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Texas FBI Agent Training and Education
Texas is the second largest state in the US and this means the FBI in Texas have lots of territories to police which by extension also makes for great FBI job opportunities and experiences. Texas has lots of job offers in their four field offices (Dallas, El Paso, San Antonio, and Houston) as well as 25 satellite offices in Texas.
FBI professionals assigned to the Texas locale protect the state from criminal actions and dangerous security threats. Some of the Texas FBI's domestic priorities include:
Protecting civil rights
Combating public corruption
Fighting organized crime
Fighting white-collar crime
Fighting pedophilia/child pornography
Combating kidnappings, serial murders, bank robberies and assassinations
If you are in Texas and you would like to know how to get into the FBI then this article is just for you.
Basic Requirements Needed to Become an FBI Agent in Texas
Professional Staffer or Support Position
Special agents are the backbone of the FBI and as such are required to undergo certain thorough and rigorous training and application regimen before they can be employed by the agency. This training is essential as it facilitates their ability to work as field experts on high profile crimes and several other investigations needing the FBI's attention. Below is a list of requirements necessary to become an FBI Special Agent in Texas.
Candidate must be a citizen of the United States of America or a citizen of Northern Marina Island
Candidates are also required to be proficient in English as well as some other languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Somali, and Farsi etc.
Support Positions, on the other hand, do not have to undergo as much rigorous training as Special Agents. The support positions are for FBI agents who would not be involved actively in the field or engage in FBI Special Agent Duties. While Support Position Staffers are not exactly as prestigious as the special agents, they keep the agency running as they assist Special Agents via clerical, administrative and maintenance services. The essential requirements to become an FBI Support staff in Texas are;
Support Positions available in Texas
Computer Specialists
Fingerprint Specialists
Crime Scene Specialists
Lab Technicians
Intelligence Research Specialists
Linguists
Here are a few FBI positions available to Special Agents in Texas.
Different Positions Within the FBI for Special Agents in Texas
Evidence Recovery and Processing: These teams are responsible for evidence collection at crime scenes as well as analyzing this evidence for clues concerning a case. Crime scene evidence varies from DNA samples to bullets, blood, fingerprints and other items found near or at the crime scene(s)
Hazardous Materials: Hazardous materials (HAZMAT) experts are responsible for overseeing the handling of biological, chemical and radiological hazardous materials and waste.
Bomb Recovery and Analysis: The bomb specialists are tasked with the responsibility of identifying possible explosive materials and detonating them
Linguists or Translators: Linguists are required to be fluent in spoken and written English and at least one foreign language of their choice. Prior to employment, linguists are subject to a series of tests such as listening and reading tests, translation tests, and speaking
Cyber Crimes Division: The cyber crimes division of the FBI is usually made up of Analysts, Computer Scientists, and Forensic Examiners.
Tactical Operation: As a part/section of the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group, the Tactical Operations Division has the following positions
Hostage Rescue Team *Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
Sniper/ Observer *Enhanced SWAT
Tactical Mobility Team *Tactical Helicopter Teams
Crisis Negotiation Unit *Special Agent Bomb Technician.
Candidates of the FBI (Texas Inclusive) are required to meet certain degree requirements. FBI Special Agent candidates must have at least a Bachelors Degree in a relevant field and from an accredited 4 year University.
Major Cities in Texas
There are 4 field offices and 25 satellite offices located in Texas.
Dallas: The Dallas Field Office along with its 12 satellite offices covers 137 counties, 9 million people, and approximately 125,000 square miles. The Dallas office houses the FBI's National Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory which carries out full-service forensics on digital evidence seized from crime scenes.
Houston: The Houston field office along with its 6 satellite offices covers 40 counties. Houston has a HAZMAT team which offers a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program. The idea of this program is to host regional training for first responders.
San Antonio: The San Antonio office along with its 6 satellite offices covers 59 counties and about 500 miles of the US-Mexico border. The San Antonio field office has a Victim Assistance team which provides support to victims who have as a result of a federal crime suffered harm.
El Paso: The El Paso field office has 12 satellite offices covering 17 counties. The FBI division in El Paso boasts a highly-trained 18-member SWAT team which comprises of assaulters, explosives breachers, snipers, certified rappel masters for rope operations, as well as air officers in charge of helicopter operations. The El Paso office has a 10-member Tactical Operations Center which provides command and control support.
FBI Training Programs and Schools in Texas
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Visit Cornwall often runs competitions offering holidays as prizes and all you have to do in return is sign up for its newsletter. The current competition is: Win a seven-night family holiday in St ives Bay Holiday Park! Closing date 31 March.
Practical Caravan and Practical Motorhome magazines regularly run prize draws to win camping accessories, tickets to camping shows, travel guide books and more. Check the websites regularly and enter online!
Whether you're off to the Isle of Wight, France, Spain or Holland, find the latest ferry offers from a number of ferry companies by going to aferry.co.uk.
Now's a good time to book your ferries for later in the year. For instance if you book by 28 February you can save 20 per cent on Dover-Calais crossings with DFDS Seaways.
Some holiday parks offer last minute deals, for instance Gwel an Mor Holiday Park in Cornwall has a special offer page to keep your eye on. This park has just won Silver in the South West Tourism Awards' Holiday Park of the Year category.
If you have no children, we haven't forgotten you – why not take a romantic spring break for two? Even if you do have young children, perhaps your parents will look after them so you can enjoy some special time together as a couple. The Park Mawgan Porth's current offer is to rent a one-bedroom eco-lodge with a woodburner and hot tub at £49 per person per night. You'll get Champagne and chocolates, pampering in the spa and dinner at the Park Café thrown in. If you've stayed on this beautiful five-star holiday park before, why not review The Park Mawgan Porth on Caravan Sitefinder?
Check Haven's website for regular holiday park offers.
Static caravans from £16,000 are available to buy at this attractive caravan park overlooking the bay. The park has a lovely child-friendly indoor swimming pool, bar, restaurant, family entertainment, mini-golf and more. This holiday park reopens in March.
At £45 for the three-day bank holiday weekend, the reader rally run by Practical Caravan and Practical Motorhome magazines is a real bargain and a lot of fun for couples, families and dogs alike.
Dates vary around Britain, so please check your child's school holiday dates with the school itself or the local education authority in your area. A few extra teacher training days (INSET days) a year may be announced at the discretion of the school. Here are the approximate dates (not counting the weekends and bank holidays).
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A week last Friday I took Mrs AlistairL out for a Fish Tea at the Tailend restaurant in Albert Place. Alegedly related to the management of the Anstruther place at one time, they managed to squeeze us in without a table booking and the fish and chips was excellent. The dining room is a bit small, so look it up in advance and book. Recommended.
Had a lovely brunch with Mrs AlistairL at S Luca in Morningside, she had the Vegetarian, I went for the French again with extra bacon (poached egg, bacon, muffin with Hollandaise sauce – yum).
I've stepped in to the breach at work and volunteered to take an exam at short notice (for me). I am booked to sit 70-630 TS: MOSS 2007, Configuring on Monday 8th September.
I bought a rorty exhaust for the RS from ebay this week (a bargain). Work are getting used to me carrying motorbike exhausts home from the office.
Cat MkII. After keeping her resolution not to have another cat, two weeks after the departure of Cat MkI I accompanied Mrs AlistairL to Dalkeith to meet a little female kitten being fostered with her brother and mother by the Lothian Cat Protection folks. After an hour of play we departed with a little 12 week old black male kitten who is now called Luey. He plays most of the time he is awake and sometimes will play fetch – bringing items back that you throw for him. His little black and white sister didn't want to play as much – apparently female cats can be like that.
New Tyres – put a set of new Bridgestone BT-021s on my bike, which is all back together and working after my tumble. Maybe I blogged about that.
Kung Fu Panda – Took Mrs AlistairL to see Kung Fu Panda at the IMAX in Glasgow. Enjoyed it and going to see the Dark Knight on Saturday at the same venue.
IAM Motorcycle Observing – I have been helping someone work towards their advanced test. They ride a Fireblade, I've not lost sight of them on the ride outs so far.
Shiny valve caps – I bought these as one of the other Motorcycle Observers said they were better (they have a seperate seal in them) but the young folks in my street seem to like taking them off my bike and car. After two weeks of replacing them every other day I have given up and gone back to black.
New Phone – After enjoying my Orange SPV M600, I have now got a black and shiny HTC Touch Diamond. Doesn't have a memory slot, but hangs together pretty good. Yes I know it is not an IPhone but neither was the price. Unfortunately the supply chain of accessories is as stuttery as the phone supply chain – I'm waiting on a cradle and one of those strange HTC extended USB cables.
SharePoint and Microsoft CRM – I did two courses in the last month or so, one on Microsoft CRM and another on MOSS 07, or SharePoint as we commonly call it. Both are superb products and I'm looking forward to using them.
Writing – I wrote a short article covering the Scottish IAM Motorcycle Senior Observer's day in April and it has been published along with a photograph I took on the day. They went in to the Motorcycle section of the summer 2008 edition of Advanced Driving Magazine, the members magazine for IAM Members.


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Chapter Eighteen — Darkness
Russ took a cab to the outskirts of the Plantation, and rendezvoused with Kirin on foot. She waited for him carrying his Micron uniform in a tidy pile. Thank you for small favors.
He took it, smiling down at her. "I'm gonna need this if I plan to stop Negator."
"So you know where he is?"
Russ nodded. "Hiding in plain sight. I never thought he could go back to looking like his old self. Worse, he's working with Phinneas."
"We should tell the others then. Maybe–"
"They already know and they don't care." Russ unbuttoned his shirt as he talked. "I think it's just you and me on this one. We need a way to beat him, destroy him and expose him as the phony he is all at once."
Kirin looked away shyly. "I don't know if I can do that. I mean I can undo the damage he's caused, with time… but–"
"We don't have time. Thankfully, I have all the time in the world. I know for a fact, Negator can't imitate anyone without being close to them. I know my powers better than he does, so I just need to set up a trap."
Content that Kirin wasn't looking he stripped and changed into his uniform. "Being with you is safe, he probably can't copy your abilities since it's magic. I also have a hunch he'll aim for Samantha and you first. You are the two that can take him out after all."
"I can't take anyone out," Kirin said.
"Well you can piss him off, that's enough. We need a way to mitigate the damage he's already done."
"Yes, well… about that…" Kirin squirmed uneasily.
"What's wrong, something I should know?"
"I think I know why Ray fired you. He's hurt."
"Hurt like sick, or hurt like forest soul is broken?" He stepped into her field of vision. He only had his chest plate left anyway.
"Negator got to Ray, he's just like the people in the city now."
That's not good. Russ contained his panic. If anyone could stop Ray, he was it. "No problem. I can beat him easy."
"Really? But he's so strong."
"Speed beats strength, Freda."
"I-it's weird to hear you call me that." Kirin said, pushing away a loose strand of hair.
"Better get used to it. No names in uniform, you're a full-fledged member of the ."
"Of course, Micron."
"So what do we need to do to heal Ray?"
"It's a ritual, it takes a long time. He also needs to be conscious."
"Oh sure, can't be a potion or something. Do we need to dress him in a grass skirt too? If the ritual fails we can make something on the side when it goes viral."
Kirin shook her head. "No grass skirt."
"It's a joke, you're supposed to laugh."
"But it wasn't funny."
"Everyone's a critic. Anyone one else infected?"
"Not that I know of." She closed her eyes and focused. "You have traces of the sickness on you. Did you run into Negator today?"
"Yeah. John Seiser is in full effect. I should probably get that checked."
Kirin relaxed. "It's fine. You're immune."
"Your spirit is strong. After an appropriate trial of the heart such things have no chance to harm you."
"Appropriate trial, huh? Guess all those boring board meetings finally paid off."
Kirin stepped closer, putting her hands on his arms. A gentle glow surrounded them. "You know what I'm talking about. Last year, Cirrimus tried to shatter our hearts and resolve. You almost submitted, but Ray helped pull you from the brink. It's time you returned the favor."
Russ did know exactly what she meant. After being pulled to the abyss of despair, it was hard to see anything as half as bleak. In reality fighting Ray scared him, but not because of his formidability. Part of Russ told him he deserved to be fired.
"Thanks," Russ said, smiling. "I needed that."
"I'm just telling you the truth."
"You're good at that. Right down to telling me my jokes aren't funny. Let's get to the city and end this."
Kirin folded back her wings and Russ picked her up. Leaving caution to the winds, he launched into the air. Russ distracted himself on the way, working through the possible scenarios. As long as he beat Ray to the city, he and Kirin could bring Negator to heel. The hard part would be pinning the whole ordeal on him.
It makes me miss Cirrimus' approach. See baddies, punch baddies.
"Look." Kirin pointed in the distance. Russ recognized the chopper immediately, flying low alongside three familiar cars.
The Macro Corp. was already on the move.
I can't let them see me. He glanced over to Kirin. He could go full speed and blink past them, but there was no way she would get through it unharmed. The long way around would be too slow and shrinking would make the distance too far.
"Ru—err… I mean Micron. Go ahead. I can catch up."
"But… I need your help," Russ said.
"I have my own methods. Trust me."
"All right." He let her go, she unfurled her wings and fluttered behind him. He wasted no time, charging full tilt towards the others. He poured his strength focus into the single intent of speed, but a twitch of hesitation tugged at him and his focus tightened.
The world slowed around him and the caravan crept by below him. This had never happened before, he achieved a heightened level of awareness. He was sure of it. Time crept by a fraction of the time it usually did. Ray sat in the passenger seat of the T-bird staring at the Big Easy skyline. Something seemed off about him, a coldness Russ didn't recognize.
Russ turned his gaze forward and spotted the reason for him impulse focus. A bird lingered inches from his face in midflight, a near inevitable impact. He twisted his body, wincing at the tug of momentum. He lessened his focus, just a touch and pulled up and over the bird. The world accelerated a bit, the bird flung aside by pure air displacement, struggling to right itself.
The adjustment in trajectory launched Russ skyward, careening towards the sky. In the blink of an eye he tore through the cloud layer. By the time he regained control, the clouds lingered hundreds of feet below him.
He slowed to an idle hover and pushed back crushing vertigo. The air was too thin. His power waned and gravity took hold of him. He was falling.
Russ struggled to remain conscious, the clouds brushed past and the cityscape below spiraled closer. He had nothing left, and he had already reached terminal velocity. Only one chance, sorry Kirin. He relaxed, straightening himself to a dive and welcomed the fall. Doing so let him focus on his breathing, recovering from the shock of the sonic boom.
He found his center and the world expanded around him. The shift in his body weight slowed him and the lessened air resistance gave him the illusion of increased speed, but he knew the truth of it. He twisted, easily carving a sloping path through the air and regained control inches from the ground—at least for him it was more like several feet.
Flittering to a nearby light post, he settled to the ground and struggled to catch his breath. He couldn't stay small for long. He had a lot to accomplish and Kirin wouldn't be able to cover much ground in a small state.
Russ sat on the spot, taking a moment to meditate. He had to find his center. He had only a precious few minute lead on the rest of the Macro Corp.
Odd light gathered around him, flitting about like tiny fireflies. He reached out to one, worried he had been hallucinating, but it only passed through his fingers. It gathered and formed together shaping a figure bathed in light. The light faded, revealing Kirin— and she was completely naked.
Russ turned away, scowling. Oh, right. Forgot about that.
Kirin snapped out of her trance and calmly covered herself.
"You can teleport?"
"Well, sort of," she said, blushing. "I can transport to you because of our bond."
"Sorry about shrinking without warning," Russ said.
"It's fine. I can't take my clothes with me anyway."
"That's… inconvenient. You need your costume."
"I can make new ones. I just need natural material. I don't have my communicator though."
"No problem. The park is close." Russ reached for her and hesitated. "Uh, is it all right?"
"It's fine. I trust you."
Russ took her and pushed onto the park. He left her in the branches of a tree and confirmed the area as clear. He traded nods with her, and returned to normal size. He stood guard at the base of the tree, vaguely aware of the gentle glow of her Druidic magic. She floated to the ground, clad in a fresh garb made of woven leaves and wood.
She raised a hand to her chest, offering a shallow bow to the tree. "Thank you, I'll return as soon as I can."
Russ scratched his cheek. "Yeah, thanks tree-bro. So, here's the plan. Negator is disguised as his old self. I'm pretty sure it's just an illusion. We need to lure him into a public place and disrupt his disguise. I doubt anyone will believe an evil shadowy jerk."
"I can do that," Kirin said. "But how do we lure him out."
"No problem. I—" Russ reached for his phone, and found nothing. He left it in his clothes. "Wow. I never thought that excuse would ever be real. No problem, I can call him from home—"
Crap. Jett. Can't be helped. I guess Jett is getting a surprise visit from Micron.
"So, we're gonna visit a friend."
"What? Now?"
"Jett's a friend of Ray's. Old roommate actually." He waved her to follow. They flew through the skyline, keeping out of sight of traffic.
"I thought we weren't supposed to use our names."
"Well, he's gonna know the instant he lays eyes on me. The Clark Kent thing only goes so far."
"Who's Clark Kent?"
Russ chuckled. On the way to the apartment, Kirin got her first real lesson on superheroes.
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Two Big Ideas for 2021
In 2021, we expect our models to recommend an extended underweight in US Equities and an overweight in Small Caps, particularly Europe, The US underweight is controversial and has often been wrong, but investors need to know that we have been significantly overweight for most of the last 10 years. The underweight worked well in the recoveries of 2003-04 and 2009, and we participated on both occasions. The same is true of our overweight on Small Caps, which is our preferred way of playing the economic recovery and equity rotation at the same time. [Read More... ]
The Meaning of Boris
The result of the UK election has made the country more attractive to international equity investors, but not to domestic investors, except in the sense that equities everywhere have become more attractive relative to fixed income. We do have substantial overweight positions in cyclical sectors like Industrials, but these are funded by underweights in other cyclical sectors like Materials. We expect to upgrade Small Caps to overweight in the near future, but we have already done so in Japan and the Eurozone. It's all a bit underwhelming. But our models are clear that if you think that the UK will prosper outside the EU, you should buy Ireland. [Read More... ]
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
Nothing has happened to move the dial on any of our major themes; so this a time for housekeeping and some small ideas. The three we have chosen are: reducing exposure to the Energy sector, using Spanish government bonds as the safe-haven against election shocks in Europe, and increasing exposure to UK and Eurozone Small Caps. [Read More... ]
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Our US equity model has suddenly started dumping defensives and buying cyclicals and Financials. It looks as though US investors are rolling the dice again. Their only hope of outperforming in a dull year is to generate some alpha in their US equity portfolio, but it's a low conviction trade. [Read More... ]
When Eurozone investors are a lot more bullish about global equities than their US counterparts, we start to get nervous. There are structural reasons for this behaviour, but it can be a sign that a correction in equity markets is on the way. [Read More... ]
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Small Caps are often a good indicator of investors' attitude to equity risk. This week we launch a new set of sector models including Small Caps for all the main equity regions. The message is not encouraging. Small Caps are ranked last or second last in every region apart from Japan, where they were ranked in the bottom two until last week. This is like a chorus of canaries tweeting that there is gas in the mine. [Read More... ]
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It is a common misconception, but US Small Caps are more closely correlated to the value style, not the growth style. They also tend to underperform when monetary policy is being tightened. GDP growth does not lead to Small Cap outperformance. [Read More... ]
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Our war in Syria continues. And we are slowly winning
18.10.2013 Category: RussiaAuthor: admin
April 13, 2013 Alexander Gorbenko
First — paragraph officialdom. In the Mediterranean Sea are the new ships of the Russian Navy. Troop ships of the Northern Fleet as part of a large anti-submarine ship (BPK) "Severomorsk", rescue tug "Altai" and tanker "Dubna", passed the Suez Canal. Northern Fleet completed their anti-piracy watch and now join the permanent grouping of our fleet in the Mediterranean. A little earlier from the Pacific Ocean was sent a detachment of ships as part of a large anti-submarine ship "Admiral Panteleev", two large amphibious ships (BDK) "Relight" and "Admiral Nevel," tanker "Pechenga" and salvage tug "Photios Krylov." They will practice combat interaction with ships of other navies. This is done in the framework of the new permanent task force in the Mediterranean. Furthermore,One of the main challenges for the Pacific Fleet amphibious ships will be the delivery of goods to the Syrian port of Tartus.This isITAR-TASSthe Main Staff of the Navy.
…Thus, we finally stopped shy of the obvious fact that the constant shuttle service to our amphibious ships to Syria have the character not only of educational campaigns or friendly visits, but they also have other objectives. And it does not matter what kind of goods we consider it necessary to bring in Syria — they go on board the ships of the Navy, and it is impossible to check or prevent delivery to the destination. Last year, our opponents on the Syrian conflict could block the delivery of goods civilian freighter "Alaid." It was openly hostile act, which, however, did not lead to the desired result opponents — Russia has not abandoned its policy in the Syrian conflict, but only made of this incident right conclusions. Now it will be difficult to stop, because any attempt to prevent the actions of our fleet will mean open conflict. And opponents — and that the U.S. and NATO — prefer to put up with our policy. Strictly speaking, therefore permanent Russian BDK flights to Syria Western media prefer to ignore, does not make them the main news and sensationalism. This once again proves how the Western media and are dependent only policy tool. After all, when you can not make a difference — this is better to keep quiet so that no one knew about your impotence. And they keep quiet.
The French president is out — perhaps he did not give rest on the laurels of its predecessor difficult path "running ahead of the engine." At the end of March, he said that "the Russian embargo violates that supply weapons to Bashar al-Assad." The representative of our Foreign Ministry replied that, yes, we supply, but under contracts signed before the start of the war. In this case, could the new and, as a unilateral embargo the European Union we have absolutely nothing to do. A League of Arab States, for example, at the recent summit allowed the member countries of this organization to supply weapons to terrorists legally, and not, as is done now — unofficially. They are not members of the European Union — can. So are we. Shipping only within the framework of the old contract on our part — pure good will, not to escalate the situation. Want, conclude new ones, and no one will notice — we have the right. Go and check that there is on board the BDK? So why blame the fact that you can not prove or change?
However, Hollande had to cancel it is the embargo, which prevents some European countries to legally supply of militants. Illegally — care is provided, but in the face of this "help" anyone until prodded. However, the European embargo, which expires in May, is likely to be prolonged, and legal supplies of terrorists from the Europeans will not. Angela Merkel gave it quite clearly understand when commented on the French and English as: "The desire of both countries to lift the embargo does not mean that everyone else should follow them." So, common sense has not yet finally left Europe.
I must say that it is now a number of countries raises the question of the recognition of the Syrian opposition — the legal representative of the State in the world. More recently, they have recognized the League of Arab States (LAS) and some countries, including France, Britain and Estonia. Now will try dragging them to the UN. Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, has said that Russia will strongly resist attempts to take the place of the Syrian opposition official Damascus at the UN: "UN — an intergovernmental organization. You can not just take her seat in the opposition groups that have not been due process legitimacy. " Similarly, the spoken and the deputy head of the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahiyan: "We are categorically against the international membership of the unknown and tiny groups." Nevertheless, expect a certain diplomatic efforts in this direction. Such attempts will be simply a mockery of the principles of democracy, the triumph of which in Syria allegedly defending European countries. In contrast, Bashar al-Assad and the current government, the opposition were not elected by the people and did not pass any election procedures — they are nominated by their patrons and sponsors. And therefore they can not represent their country, but only those most patrons.
Why the substitution of legitimate authority on puppet of external forces — is understandable. Supply terrorist weapons will not look good. And so — and do not like the terrorists, and decent people — look, they even recognized Estonia! And that's why so zealously push arms? After all treated the same as long as the supply of illegal?
At the legalization of arms supply for several reasons. Our Western critics say that "the Syrian conflict has come to a standstill." From the point of view of promoting the interests of the West in this conflict — indeed it is. Terrorists not only failed to topple the legitimate authority, but did not even make out any major military success. In reality they are only capable of acts of terrorism. Protraction of the conflict, which is on a plan would lead to fatigue and exhaustion of the Syrian people's will to resist — leads to the opposite result. Tired of the endless defeats militant groups themselves. Split in their ranks became too obvious after the rejection of the Free Syrian Army so-called "head of government" Ghassan Hitti, a number of clashes between local groups and foreign fighters, and even a few groups go to the government side.
Now terrorist groups are numerous channels of supply and financing, due to irregular shape of these flows. This situation does not contribute to the integrity of the forces opposed to legitimate authority. It allows the most diverse groups to thrive and to solve their own problems. The interests of these groups are often in conflict, and increasingly lead to infighting instead of a common goal — the overthrow of the government, which they are required by sponsors. And the longer the war lasts — the less unity in the opposition camp, the less it is controllable. Suffering permanent damage from government forces, the rebels prefer to imitate violent activities in order to receive funding. And the struggle for the sponsorship only exacerbates internal contradictions.
Conflicts between groups facilitated by the fact that they have different goals. Militants local gangs (mainly belonging to the so-called Free Syrian Army — PAS) want to get the power, if not in the whole country, at least in part. While for newcomers militants international terrorist internati
onal war — just a way of existence, and Syria — a foreign country, with all the consequences for the population. And now — the shootings and clashes between gangs have become commonplace. For example, attempts to PAS leader Riyadh al-Asaad, all observers are not uniquely associated with the actions of government intelligence services, and on the showdowns between the CCA and the group "Frente al-Nusra." This is confirmed by preceding the militants refused to recognize PAS as their leader Ghassan Hitti, which is just a radical Islamic International and U.S. intelligence agencies, not local forces.
Some local groups in search of allies are beginning to wake up to the side of the legitimate authority. Others, tired of the endless defeats, begin to think about negotiating and getting some share of the local government in exchange for loyalty to the center.
Legalization and, therefore, centralization of the flow of money and weapons theoretically should contribute to the consolidation of the anti-government forces around the source of money and weapons. However, in reality such a development is hard to believe. First, the legalization of terrorists as legitimate representatives of Syria will not allow Russia. A formal delivery of weapons to the rebels will also help legitimate official Syrian government. And who will benefit from it — still a big question. Secondly, it is difficult to agree on the subjects of supply fighters it is no secret that the main flow of aid to terrorists coming from the Persian Gulf monarchies. And they have their puppets, which Syria itself — strangers, even for local terrorists. Trying to concentrate resources supply around them may not lead to the consolidation of the opposition forces, and to their final delimitation.
In addition, the longer the war lasts, the harder it is to maintain the Western media in the virtual image of the "murderous regime" and "fair fighters" with him. Deceive can be long, but the longer, the more facts would conflict with reality. It is increasingly difficult to explain to the average man, that some terrorist attacks — is evil, and the other — the fight for democracy. Especially when you consider that in the decade of "fighting terrorism" western inhabitant already accustomed to the image of the extremist-terrorist — the enemy of all "civilized society". Now, exactly the same way (and exactly the same people) are trying to present a "fair fighters." These rotations can be brought to the man in the street of mental illness, or, even worse — to distrust the propaganda machine.
This is compounded by the invasion of reality and himself a cozy little world of narrow-minded, which is a contradiction of propaganda and reality only increases. Are beginning to return home (who to rest, and who does) those bandits who themselves live in the "civilized world." And it turns out that the power of the "civilized world" did not meet their flowers and gifts. They are not so naive as to believe their own propaganda. And now an American citizen, Eric Harrun, who returned from Syria after the "fight against the bloody regime" is not a hero, a dangerous terrorist suspects under investigation. On the bench straight from the plane gets 29-year-old resident of Israel (the Arab village of Taibeh) Hikmat Masraua — he also fought for "freedom from Syria's bloody regime." While in Israel naive people a little, but on the western inhabitant such news is sobering. When the same people are "fighters" as long as they are there, and terrorists when they return home — a time to reflect that of the two states of one man is the truth and what is hype?
All these changes in the situation — not a dead end, but on the contrary — the first positive signs that may lead to termination of the Syrian conflict. But this, of course, from the point of view of reality, not fairy tales about the "fighters". But from the point of view of the success of the efforts of the West — yes, completely stumped all policies and signs of its imminent failure. Something must be done. And the most stupid way — to try to give the rebels more weapons and money. Suddenly start fighting better? Do not laugh — Hollande seems to think that it will.
Nevertheless, the situation begins to turn in the right direction. And this is not only the merit of Syrian armed forces still fighting the terrorists, but also our country. Russia is not only blocking a UN resolution sponsors idiotic war, not only assists the military (of course, only under old contracts), military-technical (of course, only the service previously supplied equipment) and assistance to military advisers. We help break the information blockade of Syria, and our voice — the voice of common sense. And common sense will triumph over any virtual reality distortion. Our fleet, a constant presence in the Mediterranean Sea, the West has made it impossible usual "bombing for democracy." And clearly demonstrated that we are prepared to defend its position, not only statements of diplomats. This is our war. And the actions of our country in this war almost for the first time allow her to be proud of.
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ROWE British Grand Prix – Manchester 2010 – 2nd Round
England team-mates James Willstrop and Daryl Selby ensured domestic interest in the quarter-finals of the ROWE British Grand Prix Squash Championship after straight games successes in the second round of the $92,500 PSA Super Series event – the biggest in Europe this year - being staged at the National Squash Centre in Manchester.
Selby, the No.7 seed from Essex who broke into the world top ten this year, was looking for his first Tour win over English rival Alister Walker after defeats in their two previous Tour clashes.
And the world number nine finally made his breakthrough with an 11-5, 11-4, 11-9 win over Walker, the Leeds-based World No.17 from Gloucestershire.
"To get Alister in three games is no mean feat," said the jubilant 27-year-old. "I want to do well in this tournament, and if I carry on playing like that, anything can happen."
Selby feels he is back on track after a shock defeat to lower-ranked fellow countryman Tom Richards in the first round of the Australian Open last month. "That gave me quite a kick start as I was playing well – but he played better and thoroughly deserved the win.
"In hindsight, it perhaps did me some good, as I've been playing better since then – sometimes you can learn more from a loss than a win. You can turn a negative into a positive.
"Perhaps I owe Tom a vote of thanks," added Selby.
Willstrop, the fifth seed from Leeds, battled for 45 minutes to quash Manchester-based Australian Stewart Boswell 11-6, 11-9, 11-9.
"Stewart is not only very good, but experienced too. I know him pretty well – we train together a lot
When asked what are his goals, Willstrop replied: "Kuwait, Qatar, India, Egypt," referring to the locations of the PSA Super Series events which follow the British Grand Prix.
"To win a Super Series event is huge," admitted the 27-year-old Yorkshireman. "And of course there's the Commonwealth Games, and finally the World Open," added the former World No.2.
Does the current World No.6 yearn to reclaim his No2 position – then move on to become the world's top-ranked player? "I concentrate on the tournaments – I don't think too much about rankings. Do well in the tournaments and hopefully the rankings will follow!"
Winner of the opening PSA Super Series event of the year in New York, Willstrop is now poised to exploit the gap in the field left by the withdrawal through illness of compatriot Nick Matthew, the World No.2.
Willstrop, a finalist in his previous two appearances on the all-glass Manchester court, will now meet Pontefract club training partner Saurav Ghosal, the 14th seed from India who ousted Guernsey-born qualifier Chris Simpson 11-4, 7-11, 14-12, 11-4.
"It's my first quarter-final in a Super Series event – I am so happy," said the Calcutta-born 24-year-old who is India's highest-ranked player of all-time.
"Playing James is always a pleasure. I've learned so much from him. I'm going to try and play the best I can – hopefully we'll play some good squash," added the World No.26.
Gregory Gaultier became one of two Frenchmen to make the last eight when he beat England left-hander Adrian Grant, the No.9 seed. Gaining revenge for an acrimonious clash on the same court in the Manchester World Open almost two years ago, Gaultier beat London-born Grant 11-4, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9 in 75 minutes.
"I knew Adrian would be up for it as he's had some good results – and he would want to play well in front of his home crowd," said the Frenchman. "I managed to push hard in the fourth to close the match. I wanted to make him work hard.
"I'm happy to go through. I played really well in Australia and Hong Kong – that built up my confidence," added the 27-year-old from Aix-en-Provence who is bidding to return to the form which saw him reach No1 in the world rankings in November last year.
Gaultier will be joined in the last eight by fellow countryman Thierry Lincou, the sixth seed who fought for exactly an hour to quash rising Egyptian Mohd Ali Anwar Reda, the 15th seed, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7, 11-8.
The 34-year-old from Marseille has little to prove – having won the world title and reached world number one in his illustrious career. "My goal for this season is to qualify for the Super Series Finals. I need to be consistent and make a few quarter-finals and semi-finals.
"But I still love the game, and love the training – and I get great support from my family," added Lincou. "But my aim isn't to get back to world No1 – I'd like to stay in the top eight.
"And it would be nice to keep causing a few upsets!"
Lincou now lines up against Egypt's new world number one Ramy Ashour, the 22-year-old from Cairo who ended the run of Alan Clyne with an 11-5, 11-7, 11-4 win over the Scottish qualifier from Edinburgh.
Ashour will be joined in the quarters by fellow countryman Amr Shabana, the reigning world champion from Cairo who beat his older brother Hisham Mohd Ashour 11-7, 11-8, 6-11, 11-4.
Shabana, a four-time world champion, boasts 26 PSA World Tour titles – as does his quarter-final opponent David Palmer, the eighth seed from Australia who defeated Pakistan's Aamir Atlas Khan 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6.
Quarter-Final Line-up:
[14] Saurav Ghosal (IND) v [5] James Willstrop (ENG)
[4] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v [7] Daryl Selby (ENG)
[3] Amr Shabana (EGY) v [8] David Palmer (AUS)
[2] Ramy Ashour (EGY) v [6] Thierry Lincou (FRA)
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National Squash Centre, Sportcity, Manchester, England
2nd round:
[14] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [Q] Chris Simpson (ENG) 11-4, 7-11, 14-12, 11-4 (55m)
[5] James Willstrop (ENG) bt [11] Stewart Boswell (AUS) 11-6, 11-9, 11-9 (45m)
[4] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [9] Adrian Grant (ENG) 11-4, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9 (75m)
[7] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt [10] Alister Walker (ENG) 11-5, 11-4, 11-9 (61m)
[8] David Palmer (AUS) bt [12] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6 (53m)
[3] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt [13] Hisham Mohd Ashour (EGY) 11-7, 11-8, 6-11, 11-4 (38m)
[6] Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt [15] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) 11-9, 5-11, 11-7, 11-8 (60m)
[2] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt [Q] Alan Clyne (SCO) 11-5, 11-7, 11-4 (23m)


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§ 778.503 - Pseudo "percentage bonuses."
As explained in § 778.210 of this part, a true bonus based on a percentage of total wages - both straight time and overtime wages - satisfies the Act's overtime requirements, if it is paid unconditionally. Such a bonus increases both straight time and overtime wages by the same percentage, and thereby includes proper overtime compensation as an arithmetic fact. Some bonuses, however, although expressed as a percentage of both straight time and overtime wages, are in fact a sham. Such bonuses, like the bonuses described in § 778.502 of this part, are generally separated out of a fixed weekly wage and usually decrease in amount in direct proportion to increases in the number of hours worked in a week in excess of 40. The hourly rate purportedly paid under such a scheme is artificially low, and the difference between the wages paid at the hourly rate and the fixed weekly compensation is labeled a percentage of wage "bonus."
Example:An employer's wage records show an hourly rate of $5.62 per hour, and an overtime rate of one and one-half times that amount, or $8.43 per hour. In addition, the employer pays an alleged percentage of wage bonus on which no additional overtime compensation is paid:
Week 1 - 40 hours worked:
40 hours at $5.62 per hour $224.80
Percentage of total earnings bonus at 33.45% of $224.80 75.20
40 hours at $5.62 per hour 224.80
3 hours at $8.43 per hour 25.29
Subtotal 250.09
Percentage of total earnings bonus at 2.66% of $292.24 7.76
This employee is in fact being paid no overtime compensation at all. The records in fact reveal that the employer pays exactly $300 per week, no matter how many hours the employee works. The employee's regular rate is $300 divided by the number of hours worked in the particular week, and his overtime compensation due must be computed as shown in § 778.114. [46 FR 7319, Jan. 23, 1981]


PHM Technology (PHMT) announced today that it will be exhibiting at Siemens PLM Connection 2016 in Orlando, Florida from May 15-19, 2016 in Booth 135. This is an annual event attended by over 2,000 Siemens customers, partners and representatives.
PHMT will showcase its model-based MADe software and how it can be used to make better decisions about Reliability and Safety to support the 'Systems Driven Product Design' (SDPD) methodology developed by Siemens PLM.
"Siemens PLM Connection is an opportunity for PHMT to engage with a range of key Siemens customers and demonstrate how MADe delivers cost, schedule and risk reduction in the design processes for complex systems," said CEO Mr Chris Stecki, "we look forward to the opportunity to introduce the MADe capabilities to the Siemens user community".
To arrange a meeting or demonstrationat PLM Connection 2016 please email the Company at: sales@phmtechnology.com.
PHM Technology (PHMT) is an Australian engineering software company that develops the Maintenance Aware Design environment (MADe). MADe is a model-based engineering decision support solution that provides the integrated analyses required to conduct engineering risk management during design and sustainment of complex systems. MADe is used by aerospace, marine and defence organisations in Australia, China, UK, Turkey and the US. In 2016 the Venture Capital Unit of Siemens became a shareholder in PHMT.
For more information visit: http://www.phmtechnology.com.
For further information visit: http://www.plmworld.org/2016_about.


It's been confirmed that in Ubisoft's upcoming, new entry in the Splinter Cell series, Splinter Cell: Conviction, there will be a co-op mode. Not only that, but there will also be an entirely "new mode" in the game, but that has yet to be revealed. Computer and Video Games (CVG) states that the latest issue of the PC Zone magazine is responsible for letting this information out. Hopefully, we'll get to know what Ubisoft have in mind for the multiplayer of Splinter Cell: Conviction, but at least we know that there will be co-op – and this mysterious "new mode" of course. Whether that applies to the multiplayer or single player (or both) is yet to be discovered, but we should know soon enough. Word around is that Splinter Cell: Conviction will be released on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 for PC and Xbox360. I'm guessing, that if this is true, the Europe/South African release date should be a few days later, most likely on Friday the 26th. Either way, we should have more on this story in the near future – and we'll hopefully get a confirmed release date.


Highly nonlinear Boolean functions play a central role in the design and security analysis of high speed stream cyphers and block cyphers. We focus on analyzing the structure of Boolean functions that exhibit high second order nonlinearity. We commence with a theoretical overview of Boolean functions and Reed- Muller codes. We then introduce a new equivalence relation, 2-equivalence, for which we prove a number of important properties. Finally, we analyze the second order nonlinearity of concatenations of two Boolean functions.
Bodea, Corneliu A., "Analysis of boolean functions with high second order nonlinearity" (2010). Honors Theses. 188.


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L'any 1930, l'Associació francesa de tennistes professionals (AFPT) va organitzar la primera edició del torneig per a tennistes professionals amb el nom de Championnat International de France Professionnel (French Pro Championships). Es considera un dels gran torneigs professionals que es van disputar fins a la instauració de l'Era Open en el circuit de tennis professional, l'any 1968.

Es va celebrar sempre sobre terra batuda en el Stade de Roland Garros de París, excepte les edicions de 1963 a 1967 que es van disputar al Stade Pierre de Coubertin.

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Ontario Storms Site! > Ontario Storms Forums > The Truck Stop: Storm Talk & Chit-Chat
Wednesday June 13, 2018 - Storms
The Truck Stop: Storm Talk & Chit-Chat General talk on past, current, and future storms - all talk about UPCOMING storms goes here
at 7:38 a.m. EDT Thursday 14 June 2018.
Strong to locally severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front
raced across southern Ontario Wednesday. There were numerous reports
of wind damage, particularly near Lake Erie and in the Toronto area.
There was also a report of wind damage in the Algonquin area.
Near Lake Erie, significant damage was reported near the towns of
Jarvis and Waterford after 3 PM. Approximately 1 km to the west of
Jarvis, several trees were uprooted or sheared apart. Some of the
branches were embedded into the roof of a house. As well, the porch
of the house and a nearby barn were destroyed. Nickel to quarter
size hail was also reported.
Approximately 3 km to the south of Waterford, numerous trees were
uprooted or sheared off halfway up. As well, a car was crushed by
trees and shingle damage was reported.
Environment and Climate Change Canada may send a damage survey team
to these areas to further investigate the damage.
The thunderstorms crossed the Toronto area shortly after 4 PM. Most
of the damage consisted of downed trees and power lines due to high
winds. Power outages were reported by more than 10 000 customers.
In the south end of Algonquin Provincial Park near Little Hay Lake,
numerous trees were blown down.
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Greenhouse Gases Made West Coast Drought Worse
Excessive warmth, not lack of precipitation, drove low snowpack in Spring 2016
By Debra Kahn, ClimateWire on November 1, 2016
Credit: JEFF P Flickr, CC BY 2.0
A new study teasing out the causes of the West Coast's historic drought finds that anthropogenic climate change may have been more of a culprit than in previous dry spells.
The study, published yesterday in Geophysical Research Letters, examined the reasons why 81 percent of Western snow-survey sites last year had the lowest recorded snowpack in 40 years of records. That occurred even though precipitation levels were nearly normal in Oregon and Washington and unusually, but not exceptionally, low in California.
Researchers at Oregon State University and the University of California, Los Angeles, modeled simulations of last year's conditions, then varied the levels of greenhouse gases and sea surface temperatures. They found that in all three states, higher temperatures played more of a role than they did in the previous worst drought on record, from 1976 to 1977, when dry weather was the primary driver.
"Historically, droughts in the West have mostly been associated with dry winters, and only secondarily with warmth," said UCLA geography professor and study co-author Dennis Lettenmaier. "But 2015 was different, especially in California, but in Oregon and Washington, as well—the primary driver of the record low snowpacks was the warm winter."
In California, greenhouse gases added about 1 degree Celsius to 2014-15 temperatures, while sea surface temperatures had little effect. In Oregon and Washington, by contrast, modeling showed that high sea surface temperatures—which are associated with a ridge of high-pressure air over the Pacific Northwest that kept storms away—had more of an effect on snow accumulation than general warming trends associated with man-made greenhouse gases.
While earlier studies have hypothesized that the high-pressure ridge created the warm-water patch, known colloquially as "the blob," yesterday's study finds that the blob itself accounted for about twice the warming effect of greenhouse gases in Oregon and Washington.
"Some recent studies suggest that a high pressure ridge that caused warmer temperatures over land also created the blob, but our results suggest that the blob itself may also have contributed to the warm winter here," said the study's lead author, Philip Mote, director of OSU's Oregon Climate Change Research Institute.
Reprinted from ClimateWire with permission from Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC. E&E provides daily coverage of essential energy and environmental news at www.eenews.net. Click here for the original story.
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zurück I, Who Did Not Die – Zahed Haftlang, Najah Aboud, Meredith...
Autor/innen: Zahed Haftlang, Najah Aboud, Meredith May
I, Who Did Not Die
Khorramshahr, Iran, May 1982-It was the bloodiest battle of one of the most brutal wars of the twentieth century, and Najah, a twenty-nine-year-old wounded Iraqi conscript, was face to face with a thirteen-year-old Iranian child soldier who was ordered to kill him. Instead, the boy committed an astonishing act of mercy. It was an act that decades later would save his own life.
This is a remarkable story. It is gut-wrenching, essential, and astonishing. It's a war story. A love story. A page-turner of vast moral dimensions. An eloquent and haunting act of witness to horrors beyond grimmest fiction, and a thing of towering beauty. More importantly, it is a story that must be told, and a richly textured view into an overlooked conflict and misunderstood region. This is the great untold story of the children and young men whose lives were sacrificed at the whim of vicious dictators and pointless, barbaric wars.
Little has been written of the Iran-Iraq war, which was among the most brutal conflicts of the twentieth century, one fought with chemical weapons, ballistic missiles, and cadres of child soldiers.
The numbers involved are staggering:
-All told, it claimed 700,000 lives-200,000 Iraqis, and 500,000 Iranians.
-Young men of military service age-eighteen and above in Iraq, fifteen and above in Iran-died in the greatest numbers.
-80,000 Iranian child soldiers were killed, mostly between the ages of sixteen and seventeen.
-The two countries spent a combined 1.1 trillion dollars fighting the war.
Rarely does this kind of reportage succeed so power- fully as literature. More rarely still does such searingly brilliant literature-fit to stand beside Remarque, Hemingway, and O'Brien-emerge from behind "enemy" lines.
But Zahed, a child, and Najah, a young restaurateur, are rare men-not just survivors, but masterful, wondrously gifted storytellers. Written with award-winning journalist Meredith May, this is literature of a very high order, set down with passion, urgency, and consummate skill. This story is an affirmation that, in the end, it is our humanity that transcends politics and borders and saves us all.
Zahed Haftlang was just thirteen when he joined Iran's Basij paramilitary, where he spent six years fighting in the war. After capture by the Iraqi army, he spent nearly two and half years as a POW. He eventually became a merchant sailor and traveled worldwide. He is now raising two children with his wife in North Vancouver, British Columbia, where he owns an auto repair shop.
Najah Aboud was brought up in a middle-class Iraqi family and was conscripted at eighteen, serving eight years in the army. Afterwards, he managed a falafel restaurant for two years, but at age twenty-eight was called back when the Iran-Iraq War broke out in 1980. After two years of fighting, he was captured and spent the next seventeen years suffering in Iranian prisons as a POW. When he was finally released in 1999, he emigrated to Canada, where his brother lives. He owns a moving company in Vancouver.
Meredith May spent sixteen years as a feature writer at The San Francisco Chronicle, where her 2004 narrative series on a war-wounded Iraqi boy won the PEN USA Literary Award for Journalism and was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize.
Verlag Simon + Schuster Inc.
Imprint Regan Arts
Beilage EPUB
Warengruppe des Lieferanten Belletristik - Biographien, Erinnerungen
Belletristik - Biographien, Erinnerungen
Inferno - Europa in Flammen, Band 9: Stoßtrupp ...
Traumasensible Paartherapie
Alles voller Himmel
Die Wise
Im Rausch der Freiheit
Mein Schmetterlingsgarten
Herrscher des Nordens - Thors Hammer
Schattenschlaf
Mindset - Updated Edition
Sanfte Entgiftung
Das Buch des Vaters
Rachewinter
William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back
Love Lettering
Hochsensible Eltern
Gegen den Hass
Death By Water (Oslo Crime Files 2)
Beauty and the Blacksmith
A Start in Life
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Die IQ-Kids und die geklaute Intelligenz
Stadt der Elfen
Golden House
Alles ist Yoga
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The small city of Nanaimo in British Columbia is probably most known for its Nanaimo Bars. The sweet treats require no baking and consists of three layers — a crumbly, wafer-like base; a layer of custard icing and finally a thin layer of melted, hardened chocolate.
Cafes, bakeries and restaurants in Nanaimo all make their bars differently (there's great debate as to whether or not the traditional recipe calls for almonds or walnuts in the bottom layer). There are plenty of varieties, too. Bocca Cafe (427 Fitzwilliam St., Nanaimo, BC) has an original version, peanut butter (think a tastier Reese's Peanut Butter Cup), cappuccino and a spicy sweet concontion that has chili pepper in it.
Nanaimo even has something called the Nanaimo Bar Trail, which is a self-guided tour that will take you to the many different locations in the city that offer this delectable treat.
Here is a recipe taken from the Nanaimo Museum, which has its own display about the bar's history. Recipe by Joyce Hardcastle.
Melt first three ingredients in top of double boiler. Add egg and stir to cook and thicken. Remove from heat. Stir in crumbs, coconut and nuts. Press firmly into an ungreased 8×8 pan.
Melt chocolate and butter over low heat. Cool. When cool, but still liquid, pour over second layer and chill in refrigerator.


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Andy Murray takes on Australian James Duckworth in the first round of Wimbledon today and he hopes the return of Ivan Lendl can help inspire him to more Wimbledon heroics.
The two-time champion gave a positive assessment of his form and fitness having faced a race against time to recover from an abdominal strain suffered in the final of the ATP tournament in Stuttgart two weeks ago.
Murray showed his prowess on grass once again to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nick Kyrgios and was matching last year's Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini prior to sustaining the injury.
He was forced to pull out of the cinch Championships at Queen's Club and was unable to practise at full tilt at the start of this week but has made encouraging progress since.
"It's gone well," said Murray. "I've been able to gradually progress my training this week and got to play a few sets, a lot of points. The last few days have been good.
"I think I showed a couple weeks ago that there was still good tennis left in me. I beat a guy in the top five in the world, was neck and neck with Berrettini, who is one of the best grass-court players in the world, before the injury.
"I played well against Kyrgios as well. The first set was a good level. And I've been doing pretty well in practices. I know the tennis is in there, I just need to bring it out during the event now.
"Obviously having Ivan on my team helps. We've had a lot of success in the past. We know each other well. He still believes in me. There's not loads of coaches, people out there, that have done over this last period, and he has. That definitely helps me."
Murray announced in March that Lendl had agreed to return for a third spell as coach having guided him to all three of his grand slam titles before the Scot experienced his long-term hip issues.
Murray has managed to play consistently for the last year but struggled to find the tennis and results of which he felt he was still capable.
He parted ways with long-term coach Jamie Delgado – who originally worked alongside Lendl – late last season and admitted he struggled to find a replacement who shared his optimism for the future.
The 35-year-old said: "For the most part, when I had had conversations with coaches, the potential of working with someone, it had come off most of the time and worked out, whereas this time round, I got turned down by a lot of coaches.
"That obviously was difficult to deal with because there's obviously good coaches out there. I don't know how many that are top-level coaches that maybe you'd really want to work with if you're trying to win the major events.
"That's also why I'm grateful that Ivan has come back to work with me and help me try and achieve what it is I want to achieve."
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George Lindsey (* 17. Dezember 1928 in Fairfield, Alabama; † 6. Mai 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Drehbuchautor.

Leben und Karriere
Lindsey war der Sohn eines Metzgers. 1952 machte er am Florenz State Teachers College (jetzt "University of North") seinen Bachelor of Science in den Hauptfächern Leibeserziehung und Biologie. Das Footballteam seiner Schule unterstützte er als Quarterback. Nach einer dreijährigen Tätigkeit bei der Air Force, arbeitete er ein Jahr an einer Highschool als Baseball und Basketball-Trainer und Geschichtslehrer in der Nähe von Huntsville in Alabama. 1956 zog er nach New York, nahm Schauspielunterricht am American Theatre Wing und startete in den folgenden Jahren seine Karriere am Broadway in den Musicals All American nach einem Buch von Mel Brooks und Wonderfull Town, zu dem Leonard Bernstein die Musik komponierte. Mit seinen Rollen am Broadway konnte er die Aufmerksamkeit einiger Produzenten in Los Angeles auf sich ziehen. Als er 1960 für die Rolle des Gomer Pyle in der US-Fernsehserie The Andy Griffith Show für die Rolle des Gomer Pyle vorsprach, wurde ihm Jim Nabors vorgezogen. Erst 1964, als Nabors aus der Serie ausschied, bekam Lindsey seine Chance, indem er Gomer Pyles Cousin Goober, den Mann mit der Mütze, spielen sollte. Diese Rolle machte ihn weithin bekannt, er verkörperte Goober Pyle bis zum Ende der Serie, die 1968 abgesetzt wurde, da der Hauptdarsteller Andy Griffith die Serie verließ. Da einige Charaktere in das Spin-off Mayberry R.F.D. übernommen wurden, so auch die des Goober Pyle, spielte Lindsey diesen Charakter in weiteren drei Staffeln, bis die Serie 1971 endete. In der Country-Sendung Hee Haw, die genau wie The Andy Griffith Show und Mayberry R.F.D. bei CBS lief, übernahm Lindsey erneut die Rolle des populären Charakters Goober Pyle. Hee Haw war die am längsten laufende Country Music-Unterhaltungssendung in den USA. Geschaffen wurde Hee Haw, die in den USA Kultstatus erreichte, von Frank Peppiatt gemeinsam mit John Aylesworth. Im Hinblick auf seine Rolle in Hee Haw wurde der Schauspieler von Bekannten auch "Doctor Goober" genannt.

Obwohl die des "Goober Pyle" seine bekannteste Rolle war, spielte Lindsey in seiner langen Fernsehkarriere auch in anderen Serien mit, wie zum Beispiel in Rauchende Colts, M*A*S*H, Alfred Hitchcock Presents und  Twilight Zone. Auch in Filmen wie Auf dem Highway ist wieder die Hölle los oder als Sprecher einiger Disney-Filme, darunter Aristocats, Robin Hood sowie Bernard und Bianca – Die Mäusepolizei war er in der Originalversion zu hören.

Auch als Sänger produzierte sich der Schauspieler, indem er Alben mit Country-Music veröffentlichte. Zu seiner Karriere befragt, äußerte Lindsey sich 1985 in einem Interview, "dass er Amerika zum Lachen gebracht habe, er sei zwar nicht der einzige, aber er habe dazu beigetragen, dass die Menschen hätten lachen können." In seiner Freizeit sponserte der Schauspieler über viele Jahre hinweg ein Golfturnier in Montgomery in Alabama, das Geld für geistig behinderte Menschen sammelte.

Am 6. Mai 2012 verstarb George Lindsey im Alter von 83 Jahren nach längerer Krankheit in Nashville, wohin er Anfang 1990 gezogen war.

Auszeichnung
Die University of North Alabama verlieh Lindsey 1992 die Ehrendoktorwürde.

Filmografie

Darsteller
  1963: Westlich von Santa Fé (The Rifleman)
 1963: The Great Adventure (1 Folge)
 1964: Disneyland (2 Folgen)
 1964: Twilight Zone (The Twilight Zone) (1 Folge)
 1964: Ensign Pulver
 1964: The Tycoon (2 Folgen)
 1964: Daniel Boone (1 Folge)
 1964: Alfred Hitchcock präsentiert (The Alfred Hitchcock Hour) (3 Folgen)
 1964: Unternehmen Feuergürtel (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea) (1 Folge)
 1965: Profiles in Courage (1 Folge)
 1965: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C (1 Folge)
 1964–1968: The Andy Griffith Show (86 Folgen)
 1970: Aristocats (Sprechrolle Lafayette)
 1971: The New Andy Griffith Show (1 Folge)
 1968–1971: Mayberry R.F.D.(58 Folgen)
 1963–1972: Rauchende Colts (Gunsmoke) (6 Folgen)
 1971–1972: Hee Haw (5 Folgen)
 1972: Snowball Express
 1973: Banacek (1 Folge)
 1973: Charley and the Angel
 1973: Robin Hood (Sprechrolle)
 1970–1973: Love, American Style (4 Folgen)
 1976: Movin' On (1 Folge)
 1976: Der Goldschatz der Matecumbe  (Treasure of Matecumbe)
 1977: Bernard und Bianca – Die Mäusepolizei (The Rescuers)
 1978: M*A*S*H (1 Folge)
 1979: The New Misadventures of Ichabod Crane
 1981: Fantasy Island (1 Folge)
 1981: Ein Senkrechtstarter kratzt die Kurve (Take This Job and Shove It)
 1982: CHiPs (1 Folge)
 1982: Herbie, The Love Bug (1 Folge)
 1983: The American Snitch
 1984: Auf dem Highway ist wieder die Hölle los (Cannonball Run II)
 1986: Return to Mayberry
 2006: When I Find the Ocean
 2011: Starzinger
 2011: Starzinger II (Sprechrolle)
 2011: Starzinger III (Sprechrolle)

Drehbuchautor
 1978: Goober & the Truckers' Paradise

Literatur

Weblinks

 Cindy Watts: George Lindsey, aka Goober Pyle, dies at 83, USA Today, 7. Mai 2012 (englisch)
 George Lindseys Haus bei celebrityhousepictures

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Gestorben 2012
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Q: Primefaces commandButton is calling actionListener method but Not if having "rendered" attribute I am facing an issue with primefaces(version 8.0) commandButton like, whenever I'm using rendered attribute to satisfy some condition, the method inside actionListener is not firing. But if I don't use the rendered attribute, it is normally invoking the method. I wonder why it's behaving in this way and how can I resolve this.
The commandButton is as,
<p:commandButton value="Display" actionListener="#{dispManagedBean.display}" process="@this"
                update="growlMessage" icon="ui-icon-circle-arrow-e" rendered="#{demoManagedBean.isDisplay}" >
            <f:attribute name="dispId" value="#{demoManagedBean.dispId}" />
        </p:commandButton>

This is not calling dispManagedBean.display method anyway. But if I remove the rendered="#{demoManagedBean.isDisplay}" , then it is hitting the method normally.
Again, I tried with disabled="#{not demoManagedBean.isDisplay}" condition, and again it is not working there too.
I tried with <c:if test=""></c:if> jstl condition, it is not invoking there also.
But I must use that condition, it is the business logic. I cant omit that. How can I achieve this?

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Thousands Rally In Serbia Against Vucic For Sixth Week
January 13, 2019 europe
Thousands of people have gathered in Belgrade for the sixth week of street protests against Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, whom they accuse of stifling media freedoms and suppressing the opposition.
As they marched through central Belgrade on January 12, the protesters shouted slogans such as "Betrayal, betrayal!" And "Vucic is a thief." Some carried banners reading "Rise Serbia" or "It's started."
Smaller protests were held in the cities of Novi Sad, Kraguejevac, Kursumlija, Krusevac, Uzice, and Pozega, RTS state television reported.
Demonstrations first started after thugs beat up opposition politician Borko Stefanovic in November, prompting calls for more democracy and an end to political violence in Serbia.
An umbrella group of opposition parties called the Alliance for Serbia blamed Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) for the attack on Stefanovic. Authorities deny involvement.
Critics say Vucic has fostered an atmosphere of fear and hate speech against opponents, while seeking to tighten his rule. They accuse the SNS of being corrupt. Vucic denies the allegations.
Officially, the president in Serbia plays a largely ceremonial role, but Vucic's SNS has dominated the legislature since 2012.
Vucic was elected to a five-year term as president in 2017 after holding the post of prime minister.
A former nationalist, Vucic is now guiding Serbia toward membership in the European Union. He has also sought to maintain ties with traditional ally Russia and to develop relations with China.
Vucic has said he will not give in to opposition demands for electoral reform and increased media freedom regardless of the number of protesters on the streets, although he has suggested he might call a snap vote to demonstrate his party's strength.
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