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shtool encapsulates a number of somewhat difficult or tricky tasks.
The GNU shtool is one big shell script that encapsulates a number of somewhat difficult or tricky tasks. While its primary intent is for use within installation scripts, it can also be useful for general scripting and is very educational with regard to learning portable shell scripting.
I installed that on my Mac OS X box - it needs "pod2man", which I needed to get from CPAN ("install Pod::Man").
-> shtool encapsulates a number of somewhat difficult or tricky tasks.


It's time to slow down, take a deep breath and connect with what really matters. Gai+Lisva is leaving fashion hype behind and focusing on slow living.
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Iceland Day Tours – Active – The Great Canadian Travel Co.
We know everyone is interested in different tours when planning their trip to the island. Take it from us, this sampling highlights only a few of the activity-based day trips you can choose, but there are many more excellent options not listed.
Tell us what activity you are interested in and we can match up the tours that best suit your needs. We offer tours starting in Reykjavik, Akureyri, Isafjordur and Skaftafell, or if you're on a self-drive, in numerous places along the way. Just ask!
Glacier Hike and Ice Climbing on Solheimajokull.
On this fun, safe and easy to moderate glacier walk you get to explore the wonderland of ice sculptures, water cauldrons, ridges and deep crevasses on the breathtaking Sólheimajökull glacier. Tour starts from the parking lot at the end of the Solheimajokull road. There is a 30-40 min walk from the parking lot to the glacier.
This glacier walk can also be taken from Reykjavik including pick up and drop off at your hotel and transportation to/from the glacier.
Snorkelling in Thingvellir National Park.
The Silfra lava fissure is one of Iceland's best-kept secrets. Silfra, which is situated in the heart of Pingvellir – the site of the world's oldest parliament – is an otherworldly scene. The crystal clear water in the deep fissure gives you a feeling of being weightless as you float down with the lazy current. After an hour of snorkelling we climb out and on to the riverbank to enjoy a warm cup of hot chocolate and some light refreshments.
Tour as above but scuba diving in Silfra lava fissure rather than snorkelling. PADI certification required. If some of your party are certified and others aren't, you can combine scuba diving and snorkelling at the same time.
This tour offers a great combination for those who want to make the most of their time in Iceland. On this trip you will get to snorkel or scuba dive through one of the world's most fantastic snorkel and dive sites, Silfra, as well as go hiking through a lava tube that was created thousands of years ago by a river of red glowing lava.
With scuba diving: ISK56,990 – PADI certification required.
Snorkeling in bubbling hot springs is usually impossible as the water is far too hot, but the hot springs at the bottom of Lake Kleifarvatn provide us with the opportunity to do just that! Lake Kleifarvatn is hidden within a stunning volcanic landscape just 30 minutes outside of Reykjavík. Standing at the lake shore and changing into your dry suit, you will probably catch a whiff of the sulphur emitted from nearby hot springs and the total silence will let you forget that you are anywhere near civilization.
On the Ocean Diver Day Tour you will join the undersea inhabitants of the North Atlantic for a swim through Iceland's cool coastal scene. Our favourite local ocean dive site is Garður, located at the tip of the Reykjanes peninsula. Here we will swim out approximately 80 meters from the shore. Kelp forests offer a great habitat for a number of marine species, including lumpsuckers, nudibranchs, and a wide variety of invertebrates. Colourful algae also flourish here off the coast of Iceland. You will most likely notice pairs of eyes sticking out of the sandy patches of the ocean floor where the flounders live. Soft orange coral also intermittently decorates the sandy ocean floor. In the area of the kelp forests, a wolf fish might pay you an unexpected visit or stick its head out of a pile of rocks, looking a bit like a prehistoric creature. We will pick you up at your hotel in the Reykjavik area and bring you back afterwards and offer you some light snacks during the dive break. The pick up time of this tour depends on the tides. We usually want to end our second dive around the peak of the high tide. Note that ocean dives in Iceland depend on the weather and it can happen that scheduled ocean dive trips have to be cancelled due to unfortunate weather conditions. If that is the case we usually have a plan B and can offer you other dive sites, such as Bjaragia, Kleifarvatn or Silfra that do not depend on the weather as much.
Ride one of the friendly Icelandic horses through lava fields. Riding time 1.5-2 hours. Available year round including transfers from Reykjavik.
This tour gives you a taste of it all. Join a ride through lava fields and across beautiful hillsides. Riding time 1.5-2 hours. Operates year round and includes transfers from Reykjavik and a picnic lunch.
Your ride follows smooth riding tracks through bushy hills and moss covered lava fields. See the variation in the lava fields depending on their age and enjoy the different shapes of the lava. After a ride of 1.5-2 hours we drive to the fabulous Blue Lagoon where you can choose to swim in the mineral rich water, enjoy a massage or just relax and enjoy the facilities. Entry fee to the Blue Lagoon is not included and must be booked in advance if you want to swim or use the spa facilities.
Do you want to test the strength of the Icelandic horse? Are you an experienced rider? Then this longer riding tour is perfect for you! We ride for about 4.5-5 hours on excellent riding paths across stunning lava fields, crossing Kaldá River, around Mt. Helgafell or into Heiðmörk Nature Park. Our Viking Tour starts with an introductory ride in the morning. After lunch at the Riding Centre we head out again and try the different gaits of the Icelandic horse. Be prepared to ride trot, tölt or a short canter and really experience the versatility of the Icelandic horse.
Descend 120 meters/400 feet into a dormant volcano that erupted 4,000 years ago. The dormant Thrihnukagigur volcano (good luck trying to pronounce it) is a unique natural phenomenon. By setting up the necessary gear and equipment, the operator has created a tour that opens the door to a new world. A moderate level of fitness is required for this tour, as access to the site requires a 45-50 minute walk each way over rocky terrain. Operates 15 May-30 September.
We leave early from Reykjavík and catch the crisp morning view of the Langjökull Glacier where the Ice Cave is situated. Langjökull is 953 sq/km, or the second largest glacier in Iceland. Step on board our all new bus fleet, equipped with computer tablets in each seat. On the tablets you can use our GPS Sensitive In Bus Audio Guide, available in 10 languages. So, if you wish to know interesting facts about Iceland and the places you will visit on the tour in a language that you are comfortable with, that is very possible. Onboard you will also find a USB Charger and free WiFi. Should you have any questions during the tour you can ask the host who will happily assist you.
You soon learn that in Iceland everything is possible – before you know it you suddenly find yourself standing on top of an Ice Cap and about to begin your descent down below the surface to explore what lies beneath.
In order to get there we step aboard a specially-modified glacier vehicle. The Ice Tunnel or Ice Cave is a man made glacier cave situated high up in a remote area in the heart of Iceland. Your guide will explain how global warming has begun to affect the glacial environment. Once there, your expert guide will take you on a magical journey deep within the glacier. You get to see stunning blue-hued glacier ice and wonderful glacier formations. The glacier is in constant motion and we can witness that movement of nature itself firsthand. The temperature inside the glacier is usually around zero degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit.
Until very recently what lay beneath the surface of Langjökull was a mystery. Sometimes bold ideas can become a reality, but the realization of creating this fantastic Ice Cave was only possible through the dedication and expertise of Iceland´s top engineers and geo physicists.
After our ice cave tour we get back on the glacier truck and head back to the basecamp where your driver will be waiting to take you to the small and charming village of Húsafell. You have the opportunity to have a packed lunch befure we head on to explore the mightiest lava cave in Iceland, Víðgelmir, which is just shy of 1600 metres / 5250ft making it one of the largest lava caves in the world. Your guide will show you and explain the amazing features of the cave, e.g. the wonderful colours, lava stalactites and stalagmites etc.
The lava field was formed during a destructive eruption in the 10th century that originated under Langjökull. The cave is mentioned in a written source dating back to 1398, and evidence of human presence dating back to the Viking Age(983-986) were discovered in 1993. The Lava Cave tour is extremely family friendly, thanks to our all new signature walkway and feature lighting. Afterwards we take a scenic route back to Reykjavík.
Join us for an exploration of a secret ice cave along the South Coast of Iceland. On the way to the cave from Reykjavík, you will see a picturesque landscape that features the stark contrast of black sandy earth, mossy green mountains, and the Mýrdalsjökull glacier. After enjoying these gorgeous views, we arrive at the ice cave nestled in a location known only to a few. As we follow the path into the cave, you will notice the glistening walls and high ceiling made of ice that has been artfully sculpted by glacial water. The sounds of black sand crunching beneath our feet and water dripping inside the ice cave are the soundtrack for our adventure. We will weave along a path before entering an epic opening in the ice cave that features its own sunroof. The light shining on the icy walls showcases the unique characteristics of this secret gem. Later on, we follow the front of the outlet glacier where it is standing high with ash covered ice wall, which forms the high contrast between the surrounding mountains and the glacier itself. The location of this cave allows for stunning views of the surrounding scenery.
Following our exploration of the fantastic secret ice cave, we stop near the Black Sand Beach at Hjörleifshöfði mountain area to experience more breathtaking Icelandic nature. Those who are coming from Reykjavík will enjoy one more scenic stop at Seljalandsfoss waterfall before heading back to their accommodation.
Please note that ice caves are natural phenomena and the conditions can change depending on weather. Your safety is our first priority so sometimes our tours may be cancelled with short notice due to weather conditions or safety concerns. If this happens we will always do our best to offer you an alternative tour if weather permits.
A fun and adventurous day on the South Shore.
forget your camera, you will want to share this experience with your friends and family.
An exciting snowmobile adventure tour on Langjökull, Iceland's second largest glacier and a visit to a totally magical natural ice cave. This is the ultimate glacier tour from Reykjavík – experience all that Icelandic glaciers can offer!


Finding several examples of ugly cars among Mercedes-Benz's portfolio since the company was founded until present day might not seem an easy task. Still, we were able to select five of Mercedes' flops in terms of design, as it follows.
Mercedes-Benz introduced the A-Class in 1997, at the Frankfurt Motor Show, as an entry-level model developed around a five-door hatchback configuration. The compact model was an unusual Mercedes-Benz car, given the fact that if featured a front wheel drive layout and a tall and short body. As you can see, the last aspect didn't help the compact model in terms of design, surely not as much as Mercedes-Benz would have wanted.
Luckily, Mercedes-Benz build a second generation model and more recently, the third generation which debuted in 2012 and comes as a visual blessing for the A-Class range.
The Mercedes-Benz W114 and W115 models made their market debut in 1968 and were produced until 1976. Sold as coupes and sedans, the models were distinguished by nameplates designating their engine. For example, W114 models made use of six-cylinders engines and were sold as the 230, 250 and 280, while W115 modeles were equipped with four-cylinder engines and were marketed as 200, 220, 230 and 240.
Even if they brought advanced technological innovations like the fully electronic fuel injection or a center console, these models were never bound to win a beauty contest mostly because of their weird-looking headlights, radiator grille and front bumper.
The E in the E-Class came from Einspritzmotor (German for fuel injection engine) and since its debut in 1993, the E-Class made a name for itself thanks to good size and durability, which made the car a favourite among taxi drivers in European and Asian countries.
Like in other cases, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W212) unveiled at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show came with a lot of technological highlights (blind spot monitor, Lane Keeping Assist, Night View Assist Plus) but failed to impress in terms of design, more or less due to its squarish dual headlamps. Mercedes-Benz did eventually correct that four years later, in 2013, when the E-Class received a much-deserved, more inspired visual makeover.
Mercedes-Benz 600 was launched back in 1963 and its few competitors at that time were Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Cadillac. The luxury model was offered worldwide in several variants (4-door sedan, long wheelbase 4-door Pullman limousine, Landaulet – with a convertible top over the rear passenger compartment and just two coupes).
Besides quickly becoming the all-time favourite car for dictators, heads of state or other royalties and leaders, the Mercedes-Benz 600 might have been a state-of-the-art fancy limousine but that never made it a beautiful one, not even after appearing on television in James Bond films On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Diamonds Are Forever.
Last but not least, the R-Class. Conceived as a luxury MPV by Daimler and sold under the Mercedes-Benz brand, R-Class can be considered a failed experiment for Stuttgart. The production model made its debut at the 2005 New York International Auto Show and was marketed by Mercedes-Benz first as a sports cruiser and later as a family tourer.
Like its looks, sales did not meet Mercedes-Benz's expectations as only 13,031 vehicles were sold in 2007 in the United States. At that time, a crowded marketplace, poor marketing position and low fuel efficiency were blamed for the R-Class's failure. However, we would add its bizarre shape on the cons list as well.
As always, this is our subjective view on these models because, you know, there's no objectivity when it comes to design. However, feel free to suggest any models which you think didn't make this list but had a pretty good chance of doing so because of their bad looks. For that, please use the comments section below.


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commandments and the] way of life prescribed in Islam.
Many of the Communication methods and techniques are evident today. Part of which is done through traditional ways such as using the pulpit, mosques, Husainiyas, religious organisations etc., while the other via modern means including cyberspace, social networks, satellite networks and so on. On the other hand, serving people has a distinctive position among other acts of worship in the divine teachings of Islam. From the viewpoint of the Ahlul-Bayt, peace be upon them, the school inspiring life, serving humanity has no boundaries. A true religion, taking inspiration from its divine guides, strives to take the burden off from his fellow human beings and serve humanity. A person's religion, creed and caste does not play a role in this obligation. Although, serving the faithful is accredited to have special importance.
Introduction to Fajr Foundation
Fajr foundation was established on the 15th of Sha'ban 1439 A.H. (May 2018) by some of the Indian seminaries and religious scholars in order to serve the religion and the people in the holy city of Qom. The federation compromises of the following sections:
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Netflix Effect changes audiences perspective on binge watching
'Queen's Gambit', 'Bridgerton' have unplanned effect on society
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CHECKMATE. The timeless board game, Chess, is making a come back after the release of "The Queen's Gambit" due to the Netflix Effect.
by Summer Rains, VOW editor
Viewers open up their Netflix account and flip through the homepage to find something new to binge. As they scroll through the different categories like "Popular on Netflix," "Top 10 in the U.S Today," "Netflix Originals," and "Trending Now," they have a wide variety of shows and movies to choose from. The first thing to pop up on their screen is the series, "The Queen's Gambit." After watching the seven episode series, viewers swipe over to Amazon or Ebay to buy their very own chess set.
The Netflix Effect has taken hold of society with shows like "The Queen's Gambit" and "Bridgerton." The Netflix Effect is when a show makes an activity or lifestyle famous overnight due to the millions of subscribers binge watching a new series. After the success of "The Queen's Gambit," the sales of chess sets rose by 215% on Ebay, including both wooden and vintage sets. Online gaming sites like Chess.com have also risen in popularity since the release of the show. Then after the release of the latest period drama, "Bridgerton," many viewers began to romanticize life in the 19th century and started looking into buying corsets and stays on Etsy and at Victoria Secret. The show has created so much buzz that there's even a TikTok musical based off the show with songs sung by artist Abigail Barlow.
Society letting the entertainment industry influence them isn't new, but Netflix has become an express train for experiencing new movies and shows. Aspects of these series are quickly being integrated into the daily lives of everyone and are being talked about on social media platforms, the news and even other shows. The Netflix Effect started to become apparent at the beginning of lockdown when shows like "The Tiger King" and "Outer Banks" were released. When the entrancing show starring Joe Exotic and Carole Baskins came out, many viewers plunged into the world of tigers, wanting to visit tiger exhibits and even have their own pet tiger. The tiger king craze even landed Carole Baskins a spot on the hit show "Dancing with the Stars," as viewers wanted to know more behind the scandal of what happened to Don Lewis. The name Joe Exotic has infiltrated the media to the point where he was even mentioned on the national news when they were reporting on the last few individuals that Trump pardoned before the inauguration of President Joe Biden. To Carole Baskins delight, Joe Exotic was not released from prison.
After the period of black, orange and white stripes, the summer hit, "Outer Banks," made many viewers want to live "The Pogue Life." The life of a pogue on the Outer Banks is characterized by the working class that make a living off the tourist industry compared to the rich kooks who have control over the island. At the end of watching the adventures of John B., JJ, Kiara and Pope on the HMS Pogue, fans ran to order their very own puka shell and conch shell necklace to try and have an essence of the small town beach vibes.
The Netflix Effect is not going away anytime soon. Netflix has promised to release one high profile movie a week, including both Netflix Originals as well as other movies and shows they have purchased to display on their platform. With all this new content planned for 2021, no one really knows what the future holds for the next avant-garde trend.
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Ever since it was announced last year, the adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's 2005 novel Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close has seemed like a Franken-stitched experiment in engineering the perfect Oscar movie. Its director, Stephen Daldry, has scored a nomination for all three of his features (Billy Elliot, The Hours, The Reader), its screenwriter Eric Roth boasts three of his own nominations and one win (for Forrest Gump), and it stars Tom Hanks—whom people love to lob trophies at—and Sandra Bullock, who's coming off a win for The Blind Side and the most successful year of her career.
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As evidence of its outsized ambitions, this first trailer takes a great big swing for the box-office fences—playing up the sappier, more mawkish side of Foer's (admittedly pretty weepy, but also occasionally weird) novel, fervently yanking on the national heartstrings with its centerpiece shots of the burning World Trade Center, and even bringing in U2's "Where The Streets Have No Name" for maximum "uplift." If it all seems a little cloying and painted in big, goopy strokes, well, that's been the plan since the beginning.


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On a certificate of division of opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Indiana.
This plea was sworn to. The plaintiff filed a general demurrer; and the defendant joined in demurrer.
This was, of course, the only question before the Supreme Court.
Mr. Vinton, of Washington city, for plaintiff. The defendant's plea to the jurisdiction of the court does not deny the averment in the declaration, that the company was created a corporation by the laws of Ohio as well as of Indiana; nor does it deny the averment, that it has its principal place of business in Cincinnati, Ohio, and that it is a citizen of Ohio, and that the subscription was made payable at the office of the company in Cincinnati; but the plea, in substance, alleges that, because that part of the road which passes through Indiana was constructed under and by virtue of the laws of Indiana, and ever since its completion the same has been, and still is, used and operated by said company in said State, under the charter of that State, that, therefore, the company is a citizen of the State of Indiana, and, as such, cannot sue the defendant in that State in the Circuit Court of the United States.
There are, as is well known, in the United States a considerable number of important railroads, which, like the one now in question, run through two or more, or parts of two or more States, by virtue and under the authority of the laws of those States.
If such corporations have a right to sue at all in the courts of the United States, it must be because they are, in contemplation of law, citizens of some one or of all such States. It would be claiming very much for these corporations to insist that they can sue or be sued as a citizen of each of these States. The right of such a corporation to sue as a citizen of a State must, without doubt, be limited to some one of the States through which the road passes.
And this gives rise to the question: What, in such case, is the criterion by which the citizenship of such a corporation shall be determined?
It will be difficult to fix upon any other criterion in such case except the locality of its principal place of business. The place where it has its principal business office; where its stockholders hold their meetings; where the board of directors have their sessions; where the records of the company are kept; and where the governing power acts and issues its orders-there, if any where, is the habitat, the residence, the citizenship of such a corporation.
Upon the strength of these decisions we claim, that as it is admitted by the pleadings in this case that the plaintiff is a corporation, created such by the laws of Ohio, and has its principal place of business at Cincinnati, in that State, the defendant is estopped by that admission from denying that the corporation is a citizen of Ohio, and that this estoppel is founded upon a principle of public convenience.
In the early decisions of this court, a strict construction was given to that clause of the Constitution which confers jurisdiction upon the courts of the United States, by reason of the citizenship of the parties; but the late cases, and especially those named above, have proceeded upon the ground, that this clause was intended to grant a benefici al privilege to the citizens of the United States, and ought, therefore, to be liberally construed.
The declaration says that the plaintiff was created by the laws of Indiana and Ohio, and yet claims that it is an Ohio corporation. Could the Indiana Legislature contribute anything towards the creation of a corporation 'dwelling' in Ohio?
If such action concerning a corporation should be had by two States, can it be said that the corporation was created by both the States? Rather, should we not say that the State whose law first took effect created the corporation; and that the other State had, at most, recognised its existence, not created it?But as no joint legislation of two States can create one identical corporation, this corporation, if created at all, must, within the constitutional sense, have its citizenship, as well as its creation, in one of these States only; and the declaration leaves it uncertain of which State. We contend that by a public statute of Indiana, as we will hereafter more fully show, Indiana alone created it, and Indiana alone is its dwelling-place. It cannot be contended that the plaintiff is a citizen both of Indiana and Ohio for the purposes of jurisdiction. No natural person can be a citizen of more than one place at the same time. 'The supposition that a man can have two domicils would lead to the absurdest consequences.' Abington vs. North Bridgewater, (23 Pick., 170, 177;) Story on the Conflict of Laws, sec. 45, a. Now, shall we go so far as to give an artificial person, for the purposes of jurisdiction, a privilege which no natural person in the United States can have? If, as the declaration avers, this corporation was created at all by the laws of Indiana, it is, for the purposes of jurisdiction, a citizen of Indiana, as much as if no other State had legislated concerning it; and it therefore cannot sue a citizen of Indiana in the Federal courts of that State. If the ground assumed in the declaration be tenable, the plaintiff might also sue in the Federal courts in Ohio, and aver that it was created by the laws of Ohio and Indiana.
We have said that the averment, 'the principal place of business of the plaintiff is in Ohio,' cannot save the jurisdiction, and is mere surplusage. That it may help the jurisdiction seems to be hinted in the case of the Lafayette Insurance Co. vs. French, (18 How., 404.) We submit, however, that the hint is but an obiter dictum. But be this as it may, the contrary has been often ruled in this court. Thus in Marshall vs. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., (16 How., 325,) the averment was that the company was a 'body corporate, by an act of the General Assembly of Maryland;' and it was held sufficient. And in The Covington Drawbridge Co. vs. Shepherd, (20 How., 227,) the same doctrine is held. So, in The Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore R. R. Co. vs. Quigley, (21 How., 202,) it was held, that to aver the company to be 'a body corporate in the State of Maryland, by a law of the General Assembly of Maryland,' was sufficient. So in Covington Drawbridge Co. vs. Shepherd, (21 How., 113,) the averment that the defendant 'is a corporation and citizen of Indiana,' was held good. These cases, in 20 and 21 How., must be considered as overruling the dictum above referred to in 18 How., and as settling the rule that the averment of the place of business is unnecessary, and therefore surplusage.


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XML, like HTML and JavaScript, is a language for building data on the Internet, intranets and other computer based solutions. Unlike JavaScript and HTML, XML is far more flexible for formatting and sharing data through those channels. Yet, XML isn't a one stop language. While it shares attributes with HTML and others, it wouldn't replace them. XML is designed for carrying data, while most languages like HTML are for designing and displaying data. XML will be used with HTML, but never the other way around.
XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language and in general, unlike HTML, it does not necessarily do anything. HTML and other languages are used to create things, like websites and apps. You would use XML to describe a process or product. That description would let a user transmit a program to the individual computer maker's websites. It would compile data and make a valid comparison in a consistent way.
XML is recommended by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). Like HTML, XML will use markup symbols to describe the contents of a web page. Only while HTML's language will generate text, graphic images, video and other components of the page, XML breaks down content in terms of data being described. In HTML p in bracket would represent a new paragraph, which you would see on the page. With XML, could mean data that follows is a video or image.
That is actually one of the most distinctive and appealing qualities of XML. HMTL has a series of predetermined tags like p in bracket which have a single purpose. XML has no standard tags. The programmer can create tags like because the XML language comes with no predefined tags. XML allows the user to create and maintain their own tags and their own document structure, offering a tremendous amount of flexibility.
It's this very feature that makes XML extensible, because its markup symbols are self-defining and unlimited. It is a subset of the SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language), which is considered the foundation for generating document structure. Only XML is considered easier to implement. One of the platform's earliest applications was the Channel Definition Format (CDF). Here XML was part of a channel downloaded to a hard disk that allowed the automatic and periodic updating a website as that site's information changed. Another early application was ChartWare. ChartWare is a patient care company and utilized XML to describe medical charts that were shared by doctors across their network.
HTML can become cumbersome when attempting to display documents in anything like a mobile device or when translating content between languages (i.e., English to German). XML is easily adapted to a wide variety of contexts. XML can even be applied to situations where there may not be interaction with users (i.e., humans) such as Web Services, which utilizes XML to transmit requests and responses back and forth.
Another distinguishing trait between XML and HTML is the opening and closing of tags. HTML development can include missing end tags, can contain improper nesting and use various capitalizations. XML tags are distinctive. has to close with , not or . XML is used nowadays for many applications such as bid data extraction and analysis, climate change models, search engine optimization and conversion rate optimization by London SEO agencies as well as other companies locally and internationally.
XML has become an international data standard. It aims to separate structure, presentation and meaning from content. With a simple approach to document structure, it marks sections with descriptive markups, allowing the parsing of information in a variety of ways. XML has revolutionized how computers exchange data all over the world and has enabled faster computer speeds than was ever imagined before.
XML is used in so many applications it would be hard to name them all. Nowadays there is no question the ability to share data between industry partners increases productivity. By embracing XML Standards, companies small and big can develop messaging channels that are more potent. Such XML methodologies support the business needs among others of the automotive, power sports, waste management services, real estate and construction equipment retail industries. In the business realm, business data standards are critical, ensuring all trading partners can communicate efficiently, from real estate brokers in Chicago, to waste management operators in Oakland and currency traders in New York city.
Not only is household waste increasing in varying proportions according to the places of production (rural or urban areas, etc.), but it is also diversifying. Indeed, until now household waste had been defined by its non-hazardous nature. They should not be a nuisance as opposed to other so-called hazardous waste. However, it is clear that new waste is appearing, and that a certain number of household refuse rejected daily are toxic; they can no longer be treated as inert waste. As a result, the evolution of the risks linked to household waste, associated with the increase in their poorly identified flows, leads certain players to reconsider their points of view.
Technology innovations like XML are necessary to support our modern informational revolution. For example green energy and clean sustainable product production requires state of the art information technology to manage the large constant flow of data used to optimizes such systems. We do not want to increase the number of bin rental operations in order to remove all the junk generated by our current economic model, and it is time to think differently. XML can be part of this new model.
For many years now, both nationally and locally, waste management has been everyone's concern. Today, this competence represents a real political challenge for sustainable development. Each waste management policy must be built according to its territory, its characteristics and its specific challenges. It is the role of the local elected representatives to build this project associating the inhabitants but also by making the producers of consumer goods and businesses producing waste from economic activities more responsible. In order to achieve the same objectives, which are to treat and recover waste optimally, a chain of actors works in total synergy. Today thanks to better sorting procedures and collection organized by member communities, its efficient equipment and the development of multiple recycling channels, the nation has the resources and means necessary to guarantee good waste management and sustainable waste.
The emergence of an innovation and its development, its success or failure, depend on the context, if not contingent on this context; therefore, the success of a transposition in other territories is not at all obvious. Experience shows that attempts to transplant certain technologies or other solutions lead to many failures. In any case, the term appropriate technology deserves clarification; because there is the technique and the rest, which should not be neglected, when it is too often considered as a simple externality, economic, social or environmental.
In this regard, waste management services appear to be a particularly interesting theme insofar as it is precisely the disappropriation and rejection that underpin the status of waste. Waste does not refer only to zero or negative economic value, but to a complete, complex set (a system) of socio-cultural values. We must therefore deal with values, cultures, beliefs, consider the mind and even go back to the archeology of the mind. A link exists between waste, waste space and social waste. How to go from rejection to the project?
Waste has an ambivalent character: waste or resource? The answer varies depending on the context and the time, and what is waste for some can be a resource for others. According to an optimistic view, it is a resource waiting to be used; its persistence means that an innovation, perhaps within our grasp, has not yet taken place. We can report the existence of unused or misused resources: on the one hand material resources, linked to certain flows or assets (including environmental), on the other hand human resources, whether they are job seekers or other skills (eg retirees).
It is hard to believe XML already celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016, but we also need to look at the future, as XML could be replaced by a more efficient coding format. Many organizations are now working on creating a consensus within different industries to maintain the robust standards we are currently enjoying from XML. For instance some realty companies manage large banks of real estate listings that needs to be constantly updated to reflect current information. This would not be possible without the flexibility offered by XML.
With the advent of digital networks and information highways whose foreshadows date back to the 1950s and 1960s, our modern societies did not yet perceive the magnitude of the current shift occuring. It is the measure of this acceleration that some computer scientists are trying to grasp with the hidden face of digital technology and the environmental impact of new technologies. In 2008 the American consulting and analysis company Gartner Inc, specialized in new technologies, revealed that the ICT sector was responsible for a quantity of greenhouse gases comparable to that produced by the aviation: 2% of global emissions.
Now, what to do next? Do we need to keep on increasing our landfills and waste management services? Or sacrifice the dogma of growth to save the planet? This is the conclusion certain specialists have. But the tech savvy alternative turns out to be much more attractive, it is to say that technology will do everything and that citizens will not have to worry about anything. And who would dare to oppose the infinite promises of ICT without running the risk of being singled out? As for the industrialists, they blame the curious consumer for a reversal of the situation, in a society which nevertheless makes consumer sovereignty one of the pillars of its definition of democracy. The environmental impacts of digital services are real and ICT has a number of perverse effects. To those who answer that environmental policies are designed using computers, the balance of power will inevitably appear twisted.
Watermarking allows the robust and discreet insertion of information into a document, such as the identity of its owner. Many marking techniques exist for multimedia documents such as image, sound or video. Currently, techniques are developed to mark up structured data. This new method includes a marking model for databases (relational or XML), where the insertion of information must preserve the quality of a certain number of requests declared beforehand. It can be shown that in general, databases cannot be marked, even against trivial requests. As was presented at a recent seminar in Lyon, this result is related to an important combinatorial notion, the dimension of Vapnik and Chervonenkis. There are several restrictions of database instances guaranteeing the insertion of a reasonable amount of information, while preserving the quality of any query defined in a given language. Instances whose graph has a bounded degree, preserving any query in a so-called local language. Examples of local languages are first-order logic or the very popular SQL language. Instances with a limited tree width, preserving any second order monadic request. This language is important because it serves as a theoretical basis for practical languages for querying XML documents. These restrictions are optimal.
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If or the homage to Armani's femininity
If or the homage to Armani's femininity
Si d'Armani is a fragrance specially dedicated to lovers of powerful and tenacious sillages, both chypre and fruity. It is a fragrance mainly built around patchouli, gourmet notes and sun-kissed fruits. It is elegant and already promises to fill you with tenderness.
The elegance and femininity typical of Armani
Giorgio Armani says of this perfume: "If is my tribute to modern femininity, an irresistible blend of grace, strength and spirit of independence. ". It is a bright, sophisticated and charismatic scent. The latter embodies absolutely all the refinement of Italian chic as we like to imagine it. Its fragrance arouses emotion through a veil of mystery. He enjoys playing on contrasts, not hesitating to associate softness with strength, sensuality with elegance, impertinence with recklessness. Its smell is perceived by some to be very deep while others describe it as a juice playing in lightness. In other words, Si is the fragrance of a woman of serene strength and carnal sensuality.
The intense indulgence of the Si perfume
With the Si perfume, Armani can boast of having reinvented the chypre style. It is a particularly captivating essence starting with the association of the freshness of blackcurrant buds with the sensuality of vanilla. Its heart, meanwhile, is particularly floral. It is full of May rose and freesia while embellishing them with an elegant dash of precisely dosed patchouli. Finally, its background is more amber and woody. What is more, it is sublimated by the animality of musk. Finally, for all those who would like to vary the pleasures, know that Si also exists in a more intense version as well as in a fresher version in the form of an Eau de Toilette. But a new version has just been released with Armani Si Rose Signature .
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This essay analyses some remarks of Wittgenstein's On Certainty in which Wittgenstein compares human behaviour to that of animals and says he wants to consider man as an animal. The essay's main purpose is to show that these remarks are essentially understood as part and parcel of what Wittgenstein calls "conceptual investigations" and that, consequently, they give little support to On Certainty's naturalistic interpretations. A second purpose of the essay is to show that Wittgenstein does not intend to combat the use of "I know" in contexts such as those evoked by Moore; rather he wants to draw attention to the different ways in which we say or can say "I know."
A Comfortable Sureness: Knowledge, Animality and Conceptual Investigations in Wittgenstein's On Certainty
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Now you can donate your voice. Scientists want clips to develop personalized tones for people unable to talk
Stephen Hawking's voice is one of the most instantly recognisable in the world. But millions of people with severe speech impairments who rely on computerised voices, lose their vocal identity as there are only a few voice options available. But a now one organisation is encouraging people to donate their voices so that it can create voices as 'unique as fingerprints' to suit individuals who are losing their own. While VocaliD is still in its early stages and experts are perfecting the recording process, they hope to use a web program or phone app so that people can record their voice remotely in a quiet place, as the better the recording, the more realistic the voice created. To build the custom voices, experts at VocaliD – whose founders are based in Delaware and Boston – extract whatever sounds a speech-impaired person can produce and apply them to a synthetic voice that is partially created from a surrogate voice donor. Donor voices are selected to match a 'target talker' in age, size and sex so that their new synthetic voice contains as much of their original vocal identity as possible – but with the speech clarity of the surrogate voice donor. 'It's a simple idea that could make a powerful impact on the lives of those who rely on synthetic voices to express themselves, the organisation said.
VocaliD estimates that there are tens of millions of people across the world who rely on computerised voices to communicate and two-and-a-half million in the U.S. alone. The few options available often lack personality and sound like a computer. Every person has a unique 'vocal source', which is a buzzing created by the larynx or voice box, that reflects their anatomy. The source is pushed through the rest of the vocal tract – the chambers in the head and neck – which change shapes to produce consonants and vowels.
While some people cannot manipulate their vocal filter because they have a neuromotor speech impairment, many people have some sort of control of their vocal source. It is people with conditions such as Parkinson's and cerebral palsy that VocaliD could help by building a customised synthetic voice based on a person's vocal source and a donor's speech. Experts use several thousand sentences recorded by a donor to make a new voice, in a similar way to how engineers created Siri and other voice recognition technologies. The recording process takes between two and three hours and donors read or repeat short sentences that together cover all the combinations of sounds that occur in the English language. Using the recording, experts then use software that blends the surrogate's voice with the sounds of the 'target talker' or patient, which creates speech 'units' like vowel sounds and consonants. Once all these units have been made, the synthetic voice is created and allows patients to say any sentence – even those not pre-recorded by the surrogate. There is a chance that by being a donor, someone could have exactly the same voice as you, but the organisation said it is 'unlikely' as the new voice is a blend so will probably only have elements of the donor's voice.
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Inaugurated 16 years ago, the Tate Modern Museum in London is a major attraction for art lovers visiting the city. It has a sizeable collection of contemporary art pieces and displays the works of some of the most gifted artists of the modern times. The museum keeps changing its installations so that every visit will be a new experience. Below are some of the most iconic works on display in the museum that you must not miss on your Tate Modern guided tours.
This is one of the best works of the renowned artist Pablo Picasso. The woman in the picture is his second wife, Jacqueline Roque. In the portrait, there is a high emphasis on the intricate expressions as he tries to bring several aspects of emotion on to his work. The turbulence and chaos regarding their second marriage are also portrayed well by depicting the landscape and the natural forces surrounding it.
This is a celebrated work by Salvador Dali, from 1938. The piece is themed on surrealism and has elements of nature and man blended beautifully to convey the message with precision. The soft browns and grays have been used effectively in the painting. The lake in the image represents the meditation on his brother's death, while it also resembles a fish. Besides, private and public themes have been merged with great expertise in the work of art. The disconnected telephone represents the dialogue between Hitler and the then British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain.
This is a work on the famous Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe by the famous artist Andy Warhol. It was made a few months after the death of the pop star. This work is considered relevant in today's world of pop culture. The cult of celebrity is celebrated while he also expertly adds the truth of morality to the image.
This is a domineering artwork, which completely takes over the hall it is displayed with its grandeur. The image depicts a suspended bronze triangle, which symbolizes a lightning strike. In the process, it casts its light over the aggregate of shapes around it. It has the energy that Joseph Beuys used to dictate in his performance days.
This drawing drew inspiration from Michelangelo's Laurentian Library in Florence as it has meditations on grey, brown, and red. The picture is perfectly designed for an enclosed space with very grim lighting facilities. This allows the visitors to fully immerse in the mood created by the picture. It has a very meditative and ghastly style and stands out among the rest of the works.
This is one of the most powerful modern images created by Lucio Fontana. It brings the true nature of artistic representation to play. The canvas is boldly slashed and the observer is demanded to reflect on the materiality of the painting.
This famous work by Jacques Mahé de la Villeglé portrays traces and debris left by the modern lifestyle. The work reflects the capitalist culture that encompassed Paris during the 1950's and the 60's. This work consists of fragments of advertisements and billboards acquired from the city being bombarded at the city dwellers. In addition, there is some exquisite and vibrant of the artist on the other side of the drawing.
Tiny Deaths by Bill Viola has the immense power to captivate the visitor with its beauty. Bill Viola has been a prominent video artist for over 4 decades and in Tine Deaths, he pulls you into his world. There are three video images on display here and the setting is ideal to fully immerse in the experience. In the dark display room, your senses are heightened and the amazing visual effects created by the expert use of sound and light literally teleports you to the space between your inner and outer worlds.
This is yet another moving work and is themed around how visually impaired people do when they paint portraits, animals, or landscapes. This is a highly sensitive image, which throws light on the experience of the creators of this art, who cannot see their own work. It is indeed a work, which you need to see on your Tate Modern tours for the human values perfectly portrayed by it.


Set in a desired position with views over Oatley Bay, this spectacular contemporary residence is Hurstville Grove's most luxurious offering. Finished to the highest of standards, this five bedroom, five bathroom and three kitchen property features a spectacular open plan design with both formal and casual living areas.BOWERBIRD created a modern scheme to enhance the striking design details such as marble flooring and double height ceilings. Stylists introduced a sophisticated muted colour scheme with the focus on textiles and finishes such as marble, leather and linen throughout the home. Subtle pops of colour displayed in the artwork and accessories, successfully drew in the natural surroundings and refined pool and entertainment area.


Laurier is a community that has experienced events trying to divide us. With what has happened recently we need leaders to act as role models to unite us. However, the people we have elected to be our role models and help show we are united are divided themselves. That is why, I, Adam Kovacs am running to be apart of the Board of Directors and on the Board of Governors. To recruit better role models, I propose we look at the current election policy and change it to reflect our current values and encourage more leaders to run. I want the election to be more publicized, so people know what is at stake and be excited for the election. Finally, I want to bring back the Board of Directors Vision Committee to interpret what the strategic vision is and the best way to work towards it.
My name is Karan Sarathy, and I'm a 4th year Biology student running for the WLU senate position. As a member of the WLU senate, I assure you that your voices will be heard. Through senatorial processes, I seek to bring forth policies that can help students achieve their Academic goals as well as introduce a new set of courses that prepares students for Graduate or Professional school. Furthermore, I plan to advocate for a new Law School which can enhance Laurier's reputation in Canada. My vision is to help make Wilfrid Laurier University more competitive, while maintaining and improving student satisfaction. As for personal experience, I've been proactive in multiple organizations throughout my undergrad career. Having been an executive in the WLU Pre-Dental Society, I understand the importance of good governance. Based on this experience, I'm confident in my ability to lead. With your vote, we can bring change!
My name is Klaudia Wojtanowski and I am a second year business student aspiring to minor in both Political Science and French. Currently I am a Residence Life Don and serve on the Board of Directors for the Students' Union where I represent and advocate not only for first year students but the entire undergraduate population of both the Waterloo and Brantford campuses. I would like to earn the position on the Board of Governors to provide the perspective of the undergraduate student as it relates to the strategic direction of the university. I would strive to ensure that the Students' Union acts in the best interest of students by promoting a safe, inclusive and accessible experience both academically and socially. It would be an honour to represent the voice of undergraduate students as Laurier endeavours to grow and strive for the ultimate student experience.
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Better Things is the story of Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon), a single mother and working actor with no filter, raising her three daughters, Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Alligood) and Duke (Olivia Edward) in Los Angeles. She also looks after her mother, Phil (Celia Imrie), an English expat with questionable faculties who lives across the street. Whether she's earning a living, navigating her daughters' changing lives, or trying to have one of her own, Sam approaches every challenge with fierce love, raw honesty and humor.


One of my favorite sayings is "you can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf". I first came across that in the book Wherever you go, there you are, by Jon-Kabat-Zinn whom I am fairly certain is also who coined the phrase.
Kabat-Zinn is a pioneer and expert on the subject of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and his ideas have factored heavily in my own work. That saying in particular has been central to my professional philosophy in helping performers become better prepared and more resilient in the face of challenges, and to help optimize their performance potential.
I find the meaning behind that saying especially relevant to the performance conditions that medical performers face. There is so much in the medical literature about the effects of burnout; the difficulties that make it tough to sustain worklife balance, and the toll that acute and chronic stressors take on health and performance.
1. Draw a circle representing "work" and then list all of the things that could transpire on a daily basis within the bubble that is work, and which can either create or consume energy. Consider people, stressors, tasks, situations, and sources of meaning and inspiration (energy givers).
2. Next I'll ask them to identify those sources on the list that they actually can directly influence or change in a meaningful way. So, things like workloads, and dealing with difficult people no amount of effort can probably change BUT say readying in advance for certain situational stressors perhaps we can.
3. Of those things that it would appear we cannot change, the question is can we reclaim some of the focus, power, and control we give away to them? The things that are fixed and yet we invest so much emotional and mental currency towards. The end result being feelings of frustration, angst, and undue stress. Ask yourself, "in what ways am I resisting or attaching too strongly to those factors that are fairly resistant to change?". The workloads are immense and yet you know, they are not about to ease up anytime soon. Certain policies might seem inefficient and unreasonable and yet you must go along with them. Certain people you must interact with might make your skin crawl and yet, they aren't going anywhere either. If I cannot change these things and if I willingly answer the call each day when my alarm goes off and choose to step into this role where all these things are waiting for me, can I not learn to adjust and inoculate myself from their effects? Can I develop better responses to them? Can I be readier for them? Can I adjust my perception of them? What value would that have for my personal health? How much focusing capacity might I free up if I scaled back the time and attention spent perseverating on those things…THINGS THAT NO AMOUNT OF PERSEVERATING ON WILL CHANGE? There is so much you cannot change that becomes compounded by stressing over it. Stop the cycle. Adapt to your surroundings by working from the inside-out. Catch yourself when you notice your thoughts drifting towards ruminating on those things. Acknowledge what is going on in that moment: you are having a thought about the way things are. We don't have to resist the thought but we must also be mindful not to allow the thought to overpower our state. Left unchallenged, thoughts become emotional reactions, which dictate to our brain how something is to be experienced. Each time we resist or attach to those things that cause angst or frustration we strengthen the signal to our brain and make it more likely we will experience the very thoughts and reactions we don't want.
The godfather of Stress Inoculation Training (SIT), Donald Meichenbaum once wrote stress is, "endemic, institutional and unavoidable". We can't eliminate stress in the field of medicine as its highly embedded given the demands and their effects, but we can learn simple, efficient strategies to keep the monster at bay. Start by identifying the ways in which you contribute to the problem through attaching, ruminating, and resisting those things that you cannot directly change. Make a commitment to yourself to cease giving away your power and focus in that direction by preparing to respond to things in a more constructive way. Utilizing the principles of visualization and mental rehearsal can be very helpful in that regard.
"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf"…indeed you can. The key to managing external stressors is in orienting an optimal internal perception of them. You can begin to change the way things are by altering the way in which your brain perceives, responds to, and performs through potentially stressful events.


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The Anti-Choice Movement Is Going All-In For Trump
By Miranda Blue | July 11, 2016 2:52 pm
At last weekend's National Right to Life Convention outside of Washington, D.C., there was one name that was on everyone's minds, even if it was rarely uttered aloud: Donald Trump.
Speaker after speaker discussed the 2016 election while sidestepping what one conference-goer called the "elephant in the room," Trump's place at the top of the Republican ticket. But attendees were not about to let the topic go, and several speakers were pressed about the organization's stance on the presidential election during question-and-answer sessions.
While a handful of National Right to Life state affiliates have endorsed Trump, the national group has yet to take an official position in the general election. The group endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz in the waning days of the Republican primary, citing Trump's many flip-flops on abortion rights.
James Bopp, the legendary conservative attorney who serves as the National Right to Life Committee's general counsel, was one of the few speakers to bring up the presumptive GOP nominee without prompting, never mentioning the candidate by name but saying that "there's only one conclusion you can come to" in the race since the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, is "100 percent evil" and "will never make a correct decision on anything."
Fr. Frank Pavone, the head of Priests for Life, made a similar argument after being pressed about his position on Trump at the conference, attempting to downplay the power that Trump would have and play up the influence that he would give to those around him, presumably people more in line with the anti-choice movement's goals and messaging.
"When you think about it," Pavone said, "the situation we have now is just a heightened version of what we face in any electoral choice, namely you're choosing between two people, you know, you can have problems with both of them. A vote doesn't mean that you agree with the person, a vote doesn't mean that you think the person's right. A vote is a transfer of power."
"Remember that the presidency is more than the man or woman who occupies the Oval Office," he added. "You're putting a whole party into power. You're putting a whole team into power. Every one of these candidates is surrounded by a large number of smart and influential people who are going to set boundaries and advise them and point them in the right direction. And not only that, but you have, we still do have checks and balances in our system. So if we were voting for a dictator it would be a very different scenario."
Pavone mentioned that he had recently spoken with John Mashburn, a Trump aide whose hiring was meant in part as a bridge to abortion rights opponents.
Karen Cross, National Right to Life's political director, was also confronted about Trump during a breakout session by an attendee who called the Republican candidate "the elephant in the room at this whole convention."
Cross, whose presentation had been about the damage she said was caused by anti-choice activists who demand purity in their candidates and thus let pro-choice candidates win, also offered the Clinton-is-worse argument.
"We have to work against Hillary," she said. "Hillary is 100 percent pro-abortion, she is the Emily's List, Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America, voted and worked against — I mean, she's against the partial-birth abortion ban, she's spoken against the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, she has committed to appointing pro-abortion justices to the court. She is horrible."
Yet she acknowledged that "this is the most different, most difficult election I've ever seen, ever."
Mainstream anti-abortion groups have largely fallen in line behind Trump, despite their initial doubts. The Susan B. Anthony List, for instance, has said it will back Trump despite the fact that its president once signed a letter urging primary voters to "support anyone but Donald Trump," calling into question his commitment to the anti-abortion cause and saying she was "disgusted by Mr. Trump's treatment of individuals, women, in particular." Americans United for Life has not taken an official position on Trump, but its acting president told The Washington Times in May that it would be impossible to support Clinton.
At the National Right to Life Convention, speakers focused on the goal of keeping a Republican majority in the Senate, while not dwelling on the risk that having Trump at the top of the ticket may pose to some of their favored candidates.
In one moment of dissonance, Raimundo Rojas, the National Right to Life Committee's director of Latino outreach, who was giving a workshop on reaching Latino audiences, showed a slide detailing the performance of past Republican presidential candidates among Latino voters. He noted that ignoring or alienating the Hispanic media can spell doom for a candidate. He never mentioned Trump.
Tags: Clarke Forsythe Donald Trump Frank Pavone James Bopp Karen Cross Marjorie Dannenfelser Ted Cruz Anti-Choice Election 2016 Reproductive Health Americans United National Right to Life Committee Priests for Life Susan B. Anthony List
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Le parc d'Estienne-d'Orves est un des parcs départementaux des Alpes-Maritimes. Inauguré le , il s'étend sur quinze hectares sur la commune de Nice. Ce parc situé en centre ville se situe sur la colline Saint-Philippe, qui abritait auparavant des terres agricoles.

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Crowley Helps Puerto Rico Students Bring Solar-Powered Vehicle to U.S. Mainland for Competition
(AUSTIN, Texas; July 14, 2014) – Sixteen students from the University of Puerto Rico's Mayaguez campus will soon travel to Austin, Texas, for the 2014 American Solar Challenge, a competition that challenges teams of university students to design, build and race solar-powered vehicles. Crowley Maritime Corporation, as a sponsor of the school's Solar Engineering Research Racing Team, shipped the team's racing vehicle,El Wanabi, from San Juan to the U.S. mainland aboard the Miami, one of the company's 730-foot Roll-on/Roll-off (RO/RO) barges.
The vehicle, designed by the school's Solar Engineering Research Racing Team, will compete against 23 similar units built by teams of students from universities around the world in an eight-day race from Austin to Minneapolis, Minn., starting July 21. Before the race, however, teams must qualify to participate by completing a minimum number of laps with each of their drivers during the Formula Sun Grand Prix, a three-day track race in Austin beginning July 17. Starting order for the cross-country road race, during which students must obey speed limits, is determined by the number of laps driven during this qualifying event. Ultimately, the teams are competing for a trophy and recognition for their university.
The students' vehicle, which had to be dismantled for transit from Puerto Rico to the company's port terminal in Jacksonville, Fla., was shipped inside a wooden box on a trailer. The Crowley team in San Juan backed the trailer onto the under deck of the Miami to facilitate immediate discharge upon arrival. After Crowley shipped and delivered the vehicle to the students in Jacksonville, they drove it to Austin in time for the beginning of the event. Crowley will also handle the car's shipment back to Puerto Rico following the competition.
This is the first time since 1995 that the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez has participated in such an event. This vehicle took the team of students a full year to design and an additional six months to build. They chose a design featuring carbon fiber and aluminum honeycomb panels, four wheels and 384 custom-made individual solar cells affixed to the hood. These solar cells convert sunlight into electricity, which in turn powers an electric motor.
"Most teams select designs with three wheels, which are good for aerodynamics, but not stability. With four wheels, the car can handle curves more easily and at higher speeds. A car with four wheels is also easier to handle for long periods of time," said Gustavo Gonzalez, student and captain of the team.
Crowley has sponsored competition teams in the past, most recently University of Puerto Rico's Colegio Racing Engineering group in the annual Formula SAE competition.
Crowley has proudly served the shipping needs of Puerto Rico since 1954. Originally operating as TMT Trailer Ferry, Crowley has literally served as a lifeline to the island, delivering groceries, department store merchandise, building materials, automobiles and more. The company has also helped bolster the Puerto Rican export economy by transporting food, pharmaceuticals, rum and other consumer goods to the U.S. mainland. The company employs almost 200 people in Puerto Rico with an annual payroll of over $18.5 million.
Jacksonville-based Crowley Holdings Inc., a holding company of the 122-year-old Crowley Maritime Corporation, is a privately held family and employee-owned company. The company provides project solutions, transportation and logistics services in domestic and international markets by means of six operating lines of business: Puerto Rico/Caribbean Liner Services, Latin America Liner Services, Logistics Services, Petroleum Services, Marine Services and Technical Services. Offered within these operating lines of business are: liner container shipping, logistics, contract towing and transportation; ship assist and escort; energy support; salvage and emergency response through its TITAN Salvage subsidiary; vessel management; vessel construction and naval architecture through its Jensen Maritime subsidiary; government services, and petroleum and chemical transportation, distribution and sales. Additional information about Crowley, its subsidiaries and business units may be found on the Internet at www.crowley.com.
Photo caption: (From left to right) Miguel Román, logistics manager, Francheska Lopez, solar car driver, Edward Padilla, suspension design leader, Xavier Camacho, electrical leader, Marielis Suarez, roll cage design leader and solar car driver, Ernesto Perez, manufacturing leader, Gustavo González, captain, and Kevin Corpetti, battery design leader, at Crowley's port terminal in Jacksonville.


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Thousands at Rally in Support of Judea, Samaria
Posted on December 23, 2010 December 23, 2010 by Jake Lambert | No Comments
Thousands rallied at Kikar Tzion (Zion Square) in Jerusalem Thursday evening in support of the Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria, and continued construction there.
Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe of Our Land of Israel warned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in his speech that if he decides to destroy Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, "There will be civil war here."
The majority of the crowd wore black hats and black jackets. But a mix of different people came such as men with long hair.
Veteran activist Shifra Hoffman came with her homemade sign against another freeze for Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria.
"They say words can kill, but missiles certainly kill," he added. "Bibi Netanyahu, you should know, the entire holy crowd here, we all declare – if you tear down the isolated communities, this is treason. You were given the mandate to lead in order to build the Land of Israel, not freeze it."
MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) addressed the protesters and told them about his plan to house infiltrators in posh Tel Aviv neighborhoods. "I made thousands of telephone calls to the residents of Ramat Aviv and called upon the dear residents of Ramat Aviv to shoulder their share of the burden," he said sarcastically.
Ben-Ari recalled telling the residents of the north Tel Aviv neighborhood: "You are humane and democratic and not racist, let's see you accepting the African invasion."
"What do you think I got in response? Curses and shouting. Leftists voice criticism of the demonstrators in Petach Tikva and Bat Yam but we should say the truth: the Land of Israel should have a Jewish character, not a character of enemies."
Ben-Ari noted that Israel's founding prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, was a proponent of "Hebrew work" (avoda Ivrit) – the idea that Jews should do all of the labor in Israel and refrain from hiring others to do the more tedious, difficult or dangerous jobs.
Were Ben Gurion alive today, Ben-Ari said – he would be reviled as a racist.
Yishai Lapidot of the band Oif Simchas (right) and Gad Elbaz (left) sing together on stage.
Singer Gad Elbaz spoke with Israel National Radio's Walter Bingham about his inspiring trip to the Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem which details historic and modern Jewish live in the Gaza Strip. He sung hasidic style songs as well as hip-hop. Elbaz recently returned from a tour in Hong Kong and other foreign countries.
"The land is ours," states this homemade sign in Yiddish, indicating the demographic make-up of many of the rally participants.
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson came in from Brooklyn, New York just for the rally. Still sweating from his emotional speech, he said that ironically, Israel is the only country in the world that restricts where Jews are allowed to build homes.
Hasidic singer Mendy Jerufi spoke of the connection between Israel and the Jewish people, his fondness for the Chabda-Lubavitch movement and his appreciation for Arutz 7 who helped jump-start his career with airplay for his music.
Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe spoke of the growing and significant number of black hat hareidi religious residents of Judea and Samaria. He also noted that a mix of different demographic groups attended the rally.
Photos by Ben Bresky, Israel National Radio.
(IsraelNationalNews.com)
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Ten Theological Books With Which to Begin
John Paul Meenan, Editor
(Here are some thoughts from a talk I gave to the Catholic Teachers' Guild of Toronto recently on suggestions for books to read in theology and philosophy. This is not so much a 'top ten' list – even if some of them would more necessary than others – but rather a primer to ponder, to get one started. Editor)
One could do far worse than begin with the dialogues of Plato. After all, Alfred North Whitehead described all subsequent philosophy is a footnote to the sage. Which dialogue? People say the Theatetus, or the Symposium, but any of the dialogues will do.
Aristotle, a disciple of Plato for twenty years, who went on to found his own school, the Lyceum, and his own mode of philosophy. His influence cannot be overestimated, called 'the Philosopher', and the 'Master of Those who Know'. More difficult to read, and to many less pleasurable, to read than Plato (it seems that rather than dialogues, which seem to have been lost, all we have left of Aristotle are his lecture notes), he covers more ground, all that could be known at the time. Perhaps peruse the opening pages of his Physics and Metaphysics, which provide some of the principles that will guide all philosophy.
For a much simpler but excellent summary of their thought – of the 'perennial philosophy' – see the overview by Daniel J. Sullivan, in his aptly named "An Introduction to Philosophy".
The Bible.
What can one say about the very Word of God? It is, as Thomas puts it, the very soul of theology.
For the Old, perhaps begin with the Psalms. A good way is to follow the lectionary or breviary, but try to read the whole psalm, and not just the excerpts.
The New? Saint John's Gospel is an excellent place to see Christ in His own interior life, the most 'theological' of the Gospels. The others – the Synoptics, Matthew, Mark and Luke – along with Saint Paul, make more sense after one has read the words of the 'beloved' disciple.
There is a whole array of them, witnessing to the life and teaching of the earliest, post-Gospel era of the Church. Perhaps try Saint Ignatius of Antioch, and his seven letters written on the way to his martyrdom, around 100 A.D. The essentials of what it means to be the 'Catholic Church' is found therein.
The Fathers are distinguished between those who came before the first ecumenical council, at Nicaea in 325, and those who came afterward – hence, pre- and post-Nicene. The council codified and solidified orthodoxy, especially about Christ and the Trinity. Those who were before often jostled around with a bit theologically, grasping their way towards the fullness of truth, as it was being sought and defined in our Tradition.
Any of Origen's homilies (+253) – you may find them in the Office of Readings, or there are compilations on-line. Even his method of exegesis (even if he got some things wrong) provides the basis for future interpretation. Tertullian, even if he apparently ended up a heretic, gave us many of our theological terms, and his vivid writing style is always a delight.
Post-Nicene
Saint Augustine – Confessions. The first real autobiography, composed between 397 to 400, and the 'interior' path towards God. This was all implicit before, but the great theologian made it explicit forging the path for those ahead.
Saint Athanasius – The Life of Anthony.
What does one say of a saint's life written by a near-contemporary saint. And not just a saint, but a Father and Doctor of the Church, describing one of the very founders of monasticism?
Scholastics – Saint Thomas' Summa. Written – dictated! – over a number of years, from 1250 or so, to his death in 1273, when it was left unfinished. Nearly 3000 articles, with 611 questions, covering nearly all aspects of theology, and summarizing the Tradition, as espoused by the Church Fathers. The novelist Flannery O'Connor read one article each night before going to bed. That's one way to get through the density of the Summa. But to dip one's theological toes is always good.
Devotio Moderna – There are many spiritual books from the early modern era, the 1400's and onward, when such writing flourished, and many masterpieces produces. The Imitation of Christ is the bestseller, and for the Counter Reformation – and Francis de Sales' Introduction to the Devout Life, but, since my time at the Oratory, I have been partial to the Theatine Father Lorenzo Scupoli's (1530 – 1610) Spiritual Combat, first published in the year of his death in 1610.
Jacques Maritain's The Three Reformers (1925) marvelously summarized the three figures who most shaped modern Man. Descartes, who laid the foundations of the doubting modern mind, steeped in the scientific – which is to say, the mathematical – method. Luther, who made faith a pure act of the will, and condemned reason to the dungeon. And Jean Jacques Rousseau, who exalted the unbridled passions, that 'primitive man' was most virtuous, and corrupted by any sort of society or stricture.
C.S. Lewis – The Abolition of Man, based on a series of three lectures given in February, 1943, and compiled into a book, on the need for natural law and objective truth in education. Its principles will be embodied in literary form in his Space Trilogy.
As an addendum, as mentioned, there is the Restitution of Man, by Michael D. Aeschilman (1983), which is a superlative reflection and commentary on Lewis' thesis, subtitled 'C.S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism'.
And one other I will mention, which Father Joseph Kotersky, S.J. (requiescat in pace) said in a talk the most influential book he had ever read: The Mystery Hidden for Ages in God, (1995) by Father Paul Quay, S.J. whose own subtitle is the intriguing, 'Why Aren't Catholics Holier Than They Are'. A fascinating tour de force, through the history of theology. I gave a talk on it a few years ago, which I wrote up as an article, but this does scant justice to the book itself.
Josef Pieper's Leisure the Basis of Culture is a must-read based on two essays he gave at the University of Bonn in 1947, in the wake of WW II. He proposes that life is not primarily about what is 'practical', efficient, the consumer mentality, filled with sound and fury. Rather, it is interior, and must follow a rhythm, with space – leisure – to contemplate, even live within, the eternal, with feasts, seasons, fasts, celebrations, beauty, liturgy, music, and most of all, prayer.
Josef Ratzinger's The Spirit of the Liturgy (2000). Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi. The principles of a liturgical life, which is the only life that makes us human, and can lead to eternal life.
As mentioned in question period, the reader could also peruse Ratzingers Introduction to Christianity, which was first published in 1968 in the wake of the Second Vatican Council (1962 – 65), to provide a modern, updated, but solidly orthodox, summary of our Faith.
For some thought from the Magisterium, one might begin with Leo XIII's landmark social encyclical Rerum Novarum (1891), laying out the principles that the rest of the Church's social doctrine would follow.
Pope Saint John Paul II's Salvifici Doloris (February 11, 1984) is a profound meditation on human suffering, and how this has been redeemed in the salvific suffering of Christ.
Any other of the great Pope's encyclicals or works is very much worth reading, not least his Evangelium Vitae (1995) on the Gospel of Life, and Veritatis Splendor (1993) offers a masterful summary and exposition of the very foundations and principles of moral theology, which puts all our actions, and striving, into context.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992 and 1997, for the editio typica). This fulfils the following description, found in the Apostolic Constitution Fidei Depositum, promulgating the Catechism:
A catechism should faithfully and systematically present the teaching of Sacred Scripture, the living Tradition of the Church and the authentic Magisterium, as well as the spiritual heritage of the Fathers and the Church's saints, to allow for a better knowledge of the Christian mystery and for enlivening the faith of the People of God. It should take into account the doctrinal statements which down the centuries the Holy Spirit has intimated to his Church. It should also help illumine with the light of faith the new situations and problems which had not yet emerged in the past.
The catechism will thus contain the new and the old (cf. Mt 13:52), because the faith is always the same yet the source of ever new light.
We will add that the older Roman Catechism from the Council of Trent is a good companion to the newer one.
What else? Too many to say, but, for now, I hope these few offer a window, and a path to begin.
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