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	<title>Monopoly</title>
	<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" />

	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" />

		Note: This page will not function without JavaScript.

		Refresh this page to start a new game.

T I T L E  D E E D

						RENT $12.

					With 1 House
					$   60.

					With 2 Houses
					180.

					With 3 Houses
					500.

					With 4 Houses
					700.

With HOTEL $900.

Mortgage Value $80.

Houses cost $100. each

Hotels, $100. plus 4 houses

If a player owns ALL the Lots of any Color-Group, the rent is Doubled on Unimproved Lots in that group.

•

MORTGAGED

 for $80

•

Card must be turned this side up if property is mortgaged

				Mortgage Value
				$100.

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Player 0:

$1500

					"/>

Player 1:

$1500

					" />

Player 2:

$1500

					" />

Player 3:

$1500

					" />

Player 4:

$1500

					" />

Player 5:

$1500

					" />

Player 6:

$1500

					" />

Player 7:

$1500

						<input type="button" id="viewstats" value="View stats" title="View a pop-up window that shows a list of each player's properties." />

			Select number of players.
			<select id="playernumber" title="Select the number of players for the game.">
				<option>2</option>
				<option>3</option>
				<option selected="selected">4</option>
				<option>5</option>
				<option>6</option>
				<option>7</option>
				<option>8</option>
			</select>

			Player 1: <input type="text" id="player1name" title="Player name" maxlength="16" value="Player 1" />
			<select id="player1color" title="Player color">
				<option style="color: aqua;">Aqua</option>
				<option style="color: black;">Black</option>
				<option style="color: blue;">Blue</option>
				<option style="color: fuchsia;">Fuchsia</option>
				<option style="color: gray;">Gray</option>
				<option style="color: green;">Green</option>
				<option style="color: lime;">Lime</option>
				<option style="color: maroon;">Maroon</option>
				<option style="color: navy;">Navy</option>
				<option style="color: olive;">Olive</option>
				<option style="color: orange;">Orange</option>
				<option style="color: purple;">Purple</option>
				<option style="color: red;">Red</option>
				<option style="color: silver;">Silver</option>
				<option style="color: teal;">Teal</option>
				<option selected="selected" style="color: yellow;">Yellow</option>
			</select>
			<select id="player1ai" title="Choose whether this player is controled by a human or by the computer." onclick="document.getElementById('player1name').disabled = this.value !== '0';">
				<option value="0" selected="selected">Human</option>
				<option value="1">AI (Test)</option>
			</select>

			Player 2: <input type="text" id="player2name" title="Player name" maxlength="16" value="Player 2" />
			<select id="player2color" title="Player color">
				<option style="color: aqua;">Aqua</option>
				<option style="color: black;">Black</option>
				<option selected="selected" style="color: blue;">Blue</option>
				<option style="color: fuchsia;">Fuchsia</option>
				<option style="color: gray;">Gray</option>
				<option style="color: green;">Green</option>
				<option style="color: lime;">Lime</option>
				<option style="color: maroon;">Maroon</option>
				<option style="color: navy;">Navy</option>
				<option style="color: olive;">Olive</option>
				<option style="color: orange;">Orange</option>
				<option style="color: purple;">Purple</option>
				<option style="color: red;">Red</option>
				<option style="color: silver;">Silver</option>
				<option style="color: teal;">Teal</option>
				<option style="color: yellow;">Yellow</option>
			</select>
			<select id="player2ai" title="Choose whether this player is controled by a human or by the computer." onclick="document.getElementById('player2name').disabled = this.value !== '0';">
				<option value="0" selected="selected">Human</option>
				<option value="1">AI (Test)</option>
			</select>

			Player 3: <input type="text" id="player3name" title="Player name" maxlength="16" value="Player 3" />
			<select id="player3color" title="Player color">
				<option style="color: aqua;">Aqua</option>
				<option style="color: black;">Black</option>
				<option style="color: blue;">Blue</option>
				<option style="color: fuchsia;">Fuchsia</option>
				<option style="color: gray;">Gray</option>
				<option style="color: green;">Green</option>
				<option style="color: lime;">Lime</option>
				<option style="color: maroon;">Maroon</option>
				<option style="color: navy;">Navy</option>
				<option style="color: olive;">Olive</option>
				<option style="color: orange;">Orange</option>
				<option style="color: purple;">Purple</option>
				<option selected="selected" style="color: red;">Red</option>
				<option style="color: silver;">Silver</option>
				<option style="color: teal;">Teal</option>
				<option style="color: yellow;">Yellow</option>
			</select>
			<select id="player3ai" title="Choose whether this player is controled by a human or by the computer." onclick="document.getElementById('player3name').disabled = this.value !== '0';">
				<option value="0" selected="selected">Human</option>
				<option value="1">AI (Test)</option>
			</select>

			Player 4: <input type="text" id="player4name" title="Player name" maxlength="16" value="Player 4" />
			<select id="player4color" title="Player color">
				<option style="color: aqua;">Aqua</option>
				<option style="color: black;">Black</option>
				<option style="color: blue;">Blue</option>
				<option style="color: fuchsia;">Fuchsia</option>
				<option style="color: gray;">Gray</option>
				<option style="color: green;">Green</option>
				<option selected="selected" style="color: lime;">Lime</option>
				<option style="color: maroon;">Maroon</option>
				<option style="color: navy;">Navy</option>
				<option style="color: olive;">Olive</option>
				<option style="color: orange;">Orange</option>
				<option style="color: purple;">Purple</option>
				<option style="color: red;">Red</option>
				<option style="color: silver;">Silver</option>
				<option style="color: teal;">Teal</option>
				<option style="color: yellow;">Yellow</option>
			</select>
			<select id="player4ai" title="Choose whether this player is controled by a human or by the computer." onclick="document.getElementById('player4name').disabled = this.value !== '0';">
				<option value="0" selected="selected">Human</option>
				<option value="1">AI (Test)</option>
			</select>

			Player 5: <input type="text" id="player5name" title="Player name" maxlength="16" value="Player 5" />
			<select id="player5color" title="Player color">
				<option style="color: aqua;">Aqua</option>
				<option style="color: black;">Black</option>
				<option style="color: blue;">Blue</option>
				<option style="color: fuchsia;">Fuchsia</option>
				<option style="color: gray;">Gray</option>
				<option selected="selected" style="color: green;">Green</option>
				<option style="color: lime;">Lime</option>
				<option style="color: maroon;">Maroon</option>
				<option style="color: navy;">Navy</option>
				<option style="color: olive;">Olive</option>
				<option style="color: orange;">Orange</option>
				<option style="color: purple;">Purple</option>
				<option style="color: red;">Red</option>
				<option style="color: silver;">Silver</option>
				<option style="color: teal;">Teal</option>
				<option style="color: yellow;">Yellow</option>
			</select>
			<select id="player5ai" title="Choose whether this player is controled by a human or by the computer." onclick="document.getElementById('player5name').disabled = this.value !== '0';">
				<option value="0" selected="selected">Human</option>
				<option value="1">AI (Test)</option>
			</select>

			Player 6: <input type="text" id="player6name" title="Player name" maxlength="16" value="Player 6" />
			<select id="player6color" title="Player color">
				<option selected="selected" style="color: aqua;">Aqua</option>
				<option style="color: black;">Black</option>
				<option style="color: blue;">Blue</option>
				<option style="color: fuchsia;">Fuchsia</option>
				<option style="color: gray;">Gray</option>
				<option style="color: green;">Green</option>
				<option style="color: lime;">Lime</option>
				<option style="color: maroon;">Maroon</option>
				<option style="color: navy;">Navy</option>
				<option style="color: olive;">Olive</option>
				<option style="color: orange;">Orange</option>
				<option style="color: purple;">Purple</option>
				<option style="color: red;">Red</option>
				<option style="color: silver;">Silver</option>
				<option style="color: teal;">Teal</option>
				<option style="color: yellow;">Yellow</option>
			</select>
			<select id="player6ai" title="Choose whether this player is controled by a human or by the computer." onclick="document.getElementById('player6name').disabled = this.value !== '0';">
				<option value="0" selected="selected">Human</option>
				<option value="1">AI (Test)</option>
			</select>

			Player 7: <input type="text" id="player7name" title="Player name" maxlength="16" value="Player 7" />
			<select id="player7color" title="Player color">
				<option style="color: aqua;">Aqua</option>
				<option style="color: black;">Black</option>
				<option style="color: blue;">Blue</option>
				<option style="color: fuchsia;">Fuchsia</option>
				<option style="color: gray;">Gray</option>
				<option style="color: green;">Green</option>
				<option style="color: lime;">Lime</option>
				<option style="color: maroon;">Maroon</option>
				<option style="color: navy;">Navy</option>
				<option style="color: olive;">Olive</option>
				<option selected="selected" style="color: orange;">Orange</option>
				<option style="color: purple;">Purple</option>
				<option style="color: red;">Red</option>
				<option style="color: silver;">Silver</option>
				<option style="color: teal;">Teal</option>
				<option style="color: yellow;">Yellow</option>
			</select>
			<select id="player7ai" title="Choose whether this player is controled by a human or by the computer." onclick="document.getElementById('player7name').disabled = this.value !== '0';">
				<option value="0" selected="selected">Human</option>
				<option value="1">AI (Test)</option>
			</select>

			Player 8: <input type="text" id="player8name" title="Player name" maxlength="16" value="Player 8" />
			<select id="player8color" title="Player color">
				<option style="color: aqua;">Aqua</option>
				<option style="color: black;">Black</option>
				<option style="color: blue;">Blue</option>
				<option style="color: fuchsia;">Fuchsia</option>
				<option style="color: gray;">Gray</option>
				<option style="color: green;">Green</option>
				<option style="color: lime;">Lime</option>
				<option style="color: maroon;">Maroon</option>
				<option style="color: navy;">Navy</option>
				<option style="color: olive;">Olive</option>
				<option style="color: orange;">Orange</option>
				<option selected="selected" style="color: purple;">Purple</option>
				<option style="color: red;">Red</option>
				<option style="color: silver;">Silver</option>
				<option style="color: teal;">Teal</option>
				<option style="color: yellow;">Yellow</option>
			</select>
			<select id="player8ai" title="Choose whether this player is controled by a human or by the computer." onclick="document.getElementById('player8name').disabled = this.value !== '0';">
				<option value="0" selected="selected">Human</option>
				<option value="1">AI (Test)</option>
			</select>

			<input type="button" value="Start Game" onclick="setup();" title="Begin playing." />

Note: Refreshing this page or navigating away from it may end your game without warning.

									Buy

									Manage

									Trade

							<input type="button" value="Buy house" id="buyhousebutton"/>
							<input type="button" value="Mortgage" id="mortgagebutton" />
							<input type="button" value="Sell house" id="sellhousebutton"/>

Player 1:

$1500

						<input type="button" id="nextbutton" title="Roll the dice and move your token accordingly." value="Roll Dice"/>
						<input type="button" id="resignbutton" title="If you cannot pay your debt then you must resign from the game." value="Resign" onclick="game.resign();" />

					$ <input id="trade-leftp-money" value="0" title="Enter amount to exchange with the other player." />

					$ <input id="trade-rightp-money" value="0" title="Enter amount to exchange with the other player." />

					<input type="button" id="proposetradebutton" value="Propose Trade" onclick="game.proposeTrade();" title="Exchange the money and properties that are checked above." />
					<input type="button" id="canceltradebutton" value="Cancel Trade" onclick='game.cancelTrade();' title="Cancel the trade." />
					<input type="button" id="accepttradebutton" value="Accept Trade" onclick="game.acceptTrade();" title="Accept the proposed trade." />
					<input type="button" id="rejecttradebutton" value="Reject Trade" onclick='game.cancelTrade();' title="Reject the proposed trade." />

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Q: ConcatAdapter causing getItemViewType() to return the wrong value? I have a RecyclerView adapter that takes care of several view types which I've been using for years. Recently, I found out about ConcatAdapter, but I seem to be running into an issue where it seems to be returning the wrong value for getItemViewType().
I have a use case where I want to show a header and below it a list of items. I've created a new adapter class for the header, but the list items will continue using my old adapter (that also takes care of several other view types).
So I've concatenated the two adapters:
HeaderAdapter headerAdapter = new HeaderAdapter(context);
PostAdapter postAdapter = new PostAdapter(context, postData);

ConcatAdapter concatAdapter = new ConcatAdapter(headerAdapter, postAdapter);
recyclerView.setAdapter(concatAdapter);

This works fine, but when I go to open the activity, it immediately crashes and gives the error:

java.lang.ClassCastException: com.myapp.android.adapter.PostAdapter$PostViewHolder cannot be cast to com.myapp.android.adapter.PostAdapter$FooterViewHolder

Which makes no sense because I never even added a footer to the recycler view.
My getItemViewType() method in PostAdapter looks something like this:
@Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
    if (data.get(position) instanceof Footer) {
        return TYPE_FOOTER;
    } else if (data.get(position) instanceof Post) {
        return TYPE_POST;
    }

    return -1;
}

And my onBindViewHolder() looks something like this:
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
    switch (holder.getItemViewType()) {
        case TYPE_FOOTER:
            FooterViewHolder vh1 = (FooterViewHolder) holder;
            configureFooterViewHolder(vh1, position);
            break;
        case TYPE_POST:
            PostViewHolder vh2 = (PostViewHolder) holder;
            configurePostViewHolder(vh2, position);
            break;
        default:
            break;
    }
}

But for whatever reason, when I run the debugger, it lands on the line FooterViewHolder vh1 = (FooterViewHolder) holder;, even though I never included a footer as part of the PostAdapters data.
So why is it landing on this? Why would ConcatAdapter cause such strange behaviour in an adapter that handles multiple view types?

A: When you bind the view holders, you should use RecyclerView.Adapters.getItemViewType(position), not RecyclerView.ViewHolder.getItemViewType():
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
    switch (getItemViewType(position)) { // not holder.getItemViewType()
        case TYPE_FOOTER:
            FooterViewHolder vh1 = (FooterViewHolder) holder;
            configureFooterViewHolder(vh1, position);
            break;
        case TYPE_POST:
            PostViewHolder vh2 = (PostViewHolder) holder;
            configurePostViewHolder(vh2, position);
            break;
        default:
            break;
    }
}

You got an error because the view holder was recycled, it could be any view holder, therefore it threw ClassCastException when you forced to cast it to a wrong class.

A: Seems to be intentional. After a bit of debugging, I find that the adapter.getItemViewType(localPosition) on this line would be correct, but ConcatAdapter also does an additional "conversion from Local to Global item view types" that I've never configured, but at least it overrides what I originally wanted to do.

So you can't see the local item view type values at all, you just get some randomly assigned index from the ConcatAdapter. As all of it is private, your only option is reflection.
Good luck.
(okay, for a real answer, you can also enable ConcatAdapter.Config(isolateViewTypes = false), ensure that all the item view types are different from one another where they are actually different instead of just returning 0 or return super.getItemViewType(position) or so, and then getItemViewType will not create a local -> global mapping to ensure consistency across the adapters, but rather it will return the local item view types for you)
    val concatAdapter = ConcatAdapter(
        ConcatAdapter.Config.Builder()
            .setIsolateViewTypes(false)
            .build(),

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Q: Listening to dependency property changes on one viewmodel from another viewmodel I have a view model for a data entry view in my WPF app. Using MVVM, I am trying to account for a scenario in which there is a possibility to have a "shipped to customer" and a different "billed to customer" if need be.
My view has 2 sections: Billing Customer and Shipping Customer. The shipping customer can be automatically filled from the billing customer, or not filled at all (if not being shipped) or manually filled in (if the shipping to is different).

The bill to is currently bound to my MainWindowViewModel.BilledCustomer's properties via XAML. the "BeingShipped" checkbox is regulating the stackpanel that holds all the fields for Ship to via data binding on IsChecked property.
 public class MainWindowViewModel : ViewViewModelBase
{
    public bool Validated = false;
    public bool Saved = false;

    private MenuViewModel _menumodel;

    public ObservableCollection<BillablePartViewModel> WorkOrderParts { get; set; }

    public ObservableCollection<BillableServiceViewModel> WorkOrderServices { get; set; }

    public CustomerViewModel BilledCustomer { get; set; }

    public CustomerViewModel ShippedCustomer { get; set; }

    public WorkOrderViewModel WorkOrder { get; set; }

    //App.config fields
    public string Company_Name { get; set; }
    public string Company_Address { get; set; }
    public string Company_Phone { get; set; }
    public string Company_Fax { get; set; }
    public string Company_Site { get; set; }
    public string Company_Department { get; set; }

    public MainWindowViewModel(ObservableCollection<BillablePartViewModel> parts, ObservableCollection<BillableServiceViewModel> services
        , CustomerViewModel billedCustomer, CustomerViewModel shippedCustomer, WorkOrderViewModel workOrder
        , CommandBindingCollection bindings) : base(bindings)
    {
        this.WorkOrderParts = parts;
        this.WorkOrderServices = services;
        this.BilledCustomer = billedCustomer;
        this.ShippedCustomer = shippedCustomer;
        this.WorkOrder = workOrder;
        GetCompanyInfo();
    }
    public MainWindowViewModel(CommandBindingCollection bindings) : base(bindings)
    {
        _menumodel = new MenuViewModel(bindings);
        this.WorkOrder = new WorkOrderViewModel();
        GetCompanyInfo();
    }

Customer View Model###
 public class CustomerViewModel : Accu_Base_Lib.Bases.ModelViewModelBase<DAL.Customer>
{

    public string Name
    {
        get { return (string)GetValue(NameProperty); }
        set { SetValue(NameProperty, value);
        string[] names = value.Split(' ');
            if (names.Length > 1)
            {
                this.FirstName = names[0];
                this.LastName = names[1];
            }

            else if (names.Length == 1)
            {
                this.FirstName = names[0];
            }
            else
            {
                //name deleted
                this.FirstName = string.Empty;
                this.LastName = string.Empty;
            }
        }
    }

    // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for Name.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
    public static readonly DependencyProperty NameProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("Name", typeof(string), typeof(CustomerViewModel));

    public string Id
    {
        get { return (string)GetValue(IdProperty); }
        set { SetValue(IdProperty, value); }
    }

    // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for Id.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
    public static readonly DependencyProperty IdProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("Id", typeof(string), typeof(CustomerViewModel));

    public string FirstName
    {
        get { return (string)GetValue(FirstNameProperty); }
        set { SetValue(FirstNameProperty, value);
        this.Name = this.FirstName + " " + this.LastName;
        }
    }

    // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for FirstName.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
    public static readonly DependencyProperty FirstNameProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("FirstName", typeof(string), typeof(CustomerViewModel));

    public string CompanyName
    {
        get { return (string)GetValue(CompanyNameProperty); }
        set { SetValue(CompanyNameProperty, value); }
    }

    // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for CompanyName.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
    public static readonly DependencyProperty CompanyNameProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("CompanyName", typeof(string), typeof(CustomerViewModel));

    public string StreetAddress
    {
        get { return (string)GetValue(StreetAddressProperty); }
        set { SetValue(StreetAddressProperty, value); }
    }

    // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for StreetAddress.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
    public static readonly DependencyProperty StreetAddressProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("StreetAddress", typeof(string), typeof(CustomerViewModel));

    public string City
    {
        get { return (string)GetValue(CityProperty); }
        set { SetValue(CityProperty, value); }
    }

    // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for City.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
    public static readonly DependencyProperty CityProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("City", typeof(string), typeof(CustomerViewModel));

    public string State
    {
        get { return (string)GetValue(StateProperty); }
        set { SetValue(StateProperty, value); }
    }

    // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for State.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
    public static readonly DependencyProperty StateProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("State", typeof(string), typeof(CustomerViewModel));

    public string Zip
    {
        get { return (string)GetValue(ZipProperty); }
        set { SetValue(ZipProperty, value); }
    }

    // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for Zip.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
    public static readonly DependencyProperty ZipProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("Zip", typeof(string), typeof(CustomerViewModel));

    public string Phone
    {
        get { return (string)GetValue(PhoneProperty); }
        set { SetValue(PhoneProperty, value); }
    }

    // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for Phone.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
    public static readonly DependencyProperty PhoneProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("Phone", typeof(string), typeof(CustomerViewModel));

    public string LastName
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A: For your class CustomerViewModel I can see only fields of type string in it, so you can use MemberwiseClone() method to create a clone object for CustomerViewModel.
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Turn a fresh eye towards event planning with these eighteen fundraising themes for 2018.
Treasure hunts are always popular with people of all ages, because they're exciting and interactive. Map out a fun night of giving by providing cryptic clues that take donors around your neighborhood or venue; ultimately solving the puzzle and winning prizes. Based on the Hidden City game, this theme also offers a multitude of ways for corporate sponsors to get involved.
Hold a freestyle run where participants are encouraged to express their inner weirdness by running in costumes. Make it a theme; fairy tale, animals, teddy bears—the possibilities are unlimited! Lead runners through your city with places mapped out to dance, hop or freestyle their way pass landmarks.
Take guests on a trip into the world of the hit show Stranger Things. Divide the venue into two environments; the 1980s and the world of Upside Down. Play all those great 80s tunes, decorate with neon colors and set up video games that will remind guests of an arcade. But watch out—a tunnel leads to the world of Upside Down, where anything goes!
Provide guests with something a treat that will leave them feeling refreshed and happy. Pretty Pampers Beauty Essex offers great examples of successful spa day events for small groups of men and women.
Invite artists, known and unknown, to a "paint jam" where they can show off their skills on canvases, large and small. Decorate the room as a cityscape and let your guests put their graffiti all around the room and feature art from celebrity artists in your silent auction.
Getting the body moving is good for everyone, making it a great theme for your next event. Perfect for health-related organizations, you can invite trainers and instructors in to lead classes for all levels of health. Prepare a menu filled with super foods and thank your donors with a few new ideas on how they can get healthy.
Let your guests enjoy their childhood once again with a splash party. Rent out a water park or aquatics center and hire lifeguards, then plan your activities around structured and unstructured pool games. This is a great summer theme for families.
Pop up activities are becoming more and more popular and event planners have taken notice of the trend. Paint and craft parties, yoga studios, a climbing wall, food and drink tastings, and many other experiences offer guests a variety of activities to enjoy.
Let the beauty of nature be the backdrop to your next event by hosting an oversized garden themed program. Guests will feel as thought they've shrunk down to bug size in a room filled with large blooms and fresh scents.
Host an event that provides more insight into the all the amazing innovations and discoveries that are shaping our world of tomorrow. Set up experiments for guests and invite local experts to the event for demonstrations. This is a perfect event for families and millennials who are interested in learning about recent scientific achievements.
Art and food; the perfect combination for a night that will set your senses reeling. From small, perfectly plated dishes, to large artistic installations, your event will have your guests drooling for another opportunity to give.
Donors love event themes that transport them into the past, but this year take them further into history with a theme that focuses on a defining moment in history. Invite people to a fall harvest dinner that features ingredients enjoyed at the first Thanksgiving; or bring people to a country airfield for wine tasting and rides in a vintage bi-plane to celebrate the first steps into air travel.
Offer a dinner series that invites donors to beautiful homes for a delicious meal prepared by a professional chef. This type of fundraising can be run throughout the year and carry a new theme each time. From beach picnic to traditional ethnic dishes, this series will bring back culinary fans for a second serving of fundraising.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel through space? Make it happen for your guests with a fun space themed event. An adult-sized inflated house is a good way to defy gravity, or book an indoor skydiving facility as your venue and let guests take off in flight.
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Step right up for your chance to reach your fundraising goals with a game themed night of fun! Recreate fan favorites like Wheel of Fortune or Candy Land and your guests will be lining up to see how far their luck will take them. Invite Sponsors to supply prizes at each game.
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CBP reports massive number of migrant encounters in November as authorities struggle to keep up
December 27, 2022 | Terresa Monroe-Hamilton | Print Article
U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a report over Christmas detailing a staggering number of encounters with illegal immigrants crossing into the US in November as Border Patrol agents are now asserting that they are overwhelmed and the border is out of control.
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The Border Patrol encountered 233,740 illegal immigrants in November alone and Title 42 has not ended yet. The number of migrants crossing and waiting to come over is almost apocalyptic.
"Today, even before the end of Title 42, apprehensions are eight times higher than manageable," Brandon Judd, who is the president of the National Border Patrol Council, wrote in an opinion piece for Fox News on Dec. 20.
"The 233,740 encounters in November 2022 is the third highest monthly total on record, behind the record 241,136 monthly encounters in May and 235,785 in April," CNS News is reporting. "It is up one percent from October's elevated level of 231,294. But it's up 33.68 percent from 174,845 a year ago November; and up 224.13 percent from 72,113 in November 2020."
Illegal immigration has exploded since Joe Biden became president, but it is hardly surprising after he stated in a debate in September 2019, "I would, in fact, make sure that there is — we immediately surge to the border all those people who are seeking asylum. They deserve to be heard. That's who we are. We're a nation that says, you want to flee, and you're fleeing oppression, you should come."
A reminder, these numbers do not include known gotaways. CBP sources tell us there were at least 73,000 known gotaways in the month of November alone. These are people who are detected or seen, but there is no manpower to get to them for capturer. @FoxNews
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) December 24, 2022
"Individuals from Mexico and northern Central America accounted for just 30% of unique encounters in November, a significant drop from the 53% they represented a year ago, as more migrants arrive from a variety of other countries, including Cuba and Nicaragua," CBP Acting Commissioner Troy Miller commented in a news release that was sent out on Friday before Christmas.
According to the CBP, the number of people fleeing "failing communist regimes in Nicaragua and Cuba" is rising.
BREAKING: CBP sources tell FOX News over Christmas weekend – 12/23 – Sun 12/25 – 16,476 Total Encounters – of which 2,150 were expelled under T42 – 14,326 being released…
Broken down by sector:
Del Rio – 4,144
El Paso – 3,333
Yuma – 2,577
RGV – 2,385
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— Griff Jenkins (@GriffJenkins) December 26, 2022
However, Venezuelans who are part of that group, are now arriving in far fewer numbers as a result of the migration enforcement process that includes expulsions to Mexico. Encounters with Venezuelans have dropped from approximately 1,100 a day to roughly 100 a day in November. CBP claims stricter policies are working.
The breakout of the encounters in November includes 68,044 from Cuba or Nicaragua, which comprises 35% of unique encounters.
CBP is reporting:
Two-thirds (67 percent) of all southwest land border encounters were single adults, with 157,202 encounters in November, a 1.3% decrease compared to October.
66,984 encounters, 29% of the total, were processed for expulsion under Title 42. 166,756 encounters were processed under Title 8.
59,147 encounters involving single adults (38% of all single adult encounters) were processed for expulsion under Title 42, with 98,055 processed under Title 8 (62% of all single adult encounters).
7,674 encounters involving family unit individuals (12% of all family unit individuals) were processed for expulsion under Title 42, with 55,489 processed under Title 8 (88% of all family unit individuals).
Encounters of unaccompanied children increased 9.4%, with 13,150 encounters in November compared with 12,024 in October. In November, the average number of unaccompanied children in CBP custody was 597 per day, compared with an average of 491 per day in October.
Encounters of family unit individuals increased by 5.6% from 59,805 in October to 63,163 in November, which is a 28% decrease from the peak of 87,461 in August 2021.
The number of illegal immigrants is set to exponentially increase with the end of Title 42. A massive surge at the border is expected.
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Physical Properties of Wood
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Wood is one of the most versatile and widely used materials in the world. It can be used in anything from wood carving and creating small wooden items, such as chairs and rocking horses, to building timber structures and sheds.
It also has a lot of scientific properties associated with it, and every type of wood that is available can exhibit similar, and also different, properties. As such, it is important to understand how different types of wood can be used, so you can make sure that you don't use the wrong type of wood in your project.
There are two distinct types of wood:
Hardwoods come from deciduous trees – trees whose leaves fall each autumn – such as oak, mahogany, beech, and birch.
Softwoods come from coniferous trees – trees whose cones/needles remain all year round – such as cedar, spruce, fir, cypress, and pine.
The specific gravity (SG) of a substance, is the ratio between the density of the specific substance and the density of a reference substance provided which occupies the same volume. In most cases, the reference substance is water, as its density, in terms of grams per cubic centimetre, is one.
If moisture content is neglected or minimised, the more rings that a tree has within a given space, the denser it is, meaning its specific gravity is higher. Woods that have a higher specific gravity tend to have more lignin in their cells – this increases the rigidity of the wood and its resistance to rotting – and fewer air spaces, meaning that it can't intake water easily compared to lower specific gravity woods.
One of the most noticeable properties of wood is that it is a hygroscopic material, meaning that it tends to absorb moisture from the air depending on the humidity of its surroundings. If the humidity is relatively high, then the wood will absorb more moisture.
Moisture content is very important when using wood in building, crafting, and manufacturing as it can affect the strength and stiffness of wood. This is because the presence of water affects the bonds between the fibres, effectively weakening the wood and making it more pliable.
It is important to understand the thermal properties that wood exhibits.
Thermal conductivity is the ability of a material to conduct heat. For wood, it can range between 0.01 and 0.2 W m-1 K-1, which is relatively low, considering that for copper, it is over 400. The reason for this is because wood is quite porous. The values have a wide range because thermal conductivity decreases as the density decreases.
Thermal expansion is also relatively low in wood, meaning that it can retain its original structure in hot climates.
In freezing temperatures, the water within the wood can expand, causing the it to crack. However, since it has a low thermal conductivity, it means that, in cold weather, it can retain its warm interior and keep the cold weather out, which is why wood cabins are relatively common in arctic conditions.
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This old-vaudeville-house-turned-cinema, located a few blocks down King Street from the Riviera Theater, has had the most difficult time of Charleston's historic theaters.
Erected in 1918, the theater ran successfully until the 1970's, when it closed. Seven years later, in 1977, the theater was restored.
During the 1980's, the theater was used for performances during Charleston's famous Spoleto Festival and eventually transformed into a performing arts space.
The City of Charleston did not renew its lease of the theater in 2003, and despite efforts of the Friends of the Garden Theater, the theater was converted into retail space.
Thank you…I think! What a well written commentary except for the box label you found in the balcony. So sad that that age group would even consider walking in that store and buying something as if to say what you have done Urban Outfitters is okay with us! I recall reading on CT about a former theatre in Seattle that is now a Banana Republic so it would be interesting to read someone's onsite commentary of that store, too. The exterior facade of the former Garden Theatre makes such a statement and I'm so disappointed that when I was in Charleston and drove by I didn't realize what it had been so didn't stop to investigate! The facade really made an impression with me and I knew that it had been something, but wasn't even thinking of it having been a theatre as I had just visited the Riviera and the American so didn't realize there had been another theatre nearby. BTW, when did Urban Outfitters come to Charleston and set up business? And if I had been there the day you stopped I would have had to control myself for wanting to make a remark about what used to be there at that King Street location!
Lost Memory: I just read your organ data for the former Garden Theatre. Does anyone know where it is now or if it still exists? John: Weight in if you have any additional information. Since you didn't mention seeing an organ while at Urban Outfitters I assume there wasn't one being played while shoppers were browsing like in Philadelphia at the former Wannamaker store. BTW, have you or anyone been to that location to hear the organ that is played? I met a young man 2 summers ago who has played that organ and he was so very proud of that fact and should be. He works for the Riviera Theatre in N. Tonawanda NY which was the hometown of Wurlitzer for many years. In the Riviera is the orginally restored Wurlitzer organ that was used as a demo to customers interested in purchasing one of the world's finest organs! If I could I'd love to travel back in time and see all of the grand theatres of Lamb and Eberson and Rapp and Rapp of the 20's in their prime and grand opening nights!
passed theater tonight marquee looks good ..retail store inside…old bartons candy store sign still up on theaters store front..
Hi Long Islander – I just wanted to make an observation. The marquee you saw on King Street was not the Garden Theatre marquee but was the marquee for the Gloria Theatre. The Gloria Theatre was in the same block as the Garden Theatre which lost its marquee many years ago. part of Barton's Candy Store occupies what was once the King Street entrance to the theatre. The Gloria Theatre still exists as the Sottile Theatre with a new entrance on George Street.
Urban Outfitters did a nice job in restoring most interesting architectural decorative elements of the Garden, and they have the money to control the periodic flooding in the basement.
I went to several (theater) performances at the Garden, the seating was abysmal. There wasn't enough slope so you couldn't see the stage properly, and the seats were all cramped together. The building was starting to look pretty shabby as well.
The Garden hadn't shown movies in years and yes, it's sad there's no more movie theaters in downtown Charleston but the seating would've made this a lousy one.
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With Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival currently taking place, I thought it would be interesting to look into our past and see what portable music devices were used. Here is a brief history of our portable music devices.
First, starting with the Transistor Radios, U.S. Pat. No. 2,892,931, Richard Koch designed a miniature sized transistor radio that could fit inside an ordinary shirt pocket. To make this device commercially acceptable, he had to come up with an acceptable battery life, meaning create circuitry to consume minimal voltage so as to power the device for longer period of time.
Second, the Portable Lightweight Record Player, U.S. Pat. No. 3,218,081, Augusto Gentilini designed a portable record player that would fit inside of a small suitcase. The reason for a reduction in size was because of the altered motor arrangement. This arrangement also limited the vibration caused by the motor due to the connection with a suspended rubber plate and offsetting the weight of the motor by adding an adjustable weight.
Third, the Compact Cassette Player, U.S. Pat. No. 5,247,293, created by Noboru Nakagawa and Sony. This model is a future generation from the original Walkman, but it still describes the aspects of a compact cassette player.
Fourth, Portable Disc Player, U.S. Pat. No. 5,265,083, again created by Sony, the portable disc player utilized a compact disc that could play audio, video, and other content. This current application additionally has aspects of an LCD display to view audio information according to the current media being played.
Lastly, the MP3 Players, U.S. Pat. No. 7,627,343, Anthony Fadell and Apple came up with a portable media player that can play MP3 audio files that are stored directly on the device itself. This media player allows the user to connect (i.e. wired or wirelessly) the media player to another computing device to download or transfer content.
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Glen Johnson and his band are now very far from their indie pop beginnings, and here they've created the starkest and most self-consciously serious Piano Magic album so far.
With their childlike female vocals and toybox melodies, Piano Magic's earliest records had some loose connection to indie pop, a scene that valorizes a certain kind of hermetic accessibility. But Piano Magic's music didn't feel like it was made by anyone walking around the real world. It was hard to guess who was making Piano Magic's records. On their singles compilation, 2001's Seasonally Affective, you'd get twee surrealist monologues about baking bread or reading Richard Brautigan novels backed by spooky field recordings of atmospheric disturbances. And then a tender song about small-town loneliness seemingly played on Victorian clockwork novelties; next, a blasted industrial soundscape that bore little evidence of human intervention at all.
A lot of that mysterious feeling has slowly drifted from Piano Magic's music over the last decade, as mastermind Glen Johnson seems to have decided rather firmly that he is a Serious Writer of Serious Songs. At his best, he's really more of an atmosphere and texture kind of talent, creating wonderfully unstable mood pieces that seesaw between poignancy and unease. Lyrics get pared back to evocative fragments. In traditional songwriter mode, he's too often both strident and vague, trying to forcefully put across images that don't really evoke much of anything, and becoming less sure of his skills as a homespun collage artist when he tries to tackle verse-chorus-verse.
Even more so than their suitably grim concept album about WWI, Artists' Rifles, Life Has Not Finished With Me Yet might be the starkest and most self-consciously serious Piano Magic album so far. It's also the eeriest Piano Magic album in a good long while, with a discomforted air due to the album's minimalism. A lot of it sounds like music made by a prisoner who's been allowed only a rickety old drum machine and a few half-broken electronic devices. Odd skeletal melodies play out uneasily but hypnotically against the record's yawning emptiness, like Young Marble Giants' tunes if they'd dropped the tempo to a crawl.
Way too often though, Life comes off like melodramatic goth hooey. And not the fun kind. Johnson's never been a confessional singer-songwriter, and I doubt we're even getting straight emotional autobiography here. But with the voice up front and so much negative space behind, there's an undeniable "dude sings about his feelings in an unadorned way" vibe that's new for Piano Magic. Too bad the most raw and seemingly heartfelt moments are more than likely to induce snickers. The trouble usually arises when the lyrics make the mood of dread bluntly overt. The title track is some kind of nadir in this regard. To an irritating somnambulant sea shanty rhythm, Johnson reels off line after goofily portentous line ("The gun in my hand/ But the trigger, it jammed") with total conviction but zero oomph. You might take it for a bit of dark comedy about clinical depression and suicidal ideation if it wasn't played so limp and straight.
Or maybe it's just the way he sings it. Life might have been monstrous in the hands of someone like Michael Gira, who has both the gravitas and enough of a self-mocking side to pull off such severe sentiments. What really cripples certain parts of Life, as it has so often on post-Rifles Piano Magic records, is Johnson's singing. Johnson's gloomy monotone was effective in a limited way when it was just one element in the overall gloomy swirl of his music, and when he stays in this lane on Life, it fits. But in these severe settings, his vocal flaws become all the more apparent, occasionally even grating when he tries to emote. "The Slightest of Threads" will test even the band's staunchest fan.
Piano Magic's masterpiece-thus-far, 1999's Low Birth Weight, closed with a cover of Disco Inferno's "Waking Up", a rather chilling vision of a world without God, and Johnson finally gave the song an after-the-bomb ambience to match. It was emblematic of a consistent darkness to their music; but that darkness was never all there was to the band, even though Life sometimes seems based entirely around the sound and feel of that "Waking Up" cover. Early Piano Magic songs could be fragile and precious, but also assured and unearthly, less about foregrounding the warmth and intimacy of regular people playing in a room. Instead they used sound-design and electronic color to transform songs into slightly off environments, spaces where both familiar emotions and the uncanny could be invoked, part of a long tradition of British art where strange and ineffable goings-on intrude on the mundane world. There are still hints that Johnson still knows where his talents lie on Life Has Not Finished With Me Yet, but they're the faintest hints.


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Wolf Bound
Pack Bound
Leisl LeightonMay 2018
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Five hundred years ago, facing extinction, a group of powerful witches united to create a pact with the Were to save witch–kind. The pact expelled an ancient evil, known only as the Darkness, that was blocking the Were from their wolves. With the Darkness destroyed, the Packs and their Covens grew strong as they thrived beside each other in their brand–new world.
But the Darkness was not destroyed.
Shelley Conners has good reason to hate and fear the powers that connect her to the spirit world and the insanity they foretell. But with the Pack's Trickster, Adam McVale, transformed into a Shade, a creature caught between life and death, Shelley holds the only key to saving him. Opening herself up to the world of the dead will only speed up her descent into madness, but Shelley never expects an even darker evil within – the Darkness, waiting patiently for her and the opportunity to destroy the world.
Leisl is a tall red head with an overly large imagination. As a child, she identified strongly with Anne of Green Gables. A voracious reader and a born performer, it came as no surprise to anyone when she did a double major in English Literature and Drama for her BA, then went on to a career as an actor, singer and dancer, as well as script writer, stage manager and musical director for cabaret and theatre restaurants (one of which she co-owned and ran for six years).
After starting a family, Leisl stopped performing and instead, began writing the stories that had been plaguing her dreams. Leisl's stories have won and placed in many competitions in Australia and the US, including the STALI, Golden Opportunities, Heart of the West, Linda Howard Award of Excellence, Touch of Magic and many others.
Leisl lives in the leafy suburbs of Melbourne with her two beautiful boys, lovely hubby, overly spunky dogs, Buffy and Skye, and likes to spend time with family and friends. She is addicted to the Syfy channel, and her shelves are full of fantasy and paranormal books and scifi DVDs. She sometimes sings in a choir, has worked as a swim teacher, loves to ski, can talk the hind leg off a donkey and has been President of Romance Writers of Australia from 2014-2017.
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One pack, one coven, a destiny intertwined...
Skye Collins has been brought up to fear her magic and shy away from witch and Were alike. But when Jason McVale, the Alpha of Pack McVale, comes in search of her, she is intrigued and tempted. Her mistrust of magic and wariness of the intensity of passion she shares with Jason threatens her control–and if she loses control, she just might turn into the weapon the Darkness intended her to become all along.
Moon Bound
Only her love can heal his broken soul...
Wiccan Healer–Witch Bronwyn Kincaid wants a quiet life. Her new powers have other ideas. Her increased healing magic and empathy mean she can't ignore the plight of River Collins, a wolf brought up thinking the animal inside him is an evil he must forever suppress. If Bronwyn can't control her powers and help River accept his wolf, the evil Darkness that hunts the Were will use them to destroy those they love.
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Shifter–Witch Eloise O'Brien has betrayed her Coven and almost killed her brother to save the Were Pack she'd infiltrated as a spy. Now living with the Were she once feared and hated, she learns the truth of who she really is–the prophesied Nexus. A witch of unspeakable power, she must make a choice between the light and the dark, between Iain McShane, the Lone Wolf she is coming to love, and her once beloved brother and Coven who are now working for the Darkness.
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Echo Springs on the edge of the outback – a town where everyone knows your name, and your business. But the wholesome country living and welcoming community aren't what they used to be. Echo Springs has a dark underbelly, and it is seeping ever outward.
Brilliant forensic pathologist, Erika Hanson, fled from Echo Springs as a teenager, leaving behind a past of tragedy and pain. But when local police announce they've found her beloved brother's body in a meth lab explosion, she knows she must return to clear Peter's name and find out what really happened. Because Peter would never get involved with the drug tag sweeping across the small town of Australia and destroying lives.
Hartley Cooper has a past with Erika Hanson, but that's not going to keep him from doing his job. He's seen what grief can do, and denial is only the first step. But Erika is convinced that Peter can't be involved, and her meticulous, professional skills start to convince Hartley as well. When Erika's digging and questions get too personal, the town turns against them, Hartley knows Erika might run again. But this time he's ready. And he's not going to let her go.
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When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.
At least, he's not a beast all the time.
As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin-and his world-forever.
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Single mother Natalia Robinson is determined to start afresh, away from the shadow of her past. A job at CoalCliff Stud where she lived as a child is the perfect opportunity to live the quiet life she always wanted. But she is unprepared to see Reid, and is even more unprepared for the passion that still burns between them.
But after a series of menacing events threatens the new home she is trying to build, Nat realises that Reid is the only person she can rely on to keep her and her daughter safe. Together, Reid and Nat must face the pasts that haunt them if they are to survive the present and forge a future of hope.
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Feyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart. Though she's now been granted the powers and lifespan of the High Fae, she is haunted by her time Under the Mountain and the terrible deeds she performed to save the lives of Tamlin and his people.
As her marriage to Tamlin approaches, Feyre's hollowness and nightmares consume her. She finds herself split into two different people: one who upholds her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court, and one who lives out her life in the Spring Court with Tamlin. While Feyre navigates a dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms. She might just be the key to stopping it, but only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future-and the future of a world in turmoil.
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Fighting for Change
Authored by Daniel Lee, Executive Director, Levi Strauss Foundation. Re-posted with permission from the Levi Strauss & Co blog, Unzipped.
"If my grandmother, who lived and cleaned houses in Jim Crow South, would've ever been told that her granddaughter would get paid to talk about freedom, she wouldn't have believed it."
Whether it's Black History Month or any other time of the year, Lateefah Simon speaks with disarming honesty and an uncanny flair for getting to the simple truth. In this case, she's talking about her personal journey, which in a way is also the journey of the Civil Rights Movement and of the organization she leads, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco Bay Area.
Lateefah is one of the first Pioneers in Justice, a new initiative by the Levi Strauss Foundation. The program supports the next-generation leaders who are taking our civil and human rights organizations into the 21st century.
Lateefah became Executive Director of Lawyers' Committee in 2009, after spending her teenage and young adult years tirelessly advocating on behalf of communities of color, youth and women. She has become a nationally recognized advocate for juvenile and criminal justice reform. But if you ask her what she does for a living, she'll simply say: "I fight for change."
For her, it's as simple as that.
Hearing Lateefah speak about her personal journey is both striking and inspiring. As a 15-year-old high-school student, born and raised in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood, she began volunteering at the Center for Young Women's Development while working full time. At 19, she was named its executive director, becoming one of the youngest leaders of a social service agency in the country. Since then, her belief that young people hold the key to solving their own problems, and consequently those of society at large, is still central to her leadership.
See for yourself what social justice means to Lateefah, and where she sees the movement going in the years ahead:
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Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area was founded in 1968, five years after President John F. Kennedy supported the creation of a national Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. In addition to having helped desegregate the San Francisco Fire Department and the local school district, the organization has provided free legal assistance to communities of color, immigrants, and refugees for more than 40 years. Learn more here.
As a foundation deeply committed to advancing social justice in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, the Levi Strauss Foundation has enjoyed a long history of support for Lawyers' Committee, which continues to this day through our Pioneers in Justice initiative.
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Manāt
From Arabian Paganism
2 History and Etymology
3 In Islamic tradition
Manāt (مناة), Old Hejazi: Manōt (منوٰة), Palmyrene: Manawat (مناوات), is the goddess of fate, fortune, time, death, and destiny and She also plays an important role in the Ancient Arabian understanding of time and fate. 53:19-20 "So have you considered Allāt and Alʿuzza? and Manōt, the third - the other one?" Well, let us consider Manāt, who was revered by Arabs, particularly by the Aws and Khazraj tribes as well as Quraysh. The adherents made sacrifices to Manāt and had their own family idols of Manāt in their homes. She's pretty similar to the Greek Moirai, the three sister goddesses who represent fate. She represents manāyā (destiny) and She visits those who are dying or brings death closer to people. This isn't exactly dahr, it's more about individual fate or the preordained death of each individual while dahr or zamān is universal fate, or the impersonal fate of everyone. Dahr is fate-as-time that changes and wears things down while manāyā is fate-as-death. In the Greek tradition destiny was represented as a thread spun from a spindle while in pre-Islamic poetry we also see the archetype of rope connected to destiny as previously discussed. The poet Ṭarafa bin al-'Abd stressed that human beings are linked to death by rope:
By your life, swear that Death, so long as he misses a strong man, is surely as the loosened halter, both folded ends of which are in the hands of the owner of the animal.
So that, if he wishes, on any day, he leads him off his life by his reins. And he who is tied by the rope of death, will have to submit.
History and Etymology
Although manāyā itself was seen negatively and could not be pleaded with, the Goddess of manāyā, Manāt, was worshipped and respected. The name Manāt is generally thought to be derived from the same root manāyā comes from, m-n-y, which is often associated with counting or portioning out, implying individual fate has a determined portion for each person, and eventually reckoning the days of one's life and death across Semitic languages. This portioning out of days is mentioned by Abīd ibn al-'Abras:
The days of man are numbered to him, and through them all, the snares of Death lurk by the warrior as he travels perilous ways.
And he who dies not today, yet surely his fate it is, tomorrow to be ensnared in the nooses, his fate it is
The root itself means predestinate and is also cognate with Meni, a Canaanite deity. Manāt finds Her Hellenistic counterparts in the Greek Tyche and Latin Fortunae, Goddesses of fortune. In Palmyra, Allāt is found seated with Tyche and in the Nabataean temple of Khirbet Et-Tannur we find Nike holding up a bust of Tyche. Manāt is also similar to the Greek Moirai and Latin Parcae, personifications of destiny. The Moirai personified the inescapable destiny of each individual and spun, measured, and cut the thread of life. Although they came to be synonymous with death and ruin they were still popular figures of cultic worship with sanctuaries where people made offerings and sacrifices at festival times in places like Athens, Delphi, Olympia, and Sicyon. Langdon argues that both the Greek Moirai, Tyche-Fortuna and the Arabian Manāt are directly connected to Ishtar and her titles *ilat Menulim, "*Goddess of the fate of refusal," and ilat Menuanim, "Goddess of the fate of consent," and therefore the origin of the mythology of fate traces back to the cult of Ishtar or shares the same Semitic roots. But unlike Allāt or Alʿuzza, where we have Greek bilingual inscriptions equating them with Athena and Aphrodite respectively, there's no inscription equating Manāt with the Moirai or Tyche or any another divinity.
In Nabataea, mentions of Manāt are restricted to the northern Hejaz where She is mentioned in five Hegra tomb inscriptions. It must be significant that in four of these inscriptions She immediately follows Ḏušarē and in three of the four no other deity is mentioned. The pair are also found together in an inscription just outside of Hegra in Jabal Ithlib. One inscription invokes Her with A'ra, a deity from Bostra that was identified with Ḏušarē. Another invokes Her before Allāt. Most inscriptions in Hegra's tombs are about cursing those who might tamper with the tombs such as one in which Manāt, Ḏušarē and a mysterious deity named Qaysha are called on to "curse anyone who sells this tomb or buys it or gives it in pledge or makes a gift of it or leases it." Qaysha is also closely associated with Manāt and He appears only once in an inscription alone. He had a temple in Hegra but appears nowhere else in Nabataea. In two inscriptions (H 8 and H 16) we hear of mnwtw wqyšh "Manāt and Her Qaysha." Qaysha might mean spouse or measure so its possible Qaysha was a consort of Manāt as His name suggests. Measure might also be a reference to the measuring out of manāyā or the thread of fate. This is just speculation on my part and it should be kept in mind that Manāt also had a special relationship with Ḏušarē as pointed out above. Qaysha was only worshipped in Hegra and must be a local deity.
In Tayma, Manāt is called 'lht 'lht', Goddess of Goddesses. Manāt is found more in theophoric names than in prayers, however, especially in Dedan where we find 10 different forms of personal names that have Manāt but only one prayer (JS 177). Manāt is absent from Nabataea outside the northern Hejaz. There are no prayers to Manāt in Safaitic but Manāt does show up in two theophoric names. Outside of Nabataea, Manāt was popular among Thamudic-writers across the peninsula and was frequently invoked in prayers. She is even called st slm mnwt, the Lady of Peace, Manāt. Although She was not known in the northern centers of Nabataea, Manāt is attested in Palmyra, often invoked with the God Ba'al Hammon. Inscriptions in the Temple of Bel mention the Arabian Manāt along with the Aramaean Agibol, Babylonian Herta and Nanai, and Canaanite Reshef among others reflecting the cosmopolitan nature of the city. Manāt and Ba'al Hammon were brought to Palmyra by the tribe Banu Agrud and were considered the Gads (Fortunes) of that tribe. Manāt cult even traveled with the Roman army and we find an inscription mentioning Her with Ba'al Hammon in Hungary, Roman Dacia, written by a Palmyrene. In South Arabia worship of Her was virtually non-existent aside from one inscription in Ma'in from the 5th century BC.
In Islamic tradition
Islamic-period sources mention Manāt along with Allāt and Alʿuzza and exegetical tradition identifies them as three Goddesses worshipped by the polytheistic Meccan opponents of Muhammad. They are central to the traditional image of Paganism before Islam and are said to have been viewed by the Meccan opponents of Mohammad as daughters of Allah. Devotees would go on pilgrimage to Mecca to visit their statues or cult stones, the oldest of which was Manāt's. Manāt is even found in theophoric names such as Zayd Manāt (abundance of Manāt). Devotees of Manāt had their own family wooden idols of Her in their homes. One story relates that Manāt's site had two swords, possibly given as votive offerings, named Mihzam and Rasub. One of them became Dhul-Faqar, the famous sword gifted by Mohammad to Imam Ali.
According to Ibn Al-Kalbi's Kitab Al-Asnam (Book of Idols), Manāt's cultic site was "on the seashore in the district of al-Mushallal at Qudayd between Medina and Mecca" and most other sources agree on this but conflict on which tribes or clans were associated with the sanctuary. There is a tendency to link the site and Manāt's cult with the Ansar (the Aws and Khazraj tribes), but Azd (especially Ghatafit), the Khuza'a, Quraysh, and even just "all Arabs" are mentioned. Some say Manāt was worshipped using an altar/libation table, others a statue, and some say Manāt was worshipped using a bayt (literally, house) which could be a stele/standing stone or an open-air sanctuary or temple. These variants and inconsistencies are common in the reports about pre-Islamic religion in Islamic sources which makes it difficult to establish the basic facts about Manāt from this material, let alone deduce anything about Her character.
As for Her association with manāyā (fate) derived from the same root as Her name, there is little if anything in the Islamic tradition that explicitly supports such identifications and links. But its unlikely that all of the material in the Muslim tradition relating to the three Goddesses is the result of mere speculation on names found in the Quran. I do think that the three Goddesses may have been worshipped in the Mecca region during the 6th century but there was a process whereby Mohammad gradually redefined and thus diminished the Gods of his opponents, a process that culminated in the denial of their existence. Redefining them from the Gods the ancients understood them to be to just jinn, or angels, or identifying them with their altars and statues. The details we have in the Islamic tradition are so fragmentary, lack a real context, and are reported with variants and inconsistencies that make it difficult to see their significance for any general discussion of Arabian religion before Islam.
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Models, Portraits, and Signs of Fate in Ancient Arabian Tradition
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Meni Definition and Meaning
Relief Depicting Ishtar and Tyche (The Tyche of Palmyra)
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Though it's not been well analyzed by mainstream reporters, the so-called conservative media have been split down the middle by the Donald Trump Donald John TrumpForget the spin: Five unrefuted Mueller Report revelations Lara Trump: Merkel admitting migrants 'one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany' Financial satisfaction hits record high: survey MORE phenomenon. Outlets like the Drudge Report, Breitbart and The Washington Times have been in loud and consistent support, while National Review, The Weekly Standard and Commentary (the last two the leading journals of neoconservatism) have been in full-throated opposition.
Conservative commentators with other media are also divided, with such as George Will, Charles Krauthammer and Ross Douthat on the anti-Trump side, while Pat Buchanan, Rush Limbaugh and Michael Goodwin are pro-Trump.
Other right-leaning journals, like The American Spectator and The Daily Caller, also appear to be in Trump's corner.
Falling somewhere in the middle of all this have been opinion writers like the erudite Victor Davis Hanson and the always-astute Peggy Noonan, both of whom seem likely to part company with those conservatives and neoconservatives who are looking for ways to undermine Trump even if it means the election of likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonForget the spin: Five unrefuted Mueller Report revelations Former senators launching effort to help Dems win rural votes Biden's announcement was a general election message, says political analyst MORE.
It will be interesting to see how some of the conservative "NeverTrump" commentators handle the blowback in the days and months ahead. This soon after the last of his challengers threw in the towel, it looks like Trump is going to be supported by the vast majority of GOP elected officials and a large number of PACs and major party contributors.
If, as expected, Clinton is the Democratic nominee and the race tightens, the pressure on those elements of the conservative intelligentsia who are pledging not to support Trump will be immense. So immense, in fact, that it's not clear whether their futures would look better if Trump subsequently wins or loses. If he wins, they lose access to the White House (and the Republican Party), and if he loses (and particularly should he lose narrowly), they will be held responsible for every objectionable thing subsequently done by President Hillary Clinton.
Still, the guess here is that many of Trump's most vocal critics will persevere in their opposition, though their rhetoric and tactics will undoubtedly be molded somewhat by the opinion polls as Election Day approaches. After all, many of the conservative outlets of news and opinion, funded as they are by wealthy benefactors like Philip Anschutz (The Weekly Standard), are not dependent financially on marketplace factors like advertising or subscription revenue.
And those anti-Trump conservatives who are not employed by conservative media — Will, Gerson, Krauthammer, Douthat and David Brooks, for instance — are employed by such outlets as The Washington Post and The New York Times, both of which are foaming at the mouth in their editorial denunciations of Trump and therefore not the kind of employers who are going to give their conservative writers a hard time if they too disparage the gentleman.
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So put it this way: Whatever else may become of them, the conservative "NeverTrumpers" are not going to lose their jobs no matter what happens in the general election, and beyond that, can and will continue to lay claim to the argument that they are true conservatives and Trump is not. And it's this point that resonates with people whose political views have been shaped since at least 1980 by conservative thought in the areas of economics, law, and social and foreign policy.
Still, one wonders if there isn't a bit of hubris in that stand, and whether it's even directly relevant given the country's current angst. We have clearly not come, as the liberals of another era used to say, to the end of history, but we may have come, at least for the moment, to the end of ideology.
Maines is president of the Media Institute and was, in the 1970s, an assistant publisher of National Review. The opinions expressed are his alone and not those of the Media Institute, its board, advisory councils or contributors.


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5/16/2010 · 6 minutes ago, broberts said: Princess Cays may be a private beach area but it is situated on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera. I expect Bahamas consider it Bahamian sovereign territory. Yup. Its not like being on the ship. Its very much Bahamian, and staffed by Bahamians.


Life membership is generally considered to be the highest honour an organisation can bestow upon a member, and being awarded Life Membership of St Pat's Baseball Club (St Pat's) is no different.
The award of Life Membership of St Pat's is in recognition of the exceptional contribution of an individual to our Club, and to the sport of baseball in general.
Accordingly, a Life Member will be a person who consistently has contributed to St Pat's over an extended period of time, and who has demonstrated a significant and sustained dedication and commitment towards the enhancement and reputation of St Pat's.
Nominations are invited from any member of St Pat's including team coaches, team managers, players, parents, supporters and any Committee Member.
Nominations for Life Membership should be submitted to the St Pat's Secretary up to one day prior to the Annual General Meeting of St Pat's.
All nominations will be considered and voted on by those present at the Annual General Meeting.
The nominee's length of service to St Pat's shall be of at least 8 years in either or both an on-field or off-field role, with such service in either role being taken concurrently.
The general attitude and overall demeanour of the nominee reflects sustained dedication and commitment towards the enhancement and reputation of St Pat's.
The nominee shall have demonstrated a commitment to the principles of fair play and good sportsmanship, as well as respect for game officials and opposition players.
The nominee shall have provided valued leadership and/or will have been an outstanding role model to its Club members in general.
The nominee's service must have reflected favourably on and brought credit to St Pat's.
The recipient of Life Membership of St Pat's will be notified in writing by the Club Secretary. The award will be announced and presented to the recipient at the Club's Presentation Day.


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