Boatshed Brighton's Intrepid Dan and Squeezebox's Beaching Adventure!
One of my favourite places to visit is St Valery sur Somme. It has a challenging approach requiring navigation between fifty buoys zig zagging in shallow water up a ten mile estuary to the town harbour. You have to get the arrival time just right to avoid running aground on the massive mud banks either side of the narrow channel. There is a pretty ferocious flood and ebb tide. The whole area is a renowned nature reserve.
passage. The sun set, the wind dropped to zero and the sea was so smooth we could see the reflections of Mars, Jupiter and many stars in it.
we could not sail out of trouble led to a rescue by the Eastbourne offshore lifeboat, bless them.
A tow back to Sovereign Harbour at over twice our earlier speed ended at 5.30am. Some days later I heard that the lads had enjoyed the "shout", flat out in smooth seas for once. After a cooked breakfast my friend went home. I loosened the mooring lines and gently worked my boat at tickover backwards and forwards on its mooring then radioed the marina to say I could limp back to my berth. It turned out a large cargo net had wrapped itself firmly around the prop.
The following day I decided to beach the Squeezebox near Fisherman's Village at the eastern end of the Sovereign Harbour estate. The winds were light and high tide was 1.30pm. My crew member was on the beach making sure a 10 metre stretch was clear of fishermen, swimmers and any paddle boarders. Another friend suddenly turned up for the ride, it sounds like fun he said.
Squeezebox limped round the outer harbour breakwater with him on the tiller.
"What's the form?" he asked. "As we approach the beach at right angles" I said "I will be at the bow ready to drop the anchor in four to six feet of water. You then reverse so I can pay out the line." "OK" he replied. Seeing my other friend on the beach I signalled the helm to aim for a space between two groynes.
higher up than I intended. The time was 2.30pm. As the tide receded the problem became apparent.
into the shingle. It only took about fifteen minutes to remove the net, which nearly filled a 10 lire bucket. My friends thoughtfully started scraping barnacles off the hull. The hot summer has made 2018 a vintage year for fouling.
you've got a problem mister!" He promptly got a lecture on the advantages of a bilge keeler.
engine and put it in reverse. I would then put it half forward and he was to immediately helm sharply to starboard. "Will we miss the breakwaters ?" he asked. "We have to!" was my reply.
into the cockpit and relaxed as we headed out to sea.
The Royal Sovereign fishing boat appeared ahead of us aiming for the harbour. "Follow that boat!" I said. We rounded the buoys marking the wreck of the SS Barnhill outside the harbour and followed the Royal Sovereign into the lock. It was 11pm, a long but interesting day.
several hours waiting for the tide to return.


With an experienced Greek/Swedish/British team behind her, Aisel will sing "X My Heart" on the stage in Lisbon. X stands for Cross. She was internally selected to represent Azerbaijan, back in November. The song is now officially released.
Aisel, whose real name is Aysel Mammadova, is a 27 year old jazz singer from Azerbaijan. When she was chosen to represent her country back in November, the local broadcaster Ictimai TV was very short with information. The big press releases before, during and after the announcement, to ensure everyone was ready – and had a lot of information about their act – had been replaced with a short notice on the website.
Tomorrow the song will be released. With a song title including the X, which stands for Cross, we can be sure to experience some confusing, just like in 2016 where Denmark was represented by the band Lighthouse X. The X stood for the number 10, but it wasn't everyone who had understood that, and as such you would hear radio and TV broadcasts from the press centre referring to them as with the letter X.
X My Heart is written by Greek Dimitris Kontopoulos and Swedish Sandra Bjurman. Both have previous Eurovision experience. Dimitris co-wrote the Russian 2016 runner-up entry You Are The Only One performed by Sergey Lazarev. Sandra can write Eurovision winner on the track list, as she was one of the two Swedish songwriters behind Azerbaijan's 2011 winner Running Scared.
As if that wasn't enough Eurovision experience, X My Heart is arranged by Tim Bran, who stood behind the production of Belgian's City Lights from 2017. Greek stage director Fokas Evangelinos has been added to the team as well. He knows all about putting a performance together which the viewers will like. In the past we have seen him connected to winning acts such as Helena Paparizou and Dima Bilan and second placed ones like Ani Lorak, Farid Mammadov and Sergey Lazarev.
The mix of X My Heart, which has been recorded in London, is done by Ash Howes who has previously worked with names such as The Corrs and One Direction.


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Israel hopes to gain what, exactly, with its resumption of assassinations?
In a surprise attack today, the Israeli air force assassinated Bahaa Abu Al-Ata, an Islamic Jihad military official in northern Gaza. Israel accused him of firing rockets. Al-Ata's wife was also killed in the attack. The killings have prompted Palestinian resistance factions to threaten an immediate response.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) noted that the assassination was approved by "Prime Minister and Defence Minister" Benjamin Netanyahu. This means that it was approved before new Defence Minister Naftali Bennett took office.
In recent days, the security, military and political circles in Israel have clearly exaggerated Abu Al-Ata's role in launching dozens of rocket-propelled grenades at Israeli settlements, coupled with warnings that he could be assassinated. Daily reports described him as being another Mohammed Deif, referring to the military commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. Others claim that he was the most dangerous person alongside Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah and Qasem Soleimani, a senior officer in Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps.
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2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, while the dream that MLK spoke about in 1963 is still a nightmare for Black America.
MLK and Malcolm X's writings, speeches and history are more relevant than ever. Too often they are portrayed as two different poles of the Civil Rights Movement, one pragmatic and the other more radical. The reality is that both were shaped by the mass struggles they led and were a part of. In the course of their different experiences they developed very similar conclusions before they were taken too soon. MLK and Malcolm X both came to see U.S. imperialism and capitalism as inherently connected with the racism that shaped the country. They both drew revolutionary conclusions, rejecting the notion that this system could be reformed.
A new generation of activists is looking for answers on what it will take to take this racist system on successfully. The Black Lives Matter movement has given expression to the anger and violence against the racism that pervades to the core of our society.
Come to this meeting to discuss the contributions MLK and Malcolm X made, the conclusions they drew and how we can continue the trajectory that they advanced.


Under federal income tax law and regulations, charitable remainder trusts are tax-exempt entities that are not generally liable for income or capital gain tax on the earnings of the trust — so long as the earnings stay in the trusts. Once payments are made to non-charitable beneficiaries, however, very different rules apply.
Donors, fiduciaries, and beneficiaries all share a keen interest in the way payments from charitable remainder trusts are taxed when received. The way such income is characterized is governed by what is known as the "tier structure" method of reporting income which is dictated by the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations.
Gift planners who understand this system and its implications are better able to serve donors and their charitable interests. In today's economic environment, it is helpful to examine the accompanying charts that are based on IRS studies of charitable remainder trust tax returns for 1998.
According to the tax return data as depicted in Figure 1, some 20% of net income reported by charitable remainder trusts fell into Tier 1, or ordinary income.
As a percentage of payments made to beneficiaries under the terms of the charitable remainder trusts, on the other hand, Tier 1 income accounted for over 40% of the income distributed in 1998 (see Figure 2). The remaining 60% of the income distribution would have been reported by recipients under the remaining three tiers, with the greatest portion being taxed as capital gain.
One could reasonably assume that as interest and dividend rates decline, less of the earnings of charitable remainder trusts will be in the form of ordinary income and a greater portion of payments will thus be taxed more favorably by recipients as capital gain income. This serves to increase the attractiveness of charitable remainder trusts, particularly annuity trusts that pay fixed amounts each year, regardless of the value of the assets in the trust.
Thus, while lower interest rates may lead to a reduction in the amount of current income tax deductions for charitable remainder trusts and gift annuities, the fact that more of the income from the trusts will be taxed at capital gains rates should not be overlooked and should increasingly be a focal point in discussions with donors and their advisors.
The foregoing is based on the IRS study, "Charitable Remainder Trusts, 1998." See www.irs.gov.


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Today in History – The Siege of Vienna
Posted on October 12, 2014 by Myiq2xu - BA, JD, FJB
(Because October 12, 1492 wasn't the only important October 12th in history.)
If I say "Vienna" what is the first thing you think of?
The Vienna Boys Choir? Apfelstrudel? Mozart? Wiener schnitzel? Vienna sausages?
Do you think about one of the most important battles in world history?
Siege of Vienna
The Siege of Vienna in 1529 was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire, led by Suleiman the Magnificent, to capture the city of Vienna, Austria. The siege signalled the pinnacle of the Ottoman Empire's power and the maximum extent of Ottoman expansion in central Europe. Thereafter, 150 years of bitter military tension and reciprocal attacks ensued, culminating in the Battle of Vienna of 1683, which marked the start of the 15-year-long Great Turkish War.
The inability of the Ottomans to capture Vienna in 1529 turned the tide against almost a century of conquest throughout eastern and central Europe. The Ottoman Empire had previously annexed Central Hungary and established a vassal state in Transylvania in the wake of the Battle of Mohács. According to Toynbee, "The failure of the first [siege of Vienna] brought to a standstill the tide of Ottoman conquest which had been flooding up the Danube Valley for a century past."[6]
There is speculation by some historians that Suleiman's main objective in 1529 was actually to assert Ottoman control over the whole of Hungary, the western part of which (known as Royal Hungary) was under Habsburg control. The decision to attack Vienna after such a long interval in Suleiman's European campaign is viewed as an opportunistic manoeuvre after his decisive victory in Hungary. Other scholars theorise that the suppression of Hungary simply marked the prologue to a later, premeditated invasion of Europe.[7]
More rain fell on 11 October, and with the Ottomans failing to make any breaches in the walls, the prospects for victory began to fade rapidly. In addition, Suleiman was facing critical shortages of supplies such as food and water, while casualties, sickness, and desertions began taking a toll on his army's ranks. The janissaries began voicing their displeasure at the progression of events, demanding a decision on whether to remain or abandon the siege. The Sultan convened an official council on 12 October to deliberate the matter. It was decided to attempt one final, major assault on Vienna, an "all or nothing" gamble.[16] Extra rewards were offered to the troops. However, this assault was also beaten back as, once again, the arquebuses and long pikes of the defenders prevailed.[17]
On one side were the cruel and oppressive forces of the Holy Roman Empire. On the other side were the misunderstood, peace-loving Muslims of the Ottoman Empire. At stake was control of Europe.
It's a safe bet that there were people alive in 1529 that were born in the final years of the Byzantine Empire, which was conquered by the Ottomans in 1453. Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire, which had stood for nearly 1000 years after the Fall of Rome. The Ottomans held onto Constantinople until 1922 when their Empire finally fell apart.
Finally, the Christian Orthodox city of Constantinople was under Ottoman control. When Mehmed II finally entered Constantinople through what is now known as the Topkapi Gate, he immediately rode his horse to the Hagia Sophia, which he ordered to be sacked. He ordered that an imam meet him there in order to chant the Shahada, the Islamic creed which declares belief in the oneness of God and acceptance of Muhammad as God's prophet"[59] This act transformed the Orthodox cathedral into a Muslim mosque, solidifying Islamic rule in Constantinople.
In the years between 1453 and 1529 the Ottomans pushed farther and farther north through the Balkans, conquering what are now Bulgaria and Hungary.
This is the same period when Portugal looked for a sea route around Africa and Spain explored westward, both trying to reach India. The reason they were doing that was that the Ottomans had effectively closed off the historic land routes eastward.
The Ottomans held onto Constantinople until 1922 when their Empire finally fell apart. That also marked the end of the Islamic Caliphate, which began in 632 A.D.
You should keep all this in mind when some idiot tries to tell you that "ISIS is not Islamic" and "Islam is a peaceful religion."
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131 Responses to Today in History – The Siege of Vienna
The Klown says:
Look at that map and notice how many of those names have been in the news lately.
HELENK3 says:
I am reading the first of a trilogy by Ken Follett. the century. the book I am reading is fall of giants. I am at the part where the forces are gathering to start WW1. seems like I am reading about Russia and Crimea today.
one of the things mentioned was the weakness of the Turks, the ottoman empire was in decline held back from modernization by a conservative muslim priesthood.
what is that saying the more things change the more they remain the same
I guess Francis Fukiyama was full of shit about the "End of History."
I love Ken's books. 🙂
Check out the growth of Islam during its first 23 years: http://t.co/ntazmA3Soq
— Klown 2.0 (@realmyiq2xu2) October 12, 2014
@MomMilkshake I call it "The Islamic State" because that is what they call themselves.
Somebody says:
I call them something else entirely. I don't really care what they WANT to be called I call them what they are.
I think the most important thing the western world needs to call them is enemy. There doesn't seem to be a consensus on that yet. Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it.
Here is another important October event in history that most people never heard of: http://t.co/Ap6ASuUQXi
Where are men like Charles the Hammer when you need a real leader?
Ask young people who Charles the Hammer was and they'll probably say "That rapper dude."
Either that or if they've taken world history in public school lately they might tell you how evil he was, because the mulims are peaceful you know.
A lot of young people think they don't need to learn anything because they can just look stuff up on Google.
Tru Dat and no need to learn math gotta calculator, roll
elliesmom says:
No, there's a need to learn math – which is much more important than becoming a human calculator. Unfortunately, becoming a calculator is what most math education is. I know you're being funny, but getting hung up on whether kids can do long division by hand is robbing them of time in school where they could be learning more useful things. We don't teach them how to write with a pen and ink anymore, but that's how I learned penmanship in 1957. It took hours of classroom instruction, ruined lots of clothing, and while it's nice I can still do it,it's not one of my more useful skills.
Kids need to understand basic functions and how to perform those functions with small numbers. They need to be able to count money, pay taxes and balance a budget. But they don't need to memorize square roots and prime numbers.
They need to be able to read and spell, use proper grammar, write notes and memos by hand, but longhand cursive is no longer relevant. Learning to type/keyboard is more important.
votermom says:
Actually a fellow mom was complaining recently that because her kid doesn't know cursive and he can't print fast legibly he was doomed to get low on the Writing section of the SAT
DeniseVB says:
I was sad to see cursive and penmanship no longer required in public schools. It was the only thing I was good at 🙂 I think it was more about teaching the brain than "pretty writing". Now we're a nation of fonts.
Charlie Hammer, wasn't he a mob enforcer? ;P
Constance says:
I though he was a FOX news commentator.
@biggovt @instapundit That is pretty much what he has done to the rest of the country.
This speaks to the level of respect they have for the office and for the country.
Hey Obama! pic.twitter.com/PVZVFmqgLy
gram cracker says:
Kim Kardashian West selfie!
49erDweet says:
Two months ago I started feeding a raccoon on my back patio. I didn't know that raccoons were Democrats. pic.twitter.com/QBLeK7V2vT
I don't think you shoukd be feeding them… does not seem safe.
Cool pic though.
cynic says:
Raccoon feces can be very dangerous, and deadly to children.
http://www.gateswildlifecontrol.com/blog/index.php?/archives/6-The-Danger-of-Raccoon-Feces.html
Yikes ! http://audubonportland.org/wcc/urban/raccoons
You should have known they were democrats , they were wearing masks!!
The Winnah!!!!!
angienc says:
You can't let your cats out now — the raccoons will kill them.
It. Is. Life. Nature discriminates from day one. Things aren't "fair." pic.twitter.com/66r8T54wfr
— Lady K (@SouthernKeeks) October 12, 2014
Life is NOT fair I was told and so told my kids that too. Live with it 😀
Somehow the Life is Not Fair memo skipped a couple of generations. We learned it in school, sports and on playgrounds. Flash forward, our HOA couldn't install swings, monkey bars, a slide or a see-saw in the kids' park because LIABILITY. So sad 😦
13% of Ebola cases do not get a fever. So much for the added airport screening procedures.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-1012-ebola-fever-20141012-story.html#page=1
Remember Typhoid Mary? How long before they admit there could be a few Ebola Mary's around? And too bad we can plant a couple of not too sick Ebola carriers right in the middle of ISIS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid_Mary
I recently looked "Mary" up and found that fascinating and scary. Here's a pandemic story of my area from the early 19th centure. Like our modern viruses, flu was a terrible thing in those days. What have we learned ?
http://www.flu.gov/pandemic/history/1918/your_state/southeast/virginia/index.html
Quarantine them all!!! 😡
That would be the logical thing to do.
It just occurred to me, we could plant a couple of Ebola infected female goats and donkeys around ISIS encampments! No need to endanger humans and most animal carriers don't get sick from Ebola. In fact after seeing those pictures of ISIS fighters and the goats and donkeys that were in the comments last night maybe THAT is how the Ebola epidemic keeps getting loose in the human population in Africa not eating bush meat.
Brilliant! I like how you think!
As our luck with Obama is going, THEN he'll send the boots on the ground in. 😛
CDC is blaming the nurse for catching #Ebola instead of their own inadequate protocols.
— Legal Immigrant (@votermom) October 12, 2014
That is why they weren't at the Dallas press conference 7:30 with the hospital, city, county and state officials. When asked where the CDC was hospital COS said they were busy with other stuff. LOL. They had to come up with spin. "It was her own fault" is going to backfire. The hospital specifically said she followed CDC protocols.
I never bought into the whole fever scan philosophy anyway, but this sure blows a hole through it. As I said, it was folly in my mind anyway since someone could take tylenol or something similar.
Boy the CDC is just getting egg thrown all over their faces aren't they? Somehow I don't think the MSM will carry the administrations water on this one. They might for a little while, but I don't think for long.
I saw a news blip that a doctor from a "hot spot" was waved through without testing at one of Ebola screening airports. He was so upset he contacted the media.
For anyone who follows John Smart's blog he has a new poll up. Worst two-term President ? And Obama's NOT winning. I protested Nixon and GWB war policies back in the day, but they were not worse than Obama overall.
Obola is winning now.
Smart said Obama still has two more years so he's not going to judge him yet? Wonder why he even put him on his poll …. LOL!
Hope is eternal.
this is really weird. just met a lady 5 minutes ago out side my patio visiting from Vienna
New Ebola case from a Texas health worker
That means we have the first ever case of Ebola contracted inside the United States. Yay.
Obama continues being historic.
The state set in motion all of the Ebola protocols being effected today. The CDC director is sending more "resources" today. He blamed the nurse for catching it. What a douchebag. Epidemiologists from the University of Texas Health Science Center are already in Dallas now running the show. Also the state was supposed to wait on CDC confirmation but refused to do so since they are so "slow". Hoo boy. I don't think they trust the CDC.
Wait until health care workers go on strike because "universal" precautions aren't working for shit.
Especially if they are going to be vilified by the CDC and dead people's families. The hospital has already closed their ER and I doubt if will ever reopen because all they get is grief and blame.
Let me get this straight: The CDC director and Ebola guy's family are blaming the hospital and staff. What major A-holes. Ebola shouldn't have reared its ugly head in our country. I wish we could sue Ebola guy's estate and family.
The CDC director seems qualified:
http://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership/director.htm
He's still an Obama appointee so wondering (adjusting tinfoil hat) exactly what his "orders" are? He seems to be flailing when we need a little emotional support here.
In Obamanation loyalty to Teh Precious is more important than honesty or competence.
I think the hospital needs to put 24/7 surveillance camera on this patient and those treating her including when they take off their moongear so that if another healthcare worker caring for this nurse gets infected they might be able to see where exactly the protocol is being breached.
Friedan seemed a little rattled at his press conference this morning. I think he realizes that shit is getting real and the spin is going to fail. The way this hospital and its staff has been blamed, defamed, targeted, etc is going to get hosptitals refusing to treat Ebola patients. There is also the issue of insurance. My understanding is that rates are so high for anything Ebola (including hazmat cleanup) that it is will be prohibitive for many to have anything to do with it all. Insurance riders are going out that policies exclude Ebola. Very bad. It will bankrupt any business, individual, etc in this country.
If the Epidemiologists are in control the result won't be politically correct from a Progressive perspective. While they are consulting them I would like to hear their comments on where the Enterovirus that is killing and paralyzing our children came from because it didn't come from no where.
A state will have to do it. The CDC is run by PC appointees.
Why do we only have an "acting" Surgeon General now? Hmmmmm? Doesn't he trump CDC ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States
Who was told this by a Libyan Ambassador 200 years ago?
It was written in their Koran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave; and that every mussulman who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise. He said, also, that the man who was the first to board a vessel had one slave over and above his share, and that when they sprang to the deck of an enemy's ship, every sailor held a dagger in each hand and a third in his mouth; which usually struck such terror into the foe that they cried out for quarter at once.
Thomas Jefferson?
Tommy Jefferson?
Ambassador Thomas Jefferson, who was trying to negotiate an end to the Barbary Wars. The US ended up have to kick mussulman ass to end it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-a-rizvi/an-atheist-muslims-perspective-on-the-root-causes-of-islamist-jihadism-and-the-politics-of-islamophobia_b_3159286.html
do not usually bother with huffpo as i really do not like her.
this is what Thomas Jefferson had to say on the root cause of islamist jihadism
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/10/isis-releases-latest-magazine-dabiq-justify-enslavement-of-yazidis/
isis justifies the enslavement of yazidis
read the last line
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2014/10/12/nailed-check-out-conservative-journalist-dogging-pelosi-over-sweetheart-deal-with-dem-mega-donor-151872
OHOH he struck again. I like this guy. he is asking what journalists should ask
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2014/10/12/the-enterovirus-d68-and-president-obamas-executive-order-13295/
interesting. no medical screening at all
By the way, while the peace-loving Muslims were enslaving the crew of ships during the Barbary Wars, the oppressive Catholic Church was arranging ransoms for them.
http://weaselzippers.us/202298-john-mccain-we-need-an-ebola-czar/
McCain needs to retire and spend time with his family
Question: I have two cat beds and four cats. None of the four cats will sleep in either of the beds.
Is there a way to entice them into sleeping in a bed made just for a cat or should I give up?
How's Catnis handling the new brood ? Need a family photo 🙂 I do think they want to be where you are at this age, put the beds under the computer table and see if they'll get used to their comfy spots.
Put the beds in separate boxes and loosely close the lids. Also put a crumb from a treat in each box. Put the boxes on the floor in another room. Don't let them in the room for a day, and then ignore them. Once they discover them, continue to ignore them, but after three days remove the boxes. Done.
sprinkle some cat nip in the cat beds.
SHV says:
" I have two cat beds and four cats. None of the four cats will sleep in either of the beds."
Is this a Common Core match question??? The answer is give up.
Guess where this came from:
But with Barack Obama, racism has become ordinary discourse since his election in a way that it wasn't before, and the contempt and the ridicule with which Republicans treat him. Not even Bill Clinton, who they felt they could disparage because they thought he was a dumb white cracker, not even Bill Clinton has been treated the way Barack Obama has been treated. He's been treated as if he's an impostor, an interloper and as scum.
I mean, the things that have been said about Michelle Obama, the way she's talked about on Fox News, you know, forget about Twitter or comments on news stories or anything like that where all the morons live, but the way she's been talked about, can you imagine Laura Bush ever being talked about that way? Laura Bush actually killed somebody. But that was never mentioned, that was never talked about, because it was impolite to bring it up.
Anyway, don't let me go on like this. But, yeah, yeah. And when you look at the things … when you look at the murder of Trayvon Martin, when you look at the murder of Michael Brown, when you look at those situations, it's not unrelated to Obama being president, but it's more the way in which the country has reframed itself or rewritten itself since his election, with all kinds of people saying to themselves, maybe never putting it into words, just feeling it, "There's a fucking n—er in the White House? Well fuck you, n—er, whoever you are." And an inchoate loathing and hatred that seeks out its targets.
I'm not a psychiatrist, I haven't sat down and interviewed George Zimmerman or the cop who shot Michael Brown, I don't know what their motives are, I don't know what kind of people they are, what kind of childhood traumas they have experienced. But I don't think it's nuts that in a certain way, when that cop killed Michael Brown, and when George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin, they were killing Barack Obama.
That's the laziest explanation of Obama's incompetence and Obama's use of the race card.
Spoony? Or whoever doesn't know that 41% of the "Republican" criticsm is coming from former Dems and Independents because Obama is a failed leader and a poopy head ?
Play that race card white boy (or girl).
Is it the half-black wannabe all black guy whose name I can't think of from MSNBC? Torre – Toure Something? It sounds like someone who isn't too bright but likes to think his ideas are utterly brilliant.
Salon.
DandyTIger says:
Got to be the Onion. Must be a joke. No one is that batshit crazy.
http://www.salon.com/2014/10/12/when_that_cop_killed_michael_brown_and_when_george_zimmerman_killed_trayvon_martin_they_were_killing_barack_obama/
Yep, comedy. Though unintentional comedy.
Put a dirty tee shirt on top of a paper bag–they love that. Btw, the expense of dealing with Ebola should not have to be carried by individual states since the Feds let potential carriers into the country.
So I was wondering what Zombie's been up to lately and found him/her's latest expose on the "climate" people 😀 It's a goody:
http://pjmedia.com/zombie/2014/09/23/climate-movement-drops-mask-admits-communist-agenda/
There is a history of building mosques over churches and synagogues–just read the post
http://weaselzippers.us/202309-ebola-spreading-isis-winning-obama-spends-sunday-on-golf-course/
what else is new? backtrack does not even bother to pretend he gives a damn anymore
.@JoyAnnReid that's in the top 10 of the dumbest things I've ever read. Wow.
— Stacey-SisterToldjah (@sistertoldjah) October 12, 2014
Does she understand that that community's ER is closed now because of asshole shit like she is spewing? Theresidents now get to go about 8 MILES down the interstate to a hospital run by the county that is locally known as the ZOO instead of this nice private hospital ER. The average wait time at the zoo is 6 hours to be seen and on the weekend it is about 11 hours. During a full moon no one is seen but car wrecks and gun shots. Yeah the immigrant community around that terrible hospital will be much better off. Dumbass.
I think that the more important point is that the Black guy with Ebola and his race-baiting friends went to Texas because Blue states suck that hard.
Really a super post, Klown. Thank you. Imma take my iPad and go down to the cafe and READ.
Just as soon as the Packers game ends. (There's 6 seconds to go.)
OMG!!!!!! The packers just scored w 6 seconds to go and are ahead 27-24 w/3 seconds to go!
Good Ebola rant from Oct 4
http://raconteurreport.blogspot.com/2014/10/do-math.html
I found it when I was looking up how many special biocontainment hospital units there are in the country.
It may not matter if the CDC chief hints mean anything. With no dialysis or respiratory intervention for end stage organ failure any hospital can just lock someone in a closet and wait for them to die. What is so funny is that the CDC chief implied the hospital did too much to try to save his life thus endangering their staff, and Ebola guy's family is claiming they didn't do enough which would include a very expensive bio-hazard lifeflight to Nebraska or Georgia, medicine which doesn't exist and blood transfusions which would kill him almost immediately. Which is it? The media of course is too stupid to see this.
Sean Hannity has been talking to Dr. Gil Mobley, the guy who wore the HAZMAT outfit with the sign " The CDC is lying to you." He may be a crackpot, but he rebuilt a hospital in Guatemala and he seems to have a decent understanding of how out of control something like Ebola can get.
Mobley has advocated for using decommissioned hospitals as fever centers to screen people away from regular hospitals, so that people with other medical problems can be treated and live. He pointed out that the medical system in Dallas was brought to its knees in 1 hour after Duncan was identified as having Ebola.
The US does not have the infrastructure to give a cluster of Ebola patients dialysis or artificial respiration or $17 million worth of ZMapp and specialized care. The only way to cure Ebola is to isolate the infected.
Seems like good idea to me.
Possible Ebola case in Boston.
Concerns me that Harry Reid's Senate is holding this up, because midterms ?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2789464/surgeon-general-missing-action-ebola-patient-america-dies.html
The guy Obama nominated is a gun grabber and the NRA shut that down.
So another "wait til after midterms" guy. Got it. 😉
Another possible Ebola case on a plane
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/10/12/lax-possible-ebola-patient-on-united-flight-from-jfk/
Boston and now LA, damn! BTW I think if I had a ticket on United I'd cancel they seem to be the ebola patients carrier of choice.
I usually do a Fall trip to NYC, I'm keeping my powder dry for now.
I think they're saying now the LAX guy is a false alarm.
VM how close are you to Boone, NC? Someone in the comments on this Yahoo news story about the suspected Boston ebola case says that their news reported a suspected ebola case in Boone, NC. This person lives in TN. Scan down the comment is toward the bottom, I think it was by Sarah.
http://news.yahoo.com/patient-isolated-massachusetts-clinic-displaying-ebola-symptoms-newspaper-200117720.html
Nevermind found it that patient has been cleared.
http://www.wfmynews2.com/story/news/local/2014/10/09/boone-hospital-monitoring-patient-for-possible-ebola-infection/17012061/
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Have I got a Brooklyn girl for Con Man 🙂 Oh darn, you're not my FB friend, can't share, boo, hoo. Stupid privacy settings, can't even post her to the TCH FB page. I guess that's a good thing?
You can reply to that tweet with a matchmaking tweet. BTW, Con Man definitely looks like trouble. 🙂
Luckily he has a bossy older sister to keep him in line.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/american-suicide-bombers-travels-in-us-middle-east-went-unmonitored/2014/10/11/38a3228e-4fe8-11e4-aa5e-7153e466a02d_story.html
American suicide bombers travels in US and ME went unmonitored
wow I feel so secure NOT
Propertius says:
In addition to sending Columbus on his way in 1492, Ferdinand and Isabella forcibly expelled the entire Jewish population of Spain (more than 200,000 individuals) that very same year after a prolonged campaign of forced conversion, torture and execution (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/expulsion.html)
Lest one think that an aberration, let's not forget what happened when Christian forces took Jerusalem in 1099 during the first Crusade. After the city surrendered, Frankish knight massacred Muslim and Jewish civilians who had sought refuge on the Temple Mount. An estimated 10,000 were killed there, or as one contemporary (Crusader) account stated:
In this temple 10,000 were killed. Indeed, if you had been there you would have seen our feet coloured to our ankles with the blood of the slain. But what more shall I relate? None of them were left alive; neither women nor children were spared.
If you'd prefer something a little more recent, there was always the "ethnic cleansing" of Bosnian Muslims by Serbian Orthodox forces during the Bosnian War in the mid-1990s.
For some reason, nobody cites incidents like that (or, for that matter the Thirty Years War) as evidence that Christianity isn't a "religion of peace". Under the wrong circumstances, nearly everyone is capable of being a homicidal bastard.
There are over a billion Muslims in the world – and the vast majority of them aren't a threat to anyone. Yes, there are lunatics among them (just as there among every group) but they're hardly representative.
What's your point?
Christianity has a long bloody history too, but they haven't been killing anyone lately.
Oh, yeah, I almost forgot – those Spaniards were pretty shitty to the "Indians" they encountered in the New World too.
The Spaniards were pretty shitty to a lot of populations around the world.
No shit!
If it's only the Muslim lunatics that want to enslave and murder then where is the outcry from the peace loving Muslims that are the supposed overwhelming majority? Are there only lunatic Muslims in the middle east and on the streets of places in the US like Dearborn? Is that why they cheered and danced in the streets on 9-11? Because those places have all the lunatic population? The lunatic population that wants all infidels converted, enslaved or dead?
Christianity doesn't seek to convert people by the sword. If you reject Christianity then that is just fine, the Christian will simply think you're headed to hell, but they tried to save you. They don't want to help you get to hell right then and there. The bible nor priests/pastors preach that nonbelievers should be enslaved or killed if they don't accept Christianity.
I do believe if I am not mistaken the world condemned the ethnic cleansing and fought to protect the Bosnian Muslims. BTW we've fought to protect Muslims many times, they don't seem to be a very grateful bunch…..or maybe that's just the lunatics I'm speaking of.
Those are the only songs I know with lunatic in the lyrics……just thought they'd go along with the "lunatic theory".
By their silence and acquiescence the non-threatening Muslims have made themselves irrelevant.
"(Reuters) – Reports of creepy clowns carrying knives and other weapons have been scaring people in the California city of Bakersfield for the past week, police said on Sunday."
Just a little drive down the Golden State Hwy from Merced.
Yep it's not very far away is it? Klown does tend to disappear sometimes, he claims he's watching baseball or football games…..hmmmm. Perhaps we should see if the creepy clown episodes coincide with baseball or football games….hmmm…..and he says it was his ex that was the psycho. OR maybe it is his ex trying to frame him, aha…….OR maybe it's colonel mustard in the observatory with the knife????
Colonel Mustard in the conservatory in a clown suit with a knife, AHA!
The NIH director went to Huffington Post to blame Ebola outbreak on Republicans. http://twitchy.com/2014/10/13/sunday-night-bombshell-nih-director-claims-budget-cuts-have-prevented-an-ebola-vaccine/
Their budgets have increased but so have the expenditures on stupid shit that please progressives like global warming, school lunches, trans fat, and farmers markets. Budgets for communicable diseases and pandemics are not COOL! Or fun for that matter. If you were a CDC or NIH political hack flunky appointee what would get you brownie points with your political masters who are idiots? Certainly not Ebola or Enterovirus EV-D68 that was invited into the country with ruinous policies. If this is their proactive pushback on their incompetence they are screwed. Assholes.
Why did the CDC not train the staff in the Dallas hospital? They had a end stage Ebola patient and were using "minimal" protection according to the CDC now. What exactly were the CDC doing in Dallas besides running down contacts of Eric Duncan. They knew they were inadequately protected but did nothing? Then claim they knew this might happen but it is the hospital and staff's own fault? WTF. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/13/us-health-ebola-usa-nurse-idUSKCN0I206820141013 "Healthcare and infection control experts said that hospital staff need to be coached through the stages of treating an Ebola patient, making sure they have the right safety equipment and know how to use it properly to prevent infection."
"Some experts also question the CDC's assertion that any U.S. hospital should be prepared to treat an Ebola patient as the outbreak ravaging West Africa begins to spread globally. Given the level of training required to do the job safely, U.S. health authorities should consider designating a hospital in each region as the go-to facility for Ebola, they said."
This nurse graduated from college in 2010. She works very hard and lives in a tiny apartment with a Cavalier King Charles spaniel. This young woman sounds a lot like my daughter. I am so furious I could spit. These CDC assholes let her be exposed with incorrect protective gear knowingly and be deathly ill for political correctness and incompetence.


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Why installing Rose Pugliese as County Attorney is a crazy mistake
by Anne Landman • April 7, 2021 • 4 Comments
Rose Pugliese is the sole finalist being considered for County Attorney.
A top headline in yesterday's Daily Sentinel announced that former Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese is the sole finalist for the job of Mesa County Attorney, which, as of 2019 was the highest-paid job in the County.
Based on Pugliese's qualifications, or lack thereof, this is nothing short of crazy, and it smacks loudly of cronyism by Mesa County's Old Guard Republican Establishment (OGREs).
Pugliese won consideration as sole contender for the job despite having a track record that would probably get the rest of us fired.
Oh, where to begin?
Pugliese: Global warming is just a "personal opinion" that shouldn't be taught in D-51 schools
In 2010, Pugliese represented a group called "Balanced Education for Everyone" (BEE), that proclaimed global warming was "junk science." BEE promoted the view that teaching about global warming in schools frightened children unnecessarily. Pugliese presented District 51 School Board with a petition that she wrote herself, containing over 700 signatures, that demanded D-51 make its science teachers stop teaching global warming to students. Pugliese, who is not a scientist, told the School Board that climate change was "not a proven scientific theory" and that "there is no evidence to support it." She said climate change was just a "personal view."
The D-51 Board politely accepted Pugliese's petition, but did not act on her advice.
Pugliese tried to gut the Riverfront Project
A beautiful, peaceful area of the Audubon Section of the Riverfront Trails Project that Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese worked to destroy.
As County Commissioner in 2013, Pugliese worked to gut all County funding for the Colorado Riverfront Project that now consists of long, beautiful, much-loved walking and biking paths along the riverfront.
In November, 2013, Pugliese sent an email to her supporters asking for help to kill the Riverfront Project, saying it was a waste of "hard-earned taxpayer money." The email said, in part:
From: <vilarose16@aol.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 9:48 AM
Subject: HELP NEEDED!
To: rose@roseforcommissioner.com
Conservative friends,
As you may be aware, [County Commissioner] John Justman and I elected to pull
funding for the Riverfront Commission. It is approximately
$17,000. The City also gives $17,000. These funds are used
to staff a PART-TIME position for the Riverfront Commission.
I am sure many of our constituents would love to make $34,000
working part-time!
When I asked what this person's job is, no one really seemed
to know. Then, I was told that this position was used to
coordinate volunteers and plan the riverfront concert series.
The Riverfront Project survived Pugliese's efforts to kill it.
Sued by former clients for giving bad legal advice
In 2015, Pugliese was slapped with two civil malpractice lawsuits by former law clients alleging she had given them false legal advice that had cost them financially. Mesa County District Judge David Bottger ruled that Pugliese did, in fact, give the clients incorrect legal advice and he invalidated a settlement agreement between the two clients that Pugliese had written based on her incorrect advice.
Promoting Christianity using taxpayer money
In 2017, Pugliese voted with Commissioners John Justman and Scott McInnis to enter into a contract (pdf) to pay $57,360 in taxpayer funds to Project 1.27, a Christian ministry that works through churches to recruit Christian foster and adoptive families, to assure children are "cared for within Christian communities."
Coincidentally at the time Pugliese's friend Janet Rowland was employed as the national director of Project 1.27.
Project 1.27 engages in "[foster] training with a solid Christian perspective," and provides training to "Christian parents wishing to foster and adopt." The group's website makes no mention of recruiting families belonging to any other religion, or families of no religion.
The county's contract required 20 hours per month be spent on "faith-based recruitment."
This use of taxpayer money to effectively promote Christianity was a clear violation of the separation of church and state in the First Amendment to the Constitution.
As an attorney Pugliese should have known better and worked to protect the County against even the appearance that it was violating the law. Instead, she went along with it.
Repeating lies and spewing disinformation
In April of 2020, the Daily Sentinel outed Rose Pugliese for spreading false information on social media that was put out by Colorado Counties, Inc.
Pugliese claimed wrongly that Governor Jared Polis was intentionally withholding federal funds intended for local governments under the Coronavirus relief bill approved by Congress in March of 2020, and he was going to use those badly-needed funds to balance the state's budget, forsaking people in rural Colorado who desperately needed the funds.
But Pugliese failed to read the bill.
The bill that Congress, including the Republican-led Senate, had approved designated relief funds only to state and local governments that served populations of over 500,000 people, so many small rural towns and counties did not qualify for the funds.
Under Pugliese, County Administrator Frank Whidden was a total disaster for the County
The Commissioners assigned Mesa County Administrator Frank Whidden to simultaneously to head the County's IT and Human Resources Departments in order to save money. Whidden's behavior brought a slew of lawsuits upon the County. Taxpayers also footed the bill for Whidden to get a degree in Family Therapy from an online school and then he started a private counseling business on the side while still employed at the County, without telling the commissioners, all while continuing to do all that other stuff for the County. (Photo: WesternSlopeNow.com)
Former County Administrator Frank Whidden, who served under Pugliese, proved to be an embarrassing and expensive disaster for the County.
Whidden started working for the County's IT Department 2011, he was appointed County Administrator on December 8, 2014 and he resigned in August of 2019 amid great controversy and numerous lawsuits.
In a ridiculous attempt by the county to save money, not only was Whidden the County Administrator from 2014-2019, but the Commissioners also let him head the County's IT department AND Human Resources Department all at the same time. In an ironic twist, the Human Resources Department was the department responsible for handling complaints from employees.
And complaints there were — about Frank Whidden.
Several female County employees charged Whidden with making improper sexual advances towards them. The County had to pay the cost of hiring an outside investigator to look into the sexual harassment complaints. During the investigation, the Commissioners put Whidden on paid administrative leave where he continued to earn his full pay of $180,000/year until he resigned two months later. One of the employees who complained about Whidden's improper advances told the Daily Sentinel that "it was not uncommon for Whidden to make lewd comments at work, allegedly telling some female employees that he 'didn't need to take Viagra.' She said that "if Whidden liked an employee, they would thrive, but if he didn't, he would find ways to get rid of them."
Under Pugliese, Whidden and the County were the subjects of several age discrimination lawsuits that were filed in federal court in Denver. The suits alleged that Whidden laid off six older workers in the county's Information Technology Office while retaining younger workers. The county paid out financial settlements to two of the six workers to the tune of $62,500 each. The other lawsuits continued.
One of the lawsuits, brought by a female employee who had been with the County for 26 years and was laid off in 2016, revealed that while Whidden was laying off IT workers in an effort to cut the county's budget, taxpayers were simultaneously reimbursing him for his costs of obtaining a master's degree in marriage and family counseling. The County reimbursed Whidden over a period of several years for courses he took at an online school based in San Diego, California.
While employed by the County in all of these positions, and without telling the Commissioners, Whidden also opened his own private counseling business and was taking clients on the side. Whidden had told the commissioners he was taking classes in mental health and suicide prevention because suicide was such a big problem in the County, but did not tell them he was pursuing or opening a private counseling business.
In 2018, the Commissioners gave Whidden a 37% pay increase that they approved in secret.
Whidden finally resigned from the County in August of 2019 amid all this controversy, leaving the County to pick up the pieces — and expenses — he left behind.
No leadership during the pandemic
Benita Phillips, R.N., B.S.N. speaks to Mesa County Commissioners at their Nov. 9, 2020 meeting, and urges them to step up and start encouraging people to wear masks to help rein in the pandemic.
In 2020, during the worst of the Coronavirus pandemic, all of the Mesa County Commissioners including Rose Pugliese, were silent about the pandemic until an RN appeared at a county commissioner meeting and literally begged the Commissioners to urge all county residents to wear masks when out and about, and avoid gatherings to reduce the spread of the virus and help preserve our local economy.
We could go on, about other things, like the County's long pay freeze and how poorly the County has treated its employees under Pugliese, about the disastrous County Clerk's office that has remained without comment by the Commissioners under Pugliese, and more, but you get the idea.
Rose Pugliese's dismal track record of incompetence would get any other employee in the United States fired. In Mesa County, that track record, along her friendship with Janet Rowland and Mesa County's legendary GOP cronyism, are all she needs to get installed into one of the most highly-paid positions in the County.
It is a scary situation that should offend all County residents, and the fact that Pugliese is actually being considered a finalist for the County Attorney job certainly drags down any remaining confidence people might have had left in our County government.
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4 comments for "Why installing Rose Pugliese as County Attorney is a crazy mistake"
Jim S says:
Rose endorsed Mccallister for city council. Either her judgement is shamefully, woefully lacking, or she is the same kind of phony, greasy, deplorable person that Mccallister is. That plus the factoids Anne has pointed out tells me all I need to know. Another trumplican cultist this valley would be better off without.
Shari VanderVelde says:
Anne, thanks for posting this information. You are spot-on.
Cancelled says:
She was born in Kenya.
What does that have to do with anything?


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Q: Create a CSV file from a TXT file How do I create a CSV file from a TXT file as per the following example? Thanks.
TXT file:
This is line number one
This is line number two with extra words
This is line number three with even more words

Resulting CSV file:
Col#1 Col#2 Col#3 Col#4  Col#5 Col#6 Col#7 Col#8 Col#9
This  is    line  number one
This  is    line  number two   with  extra words
This  is    line  number three with  even  more  words

Edit: Well, my question is different from and hence not a duplicate of:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1214146/trying-to-create-a-csv-file-from-a-text-file-in-ubuntu

because the other question is asking to "organize" each line in to "columns", while my question is about organizing each word (separated by whitespaces) into a new column. Thanks.

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If you just want to convert horizontal whitespace to commas, you could use something like
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Comanchero duo on trial for 'execution' killing of Auckland man and attempted murder of wife
Fisilau Tapaevalu, left, and Mesiu Tufuiare are accused of murder and attempted murder.
By: Sam Hurley
New Zealand Herald court reporter.
sam.hurley@nzherald.co.nz @SamuelPHurley
A young father and his wife were shot several times during an execution-style killing along an Auckland street by three members of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club, a court has heard.
The trial of two of the gangsters, Fisilau Tapaevalu and Mesui Tufui, began today in the High Court at Auckland.
They are accused of murdering Epalahame Tu'uheava and attempting to murder his wife Yolanda (Mele) Tu'uheava, both of whom were shot multiple times on April 30 last year in Māngere.
Tu'uheava, a 28-year-old father also known as Hame or Abraham, died within minutes from his wounds.
Yolanda, however, survived by "some miracle" after playing dead, the court heard.
Viliami Taani, a third Comanchero member described by Yolanda as the "main guy", pleaded guilty last week to murder and attempted murder.
Epalahame Tu'uheava. Photo / Facebook
This morning, Crown prosecutor Claire Robertson told the jury Tu'uheava and his wife were lured into what they thought was a drug deal on Greenwood Rd with "some new guys".
Tu'uheava and his wife's life in the criminal world had developed after the pair moved from Auckland to Sydney in 2014, Robertson said.
The pair lived in Australia for three years, where Tu'uheava also became a patched member of the Nomads gang, a splinter group formed originally by Black Power members.
In 2017 the couple returned to New Zealand but during the following year Tu'uheava began selling methamphetamine and also developed a relationship with the Comancheros.
Man admits killing Epalahame Tu'uheava
Not guilty plea for man accused of hit on gangster
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But, Robertson explained, his relationship with the gang soured.
It would lead to Tu'uheava being shot at least seven times, including three times in the head.
"They executed him," Robertson said.
Mesiu Tufui, pictured on the first day of his trial in the High Court at Auckland. Photo / Jason Oxenham
The trio also "did their best to kill his wife" who was shot at least four times, including twice in the head with a revolver, she said.
After attempting to run and hide from the three Comancheros, Yolanda came out with her hands on head and begged the trio to forgive her husband, the court heard.
But the trio showed no mercy, Robertson continued.
Yolanda only survived, the court heard, after she played dead while her husband was gunned down with a .22 calibre semi-automatic rifle.
The couple were later found by a passing motorist lying on the side of the road.
"By some miracle [Yolanda] was still alive," Robertson said.
Surgeons, however, were unable to remove one of the bullets from her head because of the risk of damaging her brain.
Police later found the revolver and rifle during a raid on a Te Atatu property, while Yolanda identified Taani and Tufui as her attackers from a police photoboard.
Tufui's lawyer Paul Borich QC, however, told the jury Yolanda was mistaken about who the men were and said his client wasn't on Greenwood Rd at the time of the shootings.
Fisilau Tapaevalu is charged with murder and attempted murder. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Sam Wimsett, Tapaevalu's counsel, said while Tapaevalu was on Greenwood Rd he "didn't do anything".
The lawyer said Tapaevalu believed he was simply involved in a drug deal and the decision to shoot the couple was solely that of the man who pulled the trigger - Taani.
Tapaevalu has earlier admitted to possessing the rifle and revolver, and also pleaded guilty to drugs charges.
The court heard the hits on Tu'uheava and his wife may have been ordered from Comanchero leadership in Australia.
"Guy who's making money off the Como name and we're going to put him to sleep," Tufui told police during his interview.
The three gang members had been given the "green light to kill", Robertson said.
She added: "It appears there was some bad blood between the Comancheros and Tu'uheava."
It may have been fallout from a drug deal or robbery gone wrong, Robertson said, but the why is "not something we will get to the bottom of".
The trial continues.


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PS: I have to webapp one for https and another for http and I deleted the sps3 one, I am using https in the content source.
Should I add the http version and the sps3 back ?

A: The SPS3 protocol is used for crawling people profiles, so should add it again.
For the content search, I suggest you to follow the best practices and use the default zone url in the content source:

Crawl the default zone of SharePoint web applications
When you crawl the default zone of a SharePoint web application, the
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  which queries are performed. This makes it possible for users to
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Top Ten Movies with... Angelique Pretorius
Angelique Pretorius is an international actress with experience in theatre, television, film, radio and modeling. Born in London and raised in South Africa, Angelique discovered her love for the performing arts in high school. Her natural beauty, acting talent and lust for life made it nearly impossible for her not to pursue a career in drama, and after a year of cross-continental travel she completed an Honours degree in theatre and performance at UCT.
Ophelia in Geoffrey Highland's Hamlet and several theatre awards later she moved to television appearing in TV series such as Snitch II, House of Love, Kruispad and Rough (UK) with soap roles in Villa Rosa, Egoli and sitcoms, Madam & Eve and Rasdien.
Her feature film debut came in 2009 with Tornado and the Kalahari Horse Whisperer, a film by Regardt van den Berg. She followed this up with a starring role as Petro in Willie Esterhuizen's comedy Stoute Boudjies and then as Marcia in international biopic Winnie, directed by Darrel Roodt. Angelique has already worked with some of South Africa's best known directors, demonstrating her versatility by bridging comedy and drama.
Several film roles, expansive TV, commercial and voice artist experience and featured in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World in 2010 and in 2011... Angelique Pretorius is an international star on the rise. SPL!NG managed to catch up with her to find out about her personal taste when it comes to movies.
"... it felt like I'd been living in their world for a lifetime!"
[on watching The NeverEnding Story as a child]
I can't watch movies without...
- …being comfortable. I need warmth, a comfortable seat - whether it's in a cinema, on my couch or in bed, a snack of some kind and preferably good company to discuss the movie afterwards.
Which famous people share your birthday?
- I feel honoured to share a birthday with two super ladies, Kathleen Turner and Paula Abdul! Kathleen Turner rose to fame when I was still a toddler trying to string proper sentences together, but she sure made an impact on the rest of the world in films like Jewel of the Nile and Romancing the Stone, in which she lit up the screen with Michael Douglas.
I also missed Paula Abdul's glory days, except her hit Opposites Attract, which I thought (at age 10) had great lyrics! Since then Kathleen Turner has many awards and nominations under her belt and Paula Abdul has become known as a kind, passionate and somewhat emotional judge on American Idol. (19 June)
What is the first film you remember watching?
- The NeverEnding Story – wow, what an impression it made! The soundtrack still floats around in my head. It was so magical to experience this wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a dusty old book in a library. I particularly loved the white "dragon-dog" that the boy, Bastion, flew during his quest to save Fantasia from 'The Nothing', a void of darkness.
At the end of the film when Bastion faces the Empress who reveals that all but a grain of sand has been consumed by 'The Nothing' it felt like I'd been living in their world for a lifetime! I remember being so relieved that Bastion's wishes and imagination could restore the world to its former glory. What an incredible way to introduce kids to books and to encourage them to express their imagination - something many adults can also learn from!
What's the worst movie you've ever seen?
- Debbie does Dallas… no, just joking, that was strangely entertaining and I don't even know if that counts as a movie. The worst 'real' movie I've seen could easily be Birdemic: Shock and Horror. It was meant to be a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and tells a story of romance between a couple, while their town is attacked by birds.
Its wooden acting, bad dialogue, amateurish sound and editing and nonsensical plot secured it a cult following for all the wrong reasons. Not to mention its poorly rendered CGI special effects used for the eagles and vultures that perform physically awkward aerial maneuvers and explode upon impact on the ground. Yikes, to be avoided at all costs!
Which movies have made you tearful?
- Oh so many! When I finished studying drama and had to enter the real world I noticed how often women had to cry while acting – something we never really got taught at varsity. And because at that point I didn't cry too often, I decided to use movies as my own private time to get those tear ducts working, so that when it came to crying in a scene I was more open emotionally.
Well, I haven't looked back! Recent movies I've cried in were Roepman, a story of an Afrikaans railway community in 1966, seen through the eyes of an eleven year old, Pan's Labyrinth, a Spanish fantasy movie that creates a stark contrast between a little girl's harsh reality and her own fantasy world, White Oleander, about a young girl's survival after her mom (Michelle Pfeiffer) goes to jail for murder; and Cheri, another movie starring the beautiful and talented Michelle Pfeiffer, whose character, despite social disapproval in 19th Century France, falls in love with the 19 year old son of a courtesan - a stunning movie, but you can just imagine how that one ended.
Who is the most famous movie star you've ever met?
- I met Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson while shooting Winnie with her last year. I played one of her friends while we attended the 'Hofmeyer School for Social Work'. It was an incredible experience - can't wait for it to be released!
What's your favourite movie line?
- I'm a fan of many of Zoolander's quotes, but this must be my favourite because it always makes me laugh and captures the humour and characters so well.
Mr Zoolander: "I just thank the lord she didn't live to see her son as a mermaid."
Derek Zoolander: "Mer-man! [high-pitched cough] ... Merman!"
As Good as it Gets has a magnificent script in terms of its dialogue, characters and structure and this quote is an example of that:
Melvin Udall: Never, never, interrupt me, okay? Not if there's a fire, not even if you hear the sound of a thud from my home and one week later there's a smell coming from there that can only be a decaying human body and you have to hold a hanky to your face because the stench is so thick that you think you're going to faint. Even then, don't come knocking. Or, if it's election night, and you're excited and you wanna celebrate because some fudgepacker that you date has been elected the first queer president of the United States and he's going to have you down to Camp David, and you want someone to share the moment with. Even then, don't knock. Not on this door. Not for ANY reason. Do you get me, sweetheart?
Simon Bishop: [clears his throat] Uhm, yes. It's not a... subtle point that you're making.
Melvin Udall: Okay then.
[Shuts door in Simon's face]
Who would you choose to play you in your biopic?
- Since I'll be much older by the time a biopic will made about me - hold thumbs!?, I'll have to consider younger actresses. If a South African actress was to play me I would go with Dinike Stolz, who played my 7 year old daughter in Egoli in 2009. If it had to be an American actress, I'd love Dakota Fanning to do it. They both resemble me physically, remind me of myself at their respective ages and they're both wonderful actresses!
If you could produce a movie, what would it be about?
- I would love to adapt the book Devil's Valley by Andre P. Brink into a feature. It was originally written in Afrikaans and called Duiwelskloof, I studied it for English Literature at the University of Cape Town and fell in love with the story. It's about a community in a place called Die Hel and tells the story of a cynical photographer who enters this community and starts to unravel their dark, dysfunctional side - an amazing read, with huge cinematic potential!
Finally, your top ten movies of all-time...
- American Beauty ...I just loved how this movie subtly reveals the cracks in the 'All-American dream' in a universal way that makes us feel like we all share certain human weaknesses. Seemingly normal characters are revealed to be stunningly complex in a way that surprises the audience. Kevin Spacey, the most conventional you'll ever see him, pitches his character perfectly as a father who loses interest in his family while he goes through a midlife crises. Annette Bening also blew me away with her portrayal of his wife who's desperate to keep up appearances while trying to survive in her unraveling world. I thought it was beautifully shot and really captures the irony of American culture.
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2 ...Girls kicking each other's asses samurai style is certainly not something you see everyday! Kill Bill's comic book characters, stylized cinematography, hip East-meets-West soundtrack, incredible fight scenes, manga animation inserts and clever storyline comes together beautifully to tell a story of revenge. Uma Thurman has always been one of my favourite actresses and in this she plays 'the deadliest woman in the world', going about her assassination list in a daring and dignified way. It's not surprising that both Uma and the film were nominated for several awards. This must be Quentin Tarantino's finest work!
- The Big Lebowski ...Where do I begin? This is the type of movie that grows on me every time I see it. The script is so rich that it seems to reveal new dialogue and humour with every watch. I absolutely love Jeff Bridges in this and the comical contrast between him, the Dude and the real Lebowski, is wonderfully entertaining. The Dude's loser friends that take bowling to the next level, help shape his peculiar, but strangely functional world. John Goodman, who plays his irritating best friend, has no social graces whatsoever, but is absolutely hilarious as his intensity plays off the laidback Dude as he faces a series of predicaments. The Coen brothers's bizarre sense of humour yet again takes shape in this true piece of art!
- Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch) ...I found the interwoven story lines of this Mexican film by Alejandro González Iñárritu extremely compelling, despite it's heavy content. Three characters are introduced in their respective contexts and only later in the movie is their connection revealed. All three story lines are in some way related to dogs (thus the title) and explores humanity's relationship with them, both good and bad.
Gael Garcia Bernal plays Octavio who's in love with his brother's wife and gets into the dog fighting trade to save money for them to run away together. It was my first encounter with this actor and I've been following his career ever since. The ensemble and raw film-making style of this breathtaking story shook me to the bone.
- 21 Grams ...This is another film by Alejandro González Iñárritu, but it's set in an American context. This time scenes play out sequentially with three unrelated characters and later reveal the connection between them. Shaun Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Naomi Watts are all exquisite in their dramatic roles, shaping a tragic, clever and moving story around a heart-transplant.
- Roepman ...Roepman was an unexpected gem for me. It's a beautiful, sensitive adaptation of Jan van Tonder's acclaimed novel about a young boy's coming-of-age in a railway community in the 1960's. Seen through the eyes of 11 year old Thimus (Paul Loots) we experience the good and the bad of a society that's restricted in many ways. The large amount of content from the various character's storylines makes the story rich, but never crammed. I was truly impressed by and proud of this delicate, yet powerful South African production.
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona ...This Woody Allen hit was a real treat to watch. The plot centers on two American women, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johanssen), who spend a summer in Barcelona, where they meet an artist (Javier Bardem) who is attracted to both of them while still in love with his mentally and emotionally unstable ex-wife María Elena (Penelope Cruz). The narration of this film was playfully sincere and made the audience view these characters through a humorous lens, despite their own seriousness. I just loved it!
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ...What an amazing concept! And how impressive that we live in an age where advanced film technology is able to make this 1920's F. Scott Fitzgerald fable come to life on screen! It's a story of a man, born in his eighties, who ages backwards while those around him age naturally. Romance can only be transient and ever-lasting love only a dream under these conditions. And that for me was the most poignant aspect of the film - Benjamin's solitary existence. Huge kudos to Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett for their terrific performances! The dynamic of their relationship was layered and intricate, as shown at the various points of the film. This movie was both haunting and mesmerisingly beautiful!
- Zoolander ...As far as comedies go I think Ben Stiller is a master in writing, directing and acting in them. What better protagonist than a vain, clueless male fashion model at the end of his career? This movie earns laughs, because, despite its deliberately dumb humour, the content rings true. I particulary love the modelling montages thrown in every now and then (at the car wash and the mine). This movie probably also resonates with me because I work in that exact industry, where reality checks are always healthy.
- Jean de Florette & Manon de Source ...This is another 'two for one' pic as these two films were shot simultaneously and tell one continuous story. I watched them for the first time when I was in primary school, but the epic story, subtitles and all, made such an impression on me that it has always stayed with me.
Watching it again the other day I was hit by the same powerful emotions that are evoked by this unusual rural French tale. The first movie involves the plotting of a farmer and his cunning uncle, as they work to subtly drive a young city man, named Jean (Gerard Depardieu) off the plot of land he has inherited from his mother, Florette. The second movie takes place 10 years later and involves Jean's daughter, a beautiful, but shy shepherdess, who solves the mystery of what happened to her father and deals justice to the village that condemned him. It's a story of obsession, jealousy, betrayal, regret and triumph with twists in the plotline that flabbergasts its audience.
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How difficult would it be to change a 1997 40 h.mercury from auto oiling to adding oil to gas? i do most of my own repair with pretty good success.i would appreciate any information. oiler is working ok but getting old and i worry about it.
i can agree to tell you to take it off. I had my mechanic take my auto oiler off my 150 Johnson several years ago while the motor was in for some routine work. I'm not mechanically confident enough to do it myself. Tony or one of the other folks here might have some better insight.
Give me a few and I will post step by step.


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I have been very interested lately in a branch of economic history that until recently I knew nothing about, but which seems to offer a way of looking at the past that has never crossed my mind before. And it is surprisingly simple, suspiciously so in fact. You can tell a lot about changes in society simply by looking at average height.
That is all, just how tall people are. This seems too easy, but when you think about it, it does make sense. For an individual the biggest factor affecting his or her height is of course genetics. But the gene pool doesn't change over time, so if one generation is taller than another there must be something going on to explain it. In fact it isn't too hard to work out that the key thing is levels of nutrition in childhood, with a bit of an effect coming from exposure to disease.
Height is a fairly straight forward thing to measure and there is plenty of historical data. Heights have been measured for all manner of reasons. The most poignant data is that on slaves in the US. The children of slaves were tiny, amongst the smallest human infants that have ever been measured. The explanation is as obvious as it is unpleasant. Babies and small children were not productive and were fed the minimum amount to keep them alive. Once they grew up and could start working it became economically viable to feed them properly and their heights recovered, but even so the effects of neglect early in life meant that they never reached their full height and probably never developed their full mental abilities. It is worth bearing this in mind when reading nineteenth century commentaries on race. What seems incredibly racist to us may have seemed a lot more realistic at the time. It also might explain why it took a generation before the campaign for equal rights to get started after the end of slavery.
There are other cases where height was a visible sign of what was going on. During the war of 1812 between the United States and Britain it was noted that American sailors were a good deal taller than British ones. In a naval battle at the time this was far from an academic observation. Americans continued to be taller than Europeans for a long time, getting taller still as their economy developed. Height and longevity are linked so the well fed Americans were able to enjoy a long life as well as a prosperous one. The idea of Americans as tremendously tall was something I grew up with as a given. One image that reinforced it in particular was the photo of the Japanese delegation surrendering at the end of the Second World War, dwarfed by the Americans.
The Japanese at the time were indeed remarkably short, but this was an aberration in Japanese history. Historically the Japanese are no different in height to any other humans and modern Japanese are only a little shorter than modern Americans. What was different in the early Twentieth Century was that the Japanese chose to devote a very large proportion of their national resources to building up their military power, resulting in a level of malnourishment among their children.
The most intriguing thing is that the Americans are no longer the tallest. In fact since towards the end of the twentieth century average height has actually been falling. The giants of the world now are the Dutch, with the Scandinavians not far behind. It is interesting that the tallest human beings come not from the most powerful countries or even from the most technologically advanced, but from ones that are peaceful, well organised and have a high degree of equality.
This isn't a field that is very clearly defined but the leading author is Richard Steckel. This is a good review of his work with plenty of further reading at the end.
And here is a good example of the kind of question this approach raises.
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Microsoft opening hundreds of Windows stores within Best Buy stores
By Russ Boswell	 June 13, 2013
Microsoft's taking a page out of Samsung's book and opening its own stores within Best Buy. With all of the new tech Microsoft's developing lately, it's no surprise that the company would want to provide an easy to access place to sell its goods to the general public. Sure, you can already get Microsoft products in a lot of stores, as well as online, but thanks to a new deal that Microsoft struck with Best Buy, you'll now be able to get a slew of Microsoft products at your local Best Buy store. Microsoft reports that the deal outlines over 500 potential stores in the United States with more than 100 shops to follow in Canada.
These specialty Microsoft stores will be open within already established Best Buy locations. According to the report, each Microsoft store will consume 1,500 to 2,200 square feet of real estate within Best Buy and will offer a mass of Microsoft products, including Windows tablets, Xbox consoles, phones, Microsoft Office software, and Surface accessories. This should provide a good place for consumers curious about Microsoft products to get hands-on demos and have any potential questions answered by trained Microsoft staff.
We're not exactly sure when these stores will be available to the general public or exactly which Best Buys will be receiving them as of this time. Be sure to check back for any updates.
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The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has chosen Questar Assessment Inc. as its statewide summative assessment provider. The Minnesota-based company will conduct the program management, test development, online test administration, scoring, and analysis of the state's grades 3–8 English language arts and mathematic summative assessments.
The multi-year contract, awarded by NYSED in July of 2015 and recently approved by the state's attorney general and comptroller, requires Questar to continue the development of the 3–8 Math and ELA assessments and develop computer-based testing applications that will enable districts to transition to online testing at their discretion, as well as providing for the increased development of new test questions and the creation of multiple versions of the exams.
"Our students deserve the best, most accurate assessments we can give them," Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch said. "This new contract recognizes how vitally important it is to have New York State teachers involved in the test development process."
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia echoed that commitment, saying, "Teacher input is critical to building a successful state test, and that's why the new contract emulates the collaborative process used to develop the Regents Exams."
In support of the NYSED objective to involve teachers in the assessment process, Questar is working with the department to provide multiple opportunities for educator participation and input. Questar-conducted Item Writer Workshops are a key component, with local teachers working in teams with Questar Assessment Design staff to formulate test questions. These workshops — along with passage, content, and bias reviews; rangefinding sessions; and form construction workshops — began late this fall and will continue to be facilitated over the course of the year.
Questar will deliver online assessments to districts opting to move online from paper/pencil tests via their Nextera platform. Nextera. the company's third-generation online assessment system, combines cutting-edge technology insights with decades of test delivery success into an intuitive, easy-to-use interface. Built for exceptionally high levels of scalability, responsiveness, and reliability — and audited by two outside experts to validate its efficacy — Nextera's core technology has been put to the test by multiple states. Earlier in 2015, the core technology upon which the Nextera delivery platform was built received the APIP v1 Content Package Conformance and the APIP v1 Delivery Conformance by the IMS Global Learning Consortium's QTI (Question and Test Interoperability)/APIP (Accessible Protocol) Alliance certifications, based on the system's number of student accommodations and its level of compatibility with third-party test items. Its large set of student tools ensures that students of all abilities have the help they need at their fingertips. With security always on the minds of customers, the platform was developed to anticipate complications such as loss of Internet access, system overload, or cyber-attacks, and deploy safeguards that keep assessments running without interruptions.
In the past five years, Questar Assessment has provided summative assessment services, including end-of-course, alternate and English language proficiency exams, to 34 states and the District of Columbia, and is responsible for test administrations of millions of students annually. As the longtime provider of the Regents Competency Test (RCT) in Reading, Questar is pleased to expand our relationship with the State of New York with this summative contract.
"When we first got the news that we'd been awarded the contract for the New York state assessment program, we were honored that the State Education Department and the Board of Regents had placed their trust in us," said Jamie Post Candee, president and chief executive officer of Questar Assessment Inc. "Now that work has begun, we are excited to focus on partnering with New York educators to develop assessments that maximize the assessment program's ultimate instructional value."
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Fifth Business
By Robertson Davies
Introduction by Gail Godwin
Part of Deptford Trilogy
Category: Literary Fiction | Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction
Category: Fiction | Fiction Classics
About Fifth Business
Ramsay is a man twice born, a man who has returned from the hell of the battle-grave at Passchendaele in World War I decorated with the Victoria Cross and destined to be caught in a no man's land where memory, history, and myth collide. As Ramsay tells his story, it begins to seem that from boyhood, he has exerted a perhaps mystical, perhaps pernicious, influence on those around him. His apparently innocent involvement in such innocuous events as the throwing of a snowball or the teaching of card tricks to a small boy in the end prove neither innocent nor innocuous. Fifth Business stands alone as a remarkable story told by a rational man who discovers that the marvelous is only another aspect of the real.
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Also by Robertson Davies
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About Robertson Davies
Robertson Davies was born and raised in Ontario and was educated at a variety of schools, Upper Canada College, Queen's University, and Balliol College, Oxford. He had three successive careers: first as an actor with the Old Vic Company in… More about Robertson Davies
Published by Penguin Classics
Jan 01, 2001 | 272 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780141186153
Jan 01, 2001 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9780525505501
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Roadside Attractions is keeping up with "The Joneses," having acquired U.S. theatrical rights to Derrick Borte's comedy, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The movie stars Demi Moore and David Duchovny as a seemingly perfect couple who, along with their teenagers, played by Amber Heard and Ben Hollingsworth, move into an upscale gated community where they work as the secret employees of a stealth marketing organization.
The film was produced by Doug Mankoff, Andrew Spaulding, Borte and Kristi Zea and exec produced by Sheetal Talwar, Tom Luse, Paul Young and Peter Principato.
"Writer/director Derrick Borte's first film wrings great comedy from a central truth about Americans – we have an on-going love affair with our stuff," Roadside co-president Howard Cohen said.
A spring theatrical release is planned. The producers have not yet struck a deal for ancillary rights.
The deal was negotiated between Cohen and ICM and attorney Andrew Hurwitz, representing the filmmakers.