were, may be one honest assistant would have summoned the courage to tell Oga that detractors now decode his ABS initials as Anything But Saraki! May be the senate president would have been told that, even in Ilorin very few people believe he is the victim of a witch-hunt!
Senator Saraki's Sallah Day appearance was a publicity stunt that failed to fly! The pelting incident, the chants of ole and, for the first time, the absence of large crowds that normally descend on the Saraki homestead on such an important day, are too foreboding. With the possible exception of petty thieves, pick-pockets and kidnappers, when last was anybody stoned in Ilorin? Beyond commoners, has any important personality ever been pelted in public by the largely peace-loving and long-suffering people of Ilorin? Was there a time worshippers at Ilorin praying ground chanted Oloye to make it sound like Ole?
Let the senate president continue to put up a bold face. It is allowed. Let him continue to dance to the weird drumbeat of colleagues who joined the fray, anticipatorily, to fight off a certain foe. This is as it should be! More importantly, it is good for Senator Saraki's body system not to feel like a fish out of water as he can, at least for now, continue to bank on the support of his colleagues who create the impression that the Nigerian senate, not only its indicted president, is on trial.
As he probably did when the EFCC questioned his wife over alleged dirty deals and, as he probably did when he was hauled before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, let Senator Saraki continue to blame imagined enemies imported stone-throwers to Ilorin on Sallah Day. Blame game must rank as one of the oldest games known to man. And Nigerians are enjoying every bit of the ongoing blame game! Let the senate president continue to imagine enemies are after his blood instead of sitting back to reflect deeply!
And, believe it or not, Nigerians are enjoying every second of the public display of emptiness by the eighty three Orwellian 'Saraki is always right!' senators. Let the rabble continue to rouse! And, in the name of good governance, let no one blink! Let the chest-beating continue and let no one play the Biblical apostles who abandoned the Master at the critical moment he needed them!
Nigerians are waiting! They are good at waiting!
Abdulrazaq Magaji <magaji777@yahoo.com> lives in Abuja, Nigeria.
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6. Abs: sit ups or crunches.
Next Legs, March or jog in place for 6 mins then squat for 6 mins.
Do this once a day, we can all find 12 minutes, plus it gets your blood flowing and metabolism going for the day. Very simple! Try it and you will see a difference in a short time! K.I.S.S., Keep It Simple Stupid!
Try and minimize the Bread, pasta and white rice if you want to loose some pounds as well! (I know, that's the hard part!) Mostly have fun!


The Merry Widow is a real crowd pleaser. This is light entertainment that doesn't take itself too seriously - The flipside to this is the tragicomic series of mishaps that prevent The Merry Widow's thwarted lovers from getting together until the very last scene.
On opening night in Sydney, the lead roles of Hanna Glawari and Count Danilo were danced by Amber Scott and Adam Bull. Scott and Bull were always well matched physically; what they have developed over the last few years is a much more convincing emotional rapport, and this was evident in the level of acting and stagecraft they brought to this performance.
A standout feature of this production is the aesthetics of the lush Belle Epoch era so luxuriantly conjured up by Desmond Heeley's costume and set design. In the ballroom scene of Act 1 Scene 2, the curved tendrils and curlicues of the staircase railing are matched by the leafy vines that encircle several prominent Corinthian columns. And when Hanna Glawari makes her first appearance on this very staircase, the viewer is struck by the black, glittery sheen of her dress in contrast with the soft feathered appearance of the white floral dresses worn by every other woman on stage.
As Valencienne, Leanne Stojmenov flirted and pouted her way across the stage with the kind of seemingly spontaneous dancing that is only made possible by a dancer's consistent mastery of technique. This was evident not just in the more virtuosic elements of her role, but in the simple clarity and control of her echappes, turning this way and that in an effort to secure the attentions of Andrew Killian's Camile in the very first scene. Killian, Stojmenov and Colin Peasley worked together well to elucidate the complexities of the love triangle these three characters develop over the course of the evening.
The corps de ballet performed a wide range of group dances, from elegant waltzes to highly stylized character dances and a particularly exuberant can-can in the final act at Chez Maxime. Ronald Hynd's choreography is always in the service of the work's narrative and the progression of character development. Franz Lehar's music - while not one of the best ballet scores, is still extremely danceable and the music for Hanna and Count Danilo's last waltz sticks in one's memory long after the curtains have closed. Perhaps it is not surprising then, that this was the Australian Ballet's 404th performance of The Merry Widow since it was first created for and performed by the company in 1975.
'The Merry Widow' continues at the Sydney Opera House until May 19, then moves to Canberra from May 25 to 30, then Melbourne from June 7 to 16.


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Found 15 blog entries about Vintage San Diego.
La Paloma Theatre - Encinitas, CA
Thursday, April 25th, 2019 at 5:06pm.
The La Paloma Theatre, first opened in 1928. One of the first theaters to show talking pictures and continues to host film specials throughout the year.
San Diego Padres - 50 Years!
Thursday, March 28th, 2019 at 1:29pm.
San Diego Padres Opening Day lineup in 1969. Happy 50th anniversary season! Credit: The San Diego Union Tribune
Historic Carlsbad Hotel - Carlsbad, CA
Thursday, February 28th, 2019 at 11:24am.
The Carlsbad Hotel and Mineral Springs, built in the late 1800's Credit: Land & Water Co.
Historic Boathouses - Encinitas, CA
Thursday, February 7th, 2019 at 1:22pm.
The Famous Encinitas Boathouses, "The Arks", built in the late 1920's Credit: Encinitas Historical Society
Historic Mercantile Building - Cardiff-By-The-Sea, CA
Thursday, December 27th, 2018 at 4:12pm.
The Cardiff Mercantile Building (now Patagonia), built in 1910 Credit: Cardiff 101 MainStreet
Historic San Diego Stadium - San Diego, CA
Thursday, October 25th, 2018 at 3:14pm.
Currently called the SDCCU Stadium. Established in 1967, known as the Jack Murphy Stadium 1981-1997 and Qualcomm Stadium 1997-2017. Longtime home of two professional franchises, San Diego Chargers (NFL) and San Diego Padres (MLB). #tbt #throwbackthursday #sandiego #chargers #padres #vintagesandiego
Historic Camp Pendleton - Oceanside, CA
Thursday, October 4th, 2018 at 11:14am.
Main gate at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, established in 1942 Credit: Oceanside Historical Society #tbt #throwbackthursday #oceanside #vintagesandiego
Historic "Top Gun" House - Oceanside, CA
Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 at 10:47am.
Historic "Top Gun" House circa 1888. One of the oldest beach cottages in San Diego County.
Historic La Costa Resort & Spa - Carlsbad, CA
Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 at 1:33pm.
Historic La Costa Resort & Spa. The original 72-par, 7,200 yard golf course, 1964 @OmniHotels #tbt #throwbackthursday #Carlsbad
Historic Highway 101 - Del Mar, CA
Thursday, June 21st, 2018 at 11:46am.
Traffic on the 101 before Interstate 5 was completed. Near Torrey Pines State Beach,1961 #tbt #throwbackthursday #delmar #lajolla


Ahh… The frustration of knowing what should be, seeing what is, and being powerless to do anything about it. This person sound so much like my Poly Sci 101 term paper that it is almost frightening.
This is just so much more from the hate America First brigade. Do these things happen? Yes, they do, and when exposed the responsible parties are severely punished. In all cases, period. Are there ever false accusations, yes. A lot of them, just as in civilian society.
Drug runner Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila pleaded guilty to multiple drug charges last week. Readers will recall that it was Aldrete-Davila who in 2005 fled from two Border Patrol agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. As Ramos and Compean approached Aldrete-Davila's vehicle, the Mexican national fled toward the border. Ramos and Compean fired 15 rounds at the smuggler at intervals when he turned toward them, but they were unable to capture him before he crossed the border. They returned to his vehicle and found 743 pounds of marijuana. Two weeks later, Aldrete-Davila's mother called a friend in the U.S. and complained that her son had been shot. A Department of Homeland Security investigator, Christopher Sanchez, contacted Aldrete-Davila and learned that he indeed had been shot in the buttocks.
U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton worked out an immunity deal for the smuggler in exchange for testimony against the two Border agents. Ramos and Compean were sentenced to 11 and 12 years in prison, respectively—a grossly excessive sentence—and began serving those sentences on 17 January 2007. Each man leaves behind a wife and three children. The drug smuggler, however, was caught again soon thereafter and has now pleaded guilty.
Please take a moment to sign Free the Texas Three and Secure our Borders, a national petition calling on President Bush to commute the sentences of both former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean.
This is a story that will warm your heart, catch your breath in shock, smile, and cry, all at the same time.
The Gunny had the pleasure and honor of again being the Master of Ceremonies at the Marine Parents National Conference in Washington, D.C., from 18-20 April 2008. Among the guest was Cpl. Aaron Mankin.
While serving as a Marine combat correspondent in Iraq, then Lance Corporal Mankin found himself one day in the heat of battle, riding in an assault vehicle and doing his job as the grunts fought, which was to record and write about the war. He was standing up in the open-topped vehicle as the battle raged when a massive improvised explosive device (IED) detonated right beside his vehicle. The blast sent the 26-ton vehicle and 16 Marines inside 10 feet into the air.
As the blackness enveloped the young, perpetually happy, outgoing Marine, God checked his master plan. Turning to the chapter on Cpl. Mankin, he read that the Marine's life was incomplete, that the Marine journalist had more work to do and things to accomplish, and that he was scheduled in the master plan to raise a family.
God brushed the darkness away and switched on the light.
Cpl. Mankin opened his eyes so see his mother. He was in a special hospital that specializes in massive burn injuries, and Cpl. Mankin had those. His face was criss-crossed with scars. His throat was burned away so he had a breathing tube. The skin on his arms had melted away and his right hand was almost unrecognizable. His ears were almost gone, leaving a hole in each side of his head. His nose was a charred lump of remnant flesh.
In the many months and seemingly countless surgeries that followed (he has many more to go, too), hideous pain would be Cpl. Mankin's constant companion. That pain is physical as well as mental, and he knows that when people see him for the first time, they are stunned. Some gasp. Some cry. Some pray. Some look away. But Cpl. Mankin doesn't feel sorry for himself. He decided one day in the hospital that he would never feel sorry for himself, and no matter of how much pain he was in and how tired he was, he would press on, because that's what Marines do.
Cpl. Mankin is married and he and his wife have one daughter (15 months old) and another child on the way. Because his wife was also a Marine when they got married, they never got a honeymoon.
THEY NEVER GOT A HONEYMOON.
As the Gunny learned of this and got to know Cpl. Mankin at the conference, he knew right then and there what his audience would want to do: send Cpl. Mankin and his wife on the honeymoon they never had. The Gunny found out that Mrs. Mankin loves the beach, as does Cpl. Mankin.
You, the Gunny and Marine Parents (www.marineparents.com) are going to send Cpl. and Mrs. Mankin on an all-expense-paid first-class honeymoon to sunny, warm Cancun, where this deeply in love and dedicated to each other couple will bask on the beach, eat great food, soak up the sun, sleep late, and otherwise do what honeymooning couples do.
At Step 2, type in the amount you would like to donate; there is no minimum or maximum. Please give as generously as possible.
Step 4: Fill out all the info there and then click "Submit Information" and continue as need be.
(1) Make it payable to MarineParents.com, Inc.
Gang, this is a BIG one. We need to make this happen. The Gunny is personally asking you for this favor. We need a lot of money to send these two American patriots on the honeymoon they never got, which they never got because they were busy serving their country and keeping us safer.
The Gunny will owe you forever if you help him send the Mankins on their Cancun honeymoon.
in the Russian government," said GOA Founder and Chairman, Sen.
Thank you for whatever you can do on Miles' behalf.
hearing from Nick News soon, if you haven't already.
Utter nonsense, period. That man is a racist, that played the racist card for years so that he could profit from the hate that spewed from his pulpit. Blacks will never get ahead in life or society as long as they continue to feed from the trough of despair that people like this pastor hand out.
Dear Sir, situation is tribal areas is still critical as terrorists have been killing and terrorising the people. The people of tribal areas are grateful to you for your kindness and love with them. Your positive approach has now been some positive change. A lot of thanks.
Anyone that reads this blog on even an irregular basis knows that I have been preaching this for years. Yes, even before the Columbine High School incident. "Gun Free Zones" were properly called "Free Fire Zones" at several meetings before the laws were passed, I know, because I was the one making them. Still, it's nice to have someone such as Dr. Lott confirm ones beliefs.
Americans' fears over the safety of schools continues.
With the first anniversary of the Virginia Tech attack last week and the discussions that it created, we clearly have not been able to put that and other attacks behind us. There are good reasons why the safety measures adopted over the last year to speed up response times or hiring more police haven't eliminated the fear people feel.
The attack earlier this year at Northern Illinois University proved that even six minutes was too long. It took six minutes before the police were able to enter the classroom, and in that short time five people were murdered. Compared to the Virginia Tech and other attacks, six minutes is actually record breaking speed, but it was simply not fast enough.
The Thursday before the NIU murders five people were killed in a city council chambers in Kirkwood, Mo. There was even a police officer already there when the attack occurred. But as happens time after time in these attacks, when uniformed police are there, the killers either wait for the police to leave the area or they are the first people killed. In Kirkwood, the police officer was killed immediately when the attack started. People cowered or were reduced to futilely throwing chairs at the killer.
There is a problem that people just are unwilling to recognize.
Just like attacks last year at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Neb., or Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City or the recent attack at the Tinley Park Mall in Illinois or all the public schools attacks, all these cases had one thing in common: They took place in "gun free zones," where private citizens were not allowed to carry their guns with them.
The malls in Omaha and Salt Lake City were in states that let people carry concealed handguns, but private property owners are allowed to post signs banning guns and those malls were among the few places in their states that chose to post such signs. In the Trolley Square attack an off-duty police officer fortunately violated the ban and stopped the attack. The attacks at Virginia Tech or the other public schools occured in some of the few areas within their states that people are not allowed to carry concealed handguns.
It is not just recent killings that are occurring in these gun-free zones. Multiple-victim public shootings keep on occurring in places where guns are banned. Nor are these horrible incidents limited to just gun-free zones in the US.
In 1996 Martin Bryant killed 35 people at Port Arthur in Tasmania, Australia. In the last half-dozen years, European countries including France, Germany and Switzerland have experienced multiple-victim shootings. The worst school attack in Germany claimed 17 deaths, another 14 deaths; one attack in Switzerland claimed the lives of 14 regional legislators.
At some point you would think that something is going on here, that these murderers aren't just picking their targets at random. Yet, when one thinks about it, this pattern isn't really too surprising.
Most people understand that guns deter criminals. The problem is that instead of gun-free zones making it safe for potential victims, they make it safe for criminals.
Criminals are less likely to run into those who might be able to stop them. Everyone wants to keep guns away from criminals, but the problem is who is more likely to obey the law.
A student expelled for violating a gun-free zone at a college is extremely unlikely ever to get into another college. A faculty member fired for a firearms violation will find it virtually impossible to get another academic position. But even if the killer at Virginia Tech had lived, the notion that the threat of expulsion would have deterred the attacker when he would have already faced 32 death penalties or at least 32 life sentences seems silly.
In cases from the church shooting in Colorado Springs, Colo., last December, where a parishioner who was given permission by the minister to carry her concealed gun into the church quickly stopped the murderer, to an attack last year in downtown Memphis, to the Appalachian Law School, to high schools in such places as Pearl, Miss., concealed handgun permit holders have stopped attacks well before uniformed police could possibly have arrived.
Twice this year armed Israeli citizens have stopped terrorist attacks at schools (once by an armed teacher and another by an armed student). Indeed, despite the fears being discussed about the risks of concealed handgun permit holders, I haven't found one multiple-victim public shooting where a permit holder has accidentally shot a bystander.
With about 5 million Americans currently with concealed handgun permits in the U.S. and states starting having right-to-carry laws for as long as 80 years, we have a lot of experience with these laws, and one thing is very clear: Concealed handgun permit holders are extremely law-abiding and lose their permits for any gun-related violation at hundredths or thousandths of one percentage point. We also have a lot of experience with permitted concealed handguns in schools.
Prior to the 1995 Safe School Zone Act, states with right-to-carry laws let teachers or others carry concealed handguns at school, and several states still allow this today. And there is not a single instance that I or others have found where this produced a single problem. There are today even some universities, including large public universities such as Colorado State University and the University of Utah, that let students carry concealed handguns on school property.
With all the news media coverage of the types of guns used and how the criminal obtained the gun, at some point the news media might begin to mention the one common feature of these attacks: they keep occurring in gun-free zones.
Gun-free zones are a magnet for these attacks. But, even without the media, considering that 15 more states this year debated legislation to let concealed handguns on school campuses, possibly the issue is becoming clear anyway.
This is a very good piece on economics. A must read for the blithering idiots that are so in love with collectivism and authoritarianism.
Capitalism is a panacea, after all. It cures symptoms of affluence as well as poverty.
We file this report, coincidentally, from Manchester…where, according to legend, the industrial revolution began. Modern tools, steady money, and fossil fuel were put together, creating so much gas, it lifted mankind out of the mud of the Middle Ages and carried him aloft. Thrifty Scottish economists – notably Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson – saw what was happening and took note of the moral lesson: by foregoing the satisfaction of current consumption, savings could be invested in factories, machines, and new discoveries that increased the output from human labor.
In the same amount of time, thanks to his new tools, a workingman could produce more things. And, soon, the things made him rich. According to MeasuringWealth.com, during the second half of the 18th century, the typical British workingman earned about 60 pounds per year. It took only 4.25 pounds sterling to buy an ounce of gold, so he earned the equivalent of 14 ounces of gold, which is worth about 6,622 pounds sterling at today's rates. A century later, in 1971, to be exact, his earnings had risen to the equivalent of 49 ounces of gold per year – or about 23,000 pounds sterling at today's rate.
But whatever wonder James Watt and the people of Britain's industrial heartland wrought, their descendants in America have worked another one; in the midst of the greatest financial and technological boom ever, they have managed to actually reduce the value of their own labor.
Yes, dear reader, this week we turn our weary eyes away from the poor, the weak, and the huddled masses struggling to keep up with the price of rice…and focus on people who are struggling to keep up with their credit card payments. Here is a group of people upon whom nature piled so many blessings, she crushed the wit out of them. And, their wealth is being squeezed out too.
The United States of America has rich farmland, from sea to shining sea. Still, it is a net importer of food. In fact, it is a net importer of practically everything that can be moved. Every day that goes by it receives about $2 billion more of these moveable objects than it sends out in exports.
Prior to the Nixon administration, such an imbalance could not persist for very long; but however much God blessed America – with her purple mountains majesty and her fields of golden grain – was nothing compared to the way she was favored by the post-1971 monetary system.
"As ye plant, so shall ye reap," it saith in the Bible. But in the period from 1997-2007, Americans could reap without planting. They could consume without earning. They could invest without saving, and spend as much as they wanted without running out of money. They were the world's luckiest people – they had the world's reserve currency…and access to the whole world's credit.
The miracle that fundamentally altered the world monetary system happened on August 15, 1971, when Richard Nixon "closed the gold window," at the U.S. Treasury. Before then, every nation's currency was anchored to gold. Governments settled their imbalances in yellow metal; since each unit of paper currency represented an option on the treasury's gold, it forced officials to be wary of issuing too many. But after August, 1971, the world's monetary system upped anchor and sailed with the tide. Now, it all floats on a sea of paper money – and no one knows what's beneath the dark ocean surface.
The Chinese merchant who sold widgets and geegaws to spendthrift Americans could not use dollars to pay his wages. He needed local currency. So he traded his dollars for yuan. And where did the Central Bank of China get enough yuan to buy up trillions of dollars? It had to create them. All over the planet, as the world's stock of dollars rose…so did its inventories of local currencies. And then, what could it do with its dollars? Before 1971, it would have presented them to the U.S. Treasury and received one ounce of gold for every 41 paper dollars. In order to protect the nation's gold, central bankers would have taken away the punch bowl and turned out the lights. Rates would have gone up; foreigners would have been encouraged to hold dollars (rather than exchange them for gold); Americans would have been discouraged from spending dollars – effectively stifling U.S. consumer spending and bringing the current account back into balance.
Then, in 2001, the U.S. financial authorities, led by Alan Greenspan, thought they faced a crisis. They panicked – giving Americans even more credit rope. With nothing to stop it, the supply of cash and credit rose at an even faster rate. And thus it was that Americans wrapped their good fortune around their necks like a noose. Instead of practicing the virtues that had made them rich – saving money, building new factories and learning new skills – they borrowed even more heavily than before.
And now their houses are being foreclosed and their bills are coming due. Worse, the value of their most important asset – their time – is being marked down with the dollar. According to our source, the typical American workingman in the late 19th century was already earning considerably more than an Englishman – 25 ounces of gold per year, rather than 14. He, too, became much richer as the industrial revolution progressed. By 1971, he was earning the equivalent of 82 ounces of gold, worth $76,000 today. But then he forgot his lessons. He stopped saving…his income fell…and his dollar dropped. Adjusting the average hourly wage for consumer price inflation, he earns slightly less today than he did during the Carter administration. Adjusting his wages to the fall of the euro, we find the average American earns less than the average Frenchman. And adjusting his wages to gold and we see he has lost a half century of wage progress. Today, he earns only the equivalent of 40 ounces of gold – or only about $38,000.
Some time ago a contributor here got mad because I told him to do his own research about Obama. I do things like that from time to time, especially when I have previously posted, with citation. See, there is this old Irish theory about learning that says that what you earn, as in work for, stays with you longer.
Now, I stated that Obama hung out with gangsters. What was the rage a short time ago? Tony Resco, that's what. I said that Obama attended a racist church. What blew across the newswaves? His pastor, and that's still going on. I stated that he was a socialist. Whats all across the web now? Obama the collectivist, that's what. I also said trhat he is anti second amendment, and low and behold. He tries acting like he is a supporter of the Constitution, and it is blowing up in his face.
What got me onto the Obamination early? Well, that can best be summed up over at Make-A-STATEMENT.org.
First, Obama refused to display the American Flag on his lapel. Then, he refused to distance himself from his America hating, racist, and self promoting minister, the despicable Reverend Wright. Now, he is giving some lame excuse for not respecting and following proper protocol when our National Anthem is played.
That lame Obama excuse is, "as I have said before, I do not want to be perceived as taking sides". Further, he says, "There are a lot o people in the world to whom the American Flag is a symbol of oppression. And, the anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all. It should be swapped for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song—I'd like to teach the World to Sing—If that was our anthem, then I might acknowledge it". I would sure like to know who he is afraid to take sides with.
This is the man who wants to become the Commander-in-Chief of our armed forces, leader of the free world, and role model to our children.
Please allow me to share with you the level at which our flag and anthem is honored on all our military bases. First, the flag is never displayed at night unless properly lighted. Early in the morning after sunrise, every military installation in the nation has a ceremony as the flag is hosted. Prior to sunset, a similar ceremony is performed where the flag is brought down, and folded with great care, then stored for the night. It is never allowed to touch the ground. These ceremonies are conducted by impeccably dressed uniformed personnel and accompanied by appropriate music. During the ceremony all traffic on base is brought to a halt, again, in honor of the flag. When the flag becomes old and faded, it is retired with ceremony, and burned. Military personnel love the flag, as it is a symbol of our country, and that is what they have taken an oath to defend—to their deaths.
Military personnel, both active and retired, stand and salute the flag as it passes by. I have seen wheel-chair bound vets struggle to stand when the flag passes by. The same respect is paid when our National Anthem is played. Sometimes, I wonder if our military members are the only America loving group left in this country. Berkley, you should truly be ashamed!!!!
I am sure you can imagine how veterans feel when an America hating, low life individual is allowed to burn the flag, or spit on it, or stomp on it with dirty feet. But, can you imagine how they will feel watching their Commander-in-Chief degrade it, refuse to honor it, and even change our National Anthem to, "I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony"???
How can we justify supporting a man who has spent over two decades attending a church, whose minister instead of proclaiming, "God-Bless America" in front of our children, shouts, "God-Damn America" over and over. Does anyone out there really believe that Obama did not know what was going on in that church? TO DENY IS TO LIE!!! Both right and left all know deep down that he is very good at that.
Never in my life did I think I would look at Hillary Clinton with any kind of positive thought. However, it appears that there is a group of people in this country so ill informed, so blinded by charisma, so deaf to nonsense, that they will support a far-left, anti-American, silver-tongued, foolish man with a Socialist agenda like Barrack Hussein Obama. He makes Hillary Clinton appear angelic. I realize that she is obsessed with winning and totally self-serving also, but I have never heard her say, or do, anything that leads me to believe she hates this country, or openly displays obvious racist tendencies.
I somehow understand the youth of America being taken in by a young, black, silver-tongued, motivational speaker. Their experience is limited, and their attitudes will change as their life progresses, and they feel the sting of a burn or two. However, I have no patience at all with mature Americans who seemingly cannot think their way out of a paper bag. I am speaking of those who go to rallies and act like groupies, applauding Obama when he blows his nose. FOLKS, WE MUST WAKE UP!!!!! There are good people out there who understand what I am talking about here, but they are remaining far too quiet.
It is time for these Americans to stand up for their Country, their Religion, and their Rights. No other nation on earth supports the standard of living that we experience in America. Every living, breathing, citizen of this country should say a little prayer each night recognizing how fortunate they are to have been born here. If we lose that standard, it will be lost because of the apathy of the American people.
George Bush has many faults, and has made many mistakes. However, it defies gravity to me that the far-left can profess such hate for Bush, and then show strong support for the likes of an Obama. Folks, if you think about it long, hard, and with focus, two plus two will normally make four. Another way to look at it is, if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, it probably is a friggin' duck.


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posted Friday, April 21, 2017 - Volume 45 Issue 16
Rainbow Railroad asks Canada for emergency visas to evacuate Chechen Gays
Rainbow Railroad, a Canadian human rights group, has asked the Canadian government to issue emergency visas to Chechen Gays so they can flee their country.
More than 100 Gay men have reportedly been arrested and tortured by Chechen police in the past month, and the government of Chechnya is said to have at least two secret prisons dedicated to holding and torturing Gay prisoners.
Rainbow Railroad was founded in 2006 with the mission of helping LGBT people escape dangerous areas through an international network of safe travel routes.
'Since we first received initial reports of gay concentration camps being established in Chechnya, Rainbow Railroad immediately reclassified Eastern Europe as a priority region,' Rainbow Railroad Executive Director Kimahli Powell explained.
'This means we're expanding our on-the-ground contacts as well as increasing our capacity to identify and assess new or alternative safe routes out of Chechnya.'
In Chechnya, Rainbow Railroad is working closely with the Russian LGBT Network, a Russian group currently leading the campaign to rescue LGBT people in danger in Chechnya. The two organizations will work together to identify individuals who need to be evacuated, with Rainbow Railroad providing direct travel assistance.
'An important part of our emergency response plan is to support the Russian LGBT Network in their rescue campaign,' says Powell.
'This includes fundraising to support the organization while allocating resources to increase the number of people we can support in the region. In addition, we are formally requesting the Canadian government provide direct assistance to those in need by way of emergency visas.'
Threats against reporters
Meanwhile, Chechen authorities have threatened journalists reporting on the persecution of Gays in the country. The Russian publication that broke the news, Novaya Gazeta, believes its employees are now under threat.
'We have serious concerns for the safety of our employees,' the paper said in a statement.
News of the arrests and murders of Gay men broke on April 1. On April 3, Chechen authorities, Islamic scholars, and local community leaders gathered at a mosque in Grozny, the country's capital.
At the meeting, they passed a resolution threatening Novaya Gazeta:
'In view of the fact that [Novaya Gazeta] insulted the secular foundations of Chechen society and the dignity of men-Chechens, as well as our faith, we promise that retribution will overtake the true instigators, wherever and whoever they may be, without a statute of limitations,' the resolution said.
'The resolution encourages religious fanatics to violence against journalists,' Novaya Gazeta responded.
'Silence and inaction in this situation make everyone who is capable of anything done [sic], complicit. That is why the Novaya Gazeta continues to work in Chechnya.
'But we are very aware of the high price we can pay.'
US calls for investigation
At a United Nations meeting, US Ambassador Nikki Haley called on the Chechen government to investigate charges against its police force.
'We continue to be disturbed by reports of kidnapping, torture, and murder of people in Chechnya based on their sexual orientation and those persecuted by association,' Haley said.
'If true, this violation of human rights cannot be ignored - Chechen authorities must immediately investigate these allegations, hold anyone involved accountable, and take steps to prevent future abuses.
'We are against all forms of discrimination, including against people based on sexual orientation. When left unchecked, discrimination and human rights abuses can lead to destabilization and conflict.'
The Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAAD) said Haley was doing the right thing in speaking out.
'The attacks on LGBTQ men and reports of concentration camps in Chechnya were beyond horrific, and Ambassador Haley is taking the right step in speaking out against these blatant violations of human rights,' said Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD president and CEO. 'This is a powerful sign that the US Mission to the United Nations will continue to prioritize LGBTQ acceptance and fight discrimination and human rights abuses around the world.'
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