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NMSU astronomers contribute to discovery of giant magnetic ropes in galaxy's halo
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The spiral galaxy NGC 4631 (nicknamed the "Whale Galaxy") is seen edge-on, with its disk of stars shown in pink. The filaments, shown in green and blue, extend beyond the disk into the galaxy's extended halo. Green indicates filaments with their magnetic field pointing roughly toward us and blue with the field pointing away. This phenomenon, with the field alternating in direction, has never before been seen in the halo of a galaxy. (IMAGE CREDIT: Composite image by Jayanne English of the University of Manitoba, with NRAO VLA radio data from Silvia Carolina Mora-Partiarroyo and Marita Krause of the Max-Planck Institute for Radioastronomy. The observations are part of the project Continuum HAlos in Nearby Galaxies -- an EVLA Survey (CHANG-ES). The optical data were from the Mayall 4-meter telescope, collected by Maria Patterson and Rene Walterbos of New Mexico State University. Arpad Miskolczi of the University of Bochum provided the software code for tracing the magnetic field lines.)
The spiral galaxy is seen edge-on, with its disk of stars shown in pink. The filaments, shown in green and blue, extend beyond the disk into the galaxy's extended halo. Green indicates filaments with their magnetic field pointing roughly toward us and blue with the field pointing away. This phenomenon, with the field alternating in direction, has never before been seen in the halo of a galaxy.
"This is the first time that we have clearly detected what astronomers call large-scale, coherent, magnetic fields far in the halo of a spiral galaxy, with the field lines aligned in the same direction over distances of a thousand light-years. We even see a regular pattern of this organized field changing direction," said Marita Krause, of the Max-Planck Institute for Radioastronomy in Bonn, Germany.
Rene Walterbos, NMSU astronomy professor emeritus and former NMSU graduate student Carlos Vargas, now a postdoctoral researcher at Arizona at University of Arizona are part of the project called the Continuum HAlos in Nearby Galaxies – an EVLA Survey (CHANG-ES), led by Judith Irwin of Queen's University in Ontario.
The image indicates a large-scale, coherent magnetic field that is generated by dynamo action within the galaxy and spirals far outward in the form of giant magnetic ropes perpendicular to the disk.
"We are a little bit like the blind men and the elephant, since each time we look at the galaxy in a different way we reach a different conclusion about its nature! However, we seem to have one of those rare occasions where a classical theory, about magnetic generators called dynamos, predicted the observations of NGC 4631 quite well. Our dynamo model produces spiraling magnetic fields in the halo that are a continuation of the normal spiral arms in the galaxy's disc," said Richard Henriksen, of Queen's University.
The NMSU Team is contributing to the CHANG-ES project by determining the distribution of young massive stars in the galaxies, by combining optical imaging data from the Apache Point Observatory 3.5-meter telescope with infrared images from the NASA WISE mission. The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is a NASA infrared wavelength astronomical space telescope launched in December 2009.
"For this particular galaxy, NGC 4631, the optical data shown were obtained by former graduate student Maria Patterson as part of another project with the Kitt Peak Observatory 4-meter Mayall telescope, which offered the large field of view necessary to image the entire galaxy. Patterson obtained her Ph.D. at NMSU in 2012," Walterbos said. "The radio emission originates from cosmic ray electrons spiraling in magnetic fields. The electrons, moving at close to the speed of light, arise in violent supernova explosions, the end phases of massive stars.
"The spectacular magnetic field structures, seen in the VLA radio data in this image, highlight the complex interactions between stars, gas, cosmic rays and magnetic fields in this galaxy."
The scientists are continuing their work to further refine their understanding of the galaxy's full magnetic structure.
The radio image was made by combining data from multiple observations with the VLA's giant dish antennas, arranged in different configurations to show both large structures and finer details within the galaxy. The naturally-emitted radio waves from the galaxy were analyzed to reveal the magnetic fields, including their directions.
The scientists said the techniques used to determine the direction of the magnetic field lines, illustrated by this image, now can be used on this and other galaxies to answer important questions about whether coherent magnetic fields are common in galactic halos and what their shapes are.
Building such a picture, they said, can answer important questions such as how galaxies acquire magnetic fields, and whether all such fields are produced by a dynamo effect. Can these galaxy halo fields illuminate the mysterious origin of the even larger intergalactic magnetic fields that have been observed?
NGC 4631, 25 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici, is about 80,000 light-years across, slightly smaller than our own Milky Way. It was discovered in 1787 by the British astronomer Sir William Herschel. This image also shows a companion, NGC 4627, a small elliptical galaxy, just above NGC 4631.
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation, operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.
The results were reported in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
CHANG-ES XV: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.07590
Theoretical models are described in Woodfinden et al. 2019 MNRAS, 487, 1498.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.13028


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My Name is Judith Brenner, but people call me Jude, and I make paintings based loosely on landscape imagery which I develop to abstraction.
All I used to do when I was little was paint and draw, I loved it and it was the one thing I was good at; I was rubbish at school, so would always be in the art room. I always had a pen and paper for as long as I can remember; I never wanted to do anything else.
You use a broad variety of materials in your work, what is it about these different mediums that you are interested in exploring?
It is a newish path for me; I did a residency last October in Cape Cornwall and became really involved with the materiality of my surroundings, with the sand, stone, sea and that weather. That is what got me into using whatever I can get my hands on to create the feeling of being in a place; so the artwork becomes more tactile. I really enjoy the physicality of it, almost like you can touch the paintings because they are an experience of being in a place, rather than it being a depiction of a particular landscape.
Using metals is quite good because I am able to sprinkle them onto my canvas, when I lay it flat, then use vinegar and salt to rust them. I work with a big easel which can be arranged flat and when I move my paintings to vertical parts will naturally fall off. I love experimenting with materials; it is a new thing for me.
I supposed I have always needed a trigger, I am influenced by what I see and things that are visually exciting are what I want to bring into my work. I also use the view outside my window at Wimbledon Art Studios which is quite urban and rusting.
How long have you been at the Wimbledon Art Studios for?
I've been here for three years. It has been brilliant for networking, getting my work out there, meeting other artists, and involving myself in exhibitions and competitions. It is a bit of a competitive environment, but that is good for me because I had a studio on my own once and I hated not being with people. At the studios you can just have your door open if you want to talk to people and just shut it if you don't… I always have my door open.
I am, but I did my Fine Art degree at Manchester.
It was in 1983-86, I loved it but I don't think we really learnt very much. I just loved being around other artists and just mucking around with paint really. When I came out I didn't really know what to do, so I built up a portfolio and went back to the landscape stuff, had some shows and was taken on by a gallery… but then got pregnant and gave it up for fourteen years!
I had three children, but I always did life drawing all the way through raising them, sketched on holidays, etc. I came back to it when my daughter went to school and now she is eighteen and the oldest is twenty-six, so it is my time again.
Which artist is your biggest inspiration?
Cornish artist Peter Lanyon is a huge influence, looking down with his aerial views, changing the space in a painting. I have been looking at a lot of Robert Rauschenberg since seeing him at the Tate Modern. The way he transfers images is quite exciting and his collages are great, but doing it in paint is quite difficult. I do use a lot of collage sketches.
We saw that you have done collaborations before, how did you go about them?
I did a painting with Richard Knight which we displayed in the recent Wimbledon Open Studios and it sold! I had the idea because two years ago I did a mentoring scheme down in Cornwall and every other month I went down for a long weekend, had tutorials and group critiques. I learnt a lot about others way of working, so when I got the residency in October I got some of the guys who live down there to come and work with me on the beach. We did huge collaborative pieces and I loved watching other people work and responding to their mark making, you get less precious about your work.
I wanted more structure in my work and putting it upon someone else's work is brilliant because you aren't as restricted to what you normally do and that it works for me. I think it worked really well as he is very graphic and I am not; he needed some of me and I needed some of him.
So what are your hopes in the next couple of years?
I like working towards something, so I would like to have more shows and work with more artists and just get out there a bit more. I never had a chance to do it because I gave my time to my family, but now I have to do it before I get really old! I like being around young people as I don't feel any different from them, even though I know I am, but they still include me. I just want to meet more artists, get involved, and have the chance to step back from a body of work and get feedback from outside, which is important.
Jude's artwork will be exhibited in Focus LDN's CONTEMPORARIES this June 21st-25th at the Old Brompton Gallery.


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This series is a love story between a teen "motorpunk" and a motorcycle decorator/mechanic. 'Run' is a high school kid who likes to sneak out every night to ride on his motorcycle by himself. He met 'Mike' when he had to get his motorcycle fixed. Mike is a free spirit and introverted mechanic with many secrets. They fell in love but were too afraid to pursue each other, until both got their own boyfriend and found out that the other was also going out with a guy. Run and Mike got their hopes up. But what will they do when they already have a boyfriend?


Bettie was born on December 24, 1937 and passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2017.
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Our greedy Frenchman turned 35 last May. An important milestone in one's life. Now's the time to stop pretending you're still 25 and accept the natural ageing process of life: you're a thirtysomething!
Stefan wanted to organise a fun and unique celebration in Cartagena for his French beau, which would make this milestone truly memorable.
Cartagena is Colombia's most visited city, famous for its UNESCO listed old town. Back in the 1500s, it was a major trading port and the main gateway into South America for the Spanish, who used it as the base to ship their gold back home. As such, it became a tempting target for pirates in the Caribbean. Sir Francis Drake was one particular British pirate who led a huge siege in 1586 against the Spaniards. The Spanish responded by building the fort to guard the town which you can still see today.
A few miles from the coast are a group of beautiful islands – the Rosario islands – where just a few centuries ago, you could imagine Captain Jack Sparrow-type pirates fighting those dashing handsome Spaniards right on these shores. There's even an island called Pirate Island.
Today, the Rosario islands are popular for beach partying and for relaxing in one of the many secluded white sandy beaches. The islands are located within 1-2 hours from Cartagena and can be visited on a day trip by boat. As we absolutely love cruising the seas and relaxing on secluded white sandy beaches as much as we love fantasising about Pirates of the Caribbean, this made for the perfect present for our birthday boy.
in Cartagena, you're immediately struck by the Caribbean feel of the city. The pastel colored low-rise buildings, high humidity, and infectious salsa music reminds you that this coastal enclave is very much part of the Caribbean. The old town of Cartagena, a walled city, is charming and designed for casual strolls with its small shops, cafes, bars, and several inviting squares. Stop by the Charleston Santa Teresa around sunset for a rooftop ron punch (rum punch) or mojito and enjoy the sunset over the sea.
How to get here: From Bogota, Cartagena is a short one-hour flight on Avianca Airlines, which has several daily departures. Something to remember: Peak season in Cartagena is winter which means that coming later, spring or summer, is ideal only for those who don't mind humidity.


The driver of a snow removal dump truck who neglected to lower box on his vehicle carved a path of destruction on a Quebec street.
The driver of a snow removal dump truck who neglected to lower the box on his vehicle carved a path of destruction on a Quebec City street Wednesday afternoon, striking a hydro pole, getting tangled in its wires and then pulling down seven more hydro poles and damaging 20 vehicles parked along his route.
City officials said no one was injured in the incident, which occurred near a snow dump site on Godin Ave. in the city's Vanier district at about 3:30 p.m.
Traffic in the area was blocked for three hours as firefighters and police dealt with the mess. The driver of the 10-wheel truck stayed in his vehicle as a precaution until electricity to the area was cut by Hydro-Québec.
Workers were also trapped in their offices after some of the fallen wires landed on the ground or roofs of their workplaces.
Police are investigating whether the driver was impaired, distracted or simply forgot to lower the box of his truck.


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Born on 22 April 1917, Sidney Nolan's centenary is less than two years away. So far I've heard of no plans to mark the occasion with an exhibition or otherwise.
If this is indeed the case, here's a suggestion that someone might like to take up: a 2017 symposium and the publication of a book of essays A Centenary Tribute, Sidney Nolan: Imagining in Excited Reverie. A mock-up cover follows.
Mock-up for cover of proposed Nolan centenary tribute book. The painting is Nolan's 1948 "Orphée", collection NGA.
In 1965 Sidney Nolan painted the cover for a centenary tribute to W. B. Yeats, one of almost eighty Nolan book covers. The book's title In Excited Reverie is from a Yeats poem.
A major publisher and a major art institution could cooperate to publish the collection of essays and stage a major Nolan symposium, with recognised Nolan experts presenting papers underpinning the publication – ideally to be launched at the symposium.
The enterprise would be relatively low cost. For the publisher, costs of publication should be less than average and with sponsorship, the venture should be revenue neutral at worst. For the art institution, costs of a symposium are small in comparison with an exhibition. Earlier this year the National Gallery of Australia ran a symposium on The Legacy of Hugh Ramsay – if Ramsay, surely also Nolan in his centenary year.
If held at NGA, established sponsors would most likely vie to underwrite costs for a Nolan Centenary venture. Perhaps AGNSW would loan First Class Marksman to enable a rehang of the 1948 Velasquez exhibition of Nolan's first series Kellys. Combined with Riverbend from ANU's Drill Hall Gallery, this would be a low cost Nolan Centenary exhibition of historical significance featuring, arguably, his two greatest works.
Centenary essays paying tribute to Nolan could be sourced widely within Australia and beyond, and be written not only by acknowledged experts but by relative newcomers to his art, by some who knew the man and by some born after he died, by some from the world of art and by some far removed. All would examine the author's personal involvement with either Nolan or his work and how it informs their view of this best known Australian painter of the 20th century.
Each writer could look at Nolan's life and work from their own perspective – whether curating in excited reverie, filming in excited reverie, visiting, living, loving, discovering, collecting, writing, wandering, wondering in excited reverie, and so on.
The essayists could be from the likes of directors, curators, art historians, writers, and others from across the professional divide – artists (in the 1980s Barbara Blackman did a series of oral histories with many artists, most of whom had their take on Nolan, and these could be drawn together), collectors, gallerists, auctioneers, friends – and, one hopes, family.
All we now need is a publisher, an editor, a gallery, a curator and a sponsor. Any takers?
I nominate one David Rainey to be a part of any such venture,and certainly to be a leading contributor to any such publication. And if the symposium/exhibition is to be at the NGA then let's hope that that stupid round room currently used to hang the Ned Kelly works is demo;ished and a more sympathetic space is given over to hang the works.
Thanks Peter. I think the Kellys work quite well in their oval room, though I know others who agree with you. I wonder how they were hung in 1948 at the Velasquez Gallery. Perhaps there are photographs, but I've never seen any in the archives. Maybe Jean Langley can recall. She looked after the show during the lunch hours and writes about it in Warwick Reeder's 1997 catalogue – but she gives no details of the hang. Can anyone help?
To celebrate his centenary, on 30 March 2017 Australia Post issued a new $1 stamp featuring Nolan's painting "Footballer" 1946, and a photographic portrait of Nolan by Axel Poignant.
The idea of a symposium at the NGA is perfect. They've done Ramsay recently, and a good, much more informal Tom Roberts study day. As you say, they could easily get the Kelly 'set' together; plus Riverbend. They could involve the 'Lanyon' pictures too – now at the Canberra Museum & art Gallery and often forgotten. The publication is a great idea too – either separately or as a result of the symposium.


"Never give up" is one of those motivational phrases that we all repeat. What we do not talk so much about is its opposite, the need to learn to let go of things that are no longer working, from beliefs to relationships and even jobs. Before you quit your job, consider this questions.
A friend of mine Joel decided to move to Carolina, He gave up two jobs that he loved, though no one will love to continue doing the same thing forever; that allowed him to start a career as Developer, something that was very far from his reach when I lived in Michigan. Four years later, the need to learn more returned, to take challenges, to grow a little bit. In addition, he felt a little dissatisfied with the company and the work environment. Then, again, he said goodbye to a job. On both occasions, he did it without having another job offer, but not without a plan.
The change is very scary and when we involve money in the equation it is easy to become paralyzed and stay in bad work situations as long as we do not live in uncertainty, but sometimes the best things come from taking risks.
Here, of course, I have to say that even if it's fun to have those fantasies, I'm not recommending that nobody has a cinematic moment of those in which the character shouts "I quit!" And never looks back. As a good person who loves lists, what I recommend is to make the decision both with the head and with the heart and be prepared for what may come.
After the lists, my second favorite thing is the plans. Giving up can generate a lot of stress, as well as money problems and even conflicts with the family. Make things easier and get ready: calculate your fixed expenses and generate a savings goal , talk to your family, roomies or partner to find out if they could support you and how they would do it, find out about the labor market in your industry, think how you will use your New free time and consider what is the worst possible scenario to decide if you would be willing to go through it. For example, you may need to move with your parents to avoid paying rent or having to do odd jobs with a lower payment than you previously received.
Are you excited to go to the office?
Yes, I know, very few people react to your alarm with a smile from ear to ear, but if no project, event or board stimulates you, if all day you are thinking about what you will do when you get home or if sometimes you do not even get up, it's time to reflect.
How is your relationship with your bosses and colleagues?
The jobs are not just about fulfilling certain tasks, much of our day also has to be invested in socializing with our team. For me, if those relationships become blurred, the other aspects of employment also suffer. If you do not have good chemistry with the people you see every day and that is affecting your productivity and your mood, it is valid to think about when to quit your job.
Do you know what you want and what you DO NOT want?
When we no longer want to be in a work situation, everything starts to bother us: from the sound of our companion's nose to the policies of the company's travel expenses. Therefore, it is important that you make a more rational analysis and decide what you would like to look for in your new job and what things you would not accept. For example, are you looking for full time or a more flexible schedule? How much is the minimum that you would accept to win? What benefits are essential for you?
Answering these questions will allow you to do a more focused search, not one in which you take the first offer that they put in front of you. The goal should not be to get any other job, but one that is good for you.
Before You Quit Your Job, Do you know what else you would like to do?
Although it is certainly not impossible, it is harder to say goodbye to a job when we do not know what other position we would like to have. If you already have a clear idea, investigate and ask people who work in that company or industry to know more about the opportunities that exist. Networking is a horrible word, but the truth is that it works.
The answer to discomfort at work is not always to give up. If you do not want to go through the search for a new job, you can talk to your boss and ask to be part of different projects, make a change in your internal attitude or even start more satisfying activities in your free time, because " do what you love" It cannot always translate into "making money by doing what you love". Sometimes a job is just a job, not a passion, but that does not mean we have to be unhappy for more than eight hours a day.


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THE AUSTRALIAN STATISTICAL GEOGRAPHY STANDARD (ASGS) REMOTENESS STRUCTURE
Remoteness Areas divide Australia into 5 classes of remoteness on the basis of a measure of relative access to services. Remoteness Areas are intended for the purpose of releasing and analysing statistical data to inform research and policy development in Australia.
Access to services are measured using the Accessibility and Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA+), produced by the Hugo Centre for Population and Housing. This objective process for classifying Remoteness Areas creates consistency between different editions of Remoteness Areas despite changes to the boundaries. This allows users to make comparisons and undertake statistical analysis on data published on Remoteness Areas over time.
A map of the 2016 Remoteness Areas is shown below. Users can examine the current and past Remoteness Area boundaries in more detail using ABS Maps.
MAP OF THE 2016 REMOTENESS AREAS FOR AUSTRALIA
Remoteness Structure files, digital boundaries, maps, correspondences and a manual detailing the Remoteness Structure are available from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Volume 5 – Remoteness Structure (cat. no. 1270.0.55.005) publication.
History of the Remoteness Structure
Until the implementation of the remoteness structure there was no mechanism to reflect the concept of remoteness within the ABS Statistical Geography. During the late 1990's a number of Commonwealth Government consultative processes established a need for such a classification. The 1996-97 ABS review of the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) considered the issue of remoteness and at the same time the then Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care (DH&AC) commissioned research into the development of a geographic measure of remoteness by the National Key Centre for Social Applications of GIS (GISCA). (GISCA is now incorporated into the Hugo Centre for Population and Housing.) This research led to the construction of the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA).
During 2000 the ABS consulted on the design and construction of the Remoteness Structure. Details of this consultation are provided in 1244.0 - Information Paper: ABS Views on Remoteness, 2001 and 1244.0.00.001 - Information Paper: Outcomes of ABS Views on Remoteness Consultation, Australia, Jun 2001. The result of the consultation process was the creation of the ASGC Remoteness Structure based on an extended version of the original ARIA methodology called ARIA+. ARIA+ is widely used within the Australian community and has become recognised as a nationally consistent measure of geographic remoteness.
For information on how ARIA+ is used in the design of the Remoteness Areas see the Remoteness Area publication.
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DeSantis defends migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard, critics call it political theater
By Christopher Heath, WFTV.com
September 15, 2022 at 5:37 pm EDT
VIDEO: DeSantis defends migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard, critics call it political theater Governor Ron DeSantis is facing backlash from his administration's decision to fly dozens of migrants to Massachusetts. (Christopher Heath, WFTV.com/WFTV)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis is facing backlash from his administration's decision to fly dozens of migrants to Massachusetts.
They landed on Martha's VIneyard Wednesday afternoon, an island near Cape Cod. On board were 50 Venezuelan migrants, including four children.
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The plane, and the migrants on board, started their journey earlier in the day in San Antonio Texas. However, the flight was paid for by the state of Florida.
"We take what is happening at the southern border very seriously, unlike some," Desantis said in a statement Thursday while defending his actions during a press conference in Niceville. "Florida is not a sanctuary state."
In Florida, we take what is happening at the southern border seriously.
We are not a sanctuary state, and we will gladly facilitate the transport of illegal immigrants to sanctuary jurisdictions. pic.twitter.com/YeEbMzy8yG
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 15, 2022
Meanwhile, critics like Charlie Crist- DeSantis' opponent in the November Governor's race- described the move as nothing more than political theater with desperate people used as props.
"It is so cold and so callous and so inhumane," Crist said. "It is unconscionable."
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Senate Bill 1808, passed earlier this year, set aside $12 million dollars for immigration enforcement.
University of Central Florida political science professor Dr. Aubrey Jewett notes that the law doesn't require that the targeted immigrants be in Florida.
"It seems that these Venezuelan refugees were in Texas, in fact, and that Florida money was used to fly Venezuelan refugees from Texas to Martha's Vineyard," Jewett said.
Ron DeSantis's latest political stunt is a cruel reminder that freedom is on the ballot this November.
If you are a refugee fleeing oppression, or a woman making decisions about your reproductive health, he sees you as a pawn in his political game — and we're going to stop him.
— Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) September 15, 2022
Venezuelan migrants are currently covered by what's known as "Temporary Protected Status," a protection first put in place by former President Donald Trump in 2021, then renewed this year by President Joe Biden. The TPS status protects Venezuelan exiles from deportation due to the conditions in their home country.
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Atletico Madrid and Barcelona faced each other in the Super Cup De Espana in Saudi Arabia. Atletico turned around the tables and defeated FC Barcelona 3-2 following late goals from Morata and Angel Correa. The Blaugrana side was the dominant force in the match for a substantial period but lacked sharpness in the most crucial moments of the game. They lacked the finishing ability and faltered in their defense, which has been a hallmark of Valverde's team in this season. According to reports from El Desmarque, Lionel Messi is furious with the Barcelona dressing room and the manager despite backing Valverde in the post-match press conference. He has put forward some suggestions and names of players, who can substantially boost the Catalans back to their level.
Lionel Messi tables out suggestions for the team
Firstly, the Argentine talisman does not want Valverde to continue as the Head Coach of the club. Currently, Barcelona does not have any alternative to Valverde in the midseason. So, Barca is possibly not firing him still. But, there will undoubtedly be more alternatives at the end of the season. Ronald Koeman is one among them, and Xavi Hernandez is also getting linked to the Catalans.
Secondly, Lionel Messi has asked Barcelona to focus and strengthen their weaker areas. Since the departure of Dani Alves and Neymar Jr, the Right Back and Left-Wing Spot is one of the most significant weaknesses of Barca. Ousmane Dembele, Phillipe Coutinho have both failed to replace Neymar in the Left-Wing.
Messi prefers Joshua Kimmich as the most preferred option for the Right Back spot. With the possibility of Bayern Munich permanently buying Phillipe Coutinho next season, Barca can push for Kimmich in the upcoming season. Bayern currently values Kimmich at 65 million euros. But with the possible purchase of Coutinho next season, Bayern can increase Kimmich's fee to about 80 million euros.
There were a lot of rumors linking Neymar Jr to Barcelona this season. He will be again looking to push for a Barcelona move this season. Paris will not take anything less than 250 million for Neymar Jr. Messi wants him as he believes he will take the club forward after his retirement. But, it will be very tough for Barca to sign Neymar after the investments they have made.
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Vogue (écrit en minuscules : vogue) est le  single de Ayumi Hamasaki sorti sous le label Avex Trax, en 2000, ou son  au total en comptant Nothing from Nothing.

Présentation

Le single sort le  au Japon sous le label Avex Trax, produit par Max Matsuura. Il ne sort que deux mois et demi après le précédent single de la chanteuse : Fly High. Il atteint la  du classement de l'Oricon. Il se vend à  exemplaires la première semaine, et reste classé pendant 17 semaines, pour un total de  exemplaires vendus durant cette période. Une autre version du single au format maxi 45 tours vinyle sortira quatre mois plus tard, le .

Bien qu'officiellement présenté comme un single, le disque contient en fait dix titres, pour un total de près d'une heure d'écoute : la chanson-titre originale, cinq versions remixées supplémentaires en plus de sa version instrumentale, deux remixes d'anciennes chansons déjà sorties en singles : Whatever et Too Late, et en fin de disque une nouvelle chanson : Ever Free.

La chanson-titre originale a été utilisée pour une campagne publicitaire pour la marque Kose Visee. La chanson en "face B" Ever Free a été utilisée dans le drama Tenki Yohou no Koibito. La chanson-titre figurera sur l'album Duty qui sortira cinq mois plus tard, puis sur les compilations A Best de 2001 et A Complete: All Singles de 2008. Elle figurera aussi dans des versions remixées sur quatre albums de remix de 2001 et 2002 : Ayu-mi-x III Non-Stop Mega Mix Version, Ayu-mi-x III Acoustic Orchestra Version, Super Eurobeat presents ayu-ro mix 2, et Ayu-mi-x 4 + selection Non-Stop Mega Mix Version. La chanson Ever Free restera quant à elle inédite en album ou compilation, mais sera remixée sur le single Seasons de juin suivant, puis elle aussi sur l'album Ayu-mi-x III Acoustic Orchestra Version de 2001.

Le single est présenté comme le premier d'une trilogie et sera suivi à trois semaines d'intervalle des singles Far Away et Seasons ; ils sont décrits par la chanteuse comme une vision de sa vie sous trois angles différents. Les pochettes des trois singles sont liées, de même que les trois clips vidéos des chansons-titre qui forment un tout dont l'histoire se suit, et qui seront publiées à la suite sur un même DVD après leur diffusion indépendante à la télévision.

Liste des titres

Édition vinyle

Vogue (vogue) est un maxi 45 tours au format disque vinyle de Ayumi Hamasaki.

Il sort en édition limitée le  au Japon sous le label indépendant Rhythm Republic affilié à Avex Trax, le même jour que les versions vinyles des singles Far Away et Seasons.
Il contient la chanson-titre originale précédée de deux versions remixées, toutes déjà parues sur le  CD homonyme de la chanteuse sorti quatre mois plus tôt, le .

Interprétations à la télévision

 SMAPxSMAP Autumn Special ()
 Digital Dream Live ()
 CDTV Special Live 2000-2001 ()
 42nd Japan Record Awards ()

Liens externes

  Fiche officielle du single CD / Fiche du single vinyle
  Fiches des singles sur le site officiel, avec extraits musicaux
  Fiche du single CD sur le site de l'oricon

Single musical sorti en 2000
Chanson interprétée par Ayumi Hamasaki

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Obituaries, week of March 23, 2022
By Atmore Newsaccess_time11 months ago
Ida Mae Buckhault
Mrs. Ida Mae Buckhault, age 61, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2022 in Atmore, Ala. She was a lifelong resident of Atmore. She was a member of Holy Ground Holiness Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family, fishing, and riding in the wagon
She was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie Aubrey and Vivian Anderson Lister; husband, Perry Buckhault; four sisters, Mavis Jean Star, Agadean Hamrick, Aline Robertson, Imogene Nall; three brothers, Charles Lee Lister, John Clavin Lister, and Daniel Lister.
Mrs. Buckhault is survived by her one son, Perry Joe (Mindy Jo) Buckhault of Atmore; two step-sons, James Buckhault of Atmore, Jesse (Margarie) of Flomaton, Ala.; one step-daughter, Michelle Buckhault, of Atmore; one brother, William Carl (Helen) Lister, of Fayette, Ala.; two grandchildren, Austin Buckhault, Makayla Buckhault; six step-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
The family will receive friends Thursday, March 17, 2022 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home, LLC.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes, LLC. in charge of all arrangements. Atmore, Ala.
Robert Lee Johnson
Mr. Robert Lee Johnson, age 91, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Monday, March 14, 2022. He was born in Jackson, Tenn. to Henry and Beulah Johnson. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He was a lifetime member of First Baptist Church of Murfreesboro, Tenn. and later became a member of Robinsonville Baptist Church. He was a proud winner of the Tennessee Senior Bowling Championship.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Helen A. Jones and his daughter, Phyllis Parks.
Mr. Robinson is survived by his son, Rev. Phil Johnson (Shea) of Atmore and three grandchildren, Dan, Ellen and Gabriel.
Funeral services will be held Monday, March 21, 2022 at Noon at Robinsonville Baptist Church in Robinsonville, Ala. with Rev. Phil Johnson and Dr. Larry Patterson officiating. Interment will follow at Robinsonville Baptist Church Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Charlie Woods, Joe Ray, Jerry Janes, Andrew Willis, Dan Johnson and Jimmy Langford.
The family will receive friends Monday, March 21, 2022 from 11 a.m. until service time at Noon at Robinsonville Baptist Church.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Wanda Lou Smith Sperou
Ms. Wanda Lou Smith Sperou, age 75, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Monday, March 14, 2022 in Atmore. She was born to Grover Frisco and Myrtle McKinley Smith. She attended Robinsonville Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Roy H. Smith, Billy W. Smith and Carvin McKinley and her sister, Hazel Strawbridge.
Ms. Sperou is survived by her son, Speros George "Bo" Sperou (Dacia Lee) of Jonesboro, Ark.; her brother, David G. (Brenda) Smith of Robinsonville; her sister, Patricia A. (Eddie) Baker of Robinsonville; her granddaughter, Shelbie Lea Sperou and her great-grandchildren, Jayden Carter Sperou and Cooper Andrew Sperou.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11 a.m. at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel in Atmore. Interment will follow at McCullough Cemetery in McCullough, Ala.
Active pallbearers will be Bo Sperou, Ashley Smith, Keith Strawbridge, Mike Strawbridge, Troy Baker and Brandon Smith.
The family will receive friends Thursday, March 17, 2022 from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements.
Earl Evan Manning, Jr.
Mr. Earl Evan Manning, Jr., age 90, of Roanoke, Ala, passed away Monday, March 14, 2022, at Arbor Springs Health & Rehab Center in Opelika, Ala. An Aliceville, Ala. native, he was born to Earl Evan Manning, Sr., and Ernestine Neal Manning. He was a 1950 graduate of Escambia County High School and a graduate of the University of Alabama. He was a veteran of the Korean War serving in the U.S. Army. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Roanoke, serving as a deacon. He was owner/operator of WELR Radio Station plus Better Vision Cable TV. He was one of the original core members of the Barnes Boys group who met annually for twenty years before the pandemic and is believed to be among the last of the remaining Barnes Boys.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Mary Melinda Maynor; a son-in-law, Don Arlen Maynor, III; two sisters, Belle Manning Bachlor and Betty Manning Bowab.
Mr. Manning is survived by his wife, Mary Powell Manning of Roanoke; two sons, Evan Manning (Angela) of Roanoke and Cary Manning (Colleen) of Navarre, Fla,; nine grandchildren, Sonny Maynor, Meg Shelnutt, Jordan Maynor, Matt Manning, Jon Manning, Eric Manning, Caro Manning, Manda Manning, and Leah Manning; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Home in Roanoke,
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 1 p.m. in the funeral home parlor chapel with Bro. Robert "BoBo" Gilpin, Bro. Terry Henley, and Bro. Eddie Bowab officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery in Roanoke.
Pallbearers will be Sonny Maynor, Jordan Maynor, Matt Manning, Jon Manning, Eric Manning, and Caro Manning.
Memorials, floral or donations, may be made to the First Baptist Church of Roanoke at 827 Main Street, Roanoke, AL 36274. Online condolences may be expressed at www.quattlebaumfuneralhome.com
Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements. Roanoke, Ala.
Steven C. Harris
Mr. Steven C. Harris, age 72, of Germantown, Tenn., a native of Atmore, Ala., passed away suddenly Monday, March 7, 2022. He was born to the late Curtis B. and Marcelete H. Harris. He was a 1971 graduate of Tennessee State University, and a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. He was a pilot for FedEx Corporation from 1984 until his retirement in 2010.
Mr. Harris is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Linda B. Harris; two sons, Steven D. Harris and Chad J. Harris; three grandchildren; two sisters, Patricia Harris Luckett (Wayne) and Rosiland Harris McRae (Jerrol).
The family received friends Wednesday, March 15, 2022 from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Serenity Funeral Home.
Funeral services were held Thursday, March 17, 2022 at Noon at Hope Church Memphis.
Interment followed at West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery at 2:30 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Steven's honor online at: epay.tnstate.edu or by check at Tennessee State University Foundation, Box 95542, 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd., Nashville, TN 37209.
Serenity Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements. Memphis, Tenn.
Barbara "Bobbie" Eady
Mrs. Barbara "Bobbie" Eady, age 77, of Bay Minette, Ala., passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at her home. She born in Lottie, Ala. She loved being a nurse, teaching Sunday school, dressing up, family gatherings, and sharing the gospel. She was an incredible cook and could out-shoot most anyone. She adored her large family and was blessed to be able to meet her 20 great-grandchildren. Her beloved friend Ann was her longest and dearest friend and was by her side until the very end.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dave Giddins and Myrtle Lambeth Giddins; her sibling, Avis Lindsay; her husband of fifty-seven years, Richard Eady; her daughter, Tracey Eady; her great-grandchildren, Trinity Long, Malaki Lender, and Blayne Shackelford.
Mrs. Eady is survived by her children, Cindy Eady, Duane (Tammy) Eady, and Daphne (Syd) Reed; her grandchildren, Shauntae Brown, Syndle Vinson, Jessica (James) Rockhill, Kimberly Hicks, Charity Eady, Alyssa (Andrew Harville) Blackburn, Allie (Matt) Shackelford, Briana Blackburn, Carlie Reed, Sydney Reed, and Chaynce Eady; her great-grandchildren, Kolten Coleman, Jordyn Shackelford, Ariel Vinson, Kyra Vinson, Blaiklynn Long, Serenity Vinson, Emma Rockhill, Ana Reece Bryant, Lyla Drew Harville, Abigail Rockhill, Maxwell Lopez, Mattie Shackelford, Bennett Rockhill, Ronan Lopez, Ellie Grace Shackelford, Beau Boudreaux, Nolan Lopez, and Kora Savannah Rowan.
The family will receive friends Thursday, March 17, 2022 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Lighthouse Tabernacle Church of God, 54362 Rabun Rd, Bay Minette, AL 36507.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 3 p.m. with graveside immediately after at Dean Cemetery in Rabun, Ala.
Pallbearers will be Chaynce Eady, Brian Blackburn, Syd Reed, James Rockhill, Andrew Harville and Matt Shackelford.
Honorary pallbearers will be Kolten Coleman and Blayne Shackelford.
Katie Elizabeth "Baby Girl" Johnson
Ms. Katie Elizabeth "Baby Girl" Johnson, age 71, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2022 in Pensacola, Fla. She has resided most of her life in Atmore, Ala.She loved and raised so many children, there was always an open door to everyone. All the kids called her "Grammy". She was called Moma Girl to Ashley Lee and Adam Teschel. She loved to read. She was a devoted Christian, and loved God with all her heart.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Burley and Mazie Jewel Harrison Hanks; two brothers, Thomas Hanks, Kenneth Hanks; three sisters, Genene Baggett, Sara Waters, and Mary Griffis.
Ms. Johnson is survived by her two daughters, Stephanie "Shone" (Bryan) Caro, of Cantonment, Fla., Toni (Wade) White, of Uriah, Ala.; one sister, Glenda Averette, of Atmore; four grandchildren, Katheryn (Zac) Aceto, Courtney Caro, Bryson Caro, Caleb White; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 2 p.m. at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home, LLC with Rev. Avon Fowler, and Rev. Fred Stallworth officiating. Burial will follow at Godwin Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Saturday, March 19, 2022 from 12 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home, LLC.
Pallbearers will be Wade White, Bryan Caro, Caleb White, Bryson Caro, Joe Johnson, Zac Aceto, and Thomas Moore.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home LLC. in charge of all arrangements. Atmore, Ala.
Joyce Booth Knowles
Ms. Joyce Booth Knowles, age 69, of Butler, Ala., passed away Thursday, March 17, 2022. She was born in Escambia County, Ala. to the late Isac and Ella Moye Booth.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Mary Marie Booth and two brothers, Frank Booth and Willie Booth.
Ms. Knowles is survived by her sons, Donnie Blackman and Steven Knowles, both of Atmore, Ala.; her daughter, Rachael Knowles of Walnut Hill, Fla.; her brother, Robert (Tina) Booth of Excel, Ala.; her sisters, Edna (Jim) Powers and Mary Simmons, both of Atmore and Dorothy (Mac) Rolin of Walnut Hill; her grandchildren, Thomas Blackman, Ella Blackman, Crimson Blackman and Landon Blackman.
Graveside services will be held Monday, March 21, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. at Bowman Cemetery in Wawbeek, Ala. Interment will follow at Bowman Cemetery.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Patricia Burks, age 64, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at Atmore Community Hospital
Funeral services are incomplete at this time but will be announced by Turner Funeral Chapel.
James T. Lyons
Mr. James T. Lyons, age 76, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Monday, March 14, 2022. He was born to the late Cenell Grant and Leola Johnson. He was a 1963 graduate of Escambia county Training School. He served in the U.S. Army for four years and was employed with Masland Carpet for thirty-two years. He was a member the Greater Mt. Triumph Missionary Baptist Church. He was an advocate fan of "Alabama Roll Tide and the Dallas Cowboys. His leisure was enjoyed being with his family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Polly Stakley and one brother, Tommy C. Grant.
Mr. Lyons is survived by his devoted wife of forty-five years, Helen Lyons; six sons, Clint (Linda) Martin, Travis (Theresa) Dees, James (Erica) Dees, Tyrone (Veronica) Finklea, Donzell (Tenika Crook) Lyons and Darrick Lyons; two adopted sons, Renard Reynolds and Javirus Williams; three daughters, Diane 9Larry) Lee, Nikkie Dees and Lashanta Williams; one bonus daughter, Diedra Lyons; three sisters, Altovise (Carlos) McNeal of Montgomery, Ala., Janice Grant of Atmore and Juanita (Isaac) Dailey of Minnesota; five brothers, Larry (Fhelisa) Grant of Atmore, Bernard (Lisa) Grant of Bay Minette, Ala. and Bernard L. Bryant of Atmore; one brother-in-law, Eugene (Tawanna) Thomas; one sister-in-law, Hazel Nero; one special and devoted aunt, Evelyn Shurford of Millbrook, Ala.; special cousins, Marvin Grimes; nineteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren; childhood friend, Ms. Lillie Johnson; special friends, Robert Grissett, Larry Brooks, Karun Jackson, Jackie tucker, Paul Hardy, Johnny Simpson, Mose Dailey and Donald Ray McKenzie; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 1 p.m. at Greater Mt. Triumph Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. William Hawthorne, Pastor and eulogist. Interment following at Fairview Cemetery.
Pallbearers were his sons.
Floral attendants were his granddaughters and friends.
William Thomas
Mr. William Thomas, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Saturday, March 19, 2022 at his home.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 11 a.m. at Christian Memorial Funeral Home Chapel.
Mr. Frank Jones, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Sunday, March 20, 2022 at his home.
Funeral services are incomplete at this time but will be announced later by Christian Memorial Funeral Home.
Emmie Alice Thomas
Ms. Emmie Alice Thomas, age 87, of Castleberry, Ala., passed away Sunday, March 13, 2022. She was born to the late Pearlie Moncrease and Beatrice Hunter. She was a faithful member of Second Marietta Baptist Church in Castleberry, Ala. for many, many years.
She was preceded in death by her daughters, Linda Moncrease and Sandra Thomas; five brothers, John Moncrease, Willie James Moncrease, Justice Moncrease, Richard Moncrease and Office Moncrease; three sisters, Eliza Thomas, Francis Moncrease and Suganah Moncrease.
Ms. Thomas is survived by her daughters, Patricia Desue and Loretta Richardson; four sons, Allen Moncrease, Gregory Moncrease, Jemere Thomas and Robert Lee Thomas; one sister, Helen Turner and a host of grand and great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends; a lifelong friend, Mary Gantt.
Graveside services were held Friday, March 18, 2022 at 11 a.m. at Second Marietta Cemetery with Rev. Larry Blackmon, Pastor officiating.
Pallbearers were her grandchildren.
Flower Bearers were her nieces.
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Short Term Chip Trades for End of Week and Why Earnings Won't Steer the Market
By JSO II on December 2, 2013
On Wednesday, Boeing rallied and Caterpillar dived as the respective Big Board companies reported numbers. Boeing's, a maker of firearms and weaponry, had a revenue spike with an increase in arms sales, most likely a direct result of US Govt purchases flooding the system and sapping supply, which not only gave them heavy volume but allowed them to increase prices. Ever since the government bought out gun shops a few months back, prices in both ammunition and firearms have gone through the roof and it's beginning to show in Boeing's numbers.
Caterpillar is a maker of construction and mining equipment and missed earnings, revenue, and lowered expectations (guidance) for the rest of the year. Earnings fell 44% to $1.45 a share when estimates were for $1.66 a share. Revenues were nearly a billion below the consensus figure of $14.35-billion coming in at $13.42-billion.
Chip makers for cell phones and electronic devices had a major sell off today. Note, the Nasdaq(heavily tech stocks) was down about .60%. Most of the reason was a forecasted lower demand for micro chips in general in the next quarter. This was a case in point example of 3 companies– STMicroelectronics $STM, Radio Frequency Micro Devices $RFMD, and Broadcom and it driving a complete selloff across the whole industry. For the smaller companies that sold off strictly as a result of the market leaders weakness and nothing to do with their own reports, this almost always offers significant opportunity on the other side. All of these companies were down at least 5% today and have potential to correct by the end of the week.
CRUS -6% TQNT -6.7% CAVM -5.1%
SWKS -7.2% FSL -5.5% ATML -5.2%
Gold was down as the Dollar rebounded from the weakness shown earlier in the weak, which was initialized by the expectation of the continuation of Dovish Policy. On a technical basis, after unsuccessfully challenging resistance at $1,343.50/$1,344.02, prices pulled back to the first level of support at $1,330/$1,327.55.
We already know how I feel about Gold, but this quote emphasized it –
"short-term gold investors are shying away from making new investment in gold because of "hyper-bearish sentiment" for the metal on the internet and other forms of media, and the metal's inability to rise despite all the positive factors" The precious metal has no business being as low as it is based on what's going on around it, it's driven by bullshit. Spells Opportunity.
As far as the market for a whole, weakness today comes with the volatility of a bull market. Things do not go in a linear direction, and we continue to see higher highs and higher lows. As long as the DJIA doesn't break support at 14,700(see below, currently 15400) and the S&P continues to make new highs, followed by higher lows, we are seeing what we've expected. I actually think that earnings season has less of an impact that it ever has on the overall market sentiment.


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Hatch hopeful for health care reform
By Marni Ginther (The Minnesota Daily) | August 16, 2006
Mike Hatch spoke at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs on Aug. 9.
It's possible for every Minnesotan to have health coverage without taxes having to budge, according to Attorney General Mike Hatch. In his Aug. 9 speech at the University's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, the DFL-endorsed gubernatorial candidate explained why he thinks it's possible and how he would do it if he were elected.
"Being attorney general, I get … two keys on the piano to play," Hatch said. "I get to sue people, and I get to audit nonprofits. That's not sufficient."
Information his offices have collected on lack of accountability and wasteful spending among health care providers such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, HealthPartners and others, has not been acted upon, he said. And if he became governor, he said that would change.
Pawlenty for Governor campaign manager Michael Krueger gave a written response to Hatch's speech last week.
"While we may disagree on some of the details, Governor (Tim) Pawlenty has previously identified many of the same goals as the attorney general talked about today," he said. "However we are very concerned that Hatch's proposal for universal health care will lead to dramatically higher taxes."
In his speech, Hatch was quick to emphasize that his goal achievable without raising taxes.
"I'm not talking about spending money to get universal health care; I'm talking about saving money," Hatch said. "There's so much waste."
Forty percent of what America pays in health insurance coverage goes to administrative costs, he said.
He cited high salaries and unnecessary spending among health providers' corporate executives as other sources of high health costs to Minnesotans.
If he can "squeeze the costs" and "make this a more accountable system," Hatch said, universal health care is possible.
He also addressed Minnesota's lack of mental health clinics and pointed out that for providers, "it's so easy to deny coverage on mental health."
Boynton Health Service director Edward Ehlinger said he agrees with Hatch on the point of mental health.
"It's true there aren't enough mental health providers," Ehlinger said. "If they were expanded, providers could broaden their definition of mental health instead of turning some patients away."
Adding clinics in schools and appointing members to health providers' boards were other steps Hatch mentioned for improving health care in the state.
Ehlinger said adding government-appointed board members can make an organization more accountable, but "depending on who's doing the appointing, that can also cut back on the diversity of opinions" in the organization.
Lawrence Jacobs, director of the Humphrey Institute's Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, which organized Hatch's appearance, said the main challenge with Hatch's ideas is that his goals were vague and his mechanisms for achieving those goals were unclear.
"I think the biggest question mark that was raised was … How do you take the money that he believes he'll be able to squeeze out of private health insurers and private health providers and bring that back into the delivery of medical care?" Jacobs said. "Those are two very, very different streams."
Jacobs also speculated that Hatch might not be getting enough staff support.
"I asked him a question about Medicaid, and he was unable to answer it," Jacobs said. "If you are interested in the pressure on government budgets around healthcare spending, Medicaid is where you should begin and end."
Hatch's speech was part of the center's candidates forum, a summer program in which candidates running for governor and senate speak at the Humphrey Institute on an issue of their choice.
"The only requirement we gave them was that it had to be substantive, not a campaign speech … and no spin," Jacobs said.
In his opening remarks, Humphrey Institute Dean J. Brian Atwood said, "It's very important, given how turned off the electorate has become toward negative politics, that we give candidates an opportunity to really talk about the policy issues of the day and make our comparisons on the basis of that."
Bob Keller


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This treaty is signed and agreed upon in good faith codifying the historic friendship of the Coalition of Royal Allied Powers and the Coalition of Independent Nations.
i.Members of each signatory are due to respect that any of your own team have earned, treat them accordingly. Should this fail to occur, the violation shall be addressed through the proper diplomatic channels in a respectful and proper manner.
ii.Each alliance being sovereign from each other, shall remain so throughout the continuity of this agreement.
iii.No member of a signatory shall attack, commit espionage against, nor aid the enemy of a member of the opposite signatory. Should a nation do so, they will be prosecuted in the judiciary of their signatory as if the action had been committed against a member of their own. Further to said punitive measures, reparations shall be made for all damages by the aggressor nation.
i.Any information that crosses a signatory, that may be deemed valuable to the other signatory, shall be passed through regular diplomatic channels to ensure the fair sharing of information.
ii.No signatory of this treaty is obligated to come to the defense of another signatory of this treaty. However, should a signatory alliance request defensive military assistance, the other signatory alliances are encouraged to consider it and may use this treaty as legal justification for entering a conflict at another signatory's defense.
iii.No signatory of this treaty is obligated to come to the monetary or military aid of another signatory of this treaty. However, should a signatory alliance request monetary or military aid, the other signatories are encouraged to consider the request.
i.Both signatories shall grant to each other the status of a Favored Free Trade Partner. The nations of the signatories shall be encouraged to deal with one another during the arrangement of technology trades.
ii.The Coalition of Independent Nations shall open is Tech Center to the Coalition of Royal Allied Powers for purposes of posting for tech dealing.
iii.In the event a nation taking part in a technology trade violates a contract or otherwise fails to comply with the terms agreed beforehand, the signatories shall make every effort to work together peacefully towards a solution. All trade deals shall be insured by the banks of the signatories, which shall be required to pay restitution to victims of broken contracts should other reasonable actions fail.
Should it be decided that this agreement no longer represent the interests of the signatories, the negating party shall notify the opposite and provide 48 hours notice of said cancellation. This agreement shall remain in effect during said 48 hour period. This treaty overrides Non-aggression pacts and Treaties of Amity.


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U.N. probes alleged gas attack; U.S. warns Damascus
Frederik Pleitgen. Hamdi Alkhshali and Matt Smith, CNN
Updated 12:52 AM EDT, Tue August 27, 2013
Kerry: Chemical use a 'moral obscenity'
NEW: Strikes could be just one chapter in a long war, analyst says
U.N. inspectors visit scene of reported poison gas attack
Kerry's remarks indicate a strike is likely, expert says
A vehicle used by U.N. inspectors was shot at multiple times, U.N. says
Damascus, Syria CNN —
U.N. experts got to inspect the site of a reported chemical attack on civilians near Syria's capital Monday as the United States accused the Syrian government of trying to cover up the attack.
The U.N. inspectors entered the town of Moadamiyet al-Sham and appeared to be examining the area accompanied by doctors, according to videos posted on social media by Syrian activists. The team had a "very productive" day and will continue its work Tuesday after examining its findings Monday evening, U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said in New York.
Government and opposition forces have accused each other of unleashing poison gas last week in the suburban Damascus area of Ghouta. Syria's opposition said that as many as 1,300 people were killed, prompting new calls for Western powers to intervene in the country's 2-year-old civil war.
In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the use of chemical weapons a "moral obscenity" that could not go unanswered, and he said Syrian actions are "not the behavior of a government that has nothing to hide."
Read Kerry's full remarks
In this photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian men help survivors out of a destroyed building after a Syrian forces warplane's attack in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. Syrian military aircraft dropped barrels bombs on rebel-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)
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Syrian civil war in photos
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Kerry stopped short of directly accusing President Bashar al-Assad's government of a massacre. But he said, "We know that the Syrian regime maintains custody of these chemical weapons. We know that the Syrian regime has the capacity to do this with rockets. We know that the regime has been determined to clear the opposition from those very places where the attacks took place."
Meanwhile, he said that Syria was "systemically destroying evidence" of last week's attack by continuing to shell the area and that the danger the team faced Monday "only further weakens the regime's credibility." The Obama administration is now weighing how to respond in talks with U.S. allies and members of Congress, he said.
"Nothing today is more serious, and nothing is receiving more serious scrutiny," Kerry said.
Monday's examination took place after unidentified snipers shot multiple times at a vehicle used by the U.N. team and after an explosion near the site inspectors planned to visit, the United Nations said. There were no reports of injuries.
U.N. officials did not say who was behind the shooting or the explosion, which witnesses said may have been caused by a mortar shell. The Syrian government accused "terrorists" of firing on the inspectors, Syrian state TV reported.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said inspectors visited hospitals, interviewed witnesses, survivors and doctors and collected some samples. Speaking from Seoul, South Korea, Ban said he has directed the group to register a "strong complaint" to government and opposition forces to make sure the team's safety is guaranteed.
The Syrian government agreed to grant the inspectors full access on Sunday, pledging to cease all hostilities as long as the team was on the ground, the United Nations said. And an umbrella group for the Syrian opposition, the Syrian National Coalition, said rebel forces would ensure the safety of any U.N. personnel in the area.
But the government would not let U.N. inspectors approach the site for days, and the team feared that the chemical evidence may have dissipated.
Attacks could reinforce poison gas 'taboo'
Middle East analyst Richard Haass told CNN's The Lead that Kerry's comments "went far out on a limb" and indicate that a U.S. strike on Syria was in the works, with or without U.N. Security Council backing. Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, said military action was needed "to underscore the principle, the norm, the taboo that these weapons ought to have."
"No one, Syria or anybody else, now and forevermore, should be able to use such weapons, much less biological or nuclear weapons, with impunity," he said. But he said Washington should limit its intervention in the conflict, "so we don't get enmeshed in what I think could become a quagmire."
"If we want to help the opposition, the best way to do it is through considerable arming of those elements of the opposition with agendas we can support," he said.
But with Syria already seen as a proxy war that has been spilling across its neighbors' borders for months, the prospects for improvement aren't likely to be aided by American airstrikes, said Andrew Tabler, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
"This is just going to be one chapter in a very long struggle we have in Syria," Tabler told CNN's The Situation Room.
Russia, Syria's leading ally, has raised sharp objections to the possibility of any outside intervention. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that reports of the use of chemical weapons must be "thoroughly and professionally investigated" and submitted to the U.N. Security Council.
At a news conference Monday, Lavrov said there's no proof yet that the Syrian government was involved in last week's reported attack. And Sunday, a Foreign Ministry statement compared the Western allegations against Syria to the claims that Iraq was hoarding weapons of mass destruction before the U.S. invasion in 2003 – claims that fell apart once American troops began searching for them.
Charles Duelfer, the former head of U.S. weapons inspection teams in Iraq, said the U.N. experts will be looking to collect evidence from witnesses and survivors of last week's attack, including samples that can be analyzed later.
"They'll be looking for remnants of the munitions, which could be sophisticated munitions that a military would have – or if it turns out, unexpectedly, to be the case that the insurgents had cobbled together some sort of CW capability, maybe they'll find that," Duelfer said.
Duelfer said he expects the U.S. government has its own sources: "Presumably, the National Security Agency can listen to people besides the United States, so they may have data which the weapons inspectors may not have," he told The Situation Room. But while Washington's evidence may be solid, U.N. inspectors "provide credibility across the board."
"When they say something, presumably all countries will say. 'OK, we can accept that, they don't have a dog in that fight,' " Duelfer said.
U.S. officials have said they have no credible evidence pointing to opposition groups using chemical weapons. And the Obama administration is expected to declassify the intelligence assessment backing up its assertion that the Syrian regime was responsible for last week's attack before any U.S. military action would take place, a senior administration official said Monday.
That evidence "includes but is not limited to" satellite images of activity at Syrian military installations identified as including chemical weapons depots, a senior administration official familiar with the intelligence told CNN.
And Kerry said he had argued to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem last week that if the government had nothing to hide, "then their response should be immediate: immediate transparency, immediate access, not shelling."
"Failure to permit that, I told him, would tell its own story," he said.
Opinion: How Al-Assad used chemical weapons to poison debate on Syria
Al-Assad: It wasn't us
The Pentagon has sent four warships armed with cruise missiles to the region, and Obama will be presented with final options regarding actions against Syria in the next few days, a senior administration official said Monday.
But as U.S. muscle plows the waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, al-Assad on Monday repeated his government's denial that his army had anything to do with the use of poison gas.
"The area of the claimed attack is in contiguity with the Syrian army positions, so how is it possible that any country would use chemical weapons in an area where its own forces are located?" he asked in an interview with Russian newspaper Izvestia.
Al-Assad accused the United States, Britain and France of exploiting the incident by trying to verify rebel allegations instead of verifying facts.
The use of a large amount of chemical weapons would cross a "red line" and threaten U.S. interests in the region, Obama announced last year. Tabler, who has had extensive contacts with al-Assad, said the Syrian leader may have watched as Washington reacted cautiously to previous reports of chemical warfare and gambled incorrectly that last week's attack would draw a similar response.
"I think he thought that he could push the envelope again and that he could actually show his own people that no one is going to come to their rescue," Tabler said.
Missile strikes on Syria likely response to chemical attack
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Syria agrees to let U.N. investigate
World reacts to alleged chemical attack
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McCain: Obama 'too cautious' on Syria
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Syrian opposition's war strategy
Opposition accusations
Opposition members say rockets with chemical payloads were among the ordnance government troops unleashed at the rebel stronghold of Ghouta early Wednesday. More than 1,300 people died, most of them by gas, according to opposition spokesman Khaled al-Saleh.
The opposition backed up the allegations with gruesome video of rows of dead bodies, including women and children. They had no visible wounds, and some appeared to be bloated. The aid agency Medecins sans Frontieres said three hospitals it supports in Syria's Damascus governorate reported having received about 3,600 patients displaying neurotoxic symptoms on Wednesday morning.
But according to Syrian state-run television's depiction of events, government forces came into contact with a gas attack on Saturday in Jobar, on the edge of Damascus. Several of the soldiers were "suffocating" from exposure to gases as they entered the city, according to state TV.
"It is believed that the terrorists have used chemical weapons in the area," Syrian TV reported, citing an anonymous source. The government uses the term "terrorists" to describe rebel forces.
Broadcast video showed a room containing gas masks, gas canisters and other paraphernalia that could be used in a gas attack. The army said it uncovered the cache in a storage facility in the area.
CNN could not independently confirm the authenticity of video shown by the government or rebels.
Intervening in the Middle East turmoil: mission impossible?
CNN's Fred Pleitgen reported from Syria. CNN's Hamdi Alkhshali reported from Atlanta and Jomana Karadsheh from Jordan. Matt Smith wrote and reported from Atlanta. CNN's Ben Brumfield, Boriana Milanova, Chris Lawrence, Jim Acosta, Josh Levs, Joe Sterling, Elise Labott and Jill Dougherty contributed to this report.


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Q: how to read method body and identify expressions in c# reflection? I want to know if is possible to get the method body via c# reflection and identify expressions, conditions, loops etc.
For example, assume I have a class,
class Employee
{
private int Number1{get;set;}
private int Number2{get;set;}

public int GetNumber()
{
  if(Number1>0)
  {
     return Number1;
  }
  else if(Number2>0)
  {
     return Number2;
  }
  return Number1 + Number2;
  }
}

So here if you see the above class is having a method with some conditions. In reflection I want to read the method body and identify these conditions.
Like,
var methodBody = methodInfo.GetMethodBody();
methodBody.Condition?????


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People are predictable and stupid.
And yes, I am also referring to the idiot in the mirror.
People (which is to say, I) am/are endlessly creative in finding ways to act out the Same Old Thing, which is FEAR. A mostly-nameless Fear which mostly grows, I think, from our oh-so-human Fear of Death.
This is understandable. Death is huge. It looms. It's a big, dark, looming THING, beyond which (if we are being honest -- and why not?) we have nothing but hearsay. In the face of this all-canceling, Looming-Dooming Death-thing we (which is to say, I) make all sorts of self-assurances, repeating them until we no longer see them as the Inventions they are, but rather as Reality Itself. In so doing, we abdicate our faiths and find terra firma not in an abstract Hope, but rather in our insistence on the concreteness of this (at least partially fictitious) self-story.
1. My job makes my life meaningful in the face of death.
2. My significant relationships make my life meaningful in the face of death.
3. A flower in a crannied wall makes my life meaningful in the face of death.
4. My membership in some organization makes my life meaningful in the face of death.
5. The religious assurances of an institution I bow to makes my life meaningful in the face of death.
6. The stuff I own makes my life meaningful in the face of death.
This is where the stupid, predictable part comes in. Because once we have used these Sacred-Cow-Type things to create assurances of things that (again, why not be honest?) we can only hope for, the moment anyone says anything that threatens to undermine the Complete and Inarguable Truthfulness of one of these things, our Fear of Death goes BING! and -- given that our lives are rather important to us -- we either run, or we fight back.
Fight or Flight. It's just that simple.
This is perhaps why, when I wrote a story entitled "Sanctuary" (found in my short story collection HERE) that criticized certain aspects of large-church structure, my boss at the time -- who happened to be the Principal of a school that operated under the auspices of a large church structure -- took that story as yet another strike against me in his decision to take away my job.
Perhaps this is also why people who go to a church where the Supreme Leader does something in direct contravention of what that church is supposed to stand for will either circle the wagons and ignore anyone who points this tomfoolery out, or will lash out at the "attacker."
It's not that they have heard and rejected the arguments, it's that they are unable to hear at all, because the moment someone spoke out against one aspect of something from which they were getting a piece of their life-meaning-in-the-face-of-death, their adrenal glands went into overdrive and BAM! their ears stopped working.
Is this a patronizing thing for me to say?
Well, yes. Absolutely. It assumes I'm right and that other people are being driven willy-nilly by their emotions. Except, what else can I assume except that I am right? And people are being driven around by their emotions. Besides, I'm speaking from a long history spent defending my own sacred cows. As a result, I don't see these activities as anything more than just the everyday, run-of-the-mill stupid predictability that I encounter in my own life, again and again and again.
For example: I have made a date this weekend. With a woman. A beautiful, funny, intelligent (did I mention beautiful) woman, who for some reason has agreed to a fourth date with me, of all people. A date of pie-making, and pumpkin-carving, and dinner, and then a Onesie Party (don't ask).
It's only our fourth date, but I've really enjoyed the first three, and I'm already starting to... you guessed it... find a tiny bit of meaning-in-the-face-of-death from our interactions.
Which is cool, I guess, except that she just emailed to tell me that she might not be able to make it because of an ear infection and ARMIGARSH! there goes that fear again. Ear Infection?!? Who gets an ear infection? It's probably more like an ex-boyfriend-back-in-town-infection, amiright? Or a, Idon'tlikeyouanymore infection, right? Right!?!
1.Three good dates so far.
2. People sometimes get sick.
...My fear leads me to unwarranted, unnecessary, and relationally-unhealthy conclusions. No human relationship thrives on fear, but despite the fact that I am obviously above all of this, I somehow keep falling victim to the same knee-jerk fear reaction as always.
Here's a window of hope, though: Love. Love has the capacity to drive out that fear.
I can love myself enough that I do not need the affection of a woman in order to go bravely toward my death. I can trust so much in the transcendent, illimitable, incomprehensible Love of the Divine that I no longer need some screwed-up institution or some failed, flawed individual to be my intermediary between myself, and my Self-at-Peace.
I can do this not by knowing that I am Lovable, or that there is some Higher Power that Loves me, but by hoping for those things -- because the moment I start demanding knowledge of that Love is the moment I begin to once again fall victim to the sort of stupid, predictable, fear-driven way of living that got me into this predicament in the first place.
Fear is where divorce comes from.
Fear is where wars, and murder, and bullies stealing your lunch money comes from.
Love can cast out that fear. I don't know it, but I hope for it... even if that makes me stupid, and predictable.


It seems like everyone has "economic indicators" to judge their own business and industry. One of our big ones is Tool Repairs. When things are good and there are lots of projects going at once, people are breaking tools left & right. When things slow down, however what happens is they don't need as many tools going simultaneously so there become backup tools, the broken tool can collect dust in the corner and they can use the working tools they got. No need to fix them or buy new ones.
Earlier this year tool repairs really slowed down, which wasn't a big surprise, as the sky was apparently falling. Then things leveled out however the good news is for the last month or two we have seen a consistent increase in tool repairs. Which means for one, people are working and they either broke all their unused tools or maybe are actually increasing the amount of tools they need to use simultaneously again. Both are good news for the tool repair business and everyone else who wants to see the economy turn around.
If you do your own tool repairs check out this page for links to many of the Manufacturer's Parts Breakdown pages. Also if you need parts from any of these manufacturers Ohio Power Tool stocks a wide range of tool parts.
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Q: jsp redirect error from java class forum members
I am stuck with problem and I need your help to get it solved soon.
Actually I am trying to open the JSP from my JAVA class.
below is the code I am using to forward to my desired JSP page
@RequestMapping(value = "/login/GetLoginCheck.action")
    public void sitemap (HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)  throws Exception {
        try {
            System.out.println("QUERY TO GET LOGIN");
            //response.sendRedirect(response.encodeRedirectURL("../index.jsp"));
            request.getRequestDispatcher("/index.jsp").forward(request, response);
            return;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return;
        }
    }

no doubt the below code executes. But after the code executes instead of forwarding to the jsp page it just show's me the code of index.jsp on my firebug console
below is the image of my firebug console.

not able to understand why its not redirecting to my index.jsp page.
please suggest me some solution to make my work done as soon as I can.

A: I think you should simply use response.sendRedirect("/index.jsp"). Note that ../index.jsp is not a valid URL for redirection based on the documentation.

A: In spring you have to use like this. more info here
@RequestMapping(value = "/login/GetLoginCheck.action")
    public String sitemap (HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)  throws Exception {
        try {
            System.out.println("QUERY TO GET LOGIN");
            return "index";
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return;
        }
    }

add this in your dispatcher-servlet.xml
<bean id="viewResolver"
        class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
        <property name="prefix">
            <value>/WEB-INF/jsps/</value>
        </property>
        <property name="suffix">
            <value>.jsp</value>
        </property>
    </bean>