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Die Lokomotiven Deutz A6M 517 R waren meterspurige, dieselhydraulische Lokomotiven mit der Achsfolge B. Sie waren auf verschiedenen Kleinbahnen eingesetzt.

Geschichte
Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz war einer der maßgeblichen Hersteller der Köf II. Unter Verwendung der vorhandenen Technik wurde ein Lokomotivtyp für Meterspurbahnen entwickelt. Anders als bei der Köf II saß das Führerhaus über dem Rahmen und nicht am Ende. Eine erste Lokomotive wurde 1951 als Köf 12 an die Herforder Kleinbahn geliefert, zwei Jahre später eine zweite Lokomotive (Köf 14). Die ehemals zur früheren Westdeutschen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (WeEG) gehörenden Euskirchener Kreisbahnen (EKB) beschafften 1954 zwei Lokomotiven (V 21 und V 22), diese konnten über eine Wellenverbindung miteinander gekuppelt und von einem Führerstand aus gefahren werden. 1955 wurden zwei weitere Lokomotiven (V 23 und V 24) geliefert. Gleichzeitig beschaffte die ehemals ebenfalls zur WeEG gehörende Geilenkirchener Kreisbahn (GKB) zwei Lokomotiven (V 10 und V 11) ohne die Möglichkeit der Mehrfachtraktion.

HKB Köf 12 und Köf 14

Am 20. Juli 1951 erhielt die Herforder Kleinbahn eine Diesellokomotive als Köf 12, die die Dampftraktion Im Güterverkehr ablösen sollte. Da diese Lokomotive sich bewährt hatte, wurde eine zweite Lok bestellt und als Köf 14 am 29. September 1953 ausgeliefert. Damit konnte die letzte Dampflokomotive abgestellt werden. Nach Einstellung der Bahn ging Köf 12 1966 an die Inselbahn Juist, dort bekam sie den Namen CARL in zweiter Besetzung, die Köf 14 an die Sylter Inselbahn (L14). Nach Einstellung auch dieser Bahn kam sie 1971 ebenfalls nach Juist und bekam den Namen HEINRICH, ebenfalls in zweiter Besetzung. Nach Einstellung der Juister Inselbahn 1982 wurde Lok CARL in Juist bis 1988 als Denkmal aufgestellt. Nach Abstellung in einem Schuppen wurde sie 2014 an die Märkische Museums-Eisenbahn verkauft. HEINRICH ging 1982 an die Montreux-Berner-Oberland-Bahn in der Schweiz (Tm 2/2 2) und 2010 an die Museumseisenbahn Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme in Frankreich.

EKB V 21 bis V 24
Die Euskirchener Kreisbahnen bekamen am 27. Juli 1954 und am 12. September 1955 jeweils zwei Lokomotiven mit Vielfachsteuerung. Nach Einstellung des Restbetriebes am 31. Dezember 1965 wurden sie 1966 verkauft. V 21 und V 22 gelangten zu den Verkehrsbetrieben Grafschaft Hoya für den schmalspurigen Betrieb auf der Strecke Bruchhausen-Vilsen–Asendorf und bekamen die Nummern V 122 und V 121. Sie erhielten hier einseitig zusätzliche erhöhte Pufferbohlen mit Normalspurpuffern und Zugeinrichtungen, um aufgebockte Wagen direkt kuppeln zu können. 1971 wurde dieser Güterverkehr eingestellt. Die V 121 wurde 1973 auf Normalspur umgebaut und auf der Strecke Eystrup–Syke der VGH eingesetzt. 1984 wurde diese Lok an die Montreux-Berner-Oberland-Bahn in der Schweiz verkauft und wieder auf 1000 mm rückgespurt. Dort wird sie als Tm 2/2 3 eingesetzt. Die V 122 blieb auf der Strecke, wurde 1980 vom Deutschen Eisenbahn-Verein erworben und ab 1982 aufgearbeitet als V 3 auf der Museumseisenbahn eingesetzt.

Die V 23 und V 24 wurden an das Bergwerk Charbonnage d'argenteau in Belgien verkauft. 1979 wurde die Steinkohlenförderung dort eingestellt. Auf einem Teilstück der Strecke Trembleur–Warsage wurden nun Touristenzüge gefahren. Diese Bahn ist inzwischen eingestellt. Um die Jahrtausendwende kamen beide Lokomotiven zur Train du Bas-Berry in Frankreich, wo sie unter der Fabriknummer (56115 und 56116) eingesetzt werden.

GKB V 10 und V 11

Die Geilenkirchener Kreisbahn (GKB) musste in den 1950er-Jahren den noch verbliebenen Bahnbetrieb rationalisieren. Die Strecke Geilenkirchen–Alsdorf hatte 1953 den Personenverkehr an die Konkurrenz auf der Straße verloren und wurde im Güterverkehr nur noch auf dem Abschnitt Geilenkirchen–Puffendorf bedient. Der verbliebene Güterverkehr beschränkte sich zudem immer mehr auf saisonale Spitzenzeiten der Landwirtschaft. Damit wurden die verbliebenen Dampflokomotiven der Bauart Mallet-Rimrott unwirtschaftlich, obwohl sie nach 1945 nochmals grundlegend aufgearbeitet worden waren.

So wurden 1955 die beiden Lokomotiven beschafft und als V 10 und V 11 bezeichnet. Im Unterschied zu den Euskirchener Lokomotiven besaßen sie keine Vielfachsteuerung und keine Übergangstüren an der Führerhausrückwand.
Nach wenigen Jahren brachte GKB an den Maschinen einige Anpassungen an die betrieblichen Verhältnisse in Form hochliegender Pufferbohlen an. Somit war es nunmehr möglich, die Maschinen ohne Zwischenwagen mit aufgebockten normalspurigen Güterwagen zu kuppeln. Des Weiteren erhielten die Lokomotiven Rückspiegel, um das Rangieren an der Rollbockgrube zu erleichtern. In dieser Form waren die V 10 und die V 11 bis zum Ende des Güterverkehrs auf den verbliebenen Strecken der GKB im Einsatz. 1959 erhielten sie Unterstützung in Form des zu einem Schlepptriebwagen umgebauten VT 100, der durch die für 1960 geplante Einstellung des Personenverkehrs dafür entbehrlich wurde. Ende der 1960er Jahre wurde die V 10 schadhaft abgestellt.

In den ersten Jahren des Museumsbetriebes auf der GKB, 1969 noch durch die Vereinigung Westdeutscher Schmalspurbahnen (VWS), ab 1970 durch die Interessengemeinschaft Historischer Schienenverkehr e. V. (IHS), bespannte die V 11 auch die Museumszüge, bevor ab Juli 1971 die Dampflokomotive 19 zur Verfügung stand. Als 1973 der Schmalspurbetrieb der GKB, der sich zuletzt auf den Bahnhof Geilenkirchen beschränkte, eingestellt wurde, gelangten die Lokomotiven über einen Hamburger Zwischenhändler an die Firma Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG (DYWIDAG) für den Hafenausbau in Lomé nach Togo. Die dortige Eisenbahn besaß aus geschichtlichen Gründen die gleichen technischen Parameter (Spurweite, Kupplungssystem) wie die GKB, was einen Einsatz dort vereinfachte. Togo war ab 1884 Deutsches Schutzgebiet gewesen und die dortigen Eisenbahnen ebenso wie die Geilenkirchener Kreisbahn von dem Stettiner Bauunternehmen Lenz und Co. erbaut worden.

Nach Vollendung des neuen Hafens durch die DYWIDAG verblieben die Maschinen bei der Staatsbahn Chemins de fer du Togo (CFT), jedoch nur die ehemalige V 11 kam als CFT H 9 noch für wenige Jahre zum Einsatz. 1985 war sie im Bahnhof Lomé abgestellt, die Schwesterlok V 10 war verschrottet. 2001 gelangte die V 11 zur IHS und wurde ab 2003 aufgearbeitet. Im Jahr 2019 konnte die V 11 im letzten Betriebszustand der GKB fertiggestellt werden, sie ist seit Herbst 2019 wieder im Betrieb.

August-Thyssen-Hütte
Auf der August-Thyssen-Hütte in Duisburg waren zwei Lokomotiven vorhanden. Über sie ist wenig bekannt. 1957 waren sie ausgefallen, die V 10 der GKB für sie leihweise in Einsatz.

Konstruktive Merkmale
Der Motor A6M 517 ist ein wassergekühlter Sechszylinder-Viertakt-Motor mit in Reihe angeordneten Zylindern. Als Getriebe wurde ein Voith L 33 U mit angeflanschtem Wendegetriebe verwendet. Es ist ein hydrodynamisches Dreiganggetriebe. Die Kraftübertragung auf die Achsen erfolgt über Duplex-Rollenketten.

Bei den Lokomotiven mit Mehrfachsteuerung wird die Steuerung der Motordrehzahl mit einer Gelenkwelle zwischen den Lokomotiven übertragen. Bremstechnisch wurden die Bremsleitung und die Hauptluftbehälter mit zwei Bremsschläuchen verbunden. Außerdem gab es eine Verbindung für die Sandstreuerluft und ein Kabel für die Führerhausbeleuchtung. Am Führerstandsende war eine Übergangstür mit Übergangsblech. Das Wendegetriebe musste auf jeder Lok einzeln betätigt werden.

Eine Zugbremse hatten die Lokomotiven ursprünglich nicht.

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Should you buy a house with bitcoin?
By Natalie Campisi Natalie Campisi's Twitter profile
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Bitcoin has created a frenzy in the world market. With a 1,700 percent rise in value in 2017 alone, both buyers and sellers are looking for ways to capitalize on the bitcoin boom.
One of these ways is in real estate. Although bitcoin and other types of cryptocurrency have not gone mainstream, bitcoin-friendly real estate listings are slowly trickling into the market. More and more sellers are adding bitcoin as a purchasing option in their listings.
Recently, a seven-bedroom, 9,000-square-foot house in Lighthouse Point, Florida, was listed for $14.8 million or the equivalent amount in bitcoin. This is one of three bitcoin-friendly properties that business partners Stephan Burke and Carol Cassis of Brown Harris Stevens in Miami have listed this year.
Burke and Cassis sold their first bitcoin-to-cash property in 2014. Until this year, that was the only one they had experience with. Today, sellers want to get their hands on bitcoin, so they're either only taking bitcoin for their property or they're offering it as a payment option, Burke explains.
"We get calls every day from people who are curious about bitcoin," Burke says. "We've even been approached by yacht owners who want to sell their yachts for bitcoin. There was a man in Miami Beach recently who has a penthouse and wants us to rent it for bitcoin. It's definitely on our radar."
Cassis told me they didn't know what to think at first. "We thought, 'Oh, it's Monopoly money,'" she said. But when bitcoin started increasing in value, Cassis "realized we were ahead of the curve in terms of understanding what bitcoin is and having the experience we had in 2014."
Both Burke and Cassis agree that 2017 was a game changer in the world of cryptocurrency. They receive daily calls from people who want to know how they can sell their property for bitcoin.
Today, they are developing a proprietary platform for straight bitcoin sales, which would eliminate the need to exchange the bitcoin for cash first. This platform will incorporate the essential parties needed to authorize real estate transactions, such as the title company.
Blockchain markets
San Francisco-based startup Propy is an online real estate marketplace that uses bitcoin to facilitate purchases. Propy is leveraging blockchain, the technology that records and authenticates bitcoin transactions, to make cross-border real estate purchases seamless. Michael Arrington, TechCrunch founder and Propy investor, used the platform in September to buy an apartment in Ukraine.
Propy works by setting up a smart contract on the blockchain, which automatically executes when its conditions are met. Because it's automatic, the smart contract set up for Arrington and the seller eliminated the need to deal with multiple parties. Every document normally used in traditional real estate transactions was stored on the blockchain, and the title company, Arrington and the seller all participated in the smart contract, where each document was reviewed, signed and recorded on the blockchain.
The smart contract was also used like escrow: Arrington's bitcoin was released upon completion of each necessary step, from the home inspection to making sure there were no liens on the property.
David Drake, founder of LDJ Capital and an investor in Propy, cites speed and efficiency as two benefits cryptocurrency offers over traditional currency in cross-border transactions.
When buying real estate internationally, "bitcoin is definitely faster than buying with fiat," Drake says. "There are a lot of crypto millionaires who are ready to invest in real estate globally. They would prefer to pay in bitcoin rather than first converting money into fiat, which can become a long and difficult process when buying property."
Taxing digital money
In an environment where governments are trying to catch up with cryptocurrency, some things are not uncertain, like taxes.
Tyson Cross, a Nevada-based tax attorney who specializes in taxation of virtual currency, has been working with crypto since 2013 and warns crypto users that they can't escape Uncle Sam. He says that since this year's bitcoin explosion, digital currency has now become his biggest area of practice.
"If you're going to accept cryptocurrency as payment for the real estate you're selling then, from a tax standpoint, you have to report it just like you would if you sold it for cash," Cross explains. "Whether you sell it in dollars to Joe or in bitcoin to Sam, you will still have the same amount of tax impact from that."
Any gains you make on your crypto are also subject to tax, Cross says. According to the IRS, bitcoin and other forms of cryptocurrency are viewed as capital assets and as such are subject to either short-term or long-term capital gains taxes. If the crypto is held for less than 12 months, then the seller would pay ordinary tax rates; if it's held longer than 12 months, then a 15% or 20% tax rate is applied, depending on the seller's income.
Bitcoin's future
But Cross thinks bitcoin's highest value is still to come. "My perception is that this is just the beginning," he says. "We might get a correction or short-term crash, but I think crypto, as an asset class, is just getting started. And so there's going to be a ton of appreciation and market growth."
While bitcoin remains volatile, Cross recommends that bitcoin users invest some of their bitcoin in more stable commodities, like real estate.
"The bitcoin millionaires I work with are not cashing out, and if they are it's a small percentage of what they have to buy things like real estate. They believe in bitcoin and figure that their $1 today is $10 down the road," Cross says.
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Time Is Now for LeBron James to Lead Cavaliers to NBA Title
by evans-clinchy on Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:08AM
LeBron and Kobe. Kobe and LeBron. Anyone else I'm forgetting?
In the eyes of many, it's almost a forgone conclusion. When the dust has settled, when all's said and done, it'll be LeBron James' Cavaliers and Kobe Bryant's Lakers fighting to the bitter end for the NBA championship. It's the game's two biggest stars and its two best teams — they're destined to duke it out in the end.
But wait — didn't we think the same thing last year?
This league always has a surprise or two in store for us when springtime rolls around, and it's hard to expect this year to be any exception. So what happens this spring? Do we finally get our marquee LeBron-Kobe matchup, or is there a Cinderella waiting in the wings?
Here goes.
Cavaliers (1) vs. Bulls (8)
All right — it begins. This is LeBron James' last chance to win a title before his contract in Cleveland is up. Everyone will be playing with championship urgency — LeBron wants to win now, Cleveland wants to prove to LeBron he can win here. This is a man, and a team, on a mission. The Cavs cruised through the first round last year, and there's no reason we shouldn't expect more of the same now.
Prediction: Cavaliers in four
Magic (2) vs. Bobcats (7)
It's an interesting matchup for the Magic — the Bobcats have tons of able-bodied big men they can throw at Dwight Howard, and they have athletic defenders they can use against Orlando's many shooters. But in all likelihood, Orlando just has too many weapons. Even if Charlotte can neutralize Howard, expect Vince Carter, Rashard Lewis, Jameer Nelson and J.J. Redick to overwhelm the Bobcats in the playoffs.
Prediction: Magic in five
Hawks (3) vs. Bucks (6)
The Hawks have five spectacularly athletic young players — Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Al Horford, Marvin Williams, Jamal Crawford. The Bucks? Well, they've got Brandon Jennings. That's one. The sad truth is that the Bucks are a bit of a fraud as an Eastern Conference playoff team. They got here on the strength of Andrew Bogut's play down low, and with Bogut now out for the year, they're in big trouble. Don't expect the Bucks to last long.
Prediction: Hawks in five
Celtics (4) vs. Heat (5)
Of the four East first-round series, this is the only one with real upset potential. But even Boston doesn't look that vulnerable, really. There's no doubt that Dwyane Wade is fantastic, but the C's will counter with the speedy, athletic, agile defense of Rajon Rondo, and they've got such a strong ensemble cast that you can't imagine the Heat outlasting them. Wade's going to carry this team on his back, but how far? Expect Miami to steal a couple games in this series, but that's about it.
Prediction: Celtics in six
Lakers (1) vs. Thunder (8)
Has there ever been a one-versus-eight series that's this much of a toss-up? The Lakers enter the postseason with countless questions to be answered. Can they bounce back from an awful end to their season, when they lost seven of their last 11? Can you still win a title with Derek Fisher as your point guard? Can the Lakers get anything from their atrocious second unit? Can they stop Kevin Durant if he goes off in the postseason? All these questions will haunt the Lakers for sure, but their size and their experience should give them just barely enough to sneak past OKC.
Prediction: Lakers in seven
Mavericks (2) vs. Spurs (7)
The window is closing on Tim Duncan. This could be the Spurs' last chance to make a deep run in the playoffs, and you can't like their chances with a loaded Mavs team waiting for them in the first round. The additions of Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood have added to the depth of an already strong Dallas team — add them into the mix with Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion and Jason Terry, and the Mavs just have too many weapons.
Prediction: Mavericks in five
Suns (3) vs. Blazers (6)
Fun matchup, but you have to give the slight edge to Phoenix for three reasons. One, Steve Nash has the smarts and the leadership ability to carry this team on his back. Two, he's got Amare Stoudemire. Third, Brandon Roy won't be playing, turning Phoenix from a slight favorite to a lock.
Prediction: Suns in six
Nuggets (4) vs. Jazz (5)
This is a great matchup of two Northwest Division rivals who each won 53 games this season. The Nuggets have Chauncey Billups at the point, but the Jazz have Deron Williams. Advantage Jazz. The Jazz have a dominating offensive force at forward in Carlos Boozer, but the Nuggets have Carmelo Anthony. Advantage Nuggets. But it's the supporting cast that sets Denver apart — expect Kenyon Martin, J.R. Smith and Nene Hilario to make the difference in this series. Denver's got this one.
Prediction: Nuggets in seven
Cavaliers (1) vs. Celtics (4)
The C's are on their last legs; the Cavs are on a mission. You tell me who's winning this one. Boston will put up a fight, but there will be no stopping LeBron in this series. Cleveland rolls on.
Prediction: Cavaliers in six
Magic (2) vs. Hawks (3)
The Magic will have a couple of cold-shooting nights, so the Hawks can steal a couple. But the fact remains that the Magic still have just too many weapons. Orlando is headed to the Eastern Conference finals again.
Prediction: Magic in six
Lakers (1) vs. Nuggets (4)
Finally — here comes an upset. The Nuggets have all the right pieces in place to steal this series. Billups will humiliate the Lakers' point guard rotation of Fisher and Jordan Farmar. The Nuggets will take Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom out of the game with brutally physical play inside. And as for Ron Artest, he can stop one of Carmelo or Smith, but he can't stop both. The Nuggets will find a way to overwhelm the defending champions this time around — they made a series of it last year in the West finals, and they've improved just enough that this time. They can get over the hump. Believe it.
Mavericks (2) vs. Suns (3)
The Suns have a dynamic offense with Nash and Amare running the show, but the Mavs are the deeper, more complete team. Expect Marion and Terry to step up for Dallas in this one, as the Mavs show off their depth and cruise past Phoenix to the West finals.
Cavaliers (1) vs. Magic (2)
The Magic were able to beat LeBron last year, and it made him mad. So mad, in fact, that he stormed off the floor with no handshakes and out of the arena with no interviews. He's itching for revenge. With that much talent and that much motivation, there's just no stopping him. The Cavs are headed to the Finals.
Western Conference finals
Mavericks (2) vs. Nuggets (4)
Dirk and Kidd have both been to the Finals before, and they're itching to get back. They'll have to bring their A-game to overcome Denver, but the Mavs have the veteran presence to rise to the occasion in a big series, and they have the edge, ever so slightly, over Carmelo and the Nuggets. This one could go either way, but the Mavs are the better team and should make it through to the Finals.
Prediction: Mavericks in seven
Cavaliers vs. Mavericks
LeBron vs. Kobe? Please. Try LeBron vs. Dirk. It's got the makings of a classic matchup, since both guys have been to the Finals before and lost, and both are dying to find redemption on the game's biggest stage. But this is the Year of LeBron, and it can't end in any other way but the first championship in Cavaliers history.
Enjoy it, Cleveland. You waited a long time for this one.
NBA Finals MVP: Sebastian Telfair. I don't know — just a hunch. He just seems due.


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GUTS Pilots Saturday Routes
December 2, 2016 by Tala al Rajjal 1 Comment
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The Georgetown University Transportation System plans to run increased Saturday services in spring 2017.
Georgetown University Transportation Services plans to pilot more frequent Saturday services for spring 2017, pending final approval Dec. 6.
A joint effort with Georgetown University Student Association, the spring pilot service would implement a more frequent Saturday service to Dupont Circle from noon to 7 p.m., running in 20-minute intervals.
The Dupont route will also stop at the Trader Joe's on M Street.
A second Saturday shuttle will also run every 15 minutes and transport students to Safeway on Wisconsin Avenue from noon to 3 p.m.
The GUTS pilot program will be funded by reallocating $36,000 currently dedicated to a late-night shuttle from Adams Morgan that runs between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. This service is being cancelled due to the lack of ridership in the Adams Morgan service.
It is estimated that only 50 students per week use the Adams Morgan shuttle over its three days of service. Currently, GUTS offers a weekend shuttle on Saturdays to Dupont Circle that runs every 80 minutes and another shuttle to Rosslyn that also runs every 80 minutes.
Planning and Facilities Management Vice President Robin Morey said the GUTS pilot program would improve access to the District on weekends for students.
"The objective is to provide greater connectivity on weekends within the existing resource level," Morey said. "The goals are to provide improved services. Success will be demonstrated by increased ridership and client feedback."
The GUSA Master Planning Committee proposed expanded weekend services after the 2016 survey on transportation indicated that 86 percent of undergraduate students expressed interest in extended weekend bus services.
According to GUSA Master Planning Chair Zac Schroepfer (MSB '19), expanded weekend shuttle services will ensure access to the District for students from all socioeconomic backgrounds.
"Georgetown proclaims itself to be a university that's in the capital, at the heart of the nation's capital. But unfortunately, as many students know, it's very hard to access the actual city of Washington, D.C.," Schroepfer said. "We're really aiming to bridge that divide and shrink any socioeconomic gap by allowing all students to have the same access to the benefits of Washington, D.C."
Schroepfer said the pilot program also aims to improve food accessibility for students.
"We're also looking to increase food accessibility, ensuring that students have easy access to both Safeway and Trader Joe's, which are both pretty accessible and affordable options for students to be able to access food that they can then cook for themselves on campus," Schroepfer said.
GUSA Chief of Staff Ari Goldstein (SFS '18) said the current GUTS weekend service proved inadequate compared to the ease of other methods of transportation.
"A couple years ago they added what they're calling weekend service, but it's really, really inadequate. It's just on Saturdays, it's just during the academic year and there is one bus with a wait time of 80 minutes, which is ridiculous," Goldstein said. "It makes more sense to Uber or take a city bus and we've heard from a lot of students that that's a pain, that it's a socioeconomic inclusivity issue."
The weekend pilot service joins GUSA's other initiatives to improve on campus transportation for students.
The success of Turkey Shuttles, which were GUTS shuttles to Reagan National and Dulles airports for students flying home for Thanksgiving, led Office of Transportation and Management to introduce a Holiday Shuttle program for the end of the semester. The program will provide free transportation to and from Reagan and Dulles at peak travel times for winter break.
According to Schroepfer, GUSA is looking to expand weekend transportation options beyond the GUTS weekend pilot service and is currently in conversation with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to provide students with discounted weekend passes on the Metro's bus and Metro services. The passes would be incorporated into student tuition.
Schroepfer, who will serve as one of GUSA's representatives in its discussions with the WMATA Board of Directors, said he was optimistic about the Metro project.
"While this pass is in its fledgling state, we are excited to see where further cooperation with WMATA and the District government can take us," Schroepfer said.
Goldstein said the expanded GUTS weekend service would set a precedent for future long-term solutions.
"If the spring pilot is successful and we see that a lot of students are riding the pilot for spring, then it'll be very clear proof to the Office of Transportation Management and to the board that this is something to be funded long term," Goldstein said.
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Werner Krüger was a German soldier serving with the 9th SS-Panzerdivision Hohenstaufen. In September 1944 he and his tank crew were involved in the fighting around Arnhem and Oosterbeek during Operation Market Garden.
In January 1944 Werner volunteered for the Waffen-SS and was trained in a tank hunter unit stationed at Rastenburg (Ketrzyn). Just 18 years old, Sturmmann (corporal) Krüger was trained as a gunner on a Jagdpanzer IV (tank hunter IV). After his training was completed Werner and the rest of his unit were send to the Belgian city of Mons to cover the German retreat from Normandy. The Allied advance, however, was moving at such a pace that soon Werner's unit also had to retreat.
After the retreat his unit was moved to Arnhem where it arrived on the 15 September 1944. Coincidentally two days before the start of Operation Market Garden, the biggest Allied airborne operation ever.
On the 23 September, Werner and his crew tried to attack the Hartenstein-Hotel which was the headquarters of the British troops fighting in Arnhem. During this attack their tank was hit twelve times and he and his comrades had to abandon their vehicle. After the battle was over, Werner saw the many wounded British paratroopers at the Tafelberg Hotel. One of them, badly wounded, gave him his diary moments before he died.
Werner later saw action at the Eastern Front and was eventually captured by the American army. He was released, returned to his home in the Soviet occupation zone but fled after the secret police targeted him. After the war, he was active in politics for his community. He participated in a documentary about the last German survivors of the Battle of Arnhem and his story is also involved in the book 'Weggemoffeld' by Ingrid Maan.


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This isn't technically YouTube, but these dudes, especially the main one, need to be heard as they discuss the Dark Knight Rises. They really do. http://midnightphil.com/darkknightrises.html ...this guy's whole site is a treasure trove, also.
Episode 31 — Dressing In Chains
danoooneill replied to admin's topic in Yo, Is This Racist?
I think you're missing the point. When people are laughing at something, that's different than portraying it in a way that evokes some other feeling; the point of a drama like Roots is to make people consider the tragic implications of that moment in history. What Jennie and Andrew were pointing out is that deriving humor from using racial stereotypes is, at best, not effective social satire, and, at worst, racist.
Episode 50 — Twilight Breaking Dawn Pt 2
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Really wish June or a not-straight dude were here to point out how unreasonably attractive Lee Pace is.
Wow, what a great episode. I really appreciate the conversation about "ironic racism" or whatever we should call it, and it's really cool to hear it from the comedy community... it kind of makes the "you're just square and you don't get it" argument obsolete. Andrew, it seems like a lot of people come on here or go on iTunes or whatever to air their grievances with this show, which, in my opinion, generally boil down to "I'm stupid and you're talking about real things instead of making jokes and it hurts my head" (not that I don't love the podcasts that are dedicated to making jokes, too), but I just want to say I think this show is excellent and important, please keep doing it. ....I do agree that the weekly format is better but you know what everybody, if your biggest problem is having to listen to a short podcast every day you're one of the luckiest people in the fucking world, so stop whining.
Episode 30 — Jewish Intro & Oriental Broads
Oh my goodness I could listen to you eviscerate stupid people all day long.
Episode 38 — The Podcast Mash
danoooneill replied to admin's topic in Ronna & Beverly
I went to high school with Pete Matera! What's going on here?
Episode 101 — Crazzle Dazzles
danoooneill replied to admin's topic in Who Charted?
Hey genius, I'm gonna blow your mind. You ready? Check it out: PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN THE POPULATION BEING OFFENDED CAN BE OFFENDED TOO! Like, I don't know if you can believe this craziness, but guess what... a lot of those people who voted for marriage equality?.... STRAIGHT PEOPLE! WHOA! INSANE! Don't hurt yourself, now.
Episode 2 — White People Using The N-Word
oh I'm really scared of physical violence even though I'm a fucking nihilist. And if you disagree you should be killed as you are being racist, and no racist deserves to live. You are goddamned brilliant. This shit is what makes Internet comments great. Thanks for making me laugh, it really brightened my day.
@thestray-- Let's you and I leave this dumbass alone. He's horribly misinformed, and will get punched in the face before long for being such a dipshit. And you know what, he's 21, which is a baby, and hopefully someday he'll learn and grow and look back at what a hateful little fucker he used to be. Until then, perhaps you will join me in feeling sorry for his pathetic racist ass.
@Cellar Door, a more articulate response, from the excellent book "Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and Other Conversations About Race", by Beverly Tatum: When I am asked, "Can people of color be racist?" I reply, "The answer depends on your definition of racism." If one defines racism as racial prejudice, the answer is yes. People of color can and do have personal prejudices. However, if one defines racism as a system of advantages based on race, the answer is no. People of color are not racist because they do not systematically benefit from racism. And equally important, there is no cultural and institutional support or sanction for the racial bigotry of people of color. In my view, reserving the term racist only for behaviors committed by Whites in the context of a White-dominated society is a way of acknowledging the ever-present power differential afforded Whites by the culture and institutions that make up the system of advantage and continue to reinforce notions of White superiority.
@Lukas Holmes- can't say the n-word either. @Cellar Door- you don't get it.
Wait. People of other races can't do it either. I don't get why people think that would be okay.
...I do the same thing but with "bagel."
Not to be indelicate, but this question is like the Poster Boy of Yo is this Racism. No, you can't say that shit if you're white. The fuck is wrong with you.
My hand is not a lilypad, this is Comedy Bang Bang.
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We're a company built from the ground up by Colorado natives who know all about the comfort needs in our city. The company was established in October 1996 and incorporated in the State of Colorado on January 1st, 1997. Perry Valentine started out doing residential construction, designing duct installation in the ventilation systems of furnaces and air conditioners in new houses.
We soon grew to handling all types of HVAC services for homeowners in the Denver area. We now have about a dozen other employees. The employee who has been with the company the longest is now going on 18 years of great service, and most of the other employees have been with us for more than 10 years. We think of ourselves as one big happy family—one that's devoted to making your family happy!
Perry Valentine is involved daily in hands–on work and his wife, Joy, has also been closely involved in the company from its very beginning. She started working full–time for Cool Sunshine Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. in January 1999. At first she handled the phones and other office work. Her responsibilities then grew to helping employees get their materials and dispatch them from the office each day. She still handles the office work, but also takes care of outside sales. Everybody keeps busy here making sure our customers receive the highest quality work!


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Q: DataDump - Answer posted before the question I think this isn't a duplicate...
I've been looking through the DataDump and I've noticed a number of posts (137) where the answer was posted before the question.
Now a difference of a few minutes I could understand as being down to time synchronisation issues between servers, however answer #391523 was apparently posted nearly 4 days before the question was asked! (Question posted Dec 24 '08 at 14:24, answer posted Dec 21 '08 at 23:29)
What gives?

A: The questions were merged; maybe the datestamp was for the later answer?
I know they were merged because I followed that topic very closely (and wrote the original compiled 'accepted' answer).

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PRICED TO SELL! This cabin in the woods has always been a year round and seasonal home for two sets of families. This home has two living areas, with access to front and back deck, two gas fireplaces, with all the charm of a country home. Beautifully treed back yard, all level and usable land, with fenced in area for a pet. Beautiful rock fireplace in living room, which has been converted to a gas fireplace, accents the coziness of the living room. Knotty pine ceilings, walls and doors with wainscoting in den, which accesses back deck. Master bedroom also has access to front deck with shade sails included. There is a double loft that is not included in the heated square footage. There is halogen track lighting in living room with ceiling fans in living room, kitchen, den and two bedrooms. The kitchen has knotty pine cabinets and ample storage. The attic has pine flooring, with lots of storage, and could be finished if so desired. Front deck has view of the Lower Blanco River and back deck overlooks the pines, aspen, blue spruce and beautiful foliage; all usable acreage, backing up to Gerhard St. The well is excellent, close to the river, with a 1500 gallon cistern holding tank that then pumps into home with filter. Brand new septic system is being installed this month. Pipes are all below frost line. There is a transportainer on property, as well as a 4 car carport, and upstairs storage room. There is also a metal storage building. There is a shared driveway with the adjacent homeowners to the south. Lots of morning sun, and somewhat sunny throughout the day, yet in the trees! Wildlife abounds and this treasure won't last long!


High resolution railway map of Central Asia, covering Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Red lines show the current lines and orange lines show the planned lines.
The Gorgan-Uzen line connecting Iran to Turkmenistan opened.


Are you over 40 and thinking about changing careers? I'm talking about a new promotion but changing jobs altogether. The thought of a new career after 40 can be very unnerving. When you scroll through the countless job posting, your negative self-talk may be telling you that you're not qualified, or you won't be able to compete with the younger generation, or you're not deserving of a new career. Your thoughts can put you in a state of fear. A state of fear so paralyzing you choose to do nothing. If the idea of going to work in your current situation makes you physically ill, you need to read on.
Changing careers after 40 can be the perfect time to look at the all possibilities that are available to you. You have a lot more going for you after 4o than you probably realize.
The first step is believing you deserve another job. Don't let fear stop you from a career transition. You are at a point in your career status where you have experience, knowledge, and skills to make a transition into a new position that interest you.
Secondly, use your networking ability, use your network of people to land the perfect new job. Our generation is masterful at this craft. You don't have to make this move alone, use your network to help.
Third, we are at the stage in life where we can use our skills and strengths to help guide us in a new career path. We experienced enough to know our likes and dislikes, our strengths and weaknesses, use these to your advantage.
Lastly, decide if you want to work for someone else or if you're ready to venture out on your own and start the business you've always wanted to start.
We may feel petrified at the thought of changing careers over 40. In reality, no matter how you ended up exploring new career possibilities. Use the situation to your advantage and do something that you will enjoy, feel fulfilled and gives your life purpose.


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IBC navigates challenging period
By Mark Ambrogi on	 May 24, 2021 Carmel Community
Carmel-based Indiana Ballet Conservatory has been able to get by with a little help from its friends.
With the financial hardships brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, IBC founding Artistic Director Alyona Yakovleva-Randall has been able to keep the operations running with donations from current students' families and alumni's families, along with donations from the Harlan Foundation, the Griskie Family Foundation, the Wildshore Foundation and Swan Software Solutions.
Yakovleva-Randall
"We wouldn't be able to survive without financial support," Yakovleva-Randall said. "Everything we did has been very difficult for everybody. Everyone has been supportive and helpful. The faculty and staff have worked so hard to adapt to the situation. Within one week (of the shutdown in March 2020), we were able to provide full classes online on Zoom. Then we provided almost eight weeks of in-person training last summer.
"Last fall, we had curriculum and kept all students safe and healthy."
The IBC then presented "The Nutcracker' as a recorded performance with three different casts.
"It was great for students and everyone," Yakovleva-Randall said.
The IBC transformed the studio into a small black box theater and cafe for performances in February and March. The performances were contemporary pieces about love and sonnets by Shakespeare. The studio set up cafe tables with linen and candles to create an intimate setting. There were about 20 guests and 10 student dancers only.
Yakovleva-Randall said it was a rare opportunity to see the classes up close and see how athletic the dancers are.
"The audience said it's an amazing feeling when the dancers are that close to you," she said. "It's absolutely something we want to do again based on feedback. It's a nice way to do fundraising."
Yakovleva-Randall said she has secured the dates of Nov. 27-28 for "The Nutcracker" in the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.
The IBC's eight weeks of summer intensive classes begin June 7.
For more, visit indianaballetconservatory.org.
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LIKE SKYPE BUT FOR MONEY
Anyone who sends money to another country on a regular basis soon becomes aware of the hidden fees charged by banks and the troublesome interfaces of their websites.
The Estonian cofounders of peer-to-peer money transfer service Transferwise, Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus, became aware of this when they were living and working in London. Hinrikus was working at Skype and got paid in euros, but needed pounds to pay his bills. Käärmann worked for Deloitte in London and got paid in pounds, but needed euros to pay off his mortgage in Estonia. Every month, they transferred money through their banks and soon realized that about 5% of the money wasn't arriving in the receiving account. Hinrikus started to wonder if there was a better way.
The pair came up with an ingenious solution. They checked the exchange rate on Reuters, and then Hinrikus transferred euros from his Estonian bank account into Käärmann's Estonian account while Käärmann transferred pounds from his British account to Hinrikus' British account. Since these were both domestic transfers, they saved both the international transfer fees and the banks' hidden markups on the exchange rates. The pair soon recruited other Estonians looking to make similar money transfers. By 2011, the pair quit their jobs to start TransferWise. By 2016, they had raised $117 million in venture capital, including $6 million from Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures, a further $25 million with Richard Branson as an investor, and $58 million led by investors Andreessen Horwitz. The company now moves more than $1 billion every month through its online interfaces and has nine offices and 600 employees across four continents.
PEER-TO-PEER TRANSFERS
TransferWise operates in a similar manner to the arrangement that the cofounders first used. The company matches people transferring money in one direction with people transferring it in the other direction, thus avoiding currency conversion and cross-border transfers. They charge mostly flat fees for the service. The company now offers a borderless account that holds up to 28 currencies, offers bank details for Australia, the Eurozone, the US, and the UK, and includes a debit MasterCard for select account holders.
TransferWise has found that the key to success in the global market is strong teams with expert local knowledge to take on its biggest challenges: following regulations and complying with regulators, finding partnering banks to complete transactions and ensure liquidity, and adapting marketing for local payment methods.
As TransferWise has expanded globally, it has also scaled up its teams globally. It is adding offices all over the world, and locations are developing their own product management, payment operation, marketing, customer support, regulatory compliance, and legal staffs.
In Japan, TransferWise received approval from Japan's Financial Services Agency, so it had to find new solutions to deal with challenges such as postal address requirements and relatively low daily transaction limits. In the US, users tend to prefer writing checks, and the US payment network is much slower than in other regions, so transactions may take five times longer. As a result, TransferWise had to adapt its marketing to capture consumers' trust. In India, forming a new partnership lowered TransferWise's costs, so they reduced the fees on U.S.-to-India transfers from 1.5% to 0.9% in an effort to scale.
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With all the hallmarks of a terminus station, yet with one track running through to a freight-only branch, Lossiemouth offers lots of operating potential. The station itself has one platform but plenty of goods facilities to the lower part of the board, and the tracks leading away from the station could even be joined in a fiddleyard to the rear of the layout. A goods shed is situated on the siding parallel to the passing loop.


In small pockets across the Carolinas, pickleball has developed a devoted following. Next year, it will be introduced as a sport in the North Carolina Senior Games.
And in Hope Mills, the sport billed as the "fastest-growing sport for people over 50" has found a following.
Why? For openers, it's fun ... occasionally confusing with its oddball paddles and a ball that refuses to go quite where you aim ... but fun. It's also a great way for older athletes to maintain, or recapture, their competitive spirit.
Pick-up pickleball games are Tuesday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and Thursday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Hope Mills Recreation Center, 5776 Rockfish Road. Anyone 50 or older is welcome. Paddles and balls are available for newcomers. A free pickleball clinic will be held Nov. 27 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. For information, call 425-6707.


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SPECIAL EDUCATION HISTORY
The History of Special Education By Priscilla Pardini
In 1975, Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, better known at the time as Public Law 94-142, to change what was clearly an untenable situation. Despite compulsory education laws that had been in place nationwide since 1918, many children with disabilities were routinely excluded from public schools. Their options: remain at home or be institutionalized. Even those with mild or moderate disabilities who did enroll were likely to drop out well before graduating from high school. The Civil Rights Movement and the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision which extended equal protection under the law to minorities, paved the way for similar gains for those with disabilities. Parents, who had begun forming special education advocacy groups as early as 1933, became the prime movers in the struggle to improve educational opportunities for their children. Public Law 94-142 proved to be landmark legislation, requiring public schools to provide students with a broad range of disabilities - including physical handicaps, mental retardation, speech, vision and language problems, emotional and behavioral problems, and other learning disorders - with a "free appropriate public education." Moreover, it called for school districts to provide such schooling in the "least restrictive environment" possible.
Reauthorized in 1990 and 1997, the law was renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and spawned the delivery of services to millions of students previously denied access to an appropriate education. Thanks to IDEA, these students were not only in school, but also, at least in the best case scenarios, assigned to small classes where specially trained teachers tailored their lessons to each student's individual needs. Schools also were required to provide any additional services - such as interpreters for the deaf or computer-assisted technology for the physically impaired - that students needed in order to reach their full potential. And, in more and more cases, special education students began spending time every day in regular classroom settings with their non-special education peers.
What is the history of the special education movement in America?
In the 1960s, advocates sought a Federal role in providing leadership and funding for efforts to provide a free appropriate public education, or FAPE, to children with disabilities. Congress took a step toward this in 1966 when it established the Bureau for Education of the Handicapped under Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Schools Act (ESEA). Subsequently, a number of initiatives earmarked small amounts of Federal funds for serving children with disabilities. As these programs proliferated, the Bureau recommended that they be codified under a single law (Martin, Martin, & Terman, 1996). The resulting Education of the Handicapped Act, P.L. 91-230, was passed in 1970.
During the same period— 1960s and early 1970s— began to pursue State laws that would require local education agencies (LEAs) to offer special education services to students with disabilities and that would provide partial funding for those services. Despite the passage of such laws in a number of States and the provision of some Federal funding through P.L. 91-230, many children with disabilities remained unserved or underserved by public schools (Martin, Martin, & Terman, 1996, p. 28). It was clear that further Federal legislation would be required in order to ensure that students with disabilities were provided FAPE.
Two landmark Federal court decisions, Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1971 and Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia the following year, established that the responsibility of States and local school districts to educate individuals with disabilities is derived from the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution (US Department of Education, 1995a, p. 1). These decisions set the stage for the enactment of a major new law, and
. . . States joined advocates in seeking the passage of Federal legislation to provide consistency, Federal leadership, and Federal subsidy of the costs of special education (Martin, Martin, & Terman, 1996, p. 29). By 1975, Congress had determined that millions of American children with disabilities were still not receiving an appropriate education, finding that more than half of the handicapped children in the United States do not receive appropriate educational services which would enable them to have full equality of opportunity (Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA), Sec. 3(b)(3)). Public Law 94-142 was enacted to remedy this situation by requiring that all students with disabilities receive FAPE and by providing a funding mechanism to help defray the costs of special education programs (Martin, Martin, & Terman, 1996).
Today, IDEA includes broad mandates for the provision of services to all children with disabilities, from the first grader with a speech impairment to the junior high student with a history of emotional and behavior difficulties and the college-bound high school student who uses a wheelchair (Martin, Martin, & Terman, 1996). Despite the challenges involved in serving such a heterogeneous group, the key tenets of IDEA have remained intact since 1975 (US Department of Education, 1998). Although provisions have been added or amended in order to expand the provision of services to younger groups of children with disabilities, or to improve the quality of the services provided under the law, the four purposes of IDEA have remained essentially the same: to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their particular needs; to ensure that the rights of children with disabilities and their parents or guardians are protected; to assist States and localities to provide for the education of all children with disabilities; and to assess and ensure the effectiveness of efforts to educate children with disabilities (US Department of Education, 1995a, p. 1). (From the OSEP 22nd Annual Report to Congress, US Department of Education, 2001
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There was drama on a Brittany Ferries sailing yesterday when the cross-channel ferry hit her berth in north-west France.
Hundreds of passengers were left stuck on board the Plymouth ferry when a vehicle door jammed after the crash.
The door of the Brittany Ferries' Armorique could not be opened for about an hour and half at Roscoff, reports the BBC .
One passenger Peter Horgan said passengers were "stranded on board" as workmen tried to cut the door free.
Another passenger, who did not want to be named, told the BBC there was a "big jolt" on the ferry.
A Brittany Ferries spokesman said the ship made "heavier than usual contact with the berth" on Saturday morning.
The spokesman said that as a result the vessel's vehicle door "could not immediately be opened".
The BBC reports customers who had already gone down to the car decks were asked to return to the passenger lounges "for their own comfort."
The company's spokesperson added: "We apologise to all our customers who were affected and would like to thank them for their patience this morning."
The Armorique carries up to 1,500 passengers and 470 cars for the Plymouth-Roscoff route. It was introduced to the fleet in 2009.


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Information on the 2003 elections and the Rose Revolution.
U.S. trade in goods (imports, exports and balance) with Georgia.
Declassified information available from the FOIA Electronic Reading Room. Enter "Georgia" as the search term.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS), the research arm of Congress, prepares reports (usually under 20 pages long) on topics of interest to members of Congress. Enter "Georgia" as the search term.
Search this database to find declassified documents related to Georgia.
Database of primary declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. Enter "Georgia" as the search term.
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Diplomatic representation of the U.S. in Georgia.
Strategy, projects, fact sheet, and news about Georgia and the EBRD.
Overview, country strategy, EU support, and documents on the European Union's relations with Georgia.
The Partnership for Peace (PfP) is a programme of practical bilateral cooperation between individual Partner countries and NATO. It allows Partner countries to build up an individual relationship with NATO, choosing their own priorities for cooperation. There are 23 partner countries (including Georgia).
U.S.-Georgian relations, humanitarian assistance, reconstruction, and country background notes.
World Bank data, projects, and research in Georgia.
Information and statistics on the status of public health in Georgia from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Reports, briefings, and analysis of violent conflicts and peace implementation in Georgia.
The OSCE is responsible for post-conflict elections, human rights and regional military stabilization. There are 56 participating states (including Georgia).
The OSCE Mission assists the Government of Georgia in the fields of conflict settlement, democratization, human rights and the rule of law.
August 1993-Present: "UNOMIG was established in August 1993 to verify compliance with the ceasefire agreement between the Government of Georgia and the Abkhaz authorities in Georgia. UNOMIG's mandate was expanded following the signing by the parties of the 1994 Agreement on a Ceasefire and Separation of Forces."
There are numerous secondary, federal, and international sources of information on Georgia available in the collection.


There were two especially bad moments for Trump. The first one was right at the beginning. The first debate question, from Bret Baier, was, "Is there anyone on stage, and can I see hands, who is unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the Republican party and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person?"
Trump was the only one to raise his hand.
Baier started lecturing, "To be clear, you're standing on a Republican primary debate stage, the place where the RNC will give the nominee the nod and that experts say an independent run would almost certainly hand the race over to Democrats and likely another Clinton. You can't say tonight that you can make that pledge?"
No, he could not. However, he did quip that he would make that pledge if he's the nominee.
KELLY: Mr. Trump, one of the things people love about you is you speak your mind and you don't use a politician's filter. However, that is not without its downsides and in particular, when it comes to women. You've called women you don't like, "fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals."
KELLY: No, it wasn't. ...For the record, it was well beyond Rosie O'Donnell. Your Twitter account has several disparaging comments about women's looks. You once told a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president and how will you answer the charge from Hillary Clinton, who is likely to be the Democratic nominee, that you are part of the war on women?
TRUMP (continuing): ...I don't frankly have time for total political correctness and to be honest with you, this country doesn't have time either. This country is in big trouble. We don't win any more, we lose to China, we lose to Mexico... we lose to everybody. And, frankly, what I say - and oftentimes it's fun, it's kidding, we have a good time. What I say is what I say. And honestly, Megyn, if you don't like it, I'm sorry. I've been very nice to you, although I could probably maybe not be, based on the way you have treated me. But I wouldn't do that.
Watch what happened below, via Raw Story and Think Progress.
UPDATE: OK, mea culpa, I was wrong about these moments dooming Trump. But I still think they were significant. For one thing, the exchange between Trump and Megyn Kelly is the famous one that set off the Fox News/Trump feud that has continued on and off ever since. Perhaps more importantly, they show that it was not just Megyn Kelly going after Trump during that first debate.
Lakeview Greg is correct, Trump never had the presidency. What I was trying to say is that while it was inevitable he'd never win, this was the moment that happened.
I'm with Scooter. This was all about creating excitement, and thus ratings.
And really, nothing Trump did or said last night is going to have any impact on his approval and his poll numbers. My guess is they'll go up slightly. Trump is right, he is who he is, and the people who support him know who he is and they like it. He's got a ceiling somewhere, my guess would be well shy of 50 percent, but I don't think he's reached it yet.
Some of the Foxies are upset that he gave Megyn back as good as he got from her, but they'll get over it. He's still the a huge ratings-getter— until he starts to lose support in the polls, at which point Fox will drop him like a hot potato for whoever seems to be gaining serious momentum.
Soooooo, republicans need enemies. They create enemies and then use them to get out of tough jams.
TRUMP: most republicans hate Rosi O'Donnell, so calling her a fat pig isn't such a bad thing.
Republican voter: He's right! Rosie is a fat pig! I love Trump!
Hey republican party — you turned the political process into a reality show, now your top barker is taking you to task.
All of this was merely theater in the FOX greed for ratings, and in that respect FOX won hands down. They know that the more controversial the spew from Trumps mouth, the more people will tune in. That's all they care about. Those "tough questions" from Megyn the Media Whore? Just more window dressing in their efforts to pull in viewers.
FOX cares about nothing except profit. The conservative rubes they pander to are a means to an end, nothing more.
I don't think Trumpie ever had the Presidency to begin with, perhaps the GOP nomination at most. Didn't watch it, but from reading and watching a few clips this seemed to be more about the hosts than the candidates. If you hated Trump before, you will now. If you love him, you do now.
On the big plus side, there seems to be a bit of a flapdoodle at FNC over the broadcast.
Excellent analysis from all of you. My guess for round two would be Enter Carly—- Exit Dr Ben. Token In, Token Out.
@truman. I'm in total agreement with you on Jeb! and Scott Walker. The guys closest to Trump in the polls didn't flub last night but failed to stand out, particularly Jeb! who is about as exciting as cold dishwater.
The guy who bombed was Rand Paul and he knew it sweating profusely about 2/3s in. He got his head handed back to him by Trump and Christie trying to interrupt for attention like a two year old.
Former Fox News star Huckabee, imho, was favored by the moderators and gifted him with the best softball of the night: Can you really shrink big government? So Mike was in full demagogue mode preaching to the choir most the night. I guess that's why I'm as unimpressed as the Foxies are impressed.
Fox News post debate spin loved Ben Carson but were his vague generalities any better than Trump's which they bashed hard?
I can't 😞 take another 10 candidate sideshow!
@eyes on fox. I agree. Trump was Trump. If you liked him before the debate, you liked him afterwards. If you didn't, you don't now.
His cat fight with Blackroots Barbie is just that. It's not a fight with all women as Barbie would like you to conclude.
I had almost forgotten how biased Frank Luntz's phony focus groups are. Frank is as credible as one of those rigged Rasmussen polls.
Jeb "I'm not my stupid brother" Bush and Scottie "I love all things Kock" Walker turned in listless performances. They might slip a peg or two. Rubio and Cruz might rise a bit.
Now that Fux loves Carly Purina, who will they bump out of the Clown Circus of 10 for the next faux debate to make room for her? Rand Paul would be my guess.
I could be completely wrong but I scored Trump as pretty much doing what he needed to do to remain on top. Sure, he got the most boos from an Ohio Republican Party hand-picked audience up front because he's the only one refusing to take the GOP loyalty oath clearly unbiased right-winger Bret Baier targeted and pounded him with. But that's not a news flash and unless his supporters haven't been paying attention couldn't have missed. They're the 'angry white man' crowd who are sick of the GOP not sounding more like race-baiter Rush Limbaugh.
I get why Ellen is emphasizing the women's issue but he got a lot a laughs off the Rosie joke so you know where conservatives versus liberals stand on name-calling women. Heck, if they're liberal women getting smeared Republicans will give The Donald a hug.
No, while I agree Megyn Kelly created Trump's most awkward moment of the night it was the abortion component that led to near silence surrounding Trump's response. Not being pro-life since he was zygote himself is a Republican disqualification.
Greasy Frank Luntz made my skin crawl last night – not an atypical response. Just as typical, his focus groups usually feel rigged and last night was one of the worst. Following the Trump take-down theme, he made the case that The Donald's pre-debate supporters mostly deserted The Donald post-debate. Oddly, the reasons they shouted out like Donald being a buffoon or blowhard or inexperienced politician is the sort of stuff even the dumbest of the dumb head in the sand conservative (which is to say most Republicans) couldn't have missed. So I smell a rat and yet another rigged Luntz focus group.
Even Fox And Friends, usually Trump's strongest supporters, look unusually subdued softballing The Donald this morning. Hasselbeck's diapers are starting to smell as she vents the people's choice will be a Republican so how dare Trump apparently undermine democracy by helping Hillary win?
Am I the only one who thinks Roger Ailes and his conservative Fox News sycophants want to torpedo The Donald? Probably.
Watching the Fox And Friends post-debate Republican love-a-thon it's clear this liberal didn't get last night. Huckabee and Cruz are being hailed as heroes and I didn't really see that. I thought Christie built the most convincing case lying about his record of all of them to raise his profile yet the cons seem to prefer Rubio. So there you have it.
Nonsense. Trump is in a special category. He was predictable & the other guys on the stage looked scared to death of him. Kelly looked like she was trying to trap him. Didn't work.
Way to pull his pants up over his head. kelly is such a low gutter rat, I'm not surprised she pulled out this little piece of tabloid to take air out of his tires.
Needless to say, trump is a dolt; but this is pretty clear evidence that fox wants to eliminate him from their stew of clown soup; and the sooner the better.
Their #1 ratings will take a hit.
Who are you going to defend? Kelly or Trumpster?


1. The six week rule does not qualify in this case. It simply just isn't enough time for guests to make arrangements for the trip. Save the Dates MUST be used for destination events. These must be sent at least six months ahead of time. The actual invite can be sent about twelve weeks prior.
2. Planning Packages are much appreciated. Once you know a guest is coming, send them a small package with pertinent information regarding the event location. Squeeze in something fun, like a beautiful photo of the scenery they will experience during their trip. You can also get them excited by creating your own personal list of "must see & do" for them to review.
3. Welcome Bags/Baskets are a must. Keep in mind that your guests will be visiting a new place. Make them feel comfortable by providing the items you know you would want on hand. And, repeat some of the information you provided in their Planning Package, in case they forgot theirs.
4. Create a special thank you on site. (I completely stole this idea from the great Colin Cowie!) Arrange a special thank you token to be placed on your guests' pillows during turndown service at the hotel or resort. A handwritten note is the perfect surprise that will truly make them feel special and loved.
5. Be considerate through the entire process. Though I usually tell clients that it is "their day and their way", that rule might need to be broken with destination affairs. That isn't to say that you can't still have most things the way you want them, but just keep in mind the kind of time your guests have taken to make it to your event. They have truly gone above and beyond to spend this special time with you - and you should try to do the same.
There are many other tidbits to share when it comes to destination affairs - but we will save those for another time. If you ever need assistance with your far away event, please don't hesitate to contact Boldly Chic Events.


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Q: Mongoose connection interrupted I am connected to a MongoDB server using mongoose.
When the connection to the MongoDB server is interrupted (e.g. the MongoDB server has shut down), all further actions, like myModel.create(data, callback), won't fire the callback, but just does nothing.
In the meantime, mongoose tries to reconnect to the MongoDB server and fires constantly the handler defined with mongoose.connection.on("error", handler)
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*Is it possible to set a timeout for the callback of myModel.create? This would allow to cancel the request and notify the user that the database is currently unavailable.

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Curry, Whitney-Nason Come Up Big in Victories
iBerkshires.com Sports 05:27AM / Monday, January 07, 2019 Print Story | Email Story
In the year's first week, the second quarter was key for this week's iBerkshires.com/Adams Community Bank Athletes of the Week.
On Friday, Taconic senior Johnahyah Curry converted four 3-pointers in the final four minutes of the first half to help her team score 27 points in the period and take a 42-19 lead into half-time at Mount Everett.
Curry finished with a game-high 19 points, including five 3-pointers. Curry upped her scoring average to just under 11 points per game and added to her team-best two 3-pointers per game in the process.
She is one of the reasons Taconic is off to a 5-1 start heading into Tuesday's game at Lee.
Speaking of Lee, that was the site of one of the season's big upsets in Berkshire County basketball as the Wildcats of the South Division knocked off North contender Wahconah.
It was Lee's second win of the week, and senior Myles Whitney-Nason had 37 points in the victories.
No bucket was bigger than the dunk he threw down after stealing a pass out of Lee's halfcourt press in the seconcd quarter.
The points started an 8-0 run that gave Lee a working margin it never surrendered. And the flair fired up the crowd and Whitney-Nason's teammates.
"Any team is going to feed off momentum," Lee's Ben Harding said after his double-double in the win. "We're so close as a team, so when one of us is doing well, we're all doing well.
"When a big play like that happens, I think we all just feed off the energy."
Lee will look to keep that momentum going and get over the .500 mark for the season on Monday when it visits Mount Everett.
The iBerkshires.com Athlete of the Week is sponsored by Adams Community Bank.
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The Brass Project is a brass sextet formed by leading players from the Curtis Institute. These "six superb Curtis brass players" (Philadelphia Inquirer) united around a shared set of multifaceted goals: to expand the repertoire for chamber brass, to record and distribute new works, and to engage with a wide community through outreach and educational programs. The Brass Project gives innovative and creative performances designed for a diverse demographic by performing repertoire specifically commissioned by the ensemble.


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Or, bigger things might happen: Your love life could suddenly pick up, for example, as someone odd and interesting catches your eye. Don't expect anything long-term to come of your flirtations during this period; instead, just have a good time seeing where the day leads you. Someone new will open your eyes, and that's enough; you don't need a commitment. It's possible that you'll make a new friend, or even someone with potential for more; or you might just have a great time . Either way, take the experience for what it's worth. And whatever you do and whomever you do it with, make it fun, different and spontaneous.


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Wind Plays Halloween Trick At Museum
A worker from Sekula Signs works to remove the awning from the roof. More photos follow the story.
Trick or treat proved to be a big trick for the DuBois Area Historical Society's E. D. Reitz Museum.
Just hours after several members of the Society's board distributed treats to children during the City of DuBois Halloween activities, an unexpected trick was played.
The high winds that struck the area caught the awning covering the front of two of the Society's three buildings. Tearing the awning and its support framework from the building, the wind then deposited the awning on the roof of the Society's main entrance building at 30 W. Long Ave.
On the roof, the awning became tangled with the on-roof furnace for the building ripping it from the roof, leaving a nearly five-foot long opening. The furnace was forced downward punching another hole in the roof. The gas line to the furnace was dislodged resulting in a visit from the fire department. The damage left the 30 W. Long Ave. building without heat for a day.
The furnace was only 21-months old, being installed on January 23, 2018, at a cost of $8,000. The awning was installed on the building in 2011; it's estimated replacement cost is $11,000. There was also damage to the roof. The roofs on all three buildings were replaced in late 2017 at a cost of $35,000.
Insurance is expected to cover some of the repair costs, once deductibles are paid. Anyone interested in making a donation to the Society to offset any non-insurance covered expenses will be appreciated. The DuBois Area Historical Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with an EIN ID:251537426. Donations are tax deductible and may be sent to P.O. Box 401, DuBois, Pa. 15801. Telephone 814-371-9006 with questions or for additional information.
The DuBois Area Historical Society receives no local, state, or federal funding. It relies on fund-raising projects, membership dues, grants, and donations to support its endeavors. The Society has no employees; volunteers coordinate all of its activities.
Heat Project Update
The heat is now on in the back section of the DuBois Area Historical Society's E. D. Reitz Museum at 30 W. Long Ave. In September a new heat unit and insulation was installed by Bloom Electric in the unheated back section of that portion of the museum.
Half of the original project goal is reached. Preparations will now commence to turn the area into useable display space for the ever-expanding museum collection.
The Society failed to receive the applied for grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The Society was not selected from numerous applications, for a limited amount of money, to receive funding this year. However, the local fundraising match drive with a goal of $7,500 is currently at 85 percent of the total. Those generous donations allowed part of the project to proceed.
Any donated money remaining will be used for preparation work for heat installation in the museum building at 28 W. Long Ave.
Donations are still being accepted to help complete this project. The DuBois Area Historical Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with an EIN ID:251537426. Donations are tax deductible and may be sent to P.O. Box 401, DuBois, Pa. 15801.
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