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Italy's Best Beaches
Check out the most beautiful beaches in Italy.
By: Jennifer Plum Auvil
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Surrounded by water on all sides, Italy has a unique coastline with nooks and crannies that create quiet swimming coves and picturesque seascapes. Italy's beaches are most crowded during July and August when Italians join throngs of foreign tourists to escape the heat. Whether you're searching for an upscale resort or a secluded seaside village, there's a lounge chair on the sea just waiting for you.
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Most visitors experience the Amalfi Coast while navigating the twists and turns during a scenic drive on the coastal road. The view is breathtaking with jagged cliffs and blossoming flowers, but the best way to experience the coast is to visit one of its seaside villages.
The busiest stretch of the coast curves between the villages of Amalfi and Positano. Erosion has destroyed much of the beach areas in this region leaving small private beaches at hotels and beach clubs. The fanciest hotel in Amalfi is the expensive Hotel Santa Caterina where you can walk a winding garden path to the beach and take the elevator, carved into the rocky cliffs, back up to the hotel.
Positano has been a welcome beach retreat since the days of Roman nobility and even the ancient Greeks. There are 2 public beaches -- the secluded Fornillo beach and the main beach center at Spiaggia Grande. The elegant Il San Pietro di Positano hotel is the utmost in luxury with a private beach cove for sunbathing and swimming.
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Located off the Sorrento peninsula in southern Italy, Capri is a rocky, mountainous island that's a favorite with starlets and jet-setters. While many of the island's hotels boast great views of the clear blue sea, the J.K. Palace Capri is the only one with direct beach access. You can easily explore the area's best beaches on your own. The best beach on the north side is the wide expanse at the Bagni di Tiberio while the south side of the island has Marina di Mulo. Most beaches are supported by beach clubs which provide beach access as well as facilities, towels and chairs for a nominal fee. Save time and avoid the steep walk back to town by taking a quick boat ride to the beach from the Marina Grande.
Visitors flock to the Italian Riviera for great hiking and sunny days at the beach. At the center of it all is Cinque Terre, 5 small villages set in the cliffs hugging the distinctive coastline. Monterosso is the resort town with charming hotels, busy beaches and plenty of restaurants to feed hungry tourists. The beach here is open to the public and free, though there are many spots where you can pay for a comfy lounge chair and umbrella for shade. Escape the crowds by hiking to the smaller town of Riomaggiore where you can relax on the rocky beach before continuing your journey along the seaside trails. Take a break from the beach to enjoy some of the town's famed pesto atop a heaping plate of pasta.
Tuscany is known for its rolling hills, great wine and classic Italian culture. But Tuscany also has a beach scene with sandy white shores and quaint seaside villages. In western Tuscany, Maremma has a booming cowboy culture as well as almost 100 miles of coastline overlooking crystal clear water. Castiglione della Pescaia is an affordable beach town with plenty of water sports including sailing and windsurfing. The best scuba diving can be found further south in Monte Argentario's coves and bays.
Tuscany's largest beach town is one of the farthest points south on the Italian Riviera. Viareggio is a classic resort town with art nouveau buildings, bustling nightlife and endless food. While the town has pleasant beaches and an active seafront promenade, it's best known for its wild Carnival festival, a tradition since 1873.
The beaches around Sicily range from sandy white shores to exotic black sands, making for unique beach getaways around the island. If you're visiting the capital city of Palermo, the beaches at Mondello Lido are just a few miles away. This stretch of beach is lined with hotels as well as restaurants and bars making for a vibrant nightlife. On Sicily's east coast, visitors to Taormina can easily get to the best beaches at Lido Mazzaro. The journey to the beach is part of the fun as beachgoers climb aboard a funicular, or cable car, for a quick ride down to the beach. For a vastly different beach experience, adventurers can take a boat from the town of Milazzo in northeast Sicily to the exotic black sand beach in the Aeolian Islands. Located on the island of Vulcano, Spiaggia Sabbie Nere has calm waters and dark volcanic sand. It's also conveniently located near the island's hot mud baths.
The sunbathers and fancy yachts compete with the natural beauty of the beaches along Sardinia's Costa Smeralda, or Emerald Coast. Sardinia's northeast shore, with its stunning azure waters and still blue grottoes, is a getaway for royalty, with tony resorts and 35 miles of gorgeous coastline. But the luxe life comes with a hefty price tag at the area's most posh resorts including the dreamy Cala di Volpe with interesting archways and turrets adding to the royal Mediterranean flair. The Cala di Volpe private beach is a 5-minute boat ride from the resort. Nearby, The Prince's Beach, or Spiaggia del Principe is a secluded paradise, surrounded by thick dense shrubs providing even more privacy. The area comes alive in the warm months with most resorts opening just from April through October.
Tremiti Islands
The Tremiti Islands, often called the pearls of the Adriatic Sea, are a string of islands including San Domino, San Nicola and Caprara. San Domino is the largest and most developed of the 3 and is known as the "green pearl" thanks to its wild vegetation including pines, orange blossoms, myrtles and fig trees. These green forests meet the sea with craggy limestone cliffs and both rock and sand beaches. Because it's the only island with hotels and restaurants for visitors, San Domino's beaches can get crowded. The island is reachable by hydrofoil boat from various coastal towns including Termoli and Pescara.
Venice may be surrounded entirely by water, but there are few beaches in the city. The best beaches are found on Lido, an almost 7-mile long sandbar sitting in the Venice Lagoon and Adriatic Sea. Just 10 minutes by waterbus from St. Mark's Square, this area has the well-earned nickname of the "Island of Gold" thanks to its unique beauty and sandy golden shores. The loveliest beaches are in front of Lido's historic grand hotels. The Hotel des Bains, immortalized in Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice," is lined with thatched beach huts while the Hotel Excelsior beachfront sports elegant white cabanas. The beaches are open from May through September and there's an admission fee to access the beach and amenities.
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I'm Beer & Rage. I run a youtube channel where I talk about anarchy and stuff. I've been into anti-civ ideas for a good decade now. I've read AHAL three times, and am big into Perlman.
I've spent a decent amount of time in organized leftists groups/cults, and came to anti-civ ideas through anarchist activism. I also write stuff sometimes.
Hallo & welcome. Someone posted a video of yours on here earlier, so I vaguely know about your stuff. Do you have any "success" (defined however you'd like to define it) with your YouTube or writing? I.e. do you find it worthwhile?
Yeah, I meant to join months ago when that was posted, but forgot about this place.
As far as "success" goes...My writings have been translated into other languages by other anarchists that thought my stuff was cool a few times...and I'm told that my article on anti-civ has been influential even to people that hate me. I was also featured (more like complained about) on John Zerzan's radio show. I'm not a household name, but its clear that people have gotten value from my writing, and I think thats cool.
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Li Hua
The real estate mogul linked to JD.com's founder
Dec 14, 2018 (WiC 435)
A self-made man, Li Hua (Li Wa in Cantonese) has moved into the public eye because of rape allegations against one of his close friends. JD.com's Richard Liu continues to face criminal charges in the US (see WiC424) and Reuters reports that the alleged victim was asked to speak to Li about a settlement with the e-commerce tycoon. Reuters does not explain why Li was the person to go to, save for a source saying he was trusted by Liu and that they both attended the doctor of business administration programme at the University of Minnesota in August, where the attack was reported to have happened. Yet the revelation immediately drew attention to Li and his massive interests in Shenzhen's real estate market.
Born in 1966 to a scholarly family in Sichuan, Li graduated from the South China University of Technology in Guangzhou at the age of 18. An engineer by training, he started his career as a secretary to affiliates of the Communist Youth League in Shenzhen. He is said to have shortened his original name – Li Xiaohua – at this time. Five years later he turned to the private sector amid a series of economic reforms. He tried to profit from Hainan's property market, but the bubble burst, forcing him to shift his attention to Hong Kong, where he made his first fortune – reportedly in the stock market.
In 1996 Li returned to Shenzhen and moved into the commercial property sector. Through his flagship Excellence Real Estate Group, he bought up plots of land in the central business district. Many of the office towers he then built serve as the headquarters of prominent companies today, including Tencent. By 2009, Excellence Real Estate was the largest private commercial property developer in Shenzhen, according to an initial public offering filed with the Hong Kong stock exchange. The IPO fell through as the global financial crisis erupted. Yet it proved just a blip in Excellence's development. In 2013 it set new records for land prices in Shenzhen by bidding for two plots in the Qianhai district for Rmb12.38 billion ($1.79 billion). And last year Li's company raked in Rmb45.6 billion in sales, with its footprint spreading across 25 cities in China. The rapid expansion was partly attributed to poaching talent from top-tier homebuilder Vanke, according to Huxiu, a news portal.
An active investor, Li has stakes in various new-economy companies such as film producer Le Vision Pictures, restaurant rating app Dazhong Dianping and fresh food e-commerce platform Yiguo.com, reported Sina.
With an estimated net worth of $3.6 billion, Li was ranked 67th on Forbes China Rich List as of March.
Similar to JD.com's Liu, Li is with a girl at least 20 years his junior (see WiC231 for more about Liu's wife, "Milk Tea Girl"). Born in Hebei's Zhangjiakou, Li's wife Tong Xiaoyan reportedly pulled out of the 2009 ATV Miss Asia Pageant on Li's advice. Three years later the couple had a daughter.
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[Importance of the Hyponatraemia in the Emergency Care]
PÓHR Kitti, KÖCSE Tamás, MESTERHÁZI András, BIERER Gábor, KARAMÁNNÉ Pakai Annamária
[The aim of the study: Hyponatraemia is the most common electrolyte abnormality in hospitalized patients. Certain drugs (eg, diuretics, antidepressants, and antiepileptics) have been implicated as established causes of either asymptomatic or symptomatic hyponatraemia. Studies proved correlation between hyponatremia and hospital mortality. Hyponatraemia remains asymptomatic in most cases, but if left untreated, it can cause life-threatening situations. Our aim was to examine the frequency of hyponatraemia in our hospital and its impact on the emergency care. Methods: A total of 75 patients were enrolled in the study with purposive sampling. We used descriptive and mathematical statistics with SPSS 22.0 software package for processing non-parametric statistical data. Results: Patients transferred by ambulance or arriving at the ER department came with dizziness, vomiting / diarrhea symptoms. Admission causes, were characteristic symptoms of hyponatraemia as well as non-specific neurological symptoms (headache, dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness) were found (n = 29). In addition, a common complaint of vomiting / diarrhea (n = 12), abdominal pain (n = 10). In particular, the complaint leading to a significant proportion of patients with hyponatraemia was not typical, but it was kind of trauma (n = 12). Nearly half of the patients (n = 36) were revenant. The most common diagnosis was hypertension (34%). 52% were taking medication that typically cause hyponatraemia. There were significant increase in the incidence of hyponatraemia in cases where the patient was taking diuretics. Conclusions: The diagnosis of hyponatraemia is based on the recording history, physical examination, and laboratory tests. Preventive approach would reduce the number of hospital stays due to hyponatraemia, and this may indeed improve patients' life expectancy. The disease itself is easily remedied, it can cause critical condition due to disregard.]
Electroclinical and prognostic characteristics of epilepsy patients with photosensitivity
YAZAR Olgun Hülya, GUL Gunay, YAZAR Tamer, EREN Fulya, KUSCU Yandım Demet, KIRBAS Dursun
Background - Epilepsy with photosensitivity (PSE) is one of the reflex epilepsy types with pathophysiology still unexplained. In our study we aimed to evaluate the clinical, electroencephalogram (EEG) and prognosis of patients with PSE diagnosis. Method - A total of 44 patients with PSE diagnosis according to international classification were included in this retrospective and cross-sectional study. The age, gender, syndrome, clinical and EEG characteristics of patients, and treatment response were investigated. Results - The mean age was 22.09±6.49 years for 28 females and 16 males included in the study. Of patients, 17 had idiopathic photosensitive occipital lobe epilepsy (IPOLE), 11 had juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), 11 had other PSE and 5 had juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE), with the most common visual trigger factors television and sunlight. In terms of seizure type, the most common was generalized tonic clonic seizure (GTCS), with myoclonus, absence and other seizure types observed. There was family history present in 17 patients and valproic acid was most commonly used for treatment. Conclusion - As noted in the literature, our data show that PSE has defined age group and clinical presentation, good prognosis but requires correct choice of medication for treatment. It is thought that good description of these epilepsy types will reduce misdiagnosis and mistreatment rates.
[The facets of creativity in the light of bipolar mood alterations]
SZAKÁCS Réka
[The link between creativity, as the highest expression form of human achievement, and bipolar disorder came into focus of scientific investigations and research. Accomplished writers, composers and visual artists show a substantially higher rate of affective disorders, prodominantly bipolar mood disorders, comparing to the general population. Then again, patients afflicted with bipolar II subtype (hypomania and depression), as well as persons presenting the mildest form of bipolar mood swings (cyclothymia) possess higher creative skills. It evokes therefore that certain forms and mood states of bipolar disorder, notably hypomania might convey cognitive, emotional/affective, and motivational benefits to creativity. The aim of this paper is to display expression forms of creativity (writing, visual art, scientific work) as well as productivity (literary and scientific work output, number of artworks and exhibitions, awards) in the light of clinically diagnosed mood states at an eminent creative individual, treated for bipolar II disorder. Analysing the affective states, we found a striking relation between hypomanic episodes and visual artistic creativity and achievement, as well as scientific performance, whereas mild-moderate depressed mood promoted literary work. Severe depression and mixed states were not associated with creative activities, and intriguingly, long-term stabilised euthymic mood, exempted from marked affective lability, is disadvantageous regarding creativity. It seems, thereby, that mood functions as a sluice of creativity. Nevertheless, it is likely that there is a complex interaction between bipolar mood disorder spectrum and psychological factors promoting creativity, influenced also by individual variability due to medication, comorbid conditions, and course of disorder.]
[Novelties in treatment of hypertension in pregnancy]
[Hypertensive disorders represent the most common and dangerous medical disorder in pregnancy. Furthermore, its prevalence is rising. According the recent studies the initiation of antihypertensive treatment should be withhold in mild chronic hypertension (140-159/90-109 mmHg) in pregnancy, excepting associated subclinical hypertensive organ damage or hypertensive complications because of risk of compromising uteroplacental perfusion and fatal circulation. In preeclampsia, however, early antihypertensive treatment is necessary for the prevention of maternal cerebrovascular events.]
[Place of rilmenidine therapy in reducing of sympathetic overactivity]
FINTA Ervin, KUN Edit, SIMONYI Gábor
[The sympathetic nervous system plays an important and widely investigated role in the pathogenesis of the hypertension and its concomitant diseases. Between the several types of antihypertensive drugs which can influence the sympathetic over activity, centrally acting agents, play an important role. Here some special aspects of the imidazoline I1 receptor agonist rilmenidine are reviewed.]
[Alemtuzumab therapy 2017]
BIERNACKI Tamás, BENCSIK Krisztina, SANDI Dániel, VÉCSEI László
[Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system comprising of inflammation, demyelinisation and neurodegeneration. The natural history of MS is heterogenous. Owing to the vast range and severity of the symptoms MS can cause the effect of the disease on one's cognitive and physical status is unpredictable. According to the new, phenotype based classification two subgroups can be distinguished; relapsing-remitting (RR) and progressive MS. Relapsing-remitting MS can be further divided into active and inactive disease. The activity of the disease can be proven either clinically and/or by radiological means. A patient's disease is considered inactive, if it fulfills the criteriae set in the "no evidence of disease activity-3" (NEDA-3) concept, meaning that no progression can be seen on the MRI scans, the patient is relapse free and there is no worsening on any disability scale. Nowadays a paradigm shift can be seen in the treatment of MS. The aim of this shift is to provide each and every patient with the most potent medication best suiting his/her illness as soon as possible. Alemtuzumab offers a great option as either a first line treatment or as escalation therapy for patients with a highly active disease. The efficacy of alemtuzumab was proven in two phase III trials (CARE-MS I, II), where it was compared to subcutaneous interferon b-1a, administered three times weekly. In both studies alemtuzumab was superior to subcutaneous interferon b-1a in terms of relapse rate reduction, in all scouted MRI parameters. In the CARE-MS II trial it was found superior in terms of progression slowing. In the studies' first 2 years 32% and 39% of the alemtuzumab treated patients managed to achieve the NEDA-3 state (data from CARE-MS II and I respectively). At the end of the 4 year extension of both studies these numbers have increased to 60% and 55% respectively. The aim of our synopsis is to suggest neurologists an evidence based guideline, a therapeutic algorithm to be used when they give their MS patients the very best, personalised treatment, and also to appoint the recently introduced alemtuzumab to its proper place in the algorithm.]
[Examination of cardio-vascular risk factors in the priority of atrial fibrillation]
BÉKEFI-MENG Zsuzsa, PAKAI Annamária, SZUNOMÁR Szilvia, VÁRADYNÉ HORVÁTH Ágnes
[Objectives: Stroke-prophylaxis is the biggest question regarding atrial fibrillation. Their aim is to examine the risk factors, successfulness of frequency control, and the effectiveness of anticoagulant therapy. Methods: This quantitative cross-sectional study used a non-randomized sampling method. Enrollment criteria: anticoa-gulant therapy, atrial fibrillation, age 20-90 years, NYHA stage II. Excursion criteria: patients having elective intervention that influences INR rates. Patient data was collected from the records of the University of Pécs, Cardiology Clinic between 01.01.2012-31.12. They used linear regression, T-test, χ2-test, variance analysis (ANOVA), SPSS 20.0. Results: Significant correlation between BMI values-, systolic blood pressure-, modified medication and its effect on frequency control-, correct anticoagulant therapy, INR parameters and the increased risk of thromboembolia in patients with atrial fibrillation. (p<0.05) Conclusion: Stratification of risk factors and individual optimisation of anticoagulant therapy is important for effective stroke prevention and increased survival rate.]
[A Study Investigating the Success of Factors that have an Impact the Effects of Antihypertensive Treatment (CONADPER-HU)]
KISS István, KERKOVITS Lóránt, ALFÖLDI Sándor, BALOGH Sándor, BARNA István, JÁRAI Zoltán, PAKSY András, SIMONYI Gábor, SZEGEDI János, KÉKES Ede
Antihypertenive effect of rilmenidine. Evaluation of the Hungarian multicenter VERITAS study
The VERITAS study showed that in hypertensive patients the imidazoline I1 receptor agonist, rilmenidine significantly decreased the office blood pressure as well as the blood pressure measured by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). The white-coat reaction and left ventricular hyperthrophy (LVH) were also decreased. Ain a separate study involving hypertensive subjects rilmenidine significantly increased baroreflex sensitivity. This effect may contribute - mainly during daytime - to the antihypertensive effect.
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[Antihypertenive effect of rilmenidine. Evaluation of the Hungarian multicenter VERITAS study]
[The VERITAS study showed that in hypertensive patients the imidazoline I1 receptor agonist, rilmenidine significantly decreased the office blood pressure as well as the blood pressure measured by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). The white-coat reaction and left ventricular hyperthrophy (LVH) were also decreased. Ain a separate study involving hypertensive subjects rilmenidine significantly increased baroreflex sensitivity. This effect may contribute - mainly during daytime - to the antihypertensive effect.]


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Grace Carmichael
Grace Carmichael is a senior associate in The Raben Group's Government Affairs & Policy Counsel practice area. She brings a passion for civil rights, social justice, and community engagement with an extensive understanding of federal policy. Grace uses her experience to help clients advance legislative strategy and to uplift those most vulnerable in our communities.
Prior to joining Raben, Grace was a legislative assistant in the Washington office of Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), where she coordinated legislative priorities and gained expertise in education, housing, labor, energy, environment, and women's issues. Grace worked with policymakers, coalitions, and activists to establish the Congressional Caucus to End the Youth Vaping Epidemic, which promoted congressional investigations, elevated the work of grassroots organizing, and raised public awareness for children's public health. She has also worked with residents of Flint, Michigan by assisting them with accessing needed resources following the Flint Water Crisis while advocating for needed policy reforms in the Michigan State Legislature.
While hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, Grace holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies from Michigan State University, where she specialized in Community Governance and Advocacy. When she's not working, you can find Grace discovering new bands at local music venues, befriending neighborhood dogs through her sitting service, or searching for the best chicken parmesan sandwich in D.C.


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Wheat Growers weigh in on Right to Repair
Written by Glenda-Lee Vossler Friday, Dec 09 2022, 10:19 AM
Director of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association Carl Stewart
Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association director Carl Stewart was in Ottawa last week. They were in the federal capital for the GrowCanada Conference that was held from November 29th to December 1st. They had the chance to show support for farmers in a particular way as the Right to Repair bill is currently being debated in the house of commons.
Stewart feels that farmers should have the right to repair their machinery. "It allows farmers to keep seasonal help over the winter with maintenance and overhaul of machinery. It would dramatically improve bottom line for smaller farmers. There's a bunch of reasons why it's good for farmers."
House of Commons Bill-C244 An act to amend the Copyright Act was introduced in February 2022. The second reading happened in October 2022, and that gives the impression that things are moving along. Stewart comments "It can take some time, because of debating back and forth. Some bills sit in the Senate for 100 days. I think COVID led to quite the backlog. Overall, I would say that the parties just generally can't agree on much anymore."
Getting it fast tracked would be a matter of a grassroots movement. People contacting their MP's saying that this is important. "I think that's one of the most effective ways to speed things up" said Stewart.
He also didn't see how this could hurt the dealerships and manufacturers much. "In lots of cases, this is just going to let producers tell their dealerships what's wrong. They'll be able to make their service calls quicker, and get equipment back to work. Purchasing decisions and better service will just lead to more equipment sales for a given manufacturer."
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Así que ayer tuve nuevas flores frescas para dar vida a mi cuarto.
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Ahora toca empezar una semana más de trabajo y esperar con ansias el siguiente. Os dejo con las fotitos y me despido hasta mañana.
¡Os deseo un magnífico día, bellezas!
Indiana Jones arrives to the streets with an urban style. There are a lot of ways to combine the camo and i've been shown You differents looks and now, i'm going to share a new one, the cosed to my dy off. Now is time to start a new week of work and look forward to the next. All the pictures below and see You tomorrow.
Wish You a fabulous day, my sweet hearts!


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Сарајевски процес је назив за суђење групи муслиманских интелектуалаца у Сарајеву 1983. године, на челу са Алијом Изетбеговићем, због "муслиманског национализма" и "непријатељске пропаганде".

Хапшење
Служба државне безбедности СР Босне и Херцеговине је 23. марта 1983. године у операцији "Требевић", ухапсила Алију Изетбеговића, Омера Бехмена, Исмета Касумагића, Едхема Бичакчића, Хуса Живаља, Мустафу Спахића, Џемалудина Латића, Дервиша Ђурђевића, Мелика Салихбеговића и Ђула Бичакчића.

На првом саслушању, Изетбеговић је изразио похвале на рачун СДБ-а који чува Југославију. Демантовао је да има политичких амбиција. Исту изјаву су дали и остали.

Судски поступак
У темељу оптужнице, налазила се "Исламска декларација", коју је Изетбеговић написао 1970. године. Оптужени су у истрази давали различите исказе него пред судом, због притисака и тортуре СДБ-а. Мустафа Спахић је изјаву о изнуђивању исказа дао и пред Врховним судом. Ипак, на суђењу су уважене само првобитне изјаве.

Тужилаштво је извело 59 сведока, док је одбрана извела свега три. Тражено је и да суђење буде јавно, уместо допуштању одабраних новинара да присуствују суђењу.

Петиција
Војислав Шешељ и Добрица Ћосић су покренули петицију за ослобођење Изетбеговића и осталих, коју је потписало много чланова Српске академије наука и уметности.

Пресуда

 Алија Изетбеговић, 14 година
 Омер Бехмен, 15 година
 Хасан Ченгић, 10 година
 Исмет Касумагић, 10 година
 Едхем Бичакчић, 7 година
 Хусеин Живаљ, 6 година
 Мустафа Спахић, 5 година
 Џемалудин Латић, 6 година и 6 месеци
 Салих Бехмен, 5 година
 Дервиш Ђурђевић
 Мелика Салихбеговић
 Ђула Бичакчић

Епилог
Изетбеговић је амнестиран 1988. године и пуштен из затвора у Зеници, као и остали осуђени.

Подршка Шешеља и Ћосића је касније тумачења као великосрпски покушај да се Босна и Херцеговина подели, чиме би се отворио пут да се Србији пропоје српски делови БиХ.

Референце

Историја Сарајева
Историја Југославије
Судски процеси
Политички затвореници СФР Југославије
Исламизам
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Is it time to change SPJ's name?
One of the more interesting issues that came up at the SPJ National Convention in Anaheim was whether the Society of Professional Journalists should change its name.
Michael Koretzsky, Region 3 director, offered a resolution calling for SPJ to change its name to the Society for Professional Journalism. The delegates rejected the resolution, but directed the national board to take up the issue and come back with a recommendation the following year.
Koretzsky outlines his reasons here. In a nutshell, changing the name would allow people who are not journalists to join SPJ and give it additional clout. It also reflects the arguments we're making for the shield law, that it is journalism that should be defined, and not journalists.
But there are also reasons to keep the current name. First, it's expensive to change a name, especially when you have letterhead, banners and signs with the society's name on it It may also confuse people as to what SPJ stands for.
I volunteered to serve on the task force that will look into the name issue, as I think it is a discussion worth happening. But I want to ask you what you think. Should SPJ change its name? You can either post below, or email me.
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Isn't wood a source of renewable energy? A natural substance? A heat source we've used since prehistoric times, and an alternative to "dirty" fossil fuels?
Sure. Unfortunately, natural doesn't always mean harmless. A growing number of studies are associating wood smoke with an array of illnesses like asthma, heart disease and other lung and respiratory illnesses—many of the same illnesses that are associated with smoking.
In fact, wood smoke has similarities to cigarette smoke. It contains over 200 chemicals and compounds, including carbon monoxide, benzene, formaldehyde, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides (NOx), dioxins and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).?
Aside from being so similar to cigarette smoke, wood smoke is especially unhealthy due to the size of the particles contained within.
Most wood smoke is thick with tiny particulates known as PM2.5. Think about it like this: A grain of sand is roughly 90 micrometers. The width of a human hair is between 50-70 micrometers. Dust is considered 10 micrometers, or PM 10. Your body's natural defense mechanisms are able to reject much of PM 10 exposure by coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose. But ultrafine wood smoke particles are too small to be filtered out by the upper respiratory system and therefore get trapped deep inside the lungs, causing irritation and decreased lung function.
Research also indicates these particles can cross into the blood stream and induce inflammatory responses in other areas of the body at a quicker rate than exposure to fine particles, leading to asthma attacks, cardiovascular disease, acute bronchitis and increased susceptibility to respiratory infections.
At greatest risk from wood smoke exposure? People who already suffer from heart or lung disease may experience negative health effects earlier and at lower levels than healthy people. As well, children are more susceptible to smoke because their respiratory systems are still developing, they breathe more frequently than adults and they're more likely to be active outdoors.


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Q: How to store an entity related to multiple entities in Room of Android? I have 3 ENTITIES. BOOK, USER and OBSERVATION.
This is a BOOK. Just data
data class Book(
    val id: Int,
    val title: String,
    val author: String,
    val pages: Int?,
    val editorial: String?,
    val category: String?,
    val description: String?,
    val img: String?
)

This a USER. just data.
data class User(
    val username: String,
    val email : String,
    val firstName: String,
    val lastName: String,
    val photoUrl: String?,
    val categories : List<Category>
)

Now, an OBSERVATION that contains a USER and a BOOK
data class Observation(
    val id: Int,
    val user: User,
    val book: Book,
    val page: Int,
    val description: String
)

This means that there is a relation from 1 table (OBSERVATION) to 2 tables (BOOK and USER).
All the examples I found are related to a relation 1 to n, n to 1, n to m. But in this case OBSERVATION is related to 2 RELATIONS 1 to 1.
Whats the way to store and retreive this kind of ENTITIES?

A: 1.- First, you will need to create an id column for your User table. The id in your User and Book tables will be set up as PRIMARY KEY (unique identifier for each row in that table). Then, in your Observation table you will change user and book columns type to Int. You won't need to store the object there, just the id from each table, those two columns will be set up as FOREIGN KEY. You have created your relational database.
2.- To do this using Room you can do something like this:
import androidx.room.ColumnInfo
import androidx.room.Entity
import androidx.room.ForeignKey
import androidx.room.ForeignKey.CASCADE
import androidx.room.PrimaryKey

@Entity(tableName = "Book")
data class Book(
        @ColumnInfo(name = "id") @PrimaryKey(autoGenerate = true) val id: Int,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "title") val title: String,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "author") val author: String,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "pages") val pages: Int?,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "editorial") val editorial: String?,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "category") val category: String?,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "description") val description: String?,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "img") val img: String?
)

@Entity(tableName = "User")
data class User(
        @ColumnInfo(name = "id") @PrimaryKey(autoGenerate = true) val id: Int,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "username") val username: String,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "email") val email : String,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "firstName") val firstName: String,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "lastName") val lastName: String,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "photoUrl") val photoUrl: String?,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "categories") val categories : List<Category>
)

@Entity(
        tableName = "list_items",
        foreignKeys = [ForeignKey(
                entity = User::class,
                parentColumns = ["id"],
                childColumns = ["user_id"],
                onDelete = CASCADE),
                       ForeignKey(
                    entity = Book::class,
                    parentColumns = ["id"],
                    childColumns = ["book_id"],
                    onDelete = CASCADE)])
data class Observation(
        @ColumnInfo(name = "id") @PrimaryKey(autoGenerate = true) val id: Int,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "user_id") val userId: Int,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "book_id") val bookId: Int,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "page") val page: Int,
        @ColumnInfo(name = "description") val description: String
)

I hope it helps!

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Everyone likes to receive a gift, especially well-designed corporate gifts that combine gratitude with functionality to provide a long-lasting token of a successful business meeting or big deal.
Fresh Source Int'l Co Ltd even lets buyers mix and match items from its large selection of hair and beauty care and home appliances. "However, buyers must remember that the minimum order quantity is 3,000 pieces delivered 45-50 days after order confirmation," says marketing manager Raymond Yeung.
Fresh Source's 30,000-square-foot, 350-400-worker factory in Dongguan on the Chinese mainland produces premium travelling kits such as the TS-01 hairdryer box set that comes complete with vanity mirror and worldwide electrical adaptors.
Yeung believes the similarly-equipped TS-03 lady's beauty travel set also provides everything the busy female business executive needs to keep looking and feeling fresh.
"The TS-01 costs US$4-5 per piece, while the TS-03 would be around US$5, both prices FOB Hong Kong," Yeung advises. "We export to Europe and the US, and can customise any item with the specific brand or logo required."
First impressions also count at Koon Hung Mfy Ltd, which manufactures personal grooming and travel sets that come in zipped PU cases that look like genuine leather. "Most popular are classic colours such as dark brown or black," reveals sales manager Grace Leung.
Each model can be made to the customer's own design and delivered within 40 days of receipt of order to such major markets as the US, Europe, Japan and Russia. "Our minimum order is 3,000 sets," Leung adds.
Buyers seeking premiums for globetrotting clients should check out ISO 9001-certified Totex Int'l Ltd, which manufactures rechargeable battery packs, chargers and travellers' plug sets.
Totex's latest range of handy travellers' plug sets includes useful features such as solid brass contacts, rubberised holders and plastic covers to avoid scratching other precious items.
The ACP-1 plug set, for example, will fit any electrical socket anywhere in the world, claims marketing manager Shoei Lam. "It costs US$3.95 FOB Hong Kong for the RoHS-compliant version and US$3.65 for the non-compliant model," she adds.
Equally useful is Totex's Wine Courier, which holds two bottles of wine and two glasses and can even accommodate chilly packs to ensure that the wine remains at a respectable temperature.
The Wine Courier comes with a shoulder strap and both the strap and case can be customised with a private label, Lam advises. "The Wine Courier currently costs about US$6 per piece FOB Hong Kong, but price depends on the quantity ordered," Lam adds, noting that delivery is four weeks after order confirmation.
Taking the tedium out of travel is the specialty of Mekosonic Enterprises Ltd, which manufactures the Meko 109A 7-in-1 travelling game set that costs US$5-6 FOB Hong Kong. "The Meko 109A comes with a variety of traditional games that appeal to any age, all packaged in a handy zipped set," explains marketing executive Vincent Yau. "It's an ideal travelling companion as it requires no batteries."
Mekosonic also appeals to space-age tastes with the Meko 189 radio-controlled travelling clock, which will automatically tune into a broadcast signal and adjust itself to the local time in countries such as the US, Germany and Japan.
"It costs US$4 FOB Hong Kong per piece for a minimum order of 2,000 items delivered 35-45 days after order confirmation," Yau says, adding that Mekosonic's Shenzhen factory is completely integrated and has all production facilities in-house.
Jetsetters will also appreciate the TRV-313 Voice Travel Mate from Genius Link Int'l Ltd, a hand-held machine that can provide an instant audio translation of 12 languages.
"For example, you just input in English and it will speak the translated words," explains project director Benny Pang. "The machine does not use a synthesised voice, but an actual voice that will even mimic the local accent."
Genius Link manufactures the Voice Travel Mate at its five-storey, ISO 9001-certified mainland factory that produces 30,000 items a month for sale in the US, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Japan, Australia, Turkey and Italy.
"The Voice Travel Mate costs US$16 FOB Hong Kong per piece for the RoHS-compliant version and about US$15 for the non-compliant model for a minimum order of 1,000 items delivered 55-65 days after order confirmation," Pang adds, noting that the TRV-313 is exclusive to several countries and is also used by the Cathay Pacific airline.
Travellers keen to safeguard their health will value the MomoKid portable ultraviolet sterilizer that takes just 12 minutes to remove all harmful bacteria, according to Davidcraft HK Co sales manager Benwick Ip.
"Powered by two AA batteries and fully RoHS-compliant, it costs US$4.50 FOB Hong Kong per piece for a minimum order of 3,600 items," Ip adds, noting that Davidcraft exports to North America, Asia and Europe.
Clearly, when it comes to great giveaways busy buyers can't go past the high-quality gifts and premiums produced in Hong Kong.


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Sisters excited to lead women's basketball team
Carissa Lamkahouan
June 15, 2018 Updated: June 15, 2018 9:33 a.m.
1of3Houston Galaxy coach Cheri Montgomery played basketball as a youth, was part of squad that won a state championship for Bay Area Christian School and played two years at Nebraska's Concordia University. "Being able to push these girls and help them accomplish their dreams is what I want to do," she said.Kirk Sides / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of3Houston Galaxy coach Cheri Montgomery speaks to her team during practice. "I really like the strategy part of the game," she said. "It's like a chess match between the other coach and me."Kirk Sides / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
3of3Houston Galaxy coach Cheri Montgomery watches Galaxy players Myriah Hadnot and Brittany Jones participate in a drill at the Pearland Recreation Center & Natatorium as teh team prepares for its season. "I really like the strategy part of the game," says Montgomery, whose sister Florean Craig is the team's owner. "It's like a chess match between the other coach and me."Kirk Sides / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
With four college degrees and 11 years of experience as an operating room surgical technician, Florean "Flo" Craig nevertheless had trouble landing a job after dropping out of the workforce for more than a decade to raise her family.
So, when she saw the chance to purchase the Houston Galaxy, a minor league women's professional basketball team heading into its second season, Craig made the move.
"A friend offered the team to me and I thought, 'Sure, I'll buy it and have something to put on my resume,'" the Friendswood resident said.
She had the perfect head coach in mind — her sister, Pearland resident Cheri Montgomery.
For the sisters, it seems, basketball is life.
Both longtime basketball players who've hit the court together and apart, Craig and Montgomery are once again teaming up with the Galaxy, which has its home court at the Pearland Recreation Center, 4141 Bailey Road.
"We're bringing the sister act back but in a different way," joked Montgomery, 37, referring to her and her sister's time spent hooping it up on their high school team at Bay Area Christian School in League City.
Sister act aside, Craig, 39, said the decision to place Montgomery not only as head coach but as the Galaxy's general manager, as well, is not due to family ties.
"When I bought the team, I knew right away that I wanted Cheri to lead it," Craig said. "She's done a great job of going out and recruiting great talent. I've never seen a person do a better job."
However, Craig did admit that being sisters does offer an advantage.
"I can trust her to do the things that she needs to do for the team, and she can trust me."
Montgomery, who is the varsity basketball coach at Bay Area Christian, has played the game since second grade, garnering a state championship in high school and spending two years playing hoops at Nebraska's Concordia University.
Coach likes the 'chess match'
Along with a longtime love of the game — Montgomery and Craig played youth basketball in Friendswood — Montgomery revels in analyzing her opponents' plays and outmaneuvering competitors.
"I took coaching classes in college, and I really like the strategy part of the game," she said. "It's like a chess match between the other coach and me. This will be a challenge, and I love a challenge. I've already watched all of the games from (last year's season) and I've broken down all the plays so I'm prepared. I'm going to put together plays nobody has ever seen."
Apart from the thrill of competition, Montgomery said she relishes being a part of a community of women athletes.
"Being able to push these girls and help them accomplish their dreams is what I want to do," she said.
Both Craig and Montgomery said the time is right for women's sports to garner a robust following from Houston fans, not least because of the wealth of talent in the Bayou City and surrounding areas.
Heading into its second season this summer, the Houston Galaxy is part of the Women's Minor League Basketball Association, a six-team league. Many players may use the opportunity to gain admittance to European leagues and the Women's National Basketball Association, a network of 12 U.S.-based teams.
Players in the minor league association do not receive a salary, but the cost of their uniforms and travel expenses are covered.
"My goal is to get these girls seen and get them exposed," Montgomery said. "There are tons of great athletes out there but not a lot of WNBA teams right now, so it's time to expand."
Hope for return of WNBA to Houston
Both Craig and Montgomery said they would love to see the WNBA return to Houston. The city saw multiple championships by the Houston Comets before the team floded in 2008.
Montgomery said, "I think right now we're moving in the right direction. This is our time because we as women feel empowered."
Craig echoes her sister.
"It's 2018," she said. "This is the time for women in sports. Women deserve it."
With that in mind, the sisters are working hard to drum up support for the Houston Galaxy ahead of the team's first home game on June 23, recruiting other professional Houston athletes to make appearances at the games and bringing in the disc jockey for the Houston Rockets to provide entertainment.
"We want it to be a big party," Montgomery said.
They've also won the support of big-name sponsors including Don McGill Toyota and Mazzarino Construction and Development.
Of the team's 10 games during this summer season, four will be played in Pearland.
Montgomery and Craig promise fans a good time — and maybe more.
"There's a lot of talent on this team, they're ready and Cheri and I are very competitive," Craig said. "The Dallas Lightening won the championship last year, but I don't think they're going to do it this year."
Admission to games is $10. For more information about the Houston Galaxy or the Women's Minor League Basketball Association, visit www.wmlba.com.
Carissa D. Lamkahouan is a correspondent for the Houston Chronicle.


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Watch live: Gov. Kate Brown's virtual State of the State address
Oregon school bus crashes, driver arrested
FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) — A school bus driver appeared to have nodded off with his eyes closed as the vehicle with 10 children aboard hurtled down a rural highway and, seconds later, went off the road, sending kids tumbling across the aisle and jolting the driver awake.
"I am so sorry," driver Jonathan Gates shouted as terrified students, aged 10 to 16, screamed and the bus rolled to a stop, according to video of the crash released by the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
No one was hurt but Gates, 20, was arrested and accused of driving under the influence, the sheriff's office said. The yellow bus had front-end damage from crashing into a ditch Wednesday morning 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of Portland.
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Story continues below.
In the video, an adult bus aide is sitting in the right-hand front seat, but unable to notice that Gates has his eyes closed. It's not until the bus starts leaving the road that he says, "Hey, hey, hey." Gates then opens his eyes and tries to wrestle the bus under control. More than 20 seconds elapse before the aide turns around and asks if everybody is OK.
The sheriff's office said Gates appeared to be impaired and was arrested for allegedly operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance. A photo released by the sheriff's office showed the handcuffed driver being searched by deputies.
The Forest Grove School District said the children were from elementary, middle and high schools.
It wasn't clear if Gates had an attorney. He was transported to the county jail, issued a citation and released, the sheriff's office said.
The school district said he will undergo a mandatory drug test and be placed on administrative leave while an investigation is ongoing.
WVP Medical Group is sold:Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics buys WVP Medical Group's six primary care clinics
Teen in fatal crash being sued:Mother of 17-year-old killed in South Salem crash sues teen driver for $1 million


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Apple's Mac App Store Wont Feature In App Payments
10:49 am December 10, 2010 By Roland Hutchinson
We have been hearing quite a bit about Apple's new Mac App Store recently, with it expected to launch some time between now and the 20th of January 2011.
The latest bit of news is that at launch, unlike the iPhone and iPad App Store, there will be no in app purchases, this doesn't mean this isn't something that Apple will add at a later date.
Also it looks like games within the Mac App Store will not make use of Apple's Game Centre feature, which was recently launched on iOS devices.
We suspect that these are features that Apple will launch at a later date, just like they did on the iOS platform.
via Slashgear
Updated 16th December 2010.
Apple has now officially announced the Mac App Store launch date.
Apple Mac App Store Launches January 6th
Filed Under: Apple, Technology News


i got a lot of models ripped with normal maps, but i cant find any color textures. can anybody help me?
i tried to rip some of the models but as soon as i opened the files i expected them to be in (the .assets files), UAE crashes! hooray. I'd try UAEBE too, but i'm honestly just lazy.
I love this game, I hope they add more models. I don't know what tools are used to extract these models so I am kinda hopeless on providing models.


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Léon Adolphe Amette, né le  à Douville-sur-Andelle (Eure) et mort le  à Antony près de Paris, est un prélat français, cardinal et archevêque de Paris.

Biographie

À l'issue de sa scolarité, Léon Adolphe Amette entre au séminaire Saint-Sulpice, où il étudie la philosophie et la théologie. Ordonné prêtre en 1873, il devient ensuite secrétaire personnel de l'évêque d'Évreux François Grolleau. De 1889 à 1898, il dirige l'administration de l'évêché d'Évreux en tant que vicaire général.

En 1898, il devient évêque de Bayeux, puis en 1906 coadjuteur de l'archevêque de Paris et en 1908 archevêque lui-même. Au consistoire du , le pape Pie X le crée cardinal avec le titre de cardinal-prêtre de Sainte-Sabine.

Quelques mois plus tôt, en , il menace d'excommunication tout catholique qui assisterait au ballet Le Martyre de saint Sébastien commandé et dansé par Ida Rubinstein, paroles de Gabriele D'Annunzio, musique de Claude Debussy, chorégraphie de Michel Fokine.

Il s'est beaucoup investi dans la construction de l'église Saint-Dominique de Paris et est représenté au tympan sud de cette église dans la semi-mosaïque, réalisée d'après un carton de Marie-Cécile Schmitt, où on le voit remettre les clefs de l'église à saint Dominique. Les armes figurant en bas sont celles de l'évêque. Le prêtre qui est agenouillé à droite est Pierre Rivière, administrateur de la chapelle Saint-Dominique, petit-fils de la princesse d'Arenberg et qui deviendra évêque de Monaco.

En 1906, il habite l'hôtel de Choiseul-Praslin au 48, rue de Bourgogne, dans le  de Paris.

Le cardinal Amette meurt le  et est inhumé à Notre-Dame de Paris, âgé de 69 ans.

Décorations
 Grand officier de l'ordre de Léopold (par arrêté royal du ). L'arrêté et les insignes lui furent remis le  par le ministre de l'Intérieur de la République.

Publications
 1915 : Pendant la Guerre. Lettres pastorales et Allocutions, par S. E. le Cardinal Amette, Archevêque de Paris, Éditions Bloud et Gay, Paris

Hommages
 Une sculpture du cardinal en priant réalisée en 1923 est conservée dans la crypte de la basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre (Paris).
 Un buste du cardinal est installé dans l'église Saint-Léon (Paris).
 Une place de Paris dans le  arrondissement porte son nom, ainsi qu'une école primaire publique.
 Un vitrail figurant ses armes lui rend hommage dans l'église du Cœur-Immaculé-de-Marie de Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine), qu'il avait consacrée en 1911.

Notes et références

Pour approfondir

Bibliographie
 Charles Cordonnier, Le Cardinal Amette, archevêque de Paris. 2 volumes. Paris, 1949.
 Henri Odelin, Le Cardinal Amette, 1850-1920, Paris, 1926.

Liens externes

Évêque de Bayeux
Archevêque de Paris
Cardinal français créé au XXe siècle
Cardinal créé par Pie X
Naissance en septembre 1850
Naissance dans l'Eure
Décès à Antony
Décès à 69 ans
Décès en août 1920
Décès dans le département de la Seine
Grand officier de l'ordre de Léopold
Personnalité inhumée dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris


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Last year we saw significant changes to intestacy rules and trustee's powers introduced by The Inheritance and Trustees' Power Act 2014. Whilst the changes have been welcomed in the main, a client's intentions may not come to fruition without a thorough and regular will review and, in many cases, this should be done in coincidence with independent financial advice.
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A new season in a new league with some new faces. There is much that is different with the UConn women's basketball team this year. But for all that is different, there is a familiar constant – expectations.
The Huskies open the season this afternoon (Saturday) against an old friend – coach Jen Rizzotti and the Hartford Hawks. It is the beginning of what many think will be a familiar ending – a national championship.
Just about eight months removed from an eighth national title, the Huskies are primed for a repeat. And why not? The preseason No. 1 in all the polls, you can put them in any league and it won't change the obvious. Maybe not invincible but somebody is going to have to knock the country's best program off the pedestal because it won't fall on its own.
Where do you want to start with the Huskies? Most opponents will tell you nowhere and head the other way and you can't blame them. But you have to begin somewhere so how about with 6-foot-4 sophomore forward Breanna Stewart, the Most Outstanding Player in 2013 Final Four.
Ah, if only you concentrate on one. Can't happen. There's maybe the country's best shooter in junior All-American Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (17.6)
and 6-foot-5 senior center Stephanie Dolson and you have quartet of candidates for national Player of the Year honors.
But it doesn't end there. It never does with UConn. Brea Hartley returns for her senior year healthy after recovering from an injured ankle last season following an All-American sophomore campaign.
Junior guard Brianna Banks and sophomore guard Moriah Jefferson along with junior center Kiah Stokes and sophomore Morgan Tuck, all with experience, officially put the Huskies into the `loaded category."
The newcomer is 5-foot-9 freshman Saniya Chong from Ossining High School in New York where she averaged 34 points a game.
It is a talented, mature group that has the potential to repeat. To do so it will be against a different schedule. The Big East is now a nice memory. In its place is the American Athletic Conference.
Gone are many of the familiar foes like Georgetown and Syracuse and most painfully Notre Dame which has forged a heated rivalry and even had the upper hand in the rivalry until the NCAA Tournament last March.
Now the opponents carry names like Southern Methodist, Houston, Central Florida and Memphis. It is not all new territory. NCAA championship game foe Louisville, old time nemesis Rutgers and Cincinnati are still around.
But it will be different and the Huskies, a heavy favorite to win the AAC, went out scheduled a formidable list of opponents out of conference. Stanford (Gampel Pavilion), Ohio State (Springfield), California (New York), Duke (Durham, N.C.) and Baylor (Waco) are all on the list, making any trip to a hoped for national championship a harrowing one.
There are a lot of ingredients in place for at the very least another run. But as usual there are plenty of opponents, including old time rival Tennessee, that want nothing better than to defang the Husky.
Nothing is ever automatic but as the season opens up with so much of the new, the old expectations are still there and achievable. As much as it all changes, it stays the same. Expect the Huskies to be around deep into March.


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"Bill W. and Dr. Bob" at Illusion Theater
Bill W. and Dr. Bob is the story of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, but it's also about the friendship between two men who quite literally saved each other's lives, as well the lives of countless others. It's fairly well accepted today that alcoholism is a disease, but in the 1930s when Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith began their program that became known as AA, alcoholics were just drunks who threw their lives away, to the frustration of those who cared about them. Bill and Dr. Bob were both pretty serious alcoholics, on the road to self-destruction, when a chance meeting brought them together. They began a lifelong friendship as well as a movement that has grown to over two million members.
The play begins and ends as an AA meeting ("Hello, my name is Bill W., and I'm an alcoholic"). Bill and Dr. Bob tell their stories, and we flash back to watch their lives play out. Before they meet, the two men lead parallel lives. Both are successful professionals from Vermont whose lives and careers are damaged by drinking, and both have supportive but frustrated wives who suffer because of their husbands' habits. The first act of the play shows us these parallel lives, as similar scenes are played out on opposite sides of the stage in each man's life. The women beg their husbands to quit drinking, they promise to do so, and then go back to their self-destructive ways. Both become involved with a Christian movement called The Oxford Group. With the group's help, Bill is able to stop drinking, but Dr. Bob is a reluctant attendee of the meetings, dragged there by his wife. Bill travels to Akron Ohio on business, and when that business fails, he feels a relapse coming. He reaches out to the local Oxford Group, and is eventually introduced to Dr. Bob. The first act ends with a powerful scene of the two men sharing their similar stories and listening to each other. In the play's second act, Bill moves in with Bob and his wife and helps him get sober. They then decide to try their method on others, and scour Akron for an appropriate drunk. After several failed attempts, they achieve success, and a movement is born. The key to the solution is "talking to another drunk," sharing one's personal experience with someone who understands. Simple really; isn't that what everyone wants, alcoholic or not?
Jim Cunningham and Stephen D'Ambrose
as Bill W. and Dr. Bob
The fantastic six-person cast is led by Jim Cunningham and Stephen D'Ambrose as the title characters. Jim is very charismatic as the determined Bill; it's one of those performances that ceases to feel like a performance by the end of the play - he is Bill. Stephen is appropriately crotchety as Dr. Bob, who finally opens up to Bill, this stranger he's just met. Bill and Bob make a great team, as do Jim and Stephen. As the wives of these two men, Carolyn Pool and Laura Esping illustrate the destructive nature of the disease in terms of family. Your heart breaks for them as they try to help the men they love and can no longer recognize. Rounding out the cast are Kate Guentzel and Michael Paul Levin playing every other character in the world of the play. Kate has some humorous and entertaining moments as everyone from a barmaid to the leader of the Oxford Group. I lost count of how many characters Michael plays, each a distinct character with a different accent and wardrobe, often with a quick change in between.
A really nice feature of this production is the music. Roberta Carlson plays piano between and during scenes, reminiscent of when they used to have piano players in movie theaters. It's not a necessary thing, they could have played recorded music during scene transitions as is often done, but it's a nice touch. Live music makes everything better.
Unfortunately I caught this one at the end of its run - it closes tonight, so if you haven't seen it yet you have one more chance. (Unless you live near Blue Earth, Brainerd, or Fergus Falls, then you can still catch it on tour in April.) I've only recently discovered Illusion Theater, but I have not been disappointed by anything I've seen there. If you missed this one, their next play is another story of an American pioneer - chef James Beard in I Love to Eat: A Love Story with Food.
Labels: Bill W and Dr Bob, Carolyn Pool, Illusion Theater, Jim Cunningham, Katie Guentzel, Laura Esping, Michael Paul Levin, Michael Robins, Roberta Carlson, Stephen D'Ambrose
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Taken by Morris of Lawrence, Kansas, this circa 1870s portrait of a 30ish man is unlike anything in the collection. Rarely do you encounter a studio image that reveals such an apparent absence of concern for striking a pose; he is stylishly dressed, so he isn't someone careless of the impression he makes; perhaps he is exceptionally modest and comfortable with himself. Or it may be he was patiently waiting for the photographer to get everything set and was not aware that the photo was being taken. It is an intriguing image.


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The 2022 Speedway of Nations was the fifth FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. Great Britain were the defending champions having won the 2021 competition.

Both the semi-finals and final were held at Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark, after the initial host Esbjerg was unable to fulfill the contract. Denmark were automatically seeded into the final as hosts.

The first semi-final was won by Australia, with Finland securing the second automatic qualifying spot. Poland won a run-off with Germany to secure the last spot. The second semi-final was won by Sweden, ahead of Czech Republic. Great Britain beat France in a run-off to complete the final line-up.

Australia won the competition after beating Great Britain in the final. Great Britain had top scored during the regular heats, but Jack Holder and Max Fricke beat Dan Bewley and Robert Lambert in the Grand Final to take the title for the first time. Sweden claimed the bronze medal.

First semi-final
  Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens, Denmark
 27 July

Final Qualifier

Second semi-final
  Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens, Denmark
 28 July

Slovakia replaced by Norway after Slovakia withdrew following an injury to their leading rider Martin Vaculík.

Final Qualifier

Final
  Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens, Denmark
 30 July

Grand Final Qualifier

Grand Final

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Over the course of the four years since I've made my debut in Christian historical romance, I'll have created story worlds in colonial Philadelphia, Civil War era & Early American Virginia, turn-of-the-century Michigan, post-Civil War era Kansas and Michigan, and WWII era Michigan. By year five, I'll have published fifteen Christian historical romances and my favorite thing now, in my writing, is to carryover characters from one story world to another. As a hybrid author, I have Indie-published one series (The Christy Family Lumber Camp Series) and have started another (The Christy Cousins Series) but I've been under contract lately for a number of novella collections and published a novel with Barbour Publishing. But I still like to "hang out" with some of the characters I've already developed even when I don't have a series going!
So, what I did, so I could spend more time with my characters from other stories, is go back to some of their parents' stories or to their siblings' or other family members' stories. I'm at the point that my wonderful web designer is going to be making another page for me so we can find favorite characters in a chart where is shows what books the characters are in. Right now, I am writing "The Sugarplum Ladies" which takes place in post-Civil War Detroit/Windsor for The Victorian Brides Collection (Barbour Publishing, September 2017). And I'm carrying over characters from "Dime Novel Suitor" in Seven Brides for Seven Mail-Order Husbands (June 2017) a double ECPA bestseller. And from my Romantic Times Book Reviews Top Pick Inspirational novel, My Heart Belongs on Mackinac Island, I'm carrying over a couple of my heroine Maude Welling's family members into the story as well. Once I complete "Sugarplum Ladies", I'll be writing another novella, set on Mackinac Island in 1896, for the Great Lakes Lighthouse Romances (Barbour, November, 2018) and I'll be popping Maude and her family members as well as Christy family members into that story. And I'm working on another couple of projects that include more time with my favorite characters as secondary characters in stories set on Mackinac Island!
I always love reading stories where characters I've already "met" show up. And spending more time in the same story world allows me to tell about the story world from different perspectives. For instance, in my upcoming release "His Anchor" in First Love Forever from Barbour (April, 2018) Maude Welling's best friend, Sadie Duvall, gets to tell her story. And since she's from an impoverished and difficult background, she views 1895 Mackinac Island quite differently than Maude did in her book. Looking for more of Maude's friends and family—check out my Maggie Award finalist in novellas 2016, The Substitute Bride, where Maude's mother makes an appearance as does another key "mystery" character who plays prominently in My Heart Belongs on Mackinac Island: Maude's Mooring.
GIVEAWAY: Leave a comment about overlapping story worlds for a chance to win a copy of winner's choice of any of my books.
Carrie Fancett Pagels, Ph.D., is the award-winning author of fifteen Christian historical romances, including ECPA bestsellers. Twenty-five years as a psychologist didn't "cure" her overactive imagination! A self-professed "history geek," she resides with her family in the Historic Triangle of Virginia but grew up as a "Yooper." Carrie loves to read, bake, bead, and travel – but not all at the same time! You can connect with her at www.CarrieFancettPagels.com.
Thanx for the guest blog by Carrie Pagels. Sometimes overlapping story worlds are fun! I always want to learn more about my favorite characters. It encourages the reader to follow up on more books from that author. Good for the author and good for the reader. Readers can trust getting a story they will enjoy!
Hi Jennifer! Thanks for coming by! I love to read more about fave characters, too. I think that is why I love series.
I enjoy reading stories that are linked by location or characters. It let us get to know the people and places better.
I am excited about this giveaway!!! I love overlapping stories to see where the characters develop. Thanks for the giveaway!
Kimberly Daniska Villalva sent me this message: Loved your interview! I tried to post a comment about overlapping stories but google wasn't cooperating! :) Just wanted you to know how great your post was!
I LOVE that you are overlapping the stories! Some of my favorite books do that, and it makes me feel like I know the characters better. Really enjoyed this post, and looking forward to one day saying that I have read ALL of your books!
I love to read stories, where a character has been in a previous novel or novella that I've read! Sometimes I have to go back and read the first story to refresh my memory, which is always fun to do.
love overlapping stories. They all seem to come together and flow beautifully.
I LOVE overlapping stories! That way, even when I've finished a story, I don't have to leave all the characters I've come to love behind!
Hi Crissy! Thanks for swinging by all the way from Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula!
Hi MICHELE, I love getting to know a setting from different perspectives and all from the same author usually but some, like Seven Brides for Seven Mail-Order Husbands is fun because all seven of us wrote a small post-Civil War town from our own perspectives.
Hi BECKY! I hope you get to know ALL my characters some day too! Blessings!
Thank you for the interview. I love it when one book overlaps characters and a new series is born. But I like to read them in order. Thank you for the giveaway opportunity.
I love overlapping story worlds, even if you don't make a series out of it, it allows me to "check in" on previous books' characters and get some peace of mind.
I also love stories where those characters I've already met turn up. I also like where authors collaborate with surprise visits from characters from each other's series.


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