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Canada's Economic Action Plan Creates Jobs and Improves Social Housing in British Columbia
March 17, 2011 17:00 ET | Source: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
COQUITLAM, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2011) - The Government of Canada announced today that 29 housing co-operatives located in British Columbia will receive more than $8.7 million through Canada's Economic Action Plan, as part of the social housing renovation and retrofit investments.
The announcement was made at the Hoy Creek Housing Co-operative by the Honourable Stockwell Day, President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
"Our government is focused on the economy and creating jobs and growth for families," said Minister Day. "Canada's Economic Action Plan is funding renovation and retrofit projects like these ones to improve the quality of life of the residents by keeping their homes safe and affordable."
The Government of Canada, through Canada's Economic Action Plan, announced $1 billion for social housing renovation and retrofit. Of the $1 billion, $850 million is being delivered by provinces and territories on a cost-matched basis for existing federally assisted social housing projects which they administer on behalf of the partnership. The remaining $150 million is being delivered by CMHC for existing federally assisted off-reserve housing which it directly administers. Eligible repairs include general improvements, energy efficiency upgrades or conversions, and modifications in support of persons with disabilities.
The housing co-operatives that will receive contributions from the Government of Canada are outlined in the attached backgrounder.
"Without this initiative, co-ops would not be as able to make many of the repairs they need," said CHF Canada Executive Director Nicholas Gazzard. "Today's government funding initiatives for affordable housing will help to consolidate co-ops' success in delivering affordable, mixed-income housing programs at a reasonable cost."
"We cannot thank the Government of Canada and CMHC enough for approving our grant to upgrade the roofing for our co-op's 67 suite Creekview building," said Hugh Tait, President of the Hoy Creek Housing Co-operative. "This funding is enabling our co-op to stabilize itself while it strives to redevelop the remainder its buildings. Changes like this can make the difference in someone's life and provide our community with a safe and healthy environment for generations to come."
More information on this and other measures in Canada's Economic Action Plan, the federal government's plan to stimulate the economy and protect those hit hardest by the global recession, can be found at: www.actionplan.gc.ca.
To find out more about how the Government of Canada and CMHC are working to build stronger homes and communities for all Canadians, call CMHC at 1-800-668-2642 or visit www.cmhc.ca/housingactionplan.
Backgrounder attached.
The housing co-operatives that will receive contributions from the Government of Canada being announced today are:
Location Housing Co-operative Funding
Burnaby Andras Place Housing Co-operative $429,881
Delta Arland Mews Housing Co-operative $118,481
Abbotsford Bakerview Housing Co-operative $230,931
Richmond Benryk Mews Housing Co-operative $329,674
Burnaby Bounty Housing Co-operative $468,919
Vancouver Charles Square Housing Co-operative $11,168
Vancouver Co-operative d'habitation Demers $152,572
Burnaby Edmonds Place Housing Co-operative $87,504
Vancouver Four Sisters Housing Co-operative $197,876
Richmond Greenland Housing Co-op $394,118
Surrey Guildtown Housing Co-operative $505,327
Pitt Meadows Harris Road Housing Co-operative $404,693
Surrey Hawthorne Co-operative Housing Association $26,945
Coquitlam Hoy Creek Housing Co-operative $758,393
Fort St. John Huntington Place Housing Co-operative $275,749
Vancouver Kitsilano Terrace Housing Co-operative $194,897
Vancouver Lakewood Terrace Housing Co-operative $387,610
Richmond Maya Housing Co-operative $643,580
Vancouver Mosquito Creek Housing Co-operative $188,300
Vancouver Mau Dan Gardens Co-operative $1,400,700
Victoria Northridge Housing Co-operative $76,900
Burnaby Nova Vita Housing Co-operative $20,014
Port Moody Salal Housing Co-operative $305,004
Surrey Sandpiper Housing Co-operative $74,284
Kelowna Southgate Manor Co-op Association $121,328
Vancouver Trafalgar Co-operative Housing Assoc. $112,000
Victoria Tyee Housing Co-operative $508,454
New Westminster Westminster Heights Housing Co-operative $198,492
Vancouver Wit's End Housing Co-operative $149,772
RENOVATION AND RETROFIT OF EXISTING SOCIAL HOUSING ADMINISTERED BY CMHC
The Government of Canada's commitment to affordable housing is significant.
Overall, Canada's Economic Action Plan provides a total of $7.8 billion to build quality housing, stimulate construction, create jobs, encourage home ownership and enhance the energy efficiency of Canadian homes. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) will deliver more than $2 billion to provide new and renovated housing for more than 200,000 Canadian households.
Co-operative and non-profit housing represents an important form of housing for many low and moderate-income households. A portion of the existing units are aging and require repairs and upgrading to meet modern energy efficiency and accessibility standards.
As part of Canada's Economic Action Plan, the federal government will invest $1 billion to renovate and retrofit existing social housing. Of this amount, $850M will be used for existing social housing projects administered by Provinces and Territories, which are in receipt of annual Federal funding. Provinces and Territories are required to cost-share this funding on a 50-50 basis and are responsible for program design and delivery.
The remainder of the $1 billion, $150 million will be delivered over two years to address the needs of existing social housing units directly funded and administered by CMHC. This $150 million is targeted, under the Renovation and Retrofit of Existing Social Housing Initiative (the "Renovation and Retrofit Initiative"), to off-reserve federally funded and administered social housing units currently subject to an operating agreement under a National Housing Act social housing program. The following criteria will apply to the $150M being delivered by CMHC:
This initiative will help address the demand for renovation, general improvement, energy efficiency upgrade or conversion, regeneration and modifications for persons with disabilities.
Applicants must have the capacity to undertake work quickly and must meet all other program eligibility criteria.
Priority will be given to sponsors who have managed their projects well and who do not have sufficient funds in their replacement reserve to carry out repairs.
Eligible repairs include, but are not limited to repairs to existing building components, replacement or construction of worn out major building components, major building services, basic facilities and equipment.
Contact Information: CMHC
Andrea Scott
B.C. Region
www.cmhc.ca
Office of Minister Finley
Ryan Sparrow
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation


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The post-Brexit legacy of EU consumer law in the UK
chronic rejection or continued acceptance?
James Devenney, Mel Kenny
On 23 June 2016 the UK voted by 51.9% to 48.1% to leave of 'Brexit' the EU (on a 72.2% turnout this equated to a Brexit vote of 37.5% of those entitles to vote). The results appeared to cause greatest shock amongst 'Brexit' proponents, some of whole initially called for stalling the process at their moment of triumph. The repercussions will consume the energies of the UK Government for years to come with 'a million mad questions;' and this threatens to disrupt trade and investment patterns as well as the work and retirement plans of millions of EU and UK citizens. All this disruption comes at a time when the EU is vulnerable; faced with a refugee crisis, Russian aggression and the Eurozone crisis which threaten its viability. This editorial reflects on just one aspect of Brexit' the legacy of EU consumer law in the UK.
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EU trade
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En Nombre de Ninguna de Rosabetty Muñoz: el duelo como bautismo
Paula Roa
Education and Social Sciences School
The corpus of study of this article is the latest writings produced by the Chilean poet Muñoz Rosabetty, entitled En Nombre de Ninguna and published in 2008. In this work, the poet presents various unnamed speakers, although some are identified with loss in the context of kinship and community relations. These can be used to interrogate the way in which the text articulates the relationship between the various voices and the registration of a name, which enables loss to be outlawed; or how En Nombre de Ninguna through the act of nomination makes redemption possible. The hypothesis to be analysed in this article is the assumption that the text presents polyphony as a mechanism for loss, not only for presenting loss but also performing a duel, which is understood in its religious dimension as the rite of baptism and the registration of a name.
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La Copa de Alemania 1996-97 fue la 54.º edición del torneo de copa de fútbol más importante de Alemania que se jugó del  al  y que contó con la participación de 64 equipos.

El VfB Stuttgart venció al Energie Cottbus en la final jugada en el Olympiastadion para ganar su tercer título de copa.

Resultados

Primera Ronda

Segunda Ronda

Tercera Ronda

Cuartos de Final

Semifinales

Final

Referencias

Enlaces externos
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Fútbol en 1997
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Recoveries were from a much-hunted location but conditions and technique bore fruit. Rain the night before softened the ground which not only made for easy digging, but also probably made faint signals easier to hear. Some folks believe that moisture in the ground increases conductivity and makes for better detecting. I've never looked into the effect of water on induction but there may be something to that theory.
I got into a hot spot of Type III Williams Bullets where I'd found several on previous occasions. Two had lost their zinc washers but hadn't been fired. Two others were intact. All were found within 20 yards of the others. I think the troops that were encamped here had designated the area an official Williams bullet recycle bin.
Depth was typically about 8". Here's a photo showing a recovery with the Type III bullet in the very bottom of the plug. I love seeing them in situ like this.
Also in this area I located an unusual carved bullet. The soldier was no Michelangelo, but it's always exciting to find lead art.
There's a bit of a mystery about this bullet. At first I thought it was a carved Williams Type III, but the base is lead, not zinc. The length is also much shorter than a standard .58 three-ringer, approximately the same as for a Type III. So for now, exactly what type of bullet this was is a mystery.
The other nice find of the day was a dropped Confederate Enfield bullet. Unlike the last one I found, this one has no stamp in its base. All in all, a very fun day to be out and about on a camp ground from 1865.
I have a number of articles in the works ranging from book and equipment reviews, to how-to features and historical debates. Wishing you all a happy and productive 2013.


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After the worldwide scare of bird flu, Egypt saw several cases. Not surprising since Egypt is on one of the main migratory routes for birds from Europe and Asia south to Africa. The flu is caused by a strain of avian influenza virus called H5N1. Governments have been stockpiling Tamiflu, an oral medication for flu, in anticipation of a worldwide pandemic.
Here is an Egyptian man called Yehya (يحيى Arabic for John), although it is pronounced "Yaya".He was on Jimmy Kimmel Live on the 13th of September.He is a handyman by day, and celebrity stalker by night. He just wants to have his picture taken with famous celebrities. He has accumulated 1,600 such photos.His technique is typical Egyptian: he gives the celebrity a gift, which is a souvenir camel figure.His accent is typical Egyptian too. He says "biktshur" (picture), "Robert Williams" (Robin Williams), "Little Women" (Lethal Weapon), "Sixty Second" (Sixth Sense), "elephant" (dolphin).
A typically Egyptian fruit seems to have its origin from faraway places.
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The scientific name is Physalis peruviana It belongs to the Solanacea family, and is closely related to the tomatoes. Its native land is Central America, Peru and Chile, from which it has been transplanted to parts of Africa, including Egypt.
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The sycamore fig tree (Ficus sycomorus sycomorus, and F. sycomorus gnaphalocarpa) belong to the fig family, which includes the common edible fig (Ficus carica), and the Banyan tree.
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Home Magazine A Letter to My Nephew
A Letter to My Nephew
James Baldwin's thoughts on his nephew's future—in a country with a terrible history of racism— first appeared in The Progressive magazine in 1962. Over 50 years later his words are as powerful as ever.
by James Baldwin
James Baldwin's thoughts on his nephew's future—in a country with a terrible history of racism— first appeared in The Progressive magazine in 1962. Over 50 years later his words are, sadly, more relevant than ever.
Dear James:
I have begun this letter five times and torn it up five times. I keep seeing your face, which is also the face of your father and my brother. I have known both of you all your lives and have carried your daddy in my arms and on my shoulders, kissed him and spanked him and watched him learn to walk. I don't know if you have known anybody from that far back, if you have loved anybody that long, first as an infant, then as a child, then as a man. You gain a strange perspective on time and human pain and effort.
Other people cannot see what I see whenever I look into your father's face, for behind your father's face as it is today are all those other faces which were his. Let him laugh and I see a cellar your father does not remember and a house he does not remember and I hear in his present laughter his laughter as a child. Let him curse and I remember his falling down the cellar steps and howling and I remember with pain his tears which my hand or your grandmother's hand so easily wiped away, but no one's hand can wipe away those tears he sheds invisibly today which one hears in his laughter and in his speech and in his songs.
I know what the world has done to my brother and how narrowly he has survived it and I know, which is much worse, and this is the crime of which I accuse my country and my countrymen and for which neither I nor time nor history will ever forgive them, that they have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives and do not know it and do not want to know it. One can be--indeed, one must strive to become--tough and philosophical concerning destruction and death, for this is what most of mankind has been best at since we have heard of war; remember, I said most of mankind, but it is not permissible that the authors of devastation should also be innocent. It is the innocence which constitutes the crime.
They have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives and do not know it and do not want to know it.
Now, my dear namesake, these innocent and well meaning people, your countrymen, have caused you to be born under conditions not far removed from those described for us by Charles Dickens in the London of more than a hundred years ago. I hear the chorus of the innocents screaming, "No, this is not true. How bitter you are," but I am writing this letter to you to try to tell you something about how to handle them, for most of them do not yet really know that you exist. I know the conditions under which you were born for I was there. Your countrymen were not there and haven't made it yet. Your grandmother was also there and no one has ever accused her of being bitter. I suggest that the innocent check with her. She isn't hard to find. Your countrymen don't know that she exists either, though she has been working for them all their lives.
Well, you were born; here you came, something like fifteen years ago, and though your father and mother and grandmother, looking about the streets through which they were carrying you, staring at the walls into which they brought you, had every reason to be heavy-hearted, yet they were not, for here you were, big James, named for me. You were a big baby. I was not. Here you were to be loved. To be loved, baby, hard at once and forever to strengthen you against the loveless world. Remember that. I know how black it looks today for you. It looked black that day too. Yes, we were trembling. We have not stopped trembling yet, but if we had not loved each other, none of us would have survived, and now you must survive because we love you and for the sake of your children and your children's children.
This innocent country set you down in a ghetto in which, in fact, it intended that you should perish. Let me spell out precisely what I mean by that for the heart of the matter is here and the crux of my dispute with my country. You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you were black and for no other reason. The limits to your ambition were thus expected to be settled. You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity and in as many ways as possible that you were a worthless human being. You were not expected to aspire to excellence. You were expected to make peace with mediocrity. Wherever you have turned, James, in your short time on this earth, you have been told where you could go and what you could do and how you could do it, where you could live and whom you could marry.
I know your countrymen do not agree with me here and I hear them. saying, "You exaggerate." They do not know Harlem and I do. So do you. Take no one's word for anything, including mine, but trust your experience. Know whence you came. If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go. The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe what white people say about you. Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure, does not testify to your inferiority, but to their inhumanity and fear.
Please try to be clear, dear James, through the storm which rages about your youthful head today, about the reality which lies behind the words "acceptance" and "integration." There is no reason for you to try to become like white men and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that they must accept you. The really terrible thing, old buddy, is that you must accept them, and I mean that very seriously. You must accept them and accept them with love, for these innocent people have no other hope. They are in effect still trapped in a history which they do not understand and until they understand it, they cannot be released from it. They have had to believe for many years, and for innumerable reasons, that black men are inferior to white men.
They are trapped in a history which they do not understand and until they understand it, they cannot be released from it.
Many of them indeed know better, but as you will discover, people find it very difficult to act on what they know. To act is to be committed and to be committed is to be in danger. In this case the danger in the minds and hearts of most white Americans is the loss of their identity. Try to imagine how you would feel if you woke up one morning to find the sun shivering and all the stars aflame. You would be frightened because it is out of the order of nature. Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one's sense of one's own reality. Well, the black man has functioned in the white man's world as a fixed star, as an immovable pillar, and as he moves out of his place, heaven and earth are shaken to their foundations.
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You don't be afraid. I said it was intended that you should perish, in the ghetto, perish by never being allowed to go beyond and behind the white man's definition, by never being allowed to spell your proper name. You have, and many of us have, defeated this intention and by a terrible law, a terrible paradox, those innocents who believed that your imprisonment made them safe are losing their grasp of reality. But these men are your brothers, your lost younger brothers, and if the word "integration" means anything, this is what it means, that we with love shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it, for this is your home, my friend. Do not be driven from it. Great men have done great things here and will again and we can make America what America must become.
It will be hard, James, but you come from sturdy peasant stock, men who picked cotton, dammed rivers, built railroads, and in the teeth of the most terrifying odds, achieved an unassailable and monumental dignity. You come from a long line of great poets, some of the greatest poets since Homer. One of them said, "The very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and my chains fell off."
You know and I know that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too early. We cannot be free until they are free. God bless you, James, and Godspeed.
Your uncle,
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This version is incomplete
It's supposed to start like this.
I have begun this letter five times and torn it up five times. I keep seeing your face, which is also the face of your father and my brother.
Like him, you are tough, dark, vulnerable, moody - with a very definite tendency to sound truculent because you want no one to think you are soft. You may be like your grandfather in this, I don't know, but certainly both you and your father resemble him very much physically.
Well, he is dead, he never saw you, and he had a terrible life. He was defeated long before he died because, at the bottom of his heart, he really believed what white people said about him. This is one of the reasons that he became so holy. I am sure that your father has told you something about all that. Neither you nor your father exhibit any tendency towards holiness. You really are of another era, part of what happened when the Negro left the land and came into what the late E. Franklin Frazier called "the cities of destruction."
You can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world calls a "nigger." I tell you this because I love you, and please don't you ever forget it.
Peter more than 3 years ago
Yes, and . . .
I appreciate your noting the difference between the piece as it originally appeared in The Progressive and the way it appears in The Fire Next Time. I'm not so sure about your pronouncement "It's supposed to start like this." I think it's interesting to see the way the piece changed. There appears to be a 181-word difference between the two pieces; looking at the revisions Baldwin made is enlightening. Think about the readership of The Progressive back in 1962 (and now!). Although Baldwin's musings on racism in Amerika are putatively an epistle to his nephew, to whom is he actually writing? And, if a year later, very little had changed, how might his revisions be viewed as a more Fire(y) Next Time address to the same audience of "innocents"? (I love Baldwin's irony.) And, sadly for this white writer to note, how prescient was Baldwin over 55 years ago? Maybe it will take another 45 years for white folk to realize they are "still trapped in a history which they do not understand" . . . maybe white folk will never "be released from it." We mos' def' reap what we sow. Peace
Clement more than 3 years ago
Letter in context
From one James to another me born talking
Albert Woodard more than 3 years ago
Respect and challenge
In this insane world respect must be earned, when it should be natural.
Any and every person who is told to be inferior should challenge the aggressor. Only then will reality make mental walls fall.
A Prince more than 3 years ago
This letter explains the hard
This letter explains the hard work of African Americans and all they went through to have their freedom today. It explains, the way someone may view you because of your skin color and the negative comments you may come across.
Juliana Gomez more than 5 years ago
Ta nehisi Coates did the same
Ta nehisi Coates did the same thing writing a essay to his Son, it's a must for Black fathers, or Uncles to write to their sons and worn them about this country that has slaughtered back people since it's inception, great letter, every white person should definitely read this letter and every black Parent should definitely write a letter like this to their children!
Sal Flanagan more than 5 years ago
sal flanagan
"every white person should definitely read this letter " why is that?
derian forman more than 3 years ago
derian forman
To gain perspective into lives they may not have the ability or grace to experience.
J Dockter more than 3 years ago
This letter was written with
This letter was written with so much passion and love. The order in which the words were put to form these sentences are so powerful. It makes you view mankind real reality, and all the hate cause by each other. I believe every family of color should use this letter has a base to have the "racism" conversation with their young ones. It's a conversation which isn't easy, but is a must for them to succeed in life; having a better understanding of the challenges they may face on their path to a successful life. This letter explains everything with loving words and inspires you to be proud of your heritage. This letter explains the hard work of African Americans and all they went through to have their freedom today. It explains, the way someone may view you because of your skin color and the negative comments you may come across. But at the end this letter provide hope!
Avenesh Ramrup more than 6 years ago
It wasn't "his country" that
It wasn't "his country" that set him down in a ghetto. It was his mother and father.
Dave Gingrich more than 6 years ago
where else were they supposed to put him
Rachel Wagschal more than 4 years ago
Dave Gingrich
No, it was his country. Redlining, segregation, inequality, you name it. Many factors kept non-whites in "ghettos."
Sam Benedetto more than 4 years ago
@ Sam Benedetto
"Bingo!"
DJ more than 3 years ago
re: It wasn't "his country" that.
Baldwin grew up during a time when the US Federal government allowed "redlining", Before you try to attack James Baldwin's description of his childhood and manhood, you should at least Google the term "redlining", an official government policy that has impacted Black men in particular to this very day! :
Redlining:
In the United States and Canada, redlining is the systematic denial of various services by federal government agencies, local governments as well as the private sector, to residents of specific, most notably black, neighborhoods or communities, either directly or through the selective raising of prices. Wikipedia
Les more than 1 year ago
ghetttos
Do you really think that? It is hard to imagine a reader of this magazine would think that everyone actually has a choice of wheather to live in a ghetto or not.
dena chambers more than 1 year ago
Baldwin's letter moved me
Baldwin's letter moved me enough to pen a latter day version called The Fire This Time. Twas 1999. I was in college. My two younger brothers were 12 and 14. There was no talk about race in America the way the topic has come back en vogue in 2015. Then, I felt the very grievances being chartered today but, at 22-23 years old, there wasn't the atmosphere to speak out about them. I would have been whining. So I wrote letters to James Baldwin pondering what had transpired about race and social conscience, the 40 years in the American wilderness between his lifetime and the approaching millennium. To hear what the letter sounded like, Google the phrase, "James Baldwin Down on The Cross". Should be the first video that comes up... My hero.
oronde ash more than 6 years ago
shut yo sensitive ass up
Kuper Spyronic more than 3 years ago
Nevermind I just cried
With the death of 62 black
With the death of 62 black people at this present time, this letter was a prophecy. How can we hate because of a skin color.
Fred Carroll II more than 6 years ago
This is the high moral road
This is the high moral road to national wholeness on matters of race the African American tradition offers us. Will we rise to the invitation in this great opportunity the suffering and protest forces now put before us? Deep deep in my heart I want it to be so, and pledge to turn my life actions to that direction.
Lisel Burns more than 7 years ago
Nowadays this is referred to
Nowadays this is referred to as "the talk" black adults must have with their children to enable them to navigate a racist society without being killed or incarcerated. Baldwin's "forgive them for they no not what they do" approach of accepting white people with their racist baggage is indeed enlightened and probably too generous. Most of the black progress of the last fifty years is not "black progress" at all but white people's progress at accepting black humanity. We have only begun to scratch the surface in this regard.
JackAttack more than 7 years ago
What a beautiful letter from
What a beautiful letter from such a great mind.
Raj Murali more than 7 years ago
Great read. Appropriate for
Great read. Appropriate for today. The fact that bitterness was not in control, but himself. Love came through.
Catherine Colby more than 7 years ago
I wish every white person
I wish every white person could not only read but perceive the true message about him/herself in this letter. LOVE is the answer of which he speaks here; not some magical solution.
Dr. Corrine R. Donley more than 7 years ago
I like the generosity of the
I like the generosity of the heart and the intelligent insight of this letter. More than half a century has passed since then, and these words can still be applied to the present situation in the United States, where the mentality of most people does not seem to have changed much. It should make white people think about superiority and inferiority of races!!!
Giusy Oddo more than 7 years ago
What a powerful and deeply
What a powerful and deeply felt statement. How very sad we have not learned from the past. Thank you, Progressive, for posting.
Lady of the Mountains more than 7 years ago
it is a beautiful letter and
it is a beautiful letter and i love the pure emotion of it
damien more than 7 years ago
I love the intimacy and the
I love the intimacy and the sincere concern overall, that Love, become His Nephew James' Conquering Force, and rather then, to resist the spirit of bitterness, which could undoutedly defeat his mission and his charge. I was also moved as the Poet pointed to the significance of not falling victim to EMOTION, but instead, Surrendering to Love for Victory. LUKE 10:27 The Greatest Gift of them All. LOVE NEVER FAILS.
rire more than 7 years ago
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USS Nimitz Strike Group Returning to Gulf of Persia as Iran Threatens Retaliation for Assassination
Mario Tama / Getty ImagesA U.S. Navy helicopter descends to land on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) aircraft carrier while at sea on Jan. 18 off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)
By Kipp Jones
Published November 28, 2020 at 12:49pm
The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and its strike group are en route to the Persian Gulf amid expected troop withdrawals in the region, and now the potential threat from Iran following a high-profile assassination in the country on Friday.
President Donald Trump has ordered thousands of Troops to pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan in the coming months.
To complicate matters, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the father of Iran's nuclear program, was killed near Tehran Friday in a bloody attack.
Fakhrizadeh died in the province of Damavand near Absard, which is located roughly 40 miles east of Tehran.
The scientist is one of five Iranian nuclear scientists killed in similar attacks in recent years.
While no country has accepted responsibility for Fakhrizadeh's killing, Iran has pointed the finger at Israel, while some have speculated the scientist's death could drag the U.S. into an engagement.
NBC News, citing Iranian state media, reported Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed Friday a "definitive punishment" for the death of the country's top nuclear scientist.
Describing Fakhrizadeh "martyr," Khamenei promised retribution while avoiding being specific.
Amid the delicate situation in the region, one of the U.S. Navy's carrier groups will bring a larger American presence to the gulf.
Do you think it's time to withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan?
USA Today reported the ship is on the way to assist with President Donald Trump's expected troops withdrawals in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The Nimitz had recently been deployed near Japan and is on a prolonged deployment after leaving its home port in Bremerton, Washington, in April.
The nuclear-powered supercarrier has been in service since being commissioned in 1975, and is a floating fortress.
The timing of the ship's redeployment cannot be ignored.
In January of this year, following the killing of top Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani by a U.S. drone strike, the country retaliated.
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American troops in Iraq were targeted by rocket attacks, but no deaths were reported.
Tensions eventually died down, but with Fakhrizadeh's Friday death, Defesne Department officials are not taking any chances.
A DoD official told USA Today ship will be used in any capacity needed, although there is no specific threat as of now.
"This action ensures we have sufficient capability available to respond to any threat and to deter any adversary from acting against our troops during the force reduction," a department official said.
Kipp Jones
Johnathan "Kipp" Jones has authored thousands of news articles throughout his career. He has also worked as an editor and producer in radio and television. He is a proud husband and father.
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Q: Visual Studio C++ Implement Interface I know in Visual Studio, when programming in C#, if I specify that a class implements an interface, I can right click on the interface and "Implement Interface", which will auto-magically populate my class with the appropriate method signatures.
EDIT: Let me apologize for the vagueness of the original question. I'm looking for a quick easy way to get Visual Studio to do the dirty work of implementing multiple COM interfaces, i.e. generating the method signatures/stubs in the implementing class.
Thanks,
Alex

A: Interfaces don't exist in C++.
The level of IDE support for the language is one of C#'s perks.  Visual C++ is quite a different beast indeed.

A: C++ does not support interfaces, so Visual Studio does not supply a "Implement Interface" feature when you're working in C++.

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Pick up from your hotels to the port and then take a boat. It takes about 1,5 hours. Cruise on sea of Marmara and the historical peninsula. You can take good pictures. Having a cup of tea or coffee. The boat stops at Büyükada which is the largest islands of the Princess Islands archipelago. You have a horse-drawn carriage tour about 45 minutes. After that having a lunch at a good fish restaurant. During summer the Princes' islands are a popular destination because car traffic is forbidden so walking is not difficult. After lunch approximately 2 hour free time for sightseeing. Then going back to port and drop you off your hotels.


Maddie says; 'Besides floral arrangements, the season lends itself to theatrical wreaths for the door and fireplace. At our store, we love to teach our clients how to put these together over a warming glass of mulled wine and a carol or two!
The foliage-only trend is still storming on and not looking to change in 2018. I would recommend adding in soft Eucalyptus and Seneccio over the Winter months and as Spring approaches introduce lots of fresh fragrances with herbs like Mint and Lemon Thyme'.
Lavender Green Flowers was founded 27 years ago (in 1990) by Managing Director Sue Barnes, opening originally as a retailer in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Barnes now co-owns the company with her husband, David, and they are based in Windsor and Chelsea, with a fantastic team of forty staff.
The team, which also includes three of Barnes' children, create beautiful displays which are installed in a matter of moments by their own transport team. Priding themselves in decorating venues in less than two hours, they share a passion for providing the best quality flowers, and most impressive displays for the best possible price. The team prioritises helping clients to establish what their own unique and perfectly individual brief is, and so consultations are extremely creative and imaginative from the outset.


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L'Uzbekistan ha partecipato ai XX Giochi olimpici invernali di Torino, che si sono svolti dal 10 al 26 febbraio 2006, con una delegazione di 4 atleti.

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In order to maintain healthy connections in a complex and evolving world, we sometimes have to seek places with characteristics that resemble those of our ancestors from millennia ago. At SERA, we're currently exploring what those conditions are, and how to integrate the natural and built environments to the benefit of human health and well-being.
Architects are accustomed to long distance relationships; Beginning as students we fall in love with images of buildings, we read what we can, study the floor plans, but only after a long courtship do we eventually meet in person.


UNSWTV is the new digital media management system for the University of New South Wales. It allows staff and students to easily upload, publish and manage content, including videos, audio and PDFs. A simple wizard upload system allows users to direct content to a variety of publishing outlets, including UNSW on You Tube and UNSW's iTunesU channel.


Alexander Paul Kapranos is a Scottish musician,singer,songwriter,record producer,and author.
He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand.
"Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history."
"It's easy to be lazy when there's food lying around backstage or there's a fast-food joint a couple blocks away. But if you walk a little further, ask around a bit, of course there are exciting things to discover."
"A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way."
"If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad."
"I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food."


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Working from a photo we will paint our background material and then use free machine embroidery to create our own interpretation. In this workshop you will learn how to create a background using silk paints and then will explore free machine embroidery techniques to complete our picture.
This workshop is suitable for all levels of stitcher but you will need to bring your own sewing machine and will need to be able to either lower or cover the machine feed dogs.


DETROIT (AP) _ Kid Rock is known as a champion for Detroit, proudly displaying the Motor City in music videos, jumping in when an area summer festival fell on hard times and using money from his "Made in Detroit" clothing line to help start a college fund for local music students.
His work as a regional booster behind the scenes and in front of the camera has garnered him many accolades, including a Spirit of Detroit award at his 40th birthday bash in January. So recognition from the local branch of the NAACP should come as no surprise _ except that Kid Rock, a longtime aficionado of Southern rock, also is known for using the Confederate flag in his on-stage act.
The Rev. Wendell Anthony, branch president for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, stands by the group's decision to give Kid Rock its Great Expectations Award during the civil rights organization's annual Fight for Freedom Fund dinner, though to many, the Confederate flag remains a symbol of racism and oppression of blacks in the South. The NAACP in South Carolina has fought against a public display of the flag on statehouse grounds.
For Kid Rock, born Robert Ritchie and raised in a small rural community northeast of Detroit, it's all part of his hard-partying, bad-boy stage persona. He declined to talk about it ahead of Sunday's dinner, telling The Associated Press in a March interview that he would save his comments for the event, which typically attracts 10,000 people and is the Detroit NAACP chapter's largest fundraiser.
One local gadfly, political consultant Adolph Mongo, said he will protest the dinner. He expects others to join him, though says there is no concerted effort.
But Kid Rock has long been a supporter of his hometown and a multitude of local philanthropic pursuits.
He owns the "Made in Detroit" apparel line, which he bought in the early 1990s, and he recently established the Made in Detroit Endowed Scholarship through Wayne State University in Detroit to help offset tuition costs of students from throughout southeastern Michigan who are selected for their academic achievements and limited financial resources.
Kid Rock and his family-run foundation also have supported the Detroit-based Karmanos Cancer Institute's research and patient care. His donations have included cash gifts, guitars and even an invitation to dinner _ to the highest bidder, said Nick Karmanos, vice president of development.
"I think one of the main reasons for his support is we're in Detroit … where we're at and the community we serve," Karmanos said.
Just last week, Kid Rock surprised students at Romeo High School, his alma mater, with a visit, during he which he dropped off a donation to the school's music program. And in 2009, Kid Rock kicked in to help the cash-strapped Arts, Beats & Eats festival in suburban Detroit, having "Made in Detroit" sponsor a stage at the annual Pontiac event.
During a 40th birthday party celebration/concert in January at the city's NFL stadium, no less a voice of Detroit than City Council President Charles Pugh presented Kid Rock with the Spirit of Detroit award. Pugh said nobody "better represents" the city's heritage of being the nation's "motor capital," birthplace of Motown Records and reputation as a rock 'n' roll haven.
And It has been a difficult past few years for the Detroit NAACP chapter.
The organization owes back taxes on its properties, though Anthony said the organization has worked out a plan with the city and Wayne County.
Still, the dinner remains a big draw.
This year's keynote will be given by civil rights pioneer John Lewis. Past keynote speakers include President Bill Clinton, then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Obama's former pastor.


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Redback Technologies Founder Phil Livingston transitions to board member and appoints a new CEO
Redback Technologies announces its founder and CEO, Philip Livingston, has transitioned from his current role as CEO to become a senior advisor and non-executive board member of the Brisbane-based energy start-up he created in 2015.
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Brisbane, Tuesday 2nd October: Redback Technologies today announced its founder and CEO, Philip Livingston, has transitioned from his current role as CEO to become a senior advisor and non-executive board member of the Brisbane-based energy start-up he created in 2015.
The company's Chief Operating Officer, Patrick Matweew, has been promoted to replace Mr Livingston as the new CEO.
Commenting on Mr Livingston's decision, Mr Matweew said: "Phil is a visionary entrepreneur who has created one of Australia's most exciting start-ups in a sector that's been ripe for disruption.
"Under his leadership, Redback Technologies has achieved many significant milestones in a very short period, which is testament to Phil's entrepreneurial spirit and leadership skills.
"On behalf of everyone at Redback I'd like to thank Phil for what he has created and express our appreciation that he will continue to support the management team as an active board member providing strategic and investment advice.
"Phil's insights will be invaluable as we continue our mission to create technologically advanced but affordable solar energy and storage solutions for both residential and commercial customers."
Having overseen Redback Technologies from its inception, Mr Livingston felt it was now time to bring on a seasoned executive to lead the company through its next phase of growth and day to day operations.
"Redback has gone through a massive growth phase over the past three and a half years, where we have established alliances with leading edge partners like Microsoft, The University of Queensland and EnergyAustralia.
"Together, we have brought to market a high quality, innovative and feature rich product that is affordable for homeowners and gives them the ability to reduce their energy costs.
"This was my vision for Redback and I'm very proud we have delivered on it. In the future I believe Redback will continue to lead through creating innovative consumer centric products that will lend further disruption within the energy sector.
"But with growth we must evolve, so the timing is right to hand over the reins to Patrick to continue our commercial endeavours and to lead our day to day operations.
"I am looking forward to my new role as an active board member and will look to provide ongoing strategic advice with Patrick and the broader management team."
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This past weekend we had our first and second grade slumber party and it was so much fun! Personally I enjoyed getting to spend some intentional time with some of my youngest kids who tend to be more quiet and reserved. It was a chance for all of us to just be silly together and we laughed a lot! We went bowling, watched a movie, played games and had Bible study with the youth group at Faith Presbyterian, and ate pancakes and pizza. My kids were still talking about it in camp yesterday. It was really a blessing.


Karachi, Jan 25: Gautama Buddha's life trajectory and Buddhism's spread to regions such as Japan was discussed by Dr Makin Khan during his lecture at the National Museum of Pakistan auditorium on Wednesday.
The talk titled 'Life story of Buddha interpreted in iconography of Gandhara Art and its extension to Japan' was organised to mark the 60th anniversary of Pakistan- Japan diplomatic relations by the Pakistan- Japan Cultural Association (Sindh) in collaboration with the Japan Cultural Centre of the consulate-general of Japan (Karachi) and the Sindh culture department.
Before the presentation, Dr Khan, a former director of the national museum, told the audience that out of the six great civilisations two (Indus Valley Civilisation and Buddhist Civilisation) originated in our part of the world.
With the help of a slideshow, he narrated the story of Buddha's life from the time he was born. He said Buddha was the son of a king, Suddhodana. When he was conceived, his mother, Queen Maya, dreamt about a white elephant. It was in 563BC that Buddha was born and named Siddhärtha. The child was made to undergo some rituals, including a bath with hot and cold water streams (these were shown in Gandhara iconography on the slides). The child returned to the palace and the king summoned a few nobles to examine him. One predicted that Siddhärtha would either be a world ruler or Buddha the enlightened one (and in the process achieve greatness).
Publication information: Article title: Life Story of Buddha Narrated. Contributors: Salman, Peerzada - Author. Journal title: Pakistan Historical Society. Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society. Volume: 60. Issue: 3 Publication date: July 1, 2012. Page number: 112+. © Pakistan Historical Society. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.


Diversified Communications announced today its first U.S. acquisition of 2018. Diversified has purchased The Running Event and its complementary digital magazine, Running Insight from Formula 4 Media, LLC. The Running Event is an exhibition and conference that serves the growing running and fitness market in the U.S. The sale also includes the launch of the 50 Best Running Stores in America, an awards celebration recognizing outstanding retailers in the industry which will be held June 21-23 in Minneapolis, MN alongside the Fleet Feet Annual Franchise Conference.
The Running Event portfolio will be managed by Executive Vice President, Bill Springer and will operate out of Diversified's headquarters located in Portland, Maine. Diversified has hired the show's Event Manager, Christina Henderson and she and Mr. Springer will work with Mark Sullivan and Troy Leonard, two of the current owners, as consultants through the 2018 event.
Formula 4 Media, LLC launched The Running Event in 2006. It is now the leading event in the industry hosting 255 exhibitors and over 2,500 total attendees in 2017. Diversified Communications will produce the 13th edition which will be held November 27-30, 2018 in Austin, Texas. The four day event is comprised of two days of conference sessions, two days of exhibitions, an opening reception, an awards banquet, retail/vendor arranged meetings, a competitive 5K race for retailers, and several networking opportunities throughout the event. The Running Insight digital magazine provides the necessary year round content and marketing opportunities for running specialty and multi-sport retailers. It features new products, trends and analysis, brand updates, retail profiles and key developments in the market for its 2,500 subscribers.
Diversified Communications continues to seek opportunities for acquisitions and partnerships to expand to serve new markets and support the needs of the markets they currently serve.
Formula 4 Media, LLC was represented by John McGovern of Grimes, McGovern & Associates.


William is Adjunct Professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). He was the leader of research on REDD+ initiatives in CIFOR's Global Comparative Study on REDD+. His areas of expertise are climate change, tenure and rights, poverty and livelihoods, and the underlying causes of deforestation and degradation. He got a BA degree in American Civilization from Williams College (USA) and MSc and PhD degrees in Rural Sociology from Cornell University (USA). Nationality: United States.
Authors: Bos, A.B.; Duchelle, A.E.; Angelsen, A.; Avitabile, V.; de Sy, V.; Herold, M.; Joseph, S.; de Sassi, C.; Sills, E.O.; Sunderlin, W.D.; Wunder, S.
Authors: Duchelle, A.E.; de Sassi, C.; Jagger, P.; Cromberg, M.; Larson, A.M.; Sunderlin, W.D.; Atmadja, S.; Resosudarmo. I.A.P.; Pratama, C.D.
Learning from REDD+: a response to Fletcher et al.
Authors: Angelsen, A.; Brockhaus, M.; Duchelle, A.E.; Larson, A.M.; Martius, C.; Sunderlin, W.D.; Verchot, L.V.; Wong, G.; Wunder, S.
Authors: Sills, E.O.; de Sassi, C.; Jagger, P.; Lawlor, K.; Miteva, D.A.; Pattanayak, S.K.; Sunderlin, W.D.


Today I worked on configuring forms based authentication for SharePoint 2010. Using forms based authentication automatically means using claims based authentication in Sharepoint 2010.
I tried using both an LDAP provider and a SQL provider. My initial goal was to get them both working in the same environment, but after a lot of hours of staring at XML in web.config files I gave up on that one. Instead I created separate environments for using LDAP and SQL providers. Because of this I will also write two separate blog posts. This one will explain how to set up forms based authentication while using a SQL provider.
If you want to configure forms based authentication for use with an LDAP provider check out my other post here.
Using a SQL provider with forms based authentication means that users will use usernames and passwords that are stored in SQL Server Database. They will use a sign-in page to fill in their credentials and log in.
On the database server, open Windows Explorer.
Navigate to the path %System Drive%\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727.
To start the ASP.NET SQL Server Setup Wizard, double-click aspnet_regsql.exe.
* Start the MembershipSeeder tool.
* In the dialog box that opens, type the name of the computer running SQL Server that hosts your SQL membership database.
* Save your changes, and then restart MembershipSeeder so that it will use the new server name.
* In the User Prefix field, type a value.
* In the Password field, type the password you want each user to have.
* In the # of Users field, select the number of users to create.
Double check whether the <membership> and <rolemanager> entries only exist ones. Delete any double entries.
Click the Address Book icon.
Type in the NT login name or account name and click the search button. If it's working correctly you should see at least two entries for the account – one that is for the user's Active Directory account, and one that is for that same account but which was found using the LDAP provider.
You can now browse to the web application and log in using forms based authentication.
I also want to thank Spence for his help and advice.


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A Retrospective by Frank Stella at Whitney Museum of American Art
Art | November 6, 2015 |
Image courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
The Museum will present a career retrospective of Frank Stella (b. 1936), one of the most important living American artists. This survey will be the most comprehensive presentation of Stella's career to date, showcasing his prolific output from the mid-1950s to the present through approximately 120 works, including paintings, reliefs, maquettes, sculptures, and drawings. Co-organized by the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Whitney, this exhibition will feature Stella's best-known works alongside rarely seen examples drawn from collections around the world.
The exhibition has been organized by Adam D. Weinberg, the Whitney's director, and Michael Auping, chief curator of the Museum of Modern Art of Fort Worth, working closely with Mr. Stella. Their inspired idea was to make the presentation generally chronological while also jumping around in time, sometimes juxtaposing pieces up to 20 years apart to create stimulating clashes of color, form and process.
In 1960 Stella started introducing right angles into his stripes, but a funny thing happened: on a rectangular canvas, once you change the shape of the stripes, you're left with a blank space. Stella's ingenious solution was to cut away the leftover parts of the canvas, and to stretch the remainder on a shaped armature, with corners incised or a central hole evacuated. They were his first forays into a career-long obsession with diagonal, twisted, or otherwise irregular canvas shapes.
Stella's supports are as important as his surfaces. With his irregular polygons, the stripes were gone, replaced by angular expanses of hot pink and deep green on canvases in the shape of wonky nonagons. Then came curved canvases, in the form of his protractors: concentric arcs of the sort of solid colours found in posters for Woodstock, and which have graced decades of pages of Architectural Digest.
Frank Stella: A Retrospective
Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
Oct 30, 2015–Feb 7, 2016
more. whitney.org


Tristan Allerton working on his research.
Tristan Allerton, a forest resources doctoral student at Clemson University, was recently awarded one of 23 Clemson University Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grants for 2018-2019.
More than $150,000 has been awarded to doctoral students producing high-quality scholarship on diverse topics. Allerton's grant will go towards his research that aims to better understand how human and natural disturbance events impact dry forest water use, nutrient cycling, growth, and survival and the ways in which to use that information to better restore these threatened environments.
Tropical dry forests are one of the most endangered ecosystems worldwide due to their more favorable climate and fertile soils for agriculture. Studies have shown these forests to be susceptible to destruction from human-set fires and clearing. Natural regeneration is challenging due to the stressful environmental conditions these disturbances create, such as higher temperatures, drier conditions and highly unpredictable soil moisture content.
Allerton's research attempts to break down the characteristics that enable certain dry forest tree species to perform better in degraded locations in order to help create management practices needed for other later-successional species to return.
When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in September last year, Allerton had the opportunity to study how hurricane events affect dry forests as well.
"Hurricanes will likely increase both in number and intensity due to climate change," said Allerton. "When Hurricane Maria crossed the island, it caused significant damage to tree canopies stripping trees bare of their leaves and consequently disrupting their ability to collect resources. We're trying to understand whether certain tree species are capable of compensating for this disruption by increasing resource acquisition in newly produced leaves. Such an adaptation would be further evidence of how dry forests are resilient to hurricanes and may be capable of tolerating changes in climate.
Skip Van Bloem, director of Clemson's Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science in Georgetown, S.C., is Allerton's advisor.
"Tristan succeeds in his graduate studies because he is creative and motivated, also, because he is able to slog through the tedious parts of research with good humor, like getting up at 4 a.m. to measure pre-dawn leaf physiology before the rising sun kickstarts photosynthesis," Van Bloem said.
"As hurricane and drought frequencies increase due to climate change, Allerton's research will help determine sustainable ways to manage tropical forests and predict how they will react under future climates," Van Bloem added.
Allerton has been based at the Baruch Institute since 2015. Allerton spent his previous two years as a partnership manager with a major United Kingdom-based non-governmental organization. His future plans include conservation research in the NGO sector.
"It makes sense to combine my scientific background with my previous experience building funding partnerships with government agencies and stakeholders. That said, I'm a believer one should stay open to all opportunities," said Allerton.


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All You Need to Know About Actor Lee Dong-wook's Career in Korean Drama Entertainment
Information About Korean Actor Lee Dong-wook's Career
37-year-old Korean actor Lee Dong-wook was born on November 6th, 1981 and began his acting career early in 1999 on an MBC single episode drama, then in 2005 he got his first leading role in the romantic comedy-drama My Girl, which became a big hit during that time, both domestically and across Asia, and turned him into a Korean Wave star actor.
In the time period between 2016 and 2017, he played in a fantasy romance drama that was written by Kim Eun-sook, titled Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (Goblin), alongside other famous cast members, such as Gong Yoo and Kim Go-eun. The drama became a massive hit and significantly helped the successful resurgence of Lee Dong-wook's acting career.
Lee Dong-wook as a Grim Reaper in 'Goblin'
Lee Dong-wook's Character Description
As one of the cast members of Goblin, he played the role of the Grim Reaper. His character is a good looking, cynical but humorous grim reaper. All grim reapers get this job as a punishment for committing the greatest sins in their past lives. Their job also includes guiding the souls to their reincarnation in the afterlife.
Like the other grim reapers, he doesn't have any memories of his past life. He has a strong friendship with the Goblin (played by Gong Yoo), that he actually ordered to be killed in his past life, as a king of Goryeo, but has forgotten about it, and the Goblin is also unaware.
Lee Dong-wook Almost Not Cast as the Grim Reaper on Goblin?!
The writer of Goblin, Kim Eun-sook spent 5 years trying to cast Gong Yoo in her drama. The public was also aware of that, but on the other hand, it's a completely different story for Lee Dong-wook. The fact is, that he had to fight and try hard to receive the role of the grim reaper.
Kim Eun-sook initially rejected him because Lee Dong-wook didn't match and fit with the image of the grim reaper that the writer had in her mind. A representative of his agency even tried to persuade her, but it didn't make her change her mind. However, the actor was too attracted by the role that he couldn't simply give up.
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The representative was finally able to get Lee Dong-wook and writer Kim Eun-sook to meet each other and discuss the role. By that time he was able to appeal to her during the meeting. Kim Eun-sook was eventually moved and offered him the role of the grim reaper.
After he received the role, he worked tirelessly to get ready by repeatedly analyzing and learning the script but also diving into his character. Because of all the effort he had put in, Lee Dong-wook was able to give the audience a new perspective and outlook of a grim reaper.
Netizens Reactions to His Portrayal of the Grim Reaper
Here are some netizens' thoughts about Lee Dong-wook's portrayal of the grim reaper:
[+10,316, -96] Kim Eun-sook wrote the character well but Lee Dong-wook brought the role to life…his stare is so natural ㅠ Also, I think the fact that Gong Yoo and Lee Dong-wook are close made a big contribution to their chemistry as the goblin and the grim reaper. If you watch behind the scenes videos, you can see that they're comfortable and discuss things with each other since they are close. They both make and receive each other ad-libs which bring their characters to live.
[+4759, -218] Lee Dong-wook picked a good project, his acting was surprisingly good and he also reminded us of how handsome he is.
[+1157, -19] The writer drew up the character well too but I think Lee Dong-wook portrayed both the grim reaper and the king with such charm. There's such a huge difference between him as the king and as the grim reaper. He is incredibly cute as the grim reaper and sexy and sorrowful.
[+1012, -39] It was Kim Woo-bin's role at first but I heard Lee Dong-wook chased after the writer all the way to the airplane because he wanted to play the role. So cool of him to be so passionate like that ㅠㅠ
[+12,673, -159] Lee Dong-wook isn't someone to only be a supporting actor, so I was wondering about that. But he knows how to be humble so I think he will receive a stroke of very good luck in the future.
Lee Dong-wook's Iconic Fedora Hat in Goblin
As we all know, Lee Dong-wook, who played the grim reaper in Goblin, had an iconic sense of fashion, yup! And it's nothing other than his fedora hat. But guess what – Dong-wook was strongly against wearing the fashion item of his signature look in the drama!
Lee Dong-wook and Goblin scrip writer Kim Eun-sook attended the "6th E Daily W Fiesta" in Seoul, on October 25th, where they shared various stories of behind the scenes of the drama. In here, Lee Dong-wook also revealed his distaste towards the fedora hat as one of his iconic looks. The actor explained, "Honestly, the fedora was an item that I was strongly against. I had to retouch my hair every time I wore it, and I don't look good in fedoras. You might not think that way because you're used to it now but it's not like that."
He then continued, "Same for the flashback scene in the past. I argued with the producer back and forth about my bangs." However, Lee Dong-wook revealed, "I've received several offers for historical dramas afterward. One of them was the role of a king. But I've declined all for now."
Lee Dong-wook Appearance as Doctor in 'Life'
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Lee Dong-wook's Character in the Drama
Life is a medical Korean drama that was aired from July 23rd to September 11th, 2018, on JTBC channel. The drama was written by Lee Soo-yeon, who had previously written Secret Forest, directed by Hong Jo-chan, who previously worked on a drama titled The Most Beautiful Goodbye. The cast of the drama includes Lee Dong-wook, Cho Seung-woo, Won Jin-ah, Lee Kyung-hyung, Yoo Jae-ming, Chun Ho-jin, Moon Seung-gun, Moon So-ri, Yeom Hye-ran, Tae In-ho, and many more.
Here is the official photo teaser that was released by JTBC. In the character poster Lee Dong-wook poses with his arms crossed wearing a serious expression on his face that conveys the cold aura surrounding him, right?
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Lee Dong-wook's character is named Ye Jin-woo and he is the lead physician of Sang Gook University Hospital's emergency care center. Even though he appears to be shut off and doesn't seem to care about what is going on, the comings and goings of the hospital, he actually has a very strong sense of a morally upright path, which doctors are supposed to take and do.
On his character, Lee Dong-wook has commented, "Ye Jin-woo is a character that goes through a lot of complicated inner changes. However, he doesn't outwardly convey his emotions, thoughts, actions, and reasons. The more viewers will wonder, 'What is Jin-woo thinking?' and 'What are Jin-woo's reasons and end goal acting this way?' the more I will be working hard to not make him seem like a flat character."
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He continued, "I will repay viewers just as much as they've waited for a good project and I'm doing my best while filming. Please look forward to it." The drama Life was Lee Dong-wook's comeback drama after a year from his role hit in Goblin.
For the drama production, they stated, "Lee Dong-wook has perfectly immersed himself into his character which now is Ye Jin-woo. He has interpreted the drama as well as his character in detail. Lee Dong-wook will show the true value of the drama and viewers will see new charms of the actor."
Lee Dong-wook's Drama Ratings for Life
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Lee Dong-wook Had a Great Start
Started airing on July 23rd, 2018, for the first episode, Life already received a lot of love from fans. According to Nielsen Korea, the drama's first episode recorded 4,334% in viewership ratings nationwide. This was a new record that was made for the premier drama on the cable network JTBC, breaking the previous record of a drama titled Man to Man with 4,1% for the first episode.
The ratings then continued for the second episode that had an increase of 0,6% compared to the previous ratings, at 4,971% on July 24th. Many viewers fell in love with the drama for the fresh plotline and the cast members who played their roles perfectly. With the promising ratings, netizens even claimed that Life will become Drama of the Year!
In the end, Netizens were Disappointed – Why?
Even thought the first episode of Life got a lot of support and high ratings, moving on to the sixth episode, sadly, the plotline was deemed boring by the viewers. Many of them admitted to being disappointed because they had very high expectations of Life. Not a few of the netizens openly criticized Lee Dong-wook. Here are some of their comments:
"I, myself, think that Lee Dong-wook was appearing too much, and this drama was boring."
"Lee Dong-wook appeared so often but his acting ability was not that good, so the drama became boring. The character should have been played by an actor with better acting ability. I guess they cast the wrong person."
"I stopped watching the drama on the third episode. I was really disappointed. The plot was boring and nothing interesting happened in this drama."
"The drama would be more exciting if Cho Seung-woo appeared."
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Q: having Error:BrokenCount>0 I was installing pidginfacebookchat-1.69.deb package from a 3rd party "https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-facebookchat/" but after installing it from the Ubuntu Software Center, an error appeared Items cannot be installed or removed until package catalog is removed even after pressing repair the same error keeps appearing.
sudo apt-get check shows
*You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 pidgin-data : Breaks: pidgin-facebookchat (< 1.69-2) but 1.69 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f*.</pre>

sudo apt-get -f install is showing:
*dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching pidgin-facebookchat:amd64*

can somebody please help?

A: Get rid of the 3rd party package. The folks who compiled the package version 1.69 that is provided for download at google code site did a poor job. That package breaks .deb packaging standards in several ways.
pidgin-data version 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1 which is installed on Raring by default and that triggers the error, explicitly states in its control that it Breaks: pidgin-facebookchat (<< 1.69-2) which you were trying to install (1.69). That fact is reflected in the error message you get. Pidgin-data's package control also states that it Replaces: pidgin-facebookchat (<< 1.69-2) which means that it replaces some files from the pidgin-facebookchat package you try to install, i.e. there is a clear conflict.
Since the 3rd party packages is broken there is no trivial way to straighten this up, except luckily there is an Ubuntu packaged version 1.69-2.1ubuntu1.
ACTION:

*

*Get rid of the 3rd party package.

*Install the Ubuntu package provided by the default channel.

*Repair the dpkg system on the go if needed.

That should be done by simply ...
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install pidgin-facebookchat

Maybe you need to remove the faulty package with dpkg -r pidgin-facebookchat first. Also some dpkg --configure -a, apt-get -f install could be needed. But just the two lines above should do it. If your dpkg system got too much confused, additional investigation may be needed.
CONCLUSION:
When you find a fancy software package, first look after versions provided by the channels provided by Ubuntu or a PPA. Chances are that packages out of the wild break your system. ;)


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Die China Open 2008 waren ein Snooker-Turnier im Rahmen der Snooker Main Tour der Saison 2007/08, das vom 24. bis 30. März 2008 in Peking ausgetragen wurde. Hauptsponsor war zum zweiten Mal nach 2007 der Tabakkonzern Honghe Industrial.

Titelverteidiger Graeme Dott verlor sein Auftaktmatch gegen Barry Pinches. Sein Nachfolger kam wieder aus Schottland: Stephen Maguire besiegte im Finale den Engländer Shaun Murphy knapp mit 10:9. Im Halbfinale gelang Maguire auch das erste Maximum Break, das bei den China Open erzielt wurde. Es war Maximum Nummer zwei in seiner Karriere.

Preisgeld /Ranglistenpunkte
Das Preisgeld stieg gegenüber dem Vorjahr um mehr als 25.000 £.

Für das Maximum Break gab es zusätzlich eine Prämie von 20.000 £.

Wildcard-Runde
Wie in den Vorjahren gab es acht chinesische Amateure, die eine Wildcard ihres Verbands bekommen hatten. Sie durften zum Turnierauftakt in einer zusätzlichen Runde gegen acht Profis um die Teilnahme am Hauptturnier spielen. Anders als zuvor konnte sich diesmal aber kein einheimischer Spieler durchsetzen.

Die Spiele der Wildcardrunde wurden am 24. März ausgetragen. Spielmodus für alle Spiele war Best of 9.

Finalrunde
Die Top 16 der Weltrangliste waren für Runde 2 gesetzt und spielten gegen die 8 Sieger der Wildcard-Runde und die 8 anderen Qualifikanten aus Prestatyn.

Finale
Das wechselhafte Finale begann mit einer Serie des Schotten Stephen Maguire, der nach 1:2-Rückstand unter anderem mit zwei Century-Breaks auf 5:2 davonzog. Noch vor der Sessionpause verkürzte Shaun Murphy mit einem Break von 136 Punkten und drehte am Abend den Spielstand mit den ersten vier Frames auf 7:5. Mit einem 137er-Break startete Maguire danach wieder eine 4er-Serie, die ihn auf 9:7 nach vorne und nur noch einen Frame vom Sieg entfernt brachte. Doch der Engländer glich noch einmal aus. Ein umkämpfter Decider entschied das Finale schließlich zugunsten von Maguire, der damit seinen vierten Ranglistentitel gewann.

Qualifikation
Die Qualifikationsspiele fanden vom 22. bis 25. Januar 2008 in Prestatyn statt. In Runde 1 spielten die Plätze 65 bis 96 der Weltrangliste gegeneinander, die Sieger trafen in Runde 2 auf die Plätze 49 bis 64, in Runde 3 kamen Nummer 33 bis 48 und in Runde 4 Nummer 17 bis 32 hinzu.

kl. = kampflos

Century-Breaks
17 Spieler erzielten im Hauptturnier 40 Breaks von mindestens 100 Punkten. Turniersieger Stephen Maguire erzielte fast auf den Tag genau acht Jahre nach seinem ersten Maximum sein zweites offizielles 147er Break. Es war das erste bei den China Open. 30 Centurys gab es in der Qualifikation verteilt auf 25 Spieler.

Hauptturnier

Qualifikation

Quellen

Snookerveranstaltung 2008
Billardturnier in Peking
2008


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Q: Adding color components from (r,g,b,a) space If we define a color with transparency as $(r,g,b,a)$ (red,green,blue,alpha), with $r,g,b,a\in[0,1]$, how do we define $(r_1,g_1,b_1,a_1)+(r_2,g_2,b_2,a_2)$?
The definition must be closed, and must represent the computer science version of adding (blending) two alpha colors.
I tried taking alpha averages, but I don't seem to get closure. I also got that if $a_1r_1=a_2r_2$ then the displayed color is the same.
Addendum
I believe the answer is:
$$\big(\frac{a_1r_1+a_2r_2}{2},\frac{a_1g_1+a_2g_2}{2},\frac{a_1b_1+a_2b_2}{2},\frac{a_1+a_2}{2}\big)$$

A: It depends on what kind of mixing you denote with "$+$". If you overlay layers then it is not even a commutative operation (e.g., if both are opaque, the top layer always wins). To really "mix" we should consider what we expect to happen with a coloured background behind the single and the mixed layer. I assume that $(r,g,b,a)$ covering $(r',b',g')$ results in $(ar+(1-a)r',ag+(1-a)g',ab+(1-a)b')$. For
$$ (r,g,b,a)=(r_1,g_1,b_1,a_1)+(r_2,g_2,b_2,a_2)$$
I assume we desire that $(ar+(1-a)r',ag+(1-a)g',ab+(1-a)b')$ should be the arithmetic average of $(a_1r_1+(1-a_1)r',a_1g_1+(1-a_1)g',a_1b_1+(1-a_1)b')$ and $(a_2r_2+(1-a_2)r',a_2g_2+(1-a_2)g',a_2b_2+(1-a_2)b')$.
This implies that $1-a=\frac{(1-a_1)+(1-a_2)}{2}$, i.e., $$a=\frac{a_1+a_2}2$$ (from the background contribution). And then from $ar=\frac{a_1r_1+a_2r_2}2$ etc. we find
$$r=\frac{a_1r_1+a_2r_2}{a_1+a_2} $$
i.e., weighted averages.

A: Say we have a solid background with color $\vec C_0 = (R_0,G_0,B_0)$, and we'd like to paint another color with transparency $(R,G,B,\alpha) = (\vec C,\alpha)$ over it. The result should be $\alpha \vec C + (1-\alpha) \vec C_0$. We can write this as a matrix equation (where the $\vec C$s are column vectors of $R,G,B$)
$$
\begin{bmatrix} \alpha \vec C + (1-\alpha) \vec C_0 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix}
=
\begin{bmatrix} (1-\alpha) I & \alpha \vec C \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}
\begin{bmatrix} \vec C_0 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix}.
$$
So if you have two colors with transparency $(C_1,\alpha_1)$ and $(C_2,\alpha_2)$, then the operation of painting the second and then the first would be represented by the matrix
$$
\begin{bmatrix} (1-\alpha_1) I & \alpha_1 \vec C_1 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}
\begin{bmatrix} (1-\alpha_2) I & \alpha_2 \vec C_2 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}
=
\begin{bmatrix} (1-\alpha_1)(1-\alpha_2) I & \alpha_1 \vec C_1 + (1-\alpha_1)\alpha_2 \vec C_2 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}
$$
This shows that blending $(\vec C_1,\alpha_1)$ on top of $(\vec C_2,\alpha_2)$ gives the same result as blending just the single composite color $$ \left( \frac{\alpha_1 \vec C_1 + (1-\alpha_1) \alpha_2 \vec C_2)}{1 - (1 - \alpha_1)(1 - \alpha_2)}, 1 - (1 - \alpha_1)(1 - \alpha_2) \right). $$
One can see why it would be useful to represent transparent colors with premultiplied alpha $\vec c = \alpha \vec C$, and also to store $\beta = 1 - \alpha$ instead of $\alpha$ (so $\beta = 0$ is opaque and $\beta = 1$ is fully transparent). For then the form of the matrices is
$$
\begin{bmatrix} \beta I & \vec c \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}
$$
and composition formula becomes simply
$$ (\vec c_1,\beta_1), (\vec c_2,\beta_2) \mapsto (\vec c_1 + \beta_1 \vec c_2, \beta_1 \beta_2) $$

Addendum: If you are really mixing colors rather than overlaying, then we can simply average the color matrices:
$$
\frac{1}{2} \left(
\begin{bmatrix} (1-\alpha_1) I & \alpha_1 \vec C_1 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} +
\begin{bmatrix} (1-\alpha_2) I & \alpha_2 \vec C_2 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}
\right) =
\begin{bmatrix} \bigl(1 - \frac{\alpha_1+\alpha_2}{2}\bigr)I & \frac{\alpha_1 \vec C_1 + \alpha_2 \vec C_2}{2} \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}
$$
to get
$$(\vec C_1,\alpha_1), (\vec C_2,\alpha_2) \mapsto \left( \frac{\alpha_1 \vec C_1 + \alpha_2 \vec C_2}{\alpha_1 + \alpha_2}, \frac{\alpha_1 + \alpha_2}{2} \right). $$
or in terms of $\vec c$ and $\beta$:
$$(\vec c_1,\beta_1), (\vec c_2,\beta_2) \mapsto
 \left(\frac{\vec c_1 + \vec c_2}{2},\frac{\beta_1 + \beta_2}{2}\right).$$

Moral: Using premultiplied alpha and $\beta = 1-\alpha$ makes things a lot easier.


And how do we overcome?
What was worse than falling in sin was that Judah felt no shame for her sins. Jeremiah wrote, "they did not know how to blush" (Jer 6:15). Continuing in sin is normal for the world, but should not represent the life of a Christian. Though sin is universal to man, Jeus came to forgive sin and freedom from being continually under its control.
Frequently, when men fall short and sin against God, they may cite the reason, "I'm only human." However, being a human is no reason to sin, it's merely an excuse. The Bible clearly teaches that sin is a human problem, but the sinless life of Jesus demonstrates that it IS possible to be sinless, yet fully human.
When we sin against God, we've chosen to do so (James 1:13-15) and it begs the question of how we can arrive at such a horrible decision. Maybe it's due to the fact that we fail to see sin for what it is. The world has a distorted perception of sin. Society mocks, minimizes, ignores and even glorifies sin, but when we consider what sin is, what are its consequences and what was required of God to forgive it, we will be more emboldened to maintain purity before the LORD.
Since the beginning of time, Satan has attempted to deceive mankind. When we allow ourselves to be deceived, we open the door to sin. Satan wants us to believe that sin is not evil, it's not a problem and that God's standards loosen over time and circumstance. If we can recognize Satan's lies, we are less likely to fall for them.
The Word of God warns us about the danger of pride. When we think too highly of ourselves, we are more susceptible to fall into sin. Pride is overconfident, entitled and believes itself to be above the rules. We must learn humility by acknowledging who we are, who God is and where we stand among God's creation.
Sin takes time, energy and resources, but if we fill our time with good things, the things of God, then we won't have the time to fall to Satan's temptations. Paul warned about the danger of idleness and it was at the heart of David's fall. We need to use our time to serve God, teach and help others, study His Word, pray and spend time with our families.
When man sins, it's a choice. Satan doesn't force us to sin, but we choose to transgress the will of Christ. Dealing with sin is an urgent matter and it needs to be remedied without delay. We need to be prepared for our death, because there's an incredible tragedy associated with being unprepared. We have an urgent need to repent because death can come or the LORD may return at any time.
We can be strongly influenced to follow the crowd and what they are doing. Although many young people face the temptations of peer pressure, it affects every person. The Bible talks about these influences for evil and we see examples of those who fell to the temptations. Like Joshua, we must choose to follow the LORD despite influences to the contrary and we may need to give up associations that attempt to pull us away from the LORD.
As a society, we enjoy the convenience of paying at the pump, instantly streaming music and videos and even getting immediate answers from our smart phones. If we're not careful, overwhelming conveniences can lead to impatience, which Satan uses to tempt us today. The Word of God shows us that impatience and immediate gratification can lead to sin and was used to tempt Jesus and Moses. We can overcome the sin of impatience by learning and exercising patience.
As we attempt to learn more about what causes us to sin, we must consider our love for our fellow man. When we sin against others, we're demonstrate a lack of love for our fellow man. If we truly love others, we'll seek what's best for them. Considering what we deserved from God and the grace that He showed us, we should be willing to sacrifice for others, treat them equally and work to save them. With this as our focus, it will hinder us from sinning against others.
When we sin, it may be due to a lack of love for God and His desires. Loving God should lead to us obeying Him. Not only should we love Him because of what He's done for us, but also because of His very nature and character. Ultimately, continuing to sin is an insult to God and we must be committed to turn away from it.
Suffering and adversity find their way to each of us and can make us more susceptible to sin. We see the excuses made by those in the scriptures, but more importantly, we're encouraged by the immense faith of God's people. When we consider the lives of Joseph, Job and Jesus, we know that we can confidently overcome sin. The LORD assures us a way to escape sin.
A rebel is one who acts against authority. Positive rebellion was depicted when the apostles refused to stop preaching the Word of God. Unfortunately, there were others in the Bible who refused to submit to anyone but themselves. Ultimately, sin is nothing more than rebellion against God. As Christians, we must have a proper respect for authority as a result of our faith in the LORD.
Sin gets in the way of serving the LORD and will keep us from Heaven in the end. The Devil will constantly tempt us, but why do we choose to sin against God? Ignorance is one of the reasons that men sin against God when they violate laws they didn't know about. Just because someone didn't know the speed limit doesn't mean they aren't guilty of violating it. The same is true of God's law. Ignorance is not bliss, so we need to replace ignorance with knowledge.
Jesus instructed His disciples to seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness as our first priority. Seeking first things first keeps us from sinning against God as we may say proverbially, "idle hands are the Devil's workshop." We often hear about the world's priorities, but even these must come second to the LORD whether it be family, serving others, materialism or any other temporary thing. We must recognize the value of our soul and keep our priorities in order.
There are many reasons why we choose to sin against God. When Paul demonstrated that all are guilty of sin in his letter to the Romans, he identified a key reason for their choice, "There is no fear of God before their eyes" (Rom 3:18). Without fear for God, there is no motivation to listen. We must fear the God through whose power the universe was created, both in reverence and terror. That fear should lead us to obedience given that we will each face God in judgment.