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Partial Transcript: Episode 36 (The American Dream)
Virginia: We are talking about "success," which, in an of itself has become sort of a cult and that the American dream is…
Andrew: Big house, two cars, 2.5 kids…
Nick: Overcoming obstacles…
Mike: And a pet…
Virginia: To me, I just want to write the great American self help book that is in praise of failure.
Nick: Your views make me think that you're just like, "End it now. Forget trying. Just stick the barrel in your mouth."
Virginia: No. It's the exact opposite. It seems like people get so caught up in what it means to be successful.
Nick: I can see your book now. The first fifteen chapters are all about failure. Chapter 16 is: If you've made it this far, then you're fine. Ninety percent of the other readers died before this chapter.
Virginia: It would solve our population issues…
Andrew: That's called conspicuous consumption. They want to be seen as big and important, so you spend a lot of money on cars and houses.
Virginia: There's this economist from back in the 1800's named Thorstein Veblen. His book is online in the public domain. His basic idea was that people in the leisure class had lots of spare time, so spending their time doing ridiculous stuff was a way of showing society how rich they were. But now, it's changed into a consumption this. Part of status is now working really hard and being super important.
Andrew: Big screen TV, huge house, etc.
Virginia: Have you ever actually met anyone who had those things who said, "Yeah. I've got plenty of time." It's always, "I'm in such a hurry. I'm so stressed out."
Nick: That's the one thing, that even if you don't have money, you can still say it. Stress is universal. Even poor families have it.
Virginia: To me, it's an importance thing. My job is so important that I am necessary to the company.
Nick: Executive assistant?
Virginia: I'm not really talking about title creep. Everyone wants to be important.
Andrew: Everyone wants to feel worthwhile. Would you like a job where you weren't appreciated? You'd hate it. You'd want to get another job. Title creep kind of plays into that. Maybe it fools some people.
Nick: Everyone is a manager.
Virginia: Did you guys ever read those articles about how to manage your career instead of letting it manage you?
Everyone else: Nope.
Virginia: When I was in business school, we had a free subscription to this magazine. It was everyone. It was all about how to climb the corporate ladder. I had never seen anything else like it. As a kid, you just had a job, and that was it.
Andrew: Can you even make a ten year plan for your career anymore?
Virginia: It's funny because that's changed. People are almost looked down on if they've been at the same company for twenty years.
Nick: My dad's been at his job for over thirty years.
Virginia: It's not the norm for our generation.
Nick: What makes it bad is because he stayed at his company, is that his income level has not increased at the same level as his peers.
Andrew: All of my biggest raises have been from moving to a different company.
Nick: When you think about it, that's the best way to do it without being a dick. If you go to your own company, it's like saying, "I don't value you at this salary. Thus, I'm going to jump ship and move on."
Virginia: The company is also saying, "We don't value you enough to pay you more." When I was interviewing, I had a guy pull me aside and give me the best advice I've ever gotten. He said, "If I, as a manager, can get four people to work an extra ten hours a week, I just hired a new full time employee for free. Companies that you work for are using you and your time, so don't develop any loyalty that the company doesn't reciprocate."
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Zika research: Science in a hurry
Recently headlines have declared that Zika has been confirmed to cause microcephaly. If you haven't been following, Zika is a viral infection similar to Yellow Fever or Denguy Fever that has broken out in Brazil over the last year. At the same time, Brazil has witnessed an epidemic of a severe birth defect called microcephaly. It's alarming both for it's consequence and it's mystery. Microcephaly is a terrible birth defect in which babies are born with small, malformed brains. But although it seems likely that the microcephaly epidemic is the result of an outbreak of another virus occurring at the same time, we don't actually know how Zika causes microcephaly or how often microcephaly occurs in women with Zika. This is a huge question. In order to firmly establish that Zika is actually CAUSING birth defects that are occurring, researchers in Brazil grew neruons in a dish and then infected them with Zika. When they did, the neurons died. What's funny a
Why you should vote for Sanders: possibly not the reason you thought
If you're one of my friends then statistically speaking you're already voting for Bernie Sanders. But if you happen to be an outlier, then I'd like to offer a reason why you really should vote for Bernie Sanders in your state's primary. It's because his candidacy has a forced attention on to critical issues going on in our country and we all are benefiting more the longer this discussion goes. I think that even if you don't actually agree with Bernie Sanders, you still might agree that the attention being paid to things like income inequality and the roles that our political parties play in modern politics is long overdue. Right now I'm assuming that if you aren't already voting for Sanders it's because you've considered his strengths and weaknesses against those of Hillary Clinton and you've concluded one or more of the following: either he's too liberal for you or he's too liberal to get elected. Although I disagree, I won
I saw Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
On Tuesday I went to see the new Batman Superman movie with Ryan and Jack. It was truly abysmal. I knew going in that the movie wasn't made for me, and so I tried to go in and watch it for what it was trying to be. But boy did it stink. There are lots of movies that don't quite work. 2006's "Superman Returns" for example was another Superman film that flopped. At the time, I was an apologist, because I could see what director Bryan Singer was trying to accomplish. He failed, but I could appreciate that he had picked his version of the character and made his creative decisions, even if the pieces never quite fell into place the way he'd hoped. But this film... Zach Snyder and David Goyer join the ranks of George Lucas, M. Knight Shyamalan, and Damon Lindelof as creative minds with terrible taste and complete confidence in themselves. Like the other three, this writer director team created a movie which could only have come to exist because the drivi
Julie and I got engaged!
Days after celebrating our three year anniversary I proposed to my girlfriend Julie. To answer some basic questions: The ring was a simple custom solitaire with a filigree engraved into a palladium band. Palladium isn't as popular as platinum because it lacks the name recognition, but it's a fantastic metal. I proposed to Julie at a restaurant near us called Post and Beam. It's a great place. To add some personal flair I revealed the location and time in the form of a puzzle. I didn't want to make it as simple as a pen-and-paper word substitution cipher so instead I thought I'd add a twist by making it something that couldn't be solved without the aid of a computer. To do this I set up several fake email addresses and built a story around it. Two of the addresses discussed plans that revealed the time and location of our dinner. The other two contacted Julie to request her help breaking into one of the two email addresses. I supplied her with a user
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A set of Windows 95 floppy labels (sadly, some stained) that came with a Windows 95 laptop which was an early example of the modern practice of expecting the end user to write their own reinstallation media.
Even back then, when I must have been somewhere between 10 and 13 years old, I was the type to refuse to apply them because it was irreversible.
xjas wrote: Not "officially", no. Internet scuttlebutt says otherwise.
Well if you somehow get it to work, please let me know how because I've tried a 1045T on mine and it detects it initially as a dual core and then refuses to post on the subsequent reboot.
You should've mentioned you'd tried it yourself first. I swear I found a thread in French a while ago where somebody claimed to have it working, but that seems to have vanished off the internet. What BIOS are you running?
The BIOS-mods thread I was also thinking of only lists the X4 & I guess I got a little crossed up. They have some modded early ones which seem to be superseded by an official a 5001 beta, but Asus's website only has an apparently-newer 5002 beta.
I might pick one up if I find one for cheap, I can always stuff it in my HP Nettle2, although I'm worried about power draw on that board.
I wish they were irreversible, but after years of storage those labels that Microsoft used aren't very reliable. When I was digging through my floppy collection last year, there were a bunch of loose labels that had fallen off my Office 4.3 floppies. I tried to find them all, but unfortunately it it looks like some have gone astray.
I moved the guts of my maxed out Tualatin machine into a very period-incorrect Antec P182. It's a fairly large case, so I've got it on the floor standing next to my desk, PS/2 Model 80-like.
PTherapist wrote: I wish they were irreversible, but after years of storage those labels that Microsoft used aren't very reliable. When I was digging through my floppy collection last year, there were a bunch of loose labels that had fallen off my Office 4.3 floppies. I tried to find them all, but unfortunately it it looks like some have gone astray.
Similar concept to the roll-on white-out/correction tape but, instead, it deposits a strip of contact adhesive better than what comes on labels.
Standard Def Steve wrote: I moved the guts of my maxed out Tualatin machine into a very period-incorrect Antec P182. It's a fairly large case, so I've got it on the floor standing next to my desk, PS/2 Model 80-like.
It's funny that you'd mention the P182. That's exactly what my main machine wears to this day.
I actually had a spare AST 145 watt AT power supply, but the power button doesn't fit right so I wanted to see what was causing the power supply to be broken.
These AST power supplies are higher quality than my YES tech AT power supplies (which look dangerous...) so I took it apart and found that the PCB had been cracked in the middle - that central heatsink is meant to be perpendicular to the PCB, not at that funny angle.
I only have pictures after the repair attempts - since it's a single sided PCB, repairing the traces is possible with some solder and wire, I'll give it a go in a bit, hopefully it doesn't burst into flames.
bjwil1991 wrote: What it could be is the pass through cable wasn't standard or meant for the VooDoo1 to get hooked up to the 2D card you have.
Hmm. Didn't know that was a thing.
Well, I'll have to buy a new 2D card regardless, and I'll buy an "official" passthrough cable for the Voodoo1 and 2 as well. Hopefully that cable won't fry the new 2D card.
Does drawing the S3 ViRGE lineup as slugs count as a retro activity?
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Went digging in my garage to find some Socket 370 CPU's to upgrade my GA-6VA With slocket adapter. Tried a 100mhz FSB 1300 Mhz CPU When the board only allows x6.5 multiplier and manual states up to 633Mhz. Tried a 700mhz 66 Cpu, it fried itself even when jumpers set to auto. didn't like it.
Settled for the highest period correct CPU for that board, Celeron 533. There's no way to overclock it via jumpers or in bios..... I am going to hazard a guess it will perform something like a PII 350-400 if not maybe a smidge faster so it should make a nice W98SE / Dos retro box. I wonder if disabling cache whether I'll get 386-486 performance.
leileilol wrote: Does drawing the S3 ViRGE lineup as slugs count as a retro activity?
Which one is Muscle Slug in the middle there?
That's got to be the weirdest thing I saw on the internet today, but then again it's only morning.
Installed MacOS 7.5.3 on... my Amiga 1200.
derSammler wrote: Installed MacOS 7.5.3 on... my Amiga 1200.
Nice. Back then, the fastest Mac was an Amiga. And you had juice left, to run Amiga programs alongside MacOS in true multitasking.


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HomeEconomy & BusinessIMF deputy managing director speaks about The Gambia's pathway to prosperity
IMF deputy managing director speaks about The Gambia's pathway to prosperity
May 16, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas Economy & Business 0
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2019:
The Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mr. Tao Zhang, arrived in the Gambia early this week, where he met with government officials, politicians, senior civil servants, industry leaders, and civil society.
Delivering his keynote address, he spoke about The Gambia's pathway to prosperity – a lesson that many other countries in the sub-region could learn from. This is what he said:
Good Morning, honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to express my appreciation to Minister Njie for the kind introduction. It is a pleasure to be here today in Banjul to speak to such a distinguished audience at this moment of new possibilities for The Gambia.
You represent a true cross-section of this society—reflecting many different interests but sharing the hopes of all Gambians. These hopes found expression in the peaceful political transition of 2017.
In just two days here, I am struck with admiration by the energy, determination, and patience of this nation. You have embraced your country's challenges and opportunities, and your efforts are beginning to bear fruit.
What I have sensed is a road to hope and a bright future. Or, in other words, a pathway to prosperity. This is what I would like to address in the time I have this morning.
Let me first set the stage by offering a quick overview of the economic setting in sub-Saharan Africa and The Gambia. As you know, the region has benefited from solid growth over the past two decades.
But the past four years have proven more challenging. We have witnessed a divergence of economic fortunes—with diversified, well managed economies continuing to grow and many resource-dependent countries encountering difficulties.
While this pattern has continued recently, we are seeing regional growth regain some momentum. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that growth in sub-Saharan Africa should accelerate this year to 3.5 percent from 3 percent in 2018. We expect it to expand at close to 4 percent over the medium term. This is good news.
We are very pleased to see that the Gambian economy has rebounded strongly. Growth in 2018 reached 6.6 percent and prospects for sustained growth are positive over the medium term.
Inflation has dropped to just above 6 percent, and gross official reserves have increased to about 3 months of imports.
This remarkable progress has been achieved through your government's efforts to stabilize the economy with support from Gambians living abroad, the private sector, and international partners.
There also has been progress in developing infrastructure, which is crucial to ensuring sustained growth.
The recently opened Senegambia Bridge, which I am going to visit later today, is a prime example of this progress. It is a symbol of The Gambia's efforts to deepen economic ties to the rest of the region.
The bridge is also a good segue to the theme of my speech: The Gambia's pathway to prosperity.
As a road, it is a pathway in the literal sense. But it is also a pathway in figurative sense, symbolizing the role of enhanced trade and connectivity in building prosperity. At the same time, domestic policy efforts will be needed to build this pathway.
Enhanced trade is one pillar of the pathway to prosperity. Africa is now moving ahead with creating the Continental Free Trade Area, which The Gambia recently endorsed. This initiative has the potential to boost intra-African trade and growth across many dimensions.
It can add jobs, foster competition, help increase investment, and spur the spread of knowledge and technology. All of which could provide significant benefits to The Gambia.
The agreement itself, however, is but one step. To fully benefit from it, the significant nontariff bottlenecks to trade that exist across the region will also need to be tackled. These include infrastructure shortcomings, logistical costs, and other hurdles that hinder cross-border trade.
If these issues are addressed, regional trade integration can help maximize the returns on important public investment, such as the Senegambia bridge, and consolidate the recent pick-up in private sector activity and lending that is integral to sustainable development in The Gambia.
On this point, it is important to note that this private sector-led growth needs to be supported through responsible lending by financial institutions to Gambian businesses large and small. Vigilant supervision of banks and other credit institutions will help to ensure financial stability in the face of growing private capital inflows.
Trade integration will also help frame the reforms of this country's state-owned enterprises. In many cases, the long-term viability of those companies will depend on increasing their regional orientation.
Take the example of the energy sector. The stabilization of electricity output has contributed to your country's stronger growth. So, the ongoing investment in the electricity transmission not only will link the Eastern and Northern parts of the country, it will also open doors to West Africa's power networks by enabling cross-border energy trading, including under the flagship OMVG project uniting The Gambia, Guinea Conakry, Senegal, and Guinea Bissau with the aim of harnessing the water resources of The Gambia River Basin to produce low-cost renewable energy for the member countries.
In the same vein, investment to upgrade the port of Banjul could create a new trans-shipment hub for the region. Seen in this context, the Senegambia Bridge could be just one step in the development of the Trans-Gambia corridor within Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Regional integration and cooperation are particularly important for improving the structure of the economy and enhancing competitiveness. Let me offer two examples:
First, agriculture could be an important contributor to The Gambia's pathway to prosperity. Regional trade integration and improved infrastructure will be key to growing this important sector of the economy.
On Sunday, I visited Radville Farms, outside Banjul and their processing plant and transit facility near Yundum airport. It was great to see how automation and advanced irrigation techniques are helping to produce high-value and high-yielding crops, boosting exports, and providing high-value employment for many skilled workers, especially women.
In the future, weather tracking, satellite imaging and other sophisticated technological solutions (including artificial intelligence) will be needed to modernize agriculture. They will help to create a farming sector that is more environmentally attuned and resilient to climatic shocks.
This is especially important for small and fragile ecosystems like The Gambia's. Agriculture will then be better able to meet national goals of food self-sufficiency and creation of new export markets.
Second, tourism and other services also remain essential to your future. Regarding tourism, it is great to see The Gambia attracting record numbers of visitors. New hotels, roads, and other amenities will attract more tourists and will help rebrand your country's tourism offerings, including by branching out into eco-tourism and water sports.
The ongoing expansion of transport infrastructure will facilitate tourism, including better connections to the region. These connections, importantly, will also allow goods to move around the region and help develop trade-related services, including re-exports.
Regional economic integration and cooperation will also strengthen The Gambia's external position. Exports, private capital inflows, and remittances from Gambians working abroad are rebounding and are likely to increase further with regional integration. This will help build foreign exchange reserves and strengthen confidence in the Dalasi.
So, there are grounds for optimism about the economic outlook. The gains we are witnessing will support your efforts to improve the quality of life for all Gambians. We are already seeing progress in the reduction of maternal and infant mortality rates, and so much more is envisaged under the National Development Plan.
This highlights that, beyond regional integration, there are other important areas of reform to move The Gambia along the pathway to prosperity, which are also key for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. I would like to highlight three areas:
First, unlocking financial support from donors is one critical challenge. This can be addressed by resolving The Gambia's unsustainable public debt situation. In this regard, I am pleased to report that at a recent roundtable meeting in Washington, D.C., most creditors indicated support for debt relief. Your government and its advisors are following up on this development.
Second, fostering inclusive growth and addressing social needs is another priority. This means attacking poverty through programs aimed at aiding vulnerable households and creating jobs for unemployed youth. By lowering debt service costs, debt relief can also create budget room to address these needs as well as other budget priorities, including the reform of state-owned enterprises.
Third, strengthening the rule of law and increasing accountability and transparency will also be crucial steps toward sustainable growth. The Janneh Commission revealed the extent of financial mismanagement and misappropriation during the previous regime. More focused efforts will be needed to recover stolen domestic and foreign assets.
The IMF joins the rest of the international community in applauding the governments' commitment to transitional justice reform through the work of the Commission of Enquiry and the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, and the recently established National Human Rights Commission. We also note the plans to establish an Anti-Corruption Commission.
We also join the international community in support of the security sector reforms, which are essential for modernizing the state and strengthening the rule of law.
To conclude, I would like to discuss the role of the IMF:
The Fund provided emergency support in 2017 and is continuing our engagement through a Staff-Monitored Program. In the future we may be able to move to a medium-term program with concessional financing.
In addition, along with international partners and supporting countries, the IMF is strongly committed to helping The Gambia strengthen key institutions, including by providing our technical expertise and training.
It is essential that the assistance of the international community, including the IMF, is closely linked to your country's development priorities. Please be assured that we stand ready to listen to your ideas and proposals—and to provide all the help we can.
We look forward to working with you as you proceed along your pathway to prosperity. (End of statement)
Concluding his visit to the Gambia today, the Deputy Managing Director of the IMF – Tao Zhang, said:
"My visit to The Gambia was extremely fruitful and informative, and I am grateful for the warm hospitality of the Gambian people.
"I wish to thank President Adama Barrow, Finance Minister Mambury Njie, and Central Bank Governor Bakary Jammeh for our constructive and substantive discussions. I commended President Barrow on his administration's commitment to transparency, strong governance and the rule of law, which has helped to improve the business climate and boost investor confidence. I encouraged continued progress with the constitutional and judicial review process, the transitional justice reform agenda and emphasized the need to publish the Janneh Commission's report expeditiously, to accelerate the recovery of stolen assets.
"In my talks with the Gambian authorities, I welcomed the credible turnaround in macroeconomic performance and the great strides toward fiscal probity. I also encouraged the authorities to consolidate these gains through strengthened revenue mobilization, improved Treasury management, and expenditure prioritization and restraint.
"I also explained that creditor assurances of debt relief, continued fiscal prudence, and commitment to the reform of state-owned enterprises would be needed to transition to an IMF financial arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility.
"I was honored to meet with Parliamentarians to discuss strengthening their oversight function and with development and diplomatic partners to discuss donor coordination, given The Gambia's intensive use of donor funding and capacity development resources. I delivered a public speech on "The Gambia's Pathway to Prosperity," which emphasized the importance of regional integration for The Gambia's successful structural transformation.
"I also visited a number of sites that are playing a pivotal role in The Gambia's efforts to deepen its outward orientation and strengthen its regional ties, notably, the Port of Banjul, which is seeking to expand and help reinvigorate The Gambia's role in regional trade, Radville Farms, a private horticultural farm and large employer engaged in agricultural exports, and the recently completed Senegambia Bridge, connecting the northern and southern parts of The Gambia and Senegal and a vital link opening-up the subregion to the Cairo-Lagos trade corridor.
"Finally, I visited the Gambia Organisation for the Visually Impaired which aims to train and integrate the visually impaired into Gambian Society. I was impressed by the determination and resilience of the organization's members, a symbol of the strength of The Gambia and its aspiration to prosperity.
"The IMF stands ready to continue assisting the Gambian authorities to achieve their national objectives."
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I am now trying to create a function so that if the field is left blank, a default image is displayed instead.
Hello just reverse the "!" and add "$post" to global declaration.
Thanks - just needed the global declaration and the new code now looks like Christianto posted below.
its not only declare global but also turned around "!" before empty() like every one said..
btw, from the hook it look like it run on sidebar?
if you have some new query after your content this could be a problem.
I don't know if the hook is running on post init or widget/sidebar call but just in case it run on widget/sidebar called the you should save var $post of main query into new variable and declare it inside the function..
Try to invert the condition. You are using the default if the custom field is not empty.
Well spotted - thanks Daniele!


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Sir Peter, who stood down as MP for Louth and Horncastle in 2015, had served our area continuously for almost five decades.
John Cowpe, a former vice-chairman of Sir Peter's Horncastle Constituency Conservative Association and former Skegness Standard editor, said: "Sir Peter was a heavyweight political figure with a formidable intellect and a wealth of knowledge of economics, foreign affairs and British history. He was a very independent thinker, which was probably the only reason he did not fill one of the highest Government offices.
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Last year around this time, I shared with you some tips to stay well over the holidays, and I wanted to bring some of those tips back for you.
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I've been anticipating this post and sharing with you my results from the 7 day detox. I want to preface this by saying my results will be nothing related to the scale, in fact I didn't even use the scale once on this detox to measure anything. To be, that's not what detoxing is about, because there are so many more benefits.
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My Space allows students to express themselves in an innovative and creative ways, which is extremely important for students in their high school years, yet some of the language and content is not appropriate for an educational setting. Blogging, in it's many forms (written, video and pictures) is something that is going to continue to grow into the future. Students are doing all kinds of things with 'MySpace' accounts, including creating dummy accounts for teachers, like the one's we have shown in faculty meetings. These accounts artifically bloat the numbers of subscribers claimed by 'MySpace.' Law Enforcement is also starting to take notice of the blogging craze, by reading the blogs of students in the local area to obtain clues about unsolved crimes and current investigations.
So, what do educators do? First of all, we need to educate the teachers and the parents as to what 'My Space' is. Most teachers and parents have no idea what is going on and what is being posted on individual student pages. Wired Magazine has published two articles on MySpace, on the 'backlash' against MySpace from parents and teachers and the second, a 'cheat sheet' about the things that happen on MySpace. If these people knew what went on, they would be much more vigilant as to watching what their students/children are doing. Some newspapers have even stated that parents need to 'chill out' over MySpace. Most teachers and parents don't think anything of the pages they see on their student's/children's screens. So, educating parents and teachers is the first task that must be completed by lead technology teachers and administrators. Although this may be changing, a school in Costa Mesa, CA has recently suspended 20 students over items posted on MySpace about a class mate.
Secondly, we need to educate students about the information they provide about themselves online and how they are representing themselves in 'Internet Arena.' Safety and appropriate behavior online needs to become part of every student's education, there is legislation in the State Assembly to do so right now. Kids need to know that there is also a difference between how an when they communicate with their peer group and when they communicate in an educational/professional setting. We will be taking an active role in teaching students ethical technology behavior in the fall with a 'Global Communications' course. We hope all 9th graders in the school will enroll in this course.
Individual expression for all high school students is a good thing, allowing them to be heard in a greater arena than just their few close friends, but it is the job of teachers and parents to teach teenagers how to do this in a manner that will reflect upon them in a positive light. I don't want censor the message, but we need to help students deliver it in an appropriate manner.
Thanks for the valuable information posted on your Capuchino Technology Blog in myspace.com! It was great to know that a Global Communications course will be offered in the fall. Will this course also be offered at Hillsdale?


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Number of Scottish centenarians at near record level
Published: 27 Sep 2017 09:34
Figures published today by the National Records of Scotland estimate that in 2016 there were 910 centenarians living in Scotland, an increase of 57 per cent from the estimate of 580 in 2006.
The male centenarian population more than doubled (from 50 in 2006 to 120 in 2016), while the female population increased by 49 per cent (from 530 in 2006 to 790 in 2016).
There are many more women who live for over 100 years than men, reflecting the longer life expectancy of females. In 2016, there were 790 female centenarians (87 per cent of all centenarians) compared with 120 men aged 100 or over.
The ratio of male to female centenarians has increased to 15 men per 100 women in 2016 compared to 9 men per 100 women in 2006. This indicates that the gap between men and women's life expectancy has decreased.
Since 2006, the number of centenarians relative to the rest of the population has increased from 1.1 to 1.7 centenarians for every 10,000 people in the total population in 2016.
The number of people aged 90 to 99 increased from 28,430 in 2006 to 40,160 in 2016, an increase of 41 per cent.
The number of men aged 90 to 99 increased from 6,570 to 11,900 between 2006 and 2016, an increase of 81 per cent. The number of females aged 90 to 99 increased from 21,860 to 28,260 during the same period, an increase of 29 per cent.
Centenarians make up a larger proportion of the population at UK level (2.27 per 10,000 population) than in Scotland (1.7 per 10,000 population). Between 2006 and 2016 the percentage increase in the number of centenarians in Scotland (57 per cent) was slightly lower than in the UK as a whole (60 per cent).
The full report, "Centenarians in Scotland 2006 to 2016", is available in the Centenarians section of the National Records of Scotland (NRS) website.
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Adda Djørup (born August 18, 1972) is a Danish poet, novelist and short story writer.

Biography
Djørup was born in Aarhus, Denmark. She went to the Katrinebjergskolen (Katrinebjerg school) before dropping out and working for several years as an au pair, before returning for secondary school. She gained a BA in Comparative Literature from the University of Copenhagen.

Djørup lives in Copenhagen.

Career
Djørup's first book was Monsieurs monologer, a collection of poetry, appeared in 2005.

In 2007, she published a collection of short stories, titled Hvis man begyndte at spørge sig selv. Several of the stories in the collection were set in southern Europe. Djørup revealed that these were informed by her own extensive sojourn in Spain and Italy.

Djørup's novel Den mindste modstand (The least resistance, 2009) won the EU Prize for Literature in 2010.

In 2011, Djørup wrote a drama, titled Korus' Kabaret.

In 2015, she released a poetry collection titled Poesi og andre former for trods.

Awards
 2010, EU Prize for Literature.

References

21st-century Danish novelists
Danish women poets
1972 births
Living people
21st-century Danish poets
21st-century Danish women writers
Danish women novelists

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Marko Kiprusoff (né le  à Turku en Finlande) est un joueur professionnel finlandais de hockey sur glace. Il évolue au poste de défenseur. Il est le frère de Miikka Kiprusoff.

Biographie

Carrière en club
En 1991, il joue ses premiers matchs en senior avec son club formateur du TPS. Il est choisi au cours du repêchage d'entrée dans la LNH 1994 par les Canadiens de Montréal en troisième ronde, en soixante-dixième position. Il remporte la SM-liiga 1993, 1995, 1999 et 2000 avec le TPS. Il a porté les couleurs des Canadiens et des Islanders de New York dans la Ligue nationale de hockey. Il met un terme à sa carrière en 2010 après une finale de Ligue Magnus perdue avec les Ducs d'Angers.

Carrière internationale
Il représente l'Équipe de Finlande au niveau international. Il est médaillé à plusieurs reprises au championnat du monde. Il a participé aux Jeux olympiques de 1994.

Trophées et honneurs personnels
SM-liiga
 1994 : nommé dans l'équipe d'étoiles.
 1995 : nommé dans l'équipe d'étoiles.
 1995 : remporte le trophée Pekka-Rautakallio.
 1999 : remporte le trophée Raimo-Kilpiö.
 1999 : nommé dans l'équipe d'étoiles.
 2000 : nommé dans l'équipe d'étoiles.

Ligue Magnus
 2010 : nommé dans l'équipe d'étoiles.

Statistiques
Pour les significations des abréviations, voir statistiques du hockey sur glace.

En club

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| 1995-1996|| Canadiens de Montréal|| LNH|| 24|| 0|| 4|| 4|| 8|| -|| -|| -|| -|| -
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| 1996-1997|| Malmö Redhawks|| Elitserien|| 50|| 10|| 18|| 28|| 24|| 4|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0
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| 1997-1998|| Malmö Redhawks|| Elitserien|| 46|| 7|| 16|| 23|| 23|| -|| -|| -|| -|| -
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| 1998-1999|| TPS Turku|| SM-liiga|| 49|| 15|| 22|| 37|| 12|| 10|| 3|| 6|| 9|| 0
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| 1999-2000|| TPS Turku|| SM-liiga|| 53|| 6|| 27|| 33|| 10|| 11|| 0|| 3|| 3|| 0
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| 2001-2002|| Sound Tigers de Bridgeport||  LAH|| 9|| 0|| 2|| 2|| 0|| -|| -|| -|| -|| -
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Références

Naissance en juin 1972
Naissance à Turku
Joueur international finlandais de hockey sur glace
Joueur de hockey sur glace aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1994
Choix de repêchage des Canadiens de Montréal
Joueur du Kärpät Oulu
Joueur du TPS (hockey sur glace)
Joueur du HPK Hämeenlinna
Joueur des Canadiens de Fredericton
Joueur des Canadiens de Montréal
Joueur des Malmö Redhawks
Joueur du EHC Kloten
Joueur des Islanders de New York
Joueur des Sound Tigers de Bridgeport
Joueur du TuTo Turku
Joueur du KooKoo Kouvola
Joueur de l'Association des sports de glisse d'Angers
Champion du monde de hockey sur glace
Médaillé de bronze olympique finlandais
Membre du Temple de la renommée du hockey finlandais
Défenseur de hockey sur glace
Gagnant du trophée Raimo-Kilpiö
Gagnant du trophée Pekka-Rautakallio


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Today is American Thanksgiving and so I thought I would like to take this opportunity to give thanks for those people who played such an important role in encouraging me on my creative journey, to finally start quilting, something I have wanted to do for a long time now.
Now let me tell you , that it has taken me a long time to be able to put the word creative, next to anything associated with me, for example in my tagline. I always thought of myself as the uncreative member of my family and have always admired those members of my family who have that creative gene that seemed to have bypassed me.
It wasn't until last year, when I started to read one of Julia Cameron's books "The Artist's Way- A spiritual path to higher creativity", that I realized that everyone has the ability to be creative. This book was really what kick started my creative journey and helped build my own confidence in my ability to create.
But being creative was the easy part, creating something was quite another.
After almost a year and a half of trying to learn to sew and 6 or 7 months more to learn to quilt, I finally finished my very first quilt. It is mindboggling when I think of all the people I have to thank for helping me. Maya and Irène are two excellent teachers, who patiently taught me how to machine sew my blocks, sashing and binding together but also were an excellent source of inspiration, with their beautiful store The Quilt Place filled with fabric and quilts I love. So thank you ladies!!
Below you will find links to the quilting websites I mention in this post.
There are so many other people to whom I am thankful for all the support they have given me, especially my parents, husband, and friend Kemi who all listened to the procrastinating that it took before I finally took my first steps, and continue to listen to all my quilt jabber now that I am hooked.
I especially thank Kemi, who has accompanied me on more than a few quilt shop hops, to buy fabric, notions and just indulge in looking at the things that make me happy. Kemi has proven to be an excellent assistant and model, when doing any "photo shoots" of quilts and inspiring places.
A big thank you to Pat Sloan for her excellent podcasts on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio, these help keep me motivated while quilting. Next up, Alyssa Lichner at Pile O' Fabric and her excellent beginners quilting tutorial series which I so wish, I had found sooner. Alyssa not only walks you through each process but links you to other amazing tutorials, just in case you need even more help. THANKS Alyssa!! Then there is "Pickel" at Swimming in brine for her tutorial on handmade, embroidered quilt labels and Jenny Hart from Sublime Stitching for her embroidery tutorials.
So with that, I thank all of you quilters and bloggers out there for your contribution to the online quilting and/or creative community! And for all of you who are American, I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving! I will be thinking of you all devouring delicious Thanksgiving dinners, when I'm sitting in my German class tonight!
P.S. The Quilt in these pictures is my first quilt that I owned, that inspired me to learn how to quilt myself. It may only be a department store, bought, one but I love it. Isn't it lovely? It is certainly well loved!!!


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Home Celebrity Tamar Braxton Says She'll Return To Non-Reality TV
Tamar Braxton Says She'll Return To Non-Reality TV
October 7, 2021 | Subhojeet Mukherjee
Tamar Braxton made a name for herself acting in reality TV shows such as Braxton Family Values and more. It seems she is set to return to television despite her toxic relationship with the reality TV business.
While speaking to TMZ, Tamar Braxton was asked about her teasing Braxton Family Values making a return to television, but on a different network this time around.
Tamar was released by WE tv last summer after she tried to commit suicide and subsequent claims the reality TV industry and its "toxic, systemic bondage" drove her to end her life.
Tamar Braxton noted that she has a different type of family TV project planned and that it will not be a typical show that will follow the conventional "reality" route.
She claimed that the show won't pry into her personal life, and will depict her family in a way she feels is fair. It remains to be seen how the show will be whenever it releases.
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from __future__ import division
from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import print_function

__author__ = 'christoph.statz <at> tu-dresden.de'

import numpy as np

class InverseIndexMapper(object):
    """ class to map local indexes to global ones """
    def __init__(self, mask, halos=None):
        """ Constructor of class InverseIndexMapper

        :param start_index: local start index as tuple (x1,y1,z1) or slice
        :param stop_index: local stop index as tuple (x2,y2,z3) or slice
        """

        if halos is None:
            tmp = tuple([0 for _ in range(len(mask))])
            halos = (tmp, tmp)

        self.__mask = mask

    def __getitem__(self, index):

        return self.local_to_global(index)

    def slice_local_to_global(self, index_slice, axis=0):
        """ Calculate start and stop index for mapping sliced index

        :param index_slice: sliced index?
        :param axis: current axis to calculate
        :return: slice object as calculated
        """

        local_start = self.int_local_to_global_start(index_slice.start, axis)
        local_stop = self.int_local_to_global_stop(index_slice.stop, axis)

        return slice(local_start,local_stop,index_slice.step)

    def local_to_global(self, index):
        """ Calculate local index from global index
        :param index: input index
        :return: local index for data
        """

        if (type(index) is int) or (type(index) is slice):
            if len(self.__mask) > 1:
                raise IndexError('check length of parameter index')
            # 1D array
            if type(index) is int:
                return self.int_local_to_global(index)

            elif type(index) is slice:
                return self.slice_local_to_global(index)

            else:
                raise IndexError('check data type of index to be integer or slice')

        elif type(index) is tuple:

            local_index = []

            for k, item in enumerate(index):
                if k < len(self.__mask):

                    if type(item) is slice:
                        temp_index = self.slice_local_to_global(item, k)

                    elif type(item) in [int, np.int64, np.int32]:
                        temp_index = self.int_local_to_global(item, k)

                    if temp_index is None:
                        return temp_index

                else:
                    temp_index = item

                local_index.append(temp_index)

            return tuple(local_index)
        else:
            raise IndexError('check index for correct length and type')

    def int_local_to_global_start(self, index, axis=0):
        """ Calculate local index from global index from start_index

        :param index: global index as integer
        :param axis: current axis to process
        :return:
        """

        return index + self.__mask[axis].start

    def int_local_to_global_stop(self, index, axis=0):
        """ Calculate local index from global index from stop_index

        :param index: global index as integer
        :param axis: current axis to process
        :return:
        """

        return index + self.__mask[axis].start

    def int_local_to_global(self, index, axis=0):
        """ Calculate local index from global index for integer input

        :param index: global index as integer
        :param axis: current axis to process
        :return:
        """

        return index + self.__mask[axis].start

class IndexMapper(object):
    """ class to map global indexes to local ones """
    def __init__(self, mask, halos=None):
        """ Constructor of class IndexMapper

        :param start_index: local start index as tuple (x1,y1,z1) or slice
        :param stop_index: local stop index as tuple (x2,y2,z3) or slice
        """

        if halos is None:
            tmp = tuple([0 for _ in range(len(mask))])
            halos = (tmp, tmp)

        self.__halos = halos
        self.__mask = mask

    def __getitem__(self, index):
        return self.global_to_local(index)

    def slice_global_to_local(self, index_slice, axis=0):
        """ Calculate start and stop index for mapping sliced index

        :param index_slice: sliced index?
        :param axis: current axis to calculate
        :return: slice object as calculated
        """
        if index_slice.stop < self.__mask[axis].start+self.__halos[0][axis]:
            return None

        if index_slice.start > self.__mask[axis].stop-self.__halos[1][axis]:
            return None

        local_start = self.int_global_to_local_start(index_slice.start, axis)
        local_stop = self.int_global_to_local_stop(index_slice.stop, axis)

        return slice(local_start,local_stop,index_slice.step)

    def global_to_local(self, index):
        """ Calculate local index from global index

        :param index: input index
        :return: local index for data
        """
        if (type(index) is int) or (type(index) is slice):
            if len(self.__mask) > 1:
                raise IndexError('check length of parameter index')
            # 1D array
            if type(index) is int:
                return self.int_global_to_local(index)

            elif type(index) is slice:
                return self.slice_global_to_local(index)

            else:
                raise IndexError('check data type of index to be integer or slice')

        elif type(index) is tuple:
            #if len(index) is not len(self.__mask):
            #    raise IndexError('check length of parameter index')

            local_index = []

            for k, item in enumerate(index):
                if k < len(self.__mask):

                    if type(item) is slice:
                        temp_index = self.slice_global_to_local(item, k)

                    elif type(item) in [int, np.int64, np.int32]:
                        temp_index = self.int_global_to_local(item, k)

                    if temp_index is None:
                        return temp_index

                else:
                    temp_index = item

                local_index.append(temp_index)

            return tuple(local_index)
        else:
            raise IndexError('check index for correct length and type')

    def int_global_to_local_start(self, index, axis=0):
        """ Calculate local index from global index from start_index

        :param index: global index as integer
        :param axis: current axis to process
        :return:
        """
        if index >= self.__mask[axis].stop-self.__halos[1][axis]:
            return None

        if index < self.__mask[axis].start:
            return 0

        return index-self.__mask[axis].start

    def int_global_to_local_stop(self, index, axis=0):
        """ Calculate local index from global index from stop_index

        :param index: global index as integer
        :param axis: current axis to process
        :return:
        """
        if index < self.__mask[axis].start+self.__halos[0][axis]:
            return None

        if index > self.__mask[axis].stop:
            return self.__mask[axis].stop-self.__mask[axis].start

        return index-self.__mask[axis].start

    def int_global_to_local(self, index, axis=0):
        """ Calculate local index from global index for integer input

        :param index: global index as integer
        :param axis: current axis to process
        :return:
        """

        # Warum >= an dieser Stelle. Eigentlich sollte > ausreichend sein! Test!
        if index >= self.__mask[axis].stop-self.__halos[1][axis]:
            return None

        if index < self.__mask[axis].start+self.__halos[0][axis]:
            return None

        return index-self.__mask[axis].start

class IndexBoundsHandler(object):
    """ class to handle bound errors in mpi wrapper """
    def __init__(self, global_shape):
        """ Constructor of IndexBoundsHandler

        :param global_shape: global shape of data where to check bounds
        """
        self._global_shape = global_shape

    def __getitem__(self, index):
        return self.out_of_bounds(index)

    def int_out_of_bounds(self, index, axis=0):
        """ examples if index is out of local processing bounds

        function is used to perform examples for index of type integer
        :param index: global index to examples as type int
        :param axis: current axis to examples
        :return: return input or raise error
        """
        #if index >= self._global_shape[axis]:
        if index > self._global_shape[axis]:
            raise IndexError('index is larger than the upper bound')

        # wrap around index if negative like in python
        if index < 0:
            index += self._global_shape[axis]
            #warnings.warn('warp around may occur')

        # check for invalid wrap around
        if index < 0:
            raise IndexError('index is smaller than the lower bound')

        return index

    def slice_out_of_bounds(self, index, axis=0):
        start = index.start
        stop = index.stop

        if start is None:
            start = 0

        if stop is None:
            stop = self._global_shape[axis]

        # stop-=1

        index_start = self.int_out_of_bounds(start, axis)
        index_stop = self.int_out_of_bounds(stop, axis)

        return slice(index_start, index_stop, index.step)

    def out_of_bounds(self, index):
        """ Check index for out of bounds

        :param index: index as integer, tuple or slice
        :return: local index as tuple
        """
        if type(index) is int:
            return self.int_out_of_bounds(index)

        elif type(index) is slice:
            return self.slice_out_of_bounds(index)

        elif type(index) is tuple:

            local_index = []

            for k, item in enumerate(index):

                if type(item) is slice:
                    temp_index = self.slice_out_of_bounds(item, k)

                elif type(item) is int:
                    temp_index = self.int_out_of_bounds(item, k)
                # FIXME: will fail if item is no int or slice!
                if temp_index is None:
                    return temp_index

                local_index.append(temp_index)

            return tuple(local_index)


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Brian Eno - Reflection - 2x LP Vinyl
Reflection is the latest work in a long series. It started (as far as record releases are concerned) with Discreet Music in 1975 ( - or did it start with the first Fripp and Eno album in 1973? Or did it start with the first original piece of music I ever made, at Ipswich Art School in 1965 - recordings of a metal lampshade slowed down to half and quarter speed, all overlaid?) Anyway, it's the music that I later called 'Ambient'. I don't think I understand what that term stands for anymore - it seems to have swollen to accommodate some quite unexpected bedfellows - but I still use it to distinguish it from pieces of music that have fixed duration and rhythmically connected, locked together elements. The pedigree of this piece includes Thursday Afternoon, Neroli (whose subtitle is Thinking Music IV) and LUX. I've made a lot of thinking music, but most of it I've kept for myself. Now I notice that people are using some of those earlier records in the way that I use them - as provocative spaces for thinking - so I feel more inclined to make them public. Pieces like this have another name: they're GENERATIVE. By that I mean they make themselves. My job as a composer is to set in place a group of sounds and phrases, and then some rules which decide what happens to them. I then set the whole system playing and see what it does, adjusting the sounds and the phrases and the rules until I get something I'm happy with. Because those rules are probabilistic ( - often taking the form 'perform operation x, y percent of the time') the piece unfolds differently every time it is activated. What you have here is a recording of one of those unfoldings. 2xLP includes download card.
A Reflection I
B Reflection II
C Reflection III
D Reflection IV
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Mostowfian Ashtiani family were a Persian family during the Zand period who came to power in the Qajar dynasty and retained power until the middle of the Pahlavi dynasty. Their family occupation was land ownership, but after in Qajar introduced the position of Mostowfi into the Iranian bureaucracy, the family began to work as Mustawfis and took their name from this title. Mostowfian Ashtiani became known as the "Hezar Famil" () because of their influence and power in the Qajar bureaucracy.

Aqa Mohsen Ashtiani was the ancestor of Mostowfian Ashtiani and one of Karim Khan Zand's contemporaries, who owned a lot of property in Ashtian district, traditionally belonging to Tafresh County,  and ran a kind of local government. His stronghold at Ashtian, parts of which still stand, was 20,000 square meters in size and included a fort, a courtyard, a water tank, stables, a kitchen, a crew section, and an interior and exterior. It is known that Aqa Mohsen sheltered him in this fort when Karim Khan Zand was trying to gain power and was in pursuit with his enemies, and Khan Zand recruited his three children to serve in the court to compensate for this help. From the three sons of Aqa Mohsen Ashtiani, three branches of the Mostofian Ashtiani family were formed. From then on, the members of this dynasty were directly present in the bureaucracy of the Zand dynasty and then the Qajar dynasty, and held positions ranging from secretaries to princes and nobles to Mustawfi to the prime minister.

The six members of this family who became the Prime Minister of Iran and were well-known figures in the field of politics in the contemporary history of Iran are: Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani, Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, Vossug ed Dowleh, Ahmad Qavam, Mohammad Mossadegh and Ahmad Matin-Daftari. The family names of Mostowfi, Daftari, Matin-daftari, Mossadegh, Maykadeh, Vossugh, Qavam, Shokooh, Dadvar, Farhad, Farhad Motamed and Moghtadar are related to Mostowfian Ashtiani family.

History

Early Qajar rule
There are not many sources about the life of Aqa Mohsen Ashtiani and how he came to power. What is known is that Aqa Mohsen Ashtiani was one of the great landowners of his time. He had three sons named Mirza Aghasi Bey, Mirza Hashem and Mirza Kazem, from whom three branches of the Mostowfian Ashtiani family were formed. Mostowfian Ashtiani family, although they were supporters of the Zand dynasty, were not angered by Agha Mohammad Khan and even retained their positions. Mirza Kazem, the son of Aqa Mohsen Ashtiani, accompanied Agha Mohammad Khan during the wars in Georgia and was killed during the siege of Shusha fortress. Mirza Mohammad Taqi Qavam al-Dawla Ashtiani, son of Mirza Hashem, participated in the war of 1823-1821 with the Ottoman Empire and received the title of Qavam al-Dawla on behalf of Fath Ali Shah. Throughout the reign of Fath Ali Shah, this family maintained its small role in the bureaucracy and never rose above the position of Mostowfi ol-Mamalek.

Naser al-Din Shah era
Mirza Mohammad Qavam al-Dawla, a descendant of Mirza Hashem, married one of the daughters of Mirza Hassan Mostowfi ol-Mamalek Ashtiani, the son of Mirza Kazem, thus strengthening the family relationship. During the reign of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, Qavam al-Dawlah led an army to capture the Turkmen insurgent bases, but was severely defeated and humiliated on his return to Tehran and imprisoned for some time. In order to discredit Qavam al-Dawla, Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani, who was the brother-in-law of Qavam al-Dawla, presented 100,000 Tomans in a gold tray to Nasser al-Din Shah and demanded the release of Qavam al-Dawla. Nasser al-Din Shah freed Qavam al-Dawlah and gave him the position of pioneer of Fars province. After that, the influence of the Mostowfian Ashtiani family with the Qajar kings increased. Mirza Yousef Ashtiani held a position equal to the government of Tehran and the director of real estate. He appointed one of his relatives named Mirza Musa Ashtiani as the deputy of Khorasan. Mirza Musa himself was later appointed Minister of Military Affairs and Finance in the cabinet of Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh.

Mirza Yousef Ashtiani also granted a position to his cousin, Mirza Hideyatu'llah Ashtiani, during his time as prime minister. Although Mirza Hideyatu'llah held the position of secretary since the time of Amir Kabir, he was appointed Minister of Finance during the reign of Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani. Hideyatu'llah was the father of Mohammad Mossadegh, who was appointed prime minister during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Prime Ministerial era
Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, the son of Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani, succeeded his father as Mustawfi as a child. He was elected Prime Minister six times. Ahmad Qavam and Vossug ed Dowleh, both grandchildren of Qavam al-Dawla, both became prime ministers after Persian Constitutional Revolution victory. When Vossug ed Dowleh was prime minister for the second time, he took bribes from Britain and signed the 1919 agreement. During the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi, when the bureaucracy was overthrown, only three members of Mostowfian Ashtiani family were able to retain power, Ahmad Qavam, who even became prime minister under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Mohammad Mossadegh, and Ahmad Matin-Daftari. Matin-Daftari was Mohammad Mosaddegh's nephew and son-in-law.

Dadvar Branch
Mirza Musa Ashtiani married three times, his first wife was Amirzadeh Khanum, daughter of Mahmud Mirza Qajar, son of Fath Ali Shah, from she, Mirza Musa Ashtiani had three children named Montaser al-Molk, Qavam al-Sultan and Vosough al-Saltanah. The three changed their surnames from Ashtiani to Dadvar because they were upset with their own Ashtiani relatives. Vosough al-Saltanah Dadvar became Minister of War in the cabinet of Mirza Hassan Khan Mushir al-Dawla. He was also the governor of Gilan, Khorasan and Kerman for some time. He was a member of the National Assembly representing Tehran in 1930 and He became governor of Fars and then Azerbaijan in 1947, but was fired because he entered into negotiations with the Soviets to cede northern oil concessions. Qavam al-Sultan was the father of Abdullah Dadvar, a musician who strongly supported Alinaghi Vaziri, who was developing a method for notation and arrangement in Iranian traditional music. Montaser al-Molk wrote several books on the history of Mostowfian Ashtiani family, and he had a grandson named Abolhassan Dadvar, who was the mayor of Rasht and the governor of Tehran.

Farhad Branch
From Mirza Musa Ashtiani's other wife, Esmat al-Saltanah, a son named Musa Mushir-Akaram was born, who returned to Ashtian and built several houses and mansions there with the inheritance left by his father. He had a son named Ahmad Farhad who was a physician, writer and president of the University of Tehran. He was one of the first to bring a radiology device to Iran to help diagnose diseases.

Legacy

Mostowfian Ashtiani family were art lovers and artists. In Ashtian, they built large and magnificent buildings, including mansions and castles. The buildings built by this family greatly influenced the Qajar architecture. Apart from architecture, they were also very advanced in the field of painting and music, some members of this family such as Abdullah Dadvar and Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani were musicians. There are paintings in their mansions that are drawn in the style of the Qajar school of painting and are very original and old examples. They were supporters of great artists such as Kamal al-Mulk and Sani ol molk. Sani ol molk painted a picture of Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani to compensate for his help. Among all the families of the Qajar bureaucrat, Mostowfian Ashtiani had the highest number of educated people. They supported the modern teaching method developed by the Dar ul-Fonun University and the schools of Haji-Mirza Hassan Roshdieh.

Of course, the main influence that Mostowfian Ashtiani family had on Iranian society was the term "thousand families", which was previously a nickname for the Khajeh Nouri family. This family had so much influence in the Qajar court and bureaucracy that after the Shah, power was in the hands of the members of Mostowfian Ashtiani. It is a narration of Nasser al-Din Shah's jealousy of Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani's great wealth. During the period when three prime ministers of this dynasty were also appointed as prime ministers during the reign of Ahmad Shah (Vossug ed Dowleh, Mostowfi ol-Mamalek and Qavam os-Saltaneh), the 1919 agreement was signed, bribery reached its peak and many cities and villages of Iran was deprived of safe water and food. Therefore, this family was considered corrupt because they could not solve Iran's problems, and some of them even cooperated with British empire.

Mostowfian Ashtiani family played a major role in changing the Qajar bureaucracy, which was an imitation of the Safavid bureaucracy. Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani made many reforms in the administrative system and bureaucracy, which greatly helped the princes and statesmen. He was the founder of a system in which the Prime Minister was powerful and the Speaker of the Council of Ministers. The responsibility for all government departments rested with the Prime Minister. This means that the Shah was in direct contact with the Chancellor, and the Chancellor referred everything to the relevant administration, and the other ministers were each in charge of their own ministries, especially in the presence of the Chancellor. Virtually no minister had the right to interfere in the affairs of another ministry, but in the passion of all government affairs, the ministers were partners in each other's actions and in charge of government affairs. Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani was involved in oligarchizing the political-administrative system during the reign of Nasser al-Din Shah until the end of the Qajar period.

Genealogy

Mirza Hashem branch

Mirza Kazem Ashtiani Branch

Mirza Aghasi Bey Branch

Titles

List of heads of the Mostowfian Ashtiani

Prime Minister and Grand Vizier

Minister of Military Affairs and Finance

References

Mostowfian Ashtiani family
Iranian noble families
Qajar Iran
People of Pahlavi Iran


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Ohhhhh does it look spooky!!!!
Whatever it is just tastes like an orange cream drink.
Not sure it was worth it, but it did get me into the spirit.


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The Liquor Law CenterWhat defenses are available for a defendant in a dram shop action or liquor liability case?
Defenses in liquor liability cases. Where there's the usual defenses that you see in any kind of case, "It wasn't me. I didn't do it. I have no idea what happened. Somebody made the whole thing up." You are almost always going to get that. Once you get past that, what defenses do we see in liquor liability cases, the defenses we almost always see in liquor liability cases, there's a drunk-driving accident or there is a fight, somebody gets beat up, somebody gets hurt. The defense we almost always hear is, "What are you picking on me for? All I do is run a bar. I didn't get behind the wheel and hit somebody. I didn't beat anybody up. What's everybody picking on me for?" That is not a valid defense. The reason it is not a valid defense is because bars are not allowed to sell people they know are minors or people they know are alcoholics. The reason they are not allowed to sell to those people is to protect the public. It is too much risk if you sell to somebody you know is a minor or somebody you know is an alcoholic. If you sell to one of those people and then they go out and do harm, it is not a defense that you didn't get behind the wheel because it is the bar that set the whole thing in motion by selling to that person they knew was a minor or that person they knew was an alcoholic, so don't fall for that one.
What if the wrongful death happened at work? Is there someone who can be sued?


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Hotspur Towers - Billy Minter
Billy was actually born in Woolwich and played a couple of games for Norwich before signing for his local side where he played for their reserves in a game against Spurs but after just three months moved to Reading in 1906. There he was their top scorer in his first season and was top again the following year until his move to Spurs. The deal which also brought Ernie Coquet to North London cost Spurs £500. Billy would stay with the club until his passing in 1940.
In his time at Tottenham he scored 101 goals in 334 games and become the first Tottenham player to reach the 100 goals for the club in first class games (2). Top scoring for Spurs three times his 95 goals came in the League and he was our record scorer until overtaken by Jimmy Dimmock in 1930. The first of those goals coming on his debut V Millwall.
He would score two league hat tricks for Spurs. He played in the famous Christmas Day game in 1911 when we beat Woolwich Arsenal 5-0 scoring two goals. He was a member of the side that won the 1920 Second Division title, scoring seven times and The London FA Cup (1911) scoring in the final.
Trivia - The 1911 Census shows him living in Bruce Grove with his wife and four children as well as his sister in law who gives her employment as a tennis ball sewer.
Billy was described as a fast fleet footed player, possibly not an exceptional talent but strong hard working and dependable who knew how to score goals. He was at this peak when the First World War broke out and he enlisted in the Royal Artillery (1). He was quickly promoted to the rank of sergeant and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal before being wounded in 1917.
Not good reading for Spurs fans in October 1917 when the newspapers report that both he and Tom Morris had been wounded.
Billy returned to Spurs after the war and filled in playing at center half before reverting to inside forward. He was not quite as effective and resigned as captain and retired when Jimmy Banks replaced him as first choice in 1920. Billy became trainer under Peter McWilliam.
In 1926 Billy acted as trainer for the England side. He also turned out after a six year absence for Spurs when the team played away to Hull and Frank Osborne was taken ill before the match. Billy continued to be fully involved with the club and was still playing for the A team in the 1925/26 season (4).
You will have seen the famous photo of Tottenham leaving Stamford Bridge displaying the cup, well that's Billy holding the trophy and witnesses claim he held it up all the way during the return journey.
When McWilliam left he was appointed manager in 1927 although he was never happy in the role. During his spell in charge Spurs slid into the Second Division. The strain of being unable to win promotion brought on ill health and he resigned in the autumn of 1929 (3).
The club took him on as assistant sectary a post he would hold until his death in May 1940. At the outbreak of World War 2 Billy volunteered to join the police reserve.
At his passing the club's sectary said "Tottenham mourn the loss of one of their most loyal employees. He served the club in several roles, including as an outstanding player, trainer, chief scout and as a conscientious manager. Right up until his passing he continued to serve the club he loved as a hard-working assistant secretary. He was one of our family, and he will be sadly missed."
Billy Minter, A true Tottenham man and legend.
In additional to the usual sources, thanks to Andy Porter, The Minter Family, Norman Giller, mehstg, Bob Goodwin.
Notes – 1- Some accounts claim that Billy had first signed on to the army as a boy soldier in June 1892 and bought himself out of the services. As he would have been four at the time I expect this is unlikely.
2 – Billy's record varies between sources The Tottenham Mysteries attempted to clarify this problem -
http://www.indiaspurs.com/blog/tottenham-mysteries-the-lost-goal-mine
3 - The story of this period is told in the Roaring 20's series
http://www.indiaspurs.com/blog/ht36-tottenham-and-the-roaring-20s-part-1
& The Forgotten Years.
http://www.indiaspurs.com/blog/hotspur-towers-the-forgotten-years-part-1
4- Some sources, including national newspapers will tell you Billy played for St Albans and scored seven goals in one game. Sadly this happened in 1922 when Billy was Tottenham trainer. The player who actually performed this feat was a Wilfred Minter. Just
Paul minter
Thanks good arctile
Good article and well researched off my great great uncle


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Chat show fame for group
BOOK lovers in Whitefield enjoyed a taste of fame when they were invited to talk about their latest read with TV hosts Richard and Judy. Film crews dropped in to see members of Whitefield Library's reading groups who talked about one of the latest books in the Richard and Judy Book Club - The Cellist of Sarajevo.
Members of the Whitefield Library reading groups, Patricia Bellotti, June Ratcliffe, Marc Sutherland, Paul Grayston, Alison Bond McNally and Sandra Newton
BOOK lovers in Whitefield enjoyed a taste of fame when they were invited to talk about their latest read with TV hosts Richard and Judy.
Film crews dropped in to see members of Whitefield Library's reading groups who talked about one of the latest books in the Richard and Judy Book Club - The Cellist of Sarajevo.
The 14 members discussed the powerful tale which is based on ethnic tensions experienced during the Siege of Sarajevo.
And although they didn't get to meet the famous talk show duo in the flesh, book group leader Rob Moran-Hetherington said it was a great opportunity to promote their interest in books.
He said: "The atmosphere on the day was electric - we had a discussion for about half an hour and the group had great fun sharing ideas and discussing their favourite and not-so-favourite moments of this amazing book.
"It's a really great way to stimulate interest in reading and it was fantastic to see our comments and opinions on TV."
The film crew from Cactus spent around two hours with the group and the show went on air on Richard and Judy's new show on March 25.
The Richard and Judy Book Club has been made a permanent feature of their new show since they left their prime time spot on Channel 4 for the new Sky channel Watch, in the new year.
They have featured 10 books on their reading group for the year, and one of them will be honoured with the title of Richard and Judy's Best Read Award at the Galaxy British Book Awards in April.
Rob said: "Our appearance on the show has sparked interest in our group."
The library holds a general reading group every third Monday of the month and a men's only reading group every fourth Monday of the month.
For more information on Bury's reading groups call Rob on: 0161 253 7510 or Bury's reader development librarian Alison Bond McNally on: 0161 253 7345.