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Figlio di Emilio Sacerdoti e di Benedettina Donati, sorella di Lazzaro Donati, dopo il primo biennio di matematica all'Università di Modena, si trasferì a Milano per proseguire gli studi al Politecnico dove si laureò nel 1895 quale ingegnere civile.
Divenne un noto professionista nel campo delle perizie per danni di incendio ed ebbe tra i propri clienti le principali compagnie d'assicurazione italiane e straniere operanti in Italia per perizie di particolare rilievo (per esempio gli venne affidata quella per l'incendio dei Grandi Magazzini Bocconi in Piazza del Duomo che distrusse il palazzo nel dicembre 1918, poi ricostruito con il nome di "la Rinascente" ideato da Gabriele D'Annunzio).

Spesso fu designato come unico perito sia dalle compagnie assicuratrici che dalle parti danneggiate e chiamato come arbitro in complesse questioni peritali.

Accanto all'intensa attività professionale si occupò anche di interessi di carattere generale sia relativi alla professione che alla vita cittadina.

Nel 1898 fu relatore della commissione per uno studio di massima sulle linee ferroviarie di accesso alla nuova galleria del Sempione, relazione che fu pubblicata sulla rivista di ingegneria e architettura « il Monitore tecnico » (1899, n. 27).
Intraprese, appena laureato, la libera professione a Milano ed ebbe studio professionale, prima con l'ing. Achille Manfredini, più tardi con l'ing. Cesare Chiodi, a cui rimase sempre legato da particolare stima ed amicizia.

Da gennaio a maggio del 1904 fu direttore della Rivista delle strade ferrate e delle tramvie edito dal Collegio nazionale degli ingegneri ferroviari italiani.

Il collegio degli ingegneri e architetti di Milano lo chiamò nel suo comitato direttivo nel 1904.

Fu segretario generale del comitato esecutivo dell'XI congresso degli ingegneri tenutosi a Milano nel 1906.

Per la sua competenza fu per molti anni utilizzato ed apprezzato nei comitati e commissioni del collegio e successivamente del sindacato degli ingegneri.

Nel 1926 fu tesoriere del collegio.

Nel 1937 fu nominato presidente della commissione per le controversie individuali del lavoro del Sindacato Ingegneri.

Anche il Comune di Milano ricorse a lui fin dai suoi giovani anni in svariati organi dell'amministrazione comunale:
fu designato dal Comune quale consigliere della Congregazione di Carità nel 1903; negli anni successivi fece parte di numerose commissioni comunali fiscali (per la tassa sulle aree fabbricabili, sulla tassa del valore locativo, e altre) e tecniche (per le ispezioni alle case abitate, ecc.).

Particolare attenzione e studio dedicò ai problemi delle acque pubbliche: nel 1905 fece parte del Comitato pro navigazione interna e più tardi del comitato centrale di consulenza tecnica dell'associazione per le acque pubbliche.

Nino Sacerdoti si interessò fin da giovane alle questioni che riguardavano le case popolari, e già a inizio Novecento tenne conferenze sugli « Alberghi popolari » e su « La questione delle case operaie in Milano », che furono riprodotte sul « Monitore tecnico », dove pure figurò, nel 1902, la sua relazione per la « Commissione per lo studio delle case popolari a Milano », allora istituita dal Collegio degli Ingegneri. Sul « Problema dell'alloggio delle classi meno abbienti nelle grandi città » fece pure una relazione al X Congresso degli ingegneri e architetti italiani a Cagliari nell'ottobre del 1902 in seguito alla quale il Congresso approvò un ordine del giorno sulla costruzione degli alloggi popolari in Italia con il sostegno dello Stato e dei Comuni.  Collaborò inoltre con l'Istituto Autonomo Case Popolari di Milano sia come consigliere (dal 1904 al 1938) sia come membro di molte commissioni tecniche dell'Istituto stesso.

Questo suo contributo di attività all'amministrazione dell'Istituto gli valse il conferimento dell'Ambrogino d'oro da parte del Comune di Milano nel 1936.

Fu direttore dal 1924 al 1938 della rivista di ingegneria e architettura «il Monitore Tecnico », a cui cominciò a collaborare nel 1898 sotto la direzione di Achille Manfredini.

Trovò asilo in Svizzera nel novembre 1943 per sfuggire alla persecuzione nazifascista degli ebrei insieme alla moglie Margherita Donati, figlia di Lazzaro Donati e al figlio Piero Sacerdoti con la moglie Ilse Klein. Rientrato a Milano nel 1945 non riprese la libera professione, ma rimase ugualmente accanto alla vita professionale. Risorto nel 1946 il Collegio degli ingegneri di Milano, collaborò attivamente al sodalizio con comunicazioni e note; a lui si deve una dettagliata e precisa « Storia del Collegio » — frutto oltreché di ricerche d'archivio, dei ricordi personali della sua lunga e intima consuetudine con gli uomini che illustrarono la professione a Milano dal 1900 in poi - pubblicata sui primi numeri della nuova serie degli « Atti del Collegio ». Continuò a contribuire agli Atti, che lo ebbero membro del Comitato Direttivo, con note e recensioni bibliografiche fino alla fine.

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Bibliografia

Direttori di periodici italiani
Ebrei italiani
Ingegneri civili
Sepolti nel Cimitero Monumentale di Milano
Studenti dell'Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Studenti del Politecnico di Milano


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Here's something that I haven't tried growing under fluorescent lights before. Although this isn't a gesneriad, what a colorful, fun plant to try growing beside the violets! Here's the story by guest blogger Sharon.
I have always limited the plants growing under lights to African violets and gesneriads simply because I like them and don't want to waste the space on ordinary plants. On Valentines Day I bought a miniature rose plant. Cute little thing I must say. It sat on my kitchen table but many of the buds didn't open and it started to look pathetic.
After examining the roots, which were very hearty, I transplanted it into a slightly larger pot with a light soil mix of sphagnum peat moss, perlite and vermiculite. Then I placed it under my grow lights. It has been less than one month and I have new growth and it now looks very healthy. I am hopping it will bloom.
The one thing that has surprised me is the need for water. It does not like to be even slightly dry. If it does dry out a bit the leaves turn yellow and drop off the plant.


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UEFA Champions League - 'Proud' Rizzoli prepared for Wembley experience - News
'Proud' Rizzoli prepared for Wembley experience
Friday 24 May 2013 by Paolo Menicucci
UEFA Champions League final referee Nicola Rizzoli told UEFA.com he feels "very proud" to have been given Saturday's Wembley assignment, saying: "Finals are always special."
'Proud' Rizzoli prepared for Wembley experience ©UEFA.com
Nicola Rizzoli will be unable to repeat his usual mantra ahead of Saturday's game between FC Bayern München and Borussia Dortmund. "Approach it as if it were the final of the UEFA Champions League," the Italian referee always says to himself before a match. This time, however, he really will be handling the top club fixture in world football.
The 41-year-old architect from Bologna is no stranger to the big occasion: he officiated at the inaugural UEFA Europa League final in 2010, an experience that he believes will help him at Wembley. "Absolutely, yes," he told UEFA.com. "Finals are always special."
UEFA.com: How does it feel to have been selected for such a prestigious match?
Nicola Rizzoli: I feel very proud, I am proud of what we have done and achieved on this long road to the final. It's the most important match at European level, and if I look back at the 24 years of my refereeing career, it's unbelievable to have made it to this point now.
UEFA.com: How do you prepare mentally for such an occasion?
Rizzoli: The same preparation applies for all matches, basically. I have always said, in all the matches I have refereed, even at youth level, that I have to approach it as if it were the final of the Champions League. And this coming Saturday I really will referee the Champions League final. It's motivation for me to prepare even better mentally.
UEFA.com: Can your experience of refereeing the 2010 UEFA Europa League final help at Wembley?
Rizzoli: Absolutely, yes. Finals are always special matches – they are not like other games, although they should be – but the experience you gain in a match like that helps you a lot, to understand how to handle the special tensions that are normal in a final.
UEFA.com: What will you do in order for you and your team to enjoy the experience?
Rizzoli: Trying to enjoy it is not always easy – concentrating makes you so careful about details, which can help you better evaluate certain situations, that you lose the real context. From when we come out of the tunnel until the moment we start the match, we must enjoy the spectacle and the event. We must look at the spectators, fans and supporters, all the beautiful things that football offers, and all the passion you can feel, because I'm sure that during the match we will be so focused and mindful of what is happening on the pitch.
UEFA.com: Two German teams are in the final. Have you talked about this to any of your German colleagues?
Rizzoli: Getting information is the most important thing when preparing for a match like this. I had already spoken to some German colleagues before it was known who would be refereeing the final, because I like to get information when I meet other officials. Of course, today we are lucky to be able to get all the information we want off the internet, so the teams have been studied and analysed.
UEFA.com: How important is it to know how the teams play tactically?
Rizzoli: It's fundamental, because it's the only way not to be taken by surprise. Knowing beforehand what could happen and having that information can help you anticipate certain situations. If you are taken by surprise in a situation then it can become difficult to judge in a correct way.
UEFA.com: What kind of match do you expect?
Rizzoli: It will be a game between two excellent teams who are both very physical, but at the same time involving coaches who make their sides play tactically very well. They each have coaches who know how to get the best out of their players, so I expect them to all play at the highest level, which will create a great spectacle.
UEFA.com: Does the fact it is at Wembley make the final more special?
Rizzoli: Wembley represents the history of football, even if it has been rebuilt and restructured. You breathe the history and the passion, just pure football. That is what I hope to feel when I'm in the dressing room and when we come out of the tunnel.
UEFA.com: And lastly, how would you like to be remembered after the final?
Rizzoli: I don't really want to be remembered. I hope they will just remember me when they read the name of the match referee. The stars are – and should be – the players. Don't remember me, that is better.


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Chicago sues Jussie Smollett over costs of investigating alleged attack
April 12, 2019 by GNH 0 Comments
(Reuters) – The city of Chicago filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Jussie Smollett seeking three times the damages it said it incurred in the investigation of a hate crime that authorities allege the "Empire" actor staged.
FILE PHOTO: Actor Jussie Smollett leaves court after charges against him were dropped by state prosecutors in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. March 26, 2019. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
The lawsuit, which did not specify the amount of damages, was filed in Cook County Circuit Court over two weeks after prosecutors dismissed the criminal charges against Smollett alleging he fabricated the Jan. 29 attack.
Chicago officials previously said they would sue Smollett after he refused a demand by the city for $130,000 to cover police overtime costs to investigate the actor's claims.
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Smollett, 36, who is black and gay, ignited a firestorm on social media by telling police on Jan. 29 that two apparent supporters of President Donald Trump struck him, put a noose around his neck and poured bleach over him while yelling racist and homophobic slurs on a Chicago street.
WEEKS OF INVESTIGATION
After weeks of investigation, Chicago police determined that Smollett cooked up the scheme — in which they allege he hired two brothers to pose as his attackers — because he was dissatisfied with his salary on "Empire."
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Smollett admitted no wrongdoing, but agreed to do community service and give up $10,000 in bond money.
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Reporting by Andrew Hay in New Mexico; Additional reporting by Karen Pierog in Chicago; Editing by Peter Cooney


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Our founders, Greg and Joe, believe in youth. The optimism in it, the courage to act to protect our future, and in its beauty of spirit. We believe in being Good To The People. Our Giving arm is a foundry for people who care about people and the planet. Giving initiatives support non-profits and activists working to amplify diverse voices and increase inclusivity, build a more just world, and save the planet. Giving takes action. As the charitable arm of YTTP, Giving invests in shaping a better future—for everyone.
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So we went a little overboard on the apple picking this year and picked a ton on our annual trip to Ricker Hill a few weeks back. (also we went on a weekday, so we had the full run of the bounce houses to ourselves and had to take advantage of that!) So even after two sizable pies, I still had about a bushel left and no gumption to make more pie, and so, enter crisp! This recipe is a mashup of three different ones, so it has a little bit of everything in it, which makes it totally delicious.And it's a big batch recipe (3 Qt baking pan), so it means that I'm down to only 2 dozen apples now!!
Place all filling ingredients into a 9x13 (3 QT) baking pan and mix together. Adding more apples as needed to fill pan.
In a separate bowl, mix all topping ingredients, except nuts, together until they make a consistency like wet sand. Mix in nuts as desired. Sprinkle topping loosely over apple mixture.
Bake for ~ 50 minutes until topping is browned and apples are soft.
Little Miss Cleaver is, for the most part, a pretty good eater and if there's one thing she loves to eat above else it's fruit (unless it's honeydew melon, because she ain't having none of that).
She is, however, somewhat picky about the quality and seasonality of her fruit. Watermelon in July - gimme more! Watermelon in a fruit salad in September - no way. So it's perhaps unsurprising that her favorite outings seem to be our PYO trips, because fruit fresh off the plant? Nothing better than that!
And I tend to agree, our annual Ricker Hill trip is always one of my favorite days of the year. Beautiful views, fresh fruit, apple cider doughnuts, and Steinbeck gets to come too? And this year they even added a hard cider tasting room.
Its was unseasonably warm this year, but everyone still had a great time (even Mr. Cleaver, who we forgot to get in front of the camera!), but I think LMC had the best time of all!
PS - check out the photos from last year, my little one has gotten so big!
It's no secret that I love Autumn in Maine. Fall has always been my favorite time of year and New England has the best Autumns of them all. And this year I get to share it all with Little Miss Cleaver - which makes it even better.
This year we crammed both of the Cleaver Family fall favorite field trips into one gloriously busy week: the Fair (Cumberland County) and apple picking (Ricker Hill). Miss Cleaver was wide-eyed at all the new things to look at (but not allowed to put in her mouth) and Mr. Cleaver and I loved watching her take it all in. Steinbeck was just happy to be there.
For years now, Mr. Cleaver and I talked about how some day we would take our future children on these annual adventures with us and what a thrill it is to be actually doing it now. We met in the fall and married in the fall (6 years this Sunday!), and the return of the season each year serves as a reminder of how this little family, my greatest joy, made its start. Small wonder that Autumn's my favorite time of year.
PS: Miss Cleaver just turned 6 months old (how time flies!) and mastered sitting the day we went apple picking.
Or should I say, almost mastered?
PPS: Thanks to those of you who voted for the Pride's Corner Drive-In. Unfortunately they didn't win a new projector, but another Maine Drive-In (in Saco) did!
Oh hey there blog. Don't worry, I didn't forget about you. It's just been a long quiet summer. I watched a lot of dvds (The Poseidon Adventure really holds up by the way and my love for the X-Men cartoon survives unabated), but for the past month or so, I didn't really do much of anything I'd call "blog-worthy." But fall is quickly approaching here in Maine and the Cleaver household is getting back into the swing of things.
First stop? Ricker Hill for our annual apple picking adventure.
On our 4th year out, my love for this place is still strong, as the doughnuts are still delicious, the views wonderful, and the apple selection top-notch. We picked a half-bushel and a peck of MacIntoshes, McIntoshes, Cortlands, and my personal favorites, Jonagolds. I see a pie-making afternoon in my near future.
The weather was sunny and crisp, just like an apple-picking day should be.
Yep - the Cleaver's are expecting!
While I couldn't come up with any cutesy blog announcement photo theme (they are seriously not kidding about that 1st trimester fatigue), both the Mr. and I are super excited. I'm about 12.5 weeks along and am due in late March. So expect many photos of tiny baby sweaters soon. I imagine it's going to be a busy fall!
On Saturday after several weekends of sickness and rain, we finally, finally! made it out for our annual trip to Ricker Hill for apple picking.
And even better, the the pick your own fields at Ricker Hill are dog-friendly, so we took Steinbeck along for his first apple picking adventure.
Steinbeck wasn't really into the apples, and he definitely wasn't into the slingshot.
But he did enjoy the wagon ride, and was very interested in the porcupine we wouldn't let him within twenty feet of.
As for the people, we got a beautiful crisp fall day, great views, a chubby pumpkin and half a peck of delicious apples.
See ya next year Ricker Hill!
But who took the photo, you ask?
Why this lovely lady, who accompanied us on our annual apple-picking adventure.
As other Maine bloggers have mentioned, the apples are super early this year. Since my favorite apple type (Jonagold) ripens a bit later than the first apples, we waited until mid-September, still several weeks earlier than usual, to take our annual trip to Ricker Hill.
The day was warmer than we imagined (hence the short sleeves), but it was a lovely day for apple picking (or slinging).
And I get to look forward to days filled with apple pies, crisps, muffins and sauce!
2. Get apple cider doughnuts first. It's no good picking on an empty stomach.
4. Don't be afraid to use tools to get the best fruits.
6. Don't be so focused on the apples that you miss out on other marvels.
7. Waste Not, Want Not. Rotten apples explode fabulously when flung from a slingshot.
8. You're never too old for a petting zoo.
9. And never too big to stop being silly.
10. Pick up more apple cider doughnuts on the way out. It's only once a year!
I am not alone in my love of fall in the blogsphere. It seems ever blog I read in is love with the colors, flavors, textures, and crispness of fall.
I love fall for all the usual suspects: apple cider, the sense of renewal, school supplies, the scent of the air. I also have a bonus reason to love fall: it's when I both met and two years later married Mr. Cleaver. So the fall is very special to us both.
So this past Saturday we engaged in some traditional fall activity and went on our third annual apple-picking trip. We really liked the orchard we had been going to in Illinois, so the standards were high for our first Maine venture. It had so have a few things: 1 - a wide variety of apples, 2 - pumpkins, and 3- (most importantly) apple cider doughnuts. Seriously, I live for my once-a-year shot to eat apple cider doughtnuts hot out of the fryer. I keep thinking about trying to make them on my own, but I think it might take something away from the experience. That said, and I'm not promising anything (having still not posted an actual S'more pie recipe), don't be surprised if apple cider doughnuts appear on this blog in the next month or so.
Ricker Hill Orchards was a hit on all three points. Crisp juicy apples (organic and non), delicious hot doughnuts (weekends only), cheery pumpkins, and amazing views. Not to mention the fantastic play area.
Oh, and this is pure genius, they had giant slingshots for the rotten apples. See if you can spot Mr. Cleaver's apple in the photo above. The boy below's name is David (I didn't catch the irony until I was captioning the picture) and he asked me to take a picture of him, so I was happy to oblige.
We got lost in the corn maze, but did solve it on our second try.
But Mr.Cleaver holds a grudge, so after we got out, he decided to mow it down.
We also both gave a go at the obstacle course. Look at the following images while humming the theme to "Rocky" in your head, it makes it better.
Oh and we did pick a bunch of apples too.


The baby looked dead. A small arm emerged from a pool of blood and amniotic fluid. Tiny fingers rested limply on the mother's abdomen. What had started as a routine Caesarean section that had pulled us from a promising Sabbath potluck had turned into a complicated nightmare, and now the baby was stuck.
We were all dripping with sweat because the temperature in the operating room (OR) was well over 100˚ Fahrenheit with rapidly rising humidity. The air conditioner didn't work because of the tenuous electrical situation.
The little arm remained limp and lifeless. And yet . . . a twitch. Was it our imagination? Finally, a great sucking sound, and the baby was pulled forth. Dr. Bland quickly suctioned the tiny mouth. Dr. Vadym dropped the little girl into my hands and returned to do battle with the multiple hemorrhages threatening to kill the mother.
Left to right: Delores Bland, Rollin Bland, Tyler Pender, Melissa Pender, and Fabiene Essono, Adventist Health International Chad business manager.
Melissa Pender with twins after a late-night Caesarean section.
Tyler Pender (right) operating with Dr. Vadym.
My wife, Melissa, and I were completing our last rotation of medical school, the senior international elective, at Bere Adventist Hospital in Chad, Africa. With Melissa's competence and compassion, there is no one I'd rather have by my side when facing a daunting task such as this. We laid the baby down and suctioned out globs of blood and fluid from her mouth.
"No tone, no heartbeat," said Melissa.
I started chest compressions while Melissa placed a mask over the baby's face and began to dispense oxygen.
Silent prayer. Silent baby. Another little life snuffed out before it began. And yet . . .
"I have a heartbeat, slow but coming up!" Melissa cried. A little gurgle. Oh, joyful sound! A little gasp, and the baby took her first breath. Her respirations were ragged at first, but she was breathing.
"Heart rate over 100, good air movement bilaterally," announced Melissa, stethoscope in hand.
We did some more suctioning.
Little eyes flickered, and then she peeked up at us. Little arms twitched and then moved. We gave her supplemental oxygen to ease her transition into the world. Her tone rapidly improved. Eyes open, she grabbed my finger and looked at me suspiciously.
Unfortunately, as the baby grabbed onto life, the mother was losing her grip.
"Oxytocin! We need more suture and more compresses," the surgeons requested.
Nothing would stop the bleeding. Drs. Bland and Vadym tied off bleeders and applied pressure. Even the mother's 20-year-old body couldn't tolerate this level of insult. Her oxygen level plummeted as her heart rate soared. Her eyelids closed.
Melissa administered oxygen. I soon had a unit of blood running into each arm. Dr. Bland used every trick he could think of to stop the bleeding. We all prayed. Death in a sauna.
I looked past the gray face of the mother to the moving blue drape in the neonatal area. Little chubby arms reached to the heavens. We had one miracle in the corner; would we get another? Things appeared grim. And yet . . . the uterus was finally convinced to clamp down. The bleeding slowed. Her oxygen saturation began to rise.
The patient had barely left the OR when Maternity called Dr. Bland to look at another patient. Unfortunately, she needed a Caesarean section as well. We cleaned up the OR and repeated the process. Fortunately, the next surgery went smoothly, and the baby barely needed any coaxing before screaming forth his complaints against the world. Late Saturday evening, our day was finished.
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As we pondered these Sabbath miracles, we reflected on the miracles that had happened earlier that day at church. A call had been made from the front, and the baptismal candidates came forward. Palpable, joyful celebration from the congregation filled the air. People surged to the front to surround them with prayer.
At the river, the celebration continued, with each new member coming out of the water to shouts of praise from ecstatic church members. This was a miracle of rebirth. We are dead in sin, and yet . . . we can become dead to sin and live a new life with Christ!
On a sweltering Sabbath in Bere, Chad, I saw miracles, each a testimony to the same power. God was on the move in my own heart, in the congregation, and in the OR. The scenes on the river bank and in the OR could not have happened without hard work and sacrifice by locals from Bere, workers from other countries in Africa, volunteers from Europe and America, and the Holy Spirit. The journey will be tough, the difficulties massive, and sometimes the whole enterprise will seem dead, and yet . . . "with God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26).
After completing their rotation at Bere Adventist Hospital in Chad, Africa, Tyler and Melissa Pender returned to the United States and graduated from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine. They are now residents at the University of Utah. Tyler is a general surgery resident, and Melissa is an internal medicine resident. Both are enrolled in the General Conference's Deferred Mission Appointee program. They look forward to a career of international missionary service wherever God leads.


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Snakes… most people either love 'em or hate 'em, but no matter how you feel, they are a vital part of our ecosystems. Since starting OMG, our two young founders Olivia and Carter have been working very hard to help effect change in the world of Rattlesnake Roundups.
The Claxton Chamber of Commerce and all their Board Members need to be commended for their recent decision to change their Rattlesnake Roundup to the Claxton Rattlesnake and Wildlife Festival. Committee President Bruce Purcell played a pivotal role in the committee's decision to move forward with the change, which will inevitably save hundreds and even thousands of snakes from being caught and killed.
One More Generation first began trying to effect change at these roundups back in 2010 when we first heard about the events from the folks at the Center for Biological Diversity. They introduced us to one of the world's foremost experts on the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes, Dr. Bruce Means who heads up the Coastal Plains Institute and Land Conservancy. He is also part of a local organization called P.A.L.S. (Protect All Living Species), which lobbies on behalf of all living species.
Since we just began our organization in Jan 2010, tackling the Rattlesnake Roundups was actually our first initiative. Carter and Olivia set out by seeking support from locals at every event we hosted or attended. We wanted to show the two communities who were still hosting the events in Georgia, Claxton and Whigham, that we were not alone in our desire to encourage them to change them to educational events where no animal/snake would be harmed.
The process was very slow and often very controversial. We found ourselves faced with many folks who actually disliked snakes and really did not care if they were saved or not. So we educated ourselves on the issue and learned from the folks at the Center of Biological Diversity and other specialists such as Dr. Means. They helped us understand why the roundups were bad not only for the snakes, but also for hundreds of other species who share the shelter of Gopher tortoise burrows. We learned that a common practice for snake hunters was to pour or spray gasoline into the burrows to drive out the snakes, thus risking countless other species including the tortoises, not to mention the harm this does to the environment.
Fortunately, Olivia and Carter had listened closely to the facts, so they were usually able to educate those who originally did not care. This resulted in support for their petition to help convert the roundups to festivals. Before we knew it, the kids had collected over 1,200 signatures! Armed with this success, Olivia and Carter set up several meetings with our local State Representative Matt Ramsey asking him to share our efforts with our Governor.
The next step was to further partner with like-minded organizations such as P.A.L.S the CBD and with members of Zoo Atlanta in an effort to request meetings with the organizers of the roundups in both Claxton GA and Whigham, along with key members at the GA DNR (Department of Natural Resources). At first, we got no response, but after months of persistence on everyone's part, we started to have constructive dialogue with the DNR. This ultimately led to a meeting at the DNR HQ where we were given the opportunity to express our concerns.
Next we attempted to contact organizers of the roundups to see if they would agree to meet with us. Unfortunately those requests went unanswered. We decided to drive down to Whigham, GA and attend the Rattlesnake Roundup, so that if we someday had a chance to meet with the organizers, we could speak from firsthand experience. You can read about our visit here. OMG Visits Roundup.
After attending the event, we were all even more convinced that we needed to try and effect change at these events. After all, the folks at Fitzgerald, GA, voluntarily made the switch from a roundup to a festival years earlier, and they were now even more successful than before. We continued to contact both communities, but to no avail. Months passed, and still no response. Then back in late 2010, I got my first returned phone call from the current President of the Evans County Wildlife Club – Bruce Purcell. Bruce was a little standoffish at first, as I am sure he expected to be confronted by a group of close-minded individuals bent on imposing their way of thinking. As he learned that we were reasonable and that we had our two young founders involved, he relaxed and allowed us to start constructive dialogue.
Bruce expressed his concerns. He advised us that the Evans County Wildlife Club is a non-profit, volunteer driven organization. The Club boasts 75 members led by a board of directors and slate of officers. Since it's inception, the Wildlife Club has actively given to the Claxton-Evans County community through annual donations to local charities, schools, and other non-profit organizations. Each year the Club awards college scholarships to graduating high school seniors. An annual essay contest is sponsored through the school system. During Roundup Week, Club members give wildlife education presentations. Then each spring, the Club sponsors a fishing rodeo and Georgia Hunter Education programs.
the community. Any suggestion to change the venue of the events would have to continue the revenue and interest from potential visitors far and wide. Bruce listened to our concerns and assured us that he would look into the matter and discuss it with the Claxton Chamber of Commerce and the Evens County Wildlife Club. This was the first time since we embarked on this venture that we seemed to have someone within these communities who was being open-minded about our concerns.
From then on, we continued to have open and productive conversations with Bruce on a weekly basis. Bruce told us his concerns and those of his club, and we all listened intently and attempted to address each one as we could. Bruce took our suggestions back to the club, and they too remained open-minded and looked for ways to help find common ground. Little by little the Wildlife Club started to offer potential changes to their roundups which would ultimately show their sincere desire to effect change for the good of the wildlife.
Then in early Dec, Bruce announced that the Wildlife Club had agreed to change the name of the event from the Claxton Rattlesnake Roundup, to the Claxton Rattlesnake and Wildlife Festival. He was still facing some opposition within the Club, but the majority of the members were starting to come around. He was working with several folks at the GA DNR who might be able to help him. He would let us know what they ultimately decided.
As we started off the New Year ready to get back in the swing of things, Bruce called to advise us that the Evans County Wildlife Club agreed to replace its rattlesnake roundup with a wildlife festival that does not involve the killing of snakes. The wildlife festival will continue to generate revenue for the local community without harming the imperiled eastern diamondback rattlesnakes.
This means gopher tortoise burrows will not be gassed and prodded, disturbing the many species that find shelter there. The declining rattlesnakes will not be captured and killed. The Claxton leaders are accepting support from many concerned citizens, and groups in transforming their festival to one that is life affirming and which celebrates the species. They will have many snakes on loan from licensed conservationists as well as many more varied educational exhibits.
I encourage you to contact Bruce Purcell and offer support for his work to change the event to the "Claxton Rattlesnake and Wildlife Festival".
The Claxton Rattlesnake and Wildlife Festival, sponsored by the Evans County Wildlife Club is held annually on the second weekend of March. The Rattlesnake and Wildlife Festival is a two-day festival, attracting 15,000 visitors. The event features snake educational programs, wildlife exhibits, turkey calling contest, over 100 arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, a grand parade, beauty queens, essay contest, 1 mile fun run, 5-K run, live entertainment, children's games and activities and fun for all ages! Festival hours are 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, and 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Admission to the festival is $5, free to age 5 and under.
Please also send out as many invitations to participate in the event so they can show other communities that making such a decision is the right thing to do. And as our friends from the CBD recently wrote: We all urge the sponsors of the annual rattlesnake roundup in Whigham to stop incentivizing the capture and killing of imperiled snakes. Rattlesnake roundups are depleting populations of eastern diamondback rattlesnakes: Analysis of data from four roundups in the southeastern United States shows a steady decline in the weights of prize-winning eastern diamondbacks and the number collected. This once-common species is being pushed toward extinction not only by hunting pressure but also by habitat loss and road mortality. Scientific studies over the past decade have documented range-wide population declines and significant range contractions, which is why we filed a petition to protect the eastern diamondback rattlesnake under the Endangered Species Act.
We again wish to thank Bruce Purcell and the entire Evans County Wildlife Club for making the change to their longstanding event. We know it was a difficult decision but it just proves that with the right amount of education, and ample support from like-minded individuals and organizations, "Anything Is Possible".
On behalf of everyone at OMG (especially Olivia and Carter), and all the other great folks we had the opportunity to work with who helped make this happen, we say THANKS!!!
Hurray for snakes and gopher tortoises!


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This potent duo, featuring Kaila Flexer and Gari Hegedus, performs Greek, Sephardic and original music on violins, saz, oud, lauoto and hand drums.
Teslim (TesLEEM) means both 'commit' and 'surrender' in Turkish and features violinist Kaila Flexer and Gari Hegedus on various (mostly plucked) strings including oud, Turkish saz, Greek lauoto and hand drums. This potent duo performs Sephardic, Greek and original music.
Kaila Flexer is a violinist, composer and producer. In addition to performing with Teslim, Flexer also performs with Persian vocalist Hamed Nikpay. She has been at the helm of bands such as Third Ear, Next Village and Kaila Flexer;s Fieldharmonik, ensembles that feature her original material. As a composer, her work reflects her deep respect for folk music. She has performed both nationally internationally with her own ensembles as well as with groups including The Hollis Taylor-Kaila Flexer Duo, The Flexer-Marshall Duo, Club Foot Orchestra and KITKA Women's Vocal Ensemble. She has recorded two CD's of original music for Compass Records (Nashville) to critical acclaim.
Gari Hegedus plays violin and viola and variety of stringed instruments from Greece and Turkey including lauoto, oud, saz and hand drums. In addition to his work in Teslim, he performs with world music group Stellamara and Persian vocalist Hamed Nikpay. He has studied with oud master Naseer Shamma and has recorded and performed with Ross Daly. He has toured with the Mevlevi Dervish (Sufi) Order of America and continues to participate in Turkish ceremonial and devotional gatherings around the country.
This music is exquisite. It's in the tradition of Cretan innovators like Ross Daly & Stelios Petrakis (who also use Turkish, Persian, and other influences), yet also carries an element of Celtic music, as well as something transcendent & beyond categorization. Thank you Gari & Kaila!
Transported miles and centuries away to another place, another culture...that's what happened to me when I heard Kaila Flexer and Gary Hegedus for the first time, in person, in Oakland at a book reading. It was purely happenstance that I had the pleasure to enjoy their performance as I was a visitor to the area, and a guest of my aunt. I was enthralled and totally mesmerized by their music, taken by the sleeve and gently transported on a magic carpet ride. And when the evening was over, I wanted to hear more, and more and more. This introduction was in July 2007, before the release of Teslim, and I waited anxiously for the opportunity to bring that soulful sound into my own home in the mountains of an isolated town in northern California. Teslim is all that I expected and when I want a mental getaway I push #5 on my CD player, sit back, close my eyes and jump on that magic carpet for a cultural journey. I thank Kaila and Gary for their talents and for sharing them with me.
really enjoyed this hypnotic, mystical and relaxing CD!


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Dierrey-Saint-Pierre és un municipi francès situat al departament de l'Aube i a la regió del Gran Est. L'any 2007 tenia 187 habitants.

Demografia

Població
El 2007 la població de fet de Dierrey-Saint-Pierre era de 187 persones. Hi havia 76 famílies de les quals 24 eren unipersonals (8 homes vivint sols i 16 dones vivint soles), 24 parelles sense fills i 28 parelles amb fills.

La població ha evolucionat segons el següent gràfic:

Habitants censats

Habitatges
El 2007 hi havia 92 habitatges, 79 eren l'habitatge principal de la família, 3 eren segones residències i 10 estaven desocupats. 90 eren cases i 2 eren apartaments. Dels 79 habitatges principals, 70 estaven ocupats pels seus propietaris, 5 estaven llogats i ocupats pels llogaters i 4 estaven cedits a títol gratuït; 3 tenien dues cambres, 6 en tenien tres, 17 en tenien quatre i 53 en tenien cinc o més. 72 habitatges disposaven pel capbaix d'una plaça de pàrquing. A 28 habitatges hi havia un automòbil i a 44 n'hi havia dos o més.

Piràmide de població
La piràmide de població per edats i sexe el 2009 era:

Economia
El 2007 la població en edat de treballar era de 122 persones, 92 eren actives i 30 eren inactives. De les 92 persones actives 87 estaven ocupades (46 homes i 41 dones) i 5 estaven aturades (4 homes i 1 dona). De les 30 persones inactives 14 estaven jubilades, 8 estaven estudiant i 8 estaven classificades com a «altres inactius».

Ingressos
El 2009 a Dierrey-Saint-Pierre hi havia 92 unitats fiscals que integraven 223 persones, la mediana anual d'ingressos fiscals per persona era de 21.934 €.

Activitats econòmiques
Dels 8 establiments que hi havia el 2007, 1 era d'una empresa extractiva, 1 d'una empresa de construcció, 4 d'empreses de comerç i reparació d'automòbils, 1 d'una empresa de transport i 1 d'una empresa classificada com a «altres activitats de serveis».

L'únic servei als particulars que hi havia el 2009 era un electricista.

L'any 2000 a Dierrey-Saint-Pierre hi havia 19 explotacions agrícoles que ocupaven un total de 2.028 hectàrees.

Equipaments sanitaris i escolars
El 2009 hi havia una escola elemental integrada dins d'un grup escolar amb les comunes properes formant una escola dispersa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

 Résumé statistique Fitxa resum de dades estadístiques de Dierrey-Saint-Pierre a l'INSEE.
 Évolution et structure de la population Fitxa amb el detall de dades de Dierrey-Saint-Pierre a l'INSEE
 France par commune  Dades detallades de tots els municipis de França accessibles a partir del mapa.

Municipis de l'Aube

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LARKANA: Car was stolen inside Shaikh Zaid Women Hospital Larkana during the broad day light here on Thursday.
Unidentified accused took away car of Paramedic and leader Pakistan Para Medical Staff Barkat Ali Khoso parked inside the premises of Shaikh Zaid Women Hospital Larkana in the jurisdiction of Waleed Police Station.
paramedical staff will announce the protest and boycott of their duties.
LARKANA: Newly elected PPP Senator Abdul Qayoom Soomro arrived at Garhi Khuda Bux Bhutto and visited the mazar of founder PPP Shaheed Zulifqar Ali Bhutto, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and laid floral wreaths on their graves and offered fateha for the peace of departed souls.
Senator Abdul Qayoom Soomro also visited the mazar of late Begum Nusrat Bhutto, Shaheed Mir Murtaza Bhutto and Shaheed Shahnawaz Bhutto and placed floral wreaths on their graves and offered dua.


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import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.config.DirectRabbitListenerContainerFactory;
import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.connection.ConnectionFactory;
import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.PropertyMapper;

/**
 * Configure {@link DirectRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer} with sensible
 * defaults.
 *
 * @author Gary Russell
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @since 2.0.0
 */
public final class DirectRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer
		extends AbstractRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer<DirectRabbitListenerContainerFactory> {

	/**
	 * Creates a new configurer.
	 * @deprecated since 2.6.0 for removal in 2.8.0 in favor of
	 * {@link #DirectRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer(RabbitProperties)}
	 */
	@Deprecated
	public DirectRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer() {
		super();
	}

	/**
	 * Creates a new configurer that will use the given {@code rabbitProperties}.
	 * @param rabbitProperties properties to use
	 * @since 2.6.0
	 */
	public DirectRabbitListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer(RabbitProperties rabbitProperties) {
		super(rabbitProperties);
	}

	@Override
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		RabbitProperties.DirectContainer config = getRabbitProperties().getListener().getDirect();
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ROME (Reuters Life!) – Mania over President Barack Obama has reached the catwalks of Rome, where a top haute couture designer showed off a kaftan emblazoned with his face and another dedicated a gown of "hope" to his wife Michelle.
"I was in Times Square when he was elected and it was like just such a beautiful emotion. I had the sensation of flying," Guillermo Mariotto, who designed the kaftan for Roman fashion house Gattinoni, told Reuters.
Mariotto sent an American model down the catwalk draped in the ankle-length, long-sleeved kaftan made of natural fiber. It featured a solemn-faced Obama in red and beige across its entire length and the word "Change" written across the bottom.
Neapolitan designer Fausto Sarli on Saturday dedicated the jewel of his collection -- a pinkish gown studded with crystals and lavish swirls -- to U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, saying it represented a light in the desert.
"We dedicated this as a message of hope -- that she can bring hope in the world during this period of crisis," said Sarli's spokesman Carlo Alberto Terranova. "It's a homage to the audacity of hope and youth."


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Red Cape Capers: Playful Backyard Meditations by Linda Varsell Smith
Red Cape Capers: Playful Backyard Meditations by Linda Varsell Smith is filled with thoughts on meditating and the struggle it can be to meditate. Varsell's poetry paints a picture of her backyard, her mother's red cape, and her attempts to meditate that draw the reader right into the experiences she shares as well as her ruminations on life and life events. Red Cape Capers is vivid and enchanting at times while thought-provoking and uncomfortable at others.
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52 Lists for Happiness: Weekly Journaling for Positivity Balance, and Joy by Moorea Seal
I ordered 52 Lists for Happiness: Weekly Journaling Inspiration for Positivity Balance and Joy by Moorea Seal because I enjoyed her The 52 Lists Project: A Year of Weekly Journaling Inspiration. I wanted to keep exploring this idea of a weekly guided journal. 52 Lists for Happiness took on a different tenor for me though. I opted to do the lists every Sunday because I felt it would be a good way to start off the week. I had some struggles this year that sometimes made the lists hard to write and other times the lists cheered me up. Focusing on simple moments of happiness gave me an opportunity to remember the good in my life no matter what happened in the world around me.
Native Son by Richard Wright
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Remarkable Oregon Women: Revolutionaries & Visionaries by Jennifer Chambers
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The Christmas Jar by M. L. Roberts
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ICCI slams hike in policy interest rate to 17 percent SBP has further increased the interest rate to 17%, which will prove disastrous for business and investment activities
In: Commerce and Industry
Tagged: economic crisis, High prices electricity- gas, Islamabad Chamber, State Bank of Pakistan, Vietnam 6%and India 6.25%
ICCI slams hike in policy interest rate to 17 percent
Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) said that due to the current economic crisis and high prices of electricity, gas and petroleum products, the business community is already facing great difficulties as the cost of doing business has increased manifold. In these unfavorable business conditions, the State Bank of Pakistan has further increased the interest rate to 17%, which will prove disastrous for business and investment activities besides further increasing inflation for the common man. He said that in order to revive the economy, Pakistan needs a boost in economic activities, but further increase in interest rates would make bank credit almost unaffordable for the private sector leading to further contraction in business activities.
Ahsan Bakhtawari said that hike in interest rate would also increase the budget deficit and foreign debt of Pakistan as according to a conservative estimate, one percent increase in the interest rate surges the foreign debt by 170 billion rupees. He said that interest rate in China is 3.65%, Bangladesh & Vietnam 6%and India 6.25%, but the 17% interest rate in Pakistan is higher in the region which would make our exports more uncompetitive in the international market. He said the developed world including USA and Europe has kept the interest rate less than 5%, but in Pakistan, it has been increased to 17%, which would put the private sector at great disadvantage. He said that the business community of the entire country has always been demanding of the government to keep the interest rate in the single digit level in order to provide cheap credit facility for promotion of business and industrial activities and attract FDI. He stressed that the State Bank of Pakistan should withdraw the recent hike in interest rate and consider further reducing it to save the businesses and the economy from further troubles.
Faad Waheed, Senior Vice President ICCI, said that no foreign investor will invest in Pakistan in an environment of such high interest rate. He said that the industry has to take credit from banks to acquire machinery, plant and other equipment, but further hike in the interest rate would hamper the growth of industrial activities and reduce exports. He demanded that the government should withdraw the hike in interest rate to save the industry and economy from further damages.
Engr. Muhammad Azhar ul Islam Zafar, Vice President ICCI, said that the builders and developers have to finance many construction projects through banks and a hike in interest rate would hit the construction industry. He urged that the government should bring down the policy interest rate to single digit, which will pave the way for the better growth of business and economic activities and help revive the economy.
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Marquette Township – August 21, 20013 – Marquette Township Business Association co-sponsors with the Marquette Township a Business owners, a Business owners "Sneek Peek" open house on August the 21st with the doors wide open to business visitors.
Over 100 area business professionals attended the open house.
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William Shakespear
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For the famous playwright, see William Shakespeare
The Chartruse Portrait is believed to be an accurate representation of Shakespear
Conman; Impersonator of William Shakespeare
William Rowley
"I can assure you that this man is a fake!"
~ William Shakespeare on William Shakespear
"I'm glad that I have no man attempting to impersonate me..."
~ Oscar Wild on William Shakespear
William Rowley, also known more famously as William "Willy" Shakespear is a notable fraud of famous playwright William Shakespeare, often taking credit of his work, impersonating him at folio signings, and having sex with William Shakespeare's wife. William had even tried to write his own plays to ruin Shakespeare's career. At one point Shakespear even asked for money from Shakespeare, causing confusion with the theatre troupe when he was visiting. Eventually the two became nearly indistinguishable, even to the point where Shakespeare did not even know how to write his own name. At times, Shakespear is called the "Bastard Son of Avon", or England's National Satirist.
1 Life & Times
1.2 Rowley and Shakespeare
1.3 Rowley and Chaucer
1.4 Incarceration and Death
2 Plays written
2.1 Apocrypha
Life & Times[edit]
William Rowley (Nobody knows that really 'William Shakespeare was a small hindu woman in a bill gates suit in a Shakespeare suit, but know that i have let it slip i must run away and never return...) was born in March of 1564 to John and Haley Rowley. He attended St. Nuremburg's School for the Grammaretically Challenged due to his Dyslexia. There he would often impersonate people - first his peers, and then various teachers. He was well known around the school for this, and often was paid for his impersonations - at one point impersonating a teacher to remove a substitute and essentially cancel the class.
Some of shakespears earlier works included; the matrix, paris hilton sex tape, and of course, justin hensby's guide to acting like a total wanker.
Rowley and Shakespeare[edit]
In May of 1585, William graduated from St. Nuremburg's and decided to become an actor, although one that needed a little more "enthusiasm" as Shakespeare put it. He met up with William Shakespeare soon after his graduation and became an actor under his eye. Rowley dispised Shakespeare - he hated the odd way he talked, he hated his plays, he hated his role as curtain raiser which he was assigned in every one of his plays.
As a form of vengance, Rowley adopted the name William Shakespear, and paraded through town as his boss, doing various things such as fondling his wife, signing folios, and defecating on statues of King Henry VIII. When Shakespeare heard of what Rowley had been doing, he was immediately fired. However, he still kept his dramatis persona of Shakespeare.
His first Folio
He continued to roam the countryside as Shakespeare, even at one point having a painting done of him rather than of Shakespeare. Shakespear even at one point performed terrible plays he had written as parodies of Shakespeare's plays - plays such as McBeth and The Tragedy of Ron Popeil were commonly performed for horrified British audiences. Some say that when one went to a Shakespearian play, one would either leave crying or with vomit on their Sunday dress.
Rowley and Chaucer[edit]
Geoffrey Chaucer often collaborated with Shakespear due to his hate of Shakespeare. Chaucer's writing, however, never made it into any of William's plays due to its incoherency. Shakespear later recalled that he "could not understand a single waurd that rolled off his mid-english toungue". Despite their differences, Chaucer and Rowley were lifelong friends. Some say one could not walk far from an English pub without seeing one passed out within a metre of the pub, and the other in a nearby alley.
Incarceration and Death[edit]
William Shakespear was eventually captured by the British government after suggesting that King George II loved an oak tree while driving a carriage through town at breakneck speeds while intoxicated from the consumption of several bottles of Brandy. He was tried at a court preceding where he was repeatedly dipped in water until he said that he was driving a carriage drunk through town at breakneck speeds declaring that glorius King George II of England loved an oak tree. He confessed, although because he consumed enough alcohol to kill an African Elephant that night, he didn't have a single recollection of the event. After he confessed, he was to be let free for a while. However, his boss William Shakespeare had just passed away. The townspeople, fearing that this man, who was several days away from reaching the town where Shakespeare died, had a connection to the killing, was promptly burned at the stake. His last reported word was "ouch".
Shakespear's remains as well as the tinder ash were inserted into an bottle of Spitfire with his Will, and dropped into the Thames. It was later discovered by a group of sailors, who sold it off to a British museum. The will itself was short and simple:
Mr. William Rowley's Shakespear's Will
If you are reading this, I am either dead or passed out in a nearby ditch. If it is the latter, pleyse do not bury me. If it is the former, I giave whatever is in my pocket at that time to my niece. The rest should be burned. And Chauacer shouldn't get anything. He never did shit. If anything, Chaucer should give my hammer back to my family that he borrouwed last yeare to "fix the stable". I know better, asshole. You aulways wanted to get back at me for that play.
Chaucer never did return Shakespear's hammer. He keeps it in his stable to this day.
Plays written[edit]
Stand ins...pfft.
Please note that Mr. Shakespear's First Folio was created with only one play, and several hundred blank pages so Shakespeare would come off as incompetent. Mr. Shakespear's First Codex, was however full of the rest of Shakespear's discovered plays. Oddly, he never made more than one of any style of book printing.
1586 The Tragedy of Ron Popeil Mr. Shakespear's First Folio
1587 McBeth Mr. Shakespear's First Codex
1587 Hamlet Deli Meats Mr. Shakespear's First Codex
1587 Reversi Mr. Shakespear's First Codex
1587 A Comedy of Grammaretical Errors Mr. Shakespear's First Codex
Apocrypha[edit]
It is not known whether Shakespear did in fact make any of these plays, although some say it's bleeding obvious he did in fact write these plays. The book they are written in has his signature blank pages. The title might have something to do with it as well...
1588 Two Divorced Wives of Windsor Mr. Shakespear's First Quarto
1588 Yorkshire is a Tragedy Mr. Shakespear's First Quarto
1589 Chaucer Complains about his Purse The Best of Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespear (in stereophonic printing)
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Разпространение
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Източници

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Wilder, Thornton. The Bridge Of San Luis Rey. : . Print.
by Thornton Wilder ; illustrated by Amy Drevenstedt.
Historical fiction. | Bridges - Accidents - Peru - History - 18th century - Fiction. | Historical Fiction.
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GEORGE TOWN: She has no supernatural powers and she cannot communicate with the underworld.
But for a 50-year-old housewife, living near the dead has advantages compared to living near people.
The woman, who wants to be known as Chen, said she had been staying next to a graveyard at Mount Erskine here for the last 30 years and she had not faced problems or experienced any scary encounters.
"I've never experienced anything supernatural in my 30 years of living here. Even if I live with ghosts, it's better than living with people because it is not noisy and there is no pollution in this area.
"I feel secure living here. Most of the time, I only close my door's grille and leave my wooden door wide open," she said.
Chen said she would not move away even if she could afford a bungalow.
Mount Erskine, which is located at the northeastern part of Penang island, comes alive especially during the Qing Ming festival.
The cemeteries in the area date back to the early 19th century and are managed by the United Hokkien Cemetery and Kwangtung and Tengchew associations.
Known as Pek Hoon Sua in Hokkien, there are families living within the cemetery grounds and it has been this way for several decades.
Growing up in the area gives a sense of belonging to Yuen Kah Moon.
Born and bred in Mount Erskine, the 60-year-old retiree said he gave up the comfort of living in a condominium to remain in his old house.
"I have a condominium unit opposite this graveyard but I seldom stay there as I am already used to the environment here," he said.
He has had several encounters with snakes but to him, even that is not a problem.
"I'm okay with that. I love it so much here that I have even planted bamboo and guava trees outside my house," he said.
Another resident, "Lor Bak" Long, 65, has been living next to the graveyard since he was young.
"This house is more than 80 years old and I've been staying here since I was 10. I prefer to stay here as it has the kampung' feel.
"I can walk or drive out easily compared to those living in high-rise buildings," he said outside his wooden and zinc house.
Long, who sells lor bak for a living, said he had never had the chills being surrounded by graves.
"They (the dead) are like our friends. If we don't disturb them, they won't disturb us.
"We need to respect the dead and their graves.
"It's important not to dirty or damage their place," he said.
Long lives there with his wife and sister while his children are working in other states.


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Birmingham City Council
Public Safety Committee approves ordinance that would prevent inhumane treatment of animals
The Birmingham City Council's Public Safety Committee approved an ordinance on Tuesday that would amend the city's code to prevent animals from being inhumanely tethered.
That ordinance is scheduled to come before the full Council in two weeks. According to the proposed amendments, it will be unlawful for anyone to tether a dog or other animal with a chain to a fixed point. Among other changes, owners will be required to provide a running line for their animal and, according to the ordinance, "the tether must be attached to a properly fitting collar or harness worn by the dog, with enough room between the collar and the dog's throat through which two fingers may fit."
Councilor Hunter Williams, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, said these changes are necessary to prevent the passive abuse of animals.
"When I drive through our city, I've grown increasingly disturbed by the number of animals that I see inhumanely chained and left unattended," Williams said. "These changes are about holding people responsible for their actions towards animals they've chosen to care for."
Here is a copy of the proposed ordinance:
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Stage lighting effects have gradually gone from great to unbelievably amazing in the span of a couple of decades. And it is not just stage lighting, but also the dramatic lighting effects in night clubs, on billboards, and in sports arenas.
And the secret behind these easily implemented, attractive, lighting effects?
DMX512, or DMX as it is commonly known as, is a standard for digital communication networks commonly used in stage lighting and effects.
What's really interesting, however, is how DMX lighting technology is currently being applied in homes, particularly home theaters. You can have a projection system and tiered seating, but once you add specialty rope lighting, you elevate your space from a place where you go to watch movies, to a true in-home version of a movie theater.
DMX lighting can even be used to connect multiple low voltage lights in, say a kitchen. It's applications extend well beyond flashy lighting effects, and can be used far more practically to create different lighting scenes that you can adjust based on things like time of day or ambient light. Even household Christmas lighting has progressively become better and easier to design and program through DMX technology.
So let's break down what makes DMX lighting special, the advantages it has over analog systems, and how you can use it in your home.
These four components work in tandem to produce the desired light effects.
Gone are the days when each and every light fixture had to have its own dedicated wire. A DMX system can control up to 512 channels. In its simplest form, each channel can be said to correspond to one light. So, again in its simplest form, a DMX system can control 512 lights all at once!
Compare this to the conventional analog systems wherein, to control each light fixture, it has to have its own dedicated wire. Additionally, with an analog system, other than simple on-off, the only other controllable feature is the intensity of the lights.
Analog system controllers are manual. Every light fixture or dimmer needs to be manually adjusted to perform as required. For larger, complicated projects, the number of wires coming into the analog controller is high. The system becomes hard and cumbersome to operate manually. On the other hand, a DMX system has fewer wires and can be automated and operated using a laptop.
When used together with Automated or Intelligent Light Fixtures, the DMX system becomes truly powerful. This combination allows control over features like intensity, pan, tilt, and zoom of individual lights.
From large, complex commercial lighting, to small, yet intricate, household lighting projects, there are several benefits of using DMX systems.
● Intelligent lights: DMX systems work with intelligent lights which can be programmed to change color, move or even change the pattern. This is particularly useful in the home theater setting to not only impress, but also have the versatility to change the mood or theme of the room.
● Energy efficient: The DMX system functions on low voltage, making it an energy efficient option.
● Ease of use: The DMX system communicates via digital signals. A large number of light fixtures can be easily controlled using a laptop.
● Ease of integration: DMX systems are easy to integrate within an already existing system of lighting. That means you can integrate the lighting with your smart home and program lighting scenes that assist in making your home more energy efficient.
● Programmable lighting: Complex light shows can be easily programmed using a DMX system. The level of control over various aspects of lighting like intensity, color, angle or pan, and even pattern of light, ensures that an impressive show can be put together and controlled from a laptop.
DMX systems have become the norm in commercial lighting for a reason. The exciting part is that we're really only beginning to see its potential for residential use. The applications for intelligent lighting in the era of smart homes are seemingly endless.


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