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Henrique IV (Bolingbroke,  — Londres, ), também chamado de Henrique de Bolingbroke, foi o Rei da Inglaterra de 1399 até sua morte. Era filho de João de Gante, 1.º Duque de Lencastre, e neto do rei Eduardo III, tendo tomado o trono depois de depor seu primo Ricardo II. Henrique IV da Inglaterra governou como rei de 1399 a 1413. Conhecido como Henrique Bolingbroke, duque de Lancaster antes de se tornar rei, Henrique entrou em confronto com seu primo Ricardo II da Inglaterra e foi exilado em 1397. Retornando à Inglaterra com um pequeno exército no verão de 1399, Henrique tornou-se rei quando o apoio de Ricardo entrou em colapso. Iniciando seu reinado com o assassinato de seu antecessor, Henrique enfrentaria grandes rebeliões na Inglaterra e no País de Gales, e ele frequentemente entrava em conflito com o Parlamento, particularmente o "Longo Parlamento" de 1406. Henrique foi o primeiro dos reis da Casa de Lancastre e foi sucedido por seu filho Henrique V da Inglaterra.

A sua vida encontra-se retratada em Henrique IV, uma peça em duas partes de William Shakespeare.

Henrique IV era irmão da Rainha de Portugal, D. Filipa de Lencastre (Primeira rainha da dinastia de Avis).

Nascimento e Família

Henrique nasceu em 15 de abril de 1366 no Castelo de Bolingbroke em Lincolnshire, filho de João de Gante (1340-1399) e de Branca de Lencastre.

João de Gante era o terceiro filho do rei Eduardo III da Inglaterra (1327-1377) e, portanto, um pretendente do trono de Ricardo II (que era neto de Eduardo III e filho de Eduardo, o Príncipe Negro  (1330-1376). João era uma figura poderosa, mas impopular, que foi preterida ao trono por apoiar nobres corruptos e funcionários identificados pelo Parlamento. Branca de Lancastre era filha de Henrique, duque de Lencastre, o nobre mais rico e poderoso do reino na altura.

O jovem nobre recebeu o título de conde de Derby, o primeiro de muitos que iria adquirir ao longo de sua vida.

As irmãs mais velhas de Henrique eram Filipa de Lencastre, rainha de Portugal e Isabel de Lencastre, duquesa de Exeter.

Henrique perdeu a mãe quando apenas um ano de idade e o seu pai voltou a casar-se três anos depois, em 1371, com Constança de Castela. Desta união, nasceu a meia-irmã de Henrique, Catarina de Lencastre. Por volta da mesma altura, João de Gante começou a ter um caso com Catarina Swynford, a governanta das suas filhas. Deste caso nasceram quatro filhos que receberam o apelido de Beaufort, em virtude do seu local de nascimento no Château de Beaufort em Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Eles eram: João Beaufort, Henrique Beaufort, Tomás Beaufort e Joana Beaufort.

Catarina Swynford fazia parte do séquito de Constança de Castela e acabou por ser a principal figura materna de Henrique, que se tornou bastante próximo das suas irmãs e meios-irmãos.

Juventude
Henrique teve uma educação nobre típica, onde mostrou talento para o torneio medieval, coragem, piedade e interesse pela literatura. O jovem Henrique teve sua cota de aventura quando foi duas vezes lutar contra os pagãos na Lituânia como parte das antigas Cruzadas do Norte (século XII-século XV) ao lado dos Cavaleiros Teutônicos. Também haveria uma peregrinação a Jerusalém antes que ele se concentrasse em suas ambições na Inglaterra.

A habilidade que demonstrava nos torneios medievais, as suas viagens pela Europa e participação em cruzadas e a grande influência exercida pelo seu pai, fizeram de Henrique um dos nobres mais populares do seu tempo.

Rivalidade com Ricardo II

Henrique teve uma relação inconstante com o rei Ricardo II. Eles eram primos diretos, tinham a mesma idade e foram companheiros de brincadeiras durante a infância, para além de se terem juntado à Ordem da Jarreteira juntos em 1377. No entanto, Henrique fez parte de um grupo descontente de nobres que se opôs ao favoritismo do rei em relação a Robert de Vere, conde de Oxford. Ricardo tornou o extremamente impopular de Vere o duque da Irlanda em dezembro de 1387. Os insatisfeitos barões agiram derrotando de Vere e seus partidários na Batalha de Radcot Bridge, perto de Oxford. Henrique era então um dos cinco Lordes Recorrentes que convocaram o "Parlamento Impiedoso" para tirar o poder do ainda jovem Ricardo II. O rei teria sua vingança, porém, em 1397 quando, mais velho, mais sábio e mais seguro em seu trono, ele reuniu os conspiradores e os executou ou exilou. Henrique, o primo do rei, estava, felizmente para ele, na última categoria.

Inicialmente, parecia que Henrique havia sobrevivido ao expurgo do rei, mas uma briga entre Bolingbroke e Thomas Mowbray, duque de Norfolk os dois lordes recorrentes sobreviventes, arquitetado por Ricardo, resultou em dois duques se enfrentando num duelo em Coventry em setembro de 1398. Com uma enorme multidão esperando ansiosamente para testemunhar o final de um evento rico em pompa, o rei deu um passo à frente e proibiu os dois de lutar. Ricardo então exilou Mowbray para o resto da vida e Bolingbroke por dez anos. Henrique foi para Paris, mas estaria de volta à Inglaterra muito mais cedo do que Ricardo esperava. Em 3 de fevereiro de 1399, João de Gante morreu e Henrique tornou-se duque de Lancaster. Henrique agora tinha uma desculpa para retornar à Inglaterra ele poderia alegar que queria de volta o que era seu por direito, as terras da família Lancastre que Ricardo havia tomado para si. O rei também estendeu o exílio de Henrique de 10 anos para a vida. No final das contas, porém, Henrique voltaria não apenas para reivindicar suas propriedades, mas também um prêmio muito maior.

Ascensão ao Trono
Henrique partiu de Boulogne e desembarcou em Spurn Head no nordeste da Inglaterra com um pequeno exército, talvez apenas 300 homens, e então marchou para o sul para reivindicar sua reivindicação em junho-julho de 1399. O momento da invasão foi excelente porque Ricardo estava na Irlanda. Sem seu rei, o apoio monarquista desapareceu, talvez, também, porque Ricardo nunca foi tão popular com sua estranha escolha de companheiros da corte e distinta falta de entusiasmo em levar a guerra aos franceses durante a Guerra dos Cem Anos (1337- 1453).

A guerra com os franceses havia começado fantasticamente bem para a Inglaterra, mas com o reinado de Ricardo, Carlos V da França, também conhecido como Carlos, o Sábio, garantiu que as únicas terras restantes na França pertencentes à Coroa Inglesa fossem Calais e uma fina fatia da Gasconha. Os piratas franceses estavam causando tumulto no Canal da Mancha e muitos barões ingleses queriam uma guerra mais direta do que a que eles estavam testemunhando. Ricardo falhou em duas das áreas mais importantes que se esperava que um rei medieval se saísse bem: ganhar vitórias militares para trazer dinheiro e terras e produzir um herdeiro homem. Quando essas falhas foram adicionadas à sua abordagem ditatorial do governo, fica mais claro por que os barões alimentavam a ideia de uma mudança no governante, especialmente porque Henrique era um líder militar capaz, tinha uma personalidade forte e ele próprio tinha sangue real.

Em agosto de 1399, Ricardo voltou da Irlanda e foi atraído para fora do esconderijo no Castelo Conwy, no País de Gales, apenas para ser preso na Torre de Londres. Em 29 de setembro, Henrique obrigou Ricardo a assinar sua própria abdicação. Em 30 de setembro, o Parlamento nomeou oficialmente Henrique como sucessor de Ricardo, e então Henrique Bolingbroke foi coroado Henrique IV da Inglaterra em 13 de outubro de 1399 em uma cerimônia suntuosa na Abadia de Westminster. Em um curioso incidente, o rei deixou cair a moeda de ouro que os monarcas recém-coroados deveriam oferecer cerimoniosamente a Deus. A moeda rolou e nunca mais foi vista, um mau presságio, de fato. Para sinalizar o início de uma nova era, na véspera de sua coroação, Henrique criou um novo grupo de cavaleiros medievais chamados Cavaleiros de Bath (o que mais tarde se tornaria a cavalaria Ordem de Bath). Henrique, que tomava banho todas as semanas uma frequência incomum para a Idade Média criou 46 desses cavaleiros e todos eles tiveram que tomar banho como um sinal de purificação e serem abençoados por um sacerdote antes de serem investidos. Em 14 de fevereiro de 1400, o ex-rei foi assassinado no Castelo de Pontefract, em Yorkshire, quase certamente porque houve alguns esforços, embora menores, por parte dos leais a Ricardo para colocá-lo de volta no trono. Henrique até colocou o corpo de Ricardo em exibição pública na Torre de Londres, caso algum suposto rebelde pensasse que ele ainda poderia estar vivo e pronto para liderar um golpe. Os Plantagenetas que governaram a Inglaterra desde Henrique II da Inglaterra foram substituídos pela Casa de Lancastre.

Rebelião
Henrique enfrentou uma crise imediata em setembro de 1400 no País de Gales, onde Owain Glyn Dwr (nascido em 1359) havia se declarado Príncipe de Gales. Ainda mais ameaçador, o galês tinha o apoio do conde de March, cujo filho Edmund Mortimer, como tataraneto de Eduardo III, era um possível candidato ao trono de Henrique. Também apoiando os galeses estavam os franceses aproveitando, como sempre, qualquer oportunidade para desestabilizar o trono inglês. Enquanto isso, os barões ingleses tramavam uma rebelião própria na Inglaterra. O grupo de descontentes incluía nomes notáveis como o conde de Worcester, o conde de Northumberland e o célebre cavaleiro medieval Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy (1364-1403).

Henrique se voltou para o problema inglês e enfrentou os barões rebeldes em 21 de julho de 1403 na Batalha de Shrewsbury. O exército do rei saiu vitorioso, Henrique lutou com coragem, Sir Percy foi morto e Worcester executado. O conde de Northumberland, o conde de March e outros barões rebeldes não desistiram tão facilmente e mudaram de estratégia e começaram a conspirar com o arcebispo Scrope de York e Owain Glyn Dwr. O rei Henrique descobriu essa conspiração para dividir seu reino sob seus pés, e o conde de Northumberland fugiu para a Escócia. As coisas melhoraram para Henrique com o passar da década. Em março de 1406, o jovem príncipe Jaime, o futuro Jaime I da Escócia (1406-1437), foi capturado quando seu navio naufragou na costa leste da Inglaterra. O príncipe Jaime foi mantido como prisioneiro na Torre de Londres e um resgate pesado exigiu sua libertação. Infelizmente para Tiago, seu pai morreu logo depois e, embora ele tenha se tornado o rei da Escócia, ninguém apresentou o resgate e então ele foi mantido em confinamento confortável por 18 anos.

Em fevereiro de 1408 CE, depois que Henrique venceu a Batalha de Bramham Moor contra os rebeldes ingleses e galeses, Edmund Mortimer foi preso e tanto o arcebispo de York quanto o conde de Northumberland foram executados. Em 1409, a rebelião galesa foi finalmente reprimida quando os últimos rebeldes foram capturados no Castelo Harlech. Owain Glyn Dwr retirou-se para as montanhas e nunca mais se ouviu falar dele. O filho homônimo de Henrique liderou o exército que recuperou Harlech, capturando o filho mais velho de Owain Glyn Dwr no processo, e ele estava rapidamente se tornando a estrela da corte real. O príncipe Henrique, que era o "verdadeiro" príncipe de Gales, também liderou um exército para a França para explorar a anarquia local após a queda do rei Carlos VI da França na loucura, mas a expedição deu em nada . Ainda assim, o príncipe estava ofuscando seu pai e houve algum atrito entre os dois, especialmente sobre o desejo do príncipe de ter uma abordagem mais militarista com sua grande rival, a França. A hora do Henrique mais jovem chegaria em breve.

O longo Parlamento
Outra fonte de atrito na corte era o relacionamento do rei com o Parlamento. O chamado 'Parlamento Longo' de 1406 EC durou um tempo incomumente longo de março até dezembro, enquanto deliberava sobre a sempre espinhosa questão das finanças do Estado. O Parlamento não ficou impressionado com a falta de sucesso contra os rebeldes galeses ou com a presença de tropas francesas no País de Gales. Os altos impostos do rei não estavam rendendo nenhum resultado no campo de batalha, os gastos da corte eram considerados excessivos e o Parlamento insistia que, no mínimo, o rei deveria ouvir suas preocupações antes de endossar uma nova rodada de impostos. Assim, o 'Parlamento Longo' foi mais um pequeno passo no longo caminho para uma monarquia constitucional.

Morte e Sucessor
Henrique IV morreu em 20 de março de 1413. Ele tinha apenas cerca de 46 anos e vinha definhando, atormentado por doenças possivelmente lepra ou eczema grave desde 1406. Além disso, o rei sofreu vários derrames no final de sua vida, quando sua mente já estava há muito tempo atormentada pelo remorso por ter tratado o rei Ricardo. Ele foi enterrado na Catedral de Canterbury. Henrique foi sucedido por seu filho de 25 anos, Henrique V da Inglaterra, que foi coroado na Abadia de Westminster em 9 de abril de 1413. Henrique V se tornou um dos grandes monarcas lutadores da história europeia ao derrotar os franceses na Batalha de Agincourt em 1415 e capturar a Normandia e Paris. No entanto, seu reinado seria breve, interrompido pela doença, e a expulsão do legítimo rei Ricardo viria a assombrar os descendentes de Lancastre enquanto as duas casas de Lancastre e Iorque lutavam pelo trono no que ficou conhecido como a Guerra das Rosas (1455-1487).

Casamentos e descendência

Primeiro casamento: Maria de Bouhn
A data e local do primeiro casamento de Henrique com Maria de Bouhn são incertos, mas a sua licença de casamento, obtida pelo pai de Henrique, João de Gante em junho de 1380, encontra-se preservada nos National Archives. A data mais aceite para a cerimónia é 5 de fevereiro de 1381 na casa da família de Maria, Rochford Hall em Essex. O cronista Jean Froissart, que foi quase seu contemporâneo, relata o rumor de que a irmã de Maria, Leonor de Bohun, teria raptado Maria do Castelo de Pleshey, tendo-a levado para o Castelo de Arundel, onde ela foi noviça. A intenção de Leonor era controlar a parte da herança de Maria (ou para permitir que o seu marido, Tomás, Duque de Glouster a controlasse). Foi aí que eles persuadiram Maria a casar-se com Henrique. Maria morreu em 1394 a dar à luz a filha mais nova do casal, Filipa.

O casal teve seis filhos:

Henrique teve quatro rapazes do seu primeiro casamento, sendo um fator forte para a sua eleição para o trono. Em contraste, Ricardo II não tinha filhos e o seu herdeiro, Edmund Mortimer tinha apenas sete anos. Os únicos filhos de Henrique que tiveram filhos legítimos e que atingiram a idade adulta foram Henrique V e Branca, cujo filho, Roberto, foi herdeiro do Eleitorado do Palatinado até à sua morte com 20 anos. Três dos filhos de Henrique tiveram filhos ilegítimos. A linha masculina de Henrique da casa de Lencastre extinguiu-se em 1471, durante a Guerra das Rosas com a morte do seu neto, Henrique VI e do filho deste, Eduardo, Príncipe de Gales.

Segundo casamento: Joana de Navarra
Henrique casou-se com Joana, a filha de Carlos II de Navarra, em Winchester. Ela era a viúva de João V, Duque da Bretanha, com quem teve quatro filhas e quatro filhos. Contudo, deste casamento não nasceram filhos.

Amantes
Henrique IV teve um filho de uma amante desconhecida:

 Edmund Leboorde (1401 – pouco antes de 19 de dezembro de 1419)

Ascendência

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|width="40%" style="text-align: center;"|Conde de Northampton1384 – 30 de setembro de 1399
|width="30%" align="center" | Sucedido porAna de Gloucester
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November 2, 2016 | Fund Forum
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Brazil's President Temer Announces Plan for Concessions and Privatizations
On September 13, 2016, President Michel Temer announced an infrastructure plan involving 34 projects. The plan, called "Growth" (Crescer), includes concessions as well as privatizations in the areas of transportation, energy, and sanitation. The first concessions will be for airports in the cities of Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre, and Salvador; two combustibles terminals in Santarém, Pará; and a wheat terminal in Rio de Janeiro. The bidding notices for these initial projects will be announced this year, with the final auctions scheduled for the beginning of 2017. Growth is a remodeling of a package of concessions initially put together by Temer's predecessor, the impeached President Dilma Rousseff. The government hopes to collect R$24 billion in 2017 alone in connection with Growth.
President Temer announced Growth during the first meeting of the Investment Partnership Program (Programa de Paceiros de Investimento, or PPI), created by one of President Temer's first acts in office. During the meeting at the Planalto Palace, the official seat of the Brazilian presidency, President Temer emphasized that "the public sector cannot do everything. Private initiatives must also be present as a catalyst of development and a producer of employment in the country." A video of President Temer's remarks in Portuguese at the meeting is available here via Globo.
According to Deutsche Welle, the text of the presentation stated that "only robust, solid projects with the capacity to generate returns for investors and society will go to market." It also promised that announcements for projects would be made only after a public discussion and approval is obtained from the Brazilian federal accountability office (Tribunal de Contas da União). The government also affirmed that concessions would be granted only for projects with proven environmental viability, meaning prior environmental licenses will be required or guidelines will be established for the licensing process.
The bidding rules will be published in both Portuguese and English in order to attract foreign investors. The announcement regarding Growth occurred shortly before President Temer visited New York to address the General Assembly of the United Nations in September, during which he met with private investors to promote Growth.
In addition to the legal safeguards that the government is promising in connection with Growth, investors will have at least 100 days (rather than 45 under previous rules) to analyze the proposals for each project once announced. The government is sweetening the deal for international investors in other ways, for example, by doing away with the requirement that Infraero, the national aviation agency (Empresa Brasileira de Infraestrutura Aeroportuária), be a minority partner in the airport concessions. The railways concessions under Growth will adopt the model used by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, in which the winners of the auction will be allowed to provide transport services on the railways that they construct and operate. The concession model used by President Dilma, which did not successfully complete any railway auctions, required the concession winner to further negotiate the right to offer transportation services with Valec, the national railroad company (VALEC Engenharia, Construções e Ferrovias S.A.) operated by the Transport Administration.
Rede Brasil Atual reported that Maria Silvia Bastos, the president of BNDES (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social), the national development bank, stated that at least 20% of the capital contributed to the concession projects would come from private investors, with the state contributing up to 80%. Professor Giorgio Romano Schutte of the Universidade Federal do ABC explained that under President Dilma the rules were burdensome, the government was overly involved in the execution of the projects, and some rules were viewed as favorable to Brazilian (as opposed to foreign) investors. He also noted a perception that, with the exception of Chinese investors, President Dilma's government was resistant to the bids of international companies. Whether President Temer's efforts to change those negative perceptions will be successful may depend to a large extent on the interest generated by and the results of the auctions for Growth.
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I unashamedly admit I didn't know much about the Falklands before we landed here after setting sail from Argentina to begin our adventure to the Antarctic with Quark Expeditions, even though I have a mild polar obsession. My knowledge was limited to vague textbook memories from high school about a war.
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Settled, claimed and disputed by many countries over the years, the Falklands are nothing if not controversial. Even chasing to say "Falklands" over "Malvinas" potentially is offensive.
Claimed by Argentina, the islands have been under British control since 1833, which simmered until it erupted in open conflict in 1982 before the Argentinians surrendered after the Falklands War. Nowadays over 98% of people on the islands vote to remain a UK overseas territory.
Also, did I mention the population is less than 3,000 souls? Lovingly nicknamed "Kelpers," and mostly of British descent living in the only town of Stanley.
Let's be honest, I'm just here for the birds.
When people say that the Falkland Islands are home to some incredible wildlife, they mean it. In New Zealand, we freak out if we see one penguin or an albatross. These are species that are super rare and endangered, and you count yourself very lucky to lay eyes on one.
In the Falklands over 220 species of bird live or breed, and you'll likely to encounter 5 types of penguins. Welcome to this part of the world!
Our first landing on West Point Island brought us on a lovely hike up the hills to some incredible sea cliffs. As we made our way down, suddenly an incredible colony of Black-browed Albatrosses were visible amongst the tall grasses.
Well, if I'm honest, I could smell them before I could see them.
Dozens of albatross sat on nests and huge fluffy chicks were sleeping amongst them along with many rockhopper penguins and their chicks too.
It was a veritable zoo of wild and rare birds. Obviously I freaked out and didn't know what to do. I had never seen anything like it, and it took several minutes of gazing adoringly at these fat fluffy chicks ooh-ing and ahh-ing to myself before I was even able to take photos.
And this isn't a unique scenario – later on at our second landing of Saunders Island we encountered even more birds all living together seemingly cohesively, even with some sheep thrown in for good measure! What a place!
Honestly, how angry does this Magellanic penguin look in his hole? Caption contest, anyone?
I seriously doubt if you asked anyone to describe what they imagine islands off of the continent of Antarctica to look like and they would reply with white sandy beaches. But here we are.
Perhaps one of the biggest surprises for me when we made our first landing on the Falklands were the white sandy beaches. Oh, and all the penguins on the beaches. Not what you expect!
On the first day I had time to catch up with our amazing expedition leader Ali who told me that Saunder's Island, where we were about to visit, was one of her favorite places on the entire trip. And after spending a day there, wandering amongst many penguins on white beaches, I couldn't agree more.
Surely there isn't anywhere else like this on earth?!
As we zoomed close to the shore, the water became clear and turquoise, and you could see straight to the bottom. It looked like a swimming pool. One quick dip of the fingers though or a splash to the face and you're very much reminded how close to the South Pole you actually are.
As inviting as it looked, you couldn't pay me to jump in.
Penguins mingle on the white sand making for a truly ironic image that I'll likely never to forget.
Can someone please explain to me why every other car in the wee town of Stanley are a Land Rover Defenders?
It's a hipster Instagrammers dream come true.
We had several hours to wander Stanley, take in the sights and enjoy the local pub culture. But what began as a walking tour of the town with just Jarrad and I quickly degenerated into "let's spot the Defender" photoshoot, both of us unashamed hipster Instagrammers who's biggest dream would be to own one of these pricy rides.
Defender police car. Defender ambulance. Defender firefighter. Retro landies meet more modern whips. WHY? I must know why there are so many in a town of 2,100 souls.
My theory is that the Falklands are stereotypically British, between all of the Defenders, union jacks and small town pubs and red phone booths, it really felt about as British as you could get, being about as far from Britain as you can possibly get.
You could easily picture the Queen herself rolling on by in one of these rides with a bunch of corgis for company.
The Falklands are also incredibly colorful and full of stunning views around every corner.
In Antarctica, the world is desaturated of color, everything blends into shades of blue, grey and white. But the Falklands couldn't be more different, vibrant and alive, somewhat reminiscent of places like Ireland with its wild coastlines and green hills.
If only Ireland had less people, more penguins and a incredible population of Defenders.
There is no where quite like the Falklands. If you're a curious and intrepid traveler like me, always seeking secret spots and getting off the map, it's for you.
The Falklands are a place that few travelers visit as there aren't many voyages there, and many aren't aware of the incredible views and exceptional wildlife opportunities that are available. It's a place that intrigues and inspires, unlike anywhere on earth and a unique bridge between the modern world we are familiar with the and the vast emptiness of the Antarctic.
These islands are a kept secret of the region and this definitely won't be my last visit here.
Have you heard of the Falkland Islands before? Is visiting a place like this on your bucketlist? What's the most curious place you've ever traveled to before? Share!
Can you fly there, or do you have to visit by boat? How much time were you actually on the Islands?
You can from Punta Arenas. LATAM Airline has weekly flights on Saturdays and they'll cost you around 800 – 900 usd. I believe that you can also depart from Rio Gallegos (300 km away from Punta Arenas) but I'm not totally sure about that.
Great article and images, Liz!
It's incredible how incredibly frequently the word "incredible" appears in this article.
las islas son ARGENTINAS pirates go home!!!!
The penguins!! I have yet to visit any place other than a zoo that has penguins and seeing them in their native habitat is definitely on my bucket list. Also, thanks for sharing the history of the Falkland Islands – I've heard of them, seen a few lovely pictures and could probably, maybe mostly find them on a map, but I didn't know much about the history of the place.


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Q: Open source libraries attribution in Android apps Several Android apps (especially the ones by Google) feature a section with a list of open source libraries used in the app and for each of them, a full text of its licence. This usually involves the Apache License, which is used in most of the common Android libraries, such as ActionBarSherlock, ViewPagerIndicator, Guava etc.

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*Is it mandatory to include such attribution in order to comply with the terms of the (Apache) license?

*How should this section look? If multiple libraries use the same license, is it necessary to duplicate the text of the license for each of them?

*Is it even necessary to include the whole text of the license, or is the sole copyright notice enough (see the appendix here: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)?

*Do the official Android developer guidelines feature some information on this topic (I failed to find any)?

A: The Apache 2 license does not require attribution in their derived products advertising materials but I in my opinion it is often considered as "a nice thing to do" to support the developers of those libraries.
The attribution requirement "'advertising clause'" was  removed in the Apache 1.1 license:

The 1.1 version of the Apache License was approved by the ASF in 2000. The primary change from the 1.0 license is in the 'advertising clause' (section 3 of the 1.0 license); derived products are no longer required to include attribution in their advertising materials, only in their documentation.

Other open source software licenses have different requirements.

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I needed a safe place to doss, and I thought I knew just the place. Vic Valor's TV transmission had been traced to a hidden bunker outside of Opal City. Police Commissioner Bailey quickly got very tired of dealing with anything related to Vic Valor, so he had slapped a police quarantine on the place, and quashed any further investigations. I had read the police report that gave the location of this place just before Bailey had sealed the documents.
On the drive out of town, I had a chance to do more thinking. I realized that last night's thugs hadn't known very much about me. They didn't know what I drove, or they would have followed me when I drove by. And the lookout hadn't known what I looked like. But Mac (I was assuming it was Mac) would soon fill them in. Lucky for me, Mac didn't know I had a bike.
A woman with a motorcycle rates pretty low on today's social scale — probably even below the streetwalker I'd pretended to be an hour ago. So I kept my 1927 Harley-Davidson Peashooter secret from my coworkers at the paper, and I rented a garage in another neighborhood to keep it secret from my neighbors. I couldn't drive the car for a while, but as soon as I got the bike, I'd have transportation again.
The bike and I were old friends — my dad had bought it in 1927, when I was one, and passed it on to my bother Eddie when he turned fourteen in 1932. Eddie had asked me to take care of it when he joined the Navy in 1935. Of course, Mom and Dad wouldn't let me ride it until I was fourteen, but I'd kept it in tiptop shape for him. Eddie was the copilot of one of the bombers that was shot down in the bombing raid on the Italian Navy fleet in Taranto harbor, 1939. They never found his body, and he wasn't among the prisoners who escaped or were recovered after the war, so he is listed as "missing in action, presumed dead." So I got to keep the bike. Probably the worst trade I ever was part of!
Damn, I hate being reminded how much I miss him! Ten years, and I still think about him every day. Damn all wars! I quickly wrenched my thoughts away from Eddie and back to my current problems. It could be dangerous to drive while crying.
I was going to need help. I couldn't fight Boss Neuertski's whole gang by myself.
I absolute hate asking for help; it's something I almost never do. But part of the martial arts training I got from Mom was learning to admit my own limits and ask for help when I needed it. I had never liked depending on someone else, but this time I realized I had no choice.
I had no idea what had stirred up Boss Neuertski so much. I thought about running away, and I thought about giving up on the story, but I quickly gave up those thoughts. The bad guys couldn't afford to leave me alone at this point. My best defense was to turn over some rocks and report on what crawled out, get the whole story, and then make sure that the police and the public knew everything (whatever "everything" was). Along the way, though, I might need some special protection. I had something in mind. And that's why I needed some expert assistance.
But not just anyone, I needed help from Starman! Sure, he had publicly retired several years ago, and had only been active once since then, but I thought I had something that would pique his interest. If I could find him, but I was pretty sure I had that locked up. I'd received a package in the mail yesterday that might have the final piece of the Starman puzzle in it. It was in the trunk of the Cord right now.
And they made good landmarks. About a mile and a half past the last sign, I turned right on an old dirt road. There used to be a house at the end of this road, but it had burned down long ago and had never been rebuilt. Vic Valor had concealed the entrance to his hideout in the basement of the ruined house.
The old barn was still standing, and the doors were missing, so I parked the Cord inside. I grabbed my pack and my suitcase and headed for my new home away from home. The storm doors had kept debris out of the outside basement stairs, and the police had forced them open, so it was pretty easy to get down into the foundation of this house.
At the bottom of the stairs there was a police sawhorse supporting a big police quarantine sign. What a waste! Did they seriously think anyone would ever see it, much less pay attention to it? I pushed it out of the way and cautiously explored the debris-filled foundation. At the front of the house, someone had cleared off a trapdoor set into the floor that looked like it might cover a root cellar. That's what I wanted! I pulled an electric torch from my pack and went exploring.
In the wall of the root cellar was a door that was secured with a chain and padlock. I cursed the police under my breath as I went back out to the barn to see if anyone had left any tools. I found an old sledgehammer that seemed to be usable. After bashing it against a tree stump a few times to see if the handle was still sound, I went back into the basement and used it to batter the lock from the chain. Finally, I walked into Vic Valor's secret hideout — which was now my secret hideout!
It was dark. I used my torch to find a light switch on the wall near the door. Never thinking about where the power would come from, I flipped the switch — and nearly jumped out of my skin when a gasoline-powered motor roared to life, and all the lights came on! Scared me so much I almost… well, you don't need to know!
I later found out that this switch turned on a gasoline-powered electrical generator with an electric starter. The starter ran off a normal car battery, which was still charged, even after having not been used for a month. Lucky for me, otherwise I would have had to yank the battery from the Cord and lug it down here. Valor seemed to have planned on a long stay — there were about a dozen fifty-five-gallon drums filled with gasoline for the generator, which used about a half-gallon an hour. As I had suspected, there was no alien technology here. Come to think of it, if normal lighting blinded Valor, why would he have put lights in here? More verification, if I had needed it, that at least part of his story was phony!
I explored for a few minutes. There are seven rooms: electronics lab, electronics storeroom, kitchen, pantry, bedroom, sitting room, bathroom. The pantry was fully stocked, the other rooms fully furnished. Everything looked worn and lived in, and nothing matched. It was as if everything had been bought at the Salvation Army. But it was as comfortable as my own apartment, and had much more room. Maybe I'd just let the lease run out on my current place and live here full-time. Well, I guess not really. This place is too far from the city to be convenient.
I changed the bed linens, and took a shower. I was tempted to lie down and take a nap, but I really wanted to recover my bike first! I carried my bag down from the car, and changed into something more suitable for riding a motorcycle, and then headed back to town.
It took about forty-five minutes to hike out to the main road. Not nearly as long to hitch a ride back to town, as the second car stopped. There are some advantages to being a woman, and the guy that picked me up didn't even try to get fresh! Although he did ask me if I wanted to go out for dinner some time. He seemed like a nice guy, but right now didn't seem like a good time for social activities. I told him I was going to be out of town on business for a month, but I gave him my number if he wanted to call me afterwards. I asked him to drop me off at a store a couple blocks away from my rented garage, and after he left, I hiked over to the garage, picked up the bike, and headed back to my new hideout. I assumed my apartment was being watched, so I didn't even try to go there. I was glad I kept my riding jacket and helmet in the garage, because I really don't like to ride without them.
On the way back, I stopped at a pay phone and called Mac. I was supposed to be working on a story about the congressman from the Opal City area, so I told him I was headed for D.C. for a few days for interviews and background at the House of Representatives. Even though he had already approved the trip, I wasn't surprised when he tried to talk me out of going today and coming in to the office instead. But I told him I only had a minute or so before the bus left, and I'd call in from D.C., and then I hung up before he could say anything else.
I waited a few seconds and called back. His phone was busy. I promised myself I would get that rat fink! No doubt he was right this instant telling Boss Neuertski that I was on a bus to Washington. If those thugs didn't know yet that I knew about them, they might waste some time checking out the bus station… until they found there weren't any busses to D.C. until tomorrow morning. What the heck; a little misdirection couldn't hurt.
One more thing to do before that nap! I got the package out of the trunk, and settled down in the sitting room. If this package contained what I hoped it did, it was the final clue to finding Starman.
The night I bought Xenon's scepter from that kid, I tried to figure out how to use it. (*) I wasn't surprised when I couldn't get it to work — after all, it had been in the hands of the kid for almost a week, and there had been no buildings destroyed downtown during that time. However, the scepter comprised two pieces, a sort of sheath or holder, and a smaller rod that very much resembled Starman's gravity rod. This was the power rod that had been built by the (missing, presumed dead) criminal scientist named Xnon back in the early '40s. Xnon must have built at least two power rods, because he used one to fight the Spectre, and was never seen again afterwards. (*) The sheath must have held the improvements that Doctor Doog had boasted to me about during my interview with him in prison.
There were no controls on the sheath, but once I figured out how to detach the power rod, I discovered some buttons, switches, and dials on the rod itself. I tried pushing one of the buttons, and disintegrated a big hole in one of the walls in my apartment! Lucky for me it wasn't a load-bearing wall, and I was able to patch it up and then repaint the whole wall the next day. Sometimes the things I learned as a tomboy growing up on a farm really come in handy! Hopefully the landlord would never know.
The second after I blasted the wall, I put the power rod back into the sheath, and I hadn't experimented with it since. As soon as I realized I was going to need expert help to figure this thing out, I had started looking for Starman. I mean, really looking! Fortunately, doing research is one of the things they taught us about back in journalism school.


WASHINGTON, DC - Starting on Monday October 7th, three hundred and fifty DC Metro rail cars and one hundred "T" stops in Boston will be displaying ads that compare the administration�s Star Wars missile defense program with Enron�the name that the general public equates with corporate scandal and malfeasance.
The "Missile Defense (a.k.a. Star Wars) is Enron in Space" ads feature a graphic that shows three pink pigs whose effluent is blasting them through space with the blue orb of earth below (ad can be viewed at www.peace-action.org ). The ad text opens with, "The same greed, dishonesty and deception that shocked America in the Enron scandal is rampant in the $238-billion Pentagon Pig-Out called National Missile Defense." This unique advertising campaign developed by Avenging Angels, Inc. of NYC.
administration's Star Wars missile defense plan, which recklessly throws other's money�taxpayer's�at schemes that benefit only a select few, closely resembles the swindles that the President's friend Kenneth Lay perpetrated as the head of Enron. Many of the elements that were found at Enron were, or are, present in the Star Wars program that Bush champions�cooked books, oversight stripped out of the regulatory process, insider access bought with campaign dollars and, of course, the taxpayers and the little guy picking up the tab."
denounced by serious scientists. Over $100-billion has already been wasted on what all experts agree is, since 9/11, America's least likely threat! Add your voice to the outrage: Join Peace Action's campaign to end this boondoggle."
"As Bush and his administration make their push for war, they are, in true Enron style, simultaneously distracting attention from Star Wars and their many other scandals, making a grab for more assets in the form of Iraq's oil, and attempting to enlarge their influence in the government by increasing Republican seats in the Congress. It is indeed Enron writ large. A scandal that is, at its core, a gigantic betrayal of public trust. Our ads are intended to be a well-timed wake-up call to Congress and the public," concluded Peace Action Executive Director Kevin Martin.


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Press Box Pro
Running the press box for a baseball or softball event is rewarding and enjoyable
by Aldwynne Dyer
$10.99 in the App Store
Running the press box for a baseball or softball event is rewarding and enjoyable. But until now, it has not necessarily been an easy task.
Press Box Pro is here to forever change that. Scrap that complicated sound board, the various music applications on your laptop, the weathered pieces of paper, and that clunky microphone. Baseball and Softball broadcasting doesn't have to be difficult... if you have the right tools! And, now you do!!
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* Audio Levels and Controls. You can easily monitor your levels with a convenient sound meter that's always easily viewable. Level adjustments can be made quickly through ever present slide controls relevant to your current mode. You can also access a tab that allows quick adjustments to all levels in one place.
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The very best thing about Press Box Pro is its ease of use. Forget an instruction manual. Go ahead and jump right in. Press Box Pro is intended to be intuitive and user-friendly enough to use right out of the box. The design is intended-ly simple and the layout is self-teaching. In other words, no intimidation factor, just great tools to get you going fast.
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LOS ANGELES – They were still in the Staples Arena stands nearly an hour after the game, maybe 150 Seminole fans, waiting and cheering for each FSU player and coach who emerged from the locker room after the NCAA West Region final game to decide whether it would be an all-Cinderella bracket in San Antonio.
They knew now that their ninth-seeded heroes would not make it to their first Final Four since 1972. Michigan's Wolverines would have a bit too much in a 58-54 win in this Elite Eight game at Staples Center.
In a game that looked like the best versions of each school's football teams playing goal-line defense, the Seminoles (23-12) just could not quite close at the end as they so often have in recent weeks. But not for lack of trying. You can't play defense any harder than the Seminoles did in holding a Michigan team coming off a 99-point game Thursday to just 58.
"Nobody wanted to lose," said Terrance Mann, who joined Seminole Phil Cofer on the West Region All-Tournament team.
"We were fighting for respect," said PJ Savoy, whose 12 points joined Cofer's 16 as the lone double-figure scorers for the Seminoles Saturday in front of 19,665 fans.
But that wasn't enough for the Seminoles, who were able to close a pair of 10-point second half deficits to two, 56-54, but could not get the ball to drop at the end. No matter how hard they played on the other end, very few shots rolled in and dropped down when they most needed them as Florida State finished the game shooting 31.4 percent on 16 of 50.
Never more so than in the first half when Florida State committed 14 of its total 15 turnovers for the game in trailing Michigan 27-26 at intermission.
"Normally when you hold a team to as low a shooting percentage and shoot it as well as we did, you're probably going into halftime a little up," Hamilton said.
Not on this night as all that defense just kept it close with Michigan leading one, 27-26, at intermission.
And so the Wolverines, with their school-record 32nd win (against seven losses) will move on to face Loyola in San Antonio Saturday in the national semifinal game. But Florida State could not have played harder.
Trailing 54-44 with 2:25 in a game where it was so tough to score, Mann hit a jumper with 2:06 left to make it 54-46. Then Savoy hit three free throws to close it to 54-49 with 1:30 left.
After a free throw by Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, Savoy's three-pointer with 1:16 closed it to 55-52. A Zavier Simpson free throw upped Michigan's lead to 56-52 with 39 seconds left but Cofer's layup with 24 seconds left made it 56-54. Following a Mann foul, Duncan Robinson's two free throws closed out the scoring.
Savoy's final three missed with 13 seconds left and that was it.
"Tonight I thought Michigan was a little bit better than we were for an eight, nine- or 10-minute period, and it was very difficult for us to overcome that . . . I think what we have to do is give Michigan credit for making the plays," said Hamilton.
But this Seminole team never quit, no matter how many shots rolled off, Cofer said. "We've been down before, we've been down more," he said. And kept coming back.
They figured out how to get to LA and the Elite Eight. But that next step is the big one.
"You realize how difficult it is to get to a national title," Hamilton said.
But this year the Seminoles could at least see where that territory is that you have to get to.


Portables make up half of all classrooms at Fresno Unified elementary schools, and one-third of classrooms district-wide, according to the facilities master plan.
They are a fixture of special education at the district according to Greyson's father, Michael Kelly.
"It's always the portable that's farthest away from everything else," he said.
Chrissy Kelly said the physical distance this creates between her son, who has autism, and general education students reinforces the false notion that kids with special needs should be kept separate.
"Having special needs is already an isolating condition, and having autism makes socializing difficult for these students," she said to the board in January 2017. "These children do not need physical segregation added to their struggle."
The six portables at Starr are home to the Autism Special Day Classes, a motor room for students with sensory needs and a music room. They have been used this way since the 2010-11 school year, according to Fresno Unified spokeswoman Jessica Baird.


"Organic gardeners know that if you respond to an attack by trying to kill the pests involved, you simply breed resistance while poisoning your own crops and soil. Instead, we ask, 'What conditions are allowing this pest to thrive?" "How do we change them, to favor the beneficial bugs and strengthen the health of the soil and the plants?"
A smart and moral policy, from Israel's point of view, would be to say: "What are the conditions that would favor mutual cooperation and peace? What would give our allies a competitive edge, and undermine the hardliners?"
Israel's murderous attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla has served to focus international attention on its longstanding, immoral siege of Gaza. Since the election of Hamas in 2007, Israel has tightened its hold on Gaza's borders, blocking essential goods from entering and Gazan products from leaving, effectively destroying Gaza's economy. Eight out of ten Gazans depend on international food aid to survive, and ninety-five per cent of its drinking water fails to meet safety standards for consumption. Seventy per cent of the population suffers from food insecurity. Thirteen per cent of the children of Gaza suffer stunted growth from malnutrition.
The blockade prevents Gazan patients who need specialized medical care from leaving, and stops students who receive scholarships from travelling abroad to study. Such harsh measures are immoral and illegal under international law, and in no way further Israel's security. They endanger Israel by generating resentment, frustration and anger, and create precisely the conditions which favor fanaticism and violence.
I'm a practicing Pagan, but there are values I deeply treasure from the Jewish religion I was born and raised in. The first is the stress on justice as the core of Jewish teaching. The second is the understanding that the oneness of God means that all people are cherished and equal in God's sight, that the same rules apply to all of us and the same rights are given to every person. By that definition, a "Jewish" state that persecutes and denies rights to another people is a heresy and a travesty of true Jewish values. A moral approach to the Gaza strip would be one that serves justice and assures the human rights of Palestinians, Jews, and everyone else.
From a Pagan perspective, we understand the deep, ancestral bond to the land that many Jews--and Palestinians---feel. But that bond does not need to be expressed through control or ownership. Attempts at control generally become devastating to land and people. Sovereignty, from a Pagan point of view, is contingent on responsibility, and a leader's job is not to issue orders and demand obedience, but to safeguard the health of the land, the fertility if its soil, the diversity of its wildlife and forests, and above all, to cherish the children, all of them--not just the children of one tribe.
A simple moral test might be this: "If children are suffering because of your political ends or the means you choose to achieve them, do something else." From both the Pagan and the Jewish points of view, actions that condemn children to a stunted life cannot be considered moral by any standards. Israel must lift the siege of Gaza in order to step back onto the beginnings of a moral path.
The Israeli government itself admits that the true purpose of the blockade is not security but economic warfare with a political aim. On June 9, the McClatchy newspapers obtained an Israeli document from Gisha, an Israeli human rights group which sued the Israeli government for information on the blockade. "A country has the right to decide... that it wishes to operate using 'economic warfare,'" the government said. Indeed, it is hard to imagine what security concerns would be imposed by chocolate or children's toys. Now, in the wake of international outrage, Israel has decided to allow in jam and cookies. The question remains--what possible security justification could there ever have been for keeping them out?
Organic gardeners know that if you respond to an attack by trying to kill the pests involved, you simply breed resistance while poisoning your own crops and soil. Instead, we ask, 'What conditions are allowing this pest to thrive?" "How do we change them, to favor the beneficial bugs and strengthen the health of the soil and the plants?"
Palestinians are a diverse people--as are Israelis. In my time in the West Bank and Gaza, I met true believers who were fanatically devout--and others who swore at "f-ing Hammas--they've closed the cinemas again!" I met some who believed in armed resistance and others who were deeply committed to nonviolence.
A smart and moral policy, from Israel's point of view, would be to say: "What are the conditions that would favor mutual cooperation and peace? What would give our allies a competitive edge, and undermine the hardliners?" Such policies would open borders, encourage of cooperative enterprises in commerce, learning, art and culture, foster a commitment to caring for and sharing the land and to create a opportunities for Palestinians to flourish and thrive.
Instead, Israel consistently employs a policy of force, collective punishment and intimidation that only serves to harden resistance. To treat all Gazans, all Palestinians, as if "Palestinian" were synonymous with "terrorist" is not only immoral, it's self-defeating. Prejudice always makes us stupid, for it prevents us from seeing diversity and complexity. Repression backfires.
Israel's decision to attack the Gaza Peace Flotilla with deadly force has squandered the world's good will and put Gaza front and center on the international agenda. As a bare minimum, Israel should release the film and video--and the thousands of dollars of equipment and cold, hard cash taken from the protestors and support an open, international, impartial investigation of the flotilla attack. Until she does, her account and her intentions will be suspect.


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From the initial trademark meetings, to product design sessions, to manufacturing the line, the boys teamed up with industry leaders and advisors and have been personally involved in every step of the process. Through hard work, support from those who believed in them, and a bit of luck, they made CREPIC happen.
Of course, everyone always asks how they came up with CREPIC. It started in the summer of 2017 when the boys were out surfing. Merritt paddled out and got absolutely pummeled riding one of the big sets. When he finally got back to the beach, he looked at his brother Ethan and exclaimed, "that was crazy," followed by, "but epic!" Then with a smile the length of a longboard he added, "actually bro, that was CREPIC!" The rest is history!
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"I want a shabu shabu hot pot"
I just picked up this Sanyo Hot Pot for a family Yankee swap and it turned out to be one of the more popular gifts, getting passed around our 8 member family 4 times! It doesn't come with any wire skimmers, so I picked up a set of those as well.
I also got these stainless steel wire skimmers for $15 which you'll need to fish your cooked meats and vegetables from the broth. Between these two, you'll be just under your $100 limit!
My husband and I had three couples over for Shabu Shabu this past weekend. We had both the Sanyo (ours) and the Sunpentown (borrowed from my brother) on the table and can say that they both performed excellently, keeping the broths boiling at all times, even at less than maximum settings with the pots filled with meats and vegetables.
For fish and meat, we cooked up beef, pork, shrimp, scallops and fish balls. The beef and pork was a special "shabu cut" which was thin, maybe twice as thick as a deli meat would be cut.
Although both pots performed superbly, I personally like the look of the Sanyo a little better. One tip, we ended up plugging each pot into two different outlets because running them both on one power strip kept tripping the circuit breaker of the strip we were using!
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Shabu-shabu (しゃぶしゃぶ) is a traditional Japanese version of hot pot (a Japanese soup or stew). To cook, you submerge thinly sliced pieces of meats and vegetables in a hot broth and serve with dipping sauces.
Shabu-shabu (which translates literally to swish-swish, the sound made as the cooking food is stirred) is typically made with thinly sliced beef, though many people also serve lobster, duck, pork, crab and chicken. Vegetables often used are nori (an edible seaweed), Chinese cabbage, chrysanthemum leaves, carrots, onions, enokitake and shiitake mushrooms. As well, udon noodles are a common addition.
Cooked meat and vegetables are typically served with a ponzu or "goma" sesame seed sauce.
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The Silverado is a full-size pickup truck designed by General Motors and sold under the Chevrolet brand. Its twin is the GMC Sierra pickup. The extended cab model within the Silverado lineup offers a nearly full-size cabin with a nearly full-size back row of seating and rear-hinged half-sized rear passenger doors. The extended cab makes it easy for owners to install a child car seat, as there is plenty of room versus a standard pickup truck cabin, which does not have a rear seat at all. The Silverado is equipped with U.S.-standard child restraint "LATCH" system anchors. LATCH stands for "Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children." The anchors are located behind the seat headrest and below the seat. It's important to use LATCH anchors to ensure the child car seat is secure and safe. However, if you prefer, you can also use the traditional seat belt setup to install the child car seat.
Park the Silverado and turn the engine off. This will avoid any unnecessary movement of the vehicle while you're installing the child car seat. Open the front door; locate the handle on the front edge of the rear access door. Pull the handle and open the back door.
Place your hand under the front seat, which must be moved forward. Lift the bar to unlock the seat position and push the seat forward. Position the back of the front seat forward by pulling the release lever and pushing the back all the way forward.
Position the child car seat in the desired seat cushion. The middle seat is the recommended position for all child car seats; however, not all cars are equipped with center LATCH anchors. For such a case, use the seat belts to secure the child seat as instructed in Step 4.
Pull the seat belt through the back of the child car seat and buckle it into the appropriate bucket. Pull the seat belt tight to ensure that the child car seat does not shift when pushed on. If you install your child car seat on the passenger side or driver side, continue to Step 5.
Locate the LATCH system anchors within the extended cab's rear seats. The upper latch anchors are located above the head. The lower latch anchors are between the seat back and the seat cushion. Clip the threaded clip onto one bottom LATCH anchor. Place your knee on the child car seat and push down with all of your weight. Latch the opposite side of the threaded clip to the top latch anchor.
Move the child car seat with your hands to ensure that the seat is stable. If the seat moves more than an inch in any direction, tighten the LATCH threads and seat belt.


After baking thousands of gingerbread cookies and always having some in my home I can usually resist eating them. There is only one exception: if I bake this recipe. I just love the taste and the texture of this one. So if you want a really delicious gingerbread recipe, give this a try!
Whith this recipe you need to plan ahead, it needs to age overnight. It also stays soft, so it's not a good choice for bigger 3D projects.
Melt the honey with the butter, then add all the remaining ingredients. Mix them well together then cover with a plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. Keep refrigerated until you are ready to bake it.
With this more traditional recipe you need to plan ahead. The cookies will have a beautiful smooth surface and a gorgeous golden color. This is an ideal recipe if you just want to decorate with white icing.
Put the cookies on a non-stick cookie sheet, about 1 inch apart. (I usually rotate 4 cookie sheets while baking).
Bake cookies for about 8 minutes or until ready. They are still a little soft when you remove them.
They turned out PERFECT! Rounded sides like a professional and tasty!!! What recipe for Easter cookies?
I am glad that they were a success Patricia. I use the same recipe for Easter. Well, I use it all year long.
Your story about eating the gingerbread box you created for your book, after 6 months time had passed, made me laugh. It must be a very good recipe! Thank you for sharing your gingerbread recipe, for others to enjoy!!
Oh, I love this recipe... it has its limits. It will spread, it's not sturdy enough to build bigger projects and many traditional glazes don't really work on these cookies. But it has the best taste and texture. I hope you will try it one day and enjoy it as much as I do.
So this recipe won't work for a 4" Christmas ornament, Toonces?, hanging by a ribbon? I've eaten a 6 month old cookie by you Tunde and it was delicious. I can attest to the yumminess!


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By Amanda Parker
WHEN: 2000 – present
CULPRITS: Karen O. (lead singer), Brian Chase (drummer), Nick Zinner (guitarist)
ALBUMS: Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2002); Fever to Tell (2003); Show Your Bones (2006); Is Is (EP, 2007); It's Blitz (2009)
HOW: It was summer and my family was packing to move out of the house and town I had grown up in. The first few notes of "Maps" rang out over my living room and stopped me dead in my tracks. Despite the song's melancholy vibe, there was something raw and ready to break loose. I was transfixed by Karen O. Was she about to cry or shout? Or both? And then it was over, only to resurface a few times over the next few years. Still, this was my introduction into a whole new style of music. Despite its difference from "Maps," I had a similar reaction to the album Show Your Bones, played loudly on back roads with the windows down. And later, at a Yeah Yeah Yeahs show, with confetti "Y's" and rain falling as Karen O. jumped, screamed, and whispered in front of the confident Nick and Brian. There are so many sides to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs that I had to fall for them more than once.
WHY: There is something pleasantly untamed about the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and yet, they have a really tight sound. They are the tattoo under the cardigan, the head banging while you fix your tie in the morning, the glitter, and the smudged eyeliner. They are the wild romance, the angry break-up, the quiet moment of being okay. There is a certain art to the balance of the extreme highs and lows. There is plenty of great music out there that is beautiful, wild, or unexpected. What is unique is that they combine it all. Just when you think they are about to go too far, they pull back. Just when you think you know where they are going, they throw in a techno beat or throaty yell. If you've ever seen them live, you know that they embody their music perfectly. Karen O breaks down and jumps up, twists, pauses, stretches, smirks, explodes. Meanwhile, Brian and Nick back her calmly, controlled. It makes you realize more than ever that this is music that is meant to be felt.
SONGS: Since most of the songs are fairly short, I was able to put a good variety together for this list. While I absolutely love the new album, it will never beat the classic Yeah Yeah Yeahs for me. I feel like the older songs really show off the unique style that first won me and most of their fans over. With the new album, the same YYY's style definitely shows through but there is a slightly more polished feel. Two songs from their Is Is EP are nice additions and really tie the different albums together, in my opinion. While "Maps" is different than a lot of their other songs, I felt like it was a good way to ease into their music. Some of their most popular songs eventually lead to the lesser-known "Art Star" and then to the energy of both "Heads Will Roll" and "Dull Life." Slowing down, I ended the list with songs that highlight the softer and sometimes even pretty side of their music.
WHAT'S MISSING: I am not including their single "Zero" on this list. I never felt that this song really represented them well and don't feel that it fits well into this list. Another song that I am actually sad to have left off is "Modern Romance." While this song is a personal favorite, it also just didn't add to the overall list.
LINK: Click on the list below to hear our YEAH YEAH YEAHS playlist on Lala.com!
Amanda Parker is a graphic designer who gets excited about color swatches, paper, and good ink pens. In her spare time, she teaches yoga to members of a local fight club (and obviously, ignores the first rule). She rarely sleeps but laughs uncontrollably and often. She is most often seen rocking out a black cardigan, regardless of weather or occasion. You can read more about her adventures and recent shows here.
~ by Patrick Gosnell on October 29, 2009.
Posted in Alternative Rock, Indie, Pop Rock
Tags: Alternative, Amanda Parker, Indie, Rock, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4 Responses to "Yeah Yeah Yeahs"
Bravo! There is nothing more amazing they when music meets moment…such a powerful thing! I love this one AP…totally sums up the whole 'soundtrack to our lives' thing that I think this site does so well!
blair said this on	October 29, 2009 at 11:14 am | Reply
Love the graphics! Keep it up!
Matthew Martindale said this on	October 29, 2009 at 11:24 am | Reply
Perfect YYY mix and article! 😀
Marilyn Roxie said this on	October 30, 2009 at 10:37 pm | Reply
Man, this blog totally got me into the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!
I really do love this place.
Viewtifulzfo said this on	November 9, 2009 at 12:38 am | Reply


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Rick James helped to re-energize Motown in the 1980s with his multi-platinum masterpiece, Street Songs, and his outrageous lifestyle. Listen here to music by the so-called "King of Punk-Funk," read about his life and times, including his rocky relationship with Prince and test your knowledge of Rick's career.
A dozen years have passed since Rick James' tragic, premature death, but his influence is as resonant as ever. Former New Edition singer Bobby Brown is just one of many in music, showbiz and even fashion who has recently acknowledged that. The funk of Rick, as well as that of George Clinton and James Brown, "was everything to me [growing up]," he declares in his newly-published autobiography, Every Little Step. Bobby also recalls when New Edition opened for Rick in concert: the Motown superstar, holding a joint in one hand, told them, "Don't ever do drugs, it'll kill you."
Rick's music has been sampled on hundreds of recordings, most famously by M.C. Hammer in 1990 when he used part of "Super Freak" (from Street Songs) in his million-selling hit, "U Can't Touch This." Rick and co-writer Alonzo Miller received royalties from the sample, and also a Grammy® award when "U Can't Touch This" was named best R&B song of 1990. "Super Freak" continues to be heard around the world: it was, for instance, adapted for use in a recent ad campaign in France for soft drink Orangina.
Among the many other artists who have sampled Rick's grooves are Kanye West, Busta Rhymes, Lana Del Ray, Jay-Z, Erykah Badu, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Ol' Dirty Bastard, the Snoop Dogg-endorsed Eastsidaz, and Kendrick Lamar. Snoop himself appeared on Rick's 1997 post-Motown album, Urban Rapsody.
Rick's entire Motown catalog was re-released in digital form in July 2014, to coincide with the publication of an authorized biography, Glow, by David Ritz. All of the musician's nine albums, first released on the Gordy label, were made available in a 109-track digital set with exclusive bonus tracks. Simultaneously, five Rick-produced albums by his Stone City Band, Bobby M and Val Young were reissued for the first time.
An earlier assembly of his Motown work, 1994's Bustin' Out: The Best Of Rick James, came with an unusual twist at the album launch. At the time, he was incarcerated at the California Rehabilitation Center in Riverside County, but permitted to address the party at trendy Los Angeles nightspot Tatou by telephone. Later, he wrote in his memoirs, "I always used to tell people that a few years in jail would probably sober me up, so all in all, it seemed like an OK deal to me."
One of Rick's Stone City Band members, bassist Oscar Alston, recently spoke about the rivalry with Prince, newsworthy again following the latter's passing in April. Alston recalled when Prince was James' opening act on tour in 1980. "He made Rick work hard, there was never a night when we didn't watch Prince perform – we loved it." In his 2007 autobiography, Memoirs of a Super Freak, Rick himself remarked, "I always felt our competition was healthy, although I was jealous when he started getting big – more than jealous – I was pissed."
Rick came from Buffalo, New York. There, he was born James Ambrose Johnson Jr. on February 1, 1948. When time came to create Street Songs, Rick told biographer David Ritz that he made a number of "secret trips" home. "If I had gone with my entourage, everyone would have guessed that some big shot was coming through." He added, "I could have written Street Songs in Buffalo, but after revisiting my old haunts, I realized that I needed to distance myself from the memories."
The star is not forgotten in his hometown. Buffalo's historic Forest Lawn Cemetery holds tours annually, and recently started its 2016 season, with Rick's memorial and that of civil rights pioneer Mary Burnett Talbert among the stops. The inscription on Rick's gravestone reads: I've had it all/I've done it all/I've seen it all/It's all about love/God is love.
There are other memorials. "Super Freak" is heard every night wherever Berry Gordy's Motown The Musical is playing, at home and abroad. Also in the show is "Square Biz," one of the biggest Motown hits of Rick's protégé, Teena Marie. Meanwhile, recent concerts by Public Enemy have featured a tribute to him. And Rick would have been pleased to know that his thigh-high red boots (as seen on the cover of Street Songs) still draw attention. At a recent catwalk show in New York, fashion firm Hood By Air displayed a pair of Jamesian fire-engine-red boots, while Vogue magazine hailed Rick's "audacious ensembles" and noted that he took a "fearless approach" to dressing. Just as he did with everything else in life.
IN BERRY GORDY'S WORDS:
"And then there was outrageous Rick James, taking our music in a totally new direction, coining phrases I had never heard before. Cocky and wild, he was considered the King of Punk Funk, coming out with smash hits like "You And I" and "Super Freak." His live shows were so daring they shocked me."
IN RICK JAMES' WORDS:
"My journey has taken me through hell and back, It's all in my music – the parties, the pain, the oversized ego, the insane obsessions. When I look back, I see how the discipline of my music was one of the things that saved my undisciplined life."
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The State Department's update of its annual list of official terrorist groups is imminent, but the group that just attacked Moscow won't be on the list.
But apparently, the State Department chose not to include Caucasus Emirate in the newest update to its list of foreign terrorist organizations, according to Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-FL, who is calling on the State Department to add the group for the sake of national security and U.S. -Russia relations.
"This is a low profile organization that has continued to carry out high profile acts of terrorism, including the twin bombings in Moscow recently," Hastings told The Cable in an exclusive interview, "They've got a jihad against Russia and the United States. If that ain't a terrorist organization, I don't know what is."
Hastings is introducing a new Congressional resolution Thursday detailing the crimes committed by Caucasus Emirate and urging the State Department to add them to the list of foreign terrorist organizations.
Hastings, who is a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), got involved in the issue after hearing about the group from scores of Russian lawmakers. He said listing the group would be an easy win for U.S.-Russian relations.
"President Obama has pressed the reset button, but too often we find ourselves not trying to do things with the Russians," said Hastings, "The State Department has the opportunity to amend the report to include this organization."
Some experts note that there is internal debate within the Chechen rebel community about whether the group's declarations of jihad against the West is really such a good idea.
"It seems that the Caucasian rebels themselves are frightened by their own 'war declaration' against the West," Andrei Smirnov wrote in an article for the Jamestown Foundation, "The absurdity of the rebels' declarations lies in the fact that they declare war against the West, and at the same time beg for aid in their anti-Russian struggle."
"Whatever the Caucasian rebels say, it is clear that they do not have much in common with the interests of the international Jihadi movement," Smirnov went on, "This movement has no smaller plans than the Jihadi movement worldwide, but it nonetheless limits itself to activities inside Russia's borders and has no ambitions to grow into an international problem."


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College Northwest Mississippi CC
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Sam Stosur and China's Zhang Shuai are through to the final of the Miami Open after a hard-fought win on Friday night.
The Australian Open champions saw off Chinese sister Hao-ching and Latisha Chan 6-7(6) 7-5 10-5 and will face Indian Wells champions Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka in Sunday's final.
Mertens and Sabalenka ended Ash Barty's hopes of doing the double in Miami as she and Victoria Azarenka went down 7-6(6) 7-5.
Barty will now turn her focus to taking on Karolina Pliskova in the singles final on Saturday (04:00 Sunday AEST).
In the second doubles semifinal, Stosur and Zhang let the first set slip from 6-3 in the tiebreak, but levelled from a break down in the second.
Some superb returning from Stosur helped the sixth seeds into a healthy lead in the match tiebreak and the pair clinched victory after almost two hours.
They must now face the in-form Mertens and Sabalenka, who are looking to complete the 'Sunshine Double' following their victory in Indian Wells earlier this month.