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Lizz Coyle hasn't always been a road racer. But she's never run away from a challenge.
And now she's found a way to combine running shoes and a charitable organization dedicated to providing shoes – and more – for an impoverished nation.
The Great Falls woman with an unusual career and an unusually acute interest in helping her fellow man will be running the New York City Marathon in November on behalf of Shoe4Africa, an organization dedicated to helping poor people in East Africa.
"Running has had a profound impact on my life," Lizz says. "I'm thrilled to have found a way for it to help others, too."
INTERESTING CAREER? That's for sure.
Lizz graduated from Great Falls High in 2006 and from the University of Montana in 2009.
"I've always been pretty into learning and went through undergrad at UM pretty quickly," she says. "So I decided to take some time off from school before applying for graduate programs. That was a really good decision. My parents (Donna and Mark Miles) had moved to Alaska to try something different, so I moved there and was there for two years."
Then it was back to school. And the pursuit of an uncommon degree.
She earned a specialized master's degree in Forensic Psychology from the University of Denver. Lizz then applied for the doctoral program. She's about to graduate and is spending a little time in the Great Falls area preparing for the marathon.
And explaining her career.
"It's technically Clinic Psychology," she says of her doctorate, "but I specialize in Forensic Psychology and have plans to double in Neuro Psychology and Forensic Psychology."
And what exactly is that?
Lizz laughs.
"When I say it, people think "Criminal Minds" and think I'm running around with a microscope analyzing criminal stuff," she says. "I wish that were what it is, but it's not nearly that exciting. Forensic Psychology is basically the intersection between psychology and the law. Any setting where you'd have civil or criminal proceedings or civil or criminal involvement.
"There are two areas of psychology to go into, generally speaking. One is treatment, individual therapy, couple therapy, group therapy … And assessment. I do a little bit of that."
Make that a lot of Forensic assessment.
"For example," she says. "Competent to stand trial? Not competent to stand trial? Or not guilty by reason of insanity?"
She does other interesting work, too. She's an evaluator.
Always had an inquisitive mind, Lizz?
"It's such an abstract job that it takes a very analytical mind," she says. "It's like finding the pieces and putting them together."
SHE'S BEEN A puzzle-solver her entire life. The running career came later.
"I didn't start running super young. I was 22," she says. "It started as a stress-relief thing, and after I started I was like, 'Wow, this is kind of great.' When I did my first race it was like, 'This is so cool.' "
She was not a track or cross country athlete in high school.
"I was kind of a choir geek," she laughs. "Delphian and all that."
Which is awesome, too.
"Totally," she says. "I took a little different route, and then I re-routed (to a running career)."
The upcoming NYC Marathon will be her fourth.
SHE LIVED IN New York City for a year.
"My pre-doctoral internship was at Bellevue Hospital Center. If you ever watch 'Law and Order,' it's always the Bellevue they're talking about," she says. "We lived on the Upper East Side of the city and the marathon route went right by."
She was introduced to "Shoe4Africa" through a running friend.
"I just really loved their mission," Lizz says. "It was so cool. It's an organization that's so progressive, always moving and always growing. And I really like that.
"I have done some work in South Africa, too. So any issues from there speak to my heart. It's such a beautiful place, no matter where you're at, so it's really cool for me to work for an organization that does so much."
Shoe4Africa is involved in trying to improve conditions across the country.
"It's schools, it's hospitals, it's programs for women who have been victims of domestic violence," Lizz says. "It's really a great organization. I think it speaks to work that I do professionally and also to work that I want to do personally."
Lizz has a fundraising page at https://shoe4africa.org. It's under "sponsored runners" and "Elizabeth Coyle." All donations are tax-deductible.
AN EDUCATION in our town helped prepare Lizz for her life's mission.
"I always liked writing," she says. "One of the most influential teachers for me was Mrs. (Christine) Baroch at Great Falls. She was my (Advanced Placement) English teacher and taught me how to write.
"One of the things they don't tell you when you study Psychology is how much writing you'll have to do. You're like a therapist mixed with a statistician mixed with an author. You're doing so much writing all the time. For me, getting that in high school was super helpful."
There is another reason Lizz is fond of her hometown. Her fiancé is also from Great Falls.
"His name is Chase Christiaens," she says. "He was a football player, but more of a hockey player. His little brother is Brady Christiaens."
They're planning to be married next August.
MONTANA ROOTS mean much to many of us, and Lizz is no different.
"I've been to a lot of places, lived in a lot of places, traveled to a lot of places, and my fiancé and I have found it to be quite a story," she says. "People ask where we're from. Montana. And it instantly gets people very interested and excited. It's cool to be able to talk about it and even more cool to have someone doing these adventures with me and telling the story with me."
Chase is an agronomist. He's been working at an exclusive country club in Denver.
"Golf turf management," Lizz says. Then she chuckles.
"I didn't even know it was a thing until he started doing it," she says.
Does Chase run, too?
More laughs.
"He's trying his hand at it," she says. "He does a little running now and then."
Lizz does enough for the both of them.
HER GOAL FOR the upcoming marathon?
"I'm going to try to break four hours," she says. "So we'll see how it goes."
She's in Great Falls for a few weeks before moving to Minneapolis to start a specialized post-doctoral fellowship.
"I've got this time off right now and I have no excuse not to be in shape," she says. "So I need to be working hard."
Running goals aren't the major ones, come November. Raising funds for Shoe4Africa trumps everything.
"The minimum goal is $3,000 and I'd like to do upwards of that," she says. "Anything I raise will be great. This work is a passion of mine and I'm really honored to run with this charity. I hope to do more work for it in the coming years."
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What a complicated-looking build! Looks like you're more than a match for it though. Great work so far!
Those flaps look amazing, you've really have done a great job on them.
yes this are the flightpath sets.
Everybody thanks for the nice words.
I have made the feultanks.
Looking good Mark, are you making your own decals for this bird or can you get after market decals in this scale?
As far as i know there are no other decals in this scale for this bird.
More work done and almost ready for some paint.
That was fast, you already have this bird about ready for paint?
Yes i know its fast but its the only model on the bench at the moment.
She is almost ready for paint just add some antennas and a bit of sanding to do.
Look forward to some paint on her.
Just popped back and read through the thread again. Great job so far Mark; I'm still blown away by the Flightpath flaps etc. and your scribing looks ultra sharp.
Am looking forward more updates.
Mark....you make it look so effortless and I know it is not...Hard work really shows..
I whant to paint but the temprature here is to hot for painting it will dry to fast.
I keep u guys update.


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The Luxury Travel Bible - LUXURY HOTELS: The Plaza, New York, USA
LUXURY HOTELS: The Plaza, New York, USA
No Shaggy Dog Story - New York's Plaza really is The Tops.
New York's legendary Plaza has gone to the dogs. Not the building, its plush interior, nor hotel operations - just a rather um, unsettling dog policy - and therein lies a tale. Two in fact. One four-legged dog attached to each tail. They were on the terrace outside our de luxe room, and judging from their antics - perfectly dog-like you understand - they were keen to make our acquaintance. They wanted in. But really, weren't the flowers, the champagne and petit fours 'welcome' enough?
Our very lovely guest room overlooked a smartly landscaped terrace, planted with box and various feature plants in large pots - a place for dogs to go potty? Well yes, apparently. What the dogs had done with their owner however, was a mystery. The terrace doors to the neighbouring room were wide open, but no-one answered my husband's carefully-tempered knock and perfectly-modulated call "Is anybody there?" "(We assumed raised voices at The Plaza were infra-dig). Dead - Silence. A clear case for hotel security.
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While this was compelling drama we had a theatre date for "Anything Goes" which we weren't going to miss. Shaken, but not stirred, we descended to the lobby's Champagne Bar, but only a martini would do. Another? Best not. If we didn't get to "Anything Goes", it would be "Everything's Gone".
Following a fabulous night at the theatre, we strolled back to the hotel. A fabulous jazz band was playing in The Rose Club on the mezzanine level of the hotel. The night is just a pup. I said, "Couldn't we?". "No" my husband said. Oh well. Back in our room, I ran a bath and sank in to its capacious contours, enjoying twiddling with the gorgeous Sherle Wagner gold-plated taps, hand shower and what have you. Then I fluffed myself dry on the plump, over-size Mascioni bath towels then slid between the satin-smooth Mascioni sheets which, along with the pillow slips, were all bordered by three rows of hand-stitched gold cording.
But fall in to a deep slumber we did not. There was a fair amount of revelry going on next door. Was this a nightmare? Were we on the set of the film 'Home Alone" (shot at The Plaza) with Macaulay Culkin? Four phone calls to the Front Desk later, over a time-lapse of 2-3 hours, the noise ceased. The occupants of Room xxx were in The Plaza's words were, "escorted from the premises".
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For the better part of a century The Plaza has mirrored the social fabric of the city. Mr and Mrs Alfred Vanderbilt were the first to sign the register, then, over the years followed a procession of luminaries which included F.Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Montore, Jackie Kennedy Onasiss and many more. The luxury hotel has recently completed a $450M three-year restoration and the result is drop dead gorgeous, from the grand entrance at the crossroads of Central Park and fabulous Fifth Avenue - to its interiors. What's more, it is in comfortable walking distance of the Theatre District and Metropolitan Musuem of Art if you can drag yourself away from the shopping - and virtually backs on to Central Park.
But what happened to the dogs I hear you cry. I simply don't know. The hotel does permit guests to bring small lap dogs with them, but how the two 'mastiffs' were smuggled in remains a mystery. It all happened for real. I swear I am not barking mad.
Check in: The Plaza, Fifth Avenue at Central Park South, New York, New York 10019
Ultimate Luxury: Swirling a la Fred and Ginger, with your partner around 2,100 square feet of floor space in The Royal Terrace Suite, to the score of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" while the butler prepares an adorablediner a deux.
Most Indulgent Moment: The petit fours at afternoon tea in The Palm Court.
Insider Secrets: It's anyone's bet whether the doggy policy might be more strictly policed or not. Watch this space.
The Little Things: Love the 24-karat gold plated Sherle Wagner Plaza bathroom faucets and accessories with handcrafted solid white marble vanities.
Junior Luxies: Other than Macaulay Culkin's fictitious filmic romp through the hotel, there's not a lot. Bribe the baby sitters with anything they desire, or leave the kids at Home Alone???
Dress code: New York City chic. Beautifully cut jackets, narrow pants, crisply-tailored white shirts by day, something sparkly in the evening - worn mostly on the fingers. Harry Winston is nearby - 718 Fifth Avenue at East 56th. And heels, heels, heels Skyscraper high.
Luxury Hotels Link: www.theplaza.com
Maggy Oehlbeck 11/5/12

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30th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution
Date: 21 November 2019, Venue: New Delhi
Ambassador of the Czech Republic Milan Hovorka and Ambassador of the Slovak Republic Ivan Lancaric hosted Velvet Street Event in New Delhi on November 21, 2019 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution which brought about the bloodless overthrow of 42 years of a one-party communist rule in the then Czechoslovakia and saw its return to the community of democratic countries.
The Velvet Revolution is considered to be one of the most important milestones in the modern history of both countries, Czechia and Slovakia. In 1989 people in Prague, Bratislava and many other Czech and Slovak cities went out to the streets and squares to protest openly against the totalitarian regime.
Therefore the Velvet Street Event" was held symbolically outdoor, at the square which is commonly shared by both Embassies in New Delhi.
The event was attended by several hundred invited people, including Ambassados of foreign countries and other members of Diplomatic Corps, business partners and representatives of the academic and scientific community.
Among the guests from the Czech Republic there was a Rector of the Charles University Professor Tomáš Zima. Students of the Charles University played a key role during the Velvet Revolution.
Among the guests from the Slovak Republic there were Mr Lukáš Parízek, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic and Vojtech Ferencz, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic, together with a 40-member business delegation.
The joint reception was attended by more than 300 guests who, besides the rich cultural program by Slovak and Czech artists - duo Peter Luha & Lucia Kostelanská Briestenská (SK) and Michaela Nosková (CZ) - could also enjoy a wide selection of traditional Czech and Slovak gastronomic specialties. Guests had the opportunity to light a candle at a commemorative place for the Candle Manifestation held by students who began the democratization processes back in 1989. The historic milestone in Slovak and Czech history was introduced to the guests by Exposition "Following the way of the Velvet revolution" and a short movie, as well as fotographs from November 89, including two banners.
Speaking on the occasion Ambassador Milan Hovorka said: "It was very emotional moment for all of us. I am happy that Czechs and Slovaks showed once again their temperament by celebrating this important milestone in their history together. The Velvet Revolution is a unique testimony that peaceful transition of power is possible, something that our Indian friends can perfectly understand."
On photo from left to right: Slovak guitarist Peter Luha, Slovak singer Lucia Kostelanská Briestenská, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Lukáš Parízek, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic Vojtech Ferencz, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic in India H.E. Ivan Lančarič, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in India H.E. Milan Hovorka, Czech singer Michaela Nosková and Rector (Chancellor) of the Charles University Prof. Tomáš Zima.
On photo from right to left: Ambassador of the Czech Republic in India H.E. Milan Hovorka, Rector (Chancellor) of the Charles University Prof. Tomáš Zima, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic H.E. Ivan Lančarič with their spouses
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How to Live a Giant Life with Nicholas Smith, Ep #89
Do you realize that you have giant potential but aren't quite sure how to unlock it? Nicholas Townsend Smith is a performance coach and author of the book, The Giants and the Smalls and cofounder of the Wake Up With Giants program. He joins me on this episode of Solopreneur Money to teach us how we can all live a giant life.
Nick helps individuals see the gaps in their performance and create a clear path to change. By helping leaders and individuals navigate twelve journeys, he has taught them to unlock unlimited growth to live a Giant life.
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How the book is written [10:26]
Journey of unconsciousness [13:43]
How depression can increase your awareness [17:56]
Trust your vision [26:32]
Collaboration increases our capacity [30:25]
Abundance feeling good and giving back [35:36]
How Nick created the Giants and the Smalls
In 2008, Nick Townsend was rocked by the effects of the financial crisis. He reached his low point when he had to survive by relying on food banks to feed his family. As he worked through this ordeal he met and had a conversation with Steve Hardison that changed his life.
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Рубен Гадо (; ) — французский легкоатлет, специалист по многоборьям. Выступает за сборную Франции по лёгкой атлетике с 2012 года, победитель и призёр первенств национального значения, обладатель бронзовой медали командного чемпионата Европы, участник ряда крупных международных стартов.

Биография
Рубен Гадо родился 13 декабря 1993 года в городе Сен-Дени заморского департамента Реюньон.

Впервые заявил о себе в легкой атлетике на международном уровне в сезоне 2012 года, когда вошёл в состав французской национальной сборной и выступил на юниорском мировом первенстве в Барселоне, где в программе десятиборья стал седьмым.

В 2015 году принимал участие в молодёжном чемпионате Европы в Таллине, но провалил здесь все попытки в прыжках в длину и вынужден был досрочно завершить выступление.

В 2016 году выиграл серебряную медаль в семиборье на зимнем чемпионате Франции в Обьере, уступив здесь только Жереми Леливру.

В 2017 году взял бронзу на летнем чемпионате Франции в Марселе. На командном чемпионате Европы по легкоатлетическим многоборьям в Таллине показал девятый результат в личном зачёте и помог своим соотечественникам выиграть бронзовые медали общего командного зачёта. Позже добавил в послужной список награду серебряного достоинства, полученную в десятиборье на Играх франкофонов в Абиджане.

В 2018 году принял участие в чемпионате мира в помещении в Бирмингеме, где в программе семиборья с результатом в 5927 очков стал седьмым. Помимо этого, с личным рекордом в 8126 очков одержал победу в десятиборье на чемпионате Франции в Альби, занял 17-е место на чемпионате Европы в Берлине.

Примечания

Многоборцы Франции
Чемпионы Франции по лёгкой атлетике

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Q: Proper way to get DisplayMetrics: getResources() or getWindowManager() What's the proper way to get DisplayMetrics, i.e. get screen/display info such as density or xdpi?
I ask because I've seen two ways of going about this:
FIRST:
    DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
    getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);

then getting the info by metrics.density or metrics.xdpi, etc
SECOND:
    getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density

in this method I believe you can also just initialize a variable to hold the DisplayMetric and then grab info like in the FIRST method:
    DisplayMetrics metricsMethodTwo = getResources().getDisplayMetrics()

and then you can get info like normal: metricsMethodTwo.density or metricsMethodTwo.xdpi
I've seen both in various places in the Docs. So what are the differences if any, and when is one method favored (or more appropriate) over the other and why? Thanks

A: public DisplayMetrics getDisplayMetrics ()

Return the current display metrics that are in effect for this resource object. The returned object should be treated as read-only.

public void getMetrics (DisplayMetrics outMetrics)

Initialize a DisplayMetrics object from this display's data.

The difference is that the metrics returned by the Resources method is the metrics for that particular Resources object. You can always create a new Resources instance with the constructor
Resources(AssetManager assets, DisplayMetrics metrics, Configuration config)

in which you can set any metrics you want, not necessarily the metrics you can get from the Display instance returned by the method getDefaultDisplay().
That's the difference. It may not make a difference though in the values if you're using just the default resources and the default display.

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Biography – LONG, SYLVESTER CLARK (Sylvester Chahuska Long Lance, Buffalo Child, Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance) – Volume XVI (1931-1940) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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LONG, Sylvester Clark, known as Sylvester Chahuska Long Lance, Buffalo Child, and Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, soldier, journalist, lecturer, author, and actor; b. 1 Dec. 1890 in Winston (Winston-Salem), N.C., son of Joseph Sylvester Long and Sallie Malinda Carson; d. unmarried 20 March 1932 in Arcadia, Calif.
Sylvester C. Long's parents had both been born slaves. Joe Long thought that his father was white and his mother Eastern Cherokee. Sallie Carson had been told that her ancestry was also aboriginal (Croatan, now known as Lumbee) and European. Regardless of what Joe and Sallie believed, they were not federally recognized Indians and consequently had no legal status as Native Americans. Even had it been otherwise, in Winston there were only two racial classifications, white and coloured, and as non-whites the Longs lived in the African American community and suffered much of the discrimination faced by their black neighbours.
In 1897 Sylvester learned the full implications of being labelled coloured. Although his father worked as a janitor at an elementary school only three blocks from their home, the six-year-old could not enrol there since the institution was for white children. He must attend the Depot Street School for Negroes two miles away. The colour line in Winston was indelibly drawn, and he would come to resent the daily humiliations it imposed.
From an early age Long fantasized about Indians. As a boy of 13 and again when he was 17 or 18 he joined wild west shows, where, with his straight jet-black hair, high cheekbones, and copper skin, he was taken to be a Native American. In 1909, falsifying the extent of his Indian ancestry and capitalizing on his appearance and the fact that he had learned some Cherokee while on the road, Long applied to and was accepted by the famous Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pa.
At this federally supported institution, whose student body included members of nearly 100 aboriginal groups from across the United States and whose football team brought it nationwide attention, Long excelled both in his studies and in sports. The school completely altered his life. There he put himself forward as an Eastern Cherokee. This portrayal was not entirely a distortion, given his father's presumed ancestry. Moreover, at the time a number of Croatan, the people from whom his mother claimed descent, were presenting themselves as Eastern Cherokee, a group that had, unlike the Croatan, received federal recognition. The school also opened up new opportunities. Having achieved a fine record there, Long gained entrance in 1912 to Conway Hall in Carlisle, the preparatory school for Dickinson College. After a year he won a scholarship to St John's Military Academy in Manlius, N.Y., where he Indianized his name to Sylvester Chahuska Long Lance. He completed his high-school education in 1915, at age 24, and spent an additional year of study there. His time at school had not been free of suspicions about his origins, and such questions would continue to dog him.
Perhaps in search of adventure, or regular pay, Long Lance travelled north to Montreal in early 1916 and enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Eventually he saw four months' action in France in 1917. Wounded twice, he was hospitalized in England on the second occasion and subsequently assigned to non-combat duties. Upon his return to Canada in 1919, he boarded a troop train heading west and took his discharge in Calgary, far from the American South he was trying to escape. Introducing himself as a Cherokee from Oklahoma, that is, a Western Cherokee, the first major distortion of his identity, he obtained a job as a reporter for the Calgary Daily Herald.
During his three years with the paper Long Lance made frequent visits to reserves in southern Alberta. The accomplished war veteran was adopted by the Blood, one of the four nations in the Blackfoot Confederacy, as an honorary chief in February 1922 and given the name Buffalo Child. When he left for Vancouver two months later, having been fired from the Herald because of a reckless practical joke, he took with him his new name and his new Plains Indian identity. If asked, he described himself usually as a Blackfoot, sometimes as a Blood. He was not, of course, in any way a legal member of either group.
In the early and mid 1920s, now calling himself Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, the talented writer penned articles, based on personal investigations, about aboriginal people in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Major North American newspapers and magazines bought these pieces, in which he aired a positive interpretation of the history of the First Nations in Canada and reviewed their contemporary situation. In 1927, having travelled widely in the west and elsewhere pursuing stories, covering boxing matches, and giving lectures, he moved to New York City, where, a year later, he published Long Lance, a work he intended as a piece of historical fiction but one his publisher insisted should appear as autobiography. The critics generally praised it. Writing in the New York Herald-Tribune on 14 Oct. 1928, Paul Radin, a well-known American anthropologist, described it as "authentic" and an "unusually faithful account of childhood and early manhood.… I cannot think of any work that could act as a better corrective of the ridiculous notions still prevailing about the Indians." At this point Sylvester Long's reinvention of his identity became complete.
Long Lance's "autobiography" brought wide public recognition, entry into New York's highest literary and social circles, and an invitation to take a leading role in a film, The silent enemy, about the life of the Ojibwa in northern central Canada before the arrival of the Europeans (the "silent enemy" was hunger). Upon its release in 1930 Variety (New York) praised his performance in its issue of 21 May: "Chief Long Lance is an ideal picture Indian, because he is a full-blooded one … an author of note in Indian lore, and now an actor in fact."
Yet, at the height of his fame, Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance's stature as a public figure began to decline. Notoriety had aroused curiosity, and it was increasingly difficult to avoid investigations into his origins. Rumours began to circulate in New York that he was African American. Although he had continued to send money home to Winston-Salem, a reappearance there would mean certain discovery and he was unwilling in any case to live again in the ghetto. The strain of imminent exposure started to tell on him, and he turned to alcohol. In 1931 he moved to California, to act as secretary and bodyguard to a wealthy heiress embarking on a trip to Europe. Something happened during this journey to unsettle him further; he suffered bouts of depression and continued to drink heavily. After his return in November he became increasingly unstable, and on 20 March 1932 he took his own life, by gunshot, at his patron's home in Arcadia, near Los Angeles.
Long's legacy is his writings on the First Nations, in which he did good work in combating many negative stereotypes of aboriginal people. For these articles he carried out, as historian Hugh A. Dempsey has noted, "valuable field work at a time when few ethnologists, and even fewer journalists, were concerned about the history of the Indian."
Donald B. Smith
This article is based on the author's full-length biography of Sylvester Clark Long, Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance: the glorious imposter (rev. ed., Red Deer, Alta, 1999). The GA holds the most complete collection of writings by and about Long (M 690, M 6240, M 6348, M 6426, NA 1811 (1–22), NA 3264, NA 3771, NB 25, PA 1086, PB 310, PE 38, S 28). Long's "autobiography," Long Lance, first appeared in New York in 1928. The latest edition is that published in 1995 by the University Press of Mississippi in Jackson. Roberta Forsberg compiled Redman echoes: comprising the writings of Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, and biographical sketches by his friends (Los Angeles, 1933). This book also appears in the National Library of Can., Peel bibliography on microfiche ([Ottawa], 1975– ), no.3328.
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Donald B. Smith, "LONG, SYLVESTER CLARK (Sylvester Chahuska Long Lance, Buffalo Child, Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance)," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed January 19, 2022, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/long_sylvester_clark_16E.html.
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What is Your Favorite Halloween Candy?–Mini Snickers
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An Intel 8049 microcontroller, as used in a HP3478A multimeter. This chip was manufactured in the second week of 1984.
The MCS-48 microcontroller (µC) series, Intel's first microcontroller, was originally released in 1976. Its first members were 8048, 8035 and 8748. Initially this family was produced using NMOS technology, in the early 1980s it became available in CMOS technology. It was still manufactured into the 1990s to support older designs that still used it.
The MCS-48 series has a modified Harvard architecture, with internal or external program ROM and 64–256 bytes of internal (on-chip) RAM. The I/O is mapped into its own address space, separate from programs and data. The 8048 is probably the most prominent member of Intel's MCS-48 family of microcontrollers.
Though the MCS-48 series was eventually replaced by the very popular MCS-51 series, even at around year 2000 it remained quite popular, due to its low cost, wide availability, memory-efficient one-byte instruction set, and mature development tools. Because of this, it is much used in high-volume consumer electronics devices such as TV sets, TV remotes, toys, and other gadgets where cost cutting is essential.
The 8049 has 2 KB of masked ROM (the 8748 and 8749 had EPROM) that can be replaced with a 4 KB external ROM, as well as 128 bytes of RAM and 27 I/O ports. The µC's oscillator block divides the incoming clock into 15 internal phases, thus with its 11 MHz max. crystal one gets 0.73 MIPS (of one-clock instructions). Some 70% of instructions are single byte/cycle ones, but 30% need two cycles and/or two bytes, so the raw performance would be closer to 0.5 MIPS.
The Intel 8748 has 2× 8-bit timers, 27× I/O ports, 64 bytes of RAM and 1 KB of EPROM. A version with 2 KB EPROM and 128 bytes RAM was also available under the 8749 number.
87P50 ext. ROM socket 256 × 8 RAM Has piggy-back socket for 2758/2716/2732 EPROM.
The Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Model II, released in 1979, used the 8021 in its keyboard. The 8021 allowed the Model II to be the first desktop computer system with a separate detachable lightweight keyboard connected with by a single thin flexible wire, and likely the first keyboard to use a dedicated microprocessor, both attributes that would later be copied years later by Apple and IBM. The 8021 processor scans the key matrix, converts switch closures to an 8-bit code and then transmits that code serially to the keyboard interface on the main system. The 8021 will also accept commands to turn indicator LEDs on or off. This was all done with just four chips, a remarkable feat at the time. The 8021 was also used in the keyboards for the TRS-80 Model 12, 12B, 16, 16B and the Tandy 6000/6000HD.
The original IBM PC keyboard used an 8048 as its internal microcontroller. The PC AT replaced the PC's Intel 8255 peripheral interface chip at I/O port addresses 0x60–63 with an 8042 accessible through port addresses 0x60 and 0x64. As well as managing the keyboard interface, the 8042 controlled the A20 line gating function for the AT's Intel 80286 CPU and could be commanded by software to reset the 80286 (unlike the 80386 and later processors, the 80286 had no way of switching from protected mode back to real mode except by being reset). Later PC compatibles integrate the 8042's functions into their super I/O devices.
The 8048 was used in the Magnavox Odyssey² video game console, the Korg Trident series, the Korg Poly-61, Roland Jupiter-4 and Roland ProMars analog synthesizers.
Philips Semiconductors (now NXP) owned a license to produce this series and developed their MAB8400-family based on this architecture. These were the first microcontrollers with an integrated I²C-interface and were used in the first Philips (Magnavox in the US) Compact Disc players (e.g. the CD-100).
Another variant, the ROM-less 8035, was used in Nintendo's arcade game Donkey Kong. Although not being a typical application for a microcontroller, its purpose was to generate the background music of the game.
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8-Bit Embedded Controllers, Intel 1991, Order number 270645-003.
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Microprocessor Peripherals UPI-41A/41AH/42/42AH User's Manual, October 1993, Order number 231318-006, Intel Corporation.
Johan Beaston, Jim Kahn: An 8741A/8041A Digital Cassette Controller, Application Note AP-90, May 1980, Intel Corporation.
^ TRS-80 Model II Technical Reference Manual. Radio Shack. p. 135.
^ Tandy 6000/6000HD Service Manual. Tandy/Radio Shack. 1985. p. 213.
^ "Korg Trident Service Manual". Korg. p. 4. Retrieved 10 February 2018 – via Synthfool.
^ "Korg Poly-61 Service Manual" (PDF).
^ Gordon Reid (November 2004). "The History Of Roland, Part 1: 1930–1978". The History Of Roland. Sound On Sound Magazine. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
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Florida Supreme Court declines to hear case debating new congressional maps
by Laura Spivak on June 5, 2022
Former FBI official arrested for violating sanctions by working for Russian oligarch January 25, 2023
The Florida Supreme Court this week declined to hear a case that would call into question the newly-drawn congressional voting maps in the state, which voter advocacy groups argue lean in favor of Republican candidates and make it harder for Black voters to elect candidates of their choice.
The suit largely focused on the newly-drawn 5th congressional district, currently represented by Democrat Rep. Al Lawson. The suit argues that in spite of the fact that the district is more than half made up of Black voters, the new map will inhibit their ability to elect candidates of their choosing in future elections.
The new map means Republicans are poised to gain four new congressional seats, as 20 of the state's 28 congressional districts lean Republican.
The court's decision not to weigh in on the case means the new map, drawn by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, will likely remain in place through the November midterms, as Democrats strain to maintain control of the House and Senate.
DeSantis has defended the new map saying the current map is drawn unconstitutionally. The new map cuts the number of majority-Black districts in half, from four to two. Governor DeSantis previously vetoed all versions of the new map that did not completely eliminate the 5th district.
The debate over congressional maps is taking place across the country, as it does every time a new US Census is released. Maps that are considered more aligned with anti-gerrymandering efforts and laws have been approved in some states, like New York and Virginia, while other states like Florida and Ohio have fought to make changes to the maps that critics say work to oppress Black voters.
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Q: Android SupportFragment returns Map Object as null I am displaying a map in my android application like this:
mMap = ((SupportMapFragment)    getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map)).getMap();

The fragment is defined like this:
<fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:map="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
  android:id="@+id/map"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
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  map:cameraTargetLat="28.635308"
  map:cameraTargetLng="77.224960"
  map:uiCompass="true"
  map:uiRotateGestures="true"
  map:uiScrollGestures="true"
  map:uiTiltGestures="true"
  map:uiZoomControls="true"
  map:uiZoomGestures="true"/>

The problem is on some mobiles it is working fine while on others(android 2.2,2.3) it is not working. The map object is null in these cases.
To me it appears that the reason behind this is that google play services is not installed on these mobiles. Am i correct, if yes what is the possible workaround.


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On a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, when you try to use Windows Server Update Services to download Windows update files that are larger than 700 megabytes (MB), the download operation does not succeed.
This problem occurs because the WinVerifyTrust function in Windows Server 2003 cannot verify the certificate validity of the Windows update files.
In het document KB888303 vind je meer informatie.
This entry was posted in Microsoft, Windows and tagged Server 2003, Windows, wsus on January 29, 2008 by afokkema.


Sen. John McCain's record of working with Democrats easily outstrips Sen. Barack Obama's efforts with Republicans, according to an analysis by The Washington Times of their legislative records.
In fact, by several measures, Mr. McCain has been more likely to team up with Democrats than with members of his own party. Democrats made up 55 percent of his political partners over the last two Congresses, including on the tough issues of campaign finance and global warming. For Mr. Obama, Republicans were only 13 percent of his co-sponsors during his time in the Senate, and he had his biggest bipartisan successes on noncontroversial measures, such as issuing a postage stamp in honor of civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
With calls for change in Washington dominating the campaign, both Mr. Obama, the Democrats' presidential nominee, and Mr. McCain, his Republican opponent, have claimed the mantle of bipartisanship.
But since 2005, Mr. McCain has led as chief sponsor of 82 bills, on which he had 120 Democratic co-sponsors out of 220 total, for an average of 55 percent. He worked with Democrats on 50 of his bills, and of those, 37 times Democrats outnumber Republicans as co-sponsors.
Mr. Obama, meanwhile, sponsored 120 bills, of which Republicans co-sponsored just 26, and on only five bills did Republicans outnumber Democrats. Mr. Obama gained 522 total Democratic co-sponsors but only 75 Republicans, for an average of 13 percent of his co-sponsors.
An Obama campaign spokesman declined to comment on The Times analysis.
McCain campaign surrogate Sen. Lindsey Graham, though, said the numbers expose a difference between the two candidates.
"The number - 55 and 13 - probably shows that one has been more desirous to find common ground than the other. The legislative record of Senator Obama is very thin," said Mr. Graham, South Carolina Republican, who has teamed up with Mr. McCain probably more than any other senator.
The Times study looked at the bills each man introduced as the chief sponsor, and at the bills sponsored by other senators that each man signed onto. The study excluded resolutions and amendments, focusing instead on measures that each man authored and put into the normal legislative process.
Former Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, all independents, were grouped with Democrats because each caucused with Democrats during the time under study.
Bipartisanship is a frequent issue on the campaign trail, with the McCain camp and surrogates such as Mr. Graham arguing the standard is how often someone takes leadership on an issue in defiance of his own party - a measure by which Mr. Obama falls short and Mr. McCain clearly excels.
He even revels in his stances, telling the audience at a values forum at Saddleback Church in California last month his list is extensive: "Climate change, out-of-control spending, torture." He could have added campaign-finance overhaul, immigration, a patients' bill of rights, gun control and tax cuts as other areas on which he's broken with the majority of his party.
At the same forum, Mr. Obama said his major break with Democrats came on congressional ethics, when he sponsored a bill to curb meals and gifts from lobbyists.
In a memo to reporters, his campaign points to bills he worked on that gained near-unanimous support from both parties, including a bill more than a third of the Senate signed onto, sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback, Kansas Republican, pushing peace initiatives in Sudan, and a bill sponsored by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, on charitable contributions that passed by a voice vote in each chamber.
But foremost, his campaign cites his work teaming up in 2006 with Sen. Richard G. Lugar, Indiana Republican, on the Cooperative Proliferation Detection Act, a noncontroversial measure to secure weapons of mass destruction, and with Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, to force the administration to create a searchable database to track federal spending grants.
Speaking to reporters during the Republican National Convention earlier this month Obama aide Robert Gibbs said Mr. Lugar and Mr. Coburn would back up Mr. Obama's bipartisanship claims.
Mr. Lugar's spokesman said the senator is not doing interviews on the subject. Mr. Coburn, in an interview, said Mr. Obama is a good senator to work with, but said there's no comparison to Mr. McCain's long record.
Mr. McCain on the campaign trail cites his own frequent Democratic legislative allies such as Mr. Lieberman, with whom he's worked on gun control and global warming; Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, who was his partner for immigration and patients' rights; Sen. Russell D. Feingold of Wisconsin, who worked with him on campaign finance; and Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, who was the top Democrat on the Indian Affairs Committee when Mr. McCain was chairman.
Mr. Feingold, Mr. Dorgan and Mr. Kennedy didn't respond or declined through spokesmen to talk about the issue. Mr. Lieberman, however, has gone in the opposite direction, endorsing Mr. McCain for office and hitting Mr. Obama for failing to live up to his bipartisan claims.
Mr. Graham said it was unfortunate people weren't recognizing their work with Mr. McCain.
"What you've got now is, you've got some people who are afraid to recognize John's bipartisanship because of the nature of the election," Mr. Graham said.
Mr. Graham has teamed up with Mr. McCain on some of his most contentious bills, including the immigration and campaign-finance fights, and said they both have "the scars to prove" they were in the fights.
"I have experienced the price that's been paid to help John do some difficult things since 2004," he said.
Those fights are part of the reason Mr. McCain had trouble securing the Republican presidential nomination, including winning less than 50 percent of Republican primary voters' support, despite clearing the field less than halfway through the primaries.
The Times analysis found Mr. McCain's most frequent Democratic teammates are Mr. Dorgan, with whom he shared leadership of the Indian Affairs Committee and who co-sponsored 23 of Mr. McCain's bills, and Mr. Lieberman, who signed onto 15 McCain bills.
Mr. Obama's most frequent Republican partners were Mr. Lugar, who co-sponsored nine Obama bills, and Sen. Norm Coleman, Minnesota Republican, who signed on to eight of Mr. Obama's measures.
The bill on which Mr. McCain attracted the most support in the past few years was his plan to combat greenhouse-gas emissions. That bill garnered 16 co-sponsors, 14 of whom were Democrats, including Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., Democrats' vice-presidential nominee. Mr. Obama himself signed onto another of Mr. McCain's global-warming bills.
Mr. Obama's best successes in attracting co-sponsors came on a bill to boost the union's bargaining power with the Federal Aviation Administration, on which all 38 co-sponsors were Democrats, and a bill to issue a postage stamp honoring Mrs. Parks, which garnered 24 Democrats and 14 Republicans.
The Times study didn't look at voting, but Congressional Quarterly conducts annual studies of senators' voting records.
Over his Senate career, Mr. McCain has voted with the majority of Senate Republicans about 85 percent of the time, while in his three years in the Senate Mr. Obama has voted with his party 97 percent of the time.


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William Shakespeare has become the preeminent playwright of Elizabethan England, but his success comes with a price his son Hamnet has disappeared in the realm of the Elven King, and Will must face the powers of darkness to rescue him.
A fine ending to the Shakespeare trilogy. I could see where the plot was leading pretty early on, but these books are more about the characters and the weight that their choices carry. Again Hoyt has proven herself to understand what makes people tick better than most other authors do.
In this tale William Shakespeare finds himself entangled in the affairs of the land of elves when his son is kidnapped by a young elf of that realm. The storyline itself was okay, but the characters spent too much time second guessing their motives and feelings, which made the story drag a bit.
Took a long time reading this one, Maybe should not have skipped book two, The ending is the best part. What else can I say?


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N.C. college launches new programs to meet the needs of a growing workforce
New Bern Sun Journal
Craven Community College will introduce new work programs in high-demand fields this fall. Cybersecurity coding and computer-aided drafting were created with the goal to aid in Craven County's growing job market.
New mural unveiled at S.C. college
Fox Carolina
Spartanberg Community College shows how art built a wall and a bridge in the community. The college asked four local artists to create a new mural to showcase the college's commitment to education, community and innovation.
Oregon Tribal Student Grant program seeks to improve access to higher education
Oregon Public Broadcasting
A new grant program aims to help members of the Oregon's nine federally recognized Native American tribes with the cost of attending college next academic year. The Oregon Tribal Student Grant program, approved by the state legislature, will cover attendance costs, beyond what federal and state financial aid cover, at eligible colleges or universities in the state.
Enrollment decline may continue for many Tenn. community colleges
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Eight out of 13 community colleges in Tennessee are projecting either no enrollment growth or a decline for the next fiscal year, according to the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR). The remaining five campuses are projecting an average decline of 5%, TBR says.
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The first lection from the Book of Wisdom begins with the Jewish slaves who depart from Egypt on the first night of Passover. These people of faith put their trust in God and His servant Moses. God was with them in their journey and brought them through peril to see the destruction of their enemies. The second lection contains the beautiful passage about the "father of faith", Abraham and all those who followed after him on a spiritual journey to God, "…They did not receive what they had been promised but saw it and greeted it from afar and acknowledged themselves to be strangers and aliens on earth, for those who speak thus show that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of the land from which they had come, they would have had the opportunity to return. But now they desire a better homeland, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them." In the Gospel passage we find the Lord Jesus speaking to the Apostles who will begin their journey of Faith, a journey for which He prepares them to sow the seeds of faith.
Next Sunday we will have a guest priest with us who will deliver the homily at all the Masses regarding the missionary work being done in far off places in the Name of Christ the Lord. Each year in the Diocese of Paterson the month of August is the time in which the MISSIONARY COOPERATIVE APPEAL is conducted. This is the time we have to allow ourselves to be informed about the mission work being done and the importance of our support for this work. This is the work which the Lord Jesus Himself commanded His disciples to perform so that the seeds of faith may be sown throughout the world. Many of these missionaries live in difficult and even dangerous situations. They have journeyed to far off lands leaving their homes, security, and much more to go off witnessing to Christ Jesus and making the invitation to salvation. I ask that you be generous to the second collection taken next Sunday which will go directly to support the missionary activities of the religious community which will be addressed next Sunday. Please make you check payable to our parish for this purpose.
As we journey through life let us do so in the example of the faith-filled men and women who model for us how we should travel to the home God has prepared for all those who love Him.


There was little romance at the Austin ISD board of trustees' Valentine's Day work session. Instead, there was a rough draft of the controversial Facility Master Plan, before Superintendent Meria Carstarphen made her pitch for financial exigency and job cuts. Yet while Carstarphen repeatedly told the board that "we are more than halfway there" on preparing the district for its upcoming starvation budget, some trustees are wondering where "there" is.
The meeting's headline event was supposed to be a board feedback session to the Facility Master Plan Task Force. Instead, the trustees let task force co-chairs Janet Mitchell and Richard Frazier, accompanied by Carolyn Staskiewicz from consultants DeJong Richter, lay out what they had with little comment. The initial draft of their report was a comparatively bloodless affair: While there are still recommendations to close some campuses, none is specifically named (see "Task Force Recommendations" for highlights). Frazier conceded that the campaigns of concerned parents undoubtedly affected the report's drafting and, he said, "the perspective changed." But even after that redirection, the body is heavily divided. At the meeting, only a handful of the task force's 63 active members showed up, and others are no longer discussing if they should file a minority report but how it should be done.
The facilities discussion, however, was overshadowed by the more pressing matter of layoffs. In total, Carstarphen proposes cutting 1,017 staff positions before the new school year, saving the district $54 million. To do so, she wants the board to declare financial exigency, giving her the legal leeway for a reduction in force. Only about half of the positions listed are teachers, but many other losses of teachers' assistants and special education staff would have a direct impact on classrooms.
Trustee Annette LoVoi, who was already concerned that the facility plan was "internally inconsistent," was even more vocal about the cuts. She argued that the list, which was only released on Feb. 11, gives the board little idea what will be left afterward, or how Carstarphen plans to restructure the district after the layoffs, retirements, and closed vacancies. It does not even show which of the positions were already eliminated under the new staffing formulas approved on Jan. 20. Before she can consider a vote, LaVoi said: "I want to see an East Austin impact document. I want to see a programmatic impact document. I want to understand, of the thousand positions, which have already been voted on and which are reorganization."
Some staff already know they're on the chopping block. While the administration's hit list does not name individual employees, since it breaks everything down by office and school, then gives the technical title for each position, anyone with an understanding of AISD bureaucracy can figure out whose jobs are on the line. Whole departments, such as the press office, are wiped out. Education Austin co-President Rae Nwosu said that some principals are acting like the cuts already have board approval. After the meeting, Nwosu said: "We heard, all day, people calling saying they were told they were on the [reduction in force] list. So for administration to say that these people have not been told yet, and they won't be told until after tonight, is incorrect."
While there will be no vote on exigency or the reduction in force until Feb. 28, the board has already scheduled an additional meeting about the layoff list for Feb. 21, for better oversight. While he conceded that the process is imperfect, board President Mark Williams said the board must do something to save money. Similarly, board secretary Lori Moya argued that the campus positions up for the axe had been proposed by their principals, and the board should trust their judgment.
LoVoi wasn't the only board member concerned about missing data, as District 7 trustee Robert Schneider quizzed Carstarphen hard about what the cuts will mean for foreign language provision. Board Vice President Vincent Torres said that until the Legislature finalizes the state budget, it will be impossible to know exactly how bad the budget crunch they're responding to will be. "That's the number that I need to have in order to feel comfortable about going forward," he said. As for the job cuts list, Torres said he was surprised by the scale, especially in central administration. Carstarphen's long-term plan is to rebuild into what Torres described as "a leaner, meaner organization with a completely different structure." Yet there is no sign of what that organization would look like, and Carstarphen told the board she won't start designing that new administrative structure until March 1 – the day after the board is scheduled to vote on the reduction in force. It is also unclear exactly how much of the $54 million saved through these proposed cuts will have to be spent on rebuilding and rehiring for the new-look AISD.


Great photo! Did the RAF Search Helicopter ever find the people they were looking for?
I don't know what happened as the story didn't appear anywhere in the local or national media. I presume the people must have turned up.


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Martin Scorsese on film making, his career, and his film 'The Age of Innocence.'
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Director Martin Scorsese talks about his latest film, "Casino," and the unique acting talent of Robert De Niro. 33:59
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Comedian Alan King presents "inside the Comedy Mind"; Chuck Daly, Marv Albert, and Alan King on the Playoffs. 55:10
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Not your average family gathering.
To AMG owners, the AMG Private Lounge is a second home and a place for gatherings of the World's Fastest Family. And that is exactly what it feels like, when in October, AMG enthusiasts like Raziz Rehan, Tristan de Saint Ouen, and David Turnbull, known from Instagram as @rokenr, @amg_tdso, and @jsy_amg, come together in front of the Mercedes-AMG headquarters for their annual meeting. Here, the three will meet fellow AMG fans and petrol heads with whom they are in constant contact on Instagram. Their two-day drive takes them from London to Folkstone, where the AMGs go to France by train. Near Reims, they set to explore the former Formula 1 racetrack "Circuit de Reims-Gueux", before leaving for Affalterbach.
To make sure the visitors from the U.K. arrive safely, Mercedes-Benz sent a Mercedes-AMG GT Coupé that functioned as a safety car and led way while the trio adjusts to right-road traffic. Similar to the two GT C Coupés, red stripes decorate the exterior of the car. Placed on the top and the lower flanks of the car, they form a clear contrast to the exterior colour in designo diamond white bright paint. Additionally, bonnet and trunk lid carry the official social media hashtags: #mbsocialcar, #50yearsAMG and #AMGroadtrip2017.
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Girl, 14, sexually assaulted in NYC doctor's office hallway in shocking caught-on-camera attack
Missing Arizona woman found alive, in critical condition
NYC grocers alarmed by uptick in theft, quality of life crimes
By Michael Gartland
NYPD Officers and crime tape are seen outside the Liberty Bagel Deli and Grocery. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News)
Grocery store owners are convinced: the five-finger discount is back in a big way.
An uptick in shoplifting and other violations during the coronavirus lockdown has hundreds of independent supermarket owners around the city complaining the NYPD hasn't been responsive enough when they call — whether it's about thieves, maskless shoppers or neighborhood drug peddlers.
"We're pretty much on our own," said Pedro Goico, who owns six grocery stores in the Bronx and Brooklyn. "Right now, it's very tough to be in the grocery store business. We're getting no help from the city."
Goico said his stores have been plagued with shoplifters and estimates that 6% to 7% of his bottom line has disappeared because of it since March. Before COVID-19, he said he'd typically lose about 1% to shoplifters.
A Bronx storeowner accused this woman of shoplifting from his store and of refusing to wear a mask while inside. (Obtained by Daily News)
NYPD stats show that petty larceny cases have risen 3%, up 1,931 cases this year compared with 1,875 cases for the same period in 2019. The petty larceny designation includes any theft under $1,000, not just shoplifting.
An NYPD spokeswoman noted that while petty larceny stats are up citywide, shoplifting is down in the Bronx and Brooklyn.
"While serious crimes such as homicides and shootings are up, the NYPD remains focused on the enforcement of all criminal activity," she said.
The broken office door of a Bronx supermarket the morning after it was burglarized. (Obtained by Daily News)
Goico offered a different perspective, one that crime statistics doesn't account for.
"We don't call the cops anymore. It doesn't make sense. They don't come," he said.
And shoplifters, he added, seem to be catching on.
"They know the police will not come," he said. "If they do come, they're just going to get a ticket."
But it isn't just shoplifters Goico and others have to contend with.
Goico said he's also at a complete loss over what to do with people coming into his store refusing to wear masks, even after offering them to customers free of charge. Police stopped enforcing social-distancing and mask-wearing requirements in May.
"We don't know how to deal with that," Goico said. "It's very hard for us to police that."
He said many of the people who don't mask up appear to be mentally ill.
Mimino International Food on Ocean Ave. displays a sign that states a mask and gloves are required to enter the store, Wednesday, April 15. (Jeff Bachner/for New York Daily News)
Another grocer, who asked that his name be withheld for fear of being targeted by criminals, blames a combination of factors for the uptick in crime he sees inside and outside his stores — COVID-19, unemployment, anti-police brutality protests and bail reform.
But the Legal Aid Society stressed that, while there might be the perception that bail reform is to blame, that is not the case.
"This issue has zero connection to bail reform, and claims that bail reform has led to an increase in crime have already been debunked," said Marie Ndiaye, supervising attorney with Legal Aid's decarceration unit.
The Bronx grocer claimed that calls to police about drug dealers outside his store end up with either no response, a desk appearance ticket for the unlucky few who are caught, or little to no follow up from prosecutors.
"Customers talk to us. It's not just us," said the grocer, who owns a store in the northeastern Bronx. "They're fearful in their neighborhood."
Boston Market on Pennsylvania Ave. in Brooklyn has signs posted requiring customers to wear a mask or face covering to enter the store. (Jeff Bachner/for New York Daily News)
An umbrella group that represents the grocers is also concerned.
The National Supermarket Association requested a meeting with the NYPD in a letter sent out in May, but according the group, it still has not received a response.
"Several months later these issues have gotten significantly worse and our owners have reached their breaking points," NSA President William Rodriguez said. "We are requesting a meeting with NYPD senior leadership, not to point fingers or cast blame, but to truly sit down and focus our energies on a plan that will combat the violence and shift the responsibility of law enforcement away from hardworking store owners."


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How is is possible to feel such sadness for a creature devoted to killing?
This new season of Doctor Who just gets better and better. Christopher Eccleston is doing an amazing job of playing the Doctor and Billie Piper's "Rose Tyler" is definitely a character in her own right, but last nights episode on the ABC was fantastic. The Dalek was more fearsome than any of it's predecessors, every bit the ruthless killing machine that we all hid behind the couches from, but after being contaminated by Rose's DNA something unexpected happens..
I'll be interested to see if they can top this episode in what is left of the season, although from what I have seen of the trailers for the last episode, the best may be yet to come.
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#region copyright

#endregion

namespace YAF.Types.Interfaces
{
  using System;

  /// <summary>
  /// The yaf user profile interface.
  /// </summary>
  public interface IYafUserProfile
  {
    #region Properties

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets AIM.
    /// </summary>
    string AIM { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Birthday.
    /// </summary>
    DateTime Birthday { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Blog.
    /// </summary>
    string Blog { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets BlogServicePassword.
    /// </summary>
    string BlogServicePassword { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets BlogServiceUrl.
    /// </summary>
    string BlogServiceUrl { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets BlogServiceUsername.
    /// </summary>
    string BlogServiceUsername { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Gender.
    /// </summary>
    int Gender { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets GoogleTalk.
    /// </summary>
    string GoogleTalk { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Homepage.
    /// </summary>
    string Homepage { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets ICQ.
    /// </summary>
    string ICQ { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Facebook.
    /// </summary>
    string Facebook { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Twitter.
    /// </summary>
    string Twitter { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Twitter Id.
    /// </summary>
    string TwitterId { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Interests.
    /// </summary>
    string Interests { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Location.
    /// </summary>
    string Location { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Country.
    /// </summary>
    string Country { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Region or State(US).
    /// </summary>
    string Region { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets a City.
    /// </summary>
    string City { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets MSN.
    /// </summary>
    string MSN { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Occupation.
    /// </summary>
    string Occupation { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets RealName.
    /// </summary>
    string RealName { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Skype.
    /// </summary>
    string Skype { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets XMPP.
    /// </summary>
    string XMPP { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets YIM.
    /// </summary>
    string YIM { get; set; }

    #endregion
  }
}


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class CShieldProxy : public CEntityMaterialProxy
{
public:
	CShieldProxy();
	virtual ~CShieldProxy();
	virtual bool Init( IMaterial *pMaterial, KeyValues *pKeyValues );
	virtual void OnBind( C_BaseEntity *pC_BaseEntity );
	virtual IMaterial *GetMaterial();

private:
	IMaterialVar *m_AlphaVar;
	IMaterialVar *m_pTextureScrollVar;
	float m_ScrollRate;
	float m_ScrollAngle;
};

CShieldProxy::CShieldProxy()
{
	m_AlphaVar				= NULL;
	m_pTextureScrollVar		= NULL;
	m_ScrollRate = 0;
	m_ScrollAngle = 0;
}

CShieldProxy::~CShieldProxy()
{
}

bool CShieldProxy::Init( IMaterial *pMaterial, KeyValues *pKeyValues )
{
	bool foundVar;

	m_AlphaVar = pMaterial->FindVar( "$translucency", &foundVar, false );
	if( !foundVar )
		return false;

	char const* pScrollVarName = pKeyValues->GetString( "textureScrollVar" );
	if (!pScrollVarName)
		return false;

	m_pTextureScrollVar = pMaterial->FindVar( pScrollVarName, &foundVar, false );
	if( !foundVar )
		return false;

	m_ScrollRate = pKeyValues->GetFloat( "textureScrollRate", 1 );
	m_ScrollAngle = pKeyValues->GetFloat( "textureScrollAngle", 0 );
	return true;
}

void CShieldProxy::OnBind( C_BaseEntity *pEnt )
{
	if (m_AlphaVar)
	{
		m_AlphaVar->SetFloatValue( pEnt->m_clrRender->a );
	}

	if( !m_pTextureScrollVar )
	{
		return;
	}

	float sOffset, tOffset;

	sOffset = gpGlobals->curtime * sin( m_ScrollAngle * ( M_PI / 180.0f ) ) * m_ScrollRate;
	tOffset = gpGlobals->curtime * cos( m_ScrollAngle * ( M_PI / 180.0f ) ) * m_ScrollRate;

	// make sure that we are positive
	if( sOffset < 0.0f )
	{
		sOffset += 1.0f + -( int )sOffset;
	}
	if( tOffset < 0.0f )
	{
		tOffset += 1.0f + -( int )tOffset;
	}

	// make sure that we are in a [0,1] range
	sOffset = sOffset - ( int )sOffset;
	tOffset = tOffset - ( int )tOffset;

	m_pTextureScrollVar->SetVecValue( sOffset, tOffset, 0.0f );
}

IMaterial *CShieldProxy::GetMaterial()
{
	if ( !m_AlphaVar )
		return NULL;

	return m_AlphaVar->GetOwningMaterial();
}

EXPOSE_INTERFACE( CShieldProxy, IMaterialProxy, "Shield" IMATERIAL_PROXY_INTERFACE_VERSION );


The Terex RL4 is a durable, cost effective solution for jobsite lighting. The 30 ft (9.14 m) extended-height floodlight tower provides 4,000 Watts of light. 359º non-continuous tower rotation allows for pinpoint light positioning. The compact size of the RL4 enables transportation of up to 10 units per truck, maximizing freight dollars. Designed to help get the job done on time and on budget, this model offers the right combination of capabilities and value.


"Disease" means any disease of livestock which may be transmitted or communicated through direct or indirect contact from one animal to another, including those diseases transmitted by or through livestock to humans.
"Disease" means pests, disease or any condition affecting bees or their brood.
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Join lululemon Columbia as we host our 3rd annual Community Memorial Day Murph on Monday, May 27th, 2019.
We will set up a MONSTER rig in the Trehnholm Plaza lot in front of the store, with live music and more!
Helps us honor those that have made the ultimate sacrifice this Memorial Day.
-You do NOT have to sign-up online, and may come day of with CASH. You will be able to participate in the "Next Available" time slot, which we will announce remaining open Heat times the Saturday before. Day-of Registrations will be first-come, first-serve. Day of Registration Heats will be ran every 30 minutes!
-The Event is RAIN or SHINE!
-Partition the Movements as needed and scaling options for all fitness levels will be available!
-You do NOT have to sign-up online, and may come day of with CASH. You will be able to participate in the "Next Available" time slot, which we will announce remaining open Heat times the day before. Day-of Registrations will be first-come, first-serve. Day of Registration Heats will be ran every 30 minutes!


On September 4th, 1882 Thomas Edison opened a central generating station to provide electricity to New York City, thus starting the electrical age in America. In the midst of the excitement over the new technology, dozens of electricity companies were founded. Most of these companies provided light to cities and towns that had previously been illuminated by gaslight. The storage battery had been conceived, but technological limitations made it of little practical value during the time. However, in the span of about five years from 1880 to 1885 batteries became increasingly more powerful and durable. The most excited about the potential of the battery were the automobile inventors.


How amazing is this design "Travelling" by Plays With Needles. I just had to share the amazing work with you!
How about stitching a bead journal?
Christmas time is here again so start now collecting these free alphabet letters. Letters are approximately 3.50 tall. Free through November 15, 2015.


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Cuban Vice-president Pays Official Visit to Japan
Cuban government vice-president Ricardo Cabrisas is paying an official visit to Japan where he will meet with officials in the political and economic sectors.
Large Cuban Business Mission Attends Panamanian Trade Fair
Some 30 Cuban entrepreneurs from different economic sectors will attend Panama´s Expocomer Trade Fair March 11-15, which this year marks the 100th anniversary of the local Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, (CCIAP), the main Panamanian private organization of its kind founded on May 17, 1915.
Cuba Ratifies its Support of PetroCaribe Regional Energy Program
Cuban first vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel ratified his country´s determination to keep working for the further development of the PetroCaribe regional program, during the 9th Summit of that bloc, held Friday in Caracas.
Ecuadorian Rural Authorities to Visit Cuba
Representatives of rural governments from the Ecuadorian province of Pichincha will travel to Cuba next week to take a fist-hand look at social and community projects, public and people´s power management.
US Authorities Publish Specific Regulations on Imports of Cuban Goods
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released on Thursday the regulations on the imports of goods by US citizens authorized to travel to Cuba, in tune with Section 515.582 of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CARC) which established a list of Cuban goods eligible and others excluded from being imported into the USA.
Cuba Reiterates its Firm Support of Venezuela
Cuba´s first vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel reiterated the island´s firm support of Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution as he arrived in Caracas on Thursday to attend commemorations of the second anniversary of the death of Bolivarian leader Hugo Chavez.
Colombia Acknowledges Cuba Role in Peace Talks
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos stressed the role of Cuba in the advancement of the peace dialog for his country underway in Havana.
Raul Castro and Jose Mujica Meet in Montevideo
Cuban President Raul Castro and outgoing Uruguayan head of state Jose Mujica held talks in Montevideo, Uruguay, after the swearing-in ceremony for Tabare Vazquez.
US Supreme Court Ruling in Favor of Cuba Tobacco Company
A ruling this week by the US Supreme Court favored Cuba in a litigation underway for several years against an American company, which was illegally marketing Dominican cigars under the Cuban brand Cohiba.
Ecuadorian Minister Praises Cuban Education Model
Ecuador's Coordinating Minister of Knowledge and Human Talent, Guillaume Long, praised the Cuban education system and said that it is not copying it what Ecuador tries to do, but learning from its advantages.
Large Majority of Hispanics in the US Favors Diplomatic Relations with Cuba
Over 70 percent of Hispanics living in the United States favors the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba, according to a recent national survey by the Florida Atlantic University (FAU).
Cuban Cardinal Applauds Talks to Reestablish Cuba-U.S.A. Bonds
Cuban Cardinal and Archbishop of Havana Jaime Ortega applauded on Monday the beginning of the process of reestablishment of relations between his country and the United States, while giving a speech at the Vatican.
Nicolas Maduro Praises Cuban Collaboration
Venezuela´s President Nicolas Maduro highlighted the role of Cuban workers in his country, particularly those in the field of healthcare.
Union of South American Nations Calls Lifting of Blockade against Cuba
The general secretary of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Ernesto Samper, said that the lifting of US sanctions on Cuba and the evacuation of the shutting down of the US naval based in the Cuban territory of Guantanamo are issues to consider for a normalization of relations between Washington and Havana.
Venezuela and Cuba Praise Bilateral Collaboration Relations
Venezuelan foreign minister Delcy Rodriguez stressed the strong bilateral cooperation relations uniting her country and Cuba during a meeting with the island´s ambassador to Caracas Rogelio Polanco.
US Senator Furiously Reacts to Obama´s Decisions on Cuba
US Legislator Submits Bill against Anti-Cuba Radio and TV Transmissions
Cuban Foreign Minister Meets with EU Vice-President in Costa Rica
Canadian Citizens Punished by US Blockade of Cuba
Major US Airlines and Credit Card Companies Eager to Operate in Cuba


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Its here! The super cool Hi-Vis Overland logo is printed on a middle weighted high quality hoodie. These hoodies have Old Glory on the right sleeve. When moving forward, therefore, the star field is always in the front as the stripes flow to the back in the breeze. Today, the reverse flag is worn on the right sleeves of military uniforms that symbolize the courage and respect of those who serve.


Welcome to the world of the ETC, Critter & Guitari's new video synthesizer! The ETC reacts to music to create endlessly mesmerizing visuals.It is simple to use, just plug it in and start creating. But don't be fooled by the simplicity of the ETC, there are many features and goodies hidden inside.Whether you are creating live visuals, working on a music video, or want to program your own graphics, the ETC will become an indispensable tool. Check out the video below to see it respond to sound!
ETC Mode Repository One way to customize the ETC is to add or remove modes that we release. Modes are available for free download at www.etctv.io.
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Actress and TV host Kris Aquino recently tweeted a message commemorating her failed marriage to basketball star James Yap, solemnized in a civil ceremony 13 years ago. Aquino's warm message appears to be the end to a prior spat between the two former lovers in the previous months.
In a tweet, the veteran host and actress spoke about making a commitment with someone 13 years ago, until fate took the pair to different directions.
The tweet was made on what would have been her 13th anniversary of her marriage to Philippine Basketball Association star James Yap.
Aquino and Yap married on July 10, 2005, in a civil ceremony. The two have a son, Bimby, but have since separated. Yap is currently married to Italian Michela Cazzola.
Though initially on good terms despite their separation, Aquino lashed out on Yap over his supposed neglect of their child, Bimby.
The spat even reached the realm of political discussion when Aquino criticized her former co-host Korina Sanchez for featuring Yap on her show Rated K.
Aquino's recent tweet appears to have a put an end to the spat.
Recently, the "Queen of All Media" went viral for reaching out to another PBA star, Terrence Romeo of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters.


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Q: Lock or disable connections to Postgres while performing maintenance I never have this issue with MySQL, but PostgreSQL is always a pain when trying to do any kind of maintenance.
I am trying to truncate and load new data into databases on a PostgreSQL server, but there are usually active connections, and this messes up things. There is also one particular database I need to drop and create, and current active doesn't allow me to drop it.
All these are setup in a script that should run. My issue is active connections is killing me and not letting the script work.
Do I lock connections to the DB or block connections? How do I do this? Not as familiar with PostgreSQL as I am with MySQL.

A: You can set connection limit for role:
ALTER ROLE x SET CONNECTION LIMIT 0;

or for databases:
ALTER DATABASE db SET CONNECTION LIMIT 0;

After your maintenance chores are done, reset your limit to its previous value such as -1 for unlimited connections.