From Jianshui we were heading back to Kunming for our last night of the tour but on the way we'd be stopping at the Stone Forest of Shilin, a collection of volcanic rock formations that had been granted UNESCO World Heritage status and was heavily promoted in the brochure. As we approached the area we saw dark outcroppings of rock emerging from the rich red earth, building up the expectation.
Alas, the park was a bit of a disappointment. The rocks were certainly dramatic but there wasn't much variation and after a (short) while they did start to look mostly the same. The setting was very managed & regimented, well defined paths led through the rocks or areas of (keep off the) grass with no opportunity for finding your own way through the natural display. Once again the tourist groups were accompanied by amplified guides who's artificially loud voices clashed against each other and reflected back from the stone walls. In fact some of the sellers of tourist tat also had their own speakers and I found myself fleeing from the harsh cacophony. Even with a relatively small number of visitors (the park seemed equipped for ten times the number) it felt crowded as everyone was funnelled onto the same paths & routes. Not the celebration of natural wonder I was hoping for.
In a lot of ways China felt like a glimpse into the future (or at least a possible future) with the widespread use of mobile payments & technology, extensive renewable energy, and investment in infrastructure. Both Shilin and Yuanyang felt like another gathering trend, an increasingly urbanised population who want/need very regimented & controlled vacation environments - a set of 'Disney rides' where you go to designated spots, take the same selfies, and share exactly the same, predictable experiences as everybody else. Nobody is disappointed or misses out, a safely average adventure is had by all. A depressing prospect for me but with rising wealth in the world where will all the tourists go?
Leon had managed to organise a replacement hotel for the noisy one we'd stayed in earlier in the trip and the minibus wove through much smaller streets to find it. The rooms were more or less the same but the setting was immeasurably better, facing onto a river with several pedestrian bridges and a small park on the opposite bank. After a nice, long shower I had a pleasant time poking around the new neighbourhood before we assembled for our final group meal. Even the walk to the restaurant felt easier than during our previous visit, was it such a better area or had I found a more comfortable way to deal with the Chinese world? Who can say.
The meal was another splendid feast, made poignant by knowing we'd be off on our separate paths next morning. Leon presented us with beautifully written Chinese equivalents of our names, his calligraphy hobby revealing a high level of skill & artistry. I found myself nominated to thank him for being our guide and managed to pull off an impromptu speech pretty well, if I say so myself. Contact details were exchanged, thanks and appreciations were shared, and slowly we rose and meandered back to the hotel.
I had an early start the next day to catch my return flight but the sound of music drifting over from the park tempted me (and some of the others) over for one last taste of Chinese city life. Several dance groups were sharing a wide paved area, their music overlapping between them, but one in particular caught my attention - a tight circle of maybe forty people doing what looked to me like a dance from the Middle East. Moving behind them I picked up the steps but couldn't find a way to join the circle before the music stopped. Sigh! They looked like they'd be starting up again but a yawn reminded me that I needed to get a few hours sleep before my pre-dawn departure and so I reluctantly walked back to my room and crawled into bed.
A very early start found Leon, myself and two of the others driving out to the airport to catch our early flights. Despite arriving at around 5:30 in the morning the departure halls were filled with throngs of people but we slowly filtered through the check-in queues and security checks and even managed to grab some (Starbucks) coffee on our way to the gate. There were a few nervous moments when our flight was shown as seriously delayed but miraculously this resolved to just a few minutes late as we boarded. The Beijing transfer was (slightly) simpler going out of the country and although we were among the last onto our international flight we made it with (a little) time to spare. Once again the aircraft was quite full and I didn't get much sleep but knowing I was heading home kept my spirits up. On the approach to London over the Thames estuary I spotted a large offshore wind farm which felt in keeping with all the electric vehicles I'd seen in China, the future is happening all around us!
Coming through Heathrow was the easiest I'd ever known it - even the automatic immigration machines worked smoothly - and before I knew it I was waving goodbye to my fellow travellers and plodding to the train station. The rail system matched the airways for punctuality and just short of 24 hours after rising in Kunming I was sinking into my bed at home.
China had been much more of a challenge than my previous visits to SE Asia. Physically there had been more long (4+ hours) journeys in the minibus, more crowds, and fewer parks, temples or natural spots to relax & unwind in. On a personal level the problems in communicating felt very daunting, I managed some non-verbal exchanges but with so little common vocabulary I felt distinctly detached from the local people, far more than I had in neighbouring countries. Chinese speech and (especially) writing is so different when coming from an alphabetic system that it's hard to even make a vague guess, and trying to find a place name on a map felt like a hopeless task of trying to match strings of indecipherable characters. I'd expected more of a Buddhist atmosphere like I'd seen in Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia, not only was this barely present but where there was some spiritual tradition it was strongly Confucian, more concerned with one's relation to society than to god. Or so it seemed to me.
But the positives still outweighed these disappointments. The countryside was often gorgeously beautiful, the food was amazing, and even the cities had begun to grow on me. Despite the crowds there was a real sense of life in them, of active personal engagement everywhere rather than the Western divisions between commercial areas and suburbs. The options for eating out seemed to give a pertinent insight, there were restaurants on every corner that were nice without being overly posh (although I'm sure these existed) where people would engage in shared, social meals as a communal activity. Living with so many others around wasn't something I was used to (even during my days as a Londoner) and it was interesting to see how it might actually work out well.
An unexpected bonus came with the Great Firewall Of China and the severe restrictions on internet access from within the country. My email still worked but I was cut off from most news sources and virtually all social media for pretty much the entire trip. This was rather nice, I sent chatty email letters to friends (21st century postcards) and was blissfully unaware of the World Situation (although I'm sure we'd have heard if aliens had landed). On returning to the infosphere it confirmed that most 'news' is obsolete within a couple of weeks.
The most surprising thing about the trip was how much it felt like visiting a more advanced (or at least more futuristic) society. It wasn't necessarily better - the easily available technology, renewable energy and well-integrated systems butted up against a clearly more regimented and less conventionally democratic society - but it did show a different way of life that rising numbers & wealth may be pushing us all towards.


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There are so many wonderful women to celebrate during Women's History Month. Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Rosie the Riveter, and Amelia Earhart all come to mind almost instantly. With a new election right around the corner, I decided to focus on another prominent women of history: Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
This month, I chose Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote by Tanya Lee Stone. Geared for grades 1-4, this charming book tells the story of a young girl who believed women deserved the same rights as men. Growing up, young Elizabeth heard how men had better lives than women. When Elizabeth witnessed a woman lose the rights to her farm after her husband's death, she decided enough was enough. This inspiring novel will help young readers appreciate their right to vote.
After reading this story, spark some discussion by asking your children which presidential candidate they would vote for. If your kids don't know who Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are, let them come up with their own nominees. (Wouldn't Elsa or Iron Man make a great president?) Make sure your children defend their selection. You could even stage a mock debate in your living room!
I hope you'll enjoy this treasured book. And remember to register to vote for the coming election. After all, it's your right.


New Zealand is home to some of the world's most unique plants and animals, mainly because this beautiful land separated from the rest of Earth's Southern land masses before mammals became a dominant part of ecosystems. Endemic species, such as the New Zealand falcon, evolved for millions of years without any land-dwelling mammalian species present.
New Zealand was a land dominated by birds. Birds hunt using their sense of sight and can fly so it made perfect sense for other birds to nest on the ground or even under the ground instead of up in trees. New Zealand falcons were small fry, and while they hunted for birds they were also hunted by other birds of prey. Falcons across most of the country make their nests in 'scrapes' on the ground so they are protected from aerial attack.
Since the arrival of the first humans in New Zealand, the landscape has changed dramatically. Habitat change and the introduction of land-dwelling mammals have caused major shifts in ecosystems. People have brought rats, hedgehogs, stoats, ferrets and cats to New Zealand, all of which hunt using their sense of smell, their nocturnal vision, and hunt from the ground. Many of New Zealand's unique birds have become extinct since humans first brought land based predators to this landscape, and many others balance on the brink of extinction because of the continual pressure from these pests. Species like the nationally threatened New Zealand falcon have their nests predated so often that very few juvenile falcons manage to leave their nests, and even adults keeping eggs or chicks warm are sometimes killed by larger species such as feral cats.
As recently as the 1940's, people were actually encouraged to shoot Harrier Hawks by the government. Harriers are a species commonly confused with the smaller, endemic NZ falcon. A negative perception of birds of prey has perpetuated throughout human mindsets for generations. Despite their fully protected status persecution of falcons remains commonplace throughout New Zealand, with some birds being shot when their predatory instincts turn toward introduced domestic birds such as chickens, doves and pigeons. These birds are easily adaptable and could live in harmony with humans and native populations.
The MFT prioritises education programmes to counter misconceptions about falcons and improve public awareness with the aim of ensuring falcons are safe.
Unfortunately the relocation of wild chicks onto the Wairau Plains struck some major hurdles. Number one of those, being the threat of birds being electrocuted on power line transformers.
Because the female falcons tend to perch on an object prior to sweeping down to catch prey, the power transformers are an ideal resting spot. It has been a tragic aspect of the entire relocation programme, that has seen the Trustees look for alternative ideas to increase falcon population numbers.
The Trust is now looking at increasing captive breeding programmes, with releases of the chicks being into areas without the threats of man-made technology.


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OnePlus 9 Pro Android smartphone. Announced Mar 2021. Features 6.7″ display, Snapdragon 888 chipset, 4500 mAh battery, 256 GB storage, 12 GB RAM, Corning Gorilla Glass.
Exp. release 2021, March 31
Android 11, OxygenOS 11
128GB/256GB storage, no card slot
speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA) Cat20 2000/200 Mbps, 5G
CDMA 800 / 1900
3g bands HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1800 / 1900 / 2100
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1, 2, 3, 7, 25, 28, 41, 66, 71, 78, 258, 260, 261 SA/NSA/mmWave
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announced 2021, March 23
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type LTPO Fluid2 AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1300 nits (peak)
protection Corning Gorilla Glass
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internal 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM
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This seems like a great idea, to me, and I hope the FAA will consider rules that make drone deliveries practical or at least legal. What a world it will be with thousands of tiny quad-copters zipping to and fro delivering packages. Some of the photographic systems already available on these copters are fantastic and only stand to improve as gimbals become more compact, efficient, and attainable.
Clearly, there must be control over airspace, but given the precision of GPS, the pervasiveness of cellular coverage, and potentials for standardized vehicle to vehicle networking, there is no reason that aircraft can't negotiate clear flight paths. Call me tech-faithful if you must, but I won't be the least bit surprised to learn that the recent train derailment in New York occurred on a section that unions have somehow managed to restrict to "human control only." Since humans are clearly so much more reliable than electronics. Every year, it seems, we hear of another train crash where the electronic systems have set off alarm after alarm to alert the human operator that it was time to reduce speed, only to hurtle into another train or leave the tracks. The human should be the last backup, given the extensive automation of rail traffic.
It will be interesting to see how Bezos' five year claim pans out… Will we see drones buzzing about dropping off the iPhone 8 for Christmas 2018?
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Crowds and Sultans: Urban Protest in Late Medieval Egypt and Syria
Amina Elbendary
During the fifteenth century, the Mamluk sultanate that had ruled Egypt and Syria since 1249–50 faced a series of sustained economic and political challenges to its rule, from the effects of recurrent plagues to changes in international trade routes. Both these challenges and the policies and behaviors of rulers and subjects in response to them left profound impressions on Mamluk state and society, precipitating a degree of social mobility and resulting in new forms of cultural expression. These transformations were also reflected in the frequent reports of protests during this period, and led ... More
During the fifteenth century, the Mamluk sultanate that had ruled Egypt and Syria since 1249–50 faced a series of sustained economic and political challenges to its rule, from the effects of recurrent plagues to changes in international trade routes. Both these challenges and the policies and behaviors of rulers and subjects in response to them left profound impressions on Mamluk state and society, precipitating a degree of social mobility and resulting in new forms of cultural expression. These transformations were also reflected in the frequent reports of protests during this period, and led to a greater diffusion of power and the opening up of spaces for political participation by Mamluk subjects and negotiations of power between ruler and ruled. This book places the protests within the framework of long-term transformations, arguing for a more nuanced and comprehensive narrative of Mamluk state and society in late medieval Egypt and Syria. Reports of urban protest and the ways in which alliances between different groups in Mamluk society were forged allow us glimpses into how some medieval Arab societies negotiated power, showing that rather than stoically endure autocratic governments, populations often resisted and renegotiated their positions in response to threats to their interests. This book will appeal to specialists in Mamluk history, Islamic studies, and Arab history, as well as to students and scholars of Middle East politics and government and modern history.
Keywords: urban protest, Mamluk sultanate, Egypt, Syria, Mamluk state, Mamluk society, social mobility, political participation
Amina Elbendary, author
1 Introduction: The Long Fifteenth Century
2 The Mamluk State Transformed
3 A Society in Flux
4 Popularization of Culture and the Bourgeois Trend
5 Between Riots and Negotiations: Popular Politics and Protest
6 Protest and the Medieval Social Imagination


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Ziran Muse: Yoya Takahashi
By Kelly Shanahan / August 01, 2018
When I was 22, I worked at an upscale sushi restaurant called Sashi. I worked with my friends, slanging fresh sushi and expensive sake to the finicky patrons of Manhattan Beach. The restaurant is no longer around (which is a whole other story), but I've remained friends with a lot of the people who worked there. One of them -- the freewheelin', rad, sometimes scary -- Yoya Takahashi is now an Executive Chef and Sushi Chef at the esteemed Los Angeles restaurants Hamasaku and Umi by Hamasaku.
We caught up with Yoya as he sliced and diced a 130 pound sustainably farmed Bluefin Tuna from Japan. Amidst hacking off fins, delicately carving into raw flesh, and encouraging us to try fish bone marrow, he explained how he uses sustainable fish and why LA is a good place to make sushi.
Yoya is from Kyoto, Japan and came to the United States in 2000. He didn't speak English, "so I took the easiest way out and worked as a server in a Japanese restaurant in Hermosa Beach," he says. Yoya then hustled his way up the food chain, eventually becoming the Executive Sushi Chef at Sashi. After the restaurant closed, he worked in different sushi restaurants in Los Angeles before settling at Hamasaku.
Now at Hamasaku (THE FOOD IS BOMB!), all of the the fish is sustainably farmed or locally sourced, "because it's healthy and better for the environment." The salmon is from Farro Island in Iceland. Yoya says that other types of salmon (like from Chile) is "weird, really weird. When I touch it oil comes up, it's not right. The color is orange. Salmon shouldn't be orange. We also don't sell eel, because nobody knows where the eel comes from."
Yoya equates good sushi-making with that of being a good baseball batter, "it's the edge, the angle, and practice that makes it good," he says. We watched him slice the huge tuna (with big eyeballs and teeth!) with finesse and expertise. I couldn't help but think about mankind's roots as hunters eating meat, which our ancestors did for thousands of years. Obviously those days of survival are over but today if meat is responsibly farmed and utilized, is that really a problem? How many sushi spots even care about sustainability? As consumers we are used to hearing about "grass fed, non-hormone, etc" beef and chicken - but what about fish? If we start to think about where our food comes from, make responsible choices, and share what we're doing -- the world is a better place! Sorry vegans :)
In a town of pressed juice and gluten-free diehards, Yoya's take on sustainability is refreshing and exactly what LA needs. "I love to see people enjoy my food, my sushi, and this connects me to my passion. I don't have any problems with making sushi! LA is a good place to make sushi because it has everything fresh we need."
When we asked Yoya where he sees himself in 10 years he replied, "I'm not sure but I'll keep going on my way." Cheers Yoya!
PS: Yoya is a huge Grateful Dead fan. He also was on Vice rolling the biggest "sushi roll" blunt I've ever seen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBa1G-HZYO8


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How to Manage APFS Time Machine Snapshots in macOS Monterey
Here's a step-by-step guide on how to manage APFS time machine snapshots in Mac Monterey. Delete snapshots in Mac now.
By Dinesh Last updated Jun 14, 2022
It is now possible to manage the local APFS snapshots used by Time Machine for backup using Disk Utility in macOS Monterey. Snapshots are basically Time Machine backups that are not performed directly on an external drive but are stored on your Mac's internal drive, such as when it is disconnected from the backup drive. For the time being, Apple has not allowed easy access to these disks, except for the use of the tmutil command. So, in this guide, I will explain how you can manage APFS time Machine Snapshots in macOS Monterey quickly.
There are many Mac users who complain that the Snapshots created by Time Machine consume a lot of space on their computer. Therefore they are constantly looking for a way to get rid of these snapshots every now and then.
Now, with the latest macOS Monterey, the Disk Utility app has been updated by Apple. Users can now, therefore, manage APFS snapshots and delete them quite easily. So, in order to view snapshots in Mac Monterey with Disk Utility 21 version, follow the steps given below:
First, open the Applications and then go to Utilities and click on Disk Utility.
Now you have to select the Startup Volume which is located at the left-hand sidebar. If you are using Catalina or later, then you need to select the volume group, which is named as "Volumes."
Next, select View and then finally click on "Show APFS Snapshots".
A new area appears in the window, allowing you to view these famous snapshots.
You can even double-click a snapshot in the list to mount it on the Desktop.
You can then browse the backup to try to find a file, and importantly, you can decide to delete snapshots if they take up too much space (the Private Size column tells you how busy the snapshot is on disk).
To delete any snapshot, you have to do is select a snapshot then click on the Minus button to release it without any summation.
That is all you need to know about how to manage APFS Time Machine Snapshots in macOS Monterey. Also, do not forget to check out how to fix MacOS Monterey Memory Leak Bug, and other macOS Monterey Guides right now.
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эй... а чего это никто не переодевается?
Чемпіонат України зі Снукеру 2008, чол., жін.
через час вернусь... проверю всех!
нет как вы ведете, даже жене моей нравится, она уже не пропускает снукер и уже почти всех игроков в лицо помнит.
А это отразится на оплате за макс?
И по интернету тоже ничего не посмотрели?
или, как ронни говаривал, "с таким игроком, надо показывать лучшую игру, если не хочешь проиграть" (кажется, это он тоже о валдкардовце говорил). :d точно, о джимми.
С юбилеем, Лебедева! Пусть общение со снукером и с форумом приносит побольшн положительных эмоций!
I'm pleased for Marcus Campbell, who today constructed the 66th maximum in snooker history and the first in the Middle East.
His cheque for £22,000 – assuming no other player makes a 147 (not a safe assumption these days) – is the biggest of his 17-year professional career. Last season, he only earned £17,000 during the whole campaign.
Marcus has almost defined the term 'journeyman.' He is far too good a player to drop off the circuit but has never quite threatened to win a major title.
It is ten years, almost to the week, since his other great achievement when he defeated Stephen Hendry 9-0 in the first round of the 1998 UK Championship, arguably the biggest shock in snooker history.
He has never risen higher than 41st in the rankings and has reached only one ranking event quarter-final, at the 1998 Scottish Open in Aberdeen.
However, to have remained on the circuit for this long is a considerable achievement.
Marcus's previous claim to fame in an overseas event was making a hole in one during a round of golf at Mission Hills, Shenzhen at the 2000 China Open.
He used to play in glasses before having his eyes 'lasered' in an attempt to improve his fortunes.
He qualified for the televised phase of the World Championship at the Crucible in 2001 but his career suffered a major blow in 2004 when his cue was broken beyond repair by baggage handlers at Cardiff airport.
Campbell's previous highest break was 141, made in the 2006 Grand Prix, and he becomes the eighth Scottish player to make a 147 in competition after Hendry, John Higgins, Stephen Maguire, Graeme Dott, John Rea, Jamie Burnett and David McLellan.
This is the third maximum of the season after Jamie Cope's effort in the Shanghai Masters and Liang Wenbo's 147 in the Bahrain qualifiers.
They have become far more common since Steve Davis made the first on TV in 1982 but it is still an achievement worth noting and Marcus should be very proud of himself.
а Ладин откуда ?! я так понимаю ваш земляк.. а по уровню игры с каким игроком можно сравнит ?!
А Ковтун ВАЛЕРА? Это тот самый, который по Мегаспорту комментит?


I photographed this session during fleet week in San Francisco, CA. The thundering roar of jet fighters really made this a fun, memorable shoot. In this image I used the dashed line in the road to draw attention to the couple themselves during a golden sunset.


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Notes on state and federal politics, the Washington Legislature and Congress, from a Clark County perspective.
Political Beat Politics
Lynda Wilson stepping down as Clark County GOP chair
Stevie Mathieu
Lynda Wilson
Lynda Wilson has decided to step down as chairwoman of the Clark County Republican Party, saying she needs time to focus on her campaign to unseat state Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver.
When Wilson announced her candidacy for the 17th District House seat last month, she said she planned to keep her GOP party leadership role while campaigning. On Tuesday, however, she released a statement saying she would resign effective Jan. 31.
"I am proud of the (Clark County GOP) board's accomplishments of the past year," Wilson wrote in a statement. "Along with other achievements, we've raised a substantial amount of money, which has allowed for the purchase of technologies that will greatly enhance the abilities of the party to support Republicans in the upcoming elections."
It's not clear who will replace Wilson as GOP chair. The local party's vice chairman, Steven Nelson, said on Tuesday that he planned to call a special meeting as soon as possible to pick a new chair.
"Precinct committee officers should monitor their email," Nelson said in a statement. He also thanked Wilson for her service to the party.
2014 elections Clark County GOP elections Lynda Wilson Monica Stonier Republicans Washington Legislature
Stevie Mathieu is a political writer at The Columbian. Contact her at 360-735-4523 or stevie.mathieu@columbian.com or www.facebook.com/reportermathieu or www.twitter.com/col_politics.
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Q: angular.js how do i set data what is response value I have this code.
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I need data what is first return value.
but if $scope.data is changed, s_data change with $scope.data.
How is it possible to set s_data in data.results[0]?

A: In this case use copy
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Pittsburgh Pirates: Recapping Where Recently Traded Players Are Now
PEORIA, ARIZONA - MARCH 16: Adam Frazier #26 of the Seattle Mariners poses for a portrait during photo day at the Peoria Sports Complex on March 16, 2022 in Peoria, Arizona. (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images) /
PHILADELPHIA, PA – APRIL 12: Starling Marte #6 of the New York Mets looks to Robinson Cano #24 after scoring on his single during the eighth inning of a game at Citizens Bank Park on April 12, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Mets defeated the Phillies 2-0. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /
The Pittsburgh Pirates have been in a rebuild since the 2019-2020 off-season. Since then, they've dealt a handful of notable players, but where are those players now?
The Pittsburgh Pirates entered a rebuild in the 2019-2020 offseason. Since then, they've dealt any veteran from the roster pre-Ben Cherington. That's a lot of players. Despite it being a relatively short amount of time, the team has made massive strides toward the end goal of becoming competitive once again.
But where are the players they have traded over the past few years? Are they still with the teams the Pirates traded them to, or have they gone elsewhere? Today, I want to take a look at where former Pirates have ended up since being dealt. I'm only looking back at who Cherington has traded, so let's get into our first player.
(One last note, I am excluding the Jacob Stallings trade since it was so recent and his status hasn't changed since then)
Starling Marte
Starling Marte was the first player to go in the rebuild. When the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Marte, he was coming off a season where he hit .295/.342/.503 with a .353 wOBA and 118 wRC+. It was also Marte's second straight 20/20 season, with 23 home runs and 25 stolen bases. Plus, he posted what is still his career-best K-rate at 16%. The only downside was that his defense in centerfield started to slip. Marte only had -8 DRS and an -8.3 UZR/150, but outs above average was a bit kinder to him at +2.
Marte was then traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Liover Peguero and Brennan Malone. Because of the shortened 2020 campaign, Marte's time with the D-Backs was very short-lived. He only appeared in 33 games but did have a 122 wRC+. He was once again traded, this time to the Marlins for three players, where he struggled for the remainder of the season, posting just a 91 wRC+.
Though Marte bounced back from a freezing cold end to the 2020 campaign. He started the year off, hitting .305/.405/.451 with a .373 wOBA and 138 wRC+ with Miami. He traded for a third time to the Oakland Athletics in a one-for-one swap for struggling former pitching prospect Jesus Luzardo. He continued to perform well in Oakland, batting for a .316/.359/.466 line, .355 wOBA, and 130 wRC+.
The center fielder hit free agency after the 2021 campaign and then signed a four-year deal with the New York Mets. Although Marte's defense isn't what it was during his time with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he's still been a quality hitter.


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Q: Expression: 'Correct! J'?
Possible Duplicate:
What does a single letter "J" mean in emailing?

To q question that I had asked I got a reply as below:
Correct! J
Is there an expression like this in English.
Just to clarify, neither my name nor the sender's name has the alphabet J embedded. The sender's entire reply was as follows:
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Also, this does not appear to be a typo since this is the second time I received this reply.


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Ten potential free agent targets for Norwich City this summer as Premier League and Championship released lists are published
Published: 7:00 AM June 15, 2017 Updated: 11:00 PM October 10, 2020
Danny Williams, pictured battling in midfield with Norwich City's Jonny Howson, is yet to sign a new deal at Reading. Picture by Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd - Credit: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd
As released lists are made public and free agents become available, DAVID FREEZER searches for possible summer bargains which could suit Norwich City's revamped Championship approach
Tom Adeyemi, right, has been linked with Norwich City already and has been released by Cardiff. Picture by Paul Chesterton/Focus Images - Credit: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd
It can be a stressful time for players but the annual publication of release lists can give football fans plenty to digest during the summer months.
As transfer speculation ramps up and hopes of what might be to come next season grow, fans go searching for bargains.
The Premier League and Football League have both now published their lists of players being retained or released.
We already know Norwich City's released list features long-serving players including goalkeeper John Ruddy and centre-backs Ryan Bennett and Seb Bassong.
Wales international Joe Ledley has been released by Crystal Palace. Picture: PA - Credit: PA Wire/PA Images
Those players have generated plenty of interest among opposition fans, with Ruddy in particular linked with a host of clubs and Bennett snapped up on a free by Wolves.
The Canaries have also made a move on that front, announcing that forward Marley Watkins will be joining when his Barnsley contract expires at the end of this month.
As the former Swansea trainee is 26 years old, clubs were free to offer him terms as his contract neared its end, but if players are under 24 then compensation will be due to clubs if they have made a contract offer of their own.
There were over 200 on the Championship released list and over 100 on the Premier League list, with some of those featured soon resolving their future, such as midfielder Steve Sidwell soon re-signing for top-flight new boys Brighton.
Blackburn captain Jason Lowe, right, tackling City's Ivo Pinto, is a free agent. Picture by Matthew Usher/Focus Images Ltd - Credit: Matthew Usher/Focus Images Ltd
There are plenty of youngsters who will have to drop through the leagues in search of regular football and some who are reaching the end of their careers.
For instance, former England midfielder Scott Parker has been released by Fulham but will be 37 in October so is unlikely to be coming back to Norwich, where he played on loan briefly back in 2000.
City have already made it clear they need to slash their wage budget and sell before they can spend much in the transfer market, with sporting director Stuart Webber and head coach Daniel Farke setting about creating a younger and hungrier squad.
Here are 10 options from those released lists which could suit Norwich this summer.
Michael Kightly, right, scored against Norwich for Burton last season. Picture by Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd - Credit: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd
Take a look at the full lists here – Premier League and Football League – and leave a comment below to let us know which of the free agents have caught your eye.
• Free agents
Josh Scowen (Barnsley) – Similarly to Canaries signing Watkins, the 24-year-old right winger has decided not to sign a new deal and is reportedly wanted by Fulham and Aston Villa.
Jason Lowe (Blackburn) – Rovers captain, 25, has opted to move on after more than 200 appearances in seven years for his boyhood club. Former England U21 international is a physical central midfielder with bags of experience, previously linked with West Brom.
Michael Kightly (Burnley) – Former Wolves winger, 31, showed he still has miles left in the tank when scoring four goals in 12 games to help Burton survive in the Championship last season. Has been linked with a reunion with Mick McCarthy at Ipswich.
Bruno Manga (Cardiff) – Gabon international centre-back, 28, was a £4million signing from Lorient following relegation from the Premier League in 2014 but Bluebirds have been unable to agree a deal with their star defender.
Joe Ledley (Crystal Palace) – Experienced midfielder, 30, has over 70 Wales caps and leaves Palace despite making 22 appearances last season. Tough tackler who has been linked with a host of clubs including Celtic and former club Cardiff.
Fraizer Campbell (Crystal Palace) – The 29-year-old could offer City a different forward option, although he scored just once in 13 games for Palace last season and may expect top-flight wages, with his hometown club Huddersfield already linked.
Vurnon Anita (Newcastle) – Dutch midfielder, 28, played a key role in helping Newcastle win the Championship title but has been released after five years with the club. Wages could be costly.
Danny Williams (Reading) – One of the stars of the Royals' season, which ended in play-off final defeat. German-born USA international midfielder, 28, has been offered a new contract but is mulling over his options.
Tom Adeyemi (Rotherham) – Canaries academy product has already been linked with Norwich and Ipswich. Released by Cardiff despite impressing on loan at Rotherham, the strapping midfielder, 25, scored six goals in 29 games for the Millers.
George Brady (Sunderland) – France-born centre-back, 20, was signed from Chelsea two years ago, stands at 6ft 4ins tall and is the nephew of West Ham vice-chairman and TV star Karren Brady.
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Karolína Plíšková won the title, defeating Vandeweghe in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–4.
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'FBI' Premiere Tackles (Wait for It...) White Supremacists
By Rebecca Downs | September 26, 2018 1:13 AM EDT
Viewers of Dick Wolf's Law & Order spinoffs knew better than to expect anything original when it came to his new show on CBS, FBI. Sure enough, it didn't take very long at all for the old tired liberal TV tropes to appear on the September 25 series pilot.
FBI premieres with FBI Agent Maggie Bell (Missy Peregrym) and her Arab-American partner Agent Omar Adom "OA" Zidan (Zeeko Zaki) investigating a horrifying explosion in the South Bronx that completely dismantles an apartment building, killing several people, including children. Initially, the suspects include members of African-American gangs and MS-13, the latter of which is described by Agent Bell as having been "started to protect Salvadoran refugees from black street gangs."
Soon a second bomb targets a recreational center nearby, and a young man named Wilmer who works there is brought in for questioning when it's discovered he sends money back to his family in El Salvador. "Don't worry, we're not looking to deport you," Bell tells Wilmer, only to then threaten his family back home should he not talk once he's been caught on camera accepting the bomb from a more stereotypical looking MS-13 member, complete with the face tattoos.
But in classic Dick Wolf fashion, we don't even meet the true mastermind until halfway through the episode when white nationalist Robert Lawrence (Dallas Roberts) pops up our of nowhere as a suspect. African American FBI analyst Kristen Chazal (Ebonée Noel) figures out that the bomb is similar to one which was used to target a synagogue, which they almost nabbed Lawrence for last year.
Lawrence is frequently on TV and described as "the guy they always put on when they want the alt-right to seem legit," though "if you listen closely to his dog whistles, the guy's a Nazi."
The FBI agents put their heads together and surmise that white supremacist Lawrence partnered with MS-13 for the money, though not solely for that. "He starts a race war," Zidan offers. "Mud people start blowing each other up."
When Bell and Zidan do meet with Lawrence, the conversation goes about as one would expect, with talk of his organization the Fund for National Greatness, Nazis, what's "good for our country" and how "God intended" things to be.
Lawrence: Are you familiar with Godwin's law? It's the idea that the end point of any intellectual debate is one party calling the other a Nazi. I'm not a Nazi.
Bell: You prefer white nationalist?
Lawrence: I prefer Americanist.
Zidan: Except in your America, it's okay to blow up Jews, African Americans?
Lawrence: I don't believe in violence as a means to any social end.
Bell: So what do you believe in, Mr. Lawrence?
Lawrence: The Fund for National Greatness was founded to examine public policy under a single objective lens: Is it good for our country?
Bell: So you protested the opening of a synagogue, then tried to bomb it, because it was bad for America?
Lawrence: I told your colleagues last year, I don't know about the bomb. I do know New York has more synagogues than any city outside of Israel.
Zidan: And that's a problem for you?
Lawrence: They pushed out a hospice, and we don't have enough of those.
Bell: Oh, so what you're really passionate about is health care?
Lawrence: We spend billions of dollars on these people in the last year of their life. 75% of that is in the final few months. I mean, don't you see the absurdity in that?
Zidan: You must be the most boring speaker at these hate rallies.
Lawrence: It's not a joke. We should put these people in hospices, let them die the way God intended, and then spend that money--
Zidan: Let's go back to talking about bombings on synagogues and minority communities.
Lawrence: Is our conversation too difficult for you to follow, Agent Zidan? You must be terribly conflicted.
Bell: We're not here to discuss politics.
Lawrence: Or maybe you and your partner can't handle uncomfortable truths. [Chuckles] Don't you have anything to say?
Zidan: Not to you.
Lawrence isn't the only white supremacist criminal mastermind, though! Brick Peters, a rather Irish-looking man with his pale skin and red hair who runs the recreational center, has helped with the bomb making. He knew Lawrence from their time in the Army together at Fort Bragg (disgruntled veterans? CHECK!) and there's a reference to the Charlottesville riots - a joke about how the two didn't have time to buy their "tiki torches." When Agents Bell and Zidan get Peters in the interrogation room he quickly ends his charade of acting like an upstanding citizen when he asks Bell if "they pay you extra to drag this affirmative action baboon around?"
What ultimately gets Peters to talk is concern for his mother, since he says he "can't leave my mother alone with those animals in the South Bronx," which is the only reason he's given for being in the area to begin with. She runs a diner there, which, according to him is always getting robbed.
In the end, Chizal is able to find the next bomb Lawrence has planted, and Bell and Zidan arrest him. Zidan is even able to have the last word. "Do you know what you made possible that is good for our country? This," he says as he handcuffs Lawrence. Mic drop from the heroic Middle Eastern FBI agent. Because there just aren't enough tropes from this show.
This isn't the first time, however, that Hollywood has turned to the alt-right white supremacist boogeyman when they needed a terrorist mastermind. We've seen this before, with Quantico another FBI-themed show on ABC as well as ABC's Designated Survivor.
We're used to these liberal plots, but couldn't Dick Wolf try to come up with something new, even just for the sake of variety?
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Rebecca Downs is an MRC Culture TV blogger


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Siehe auch
 Botschaft der Vereinigten Staaten in Eswatini
 Liste der swasiländischen Botschafter in den Vereinigten Staaten
 Liste der diplomatischen Vertretungen in Eswatini

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Q: Tomcat installed folder access is denied on linux Please find below set of cmds & outputs
[ec2-user@ip-172-31-38-218 opt]$ ls -al
total 9416
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    4096 Nov  7 13:52 .
dr-xr-xr-x 25 root root    4096 Nov  7 13:16 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 9625824 Sep  4 22:52 apache-tomcat-8.5.34.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root    4096 Aug 11 01:26 aws
[ec2-user@ip-172-31-38-218 opt]$ sudo groupadd tomcatgrp
[ec2-user@ip-172-31-38-218 opt]$ sudo useradd -s /bin/false -g tomcatgrp -d /opt/tomcatfolder tomcatuser
[ec2-user@ip-172-31-38-218 opt]$ ls -al
total 9420
drwxr-xr-x  4 root       root         4096 Nov  7 13:53 .
dr-xr-xr-x 25 root       root         4096 Nov  7 13:16 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root       root      9625824 Sep  4 22:52 apache-tomcat-8.5.34.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x  5 root       root         4096 Aug 11 01:26 aws
drwx------  2 tomcatuser tomcatgrp    4096 Nov  7 13:53 tomcatfolder
Now, when I run the cmd I am getting Permission denied as follows
[ec2-user@ip-172-31-38-218 opt]$ cd /opt/tomcatfolder/
-bash: cd: /opt/tomcatfolder/: Permission denied
Can you please help in resolving this above issue..?
I followed instructions of installing Tomcat from this link how-to-install-apache-tomcat-8-on-centos-7

A: It seems you are the ec2-user, but the directory is owned by tomcatuser and the permissions on the directory do now allow other users or groups to read it.
Try sudo chmod 755 /opt/tomcatfolder/ and then cd into it.
That will add read and execute permissions to the directory.


A pair of classic road EMDs, dating back to the 1970s, run by themselves on the Mandan to Northtown road manifest freight. The clouds gave way to the sun at just the right time, any later and the train would surely be clouded, but it all worked out! It's always a treat to see these things in action so deep into the BNSF era, and deep into the GE wide-cab dominated railroad.
Stuff that retains BN paint, including BNSF and museum equipment.


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ESG Strategy, Leadership, and Integration in Irish Companies
This report by IoD Ireland in partnership with the Diligent Institute reveals a significant increase in the discussion of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters in Irish boardrooms since the onset of the pandemic. The research report findings indicate ESG is being treated with increasing importance by business leaders; 59% of respondents said that ESG is primarily dealt with at board level or a subcommittee of the board. Eight out of 10 respondents said ESG matters are discussed at board level at least once a year, whereas just over half (52%) said their board discussed ESG before March 2020.
The findings also show a general optimism that ESG will be discussed more frequently at the board level in the coming years, with 97% of respondents indicating their board will discuss ESG matters at least once a year over the next three years. The research also reveals a hesitancy towards tying ESG metrics to directors' remuneration, with just 17% of respondents saying they already do so. However, this figure is expected to more than double to 37% in 2021.


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In December of 2015, the Chinese government released the New Food Safety Law in the wake of the past decade of food and product safety scandals. Consumers are so mistrustful of domestic products that more than half of the Chinese population list food safety as their biggest purchasing concern. With the largest middle class in the world, most consumers are turning towards more expensive, imported products instead of entrusting their own health in domestic options.
To combat the loss of trust in domestic producers, the government is constantly releasing regulations meant to ensure product and food safety. 10 months after the Law's initial 2015 release, a revised draft of the Implementation Rules of Food Safety Law was released containing 10 chapters and over 200 articles.
Knudsen&Co has evaluated the New Food Safety Law for relevant articles pertaining to our clients. The Implementation Rules contain significant regulation updates pertaining to the infant formula, health food, and food with special medical purposes (FSMP) categories in an effort to further regulate false claims and misinformation within these industries.
Inspection of all products in this area will be heavily regulated and available for public viewing.
Knudsen&Co discusses all relevant regulations and their consequences at the end of this article for our client's convenience.
While the specifics of the Law are extremely important for regulatory compliance, the general implication centers around China's increased focus on food safety. Although most western countries see these regulations as inherent and essential (a recall system, national standards for technical safety control, functional claims backed by scientific evidence, etc.), they are completely new to China. China's food safety regulations are clearly in their infancy, but the New Food Safety Law is an indication of the government's intention to catch up to food safety standards set by the West.
While the Law is certainly a step in the right direction, there is still a way to go before manufacturers will see the same requirements in the Chinese market that are commonly followed in Western markets.
Knudsen&Co discusses the relevant articles and their consequences below for our client's convenience.
Under the New Food Safety Law, foreign products claiming functional efficiency (such as infant formula, health food, and FSMP) must register their products with the CFDA before they begin importation. Manufactures now need to ensure their products meet testing certifications and provide the necessary documents in order to apply registration.
All general food ingredients, health food, food additives, food contact products, novel food raw materials, labeling procedures, and testing methods must meet the national standard, and then formulated in the GB standards.
If an industry lacks a technical safety control national standard, the relevant industry authority must design and manage an industrial standard to be reviewed by the administrative department of the State Council. When such a standard is approved by the State Council, it must be adopted nationwide.
If there is no national or industrial standard for a technical safety control, and it is not necessary to develop one, district standards can be managed by the local department. Such a standard should be transparent and open to the public.
The Implementation Rules emphasize the necessity of developing a food safety traceability system. Previously, only general food manufacturers were subject to general food recording obligations. High-risk foods, such as health food, infant formula, FSMP, meat, dairy, etc., are now required to build a dedicated electronic traceability system.
Such a system requires food operators to implement a reliable food recall system that identifies ingredients with serious risk to the consumer. Recalls will be classified into three levels according to the extent of consumer risk and the level of emergency action required.
Article 62 requires food operators to register their products before selling on an e-commerce platform in order to force manufacturers to take responsibility for the food safety of their products.
Article 75 requires health food to register with the CFDA, which requires the submission of a comprehensive report containing the product formula, production technology, safety and function evaluation report, label, product instructions, scientific reports, and relevant certificates.
The label and product instructions cannot be related to disease treatment or prevention and must be compliant with the proper registration materials.
The label must include the users suitable and not suitable for the product, as well as active components and the product's correct function.
In order to address consumer confusion surrounding the false claims often made in advertising within the health food industry in China, the provisional rules on the Examination of Health Food Advertisements stipulates that health food can only advertise functions evaluated by CFDA labs. No arbitrary expansion of functional scope is allowed. Advertising claims based on feudal superstition is not allowed.
Advertisers must first apply for provincial-level FDA approval before releasing any health food advertisements.
Find more information in Knudsen&Co's presentation on the New Food Safety Law, given at a Citigroup educational business event held in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia.
Increased food safety regulation is part of an effort by the Chinese government to attract foreign companies who already enforce food safety requirements within their own practices to the Chinese market. Brands with offering these selling points can expect a better market place for their products and increased consumer awareness concerning food safety and quality.
As consumers become more accustomed to the new food safety regulations, companies will also begin to see improved communication between users and producers. Customers will start to regain their trust in the claims advertised by food in China.
The heavy regulation of the market translates to limited accessibility for producers. Only medium and large foreign companies will be able to comply with the expensive and time consuming regulatory requirements. This is especially true for heavily regulated industries like health food and infant formula.
As a result, activity in grey markets like daigou trade or smuggling will increase as the regulations are enforced in the coming year, until the government is able to crack down on illegal purchasing.
Even though the process can appear daunting, Knudsen&Co recommends full compliance with the New Food Safety Regulations. As one of the world's largest consumer markets, China is much too important for western companies to ignore. Compliance with the new regulations will increase consumer trust, and therefore demand, in healthy products. The industry will only grow as a result, offering a multitude of opportunities for foreign companies.


Some people love a particular wine so much, they will go to extremes to find it. Others want to help create it themselves. This is what happened when a group of Sherry-mad friends – consumers and wine professionals – knowing that the best Jerez has to offer is more than the sum of its parts, decided to find the very best parts, then blend and bottle them themselves.
Six hundred bottles later, the group – until then an informal bunch of 40 Sherry lovers from around the world, including Eduardo Ojeda, technical director of Grupo Estévez (owner of Bodega Valdespino and La Guita Sherry) – had acquired the first in what has become an ongoing series of limited bottlings dubbed the 'La Bota de…' project.
They formed a company called Equipo Navazos to manage the administrative and logistical aspects of bottling, labelling and distribution. Fans have since spread from the initial band of friends to include a few top wine merchants and restaurants, but the wines are still hand sold.
The Sherries are drawn from several bodegas, and represent a variety of styles – from Manzanillas and Finos to Palo Cortados, Olorosos, Pedro Ximénezes, Creams and even a brandy (see box, p84). To date there are 27 bottlings – 24 numbered Sherries (some still unreleased), and three un-numbered special editions: vintage wines, not Sherries, made from scratch rather than selected from barrels.
One is Casa del Inca, a sun-shrivelled, unfortified Pedro Ximénez blend of the 2005, 2006 and 2008 vintages. It is made by Pérez Barquero in Montilla-Moriles exclusively for Equipo member and distributor Ramón Coalla.
The other wines, the 2008 and 2009 Navazos-Niepoort – table wines from the Palomino grape – are a joint venture with Dirk Niepoort of Portugal's Douro Valley. Unsurprisingly, he has taken things in a whole new direction, coaxing into this low-sugar, low-acid Sherry variety an element he feels is under-represented.
Niepoort had dreamed of taking advantage of the calcareous albariza soils to make a table wine from Palomino grapes: these wines are fermented quickly and naturally in wood (with no cultured yeasts) and kept for five months on flor, then bottled as soon as possible.
Once the bottles for each La Bota release are spoken for, there are no more. So if a similar style is drawn from the same bodega, it will be from a different solera and have a different bottling number. The maximum production is about 4,500 bottles of standard size, yet No5, La Bota de Amontillado NPI yielded just 200 375ml bottles.
His favourite is No10, La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada from Hijos de Rainera Pérez Marín in Sanlúcar de Barrameda – the bodega that makes La Guita. 'It has the most perfect balance of power, elegance, dryness and harmony I've ever tasted in a white wine.' Roca calls the friends behind the La Bota project 'romantics, who, thanks to their knowledge are the best ambassadors Jerez has had in the last 50 years'.


Giresunspor is one of the best home teams of Turkey 1 Lig. Giresunspor collected 24 points out of 12 home matches in Turkey 1 Lig (7-3-2). If Giresunspor want to be in play off then they should win today.
It was an unexpected performance of Kayseri Erciyesspor last weekend as they defeated Goztepe. Kayseri Erciyesspor are at dangerous zone and they will have difficult matches in the last period of Turkey 1 Lig season. I do not trust their weak limited squad and I do not believe that they can stay strong under the pressure.
Giresunspor are hosting Kayseri Erciyesspor one of the worst away teams of Turkey 1 Lig. Giresunspor are fully motivated for the victory as they will be able make serious plans of play off if they grab 3 points today. There is a big difference between Giresunspor on away and Giresunspor at home. On the other hand Kayseri Erciyesspor have a limited squad for Turkey 1 Lig. All stats and conditions are pointing Giresunspor win. My soccer betting tip fot this match is Giresunspor to win.


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No sign of police investigation into murder of Nomanesi Klawushe
Delft community marches to Saps
31 August 2016 | By Bernard Chiguvare and Zoe Schaver News | Cape Town
Carrying a sign that read "Stop Killing Our Children," 120 people marched on Wednesday from Leiden High School to the Delft police station to hand over a memorandum to Saps.
Marchers, mostly members of the Social Justice Coalition in Khayelitsha, were protesting lack of action by police and community members after the killing of Nomanesi Klawushe. The burnt remains of Klawushe's body were found on 12 August, 1.7 kilometres from her home in Delft.
In the memorandum residents demanded a speedy and thorough investigation by the Delft Saps precinct. They also urged Delft community members to come forward with information about the killing and condemn gender-based violence in general and asked that the criminal justice system take harsher action against perpetrators of gender-based violence.
Many marchers wore SJC T-shirts and waved posters that read "Justice for Nomanesi, Stop the killing of women, Kwanele — enough is enough."
Portia Ngotya, 51, a cousin of Klawushe, struggled to hold back tears. No investigating officer had come to the family since Klawushe's body had been identified, she said.
She said when she checked at the police station, Klawushe was still listed as missing and the case had not been upgraded to a murder case.
According to her, Klawushe's 12, 16 and 20 year-old children are now looked after by their grandmother.
"Police are not taking an active part. I think our community should call back the use of neighbourhood watch," said Anelisa Nnconwa, Delft resident.
She said if police did not intervene to stop killing of residents the community will institute mob justice.
Chumile Sali from SJC said: "The importance of this march is for community members to stand up against gender-based violence. This should not happen in our communities or in any community, for that matter."
Sali said Nomanesi went missing on 6 August. "It's now been almost three weeks and there are no results. There has been a lack of action from the police and the community as a whole. Nomanesi was part of this community, she grew up in this community. The community did not even stand up to look for her."
Asked how such violence should be stopped, Sali said criminal courts should be harsher on sexual offenders and abusers, and there should be more education around gender-based violence. "As a community, we are silent. It is our job to monitor these cases so justice is done," he said.
Sali read the memorandum to Saps and handed it to Colonel Sedrick Hermanus.
" We are working with relevant departments to clear the bush nearby used as a dumping area for murdered people in Delft," said Colonel Hermanus.
However, Hermanus declined to comment on the specifics of this case, referring reporters to the provincial Saps media department. By the time of publication the media department had not responded to request for comment.
UPDATE at 10:22am on 1 September: Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Andrè Traut said: "Nomanesi Klawushe's murder is currently under investigation and no one has been arrested as yet. Any person with a complaint regarding our investigation in this regards is encouraged to approach the management of Delft police station."
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Nashville SC releases statement opposing anti-LGBTQ legislation
Nashville SC released a statement Monday opposing the state's anti-LGBTQ bills.
Nashville SC releases statement opposing anti-LGBTQ legislation Nashville SC released a statement Monday opposing the state's anti-LGBTQ bills. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nashvillesc/2019/04/29/nashville-sc-statement-tennessee-anti-lgbtq-bills/3617784002/
Luis Torres, Nashville Tennessean Published 12:59 p.m. CT April 29, 2019 | Updated 11:52 a.m. CT Dec. 3, 2019
Nashville SC is the latest pro franchise in the city to announce opposition to the state's anti-LGBTQ in the Tennessee legislature.
Nashville SC released a statement Monday opposing the state's anti-LGBTQ bills, and voicing support for LGBTQ communities.
The team's announcement comes days after the Titans released a statement during Day 3 of the NFL Draft, claiming the legislation in the Tennessee General Assembly could impact the city's chances of hosting the draft again.
Nashville SC has signed an open letter organized by the Nashville LGBT Chamber, which the Tennessee Titans and Nashville Predators have also signed.
"As a major league sports club approaching our inaugural season in Major League Soccer, we carefully selected diversity and inclusion as two of our core values as an organization," the team's statement said. "We cannot and do not condone discrimination of any form, or support legislation that explicitly or implicitly allows discrimination against LGBTQ people and their families.
"Our team, and we believe our city, should be open to all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender, ethnic origin or race, and we stand as proudly with the LGBTQ community as we do with all other communities."
About the legislation
The legislation being considered in the Tennessee General Assembly that would allow child placement agencies to deny same-sex couples on religious grounds and another that requires the state's attorney general to defend school districts determining bathroom use for transgender students.
The bills have also drawn criticism from Lyft, Hilton, IKEA and Warby Parker.
Additionally, the General Assembly is considering a measure that could impact the transgender community by enhancing the punishment for any person who commits indecent exposure in public restrooms and other places.
The Senate is scheduled to take up its bills on indecent exposure, child placement and transgender students bathroom use April 30.
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McGovern Estates is proud to showcase Woodstock - a magnificent detached family residence located in an exclusive development in Kilquade, Co. Wicklow. This wonderful home sits on a private 1/3 acre landscaped garden which features a large decking area to the rear and an extensive lawn area to the side. The internal accommodation is bright and spacious and benefits from many attractive features such as the gallery style landing, solid wood flooring throughout, an upgraded kitchen and a beautiful dining room extension to the rear.
This wonderful family home offers all the advantages of countryside living whilst being close to a wealth of amenities and a short commute to the city centre and Dublin airport. There is an array of sport amenities on your doorstep including a number of championship golf courses and magnificent equestrian trails in the immediate area.
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The beautiful, recently installed kitchen features an extensive range of bespoke floor and wall based storage units, polished granite worktops and high quality kitchen appliances. The adjacent dining area leads to a wonderful dining room extension which features a vaulted ceiling with ample glazing and a set of double doors that lead to the charming rear garden and decking area. The reception room is filled with natural light and an open fire place with a multi fuel burning stove features at the centre of this room.
Kilquade Hill is a modern but mature development of which each property was designed and built by the initial owners.
The location of Woodstock is enviable within the development with a large amenity green directly opposite the property and set towards the end of the quiet cul de sac. It is situated in a peaceful setting with the countryside surrounding whilst is only an 8 minute drive from Greystones main street and DART station. Greystones has a plentiful supply of Primary schools and 2 secondary schools and numerous leisure facilities (Rugby club, Tennis club, GAA club, Shoreline swimming pool and leisure center, new Marina, beaches, running track etc.) and the Aircoach also stops here.
A measure of the locations beauty is the endorsement by many renowned golf clubs which are found in plenty supply scattered around the area including Druids Glen and Druids heath which are on your doorstep. The Kilquade garden centre is also near by.
The location is also perfect for the commuter and has direct access to the N11/ M50 and is nearby to the various modes of public transport.
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Ensuite - Tiled flooring. Fully tiled walls. WC. Pedestal wash hand basin with wall mirror over. White Water jet shower.
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Family Bathroom- Tiled flooring. Pedestal wash hand basin with wall mirror over and shelving unit beneath. WC. Large fully tiled built in bath unit. Recessed lighting.
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Travelling south on the N11, turn left at Exit 12. Then take an immediate left onto the Ballyronan Road. Continue along this road until you come to a T junction (1 mile approx). Turn right. Take the next right hand turn into Kilquade Hill. Take a right and continue along the road until you reach the amenity green. Woodstock will be located on the right hand side identified by the McGovern Estates 'For Sale' sign.


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ANSWER - The word funk(y), means stinky. The musical seed itself going back to Afro/Cuban music, pressed through the American filter of Gospel, Soul and Rhythm and Blues. Those first seeds were planted in New Orleans and it wasn't long before artists like Little Richard began to nibble from its fruit. But, it was the incomparable James Brown that grew it into the towering giant many of us know today.
But the short answer would arguably be New Orleans drummer Earl Palmer, who is credited as being the first to use the word 'funky' to other musicians when requesting a more syncopated and danceable groove.
QUESTION #2. What legendary figure is known as The Godfather of Soul?
QUESTION #3. What was the birthplace of the late great blues icon, B.B. King?
QUESTION #4. What was Elvis Presley's favorite food?
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QUESTION #6. What was Mahatma Ghandi's 'middle' name?
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"Stomatology for All / International Dental Review" published since 1997
Quarterly magazine "Stomatology for All / International Dental Review" is published since 1997. The journal publishes a variety of special and general information for all working in dentistry, as well as information for a wide range of readers related to dentistry. Thematic headings of the journal include scientific articles on all sections of dentistry and related sciences.
Articles are accompanied by color photographic materials, diagrams, graphs, etc.
Editor-in-chief: Konarev Aleksandr Vasil'evich.
The journal is represented in the indexing service: Scientific Electronic Library and Russian Index of Scientific Citation.
The journal "Stomatology for All / International Dental Review" is included in the List of Russian peer-reviewed scientific journals recommended by Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.
The journal "Stomatology for All / International Dental Review" is peer-reviewed scientific journal and follow a policy ethical principles of the preparation and publication of scientific medical journal.
Subscribers get the journal into 79 Federal subjects of Russia (235 towns and other human settlements – from Kaliningrad to Pevek in Chukotka and to Severo-Kurilsk in the Kuril Islands), in the CIS, the Baltia and other countries of the world.
You can subscribe to the journal in office of Rospechat (subscription index 47477) or in any subscription agency. Read more in the section Subscription.
Journal dissemination system includes: selling through the network of trade organizations, which market medical books and journals; special selling in the clinics, institutions of public health and organizations, marketing dental goods and providing dental services; selling on dental and medical expositions, conferences, congresses.
The Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation have included the journal in the "List of leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications in which the main scientific results of dissertations for the degree of doctor and candidate of science should be published."
Since 2019, articles have been assigned DOI.
The journal is included in the full-text database eLibrary.ru, indexed in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), Google Scholar and registered in the international directory of periodicals Ulrich's Periodicals Directory.
Frequency: 4 times a year
Editorial Board:
Bulgakova A. I. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of propaedeutics of dental diseases Department Bashkir State Medical University, Ufa, Russia
Gurevich K. G. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of UNESCO Chair "Healthy lifestyle – the key to successful development", Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov, Moscow, Russia
Ivanov S.Yu. – Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Chief of Oral and maxillofacial surgery Department of Peoples' Frienship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia Kisel'nikova L.P. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of Pediatric Dentistry Department Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov, Moscow, Russia
Kozlov V.A. – Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Surgical Dentistry of North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Konarev A.V. – Editor-in-Chief of the magazine "Stomatology for All / International Dental Review", Moscow, Russia
Krechina E.K. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for Science, Head of Functional Diagnostics Department of the National Medical Research Center "Central Research Institute of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery", Moscow, Russia
LebedenkoI.Yu. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Laboratory for the Development and Physical and Chemical Testing of Dental Materials of the National Medical Research Center "Central Research Institute of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery", Moscow, Russia
Mamedov Ad.A. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics Department of the Sechenov university, Moscow, Russia
Mitronin A.V. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, Head of Cariesology and Endodontics Department, Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov, Moscow, Russia
Rabinovich S.A. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of anesthesia in dentistry Department, Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov, Deputy Chief Editor of the magazine "Stomatology for All / International Dental Review", Moscow, Russia
Sadovskii V.V. – Candidate of Medical Sciences, Honorary President of the Dental Association of Russia, director of the SRIAMS, Moscow, Russia
Saleev R.A. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia
Samusenkov V.O. – CMS, Associate Professor of the Department of Orthopedic Dentistry of Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
Tsarev V.N. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov, Moscow, Russia
Tsimbalistov A.V. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Dean of Stomatological Faculty of Medical Institute of Belgorod State University, Belgorod, Russia
VasilievYu.L. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of operative surgery and topographic anatomy, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
Jean-Pierre Bernard – DMD, Professor, Member of the Board of the Swiss International Academy of Osseointegration, Geneva, Switzerland
Stanley Malamed – DDS, Professor of Dentistry of Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los-Angeles, California, USA
Orlando Monteiro da Silva – DDS, Past President of the FDI and of the Portuguese Dental Association, Porto, Portugal
Zhasur Rizaev – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Rector of the Samarkand State Medical Institute, Samarkand, Republic of Uzbekistan
Antonio Signore – DDS, PhD, Professor, Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Tatsuya Ichinohe – DDS, PhD, Professor, Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Tokyo Dental College, Tokyo, Japan
Editorial Council:
Dunaev M.V. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Central Dental Clinic of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
Grudyanov A.I. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Periodontology of the National Medical Research Center "Central Research Institute of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery", Moscow, Russia
Ibragimov T.I. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov, Moscow, Russia
Kozlov V.I. – General Director of the company "Stomatorg", Moscow, Russia
Kulakov A.A. – Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Scientific Director of the National Medical Research Center "Central Research Institute of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery", Moscow, Russia
Kuz'mina E.M. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Department of Dental Prevention of Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov, Moscow, Russia
Leont'ev V.K. – academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery of Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov, Moscow, Russia
Makeeva I.M. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Director of the Institute of Dentistry, Sechenov University, Head of the Department of Therapeutic Dentistry Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
Pakhomov G.N. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, General Director of the company "International Consulting on Oral Health", Geneva, Switzerland
Rabinovich I.M. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of Department of therapeutic dentistry , National Medical Research Center "Central Research Institute of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery", Moscow, Russia
Sakharova E.B. – Candidate of Medical Sciences, President of ANO "Center for Preventive Dentistry" Profident " , Moscow, Russia
Sorokoumov G.L. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, President of the dental center "Club 32", Moscow, Russia
Vagner V.D. – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of Dental Service Organization, Licensing and Accreditation Divivsion of the National Medical Research Center "Central Research Institute of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery", Moscow, Russia
Yanushevich O.O. – Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, President of Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov, Moscow, Russia
Yushchuk N.D. – Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Rector of Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov, Moscow, Russia
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The surf's up and anticipation are building as Noosa readies to host the iconic event that is the annual Festival of Surfing that's now on!
Running from March 2 until March 10, this internationally renowned surf festival attracts around 800 competitors each year, and they come from far and wide to compete in more than 15 different divisions and events.
So, grab your board as we ready to ride the wave of what's in store for 2019.
Spanning eight days, the Noosa Festival of Surfing is renowned as the biggest surf festival in the world by competitor numbers. Held each year since the 1990s, it sees First Point the focus as competitors of all ages and surf styles take to the waves.
The event attracts international surf superstars and local legends alike, with the festival featuring grommets, grandpas, dogs, body surfers, specialty and pro divisions.
In fact, the Noosa Festival of Surfing is acclaimed as one of the most diverse surfing festivals in the world, incorporating everything from longboards to noseriders, tandem and more.
This year the World Surf League is also part of the event for the first time in nearly a decade, with the longboard world championship set to feature a field of over 60 surfers in both the men's and women's events.
Meanwhile, it's not just on the water where all the action takes place.
All eyes might be on the line-up but there's also a wealth of action on the shoreline, with a packed agenda of entertainment and activities that embrace the truly festive vibe.
Each weekday, the morning kicks off with yoga on Main Beach out the front of Sails, then over the course of the event there are activities like sandcastle workshops, art exhibitions, surf-focused films, heritage surf walks, and even a workshop on the science of surf drones.
Of particular note is the perennially popular dog surfing event, which will take place this weekend. From 2 pm on Sunday, these avid surfers of the four-legged variety carve it up with their companions in simply spectacular style.
Throughout the event many local venues will also throw open their doors to embrace the celebration, with charitable dinners, parties, live entertainment and trivia all on the agenda.
Thomas Surfboards kicks off the festivities with the opening party this Saturday night. Sunday sees a charity dinner at Peppers, Land and Sea Breweries offers a touch of trivia on Monday, and Band of Frequencies plays Halse Lodge on Wednesday before a massive closing weekend.
The final days of the event include an Original Rock'n'Roll party at the Reef Hotel on Friday, the Café Le Monde party on Saturday and the closing party at Miss Moneypenny's on Sunday where the first Men's and Women's Champion of the Noosa Open Longboard Championship will be crowned.
Full details about the events and their locations are available here.
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