The Crimean Peninsula was left without power after two pylons transmitting electricity from southern Ukraine were knocked over. RIA Novosti and RFERL reported that a group of activists from the Ukrainian Right Sector nationalist group and Crimean Tatars encircled the area, preventing the Ukrainian national guard, local authorities and electricians from assessing the situation. Crimea is currently operating under a blackout and local leaders have declared a state of emergency in the peninsula, although they have reassured the public that key locations including hospitals are operating with power. Ukrainian authorities concluded that the pylons were felled with the help of ammunition of some type.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has charged national and local authorities with fixing the pylons as soon as possible. Aleksey Pushkov, chairman of the Russian Duma Committee on International Affairs, was quoted saying that Kiev's actions against Crimea are an attempt to draw Western attention back to Ukraine. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitriy Kozak claimed that the government planned to speed up the construction of an energy bridge linking Crimea with mainland Russia over the Kerch Strait. Ukrainian Minister of Energy and Coal Vladimir Demchishin expressed doubt about the plan's feasibility. Demchishin noted that while providing Crimea with electricity has brought in $12.5 million in revenue for Ukraine in the past ten months, the Ukrainian Council on National Security and Defense was still debating about whether to renew the same contract for 2016.
Russian social media users and mass media began calling the blackout Ukraine's energy blockade of Crimea. The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers also temporarily stopped the flow of goods into Crimea from Ukraine, citing concerns regarding the blackout. Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development Aivaras Abromavichus noted that the flow had brought $765 million in trade for Ukraine this year. The blackout comes as activists from the exiled Crimean Tatar community in Ukraine have been blocking the flow of goods as retaliation to alleged crimes committed against the Crimean Tatar community by the peninsula's current government. Observers note that Ukraine-Russia relations are at a low since former Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich fled to Russia in 2014.
Media reports cite the upcoming implementation of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area agreed to between Ukraine and the EU as a factor with the potential to agitate relations further. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko claimed that all members of the EU have now ratified the agreement, with every party on board to implement it in January 2016. The agreement was reached in 2013, but delayed until 2016 over Russian concerns.
Russian Minister of Energy Aleksander Novak met with his counterparts from Iran, Iraq, Qatar and Venezuela to discuss cooperation in the energy sector. His meetings took place on the sidelines of the 17th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas-Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in Tehran, Iran, where Novak is set to meet with the Iranian Minister of Oil to discuss cooperation in more detail. RIA Novosti reported that Novak commented on the glut in the global oil market, lending support to regulation to balance the market. Energy ministers from 18 countries, including Russia and Kazakhstan, attended the Ministerial Meeting, where the GECF's role in global gas supply and its position on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and pipeline transmission. The GECF's main summit is set to take place on November 23 in Tehran, when Putin is slated to meet with Iranian President Rouhani and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. GECF member states control 85 percent of LNG production and 38 percent of pipeline trade. In addition, they control 70 percent of global gas reserves, with 57 percent located in Russia, Iran and Qatar.
Western leaders agreed to extend sanctions on Russia over its role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine by six months after their deadline in January 2016, Reuters reported. A senior European diplomat allegedly claimed that the decision was taken at a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit between US, German, Italian and British heads of state and France's foreign minister, who decided that pressure should remain on Russia despite calls for cooperation over the conflict in Syria in the wake of the Paris attacks. The sanctions were slated to expire in January before full implementation of the February 2015 "Minsk II" peace accords. For its part, the Russian government has cited Ukraine's unwillingness to completely abandon violent tactics in eastern Ukraine, while Kiev alleges the same for Russian-backed separatist groups. The EU extended sanctions in July until the end of January 2016, and in September a set of asset freezes and travel bans due to expire that month to the end of March 2016.
Russia's National Counterterrorism Committee released a statement claiming that eleven Islamic State (IS)-linked fighters were killed in a special operation in the North Caucasus. The report stated that a workshop producing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) was also destroyed where the fighters were found, and that two IEDs and a stash of firearms and ammunition was also discovered during the operation. The mission took place in a wooded area near the Nalchik, the capital city of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic to the west of Chechnya and Dagestan, where most of the conflict seen in the Caucasus in the past few years has taken place. Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov stated that 50 fighters from IS had returned and were cooperating with special forces, including that of the near 500 Chechens fighting alongside IS, 200 have been killed. His statement parallels that of Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov, who asserted last week that 73 IS-affiliated fighters had been returned to the North Caucasus, and that 160 of the estimated 2,700 Russian citizens alleged to join IS have been eliminated. Kadyrov claimed that the 50 returned fighters had experienced a change of heart that caused them to leave Syria for home.
Korean Kookmin Bank extended a 100-million-dollar revolving credit line to Kazakhstan's CenterCredit Bank (CCB), in which Kookmin Bank has a 41.93 percent stake as its largest shareholder. CCB's press service stated that the loan was issued at a floating rate tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), and that it illustrates Kookmin Bank's support for its strategic partnership with and confidence in the leadership of CCB. Kookmin Bank, one of the largest in South Korea in terms of asset holdings and market capitalization, was fined by the nation's Financial Security Services (FSS) in 2010 after losses incurred for mismanagement, and in 2013 underwent an FSS investigation over allegations of mismanagement of CCB after its Tokyo branch was accused of trying to create a slush fund with illegal loans. Kookmin bought shares of CCB in 2008 during the global financial crisis, and cinched its stake up to 41.93 percent before incurring losses of nearly $260 million. As of November 1, CCB ranked fifth among Kazakhstan's second-tier banks with assets of approximately 1.31 trillion tenge (USD 4.24 billion).
Belarus' state-owned news agency BelTA reported that a unified procurement system between the the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) would be implemented in 2016. Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service Director Igor Artemev stated that the system would operate in a limited manner, and that for now, officials are attempting to remove remaining barriers such as electronic signature compatibility for entrepreneurs who intend to do business across the EAEU. According to Artemev, the issue has been completely resolved between Belarus and Russia, and will soon be decided for Kazakhstan and Russia as well. The next step will be the creation of unified portals for entrepreneurs. EAEU members have allegedly pointed out the benefits to a unified procurement system via electronic trading, citing less opportunity for personal contact and corruption between buyers and sellers.


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Leninogorsk () – miasto w Rosji w Tatarstanie. Osada założona w 1948, miasto od 1955. Liczy 61 695 mieszkańców (2020).

W mieście rozwinął się przemysł materiałów budowlanych. Ośrodek wydobycia ropy naftowej oraz gazu ziemnego.

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That is sick and depraved.
Here is the kicker, everything is grandfathered in. So, how exactly is this going to prevent a mass shooting with one of those' evil assault rifles'? It wont. This is nothing but a pure power grab.


If I make around $60k, have a credit score of 740 with a low DTI. What price range can I shop for to buy a home?
A lender will allow up to 50% of your gross income monthly for total debt for a conventional loan. 50% of $5K/mo. = $2,500 less the monthly debt showing on your credit report = how much your housing debt can be. What do the minimum monthly payments on your credit report total? Give me a call 16/7, or email me your phone number so I can call you, and I'll be happy to walk you through the process. To learn more about me and our mortgage brokerage, click on my picture. When the next page pops up, click on "Website" and you will be redirected to ours. If you get a chance, read some of my blogposts on Lender411. They are quite informative. We work exclusively in CA and get loans done fast, typically in less than 30 days, at low interest rates and costs. I started doing mortgage loans in CA in 2005, only do them here so I have an exceptional understanding of this extraordinary market, and, unlike the vast majority of loan officers, I am an accountant by education. As such, I am able to analyze current market conditions and structure creative loan alternatives for my clients in a manner much different, and more advantageous to them, than virtually all other loan officers. Representing more than 60 quality lenders that offer in excess of 1,500 loan programs, we definitely have something for everybody.
You received some good answers on what some of the qualifying requirements are and at least suggestions on estimating your prospective home purchase maximum loan amount. A low DTI would be relative since $300 a month in liabilities may not be much in terms of the average debt one has at your income level, but it can certainly make a big difference in how much as a mortgage bank/company we can loan you. I highly encourage you to get qualified with a lender and find out. You can feel comfortable, when ready to start looking for a home, to know what you qualify for and better yet, have an actual pre-approval letter from a lender. You always have the option of shopping for quotes thereafter if you are not sure of the lender or whether you have been approved at a competitive rate.We professionals all have handled mortgage loans wherein some other lender was the initial qualifying bank.
The quick and easy get you into the ballpark number is simple, just take 4 times your yearly income. So a $60,000 income (times 4) will generally get you around a $240,000 home. Of course the end result is much more complicated. Down payment and overall debt play a big part in maybe changing the up or down.


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Q: C# string encoding using ToBase64String I'm working on a C# encryption program, and I am pretty much done with it.
It encrypts and decrypts a string that I pass as an argument.
The only problem is that when I compare to equivalent Java encryption program I notice that c# converts hexadecimal of special characters.
Is there a way I can tell the program not to convert special characters and just represent them as hexadecimal?
Here is an example
Java :
4g8LAQXy%2B1M%3D

C#:
4g8LAQXy+1M=

As you can see, '+' in hex is 2B and '=' in hex is 3D.

A: That looks like url % encoding, not base-64; have you tried HttpUtility.UrlEncode() ?
string s = "4g8LAQXy+1M=";
string t = HttpUtility.UrlEncode(s); // 4g8LAQXy%2b1M%3d

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Is 'voice' the future of search?
Posted on 22nd May 2017 at 16:32.
What's the future for online search? Well, if you believe the findings of ComScore in an article published by Campaign, the world's leading business media, advertising and marketing brand, then the future is voice. ComScore believes that by the year 2020, half of all internet searches will be voice searches. So, if you're heavily into your SEO remember you heard it here: factor voice search into your SEO strategy right away or be left behind.
Why is voice search proving to be so popular? Well, there are a number of reasons really. Firstly, typing on mobile and handheld devices has proved to be a bit on the cumbersome and error-strewn side, secondly, personal assistant devices are now far more accessible and lastly, language processing has become far more sophisticated of late – hence the growth in voice-command devices like Echo, Cortana and Siri.
But how does the growth in voice search affect SEO? Well, the world has become increasingly mobile-orientated to account for the huge growth in mobile devices. Search engines have reflected this growth and now place greater and greater emphasis on mobile search. Keywords have also changed in the meantime. Using traditional search engines users learned to express themselves succinctly whilst searching for products and services. However, with the growth in long-tail keywords those finite parameters changed.
Now with voice activated search, users are looking for answers speedily and conveniently. Unfortunately, traditional search isn't able to deliver this: even semantic search struggles to deliver this intimacy and immediacy when it comes to delivering search results quickly. Because search engines powering voice based search utilise the latest machine-based learning and combine all the latest AI technologies, they can analyse all the available data and geolocation signals, and combine these with your own data, using this as a signal of intent. What this means is that voice search not only understands what you are, what you're doing and where you are, but it can then use this information contextually, delivering results based on your previous patterns of behaviour and preferences.
So what does this mean for SEO? Well, in a nutshell it means that search will have to adapt. Marketing strategies will need to change in order to be able to provide predictive answers across all formats from text search to voice search.
So what can do to harness the power of voice search?
Write content in a more natural, conversational manner to provide answers to customer queries. With the advent of voice search, traditional keywords are no longer as valuable. What matters more is semantic search and context.
Make greater use of long-tail keywords and optimise these for natural language enquiries. Group related long-tail keywords together in longer form blog posts and guides which target related queries.
Avoid keyword stuffing. Use semantic terminology and natural synonyms rather than using the same keywords over and over again.
Create a user-friendly FAQs page to provide answers to the most frequently asked questions about your products, services and brand.


@pichalite said: @Defaultuser do you have the plugin nodebb-plugin-dbsearch activated? I believe links to email confirmation expire after certain time (need to confirm). Create a new user and try to verify it right away. I activated the search plugin. It works. I made a test account and still get that error. Also my admin account gets this error. I sent receive the email as soon as I login and the pop up asking to confirm it. *Edit trying to replace the nodebb logo in settings ends up have my logo and nodebb, where is the is the nodebb logo so I can replace it?
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Casey is sick and I need advise!!!!
Looks like seasonal allergies are here again.
I am married and have 4 kids living at home. Casey, feline siblings, his brothers Gigolo, Toby, Peanut and sister Alli.
We love them all so much. They make our day. Sometimes when all five are in the room I feel like the Brady Bunch.
Casey will be 11 years old on September 14, 2018 It is so hard to believe. Time goes by so fast.
His daddy keeps saying that he has become a mommy's boy. :) We love him very very much.
There has been a lot of discussion of corgis and fireworks and thunderstorms on the yahoo group wheelchair corgis You are correct in taking Casey into another room and trying the box fan, I would also turn on a radio! Unfortunately, they don't seem to get over this. As pups, I would catch Odie and Lucky under a bed in a thunder storm, lucky and Sonny are too large now. Good luck, hopefully your Casey will get better.
Welcome Madonna and Casey! Those figure-8s are hilarious! Congrats on getting the book and figuring things out, that's great!


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2. Fletcher JW, Djulbegovic B, Soares HP, Siegel BA,Lowe VJ, et al. (2008) Recommendations on the use of 18F-FDG PET in oncology. JNucl Med 49: 480-508.
3. Buscombe J (2013) Guidelines for the use of 18F-FDGin infection and inflammation: a new step in cooperation between the EANM andSNMMI. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 40: 1120-1121.
4. Long NM, Smith CS (2011) Causes and imagingfeatures of false positives and false negatives on F-PET/CT in oncologicimaging. Insights Imaging 2: 679-698.


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Real recognize real — Sarah Kinonen, Allure's associate digital beauty editor, and I enjoy perusing the Skincare Addiction subreddit. While Sarah lives for the skin-care horror stories and disproving hacks, I love discovering new ingredients and products that might help clear my skin. In fact, this subreddit alone has convinced me to start using more serums from Drunk Elephant and The Ordinary and stick hydrocolloid bandages all over my face. Recently, I've noticed an uptick in posts raving about the wonders of azelaic acid. Some consider it their "holy grail" ingredient. A Redditor who goes by RaspberryChocolate recently claimed it cleared up her acne in three days. She started using it on a Saturday, and by Monday, she said, "I had no active pimples on my face, something that hasn't happened to me for about three years. I have also never had pimples clear up that fast without extracting, even with benzoyl peroxide."
Of all the acids that have been on my radar during my years as a beauty editor — like salicylic, glycolic, and hyaluronic — I've never heard of azelaic acid. With my curiosity piqued, I asked a couple dermatologists to educate me in the ways of azelaic acid.
First of all, what exactly is azelaic acid?
Well, its origins aren't much different than your last avocado toast or glass of beer. "Azelaic acid is a naturally occurring acid that comes from barley, rye grains, and wheat," explains Debra Jaliman, a board-certified dermatologist in New York City and assistant professor of dermatology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. To get even more specific, azelaic acid is a part of the family of dicarboxylic acids, which also includes even lesser-known adipic acid and sebacic acid. Because of this, it has "antibacterial, keratolytic, comedolytic and antioxidant activity," Ava Shamban, a Beverly Hills-based dermatologist, tells Allure.
How does it help fight acne?
"Azelaic acid has been shown to be bactericidal against p. Acnes, the bacteria on the skin that is one of the causes of acne," Shamban says. She compares its effectiveness to that of benzoyl peroxide. In addition to killing bacteria, it has one major factor in common with some acids that might already be in your skin care routine like alpha hydroxy acid and beta hydroxy acid. "Azelaic acid helps loosen skin cells so they don't clog pores and reduce inflammation often seen in acne," she adds. In addition to acne, the acid can also be helpful for evening out skin tone, Shamban notes. This is helpful for those who are left with brown spots after calming down break outs.
When should azelaic acid be applied?
Day, night, or both. Jaliman and Shamban agree you can use it either time of day. If you end up using it at night, Jaliman says you don;t have to worry about layering it with anything else. However, Shamban adds, "It's a great product to use in combination with other acne medicines or alone." For A.M. use, definitely slather on some SPF to protect your skin from damaging. A lightweight moisturizer an be helpful too, as some formulations can be drying.
You should see "some improvement after a week," Shamban says. After a full month, you'll truly see if it works for you.
OK, I'm ready to try it for myself now. Excuse me while I add The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10% to my cart.


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Paul Roos
27 June 1963 (age 59)
First game: 18y 295d
Fitzroy; Australia; Sydney
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Fitzroy (1995)
Tyler Roos (Son)
Fitzroy V/AFL 1982-1994 269 270 1.00 41% 13.62 6.27 6.29 98
Australia IR 1986-1987 6 0 0.00 — — — — —
Sydney AFL 1995-1998 87 19 0.22 56% 10.62 8.31 5.16 23
V/AFL 1982-1998 356 289 0.81 45% 12.89 6.77 6.01 121
IR 1986-1987 6 0 0.00 — — — — —
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AFL: 9,344th player to appear, 17th most games played, 210th most goals kickedFitzroy: 996th player to appear, 2nd most games played, 11th most goals kickedSydney: 1,260th player to appear, 175th most games played, 330th most goals kicked
An imposing key position player at either end of the ground, Paul Roos enjoyed a spectacularly successful 17-season career at the top level. He joined Fitzroy from Beverley Hills and made his VFL debut in 1982 as a wingman, but it was when moved to centre half back that he truly blossomed. The fact that he was also capable of doing a 'pinchhitting' job up forward is clearly evidenced by his accomplishment in averaging a goal a match over the course of his 269 game stint with the Lions (he actually finished with 270 goals).
Roos was a warm pre-count favourite for the 1986 Brownlow Medal, but ultimately finished second. He did pick up numerous other trophies and accolades, however, including five Fitzroy best and awards, All Australian selection in 1985, 1987 and 1988, and AFL All Australian selection in 1991, 1992, 1996 and 1997. Crossing to Sydney in 1995 he continued to play fine football in 87 games over his final four seasons, mainly at centre half back.
A Victorian representative on 14 occasions, Roos was a dual winner of the EJ Whitten Medal. He remained at Sydney as a member of the coaching staff when he retired as a player, and in 2002 he took over from Rodney Eade as the club's senior coach. To the delight of long-suffering Swans' fans, particularly those who were supporters of the club in its original guise as South Melbourne, Roos' coached Sydney to a flag in 2005, ending the longest premiership drought in VFL/AFL history, 72 years.
He continued to coach the Swans until handing over the reins to John Longmire at the close of the 2010 season. A testament to Paul Roos the coach is the fact that, in eight full seasons under his coaching leadership, the Swans missed the finals only once. Roos then became a television commentator, and his ability to analyse the game in that role was highly-respected.
Throughout his time in the media, Roos continued to be linked with various AFL clubs as a potential coach, before eventually being enticed to Melbourne, a club enduring its poorest era. Taking over a side that had finished second-last with just two wins in 2013, Roos doubled the Demons win tally in 2014 (although they again finished only one place away from the bottom of the ladder) and took them to seven wins and a 13th-placed finish in 2015.
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1988 Adelaide Bicentennial State of Origin Carnival
Giga Bite, August 6th, 2018
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The Apostolic Nunciature
The role and task
A list of Apostolic Nuncios
The Apostolic Nuncio
CV of the Apostolic Nuncio
The History of the Apostolic Nunciature in Poland
The history of diplomatic relations between Poland and the Holy See started at the beginning of the fifteenth century. The first representative of the Holy See was Bishop Zachariasz Ferreri who served his function since 1519. The first permanent Nuncio was Bishop Alojzy Lippomano who was nominated by Pope Julius III in 1555.
Before the Partitions, i.e. when the First Polish Republic was coming to an end, the last Nuncio, Laurentius Litta left Poland in March 1797. The residence of nuncios at that time was, inter alia, the Theatine Fathers' Monastery located at Długa Street and the Archbishops of Gniezno Palace in Skierniewice.
In 1918, even before the revival of the Polish State, Aleksander Kakowski, Archbishop of Warsaw and a member of the Council of Regency, requested Pope Benedict XV to send a papal representative to Warsaw.
On 25 April 1918, Monsignor Achilles Ratti was nominated by Pope Benedict XV as Papal Apostolic Visitor to Poland, Russia and the Baltic States; on 6 June 1919, he was appointed as the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland. On 4 June 1921, he left Poland because he was nominated to be enthroned as Archbishop of Milan after Cardinal Ferrari's death.
His successor became Titular Archbishop of Ephesus Lorenzo Lauri who took up residence in the building located at 21, Książęca Street. At the beginning of December 1924, he moved to the palace of nunciature at Aleja Szucha. He finished his service in Poland in 1927.
He was succeeded by Titular Archbishop of Hadrian-Polis Francesco Marmaggi who exercised his diplomatic mission in Warsaw in the years 1928-1936. In December 1935, Pope Pius XI raised him to the dignity of cardinalate. Ceremonial presentation of cardinal biretta took place in the chapel of the Royal Castle in Warsaw in the presence of papal extraordinary envoy, Domestic Prelate of His Holiness Alfredo Pacini. In June next year, Cardinal Marmaggi finished his mission as nuncio and left Poland.
His successor became Titular Archbishop of Sirace Filippo Cortesi. He was named the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland on 14 December 1936. Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, he left the building of nunciature in Warsaw on 5 September 1939 and never returned. However, he kept his title of the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland until his death in 1947.
Fifty years passed when the next Nuncio, Archbishop Józef Kowalczyk, arrived in Warsaw in autumn of 1989. During his mission, he presided over the reestablishment of the Military Ordinariate of Poland in 1991. Also, he worked on a thorough reorganization of the administrative structure of the Catholic Church in Poland. This task resulted in John Paul II papal bull called Totus Tuus Poloniae populus dated 25 March 1992. Archbishop Kowalczyk negotiated with the Polish State authorities the text of concordat agreement and on 28 July 1993 he signed Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Poland. The ratifying documents were exchanged in Vatican on 25 March 1993 and a month later Concordat was enacted in Poland.
Archbishop Józef Kowalczyk completed his long service as nuncio in May 2010 when he was nominated as the new Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland. He was succeeded by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, appointed on 30 June 2010. He is the 72nd nuncio residing in Poland.
Apostolic Nuncio in Poland


The Campus takes its name from the road that had been the historical "Circuit of Pescara": a car racetrack that hosted the "Gran Prix" of Pescara from 1924 to 1961, also known as Coppa Acerbo, from the name of the fascist official from Pescara who conceived it.
In 1957 the circuit was used as a racetrack valid for the Formula 1 world championship, marking a record: it was the longest racetrack ever in Formula 1, with its 25,579 km.
Via del Circuito, particularly, was the road that made the racers turn towards the inland, leading them to Villa Raspa and Spoltore, then it went further towards Montesilvano before descending back down to Pescara.
"The circuit of Pescara was one of the first examples of perfect organization. With its drops, the several fast curves getting to Spoltore, it represented an ideal testing ground for the emerging Italian car industry. And I must add that the shores of Pescara, the warm hospitality of its people and their benevolent applause will stay with me as an everlasting memory".


One of my very favorite authors joins us today, Marilyn Brant. I loved, loved, loved Marilyn's book last year A Summer in Europe– review here. Marilyn guestposted last summer- here. She just makes me want to go to Europe immediately.
My quote calendar said, "You never really leave a place you love—part of it you take with you, leaving a part of you behind." For me, this was never more true than for the city of London.
Fast-forward a couple of decades and my history-teacher boyfriend (now husband) and I took our first European trip together. Before we left, I'd told him how fascinated I'd been with that famous landmark, which was why he chose it as his spot to propose to me 20 years ago.
He and I visited England again a couple of times afterward, and my passion for the place only grew. When I wrote A Summer in Europe, I wanted my main character Gwen to love London as I did. To know that her few days there wouldn't be nearly enough. To feel the same certainty that I felt in knowing she'd need to come back again someday.
Until this spring, it had been 15 years since last we were there. But now we have a teenage son…a kid fascinated by foreign currency and international destinations. A boy who loves Harry Potter, Cadbury chocolate bars and those really cool red double-decker buses. Someone who is completely captivated by the Olympic Games and who's been especially anticipating watching this year's Summer Olympics on TV. And, so, for our son's very first overseas trip, we chose England.
I know London waits for him to return again one day so he can make more memories. I like to think it's still waiting for me, too. That there's more to our story yet to be written.
Andrea, thanks so much for having me as a guest today and for always being so wonderful ;).
I must take a look at this book. It sounds like a read I'd love. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Here's my Sunday Salon: In Which I, Once Again, Rant About the World and, Then, Find Hope in a Small Bookstore post.I hope you will stop by!
Deb, thank you! And I've got my fingers crossed you'll like the book :).
I'm so fond of London and thoroughly enjoyed reading Marilyn's guest post!


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Couldn't Have Molested Colleague as I'm Transitioning into a Woman, Says Accused on Harassment Charges
News18 Daybreak | Nirbhaya Case: New Death Warrant Issued for Feb 1and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the petition of the man, who had asserted the relation between him and the complainant was that of two 'sisters'.
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New Delhi: A man, accused of molesting a woman colleague, has sought quashing of criminal proceedings against him by filing a plea in the Delhi High Court claiming that he never had any inclination towards women and was in the process of transitioning into a female.
Asserting that he has gender dysphoria since childhood and identifying himself as a woman before the court, the accused alleged that the relation between him and the complainant was that of two "sisters", so he could not have molested her.
Gender dysphoria is a condition of feeling one's emotional and psychological identity as male or female to be opposite to one's biological sex. The accused came to the court dressed in formal attire worn by women, wearing makeup and feminine hairstyle.
He made the submissions during the hearing of his petition seeking quashing of the molestation case lodged against him at the Connaught Place police station here, claiming that the complainant was ready to settle the matter.
The 33-year-old victim, a bed-ridden woman suffering from multiple sclerosis, was brought to the court on a wheelchair and refused to compromise the matter. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait dismissed the man's petition after noting that the victim has not agreed to any settlement with him.
Advocate Umesh Joshi, appearing for the complainant, said the woman categorically denied her consent to get the FIR quashed and on the last hearing the accused got some other lawyer to appear on behalf of the victim without her knowledge and even forged her signatures.
"I would like to go ahead with the case. There is no compromise," the victim's sister told the court on her behalf.
According to the FIR lodged in October 2016, both the accused and the woman worked in the same company in Uttar Pradesh's Noida in 2014, when he allegedly molested her at a party in a Connaught Place pub. The woman said she made several complaints to the organisation but they failed to take any action and gave an order in favour of the accused.
A trial court, in August, had framed molestation charge against the accused and discharged him of the offences of criminal intimidation and uttering word or making gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman.
It is pertinent to mention that the recent affidavit annexed with the petition mentioned the accused to be a man. The accused, in the quashing petition, claimed that the FIR has arisen out of some confusion and misunderstanding as he had no intention to commit the alleged offences and that the charge of molestation is not made out.
The plea said with the intervention of friends and relatives, the parties have compromised the matter and they have arrived at a settlement.
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La Coma és una obra del municipi de Sant Julià de Vilatorta (Osona) inclosa en l'Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya.

Descripció
Es tracta d'un edifici civil. És una masia de planta quadrada de 8 x 8 m, coberta a dues vessants, amb el carener perpendicular a la façana, situada a llevant. Es troba adossada a un cingle per la part de ponent, on fa una petita bauma. Consta de planta baixa i pis. La façana presenta un portal rectangular amb llinda de fusta a la planta baixa, a la part dreta hi ha un cos adossat, cobert a una vessant, al primer pis s'obren dues finestres de pedra, a migdia hi ha una finestra a planta i dues al primer pis. A tramuntana, tres petites obertures, una amb reixa forjada, en aquest indret s'hi veu un allargament posterior a la casa (pel canvi de color de la pedra). La part de ponent es troba completament recolzada damunt el cingle. Els ràfecs del teulat sobresurten molt. Al Sud-est hi ha un petit cobert, a dues vessants i modificat amb totxos.

Història
És una petita masia que fou registrada al Nomenclàtor de la província de Barcelona de l'any 1892.

Referències

Patrimoni monumental de Sant Julià de Vilatorta
Masies de Sant Julià de Vilatorta


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IN Court of Appeals hands down disappointing decision
written by admin | May 26, 2022
By Larry . . . The case of Tracey William Crowley v. the State of Indiana was just handed down by the Indiana Court of Appeals. We are disappointed. The issue before the court was whether Crowley's 1988 Michigan conviction triggers a duty to register in Indiana. The Court concluded that it does. Tracey William Crowley was previously convicted in Michigan of a felony sexual offense and registered in Indiana in 2004. He appealed the trial court's denial of his petition for removal from Indiana's registry pursuant to Ind. Code § 11-8-8-22.
The underlying conduct occurred back in 1988 when Crowley was twenty years old. He was convicted in Michigan before the registry existed in either Michigan or Indiana. He asserted that Indiana's registration laws as applied to him violate Indiana's ex post facto clause because a registry did not exist at the time of his conviction. According to the court, the most relevant to their determination was that the Sex Offender Registry Act (SORA) was amended in 2006 to define a sex offender to include a person who is required to register in any jurisdiction. See I.C § 11-8-8-4.5(b)(1); see also I.C. § 11-8-8-5(b)(l). And in 2007 SORA was amended to provide that a person who is required to register in any jurisdiction shall register in Indiana for the period required by the other jurisdiction or the period described in this section, whichever is longer. See I.C. § 11-8-8-19(f). Their explanation is that the law is the law.
It is noteworthy that the Indiana Supreme Court was one of the first courts to find problems with applying registration requirements retroactively. They first ruled against the state in Wallace v. State, 905 N.E.2d 371 back in 2009 and again in Gonzalez v. State, 980 N.E.2d 312 decided in 2013. In Wallace, an offender who had pled guilty in 1989 and completed his sentence and probation in 1992 – two years prior to the enactment of Indiana's SORA in 1994 — argued that the Act as applied to him violated Indiana's ex post facto clause. The Wallace Court held that Richard Wallace was charged, convicted, and served the sentence for his crime before the statutes collectively referred to as the Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act were enacted. They stated, "We conclude that as applied to Wallace, the Act violates the prohibition on ex post facto laws contained in the Indiana Constitution because it imposes burdens that have the effect of adding punishment beyond that which could have been imposed when his crime was committed." See Wallace v. State, 905 N.E.2d at 384.
In this case, Crowley's offense occurred before the creation of the registry in Michigan or Indiana. The State moved to dismiss or deny Crowley's petition, arguing that application of the relevant registration laws, and in particular the "other jurisdiction" requirement, to Crowley does not constitute ex post facto punishment. The State relied in large part on a pair of Indiana Supreme Court decisions. Tyson v. State, 51 N.E.3d 88 (2016), and State v. Zerbe, 50 N.E.3d 368 (2016), which challenged the retroactive application of the Act's 2006-07 "other jurisdiction" requirement that a person with an out-of-state registration requirement must register in Indiana upon arrival. The Court in both of those cases concluded that the effect of registering in Indiana upon moving here was, effectively, maintaining an out-of-state registration and thus not punitive, regardless of when or where the registrable crime had been committed. The Zerbe Court explained, "it is not Zerbe's crime that triggers his obligation to register as a sex offender in Indiana; rather it is his Michigan registry requirement that does so." See State v. Zerbe, 50 N.E.3d at 370.
In Hope v. Commissioner of Indiana Department of Correction, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals addressed claims by six registrants who relocated to Indiana. They filed for declaratory and injunctive relief, arguing that Indiana's SORA violates their right to travel under the Privileges or Immunities Clause, their right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment, and the prohibition on ex post facto laws in the United States Constitution. The District Court granted relief to plaintiff-offenders on all claims, enjoining Indiana from requiring them to register, and the State appealed. Like Crowley, at least one offender had a registry obligation in another state but moved to Indiana before the 2006-07 "other jurisdiction" amendments. Ultimately, a divided panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that Wallace prevents the State from requiring a new resident to register under the "other jurisdiction" provisions of the Act if the new resident committed the crime before Indiana adopted the other jurisdiction requirements in 2006-07. On rehearing en banc, the Seventh Circuit, in a divided opinion, reversed the victory. See Hope v. Comm'r of Ind. Dept. of Correction, 9 F.4th 513, 519 (7th Cir. 2021) (Hope II). The Hope II Court acknowledged that under Wallace, if an offender was under no registration requirement prior to SORA's passage, imposing a registration requirement in the first instance is impermissibly punitive. However, if another state previously subjected a pre-SORA offender to a registration requirement, requiring him to register in Indiana is not punitive. Indiana case law thus has the peculiar effect of permitting the State to treat similarly situated offenders differently based solely on whether an offender had an out-of-state registration obligation when they arrived.
This decision is unfortunate; however, it does not preclude future litigation. Crowley could appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court. In addition, there could be other challengers who might raise issues that were not litigated in Crowley's removal petition.


I spent the evening hosting a discussion among 7 of 8 candidates for California Assembly District 45, left open by the resignation of Matt Dababneh. Interesting answers, and a surprising standout. Thanks to the West Valley Chamber of Commerce, especially Diana Williams, our sponsors, Horace Heidt Estates, and Gaspar Insurance, Bob Blumenfield, and everyone who made this an outstanding event.
I want to thank the West Valley Warner Center Chamber of Commerce, especially Diana Williams, sponsors Horace Heidt Estates, Gaspar Insurance, The Public X-change, and everyone else who contributed to an evening of interesting answers to hard questions and one surprising standout.
The election is April 3rd, 2018.


The city has announced that the threat of freezing rain has prompted city officials to issue an emergency declaration.
What this means is that the odd/even parking rule will be enforced. Based on the calendar (Today is an odd-numbered day) , cars parked on the street must do so on the odd side of the street based on address. Cars must move to the even side on Saturday by 8am.
Mystateline reports that the city will salt arterial streets. Residential streets will not be salted unless it's deemed necessary. The freezing rain is expected to start around 11pm.


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Q: Should I use Universal-ctags? I've used Darren Hiebert's Exuberant-ctags for a quite a while; it is an essential part of my vim toolbox. I tag python, Java and C code (I also use cscope).
Recently, I've read that I should be considering moving to a more modern fork of it called Universal-ctags.
I'm looking for specific technical pros and cons to making such a move: do the tags change? what new features, if any, can/should I employ? are there any gotchas I need to be aware of?

A: Regarding C++, it makes the difference -- I can't tell regarding C or Java. It has a better understanding of C++ code bases than exuberant ctags.
Otherwise, it's maintained, with unit tests. If it was a fork of an active project, well I may not be able to sort the two. In this case, it's a fork of an unmaintained project. It's built upon what ex-ctags had to offer to offer, let's hope, more.


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have affected people in ways she didn't intend.
it may be something one simple conversation will take care of.
If there is something interfering with that you may need to act upon it.
If it's not the problem may actually be the person who came to you.
collect facts, don't attribute motives, say what you'll do and do what you say.
it's pretty important to be careful about what you promise.
Because you might not promise to get back with what you decided to do.
You may want to say quite carefully, thank you for bringing this to my attention.
I will look into it and do whatever is appropriate.
a proper and appropriate for that person's productivity.
ignorance breeds pessimism, so be careful about what you promise and don't promise.
And also remind people of their roles in the situation.
It's not up to other people to decide or to make things up here.
Bear that human impulse in mind.
that you don't have a tendency to overlook them or flinch or look away.
Or remember it as a bigger problem than was actually reported.
have a fear of confrontation and saying hard things to people.
So that probably isn't an issue.
And this is also probably not a problem that requires much formal process.
the kind of formal process this might involve is a letter of expectation.
going to the next level of progressive discipline.
because sometimes the biggest problems come imbedded in little tiny things.
So if you do, pay attention as you go through and check the guidelines.
double check that you're following them.
problems, it'll keep you out a lot of trouble.


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Up in Smoke: Clarifying Myths About Thailand's Cannabis Laws
By Dr. Paul Crosio - In
Cannabis Thailand
Even before the recent moves to decriminalise cannabis, there has been no shortage of myths about Thailand's supposed liberal attitude to the plant. The hopes and dreams for radical reform have, unfortunately, misled many investors eager to jump into new and lucrative opportunities in Thailand's burgeoning cannabis industry. Nonetheless, many still believe the hype that Thailand has adopted a liberal approach to cannabis and have sunk their fortunes into a business that likely doesn't exist today.
It is important to understand that cannabis decriminalisation does not mean deregulation, and anyone seeking to enter the industry should take the time to understand the raft of restrictions still in place. As covered in our previous article, the recent ministerial announcement, which will come into effect in mid-2022, only removes most parts of the cannabis plant from Category 5 of the list of narcotic substances and does not give a free-for-all on use of the plant. Recreational use, as well as extracts and products that contain more than 0.2% of THC by dry weight, remain highly illegal. There are also strict guidelines on what cannabis can be used for, which, as of writing, is still limited to medical and research purposes. A further extension to cosmetics and supplements is expected, but the regulations are not out yet.
Current regulations specifically give Thai interests a head start in the country's "budding" cannabis industry. This means foreign investors and entrepreneurs face added hurdles to directly engaging in activities, particularly commercial ones, involving cannabis. Among these are restrictions on licenses, which are split into those for producing and/or cultivating, importing, exporting, and distributing cannabis and cannabis-based products. This is in addition to the fact that private foreign companies are currently barred from directly participating in any commercial activities involving cannabis until 19 February 2024
Industrial Hemp is marginally easier. According to the Ministerial Regulation on Application for Licences and Granting of Licenses to Produce, Import, Export, Dispose or Possess Narcotics of Category V Concerning Hemp B.E. 2563, any activities involving hemp, whether for commercial or research purposes, are limited to Thai nationals or companies domiciled in Thailand with a majority-Thai directorship. Yet, even these more liberal regulations for industrial hemp mean foreign operators still need to undergo a rigorous screening process, with authorities looking into the background of stakeholders, a careful review of title deeds, operational plans, as well as security and safety procedures among many others. This is in addition to the prohibition on the importation of hemp for processing, as well as limitations on what hemp derivatives can be used for.
Nonetheless, inventive marketers have been pushing various "cannabis-infused" products; but the bottom line is that these products are mostly based on cannabis terpenes or have CBD at a miniscule "naming level" which is unregulated, but way below any pharmaceutical levels.
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Compared to most of its neighbours in the region, which have some of the strictest drug laws in the world, Thailand has been seen as progressive in the realm of cannabis liberalisation. However, this comes with restrictions and conditions, many of which have not been made clear to the hordes of keen investors from North America and elsewhere seeking to replicate the "Green Revolution" in Thailand.
A lack of any real due diligence, especially when travel to Thailand was difficult during COVID-19 restrictions, has meant many entrepreneurs, home growers, and even local farmers have unwittingly fallen victim to unscrupulous projects, some of which are just scams. A constant stream of reports of these scams eventually led the Food and Drug Administration to issue a warning that cultivating cannabis, medical or otherwise, is extensively regulated and to be wary of schemes, especially if they seem "too good to be true." Cannabis has begun to have the same hype, and playbook, as the unregulated forestry investment schemes that relieved many investors of their cash.
Foreigners are not the only ones who have been affected. Other scams focused on misinformed farmers who believed they could grow cannabis for large profits under licenses obtained by others, which is contrary to current regulations. Certainly, the government has identified cannabis as a potential cash crop, but growers are obliged to follow a long list of requirements. In this scam, farmers were tricked into growing crops by paying an "upfront" sub-license fee, or they were misled and used as "proof of concept" for companies eventually duping investors.
Other schemes include the advanced purchase scam which took advantage of the keenness of foreign entrepreneurs wanting to quickly enter the Thai cannabis market. In these cases, potential partnerships between foreign entrepreneurs and "authorised" partners led to substantial upfront payments to build grow facilities, obtain licenses, or even "bait and switch," where the "herbal" crop, after payments were received, was changed from cannabis to turmeric or ginger.
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The connection between well-being and healthy behaviors in mentoring Israeli boarding school students
February 3, 2020 /0 Comments/in Mentoring Research /by Ariel Ervin
Agmon, M., Zlotnick, C., & Finkelstein, A. (2015). The relationship between mentoring on healthy behaviors and well-being among Israeli youth in boarding schools: A mixed-methods study. BMC Pediatrics, 15(1), 11.
Summarized by Ariel Ervin
Notes of Interest:
There isn't much research that has been conducted on the well-being of youths in boarding schools, with the exception of mental health research.
Agmon, Zlotnick, and Finkelstein (2015) analyze several things: well-being prevalence rates (for instance, school environments, peer relationships, peer relationships, eating habits, and risky behavior avoidance); the bond between youth well-being and youths' attitudes towards their mentors; as well as, the various youth sub-groups that have increased rates of healthy and precarious behaviors.
Mixed methods study
Surveyed 158 youths
Interviewed 15 boarding school staff
The researchers discovered that there were a lot of overlaps in healthy eating behaviors between young children living in boarding schools and with young children from the general population; and that the disparities in eating behaviors might have had to do with the boarding school policies.
They also found out that mentors have a significant impact on how well boarding school youths do in school, and that mentors don't have any impact on healthy behaviors.
Introduction (Reprinted from the Abstract)
Background: Although 10% of Israeli youth live in boarding schools, few studies, except for those focusing on mental health, have examined the well-being of this population subgroup. Thus, the aims of this study were to explore: (1) the prevalence rates of five aspects of well-being (i.e., healthy habits, avoidance of risky behaviors, peer relationships, adult relationships, and school environment) in youth residing at Israeli boarding schools; (2) the relationships between youth well-being and youth perception of their mentor; and (3) the different subgroups of youth with higher rates of risky and healthy behaviors.
Methods: This study used a mixed-methods approach including a quantitative survey of youth (n = 158) to examine the association between youth behaviors and perception of their mentor; and a qualitative study consisting of interviews (n = 15) with boarding school staff to better understand the context of these findings.
Results: Greater proportions of boarding school youth, who had positive perceptions of their mentor (the significant adult or parent surrogate), believed both that their teachers thought they were good students (p < 0.01), and that they themselves were good students (p < 0.01). This finding is supported by the qualitative interviews with mentors. Youth living in a boarding school had very similar healthy habits compared to other youth living in Israel; however, youth in the general population, compared to those in the boarding schools, were eating more sweets (OR = 1.39, 95% CI = 1.02-1.90) and engaging in higher levels of television use (OR = 2.64, 95% CI = 1.97-3.54).
Conclusions: Mentors, the significant adult for youth living in residential education environments, have a major influence on school performance, the major focus of their work; mentors had no impact on healthy behaviors. Overall, there were many similarities in healthy behaviors between youth at boarding schools and youth in the general population; however, the differences in healthy habits seemed related to policies governing the boarding schools as well as its structural elements.
Implications (Reprinted from the Discussion)
The boarding school structure may suggest an explanation for both the similarities and differences found in healthy habits. Foods offered in the boarding school are based on policies instituted by the Ministry of Education. Consequently, boarding school youth have at least as good an access to healthy foods as does the general population of youth. However, as with many youth, food choices may not reflect healthy options. Among youth in the boarding school, more than half were from immigrant families; and so, food choices may differ from the general Israeli population. Similarly, since youth rely on the boarding school diet, they may have less access to candies or sweets. Boarding school limits television use, explaining our finding that boarding school youth had significantly lower weekday television exposure compared to youth from the general population. However, note that this difference evaporates for weekend television exposure when youth may return home.
Mentor relationships were associated mainly with school performance, consistent with qualitative findings from the mentor interviews. Interviews revealed that school performance was described by mentors as being the most important predictor of life success. The mentors explained that they "have to choose their battles" with the youth, meaning that they must prioritize their goals, and so, they focus on school performance rather than on physical activity and other health behaviors. Stressing school performance is consistent with the broader Israeli society's emphasis on education [42]. In fact, school performance is a strong predictor of future success in later life [51,52]. Interestingly, when the mentors were asked about smoking and alcohol use among the youth, they were acutely aware of its prevalence, and mentioned that they had made it clear to youth that these items must be kept hidden from plain view. In this way, mentors made it clear to youth that smoking and alcohol were not encouraged behaviors, but also that they were not focusing on decreasing its use. Yet, no link between positive/negative perception of mentor and youth's alcohol use was found, despite the finding that alcohol use was the defining variable differentiating high risk and low risk youth. Conversely, mentors were actively encouraging positive school performance. As noted in the definition [6,8,37], mentors in the boarding schools had a consistent and structured relationship, in which they followed the progress of the students. They met weekly with teachers and actively followed school attendance and achievement. Indeed, in Israeli society, school performance also may influence the unit and activities in the mandatory army service, which confers social status in Israeli society [53].
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text:
The most unusual stock tip I've ever gotten
By dallasnews Administrator
1:20 AM on May 7, 2012
Here's a stock tip I got the other day, and if it's not the best one I've ever gotten, it's certainly the most unusual one.
A small-cap mutual fund manager suggested I go long on Texas Pacific Land Trust.
Most of you have probably never heard of this Dallas company, because it's tiny and has just nine employees and only a few hundred shareholders.
But its stock caught fire earlier this year and galloped from about $40 a share to about $60 — a near 50 percent return. That's not too shabby for a company that has been trying to go out of business for more than 100 years.
Allow me to explain. Texas Pacific Land was formed in 1888 after the bankruptcy of the Texas Pacific Railway Co. The railroad had previously sold bonds to finance construction of a western line to connect with the Southern Pacific way out in West Texas.
The railroad secured those bonds with land — about 3 million acres — that the state of Texas granted it as an inducement for the railroad to build the line. Anyway, after the railroad went bankrupt, the land was placed into a trust — Texas Pacific Land Trust — and three trustees were appointed to manage it.
When the trust was formed, the bondholders exchanged their bonds for shares in the trust and those shares have been trading on the New York Stock Exchange ever since. The mandate of the trustees is to sell the land and repay the shareholders, but there is no mandate for when or how long that will take.
Chief executive Roy Thomas, who offices in downtown Dallas on Pacific Avenue, said the trust still holds about 1 million acres in 20 counties in West Texas. He explained that in the early years after the trust was established, the land was difficult to sell because of its location in the middle of nowhere.
Then the West Texas oil boom hit the Permian Basin in the early 1900s, and this land became more valuable because of the oil and gas royalties. So the trustees back then and now have been in no hurry to sell it.
Even today, he said, the company sells only a few thousand acres every year but makes a bundle in oil and gas royalties. Texas Pacific booked $34 million in revenue last year, and about $14 million came from royalties. That is a 50 percent increase in revenue from the previous year.
Retiring shares
Oil and gas drilling activity in the Permian Basin has increased dramatically over the last two years. That's because new drilling techniques, such as hydraulic fracturing, allow drillers to extract natural gas from shale rock deep in the earth.
The renewed interest in the Permian Basin oil and gas fields is the main reason that Texas Pacific stock has been moving higher in recent months. This pushes the land prices higher and makes the company more valuable.
Now here's the interesting part and why investing in this company seems so enticing. When the trust sells land or is paid royalties or other fees for things like grazing or easements, it uses that cash to buy back its shares.
"Buying back shares and retiring them is really the main thing we do with our cash flow," Thomas said. "We only retire shares. The trust is prohibited from reissuing shares or giving me shares because someone thinks I'm doing a good job."
The result of this is that as the number of shares declines each year, shareholders own an ever larger share of the pie. Currently, there are about 9 million outstanding shares, but the trust is retiring some 300,000 to 400,000 shares each year.
Certificate 390
Craig Hodges, co-manager of the Dallas-based Hodges Small Cap Fund, said Texas Pacific is one of his fund's largest holdings and one of his best-performing stocks. The Hodges Small Cap Fund owns 100,000 shares of Texas Pacific.
"This is one of the most interesting companies we have ever come across," Hodges said. "As the years go by, there will be fewer and fewer shares outstanding, so in 10 to 15 years, this will be an incredibly valuable company for the remaining shareholders."
Based on the current price of the land held in the trust and the amount of royalties that flow into it, he thinks the shares are currently worth at least $75 a share. The stock trades at about $58 a share.
Another interesting sidelight to all this involves one of the original stock certificates — Certificate 390 — that was lost for years. The certificate was eventually found in a Wells Fargo bank vault in the late 1970s.
When the certificate's owner died in the early 1980s, the certificate was sold and the proceeds were distributed to the heirs. It was worth $5.7 million — not a bad return from some scruffy land in West Texas.
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