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An indictment in the Bronx is an indictment of our city
A few weeks ago I saw a man get arrested at the 23rd St. N/R Station. As two NYPD officers tried to cuff him he broke free of them, and shoved them, shouting ridiculous blather about being treated unfairly and fearing the police. One of the officers pulled his Taser and I thought the man, who looked significantly larger than both of the cops, was going to get Tasered. Instead one of the officers talked him down and he soon put his hands behind his back and allowed the cops to cuff him. A witness told me he was being arrested because he was mentally disturbed and had been on the train tracks.
The cops had every right to Taser the guy, and if I was in their shoes I can honestly say that would have been my inclination. I was impressed with the cops' ability to avoid violence in the situation. Police don't always have that option.
Lost among the media coverage of two terror attacks in England and the U.S. President's declaration about withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, a New York Police Department Sergeant was charged with murder in the Bronx.
Sgt. Hugh Barry responded to a call last October to find a mentally ill woman threatening officers with a pair of scissors. He managed to talk her down and she dropped the scissors, but she then retrieved a baseball bat and swung at the sergeant, who shot her twice. That's a very clear case of an officer being threatened with deadly force and responding appropriately.
But soon after the incident New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and police Commissioner James O'Neill condemned the officer, claiming he violated department procedure by not calling for the Emergency Service Unit or using his Taser. Last week, the Bronx District Attorney filed murder charges against the sergeant.
It's a travesty that should be inciting outrage nationwide. And not because we adhere to some warped notion that all cops are heroes and we should get behind anyone with a badge. This indictment should elicit outrage because Hugh Barry is a human being who has a right to stop someone trying to murder him. This indictment is an affront to decency because #FactsMatter.
New York police are rightfully angry.
The indictment of Sergeant Barry is not the action of a truthful or serious people. It's the action of an ignorant and myopic ruling class that by sacrificing the right innocent people, they can somehow forge a tenuous peace in a volatile society. We've seen this before. Many of the most well-known cases in recent years that spurred large-scale protests and questionable prosecutions were manufactured controversies that didn't stand up to a desultory examination of the facts. In places like Ferguson, Missouri and Staten Island, New York, grand juries correctly rejected politically-motivated criminal charges against police.
But a large segment of the body politic insists that any death at the hands of police fit a certain narrative, a narrative that's been undercut by the facts at almost every turn. Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner O'Neill bought into this narrative despite very clear evidence to the contrary. They would rather appease an extremist activist movement than work to protect our citizens.
If our city still has any respect for the truth, Sgt. Barry will be back on the job by this time next year and Bill de Blasio and Commissioner O'Neill will be looking for work.
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Monorail!
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his idea to put in a light rail that would connect Brooklyn and Queens. With the exception of Red Hook and Sunset Park, his light rail system would not be bringing public transit to places that need it but rather add additional tourist glut and uber-gentrifying cachet to areas already overpriced and tourist heavy.
The idea sounds great at first. The public transit system in New York is abysmal and the outer borough are woefully underserved. To get from Southern Brooklyn to Northern Queens would require a lengthy detour through Manhattan or an epic journey of Byzantine bus transfers that would see you grow old or give up on life before you were halfway there.
The proposed rail runs only along the East River waterfront of Brooklyn and Queens. Some of these areas, such as Astoria, Queens and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, are already served by rail system and there are not too many people commuting between Sunset Park and Astoria.
With our subway dollar stretched thin and the MTA constantly cutting service while increasing fares, de Blasio says he'll rake in the $2.5 billion he needs to build this light rail system from the increase in property tax that will result from the light rail being built. So he'll wring money out of rich people who will somehow welcome this sorry trolley outside their homes and this will help the working class people of Red Hook and Sunset Park commute to Astoria where there are no good jobs waiting for them.
Whatever de Blasio's motives or likelihood of the light rail system coming into being, the issue highlights two central problems of New York City transit: Our transit system is very Manhattan-centric to its own detriment and New York City does not have enough control over its own transit system.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority, though it generally serves New York City, is controlled by New York State. Whatever we need to do here in the five boroughs has to pass through several gatekeepers in Albany. The bureaucracy is twice-removed from the systems it operates, and it shows in every step of the system's operation. The New York City transit system is among the most extensive in the country and it runs 24 hours, but that's more of a remark about how sad the state of public transit is in the U.S.A. rather than a statement about how good New York City's transportation is.
Every weekday morning I give myself an hour and a half to travel 11 miles, and I'm sometimes late. My first day back at work this year after the holidays, it took me more than two hours to get to work, even after I left the subway in disgust in Jackson Heights and took a cab the rest of the way to work.
New York City is comprised of 304.6 square miles and Manhattan comprises only about 33 of them. I have nothing against Manhattan and it makes sense for it to have a large transit infrastructure to deal with commuters going to work every week, but this leaves the most of the city underserved. Even many parts of Manhattan are not well served by the subway system – the Second Avenue subway has been a running joke for decades. They expanded the terrible 7 line so that people can go to the Javitz Center with greater ease – well not with greater ease since it involves having to take the 7 train. That the 7 train is an overcrowded clusterfuck in every way imaginable doesn't seem to be on anyone's radar to fix.
This latest proposal from the mayor looks like it will go the way of so many well-intentioned and poorly planned transit fixes. When it gets built, if it gets built at all, it will be way over budget and of limited usefulness.
I wish I could be more hopeful, but the line as planned will not go into any of the parts of the outer boroughs that are not served by a rail system, so the people still not served by our subways will still be out in the cold, waiting for the bus.
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New York City Eats Activist Mayors for Black Brunch
It is frustrating to see gifted people throw away opportunities and waste their talents, and that's the impression I get when I read about New York City's current mayor, Bill de Blasio. Mayor de Blasio set out to be a more liberal Fiorello LaGuardia but may go down in history as the white David Dinkins.
Our mayor is in trouble because he's pursuing a very liberal activist agenda and New York mayors never really get a mandate to pursue a liberal activist agenda.
The problem isn't that New York City voters aren't liberal, it's that New York City is comfortable enough with its liberal political leanings that the large cultural issues that consume debate in the other parts of the country have long ago been settled here. Gay civil unions in the city started more than 20 years ago. In New York even the Republicans are all pro-choice. New York City's gun laws are among the strictest in the nation (unconstitutionally so in my opinion).
So a liberal Democratic mayor who has big ambitions to make waves on social issues is largely going to be preaching to the converted and, more importantly, not focusing on actually running New York City.
Running the city takes the full attention of City Hall. New York City has a larger population than some states. The New York City Police Department is larger than some nations' standing armies. There is a large public transit system that is at the mercy of the State of New York government, an enormous educational system and a multitude of public services and complexities that need constant management and planning.
When a mayor becomes enamored with causes beyond the very real world applications of running New York, they quickly lose their bearings and earn the city's scorn. This is what has happened with Mayor de Blasio. While he was swept into office with high hopes and a lot of progressive promises, his attempts to be an activist mayor have left the city in need of a no-nonsense manager again.
Our more recent past mayors fell into this same trap. Rudolph Giuliani squandered his political capital on trying to position himself to run for higher office. Michael Bloomberg went off the rails trying to police our diets.
Mayor de Blasio seems to have done himself in on several fronts, but most importantly is that he appears willing to undo the work that Rudolph Giuliani did in cleaning up crime in New York. He voiced support with those protesting the police and let protesters shut down parts of the city. His treatment of the police has been so shoddy that cops turned their back on him en masse when officers were killed in Brooklyn by a #BlackLivesMatter-inspired madman.
This perception doesn't entirely match reality. The crime statistics don't say that New York is sliding into the crime-ridden morass of three or four decades ago. But de Blasio had already painted himself into a corner. He aligned himself early with activists who see racial bias in everything the police do; he doesn't have the luxury of speaking truth to the activists who helped elect him. Not content to simply stop traffic in protesting the police, the #BlackLivesMatter movement started targeting diners in restaurants that they deemed "white spaces" in BlackBrunchNYC protests.
As a parent of girls whom I expect to enter the New York City public schools, de Blasio's efforts to degrade the standards on gifted programs and elite high schools terrify me. The best defense for my girls' future will happen in 2017 when we get a chance to make Bill de Blasio a one-term mayor.
Boycotting the Irish
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that he won't be attending the St. Patrick's Day Parade because the parade does not let gay organizations march under their own banners.
The statement made the news, though it was not likely de Blasio's intention to do so. He mentioned it in response to a question at a news conference he had called to announce the appointment of a deputy mayor. But the press likes controversy over cultural issues a lot more than rudimentary announcements of mayoral appointments, so there you have it.
The St. Patrick's Day Parade does not outlaw gays. There's no marshal on Fifth Avenue with a Shamrock Gaydar device pulling alleged homosexuals out of the parade. The St. Patrick's Day Parade is organized by the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The AOH is religiously Catholic and since the Catholic Church, like almost every other major religion, considers homosexual acts sinful, it doesn't want openly gay groups marching under their own banner.
I agree that the Ancient Order of Hibernians should allow gay Irish groups to march in the parade under their own banner, or at least give them the same consideration they would give to any other Irish group. I'm all for gays, lesbians and any and every other designation under the expanding LGBT nomenclature being treated equally under the law and given full respect and dignity.
But the Hibernians have the right to be as ancient as they like in their attitudes and parade policies. The parade even avoids certain city regulations because the parade predates the American Revolution. I would love to divorce Irish culture from Catholicism and put it on a more secular, nationalist bent. But it's their parade and they can run it as they choose. Likewise, organizers of the gay pride parade can decide they don't want Irish or Catholic gays marching under their own banner. That's their right.
De Blasio is being consistent with his refusal to march in the main parade; he didn't march as a councilman or as Public Advocate for the same reasons. But this consistency is now a problem. He's not a councilman or the Public Advocate anymore. The job description changes when you are mayor. Mayors represent the entire city and to get drawn into battles over ethnic parades should be beneath them. Rudolph Giuliani, a Republican mayor who was pro-gay rights and first legalized same-sex unions in the city, marched in every St. Patrick's Day parade as mayor.
I'm also curious as to how consistently political figures who avoid the mainstream St. Patrick's Day parade are with their insistence on inclusion. There's a Muslim Day Parade and other overtly religious parades that may also disapprove of gays. If they don't have an openly gay group among their marchers, are they verboten also?
Taking the activist left position on everything only paints you into a corner. Though to be fair, there was an effort to convince the Mayor to ban city workers from marching in the St. Patrick's Day parade in their uniforms and de Blasio didn't take that left turn to crazyville.
By avoiding the St. Patrick's Day parade, de Blasio doesn't stand to change anything but lower his own standing. Lots of New Yorkers, Irish or otherwise, will look at him not as a more liberal-minded manager but as the white David Dinkins, involving himself in a well-tread skirmish in an old and tired battle.
A Mayoral Lack of Horse Sense
Several years ago, while visiting the tourist sites in Manhattan around the holidays with some family, we were walking on Central Park South after a stop at The Plaza. As we passed by the line of hansom cabs, my Grandmother remarked that she had never taken a horse-drawn carriage ride through Central Park. My father set about rectifying that at once, and a few minutes later they were on their way in a horse-drawn hansom cab.
My dad's spontaneity and love for our grandmother was admirable and made the day more memorable. If he visits New York next Christmastime, he may not be able to take a hansom cab ride.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged, days before his recent inauguration, to do away with the hansom cabs.
Animal rights activists, including the predictable coterie of celebrity actors, have long denounced the horse-drawn carriages as manifestly cruel. They've been aiming to have the carriage rides outlawed for a long time.
De Blasio was inaugurated with much fanfare from his liberal supporters who are happy to see a Democrat in office once again.
But doing away with the horse-drawn carriages is foolish pandering to a lobby polluted with fringe players and the loss of a fine tradition and lots of jobs. Cruelty to animals is terrible, but animal rights activists are never too far away from taking a hard left turn to crazy town, and outlawing horse-drawn carriages is a fringe activist power-grab that a mayor is supposed to be wide enough to sidestep.
The New York City Police use horses regularly, and there are a few stables that offer horseback riding within the five boroughs. Space for horses is hard to come by in most of New York, but so is space for anything.
Being generous and assuming for the sake of argument that conditions for the horses are bad, the solution is not to outlaw an industry but to improve and regulate the care of the horses. It's not wrong to use horses to pull carts. It's OK to ride horseback and it's OK to ride an elephant and a camel. There are lots of animals that are not suitable for riding, but horses are alright. This is actually common knowledge and the fact that there's a serious debate over banning the industry shows how a more extremist animal rights community has been successful in framing the debate. Luckily the carriages won't go without a fight.
What's more, de Blasio is potentially putting hundreds of working-class New Yorkers, whose Teamsters Union endorsed him, out of work. For a politician who came into office on a platform of fighting for middle and working class New Yorkers with the nebulous pledge of ending "inequality," putting hansom cab drivers out of work is the political equivalent of crapping in an inaugural ball punch bowl. Mayor de Blasio likely knows this, so hence the announcement during the holidays and before the hullaballoo of his inauguration.
There have definitely been drivers who overworked or abused their horses. One driver was even arrested for animal abuse when found to be working a horse that had an infected hoof. But the carriages are regulated and inspected and have been under significant scrutiny for years.
If we let animal rights activists start calling the shots, we'll start on a slippery slope to becoming a city of pathetic vegetarian tree-huggers.
New York Things to Watch in 2014
A New Year is almost upon us, and New York City will have lots of things going on, per usual. Here are some things to watch for, look forward to or get ready to hate in 2014.
New Mayor: Bill de Blasio is the first Democrat elected mayor in New York in more than 20 years. He managed to unite New York Democrats and ran a very smart campaign. He's inheriting a shit show from outgoing Mayor Bloomberg in the form of multiple city worker contracts that have expired. Thousands of city workers have been working without a contract for years and they expect their liberal Democratic mayor to pay up and fast. De Blasio knows he can't give his many supporters everything they want. He's got to walk the tightrope of trying to hold together a liberal coalition that wants to increase taxes on the wealthy without scaring away the rich New Yorkers who provide the city's much-needed tax base.
Super Bowl: The Super Bowl will bring more money to New York City, even though the game is being played in New Jersey at Giants Stadium or MetLife Stadium or whatever corporate behemoth blows a wad of cash to put its name on it by next year. Of course, the powers that be are hard at work making sure that the game will be expensive and less fun than your average Jets or Giants routing that normally takes place there. They have banned tailgating at the game, which is like banning praying in church.
Extended 7 Subway Line: The No. 7 subway line is scheduled to open in June 2014, but the authorities ran a special train just so outgoing mayor Bloomberg could ride it before he left office. It currently runs from Flushing, Queens to Times Square in Manhattan. The extension will run to 11th Avenue and 34th Street, near the Javits Convention Center. As a commuter who takes the 7 train every day to work, I loath this upcoming extension. The 7 train is a crowded clusterfuck of a subway line. Unless the MTA has a magic train fairy ready to plop massive double-decker trains on the line right before the extension opens, they are about to make a bad situation much worse. The silver lining is that it will make it easier for people to get to the Javits Center for conventions. But really, slow-moving tourists who don't know where they're going is not what we really need more of on our subways.
Fulton Street Transit Hub: On the good news end of public transportation grand openings in 2014, the Fulton Street Transit Hub in lower Manhattan may open in 2014. The Fulton Street subway station has been a maze of construction closures for close to a decade now, and some of the improvements are already evident. It has been delayed and scaled down from its original, more elaborate plans, but it will be a vast improvement.
Real Community Organizing: We'll see more real community organizing in New York in 2014, and by community organizing, I mean citizens getting together outside of government institutions to do things for themselves. Most people think of community organizing as people getting together to petition for increased benefits or air grievances of one form or another. But as our fractured city and nation find official institutions continually lacking, more New Yorkers will see the wisdom in doing things for themselves. You'll see more Community Supported Agriculture (not just for hippies anymore), more home schooling (not just for religious fanatics anymore) and the like. New Yorkers are resilient and inventive. That won't change.
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Saudi Arabia and UAE are one of the richest places on this earth because of their massive petroleum resources which they export to many parts of the world. Being one of the richest, it also imports the best quality of goods from the rest of the world. India being one of the prime exporters to these countries and in the run to become a global economy has spread its arm, and there is a very cordial export import relation between India and these two Middle East countries.
According to reports, the average export from India to these countries is around INR 13.94 Billion per month since 1991 till the current year. In 2016-17, the highest amount of goods that Saudi Arabia imported amounts to INR 33.3369 billion.
Saudi Arabia and UAE are amongst the top importers of India. Every year goods amounting to millions are transported to various regions. There is a huge scope for developing an export import business in the below mentioned industries.
India supplies almost 27 – 30 percent of the total import of precious stones, jewellery items, pearls, gem stones, metal as well as golden coins in UAE and Saudi Arabia. UAE and Saudi have a significant market for these products, and as these commodities are expensive goods, the profit margins are high on them. If you are searching for opportunities to trade with these two countries and you have knowledge and experience in the jewelry sector, you can explore these items and built up an export business from India. To set up an export business of precious gemstones and all these items, you need to understand the basics of them. Then contact a certified dealer of these products and fix the supply quantity and the rates.
The initial investment in this business might be a little high as the cost of the gems and the precious metals, and other items are obviously great. So, to have an inventory for supporting smooth supply you need to invest a good amount of money. But if you can run your business properly, then there is the vast scope. The most important thing is to insure the items which you ship them to the destination countries as these are scarce and expensive items, so you need to have extra insurance cover on them.
There is a two way trade that occurs for these items between India and Saudi Arabia and UAE. One of the most valuable items which are exported from India is mineral fuels and bituminous minerals etc. In past 2-3 years, the export percentage of these items was around 2 percent of the full export to UAE and Saudi. If you are already dealing in petroleum in the industry, then it would be easier for you to trade these items to Saudi and UAE.
Setting up this business requires huge investment and also there are various legalities to set up this business. But the profit margins are also overwhelming. To export mineral fuels and oils to Saudi, you need to have terms of payments and delivery ready with you. It has to be agreed upon by both of you that is you and your overseas client.
Proper packaging is necessary for these items, and you need to keep a check on the things on a continuous basis. The amount of export of these articles almost touch 400 million USD per year so if you can grab a fraction of it, then also you can be a successful exporter.
With a whooping $200 million export of products of clothing or apparel, India is one of the tops shipped of these items to Saudi and UAE. India almost covers 3-4 percent of the total export of these items to these countries. In last year, the percent of export of these items from India accounted for 3.3% which is a 13 percent rise from the same period in the previous year.
Moreover, the knit articles account for another $160 million export, so you have a lot of option in choosing the type of material you want to export. But before you start looking for suppliers you need to understand both the market that is in India and UAE. The capital investment or the initial investment is comparatively very less than the above two business ideas and in this business; the main profit comes from the bulk of supplies.
Moreover, the Indian fabrics are demanded all over the world and so in UAE and Saudi because of the rich color textures and the beautiful designs. So, this business has a great potential to boom with time.
Rice is one of the major items produced in India, has a market in UAE and Saudi. Almost 50-60% of rice export is done from India to these two countries. This is one of the most popular export items of India as well. The business opportunity in this item depends on how you supply quality rice to them.
One of the easiest ways to export rice to these countries is to buy and build a good inventory of high quality rice and then ship in bulk quantity. The investment is meager, but the profit margin can grow tremendously as you start sending the bulk amount of rice.
Moreover, there is no obstacle in the supply of rice in India, you can have an abundant supply, and this is the way you can pay the farmers a good amount of the export profit which they deserve.
Aircraft parts and spares is another most important export item from India to Saudi and UAE. Almost $90 million products are shipped every year which comprises 2.5-4 percent of the total export of these items to these countries from across the globe.
This is one of a kind business, and the rareness makes it more profitable. The amount of investment you would require to start exporting these items to Saudi is average, but the profit margin is one the higher side.
The legalities are also very few, and the shipment of the goods is more or less safer as they are hard materials and not perishable. You can either supply these products buying them in bulk, or you can set up a factory and produce these products. Both the options have certain advantages and drawbacks. If you set up a business for producing these items, the initial cost will be too high and the gestation period will be there, but in the long run, it will be profitable as you gain a good amount of market share and good will in the market. On the other hand, if you only do the export business of supplying these items, then the initial investment will be lesser, but in the long run, the growth perspective also dies out as you will be selling someone else's products.
The export business opportunities are there, but you need to scrutinize them keeping all the pros and cons in mind. The Saudi and UAE market is huge, and they have money in hand which they spend. So, if you are determined to start up an export business to these countries, you need to be well prepared with your skills and plans.


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Thomas Pavel
Gordon J. Laing Distinguished Service Professor in Romance Languages and Literatures, Comparative Literature, the Committee on Social Thought, and Fundamentals
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tpavel@uchicago.edu
Doctorat 3e cycle, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris 1971.
Program(s): French and Francophone Studies
Born in Romania, I was educated in my native country and France and pursued an academic career in Canada (University of Ottawa and Université du Québec à Montréal) and the U.S. (University of California, Santa Cruz, Princeton University).
Trained in literature and linguistics, I became interested in the then fashionable structuralist methods, which applied linguistic notions to literary studies. My early work – a book on Pierre Corneille and one on English Renaissance tragedy – examines the structure of dramatic plots with the help of notions developed by Noam Chomsky's transformational grammar. I soon realized, however, that linguistics provides only a limited amount of help and in The Spell of Language: Post-structuralism and speculation (1988, revised edition, 2001), I analyzed and criticized the hasty application of linguistic concepts in the humanities. Since, more generally, it seemed to me that the study of formal structures does not exhaust the richness of literary phenomena, I turned to the study of the imaginary worlds projected by fiction – the topic of the book Fictional Worlds (1986). In L' Art de l'éloignement: Essai sur l'imagination classique ("Art as distance, essay on the neo-classical imagination," 1996), I described the fictional worlds of a single period – that of French neo-classicism – and in La Pensée du roman ("The Thinking Novel," 2003) I studied the evolution of fictional representation in a single genre: the novel, from the Ancient Greek romances to the end of the twentieth century. At present I am working on a book about the way in which literature understands human action and its moral requirements.
My teaching interests are the history of the novel, seventeenth-century French literature, twentieth-century French literature and intellectual life, as well as the interactions between literature and philosophy.
The Lives of the Novel, Princeton University Press, 2013.
Comment écouter la littérature ('How to listen to literature'), Paris: Fayard, Inaugural lesson at the Collège de France, 2006.
La Pensée du roman ('The Thinking Novel'), Paris: Gallimard, 2003. Spanish translation, Madrid: Critica, 2004; Romanian translation, Bucarest: Humanitas, 2008, English version forthcoming.
The Spell of Language. Post-Structuralism and Speculation, University of Chicago Press, 2001. Revised edition of The Feud of Language, Oxford & New York: Basil Blackwell, 1989, published in French as Le Mirage linguistique, Paris: Minuit, 1988, Portuguese translation, Sao Paolo, 1990, Romanian translation, Bucharest, 1994.
De Barthes à Balzac. Fictions d'un critique et critiques d'une fiction ('From Balzac to Barthes. Criticism as Fiction and Criticism of Fiction') with Claude Bremond, Paris: Albin Michel, 1998.
L'Art de l'éloignement. Essai sur l'imagination classique ('Art as distance, essay on the neo-classical imagination'), Paris: Gallimard, 1996. Romanian translation, 2000.
Fictional Worlds, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986. French translation, Univers de la fiction, Paris: Editions du Seuil, coll. "Poétique," 1988. Italian edition, Milan: Einaudi, 1992, Romanian translation, Bucarest, 1994, Spanish translation, Caracas, 1996.
The Poetics of Plot: The Case of English Renaissance Drama, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press ("Theory and History of Literature," vol. 18), 1985.
La Syntaxe narrative des tragédies de Corneille: Recherches et proposition ('The Narrative Syntax of Corneille's Tragedies. Inquiries and Proposals'), Paris: Klincksieck & Ottawa: Editions de l'Université d'Ottawa, 1976.
Fiction, Essays
La sixième branche ('The Sixth Branch') novel, Paris: Fayard, 2003.
Le Miroir persan ('The Persian Mirror'), stories, Paris: Denoël & Montréal: Quinze, 1978, English translation, 1983, Japanese translation, 2003.
Inflexions de voix ('Voice Modulations'), essay, Montréal: Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1976.
Pavel CV

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Don't commit to a storage facility just by looking at their website or by making a phone call. You'll really want to go out to the place yourself to look it over. How easy is it to get to? What kind of security do they have in place? What kind of people make up the staff? Do they seem friendly and competent? Do they keep it clean? Is it well-lit at night? You need to be happy with your choice before writing that first deposit and rent check!
Remember to balance price with value. The cheapest price may not be the best bargain, if their security is lax or low-tech. Be sure to get the full price package before you agree to anything; that includes taxes, late fees, and any discounts for early and/or automatic payments. You should also consider whether they want payments weekly or monthly. And how much of a security deposit they want up front. The rule of thumb is never pay more than one month's rent for the security deposit, because it is often difficult and time consuming to get it back, even with completely honest storage companies.
Many storage facilities have several locations on Long Island. Make sure you check this out, so that if and when you need to visit your valuables it won't be a long and difficult drive. Also remember that different storage companies have different policies on when you can visit your storage unit; some companies allow you access 24/7, but others will require you to call ahead or even fill out paperwork if you want to visit outside of normal business hours.
How Safe Will Your Possession Be?
Probably your biggest concern will be the safety of your personal possession while in storage. Make sure they have CCTV cameras and sensors. There should be security guards on the premises 24/7. Guard dogs are another good precaution – they don't go down during a power failure!
As said earlier, go with a company that makes your storage unit available when you want it/need it. Some Long Island storage facilities are only open during the week, and are shut up tight on weekends. This is not a good idea if you need to get into your unit on a Saturday. Also make sure you check on holidays, as some storage facilities will close up shop for the Fourth of July or New Years. Your best bet is going to be a storage facility that is accessible 24/7, 365 days a year. You may have to pay a bit more, but the total convenience will be worth it.
How helpful is the staff? Do they seem pushy to sell you? Do you feel you can trust them? Do they act and dress professionally? How are their communication skills? If you feel uncomfortable around them for any reason, do not use them! Remember that you are leaving extremely valuable and/or personal items in their charge, so you've got to be able to trust them completely.
Some storage facilities on Long Island will charge you an extra fee if you close your account prior to the end of your contract. Others will start charging 'balloon' payments after the first six months. Make sure you can lock in the amount of your rent when you sign the contract; if they won't agree to this, take your business elsewhere. Some facilities will charge you an extra fee if you visit your storage facility more than five times in a month. Make sure you check all this out by asking if there are any hidden fees or costs that have they have not discussed with you yet. Any hesitation on their part is your cue to go look for a more honest, transparent storage facility.
Always keep in mind the amount of time you think you will need your storage unit. Is it just for a few months or a year, or will it be a long-term need? This can impact your rental agreement. Strive to get a flexible contract from the storage company, one that does not penalize you for early withdrawal. There should always be a guarantee in your contract concerning the physical safety of your belongs while in their storage facility. And make sure they have climate control and air conditioning available. You should physically look inside one or two of their units, to make there are no moist walls or cracked floors where vermin can get in.
If you do it right, you'll find a perfectly satisfactory storage facility on Long Island, for either the short term or for the long run!
A stunning garden has become the most type after add ones to any sort of home. An amazing garden takes several hours of enthusiasm and effort but may be accomplished by not simply gardening gurus but beginners additionally. One of the extremely important gardening strategies for any serious gardener should be to have excellent gardening recommendations. Below are generally some simple gardening tactics to get people started relating to creating your own dream backyard garden.
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Better Path is a virtual coaching program for professionals looking to develop a career action plan that fully captures their strengths, values, and expertise. Quality of life only comes with a happy work life in place and this program is designed to assist you in developing and achieving your long-term career goals.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two Democratic senators have proposed a bill that would return thousands of Iowans living with severe, complex and permanent disabilities back to a state-managed Medicaid program and make other changes to the program privatized three years ago.
Republicans have shown no interest in reversing course on privatization of the health program for disabled and poor Iowans so Democrats say they'll propose ideas to fix some of the most common problems.
Senators Amanda Ragan of Mason City and Liz Mathis of Hiawatha said Thursday their proposal would create independent case management to reduce conflict between Medicaid recipients and the private managed care organizations running the program.
It would also eliminate the need for authorization before seeking substance abuse treatment, a requirement that can delay help and lead to overdoses.
The three companies running the program would be required to seek outside review of denied claims and make it easier for recipients to switch providers.
A Senate subcommittee will consider the bill Feb. 5.


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How St. Anthony of Egypt defeated the devil
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In Hoc Anno Domini
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A lot of you might know about this place, as I have published some reviews about Madhu Mess earlier. If you are looking to have a South Indian breakfast at 5am prepared and served in front of you. Madhu mess is the place to go to, it opens up as early as 4.30 am and serves till 10 am. Check out this video (the video doesnt work in chrome browser) and also read a review published earlier here https://powai.info/2008/04/18/madhu-mess-2/ and YES mouth melting ANDA DOSA is the most famous dish here.
Location: Opp IIT Market Gate in the lane, ask anyone there.
Next article Christmas Carol singing by the Holy Trinity Church Powai choir!


West Music brings to you first-class Orff xylophones from Sonor and Studio 49, empowering budding musicians to create charming songs. Made from wood or fiberglass, these classroom instruments are specifically designed to assist children to develop their musical capabilities. So, whether you're a teacher, parent or professional, review the soprano, alto and bass xylophones that we have for sale.
Xylophones are treasured for the beautiful music they produce, as well as the ease with which one can play them. Teachers, therapists and parents have been turning to Orff xylophones for years, due to the ability to effortlessly add and remove notes, as well the minimal muscle and dexterity required to create sweet melodies. Sold in stand-alone models or table-top sizes, the unique bass and alto xylophones are perfect for music class, marching band performances and concerts. What's more, brands like Sonor and Studio 49 fashion the instruments using attractive woods like pine and rosewood, and take extra measures to reinforce their longevity. Peruse the reasonably priced Orff xylophones of West Music to find the right instrument for your children today!


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The SOUL DIVAS are a female vocal trio who bring all the sweet soul music and the magic of Motown along with the glitz and glamour of the 60's girl groups and other artists from that golden era, such as the Supremes, Aretha Franklin & Tina Turner. They also perform a range of disco classics from the 70's as well as a more modern repertoire covering the hits of Bruno Mars, Pharrell Williams, Beyonce and many more popular artists. This talented, young and sassy vocal group have known each other since school days and this is evident in their unique chemistry onstage. They have great charisma and with their tight knit harmonies and high energy dance routines. This show is guaranteed to have the audience dancing in the aisles!
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A Good news for the PHP Developers, In PHP 5.4 developers will no longer require to go through all the hurdles in setting up an web server in order to develop and test their PHP codes.
PHP 5.4 will have a built in web development server which can be started right inside the same folder where you are developing your project codes.
Till now as of PHP 5.3 developers had to set up a web-server environment such as Apache in order to test all their PHP codes. Not only this, apart from installing the server environment developers also have to configure the necessary modules that come with Apache web server.
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Q: Web Browser Events using MsHTML.h I am using cwebpage integrated into my program. CWebpage information can be found here:
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3365/Embed-an-HTML-control-in-your-own-window-using-pla
My question is regarding events. I currently have this setup to setup click events using get_anchors() in IHTMLDocument2. I then iterate over all of the elements to create a IDispatch in memory. This holds the event information. When an item is clicked, it sends a WM_NOTIFY to the window and then I can handle the event and parse out what I need to parse from the element that was selected.
This all works fine until I run into a page in my software with close to 50,000 anchor tags in which we run out of memory since we hold the events in memory until the the page is destroyed.
Is there a simple way to obtain the clicked element without having to set an event for each individual element? Is it possible to set a click event at a document level and then find the element that tripped it? All I am trying to do is obtain the id of the element that is clicked.
What I've tried:
I tried to just use a WM_LBUTTONDOWN message read in our browser window and then use htmlDoc2->elementFromPoint() to simply get the information that I need from the element selected. This however does not work well if the page is zoomed or wraps.
Please note this programming is in C/C++, not javascript or vb.
Thank you.

A: HTML events "bubble" from child elements to parent elements.  So, you can simply assign a single onClick handler to the IHTMLDocument2 itself, and then use the srcElement property of the IHTMLEventObj object that is given to your handler every time on onClick event is fired by any child element on the page.  See Understanding the Event Model.


Evil is a spiritual battle, well before it is a physical one.
An unidentified gunman barrelled the truck two kilometres through a crowd that had been enjoying a fireworks display for France's national day before being shot dead by police.
The physical cannot even test, let alone defeat the spiritual. The natural is toothless when faced by the supernatural. This earth, this visible universe is not all there is. Reality is not measured by the five senses. Reality lives eternally beyond any mere man's perceptions. Human imagination can not account for all it is unable to see, try as it might. History is heading somewhere. God is in control and He has revealed in His Word, the end-time scenario.
Mankind's skills are as impotent to prevent evil as legislation is incompetent.
Finally, let the mighty strength of the Lord make you strong. 11 Put on all the armour that God gives, so you can defend yourself against the devil's tricks. 12 We are not fighting against humans. We are fighting against forces and authorities and against rulers of darkness and powers in the spiritual world. 13 So put on all the armour that God gives. Then when that evil day[a] comes, you will be able to defend yourself. And when the battle is over, you will still be standing firm.
Be ready! Let the truth be like a belt around your waist, and let God's justice protect you like armour. 15 Your desire to tell the good news about peace should be like shoes on your feet. 16 Let your faith be like a shield, and you will be able to stop all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Let God's saving power be like a helmet, and for a sword use God's message that comes from the Spirit.


Personal aviation craft technology from China. There is also a flying Segway.
World's first passenger drone delivers Christmas gifts! Chinese-made #Ehang184 marks the holiday's festivity with a high-tech aerial delivery.


Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas may have spent this past weekend getting married in two different extravagant ceremonies at India's Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, but since then, the power couple hasn't skipped a beat. And earlier today, the newlyweds stepped out in New Delhi at an event for dating and networking app Bumble, which Chopra recently invested in, to help lead its expansion in her native country, looking as blissful and beautiful as ever.
In addition to Chopra's blinding post-wedding glow, the 36-year-old actress also displayed her freshly-inked bridal henna on her hands and feet, which according to South Asian tradition, typically hides symbols of the groom in the designs (eagled-eye fans have spotted a small guitar on her right hand, which may or may not be a tribute to her pop star husband). After fading down to a pale orange in the weeks that follow the ceremony, when the burgundy adornment starts to get patchy, Chopra (who is always one for a DIY skin solution, as revealed in her Vogue Beauty Secrets tutorial) may very well use one of her culture's time-honored homespun mixes, which can include olive oil, lemon, or salt to remove the remnants.
Equally as eye-catching was the vivid crimson pigment saturating the clean center part that separated Chopra's cascade of dark, chest-grazing waves. In Hinduism, the vivid dash of red powdered dye is called a "sindoor," and is worn daily by many married women in conservative Indian families. Modern Indian brides like Chopra, however, will wear it surrounding their big day to signify to the world that they are, indeed, taken. Additionally, the rich vermillion shade is said to ward of evil and bring prosperity to the marriage.
And always one to celebrate her sacred heritage, as well as play up an above-the-neck color story, Chopra punctuated her customary sindoor and intricate mehndi with complementary punchy hues on the eyes, cheeks, and most strikingly, the lips. Underneath her full, groomed brows were soft washes of terra cotta on the lids, while whisper-light swirls of bronzer sculpted her cheeks. And to further accentuate the neon-bright tones of her vivid part detail, she wore a velvety, deep fuchsia stain on the mouth that was a fitting, sumptuous touch.
Showing no signs of slowing down, may Chopra continue to serve up festive holiday party beauty inspiration as she basks—make that glows—in the aftermath of her and Jonas's grand nuptial celebrations.


Join MODA and Ponce City Market as we talk about innovations in urban agriculture in Atlanta!
So many interesting and innovative urban agriculture efforts are underway in Atlanta! in this discussion, we'll be exploring some of these efforts through the lens of design and innovation in order to understand how individuals and organizations are prototyping, testing, and putting into action ways to make our food system healthier, more sustainable, and more equitable.
Nuri Icgoren, Founder of Urban Sprouts Farm, a formerly foreclosed property that's now a flourishing farm and is becoming home to an urban agricultural hub that serves as an entrepreneurial incubator for food and farming enterprises.
Come early or stay late and enjoy the Farmers' Market at Ponce City Market which runs on Tuesday nights from 4pm - 8pm. And, grab a drink or dinner too!
Seating is limited. Tickets are free, but advance registration is required.


The power take-off is a critical component of a work truck's hydraulic system as it transfers the power of the vehicle's engine to auxiliary components executing a given application. As the power take-off is mounted to the transmission, PTO failure due to neglected maintenance can cause downtime resulting in loss of revenue.
Considering the consequences, it begs the question – why is power take-off maintenance often neglected? As Product Application Specialist Charles Cole explained, part of the challenge of power take-off maintenance is the lack of guidelines for creating a maintenance schedule as there is no set standard due to varying factors that impact the PTO such as load, application type and more. Thus, creating a maintenance schedule must be determined on a case-by-case basis by the fleet's maintenance manager.
Due to this lack of standardized, guiding principles, Cole shares some guidelines he has learned through his personal experiences and tribal knowledge to help others increase the life of the power takeoff. According to Cole, some PTOs may only be used 10 to 15 minutes a week while others may be used 10 to 12 hours a day. Regardless, all PTOs should be checked within a week or two following installation to ensure that mounting bolts have been torqued properly.
These visual inspections should include looking for leaks, checking for signs of wear and ensuring that the hose and wires are secured to the PTO and not rubbing against the transmission or other components – which can lead to fraying and leaks. Beyond visual ques, make sure to listen for any changes in normal sounds during operation as well.
Assuming there are no red flags during a visual or aural inspection, Cole recommends performing the first physical inspection for severe-duty applications after 100 hours of use. If after 100 hours of use extensive wear is noted, physical maintenance should be scheduled more frequently.
Physical inspections can be performed on some power take-offs by removing an inspection cover while others require removing the PTO from the transmission in order to complete the inspection. If the PTO has been removed for inspection, check the gears for unusual wear patterns and the bearings for smoothness or pitting. Presuming the gears and bearings have no issues, replace the gaskets and shaft seal. If the pump is remote mounted, check the drive shaft; otherwise, with a direct-mount pump – periodically clean and grease the pump splines where it connects to the PTO.
As Cole noted, in the end prevention will be the key to reducing the amount of downtime and the expenses associated with a lack of regularly scheduled PTO maintenance.
A certified fluid power hydraulic specialist through the International Fluid Power Society, Charles (Chuck) Cole began his career with Muncie Power Products 36 years ago in 1981. Outside of work, Chuck enjoys water sports, snow skiing, working on cars and spending time at Lake Webster. Chuck is currently engaged and has a son, daughter and stepdaughter.


CYE EARNS ANOTHER CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE - Escape Room Tampa, Florida | Can You Escape?
Tampa, Fl – 28 July 2018 – Can You Escape?, Tampa's largest and highest rated escape room today announced that it has again received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence. The achievement celebrates hospitality businesses that have earned great traveller reviews on TripAdvisor over the past year. With over 1200 guest submitted reviews and a perfect 5.0 average rating, it is no wonder the three-year old establishment has been recognized for excellence.
Can You Escape? is Tampa's #1 escape game provider. The three-year-old company boasts one of the largest escape room venues in the world, hosting up to 75 people per hour and currently operating 7 rooms with 5 unique themes. The venue offers team building groups, families, friends and teams of all sizes the opportunity to Escape from the Office, Escape from London, take the King's Challenge with The Medieval Adventure, be Trapped in a Room with a Zombie, or become FBI agents in the Soviet Spy Room. The concept of escape rooms, also called puzzle rooms or real-live escape games, is the fastest growing trend in attractions worldwide. Teams are locked inside fully themed rooms and have one hour to find the clues, solve the puzzles and figure out a way to open the door. Their popularity exploded so suddenly that TripAdvisor has had to change their algorithms several times because the games were ranking higher than international landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, the British Museum, and the Statue of Liberty. Can You Escape? is proud to be ranked the #1 fun thing to do in Tampa by TripAdvisor users.


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Finally, the cherry on the sundae, so to speak, was when a missing library book I had borrowed was found, right on Shane's desk. The book's barcode is old and faulty, and the book wouldn't scan into the system. I had put the book in the library's book bin, which meant Shane had no idea who had returned the book. But now he knows, and my record is clear, Such a relief!
In the afternoon, my friend Barbara came over for coffee, and she brought chocolate peanut butter cupcakes. Among other things, we talked about the women's suffrage movement and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, two leaders of the movement. They both died before women got the right to vote in 1920 with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. Stanton died in 1902, and Anthony died in 1906.
It made me a little a teary-eyed to think of how they didn't live long enough to see the results of their hard work. It's also a lesson to the rest of us. The improvements to society that we work on, big or small, might not happen in our lifetime, but that doesn't mean we should give up on them.
Sometimes, I think, we are too impatient. We want results, and we want them now. When there are great injustices, this point of view is completely understandable, but the "arc of the moral universe" can be very long indeed. Martin Luther King Jr., who wrote those words, would not live to see the first African-American president. Yet he worked timelessly for civil rights that would allow for the possibility of the first African-American president.
For other people, it might be some other work that benefits the community. I think of Jason, of the blog Garden in the City, and his lovely gardens, a gift of beauty to those who live in his neighborhood. There's Bill, of Practicing Resurrection, who grows and sells organic vegetables. For that matter, there is our own Farmer Kev, who does the very same thing in Winthrop, and his partner Kate, who will be teaching art in middle school this year. This list could go on and on.
And in Gladys Taber's case, her wise words, written in the 1950s, do, in fact, make the world a better place.
Thanks, Johanna, for the very kind words. Kudos to you for being members of Kiva.
It's good to do what we can for our community. Small things add up! I, too, love Gladys Taber's books. I could read them over and over. Her tales of Stillwater never get old.
Thanks for the tpl.org link.
It might indeed be worth becoming a member. And I would just drive by and look at Stillmeadow. Wouldn't want to intrude. I've seen pictures. What a lovely little place! No wonder people loved visiting.


You've already seen/heard the rumors of a Cadillac ATS coupe. And while it may not be difficult to envision a two-door variant of the new Alpha-based compact sedan, casey/artandcolour has rendered such a car — and the rendering looks very realistic, if we may say so ourselves.
As you may have expected, the front end of the vehicle remains the same — with most of the changes taking place in the mid-section and rear-end. In particular, the hips of the rendered coupes look very smooth and flowing — which are anything but on the sharp-edged CTS Coupe.
What do you make of the chop? Sound off in the comments below!
Absolutely gorgeous! Any American who buys a BMW or Audi or M-B over a Cadillac is not only foolish but also treasonous.
Stunning…chic and classy too…this should really push up sales…I see BMW and mercedes coupes and they are so elegnat; this should seal the deal for a lot of us!!!!
May be controversial but I love the CTS coupe. if I had no kids I would dump the Enclave and get the CTS V series.
The above rendering looks nice. Let me repeat that. Nice.
Cadillac needs more than nice. They need stunning.
Then again the sedan ATS is nice. I wish it was a bit more stunning.
I have a CTS Coupe and love the sharp edged design. I was wondering what an ATS Could would look like and this is beautiful even without the chiseled edges. Only thing I would change is give it more if a sail panel in the back like the CTS Coupe.
Right, the C-pillar/sail panel looks way to common. It needs to have some super-style like the 67 Eldorado or the 77 Seville, something distinctive. Or something really cool like the 68 Charger with it's C-pillar "fins." This could be a C-pillar off a Chevy Cruze. I think 2 doors are kind of "1970s" the ATS 4 door is not styled like a stodgy sedan, don't think it needs to be a coupe.
The ATS is distinctive in it's own right; why would it need styling "advice" from cars made 40 years ago?
Because this coupe looks too generic. Using/"bringing back" styling cues from the past, that are associated with the brand brings great results. Think of the 2005 Mustang vs. the 2002 Pontiac GTO styling DISASTER.
Nothing sells cars in the sport luxury segment like dated looks. Just ask BMW how unsucessful they are with the contempory looking 3 coupe. Nobody walks into their showrooms, recognizes the Hofmeister kink and get bubbly nostagia about it.
Furthermore, when did the ATS ever look "generic"? I don't think you even know what generic means; that you may have been trying to say that the ATS looks bland, which it doesn't.
Nobody in the compact lux segment is going to confuse the ATS with anything else.
It is dumb to say if you buy a foreign car and not a caddy it's treasonous. I like having freedom of choice. Not everyone will like caddy styling etc.
I firmly believe that if we Americans want our economy to fully recover we should all be buying American cars and all other products when at all possible. With a few exceptions, GM, Ford and Chrysler offer comparable vehicles to any of the world manufacturers and I consider it to be very patriotic to buy an American car which provides jobs to American workers and keeps corporate profits in America, even if that doesn't always mean buying the superior vehicle. But in the case of the ATS I believe it is the superior vehicle in its class.
Thats right buy American… Obviously there is a reason why people migrated away from American branded, developed and manufactured products, but the whole quality issue is old news. If you even have an ounce of conviction about this you should be seeking out American branded or manufactured products. If you consider yourself American then buy American….
Beautiful. If you squint, it reminds you of a Mercedes–especially the front end.
I've seen this rendering of the ATS Coupe before and thought it stunningly beautiful. There are others out there as well and they look wonderful too. I wonder if Cadillac will surprise us with the real thing at the Detroit show in a few weeks? It would be a shame if they didn't offer the ATS as a coupe as well as a sedan.
This is a prototype, not a GM design….but I think it is going to look super nice…G6..exactly my thought!!!!!
Need to sporty up the grille a touch — maybe a little blacker with gloss black and unique treatment, get rid of the script on the top of the grille. Side profile is nice but a little too plain for my liking…..needs something distinctive — maybe like a little upturn at the back window or a sporty rocker panel ….
It looks very good but could use just a little extra "pop". Tough to tell if it has much head room in the back seat though. I like the cool look of the CTS coupe, but you cannot on occasion fit 2 adults back there and expect them to like you afterwards. A 2+2 in a 2000 lb car is inexcusable imo and needs to be addressed in an ATS coupe.
Beautiful. Cadillac should build this as a true pillarless hardtop. They should also offer the ATS as a convertible and a wagon.
That won't happen- government side crash standards killed the "hardtop" starting back with the 73 Monte Carlo, which invented the "colonade" style. Same complaint on the Dodge Challenger, but that pillar has to be there. They can hide it with glass & trim on the outside, but you are going to hit your head on it getting into the back seat.
No government regulation killed the Mercedes CL, and those have been going since 1992.
It's the market demand. Pillarless coupe are ultra low demand.
absolutely beautiful car, perfect wheels, classy grill, I'll take mine in black.
Way too much G6 Coupe in the back. That's good for the G6, not for the ATS. And does it spell "CADILLAC" across the chrome trim on the upper grille? Tacky at best.
reminds me of a G6 coupe….i dont like it.
The Cadillac ats coupe needs to looks like this……with a more aggressive front fascia and a pillarless design to give it a more open look….make the taillights more LED intergrated…..and Cadillac, you will have you one of the best coupes on the market….dare I say better then the A5 and recently announced 4 series……Cadillac you have to bring your A game in design when it comes to this coupe…..practicality for a sedan….design is for coupes….
Mix practicality and design in a coupe, and you have a winner.


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NYPD officer shot dead and another critically wounded after responding to domestic violence call in Harlem
'Oh, isn't that wonderful': Mayor of St. Louis doesn't flinch when when her press conference on violent crime in her city is interrupted by gunfire
St. Louis mayor Tishaura Jones was speaking to the press about efforts to reduce violent crime when what sounded like gunshots went off
Jones did not miss a beat, barely reacting and sarcastically saying 'Oh isn't that wonderful,' before getting back to the topic at hand
Jones explained that because she was born and raised in St. Louis, the sound of gunfire was nothing new to her
Mayor Jones and Lucas' press conference comes as homicides have gone down in St. Louis City
By Gina Martinez For Dailymail.Com
Published: 09:43 EST, 30 October 2021 | Updated: 09:58 EST, 30 October 2021
The mayor of St. Louis did not flinch during a press conference when gunfire erupted nearby, saying she was unfortunately used to it.
Mayor Tishaura Jones was speaking to the press on Friday about her and Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas' efforts to reduce violent crime following a roundtable discussion about public safety when what sounded like gunfire went off nearby.
But Jones did not miss a beat and sarcastically responded 'Oh isn't that wonderful,' before getting back to the topic at hand.
St. Louis mayor Tishaura Jones' reaction when gunshots rang out during a press conference
Mayor Tishaura Jones (right) was speaking to the press on Friday about her and South City with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas (left) efforts to reduce violent crime
A St. Louis police officer walks past an evidence marker near the scene of a fatal shooting in June
She explained that because she was born and raised in St. Louis, the sound of gunfire barely has an effect on her anymore.
'Well I hear gunshots in my neighborhood every night,' she said. 'My son and I fall asleep to the lullabies in the distance every night cause I'm the first mayor in over 20 years to be born, raised and still live in north St. Louis, and it's unfortunate, yes I heard it, but I didn't flinch because I guess it's a part of my life now.'
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Mayor Jones and Lucas' roundtable with survivors of community violence comes as homicides have gone down in St. Louis.
This time last year St. Louis reported 263 homicides, while the city currently reported 161 so far in 2021, KMOV.com reported.
The same goes for Kansas City, which saw a record year for homicides last year with 156, and is currently at 128 homicides.
After the roundtable Jones reiterated her efforts to remedy the gun violence epidemic by allocating $11.5 million in the American Rescue Plan funding towards violence intervention programs & youth jobs.
'The advocates and survivors I heard from agreed: To improve public safety, we must treat gun violence like the public health crisis it is,' she tweeted. 'We must reverse decades of intentional disinvestment that have left entire communities across our city struggling.'
Jones was previously been accused by Republican leadership in Missouri of trying to 'defund the police' due to her efforts to reallocate $4 million of the St. Louis Police Department's $170 million budget to other services she says will be used to 'support law enforcement,' Fox2.com reported.
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones tweeted about the incident, saying she often falls asleep to the sound of gunshots
Researchers found that gun violence increased in almost every state in America during the COVID-19 pandemic, with midwestern states suffering the largest increases
But despite the lowered homicide rates in St. Louis, there was a sharp rise in gun violence across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic last year, according to a new study.
Researchers from the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, in Hershey, found a 30 percent increase in gun-related injuries and deaths during the pandemic when compared to 2019.
Additionally, 49 of the 50 states saw a spike in gun violence with only Alaska recording a decrease during the first year of the pandemic.
The research team believes stressors caused by the pandemic and the increase in firearm purchases caused the spike in violence that has struck the nation.
There may be other factors tied to the rise in violence, though.
Violent crime has escalated in a number of major U.S. cities, such as New York, Chicago and Minneapolis, since the start of the pandemic, with the murder rate nationwide reaching its highest point since the mid-1990s.
Some law enforcement officers also say a decrease in police presence following Black Lives Matter and Defund the Police protests has allowed to crime to rise.
Shootings across America have not just been the result of gang activity with many being random acts of violence.
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Colombian nationality is typically obtained by birth in Colombia when one of the parents is either a Colombian national or a Colombian legal resident, by birth abroad when at least one parent was born in Colombia, or by naturalization, as defined by Article 96 of the Constitution of Colombia and the Law 43-1993 as modified by Legislative Act 1 of 2002. Colombian law differentiates between nationality and citizenship. Nationality is the attribute of the person in international law that describes their relationship to the State, whereas citizenship is given to those nationals (i.e. those that hold Colombian nationality) that have certain rights and responsibilities to the State. Article 98 of the Colombian constitution establishes that Colombian citizens are those nationals that are 18 years of age or older. Colombian citizens are entitled to vote in elections and exercise the public actions provided in the constitution.

Nationality by birth

Colombia does not grant automatic birthright citizenship. To obtain Colombian nationality at birth, a person must have at least one parent who is a national or legal resident of Colombia.

A child born outside Colombia who has at least one Colombian parent can be registered as a Colombian national by birth, either upon returning to Colombia (for residents) or at a consulate abroad (for non-residents).

Nationality by naturalization
A person who has lived in Colombia as a legal permanent resident for five years may apply for naturalization with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. There are exceptions to the usual residence requirements in some cases, including:

 one year of residence for nationals by birth of a Latin American or a Caribbean country;
 two years' residence for nationals by birth of Spain;
 two years' residence for a person married to a Colombian national or parent of child holding, or eligible for, Colombian nationality;
 five years' residence for foreigners who are not Latin American, Caribbean or Spanish nationals.

Tests
Applicants for naturalization must also pass a test on Colombia's history, geography and constitution. A Spanish-language aptitude test is also required for people who are not native Spanish-speakers.

Those who have a bachelor's degree from a Colombian university or are over 65 years old are exempt from the tests.

Dual nationality
Colombian nationality law acknowledges that a Colombian by birth or by naturalization can also have other nationalities.

Colombians who acquired Colombian nationality by birth cannot be deprived of it under any circumstances, so acquiring another nationality does not in itself result in the loss of Colombian nationality. A person who renounced Colombian nationality may recover it later.

Nevertheless, certain government positions are barred for those with dual nationality. For example, career diplomats may not hold dual nationality as per Colombian law; an individual with dual nationality may be appointed to a diplomatic position, but cannot acquire career rights.

Renunciation of nationality
Colombian citizens can renounce their nationality. The process of renunciation requires the citizen to appear at a Colombian embassy or consulate if the petitioner lives outside of Colombia, or at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs if the petitioner resides in Colombia. To start the process of renouncing Colombian nationality, the petitioner must hold a nationality from a different country.

History
The founding document of Gran Colombia, which included parts of modern-day Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela, was the Colombian Constitution of 1821. It defined as nationals free persons, born in the territory along with their descendants, residents of the country who were faithful to independence, and naturalized foreigners who had been born abroad. According to women's scholar, Charity Coker-Gonzalez, it did not specify the gender of birthright nationals "because it was inconceivable that such a distinction might be necessary". The Constitution of 1830, provided that either fathers or mothers could transmit nationality to offspring, but that to have nationality, a person had to reside in the territory. It also granted nationality to freedmen. At the time Gran Colombia was partitioned into the Republic of New Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela in 1832, the new constitution granted birthright nationality to those born in the territory and descended of nationals of the country. Children born in New Grenada to foreigners or children born abroad to New Grenadian nationals, or former Gran Colombian nationals, were entitled to derived nationality if they were domiciled in the country. The 1832 Constitution also granted nationality to the children of slave women who were covered by the Freedom of wombs laws. By the time the 1843 Constitution was adopted the language was specific, identifying nationals as adult men who had sufficient resources. It also carried provisions that foreign women married to New Granadians were deemed to be naturalized upon marriage.

In 1851 the legislature passed a law fully abolishing slavery in the territory which became effective on 1 January 1852. To clarify that former slaves were no longer obligated to serve their former masters, a second piece of legislation was passed in April 1852. Between 1853 and 1886, states within New Granada, and later the Granadine Confederation (1858-1863) and United States of Colombia (1863-1886), had the authority to adopt their own constitutions and civil codes. Andrés Bello, a professor and legislator, had drafted the Civil Code of Chile in 1855 and at the request of Manuel Ancízar, a Colombian diplomat and politician, copies of the code were sent to Colombia.  Beginning with the adoption of the Bello Code in the State of Santander in 1857, one by one the states of Colombia adopted versions of the Chilean Civil Code, modifying it to make adjustment for local custom. The 1863 Constitution granted nationality to persons born in Spanish America, as long as they resided in the confines of the nation. It made clear that nationality was lost if a Colombian established a domicile and acquired nationality in another country. The constitution did not specifically address women in any of its articles, but excluded them from the right to citizenship and any benefits or obligations derived from nationality. In 1873, the Bello Code became the basis of the national civil code of Colombia. Article 87 of the new Colombian Civil Code provided that wives were required to have the same domicile as their husbands.

The Colombian Constitution of 1886 enacted upon the country's reorganization into the Republic of Colombia reconstructed the country uniting it under the cultural influence of the Catholic faith and the Castilian language. It restricted nationality to three types of nationals. Naturals were those born in and residing in the country to either native-born or foreign parents. Nationals of origin and vicinity were legitimate children born abroad to Colombian parents who were residents of Colombia or those born in Latin America but requested to be Colombian nationals residing in a municipality of the territory. Naturalized citizens were foreigners who asked to adopt Colombian nationality. The 1886 Constitution carried the same provisions for loss of nationality as had its predecessor and remained in force, though it was amended several times, until the adoption of the Colombian Constitution of 1991.

The Naturalization Law (Ley 145) of 1888 provided that men married to Colombian women were given favorable terms for naturalization, reducing the four year residency requirement to two years. It also clarified in Article 17 that wives and minor children (under age 21) derived the nationality of the husband. Two rulings by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the cases of Reyes Gnecco de Dugand (24 March 1888) and Emma Hulsman (1923), negated the requirement for married women to lose their nationality. Colombia passed exclusionary immigration laws beginning in 1922 which barred ethnic groups which were inconvenient for better racial development. In 1935, the country instituted a quota system for immigrants limiting who could come from various countries, and in 1936 exorbitant fees and documentation were required for Bulgarians, Chinese, Egyptians, Estonians, Greeks, Hindus, Latvians, Lebanese, Lithuanians, Moroccans, Palestinians, Poles, Romanians, Russians, Syrians, Turks and Yugoslavs, as well as any Roma person regardless of their nationality.

In 1933, Alfonso López and Raimundo Rivas, the Colombian delegates to the Pan-American Union's Montevideo conference, signed the Inter-American Convention on the Nationality of Women, which became effective in 1934, without legal reservations. Revisions to the Constitution in 1936 recognized some rights for women — access to education, limited administration of family assets, and some role in public duties — though it expressly stated only males over age 21 were citizens. It also eliminated the requirement that children had to be legitimate or legitimized to become nationals and extended the preferential naturalization processes of Spanish Americans to Brazilians. Article 5, addressed the situation when a Colombian woman lost nationality because upon marriage to a foreigner, her husband's country automatically nationalized her, providing that her marriage per international agreement could not cause a change in her nationality. Also in 1936, the Naturalization Law (Ley 22) was revised and Article 17 of the previous code, requiring unified family nationality, was repealed. In 1945, the Constitution was amended again. The new provisions included that citizenship was dependent on nationality and if lost, it could be regained by application. It also specified that all women at least 21 years old were citizens, though they could not vote nor hold elective office. The 1991 Constitution of Colombia allowed dual nationality.

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The Record of a Sneeze Day – February 2, 2023
Record of a Sneeze Day is celebrated on February 2 yearly. Its genesis can be traced to January 9, 1894, when the first motion picture was recognized as a copyrightable work of art. This motion picture was the Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze. They submitted a still photograph of the film's forty-five frames for copyright purposes. Fred Ott is sneezing in this scene. William K. L. Dickson, Edison's assistant and project supervisor for the new motion film, filed a copyright application. The still picture frames were recaptured and reassembled into a moving picture.
History of The Record of a Sneeze Day
Filmed on January 7, 1894, it is known as the Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze and is the first motion picture to be accepted for copyright protection. It was submitted as a still photograph for copyright purposes because it contains 45 frames. In this case, Fred Ott is sneezing. Assistant to Edison and new film project supervisor William K. Laurie Dickson submitted a copyright application. A motion picture was created by re-photographing the still images and then re-editing them."
Experts say there are more than just germs and pollen to blame for an asthma attack. Sneezing can occur more frequently upon exposure to bright light, such as sunshine. One study conducted at the Saarland University Medical Center in Germany discovered that nearly all of the more than 1,000 patients tested in the ENT department exhibited photic (light-induced) sneeze reflexes. The researchers amusingly called this ACHOO (Autosomal Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst).
Humans don't sneeze while they're fast asleep. According to some theories, the body's muscles relax, and reflexes slow down during rapid eye movement. A sneezing fit can last for a long time. The Guinness Book of World Records lists a sneezing fit lasting 976 days. Donna Griffiths set a new record for the lengthiest period of sneezing. During the first 365 days, she had sneezed an estimated one million times.
The Record of a Sneeze Day timeline
The Historical Sneeze
The first copyrighted film in the U.S. is a Thomas Edison film of Fred Ott's Sneeze according to the Library of Congress.
The Anonymous letter
In an anonymous letter, a man claims to have experienced severe sneezing soon following orgasm, leading researchers to discover that the nose has erectile tissue.
The Beginning of a Record Sneezing Fit
Donna Griffith, a 12-year-old Worcestershire girl, starts sneezing continuously on January 13.
Over Nine Hundred Days of Sneezing
On September 16, the 978th day, Donna has her first sneeze-free day.
The Record of a Sneeze Day FAQs
What happens if you sneeze twice in quick succession?
Repeated sneezing is natural. Clearing your nose of an irritant may need an extra sneeze sometimes.
Why does sneezing make us feel good?
Intense muscle contractions release feel-good chemicals known as endorphins, which make the feeling of relief more enjoyable. When you sneeze, you're expressing your desire to scratch an itch; scratching an itch is relieving.
What happens if you don't sneeze at all?
You can amass mucus in your throat and force it back into your Eustachian tubes, which are small channels that connect the throat to the middle ear if you don't cough or sneeze often. When you swallow, yawn, or sneeze, these tubes open to prevent air pressure or fluid from accumulating in your ears.
The Record of a Sneeze Day Activities
Post about it on social media
You can post about it on social media to let people know about the day. You can post it on all your social media platforms to increase your reach.
Research on sneezing
There is so much about sneezing people don't know. You can educate yourself and others about interesting sneezing facts.
Play a game
You can play a game with family and friends to record how many times they sneeze in a day, and the person with the most sneezes or least wins. If you can meet in person, you can record it instead.
5 Interesting Facts About Sneezing
Lights can trigger a sneeze
Even though germs and pollen are the usual suspects, bright lights, including sunlight, can induce bouts of sneezing.
Hundreds of thousands of germs
According to studies conducted at the University of Bristol, sneezes can travel up to 100 miles per hour, dispersing 100,000 germs.
Why there are loud sneezers
Sneezing louder is an effect of larger lungs that can inhale more air, making their sneeze even more audible.
Do not hold it in
Holding your sneeze puts pressure on your nasal passages, which can lead to damaging the blood vessels in your eyes or nose.
Iguanas sneeze the most
Iguanas are the animals that sneeze the most to expel salts from their body as a typical byproduct of digestion.
Why We Love The Record of a Sneeze Day
Helps us stay healthy
Sneezing is a vital aspect of the immune system, which helps us to stay healthy. Sneezing helps to keep your body healthy by emptying your nose of germs and viruses.
Lets waste out
Waste might be expelled from your nose when you sneeze; hence, it is advisable not to pinch your nose when it's time to sneeze. All the hazardous chemicals and bacteria your nose has filtered will stay if you don't let them out.
Rids germs
Sneezing is an effective way to get rid of bacteria. When the nasal mucosa (the tissue that lines the nasal cavity) detects an invader, it might cause a sneeze (such as a harmful virus or triggering allergens).
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Assessment: "I have always had a deep dialogue with President Putin and it is our responsibility to build historic solutions. There is, I think, an openness from President Putin to achieve this." …
In a bid to avert a war over Ukraine, and with energy security high on the agenda, French President Emmanuel Macron is in Moscow on Monday where he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have kicked off what's expected to be "substantive and quite prolonged" talks, as the Kremlin previewed it. Throughout the past weeks of boiling tensions it's largely been Germany and France leading attempts to pursue robust diplomacy, quite apart from constant sanctions threats and talk of military options out of Washington.
"And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer" Rev. 6:2
Macron said in a weekend interview with Le Journal du Dimanche just before flying to Moscow, "The geopolitical objective of Russia today is clearly not Ukraine, but to clarify the rules of cohabitation with NATO and the EU." While during the Putin meeting, no major breakthroughs are expected, given Macron can't make the kind of serious concessions Putin is looking for on NATO or Europe's behalf, there's at least hope it'll cool tensions and offer a further path of dialogue
Macron further said in the interview of the Putin meeting, "We will discuss the terms to de-escalate," but also underscored that "One has to be realistic."
"We will not achieve unilateral gestures, but it is indispensable to avoid a degradation of the situation before we build mechanisms and gestures of reciprocal trust," he added, according to a CNBC translation. "I have always had a deep dialogue with President Putin and it is our responsibility to build historic solutions. There is, I think, an openness from President Putin to achieve this."
On Sunday Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan in interviews with the Sunday news shows claimed that Russia's military could invade Ukraine "any day now".
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Cardamine quinquefolia, the five-leaved cuckoo flower or whorled coral-root, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to an area from south eastern Europe to northern Iran.

Growing to  tall and  broad, this spreading herbaceous perennial produces masses of violet coloured flowers in spring. The Latin specific epithet quinquefolia means "with five-lobed leaves". The whole plant dies down in summer.

This plant is used as groundcover in gardens. It has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It prefers a sheltered spot in full or partial shade.

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Flora of Southeastern Europe
Flora of Iran