Having Mexican immigrants as parents and growing up in the U.S., I was raised in a household where the only music that played on the CD player was from Mexican albums, not the typical English radio songs of the early 2000s. Listening to Selena Quintanilla was like a rite of passage to the every Mexican-American girl's childhood. There is not one quinceñera that you can go to that will not play one of Selena's songs. 21 years after her murder, Quintanilla's legacy still lives in the hearts of many Mexican-Americans today. Her music was such a big part of my youth that I thought I would take this opportunity to introduce some of the best songs in Selena's discography.
If you have never heard of Selena Quintanilla, I will give you a quick biography. Selena Quintanilla-Perez was born in Lake Jackson, Texas to Mexican-American parents. At the age of nine, Quintanilla and her brother and sister started a band after their father made a suggestion for them to perform at his restaurant. After six years of performing at local parties and events, Selena won an award for Female Vocalist of the Year at the Tejano Music Awards. At the age of only 15, the singer was signed to major recording label, EMI Records. In March of 1995, after writing and performing six successful albums and only a year after winning her first Grammy for best Mexican/Mexican-American Album, she was shot and killed at the age of 23 by the president of her fanclub, Yolanda Saldívar. Just months following her death, Selena's first bilingual album "Dreaming of You," was released and reached number one on U.S. Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first predominantly Spanish album to do so.
The first song that I will put on this list is from the album previously mentioned, Dreaming of You.
It's a classic song to start off with. The song has synth keyboards leading the melody. It is more in the genre of cumbia, an originally Colombian-dominant genre until the early fifties when it made its way to Mexico and became one of the leading genre to dance to in the country. The upbeat tempo does not change the meaning of its lyrics. The lyrics compare the relationship that the singer is in as a wilted flower. All the love she gave was destroyed and it talks about never be able to love again. It is a break-up song that will have you singing your heart out after a heartbreak.
From her 1990 album under the same name Ven Conmigo. As someone with parents from northern Mexico, this one sounds very similar to the music you hear around the border of Texas and Mexico. An interesting note to add is that this song has an accordian! It is an instrument often used in the genre ranchera. This genre is one of my favorites (hence why this song is on the list) because of the common trend of using less common instruments, sousaphones and violins being a few example, as a way to let the song sound like a twist on Mariachi music. The song is only two minutes and thirty seconds long and its lyrics are short and sweet. It talks about a love that is strong and that'll last a lifetime. It's nice to dance to and especially if you have a dance partner!
This song is loved by many, and rightfully so. Released on her last album before her death, Amor Prohibido, El Chico Del Apartamento 512 is one of Selena's songs that you have to dance to. It also has a cumbia sound and has more instruments included than "Como La Flor." This song has more Colombian cumbia sound due to its tempo, but Selena pulls it off perfectly. The song tells a story of Selena going to the apartment of her love interest and mistaking for the woman opens the door as his girlfriend when in reality, it was his sister! After asking if Selena was looking for her brother, Selena exclaims her happiness. It's a cute song with a funny story, the perfect song to get a feel for Selena's voice.
Similar to "Ven Conmigo," this song is also ranchera with an accordian playing throughout. Her vocals in this song sound different to most of her songs. She has a stronger voice in this one and it goes nicely with the music. Since the song has a slower pace, it allows you to listen to the lyrics. Selena talks about how grateful she is to have left the relationship that she was in, being much happier out of the relationship. She talks about being free of the chains (the title translates to "chains") that the relationship wrapped her in. It's a song that anyone, whether you have an ex or not, can enjoy.
Selena's legacy continues to live in the hearts of many and it is nice to see that someone that had a similar cultural background as me made many contributions to the music industry. Representation is so important to see and while I wasn't alive during her career, her impact has caused people like me find out about her music. I hope that you take an opportunity to listen to these songs and enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making this list for you to see!


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There are some movies you go into with little expectations and The Greatest Showman exceeded mine and then some. From the trailer it appeared a typical Make you Feel Good with the Family Holiday Flick. It still served that purpose, but with how memorable the songs were, colorful sets, and powerful the emotions, it quickly moved into my Top 5 Movies of 2017.
From the opening scene, I knew this movie was going to be different. The story of P.T. Barnum is a controversial one and I was curious to see how they'd spin his celebrations of hoaxes and capitalizing on "freaks" into something positive. The Greatest Showman displayed the Found Family Trope, which made P.T. endearing, despite his inner conflicts and the tension between his family. I appreciated that none of that was written off and was alluded that he was a troubled person through the end credits.
I've known Hugh Jackman was a singer through Happy Feet, his performance at the Oscars years ago, and the internet gifting me the knowledge of his Broadway Career – Small snippets. The Greatest Showman was the perfect way to convince me and audiences alike of his vocal caliber.
Zac Efron's vocal range has changed! I hadn't realized it'd been ten years since Hairspray, but wow his voice has matured. He and Jackman's scene at the bar was easily my favorite. That choreography was only between two people, but I was mesmerized by it and I can still picture it as I listen to the soundtrack on repeat.
Zendaya comes from the Disney Channel Star Turned Singer Route and is of the successful ones that have made a career of herself. Spider-man: Homecoming was her movie debut as the new MJ and I absolutely loved her, and her role in The Greatest Showman will definitely take her far. I also can't help but wonder if she had to contain fangirl squeals being the love interest of co-star Zac Efron!
Keala Settle makes her theatrical debut from Broadway as The Bearded Lady. Powerful voice and performance, I'm so pleased to see her lead song "This is Me" up for a Golden Globe. I thoroughly enjoyed her character.
Pasek and Paul provide the musical number pieces. You might know them from last year's musical film La La Land, or the musical episode of CW's The Flash. They'll also be the team behind Disney's up and coming live action adaption of Aladdin. The quality of the compositions is something you see from Disney, so I'm very excited to see how they handle such a beloved classic. The music truly sticks with you as you leave the theater. Lively openings, powerful anthems, and heartfelt ballads. Between the lyrical songs and John Debney and Joseph Trapenese's score, The Greatest Showman is an instant classic to your music collection.
Go see this movie. PG never negates the quality of a film. They are just as important stories to be told without the reasons movies become PG-13 or R. It's not a perfect film, but it's a piece of entertainment history that anyone with a love of show business will appreciate.


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Q: The number of irrational roots of $(x^2 -3x +1)(x^2 +3x +2)(x^2 -9x + 20) = -30$ is___?

The number of irrational roots of $(x^2 -3x +1)(x^2 +3x +2)(x^2 -9x + 20) = -30$ is___?

My Approach :
Multiplying the above equation and then apply Descartis rule is very lengthy method. Also I tried it by taking factors of $30$ and then solving the equation but that is also going very lengthy .
Please suggest some good method of doing this.

A: I'm not sure if this is a good method for your question, but we have
$$(x^2-3x+1)(x+1)(x+2)(x-4)(x-5)=-30$$
rearranging
$$(x^2-3x+1)(x+1)(x-4)(x+2)(x-5)=-30$$
$$(t+1)(t-4)(t-10)=-30$$
where $t=x^2-3x$.
Now, one sees that $t=5$ works. So,
$$(t+1)(t-4)(t-10)+30$$
is divisible by $t-5$ to have
$$(t+1)(t-4)(t-10)+30=(t-5)(t^2-8t-14)$$
So,
$$x^2-3x=t=5,4\pm\sqrt{30}$$

A: Note that the polynomial is a sixth degree monic polynomial whose constant term is $70$. Hence, by rational roots theorem, the possible roots can only be divisors of $70$. You will find that none of the roots are rational.

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Friends of North Carolina Wildlife
Speaking up for Those Who Can't Speak for Themselves
Will Carrboro Do the Right Thing?
Posted on January 21, 2016 January 21, 2016 Categories Deer, Public Safety
On January 19th, 2016, Lindsey Paydon delivered our petition to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen at their regular meeting.
Alderwoman Jacqueline Gist questioned whether we really have a deer overpopulation problem. "The proof we have is only anecdotal," she said.
Alderwoman Michelle Johnson agreed that bow hunting is violent. She added, "I think that if… it's not safe…it's not going to happen. And I would like that answer first, before we enter into another discussion about the data, because maybe we don't have to go there with the data, if the police chief could just let us know. Because at one time, a different police chief did suggest that it was not going to be city-safe for culling to happen in Carrboro because of the density. And you're right, the deer do not die immediately, and none of us want a half-dead deer running around downtown, right? That's traumatic for deer and people."
Alderwoman Bethany Chaney was concerned about "hiding a deer culling program in a Climate Change Action Plan." She mentioned "folks that would sort of like to have something happen to the deer population because of other things, not because of climate change." She went on to say that "all of the recommendations in the Climate Change Action Plan ought to be based on some recognized values that we have as a community. And I'd like to propose that one of them needs to be a recognition that climate change is in fact human driven, and that we solve a problem by correcting human behavior, not by correcting the natural world around us."
Alderman Sammy Slade agreed that the deer cull needed to be assessed as to "whether it's appropriate to even include in the Climate Change Task Force given its significance in relation to climate change specifically." He later reiterated, "If we pulled out this specific recommendation, which is very specific to deer hunting, which we could do, because we may find that it doesn't make a strong connection to climate change, it would mean that it wouldn't be in the Climate Change Task Force at all."
Mayor Lydia Lavelle repeatedly referred to the staff review process that was in progress, and that they were waiting for staff's recommendation about all the recommendations in the plan.
Alderwoman Randee Haven-O'Donnell was absent from Tuesday's meeting, although she has previously responded to our correspondence: "I am with you. You don't need to convince me."
Alderman Damon Seils was also absent from Tuesday's meeting. We have not received any correspondence from him regarding his position on this matter.
It appears that the safety of deer and humans in Carrboro now rests in the hands of Police Chief Walter Horton.
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Vietnamese crewmen on way to New Zealand
Seven crewmen with burns, including four Vietnamese, are on their way to the New Zealand city of Christchurch for medical treatment, after their fishing vessel Jeong Woo 2 caught fire in the Ross Sea in New Zealand on Jan. 11.
According to the Vietnamese Embassy in New Zealand, the crewmen were picked up from McMurdo base in the Antarctic by a US Hercules aircraft. The flight was expected to arrive in Christchurch on the evening of Jan. 13.
Vietnamese Ambassador to New Zealand Nguyen Hong Cuong will pay courtesy calls to the victims on Jan. 14.
Also on Jan. 13, the Vietnamese Consular Department under the Foreign Ministry sent records of the victims to the Vietnamese Embassy in New Zealand and asked it to take citizenship protection measures, ensuring the sailors' legitimate interests and bringing them back home safely./.
Paris Agreement: Lessons on independence, self-reliance, int'l solidarity
The signing of the Paris Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam on January 27, 1973, was a resounding victory of Vietnam's revolutionary diplomacy in the Ho Chi Minh era, making important contributions to the common victory of the whole nation and, at the same time, leaving invaluable diplomatic lessons.
PM urges banking sector to make more innovations
PM inspects construction of Ring Road No.4 in Hanoi capital region
Traffic accidents fall during Tet holiday
As many as 152 traffic accidents occurred in the country during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, from January 20 to January 26, a year-on-year decrease of 12 cases, according to the Ministry of Transport.
Urban flooding needs concerted solutions
Alongside urbanisation, flooding in cities of Vietnam, a country highly vulnerable to climate change, is getting complicated and needs concerted solutions, according to experts.
People return in droves to HCM City after Tet
The last day of the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday from January 20-26 saw people return to HCM City in droves, with all local bus and train stations filled with crowds, and Tan Son Nhat International Airport serving 913 flights and 144,871 passengers, a record daily number since the beginning of the holiday.
Prime Minister stresses importance of rail transport
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the year-beginning launch of forces for the upgrade of the Nha Trang - Saigon rail route at Thap Cham Station in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan on January 26.


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Home > Tenth Parliament 2017 - 2022 > Hon. Kennedy Manziong Wenge, MP, OBE
Hon. Kennedy Manziong Wenge, MP, OBE
Nawae Open
Papua & Niugini Union Party (PANGU)
Current: Re-elected to the 10th National Parliament as the Member for Nawae Open Electorate during the 2017 National General Elections as a Papua & Niugini Union Party candidate. Re-appointed Chairman to the Culture & Tourism Parliamentary Committee in the Marape-Steven Government in June 2019.
Past: First elected to the 6th National Parliament in the 1997 General Elections for the Nawae Open seat. Member of Emergency Committee-Deputy Chair, Public Accounts Committee, Public Works Committee from July 1997-March 1998. Administrative Services Referral Committee, Health and Family Welfare Referral Committee-Deputy Chair, Lands and Environment Referral Committee July 1997-July 1998. Appointed member of the Public Works Committee and Assistant Speaker from November 1999, Plans and Estimates Committee-Chair from April 2000 to December 2000 and Government Whip in December 2000. First Term in Parliament 1997-2002, Public Accounts Committee Member, Assistant Speaker, Chairman Budget & Estimates, Government Whip. Appointed Culture and Tourism Committee-Chairman on the 29/09/2017 under the O'Neill-Abel Government.
Religion: Christianity- Lutheran
Primary Education: Completed Primary Education from Lutheran Erial School, 1963-1966,
Secondary Education: None
Tertiary Education: None
Achievements: Order of British Empire (OBE) and Community Service Medal (CSM)
Last Occupation Prior to Elections: Chairman Nawaeb Lutheran High School (2007-2016)
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Over the past century, human activities have released large amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
The majority of greenhouse gases come from burning fossil fuels to produce energy, although deforestation, industrial processes, and some agricultural practices also emit gases into the atmosphere.
Greenhouse gases act like a blanket around Earth, trapping energy in the atmosphere and causing it to warm.
This phenomenon is called the greenhouse effect and is natural and necessary to support life on Earth. However, the buildup of greenhouse gases can change Earth's climate and result in dangerous effects to human health and welfare and to ecosystems.
By making choices that reduce greenhouse gas pollution, and preparing for the changes that are already underway, we can reduce risks from climate change.
Our decisions today will shape the world our children and grandchildren will live in.
You can take steps at home, on the road, and in your office to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the risks associated with climate change.
Many of these steps can save you money; some, such as walking or biking to work can even improve your health!
You can also get involved on a local or state level to support energy efficiency, clean energy programs, or other climate programs.


At least 80 Free State local contractors are fuming following the Department of Police, Roads and Transport in the province's decision to axe them from the programme without a proper explanation and without an exit project allegedly promised to them by the Director General (DG), Robinson Thekiso of the department back in 2016.
Speaking on behalf of the disgruntled contractors, Nkosinathi Mtwanambi, said since the inception of the Contractor Development Programme (CDP) the department has been going back and forth with the programme that was supposed to nature and equip them with skills that would have enabled them to be sustainable in the corporate world.
Mtwanambi said during a meeting at the testing station in Lengau in 2016 Thekiso and the contractors agreed that the exit project would be created for them but has since reneged on the promise. He said they are angry with the department's decision to give some of the emerging contractors among them a fleet of bakkies, trailers and equipment to help and sustain them as contractors.
Meanwhile, the departmental spokesperson, Hillary Mophete, told Bloemfontein Courant that the CDP programme was only for 18 months and that Mtwanambi and others were fortunate to have had ample time of working with the department for such a long period on this pilot project.
"This programme was meant to give them the necessary skills to develop them for a better future because it was an incubator programme. So the fact that they stayed for 3 years with us was an advantage for them because they were only supposed to be there for 18 months," Mophete said.
According to Mtwanambi the current head of the department, Sipho Mthakathi, called them for a meeting but instead they met with the junior officials of the department who thanked them for their services. Bloemfontein Courant understands that even the office of the premier, Sisi Ntombela, intervened by reprimanding Mthakathi about his decision to send junior officials to address and thank the disgruntled group for their services with the department.
Mtwanambi said during a meeting with the premier in her office in October 2018 Ntombela asked Mthakathi to speed up the process and attend to the needs of these contractors but nothing has happened since.
"Following a meeting with the premier she said she will meet with the Provincial Executive Committee (Exco) and get back to us but to date, we have not heard a word from her," added Mtwanambi.
"The sad part about all of this is we recently learnt that there is a group of emerging contractors from the Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the province that are still working smoothly with the department and have also had the privilege of receiving bakkies. All we want is an exit project as per our agreement and the policy document," Mtwanambi concluded.


Confindustria, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, San Patrignano and E4Impact Foundation on the occasion of the second edition of the Sustainable Economy Forum on 4 and 5 April signed a Memorandum in which they intend to collaborate to promote initiatives of common interest, also through the identification of suitable financial instruments , in support of Italian and African companies, as key players in sustainable and inclusive growth processes.
These initiatives are aimed at supporting economic and social development and improving the living conditions of populations in developing countries on the African continent, in order to favor the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations ( SustainableDevelopment Goals – " SDGs ").
– promote knowledge and dissemination of financial initiatives and instruments through action aimed at encouraging the involvement of Italian and African companies.
To this end, the parties intend to set up a working table to discuss about the initiatives to be implemented, also with the involvement of additional partners interested in the project.
With this initiative we want to follow up on the commitment made during the first edition of the Forum, exercising joint action with several parties to facilitate the development of manufacturing activity in Africa, with the aim of strengthening the growth of a continent which has considerable development potential.
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Dave Grohl-led rock band Foo Fighters has canceled its remaining tour dates in Europe following the terror attacks in Paris.
The Foos had been scheduled for four more European dates, including a stop at AccorHotels Arena in Paris on Nov. 16 and a stop in Lyon the next day.
U2 has also cancelled its scheduled Paris concert (and accompanying HBO special) in the aftermath of the attacks in Paris, which have claimed the lives of more than 120 people.


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Q: Laravel Failed to open stream warning in Ubuntu 14 I am new in Ubuntu and try to migrate a laravel app to ubuntu.
Please take a look at below steps done.
1.Copied my laravel project and upload database.
2.Started my Xampp server and pointed my laravel app in browser, it showing error like.
Warning: require(/opt/lampp/htdocs/timegear/bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /opt/lampp/htdocs/timegear/bootstrap/autoload.php on line 17

Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '/opt/lampp/htdocs/timegear/bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='.:/opt/lampp/lib/php') in /opt/lampp/htdocs/timegear/bootstrap/autoload.php on line 17

When trying to update the composer with terminal throwing error like Mcrypt extension is required.
Please give me a solution for it.
Thanks and Regards.

A: You are missing the Mcrypt extension, to install:
sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt
Then:
sudo updatedb && locate mcrypt.ini
Should show it located at /etc/php5/mods-available
locate mcrypt.so
Then edit mcrypt.ini with
chang thextension=mcrypt.so to extension=/usr/lib/php5/20121212/mcrypt.so (or whatever is the location of your mcrypt.so.
Next, create the symbol links
ln -s /etc/php5/mods-available/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-mcrypt.ini
ln -s /etc/php5/mods-available/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/20-mcrypt.ini
and finally, restart apache
service apache2 restart
Hope this helps.

A: Install the mcrypt PHP extension.


As someone who enjoys a well made cocktail both after work and at home, I've always struggled with coffee cocktails. They tend to all be the same and people don't push the boundaries a lot. I first got into cocktails being a barista competitor that struggled with signature drinks. I realized that I was getting stuck, so I explored other industries to see what other people were doing with flavors. Little did I know, I would be down the rabbit hole of both coffee and cocktails.
I've always been a huge fan of classic cocktails because, if you've ever tried to find a well-made one, you'll soon find it's quite difficult. One of my favorite coffee cocktails is one that I did for a coffee dinner a while back. We do dinners at Kaldi's where our chef (Frank) cooks with coffee for every dish in incredibly innovative ways, so my goal is always to do the same on the drink side of things.
This cocktail is a riff on a boulevardier, which is my second favorite classic cocktail. I am also a big fan of balance and I feel this achieves just that.
3. Let cool and use!
This is a great cocktail for the spring season and as it starts to warm up outside. If you should find yourself out and about and in need of a coffee cocktail, both Taste and Planter's House have incredibly innovative, fun, coffee cocktails on their menu right now.


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Kozłowiec (dodatkowa nazwa w j. kaszub. Kòzłówc) - osada w Polsce położona w województwie pomorskim, w powiecie kościerskim, w gminie Dziemiany.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość położona była w województwie gdańskim.

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Kozłowiec (województwo pomorskie)

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DeBacker
More Mills
Yesterday, I wrote about rediscovering a website called "molenechos.org" and how I located two watermills owned by one or more of my ancestors. The search engine on the website is a little tricky, but I think I figured out how to successfully search for surnames. I searched for the surname "De Backer." (Note the space; this is how it is spelled in Belgium.) The search resulted in 113 hits; however, I immediately eliminated the entries in either West Flanders or Flemish Brabant. I focused on place names that I recognized for the entries returned for East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen). The result was that I found two entries that are definitely associated with one or more of my ancestors.
Watermolen van Bavegem
I will start with the oldest entry first, and that is for a watermill located in Bavegem (Sint-Lievens-Houtem), Oost-Vlaanderen. This is the town where my "De Backer" ancestors lived before relocating to Ronse sometime in the mid-18th century. The city is located approximately 10 miles southeast of Ghent, and about 15 miles, as the crow flies, northeast of Ronse. The name of the location in Flemish is "Watermolen van Bavagem." The original structure has been long gone.
Using Google Translate to translate from Dutch to English, the description says that a watermill on the Molenbeek River was founded before 1228 and was owned by the Abbey of Sint-Baafsabdij of Ghent. The mill was burned down in 1585 but later rebuilt. Initially, it was only a grain mill, but in 1723 an oil mill was added (probably crushing linseed to make linseed oil). Listed as the tenants in the ancien regime (in other words, in the era before the French Revolution) was one Geraart De Backer. This is my
7th great-grandfather, whom I have listed as "Gerardus De Backer," born in 1654 and was married in 1679 in Maassem, Belgium.
All of his children were born at Bavegem, Sint-Lievens-Houtem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium in the late 1600s. My 6th great-grandfather, Jacobus (1686-1764), son of Gerardus, moved south, first to Nederbrakel and then eventually to an area north of Ronse. In the town of Ronse, he became a bourgeoisie foraine. Translating from the French Wikipedia: "The bourgeoisie foraine, or "fairground bourgeoisie," is the type of bourgeoisie which is recognized as an inhabitant who lives outside the town, outside the fortifications of the city. The "bourgeoisie," in its first sense, is a citizen of cities recognized as such by urban charters, and of benefiting from the privileges granted, which supposed to live there. The adjective "fairground" comes from the Latin word foris which means "outside."
According to excerpts from the "Familiearchief De Backer" sent to me in 2002, Jacobus De Backer was an officer of the city of Ronse. In 1734, was suspended by the intendant of the Lord of Renaix on the grounds that he "outraged the "magistrate" (city council) of Renaix"
Renaix is the French name for the city of Ronse.
The description of the mill states that the tenant following "Geraart De Backer" was his daughter Livinia and it shows that she was married three times, first to Peter Mollaert. This would be Livinia DeBacker (1695-1760), the fifth child of Gerardus and younger sister of my Jacobus. I have listed for Livinia only her first husband, Petrus Mollaert (1682-?). Her third husband must have been a much younger man, as was the custom in Flanders during that era. The evidence is that the report jumps ahead to 1812, showing the watermill as belonging to the widow of Livinia's third husband.
Here is the link to the watermill once owned by my 7th great-grandfather.
De Snibbe 't Meerreke
Google Translate doesn't know what the name of this second mill means in English. I think it might mean The Cross of Maarkedal. At any rate, the windmill that was once there stands no longer. The mill was apparently destroyed by heavy winds in 1936.
According to the description, this corn mill located at Nukerke (Maarkedal) on the road between Oudenaarde and Ronse was first built in the 15th century. It was destroyed in the turmoil on August 13, 1582, and sometime after 1600, the mill was rebuilt. The "turmoil" in 1582 probably refers to the ongoing Eighty Years' War which was a war in the low countries between the people of the Netherlands and the Spanish Hapsburgs. The war lasted from 1566 to 1648.
The records show that before 1834 the owner was Andre De Backer, a farmer in Ronse, and his children. It further says that the ownership before 1873 was "Seraphine De Backer and others" and that the woman lived in Ronse.
Andre DeBacker (1751-1812) was my 4th great-grandfather. He was the grandson of Jacobus DeBacker and great-grandson of Gerardus De Backer. In my database, I have one of Andre's daughters listed as Catherine Seraphine DeBacker, born in 1800.
Here is the link to the second mill I located today.
For reference, here is a pedigree chart showing the direct descendent from Adrianus DeBacker, father of Gerardus, to my grandfather, Dr. Leopold DeBacker.
Here is a video showing the inner workings of working windmill:
D. M. DeBacker August 3, 2022 August 4, 2022
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One of the victims of the Odessa shooting was a US Army combat veteran, according to local news sources in Texas.
Kameron Brown was on gruesome display in a video sent to the KWTX newsroom over the weekend, his body slumped over in his red work pickup, shot during the exchange between the gunman and law enforcement.
A veteran of the Afghan conflict, he was employed with Standard Safety & Supply for over a year.
"We are deeply saddened at the loss of a member of our team," the company said in a statement. "Kameron Brown died tragically as a victim of the senseless and horrifying shootings that occurred in and around Odessa on Saturday. We have been in contact with Kameron's family to offer our deepest sympathies and support. We ask that the family's privacy be respected during this most difficult time."
Brown's family has requested crowdfunding assistance, and have raised $36,555 out of the $50,000 goal.
The video released to KWTX will likely not make the air.
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The holiday makers were travelling in the SUV. Photo: IPSS Medical Rescue.
A Mtunzini resident was returning from a funeral when she was killed in the accident.
A UK mother and her daughter who were killed in a horrific head-on collision on the N2 near Zinkwazi on Friday were related to Queen Elizabeth, The Sun reports.
According to the UK newspaper, the Sword family of Lurgashall, West Sussex, were returning from a family safari trip when a Mercedes hit them head on.
Tabitha, 13, was declared dead on arrival of paramedics, while Louise, 53, died in hospital.
The Mercedes belonging to a well known Mtunzini woman. Photo: IPSS Medical Rescue.
The driver of the Mercedes, well-known Mtunzini resident Elomi Lourens, 82, was also killed in the accident, according to the North Coast Courier.
Lourens was returning home from a funeral in Estcourt when she was killed in the accident.
Reports from the scene suggest a vehicle may have stopped in the fast lane, resulting in the collision.
Louise's husband Alistair, 53, and son Benjamin, 11, were both cut free from their wrecked SUV.
"The remaining two holidaymakers and the driver of the SUV are in a critical condition," said Dylan Meyrick of IPSS Medical Rescue while at the scene.
Two aeromedical helicopters were used to transport the injured to hospital.
Louise's brother Tim Taylor, 55, is married to the queen's cousin Lady Helen Taylor, who runs a gallery opposite the exclusive Connaught Hotel near Hyde Park.
Louise formerly ran a trouser boutique at her home.
Relatives are believed to have arrived in Durban on Friday.


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Women's | History
A decade of change and growth
As the competition entered its third decade, England and France remained the only two winners of the Six Nations format.
England's grip on the Women's Six Nations trophy continued into the 2010's as their winning streak would extend for an impressive seven years. However, as well as resurgent France, a new power in the Women's Six Nations emerged as Ireland would make a serious impression on the tournament.
It would also be a decade that would see growth and improvement for Italy as well as growing dominance of Six Nations participants in the Women's Rugby World Cup.
The 2010's would bring ever expanding media coverage opening up the Women's Six Nations to new audiences year on year.
The new decade began with a fifth consecutive title for England. However, having won on point difference the previous year, The Red Roses returned to Grand Slam winning ways with a narrow 11-10 victory over Les Bleues in the final round in Rennes.
England's ability to close out "Le Crunch" away from home and with the next best sides three wins a piece showed why they had become such a dominant force in the Women's Six Nations.
France and Ireland both won three games a piece, with the French finishing in second on points difference. This showed the continued improvement for the Irish.
A notable upset was the Scots beating the French in the opening round at home in Lasswade, Midloathian thanks to a brace of tries from Lucy Millard.
2010 saw England host the Women's Rugby World Cup in Guildford with the Twickenham Stoop hosting the final and third place play off. Joining the hosts in the competition from the Six Nations were France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Both the Red Roses and Les Bleues made the semi-finals.
England's Women sealed a sixth consecutive Grand Slam with a 31-0 win over Ireland Women in County Meath to clinch a sixth consecutive Six Nations title and the Grand Slam.
England win a seventh consecutive Women's Six Nations Championship and do so with a third consecutive Grand Slam.
2013 would prove to be yet another landmark year in the evolution of the Women's Six Nations. Not only would England's seven year hold on the Championship be broken but Ireland would join the Red Roses and France as only the third winner of a Six Nations title. The Irish would do so in style wining with a Grand Slam.
En route to this historic Grand Slam, Ireland's women would also achieve a number of other notable firsts. A first ever test win against the English, with a 25-0 score line, would be in stark contrast to England's 31-0 win at the same venue in Ashbourne RFC two years earlier.
A further first for the Irish would be that their Grand Slam decider against Italy in Milan would become the first ever women's rugby international to be broadcast on Irish television.
This increased exposure helped to boost the profile of captain Fiona Coghlan and stalwarts such as centre Lynne Cantwell and flanker Joy Neville and head coach Phillip Doyle introducing women's rugby to new audiences in Ireland.
Interestingly the Red Roses, whose seven-year hold on the Women's Six Nations Championship, which stretched back to 2006, the year before Italy had replaced France, finished in third place after back to back defeats at the hands of Ireland and France.
After a nine year wait France reclaimed the Women's Six Nations title with a Grand Slam. Les Bleues began their 2014 campaign with a real statement of intent as they took the spoils in "Le Crunch" against England in Grenoble.
The French finished glorious in Pau as they beat the defending champions Ireland.
The Irish, despite, losing their two away fixtures in Twickenham and Pau, 2014 continued to show the growth of the women's game in Ireland. The Aviva Stadium hosted a women's test for the first time as Ireland beat Italy.
After Les Bleues ending their title drought, the other major talking point of the 2014 Women's Six Nations Championship was the rise of the Azzurre, who finished above Scotland and Wales, with a best ever fourth place finish. However, the Italians still failed to score a point against the top three of France, England and Ireland. Italian scrum half Sara Barattin was considered a player of the tournament.
The 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup was hosted by France in the Parisian suburb of Maroussis in August. The tournament would prove to be a roaring success for Six Nations participants as England, France and Ireland joined Canada in the semi-finals, showing the strength of the Women's Six Nations.
England would go on to be eventual winners with players such as out half and captain Katy McLean, centre Emily Scarratt and openside Maggie Alphonsi becoming household names as they helped The Red Roses reclaim the World Cup for the first time in 20 years.
This success both on and off the pitch would lead to Gary Street's side winning the prestigious accolade of Team of the Year in BBC's end of Year Sports Personality of Year Awards.
Towards the end of 2014, there was another landmark moment for women's rugby and the Women's Six Nations as the first ever women were inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Of the six females inductees, three represented the Six Nations with Carol Isherwood and Gill Burns of England and Nathalie Amiel of France.
Despite having won their first Grand Slam two years earlier and then reaching the semi-finals of the Women's Rugby World Cup the previous year, with a highlight being a win over New Zealand's formidable Black Ferns, Ireland came into the 2015 tournament as a side rebuilding with key retirements from the likes of Coghlan, Cantwell and Grace Davitt after the World Cup.
Another change for Ireland came with their appointment of a first ever full time coach for the women's side as former Ireland international Tom Tierney took the reigns from the celebrated Doyle.
After a disappointing home loss to France in Ashbourne in the second round, the Irish regrouped to beat the reigning World Champions England in the same venue in the following round to keep them in the hunt for silverwear.
Yet it still looked like the French were on track for a Grand Slam until the fourth round when they came unstuck by a continually improving Italian side in Padua.
The title was to be decided in the final round. With France beating England 15-21 in Twickenham it meant that the tournament would be decided on points difference. Ireland needed to beat the Scots by a margin of 27 points or more. The Irish ran out 73-3 winners in Cumbernauld to win the Championship and Triple Crown.
It was to be an historic weekend for Irish Rugby as the men also clinched the Championship on points difference. This double was another first for Irish rugby.
Ireland may have benefitted from some key English and French players being on World Series Sevens duty but the side captained by talismanic fullback Niamh Briggs built on their confidence from recent years' success.
Again, Italy would prove to be a story of the tournament as they climbed a place above their record best of fourth place in 2014, to finish in third after beating France, Scotland and Wales.
The 2016 edition of the Women's Six Nations was yet another landmark tournament in terms of growth and change for women's rugby as it was the first time all games were available to be viewed by the armchair fan either broadcast on television or live streamed.
In terms of match day attendances, records and new ground were also broken as France's hosting of Ireland in the second round in the Stade Aimé Giral in Perpignan attracted a record Women's Six Nations crowd of 11,700. France's game against England would also be a sell out attracting a crowd almost 10,000 strong in the final round.
A highlight of the 2016 tournament was an improving Welsh side beating France in the third round at the Gnoll, Neath.
Les Bleues went into their final fixture against an unbeaten England on the hunt for a Grand Slam. However, France's captain and hooker Gaelle Mignot helped inspire her side to both a test and Championship win scoring two tries with a 17-12 score line, denying the English the chance to hold both the men's and women's Six Nations titles in 2016.
Another important development for the women's game and the women's Six Nations was the RFU awarding professional contracts to 48 English female players including 16 for XV game for the 2016/17 season. With a further 16 short term contracts being awarded to 15-a-side players to allow them to partake in residential camps in the lead up to the 2017 Six Nations and Women's Rugby World Cup.
In 2016, Sian Williams became the first female player to sign a professional contract with the Welsh Rugby Union.
England Women clinched the Grand Slam with a dominant second-half display as they beat Ireland 34-7 Dublin's title decider. Amy Wilson-Hardy's try separated the sides at the break after a cagey first-half but the Red Roses superb handling was the difference in the second period. Emily Scarratt, who scored 14 points herself, scored a brilliant fourth try to dispel any hopes of an Irish come back with 20 minutes to play and secure England's first Grand Slam since 2012. The Irish women ended their 2017 Championship second on the table.
Meanwhile, France Women finished their Women's Six Nations on a high as they powered to a bonus-point 39-19 win over Wales in a free-scoring encounter in Brive.In front of a fervent crowd at the Stade Amédée Domenech Jessy Trémoulière was outstanding from the boot and also chipped in with a try to finish with 19 points in all. Les Bleues managed five tries, while Wales got three in response in a fitting finale to the Championship, which saw the French finishing in third and the Welsh finishing in fifth.
The Scotland and Italian Women finished their final Championship match in a stunning 14-12 comeback victory for Scotland to claim their second win of the Women's Six Nations and fourth place finish on the overall table.
Women's Records 2007-present
Finishing Positions
2002 France England(TC) Spain Wales Scotland Ireland
2003 England Scotland France Wales Ireland Spain
2004 France* England(TC) Spain Scotland Wales Ireland
2005 France* England(TC) Scotland Spain Ireland Wales
2006 England* Wales France Scotland Ireland Spain
2007 England* France Wales Ireland Scotland Italy
2008 England* Wales France Ireland Italy Scotland
2009 England Wales(TC) France Ireland Scotland Italy+
2010 England* France Ireland Scotland Italy Wales
2011 England* France Ireland Wales Italy Scotland+
2013 Ireland* France England Wales Italy Scotland+
2014 France* England (TC) Ireland Italy Wales Scotland+
2015 Ireland (TC) France Italy England Wales Scotland+
2016 France England Ireland Wales Italy Scotland
2017 England Ireland France Scotland Wales Italy
* Grand Slam + Whitewash TC Triple Crown


The studio's trip to Chicago allowed us a unique glance into the studios of practicing artists as well as the opportunity to meet and talk with the artists working in a variety of fashions. We met Ben Schaafsma and Abigail Satinsky of InCubate (Institute for Community Understanding Between Art and the Everyday), Geraldine Juarez of Forays, Lora of People Powered, and Marc Fischer of Temporary Services, Mess Hall and Public Collectors. Ben and Abby graciously allowed us to invade their studio where each artist gave a presentation on their past and current work. After the presentations, we were able to ask questions and talk with the artists. The discussions ranged from how to work as an artist while still in grad school to how to effectively dumpster dive. We ended our trip at the MCA with the Gordon Matta-Clark retrospective.


When analyzing a disagreement in the Talmud the first question one must ask is not "What is the argument about?", but rather, "What can they agree upon." Determining common ground is the foundation for discovering some facts. It may be that the argument is broader than one may surmise, but one knows that at least the argument goes this far. In other words, by minimizing the dispute, one does not only assert a common ground, but s/he actually arrives at a modest truth.
And your life will hang (or depend upon) before you, you will be frightened night and day, and you will not believe in your life.
The Sages taught: AND YOUR LIFE WILL HANG BEFORE (DEPEND UPON) YOU… this refers to a person who has grain for one year.
Rabbi Berachya, however, disagreed "AND YOUR LIFE WILL HANG BEFORE (DEPEND UPON) YOU…" This refers to one who has grain for three years.
…AND YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE IN YOUR LIFE." This refers to one who must get his grain each day from the miller.
The Sages asked: What about the one who must get his bread from the baker?
Rabbi Berachya answered: The Torah did not address the dead.
Both opinions agree that the first clause of the verse is not a curse, but in fact, a positive statement of self sufficiency. They also agree that the last two clauses are curses. Their disagreement is one of degree. Is one anxious and insecure, if he "only" has enough wheat for the year? The Rabbis say no, and Rabbi Berachya disagrees.
One might argue that it depends on the individual and maybe Rabbi Berahya would also agree with this, but he is saying that one should be anxious if he is depleting resources throughout the year without necessarily replenishing them. A person should be anxious if he is not very conservative about his spending–if one does not assume this responsibility. In fact, if one is totally dependent on the system for even baking his bread (presuming he is incapable of doing it) Rav Berachya gives this caustic response, that a person who does not take minimal responsibility for his life is not considered to be "alive." The system will not succeed in addressing his needs because the system needs something to work with.
The Rabbis say the Torah requires us to take care of everyone regardless of their (in)capacity.
Nobody is considered lost, but when the system is stretched, there is wisdom in placing ones resources where they will do the most good. How does one ascertain where, how and how much is a question for the ages, but here are two opinions, one conservative and one liberal operating under the same system, deciphering the same verse that have much agreement between them. Their disagreement, however, is profoundly fundamental eliciting images of two very different personalities and orientations.
This is a window on two opinions that are not often quoted in the literature. One can certainly find scores of references that unequivocally require us to care for the most vulnerable, but this is a window on framing how this is to be done and even for whom.
The question in the background is: When, if ever, does a person become a lost cause?
For more learning on this Midrash, click here.


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<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Remp\MailerModule\Api\v1\Handlers\Users;

use Nette\Http\Response;
use Nette\Utils\DateTime;
use Remp\MailerModule\Api\JsonValidationTrait;
use Remp\MailerModule\Repositories\UserSubscriptionsRepository;
use Remp\MailerModule\Repositories\UserSubscriptionVariantsRepository;
use Tomaj\NetteApi\Handlers\BaseHandler;
use Tomaj\NetteApi\Params\InputParam;
use Tomaj\NetteApi\Params\RawInputParam;
use Tomaj\NetteApi\Response\JsonApiResponse;
use Tomaj\NetteApi\Response\ResponseInterface;

class UserPreferencesHandler extends BaseHandler
{
    private $userSubscriptionsRepository;

    private $userSubscriptionVariantsRepository;

    use JsonValidationTrait;

    public function __construct(
        UserSubscriptionsRepository $userSubscriptionsRepository,
        UserSubscriptionVariantsRepository $userSubscriptionVariantsRepository
    ) {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->userSubscriptionsRepository = $userSubscriptionsRepository;
        $this->userSubscriptionVariantsRepository = $userSubscriptionVariantsRepository;
    }

    public function params(): array
    {
        return [
            new RawInputParam('raw'),
        ];
    }

    public function handle(array $params): ResponseInterface
    {
        $payload = $this->validateInput($params['raw'], __DIR__ . '/user-preferences.schema.json');

        if ($this->hasErrorResponse()) {
            return $this->getErrorResponse();
        }

        $rows = $this->userSubscriptionsRepository->getTable()
            ->where([
                'user_id' => $payload['user_id'],
                'user_email' => $payload['email'],
            ]);

        if (isset($payload['subscribed'])) {
            $rows->where('subscribed', $payload['subscribed']);
        }

        $rows = $rows->fetchAll();
        if (!count($rows)) {
            return new JsonApiResponse(Response::S404_NOT_FOUND, [
                'status' => 'error',
                'message' => 'User with given ID/email has no subscription.',
            ]);
        }

        $output = [];

        $subscribedVariants = [];

        foreach ($this->userSubscriptionVariantsRepository->multiSubscribedVariants($rows) as $variant) {
            $subscribedVariants[$variant->mail_user_subscription_id][] = $variant;
        }

        foreach ($rows as $row) {
            $variants = [];
            foreach ($subscribedVariants[$row->id] ?? [] as $variant) {
                $variants[] = [
                    'id' => $variant->mail_type_variant_id,
                    'code' => $variant->code,
                    'title' => $variant->title,
                ];
            }

            $output[] = [
                'id' => $row->mail_type_id,
                'code' => $row->mail_type->code,
                'title' => $row->mail_type->title,
                'is_subscribed' => (bool) $row->subscribed,
                'variants' => $variants,
                'updated_at' => $row->updated_at->format(DateTime::RFC3339),
            ];
        }

        return new JsonApiResponse(Response::S200_OK, $output);
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Paul Gascoigne wins massive damages in phone hacking case
A judge has today ordered Trinity Mirror to pay £1.2m in compensation to eight victims of phone hacking, including former Newcastle star Paul Gascoigne.
Gazza receives £188,250 after he told the high court that he was driven to severe paranoia and alcoholism when journalists accessed his voicemails from 200 to 2010.
Sadie Frost was awarded £260,250, which is believed to be the single highest ever privacy damages payout since the phone hacking scandal became public in 2010.
The other six high profile figures who were awarded damages today are:
Robert Ashworth, Shane Richie, Lucy Taggart, Robert Ashworth, Shobna Gulati, Alan Yentob and Lauren Alcorn.
Trinity Mirror publish nationals such as the Sunday People and the Sunday & Daily Mirror, plus of course local north east titles such as the Chronicle, Journal and Sunday Sun.
The publisher admitted at the onset of the three week trial that more than one hundred stories had been published using information that was discovered as a result of hacking the phones of the eight claimants.
Jim Robertson


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Q: Subclassed UICollectionViewCell is not displaying Why aren't my subclassed cells displaying?
I've tried calling awake From Nib and initWithCoder and initWithFrame but none of the attributes are displaying
 @interface PhotoCollectionViewCell : UICollectionViewCell
 @property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIImageView *photoImageView;
 @end

And in my .m file
 @implementation PhotoCollectionViewCell
 -(void)awakeFromNib {
  self.photoImageView.frame = self.bounds;
  self.backgroundColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
 }

 -(id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder {
  self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];
  if (self) {
    self.photoImageView.frame = self.bounds;
    self.backgroundColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
  }
  return self;
 }

My cell's class in interfacebuilder is set to PhotoCollectionViewCell and the reuse identifer is properly set in interfacebuilder
 @interface HomeViewController () {
   NSMutableArray *photosArray;
 }
 @end

And homeview.m file
 -(void)viewDidLoad {
   [self.collectionView registerClass:[PhotoCollectionViewCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"photoCell"];
   photosArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
   UIImage *placeholder = [UIImage imageNamed:@"placeholder.png"];
  [photosArray addObject:placeholder];
 }

 - (NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
   return photosArray.count;
 }

 - (PhotoCollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
   PhotoCollectionViewCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"photoCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
    cell.photoImageView.image = [photosArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    return cell;
 }

A: You don't need to register the class or the nib. That's what you're doing already in the storyboard. By registering the class you are overriding the storyboard and you will get your cell but with none of the outlets connected.
Remove the line...
[self.collectionView registerClass:[PhotoCollectionViewCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"photoCell"];

You don't need it because you're doing it in the Storyboard.

A: In homeview.m you should register the NIB not the class.
UINib *cellnib = [UINib nibWithNibName:PhotoCollectionViewCell bundle:nil];
[self.collectionView registerNib:cellnib forCellReuseIdentifier:@"photoCell"];


I have been brushing up on my c++ skills lately so that I can be more adept with embedded systems programming.
I would like to contribute to MySensors and would like some guidance on where help is needed.
Hi @oneyb. That would be great!
If you haven't already, see https://www.mysensors.org/download/contributing for how to get started with contributions.
Do you have some special areas of interests? Usually, contributing something that you you need yourself is the most fun way to get started.
You can also browse https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/issues and see if anything looks interesting.
thank you for the encouragement. My dream is to become proficient in small-scale industrial applications. For example, I would like to build a kitchen countertop food processor to process larger batches of fruits, pour them in (recycled) glasses in a protected sterile atmosphere, and seal them. Basically it would be a canning machine for the lazy :).
For now I want to apply my c++ skills.
The contribution guidelines are great, especially regarding coding style.
I'll have a look at the issues.
I can't find anything about writing tests. I see you have mentioned tests for building on different hardware. That's pretty neat. Did you document you testing infrastructure. I would be very interested in how you set that up. I imagine it being a pretty messy job.
I find it helpful to have a policy on testing code.
@oneyb unfortunately, I don't know much about how the testing infrastructure works and I haven't looked at the documentation. Perhaps @hek or @Anticimex can explain?
We don't have a unit testing framework in place, and we don't have a hardware setup for a system testing setup.
What we do currently is to let the buildserver attempt to build a number of sketches design to enable certain features in the library for all board types to validate that the features at least compile and don't produce warnings for the boards we support. Any sketch placed in the tests folder mentioned above will be automatically picked up and evaluated for all boards by the build server.


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Khosa: 'Right Thing to Do'
Monty Mathisen
The decision to send the Grand Celebration on a humanitarian voyage to Freeport was simply the right thing to do, according to Oneil Khosa, CEO of Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line.
"Grand Bahama is home to us and we knew it was the right thing to do; they needed help," he said. The two-ship company sails two-night cruises from Palm Beach to Freeport year-round.
Having just gotten back from the relief mission on Saturday morning, Khosa told Cruise Industry News that the ship had brought back some 1,100 evacuees, both Bahamian and American citizens.
Making the decision earlier in the week to send the Grand Celebration to Freeport following damage from Hurricane Dorian, Khosa said the response was overwhelming.
"After making the announcement earlier in the week that we were going, we had 300 tons of supplies donated within hours," he added. "Doctors were leaving work to join the ship."
The Grand Celebration sailed from Palm Beach on Thursday evening on the voyage, with 300 first responders and volunteers aboard, as well as 200 Bahamian residents who were stranded in South Florida during Hurricane Dorian.
"Everything is pro bono," Khosa continued. "We opened up the ship going there and going back."
Sailing from Palm Beach late on Thursday, the company didn't know what to expect. The ship was packed with relief supplies, but the harbor conditions in Freeport remained a question.
Early Friday morning, they received the green-light from the Bahamas that the harbor was safe for docking. At 6 a.m. in Freeport, there was already a line of hundreds of people waiting to board the ship.
The day in Freeport was spent helping, boarding evacuees, landing supplies and even assisting in delivering a baby. Twenty or so doctors that were onboard the ship worked on the island into the evening.
With the Grand Celebration back in Palm Beach, Bahamas Paradise is evaluating when to resume commercial service.
Khosa said the company was impressed the response, pointing to a call center lighting up with offers of help from various charities, and donations still coming in.


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Skype! Yep, that's my mom, skypin' with the kittens. And yep, we do these little kitty conference calls with all the litters.
That's just adorable. Technology and mom and kittens. The perfect love triangle!!
Such hipster kitties, so knowledgeable about the internet and technology already!
Yes be careful, or you'll have many suspicious charges from catnip.com on your credit card. I speak from experience.
Hampshireflyer,, I think they do understand that's a human in there.
Wow - so little and so experienced with the net!
One of my tiny, furry, evil geniuses uninstalled my mouse (no lie!) and changed all my monitor settings while I was at work by walking (dancing?) across the keyboard. Happily she hasn't cracked the password I added after that.
Wonder what they're telling "grandma"...I can hear Thelma now - "Yes, Charlene's being very nice...she's taught us LOTS of things. But Ryder was climbing curtains the other day while Papa Craig was napping!"
I'm still chortling with glee - this is the cutest and most brilliant thing ever! I'm setting up skype for my folks on my next visit, but hadn't thought a step ahead, as you and your mom have so brilliantly done! hee hee!
How cool!!! Even though they have their backs to the camera, their heads are tilted in that "curious kitty" way....I bet the looks on their little faces are precious when they try to figure out how things work inside that screen. What a neat post, made my day!
Got to love technology (except when we're cursing it, of course!)! Some say it's depersonalized interactions, and maybe they've got a point in some ways... but I look at things like this blog community, and sharing the litters with your mom and think, you know, I wouldn't go back!
How beautifully sweet - an e-kitty fix for Mom!
Laurie - it is obvious where you get your spirit!
Well it's best to get started early, cos then having their own blog will come easy!
Awww sweet. These kitties are soooo gorgeous.
"Hello darlings. How are you today?"
"Great! We ran around the house, ate, napped, got Butterbeaned, ate, napped. We love it here."
Love all the comments here. Yes, I can hear the kittehs talking to Grandma too. Such cute photos. The girls know how to set things up.
I think this might just be one of the most adorable things I've ever seen! I would love a kittie skype buddy!


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F1 News: Mercedes Still in "Trial and Error" Phase Ahead Of Miami GP
Jaden Diaz-NdisangMay 6, 2022
- Mercedes AMG F1 media
It goes without saying Mercedes have had a difficult start this year, finding themselves significantly behind the current front-runners Red Bull and Ferrari.
However, given this is the first season with these new regulations, there has been optimism that the Silver Arrows can recover the lost ground. There has been intense interest throughout the season regarding the upgrades being brought in by teams, and the impact they will have.
Mercedes, however, have had difficulties this year with making their upgrades work, citing correlation issues as one of their biggest obstacles this season. Indeed, their failure to translate the data from the wind tunnel onto the race track has been a significant issue.
Toto Wolff admitted to autosport.com that Mercedes are still unsure about the correct steps to take, and are still in a phase of "trial and error":
"I think we're trying to find a solution that not only fixes the bouncing. You can patch up the floor and make it stiffer, but you lose downforce and at least make the car more stable, but that's not the direction we're going.
"You can't replicate the bouncing that we see on track in the windtunnel. And therefore, it's like in the old days, it's a little bit of trial and error, what does it actually do in real life?"
The Mercedes Team Principal also admitted that every weekend will be "a little bit of a live experiment" as they look to understand their issues, particularly with porpoising.
– Mercedes AMG F1 Media
It would be unfair to suggest that Mercedes haven't shown glimpses of pace this season, having taken podium finishes courtesy of both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell this season.
However, there is a sense that their current deficit will be too great to overcome and even if Mercedes are successful in bridging the gap, they will have a lot of points to recover.
Miami will ultimately provide Mercedes with another opportunity to recover, but with time running out, they have very little margin for error.
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The City Council will vote this summer on whether to expand bicycle parking requirements for new development, writes the Willamette Week.
The Portland Housing Bureau announced funding for two affordable developments in East Portland, totaling 126 new units. Powellhurst Place at 5403 SE 122nd Ave will consist of 65 one- and two-bedroom apartments. The 63 apartments at the Garden Park Estates at 3124-3234 SE 136th Ave will be rehabilitated or completely replaced, with 61 new apartments added.
Governor Brown signed the nation's first statewide rent control law, reports the Oregonian. The law, which comes into effect immediately, caps rent increases in units over 15 years old at 7 percent plus inflation.
The former Premier Gear & Machine Works building is being converted to creative office space by LRS Architects and Sturgeon Development Partners.
With the pending construction of Block 216 set to displace the 10th and Alder food carts, the city is studying the possibilities for a 'Culinary Corridor'*, writes the Daily Journal of Commerce.
The Portland Business Journal wrote about how an old gear and machine works factory at 1715 NW 17th Ave will become some of Portland's newest creative office space.
The Oregonian wrote about the 12-story tower proposed adjacent to the Weatherly Building.
The proposal to re-legalize duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes throughout Oregon could be undermined by existing private deeds that prohibit anything other than single family homes, writes the Oregonian.
Senate Bill 10, sponsored by Senate President Peter Courtney, would require cities to allow dense development along major transit routes, writes the Oregonian. Portland would be required to allow up to 75 units per acre with a quarter mile of frequent transit, and up to 45 units per acre within a half mile.
Property magnate Greg Goodman objects to Multnomah County's proposed $4.3 million purchase of a building at 333 SW Park Ave, according to the Willamette Week.
BikePortland asked whether the Oregon Department of Transportation's I-5 Rose Quarter plan is compatible with the Albina Vision. In the Business Tribune architecture critic Brian Libby argued for making the vision a reality.
The Portland Business Journal reported that Andrea Durbin, executive director of the Oregon Environmental Council, is set to be the new director of the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.
A new 12-story office building designed by Perkins+Will is proposed adjacent to the Weatherly Building, as part of a project that will also include the seismic retrofit of the 1927 landmark stucture.
A 12-story mixed-use office and retail building at 510 SE Morrison St, adjacent to the Weatherly Building, has been proposed by developer Unico. At an initial Design Advice meeting the Landmarks Commission "recommended changes to the building's massing, materials and height"*, writes the Daily Journal of Commerce.
The Oregonian reported that Portland is drafting new historic preservation rules intended "to wrest back local control".
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UFO: US fighter pilot reveals encounter and warns world leaders to take sightings seriously
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Retired US Navy pilot commander David Fravor spoke out in support of former US government intelligence officer Luis Elizondo, who last week revealed he ran a real-life X-Files UFO research department at the Pentagon named the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program (AATIP) funded by $28 million "black-ops money" from Congress.
Elizondo secured the release of previously classified US Defence Department videos of UFO encounters — one of which shows the craft Fravor saw darting off at an incredible speed, reports The Sun.
Commander Fravor, 53, was flying one of two fighter jets on a routine training mission about 160km into the Pacific Ocean off San Diego when they were diverted to check out an aircraft spotted on radar from navy cruiser the USS Princeton.
The operations operator said they had been tracking up to a dozen mystery aircraft over two weeks but hadn't had manned planes deployed when they showed up.
The object first appeared at 80,000 feet, then hurtled towards the sea, stopping at 20,000 feet and hovering before dropping out of radar.
When Commander Fravor arrived, he saw a white aircraft hovering 50 feet above a disturbance in the ocean.
He said: "It was just moving randomly around — this 40-foot-long white Tic Tac-looking thing, with no wings.
Pentagon Confirms Existence of $22m UFO Program, Releases Incident Videos. Credit – Department of Defense/To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science via Storyful
The US Department of Defense confirmed to the New York Times the existence of a secret $22m program to investigate UFOs, according to a report published by the newspaper on December 16. The program was launched in 2007 and funded until 2012 with the support of the then Senate majority leader Harry Reid. The program was run by Luis Elizondo, who resigned from his post in October, citing concerns over excessive secrecy and internal opposition to the program in his resignation letter to Defense Secretary James Mattis, according to the New York Times report. To The Stars Academy of Art and Science, a research organization founded in October 2017 by Elizondo to conduct research into "exotic science and technologies," released footage of two incidents acquired from the DOD on December 16. Credit: Department of Defense/To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science via Storyful
"It was a clear day with a blue background and it was perfectly white. We didn't see any windows, no form of propulsion, nothing, just a big white object.
"It was rounded on both ends and had a cylindrical body which rounded in, same front to back.
"I couldn't tell what it was made of. It was bright white but it wasn't reflecting a bunch of light."
Fravor flew towards it and the aircraft began ascending towards him, passing him at about 12,000 feet. He thinks he got within 800m of it.
He said: "I literally chased the thing and it started to mirror us — it was like it became aware we were there. I cut across to see if I could get closer and it rapidly accelerated and disappeared. Within a matter of a second it was gone."
Asked what was going through his mind, he said: "I was thinking, 'That's pretty strange'. In 16 years of flying I had never seen anything like that. Nothing that can hover and climb at that rate up and then accelerate and just disappear.
"I was more curious then afraid. I wanted to see how close I could get to it, to see what it was."
The two fighter jets were told to head to a rendezvous point 100km away.
However the radio operator on the Princeton then radioed and said the mystery aircraft had turned up before them.
At this point another aircraft was sent to investigate and recorded radar footage of the aircraft. The 90-second video shows the oblong-shaped object hovering before it darts off to the left at what appears to be an unprecedented velocity.
Retired US navy pilot David Fravor has called on Stephen Hawking to look into his claimsSource:Getty Images
Fravor said: "It jammed the radar. You couldn't lock it with a conventional radar. You could passively track it and see it, but if you tried to grab a lock it wouldn't allow you to do that.
"When it takes off and goes to the side, that's a significant amount of distance to travel in a very short period of time — we're talking miles. That thing just goes poof and in about a second it's off the side of the screen.
"You look at the video of it — there's no exhaust flume, there's no indication of how that thing is moving around. Having seen a lot of different aeroplanes, you can always at least (see) hot spots where the exhaust is coming out. I was close enough visually to go, 'We don't have anything like that.'"
He insisted the object was alien in origin.
He said: "It was impressive, it had incredible performance. Obviously I wasn't in a hostile act with it. You'd have your hands full if you were.
"I honestly don't think humans have that technology to do what that thing did. Nor could the human body withstand accelerations like that. It's an incredible technology to be able to go up to space and back down and hang over the water.
"I know what I saw and the other three people that were there saw at the same time. I think you would be hard-pressed to question my credibility flying experience-wise. I'm totally sane, in good health, I don't do drugs.
"We physically saw and chased it and are the only ones that have actually got close to one of these things."
Fravor is now calling on British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking to view the video and give his take on it.
He said: "They should be talking to Stephen Hawking. He's a brilliant man — I would like to hear his thoughts on it. They said they're talking to some other theoretical physicists like him about the possibilities."
And in a stern warning to governments around the world he added: "We all need to take these seriously as a species, because right now we don't know the intent of these things. If they're like ET it's great, if they're like War Of The Worlds, not so much.
"You can ignore them and hope they're just going to observe, or you can do something about it and try to understand what they're doing and develop technology, in case they do have a bad intention."
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Women make up a majority of the population in New York City. In 2001,18 women served on the New York City Council but in 2017 only 13 women serve on the 51-seat City Council, and that number is projected to shrink in 2018.
Out of the 13 current city councilwomen, four were ineligible to run again due to term limits, while one decided not to run for re-election. All five of these women are of color.
At best, 12 women will be serving in the 2018 New York City Council. There were no primary challengers for the single Republican incumbent up for re-election. Though 113 Democrats ran for contested seats, only 38 were women. A third of Democratic primaries didn't even have a woman on the ballot. No women are running to replace Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, meaning that New York City will be bereft of a female speaker for the first time since 2005.
New York City's gender imbalance isn't unique. The next four largest cities – Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Philadelphia – have approximately the same percentage of female representatives. But for a city with such a progressive reputation, it is disappointing to see that not only has representation not improved in fact it has gotten even worse since the start of the new century.
This isn't just because of the blatantly sexist rhetoric and campaigning that discourages women from engaging in politics. Our current electoral system tips the scales so heavily in favor of incumbents, who are overwhelmingly male, that even if a woman wanted to challenge her incumbent, she would almost certainly lose. Incumbents almost always have more funding and resources at their disposal than their challengers, who often lack the basic infrastructure that is key to running an effective campaign in our current dysfunctional system. Oftentimes, the only way to get elected is with the support of the party and PACs, who tend to back incumbents, and even when parties recruit new candidates, tend to bring in men from their inner circles. This pattern ensures that there is little to no room for female outsiders to join the men's club of politics.
Yet there is still hope for the future. Efforts like 21 in '21 and Women of Color for Progress are fighting to make New York City politics truly representative of all New Yorkers. 21 in '21 aims to elect at least 21 women to the New York City Council by 2021, while Women of Color for Progress aims to "create an inclusive and transparent political system" that empowers women of color. Carlina Rivera, one of the of the founders of Women of Color for Progress, will even be on the general election ballot for District 2.
There are also rules changes that parties and PACs should adopt that set targets for the number of women candidates they recruit and support and reforms to the winner take all voting system like ranked choice voting that gives voters far more choices, creates a more civil campaign process, and leads to the election of more women and people of color in jurisdictions where it's used.
You can take action by signing Representation 2020's Pledge for Parity and learning about how to change recruitment strategies to ensure that women are recruited to run for office. You can also check out our partner organizations that share our goal of fair representation for women. They can help you learn more, get involved, and even start a campaign of your own!


Le danger des passions ou Souvent l'on se trouve entrainé plus loin qu'on ne voudrait.
Two horses are trying to pull a boat along the river. The rope attached to the boat gets in the way of a man fishing and causes him to lose his balance and fall into the river.
Published in: La Caricature, September 6, 1840.


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