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Doctor Who: The Crooked Man review
The Crooked Man, like so many Fourth Doctor Adventures, brings back an element from the television series, but 1) it's not in the advertising, so I won't spoil it, and 2) it does something new and interesting with it. Which ideally would happen every time, but there you go. John Dorney's story brings the Doctor and Leela to a contemporary seaside town in search of a vacation, but they stumble into a murder: a bookseller has been stuffed with the pages of his books. Meanwhile, an actress is trying to duck the paparazzi and a young woman must adjust to living in the house of her deceased father.
This one abounds with interesting and clever ideas
For fear of spoiling said returning element, I can't say much about the plot, but suffice it to say that this one abounds with interesting and clever ideas about its central concept. Plus, it's creepy: not just in the writing or even in the (excellent) acting of Neil Stuke as the eponymous villain, but Jamie Robertson's music and sound design rise to meet the quality of this excellent script — this is one of the rare Fourth Doctor Adventures where I find myself wishing there was a bonus music track like in the main Doctor Who range. And it's not just creepy, either: it's at turns funny and moving, and sometimes all three at once.
Part of this is also down to the excellent guest cast: beyond Stuke, we have the very likeable Sarah Smart (one of the highlights of The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People on TV) as Laura Corbett, plus Robin Pearce as her over-the-top boyfriend, and Richard Earl as Ellis, the policeman who knows rather too much about vintage science-fiction. They're a great group of characters, well acted; despite the limited running time, they all feel like real people, not just cogs in the machine of plot. It's the acting of these three especially that sells the moving ending.
At turns creepy, funny, and moving, and sometimes all three at once
Tom Baker and Louise Jameson are quite good as always; if there's any complaint to be had about The Crooked Man, it's that the ramifications of the Doctor/Leela argument from The King of Sontar seem to have been dropped, but hopefully that's just a temporary thing and it's still bubbling away somewhere in them. I might complain about the Fourth Doctor Adventures a lot, but they can deliver as much as any of the ranges, and this is one of their best.
The Crooked Man (by John Dorney; starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson) was released by Big Finish Productions in March 2014.
by Steve Mollmann
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Steve Mollmann is a English professor originally from Cincinnati, Ohio; he currently resides in Tampa, Florida. He primarily studies science and science-fiction in British literature of the nineteenth century to the present. He is currently at work on a book about the scientist as a character in the Victorian novel. He has written and co-written several works of tie-in fiction, including the original series Star Trek novel A Choice of Catastrophes. You can read his thoughts on topics such as comic books, his childhood, Farscape, and the deeply terrible science-fiction of the 1890s at Science's Less Accurate Grandmother.
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→Historical Sites With A Magical View: J&K And Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka
Historical Sites With A Magical View: J&K And Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka
J&K AND LADAKH
SRINAGAR TO LEH DRIVE – Flying to Leh, which stands at 11,562ft, almost always results in altitude sickness. But if there was a scenic route, wouldn't you take it? Thanks to the Border Roads Organisation, there is, and you should. The 434km Srinagar-Leh road, also called NH ID, is one of the most beautiful roads in India. Stop and smell the flowers at Sonmarg, ascend to Zoji La, stop at Drass and break journey at Kargil. Head out again via Mulbekh, cross Namik La, Fotu La, pass through Ule and push on to Leh. Check if the road is open before making plans. The snowbound road is normally open from the last week of April till mid-October.
CHANGTHANG PLATEAU – There are a few words that travellers and writers often use to describe Changthang Plateau: eerie, magical, desolate, surreal, menacing, beautiful and profound. This uninhabited cold desert in the northern plains of Ladakh, with an average elevation of 15,000ft is all that and more. This is a region of vast highlands and giant lakes, home to the nomadic changpa tribe and pashmina goats. At 14,835ft, with a surface area of 12,000 ha, Tso Moriri is more breathtaking than words can say. Changthang is best experienced by the 9-day, 7-pass trek from Rumtse on the Manali-Leh highway to Karzok by the Tso Moriri via the lake of Tso Kar. You can also drive to Tso Moriri from Leh. Tso Moriri is located about 250km away from Leh.
GADSAR LAKE – Many fabled trails in the Himalaya are so off-grid, they seem near-mythical. Not this circuit. Set off from the village of Shitkadi Sonmarg, and the trail leads you past the lakes of Vishansar and Krishansar to altitudes over 13,451ft across two mountain passes, Nichnai and Gadsar, and a few smaller lakes before you arrive at the meadow of flowers that surrounds Gadsar. Reflecting the lofty glaciers that surround it, Gadsar is popular with anglers for its brown trout and also a rumoured octopus that drags unwary tourists under. The trek goes on over Gaj Pass to picture-postcard views of Gaganbal and Nundkol lakes and the sacred peak of Harmukh before ending at Naranag. The trek head point of Sonmarg is 80km/2hrs from Srinagar.
HEMIS – This is Ladakh's richest and largest gompa. This scenic Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa lineage was built in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal, and it is known for its annual festival honouring Padmasambhava. Further adding to its mystique, the library here is rumoured to preserve a gospel called Life of Saint Issa, which is said to document the 'lost years' of Jesus, which he supposedly spent in Kashmir with his wife and son, Ben-lssa. Apart from the monastery, Hemis is famous for its 4,400sq km high-altitude national park—the only one north of the Himalaya. It harbours a high density of snow leopards and boasts a species list of some rare flora and fauna. The Markha Valley trek ends here. Hemis Monastery is 45km/1hr away from Leh.

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Cleve Barber Jr. Posted On December 16, 2022
According to Variety, Jack Dylan Grazer has joined the Disney+ TV series Spiderwick Chronicles. Grazer joins Lyon Daniels, Noah Cottrell, Mychala Lee, Joy Bryant, and Christian Slater as a new cast members. The TV show will be based on the book series by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. The book series also had a film release in 2008.
The description of the Spiderwick Chronicles series is as follows:
"follows the Grace family as they leave New York to move to Michigan into their ancestral home, The Spiderwick Estate. Twin brothers Jared and Simon, along with their sister Mallory and mom Helen, discover that magical creatures like fairies, ogres, trolls, boggarts and more are all real and hiding among us."
Paramount Television Studios and 20th Century Studios will produce the series. Aron Eli Coleite will be the showrunner and executive producer. Kat Coiro will direct the first two episodes.
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Grazer will be playing the character Thimbletack, a boggart that lives in the walls of the Spiderwick Estate. The character was played by Martin Short in the film. The character description is "hundreds of years old, Thimbletack is still a teenager amongst his kind, a mischief-maker with an explosive temper. He could be a great help to the Grace children…if only he could learn to control his own larger-than-life emotions."
Grazer has had a stellar career for such a young age. He's starred in Shazam! as Freddie Freeman and is set to reprise the role in Shazam!: Fury of the Gods in March 2023. Also, he starred in IT, Disney's Luca, and Don't Tell A Soul. He was also a part of the ensemble for HBO Max's We Are Who We Are.
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Here's a sneak peek of my latest knitting project, something I'm making for my new home. I've held back from decorating the place that I'm staying at currently because I know it's only mine for the summer, but I'm already very excited about having my own place in the fall. I'll have free license to decorate it however I want to and hopefully this project I'm working on will make the new apartment feel a little bit more like home.
I love the summer and looking back at these pictures taken when I was home a few weeks ago reminds me of that. I love feeling the sun on my face and the wind in my hair. My favorite things to wear are dresses and skirts and summer weather is perfect for that. I don't know what it is about summer, but I simply feel light and carefree. There are just so many good things that happen in the summer. Does anyone else love summer as much as I do?
In other news, I survived my first week of work! On Friday, because of a lovely concept called 'summer hours,' I even got out of work early! I'm slowly getting into the routine of waking up earlier and going to bed earlier than I used to. Believe me, it is a struggle because I am the kind of person that likes to go to bed at 3am and wake up at 12pm, haha! Anyways, the people seem nice and hopefully I'll make friends soon :) Another challenge I'm having is figuring out what to wear to work! My office is pretty casual, but I took stock of my closet and realized that most of it is inappropriate to wear to work (usually the item is too short for the office). So, I've been trying to take advantage of the summer sales to buy some things that are appropriate. Do you guys have any tips to help me with this little problem or have you run into this problem yourself?
1. Since you began blogging do you notice a change in the types of things you gravitate towards while shopping? Hmm, I guess my answer is yes to this question in a variety of ways! For example, before I started blogging I would never have mixed prints like I did in the outfit above. It just wouldn't have occurred to me! So now, when I'm shopping for new clothes, I'm trying to envision all the different ways that I can wear it with the things I already have. Also, I'll see a certain item and it will remind me of a blogger. I'll think something along the lines of, "I could totally see this on insert blogger's name here!" I would like to think that my style eye is expanding and I know I'm wearing outfit combinations that I wouldn't have worn a year ago.
5. Toot someone's horn – what fashion blogger out there inspires you with her bold fashion choices? I have to say I absolutely love Julie's (of Orchid Grey) style! I feel like she's one of those bloggers that everything she wears, I would absolutely wear too. She definitely inspires me with the way she remixes pieces and combines them to form so many different looks! Also, her outfits aren't always flashy, but to me, they're never boring and I really admire that!


Les will try to convince Carol to accept your offer.
Simon is going to be furious.
I think Joanne is overemotional.
Markus saw Nate break the window.
Mwa has always been very protective of his children.
You have no right to take it away from Randall.
I know Raj is alive.
What did you tell Sid about these?
Laurence is a compulsive liar.
I wonder how Cory is going to react.
Shahid asked me why I didn't eat meat.
Marsha is a grown man.
Arlene often talks to his parents on Skype.
I used to think it was my responsibility to help Andrea.
Trevor is a bit shy.
I've always been proud of Christie.
Troy grabbed a handful of popcorn out of the bag and then handed it to Po.
Max is going back to Boston.
Is there something wrong with Greg?
What Jenine saw made him nervous.
Lowell seems to think that he's invincible.
Romain has been talking on the phone for an hour.
Ann bought a high-efficiency front-loading washing machine.
Narendra got into his car and drove away.
Kevyn isn't very smart, is he?


The first thing you'd expect to see on a world-renowned painter's personal project truck is a fresh paint job, right? Maybe that's an unfair assumption or a result of thinking too much inside the box; either way, KC Mathieu of KC's Paint Shop can appreciate the value of a natural patina finish just as much as a high-shine gloss. There's no way to duplicate what years of neglect and punishment from the elements can do to a paint job. Sure, faux applications can yield passable results, but for authenticity's sake, KC decided to leave the worn surfaces of both of his latest SEMA projects completely as-is, without any cosmetic rehab whatsoever. Every dent, scratch, gouge and rust spot is a testament to what these trucks have endured throughout their combined 132 years of existence.
The muted sandblasted finish of the 18-inch Budnik Gasser wheels makes its presence known without detracting from the F1's rough demeanor.
The Grand Canyon is certainly a gorgeous sight, but so are these two rusty rearends.
The Ford's post-SEMA workout routine included scaling the 14,115-foot trek up to Pikes Peak.
The 3100's interior has been completely overhauled with a painted dash, beefy roll cage, Dakota Digital gauges, matching Budnik steering wheel and fresh upholstery skins from Hydes Leather.
Garrett's Customs is responsible for the bed floors in both trucks. The floor in the Chevy features a more traditional look, while the one in the Ford is much darker.
Eighteen-inch Budnik Remington-L wheels neatly frame the Wilwood braking components lurking behind.
The elusive Big Foot might have been in hibernation because there were no reports of any sightings along the way.
The Ford's interior has been updated with leather upholstery from Hydes Leather, a Budnik steering wheel, Dakota Digital gauges and a proper roll cage for good measure.
KC Mathieu sizes up traffic in his '49 Ford F1.
The Ford Performance Aluminator engine proved not only to be fast, but fashionable as well.
No Limit Engineering has crafted a highly responsive suspension system that complements the Chevy's high-horsepower capabilities.
The SLP Performance supercharger is the icing on top of the already nimble GM 408 LS power plant.
The guys sailed smoothly through Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, finally landing in Sin City for the big reveal. The only casualty was an AC compressor in KC's Ford, but that little mishap was a direct result of his lead foot pumping up the rpm too high while it was engaged. "It was a quick fix. I was just having a little too much fun with the Aluminator," he admitted.
While the rusty exteriors are boldly juxtaposed against the technically advanced prowess of the suspension and performance systems, they are also reminders to KC that his skills reach beyond paint. "We knew that the trucks would end up looking cool with their natural patina finishes and altered stances, so we spent the time to build them to be dependable, and they really are. We put them through their paces as we drove to Vegas and back home," KC told us.
What he didn't mention is that the crew took the scenic route back to Texas after the show, which brought the grand total to a bit more than 3,000 miles. They headed north out of Nevada into Utah all the way up to Pikes Peak, Colorado, which hits 14,000 feet elevation. To say the trucks were driven to SEMA would be a severe understatement. They weren't just broken in, they were pushed hard during their maiden voyage. "I couldn't be happier with the outcome … Since the show, we have received healthy offers on both trucks. Steve sold his Chevy a month or so after we got back home, but I can't seem to part with mine, at least not yet. I built mine to drive, and I'm looking forward to doing that far into the foreseeable future." Maybe one day KC will have a change of heart. Until then, keep an eye out for either one of these trucks on the highway.
Special Thanks from Owner: Thanks to Aeromotive Fuel Systems, Amsoil, Be Cool Radiators, Black Widow, Budnik Wheels, Dakota Digital, Falken Tires, Heatshied Products, Hughes Performance, Hydes Leather, JE Reel Driveline, Kwik Performance, Mast Motorsports, No Limit Engineering, Odyssey Battery, Precision Replacement Parts, Raingear Systems, RestoMod Air, RideTech, SLP Performance, Superchargers Online and Wilwood Brakes.


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University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology
The Mechanics' Institution was formed by industrialists in 1824, based near St Peter's Square, Manchester, and later moving to Princess street in 1853.
Amidst fears that Britain might lose its leading position as an industrial nation, John Henry Reynolds founded a successful programme of classes, focussing on subjects that served the industrial needs of the Manchester region. In 1883 he converted the Mechanics' Institute into the Manchester Technical School. It was funded by Manchester Corporation from 1892 and became known as the Manchester Municipal Technical School. It was renamed the Manchester Municipal College of Technology after World War I.
In 1956 the College of Technology gained independent status as a university college. It was renamed the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in 1966, but remained largely independent of the Victoria University. It merged with Victoria in 2004 to become the University of Manchester.
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AN INTRODUCTION TO WORLD HISTORY
"And all the past is present." - Robinson Jeffers
What a fascinating (and sorely needed) study! It has something for everyone: adventure, advice, amusement, answers, awe, drama, escape, fear, knowledge, warnings, wisdom, wonder, just to name a few.
With a promise that we may partially understand the present, as well as what, where, why, who, and how we are, History takes us back as far as we care to go.
As Astrophysics is part of History, we could start with the Big Bang some 13.2 billion years ago, and watch the unfolding of what could be just the present cycle.
As Chemistry is also part of History we could start earlier with the mother we may never know - that sun in whose nuclear furnace elements that make up our world and ourselves were forged. We can share the exhilaration of escape and fantastic velocities as our mother sun became a giant super nova and spewed us out to form another sun and several planets, one of which became the home we love, yet abuse.
As Biology is part of History we can marvel at the beginnings of life on this planet some 3.5 billion years ago. The proliferation and diversity of life that seemingly-simple cells created makes us ponder. Was this all trial and error, or is there an intelligence in cells that prompts them to adapt to the environment? The realization dawns that, if we are here now, some essence of our being must have survived for at least 3.5 billion years. Each and every one of our ancestors had to survive in a world in which the vast majority of creatures born into it do not survive long enough to reproduce. And, in that last instance, we beat millions of other sperm to that one egg! What winners we are! What survivors! Having come this far, we cannot drop the ball now.
Because Anthropology is part of history we can follow our evolution, and how we became divided into thousands of different cultures, yet we remain one species. To understand how we achieved this remarkable feat we must discover just how mobile and lustful we have been. Endless migrations, endless wars, and sexual habits that continue to be quite unfair to the female of the species need to be assessed.
Because Religion is part of History we can study its evolution among humans from the Neanderthals, 150,000 years ago, with their invention of Animism and the belief that we are composed of two distinct parts: mortal body and immortal soul, and that everything has a spirit that demands respect. All other religions can trace their roots back to Animism which, of course, still survives with many tribes and, if we admit it, within ourselves.
We hear, from those who are loathe to expend the time and reflection necessary to learn from History, the lame excuse: Today's problems are so unique that we would be misled by studying a dead past." Well, how dead is the past?
Artur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) wrote, However much the plays and the masks on the world's stage may change, it is always the same actors who appear. We sit together and talk and grow excited, and our eyes glitter and our voices grow shriller: just so did others sit and talk a thousand years ago: it was the same thing, and it was the same people: and so it will be a thousand years hence. The contrivance which prevents us from perceiving this is Time."
Let us examine a few areas for our introduction. These, and other areas, have been, and will be,
expanded in other blogs.
ABUSE OF RESOURCES: So many examples of this will limit our introduction to just one: Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were two of the chief cities of the Indus Valley, Iraq, civilization (2500-1500 BC). They were well planned with wide streets, sewers, flush toilets and indoor plumbing - and they enjoyed 200 weapons-and-war-free years. As commerce and affluence increased they had to go further and further afield to get the trees to make the charcoal to fire their smelters. Eventually workmanship declined, lethargy grew, and the society, weakened from within, became the victim of ruthless, and more primitive, invaders.
AFFLUENCE AND THE MILITARY: Today's affluent youth disdain the rough life demanded by any efficient military service, and prefer to pay taxes to have less affluent people do the job for them. Nothing new here. The Romans hired Germans and Huns; the Britons hired Saxons; and Asia Minor rulers hired Turks from Persia. In each case the mercenaries eventually recognized the weakness in their employers, seized power, and moved in their own people. Today, many in western states argue that it would be cheaper to pay an annual fee to the United States and let it support the military necessary to maintain world peace, just as the Royal Navy swept the seas of pirates and established the long, mostly beneficial, reign of Pax Britannica. But the Royal Navy did this at the expense of British taxpayers who maintained parliamentary control. Athens was a great and early democracy. It was a friendly, proud, and open society, quick to defend its rights, but not prone to attack others. In 477 B.C. about 160 nearby city states, to save the cost of independent forces, formed the Delian League in which each state would supply ships, arms, men, and/or money for a "common" fleet and army to be controlled by Athens. Much later, the British lord and historian, John Acton (1834-1902) warned: "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." It was so even with Athens. It gradually began to use its overwhelming force to curtail, then to destroy, all opposition and Athenian despotism became so harsh and hated that Sparta was helped by former Athenian allies to destroy Athenian power in 404 B.C. Today, is the US in danger of doing the same? There are some 7.5 billion humans now living on earth Since recorded time we have killed in wars and skirmishes an equal number with immense associated destruction and suffering. Thankfully, today many advanced countries have cut back on military expenditures but the bill still comes to $1.7 trillion annually of which the US spends 37%, more than the next 8 nations combined. It is spending history's largest amount chasing mainly phantom threats This can lead only to aggression and dominance in a terrifying nuclear age. Are not many of the threats we face today better dealt with by a no-veto UN better financed, organized, and staffed?
CANCER: Slowly and painfully modern science has learned that smoke causes cancer. Back in 1273 Edward I in England banned the cooking of meat over open charcoal as the smoke caused illness and death. He disdained the habit of smoking. As illness and death was not immediate, when Edward died, the prohibition died to return 700 years later.
CRIME: Why do some species of birds steal from each other? Why do wolves respect the property of other wolves? Why did friendly Polynesians see no crime in stealing from Europeans? Why could the British trust fierce Gurkhas to guard British property? Why does the richest nation, the United States, have the highest crime rate? Annually, millions of crimes cost billions of dollars, not to mention lives. Why did Britain, where crime had been so prevalent that pickpockets plied their trade at the public hangings of other pickpockets, become a model of civil tranquility? We could learn from Jeremy Bentham who, in the 1820s, streamlined British laws, making them easy to understand. Trials became fair, swift, and short. Standard punishments, commensurate with the crimes, were meted out. Then Sir Robert Peel formed his "bobbies" the first civil police force. They were trained to be friends of, and helpful to, the law-abiding.
City living and transference of loyalties from families, clans, and farms to the state has increased crime. Too little or too much affluence also increased crime. Off the eastern tip of Papua, Dobuans existed on poor, rocky outcroppings and led a miserable life of hate and theft while nearby Trobrians, who enjoyed low-lying and fertile lands, led a happy and crime-free life. During the Great Depression, when many were starving, newspaper vending machines had open containers for customers to leave their two cents that each edition cost. This money was seldom stolen. In the 1980s millionaire stock manipulators defied the law to amass more millions. Since World War II, millions of refugees, high unemployment, increasing gaps between the rich and poor, and the breakdown of the family have all led to an increase in crime, even in Britain where some police now carry guns.
INFLATION: Nothing new here either. The current decline of the purchasing power of our paper and metal currency is a tale that goes back at least as far as 900BC in China with copper and 700BC when King Pheidon of Argus minted silver coins and King Croesus of Lydia (560-546BC) of Lydia minted electrum (gold-silver mix) coins. This convenient medium of exchange then spread to Greece, Persia, and India. The early and continued debasement of coinage by replacing gold and silver with cheap metals led to inflation. Our silver dollars suffered the same fate. Paper currencies started in the Tang Dynasty, China, 618-907 with Europe following in the 1600s. Collapses, with all the suffering that entails, ensued in the Holy Roman Empire 300s AD, Italy 1470, Spain 1600s, Bermuda 1616, Netherlands 1686, South Seas Bubble 1719, French Louisiana 1716, Confederate States 1860, Germany 1919 - and many others. Current dangers are debt-to-GDP ratios: Japan 230%, Greece 177, Lebanon 134, Italy 132, Jamaica 132, Portugal 130, Ireland 110, USA 102, France 96, UK 89, Canada 87, Germany 75, Brazil 59, Poland 48, China 41, Russia 18.
HISTORY, we can no longer afford to ignore you. Your guidance is essential.
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Because we are such slow learners and so forgetful. Throughout recorded history our Elite have used the less fortunate to cause billions of fellow less-fortunate humans to suffer and die to enhance Elite interests. Humans can take only so much of this before rebellion leads to results that benefit no one. Today, the stakes are much, much higher and fraught with dangers that could lead to the demise of our civilization. But, how much of the blame must be accepted by non-elites?
How democratic is a society where the loser in an election gets the majority of the popular vote but concedes to the winner who tallies the most in something called an electoral college?
So, what dangers lurk in such a divided country? There are armed militia groups that numbered 149 but rose to 1,360 when Obama was elected and have since fallen to 1,096. They are lightly armed and are outnumbered 10-1 by the National Guard.
But the US gun lobby ensures there are some 310 million individually-owned firearms in the country. From the assassination of President Kennedy in 1968 to 2015, 1,516,863 have been killed by firearms compared to 1,396,733 in all wars from The America Revolution to Iraq and Afghanistan. This distributes the blame.
For background, we need consider only a few similarities from our more-recent upheavals: Wat Tyler in England in 1381, the French Revolution of 1791-96, WWI 1914-1919, and the current Brexit and US election.
In 1381, after the sufferings of the 1340 Black Death and the 12-pence poll tax to pay for the war with France, plus the preachings of John Ball, the Bernie Sanders of the time, who sought the end of serfdom, unrest was simmering throughout Britain. The spark came when a tax collector raped Wat Tyler's daughter in Kent. Wat led a rebellion that attacked London, killing the Lord Chancellor, the Lord High Treasurer, then spread to attacks on the University of Cambridge. Wat was killed in a skirmish with royal troops. King Richard II, only 14, bravely rode in to meet the Tyler insurgents, promising to be their saviour, but this ploy was used to provide time to muster 4,000 other serfs who quelled the rebellion, executed its leaders, while killing 1,500 rebels. Democracy was postponed.
Four words "Let them eat cake" express the ignorance of the Elite and are attributed to the wife of Louis XVI, Austrian Marie-Antoinette, who was the Hillary Clinton of the French Revolution and attacked by the Donald Trumps of the day. She never spoke these words. She supported charities and showed concern for the poor. But, she was a powerful and extravagant women resented by the male chauvinists. Resentment of the status quo, including the attempt to raise 300,000 men to fight Austria, led to a reign of terror that took over 40,000 lives including Marie-Antoinette, Louis XVI, several notable scientists, and other elites. Finally, the revolution turned on itself, sending leaders like Danton and Robespierre to the guillotine. The slogan "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" had to be postponed until after Napoleon left the stage.
In the horrendous slaughter of the totally-unnecessary Great War (WWI), German troops, totally fed up with fighting the British in the mud of Belgium, initiated truces culminating in the Christmas 1914 emergence of unarmed German troops from their trenches thus encouraging the British to do the same. A football game, comraderie, exchange of gifts and uniform parts spread along the line until 100,000 men were involved. Subsequently other truces occurred on the Western front as well as the Eastern Front between Austrians and Russians. There was great hope by the men, condemned to fighting the war, that it could end, but the media back home largely ignored this peace attempt. The brass, as well as young Charles de Gaulle, considered it treason so ordered artillery barrages to forestall peace. The slaughter and bitterness escalated.
Another WWI fact we need to remember: Only 4 nations emerged from WWI as creditor nations: the UK was owed the most, followed by the US, Canada, and Argentina. The UK and Canada argued debts had to be cancelled. Britain had prospered by forgiving debts after the Napoleonic wars. US Republicans shunned Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points and his League of Nations to bring Germany back into the family of Nations. They refused the coal the UK and France offered to pay off what they owed the US. US Republicans forced them to put the screws on Germany, no more guilty of starting the war than the others, stripping it of its assets in reparations which created a severe depression and the complete destruction of its currency thus paving the way for the rise of Hitler. It can be argued that Republicans should be blamed for WWII.
The Elite considered Brexit to be so economically and politically unwise that it failed to address legitimate grievances that Brussels had become too autocratic and bureaucratic thus harming national aspirations. It was a shock to the world when the voters actually forced it into law that will harm everyone. Successful voters are now getting many thorns among their roses.
All of these preambles fade into irrelevance when compared to today's problems and possible repercussions of the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States which, at the moment, is the world's top dog with the world's largest military and history's largest interference in other countries. Its frightening nuclear capability that could destroy our civilization many times over is promised even further enlargement, forcing others into trying to catch up even though economically disastrous. The bitterness of the recent election reveals the US is too large and too dangerous to allow this dominance to continue. Even so, over-population, greed, and human-created global warming can surpass the threat of nuclear exterminations.
Putin and Netanyahu were among the first to express joy at the victory of Trump whose conciliatory post-election words offer a glimmer of compromise and empathy. A Vladimir-Benjamin-Donald love fest may be good for world peace but is it acceptable to Syrians, Palestinians, or to an Iran that we have harmed far more than it has ever harmed us?
The stark reality of the Oval Office can be quite sobering but is it enough to soften Trump's boasted claims of disdain for the environment, non-US peoples and interests, women, other Republicans, immigrants, truth, the supreme court, his own workers and investors, and so on? His "Making America Great Again" includes giving the Military-Industrial complex all it wants is considerably more hawkish that what we consider Hillary to be. And, who pays for it when Trump promises massive tax cuts for the wealthy? And who dictates US foreign policy when munition firms can make sinful profits?
But, are we not all to blame for the malaise that now infects us? Stand on any street corner in any city. The endless stream of pollution-emitting vehicles implies widespread prosperity. Jump into these cars and you will choke on stress and anxiety as occupants struggle to cope with a lifestyle far removed from their lengthy tribal backgrounds. Few today know that, when European settlers were stealing the Americas, thousands of them chose to abandon European lifestyles and join tribal groups as friendlier and less stressful.
And, we have to stop blaming others when the fault lies with us. Canada delayed, as long as it could, offered-independence from Britain because Ottawa politicians benefited as long as they could blame London when necessary but unpopular legislation had to be passed.
Perhaps we have no other workable choice but to continue on as though nothing is amiss. After all, our relatively-immortal atoms, 40 trillion bacterial and 30 trillion human cells according to 2016 research, have no choice as to when they enter or leave this planet. Yet, for the sake of what we call a conscience, is it not imperative that each of us takes the time to glean a fraction of the enormous Truths out there in order to share empathy with other living things? We are all in the same leaky boat.
We have given Donald Trump enormous responsibilities and he does need guidance from you and me. Hillary and Barrack are being quite helpful but sorely need your help and mine (and Bernie's) to transform Donald into something we can be proud of. Our survival is at stake. So let us improve Rudyard Kipling's advice:
Take up the Human burden -
The savage wars of peace
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease;
And when you goal is nearest
The end for others sought,
Prevent sloth and human Folly
Bringing all your hopes to nought.
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Free Audio Books in English and Spanish
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Audio book popularity is continuing to rise, and listening to books has become a favorite pastime. They are a great resource for language learners, and we are beginning to see an increase of audio books available in different languages. In this book list you'll find 10 free audio books in English and Spanish.
In previous posts we've looked at ways audio books can help you to learn English. With thousands of books now available in French, German and Spanish, you can now improve listening skills in other languages. It's an easy way to have access to native speakers, and you can check your overall comprehension by also listening in your native language.
Here are some classic audio books that you can find in both English and Spanish. You can listen online using the digitalbook audio player, or download your chosen book to your device.
Gulliver's Travels (Viajes de Gulliver Diversos Países Remotos) by Jonathan Swift
This peculiar story follows the travels of Gulliver. First, he finds himself shipwrecked on the island of Lilliput, where the people are six inches tall. The size of the people also represents their small mindedness. Although often thought of as a children's book, Swift's witty political and social commentary based around English society makes this a great satirical read.
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The War of the Worlds (La Guerra de los Mundos) by H.G. Wells
One of the earliest science-fiction novels tells the story of a Martian attack on England. When a flying saucer first falls from the sky, it is met with curiosity and intrigue. That is until the Martians appear, causing untold destruction and killings. The Martians look set to win the War, although there is one factor they haven't taken into consideration, which could save the day.
Frankenstein (Frankenstein El Moderno Prometeo) by Mary Shelley
The obsessed Victor Frankenstein creates a grotesque and unsightly creature after discovering the ingredients for reanimating life after death. Frankenstein can hardly believe his monstrous creation when the finished work is finally unveiled. Murders ensue when the monster turns evil and seeks revenge against his creator, leading to Victor's downfall.
Wuthering Heights (Cumbres Borrascosas) by Emily Bronte
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights tells the story of the love between the young Heathcliiff and Catherine. It is set in the Yorkshire moors of England during the mid 19th-century. Heathcliff, an orphan child, is brought to Wuthering Heights by Catherine's father, who plan to raise him as his own son. As the love grows between the two young lovers and the relationship becomes more intense, Catherine's brother doesn't miss an opportunity to humiliate Heathcliff.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (20,000 Leguas de Viaje Submarino) by Jules Verne
This story is told in he first person by Pierre Arronax, a biologist who is taken prisoner by Captain Nemo aboard the submarine Nautilus. This captivating adventure takes the reader on a journey around the depths of the ocean. To keep his work a secret, the Captain can never let his crew leave. They encounter real corals in the red sea, giant squids and the men also go hunting sharks.
Treasure Island (Isla del Tesoro) by Robert Louis Stevenson
This children's classic follows the young Jim Hawkins and contains all the elements that we expect from a treasure hunt. Pirates, treasure maps , one legged sea men, and remote islands all feature along the way. This book helped to shape the the genre and create the standard pirate stereotype. The suspense and descriptive passages are are delight for readers young and old.
Robinson Crusoe (Adventuras de Robison Crusoe) by Daniel Dafoe
This 18th-century novel tells the story of Robinson Crusoe. He sets sail on a voyage from the UK against the will of his parents. During the journey his ship is wrecked during a storm, and he has to survive on an island. After recovering, he continues his voyage across the seas, only to encounter more difficulties. Pirates take over his ship and take him captive.
Oliver Twist (Ladrones de Londres) by Charles Dickens
Oliver is an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse. He heads to London where he meets the pickpocket Artful Dodger, a member of a gang led by the criminal Fagin. This novel depicts what it was like to be poor in 19th century London at the time of industrial revolution. The rich get richer and the poor are left with nothing but disease, poverty and crime. The streets of London are a cruel place where not even children are safe from the dangers.
Sherlock Holmes Study in Scarlet (Mancha en Sangre) by Arthur Conan Doyle
This is the first story in which Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson appear. Later they became the most famous fictional detectives. In Study in Scarlet we see the duo move to the famous house in Baker Street. While there, Watson witnesses the seemingly magical abilities of his partner.
Holmes then goes to investigate a strange assassination in a remote house, where a mysterious phrase is written on the wall in blood. With little clues to go by, the detectives go about trying to solve the mystery.
Macbeth (Macbeth) by William Shakespeare
This Shakespearean tragedy tells the story of the politically obsessed Macbeth. He receives a prophecy from 3 witches that he will one day become King. This leads him to murder King Duncan and take over the throne. The murders continue as Macbeth begins discovers that the prophecies are not always as they seem.
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Pakistan Business Review (PBR) is the premier journal of Institute of Business Management (IoBM) which is in continuous publication since April 1999. It is Pakistan's first refereed academic research quarterly focused on areas related to business and industry. PBR is an HEC approved X category journal. It is abstracted and indexed by the American Economic Association's EconLit, the Journal of Economic Literature, USA, and EBSCO, New York. It is supervised by an international advisory board of academics from national and international organizations such as the London School of Economics, the University of Sussex, the University of San Diego and Indiana University, USA, Bochun University, Germany, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the International Association for Clean Technology, Austria. International advisory board members are also drawn from China, Spain, Columbia, Srilanka, Bangladesh, Lithuania, and Nepal. The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, the Applied Economic Research Centre, the University of Karachi and the Agha Khan University faculty are also represented on the board.
PBR encourages research in areas related to business and industry through quality articles. It is a double blind peer-reviewed journal edited by IoBM, Karachi, Pakistan. The journal is an academic resource for research articles and research based case studies in areas such as strategy, marketing, management, human resource management, finance, accounting, business ethics, entrepreneurship, economics, business psychology, social marketing, business analytics and other related functional areas. It provides a platform to academics and researchers for sharing their original and unpublished work globally.
Prof. Izlin Ismail, Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Dr. Teoman Duman, International Burch University Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Prof. Angelo Santagostino, University of Brescia, Italy.
Mr. Thomsas Winter, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Dr. Geoff Kay, City University, London. United Kingdom.
Dr. D.M.Semasinghe, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Dr. Ziasma, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
Prof. Dr. Fasihul Alam, Department of Management Studies, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Mr. Peter N. Stearns, Provost and Executive Vice President, George Mason University, Virginia.
Ms. Deng Xinghua, Director, University of Science and Technology, China.
Prof. Dr. Dietrich Steude, Fachhochschule Erfurt University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany.
Mr. Jurgen Gau, Dipl.-Ing., Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing., Donarweg, Munich, Germany.
Mr. Horst Stenzel, Concepts Consulting Production, Stenzelfilm, Selma-Lagerlof-STR., Munich, Germany.
Prof. Asim Jamal Siddiqui, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
Prof. Dr. Arshad Syed Karim, Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.
Prof. Anoma Abhayaratne, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Dr. Javier Poncela Gonzalez, Department ETSI Telecomunication, University of Malaga, Spain.
Prof. Pranas Zukauskas, Faculty of Economics and Management, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania.
Mr. Hartmut Wellerdt, Marketing Consultant, Bremin University, Germany.
Dr. Silvia Scaramuzzi, Head of International Relations Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence (Italy).
Dr. Niaz Wassan, Kent Business School, United Kingdom.
Dr. Zaheer Khan, Kent Business School, United Kingdom.
Dr. Jaime Yong, Edith Cowan University, Australia.
Dr. Anna Zamojska, Edith Cowan University, Australia.
Dr. Helen Cripps, Edith Cowan University, Australia.
Submissions, refereeing, contacts with authors etc. are now through the Journal Management System rather than through mail and emails.
All research articles published in PBR go through an initial editor screening followed by a rigorous double-blind peer review by three referees. Articles of PBR are available online through the Journal Management System. The process of submission, editing, refereeing, review and correspondence with authors is also online through the Journal Management System.


How to stop iron tablets giving me diarrhea?
I've taken them for 4 days and this morning my poop is black but also diarrhea. I've had probiotics but nothing seems to be settling my stomach.
I cannot take immodium as advised by doctor.
In some people, iron pills cause stomach discomfort, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, and black stool.
Iron is best absorbed if taken on an empty stomach.
But if you are having stomach problems, you may need to take the pills with food.
When I take iron I take a type called slow iron. My doctor told me about it, I breaks down differently in the body slower but you still get the iron you need. I pick it up at the drugstore. The pharmacist helped me find it on the shelf the first time. Much gentler on the system. You could check it out with your doctor. There are many brands that sell slow iron.
Are you sure it is the iron, mine just does the opposite?
stop having a disgusting body.
Having dark green or black poop is normal when you're taking iron tablets. Also some iron tablets can irritate the stomach more then others.
Calcium and iron tablets don't mix too well. For example if you're having milk at breakfast and taking the tablets then your stomach can get upset. Also if you're taking other medications that can decrease the absorption too. Why not try taking Imodium or pepto bismal.... it works for me. Maybe try taking your iron with another food that doesn't have or doesn't have as much calcium in it.
Here's some remedies you can try to help relieve the diarrhea.
This is something you need to talk with your doctor about.
Clearly the iron tablets are not helping you, rather they are doing the opposite.
Get back to your doctor, stop taking the iron tablets, and find an alternative.
Iron tablets or other vitamin supplements are not working.
instead they are harmful to your health. Stop them immediately.
If your body needs iron you need to get it from plant source.
Not from extracted source like tablets.
veins blockage and it also burdens and clogs lever.
our body needs copper more than iron.
Eat from nature's basked, do not eat anything packed, you will be healthy.
Please talk with your doctor about the issue. Perhaps he or she can recommend taking capsules instead of tablets, for instance, and/or suggest another brand.
A word to the wise that berries is a fruit, and fruits and/or vegetables usually have more fiber than other types of foods, so with loose bowels, it's typically recommended to forgo such foods while dealing with the loose stools.
You are asking the yahoos on Yahoo!Answers for medical advice? You are suffering from a lack of factual information and you are willing to listen to the rantings of these lunatics? SEE A DOCTOR and tell him (or her) what you are telling me - including the fact that you cannot tolerate immodium. Otherwise you are going to get advice like "take a coffee cleanse".
I went to the dermatologist yesterday for a check-up and my boyfriend said that I am a fool.?
Did he have the wright to give out my med. information/?
Is apple cider vinegar good for your face?
Could vitamin deficienies really cause this level of exhaustion?


The bouquets and arrangements offered for Palm Sunday will convey best wishes of happiness, abundance and health to your close ones, family, friends or coworkers. The delightful bouquets and floral arrangements created especially for Palm Sunday represent the perfect gift for that person named after a flower, thus communicating your appreciation and affection in an elegant, impressive and memorable way. Just as the celebration of Palm Sunday reminds of the happiness felt by the believers when the Lord entered Jerusalem, the flower selection contains numerous cheerful bouquets and arrangements.


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A cell line selected for resistance to ionizing radiation exhibits cross resistance to other genotoxic agents and a mutator phenotype for loss of heterozygosity events
Kimberly A. Walker, C. Darrell Jennings, Joseph Pulliam, Charles Ogburn, George M. Martin, Muneyaso Urano, Mitchell S. Turker
Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences
An ionizing radiation resistant derivative was obtained from the mouse P19H22 (aprt hemizygote) embryonal carcinoma cell line by repeated exposure to 137Cs gamma radiation. Ionizing radiation resistance in the 6Gy-R cell line was not correlated with a failure to undergo cell cycle arrest or a loss of the p53 response after exposure to 137Cs gamma radiation. Moreover, the cells did not display increased resistance to bleomycin, a double strand break inducing agent. However, the cells did display increased resistance to ultraviolet radiation, ethyl methanesulfonate, and 95% oxygen. A mutational analysis demonstrated a > 700fold-fold increase in the frequency of aprt mutants for the 6Gy-R cells, but no change in the frequency of hprt or dhfr mutants. A molecular analysis suggested that the aprt mutations in the 6Gy-R cells arose by recombinational events. A possible association between radiation resistance, DNA repair, and a mutator phenotype for large-scale mutational events is discussed.
Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics
Dive into the research topics of 'A cell line selected for resistance to ionizing radiation exhibits cross resistance to other genotoxic agents and a mutator phenotype for loss of heterozygosity events'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Loss of Heterozygosity Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Ionizing Radiation Medicine & Life Sciences 89%
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Walker, K. A., Jennings, C. D., Pulliam, J., Ogburn, C., Martin, G. M., Urano, M., & Turker, M. S. (1997). A cell line selected for resistance to ionizing radiation exhibits cross resistance to other genotoxic agents and a mutator phenotype for loss of heterozygosity events. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics, 23(2), 111-121. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02679970
A cell line selected for resistance to ionizing radiation exhibits cross resistance to other genotoxic agents and a mutator phenotype for loss of heterozygosity events. / Walker, Kimberly A.; Jennings, C. Darrell; Pulliam, Joseph et al.
In: Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics, Vol. 23, No. 2, 03.1997, p. 111-121.
Walker, KA, Jennings, CD, Pulliam, J, Ogburn, C, Martin, GM, Urano, M & Turker, MS 1997, 'A cell line selected for resistance to ionizing radiation exhibits cross resistance to other genotoxic agents and a mutator phenotype for loss of heterozygosity events', Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 111-121. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02679970
Walker KA, Jennings CD, Pulliam J, Ogburn C, Martin GM, Urano M et al. A cell line selected for resistance to ionizing radiation exhibits cross resistance to other genotoxic agents and a mutator phenotype for loss of heterozygosity events. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 1997 Mar;23(2):111-121. doi: 10.1007/BF02679970
Walker, Kimberly A. ; Jennings, C. Darrell ; Pulliam, Joseph et al. / A cell line selected for resistance to ionizing radiation exhibits cross resistance to other genotoxic agents and a mutator phenotype for loss of heterozygosity events. In: Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 1997 ; Vol. 23, No. 2. pp. 111-121.
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No matter who you are or where you come from, you are human. Humans are the only creatures with the ability to create love. For that reason, you have the ability to create love. True love is unconditional and does not have levels or distinctions: otherwise, it's not true, it is not love.
Unless we learn to create love constantly and make it our highest priority, humanity will not survive for long. It would be a shame that our species do not survive to see the highest evolution of our minds. The same way that we now know that the earth is round, we will know who we really are if we live long enough to see. The world dominated by the conceptual mind is not working. The conceptual mind is a tool but we cannot live from concepts, we can only live from love. The same way insects communicate their parts of work in groups, humans can work harmonized by love when a group has love as priority.
Love unfortunately is neither what I was told nor what you think. It is not at all. I just discovered love, true love, in 2007 after meditating 13 hours a day for 4 months. And I learned something else: you do not need to do that! That was just how I am able to come to you now and tell you that Love is who you are. It is not a substance; it is not a feeling or emotion. It is who you are.
To create love, the only thing you have to do is to make your own self the highest priority, so high that nothing can even get close to it. Then take control of your conceptual mind and use your creativity to share who you are. To express your true nature. Then, just continue living your life the way you are living it. You do not need to change anything. Changes will happen automatically.
To the most separated people in this planet, I want to say that I love them. Not because I know who they are, but because I know who I am and we are the same. To the people that create war, I want to tell them to keep fighting, but change the priority. No matter how much you make by killing, I love you. Not because of what you do, but because of what I do. We want essentially the same thing, to be happy. To the saintly and the demonic, I love you the same because we are the same!
I invite you to find love, which means find yourself no matter what. STOP right now and find the most peaceful experience now, the silence now. Keep doing it until peace and silence becomes a pattern where your attention wants to go. Nobody will know, nobody will see. It is a commitment to yourself and the only way of true happiness.
I am here to tell you that living this way is amazing. Do it now!
Mauricio is a Life Coach, a yoga teacher, meditation instructor and a mind fitness trainer since 2005. He has two post-degree certificates (small business and HR). He is a well-rounded coach who can also help individuals in career and business planning.
His story started when he was working in his own company dedicated to build houses and roads in Mexico. Life was given to him easy and with a promising future. Happiness was not there: on the contrary, there was stress!
Mauricio was trained in a retreat for 6 months with monks in 2004. Then he gained a diploma from the Yoga Vedanta Forest and the Sivananda Center in 2007. The title given to him is Yoga Siromani (jewel of the crown of yoga).
The same way that a fitness trainer helps you to gain muscle strength to shape the body to a healthier way, Mauricio helps trainees to gain mental strength in the attention to gain control over where the attention goes. This way, the mind gets shaped in a healthier way. Mind fitness is extremely easy and 100% mechanic. That is why it works for everybody. In one session, your life will never be the same!
I love you Mauricio,because I found true love,and that was about 3 years ago. Like you,I did the inside view,and found it there. Life just changed automatically for me.As I wake up every day,I meditate,and see who I am that morning,and decide if I want to share it with the world.I do. I dont care where you come from,what planet your from,I love you,because I love me.
Thank you Mauricio for your love.


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Село розташоване на відстані 352 км на північ від Бухареста, 16 км на захід від Сучави, 126 км на північний захід від Ясс.

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Weatherman of the Day: Jim Cantore Gets Really Excited About Thundersnow
Via The Weather Channel
Winter Storm Neptune gave New England quite a beating this weekend, piling even more snow on the area after what has been a pretty terrible month thus far.
One good thing to come out of it all: this video of The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore freaking out about Thundersnow.
It's basically just what it sounds like, thunder during a snowstorm. But here's a more detailed explanation of the phenomenon from Weather.com:
Thunderstorms accompanied by snow are usually of a different character than the "normal" thunderstorm. The latter are usually rather tall, narrow storms containing a rising updraft of warm, moist air that has risen in a layer from near the surface that may go upward to 40,000 feet or more. Temperatures at the surface are usually well above freezing. Snowstorms, by contrast, are mostly associated with rather extensive layers of flat, relatively shallow cloud.
While covering the blizzard in Plymouth, Massachusetts early Sunday morning, Cantore got super excited with every clap of thunder.
"Yes! Yes! We got it baby!" he shouted while jumping around in the snow. "You can have your $500 million jackpot in Powerball or whatever the heck it was. But I'll take this baby!"
And then this happened too.
Watch a little toddler get just as excited as he does, only from the comfort of her living room.
jim cantore


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Q: Accessing variables from XAML and object from ViewModel using Code Behind I'm a newbie in windows phone development. I would like to ask if it is possible to do this scenario. I need to access a variable in XAML using my code behind, then I will add it as an item to my existing list found in my View Model. Therefore, I need to access both of my View Model to get the list and the XAML to get the variable from the resources.
Is this doable? If yes, how can I access it. This is what I have in my current XAML.
<phone:PhoneApplicationPage.Resources>
  <system:String x:Key="scanName">SCAN</system:String>
</phone:PhoneApplicationPage.Resources>

Thanks much,

A: I haven't near winphone app so i make simple example on wpf(it's similiar with winphone).
//write string value from dynamic resource into textblock
 <TextBlock FontSize="14" Text="{DynamicResource scanName}"/>

//changing resource in codebehind (this is Window in my example)
 this.Resources["scanName"] = "new value";

As my mind you scenario is veru specific.Try to read about bindings. May be bindings will be more useful in your scenario.

A: What you're trying to do is a pretty big violation of everything MVVM is about, but it is possible...
With the following lines in the codebehind of your view, you can...
...access the resource string:
var scanName = this.Resources["scanName"];

...access the ViewModel:

var vm = DataContext as MyViewModel;
if (vm == null) return;
vm.ScanHistory.Add(scanName);

That being said, you really shouldn't do this. The idea of MVVM is to decouple ViewModel and View completely and let the WPF binding mechanisms wire it together for you. In your case, as far as I can tell, you should store the scan name somewhere else, either as a resource or a config value, fetch it in your ViewModel and provide a property on your ViewModel to which your View can bind.

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There is free off-road parking. However, although spaces do turn over regularly, you may need to drive around a little until you find one. Parking is easier at weekends.
Our boutique is a pleasant 15-20 minute walk from Beaconsfield Train Station which operates an extensive service from London Marylebone. The train comes into the new town and we are based in the Old Town.
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Chris Larsen, Back in September 2012, Jed McCaleb launched OpenCoin was Named by a San FinTech startup. Back in July 2013, Ripple was abandoned by McCaleb. On September 26, 2013, OpenCoin had been re named into Ripple Labs ("Ripple").
Ripple is now backed by a number of those most idiotic titles in venturecapital involving Andreesen Horowitz, CME Ventures, Google Ventures, Santander InnoVentures (that may possibly explain why Santadar has been the first big bank to combine RippleNet," Ripple's worldwide payments system ), along with SBI Group.
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Notice it? Yeah, there's nothing on Keri Russell, who was reported to have joined the cast a few weeks ago. Her addition seemed like a lock given her past history with Abrams, but maybe the deal fell through? Or perhaps her role is small enough to be excluded? Hard to say, but if she's not given prominence that is very disappointing to me.
Hamill's inclusion suggests a few things. Maybe Abrams is writing off what happened to Luke in The Last Jedi, the way some (including myself) have speculated? Or Luke will return as a creepy Force Ghost or in flashback. These options seem most likely.
And what about Carrie Fisher? I thought they would take the easy route and have Leia die between movies, so we wouldn't have to witness it and go through that heartbreak. The tease of her death in The Last Jedi was hard enough. If Abrams is using unused footage of her it suggests Leia's role will be small. Perhaps she will be seen in flashback, as well?
I have no clue about the characters played by the awesome Richard E. Grant, who played a key role in last year's Logan. He's also pretty great in Spice World. Yes, that Spice World. I don't know anything about Naomi Ackie, other than her role in the historical drama Lady Macbeth.
Star Wars: Episode 9 opens December 20th 2019, and don't think it missed my attention that Abrams calls it "conclusion to the Skywalker saga". We'll see about that.


i was reminiscing about my old choir days, and while looking up some of the pieces my choir did on a concert i was listening to, i found your site. i was a member of the university of mississippi concert singers, and we performed piena at the guiseppe verdi competition in salsomaggiore, italy in 1998 (that same summer we competed in and also won the 10th gran premio europeo di canto corale, but we used completely different programs for the two competitions). i was wondering who the performers were on these recordings you've posted, and also if you had the translations for these pieces (i can't find any of my programs from that year). thanks for the mp3s.
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"Il giardino di Afrodite" was very beautiful.


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Q: Pandas - removing rows with highest values one by one I have a pandas dataframe of observations with some numerical feature. For my application, I would like to one by one find the observation with the highest value of this feature, and move it to a different dataframe where I would perform calculations on it and all the chosen observations thus far. In the real scenario, I have hundreds of these variables and each time select the highest observation for one of them, chosen at random, so pre-sorting the dataframe does not work.
I tried using idxmax, appending this observation to the new dataframe, and then dropping it from the old dataframe, but this seems to be quite a slow operation:
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from tqdm import tqdm as tqdm

orig = pd.DataFrame({"x": [x for x in range(5000)], "y": np.random.normal(5000)}).sample(frac=1)
copy = pd.DataFrame()

for x in tqdm(range(5000)):
    idmax = orig["x"].idxmax()
    copy.append(orig.loc[idmax])
    orig.drop(idmax)

    # do some calculations on copy

How can this be accomplished more efficiently?


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Stocks opened higher but quickly gave way (Dow -10 pts; SPX flat). Tech and healthcare are leading to the downside. Energy stocks are rising, however, as oil prices continue to move higher. WTI crude is now trading up to $43.50/barrel. Last Friday, Baker Hughes said its count of active oil drilling rigs in the US fell 8 rigs to 343. Back in 2008, that same rig count was over 2,000. The dollar is weaker today, and down to a 10-month low against a basket of foreign currencies. That, plus higher oil prices, should be additive to corporate earnings in the last half of the year. A weaker dollar is helping the materials sector rise (groggily) from the dead. Bonds are selling off again, with yields moving higher. The 5- and 10-year Treasury yields are up to 1.39% and 1.93%, respectively. Strangely, the 2-year Treasury yield is also at a 1-month high despite that fact that no one sees the Fed raising interest rates anytime soon.
We're less than halfway through earnings season, with 165 of the S&P 500 companies having reported. Of those, 59% reported sales ahead of expectations, and over 80% have beaten earnings expectations. Those are fairly respectable beat rates, reflecting the fact that Wall Street analysts had become too pessimistic over the last couple of months. So far, we've seen positive year-over-year sales & earnings growth from only three sectors: consumer discretionary, healthcare and telecom.
Durable goods orders disappointed, rising only .8% in March from prior month levels. Economists were looking for something closer to 1.9% growth. Capital goods orders excluding defense equipment & aircraft—considered a good proxy for business investment—were flat for the month after falling 2.7% in February. The year-over-year figures are no better, with business investment down 2.4%. Despite higher oil prices and a lower dollar, we still have yet to see a bump in manufacturing activity. This report is a bit worrisome, proving that uncertainty—whether from the presidential campaign or sluggish growth overseas or monetary policy—is restraining growth.
The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index for the 20 largest US cities rose 5.4% y/y in February. Price growth has decelerated a bit recently, but remains pretty strong. All four geographic regions in the US posted positive price growth.
The Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee (FOMC) will meet today and tomorrow to consider monetary policy moves. The bond market is pricing in a zero chance of an interest rate increase at this meeting.


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Fashion designers and manufacturers promote their clothes not only to retailers (such as fashion buyers) but also to the media (fashion journalists) and directly to customers. Already in the late 19th century, Paris couture houses began to offer their clients private viewings of the latest fashions. By the early 20th century, not only couture houses but also department stores regularly put on fashion shows with professional models.
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Nomar Garciaparra played major league baseball from 1996-2009, and is best known for his years as a star for the Boston Red Sox, where he retired in 2010.
Garciaparra was drafted by the Red Sox in 1994 and made his big-league debut in 1996, when he played 26 games.
The next year he established himself as one of baseball's hottest shortstops, making slick plays in the field while hitting .306 and slugging 30 homers. Garciaparra also won American League batting titles in 1999 (hitting .357) and 2000 (.372).
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TRIAL OF SALMAN RADUEV CONTINUES IN MAKHACHKALA.
Publication: Monitor Volume: 7 Issue: 220
November 30, 2001 08:00 AM Age: 21 years
A top Dagestani official who is serving as a witness in the trial of Chechen rebel warlord Salman Raduev testified yesterday that Raduev personally led the January 1996 armed raid on a hospital in the Dagestani town of Kizlyar and the village of Pervomaisk. The trial of Raduev is taking place in Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital. The witness, Magomedsalikh Gusaev, who is Dagestan's minister for national policy, information and external relations, was something of a hero during the January 1996 incident, when he offered himself up as a hostage in exchange for some of the 100 or so hospital patients who had been seized by the raiders. Raduev's gunmen took Gusaev hostage but refused to release any of the patients. Gusaev's testimony bolsters the Russian government's contention, made personally by Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov at the start of the trial, that Raduev personally led the Chechen fighters who carried out the terrorist raid and thus bears personal responsibility for the seventy-eight civilians, policeman and soldiers who were killed during the incident. Raduev has claimed that the raid was ordered by then Chechen leader Djohar Dudaev and led by another field commander, Khunkar Israpilov. Neither man is still alive. Raduev insists that he was only in charge of the "political" aspect of the raid, such as giving press interviews by mobile phone, while other fighters seized the hostages and mined the Kizlyar hospital.
Another witness for the prosecution, Krasnodar police chief Nikolai Goncharov, testified yesterday that Raduev and another defendant, former Chechen vice premier Turpal-Ali Atgeriev, threatened to shoot hostages–an accusation both men have denied. A third witness, Aleksandr Merkulov, a journalist, testified yesterday that during interviews he made with Raduev in 1997 and 1998, Raduev had threatened to carry out terrorist attacks in Russia if Russian troops were not withdrawn from Chechnya. According to Merkulov, Raduev threatened to carry out attacks in the North Caucasus and in Russian cities, and mentioned the nuclear power plant in the city of Voronezh as a possible target.
Raduev, who was captured by Russian forces in March 2000, has been charged with terrorism, murder with particular cruelty, organizing illegal armed formations, kidnapping and hostage taking, and banditry. In addition to the January 1996 attack on Kizlyar, he is also accused of kidnapping officers belonging to a special OMON police unit in December 1996 and organizing the bombing of the railway station in the southern Russian city of Pyatigorsk in 1997. The latter terrorist act was carried out by two Chechen women, Aset Dadsheva and Fatima Taimaskhanov, who have already been tried and imprisoned. If found guilty, Raduev could face life imprisonment. Along with Raduev and Atgeriev, two other rebel field commanders, Aslanbek Alkhazurov and Hussein Gaisumov, are among the accused. Gusaev, the Dagestani minister and witness, said in court yesterday: "None of those sitting in the dock have any conscience, because if they had any, they wouldn't be able to raise their heads in this room" (RIA Novosti, Gazeta.ru, November 29; NTV.ru, November 28).
Interestingly, two key players on the Russian side during the Chechen terrorist raid on Kizlyar and Pervomaisk, former Interior Minister Anatoly Kulikov and former Federal Security Service Director Mikhail Barsukov, have reportedly refused to testify at the trial of Raduev and his former associates. Back in January 1996, the two men were in charge of the counterterrorist operation launched by the Russian government in response to the Kizlyar raid. The Interfax news agency, citing informed sources in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala, reported that Kulikov, who is now a State Duma deputy, said he was too busy with Duma work to testify. It was not clear why Barsukov was unable to attend. In any case, Kulikov's excuse lacks credibility given that Russian parliamentarians are often absent from the Duma for much less important reasons. In addition, the Monitor's correspondent, while on assignment in Stavropol in early November, witnessed Kulikov meeting his constituents over the course of an entire week–a week in which the Duma was regularly in session in Moscow.
There are three possible reasons why Kulikov and Barsukov may not want to testify. The first is that they do not want to hear former hostages criticize them for failing to protect Russian citizens from terrorists. The second is that Kulikov and Barsukov, who in January 1996 told the entire country that Raduev's terrorists were surrounded by three rings of troops in the village of Pervomaisk and would not escape, do not want to be asked how the terrorists nonetheless managed to break out of the encirclement. The third is that the former Interior Minister and FSB chief may not want to have to answer for why they subsequently gave the order to shell Pervomaisk after insisting that Raduev's band had killed all the hostages they were holding. In fact, 150 hostages were still alive and appealing desperately to the Russian security forces to cease firing on the village. Thirteen hostages reportedly died as a result of the Russian shelling (see the Monitor, November 16).
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