Apart from the usual Spanish, French and Italian, Valencia also has restaurants from USA and other European cuisines.
A hybrid of German and Spanish cuisine in a hybrid of German and Spanish ambiences.
A lively German tavern with sausages and meat dishes, open all day, very close to the centre.
A quiet, intimate, long established Greek restaurant with authentic Greek dishes at a good value.
World famous ribs and burgers are served in this international American chain.
Very busy and very lively tavern with a Hollywood theme, serving all of the typical American foods, such as burgers, hotdogs, chicken, tex-mex, ribs, etc.
A classy interior, American ribs and burgers side by side with Pan-Asian Oriental dishes.


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Q: how to show date in barchart image mysql how to echo date in barchart image
i want to echo date here
 $xname='For The month of $a to $b'; //X-axis Name

how can i do this
please help me to fix this issue thanks
this is barchart code
barchart.php
<?php
include 'config.php';
$link=mysql_connect("$hostname","$username","$password")or
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
 mysql_select_db("$dbname",$link);
function formatMoney($number, $fractional=false) {
    if ($fractional) {
        $number = sprintf('%.2f', $number);
    }
    while (true) {
        $replaced = preg_replace('/(-?\d+)(\d\d\d)/', '$1,$2', $number);
        if ($replaced != $number) {
            $number = $replaced;
        } else {
            break;
        }
    }
    return $number;
}
$a=$_POST['from'];
$b=$_POST['to'];

 include 'create.php';
    $sql="SELECT division,sum(amount) AS amount FROM $tablename where monthdate BETWEEN '$a' AND '$b' GROUP BY division"; // Give Your field Name
    $result = mysql_query($sql);
    $graphtitle='BarChart ';//Graph Title
    $xname='For The month of $a to $b'; //X-axis Name
    $yname='Values';//y-axis name
    $img_width=1300;//image height
    $img_height=600;//image width
    $margins=70;
    $ymargin=6;
    $count=mysql_affected_rows();
    $graph_width=$img_width - $margins * 2;
    $graph_height=$img_height - $margins * 2;
    $bar_width=5;
    $total_bars=$count;
    $gap= ($graph_width- $total_bars * $bar_width ) / ($total_bars +1);
    $img=imagecreate($img_width,$img_height);
    include 'barcolor.php';
    imagefilledrectangle($img,0,0,0,0,$bag_color);
    imageline($img,$margins,$img_height-45,$img_width-20,$img_height-45,$xyline_color);
    imageline($img,$margins,$ymargin,$margins,$img_height-45,$xyline_color);
    $maxvalue="select max(monthdate) as amount from $tablename";//Give your field name for Y axis
    $max=mysql_query($maxvalue);
    while($inf1= mysql_fetch_array($max))
      {
       $ratio=$graph_height/$inf1[0];
      }
    $horizontal_lines=8;
    $horizontal_gap=($img_height+20)/$horizontal_lines;
    for($j=1;$j<=$horizontal_lines;$j++)
    {
            $y=($img_height-48) - $horizontal_gap * $j ;
            //imageline($img,$margins+1,$y,$img_width-20,$y,$hline_color);
            $v=intval($horizontal_gap * $j /$ratio);
            imagestring($img,2,$margins-30,$y-5,$v,$values_color);
    }
    $i=0;
    while($inf = mysql_fetch_array($result))
      {
          $x1=($margins+10) + ($gap+5) + $i * ($gap+$bar_width) ;
          $x2=$x1+$bar_width;
          $y1=($img_height-46)- ceil($inf[1] * $ratio) ;
          $y2=($img_height-46);
          imagestring($img,2,$x1+1,$y1-15,$inf[1],$values_color);
          imagestring($img,2,$x2-23,$img_height-43,$inf[0],$values_color);
          imagefilledrectangle($img,$x1,$y1,$x2,$y2,$bar_color); // Draw bar
       $i++;
      }
    imagestring($img,8, ($img_width-$margin)/2, 0, $graphtitle, $txt_color);
    imagestring($img,5, ($img_width-$margin)/2, $img_height-($ymargin+10), $xname, $txt_color);
    imagestringup($img,5,10,($img_height-$ymargin)/2, $yname, $txt_color);
    //header('Content-type: image/png');
    imagepng($img, 'barchart.jpg');
    echo "

";
    ?>

here is barcolor.php
<?php
$bag_color=imagecolorallocate($img,246,246,246);//Baground color
$xyline_color=imagecolorallocate($img,135,135,135);//XY-axis color
$bar_color=imagecolorallocate($img,172,212,123);//Bar color
$values_color=imagecolorallocate($img,2,2,2);//values color
$txt_color=imagecolorallocate($img,227,113,39);//text color
?>

and here is config.php
<?php

 $username = "root";
 $password = "";
 $hostname = "localhost";
        $dbname = "car";
  $tablename = "fuel";

 ?>

A: Use double quotes like $xname="For The month of $a to $b";

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A recent USA Today clip by Matt Granite listed six things not to buy at the airport. One of those things was wifi. The recommendation was to instead find a Starbucks. That might be easy in some places but some airports are huge! If you belong to an airline lounge, you can get free wifi there. Lucky you! But if not, you probably don't want to wander around looking for free wifi during your entire layover. To help, I put together a list of the Starbucks and McDonalds that offer free wifi in airports that typically charge for it.
From Airfare Watchdog's list of available airport wifi I found all of the airports that charge or offer less than 45 minutes for free; then I put together a list of Starbucks and McDonald's that offer free wifi in those airports. (I found this information by searching the airport addresses on the McDonald's site and the Starbucks site. There may be more options beyond this, but hopefully this will help you in the search for free wifi in case you end up in one of these locations.
Obviously I don't know the reliability and speed of the wifi at the Starbucks and McDonald's, how crowded the areas get, or the plug situation. But they're good options for those who don't want to pay for wifi!
In my research I found another helpful site with additional wifi info. Also, here is an older USA Today story on airport wifi I found interesting.
Save this post to your favorites!
I will continue to update this list as I get more information. If you find free wifi that's not included please let me know!
THE LIST OF AIRPORTS THAT CHARGE OR OFFER LESS THAN 45 MINUTES OF FREE WIFI. Below each airport is a list of Starbucks and/or McDonald's that have free wifi unless noted otherwise.
CVG has free WiFi across the airport. Since being de-hubbed by DL, they've really improved the airport. All flights are now consolidated into Terminal 3 Concourses A (Everyone but Delta) and B (Delta). Have not been in B recently but in A, there are lots of nice chairs and two power points per chair.
@AnonCHI–Concourse B is the same with the power ports and nice chairs. B is actually nicer than A IMO.
@Pam and @Flyer thank you for the updates. The graph is a list of ways to get free wifi for airports that don't offer it, or offer less than 45 free minutes. Don't worry, airports with free wifi are all on the Airfare Watchdog list.


I'm Loren, founder of Penflip.com.
New features, improvements and bug fixes are pushed to Penflip almost every single day. It's useful to have a place to keep track of those things, so this will be that place. Occasionally I send newsletter emails, but this will be more frequently updated. I also plan to share some things I learn along the way while building Penflip.com.
If you have any feedback to make Penflip better, feel free to suggest it, tweet, or email me.


In addition to DatabaseSpy's powerful export function, you can use SELECT statements to retrieve data from a table and export only this particular data to a range of file formats such as XML or HTML. The SQL Editor window provides an additional Export button to open the Export database data dialog box to facilitate this. When you click this button, the dialog box opens with the SQL radio button activated and the content of the SQL Editor window inserted into the Source group box.
Note: Clicking the Export button in the Tools toolbar will also open the Export database data dialog box. However, in this case the Table radio button will be preselected and you would have to type in or paste the SQL code manually.
1. Make the SQL Editor window whose SQL statements you want to use for export the active window.
2. Press the Export button in the SQL Editor window.
The Export database data dialog box opens. The SQL statements that are currently in the SQL Editor appear in the Source group box.
3. Optionally, enter a file prefix that will be added to the file name.
• Activate the Path radio button and enter the Path you want the destination files to appear in.
• Activate the Export to XMLSpy radio button if you want your exported data to be displayed in XMLSpy. Note that this option is not available for export to Excel files, or if XMLSpy is not installed on your computer.
5. Optionally, click the Options tab to change the options for XML, XML Structure, CSV, HTML, or Excel.
6. Click the Export button when all the settings are correct.
7. Click OK. The data is exported as Table1 in the desired format and either stored under the path you specified or opened in XMLSpy for further editing.


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The A-Z of Jewelry: B is for... Brooch
By Sarah Jordan
Continuing Sotheby's series exploring the history of jewelry trends, Sarah Jordan charts how brooches went from ordinary to ostentatious.
SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND BROOCH,1950S. SOLD HKD 375,000
From humble beginnings as safety pins to elaborate diamond adornments, brooches have come a long way since the Romans utilised the 'fibula' to hold their cloaks together. Just last week, the Duchess of Cambridge chose to wear a significant brooch to the celebration of 100 years of the Royal Air Force (RAF), to show her status as Honorary Air Commandant.
The first recorded brooches were made of twisted thorns and flint, followed by tough metal pins in the Bronze Age. By the Byzantine period, brooches were undergoing an ornamental makeover with designs morphing from the purely functional to decorative jewels.
DIAMOND AIGRETTE, 1750S. SOLD £25,000
Throughout the centuries, brooches have had a special ability to reflect not only the fashions of the time, but also deeper cultural influences. The mourning brooches of the 18th and 19th centuries, for example, reveal the Georgian and Victorian fascination with mortality, bereavement and the mysticism of the after-life. The love between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert signalled a long affair with 'Sweetheart' brooches, which were exchanged as symbols of affection and later gifted by soldiers as they left for WWI.
EMERALD, RUBY AND DIAMOND BROOCH, 19TH CENTURY.
Elsewhere, the beautiful micro-gemstone mosaics of 'Grand Tour' brooches signified a widening of the world for late 19th century gentry as they journeyed to Venice, Florence and Rome, while the enduring popularity of cameo brooches kept mythological legends alive with carved stone, and pearls. By the 20th century, the Aigrette 'feather' brooch set with diamonds was a timeless choice, following in the footsteps of the en tremblant style where bouquets of gemstones delicately moved to catch the light.
DIAMOND AIGRETTE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY. SOLD HKD 250,000
Today, the Royal family continue to wear brooches of great cultural and historical significance. The brooch worn by Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, at the RAF service was a diamond and ruby Dacre brooch that she received in 2015 when she was made Honorary Air Commandant of the RAF. Until then the brooch had been awarded to the annual best female cadet but it was decided that women should be rewarded in the same way as male cadets and presented with a sword instead.
KATE MIDDLETON WEARING HER HONORARY AIR COMMANDANT BROOCH TO MARK 100 YEARS OF THE RAF. CREDIT MAX MUMBY/INDIGO/GETTY IMAGES
And it is almost impossible to discuss iconic brooches without looking at the private collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The 18.8 carat Cullinan V Heart Brooch, created by Garrard, and reportedly one of the Queen's favourites, is surpassed in rarity only by a brooch containing the 94.4 carat Culinan III diamond and the 63.6 carat Cullinan IV diamond, inherited by the Queen in 1953.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II ATTENDS A SERVICE ON THE EVE OF THE CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY IN 2016 WEARING CULLINAN V BROOCH. CREDIT MAX MUMBY/INDIGO/GETTY IMAGES
Pair these infamous diamond designs with the Queen's other prized brooches - Queen Victoria's trio of diamond-set bows, the Prince Albert sapphire brooch and the Duchess of Cambridge pearl brooch - and it's clear that this royal collection is perhaps the finest in the world.
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Category: Auction Results
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The History of Bulgari's Iconic Serpenti Collection
Type: story
5 Foolproof Valentine's Day Gifts
Dazzled by Pattern: How Geometric Design Captured the Imaginations of Jewellery Designers
Category: Sotheby's Magazine
Daniel Arsham Reimagines a Tiffany & Co. Classic
The Pearl Necklace, Earrings and More To Collect Right Now
Category: Sotheby's Holiday 2022
After Hours with Lil Buck
The Holiday Edit: Styling Jewels for the Festive Season
Category: Luxury Week
The Everlasting Brilliance of Fancy Colored Diamonds
The Panthère: Cartier's Most Spirited Design

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text:
DEAG takes control of Christian Doll's C2 Concerts
C2 Concerts is the first of DEAG's new European investments, as the German promoter looks to use the acquisition to fuel ticketing growth and boost regional presence
By IQ on 03 Jun 2019
C2 Concerts managing director Christian Doll
image © BDKV
Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG) has revealed the first of its in-the-works European investments, today (3 June) announcing the acquisition of a majority stake in Stuttgart-based C2 Concerts.
The stake in C2 Concerts, a musical producer, tour operator and local promoter in southwest Germany, rounds off DEAG's regional coverage in the country. The live entertainment company also has representation in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, North Rhine-Westphalia and Frankfurt/Main.
The move marks the continuation of DEAG's "buy-and-build" strategy. In its recent Q1 financial report, the German promoter alluded to the C2 acquisition as one of a number of ongoing investments expected to generate sales growth in its core markets of Germany, England and Switzerland.
Founded by Christian Doll and Christian Ludewig in 2010, C2 Concerts has expanded from its origins as a mainly local outfit to become a national tour operator. The company achieved turnover of €7 million in 2018, selling around 400,000 tickets for 200 events. By acquiring a stake in the concert promoter, DEAG aims to boost the ticketing side of its business via MyTicket, which the live entertainment company fully acquired in January.
DEAG has worked with C2 Concerts for a number of years. In 2018, the promoters launched the Christmas Garden in Stuttgart, attracting over 125,000 visitors. The format will be rolled out at two further locations in southwest Germany over the coming years.
"With DEAG, we are looking forward to intensifying our cooperation with a first-class partner in the live entertainment business. Both sides will benefit from this"
Due to past collaboration, the DEAG management board expects rapid integration of C2 Concerts into its group.
"The even closer cooperation with C2 Concerts in the future will give us the opportunity to continue growing profitably with an extended value-added chain," says DEAG chief executive Peter Schwenkow.
As well as securing the company's regional presence, Schwenkow also notes that the C2 Concerts investment offers "significant synergy potential in the live entertainment and ticketing business."
"With DEAG, we are looking forward to intensifying our cooperation with a first-class partner in the live entertainment business," comments C2 Concerts managing director and co-founder Doll. "Both sides will benefit from this."
The DEAG executive board believes that, as part of the DEAG Group, C2 Concerts can realistically expect medium-term sales growth to over €10m.
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Mojo magic: 50 years of Mojo Concerts
Mojo's 50 years in business have seen it not only dominate the Dutch biz, but also become a global name for innovation. IQ discovers half a century of rock'n'roll history
DEAG appoints Roman Velke as CFO
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Live Nation acquires Canadian promoter Embrace Presents
Following multiple acquisitions in the past few months, Live Nation announces its majority stake in Canadian venue operator and promoter.


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package org.apache.doris.http.action;

import org.apache.doris.catalog.Catalog;
import org.apache.doris.common.Config;
import org.apache.doris.ha.HAProtocol;
import org.apache.doris.http.ActionController;
import org.apache.doris.http.BaseRequest;
import org.apache.doris.http.BaseResponse;
import org.apache.doris.http.IllegalArgException;
import org.apache.doris.persist.Storage;
import org.apache.doris.system.Frontend;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod;

public class HaAction extends WebBaseAction {

    public HaAction(ActionController controller) {
        super(controller);
    }

    public static void registerAction(ActionController controller) throws IllegalArgException {
        controller.registerHandler(HttpMethod.GET, "/ha", new HaAction(controller));
    }

    @Override
    public void executeGet(BaseRequest request, BaseResponse response) {
        getPageHeader(request, response.getContent());

        appendRoleInfo(response.getContent());
        appendJournalInfo(response.getContent());
        appendCanReadInfo(response.getContent());
        appendNodesInfo(response.getContent());
        appendImageInfo(response.getContent());
        appendDbNames(response.getContent());
        appendFe(response.getContent());
        appendRemovedFe(response.getContent());

        getPageFooter(response.getContent());
        writeResponse(request, response);
    }

    private void appendRoleInfo(StringBuilder buffer) {
        buffer.append("
Frontend Role
");
        buffer.append("
");
        buffer.append("
" + Catalog.getInstance().getFeType() + "
");
        buffer.append("
");
    }

    private void appendJournalInfo(StringBuilder buffer) {
        buffer.append("
Current Journal Id
");
        buffer.append("
");
        if (Catalog.getInstance().isMaster()) {
            buffer.append("
" + Catalog.getInstance().getEditLog().getMaxJournalId() + "
");
        } else {
            buffer.append("
" + Catalog.getInstance().getReplayedJournalId() + "
");
        }
        buffer.append("
");
    }

    private void appendNodesInfo(StringBuilder buffer) {
        HAProtocol haProtocol = Catalog.getInstance().getHaProtocol();
        if (haProtocol == null) {
            return;
        }
        List<InetSocketAddress> electableNodes = haProtocol.getElectableNodes(true);
        if (electableNodes == null) {
            return;
        }
        buffer.append("
Electable nodes
");
        buffer.append("
");
        for (InetSocketAddress node : electableNodes) {
            buffer.append("
" + node.getAddress() + "
");

        }
        buffer.append("
");

        List<InetSocketAddress> observerNodes = haProtocol.getObserverNodes();
        if (observerNodes == null) {
            return;
        }
        buffer.append("
Observer nodes
");
        buffer.append("
");
        for (InetSocketAddress node : observerNodes) {
            buffer.append("
" + node.getHostString() + "
");
        }
        buffer.append("
");
    }

    private void appendCanReadInfo(StringBuilder buffer) {
        buffer.append("
Can Read
");
        buffer.append("
");
        buffer.append("
" + Catalog.getInstance().canRead() + "
");

        buffer.append("
");
    }

    private void appendImageInfo(StringBuilder buffer) {
        try {
            Storage storage = new Storage(Config.meta_dir + "/image");
            buffer.append("
Checkpoint Info
");
            buffer.append("
");
            buffer.append("
last checkpoint version:" + storage.getImageSeq() + "
");
            long lastCheckpointTime = storage.getCurrentImageFile().lastModified();
            Date date = new Date(lastCheckpointTime);
            buffer.append("
last checkpoint time: " + date + "
");
            buffer.append("
");
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private void appendDbNames(StringBuilder buffer) {
        List<Long> names = Catalog.getInstance().getEditLog().getDatabaseNames();
        if (names == null) {
            return;
        }

        String msg = "";
        for (long name : names) {
            msg += name + " ";
        }
        buffer.append("
Database names
");
        buffer.append("
");
        buffer.append("
" + msg + "
");
        buffer.append("
");
    }

    private void appendFe(StringBuilder buffer) {
        List<Frontend> fes = Catalog.getInstance().getFrontends(null /* all */);
        if (fes == null) {
            return;
        }

        buffer.append("
Allowed Frontends
");
        buffer.append("
");
        for (Frontend fe : fes) {
            buffer.append("
" + fe.toString() + "
");
        }
        buffer.append("
");
    }

    private void appendRemovedFe(StringBuilder buffer) {
        List<String> feNames = Catalog.getInstance().getRemovedFrontendNames();
        buffer.append("
Removed Frontends
");
        buffer.append("
");
        for (String feName : feNames) {
            buffer.append("
" + feName + "
");
        }
        buffer.append("
");
    }

}

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La lagune Tagba, aussi appelée lagune de Grand-Lahou, située à l'ouest de la Côte d'Ivoire, est une lagune d'une superficie de , qui s'étend sur une longueur de 50 km. Elle comprend une suite de quatre lagunes de petites tailles, et se jette dans l'océan Atlantique, près de Grand-Lahou, à l'embouchure du fleuve Bandama.

Elle communique vers la lagune Ebrié par le canal d'Asagni.

Elle comprend une île en son centre, l'île Avikam, qui serait la plus grande d'Afrique de l'Ouest.

Voir aussi
 Lagune d'Aby
 Lagune Ébrié

Références

Grand-Lahou

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Okay, this has just not been my week for trivia!!!! 5/10 again this morning. And, masterofmusings, I'm well aware that this is the third day in a row that you've beaten me so there's no need to rub it in in the comments. GRIN!!!! So, here are the questions.


Swift by Northwest will be held at the Radisson Hotel Seattle Airport.
Located across the street from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and within walking distance of the light rail to downtown, Radisson Hotel Seattle Airport is easily accessible to local and out-of-towners a like.
The Radisson is offering a special rate of $141 a night for Swift by Northwest attendees. You'll want to book here.


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Q: How to create constraint in SQL Server 2008 I want to create constraint orderDate must be smaller than deliveryDate?
Help me.

A: Supposing the table name is MyTable:
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[MyTable] WITH CHECK
ADD CONSTRAINT [CK_MyTable_date1] CHECK (orderDate <= deliveryDate)

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[MyTable] CHECK CONSTRAINT [CK_MyTable_date1]
GO

A: There are two ways to do it.
First While creating the table and after the creation:
While creating the table:
CREATE TABLE Price (
PriceID INT PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY (1,1),
OriginalPrice FLOAT NOT NULL,
CurrentPrice FLOAT NOT NULL,
Discount FLOAT,
ShippingCost FLOAT NOT NULL,
Tax FLOAT NOT NULL,
CHECK (CurrentPrice <= OriginalPrice));

After creation the table:
ALTER TABLE Price ADD CHECK (CurrentPrice <= OriginalPrice);
--or
ALTER TABLE Price ADD CONSTRAINT CK_Price_Current_vs_Original
CHECK (CurrentPrice <= OriginalPrice);

You can go for the date fields in the same sense.
For more info please Read this.


Play this new game called Princesses Pom Poms Fashion to explore the latest summer trend and create amazing outfits! Elsa, Ariel and Moana are getting ready for a festival and they want to try out and wear something new and trending. Pom Poms fashion is exactly what they need.


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Home » News » 2 employees at long-term care homes test positive for COVID-19, N.S. reaches triple digits
2 employees at long-term care homes test positive for COVID-19, N.S. reaches triple digits
by Energeticcity.ca Staff March 28, 2020
Nova Scotia has seen its largest jump in cases of COVID-19 in a single day as the number of cases reached triple digits.
On Saturday, the provincial government announced it has detected an additional 20 cases, bringing the total number of cases in Nova Scotia to 110.
Two of the new cases are employees at long-term care facilities.
One works at the R.K. MacDonald Nursing Home in Antigonish, N.S., while the other is an employee at Lewis Hall, a private retirement community in Dartmouth.
READ MORE: Nova Scotia announces rent-deferral program for small businesses, iPads for seniors
All residents and staff at the facilities have been notified, with the province's health officials continuing to investigate and work with the facilities' administrators.
Although no residents or other staff are showing symptoms, some are now in self-isolation as a precautionary measure while close contacts are being tested.
Nova Scotia says there are no cases of COVID-19 among residents of long-term care facilities at this time.
"The weekend is here and we need to be more vigilant than ever. We can't let our guard down," said Premier Stephen McNeil in a press release.
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In cooperation with the Kneippverein Bad Nauheim/Friedberg/Bad Salzhausen (Kneipp association Bad Nauheim/Friedberg), specialists and spa doctors, clinics, hoteliers, bath attendants and physiotherapists, the Kur- und Servicebetrieb (spa and service operation) as well as the Bad Nauheim Stadtmarketing und Tourismus GmbH (Bad Nauheim City Marketing and Tourism GmbH), the application und the most diverse criteria were developed in the last five years and examined by a committee in 2010.
The Kneipp therapy can be traced back to the priest Sebastian Kneipp who lived and worked in the 19th century. His holistic concept is based on five "pillars": water, exercise, nutrition, medical plants and balance. The combination of Kneipp therapy and the mineral springs in Bad Nauheim offers an ideal basis for a health-sustaining contact with water.
Nine springs of different composition and effectiveness can be easily combined in Bad Nauheim with Sebastian Kneipp's methods of treatment. The Kneipp spa has a range of Kneipp wading pools and arm baths as well as one Kneipp pool especially designed for children. In the historic Badehaus 3 (bathhouse 3) you can experience classical thermal baths and also modern wellness treatments.
There is a wide range of opportunities for exercise in the green "towon of health" with its spacious parks. The Kneipp-Verein (Kneipp association), for example, offers Nordic Walking or gymnastics classes as well as special classes for cardiac patients. The interactive Gesundheitsgarten (health garden) at Graduation House II with 15 exercise stations also has a herb garden where medical plants grow. Various clinics and hotels have adapted to Kneipp's concept of nutrition and even offer Kneipp menus.
Kneipp's holisitc concept aims at a balanced lifestyle in harmony with fellow human beings and nature. The tenet "balance" is about the unity of body, mind and soul. Various events such as the Kneipp-Day in May and lectures in Bad Nauheim are devoted to this subject.


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Manafort lied after pleading guilty, Mueller's team says
Paul Manafort has "breached" his plea agreement with the Justice Department by lying to the FBI and special ...
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Paul Manafort has "breached" his plea agreement with the Justice Department by lying to the FBI and special counsel Robert Mueller's office two months after he started cooperating in the Russia probe, prosecutors said in a new court filing Monday.
The filing was an astonishing break from the bare-bones updates given by the special counsel's office in other cases where cooperators continue to help Mueller pursue Russian interference in the 2016 US election and alleged coordination with the Trump campaign.
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The brief but remarkable development indicates that not only has the former Trump campaign chairman shared extensive information with Justice Department prosecutors since he began cooperating, but that prosecutors also believe they are able to verify or refute that information. And it signals that Mueller's team may be prepared to reveal the depths of what they have learned.
Manafort lied "on a variety of subject matters," violating his plea agreement, prosecutors allege in the three-page filing signed by both the defense team and the prosecution. The special counsel's office says it will provide more details at a later date.
Both sides ask the judge to now move Manafort's case toward sentencing.
The filing says Manafort does not agree with prosecutors' assertion that he has lied.
"He believes he has provided truthful information and does not agree with the government's characterization or that he has breached the agreement," it says.
It's rare for criminal defendants' cases to near their end in this manner. Large-scale criminal conspiracy investigations are often built around prosecutors' ability to turn criminals into cooperators, who guide them to other, more significant targets or testify against their former colleagues in court.
It's not immediately clear what impact the development has on Mueller's work or on other possible criminal cases. But the announcement raised the possibility that President Donald Trump could again see Manafort as an ally and antagonist of Mueller, and consider pardoning him.
Manafort pleaded guilty to conspiracy and witness tampering on September 14, almost a year after he was first charged and following his conviction by a jury in a separate but related case on eight tax and banking crimes.
Manafort, though he has not made public statements since his plea, was thought to be the star cooperator in the special counsel's ongoing probe. In September and October, he met with Mueller's team at least nine times, amounting to hours of discussions.
As part of his plea deal, Manafort admitted to committing a host of money laundering and foreign lobbying crimes and fraud, giving the federal prosecutors leverage over him. The cases that Mueller's team brought against Manafort largely focused on his Ukrainian political consulting work, his US lobbying over the last decade and the financial management of his business proceeds. Except for one aspect of their bank fraud case, in which Manafort appeared to dangle access to the Trump campaign in exchange for a bank loan, the cases did not publicly describe Manafort's work as campaign chairman.
For more than a year now, Manafort has been at the heart of several unresolved threads of the Mueller investigation. He had been in the room for the Trump Tower meeting with Russians who touted they had incriminating information about Hillary Clinton; he had allegedly offered private briefings on the campaign to a Russian oligarch to whom he was indebted, according to The Washington Post; and he had overseen the Trump campaign in the months when Russian military intelligence allegedly hacked Democratic Party officials.
One of Manafort's closest business contacts for several years has been Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russia-based political operative who prosecutors have alleged has ties to the same Russian military intelligence service that allegedly hacked the Democrats.
Manafort has been held in a Virginia jail since June, after he and Kilimnik were accused of attempting to tamper with possible witnesses before his trial. Kilimnik, though also charged by Mueller, has not surfaced in the US court system.
When he was last seen in public, in a Virginia federal courtroom about a month ago, Manafort was in a wheelchair and suffering from a health issue similar to gout. He'll be sentenced in February in his criminal case in Virginia, which he took to trial and lost. It's not clear how Monday's development might affect his situation there.
Even though Mueller's team alleges he's breached his plea agreement, Manafort must comply with the prosecutors' demands going forward. With a circumstance like this, only one side of the deal gets torn up -- and that's the prosecutors' promises of mercy, they said in the filing Monday.
The judge in DC District Court who received the update Monday night has not yet weighed in, and a sentencing for Manafort's guilty plea has not yet been scheduled.
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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: October 18, 2009
by Niall Browne
– on Oct 18, 2009
The box office gets Wild; a Vampire Chronicles star moves to Cradlewood; Everything Must Go for Will Ferrell; Owen, Keener and Schwimmer Trust each other and Terrance Mallick's Tree of Life withers in 2009.
After a few years in post-production, Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are took the top spot with a mighty $32.4 million over the weekend. Catering to children and adults alike, it looks like this adaptation of the children's book might make it to the century barrier.
Law Abiding Citizen came an impressive second with $21 million. The thriller has given a boost to the careers of Jamie Fox and Gerard Butler whose last movies underperformed.
Paranormal Activity scared up $20 million from only 760 screens for a $33 million total. It looks like the sky is the limit as Halloween approaches.
Couples Retreat plunged 47% giving the comedy a weekend take of just under $18 million. With $63 million in the bank so far, it would appear that this Vince Vaughn starrer has a slim chance at hitting $100 million. Slim and Vince Vaughn in the same sentence - that hasn't been done in a while.
The Stepfather remake faced stiff competition and landed at number 5 with $12.3 million. The low budget of this shocker will probably help it see profit.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs grossed another $8 million giving the film an impressive $108 million total. It might be cloudy - but it's only raining money!
Zombieland took in just under $8 million this weekend. With $60 million so far it looks like this won't see $100 million.
The new 3D versions of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 brought in another $3 million giving the duo a decent $28 million total. They're pretty much there to act as a trailer for next year's Toy Story 3 so that's a pretty good win for the re-releases.
Bruce Willis' Surrogates brought in $1.9 million for a $36 million total, meanwhile The Invention of Lying took a smidgen less than that for a $15 million cumulative gross. Ricky Gervais just isn't a movie star.
1. The Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder has signed on to star in "romantic gothic fairy tale" Cradlewood.
According to The Hollywood Reporter:
"The movie centers on an Australian woman living in Boston with the heir (Somerhalder) to an incredible fortune whose family history is swirled in a legend that tells of a pact made with a demon which ensures that whenever a boy is born into the family, the father is killed. The heir suspects his girlfriend is pregnant, and after strange events occur, he comes to believe he will die if he continues to fall in love."
Interesting. Sounds like it'll either be good or terrible. However, if I was a betting man...
Emma Lung will co-star in the film that will shoot in Melbourne, Australia which is to double as Boston. The reasons for that are financial as I can only assume you guessed.
2. Will Ferrell is set to star in the independent film Everything Must Go.
The $10 million film is based on a Raymond Carver short story . The synopsis is as follows:
"Ferrell will play a guy who loses his job and gets locked out of the house by his wife. She deposits his belongings on the front lawn, and he spends the next four days trying to sell his possessions."
I can only imagine that Ferrell is bored of remaking old television shows.
3. Clive Owen and Catherine Keener will be directed by Friends star David Schwimmer in The Trust. Variety says:
"Owen and Keener will play the parents of a 14-year-old girl who are stunned to discover she has been victimized by an adult who gained her trust posing as a teenager on a chat room. Newcomer Liana Liberato will play the daughter."
It sounds very apt and heavy, which might make it an awards contender.
4. Terrence Malick's Tree of Life, which had been scheduled for a December 25 release has now been delayed until next year.
The Brad Pitt and Sean Penn drama is currently being edited by Malick who likes to take his time on projects. Malick has only directed four films to date (not including Tree of Life). These films are 1973's Badlands with Martin Sheen, Days of Heaven with Richard Gere, The Thin Red Line with everyone and The New World with Colin Farrell and Christian Bale.
Not a bad filmography!
Tree of Life is currently without a release date.
Source: Indewire
That's it for now. See you at the movies.
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Charles was born in Wolverhampton on 29 January 1894, the son of Alfred and Eliza Kay. In 1901, they were living at 80 High Street, Portobello, along with Charles's siblings Enoch H. W., Emily A., Mabel E. L., William W., Alice E., and Phyllis A. By 1911 Charles and four of his siblings (Enoch, Mabel, William and Phyllis) were living at 6 New Street, Portobello. Charles was a baker and bread maker.
Charles married Florence Mabel James in Wolverhampton in 1917. The couple had three children – Joyce E. (1920), Howard C. (1923) and Phyllis C. (1928). Charles died in Wolverhampton in 1974 at the age of 80.
Elisha was born in Wolverhampton on 15 June 1884, the son of William and Ada Everitt. They were living at the back of 8 Brickkiln Street, Portobello, in 1901, along with Elisha's sister Mercy and brother Samuel. Elisha was a brass caster. Ada died in 1910, and the family were living at the same address in 1911. Elisha was a labourer at a blast furnace. Elisha had three children illegitimately with Florence Foster – John Thomas Foster (1907), Martha Jane Foster (1909) and Ada Everitt (1914). He married Florence Foster on 12 January 1915, at Darlaston Parish Church.
On 1 February 1915, Elisha enlisted with the South Staffordshire Regiment (number 17355). He served in France until he suffered from a hernia, and was discharged on 19 March 1919. He is remembered on the war memorial at Portobello.
The couple had seven further children – Doris (1918), William (1920), Elisha (1922), Florence (1923), Walter (1924), Mercy (1926) and Annie (1928). Elisha died in Bilston in 1962.
John Durham was born in 1884, the son of Michael and Elizabeth Durham. His father died in 1895, so by 1901 John was living with his widowed mother and brother James at Horseley Fields. John was a hardware enameller. They were living at Court 4, Lower Horseley Fields, in 1911. John was a labourer in an iron foundry.
The son of George Ephraim and Lydia Cash, Robert was born in Wolverhampton on 6 March 1897. In 1901 they were living with Robert's grandfather, Peter, at 27 High Street, Portobello, with Robert's brother Peter Earnest. They were at the same address in 1911, with additional siblings Gladys Annie, George Ephraim and Minnie. Robert had become an errand boy. He later became a stamper in the drop forging trade.
Robert enlisted as a Driver with the Royal Field Artillery (number 99974). He first served in France from 28 July 1915. He survived the war, and appears on the Portobello war memorial as one of the local men who served.
Robert married Lydia Porter in Wolverhampton in 1917, and the couple went on to have eight children – Minnie (1918), Lilian M. (1919), Lydia (1920), Gertrude E. (1922), Ernest M. (1924), Robert (1926), George E. (1929) and Winnie (1934). By 1939, they were living at 20 Barnetts Buildings, Dilloways Lane, Willenhall. Robert died in Wolverhampton in 1976.
Charles was born in Portobello, Wolverhampton in 1888, the son of John and Teresa Baugh. In 1901 they were living at 25 High Street, Willenhall, along with Charles's brother William, and married sister Clara Taylor and her family. In 1910, he married Rosanna Grant in Wolverhampton, and the couple were living with their two daughters, Elizabeth and Rose, at North Street, Portobello, in 1911. Charles was working as a brass caster and polisher. The couple had two sons – Frederick R. (1912) and John (1914) – before the outbreak of war.
Charles served as a Private with the Royal Army Medical Corps (service number 68325) during the War. Charles appears on the war memorial at Portobello as one of the local men who survived the war.
Charles and Rosanna had five more children – Charles E. (1917), Clara (1920), Enoch (1922), Ivy (1926) and Lawrence (1929). Charles died in Bilston in 1946.
David was born in Wolverhampton in 1887, the son of Thomas and Mary A. Haddon. They were living at 42 New Street, Portobello, in 1901, along with David's siblings John, Thomas, Henry, Samuel and Ada. David was an errand boy. David married Mary Ann Vaughan at Wolverhampton Registry Office on 6 November 1909, and they had a son, David Oliver, in 1910. In 1911, they were living at 27 Bridge Street, Portobello, and David was working as an iron caster. The couple had three further children – Edward (1912), Lizzie Ann (1914) and Doris May (1916).
On 26 January 1915, David enlisted as a Driver in the Royal Field Artillery (number 84885). David was now a moulder living at 42 New Street, Portobello. He survived the war, and served until he was discharged in March 1920. He died in Bilston in 1963. He is remembered on the war memorial at Portobello.
George was born in Wolverhampton in about 1889, the son of John and Elizabeth Giddings. They were living in Dudley Street in 1891, but by 1901, George and his brothers Samuel, Frederick and William, were in the Wednesfield Cottage Homes. George, Frederick and William were first admitted on 4 August 1897, when their father was in the workhouse, but were discharged to their mother on the same day. On 8 March 1898, they were admitted to the Cottage Homes again, as their father had died, and George was not discharged to his mother again until 5 February 1902. George married Lottie Pipes in Wolverhampton in 1915. They had a son, George, in November 1915, and a daughter, Beatrice, on 1 July 1917. Unfortunately, George died not long after his birth.
On 11 December 1915, George enlisted in the 300th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery (service number 127284). His address was given as 8 Dale Road, Wolverhampton, and his trade as window cleaner. He served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. He served as a Late Warder at No. 3 Prisoners of War Camp, Sidi Bishr, Alexandria. Unfortunately, his service records initially suggest that he committed suicide on 24 August 1919. However, this is crossed out and replaced with "accidentally shot himself while on duty". The official report states he received a bullet wound through the brain, which was "on duty apparently accidental, no evidence of intention, and no one else to blame". There are many additional witness statements on George's service record. George is buried in the Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial cemetery, and is remember on the memorial of St Paul's Church.
Arthur was born in Bushbury in 1887, the son of Arthur B. and Annie Frost. In 1891, the family were living in Wood Street, Wednesfield, and had moved to Shrewsbury by 1901, and Barrow in Furness by 1911. There, Arthur was a typecaster with a newspaper and general printing firm.
On 14 December 1915, Arthur enlisted with the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (number 49651), transferring to the 11th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters (number 112943) in October 1918. He was living in Ulverston by this date, and he was a monotype caster. Arthur served in France, but was wounded and died on 5 November 1918. He had written a will on 1 November 1918, which gave everything he had to his fiancee, Miss Ada Wood. Curiously, although his service records confirm his death from wounds, and he appears in the "Soldiers Died" database, I have been unable to find him on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site.
Bert was born in Wolverhampton on 5 July 1892, the son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Everitt. In 1901, they were living in Willenhall. By 1911, Bert was living with his brother-in-law, James Pearson, at 73 Twelve House Row, Bentley Road, Short Heath, near Wolverhampton. Bert was a core maker for iron castings.
Bert enlisted first in the Hertfordshire Regiment (number 9170), and later moved to the Bedfordshire Regiment (number 269239). He survived the war, but is listed on the Portobello war memorial.
Bert married Mary M. Lockley in Wolverhampton in 1919, and the couple had a daughter, Mary, in 1923. They lived at 26 Bloxwich Road, Willenhall, by 1939, and Bert was a coremaker for an iron foundry. Bert died in Walsall in 1970.
George was born in Bilston in 1895, the son of Thomas and Sarah Doughton. In 1901, they were living at the back of 96 Wolverhampton Street, Bilston, along with George's siblings Esther Ann, Martha Jane, James, John, Thomas, Sarah Jane and Alice Elizabeth. They were at 40 Hartshorn Street, Bilston by 1911, by which date George had become a moulder. On 8 May 1915, he married Mary Ann Campbell at St Leonard's Church, Bilston, and they had a daughter, Alice, born on 25 January 1917. Unfortunately, his daughter died of bronchitis on 20 November 1918.
On 22 December 1917, George enlisted as a Gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery (number 188537). By this date, his address was 31 Greencroft, Bilston, and he was a labourer. He served until after the war, when he was discharged with pulmonary tuberculosis. He himself died on 18 August 1920. He does not appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site, but he is remembered on the Bilston Town Hall Ward Roll of Honour.


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South African swimmer Ali Basel takes on senior year at Iowa State
By Megan Teske
Ali Basel came to the United States from South Africa without her parents and overcame shoulder surgery her sophomore year. Now a senior, Basel is looking to help lead her team in what she calls a "comeback season."
Basel had been dreaming of coming to swim and study in the United States since she was in ninth grade. After being recruited by Iowa State from her club team based in Johannesburg, South Africa, her dream became a reality a mere three years ago. Basel now swims the mid-distance freestyle as well as the 200 individual medley and as she looks forward to the season ahead, she hopes to help her team secure a spot in the top three at the Big 12 Championship.
"We don't really have a college structure at home," Basel said. "If I wanted to go to university and swim, I would have to do swimming on my own time with a club."
For Basel, that wasn't an option. She said she wanted to swim and study at the same time, and she believed the NCAA system was one of the best around, so she decided to put herself on a recruiting website.
That website was where assistant coach Kelly Nordell, who is also the lead recruiter for the team, first saw her.
"[Basel's] coach Peter Williams swam at Nebraska, so I was connected to Peter," Nordell said. "Duane [Sorenson] had some South Africans here previously so we've had good results and good relationships with them and from there, that's how it all started."
Basel said making the move from South Africa to the United States wasn't too difficult. Similar to the United States, Basel said South Africa has a fairly western culture, so in terms of adjusting to her new country, it wasn't too different — apart from having to learn which side of the road to drive on.
Although she had to overcome a shoulder injury after her sophomore season, Basel said her biggest accomplishment was making it the United States to swim and study.
"It's so competitive; 15-year-old me was very determined to get this goal," Basel said. "It was a huge accomplishment for me when I was able to continue swimming and studying."
Her coaches said otherwise. Head coach Duane Sorenson said he thinks Basel's biggest accomplishment was overcoming her surgery after her sophomore year, and Nordell agreed.
"She was very resilient coming back," Sorenson said. "The surgery is always 'she may not come back, she may not ever swim again.'"
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Instead of starting with a looped sample or a collection of sampled drum hits, we can also create entirely new drum sounds from scratch with Falcon's Drum synth oscillator.
Open the right-hand sidebar and choose the Oscillators tab. Expand the Synthesis > Drum folders, and you will see all of the drum synth oscillator presets.
Before we get started zoom in a bit in the Mapping Editor to see the key range we are going to focus on in greater detail. Click the + button on the bottom right of the editor to zoom in.
Let's start by adding the Bass Drum preset 'BD Saving' to cover the range B0 to C1. As you drag-and-drop, the vertical position within the Mapping Editor determines the key range of the keygroup, with wider ranges set near the top and narrower ranges near the bottom.
The Drum oscillator consists of two sound generators, a pitched oscillator and a noise generator. The two can be independently edited, then the mix between the two is set the with the Mixer. The Master section adjusts the combined signal, with EQ, distortion, and other settings.
To give the kick a little more edge, let's change the Oscillator waveform from sine to Triangle, and move the Osc/Noise Slider to add a little noise.
Now let's import the 'SD Maniac' preset from the SD (Snare Drum) folder to D1, and play a few notes to see how the kick and snare sound. Let's bump up the Distortion, and lower the Q on the noise filter.
For toms, let's drag over a preset from the Electric Tom folder, 'Large Tom', to F1.
We can then tune the tom with the oscillator Frequency Slider.
To use this customized tom as the starting point for additional toms, right-click the keygroup and choose "Duplicate Selected Keygroup".
The duplicated keygroup will initially appear stacked on top of the existing one; grab the new keygroup and drag it over to G1, then adjust its frequency to change the tom's pitch.
To change the length of time the toms ring out let's tweak their amplitude envelope. If it's not already displayed, toggle visibility of the Modulation Editor with its button in the upper right of the Edit view.
Then click and drag a selection over each of the tom keygroups, then click on the "Amp. Env." tab in the Modulation Editor. When you adjust the envelope's Release knob, you will be editing the release time for all of the selected keygroups.
We can also use the Drum oscillator for synth lead or bass sounds. For example, drag in a preset from the Synth folder, such as 'Clean Synth', to cover the range C2 to C3. Moving this keygroup to a separate layer will give us more flexibility with effects routing and other program settings, so let's move the keygroup.
Right-click the synth keygroup in the Mapping Editor and choose Move Keygroup To > New Layer.


At our Convent and Community each year, it is tradition for us to celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas. Advent is a time of waiting and the twelve days that follow Christmas allows time for us to reflect and live the "Incarnation of Christ" as we journey towards our yearly profession of Vows on Epiphany. It's a time of Enclosure for us when we can withdraw from the busyness of our daily lives and set aside time of quiet for Christ and community.
This Christmas, each of us cooks decided we'd make one special gift for the sisters over each of the twelve days. I chose Monday the 26th and couldn't wait to make this decadent candy. We have lots of chocolate lovers in the Sisterhood, so I thought it might just be 'the bomb' and it was! With just a couple tweaks, it is now going to become my favorite holiday indulgence. I had to quadruple the recipe in order to make enough for 65 Sisters and have some extra for gifting, so it will multiply out well. This recipe is just too special to make for just "any" time of year, so save it for a special occasion.
Blessed Twelve Days of Christmas to you!
In a large, deep heavy-bottom saucepan, melt the butter.
Stir in the salt, sugar, water, and corn syrup, and bring the mixture to a boil. Boil gently over medium heat, without stirring, until the mixture reaches hard-crack stage (300°F on an instant-read or candy thermometer). The syrup will bubble without seeming to change much for awhile, but be patient; all of a sudden it will darken, and at that point you need to take its temperature and see if it's ready, about 10 to 12 minutes. Pay attention; too long on the heat, and the syrup will burn.
While the sugar mixture is gently bubbling, spread half of the toasted nuts (1 cup), in a fairly closely packed, even single layer, on a lightly greased baking sheet or 1/2 sheet pan.
Top with half the chocolate chips (1 1/3 cups).
When the syrup is ready, pour it quickly and evenly over the nuts and chocolate. Immediately top with the remaining chocolate (1 1/3 cups).
Wait several minutes for the chips to melt, then gently, using the back of a spatula, spread the chocolate evenly and top with the remaining toasted nuts (1 cup).
Allow to cool at room temperature and the chocolate will harden. When cool, break it into uneven chunks.


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Europe warns Turkey's democracy is 'backsliding'
EU report highlights concerns about freedom of the press and the independent court system in Turkey.
Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In a crackdown since the coup attempt, the Turkish government has arrested thousands of suspected opponents including civil servants, judges, members of parliament and journalists
By Florian Eder
November 8, 2016	6:12 pm
The European Commission will warn Turkey this week that it must halt the "backsliding" in human rights and democracy since the failed military coup in July, in the latest report on Turkish ambitions for one day joining the EU.
Draft conclusions prepared for a meeting of commissioners on Wednesday, which were seen by POLITICO, call for greater respect for human rights and basic freedoms, and voice "grave concern" — upgraded this week from "serious concern" voiced in an earlier draft — about the arrest of opposition lawmakers charged with supporting terrorism.
In a crackdown since the coup attempt, the Turkish government has arrested thousands of suspected opponents including civil servants, judges, members of parliament and journalists.
"There has been backsliding in the past year, in particular with regard to the independence of the judiciary," said the "Turkey 2016" report, listing the removal of judges and prosecutors accused of conspiring with the exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen, whom Ankara accuses of masterminding the coup attempt. Following the armed revolt, "one fifth of the judges and prosecutors were dismissed and saw their assets frozen," said the report.
There has also been "serious backsliding" over the past year in freedom of speech in Turkey because of "selective and arbitrary application of the law, especially of the provisions on national security and the fight against terrorism," said the report. It cited "criminal cases against journalists, writers or social media users, withdrawal of accreditations, high numbers of arrests of journalists as well as closure of numerous media outlets."
"The rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms must be respected under all circumstances, and the parliament and all forces represented in the democratic institutions of the country must be able to play their constitutional role in full," said the draft conclusions.
The EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini published a statement on behalf of member countries on Tuesday that condemned Turkey's "renewed consideration" of bringing back the death penalty, as well as the closures of media outlets and arrests of journalists and opposition lawmakers.
Concerns over human rights in Turkey, in particular its anti-terrorism laws, have stalled talks with the EU over visa liberalization — a key part of the refugee deal struck earlier this year. Under that agreement, Ankara would stem the flow of refugees into Europe in exchange for cash and other benefits including visa-free travel.
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Trump's effort to overturn the election should be investigated like 9/11
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European far right decries US violence but sees Trump as victim of 'ridiculous' fanatics
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Add a touch of green to this hot favourite -- without sacrificing on the yumminess. Chef Saransh Goila shows you how: simply make your puris with palak (spinach), and spruce up the bhaji with more vegetables. Chef Goila's healthy bonus tip: Substitute the regular potato with sweet, he says, and don't forget: this dish is always best enjoyed hot!
Mix all the ingredients (mentioned above for puris). Knead this mix to create a soft, pliable dough, and let it rest for 15 minutes. Divide the dough into small balls, then roll each ball into small puris. Deep fry these puris in canola oil. Make sure you drain the oil once you take them out of pan, and wipe that extra greasiness off.
Heat olive oil in a pan, and add cumin and mustard seeds, and allow them to splutter in the oil. Then add ginger and chili to the above, and stir. Throw in some hing, then follow it up with the boiled green peas, carrots, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder and chilli powder, and toss for 1 minute. Add approximately 1 ½ cups of water, and lemon juice to the above. Stir well and let the bhaji cook for 10 - 12 minutes on medium flame. Finally, sprinkle amchoor powder. Take the bhaji off the heat, put it in a bowl, and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Check out other vegetarian recipes here: Start with a yummy spaghetti moilee curry.


Welcome, investors! Here at Gulf Coast Property Management, we work with rental investors in Manatee and Sarasota counties in Florida. Today we're going to be talking about the three ways people value property, whether that be a cost analysis, a sales analysis, or an income analysis.
The cost analysis is used by the big corporations, where they calculate the land value and build value, and work backward from there. Most of our clients work in either sales comparison analysis or the income analysis.
The sales comparison is where we look at a property, decide how much that property's worth based on real estate comps, and then factor in what we believe will be a good rental rate. The focus is very much on the value of the property, it's what most mom and pop investors lean towards when they're deciding whether a property will be good for a rental program.
The other way to look at an analysis is the income analysis, and that's where you do look at the value of the property, but the main focus is on the potential revenue or historic revenue that property has yielded over the years. Typically, a duplex or a quadruplex, a small multi-family, will be looked at more on the income it can generate, rather than the sale value of the particular building.
Now, there's not a right or wrong way to do it, but you probably do want to speak to a real estate professional, a company like Gulf Coast, who can look at the income and revenue opportunities for you, so you can determine whether or not rental is a good fit.
If you have any more questions please give us a call (941) 782-1559.
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead.
I have an exception to this quote. Jesus actually changed the world, however he DID choose a small group to do it. Restore's newest world changing small group leader, Keith Moran and his wife Melissa. Was Troy's apprentice, now leader of his own group.
Check out Tommy Bowman's story of his small groups generosity. This is a small group of young married couples. Tommy is the worship and arts Director at Restore....and small group leader extrodinaire.
I have a goal fo 209 workouts in 2009. That is an average of 4 workouts a week. Well...here I am with 189 to go. After just 20 workouts, I feel absolutely GREAT. Seriously. I feel stronger, I have more stamina, I feel mentally sharper, and I have more energy at the end of the day. I actuallylook forward to working out. Today, with the great weather, I ran/walked outside and I felt I could go on forever. I only came home cause I had to get back to work.


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Making Botanical Medicine
Meet Renée
Renée A. Davis
Spearheading Culture Change with Plant Traditions
Written by Renée A. Davis
This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2012 issue of Plant Healer Magazine. If you haven't subscribed to this eclectic, thoughtful, extremely original publication, I highly recommend it. Subscriptions are affordable and support the Anima Lifeways & Herbal School, one which I proudly attend. Enjoy.
I absolutely love writing outside in the Summer. In the Pacific Northwest, clear, open skies can be rare. When it's sunny and pleasant, we are like solar panels, soaking up every available ray, letting our spirits be infused by the blooming Nootka roses, the ripening salmonberries, and the glaring, spectacular foxglove stalks. In this exalted light and heat of Summer, I have some special things I want to share with you. (And you can bet I'm writing it outside!)
In June, I completed my Master's thesis—a culmination of a 10-month ethnography exploring the role of plant traditions in diabetes prevention and addiction treatment in Salish tribal communities. Additionally, over the last year and a half, I've been collaboratively running the Olympia Free Herbal Clinic (OFHC) as a member of a collective of 7 herbalists. We are presently forming a nonprofit called The Dandelion Seed Community Health Project, which will feature the free herbal clinic as one of its programs. This type of endeavor is a complex labor-of-love and juggling act, involving obtaining business licensure, organizing and recruiting a Board of Directors, managing volunteers, organizing a conference, teaching workshops, maintaining apothecary inventory, organizing a host of outreach and fundraising activities, and the list goes on. As a collective, each of us wears many hats. But we all definitely bear the title of Manager of Chaos. So I finished my thesis, graduated, and now have a bit of space to sit back, gaze at the flowers, and reflect. Specifically, I'm reflecting on the last few years of working with plant traditions to inspire social change in collaborative and community settings. It's my desire to share these musings with you and the herbal community as a whole. I've learned so much from those who have walked before me, as well as those who walk with me now on this path of plants and healing.
The world of plants has inspired me since childhood, being an endless source of fascination, enchantment, and wonder. In following this allure and heeding their call, my passions have broadened. Currently, I've been intrigued by how plants affect social and ecological identity, and have come to understand that plant traditions are indeed an inextricable aspect of it. The network of symbiotic relationships and connections between humans and other life forms orient us in our habitat and in the cosmos. I've also noticed that this connection is an overlooked one in mainstream American social change and innovation practices. And that's unfortunate, because revitalizing and creating herbal traditions and ethnobotanical practices can spur authentic and systemic social change through a variety of ways, by:
Broadening perception of place,
Inspiring self, family, and community care,
Orienting our selves as humans in time and in habitat.
Working with plant traditions (in their revitalization as well as creation) are fascinatingly paradoxical. They are simultaneously old and new, ancient and innovative. These traditions carry knowledge so ancient, vast, and are the foundation of our species biological and cultural evolution. They are also new, innovative, and deeply pertinent to the challenges of a contemporary, global society.
Plants traditions are also simultaneously simplex and complex. They can be as simple as passing down a grandmother's cold remedy or gathering dandelions in the backyard; And yet can be as complex as articulating cultural contexts of plant practices, assessing constitution, or learning phytochemistry and pharmacology. The relationships between plants and people are so profound, complex, and encompassing. And they're fundamental in building culture. And if we can help or facilitate the emergence of a culture of health, diversity, and resilience, countless lives can be all the more nurtured.
I got to grasp this relationship all the more while working on my thesis with a Salish ethnobotanical program at Northwest Indian Treatment Center (NWITC)1 near the Squaxin Island reservation in Elma, WA. The center features traditional plants education as the cornerstone of healing generational trauma, treating addiction, and preventing diabetes. June O'Brien, founder and director of the Native Plant Nutrition Program (NPNP), conveyed the transformation observed in patients:
And the patients wake up. There is something that happens between the patients and the plants that wakes them up in a way like nothing else does. You could say it wakes up their blood, or it wakes up their DNA, that their ancestors arrive on the scene. That the relationship between their place, their home, where they come from, what they've related to for tens of thousands of years, wakes up in them. And you can feel their spirit just climb up and shine through their eyes.
Both June and Elise Krohn, community herbalist and director of NPNP, see the potential of plant traditions to heal social and cultural wounds. While their program is specific to Northwest tribal communities, they remind us that plant traditions are an important part of all of our cultural heritages, and carry important medicine for these changing times.
Plant traditions reach far back into Earth's history, and are considered to be our oldest form of healing and medicine. However, we do not have a template with how to wield this work in our global, highly mobile, technological age. That leaves room for experimentation, creativity, and collaboration in the ever-evolving movement to reconnect people with Nature, cultivate authentic presence, and build a culture of health. In developing the Dandelion Seed mission and vision statement, one of our key points is the potential of herbal traditions to build a culture of health in our community.
There are so many ways to inspire social change through herbal practice: education, policy and legal advocacy, clinical work and outreach, and more! That's one thing I find so exciting as a community herbalist—learning and experiencing how different pracitioners, educators or communities connect with plants and their ecological communities. This is not in an effort to adopt or copy what another individual or community does. Rather, we can be inspired to deepen and broaden our connection and participation with community, place, and cosmos. In doing so, we can create something that is appropriate and effective for our communities.
One thing that continues to arise in observations of my projects (as well as others), which I want to present to you as crucial, is the importance of documenting your work. It is vital to have a track record for a project and the changes it potentially caused[1]. To communicate with other factions and institutions of society (who may or may not share your worldview and approach), documentation and evidence adds credibility and support to your approach. It also helps develop critical thinking and analysis, and assists in determining if a change in course is necessary.
We are then confronted with a challenge. What should one measure and document? We live in a reductionist, mechanistic society, with a philosophy of reality based in the Scientific Revolution and Cartesian dualism. The culture of American herbalists, however, deviates from those philosophical values and orientation. It acknowledges adaptations and fluxes unseen, favors holism and diverse lifeworlds. So what's important to measure? The answer to this will vary among every organization, project, and initiative. There are no easy answers or one-approach fits all for program evaluations and outcomes measures. But it's something to consider as members of a movement and facilitators of change.
Having one's work documented makes a significant difference. To name one example, for my own research, I would have loved to have more supporting material of other programs that facilitate and revitalize local and cultural plant traditions. Documentation helps to build a foundation upon which to support the vision of a diverse, resilient, and sustainable world.
At OFHC, for example, we keep track of clients seen on a weekly, monthly and annual basis. We also track of students who have been able to attend our classes as the result of donations and other forms of support. We keep experimenting with different ways to understand how we are affecting the community, and figuring that out takes a little creativity and patience. At NPNP, the staff understood that the important things to document were the patient's stories. A program evaluation tool is now being developed that is appropriate for this culture and traditional plants program.
So this is my encouragement: experiment to creatively and positively affect culture through plant-people relationships, and document this so that you can make an argument for your approach (and so your colleagues and comrades can also learn!).
With that, I'd like to share what I've learned with you all. Throughout my experiences with community projects and organizations, some salient personal lessons have presented themselves—tokens of wisdom earned through dedication to building social and ecological community. It's my intention to pass along something that can hopefully help you along your path in affecting change in the larger social sphere; to support your initiatives, collaborations & conspiracies to help make this world a better place.
Examination of Personal Constructs, Mental Models, & Problem Frameworks: I can't recall how many times I've gone into a meeting, started a project, or made a suggestion that fell flat because it was too disconnected from the situation at hand. There have been countless times where I thought I knew what's going on, when, in fact, my mental model of the situation was pretty far off from the reality. This is something we all continually practice: You have to know your own mental frameworks, perceptual filters, and constructs before you can realistically assess a situation and subsequently act on it. This gets especially important in multicultural settings. 'Know thyself' is wise advice.
Consistency with Local Constructs of Health: Similarly, initiatives aimed at serving a community should be grounded in the knowledge and ways of that place. You've seen those 'top-down' approaches to community work, where an organization arrives on the scene and delivers a prescribed, pre-determined initiative. It's ultimately ineffective and disrespectful to what's there. This point stuck out like a sore thumb when researching tribal conceptions, beliefs and constructs of diabetes in comparison to those of Western biomedicine. Many diabetes prevention programs are designed by teams of doctors and public health officials with often no grounding in that community's health constructs. As a result, they fail. And programs built by tribal leaders for tribal communities are effective.
Community Engagement and Input: There is a powerful saying by Richard Beckhard, "People support what they create." Co-creation with people in the community ensures groundedness, authentic action, creative presence, and diversity in a project. At OFHC, we regularly solicit input from others through community forums and other informal means. In putting together a Board of Directors, we will have 3 people that are current or former patients of the clinic (or represent another consituency in the community). A board space allows space for these voices, as well as community forums, surveys, meet-and-greet events, etc.
Diplomacy with Disruptive Innovations: Disruptive innovations refer to changes that, true to their label, disrupt the way the way things typically work. Genuine social change is disruptive to the status quo. And systems have protective mechanisms and can often interpret disruptive changes as threatening (these are known as balancing mechanisms in general systems theory). If provoked, the system will take steps toward equilibrium and attempt to neutralize the disruption. You've seen this kind of pushback and backfire many times. Push someone too far and they push back. Riot police round up and arrest protestors. The immune system will produce immune cytokines once an antigen is detected.
Some of the systems of control in place anticipate and plan for this, and are thus able to swiftly deal with dissenters when they follow a learned pattern. This is why it's wise to strategize social change in the most grounded, present, and organic way possible as opposed to following others' models or tactics.
That said, progress with the awareness of the balancing mechanisms or pushbacks potentially at play in the system in which you're working. Plan for it. Be diplomatic and tactful when creating alliances and communicating your message. In terms of the Dandelion Seed organization and OFHC, as our project grows, so do we get more attention–wanted, and otherwise. We are planning for this by proactively building alliances with a variety of healthcare professionals, and even an attorney or two.
Patience, Perseverance, & Steadfastness: Change can take a long time. Community organizing and development also takes a long time. The more entrenched a system is in its ways, the more difficult it can be to shift. You might feel discouraged, doubtful, frustrated. It happens to everybody. Perseverance becomes a key character trait in this kind of work. OFHC has been operating for 4 years; NPNP has been going for 8. Change takes time, and projects can take years to gain real traction.
Developing Common Ground through Values Orientation & Shared Vision: When collaborating with others, a myriad of conflicts and disagreements can arise. It often behooves the group to have a shared mission and vision, as well as agreements regarding common values. If the group is rooted in these basic understandings, the heart of the project can be nurtured and further developed in the wake of surface conflicts. At OFHC, we run into this consistently, as we operate as a collective of 7 on informal consensus. When disagreements arise, we go back a step and revisit the purpose of our organization and program, and that usually clears up disagreements about the form of an initative.
Nurture Diversity & Resilience: Above all, nurturing diversity in resilience in our collaborative groups and communities contributes to the evolution and progression of this movement. It can, however, be personally uncomfortable. We want people to agree with us, to be right, validated, satisfied. If we want to nurture diversity, it also means allowing diverging perspectives, methods, and approaches. Because we live in such an individualistic culture, it can be often difficult to set aside the desire to control and apply ownership over something. But it's worth practice, as the best kind of change happens collaboratively when grounded in community.
Of course, I don't have the answers. I'm a total newb, a youngun', beginning to walk the path and just helping how I can along the way. It's not an easy path to walk—the obstacles can be unclear, the opposition formidable. Bu the more we can support one another and share knowledge, we grow all the more. Among us, there's tremendous diversity as well as shared ground. The more we can share our stories and the lessons gleaned, the more we can develop a movement worth spreading!
[1] Thinking and working in linear cause/effect terms is ultimately dichotomous and abstract given the inherent complexity of the natural world. In nature, a phenomenon has can have many causes, false causes, or many effects may come from a cause. However, to be able to communicate with others who do adopt this mechanistic language is a skill well worth acquiring.
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Renée A. Davis MA RH is a designer and educator in botanical and mycological medicine. Her training began at the Pratt Institute of Art and Design in New York City and concluded in biomedical sciences at the University of Washington. She currently directs research and development for a nutraceutical mushroom company in the Pacific Northwest.
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Ideas Lab is structured as research and development teams comprised of members whose diverse technical skill sets and backgrounds allow us to comprehensively address a given project. The breadth of our staff's experience enables Ideas Lab to deliver complete solutions for quantum technologies, from designing novel quantum materials, to developing sub-systems and assembling complete prototype devices.
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The operations and affairs of Ideas Lab are overseen by its Board of Directors who direct the activities of our management and research teams. With that in mind, our strategy has been to build a Board that consists of people whose backgrounds, skills and experiences span a diversity of for-profit and not-for-profit sectors in order to help guide the development of Ideas Lab.
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Supporting the Board is an independent Scientific Advisory Committee which provides advice in connection with significant science and technology developments. In that regard, the committee plays a critical role in ensuring that projects recommended to the Board by the Ideas Lab Director are consistent with Ideas Lab's objectives from a science and technology perspective. The SAC also plays an instrumental role in sourcing and assessing new project ideas and with respect to the recruitment of project leads and other researchers.
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"Lazaridis led recruitment and development at three research organizations: the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, the Institute for Quantum Computing, and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology. Those efforts have attracted prominent physicists and made Canada an outsize force in the field which the U.S. and China typically dominate."
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RacingJunk News > Uncategorized > ULMA Race Results – Marrant Keeps Rolling in Early Season ULMA Action!
Photo courtesy of Lisa Burlington. Aaron Marrant in a recent visit to Lucas Oil Speedway victory lane! (Photo is from ULMA Facebook).
Aaron Marrant raced to his second-consecutive main event win at Lucas Oil Speedway last Saturday, continuing his early-season headline streak for Lucas Cattle Company ULMA. Marrant went into the weekend with hopes of taking a weekend sweep, but wet conditions halted the action at Lakeside Speedway on Friday.
A field of 24 drivers took their place at Lucas Oil Speedway on Saturday evening where three heat races sorted out the main event starting lineup. Marrant held off a forward-moving Tommy Cordray and took heat one. David Melloway took heat race two over Larry Ferris while Bobby Penney took the checkered in heat three over Justin Russell.
In the main event, Marrant and Cordray shared the front row, but it didn't take Marrant long to assert himself and end up out front, chasing his second-consecutive win after dominating all 20 laps. Cordray finished a strong second, his best run of the year, while David Melloway finished third. An unfortunate pileup on lap six slowed the pace and led to an early event retirement for Russell as his car was too damaged to continue. Ferris advanced to fourth with 2015 ULMA Champion Jon Melloway finishing fifth. Jon Binning moved from his starting position of 13th to 6th and earned the hard-charger of the race. Ethan Young, Penney, Todd McCoin, and Chris Cox completed the top ten.
ULMA weekly championship racing will take a week off at Lucas Oil Speedway this Saturday as the track hosts an open-wheel special event. ULMA action will return the following Saturday, may 14th. For more information and details, visit www.lucasoilspeedway.com.


Don't lose the credit score that you've worked for - Can frugal living help?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you want to access credit, whether through credit cards or loans, you have to prove to the lenders that you will be able to pay back the entire amount that you borrow. But in order to get the credit that you deserve, you have to do more than just act responsibly. You have to make sure that your activities are recorded in the right manner in the credit reporting system. There are multiple benefits of having a good credit score like enjoying low rates on cards, personal loans, grabbing an insurance policy within your means and even grabbing a good job. If you've already incurred debts, you can opt for credit counseling or debt settlement online programs in order to help maintain a good credit score.
Frugal living can also lead to a disciplined lifestyle due to which you can get back a firm grip on your finances and thereby manage your credit score. If you can lead a frugal life, giving utmost importance to the necessities than the luxuries, you can easily avoid falling in debt. The more you can avoid debt, the more you can protect your credit score and thereby remain creditworthy among the lenders. Check out some worthy tips to follow in order to maintain a good credit score.
Pay on time and every time: On-time payments, not just for your credit card accounts but also for all your bills are the foundation of a good credit history. You should make sure you pay on time and also double-check the due date every month when the billing statement arrives, so that you don't become late on the monthly bill payments. Consider paying online to avoid any kind of delays in the mail and you should then sign up for the alerts so that you keep receiving alerts.
Know what goes into making your credit score: The more you know about what constitutes your credit score, the easier it will be to maintain a good credit score. The key pieces of information that are used to calculate your credit score are your payment history, credit age, mix of credit, level of debt and recent credit types that you've taken out. However, not everything financial affects your credit score.
Don't close your old credit cards: When you close a single credit card, your credit card issuer stops sending any kind of updates to the credit reporting agencies and the credit scoring formula places less weight for the inactive accounts that are no longer being used. After 10 years, the credit bureaus will remove the closed accounts from your credit report and if the account is an old one, losing the credit history will shorten your average credit age and this will cause your credit score to drop down.
Manage all your debts: The credit cards aren't the only accounts that influence your credit score and the loan balances and the new lines of credit also impact the level of debt that you take out. Having too much debt can take a toll on your credit score points and therefore you have to manage your debt in the best way possible. The lower is your debt level; the higher will be the credit score. By leading a frugal life, you can avoid incurring debt.
Limit the application of new credit: Each time you apply for credit, your credit score will take a small hit. Credit inquiries are only 10% of your credit score but when you have a high credit score, you tend to lose a huge amount points. By opening a new credit account, you lower your average credit age and therefore you need to use credit sparingly.
Therefore, when you're desperately looking for ways to bump up your credit score, you should try following the above mentioned steps. Take the required steps to stay creditworthy among the lenders.
andyraybuck is author at LeraBlog. The author's views are entirely his/her own and may not reflect the views and opinions of LeraBlog staff.


Lisp has often been described as elegant and a language the gods wrought the universe (however, we know Raven actually fashioned the world with duct tape and Perl scripts), but learning Lisp will make you a better programmer similar to a mind-expanding drug.
Lisp is worth learning for…the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.
If this is true, why haven't you gained the great insights it promises? Actually, how can you get that epiphany while slogging away at your day job slinging Java classes at your teammates?
In this session, I'll briefly introduce you to some of the more popular Lisps (and good tutorial resources for each), and then tempt you with the wonder and beauty to found between the parenthesis. We'll take a deeper dive into ClojureScript…a Lisp that you can actually use in your web applications.
Just because Lisp has a mathematical basis, doesn't mean you need an advanced math degree to use it.
Don't worry about the parens as we have paredit.
Lisp has a very simple syntax…learning it is the easy part.
With the need for flexible editors to handle the variety of programming languages we face regularly, the Emacs community is experiencing another renaissance. Let's get you started with Emacs and I'll show you how to become proficient quickly.