The oldest three kids have been exploring the station with their friends and frequently come home insisting we accompany them to see the latest discovery. The most recent outing we went on was to a garden area. At first they called it the prayer garden and then the secret garden. I'm not sure if has an official name, but it is beautiful whatever it's called.
There were two ways to the garden . . . two ways if you're a child. After some debate they decided we would get to the gardens by way of the stairs. It's a somewhat steep climb down, but lined with banana trees on one side and flowers and bushes of different sorts on the other.
Rock paths meander throughout the main part of the garden and on the other side of one fence is a big white cow. It was quite important that we see the cow, but he was a bit hard to get a picture of.
And instead of dainty potted plants, the poinsettias are beautiful bushes.
We had company bringing us dinner that night, so it was soon time to head home. Since we entered the garden by way of the stairs it was decided that we needed to exit through the other path.
"Oh, it's not bad," they assured me. And they would have been right . . . had I been two feet shorter, not juggling a baby on one hip and been part billy goat. Not bad at all. But, we made it over the fallen down banana trees, up the slippery mud slope and to the top of the hill (slightly out of breath) without (much) incident. The view on top was beautiful. It's what all our friends on the other side of the station see out their windows everyday. Everywhere on station has beautiful views, whether looking out over a valley like this or the amazing vegetation that surrounds everyday life.
We will see what other discoveries the kids will show us next.
It was their cousins that first got the kids interested in preying mantises. Last summer the cousins brought one as a gift and we watched it for quite a long time. It ended up being a female and laying an egg case. That brought all kinds of excitement to the house! After that, my bug boy found them all all over place, which was amazing. They were little brown creatures sitting quietly in brown grass and he still spotted them.
This one he's holding was found here in PNG.
Preying mantises are in abundant supply in PNG. The heads seem to be smaller than the ones that the kids caught in the States and they like to randomly jump. I may or may not have squealed when the little one below jumped at me while taking the picture. And I may have made the baby cry. It was just so surprising to see him jump at the camera. So anyway . . .
It was important for the cousins to see this spot on the leg of the mantis, especially since the oldest cousin is somewhat of a mantis expert. Do you know what this spot means SW?
And while I tried to get a side shot of this tiny one, he kept following the camera round, keeping a close eye on it. I was waiting for it to jump at me too.
On my first day rounding for internal medicine service I met Mr. J. Mr. J had an ascending paralysis. This left him unable to move his arms or legs and he could only sit up with the help of his watchman (a family member who comes to the hospital and helps the patient with their needs while in the hospital). Dr. Bill and I are pretty sure he has GBS. It is thought that GBS is a rare side effect of some viruses. The problem is that if the paralysis extends to the muscles of the chest the patient will not be able to breath and then would require a ventilator. Kudjip does not have a ventilator. We were quite concerned. Despite Mr. J's dire situation he always has had a huge infectious smile.
After 5 days rounding with no change we stopped to talk with Mr. J. He could move his little finger and raise his hand off the bed. There is no easy way in Pidgin to explain such a complex illness. Dr. Bill began to share our earlier fears, that his lungs would stop working. That it was as if God had drawn a line across his body and told the paralysis to stop there and go no further. The smile on Mr. J's face grew bigger as he more deeply grasped the situation and the goodness of God.
This weekend I had the opportunity to see Mr. J again. He smiled as I walked onto the ward and showed me he could lift a foot and his hand. There is no mediation to treat GBS. All you can do is support, provide oxygen, and pray. We serve a big God. Please pray for Mr. J that he will continue to regain his strength and be able to walk out of the hospital soon.
Snails and slugs are a common nuisance of gardens in Oregon. Nathan would set out bait and the next day we would marvel at the size of some that found their way into the bowls.
I was trying to think of an adjective to describe the snails the kids have found here in PNG. Huge? Giant? Enormous? Jumbo? Colossal? Monstrous? All of the the above? These guys are pretty impressive. When Nathan gets the garden put in we'll see if these adjectives could also apply to the destruction they bring. Not to fear! My kids will happily pluck them out of the garden.
It was a beautiful March morning in 2017 as I entered B ward of Kudjip Nazarene Hospital. The sun was softly streaming through giant windows. The walls were a clean white. On the nurses station was a sign "We treat, Jesus Heals." Thirty some patients were patiently waiting to see one of the two teams of doctors. Today was my first day on the ward and I was working with Dr. Bill, a long time physician at Kudjip. We began examining patients and talking about their treatment plans and progress.
The 2nd patient has a diabetic foot ulcer after stepping on a nail. Looks like he needs further surgical detriment to remove the dead tissue around the wound. Okay, I've seen a lot of this in rural Oregon, but how do I counsel a low sugar diet in a country that is totally carb based?
The 3rd patient has fever of unknown origin. We think typhoid but the test we have to confirm this is very unreliable, only slightly better than a flip of a coin. She is possibly improving. We will check a blood test and get a follow up chest X-ray and reevaluate later.
Forth, another possible typhoid and, no, typhoid is not an epidemic, this is typical life in the highlands.
Fifth, liver cancer. We are trying to make him comfortable and get him home. We will talk with the chaplain later today.
The sixth patient has ascending weakness. We think post viral. Could be Tb of the brain but we have no CT machine to evaluate this.
Next, the seventh patient has HIV and dysentery (bloody diarrhea). Presumed opportunistic infection. Symptoms slowly improving. Hopefully we can get her well enough to get on some meds for her HIV.
The eighth patient has TB and seizures. Unclear if the seizures are from his TB or his medications or both. Seems to be doing better on his new anti seizure medicine so we will monitor a little longer.
And the ninth has weight loss, with presumed adrenal insufficiency and TB.
I glance at my watch its only 9:30AM. Most of the problems I've seen are rare in the USA and would not cross my mind in evaluating a sick person in Oregon. And so the day went, one new problem after another. "We Treat, Jesus Heals." We do our best to help each patient and share the love and hope we have in Jesus Christ. Some patients will get physically better and others won't. We pray all learn of and see the love of Jesus. Only in Him can we hope to truly heal the broken.
Cooking with an open flame on a gas stove made me nervous with little ones running around. Especially with a little guy who learns by touching . . . absolutely everything within reach. In one of the boxes that was sent ahead, we included a baby gate to block off the kitchen to help keep curious little hands safely away from the hot stove. The gate, though, ended up being far too short for the doorway of the kitchen. Not to fear, my handy husband came to the rescue.
After finishing medical school and residency he actually had time to think about hobbies and one that he took up was woodworking. He was always coming up with ideas to help around the house or ways to repurpose old wood.
Woodworking was one of the things he knew he'd have to give up when moving to PNG . . . or maybe not. Turns out there is a workshop here to help with all the maintenance that goes into the keeping up the houses and hospital. Moving around the world has now given him the opportunity to use woodworking equipment he never would have had in our garage in the States. And the project ideas are flowing.
The week of March13-18 was a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Kudjip Nazarene Hospital. One important part of the celebration was a mumu, which is basically a giant BBQ. This particular mumu was the largest that some of the missionaries remember, with over 30 pigs cooked along with many chickens.
The preparations that we saw began on Thursday with the digging of giant pits that would hold all the food. Later that day food was brought in by various groups: maintenance staff, x-ray staff, nurses, pastors, Bible college students, etc. The delivery of food was a ceremony in itself.
Early Friday, around 4am, the pits were prepared and the animals butchered. Rocks were heated and placed in the ground with layers of banana leaves meat, kaukau (like a sweet potato and a staple of the diet here), cooking bananas and other food that I'm still learning about.
There were six places around the station that were involved in cooking the food. An e-mail was sent out letting everyone know where the mumus would take place. Being new, I wasn't sure where these houses were, but while out walking Friday morning the smoke from each one made them easy to spot.
All day long people gather to help with the cooking. A mumu is an important social event, but the focus is on the preparation and cooking. Once the food is ready it is separated out for each family and they go home to eat the meal. Because most PNG families do not have refrigeration, all of the food will be consumed that evening. From what we hear, there will be many more mumus to experience in the future.


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It was a wonderful journey–train, planes, automobiles, and demons. Took a flight, was driven to the meeting, and then had a wonderfully long, nearly 7 hour, train ride (in a sleeper car) back. It was interesting to note that while driving down to the location pastor James Beason of the International Church of the Holy Cross had asked something along the lines of the son (whom I will refer to as Cory) being involved in Satanism. I told James that I didn't think there was any occult involvement in his background, but we soon found out there was indeed! God was merciful and allowed us the opportunity to reach this precious family.
We arrived to their home and we had a wonderful holy time to participate in Holy Communion, refreshing out spirit, soul, and body!
Cory had been abducted and sodomized by a sadistic satanic sect known as the "Sons of Satan," who had been watching him, while living in an apartment while attending Graduate School.
The leader of the Sons of Satan participated with Cory in a blood pact that allowed a number of evil spirits to invade his life.
He had participated in over 700 animal and other blood sacrifices (spiritually & physically) over a span of many years.
As a result of the severe sexual torture, abuse, spiritual attacks, participation in the various blood rituals & blood pacts and the mental torment he had experienced, his heart broke due to all of the immense pain resulting in deep dissociation. We discovered there were over 3000 identities present within him.
There were even dissociative identities present pre-Natal as a result of a family member cursing him while in the womb.
There were various forms of cult programming that we were able to break in Jesus name. This programming allowed various cult members and other individuals to have access to his life and those dissociative identities within him.
Cory endured years of spiritual attacks via astral projecting soul parts (commonly known as human interjects). I confronted these invading soul parts and spoke with them and their demons, driving them out in Jesus name.
Cory's home was filled with various cursed objects (in fact he had a spirit named Cursed Objects within him) allowing many hundreds of thousands of evil spirits to haunt his home.
There were numerous satanic spirits within him as a result of various generational curses that needed to be broken, some going back as far as 39 generations as a result of ancestral participation in abortion, sexuality immorality (namely masturbation), blood pacts, and secret society involvement (namely the Woodsmen of the World groups).
For many hours we broke these curses, Cory broke off sin in his own life, prayed physical healing over his life and he immediately was relieved of various physical pains, we brought healing to the 3000 soul parts, we also drove out those souls from the Sons of Satan who were astral projecting with the hopes of keeping him in their grip hence they were defeated by the power of GOD, and drove out many evil spirits, all in the most holy name of Jesus Christ. Amen! Moreover, we instructed Cory in self deliverance and equipped him in the various spiritual weapons at our disposal.
After driving out the many demonic spirits from Cory we ministered to his mother and she was freed from demons also! Pastor James and I then proceeded to their home and dedicated their home to the Lord Jesus.
God delivered and we praise HIM!
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Huineng (慧能, 638 — 713) was a Chinese Chan (Chinese Zen) monastic who is one of the most important figures in the entire tradition. Huineng is the Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Chan Buddhism, as well as the last official patriarch. Since then, there are unofficial «patriarchs» of different lineages derived from Ch'an. In Japanese he is known as Daikan Enō.
He is said to have advocated an immediate and direct approach to Buddhist practice and enlightenment, and in this regard, is considered the founder of the «Sudden Enlightenment» (頓教) Southern Chan school of Buddhism. While these are the legendary accounts handed down by the tradition, it is widely understood that the actual history of the situation may have been quite different, to the extent that most believe that the primary work attributed to Huineng, the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (六祖壇經), which ended up becoming one of the most influential texts in the East Asian meditative tradition, has no true association with him.
Huineng was born into the Lu family in 638 A.D. in Canton. His father died when he was young and his family was poor, so he did not have the chance to learn to read or write. One day, while he was delivering firewood to an inn, he heard a guest reciting the Diamond Sutra and he had an awakening. He immediately decided to seek the Way of Buddhahood. The guest gave him ten taels of silver to provide for his mother, and Huineng embarked on his journey. Thus began a remarkable page in Chinese Zen history.
After traveling for thirty days on foot, Huineng arrived at Huang Mei Mountain, where the Fifth Patriarch Hongren presided. He asked Huineng where he was from and what he sought. Huineng replied that he was seeking nothing else but Buddhahood.
Hongren then said that barbarians were from the south, therefore it may be difficult for him to achieve Buddhahood. Huineng counterreplied by saying that people may come from north or south, but the Buddha nature has no north or south.
When the disciples saw this gatha on the wall, there was a great stir. When Hongrensaw it, he told them, «Practice according to this gatha, you will not fall into the evil realms, and you will receive great benefits. Light incense and pay respect to this gatha, recite it and you will see your essential nature.» All the disciples praised and memorized the gatha.
Huineng then went back to rice pounding. However, this gatha created a bigger stir;everyone was saying, «Amazing! You can't judge a person by his looks! Maybe he will become a living bodhisattva soon!» However, when the alarmed Hongren came out, he just casually said, «This hasn't seen the essential nature either,» and proceeded to wipe the gatha off with his shoe.
Hongren told Huineng, «If one recognizes the original mind, the original nature, heis called a great man, teacher of gods and humans, and Buddha.» He passed the robe and begging bowl as a symbol of the Dharma Seal of Sudden Enlightenment to Huineng.


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BNP Paribas has entrusted Marie-Claire Capobianco with a mission to bolster the bank's capacity...
BNP Paribas has entrusted Marie-Claire Capobianco with a mission to bolster the bank's capacity to accelerate the growth of companies in France
Drawing on all Group business lines that can contribute to the equity financing of company activities and thereby support their growth, she is tasked with defining ways to strengthen the bank's position with these companies, which show strong development potential.
As part of her mission, Marie-Claire Capobianco will also sponsor a portfolio of corporate clients and partners representing the French economy, in close collaboration with the management of French Retail Banking. In addition, she will represent the bank on such themes as economic growth and inclusion issues with respect to stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors.
Marie-Claire Capobianco has been Director of French Retail Banking (FRB)since January 2012, and will be succeeded by Marguerite Bérard on 1 January, 2019.
"For several years now, Marie-Claire has played an essential role in the growth and transformation of our Retail Banking activities in France, for both individuals and companies. With her in-depth knowledge of the corporate client ecosystem in France, she will be able to bring together all the expertise within BNP Paribas to meet their financing needs and support them in their growth dynamics", said Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas.
In her new position, Marie-Claire Capobianco, a Member of the Executive Committee of BNP Paribas, will report directly to Jean-Laurent Bonnafé.
Biography of Marie-Claire Capobianco
Marie-Claire Capobianco began her career in the Corporate Clients department at BNP in Marseille in 1977. She then spent four years at the bank's 'Inspection Générale' (Group Internal Audit) as an Auditor, then Chief Auditor, before moving to take charge of the Individual and Self-Employed Professional Clients department in Nantes. She subsequently became Head of the Toulon branch group, and then the Évry branch group. In November 2002, she was appointed Head of Private Banking for the whole of France.
In 2007, following the BNP Paribas Group's acquisition of BNL, Ms Capobianco took on a governance role for the Private Banking business in Italy. In November 2008, when the BNP Paribas Retail Banking division was being set up, she was given the task of managing the development of Private Banking in all the countries where the Group has a domestic branch network.
In 2012, Marie-Claire Capobianco was appointed Head of BNP Paribas French Retail Banking, becoming a member of the BNP Paribas Group Executive Committee.
She also sits on the Executive Board of France's largest employer federation, MEDEF and she is also a Member of the Board of Directors of ADIE.
About BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. The Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realise their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance.
In Europe, the Group has four domestic markets (Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg) and BNP Paribas Personal Finance is the European leader in consumer lending.
BNP Paribas is rolling out its integrated retail-banking model in Mediterranean countries, in Turkey, in Eastern Europe and a large network in the western part of the United States. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas also enjoys top positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific.
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The game is very orthodox RPG type, leveling, learning magic, take the maze, turn the battle, the simplest mode and strive to give you the most pure and most real feelings. The game introduced a special effects and spells, making the game more variable; the game can be monsters training, enrich the game's playability; the game also has a wealth of small games for players in the leveling bored while the pastime, In the entertainment while good luck can also be in the early to get unexpected equipment, can be described as very considerate.
The highlights of the game are monster companions and collection elements. As long as the battle to defeat some of the specific monster, there will be a chance to join him, the monster began to sometimes listen to the player's instructions at random attack, only to keep him so that wisdom to a certain stage can be ordered from the monster Have their own unique stunts, some powerful stunts in the battle has to reverse the role of heaven and earth, and the capture of such monsters is relatively difficult; in the trip, the player can find some small items around, and some can be mini game coupons , Some small badge. On the basis of this increase in the collection of items (too much like the Blue Dragon), this time to give us any surprises?
Three generations of the guardian of the tour, the election of herons hesitant, coupled with the new collection of elements and new companions, you have no reason to miss such a rebirth after the masterpiece.


Priyanka Chaturvedi quits Congress because of 'lumpen goons', joins Shiv Sena: Can any party claim not to include such elements?
Can Modi bhakti revive the career of Vivek Oberoi?
The defence minister lamented the fact the none of the Goa engineering colleges are coming forward to forge a tie up with the defence ministry for research and development.


Well-Equipped Z270 motherboard (ATX), with 3× PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16/x8/x4), 2× USB 3.1 (1x Type A & 1x Type C), 2× M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4) & 6x SATA 6G, 8× USB 3.0 & 6× USB 2.0 The MSI Z270 SLI PLUS is an ATX motherboard utilising Intel's Z270 chipset for Intel processors from the 6th ("Skylake") and 7th ("Kaby Lake") generations on socket LGA 1151. The chipsets from the 200 series, known as "Union Point", come with up to 24 PCIe Express 3.0 lanes and bring more overall HSIO lanes (High Speed I/O) as well, thereby enabling more internal connections (such as SATA or PCIe slots) to be used simultaneously. As a Z270 motherboard, the MSI Z270 SLI PLUS enables overclocking of K-series CPUs, which offer completely unlocked multipliers.
The MSI Z270 SLI PLUS is a very well-equipped ATX-Mainboard with Intel's Z270 chipset for Intel's processors of the 6000- and 7000 series. This black-themed board comes with three PCIe x16 slots, of which one comes with a full 16 lanes connected to the chipset, while the others are connected electrically with four i.e eight data links. For I/O options and expansion cards the board comes with three further PCIe x1 slots and supports NVIDIA's SLI as well as AMD's CrossFireX technology.
The motherboard provides DDR4 RAM compatibility over 4 DIMM slots in ultra-fast dual-channel mode. The memory banks take up to 64 GB RAM and, depending on the processor installed, supports memory clocks of either 2.133 MHz (with Skylake CPUs) or 2.400 MHz (with Kaby Lake CPUs), and overclocking also allows memory modules rated at speeds of up to 3.800 MHz.
In order to connect the very fastest data storage devices, the board comes with two M.2-Slots for particularly fast NVMe-M.2-SSDs as well as six SATA 6G ports for 3,5" or 2,5" hard drives and SSDs (including RAID support). The M.2 ports are connected via four PCIe lanes on the 3.0 standard to the chipset and, in combination with the NVMe protocol, enable a data transfer rate of almost 4 GB/s. This allows M.2 PCIe SSDs to function up to eight times faster than SATA 6G SSDs!
The I/O panel of this motherboard offers connectivity to the new USB specification, USB Type C, a port with a new slim profile and the ability to be plugged in either way. Apart from the Type C port the motherboard also offers backwards compatibility with USB 3.1 Type A. USB 3.1 ports are rated for a maximum achievable throughput of 10 Gbit/s, twice as fast as traditional USB 3.0 ports! As far as input devices and other gaming peripherals are concerned, the I/O panel also offers four USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports respectively.
If no graphics card is available, the integrated GPU on the Skylake or Kaby Lake CPU allows for monitors to be connected directly to the rear of the motherboard - and both HDMI and DVI-D connectors are provided for this purpose. Internally the motherboard offers - among other functions - four 4-pin headers for PWM fans as well as XMP support and an array of overclocking features.
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Innerebner signs with Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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SAULT STE. MARIE — Sault High senior Andrew Innerebner has signed to swim at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Innerebner signed his National Letter of Intent Thursday night in front of a large group of family, friends and teammates at the Sault High library.
Following a brief photo session, Innerebner talked about how Milwaukee offered the right combination of education and athletics.
"I'd really like to pursue civil engineering and they offer the program I wanted," Innereber said. "I learned that 90 percent of their graduates from that program come out of college with a job already lined up. That was a big selling point for me. The big picture, academics and where that can take me, was the most important factor in my decision.
"They also have an outstanding swim team," Innerebner said. "I really got along well with team and enjoyed the atmosphere there during my visit. The facilities are amazing, with state of the art training equipment. They had everything I was looking for."
Innerebner is one of the most accomplished swimmers in Sault High history. He was the Upper Peninsula Male Swimmer of the Year last season, and he has won six individual events at UP Finals during his prep career. He holds the UP record in the 200 freestyle, 100 free and 500 free. He is a three-time team MVP for the Blue Devils, coached by Steve Habusta.
Innerebner also competes with the Sault Competitive Aquatics Team and the Northern Michigan Narwhals, a USA Swimming Team. Dyke Justin has been Innerebner's coach with those squads and other competitions for over eight years.
"He has tremendous drive," Justin said of Innerebner. "He works harder than anybody I've ever known, and that is why he's in this position today.
"Andrew is also so much more than just a swimmer. He's a tremendous person. My life has been enriched for having been around him."
Innerebner is believed to be the fourth Sault High swimmer to earn a Division I scholarship, following Collin MacQuarrie (North Dakota), Dan Bacheler (Michigan State) and Andy Stabile (Michigan).
"When I started swimming in first grade, one of my ultimate goals was to earn a scholarship to be on a college team," Innerebner said. "Now that I've signed my name on the paper (letter of intent), I've accomplished that goal. So it's time to look for the next goal.
"I have to thank my mom and dad first, because I wouldn't be here if it weren't for them," Innereber said. "I also wouldn't be in this position without either of my coaches. They've pushed me hard in the pool, and have always been there for me."
Sault High coach Steve Habusta said: "Andrew had this goal in his mind for many years, and today we celebrate that goal coming to fruition. He has great work ethic, which I'm sure you'll hear from a lot of people. He's also been a good teammate and sets a good example within our program."
Innerebner is a Sault Tribe member and JKL Bahweting graduate. He is also a member of the National Honor Society and is a CTE Ambassador at Sault High.
Swimming has been the primary sport for Innerebner during his high school career. He did participate in football this past season, and the team finished 7-4 and made it to the district playoff title game.
"I've wanted to play football for awhile, but I needed to put extra time into the pool with swimming in college being a longtime goal," Innerebner said. "It was great to have that senior experience playing high school football. We went to the playoffs, won a game and I had a great time with friends. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything."
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Les Miserables Theatre Breaks
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51 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6BA
(3mins) Take Shaftesbury Avenue along where the famous illuminated signs are. The theatre will be on your left about 100 metres along, just after the Gielgud Theatre.
Car Park: Chinatown (3mins)
Recommended for children aged 7 or over; children under 5 will not be admitted. Parental guidance advised.
Recommended for children aged 7 or over; children under 5 will not be admitted. Parental guidance advised. Seats on the side of the Upper Circle are classed as side view restricted. Seats from Row R back in the Stalls and Row H back in the Dress Circle may be restricted view due to the overhang and may not have a view of the top of the stage.
Winner of the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Audience Olivier Award. Cameron Mackintosh's legendary production of Boublil and Schönberg's Les Misérables is a global stage sensation.
Seen by more than 65 million people in 42 countries and in 22 languages around the globe, it is still breaking box-office records everywhere in its 28th year.
Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit.
Ex-convict Jean Valjean is hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever.
Featuring the songs 'I Dreamed A Dream', 'Bring Him Home', 'One Day More' and 'On My Own' – Les Misérables is the show of shows!


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#Global Variables#
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SELINUXCONFIG=`cat /etc/sysconfig/selinux |grep "^SELINUX=" | cut -d "=" -f 2`
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Based in Minneapolis, the Supportive Housing Case Manager will be a member of Resident Services' case management team. Responsibilities will include case management, housing tenancy supports, and direct service helping Housing Support (GRH) participants find and keep housing. The individual in this position will use a Person-Centered, Harm Reduction and Housing First approach to partner with participants from diverse communities who have experienced homelessness and behavioral health challenges. The Supportive Housing Case Manager will build positive relationships by meeting regularly with a caseload of individuals in their homes or in the surrounding community. Participants live in Hennepin County in PPL apartment homes or with private land lords.
Work with team and participants to plan and facilitate community building activities, resident meetings, and engagement within the community.
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Three horses that chased Always Dreaming to the finish line in last Saturday's 143rdrunning of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) returned to the track on a warm Wednesday morning at Churchill Downs.
John Oxley's Classic Empire, the morning-line favorite for the Derby who finished fourth, jogged at 6 o'clock under regular exercise rider Martin Rivera. Trained by Mark Casse, the champion 2-year-old of 2016 is scheduled to gallop Thursday and leave for Baltimore by van Sunday for a run in the Preakness (GI).
Trainer Steve Asmussen had his two Preakness probable out also before the break. Calumet Farm's Hence, 11th in the Derby, was first out and was followed a bit later by Derby runner-up Lookin At Lee, owned by L and N Racing. Both colts galloped a mile and are scheduled to breeze Monday before flying to Baltimore on Tuesday.
"I've been very pleased with how they came out of the race," Asmussen said. "Very impressed with their energy level and how they're traveling.
Asmussen said repeatedly after the Kentucky Derby's post-position draw that, as unproductive as the No. 1 post has been in the race the past 25 years, that Lookin At Lee was the sort of horse that could handle it.
"You know the statistics from the one hole, and you've watched the race and how troubling the crowding can be or whatever. I did not consider the lack of room for the horse individually in the paddock to saddle — just as much as covering him up in front (in the race). You had to move people out just to get him in it (the stall) to saddle. That was a bit surprising. But Lookin At Lee was the perfect horse for it. He hung out there, waited his turn and was ready to go when they called upon him.
Peacock Racing Stables' Gunnevera went to the track shortly before 9 o'clock with exercise rider Victor O'Farrell aboard. The colt backtracked alongside a pony to the starting gate, turned around and jogged to the five-eighths pole before galloping an easy mile.
Gunnevera, who returned to the track Tuesday morning for the first since his seventh-place Derby finish, is scheduled to leave by van for Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore early Saturday morning.


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Nationals right-hander Erick Fedde left in the second inning of his start against the Boston Red Sox after throwing just 25 pitches.
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Washington's 2014 first-round pick had Tommy John surgery after being drafted. He's 1-4 with a 7.23 ERA in eight starts during his career with the Nationals.
Former Major League Baseball all-star David Nilsson has been named manager of Team Australia as it aims to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Baseball Australia said Wednesday that the former Milwaukee Brewers catcher would lead the team in games at the 2019 Premier 12 tournament, which doubles as the first chance for 2020 Olympic qualification. He could also manage Australia at the 2021 World Baseball Classic.
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Motorcyclist injured in St Paul's Bay
The 23-year-old motorcyclist lost control of the motorcycle he was driving, and subsequently fell off it
4 March 2019, 7:44am
The incident occurred at 9pm on St Paul's Bay bypass
A 23-year-old motorcyclist has been seriously injured, after losing control of his vehicle on Sunday night.
The incident occurred at 9pm on Triq Dawret San Pawl il-Baħar, St Paul's Bay.
The police said an investigation revealed that the man from Gharghur had lost control of the motorcycle he was driving, a KTM 250EXC and fell off it.
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A new era of the railway has begun for the people of Wales & Borders
16 October 2018 – on 15 October, Transport for Wales has successfully taken over the operation of Wales and Borders. Branded as Transport for Wales Rail Services, the 15 year contract will be delivered by KeolisAmey.
Keolis undertakes a second trial of its autonomous electric shuttles in Belgium
10-10-2018 On 4 October Keolis announced a second trial of its fully electric autonomous shuttle in Belgium, this time in Braine-l'Alleud (Waterloo), near Brussels. This follows the successful launch in Belgium of the first autonomous shuttle in early September. Keolis conducted this new trial in partnership with NAVYA, a French company which specialises in the design and construction of autonomous and electric vehicles, the Belgian ministry of mobility, the Vias institute (the Belgium Road Safety Institute) and Baloise Insurance.
Keolis presents its expertise in shared mobility at Innotrans 2018
Keolis will take part in the next edition of the Innotrans tradeshow in Berlin, Germany, from 18 to 21 September 2018. It will be an opportunity for Keolis to showcase its world leading mass transit solutions, as well as its many innovations for smarter, more sustainable mobility.
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On 23 August 2018, Keolis' Belgian subsidiary has signed a partnership with Open Tours Group (OTG) for the 100% acquisition of four of its companies, which specialise in airport transport for passengers and crew members . With this new acquisition, Keolis Belgium enlarges its public transport activities, which also include school and tourism transport.
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Fat Sal's is a specialty deli located in California with 3 locations. They order our tape with their logo to show off their brand. They pride themselves on "fat" sandwiches that are fully loaded with all kinds of toppings! This tape was printed as a flood coat of black on white tape with the print reversed out. As you can see there is a 1/8" break between repeats. This is due to using a standard plate for print. If you wanted the print to be continuous a cylinder would have to be made and there is a higher plate charge for this option.


How will the proposed UK passport cost increase affect families?
I think we all need a good holiday. With dreary January gone and a few more miserable months of cold and rain to go, now is the perfect time to think about renewing those passports and booking those flights.
But could the price of UK passport renewals be leaving an even larger dent in your wallet?
Passport prices for adults and children could skyrocket by up to 20% under new proposals put forward by the Home Office, if they are approved by parliament.
The price hikes form part of a plan by the Home Office. It wants to inject an extra £100 million to strengthen border security and infrastructure in 2019.
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For an average family of two parents and two children, a set of new passports will cost a staggering £268 if bought online.
Postal applications for adults could rise to an even higher amount – £85.
If parliament approve the proposals, the new charges will come into effect on 27th March of this year. This gives us just over a month to take advantage of the lower prices.


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You are here: Home Page > Arts & Humanities > Music > Musicology & Music History > A History of Emotion in Western Music
456 Pages | 106 music examples, 14 figures
A History of Emotion in Western Music
A Thousand Years from Chant to Pop
Michael Spitzer
Provides a comprehensive overview of emotion in 1,000 years of Western music
Offers a pedagogical introduction to the field of emotion theory
Develops an entirely new way of thinking about and analyzing music and its meanings
Features more than 100 musical examples covering a vast range of styles and periods
When asked to describe what music means to them, most people talk about its power to express or elicit emotions. As a melody can produce a tear, tingle the spine, or energize athletes, music has a deep impact on how we experience and encounter the world. Because of the elusiveness of these musical emotions, however, little has been written about how music creates emotions and how musical emotion has changed its meaning for listeners across the last millennium.
In this sweeping landmark study, author Michael Spitzer provides the first history of musical emotion in the Western world, from Gregorian chant to Beyoncé. Combining intellectual history, music studies, philosophy, and cognitive psychology, A History of Emotion in Western Music introduces current approaches to the study of emotion and formulates an original theory of how musical emotion works. Diverging from psychological approaches that center listeners' self-reports or artificial experiments, Spitzer argues that musical emotions can be uncovered in the techniques and materials of composers and performers. Together with its extensive chronicle of the historical evolution of musical style and emotion, this book offers a rich union of theory and history.
Introduction: Why Not?
Part I: The Theory
Chapter 1: Concepts
Chapter 2: Categories
Chapter 3: Compounds
Chapter 4: Histories
Part II: The Narrative
Before Emotion
Chapter 5: The Augustinian Ascent
The Age of Affective Realism
Chapter 6: Passions
Chapter 7: Sentiments
Chapter 8: Emotions
After Emotion
Chapter 9: Affects
Michael Spitzer, Professor of Music, University of Liverpool
Michael Spitzer is Professor of Music at the University of Liverpool, leading the department's work on Classical music. He is former Chair of the Editorial Board of Music Analysis and past President of the Society for Music Analysis. His many publications explore the interactions between music theory, philosophy, and psychology. He inaugurated the series of International Conferences on Music and Emotion at Durham in 2009 and co-organized the International Conference on the Analysis of Popular Music in Liverpool in 2013.
"This book is an important foray into the place of music in the human experience. Studies of emotion have been permeating recent scholarship in other disciplines in (and beyond) the humanities, and this volume will help the field of music studies catch up. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals." - M. D. Jenkins, Wright State University, CHOICE
"...the historical correlations between the musical compositions he selects and the relevant period's ethos are well made, and Spitzer's skill as a music analyst should not be doubted." - Stephanie Rocke, Emotions: History, Culture, Society
"In this extraordinary volume, building on decades of research and music analysis, Michael Spitzer offers the reader not one but two books. He not only constructs a richer model for the staging and experiencing of musical emotion, but he also breaks new ground in demonstrating, from Hildegard of Bingen to the latest popular music, how music has its own history of changing emotional cultures, and the extent to which we can reconstruct what it was possible to feel or express in each era. It is thrilling to follow Spitzer's masterful arguments as he concisely dissects not only the speculative claims of philosophers throughout history, but also the theories and experimental results of psychologists of our own time, drawing out their positive contributions to forge a theory of breathtaking scope." - Robert S. Hatten, author of A Theory of Virtual Agency for Western Art Music
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Robinson LaVende v. Trinidad and Tobago, Communication No. 554/1993 , U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/61/D/554/1993 (17 November 1997).
On 29 October 1997, the Human Rights Committee adopted its Views under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol in respect of communication No. 554/1993. The text of the Views is appended to the present document.
1. The author of the communication is Robinson LaVende, a Trinidadian citizen who, at the time of submission of his communication, was awaiting execution at the State Prison of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. He claims to be a victim of violations by Trinidad of articles 7, 10, paragraph 1, and 14, paragraph 3(d), of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. On 31 December 1993, the author's death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, in accordance with the Guidelines laid down in the judgment of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of 2 November 1993 in the case of Pratt and Morgan v. Attorney General of Jamaica. He is represented by Interights, a London-based organization.
2.1 The author was tried for murder, found guilty as charged and sentenced to death in July 1975; no information is provided about the facts of the case or the conduct of the trial. The Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago dismissed the author's appeal on 28 November 1977.
2.2 In early 1978, the author applied for legal aid to the Minister of National Security of Trinidad, so as to allow him to prepare and file a further appeal with the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; the application for legal aid was refused. As a result, the author argues, he was unable to petition the Judicial Committee for special leave to appeal.
2.3 On 30 September 1993, a warrant for the author's execution on 5 October 1993 was read to him. A constitutional motion on his behalf was filed in the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago on 1 October 1993. A stay of execution was granted during the night of 4 to 5 October 1993.
2.4 The author argues that he has exhausted domestic remedies within the meaning of the Optional Protocol, and that the fact that a constitutional motion was filed on his behalf does not preclude his recourse to the Human Rights Committee. As to the denial of legal aid for the purpose of petitioning the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, it is argued that the State party is now estopped from arguing that he was obliged to pursue this matter further before the domestic courts before bringing it before the Committee.
2.5 Counsel further contends that because of the very nature of her client's situation, he will necessarily invoke all available procedures, possibly until the scheduled time of execution. To require that all last minute procedures be exhausted before allowing a recourse to the Human Rights Committee would imply that the applicant either wait until a moment dangerously close in time to his execution, or that he refrain from invoking all potentially available domestic remedies. It is submitted that neither option is within the letter or the spirit of the Optional Protocol.
3.1 The author, who was confined to death row from the time of his conviction in July 1975 until the commutation of his death sentence on 31 December 1993, i.e. over 18 years, alleges a violation of article 7, on the ground that the period of time spent on death row amounts to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. He further contends that the time spent on death row is contrary to his right, under article 10, paragraph 1, to be treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of his person. It is argued that the execution of a sentence of death after so many years on death row would amount to a violation of the above-mentioned provisions. In support of her arguments, counsel refers to recent jurisprudence, inter alia a recent judgment of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe(4), the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Soering(5), and the arguments of counsel for the applicants in the case of Pratt and Morgan v. Attorney General of Jamaica.
3.2 It is submitted that the State party violated article 14, paragraph 3(d), by denying the author legal aid for the purpose of petitioning the Judicial Committee for special leave to appeal. Counsel relies on the Committee's jurisprudence, pursuant to which legal aid must be made available to convicted prisoners under sentence of death, and that this applies to all stages of the criminal proceedings"(6) Reference is also made to judgments of the Supreme Court of the U.S.(7).
4.1 During the 55th session, the Committee considered the admissibility of the communication. It noted that the State party had forwarded a note dated 9 February 1994, stating that the author's death sentence had been commuted to life imprisonment on 31 December 1993; the State party observed that the commutation was the consequence of the judgment of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Pratt and Morgan v. Attorney-General of Jamaica(8). No further information under rule 91 of the Committee's rules of procedure was received from the State party, despite a reminder addressed to it on 7 December 1994.
4.2 The Committee welcomed the information of 9 February 1994 but noted that the State party had not provided information and observations relating to the admissibility of the author's claims, which had not been made moot by the commutation of sentence. Due weight had thus to be given to the author's allegations, to the extent that they had been substantiated.
4.3 As to the claims under articles 7 and 10, paragraph 1, the Committee observed that the State party had itself commuted the author's death sentence, so as to comply with the Guidelines formulated by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the above-mentioned case. The Government had not informed the Committee of the existence of any further remedies available to the author in respect of the above claims; indeed, the State party's silence in this respect constituted an admission that no such remedies existed.
4.4 Regarding the claim under article 14, paragraph 3(d), the Committee noted that the author was refused legal aid for the purpose of petitioning the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for special leave to appeal. There being no indication that the author was not entitled to pursue such an appeal, the Committee concluded that this claim, which also appeared to raise issues under article 14, paragraph 5, should be considered on the merits.
4.5 On 12 October 1995, the Committee declared the communication admissible in so far as it appeared to raise issues under articles 7, 10, paragraph 1, and 14, paragraphs 3(d) and 5, of the Covenant.
5.1 The State party's deadline for the submission of information and observations under article 4, paragraph 2, of the Optional Protocol expired on 16 May 1996. No submission was received from the State party, in spite of a reminder addressed to it on 11 March 1997. The Committee regrets the lack of cooperation on the part of the State party. It has examined the present communication in the light of all the information made available to it by the parties, as provided for in article 5, paragraph 1, of the Optional Protocol.
5.2 The Committee must first determine whether the length of the author's detention on death row - from July 1975 to December 1993 (over 18 years) - amounts to a violation of articles 7 and 10, paragraph 1, of the Covenant. Counsel claims a violation of these provisions merely by reference to the length of detention the author was confined to death row at the State Prison in Port-of-Spain. The length of detention on death row in this case is unprecedented and a matter of serious concern. However, it remains the jurisprudence of the Committee that the length of detention on death row does not, per se, amount to a violation of articles 7 or 10, paragraph 1. The Committee's detailed Views on this issue were set out in the Views on communication No. 588/1994 (Errol Johnson v. Jamaica)(9). Because of the importance of the issue, the Committee deems it appropriate to reiterate its position.
(b) While the Covenant does not prohibit the death penalty, the Committee has taken the view, which has been reflected in the Second Optional Protocol to the Covenant, that article 6 "refers generally to abolition in terms which strongly suggest that abolition is desirable". Reducing recourse to the death penalty may therefore be seen as one of the objects and purposes of the Covenant.
(c) The provisions of the Covenant must be interpreted in the light of the Covenant's objects and purposes (article 31 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties). As one of these objects and purposes is to promote reduction in the use of the death penalty, an interpretation of a provision in the Covenant that may encourage a State party that retains the death penalty to make use of that penalty should, where possible, be avoided.
5.4 In light of these factors, we must examine the implications of holding the length of detention on death row, per se, to be in violation of articles 7 and 10. The first, and most serious, implication is that if a State party executes a condemned prisoner after he has spent a certain period of time on death row, it will not be in violation of its obligations under the Covenant, whereas if it refrains from doing so, it will violate the Covenant. An interpretation of the Covenant leading to this result cannot be consistent with the Covenant's object and purpose. The above implication cannot be avoided by refraining from determining a definite period of detention on death row, after which there will be a presumption that detention on death row constitutes cruel and inhuman punishment. Setting a cut-off date certainly exacerbates the problem and gives the State party a clear deadline for executing a person if it is to avoid violating its obligations under the Covenant. However, this implication is not a function of fixing the maximum permissible period of detention on death row, but of making the time factor, per se, the determining one. If the maximum acceptable period is left open, States parties which seek to avoid overstepping the deadline will be tempted to look to the decisions of the Committee in previous cases so as to determine what length of detention on death row the Committee has found permissible in the past.
5.5 The second implication of making the time factor per se the determining one, i.e. the factor that turns detention on death row into a violation of the Covenant, is that it conveys a message to States parties retaining the death penalty that they should carry out a capital sentence as expeditiously as possible after it was imposed. This is not a message the Committee would wish to convey to States parties. Life on death row, harsh as it may be, is preferable to death. Furthermore, experience shows that delays in carrying out the death penalty can be the necessary consequence of several factors, many of which may be attributable to the State party. Sometimes a moratorium is placed on executions while the whole question of the death penalty is under review. At other times the executive branch of government delays executions even though it is not feasible politically to abolish the death penalty. The Committee would wish to avoid adopting a line of jurisprudence which weakens the influence of factors that may very well lessen the number of prisoners actually executed. It should be stressed that by adopting the approach that prolonged detention on death row cannot, per se, be regarded as cruel and inhuman treatment or punishment under the Covenant, the Committee does not wish to convey the impression that keeping condemned prisoners on death row for many years is an acceptable way of treating them. It is not. However, the cruelty of the death row phenomenon is first and foremost a function of the permissibility of capital punishment under the Covenant. This situation has unfortunate consequences.
5.6 To accept that prolonged detention on death row does not per se constitute a violation of articles 7 and 10, paragraph 1, does not imply that other circumstances connected with detention on death row may not turn that detention into cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The Committee's jurisprudence has been that where further compelling circumstances relating to the detention are substantiated, that detention may constitute a violation of articles 7 and/or 10, paragraph 1, of the Covenant.
5.7 In this case, counsel has not alleged the existence of circumstances, over and above the mere length of detention, which would have turned the author's detention on death row at the State Prison into a violation of articles 7 and 10, paragraph 1. As the Committee must, under article 5, paragraph 1, of the Optional Protocol, consider the communication in the light of all the information of the parties, the Committee cannot, in the absence of information on additional factors, conclude that there has been a violation of these provisions.
5.8 Regarding the claim under article 14, paragraph 3(d), the State party has not denied that the author was denied legal aid for the purpose of petitioning the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for special leave to appeal. The Committee recalls that it is imperative that legal aid be available to a convicted prisoner under sentence of death, and that this applies to all stages of the legal proceedings(10). Section 109 of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago provides for appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. It is uncontested that in the present case, the Ministry of National Security denied the author legal aid to petition the Judicial Committee in forma pauperis, thereby effectively denying him legal assistance for a further stage of appellate judicial proceedings which is provided for constitutionally; in the Committee's opinion, this denial constituted a violation of article 14, paragraph 3(d), whose guarantees apply to all stages of appellate remedies. As a result, his right, under article 14, paragraph 5, to have his conviction and sentence reviewed "by a higher tribunal according to law" was also violated, as the denial of legal aid for an appeal to the Judicial Committee effectively precluded the review of Mr. LaVende's conviction and sentence by that body.
6. The Human Rights Committee, acting under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is of the view that the facts before the Committee reveal a violation of article 14, paragraphs 3(d) juncto 5, of the Covenant.
7. Under article 2, paragraph 3(a), of the Covenant, the author is entitled to an effective remedy. While the Committee welcomes the commutation of the author's death sentence by the State party's authorities on 31 December 1993, it considers that an effective remedy in the instant case should include a further measure of clemency.
8. Bearing in mind that, by becoming a State party to the Optional Protocol, the State party has recognized the competence of the Committee to determine whether there has been a violation of the Covenant or not and that, pursuant to article 2 of the Covenant, the State party has undertaken to ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the Covenant, and to provide an effective and enforceable remedy in case a violation has been established, and while reiterating its satisfaction over the commutation of the author's death sentence, the Committee wishes to receive from the State party, within 90 days, information about the measures taken to give effect to its Views.
The Committee reiterates in the present cases the views that prolonged detention on death row cannot per se constitute a violation of article 7 of the Covenant. This view reflects a lack of flexibility that would not allow the Committee to examine the circumstances of each case, in order to determine whether, in a given case, prolonged detention on death row constitutes cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment within the meaning of the above-mentioned provision. This approach leads the Committee to conclude, in the present cases, that detention on death row for almost sixteen/eighteen years after the exhaustion of local remedies does not allow a finding of violation of article 7. We cannot agree with this conclusion. Keeping a person detained on death row for so many years, after exhaustion of domestic remedies, and in the absence of any further explanation of the State party as to the reasons thereof, constitutes in itself cruel and inhuman treatment. It should have been for the State party to explain the reasons requiring or justifying such prolonged detention on death row; however, no justification was offered by the State party in the present cases.
Even assuming, as the majority of the Committee does, that prolonged detention on death row cannot per se constitute a violation of article 7 of the Covenant, the circumstances of the present communication would in any case reveal a violation of the said provision of the Covenant. The facts of the communication, as submitted by the author and uncontested by the State party, show that "on 30 September 1993 a warrant for the author's execution on 5 October 1993 was read to him... A stay of execution was granted during the night of 4 to 5 October 1993". In our view, reading a warrant of execution to a detainee remaining confined to death row for such a long time, and attempting to proceed to his execution after so many years - at a time when the State party had raised in the detainee a legitimate expectation that the execution would never be carried out - constitute in themselves cruel and inhuman treatment within the meaning of article 7 of the Covenant, to which the author was subjected. Moreover, they constitute such further "compelling circumstances" that should have led the Committee, even if it wanted to reaffirm its previous jurisprudence, to find that prolonged detention on death row revealed, in the present cases, a violation of article 7 of the Covenant.
1. The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Mr. Nisuke Ando, Mr. Prafullachandra N. Bhagwati, Mr. Thomas Buergenthal, Ms. Christine Chanet, Lord Colville, Mr. Omran El Shafei, Ms. Elizabeth Evatt, Ms. Pilar Gaitan de Pombo, Mr. Eckart Klein, Mr. David Kretzmer, Ms. Cecilia Medina Quiroga, Mr. Fausto Pocar, Mr. Julio Prado Vallejo, Mr. Martin Scheinin, Mr. Maxwell Yalden and Mr. Abdallah Zakhia.
2. Pursuant to rule 85 of the rules of procedure, Committee member Rajsoomer Lallah did not participate in the adoption of the Views.
3. The texts of _______ individual opinions signed by ______ Committee members are appended to the present document.
4. Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, judgment No. S.C. 73/93 of June 1993.
5. Soering v. United Kingdom, 11 EHRR 439 (1989).
6. Views on communication No. 250/1987 (C. Reid v. Jamaica), adopted 20 July 1990, paragraph 11.4; Views on communication No. 230/1987 (Henry v. Jamaica), adopted 1 November 1991, paragraph 8.3.
7. E.g. Lane v. Brown, 372 U.S. 477 (1963).
8. Privy Council Appeal No.10 of 1993, judgment of 2 November 1993.
9. Views on communication No. 588/1994 (Errol Johnson v. Jamaica), adopted 22 March 1996, paragraphs 8.1 to 8.6.
10. See Views on communication No. 230/1987 (Raphael Henry v. Jamaica), adopted 1 November 1991, paragraph 8.3.


December 16, 2008 • The Federal Reserve has cut the federal funds rate to the lowest level on record. The new target is a range of zero to 0.25 percentage points. The drop in the rate is expected to result in a quick reduction in the prime lending rate.
December 16, 2008 • Many of the people who lost money in the alleged fraud case involving Bernard Madoff were sophisticated and successful. It may be surprising to learn that those investors put billions of dollars into what is being labeled as one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in history. The sums may be shocking, but the dynamics at work in the case are familiar.
December 10, 2008 • Consumers are still having a hard time obtaining loans for cars and appliances. To add insult to injury, many are seeing their credit limits slashed. That's largely because investors are backing away from the secondary market for consumer credit. American consumers used to be considered a safe investment, but not any more.
December 9, 2008 • The top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have appeared on Capitol Hill to answer questions about why they ignored warnings that they were taking too many risks. The House Oversight Committee released e-mails showing that the two mortgage giants ignored warnings that they stay away from riskier loans.
December 6, 2008 • In a stark sign the recession is getting worse, the Labor Department says the U.S. lost 533,000 jobs last month. That's a lot more than most analysts were expecting. It was the ugliest month in the job market since 1974. And it likely means we're heading into the worst recession in nearly 30 years.
December 5, 2008 • Unemployment numbers for November are out and they paint a bleak picture. Employers cut 533,000 jobs, putting the unemployment rate at a 15-year high. What does this mean for people who are out of jobs and the rest of the economy?
December 5, 2008 • Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is urging that more be done to stem the flood of foreclosures. Bernanke called on the government Thursday to get more involved and hopefully spare the U.S. economy even more damage.
December 4, 2008 • The Treasury is considering a plan to lower mortgage rates for homebuyers to as low as 4.5 percent — more than a full point below currently offered rates, sources say. But analysts say the plan would be even more effective at boosting the economy if it also lowered rates for refinancings.
November 26, 2008 • The depressed mortgage market got a jolt when the Federal Reserve said Tuesday it would move hundreds of billions of dollars into action to revive consumer lending activity. The Fed's move sent mortgage rates down and immediately set off a wave of refinancing.
How Much Money Is Needed To Save The Country?
November 25, 2008 • Half of the money from the recent $700 billion bailout plan has been spent. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced that more money is needed to support the ailing economy, but how much is enough?
November 25, 2008 • The Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest two-day percentage gain since October 1987, nearly 12 percent. The index followed Friday's big rally with a surge of nearly 400 points Monday. Still, the overall trend of the market is down. Some of that may be attributed to forced selling.
November 13, 2008 • The financial markets are digesting a shift in the U.S. government's $700 billion bailout plan. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says he wants to expand the plan to include companies involved in offering credit to people through car loans, student loans and credit cards.


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Austin council to weigh financial relief for music venues, bars, restaurants
Ryan Autullo
Taking steps to ensure live-music venues will be able to re-open after the coronavirus pandemic is over, the Austin City Council is prepared to approve an item to explore additional funding that could help keep them in business.
The SAVES resolution, which will be taken up at Thursday's council meeting, is short for Save Austin's Vital Economic Sectors. The resolution also supports restaurants and bars, child care and arts venues --- all sectors that have been hit hard by the pandemic. Funding that had previously been allocated for those industries is largely gone, and some popular music venues say they received little or no relief.
The SAVES resolution has garnered support from several members of the council and is listed on the meeting's consent agenda, meaning it might end up being approved without much discussion Thursday.
Brought forward by Mayor Steve Adler, the SAVES resolution directs the city manager to explore available financial assistance for the struggling businesses. That could mean everything from federal and state assistance to tapping into the local sales tax revenue.
At Tuesday's council work session, Adler encouraged his colleagues on the council to be creative. Council Member Delia Garza floated the idea of imposing an additional tax on vacation rental homes in the city, and encouraging donations on grocery delivery transactions.
"What is it we need to invest in now to ensure it's still here when we come out of the virus?" Adler said.
The council on Thursday also is scheduled to vote on initial funding for the Austin Convention Center expansion and will authorize a local legislative agenda for the state legislative session.
This is a developing story; check back for details.


Rinne's character design is really fun to look at. I haven't seen much of her hairstyle at all (sideburns in a small braid?!), but it gives off a very unique-yet-really-fashionable feel. I'll definitely be pulling this manga out just to have another glance at her kawaii-ness.
Edit: Also, I noticed Rinne's name being misspelled in the last chapter's title. Fix it?
Would somebody please tell me why this series can not be yuri?
Web pages cannot be flowers, it is biologically impossible.
It's so CUTE!!!!!! The art is well done, the story is funny and adorable, only downside is that its not Yuri!!
Funny story, i liked it!


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Q: How likely are we to see a Vala web framework? Web frameworks are everywhere, and I can't think of a programming language that hasn't a web framework implementation (at least those that I know of). Vala seems the programming language Linux developers were waiting for since ages, it borrows a lot from C# which is very good IMHO.
Yes, Vala was implemented to develop good Gnome applications, but still; we've seen crazy implementations like node.js. How likely are we to see a Vala based web framework? Is it feasible? Is it a good idea?

A: There is a web framework called Valum in development. It's just been started, so it still very basic.
As an aside, I've not seen a web framework in plain C, otherwise, that could be bound to Vala.

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Tertiary Minister Steven Joyce has announced today that he is to proceed with his widely condemned "reforms" of university & wānanga governance.
"NZUSA believes that the proposed changes are wrong-headed and unnecessary, and inconsistent with international norms and international best practice. They risk undermining the integrity and the robust decision-making processes that are currently in place", says Daniel Haines, President of the New Zealand Union of Students' Associations (NZUSA).
"The proposal will make New Zealand's university's governing bodies amongst the smallest in the world, and would be dangerously dominated by government appointees. All of the world's high-performing institutions that we want our universities to be comparable with have students and academics on their governing boards", said Haines.
"NZ tertiary institutions are doing well, despite a chronic shortage of funds. Further, the claim that ITPs have performed better financially since the governance changes imposed on them is not borne out by the evidence.
"Our analysis of current Council membership shows that making Council membership 'more flexible', and giving more power to the Minister, will lead to Councils that are dangerously unrepresentative of the communities that they are meant to serve.
"It is ridiculous that under this proposal there will be no students as of right on University and Wānanga councils, yet a student voice is enshrined in the governance arrangements of every secondary school in New Zealand. Especially given that students are the stakeholder with the greatest interest in the long term performance of the institution.


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Fat Soluble Vs Water Soluble Vitamins
June 20, 2021 PacificNatures
Fatty soluble vitamins
Fat-soluble vitamins are the vitamins soluble in organic solvents. After a meal, the fat-soluble vitamins are absorbed like fats. There are four fatty soluble vitamins;
To commit this to memory, you can use the acronym ADEK. Small amounts of these vitamins are required in the body for normal growth, reproduction, and general health maintenance.
Vitamin A is required for the maintenance of general vision and healthy mucous membranes. Vitamin A comes from two sources, retinoids, which naturally occur in foods of animal origin like liver, butter, whole milk, and eggs, and carotenoids, which naturally occurs in plants.
Vitamin D is another vitamin that can be acquired through the diet or naturally by exposing oneself to sunlight. The active form of vitamin D promotes the absorption of calcium and phosphorus from the intestine and promotes bone mineralization. Vitamin D also occurs naturally in animal foods like liver, butter, fish, and egg yolks.
Vitamin D is an antioxidant that protects polyunsaturated fatty acids from oxidative destruction in the cell membrane. Vegetable oils are very rich in vitamin D. Other sources of vitamin D are nuts, seeds, whole grains, and wheat germ.
Vitamin K is a clotting factor that protects our bodies from excessive bleeding after injuries. Vitamin K can be obtained from the diet or synthesized by normal intestinal flora. It can be obtained from leafy greens, meat, and fruits.
Water-soluble vitamins
Water-soluble vitamins include ascorbic acid, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, pyridoxine, folacin, vitamin B12, biotin, and pantothenic acid. Water-soluble vitamins are soluble in water and not organic solvents.
Vitamin C is required to synthesize connective tissue proteins, and it is found in citrus fruits and dark green vegetables.
Thiamin forms thiamin pyrophosphatase, a coenzyme required for the transfer of active aldehyde in carbohydrate metabolism. On the other hand, riboflavin functions in oxidation-reduction reactions that produce energy. Sources of riboflavin include leafy greens, milk, liver, and enriched cereals.
Vitamin B6 is a generic term used to encompass pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine. Vitamin B6 depend enzymes are essential for amino acid metabolism. Vitamin B12 refers to metabolically active cobalamines that are crucial for recycling active folate coenzymes. Vitamin B12 is synthesized from bacteria and is found only in animal feeds like milk, eggs, and meat.
Folacin encompasses both folic acid and folate. They are both needed to synthesize purines, methionine, and thymidylate and for the conversion of serine to glycine.
Niacin is generically used to encompass the active forms of nicotinic acid and nicotinamide. Several enzymes require niacin in its active forms of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate. Many of these enzymes are utilized for energy metabolism, which is a critical factor in our bodies.
What is the difference between fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins?
Fatty soluble vitamins are soluble in fat and are absorbed into the bloodstream when you eat them with a fatty meal because their absorption pathways are the same. Fatty soluble vitamins are abundant in high-fat content foods.
On the other hand, water-soluble vitamins are soluble in water; they do not need fats to be absorbed.
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Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has revealed he is sickened by abuse from the terraces and believes the situation is getting worse.
Spurs take on Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday in the North London derby, a fixture which has seen more than its share of controversy on the terraces with chants aimed at Arsene Wenger, Emmanuel Adebayor and Sol Campbell to name just a few.
Earlier this week the two clubs issued a joint statement reminding both sets of supporters that "breaches of ground regulations - including anti-social behaviour - will not be tolerated".
Adebayor has been targeted by both sets of fans during his time in the Premier League. In October, Arsenal fans turned on their former striker as a section of the support directed chants about the deadly gun attack on Togo players in Angola.
"It's the worst thing about the modern game. I hate it. It gets worse. It's scary what some people chant. People sing songs about a player's mother dying.
"I couldn't believe what I was hearing when I was watching the West Brom - Wolves game the other day. What they were singing about a player's wife, it made me ill. I don't understand it. It's nonsense, filth. We have all grown up loving the game but they can't be football lovers.
Redknapp gave his backing to Wenger despite the club's troubles this season.
He said: "They can't do any better than what they've got. They can't replace Wenger. I couldn't criticise him in any way, shape or form after the job he has done there, which has been amazing. They have just had a more difficult year.
Rafael van der Vaart, Adebayor, Luka Modric and Benoit Assou-Ekotto all missed last weekend's game but are expected to play on Sunday, leaving Redknapp with an almost full-strength squad to choose from.


(Radio.com) Julia Michaels can't resist the allure of a bad boy. That's the sentiment of "Heaven," which is a new song from Michaels for the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack.
"Heaven" is the latest track in advance of the soundtrack, which is set for release on Feb. 9. That's the same day the steamy third film in the trilogy hits big screens across the country.
"They say 'all good boys go to heaven,' but bad boys bring heaven to you," she sings. "It's automatic, it's just what they do." Check out Julia's latest here.


Oil prices may have had an up day on Wednesday but they have been plunging over the last four months. For investors in one sector, lower oil prices may be good news for their portfolios.
The Dow Jones transportation average has been hitting record highs this week. And for the year, the index is up almost 18 percent while oil is down 16 percent.
With oil expected to face continued pressure, the "transports" may look like a screaming buy. But one market watcher says investors should be careful with which type of transportation stock to buy.
"Lower oil prices are great for airlines—not as good for the road and rails," said Erin Gibbs, equity chief investment officer at S&P Capital IQ Global Markets Intelligence.
Gibbs, who has more than $13 billion in assets under advisory, cites airlines' exposure to oil prices as a reason why the subsector looks better with a fall in oil.
On the other hand, rail and road companies in the U.S. could suffer if oil prices fall even further. That's because they transport a lot of the oil drilled domestically. Should prices go below $75 per barrel, oil fracking companies will start to reconsider their production, predicts Gibbs.
Meanwhile, the technicals are generally favorable to the Dow Jones transportation average, according to Steven Pytlar, chief equity strategist at Prime Executions.
"Technically it looks like it continues to move higher," he added.


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Berkley Re CEO warns of inflationary impacts on reinsurance
by Daniel Wood 06 Dec 2022
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Berkley Re, the specialty P&C (property and casualty) reinsurer, is warning industry stakeholders about the inflation impacts on reinsurance treaty renewals. The next renewal period for Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific is January 1.
"We haven't seen this level of movement in inflation since the 1980s which makes predicting future claims cost even more challenging," said Glen Riddell (pictured above), Berkley Re's CEO – Asia-Pacific.
The Sydney based CEO said the difference today compared to four decades ago is that other economic issues are also having an impact.
"The time it takes to rebuild with supply chain issues adds extra pressure on costs and the Australian dollar has weakened substantially against the US dollar which is resulting in certain types of imports becoming more expensive," he said.
There's also a tight labour market, he said, which is causing added delays in many sectors.
How can brokers help alleviate pressures on customers?
Brokers can help alleviate this situation – which can lead to higher premiums for their customers. Riddell suggested some proactive lines of questioning for brokers dealing with clients in the commercial property space.
"Do they [customers] have unique machinery or materials that may be more exposed to supply challenges?" he said. "Is the machinery imported from overseas and is it more susceptible to price movements due to foreign exchange movement?"
Riddell said rebuild lead times and this impact on business interruption coverage should also be flagged by brokers. However, he said, reinsurance is "always a challenge" and "ultimately" the responsibility of the insurers who buy it.
Riddell said two key questions that reinsurers ask their insurance partners are: How are they factoring in inflation into their sums insured? And, are they requiring updated valuations for the clients?
"Insurers do an excellent job at indexing the sums insured of home and contents each year and make available online rebuild calculators for their customers to make informed decisions on their sum insured," said Riddell. He said, as this process gets more automated, it is helping treaty reinsurers better understand the adjustments that insurers are making year on year.
"It is more challenging to automate the process for high end commercial/industrial risks as they may have unique machinery/materials that is expensive and may need to be imported," he said.
Riddell said the complexity of calculating rebuilding values is also more challenging.
"For example, is it effected by supply chain issues overseas? Or has the foreign currency shifted dramatically? This will make it much more expensive to import compared with prior years," he said.
Riddell said these are some of the reasons why he's seeing brokers and insurers seek updated professional valuations of insured properties and assets.
"Claim costs can fluctuate materially in a very short timeframe in this current environment," he said.
Higher rebuilding costs, said Riddell, are a prime driver of these claims costs.
"This is an area that the reinsurance industry is focussing on in the lead-up to the upcoming treaty renewals as increased building costs should result in higher sums insured," he said.
Reinsurers will also factor in other potential inflationary factors, said Riddell, such as post-event inflation which adds another level of inflation when there is peak demand for building services and materials after a natural catastrophe.
Reinsurers are under economic pressure
The economic pressures on the insurance industry, including reinsurers, have been widely reported.
"In a particularly difficult economic, financial and political context, reinsurers have no choice but to tighten up the conditions for treaty renewals for 2023," reported Atlas Magazine. The article said insurers will find capacity but at significantly higher prices, possibly increasing by as much as 20% for some classes of insurance.
In October, one of the world's biggest reinsurers, Swiss Re, reported a net loss of US$285 million.
"The first nine months of this year were marked by a confluence of events affecting Swiss Re's financial performance: from turbulence in the financial markets, to an increase in natural catastrophe claims, surging inflation and the war in Ukraine," said Swiss Re's Group CEO Christian Mumenthaler in a media release.
However, another massive global insurer was able to report profits. In August, Munich Re announced a profit of US2,061 million in Q1–3 and profitable growth "in all fields of business."


Also, you should look into getting rid of that /.pancha/ in your URL. That refers to the 'data-glob' you're on. You site will work perfectly without it, and should you be moved to a new server, this part of your site will break.
Often in a settigns or configuration page you'll find this value - it's somehting the software has tried to determine for it self - finding it's working directory in relation to the server.
Sry that was me didnt relize we could register.
Well i tried agan and it still gives me the same error so i have a ss of my configeration for you.
Odd, everyting looks right to me… What is the information on line 6 that you blocked out? uhh, don't tell me specifically what it says, but is that the user/pass repeted, or something else?
Yeah its just the user name and password in that order repeated.
You're still getting the error unknown mysql server host?
This is a script that's running on your server, correct?
Anybody else have a bright idea… I'm all out.
I think you don't have to edit line 6 to add in your username and password. Try leaving it as it originally was.
Hey thanks that what did it. I guess i wasnt suppsed to change 6th line. been a while since i learned php.
Thanks for all the help guys i really appriciate it.


Hope you're saving money, because Christmas is going to do its best to bankrupt you this year.
$348 going to holiday parties.
$182 on clothing for yourself or your family that isn't a gift.
$110 on random other expenses.
That's a total of $1,463, only one-third is going toward gifts. That total doesn't include things you buy for yourself. Half of people say they plan on getting themselves a gift or two while they're shopping.
On a related note, another survey found that 71% of people say the thing that gets them into the "holiday spirit" is shopping.


Is there a showdown ladder for fairy garden up yet? Who do you poke to add that sort of thing?
Unfortunately I have no bearing on Showdown, I think it's Joim or Zarell who adds ladders. Ask CoolStoryBrobat, he is a Battle Spot community member who would know more about Showdown than I. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
ty <3 you are too, you know.
Hey, quick question/suggestion. Why is there no Battle Spot chat on Showdown? Are you in a position to inquire about such a thing? Might be more active than the IRC one and provide a nice place to shoot the breeze during testing.
Oh, wow. Just found that. It's really buried. Thanks.
One suggestion: using the word "giveaway" could attract the wrong kind of attention. I'd recommend changing it to something like "Battle Ready Pokemon Distribution." Otherwise, that's a really smart idea, since I have to reach out a lot on different threads to inform people that I'm giving away free pokemon.
Let me know if there's any problems and I'll change it. Going "free pokemon" might attract too many people who just want to leech mons instead of earnestly wanting to battle.
Also, Hula is trying to revive #battlespot but you can also stop by the Pokemon Showdown channel if you're just looking to chat with some friendly people. If you want to lurk too, that's ok, but we encourage new people to post.
Sorry I'm overboard e_e But please, come on by if you have interest!
I'm really busy. xD Thanks for the "hospitality", though. One day!
Thank you so much! We've gotten a few things started and gotten more active (as in, there's activity every day and harder to keep up with!) so it might cheer you up more :) Best of luck with your circumstances.
Woo! Got the first request for the battle spot pokemon distribution. A talonflame, and an aegislash. Will need to edit the OP to ask that people post in SQ/SA or my trade thread and not via PM, though, lol. :P Still, pretty good!
Thank you for your help! Editing now.
Sounds good. Since you're giving the mons away, it will be to your discretion. I don't mind editing the OP with anything you decide.
Congrats on the mods, and good luck!


Are you a Puzzle Pro? Put a Team Together and Test Your Jigsaw Skills Against the Best at Puzzle Palooza!
This might be the only event like this in our local area! Mark your calendar, put a team together (all ages, up to 4 puzzle builders per team) and register for Puzzle Palooza, a jigsaw puzzle tournament. Teams (up to 4 people, all ages) will race against each other to finish the same puzzle. Bring snacks and enjoy a day with friends or family. Ice cream sundae bar included from Baskin Robbins in Crystal Lake. Awesome prize package will be awarded to the winner.
For questions regarding the contest contact Rob Laue at (847) 658-5688, rlaue@crystallakeparks.org.


Incinerating tires can negatively impact the environment through polluted air, water, and soil. Finding creative uses for giving old rubber tires a second life is an important conservation effort. You can join us in taking action on this issue and the rest of the Global Goals here.
A female entrepreneur is turning discarded rubber tires into thoughtful home decor.
Olabanke Banjo, founder and CEO of Cyrus45 Factory, recycles and transforms used tires into interior design — setting a new example for many women in her community in Nigeria, reports the BBC.
To those who might have the desire but lack the courage, Banjo implores them to search for inner strength.
A former writer and digital strategist, Banjo graduated from the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife Osun State.
But having expressed an interest in literature and fine arts from an early age, it wasn't entirely surprising when Banjo quit her job in May to pursue a new entrepreneurial venture that combined her sense of creativity with an affinity for the environment.
The idea for Cyrus45 emerged organically while spending time with family, according to the report.
Banjo now upcycles tires sourced from refuse centers, incinerators, and individuals looking to replace the ones on their vehicle, as well as those found on the side of the road.
From there, the entrepreneur creates "artsy and ultra-modern" pieces of furniture, including chairs, rockers, and ottomans that happen to be sustainable and earth-friendly.