While we might love sharing Thanksgiving dinner with family, sometimes all of that cooking — and cleanup — feels like just too much work. Rather than go to all of that effort, why not head to one of the many restaurants offering special Thanksgiving menus? From incredible buffet deals complete with all of the Thanksgiving favorites to creative prix-fixe dinners, here are some of the country's best restaurants offering amazing holiday meals. Just be sure to make a reservation, as they can sell out.
This celebrated restaurant with modern American and French influences offers a Thanksgiving three-course menu with plenty of Southern flourishes for ($58 for adults, $15 for a limited child's menu). Start off with molasses carrot soup or cornmeal-crusted oysters, opt for roasted turkey or braised beef short ribs, then finish with dessert options that include pie and dark-chocolate cake.
Enjoy stunning Alaskan vistas on the waterfront with a Thanksgiving feast at a longtime favorite. Choose the traditional turkey dinner with sides including chicken apple sausage stuffing and mashed potatoes, or mix things up with the roasted prime rib or Alaskan king crab. Feasts can be ordered to go, too.
For a bit of Wild West flair on Turkey Day, head to the steakhouse of this Western-themed town. The Thanksgiving Day buffet ($26 for adults, $10 for children ages 4 to 12) includes a fall-themed salad and soup bar (think roasted butternut squash soup and wild mushroom soup), an array of sides such as spicy sausage cornbread stuffing, and entrées including a bourbon and maple roasted turkey or rosemary-crusted prime rib.
This beautiful, seaside hotel on a peninsula in San Diego bay offers an escape for the holiday, with Thanksgiving dinner offered in an oceanfront ballroom or iconic Crown Room ($145 for adults, $50 for kids) featuring live music and an expansive feast — roasted sweet potato soup, charcuterie and cheeses, a raw bar, pork loin, New York strip loin, an organic turkey with sides, and lots of desserts.
One of L.A.'s top steakhouses will serve Thanksgiving dinner entrées and sides for $55, including turkey, chestnut stuffing, potato purée, candied butternut squash, pickled cranberry compote, and turkey gravy.
Tucked in the hills of Malibu Canyon, this stylishly rustic restaurant has a four-course prix-fixe Thanksgiving feast at a worthwhile splurge ($105 for adults, $65 for kids 12 and under), with highlights including wild mushroom sandwich, grilled quail, and main courses such as roasted turkey or, for those interested in something more exotic, grilled elk tenderloin. Dessert options include banana-huckleberry bread pudding and pumpkin pie.
This recently opened Central Coast restaurant features sustainably raised wagyu beef and other meats, organic produce, and wine from the owners' nearby Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard. The Thanksgiving feast ($59 for adults, $20 for children 12 and under) includes a carving station with smoked turkey breast and house-cured ham, along with roasted yams, chorizo-cornbread stuffing, pumpkin and chess pies, and more.
Part of the Art Deco-style Lake Merritt Hotel, the Terrace Room offers diners a 1920s atmosphere with resplendent lakeside views as well as sumptuous fare. This year's Thanksgiving buffet features starters such as red and gold beets with French feta; main courses of roasted turkey breast and prime rib, and nine-spiced salmon; and a chef's selection of desserts. Prices are $69 for adults and $35 for kids 6 to 12.
This fine-dining establishment offers a nouveau twist on Western fare with regular menu items like grilled elk tenderloin. For another example, this year's Thanksgiving a la carte menu offerings include rabbit-and-rattlesnake smoked sausage as an appetizer. Pan-seared steelhead trout joins sous-vide turkey breast and turkey leg confit on the list of main courses along with sous-vide Piedmontese New York steak. Dessert options include pumpkin pie, of course, and chocolate mousse.
Equidistant between Boston and New York, the Saybrook Point Inn is a waterside venue where the Connecticut River meets Long Island Sound. This year, diners will enjoy a sampling of New England cheeses, shrimp cocktail, and autumn salads. In addition to roasted turkey with pan gravy, glazed ham, and black angus prime rib, entrees include crab-encrusted cod and herb-seared chicken. Buffet price is $60 for adults and $30 for kids 5-12.
This farmer-owned favorite with locations in and around the nation's capital offers a sustainable Thanksgiving feast for $39. While there are menu variations at each restaurant, look for holiday favorites such as butternut squash soup, roasted turkey, double whipped mashed potatoes, and cornbread stuffing, as well as pumpkin and pecan pies for dessert.
This hugely popular Southern-inspired restaurant will be serving up a delicious-sounding Thanksgiving menu served a la carte, with appetizers such as butternut sage ravioli and a main course of the Yardbird turkey plate with giblet gravy. Sides include crispy Brussels sprouts and Mama's biscuit stuffing, and for dessert, bourbon pecan pie or peach cobbler.
This popular destination offers a Thanksgiving buffet in a casual atmosphere ($44 for adults, $22 for kids ages 4 to 10). Dinner begins at 11 a.m. with highlights including smoked turkey with gravy, bourbon-glaze ham, candied blackened salmon, cornbread stuffing, green bean casserole, fresh cranberry sauce, pork-braised collard greens, ambrosia salad, and more.
A local favorite for comfort fare since 1927, The Colonnade brings plenty of Southern charm to Thanksgiving at $27 for adults, $11 for children. Its classic four-course holiday dinner includes candied yams, fluffy whipped potatoes, roasted turkey (dark meat available by request), North Georgia rainbow trout, and famous Southern-fried chicken. Save room for desserts such as the coconut icebox pie, pumpkin pie, and sweet potato pie.
A feast with ocean views makes for a pretty great Thanksgiving. Splurge on the prix-fixe menu at the Royal Hawaiian Resort for $125, including highlights of Kona lobster bisque, truffle-roasted turkey, and salt-baked fish and clams. A Thanksgiving dinner to-go feeds 15 people for $325, featuring smoked turkey, cheesy-herb mashed potatoes, pumpkin-pecan pie, and more.
This long-running local favorite serves a Grand Buffet ($28 for adults, $14 for kids) with highlights of herbed roasted turkey, plus chicken, lamb, short ribs, and salmon, a variety of appetizers, as well as pumpkin pie, cheesecake, and more. A traditional turkey plate is also available for $17.
Few words resound in Chicago like the name Ditka. The restaurant started by the legendary Bears football coach Mike Ditka is offering Thanksgiving diners a sports-saturated place to huddle this holiday for a four-course feast that includes crab bisque, butternut squash soup, salads, oven-roasted turkey, mashed sweet potatoes, and pumpkin cheesecake. Adults can score this meal for $45, and kids will cost $20. A la carte items are also available.
This stylish steakhouse, with locations around Chicago as well as Minnesota and Virginia, offers a lavish yet affordable Thanksgiving dinner served family-style, including spit-roasted turkey with the classic sides and desserts ($50 for adults, $22 for children 12 and under). There's a gluten-free menu, and Thanksgiving party platters for carryout.
Escape to this historic hotel in the Hoosier National Forest for a ballroom Thanksgiving feast ($48 for adults, $20 for children 5 to 12) with a carving station with turkey, cornbread stuffing, candied yams, and cranberry sauce, as well as other stations with prime rib, honey ham, salmon, sides, and, of course, dessert.
Located downtown in The Alexander hotel, Market Table prides itself on its use of locally sourced meats and specialty ingredients, and Thanksgiving is no exception. This year's buffet ($39 for adults and $18 for kids 12 and under) boasts 16 flavors of locally produced gelato to go with its array of traditional pies and cakes. Diners will also find cider-brined turkey and bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin at the carving table, as well as a buffet stocked with duck confit, oyster mushrooms, kale couscous, and much more.
This nationally acclaimed restaurant is a Thanksgiving destination for local flavor — the ingredients from nearby farms and artisanal producers. The a la carte feast options include Southern-inspired dishes such as smoked turkey breast and roasted leg, butter whipped potato, port cranberry and sorghum Brussels sprouts.
Enjoy Cajun flair for Thanksgiving with this French Quarter hotspot's buffet ($60 for adults, $20 for kids 3 to 12). The menu includes NOLA favorites such as Turducken gumbo with herbed dirty rice, and Louisiana boiled shrimp, plus carving stations with Cajun fried turkey, grilled pork tender, and prime rib. Sides include alligator sausage cornbread stuffing and baked mac and cheese. There's even a kids buffet.
Enjoy a unique Thanksgiving celebration aboard this historic paddleboat as it cruises the Mississippi River, complete with a jazz band. The dinner ($89 for adults, $39 for kids 3 to 12) features a buffet with highlights including smoked beef brisket, baked ham, slow-roasted turkey, Creole smothered greens, and candied yams.
This beautiful historic inn at Sugarloaf Mountain offers a holiday getaway with a Thanksgiving Day Grand Buffet ($50 for adults, $15 for children 5 to 10) featuring multiple serving stations with highlights such as house-cured salmon, apple cider brined turkey, brown sugar and citrus glazed hickory-smoked pit ham, garlic and sage stuffing, pumpkin cheesecake, and red velvet cake.
This classic and cozy Beacon Hill restaurant serves a three-course Thanksgiving dinner for $75. Choose a starter such as the harvest pumpkin bisque, entrées such as roast turkey with all the fixings or filet mignon with sides, and be sure to save room for the dessert sampler pumpkin pie (and consider ordering the pumpkin martini). The same menu is available at sister restaurants Hampshire House and 75 On Liberty Wharf.
Billed as the city's "most romantic dining experience," Top of the Hub is situated in the Prudential Tower, a lofty 52 stories above Boston's Back Bay. Along with its exhilarating views, Thanksgiving guests can look forward to a four-course prix-fixe menu ($79 for adults and $35 for kids under 12) that features options like sweet-potato gnocchi, roasted-sugar pumpkin soup, Vermont free-range turkey, swordfish, and veal osso bucco. Desserts are apple-cranberry cheesecake and pecan cream tart.
This legendary deli is a foodie's dream come true, and the perfect place to stop for those who don't want to cook this year. Order a complete Thanksgiving dinner for four to six people with either a whole butter- and sage-rubbed turkey ($300) or just the breasts ($200), or just order the dishes you need. Highlights include mashed potatoes with gravy, sage and celery stuffing, maple sweet potatoes, and cranberry sauce. And don't forget a famous Zingerman's pie, such as pumpkin or chocolate chess.
Just south of Minneapolis and near the Mall of America, Lela is located in the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel. The restaurant features a spacious open floor plan that spotlights Lela's noted wine room. (Lela has earned awards from Wine Spectator magazine.) This year's Thanksgiving buffet takes a turn South, with Cajun turkey and bourbon-maple glazed ham. Peppered prime rib rounds out the offerings at the carving station. Side dishes include sage cornbread stuffing, potato puree, and candied yams, along with an array of pies and mini dessert items. For adults, the buffet costs $39, and it's $12 for kids 6-12.
Add a Brazilian flourish with an all-you-can-eat feast that includes fun twists on the classics in addition to the usual churrasco menu. For $52, the Thanksgiving dinner at branches of this international chain features fire-roasted meats carved tableside, roasted turkey breast, cranberry relish, sweet potato casserole, Brazilian sausage and apple dressing, and much more.
Give the Weber grill a rest and head to the company's restaurant (they also have several Midwest locations) for an affordably priced Thanksgiving feast ($30 for adults, $11 for kids 10 and under). The three-course menu includes choices such as grill-roasted butternut squash soup, grill-roasted smoked turkey with grilled sausage stuffing, and grilled asparagus. There's also chocolate pecan and pumpkin pie — thankfully not grilled.
This Montana chain of lodge-style restaurants will serve Thanksgiving ($19 for adults, $14 for kids and seniors for the turkey dinner, or $27 for the prime rib) with trimmings including signature bacon cheddar stuffing, whipped mashed potatoes, and orange cranberry sauce. For a few dollars more, desserts include pumpkin and pecan pie or pumpkin swirl cheesecake.
Head to this local favorite for an exceptional Lowcountry-style Thanksgiving feast that's just $35. Feast on a deep-fried turkey, sweet tea brined pork loin, sausage and cornbread stuffing, mac and cheese, collards, and more. And don't miss the bourbon-soaked bread pudding and other sweets. A complete Thanksgiving to go can be ordered before Nov. 16.
Located inside the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, this restaurant offers a holiday feast ($45 for adults, $25 for kids 5 to 12) with plenty of local flavor and a bit of Native American history. Meal highlights include green chile chicken enchiladas, green-chile and agave-glazed ham, apple-fennel salad, a carving station with roasted turkey and bison flank steak, and sides of oven bread stuffing and butternut-squash lasagna. Don't miss the red chile shortbread cookies.
Escape the Strip for surf and turf this Thanksgiving. The prix-fixe menu includes roasted heirloom squash soup, duck confit salad, and carved organic turkey, plus family-style sides and desserts such as pumpkin pie and gourmet doughnuts. The dinner is $69, with a beverage pairing for $25 more.
Put a Parisian twist on the holiday with a prix-fixe Thanksgiving ($50 for adults, $15 for kids) that includes smoked salmon, fairytale pumpkin soup, herb-roasted turkey with haricots verts and garlic-sage cornbread stuffing, and a pecan chocolate tart. A complete Thanksgiving dinner can be pre-ordered and taken home with much the same menu.
This historic hotel is one of the remaining vestiges of the retreats that once graced the New Hampshire coastline, and a stunning destination for Thanksgiving. Opt for the buffet in the ballroom, with raw bar, carving stations, braised pork, roasted local cod, desserts, and more ($60 for adults, $27 for kids 2 to 12), or consider a three-course prix fixe dinner at Salt Kitchen & Bar in the Grand Dining Room ($60 for adults, $26 for kids).
This seaside destination has been a local favorite for nearly a century, and while it's known for seafood, Thanksgiving dinner is worth a visit. Enjoy a complete turkey dinner for just $30 for adults, $12 for kids under 12, which includes sweet potatoes, and turnips, homemade cranberry sauce, and more. Don't forget pie for dessert, and consider trying the pumpkin or caramel apple martini.
Dessert lovers should head to this pie-centric comfort fare destination, which actually opened on Thanksgiving Day back in 1990. The family-style dinner ($75 for adults, $50 for kids under 10) gives some proceeds to the New York City Rescue Mission. Chow down on buttermilk biscuits, glazed ham or roasted turkey with giblet gravy, and sides that include candied sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes. The legendary pies include apple whiskey crumble, pecan-maple, roasted pumpkin, and sour cherry.
This historic Georgian estate and hotel offers a stunning Thanksgiving retreat just a half-hour from New York City. An expansive Thanksgiving menu ($70 for adults, $30 for kids 6 to 12) includes pumpkin soup, artichoke salad, entrées such as lobster mac and cheese and salmon florentine, and tons of sides, and a carving station with fried turkey, prime rib, and roast ham. And don't forget dessert.
There are three Benjamin steakhouses in the New York area, two in the city and one in White Plains, all offering a Thanksgiving dinner featuring pumpkin soup, autumn salad, turkey, stuffing, roasted yams, potatoes au gratin, and pumpkin pie. The price is $70 and $69 per person at the locations in the city and $59 per person at the White Plains restaurant.
Designed to look like a luxury liner cruising Lake Erie, this seafood-focused destination offers views of the Cleveland skyline along with Thanksgiving dinner. Opt for the three-course prix-fixe dinner with either turkey and all the fixings ($45) or prime rib with sides ($47), and extra turkey can be ordered to take home for leftovers. There's an a la carte option with seafood.
This charming Portland favorite has a four-course prix fixe menu for Thanksgiving ($47 to $55) that includes some great optional wine pairings. Highlights include fresh pear with hazelnut blue cheese mousse, creamy chanterelle soup, and turkey with pine nut stuffing and fixings. Diners can also opt for mains such as smoked pork chop or the fall linguini.
Not surprisingly, celebrating Thanksgiving in the Pacific Northwest can include an outdoorsy experience. Portland Spirit River Cruises offers a buffet cruise that features live music and singing servers. Menu items include smashed purple potatoes, turkey, ham, and strip loin, as well as two seasonal desserts. Price for adults is $70 and $35 for kids.
Satisfy a sweet tooth and savory yens at the lodge built by the beloved chocolate brand. The Chocolate Ballroom has a Thanksgiving spread that includes a seafood station, carving station with herb-roasted turkey, a station with sides and, of course, a chocolate fountain. Expect to spend $49 for adults, $25 for kids 8 to 12, and $18 for kids 4 to 7. The Thanksgiving buffet at Fire & Grain includes a carving station with turkey and pork loin, plus sour-cream mashed potatoes, grilled salmon, and more ($38 for adults, $18 for kids 4 to 12).
This tavern, which dates back to 1773 and was a meeting place for the Founding Fathers, couldn't be better suited for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. The family-style dinner ($98 for adults, $36 for kids 12 and under) features indulgent treats such as duck sausage, shrimp Newburg vol-au-vent, roasted free-range turkey, and sage stuffing.
This charming, classy Charleston restaurant has a Thanksgiving a la carte menu that includes butternut squash bisque and broiled oysters, and a roasted turkey dinner ($40) or filet mignon ($42). Additional sides are $8, and another $10 fetches dessert.
This Austin favorite, known for comfort fare and live music, culls a huge menu down to a Thanksgiving feast of Southern-inspired holiday favorites including roasted turkey, cornbread stuffing, candied yams, and a world-famous chicken-fried steak. The other option: Bring a Thanksgiving feast home for 8 to 10 diners for $170, with additional sides available by the pint, quart, or gallon, plus whole pies.
A Texas steakhouse is a good place to be on Thanksgiving, especially this acclaimed restaurant with classic dishes and plenty of local twists. Enjoy a three-course dinner with selections that include stuffed quail or a venison tamale for starters, a traditional turkey feast or venison chops for an entrée, and sweets that include Jack Daniel's pecan pie and pumpkin cheesecake ($49).
This combo butcher shop and eatery puts the premium in premium meats with Kobe beef from Japan and Texas-bred Wagyu beef and also hosts quirky events like a recent "Day of the Dead" brunch. Thanksgiving will not pass unnoticed, either, as B&B, is offering a prix-fixe menu ($59 for adults and $25 for kids 12 and under) and a dinner to go ($300 and $550). The in-house menu features butternut squash soup, roasted turkey and prime rib, corn souffle, and more.
This Thanksgiving, dine like a king — or more specifically The King — at Elvis Presley's former haunt. The Thanksgiving buffet at Delta's Kitchen ($35 per person), includes highlights such as prime rib and roasted turkey breast, candied sweet-potato marshmallow brulee, and caramelized Brussels sprouts. Desserts include banana-pumpkin bread pudding, bourbon pecan pie, and sweet potato cinnamon cheesecake.
Just outside of Knoxville, this charming Smoky Mountain-adjacent restaurant offers a Thanksgiving dinner that delivers big on Southern hospitality ($26 for adults, $11 for kids 10 and under). The feast includes signature apple fritters and homemade apple butter, roast turkey with cornbread sausage dressing (aka stuffing), prime rib, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, and choice of pumpkin pie, apple cobbler, and more.
Regarded as one of the best hotels in the country, the Grand America knows how to celebrate Thanksgiving in style. Reservations for the Grand Buffett are booked up already, but the prix fixe menu ($69 for adults, $35 for kids 12 and under) includes hits such as Waldorf salad, a choice of slow-roasted turkey and the fixings, leg of lamb, filet mignon, wild mushroom cannelloni, and a dessert buffet.
Enjoy a candlelit Thanksgiving feast at this colonial-era restaurant dating back to 1790 ($55 for adults, half-price for kids 12 and under). The menu features plenty of local and historic flavor, including peanut soup, heirloom turkey and glazed Virginia ham with sage-cornbread stuffing and candied yams. For dessert, there's pecan and pumpkin "pye."
The epitome of New England charm, the Dorset Inn dates back to 1796 when it was a stop for travelers heading to Boston and Albany, New York. Today it is recognized for its gourmet dining and elegant accommodations. Thanksgiving guests can sample some of that cuisine a la carte with dishes such as smoked duck pate, local pumpkin bisque, roast Vermont turkey, prime rib, pumpkin ravioli, and Vermont pumpkin pie.
For those looking for vegetarian (and even vegan and gluten-free) Thanksgiving options, this family-friendly Seattle favorite is a good choice. The prix-fixe dinner ($75 for adults, $25 for kids) includes cauliflower-cashew bisque, a root-vegetable and mushroom bourguignon pot pie, and sweet-potato mousse. The special kids' menu includes cauliflower tots and a mini shepherd's pie.


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And it is so nice to be home with her again, to lay in bed and talk with her, to eat her cookies, to get her hugs.
I gave my homecoming talk today about mothers and about my mission. On the mission, today is a most special day to call home!
My sista is quite the little momma too.
I love the Keintz family.
Took this picture of them outside with the baby chicks.
This was after it had started snowing again.
Mother Nature does things we don't understand sometimes. Just trust her.
Happy Mothers Day to you and you and you.
Your Mom must have been so happy to have you there for Mother's Day! The kayaking trip sounded fabulous. too. It is so great to hear all about what you're doing at home after being such a fantastico missionary!
"Mother Nature does things we don't understand sometimes. Just trust her." Love that! Was really neat looking through some of the old pictures your family has. They sure are survivors!


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A Tool for Generation and Minimization of Test Suite by Mutant Gene Algorithm
Selvakumar Subramanian and Ramaraj Natarajan
Problem statement: This study proposes a new idea for generation of minimized test suite in the test case generation using the mutant gene algorithm, which not only identifies the best test cases but also reduces the number of test cases generated, selects test cases optimally there improving the performance in testing of software. Test cases are generated by using branch coverage algorithm and a coverage table is created for verifying branch coverage. Approach: The process of minimization was done through Mutant gene algorithm. Mutant gene algorithm combined both the mutation testing process and genetic algorithm. Initially a number of chromosomes were generated in random order. Mutation score was used for finding fitness function. The fitness function was found for all the randomly generated chromosomes by applying the mutant score to the function. Rank based selection was used for selecting the chromosomes. After the selection of the chromosomes one-point crossover was performed. A population of chromosomes obtained, which was given as the input for the next iteration. Large iterations were performed to obtain the best test case with higher fitness value, it was the end condition. Results: Between the measured iterations the value of the mutant score remained constant. The results of the experiments showed that the minimization process was competitive with other methods and even outperforms them for complex cases. Conclusion: The whole generation and minimization process was fully automated; redundant explorations of test case were avoided, resulting in efficient generation of test cases.
Submitted On: 13 March 2011 Published On: 9 August 2011
How to Cite: Subramanian, S. & Natarajan, R. (2011). A Tool for Generation and Minimization of Test Suite by Mutant Gene Algorithm. Journal of Computer Science, 7(10), 1581-1589. https://doi.org/10.3844/jcssp.2011.1581.1589
Copyright: © 2011 Selvakumar Subramanian and Ramaraj Natarajan. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Test case generation
test suite minimization
test suite reduction
genetic algorithms
mutation testing
mutants detected
System Under Test (SUT)
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Generational Theory Forum: The Fourth Turning Forum: A message board discussing generations and the Strauss Howe generational theory › Fourth Turning Forums › Current Events › General Political Discussion
Let's make fun of Trump, bash him, etc. while we can!
Classic-Xer
(01-11-2021, 01:40 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: I hope the House impeaches Trump right away. Having two impeachments on his record will tar trump's reputation forever, as it should be tarred and feathered, even if they can't do anything else about him.
It ain't going to happen before Trump leaves office. You're going to have to wait to do it when Biden is in office and the Democrats control the show. I can't wait to watch a bunch of insecure men and women who represent the US government make complete fools of themselves for months as they're trying take away Trump's right to run again in 2024. That's what insecure politicians do when they know they SUCK at doing their jobs and the only reason they're there in the first place is to serve their own interests . It will just show America that there isn't much of a difference between the Biden Democrats and Biden Republicans these days.
(01-10-2021, 05:33 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:
(01-10-2021, 04:05 PM)taramarie Wrote: Right, not rite. Yes it does matter how words are spelled, otherwise you look like an illiterate idiot. Actually i have studied psychology for years. Given how you behave you are really insecure from some trouble in your past hence why you are on defence all the time which is further displayed with your quite frankly immature post. Seek help.
Reely, all it takes is the wrong word or a misspelling for someone like you to view them as an illiterate idiot. Well, that's (expletive deleted) childish and you know what I think about childish people these days. So, are you ready to grow up? You've studied psychology for years as I've been learning it first hand in the field called real life for many years. Oh, defense isn't spelled defence either. I guess you're an illiterate idiot too or a hypocrite at best. You want to play the game with me. I'll play the game with you and win it every time honey.
We all make tpyos. We all do some sloppy editing and end up with non-agreement between a noun and a verb. The worse that one's grammar and sentence structure is, the more obvious are one's misspellings.
I have seen some of your writing, and it would get you an F in Freshman composition mandatory in any quality college for anything with potential for a bachelor's degree. No, the "F" is not so much for "Freshman" as in "failure". (a little note: the letter for failure is "F" in California and Texas and "E" in Michigan...)
The gerund that you used that begins with the letter F looks terribly immature, Classic X'er. Childish? Children can be delightful at times when playful and curious, but not when they are mean, cruel, and selfish. Just think of the President having been recorded mocking someone with a handicap.
We all study psychology to some extent, whether formally (through courses called "psychology") or informally (through literature and life experiences.
There are differences of between British and American English in spelling. The American Secretary of Defense speaks to the British Minister of Defence at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, the American Secretary traveling from Washington DC and the British minister travelling from London. British spelling has its distinctive colour and American spelling has its distinctive color. Tara is right and you are wrong, and you have neither a defense nor a defence against my observation.
Calling a woman that you do not have an intimate relationship "honey" marks you as a sexist.
Eric the Green
(01-13-2021, 12:23 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:
Impeachment will happen today. If you deny it, then it shows how little you know about the government of the nation you claim to love so much. Go back to civics class, dude.
"I close my eyes, and I can see a better day" -- Justin Bieber
Keep the spirit alive;
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(01-13-2021, 05:24 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:
Even the senate conviction could happen. McConnell is not overly happy with Trump, and may go along with the fast track.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
Remember the cameo appearance for Donald Trump in Home Alone 2?
Macaulay Culkin Is On Board With Editing Trump Out Of 'Home Alone 2'
The actor expressed his support for fans who want Trump's seven seconds of screen time scrapped from future broadcasts of the holiday comedy.
Donald Trump is the first U.S. president to be impeached twice ― and if it were up to Macaulay Culkin, he'd soon be down a movie credit, too.
Culkin on Wednesday expressed his support for digitally removing Trump from 1992's "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York." When a fan suggested the future president's cameo in the beloved Christmas comedy be replaced with Culkin as his current, 40-year-old self, the actor needed just one word to signal his approval.
"Sold," he tweeted.
Culkin also supported another fan who'd uploaded an amateur video that excised Trump's likeness and voice entirely.
"Bravo," Culkin wrote.
Trump is in "Home Alone 2" for all of seven seconds. In the scene, Kevin McCallister (played by Culkin) is strolling through New York's Plaza Hotel. He stops Trump, who plays himself, to ask for directions to the hotel's lobby.
The Trump Organization owned the Plaza Hotel from 1988 until 1995. Last year, in an interview to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the original "Home Alone," director Chris Columbus said Trump would only grant permission for the sequel to be shot at the hotel in exchange for an appearance in the movie.
"So we agreed to put him in the movie, and when we screened it for the first time the oddest thing happened: People cheered when Trump showed up on-screen," Columbus told Insider in December. "So I said to my editor, 'Leave him in the movie. It's a moment for the audience.' But he did bully his way into the movie."
Two years ago, Canada's CBC made headlines when it was discovered that Trump's scene had been cut from the broadcaster's televised screenings of "Home Alone 2."
In a statement, the company said the edit had been made two years before Trump ascended to the U.S. presidency, to make room for commercial airtime.
"As is often the case with feature films adapted for television, 'Home Alone 2' was edited for time," a representative for CBC told The Hollywood Reporter. "The scene with Donald Trump was one of several that were cut from the movie as none of them were integral to the plot."
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The Mill Street Office Complex is a 24,000 SF attractive two story office building located in the prestigious suburb of Naperville. This area has a strong, established, and long-term growth market, attracting national and regional corporate users.
Completely remodeled with granite lobby and balcony sitting area. New upgraded restrooms on each floor.
Our management team provides 24-hour tenant access to the building maintaining a flexible work environment.
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Various Hotels, Daycare Centers and Restaurants nearby help maintain Work-Life Balance for tenants.
Prime location is minutes away from downtown Naperville and less than one minute away from the four-way I-88 interchange, your gateway to the greater Chicagoland Area (Winfield Road Exit).
Comcast Business is available in the building.
Beautifully designed, with Barrel vaulted, sky lighted Atrium and granite finish through the building.
The Mill Street Office Complex is ideally situated near the intersection of Diehl Rd. and Mill Street, the Diehl/Naperville high-tech corridor, seconds away from the full interchange of Winfield Rd. and I-88, granting you easy access to all of Chicagoland's expressways, airports and major markets including Downtown. First-class motels, hotels, restaurants, banks and shopping are only minutes away.


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Q: React and Firebase authentication I have tried to work with firebase-auth.And my code was:
import firebase from "firebase/app"
import "firebase/auth";

const config = firebase.initializeApp({
    apiKey: "****************",
    authDomain: "*************.firebaseapp.com",
    projectId: "*************",
    storageBucket: "*************.appspot.com",
    messagingSenderId: "*************",
    appId: "*************",
    measurementId: "G-*************"
});

export const auth = firebase.auth()

const provider = new firebase.auth.GoogleAuthProvider();
provider.setCustomParameters({ prompt: 'select_account' });

export const signInWithGoogle = () => auth.signInWithPopup(provider);

export default config;`

After this I take error which:

Uncaught SyntaxError: The requested module '/node_modules/.vite/deps/firebase_app.js?v=a999d869' does not provide an export named 'default' (at Config.jsx:1:1)

How can I solve it?

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Taking out your competition, legally, who is next for Apple after Samsung?
Tremendous result yesterday for Apple in their bid to stay king of the hill. I won't argue the merits of the case or hold favor with one side or the other but instead focus on the strategy that Apple is using to eliminate threats and how we can use the market response to the user experience to anticipate Apple's next target. It's no secret that their growth in North America is slowing as we near an iPad or iPhone for every household in America. So now sales come mainly from replacement of existing devices and Apple's walled garden is opening more doors as other operating systems and hardware platforms catch up, meaning that when it comes time to replace your aging iPad or iPhone, there are viable alternatives that tantalize consumers to switch. Our analysis shows that for Tablets, Samsung poses the greatest threat to the iPad experience as rated by customers, even though the new iPad had a rocky start.
Looking at the delight and buzz levels of the major manufacturers, you can see that Acer or Toshiba might be next on Apple's legal hit list. Toshiba's Thrive and new Excite are both doing well in the battle for marketshare in the "nottheipad" segment.
When we turn our sights onto Smartphones we see a different landscape evolving for Apple. In the Tablet market, the default consumer choice is the iPad, especially when faced with a dizzying array of seemingly identical Android competitors. When we look at mobile, there is real competition for the top spot.
Nokia now holds the top thanks to the stylish tiling interface of Metro, which is also driving up interest in the upcoming interest in Windows 8. The market is holding it's breath waiting for the next iPhone to see if their latest mobile dreams will come true or whether the magic is waning. As you can see, the iPhone is still doing well against it's rivals outside of Nokia, but now that Nokia has returned to the US market, albeit later and slower than expected, Apple finally has competition worth worrying about. Will they use the same legal stratagem against Nokia that worked against Samsung? Arguably Nokia can assert more IP against Apple than Apple can against Nokia so this next round will be interesting, especially since Nokia is on a tag team with Microsoft in this latest smackdown.
Let us know if you have any questions as to where these markets are going. Argus Insights unpacks the why behind market performance and crafts predictive models of where the market leadership is going next. We've successfully called Apple's iPad shipment surprises for the past several quarters. Imagine what we can do for you!


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Always super responsive and willing to give advice. Produce great work as well!
There's not a single bad thing to say about them - the entire team is great!
We used social fire media for a complete website redesign and they went above and beyond our expectations for a very competitive price. We had all sorts of weird features and specific ways we wanted to do things and they managed to find something that worked for all of them. The site looks great, works great, and is way easier to maintain than our old one with the constant updates and changes we have to make to keep the information current. It's beyond easy to get a response and answers to any questions that come up. Would highly recommend them!
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Talent and Genius
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99 Must-Have Mozart Masterpieces
The Mozart full name was Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was born on 27 January 1756 and died on 5 December 1791. Mozart was a prolific and influential Austrian composer of the Classical Era. He composed more than 600 compositions that include works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music, and he is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.
Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg into a musical family and at a very young age already showed indications of prodigious abilities. With only five years old, he could both read and write music and had precocious skills as a keyboard and violin player. Much of his childhood and adolescence was taken up with tours, which included performances before many of the royal courts of Europe. In 1773, with 17 years old, he accepted a post as court musician in Salzburg, but he was unhappy with his low payment and few opportunities. Over the next eight years, he composed abundantly and frequently traveled in search of a better position. This situation continued until his dismissal from Salzburg in 1781 by his employer, the Prince-Archbishop, and his subsequent departure for Vienna.
He spent the rest of his life in Vienna, where he achieved relative fame. However, his finances remained precarious, with periods of penury and prosperity. In 1782, he married with Constanze Weber against the his family's wishes. They had six children but only two survived infancy. Musically, this was the period of outstanding creativity which saw the production of many of his best known symphonic, concertante and operatic works, and his final, incomplete Requiem. Mozart died at the age of 35, The circumstances of his death have been much mythologized, but were most likely commonplace.
In his youth, Mozart had used his gifts of imitation and mimicry to learn from the works of others. From these lessons, in maturity, he fashioned a style that ranged in mood from the light and pleasant to the dark and violent, from a vision of humanity "redeemed through art, forgiven, and reconciled with nature and the absolute". His influence on all subsequent classical music has been profound. For example, Beethoven wrote much of his early music in Mozart's shadow. Joseph Haydn, sometime mentor and later friend and admirer, wrote, "Posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years". Others claim that, more than two centuries after his death, his talent remains unsurpassed.
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Those smiles and sideways glances – there's a story there.
I love the unposed pictures of my ancestors. You can almost feel the emotion. Great pic.
The women are so animated and the men so not. Grand picture. Have you analyzed the ink blots? I see a broken smile.
i do see that face though, now that you brought it to my attention.
Yes too bad we will never know the story. Why were they in Holly Springs, 278 miles from Montgomery Alabama? Was it someone's graduation? Did they all travel from Montgomery or were some of them students there? Or locals? How did they travel?
Great photo! Would love to find one of the family like that!


Who would have thought that a writer who created a completely believable Iron Fey world could write a dystopian vampire novel? First off, who ever thought of a dystopian vampire story would sell? As saturated as the YA market is with vampires, werewolves and zombies, Julie Kagawa changes the landscape and descends us into a world where vampires are bad and evil and will kill you. There are no sparkly, love-starved vampires in this book. And you know what? I really enjoyed this one.
My only problem with the book was the first quarter. I found it a bit unnecessary to give us Allison's human life. I think this could've been told in a series of flashbacks. The friends in her human life -- Stick, Rat and Lucas -- are peripheral characters that don't really add to the story. Basically we learn that Allison is compassionate and fiercely independent. The story doesn't really take off until Alison is attacked by zombie-like vampires called Rabids, feral vampires.
Once Allison is turned into a vampire (to save her life), she is disgusted that she has become one of them. Something that she has hated all of her life, humans are treated as cattle, pets and playthings of the superior vampires. Caged in a city where they are food and nothing else. The vampire who turned (Kanin) Allison has his on modus operandi and becomes a mentor to the newly-turned Allison.
Allison does everything she can to try to stave off the blood lust that creeps underneath the surface. She refuses to become one of those vampires and informs Kanin that she will and can live a normal, albeit undead, life with humans.
"Sometime in your life, Allison Sekemoto, you kill a human being. The question is not if it happen, but when. Do you understand?" -Kanin, The Immortal Rules.
Kanin becomes the mentor to the mentee and teaches Allison everything she needs to know to make it in the world of the undead. Luckily for Allison, she's been turned by a master vampire, so she is considered stronger than most as Kanin explains the hierarchy of the vampire world. Kanin is also a wanted vampire by the king of vampires inside the walled city. And Allison somehow manages to bring them right to their doorstep. With precious few seconds, Kanin tells her how to survive on her own in the wilderness just as he is captured.
The last part of the book has Allison teaming up with a traveling gypsy of humans who are looking for Eden. A place where there are no vampires and they can try to find the cure that has wiped out most of the population. Allison manages to insinuate herself into the group and also manages to find something of a love interest in Zeke. But her secret must be kept or they will turn on her and kill her. This ragtag bunch of people range from little children to demensia-plagued adults. Ruth, a teen about Allison's age, senses something is not right about Allison and vows to find out the truth. Ruth from the beginning has never trusted Allison and is quite jealous when Zeke shows interest in Ally and not Ruth. There really is no love triangle here. Zeke is too naive to see it. However, Ruth does find out about Allison's secret and outs her immediately. Zeke vows to kill Allison and she is ousted from the group.
With Rabids all over the woods and the group being chased by Raiders, Allison secretly follows them until they meet until trouble and she must show herself. Here she manages to save Zeke from abduction, but the others in the group are not so lucky. Throughout all of this Allison's humanity shines through and she is able to put the vampire part of her aside to help a group of humans that need it. This book is jam-packed with excitement and the ending brings the book full circle in regards to Kanin. We only see Kanin in 2/4ths of the book, but his presence is well known to Allison because of a connection a sire has with his protegee.
I wished we had more Kanin because he really was the interesting part of the story. I found Zeke and that crew to be a little bit annoying and too fanatical. Jebbediah Crosse reminded me a bit of Jim Jones leading his followers into their death.
Allison is a great protaganist and I'm excited to see more from Julie in regards to this series.


Allen's soaring trumpet sound can be heard on over 150 movie and game soundtracks including `Star Trek'. `Back to the Future', and `Halo' and `Medal of Honor'. Allen's love of expression through composition has led to premier performances by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Budapest Radio Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic of London, the Nuremberg Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Summit Brass, the US Navy and Air Force Bands.
He is a strong proponent of music education and his "Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method" has become a standard treatise used worldwide.
Born in 1996 in South Africa, Sakhile studied at The South African College of Music (UCT) with Liesl Stoltz. He has appeared as principal flute and principal piccolo with the South African National Youth Orchestra, the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival Symphony Orchestra and the UCT Symphony Orchestra.
Damiano was born in 1961 in Asti, Italy, and graduated from Verdi Conservatory of Turin in 1982. Before coming to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, he was a principal of bassoon in the RAI (Italian Radio) Orchestra of Turin (1982-85) and in the Vienna Philharmonic (1985-87).
Andriy Ilkiv is one of the most widely known Ukrainian musicians. During performances Andriy often switches four or five trumpets of different types. He does it without any visible efforts playing easily and with amazing virtuosity either baroque, modern or jazz music within the same concert. He plays over a whole range of musical genres. He performs with excellence at diverse roles, such as, a solo-trumpeter, leader of "KYIV-BRASS" quintet, and as a principal trumpet of world known orchestra Philharmonic of Nations founded by the legendary Leonard Bernstein. Being Yamaha Artist, Andriy expresses his strong dedication to Yamaha trumpets as his best musical companions.


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Q: how to login php login joomla 2.5 with another server I tried building an offline php application integrated with online website joomla 2.5.
Now I need help how I can login with user password (as the user registered in online website) in the offline application.
Here, I try get a password from database:
<?php
define( '_JEXEC', 1 );
define( 'JPATH_BASE', dirname(__FILE__) );
define( 'DS', '/' );

require_once ( JPATH_BASE .DS.'includes'.DS.'defines.php' );
require_once ( JPATH_BASE .DS.'includes'.DS.'framework.php' );

JFactory::getApplication('site')->initialise();

$userid = '1043';
$user = JFactory::getUser($userid);

$joomla_name = $user->name;
$joomla_email = $user->email;
$joomla_password = $user->password;
$joomla_username = $user->username;

echo $joomla_name."
";
echo $joomla_email."
";
echo $joomla_password."
";
echo $joomla_username."
";

?>

result is : name, email, password,username
Rohmad Arifin
arifin_rohmad@yahoo.com
$P$DofxvVE7B682K.8tyUdp5FJ41DhTvG.
arifin

I need get decrypt password for authentication login.
Any Ideas?

A: The short answer to this is:
If joomla did their login right, it's close to impossible. The point of encrypting (or in this case probably hashing with a salt) is that the password is not restorable from the outside. The goal here is preventing identity theft.
You should instead use a custom code for your offline application. Alternatively you could take the already hashed / encrypted password as cleartext authenticator. And just do what joomla did to the password before checking it in your offline application.


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We also offer yard waste disposal including grass clippings, branches, dirt, etc. We do not accept big stumps or any kind of construction debris (wood, concrete, etc). Due to the fact these items are not accepted at the place where we dispose of the yard waste.


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So last nigh was fun! We hit the ground running and managed to pop by the press center and pretend[…]
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Sometimes employment law can be difficult to comprehend. Here are three common work place situations and their legal ramifications .
From time to time an employee will have to leave your employment due to long term health issues. They may decide to resign or you may have to actually consider dismissing them. It is beneficial to consider as many ways possible to help them back to work – dismissal should be a last resort and could be deemed unfair if not managed properly.
If continued employment is no longer achievable because there are no reasonable adjustments that can be made, it may be fair for you to dismiss them.
The Fair Work Act 2009 states that an employee must not dismiss an employee because the employee is temporarily absent from work due to illness or injury.
The Fair Work Regulation 2009 provides that it is not a "temporary absence" if the employees absence from work extends for more than 3 months, or the total absences of the employee, within a 12 month period, have been more than 3 months. The employee still requires a valid reason to dismiss the employee, even if the employee has been absent on unpaid leave for three months or over.
We suggest you ask the employee to provide medical information on his capacity for work and what support he might need to return to work.
You can insist on employees providing evidence that would satisfy a reasonable person that they are entitled to sick leave, for example, a medical certificate or statutory declaration. That being said there is no specific timeframe as the timeframe required is "as soon as practicable".
For this reason you should devise a written policy that stipulates that your employees provide such information within a specific timeframe. Your policy should also specify that your employees inform their manager directly of their absence (when possible), or phone their manager within a certain timeframe to explain why they can not make it to work and when they expect to return.
When dismissing an employee it is necessary to give them notice. The notice commences when the employee tells the employee that they want to end the employment. If you notify them of their redundancy just before leave, the time spent on annual leave will count towards their notice period.
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Harald Fryklöf (Uppsala, 14 de setembre de 1882 - Estocolm, 11 de març de 1919 fou un compositor, organista i professor suec.

Estudià piano en el Conservatori d'Estocolm amb Joachim Andersen i en la composició a Lindegren. El 1905 fou pensionat oficial a Berlín, on cursà cert temps amb Scharwenka. Organista auxiliar de la catedral d'Estocolm, el 1908, quedà nomenat en propietat set anys més tard. La seva obra de compositor comprèn entre altres obres: una Obertura de concert; lieder, amb acompanyament d'orquestra; peces per a orgue i per a piano; lieder amb piano i diversos himnes per a cor mixt.

En unió de Palm, Sandberg i Hellerstrom, publicà el 1915 Música Sacra, i només el mateix any un Manual per a l'harmonització de corals, destinat als serveis religiosos.

Bibliografia
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Compositors suecs del Romanticisme
Organistes suecs
Professors de música
Artistes d'Uppsala
Morts a Suècia
Alumnes del Reial Conservatori d'Estocolm

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The RSPCA has welcomed new guidance from the UK Government which will make it easier for people in England to walk and exercise their dogs amid ongoing lockdown restrictions. Advice for pet owners in England was updated on Wednesday 13th January, and now outlines that people with dogs can go out more often than once a day to exercise their canine companion if necessary. However, people are still advised by the UK Government to "limit this where possible". The new advice for dog walkers in England can be found on the UK Government website. England has been under a national lockdown since 5
Hello NewsHounds, wishing you all a Happy and Healthy New Year. This week we feature a study from the National History Museum, a Downing Street scuffle involving Larry the Cat, Animal Sentience information from RSPCA, plus a tribute to Claude and his legacy of friendship and goodness. Tribute to Claude - #CLAUDESMEMORIES We were very sad to hear about the passing of our friend Claude recently. Claude, a beautiful Golden Retriever was a very special boy who was loved by everyone who met him. We were fortunate to meet Claude and his human family a number of times, he was a
Hello NewsHounds, this week features Dilyn of Downing Street, new rules for travelling with pets post Brexit, happy endings for a Dachshund family thanks to the RSPCA and PAAW House's Christmas wishes. Olive Branch - Dog Friendly Pub named UK Pub of the Year by The Good Pub Guide 2021 It's been more than two years since we visited the fabulous Dog friendly Olive Branch in Clipsham. One of the first pubs in the UK to win a Michelin Star, the wonderful food and experience is still fresh in our minds! We were delighted to hear that the Good Pub Guide 2021
Hello NewsHounds, this week's round up features Justine Jenkins (make-up artist and cruelty free cosmetic ambassador), Sir David Amess MP, Christmas TV guide for pets and an update from the PAAW team. Justine Jenkins - Cruelty Free Make Up As animal lovers its common sense that we would choose cruelty free products? Its not always quite that simple though, lack of transparency, misleading labels, busy lives. I know I've been unintentionally guilty of all of the above. Its great to see to high profile, cruelty free ambassadors like Justine Jenkins shining a spotlight on these issues. Justine is a highly acclaimed makeup
Duchess of Cornwall visits Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
Battersea, who have continued to look after the charity's homeless dogs and cats throughout the pandemic had a special visitor today. Royal Patron, Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall, visited Battersea's Old Windsor centre in Berkshire to shine a light on the charities great work and to officially open a new facility 'The Duchess of Cornwall kennels'. This brand-new facility includes a dedicated maternity area and puppy paddock, as well as outdoor paddocks and chill-out rooms to help unwanted pets thrive in Battersea's care and will help Battersea prepare for an anticipated increase in unwanted puppies. © @battersea In what is
Hello NewsHounds, this week we feature the launch of the new StreetVet accredited hostel scheme, why we love to support British Brands, Tom Hunt MP, The People's Choice Award in the National History Museums Wildlife Photography contest and a pupdate from Burly Bear Pom. StreetVet - A Pet In Every Hostel No one can deny 2020 has been quite a year, for many the companionship of our pets has been paramount to our wellbeing, none more so than those who don't enjoy the comforts of a place to call home. On November 30th The Elms, a hostel providing emergency and short-term accommodation
StreetVet: Helping people and their pets off the streets
The first ever 'National Pet Friendly Hostel Accreditation Scheme' will be launched today by StreetVet, a registered charity made up of volunteer vets and nurses who offer free accessible, vet care to pets (mostly dogs) of the homeless. On Monday 30th November The Elms in Hemel Hempstead will become the first hostel to be awarded the accreditation. The team at PAAW House are proud to support StreetVet and the wonderful work that they do. Nobody chooses to be homeless, in fact the only people I have ever met who have made a choice between a bed for the night and the
Hello NewsHounds, this week's round up includes pet friendly staycations, introduces Chris Loder MP, and explains why sustainable and ethical luxury brand Elvis and Kresse don't do Black Friday. A fantastic new single, and album by Katrina and The Waves. Elvis and Kresse – Rescued, Reclaimed & NO Black Fridays We have long admired Elvis and Kresse, a UK social enterprise who have been rescuing raw materials and transforming them into luxury lifestyle accessories since 2005, whilst donating 50% of their profits back to charities. Their journey started with saving decommissioned firehose from landfill and turning it into a range of beautiful
Welcome to Newshound, as we celebrate our first birthday this week's edition is all about 'us'. By 'us' I mean those who have supported, believed in, and inspired us over the last 12 months. As we continue to grow and prosper, we dedicate this week's NewsHound to all of you, without you we wouldn't be who we are today. 12 Months of PAAW …. It's certainly been a rollercoaster since we launched just one short year ago. We have grown to a team of 5, accumulated more than 50k social media followers, have a broad spectrum of fans, from celebrity supporters &
PAAW House Christmas Advert 2020
Hello Friends We would like to introduce our Christmas Advert and explain a little bit about what it all means. However you celebrate the Christmas Season, its historically about family time and for many of us our pets are part of that family unit. It's also the season of joy, love and goodwill. 2020 has been a year like no other, it has presented many hurdles and given us time to reflect on what's important in life during the lengthy lockdowns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UY7Ei_6xFk © @totalthrive Our Christmas advert is about promoting tolerance for those who chose to love a pet as part of the family
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"Divine Intervention" To Support Community Cafe
Dennis Hollingsworth's piece. (Courtesy Photo)
Divine Intervention, a Summer Exhibition at Christ Episcopal Church, will debut on Saturday, June 1.
Curated by Teri Hackett, the exhibition showcases the works of 34 artists from the East End and New York City, encompassing a collection of installations, paintings, photography, sculpture and artists books.
"I came up with the idea on February 14 at Saint John the Divine in Harlem after experiencing an amazing show of art installations. I called Karen, my sister, the priest of Christ Church, and said, 'Let's do it at your church.' Karen was so enthusiastic and here we are installing a fantastic show of wonderful artists," Hackett noted.
The site specific Jib Net, by Lisa Hein and Bob Seng, will welcome attendees, while artists Bastienne Schmidt and Almond Zigmund found inspiration in the Church's vestibule and bell tower, which they have transformed into a metaphorical point of access adorned with vinyl, threads and fabrics, color and pattern.
Inside, the beautiful 1917 Tiffany window is accentuated by the works of Drew Shiflett, Carole Seborovski and April Gornik.
The smaller stained glass windows will be complimented by the paintings of Reynold Ruffins, Maureen McQuillan and Karen Arm. There will also be works by Amanda Church, Leah Guadagnoli, Theresa Hackett, Leo Holder, Dennis Hollingsworth, Erica-Lynn Huberty, Mary Jones, Christa Maiwald, Ray Manikowski, Diane Mayo, Nell Painter, Marilla Palmer, Liza Phillips, Bonnie Rychlak, Anne Seelbach, Alison Slon, John Torreano and Michelle Weinberg. Artists Books by Angela Britzman, Barbara Friedman, Elisabeth Condon, Janet Goleas, Stephen White and Jodi Panas will also be highlighted.
"A few months ago, Teri and I were talking at an opening day in the city and she pitched the idea of a group show in a church in Sag Harbor. The first thought the popped in my mind was of a chrysalis, a mental image of an assemblage of paint covered text letters that I used years ago to make paintings, enveloped in a translucent shell," Hollingsworth explained. "So I made it. And now it's in the show."
The exhibition, which marks the first contemporary visual art project at Christ Episcopal Church, "is a visual treasure hunt that celebrates and refreshes the church, long acknowledged as a place where community can gather."
50 percent of all Divine Intervention sales will support the Church's Community Cafe, which will serve those in the Sag Harbor area that are lonely and/or food insecure. According to statistics, East Hampton is home to the highest number of food insecure residents in Suffolk County, with over 7.9 percent of residents not knowing how they will procure their next meal.
"Our desire is to hold a free dinner, served with dignity, restaurant style, once a week for the community," revealed Reverend Karen Ann Campbell, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church, who is spearheading this initiative.
Divine Intervention will be on display from Saturday, June 1 through Monday, September 2. There will be an Opening Reception on Saturday, June 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition will be open to the public on Saturdays from 3 to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., as well as by appointment.
Christ Episcopal Church is located at 5 Hampton Street in Sag Harbor. For more information, call 631-725-0128 or 978-835-2672 or visit www.christchurchshny.org.
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The remnants of a hurricane dumped over 5 inches of rain on the nation's capital. An underground river flooded several critical agencies downtown. Potomac received an emergency call when it was clear GSA was overwhelmed and needed additional support fast. The flooding was so severe, that one facility's 65×20'basement was now 10 feet deep – fully submerging their switchgear. Potomac Testing crews worked around the clock to pump the water out, assess damage and completely rebuild every element of the 13,000 volt switchgear including 18 circuit breakers, instrumentation, metering, and protection. Temperature and humidity control were critical in this government facility. Potomac was able to get the first section back online within a week so that air handlers, chillers, dehumidifiers were fully back in operation. Potomac was quickly asked to handle an adjacent flooded government facility as a result of this fast, successful work.


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Blue Hat Announces Joint Development of Tencent QQ Emoji Branded Toys
Jul 21, 2021 at 9:00 AM EDT
XIAMEN, China, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology ("Blue Hat" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: BHAT), a leading communication services and Internet Data Center ("IDC") business provider and developer, and also an operator of mobile games and augmented reality ("AR") education curriculum and products in China, today announced that the Company and Tencent QQ ("QQ"), an instant messaging service provider and social platform for PC and mobile users, have jointly developed two toy products utilizing the intellectual property ("IP") of the QQ emoji, pursuant to the previously announced licensing agreement for certain QQ IP.
Mr. Xiaodong Chen, CEO of Blue Hat, stated, "We are pleased to have the opportunity to work closely with the QQ team in the development and launch of these two QQ emoji branded toy products. The QQ Emoji Gyro Inertial Mystery Box, a popular spinning top toy, is already available to consumers for purchase, and we anticipate rolling out the QQ Emoji Bubble Sticks in the coming weeks. We look forward to introducing additional products in the near future."
About Blue Hat
Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology Blue Hat is a leading communication services and Internet Data Center ("IDC") business provider as well as a producer, developer and operator of AR interactive entertainment games, toys and educational materials in China. Distinguished by its own proprietary technology, Blue Hat aims to create an engaging, interactive and immersive community for its users. For more information, please visit the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.bluehatgroup.com. The Company routinely provides important information on its website.
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain as they are based on current expectations and assumptions concerning future events or future performance of the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. In evaluating such statements, prospective investors should review carefully various risks and uncertainties identified in this release and matters set in the Company's SEC filings. These risks and uncertainties could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements.
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I am open for collaboration because I think that with the right person or people then something just pulled from some minds could turn into something great. I want to move to LA but due to a wife who has RA I need to keep my full-time job so she can have health benefits.
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Are you interested in "going green?" Every time you turn on the television you see something about going green and what government and big business should do to help improve the environment. Every person who makes an effort can make a difference, however small. Some people resist the idea of "going green" because they don't want to completely change their lifestyle or think it will be too difficult but here's a few EASY tips to go green.
Just remember the motto: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. It's as simple as that!
Reduce your consumption and the amount of trash you discard from your home. When shopping, buy products that have minimal packaging so less trash needs to be recycled or is sent to a landfill. More companies are becoming aware of the excess packaging on the goods we buy and are taking steps to reduce it. Support their efforts! Buy as much locally made products as possible so transportation costs are minimal. And purchase products that will last for a long time so you don't need to keep replacing them.
Reuse durable containers and products. If your can't use them, pass them along to someone who can. If it's broken see if you can fix it before buying a new one or give/sell it to someone who can. (It's usually cheaper to repair something than to buy a new one.) Reusing products can be better than recycling because then energy is saved by not having to reprocess it before it can be used again.
Recycle as much as you can. It isn't just about taking soda cans to the local grocery store for candy money anymore. Today you can recycle almost anything you can think of. From cars to falling down garages to old furniture, someone wants what you want to get rid of. You can even make some money for yourself while helping the environment by recycling scrap metal. Did you know that your local recycling plant will pay you about $15 for that old dryer or washer you just replaced? And four kitchen size trash bags full of aluminum cans usually equals about $20? Just make sure you save everything you're recycling and take it in at the same time so your not making multiple trips for $10 – $15. A lot of the big chain grocery stores have bins outside where you can bring back your plastic grocery bags to be recycled. You can even recycle your kitchen wastes and yard clippings by having a compost bin in your yard. If you buy products that are made from recycled materials you are saving the resources that it would take to make a new product.


Production or prediction? Healthy risk taking or dangerous betting? What are the implications of a society based along the lines of Wall Street?
When Karl Marx looked out at what produced profit in his day, he saw grinding factories producing things. Today, what dominates is Wall Street — finance — and not just investing and trading, but betting, on crops and countries and commodities, and also, in a sense, on each other.
We call all that ranking of risks and comparing of credit "playing the market," but it's not really playing when you're gambling with people's core needs, like housing and pensions and education. Many have known this for generations, and others discovered in 2008 when the market crashed, taking their savings and their mortgages with it.
Author Ivan Ascher has written about all this in his new book, Portfolio Society: On the Capitalist Mode of Prediction. I sat down for a talk with him and Strike Debt activist (and WBAI Morning Show host) Pam Brown.
"Finance is a risk that not everybody bears in the same way. Certain people are taking risks and other people are at risk," says Ascher.
Laura Flanders: Welcome both. Glad to have you. Obvious question, what is the Portfolio Society, Ivan?
Ivan Ascher: It's a phrase I actually borrow or lift from someone else, Gerald Davis, who is a sociologist at Michigan, who uses it to describe basically capitalist societies that are dominated by finance.
Haven't there always been markets?
That part is not new. What I think is new is the fact that it's taken such a dominant place in organizing our lives and also as a source or a site of profit making. Not just profit making: As you said, a disproportionate amount of money now gets made in the financial world, but it also just governs our relations or shapes our relations in ways that it didn't before.
I'd love you to elaborate a bit on that. In what ways does being a risk and credit-based society affect our relations with one another?
In the 19th century, in the industrial era, people spoke of a bourgeois or civil society. The Portfolio Society I understand to be the contemporary version of this. We're still organized around exchange and production, but on top of this we have these financial markets that increasingly encroach or shape the way in which we produce and buy and sell things. A simple example would be the use of credit cards when you go to the market. You no longer use cash, but certainly if you buy anything online, your transaction is mediated by credit cards, which means all kinds of things in the way that people have access to markets and the way in which we have to produce ourselves is in a certain kind of way subject [to whether we are deemed as] somebody who is credit worthy, somebody whose probability of default can be measured….
This gets to some of the work that you do and have done over years, Pam. When you hear about a credit-relation-based society, what bells go off in your head?
Pam Brown: I was just thinking about the transition that happened earlier in the 1900s, really around 1934, with the Housing Act that did create kind of a debtor society because prior to that, when people bought property, the terms of a mortgage were very, very different. It was only in 1934 that you started to have longer mortgage terms. That allowed people to buy, in a sense, more property. There were lots of problems … I don't want to state that there weren't before that of course, but that was a real turning point for the way that debt was conceived. That was a point literally where the banks and the government became partners.
Prior to that, there wasn't an explicit relationship, at least between the banks and the government in terms of insuring people's debt, taking it off of the books. Banks didn't want to lend to people because they would assume all the risk…. The government stepped in and said, "We want people buying houses, and we want to create this particular kind of subject." At the time, people were thinking along the lines of communism. They were not that excited by capitalism. They were coming out of the Depression and people were pretty embittered. Giving them this opportunity … really fostered and set this whole process that you're talking about into very clear motion.
That's when we saw Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, all of those.
But the idea was to make home ownership more accessible to more people.
Actually, really the idea was to give people jobs, to create an industry around construction, which is really fascinating. Debt and labor were always really, really connected. Then cut to student debt, which is where I started thinking about this, and you had the creation of Sallie Mae in about 1968 with the Education Act. That mirrors the Housing Act. That was how I ended up seeing that there was a relationship between the two. It was very clear that the result of Sallie Mae encouraging student debt would be rising cost of college, increased debt, a totally different subject: Someone who is thinking all the time about what they owe to banks, not what they owe to other people in our society, what they owe to these financial corporations.
The labor piece of this equation has almost totally dropped out. Is that fair to say, Ivan?
Ascher: Yes and no. It's sadly dropped out of my analysis, but it hasn't dropped out of the overall picture. There's still labor involved. People are still working, but the thing that you mentioned earlier, the products are largely made beyond what is traditionally American capitalism. A lot of what we used to think of as labor no longer is visible to the eye. It's not that it drops out, but it is displaced as a central category of financial economics by these measures of risk and so forth.
In its place, if you go by your book, is prediction. The predictive economy, as you write, has predictions, hedging and so on where production once was.
How are class relations changed? To use a good Marxist phrase, we used to have workers and bosses or peasants and feudal lords. What do we have now?
Ascher: Metaphorically, I would say, they're the people who are in a position to bet on the outcome of a race and then there are people who have to run the race. That's one way of putting it. Other people speak of a casino capitalism, which is not a bad analogy in the sense that everybody is gambling and betting, but there's really also a "house." Neither metaphor really works in the sense that one of the things that's so pernicious about contemporary financialization is that as people make bets on other people's chances that they will, say, make good on their payments, they're also affecting the chances that these people will make good on their payments…. If financial markets think that you're going to default, you're going to be given terms that will lead to your default.
Brown: Just an example of this actually is that credit is also given based on where you live. If you live near a payday loan place, believe it or not, just because of where you live … you will have probably about $7,000 less access to credit. The amount of credit that you have impacts your credit score.
They assume people living near a payday loan place are a low-income people and the neighborhood is somehow less worth lending in?
Brown: That's a great question.
It sounds like good old-fashioned red lining.
Brown: It amounts to that because, of course, if you live in a minority neighborhood, where there are more of those places, regardless of anything that you could personally do, regardless of your job situation, your "credit worthiness," which is a bizarre concept anyway, you're still subject to their evaluation.
It is true that now on job applications, even for standard things like parking lot attendant, they ask your credit score.
Ascher: It's true. It has come to play an inordinately large role. It's like redlining, except it's not quite the same thing. It's under the radar in a sense.
Brown: Right, it's a color-blind formulation, I think, of what was explicit redlining in the past. We still haven't addressed, of course, the impact…. We're not going back to the 1800s or the 1700s here. We only need to look to the 1950s, which is one generation. My dad was born in 1926. It's really one generation to see the impact of this. If you couldn't obtain property even if you had a middle-class job, because of your certain race, then obviously you don't have the wealth. We have a 12 to 1 wealth ratio between Black and white in this country as a direct result of both the history and also the process that you're identifying, which is this increased financialization, the increased reliance on money to make money. Money begets money. That separation is really, really growing.
Ivan, coming back to you, you start by quoting Steinbeck in Grapes of Wrath that, "Men made it, but men can't control it." He meant men and women too, I'm thinking. Who controls this and how do we change it, if you think it should be changed?
Ascher: We speak of Wall Street or finance in monstrous terms. In the 19th century, people spoke of vampires. Now we speak of zombies. I think that attests to the difficulty of exactly identifying the agency and also the way in which we are somehow implicated in the creation of this beast. How can it be changed, or what is to be done?
Sub-prime borrowers of the world unite?
Ascher: Not everybody is equally affected or implicated in these ways. We're all borrowers in a fashion, but it plays out differently depending on whether you're male or female, white or black or so forth, where you live. I think it's important for us to tend to the ways in which finance does shape everybody's lives. It shapes our lives differentially. For instance, you mentioned where you lived, your zip code and so forth.
I live in an affluent neighborhood, suburb of Milwaukee — an exceedingly segregated city. By dint of where I live, in a sense, I am complicit in rendering somebody else's credit score lower because whatever I do, my neighbors are propping me up. What do I do with this knowledge? I don't exactly know, but whatever it is that we are going to do, we're going to be attentive to the ways in which we're doing these things.
If we are looking at a global phenomenon, is there a global solution to any of this, given that so much of what you're talking about has to do with non-concrete phenomena? Is it the economy that is based on global markets and global trading?
Ascher: We live in a globalized world, like it or not, but things again play out differently depending on where you are. I think we need to be attentive to the politics of financialization, be it in the European Union or in the US or in Haiti, so forth. No, I don't imagine there would be a global solution, but maybe we need to acknowledge the politics of the economy. I'm not an economist. Perhaps this is my parochialism, but I don't think that economists should have the claim over the discourse. It's more about the politics of markets. Once we recognize that markets are made and that they're relations of power, we have a better chance at … if not seizing control, at least acting in a manner that is coherent.
Final thought from you, Pam?
Brown: I guess thinking about this aspect of power and what people can really do, I think part of the role right now of activists and people in the media is to expose what is happening so that people can think about it, writers like [Ivan]. Without that knowledge, we can't really do anything. We may not really be ready yet to make the next move, though we did see with Occupy Wall Street that these ideas came into the public in a whole new way. People weren't really talking about student debt that much. Now you hear about it constantly.
I think that was really powerful. Maybe a new space needs to open up that people can come together and actually think together. How would we start to uproot some of the deep, deep problems that we have? I don't know, without that kind of personal interaction.
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