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James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP
EMS Spotlight
Planning EMS 'off-ramp strategies' for the current COVID wave
The IAFC Coronavirus Task Force recommends several steps to help return to restoration of normal public safety services
This article originally appeared on the IAFC blog.
The IAFC Coronavirus Task Force has been looking into the future and attempting to plan for a reduction in COVID burden in the communities we serve. This can then be matched to the stepdown of mask guidelines for the service.
There can now be consideration of reducing mask use, based on local data, in sequential steps to help return to restoration of normal public safety services. (Photo/Getty)
As of the second week of February, almost all states and provinces are in downward numbers of COVID cases and hospitalizations. There are significant regional variations, and it is critical for EMS leaders to understand hospital shortages of service. But these appear to be past their peak in many areas. All positive indicators.
Critical to our ability to return to restoration of normal public safety services, the so-called "off-ramp strategies," is how and when to modify mask guidelines for public safety service members. Many organizations are at a point where masks are being used at most times when in the presence of others.
There can now be consideration of reducing mask use, based on local data, in sequential steps. Each of these steps could be considered for all staff or targeted for those members that have provided evidence of having up-to-date COVID vaccination status. That is the current preferred language from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Consider these steps
1. Reduce the requirement for masking in common areas of the station and in vehicles.
Trigger: Significant decrease in community spread. Prior guidance from the CDC recommended indoor masking for communities logging either an average of 50 COVID cases per 100,000 residents or a test positivity rate of at least 8%. There has been no change in that guidance. As of last week, 99.9% of U.S. counties met the criteria for indoor masking.
Official CDC guidance is here:
The CDC determines an area's level of virus transmissibility based on the average number of cases relative to a county's population and the COVID test positivity rate. If two indicators suggest different transmission levels, the higher level is selected.
Low transmission: fewer than 10 new cases per 100,000 and less than 5% positive test rate,
Moderate transmission: 10-49.99 new cases per 100,000, 5-7.99% positive test rate,
Substantial transmission: 50-100 new cases per 100,000, 8-9.99% positivity rate, and
High transmission: 100 or more new cases per 100,000, 10% or higher positivity rate. Masks are recommended in areas with substantial or high transmission.
The CDC developed these triggers as "on-ramp" strategies, when COVID is moving into a region and caseloads are going up, and there are plenty of potential patients for the disease to strike. But these triggers do not apply as easily when case rates are headed down quickly, as they are now. That is when an "off-ramp" strategy has to be applied. This strategy is a reflection that herd immunity is at very high levels from both vaccination and occurrence of the disease. And must occur when other variants of the disease are not poised to enter the population.
Considering the rapid decreases, a better trigger, or off-ramp strategy, might be:
When case rates have decreased more than 50%,
When cases are decreasing more than 50% among members,
When no new variants are being reported,
When hospital systems in the community are not operating at crisis level,
When personnel are following department guidance to "Not come to work if ill", and
Potential of allowing vaccinated personnel to be relieved of mask requirements first.
At this stage, members will still:
Wear N95 or better protection for all patient encounters.
Wear masks in public settings and while doing educational programs in enclosed areas, and in public settings where there is concern about ongoing spread (nursing homes where cases are still occurring).
2. Reduce the requirement for masking in public, while doing education programs, and inpatient encounters involving patients who are not ill.
Considering further rapid decreases, a trigger might be:
When community case rates have decreased more than 75%,
When hospital systems in the community are not operating at crisis level, and
Potential of allowing vaccinated personnel to be relieved of mask requirements first. At this stage, members will still:
Wear N95 or better protection for all patient encounters where the patient, or patient family members, are ill.
Wear masks in public settings in enclosed places where there is concern about ongoing spread (nursing homes where cases are still occurring).
3. Reduce the requirement for masking in all circumstances where there is no indication of a respiratory or infectious illness.
When community case rates have decreased to a very low level of spread,
When cases are decreasing to a very low level among members,
When hospital systems in the community are operating at a normal level of service,
When occasional outbreaks are reported in congregate care sites, and
At this stage, further cases are falling. Members will still:
Wear N95 or better protection for all patient encounters where the patient, or patient family members, are ill with infectious or respiratory symptoms.
Wear masks in public settings in enclosed places where there is the known presence of ongoing spread (nursing homes where cases are occurring).
4. Masking requirement when there is indication of an infectious respiratory disease or illness (meningitis, tuberculosis (TB)). This is the baseline level of protection, with the use of respiratory PPE for circumstances where patients can expose emergency personnel to a dangerous illness.
At this baseline level of operations, members will still:
Wear N95 or better protection for all patient encounters where the patient is likely ill with infectious or respiratory symptoms.
Wear masks in public settings in enclosed places where there is the known presence of ongoing spread (the TB hotel).
Summary of off-ramp strategy for mask use
The current wave of COVID, attributable to the Omicron variant, is decreasing across North America. This can be matched to an off-ramp strategy to step down the mask guidelines for public safety providers. Off-ramp strategies require different considerations than on-ramp strategies, based on risks to exposed personnel. Now is the time to develop a safe departmental strategy of reduced mask use, based on local data, in sequential steps. Each of these steps could be considered for all staff or targeted for those members that have provided evidence of having up-to-date COVID vaccination status.
Dr. Augustine is a member of the IAFC's Coronavirus Task Force.
James J. Augustine is an emergency physician and Fire/EMS medical director, and a clinical professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He is chair of the National Clinical Governance Board for US Acute Care Solutions, based in Canton, Ohio. Dr. Augustine currently serves a medical director role with fire rescue agencies in Ohio and Florida.
In addition, he has been a member of national groups and organizations overseeing emergency medical services, emergency service quality improvement, benchmarking and best practices and disaster preparation.
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The Last Remnant Official Website [Updated]
Luke De'ath
A North American and Japanese website has been launched for Square Enix's upcoming Role Playing Game – The Last Remnant for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 platforms.
While there has been no word on a European website, we'd expect one soon, but don't be to down hearted, we've recently updated our Media Section with all the latest screenshots.
The Official Website reads:
"SQUARE ENIX for the world…A world filled with Remnants, mysterious artifacts from an ancient era. Finally, an RPG designed for next-generation platforms and developed with the highest peak of technology in mind."
Let us know what you think of the new website[s], by leaving us your comments below.
Update: We've also added two brand-new screenshot, check 'em out here.
Bristol based Luke is a keen gamer who enjoys a good FPS or Stealth title. His Favourite game is Metal Gear Solid. Luke also loves FIFA and is a season ticket holder for Bristol Rovers FC
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Behind the Scenes of Solo: A Star Wars Story with the Kessel Run, the Kasdans, and the Cast
StarWars.com Team
StarWars.com gives you a glimpse at some of the special features and candid conversations included when you bring the film home.
Gathered 'round the sabacc table, director Ron Howard and the cast of Solo: A Star Wars Story seem like a group of old friends.
What follows is a candid conversation about their shared excitement over being cast (whether they got the news in a car park or a public restroom), memories of Howard's first day on set complete with a visit from George Lucas, an exploration of Thandie Newton and Woody Harrelson's headcanon for their characters Val and Beckett, and the reason Phoebe Waller-Bridge at one point played L3-37 in high heels.
The short, Solo: The Director & Cast Roundtable, is one of many special bonus features included with the recent home release of the film. Below you can get a glimpse at the thoroughly entertaining discussion:
https://www.starwars.com/video/alden-gets-cast-solo-a-star-wars-story
Special features also include Kasdan on Kasdan, a look at screenwriters Lawrence and Jonathan Kasdan, using a 25-year-old interview clip to cement the elder Kasdan's storytelling philosophy on the complexity of heroes and villains, and the way father and son collaborated to tell the story of Han Solo's younger days.
You can watch a snippet here:
https://www.starwars.com/video/the-kasdans-solo-a-star-wars-story
And in Into the Maelstrom: The Kessel Run, filmmakers take you behind the scenes of the daring Kessel Run sequence, an iconic escape that shares similarities with tales of voyages on the high seas, and borrows sound effects from an old air conditioner, a walrus, and a sizzling gummy bear experiment.
Watch a clip for the featurette below:
https://www.starwars.com/video/falcon-damage-solo-a-star-wars-story
Catch sneak peeks at these and other special features and deleted scenes included with the film on StarWars.com.
Solo: A Star Wars Story is available now on Digital and Movies Anywhere and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD, and On-Demand.
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Over 200 Hungarian localities join EU Mobility Week
Budapest, 2017. szeptember 16. Érdeklõdõk a jármûforgalom elõl lezárt Andrássy úton az európai mobilitási hét elsõ napján, 2017. szeptember 16-án. MTI Fotó: Szigetváry Zsolt
Budapest Airport in a strong position at World Routes
Hungary's more than 200 localities have joined this year the European Mobility Week, the European Commission's green initiative, held between September 16 and 22, national development ministry state secretary Róbert Homolya said on Tuesday.
Running under the slogan "Sharing gets you further," this year's campaign aims to encourage people to use shared forms of transportation such as bicycle and car sharing with the aim to reduce air pollution.
Speaking at a press conference, Homolya
highlighted the spread of electronic vehicles and biking to work or school, and the continuously developing public transport system in Hungary.
Violeta Bulc, the EU's Transport Commissioner, told the same event that traffic is responsible for 24 percent of Europe's carbon emission which calls for action aimed at reducing air pollution across the bloc.
Air pollution leads to an early death of around 400,000 people in Europe each year, the commissioner noted, adding that measures to reduce pollution cost 120 billion euros annually in extra spending for the continent.
The Mobility Week is important in calling attention to transport-related problems, for instance traffic jams that cost each workday around 1 billion euros in the continent, she said.
Bulc highlighted innovative transport development projects and the recent spread of electric cars and recharging spots in Hungary.
As we wrote before, automatization is becoming more and more important in vehicle development. Google and Tesla have been paying much effort into this branch, but Vovlo is also working on an automatic following mechanism. As it is a new and rapidly changing field, Hungary intends to be in the forefront of the competition. That is why a test track for self-driving cars is being constructed in Zalaegerszeg.
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Brian Stanley TD welcomes first meeting of Public Accounts Committee
17 September, 2020 - by Brian Stanley TD
Sinn Féin TD for Laois-Offaly and the new Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Brian Stanley has welcomed the fact that the PAC will have its first meeting of the 33rd Dáil this afternoon.
PAC is set to be the first Oireachtas Committee to get up and running in the new Dáil term and will be in a position to use the Seanad Chamber for its initial meetings.
To enable PAC to get on with its work quickly, the Chair designate Deputy Stanley has worked with Committee staff to arrange five provisional meetings, which include the HSE and the Department of Finance, which he will ask members to confirm this afternoon.
Speaking earlier, Deputy Stanley said:
"I am very happy to say that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will meet this afternoon. We are the first Committee up and running the 33rd Dáil and we want to waste no time in getting on with our work.
"Considering PAC has not met since last December, as the new Chair I made it a priority over the summer recess to ensure that the Committee was in a position to hit the ground running straight away.
"Working with the Committee secretariat, we have arranged five provisional meetings for the Committee subject to the members agreement.
"If agreed by the Committee, our first guest on October 1st will be Paul Reid of the HSE, followed by the Department of Health, Nama and then the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure in late October after the budget.
"I will also be outlining to the Committee a number of reforms which I will be bringing forward to strengthen PAC. These proposals originate from the Committee of Dáil Reform and would allow PAC to investigate matters of public interest which are currently outside our remit.
"As the Chair of PAC, I want to work with all the members of the Committee to ensure that PAC performs to the highest standard possible."


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One team was the preseason No. 1 team. The other went out and won the league championship with a 14-4 record.
One team would rather bang in the low post, keep the score in the 60s or 70s and establish its 6-8 forward who was a double-double machine. The other doesn't mind shooting 3's, taking chances with a fast-paced offense but also dominated the LSC in rebounding margin.
But both UT-Permian Basin, the best LSC team over 18 games, and Midwestern State, the 9th-best LSC team in the second half and eighth-best over the full schedule, won on their home court this year. The third matchup means something to both as the Falcons (23-5) want to strengthen their South Central Regional resume. MSU (14-13) could clinch a winning record and also live to play again Saturday.
Tip-off is set for 8:30 p.m. Thursday night in the Lone Star Conference Championship quarterfinals.
"We've beat them in two halves and they've beat us in two halves," MSU coach Nelson Haggerty said. "They're a tough team. They rebound well and chase it down."
Boy, do they. The Falcons outrebounded their opponents by an average of 11.7 per game in LSC play, which was light-years ahead of the second-best rebounding unit, Tarleton State, at 3.4. And UTPB crushed the Texans by 25 on the glass last week head-to-head. MSU, third in the LSC in rebounding, stayed even in its win and lost by 10 on the boards in a loss in Odessa.
It'll be up to more than just Igor Ibaka (12.7 points, 9.7 rebounds) and Magnus Richards (9.9 points, 5.1 rebounds) to chase down caroms Thursday night.
One guy who could really help is Brandon Neel, a versatile 6-4 junior guard, who had two of his best games against the champs. He scored 22 points in each meeting and made 16 of 29 shots against UTPB. He had 13 rebounds, a season high, in the win at Ligon on Jan. 7.
Daeshon Francis, a 6-4 junior, leads UTPB with 18.3 points and averages 6.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists. Sammy Allen, a 6-2 guard, doesn't get blocked out much as he averaged a league-leading 11.5 rebounds.
" I think he's the leader of that team," Haggerty said. "He's one of the main reasons they play so hard and so competitive. He makes free throws, doesn't settle and is one of the top guys in steals."
The Falcons can shoot the ball very accurately, too. They led the LSC in 3-point shooting at .366, free-throw percentage at .747, field-goal percentage at .463 and free throws made (390 in 18 LSC games).
"You have to match their energy and enthusiasm," Haggerty said. "We can't step out on the floor waiting for something good to happen because they can put up points pretty quick.
"We have to do a good job taking care of the basketball (UTPB was ninth in turnover margin) and win that battle. They obviously shoot it well and shoot 3-point shots so we have to do a great job defending. And we have to be even as far as rebounding goes."
The first half of the matchups hasn't told the story. MSU trailed 45-33 on Jan. 7 but won the game. The Mustangs led 50-48 and lost in Odessa. MSU would rather not play at a 100-point pace for sure, but just like it didn't care about Kingsville's two-point win Saturday that extended its season, it won't complain about any style of game that results in a one-point win Thursday night.
It'd be historic. And it'd mean the Mustangs had played one of their best games in a long time.
Audio/Video: Listen to the game on ESPN 95.5 FM or on the Mustangs' Digital Network. The games will be streamed for free through LSC's Game Central portal.stretchinternet.com/lonestar'
Series: The Mustangs hold a 3-2 edge in the series dating back to 2007-08. The home team has won each game and this is the first neutral site matchup. MSU won 80-73 after trailing by 20 at D.L. Ligon on Jan. 7, while UTPB won 92-85 on Feb. 9 at the Falcon Dome.
LSC MEN'S SCHEDULE
Game 2: Men's Quarterfinal, 2) Tarleton State vs. 7) Angelo State, 2:30 p.m.
Game 4: Men's Quarterfinal, 1) UT Permian Basin vs. 8) Midwestern State, 8:30 pm
Game 6: Men's Quarterfinal, 3) West Texas A&M vs. 6) Texas A&M-Kingsville, 2:30 p.m.
Game 8: Men's Quarterfinal, 4) Texas A&M-Commerce vs. 5) Cameron, 8:30 pm
Game 10: Men's Semifinal, Winner G2 vs. Winner G6, 2:30 p.m.
SESSION SIX
Game 12: Men's Semifinal, Winner G4 vs. Winner G8, 8:30 pm
SESSION SEVEN
Game 14: Men's Championship, Winner G10 vs. Winner G12, 3:30 p.m.


I have a Dell storage array i want to use with nutanix, and install iSCSI disks on nutanix so that i can boot server VMs that is stored on the volumes.
I have tried more or less everything now, and just can figure out how to do it.
There is a lot of guide on how to share the Nutanix Disks witch iSCSI, but nothing on using iSCSI san as a VM drive in Nutanix.
Please advise. Has anyone done this and if so, how?
You can make use of it in the VM OS Level, where you will do the iSCSI discovery LUNs.
If you are using esxi as a hypervisor.you can assign a lun through ISCSI.But incase if it is AHV,there is no way to configure external storage .Also not sure about with the latest release.
It should be possible to configure it if would be esxi hosts, but is it supportable?


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import com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.PortletBeanLocatorUtil;
import com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.ReferenceRegistry;
import com.liferay.portal.service.InvokableService;

/**
 * Provides the remote service utility for DocFile. This utility wraps
 * {@link org.oep.core.dossiermgt.service.impl.DocFileServiceImpl} and is the
 * primary access point for service operations in application layer code running
 * on a remote server. Methods of this service are expected to have security
 * checks based on the propagated JAAS credentials because this service can be
 * accessed remotely.
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 * @author trungdk
 * @see DocFileService
 * @see org.oep.core.dossiermgt.service.base.DocFileServiceBaseImpl
 * @see org.oep.core.dossiermgt.service.impl.DocFileServiceImpl
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	 */

	/**
	* Returns the Spring bean ID for this bean.
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	public static java.lang.String getBeanIdentifier() {
		return getService().getBeanIdentifier();
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	public static void setBeanIdentifier(java.lang.String beanIdentifier) {
		getService().setBeanIdentifier(beanIdentifier);
	}

	public static java.lang.Object invokeMethod(java.lang.String name,
		java.lang.String[] parameterTypes, java.lang.Object[] arguments)
		throws java.lang.Throwable {
		return getService().invokeMethod(name, parameterTypes, arguments);
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	public static void clearService() {
		_service = null;
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	public static DocFileService getService() {
		if (_service == null) {
			InvokableService invokableService = (InvokableService)PortletBeanLocatorUtil.locate(ClpSerializer.getServletContextName(),
					DocFileService.class.getName());

			if (invokableService instanceof DocFileService) {
				_service = (DocFileService)invokableService;
			}
			else {
				_service = new DocFileServiceClp(invokableService);
			}

			ReferenceRegistry.registerReference(DocFileServiceUtil.class,
				"_service");
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		return _service;
	}

	/**
	 * @deprecated As of 6.2.0
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	public void setService(DocFileService service) {
	}

	private static DocFileService _service;
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Manchester United: Jose Mourinho will be told to sell before he can buy in January
by LuMi - November 8, 2017 0350
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho will be told to offload players if he wants to add to his squad in January.
The Old Trafford board want to control costs before sanctioning more outlay on new signings.
Mourinho has spent £285m on transfer fees on six major signings during his two years at the club.
United's most recent financial results, released in September, showed their wage bill had risen by 13.5% to £263.5m.
Defender Luke Shaw, who cost United £27m in 2014 but yet to start this season, is the most likely departure.
The 22-year-old has started just four Premier League games in 12 months through a combination of injury and poor form.
The future of Marouane Fellaini is also unclear. The Belgium midfielder's contract expires in the summer and he will be free to negotiate with overseas clubs in January.
Sixteen first-team squad members have left since Mourinho took charge in May 2016, but only the £16m sale of Memphis Depay and the £22m departure of Morgan Schneiderlin generated significant income, while high-earners Wayne Rooney and Bastian Schweinsteiger have also left.
Sunday's Premier League defeat at Chelsea left United eight points behind leaders Manchester City.
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Handmade greek plaster sculpture mask of Leonidas, the king of the Sparta
Handmade greek plaster mask of Leonidas, the legendary Spartan king that fought the Persians. A unique souvenir from Greece!
Leonidas was the king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, and the 17th of the Agiad line, a dynasty which claimed descent from the mythological demigod Heracles and Cadmus. His name in Ancient Greek means son of the lion.
He is mostly known for his notable participation in the Second Persian War, where he led the allied Greek forces to a last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) while attempting to defend the pass from the invading Persian army.
More precisely, in August 480 BC, Leonidas marched out of Sparta to meet Xerxes' army at Thermopylae with a small force of 1,200 men (900 helots and 300 Spartan hoplites), where he was joined by forces from other Greek city-states, who put themselves under his command to form an army of 7,000 strong. They faced the Persian army of 70,000 to 300,000, who had invaded from the north of Greece under Xerxes I.
Leonidas died 19 September 480 BC at the battle and entered myth as the leader of the 300 Spartans. While the Greeks lost this battle, they were able to expel the Persian invaders in the following year.
18 x 45 x 11 centimeters
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Bronze statue of Leonidas, the king of Sparta, on marble base
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Izbori za Hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinski sabor 1913. održani su 16. i 17. prosinca 1913. Tada je bilo 209,618 muških birača s pravom glasa. Prema popisu stanovništva od 31. prosinca 1910., Kraljevina Hrvatska, Slavonija i Dalmacija je imala 2,621.954 stanovnika.

Ban Slavko Cuvaj je raspustio Sabor 27. siječnja 1912., 4. travnja Cuvaj je suspendirao Ustav, a sljedećeg dana je proglašen namjesnikom (komesarem) Kraljevstva. Tijekom sljedeće godine na njega su pokušana dva atentata, što je dovelo do njegove ostavke. Ivan Skerlecz je proglašen banom 27. studenog 1913. te je nakon dogovora ugarske vlade i HSK sazvao izbore za 16. i 17. prosinca.

Novi saziv Sabora za predsjednika Sabora je izabrao Bogdana Medakovića, J. Dr., dok za potpredsjednike su izabrani Petar Magdić, J. Dr. i Edmund Lukinić, J. Dr.

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Zahvaljujući izbornoj geometriji, Hrvatska pučka seljačka stranka s 12.917 glasova dobila je tek 3, a Srpska samostalna stranka s 11.704 glasača čak 17 zastupničkih mandata. Daljnjom usporedbom stranačkih rezultata, ali ovaj put na unutarstranačkoj razini, nameće se još jedan nerazmjer. Hrvatska članica Hrvatsko-srpske koalicije s 30.343 glasa ostvarila je 3 mandata više od srpske, koja je imala 11.704 glasača. Srpski zastupnici Mišćević, Pribićević, Krajnović i Budisavljević - njih četvorica - zajedno su dobili 1.062 glasa, što im je omogućilo četiri saborska mandata, za razliku od pravaša M. Uroića, koji je osvojio 1.138 glasova i nije osvojio mandat.

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|align=left colspan=2|  Hrvatska samostalna stranka
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|align="right" |
|align="right" |(29)
|align="right" |32.95
|-
|align=left colspan=2|  Srpska samostalna stranka
|align="right" |
|align="right" |
|align="right" |(17)
|align="right" |19,32
|-
|align=left colspan=2|  Kandidati koalicije izvan stranaka
|align="right" |
|align="right" |
|align="right" |(2)
|align="right" |2,27
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Kršćansko-socijalna stranka prava
|align="right" |15.834
|align="right" |14,18
|align="right" |9
|align="right" |10,23
|-
|align=left colspan=2| unionisti izvan stranaka/Staromađaroni
|align="right" |15.616
|align="right" |13,99
|align="right" |12
|align="right" |13,64
|-
|align=left colspan=2| Starčevićeva stranka prava
|align="right" |14.446
|align="right" |12,94
|align="right" |11
|align="right" |12,50
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Hrvatska pučka seljačka stranka
|align="right" |13.024
|align="right" |11,66
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |3,41
|-
|align=left colspan=2| pravaši izvan stranačkih klubova
|align="right" |3.076
|align="right" |2,75
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |3,41
|-
|align=left colspan=2|nezavisni saborski klub/Osječani
|align="right" |2.153
|align="right" |1,93
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |2,27
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Srpska narodna radikalna stranka
|align="right" |3.234
|align="right" |2,90
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |0,00
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Socijaldemokratska stranka Hrvatske i Slavonije
|align="right" |626
|align="right" |0,56
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |0,00
|-
|align=left colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Ukupno
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|111.654
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100,00
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|88
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100,00
|-
|align=left colspan=2|odaziv
|align="right" |111.654
|align="right" |53,27
|align="right" |
|-
|align=left colspan=2|registriranih birača
|align="right" |209.618
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Virilisti

Ugarsko-hrvatski sabor

Sukladno Hrvatsko-ugarskoj nagodbi Hrvatski sabor je iz aktualnog saziva Sabora birao između svih zastupnika tri zastupnika u Dom Velikaša i 40 zastupnika u Zastupnički dom zajedničkog Ugarsko-hrvatskog državnog sabora.

Zamjenski mandati

Tokom saziva Sabora od 1913. do 1918. došlo je do zamjene sljedećih zastupnika:

Izvori

Literatura

Branko Dubravica: Parlamentarni izbori u Hrvatskoj i Velikoj Gorici (1848. – 1938.), Albatros, Velika Gorica 2004, pp. 189–190,
Jutarnji list, 1913., podrobna analiza izbora
Jutarnji list, 1913., popis zastupnika koji su izgubili mandat na izborima 1913.
Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie fur das jahr 1914 [Dvorski i državni vodič Austro-Ugarske Monarhije za godinu 1914.], Druck und Verlag der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien 1914., str. 1283. – 1285.
Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie fur das jahr 1914 [Dvorski i državni vodič Austro-Ugarske Monarhije za godinu 1918.], Druck und Verlag der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien 1918., str. 1329. – 1330.
Zakon o preinaci nekih ustanovah zakona od 15. srpnja 1881. ob izbornom redu za sabor kraljevinah Dalmacije, Hrvatske i Slavonije, Sbornik zakonah i naredabah valjanih za kraljevinu Hrvatsku i Slavoniju, komad XV. 1888., str. 629. – 640.
Zakon o izbornom redu za sabor kralj. Hrvatske, Slavonije i Dalmacije 1910, Sbornik zakona i naredaba valjanih za kraljevinu Hrvatsku i Slavoniju, komad VI. 1910., str. 701. – 722.

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Rebecca Grant: For Trump, the China trade war began long ago – and this is a war he's determined not to lose
President Trump hopeful of trade deal with China as additional sanctions loom
The imposition of new U.S. tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports could be a dangerous next step in a trade dispute between the world's two largest economies; chief White House correspondent John Roberts reports.
Round 11 of the US-China trade talks wrapped with no deal, after Trump raised tariffs on a $200 billion tranche of goods from 10 percent to 25 percent. Beijing was close to a deal a week ago. Then China balked.
Wall Street is reacting to the uncertainty. So are American farmers and businesses.
"Just sit back and watch," Trump tweeted.
How can Trump appear so calm? President Trump doesn't like tariffs any more than you do. He actually wants U.S.-China trade to grow – but not until China changes two decades of bad behavior.
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping left themselves plenty of diplomatic wiggle room this week. The tariffs don't hit goods already in transit which staves off effects until late May. Trump also knows China can't immediately find alternative markets for $539 billion in goods, and that should keep them at the table.
Trump was careful to delay tariffs for the rest of the $325 billion in products imported from China. That's his style, and it's an important point. Sure, Trump likes to talk and tweet. But when it comes to action, President Trump has proven quite methodical, even cautious, with the tools of U.S. power, both military and economic. True to form, he rolled out the China tariffs in small batches over the past year. He's taking measured steps.
But the single most important element is Trump's determination not to lose this war. He's picked his battle.
Realize that for Trump, this trade war began long ago. And he's long since accepted that America lost the first battle by not doing enough to engage China on trade rules from 2001 to 2017.
The U.S.-China trade deficit was about $118 billion (inflation-adjusted) when China joined the WTO in 2001 and started exporting goods with no tariffs. Last year it was $419 billion. True, U.S. sales to China went up, but not enough.
It should never have gone on so long. You know the problem. Over the past twenty years, we let China gush out exports without getting fair access to China's market. Yes, U.S. companies do a lot of business in China. But Beijing throws in barriers and restrictions that limit sales. When Japan and Europe grew their exports from the 1950s-1980s, they abided by rules and allowed U.S. businesses to operate in their countries under fair terms. They were allies, not thieves.
The world hoped China would behave well. After all, they're a powerhouse. They invented fireworks and gunpowder and sent spaghetti home with Marco Polo 700 years ago.
China was the world's biggest economic power back when America was thirteen colonies trading animal skins and using whiskey for money. There's a reason your dishes are called "china."
Beginning in the 19th Century, internal turmoil, world events, some British imperialism, and a failure to industrialize knocked China off its game. Then came war and communism. America rose in the 20th Century while China was in the dirt.
In the 1990s, China stepped slowly back into the world market. Fine. Trade grew slowly at first. But China set up all sorts of tricks and barriers to their huge domestic market. The result? Massive trade imbalances. In the U.S., Democrats and Republicans both turned a blind eye. You know the rest.
The peak came when China surpassed Canada as the number one US trading partner in 2015. Get this. Canada, with a population of 37 million people buys $298 billion in US goods per year. China with 1.38 billion people buys less than half that amount – just $120 billion in U.S. goods. Even granting that Canada is our neighbor, which facilitates trade, those numbers show something's very wrong China's trade practices.
China wants a win-win. They've said so. The U.S. wants fairness and reciprocity. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer won't back down on key issues like intellectual property, forced technology transfer and tariff and no-tariff barriers, and enforcement of agreements.
Australia went 21 rounds negotiating their China trade deal back in 2015. But it worked out. China and Australia ended up with a positive deal for both sides with 95 percent of products tariff-free.
Trump doesn't want long-term tariffs. He wants a deal, and the markets know it.
As Trump once said, sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. What you need generally, is enough time and a little luck.
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Self Help Depression Insights To End All Depression!
Help You Return To Happiness!
These self help depression insights will help you to recognize that your current state of depression is always only temporary and that dealing with depression always begins with you. Only you have full power within you to bring yourself back to a place of feeling good, if that's what you really want!
Perhaps you're looking for advice on dealing with depression for yourself or a loved one or maybe you're looking for some treatment for depression. That's a great start. However, the truth is that the only self-administered treatment you'll ever need is contained within your own being, within your way of thinking.
That's right, these self help depression insights are not offering any kind of medical advice or recommending any drugs whatsoever. Everything written on this page offers a way for you to be fully self-empowered to deal with depression for yourself once and for all. The method I'm referring to is your own emotional guidance system.
These self help depression insights confirm that by utilizing our emotional guidance system at every moment of our life we can tell if we're on track to maintaining our state of well-being or not, by recognizing how we feel. We're always in a particular state of either feeling good or feeling not so good, feeling happy or feeling depressed.
Once we're aware of our own emotional guidance system, dealing with depression becomes much easier than prior to our awareness of it.
When we're in a state of depression the reason we feel bad is because our emotional guidance system is informing us that remaining in this state is not serving us. Our natural state is feeling good, and so anything other than feeling good is not where we want to be, because nothing we really want can be found in a depressed state.
less than good, we're depressed or below that ideal state of well-being.
These self help depression insights identify and clarify that all depression is caused by negative thoughts and beliefs!
depressed state, caused by negative thoughts and beliefs.
While it may not be possible to move from a deep state of depression back to happiness and well-being in one swift movement it is possible and very practical to move towards a better feeling state incrementally, one thought at a time.
a state of well-being, caused by positive thoughts and beliefs.
By utilizing our emotional guidance system we're able to get to a place that feels slightly better and from that place to a place that feels slightly better than that and so on. Thus, we can and do gradually rise up thought by thought, feeling by feeling, all the way back to our natural state of well-being.
As an example: you think about or imagine something that you don't like or something that you don't like comes into your experience. And then you pay attention to it, dwell upon it, and before long you're not feeling good. That's all the evidence you need - to know that your thoughts control your feelings.
This self help depression insight suggests that first we become aware of and pay attention to the feeling feedback advice from our emotional guidance system. And then we change our thoughts to match things that are more in alignment with whatever it is that we say we want and thus we'll automatically feel better because that's simply how it works!
Knowing this it's easy not to remain focused upon thoughts that brought you to a state of depression. And all depression is caused by the thoughts you think!
Whenever those negative thoughts arise don't dwell upon them, but instead consciously decide to think about something else. Or redefine and change your current beliefs then better feeling thoughts will arise. Look at the examples below.
three days, but I don't have it!
days, but hopefully I'll get a break.
loves me. I'm unworthy of love!
anyway, so it's probably for the best.
deadline to give me more time to pay.
probably find the money before the deadline.
that's better than arguing all the time!
for me and find true love this time.
Again, you should be feeling a sense of relief from these new improved thoughts. Prior to learning about the importance of making the mental effort of observing and changing your thoughts, those thoughts weren't available to you. Using this self help depression insight about your emotional guidance system is the key to feeling better.
Every time you choose better feeling thoughts, you're actually raising your vibrational frequency. The more you raise your vibrational frequency, the better you feel.
Now that you've practiced these self help depression insights which advise you to become aware of and change your thoughts. Realize that the only thing that actually happened, which offered a sense of relief and better feeling, happened in your mind. That is to say, the circumstances that seemingly caused your depression remain the same. For instance: although you're still alone and you still have to find some money, your mental attitude towards these things has changed causing improvement in how you feel.
And here's a truth: it's all about how you feel. All improvement in every situation in your life begins with your state of being and hence, how you feel.
Your current life circumstances are the end result or the effect of the vibrational output of your former state of being. Thus, new and improved life circumstances can only arise with the changed vibrational output of your new and improved state of being. Therefore, feeling good and hence being happy, in this moment, brings you closer to all good things!
That is to say, your current circumstances do not determine or become (materialize into) your future experience. Only your current state of being determines and becomes (materializes into) your current circumstances.
Believe me; I know what it's like to be feeling fantastic one moment and then suddenly to plunge into the deepest throes of depression the next. Fortunately, now that you're aware of your emotional guidance system, you'll be far less likely to slip back into depression so easily.
However, these self help depression insights suggest that there may be times when you're having difficulty directing the flow of your thoughts and sustaining positive thoughts. During these times I find it very helpful to silently repeat a mantra to myself. A mantra is a word or several words that you silently repeat to yourself over and over. While there are many mantras you can use, this one suggested by these self help depression insights is highly recommended.
Previously, whenever my thoughts started in a downward or negative direction and I felt I was losing control of my positive state of mind, I just started repeating those words to myself over and over. When you're consciously focusing upon those positive words, it's impossible to think negative thoughts. In this way a mantra can serve us by holding us in our current positive vibrational state.
Start saying your mantra right away. Every time you remember just keep repeating those words. After you've been practicing for a while, whenever your thoughts start in a negative or unwanted direction your mantra automatically kicks in and holds you in your current positive state of mind.
I first heard this particular mantra by listening to "The Clearing Audio" by Joe Vitale. It's a fantastic, spiritual, self-empowering audio message that's well worth listening to on a regular basis. I highly recommend it! Once you're generally no longer depressed and you want to bring yourself to an even higher positive state, in which you're happy and feeling good for most of the time, I suggest reading this self help goals page.
After reading these self help depression insights how do you feel in your now moment? Do you really want relief from depression? Or are you, secretly, using your state of depression to gain attention from others? Be honest with yourself, is your outward depression really self pity masquerading as depression? If so, do you really love yourself? Or is there a part of you that's somehow lacking love? Do you believe that you need the attention of others to fill the emptiness that you feel? Find out on this self help relationship page.
If you're really stuck and you genuinely can't seem to shake off feelings of depression and hopelessness, I suggest that you read "When Everything Changes, Change Everything" by Neale Donald Walsch. I'm sure that Neale can help you to see life in a new way. While these self help depression insights will definitely help you to move in the right direction, the choice to start moving towards a place of feeling better, by thinking positive thoughts, will always be yours.


Designed to meet the needs of many of our gravity-biased riders who are inclined to go without a chamois when riding even on longer all-mountain rides, this boxer brief is perfect for DH days (and yes, you can wear these exclusively off the bike if you prefer).
Lightweight & breathable fabric for comfort when worn under baggies or for everyday use.
Wide YETI logo on the jacquard waistband.


Put what you like in them and call them what you like, the humble sausage was the star of a Birmingham competition of its very own.
The smell of beautiful bangers wafting through the Mailbox as the Midlands' Tastiest Sausage Competition came to town was proof of its place as Britain's fave food.
Butchers from across the Midlands battled it for the crown of Tastiest Sausage at the Heart of England Fine Foods event.
As well as the professionals the schools sausage competition pitted the wits of pint-sized chefs against one another in the AGA store in the Mailbox.
Karen Davies, chief executive of Heart of England Fine Foods, said: "The sausage is a fine example of everything great about British cuisine.
"And as it is National Farmhouse Breakfast Week we thought it would be a great time to hold our Midlands Tastiest Sausage Competition. We felt with a massive move towards local sourcing of produce, local sausages made by local butchers should be celebrated in all their glory.
"The competition between butchers is very fierce as they are very passionate about making sausages."
Over 20 judges from the world of food were fed sausages for two hours as they agonised over the entries.
Celebrity chef Sophie Grigson, BBC Midlands Today presenter Sarah Falkner and the Mail's food critic, Paul Fulford, were a few of the names on the tasting committee.
Sarah said: "What can be better than eating a wonderfully prepared sausage?
"It has been wonderful trying out all the different types of sausage and very difficult picking a winner."
Birmingham butchers Walter Smith combined with Walsall's Joseph Leckie School to win the Best Schools Banger award.
And Walter Smith's port and caramelised red onion sausage won the Tastiest Speciality Sausage.
Robert Jones, a director at Walter Smith, said: "The pork used in our pies and sausages comes from free range pigs and it is this quality that shines through."


Have a bride-to-be that isn't into a classic tiara but still want her to stand out in a crowd? This vintage styled, gold leaf goddess headband is an amazing design that really can give anyone a beautiful, unique look. Great for bachelorettes and bridal showers alike!
Alternatively, you can give your entire group a unique style and adorn the girls with beautiful gold coloured headbands.
The headbands are made from metal alloy and are one size fits all.


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Athletic. Academic. Altruistic. Harvego.
Jack Schreiber '19, Staff Writer|May 15, 2019
Colin O'Donnel '20 | The Plank
Jesuit High School will always be a second home to Hank Harvego '19.
Jesuit is the place where Hank grew as a football player and learned about balancing his workload as an honors student.
"Football has helped me tremendously during my time at Jesuit," Hank said. "From the lessons of hard work and dedication to time management, every aspect Coach Blanton instills in us can be applied to life. Being busy with workouts and film sessions helped me stay on top of my workload, which paid off in the long run."
His perseverance to succeed and stay on track landed Hank an academic scholarship to play football for Division III Claremont McKenna College.
Hank's dedication to the football team was reflected in how hard he pushed himself and teammates. His leadership on the field motivated his teammates to improve their efforts for the betterment of the team.
"The lessons I learned from Hank are if you are going to work towards a certain goal, whether it was a team goal or individual, you have to work hard, and you have to work with good fundamentals," said tight end Connor McIntee '19. "He always pushed me to the max to make me the best football player I can be, which really helped me improve my game so that I could contribute to our team's success."
Hank made himself and the players around him better as athletes and individuals, leading his team with authority and resourcefulness. When the team struggled, he was the man who stepped up.
"Coaching Hank was a battle because Hank likes to battle on the field mentally, physically, and as a competitor who understands the game of football," said Head Coach Marlon Blanton. "He did a lot of special things on the field that you just can't see. He has a desire to lead. His desire to want to be a good football player has made him one of the best quarterbacks we've coached."
Hank is a leader who will be remembered as a remarkable quarterback whose desire to play football and enhance his performance helped shape the skills and attitudes of his teammates.
Jack Schreiber '19, Staff Writer
A dedicated servant in many ways, Ms. Colleen Arrigo retires from Jesuit
Farewell to Mrs. Kelly Barnes, the heart of Campus Ministry
A lifelong Ignatian educator, Mr. Michael Cheney is retiring from Jesuit after 19 years
A "true Marauder," Mr. Ed Novinsky '72 retires from Jesuit after more than 20 years


Development on a fifth Shrek film remains in progress—and screenwriter Michael McCullers says fans can expect "a pretty big reinvention" from the story.
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter about his most recent release, The Boss Baby, McCullers offered an update on the fifth Shrek, which has been moseying its way through the DreamWorks pipeline since the release of Shrek Forever After in 2010. Although the studio still doesn't seem to be in any major rush to get the next sequel out, McCullers has been plugging away at the script, which he says is now finished—and something he "really, really" loves.
"It's really personal to me," added McCullers. "It's got a pretty big reinvention behind it that I guess I can't really reveal, but since DreamWorks was sold to Universal in that time for over $3 billion, I imagine they're particularly interested in it stepping up and actually figuring out the future of the franchise in that way on the corporate level. Reinvention was sort of called for. There's been four movies and a lot of material, so the characters are pretty beloved and they're great characters, but you also have to think of a pretty new take at that point."
The prospect of a fifth Shrek movie has been floated since Shrek 2 in 2004. Shrek Forever After was at one point billed as the final chapter in the franchise, but as McCullers notes, the studio's new owners have a major vested interest in taking advantage of any intellectual property they can leverage into blockbuster box office. Recent reports indicated a 2019 release date is being eyed for the next sequel; whenever it arrives, it'll snap a lengthy hiatus between major movies for star Mike Myers.


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Popular LAX Van Service SuperShuttle To Go Out Of Business
Filed Under:LAX, SuperShuttle, SuperShuttle airport pickup company going out of business, SuperShuttle LAX going out of business, SuperShuttle shutting down
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – If you were planning on getting a ride to or from Los Angeles International Airport after Jan. 1 with van service SuperShuttle, you'll need to make other arrangements.
A SuperShuttle van at Los Angeles International Airport. Undated photo. (CBS2)
SuperShuttle, which has operated out of LAX since 1983, is shutting down, it was reported by the Los Angeles Times Thursday.
A letter Tuesday from the company to an L.A.-area franchisee read: "SuperShuttle plans to honor all reservations and walk-up requests for service" through Dec. 31, according to the Times.
Customers trying to schedule pickup after Jan. 1 on SuperShuttle's website were unable to complete the reservation.
The company is also shuttering its operations at airports across the U.S. and worldwide.
Competition from ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft have cut into its business. At LAX, shared van rides plunged by two-thirds in the first half of this year compared with the first half of 2016, according to city data obtained by The Times.
SuperShuttle is one of the few services that can still pick up riders curbside at LAX after the airport's recent changes to help ease congestion. In November, Lyft, Uber and taxis were relegated to a pickup lot next to Terminal 1.
SuperShuttle has not yet issued a public statement about the shutdown.
The letter to the franchisee cited "a variety of factors" for the company's closure, "including increasing costs and changes in the competitive and regulatory landscape" that "have called into question the economic and operational viability of the company's operations."
SuperShuttle is owned by an affiliate of Blackstreet Capital Holdings, a private investment firm in Bethesda, Maryland, court documents show. Blackstreet acquired SuperShuttle in September from Transdev on Demand Inc., which is part of the Transdev Group of France.
(© Copyright 2019 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. City News Service contributed to this report.)


A special purpose vehicle (SPV) is an entity (typically a company) which operates as a subsidiary of another entity. The assets of an SPV are legally separated from the assets of the parent entity. This makes SPVs a useful vehicle for entities looking to hedge their investments against the consequences of possible bankruptcies. Shares in SPVs are traded on some stock exchanges.


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Q: react-native Modal with SafeAreaView-wrapper not working We have a FilterComponent which renders a Modal, but on iPhone X it's Header is in the Statusbar.
I tried to render it with SafeAreaView but seems like this is not working:
return (
  <SafeAreaView>
    <Modal
      { ...defaultModalProps }
      onRequestClose={ close }
      style={ styles.container }
      visible={ visible }
    >
      <ModalNavbar close={ close }>
        Filter
      </ModalNavbar>
      <View style={ styles.content }>
        ...
      </View>
    </Modal>
  </SafeAreaView>
);

When FilterModal is openend on iPhoneX it still is in the Statusbar and you cant click on anything.
Any idea how to solve this?
thanks.

A: Put SafeAreaView inside the Modal component
return (
  <Modal
    {...defaultModalProps}
    onRequestClose={close}
    style={styles.container}
    visible={visible}
  >
    <SafeAreaView style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: "transparent" }}>
      <ModalNavbar close={close}>Filter</ModalNavbar>
      <View style={styles.content}>...</View>
    </SafeAreaView>
  </Modal>
);

A: if you use react-native-safe-area-context and you have a problem with modal then
      <Modal>
        <SafeAreaProvider>
          <SafeAreaView>

             // your modal content

          </SafeAreaView>
        </SafeAreaProvider>
      </Modal>

A: A Modal fill the entire screen, so you need to provide extra spacing inside the Modal. Margin / Padding will not effect on Modal if applied on parent of Modal.
<Modal {...}>
  <TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={closeModal}>
    <SafeAreaView {...}>
      {...}
    </SafeAreaView>
  </TouchableWithoutFeedback>
</Modal>

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Q: Phone tethered to laptop for internet and then send internet out wirelessly What I am looking for is a way to take the internet I have available on my laptop (from using my tethered smart phone) and project that out just like a wireless router would from a modem.  This way all wifi enabled devices can connect no problem.
I have done ad hoc networks to share my internet connection on my tethered laptop but not everything works like a proper wireless router would.
Laptops, phones, and tablets can connect and use the signal but my Nintendo Wii and Sony entertainment player do not.
I assume wireless TVs, printers, Chromecast (etc) will have the same issue.  The peer to peer connection of a ad hoc network won't do this. The Wii actually can discover the network when searching but unable to connect.  I need something that mimics what a router does and provides that wireless access point.
http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WR702N-Wireless-Repeater-150Mpbs/dp/B007PTCFFW
This is the closest I've come but from what I've read, and I did call the company, it will not work.  Any ideas?  Thank you.

A:
(from using my tethered smart phone)

I don't know the specs of your phone, so I'm going out on a bit of a limb, but I'd think it'd be easier to use your phone to broadcast as a wireless AP, than to configure those services on your PC.
Android, for instance, has wifi AP tether apps that will broadcast an SSID with configurable options. I use one called 'wifi tether router' and successfully connected my laptop and tablet to it. Anytime I'm in the datacenter, I use this method for inet access back to the office.
Multiple devices attached may/could cause performance issues, but the core services like DHCP/DNS/Routing are all taken care of for you.


On his own and in cahoots with his puppeteering wife Miss Pussycat, Mr. Quintron has done his bit to keep fun alive by dressing up old-fashioned Hammond organ grinding with retro-futuristic electronics and after-school TV antics. He�s best experienced live, where you can see the sweat roll off his pencil-thin mustache and drip onto the keyboard, or marvel at his inventions. It�s one thing to hear the Drum Buddy, his homemade, light-operated drum machine manufactured from a turntable and a coffee can, and another to see the can spin around and spit out beats like a cartoon character spraying watermelon seeds. Still, he�s put out some swell records � These Hands Of Mine is a personal favorite. Alas, this isn�t one of them.
The Frog Tape, as you might gather from the name, started life as a cassette-only release. One side was a selection of Quintron�s home rehearsals, the other an authentic field recording of swamp frogs (Quintron is a proud resident of New Orleans�s Ninth Ward � he probably didn�t have to go too far from home for source material). But what might have been a nifty post-concert impulse purchase seems rather slim when you put it on a CD, and not just because discs are skinnier than tapes. With a total running time that�s a sliver less than 30 minutes, there�s just not a lot here, certainly not enough to justify charging full-album price. And a lot of what�s included is hardly top drawer.
The opening electronic snippet �Horror� isn�t very scary, and is too short to be much of anything else. �The Throat,� which lasts less than a minute, is just a compendium of funny noises followed by a B-movie spooky laugh. You used to smack your little brother over the head for doing stuff like this � do you really need to pay for someone to do it to you now? And do you really need a solo organ rendition of �Stray Cat Strut?� Only the grimy cha-cha �Scary Love� is likely to lure repeat playings beyond your Halloween party. For that, use the Frogs side. It doesn�t achieve the wild pseudo-electronic modulations of the recent Broken Hearted Dragonflies disc on Sublime Frequencies, but it does provide a wealth of dank polyrhythmic croaking.


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The 12th edition of the Swiss Geoscience Meeting focused on the latest advances in research in geosciences. It was held 21st and 22nd November 2014 in Fribourg.
The Department of Geosciences of the University of Fribourg and the Platform geosciences of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) cordially welcomed the 662 participants in the 12th Swiss Geoscience Meeting held on 21st and 22nd November 2014 in Fribourg.
On Friday 21st, the theme of the 12th Swiss Geoscience Meeting is "Drilling the Earth". Five keynote speakers presented the latest research on ice coring at high altitudes to sediment coring in the deep oceans. Topics included the insight gained from climate and ecosystem archives, the potential of unconventional georessources and the investigation of geohazards.
On Saturday 22nd, a series of 21 scientific symposia covered the diverse spectrum of current research in geoscience, encompassing the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the cryosphere, the biosphere, the atmosphere and the anthroposphere.
The SGM also provides the ideal environment to foster informal contacts and discussion among scientists, in particular during the Swiss Geoscience Party on Friday evening but also at the poster sessions in the main hall of the venue on Saturday. Time is reserved for two poster sessions, at which the authors will be present for active discussion and feedback.
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Dubai has started 2018 with new two Guinness World Records. The first one is the largest laser light show on single building at Burj Khalifa and the another Guinness World Record was for the world's largest caviar tin at Atlantis The Palm.
Dubai's laser show over 109,000 square meters doubled broke the record, previously set by Hong Kong in 2013, when the laser show was projected over 46,000 square meters on the city's International Commerce Centre.
Atlantis, The Palm teamed up with luxury US caviar company AmStur this New Year's Eve to create the impossible and break the Guinness World Record™ for the world's largest caviar tin. The 50kg serving of caviar was presented to guests at the resorts' Gala Dinner and smashed the previous Guinness World Record™ for the world's largest caviar tin, which was recorded in 2016, weighing in at 17kg.
"It was exciting to see another Guinness World Records title being broken here in Dubai – you are Officially Amazing!", – commented guidelines the Guinness World Record adjudicator after checking that the attempt was verified.
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Chocolate is the best + Mink Chocolates has won best chocolate in the world 2014 + Mink Chocolates is in Vancouver, therefore Vancouver = best place in the world.
Having Mink Chocolates just around the corner from my place of work is a gift and a curse. I can go down there whenever I want and sample the various flavors of chocolate that they have cooked up – including Taj Masala, peanut butter and jelly, and espresso. Or I can take a relaxing afternoon and enjoy a delightful chocolate fondue. No matter how I choose to indulge in Mink's chocolates I always make sure to take my time with the chocolate so that I can enjoy and savor it. Chocolate this good shouldn't be devoured, it should melt in your mouth so that the flavors can evolve and all the subtleties be explored.
If you only have a short time to visit Mink's I suggest that you explore the artisan small-batch chocolate bars, the flavors are diverse and delectable.


Charles Brown has a heart for young people and has committed his life to Raising Other People's Kids. At the age of 49, Charles has already managed to put twenty-nine years of full-time experience of working with young people (specifically urban youth) under his belt. His track record proves him to be a seasoned veteran in the field of working with youths & families. Charles has served as the City Life Club Director for Central Indiana Youth for Christ. His main responsibility was to coordinate programs within the Indianapolis Public Schools. Charles also has worked with Area Youth Ministry as their Program Director, helping to create their Young Champions program. With AYM, Charles has facilitated young men's groups in several schools, in addition to supervising 4 other staff in 8 different schools. Charles is the former Youth Minister of New Covenant Church, under the leadership of Pastor Bryan Hudson. Currently, Charles contracts with Warren Township Schools in Indianapolis to provide Early Intervention Services for students K through 6th grade. Charles also contracts with Choices, an organization providing "wrap-around" services for youth and families. His work with Choices, comprises of mentoring some of the most challenging youth in Central Indiana. Charles is an adoptive father of two and is currently raising two foster sons. In his spare time, Charles enjoys reading, chess, and tech of all kind.


Don't be a cloud if you can be the sky.Don't be a feather if you can be a bird and fly!
Complete the following "bird" proverbs and then match the short explanation with the correct proverb or expression.
1. Birds of a feather (a) The person being sought (prisoner) has escaped.
2. The early bird (b) I heard a rumour.
3. A bird in the hand (c) To achieve a double result with one effort.
4. Fine feathers (d) A general view from above.
5. A bird's view (e) Those who are early will find the most opportunities.
6. The bird has (f) People of a similar character are usually found together.
7. To kill two birds (g) A small possession is preferable to a large expectation.
8. A little bird (h) People are judged by their outward appearance.
Now how about having some Roald Dahl kind of fun? You know, where you twist the ending to make it amusing.
Take any well-known proverbs or expressions and give them a twist.
Take a look around you. Notice how different you appear from the outside. Just imagine how vastly different each one is on the inside of their heads and hearts too.
Instead of trying to blend in and be like everyone else, be proud of and celebrate your unique differences and qualities.
To understand this, try the following in your group. Each person must bring a different fruit to add toward making a bowl of fruit salad . Once you have added the sliced fruit to the bowl, enjoy eating it. You will notice that a fruit salad is delicious, precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavour.
So now you have taken time out to get to know yourself better and you have had time to get to know others around you better too. Hopefully you will have enjoyed a deliciously tasty bowl of fruit salad and taken the decision to remain true to your own character and not become blended soup.
Choose an example of synergy and dramatise it for your class.
Hints: synergy in nature (tick birds) / synergy in music (band or choir) /synergy in gymnastics (pyramid building).
This means you don't have the slightest clue what other people believe, how they feel or what they have experienced to make them the way they are.
Birds of a feather flock together. But what do they learn from one another if they are all alike?


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'Europe's last dictatorship' has a new plan: tourism
Victory Square in Minsk, Belarus. Photo / Getty Images
It's a flat, landlocked country most known for its chilly winters. It was famously dubbed the "last dictatorship" in Europe - a place where even the country's leader, in place for the past 22 years, has described his politics as authoritarian. It's a former Soviet republic where the KGB is still called the KGB, and where people still work on collective farms and at state-owned vodka companies. And perhaps most tellingly, the World Health Organisation says it has the highest rate of alcohol consumption in the world.
The country, of course, is Belarus - long the odd man out in Europe. But if Minsk has its way, it could also be something else: the continent's newest tourist hot spot.
This week, the press service of the president of Belarus announced that visa-free travel was being established for citizens of 80 countries - a lengthy list that includes the entire European Union as well as the United States. The rules will apply to people who arrive at the Minsk National Airport and will cover a five-day stay in the country. They will go into force next month.
The Minsk cityscape and Holy Spirit Cathedral overlook the Svisloch River in Belarus. Photo / Getty Images
There are plenty of motives for opening up visa-free travel - notably, the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already indicated that it hopes the EU will make some kind of reciprocal move for people from Belarus who want to visit Europe. But it's also not hard to see that tourism may be on Minsk's mind.
"The Belarusian Sport and Tourism Ministry expects that the number of tourist arrivals will go up by 20 percent," official Vitaly Gritsevich told reporters Tuesday, adding that initially officials were seeking tourists from "Europe, North America and the Persian Gulf."
The announcement comes hot on the heels of other tourist-friendly policies. An area along the border with Lithuania and Poland was opened up to visa-free travel in October; reports suggest that thousands of tourists have made the trip since then. The month after, officials announced that they were planning to work with the UN World Tourism Organisation to help update Belarus's national tourism brand (currently promoted by the not-so-catchy slogan "Hospitality without borders").
Narachanski National Park in Belarus. Photo / Getty Images
Meanwhile, in anticipation of Western tourists, Minsk's subway may begin airing English-language announcements, as it did the last time tourists came en masse - for the 2014 ice hockey world championships. Local tourism authorities have also recently published a promotional booklet on tourism in eight languages.
"We wanted to convey the atmosphere of tranquility, cleanliness, comfort and total absence of haste," Irina Gordiyenko, the head of marketing at the National Tourism Agency, told Belarus's state news agency, explaining that these are the qualities foreign tourists note while visiting the country.
Not many foreign tourists generally make it to Belarus, however. Official statistics suggest that there were 137,400 organised visits by foreign tourists in 2014, though outside experts have questioned the validity of those figures. Even if they are accurate, they are pitifully small - neighboring Lithuania, another former Soviet nation that has embraced the West, is reported to have seen 2.4 million tourists the same year.
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Most of the tourists Belarus has received over the past few years have come from Russia and other former Soviet states and did not require a visa. However, most visitors from outside the Commonwealth of Independent States tended to need a visa - and they were required to undergo a fairly complicated application process, which made visiting without the use of a Belarusian travel agency difficult.
So why would Belarus suddenly want foreign tourists? There are two very plausible theories, and unsurprisingly, both involve Russia. The first is that the small Belarusan economy has long been almost entirely dependent on trade with its giant neighbor. However, as Russia's economy has stalled over the past few years, Minsk has been forced to look elsewhere for business. Tourism only has room to grow.
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At the same time, political relations with Moscow have been strained after Ukraine's civil war and Russia's annexation of Crimea, with Belarus notably seeking more independence out of fear that it could be next. Visa-free travel might be another small step toward a more open relationship with Europe and the United States.
Less clear is whether this will all result in a more open Belarusian system - Human Rights Watch recently noted that the country's notoriously bad human rights environment hadn't improved overall in 2015. For now at least, potential visitors might face something of a moral dilemma. But if you do want to visit, some are apparently calling Minsk the "new Warsaw."
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That is not surprising considering that Turkey is one of the ECHR members. Decision does not mean that defaming Muhammad is illegal in Europe, but that freedom of expression right given in European Convention on Human Rights Article 10 does not prevent governments making laws that forbid blasphemy (which carries prison sentence in some European countries, like Germany, Poland, Russia, Turkey and Greece) and such.
I guess Im not surprised by Germany, those guys cant stop flagellating themselves over the sins of their fathers. And I see from Malc's link that it carries a 6 MONTH SENTENCE! Hmm, maybe it could work out for the homeless. Every 6 months stroll up to a police station, yell "I hate Jebus", and boom, three hots and a cot for half a year. Pretty draconian though, from my perspective.
@Volo: Its hard to judge the past through the lens of todays society.
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I'll be honest, I feel like these bombs probably came from someone who either really hates the establishment DNC and is a super far lefty. Or is from some super supporter that wanted a harmless but threatening gesture to drum up a particular expedient party narrative at a critical moment.
I just don't see this coming from someone on the right. I don't think they would connect those targets as being the one's that would engender the desired emotional shading. Politically it would backfire for someone on the right.
Nearly all domestic terrorism these days is right wing. Also, 'harmless'? Really?
It's a bit over 3 times higher, the leftist variety isn't non-existent. I'd also expect a leftist version as being more subvert and more likely designed to fail than the right wing version. Based on who the targets were it seems like a struggle within the left establishment as opposed to someone trying to fight across the aisle.
By harmless I meant that the attack was suppose to fail and be caught. With the threat of harm as the intended message.
Note to self. Don't assume a the person behind a given scenario is acting with intelligence. Man, this attacker is even dumber than I could have possible imagined.
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I'm no Austrian but how does its law back that finding?
The court confirmed an Austrian ruling, that was "just" an appeal.
Does this mean anyone who attacks the bible/Jesus/Christian god can also get into legal trouble? Or is it only doing this way because if you insult Islam/Muhammed ther eis a legit risk of a mass bombing because of religious psychos being more prevelant in that religious group? So, this is politics of fear and islamophobia. ie. The courts literally fear Islam and are also bigoted against them stereotyping all Muslims as violent psychopaths?
While I would agree that these laws shouldn't exist in the first place if they do they need to apply to all religions equally, that's one of these pesky EU anti-discrimination rules you agree to when joining. Most of them were made with some form of Christianity in mind. Malcador dug up a similar ruling about an Anti-Christian film.
There have been attempts to change or deprecate the law in question by both libertarian and left wing parties, but guess what, the christian center-right would rather keep their protection from blasphemy and risk it covering teh mooslims. *shrug*
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213374U
Location:PIGS
Yep. I may have mentioned this before, but some assclown "comedian" faced the same over here. Yesterday, I'd have expected any convictions in that case to be overturned by the ECHR. Today I'm not so sure. The prosecutors were hounded on him by the previous conservative and strongly Catholic-rooted government—somehow I doubt they would have shown the same zeal if he'd been mocking Muhammad instead. Which he wouldn't, either.
By the way, "protection of the right of citizens not to be insulted in their religious feelings by the public expression of views of others" is bull**** reasoning. Does that also cover people who profess to be "jedi"? Pastafarians? Or just fanfiction written by some goat****er at least a thousand years ago? Previous rulings in that regard only show that the ECHR are consistent in their idiocy. Bunch of spineless twats, man. As always, trust the EU to fix exactly diddly squat.
edit: this is the ECHR, not the ECJ, so not an actual EU organ. I can't into bureaucracy
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Note to self. Don't assume a the person behind a given scenario is acting with intelligence.
"Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is that people are stupid and make bad decisions."
"Lulz is not the highest aspiration of art and mankind, no matter what the Encyclopedia Dramatica says."
Pastafarians are allowed to wear a strainer on their ID photos.
Sure the police stated the decisiion to allow the sieve wasn't based on religious grounds but picture IDs only allow headgear for religious reasons, so go figure.
They just didn't want this to be brought to court. The Pastafarians in Austria have been trying to become a registered religious community for a while now and are denied even though they fulfill all the criteria.
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^The usual democratic/libertarian outlook on life
Just what do you think you're doing?! You dare to come between me and my prey? Is it a habit of yours to scurry about, getting in the way and causing bother?
What are you still bothering me for? I'm a Knight. I'm not interested in your childish games. I need my rest.
Begone! Lest I draw my nail...
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Really though, brown/orange hamster is generally true of both wings.
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Leferd
Location:California Republic
Mass shooting in Pittsburg synagogue. NRA gonna start calling for arming rabbis.
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Geez, maybe it's time for another tone it down a notch movement. I mean, I get that these are crazy people, but they are crazy people being bombarded with hyperbolic politics every day.
*notes the 'and/or fear' part of that poster* Wasn't that a Colbert thing though?
Going to also note that 2010 was also the beginning of the Tea Party movement, so, it was only a movement to restore sanity as one side defines it.
Any movement to turn things down is going to have to start with Trump and Republicans. The only way that it can actually happen if leaders actually take a lead and crack down on divisive rhetoric. Having incentives to reach out and work with the other side may also help though.
^The usual democratic/libertarian/republican outlook on life
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Volourn
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"Any movement to turn things down is going to have to start with Trump and Republicans."
Why? It should start with both. Both sides influence half the country so both sides have to look at themselves. Not just one. They're all guilty and they're all ****shows.
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I know both sides have done it, but Trump is President and he is Republican (more like RINO), thus the Republicans are the ones who have to do the first move.
Still, an actual bipartisan effort to tone it down would be even better, but it's going to have to start at the top, which includes Trump.
Doesn't matter if he's the president. Equal share of the blame. Contrary to what some claim, the US isn't a dictatorship. Just because he says or does something doesn't mean others have to follow his lead. That's the beauty of a non dictatorship.
They're ALL responsible.
The president answers to others. If he didn'[t, Trump would have gotten his money for the wall already. he wouldn't have had to rewrite his immigration ban list multiple times either.
The point is to lead by example, if Hillary Clinton did the exact same rhetoric and divisivity, we'd probably be in the same position as far as divisiveness goes.
Yes, people don't have to follow Trumps lead, but a lot of people do follow his lead.
Time for a Reformation redux: electric boogaloo? Although, is that more a Protestant/Evangelical thing or are Catholics about equally infected by it?
Not sure how that'd work though since the Reformation was in part a direction away from a central authority. Not that there aren't authorities that a lot of people look towards, just no central official one which dictates how things should be.
Zoraptor
Catholics are 100% infected by it. Pretty much all faith systems are- Siddartha Gautama wouldn't exactly be keen on murdering, raping and ethnically cleansing Rohingya in Burma yet that is actively supported and justified by many Buddhist monks.
The number of right wing death squads that were exquisitely Catholic is very, very long indeed despite anything that long haired socialist lefty who gave Christianity its name may have said, and most of them thought they were being absolutely righteous when they were raping, murdering and torturing.
Thought the big issue with Christians in the US was the prosperity gospel.
Ireland just voted to abrogate blasphemy law
But, but, how are we going to protect people's feels now?
Orogun01
Location:somewhere over the rainbow
I don't know but I imagine that Ireland will see a rise in blasphemy now
I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"*
*If you can't tell, it's you.
The point is to lead by example, if Hillary Clinton did the exact same rhetoric and divisivity
Did you miss her "basket of deplorables" or recent "we cannot be civil" speeches?
Or should we add this to your "did not hear about this" mountain?
No, I didn't miss those, I'm talking about Trumpian level rhetoric, imagine it dialed up to 11, or maybe replace Trump with Hillary at a Trump rally and use the exact same language he uses.
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Location:Absurdistan
I'm sure Trump will pardon these very fine people.
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In a letter, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has asked the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), asking to extend health insurance benefits to people living with HIV (PLHIV). The letter said regulator to remove provisions from its draft that exclude HIV affected people from buying health insurance products.
Following the letter, IRDA issued a draft circular, which states that life insurance and health insurance cover for people living with HIV/AIDS or those who contract the virus after subscribing to a policy should be made available from April 1, 2014.
Then Additional Secretary of the Department of AIDS Control (DAC) (formerly the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO)), Ms. Aradhana Johri in a letter to IRDA said that the draft circular's standard underwriting guidelines for life insurance products upheld the exclusion of people living with HIV from current and new products, as well as the standard waiting period for HIV affected people.
"It is not an either-or-situation for HIV/AIDS patients", Ms. Johri said adding "They should be able to buy both life and health insurance if their CD4 count (a measure of sickness) is above a particular cut-off. HIV/AIDS should be treated as any other chronic diseases like cancer or diabetes."
Currently, as per an estimate, in India there are nearly 21 lac people with HIV are deprived off health insurance and life insurance benefits for other diseases if they test HIV-positive.


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Vichy and the Jews : the example of Marseille, 1939-1944 / by Donna F. Ryan.
Publication | Library Call Number: DS135.F85 M374 1984
The recent work of Michael Marrus and Robert Paxton concerning high level Vichy policy towards Jews has sparked an important historical controversy about French culpability in the Final Solution. This dissertation is a regional study of the enforcement of antisemitic and xenophobic Vichy legislation in Marseille, emphasizing the years 1940-1942, when departmental authorities were essentially free from German coercion in matters of internal policy. It utilizes important departmental archives that have been closed until now, as well as French, German, Jewish, and American documents which have been available in Europe and the United States. Local police records, the declarations for the Jewish census of 1941, the archives of the regional office of the Commissariat-General aux Questions Juives, and the dossiers of inmates detained at the Les Milles internment camp all point to a single conclusion: Vichy anti-Jewish laws were enforced in Marseille. Although French officials did not intend to kill Jews, they consented to identify all Jews, intern foreign Jews, and impoverish French Jews by excluding them from their professions and seizing their property. Local police and other municipal authorities rounded Jews up and handed them over to the Nazis in 1942 and 1943. Without French assistance, German manpower in Marseille would never have been able to deport more than 6,000 Jews from the city to the death camps of Eastern Europe. The picture is not totally bleak, however. There were courageous Marseillais and foreign-based relief organizations that tried to protect Jews or help them leave France. Often their efforts were thwarted by departmental officials and foreign government unwilling to admit Jewish refugees. From no quarter was there any systematic opposition to early Vichy policy. By the time the significance of Vichy measures was understood, following the deportations of 1942, Jews had already been identified and incapacitated by departmental personnel. In Marseille, French policy facilitated rather than obstructed the courses of the Final Solution.
Variant Title
Vichy France and the Jews : the example of Marseille, 1940-45
Ryan, Donna F.
xxi, 432 p. : maps.
Thesis (Ph D.)--Georgetown University, 1984.
Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Dissertation Services, 1999. 23 cm.
Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France--Marseille.
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