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Mixed Media Roundup: February 2023
Uncle John's City Garden
By Bernette G. Ford, illustrated by Frank Morrison
Reviewed by Sonya VanderVeen Feddema
Li'l Sissy, the youngest child in her family, is bursting with enthusiasm and curiosity as she and Brother and Sister help Uncle John in his unique garden. Situated on an excavated city lot between tall buildings in the projects in Brooklyn, N.Y., it's dubbed "the garden" by the community before any garden even exists. But that changes when Uncle John's hard work combines with the efforts of the three children—digging, raking, planting, watering, and weeding—to patiently nurture seedlings into mature plants. In this playful children's picture book, illustrator Frank Morrison's delightful pictures combine with author Bernette Ford's buoyant narrative to celebrate the wonder of nurturing a garden in an unlikely place and the life-giving outcomes of sharing, caring, and community. (Holiday House)
MKBHD (YouTube)
Reviewed by Sam Gutierrez
When Marques Keith Brownlee–High Definition (MKBHD) posted his first YouTube video in 2009, he was 14 years old.
Thirteen years later, Brownlee is one of the most popular technology reviewers on YouTube, with an astounding 16 million subscribers. Major tech executives, including Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and the CEOs of Google, Apple, and Microsoft, tap into Brownlee's channel so they can speak to his audience about their latest gadgets and innovations.
YouTube is a place where many creative young people carve out niches for themselves. MKBHD is one of them, a trusted expert on anything having to do with the technology industry and its culture-shaping products.
Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal
By Esau McCaulley
Biblical scholar Esau McCaulley's accessible guide to the season of Lent is the first book in the Fullness of Time series—six short books on the seasons and key events of the church year, including Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost.
Raised in the Primitive Baptist Church, McCaulley didn't encounter the liturgical practices associated with church seasons until he was a young adult. He effectively combines anecdotes about his spiritual growth through embracing Lenten disciplines with explanations about the history of Lent and how it is practiced today. He repeatedly shows that the season of Lent is not about burdensome rules or ways to earn God's merit—an impossibility!—but "a gift of the collected wisdom of the church universal." (IVP)
Reviewed by Lorilee Craker
Alaska Daily boasts a wildly different setting than the big-city streets usually featured in films about newspaper reporters and manages to make Anchorage seem like a remote village. Here local journalists pursue stories as small as who won the biggest cabbage at the state fair—but they also chronicle issues as massive as the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women. The show, starring Hilary Swank, was created by Tom McCarthy, who directed and cowrote the now-classic journalism movie Spotlight (2015). He was inspired by investigative articles in the real-life Anchorage Daily News.
The show underscores the importance of local journalism as it highlights the systemic injustice of missing and murdered Indigenous women. The show has little offensive language and only mild content in terms of violence and sex. (Rated TV-14, ABC, Hulu)
These Songs We Sing: Carla Klassen, a piano teacher, accompanist, professional chorister, and church musician, explores why timeless hymns resonate so deeply in our individual and collective souls. (Pandora Press)
An Influential Voice for Democracy: In the documentary Becoming Frederick Douglass, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stanley Nelson explores the role Douglass played in securing the right to freedom for African Americans. (Amazon Prime)
Don't Watch on an Airplane: Based on the poignant book by Ann Napolitano, Dear Edward tells the story of Edward Adler, a 12-year-old boy who is the lone survivor of a devastating commercial plane crash. Starring Connie Britton and Taylor Schilling, with newcomer Colin O'Brien as Edward. (Apple TV+)
Read by Ruby Dee: The audiobook version of Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, narrates the story of Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, and her journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance. (Audible)
MKBHD YouTube Channel
3 Shows to Watch for Native American Heritage Month
A Cornucopia of Reads for Cozy Days and Starry Nights
"God Is Love, Gaius"
Reflective Reads and Listens for the Busiest Time of the Year


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Marguerite June "Marge" (Hawke) Yoachim
June 21, 1926 — January 12, 2023
Former Hastings resident Marguerite June "Marge" (Hawke) Yoachim, 96, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2023, at Tiffany Square Care Center, Grand Island, NE.
DUE TO WEATHER SERVICES HAVE BEEN MOVED TO 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 17, at Butler Volland Chapel in Hastings with Chaplain John Mueller officiating. Burial will be at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to Start Over Rover. The service will be live-streamed on Livingston Butler Volland Funeral Home's website. To view the service, go to Marge's obituary and click the play button shown towards the bottom of the page.
Marguerite was born June 21, 1926 in Juniata, NE to Alvie "Alva" and Clara (Armstrong) Hawke. She grew up in Gibbon and graduated from Gibbon High School, moving to Hastings, NE, and lived there until moving to Tiffany Square Care Center in Grand Island in 2018, where she gained another loving family.
Marguerite worked at Fern's Drug Store for many years and then for J M McDonald's in Hastings until she retired. She also worked at the VFW and loved to play bingo. On March 23, 1986, she married LaVerle William Yoachim in Las Vegas, NV. She and Bill were regulars at all the auctions and enjoyed traveling many places together. They had numerous 4-legged "kids" over the years, who were near and dear to their hearts. Her last dog, "Tuffy" gave her much love and companionship. She was blessed with great neighbors who checked on her and treated her as family.
Marguerite was preceded in death by her parents; husband, LaVerle William Yoachim; brothers, Vernon Hawke and Russell Hawke; sister, Verda Carpenter; and nephew, Rick Carpenter.
Nephews, Nieces & Spouses:
Danny & Sue Hawke – Broken Bow, NE
Judy Lykins – Dallas, TX
Brad & Julie Hicks – Dallas, TX
Gaylene & Tim Callahan – Nebraska City, NE
Kevin & Colleen Yoachim – Hebron, NE
Kirk & Wanda Yoachim – Alexandria, NE
Sisters-in-law & Spouse:
Ruth M. Yoachim – Belvidere, NE
Jean & Dale Fletcher – Hebron, NE
Numerous extended family and friends
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Marguerite June "Marge" (Hawke) Yoachim, please visit our flower store.

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An omnivorous animal, with a strong body and thick and short limbs, thick mane and sharp tusks. Although it is a pig, its meat is very firm and its body is absolutely strong. If you unfortunately annoy it, its deadly tusks will teach you a lesson!


Newcastle church and cemetery are now seldom heard of.
Their unique 'secret' location may well be the reason!
As already stated, the location of the long-defunct Newcastle church, and cemetery, must surely be quite unique. On the road from Kilmeaden to Carrolls'Cross (Waterford to Cork road), turn left immediately before Haughtons' pub. A short distance further on, having come to a Y junction, keep left again, and a very short distance still further on one will see the entrance gate on right, with name plaque on gate pillar.
making one wonder what is over the top!
with this natural outcrop of local stone.
The stone, sandstone surely, is beautifully coloured.
or is is Portlaw & Ballyduff!
The centre stone in this photo caught my eye.
The two stiles on the inside wall.
Beside it, lies a table tomb, burial place of a one-time local Parish Priest.
in medieval symbolism, eight was the number of regeneration."
Obviously the location of a window, now filled with stone.
Oddly this small window was at the eastern end, where one would expect the altar to be.
A very large cross, made with the shrub - 'Box'.
tilted forward slightly, which possibly prevented weathering.
Possibly one of the oldest headstones to be seen.
No text anywhere on this crucifix.
with embossed wording, which denoted they were made in Carrick-on-Suir.
Part of one of the window opes.
A really interesting post, but I can't understand it properly due to its language. It would be nice if you would start blogging in English as more people will be able to read then.
It IS in ENGLISH!!! There's a button at bottom of pages labelled 'TRANSLATE'. Click on that for translation into worldwide languages!!!


The manufacturer identification code (MIC) of your craft identification number (CIN or HIN) is PBI. This MIC (PBI) stands for the company name Paradise Boats Inc. which is currently Out of Business. This boat manufacturer has other company names (PBI sometimes goes by these name(s) Pellican Boat Works Oob 11/85, , , or ).
This company (Paradise Boats Inc.) is owned by Carlos Hernandez and is located at 2312 B Northwest 150th St in Miami state of Fl. It manufactured this vessel and placed your HIN or CIN on the hull. The parent company for this boat maker is (). Paradise Boats Inc. has started making boats, yachts and other watercraft as of 3/3/1993 and went out of business on (4/12/1994) in the following country: USA.
The US Coast guard provides this comment about this watercraft manufacturer: Previous Pbi Type 15 Sulivan Sc/present Pbi Building In Glass 23'-26' Oob As Per Cg-5093 4/12/94.
Paradise Boats Inc. Boat Recalls for this MIC: 0.


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Q: How do I use Signature Version 4 in ordinary AWS CLI calls? Simple AWS CLI commands like aws ec2 describe-images --region $REGION produce the error
AWS was not able to validate the provided access credentials when REGION is one of af-south-1, ap-east-1, eu-south-1, or me-south-1.
This StackOverflow  question says that newer regions only support Signature Version 4. How do I choose this in my AWS CLI (v.  2.4.15)? This says that that happens automatically, but clearly it does not.
Note that this occurs whether I have this ~/.aws/config file`  or it is missing:
region = us-east-1
output = json
cli_pager=

A: This error message is simply wrong: What it states was (in my case)  not the  source of the problem.
The answer is that the regions must be enabled
After you enable the region, you will see a message telling you to change settings for STS tokens under IAM Settings, enabling global tokens for all regions including these non-default regions.

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Q: Get specific fields from sys_refcursor in stored proc? I am running an Oracle 9i server at my office.  I am working on a procedure that passes a sys_refcursor as an out parameter to another package (along with other in parameters).  I was able to define a type as a record of the various columns that the called procedure returns in the cursor.  I can then loop over with code like this:
LOOP
   fetch o_results into v_rec;
   exit when o_results%notfound;
   dbms_output.put_line(v_rec.some_id);
end loop;

Is there a way to only pull one column and not have to declare an entire rowtype?  I tried something like:
LOOP
  fetch o_results.some_id into v_id;
  exit when o_results%notfound;
  dbms_output.put_line(v_id);
end loop;

But that didn't work.  Any other ideas?

A: No, you cannot fetch a single column into a local variable other than a record if the cursor returns a result set with multiple columns.  However, you do have a few alternatives.
If you declare a strongly-typed cursor rather than a weakly typed cursor, you could declare your local variable based on that cursor definition rather than declaring a new collection.
create or replace procedure cursor_proc
as
  cursor emp_cur
      is
   select empno, ename
     from emp;
  l_row emp_cur%rowtype;
begin
  open emp_cur;
  loop
    fetch emp_cur into l_row;
    exit when emp_cur%notfound;
    dbms_output.put_line( l_row.ename );
  end loop;
  close emp_cur;
end;

Alternately, if you know that the weakly typed ref cursor will always return all the columns in a particular object, you can anchor your local variable declaration to that object.  You can always make this work by declaring a view that your cursor selects from.  For example
create or replace view vw_emp
as
select ename, empno
  from emp

create or replace procedure cursor_proc2
as
  emp_cur sys_refcursor;
  l_row   vw_emp%rowtype;
begin
  open emp_cur for select * from vw_emp;
  loop
    fetch emp_cur into l_row;
    exit when emp_cur%notfound;
    dbms_output.put_line( l_row.ename );
  end loop;
  close emp_cur;
end;

Finally, if you use an implicit cursor, Oracle will implicitly declare the collection type
create or replace procedure cursor_proc3
as
begin
  for emp in (select ename, empno from emp)
  loop
    dbms_output.put_line( emp.ename );
  end loop;
end;


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The essays in this volume, which was originally published in 1983, present an innovative and unified approach to the archaeological analysis and interpretation of art and design. Together, they illustrate a variety of approaches to the discovery and systematic description of the underlying regularities in the organization of art forms. A group of ethnographic papers show how structural consistencies both relate to and reflect other aspects of the cultural system, while archaeological case studies suggest potential uses of this concept for archaeological material. Thus, through the study of the structure of art, this volume adds to our understanding of the total cultural system. The case studies demonstrate how structural analysis can be particularly systematic for comparative synchronic and diachronic studies. Moreover, the contributors boldly advocate a cognitive basis for the structural regularities underlying art forms. They demonstrate that art is much more than decoration; it is a sophisticated communication system.


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BEE BEE SEA release deluxe reissue of debut album and EP.
Alberto Zordan November 12, 2018 Album NewsNews
NewsAlbum News
After two European tours, an American tour and hundreds of dates in Italy since their debut, in March 2015, Bee Bee Sea have literally lived on the road. As their first press release said, "… if the Black Lips were born in England, maybe they would sound like Bee Bee Sea."
Their first self titled album was "a collection of singles" that put them on the radar of garage punk enthusiasts and music industry insiders. An easy-going and genuine attitude, something between the Gallagher brothers and Supergrass, combined with an inexorable garage sounded fresh and contemporary. That record, self-produced and self-distributed as in the best DIY tradition, has remained somehow mysterious, mostly abroad.
It has therefore become a small cult object. The soundtracks of the American TV series Shameless and the continuous buzz that the band generated everywhere with their rough and wild live sets helped spreading the word.
A new version remastered and enriched by the following EP "3 Songs and Jacques Dutronc", released on white vinyl by Wild Honey Records and distributed by Striped Music.
Check it or order it from Bandcamp!
Alberto Zordan
Alberto Zordan November 12, 2018


The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and the California Environmental Protection Agency have addedmarijuana smoke to the state's list of official carcinogens, pursuant to Title27, California Code of Regulations, section 25305(a)(1, the Governor's office is required to publish an annual list of chemicals that possess potential carcinogenic properties and/or are associated with reproductive toxicity, such as arsenic, lead, and tobacco smoke.
Products containing such chemicals are required to carry warning labels. Business establishments with ten employees or more are also are mandated to post signs indicating whether there is a likelihood that an individual may be exposed to such chemicals while on the premises.State environmental regulators determined that there is "limited" evidence "suggestive" that marijuana smoke exposure may be associated with an increased cancer risk in humans.
Their review added, "[T]he similarities in chemical composition and in toxicological activity between marijuana smoke and tobacco smoke, and the presence of numerous carcinogens in marijuana (and tobacco) smoke, provide additional evidence of carcinogenicity. Presently, over 300 separate chemicals – including aspirin and alcoholic beverages – are designated as carcinogens under California law. Labeling requirements for marijuana smoke will not take effect until June 2010.
Neither marijuana nor edible products containing marijuana will be designated as carcinogens under state law. Regulators made no official determination regarding the status of cannabis vapor, which does not contain combustion gases and has been determined to be a "safe and effective vehicle" for cannabis delivery in clinical trials.
Authors of the review did note that the largest population case-control study ever to assess the use of marijuana and lung cancer risk did not find a positive association between long-term cannabis smoking and cancer. California NORML Coordinator Dale Geiringer said that the ruling did not come as a surprise because it has been well known for years that cannabis smoke contains known carcinogenic chemicals. However, he noted that the intake of these noxious chemicals "can be completely eliminated by vaporization or by consuming marijuana orally."
NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano said that it remains unclear what effect, if any, these new regulations will have on the dispensing of medical marijuana in California. "Since it is marijuana smoke, not marijuana per se, that is at issue here, it is not clear that legally operating medicinal cannabis dispensaries will have to alter their actions to comply with Prop. 65," he said – noting that few such facilities allow patients to smoke cannabis on the premises.
"Liquor stores are not required to post warnings on the premises just because they dispense alcohol, so why would medical cannabis dispensaries be treated any differently?"
Marijuana Smoking and "Spontaneous Tumor Regression"


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Board index General Discussion and ExchangeData And Research
Brief Notes On The Political Importance Of Secret Societies
Moderators: DrVolin, Elvis, Jeff
by semper occultus » Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:28 am
http://www.8bitmode.com/rogerdog/lobster/lobster05.pdf
Most Western political scientists, following in the traditions of Marx or Weber, scorn the study of secret and occult societies as irrelevant to understanding the politics of the age. In their view, politics can best be understood as the working out, in public arenas, of bureaucratic, interest group, or class struggles. The study of secret societies smacks instead of pursuing discredited "conspiracy" theories of history. In part, this attitude stems from a general ignorance of the existence and power of such groups. But they do exist: "modernisation" has not made them a thing of the past. Their importance derives both from the quality and influence of the members as individuals, and, equally important, from the tight bonds that unite the members into a cohesive organisation.
These bonds are formed by the rituals, initiation rites, and occult ideologies that make such societies more exclusive and committed than social clubs or political parties. For that reason, secret societies can wield an influence far beyond what their limited membership might suggest. What follows, in rebuttal to the conventional wisdom, is a brief overview of the role played by a handful of secret and semi-secret societies in four major Western countries: Spain, France, Italy and the United States.
Founded in 1928 by the lawyer-turned-priest Jose Maria de Balaguer, the Sacerdotal Society of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (best known just as Opus Dei) has become one of the most powerful, and politically committed, of Catholic lay societies. Opus Dei brings together faithful Catholics - businessmen, financiers, military officers, and government officials - who seek sanctity in the exercise of their professions; in practice, it promotes the technocratic, authoritarian organisation of society reminiscent of the early Vichy period in France. In 1950, Opus Dei ideologist Rafael Calvo Serer called organised Catholicism " a potential force such as (the Vatican) has not had since the Council of Trent." As for Spain, "she must throw herself into the construction of international action that will prepare the future: the International of Elites" to challenge International Communism and the International of the Dollar.
Opus Dei was slow to gain recognition and power. In Spain it received official recognition from the Bishop of Madrid only in 1941; the Vatican accepted it as a secular order in 1950. Thereafter its influence spread rapidly, particularly during the late Franco period. By the end of the 1960s, the "three Lopez's" - Lopez Rodo, Franco's Minister of Economic Planning, Lopez Bravo, Minister of Industry and later Foreign Minister, and Lopez Letona, Minister of Commerce and later of Finance - all belonged to Opus Dei. In 1969 a total of 18 government ministers belonged to or sympathised with the order. Today, Opus Dei controls the votes of about one-fifth of Spain's parliamentary deputies, as well as the capital of numerous banks, conglomerates and construction firms. Its influence has spread to the Vatican, where Pope John Paul 2 recently recognised it as a "personal prelature"; to Latin America generally, where Archbishop Lopez Trujillo, an Opus Dei ally, is now President of the Latin American Conference of Bishops; to Chile, where the Opus Dei magazine Que Pasa conspired against the regime of Salvatore Allende (1); and to the United States, where David Kennedy, President of Continental Illinois Bank is said to be a "conspicuous friend of the new power brokers in the Order of Opus Dei."
In France, Opus Dei has had a particularly notable influence going back as far as 1938. It became strong in the army and among ex-Vichyites and right-wing Catholic integristes. It was said to have influenced Robert Schumann, Antoine Pinay and Paul Baudoin, former President of the Banque de L'Indochine and Vichy Foreign Minister. Above all, however, Opus Dei made inroads through Baudoin's protege Edmond Giscard, who shared a variety of colonial enterprises with the BIC group. Edmond, father of Valery, was President of the Banque des Interets Francais (BIF), of which minority control rested with Opus Dei's Banco Popular Espanol.
Another Opus Dei connection was forged through the treasurer of Valery Giscard d'Estaing's Independent Republican Party, the Prince Jean de Broglie. De Broglie was President of a Luxembourg firm, Sodetex S.A., an affiliate of the Spanish textile firm Matesa, which was at the centre of an enormous Opus Dei-linked financial scandal that rocked the Spanish government in the late 1960s. There is evidence that the Opus Dei-Matesa network siphoned off money for the campaign of Giscard, who shared their technocratic, anti-political prejudices. (Matesa also allegedly donated $10,000 to the campaign of Richard Nixon for U.S. President in 1968.)
These connections between Opus Dei, Giscard, and De Broglie have been raised as a possible motive for the assassination of De Broglie.
Opus Dei's tentacles also reach into Italy, where the organisation has lobbied hard in the Vatican against the Jesuit order, in particular by exposing the links between certain Jesuits and freemasonry. (3)
The Catholic Church, of course, has long been hostile to anti-clerical freemasonry, with the exception of a brief period of liberalisation in the late 1970s that was promoted quietly by such leading Jesuits as Father Giovanni Caprile, the official historian of the Vatican. But then, in March 1981, the Holy See reminded the faithful that Catholics "are forbidden under pain of ex-communication from joining Masonic or similar associations." The timing of the proclamation, which caught many by surprise, was no accident; the Church hierarchy had advance knowledge of, and was disclaiming any responsibility for, the forthcoming scandal over Italy's notorious P2 masonic lodge.(4)
The existence of the lodge had long been known by close observers of the Italian scene; its name had been raised repeatedly in connection with official investigations of neo-fascist outrages of the 1970s. But in May 1981 Italian authorities released a list of 963 members - a list that shook the nation and lead to the collapse of the government and the wholesale replacement of military, intelligence and civil service personnel.
The lodge was headed by Licio Gelli, a wealthy businessman who had fought with the Falange in Spain and then for the fascist Republic of Salo in the last days of Nazi rule in Italy. Gelli's purposes were revealed by his declaration in 1976 that "masonry hates communism because it is contrary to the idea of the dignity of personal individualism, destroyer of fundamental rights, which are the divine inheritance of all men, and enemy of the fundamental masonic principle to have faith in God." (5) Judging by the membership of the lodge, Gelli intended to organise nothing less than a counterrevolutionary cell, either to overthrow the democratic state (as several P2 members tried to do in the early 1970s), or to prevent a Communist take-over. The members included three cabinet ministers from the Arnaldo Forlani government; the heads of Italy's three main intelligence services; the chiefs of staff of the army, navy and
defence ministry; the heads of the carbinieri and the paramilitary customs police; 18 members of parliament, 21 judges, top corporate executives, influential journalists and foreign political and business figures, especially from Latin America.(6)
Ironically, the lodge also included the notorious swindler Michele Sindona, banker to the Vatican whose influential American collaborator, David Kennedy, is close to the anti-masonic Opus Dei. Gelli swore his initiates to secrecy and made them take an oath "to aid, comfort, and defend my brothers in the order, even at the risk of my own life." An official investigation summed up the significance of Gelli's 'state within a state': "Lodge P2 is a secret sect that has combined business and politics with the intention of destroying the constitutional order of the country."(7)
One of the many secret dossiers found in Gelli's possession was entitled "Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem." According to the Communist paper La Marseillaise, Gelli had direct dealings with the French branch of the Templars. One of the French Templar initiates was Jaques Massie, former leader of the Gaullist Service d'Action Civique (SAC) in the south of France, who was found murdered with all his family at Auriol on the outskirts of Marseilles. Massie had allegedly been involved in the traffic of arms from Turkey to the Italian Red Brigades and to right-wing hit teams in Spain and Italy. He was accused of diverting more than Frs.2 million in proceeds from one such deal in March 1981 to finance Giscard d'Estaing's presidential fund, against the wishes of his Gaullist superiors in SAC and the Templars - for which crime he may have paid with his life.(8))
Gelli himself was said to have met in Marseilles with the French Templars, and to have stayed at a villa frequented by extreme right Italians close to SAC and the fascist Order Nouvea. (9)
The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem is the 19th century incarnation of the original Templars who fought to secure routes to the Holy Land for pilgrims during the era of the Crusades. In 1307 Philippe Le Bel, King of France, crushed them and confiscated some of their enormous holdings, ostensibly because they had begun to propagate heretical religious views. Templar Grand Master Jaques de Molay was burned at the stake on March 19, 1314. Modern Templars, somewhat wistfully, trace their origins back to the 14th century. Members of the Knights Templars did indeed survive the first inquisition in Portugal and Scotland, where according to tradition they founded the Scottish Rite of Masonry and the Rosicrucian sect.(10)
Today the Templar order has branches in numerous Western countries. In the United States it is called the Priory of St. George and includes "many people of good social position."(11) In France, its members include key government officials, bankers and other dignitaries, including Charles de Gaulle's close associate General Zdrojewski, a Resistance hero who headed the order in France. His assistant, Colonel Moreau, has ties to SDECE, the French foreign intelligence service.
Leading Gaullists, most notably Pierre Lemarchand, saw the potential of controlling the Templars to gain occult political influence and intelligence. He ordered a former ranking member of SAC, Charles Lascorz, to infiltrate and take over the Templars. Through fraud and strong-arm tactics - methods that came naturally to Lascorz, who was as proficient at blackmail as he was at gold and arms smuggling - Lascorz did take control and staff key offices of the Templars with trusted associates from SAC. Its influence should not be underestimated; as one Lascorz associate observed, "On trouve des templiers a tous les post clef de la police, de l'armee, de la radio, de la television, et des differents ministeres. Jamais de SAC N'est parvenu a un tel degre d'organisation et de puissance."(12)
As one authority has noted, "Templars are a veritable industry in France." This holds true both in terms of the endless outpouring of books and articles on the history of the Templars and the Cathars in the Languedoc region (including speculation on the fate of the legendary Templar fortune and the Holy Grail), but also in terms of the proliferation of secret societies. Several societies in France besides the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem harken back to Templar origins. One of these, the monarchist Prieure de Sion, has recently attracted much attention (13)
Another even more mysterious 'Templar' group was briefly exposed in 1960. It was said to be a wealthy secret society with a core group of about 30 members. Like Opus Dei, it was close to Catholic integristes and franquiste circles, with connections in Spain and Germany. Its members, supported by OAS cells in Algeria, were said to be extreme monarchists, anti-masonic and anti-communists. (14)
One of the leaders of this Templar group was Constantin Melnik, a technical counsellor to Prime Minister Michel Debre. His job was to co-ordinate the various police and intelligence services (SDECE, DST, Surete, RG.) (15) It was rumoured that he was associated with Radio Free Europe (a CIA project) and the U.S. Air Force's think-tank, Rand Corporation. Melnik had joined the Rassemblement des Gauches Republicaines whose secretary general, Jean-Louis David, was founder of the CIA backed Paix et Liberte.
But Melnik's family background is in some ways even more interesting. He was born in France of White Russian parents. His grandfather on his mother's side was Eugene Botkin, personal physician to Czar Nicholas 2 and the imperial family. Botkin was killed by the Bolsheviks, allegedly along with Nicholas and the rest of the Czar's family. Botkin married Constantin Melnik Snr in 1918, and fled to France via the Balkans. Her son, also Constantin, was born in 1927. Mrs Melnik, along with her brother Gleb Botkin, became a staunch defender of the claims of Anna Anderson to be Anastasia, one of the Czar's daughters whom history recorded as having died with the rest of her family.(16) Her claim rests upon a substantial body of documentary evidence. (17)
Thus we can see that Melnik's background would have conditioned him to the sort of conspiratorial, right-wing politics characteristic of emigre White Russian communities.
1. Death In Washington, Freed and Landis, p104
2. Times 12th January 1981; New Times (USSR) No 13 1982; High Times (US)
August 1980; Un Crime Sous Giscard Jesus Ynfante (Paris 1981)
3. Il Mondo 26th June 1981
4. Sunday Times 29th May 1981
5. Il Mondo op. cit.
6. Attenzione December 1981
7. Time 8th June 1981
8. New York Times 17th November 1981; Searchlight October 1981
9. Panorama (Milan) 10th August 1981
10.French masons, part of a so-called 'propaganda' cell, conspired against Louis
XVI in the name of the memory of Jacques De Molay. (Michael Baigent et al,
Holy Blood, Holy Grail. (1983) pp52/53
Here it should be mentioned that masonry in France is still of political
significance. It is split into several organisations. The French Grand Orient is
politically liberal, and has sharply attacked the Nouvelle Ecole school in its
journal Humanisme (March 1981). The more conservative, pro-British Grande
Loge Nationale Francais is based in Neilly-sur-Seine, and enjoys the support of
fellow mason General Lyman Lemnitzer, who inaugurated its new temple in
1964 when he was NATO commander-in-chief. The newer, anti-British faction
of the Grand Lodge, called Opera, includes the occultist and Nouvelle Ecole
doyen Louis Pauwels.
Les Francs-masons Alain Guichard (Paris 1969) p278; Le Crapouillot
11.Lt. Col. Gayre The Knightly Twilight (Malta, no publication date) pp76-79
12.Aux Ordres du SAC Ferrand and Lecavelier (Albin Michel 1982)
13.Holy Blood, Holy Grail note 10.
14.Les Documents politiques diplomatiques et financiers April 1960.
15.Melnik wrote the introduction to the French edition of the CIA prepared
Penkovsky Papers
16.Hunt for the Czar Guy Richards, (London 1969) pp142/3; Les Documents etc
(note 14) August 1960
17.Anthony Summers, Tom Mangold, The File On The Czar (London 1978)
PART 2 Goleniewski, the Knights of Malta, the assassination of Kennedy et al, will
be in Lobster 6.
Jonathan Marshall is a journalist living and working in America. He has written
extensively on parapolitics and related areas and was the editor/publisher of the
journal Parapolitics . He now lives and works in California.
This essay originally appeared in Parapolitics and is reprinted here with the author's
permission.
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Location: London,England
Re: Brief Notes On The Political Importance Of Secret Societ
by Sounder » Sun May 15, 2016 8:13 am
Most Western political scientists, following in the traditions of Marx or Weber, scorn the study of secret and occult societies as irrelevant to understanding the politics of the age.
And because political scientists are lilly livered white boys that do not want to put their careers or lives at risk.
All these things will continue as long as coercion remains a central element of our mentality.
Sounder
by JackRiddler » Sun May 15, 2016 7:54 pm
Sounder » Sun May 15, 2016 7:13 am wrote:
You should go meet a few political scientists. Then you'd see that, with exceptions, it's because they are conventional, uncurious people whose careers consist in being like engineers to a machine that they model themselves and think exists in reality (not unlike economists, who of course are even worse). Then they sell this product so to speak to interests who want their ideology reflected back in the form of "science." Actual thinkers gravitate to anthropology, sociology, history, literature, languages... even, for some reason, philosophy. Or math.
We meet at the borders of our being, we dream something of each others reality. - Harvey of R.I.
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I am by virtue of its might divine,
The highest Wisdom and the first Love.
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Fried Frank won a grant of asylum for pro bono client Mr. A after he fled attacks by government operatives in Libya for his reporting on the human rights situation there. In the wake of the Arab Spring, Mr. A with others started a pro-democracy TV and radio broadcast company, and Mr. A was one of its first on-air journalists. He interviewed UN special envoys and representatives from NGOs working on pro-democracy reforms on satellite TV, becoming a recognized TV personality. As the effort to democratize Libya spun into chaos, Mr. A's broadcast station was bombed by armed militia, and several of his colleagues were killed. He went into hiding as armed men looked for him in Tripoli, and eventually fled the country. Mr. A was interviewed by US Citizenship and Immigration Services last year but his case was delayed during extensive background checks and vetting. Following his grant of asylum, Mr. A can now continue his new life in the US, where he works as an interpreter and continues to follow and publicize human rights atrocities in Libya.
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Trends in the political contribution compliance space: how to navigate FINRA and SEC pay-to-play rules in 2023
Pay-to-play rules and regulations, including the well-known Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pay-to-play-rules, have become a focal point for compliance teams navigating the midterm elections in 2022. However, even in off years, or years with no major elections, for those firms who rely heavily on government contracted work, political contribution compliance can't just turn off.
Looking at the contribution trends over the last five years, both in terms of monetary value and number of contributions, it's clear firms are more at risk than ever before. With increased contributions occurring at the local, state and federal level, firms can't afford to simply "wait and see." Especially given the fact rule infractions can incite a multi-year ban on government contracted work.
RIA in a Box, in conjunction with the COMPLY portfolio, launched a financial services compliance industry analysis in which they aggregated and examined data points from numerous compliance firms to gain a clear understanding of the specific areas in which firms are facing new challenges and reaching new compliance heights. One such area? Pay-to-play compliance.
So, what have we learned from 2022 and how can we apply it towards safeguarding against the political contribution risk you may face in the future?
Applying 2022 political contribution compliance trends toward your 2023 pay-to-play compliance program
According to our survey, 42% of respondents stated pay-to-play compliance and employee political contribution monitoring ranked high on their priority list, while 41% stated it was a priority but not a critical one.
And for those who did monitor covered associates, an astounding 57% monitored at least 50 covered associates, with 41% monitoring over 100 associates.
Interestingly given the number of associates required to be covered and the complexity of many rules, when asked what their biggest political contribution challenge was, creating and educating employees on political contribution policies was listed first more often than not.
The creation of and edification on such pay-to-play and political contribution policies is a critical aspect of any compliance program. After all, your first line of compliance defense is a knowledgeable employee base.
When creating or amending policies it is critical to keep a few things in mind:
What local, state or federal regulations apply?
To whom do they apply? Do regulations apply to family members of the covered associate as well? Will you monitor a broader set of your employee base, including employees who may one day be considered covered associates?
What kind of additional provisions apply (i.e., lookback provisions)?
Is there a de minimis contribution threshold?
What kind of preclearance process will be required for those who wish to make political contributions?
While political contribution compliance and monitoring is an extremely high priority even in off years, it is by no means the only priority within your compliance program. Learn more about the data trends from 2022 and how they will shape 2023 regulatory compliance programs in RIA in a Box's full industry analysis.
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Is employee political contributions compliance still mission critical for regulatory compliance programs in off years?
Short answer. Yes.
Employee political contributions compliance, otherwise known as pay-to-play compliance, remains a core compliance challenge both in on and off election years. While major elections, like we saw in 2022, draws in more excitement and awareness, your employees are likely contributing to their political parties' years round, every year.
Preparing for 2023 SEC exams focused on political contribution monitoring
We may just be wrapping up the final run-up elections for the 2022 midterm year, but for financial advisory firms subject to pay-to-play regulations such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rule 206(4)-5, the regulatory ramifications are just getting started. As was made obvious in 2022 with the SEC's fines and penalties reaching a recording breaking $6.4 billion, the Division of Examinations is making strides to ensure firms are regarding rules, regulations and penalties with the necessary level of consideration.
Learnings from the midterm election: Why political contributions compliance is more critical than ever
Did you know? Funding for the 2022 midterm elections reached a whopping $9.3 billion. A number which, for those of you keeping track, surpasses the 2018 election by $2 billion.
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WESLACO — The city stopped taking police chief applications Monday morning with 20 candidates having thrown their names in the hat since January.
Only one of the applicants is a current Weslaco Police Department employee.
Those with Rio Grande Valley ties include current San Benito police Chief Michael Galvan, current Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office Division Chief Joel Rivera, former sheriff's office sergeant and former sheriff candidate Albert Perez, Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Rodolfo Salinas, current Cameron County Emergency Management Coordinator Thomas Hushen, current Sullivan City police Chief Richard Ozuna, Weslaco Police Department Cpt. Robert Lopez and law enforcement instructor Robert Vela, according to a list of applicants drafted by city officials.
Other applicants came in from outside the Rio Grande Valley, including one from Oklahoma and another from Arkansas.
Commissioners discussed the applicants in executive session Tuesday.
The city commission expects to draft a "short list" of applicants in the coming days and move forward with interviewing the five who make the cut. City Manager Mike Perez will also be involved in the interview process alongside the commission.
Mayor David Suarez said the city is looking for someone who is "well-rounded" and has dealt with the inner workings of law enforcement.
"They're all going to be asked the same questions," he said.
So far, the commission selected four finalists and is deciding on a final candidate to be added to the list, according to Suarez. Finalists for the position will be released on Friday.
Suarez expects the process to be "thorough but expeditious" with hopes of naming a police chief in March.
The job opened up when now former police Chief Stephen Scot Mayer, who left the Harlingen Police Department to lead Weslaco's police force in 2015, resigned effective Dec. 31. Robert de la Cerda currently serves as interim police chief.
Mayer sent an email to his staff after submitting his resignation and said he was asked to resign from the position.
In December 2015, Mayer implemented a program called Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety or DDACTS — a way of mapping crime throughout the city, potentially leading to more traffic stops in areas of statistically higher criminal activity, The Monitor previously reported. The method to increase traffic stops but not necessarily issue more citations was adopted in hopes of reducing crime and traffic crash rates. Residents have since been able to track crimes throughout the city on crimereports.com.
"We'll probably call a special meeting and we're going to interview them sometime in February," Suarez said.


New Year's resolutions can either be something that people look forward to or dread, depending on your experience with them.
Perhaps you are excited to make changes this year and feel ready to do something different. Maybe you are nervous because past resolutions have failed, or the idea of making a significant change seems daunting.
Add in life with a chronic condition, and that seems to complicate how to make and keep a resolution.
I used to make resolutions, although I often found myself making them at the start of the school year instead of the new year.
It made sense to me as a student, and then when I was a teacher. It felt like the start of the year to me, so that's when I felt the most comfortable making my resolutions. Now that I'm no longer teaching, I like the idea of making my resolutions at in January, with the rest of the world.
This year, I would love to set myself a realistic goal for the upcoming year.
So, that leaves me with the question. What are some practical New Year's resolutions for people with chronic pain?
It is important to set realistic goals that are practical and tailored to you. Everyone will be different, and be able to tolerate different levels of activity. Pick a goal that will work for your lifestyle, and then alter it to work for you.
Getting more active doesn't have to mean going to the gym, or working out every day. It could merely mean that you go for a short walk every week, work on gentle stretches, try some wheelchair/seated workouts, or check out some aqua workouts at your local pool.
If you don't want to spend any money, you don't have to! Walking is free, and YouTube has a lot of great stretching, yoga, and seated workout videos that are great for all sorts of ability levels.
Pacing is the art of planning out your day(s) so that you space out your activity. That way you have time to rest between things, and can avoid crashing because you've done too much in too little time.
A good practice is to have a diary to plan out your days to help keep track of your activities. That helps you pace.
Use your phone, a small paper planner, a wall calendar, whatever works for you! Add as much detail as you need to, as long as it helps you keep track of how busy you are and what your days look like.
It can be so easy for those of us with chronic pain to become isolated. If you work, you might not feel up to go out afterward or on the weekend, or if you don't work, you are further isolated at home.
It's important to try to maintain some social contact each week. It helps boost our mood and helps us feel connected to the world.
Even if you can't go out to meet a friend, you can talk to someone on the phone, chat with them online, or use a video chatting service like Skype to have a face to face chat over a screen. It's the next best thing to seeing someone in person!
Finances are a tricky topic that could take up a whole article alone, but when many of us are on limited budgets, getting into good spending habits is a good goal to have.
If you find it all very overwhelming, it might be worth going to a trusted and regulated, advisor who can give you advice. It is also worth going over your accounts each week, and month, and then review your spending habits. There are also apps for your phone that can help you keep track of your finances, which could be helpful (see resources).
If you do most of your shopping out and about, it might be worth taking out a set amount of cash each week, and working only to spend that amount of money. It is often easy to overspend on a debit/credit card, but when we see the cash disappearing from our wallets, we might think twice about overspending!
There's been a lot of self-care lately. It means an action specifically done to look after you.
There is daily self-care, which ranges from things like eating and sleeping to taking medication, and there is what most people think of as self-care. That is stuff that makes us feel good or feel better.
Self-care is highly individualized. For some people going for a run would be self-care. For others… that's torture!
Self-care can be many things: spending time alone, reading, going out with friends, getting a manicure, a bath, doing art, working out, put on a face mask, get take out, praying, etc. It's just something that you will enjoy doing or will make you feel good.
This goal is that you will practice self-care at least once a week. Schedule it in, and set aside a specific time in your week for you. To focus on giving yourself some care. You deserve it.
Whatever goal that you decide on, it's important that you tailor it for you. Make sure that you make it something that you are comfortable with, and that you feel like it is something that you can do.
Set yourself reminders, either on your calendar or your phone, so that you remember to do whatever task that you have planned. That way you can keep on track with your goals.
And remember, if you don't meet your goals, that's okay. Keep trying when you can, because you are worth it.


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Congress Approves $2.4 Billion for Global Aids Initiative
Feminist Majority Foundation Blog | November 18, 2003
House-Senate conferees agreed to provide $400 million more for the global AIDS initiative for FY 2004 than the Bush administration requested. The total approved to fight global HIV/AIDS was $2.4 billion. The administration request of $2 billion, which was $1 billion less than Bush originally proposed in his $15 billion five-year plan, prompted outcry from AIDS activists and lawmakers asserting that Bush was shortchanging an effort to stem the spread of AIDS, reports the Associated Press.
Conferees also agreed to include an addition $1.65 billion for the global AIDS plan in the foreign operations bill most likely later this week, reports Kaiser Daily News.
According to the BBC, Secretary of State Colin Powell, defended the administration's plans to spend one-third of the money promised to combat AIDS on programs promoting sexual abstinence. Powell said, "Abstinence works, we know it works. If you're not actually transmitting the disease through sexual conduct, the disease will not be transmitted," reports the BBC.
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Of course automatic reporting of machine-states and part counter values by the manufacturing devices was great progress but the customer now needed to see this data in context with work-orders, operations and part numbers to be able to create meaningful reports. Because this information is written on a document called 'work-order traveler' (A) accompanying the workpiece and not known by the machine ways had to be found to join these things together.
One possible option would have been to 'inform' the machine about the work order it currently performs and then read it just like machine states and part counter values. For PLC, CNC and PC controlled machines this can be done by transmission of these numbers to the controller via OPC or CNCnetPDM and storing them as variables that can be read afterwards.
For CNC and PC controlled machines it is also possible to insert these values as variables into the NC program and read them when the program is executed.
There are pros and cons for both techniques. In case the values are stored at the controller as variables major benefits would be that no additional hardware like barcode readers or PC's is needed at the shop floor and no additional tasks have to be performed by the machine operators. However, someone has to perform this task when the work order starts and clear out the variables as soon as the work order ends. If this doesn't happen states and part counts are either assigned to the wrong (previous or next) work order or the work order continues to run even it is already finished.
In case the NC program variant is used it would also be advantageous that neither additional hardware at the shop floor nor actions performed by the employees are required. However, it has to be taken into account that NC programs typically are part-, not work-order-specific. This would require one NC program for every work order even if its content stays the same. In addition, the fact that most operators leave the machine switched on with the last NC program loaded at the controller even when the work order is finished is more an argument against using this method.
To finally accomplish this task another route was taken. The customer's program for operational data acquisition (ODA) that runs on PC's at the shop floor could be used. Whenever a work order is started the operator selects the machine in the ODA program and scans the barcodes which contain work order number, operation and part number from the work order traveler. To finish or interrupt the work order the employee again selects the machine and chooses the appropriate action. The ODA program stores the data in a SQL database at the data acquisition server.
For contextualization of machine with operational data CNCnetPDM as well as the customer's Data Service program have the ability to, whenever data is queried from the machines, automatically lookup the current work order, operation and part number for a machine in the ODA program's database and add it to the data received from the device. This turned out to be the most effective and less error prone method.


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Mit dem Zuckertütenfest werden die Schulanfänger vor ihrer Einschulung aus dem Kindergarten verabschiedet. Es wird hauptsächlich in ostdeutschen Kindergärten gefeiert.

Name und Entstehung

Der Name bezieht sich auf die meist mit süßen Leckereien gefüllte Zuckertüte, heute auch Schultüte genannt, die den Kindern den Schulanfang versüßen soll und die einer Legende nach an einem bestimmten Baum, dem Zuckertütenbaum, wachsen soll.

Zuckertütenfeste sind mindestens seit etwa 1960 bekannt.

Durchführung

Die Erzieher und die Eltern machen die Kinder Tage zuvor durch Erzählungen mit der Bewandtnis des Wachsens der Tüten vertraut. Beim Zuckertütenfest werden dann kleine Zuckertüten als Früchte am so genannten Zuckertütenbaum aufgehängt, die den Kindern den Zeitpunkt der Einschulung anzeigen sollen und gleichzeitig ihre Vorfreude auf die Schule und auch die "richtige" Schultüte zur Einschulung fördert. Das Fest stellt eines der letzten Treffen der Kindergartenkinder dar, da diese sich nach dem Kindergarten zum Teil nicht wiedersehen, wenn sie auf unterschiedliche Schulen kommen. Der Ablauf des Festes wird in jedem Kindergarten individuell gestaltet. Es findet kurz vor der Einschulung der Kindergartenkinder statt. In vielen Kindergärten werden zum Fest Eltern und Großeltern eingeladen, an einem von den Kindern gestalteten Tagesprogramm teilzunehmen. Die Kinder führen dabei kleine Tänze auf, singen Lieder o. ä. Angelehnt an das Zuckertütenfest erhalten in einigen Einrichtungen auch jüngere Kinder beim Übergang von der Kinderkrippe in den Kindergarten eine kleine Zuckertüte.

Heute werden vielfach auch von Firmen, Vereinen oder Gemeinden veranstaltete Kinderfeste Zuckertütenfest genannt, die sich direkt auf den Tag der Einschulung beziehen.

Zuckertütenbaum

Der Zuckertütenbaum ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil des Zuckertütenfestes. Seine Früchte sind die Zuckertüten, welche Kinder in vielen deutschsprachigen Regionen zum Übergang vom Kindergarten in die Grundschule übergeben werden. Er ist vor allem im Ostdeutschen Raum weitverbreitet.

Meist vergraben die Kinder einige Tage vor dem Zuckertütenfest Süßigkeiten in der Erde um den Baum. An diesem wachsen dann daraus die Zuckertüten. Bei einigen wird jeden Tag eine etwas größere Tüte an den Baum gehängt, um zu zeigen, dass die Zuckertüte "wächst".

Am Tag des Zuckertütenfestes werden die Tüten dann herabgeschnitten und an die Kinder übergeben.

Quellen

Feste und Brauchtum (Deutschland)
Schulisches Brauchtum

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Президент Исландии () является главой Республики Исландии, осуществляет исполнительные полномочия совместно с другими государственными органами исполнительной власти и одновременно вместе с альтингом осуществляет законодательную власть, что установлено конституцией (от  года) и иными законами.

Президентской резиденцией является расположенное в общине Аульфтанес недалеко от Рейкьявика поместье Бессастадир.

Полномочия президента

Правовое положение президента Исландии определяется конституцией и уточняется рядом других законов.

Он не может быть членом альтинга и не вправе получать вознаграждение от любого лица. При вступлении в должность президент приносит присягу или делает заявление о соблюдении конституции, этот акт составляется в двух равных экземплярах, хранимых в альтинге и в государственном архиве. Президент освобождён от ответственности за свои официальные действия (это относимо также к лицам, осуществляющих его полномочия временно). Уголовное преследование против президента может быть возбуждено только с согласия альтинга. Президент обязан покинуть свой пост досрочно по результатам плебисцита, инициированного тремя четвертями депутатов альтинга; такой плебисцит подлежит проведению в течение двух календарных месяцев со дня принятия соответствующей резолюции, на протяжении которых президент не должен выполнять свои функции; в случае отклонения плебисцитом указанной резолюции альтинг немедленно распускается и проводятся парламентские выборы. Президент назначает членов Кабинета министров и принимает их отставку, устанавливает число министров и определяет их обязанности. Он заключает международные договоры, однако если они содержат отказ от прав на территорию или территориальные воды либо установление на них сервитута или предполагают изменения в государственной системе, то таковые заключаются с согласия альтинга.

Обязанностью президента является созыв альтинга не позднее чем через десять недель после выборов его состава и ежегодное открытие очередных парламентских сессий альтинга; также он вправе созвать альтинг на внеочередное заседание при чрезвычайных обстоятельствах или должен это сделать по запросу большинства его депутатов. Право президента при необходимости издавать в межсессионные периоды альтинга издавать временные законы ограничено их внеочередным рассмотрением после возобновлении работы парламента; не получившие одобрения альтинга временные законы утрачивают силу. Участие президента в законодательной сфере также состоит в санкционировании законопроектов, подготовленные по инициативе правительства, до их представления парламенту. Принятый альтингом законопроект должен быть утверждён президентом не позднее двух недель после голосования, — такое утверждение придаёт ему силу закона. На случай отказа президента в утверждении законопроекта конституцией предусмотрена процедура передачи законопроекта на плебисцит, на котором отлагательное вето президента может быть преодолено. В области права президент может принять обоснованное решение о прекращении уголовного или административного преследования, осуществляет помилование и объявляет амнистию, однако не может без согласия альтинга освободить министра от судебного преследования или от наказания, наложенного судом по государственным преступлениям.

Список президентов Исландии
Легенда комментариев: 1 избран в альтинге · 2 скончался на посту президента · 3 избран без альтернативы

Диаграмма пребывания в должности

Обзор президентских выборов в Исландии
Порядок избрания президента Исландии установлен законом, принятым  года.

Согласно ему, президентом может быть любое лицо, достигшее возраста 35 лет и отвечающее требованиям, установленным для участия в выборах в альтинг, за исключением требования о месте жительства. Президент избирается прямым тайным голосованием лиц, имеющих право участия в выборах в альтинг. Кандидатура лица, выдвигаемого в качестве президента, должна быть официально предложена не менее чем 1500 и не более чем 3000 избирателей. Если кандидатов несколько, законно избранным является получивший большинство голосов. Если имеется только один кандидат, он считается законно избранным без голосования. Срок полномочий президента начинается 1 августа и заканчивается 31 июля четыре года спустя. Выборы президента проводятся в июне или июле того года, в котором истекает срок полномочий действующего президента. В случае смерти президента или его выхода в отставку до истечения срока полномочий новый президент избирается на период, заканчивающийся 31 июля четвёртого года после выборов. Если должность президента окажется вакантной или если президент временно не в состоянии выполнять свои обязанности вследствие пребывания за границей, болезни или по другим причинам, Премьер-министр, Председатель Объединённого альтинга и Главный судья Верховного суда осуществляют полномочия президента. Председатель Объединённого альтинга председательствует на их собраниях. В случаях разногласий вопрос решается большинством голосов.

1944 год
В связи с провозглашением Исландии республикой бывший регент (представлявший короля Кристиана X в период оккупации Дании Третьим рейхом) Свейдн Бьёрнссон был единогласно избран альтингом 17 июня 1944 года президентом Исландии сроком на 1 год.

1945 год
Действующий президент Свейдн Бьёрнссон являлся единственным кандидатом и, в соответствии с Конституцией, стал считаться законно избранным без голосования.

1949 год
Действующий президент Свейдн Бьёрнссон являлся единственным кандидатом и, в соответствии с Конституцией, стал считаться законно избранным без голосования.

1952 год
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1956 год
Действующий президент Аусгейр Аусгейрссон являлся единственным кандидатом и, в соответствии с Конституцией, стал считаться законно избранным без голосования.

1960 год
Действующий президент Аусгейр Аусгейрссон являлся единственным кандидатом и, в соответствии с Конституцией, стал считаться законно избранным без голосования.

1964 год
Действующий президент Аусгейр Аусгейрссон являлся единственным кандидатом и, в соответствии с Конституцией, стал считаться законно избранным без голосования.

1968 год
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1972 год
Действующий президент Кристьяун Эльдьяудн являлся единственным кандидатом и, в соответствии с Конституцией, стал считаться законно избранным без голосования.

1976 год
Действующий президент Кристьяун Эльдьяудн являлся единственным кандидатом и, в соответствии с Конституцией, стал считаться законно избранным без голосования.

1980 год
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1984 год
Действующий президент Вигдис Финнбогадоуттир являлась единственным кандидатом и в соответствии с Конституцией стала считаться законно избранной без голосования.

1988 год
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1992 год
Действующий президент Вигдис Финнбогадоуттир являлась единственным кандидатом и в соответствии с Конституцией стала считаться законно избранной без голосования.

1996 год
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2000 год
Действующий президент Оулавюр Рагнар Гримссон являлся единственным кандидатом и в соответствии с Конституцией стал считаться законно избранным без голосования.

2004 год
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2008 год
Действующий президент Оулавюр Рагнар Гримссон являлся единственным кандидатом и в соответствии с Конституцией стал считаться законно избранным без голосования.

2012 год
Основная статья: Президентские выборы 30 июня 2012 года.

2016 год
Основная статья: Президентские выборы 25 июня 2016 года.

2020 год
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Q: puppet enterprise node install - Security risk? I am learning puppet and using this tool install puppet clients on nodes.
puppet node install --login=root --keyfile=~/.ssh/id_rsa --install-script puppet-enterprise --installer-payload ~/puppet/puppet-enterprise-2.7.0-ubuntu-12.04-amd64.tar.gz  --installer-answers ~/puppet/installer.answers --puppetagent-certname puppet.node01.example.com 192.168.1.100
Everything seems to work ok. My question is why this command requires me to pass along the private key of the ssh user. Shouldn't this only require the public key?
Isn't this a security risk? It was my understanding you are supposed to keep your private key PRIVATE.

A: The private key is staying private. All this is doing is telling puppet which SSH key to use to connect to the remote system. The corresponding public key must already be installed on the remote system.
This is akin to running ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa - which is useful in case you use multiple private keys.

A: The reason it needs the private key is to authenticate.  Think of it like passing on your password.


Whether you're fundraising, organising an awards evening for a client or to give your staff a pat on the back, awards evenings are a fantastic way to bring everyone together for a night of joy and appreciation.
Creating the ideal television worthy awards evening takes copious amounts of planning, but we've devised a step by step breakdown to help you. So keep reading!
Why Organise An Awards Evening?
An awards evening can be a fantastic way to show your employees appreciation and recognition for the hard work and dedication that they bring to your company. It also creates brand awareness of your company through marketing strategies, but how can you organise one to make it successful? Keep reading to find out!
No matter what type of event you're organising, you should always begin here. In a briefed document, you should set out exactly why and how you're staging the event. What is the end goal? How and what will you use to measure the end result of the event?
Once you've identified your goals, you can use this to aid you in planning the event specifics, like the number and variation of guests, and the event date, time and location.
It's important to think about the budget when beginning to plan your event. Obviously, you shouldn't plan for things that you know your budget will not stretch to cover! The amount you have to spend will depend on what the client allows you and also the type of awards evening that you are organising – for example, the amount of people. Will you make profit by selling the tickets? Will the awards be sponsored to help cover costs of everything or will everything come out of internal budget?
Mandatory costs you need to think about include event catering, venue hire and décor, entertainment or guest speakers and VIPs – If you want high profile hosts, presenters, speakers or special guests, this can use up a sizeable lump of the budget.
What is an event without promotion? Whether it be paid or organic you'll also need to think about the cost of promotional material your event and how you can encourage candidates to buy tickets – will paid marketing fit into the budget? Or will you have to settle for organic freelance work – like social media? Of course, if you are hosting awards for your employees then advertising can be done with simple homemade flyers around the office or establishment.
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The goal of e-codices (Virtual manuscript library of Switzerland) is to provide access to all medieval and selected early modern manuscripts of Switzerland via a virtual library. At the moment, the virtual library contains 981 manuscripts from 42 different libraries, with more planned, and in addition to the general web site, a free iOS app is available in the Apple store. Note the integration of overview, facsimile, and formatted descriptions, and the provision of the raw XML.
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• Can I drive legally without insurance?
• What if I lease a car?
• Do I need insurance to rent a car?
• What's the difference between cancellation and non-renewal?
• Property coverage pays for damage to or theft of your car.
• Liability coverage pays for your legal responsibility to others for bodily injury or property damage.
• Medical coverage pays for the cost of treating injuries, rehabilitation and sometimes lost wages and funeral expenses.
Most auto policies are for six months to a year.
Your auto policy may include multiple coverages. Each coverage may be priced separately.
This coverage pays for the treatment of injuries to the driver and passengers of the policyholder's car. At its broadest, PIP can cover medical payments, lost wages and the cost of replacing services normally performed by someone injured in an auto accident.
If you lease a car, you still need to buy your own auto insurance policy. The auto dealer or bank that is financing the car will require you to buy collision and comprehensive coverage. You'll need to purchase these coverages in addition to the others that may be mandatory, such as auto liability insurance.
Find out what insurance your card provides. Levels of coverage vary. If you don't have auto insurance, you will need to buy coverage at the car rental counter. The cost of insurance at the rental car counter will vary depending on the rental car company, state, and location of the dealer and the type of car you rent.
• If you fail to pay the premium.
• You have committed fraud or made serious misrepresentations on your application.
• Your driver's license has been revoked or suspended.
Non-renewal is a different matter. Either you or your insurance company can decide not to renew the policy when it expires. The insurance company must give you a certain number of days notice and explain the reason for non-renewal before it drops your policy.
The first step in determining how much insurance you will need is to make an analysis of the value of your home (excluding the value of your land) and your personal property within it. In determining the value of your home, you must calculate how much it will cost to replace it if your home were totally destroyed. You can enlist the help of your insurance agent in determining this figure. In fact, most insurance companies make a physical inspection of your home when they first insure it. Using formulas that take into account whether your home is of brick or wood frame construction, total area, number of floors, number of rooms, etc., the company will be able to give you an accurate replacement cost value.
Determining the value of your personal property will require an analysis on your part. You should go through each room of your house and list every piece of furniture and fixture within it. Some insurance companies provide Household Inventory Schedules which can be quite helpful with this task. Items such as sofas, tables, beds, TVs, refrigerators, and lawn mowers would be included in such a schedule.
As you compile your inventory you should supplement it with receipts indicating the purchase price and date of purchase and photographs of major items. Your inventory should be updated on an annual basis, or at the very least, whenever you purchase a large appliance or piece of furniture.
Some people periodically make a video of all their possessions. If you do, make sure all the drawers and/or doors of your furniture are open so you have a record of what is stored. It would also be helpful if you are able to verbally describe major items on the video.
Once you have determined the approximate worth of your home and its contents, in most cases, your homeowners insurance coverage will be on the home's replacement cost. Generally, if you purchase coverage on a replacement cost basis and insure your home for at least 80% of its replacement cost, your insurance will automatically be issued on a replacement cost basis. Then, when you suffer a loss, your insurer would pay you the amount it would cost to replace or repair your home without deducting anything for depreciation. Of course, this type of coverage is more expensive than actual cash value coverage.
The replacement cost of your home must be estimated at the time you take out a homeowners policy. In most cases, insurance companies will inspect your home and use formulas that take into account a house's construction, size, quality, location, nationally recognized construction indices and other factors to approximate its current replacement cost. As a result of the increase in the value of homes, insurance companies have become more active in evaluating the replacement cost of homes that they insure and often require periodic updates of that cost.
As previously discussed, if you do not insure your home for at least 80% of its replacement value, your claim will not be settled on a replacement cost basis. Therefore, it is important to review your homeowners policy periodically to determine whether you are carrying enough insurance to be fully covered.
The addition of a room, or other substantial home improvements, will also increase the replacement cost of your home, and you should adjust your coverage accordingly.
Due to inflation, the replacement cost of your home generally increases each year. To anticipate inflationary increase, most insurance companies offer policies that automatically increase the amount of insurance periodically. If you do not have such protections, you should be reviewing you policy each year to make sure your coverage is keeping pace with inflation.
The amount of coverage available for personal property losses and other losses is generally related, by percentage, to the amount for which the dwelling is insured. In addition to these limits on general categories of property, there are further limitations for specific types of property.
The limits for personal liability and medical payments are not offered as a percentage of the residence limit and the medical payments limit is included within the personal liability limit. Generally, personal liability limits of $100,000 per occurrence and medical payments limits of $1,000 per person are sold to the public. Higher limits of liability for these two coverages can also be purchased.
Normally, home computers used for personal use are subject to the limit available for personal property. Some companies may have a separate limit for the home computer. However, if they are used for business, the company will only pay up to $2,500, as shown above. If you feel that you need higher limits for your business computer, you should contact your company, agent or broker to see if higher limits are available through the purchase of an additional endorsement or a separate policy.
If you do not purchase higher limits and use a laptop computer for business purposes, you should be aware that if it is lost or stolen, the location of the loss determines the coverage available. If the loss occurs at home, the coverage limit is $2,500, while if the loss occurs away from home it is only covered for $500.
The Insurance Law requires that any policy that provides personal injury liability and is issued for a one-to-four family, owner occupied dwelling or condominium apartment also provide workers' compensation insurance. Anytime you hire someone to work for you, you should check with your insurance agent, broker or company to determine whether those employees would be covered under your policy.
There is limited liability coverage under your homeowner's policy for day care activities. Ordinarily coverage is provided if you take care of one or two children for a mutual exchange of services. This means that if you take care of a friend's children in exchange for their day care services for your children, with no exchange of money, liability coverage will be provided under your policy.
If you are paid for day care services you provide, it is considered a business enterprise and you must purchase additional coverage.


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