Lutenist Kevin Payne is active as a recitalist, accompanist, and continuo player in the New York area. Kevin is a member of Juilliard 415, the Buxtehude Consort, and the Peabody Consort, with whom he recently completed a tour of Taiwan. Recent ensemble work includes performances with the Yale Schola Cantorum, Bard College Opera, Juilliard 415, and Hesperus; and he has worked with noted conductors including William Christie, Monica Huggett, Jordi Savall, and Masaaki Suzuki. Performance venues include Alice Tully Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Kevin was chosen to represent the Lute Society of America for their 2011 Emerging Artist Recital series at the Boston Early Music Festival.
Payne holds both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, where he studied Renaissance lute with Mark Cudek and theorbo with Richard Stone. Payne has had additional studies with Ronn McFarlane, and performed in master classes for Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, and Hopkinson Smith. He is the first lutenist to be accepted to the prestigious Juilliard School, where he is pursuing a Graduate Diploma in Historical Plucked Instruments with Pat O'Brien.


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Chicago Catholic Priest Burns LGBTQ Rainbow Flag in 'Exorcism' Defying Cardinal Cupich
A Catholic priest in Chicago says he burned a rainbow LGBTQ flag in a private "exorcism ceremony," calling the flag a piece of "propaganda."
The North Side priest, Rev. Paul Kalchik also said Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich (pronounced Blaze Soo-pich) warned him against burning the LGBTQ flag. Rev. Kalchik, though, said he ignored the cardinal's warning because the reaction to the sexual abuse scandals coming from the archdiocese does not "sit well" with him, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Kalchik, who led the Resurrection Catholic Church since 2007, said that the Bible is clear that homosexuality is wrong and noted that he opposes the cardinal's attempts to downplay the sex abuse scandals still ripping through the Catholic Church.
The reverend said he found the flag in a storage area at his church and learned that the rainbow-striped flag featuring a large Christian cross superimposed across it had been a featured item at the pulpit in the past. But parishioners say it has not been displayed for years.
The archdiocese was alerted to Kalchik's plan to exorcize the flag when it was announced in the church newspaper. The archdiocese promptly warned the reverend not to do so. Kalchik says that the cardinal's representatives told him he would suffer "canonical penalties" if he burned the flag. In fact, Kalchik says that the archdiocese has since denied his requests to be transferred to a church in Michigan to be near his family.
Kalchik ignored the warnings, and last Friday, he reportedly led seven parishioners in a prayer of exorcism where the flag was burned in a fire pit placed in the schoolyard.
"That banner and what it stood for doesn't belong to the Archdiocese or Cardinal Cupich. It belongs to the people of this parish who paid for it," Kalchik told the Times. "What have we done wrong other than destroy a piece of propaganda that was used to put out a message other than what the church is about?"
Cupich has been at the forefront of softening the tone against homosexuality in Chicago's Catholic Churches. But the archdiocese told the media it was unaware of Kalchik's flag exorcism.
Kalchik added that he was preceded by three "bad priests" at his church who he claims were "promoting the gay lifestyle."
He also said that when he took over the church, he discovered vestments, candles, and other religious regalia emblazoned with the LGBTQ rainbow colors, but he destroyed them all.
"The people of this parish have been pretty resilient and put up with a lot of B.S." Kalchik told the paper. "And it was just by accident that this banner that was made to celebrate all things gay … did not get destroyed when I first got here."
Finally, Rev. Kalchik says that he fully understands the sex abuse crisis in the church because he was molested by a fellow priest when he was starting his work for the church as a 19-year-old.
"I can't sit well with people like Cardinal Cupich, who minimizes all of this," Kalchik said. "Excuse me, but almost all of the [abuse] cases are, with respect to priests, bishops and whatnot, taking and using other young men sexually. It's definitely a gay thing."
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Sen. Pat Toomey to host town hall – with 54 people
WASHINGTON — Sen. Pat Toomey will hold a town-hall meeting in Bethlehem Thursday night before an expected audience of 54 people, scheduling the event after months of pressure from liberals who have regularly protested outside his offices across the state.
The event will be hosted by the local PBS station, which announced it Friday afternoon.
While opening Toomey to questions and spontaneous reactions from a live audience, as his critics have called for, the event will be a small one compared to other recent town halls, many of which have turned raucous as voters on the left urged lawmakers to stand up to President Trump. Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) faced a crowd of around 2,000 in February and Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) filled much of a 750-person auditorium for his first town hall of the year. Republican Rep. Tom MacArthur spoke to around 250 in South Jersey in May and Rep. Leonard Lance, of central New Jersey, took questions from a crowd of nearly 1,000 in April.
For Toomey's event, 30 tickets will be available to the general public on a first-come, first-serve basis for those who register on PBS39's web site. The remaining 24 seats will be split among Lehigh Valley Democratic and Republican groups, according to Toomey's office and PBS.
The 7 p.m. town hall will arrive just before Labor Day weekend and as Congress prepares to return to Washington with a loaded September agenda that includes funding the government, raising the federal borrowing limit and GOP hopes for a major tax overhaul.
"Since joining the Senate in 2011, I have participated in more than 70 town halls and other public forums so that I can engage directly with my constituents on the issues being considered by the Senate and that matter the most to them," Toomey said in a release issued by the station. "The Lehigh Valley is home and I am looking forward to being with my constituents from the area."
Toomey will take some questions from the audience and also will answer others submitted in advance online. PBS39 and its partners for the event — the Allentown Morning Call and Muhlenberg College — will decide which online questions are posed to the senator. Participants will be required to sign a pledge to limit interruptions and outbursts. The town hall will be televised live.
Toomey narrowly won a six-year term in November, but only began taking serious heat from the grassroots left after Election Day, when voters inflamed by President Trump's victory called on the senator to stand up to the new president. They have insisted most prominently on having a public forum in which to question him — noting that other lawmakers have held events before hundreds of sometimes rowdy constituents.
"We expect that questions may range from foreign policy to the recent events in Charlottesville. This is an opportunity for citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to engage in constructive dialogue with an elected official," said PBS' Laura McHugh, who will serve as the moderator.
The group Tuesdays with Toomey has staged regular protests outside Toomey's offices in Philadelphia and elsewhere, and has accused the senator of ducking constituents by declining to hold open town hall meetings.
Toomey has said that he has engaged constituents from across the political spectrum in numerous private meetings, including sitting down with Tuesdays with Toomey participants and taking questions in large-scale conference calls with constituents, through social media and in televised question-and-answer sessions that included questions from voters.
Published: August 25, 2017 — 4:47 PM EDT | Updated: August 25, 2017 — 4:48 PM EDT


Nearly 60 lawmakers skipped Monday's only House vote series.
The only vote of the evening was on a measure to allow a parcel of land in Rockingham County, Va., to be used for a child care center, which passed 378-1. While the legislation pertains to a parochial issue, the absence of 56 lawmakers is still unusual.
Attendance tends to be slightly lower during the first House votes of the week, which are typically on noncontroversial bills considered under suspension of the rules. But normally only 20 lawmakers at the most are missing from the week's initial bed-check vote.
Many of the absent lawmakers are retiring or lost reelection, including Reps. Michele Bachmann Michele Marie BachmannMichele Bachmann praises Trump: Americans will 'never see a more godly, biblical president' Will Biden lead a 'return to normalcy' in 2020? Gillibrand becomes latest candidate scrutinized for how she eats on campaign trail MORE (R-Minn.), John Campbell (R-Calif.), Howard Coble (R-N.C.), Ralph Hall Ralph Moody HallFormer Texas GOP Rep. Ralph Hall dead at 95 GOP fights off primary challengers in deep-red Texas Most diverse Congress in history poised to take power MORE (R-Texas), Gary Miller (R-Calif.), Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Vance McAllister (R-La.).
Inclement weather also delayed many lawmakers from arriving to the D.C. area.


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Integrative United States President Joe Biden
A Journal of the Month Before the Election
and the Days That Follow It: Part 6
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Once again, I ask myself the question: Is there any way that Trump could pull off the unthinkable in the last minute and steal the election from Biden?
Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States in one week. This marks the ending of a horrendously disturbing sequence of events since the November 3rd presidential election, culminating with the deadly violence and attempted coup to overturn the United States constitution through targeting to kidnap and/or kill a number of members of Congress in the midst of their voting to certify the election of Joe Biden as the next United States president; five people died inclusive of one policeman, and a multitude of policemen sustained serious injuries [1]. The upshot of this unspeakable murderous plot that came way too close to succeeding is that the House is now poised to vote on a second impeachment of President Trump, and it is expected that Trump will be impeached for a second time, making him the only president in the history of the United States who has been impeached twice [2]. The impeachment charge is stark and right to the point: "Incitement of Insurrection," and consists of Trump's inciting his mob of angry supporters to storm the capitol building and his coercive subversive phone call to the Secretary of State of Georgia to try to get him to overturn the Georgia election in Trump's favor [2], [3].
I am in agreement with the undertaking of a second impeachment, but I also have concerns about the consequences of this in regard to the trial in the Senate. The logistics are such that similar to Trump's first impeachment, I do not believe there is any way that 17 or 18 Republican senators will vote to find Trump guilty, and that the Senate trial would not even begin until after January 20th, when Trump is no longer president. There is also an effort being made to remove Trump as unfit to serve as President of the United States via the 25th Amendment. But clearly Vice President Mike Pence, in spite of him doing "the right thing" and certifying the legal electoral college votes for Biden with the consequence of Pence being targeted for assassination by the Trump militant supporters who stormed the capitol [1],[4], is not going to agree to this, which immediately stops this from happening [2]. "If" it were possible to convict Trump in the Senate, this would allow for the wonderful possibility of denying him the prospect of ever holding elected office again, but I am afraid that the "if" part means that conviction in the Senate will not happen and that we very well might have to contend with Trump trying to become President again in 2024. But there is another concern that I have about holding the Senate trial, and this is directly related to enabling President-Elect Biden to do the job that so many people desperately need him to do.
If the Senate trial were to be held soon after Biden takes office, then not only could this seriously hamper the certification of all his Cabinet appointments, but it may very well hamper his ability to effectively deal with making the vaccine for the coronavirus readily available [5], and quite frankly it is this latter factor that causes me the most concern. Therefore I am in agreement with the delay tactic that House Speaker Pelosi and the House are considering, which is to hold off on sending the Impeachment charge to the Senate until Biden has the chance to set up his presidency and effectively deal with the coronavirus and the vaccine, perhaps holding off for his first 100 days in office [6]. I realize that waiting 3 months to undertake the Senate trial may seriously weaken the potential responsiveness to the Impeachment charges for both the public and some key Republican senators. However, all things considered, given the urgency of effectively dealing with the pandemic and the vaccine, plus the reality that I do not believe there is any way that the Senate would convict Trump, I believe this is a viable course of action to consider taking.
However, there are other alternatives to consider here. One alternative is a suggestion from Biden that it may possible for the Senate trial to occur "part-time," meaning that the day could be divided into trial business for part of the day and the rest of the day for confirmations, pandemic relief business, etc. [5]. Soon-to-be Minority Senate Leader Mitch McConnell is apparently open to this idea and is checking into its legality, and incredibly is actually even open to the idea of impeachment [7]. But what I think is the most promising idea involves the 14th Amendment, which could in effect find Trump guilty of being involved in an insurrection against the United States government, and disqualify him from holding future elective office, through a simple majority vote in both the House and Senate [8]. The situation is extremely complicated and the complications are growing by the minute, but these alternatives are not mutually exclusive and it may be quite possible that Trump is impeached, acquitted in the Senate, and in a few months convicted via the 14th Amendment. Of course Trump would appeal this and it would likely eventually get to the Supreme Court, but I now at least have more confidence that the Supreme Court would not automatically rule in Trump's favor, given their recent three rulings against Trump's request for them to expedite his contentions of election fraud [9].
I believe that Joe Biden is being "integrative" true to his name. His cabinet choices indicate that he is trying to refrain from the extremes in his appointments, in either progressive or conservative directions, while including a wide range of racial, gender, and social diversity [10]. Of course this goes along with progressives, including myself, feeling a mixture of relief and disappointment, but from a wider perspective I can appreciate the urgency of Biden's goal of reducing the polarization and uniting the country [11]. Undoubtedly this is easier said than done, and radicalized far-right extremist Trump supporters are planning extended violence in the next week leading up to Biden's inauguration [12]. It is helpful that social media is finally doing something to reduce the incitement of violence from Trump [13], and it is comforting that Nancy Pelosi had a productive conversation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who assured her that "safeguards are in place in case Trump seeks to initiate a nuclear strike" as they discussed "preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities" [14]. The potential for deadly violence within the United States is horrifying, but hopefully our police and national guard will prevent a tragic occurrence during Biden's inauguration.
So much is happening each and every day that at this point, as much as I would like to conclusively say that this essay series has come to an end with just a week until Biden's inauguration, I am not able to definitively say that I will not feel called upon to write a Part 7 to this series. At any rate, the events of little over a week ago, when a number of Republican senators were trying their best to get a Texas Trump appointed judge to invalidate the presidential election and about 150 members of Congress voted against certifying the electoral college votes for Biden, deserve to not be forgotten. For this reason I am including my two related journal entries below, that were written during this time period.
Today is the last day of 2020, and it has now been nearly 2 months since Election day. The January 6th congressional session where Congress certifies the electoral votes happens in 6 days, and the presidential inauguration takes place 3 weeks from today. In my Part 5 essay in this series I asked the question: "Is there any possible way that Trump could still pull off 'winning' the election?" And I ended up answering my question a week after I asked it, by concluding that "It looks more and more settled that Trump has virtually no chance of stealing the election from Biden." [15] I answered my question nearly a month ago, which was before Safe Harbor Day and the Electoral College voting day. One would think that at this point in time there would be "absolutely no chance" of Trump stealing the election from Biden, given that the electoral college voted to give Biden 306 electoral votes to 232 for Trump. However, Trump is making a last ditch effort to make himself president again, through twisting Vice President Pence's arm to discount the swing states' slate of electors that were certified for Biden [16]. The legal experts are saying that this move has absolutely no legal or constitutional basis of support and virtually no chance of being successful [16]. But I still feel a bona fide ache in the pit of my stomach, so I figured it was time for me to write Part 6 of this essay series.
Once again, I ask myself the question: Is there any way that Trump could pull off the unthinkable in the last minute and steal the election from Biden? It is very difficult for me to understand the rationale for the lawsuit being filed against Pence before the congressional certification process even happens on January 6th [17]. From what I can surmise, the legal accusation is that Pence has not made a statement that he has the authority to discount the Biden slate of electors in the swing states [17]. This does not make any sense to me, but I am not a lawyer and I can accept that I do not understand the legal ramifications that are involved here. But what I do understand is that Trump has cut short his Florida holiday stay and is back in Washington D.C. and doing all that he can to coerce Pence into discounting the Biden slate of electors in the swing states, as well as securing as much Republican congressional support that he can to voice objections in the January 6th congressional vote if it goes in favor of Biden [16]. And this is where the ache in the pit of my stomach is coming from. From what I am putting together here, given that the court case is being decided by a Texas Trump appointed judge [17], I do not have 100% confidence that this judge will agree that the court case has no merit and dismiss the case. And if the judge does rule in favor of the plaintiffs against Trump, and Trump successfully twists Pence's arm (which may not be all that hard for Trump to twist) then this means Pence could actually declare that Trump won the election by discounting all the swing state votes for Biden.
Sure a horde of Democrats would object, and I like to think that enough of a handful of Republicans would object as well, and the declaration would likely not be upheld. But the main point as I understand it is that if the judge rules in favor of the plaintiff and Pence declares that Trump won the election then two things could happen. The first is that less than three Republican senators could vote to not accept Pence's declaration, in which case Trump becomes president. The second is that three or more Republican senators vote to not accept Pence's declaration (which is what I believe would happen in this extremely ugly situation) and then the 12th Amendment kicks in and the House elects the president. Now we are back in the one state/one vote system that has a Republican House majority that I described in Part 5 of this essay series [15], and once again Trump becomes president. So it is no wonder why I have a bona fide ache in the pit of my stomach.
There is more to the disgusting story here. There are Proud Boy and assorted Trump supported violence ready to make itself known all over the country, as well as a still possible war with Iran that Trump is moving closer and closer to, as 3 weeks left to his presidency is plenty of time for him to still institute utter chaos and destruction of our American democracy [18]. Plenty of time for him to declare martial law, following the urging of his pardoned criminal ex-national security advisor, Michael Flynn [19]. But when I think of these things, that ache in the pit of my stomach is causing me to have even more severe indigestion, so I think I'm going to end this journal entry and come back after the January 6th congressional session. In the meantime, I will be "agnostically praying" that we in the United States survive this final threat to the very basis of our whole democracy. For soon the New Year's Eve ball goes down (without the hordes of people in New York City to witness it), in spite of the horrendous pandemic that is bursting at the seams with holiday death and destruction all around us [20], and 2020 will finally be over. And a festive dinner and some wine and champagne awaits me and my wife as we watch an old musical biography and then the ball go down, which I am thoroughly looking forward to.
Saturday 1/2/21
It is just 2 days later and the Texas Trump appointed judge has already dismissed the case against Pence [21]. Needless to say I am very much relieved, and it does make me appreciate that apparently there is some semblance of democracy left in the United States, even when it depends upon conservative Republican judges to do what I believe is the right thing to do, as the Supreme Court has demonstrated in dismissing two of Trump's election fraud cases [9]. I feel confident that the Supreme Court will continue to reject whatever subsequent cases Trump files to overturn the election, as he already has filed a case asking the Supreme Court to overturn the election in Wisconsin before the January 6th congressional certification of the electoral college votes [22]. Sure Pence could still decide to discount Biden's slate of electors in the swing states and hand the election to Trump, but Pence's actions thus far are not indicating that this is likely to occur [4], [23]. At the very least, it appears that there may be deadly violence through the threatening presence of a multitude of far-right extremists, inclusive of Qanon and neo-nazi, protesting in Washington D.C. the day of the congressional certification on January 6th [18]. But I do believe that as distasteful as it is to him, Pence will do what he is legally bound to do and declare Biden to be the President of the United States on that day.
Notes/References
See Wikipedia (2021), 2021 Storming of the United States Capitol. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/; Eugene Robinson (2021), We Just Saw An Attempted Coup D'Etat. Blame Trump. Blame His Republican Enablers. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com; and Umair Haque (2021), This Is What Trump Always Wanted—And There's Worse To Come. Retrieved from https://eand.co/this-what-trump-always-wanted-and-theres-worse-to-come-fd402567afdd
See Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, and Phil Mattingly (2021), House Democrats Eye Quick Impeachment Vote if Pence Rebuffs Attempt to Remove Trump from Office. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com; and Laura Olson (2021), U.S. House Democrats Say They Have Enough Votes to Impeach Trump. Retrieved from https://nowhabersham.com/u-s-house-democrats-say-they-have-enough-votes-to-impeach-trump/
See Amy Gardner (2021), "I Just Want to Find 11,780 Votes": In Extraordinary Hour-Long Call, Trump Pressures Georgia Secretary of State to Recalculate the Vote in His Favor. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com
See Tal Axelrod (2020), Pence Refused to Sign On to Plan to Overturn Election, Lawyers Say. Retrieved from https://thehill.com; and Jeremy Herb, Clare Foran, Manu Raju, and Phil Mattingly (2021), Congress Completes Electoral Count, Finalizing Biden's Win After Violent Delay From Pro-Trump Mob. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com
See Greg Sargent (2021), Can Democrats Impeach Trump Without Hurting Biden's Agenda? Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com
See Dartagnan (2021), Dems Impeachment Strategy: Impeach Trump Now, Let Him Twist in the Wind, and Try Him in a Dem Senate. Retrieved from https://www.dailykos.com
See Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman (2021), Mcconnell Is Said to be Pleased About Impeachment, Believing It Will Be Easier to Purge Trump From G.O.P.. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com
See Zachary Wolf (2021), What's the 14th Amendment and How Does It Work? Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com; and Bruce Ackerman and Gerard Magliocca (2021), Impeachment Won't Keep Trump From Running Again. Here's a Better Way. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com
See Ariane de Vogue and Paul LeBlanc (2020), Supreme Court Rejects Pennsylavnia Republicans' Attempt to Block Biden Victory. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/; Dartagnan (2020), Now That the Supreme Court Has Ruled, We Should Treat These Republicans Like the Fascists They Are. Retrieved from https://www.dailykos.com; and Alison Durkee (2021), Supreme Court Refuses To Consdier GOP Post-Election Cases Before Biden Takes Office. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com
See Robert Borosage (2020/2021), Biden's Picks: The good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The Nation, Dec. 28, 2020 - Jan. 4,2021, pp. 4-5. See also: Robert Borosage, "Personnel as Policy: What Biden's Picks So Far Tell Us", Retrieved from: https://www.thenation.com
See Matt Viser (2020), Joe Biden's Speech to American: "It is Time to Turn the Page." Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-address/2020/12/14/80c04d02-3e35-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html; Charlotte Alter (2020), Presdient-Elect Joe Biden Vows to Usher In a Time to Heal in America." Retrieved from https://time.com/5908983/president-elect-joe-biden-vows-to-usher-in-a-time-to-heal-in-america/; Peter Wehner (2020), Biden May Be Just the Person America Needs. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com; and John Baldoni (2020), How Empathy Defines Joe Biden. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com
See David Nieiwert (2021), Buoyed by Capitol Insurrection, Trump's Far-Right Cult Summons Tide of Vioence in Coming Weeks. Retrieved from https://qoshe.com/daily-kos-us/david-neiwert/buoyed-by-capitol-insurrection-trumps-far-right-cult-summons-tide-of-violence-in-coming-weeks/96850068
See Shirin Ghaffary (2021), Why Twitter Finally Banned Trump. Retrieved from https://www.vox.com
See Billy House and Nick Wadhams (2021), Pelosi Says Military Chief Assured Her on Trump's Nuclear Powers. Retrieved from https://www.militarynews.com
See Elliot Benjamin (2020), Integrative United States President Joe Biden: A Journal of the Month Before the Election and the Days That Follow It: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 at www.integralworld.net
See Mark Sumner (2020), Trump Makes a Surprise Return to Washington, and There's No Way That's a Good Thing. Retrieved from https://www.dailykos.com
See Hunter (2020), Rep. Louie Gohmert Files Lawsuit Claiming Mike Pence Has Ability To Overturn Election Results. Retrieved from https://www.dailykos.com. Apparently the Department of Justice, who is defending Pence in the case, agrees with me that the case against Pence has no legal basis to stand on. See Kevin Breuninger (2020), DOJ Opposes Republican Suit that Seeks to Have Pence Overturn Biden Election in Trump's Favor. Retrieved from https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doj-opposes-republican-suit-that-seeks-to-have-pence-overturn-biden-election-in-trumps-favor/ar-BB1co8JS?li=BBnb7Kz
See Dartagnan (2021), For Trump Supporters, Jan. 6 Will Be a shout-Out to Fascism, Eliminationism, and Civil War. Retrieved from https://www.dailykos.com; and Tom Nichols (2020), Trump Could Still Start a Last-Ditch War With Iran. Retreived from https://www.theatlantic.com
See Spencer Ackerman (2020), "When the Bombs Go Off, the Blood Is On Mike Flynn's Hands": Retired Officers Blast His Calls for Martial Law. Retrieved from https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-the-bombs-go-off-the-blood-is-on-mike-flynns-hands-retired-officers-blast-his-calls-for-martial-law?source=articles&via=rss
See Stephanie Adeline, Connie Hanzhang Jin, Alyson Hurt, Thomas Wilburn, Daniel Wood, and Ruth Talbot (2021), Coronavirus Is Suring: How Severe Is Your State's Outreak? Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/09/01/816707182/map-tracking-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-u-s
See Devlin Barrett (2021), Judge Dismisses Gohmert Lawsuit Seeking to Stymie Biden Electoral College Count. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/gohmert-court-filing-claims-pence-is-not-a-glorified-envelope-opener/2021/01/01/eeb6b222-4c51-11eb-839a-cf4ba7b7c48c_story.html
See Patrick Marley (2020), Trump Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Set Aside Wisconsin's Election. Retrieved from https://www.jsonline.com
See Tucker Higgins (2020), Pence to Head Overseas Jan. 6 Hours After Formally Declaring Biden the Presidential Victor. Retrieved from https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/17/pence-to-head-overseas-hours-after-declaring-biden-presidential-victor.html; and Asawin Suebsaeng, Lachlan Markay, and Sam Stein (2020), Mike Pence Backs Away From the Trump Election "Fraud" Train Wreck. Retrieved from https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-pence-backs-away-from-the-trump-election-fraud-train-wreck
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2019 Fight Like a Duck campaign celebrates patients
When Holly Stamper recently visited the home of Oregon football with her daughter, she was in awe of her surroundings.
"The last time I watched a football game at Autzen Stadium, I was in high school," she says. "That was a long time ago, and it certainly didn't look like this!"
Holly is an endometrial cancer survivor. She and 10 other Willamette Valley Canter Institute patients were recently invited to tour Autzen, as well as the Moshofsky Center and the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex—the operations center for Oregon's football program. The tour kicked off the second year of the Fight Like a Duck campaign, a partnership between Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and Oregon Athletics, celebrating the strength of those fighting cancer in our area.
Seven local cancer survivors are each being honored as "Heroes of the Game" this season, during the Ducks' home football games. In addition, local patients will also be honored at three upcoming "pink" games during the Oregon women's volleyball, basketball and softball seasons.
"Cancer, like any other diagnosis, is all-encompassing. It affects not only the patients but also their family members and friends," says WVCI medical oncologist Dr. Marc Uemura. "This gives us an opportunity to recognize that our patients are fighting hard for their health and to support them through that."
What is the Fight Like a Duck campaign?
The Fight Like a Duck campaign celebrates the strength and tenacity of those fighting cancer in our area, and aims to raise awareness about the high-quality, multidisciplinary care provided in our community, including the latest cancer therapies.
"We have over 25 clinical trials going on in our clinic at any given time that are testing new molecules in an effort to advance the standard of care for many cancers," Dr. Uemura says. "So, we don't just have chemotherapy anymore. We now have many other therapies that are available to treat cancer—all of which were studied in clinical trials and proven to have benefits for cancer patients."
A look behind the scenes
During the tour, the group posed for a lot of pictures—on Autzen's turf and with Marcus Mariota's Heisman trophy. They also got a look inside the Ducks' impressive facilities, including the press room, where coaches and players field questions from reporters after each home game.
For Jay Trunnel, a four-year survivor of colon cancer and a life-long Ducks fan, this tour was a bucket list experience.
"Having this opportunity really does make a big difference to a cancer patient," he says. "Your life is so different after your diagnosis. Everything has changed—your financial situation, your work situation—so much is out of your control. So, when you have a situation like this, where you can be happy and not worry about that stuff for a little while, it makes a big difference."
Celebrating our patients
Throughout the Fight like a Duck campaign, WVCI is sharing patients' inspiring stories on its social media channels and hosting fun activities at its Eugene clinic, including giveaways and visits by the Oregon Duck mascot.
If you are a local cancer patient and would like to share your story and participate in the Fight Like a Duck campaign, simply fill out the survey at fightlikeaduck.com and upload a photo of yourself in your Duck gear. Go Ducks!
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Treasures from the Past
The ladies' lounge is a garden party no matter the season — seashells, pink furnishings and a yellow floral chandelier were all discovered at the Elkhorn Flea Market. A hat collection on the hutch is a nod to Souza's idea first introduced at Baker House, where guests don vintage chapeaus during their stay.
The home's sleeping porch is readied with two antique beds and a Victrola, creating an ideal place to daydream the afternoon away as sweet Lucy can attest.
Displaying an impressive collection of curiosities, including a suit of armor, old slot machine and cowboy holster, the billiard room's dark paneling and vaulted ceiling are a dramatic backdrop to a vintage canoe turned chandelier hung over the pool table.
A can't-miss-it red wall of shelving in the library is filled with antiquities and fascinating books, while the opposite walls in a soothing, neutral color complement the home's original post and beam construction and its collection of artwork.
In the kitchen, a 1940s stove is set off by a contemporary backsplash and shelving made from the home's original floorboards, offering spots to display interesting finds.
Plush seating takes center stage in the dining room. The 120-year-old high back chairs have been refreshed with new fabric, while the couch shows off its original Chinoiserie patterning. A dazzling 1920s chandelier, a find from Woodstock's Interiors Anew, steals the show.
The chic, perfectly pink laundry room turns a mundane task into a bit of fun.
The guest bath features a quietly-classic turn with a subway tile steam shower, honeycomb floor tile, soothing blue-hued walls and original artwork by Abraham Renko.
The master bedroom includes a touch of elegance with a dramatic cornice over the bed, soft linens, pretty lighting and a fireplace (not shown).
The lofted guest bedroom is outfitted with a cathedral ceiling featuring old barn wood and tin ceiling tiles.
The focal point of the terrace is its fireplace, which provides the perfect place to curl up on cool fall evenings.
One of the most unique spaces is actually the separate she shed in Souza's backyard. Plenty of comfortable seating, and of course, a chandelier with some "bling" welcome guests.
By Shelby Deering | Photography by Shanna Wolf
The unmistakable sound of a car on the gravel driveway can only mean one thing — guests are arriving at Bethany Souza's historic home, tucked into a wooded thicket within view of South Lake Shore Drive. In the same way that she welcomed guests to Baker House and Maxwell Mansion, two historic hotels that she founded, her home has become an inn of sorts as well. Friends and family find themselves drawn to the airy patios, the sleeping porch, the lofted guest hideaway and the vintage finds presented seamlessly in one vignette after another.
After wrapping up her time as a real estate expert on the HGTV show "Designed to Sell," Souza settled into a new life in Lake Geneva. With a background as a designer, staging professional and real estate developer, focusing primarily on the hospitality industry, Souza's passion is working as a historic redeveloper, restoring inns and bygone buildings to their former glory. That's exactly what she did with Baker House and Maxwell Mansion, two 19th-century mansions living out second acts as inns, complete with historic details like a Prohibition-themed Speakeasy Bar, a proper parlor with a grand piano and true-to-the-time vintage décor.
Much like these inns, stepping into her home feels as if you're entering another era.
Souza's pull toward all-things-vintage started when she was growing up in New York's Hudson Valley.
"I grew up in a house that was built in the 1890s," she says. "We had an old barn in the back, and the attic was filled with all kinds of treasures — Persian rugs, cases of old Victorian clothing. My mom used to make my Halloween costumes out of things we found in the attic. By the time I was in my 20s, I loved everything vintage."
Her respect for the past has drawn her to homes in which she says she feels "the walls can talk." So, it was only natural that when she first viewed her house, which had been sitting in disuse for three years but had a long history, she knew she was home.
Souza shares, "The land attracted me, and when I saw what's now my billiard room, the idea started to bloom and it just felt right. It has that feeling of good energy."
The house has had plenty of years to amass all that good energy. Souza dated some nails that she pulled from the floorboards, and although some real estate listings say that the dwelling was built in 1890, the nails point to an earlier era of the 1870s. In her research, Souza learned that her home and the surrounding neighbors' barns were once a part of the servants quarters and farm known as Story Brook Farm that serviced a lakefront estate. The home later became a tea room in the 1950s, fittingly called Story Brook Tea Room.
Through the years, various owners have put their stamp on the house, building additions and turning it into a layout that Souza says "rambles." At just under 4,000 square feet, the house features five bedrooms and five baths and has a floor plan that weaves and winds as a result of its many add-ons.
REFRESHING THE HOME
Souza, who says that she does things "fairly quickly in general," had a clear vision in mind when the renovations began in early 2017, taking only a few months to remodel the home until move-in day. Relying on two area contractors who worked with her on projects at Baker House and Maxwell Mansion, she shared her ideas for the property. Together, Souza and the team of Keith Robers of Midwest Reclaimed Lumber and Francisco "Pancho" Gonzales, a friend who has become like a brother to her, revived the storied home.
With a dedication to authenticity, which included keeping original beams and integrating an antique stove from the 1940s into the kitchen, some areas were completely revitalized. The kitchen and dining room received new flooring, lofting was done in the front of the house to accommodate for a guest room and two bathrooms received full renovations with steam showers and fresh tiling.
But even with all of the beautiful updates, Souza feels that her desire to renovate will never be quieted. She says, "It could be 20 years from now, and it will never be complete. Especially in an older home, there are always unique things and the ideas in my head never shut off."
Next, Souza has plans to finish what she is calling "the bunk room," a nautically-themed space which will spotlight a sail pulled from the boat that her son, Logan, learned to sail on. The sail will come up and over two beds — one that's lofted, and one that looks like a boat. Guests will climb into the upper bed using an antique apple-picking ladder.
And that's only a glimpse into the vintage spirit that permeates this home.
DÉCOR WITH A STORY
Upon stepping into Souza's home, you'll likely hear some Ragtime music or 1920s jazz wafting through the air, played on an Amazon Echo or a vintage Victrola. Then you'll spot the bearskin rug, a now-permanent resident of the bright-red library. And everywhere you look — vintage, vintage, vintage.
Souza calls her decorating style "layering," saying, "It's like a wedding cake. You start with this great, delicious cake, then you add the icing and from there, you add in the little accoutrements. I love adding layers of patina and interest. You might get dizzy looking at all the strange things tucked in everywhere, but it's definitely a treasure chest."
Focusing on Edwardian to Jazz Age pieces, Souza is a frequent fixture at the Elkhorn Flea Market and Leslie Hindman's Auction House. You'll also see her scoping out Lake Geneva's 281 Sheridan Springs, a consignment warehouse, the Lake Geneva Antique Mall and Walworth's Angelus Home, Garden, Lifestyle. She also scours estate sales and Craigslist for offbeat items.
Saying that she enjoys "dramatic things" and "things that can bring you back in time," she's continually questing after rare and unusual curiosities. Although there's a maximalist design feel to the home, there are eye-catching pieces that can't help but stand out in Souza's spaces.
There's the billiard room that looks a lot like how a "man cave" might have appeared in the 1920s. A canoe from a Northern Wisconsin Indian reservation acts as a pseudo-chandelier, outfitted with LED lights and hung above the vintage pool table. "I allow people to smoke cigars in this room because I think the scent only adds another sensory layer of vintage mystique," Souza says.
A lofted guest room is appointed with perfectly-knotty barn wood (the handiwork of Keith Robers of Midwest Reclaimed Lumber), ceiling tins pulled from a Wisconsin church and a chandelier which Souza has tried to "sell at multiple garage sales" but it ultimately found a home above the guest bed.
Souza has even set up a ladies' lounge, a throwback to the feminine parlors of yore. Swathed in pinks, whites and yellows, Souza says that the room "pays homage to the East Coast" with its seashells and coastal touches. When her girlfriends sit in the lounge, everyone is offered a rhinestone crown to wear. "This room has all my favorite things," she says.
She's done an exquisite job of bringing her favorite things together in harmony.
AN ECLECTIC MIX
One word to describe Souza's home is certainly eclectic, but really, it's an assemblage of the great loves of her life. A velvet Edwardian coat, which Souza wears to parties, somehow pairs flawlessly with her dining room décor. Her kitchen island is an artful mish-mash of reclaimed corbels, luxurious marble and a vintage dresser. And all the crystal chandeliers look impeccable in each distinct room.
"It's interesting, because I shop for what I like. It all just starts to blend. I'll come home with a pillow in a certain fabric, and I'll be shocked at how it mixes," she says.
She strives to stay true to the early 20th century, which does create some cohesion. "I love to decorate with mid-century modern, but you won't really see any of that in here," she says. She also brings in some new pieces, like a custom tufted headboard, to keep things "clean and crisp."
To achieve a similar eclectic masterpiece with vintage finds, Souza has some words of wisdom.
She advises, "Buy what you love and not what you think might be worth money. Buy what you're drawn to, and it will be amazing. It's amazing how things come together with what you already have in your home."
Souza adds that vintage shoppers should "look at the condition of things," "don't buy too many projects, because they'll just sit in your garage" and she says, "always negotiate."
Whether she's relaxing on her sleeping porch, designing in her decorated she shed where she listens to the wind rustling through the trees or spending festive evenings with friends in her ladies' lounge or billiard room, Souza knows in her heart that this is her forever home.
She says, "My favorite thing about my home is coming home to it. I walk in and think how could I ever part with it. I love this house so much. It's really an interpretation of my soul and a collection of all my favorite things."
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Q: Generate AWT keyevent for special characters I want to generate key events for Special characters like £, €, µ, ½, Ö, Ä etc. I am able to generate keyevents for key which are on my keyboard like 'A,B,c, %, *, ^' etc with following code:
public static void generateKeyEvent(final int c) {

        new Thread() {
            public void run() {

                try {
                    Robot robot = new Robot();
                    robot.keyPress(c);

                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(10);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    }
                    robot.keyRelease(c);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }.start();

    }

In case of normal characters, it is working fine but in case of characters which i mentioned above the code is throwing following exception:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid key code
at sun.awt.windows.WRobotPeer.keyPress(Native Method)
at java.awt.Robot.keyPress(Unknown Source)
at com.companyname.utils.Abc$1.run(Abc.java:286)

One thing which i noticed during my search for the solution to this problem, as these special characters are not mapped on my keyboard that is why it is throwing this exception.
any idea, how can i do this?

A: I got answer to this problem.. basically if you want to print symbol like those then you need to "alt" key for typing that.
for example: if you need to type 'é' in notepad you have to type alt+130.
So i did the same, i generated the key event for alt then for numpad 1 then numpad3 and finally numpad0.

A: How are you passing the keys?
Note that Robot.keyPress expects key code, not character. Take a look at the KeyEvent constants. There is a VK_EURO_SIGN, not sure about the others.
You should be able to get an arbitrary key code by implementing a KeyListener and checking KeyEvent.getKeyCode() when the particular key (combination of keys) is pressed.

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Our research and development teams specialize in the development of liquid, semi-solid and solid dosage forms including sterile products.
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Osvalds Nodevs (ur. 1896 w miejscowości Selkul w guberni inflanckiej, zm. 29 sierpnia 1938) - funkcjonariusz radzieckich służb specjalnych, starszy major bezpieczeństwa państwowego, ludowy komisarz spraw wewnętrznych Turkmeńskiej SRR (1937).

Życiorys
Łotysz, 1912-1916 kształcił się w seminarium nauczycielskim w Wolmarze (obecnie Valmiera), a 1917-1918 w Instytucie Nauczycielskim w Pskowie. Od 1914 członek SDPRR(b), 1916-1917 pracował jako nauczyciel, od marca do września 1917 był przewodniczącym wiejskiego komitetu agrarnego, 1917-1918 ponownie był nauczycielem. Od 1918 do kwietnia 1919 kierownik "kultproswieta" gubernialnego komisariatu wojskowego w Pskowie, od kwietnia do grudnia 1919 przewodniczący okręgowego trybunału rewolucyjnego w Wielkich Łukach, od grudnia 1919 do października 1921 zastępca przewodniczącego gubernialnej Czeki w Pskowie. Od 2 listopada 1921 do 6 lutego 1922 przewodniczący Czeki przy Karelskiej Komunie Pracowniczej, od lutego do kwietnia 1922 szef karelskiego obwodowego oddziału GPU, od 15 kwietnia do 27 czerwca 1922 szef Oddziału XI Wydziału Tajnego GPU NKWD RFSRR, od 27 czerwca 1922 do 16 kwietnia 1923 szef gubernialnego oddziału GPU w Penzie, od 26 kwietnia 1923 do 27 marca 1924 szef gubernialnego oddziału GPU w Stawropolu. Od 17 kwietnia 1924 do 11 marca 1927 szef czarnomorskiego okręgowego oddziału GPU, równocześnie od lutego 1925 do grudnia 1926 szef działu ochrony pogranicznej czarnomorskiego okręgowego oddziału GPU, od grudnia 1926 do marca 1927 szef 32 Oddziału Pogranicznego OGPU w Noworosyjsku, od 11 marca 1927 do 15 marca 1932 szef Zarządu Tajno-Operacyjnego i zastępca pełnomocnego przedstawiciela OGPU przy Radzie Komisarzy Ludowych ZSRR na Uralu. Od marca 1932 do lipca 1935 funkcjonariusz Wydziału Zagranicznego OGPU/NKWD ZSRR, od lipca 1935 do stycznia 1937 zastępca szefa Zarządu NKWD Azerbejdżańskiej SRR, od 29 listopada 1935 starszy major bezpieczeństwa państwowego. Od lutego do lipca 1937 zastępca szefa Wydziału VII Głównego Zarządu Bezpieczeństwa Państwowego, od 20 lipca do 17 grudnia 1937 ludowy komisarz spraw wewnętrznych Turkmeńskiej SRR. Odznaczony Odznaką "Honorowy Funkcjonariusz Czeki/GPU (V)" (1925) i Odznaką "Honorowy Funkcjonariusz Czeki/GPU (XV)" (1935).

17 grudnia 1937 aresztowany, 29 sierpnia 1938 skazany na śmierć przez Kolegium Wojskowe Sądu Najwyższego ZSRR i rozstrzelany. 3 listopada 1954 pośmiertnie zrehabilitowany.

Bibliografia
 http://www.knowbysight.info/NNN/12246.asp (ros.)
 http://www.memo.ru/history/NKVD/kto/biogr/gb358.htm (ros.)

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Łotewscy funkcjonariusze radzieckich służb specjalnych
Ofiary wielkiego terroru w ZSRR
Straceni przez rozstrzelanie
Urodzeni w 1896
Zmarli w 1938

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Pokémon Fan Makes Epic Paper Dioramas
By DAMN OS on November 15, 2021
The paper diorama look suits Pokémon so well.
Photo: Uma/Twitter
In honor of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl's release, Twitter user Uma decided to create a paper diorama version of Twinleaf Town, the first town players encounter in the game.
Uma hoped that people who see his diorama will recall memories they had playing the original Diamond and Pearl, when the games were first released fifteen years ago on the Nintendo DS.
The papercraft's base is styrofoam. On top of that, Uma placed brown paper to create the roads, green paper to make the grass, and white paper to make the snow. But the really impressive parts are the trees and houses.
Creating each individual tree was time-consuming,
each made from three
circles measuring 1 cm, 2 cm, and 3 cm. The circles were folded repeatedly and then glued on top of each other, thereby creating the illusion of layered branches and foliage. Rolled brown paper then was used to create the trunk. Making one paper tree seems fiddly, but Uma made
a total of 51!
Making the houses seems even harder. The logs for each are tightly rolled brown drawing paper, which were then
glued together one by one and then cut in an angle to support the roof. Bits of wood were also cut to make up the trim. Again, the process looks so fiddly, but the end result is fantastic. Completing the whole project took around sixty hours, reports Nifty.
This isn't the first time Uma has created something like this. Last year, he recreated Pallet Town.
In this YouTube video, you can see how Uma created the Twinleaf Town paper craft project—it's a bit like, the How to Draw an Owl meme, though.
If that wasn't enough—and I guess, it's not—Uma also made some excellent stop-motion animation.
*applause*
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(English) This paper presents a method for detecting edges and contours in noisy pictures. The properties of and edge are embedded in a figure of merit and the edge detection problem becames the problem of minimizing the given figure of merit. This problem can be represented as a shortest path problem on a graph and can be solved using weel-known graph search algorithms. The relations between this representation of the minimization problem and a dynamic programming approach are discussed, showing that the graph search method can lead to substantial improvements in computing time. Moreover, if heuristic search methods are used, the computing time will depend on the amount of noise in the picture. Some experimental results are given; these show how various information about the shape of the contour of an object can be embedded in the figure of merit, thus allowing the extraction of contours grom noisy pictures and the separation of touching objects.


Bitcoin isn't just for crypto nerds anymore. Legendary Hollywood stars, A-List rappers and pro athletes are jumping aboard the BTC buzz wagon.
Here are three famous people who are getting in on the booming Bitcoin trend (shall we call them Biteratti?), plus one who says she was an "idiot" for not accepting it as payment for livestreaming a concert performance.
1. William Shatner - Beam me up a Bitcoin, Scotty!
So the story reportedly goes that everyone's favorite Captain James T. Kirk received BTC, presumably from a fan, via TipperCoin, a Bitcoin tipping network. He apparently couldn't figure out what the heck a Bitcoin "tip" is (and we don't blame him), so the naturally velvet-voiced star turned to Twitter to find out. He's quite the serial Twitter-er, you know.
On Jan. 2, Shatner asked the Twitterverse "what the heck is bit coin?" (The space between "bit" and "coin" is endearing, right?) To which famous crooner Josh Groban coyly answered just seconds later, "Give me 10,000 of them and I'll tell you." Yeah, right. At current market rates 10,000 BTC equal about $6.1 million.
Shatner's question, which a lot of people still ask all the time, drew three dozen headscratcher responses from followers, who took stabs at what the confusing cryptocurrency is and how it works.
Moments later he tweeted that he'd "go open up an account and see if these codes will translate into real bitcoin…" Bingo!
Hey, if saving BTC is wrong, Shatner probably doesn't want to be right. We'd love to see what Shatoetry his budding interest in Bitcoin inspires.
2. Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman scores a touchdown for mainstreaming BTC.
Don't ever talk about Bitcoin! Actually, please do, especially when you're scooping up "YOU MAD BRO?" wristbands with your digital cash from Richard Sherman's online fan gear shop.
The controversial Seattle Seahawks cornerback, who was salutatorian of his Compton, Calif. high school graduating class and a 2010 Stanford University grad, recently announced the big Bitcoin news in January on his Facebook fan page.
"For all you techies out there, I'm now accepting Bitcoins at my online store http://store.richardsherman25.com," the post read. "I hear it's the currency of the future." Someone pays attention to the news.
As Seattle Times business reporter Jay Greene later pointed out, "You can't use bitcoin at Amazon.com," but, yes, you can score an ironic "WHAT WOULD RICHARD SAY?" shirt with it.
3. Former Spice Girl Mel B really, really wants your bitcoins.
Melanie Brown ("Mel B"), celebrity judge on NBC's America's Got Talent and former Spice Girl, made history in December 2013 when she became the first musical artist to accept the world's first digital currency.
"I love how new technology makes our lives easier, and to me that's exciting," she said at the time. "Bitcoin unites my fans around the world using one currency. They can just pay using bitcoins!" And, beginning on Christmas Day last year, they did.
With help from a partnership with the first Bitcoin cloud-mining company Cloudhashing.com, Mel B fans are picking up her new pop single "For Once in My Life" direct from her website's online store. Bonus: Mel B's fans who pay in BTC get a special discount.
The latest famous acts to join the Bitcoin payment club pioneered by Mel B are Snoop Lion, deadmau5 and Childish Gambino (the rap name of Donald Glover, formerly of NBC's Community).
And what about that famous singer who called herself an "idiot" for turning down an online concert gig in exchange for a Bitcoin payday that would now be worth millions?
That would be Brit-pop songstress Lily Allen and we more than understand why she's all sour grapes over it.
The Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singer whinged last January on Twitter about not jumping at the chance to livestream a concert performance on the 3-D virtual online world Second Life. She says she missed the BTC boat "about five years ago," when Bitcoin was just a toddler.
Silly Lily. She says she could have raked in "hundreds of thousNds of bitcoins" from Second Life. Could have. If she did, she'd now be the proud owner of a reported $71.2 million worth of BTC.
Well, at least Allen didn't get her hands on 7,500 bitcoins in 2009, then chuck the hard drive they were stashed on in the rubbish, like South Wales IT professional James Howells accidentally did. Oops!


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Simon, sorry its taken so long to get back to this. The second idea about educating people about energy efficiency in the home etc is the project that is going to happen. I thought the Eco shed idea was great but there was no one able to lead on it.
Hey, Thanks Simon. Yes the assembly was an amazing experience, great conversations about energy, great people and great director and it was a pleasure to work with you guys. Keep in touch and keep creating. The energy blues will forever be in my head. Lol. Hedd a Chariad Angharad..


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A: It has a limit as $x\to0$, by, for example, l'Hopital. What conclusion about non-singularity and boundedness can you draw from this?

A: Hint: you know the limit of the reciprocal as $x \to 0$.

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no word for "thank you"
Finne anha navik? "Where do I relieve myself?"
"Take me to the hotel."
Fichas anna vimithreraan. "Take me to the camp."
"I do not speak Dothraki."
Anha vos astok ki Dothraki.
"I beseech thee to spare my life, oh great and powerful leader."
Azhas anhaan atthirar anni, zhey khal vezhven! "Give to me my life, mighty khal!"
"You know what, I don't really need a crown."
Vosma, anha vo zigerok firikhnharenoon, k'athjilari.
Of course, not every phrase translates so easily between English and Dothraki. Our favorite candidate for the first Dothraki loanword is lanlekhi, which Peterson describes as "when you take a bite or eat one of something, and suddenly you just want to eat that and nothing else." We need this word yesterday, English!
You can read his full Q&A — which includes information about the origins of Dothraki and on the languages he came up with for Defiance and Dominion — right here.
Ask Dothraki's Creator About Inventing Languages For Game Of Thrones!


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Two and a Half Men: Season 11 Renewal for CBS Sitcom
by Trevor Kimball, April 26, 2013
CBS has reportedly renewed Two and a Half Men for an 11th season. While many fans have refused to watch since Charlie Sheen left the show, it remains the network's second-highest rated series, behind The Big Bang Theory.
Word is that Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer have signed new one year deals. Angus T. Jones has not been signed to a new contract yet and may end up returning as a recurring guest star instead.
A press release is expected which will likely offer additional details.
What do you think? Are you glad to hear that Two and a Half Men has been renewed? Do you still watch the series?
More about: Two and a Half Men, Two and a Half Men: canceled or renewed?, Two and a Half Men: ratings
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Two and a Half Men: CBS Teasing Charlie Harper Return for Finale?
Two and a Half Men: Charlie Sheen Returning for Finale? Ashton Kutcher Won't Say
Unforgettable to Return, Bad Teacher to Debut, Crazy Ones to Move
Two and a Half Men: Will It Be Cancelled Because of Angus T. Jones?
Two and a Half Men: 2011-12 TV Season Ratings
Two and a Half Men: Renewed for Season 10
Two and a Half Men: Ashton Kutcher Brings Series High Ratings
Two and a Half Men: Charlie Sheen Wants to Return for the Last Episode
CBS Announces 2011-12 Season Premiere Dates
Two and a Half Men Shutdown = More Rules of Engagement, Possibly Mike & Molly
Two and a Half Men: TV Show to Continue, Sheen Signs New Contract
Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory: CBS Sitcoms Renewed
This is one of the most trashy shows on television and has been for years. It is sad that instead of funny situational humor, this show relies all on bathroom humor and sexual innuendo. It should have gone long before Charlie did.
Who watches this drool. It's totally idiotic and a insult to anyone with intelligence.
DOESNT MATTER TO ME I COULD HARDLY GET THRU FIRST WEEK LAST YEAR IT WILL NEVER BE SAME
This show lost its chemistry when Charlie Sheen left. Ashton Kutcher was a terrible addition, his character is blah. I only watch the old shows with Charlie Sheen through reruns. I won't be watching any longer. Good luck to Angus T. Jones, he got out in the nick of time.
johson
Worst possible comedy ever. Its so predictable but dumbed down for the American audience i guess.
I will AMEN Michael's comment!
CANCEL THIS CRAP ALREADY !!!
THIS SHOW SHOULD HAVE BEEN CANCELLED WHEN CHARLIE LEFT !!!!!
Aidan Williams
Yeah it is so exciting they will be even with Cheers.


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Emirates Financial Services establishes international investment banking arm in the DIFC
Press Release 19 Jul 2006 11:32 am
Emirates Financial Services PSC (EFS) today announced the establishment of its international investment banking and wealth management arm, Emirates Financial Services International Ltd ("EFS Intl."), within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). EFS Intl. will lead and manage investment banking transactions, both regionally and globally, through the DIFC and will also provide a range of corporate finance and advisory services to its expanding international client base.
Khalid Kalban, Chairman of EFS said today:
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WOE TO YOU RICH!!
Holy Spirit thru Priscilla Van Sutphin
" I am longing for a church who loves one another enough to help each other out in every way needed. I am longing for a church that emulates ME, instead of the world and it's ways. I am not a God afar off who is uncaring. I have been generous and kind to you, and I told you to love one another as I have loved you.Have you loved one another like that? Have you loved even your own family like that?
I want you to think about that, because there are many who go on and on thinking they are going to heaven, but the fruit of their lives does not bear witness to the life and love I bring.
I'm not a harsh taskmaster. When you make mistakes and continue in sin, I have been kind to you because I knew what led you there. I knew your insecurities and how much you want to love Me and obey Me, yet have struggled to do so. Are there not areas in your own lives that are imperfect or do you think you are living perfect like I did? I said Only One is Perfect. Yet you have prophets who proclaim to be already perfect, and think they never sin. Proclaim they never sin.
But I see everything. I know the deep recesses of your hearts. There is no change to the world since I came to it. Men are the same. The nature of man is the same. There is still no one but ME who is perfect. Many delude others with love words, yet in their hearts they are not willing to give up anything to help others. They come first in their heart of hearts. Self protection and self agrandizement are common in My church that is called by My name. And when the pressure is on and you see the wickedness being uncovered, where is your heart now? For I will enter the church again as I entered the temple in Jerusalem, and cleansed the threshing floor of it's charlatans and money loving pharisees.
Zechariah 14: 21 Yes, every pot in all the houses of Jerusalem and in Judah shall be dedicated and holy to the Lord of hosts, and all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil their sacrifices in them [and traders in such wares will no longer be seen at the temple]. And in that day there shall be no more a Canaanite [that is, any godless or unclean person, whether Jew or Gentile] in the house of the Lord of hosts.
I said My church is to be a house of PRAYER for all nations. Yet getting you to pray with one another is also a struggle due to so many distractions. Focus My beloveds. Focus on ME. ASK ME what to do. Don't keep giving and giving to what only strangles you and keeps you in bondage.
Remember what I said…
Luke 3:11 Amp And he replied to them, He who has two tunics (undergarments), let him share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do it the same way.
And when I sent them out I told them to take NOTHING with them that most would rely on. The idea was to make them dependent on ME.
Mark 6: 8 He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a walking stick—no bread, no wallet for a collection bag, no money in their belts (girdles, purses)—
"Yet men now trust not in ME, but think they have to trust in man for everything, and often they do not trust at all, but instead they write another book, not that writing things is bad, but have another conference, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell. Work, work, work vs trusting in ME. Where are the Hudson Taylors? Where are the men of reknown who went into the nations trusting fully in ME and My provision? There is such unbelief in the heart of many in My church who think everything has to be striving and doing to get anywhere, to fill the great commission.
Yes it takes money to travel, most of the time. But Philip traveled without much of that. He fully trusted in ME, and I showed him marvelous things. And you've taken this unbelief, and comfortability in your own doing of things and taken that to nations and made them believe also that they don't have to depend on ME, they just have to push, push, push the people and do more, and then they can live like you.
Many live like kings, while the Son of Man had no place to lay His head. Yet you think you are close to being like ME. Most pastors these days, don't even know the condition of their flock. Many have nothing to help the poor and destitute, or they give them leftovers and outdated food from the food bank, while going to restaurants after service and gorging themselves, not even giving a thought to those they pass that may not have as much. I tell you that that kind of soul is anathema to My KINGDOM.
Love has arms. Love has hands. Love shares. Love is not selfish or self-centered. Love endures all things. Love manifests itself in doing good to others. It is not thoughtless or complacent, or apathetic or accusatory. Love is KIND, and LOVE is KING in the world of warfare. That is why I said to love others AS I HAVE LOVED YOU! For I have loved you unconditionally, and I will love you until the end of all time.
Awakening will come in the one anothers. It will come in caring for those who are weak. Remember Charles Finney? Remember why they called themselves Methodists? It was in giving and caring for others. People talk a lot about love in My church. It takes a community of churches to fully fulfill the great commission in the earth. YOU MUST work together. One has this talent, one has another. One has this ability, another I've trained to do something else. ALL are necessary. ALL are necessary. ALL have ability in some way to help others, even the weakest among you."
[ When the Lord spoke this it reminded me of Mary, a friend in the Foursquare church I attended for a while, who had diabetes, and was older, and not the kind of person that most churches would think could contribute much. But things she shared that she saw in the spirit, I still remember. She would often see Jesus walk into our home group and touch people. I remembered a story she told me about going to her daughters' church, and she saw standing next to the pastor a half bull-half man creature in the spirit realm. She was seeing him bound by Baal. If you read Amanda Buys on Baal worship, you would understand the significance of that. God gave Mary visions to encourage and build up, and to pray for. She was a prayer warrior.
To understand more about what Baal worship involves and how to renounce itin the generations see:http://www.kanaanministries.org/downloads/?category=10 ]
"I have given you My life that you may be a bearer of My Light, Love & Life! You are my emmisaries in this world. I am going to transform you that all hindrances to you being that will be removed! My love will utterly change every part of your being & no one will say "I am sick" for you will be full of My life. Startling miracles will manifest. You are entering an apostolic age along with it's commensurate persecution in days ahead. Please listen to My heart and slow down enough to spend time in My presence. Ask Me to prepare your heart! Ask for the Spirit of Burning. Stay in My Word. Stay in My presence as much as you can. Remember I judge the heart. David had a heart like Mine yet made great mistakes. But his heart was WILLING TO REPENT. "
James 5: 1-8 Amplified 1 Come now, you rich [people], weep aloud and lament over the miseries (the woes) that are surely coming upon you. 2 Your abundant wealth has rotted and is ruined, and your [many] garments have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are completely rusted through, and their rust will be testimony against you and it will devour your flesh as if it were fire. You have heaped together treasure for the last days. 4 [But] look! [Here are] the wages that you have withheld by fraud from the laborers who have reaped your fields, crying out [for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts. 5 [Here] on earth you have abandoned yourselves to soft (prodigal) living and to [the pleasures of] self-indulgence and self-gratification. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and have murdered the righteous (innocent man), [while] he offers no resistance to you. 7 So be patient, brethren, [as you wait] till the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits expectantly for the precious harvest from the land. [See how] he keeps up his patient [vigil] over it until it receives the early and late rains. 8 So you also must be patient. Establish your hearts [strengthen and confirm them in the final certainty], for the coming of the Lord is very near.
Luke 6: 24 Amp But woe to (alas for) you who are rich ([j]abounding in material resources), for you already are receiving your consolation (the solace and sense of strengthening and cheer that come from prosperity) and have taken and enjoyed your comfort in full [having nothing left to be awarded you]. 25 Woe to (alas for) you who are full now (completely filled, luxuriously gorged and satiated), for you shall hunger and suffer want! Woe to (alas for) you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep and wail! 26 Woe to (alas for) you when everyone speaks fairly and handsomely of you andpraises you, for even so their forefathers did to the false prophets. 27 But I say to you who are listening now to Me: [[k]in order to heed, make it a practice to] love your enemies, treat well (do good to, act nobly toward) those who detest you andpursue you with hatred, 28 Invoke blessings upon and pray for the happiness of those who curse you, implore God's blessing (favor) upon those who abuse you [who revile, reproach, disparage, and high-handedly misuse you].
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