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Downing Renewables launches £50m fundraise
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Downing Renewables and Infrastructure : DORE
James Carthew
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust is aiming to raise £50m through an issue of up to 45,669,495 new ordinary shares at 111p per share, and to establish a 12-month share issuance programme to issue up to 250m ordinary shares (less the number issued under this initial issue). Shareholders need to approve these plans.
The net proceeds from the initial issue are expected to be used to repay amounts drawn down under the company's revolving credit facility (RCF), which currently amount to £17.3m, and to pursue the manager's pipeline of investment opportunities, including near-term hydropower, wind and solar assets in the UK, Sweden and Finland..
Hugh Little, chair of the trust, commented: "The company has made excellent progress since its IPO in building a diverse portfolio of renewables projects in the UK and Northern Europe. The investment manager has already demonstrated its ability to deliver value for shareholders ahead of expectations through a series of carefully selected and highly-accretive acquisitions. The company's pipeline, which has in excess of £200m of near-term opportunities, includes hydro, solar, wind, batteries and utilities across target geographies and construction phases. Raising capital to acquire additional assets has the potential to further grow NAV, increase the diversity of DORE's portfolio, and continue to provide stable returns to shareholders."
Investors will be able to invest through an initial placing, open offer, initial offer for subscription and initial intermediaries offer.
The 111p issue price represents:
a premium of 1.98% to the NAV as at 31 March 2022 (unaudited) of 110.1p (less 1.25 pence to reflect the first interim dividend which will be paid on 30 June 2022);
a discount of 1.3% to the closing price on 6 June 2022 of 112.5p
Existing qualifying shareholders will be entitled to participate in the open offer on the basis of 1 ordinary share for every 3 existing ordinary shares that they own. They will also be offered the opportunity to subscribe for additional shares via an excess application facility.
Retail investors may subscribe through the initial intermediaries offer. NB you have to be located in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man to be eligible to participate.
We have written extensively about the fund and have interviewed the managers. The investment manager is in bilateral and/or exclusive discussions in relation to near-term pipeline assets with a total equity value in excess of £200m. They say that there are attractive pricing tailwinds at the moment, noting:
Inflation in 2021 was at its highest for 10 years in the UK and consensus forecasts show inflation remaining high for at least 2023 and 2024. As at 31 March 2022, 65% of the forecast UK revenues of the company's portfolio of assets and 44% of the forecast total revenues of the portfolio are directly linked to inflation.
Power prices in the UK and Nordic markets also increased dramatically in 2021 resulting from increased gas and carbon pricing and demand outstripping supply. Elevated pricing has continued in 2022, predominately driven by the European energy crisis and the war in Ukraine.
Interest rates in the UK have increased sharply in 2022 and in an inflationary environment, it is more likely that interest rates will continue to increase. Other than short term borrowings under the RCF (which will be repaid with the proceeds of the Initial Issue), the group's current borrowings are fixed for the long term and the group is not exposed to changes in interest rates on its borrowing in the UK or Sweden until 2034.
Proposed changes to the investment policy
The circular to approve the plans will also contain proposed changes to the investment policy as detailed below.
increase the technology investment limit from 50% to 60% of gross asset value (GAV) and the geographic investment limit from 60% to 75% of GAV, both measured at the time of investment, until the NAV first exceeds £300m;
amend the definition of GAV for the purposes of the investment policy by using the assumption that gearing of 50% is only in place for uninvested cash and cash equivalents for the group, but otherwise to use actual gearing levels, when determining GAV; and
increase its maximum short-term debt limit from 10% to 20% of prevailing GAV at the time of drawn down (or acquiring) such debt.
The proposed changes to the investment policy have been approved by the FCA, but will require the approval of shareholders in order to be implemented. Further details on the proposed changes to the investment policy will be included in the Circular.
The company is currently targeting quarterly dividends totalling 5 pence in respect of the 12 months ending 31 December 2022. The company adopts a progressive dividend policy taking into consideration the prevailing inflationary environment. Given the nature of the company's income streams, the board expects that this will result in increases to the dividend in the medium term.
Expected timetable
Record Date for entitlements under the Open Offer: close of business on 1 June
Initial Issue opens, posting to Shareholders of the Circular, the Prospectus and Open Offer Application Form 7 June
Ex entitlement date for the Open Offer 8.00 a.m. on 7 June
Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements enabled in CREST and credited to stock accounts of Qualifying CREST Shareholders as soon as possible on 8 June
Recommended latest time and date for requesting withdrawal of Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements from CREST 4.30 p.m. on 15 June
Recommended latest time and date for depositing Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements into CREST 3.00 p.m. on 16 June
Recommended latest time and date for splitting Open Offer Application Forms (to satisfy bona fide market claims only) 3.00 p.m. on 17 June
Latest time and date for receipt of completed Open Offer Application Forms and payment in full under the Open Offer or settlement of relevant CREST instructions 11.00 a.m. on 21 June
Latest time and date for receipt of proxy appointments in respect of the General Meeting 12.00 p.m. on 21 June
Latest time and date for receipt of completed applications from the Intermediaries in respect of the Initial Intermediaries Offer 1.00 p.m. on 21 June
Latest time and date for receipt of completed Application Forms in respect of the Initial Offer for Subscription and, if applicable, Tax Residency Self-Certification Forms, and payment in full under the Initial Offer for Subscription 1.00 p.m. on 22 June
Latest time and date for commitments under the Initial Placing 1.00 p.m. on 22 June
General Meeting 12.00 p.m. on 23 June
Announcement of the results of the General Meeting through an RIS 23 June
Announcement of the results of the Initial Issue 24 June
Initial Admission and dealings in the Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the Initial Issue commence 8.00 a.m. on 27 June
Crediting of CREST stock accounts in respect of the Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the Initial Issue as soon as practicable after 8.00 a.m. on 27 June
Share certificates despatched (where applicable) week commencing 4 July (or as soon as possible thereafter)
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Faithful Frustration
Many of us feel we have all the government we can stand and more than we can afford. We strongly, instinctively react against politics when we consider waste, fraud, corruption, deception, arrogance, misuse of authority, and burdensome taxes. Many people of faith hold this view of politics and government, and they also believe that government in recent decades has contributed to moral decline and the weakening of traditional values.
Anger and frustration toward government today are very high. But if you find yourself frustrated with government, imagine how frustrated we elected officials feel when we try to make government work and often cannot. Time and again, my task is not, as I would wish, to pass needed laws or set up helpful programs, but rather to try to stop bad bills and simply make existing laws and programs work. Often I work to get government to help people, but perhaps even more often I try to keep it from hindering or even harming citizens.
Abortion Hits Home
He told us our twins were not going to live. He recommended an abortion.
"How sure are you, doctor?" I asked.
The doctor said he was pretty sure.
"Like 90, 95, 98 percent certain?"
He replied with a single word: "Yes."
The doctor again recommended an abortion.
In twenty-four hours, we had six consultations with three doctors at two hospitals.
Further tests and a visit with a high-risk pregnancy specialist name Sal Lombardi led to a more hopeful diagnosis. If Nancy could carry the boys several more weeks, Dr. Lombardi told us we might yet take two boys home.
Nancy was the minister of discipleship at a church in Nashville, but the congregation - and many other friends - ministered to her during that time. Her Bible study group met in our little apartment as Nancy went on "modified bed rest." We saw Dr. Lombardi weekly during much of the summer, and finally in late July, he told us to come in daily. Standard protocol at that time had only required visits every third day, but just the week before a couple with triplets had experienced the death of one of their babies, so he changed the protocol with us.
... So, what does this story have to do with you and with politics?
Dr. Sal Lombardi, the high-risk pregnancy specialist who decided that our twins' birthday would not be their death day, graduated from public schools, then went to college and medical school on federally subsidized student loans. He developed his extraordinary expertise by learning from taxpayer-funded teachers in government-funded universities and hospitals.
Dr. Doug Brown, the obstetrician who so skillfully delivered our babies and took care of Nancy, received government-subsidized education and training.
The neonatologists who kept our babies alive also received government-funded education and training, as did many of the nurses whose care was essential for the boys' survival.
The hospital where our boys spent their first four weeks is part of a private university, but it receives literally millions and millions of tax dollars from our government.
But this is only part of how our boys were saved by government and tax dollars.
One of our premature babies was treated with surfactant, which helped his lungs develop so he could breathe and survive. That miracle-working, lifesaving drug was developed with millions of tax dollars made available through our federal government.
The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) where our sons spent their first four weeks was itself an invention made possible and developed with both federal tax dollars and private donations.
Several other treatment techniques, procedures, and medicines that helped save our babies and literally thousands and thousands of others were developed with government funding.
Simply put, if not for the wise and compassionate decisions of men and women in government and the tax dollars paid by us all, my sons would have died. You can see, then, why I am unlikely to agree with any oversimplified depiction of government as evil.
In America, politics selects and controls the governments that save lives - or don't. In America, politics and government are often forces for good. If sometimes they do not do their job as well as they should, then we should participate in the process and make them better.
Campaign Attacks
The ugliest campaign attacks I've endured came when a fellow Christian ran against me. His party's political operatives and some supporters spent many resources not promoting him but attacking my values and character. And this was a campaign between fellow believers.
Some people fear that religious freedom can be abused, and clearly it can be. But we can steer wisely between extremes. We can allow students religious freedom in school without infringing on the rights of others.
We need not wait for another constitutional amendment to protect religious liberty. We just need to use the one we have.
As Christians and as Americans, when we evaluate and vote on issues and candidates, freedom must be a primary concern. We should care about freedom, both at home and abroad, because God does. Political action gives us the opportunity to promote and protect freedom. Faithful politics requires nothing less.
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You can order a starter kit from a place like. These are unique items and can be difficult to find, so we suggest using this opportunity to get one at a discounted price. South Beach Smoke or, vaporFi and start vaping in just a few days. In preparation for upcoming winter nights by the fire, you might even think of investing in some e-cigars or an e-pipe as an interesting alternative to vaping your favorite e-liquids. Labor Day is a day to celebrate workers and all they have done to support the strength and prosperity of the United States. With summer coming to a close, the weather starts to make a turn for the worse. To make it easier on you, E-Cig Brands has a list here of the best vaping coupons in one convenient place: Labor Day falls on the first Monday of every September in the United States, this year it falls on September 3th.
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Covestro has now manufactured the first polyurethane rotor blade for wind turbines in Asia. The 37.5 meter-long rotor blade, which is designed for a wind turbine with an output of 1.5 megawatts, was fabricated with a special polyurethane infusion resin from Covestro and glass fiber mats from Chongqing Polycomp International (CPIC), a leading Chinese glass fiber manufacturer at the Shanghai FRP Research Institute. A vacuum pressure infusion system with continuous degassing, developed by process technology specialist HÜBERS, was used to produce the rotor blade.
Kim Klausen, global head of the Wind Energy Program at Covestro, is much pleased with this new milestone: "It's further proof of the performance and cost advantages of polyurethanes over epoxy resins in wind power generation." The polyurethane resin has very good physical properties, an excellent flowability and it thoroughly wets the glass fibers. Furthermore, less thermal energy is released during its processing than with epoxy resins.
"The faster curing significantly improves productivity," says Kim Klausen, "and that gives manufacturers a major cost advantage." The resin was developed in close collaboration between the Covestro Wind Competence Center in Denmark and the Polymer Research Development Center (PRDC) of Covestro in Shanghai.
Covestro researcher Dr. Chenxi Zhang recently presented the new development at the China Summit Forum 2016 for International Wind Power Composite Materials in Zhejiang. He explained to the more than 500 wind power experts the advantages of the polyurethane system and the progress Covestro has made working together with glass fiber suppliers, process engineering partners and rotor blade manufacturers.
In the latest report on the Chinese government's progress, Prime Minister Keqiang Li called for a higher percentage of clean energy, a move that would encourage the further expansion of wind power systems in China. In this year alone, China is expected to add more than 30 gigawatts to its installed wind power capacity.


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Community Spotlight: Talking Rock in Prescott, Arizona
by Mike Gerrard on July 18th, 2019
With no age restriction, Talking Rock near Prescott in Arizona is an idyllic community for active adults.
Talking Rock near Prescott in Arizona is unusual among communities designed with the active adult in mind in that it has no age restriction. It's also unusual because it features only larger homes—the smallest is almost 2,000 square feet—at a higher price range.
Houses start in the mid $400s and go up into the mid $1Ms, indicating how desirable this community is. The quality of its amenities is another reason why prices are so high.
This joint development between Symmetry and Harvard Investments began in 2002, and there are now 611 single-family homes in this exclusive development. Talking Rock is about a 30-minute drive north of the small city of Prescott, a popular vacation destination in its own right especially for Arizona residents in cities like Phoenix and Tucson.
The smallest homes in Talking Rock are 1,960 square feet and have two to three bedrooms, two-and-a-half to three bathrooms, and a two- or three-car garage. There are 16 models available in all, with the largest providing 2,879 square feet of living space, three bedrooms, either two-and-a-half or three-and-a-half bathrooms, and a two- or four-car garage. There are also some slightly smaller models at 2,665 square feet which offer four bedrooms, for buyers wanting more rooms but less square footage.
Some of the homes also have customizable options. Ranch Cottage models, for example, can have the garage extended to accommodate three cars, while the Outlaw Collection can have a bunkhouse and extra patio space added if desired. Buyers purchasing in the Dorn Homes Collection can customize their finishes.
Talking Rock has both its own restaurant, Morgan's Bar and Grill, and COOP's Coffee Shop, a popular neighborhood gathering spot. The coffee shop also sells groceries and a few other items, though the nearest stores are about a 20-minute drive away. It's also a full-service bar if you want something stronger than an espresso, and it has a book sharing library as well. The restaurant holds regular wine-pairing meals throughout the year—a gourmet experience with the number of places limited to 42 people.
Among the other amenities is the Fitness Barn Center, where residents can take part in several classes including yoga, tai chi, self-defense, spinning, pilates, and indoor cycling. The spa here offers services including massages and facials. There's also water aerobics in the pool.
For sports enthusiasts, Talking Rock has its own 18-hole golf course, with a putting green, a chipping area, and a practice area. There's also an outdoor pool as well as trails for hiking and biking. In addition to horseshoe pits there are courts for tennis, basketball, bocce, pickleball, and shuffleboard. There are also several clubs, including a Hiking Club and a Bike Club.
Another popular feature is the Community Garden. This has twelve plots available, and a lottery is held each year to decide who has them. The only charge is a small fee to pay for water usage. There's catch-and-release fishing for bass and bluegill in the Windmill Pond, though only when the golf course is not being used as it's next to both the 9th and 18th fairways.
One of the greatest advantages of Talking Rock is its location in Northern Arizona. It's a straight 30-minute drive into the center of Prescott, a former mining town that's now a popular tourist destination. It has lots of historic buildings, museums, an eclectic range of shops, and a good choice of restaurants and bars, including the oldest bar in Arizona, The Palace Saloon on Whiskey Row. Prescott also has several scenic lakes on the edge of town with a network of attractive hiking trails.
Talking Rock is also little more than a 10-minute drive from the Prescott National Forest, an area of 1.25 million acres in all with eight designated wilderness areas and dozens of campsites, some with cabins. As well as hiking and biking, the forest also offers horseback riding, climbing, watersports, and fishing. Birdwatchers can keep busy looking for osprey, bald eagles, peregrine falcons, and many other species.
There are countless scenic drives in the forest and elsewhere nearby. One of the best is through the Prescott Valley, heading up and over a zig-zag mountain pass to the small town of Jerome. It's another former mining town, now reinvented as an artistic community with plenty of craft shops, galleries, and places to eat and drink. The community of Talking Rock has a great deal to commend it.


Anway, the first was an early birthday present from one of my dearest blogging friends. When Blair asked me if I would mind one of her quilted bags instead of the tea cosy that we had been talking about, I about spewed my cup of coffe on the computer screen. Did she even have to ask?? I told her I wanted to be surprised and that she could do the picking for me as far as colors and fabrics (I love a little surprise now and then), and man, did she pick the perfect bag for me!
I love every yummy slice of fabric on this bag–from the green cursive alphabet to the tea cups and saucer fabric, to the vintage prints and polka dots. Its wonderful and so exciting to actually have a true blair bag in my posession. And the small details hidden inside make it so unique and special, too.
And to top it off, she sent along some other goodies from the daiso store near her house, including the cutest little "roly-polies"– as we call them in our home– wooden toys for the girls…Thank you Blair. Really– a big thank you.
Awhile back, I came across alicia's wonderful blog after scrolling through the tie one on smock entries. Her simple little linen smock was one of my favorites and when I commented on how much I loved it she offered to make me my very own in exchange for one of my pendants.
I obviously got the better end of the deal, in my opinion. The smock is wonderful! Fits perfectly, even though I'm not wearing it in the picture–I'm too hot, sticky and nasty to pose for a photo right now. I absolutely love it and can't wait to wear it with a little tee and a pair of jeans. Thank you so much alicia!!
And last but certainly not least– this wonderful CD came from Courtney at two straight lines.
When I saw the list of songs she put together for her kid's music swap CD, I knew we must be something like musical soulmates…so she offered to send me a copy. And we love it. Just today, I put it on again in the car and Emma said, "mom, you really like this CD don't you?" That says it all. If I didn't have a crafty/family blog, I'd probably have a music blog. I love music and even more than that, I love discovering new music. So this one is a big score for me.
Thank you so much Courtney. Once I get my act together, I'm going to send you a CD in return. I think you'll enjoy it.
i am a post or two behind but the stitched birds are just beautiful, im about to do some stiching on calico to replace a door on a cupboard…inspiring.
the pattern for the overall is one of those old 50s patterns i picked up from an op shop, those old patterns are so easy.
What great mail! Your little smock and bag will look great together!
Wow, so many lovely birthday pressies. Lucky you!
Waouw ! Lucky you !! All these great mails !! I hope you're fine ?! I wish you a swwet day ! Smooches !!
Gorgeous bag, beautiful smock, deserving Mother!
Early birthday? I hope when it comes its a fun one- you are off to a good start!
Your very own Blair bag, now that is a famous piece of handy-work! So lovely. Hey, I replied to one of your comments on my blog and it came back to me??? Have you had any email troubles? xo.
I am just so glad the smock fits, and I hope you'll enjoy it! And you didn't get the better end of the deal, silly. I LOVE my necklace!


Lakewood Vaad grip on local elections: Is it weakening?
Dividing lines segmented Lakewood in the Nov. 7 General Election. Is Lakewood Vaad authority slipping, or has an organized group of seniors gained steam?
They've been known as Lakewood's kingmakers.
An enigmatic yet influential panel of Orthodox Jewish rabbis and businessmen called the Vaad — Vaad means council in Hebrew — each year has been handing out coveted political endorsements in local and state elections.
The annual message from the Vaad to the Orthodox community is clear: Vote this way.
The message to others is this: The community can be a powerful voting bloc.
But in the aftermath of last week's elections, there's evidence that the Vaad's influence can be checked.
Watch the video at the top of the page for social media reaction to the Lakewood vote.
Across elections the past three years, Vaad-supported candidates in local and county elections swept their contests.
This year, Vaad candidates did well overall, but there were anomalies.
Democratic Gov.-elect Phil Murphy, the Vaad's choice, won the state by 13 percentage points over Republican Kim Guadagno but in Lakewood Murphy could only attain a plurality, outpolling Guadagno by just 114 votes out of 11,496 votes cast.
In the fire district election where the Vaad didn't formally endorse, the winner was a candidate backed by the Senior Action Group (SAG) — an organization that's emerged as a potential challenger to the current political leadership in Lakewood.
In school board races, they'd won write-ins before, but this year fell short when backing Joshua Spiegel.
Does that mean there is a sea change occurring in Lakewood politics?
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Today, during a Press Briefing I've joined in Munich, Agere Systems introduced the version 1 of its "Mobile Content Server (MCS)" which is called BluOnyx. BluOnyx can transfer, stream and share music, videos, pictures, business files to or from mobile phones, digital cameras, digital camcorders, PCs. BluOnyx MCS can access the internet via Wi-Fi or over multiple mobile networks around the globe in the office, at home or on the move.
With a footprint of a credit card and thinner than a Blackberry, the BluOnyx MCS is a highly valuable mobile device for the YouTube generation and consumers that want to access, backup and share their content using broadcast mode or for rapid internet access. This elegantly designed device offers the freedom to display contents on mobile phones, PCs and TV screens.
With dimensions of 90mm x 60mm, the server easily slips into a shirt pocket or purse and features its own (non-removable) rechargeable battery that lasts up to 12 hours. Thickness ranges between 6mm and 19mm, depending in the amount of storage required (1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB flash memory up to 10 GB and 40 GB HDD). The 40 GB version weights about 140 grams, or about half of the weight of a typical smart phone.
Rüdiger Stroh, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Storage Division of Agere Systems, who introduced the system said: "The BluOnyx server deserves to be called a breakthrough as it brings a newfound freedom to consumers through an open platform. We wanted to create a highly mobile device that solves a lot of the connectivity issues consumers have while giving them all the storage they want at an affordable price. Users can have their content with them, exchange content between their various mobile and stationary devices and share their private content with friends in social settings. This capability will finally make a PC just another consumer device instead of the centre of the digital universe." And added that "this device doesn't has a display because it used the mobile phone as the user interface to completely control the BluOnyx".
The BluOnyx server has a sleek screen-free look and is controlled via its owner's mobile phone. Instead of being limited to its own display like many existing products, its contents can be displayed on a mobile phone, PC or TV screen. Any media file format, including MP3, AAC music files as well as MPEG or AVI files, can be loaded onto the BluOnyx. The BluOnyx server is DRM agnostic and can serve up content that can be decoded by a target device with DRM decoding capability.
Access and display personal content carried on the BluOnyx server on cell phone wirelessly (v1 Bluetooth, v2 Bluetooth & WiFi) or wired (miniUSB & SD card slot).
Create a Digital Campfire server which enables point-to-multiple-point content broadcasting and sharing by authorizing access to the BluOnyx server through a mobile phone. In Automotive settings, each person can view and listen to their own content.
Stream videos to one or more mobile phones.
Back up pictures, music, video, emails, personal and business documents and images from mobile phones, cameras and PCs.
Enable access to the Internet for mobile phones and PDAs that are not broadband enabled and can not access the Internet on their own.
Protect content via multiple tiers of authentication and encryption.
Agere Systems has invented and patented the BluOnyx, which is an entirely new product category that overcomes the limitations of existing PC-centric, single-function, closed system portable consumer electronics.
The company is currently in discussions with consumer electronic device makers and mobile phone service providers regarding manufacturing and private labeling unique products based on the BluOnyx server system and industrial design. So don't expect to see the BluOnyx under the Agere Systems brand but but it will be released under carrier name or device manufacture brands later this year. Partnerships wasn't announced today.
The retail price of the v1 BluOnyx server is expected to range from 99 Euro to 250 Euro, depending on memory capacity. Availability can be expected for mid of this year with broader availability during the holiday season.
Version 2 of the BluOnyx, which might be released later this year as well, will even includes W-LAN connectivity to either make the BluOnyx part of your home network or bridge the Internet to your mobile phone using WiFi and Bluetooth.
I'm really excited about the BluOnyx since it offers thousand and one possibilities from streaming to sharing to backup and more. To make the use even easier, BluOnix will include a J2ME Java application which pushes to a connected mobile phone the first time the device pairs with a mobile phone. After, this application is used as the remote to control the BluOnys server. Unfortunately, this "easy to setup" is also the drawback since Agere Systems doesn't plan to support mobile operating systems such as Windows Mobile, Symbian or Palm OS with native remote control applications which means your mobile device needs a J2ME engine and your are stuck with J2ME, even if your smartphone could do way more. So as easy to use this approach is for standard feature phones, it's not supporting smart devices through the smart devices API.
Nevertheless, Agere Systems plans to make the whole device accessible for the developer community and the one or the other developer might come around the corner with further customized applications.
For more information and for expressing your views on you can either visit the BluOnyx BluBlog or the Agere corporate website.
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The new teaser trailer for Deadpool 2 may be a love letter to Bob Ross, but there are plenty of Marvel details and X-Men clues hidden in the footage for fans to catch. The footage of the actual movie - which may or may not actually be called Deadpool 2 - lasts only a few seconds, but going shot-by-shot offers up plenty for fans to speculate on, celebrate, or laugh at some truly inside jokes.
To make sure that the fans of Deadpool, Cable, Domino, and even the mystery villain of Deadpool 2 don't miss out on a single detail, we're breaking them all down. So without further ado, and with a clear warning that some potential SPOILERS may lie ahead, let's get to it.
Look, it may be our desire to see Ryan Reynolds's Deadpool and Hugh Jackman's Wolverine at work (again), but it's hard to imagine any piece of Deadpool marketing that chooses NOT to take a shot at the clawed, super-healing mutant with a famously bad attitude. After the first movie took more than one shot at Jackman - first suggesting that Deadpool performed sexual favors with Fox's biggest X-Men star to get his own movie made, then stapling a photo of the Aussie's face to his own scarred visage - the pair's link was established.
No, Wolverine doesn't appear in the Deadpool 2 teaser in either explicit or concealed form. But Wade Wilson's decision to start off his painting by painting the sky a brilliant shade of yellow seems a little strange... until you remember most of the posters used to market Logan, Fox's most recent R-Rated entry in the X-Men universe. A truly subtle reference to the marketing department's idea of giving Wolverine's final movie a yellow sky aesthetic? We'll take it.
There isn't too much we're able (or willing) to pull out of the choice of landscapes being painted by Deadpool in between shots, since a picturesque cottage could mean any number of locations in both his and Wolverine's history. But it's the shift from Bob Ross homage to actual trailer that has our attention. More specifically, what suddenly appears on the canvas before Wade tosses his paint palette in surprise and blows the segment. Especially since it appears that he didn't paint it at all, exploding in shock when he sets eyes on the design, and beginning to back away.
The image may seem like random paint splotches, but break it down: a large section of red in what looks to be the shape of shoulders and a head. Then within that field of red, a smaller circle - a head, perhaps? - marked with two black eyes, and a splash of white. Some might have read the image as Deadpool's mask at first glance, but it's a poor match. Imagine that red is actually a cape wrapped around and behind the head within, though, and it's a subtle-but-noticable rendition of Mister Sinister. Also known as Nathan Essex, he's been hinted at in the most recent X-Men films, and has a MAJOR connection to Cable (he created him).
Since Sinister's story hinges on time travel, and Ryan Reynolds has teased time travel for Deadpool 2, we think we might be onto something.
It wouldn't be a trailer for Deadpool (or any superhero movie these days, to be honest) without some pyrotechnics and exploding set pieces. And what's the only thing that can make a Marvel explosion better? Easy: a mutant prison break. At least that's what the scene appears to include, based on the guards wrestling with people in yellow jumpsuits, and that the explosions are shattering what look to be plastic containment cells. Which means fans have some theories to spin right off the bat.


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While working at IBM as the first black software engineer in America, my father would occasionally be gone for months at a time on projects that he called "hush hush" or "top secret." When I asked him what he was doing, he would simply say that he was sworn to secrecy about his work.
While working on my book about my dad, I came across a copy of an IBM letter he kept from a manager at Tech Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts to his manager in New York City thanking him for his service. The Cambridge manager lead the Systems Technical Support group for a project named, "CP-67/CMS." The letter was marked "IBM Confidential," the company's highest security classification, though that designation had been crossed out. This opened a floodgate of memories because by what I believed at the time to be a strange set of circumstances, when I worked for IBM, I was one of the few employees working on the successor to the CP-67/CMS project.
Then, I dug further into Tech Square and this chapter of my father's story, and mine, took a really bizarre turn.
In the 1960s, Tech Square was home to a pivotal project in the evolution of modern-day computers, Project MAC (alternately known as the Project on Mathematics and Computation or the Project on Multi-access Computing). Project MAC had its offices on the fifth, eighth, and ninth floors of 545 Main Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts on the MIT campus, in a complex known as Tech Square. IBM's Cambridge Scientific Center (CSC) occupied the fourth floor, while the company's sworn enemy, GE's Cambridge Information Systems Laboratory (CISL), had offices on the seventh. Listed under the innocuous name of R.K. Starling Associates, the Central Intelligence Agency maintained offices on the third floor. When my father left for Cambridge, he worked for CSC.
Project MAC was a significant part of the first project ever funded by a new government agency known as DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). Though no one used the term "internet" in those days, DARPA's principal goal, and thereby Project MAC's, was the development of the fundamental hardware and software that would one-day form the backbone of the internet.
Three essential, abstruse, technological problems had to be solved—intergenerational compatibility, multiple-user computing, and memory limitation. Without solving these problems first there would be no future internet. Both IBM and GE tackled the problems from different directions, and GE won the first round. But IBM came roaring back, largely on the strength of Project CP-67/CMS, and then vanquished GE in establishing the hardware and software architecture that would evolve into the internet.
The importance of what happened at Tech Square cannot be overstated. Without developments there, we would have no Google, nor Amazon, nor Microsoft, nor Apple, nor Facebook, nor Twitter, nor smartphones. The technology billions take for granted every day simply would not exist.
But DARPA did not fund Project MAC for the benefit of humanity or the commercial success of IBM. R.K. Starling Associates had offices on the third floor for a reason: the CIA understood that what emerged from Project MAC would fundamentally alter the nature of how intelligence was gathered, analyzed, and communicated. DARPA funded the project so government agencies, like the CIA, could be in on the ground floor (well, at least the third floor) of this sweeping change. The CIA ultimately became one of the first and largest consumers of the fruits of IBM's success with CP-67/CMS.
At Tech Square, everyone knew each other. Joint briefings and personnel crossovers between the agencies working on Project MAC were common, which led me to ponder whether my father ever worked for R.K. Starling Associates on the floor just below him. While I will, most likely, never know for sure if he did, not long after he left Cambridge, CP-67/CMS morphed into IBM's VM-370/CMS. Along with a specialized group of IBM employees, when I worked for the company, I taught VM-370/CMS to large government and private institutions across North America. Then, at a conference in Miami in the mid-1970s, to help them with this complex, new technology, the CIA tried to recruit me.
For more about this chapter in my father's life, and the history of computers, see Think Black: A memoir, published by Amistad Press, a division of HarperCollins.
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SPCA past capacity, offers half off fees to encourage adoption
By Tiffany Wong
Updated: Jun. 23, 2018 at 9:43 PM CDT
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A recent flux of animals last week leaves Louisiana SPCA overwhelmed with hundreds of pets.
Langston Davis is a new dog owner after immediately bonding with a pup at the shelter.
He says this is something they've been anticipating for some time.
"I overheard them talking about me getting a dog and I ran in there, bloody murder and said, are we gonna get a dog?" Davis exclaimed.
He was among several who took home a new family member, much to the relief of the shelter.
The SPCA is past capacity and struggling to care for all the animals at their shelter.
"Right now we have about 465 animals, so we literally don't have enough kennels to house all the animals we have. So our team is being really creative and they're making makeshift kennels and hallways and trying to find ways that we can adequately house these animals," Alicia Vial said.
Vial says this tends to happen in the summer months.
"A lot of shelters do get full very quickly during these months because breeding season is in the spring. So all those little baby animals are now coming back into shelters. It's summer, there tends to be more owner surrenders," Vial said.
She adds that this sudden influx comes mainly from dozens of owners who recently gave up their pets for a variety of reasons.
"This past week, we've just seen a historic number of animals coming into our care. We had 103 animals this past week and that doesn't even include today, what's going to come in," Vial said.
For those who are not ready to commit, there are other options.
"If you are interested in adopting but aren't 100 percent sure, we do have a really great sleepover program. So you can take that animal home with you know, kind of two days, see how they mesh with your family, and if it's a great fit, you can finalize the adoption. If they're not, you can bring them back," Vial said.
As for Davis and his family, they can't wait to bring home their new addition.
"My dad said there was a small chance I was going to get a dog, and I had no idea it would lead to this," Davis said.
The SPCA says the half of adoption fee ends Sunday. All animals are spayed and neutered, and have all their shots.


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666-5 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Soils as Affected by Addition of Biochar.
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See more from this Session: Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: IV. Stability and Carbon Sequestration Potential
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 3:15 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 360C
Natalia Rogovska1, Pierce Fleming2, Richard Cruse1 and David Laird3, (1)Iowa State University, Ames, IA
(2)National Soil Tilth Laboratory, USDA - ARS, Ames, IA
(3)USDA, Ames, IA
High concentrations of two greenhouse gases, nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2), in the stratospheric ozone layer are believed to be responsible for global climate change. We hypothesize that conversion of biomass to liquid fuel stocks by pyrolysis and returning the biochar co-product to the soil is a mean of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions. We studied the effect of biochar additions to the soil on changes in total soil organic C and emissions of N2O and CO2 during a one-year soil column incubation study. Four rates of biochar 0, 5, 10, and 20g kg-1 soil were applied to Clarion fine-loamy soils. Recoveries of biochar C ranged from 98 to 109% indicating that little or no biochar C was mineralized during incubation. Biochar additions reduced N2O emissions (measured once near the end of the one-year incubation) but consistently increased CO2 emissions (measured 13 times during the one-year incubation) relative to controls receiving no biochar additions. The reduced N2O emissions were correlated with reductions in soil bulk density, suggesting that enhanced aeration of the soil may have contributed to the reductions in N2O emissions. Increased CO2 emissions with biochar additions apparently due to enhanced mineralization of biogenic soil organic matter may partially offset the C sequestered by addition of the biochar. However, increased respiration also implies enhanced microbial activity and nutrient cycling, which could increase plant biomass production and hence the biological fixation of CO2-C through photosynthesis. Biochar may also influence the rate at which organic C from plant and animal residues is transformed into stabilized humic substances. For the studied system, we conclude that biochar additions sequestered large amounts of highly stable C, reduce N2O emissions, and increased CO2 emissions. Understanding the net effect of biochar additions on levels biogenic soil organic C, however, will require additional study.


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Fourhman-Shaull first worked on her own research, then as a volunteer, then as an assistant director before taking on her most recent title as director. She was hired as the assistant librarian in 1992 and promoted to director in 2005, former librarian June Lloyd said.
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"She had this innate personality and ability to get people excited," Mummert said. "She had an incredible recall of information and its location. And I will also remember just her penchant for genealogical research. ...
"She helped others discover their roots."
Fourhman-Shaull authored, co-authored and co-edited multiple books, including "Millers' Tales: The Mills of York County" published in 2010.
"I hold images of (Lila) racing about the library helping someone, or preparing information for a presentation, cheerfully welcoming an out of town visitor or performing any of the many tasks (she did) so well with grace and dedication," Ellie Shoemaker, fellow author and historian, wrote in an email sent to the York Daily Record.
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Delightful cosy owner-maintained stone cottage in a private courtyard. Tranquil North Cotswold village. Log fire. Walk to 2 dining pubs. Close to Moreton in Marsh, Stratford upon Avon and Chipping Campden.
Peaceful. Lots of home comforts. Bathroom+shower room. See more details/photos on website.
We have lived in the same place in the Cotswolds since 1979. In the 'eighties we let our courtyard cottage to holidaymakers from home and abroad, using the pre-internet methods of ads in 'the Lady' and an agent. Then as the job of rearing a brood of four took over we stopped doing this for some years and in 2005 completely renovated the cottage and started again with the magic of the internet. Since then we have been welcoming visitors from all over the world. I also let our own holiday home in Dublin for a limited number of weeks per year and juggle my visits there between my change overs in the cottage here. The cottage and the apartment are entirely managed, maintained and cleaned by us. I like the direct contact that having my own website gives me, I like that my guests are not paying 'service fees' to some big corporation and most of all I like making sure that our cottage and apartment will be exactly what our guests are looking for, and if it is not, I tell them. Instant booking is not for me! I have a facebook page for the cottage and I occasionally post about Dublin on there too. I blog (infrequently) on my website.


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Jill Abramson says she will correct sourcing errors in new book
Friday January 25, 2019 at 5:00am
Ex-New York Times editor said sources 'should have been cited as quotations' in Merchants of Truth after plagiarism accusations
The former executive editor of the New York Times has acknowledged making some sourcing errors in her book Merchants of Truth and says she will correct them.
In an email on Thursday to the Associated Press, Jill Abramson wrote that some page numbers in the sourcing notes needed to be fixed and that some sources "should have been cited as quotations in the text".
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During Harry's first flying lesson, which student has an accident and breaks his wrist?
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West Indies/England 3rd ODI Tomorrow
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WEST Indies and England will face each other in the third ODI in Bristol on Sunday with England having a 1-0 lead following their seven-wicket win in the first game at Old Trafford.
On Thursday, heavy and continuous rain led to the abandonment of the second One-Day International between the two teams at Trent Bridge without a result.
Despite a poor forecast, the proceedings started on time with West Indies opting to bowl first on winning the toss. West Indies opener Chris Gayle was forced out of the game with a hamstring injury.
England openers Alex Hales (10 not out) and Jonny Bairstow (9 not out) started the innings positively with 20 runs in the first two overs. However, with two more deliveries, the play was halted due to rain.
Even though a restart at 13:15 local time was planned by the officials, the skies once again opened up, leading to the abandonment of the game two hours later.
Meanwhile, West Indies coach Stuart Law revealed that Gayle had undergone a scan and is hopeful to be fit in time for the Sunday's encounter.
"Chris has been for scans," said Law. "We don't know the results of them just yet but he tweaked a hamstring in the warm-up. We'll monitor him and see how he's going for Bristol.
"He said he didn't want to risk it, which is fair enough. If you do a hamstring at 38, it takes a bit longer to heal than when you're 18.
"We probably erred on the side of caution, which is probably the right thing, with three more games to play here. Fingers crossed, he'll be okay to take part in all those three."
West Indies squad reads: Jason Holder (captain), Sunil Ambris, DevendraBishoo, Miguel Cummins, Chris Gayle, Kyle Hope, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Ashley Nurse, Rovman Powell, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor and Kesrick Williams.


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Q: Allow bursts of comment flags Instead of a flat rate of no more than 1 comment flag every 3 seconds, change it to something like no more than 5 comment flags every 15 seconds. The overall rate is the same, but by allowing for bursts, it speeds up the workflow of flagging multiple comments that comprised an ill-placed chat session.

Refinement: (based on feedback so far)
These are some use cases for flagging multiple comments:

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*Related chatty comments (as I alluded to above).

*Unrelated comments that happen to be on the same question.

*Related comments that have become obsolete together.

In all cases, there are at least two inefficient workflows:

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*Flag comments slowly, due to a rate limit that doesn't allow bursts.

*Flag the question and type out a description of which comments are problematic. This option is inefficient because you lose the computer-aided mechanism for specifying the comments in question, besides the manual nature of the process in general.

There is an efficient alternative:

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*Flag comments quickly in a burst. Then have the moderation engine flag comments on the same question or answer and present them to the moderator as a batch. This would require two changes: Support bursty flagging (the original proposal of this question) and support batching flags for moderation.

A: As Shadow Wizard already explained, the best thing to do is to custom flag instead of flagging all comments separately.
You have to keep in mind why there is a rate limit: (almost) every flag has to be handled by a moderator, a human being. Would it be fair to allocate so much time from a moderator? Please consider this before flagging a high amount of posts, especially comments.

A: I don't think this is really necessary.
If you have to flag five comments so rapidly, it can only mean all of them are on the same post. So better course of action is to flag the post itself, choose "Other", and ask a moderator to clean the whole comments "thread", no need to flag each of them.
Otherwise, if you have to choose which comments to flag, 3 seconds between each sounds like a very reasonable limit.


It sure took its sweet time.
5 years later and we're still in ZIRP. Big shocker.
I never sold my long-term inflation protected treasury bonds though.
Another long-term theory of mine is that we're trying to combine the deflationary Great Depression and the inflationary 1970s under the hopeful assumption that two wrongs will somehow make a right, lol. Sigh.
Now the Saudis are stepping in to hold oil in $75 to $70 range. I think it will hover within that range for at least another 2 quarters. Who benefits most from this trend: airlines, shipping companies, farmers, etc?


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#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>

#include <internetserver.hpp>
#include <sessiondriver.hpp>

#include "echosession.hpp"
#include "echomaster.hpp"
#include "idletimer.hpp"

EchoSession::EchoSession(EchoMaster *master, SessionDriver *driver) : InternetSession(master, driver) {
  m_master = master;
  m_server = driver->server();
  m_driver->wantsToReceive();
  m_server->addTimerAction(new IdleTimer(m_master->idleTimeout(), this));
  m_lastTrafficTime = time(NULL);
}

EchoSession::~EchoSession(void) {
}

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 * This handles ECHO requests.
 *
 * It simply echoes back what you type at it, a line at a time,
 * unless you type a line that just says "quit" at it, and then it
 * quits, or unless you don't type anything for the timeout period
 */

void EchoSession::receiveData(uint8_t *buffer, size_t length) {
  // If we're in the message body, there's nothing to do but accumulate the data and hand it off
  // to the request for processing.  If we're in the message header, then unpack the line, and
  // check it to see if it's significant to the session, and then pass to the request for
  // processing.  If I don't have a request, then I accumulate a line and use it to create a
  // request.
  m_driver->wantsToSend(buffer, length);
  if (0 == strncmp((const char *)buffer, "quit\r\n", length)) {
    m_driver->server()->killSession(m_driver);
  }
  else {
    m_lastTrafficTime = time(NULL);
    m_driver->wantsToReceive();
  }
}

void EchoSession::idleTimeout(void) {
  m_driver->wantsToSend("It's been too long.  Bye\r\n");
  m_driver->server()->killSession(m_driver);
}


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international affairs Dec. 13, 2013
'Jews Can't Stop' Is the Worst Miley Cyrus Parody Video Yet
By Caroline Bankoff
The world absolutely did not need a pro-Israeli-settlers parody video of Miley Cyrus's "We Can't Stop," but we now have one, thanks to an American Jewish woman and current resident of Israel, Orit Arfa. In a piece called "Jeffrey Goldberg Twerks John Kerry's Butt," Arfa explains that she recently took exception to a Bloomberg opinion column called "John Kerry Is Israel's Best Friend" by Jeffrey Goldberg, who had previously written something that was nominally about Miley. So, she created "Jews Can't Stop."
The spoof features karaoke-style vocals, shots of another young woman pole-dancing on a checkpoint sign, and lyrics such as, "We gonna fight all night/ till we get our birthright," "Everyone in line to make peace/Trying to get a Nobel for peace/We all so fed up here," and "Can't you see it's we who own the land/Can't you see it's we who take a stand." Regardless of your opinion on Israel and Palestine, we think everyone can agree that this thing is not good for anyone.
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'Jews Can't StopÆ: Worst Miley Parody Video Yet


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Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (* 3. November 1828 in Bloxworth, Dorset; † 9. März 1917 ebenda) war ein britischer Pastor und Zoologe.

Leben und Wirken
Pickard-Cambridge studierte zunächst Jura und ab 1855 Theologie an der Universität von Durham und wurde 1860 Vikar und 1868 als Nachfolger seines Vaters Rektor in Bloxworth.

Sein Interesse galt den Vögeln und schließlich auch, nach einem Treffen mit John Blackwall etwa 1854, den Spinnen. Da er eine beträchtliche Anzahl von Spinnen wissenschaftlich beschrieb, wurde er zur weltweit führenden Autorität in der Arachnologie. Unter seinen Beschreibungen waren auch so bekannte Arten der Atrax robustus. Er galt als Autorität für Spinnen aus Großbritannien, bearbeitete aber auch viele Sammlungen aus aller Welt (zum Beispiel Ceylon, St. Helena, Paraguay, Südafrika, Indien, Neuseeland, Kerguelen, Zentralamerika).

1887 wurde er Mitglied der Royal Society.

Octavius Pickard-Cambridge ist der Onkel von Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, der ebenfalls durch die Beschreibung vieler Spinnenarten bekannt wurde.

Schriften
 The Spiders of Dorset. Proc. Dorset Nat. Hist. F.Cl., 1, 1879, S.I-XLI, 1-235, pl.I-III.
Arachnida. Araneida, in: Biol. Centr.-Amer., Zool. 1894, 1895, 1898, 1899

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Anglikanischer Geistlicher (19. Jahrhundert)
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Gestorben 1917
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Ephesians 1:3-8 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
WOW! What a marvelous passage of Scripture that speaks of our reconciliation to God. He chose us. He determined to adopt us. He has lavishly bestowed His glorious grace on us through Jesus Christ. He has redeemed us. He has forgiven us. He has made His will known to us. How do we even find a starting point in all of that? Well, for me, it all starts with forgiveness. If we are going to truly understand the marvel of reconciliation, we must wrap our minds around the amazing concept of forgiveness. My heart is overwhelmed with joy as I think that God, based on the work of Jesus Christ on the cross, can and will forgive us when we humbly confess our sin, and will restore us to perfect relationship with Himself. That, my friends, is truly awesome.
One of my favorite writers and preachers is Charles R. Swindoll. In 1983 he published a book entitled Growing Strong In the Seasons of Life. It is copyrighted by Multnomah Press of Portland, Oregon. Chuck's writing is powerful and expressive, and I want to share with you one of the passages from his book that deals with the issue of forgiveness. I pray that it will touch you as deeply as it has me.
Allow me to present a case in opposition to these destructive and inaccurate accusers. It may be true that you've done or experienced things which would embarrass you if they became public knowledge. You may have committed a terrible and tragic sin that was never traced back to you. You may have a criminal record or a moral charge or a domestic conflict that, to this moment, is private information. You may wrestle with a past that has been fractured and wounded by a mental or emotional breakdown. Futile attempts at suicide may add to the previous scar tissue and increase your fear of being labeled "sick" or "nervous." It is possible that you live with memories, covered now by the sands of time, of an illicit relationship or a financial failure or a terrible habit or a divorce or a scandalous involvement. You feel that any one of these things might mar or cripple your reputation if the dirty details ever spilled on the table of gluttonous gossipers.
But wait a minute. Before you surrender your case as hopeless, consider the liberating evidence offered in the Bible. Take an honest look at men and women whom God used in spite of their past! Abraham, founder of Israel and tagged "the friend of God," was once a worshiper of idols. Joseph had a prison record but later became prime minister of Egypt. Moses was a murderer, but later became the one who delivered his nation from the slavery of Pharaoh. Jephthah was an illegitimate child who ran around with a tough bunch of hoods before he was chosen by God to become His personal representative. Rahab was a harlot in the streets of Jericho but was later used in such a mighty way that God enlisted her among the members of His hall of fame.
Still unconvinced? There's more. Peter openly denied the Lord and cursed Him, only to return and become God's choicest spokesman among the early years of the infant church. Paul was so hard and vicious in his early life the disciples and apostles refused to believe he'd actually become a Christian. . . but you know how greatly God used him. The files of heaven are filled with stories of redeemed, refitted renegades and rebels.
How magnificent is grace! How malignant is guilt! How sweet are the promises! How sour is the past! How precious and broad is God's love! How petty and narrow are man's limitations! How refreshing is the Lord! How rigid is the legalist!
Thanks, Chuck, for the great reminder that none of us lives beyond the reach of God's grace, and that His forgiveness results in complete healing and reconciliation.


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Q: Windows 7 seems to mess up ext4 group descriptors I recently installed Linux Mint Debian Edition - it was installed into a logical partition (formatted to ext4) under a 40 GB extended partition that was previously used as a backup/recovery disk in Windows 7.
It works quite well - the only problem is when I boot to Windows, then next time, Linux won't boot. I then need to use a recovery distro and run fsck.ext4 which detects some problems with group descriptors, fixes them and it's all good again.
My feeling is that Windows tries to mount (and fix / defrag / whatever) that partition which messes it up - I suspect that, because 1) it only happens after I boot to Windows, 2) Windows still displays the old recovery/backup disk D: (although you cannot access it and it doesn't show a free/total space etc.).
Any idea how to fix it?

A: Just a shot in the dark, it could possibly be the listed partition type.
Check the disk with your favorite partition table editor (fdisk, cfdisk, parted, whatever), and check to see if your linux partitions are listed as Windows ones or if they are correctly listed as Linux.  If they are listed wrong, you should safely be able to change this, and it could stop Windows from harassing you.


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Best Documentaries on Netflix
We all wish that this lockdown were finally over, but the truth remains that we have to stay at home and take all the health measures as suggested by the health authorities. I have prepared a list of documentaries that are worth watching.
"The Silence of Others": One of the best documentaries coming from Spain in the last few years. Directed by Aludena Carracedo and Robert Bahar, it narrates what happened to victims of human rights abuses during Franco's regime. Much of the documentary follows the progress of a lawsuit filed in Argentina, whose courts, using a principle called universal jurisdiction, could theoretically step in where Spain would not. This is an excellent documentary and an eye opener!
"Shirkers": A 2018 documentary from Singapore-born Sandi Tan. It won the World Cinema Documentary Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival. In 1992, when Tan was 19, she and and several friends shot at independent film which they titled "Shirkers." But one of them, Georges Cardona, stole the film and the footage disappeared. It was not until 2011, four years after Cardona's death that his ex-wife returned the film, which had been in her possession all the time, to Tan. Tan decided to create something new—a documentary about the making of the film. It consisted of interviews with people who were involved in the original filming and also people who knew Cardona.
"Sad Hill Unearthed": A 2017 Spanish documentary directed by Guillermo de Oliveira which was nominated for the Goya Award for the best documentary film. It has interviews with Clint Eastwood and Ennio Morricone and is set on location where "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" was shot. It features Sad Hill Cemetery, which was the location where Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach had their showdown. It's a great memorialization of the classic 1966 Western.
"Casting JonBenet": This 2017 Australian documentary will surprise you for what it is not. It is not like so many crime shows that analyze famous unsolved murders. Instead, it delves into why it is that we are so obsessed with the death of a little girl and creates countless possible scenarios of what might have happened. The director, Kitty Green, uses a unique approach in that she interviews and films actors auditioning to play the part of the dead girl, her parents, and others who were part of the life and eventual death of JonBenet. She piles all these stories and, in the end, demonstrates that we are incapable of knowing what truly happened.
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A rainy and well known, dull day in London today as described by the Britons. Cold. One of those days when you just want to eat pasta! So, while working, I started to get the idea in my head that I wanted to go and get myself a big pasta lunch! No!!!! Have to save money for the holiday..save…. money!! So instead, while chewing on a dry crackerbread with marmite (exiting, isn't it), I let my mind wander for something nice,tasty and warm that I could make.
I didn't feel like making a plain pasta, I wanted something different. I wanted butternut, but just thinking about the peeling and chopping ( and losing some fingers) I felt even more tired already! However, just thinking about the pure bliss I will experience while eating this lovely, hearty dish, I pushed myself forward to the peeling and chopping I will be doing when I arrive home. So, after getting stuck in the train again (emergency alarm is what they call it now) I really needed a happy meal! Luckily not in the unhealthy sense of Mcdonalds, but not entirely healthy either. So, here we go.
Preheat your oven to 180 degrees celcius. Boil some water in a saucepan and tip in your butternut. Cook it until soft, but still firm. While this is cooking, heat a frying pan and drizzle with some olive oil and garlic. Fry the onions until glassy an add the mushrooms and bacon. Season with salt. Check on the butternut, it should be semi cooked, but still firm. Drain. Add the mixed herbs to the onion and mushroom mixture and mix through. When the bacon is cooked through, pour in your white wine. Let it simmer for about 5 minutes and remove from the heat.
Now grease an oven proof dish. Put in one layer of lasagne sheets. Place your butternut on the sheets and spread them out. You can squash them slighty. Sprinkle with cumin and loose leaves of rosemary. Grind over black pepper. Add another layer of lasagne sheets. Now layer the bacon and mushroom mixture over the lasagne sheets. Layer with lasagne sheets again. Mix the cream and milk together.Now pour over the lasagne sheets. Cover with your aubergine discs as the last layer. Sprinkle with paprika. Now cover it with your grated cheese. Cook in the oven for 45 – 50 minutes. Allow to stand for about 10 minutes after removing from the oven.
so….. It is interesting that my blog entries seem to start more or less the same way – I am exhausted. On the way home on the train, I was reading the paper – there was an article about Londoners being so busy just trying to get somewhere, anywhere with the train and how commuting takes up so much of your time and energy. I am here to say that it is the truth. Therefore, when it is dark and freezing, you need something to look forward to. My little silver lining has always been cooking.. even though I am tired. Tonight however, the hubby had a team night out with his colleagues = no cooking = can't cook for one = lazy dinner. Did I also mention it is my hero's birthday today… yes.. my dad!! Ironically.. I had a little treat in the cupboard so that I can "share" his birthday with him here on the other side of the world. This entry is proudly sponsored by my mom, because she sent me All Gold Whole Green Figs in Syrup.


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The story…..
During World War II, the SS Thistlegorm was a British transport ship loaded with artillery and destined for Alexandria in Egypt. While moored at safe anchorage close to the Suez canal, she was discovered by a German bomber plane.
On the 6th of October 1941, two bombs were dropped which sank the Thistlegorm. Four sailors and five members of the Royal Navy gun crew died and the survivors were picked up by HMS Carlisle. Most of the cargo remained within the ship, the major exception being the steam locomotives from the deck cargo which were blown off to either side of the wreck.
Discovered by Jacues -Yves Cousteau
In the early fifties, the Thistlegorm was discovered by Jacques-Yves Cousteau suing information from local fisherman. He raised several items from the wreck including a motorcycle, the captain's safe, and the ship's bell which has all been documented in his book "The Living Sea".
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Kwabre East MP Must Resign From The Board Of NYA—NDC Group
By Sawadogo Mahmoud
The Kwabre East Chapter of the National Democratic Congress has noted with grave concern the disturbance at the National Youth Authority (NYA) and would like to call on our MP who is the board chair of the Authority to resign honourably to keep the good image of Kwabre East intact.
Hon. Francisca Oteng Mensah who got the highest vote tally of any MP in the 2016 elections was surprisingly snubbed for a ministerial position despite the unprecedented appointment of over 120 ministers and deputies. Many believed the snub was clearly a sign of the President's lack of confidence in our young MP and so he reluctantly appointed her as Board Chair for the National Youth Authority. The Kwabre East constituency is yet to feel any meaningful impact of this appointment.
Last week, we woke up to news of the resignation of one Arnold Boateng, a member of the Board of the NYA. He cited issues that bothered on best practices, inappropriate conduct and actions as the reasons for his resignation but fell short of giving details due to the oath of secrecy he swore as a member of the board. This is a damning verdict on the Hon. Francisca led NYA board and we cannot help but notice the looming scandal at the Authority; one which is likely to bring our MP and by extension our constituency into disrepute.
There is an akan adage that 'woanya hwe amma woase a y3nb) no kr)no'. To wit, 'you should not rob you in-laws if you are unable to give to them'. Our MP has failed to alleviate our plight and/or make any meaningful impact with her appointment as the Board chair of the NYA therefore she must not rob Kwabre East of its good name by overseeing inappropriate conduct and actions at the Authority. We therefore demand her resignation immediately!
The continuous stay of our MP in office as the Board chair of the Authority is a tacit endorsement of the bad practices, misconduct and inappropriate action at the Authority and we refuse as a constituency to be associated with such. Any such failures will be enough justification for the President's snub in the formation of his elephant sized government. We would have none of that; we will jealously guard the good name of Kwabre East as good name is certainly better than riches.
Sawadogo Mahmoud
(Deputy Secretary)
For: SECRETARY


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Recently Anushka Sharma was in the news as she found out her lookalike in American singer Julia Michaels. It was Anushka Shara's fans who helped her found her doppelganger. Now after Anushka Shara, it's Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez who finds her doppelganger in YouTube sensation Amanda Cerny.
@amandacerny I think it's about time you came visited me in Mumbai!! ?
Currently, Amanda Cerny is in Mumbai. She comes here to attend YouTube fanfest which is on March 30. On March 28, she was spotted hanging out with Salman Khan and Jaqueline Fernandes after attending the screening of Salman Khan produced 'Notebook'. The film is starring debutantes Zaheer Iqbal and Pranutan Bahl in lead roles.
Salman, Jaqueline and Amanda clicked selfies together and now their photos are getting viral on the internet. Jaqueline met Amanda in September last year. Her photos that she posted with her that time created a buzz as they look so similar.
Amanda is a popular YouTuber, known for her vines, comedy sketches on her YouTube channel. She has around 24 million subscribers on her YouTube channel.


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July 18, 2014 by Susan
Shirley Kowalchuk is a Winnipeg based writer who began her published career writing for Nurscene Magazine while still in college. One day, after getting back a journalism class assignment, she placed it in a brown manila envelope and sent it to the Inner City Voice where it appeared in the next issue. The article won the Eric Wells Excellence in Journalism Award.
Other publications include Western Living Magazine, the Winnipeg Free Press, Manitoba Travel Guide (Manipeg Publications), and more. She has taken much joy in writing for the North Point Douglas community's newsletter, The Point.
Shirley indulges in the freedom of poetry and playwriting and has produced varied interpretations of local heritage spaces. For almost 2 decades, Shirley has worked summer days as coordinator for the internationally recognized Exchange District National Historic Site, and has worked as a registered nurse.
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