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In 1962, the Republic of South Africa separated from the British Commonwealth. The South African Mint still struck coins similar to Britain's coinage for another three years before deciding that British coins were too large to emulate properly. Now, after working independently for decades, the South African Mint is one of the most renowned mints in the world, with one of the most famous bullion coins of all time at its helm- the Iconic Krugerrand.
The Mint has expanded beyond its humble bullion origins, and today, the Kruggerand is not the only series that the South African Mint issues annually. Other notable offerings of the Mint include the Big 5 series which highlights five of the most famous African fauna and supports their conservation, rather than their hunting, and the South African Natura series which focuses on spotlighting various animals native to the region, both those alive and extinct. Keep reading to learn more about this giant of numismatics, the emblematic Krugerrand, and some of the Mint's most notable coin releases. Browse our extensive selection of Gold and Silver South African coins to grow your collection today!
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The Kruggerand
Considered to be the father of modern bullion, the gold kruggerand set the stage for the increasing prevalence of bullion coins offered by various world mints. Entire collections are based entirely around this single coin and many collectors got into the "past time of kings," that is collecting coins, due to this modern-day legend.
Iconic, Emblematic Design
Designed by Otto Shultz, the obverse of every kruggerand depicts the former four term South African president, Paul Krugger and the inscription of the issuing nation, "South Africa," in both English and Afrikaans. The reverse, designed by Coert Steynberg, features the iconic South African Springbok Antelope, which is one of the national symbols of South Africa. On this face you will also find the inscriptions "Krugerrand", the metal content and weight, "FYNGOUD 1 OZ FINE GOLD," as well as the year of issue.
A Brief History of the Krugerrand
First struck in 1967, the first South African kruggerands were made to distribute South African gold and to allow personal gold ownership in the nation, but the new release quickly made waves across the world. The gold Kruggerand quickly became a status symbol with some people being seen wearing them around their necks as jewelry. Before the rise of the Gold Maple, Gold Britannia, and Gold Eagle, there was the Gold Krugerrand. Despite its popularity and scare competition at the time, these coins were illegal to own in the United States at one point in time. Due to sanctions levied against the Nation in the face of South Africa's apartheid policy, importing the bullion coin was illegal in many West Countries. After apartheid was ended in 1994, these sanctions also ended.
Owing to the extreme popularity of the Kruggerand, the South African Mint strikes new Kruggerands every year, with some slight variations to keep it fresh, like their fractional additions to the series. From the 1/50th ounce gold Kruggerand to the 5-ounce gold kruggerand, there are options to fit even the most discerning collector's collection.
The First Ever Silver Krugerrand!
However, for decades, there was one question on many collectors' minds; what about silver? Well, after 50 years of striking gold Kruggerands, the South African Mint finally answered the call and released the first ever South African silver Kruggerand in 2017. The 2017 South African silver Kruggerand has all the style and quality of its gold counterparts, but at a fraction of the cost.
A Varity of Finishes
On top of different sizes and materials, the Kruggerand also comes in many different finishes as well. The South African Kruggerand proof is the highest quality there is, specially struck to give as much shine and detail as possible. There are also uncirculated options such as the 2017 south africa silver Krugerrand premium uncirculated coin.
The future of the Kruggerand looks secured. Both gold and silver South African Kruggerands are some of the most sought-after coins in the world. To keep this title, the South African Mint sticks to traditions of excellence while implementing the latest techniques and technology to push the Kruggerand to the next level.
Among the hunters, bigger tends to be better and game doesn't get much bigger than those in Africa. For a long time, it was a hunter's dream to travel to the savanna and get one of the illusive "Big 5" a group of animals that are known for both size and ferocity. These animals are the Elephant, Lion, Black Rhino, Leopard, and Cape Buffalo. Sadly, many of these animals are actually endangered so hunting is off limits, but people still flock to Africa to shoot them in another way. Now, tourists come in droves to snap pictures of these majestic beasts. Keeping with this ideal of conservation, the South African Mint has released the Big 5 series, honoring each of these creatures!
Struck in Silver, these coins allow people that don't have the means of travel to hold the majesty of one of these great creatures. Starting with the Elephant in 2019, there will be two of the Big 5 struck every year until all five are available. The Elephant, shortly after its release, completely sold out. Next on the list in 2019 is the king of the savanna, the Lion. Odds are, the king of beasts won't be around long either.
The Big 5 isn't the only series that has an emphasis on nature, conservation, and education. South Africa first released the Natura series in 1994 with a focus on the fauna of South Africa. However, in 2018, the series shifted. The 2018 South Africa Natura series saw the return of dinosaurs. Sporting the Coelophysids, a small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur and a relative of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the 2018 addition to the Natura series added a new, interesting take on the fauna of Africa. The 2019 South Africa Natura coin sees the Austropithicus, a distant relative to humans, on the face of the coin. With the change over from current animals to dinosaurs, the possibilities for this series just got a lot larger!
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Here, everything is good pt. II – Tarifa, Spain – Joel Dowling Photography.
A view of Tarifa's old town. The church, illuminated by both artificial light and the rising sun, sits on the Southern tip of Spain. The lights and mountains in the background are in Morocco. The ferry runs passengers back and forth across the shipping lanes from Tangier to Tarifa.
V and I recently loaded the Wagon Queen Family Truxter up and headed off to Spain with my family. We once again based our adventure out of Tarifa, though this time we actually made it out-of-town and managed to explore a bit of Southern Spain.
I made fewer goals (though not necessarily lesser ones) and focused on time with my family. I attempted to bridge the gap between feeling the need to constantly make pictures and my desire to experience more and give myself over to the moment.
I also carried less photographic junk than normal.
In short, it was great. I made less photographs than normal, though the ones that I made satisfy me. I had the opportunity to explore the direction in which I would like my photography to develop and still balanced my time with life.
Go get lost. Figure it out for yourself. Carry less stuff. Carry more stuff. Whatever. Just get out of the house and do something.
Thanks for the kind words and the absurd comment (weird movie references? WEIRD movie? Try "classic"!).


I am not the biggest soccer enthusiast, but I recognize and respect great teams and great athletes in every sport. Time and again our Super Falcons female soccer team has played second fiddle to their male counterparts despite outshining them in every way. Last fall, after winning the African Nations Cup to qualify for this year's World Cup, our women came back to a less-than-royal welcome. If our men had won the same competition, the country would have declared a national holiday. It seems a gold medal won by a female is worth less than one won by a male.
The Falcons have been to every World Cup since 1991 and have qualified for the past three Olympic Games. They've dominated Africa for a decade and have won eight African championships. Sadly, the women lost to Ghana in May and failed to qualify for the All-Africa Games (Africa's Olympics), which will be held in September in Mozambique. Still, I was shocked when newspapers printed negative comments made by Nigeria's soccer federation. In one particularly critical article, a board member was quoted as saying coach Eucharia Uche should be replaced because the success of the team had gone to her head.
It got me thinking about the win-at-all-cost mentality in sports today and the amount of pressure put on players and coaches. It has gotten to a point where cheating has become a means to an end. Whether it's steroid use, age-grade cheating (using overage athletes to play in underage competitions) or making up fake classes so athletes can remain eligible for collegiate sports, this mentality has gotten to its breaking point and we must take a look back at how we play the game.
I am proud of the Falcons and Coach Uche (who, by the way, is Nigeria's first female national team head coach) -- and all of their achievements. We should celebrate them when they win, and stop criticizing them when they lose. I'll be watching when they take on France this Sunday in the first game of the World Cup. Go, Falcons!
Born in Newark, New Jersey, to Nigerian parents, Mo Akiode is a 2004 graduate of Fordham University, where she was a star basketball player. A member of Nigeria's 2004 Olympic basketball team, Akiode has since moved back to her homeland to create and run Hope 4 Girls Africa, a non-profit organization dedicated to the increased participation of underprivileged African girls in sports and education.


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Mactan is the gateway to your Next tropical adventure in the Philippines. The water is the bluest you will ever see. This is a true tropical paradise! Make a quick getaway and experience water sports like Jet skiing, windsurfing, parasailing, or diving. The waters around Mactan have some of the worlds best dive sites. There are easy dive sites for beginners and for those that want a challenge, there is Kontiki Reef, Tambuli Reef, and Hilutungan Island Marine Sanctuary. Mactan has a dive site for every level. What are you waiting for?
If you enjoy fine dining, take time to discover the Sutukil Restaurant. Here you will enjoy fresh seafood cooked just the way you want it. Whether you want it sugba (grilled), or prefer it tuwa (stewed), you will find some of the best seafood dishes in Mactan. Want it kilaw(raw), no problem! There is a seafood adventure waiting at Sutukil.
If you can pry yourself from the beach, take a side trip to Lapu-Lapu City. This is the home to some of the finest guitars in the world. Cebu guitars are know for their high quality, durability, and affordable prices. How awesome it would be, to take home!
Olango Island is another fantastic day trip. Olango is a birdwatchers heaven. Here you will find some of the best bird-watching in the world. Olango has some of the worlds favorite dive sites, including the shark filled waters of Mabini Point. Check out Santa Rosa and do deep wall dives at Baring.
One of the favorite of all Olango Island treats is the Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary. There are over 60,000 birds that migrate within the Sanctuary each year. Some come from places like Siberia and Northern China. Check out the Chinese egrets, the Asiatic dowitchers, or the Eastern Curlews. What an exciting place!
Whatever adventure your heart desires, you will find it in Mactan, Philippines. It is not too early to book that dream vacation. Pack light, you may want room for a guitar. Grab your passport and we will see you in Mactan.


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5.9-magnitude earthquake jolts China's Yunan province, 14 injured
The 5.9-magnitude quake jolted China's southwest Yunnan province on Saturday
Sep 08, 2018, 18:16 PM IST
Beijing: An earthquake measuring 5.9-magnitude on the Richter scale jolted China's southwest Yunnan province on Saturday, leaving 14 people with minor injuries.
The provincial seismological bureau said 55 aftershocks have been recorded so far in Mojiang Hani autonomous county, with one above magnitude 3, two above magnitude 4, and one above magnitude 5.
According to the county government, the 5.9-magnitude quake, with an 11 km deep epicentre, had damaged dozens of homes. Tremors were felt in the 15 towns in Mojiang as well as cities including Kunming, the provincial capital.
The Ministry of Emergency Management has initiated an emergency response and dispatched working teams to the scene. More than 600 policemen, firefighter, medical workers are carrying out the rescue operations.
Professional rescue teams equipped with life-sensors, thermal cameras, and excavators, as well as search and rescue dogs also rushed to the quake-stricken areas, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
About 1,328 tents, 3,900 quilts, 2,000 sets of bedding, 2,000 folding beds, and 600 waterproof clothes had been sent to accommodate relocated residents.
Traffic, telecommunications, and power supply have returned to normal in most parts of Tongguan, the town nearest to the epicentre, the agency said.
Rescuers in Tongguan said that the casualties would not be high as most villagers were farming outdoors when the quake struck.
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The sky looked beautiful as we crossed Churchill Barrier 2, off Lamb Holm and onto Glims Holm (aka Glimps Holm). The rising and setting of the sun this far north was noticeably different from southern England. The days were shorter and darker. This produced some beautiful skies. This picture was taken at 10am. The sun never got much higher in the sky than this.
Glims Holm is of a similar size to Lamb Holm and is also uninhabited. As we walked across the second barrier we got our first glimpse of a blockship.
The origin of the blockships here date back to the First World War. Scapa Flow was the Royal Navy's principal port. It had a number of potential entry points for enemy submarines, and so old steamships were brought in and deliberately sunk, so as to form obstacles to would-be attackers. By the time of the Second World War many of these blockships had moved or broken up. After the sinking of the Royal Oak in 1939, additional blockships were brought in and scuppered. Many of them are still visible today.
Glims Holm did not take long to cross. At its southern end the third barrier led across to Burray. More blockships littered the water to either side. Some were used by cormorants and gulls.
Others were used by fishermen. This is the Reginald, an iron motor schooner built in 1878, and sunk as a blockship in September 1914. It has had a walkway fixed to it where lobster and crab pots are stored.
Once we had crossed to Burray we looked back. We could see how small Glims Holm was, with both the second and third barriers in view.
Burray itself is a larger island than Lamb Holm and Glims Holm, and it is inhabited. Most of the population reside to the south of the island, close to the fourth barrier which crosses over to South Ronaldsay. We crossed the barrier, ending the day's walk which had taken across all four barriers. We looked back across the water to the small community of Burray as we waited for our taxi.
In a walk of only five short miles we had set foot on five of the Ornkey Islands. The weather had been kind to us and had not rained. The Orkney Islands are truly a place of beauty, as we were reminded again as soon as we stepped out of our taxi back at Kirkwall Harbour.
Alas, this was the end of our time here. We picked up our bags from the hotel and jumped back in a taxi to the airport. By 10pm that evening I was back in London. I really do hope to return to the Orkney Islands one day and see more of them.
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Looks like a haunting, meditative place. And what a sky!
I cannot rate it highly enough! It was a real change from London where I live. Peaceful, quiet and dark at night, and so very friendly. The rain stayed away but could be seen on the hills. The skies were just great.


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Interview With Balazs Fejes, CTO of EPAM Systems
In the News: JANUARY 16, 2007
Help Net Security – by Mirko Zorz
Balazs Fejes joined EPAM Systems in 2004, when Fathom Technology merged with EPAM Systems. Prior to co-founding Fathom Technology Mr. Fejes was a chief software architect/line manager with Microsoft Great Plains (Microsoft Business Solutions).
He has won numerous awards for programming excellence and has previous experience working in the US and Russia.
In this interview, Mr. Fejes discusses the security implications of outsourcing, privacy breaches and compliance laws.
What is the outsourcing industry neglecting or ignoring in terms of security? What areas need more work?
Everybody started to focus on getting various certificates, proving that they comply with security standards, this is just half the story, focusing on how you work and how you create your deliverables, but what people overlook is the security of the actual code which has been developed. Many projects today overlook the importance of proper threat analysis and secure code development standards. Or they claim they follow those, but never really check into it or audit for it. Due to the currently increasing pressure to deliver solutions cheaper and faster, this is one area which is regularly cut from the today's projects. EPAM has dedicated staff for auditing the code which we deliver to try to address any architectural security weaknesses and adherence to the secure coding best practices, we are doing it continuously using code analysis tools, tuned for secure coding, and regular peer reviews. One critical aspect of IP protection, very much overlooked today, that is whether the source code created by the engineers, is really a genuine product or not. The abundance of various open source projects and the search engines indexing them like Google's Code Search or Krugle, tempts engineers to take code from these projects and use them, not understanding that open source doesn't mean free. Most outsourcing companies do not have proper control over this; do not ensure the safety of their clients from license infringements.
EPAM employs rather sophisticated release and scanning processes to ensure that the code we deliver does not contain license infringements and we comply with the licensing terms required by our clients, ensuring it is part of our continuous integration approach, comparing the code created by our developers with millions of projects.
During the past year we've heard several stories of privacy breaches related to poorly implemented security policies and practices in outsourcing companies. How do you manage the complex security issues?
EPAM believes that the key to manage complex security and compliance issues is automation, implementation of the security policies and practices on the infrastructure level, and building your security infrastructure based on your engagement model. Our security infrastructure is centered on project membership, controlling access to:
source code repository
flle shares
development and test servers
physical access to areas
To further ensure segregation of projects, EPAM implements the security on the network level too by constructing and segregating the network to project specific VLANs.
Plus we make sure we aid our physical security with the right level of technology, such as proximity cards, CCTVs, fire and other environment sensors, and making sure all these are in sync with our projects, and customer requirements. EPAM has security setup templates to cover the various needs of our customers, and we are making sure that every time a project gets imitated, we apply the necessary template for aiding it by the infrastructure.
And of course you need to have large enough and powerful enough dedicated staff who audits our compliance to our security policies and procedures, beyond having regular external audits too from ISO27k or from SAS70 stand-point of view.
With outsourcing becoming very popular, has your strategic focus changed from previous years?
Yes it changed, via becoming popular, outsourcing made certain technologies and services a commodity, so to be on the edge and to be able to deliver value added services, we had to move our technology, process and services focus, and address subjects, such as:
SLA based services
Agile Processes
Open Source Component Usage/Open Source Licensing issues
What advice would you give to a company interested in outsourcing some of its workload but worried about security compliance laws?
Beyond just following the standard advice of formulating your security requirements and including them in your due-diligence questionnaire and in the contract, go beyond that. Include the possibility of auditing the security regularly at the provider's premises, request IDS (Intruder Detection System) installation and have the logs of it sent to you regularly, require usage of source code scanning software to detect IP rights infringements and select your outsourcing destination based on your regulatory and compliance requirements, outsourcing to EU and inside NATO for example provides a much higher regulatory and security compliance then to outsource to India for example, this is one of the reasons EPAM follows a geo-diverse growth strategy to be able to serve our clients in jurisdictions/geographies, which best suit their needs.
And before starting the first engagement, go and look for yourself, do the first audit, everything looks perfect on PowerPoint.
Don't forget about business and disaster recovery, look and ask for records of DR testing, check infrastructure availability statistics and records (electricity, internet connectivity and availability, phone availability, server availability).
What are your clients most worried about?
In the last 6 to 12 months, clients are getting more worried about staff turnover and security, mostly because of their experience with India, where staff turnover reached critical level, compared to less 10%, which is maintained by EPAM in the last 5 years.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most successful and respected poets of the nineteenth century. As a young girl she scorned the literary genres and modes of expression associated with women's writing and dreamed of becoming a great poet in the style of classical antiquity. There were no female models for such poetic ambition, but Elizabeth set to work. She read voraciously and studied Greek–attaining a level of mastery almost unheard of in a woman.
Aurora Leigh (1857), her most ambitious work, saw more than twenty editions by 1900. For most of the twentieth century, literary histories tended to mention her as an appendix to discussions of her husband, Robert Browning. Her significant literary achievements were obscured until the 1970s, when feminist critics recognized Barrett Browning as a powerful, independent voice of social criticism and an innovative poet who anticipated movements in modern versification.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Aurora Leigh. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. Fourth edition, revised.


Bellator, a leading global combat sports franchise owned by Viacom, home to the world's premier entertainment brands, and DAZN, the world's largest dedicated live sports streaming service and part of Perform Group, today announced a multi-year landmark distribution agreement.
lcast across Paramount Network and DAZN. All fights will stream in any country where DAZN is available. As part of the platform's global expansion, DAZN will launch in the U.S. and Italy in 2018, with the service already live in Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan.
"The DAZN partnership speaks to the incredible growth of Bellator into a global sports powerhouse and high-valued franchise in the Viacom portfolio," said Kevin Kay, President, Paramount Network, TV Land and CMT.
The deal begins with an epic event on Saturday, Sept. 29 from SAP Center at San Jose. The card features a highly anticipated middleweight title fight pitting Gegard Mousasi (44-6-2) against Rory MacDonald (20-4), who is moving up a weight class for a title shot against the 185-pound champ, along with the fourth fight in the legendary rivalry between Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (37-13) and Wanderlei Silva(35-13).
Also included on Sept. 29, will be the opening fight of Bellator's first-ever Welterweight World Grand Prix, which will feature eight of the best welterweight fighters on the planet. The Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix will be a major component of the first year of the multi-year agreement between Bellator and DAZN.
An exclusive online presale for this event takes place tomorrow, June 27 through Thursday, June 28, with tickets going on sale to the general public on Friday, June 29 at 10 a.m. PT. Tickets start at just $30 and will be available at the ThreatMetrix Ticket Office at SAP Center at San Jose, as well as Bellator.com and Ticketmaster.
The event will air live on DAZN at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Additional bouts will be announced in the coming weeks. DAZN, which now streams 15,000 live events and 100 million hours of sports content globally each year, will be available in the U.S. this September with exact pricing and dates being announced this summer.
Gegard Mousasi impressed in his promotional debut over former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko, a win that earned him a shot at Rafael Carvalho, where 185-pound gold was on the line. Now, after a decisive victory against Carvalho at Bellator 200, Mousasi will defend his crown against Rory MacDonald, entering the bout with his current unbeaten streak at seven fights. "The Dreamcatcher," who trains out of The Netherlands, holds one of the most impressive resumes in all of the sport, at one time winning the STRIKEFORCE light heavyweight title, as well as the DREAM light heavyweight and middleweight titles.
Over the last several years, "The Red King" Rory MacDonald has become the most popular Canadian mixed martial artist due to his classic stand-up wars and wins over some of MMA's best in Paul Daley, Nate Diaz, Tyron Woodley, B.J. Penn and Demian Maia. Bellator's welterweight champion joined the Viacom-owned promotion in 2016 and went on to defeat Douglas Lima for the welterweight title at Bellator 192. Now, the Tristar Gym-trained fighter sets his sights on winning gold in not one, but two separate weight classes.
A six-fight veteran of Bellator, "Rampage" Jackson's legendary career has seen him compete against some of the top names in the sport, generating a loyal army of fans along the way. The former PRIDE and UFC champion is the proud owner of many epic highlight reel slams and knockouts that he has racked up throughout his epic battles with the likes of Chuck Liddell, Dan Henderson, "King Mo," Kevin Randleman and, perhaps most-notably, his trilogy with fellow Bellator athlete Wanderlei Silva, who he now meets at heavyweight on Sept. 29.
Wanderlei Silva's wars with "Rampage," Tito Ortiz, Mirko Cro Cop, Vitor Belfort, Dan Henderson, Kazushi Sakuraba, Chuck Liddell and Michael Bisping remain some of the more memorable bouts in MMA history. "The Axe Murderer" is far from ready to close the book on his illustrious career, returning to action against a man he has already competed against three times before. In addition to the PRIDE middleweight title, Silva's trophy case includes awards for "Fight of the Year" (2003, 2004, 2007), KO of the Year (2008) and multiple "Fight of the Night" awards. Most recently, the Brazilian native made his Bellator debut against Chael Sonnen in the main event of Bellator: NYC.


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Great Waitress
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En trio bestående av Magda Mayas på piano , Monika Brooks på dragspel och Laura Altman på klarinett.
Musik som är ömtålig och solid på samma gång. Eller, för att citera Bobby Power:
"It's lucid improvisation that doesn't revel in compulsive freak-outs or stagnant passages. The effect is partially hypnotic and largely unsettling…"
Laura Altman: Clarinettist and composer, Sydney
Laura Altman is a clarinetist, improviser and composer, born and based in Sydney. She has been an important voice on the Sydney improvised music scene since 2007, playing with groups such as The Splinter Orchestra and Prophets, and collaborating with Australian improvisers including Jim Denley, Dale Gorfinkel, Monica Brooks and Peter Farrar. Laura has toured Australia and Europe with a range of projects including the trio Great Waitress, featuring Monica Brooks on accordion and Berlin-based pianist Magda Mayas. Laura graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with a B.Mus Composition (Honours) in 2011, and composes both instrumental and electroacoustic music. http://lauraaltman.net
Magda Mayas : piano, Berlin
Magda Mayas is a pianist living in Berlin. Developing a vocabulary utilizing both the inside as well as the exterior parts of the piano, using preparations and objects, she explores textural, linear and fast moving sound collage. Lately she has also focused on the clavinet, an electric piano from the 60s with strings and metal chimes, where she engages with noise and more visceral sound material, equally extending the instrumental sound palette using extended techniques and devices. Current projects are "Spill", a duo with drummer Tony Buck, a duo with Anthea Caddy (cello), a duo with Christine Abdelnour (sax), "Great Waitress", a trio with Monika Brooks (acc) and Laura Altman (cl) and different collaborations with Andy Moor, Clayton Thomas and Peter Evans. Magda Mayas has performed and toured in Europe, the USA, Australia and Lebanon and collaborated with many leading figures in improvisation and composers such as John Butcher, Peter Evans, Annette Krebs, Phill Niblock, Andrea Neumann, Axel Dörner, Thomas Lehn and Tristan Honsinger. www.magdamayas.jimdo.com
Monika Brooks:accordion, Sydney
Monica Brooks models compositions and improvisations on piano, computer, and accordion. As a performer she has collaborated with musicians such as Jim Denley, Dale Gorfinkel, Herminone Johnson, Chris Abrahams, Robbie Avenaim, Kraig Grady, Richard Nuns, Eugene Chadbourne, and Joe Talia. Long-term projects have toured nationally and internationally, including Great Waitress with Laura Altman & Magda Mayas, West Head Project, with Dale Gorfinkel & Jim Denley ; and Embedded quartet. Monica's sound installation works are often heavily inspired by the technology and usage of radio transmission. Brooks also fronts the eight-piece ensemble, Electronic Resonance Korps, developing compositions for multiple computer performance. Other projects include co-presenting/producing Shepard Tones on Eastside Radio 89.7FM, and currently undertaking a Masters at the University of Western Sydney. www.softpotatoes.net


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Born in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, He published more than a hundred books on film, and was one of Japan's foremost scholars and historians addressing film. He was recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on Japanese cinema specifically, although little of his work had been translated for publication abroad. He also wrote books on Chinese, Korean, American and European films.

The international awareness of Sato's scholarship can be attributed to a collection of selected essays, Currents In Japanese Cinema, published internationally in English translation in 1982. His Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema was published in Japanese in 1982 and translated in 2008. Sato has also frequently appeared as a primary source in the writing of other Japanese film historians, notably Donald Richie and Joan Mellen.

He was the president of the Japan Institute of the Moving Image.

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The rut worn by the rat race grows ever deeper. Sameness and routine strangely dominate in an era of dynamic change unprecedented in the history of mankind. Standardization, the assembly line, and modulism are paradoxically the bywords in an era when the capacity for variety has reached an apex for even the commonest of men. Why not be different?


Aamir Khan's 'Secret Superstar' makes 300 Crores in China in just 7 days!
Aamir Khan's 'Secret Superstar' makes 300 Crores in China in just 7 days!
With Aamir Khan developing a huge fan following in China, after 3 Idiots, his star power has managed to make his international earnings quadruple in the last decade. Now, with his latest film Secret Superstar in the Chinese market, the actor is INR 300 Crores richer!
According to Filmfare, the film starring Zaira Wasim and Aamir Khan has managed to make over INR 300 crores in just 7 days! Trade analysts have predicted that the film will cross over 500 crores in the Chinese market in the upcoming days owing to his fame.
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Artwork of male Morgan from Awakening.
An enigmatic aspiring tactician with no memory. Cheerful.
Artwork of female Morgan from Awakening.
Artwork of male Morgan from Heroes.
Artwork of female Morgan from Heroes.
Morgan (Japanese: マーク Marc) is a playable character in Fire Emblem Awakening. They are the child of Robin from the future.
Morgan's base class is the same as their father's base class if they are male, and their mother's base class if they are female. If Robin married Chrom, Lucina, Olivia, or Walhart, Morgan's base class will be Tactician. Morgan can reclass to any class available through reclassing as long as that class is not exclusive to units of the opposite gender. In addition, female Morgan can gain access to the Manakete class if her mother is Nowi, Nah, or Tiki (no male Manaketes exist to pass the class to male Morgan), and either gender Morgan can gain access to the Taguel class if the other parent is Panne (for female Morgan) or Yarne (for male Morgan).
As the child of Robin, Morgan will always have access to all base class and advanced class skills available to units of their gender.
Additionally, certain non-fixed parents can pass down special skills that are otherwise unavailable to Morgan, either because Morgan cannot reach their class or because they are personal skills.
There are two different variations of Morgan available to Heroes, one male, one female, all based on their storyline appearance in Awakening. The normal variations of both male and female Morgan were available to be summoned by players on March 9, 2018 as part of the summoning event surrounding the The True Quarry update.
Morgan: Lass from Afar is only available at 5★ rarity.
Morgan's memory never returned, but <he/she> didn't seem to miss it much. Later, scholars would speculate that <he/she> had come from a different future than the other children.
Morgan's memory never returned, but he didn't seem to miss it much and lived happily with <spouse>. Later, scholars would speculate he had come from a different future than the other children.
Owain set off on a lengthy quest with Morgan to "stay his sword hand." While Morgan's memory never returned, she didn't seem to miss it, and the two lived out their days most happily.
Inigo traveled the world, ever ready with a smile or a solution when trouble started to brew. While Morgan's memory never returned, she didn't really seem to miss it.
Brady left the priesthood to become the world's scariest violinist. While Morgan's memory never returned, she didn't seem to miss it much, and the two lived out their days most happily.
Gerome and Morgan were married and settled down near Wyvern Valley. While Morgan's memory never returned, she didn't really seem to miss it, and the two lived out their days most happily.
Longing to meet his mother's intellectual standards, Laurent took his wife on an expedition around the world. While Morgan's memory never returned, she didn't really seem to miss it much.
Morgan is currently featured on nine cards in Fire Emblem Cipher: three depict the default female, four depict the default male, and two depict the corrupted variations from the first two installments of The Future Past DLC series.
"I came from… the future…? That's not possible, humans can't travel across time."
Tactician's Lineage: [Trigger] [ ] When this unit is deployed, if you have less orbs than your opponent, if you pay the cost, add the top card of your deck to your Orbs. This skill cannot be used unless you have an ally "Robin (Female)".
"My dream is to become a Tactician like my father!"
Infinite Potential: [Special] During your turn, this unit gains all of the affinities and ranges from all your allies besides "Morgan (Female)".
"Hurry, let's return home! Ah...wait where was home again?"
Every Possibility: [Special] This card also has the , , , , , , and affinities.
"f you insist on interfering, I swear I will destroy you!"
Student of the Same Strategies: [Special] If you do not have an ally "???", you may class change this card onto your ally "Morgan (Male)".
Soldiers of Despair: [Activate] [Once per turn] Choose up to 2 "Risen" allies, and untap them.
Unwavering Loyalty: [Trigger] [Once per turn] When you draw a card, until the end of the turn, this card gains +10 attack.
"I wonder where here is...Why am I in a place like this?"
Optimistic Tactician: [Always] While you have less orbs than your opponent, this unit gains the affinity and range 1-2.
"Did you just say Robin? He's my father!"
"I'll lure them this way, and...": [Trigger] [Once per turn] When an other ally Class Changes, you may choose 1 enemy in the Back Line and move them.
Tactician's Elfire: [Activate] [Once per turn] [ Flip 1 bond card face-down] Until the end of the turn, this unit gains +20 attack.
"Just think what it will look like once the world is at peace! Fields awash in color!"
Mother-Learned Tactics: [Trigger] [Once per turn] When you draw a card, until the end of the turn, this unit gains +10 attack.
"Time to even the odds!": [Activate] [Once per turn] [ ] If you and your opponent have the same number of orbs, draw 1 card.
"There you are, Mother! I was beginning to think we got separated."
Comeback Tactics: [Always] While you have fewer orbs than your opponent, this unit gains +10 attack.
Strongest Pawn of the Grimleal, ???
"You're from another world? This is dreadful news. I must alert my master that reinforcements have arrived..."
Student of the Same Strategies: [Special] If you do not have an ally "???", you may class change this card onto your ally "Morgan (Female)".
Dark Hauteclere: [Activate] [Once per turn] [Destroy 1 ally with a deployment cost of 1 or lower] Until the end of the turn, this unit gains +20 attack.
Seal Seals: [Always] Non-lord enemies are unable to Class Change.
For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Morgan_(Male) as well as Morgan_(Female) and ???.
Morgan's birthday, May 5th, is Children's Day in Japan.
Morgan is the only child character in Awakening whose birthday does not match the Japanese release date of a Fire Emblem series game.
As no other character in Awakening's core 49 begin in the Barbarian tree, it is the only base class available to a male Morgan that cannot be his starting class.
Morgan shares her Japanese voice actor, Miyuki Sawashiro, with the "Boku 02" voice option for her father, as well as all voice options for his female counterpart as well as Camilla from Fates.
English Morgan A gender-neutral name, although more commonly used for females than males, possibly derived from the Old Welsh mor, "sea", and cant, "circle".
Japanese マーク Officially romanized as Marc. Although the name Marc/Mark is not normally gender-neutral in any language, its use here may be intended as a reference to the Tactician of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
Spanish Linfan Corruption of the French l'enfant, "the child".
Artwork of Morgan (male) from Awakening.
Artwork of Morgan (female) from Awakening.
Artwork of Morgan: Lad from Afar from Heroes.
Artwork of Morgan: Lass from Afar from Heroes.
Artwork of Morgan (male), from The Future Past 1, from Fire Emblem Cipher.
Artwork of Morgan (male) from Fire Emblem Cipher.
Artwork of Morgan (female) from Fire Emblem Cipher.
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There is an ever increasing amount of pollution and waste being released into the environment. This is due to the increase in population, urbanisation and people migrating into cities. Approximately 2.4 billion people living in urban and rural areas have no access to basic sanitation. In the next 20 years, there will be a further increase of 2 billion people who will lack basic sanitation. In developing countries, 90% of untreated sewage is released into rivers, lakes and coastal waters. Apart from sewage, waste such as petroleum products, heavy metals and organochlorine also contribute to marine pollution. Companies that manufacture sugar/artificial sweeteners etc. and farming activities that utilize fertilizers for crops can cause eutrophication, as un-used fertilizers get washed into rivers. The marine water is a different environment to other aquatic and terrestrial environments. This then forces microbes to adapt, so they can be able to survive in the marine environment. The difference in the marine environment allows for the production of distinct bioactive metabolites such as secondary metabolites. These secondary metabolites come from algae and marine bacteria and these secondary metabolites are then exclusive to the marine waters. These secondary metabolites can be used for medical purposes, cosmetics, personal-care products etc. There is a huge problem with antibiotic resistance and research needs to be done to solve this resistance issue. Two common bacterial strains were isolated and identified from the mouth of sharks. The bacteria were identified as Bacillus cereus and Vibrio alginolyticus. They were isolated and cultured in broth for 3 days, till they reached the log phase of growth. The broth was then extracted for metabolites which the bacteria produced, using ethyl acetate. These metabolites were tested for cytotoxicity in the human liver hepatocellular carcinoma (Hep G2) cells. The concentrations that were determined to cause 50% cell death (IC50) in the cell viability assay on Hep G2 cells were 0.764 mg/ml and 0.918 mg/ml for B. cereus and V. alginolyticus, respectively. These values were then used for subsequent assays. Antibacterial testing was done for the bacterial extracts of Bacillus cereus and Vibrio alginolyticus. There was no antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853. Assays that used flow cytometry was used to show if apoptosis/necrosis occurred. These were assays such as Annexin V and propidium staining. While assays that used luminometry showed the levels of ATP and determined whether apoptosis of the cells occurred. These were assays such as the ATP assay, mitochondrial depolarisation assay and determination of the caspase activities of caspase 3/7, 8 and 9. Additional assays, like the comet and TBARS assays, were done to show DNA fragmentation and oxidative stress of the cells, respectively. The results for the Annexin V/ propidium staining showed the control had a mean of 11.20 ± 1.0. Extract 1 (20.83 ± 0.8737) and extract 2 (25.37 ± 1.050) showed a higher percentage when compared to the control. Extract 2 was significant against the control (p<0.0273). For propidium staining, the control had a mean of 6.033 ± 0.4524. Extracts 1(11.57 ± 1.387) and 2 (11.43 ± 0.3215) showed a higher percentage when compared to the control. The Annexin V and propidium staining suggested that extract 1 and 2 had undergone both apoptosis and necrosis. For luminometry assays, the ATP assay showed that the control had a mean of 1.83x106 ± 5.82x104. Extracts 1 (1.5x106 ± 9.4x104) and extract 2 (1.4x106 ± 8.3x104) showed a decrease in ATP with reference to the control. In the mitochondrial depolarisation assay, the control had a mean of 14.83 ± 1.350. Extracts 1 (30.57 ± 0.75) and extract 2 (20.53 ± 8.56) showed a decrease in polarisation with reference to the control. For caspase 8 analysis, the control, extract 1 and extract 2 had means that were 4.23x104 ± 3.37x103, 52x103 ± 10.1x103 and 40x103±5.2x103, respectively. For caspase 9 analysis, the control, extract 1 and extract 2 had means that were 8.6x104 ± 4.6x103, 5.6x104 ± 4x103and 9.6x104 ± 5.6x104, respectively. The caspase 3/7 analysis showed that the control, extract 1 and extract 2 had means of 4.4x103 ± 0.57x103, 5.5x103 ± 0.19x103 and 5.8x103 ± 2 x103, respectively. Caspase 3/7 showed that apoptosis had occurred with the cells for all extracts used. Extract 1 showed a high caspase activity for caspase 8. This suggested that it followed the extrinsic pathway of apoptosis. Extracts 2 showed a high activity for caspase 9 which suggested that it followed the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis. The comet assay showed that the means of the control, extract 1 and extract 2 were 35.91 ± 21.93, 75.85 ± 11.43 and 60.48 ± 11.86, respectively. The extracts were significantly higher than the control (extract 1 and 2 p<0.0001). Extract 1 and 2 were compared to each other and had shown a significance between them (p<0.0001). The TBARS assay obtained the following MDA concentrations for the control, extract 1, extracts 2, negative and positive samples: 0,137, 0,132, 0,150, 0,088 and 20,502, respectively. The MDA concentration gives an indication of oxidative stress of the cells. From the cell viability assay, the secondary metabolites produced by B. cereus needed a lower concentration of extract to determine an IC50 value. This suggested that the secondary metabolites produced by B. cereus were more toxic than the secondary metabolites produced by V. alginolyticus. This was then further supported by assays such as mitochondrial depolarisation and the comet assay. The secondary metabolites that could be the reason why there were apoptosis and necrosis, are the toxins the bacteria produce. This is the enterotoxin or cereulide produced by B. cereus and TLH by V. alginolyticus. However, further studies need to be done to confirm if these toxins are the cause of cell death.


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Q: String Array property in COM Class and set it from VBA I am recently working with one type library requirement. I have created a c# class that will be exposed to COM component. However, when I set a value to an array property I get a compiler error. All the code are placed here.
Looking forward to your expert comments!

(VBA) Compile error:
Function or interface marked as restricted, or the function uses an Automation type not supported in Visual Basic

C# Com Class
[ComVisible(true)]
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)]
[ComDefaultInterface(typeof(_LeafletTestClass))]
[ProgId("Leaflet.WebService.Toolkit.LeafletWS.LeafletTestClass")]
[Guid("364C5E66-4412-48E3-8BD8-7B2BF09E8922")]
public class LeafletTestClass : _LeafletTestClass
{
    [ComVisible(true)]
    public string[] TestArrayString
    {
        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.SafeArray)]
        get;
        [param: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.SafeArray)]
        set;
    }

}

[ComVisible(true)]
[Guid("8C034F6A-1D3F-4DB8-BC99-B73873D8C297")]
public interface _LeafletTestClass
{
    [ComVisible(true)]
    string[] TestArrayString
    {
        get;
        set;
    }
}

VBA Create Object
Sub test()

Dim testClass As LeafletTestClass
Set testClass = New LeafletTestClass
Dim arr(0 To 1) As String
arr(0) = "Test value"
testClass.TestArrayString = arr

End Sub

A: I would recommend that you avoid using arrays. While you can use Marshal and possibly marshal it across it is fraught with issues due to difference in how empty arrays and nulls are handled, etc. etc.
To avoid runtime errors, you are better off writing a collection class and marshaling that across so that VBA can then simply enumerate. For an example of this, see here
At minimum your collection interface need to look like this:
[
    ComVisible(true),
    Guid(<some guid>),
    InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsDual)
]
public interface IDeclarations : IEnumerable
{
    [DispId(0)]
    Declaration Item(int Index);

    [DispId(1)]
    int Count { get; }

    [DispId(-4)]
    IEnumerator _GetEnumerator();
 }

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Q: Add comment form with JsHelper on cakephp 2.1 I have some trouble trying to create a comment submit form with JsHelper on cakephp 2.1. I want to make a comment system just like what you've on facebook. Here is my code:
My AppController
class AppController extends Controller {
public $helpers = array('Html', 'Form', 'Js' => array('jquery'));
public $components = array('RequestHandler');
}

My CommentsController
class CommentsController extends AppController {
public function index() {
    debug($this->RequestHandler);
    $this->set('comments', $this->Comment->find('all'));
    if (!empty($this->request->data)) {
        if ($this->Comment->save($this->request->data)) {
            if ($this->RequestHandler->isAjax()) {
                // Handle Ajax
                $this->render('success', 'ajax');
            }else {
                //$this->Session->setFlash('Comment added');
                $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
            }
        }
    }
}

My Comment Model
class Comment extends AppModel {
public $name = 'Comment';

public $validate = array(
    'name' => array(
        'rule' => 'NotEmpty',
        'message' => 'Enter your name.'
        ),
    'email' => array(
        'rule' => 'email',
        'message' => 'Please supply a valid email address.'
        ),
    'content' => array(
        'rule' => 'NotEmpty',
        'message' => 'This field cannot be left blank.'
        )
    );
}

My index view

    Id
    Name
    Email
    Content

<?php foreach ($comments as $k => $v): ?>

    <?php echo $v['Comment']['id']; ?>
    <?php echo $v['Comment']['name']; ?>
    <?php echo $v['Comment']['email']; ?>
    <?php echo $v['Comment']['content']; ?>

<?php endforeach; ?>

Add a comment

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$this->Js->get('#CommentIndexForm')->event(
      'submit',
      $this->Js->request(
        array('action' => 'save'),
        array(
                'update' => '#success',
                'data' => $data,
                'async' => true,
                'dataExpression'=>true,
                'method' => 'POST'
            )
        )
    );
 ?>

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 echo $this->Form->create('Comment', array('action' => 'index', 'default'=>false));
 echo $this->Form->input('name', array('id' => 'name'));
 echo $this->Form->input('email', array('id' => 'email'));
 echo $this->Form->input('content', array('id' => 'content'));
 echo $this->Form->end(__('Submit'));
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Somebody have an idea ?


Methinks many professing believers are guilty of engaging in idolatry with the church herself.
Committing spiritual adultery with the Bride of Christ seems a most heinous sin indeed.
Your response to my comment has left me scratching my head a bit.
Are you asserting that idolatry in the "primary sense" must necessarily consist of a graven image before which man bows the knee in worship and anything short of this is idolatry in the "secondary sense"?
Idolatry in the primary or proper sense is a violation of the second commandment via worship by images.
Idolatry in the secondary sense is a violation of the first commandment via worship of something other than God (whether or not it involves worshiping a representational likeness).
Thus, Romanists and Hindus are idolaters in the primary sense, whereas Muslims are idolaters only in the secondary sense.


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Debt Ceiling Calamity VI - This Time It's Personal (Thanks Georgia, Biden's not agenda)
Thread starter Jimmy Higgins
Jimmy Higgins
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Calvinistic Atheist
The debt ceiling needs to be ended. The active debt ceiling has never impeded any spending or tax cut. Its purpose doesn't exist.
Loren Pechtel
Jimmy Higgins said:
It does have a use--as a soapbox.
lpetrich
In shift, McConnell begins talks with Schumer to stave off debt crisis - CNNPolitics
Emerging from the Thursday meeting, McConnell called it a "good discussion" and the two agreed to "keep talking" about the massive year-end agenda the Senate is struggling to finish, including raising the debt ceiling and avoiding a government shutdown by December 3. Senators briefed on the matter say Republicans are open to a deal that would allow Democrats to easily raise the debt ceiling without GOP support, so long as Republicans don't drag out the process.
What might the Democrats do?
Democrats could either use a process known as budget reconciliation, which cannot be filibustered but would open them up to scores of GOP amendments in the Senate and would eat up days of precious floor time.
Or they could change the filibuster rules and allow the debt ceiling to be raised by a simple majority of 51 votes, rather than 60 to break a stalling tactic -- something McConnell has been fearful his adversaries may actually do with their backs up against the wall.
Though Joe Manchin says he doesn't want to.
Okay, seriously, enough with this bullshit that the GOP is scared of Schumer ending the filibuster. Without that, the first thing gone with a new GOP Senate/House is the death of the ACA. The GOP is daring the Dems to get rid of the filibuster.
ZiprHead
Loony Running The Asylum
Frozen in Michigan
Old Fart
Don't be a dick.
Fourteenth Amendment, Section 4:
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Could we say the debt ceiling is unconstitutional?
Conservative Senate Republicans reportedly plan to force a government shutdown over vaccine rules
Funding for much of the federal government runs out at midnight on Friday — and conservative Senate Republicans, backed by their counterparts in the House, are "privately plotting to force a government shutdown" as part of "an effort to defund the Biden administration's vaccine mandate on the private sector," Politico's Playbook reports, citing multiple GOP sources. Democrats are scrambling to get agreement from enough Republicans to fund the government at roughly current levels through early 2022.
"Because of the tight schedule — and Senate rules that require unanimous consent to move quickly — the senators believe they'll be able to drag out the process well past midnight Friday," Politico reports. If they succeed, "the government will likely shut down for several days — even if appropriators strike a bipartisan agreement to extend funding by the end of today."
Alright! Deal appears to have been agreed to.
article said:
House and Senate leaders on Thursday announced they had reached a deal on a bill to fund the government into mid-February, opening the door for lawmakers to narrowly avoid a shutdown this weekend.
The agreement on a new stopgap spending measure paves the way for the House to vote before the end of the day, though swift action still seemed uncertain in the Senate, where some Republicans have threatened to grind the government to a halt as they protest President Biden's vaccine and testing mandates.
STOPGAP?!! FUCK!!!
Wait... this is about funding the government and not dealing with the debt ceiling?!?!?!?!
DOUBLE FUCK!!!
Well, looks like we can't even fund the Government now because vaccination is immoral now.
While lawmakers are confident that they can ultimately prevent a prolonged shutdown, a brief shutdown over the weekend, or extending into next week, remains a possibility.
Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah was the latest member of the GOP conference to say Thursday afternoon that he'll object to quick passage of the resolution.
"The only thing I want to shut down is enforcement of an immoral, unconstitutional vaccine mandate," Lee said in Senate floor remarks.
Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas also stood by his opposition, saying he would object to an effort to quickly pass a stopgap bill to keep the government open unless he gets an amendment vote to defund the Biden vaccine mandate on businesses at a 51-vote threshold.
"Shutting down the government is worth saving the jobs in Kansas," he said.
I remember celebrating my daughter's birthday outdoors at a park in early November 2020, brilliant unseasonal (well is used to be unseasonal) 65 or so and sunny. Talking amongst my family, a couple engineers, a pediatrician, PhD in biology. Thinking hopefully we'd be back to normal-ish come next Thanksgiving. They had got the vaccine, it appeared to work, we seemed to be on that path and now the GOP is so rabidly partisan, vaccination is considered wrong. You know, freedom and all.
We sent 300,000 Americans to war in the 40s that died in combat. And these idiots won't even consider getting a shot because of "freedom", all the while being largely responsible for the continuation of the pandemic in the US.
Government shutdown averted as Biden signs short-term funding bill - CBS News
Biden signs short-term funding bill, averting government shutdown through February - ABC News
Government shutdown: Joe Biden signs funding bill
Biden signs bill to avoid a government shutdown but a long to-do list remains : NPR
From NPR,
Lawmakers are juggling must-pass items, like addressing the nation's borrowing authority and an annual defense authorization package, along with major political priorities for Democrats.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pledged to vote before Christmas on Biden's roughly $2 trillion Build Back Better legislation.
"I've said many times before that nobody should expect legislation of this magnitude to be easy," Schumer said this week on the Senate floor. "We've been at the task for several months, but we need to take a step back and recognize that we are hopefully less than a month away from acting on the largest investment in the American people we've seen in generations."
That legislation, which includes major investments in the social safety net and programs to address climate change, passed the House last month. Senate Democrats are now waiting for an assessment from the nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian before they can finalize their version of the bill.
About the bill, from CNBC:
The measure will keep the government running through Feb. 18.
The legislation buys Democrats time as they try to raise or suspend the U.S. debt ceiling before Dec. 15 and pass their $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act by the end of the year.
Here's that bill: H.R.6119 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
US House: Roll Call 399 | Bill Number: H. R. 6119
The vote was 221 - 212. Every Democrat voted for it and all but one Republican voted against it. The only exception was Adam Kinzinger, R-IL.
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session
The vote was 69 - 28 with 3 not voting. Every Democrat and Independent voted for it while among the Republicans, 19 voted for it, 28 voted against it, and 3 did not vote.
The Republican supporters: Blunt (R-MO), Burr (R-NC), Capito (R-WV), Cassidy (R-LA), Collins (R-ME), Cornyn (R-TX), Graham (R-SC), Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Kennedy (R-LA), McConnell (R-KY), Moran (R-KS), Murkowski (R-AK), Portman (R-OH), Rounds (R-SD), Rubio (R-FL), Shelby (R-AL), Tillis (R-NC), Wicker (R-MS), Young (R-IN)
The non-voters: Hagerty (R-TN), Inhofe (R-OK), Thune (R-SD)
Debt ceiling deal reached in Congress, party leaders say - The Washington Post - "Agreement would require cooperation from 10 Senate Republicans"
The arrangement would first see Congress pass a measure that allows Democrats to raise the debt ceiling just once using a simple majority in the Senate. At least 10 Republicans in the chamber would have to support that bill for it to prevail. Then, Democrats alone could forge ahead with the actual increase to the debt ceiling, which GOP lawmakers could oppose without risking an economic crisis.
House passes workaround to move forward on raising the debt ceiling - POLITICO - "The vote creates a path for Congress to prevent the government from defaulting on more than $29 trillion in debt."
The vote was 222-212, and I couldn't find anything that looks like it in Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
Under the plan, at least 10 Senate Republicans would vote to allow Democrats to raise the debt ceiling with a simple majority. The Senate could start voting to allow this process Thursday, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he's "confident" the plan has enough GOP support.
But both chambers would need to actually hike the debt limit in a separate vote — one that could take until early next week to clear both the House and Senate.
I finally found the bill. It is S.610 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
This bill makes several budgetary, technical, and procedural changes, particularly in relation to Medicare and increasing the debt limit.
Specifically, the bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration until March 31, 2022. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)
The bill also establishes expedited Senate procedures for considering legislation to increase the debt limit. The procedures limit debate, waive points of order, and prohibit amendments. The procedures may only be used once and expire after January 16, 2022.
Additionally, the bill (1) temporarily extends other provisions under Medicare, including a payment increase under the physician fee schedule; and (2) requires any debits recorded for FY2022 on the statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) scorecards to be deducted from the scorecards for 2022 and added to the scorecards for 2023.
In effect, it revokes the filibuster for raising the debt ceiling.
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Vote Details
Roll Call 404 | Bill Number: S. 610
Vote Question: On Passage
Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act
Vote Type: Yea-And-Nay
Status: Passed
D: Y 221
R: Y 1, N 212
Adam Kinzinger was the only Republican to vote for it
Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 610 )
Vote Number: 490
Vote Date: December 9, 2021, 12:31 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5
Vote Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Measure Number: S. 610 (Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act )
Measure Title: A bill to address behavioral health and well-being among health care professionals.
The vote: Y: 64, N: 36
Every Democrat and Independent votes yes on it, and they were joined by these 14 Republicans: Barrasso (R-WY), Blunt (R-MO), Burr (R-NC), Capito (R-WV), Collins (R-ME), Cornyn (R-TX), Ernst (R-IA), McConnell (R-KY), Murkowski (R-AK), Portman (R-OH), Romney (R-UT), Thune (R-SD), Tillis (R-NC), Wicker (R-MS)
McConnell and Schumer are using parliamentary maneuvers to let Senate Democrats raise the debt ceiling. - The Washington Post
The deal amounts to a one-time, temporary ban on filibustering a resolution to raise the debt limit. To do that, they're using a decades-old Senate practice: Enact a law that allows expedited treatment of another bill, protecting the latter from a filibuster.
The contemporary Senate occasionally uses these fast-track, filibuster-proof procedures. Past versions have done such things as expediting resolutions related to war powers, weapons sales, trade agreements and emergency declarations. This particular agreement is time-limited, which makes it unusual, and is more like the way the House routinely handles difficult floor votes: By majority vote, the House typically adopts a "special rule" that dictates how and when the House will debate, amend and vote on a pending measure.
Here's what these special agreements have in common: Even minority-party senators are periodically willing to temporarily set aside their chamber's supermajority rules to enable the majority party to pass urgent measures — while keeping their own hands out of it.
Seems that there were enough Republicans willing to vote for raising the debt ceiling in an indirect fashion, by revoking the filibuster on it, so that the Democrats could pass it without any Republicans' votes.
Debt Limit Split Shows Pragmatic Republicans Are Dwindling - The New York Times - "Fearing backlash from the right, most in the party dug in against a bipartisan deal needed to stave off a federal default."
When 14 Senate Republicans joined forces with Democrats on Thursday to pave the way for Congress to avert a first-ever federal default, it reflected the crucial role of the pragmatic wing of the G.O.P. in a divided government. But it also showed how narrow that wing has become, and how willing the majority of Republicans were to use potential fiscal catastrophe as an opening to pummel President Biden and his party.
lpetrich said:
Pragmatic seems an interesting way to say "full of shit".
Debt Ceiling lifted as Biden signs legislation. Finally, the nonsense of the debt ceiling can be forgotten for a year or two.
S.610 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress -- that's what revoked the filibuster for that debt-ceiling bill. President Biden signed it soon after he got it from the Senate.
S.J.Res.33 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): A joint resolution joint resolution relating to increasing the debt limit. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
It bumps the debt limit up by $2.5 trillion.
The Senate vote:
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session - Vote 498 - Bill: S.J. Res 33
D: Y 48
I: Y 2
R: N 49 nv 1
Every Democrat and Independent voted for it, and every Republican who voted on it voted against it.
The House vote:
Dec 15, 2021, 12:20 AM | 117th Congress, 1st Session - Roll Call 449 | Bill Number: S. J. Res. 33
D: Y 220, nv 1
R: Y 1, N 209, nv 3
The vote was almost completely by party line, and Adam Kinzinger IL is the only Republican who voted for it.
MTG:
Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 on Twitter: "The House of Representatives is voting after midnight tonight because @LeaderMcConnell allowed Democrats to bi-pass the filibuster and ram through the debt ceiling increase to $31.5 TRILLION.
Mitch is Biden's bitch." / Twitter
Senate gives final OK to $1.5T government funding bill - POLITICO - "The package finally cements the fresh budgets Democrats have sought since former President Donald Trump left office."
The Senate passed a $1.5 trillion package Thursday night that funds the federal government through September and delivers $14 billion to help Ukraine, clearing the bill for President Joe Biden's signature.
The package finally cements the fresh budgets Democrats have sought since former President Donald Trump left office and ends the string of spending patches that has kept federal agencies running on static funding levels since the new fiscal year kicked off in October.
Leaders in both parties have declared the legislation a win. Democrats boast of the almost 7 percent increase they secured for non-defense agencies, increasing that funding to $730 billion. Top Republicans tout the $782 billion they locked in for national defense, a 6 percent hike from current spending.
Not long before,
House Dems clear $1.5T spending deal after stripping Covid aid - POLITICO
Here is that bill: H.R.2471 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
For months, Republicans refused to engage in negotiations unless Democrats buckled to their demands on controversial policy issues, like the Hyde amendment ban on federal funding for abortions. Democratic leaders largely agreed to those conditions in the end, including the abortion funding moratorium.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled he was satisfied that the bill raised defense and non-defense spending at similar amounts and did not scrap old GOP riders or add new Democratic ones.
I checked, and the Hyde Amendment was still in it.
Some conservative Republicans wanted an assessment of how the budget would affect inflation.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), though he called the bill a "terrible awful piece of crap," said there wasn't much he could do to stop it, other than requesting that Ukraine aid was paid for and voting no
After the House's last-minute tweak to the bill, Democratic leaders plan to work next week on another route to deliver the Biden administration more than $15 billion in extra funding for pandemic efforts, like moving forward on new Covid treatments, researching emerging variants and expanding vaccine manufacturing.
I checked on U.S. Senate: Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 2nd Session (2022) and I found these amendments:
S.Amdt.4989 to H.R.2471 - 117th Congress (2021-2022) | Congress.gov | Library of Congress by Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] - "To prohibit funding for COVID-19 vaccine mandates."
U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote #75/url]
D+I: N 50
R: Y 49, nv 1
Ttl: ^ 49, N 50, nv 1
[url=https://www.congress.gov/amendment/117th-congress/senate-amendment/4990]S.Amdt.4990 to H.R.2471 - 117th Congress (2021-2022) | Congress.gov | Library of Congress by Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] - "To prohibit funds from being used for earmarks."
U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote #76
D+I: Y 1, N 49
R: Y 34, N 15, nv 1
Ttl: Y 35, N 64, nv 1
S.Amdt.4983 to H.R.2471 - 117th Congress (2021-2022) | Congress.gov | Library of Congress by Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] - "To provide emergency assistance for disaster response and recovery, and for other expenses, directly related to Hurricanes Laura, Delta, and Ida and to provide assistance for the Port Infrastructure Development Program."
S.1104 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress by Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
This bill revises reporting and strategy requirements related to recovery and assistance efforts for Haiti.
Specifically, the bill repeals existing reporting and strategy requirements related to earthquake recovery and economic assistance for Haiti. Further, the bill directs the Department of State to undertake specific initiatives that prioritize and assess the protection and preservation of human rights, the promotion of press and assembly freedoms and the protection of journalists, anticorruption efforts, and a strategy of post-disaster and post-pandemic recovery and development efforts.
The State Department must also submit a report concerning the July 7, 2021, assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.
This bill was apparently folded into the big budget bill.
D+I: Y 50
Ttl: Y 68, N 31, nv
Since this bill is not quite ready to go, there was a danger of a government shutdown. But Congress agreed to a stopgap resolution to keep it going until next week, as I write this.
H.J.Res.75 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress by Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
"This joint resolution provides continuing FY2022 appropriations to federal agencies through March 15, 2022. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2022 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires on March 11, 2022."
So the last day of funded operations would have been yesterday, as I write this, but funded operations are being extended to the upcoming Tuesday.
It was passed by voice vote in both chambers.
President Biden signed it into law yesterday.
Bill Signed: H.J. Res. 75 | The White House
The Senate had a cloture vote before proceeding with that bill.
D+I: Y 47, nv 3
The latest on it - Actions - H.R.2471 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
After Senate vote #78 on Thursday, March 10, the Senate notified the House on March 11, the House presented the bill to President Biden on March 14, and the President signed the bill on March 15.
Remarks by President Biden at Signing of H.R. 2471, "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022" | The White House
After saying that the bill was a bipartisan success,
"This bill also includes historic funding — $13.6 billion — to address Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the impact on surrounding countries."
Then going into a LOT of detail about that.
Let me just mention a couple of highlights, starting with community safety. We know what works to make our communities safer, and that's investing in prevention and community police officers so that they can walk the streets, know the neighborhoods, and who can help restore trust and safety in the communities.
The answer is not to abandon our streets or to choose between safety and equal justice. It's in funding — it's in this funding bill, which we make sure we do both.
Community violence interruption programs are programs where trusted community members work directly with the people who are most likely to commit or become victims of gun crimes. I had a chance to meet with those leaders in one of the programs in New York City not long ago. I saw the difference they were making every day.
We know these programs can dramatically reduce violence, and we're going to fund a lot more of them.
This bill also includes grants for state and local law enforcement and crime prevention programs. We're talking about drug treatment programs, school violence prevention programs, programs where people who might end up in prison and instead get mandatory mental healthcare that they need. Part of the saf- — before any crime was committed.
"Today, with this bill, we reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act. For example — (applause)."
"This bill supports opioid response grants that are funding that we provide to states to support opioid prevent — opioid prevention, treatment, and recovery services."
"ARPA-H will have a singular purpose: to drive breakthroughs to prevent, detect, and treat diseases including cancer, Alzheimer's, and diabetes, and other diseases."
So let me close with this: Today, we're again showing the American people that, as a country, we can come together as Democrats, Republicans, and independents and do big things; that our democracy can deliver — can deliver — and outperform autocracies; and that there's nothing we can't do when we do it together as the United States of America.
So I'd like to now invite up my Budget Director, Shalanda Young, and all the members of the Congress here today while we sign this bipartisan government funding bill.
Fact Sheet: Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) | The White House
Remarks by President Biden on the Assistance the United States is Providing to Ukraine | The White House
Remarks by President Biden Celebrating the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act | The White House


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