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It's about as heavy as an Anchor of a Cruise Ship
(for QE2 forward anchor, a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
Each of the forward anchors of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 weighs 11,300 kg. The anchor of the QE2 now sits in front of the Holyrood Church in Southampton, England, United Kingdom, along a pedestrian tourist route known as "the QE2 mile."
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It's about one-and-four-fifths times as heavy as a Tyrannosaurus rex
In other words, the weight of a Tyrannosaurus rex is 0.560 times 11,300 kilograms.
(for FMNH PR2081, a.k.a. "Sue") (a.k.a. Tyrannosaurus, a.k.a. T-Rex) (estimated live weight)
The notable Tyrannosaurus specimen housed at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, "Sue," is estimated to have weighed about 6,400 kilograms while alive. A renowned predator in popular culture, the teeth of tyrannosaurus rex were up to 33.02 cm (13 in) long.
It's about one-and-nine-tenths times as heavy as an Elephant
In other words, the weight of an Elephant is 0.530 times 11,300 kilograms.
(for African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana) (Adult, bull)
A bull African bush elephant weighs about 6,100 kg. Among African elephants, both males and females have tusks (whereas female Asian elephants, Elephas maximus, do not have tusks) which can grow to 3 m (10 ft) and typically weigh about 4,000 kg
It's about three times as heavy as a Hippopotamus
In other words, 11,300 kilograms is 3.01 times the weight of a Hippopotamus, and the weight of a Hippopotamus is 0.3320 times that amount.
(Hippopotamus amphibius) (adult, male)
The average weight of an adult male hippopotamus ranges from 3,000 to 4,500 kg. Appearances to the contrary, adult hippos cannot swim or float in water; they actually move by leaping and walking across lake bottoms at about 8 kph (5 mph).
It's about four times as heavy as The Tongue of a Blue Whale
In other words, 11,300 kilograms is 4.20 times the weight of The Tongue of a Blue Whale, and the weight of The Tongue of a Blue Whale is 0.240 times that amount.
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
The tongue of a Blue Whale can weigh up to 2,700 kilograms. Despite their tremendous size, blue whales feed almost exclusively on tiny crustaceans called krill and cannot swallow anything much larger than a beach ball.
It's about five-and-a-half times as heavy as a Rhinoceros
In other words, the weight of a Rhinoceros is 0.190 times 11,300 kilograms.
(for Black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis) (Adult, male)
An adult black rhinoceros weighs between 1,400 and 2,800 kg. Rhinoceros are extremely aggressive — nearly one of every two males will die as a result of fighting with other rhinoceros.
It's about six times as heavy as a Giraffe
In other words, 11,300 kilograms is 5.850 times the weight of a Giraffe, and the weight of a Giraffe is 0.1710 times that amount.
(Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) (adult, male, maximum of range)
An adult, male giraffe can weigh up to 1,930 kg. Reaching 5.5 m (18 ft) in height by adulthood, giraffe calves can grow as much as 3 cm (1 in) per day.
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An important duty of the Property Assessor's office is providing public information to assist taxpayers with questions regarding property ownership, assessment, and recent property sales.
The Assessor's office handles thousands of requests annually, by phone, mail, or in person, from current or prospective property owners, as well as from the real estate, legal, and banking communities.
The Office Assistance Division is responsible for assisting the general public in obtaining such information.
The Data Management Division is responsible for maintaining all of Williamson County's property assessment / tax records on the State Comptroller's mainframe.
Reappraisal of property for tax purposes is required on a periodic basis to maintain appraisals at market value and to ensure equity of appraisals throughout the jurisdiction.
Williamson County is on a five-year cycle that consists of four years of comprehensive on-site review of every parcel of property in the county, followed by revaluation of all property in the fifth year.
The Verification Division qualifies and disqualifies all farm, commercial and residential sales. Only qualified sales are used for the five year reappraisal program.
For the Assessor, maps are a means to inventory all real property within the jurisdiction. The Assessor is required to maintain an up-to-date set of maps that display all of the parcels in the county, detailing their locations and physical characteristics.
The Cadastral Mapping Division maintains current digital maps of official property lines, public right-of-ways, county annexations and other features, and maintains databases of transfers of properties and alteration of property lines.
In Williamson County, this is accomplished through the use of a CAD-based GIS (Geographic Information System). Master digital maps are updated to reflect new subdivisions, surveys, property splits and the combining of parcels as they occur, and then paper maps are printed and placed in cabinets for reference and public viewing.
The term "Greenbelt" refers to Tennessee's Agricultural, Forest, and Open Space Land Act of 1976, (commonly referred to as the "Greenbelt Law" or "Greenbelt Program"). This law provides for the assessment of agriculture, forest, and open space lands for tax purposes based on present use value rather than current market value for similar properties.
The present use value is determined by the Comptroller's Division of Property Assessments using a statutory formula that blends farm income and market data.


Sometimes in the middle of copious amounts of mince pies and truffles you just need a big ole' bowl of salad...just sometimes!
I've been going a little overboard on the sweet recipes this bakemas, don't worry I'm not planning on slowing down, although I have been keeping them on the healthier side of 'treats' but if this isn't the time to indulge a little I don't know when is.
Is that a sign of transitioning into adulthood, craving a salad after you ate a few too many cookies?
This is a bit of a twist on one of my favourite salads, the mixture of sweet, tart and savoury in a salad is one of my favourite combinations, well tangy food in general is always a winner. The mixture of the lemon soaked tart granny smith, the sweet cranberries and the spring onions and radishes with the salt and pepper balance out the sweet and tart elements; probably my favourite thing.
This recipe originally started with sultanas but it's Christmas so I had to add cranberries and of course pecans which are my favourite. I actually went on a pumpkin seed binge this summer because aside from the fact I already liked them I realised how high in protein they were, I even carried around a little zip lock bag full of them, yeah apparently I'm one of those people that carry nuts and seeds around, I would eat them with pretty much anything. Side note: pumpkin seeds on a jam scone, delicious!
Anyway, this salad is fresh and slightly festive and will make you feel so much better after eating a few too many sweet treats.
Cut the apple into small pieces or slices and place in a bowl, zest and juice half of a lemon into the same bowl as the apple and mix to coat the apple in the juice.
Once the quinoa has cooled add the oil and lightly season with salt and pepper. Add the apple mixture, sliced spring onions and radishes, cranberries, pumpkin seeds and pecans to the quinoa and mix then add the salad leaves and toss. Spoon the salad into a bowl and top with a few extra cranberries, pecans and pumpkin seeds.
I also crave salads and veggies when I had too many sweets :) And that salad looks just like the perfect salad for such "occasions"!


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Q: Getting started with Jupyter in the cloud So far I've only used Jupyter on my local machine, which is way too slow. I'm completely new to using cloud services for Jupyter, or using cloud services at all for that matter. I know there are a million tutorials out there, but this is my problem: How to choose the right service from all those options (Amazon? Google? Cheaper options?)? What's the 'right way' to get started?
What I need:

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*I want a service where I can start up a Jupyter notebook in my browser as simply as possible. (I know next to nothing about setting up servers etc., and have very limited time to learn that if needed)

*I currently have an old MacBook from 2014. The server should be at least 10x faster. (Which options do I need to pick?)

*I want to do machine learning, so GPUs would be good.

*My budget is about $50 per month, less would be great; a free tryout would be great too.

*As I am completely new, I also need to know what pitfalls to look out for. (E.g.: Stop the machine to stop increasing the costs?)

If you could help me, or point me to a good tutorial or even a book, I'd be forever grateful.
(Sorry for the basic question. Of course I googled tutorials myself before posting this question, but as indicated above, I'm overwhelmed by the options - that's why I posted this question.)

A: AWS based tutorial:
https://aws.amazon.com/de/getting-started/hands-on/get-started-dlami/
GPU, CPU and pricing informations are gathered here:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dlami/latest/devguide/pricing.html
You can set up a budget for cost limitation:
https://aws.amazon.com/de/getting-started/hands-on/control-your-costs-free-tier-budgets/

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Minneapolis, MN – Today, Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges participated in the first mayoral forum of 2017 at Calvary Baptist Church in Ward 10.
During the forum, hosted by Council Member Lisa Bender, Hodges highlighted her experiences and accomplishments in a variety of areas including housing, transportation, public safety, and workforce protections.
Mayor Hodges' performance further proved her commitment to making Minneapolis a prosperous, vital, and safe community for all residents, especially during a time where cities and values are being attacked by a Republican-led state legislature, Congress, and a Donald Trump administration.


Africa|Corruption Gutted South Africa's Tax Agency. Now the Nation Is Paying the Price.
PRETORIA, South Africa — The nation's tax chief steeled himself. Chiding and pleading with President Jacob Zuma to get him to file his taxes — much less pay the full amount — was always an excruciating task.
The national tax agency, as prosaic as it may sound, had once been an extraordinary triumph, even for the party that helped defeat apartheid. Just a few years after it helped usher in democracy, the A.N.C. switched from liberation to the mundane workings of government and persuaded millions of South Africans to do the unimaginable: pay their taxes.
In a barometer of support for the fledgling new government, tax collections rose year after year, eventually surpassing some benchmarks in much richer, more established democracies, including the United States. The scrappy agency, the South African Revenue Service, won plaudits from the World Bank, Princeton University and other rarefied corners of the world.
"It was the jewel in the state crown," said Dennis Davis, a High Court judge who led a recent review of the tax system and sat on a panel in the mid-1990s to help Nelson Mandela establish the tax agency.
The dismantling of the tax agency unfolded in full view of the astonished country, squandering so much of the public's dwindling trust that officials now wonder how they will be able to restore it.
Once Mr. Zuma removed Mr. Pillay as acting commissioner in late 2014, he installed an ally who had been close to the president and his family for decades. Almost immediately, explosive leaks started coming from inside the tax agency, spicing up the pages of a major South African newspaper.
The articles said Mr. Pillay had approved the creation of an illegal "rogue unit" that had planted bugs at Mr. Zuma's home to intercept his conversations.
The news grew juicier by the week: Hush money was paid to a former spymaster during apartheid to keep quiet about the illegal espionage. The rogue unit even set up a brothel to go undercover, the reports claimed.
As the shocking details emerged, Mr. Zuma's new tax commissioner, Tom Moyane, called on KPMG to investigate, giving it a nearly $2 million contract to uncover the truth. A year later, KPMG came back with its results, confirming widespread abuses of power.
Trouble is, it's not clear any of it was true.
The newspaper, The Sunday Times, later retracted its articles. KPMG was forced to publicly dismiss its own conclusions as well, admitting that it had essentially copied a memo from its client's lawyers and passed off the allegations as its own, fully investigated findings.
"Whoever pays the piper calls the tune, unfortunately," said Bobby Johnston, the former chairman of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange who sits on a panel now investigating KPMG.
The retractions came much too late for the tax agency. Mr. Pillay and leaders of the so-called rogue unit had already resigned or been forced out, undercutting the agency's capacity to investigate and pursue tax dodgers, according to current officials and independent tax experts.
Hundreds of the tax service's best employees also left during the upheaval, many going into private practice, and some to tax agencies as far away as New Zealand.
Even more damaging, the lurid tales of corruption and intrigue inside what was once an A.N.C. showcase of good governance contributed to sharp drops in the nation's tax collection: more than $6 billion short of what the government had expected in the previous two budget years.
The shortfalls have left the nation with fewer resources to tackle its most pressing needs — housing, education, health — in a society that has grown even more unequal under the A.N.C.
And in a stinging blow to the impoverished South Africans who have voted the party into power and kept it there for decades, the gaps have forced the government to raise the value-added tax on products for the first time since the end of apartheid — a move expected to hurt poor people the most.
Much of the national ire over the scandal has focused on KPMG, which helped the chaos along by rubber-stamping some explosive accusations that it could not prove. Now the firm is facing collapse in South Africa, raising withering questions about the role Western companies play in providing a sheen of legitimacy while enabling corruption.
KPMG is facing two inquiries in South Africa, and a few weeks ago the country's auditor general terminated all contracts with the firm. Private banks like Barclays Africa, one of the largest on the continent, have also ended their relationship with KPMG, citing the risks to their reputations.
Yet the fate of the tax agency is still up in the air. It is only one of many government institutions that have been weakened through years of infighting and corruption by the party that built them. The A.N.C. has especially chipped away at agencies and posts that hold the powerful accountable, like the national police, prosecutors and the public protector's office.
But the tax service's fall was so dangerous that Mr. Ramaphosa, immediately after taking office in February, vowed to save the agency. He suspended Mr. Moyane, though the bitter, public fight to fire him is still being waged.
The president's office has accused Mr. Moyane of meddling in the KPMG inquiry, misleading Parliament and failing to properly investigate allegations of corruption, money laundering and tax evasion by his own deputy — charges that Mr. Moyane is preparing to rebut in court.
For the leader of a country that often symbolizes the historic pursuit of democracy in Africa and beyond, Mr. Zuma certainly seemed to have grown weary of it himself, current and former officials say.
During one of his visits to the president, Mr. Pillay said, Mr. Zuma started off making small talk but was clearly exasperated, openly complaining about the questions lawmakers expected him to answer.
"He said, 'Listen, I'm so tired and tomorrow morning I've got to go to Parliament,'" Mr. Pillay recalled Mr. Zuma saying. The president had faced volleys of outrage, especially over the lavish use of public money to upgrade his private homestead.
"'Why must I go and answer questions in Parliament? Putin doesn't go to Parliament to answer questions,'" Mr. Pillay recounted Mr. Zuma saying.
"That's where he was" in terms of being open to scrutiny, Mr. Pillay said.
On top of that, one of Mr. Zuma's sons was suspected of hiding profits from contraband cigarettes. Red flags had also emerged with a nephew's used-car business and a foundation established by one of Mr. Zuma's wives — all of which caught the attention of tax investigators, the four former officials said.
Mr. Pillay insisted that he never wanted to pursue Mr. Zuma directly through a formal investigation, but that the president seemed convinced otherwise.
"He got it into his head that we are monitoring him," Mr. Pillay said.
Mr. Pillay was no stranger to conflict. He had been a commander in the military wing of the A.N.C. in exile, and later coordinated a clandestine operation to smuggle weapons and people into South Africa. Years later, at the tax agency, he led enforcement operations, hiring a coterie of former spies, police agents and investigators to go after tax cheats aggressively. His efforts earned him international recognition.
Under apartheid, people had avoided paying taxes altogether, many as a form of protest against the government. But democracy brought legitimacy and, with it, compliance, according to a World Bank study. Government records show that from the end of apartheid in 1994 through 2010, the number of people paying taxes nearly quadrupled.
But under Mr. Zuma, especially in his second term, which began in 2014, corruption began consuming nearly every corner of government — from the national utility giant, Eskom, to provincial agricultural departments, according to parliamentary hearings and the nation's former public protector.
Inevitably, the tax agency's investigations into offenders, including Mr. Zuma's relatives and business allies, encountered stronger pushback, the former officials say.
"Almost every big tax evader we were after would pull a political leader," Mr. Pillay said. "All sorts of politicians were unhappy with us. It became a perfect storm," helping seal his removal as the nation's chief tax officer, he argued. He and two other former officials now face criminal charges in a case that many experts see as politically motivated.
Neither Mr. Zuma nor his choice for a replacement, Mr. Moyane, agreed to be interviewed. But Mr. Moyane, a little-known development economist who had been plucked from running prisons to lead the tax agency, has strongly defended his independence.
Even so, in his four years as the nation's top tax official, Mr. Moyane earned a national reputation as Mr. Zuma's hatchet man, still guided by his loyalties to A.N.C. leaders who believe in the supremacy of the party over the country.
A former anti-apartheid operative as well, Mr. Moyane had known Mr. Zuma for nearly four decades. They met in Mozambique in the late 1970s, when Mr. Zuma led the A.N.C.'s underground operations in exile. Their families were close, too.
Barely two weeks after Mr. Moyane took office, the wild stories began appearing in The Sunday Times, fed by unnamed sources inside the tax agency. The paper reported that Mr. Pillay had created the rogue unit, and that the tax agency had paid a former spymaster nearly $230,000 to keep quiet about surveillance devices planted at Mr. Zuma's home.
The Sunday Times retracted most of the articles — 18 months later. It settled with Mr. Pillay and another tax agency employee named in the accounts.
But the coup de grâce had already been delivered.
Citing the news reports, Mr. Moyane quickly suspended Mr. Pillay, who resigned a few months later. More than 1,000 other employees, most of whom had nothing to do with the so-called rogue unit, left in a wider purge that impaired the agency's ability to pursue big companies and other offenders. Many investigations into the tax problems of politically connected individuals came to a halt.
The impact on the nation goes far beyond that, threatening to drag South Africa back toward the days when people looked at the state of their government — and decided not to support it.
While the tax agency blames the economy's slow growth and a drop in imports for the recent revenue deficit, it also acknowledges "a deterioration in compliance." Businesses collected taxes on the goods they sold and the employees they hired, but then did not turn over the money to the government, the agency said.
Beyond that, nearly half of the shortfall in the last budget year came from personal income taxes that officials had expected to collect but never did, according to the National Treasury.
The trend worries the government, which relies heavily on personal income tax, about half of which is paid by the top 1 percent of South Africans. The tax agency says it has made one million calls to remind taxpayers of their obligation to pay.
For Judge Davis, the leader of the recent review of the tax system, the erosion of the public's faith in the agency and the government itself has been striking. He had expected a recent amnesty program, which allowed taxpayers to declare their offshore wealth and avoid penalties, to net as much as $1 billion. But by the time the program ended last year, it had collected just over $265 million.
The scandal did not end with the wreckage at the tax agency. The torrent of unproved accusations gave Mr. Zuma and his allies enough ammunition to grab control over another prize — the state coffers in the National Treasury.
This chapter of the story, in particular, relied on the cooperation of a Western company that carried great weight and credibility in South Africa: KPMG.
In December 2014, as The Sunday Times kept churning out headlines about the rogue unit, Mr. Moyane commissioned KPMG South Africa to investigate. A year later, the firm produced a report confirming that a division inside the agency — officially known as the High Risk Investigation Unit — had been set up illegally and gone rogue. It was the proof that seemed to justify Mr. Moyane's sweeping purge.
Not surprisingly, Mr. van der Walt's dive into the tax agency focused on the leader of the so-called rogue unit, Johann van Loggerenberg. The two men, both Afrikaners, had carved out distinct roles for themselves in South Africa's new order. Now, they found themselves on opposite sides of a showdown roiling the nation.
Mr. van Loggerenberg, the tax official, had an especially unusual background. Before joining the agency in 1998, he had worked as an undercover police agent. His work, venturing deep into organized crime, had left him estranged from his family.
"Even my parents believed I was a criminal," he recalled.
After his police unit was disbanded, he considered an offer from the national intelligence service. But a prominent A.N.C. acquaintance told him to consider the tax agency instead.
South Africans, the A.N.C. member told him, had been liberated in 1994 but did not have social or economic freedom. The new government needed money to erase the legacies of apartheid. The thought stuck in Mr. van Loggerenberg's mind.
By the time KPMG started digging into the tax agency, however, Mr. van Loggerenberg had become embroiled in a personal scandal that added even more fuel to the national bonfire.
By his own admission, Mr. van Loggerenberg, who was leading an investigation into the tobacco industry, had a brief romantic relationship with a double agent — a lawyer who represented a tobacco manufacturer and had also operated as a government informant.
When that relationship came to a tumultuous end, the lawyer gave The Sunday Times her WhatsApp exchanges with Mr. van Loggerenberg. In them, the couple simultaneously fight and discuss a tax settlement with a political leader, further eroding the public's confidence in the tax agency.
The KPMG investigation claimed to be exhaustive. Mr. van der Walt's team of "20 to 30 professionals" perused 860,000 emails and an "excess of 1.36 million documents," according to the firm.
One Friday evening, from 6 p.m. until past midnight, a KPMG team took out documents from the tax official's safe, creating a detailed inventory of each item.
In the end, the 139-page KPMG report found no evidence of a brothel or illegal wiretapping of Mr. Zuma.
But it argued that members of the so-called rogue unit had bugged the offices of national prosecutors in an operation called Project Sunday Evenings, eavesdropping on the investigation of a crime boss and a former police commissioner who wound up in prison.
Equally important was a single sentence, in KPMG's executive findings and conclusions, about Pravin Gordhan, the man who was widely credited with building up the tax agency as its commissioner from 1999 to 2009.
Mr. Gordhan, KPMG said, "ought to have known of the existence of the unit," which it said had been established illegally.
This sentence gave Mr. Zuma and his allies the tools to go after an even bigger target: the National Treasury, which Mr. Gordhan had moved on to oversee as finance minister. The authorities publicly summoned Mr. Gordhan in late 2016 and charged him with fraud.
The charges were quickly withdrawn, but they gave Mr. Zuma political cover when he fired Mr. Gordhan from his post as finance minister a few months later.
Mr. Zuma and Mr. Gordhan had often been at odds over the use of government money. Under Mr. Gordhan's stewardship, the National Treasury had become a bulwark against the freewheeling spending at state enterprises that was enriching Mr. Zuma's allies.
Mr. Gordhan was widely respected in financial and business circles. But when he was ousted in March 2017, the president replaced him with an A.N.C. politician under whose leadership corruption had flourished in the Ministry of Public Enterprises.
A few days later, South Africa's credit rating was downgraded to junk status, creating yet another major challenge for the nation. Just as the chaos at the tax agency was depressing tax revenues, it suddenly became more expensive for South Africa to borrow money, compounding its problems.
From there, KPMG might have simply moved on to other government projects, had it not been for a surprising development.
Emails leaked last year revealed the chummy ties between close Zuma allies and top KPMG officials. The supposedly ironclad audits KPMG had performed quickly fell under suspicion. Some of the companies the firm had cleared were even being investigated for money laundering and other illicit activities.
Forced to audit itself, KPMG acknowledged that it did not have evidence to support the statement it had made about Mr. Gordhan, the finance minister Mr. Zuma had removed.
In a staggering mea culpa, the firm said it was withdrawing the report's main conclusions and recommendations — including the assertion that the investigative unit had been established illegally and was operating in a rogue manner.
Even more damning was KPMG's later admission in a hearing before Parliament that the report's conclusions and recommendations had not been the product of KPMG at all.
Instead, they had been copied "by and large verbatim" from a memo drafted by lawyers employed by the tax agency, said Roy Waligora, KPMG South Africa's head of forensics.
But the firm stopped short of disavowing other sections of the report, sowing even more national confusion over whether anything in it had actually been true.
The lead investigator, Mr. van der Walt, left the firm last year. He declined to be interviewed.
No other individual received more attention in the report than Mr. van Loggerenberg, the former head of the so-called rogue unit. But he said KPMG officials had never interviewed him, even after he "begged" on several occasions to present his side of the story.
The legal problems facing Mr. van Loggerenberg and Mr. Pillay are not finished. Both still face criminal charges linked to Project Sunday Evenings, accused of eavesdropping on national prosecutors.
Legal experts say the case appears politically motivated, part of a continuing attempt by the national prosecutors — still led by a staunch Zuma ally — to maintain the narrative of a rogue unit at the tax agency. In recent years, the National Prosecuting Authority, which has been compromised by intense meddling by A.N.C. politicians, has increasingly been used for political ends, the experts said.
The national prosecutors' spokesman declined to comment.
For KPMG, the inquiry into the tax agency was a lucrative and prestigious contract, bringing in about $2 million and giving the firm a toehold on future work in government. Now critics accuse it of acting as little more than a hired gun in this case, ready to craft reports that fit its client's wishes.
The investigation was one of many scandals involving KPMG in South Africa and elsewhere. Federal prosecutors in New York indicted four of the firm's former employees on conspiracy and wire fraud charges in January.
Last month, two British parliamentary committees said KPMG was "complicit" in endorsing the misleading financial statements made by Carillion, a construction giant that collapsed early this year. KPMG, the company's auditor for 19 years, never raised questions and signed off on management's "increasingly fantastical figures," the committees said.
In the end, Mr. Zuma's own party turned against him.
With opposition figures gaining control of the nation's biggest cities, the A.N.C. removed Mr. Zuma as president of the country in February. The corruption he presided over had become too much of a political liability ahead of elections next year.
But pledges of transparency in the aftermath of the tax scandal have yielded little. John Veihmeyer, the chairman of KPMG International at the time, promised "an independent investigation" into the rogue unit report last September.
"Given the significance of the issues involved in this matter to the country of South Africa, and the damage our actions have caused, the public deserves to know the full facts as quickly as possible," he said in a statement.
But KPMG has not followed up in the eight months since Mr. Veihmeyer's pledge. KPMG International declined interview requests, saying only that it "continues to cooperate" with inquiries.
That is not how some investigators describe it. Lawyers in one inquiry, conducted by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, were denied access to key documents, according to Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza, who leads the organization's inquiry panel and once headed South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission's investigation unit.
"We're still stuck," Mr. Ntsebeza said.
Mr. Ntsebeza has also leveled his frustration at the new leadership of the nation's tax agency.
At a recent hearing, the agency's new acting commissioner, Mark Kingon, delayed its start by a couple of hours in an attempt to expel journalists, though the hearings had been open to the public since the inquiry began early this year.
Then, unlike all previous witnesses, Mr. Kingon refused to speak under oath.
"In order for us to be comfortable that you're serious about what you're saying, we need you to bind yourself to what you're going to say — the truth, the whole truth and nothing else but the truth," Mr. Ntsebeza said, unable to conceal his anger.
Now, South Africa is waiting to see how far its new president, Mr. Ramaphosa, will carry his anti-corruption drive. Many are skeptical, contending that he did little to prevent his fellow A.N.C. leaders from undermining the tax agency and other institutions during his nearly four years as Mr. Zuma's deputy president.
Yet another inquiry, this one ordered by Mr. Ramaphosa, has promised to reveal the real, complete story behind the rise and fall of the tax agency. But it is far from clear whether it will restore the people's faith in government and persuade them to do what may seem, once again, unimaginable — pay their taxes.
"We should put behind us the era of diminishing trust in public institutions and weakened confidence in leaders," Mr. Ramaphosa said in his first address to the nation in February.


As I sit here sipping my tea, staring out the window at the first dreary day in weeks, I'm wishing I were back in Ferryland, sitting on the cliffs, enjoying a Lighthouse Picnic.
The Lighthouse Picnic is something the hubby and I have wanted to do for ages now, and it's something I've personally wanted to do since first seeing it on 'Places to Go with Sharon Snow', way back when it first opened.
So after years of hearing nothing but great reviews, and working through photo envy of friends who have gone, we finally got around to booking our own picnic. I gotta say, we loved it! The Lighthouse Picnic is definitely something to be experienced by everyone, whether you're from the province or just visiting.
While searching Pinterest for some summery treats, I came across these quick and simple frozen banana pops (originally on the blog Recipes under 400). I like them because you can literally make them in ten minutes, and you don't have to wait a day or more before you can eat them (one of the reasons I've yet to make homeade ice cream - I'm more of an instant gratification kinda gal).
I also like the fact that they're customizable; the original recipe called for plain greek yogurt to be flavoured with cinnamon - I opted for vanilla greek yogurt and cinnamon coated praline pecans. It's really up to you, on how you decide to make them, you can even spruce them up with some chocolate chips, or toasted coconut, or both?! Which now that I suggest that, I'm wondering why I never thought of it earlier!
I made two different versions of this treat (only because I ran out of the praline pecans and needed to improvise). Option 1 was me improvising with chopped almonds and brown sugar, while Option 2 is the Praline Pecan version.
Brace yourself for one of thee most AMAZING scalloped potato recipes you've ever had. I'm serious. You're not gonna believe the flavour of these things. I admit, they're not the prettiest things you've ever seen, but the taste is out of this world. I've made it a couple of times now and each time I'm blown away by how good it is, in fact my hubby told me today that I make, and I quote 'the best scalloped potatoes ever, in the world!'. In the meantime, I may be able to pull off the recipe well, but the real praise goes to The Looneyspoons. Thanks again for yet another amazing dish!
Fried rice is something I've always enjoyed. Not only is it easy to make (and fast), it's completely customizable to your own taste. The combinations are endless! Use whatever veggies you have in your fridge, any kind of dried fruit, and you can even throw in some nuts or seeds.
Overall, it's great to have with any meal as a side, and it's always a crowd pleaser! With that said, picky eaters do exist, so if you have someone in your family who prefers plain rice versus this variety, do what my mom has always done for my sister - prepare the rice as you normally would (I suggest keeping the raisins in the mix), then set some aside before preparing the fried version.
I stumbled across this recipe on Pinterest, like many of my recipes these days. The original post came from Witty in the City, but I've also seen it referenced as 'World's best chicken' by Rachel Schultz. Either way you make it, it will be delish I'm sure, because it's the flavour combo that makes this taste so good.
Here's another recipe brought to you by turkey leftovers. This is a great dish to serve to family and friends, it has every level of comfort you could ask for - turkey, cheese, creamy sauce and noodles - everyone will be satisfied.
Hey Everyone, I'm happy to report I've just crossed another item off my Food List Challenge - Eggs Benedict. Now you may be wondering how I've gone this long without trying it, and after devouring it this morning I'm wondering the same! Truth is, I didn't think I liked hollandaise sauce... boy was I wrong. The Paula Deen inside of me was jumping for joy as I was cutting more and more butter into the sauce. Overall, I must say it was delish! Though, after messing up one pot of sauce, poaching the eggs (my first time might I add) and ensuring everything was timed properly, the next Eggs Benny I eat will be at a cafe.
With that said, the Eggs Benedict brings me half way to my summer goal for the Food List Challenge: 5 new foods down, 5 new foods to go!
Turkey Casserole just happens to be one of my favourite post-turkey-dinner meals. Not only is it super easy to make and involve very little prep, it's also great at getting rid of leftovers.


Consider what can be meant when someone claims a country has "freedom", at least in an economic sense. Freedom for who, for what, and etc.?! This is a more complicated than we might first think and but the Index of Economic Freedom can give us some insights. Further, you can turn the CIA World Factbook to compare and contrast different countries.


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Q: Correct way to make secured CRUD API with spring security and JWT Tokens I work on a CRUD API project using spring security framework and I want to implement authorization verification using JWT tokens.
Let's say I have 3 endpoints:

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*Authentification controller where user can sign up or sign in if he has an account

*A dummy get that returns a string to make sure authorization works

*One where I can update information about the current user

My user would be like this
public class UserEntity {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Long id;

    private String username;

    private String password;

    private String favoriteAnimal;

}

In my 3rd endpoint I would like to update the favorite animal of my user.
    @PostMapping("/update")
    public ResponseEntity<String> updatePet(@RequestBody UserDTO user) {
        return new ResponseEntity<>(UserSevices.updateUserInfo, HttpStatus.OK);
    }

What would be the correct way to make sure that the user calling this endpoint is the correct one with the JWT token?
I have my AuthorizationFilter extending OncePerRequestFilter and implementing doFilterInternal()
@Override
    protected void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request,
                                    HttpServletResponse response,
                                    FilterChain filterChain) throws ServletException, IOException {
        String token = getJWTFromRequest(request);
        if(StringUtils.hasText(token) && tokenGenerator.validateToken(token)) {
            String username = tokenGenerator.getUsernameFromJWT(token);

            UserDetails userDetails = customUserDetailsService.loadUserByUsername(username);
            UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken authenticationToken = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(userDetails, null,
                    userDetails.getAuthorities());
            authenticationToken.setDetails(new WebAuthenticationDetailsSource().buildDetails(request));
            SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(authenticationToken);
        }
        filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
    }

We agree that when I will call the endpoint the user request will go through this filter? Is this filter correct?
Now in my service if I want to fetch the user by id how can I get the id?
I have to create a token with an ID key? The token is generate and given to the user when he firss logs in.
I am sorry if it is a bit confusing but I have not been able to find information online.
I have my AuthorizationFilter extending OncePerRequestFilter and implementing doFilterInternal()
@Override
    protected void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request,
                                    HttpServletResponse response,
                                    FilterChain filterChain) throws ServletException, IOException {
        String token = getJWTFromRequest(request);
        if(StringUtils.hasText(token) && tokenGenerator.validateToken(token)) {
            String username = tokenGenerator.getUsernameFromJWT(token);

            UserDetails userDetails = customUserDetailsService.loadUserByUsername(username);
            UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken authenticationToken = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(userDetails, null,
                    userDetails.getAuthorities());
            authenticationToken.setDetails(new WebAuthenticationDetailsSource().buildDetails(request));
            SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(authenticationToken);
        }
        filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
    }

We agree that when I will call the endpoint the user request will go through this filter? Is this filter correct?
Now in my service if I want to fetch the user by id how can I get the id?
I have to create a token with an ID key? The token is generate and given to the user when he firss logs in.
I am sorry if it is a bit confusing but I have not been able to find information online.
I use the jjwt library for token

A: There is a good tutorial regarding to this topic:
Spring Boot JWT - How to Secure your REST APIs with Spring Security and Json Web Tokens
I also suggest to check the updates regarding to WebSercurityConfigurerAdapter on the following link.


HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu has taken another top spot in a new traffic ranking – this time for the most dangerous intersection in the nation.
A recent report says the 1450 block of Ala Moana Boulevard poses the most challenges for drivers. The report says it's because of Ala Moana Center's massive web of parking lots, entrances and exits.
Researchers from the media company The Cheat Sheet dug into numbers from various traffic reports to come up with the list. They found that there were 312 accidents in that area of Ala Moana Boulevard in 2015.
Based on the data, researchers believe this block of Ala Moana Boulevard is "the scariest place for motorists and pedestrians in the country."
Wyoming, which is the nation's least populated state, was named the most dangerous state for drivers. There were more than 25 deaths for every 100,000 people in the state.


"Exploration of the Southern California Borderland" by Marie-Helene Cormier, Katherine L. C. Bell et al.
E/V Nautilus cruise NA075 returned to the Southern California Continental Borderland, an area that remains largely unexplored. Part of the broader North America-Pacific plate boundary, this region extends ~300 km west of the San Andreas Fault and displays an unusually rugged physiography. During the cruise, the multibeam sonar mapped ~5,200 km2 of seafloor, and ROVs Hercules and Argus were deployed for 16 dives to explore geological and biological targets (Figure 1) and collect samples.
Cormier, M.H., K.L.C. Bell, S.M. Sharuga, C. Castillo, J. Conrad, D. Amon, M. Legg, M.L. Brennan, K. Barnhill, L.L. Lowell, A. Marranzino, S.L. Klemperer, and R. Kane, Exploration of the Southern California Borderland, Oceanography, 39 (Suppl.), 40-41, 2017. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2017.supplement.01.


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-None of the Above is a powerful story of discovering one's true identity. This book will open hearts and change minds.---Stephen Chbosky, bestselling author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower Now in paperback--this relatable and groundbreaking story for the LGBTQIA+ audience is about a teenage girl who discovers she was born intersex . . . and what happens when her secret is revealed to the entire school. Perfect for fans of If I Was Your Girl and Ask the Passengers. When Kristin Lattimer is voted homecoming queen, it seems like another piece of her ideal life has fallen into place. She's a champion hurdler with a full scholarship to college and she's madly in love with her boyfriend. In fact, she's decided that she's ready to take things to the next level with him. But Kristin's first time isn't the perfect moment she's planned--something is very wrong. A visit to the doctor reveals the truth: Kristin is intersex, which means that though she outwardly looks like a girl, she has male chromosomes, not to mention boy -parts.-Dealing with her body is difficult enough, but when her diagnosis is leaked to the whole school, Kristin's entire identity is thrown into question. As her world unravels, can she come to terms with her new self? Incredibly compelling and sensitively told, None of the Above is a thought-provoking novel that explores what it means to be a boy, a girl, or something in between.
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`roomba-bot` is based on Termux, WA Web. Allowing simple integration between WA groups or P2P messaging between users and the bot for getting automated messages.

I use it to manage my personal things, check things like DNS, News, Post items, and other group activities. Roomba-bot has a plugin based architecture that allows easy integration of new plugins.  I'm not super happy with this, but if Termux proves itself as a stable workaround for WA security, i'll refactor it too making it more generic.

For now, it's for personal use only and education purposes only. Feel free to fork and play with it too.

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Add more plugins:
 * ynet
 * dns
 * winner
 * weather
 * postil - broken, new api
 * soundcloud
 * Spotify top playlists

`node src/index.js`

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Virtual Tour of Jewish Moscow with BZD
Join the BZD and Evgenia (Jane) Kempinski on a virtual tour of Jewish Moscow, home to the largest Jewish community in Russia, numbering some 250,000 people. Today, Jewish life flourishes, and the community is known for its rich religious and cultural life – but this wasn't always the case.
Our program will cover about 140-150 years, from when Jews were first allowed to settle in Moscow to the present day. We will look at the Jewish business empires of the late 19th century and find their traces today. We will find out how a Jew became the best Russian landscape artist and speak about when Jews were expelled from the city. We will also visit the Old Choral Synagogue and the Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue.
We will learn the unique story of a modern "shtetl" created in the early 20th century and which still exists today. We will discuss the economic activities of the Soviet Jews in the small towns around Moscow – and how their traditional role as middlemen continued even during communism. We will look at the Jewish Community Center in Marina Rosha and visit the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center – dedicated to the history of Russian Jews. Finally, we will also visit the Holocaust Memorial Synagogue located in Victory Park.


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Q: match values between 2 dictionaries & append the matching value to the new dictionary I am trying to generate a table to compare between gold values & predicted values. The gold & predicted values are represented in 2 separate list of dictionaries which have different values & sizes.
What I would like to do is: If the id value of a dictionary in the gold list exists in the predicted list of dictionaries, append the gold detected label to the predicted list as a new key:value as 'gold label: True or False.
Note: the gold data contains only all of the actual True values, if there is a False entry in the predicted which is not existing in the gold data, then that is considered as a True Negative, hence both gold & predicted have False for value. Therefore the gold has less total values than predicted.
gold = [{'id': 'ABC', 'detected': True},
        {'id':'DEF', 'detected': True}] #contains only all the True values.

predicted = [{'id': 'ABC', 'detected': True},
             {'id':'DEF', 'detected': False},
             {'id':'GHI', 'detected': True},
             {'id':'JKL', 'detected': False}]

for p in predicted:
    if gold in predicted:
        p['gold label'] = True
    else:
        p['gold label'] = False

print(predicted)

current output:
[{'id': 'ABC', 'detected': True, 'gold label': False}, #not correct
 {'id': 'DEF', 'detected': False, 'gold label': False}, #not correct
 {'id': 'GHI', 'detected': True, 'gold label': False},#correct
 {'id': 'JKL', 'detected': False, 'gold label': False}] #correct

desired output:
[{'id': 'ABC', 'detected': True, 'gold label': True}, #correct, match
 {'id': 'DEF', 'detected': False, 'gold label': True}, #correct, mismatch
 {'id': 'GHI', 'detected': True, 'gold label': False}, #correct, mismatch
 {'id': 'JKL', 'detected': False, 'gold label': False}] #correct, match

As you can see, I was only able to check if the gold dictionary exists in the predicted list of dictionaries, which would represent a "True" added value. But then it does not consider other options, such as false positives. Any hints so that I can proceed? Should I iterate on both list of dictionaries with nested loops?

A: IIUC, you can first generate a dictionary of the gold id:detected pairs, then iterate:
gold_ids = {d['id']: d['detected'] for d in gold}
# {'ABC': True, 'DEF': True}

for p in predicted:
    p['gold_label'] = gold_ids.get(p['id'], False)

output:
[{'id': 'ABC', 'detected': True, 'gold_label': True},
 {'id': 'DEF', 'detected': False, 'gold_label': True},
 {'id': 'GHI', 'detected': True, 'gold_label': False},
 {'id': 'JKL', 'detected': False, 'gold_label': False}]


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Merriam-webster's Geographical Dictionary Daniel J Hopkins
Even though your definition of an SDK may perhaps differ, in our planet, we define SDKs as platform- distinct tools for consuming existing APIs of the sort we list in our API directory. For instance, the Ruby SDK for consuming the Twitter Advertisements API. If you think an SDK, API, or other asset is missing from our directory, be positive to verify our suggestions for making contributions to ProgrammableWeb. In 2015, the United States Division of Defense published its lengthy-awaited Law of War Manual making a important statement on the position of the US government on vital military matters.
These account aggregators like Yoddle, Intuit or Fiduceo began by scraping data from banks web sites with agents logging in on a customer's behalf to present new services to these bank buyers. As APIs allow new strategies of accessing information and facts program, this implies new ways of operating. With APIs, it becomes easier to supply technique access from outside the confines of the business.
A coarser transcription with significantly less detail is named a broad transcription. Both are relative terms, and each are generally enclosed in square brackets. Amongst the symbols of the IPA, 107 letters represent consonants and vowels, 31 diacritics are employed to modify these, and 17 added signs indicate suprasegmental qualities such as length, tone, pressure, and intonation. These are organized into a chart the chart displayed right here is the official chart as posted at the internet site of the IPA. AWS Lambdalets you run code with no provisioning or managing servers. With Lambda, you can run code for practically any sort of application or backend service.
For the suffix far more usually spelt -ise in British English, OUP policy dictates a preference for the spelling -ize, e.g., recognize vs. realise and globalization vs. globalisation. The rationale is etymological, in that the English suffix is primarily derived from the Greek suffix -ιζειν, (-izein), or the Latin -izāre. Even so, -ze is also in some cases treated as an Americanism insofar as the -ze suffix has crept into words where it did not initially belong, as with analyse , which is spelt analyze in American English. When the print version of the second edition was published in 1989, the response was enthusiastic. Author Anthony Burgess declared it "the greatest publishing event of the century", as quoted by the Los Angeles Occasions. Time dubbed the book "a scholarly Everest", and Richard Boston, writing for The Guardian, called it "1 of the wonders of the planet".
(See, for instance, August 2008 on an open central unrounded vowel and August 2011 on central approximants.) Reactions to the proposal may be published in the exact same or subsequent problems of the Journal . A formal proposal is then put to the Council of the IPA – which is elected by the membership – for additional discussion and a formal vote. IPA letters have cursive forms made for use in manuscripts and when taking field notes, but the 1999 Handbook of the International Phonetic Association encouraged against their use, as cursive IPA is "harder for most persons to decipher."
In a time of fake news and alternative information, the usage of even basic words can serve to ensnare the listener rather than to educate him. Webster's motivations were in portion commercial—the schoolteacher-turned-lexicographer needed cash—but they were also undeniably political. He longed to give the American public a language they could get in touch with their personal. The spellings that Webster promoted have now develop into hallmarks of American English, which includes dropping the letter uin words like color, removing the kfrom mimic, and altering words like centreto center. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Merriam-Webster, the oldest dictionary publisher in America, has turned itself into a social media powerhouse more than the past few years. By the time it was completed in 1828, the dictionary was greeted with respect, even reverence.
He came to London, and in February of 1872, Minor shot and killed George Merrett, a man who neither knew Minor nor had any get in touch with with him prior to the attack . Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum became Minor's house and prison . Just after eight years of confinement, Minor heard of Murray's request for contributors to the dictionary, and seeing this as an opportunity for "intellectual stimulus," he decided to become a contributor (Winchester 113-4).
These papers analyze another individual's perform or a group of performs. The objective is to collect details about a existing concern or problem and to communicate where we are now. It sheds light on concerns and attempts to fill these gaps with recommendations for future investigation and solutions. Empirical research take data from observations and experiments to produce study reports.
Every single ODAAE inclusion will have the standard format of a dictionary entry and contain actual-life examples from different sorts of sources to give as complete a picture as doable. There will be pronunciation guides, which may well include things like distinct regional pronunciation, as nicely as audio files. When probable, the entries will have etymological notes too, according to Heinmiller.
Every of your term web page editors includes a metabox with tooltip override settings that only apply on the specified term. – This will show the dictionary result also in the tooltip itself. For much more facts about the Dictionary API, access this web page .
At the finish of volume 3, this edition included the Britannica Globe Language Dictionary, 474 pages of translations between English and French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, and Yiddish. A CD-ROM version of the full text, with thousands of added new words and definitions from the "addenda", was published by Merriam-Webster in 2000, and is generally packaged with the print edition. The third edition was published in 2000 on Merriam-Webster's website next as a subscription service. While it was much more productive financially than the original 1828 edition and was reprinted a lot of instances, Noah Webster was critical of it. Worcester and Goodrich's abridgment of Noah Webster's dictionary was published in 1841 by White and Sheffield, printed by E.
Further material for a offered letter range continued to be gathered soon after the corresponding fascicle was printed, with a view towards inclusion in a supplement or revised edition. A one particular-volume supplement of such material was published in 1933, with entries weighted towards the commence of the alphabet where the fascicles were decades old. Also in 1933 the original fascicles of the whole dictionary were re-issued, bound into 12 volumes, beneath the title "The Oxford English Dictionary". This edition of 13 volumes like the supplement was subsequently reprinted in 1961 and 1970. It aims to show not only the present meanings of words, but also to trace their improvement by means of time. Entries contain detailed etymological evaluation, and are illustrated by quotations from a wide range of English language sources from around the world, making the OED a one of a kind historical record.
In 1800 Noah Webster proposed to compile a "Dictionary of the American Language" that would reflect "the considerable differences between the American and English languages." The thought met with scorn. Noah Webster was a Connecticut man, born in West Hartford and educated at Yale. Expanding up during the Revolution, he was fired with the ideals of democracy and nationhood.
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Publishing of video games and developing them is usually financed by big publishing organizations. In other cases the financing is done by the developers of the video games themselves. The other way that video games development could be financed is getting funds from the government or from individuals. When it comes to crowdfunding, the players of the video games are the ones who support the publishing of the video games by paying for them. This way of financing video games has become quite common. Explore more information about video game development.
Crowdfunding was not as popular initially but with time it has come turned out to be a huge success and a reliable method. This method of financing projects is also used in other projects apart from video games financing. With this method, the company developing the project does not require a third party for financing. In this financing process the creators or developers usually engage an intermediate company. The intermediate company then allows for users to give pledges for future financing. The total of the pledged funds is passed on to the developing company for financing. To remark the understanding about fig crowdfunding , visit the link.
To motivate the financers, incentives and promotional items such as T-shirts are given by the developers. When crowdfunding was initiated, just like any other initiation, faced challenges but later proved to be a workable and reliable method of financing projects. There are quite a number of advantages attached to crowdfunding.
The first advantage is that crowdfunding is more efficient to other means of getting finances for a project. When the right people are engaged and a successful crowdfunding campaign set, then efficiency is realized. Crowdfunding also seems to create trust and validation in the sense that when people buy your idea, then many other people are also likely to join in the financing. This is better than other financial methods in that one is able to pool more funds by attracting more financers by creating trust in them.
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Home » Blog » Literary Scene » It's STILL National Poetry Month!
It's STILL National Poetry Month!
Bianca Glinskas April 12th, 2018 Literary Scene Share:
It's time to celebrate a few local poets.
On Friday, April 13th there will be a Book Launch Celebration
featuring three Denver University poetry students.
Diana Khoi Ngyen will read from Ghost of;
Jennifer Elise Foerster will read from Bright Raft in the Afterweather;
Alicia Mountain will read from High Ground Coward.
Starts at 7pm at Counterpath
(7935 East 14th Avenue, Denver)
All poetry collections will be available for purchase!
About Diana:
"Born in Los Angeles, Diana Khoi Nguyen is a poet and multimedia artist whose work has appeared widely in literary journals such as Poetry, American Poetry Review, Boston Review, PEN America, and The Iowa Review, among others. A winner of the 92Y's Discovery / Boston Review 2017 Poetry Contest, she is a PhD candidate in creative writing at the University of Denver." —Omnidawn
About Ghost Of:
WINNER OF THE OMNIDAWN 2016/17 OPEN POETRY BOOK PRIZE
SELECTED BY TERRANCE HAYES
"Ghost of is truly a brilliant book. Amazing poetry happens inside visual innovations where "There is nothing that is not music, the pouring of water from one receptacle into another a coat of bees draped over the sack of sugar caving in on itself." Poetry is found in the gaps, silences and ruptures of history. In "An Empty House Is a Debt" the poet writes: "There is a house in me. It is empty. I empty it. / Negative space: the only native emptiness there is." These poems mean to make a song of emptiness and the spaces we house. They sing to and for the ghosts of identity, exile, and history. They sing like a ghost who looks from the window or waits by the door. Lyric fills in the holes in the story. Ghost Of is unforgettable." –Terrance Hayes
About Jennifer:
"Jennifer Elise Foerster is an alumna of the Institute of American Indian Arts, received her MFA in writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and is a PhD candidate in English and Creative Writing at the University of Denver. Foerster is the recipient of a 2017 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, a Lannan Foundation Writing Residency Fellowship, and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University. A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, Foerster is the author of one previous book of poems, Leaving Tulsa." —UA Press
About Bright Raft in the Afterweather:
"Featuring recurring characters, settings, and motifs from her previous book, Leaving Tulsa, Foerster takes the reader on a solitary journey to the edges of the continents of mind and time to discover what makes us human. Along the way, the author surveys the intersection between natural landscapes and the urban world, baring parallels to the conflicts between Native American peoples and Western colonizers, and considering how imagination and representation can both destroy and remake our worlds.
Foerster's captivating language and evocative imagery immerse the reader in a narrative of disorientation and reintegration. Each poem blends Foerster's refined use of language with a mythic and environmental lyricism as she explores themes of destruction, spirituality, loss, and remembrance." — UA Press
About Alicia:
"ALICIA MOUNTAIN's first collection, High Ground Coward (University of Iowa Press, 2018), was selected by Brenda Shaughnessy as a winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize. She is also the author of the digital chapbook Thin Fire, selected by Natalie Diaz and published by BOAAT Press. Mountain's poems can be found in Guernica, jubilat, Prairie Schooner, Pleiades, Witness, and elsewhere. She has been a Pushcart Prize nominee, an Idyllwild Arts Fellow and a resident at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. She is a queer poet, PhD student, and assistant editor of the Denver Quarterly. Mountain earned her MFA at the University of Montana in Missoula. " —Alicia Mountain Website
About High Ground Coward:
2017/2018 IOWA POETRY PRIZE WINNER
"Alicia Mountain's urgent and astonishing debut collection maps a new queer landscape through terrain alive and sensual, defiant and inviting. With a voice that beckons while it howls, Mountain nimbly traverses lyric, confessional, and narrative modes, leaving groundbreaking tracks for us to follow. High Ground Coward offers fists full of soil, leftovers for breakfast, road trip as ritual, twins of lovers and twins of ourselves. This world blooms with hunger-inducing detail, its speakers asking us to consider what it will take to satisfy our own appetites while simultaneously trying to nourish one another. "Ferocious, even the softest part," Mountain shows us "a way to fall in love with wanting," leaving us "ravenous, but gradually." —Amazon
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Bianca Glinskas hails from sunny Southern California, where she studied English and Creative Writing at California State University of Long Beach. Bianca's work has appeared in literary magazines including Knock Your Socks Off, Ordinary Madness, and Glass Mountain Magazine. Bianca's column arose as a natural attempt to answer the call of Denver's lively, pulsating literary scene. When she isn't reading or writing, Bianca enjoys doing yoga, playing viola, exploring the outdoors, drinking at breweries, and holing up in coffee shops for hours on end. For any inquiries regarding Bianca's coverage of Denver's literary scene, please do not hesitate to contact her directly at bglinskas@gmail.com.
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From the Event Comics homepage: MARVEL COMICS GROUP JOINS FORCES WITH CREATORS JOE QUESADA AND JIMMY PALMIOTTI Legendary Marvel Characters to Experience Fresh Spins on Four Titles Kevin Smith, Noted Writer/Director of Clerks, Mall Rats and Chasing Amy, to Write First Six Issues of Daredevil New York, February 18, 1998 -- Joseph Calamari, President and COO, Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. announced the formation of a strategic packaging alliance with Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti, Co-Founders of Event Comics. In this regard, Marvel has entered into an exclusive publishing agreement, whereby Quesada and Palmiotti will produce four Marvel titles: Daredevil, Black Panther, Inhumans and The Punisher. Marvel will market and distribute the titles produced under this agreement. Based in Marvels New York headquarters, Quesada and Palmiotti will report to Bob Harras, Editor-In-Chief, Marvel Comics Group. With writer/director Kevin Smith already onboard to scribe the first six issues of Daredevil, Quesada and Palmiotti promise to assemble and lead an all-star team in the new genesis of story arcs for the four Marvel titles. Calamari stated, "This alliance is another indication of the strength and vitality of Marvel's characters. Joe and Jimmy are recognized stars. Having these two talents and their teams working on Daredevil, Black Panther, Inhumans and The Punisher is exciting for the entire industry." Quesada commented, "Jimmy and I are incredibly excited about the opportunity Marvel has given us. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to take a set of characters and give them a fresh and unique spin without changing the formula that Stan Lee gave the world. We will take that classic formula of super heroes with human frailties and bring it into the new millennium." Palmiotti added, "It is a thrill for us to put our own spin on the books we grew up with. I think of this move as a natural step for us. This will be a blast for everyone and we promise it will be obvious in the books." The re-invigorated titles expect to hit comic shop shelves during late Summer 1998. Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti founded Event Comics in 1995. Event Comics can be accessed on the Internet at www.eventcomics.com. Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. (NYSE: MRV) is a leader in the entertainment and communications industries with businesses spanning a wide array of media including comic books, television, film, theme parks and restaurants. Marvel is available on America Online at Keyword: Marvel and can be accessed on the Internet at www.marvel.com.


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My World, My Way features Elise, who is a beautiful princess and has been given everything she's ever wanted. Upon turning 15, she realizes there's only one thing in the world she lacks, a handsome boyfriend. She sets out to remedy this by asking her father to hold a ball in her honor, to which every prince is invited to come and try his hand at wooing her. However, only one young man catches Elise's eye, and, as it turns out, he is no prince, but an adventurer. Knowing that fate itself has ordained him as her true love, she confesses her desire to share in his life. Unfortunately, he rejects her and only alternative is to prove to him that she can be an adventurer on her own. Much to the Kingdom's shock and dismay, Elise, the clueless princess, sets out on her adventure. It's her world, her way, and as long as she can help the weak, slay the monsters, and win enough fame, she'll get her happily ever after.
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It is seldom that we come across books that would make us laugh, and smack us in the forehead with the truths at the same time. Those truths of life right at the tip of our noses that we kept squinting at, but then ignored vehemently.
I've been exposed to these truths for two weeks. It induced plenty of laughs and urged a lot of contemplating. The author shared some of her experiences, rants, and foraging adventures, while dispensing nuggets of wisdom along the way. I'm really happy that I read them in the morning –starting my day in good spirit.
Theresa "Jew" R. Lariosa is a very talented writer. Her capacity to vividly describe each situation with much gusto and heart is more than entertaining. The reader will be scandalized to the point of realization. It doesn't matter if you are single or married, BULALO SOUP FOR THE SOLE is a bundle of essays that will give you the confidence to accept your (and not so) Bakya moments, and be liberated.
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Visit Drumlanrig Castle and you'll immerse yourself in over 600 years of The Douglas Family's history. The story began in the 14th Century when William, the son of James, 2nd Earl of Drumlanrig (who died at Otterburn in 1388) became the 1st Laird of Drumlanrig.
Over the decades the Douglas family stayed close to the monarchy, a relationship, which as you'd expect, benefitted both the Douglases and the royals. However the relationship did have its difficult times and James Douglas was one of the Lords responsible for driving Mary Queen of Scots out of the country in 1567.
Yet Mary's son, James Vl and l, chose to visit Drumlanrig in 1617 and the royal bond continued to strengthen. William, 3rd Earl of Queensberry, was very loyal to Charles II and was made 1st Duke of Queensberry in 1684. The Castle you see today was built to reflect his new-found status. Its rich history – told in both art and architecture – keeps the family history alive and stands as a fitting tribute to a clan who have preserved Drumlanrig Castle throughout generations for you to enjoy today. The setting is so authentic that the producers of Outlander recently used Drumlanrig as one of their filming locations for the second series.
Since the 15th Century, the Scotts of Buccleuch have played a leading part in the life and development of large parts of the South of Scotland. Their links to the commercial property market trace back to this period, with the 5th Duke of Buccleuch responsible for the development and ownership of Granton Harbour (now part of Edinburgh's Waterfront masterplan), as a means of exporting coal mined from the estates to generate additional income.
One of the more colourful characters to emerge during the turbulent times of the 16th century was Walter Scott. Knighted by King James VI in 1590, he became known as 'Bold Buccleuch' because of his dashing exploits in Border raids; in 1606 Walter was created 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch and the Dukedom arose from the marriage of Walter's great granddaughter Anna to James, Duke of Monmouth in 1663. As a consequence, the houses of the Scotts were united with the Montagus of Boughton and in 1810 the death of William, 4th Duke of Queensberry brought Drumlanrig and the Queensberry Estate into the family, thus establishing the family's full surname, Montagu Douglas Scott.


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Sirloin beef roast meal was excellent as was the chicken, with piping hot food which is rare in restaurants. Meals excellent drinks rather pricey perhaps.
Offering everything from breakfast through to lunch, dinner and cocktail night caps, Garvie & Co is on Station Road in Milngavie. A handsome space, it has large ground floor windows for watching the world go by while the upstairs bar is perfect for a glass of bubbles or craft beer – often accompanied in the evenings by a pianist. Garvie and Co is popular with the local community for morning coffee and cakes, catch-up lunches and tremendous a la carte dinners. The outside seats are at a premium when the sun is shining.
With a bakery display and ever evolving menus which range from afternoon tea to Sunday roasts via a range of breakfasts and a numerous la carte options, Garvie and Co caters for most occasions. The common thread is that the in-house chefs and bakers like to use fresh, seasonal and local produce and, as often as is possible, make everything from scratch.
The menus include simple dishes like the grilled salmon alongside more complex dishes such as the Goan style seafood curry. Pride of place goes to the beef, chicken and burgers cooked on the charcoal-fired Josper oven. The steaks are sourced from the award-winning Cairnhill Farm in Ayrshire.
Garvie & Co is on Station Road in Milngavie by the start of the West Highland Way. The nearest train station is a two minute walk. Nearby attractions include Milngavie and Bearsden Sports Club and Mugdock country Park. There are several free car parks within a hundred metres of Garvie and Co.


Royal Mail will trial using electronic tricycles for deliveries in a bid to cut CO2 emissions in urban areas.
Royal Mail will trial the technology for six months to assess whether it should be rolled out more widely across the UK.
David Gold, director of public affairs and policy at Royal Mail said: "As a company, we are committed to making changes to our operations which reduce our environmental impact, whilst ensuring we continue to meet customer expectations.