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General Terms and Conditions (GTC) of PHYWE Systeme GmbH & Co. KG
Application of Conditions
1. These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as GTC) shall apply for all goods, services and offers of PHYWE Systeme GmbH & Co.KG (hereinafter referred to as PHYWE) for its customers (hereinafter referred to as Customer). They shall apply equally for all future business between the contract parties without requiring a repeated reference. General Terms and Conditions of the Customer shall apply only if expressly approved by PHYWE in writing.
2. All deviating agreements between PHYWE and the Customer shall be set down in writing; a waiver of the written form does not have any effect on the agreement's validity. In the event of such an agreement these GTC shall be of lesser importance and shall supplement the agreement.
3. PHYWE reserves all rights to PHYWE operational and offer documents. If no order is placed, all documents shall be returned immediately of the Customer's own accord. All information in them and from other transactions shall be treated as strictly confidential.
4. All offers, samples and test products as well as their technical data and descriptions in the respective product information and promotional materials on the PHYWE website are for information only and are not binding. They do not represent a warranty of quality or application.
Offer and Contract Conclusion
PHYWE's offers are not binding. PHYWE reserves an acceptance period of two weeks from receipt at PHYWE regarding the Customer's binding orders. Verbal statements of acceptance (by phone) and all Customer orders shall be confirmed by PHYWE in writing or by telex; a waiver of the confirmation does not affect the effectiveness of verbal statements of acceptance and orders (by telephone).
1. The prices given in the PHYWE price list or the PHYWE order confirmation, exclusive of the relevant applicable value-added tax in the respective country, shall be binding. Additional goods and services are charged separately.
2. The prices are "ex work PHYWE" and include PHYWE standard packaging. Special packaging or other requests from the Customer, such as packaging in certain lots, are charged separately. Deviating provisions may be agreed between PHYWE and the Customer or by PHYWE for a region or a country in writing from time to time.
Delivery and Performance Terms
1. Delivery dates or terms that may be agreed upon, both binding and unbinding, shall be set down in writing. Non-binding delivery terms may be exceeded by up to 8 weeks by PHYWE; only after expiration of this term we shall fall into arrears by reminder of the Customer. Delivery terms shall start as of contract conclusion and acceptance of payment details by PHYWE. In the event that changes to the contract are agreed upon, it is subsequently required to agree on a new delivery date at the same time. Claims for damages or recourse of the Customer towards PHYWE shall be excluded in any case.
2. In the event of delivery and performance delays due to force majeure, natural disasters as well as due to labour disputes, traffic or operation disturbances, lack of material through no fault of their own and similar reasons on PHYWE and its suppliers' part, the Customer is not entitled to withdraw from the contract or to assert claims towards PHYWE. The Customer is entitled to withdraw from the contract if the aforementioned reasons cause an extension of the delivery date by more than four months. PHYWE is entitled equally to withdraw from the contract. Claims for damages or recourse of the Customer towards PHYWE shall be excluded in any case.
3.PHYWE is entitled to make partial deliveries and partial performances at any time unless the deliveries and performances are to be made fully and completely in accordance with the contractual arrangements.
4. PHYWE's compliance with delivery and performance obligations requires the Customer's timely and proper compliance with its obligations.
5. If the Customer falls into arrears, PHYWE is entitled to demand reimbursement of the additional expenses it had to make for the unsuccessful offer and storage and maintenance of the owed object; with commencement of default of acceptance the risk of incidental deterioration and accidental loss is transferred to the Customer.
Export Business
PHYWE is entitled to withdraw from the contract regarding delivery of such products (partial withdrawal) that require approval of the federal ministry for economics and export control, the Federal Institute for Medicaments and Medical Products or a similar governmental institution for their export from Germany or their import in their country of destination pursuant to legal provisions in the event that the approval is not issued or probably may not be obtained until the agreed delivery date. PHYWE shall immediately advise the Customer of this and possibly reimburse a compensation for the part of the performance affected by the withdrawal.
Shipping and Transfer of Risk
1. Place of performance is Göttingen. The delivery condition is "ex works PHYWE". Other agreements must be made in writing.
2. The Customer may request PHYWE to ship the goods. It shall bear the costs and risk for it. In the case of a forwarding order the risk is transferred to the Customer as soon as the shipment had been handed over to the person executing the transport. If PHYWE is able to ship the goods at the time determined by contract and the shipment is delayed at the Customer's request the risk is transferred to the Customer at notice of readiness for shipment.
3. At the Customer's request shipments shall be insured in its name and on its account.
Claims for Defects/Guarantee
1. PHYWE is working pursuant to the guarantee claims typical in Germany and the EU. If a PHYWE product shows any other defect already present at delivery, the Purchaser shall advise it immediately and provide evidence. In such an event PHYWE shall repair the defect or deliver a product free of defects (supplementary performance) pursuant to legal provisions. PHYWE shall bear the expenses required for the purposes of supplementary performance, including but not limited to transport, labour and material cost. Additional expenses caused by the sold product being brought to a place other as the domicile or the branch office of the Customer shall not be borne by PHYWE.
2. Insignificant or commercial deviations of the delivered goods in size, shape and colour being in the material's nature do not establish claims for defects by the Customer. Article 377 German Commercial Code applies.
3. PHYWE reserves the right to changes to the PHYWE products required for technical or other reasons not affecting usability and not reducing the service's value and for technical improvements. They do not establish claims for defects, abatement or withdrawal from the transaction by the Customer.
4. If PHYWE's operation or maintenance instructions are not adhered to, changes to the products are made, parts are exchanged or consumables not complying with the original specifications are used, the Customer may not assert claims for defects if the Customer does not refute a substantiated claim to the effect that it was only one of those circumstances that had caused the defect.
5. The Customer must immediately inform customer service management/PHYWE's technical hotline of visible defects in writing, however, the latest within one week after receiving and/or accepting the delivered goods. Defects that can not be discovered within this period even with careful examination shall be communicated and proven to PHYWE in writing immediately upon discovery.
6. Claims for defects for regular wear and tear are excluded.
7. Only the immediate Customer is entitled to claims for defects towards PHYWE and may not transfer them to third parties.
8. Claims for defects fall under the statute of limitations after 12 months as of delivery of the goods under contracts with the Customer. Retaining payments by the Customer is only admissible if the proportion of the occurred defect is appropriate.
If the Customer is not entitled to claims for defects pursuant to § 7 or if the statutory period of limitation pursuant to § 7.8 is expired and PHYWE and the Customer agree on a repair of the products § 7.8 applies equally to the limitation of a defect of the repair.
Reservation of Title
1. PHYWE reserves title to the goods until fulfilment of all claims from the business relation for whatever legal reason including the claims arising in the future or conditional claims. If the realisable value of existing securities (goods subject to reservation of title pursuant no. 3 below and transferred accounts receivable pursuant no. 5 below) exceeds the secured claims by more than 10 % in total PHYWE is obliged insofar to release securities at the seller's discretion at the Customer's request.
2. Joint ownership rights arising from combination or mixing are deemed goods subject to reservation of title. PHYWE has an appropriate right to the reservation of title on these goods as well.
3. The Customer is entitled to process and sell the goods subject to reservation of title in the course of normal business unless it falls into arrears. Pledging or protective conveyance is inadmissible. By way of security the customer shall immediately transfer to PHYWE all claims (including any outstanding balance claims from the current accounts) arising from the resale or another legal reason (insurance, inadmissible action) in connection with the goods subject to reservation of title to their full extent. PHYWE shall give it the revocable authorization to collect the claims transferred to PHYWE for its account in its own name. This authorization for collection may only be withdrawn if the Customer does not properly fulfil its payment obligations.
4. In the event that the Customer behaves contrary to the contract - including but not limited to falling into arrears - PHYWE is entitled to take back the goods subject to reservation of title after expiration of an appropriate additional respite or demand the transfer of the Customer's claims for return towards third parties as the case may be. PHYWE taking back the goods subject to reservation of title does not constitute a withdrawal from the contract unless PHYWE has expressly stated such withdrawal.
1. All payments exceeding the credit limit of the Customer with PHYWE confirmed by PHYWE in writing shall be made for payment in advance or confirmed with an irrevocable letter of credit from a large European bank accepted by PHYWE or an equivalent bank guarantee.
2. Within or above credit limit invoices shall be payable without deducting a cash discount or other discounts with PHYWE receiving the payment within 20 days as of contract conclusion and receipt of the invoice or an equivalent payment listing by the Customer.
3. In the event of orders with a purchase price surpassing € 25,000.00 the Customer shall make an advance payment of 40% of the purchase price for PHYWE products and 60% of the purchase price for third party products. The advance payment is due on contract conclusion and receipt of an invoice or equivalent payment listing.
4. A payment is only deemed made when PHYWE has the amount at its disposal. In case of cheques the payment is only deemed made when the cheque has been cashed.
5. The Customer shall fall into arrears 3 days after maturity of the claim by PHYWE and receipt of an invoice or delivery without it requiring a written reminder. If the Customer falls into arrears PHYWE is entitled to demand interest of 8% above the relevant basic interest rate of the European Central Bank at the respective point in time. PHYWE may submit evidence of a greater damage.
6. If PHYWE becomes aware of circumstances calling the Customer's financial standing into question, including but not limited to not cashing its cheque or stopping its payments, or if PHYWE becomes aware of other circumstances calling the Customer's financial standing in question, PHYWE is entitled to call the complete outstanding debts even if it had accepted cheques.
7. The Customer is only entitled to set off its debts if the counterclaims have been established as final and absolute or are undisputed. The same shall apply for the right of retention pursuant to article 273 German Civil Code, the commercial right of retention pursuant to article 369 German Civil Code and the right of refusal of services pursuant to article 320 German Civil Code.
1. PHYWE shall exempt the Customer and its customers from claims arising from infringements of copyrights, trade marks or patents unless the design of a delivery object had been made by the Customer. PHYWE's exemption obligations shall be limited to the amount of the predictable damage. An additional requirement for exemption is that in case of a legal dispute (article 72 German Code of Civil Procedure) the Customer informs PHYWE of the dispute and that the alleged legal infringement may be ascribed to the construction of PHYWE's delivery items without combination or use with other products.
2. Optionally PHYWE has the right to free itself from the obligations assumed in clause 1 by either
a) obtaining the required licences regarding the alleged infringed patents, or
b) providing the Customer with a changed delivery item or part of it that rectifies the infringement reproach concerning the delivery item by exchanging it for the infringing delivery items or their parts unless the changed delivery item (or parts of it) falls behind the original performance regarding the usability and/or its value.
1. PHYWE shall be liable for breaches of contractual and non-contractual obligations, including but not limited to impossibility, delay and unlawful acts, only in cases of malicious intent and gross negligence - of its executive employees as well - limited to damages foreseeable at contract conclusion.
2. Claims for damages of material defects shall fall under the statute of limitation after 12 months as of delivery of the goods - with exception of personal injury or wilful or grossly negligent breaches of duty. The limitation of legal regress claims remains unaffected. The relevant legal provisions apply for claims for damages on account of other legal reasons.
Applicable law, jurisdiction, partial invalidity
1. In addition to these provisions German law with exemption of the provisions of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods dated 11/04/1980 (CISG) applies.
2. Place of jurisdiction is Göttingen
3. If a provision in these General Terms and Conditions or a provision under other agreements is or becomes ineffective the validity of all other provisions or agreements shall remain unaffected.
General Terms and Conditions of PHYWE Systeme GmbH & Co. KG, last updated on 01/08/2010


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This Sunday I was having a "Meal-Prep-day". Since I am working fulltime in my internship and in the nights as a German tutor, there is not so much time for cooking during the week. This is why, today I brought my meal prep skills on a new level. I was thinking about what I could have for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day during the next week and what I could already prepare today. It is a good way to save money, since you don't waste it on food you will not use in the end (happened to me too many times) and convenience products. I think a good way is to use fresh food like salads in the beginning of the week and the cooked ones at the end of the week. Additionally to this picture I still have a lot of Homemade Granola from last week left, which I eat every morning with plantmilk or coconut yogurt.
Yesterday, I found some strawberries in my fridge which I had totally forgotten about. In order to not waste them, I cooked them with water, lemon juice and mint and blended it afterwards. You can use it as a sauce for ice cream or yogurt, but it also taste super good when combined with oat milk as a smoothie.
I didn't mention any measurements on purpose because it depends on how many chips you would like to have. For the potatochips: Preheat the oven on 180°. Cut the potatoes into thin slices, add olive oil and seasalt and let it bake for approx. 15 minutes. For the kalechips: Preheat the oven on 180°C. Remove kale leaves from the thick stems, add olive oil and sea salt and let it bake for 5-10 minutes.
Basically you can prepare it like the Avocado Gazpacho . I just added half a paprika.
I prepared the peanut sauce like this recipe: Vegan Groundnut soup + Ghana . However, I substituted the tofu with kale and it tastes super good as well!
The classic: So easy to make. Just cut all leftover veggies you have, put it in a pan, let it fry for a few minutes and then add uncooked risotto rice. Let it fry a bit more, add vegetable stock and after 15- 20 minutes it will be ready. 1 cup rice – 3 1/2 cups vegetable stock.
OHHHH I love summer rolls. I bought the rice papers like half a year ago, but I was always too lazy to prepare them. And I am so happy I motivated myself today. They taste divine.
Put the rice paper for 10 seconds in water, fill it with veggies, herbs and tofu and roll it into a "summer roll shape". Yeah, I know, not the best description. I wish I could explain it better, but like you can see in the picture, they are not the most esthetic ones. The taste though… If you have some leftovers you can easily make a salad out of it!
It is very similar to the Asian-inspired potato salad . Since I used the leftovers from the sommer rolls, I didn't put potatoes and apples, but carrots and tofu.


Sometimes it seems like the newest cell phones are always slightly out of reach. You buy a phone that's supposed to be the best, only to discover two weeks later than a new model has taken its place. If you're interested in the newest cell phones, it's probably a better idea to focus on features that you really want and need over the desire to simply have the hottest model on the market.
The newest cell phones are much more than simple devices for making calls. They are gradually evolving into multi-purpose devices that help us in all sorts of ways over the course of the day. Each year, cell phones are released that combine functions of other personal electronic devices with the ability to make calls.
Camera phones are a great example of cell phones absorbing other types of technology. Camera phones still aren't able to take pictures with the same quality as expensive digital cameras, but I believe that in a few years they will. The day will come when your cell phone functions as a music player, a video camera, an organizer, and an Internet browser.
If you're willing to spend the money, that day is actually already here. There are phones available that have all the functions I mentioned above, although they're probably not as good at each individual task (say, playing MP3s) as a stand-alone device. Before cell phones take over everything, they'll have to see some substantial improvements in terms of ergonomics and user interface.


Martinsons have long experience of delivering bleachers to a number of sport halls and stadiums all over Sweden. Everything from small, independent bleachers on smaller sports grounds to complete bleacher systems on both football stadiums and large indoor stadiums for ice hockey and other sports.
Factory-made glulam components with high prefabrication give a short construction and building time and a good total economy. The seating construction is relatively easy to handle without a mobile crane and the seats are easily installed directly into the wood construction.


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Forty Years Since the Death of Onorato Damen
Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 22 2019 12:46
The document which follows comes from a speech at a public meeting held by the Internationalist Communist Party (Battaglia Comunista) on 16 October 1979, two days after the death of Onorato Damen. Neither we nor our Italian comrades have ever made a fetish of Damen, despite his stature as a revolutionary, and the enormous contribution he made to the foundation of what today is our Internationalist Communist Tendency. However, we could not let the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of his death go unmarked.
Karl Marx's Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy
On the Establishment of the Group "Emancipación"
Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 26 2019 10:28
We have been asked from several quarters to give our views on the new group, Emancipación. As a context for our reflections we start with a brief summary of our guidelines for debating, orienting and regrouping the world's revolutionary forces.
Review of Money and Totality by Fred Moseley
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 28 2019 11:46
Today, as the global economy flounders from crisis to crisis, Marx's analysis of capitalism is the essential basis for a correct understanding of what is going on. Moseley's book reaffirms key elements of this analysis. The previous obsession with the transformation problem has resulted in the undermining of these key aspects of Marx's critique, actually making an understanding of twenty first century capitalism harder. Moseley's book, though long winded and somewhat repetitive, serves a very useful purpose in exposing this undermining and its implications. For this reason alone it is worth reading.
"Capitalism is Dead" (George Monbiot) but Only the World Working Class Can Bury It
It did not take the fatal consequences of recent record temperatures in Western Europe, or the recent wildfires in California, monsoon floods in Nepal, India and Bangladesh or the Mozambique cyclones, to tell us that something has radically shifted in the world's climate. The existential threat of human-created climate change to life on the planet has been understood for decades. NASA, among others, first sounded the alarm about global carbon emissions in 1988 and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was formed the same year.
Gramsci: Between Marxism and Idealism
This edition of Revolutionary Perspectives goes to press at the same time as our English translation of Onorato Damen's book Gramsci between Marxism and Idealism published after his death in 1979 (see leftcom.org or footnote 8 for how to purchase). By way of a taster we present an obituary which we translated from Prometeo.
Marxism and the Critique of Value
Collection of works from German-language school of Marxian critical theory known as Wertkritik, also translated as value-critique or critique of value.
The Socialist Future of the Syndicates - Georges Sorel
Sorel's 1898 text, the Socialist Future of the Syndicates, is often referred to as his most directly syndicalist work. At this point a committed, albeit unique Marxist, Sorel gives an assessment of trade unions as a vehicle for revolutionary politics. Reproduced for reference, not out of agreement.
The Origins of Capitalism as a Social System. The Prevalence of an Aleatory Encounter
A Class Perspective on the 'Women Question'
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 24 2019 14:42
We cannot talk about proletarian and communist revolution if it does not express both the emancipation of the proletariat from class exploitation, and, on the same basis, the emancipation of women from gender oppression.
Articles about Marxism, and key Marxist texts.
Key articles:
The communist manifesto - Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
Reading capital politically - Harry Cleaver
Karl Marx - further reading guide
The national campaign against IKEA in Italy
'The warehouse worker has no fear': this is the slogan that has been backing the national day against IKEA launched by the two grassroots unions S.I. Cobas and ADL Cobas for the 26th of July. The...
The heretic's guide to the Bible
The worst of the Bible: over 100 passages revealing the Bible to be a contradiction-ridden exercise in hate, misogyny, domination and submission and sadistic power fantasies, edited by Chaz Bufe...
Autonomy in India: Tactical and Strategic Considerations on the New Wave of Workers' Struggles
Recent workers' struggles in India prompt us to examine the concept of autonomy more closely. Movements in the Gurgaon-Manesar region have consciously or unconsciously addressed the reality of...
On the state of movements in Italy: let's open the debate
From trailer trash to Trailer Park Boys
Militant tactics in anti-fascist organizing: interview transcript
Ricky Tomlinson - imprisoned building union organiser
An interview with Tony Mcqade, former shop steward.
The German-Dutch communist left - Philippe Bourrinet

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Building an indoor or outdoor training facility can be a big commitment of time, money and resources. When entering into such a task, it is best to go in with the facts and knowledge needed so you can efficiently build the cage that fits your performance and durability needs. The following is an overview of basic facts and information that should give you a better idea as to what type of netting will best serve your training facility or personal batting cage needs.
There are two types of materials that netting is typically made out of: Nylon and High Density Polyethylene, or more commonly referred to as HDPE.
Nylon netting is ideal for heavy-use, indoor cages as it has the strongest breaking-strength and is by-far the most durable type of netting. Used in most MLB and NCAA indoor facilities, Nylon nets provide excellent abrasion resistance and the best overall durability. Consequently, Nylon netting is typically very expensive.
Nylon is typically not good for outdoor use because it soaks up water. This brings the potential for the netting to rapidly rot, shrink and discolor. As a result, the nylon netting can lose its breaking strength at a rate of up to 20% per year.
High-Density Polyethylene or HDPE netting can be used in both indoor and outdoor batting cages. Because it does not soak up moisture, HDPE netting will not shrink or rot, and typically retains its breaking strength for a longer duration of time. For added outdoor protection, our HDPE nets incorporate a UV Inhibitor directly into the individual twine-fibers. These UV Inhibitors help the netting resist break-down due to exposure to direct sunlight.
While HDPE nets do not have the break-strength of Nylon netting, they do offer a more price efficient option for your indoor or outdoor netting needs.
What twine size is right for my cage?
Normally, netting comes in twine sizes. The larger the number, the thicker the twine. For example, a #42 twine is twice as thick, and twice as strong as a #21 twine. It's that simple.
#15: The minimum twine size to be utilized for batting cages. Should last about 2-4 years with light use.
#21: Adequate twine for personal or team cages. Not commercial grade. Should last up to 5 years with moderate use.
#30: A very good net. Heavy enough to withstand moderate commercial use. Will typically last 4 to 6 years with moderate-to-heavy use.
#36: Commercial quality netting. Ideal for heavy use. Will last several years with moderate-to-heavy use.
#42/#48/#60/#72/#96: The same stuff the pro's use. Ideal for commercial batting cages. Maximum durability and life-span depending on usage and proper installation.
Comparing prices on netting can be very deceptive. Some manufacturers do not list the twine size of their netting, but rather code it with a serial or sku-number. Occasionally the number will coordinate with the twine size, but more frequently they do not. For example, one manufacturer might list a 3600 series net, common logic would lead you to believe this is a #36 net being advertised, when in actuality, this is a #21 net.
It should never be assumed that because a serial number is close to a twine size, it actually is that twine size. The best way to be sure is to always ask.
Also to be considered when comparing netting is the sizing system they are based on. All of our nets are based on American Standard Sizing, meaning that our #42 nets are true #42 netting. Many competitors' nets are listed using other sizing methods, and the net being advertised may not be what it appears. The best way to avoid this deception is to directly compare the shipping weights.
The break strength of a net is determined by calculating how much tension can be placed on a strand before it breaks. The greater the break strength, the stronger and more durable the netting will be.
The break strength of a net can be compromised over time due to many factors: heavy-use, abrasion, exposure to moisture, and direct exposure to sunlight. Depending on these factors, the break strength of a net can be reduced by as much as 20% per year.
A batting cage net will fail when its breaking strength drops below 60 lbs.
A frequently debated question revolves around which is better, knotted or knotless netting. While a very good knotless net might hold up a little longer than a knotted net, once it fails, it cannot be repaired. With knotted construction, the net can easily be repaired and maintained. For this reason, all of the cages we sell are knotted.
Diamond Hung netting is typically cheaper than Square Hung netting. However, a Diamond Hung net pattern will typically not hang strait, and will feature poorer net seams.
Square Hung netting is slightly more expensive, because it requires more material to construct it. A cage hung on a square will typically open straighter, and feature a neater edge. Square hung nets are a significantly better product overall.
How long will my netting last?


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Kelly L. Fayer received her Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1997, and established her law firm in 2006. Dedicated to serving those in need, she won The Florida Bar Pro Bono Service Award for 2019, and was 1 of 20 attorneys in the state honored at the Florida Supreme Court. Kelly was elected to serve as president of the Lee County Bar Association, and was the eighth female elected to this position in the last 70 years. While she was president, she founded initiatives to improve the community, including the creation of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and its annual luncheon that addresses issues of importance to our community.
For over 15 years, Kelly has represented victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking as a grant attorney for Abuse Counseling Treatment (ACT). Recognizing that there was a need to inform the public about what to expect in court, she worked with a judge to co-author an educational brochure that serves as a guide to every participant in the injunction process. Partnering with Valerie's House, Kelly created Grace's Garden, a healing garden in honor of her grandmother, Grace.
Committed to giving back to Lee County, Kelly has held the following community positions:
Founder and President of KindLee
Creator of the KindLee Lynn Suzanne Spradley Brightest Stars Scholarship
Co-founder and Vice President of the Miguel C. Fernandez III Hispanic Bar Association
Treasurer of CAMEO of Lee County
Honorary board member of the Guardian ad Litem Foundation
Master in the Calusa Inn of Court
Past President of the Lee County Bar Association
Past President of the Lee County Association for Women Lawyers
Past President of the Estate Planning Council of Lee County
Past board member of the Association of Family Law Professionals
2019 - Apex Award for Outstanding Woman in Business, Greater Fort Myers Chamber
2019 - The Florida Bar Pro Bono Service Award
2021 - For the Public Good, Pro Bono Superstar Award, Lee County Bar Association


Surveillance cameras are one of the best tools you can hope to use if security concerns need to be addressed. Home invasions, burglaries and trespassing are a few risks houses and inhabitants are exposed to even with the use of guard dogs and security guards to man entry points. So if you own a large plot of land and assets worth a substantial amount or live in a neighborhood that's less than safe, invest in CCTVs.
Entry points include front, back and side doorways, windows, garage and basement (it's infrequently used and burglars see it as an attractive access point). Larger houses may have more entryways in which case more cameras will be needed. Depending on the design of the outdoors and the house, you might want to install CCTVs on side windows, on the terrace, gates and the grounds as well.
Cameras can be disabled which means placement must make it difficult for undesirable elements to have access. If you aren't sure consult with the service whose CCTVs you've purchased. Ask them to do a walkthrough of the surroundings including the house.
Surveillance cameras aren't not overly expensive and are a must-invest product where security is concerned. Big businesses regularly use them so why not you?
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Covering 38,394 sq. kilometers, Bhutan boasts of 70% forest cover, which is home to more than 700 species out of the 2,900 species of birds in Asia. Bhutan is considered a birding paradise with 678 recorded species. At least 14 species are globally threatened and ten fall within the restricted range. The white-bellied heron (Ardea Insignis) is considered critically endangered by the IUCN because of its low population status and loss of habitat. The diversity of birds is largely attributed to the variety of climates and habitats ranging from 95 to 7,550 meters.
The diversity of bird life of Bhutan is accentuated by the migrations of hundreds of species between breeding grounds across a vast expanse of Asia to the north of Bhutan and wintering grounds of the subcontinent of India. Bhutan is enormously rich in bird diversity. Of the 675 species recorded, 78% are resident and breeding, 7% are passage migrant, 8% are winter visitor, 6% are uncertain and 1% fall in the data deficient category; 27% show elevational migrations.
Bhutan ranks among the most bio-diverse countries in the world and has an incredible range of habitat type due to her location. The warm southern part of Bhutan supports wildlife that is usually associated with a tropical-jungle climate. As one progresses north, the wildlife changes accordingly as the elevation increases. Wet summers and altitudinal gradation from sub-tropical lowlands to mountain peaks provide an array of climatic conditions and a layering of distinct biotic communities from jungles through temperate forests to tundra. Each community has a unique assemblage of wildlife.
Birds found in Bhutan fascinate birdwatchers and photographers alike. Micheal Ian James – a tourist from England – was sneaking a shot of one particular bird (Plumbeous Water Redstart) by a stream in Dhob Shari, Paro. The bird was busy trying to mate. After following it for a little more than an hour, the female bird posed for him for more than 20 minutes while the male took cover in a bush.
Possessive and territorial, the male bird suddenly hovered over Michael's head and pooped on his back. Perhaps, what Charles Darwin said in "The Evolution of Species" is true; the sensual faculties of the birds are far more responsive than human.
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A Time Capsule Is Recovered and Lt. Malloy Experiences Life in 2015 in 'The Orville' Episode 'Lasting Impressions'
By Scott Snowden 22 March 2019
And Bortus gets addicted to cigarettes, with predictable but priceless consequences.
The crew of "The Orville" get a glimpse at life in 2015 in the episode "Lasting Impressions."
(Image: © Kevin Estrada/Fox)
Spoilers ahead
After all the excitement and guessing games going on with "Star Trek: Discovery," it's nice to slow things down a bit. No alternative timelines, AIs hell-bent on extinguishing all life or mysterious angelic entities here, thank goodness, just a simple, satisfying sci-fi show.
One thing that hasn't done "The Orville" any favors this season is the running order of episodes. We've had a couple of episodes that focus on Lt. Cmdr. Bortus (Peter Macon) close together and now, after the very first — and very welcome — episode that focused on Lt. Gordon Malloy (Scott Grimes) we get another stand-alone one, straight afterward. We wait for 22 episodes for one, then two come along at once. This will need to be addressed for Season 3.
Related: Inside That Spectacular Space Battle in 'The Orville'
In this episode, entitled "Lasting Impressions," a time capsule is retrieved from 2015 — 400 years before the events of "The Orville" — and the contents examined. Yet another "Star Trek" alum makes an appearance: this time it's Tim Russ as Dr. Sherman, the scientist who studies the time capsule. Russ played the Vulcan Tuvok on "Star Trek: Voyager."
Lt. Gordon Malloy (Scott Grimes) tries to integrate the data from a 400-year-old iPhone into the Orville's main computer. (Image credit: Fox)
As the camera pans over contents that are laid across a table, we get to see which brands paid for a product-placement opportunity in "The Orville," including Coca-Cola, Apple and Snickers. There's also a pack of cigarettes on the table, but they seem to have no packaging at all. Not even a fictional one.
These cigarettes attract the attention of Bortus, who finds the smell of tobacco "very interesting." Clearly the time capsule was hermetically sealed.
There's an iPhone on the table, too, and Sherman explains that so far they've been unable to access the information stored on it. Lt. Cmdr. John LaMarr (J. Lee) offers to have a go and — with the help of Lt. Yaphit (voiced by Norm MacDonald) and some switch-it-off-and-on-again humor — is successful. They find a video file of the phone's owner, an attractive young woman named Laura Huggins (Leighton Meester), and straightaway Malloy is smitten.
What follows is a beautiful episode, not totally dissimilar to the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Booby Trap" (S03, E06). It's an emotional journey that's well-paced, well-written and has subtle humor in the right places.
The engineering team scrolls through thousands of text messages, marveling over the antique device and even how different the language was 400 years ago.
"Look at this," says Sherman, pointing at the handset. "She's clearly asking her friend where to find the nearest repair service for her device, but instead of writing 'wireless telecommunications facility,' she just wrote 'WTF.'"
The Marlborough Moclan. Lt. Cmdr. Bortus (Peter Macon) becomes addicted to cigarettes after a time capsule is found in "Lasting Impressions." (Image credit: Fox)
In the only subplot of this episode, Bortus has now programmed his replicator to create a cigarette, and he shows it to his partner, Klyden (Chad L. Coleman), who also finds the aroma "most pleasing." Naturally, they try eating it first, but after replicating another one and lighting it, they quickly begin to enjoy the experience … and then they replicate 500 more.
Malloy, meanwhile, takes the iPhone down to the holosuite and with convenient ease manages to download all the information to the ship's computer and construct a simulation based on it. After activating the program, he finds himself in Laura's apartment while a party is in full swing. It turns out that she's just broken up with her long-term boyfriend and moved into a new place.
He meets some of her friends and begins chatting with Laura herself. The dialogue here is spot on; it's not forced at all, sounds totally natural and quickly we're caught up with Malloy's obvious feelings for her, largely because Grimes is an incredibly talented, albeit underused, actor.
This is far from the incredible action we saw a few episodes ago in the two-part episode "Identity" and it shows the range of what "The Orville" offers. Here's the thing: early on, we suspect most viewers — us included — tried to compartmentalize the show in our minds. It frequently jumps from serious drama to sidesplitting comedy, often within the same episode and sometimes when you least expect it. Sometimes the changing material felt jarring and perhaps out of place, but that's exactly what "The Orville" is: It's a whole bunch of different stuff whenever it wants to be. And realizing that makes it much easier to enjoy.
Malloy tries to share the excitement of his experiences on the holosuite simulation with LaMarr, but his friend suggests he keep everything in perspective, reminding Malloy that Laura has been dead for nearly four centuries.
This episode doesn't specifically refer to it, but it is another example of holosuite addiction, much like we saw in the episode "Primal Urges" (S02, E02). Imagine being able to do anything — quite literally anything — on one of these simulators. Walk on the moon with Neil Armstrong, have sex with anyone or anything, fight the Nazis on the beaches of Normandy with no danger of getting hurt, solve crimes like a pulp-novel detective, be a superhero, star on Broadway … the only limits would be your own imagination.
Bortus, meanwhile, is smoking everywhere on the ship, including while he's on duty on the bridge. Capt. Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane) and Cmdr. Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) promise Lt. Talla Keyali (Jessica Szohr) they'll have a word with him.
Back in the holosuite, Malloy goes to see Laura play with her band in a bar. We've spoken before about the musical choices MacFarlane makes, and despite this scene having a live, acoustic accompaniment as Laura plays, instead of an orchestral incidental score, the music is still used to great effect. The look in Malloy's eyes as he watches says everything; he's falling in love with her. And you'll be reaching for the tissue box very soon, if you haven't already.
She gives him her number, which quite entertainingly results in Malloy having to replicate an iPhone, which he carries around with him even when he's out of the holosuite. The simulation of Laura is still running, in real time, within the Orville's computer, and they text each other throughout the day, resulting in some entertaining annoying-phone-user comedy.
Mercer and Grayson pay a visit to see Bortus and Klyden and find their quarters filled with smoke and the two of them happily puffing away. A visit to see Dr. Claire Finn (Penny Johnson Jerald) reveals that the Moclan physiology is particularly susceptible to nicotine and they have to start a program to quit smoking, while she works on a cure. If you've ever been in this position, you'll know that the observational humor that follows is well-observed and really rather funny.
The two Moclans have to quit smoking. (Image credit: Kevin Estrada/Fox)
Malloy persuades Mercer, Grayson and LaMarr to accompany him to a get-together at Laura's apartment, since she had been inquiring about his friends. The resulting attempt at Pictionary is possibly a nod to "When Harry Met Sally," and either way it proves just as entertaining as the similar scene in that epic '80s movie. Malloy ends up spending the night with Laura in her apartment. Thank goodness not one other member of the crew had booked the holosuite during that time. Also, in the first-season episode "Firestorm" (S01, E10), didn't we see that the Orville holosuite had a viewing platform? That could be a bit creepy.
Related: The 'Star Trek' Holodeck: From Science Fiction to a New Reality
Mercer, Grayson, LaMarr and Keyali are all beginning to express concern that Malloy is getting so wrapped up with a hologram. He pays an impromptu visit to Laura's apartment and finds her with her ex-boyfriend, Greg (Darri Ingolfsson). Since the simulation is running based on all the data in her iPhone, this evidently happened to her in real life. It seems they've decided to make another go of it, and, naturally, Malloy is devastated.
He decides to remove the ex-boyfriend algorithm from the program and re-enters the simulation. Malloy finds Laura is…a different person. She doesn't play or sing in a band and she's much more driven with her career at a department store. Her life without ever encountering the long-term ex-boyfriend is very different; it turns out that he was the one who actually encouraged her to join the band. She's no longer the person that Malloy had fallen in love with.
Grayson pays a visit to Malloy in his quarters to offer a few words of advice based on her own experiences, in particular with Mercer. This scene has another layer to it since Grimes and Palicki have become engaged in real life. It's nice that the sexual tension between Grayson and Mercer is currently nonexistent; instead MacFarlane has focused the large majority of this season, so far, on other characters, which is great.
Lt. Gordon Malloy (Scott Grimes) and "Star Trek" alum Tim Russ. (Image credit: Fox)
To wrap things up, we get to see Bortus and Klyden losing all self-control and having a food fight in their quarters just as Finn arrives with an inoculation that will cure them of their nicotine addiction, and Malloy returns to the section of the holosuite program where Laura is singing. He joins her on the stage and they sing one song together, then rejoin Greg, who's back together with her. Malloy says how lucky he is and says goodbye, saying he's got a big job promotion that will take him out of town.
It's a simple, back-to-basics episode that's well-balanced, well-paced and well-written. When MacFarlane's at his best, "The Orville" excels, and this episode was directed by Kelly Cronin, who herself has an impressive list of projects including "Super Troopers 2," "Surrogates" and "The Orville" Season 1 episode "New Dimensions" (S01, E11).
For some bizarre reason, "The Orville" is off the air for the next three weeks in the U.S. and returns with the final three episodes of this season beginning April 11. We're hoping it's because maybe the last two episodes need extensive post-production work, therefore they have amazing VFX? An end-of-season cliffhanger perhaps? Sadly, we don't know … and we have a while to wait before we find out.
Season 2 of "The Orville" is on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on Fox in the U.S. It can be watched on demand on Fox Now and Hulu. It's also available on Fox.com in the U.S. In the U.K., it's on Thursdays at 9 p.m. GMT on Fox. The first season of "The Orville" is available to buy on DVD and a season pass can also be purchased from Amazon.
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by Mike Tomkins
posted Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 9:51 AM EST
It might not be the smallest interchangeable-lens camera on the market any more -- the impressively-slim Samsung NX Mini now holds that crown, and indeed the original Pentax Q was also a little smaller -- but there's no denying that the Pentax Q7 is still among the very smallest mirrorless cameras that money can buy. And now, you can buy it for less, thanks to a special, limited-edition kit bundling the Pentax Q7 with all four High Performance-series lenses and hoods, a polarizing filter, and a camera bag in a presentation box.
Although it carries a list price of US$1,200, the Pentax Q7 Premium Kit can actually be found on the company's webstore as a backorder item for just US$1,000. (Update: No, it can't. Thanks to IR reader Mark in Washington DC for pointing out that we accidentally linked to a different -- albeit similarly packaged -- kit.) We tried to ascertain just how much of a savings that is over pricing for the individual items, but a few parts aren't listed for separate sale. Indeed, one of the hoods -- a black-coated metal hood for the Pentax-01 Standard Prime -- is an exclusive for this kit!
The limited-edition Pentax Q7 Premium Kit includes a Q7 camera body, all four High Performance-series lenses with hoods, a polarizing filter and a camera bag.
Still, even without the four lens hoods and camera bag that are included in the Q7 Premium Kit, we came back with a pricetag of US$1,350 if you were to purchase the camera and lenses separately. Chances are with the value of the other accessories included, you're looking at closer to US$1,500 -- which means that buy purchasing the kit, you're saving something like one third several hundred dollars over retail pricing.
If you're looking for a really small compact system camera kit and you don't mind the relatively small sensor of the Q7, this strikes us as one heck of a steal. You'll want to act quickly, though, because availability of the Pentax Q7 Premium Kit is limited to 1,000 kits worldwide. Availability is expected from late April 2014. More details and preorder info are available on the Pentax webstore.


Rarely an eleven piece band surfaces in the Victoria Rock scene blended elements of Jazz. It's hard to ignore the Nu-Funk sound of The New Groovement who were selected for August's Band of the Monthat The ZONE 91-3 FM. Their scale of live music is a cool, refreshing change. On the heels of their first live album, the band was scooped up for Jazz Fest and after the next three songs they were asked to perform at Rifflandia and Tall Tree. Coming out of the recording studio this year, six more songs completed their album that was two years in the making. Their organized, forward vision to always move on to the "next thing" helps in today's age when it's expensive for a band of their size to travel and be paid for smaller gigs. With several schooled musical geniuses, a rapping MC, a doctor of philosophy, killer horns and savvy vocals they are skilled at compromise – everyone is free to contribute, cohesive elements align with an understanding they give their best in everything they produce.


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Taliban talking secretly to Afghanistan government
By KATHY GANNONAssociated Press
Mon., Aug. 5, 2013timer4 min. read
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The Taliban have held secret talks with representatives of Afghan President Hamid Karzai to try to jump-start a peace process that stumbled and stalled at the starting gate, according to Afghan officials and a senior Taliban representative.
The discussions with members of the Afghan High Peace Council have so far been unofficial and preliminary, seen as an attempt to agree on conditions for formal talks. But they do suggest an interest on both sides in proceeding, or at least toying, with a peace process that has been mired in controversy since the official opening of a Taliban political office in June in the Gulf nation of Qatar.
Habibullah Fauzi, a former Taliban diplomat who is now a member of Karzai's High Peace Council, told The Associated Press that "some individuals (on the peace council) have met Taliban on an individual basis," though he would not say who or when. He also said he'd heard reports of meetings in Saudi Arabia between High Peace Council members and Taliban who were in that country to perform the Islamic pilgrimages of Umrah and Hajj.
"The Afghan government certainly is in contact with certain leaders and certain figures among the Taliban," Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Janan Musazai said Sunday at a news conference in Kabul.
The Taliban marked the opening of their political office in Qatar by flying their white flag, emblazoned with a Quranic verse, and a sign that identified the group as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. That enraged Karzai, who accused the religious militia of trying to establish a government in exile. Peace talks involving the United States that were to follow the official opening ended before they could begin, threatening the possibility of a negotiated end to 12 years of war.
Last week U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sought Pakistan's help to press the Taliban into opening negotiations with Karzai's representatives. The Taliban's leadership is believed to be living in Pakistan.
"The hope is that they will start talks soon with the High Peace Council," Sartaj Aziz, adviser to Pakistan's prime minister on national security and foreign affairs, told the AP on Sunday. "It is at a very fragile place right now."
One of the Taliban's representatives in Doha, Qatar told the AP that secret talks with the High Peace Council have already begun.
The representative, who was a senior official in the Taliban government during its five-year rule that ended with the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, said that Taliban negotiator Mullah Abbas Stanikzai met last month with a senior member of the High Peace Council in Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates. He said the two tried to reconcile differences and pave the way for an official meeting.
The Taliban representative talked with the AP in Islamabad in a rare face-to-face interview. He spoke on condition of anonymity, saying the Taliban's leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, had ordered his spokesmen to refrain from public statements.
At the Dubai meeting, Stanikzai said the Taliban would not compromise on the use of their flag and name, according to the Taliban representative, who also said the Taliban considered the High Peace Council chairman Salahuddin Rabbani a controversial figure because of his father, Burhanuddin Rabbani, an anti-Taliban fighter and former president who was killed by a suicide bomber in 2011.
But the Taliban also offered concessions at the Dubai meeting, the Taliban representative said. The Taliban is ready to discuss the existing Afghan constitution, which he suggested the religious movement would be willing to accept except for three clauses. He did not identify the offending clauses.
He also said the Taliban leadership was ready to acknowledge that it made a mistake in denying girls access to education and politics. He said the Taliban were prepared to accept women as lawmakers. While the religious military will not participate in the 2014 Afghan elections, it would consider participating in the following round.
But he said the Taliban would want the winner of next year's balloting to succeed Karzai to be only an interim ruler, holding a second election soon after the last of the foreign troops leave Afghanistan at the end of 2014.
He also said the Taliban would not compromise in their opposition to any foreign forces remaining in Afghanistan after 2014, saying the religious movement was not convinced that a residual force would restrict its activities to training and mentoring the Afghan National Security Forces. The size of a residual force has not yet been decided but it is expected to include U.S. Special Operations Forces for hunting down Al Qaeda militants.
"The talks will likely restart soon," the representative said, adding that both sides still remain far apart and that the Taliban have little trust in Karzai. "Pakistan is talking to us and advising us" to open talks, he said, adding that the Taliban are also trying to patch up differences within their own ranks.


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Walentin Iwanowicz Moskalenko (ros. Валентин Иванович Москаленко, ur. 24 kwietnia 1908 w Smile, zm. w kwietniu 1984 w Moskwie) – funkcjonariusz radzieckich służb specjalnych, minister spraw wewnętrznych Estońskiej SRR (1953), minister bezpieczeństwa państwowego Estońskiej SRR (1950–53).

Życiorys
Od sierpnia 1925 do sierpnia 1928 był kursantem szkoły wojskowej w Charkowie, od sierpnia 1928 do sierpnia 1930 pracował w okręgowym oddziale GPU w Białej Cerkwi, od sierpnia 1930 do maja 1933 był pełnomocnikiem operacyjnym rejonowego oddziału GPU w obwodzie kijowskim, a od maja do listopada 1933 –pełnomocnikiem operacyjnym kijowskiego obwodowego oddziału GPU. Od listopada 1933 do lutego 1935 był zastępcą szefa stanicy maszynowo-traktorowej ds. pracy OGPU/NKWD w obwodzie donieckim, od lutego do października 1935 szefem rejonowego oddziału NKWD w Troicku, a od października 1935 do października 1936 szefem mało-swiatowskiego rejonowego oddziału NKWD w obwodzie donieckim, 22 marca 1936 otrzymał stopień młodszego porucznika bezpieczeństwa państwowego. Od października 1936 do sierpnia 1938 był szefem Wydziału Tajno-Politycznego Miejskiego Oddziału NKWD w Mariupolu, od sierpnia 1938 do lipca 1939 szefem Miejskiego Oddziału NKWD w Makiejewce, od 22 czerwca 1939 w stopniu porucznika bezpieczeństwa państwowego, od lipca do września 1939 był szefem Wydziału II Zarządu Bezpieczeństwa Państwowego (UGB) Zarządu NKWD obwodu stalińskiego (donieckiego). Następnie został zastępcą szefa grupy operacyjnej NKWD Ukraińskiej SRR, od kwietnia 1940 do marca 1941 był szefem Wydziału Ekonomicznego Zarządu NKWD obwodu wołyńskiego, a od kwietnia do lipca 1941 zastępcą szefa Zarządu NKGB obwodu rówieńskiego, 28 kwietnia 1941 został awansowany na starszego porucznika bezpieczeństwa państwowego.

Od lipca do października 1941 był szefem Wojsk NKWD 12 Armii Frontu Południowo-Zachodniego, następnie zastępcą szefa Wydziału Specjalnego NKWD 6 Armii Saperskiej Frontu Woroneskiego, a od września 1942 do listopada 1943 szefem Wydziału NKWD/Wydziału II Zarządu Kontrwywiadu Ludowego Komisariatu Obrony Frontu Woroneskiego/1 Frontu Ukraińskiego, 16 października 1942 został mianowany kapitanem bezpieczeństwa państwowego, a 11 lutego 1943 podpułkownikiem. Od listopada 1943 do marca 1945 był szefem Wydziału Kontrwywiadu Ludowego Komisariatu Obrony 38 Armii, od 21 lutego 1944 w stopniu pułkownika, od marca do września 1945 kierował Wydziałem Kontrwywiadu 49 Armii, od września 1945 do października 1946 był szefem Wydziału Zarządu Kontrwywiadu Ludowego Komisariatu Obrony/MGB Kijowskiego Okręgu Wojskowego. Od 21 października 1946 do 28 stycznia 1950 był szefem Zarządu MGB obwodu czytyjskiego, od 20 lutego 1950 do 27 kwietnia 1950 ministrem bezpieczeństwa państwowego Estońskiej SRR, jednocześnie od 1 lipca 1950 do 20 sierpnia 1953 członkiem Biura KC Komunistycznej Partii (bolszewików) Estonii/Komunistycznej Partii Estonii, a od 27 kwietnia do 29 maja 1953 ministrem spraw wewnętrznych Estońskiej SRR. Od maja 1953 do marca 1956 był zastępcą szefa Zarządu MWD obwodu moskiewskiego, od kwietnia 1956 do listopada 1958 na emeryturze, później pracował w komitecie wykonawczym moskiewskiej rady miejskiej m.in. jako inspektor zarządu ochrony, w czerwcu 1968 przeszedł na emeryturę.

Odznaczenia
 Order Lenina (dwukrotnie - 20 lipca 1950 i 1 czerwca 1951)
 Order Czerwonego Sztandaru (trzykrotnie - 10 stycznia 1944, 31 maja 1945 i 6 maja 1946)
 Order Wojny Ojczyźnianej I klasy (23 maja 1945)
 Order Wojny Ojczyźnianej II klasy (1943)
 Order Czerwonej Gwiazdy (dwukrotnie - 17 marca 1943 i 3 listopada 1944)

Bibliografia
 Przewodnik po historii Partii Komunistycznej i ZSRR (ros.)

Funkcjonariusze NKWD
Odznaczeni Orderem Czerwonego Sztandaru
Odznaczeni Orderem Czerwonej Gwiazdy
Odznaczeni Orderem Lenina
Odznaczeni Orderem Wojny Ojczyźnianej I klasy
Odznaczeni Orderem Wojny Ojczyźnianej II klasy
Ludzie urodzeni w Smile
Urodzeni w 1908
Zmarli w 1984

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The Ukrainian delegation offered their Russian counterparts an exchange format under the following formulas: "25 Russians for 25 Ukrainian political prisoners" and "72 separatists for 19 Ukrainian hostages".
The Ukrainian side in the negotiations of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk has put forward a proposal to the Russian delegation on a wide and narrow formats for the release of hostages and political prisoners, including the demand to release Ukrainian sailors (prisoners of war), that's according to First Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's humanitarian envoy to the TCG Iryna Gerashchenko.
"As for the hostages. At the TCG, we repeated our demand – the immediate and unconditional release of POW sailors," Gerashchenko wrote on Facebook.
At the same time, according to her, "Russian representative Boris Gryzlov repeatedly tried to interrupt the Ukrainian side, saying that Minsk is not the place where the fate of prisoners of war should be discussed."
"Indeed, it is! We demand their release because they fall under Paragraph 6 of the Minsk Agreements – the immediate release of all illegally held, the ones whom the aggressor state has been holding in connection with the conflict," said Gerashchenko.
"We also once again conveyed to the Russian Federation a proposal to get 25 of their citizens and offered various release formats: a wide one (25/25) and 19/72, also suggesting several other formats. If the Russian Federation is not ready to take all its people back, we offered several narrow formats to unlock the process – to start with the release of those who need medical treatment," she wrote.
"We are also ready to hand over to Russian consuls three Russians from the 25 list in exchange for our military, who have been held in Donetsk for four years already – Serhiy Hlondar, Oleksandr Korninkov, and Bohdan Pantiushenko, but the Russians don't give their consent. We continue to press them to have our guys released," added Gerashchenko.
As UNIAN reported earlier, on February 13, this year's third meeting is being held of the Tripartite Contact Group on Donbas settlement.


Earlier this year John and Mary Armbruster, members of All Saints Episcopal Church on Hilton Head Island, learned from the Rev. Julio Holguin, bishop of the Dominican Republic, that a local fire department was in urgent need of a firetruck.
The Armbrusters mentioned to the bishop that they owned a Ford F-700 fire/rescue truck that they had earlier used on their pine plantation in Bailey's Harbor, Wisc. Now living in Okatie, the couple no longer needed the truck. They agreed to donate the vehicle to the Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic.
As a Lenten observance project, All Saints parishioners donated $7,500 to help defray the cost of outfitting the firetruck with new hoses, couplings and a ladder, as well as to cover the cost of shipping the vehicle overseas.
Members of the church recently learned the firetruck has been delivered to the fire department in the small village of Juma, an outlying suburb of the City of Bonao, where the Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic has an established congregation. Bishop Holguin recently traveled to Juma for the official dedication of the truck.


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It turns out that measuring our credit reliability– how likely we are to repay our debts– begins with something called a credit report. People with bad credit have low credit report.
When it comes to getting a loan with actually, truly bad credit, your options are restricted … and normally not very good. The loans that do exist are often of the "payday" variety: low-dollar, short-term, and high-interest loans based not on your credit score but your regular earnings– which lenders gain access to through your checking account. While a payday loan can supply much-needed cash in an emergency situation, the industry is plagued by accusations of predatory practices that trap vulnerable customers.
You'll likely see high interest rates: For bad credit loans, it's prevalent to see rates over 20%. Make absolutely specific that you can pay these rates, which you don't have any much better alternatives. Borrowers with much better credit are rewarded with lower rates, so if you have the ability to hold back and improve your credit score, you might be able to qualify for a far better rate in a year or so. In the meantime, you likewise may find the very best charge card for bad credit valuable.
One note before going forward: Bad credit indicates different things to various lenders. Some loan providers won't consider your application if you have a credit history listed below a specific number, while others will make it a smaller part of their loaning decisions. For the functions of this article, I concentrate on loan providers who will make loans to clients with credit rating under 640. This rating is thought about "typical" by most lenders, but providing criteria tightens significantly below this mark.
At this moment, you might be believing: Wait a minute! I have bad credit AND I'm broke. And because of that, a lending institution wishes to charge me EXTRA interest?
When you have bad credit, it means you have a history of paying your debts late or not at all. (You can learn more about credit report and exactly what they mean in our overview of enhancing your credit history eBook.) This makes it riskier for lenders to let you obtain loan. From their viewpoint, you already have a history of not paying your debts, so why should they expect it to be any different with them? If they lend you a thousand dollars, there's a really genuine risk that they're not going to be paid back.
There are 2 fundamental kinds of bad credit loans: secured and unsecured.
An unsecured bad credit loan means that customers sign a contract and guarantee to repay their loan inning accordance with the terms of their loan. If they cannot repay their loan, the loan provider may pursue collection of the cash owed through a debt collection agencies or other legal system. Normal unsecured bad credit loans include individual installation loans, credit cards, and trainee loans.
A safe bad credit loan requires that the customer utilize a valuable item– like a cars and truck, a house, or a piece of fashion jewelry– as collateral to "secure" the loan. This indicates that if a borrower is not able to pay back the loan, the lender is lawfully enabled to take the collateral and offer it to recoup their losses. Typical protected loans include home loans, automobile title loans, and pawnshop loans.
Technically, a payday advance is a guaranteed loan. You're not providing your vehicle or the deed to your home, however with a predatory payday loan, you are securing the loan with a look for the quantity you have actually obtained, plus interest or fees. If you're not able to repay the extremely high-interest loan by the due date (most customers aren't), the payday lender will cash your check.
Bad credit loans– or no credit check loans– are dangerous. If your lending institution doesn't inspect your credit, or your capability to repay your loan, that's a sign that they aren't using you a responsible loan. If they don't care about your credit, they don't care about you.
When you are searching for installment loans for bad credit, you ought to take a look at the following elements in a loan.
Much like obtaining other loan, the prospective recipient of an installation loan should meet specific criteria in order to be authorized. Most candidates are happily surprised when it pertains to how simple the credentials are. The very first qualification is age; you should be 25 or older to be eligible to get an installment loan. Next, the prospective customer should have a bank account that is eligible for getting direct deposits. Online installation loans are always transferred digitally so a direct deposit account is a must. The 3rd certification is a minimum earnings of a minimum of $1300 monthly. This requirement is simply to make sure that you won't have an issue making a monthly installation payment to pay back your loan. The last certification is evidence of work. You can typically prove this by showing a current income stub or letter from your company.
No Credit Or Poor Length Of Credit History (0-2 Years Typical Credit History).
Clearly if any or all these items relate to your current monetary situation, you have actually experienced difficulty in getting funded. Numerous banks or lender will have a challenging time authorizing your individual loan simple because they see you as a high risk to them. As we discussed in detail above, you still have options that are tailored personal loans for people with bad credit.


Phenomenological Inquiry in Psychology is the best introduction available to Transpersonal-Phenomenological psychology, a new field that seeks to develop an awareness of the existential and transpersonal dimensions of human experience. Chapter highlights include -- essential sections of Rolf von Eckartsberg's landmark text on existential-phenomenological research -- an investigation of the lived experiences of persons with Multiple Personality (Dissociative) Disorder, a first in phenomenological research, and -- three studies, each examining an aspect of the experience of dying, another first for the field. This groundbreaking work will be of particular value to readers interested in all areas of humanistic psychology, theology, and the philosophy of science.


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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ultimate Edition is coming to New Zealand and Australia
The Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ultimate Edition Blu-ray set that GKids announced last week is coming to Australia and New Zealand courtesy of Madman Entertainment, but you'll want to get in quick: it's limited to just 500 copies in this corner of the world. (There'll also be Collector's Edition and Standard Editions up for pre-order later, though.)
The set brings Hideaki Anno's influential Neon Genesis Evangelion anime to Blu-ray for the first time in the West, collecting all 26 episodes of the TV series and the films Death (True)² and End of Evangelion into one package. In an effort to summarise what is a rather complicated history of film releases: Death (True)² is the final, director's cut version of the first part of Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth, a two-part film pulled together somewhat hastily in an effort to close out the anime on a tight budget. Rebirth was the first part of an ending that couldn't be completed due to time and budget constraints, and forms the first part of The End of Evangelion. In short, Death (True)² and End of Evangelion together form the authoritative version of a pair of films that have seen a lot of re-edits and re-releases over the years.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ultimate Edition is an 11-disc set, including both the current official translations (sub and dub) and the original ("Classic") sub and dub, and seven hours of bonus footage. It also comes with a 156-page art book, a set of art boards, a Sachiel resin paperweight, a NERV ID card and lanyard, and limited-edition packaging with exclusive artwork. All of this doesn't come cheap, though: the Ultimate Edition will set you back a cool AUD $519.95, with pre-orders opening on September 1, 2021.
Details about Collector's Edition and Standard Edition haven't yet been revealed, but pre-orders for those versions will open on December 1. Madman has also confirmed that the series and movies will also be released in a buy-to-own digital format, for folks who don't want a physical collection but do want something a little more permanent than Netflix. Due to licensing reasons, none of these releases will include the original "Fly Me to the Moon" ending theme, though, sadly.
Neon Genesis Evangelion originally aired in 1995, garnering critical acclaim and a dedicated fan following around the world. Despite its surface appeal as a mecha anime (and with its share of grandiose battles that come with that) it's best known for its dark, psychological themes, religious motifs, and deep, harrowing study of depression. The original series, Death (True)², and End of Evangelion are currently available to stream on Netflix, while Amazon Prime Video has the four-part Rebuild of Evangelion movie series—a remake of the the original (with Hideaki Anno at the helm) with a different ending in the just-released Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time.
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Kindergarten is the beginning of school era. Parents try to find children toys that will turn learning into fun. Educational Toys Planet's Top 10 Toys for Kindergarten will entertain your children and ease the stress of this transition. All products from Top 10 Toys for Kindergarten category of our Top 10 Toys Listmart are first-rate children toys and games chosen by our team of professional educators and parents. Kindergarten is the beginning of school era. For a child it is very exciting and stressful at the same time. Parents try to find children toys that will bring fun for their kindergartners and turn learning into fun. Educational Toys Planet's Top 10 Toys for Kindergarten will entertain your children and ease the stress of this transition. All products from Top 10 Toys for Kindergarten category of our Top 10 Toys Listmart are first-rate children toys and games chosen by our team of professional educators and parents. The Top 10 Toys for Kindergarten is a dynamic category that changes with the toy popularity index, latest teachers' recommendations and newest trends in the toy industry.


Last Friday I photographed the very cool laid back wedding of Sara and Nick.
The day was filled with a vintage Kombi, champagne, beautiful dresses, family, more champagne and lots and lots of laughter !
Sara looked stunning in a dress that a designer friend had made for her, the ceremony and reception was held at Light space in Fortitude Valley and looked magical with candles and flowers everywhere you looked.
So no more talk from me, lets look at some images !


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Passport fees to increase
24th May 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu
Government is considering reviewing passport fees upwards to help it break even and avoid the current losses incurred in the processing and production of passports.
Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday, the Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, said Ghana's passports were highly subsidised making it the least expensive in Africa.
She said passport processing was a service that the government did not intend to make a profit on and indicated that it would be wrong for the government to continue subsidising the price for acquiring passports.
"So we are looking at it. We are in the middle of negotiations of some sort to see how much more we could charge to break even but not to make a profit", she said.
Ms Botchwey recalled that her ministry had announced that it would review the cost of acquiring passports outside Ghana downwards because there the cost was a bit high.
However, she said, "here (In Ghana) we are making a loss, therefore, there is the need for Ghanaians to pay realistic prices for passports but no decision has been taken on it yet."
The current fee for expedited application us ¢100, while that of a standard application is ¢50.
Online passport application
Ms Botchwey said the Ministry had overcome the challenges with the manual application and had rolled out online application facilities at three passport application centres (PACs)- in Koforidua, Tema and VFS PACs - on an experimental basis.
"Should we not encounter any internet challenges, the Ministry intends to roll-out online applications nationwide by the second half of the year, with the ultimate objective of phasing out the manual form of application by October this year", she said.
Ms Botchwey said the online application format had the unique advantage of allowing applicants to choose the date and time convenient for them to present themselves at the PACs for their biometrics to be captured.
New passport application centres (PACs)
The Minister said It had been the decision of the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to bring passport service delivery as close to the doorstep of Ghanaians as possible.
Consequently, she said, the Ministry had taken steps to secure office spaces from the Regional Coordinating Councils in the Upper East, Upper West and Central Regions for the establishment of PACs in their respective capitals.
"It is envisaged that these new PACs will be established by the first quarter of 2020. Also, Passport services will further be extended to the newly created Regions in due course", she said.
Ms Botchwey said and as part of this exercise, the Koforidua and Tema PACs began operations in April this year. I had the pleasure to commission the two PACs today, and it is important to add that these two PACs are for online applications only.
She said the Ghanaian diaspora had not been left out in the extension of passport services and indicated that six Ghana diplomatic missions abroad currently issued biometric passports to Ghanaians in their respective jurisdictions including countries of concurrent accreditation. The Missions are London, Berlin, Washington DC, New York, Pretoria and Abuja.
In the medium term, she said, the Ministry had earmarked Missions in the following capitals for the extension of the biometric passport service. They are the Hague, Moscow, Paris, Oslo and Brussels in Europe; Beijing and Riyadh in Asia and the Middle East respectively; Addis Ababa, Rabat and Dakar in Africa; Brasilia in South America as well as Canberra in the Pacific.
"In the long term, all Ghana Missions abroad will be made to process biometric passports with regional printing hubs located in various regions", she said.
Extending the validity of passports
Ms Botchwey said as part of measures to reduce the frequency at which Ghanaians applied for passports, the validity of Ghana passports had been extended from five years to 10 years.
She said the passport office commenced issuing the 10-year passports from April 1, and explained that "By this action, a Ghanaian who has not exhausted the pages of his/her passport, will only apply for renewal after 10 years instead of five years."
Besides, she said, in addition to the 10-year extension of the validity of passports, plans were far advanced to introduce 48-paged passport booklets to satisfy the needs of frequent travellers and indicated that the Ministry expected that to come into effect during the second half of 2019.
"To keep up with the pace of technological advancement, the Ministry has started discussions aimed at introducing chip-embedded passports in due course. This is anticipated to enhance the security and integrity of Ghanaian passports", she said.
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Eric Church's 'Mr. Misunderstood' Album Certified Platinum
Eric Church seems to be pretty understood, actually — or at least appreciated. The star's Mr. Misunderstood album has earned a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.
An album is certified platinum when it sells more than 1 million units. In addition to the RIAA certification, Mr. Misunderstand was previously named 2016 CMA Album of the Year. More good news comes in the form of a No. 1 single with "Round Here Buzz," which is at the top of Billboard's Country Airplay chart this week.
See Pictures From Eric Church's Hall of Fame Exhibit
Church will have to keep up the momentum as he heads into Grammy Awards weekend. The Jan. 28 evening will feature a tribute to the 58 lives lost at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in October. Church will perform alongside other country acts who took the stage that weekend, Maren Morris and Brothers Osborne. Church headlined the first night of the three-day event, and two nights later during Jason Aldean's Oct. 1 set, the shooting occurred.
On Oct. 4, 2017, Church returned to the stage, tearfully paying tribute to the fans who died during a performance at the Grand Ole Opry.
"Something broke in me on Sunday night when that happened, and the only way I've ever fixed anything that's been broken in me is with music," he said in prefacing his performance. "So I wrote a song." He then launched into a powerful new song titled "Why Not Me" on acoustic guitar as he sang, "Why you, and why not me?"
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It was a beautiful fall day in Cape May, and monarchs drifting overhead and visiting gardens provided part of the day's charm. The census count was down slightly from yesterday, with each day yielding around 50 monarchs/hour. Not a huge influx, but the best days of the season so far. We're expecting favorable winds again tomorrow, so there's a chance that our numbers will rise again.
tag monarchs late on Tuesday afternoon.
While it was a good day for monarch butterflies in Cape May Point, it was a spectacular day for the Monarch Monitoring Project in our efforts to educate and inform the public about monarch butterflies and their troubled status. This morning we enjoyed reading about the project in a feature article from the Philadelphia Inquirer, which you can see online by clicking here. Then, this evening, Lauren Wanko's video story was aired on NJTV News, and you can see that story right here. It's just over two minutes in length. We thank those in the media who help us spread the word, and we thank all of you who follow and support the Monarch Monitoring Project. Please help us spread the word by directing others to subscribe to this blog and/or to "like" our project FaceBook page, which is https://www.facebook.com/CMMonarchs.


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Edwardsiella tarda is an enteric pathogen that causes diarrhea, wound infection, and death due to septicemia. This species is capable of invading fish and human epithelial cell lines, and E. tarda escapes from the endocytic vacuole within minutes of entry and then replicates within the cytoplasm moving directly from cell to cell. Edwardsiella tarda was much more frequently isolated from lake fish. The aim of research was to find out the strain variation of several isolates of E. tarda from different islands in Indonesia. Four isolates of E.tarda from catfish (Java and Sumatra), Cyprinus carpio (Kalimantan), Brazilian turtle (imported), and ATCC from Singapura were identified by morphology. All isolates were DNA extracted and DNA amplified by PCR. Products of amplification were digested with AluI and HaeIII enzymes (RFLP) for 1 hour. They were visualized with electrophoresis in 8% polyacrylamid gel and stained with silver. The restriction endonuclease result showed that 3 isolates from fish had the same bands. Two isolates from imported turtle had the same band as ATCC isolates. Digestion with HaeIII enzyme gave more different bands than with AluI enzyme. It was thought that isolates of E. tarda from turtle and from ATCC were originated from human.