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#26 OFFLINE Temmu
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good fiction is: yes, that could be that way!
yes, have been watching them in the order presented in the set.
will have to get on amazon and look for those comix too!
agents of s.h.i.e.l.d... hmmm... sounds promising...
thx for the wall paper too.
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#27 OFFLINE Peachy
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Speaking of the Firefly if you go back and watch the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica mini-series from 2003 there's a scene on Caprica and in the background sky you will see a Firefly-class ship flying by.
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Well, that tells us where Joss Whedon got the idea, huh?
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Don't think so Eric.
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Oh, I didn't realize that B-star G was remade. I thought we were talking about the old Lorne Greene one.
Hey! Firefly premiered on my burfday! COOL!
cool, peachy! - i will have to look for that!
nice, lilbambi & eric
so... the shows as-listed on the dvd are definitely in the wrong order!
the last show listed should have been the one where they bring their friend home (who was mailed to them...)
because the composer of the music said he wrote the piece for the final scene to say "goodbye" to firefly.
#32 OFFLINE Corrine
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From what I've found, the correct order is at Wikipedia: Firefly (TV series)
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Yep, that's where I got the TV show dates, too Corrine.
Of course the movie Serenity was in 2005.
Yes, Battlestar Galactica TV show was re-imagined I think would be more like it. It is very good actually. Different from the original in many ways, but still very cool. I love the original and the new ones. I also loved the Caprica TV show too.
Temmu, on 18 August 2013 - 04:08 PM, said:
My DVD box set has them listed in the correct order.
#35 OFFLINE ross549
I live here.
I am at a hotel tonight, and flipped on the TV. The first channel that is on (the TV is behind me) has the voice of Mal. I don't know which show this is, but Nathan Fillion has business playing any role other than Malcolm Reynolds.
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it.
It was probably Castle.
peachy, i have a set that is prolly only a couple years old, so 20th century-redux may have mucked it up. - but -
corrine, my set is as your wiki listing.
adam, yeah, fillion's not mr former combat hardened soldier, empty soul, that mal is supposed to be.
lilbambi - i saw the movie ~before~ i bought the dvd set (thus then seeing the show.
the movie was kinda hollow. ~but~ after watching the dvd set & seeing the movie, the movie was far more interesting, and a far better movie.
shiney.
I love Castle too. Fun show.
I agree that the movie is much better with the show's context.
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Love Firefly. Occasionally I'd run across a marathon of Firefly on the SF channel or whatever. Say to myself "...there goes my day..." and watch 4 to 6 of them back to back. Fab series, amazing that it was on ... Faux?!?
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rolanaj, on 13 August 2013 - 02:09 PM, said:
There's comics???
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and that led me to the firefly board game, abarbarian http://www.giantfrea...eave-board.html
Temmu, on 08 September 2013 - 04:20 PM, said:
Neat find
Which led me here a little of the path, but,
http://www.giantfrea...hed-turkey.html
where I came across this astonishing find,
which was recovered from a gravesite approximately 7,000 years old and located between Mesopotamia
based on the number of stone pieces, their shape and distribution, the working theory is that the number four is somehow fundamental to the game.
throw a two in the mix and you can see what I'm seeing.
fascinating. board games, wave of the past, wave of the future!
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Not only board games, Warhammer 40K is hugely popular.
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Harvey's death toll rises amid stories of harrowing attempts to escape rising waters
In one day, Ric Saldivar lost his parents and four young relatives in the Houston floods. They were traveling to his home on Sunday when their van was swept away. (Alice Li/The Washington Post)
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Just before he hung up the phone with her, Alicia Contreras could hear her father frantically racing around his store, laying down newspaper and lifting the most valuable timepieces to the highest shelves he could reach.
Her father had spent almost every day, for nearly 30 years, working at Accu-Tyme, the South Houston clock and jewelry repair store he now owned. If Hurricane Harvey's waters were coming for the store, he would be there to protect it.
"Sweetie, I have to call you back!" a frantic Alexander Sung, 64, told his 20-year-old daughter as the waters outside began to rage Saturday evening. He'd call back soon, he promised.
After days of torrential rain and fierce floodwaters, officials across Southeast Texas are just beginning to tally the deadly toll taken by Harvey, which has left 30 percent of Houston underwater and thousands of people displaced. As of Tuesday evening, officials believed that at least 22 people across Texas were dead of storm-related causes, a number expected to rise in the coming days and weeks.
Thirteen of the fatalities were in Harris County, which includes Houston and was among the areas hit hardest by the storm. That count includes Sung, whose body was found at 2:41 p.m. on Sunday, still barricaded inside his flooded clock shop.
Houston police Sgt. Steve Perez, 60, had left home around 4 a.m. on Tuesday — despite his wife's pleas that he stay home — in an attempt to find a passable route to his duty station. His body was recovered shortly after 8 a.m. (Handout/Reuters)
Also among the confirmed fatalities was a 52-year-old homeless man in La Marque believed to have drowned in the parking lot of the Walmart he was known to frequent, a 60-year-old who was asleep in her bedroom when an oak tree landed on her mobile home in Porter, and a 30-year veteran of the Houston Police Department who found himself trapped in floodwaters as he made his way into a rescue shift.
The officer, Sgt. Steve Perez, 60, had left home about 4 a.m. on Tuesday — despite his wife's pleas that he stay home — in an attempt to find a passable route to his duty station. His body was recovered shortly after 8 a.m.
"He laid down his life," said Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, who grew emotional during a brief afternoon news conference. "He was a sweet, gentle public servant."
Officers stood along the chain-link fence outside Perez's home in Porter on Tuesday evening. The neighborhood, like so many others in northeastern Houston, had floodwaters rushing through residential streets.
"He was a true peace officer," said Capt. Kenneth Campbell, Perez's supervising officer in the traffic enforcement division. "He could've retired a long time ago, but he didn't. He loved his job."
Rescue workers and police officials across the state privately lament that the storm probably has claimed many more lives than they have tallied. Soon enough, the dramatic boat rescues playing out live on cable news will give way to recovery missions.
"Unfortunately, when the water goes down and we start going door to door, we're prepared for the number of dead to go up," said Sgt. Tim Cromie of the Dickinson Police Department, which as of Tuesday afternoon had confirmed at least three storm-
related deaths in the town of 19,000. "Although, we hope that it won't."
Flooding in Texas continues in wake of Hurricane Harvey
Houston officials described a vast rescue effort and said about 3,500 people had been brought to safety.
Five days after roaring ashore in Texas — leaving behind more than 24 trillion gallons of water, disastrous flooding across Houston and a mounting death toll that had reached at least 22 people — Harvey made landfall near Cameron, La.
Aug. 30, 2017 The sun sets on downtown Houston as flood waters still surround some neighborhoods. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
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Across the hardest-hit counties, hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. In many of those cases — officials hope the majority of them — residents are listed as missing because power outages and dead cellphones have kept them from checking in with loved ones. But in at least some of those cases, rescue workers know, the missing will soon join the list of victims.
Among the yet-to-be-confirmed deaths are six members of the Saldivar family — Manuel and Belia Saldivar, both in their 80s, teenagers Devy and Dominic, 8-year-old Xavier and 6-year-old Daisy — who were attempting to flee a flash flood when the van they were riding in was submerged in water, according to Ric Saldivar, who is one of the elder Saldivars' sons.
The group had piled into a family van being driven by Sammy Salvidar, 56, one of Ric's brothers, on Saturday night as the nearby Halls Bayou began to flood.
As they approached the bridge at Green River Drive, Sammy saw that it was covered in water. However, according to Ric Saldivar, they kept driving, because the guardrails were still showing.
But the road dipped sharply on the other side of the bridge, he said. Suddenly, the van was floating and taking on water. Sammy Salvidar, the driver, squeezed out of a window and clung to a tree branch. No one else made it out of the van.
"He was yelling at the kids to climb out of the back of the van; I'm sure they couldn't reach it," said Ric Saldivar, relaying the narrative provided to him by Sammy. "He could hear the kids screaming, but couldn't push the doors open. That's what he keeps hearing in his head. And the van just went underwater and was gone."
The Harris County Sheriff's Office confirmed that it rescued Sammy Saldivar from floodwaters on Greens Bayou in East Houston. A sheriff's department spokesman told The Washington Post that deputies could not find the van and that the area was still too flooded for a search-and- rescue mission.
Flooding has prevented many county medical examiners from being able to conduct autopsies on most of the bodies they have recovered so far. As of Tuesday evening, Harris County officials had conducted only one autopsy — that of the clock fixer.
Contreras said her father had worked with clocks for most of his life, learning the trade from his father, a clockmaker, when he was a 13-year-old living in China.
The youngest of five brothers, Sung followed his siblings to the United States in his 20s, then attended college and began working for clock-repair shops in the Houston area. The brothers decided to open Accu-Tyme together, but before long, Sung was its owner and primary employee.
He did enlist his daughters, Contreras and her 19-year-old sister, to help out with shifts at the store when they weren't in school and to join him each Sunday to burn incense at the Taoist temple downtown. Contreras described her father as a funny but quiet man who would listen during family dinner as his daughters recounted the details of their days, teasing that their chatter was "an endless recording that just keeps going and going." If either daughter came to the table quiet, he would quickly inquire why.
"What's wrong?" Contreras recalled him asking with a tease. "You two never stop talking, so I know something must be wrong."
Sung had spent much of Saturday checking in with Contreras, who is a junior at Texas State University, and her sister. The coming storm, he had been warned, could turn deadly. So Sung wanted to know that his girls were safe.
After checking in by text message for most of the day, Contreras finally called her father around midnight, after she finished a double shift at the Austin-area hospital where she works. He was at the shop, insisting he would be all right. He had to go. The waters were rising.
About 20 minutes later, a text message flashed across the screen of her cellphone.
"I love you sweetie," Sung assured his daughter. "You guys are all I have."
He promised he would call soon. The call never came.
As the night stretched on, fresh waves of rain feeding the raging floodwaters, Contreras began to worry. She and her sister sent text messages, and they called the clock shop.
They begged the police, and later their aunts and uncles, to find their father. He had not checked in for hours, and the quiet, they knew, meant something must be wrong.
Selk reported from Houston. Mark Berman, Lindsey Bever and Arelis R. Hernández contributed to this report.
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Once again, lone gunmen armed with (legally purchased) military-style assault weapons were able to quickly kill unarmed civilians in two mass shootings this past weekend. The fact that the Dayton shooter was killed within 30 seconds of firing his first shot � and yet was still able to kill nine people within that short period of time, injuring dozens more � makes plainly visible what military veterans like myself have long understood: Assault rifles are uniquely lethal because they�re designed to kill as many humans as possible, as quickly as possible.
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Las Vegas police are investigating after they say a manager shot and killed an employee who reportedly punched him and hit him with a metal bar. The manager has a concealed carry weapons (CCW) permit. Police believe the incident may be a self-defense shooting.
Disappointing: NY Post Editorial Board Caves To Anti-Gun Noise And Backs Scary Gun Ban
There are times where slight cracks are seen in the Second Amendment movement. Red flag laws sound great. In principle, I support them, but Democrats will never agree to the strict due process mechanisms that ensure people�s rights aren�t trampled on and it would most certainly be abused and morphed into a confiscatory weapon. In short, this will be the first of many policy weapons the anti-gun Left wants to use in their safety over security (and due process) agenda when it comes to gun politics. We�re now at it again: two horrific mass shooting less than 24 hours apart in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.
7 Reasons More People Should Concealed Carry
America is dangerous. The world is dangerous. Here, there, and everywhere, danger is lurking. When people act unpredictably and threateningly, the best thing to do is be prepared. Police and security are the ideal intermediaries, but personal safety cannot be entirely entrusted to others. It is time to responsibly conceal a firearm.
Second Amendment Looms Over Supreme Court After Back-To-Back Massacres
The Supreme Court will confront a range of gun rights cases in the coming months, as the nation reels from brutal mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that left over 30 people dead. Matters now pending before the justices include a dispute over New York City�s gun transportation regulations, challenges to permitting laws in Massachusetts and New Jersey, and a lawsuit victims of the Sandy Hook massacre brought against gun giant Remington Arms.
Gun Rights Activists Would be Wise to Avoid CNN's Upcoming Town Hall Like the Plague
CNN is hosting another town hall on gun violence.
Pro-Second Amendment activists would be smart to avoid this thing like a bad disease. Do not accept an invitation to represent the gun rights side of the debate. Do not accept even an invitation to join as a member of the audience. Walk away. Nothing good can come from this.
IN: Sen. Braun Talks Gun Violence Initiatives
�Watching congress do nothing is unacceptable.� That strong statement comes from Indiana�s junior U.S. Senator Mike Braun after a single weekend with two mass shootings. Braun is a big supporter of the second amendment and freedom of speech who feels something has to give in the current climate of violence. To Senator Braun, the latest mass shooting is beginning to look like the last.
AR: Arkansas Lawmaker Vows to Keep Pushing for 'Red Flag' Laws
A �red flag� law was proposed in the Arkansas legislature earlier this year, but it failed to win enough support for passage. The lawmaker behind it is vowing to keep pushing for that law and others to keep families safe following the two mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
CA: Gun Violence the Impromptu Topic at East Bay Congressman's Town Hall
East Bay Congressman Mark DeSaulnier is among those calling on the U.S. Senate to reconvene and act on pending gun bills. "No one should die, no one else should die," DeSaulnier told reporters before hosting a town hall meeting in Richmond Monday evening. "It's madness to let this go on when we know we can implement policy- that won't stop them completely- but will stop many mass shootings."
PA: Toomey's Gun Control Proposal Resurfaces but Unlikely to Get Senate Vote Anytime Soon
In light of this weekend's mass shootings in El Paso, Tex., and Dayton, Ohio, a proposal from U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey to expand background checks for gun purchases is back in the spotlight. President Donald Trump called the Republican Senator Monday to talk about his proposed gun-control measures. Toomey described Trump as showing "a very constructive willingness to engage on this issue."
WI: Red Flag Law Being Considered in Wisconsin
The mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio brought the discussion of gun laws back to the forefront. In his address to the nation, President Donald Trump voiced support for so-called red flag laws. "We must make sure that those judged to pose a grave risk to public safety do not have access to fire arms and that if they do, those firearms can be taken away through rapid due process," Trump said Monday morning from the White House. "That is why I have called for red flag laws, also known as extreme risk protection orders."
WA: Bellevue Gun Shop Owner Explains Sign Saying 'Buy more guns'
A sign outside Wade�s Eastside Gun Shop reads �Don�t let them win! Buy more guns.� The sign was posted on July 1 in protest of Washington�s new gun laws. �That law has changed people�s buying behavior,� said Wade Gaughran, owner of Wade�s Eastside Gun Shop.
PA: Pennsylvania Man Charged With Selling Guns Stolen from Feds
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with selling machine guns and other firearms and ammunition stolen from a federal storage facility in West Virginia. Richard Adam Schreiber, 38, of Everett, was indicted Tuesday after federal agents seized about 100 guns, more than 1,300 gun components and nearly 124,000 rounds of ammunition.
MI: Gov. Whitmer Calls for 'Red Flag' Law to Remove Guns from Suicidal, Threatening People
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addressed the ongoing gun control debate on Twitter, calling for a so-called "red flag" law in Michigan to curb violence. Whitmer said the gun lobby has sold Americans a false narrative that they have to pick one of two sides. She said both sides can recognize the rights guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment and work to prevent gun violence.
NASA Astronaut Mark Kelly and His Tired Rhetoric
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NASA astronaut Mark Kelly was almost a widower. Kelly's wife, former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords, was shot point blank in the head eight years ago, as she met with constituents outside a Safeway grocery store during a "Congress on your corner" meet-up. Miraculously, Giffords survived, but six other people who were at the event died that day, including a nine-year-old.
AK: Hunting Seasons Open; Hunters Urged to Study Regulations Before Entering Field
Excitement is building for Alaska hunters as seasons open this month in many regions for deer, caribou, Dall sheep, moose, mountain goat and other big game species. The Alaska Wildlife Troopers will be present in full force statewide making sure everybody plays by the rules. �Hunting is a longstanding Alaska tradition,� said Gov. Mike Dunleavy. �As we enter this harvest season, I hope hunters will take a moment to appreciate the critical role our state hunting regulations play in conserving our wildlife resources.�
"Smart" guns and "safety" locks aren't meant to protect children. They're meant to kill gun owners. �VICTOR MILAN


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By Jared Newman, TechHive |
End the tyranny of cable!
Why Amazon and Google just can't get along
Amazon Prime Video finally arrives on Apple TV, but don't hold your breath for Chromecast support.
For Amazon, this was a week of war and peace.
On Tuesday, Google said it would cut off Amazon's Fire TV streaming devices from YouTube, starting on January 1. Google also immediately began blocking YouTube from Amazon's Echo Show smart screen device, marking the second time it has done so. The search giant said it was responding to unfair treatment by Amazon, which won't sell Google devices through its online store and won't bring Amazon Prime Video support to Chromecast.
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The following morning, Amazon made good on its plans to launch a Prime Video app on Apple TV. The new app, first announced back in June, is a full endorsement of Apple's platform, supporting 4K HDR video and unique tvOS features like Siri search and TV app aggregation. Amazon even released an app for the third-generation Apple TV, which was discontinued last year.
Why such good news for Apple TV owners, and such bad news for Fire TV and Chromecast owners? I don't have any inside knowledge of either dispute, but I do have a theory: Whereas Apple and Amazon only compete in a couple of marginal areas, Amazon and Google increasingly threaten one another's core businesses. The beef between these two companies now runs much deeper than streaming video, which makes swift resolution hard to envision.
It's all about business(es)
Ostensibly, Google and Amazon run different types of businesses. The former uses search and other web services to sell ads, while the latter is an online retailer of goods and services. But as each company has sprawled into new ventures, they've started butting heads in an assortment of new ways:
Amazon's Echo devices are a direct assault on Google's core search business. Every time you ask Alexa about the weather, sports scores, or other information, that's one potential Google search or AdWords impression lost.
Google is spearheading a joint attack on Amazon's retail business with Google Express, which ships products from Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and other major retailers. A product purchased through Google Home is a potential lost sale for Amazon.
Both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa have deep ties to their makers' respective cloud computing services. Third-party developers, for instance, can get Amazon Web Services credits for building Alexa skills, or Google Cloud credits for building Actions on Google Assistant. Developers can also buy access to the same speech engines that power Alexa and Google Assistant for use within their own apps.
Amazon and YouTube have competed in live streaming ever since Amazon bought Twitch in 2014, reportedly snatching it from the jaws of Google. YouTube now runs its own game-centric live video service, though Twitch still dominates in viewership and money spent.
Then there's the obvious stuff: Chromecast and Android TV compete with Fire TV. Google's video and music services compete with Amazon's video and music services. The two companies even maintain competing versions of Android, with Amazon using Google's open-source code on Fire tablets, Fire TV streamers, and the Echo Show.
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At this point, it's easy to see why Amazon wouldn't want to support Google's products, and vice versa: Each company is using hardware to fortify themselves while attacking their rival's core business. Without some broad-ranging truce, in which each company agrees to treat each other's services equally and let consumers decide what's best, Amazon and Google would only be undermining themselves.
Amazon's Echo line is a real threat to Google's core search business.
Apple: The benign alternative
By comparison, Apple isn't as much of a threat to either company. Whereas Amazon and Google sell cheap hardware monetized by services, Apple's core business involves selling superior hardware at a premium price. And although Apple's services business is growing, it doesn't have much overlap with the core offerings of Google and Amazon.
[ Further reading: The best Amazon Echo accessories ]
On the search front, any web searches that go through Siri get handled by Google, which also serves as the default search engine on iPhones and iPads. Apple isn't trying to be a retail giant either, so you could imagine Siri one day allowing you to shop on Amazon or Google Express. Apple has also stayed out of the cloud computing business entirely, allowing Google, Amazon, and Microsoft to offer their own cloud services to app developers.
And while Apple is planning a push into premium original video, that's not quite a zero-sum business like live game streaming, where creators tend to stick with one platform and bring their viewers with them. There's room for both Amazon and Apple to thrive, especially since video is just one facet of Amazon Prime.
All of which means that Amazon and Google can safely invest in the Apple ecosystem, without fear that they're creating an existential threat. And given iOS users' tendency to spend lots of money, supporting Apple platforms is just good business.
The result is a paradox: Although it's sometimes assumed that Amazon and Google want to spread their services far and wide across platforms, in this case they're locking each other out. And despite a reputation for closed platforms and walled gardens, Apple is the one that's open for business.
Meanwhile, Roku must be cracking up, having never dealt with any of this drama to begin with.
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Jared Newman covers personal technology from his remote Cincinnati outpost. He also publishes two newsletters, Advisorator for tech advice and Cord Cutter Weekly for help with ditching cable or satellite TV.


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Sylvia completed her Practicum experience at the University of Texas at Brownsville Community Clinic and completed her Master's Degree in 2014. In 2015, Sylvia successfully completed her National Counselor Examination for provisional licensure and certification to practice under supervision in the State of Texas and obtained her License in Chemical Dependency Counseling and has a wealth of experience treating substance abuse issues. In addition, Sylvia obtained The Texas Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) certification in 2019 to help assess the behavioral health needs of children under the conservatorship of The Department of Family & Protective Services. Among her many professional achievements, Sylvia is also a National Certified Counselor (NCC) receiving her board certification in 2019.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says leaders of uprising will face justice
Updated May 02, 2019 | 15:51 IST | IANS
Nicolas Maduro also said that US President Donald Trump was deceived when he was told that he (Maduro) intended to abandon the country and flee to Cuba after the military uprising led by Guaido.
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Caracas: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday that the judiciary "is looking for" those responsible for the military uprising his government put down earlier this week and that those involved "sooner rather than later" would pay for their acts with prison.
"They are fleeing from embassy to embassy," Maduro told thousands of supporters gathered near the Miraflores presidential palace, referring to opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, whom he did not mention directly.
"The judiciary is looking for them and sooner rather than later they will pay by going to prison for their treason and their crime," he was quoted as saying by Efe news.
Lopez on Tuesday circumvented the almost 14-year sentence he was serving in his home and joined the head of the opposition-controlled Parliament, Juan Guaido - whom more than 50 governments have recognized as Venezuela's interim President - in urging the armed forces to turn their backs on Maduro.
In a video message broadcast on Tuesday, Guaido had called on the country and the Army to force Maduro from power. Dozens of demonstrations and clashes were reported in Caracas and across the country on Tuesday.
More than 50 people were injured during the second consecutive day of street protests on Wednesday, bringing the total of injured since Tuesday morning to over 120, while 168 people have been detained, according to human rights NGO Foro Penal. A 24-year-old man died in clashes in the central state of Aragua.
Maduro also said that US President Donald Trump was deceived when he was told that he (Maduro) intended to abandon the country and flee to Cuba after the military uprising led by Guaido.
Meanwhile, Guaido said that he will continue liberating the country's "political prisoners" after he claimed that he had made efforts to get Lopez out of house arrest.
"We're going to continue liberating the political prisoners," said the opposition leader to hundreds of supporters in eastern Caracas, near Petare. "We're stronger, more determined," he said, having on Wednesday received backing from opposition supporters on the streets after the failed military uprising.
Guaido also said that he would speak "with any official" who helps him get Maduro out of office and set up a transitional government that would call free elections. "We are going to continue in the streets until we secure the freedom of Venezuela."
He received an additional boost from the international community on Wednesday after the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in the US ruled that only Guaido could legally represent the state of Venezuela on US territory.
The court supported Trump's decision in January to recognize Guaido as the interim President of Venezuela, calling the issue "political" rather than "legal".
Venezuela has been going through a period of tremendous political tension since January, when Maduro was inaugurated to a second six-year term that is not recognized by the opposition or by a significant portion of the international community.


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#1 Haley touts cuts to UN peacekeeping funds by ThirstyMan 03.07.2017 08:54
BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 06/28/17
U.S. Ambassador the United Nations Nikki Haley tweeted out a message celebrating cutting funds to U.N. peacekeeping missions that left many on social media bewildered.
"Just 5 months into our time here, we've cut over half a billion [dollars] from the UN peacekeeping budget and we're only getting started," Haley tweeted.
The U.N. bashed President Trump for reportedly considering a $1 billion cut to U.N. funding, saying it would make the group's work impossible
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-r...keeping-funding
http://occupydeplorables.com/enough-is-e...icas-500000000/
'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH': U.N. Ambassador Haley Withdraws America's $500,000,000
JUNE 30, 2017 BY WILLIAM CHASE
Trump called for a serious review of the peacekeeping policies of the international body while campaigning for office. He repeatedly stated that other countries were not paying their fair share in the assembly and in NATO. During his first month, the president issued an executive order calling for "at least a 40 percent overall decrease" in U.S. funding for U.N. organizations that violate specific conditions.
The order came in response to former President Obama's slack attitude toward countries that support global murderers, international abortion, and policies that were staunchly anti-Israel. He gladly goose-stepped right along with every resolution the U.N. created.
However, Ambassador Haley has been busy in New York. She blasted the U.N. for its one-sided treatment of the Jewish homeland, a position with which many Trump supporters agree.
Haley said last month, "When the council passes more than 70 resolutions against Israel, a country with a strong human rights record, and just seven resolutions against Iran, a country with an abysmal human rights record, you know something is seriously wrong."
Not only does the U.N. ignore genocide, it blames Western democracies for global problems and repeatedly gives sanction to any country that isn't Christian. The biased assembly has been excusing Muslim countries for human right's atrocities for years, and has placed some of the worst offenders in high-level council positions.
For those, and many other abuses, Trump is cutting off the free supply of money given to the U.N. Over the past two decades, the assembly's credibility as a morally upright governing body has rapidly deteriorated.
Just this year there have been a number of preposterous acts. In April, the U.N. proclaimed that women need to be protected around the world. The solution? It assigned Saudi Arabia to the Gender Equality council. That country is still in the dark ages concerning women's rights.
While addressing the assembly earlier this month, Haley threatened to withdraw from the Human Rights Council because of their continued abuses against Israel, while ignoring other parts of the world. A couple weeks ago, the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination appointed Palestine as vice-chair on the discussion. Palestine calls for the death of all Jews, so their election to the convention is, at least confusing.
The U.N. has basically become an all Muslim ruling body for the purpose of forwarding the global liberal agenda. Its antiquated perversity has gone on long enough. As Haley has said, taking away nearly half billion dollars is a good start.
Years of self-righteous stubbornness and hypocritical activity, such as giving the Human Rights Award to international abortion advocates, have made the U.N a stench to American nostrils.
The Trump adminsitration plans to cut U.N. funding by 40 percent, which would save taxpayers almost $4 billion a year. A 40 percent reduction in the amount of American dollars going to terror countries would put a big dent in the funds available for U.N. Troops. At this point, the U.S. provides nearly 30 percent of the U.N. budget for peacekeeping.
#2 RE: Haley touts cuts to UN peacekeeping funds by algernonpj 03.07.2017 09:06
Sounds like a good thing to me


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Clasamentul pe medalii este bazat pe informațiile provenite de la Comitetul Olimpic Internațional (IOC) și respectă prevederile convenției IOC. Așadar, primele țări sunt luate în ordinea numărului de medalii de aur. Apoi, sunt luate în considerare medaliile de argint, iar mai apoi cele de bronz. Dacă scorul este egal, țările sunt ordonate alfabetic.

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With a gap in the blizzard I tried to dig out the driveway. I did it but it's not the best job. More snow is on the way too!
Had some fun on Easter. Created giant Peeps for the neighbors, made an even bigger bunny in the snow, and finished off the day with a fun Peeps Jello dessert.
I have to say that face painting is amazing. They're getting bigger and better all the time. We love it. Especially when it's free!
Nephews are visit from Louisiana and loving the snow.


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The Lady Clippers' first-place finish belonged to the 4x200-meter relay team, which established a new meet record in the process with a time of 1:50.61. Runners were Sidney Corcoran, Brooklyn Whelchel, Emma Lundquist and Ashley Althaus.
The A-L girls also took second-place honors in three events. Margaret Vaessen was runner-up in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:30.20 and Lundquist took second in the 300-meter low hurdles with a clocking of 50.01.
The other second-place finish went to the 4x400-meter relay team with a time of 4:12.71. Althaus, Corcoran, Lundquist and Whelchel comprised the team.
"This was a fantastic meet for us, with personal bests in almost every event," said A-L coach Bob Halberg. "The 4x400 was a duel between two of the top teams in the state and turned into the most exciting race of the day." El Paso-Gridley nipped the Lady Clippers by just over a second.
"Our concentration in the relays is paying off. All four relays are currently ranked in the top 12 in the state," added Halberg.
In the boys' competition, the Clippers' Thomas Stamberger posted his team's first-place finish by topping the field in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:03.79. Stamberger also had A-L's only second-place finish with a clocking of 4:55.49 in the 1600-meter run.


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Quarterly Responsible Investment Funds Report: Highlights from Q3 2022
Highlights from Q3 2022
The third quarter of 2022 saw significant improvement in overall responsible investment (RI) funds' performance relative to the fund universe, compared to the second quarter. The majority (60%) of RI funds outperformed the average return for their respective asset class category in the third quarter. Last quarter, this proportion was only about 25%.
Net asset flows to Canadian-domiciled RI funds in the third quarter of 2022 remained positive at CAD 243 million. However, this was an 85% decline from the previous quarter.
This quarter, 5 new RI financial products were launched, all of which were mutual funds. Year-to-date 2022, 44 new RI products have been launched.
RI Fund Performance
Based on data provided by Morningstar, in Q3 2022 60% of Canadian-domiciled RI products outperformed the average return for their respective asset class. For the 12 months ending September 30, 2022, just 33% of Canadian RI products outperformed their respective average asset class return.
Over the medium term, 46% of Canadian-domiciled RI products outperformed the average return for their respective asset class over the 3 years ending September 30, 2022, and 52% over the 5-year period.
The following information highlights RI fund performance for notable asset classes, in Q3 2022 and over longer time periods.
Canadian Equity
For the Canadian Equity fund class, in the third quarter of 2022, 88% of RI funds outperformed the average asset return for the category. For the 12 months ending September 30, 2022, the average RI fund underperformed the category average. Over the longer periods reviewed in this report, the majority of RI funds outperformed the category average.
Canadian Fixed Income
For the Canadian Fixed Income fund class, 59% of RI Canadian Fixed Income products outperformed the average for the asset class in the third quarter of 2022. The average RI product outperformed its asset class average counterpart for all previous time periods examined in this report.
US Equity
For the US Equity fund class, 64% of RI funds outperformed the average asset class return in the third quarter. 63% outperformed over the 12 month period, 40% over 3 years, 83% over 5 years, 38% over 10 years and 67% over 15 years.
Note: For the purpose of this report, RI funds include those that are marketed as responsible investments with RI strategies/policies disclosed in regulatory documents. Average asset class return includes RI and non-RI funds. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. Excludes fund-of-funds.
RI Fund Flows
Net asset flows into RI mutual funds and ETFs were positive this quarter at approximately CAD 243 million. This represents a significant drop from the second quarter, and the lowest level over the past two years. All of the inflows were towards active strategies at CAD 278.2 million, while passive strategies had outflows of CAD 34.4 million.
Canadian RI Mutual Fund and RI ETF Net Flows
Source: Morningstar Direct. Data as of September 30, 2022. Excludes funds of funds.
RI Product Launches
Based on information from Morningstar, RI product launches slowed down significantly from the previous quarter. In Q3 2022, only 5 new products were launched, all of which were mutual funds. Year-to-date in 2022, 44 new RI products have been launched.
Canadian RI Mutual Fund and RI ETF Launches
Source: Morningstar Direct. Data as of September 30, 2022.
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Teachers' slang bans 'likely to cause long-term damage'
Expert argues reprimanding pupils for how they speak can reduce their participation in lessons and curb their learning
Teachers who ban slang could cause pupils "long-term damage", making them feel stigmatised and discriminated against, a linguistics expert has warned.
A new study by Ian Cushing, an education lecturer at Brunel University and expert in applied linguistics, finds policies that ban the use of non-standard English words – such as "bare" and "peng"– have a negative impact on pupils' learning and can make them feel that their language is "worthless".
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Dr Cushing interviewed 16 primary school teachers as part of his research, as well as visiting schools and analysing media reports and government policies, finding a growing trend for schools to ban the use of slang. For example:
One school banned the use of "Yorkshire verbs" and gave Year 7 students the role of "grammar police".
Banned words appeared inside "word jail" posters in some primary classrooms.
One school had produced a policy called "Elocution for Employment", which described how pupils were "competing" for jobs with Europeans and non-native speakers, encouraging teachers to correct pupils if they "lapse into poor spoken habits" to prepare them for the world of work.
Many school policies cited the language of popular reality television programmes such as The Only Way is Essex and Love Island as examples of the kinds of speech pupils should avoid.
Dr Cushing said these policies were unlikely to raise standards and could cause pupils long-term harm.
"Banning language and non-standard grammar is a punitive practice which can make people feel stigmatised, discriminated against and that their language is worthless," he said.
"I think some adults feel threatened by how kids speak, but kids having their own language is a big part of how they form identities and interact with different social groups.
"There's nothing incorrect or wrong about non-standard language, but a lot of school policies – as well as government policy, grammar tests and guidance for teachers – seem to reproduce the problematic idea that there are 'right' and 'wrong' ways of using language."
However, some English teachers argue that schools are a "dry run" for adult life and reinforcing formal language helps pupils.
Lauran Hampshire-Dell, an English teacher, said: "The classroom is a dry run for habits students will need later in life and speech is as important as writing.
"Slang is natural, but students should be taught when it's appropriate and when it isn't. One way of approaching this is stopping students when their formal speech lapses in class and asking them to restart their sentence.
"It can take a while, but it is effective for them and their peers – who become aware of their own slips, too. Applied consistently, and paired with giving students the vocabulary you want used, slang quickly disappears."
Dr Cushing said that standard English "has its place for things like job interviews or ceremonies".
But he argued that children were adept at code-switching – adapting the formality of their language according to the context – and that policies dictating which forms of language were "correct" revealed a misunderstanding of how language worked.
"They don't need to have their language policed, they police it themselves," the academic said. "I am not suggesting students shouldn't have access to standard English, but they need to be taught why it carries social power, and that using non-standard English is not 'incorrect', 'wrong' or 'inappropriate'."
Pupils who were reprimanded for how they spoke in lessons were less likely to take part in class discussions, he said.
"There's likely to be long-term damage. Taking a punitive stance won't teach good standards in any meaningful way."
He told Tes: "Children need to be taught about the reasons why standard English has so much power – and the current curriculum doesn't do that."
Dr Cushing said it was a "shame" that the English language GCSE controlled assessment on spoken language – which encouraged pupils to consider how they adapted the formality of their language in different contexts – had been dropped when GCSEs were reformed from 2014, and that this represented "a lack of opportunity for children to learn about linguistic diversity".
"There has been a shift towards conservative – both little c and big C – agendas in education, a focus on what's called knowledge, and this is reflected in language policies," Dr Cushing added.
The Department for Education has been contacted for comment.
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As shopping picks up during pandemic, the gap widens between retail's haves and have-nots
August 24, 2020 admin	0 Comments Business news
As the second quarter kicked off, consumers had some cash to burn. They had refunds from canceled summer plans and money they would typically spend out to dinner or at the movies, not to mention extra funds from government stimulus checks.
Yet many decided to skip the mall. Instead, they bought computers, home decor, groceries and supplies for do-it-yourself projects from big-box retailers.
The coronavirus pandemic and resulting lockdowns have underscored the widening gulf between retail's haves and have-nots, as shopping picks up again and American consumers vote with their dollars. Last week, Walmart, Target, Lowe's and Home Depot reported tremendous sales gains and blew away Wall Street estimates. But Kohl's and L Brands posted double-digit sales declines. As more retailers report results this week, investors will likely see similar patterns.
Best Buy, which reports earnings Tuesday morning, is expected to benefit from stay-at-home trends as people work and attend school remotely. Later Tuesday, Nordstrom will offer another look at the struggles of department stores. Gap, which reports Thursday, could note how it pivoted to selling masks when fewer shoppers were buying office attire.
Meantime, a number of mall-based retailers, like J.C. Penney, J.Crew and Brooks Brothers, have filed for bankruptcy this year. Many were already in trouble before the pandemic hit, as consumers increasingly shopped online or ventured to places like Target where they can get their groceries and a new pair of shoes in the same trip. More bankruptcy filings are expected before the year is over.
About halfway through their fiscal year, mall-based retailers have seen their earnings plunge 256%, according to data from Retail Metrics. So-called off-mall companies, which would include Home Depot and Walmart, have altogether reported an earnings decline of just 0.6%, the firm said.
The pandemic is exacerbating a divide that began before the global health crisis. Mall-based retailers have underperformed their off-mall competitors in 19 of the last 20 quarters, Retail Metrics founder Ken Perkins said.
'Target's in that winning column'
Retailers that have so far posted strong second-quarter numbers entered the pandemic on better footing. They had stronger balance sheets and previous investments in their digital businesses that teed them up for success — even during an unforeseen global health crisis.
"In a really crass way, the pandemic has shown a very bright light on who the best are," said Moody's retail analyst Charlie O'Shea.
Target is one company that's illustrated the sharp contrast. It has picked up 10 million new digital customers and $5 billion in market share during the first half of the year.
"We're clearly seeing in retail today winners and losers, and I'm really proud to say that Target's in that winning column today," Target CEO Brian Cornell said last Wednesday on CNBC's "Squawk Box."
Walmart and Target had both expanded e-commerce services, such as curbside pickup and delivery. Lowe's had improved its website as part of a broader turnaround effort. And Home Depot had made significant investments to its supply chain.
Other strategic decisions also paid off. Target capitalized on its approach of using stores as online fulfillment centers and launching in-house brands. It had launched a new activewear line, All in Motion, less than two months months before the pandemic struck the U.S. and much of the country's workforce began to work from home in casual clothes.
And the big-box retailer had other unique advantages. As essential retailers, they could keep their stores open as some competitors were forced to shut during shelter-in-place orders. They had huge assortments of merchandise that made them one-stop shops as customers made fewer trips to the store because of safety concerns, including the food, electronics and DIY supplies Americans sought as they spent more time at home. And while some pulled back because of unemployment, others spent stimulus checks or had money to spend as they scaled back vacations and couldn't go out to restaurants during the pandemic.
Company executives acknowledged last week, however, that at least some of those factors could fade. Walmart said it got a bounce as customers spent their stimulus checks on TVs, apparel, groceries and other goods. That tapered off in July, however, after consumer spent their windfall. Chief Financial Officer Brett Biggs told CNBC that the retailer is watching Washington, D.C., to see if there will be another stimulus check, which could help consumers and its bottom line.
Target CEO Brian Cornell and Lowe's CEO Marvin Ellison said in interviews that they benefited from customers spending their dollars differently. Instead of going out to dinner or on a far-flung vacation, customers bought tech items to help them work remotely, redecorated their homes and turned their backyards into places to relax.
"We're not on planes," Cornell said in a "Squawk Box" interview. "We're not spending dollars on lodging, so many of those dollars have been redirected into retail."
Yet big-box retailers also got a chance to deepen relationships with customers. As they stayed open as essential retailers, they got a head start on figuring out how to operate during the public health crisis. They handed out masks, put social distancing decals on floors and adopted contactless services like curbside pickup.
Some used that as a way to connect with customers and strengthen their brands. Walmart ran a TV commercial that featured its hourly workers singing "Lean on Me" and another in which CEO Doug McMillon described workers as heroes for checking out customers and stocking shelves as Covid-19 cases surged.
And some habits developed during the pandemic could stick, too.
Home Depot CEO Craig Menear said on the company's earnings call last Tuesday that consumers may keep up do-it-yourself projects well into the future as they grow comfortable painting walls, building decks and making repairs themselves. More time stuck at the house also causes more wear and tear, creating additional home improvement tasks, he said.
Lowe's CEO Marvin Ellison said that customers' comfort with their stores and their safety measures will keep them coming back, even as rivals reopen.
Bankruptcies mounting
For retailers teetering on the edge before the pandemic started, it's a different story.
"When you look at a lot of the retailers that have been falling … and look at who was in trouble going into the pandemic, a lot of those guys didn't make it," Moody's O'Shea said. "It was too much debt without the financial flexibility to invest."
Those that have filed for bankruptcy this year include department store chains Neiman Marcus, Stage Stores J.C. Penney and Lord & Taylor. The suit makers Brooks Brothers and Jos A Bank owner Men's Wearhouse both succumbed to filing for bankruptcy during the pandemic, as their male customers stocked up on sweat pants and t-shirts to work from home, not button-down tops and dress pants. Other victims include J.Crew, Sur La Table, Stein Mart and Ann Taylor-owner Ascena Retail Group.
Some will liquidate their businesses, kicking off hundreds of store closures and going-out-of-business sales. The off-price chain Stein Mart, for example, is shutting 380 stores. In total, more than 7,000 permanent store closures have been announced by retailers so far this year, according to a tracking by Coresight Research. The firm has predicted closures could hit a record 25,000 by the time 2020 draws to an end.
Meal-kit company Blue Apron and online furniture retailer Wayfair still remain high on S&P Global Market Intelligence's list of companies at risk of defaulting on their debt. Apparel makers J.Jill, Christopher & Banks and Destination XL Group are also at risk, it said in an analysis this month.
Billions in sales up for grabs
Every retailer that goes out of business becomes a new opportunity for another retailer. Kohl's Chief Executive Michelle Gass said she sees billions of dollars in market share up for grabs due to the distress the pandemic has inflicted on some of its peers. But it's unclear exactly how much of that market share Kohl's will be taking.
Kohl's sales fell 23% from a year ago during its fiscal second quarter, and it offered up a grim picture of the holiday shopping season. Back-to-school sales have started "soft," and it is planning conservatively for the latter half of the year.
"Stabilization is the goal for a lot of these guys right now," Moody's O'Shea added. "It's about stemming the tide and getting away from the negative momentum."
Michael Lasser, a retail analyst for UBS, said consumers will likely continue to divide their dollars in more directions. They'll go out to restaurants and bars and travel, as the spread of Covid-19 slows or fades away. Yet he said the retailers that put up big numbers will continue to benefit from the struggles of others.
"Some of it's just going to happen through the laws of economics because there will be marginal retailers that aren't able to make it and they'll go away," he said. "We've already seen that, but maybe not even to the full magnitude."
—CNBC's Amelia Lucas contributed to this report.
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