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Houston's director of public works: 'Working in water felt like coming home'
Carol Haddock '91 oversees the city's water and wastewater systems, as well as its street and storm drainage systems.
This story originally appeared in the 2021 issue of Rice Engineering Magazine.
From her earliest days, water has flowed through Carol Ellinger Haddock's ('91) life like a blessing and a curse.
"We heard people say, 'The river is coming down.' That was the expression they used. The river was running high. We would go out and watch it," said Haddock, who grew up in Uvalde, in the Hill Country of Texas.
Now, as Houston's director of public works, Haddock oversees the city's water and wastewater systems, and its street and storm drainage systems. "Yes, a big part of this job is water. That means everything from clean drinking water to making sure the infrastructure is ready to deal with the next hurricane," said Haddock, who earned her bachelor's degree from Rice in civil engineering in 1991.
Haddock's department has an annual operating budget of some $2.1 billion and a capital budget of almost a billion dollars. It has more than 3,900 employees and is the largest American Public Works-accredited agency in the United States.
"We touch the lives of everyone in Houston every day. The sense of responsibility is enormous," said Haddock, who joined the city in 2005 as a senior assistant director for infrastructure planning and became department director in 2018.
Haddock thinks of herself as a small-town girl with a big-city job. During her early childhood, Haddock's family lived in several small towns in Texas until they settled in Uvalde. Like many budding engineers, she was building things and competing in math contests. Math always topped her list of interests.
"It's what I was good at. My parents said they knew I would be an engineer," said Haddock, who describes coming to Rice as "a humbling experience."
"Back in Uvalde, I knew I was one of the smartest kids around," she said. "At Rice, I could be in the same room with 25 other people and all of them were smarter than me. I was out of my comfort zone for the first time."
At Rice, Haddock was in the MOB (Marching Owl Band) all four years, playing French horn, and was active in the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Among faculty members, Haddock was especially close to the late John Elwood Merwin, who earned three degrees from Rice, in civil and mechanical engineering, and taught at the university for almost half a century. For a year after graduation, she worked for Philip Bedient, now the Herman Brown Professor of Engineering and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
"Growing up west of San Antonio, water was part of everybody's vocabulary. Working in water felt like coming home," said Haddock, who worked for six years as an assistant project manager for a Houston consulting firm. In 1999 she joined the Harris County Flood Control District as a program manager for the $480 million Brays Bayou watershed project. In her off-hours, Haddock earned a master's degree in public administration from the University of Houston in 2002.
In 2004, while still working for the county, Haddock was chosen to serve for a year as an ASCE/American Association for the Advancement of Science Congressional Fellow, assigned to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ("one of my coolest career opportunities").
"Working in Washington really prepared me for the job I have today. I evaluated project and study requests, drafted policies and set up the tracking tool for the proposed Water Resources Development Act, which was up for renewal that year," she said.
The following year, Haddock joined the City of Houston's public works department as a senior assistant director for infrastructure planning. Promotions followed. In 2016-17, she served as deputy director for capital projects, overseeing the work of nearly 400 professionals in the design and construction of a $650-million annual capital improvement plan. There are now 175 projects in design and more than $1.1 billion under construction.
Haddock was named interim director in July 2017, just four weeks before Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Corpus Christi. After six months as acting director, Haddock became Houston's director of public works in January 2018.
"Historically, engineers were encouraged to avoid politics. Our ethics and scientific approach required us to stay clear of the gray areas. I no longer believe that's the case. Engineers need to step up and be leaders. We need people with technical knowhow to contribute their expertise, especially in the political arena," she said.
Like her former teacher and boss at Rice, Philip Bedient, Haddock would like to see more land-use controls put in place in Houston. Development and redevelopment across the city make her job ever more challenging, but she seems to revel in managing people, projects and budgets.
"There are days that are hard, but I also love my job," she said.


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The city of Statesville in western North Carolina is the home of the Carolina BalloonFest, held annually in October. The balloon festival has 50 hot-air balloons, balloon rides, musical entertainment, wine tastings, and arts and crafts. In the downtown area of Statesville, visitors can take a self-guided walking tour of 31 historic locations, including a train depot that was built in 1911. Other attractions include the 19th-century synagogue Congregation Emanuel, the Fort Dobbs State Historic site and Mitchell Community College. One campground is in Statesville and three more are within 30 minutes of the town.
The Statesville East/I-40/Winston-Salem KOA (midwaycampground.com) in Statesville encompasses 33 forested acres and is half a mile from Interstate 40. Camping options include partial hookup tent sites, full hookup RV sites with room for slide-outs, and cabins with half baths, a porch and picnic table. Recreational facilities include a jumping pillow, an outdoor swimming pool with a sundeck, a miniature golf course, and basketball, volleyball and badminton courts. The KOA also has a covered picnic pavilion and a five-acre lake where guests can fish. Standard amenities include restrooms, showers, a laundry facility and a camp store. All campers are escorted to their sites.
About 11 minutes south of Statesville, Lake Norman State Park (ncparks.gov) has 13 miles of shoreline along Lake Norman, the largest man-made lake in the state. The 32,510-acre lake a total shoreline of 520 miles. The park also has its own 33-acre lake where guests can can fish and boat. The park has hiking and biking trails, picnic areas and interpretive programs as well, along with 33 campsites. These sites do not have any hookups, but do come with tent pads, picnic tables and grills. Amenities in the camping area include restrooms, drinking water and a dump station. Campers can also choose primitive group camping sites that can only be reached on foot.
Approximately 20 minutes north of Statesville, the VanHoy Farms Family Campground (vanhoyfarms.com) in the town of Harmony encompasses more than 100 acres and features annual musical shows and festivals. The venue fo concerts on the campground can accommodate 12,000 people. Camping facilities include 34 full hookup sites, 85 sites with water and electric connections only, two cabins and primitive sites for pitching tents. Dump stations, restrooms, showers and a laundry facility are all on the grounds. Among the other campground highlights are a swimming pool, a volleyball court, a softball field, a hiking trail and a wading stream.
The family owned and operated Hiddenite Family Campground (hiddenitecampground.com) less than half an hour to the northwest of Statesville, has 37 full hookup sites, partial hookup tent sites and primitive tent sites. The sites come with picnic tables and fire rings. The campground covers over 30 forested acres and sits along the banks of the South Yadkin River. Features on the property include a swimming pool, small farm animals, horseshoe pits, walking trails, a volleyball court and a playground. Among its basic amenities are restrooms, showers and a dump station. Guests can also pick berries.
Smith, John. "Campgrounds Near Statesville, North Carolina." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/campgrounds-near-statesville-north-carolina-60830.html. Accessed 22 April 2019.


Although you may think the water is not so clean as it is a lagoon, due to the strong sea current the water is exchanged every six hours and in some areas is very fresh and cristal clear. Our Bora cruise is equipped with a swimming platform with ladder for an easy get out from the water. Available a fresh water shower for a quick rinse. Life jackets at disposal for adults and children.


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Q Lazzarus, née le  à Neptune (New Jersey) et décédée le , était une chanteuse américaine, connue pour le succès sans lendemain Goodbye Horses, écrit et composé par William Garvey.

Biographie
Q Lazzarus naît le 12 décembre 1960 à Neptune, dans le New Jersey.

Avant d'être chanteuse, Q Lazzarus a été conductrice de taxi à New York. Elle apparaît en 1986 dans le film Dangereuse sous tous rapports, interprétant le titre The Candle Goes Away, puis en 1993 dans le film Philadelphia, interprétant cette fois Heaven, un titre des Talking Heads. En 1996, elle contribue à la bande son du film Twisted.

Un peu avant 1996, le groupe de Q Lazzarus décide de se séparer. Peu d'informations ont circulé sur sa composition, mis à part la participation de Mark Barrett et du compositeur William Garvey mort en .

Elle meurt le 19 juillet 2022 d'une maladie. Peu avant sa mort, elle participait à un documentaire sur son histoire, dont la sortie posthume est prévue en 2023, et prévoyait de faire son retour sur scène. Intitulé Goodbye Horses : The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus, le documentaire est un projet de la réalisatrice et amie Eva Aridjis.

Goodbye Horses
Écrite et composé par William Garvey le titre Goodbye Horses porté par la voix de contralto de Q Lazzarus connaît un vif succès à la suite de sa présence dans Le Silence des Agneaux et ressort en 1991 dans une version allongée. Lors de la scène du striptease de l'antagoniste du récit, surnommé "Buffalo Bill". La scène, musique comprise, est notamment parodiée dans le film Clerks 2 et dans la série animée Les Griffin (épisode 13 - saison 7, Dopage). Jonathan Demme réalisateur du film avait déjà utilisé ce titre dans son précédent film Veuve mais pas trop. La chanson se retrouve ensuite dans les bandes sons de nombreux films, séries et jeux vidéo : Maniac en forme de clin d'œil une des victimes du tueur en série lui fait écouter chez elle le morceau sur disque vinyle peu avant d'être sauvagement assassinée, Fully Flared, Nip/Tuck, Grand Theft Auto IV et Skate 3.
Plusieurs reprises du titre ont été enregistrées, notamment par Crosses, le side project musical du chanteur de Deftones, Chino Moreno. En 2015 une reprise en français par le groupe français Grand Blanc Au Revoir Chevaux.

Dans la culture populaire américaine, le morceau est connu comme étant The Buffalo Bill Song (« la chanson de Buffalo Bill »).

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Posted on 12 Mar 2019 13 Mar 2019 by Edu Alliance Group Journal
Edu Alliance Group Welcomes Tom Davisson To Advisory Council
EDU Alliance Group Inc., a boutique consultancy firm assisting colleges and universities to find solutions and achieve success for institutional issues. Edu Alliance provides professional,confidential, and practical support to University Presidents, Board of Directors, and senior administrators.
Bloomington, Indiana March 12, 2019 – The Edu Alliance Group Managing Partner of North America Dean Hoke announced today that Tom Davisson has been named to the North America Advisory Council.
Mr. Davisson has recently retired after 30 years from The Sullivan University System where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. His responsibilities included: Head of Operations, oversight of campuses, new product/program development, and institutional accreditation. Sullivan University, with an enrollment of over 3,500 undergraduate and graduate students, is a private higher learning institution dedicated to providing students with high-quality, career-focused educational opportunities.
Mr. Davisson is one of the leading experts in the area of higher education institutions bridging the gap between education and the workforce. He has written White Papers for Governor's in two states, worked for a third Governor's Taskforce for Workforce Development, and also testified before Congress. In addition he has served on and chaired numerous US and international institutional visits on behalf of SACSCOC. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees, and Executive Committee of The University of Rio Grande in Ohio.
"Edu Alliance is delighted to welcome Tom to the Advisory Council," said Managing Partner Dean Hoke. "I've known Tom for over 20 years and his experience as a higher education senior officer and his problem-solving talent ads breadth and depth to our college anduniversity clientele. He is an incredible addition to our outstanding group of Advisors who help and support Edu Alliance but more importantly our clients."
Current North American Advisory Council Members of the Edu Alliance Group are:
Dr. RogerBrown, retired Chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Julien Carter, Vice President of Human Resources Tufts University; Dr. Denise Gifford, Associate Provost American University Ras al Khaimah; Dr. StephenJones, former Chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks; Dr. DanielKing, Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of University Administrators; Dr. AllenMeadors, former President of St. John International University in Torino Italy; Jay NorenM.D., former President of Wayne State University; Marci Powell, CEO of Marci Powell and Associates; Ken Salomon, Chair Thompson Coburn Lobbying and Policy Group; and Judyth Wier, university fundraising professional.
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» TranzPort:User Forum » Rehearsal Mode?
Using Adobe Audition 1.5: Once an auto-punch is set up, is there a way to rehearse the punch before committing to it?
That's a good question but I think the answer is no. The Adobe external control code is fairly quirky in that area. We are pretty limited as to what can be done. It would be nice though.


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Winchester Green Week 2020
Winchester Green Week: Extinction
03 October, 2020 - 3 min read
In the fourth and final part in our series for Winchester Green Week 2020, we look at the five mass extinction events in the history of our planet and ask 'are we now in the sixth?'
'Earthworms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm'.
There have been five major mass extinction events in the Earth's 4.6 billion year history:
The Ordovician, 440 million years ago, up to 85% of species lost. Suspected cause: continental drift and subsequent climate change.
The Devonian, 375 million years ago, nearly 80% loss of species. Probable causes: lack of oxygen in the oceans, rapid cooling of air temperatures, volcanic eruptions and/or meteor strikes.
The Permian, 250 million years ago, 96% extinction rate. Cause unknown: possibly a combination of asteroid strikes, volcanic activity, climate change, and microbes.
The Triassic-Jurassic, 200 million years ago, an estimated 50% of species perished. Suspected causes: major volcanic activity, global climate change and changing pH and sea levels of the oceans.
The Cretaceous-Tertiary, 65 million years ago, nearly 75% of all life was eliminated, including the dinosaurs. The culprit appears to have been an asteroid impact.
Many scientists believe we are in the midst of a sixth, man-made, mass extinction, the Anthropocene.
Extinctions are natural events and there have been many smaller extinction events, in addition to the five mass extinctions, since life emerged on Earth over four billion years ago.
The evidence for this particular event can be found across the globe, on different continents, impacting a diverse range of habitats and species. The one common denominator appears to be human activity.
19th century reconstruction of the Dodo, based on contemporary drawings, skeletal remains and a mummified head.
That humans have been directly responsible for the extinction of several species, such as the Dodo and the Passenger Pigeon, is a matter of historical record. Yet these losses are dwarfed by the impact of pollution, population growth and habitat loss that now see one million out of the planets eight million species of plants and animals facing extinction within decades.
Dodo bones and a cast of a mummified Dodo head from collections in the care of Hampshire Cultural Trust.
2020 marked the 300^th anniversary of the birth of Gilbert White who pioneered a different approach to our understanding of the natural world. Many of the events and activities planned to commemorate his life have had to be put on hold in the face of Covid 19. While the precise origins of this virus remain unclear a link with our increasing encroachment and exploitation of the natural world and the creatures that live there cannot be ruled out.
As Sir David Attenborough has recently pointed out how we interact with the environment is no longer just about saving the planet, it's about saving ourselves.
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If our group class sessions aren't quite what you are looking for, we also offer one on one training sessions personally fit for you. Spend some time with one of our camera experts to teach you the ins and outs of your photography equipment and camera. Topics include camera settings, sports photography, macro photography, low light photography, photo software, or what ever you would like to learn. Your session will be geared to your skill level and needs.
Affordable at $40 for the first 30 minutes and $30 for each additional 30 minutes.
IIf you would like to meet some great people and go out and have fun shooting pictures while getting some tips and trying out some equipment join our Camera Company Photographer's Group. Every month we find an interesting place to go out and shoot as a group. There is no cost or commitment to joining our group.
What does it take to make a great portrait? Sometimes you need to find the right light and other times you need to create it. In the seminar portion of this event we will go over the basics of portrait photography, discussing lighting, posing and lens selection. All of which will help you create a more dynamic image. You will then take what you learned in the seminar and put it into practice during the hands on model shoot. Topics covered include understanding the placement and quality of light, creating the light you want, building the image, posing your subject and what lens to use and why.
■ Part One: 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M..
Join Armando Flores at our Westside store for a seminar on the basics of portrait photography, discussing lighting, posing and lens selection.
■ Part Two: 12 P.M. to 2 P.M.
We will meet at the Allen Centennial Garden on the U.W campus at 12 P.M. for a hands-on model shoot with instruction. Tamron will have a wide assortment of lenses available for you to try out.
Armando Flores studied photojournalism in college and has worked for Nikon, Sony and now Tamron. He's photographed professional sports for over 17 years and has worked for Reuters, AP, AMPAS, HFPA and IGLA as a contributing photographer.
Click here for class outline.
Stewart Stroup worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison writing, shooting, and editing instructional video projects for the School of Education. After ten years with the university, he established Grassland Media, Inc. to provide similar services to a wider array of clients.
Over the last 30 years as producer, videographer, writer and editor he has worked for a range of broadcast, corporate and institutional clients including: NBC, CBS, CNN, Kohler Company and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Other work includes corporate documentaries and training programs shot in 36 states and 5 countries.
In addition to his freelance work through Grassland Media, he is an instructor at Madison College where he teaches video production.
Designed to get you off the auto setting, this class will introduce you to the main features of your Canon DSLR camera. This class is perfect if you just bought a Canon DSLR, or have had one for a while and want to know how to use it better.
Want to take your Canon DSLR camera to the next level? This class explores some of the basics in greater detail, while introducing new concepts. Attendees will also have the opportunity to share images for review during the second session.
What is a histogram, and how to use it.
Designed to get you off the auto setting, this class will introduce you to the main features of your Nikon DSLR camera. This class is perfect if you just bought a Nikon DSLR, or have had one for a while and want to know how to use it better.
Want to take your Nikon DSLR camera to the next level? This class explores some of the basics in greater detail, while introducing new concepts. Attendees will also have the opportunity to share images for review during the second session.
Designed to get you off the auto setting, this class will introduce you to the main features of your Sony DSLR camera. This class is perfect if you just bought a Sony DSLR, or have had one for a while and want to know how to use it better.
Want to take your Sony DSLR camera to the next level? This class explores some of the basics in greater detail, while introducing new concepts. Attendees will also have the opportunity to share images for review during the second session.
Learn how to maximize the use of your speedlights on location. Bring your own light to events, portrait sessions or still life. Controlling the speedlights will take your onsite photography to a new level. Save the date and join us! Grab your flash, come to class, and get started!
When to use TTL or go Manual.
Getting the most of your speedlight on and off camera.
Basic single-flash and multiple-flash on location setups.
Modify your light for full CREATIVE CONTROL.
Learn to light like a pro with speedlights in the studio, bring your portrait sessions or art photography to a whole new level. Save the date and join us! Grab your flash, come to class, and get started!
Controlling your speedlight light output.
Get your lights off-camera to instantly improve your image.
Basic single-flash and multiple-flash studio setups.
In this streamlined two-part class, we will walk you through an entire Lightroom workflow from import to export. We'll cover the essentials of organizing and importing photos in part one, and in-depth editing and exporting in part two. Both sessions are packed with only the most useful info, laid out in practical terms..
It's strongly recommended that you bring your laptop, with Lightroom installed, to class so you can follow along.


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The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation has named three new members to its Western division board: Sanford Michelman, Chairman at Michelman & Robinson LLP; Cynthia Morrison, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Topa Insurance Group; and Connie Taylor, zone officer at the Navigators Group.
Michelman will assist the Western division board in managing the division's grant focus areas, grant guidelines, events and volunteer activities. The board oversees the organization's operation in Los Angeles and throughout California, where the division is headquartered, as well as in IICF's Colorado and Arizona chapters.
IICF's Western division board is comprised of 36 senior leaders who work in or serve the insurance industry in the Western U.S. IICF has contributed more than $23.5 million in grants to charities and nearly 200,000 volunteer hours to community nonprofit organizations. IICF is a registered not-for-profit organization.


Ever since I have downloaded Firefox 4, when searching on google, nod32 has blocked a lot of websites that supposedly use browser hijacking etc.
It keeps popping up with Nod32 blocked this IP address.
It is looking ahead to links off of the page you are currently viewing.
Meaning it is initiating contact with those sites in an effort to speed up their loading should you decide to view one of them.
How to disable it is included in the above article if you wish to check my theroy.
Thanks Thunder Z for your input, and the prefetch theory may be right, I will look into it for more details.
It might have been a result of not having Windows Updates up to date at that time or maybe he has prefetch disabled.
Links most\any search engine provide are a click-on\visit at your own risk proposition.
I was searching for drweb cure and I didn't click on any sites and the alert came up, and then I searched Bitdefender and it seemed to block something on google, without going into a site, and one time it happened when I typed spyware into google images. I am quite confused as to why it keeps blocking different websites and ips.
I will try to take a screenshot next time it happens though.
Perhaps that is why I don't see the problem you saw. OK, I just changed the setting for network.prefetch-next to "true" and I still don't get any warning from NOD32 when searching for "bitdefender" in a normal Google search.
I did the same Google images search for "spyware" and not a peep from NOD32.


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Doncaster Rovers: Mathieu Baudry targets mid-August return
A diver snapped incredible photos with a jellyfish 'as big as him' off the British coast
This is where the first ever Dunkin' Donuts store has opened in Sheffield
Fans of all things donut in Sheffield are in for a real treat.
Wednesday, 19 December, 2018, 13:28
New to the city is a Dunkin' Donuts store which officially opened recently.
Sheffield's first Dunkin' Donuts store has officially opened at Fox Valley with a special ribbon cutting and a great opening offer.
The new Dunkin' Donuts store
The company is one of the world's leading coffee and baked goods brands and has launched its latest UK store in a new 979.5 sq. ft. unit which has been created in the Restaurant Quarter at Fox Valley's attractive landscaped piazza area.
The Dunkin' Donuts team have created a stylish and modern store which has a lovely indoor and outdoor seating area and a fun and friendly atmosphere - donuts on the menu include the iconic Boston Crème, Mr Happy, Chocolate Caramel Duo and Crème Brulee.
Founded in 1950, Dunkin' Donuts has more than 12,600 locations in 46 countries worldwide, offering a wide range of high-quality food and beverages, including hot and iced coffee, espresso based beverages, and its world famous donuts.
The Fox Valley store is owned by the franchise company, QFM Group which owns and operates other Dunkin' Donut stores including the sister store in Birdwell, Barnsley – around 15 new jobs have been created at the new store.
Inside the new Dunkin' Donuts store
Dunkin' Donuts was officially opened by the QFM team along with Stocksbridge Mayor Cllr Julie Grocutt. The exclusive opening offer is for a free donut with every regular Dunkin' Drink and runs up to 16th January 2019.
Medi Parry-Williams from the Fox Valley Management team said: "The new Dunkin' Donuts looks fantastic and we are delighted to welcome the company to Fox Valley and wish them all the very best with their newest store."
Laura Manley, QFM Group Marketing Manager, said: "It is great to have our latest store open here at Fox Valley and to have such a great reception from customers on our first day."
To keep up to date with news and events at Fox Valley visit www.foxvalleysheffield.co.uk


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Reaction to Yankees' First Week
August 2, 2020 andrew-hubschman 3 min read
August 2, 2020 Andrew Hubschman 3 min read
Seven games have gone by for the Yankees, who see themselves atop the AL East Division at 6-1 – also an MLB-best! Here's how they got here:
1. Hit, hit, hit…
First order of business, the bats continue to erupt just as they did last season. Let's take a look at who leads the charge.
A. Giancarlo Stanton
Highest on-base percentage, AL:
1) Kyle Lewis: .526
2) J.P. Crawford: .514
3) Jose Ramirez: .474
4) Michael Brantley: .469
5-T) Giancarlo Stanton: .464
5-T) JaCoby Jones: .464
— Daniel Kramer (@DKramer_) August 2, 2020
Stanton started his season with a BANG, hitting a towering home run in his first at-bat in the season opener against the Nationals, and again the very next game. Getting off to a red-hot start hitting two blasts along with six RBI's and returning to the Bronx with 8 hits in his first 16 at-bats, Stanton – now batting .348 – is putting together a comeback year following his injury-plagued season a year ago!
B. DJ LeMahieu
It was a casual 4-hit night for DJ: pic.twitter.com/7rceo3qCVG
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) July 30, 2020
LeMahieu missed the Yankees' first game of the year due to recovering from COVID-19 (despite being asymptomatic). Now batting .385 (10 for 26) with one home run and three RBI's, LeMachine has shown nothing but signs of immunity! The AL MVP candidate from a season ago is back and he is locked in once again… LOOK OUT!
C. Aaron Judge
Making 'em count. #AllRise @TheJudge44 pic.twitter.com/xCphrfNdBe
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) August 1, 2020
Make that 22 of 31 HRs! Judge, after getting off to a slow start, is having himself a streak, hitting a home run in FOUR straight games, the most notorious being his go-ahead 3-run dinger in last Thursday's game against the Orioles in the ninth inning. Judge, currently tied for second in home runs and tied for fourth in RBIs, knows that its never too late to rise! Welcome back!
Among others, like Gio Urshela and Luke Voit who have begun to rise again AND have each hit a grand slam two days apart from each other, the Yankees offense appears to be in the same groove as they were last season, and they show no sign of slowing down!
2. Gerrit Cole & Co.
Boy, have we been waiting to see this!
https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1288628475830644737
Gerrit Cole has been nothing but dominant so far, just as expected. His season began with a perfect 2-0 record in just as many starts, and has recorded 12 strikeouts in that span. He surrendered four runs (all earned) on only five hits and three walks in 11 2/3 innings pitched. His 3.09 ERA might not be the "Gerrit Cole" average were used to seeing, but there's still plenty of baseball left for him to bring it down. Either way, his reign in Pinstripes has only begun!
And of course, you can't forget about the bullpen.
#Yankees' bullpen during five-game win streak:
23 IP
1.17 ERA (3 ER)
.132 BAA
— Bronx Bombers News (@NewsBronx) August 2, 2020
Highlighted by Chad Green, Adam Ottavino, and Zack Britton, the Yankees relievers all together have given up nine runs in 23 2/3 innings (five runs in 20 1/3 innings when disregarding Michael King's four-run effort against Washington). The previously-mentioned 1-2-3 punch all picked up where they left off last season combining for four hits, zero runs allowed (both earned and unearned), two walks, and nine strikeouts in 9 1/3 innings pitched, along with two saves. They look to continue to replicate their performance last season as a reliable bullpen. Also, we miss you Dellin!
The Yankees have shown early success this season, but there are two underlying issues – both of which can be turned around:
1. Now Batting… Gary Sanchez:
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Gary Sanchez has been massively struggling so far, starting with 0 hits in his first 15 at-bats (10 of them were strikeouts). He sat out Friday's series opener against the Red Sox until finally recording his first hit in Saturday's 6-1 win. He is now 1-18 on the year, batting .056. Hopefully his one day of rest broke his downward momentum, because 60 games is too tight to be in any kind of horrific slump. Although this sounds counter-intuitive, he still has time to turn the gears around. Be prepared to see him surprise viewers with his blasts were used to seeing.
2. Too Many K's
Aside from Gary's aforementioned staggering number of strikeouts, Judge has had at least one strikeout in all seven games so far, totaling 11 up to date. On the bright side, Stanton, despite having six in seven games, seems to be improving his issue with the K's and has developed a better set of eyes in the box.
There may be a few things to improve, but as a fan I'm beyond satisfied with where we stand right now!
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Google Defeats Alleged BIPA Violations for Retention and Collection of Face-geometry Scans via Google Photos
In December 2018, Google defeated claims that it had violated Illinois' Biometric Identification Privacy Act (BIPA). The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted Google summary judgment and dismissed the plaintiffs' claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because it determined that the plaintiffs had not established Article III standing to sue.
In Rivera v. Google, the plaintiffs alleged that Google violated BIPA by collecting, storing and "exploiting" their face-geometry scans via Google Photos. Google moved for summary judgment, arguing that the plaintiffs could not establish Article III standing because the plaintiffs were not "aggrieved" within the meaning of BIPA. The court agreed with Google.
The lawsuit involved Google Photos, which is a free, cloud-based service used for organizing and sharing photographs. When a user uploads a photograph to Google Photos, Google Photos detects images of faces and creates face templates. Google uses these face templates to compare the visual similarity of faces within the user's private account and then group together visually similar photographs. Google does not use the face templates for anything other than organizing photographs within a user account.
Both plaintiffs in Rivera claimed that they suffered injury to their privacy interests because Google did not have their permission to capture, store or use their face scans. The plaintiffs testified, however, that they had not suffered any financial, physical or emotional injury apart from feeling "offended by the unauthorized collection."
Standing Analysis
The court looked to Google's collection and retention of the face templates to determine whether either process constituted an injury-in-fact sufficient to establish standing. The court ultimately held that neither could.
Collecting Biometric Data
Regarding Google's collection of face scans, the court relied on Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, which held that when determining which intangible injuries are sufficient to confer standing and which are not, courts should consider legislative intent and examine possible analogues to common law harms that historically have supported a finding of Article III injury-in-fact.
Here, the court found that neither legislative intent nor common law analogies supported a finding of the required concrete injury. First, the court found that although the legislative findings discussed the immutability of biometrics, they did not explain why the "injury" suffered here – the creation of face templates without consent – is concrete sufficient for Article III purposes. The court rejected a California court's opposite holding in a prior case, stating that the permanency of biometrics does not justify a bright line rule that all cases involving collection or retention of biometric data present a sufficient risk of disclosure that concrete injury is satisfied in every case.
Second, the court held that the alleged injury in this case did not bear a close resemblance to any common law tort that historically supports Article III standing. The court distinguished the privacy torts of intrusion on seclusion and appropriation of likeness on the grounds that an individual's face, when knowingly exposed, does not carry privacy protection, and that Google did not benefit commercially from the face templates.
The court dismissed the plaintiffs' claims, concluding that without conclusive legislative history or a common law analogue to support a finding of concrete injury, the plaintiffs could not establish Article III standing to sue Google based on Google's collection of biometric data to create the face templates.
Retaining Biometric Data
BIPA requires private entities in possession of biometric information or identifiers (e.g., a face scan) to publicly provide a retention schedule and guidelines for destroying that information. The plaintiffs argued that because Google failed to provide a retention schedule or guidelines, the plaintiffs could not exercise their right to control their own information and therefore suffered injury. The court looked to the Seventh Circuit case Gubala v. Time Warner Cable, Inc., which held that retention of an individual's private information, on its own (i.e., without disclosure or risk of disclosure), is not a concrete injury sufficient to confer Article III standing. In Rivera, the court found that because the plaintiffs did not argue that their face templates were shared, nor could they present evidence that there was a "substantial risk" that future harm would occur (e.g., proof of unauthorized access to and theft of personal information), the court had to dismiss the plaintiffs' retention claims.
The Rivera decision demonstrates that despite the continued federal district and circuit split on standing, even after Spokeo, companies facing lawsuits alleging procedural violations of privacy statutes, like BIPA, can still defeat such claims at the summary judgment stage if they can show the absence of a concrete injury. The Rivera court relied on two important facts: (1) the biometric data was not shared with third parties and (2) the plaintiffs did not demonstrate a likelihood or risk that it would be shared or was otherwise at risk. Companies should take note of these findings and ensure that they can demonstrate the flow of personal data and document how it is protected from unauthorized use or disclosure. This decision comes at a time when the Illinois Supreme Court is considering similar issues, as described in one of our prior blog posts.
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Elliot partners with clients to proactively manage risk by developing and implementing information governance programs, drafting privacy and security policies, preparing and testing data breach response plans, and negotiating complex data agreements. He not only counsels clients about what the law currently requires, but also provides industry context and forward-looking advice that takes into account trends and best practices in developing areas, such as the Internet of Things. In particular, Elliot helps clients understand how personal information may be used and disclosed to support business needs so that companies can stay competitive and compliant in a rapidly evolving environment.
Elliot has also managed dozens of breach response matters for companies through all aspects of investigation, notification, remediation and engagement with regulators (including federal regulators such as the Office of Civil Rights [OCR] and State Attorneys General). Elliot has defended clients in litigation by State Attorneys General under state security breach notification laws and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and has helped clients successfully avoid enforcement actions altogether by working directly with regulators during investigations.
Elliot's practice covers a wide range of laws, regulations, industry standards and best practices, such as HIPAA and HITECH; 42 CFR Part 2 (Federal Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records); Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act and FTC guidance; state laws and guidance governing privacy, security and breach notification (such as the California Shine the Light law, Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, CalOPPA, and state laws governing sensitive health information); Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA); CAN-SPAM; Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA); Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA); NIST Security Standards; and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS).
Elliot is co-chair of the ABA E-Privacy Law Committee, vice-chair of the ABA Healthcare Technology Committee, vice-chair of the Privacy, Security and Emerging Technology Division for the ABA Section of Science & Technology Law, a member of the Bloomberg BNA Health Care Innovations Board, and a frequent speaker and writer of thought leadership pieces. He is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).
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Q: If $n\mid qm$ then $\operatorname{lcm}(n, m) \mid qm$ I am trying to understand why $\operatorname{lcm}(n,m) \mid ord(ab)$ which is a classic exercise. However in the answers in similar questions in the forum (If $a$ and $b$ commute and $\text{gcd}\left(\text{ord}(a),\text{ord}(b)\right)=1$, then $\text{ord}(ab)=\text{ord}(a)\text{ord}(b)$.), nobody explains this step that troubles me.
If $ord(a)=n, ord(b)=m$ and $ord(ab)=q$ then $(ab)^q=1 \implies (ab)^{qm}=1 \implies a^{qm}=1 \implies n|qm$ . Also $m|qm$ . But why $lcm(n, n) \mid qm$?

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Tragedy struck last Thursday at a military recruiting station in Chattanooga. Four Marines were killed, and a Navy sailor was wounded and eventually died from his injuries. Today on Radio Times, Marty checks in with LEO SHANE, the Congressional reporter for Military Times, and PHILLIP CARTER, senior fellow, counsel and director of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security, about the attack and the rekindled debate surrounding the arming of service members on military installations in the US. We'll also speak with them about some of the latest military and Department of Defense news. They'll discuss the scheduled Army troop reduction, the Pentagon's plan to lift the ban on transgender soldiers, issues surrounding women in the military, an update on the VA, the new nominee for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and more.
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"The biggest 2 things that have catapulted my career have been my network (which is constantly growing) and the marketing I do for my personal brand and startup."
- Flux Chargers, the top rated portable charger in the world as ranked by Digital Trends, Yahoo Tech, Mashable and others.
- Flux.LA, a marketing and development firm that develops websites and apps for startups, gets them featured on large publications and creates different marketing channels to acquire customers.
- Young Slacker Media, which comprises Snapchat channel @youngslacker and several highly trafficked sites like FutureSharks.
Alejandro was born in Bolivia and studies Computer Science at UCLA. In his free time, he likes rapping, reading about psychology and investing in early stage startups. Read more about him on his entrepreneurial blog.
A lot of things have fallen in place that have allowed me to be where I am right now. The biggest 2 things that have catapulted my career have been my network (which is constantly growing) and the marketing I do for my personal brand and startup.
When I came to the US in 2013, I knew a total of one person. During my freshman year at UCLA, I challenged myself to meet a new person each and every day, even if this implied making conversation to a person sitting across the dining hall table. This helped me meet a ton of very cool people, some of which have gone to become really good friends of mine. These connections were essential in getting my first few deals. Nowadays, I connect with various entrepreneurs on Facebook and LinkedIn always looking for ways where we can develop a symbiotic relationship and mutually benefit from working together.
To grow my personal brand and startup (which have been featured in over 50+ sites) was first to never say no to anyone that wanted to write about me or my company, no matter how small their publication because a small feature can be leveraged to get into a larger publication. The more people I tell about my dreams, the wider they spread.
There were two main challenges that we had to overcome when we launched Flux Chargers. One of them was breaking through the noise. The portable charger market was (and still is) very saturated, so we needed to differentiate. Our chargers are different from the other ones out there because they come with built-in cables for both iPhone and Android. Also, our portable charger is not an ugly lipstick or brick shape; we went with the slimmest and sleekest design possible. With this feature-improvement approach, we quickly gained a lot of raving fans that loved our chargers and spoke highly of them.
Another challenge that we faced was the fact that we didn't take any venture funding. Although now it is a big advantage for us, raising capital would have allowed us to reach momentum much quicker. I think this experience made the whole team more resilient and also allowed us to better budget our spend and target our efforts on the right tasks.
What's the key to staying focused/motivated?
It's easy to get motivated. You can watch a 5-minute motivational talk on YouTube and get fired up. The hard part is to sustain that motivation for long periods of time.
To do that you need to really define your purpose and have a clear goal in mind. What is what you want to accomplish with your project? WHY? What really moves you? These are questions that you need to answer for yourself so that when it gets tough you always find the inner strength to continue.
To stay focused I structure my day in such a way that I do the activity that I'm most productive at at that point of the day i.e. writing in the morning, coding at night, meetings in the afternoon, etc.
What advice do you have for another person who is looking to start a new venture?
Start! You can't succeed if you keep thinking about it and never get to actually doing it.
Learn from the best. People that are at the top of their field are there because they know something we don't. It is imperative that we study the experts if we want to be the best.
Don't give up. Most companies fail not due to external competition but rather lack of internal motivation.
Sometimes it's easy to get caught up on work and forget to take care of your body or make that phone call to your family. Make time for that, it's important.
I think this blog is a great initiative! Giving more exposure to females working towards exciting projects can show other females what's possible, with the hopes of motivating them to start their own projects. The UCLA Luskin Center (a place where I worked during my undergrad years) developed a more comprehensive report on how to get more women in tech. I highly recommend looking at it.


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Georgiejevsk (Russisch: Георгиевск) is een stad in de Kraj Stavropol in het zuidwesten van Rusland.

De stad ligt op ongeveer 210 kilometer ten zuidoosten van de stad Stavropol, aan de rivier Podkoemok (een zijrivier van de  Koema). De stad telde 70.575 inwoners bij de volkstelling van 2002.

Georgijevsk werd gesticht in 1777 en verkreeg in 1786 de status van stad (van een oejezd). De naam van de stad dankt het aan de heilige Joris, die in Rusland symbool staat voor de overwinning.

Plaats in de kraj Stavropol
Stad in het federaal district Noordelijke Kaukasus


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Defty, Andrew (2014) If the Intelligence and Security Committee is to be an effective scrutineer, it must be able to rely on the accuracy of the information provided by the security services. Democratic Audit Blog (11 Nov 2014). Website.
Recent events at the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), the Parliamentary body tasked with holding MI5, MI6, and GCHQ to account, have shown the difficulty of knowing fully the activities of these organisations. Andrew Defty explores the possibility that representatives from GCHQ may have recently given a misleading impression to the ISC.


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Application of the precautionary principle during consenting processes in New Zealand: Addressing past errors, obtaining a normative fix and developing a structured and operationalised approach
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The precautionary principle is increasingly being adopted as a legal risk management tool in international environmental law and regulation, especially in the marine context. In fact, over the last 35 years it has been included, often as a central feature, in the vast majority of international law instruments relating to protection and management of the environment. This rise to prominence is largely driven by widespread recognition that the ability of environmental law to successfully avert long term and significant harm is very much contingent on the successful implementation and application of the precautionary principle (specifically, the decision-making and planning measures it advocates). Owing to the above, it is unsurprising that like many other countries New Zealand has incorporated the precautionary principle expressly and implicitly into domestic law and policy over the last 25 years. The most recent and arguably most notable instance of the incorporation of the precautionary principle in New Zealand law is in the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 ("EEZ Act"). Indeed, for reasons explained in this paper, the success of the EEZ Act will in large part depend on the successful application of the precautionary principle contained in the Act. Unfortunately, New Zealand's incorporation and application of the precautionary principle to date has been problematic, with confusion and a variety of approaches taken to its core concepts, and arguably outright misapplication of it. For this reason, this paper seeks to take comprehensive stock of the precautionary principle, first to identify what is the likely cause of such confusion and misapplication, and second, to provide a foundational understanding to assist policy makers and the courts with the task of operationalising and applying it during legislative consenting processes. In doing so, this paper focuses on its operation in the marine setting, with a view to assisting with its interpretation and application under the EEZ Act. It argues that in order to secure consistent and proper application of the precautionary principle, significant work needs to be done to clarify definitional ambiguities embedded within the principle. It then argues that further work needs to be done to properly operationalise the New Zealand formulations of the precautionary principle (i.e. unpack the substantive content of the principle and pin down what such content requires of decision-makers in practice) so they can be consistently and correctly applied under New Zealand's environmental risk management regimes.
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Passport by investment, the end of the back door to the EU in Cyprus
UA woman takes a "selfie" at the Twin Towers of Limassol, southern Cyprus, on August 6, 2018 |Petros Kadjias, AP
The Mediterranean country suspends the questioned system that gave nationality to investors afert it came to light that several politicians favored criminals
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Madrid / Nicosia 10/15/2020
"EU securities are not for sale", said the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in September. And Cyprus has taken for granted. This Tuesday, and after eight years in force, Nicosia announced the withdrawal as of November 1 from the Citizenship by Investment program, one of the star measures that the country launched during the Great Recession to obtain liquidity, as confirmed by the spokesperson of the Government, Kyriakos Koushos. The announcement comes shortly after a scandal revealed by the Al Jazeera network in which some Cypriot politicians granted nationality to non-EU foreigners with criminal records in their countries of origin, mostly Russian and Chinese. "You could see it coming. There was a lack of control in this scheme", summarizes the Cypriot deputy Eleni Mavrou, from the Progressive Party of the Workers (AKEL) by phone.
With an investment in the Mediterranean island of 2.5 million dollars (2.1 million euros) per request, at least 2,500 people and their families from 70 different countries, dozens of them with criminal records and many of them under the yoke From the Brussels sanctions, they obtained the Cypriot passport – therefore, European -, between 2017 and 2019, as revealed in August by Al Jazeera based on a huge leak of up to 1,400 documents. Despite the fact that in the last two or three years "this was only talked about" in the island's internal politics (just over a million inhabitants), according to Mavrou, the final fireworks have rumbled this week in the rest of Europe, when the scandal hit top politicians.
The Qatari chain revealed on Monday the alleged involvement of the president of the Cypriot Parliament, Dimitris Siluris, and other national deputies in the sale of passports to investors with criminal records who would not meet the necessary criteria to be able to move and work freely for the EU because they are under criminal investigation or even convicted of a crime.
Sven Giegold, German MEP and spokesman for economic and financial policy for the Green group, adds in the same vein that there has been a "misuse" of EU rights and a "violation" of the principle of cooperation that governs the Member States. "We will lose the European project if citizenship becomes a commodity. The (European) Commission must now open an infringement procedure against Cyprus and other countries that use not only golden visas, but also the sale of citizenship (which is done) indirectly through passports ", he explains over the phone. This is the case of Cyprus, but also of Malta and Bulgaria (among others), countries that have been under the scrutiny of Brussels and anti-corruption organizations such as Transparency International for years.
Under pressure from various investigations, Nicosia tightened the law on acquiring citizenship in July (which did not even require a language test or residency in the country), but it was "too late," Mavrou laments. Now Giegold believes satisfied that the Commission will open this infringement procedure "soon", which will start with a letter of notice to Nicosia, will continue with a complaint at the Court of Justice of the EU and will end, this German MEP hopes, with a sanction financial for the Mediterranean country. "Buying an identity is inadmissible," he exclaims. In fact, Christian Wigand, spokesman for Justice of the Commission, confirmed on Tuesday at a press conference in Brussels that they are "closely studying" opening this procedure against Cyprus, although, for now, Wigand is limited to asking the national authorities let them do their job in the investigations.
The latest episode that has made Nicosia move and permanently suspend this program, for which the country has raised some 7,000 million euros since its launch in 2013, is a video in which the President of Parliament himself, Dimitris Siluri , is fully involved in the passport purchase and sale plot. In the images, recorded with hidden cameras, Siluris is seen meeting with journalists posing as representatives of a fictitious Chinese successful businessman who would have fled the country and was sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison for bribery and money laundering. money. The reporters met with Siluris and AKEL parliamentarian Christakis Giovanis, as well as with lawyers and real estate agents, to negotiate a Cypriot passport for him within the Citizenship by Investment scheme, reports Efe. "You can tell him, without mentioning my name or anyone else's, that he will have the full support of Cyprus. At any level. Political, economic, social, anything goes? "Says Siluris in the video.
The same chain had put this program under the magnifying glass in the summer in its investigation The Cyprus Papers, a work in which the identities of those investors who were allegedly buying community passports were revealed: Russian oligarchs, wealthy businessmen Chinese, Vietnamese, Americans, British, Israelis, Palestinians, Saudis, Cambodians, Afghans and even the brother of former Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, one of the richest men in Lebanon. Many of them, classified as Politically Exposed Persons (PEP, in its acronym in English), were accused of money laundering, corruption and embezzlement in their countries and found a kind of hiding place on this island. "Cyprus has been the back door to the EU for criminals and people with criminal records", says Mavrou convinced, who also, citing a 2019 report from the Cypriot Ministry of Finance, reveals that those 7,000 million euros have not had an impact on the economy of the country as a whole, but a good part of the proceeds has gone to the hands of a few. "On the coast of Limassol (in the south of the island), for example, you can see skyscrapers that are part of the real estate investments that a foreigner could make to obtain citizenship (…) There are usually more Russians there", he illustrates.
Ava Lee, head of anti-corruption campaigns at Global Witness, one of the organizations that, like Transparency International, has been denouncing these practices for years, welcomes Nicosia's braking of the Citizenship by Investment scheme, but believes that "while other Member States of the EU continue to offer visas, passports and citizenship to anyone with money to spare, the whole EU will remain at risk, "he wrote in an email. "It is time, once and for all, for the whole of Europe to come together to agree that citizenship is more than often dirty money."
Many countries hit by the Great Recession saw citizenship grant programs as a legal opportunity to improve their economy. This was the case of Malta, which, together with Bulgaria and Portugal, continues to be scrutinized by Brussels and an anti-corruption NGO. In Spain, however, the Government of Mariano Rajoy approved in 2013 a law by which foreigners could obtain a visa and residence in exchange for the purchase of houses of more than 500,000 euros. It is the so-called golden visa that, unlike the Cypriot case, does not set off alarms in Brussels since nationality is not used as a purchase asset.
"In the end they are business models to get money, but that is not an excuse to accept this and become a criminal", says the German MEP. In a recent report, Giegold also adds northern countries like Latvia as common places where non-EU citizens engage in money laundering. "For too long, black money has been flowing to Europe through the residency and citizenship programs of some EU states that have not been careful and endanger the internal security (of the EU)", has launched this Wednesday this MEP in a statement urging the European Council and the German Government, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU until 2021, to take more severe measures.
At the moment no one has been officially charged in Cyprus, although the deputy Giovanis resigned on Tuesday night, becoming the first and, for the moment, the only one who has assumed his political responsibility in the plot. "We are asking for the indictment of all those who have had something to do with this scheme," insists Mavrou. "This goes beyond the reputation [of the country]. It's about being taken seriously. That they respect us as a State ", he concludes.
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Tom, Tom, Tom...I can't believe that you, a supposedly learned man are teaching things of which you know not. You recite a ridiculous Protestant doctrine that says that Mary didn't remain a virgin and that Jesus actually had brothers & sisters!
In the New American Bible's English translation of the Gospel of St. Mark we do indeed read about the crowd asking, "Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary, a brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Aren't His sisters our neighbors here?" (Mk 6:3) A similar reference occurs earlier in Mk 3:31: "His mother and brothers arrived...."
The problem emerges in understanding the meaning of the word brother. In the original text of the Gospel, we find the Greek word adelphos, meaning brother, used. However, adelphos does not just mean blood brothers born of the same parents. Rather, adelphos was used to describe brothers not born of the same parents, like a half-brother or stepbrother. The word also described other relationships, like cousins, nephews, etc.
For example, in Genesis 13:8 and 14:16, the word adelphos was used to describe the relationship between Abraham and Lot; however, these two men did not share a brother relationship, but one of uncle and nephew.
Actually, the confusion originates in Hebrew and Aramaic, the languages of most of the original Old Testament texts and of Christ. In these languages, no special word existed for cousin, nephew, half-brother, or step-brother; so they used the word brother or a circumlocution, such as in the case of a cousin, "the son of the brother of my father." When the Old Testament was translated into Greek and the New Testament written in Greek, the word adelphos was used to capture all of these meanings. So in each instance, we must examine the context in which the title is used. In all, the confusion arises in English because of the lack of distinct terms for relatives in the Hebrew and Aramaic, and the usage of the Greek adelphos to signify all of these relations.
Therefore, as Catholics, based on Sacred Scripture and Tradition, we do not believe that Mary and Joseph had other children and consequently that Jesus had any blood brothers or sisters.
Bible Answer: Hi Laurance. Your argument about the brothers and sisters of Jesus are very lame. You mentioned that the Greek word, adelphos, means both relatives and brothers. Then you quoted the Hebrew in Genesis 13:8. How can you quote from the Greek in Mark and the quote the Hebrew in Genesis 13:8 and say those are the same words. I give you the benefit of the doubt that you meant the Greek Septuagint.
adephos (ad-el-fos'); from 1 (as a connective particle) and delphus (the womb); a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote [much like 1]: KJV-- brother.
So the word adelphos comes from the word "womb". This clearly places his brothers and sisters as coming from the same womb that Jesus came from.
You made an argument that there were no other Greek words that could have been used to speak of relatives; however that is not true. Consider Luke 1:36: "Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month."
The Greek word "relative", sometimes translated cousin, is the word suggenes. Strongs defines it as the following: "suggenes (soong-ghen-ace'); a relative (by blood); by extension, a fellow countryman: KJV-- cousin, kin (-sfolk, -sman)."
You notice the word sugGENES has the word "genes" which can mean brother and sister, but it can also mean any relative that shares genes with you. Cousin's have similar genes, that's why we often look like our cousins.
You see, your Roman Church, tells you that there are not any Greek words for cousin or relative. You said, "No special word existed for cousin, nephew, half-brother, or step-brother; so they used the word brother or a circumlocution, such as in the case of a cousin, 'the son of the brother of my father.'" However I've just shown you the Greek word suggenes. So your argument does not stand, since there was a another Greek word for relative.
The Bible is very clear: Mary had more children after Christ was born. "When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus" (Matt 1:24-25). Notice that Joseph did not have "union with her until she gave birth." It did not say "no union for life" but "until". It is clear he waited until the birth before he began to fulfill his conjugal vows to Mary. This passage is quite clear.
Matthew 13:55-56 also confirms Jesus had brothers and sister: "'Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren't all his sisters with us?'" Notice both Mary and Joseph are mentioned along with Jesus brothers and sisters. There is no way to read anything except that they were Jesus' brothers and sisters through the same parents. The language of the passage would not make sense if they were referring only to Jesus relatives, since they link them with the same parents.
"While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, 'Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.' He replied to him, 'Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?' Pointing to his disciples, he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother" (Matt 12:46-50).
This passage would not make sense if Jesus brothers and sisters were cousins, because Jesus uses His natural relationship with them to point out our spiritual relationship with Him; for He says, "Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother." If the words "brother and sister" means cousin, then Jesus was calling his disciples, "cousins", and not brothers and sisters; the interpretation nullifies the intent of Jesus' words. Surely, Laurance, you can see that! Jesus really meant that we are his "brothers, sisters and mother" if we do the will of His father in heaven.
Mary was a virgin at the time of Jesus conception and birth. That is what matters. But Roman Catholics want to make Mary as Co-Redeemer, Mediator of all Graces and Advocate for the people of God. Mary has become a goddess in the Roman Catholic church, and that is idolatry--anyway you look at it.
One final note: I have a deep respect and honor for Mary, the mother of our Lord. Do not misread my statements as being disrespectful of Mary, because I believe she is the most important woman ever born, and she has the eternal distinction of bearing the Son of God in her womb. I call her "blessed."
married couples: "Be fruitful and increase in number" (Genesis 1:28). If Mary and Joseph did not attempt to be fruitful and multiply, that, in itself, would have been disobedience to God's command to the human race. So there is nothing wrong with Mary having children, after giving birth to Jesus.
It is not a sin for a wife to procreate--rather, it is a woman's glory--for a wife to bear children. In the Old Testament, bearing children was considered a blessing of God's favor. I believe Mary obeyed God's command to be "fruitful and multiply", and her many sons and daughters were proof of God's favor on her. God gave Mary more children as gifts for her sacrifice in bearing the Son of God.


Have you ever been so scared by a passage in the Bible that you could not sleep at night? This has happened to me more than once, most recently by this passage in Matthew.
Sometimes reading that passage makes me stop and think "Is that talking about me?" When I die, will Jesus say to me 'Well done good and faithful servant,' or will He say 'Depart from me, I never knew you?'" This question can be scary, very scary.
For one, you do not want to be doing everything you can to serve God, only to find out you missed out on the most important thing, the treasure that God actually wanted from you. But also you do not want to go through life thinking that everything is fine, only to reach the final moments and find out your one way ticket to heaven was nothing more than a sham, sold to you by Satan and your betraying flesh.
When a Christian says he or she is "saved", what does that mean? What is it exactly that we are saved from?
The most obvious answer that comes to mind is that we are saved from hell, to heaven (John 3:16). But more than that, we are saved from sin, to righteousness – to good and righteous works God has called us to do (Romans 6:18, 22, 2 Timothy 1:9, Ephesians 2:10). But one of the most important things we are saved for, is for the glory of God. That's right, we are saved so that God can get glory (Romans 15:7, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Philippians 2:9-11).
How many people will be saved? Not many.
Salvation is important. It brings God glory, empowers us to do the good work God has for us, and it saves us from the damnation we deserve. But it is clear that only a few will find it, and many will think they have found it but will be deceived (Matthew 7:21-23).
For this reason Paul tells us to examine ourselves to make sure that we are saved.
This brings us to a crucial point. The few passages we have looked at so far makes it seem like faith and works are the same thing. But they are not.
This passage shows us there is a difference between faith and works. Faith saves us, not works. Remember the first passage we looked at, Jesus rebuked people who were doing good works, but lacked faith, lacked a relationship with Jesus. Jesus said "I never knew you" which shows us that it is the relationship God wants from us, not our works of healing, casting out demons, building churches, or giving to the poor.
Those passages make it clear that it is only by faith that we are saved, our works mean nothing. So are works not important?
Actually, works are crucial to a Christian's faith. "Wait a second" you are thinking, "You just said works mean nothing, we are not saved by works and all our good works of righteousness are as filthy rags, how can they, at the same time, be crucial to a Christian?" It does seem a bit contradictory at first, but dig deeper in to scriptures.
So we are saved by faith, not by works, yet faith without works is dead and such a faith does not save you… confused yet? Just hang on a little bit longer.
This is a cause and effect situation here. What came first, the chicken or the egg? Which comes first, the faith or the works?
And there Matthew sums this all up so nicely for us. When we accept Christ, when we put faith in Him, something real happens, we are literally changed, transformed, the old person has passed away and a new being is created (2 Corinthians 5:17). This does not mean that we never sin (that topic will be covered in another article). The only way we can be sin free is to be in a new body, as long as we are trapped in these earthly bodies we will sin (Romans 7).
But our spirit is made new and the Holy Spirit indwells within us. It is this which gives us the desires to do good works and gives us the ability to do good works. Good works do not save us but they are the evidence that we are saved.
Just as a good tree only produces good fruit, a Christian, someone who is saved by faith, produces good works. Not because the works are required for salvation or give us merit at all, but because our nature changes completely. It is something we can not help.
When I was in college – several years ago – I was a math major. In High school I could do math without a calculator. I could solve the most complex calculations in my math class with nothing more than an occasional scratch piece of paper, but I could not write to save my life.
Just recently I took an algebra class and struggled through it. I could not comprehend the math. I barely got a B in Algebra and Trig, and ended up getting a C in my pre-calculus class. But I aced every one of my English and writing classes and (so I am told) I write fairly well.
This is an example of my nature changing. I went from being a math wiz to being a writer. No amount of work on my part can change what I am. I can practice and get by at math, but it will not come as naturally as writing does to me now.
In the same way a Christian cannot defy his or her nature. When we are still stuck in sin we cannot do good works except by our effort, it was a struggle, but now, after salvation, the good works are a natural response, just like breathing.
This shows how it is possible that works are important to our faith and salvation but do not save us, because they have nothing to do with the salvation part, they are just an example of that salvation.
How do I examine myself?
So how then, do we go about examining ourselves? The only thing I can say is to pray and read the Bible. Examine your life, your actions, your check book (where you spend your money), your thoughts, everything, against scripture. Are you living in sin that needs to be repented of? Are you doing works in the church on a daily basis but missing that relationship with God? Are you doing good works but feel that it is a burden to you?
Examine yourself, see what is keeping you from having a relationship with God, what is keeping you from the Bible. Use natural works, the ones you enjoy and are not a pain to perform to see if it is a natural response or something you are (subconsciously) trying to fake.
Romans 10:17 says that "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." I cannot stress enough how important the word of God is in our seeking God. Read it every day, even more often in times of examining yourself spiritually.
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Hanwell Town Football Club are a semi-professional football club representing Hanwell, but currently playing in Perivale in the London Borough of Ealing, England. They were the London Spartan League Senior Division champions in 1983 and the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division champions in 2014. The club is affiliated to the Middlesex County Football Association.

History
The club was formed in 1920 by a group of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne who were working in the Hanwell area, who adopted the famous black and white stripes of Newcastle United as their colours.  They played in the London League during the 1920s but dropped down to more local leagues after World War II, where they remained for over twenty years.

In 1970 the club made the step up to the Middlesex County League and by the early 80s were playing in the London Spartan League. In 1983–84 they were Senior Division champions and were promoted to the Premier Division.  During their time in the London Spartan league premier Division the club reached the final of the London Senior Cup three times in a row from the 1991–92 season to the 1993–94 season winning it twice. It was also in this period that the club made their debut in the FA Cup in the 1988–89 season, making it to the Second Qualifying round, losing to Wembley 1–0 at home.

When the league amalgamated with the South Midlands League in 1998, Hanwell were placed in the Premier Division South but after the league's initial transitional season, a reorganisation saw them moved down into the Senior Division. They immediately won promotion back to the Premier Division where they remained until reorganisation of the non-league system in 2006 saw them placed in the new Southern League Division One South and West. In their first season in this division they finished second bottom and were relegated. The club were then jointly managed by former player Keith Rowlands (the club's leading scorer) and Boysie Wise who succeeded Chris Boothe in May 2008. Wise left at the end of the 2009–10 season.  The team was then managed by club leading scorer Keith Rowlands but after sliding into the relegation places by December 2011 Rowlands resigned. He was replaced by Tommy Williams.  The club finished in 21st place but was saved from relegation because no club came down from Step 4 of the football pyramid to the Spartan South Midlands League.

Williams left the club at the end of the season and was succeeded by former manager Ray Duffy, returning for his second spell in charge.  Duffy, with the assistance of his four sons and nephew playing in the team led the club to a sixth-place finish in his first season back. In 2014 they won the Spartan League Premier Division title by 14 points, going the whole season losing just one league game and were promoted back to the Southern League for the first time since 2006–07.  In their first season back at this level, Hanwell finished in 7th place, the highest position the club has been in the football pyramid, while the club were also runners up in the Middlesex Senior Cup having lost 1-0 in the final to Harrow Borough. Ray Duffy and coach Mark Adams stood down at the end of the season being replaced by Phil Granville, assisted by Dave Tilbury who arrived from Harefield United.

In November 2015, despite leading Hanwell Town to the third qualifying round of the FA Cup - the furthest the club have ever been, manager Phil Granville and assistant Dave Tilbury parted company with Hanwell after just six months in charge with the club in 18th place. On 30 November 2015, returning to the side just a few months after leaving was Ray Duffy for a third spell as manager, assisted by Mark Adams. The second half of the season proved difficult leaving the club third from bottom going into the last week of the season, but after two victories Hanwell finished 20th on 39 points.  At the end of the 2017–18 season, as a result of structural changes by the FA to Step 4 of the non-league pyramid, the club was moved laterally to the Isthmian League, South Central Division.

At the end of the 2021–22 season, Hanwell were promoted after beating Chertsey Town 3-2 after extra time to win the Isthmian South Central Division play-off final. It means Hanwell will play Step 3 football for the first time in their history, with the team placed in the 2022–23 Southern Premier Division South.

In May 2022, joint-manager Wayne Carter left Hanwell to take up the manager's position at Isthmian South Central side Chertsey Town - leaving Chris Moore in sole charge.

Ground

Hanwell Town play their home games at The Powerday Stadium in Perivale.

Hanwell moved to the ground (also known as Reynolds Field) in 1981 after over twenty years playing at the Ealing Central Sports Ground.  Floodlights were installed in 1989 and inaugurated with a match against Tottenham Hotspur, since then a stand and disabled facilities have been added.  More recent additions to the ground include the newly built Bob Fisher Stand in honour of the current chairman who has been with the club for sixty years.

Players

Current squad

Backroom staff

Directors
President: Dave Iddiols
Chairman: Bob Fisher
Vice Chairman: Dhali Dhaliwal
CEO: Nigel Hunt
Patron: Steve Pound
Club Secretary: Clive Cooke

Club staff

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Honours
Spartan South Midlands League
Premier Division champions 2013–14
London Spartan League
Senior Division champions 1983–84
Middlesex County League
League Cup winners 1969–70
London Senior Cup:
 Winners 1991–92, 1992–93
Middlesex Senior Cup:
 Winners 2020–21

Records
Best league performance: 7th in Southern League Division One Central, 2014–15
Best FA Cup performance: Third qualifying round, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2022–23
Best FA Trophy performance: Second qualifying round, 2006–07, 2016–17
Best FA Vase performance: Fourth round, 2013–14
Record attendance: 600 vs Tottenham Hotspur, friendly, 1989
Most appearances: Phil Player, 617
Most goals: Keith Rowlands

See also
Hanwell Town F.C. players

References

External links
Official website

Sport in the London Borough of Ealing
Football clubs in England
Association football clubs established in 1920
Spartan South Midlands Football League
Southern Football League clubs
Football clubs in London
1920 establishments in England
Isthmian League
Spartan League
London League (football)


Changing calendars is much more than just turning a page on the calendar. The new year is a time to start again and keep up with all the changes that occur all over the world.
It begins with: the new year's resolutions, goals, the rebirth of hope that fades away as the months come and go and become complete every January. But it is not only by the latent emotion, taking more physical and visible forms; and manifesting itself in aspects as sumptuous as fashion and decoration.
With regard to the organisation and layout of interiors, trends for 2018 are simply fabulous and promise to make mandatory changes to your home décor.
So that you do not miss out on making the changes in the decoration of your home this year, we leave you some unmissable suggestions that will make all the difference in your home.
This is the promise of the long awaited return of the green colours to the top of the year trends. Green, particularly in its darker variants, promises to bring a natural connection to the rooms.
From this tone, we can take the freshness of the trees, mixed with balance and harmony. In order for this to happen, it will not be necessary for you to paint the rooms. This is a colour that suits any space and can be included into furniture and decorative pieces.
As it was already stated by the strong presence of green, and to please lovers of conservative simplicity, this colour brings with it the return of earthy tones and praise the natural world. The brown wooden colour will be in vogue again in 2018, ranging from brown to cherry.This is the ideal time to choose the woody patterns of wallpaper or to invest in rustic living room furniture.
To mention infinity is, to some extent, to mention universe ... and how does one talk about this without thinking of the Cosmos?It is true, besides the earth (with a lowercase and uppercase), also the contemplative and cosmic look serves as inspiration for the decoration of the spaces of our houses. The romantic and optimistic tones leap from garden nights to look at the starry sky into the interiors of the homes.Do not forget to opt on gold and silver objects, metallic or chrome ... or, perhaps, to paint some walls in nightly shades. If you prefer, you can also use the textiles to give this cosmic finish to the house, using the blues, violets or the most unusual shades.


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L'essai Los Angeles permet de mesurer les résistances combinées aux chocs et à la détérioration progressive par frottement réciproques des éléments d'un granulat. Ce mode opératoire s'applique aux granulats utilisés pour la constitution des chaussées et bétons hydrauliques.

La norme européenne EN 1097-2 décrit l'essai Los Angeles.

Description de la machine Los Angeles
La machine Los Angeles comporte :
 Un cylindre creux en acier de  d'épaisseur, fermé à ses deux extrémités ayant un diamètre intérieur de  et une longueur intérieure de . Le cylindre est porté par deux axes horizontaux fixés à ses deux parois latérales, mais ils n'entrent pas à l'intérieur du cylindre. Sur toute la longueur du cylindre, on trouve une ouverture de  de largeur qui permet d'introduire l'échantillon. Au cours de l'essai, cette ouverture est bouchée hermétiquement aux poussières par un couvercle immobile tel que la surface intérieure reste cylindrique ;
 Une tablette en saillie placée à  du rebord du couvercle. Elle est démontable, en acier dur et de section rectangulaire. Elle repose suivant un plan diamétral, le long d'une génératrice et est fixée par des boulons sur les parois latérales ;
 Un moteur assurant au tambour de la machine une vitesse de rotation comprise entre 30 et 33 tours par minute ;
 Un bac destiné à ramasser les matériaux après l'essai ;
 Un compte-tours de type rotatif, arrêtant au nombre de tours voulu ;
 Une charge qui est constituée par des boulets sphériques de  de diamètre et pesant 420 et . Ces boulets ne doivent pas s'user de façon asymétrique.

Principe de l'Essai
Il consiste à mesurer la quantité d'éléments inférieurs à 1,6 mm produite en soumettant le matériau aux chocs de boulets et aux frottements réciproques de la machine Los Angeles.pour cela il évolue pendant l'essai.
La granularité du matériau soumis à l'essai est choisie parmi six classes granulaires qui sont :
 4/6,3 mm
 6,3/10 mm
 10/14 mm
 10/25 mm
 16/31,5 mm
 25/50 mm
Selon le type de granularité, la masse de la charge de boulets varie si M est la masse du  matériau soumis à l'essai, M1 est la masse des éléments supérieurs à 1,6 mm produits au cours de l'essai qui est égouttée et séchée à l'étuve jusqu'à poids constant. On définit alors le coefficient Los Angeles LA qui est un pourcentage en masse du rapport des éléments passant aux tamis de 1,6 et la masse initiale sèche.

LA= 100 x (M-M1)/M

LA : c'est la résistance à la fragmentation par chocs et par frottements réciproques des éléments du granulats.

Mode opératoire
L'essai est mis en route en exécutant à la machine 500 rotations à une vitesse comprise entre 30 et 35 tr/min pour toutes les classes sauf la classe 25-50 mm où le nombre de rotation est de 1000.

Après l'essai on emporte les granulats et on les ramasse dans le bac placé sous l'appareil pour éviter les pertes des granulats, il faut apporter l'ouverture au-dessus de ce bac.

On blute le matériau contenu dans le bac sur le tamis de 1,6 mm puis on lave le refus à 1,6 mm dans un autre bac et on le verse dans le bac troué. Dès que le refus est séché à l'étuve alors on détermine les poids de la pesée M1,et on calcule alors le coefficient Los Angeles  :

LA= 100 x (M-M1)/M

Liens externes
Essai Los Angeles

Références

Essai sur granulats
Matériau de construction
Signalisation routière horizontale


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Kate Sutton-Johnson is a freelance set designer based in the Twin Cities. She specializes in environmental, exhibit, and stage design for both live events and permanent installations. Some of her ongoing clients include the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (MN), the Indiana Repertory Theatre (IN); the Children's Theatre Company (MN); Interact Theatre (MN ); 5th Avenue Theatre (WA); Guthrie Theater (MN); Weston Playhouse (VT); Mixed Blood Theatre Company (MN); Stages Theatre Company (MN); and Florida Stage (FL) among others. Additionally, Kate has taught design as a guest instructor at a number of colleges and universities including the University of Minnesota, Hamline University, Augsburg College, and Macalester College. She was the recipient of the 2007 Ivey Award for Emerging Artist. Kate grew up in Richmond, Virginia and went on to study set design at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where she graduated in 2002.
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The Women's Freedom League heartily congratulates Mrs. F.N. Hall and her husband, who have made a splendid protest against the taxation of unrepresented women. The auctioneer, who is in sympathy with the suffragists, refused to take commission. The following interesting particulars are sent by Mrs. Hall.
The Tax which my husband and I resisted was the Property Tax. This comes under Income-tax, Schedule A. The Income-tax Act of 1842, Section 45, which still holds good, stipulates that no married woman shall be held liable for taxation. It reads: "Provided always that the profits of any married woman living with her husband shall be deemed to be the profits of the husband and the same shall be charged in the name of the husband and not in her name nor of her trustee." Therefore it is easily seen that all demands made upon a married woman for payment of taxes, all attempts to enforce payment for same, or even to ask her to furnish particulars of her property or income are absolutely illegal on the part of the Somerset House officials and thus they themselves become law-breakers. Such unscrupulous proceedings of the Treasury officials have time after time been made known to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the sufferers themselves, the Executive of the W.F.L. and the Women's Tax-Resistance League on behalf of married women, and also through questions asked and debated on by Members in the House of Commons — all so far without result. Year after year this Government Department still continues (illegally) to take advantage of the ignorance of married women to the extent of nearly £2,000,000, and I for one conscientiously and deliberately refuse, at any price, to condone this unjust and tyrannical misuse of power. The Government must either carry out this Statute-Section 45 of the Income-tax Act and obtain these taxes direct from the person liable — i.e., the husband, or they must repeal the Law of Coverture on which this Statute is based and allow the Married Woman's Property Act of 1882 (which in all these cases they deliberately ignore) to take its place — they cannot play fast and loose with both laws to suit themselves. Under the Married Woman's Property Act a taxpayer is dealt with as a person; under the Law of Coverture she does not exist. It is to establish the principle that I am a person and that my taxation must carry along with it representation that I refuse now, and ever shall refuse, to pay one penny towards taxation until "imperial votes" are given to women taxpayers as well as to men taxpayers.