Children of the Nile is a continuation, and possibly the final installment of the fairly successful Pharaoh series, taking advantage of the excellent setting of ancient Egypt as a basis for a robust city builder. The people of ancient Egypt are civilized enough to be needy bastards– a prerequisite for any builder, and in an era filled with war and great deeds, we're off to the races of conquest and glory.
COTN's greatest strength, without a doubt, is the ecosystem of its city. Your people have multiple "tiers" of social standing, with each level having its own behavior and needs. Your job, of course, is to keep those needs satisfied so their efforts can be directed towards doing useful things for you: killing your enemies and building great works in your name.
There are two backbones of the COTN experience: food, which serves as universal currency in a barter system, and the satisfaction of needs. Food is harvested by farmers, of course, and then wends its way through a variety of nobles (through taxes) and shopkeeps (for purchase of common and luxury goods, keys to happiness for your people). The game is actually shockingly deep in the way its economy works: for example, foreign traders might buy your cities' products (with you taking a tariff) while selling rare goods available nowhere else.
Of course, if eating and shopping were all people needed (like in America), this game would be too easy. This being ancient Egypt, people need to pray to eleven different gods, have their dead mummified, seek healthcare, entertainment, and god knows what else. COTN makes satisfying these needs much simpler than in past installments, in that people will actively seek out their need satisfaction: for example, if they need to worship, they find a temple. If they can't find the best solution to their need, they'll try for a next best: i.e., a different god to worship or an herbalist instead of a hospital. This means that people are generally fairly happy with their lives and try hard to stay that way. They do have a tendency to be very brittle in going from "happy" to "ragingly pissed off and leaving" if two or three needs are unmet in rapid succession, which can be frustrating when it occurs.
The resource system is where COTN truly shines. There are a variety of resources that range from common to more expensive and rare that are used in a variety of places throughout the game, both for need satisfaction and the building of monuments and great works. For example, a luxury craftsman who is a sculptor might gather cheap clay to make statues that will mildly please the nobility, or he might get his hands on basalt or bronze to make something truly valuable. However, the same basalt could also be utilized in a religious temple or a statue that raises your prestige, so ensuring a good flow of resources is critical to keeping people happy while also furthering your empire.
As is to be expected, you rarely have all of the resources you want on the map, so the bulk of your interactions are acquired by trade with other cities. COTN features a robust world map where you can interact with other cities dispatch envoys and begin trade routes that will secure precious resources for a variety of efforts, or wage war on unfriendly cites. In other scenarios, you can dispatch massive resources to build achievements, like the Sphinx to Ra, as optional sub-objectives. The interactions with the rest of the world are very well done, and add excellent depth and challenge to the maps. Often a map will give you access to a resource both locally and via trade, so you can customize your experience accordingly.
As with many city builders, at times the game tries to do too much or is painfully lacking in certain aspects. One of the biggest flaws, as with every Pharaoh game, is combat. Periodically, in an attempt to add an extra degree of challenge, you'll be beset by raiders. This will be 3-4 guys who run around your city stealing anything they can, until they are intercepted by city guards and killed. However, city guards will usually (there are minor exceptions that don't really make sense) only patrol at user built guard posts, and only in a limited radius.
If raiders are present in the city, unless they cross the patrol path, the guards are agonizingly slow to react. Further, the raider AI tends to prefer running around stealing as opposed to fighting, so there is often a Benny Hill-esque scenario where the raiders are running around stealing while your (fortunately slightly faster) guards chase them down to fight and kill them. Unsurprisingly, the game only supports 1v1 combat, so excess guards have to wait for their friends to die before they join in. And if a guard isn't fighting, they will do whatever they feel like, such as going for a snack or going home while their comrades fight and die. I suspect the guards have a very good union.
Finally the game's "monuments," a staple of an Egyptian game, seem to be very half-assed and reek of deadline time cutting. There are surprisingly few monuments that can be built, the majority of which are the same thing in a variety of sizes (i.e. very small through ginourmous pyramids). There are a smattering of religious statues, but they are more limited in selection than the relevant gods in the game, indicating to me they ran out of time to develop art assets for all of the gods. I was hoping this would be resolved or enriched in the Alexandria expansion, but the expansion only adds "Great Works," i.e. the Great Lighthouse and Library of Alexandria.
These Great Works require a greater variety of resources to build, i.e. wood, copper, and jewels in addition to just limestone and bricks, which is a good thing, but points out a lack of such variety in the core game. Pyramid and mastaba construction would be more interesting if one were required to add various resources to entomb the Pharaoh with, as per history. As it stands, you can just spam these buildings if you have the requisite bricks and limestone, decreasing their grandeur. There are a few other frustrating nitpicks: the game stretches on a bit too long when building the largest pyramids, and there are some significant terrain issues around the Nile when building docks and the like. They're minor, but will drive you nuts when you play.
Despite the flaws, COTN is a very solid city builder. The greatest strength is that it simply is a compelling game to play; each scenario is varied enough in terms of world politics and terrain to keep things interesting. Like many city builders, things can get repetitive; your people's needs are static enough that the start of every game is about the same, which is a bit annoying. The base game provides solid play and replay value, with five eras to play through and three maps for each era, with varying goals for each, for a total of 15 different scenarios. The Alexandria expansion adds several more eras focused on that city's exploits. On the whole, COTN and the Alexandria expansion are a great buy for any city builder lover looking to occupy ten or twenty hours of lording over a bunch of cat worshippers, leading them to glory and (limited) monument building.
Solid review–this is probably my all-time favorite city-builder.
It looks amazing but lacks dinosaurs. Is there a dinosaur patch?


In contrast to Trump's strong law-and-order message, Hillary sought to split the difference between cops and Black Lives Matter. Blacks and Latinos are the victims of "systemic racism." In a country where affirmative action, or in Nathan Glazer's acute phrase "affirmative discrimination," often governs hiring and college admissions, this is one of the more bizarre leftist codewords to adopt. But Hillary is now on record as believing in it. Yet she also spoke words of compassion to the cop who fears for his life, doing his "dangerous and necessary" job. The now widely pervasive anti-cop rhetoric and respect for police officers are fundamentally unreconcilable; Hillary's acknowledgement of the fears of a cop saying goodbye to his wife and kids before going to work was an attempt to reconcile it, and a political necessity. She must hope dearly that the Black Lives Matter part of the Democratic coalition is not perceived as contributing to more urban violence in the weeks before November.
Ideas with stomachs have consequences. Get to the grocery store soon. Bread and milk may be gone.
So black dude who has guns pulled on him can still hold two thoughts. American Conservative writer can't? Odd that.
I'm assuming your end-of-days rhetoric at then end is rhetorical.
Justin, I was mainly interested in adding a third group of people to the race.
I agree that it's possible to hold two thoughts that appear to be at odds. I'm not sure that it's possible to please BLM and police unions. But the Clinton's triangulate — what they do.


Wolf Creek Campground is located on the summit of scenic Wolf Creek Highway (35) at an elevation of 9,400 feet. If you are looking for a remote campground, Wolf Creek may be the one your large group is looking for. The campground is generally open from late June through mid-September; weather permitting.
Campers enjoy hiking the 3.5-mile Trail Hollow with its beautiful mountain views. The trail begins in the campground and offers great hiking into the West Fork of the Duchesne, offering stunning views of the surrounding Wasatch Range.


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Genealogies of Back Bay Houses
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16 Hereford
16 Hereford (2013)
Lot 23′ x 55 (1,265 sf)
16 Hereford is located on the east side of Hereford, between Beacon and Marlborough, with 14 Hereford to the north and 18 Hereford to the south.
16 Hereford was built ca. 1871 for builder and contractor George Martin Gibson, one of four contiguous houses (14-16-18-20 Hereford) built for speculative sale.
The land for 14-20 Hereford was purchased in two transactions by George Gibson's wife, Frances Rebecca (Esten) Gibson: on April 14, 1871, she purchased the lot at the corner of Marlborough and Hereford with a 50 foot frontage on Marlborough, and on September 10, 1871, after the houses were substantially complete, she purchased a five foot wide lot to the east. She purchased both lots from George Williams Pratt, an investment banker and stockbroker and one of the founders of the Boston Stock Exchange. He and his wife, Mary Barrow (White) Pratt, lived at 13 Louisburg Square. They also maintained a home, Oakley, on Belmont Avenue in Watertown (it became the Oakley Country Club in 1898). The land originally was part of a larger parcel purchased from the Boston Water Power Company on February 20, 1863, by George Pratt's son, Robert Marion Pratt, also a banker and broker.
Click here for an index to the deeds for 16 Hereford, and click here for further information about the land between the north side of Marlborough and Alley 415, from Gloucester to Hereford.
Also on September 10, 1871, George Pratt sold George Gibson the land to the east, with a 250 foot frontage, where George Gibson subsequently built eleven houses at 337-357 Marlborough.
When the Gibsons sold the completed houses at 14-20 Hereford, they included in the deeds a three foot six inch easement across the rear of 14-16-18 Hereford to provide for a passageway and drainage to the alley for 14-16-18-20 Hereford.
On October 7, 1871, 16 Hereford was purchased from Frances Gibson by Emma B. (Streeter) Davis, the wife of Frederick S. Davis. They previously had lived at the Coolidge House hotel.
Frederick Davis was cashier (and later president) of Traders' National Bank.
They continued to live at 16 Hereford during the 1882-1883 winter season, but moved thereafter to 200 Dartmouth and then, by 1885, to 377 Beacon.
On May 25, 1883, 16 Hereford was purchased from Emma Davis by sisters, Miss Eunice Whitney and Miss Mary Whitney. In 1880, they had lived with their brother, banker George Whitney, at 75 Marlborough.
Eunice Whitney died in June of 1888, and Mary Whitney moved soon thereafter. She continued to own 16 Hereford and lease it to others.
During the 1888-1889 winter season, 16 Hereford was the home of John William Mackintosh and his wife, Minnie Helen (Diggles) Mackintosh. They previously had lived at the Hotel Vendôme. He was a banker and broker. By the next season, they had moved to Brookline.
During the 1889-1890 winter season, 16 Hereford was the home of Selina M. (Gibson) Bixby, widow of Henry C. Bixby. He had been paymaster of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad and had died in February of 1887 in San Diego. By the next season, she was living at 591 Beacon.
14-20 Hereford, looking north from Marlborough (ca. 1942), photograph by Bainbridge Bunting, courtesy of The Gleason Partnership
During the 1890-1891 winter season, 16 Hereford was the home of wholesale dry goods merchant George Richards Minot, Jr., and his wife, Agnes (Olney) Minot. They had married in October of 1890 and 16 Hereford was their first home together. Prior to their marriage, he had lived at 245 Marlborough and she had lived at 241 Marlborough. By 1892, they had moved to Milton.
During the 1891-1892 winter season, 16 Hereford was the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Allen.
The house was not listed in the 1893 and 1894 Blue Books.
On October 16, 1893, 16 Hereford was acquired from Mary Whitney by Gertrude (Huidekoper) Wells, the wife of Dr. Frank Wells. He was a physician and medical director for John Hancock Life Insurance. They previously had lived in the Longwood district of Brookline.
The Wells's three surviving children – George Doane Wells, Edgar Huidekoper Wells, and Elizabeth Wells – lived with them.
George Wells was an executive with a book bindery and also an author. Edgar Wells was associated with Harvard in various positions, including as an instructor of English, acting dean, and general secretary of the Harvard Alumni Association
In June of 1913, Gertrude Wells, Edgar Wells, and Elizabeth Wells traveled to England. Frank Wells and George Wells remained in Boston.
Gertrude and Elizabeth Wells lived primarily in Torquay. Edgar Wells worked at the American Women's War Hospital in Paignton in Devonshire and then with the Rockefeller Foundation.
Elizabeth Wells married in June of 1915, in Torquay, to Jordan Herbert Stabler, second secretary at the American embassy in London. A career diplomat, he also was an author and, after leaving the diplomatic service, was European representative for Gulf Oil.
Gertrude Wells and Edgar Wells returned to Boston in July of 1915. Edgar Wells subsequently went to Washington DC as director of chapters of the American Red Cross, then returned to London with the Red Cross. He enlisted in the US Army and served as a military attaché in the US Embassy in London.
Frank Wells died in March of 1919. Gertrude Wells continued to live at 16 Hereford, and George Wells continued to live with her. They also maintained a home in York, Maine. Edgar Wells joined them by the 1920-1921 winter season, but moved to New York City in about 1923 and became a dealer in rare books and prints.
Gertrude Wells died in April of 1928. After his mother's death, George Wells moved to 925 Boylston.
16 Hereford was not listed in the 1929-1931 Blue Books, and was shown as vacant in the 1930-1931 City Directories.
On August 22, 1930, real estate dealer Edward J. Ball, presumably acting on behalf of the Wells family in conjunction with the property's sale, applied for (and subsequently received) permission to convert the property from a single-family dwelling into four apartments.
On August 26, 1930, 16 Hereford was acquired from George Wells, Edwin Wells, and Elizabeth (Wells) Stabler by George Peirce and his wife, Marian W. (Greene) Peirce. The deed was not recorded until March 20, 1931.
George Peirce was treasurer of the S. Barrile Manufacturing Company of Medfield, makers of "distinctive upholstered furniture."
On December 7, 1932, they transferred the property into Marian Peirce's name.
The Peirces lived in one of the apartments at 16 Hereford in 1932. They previously had lived in Medfield, and by 1933 had moved to Bristol Ferry, Rhode Island, where they operated a tavern..
On July 19, 1939, the Suffolk Savings Bank for Seamen and Others foreclosed on its mortgage and took possession of the property.
On July 19, 1939, 16 Hereford was acquired from the Suffolk Savings Bank by real estate dealer Henry Joseph O'Meara, and on the same day he conveyed it to Norma Calvin Vietrie and her sister, Juanita Montgomery Vietrie. Both were art teachers, Norma Vietrie formerly in Lewiston, Maine, and Juanita Vietrie formerly in Keene, New Hampshire.
They both married in 1942, Norma Vietrie to Frank Foster Hines, a mechanical engineer, and and Juanita Vietrie to John O. Silvey, an electrical engineer. Both couples lived at 16 Hereford until about 1952.
On November 13, 1953, 16 Hereford was purchased from Norma Hines and Juanita Silvey by Irving J. Rosenfield, He was a widower – his wife, Rebecca (Kaplan) Rosenfield, having died in May of 1950 – and lived in Beverly.
On March 8, 1954, he transferred the property to himself as trustee for the benefit of his children, Gerald Alvin Rosenfield and Shaila A. Rosenfield.
On November 26, 1954, 16 Hereford was acquired from Irving Rosenfield by Arthur J. Bryant of Lynn. In June of 1964, he filed for permission to legalize the occupancy as five (rather than four) apartments, indicating that was the number of units in the building when he purchased it. He subsequently abandoned the application.
The property changed hands and on April 1, 1965, was acquired by Pierre L. de Bourgknecht. In February of 1966, he filed for (and subsequently received) permission to legalize the property as a five-unit apartment house.
On July 1, 1985, 16 Hereford was purchased from Pierre L. de Bourgknecht by Solomon Boucai and Barry P. Winer, trustees of the Sixteen Hereford Street Realty Trust.
On June 27, 1995, Solomon Boucai, as trustee of the Sixteen Hereford Street Trust, transferred the property to himself and Lewis A. Sassoon.
On February 7, 1996, Solomon Boucai and Lewis Sassoon transferred the property into Salomon Boucai's name. At that time, Solomon Boucai lived in West Newton. On February 12, 2020, Solomon Boucai transferred the property to the Boucai Properties II LLC.
16 Hereford remained an apartment building, assessed as a four-to-six family dwelling, in 2020.
14-20 Hereford, looking South (2013)
14-20 Hereford, looking North (2013)

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Q: multi file upload jquery validation Im trying to upload multiple pictures with the following code
<input type="file" id="fileUpload" name="files" multiple accept="image/*">

And then checking it with:
$("#UploadThisPlease").validate({
    rules: {
        files: {
            filesize: 4194304,
        }
    },

    messages: {
        files: {
            filesize: "Max 4MB per picture",
        }
    },

It works in a different ways, though it does not work perfectly. how do I make this code better? Should i make it an remote check and then check it with PHP?

A: Quote OP:
$("#UploadThisPlease").validate({
    rules: {
        files: {
            filesize: 4194304,  // <- no such rule or method
        }
    },
    .....

"It works in a different ways, though it does not work perfectly."

Your code is not working very well because there is no such method called filesize in the jQuery Validate plugin or its additional-methods.js file.  See documentation.
You will have to create this rule yourself somehow using the .addMethod() method.

Quote OP:

"Should I make it a remote check and then check it with PHP?"

Yes, that would certainly make it more reliable.

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Copper penny colored turtles surround this carved and lidded moon jar, sitting atop topaz water and accented by subtle and coppery-red circles. The circle pattern on the jar is repeated in the handle on the lid, which sits in a stylized topaz wave.
This pot is thrown in stoneware, with an unglazed and carbonized black interior. Use it as a luminary or a beautiful accent piece to catch the sun.
The sea turtles reflect, as always my deep love of Florida nature. Save the turtles!


KLR Leadership Program Earns National Award - KLR News - Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co.
KLR is excited to share that the Leading Edge Alliance (LEA) has honored the firm with a Leadership Development Award for their investment in growing and developing future leaders. KLR was honored at the recent LEA Global Conference in San Diego in front of 500+ professionals from leading firms across the country and around the world.
KLR's Leadership Development Program was launched in 2017 and has evolved to become an award winning training program that has placed 30+ colleagues on track to become the next team of great leaders. KLR's three tiered approach (Rising Leaders, Evolving Leaders and Emerging Leaders) aims to develop colleagues' skills to ultimately help them become a partner in the firm.
LEA is the 2nd largest international professional association of independently-owned accounting, financial and business advisory firms and presents awards annually to firms and their programs that have demonstrated clear and measurable results.


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Data will be used for a full range of alumni activities, including mailing University publications, notification of alumni events and of programmes involving academic and administrative departments, fundraising, networking and for the promotion of benefits and services.
Under the terms of the 1998 Data Protection Act you have the right to object to the use of your data for any of the above purposes.


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import com.m1.mimeui.api.mimedom.Disposition;
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import com.m1.mimeui.api.mimedom.InputStreamProvider;
import com.m1.mimeui.api.mimedom.Part;

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Arguendo
August 25, 2015 by: Content Team
The Latin term arguendo is a legal term that means "for the sake of argument." When arguing a point in court, or in an academic setting, using the phrase "assuming, arguendo, that …" allows the individual to examine certain conclusions based on disputed facts, without making an admission that those facts are true.
This might occur, for example, when an attorney is defending a paramedic who took extraordinary action in order to save someone's life, but is now being sued because he acted outside his scope of practice. The attorney might say something like "assuming, arguendo, that the defendant acted beyond his scope of practice, the fact that he saved the plaintiff's life justifies his actions." To explore this concept, consider the following arguendo definition.
Definition of Arguendo
Latin for "in the course of argument," or "for the sake of argument."
1817 Courtroom Latin < Medieval Latin arguendum ("to argue")
What is Arguendo
Using the Latin term arguendo allows a party to discuss certain facts hypothetically, exploring assumptions or probable conclusions without admitting that those facts are true. For example, in a civil lawsuit, the plaintiff might argue, "assuming, arguendo, that requiring the defendant to reimburse the plaintiff retroactively would set a precedent that would seriously harm the retailer's business, that fact does not relieve the defendant of his legal obligations."
In a civil lawsuit over a contract dispute, the defendant's attorney might argue, "assuming, arguendo, that the payment was delayed due to a bank error, the defendant is still not liable under the terms of the contract."
In this example, the attorney makes a hypothetical assumption that the plaintiff's argument is right, while still proving that the defendant should win the case anyway.
Arguendo in Appeals
In the U.S. legal system, the term arguendo is commonly employed in appeals briefs and other important litigation documents. When a case is submitted to an appellate court, there is rarely a court hearing, rather the parties submit briefs, which are legal documents that discuss in detail the facts of the case that are in dispute, and the reasons of law that they feel the decision of the trial court is in error. The judge of the appeals court then reviews the briefs submitted by all parties involved, as well as other trial documents, to reach a decision.
It is not uncommon for an appellate court judge to ask the attorneys representing the parties to discuss what the effects of a different set of assumed facts, for the sake of argument, might be. This is sometimes helpful in determining whether a different set of facts might change the scope of the court's decision.
Arguendo in Education
The term arguendo is also commonly used in education, as law students learn the meaning of, and how to use, a long list of Latin legal terms. The term arguendo is a short and concise way to say the point is being discussed for the sake of argument only, but should only be used in a setting where everyone present understands the term. This Latin term means nothing to most lay people. Because of this, when making an argument before a jury, or in writing for non-legal readers, it is a good idea to use the English phrase, "for the sake of argument" instead.
Civil Lawsuit – A lawsuit brought about in court when one person claims to have suffered a loss due to the actions of another person.
Defendant – A party against whom a lawsuit has been filed in civil court, or who has been accused of, or charged with, a crime or offense.
Plaintiff – A person who brings a legal action against another person or entity, such as in a civil lawsuit, or criminal proceedings.
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Exonerated
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Sui Juris
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home Mobile Laptops
by Shawn Oliver — Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 02:00 PM EDT
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge Review
Introduction and Specifications Design and Build Quality Software and Accessories User Experience Test Setup and 3DMark 06 CPU Futuremark PCMark Vantage SiSoftware Sandra Benchmarks Gaming Performance Power Consumption and Battery Life Summary and Conclusion
Introduction and Specifications
Lenovo had one of the largest showings from any single PC manufacturer at CES this year, and while sifting through the company's new lineup of machines can be a daunting task for the average consumer, it was pretty clear from the outset that the ThinkPad Edge would be one of Lenovo's standout products of 2010. In many ways, it's a departure from the ThinkPad norm. It's the first ThinkPad to be available in more than just black (it will also ship in red), and there are a copious amount of customization options. Processors from both AMD and Intel are available, and it ships in 13", 14" and 15" form factors. It's not usual that a single machine type is available in ultraportable, mid-size and full-size notebook form factors, but the Edge seemingly breaks the mold.
The ThinkPad Edge is also one of Lenovo's most connected notebooks, ever. It can be ordered with Wi-Fi, WiMAX and an optional Gobi chipset, which can connect to both CDMA (Verizon Wireless) and GSM (AT&T) cellular data networks. To date, we have yet to see a machine with as many connectivity options built in. If you can't find an 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi hotspot, there's a good chance you could connect to VZW or AT&T's data network; if you're in a major city with Clear WiMAX service, you could even connect to 4G. Of course, you'll need to activate and pay monthly for each data service you wish to subscribe to, but at least the options are integrated in case you find it necessary to activate in the future.
The ThinkPad Edge, in addition to being wildly flexible, is also amongst the cheapest options from Lenovo. It's not built quite as "tough" and "thick" as a traditional ThinkPad, which is why the company was able to set the starting price at just $549. If the allure of a ThinkPad had you hooked, but the conventional exterior styling pushed you away, the newly engineered Edge just might be the Lenovo notebook for you.
Lenovo 13" ThinkPad Edge (Intel-based) Notebook
Specifications and Features (as tested)
Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 @ 1.30GHz, 533MHz FSB; 512K Cache
4GB of DDR3 RAM (1066MHz)
13.3" LCD (1366x768 resolution); LED backlight
Intel GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics
320GB (5400RPM) Seagate Momentus 5400.6 Hard Drive
802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
0.3 megapixel webcam
VGA and HDMI Outputs
USB 2.0 x 3
RJ-45 (Ethernet 10/100/1000)
Headphone / Mic Input Jacks
SD / MMC / MSPro Multimedia Card Reader
Gesture-Enabled Multi-Touch Trackpad
3.6 Pounds (with 4-cell battery installed)
Removable 4-Cell or 6-Cell Li-ion Battery (Up To 7.8 Claimed Hours of Computing)
13.07" x 8.97" x 0.66"-1.23" (Dimensions)
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Price (as tested): $899
Price (starting): $549
If netbooks don't offer the kind of performance you seek, and size is still a major factor, the 13" ThinkPad Edge is a fantastic choice--on paper, anyway. The ultraportable space is getting crowded quickly. Is this machine able to stand out amongst the legions of others? Join us in the pages ahead to see how our 13", Intel-based test unit stacks up.
Tags: Lenovo, ThinkPad, Notebook, laptop, ultraportable, EDGE, thinkpad edge
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Trump cuts $200m aid to Palestinians
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Kid Palestinians protest against aid cut to the people of Gaza and West Bank in Januray 2018
President Donald Trump's administration has cut more than $200 million in aid to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza after a review, a State Department official said.
According to UPI, the aid was part of the State Department's Economic Support and Development Fund allocations planned for West Bank and Gaza programmes in the 2017 fiscal year, totalling around $230 million.
At least $200 million had been set aside for basic humanitarian services such as health care, education, and wastewater projects, and the remaining $30 million is still under review, the official said.
"The United States also provides substantial support to help the Palestinian Authority provide law enforcement and maintain the rule of law," the consulate's website states.
The money will be redirected to "high-priority projects elsewhere," the State Department official said.
The funding for Palestinians, which comes out of a pot of about $5 billion in aid for countries believed to be at risk or rebuilding, is "critical to advancing the United States' longstanding national security priority of achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace," an administration budget report said.
Palestinian Liberation Organisation Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi spoke out against the decision.
"The U.S. administration is demonstrating the use of cheap blackmail as a political tool. The Palestinian people and leadership will not be intimidated and will not succumb to coercion. The rights of the Palestinian people are not for sale," Ashrawi told CNN.
"There is no glory in constantly bullying and punishing a people under occupation."
"The U.S. administration has already demonstrated meanness of spirit in its collusion with the Israeli occupation and its theft of land and resources; now it is exercising economic meanness by punishing the Palestinian victims of this occupation," Ashrawi added.
Since January, the money had been frozen because Trump ordered a review to make sure it was being spent in the U.S. national interest.
Trump warned then on Twitter that the funding may be in jeopardy.
"But with the Palestinians no longer willing to talk peace, why should we make any of these massive future payments to them?" Trump questioned in the post.
The freeze has created a shortfall in funding for United Nations Relief and Works Agency-run schools, with humanitarian officials saying the U.S.-Palestinian leadership feud could lead to crisis.
"With the unemployment rate in Gaza close to 50 percent cuts to our program and Unrwa (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) will not only suspend basic services, but also has the potential to severely worsen the unemployment crisis," Andy Dwonch, Mercy Corps' Palestine Mission director, told the Wall Street Journal.
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Before You Were My Man
by Cherish
Album: The Truth (2008)
Fallon of Cherish said on their MySpace site that this song, produced by Eric Hudson, delivered a story that flips tradition and puts men on the receiving end for a change. "Basically, you are telling your boyfriend that you were with his best friend before you two were together. But, you waited awhile to tell him because you did not know how. We thought it was a way to give guys a taste of their own medicine." Fallon added that the song is autobiographical.
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Alberta Immigration Foreign Graduate Start-Up Visa Stream: All You Need To Know
Last Updated on enero 29, 2021
Three months after announcing its Foreign Graduate Start-Up Visa Stream (FGSVS) in late October, Alberta immigration unveiled the details of the program designed to get international graduates to open businesses in the province.
The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) stream is designed to assist Alberta's battered economy recover from the massive loss of jobs and business closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is the second of two programs announced Oct. 26 and targeting international graduates. The International Graduate Entrepreneur Immigration Stream opened in late October.
Details of the FGSVS, an economic immigration program for qualified foreign-educated graduates from outside of Canada who want to launch start-up enterprises and innovative businesses in Alberta, were only released this week.
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It's a partnership between the AINP and two designated agencies, Vancouver-based Empowered Startups and Calgary's Platform Calgary.
Those agencies are to review the foreign graduates' business plans based on:
their ability to demonstrate market need or demand;
the potential for successful market entry in the short-term to medium-term;
customer acquisition;
business development, and;
key partnerships and financial plans to fund the development and operation of the start-up.
Once that's done, the designated agency provides a written report on its assessment of the proposed business plan.
Foreign graduates then submit this report with their FGSVS business application.
Alberta's Foreign Graduate Start-Up Visa Stream
Any foreign graduates who are interested in applying for permanent residency under the FGSVS need to get a letter of recommendation from a designated agency and then submit it with their Expression of Interest (EOI) through the AINP Portal.
Steps to Permanent Residence
1. Submit an Expression of Interest
After ensuring they meet all the FGSVS criteria, applicants can submit an EOI by accessing the AINP Portal. The AINP will review and score the EOI within 30 days. Highest-ranking candidates will be invited to submit a business application.
2. Submit A Business Application Package
Candidates selected from the EOI pool must submit a Business Application with 90 days. A non-refundable $3,500 application fee must also be paid.
3. Business Application assessment
Once a candidate's Business Application and supporting documents are received, the AINP will assess the Business Application.
If a candidate's Business Application is approved, he or she will be sent a signed Business Performance Agreement (BPA).
That's a legal agreement between the candidate and the province of Alberta. It must be signed and returned to the AINP in 14 days. After the AINP receives the signed BPA, candidates will be issued a Business Application Approval Letter.
4. Establish Your Business in Alberta
After receiving the Business Application Approval Letter and work permit, candidates can live in Alberta and actively own and operate their business for at least 12 months, with at least 34 percent ownership in an urban centre or 51 per cent ownership in a regional area.
5. Final Report for AINP Nomination
Once the conditions of the Business Performance have been met, a final report for nomination is submitted to the AINP.
If the final report is approved, the AINP will send a nomination certificate to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and send the candidate a nomination letter.
Candidates can then apply for permanent residence to IRCC.
Requirements for the FGSVS
Area Requirements
Work experience Minimum of six months full-time work experience that can be a combination of actively managing or owning the business or equivalent (equivalencies are work experience with business incubator or business accelerator).
Education Completion of a degree from a post-secondary institution outside of Canada within the last two years with an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) .
Education credential must be equivalent to a Canadian degree.
Business plan A business plan with projected financials..
Pitch deck A 10-minute presentation (slides only) that outlines the proposed business venture and focuses on what an investor would want to see.
Language Minimum Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level of seven for each English language skill or Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens of seven for each French language skill: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Official test results must be less than two years old at the time of EOI submission.
Business establishment Must have a minimum of 34 per cent ownership if the business is located in an urban centre or a minimum of 51 cent ownership if located in regional area outside Calgary and Edmonton Census Metropolitan Areas.
Business investment A minimum level of investment from candidate's (or spouse or common-law partner) own equity or from a recognized Canadian financial institution, venture capital, or angel investment firm prior to coming to Alberta. The mandatory minimum investment for an urban centre is $100,000 while the mandatory minimum investment for a regional area is $50,000.
Letter of recommendation Must have a letter of recommendation from an AINP-approved designated agency.
Settlement funds Candidates must demonstrate that they have the funds needed to set up their business and support themselves while they are on a work permit and launching their start-up.
Minimum settlement funds requirements will be based on the Low Income Cut-Offs (LICOs).
Expression of Interest Pool
The AINP will review and score each EOI within 30 days of submission. The highest-ranking candidates will be requested to submit a Business Application.
FGSVS Points Grid
Maximum available points: 200
Criteria Description Points
Maximum of 30 points
Mandatory requirement
First official language
CLB 7 (seven for each reading, writing, listening and speaking) (mandatory minimum) 10
CLB 8 (eight for each reading, writing, listening and speaking) 20
CLB 9 or higher (nine for each reading, writing, listening and speaking) 30
Minimum requirement is the completion of a degree from a post-secondary institution outside of Canada within the last two years with an Educational Credential Assessment.
Education credential must be equivalent to Canadian standards.
Bachelor's degree (mandatory minimum) 5
Master's degree 10
Doctoral degree 15
Preference given to candidates with the following degrees:
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 10
Business management, ownership or equivalent
Equivalencies are work experience with business incubator or business accelerator
Maximum 35 bonus points
Business ownership or management experience (more points allocated for additional years of experience)
Six months (mandatory minimum) 5
more than six months to less than one year 10
One to two years 15
More than two years 20
Preference will be given to candidates with business ownership experience. 15
Business Factors
A business plan with projected financial information. Business plan guidelines are available on the AINP website. 40
Investment: prior to coming to Alberta
Maximum 25 points
Minimum level of investment from candidate's own equity, and/or from a recognized Canadian financial institution, venture capital, or angel investment firm before coming to Alberta.
(Candidates with higher levels of investment available before coming to Alberta will be awarded more points. Points will also be awarded for urban centre or regional area, not both).
Urban centre: Edmonton and Calgary Census Metropolitan Areas.
Regional area: Communities outside the Edmonton and Calgary CMAs
Urban centre:
$100,000 (mandatory minimum) 5
$100,001 to $150,000 11
Over $200,000 25
Or, Regional area:
$50,000 (mandatory minimum) 5
$50,001 to $100,000 11
Proposed investment: additional investment after launch
Not a mandatory requirement
Additional investment after launching start-up from candidate's own equity, or from recognized Canadian financial institution, venture capital, or angel investment firm.
Higher levels of investment after launch will be awarded more points. Points awarded for urban centre or regional area, not both.
Urban centre: Edmonton and Calgary Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs)
Regional area: Communities outside the Edmonton and Calgary CMAs Urban centre:
$100,000 to $150,000 5
$50,000 to $100,000 5
One job 5
Two jobs 10
Three jobs or more 15
Total points: maximum 200
Settlement Funds Required for FGSVS
Population size of community and funds required
Number of family members Less than 1,000 1,000 to 30,000 30,000 to 99,999 100,000 to 499,999 500,000 and over
1 $8,922 $10,151 $11,093 $12,961 $12,960
2 $11,107 $12,636 $13,810 $16,135 $16,135
Ineligible Businesses
Ineligible businesses under the FGSVS include:
any business in contravention of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Regulations – for example, immigration-linked investment schemes or passive investment.
businesses without a value-add economic component, including: pay day loan, cheque cashing and related businesses; businesses trading in used goods.
businesses that would be considered passive investment or lack active management, including: insurance brokerage or business brokerage.
project based or seasonal businesses.
home-based businesses, including bed-and-breakfasts and lodging houses
businesses that are part of a succession plan.
businesses involved in producing, distributing or selling pornography or sexually explicit products or services, or providing sexually oriented services.
any other type of business that by association would tend to bring the AINP and the Government of Alberta into disrepute, in the opinion of and as determined by the AINP.
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Proud Boys Intended To Kill Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi, FBI Witness Says
John Rivera	White Supremacists	 January 16, 2021
This sounds very credible. If they murdered a police officer and assaulted others, why wouldn't they have done what they threatened publicly–to kill Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi:
An FBI witness says that members of the far-right Proud Boys had hoped to assassinate Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during last week's violent storming of the U.S. Capitol.
An FBI special agent made the claim in an affidavit as part of a criminal complaint against 43-year-old Dominic Pezzola, who is accused of taking part in the riot in support of President Donald Trump's false claims that the presidential election was "stolen." Pezzola, who is also known as "Spaz," allegedly used a shield taken from a Capitol Police officer to smash a Capitol window before entering the building. An FBI witness said that the group Pezzola was with had discussed committing violent acts that went far beyond property damage.
"[The witness] stated that other members of the group talked about things that they had done during the day, and they said that anyone they got their hands on they would have killed, including Nancy Pelosi," the affidavit, which was filed Wednesday, reads. "[The witness] further stated that members of this group, which included 'Spaz,' said that they would have killed [Vice President] Mike Pence if given the chance."
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I created this Plants vs Zombies birthday party for my nephew Will for this 8th birthday. We kept it pretty simple since his birthday is around the holidays…. every other day we were having a party- Gingerbread House decorating with 15 little girls, Christmas, New Years and then his birthday (all within a week and a half!). We also wanted to keep the sweets limited as they have been on a permanent sugar high for the last week!
These gummy candies are actually Hot Dog gummies…. but no one can tell right? The kids loved them! They were grabbing them by the handfuls.
These Cone Head Zombie cupcakes are super easy!
1. Just melt orange chocolate melts & ice cream waffle cones.
2. You want it really runny so I added a couple drops of vegetable oil to the chocolate (this allows it to be easier to coat the waffle cones).
The surprise hit was the brain cupcakes… BRAINZ. I thought the pink might throw everything off, but I actually really liked it! Cake and Brainz… who knew they would loves these!
The cake was the favorite of all the kids! I bought Plants vs Zombie figurines from Amazon and had Will arrange them how he would if he was playing the game… the only problem is that he wanted like 8 sunflowers! I created this printable House decal to make the cake look more realistic and complete. I just love how it turned out… I added a lithe happy birthday banner and no Zombies allowed sign to make it a festive house.
For the cake I frosted it with green frosting then for the squares I used green chocolate.
For the games we played a couple really fun ones!
The first game we played was The Zombie Autopsy Table. In each bag were "Body parts" and they had to guess what it really was. Like for the heart we used a pealed orange. This was a great first game as they could play while waiting for the other guests to arrive, then when they were done the other kids had arrived and they could have their turn feeling everything.
We had a relay race. They had to put on different layers of clothes and a cone hat and run to a certain spot and run back, then the next person had to the same thing…. cone hat and all! We got the cones from the Dollar Store.
A surprise guest showed up! When we asked Will what he wanted to do at his party, he said he wanted his Dad to dress up as a Zombie and chase them around. So that's what we did! A Cone Head Zombie tag game. Once the Zombie tagged you ,you became a Zombie…. every human for them self!
Every kid put at least 1 Crazy Dave Tacos on their Lawn Mowers!
We had a couple scissors laid out to cut the straws with. I ended up helping most of them with this though. They said the blue frosting was Zombie guts… only boys would come up with that!
I even found gummy Zombies for them to put on the lawn mowers and "run over them" They really loved these!
OH I just loved it!! Cone Head Zombie Cupcakes are looking so cute. Very well done my friend! I got lots of new ideas for the decoration of upcoming NY events. I cannot wait to use these ideas in my next projects!!
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Designed to hold 12 wine/champagne bottles and 12 wine glasses. Each bottle is held by a combination of 2 arches. The downward arch is the Flying Arch of the piece. It supports the horizontal load of the 3 other arches which hold the vertical load (the bottles).
To fit the arches together, I made half-lap joints using router freehand with a 3/8" bit. The neck brace for the bottles are joined with the arches with a blind dovetail.


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### Quick tutorial - How to setup the calendar
**Note**: If at any point in this tutorial, you believe that you have already grasped the concept, then you can drop out at any time 👍

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JTAppleCalendar is similar to setting up a UITableView with a custom cell.

There are two parts: The Cell, and the CalendarView

##### 1. The cell
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Like a UITableView, the cell also has 2 sub-parts: a xib file, and a class.

* First let's create a new xib file. I'll call mine `CellView.xib`. I will setup the bare minimum; a single `UILabel` to show the date. It will be centered with Autolayout constraints.

Click on (XCode 8) File -> New -> File -> View

Let's save this as `CellView.xib`.

Your view may look very large, so to make it smaller, click on the View -> then attributes inspector, and change the size to `freeform` as shown in the image below. Then adjust the size to something smaller

Drag a `UILabel` unto the view. And then position it using autolayout constraints. If you forget to use autolayout constraints, then your cell will not display properly.

* Second , create a class for the xib. The new class must be a subclass of `JTAppleDayCellView`. I created a new file for my class and called it `CellView.swift`.

**Paste the following code inside your new class.**

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import JTAppleCalendar
class CellView: JTAppleDayCellView {
    @IBOutlet var dayLabel: UILabel!
}
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- First,  select the root-view for the cell
- Second, click on the identity inspector
- Third, change the name of the class to one you just created: `CellView`
- Then connect your UILabel to your `dayLabel` outlet

##### 2. The calendarView
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* This step is easy. Go to your Storyboard and add a `UIView` to it. You can also setup your autolayout constrainst for the calendar view at this point.

  Then, using the very same procedure like you did for the `CellView.xib` diagram above (which shows the 3 steps in red color), set the subclass of this UIView to be `JTAppleCalendarView`. Then setup an outlet for it to your viewController. I called my outlet `calendarView`.

  If you haven't created your ViewController class yet, do so now. I have called my viewController class simply `ViewController`.

**Paste this code in your ViewController class**

```swift
import JTAppleCalendar
class ViewController: UIViewController {
    @IBOutlet weak var calendarView: JTAppleCalendarView!
}
```

After pasting the above code, do not forget to now connect this outlet to the JTAppleCalendarView on storyboard.

## Whats next?
___

Similar to UITableView protocols, your ViewController has to conform to 2 protocols for it to work

* JTAppleCalendarViewDataSource
* JTAppleCalendarViewDelegate

##### Setting up the DataSource
The data-source protocol method is manditory.
Let's set this up now on your ViewController class.

I prefer setting up my protocols on my controllers using extensions to keep my code neat, but you can put it where ever you're accustomed to.

The data-source protocol has only one function which needs to return a value of type `ConfigurationParameters`. This value requires 7 sub-values.

**Paste the following code in your project.**

```swift
extension ViewController: JTAppleCalendarViewDataSource, JTAppleCalendarViewDelegate {
    func configureCalendar(_ calendar: JTAppleCalendarView) -> ConfigurationParameters {
        let formatter = DateFormatter()
        formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy MM dd"

        let startDate = formatter.date(from: "2016 02 01")! // You can use date generated from a formatter
        let endDate = Date()                                // You can also use dates created from this function
        let parameters = ConfigurationParameters(startDate: startDate,
                                                 endDate: endDate,
                                                 numberOfRows: 6, // Only 1, 2, 3, & 6 are allowed
                                                 calendar: Calendar.current,
                                                 generateInDates: .forAllMonths,
                                                 generateOutDates: .tillEndOfGrid,
                                                 firstDayOfWeek: .sunday)
        return parameters
    }
}
```

- **Start boundary date**: date calendar will start from
- **End boundary date**: date calendar will end
- **Rows per month**: The number of rows per month you want displayed
- **In-dates**: Generate in dates
- **Out-Dates**: Generate out dates
- **First day of week**: Determine which is the first day of the week to start with

The parameters should be self explainatory. The only ones that might be unfamiliar to you are: `in-dates` and `out-dates`. The following diagram will bring you up to speed.

Now that JTAppleCalendar knows its configuration properties, it is ready to start displaying dateCells. Let's setup up the delegate protocol method to allow us to see the beautiful date cells we have designed earlier.

Add the following code to your extension.

```swift
    func calendar(_ calendar: JTAppleCalendarView, willDisplayCell cell: JTAppleDayCellView, date: Date, cellState: CellState) {
        let myCustomCell = cell as! CellView

        // Setup Cell text
        myCustomCell.dayLabel.text = cellState.text

        // Setup text color
        if cellState.dateBelongsTo == .thisMonth {
            myCustomCell.dayLabel.textColor = UIColor.black
         } else {
            myCustomCell.dayLabel.textColor = UIColor.gray
         }
    }
```

Important: cache your colors in a real app else your calendar will be laggy. The above code is for demonstration only. Just like in `UITableView`, this function will be called for every cell displayed on screen so be **effecient** with this code.

Your cell now has the ability to display text and color based on which month it belongs to. One final thing needs to be done. The Calender does not have its `delegate` and `datasource` setup.  In your `ViewController` class,

**paste the following code**:

```swift
@IBOutlet weak var calendarView: JTAppleCalendarView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
        calendarView.dataSource = self
        calendarView.delegate = self
        calendarView.registerCellViewXib(file: "CellView") // Registering your cell is manditory
    }
}
```

#### Completed! Where to go from here?
---

Well if you followed this tutorial exactly, then your calendar should look like this.

If your display does not look like this then:

1. Did you remember to set autolayout constraints?
2. Is your view shifted off the screen? [Look at a solution here](https://patchthecode.github.io/CommonProblems/). Shifting often occurs if you put your calendar inside of a `UINavigationController`.

Pretty unimpressive... :/
Since I am not that great of a designer yet, I will copy what one of the users of this framework has done with this calendar control [here](https://github.com/patchthecode/JTAppleCalendar/issues/2). Click on that link and scroll down till you see the purple calendar. That's the one we'll attempt to make.

#### Setting up the color
___
Let's cheat a bit. Paste this code anywhere in your project. I'll put it in the ViewController.swift file.

```swift
// Paste the code outside of the ViewController class
class ViewController: UIViewController {
...
...
}

extension UIColor {
    convenience init(colorWithHexValue value: Int, alpha:CGFloat = 1.0){
        self.init(
            red: CGFloat((value & 0xFF0000) >> 16) / 255.0,
            green: CGFloat((value & 0x00FF00) >> 8) / 255.0,
            blue: CGFloat(value & 0x0000FF) / 255.0,
            alpha: alpha
        )
    }
}
```
This code allows us to create UIColors from Hex codes.

Head over to your `CellView.xib` and change the root cell view background color to: #3A284C on interface builder. This is a dark color, so head over to the ViewController.swift file and change the colors.

Change:

1. The **UIColor.black** to **UIColor(colorWithHexValue: 0xECEAED)**
2. The **UIColor.gray** to **UIColor(colorWithHexValue: 0x574865)**

Your calendar will now look like this:

Lets get rid of the white spaces. By default, the calendar has a cell inset of 3,3. I may change this to 0,0 if enough of you complain. In your ViewController.swift file and add this line of code in your viewDidLoad()

```swift
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
            self.calendarView.dataSource = self
            self.calendarView.delegate = self
            calendarView.registerCellViewXib(file: "CellView") // Registering your cell is manditory

            // Add this new line
            calendarView.cellInset = CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0)       // default is (3,3)
    }

```
Your calendar will now look like this:

**Complete**. Jump over to [Part 2](https://patchthecode.github.io/MainTutorial2) of this tutorial.

Create all the other views on your xib that you need. Event-dots view, customWhatEverView etc. After designing the views on your xib, go create the functionality for it just like you did in the example above; where you created a `UILabel` and added the functionality to display it. You can literally create **any** custom thing with any custom functionality.

If you're really out of ideas, using the same procedure above, why not try to create a background circular shaped SelectedView to appear when ever you tap on a date cell? You can also download the example project on Github and see the possibilities.


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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper's Mounting Lawsuits Over COVID Handling
Gov. Cooper is facing a lawsuit from more than two dozen media outlets...
In May, the Raleigh News & Observer reported:
A coalition of more than two dozen media outlets including The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking the release of a list of records related to COVID-19 that the state had, so far, refused to provide.
The lawsuit names as defendants Gov. Roy Cooper and two of his Cabinet secretaries, Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Erik Hooks, secretary of the Department of Public Safety.
The complaint lists a total of 26 outstanding records requests — nine to DPS and 17 to DHHS — submitted by media outlets for records that could be helpful in reporting on COVID-19. All but one of the requests were submitted since the pandemic began.
Among the records listed in the lawsuit are: the state's database of COVID-19 cases, with personal identifying information removed; the database maintained by the state office of Emergency Management to track requests for personal protective equipment and other supplies by hospitals and local governments; copies of reports of prison inspections conducted during the pandemic; communication between officials at DPS and DHHS; and communication from DHHS officials to local health departments.
Jim Thomas, an epidemiologist and associate professor at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has said in a previous interview regarding DHHS's refusal to release information that transparency is critical during a public health crisis.
"One of the things that's most important to the execution of public health is trust," Thomas said in an interview Thursday. "Trust in the public to work with the government in what it's saying needs to be done. Ours is not an autocratic society. We don't force people to do things. There's a lot of voluntary activity that's involved."
But it's more than just media outlets suing Gov. Cooper. Per the North State Journal:
Cooper is facing a growing list of lawsuits being filed in an effort to halt his "phase two" order keeping certain businesses closed and restricting others. So far, the governor has been sued by churches, hair salons, multiple gym owners, adult entertainers, trampoline parks, bowling alleys.
As of today, the North Carolina Bar and Tavern Association has joined the list.
"The North Carolina Bar and Tavern Association today filed a lawsuit on behalf of 185 businesses to have private bars included under the same reopening safety rules as restaurants, eating establishments, wineries, distilleries, breweries, and private clubs," said the statement on the association's Facebook page.
The suit is seeking a temporary restraining order against Cooper's executive order 141, in addition to a preliminary and permanent injunction.
Additionally, a coalition of a dozen news outlets including the New York Times and Associated Press are suing both Cooper and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)
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After Joseph and Hyrum were killed, the Church was confronted with a veritable succession crisis. We don't appreciate this dilemma well today and the Church never discusses it, but it was the quandary of a lifetime for the newly forming Church. Could you imagine leaving your home country to join the Church, leaving all you possess, potentially being disowned by your family and loved ones, making the long and dangerous journey to Nauvoo… only to find that the Church's beloved founding Prophet and his successor had just been killed and no one knew what to do? For three and a half years!
Brigham and Sidney were among those putting their names in the hat for who would be the Church's custodian until Joseph's son, Joseph III (only 11 years old at the time) was old enough to be the Church's leader.
Most, if not all, factions proposing succession solutions, believed the Smith family had some lineal right to lead the Church. I know this idea doesn't resonate for most LDS people today. I recall many times in my Church experience the idea being conveyed that this was one of the things "wrong" with the Smiths and with the RLDS. "They simply didn't understand that authority doesn't just follow some family line… That's just not right — they're not entitled to anything. That's nepotism and the Lord doesn't work that way." Of course, this disagreement is what truly distinguished the LDS and RLDS churches. This and polygamy, which were the main points of contention between Brigham and Emma / Joseph.
When Joseph died, Brigham's first words were, "We've lost the keys." Emma went on to say shortly thereafter, "If there is no Joseph, there is no Church." Both of these comments from two of the most important remaining Church leaders (The president of the Quorum of the Twelve and the president of the Relief Society), point to the fear that in losing Joseph and Hyrum, they had potentially lost the ability to continue as a Church.
After 3 1/2 years of the Church not having a leader, Brigham persuaded a large enough portion of the Church that he, as the President of the Quorum of the Twelve, should be entrusted to lead the Church… until Joseph III was old enough. That group eventually migrated West with Brigham and the Utah LDS Church was born, while Emma and Joseph III and many others stayed back or went elsewhere.
But before getting to that point, Brigham's dilemma would be satisfying the concerns of those loyal to Joseph and sympathetic to Emma. Emma and many others did not trust Brigham and Brigham despised Emma as the "most damnable liar." Eventually the RLDS Church would be formed where Joseph III would became its leader, but in the meantime, while the Church was still in full succession crisis, and perhaps in order to appease the Josephites, in May of 1845 Brigham, as Senior Apostle, ordained William Smith (Joseph's and Hyrum's brother) as Presiding Church Patriarch, thus replacing Hyrum.
Brigham would later excommunicate William for apostasy who then went on to become the Presiding Patriarch for the James Strang LDS branch. Brigham replaced William Smith with "Uncle John" Smith, Joseph Smith Sr's brother — all of which corroborates the belief at the time that "a Smith" needed to be had in this position, whether in the LDS, RLDS, or Strangite branch of Mormonism. William went even further and claimed that as a Smith, he had some sort of right to preside due to the "doctrine of lineal succession." (Source)
"Smith's relationship with Young remained strained until Young's death in 1877. Smith believed that Young had arranged for William's older brother Samuel to be poisoned in 1844 to prevent his accession to the presidency of the church." (Source)
Hyrum had been the Church Patriarch when he was killed and he was given a "lineal ordination" by his father Joseph Smith Sr. who at the time was literally on his own deathbed. Hyrum, as Church Patriarch, was the rightful successor to the Prophet Joseph when he died.
So, Brigham and the LDS Church, it would seem, "honored" the Smith family by giving this High Office of Church Patriarch to a Smith descendent in 1845 and 1849 and thereafter. This person would eventually ordain the next prophets and on the Church's hierarchy charts would be shown as equal to the First Presidency, although he would no longer be next in line for succession.
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But, in 1979, the LDS Church decided to discontinue the calling of Presiding Patriarch. Can you imagine? Discontinue the office of the man they believed held the keys to ordain the new President of the Church? And they did so without consulting the Office of the Patriarch. Eldred G. Smith was the Patriarch at that time and it's been reported that he was livid.
I had a friend who in 1979 was just beginning his new career as a full time seminary teacher. He said that Eldred Smith was scheduled to speak to a group of seminary teachers at Timp View High School, when he received the news of his office being made emeritus. My friend confirmed that Smith was very upset and told this group that "the Church has no idea what it's done. They can't take away my authority even if they kill me!" Smith reportedly said. My friend also said that after Eldred Smith's remarks, there was a lot of frantic damage control to reassure these seminary and institute teachers that the Church was still true.
Nonetheless, for the next 36 years, Eldred Smith was given a small office and was allowed to give blessings and to travel around the Church with Smith family relics that his family owned, independent of the Church. The box the Gold Plates were kept in. Emma Smith's footstool. Hyrum's clothes he wore when he was killed. His pocket watch that was hit by a bullet, etc. (Source)
Image from KSL.com
Smith died at age 106 on April 4, 2013 and he was not replaced with any member of the Smith family line. As a result, the Lineal office of Presiding Patriarch that had been established by the Lord was no longer being honored by the LDS Church in any way, shape, or form. The Smith family and the "keys" or authority it held, were now officially being set aside and disregarded, without a revelation from the Lord in 1979 and now in 2013, the Church had effectively snuffed out its Patriarchal connection to Joseph and Hyrum Smith, completely.
Is it possible that the death of Eldred G. Smith at the age of 106 on April 4, 2013, was some sort of sign regarding the LDS Church's authority? Or perhaps a sign regarding the condemnation the Church was / is under for its role in the deaths of Joseph and Hyrum?
The best interpretation I've read for what Eldred Smith's passing could signify is given by a man who happened to be excommunicated shortly after Eldred Smith's passing. He had been a member of the LDS Church for 40 years to the day. You can read more about this here.
This man, Denver Snuffer, wrote a letter of appeal to the First Presidency, which was denied. Snuffer did not want to be excommunicated and pleaded with the LDS Church to not commit the offense of cutting him off. I was there when this all took place and I can testify that Joseph and Hyrum have no greater mortal advocate than Denver Snuffer. The Church was wrong by cutting such a man off. Denver's writings on Joseph and on the Restoration are remarkable.
As we commemorate 177 years this week since Joseph's and Hyrum's martyrdom, I'm incredibly grateful that there is some person and some group that is trying to honor the work of the Restoration which began with Joseph Smith in the Spring of 1820. Praise God for His Strange Act now again under way.
This entry was posted in Main and tagged Brigham and Emma, Eldred G Smith, Fulness, Joseph and Emma, RE Scriptures, Strange Act on June 20, 2021 by Bishop Anon.
And it came to pass as Jesus taught his disciples, he said unto them, Take heed that you do not your alms before men to be seen of them; otherwise, you have no reward of your Father who is in Heaven. Therefore, when you do alms, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Truly I say unto you, they have their reward. But when you do alms, let it be unto you as your left hand not knowing what your right hand does, that your alms may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret himself shall reward you openly. (Matthew 3:27 RE)
And after this, Jesus sat opposite the treasury and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury; and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing. And Jesus called his disciples and said unto them, Truly I say unto you that this poor widow has cast more in than all they who have cast into the treasury; for all the rich did cast in of their abundance, but she — notwithstanding her lack — did cast in all that she had; yea, even all her possessions. (Mark 5:48 RE)
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Gallup Poll Shows How Trump Stacks Up on Critically Important Question, Dems Should Be Very Worried About the Answer
By Nick Arama | Oct 10, 2020 10:00 PM ET
Earlier I reported on some polls that were indicating good news for President Donald Trump.
Among the polls covered was the Zogby poll showing that he has a 51% approval rating. That's an important metric to hit, as Gallup has observed that historically, "all incumbents with an approval rating of 50% or higher have won reelection, and presidents with approval ratings much lower than 50% have lost."
Zogby Analytics:
Trump Approval at 51%
(poll released on Oct 9; 833 likely voters; conducted 9/25-27) pic.twitter.com/cvTLFBlvH3
— PollWatch (@PollWatch2020) October 9, 2020
Now there's another important metric, this time from Gallup itself.
During his presidential campaign in 1980, Ronald Reagan asked Americans, "Are you better off today than you were four years ago?" Since then, this question has served as a key standard that sitting presidents running for reelection have been held to.
So Gallup asked Americans between September 14-28 if they were better off now than they were four years ago and 56% said they were, even in the midst of a pandemic. The number was actually even higher in January before the virus at 61 percent.
% of Americans who say they are better off now than they were 4 years ago
Sept 2020: 56 percent
Dec 2012: 45 percent
Oct 2004: 47 percent
July 1984: 44 percenthttps://t.co/CmUJ6rOG3E pic.twitter.com/LadV3G1GdI
— Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) October 8, 2020
Not only is that a significant positive sign for Trump, if you look at the numbers of the presidents in the prior year, he's higher than the presidents who were incumbents and won in those years – 1984, 1992, 2004 and 2012. He's 12 points higher than Reagan who won in a landslide in 1984 and 11 points higher than Obama in 2012 in that number. That should terrify the Democrats, especially when combined with Trump's approval number.
The poll also asked, regardless of who they support, who did they think was going to win? A majority of Americans said Trump, by a lot, from 56 to 40 precent.
President @realDonaldTrump on the Gallup poll showing 56% of Americans say they are better off than they were four years ago! pic.twitter.com/pVE2JL2Z1Q
— Team Trump (Text VOTE to 88022) (@TeamTrump) October 9, 2020
The poll also found that while MSM polls were saying that Biden was leading, that more Americans agreed with Trump's policy position than with that of Biden, 49 to 46 percent.
With the 51% approval and the 56% better off poll, it's hard to see how the MSM polls claiming Biden is leading by could be true.
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Deelnemers en resultaten

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But while official Frozen merchandise has been difficult to acquire, Etsy is a treasure trove of Frozen inspired dresses, jewellery, and accessories that your kids are sure to love. And the best part is you're supporting small businesses and buying items that are (for the most part) made in the USA. I scoured Etsy and created this round up of my favourite Etsy Frozen merchandise. Hopefully you will find something for the Frozen fan in your life!


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The Kardashians have been victim to another jewellery robbery
Marie Claire March 16, 2017 5:23 pm
This sounds terrifying...
Words by Jadie Troy-Pryde
Earlier this month, the world watched as Kim Kardashian spoke about her terrifying gunpoint robbery in a Parisian hotel room in October last year.
The reality TV star had stepped away from the limelight for three months following the ordeal, before returning to social media earlier this year. She decided to document the aftermath of the attack on her show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and the episode where she discusses the robbery aired in the US this week.
And it seems that the family has been targeted again, but this time it's her younger sister, Kendall Jenner, who is the victim of jewellery theft.
The 21-year-old model was reportedly robbed of $200,000 (£161,000) of jewels on Wednesday.
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TMZ reports that when Kendall returned home late on Wednesday evening and relaxed for a few hours before heading to bed, when she 'realised that some of her jewellery was missing'. The police were allegedly called, although there was no indication of forced entry.
Law enforcement sources also sold the website that Kendall reportedly decided to call 911 after hearing noises, fearing that the burglar could still be in her home. However, no one suspicious was found on the property.
We will update you with more details as we get them.
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Unarmed
Usage and History
Unarmed combat is a vital part of any martial arts system and this was no different in Medieval Europe. Fighting unarmed is something that almost every person in the middle ages would have some experience with, but only warriors and knights had the time to perfect the techniques. Unarmed combat was part of the training for any swordsman and continued to be important with rapier combat during the Renaissance.
While Sword Academy stresses armed combat; just like the historical masters we also study accurate unarmed combat. While it is not usually associated with European fighting styles, there is extensive documentation in many of the manuals we study.
Being trained in unarmed combat is of great value because once you have closed inside the range of your weapon or if a weapon is unavailable, it is still necessary to be able to attack and defend. Skill in unarmed combat also allows a combatant to see openings that would otherwise be missed. Knowing when to throw a punch, kick a leg or step in and throw an opponent to the ground is valuable even when fighting armed. Because of the nature of Medieval combat most of the unarmed techniques are designed to cause debilitating injuries and differ from modern submission wrestling.
Unarmed combat was also conducted while wearing full plate armor. Wrestling in armor can often cause more damage to an opponent than most weapons because of the protection armor provides. Joints can be manipulated and twisted and the protruding edges of armor plates can be hooked and locked to perform devastating throws.
Another form of combat that is similar to unarmed is dagger fighting. During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance it was common for people to carry daggers with them and when fights broke out it was necessary to be able to fight with them and against them.
Unarmed Combat:
Tëras Kasï - Tëras Kasï, which roughly translated means "Steel Hands" was created and perfected by the Bunduki. Widely recognized as a superior martial art to most others, this fighting style has had many follows, be the pre clone wars Jedi, or the mysterious followers of Palawa, who followed the art form almost as if it was a religion.
Stances:
Aryx Slash - attack posture
Charging Wampa - stance
Dancing Dragonsnake - stance
Forraderi - strong stance giving the warrior ability to move fluidly in any direction
Nexu Grin - attack posture
Rancor Rising - enables warrior to move from squatting position to standing in one fluid motion
Riding Bantha - provides warrior with wide stance in which to move into other positions
Slashing Wampa - Attack posture
Striking Sarlacc - Attack posture
Attacks:
Death weave - series of attacks delivered in quick succession
Shenbit Bonecrusher Blow - devastating attack, if delivered correctly, it can prove fatal to the opposition
Upon the mastery of Tëras Kasï, an individual will be awarded with the Palawa band to show that the wearer is a true master of the art form. This is considered a great honor among the ranks of the follows of Tëras Kasï.
This is of course the best known form of combat, however there are many more in existence, as well as simple brawling, all of which can be implemented in the ACC.
Hapan Boxing: A stylish fighting form reminiscent to Kick boxing, this is only widely used in the Hapan cluster, however some outsiders do specialize it. |This fighting style is used more by the aristocrats and noblemen, but nevertheless is a strong martial art, with incredibly powerful punches. The user would need to have immense upper body strength to be able to use the form to the full potential it offers.
Shockboxing: A fighting style that is easy to learn, powerful, and dangerous, the users not needing to be as strong to master it. The user wears two gloves (if the user is humanoid) that deliver electrical shocks when contact is made, the stronger the punch, the stronger the shock.
Echani: An almost forgotten fighting style, taught to all the royal guardsmen of the Emperor, it is commonly fought with the aid of two small knives, the wielder needs to go through years of rigorous training to master. The fluid movements of this combat are much like Form VII lightsaber combat, unpredictable, and barely restrained emotion as the combatant fights. This fighting style should be wielded with caution.