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is a town in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located at the confluence of the Gudbrandsdalslågen and Otta rivers. The European route E6 highway runs through the town. The Dovrebanen railway line also passes through the town, stopping at the Otta Station. The  town has a population (2021) of 2,283 and a population density of .

The town is named after the Otta river. The first three tiers of Norwegian education are covered by its primary and secondary schools and the high school, Otta vidaregående skule. Otta also has a regional medical clinic. Otta is one of the few towns in Norway without a church in the town centre. The Sel Church is located about  north of the town centre, just outside the town proper.

Geography

Situated about  north of Lillehammer, it spans the valley floor where the Ottadalen valley branches off of the main Gudbrandsdalen valley. The largely glacially-fed river Otta has a  watershed in a very arid region and all of this water flows into the river Gudbrandsdalslågen at the town of Otta. To the northeast of the town lies the Rondane mountains and this area became part of Rondane National Park in 1962, the first national park in Norway. The park has several mountains reaching over  in elevation.

Transportation
Otta sits roughly halfway between the major cities of Oslo and Trondheim along the European route E6 highway. The Norwegian National Road starts at Otta and it heads west through the Ottadalen valley and over the mountains to Stryn, along the Nordfjord, finally terminating in the town of Måløy on the west coast of Norway. Otta is also an important link on the Dovrebanen railway line, since Otta Station is the only station in the valley where every single passing passenger train stops.

History

The location of Otta was historically just a farm area that was known as Aamot (or Åmot) which means "rivers against" signifying that this place was the meeting place of two rivers. From the 1600s to the 1800s, there were copper mines and iron ore mines located about  north of the present town. The historic Sel Church was built in this location due to its proximity to the mining area.

In 1612, this area was the site of the Battle of Kringen. There is a statue in Otta depicting Prillarguri, a semi-legendary figure who, according to oral tradition, was a woman from Sel who played a key role in the battle.

In 1896 Otta Station was built at the present site of the town about  south of the mining sites. This railway station became the northern terminus of the railroad for a decade. The place became known as Otta (named after the railway station, which was named after the river). Over time, a small village grew up around the railway station. In 1912, the railroad was completed from Otta to Dombås in 1912, and then ultimately being completed all the way to Trondheim in 1922.

On 28 April 1940, Otta saw extensive fighting between German and British forces during the last parts of the German advance up the Gudbrandsdalen valley, as part of the German conquest of Norway. Company C and D of the British Green Howards fought elements of the German 196th infantry division under Richard Pellengahr supported by artillery and tanks. Equipped with 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank guns and Boys anti-tank rifles, the British managed to disable three German tanks, including killing two crew members of a Panzerkampfwagen Ib with an anti-tank rifle, but by late evening, the British had to retreat due to fierce artillery fire from German 10.5 cm leFH 18 guns. The last British forces fought off the Germans in the dark with Bren light machine guns and hand grenades, while they retreated further north towards Dombås.

In the year 2000, the municipal council granted the village of Otta town status which is mostly symbolic as there are no longer any special privileges under the law with such as designation any more in Norway.

Economy
Otta is a largely an industrial town, having a number of factories including a window framing plant, production of a high quality slate, wood mill, and a large printing plant. The town also has many other trades and services present in addition to its industrial base.

Attractions
Otta is used as a base for day trips into the nearby Rondane National Park and Jotunheimen National Park. Having a hotel, a number of camping sites, and the so-called mountain hotels located near Mysusæter, the town attracts many tourists each year. Other points of interests include Kvitskriupresten and the Milorg hideout of Reiret, as well as a monument commemorating the Battle of Kringen in 1612.

See also
List of towns and cities in Norway
Otta seal pavement

References

Sel
Cities and towns in Norway
Populated places in Innlandet
2000 establishments in Norway

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Last week we completed the construction of this oak slab desk, and applied four hand rubbed coats of our tung oil/linseed oil mix to the bottom. This morning turned it over. Soon as it warms up (with the little heater) to 55 or so, we'll start rubbing the top.


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Because WHAT IF this stuff comes up in trivia sometime? Thanks to this Quora thread for inspiration.
1. People with higher incomes generally prefer their toilet paper to come over the roll, while those with lower incomes prefer it to go under.
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In a 1989 book, Barry Sinrod and Mel Poretz revealed that 60% of people making more than $50,000 a year preferred the toilet paper to come over the roll, while 73% of those making under $20,000 preferred it to go under.
2. Women have been found to blink more often than men.
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A study of spontaneous blinking patterns found women blink 19 times per minute, compared to 11 for men.
3. A jiffy is an actual unit of time, not just an expression.
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In computer engineering, it is the length of one cycle of the computer's system clock (around 10 milliseconds). In chemistry and physics, a jiffy is the amount of time it takes light to travel a distance of one centimeter — about 33.3564 picoseconds.
4. The lint that collects in the bottom of your pockets has a name — gnurr.
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5. The founders of Hewlett-Packard flipped a coin to determine whose name would come first in the company.
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9. Flamingos get their color from the carotenoid pigments in the foods that they eat, like algae and shrimp.
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Once their feathers shed, they quickly lose their color.
10. The line between the two numbers in a fraction is called the vinculum.
The vinculum can have more than one term over or under it — it signifies that the group of terms is to be operated upon as a single expression.
11. You can get a rough estimate of the temperature by counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, then adding 37.
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12. The U.S. pizza industry serves up to 100 acres of pizza every day.
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13. Scientists accidentally killed the world's oldest animal while trying to do research on it.
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The quahog (not the one pictured above) was over 500 years old when it died.
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Local manufacturing is expected to help Apple price its phones more competitively in India as it currently attracts 12.5 per cent additional duty on imports.
The phones would be manufactured by Wistron, a Taiwanese OEM maker for Apple, according to top government sources.
"Wistron has plans for setting up iPhone manufacturing plant for domestic market in Peenya," top government sources familiar with the developments told PTI.
Another senior government official said Bengaluru has the talent required for quality high technology products and that was the reason for selecting the city.
The official added that Foxconn, which also manufactures iPhones for Apple, had come with similar plans to the city some time back.
This would be Apple's second big project for Bengaluru. In May, Apple had announced setting up a design and development accelerator in the city to grow the iOS developer community.
The announcement was made as part of the visit of Apple CEO Tim Cook to India. The Cupertino-based company has been in discussions with Indian government seeking incentives to set up a manufacturing unit in the country.
A group of senior officials from ministries, including commerce and finance, will early next month deliberate on the incentives sought by Apple to set up a manufacturing unit in the country.
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Q: I have troubles with proving the induction step: $\frac{1}{2} * \frac{3}{4} * \frac{5}{6} * ... * \frac{(2k+1)}{2k+2} ≤ \frac{1}{\sqrt{2k+3}}$ Let's assume that the unequality is right if $n = k$, that is:

$\frac{1}{2} * \frac{3}{4} * \frac{5}{6} * ... * \frac{(2k-1)}{2k}  ≤  \frac{1}{\sqrt{2k+1}}$

Let's prove that the unequality is right for $n = k + 1$ as well, that is:

$\frac{1}{2} * \frac{3}{4} * \frac{5}{6} * ... * \frac{(2k+1)}{2k+2}  ≤  \frac{1}{\sqrt{2k+3}}$

I've spent a comparable amount of time trying to prove this point but looks like I can't grasp what to do.

A: Note that$$\frac12\times\frac34\times\frac56\times\cdots\times\frac{2k-1}{2k}\times\frac{2k+1}{2k+2}\leqslant\frac1{\sqrt{2k+1}}\times\frac{2k+1}{2k+2},$$by the induction hypothesis. So, it would be great if you could prove that$$\frac1{\sqrt{2k+1}}\times\frac{2k+1}{2k+2}\leqslant\frac1{\sqrt{2k+3}}\tag1$$But $(1)$ is equivalent to$$\left(\frac{2k+1}{2k+2}\right)^2\leqslant\frac{2k+1}{2k+3},$$which in turn is equivalent to$$(2k+1)(2k+3)\leqslant(2k+2)^2.$$Can you take it from here?

A: Note that if $$\frac{a}{b}<1 \Rightarrow \frac{a}{b} < \frac{a+x}{b+x}, x>0.~~~(1)$$
Let  $$P_1=\frac{1}{2}~ \frac{3}{4}~ \frac{5}{6}....\frac{2k+1}{2k+2}.$$
Let us add 1, up and down in each fraction to get
$$P_2=\frac{2}{3} ~\frac{4}{5} ~\frac{6}{7}...\frac{2k+2}{2k+3}.$$
So By (1), $$P_1<P_2 \Rightarrow P_1^2 < P_1. P_2 \Rightarrow P_1^2 < \frac{1}{2k+3}$$$$\Rightarrow P_1 <\frac{1}{\sqrt{2k+3}}.$$

A: Note that the induction hypotesis reduces to show that
$$ \frac{1}{\sqrt{2k+1}} \frac{(2k+1)}{2k+2}  ≤  \frac{1}{\sqrt{2k+3}} \implies\sqrt{(2k+1)(2k+3)}\le 2k+2$$
Can you finish from here?

A: Using the induction hypothesis:
$$\frac{2k+1}{2k+2} ≤ \frac{\sqrt{2k+1}}{\sqrt{2k+3}}$$
Now let $u = 2k+2$:
$$\frac{u-1}{u} ≤ \frac{\sqrt{u-1}}{\sqrt{u+1}}$$
For $u ≥ 1$ or $2k + 2 ≥ 1$ which implies $k ≥ -\frac{1}{2}$, both sides are positive. So we can square both sides:
$$\frac{u^2-2u+1}{u^2} ≤ \frac{u-1}{u+1}$$
$$u^3-u^2-u+1 ≤ u^3-u^2$$
$$u ≥ 1$$
Obviously this is not a formal proof. To do so, you need to invert all the steps starting from $u ≥ 1$.

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At the end of each semester the FSU Museum of Fine Arts host the Graduating Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition. As part of the BFA program, seniors in their last semester must complete a thesis project and exhibition practicum. Jenna Caire is the only graduate for the Summer 2015 semester, and worked with Senior Preparator Wayne Vonada in preparing, installing, and taking down her project. To learn more about the FSU Museum of Fine Arts visit their website.
The opening reception for Jenna Caire's BFA Exhibition at Florida State Museum of Fine Arts took place on July 10th from 6-8 pm and the exhibition ran from July 10th through July 30th.
A radio interview was also recorded by Florida State 24/7.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Studio Art is a one hundred-twenty (120) credit hour limited access program that provides an intensive background in theoretical knowledge and professional skills. BFA students will develop a personal vision, a high level of competence in technique, and harness the ability to make sound artistic decisions. The BFA in Studio Art is a proficiency-based program, characterized by continuous assessment. This program is only available to FSU art students.
Accepted students will have the opportunity to request personal studio space in the BFA Warehouse, where they can exhibit their work in a public gallery space. Additionally, graduating BFA seniors exhibit their work at FSU's Museum of Fine Art in their last semester.


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Army Looks to Deactivate Long-Range Surveillance Companies
Evaluators from the Estonian Defense League observe soldiers attached to a Long Range Surveillance team as they search for relevant files on a laptop during an exercise near Tapa, Estonia, on Aug. 8, 2015. U.S. Army photo
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SAN ANTONIO -- The Army is moving to cut all nine of its Long-Range Surveillance companies from the active duty and the National Guard this year as part of a plan to restructure its force, Army officials told Stars and Stripes.
The Pentagon will finalize a decision to deactivate three active-duty and six National Guard Long-Range Surveillance companies in the next 60 days.
"Every year there are capabilities that must be added, but unfortunately this means the Army must divest some," Army spokesman Troy Rolan said. Commanders identified operational LRS units as a low priority, he said, adding that the decision to cut LRS companies was aided by "extensive computer models using combatant commander plans to determine what the Army needs."
Army LRS companies are comprised of 15 six-man teams led by a staff sergeant. The teams specialize in navigating forward positions to monitor enemy movement and gather intelligence for commanders. Roughly 882 soldiers serve in the nine remaining LRS companies, Rolan said.
Current and former LRS soldiers have criticized the pending deactivation, saying the loss of surveillance-trained troops will erode readiness and battlefield-intelligence gathering. Another concern: The Pentagon will rely too much on technological monitoring, not human surveillance, in a larger conventional war.
Todd Harrison, a defense budget expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, pointed to a growing preference for technology to replace humans on the battlefield.
"We're willing to put drones and, in the future, unmanned vehicles in more dangerous situations because they don't have mothers," he said. "That makes them more useful to the country and the president."
The American way of war emphasizes technology and industry as its primary strengths, and new concepts of force structure have sprung from that doctrine, said Col. David Maxwell, a retired Army Special Forces officer and professor at Georgetown University.
"Having a handful of LRS companies is not something the Pentagon thinks will have sufficient impact when we can produce battalion after battalion [of conventional infantry units] and surveillance drones," he said.
Yet some experts question whether the push for digital surveillance over LRS companies - the man vs. machine debate -- is based in commanders' concerns about risking lives on the modern battlefield.
Thomas E. Ricks, a senior adviser on national security at the nonpartisan New America think tank in Washington D.C., says swapping out boots on the ground for eyes in the sky does not mitigate danger.
"Commanders think technology is the cure for what ails them," Ricks said, but "depriving yourself of any form of reconnaissance increases your battlefield risk. The essence of combat is redundancy," and without human intelligence, commanders will have blind spots, he said.
Conventional assets to Europe
All this comes as the Pentagon ramps up U.S. military presence in Europe on Russia's western flank.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced in May that 2,000 more U.S. troops could soon be deployed to Poland and several Baltic states, bolstering the 60,000 troops stationed mainly in Germany and Italy.
The expansion is in line with the European Reassurance Initiative, which quadrupled in budget to $3.4 billion for 2017 in an effort to shift from reassurance of NATO allies to deterrence of a Russian threat following their aggression in Crimea and Ukraine, according to Peter Cook, Pentagon press secretary. Last month, NATO troops held the biggest exercise in Eastern Europe since the Cold War.
The strategic move of troops and positioning warfighting equipment in Europe is an acknowledgment of Russia's long-term threat in Europe and other regions, according to the CSIS think tank in Washington.
A military such as Russia's is far more advanced than the Islamic State group and al-Qaida -- from unit tactics to armor and surveillance technology -- and could neutralize many of the advantages used daily in the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, Harrison said.
For example, troops can take advantage of air dominance while surveilling low-tech enemies fighting over patchwork terrain in Helmand province. But a conventional battle involving hundreds or thousands of troops could rise to the full spectrum. Cyber warfare attacks could compromise U.S. networks, and communication satellites could be jammed or overtasked with bandwidth from commanders demanding detailed imagery. Air weapons platforms could hunt surveillance drones over immense territory where units fight for control over roads, bridges and ports, Harrison added.
"One thing we'll lose with LRS is the all-weather, all-environment ability to put eyes on the target," said 1st Sgt. Chris Buchness of the Maryland National Guard, who spent 15 years in the LRS company there before it was deactivated through separate force restructuring.
"The Army is basing their decision [to deactivate LRS companies] on the fight we've had for the last 15 years," Buchness said. "We have drone impunity. In a force-on-force fight, that may not happen, or it might take years after the fighting starts."
Matt Pelak, a senior noncommissioned officer assigned to a LRS company in the Texas National Guard, said battlefield information could bottleneck without LRS companies to give reliable intelligence to commanders as technology becomes compromised in a fight.
"By getting rid of them entirely, you're leaving no conventional asset trained in reconnaissance" for brigades of thousands of soldiers, he said.
The sole remaining option would be reconnaissance-focused units in Special Operations Command, such as Army Ranger Regimental Reconnaissance Companies, which operate within the 75th Ranger Regiment.
But tasking those units to assist conventional assets would prove challenging, if not impossible, Maxwell said. Units such as Army Special Forces and Navy SEALs are too few in number to support conventional ground operations at the expense of prioritized special missions, he said.
Using those strategic assets to support conventional missions would be against the Army's operating doctrine, he said. Tasking them with duties formerly held by LRS units also would require a rewrite of U.S. code outlining the function and capabilities of special forces, he said.
"If you don't have recon, you can't win. It's a truism," Maxwell said. "If you don't have your own eyes on the ground, then the commander has limitations and cannot always depend on someone else's resources. When you consider what is all-weather day or night, that is usually the human eyeball."
But Maxwell stressed the importance of hard looks at historical resources that may not fit on a modern, technological battlefield when other capabilities are available.
"This gets to a fundamental question," he said. "How does the Army envision fighting in the future, and what kind of reconnaissance capability does it need on the next battlefield?"
Erosion of elite skills
Reconnaissance and surveillance skills honed in LRS companies are among the most elite in the Army outside special operations, and soldiers in those companies enjoy outsize responsibility relative to their rank. Those skills will erode and largely disappear as the companies are deactivated, LRS soldiers said.
The operation of LRS companies is unique to conventional Army infantry units. The companies report directly to brigade and corps commanders in order to directly provide reliable intelligence without working through layers of bureaucracy at lower levels of command.
It is common for a private first class or specialist in a LRS company to brief the brigade commander on battle plans, Pelak said, which normally is done by a company commander or captain on a battle staff.
There is essentially no equivalent to that level of responsibility for junior soldiers in the Army, and those soldiers are generally able to move on to higher levels of responsibility faster than peers outside of LRS companies, Pelak added.
All LRS soldiers are airborne qualified, and many have graduated from Ranger and Pathfinder schools. Most LRS soldiers end up attending at the Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course at Fort Benning in Georgia -- a schoolhouse that also trains units such as Navy SEALs and Marine Force Recon.
When a LRS company is deactivated, the soldiers are not forced out of the Army, Rolan said, but some will leave. When the Maryland National Guard's LRS company folded after a restructuring decision, it touched a nerve, Buchness said. Most of the soldiers left to join units in their home states, reclassified their job specialty or left the Army. Few of them remained in Maryland to serve as line infantrymen because they saw the assignments as downgrades for their skills, Buchness said.
"I came to the Maryland LRS company as a specialist. I left the company as the first sergeant," he said. "Had you asked me my intentions two years ago, I would've said I wanted to be a command sergeant major. Now I'm putting in my retirement packet."
The impact years down the road on readiness would be difficult to gauge, Buchness said. More than half of all Ranger-qualified soldiers in the Maryland National Guard were in the LRS company -- and now most of them have departed, he said, and their skills will be missed if Maryland's soldiers are asked to serve in combat or strengthen allies. Last year, soldiers in the Maryland LRS company trained with Estonian troops to hone small unit reconnaissance techniques.
Soldiers from the small NATO nation, which shares a border with Russia and is home to an air base used by U.S. forces, told the Maryland soldiers that human-based reconnaissance is a top priority in the face of the more technologically advanced Russians, Pelak said.
In peacetime, LRS skills are not necessary, Maxwell said. That could flip during the next fight when commanders realize a historic asset is no longer reachable on the brigade radio frequency.
The epiphany could cost lives, Buchness said.
"What's the price in blood we're going to pay when we have to retrain soldiers to do the things we lost?" he asked.
Related Topics: Army Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance - ISR
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Honda Civic Type R sets a cracking pace at Mount Panorama after secret mission to get former F1 champion Jenson Button behind the wheel.
The Honda Civic Type R has set a blistering but unofficial lap record for a road-legal hot hatch at Mount Panorama Bathurst, posting a time of 2 minutes 35.207 in the hands of Formula 1 ace Jenson Button.
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Although the time was done under the nose of hundreds of car enthusiasts and competitors, no-one knew it was Button behind the wheel or a record attempt was being made.
Button's lap time was taken from one of 14 laps in a one-hour morning session and a handful of laps in a 10-minute stint in the afternoon.
By comparison, in the hands of amateur racers the fastest lap time by a front-drive hot hatch at that weekend's production car race was set by a Hyundai i30N on semi-slick racing tyres with a time of 2 minutes 41.2 seconds.
An all-wheel drive Volkswagen Golf R on semi-slicks did a qualifying time of 2 minutes 36.9 seconds, highlighting the sheer pace of Button and the Type R on road tyres that have less grip and fade faster in racing conditions.
For further perspective, Button's lap time would have been fast enough for the Civic Type R to qualify second in its class for the endurance race held the previous day.
The Honda Civic Type R was even faster than the legendary Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III. In the hands of Allan Moffat, the might Ford GT set a lap record of 2 minutes 36.5 seconds in 1972 – almost 1.3 seconds slower than the Honda despite the track being 41 metres shorter at the time.
Button, a Honda brand ambassador, also holds the unofficial outright lap record for the Mount Panorama circuit, with the 1 minute 48.8 second lap time set in a Formula One car in 2011 as part of a special event to promote the Australian Grand Prix.
"Anything you drive around Mount Panorama is pretty amazing," Button said after returning from his final timed run, according to a Honda media statement.
"Up across the top of the mountain, the Type R is so fast through there, so once I got into a rhythm and got used to the speed you can carry, it was really good fun."
Despite having never raced at Mount Panorama, Button was able to draw on the experience gained from 17 years and 306 race starts in Formula One.
"I definitely put the car through its paces and it was a quick time, 2 minutes 35 seconds is a really good time in a front-wheel drive car and it was hot as well, so I think if it was cooler you could go a bit quicker, but I do feel like I got everything out of the car," said Button.
"The Honda Civic Type R really is the perfect car for a... challenge like this. And it's 100% a road legal car that's straight off the production line, so to do a 2 minute 35 second lap is fantastic."
The Bathurst record attempt was inspired by the 'Type R Challenge 2018' program and part of Honda's 50th birthday celebrations.
Last year, a team of Honda racing stars set front-wheel drive production car records at a number of European circuit in a standard production Honda Civic Type R with road tyres – eclipsing records previously set by the last generation Civic Type R.
Button was part of the fifth and final leg of the planned series of lap record attempts across Europe in 2018; his 2 minute 10.19 second lap around the Hungaroring Grand Prix circuit in Hungary was a new record. It was same circuit Button won the first Grand Prix of his Formula One career with Honda in 2006.
The Bathurst leg was the first time the Type R Challenge has taken place outside of Europe.
While Honda has claimed the unofficial lap record for a front-drive production car, it may be difficult for others to mount a challenge.
The Mount Panorama circuit at Bathurst is a public road for 350 days of the year and only closed for certain motorsport events, including the iconic Bathurst 1000, the Bathurst 12 Hour and the Bathurst Six Hour endurance races.
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Le colt est ma loi () est un western spaghetti italien sorti en 1965, réalisé par Alfonso Brescia.

Synopsis
San Felipe est un bourg où les vols sont nombreux. Deux agents fédéraux sont envoyés pour enquêter sur le principal suspect, un propriétaire du coin. Le premier agent se fait embaucher dans son ranch, le second devient le fiancé de la fille du suspect.

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 Titre français : Le colt est ma loi ou Le colt c'est ma loi
 Titre original italien :
 Genre : Western spaghetti
 Réalisateur : Alfonso Brescia
 Scénario : Alfonso Brescia, Ramón Comas, John Turner, Adriano Micantoni
 Production : U.C.I. Cine 3, C.C. Trebol Film, Procensa Film
 Photographie : Eloy Mella
 Montage : Nella Mannuzzi
 Musique : Carlos Castellano Gomez
 Année de sortie : 1965
 Durée : 92 minutes
 Langue : italien
 Pays :
 Distribution en Italie : Regionale Video

Distribution

  (sous le pseudonyme d'Anthony Clark) : George Benson
 Miguel de la Riva (sous le pseudo de Michael Martin) : Ringo / Peter Webb
  : Lisa
 Pietro Tordi : Doc
 Franco Cobianchi (sous le pseudo de franco D'Este) : Henry O'Brien
 Stella Finney : fille dans la seconde diligence
 Rafael Alcántara : O'Brien

Références

Liens externes

Western spaghetti
Film italien sorti en 1965
Western italien


Toronto is a vibrant, growing and truly diverse city that offers a little something – or make that a lot of little something – for everyone, so it is little wonder that while the rest of the housing market may have slowed a little, condos for sale in Downtown Toronto remain in great demand and represent a great deal for many.
Condos account for the majority of new homes currently under construction in Toronto and the GTA and, when directly compared to single-family homes condos for sale in Downtown Toronto are still usually the more affordable option.
For some Ontario homebuyers, living in a Toronto condo is simply becoming a more desirable option, and for others, it is the best way they can afford to make a move and own property in the admittedly expensive Toronto market. But what's the best way to go about finding the right property from among all the condos for sale in Downtown Toronto? Here is a little advice for those about to begin that home search.
In the past, opting to buy into a pre-construction condo project in Downtown Toronto cost less than opting to purchase an existing condo in a similar – or even the same – neighbourhood, but in the current market that is no longer always the case. These days the prices are roughly the same and are now even exceeding the prices of resale properties.
While brand new can certainly be very nice – as can have the option to customize during the build – this new price equality means that resale properties are certainly worth careful consideration. A condo project in Toronto can, on average, take 4-5 years to complete, and so if you are looking for a home rather than an investment it may not be the right choice at all.
As an existing condo can be lived in – or rented out – as soon as the deal is closed, and so for many looking into condos for sale in Downtown Toronto, 'pre-loved' is becoming the better choice.
A large number of the condos built in Downtown Toronto over the course of the last decade have been part of a wider development that sees several condo buildings share a common amenity space. This is an excellent way for Toronto condo owners to enjoy the use of amenities that are so appealing to so many while getting to share the cost of the maintenance of them between a larger group of owners, making it much cheaper.
Toronto condos tens to come with lots of amenities, but every one of them does incur the condo owner an extra expense. Take a swimming pool for example. These typically add up to $50 per month to a homeowner's common charges bill. Sharing the cost of the swimming pool and other amenities with multiple condo buildings decreases those costs and these multiple building amenities tend to be used more often as well, leading to better and more frequent maintenance than is often found in smaller buildings.
If getting a lot more space for your buck is a priority for you when shopping condos for sale in Downtown Toronto then older buildings are often going to be your best choice. Even buildings that are just 10-15 years old have more spacious floor plans than brand new builds and the even older, industrial conversion properties offer space in abundance at great prices along with unique architectural details you simply can't find in modern builds.
There are those who complain a little about the growing number of offerings when it comes to Downtown Toronto condos for sale. They feel space is becoming too crowded, or that they are robbing the city of character. However, that really isn't the case. The newer, vertical city represents it well. It's vibrant, growing and does respect the past while looking to the future, just like the City of Toronto and its diverse residents themselves.


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But it's not always a straightforward process; being a Product Manager at an innovative company working to disrupt an entire industry requires analysis, pattern matching, cross-functional collaboration, and a whole lot of intuition. Although she originally thought she'd be a psychologist, Maggie's keen interest in understanding people and what motivates them is invaluable to her success in managing all the different pieces (and people) that come together during product development.
And if we had to describe Maggie, that's exactly what we'd say.
Maggie is often digging in to collect feedback when defining new features and scoping out the steps required to turn them into a reality. A big part of that is interacting with customers, from finding out what might make our application even more valuable for them to helping them discover what exactly it is that they need. For Maggie, that's the fun part – but bringing ideas to fruition is also super satisfying.
Maggie's love of exploring (and working to change) the world isn't exclusive to her day job – when she's not in the office or studying for her MBA(!), you can find her hiking the parks and forests of California, skiing, taking road trips, and traveling. Locally she's been enjoying the green hills and wild flowers the recent rains have brought to the Bay area, but beyond that she spent two weeks in the Fall exploring the wine regions of France! From new countries to new features, Maggie is always discovering something.
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After the break, I'll follow some clues we can look at to see whether another mega-mushroom of risk is growing in the dark basement of finance, the way it was in Finance Monsters….
Pain ahead, but not panic.
Over the past week, I've been looking at statistics on credit trading, both Credit Default Swaps (CDS) and CDOs (Collateralized Debt Obligations), paying attention to the growth of "synthetic" bonds and bonds created from corporate loans (CLOs, or Collateralized Loan Obligations).
There are two basic reasons that I think a catastrophic systemic failure is unlikely right now. First is that the size of the exposure is not on the scale that we saw before the 2008 event. The second reason is the advent of exchange-traded "single name" CDS.
When Wall Street dealers and banks stood as counterparties to the bond-by-bond single-name CDS before the 2008 crisis, there were enormous demands for capital as the prices went down on those bonds. As a result, undisclosed exposures became the reason to fear having any bank as counterparty for anything, even cash deposits or Letters of Credit.
Today, about two-thirds of all CDS trades are booked with central clearing operations and subject to calls for margin capital. Failure by one participant results in that participant being wiped out, but not a daisy chain of other participant failures.
For the other reason, I checked records that FINRA, the securities dealers' self-regulation organization, keeps of various deal types, broken out by year of issuance, and what I could glean from the MarkIt web site without being at an institutional client that pays for details.
When I look at the FINRA spreadsheet for CDO issuance from 2000 through today, I can see the historic rise (and fall) of structured finance (SF) CDOs, the kind that AIG insured. A typical CDO deal built from structured finance assets had 100 bonds, all rated BBB and BBB-, of which as many as 50 were subprime MBS.
Those mortgage bonds were attractive because they sold for higher yields than BBB bonds from other kinds of deals. But the supply was limited, since the BBB and BBB- tranches of a typical subprime MBS deal might be only $5 to $10 million in size. During the height of the madness from late 2005 through the first half of 2007, hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of deals were sold based on those bonds. But the demand was so high that another kind of deal became popular – the "synthetic" CDO, which used CDS to generate the cash flows, as a replacement for real bonds.
In the year 2000, just over $1 billion of Structured Finance CDOs were issued, heavy with subprime MBS. That dropped below $800 million in 2001, rebounding, and then off to the races, with $17.5 billion in 2002, $35.1 billion in 2003, $83.3 in 2004, $157.6 in 2005, and $307.7 in 2006, peak year for the housing market. In 2007, there were still enough new bonds to create $259 billion of SF CDOs, but in 2008, SF CDO issuance had dropped to $18.4 billion and then to just $331 million in 2009.
In addition to all that SF CDO deal issuance during the mania, the "synthetic" CDOs were peaking around the same time, with nearly $160 billion issued between 2005 and 2008. All told, the SF CDO business and its synthetic CDO proxies accounted for close to $1 trillion in credit exposure, with half of it concentrated in the lower-rated pieces of the original Mortgage-Backed Securities deals. Add to that the $1 trillion or so in higher-rated mortgage bonds, and the bond market represented around $1 trillion in potential losses.
Adding in unknown trillions in CDS payoffs that were coming from bilateral contracts, and it was almost inevitable that one or more of those counterparties would fail. When AIG failed to meet margin calls against their CDS positions, a global crisis was off to the races. If taxpayers hadn't paid those margin calls, it was almost certain that a dozen or more TBTF banks would follow them into bankruptcy, since without those AIG payments, they were mostly insolvent.
At present, we don't see the same rise of "synthetic" CDO deals that extract the theoretical value of using junk-rated energy debt as collateral. We do see nearly 70% more issuance of junk corporate loan CLOs in 2014 than we saw in 2013, but the issuance is "only" $105 billion through the third quarter of 2014 so we might be on track for $130 billion for 2014, well under half the SF CDO peak year with $308 billion. And the junk corporate lending party hasn't gone on nearly as long as the junk mortgage lending party lasted. The issuance was "only" $64 billion in 2012 and $86 billion in 2103.
So it looks like there is about $200 billion of exposure to weak energy junk bonds in the US market, and potentially another $200 billion or so coming from CLOs and "synthetic" bonds. If those bonds and CDOs drop to half their value in this oil slump, that would translate into $200 billion of losses scattered around the system. That's probably not enough to bring on a second global crisis.
I did say "probably" and I still can't know which bank or hedge fund might get wrong-footed. But if no single outfit has more than a quarter of that risk, energy bonds alone shouldn't trigger the next avalanche.
For avalanche fans, don't worry. It's still snowing. Russian may default.
When Russia defaulted in 1998, spreading shock waves took down several hedge funds, including Long Term Capital. Those shock waves even washed over the US commercial real estate market, leading the largest buyer of lower-rated Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) to seek bankruptcy protection.
So there's still a decent, though small, chance for people who want to profit off the end of the world as we know it over the next few months, and there are some taxpayer-guaranteed banks ready to take your bets.
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Theres this little health food spot that opened up by me. It is yummy convenient and guilt free in my opinion. Great way for me to stick to clean eating when I get lazy to prep or cook my meals. The place is called Good To Go and so far everything I've tried I have loved.
Their menu is limited but that is definitely not a problem. Their food so far has been fresh (at least when I get them) and satisfying. Their prices are comparable/cheaper to a lot of other health food spots . They have smoothies, salads, wraps and soup. Mind you I have only had 4 items from their menu as I make my smoothies daily at home so I don't generally spend money on smoothies.
Their hours are 9:30 to 5pm, so I guess its more lunch crowd than anything else. So far I'm happy with this place as it is convenient on lazy days. My favourite so far is the burrito bowl with guacamole dressing. But really the wraps I've had (Turkey and pesto chicken) are just as good and filling and so is the godzilla salad.
So if anyone that does drive by the area I definitely recommend stopping by and grabbing a bite here. Laterz.


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Q: BeautifulSoup, findAll after findAll? I'm pretty new to Python and mainly need it for getting information from websites.
Here I tried to get the short headlines from the bottom of the website, but cant quite get them.
from bfs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests

url = "http://some-website"
r = requests.get(url)
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.content, "html.parser")

nachrichten = soup.findAll('ul', {'class':'list'})

Now I would need another findAll to get all the links/a from the var "nachrichten", but how can I do this ?

A: Use a css selector with select if you want all the links in a single list:
anchors = soup.select('ul.list a')

If you want individual lists:
anchors = [ ul.find_all(a) for a in soup.find_all('ul', {'class':'list'})]

Also if you want the hrefs you can make sure you only find the anchors with href attributes and extract:
hrefs = [a["href"] for a in soup.select('ul.list a[href]')]

With  find_all set href=True i.e ul.find_all(a, href=True) .

A: from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests
url = "http://www.n-tv.de/ticker/"
r = requests.get(url)
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.content, "html.parser")
nachrichten = soup.findAll('ul', {'class':'list'})
links = []
for ul in nachrichten:
    links.extend(ul.findAll('a'))
print len(links)

Hope this solves your problem and I think the import is bs4. I never herd of bfs4


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Q: ListView Update Single Item I would like to update a single listview item and it works fine until I scroll down to items that are not visible and seems that there is an item (which was not visisble) getting updated as well (I see this when I scroll down)
My code:
listViewIndex = position;

View v_lv_item = lv.getChildAt(listViewIndex - lv.getFirstVisiblePosition());
if(v_lv_item  == null)
return;

Each listview item has a button that updates a view on that listview row:
ibCheckbox = v_lv_item.findViewById(R.id.ibCheckbox);
   runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
   @Override
   public void run() {
        ibCheckbox.setImageResource(R.drawable.checkbox_fill);
        lv_custom_adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
        }
   });

The image above describes the issue, when i update listview item in position 0, the item in position 5 (not visible until i scroll) also updates (it should not) and if i do the same for pos 1 then pos 6 is also updated and so on and so on even vice-versa, eg: when i update pos 7 and scroll up pos 2 will be updated as well, how can I prevent this and only have the listview update the item that i click on (and not update the listview item which is not visible until scroll)?

A: Please look at this article of handling checkboxes. There are 3 methods given. This should solve your problem:
https://android.jlelse.eu/android-handling-checkbox-state-in-recycler-views-71b03f237022


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Sukhbir Singh Badal, Sunny Deol Administered Oath In Parliament
IUDF leader Badruddin Ajmal and former Union ministers Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Preneet Kaur and Shashi Tharoor were also administered oath on the second day of the maiden session.
All India | Press Trust of India | Updated: June 18, 2019 12:59 IST
Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Punjab's Gurdaspur Sunny Deol takes oath.
Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, actor-turned politician BJP leader Sunny Deol and Aam Aadmi Party's lone MP Bhagwant Mann were among the leaders who took oath as members of 17th Lok Sabha today.
There was loud applause when BJP MP Om Birla, who is tipped to be the NDA's nominee for Lok Sabha Speaker's post, entered the House and when he got up to take oath.
Dressed in jeans, white shirt and blazer, Mr Deol took oath in English amid cheers and slogans of "Bharat Mata ki Jai" from the treasury benches.
There was a slip of tongue by the BJP MP from Gurdaspur when he said "withhold the sovereignty and integrity of the country" instead of "uphold the sovereignty and integrity of the country", but he quickly rectified it.
There was also some banter between Aam Aadmi Party's Mr Mann and members of treasury benches after he ended his oath with the slogan "Inqalab Zindabad".
Mr Badal concluded his oath with Sikh religious chant of "Wahe Guruji ka Khalsa, Wahe Guruji de Fateh."
Mr Tharoor was absent on Monday when other members from Kerala, including Rahul Gandhi, took oath.
The maiden session of 17th Lok Sabha commenced on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari among prominent members who took oath on the first day.
Top Court To Hear Plea Of 5 More Rebel Karnataka Lawmakers Tomorrow
PM Modi Meets BJP Lawmakers In 47-56 Age Group Over Breakfast
Sunny Deol's Election Expenditure Found To Be More Than Rs 70 Lakh Limit
Dharmendra's Advice For Son Sunny Deol, Debutant MP, Has Twitter "Garam"
Celebrity Lawmakers Playing Truant? Data Shows Dismal Lok Sabha Attendance
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Q: Getting overflow error when I add extra menu items in drop down menu The below is my code which contains a text followed by drop down menu and followed by list view builder. When I add an extra items in drop down menu I am getting an overflow error. and also I am getting the drop down menu items in upside when I click on it. I want it to come in downwards direction.
class PaySlipView extends StatefulWidget {
const PaySlipView({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
          @override
          State<PaySlipView> createState() => _PaySlipViewState();
        }

        class _PaySlipViewState extends State<PaySlipView> {
          String remotePDFpath = "";
          ValueNotifier<String> _selectedDropDown = ValueNotifier<String>('2022');
          List months = [
            'January',
            'February',
            'March',
            'April',
            'May',
            'June',
            'July',
            'August',
            'September',
            'October',
            'November',
            'December'
          ];
          var items = [
            '2020',
            '2021',
            '2022',
          ];
          @override
          Widget build(BuildContext context) {
            return Scaffold(
              body: Padding(
                padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 18.0, right: 18.0, top: 20.0),
                child: Column(
                  children: [
                    Row(
                      mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
                      children: [
                        ValueListenableBuilder(
                            valueListenable: _selectedDropDown,
                            builder: (BuildContext context, value, Widget? child) {
                              return Text(
                                'Pay slips for ' + _selectedDropDown.value,
                                style: TextStyle(
                                    fontSize: 18.0,
                                    color: AppColors.black,
                                    fontWeight: FontWeight.bold),
                              );
                            }),
                        ValueListenableBuilder(
                            valueListenable: _selectedDropDown,
                            builder: (BuildContext context, value, Widget? child) {
                              return DropdownButton(
                                  elevation: 10,
                                  style: TextStyle(
                                      color: AppColors.primary,
                                      fontWeight: FontWeight.bold),
                                  value: _selectedDropDown.value,
                                  icon: Icon(
                                    Icons.keyboard_arrow_down_outlined,
                                    color: AppColors.primary,
                                  ),
                                  items: items.map((String items) {
                                    return DropdownMenuItem(
                                        value: items, child: Text(items));
                                  }).toList(),
                                  onChanged: (value) {
                                    _selectedDropDown.value = value as String;
                                  });
                            })
                      ],
                    ),
                    Expanded(
                        child: ValueListenableBuilder(
                            valueListenable: _selectedDropDown,
                            builder: (BuildContext context, value, Widget? child) {
                              return ListView.separated(
                                itemCount: 12,
                                itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) {
                                  return ListTile(
                                    title: Text(
                                      months[index] +
                                          '  ' +
                                          _selectedDropDown.value.substring(0, 4),
                                      style: TextStyle(color: Colors.black),
                                    ),
                                    trailing: IconButton(
                                      onPressed: () {
                                        Navigator.push(
                                          context,
                                          MaterialPageRoute(
                                            builder: (context) => PDFScreen(
                                              title: months[index],
                                              year: _selectedDropDown.value
                                                  .substring(0, 4),
                                            ),
                                          ),
                                        );
                                      },
                                      icon: Icon(Icons.file_download_outlined),
                                    ),
                                  );
                                },
                                separatorBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) {
                                  return Divider(
                                    thickness: 1,
                                  );
                                },
                              );
                            })),
                  ],
                ),
              ),
            );
          }
        }

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PRINCETON, N.J. – The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI), in partnership with the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling (ECPIP) at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, released a poll today exploring how New Jersey residents feel about "telehealth," which allows patients to use video calls, text and other technology to receive health care services. This poll is the latest in the Health Matters series, a partnership between the two organizations that studies New Jerseyans' attitudes on a variety of health-related issues.
Eighty-four percent have never received medical care from a health professional through either an electronic device, such as a tablet or computer, or the telephone. But that does not mean New Jerseyans are not willing to try it: residents say they would be comfortable using telehealth methods for a wide range of reasons, especially when it comes to medical consultations and prescription refills, as well as an initial consultation or follow-up visit.
A number of New Jerseyans also see the potential benefits of telehealth. About three in 10 would be more likely to choose telehealth methods over in person visits if they could have a longer visit, could receive care sooner, or spend less.
The poll comes as New Jersey legislators are contemplating laws to define the licensing, privacy, and payment questions that have been raised by the rapid expansion of telehealth throughout the nation.
The poll is an important guide for industry leaders developing telehealth programs to find the best ways to meet the needs — and address the concerns — of people in New Jersey.
The poll found that although most residents are new to telehealth, many, especially millennials, are willing to use technology as a new way to access health care.
Results are from a statewide poll of 772 adults contacted by live callers on both landlines and cell phones from Oct. 28 to Nov. 3, 2016. The sample has a margin of error of +/-4. percentage points. Interviews were done in English and, when requested, Spanish.
The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute is the only independent, nonpartisan, multi-stakeholder advocate for health care quality in New Jersey. The Quality Institute's mission is to undertake projects and promote system changes that ensure that quality, safety, accountability and cost-containment are closely linked to the delivery of health care services in New Jersey. Learn more about us at www.njhcqi.org.
Home of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, ECPIP was established in 1971. Now celebrating its 45th anniversary and over 200 public opinion polls on the state of New Jersey, ECPIP is the oldest and one of the most respected university-based state survey research centers in the United States.
ECPIP's mission is to provide scientifically sound, non-partisan information about public opinion. ECPIP conducts research for all levels of government and nonprofit organizations with a public interest mission, as well as college and university-based researchers and staff. ECPIP makes it a priority to design opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to learn how to read, analyze, design, and administer polls. To read more about ECPIP and view all of our press releases and published research, please visit our website: eagletonpoll.rutgers.edu. You can also visit our extensive data archive, blog, Facebook, and Twitter.


Rescue, oh rescue. Okay, well I want to make something clear…. Most rescue is really not rescue, just rehoming. I love that term as it has this wow factor. I may have already upset someone, but since I have done "rescue" most of my life, and definitely all of my adult life, I feel as if I can have an opinion.
I have resided with many shelter dogs. At times the count was 8. These dogs were discarded, lost, abandoned, seized, whatever. They no longer had a place to call home. I have done crazy dangerous things to save dogs — that I can call "rescue." But truly for the most part the dogs I have had in my home have been shelter dogs. There have been great ones, and some absolutely not so great at all! I have parted with dogs that I adored, and felt as if my heart was being torn out. There have, of course, been the other kind, the kind I hoped I would never get the call that they failed, and that Fluffy would be returning to my care. Each and every one has been unique, a lesson in tolerance, patience, and most of all kindness which many of these dogs lack. I am not talking about abuse, as many folks that have "rescue" dogs say "Spike"was abused. I don't always believe this — you see dogs, just like humans, have personality traits, some outgoing, some shy, some antisocial. What I have found is the circumstances that lead to dogs ending up needing new homes is not always neglect. Many dogs are in shelters as their owner loses their home, loses a job, must be relocated, etc. Now, there are, of course, the folks that find dogs disposable, or get a dog that is much too much to manage. This happens often, especially with the breeds I have chosen to rescue through the years. Working breeds are fun but not so much fun when not kept active, trained, or properly stimulated.
Rescue is often times heart-breaking and thankless. Despite having said that, it does not prevent me from continuing to do it. It has affected relationships, made new friends and ironically weeded out true friends from untrue. Yesterday I had a client react by scrunching his nose at me when I said I have 4 dogs. I often get "well you sure have your hands full." Well, actually I don't see it that way. I completely enjoy my dogs. Only other dog people can understand this. Dogs are unconditional, devoted. They essentially never lie. They keep me active, they make me see things I would otherwise never see or explore. They are amazing companions and entertaining, to say the least.


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I have put the Iron Ring on a chain. The Iron Ring is a symbol of prowess (and only prowess) in rapier fighting, there is only one, and the only way to acquire it is to challenge the current ring bearer. The format of the challenge is fixed and shall be strictly followed to insure this does not alter from its original intent.
The Iron Ring may only be fought for once in any given day. If another challenger requests a challenge to the existing or new ring bearer, the ring bearer is required to respond 'I am forbidden from accepting your challenge'.
The 'challenge' can only be made while both participants are fully in dress rapier armor (non period practice armor is not acceptable) and there is still opportunity to fight that day.
The ring may not leave Midrealm/Northshield residence, it will revert to the previous ring bearer if the existing ring bearer moves from kingdom(s) or stops playing. (The intent is for the Challenge of the Iron Ring to continue between Midrealm and Northshield when Northshield becomes Kingdom).
As Premier to the Iron Ring (as given to me by THL Alexander de Seton), I shall be the first ring bearer, seek me out.
A couple of years ago (long before I became the Baron of Nordskogen), I was having a conversation with Master Warder Alexander de Seton at an event in the Midlands regarding there not being enough emphasis on just prowess in rapier. It was always expected to be there, but many tournaments, awards, and overall character assessments incorporated the entire aspects of a courtier (honor, courtly graces, chivalry, teaching, etc). All this being very good, but I felt that recognizing and rewarding ability was almost to the point of getting ignored. Master Alexander suggested that if saw this as a gap in the rapier community that I should think of a way to help solve it (in other words put my money where my mouth was :). That day he was giving out hematite rings to those people who he had had good fights with as a token, he gave one to me as said maybe this will spark some ideas. Well it did, on the way back from the event I figured out the entire rules for the Challenge of the Iron Ring. That very night I posted the Challenge of the Iron Ring on the rapier lists and by morning Warder Uadahlrich emailed me. He had also received a hematite ring from Master Alexander and being from completely on the other side of the Middle Kingdom, he thought 1 Iron Ring for all of the Midrealm including Northshield would not be enough to provide the opportunity for many to Challenge for it. He asked my permission to start the Southern Iron Ring. So the very first Iron Rings were the two hematite rings given out by Master Alexander de Seton. (Unfortunately hematite is brittle and did not fair so well when struck by a rapier, so now the rings truly are Iron Rings.) And as it sits now there is a Northshield Iron Ring (former Northern Ring), a Midrealm Iron Ring (former Southern Ring, as it will remain within the new Midrealm borders drawn in October), an East Kingdom Iron Ring, a Meridies Iron Ring, and there may be Iron Rings of Ealdormere and the Principality of Gleann Abhann already or very soon.


Portrait of a flamenco dancer. Gauche painting on canvas by Spanish artist Cortés Matas.
Although little is known about artist Cortés Matas, the Internet has the unique power to bring together rumors, facts and conjecture. When Michael Aaron Gallagher acquired the mysterious portrait of a beautiful woman, all he knew was that it was an old gauche painting on canvas with noticeable signs of craquelure due to travel and age. The rusted nails used to secure the canvas to the stretcher, likely indicate that it was produced pre-1940, when the invention of staples made them the preferred choice for securing the edges of canvases.
After scouring the internet, he was able to piece together what may or may not be the true origin of the painting.
From the accounts he read, Cortés Matas was a Spanish artist, who lived in Madrid. For decades, he sold his works to tourists and military personnel, many of whom were stationed overseas, before they eventually returned with the art to the United States. He often signed his work "Cortes" or "Cortes Matas," including the copies of other paintings he produced.
It is said that he used his beautiful wife, who was a flamenco dancer, as a model for many of his pieces. From sensual portraits of voluptuous women, to matadors dressed in their traje de luces, his art was both timeless and unforgettable. Yet in spite of his commercial success as an artist and his compelling subjects, Cortés Matas never quite achieved the notoriety that his talent deserved.


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I am making a few home-made treats for the family for Christmas this year, and one of those will be some sugared almonds for my dad. Many years ago when I visited Croatia, we had stopped by an old family friend's place for a drink and they served up some home made sugared almonds to have with our coffee. I will never forget them. They were so imperfect and wonderfully sweet and crunchy. They were nothing like the Vienna Almonds you can buy at the store…even though I love those too (I am a massive sucker for nuts – candied or roasted and salty).
I tried a couple of years ago without the help of a recipe or a sugar thermometer and I believe the results were fine. However, I have tried a new recipe lately and – now aided by the sugar thermometer I got last Christmas – I have had marvellous success. I know most people don't have sugar thermometers lying around, but I will offer advice on how to get the same result without one.
Put sugar and water in a pot, on low heat and stir to dissolve.
Bring to the boil, uncovered and without stirring simmer for about 5 minutes +, or until the thermometer reaches 116C or until it gets syrupy.
You can pop the nuts in as soon as the sugar mixture dissolves if you want or you can remove pot from heat and stir in nuts until the mixture dries and crystallises.
Return to low heat and stir for another 5-10 minutes or until the nuts start to go golden. Keep stirring or the nuts will burn on the bottom.
Put the nuts on a baking tray and cool.
My main piece of advice is don't cook the sugar too quickly or too hot. If you do, you will notice the sugar just stays liquid and gets browner instead of drying up and crystalising.
Also, you can simply add the butter after the nuts have crystallised and then pop on a tray in the oven. They can brown this way.
You can also not add any butter at all.
You can use any type of nut (cashews, almonds, peanuts, pecans, macadamias) for this recipe. You can have mixed or one type and I believe using raw or blanched is best.
When you test one out as soon they are cool enough to not burn your tongue…(I know you will)…don't be put off if they're not super crunchy. They need to be completely cooled to get really crunchy.
Also, don't be put off if they don't work out exactly the first time around. Working with sugar is always a little tricky and practice makes perfect. If you practice with some peanuts, it won't be too costly if you have to try again.
My favorite sweets! Thnx for this great post!


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#ListenUp Jody Watley Shares Brian Power Remix of The Passion
Jody Watley teases a soulful Brian Power remix of her soul single The Passion by Jody Watley & SRL, out September 28 2018.
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Nothing has diminished the brilliant light of Jody Watley. Brian Power cranks it up a few more lumens on his remix of "The Passion," the forthcoming remix of the single by Jody Watley & SRL, Jody's group project. The official track isn't out until September 28 but Jody shared an ad hoc teaser video right now.
"The Passion" topped out in the top 3 of the UK Soul Charts. You can read more about Brian Power's amazing story from the bedroom to his big room debut at age 50 in Czarina Mirani's interview with Brian from 5 Mag #158:
From the UK, Brian Power had his first DJ gig in 2013 when he was 50 years old. Five years later he not only has a successful run as a DJ but also has an impressive label where he releases his and other noteworthy producers' music. If that isn't a kick in the butt for some of you I don't know what is, but it goes to show you that sometimes musical output can flourish at any time in one's life!
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Title: The Passion (Brian Power Remix)
Label: Avitone
Release Date: September 28 2018
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Communications Act Amendments: Hearings Before a Subcommittee ... Eighty ...
от United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
act to persons connected with any medium primarily engaged in the gathering and dissemination of information.
The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and the Deputy Attorney General of the Department of Justice, in the reports they are making to your committee on these bills, are recommending against their enactment for the reasons set out herein.
The Bureau of the Budget concurs with the views contained in these reports and recommends against enactment of H. R. 6968 and H. R. 6977. Sincerely yours,
PERCY RAPPAPORT,
Assistant Director.
[H. R. 7249, 84th Cong., 1st sess. ] A BILL To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the penalty for transmitting
false distress signals by radio Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled: That section 325 of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as (c) and (d) respectively, and by inserting in lieu of subsection (a) thereof the following new subsections:
"(a) Any person who shall knowingly utter or transmit, or cause to be uttered or transmitted, any false or fraudulent signal of distress, or communication relating thereto, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
"(b) No broadcasting station shall rebroadcast the program or any part thereof of another broadcasting station without the express authority of the originating station."
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION,
Washington, D. C., December 23, 1955.
Hon. J. PERCY PRIEST,
Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.
DEAR CONGRESSMAN PRIEST: This is in reply to your committee's request for
the Commission's comments concerning H. R. 7249, a bill to amend the Communi-
cations Act of 1934 to increase the penalty for transmitting false distress signals
by radio.
Enclosed are copies of the Commission's comments concerning this proposal. The Commission will be pleased to furnish any further comments or information which your committee may desire. The Bureau of the Budget has informed us that it has no objections to the submission of these comments to your committee. Sincerely yours,
ROSEL H. HYDE, Acting Chairman.
COMMENTS OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ON H. R. 7249, A BILL
TO AMEND THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR
TRANSMITTING FALSE DISTRESS SIGNALS BY RADIO
H. R. 7249 would provide a specific sanction of a maximum fine of $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both, for transmitting false distress signals by radio, which is now prohibited by section 325 (a) of the Communications Act. Such sanction, as proposed, would make the offense for such transmission a ony.
The Communications Act of 1934, section 501, as originally enacted made all offenses against the act, including violations of section 325 (a), punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment of not more than 2 years, or both. As such, this was a felony. Section 501 was amended in 1954 by legislation proposed by the Commission, Public Law 314. This amended section provides for a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment of not more than 1 year, or both, for first offenders. This makes initial offenses, including violations of section 325 (a), a misdemeanor.
The Commission felt that initial offenses should be punished as misdemeanor because enforcement of section 501 was being made unnecessarily difficult by the
fact that United States attorneys were reluctant to prosecute and juries were reluctant to convict, as a felon, a person guilty of a first violation.
However, the crime involved here is one of the most reprehensible violations of the Communications Act. The commission of such a crime has a serious impact on the safety of life and property both on the sea and in the air. Because of this, the crime should be treated with such seriousness as is commensurate with its effect upon the safety of life and property. In view of this, the Commission has no objection to H. R. 6899.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, December 23, 1955. Hon. J. PERCY PRIEST, Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Reference is made to the request of your committee for the views of the Treasury Department on H. R. 7249, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the penalty for transmitting false distress signals by radio.
The purpose of H. R. 7249 is to amend section 325 of the Communications Act of 1934 so as to increase to 10 years the maximum imprisonment penalty for the offense of knowingly uttering or transmitting, or causing to be uttered or transmitted any false or fraudulent signal of distress, or communication relating thereto. An effect of the bill if enacted would be to change the offense from a misdemeanor to a felony.
The Coast Guard is empowered by statute to aid vessels in distress. All vessels traditionally render whatever assistance they can to distressed vessels. The need for prompt action on receipt of a distress call precludes verifying its authenticity before action is taken. A search may be made involving many planes and vessels. Such a search may cost the Government many thousands of dollars. If the distress call turns out to be a hoax the cost of the search is a complete loss to the Government. Moreover, the units committed to the operation may not be available for a bona fide distress case. It can be seen that the transmission of a false distress signal is an act having serious consequences.
The Treasury Department believes that it is desirable to increase the maximum imprisonment for the crime of transmitting a false distress signal in order to give judges the latitude they need in assessing adequate penalties. The Treasury Department favors the enactment of H. R. 7249.
The Department has been advised by the Bureau of the Budget that there is no objection to the submission of this report to your committee. Very truly yours,
DAVID W. KENDALL, Acting Secretary of the Treasury.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET,
Washington, D. C., December 16, 1955. Hon. J. PERCY PRIEST, Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is in reply to your letter of July 13, 1955, requesting the views of the Bureau of the Budget with respect to H. R. 7249, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the penalty for transmitting false distress signals by radio.
H. R. 7249 would provide a specific sanction of a maximum fine of $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both, for transmitting false distress signals by radio, which is now prohibited by section 325 (a) of the Communications Act. Such sanction, as proposed, would make the offense for such transmission a felony.
While the Bureau of the Budget is in full accord with the objective of discouraging such crimes, the committee may wish to examine carefully the possibility that the bill might not further that objective.
The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission' in the report he is making to your committee states that the original penalty of $10,000 or imprisonment of not more than 2 years, or both, was amended by legislation proposed by
the Commission to a fine of $10,000 or imprisonment of not more than 1 year, or both, for first offenders. Enforcement was difficult because of a reluctance to prosecute and a reluctance by juries to convict first offenders under the more extreme penalty.
The maximum penalty proposed by H. R. 7249 appears greater than for comparable crimes and might again result in difficulties in the obtaining of convictions. Also under the present law, criminal prosecutions for first offenses may be instituted by information, while the proposed amendment would require that the Government proceed by indictment. Sincerely yours,
THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE,
Washington, February 1, 1956. Hon. J. PERCY PRIEST, Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This letter is in reply to your request of July 13, 1955, for the views of this Department with respect to H. R. 7249, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the penalty for transmitting false distress signals by radio.
H. R. 7249 would increase from 2 to 10 years the maximum prison term for transmitting false distress signals. The present maximum fine of $10,000 would be left unchanged. This Department recommends enactment of H. R. 7249 with an amendment.
It is believed that severe penalties should be imposed for transmitting false distress signals since such signals set in motion costly and often dangerous search and rescue operations, and cause great distress to the families of those erroneously believed to be in danger. The proposed increase in the maximum prison sentence would enable adequate penalties to be imposed in flagrant cases.
However, it is believed that transmission of certain other false radio signals would be comparable in nature to false distress signals and should be subject to the same penalties.
False warnings of impending weather conditions, enemy attack upon the United States, etc., would appear to fall within this category, causing public unrest and perhaps setting in motion dangerous and costly protective activities.
Under 18 United States Code 2074 counterfeiting of weather forecast falsely represented as issued by the Weather Bureau or other Federal agency is punishable by fine of not more than $500 and imprisonment for not more than 90 days. This provision does not appear to impose an adequate penalty in view of the possible consequences, and further applies only if the report is alleged to be official, regardless of the effect it may have.
We recommend therefore that on page 1, line 9, there be inserted after "distress" the words "or warning of public disaster, including but not limited to air raid, flood, tidal wave, hurricane, earthquake, tornado, avalanche, forest fire, or blizzard."
This Department recommends enactment of H. R. 7249 amended as set forth above.
We have been advised by the Bureau of the Budget that it would interpose no objection to the submission of this report to your committee. Sincerely yours,
SINCLAIR WEEKS, Secretary of Commerce.
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
House of Representatives. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Reference is made to your request for the comments of the Department of Defense on H. R. 7249, 84th Congress, a bill, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the penalty for transmitting false signals by radio. The Secretary of Defense has delegated to this Department
the responsibility for expressing the views of the Department of Defense on this proposed legislation.
H. R. 7249 would redesignate existing subsections "(b)" and "(c)" of Section 325 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 USC 325), as subsections "(c)" and "(d)" respectively, and would substitute new subsections "(a)" and "(b)" in lieu of existing subsection "(a)" of Section 325 of the Act. The proposed new subsection "(a)" would make any person who knowingly utters or transmits, or causes to be uttered or transmitted, any false or fraudulent distress signal, subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment not more than ten years, or both. The proposed subsection "(b)" would continue the existing bar against a rebroadcast of any part of a program of another broadcasting station, without the express authority of the originating station.
In the past, the military departments have incurred considerable expense and interference with scheduled operations through the diversion of ships and aircraft to answer false distress signals. Enactment of H. R. 7249 should be a strong deterrent to any such future hoax being perpetrated by transmission of false distress signals.
Accordingly, the Department of the Air Force, on behalf of the Department of Defense, strongly supports enactment of H. R. 7249.
The Department of Defense is unable to estimate the fiscal effects of the passage of this proposed legislation.
This report has been coordinated within the Department of Defense in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
The Bureau of the Budget has advised that it has no objection to the submission of this report. Sincerely yours,
DUDLEY C. SHARP, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
(H. R. 7536, 84th Cong., 1st sess. ]
A BILL To amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, so as to require that
certain vessels carrying passengers for hire be fitted with radiotelephone installations Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title III of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new part:
"PART III-RADIO INSTALLATIONS ON VESSELS CARRYING PASSENGERS FOR HIRE
"Sec. 381. Except as provided in section 382, it shall be unlawful for any vessel of the United States, transporting any passenger or passengers for hire, to be navigated in the open sea or on any tidewater within the jurisdiction of the United States adjacent or contiguous to the open sea, unless such ship is equipped with an efficient radiotelephone installation in operating condition. "SEC. 382. The provisions of this part shall not apply to
"(1) vessels which are equipped with a radio installation in accordance with the provisions of part II of title III of this Act, or in accordance with the radio requirements of the Safety Convention; and
"(2) vessels of the United States belonging to and operated by the Government, except a ship of the United States Maritime Administration, the Inland
and Coastwise Waterways Service, or the Panama Railroad Company. "SEC. 383. The Commission may exempt from the provisions of this part, any ship or class of ships, if it considers that the route or condition of the voyage, or other circumstances, are such as to render a radio installation unreasonable, unnecessary, or ineffective, for the purposes of this Act.
"Sec. 384. The Commission shall have authority for any ship subject to this part
"(1) to specify operating and technical conditions and characteristics including frequencies, emissions, power, communication capability and range, of installations required by reason of this part;
"(2) to approve the details as to the location and manner of installation of the equipment required by this part or of equipment necessitated by reason of the purposes and requirements of this part;
"(3) to approve installations, apparatus and spare parts necessary to comply with the purposes and requirements of this part;
"(4) to prescribe such additional equipment as may be determined to be necessary to supplement that specified herein for the proper functioning of the radio installation installed in accordance with this part or for the proper
conduct of radio communication in time of emergency or distress. "SEC. 385. The Commission shall make such inspections as may be necessary to insure compliance with the requirements of this part.
"SEC. 386. The following forfeitures shall apply to this part in addition to penalties and forfeitures provided by title V of this Act:
"(a) Any vessel of the United States that is navigated in violation of the provisions of this part or of the rules and regulations o: the Commission made in pursuance thereof shall forefeit to the United States the sum of $500 recoverable by way of suit or libel. Each day during which such navigation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
"(b) Every willful failure on the part of the master of a vessel of the United States to enforce or to comply with the provisions of t'iis part or the rules and regulations of the Commission made in pursuance thereof shall cause him to forfeit to the United States the sum of $100."
SEC. 2. Section 504 (b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, is amended by deleting "part II of ttile III and section 507", and inserting in lieu thereof "parts II and III of title III and section 507".
SEC. 3. Section 3 (y) (2) is amended by deleting "part II of title III" and inserting in lieu thereof "parts II and III of title III".
SEC. 4. The amendments made herein shall take effect June 1, 1956.
House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Reference is made to the request of your committee for the views of the Treasury Department on H. R. 7536, to amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, so as to require that certain vessels carrying passengers for hire be fitted with radiotelephone installations.
The purpose of the bill is to require any vessel of the United States, with certain exceptions, transporting any passenger or passengers for hire, navigating in the open sea or on any tidewater within the jurisdiction of the United States adjacent or continguous to the open sea, to be equipped with an efficient radiotelephone installation in operating condition. The bill would authorize the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the radiotelephone equipment and its operation. The bill provides for penalties for failure to comply with its requirements.
The Treasury Department does not have primary administrative responsibility for regulation of radio equipment on vessels. However, the Department does, through the Coast Guard, have a deep interest in the improvement of maritime safety. It is considered that the requirements of the bill if enacted would result in greater maritime safety. The installation of radiotelephone equipment would permit more rapid handling of radio communications in the event of a distress incident at sea.
While the Bureau of the Budget has advised that there would be no objection to the submission of this report, it has further stated that it believes that a statutory provision limiting the coverage of the bill, similar to that in existing law, would be desirable in the interests of minimizing costs and expediting administration. Very truly yours,
BUREAU OF BUDGET,
Washington, D. C., January 31, 1956. Hon. J. PERCY PRIEST, Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is in reply to your letter of July 25, 1955, requesting the views of this office with respect to H. R. 7536, a bill to amend the