Every March 19, the Feast Day of Saint Joseph, special Saint Joseph altars appear in Southeastern Louisiana. The practice is a Sicilian practice that dates back centuries. Today, we visited five Saint Joseph altars.
What is a Saint Joseph altar? It is an altar that is set up and filled with food and drink. In general, one does not partake of the food or drink on the altar. It is often intended for the poor.
In addition to the food, there is often a place to write prayer petitions. And, in many cases there is a side area set up for Mary, an area where votive candles can be burned.
Much of the food and drink is donated, but there are donation boxes that accept money. Often the money collected is also given to the poor. The poor do have other needs such as clothing.
Louisiana has had many groups of immigrants over the years. In the years around 1900 an influx of immigrants from Sicily came to the area. Many other cities in the United States also had immigrants, but there is a difference. Most Sicilians who came to Louisiana came from the area of Palermo. Many other areas had immigrants who departed Sicily from farther west. In a recent documentary, and our Public Broadcasting channel has one for just about every nationality one can think of, it came out that those who emigrated from Sicily from the eastern part of the island used citrus fruit carrying ships to find passage, while those from the west side of the island went first to places like Naples with olive cargo, then to cities like New York. So, this is the only area in the United states where the practice of erecting Saint Joseph altars is popular.
Many altars are in parish buildings, some in the church itself, others in school buildings or parish meeting halls. Many Roman Catholic parishes participate.
These seem to have several purposes. The amount of free labor is enormous, so it gives an opportunity to perform charity. There is a prayer aspect to the altars. And, many do altars serve food and drink to those attending, not from the altar, but from a special meal that is prepared. This allows fellowship, while preserving a culture. The meals are free, but donations are happily accepted.
The fava bean is part of the celebration. The altars are in thanksgiving for Sicilians having been spared during a famine by the fava bean growing so plentifully the population survived. This was after prayer for Saint Joseph to intercede with God on behalf of the island.
Well, Saint Joseph's Feast Day falls in Lent, and the practice started hundreds of years ago. In times past the fasting and abstinence rules were strict. Even now, if the day falls on a Friday meat is not allowed for Roman Catholics. So, the meal is spaghetti and a tomato sauce, devoid of meat. Some add a boiled egg for protein. One had green beans. And salad is usually there. Then cake is served as dessert.
Small bags of Italian cookies are handed out, often containing a fava bean and a picture of Saint Joseph.
Some individuals, or group of individuals, make an altar and open it for viewing to the public, and even serve a meal. There is often a reason, such as a favor having been granted in time of need, perhaps a time of serious illness. So, even the private altars have a thanksgiving meaning.
I should mention the older participation was probably more of a procession. We have a parade in this area tonight.
I believe the tradition in Sicily goes back to the 1400s.
It is indeed a wonderful tradition. Britain is a totally godless nation and these things just would not happen even in a church .
This type of offering should be made more often. It's a wonderful tradition!
The way the votive candles were set up was blue glass holders for the decades, and white ones with images to start the decades. They were empty glasses, and a narrow clear glass candle was handed out to be inserted into one of the bead locations, too narrow to stand on its own, but fit nly into one of the colored glasses.
What a delightful tradition. The photos are beautiful. It must be quite an occasion. I knew nothing about it so thank you very much for this new knowledge, as always.
They are so popular that the newspaper, and even television news, cover them. Most are also online in church bulletins. People also place a large wooden fava bean outside painted in the colors of the Italian flag. In fact, knowing the hours for viewing, and the hours of serving the public a meal are important. It is more than the where, but many details are needed. There is also an Italian (mostly Sicilian in this area) culture and heritage society that gets information out.
blackspanielgallery, Thank you for the photos, practicalities and products. How do people know where the private and public altars are held?


When we think of the Hindustan Times (not that we do very often), it's not typically a reputed source of photographic news, much less photographic insight. However, they've recently published a piece stating implicitly that smartphone photographers are driving DSLR sales.
The basic postulate is that iPhonography (or whatever-phonography) has offered a peek behind the photographic net-curtains, and given those otherwise unexposed to photography a taste, and, expectedly, they want more. We are living in a culture of visual media, with consumption at an all-time high with burgeoning photographers everywhere, so should this come as a big surprise? Probably not.
For some time now we've been aware of the rapid decline of the point and shoot, and it doesn't take much to put two and two together and conclude that it's largely due to the closing gap between the capability of the camera-phone, and the point and shoot. Where the valley between them was once Grand Canyon-esque, the gap now is like the gap between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. The only caveat there is the premium end of the point and shoots, which is indicated by the proliferation of the type. Frankly, unless you're paying north of $300 or even $400 for a point and shoot, you can probably get away with buying none at all.
But what phone cameras seem to be doing most is not simply filling the shoes of small compacts, but introducing people to the joy of photography. Now, as any photographer knows, once bitten the effects is rarely cured, so very quickly it seems users become unimpressed with the phone and want something with better 'quality', and naturally associate a DSLR with that.
So that's one possible reason DSLR sales haven't declined the way we expected, or perhaps that's just in an emerging market like India. It would be interesting to see what level of DSLR is being bought, and fair to assume the entry-level models likely do best as they satisfy most of the wants of those who aren't severe enthusiasts, or working photographers. That begs the question though why mirrorless wouldn't be as popular. Maybe it just hasn't caught on.
Canon is also doing big things in India as they saw a 26% sales spike in DSLRs in the region just in the first half of 2016, and there are 200 Canon stores in India with new plans for 40 more by years end. That's 10 new Canon shops a month!
With this kind of growth in the emerging markets and primary BRIC nations, it may seem the life of the DSLR will be longer and will be more prominent that we may have thought, even with the advent of mirrorless.
Incidentally, I still stand by the fact that if you're looking to use your phone but want better photos without any bulk, the DxO One continues to deliver over and over again. You can see my review of it here.
The curious thing about the smartphone is that, since the camera became a big selling point, smartphone cameras have actally become better cameras than lower-end P&S. It's not simply the "free" camera, but the competition.
My LG V10 has a 1/2.6″, 16Mpixel sensor with f/1.8 lens. And it shoots raw. That's a tiny sensor, but it's not diffraction limited with a lens that fast. Your typical P&S would have something around 1/2.3″ with an f/3.5 zoom, which limits practical resolution to around 10Mpixel, no matter what the "marketing pixels" tell you.
Naturally, I'd rather have a real camera with me, but I don't always. The smartphone has also helped push the envelope on better P&S models. And it's got many, many more people interested in photography.
I often forget that my smartphone has a camera. Its biggest problem is the focus "hunt-and-seek". I can take a photo quicker with my manual focus film SLRs or my DSLR.
Phone cams serve a purpose and make photography more accessible at a basic level. Personally I don't see anything wrong with that. If camera manufacturers want people to buy point and shoots, then they need to up their game and make the products more appealing with tangible benefits. My issue is with the people who get a basic dslr with kit lens, then think they are professional photographers.


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Bob Moog Foundation offers sonic exploration summer camps at Asheville Museum of Science
The Bob Moog Foundation has announced it will be sparking the imaginations of Asheville kids this summer, providing a series of four week-long Dr. Bob's SoundSchool Camps that will be co-hosted by the Asheville Museum of Science (AMOS).
Representing a convergence of science, music, technology, and fun, the "Science of Sound" and "Science of Synthesis" camps offer an expansion of the principles taught through the Foundation's lauded 10-week educational curriculum, Dr. Bob's SoundSchool, which inspires over 1,500 Asheville area children every year.
The "Science of Sound" camps are open to campers ages 7-10. Campers will explore the basic physics of sound through a fun, engaging, and experiential journey, discovering the fundamental principles of how sound is made, how it travels, and how it is heard. Campers will delve into the cool concepts of vibrations, waveforms, pitch, amplitude, frequency, and more, all using various musical instruments, including one of the earliest electronic musical instruments, the theremin (which you play without touching it!). Oscilloscopes and other tools will be used to bring these concepts alive. The "Science of Sound" camp will be offered the weeks of August 7th and August 14th from 9am to 1pm in the AMOS STEM Lab.
The "Science of Sound" camp will be taught by Brooks Butler, local musician, exceptional music teacher from Claxton Elementary, and a member of the team that created the original Dr. Bob's SoundSchool curriculum.
The "Science of Synthesis" camps are open to campers ages 11-13. Campers will explore how synthesizers work, and how they enable us to sculpt sound. In this one-of-a-kind camp, the fundamentals of synthesis will be explored, including day-long explorations of the oscillator, filter, envelope, amplifier, and more. We'll be using small synthesizer modules created by our friends at littleBits®, and we'll work our way up to exploring the principles through theremins, synthesizers, cymatics and more. The "Science of Synthesis" camp is being offered the weeks of July 10th and July 17th from 9am to 1pm in the AMOS STEM Lab.
This experiential camp will be taught by August Worley, former engineer at Moog Music, Inc., and instructor in the electrical engineering department at A-B Tech. He is also a long-time volunteer and technical advisor at the Bob Moog Foundation and has assisted with numerous educational events, where he always brings fun and enlightenment to the subject of synthesis.
Sign up for both "Science of Sound" and "Science of Synthesis" camps is available now.
More information: Bob Moog Foundation / Dr. Bob's SoundSchool
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Attacks have become increasingly sophisticated, and often are invisible and undetectable by legacy security solutions. You read about these successful data breaches almost on a daily basis. Security analysts do what they can with legacy tools, but these tend to swamp analysts with alerts that are difficult to understand and are often useless for rapid detection and remediation of advanced threats.
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There are many kinds of cat condos that are available and hence it is challenging to find the most suitable one for you. You will realize that it is important that you determine the area that you intend to place your cat condo. Also, ensure that you speak to your friends that have cat condos in their homes and ensure that you listen to their experiences. Different cat condos are available in varied costs and hence you should find the one that matches your budget. Ensure that you compare the prices of different cat condos so that you can find the one that is affordable. That means that it is important that you aim to make your cat very comfortable in your house. Another factor that you should think about is the designs of the cat condo that you want to purchase.
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module Unidom::Geo::China::Concerns::AsSuperiorRegion

  extend ActiveSupport::Concern

  included do |includer|

    def sub_regions
      if numeric_code_suffix_empty?
        prefix  = numeric_code_middle_empty? ? numeric_code_prefix : "#{numeric_code_prefix}#{numeric_code_middle}"
        regions = self.class.numeric_code_starting_with(prefix).not_numeric_coded_as(numeric_code)
        regions = regions.numeric_code_ending_with('00') if numeric_code_middle_empty?
        regions
      else
        self.class.none
      end
    end

  end

  module ClassMethods
  end

end

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Population health management solutions help providers to share population health information, gain perspective, insights and act proactively to solve it. PHM solutions are used track the cost of healthcare in a year, in a particular organization. This is not a new idea but use of analytics in healthcare cost estimation is used since a long time. Though the usage of a PHM solution is today's world can be attributed to few drivers such as access, cost, quality, lifestyle management, demand management, disease management and, care condition among others. PHM is must technology in the threatening economy, as process needs to change from providing healthcare to preventive healthcare. Estimating the major users of healthcare, chronic disease prevalence and identifying trends and proactively preventing healthcare threats will be the new goal of healthcare organization.


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Зінченко Іван Трохимович — ( 1921, УСРР, Біла Церква — 7 липня, 1943, РРФСР, хутір Сирцово, Яковлевський район, Білгородська область) — гвардії старший сержант, командир взводу 447-ї мотострілецького батальйону 1-й механізованої бригади, герой Радянського Союзу.

Біографія
Народився у Білій Церкві у 1921 році в родині робітника. Закінчив 7 класів, працював на заводі Сільмаш імені 1 Травня. В РСЧА з 1939 року. У боях Великої Вітчизняної війни з липня 1941 року. Командир кулеметного взводу, 2-ї стрілецької роти 447-го мотострілецького батальйону. 1-ї гвардійської механізованої бригади (3-й механізований корпус, 1-я танкова армія. Воронезький фронт).

Подвиг
Під час боїв на Курській дузі 7 липня 1943 року під селом Сирцево (Сирцово) на ділянку, яку обороняв кулеметний взвод І. Зінченка, пішли в атаку танки і з півтори роти піхоти. Коли танки підійшли до окопів, Зінченко одною гранатою підбив середній танк, але за ним з'явився інший, котрий прямував на кулеметні точки взводу. Рятуючи своїх товаришів, Зінченко, обв'язавшись протитанковими гранатами і взявши ще по одній в кожну руку, кинувся під «Тигр».

Звання Герой Радянського Союзу присвоєно указом від 10 січня 1944 року.

Пам'ять
У Білій Церкві на честь Зінченка названо вулицю та гімназію № 2, а на будинку, в якому працював він працював на Заводі Завод «Сільмаш» імені 1-го Травня, встановлено пам'ятну дошку.

Примітки

Уродженці Білої Церкви
Учасники Другої світової війни з СРСР
Герої Радянського Союзу

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At 9am this morning, a serious traffic accident occurred on Khanh Le mountain pass in the central province of Khanh Hoa, killing 2 persons, and injuring dozens of passengers.
A passenger coach No. 51B-115.63 en route from the central highlands province of Lam Dong to the central province of Khanh Hoa hit Khanh Le Mountain as it was on the way heading to Khanh Le at Km56+ 120 in Khanh Vinh district and then upturned.
The accident killed 2 passengers named Duong Van Thang and Pham Van Nho (both were born in 1956 from Yen Bai province), 15 injured. At that time, the coach was carrying 30 passengers.
Victims were quickly taken to Khanh Hoa hospital for emergency treatment.
Khanh Vinh district's police force arrived in the scene for further investigation and gave support to injured people.


I recently spoke with friends who described how the culture of their firm, where senior leaders were known for working punishingly long hours, was discouraging them from pursuing career paths into leadership.
So it was with interest that I came across Business Insider's article about 7 examples of the incredible work ethic of Google CFO Ruth Porat.
• Made client calls from the delivery room during the birth of her child.
• Threw her back out during a meeting, laid down on the boardroom table and gave her full presentation.
• Is available to employees and clients at all times of the day and night.
• Has made it clear that she doesn't believe in work-life balance.
Now imagine being an aspiring leader in her organization. Would you choose to be in the succession pipeline for her role? Or even to be one of her direct reports? Or would you run for the hills?
Later that week, during a leadership webinar, I spoke with a Senior Vice President of Operations in the grocery industry about the factors that prevent women from "taking their seat at the leadership table." As it turns out, she had recently had an eye-opening experience.
The SVP changed how she was working and set herself a more realistic work schedule. She soon received feedback that women in her organization felt more confident about taking their own seat at the table, which only confirmed her suspicions that we lead by example, whether we know it or not.
Could my work ethic and leadership drive be demotivating others?
As you strive to lead, climb and thrive, never lose sight of the example you're giving to those who follow you.
Leaderly Quote: Don't just do it. Lead it.


One of my resources for all things happy, Shawn Achor, studies happiness in a real and scientific way. As a human city-slicker, adventurer and admirer of people, I study happiness on the streets of my city, on public transportation, and on social media. I love to watch people interact, live and work. I grimace when people board a city bus with no eye contact or salutation to the driver. We order meals, buy petrol and travel with no greetings to our order-takers, service people or flight attendants. That's why I believe we should implement the "10-5 rule" which is smile when you're within 10 feet of someone and say "hello" when we are within 5 feet of them. We are socialized to reciprocate, so imagine the ripple effect of that happiness!
We must edify and endorse our friends, fellow parents, and visionaries.
When my friend Loretta walks for three days to raise money for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, I always share and support her efforts. What a lovely and selfless feat she achieves. I believe that happiness, generosity and love spread. When my friend, Beth gifted me the book, "It's Not About You" by my friend Bob Burg, I wrote to Bob sharing my delight about this gift. His two sentence reply made me smile.
We are all infinitely capable of being our best self. Our only purpose on this Earth is to live our best lives, and leave a legacy for our future selves.
When you choose happiness from within, you are able to conquer any obstacle that comes your way. Be creative! When your plans change or something comes in your way, just find another way.
The yoga classes I used to attend were great and inspiring. They ended when the teacher repatriated. I started teaching yoga classes on the beach and saw great progress and success. Then the beach closed for a public function. I found another place to do yoga. I have so much happiness unrolling my mat wherever I can – the poses are the same; the view is all that changes.
The happiness comes from within, from deep breaths, from friendship and from the light within. The point is NEVER GIVE UP.
As naturalist and author John Muir said, "The sun shines not on us, but in us." In this crazy world, filled with a fascinating variety of people, find the sun within you…choose happiness and let your best self shine.
I see this in the many people walking the streets of my neighborhood. Where they go is uncertain to me, but they are always moving. People-watching is enlightening: everyone has a story.
When I engage the 10-5 rule, I enter their world for a split second. A smile is easy, free and could change someone's day. Positive energy lifts everyone up. You can change the mood of the world!
I write a blog that's been published world-wide since 2011 called www.alohadenise.com, which offers "life lessons," reflections and inspirations on happiness. I used to live on another island, Oahu, and I practiced Bikram Yoga, surfed, went scuba diving, enjoyed outings with my family and friends. Upon moving to Abu Dhabi, the blog continues with new "life lessons" and joys: kite surfing, yoga on the beach, a roof and a living room, and pasta nights. The faces and places are different and the same. Everyone has a story and everyone appreciates a smile.
You can train your brain to be positive and find the good in everything.


Bulwark, Georgia, isolated, hidden. Who knows what strange things can happen when the rest of the world can't see you? JB Stratton is alone in the world, and all he has left are the memories of his beloved Ellie. Dirt poor JB and wealthy Ellie feel an instant connection that is as intense and primal as the blood red earth of their home. Unseen roots connect them, pulling them into an impossible relationship. Will the memories of past lives help or hinder the path of their love?
However, when the window in her living room provides her a front row seat to the latest mysteries haunting her small town, Brianna discovers that some things can't be unseen.
Outside of being the sheriff's daughter, Claire Finnes' life was the same as any other fifteen-year-old. However, recurring nightmares and an encounter with a dead Civil War soldier send Claire and her friends on a journey that makes her question if those nightmares really were just dreams. As she uncovers the dark history surrounding her small town Claire begins to wonder—can a doomed future be changed or can the secrets of Claire's own past provide the key to altering fate?
Bulwark, a quiet town... or is it? Four best friends, Sophia, Scott, Chloe and Chris, are just trying to manage their senior year at Bulwark high school when Sophia realizes that her feelings for Chris are really meant for Scott. Before she can deal with that though, the four friends then stumble upon Bulwarks darkest secrets when a spell is cast on Bulwark High. Students have been disappearing and no one has any clues as to their whereabouts. With a town curfew set and parents on edge, the four friends decide to take things into their own hands. Will they break the spell, or will Bulwark High and the town be changed forever?
Once Izzie filled the space in the mural, she would finally have the complete picture of herself - her history, and meaning, and purpose. Somehow, she knew this family was the most important part of her story.
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In 16 years of its career, the gallery has become renowned for its remarkable work from all across the soceity.
Riddhi Siddhi Art Creation was set up by Mrs. Deepika in the year 2000. The passion for art & crafts has explored the way things moved. The Home-Gallery is Riddhi Siddhi Art Creations, is a leading art gallery in south India, deals in exclusive concept based Name plates, abstract murals and paintings, cetre tables, puja mandirs, torans and religious murals.
In 16 years of it's existence, it has also empowered 3000 young girls by mentoring them to excel the world of arts.
It's a renowned gallery and has a overwhelming response in the world of creativity. People from every walk of life have been an true admirer for it's work which is noticeable.
The gallery's mainstay is to bring people's imagination into reality by making customised artifacts. We have been a part of many interior shows and special themed exhibitions held in HYDERABAD, BANGALORE, VIZAG and VIJAYWADA. The love for our handicrafts are not just in south India but overseas too. In these processes, the gallery have reached out to art lovers on a meaningful level and exposed them to aesthetic facets


YourStudio created a multi-sensory & interactive window installation to launch Topshop's Summer swimwear campaign which took customers on a real and virtual waterslide ride- through physical design and virtual reality – they combined both to create a truly unique, immersive and engaging window installation.
The physical installation starts with a swimming pool scene in the window of the store, with 65 metres of waterslide snaking around each floor, subtly leading customers towards the swimwear collection.
Coconut & sunscreen scents wafted around the store with the sounds of people splashing, flowing water and squawking seagulls to emulate the feeling of being at a water park in summer.
For the VR experience; customers sit within a 'pool' at the top of a slide before putting on VR goggles – the ride taking you down a waterslide weaving through shoppers and buses along Oxford Street, past iconic London buildings – all very fast – what a thrill! As the digital experience comes to an end, you land resting on a beach – perfectly feeling the holiday spirit.
Area: Across two windows and throughout the store – total of 65 sq m waterslide installed.


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The Columbo stars we lost in 2016
Posted on January 10, 2017 by columbophile	5 Comments
Wow, 2016 was a shocker wasn't it? Many of the world's most popular stars of stage, screen, concert hall and sporting arena took their one-way trips to the Pearly Gates, leaving the world a little darker for their departure.
Columbo fans weren't immune to these losses. While far fewer big-names passed away compared to 2015 (read more about them here), a number of much-loved guest stars still bid us farewell.
With the help of the extremely able and conscientious Stuart Robertson (aka @jadiepye on Twitter and columbo_factoftheday on the IG) here's a list of the Columbo fallen of 2016. Thanks for the memories…
Robert Vaughn – died 11 November 2016, aged 83
The biggest name on the roll of honour for 2016, Vaughn is one of the archetypal Columbo baddies and was electric as smooth, stylish and sinister car-salesman-cum-murderer Hayden Danziger in the epic Troubled Waters in 1975.
Vaughn was back in Columbo colours a year later, this time playing victim Charles Clay in another nautical episode, Last Salute to the Commodore. It's a shame he never had a second crack at being a killer.
A fine talent, with hundreds of acting credits to his name from blockbuster motion pictures to parochial British soap operas, there was no one quite like him. Bon voyage, Robert…
Read a longer tribute to Robert Vaughn and what he brought to Columbo here.
Bernard Fox – died 14 December 2016, aged 89
As British as the Union Jack, the Magna Carter and the Houses of Parliament combined, the mustachioed Fox had an accent the King of England would be proud of and was a jolly presence in both his Columbo outings.
His premiere role saw him cast as Chief Superintendent Durk in 1972's London-based Dagger of the Mind (pictured). Although hardly amongst the creme de la creme of Columbo episodes, the Durk character lived on and was referenced in 1990's Columbo Cries Wolf, with the Lieutenant having been in touch with his former compadre as he tried to tie up loose ends. In a show with so few call-backs to earlier episodes, this was a nice touch.
Fox reappeared alongside fellow Brit Patrick Macnee in Troubled Waters in 1975, playing Purser Watkins, who repeatedly tells Columbo he's on a ship, not a boat. He should know. After all, Fox would twice appear in Titanic films, including James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster.
Rosanna Huffman – died 20 May, aged 77
Memorable for her turn as Dale Kingston's love interest and conspirator, Tracy, from the stupendous Suitable for Framing in 1971, Huffman's Columbo ties are deep given that she was married to series co-creator Levinson until his death in 1987.
She made the most of her Framing appearance, sporting a legendary 70s hairdo and sharing several passionate clinches with Ross Martin's dreadful Dale Kingston until he made her the episode's second victim.
Huffman also played a small role in 1990's Rest in Peace Mrs Columbo and also appeared in several episodes of Murder, She Wrote – another series co-created by Levinson and Link.
Steven Hill – died 23 August 2016, aged 94
Best known to millions in the guise of Adam Schiff in long-running cop drama Law & Order, the solid and dependable Hill also played a small role as Mr Marosco in one of the better 'new' Columbo episodes, Murder, Smoke & Shadows from 1989.
After helping raise wunderkind movie director Alex Bradey to stratospheric heights, Marosco later axes him unceremoniously from the back seat of his limo. Cool customer…
George Gaynes – died 15 February 2016, aged 98
Immortalised as the bungling but well intentioned Commandant Eric Lassard from the Police Academy series, Gaynes had two a blink-and-you'll-miss-it roles in Columbo, firstly as 'Everett' in Etude in Black in 1972, and also as a French wine expert in Any Old Port in a Storm in 1974.
Why was he cast in these roles? Who knows. I like to think he was just hanging around the studios and was press-ganged into action at short notice.
Pat Harrington Jr – died 6 January 2016, aged 89
A talented character actor and star of many a popular show, including, but not limited to, Murder She Wrote, The Love Boat, MacMillan and Wife and Diagnosis Murder, Pat Harrington Jr was also an in-demand voice actor, with credits including Scooby Doo, Captain Caveman and, my personal fave, A Garfield Christmas Special.
His time in the Columbo spotlight was fleeting, as he appeared as health club owner Buddy Castle in 1974's popular Exercise in Fatality.
Some you may have missed
Richard Libertini (above, top left): Sheik Yarami in Ashes To Ashes, died 7 January 2016, aged 82
Lee Reherman: Football player in A Bird In The Hand, died 29 February 2016, aged 49
Madeleine Sherwood (above, second left): The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof star appeared as Patrick McGoohan's nosy secretary Miss Brady in By Dawn's Early Light. She died on 23 April 2016, aged 93
Stuart Nisbet: Dr Sullivan in The Most Dangerous Match, died on 23 June 2016, aged 82
David Huddleston (above, second right): The Mayor in Columbo Cries Wolf, died 2 August 2016 aged 85
Jack Riley: Director In Candidate For Crime, died 19 August 2016, aged 80
Patricia Barry (above, top right): Played Francine in Playback, the lady at the art exhibition who pointed out that Columbo was admiring an air vent. She died on 11 October, aged 93
Don Calfa: Twice played a character called 'Rudy', firstly in 1990's RIP Mrs Columbo and again five years later in Strange Bedfellows. He died on 1 December 2016, aged 76
So it's a fond farewell to the above actors, who I hope are having a blast with Peter Falk and co in the great beyond. As more and more Columbo stars of yesteryear reach venerable ages, we must treasure those still with us while we can.
Thanks, as always, for reading – and have a great 2017!
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My nan died in 2016 I only ever watched columbo with her and over many many years got thru the majority since she has passed I have found comfort in watching them over again reminiscing of the days we watched them together, today is the anniversary of her death and I am sat watching the last commute to the commodore with Robert vaughn , a belter
itsspideyman says:
For those that look at Madeleine Sherwood and say "I've seen her from somewhere before", she was also none other than Reverend Mother Superior Placido (love the name) in "The Flying Nun". I watched a Youtube video of Sally Field and she said she didn't want to take the role but was urged to by her agent, but said the stars on the show she loved, especially Madeleine Sherwood. I watched the show and remembered I liked it, and remember how funny Sherwood was, a wonderful dry wit.
Thanks for that, I didn't realise. I've never seen that show and only recognised her myself from Cat On a Hot Tin Roof.
Frankolumbo says:
Rosanna Huffman (Tracy in 'Suitable For Framing and wife of Richard Levinson) die in 2016.
You are quite right! Thanks for the reminder. I have added Rosanna in to the article now.


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Saturday's national newspaper front pages Sky News takes a look at the stories making a splash in Saturday's national newspapers.
The world waits for Iran's revenge, the i Weekend says, as the assassination of Iranian military general Qassem Soleimani sparks fears of war in the Middle East.
The Middle East is braced for a new conflict, The Guardian reports, after the US killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
The Daily Star reports on words from 007 actor George Lazenby, which have caused a "sexism storm".
The US faces war with Iran after killing its top military commander, says the Daily Express.
"Gulf War 3 Fear" - that's the headline on the front of the Daily Mirror.
The Daily Mail says Britain is "braced for revenge" after the US assassination of an Iranian general, adding that UK citizens in the Gulf could be at risk.
Some 3,000 US troops are being rushed to the Middle East amid security concerns in the region - that's the front of The Times.
Diplomats fear that the assassination of Iranian security official Qassem Soleimani could lead to war, The Independent reports.
The FT Weekend leads with Tehran's promise of "tough revenge" after the US killed senior military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq on Friday.
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Mac trojan poses as PDF to open botnet backdoor
September 24, 2011Mohit Kumar
There's another Mac OS X Trojan out in the wild, and it might be heading your way.If you open the file, which could appear as an emailed attachment or as a Web link, the document, written in traditional Chinese ideograms, does indeed display. But a Trojan silently installs itself in the background as you try to sort out centuries-old territorial claims.The Trojan doesn't really do anything yet. But F-Secure, the Finnish security firm that discovered it, notes that it lays the groundwork for much more sophisticated attacks against Macs.
The malware in question has been identified as Trojan-Dropper:OSX/Revir.A, which installs a backdoor, Backdoor:OSX/Imuler.A, onto the user's Mac. Currently, however, the backdoor doesn't communicate with anything. The command-and-control center for this particular malware is apparently a bare Apache installation, which has been sitting at its current domain since May of this year. Because of this, users who might fall victim to this attack aren't likely to see many ill effects for the time being, but that could change if the files end up spreading to a wider audience.
MD5 hashes for the samples:
• Trojan-Dropper:OSX/Revir.A: fe4aefe0a416192a1a6916f8fc1ce484
• Trojan-Downloader:OSX/Revir.A: dfda0ddd62ac6089c6a35ed144ab528e
• Backdoor:OSX/Imuler.A: 22b1af87dc75a69804bcfe3f230d8c9d
Usually, backdoors are employed to communicate with a remote command-and-control (C&C) server, which is capable of instructing the payload to siphon off data from the infected computer back to the attackers. However, F-Secure found that the C&C server is a bare Apache installation, not yet capable of communicating with the backdoor.
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Q: if statements in python not working I recently started learning coding. On my first assignment I was asked to make a program that allows the user to choose names and then pick random ones. Here's what I came up with:
def main():
  name = ["josh", "omar", "shatil", "cathrin"]
  while True:
    print (name)
    continueProgram = input("would you like to continue")
    if continueProgram.lower() =="yes":
      print(changeList(name))
    else:
      break
def changeList(items):
  changeList= input("Enter 'a' to append list, 'r' to remove an item from the list: ")
  if changeList.lower() == "a":
    appendList = input("what name would you like to add to the list?: ") items.append(appendList)
  if changeList.lower() =="r":
    removeList = input ("what name would you liket to remove from the list?: ")items.remove(removeList)
    return items
main()

The last 2 if statements aren't working.

A: Your indenting looks suspicious.
Instead of this:
def changeList(items):
  changeList= input("Enter 'a' to append list, 'r' to remove an item from the list: ")
  if changeList.lower() == "a":
    appendList = input("what name would you like to add to the list?: ") items.append(appendList)
  if changeList.lower() =="r":
    removeList = input ("what name would you liket to remove from the list?: ")items.remove(removeList)
    return items

Try this:
def changeList(items):
    changeList= input("Enter 'a' to append list, 'r' to remove an item from the list: ")
    if changeList.lower() == "a":
        appendList = input("what name would you like to add to the list?: ")
        items.append(appendList)
    if changeList.lower() =="r":
        removeList = input ("what name would you liket to remove from the list?: ")
        items.remove(removeList)
    return items

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Geschiedenis
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Indeling
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Zie ook
 Belangrijkste steden in Panama

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How to pay for it. The case of Universal Credit
By Michal Lerner
To win the next general election, Labour must give bold answers to the question 'How will you pay for it?'. Let us therefore imagine an interview between an interviewer (I) and a member of the Shadow Cabinet (L) and suggest how the dreaded question should be dealt with in the context of Universal Credit:
I: Labour say that it was wrong to end the £20 rise in Universal Credit. How would Labour have found the money to pay the £6 billion it would have cost to retain the payment?
L: A Labour government would have paid for it in the way British governments pay for everything that has been approved by parliament. It would have instructed the Bank of England to mark up the bank accounts of those entitled to the payment.
I: But what happens if there is not sufficient money in the government's account?
L: There will always be sufficient money in the government's account because the Bank of England will simply expand its balance sheet and loan the government whatever funds have been approved by Parliament.
I: But the Bank of England is an independent institution. It might decide not to do that.
L: It is exactly the job of the Bank of England to finance whatever debts the government issues which have been approved by Parliament. By law it has to do so. As Neil Wilson et al make clear in their detailed account of the UK Exchequer:
"Once Parliament has authorised Supply there is no mechanism within the UK monetary system to stop that spending happening. The Bank has no power to refuse and there is no legal mechanism by which a balance has to be checked for available funds. The Bank accommodates the expenditure by balance sheet expansion … Parliament effectively legislates money into existence." An Accounting Model of the UK Exchequer, Andrew Berkeley, Richard Tye & Neil Wilson p116.
I: So the government is printing money?
L: Printing money is a rather outdated phrase. The government, for the most part, just increases the balance in people's bank accounts. Creating money might be a more appropriate description.
I: Either way, printing or creating money, it is increasing the national debt. That cannot be a good thing.
L: Why is it not a good thing? It will take a lot of stress off some 5 million people on Universal Credit.
I: But it's increasing the national debt which our children will have to pay off.
L: It's true that the government is spending money that has been not been matched by an increase in taxation. But it has been loaned the money by the Bank of England. And the Bank of England is owned by the Treasury. So really the government is just borrowing from itself. And therefore never has to pay it back. Our children and grandchildren will have nothing to worry about. In the national accounts is will be shown as an increase in national debt. But it is certainly open to question if it makes any sense to call borrowing from oneself 'debt'.
I: But this is madness. Why does the government not therefore increase Universal Credit by £1,000 per week.
L: The government can certainly do that. In fact it did something like that very recently. During the pandemic some 20% of the population were put on Furlough. Furlough was a nice way of saying they were made unemployed by law. The government decided to pay them 80% of their previous earnings. It instructed the Bank of England to mark up the accounts of those on Furlough with the appropriate amount. The Bank of England did what it was legally required to do. There was no issue about the government finding the money. It should also be noted that the creation of all this money and the huge increase in the national debt did not cause inflation and left everyone in a much better position to deal with the pandemic.
I: But did the government not issue bonds to cover the debt, did it not borrow the money from the non-government sector?
L: The government does, as a matter of course, issue bonds equal to the difference between what it spends and levies in taxation. It has no need to do this. In fact issuing bonds is really just a gift to those who don't want to spend all their income. It allows them to put what they don't spend into a riskless, interest earning asset. Issuing bonds is really just a hangover from the days when money was based on gold. Some 75% of the bonds issued by the government during the pandemic were bought by the Bank of England. So the government owes that money to itself – since the Treasury owns the Bank of England.
I: But why does the government not just spend money without limit?
L: Because it doesn't have resources without limit. Government spending of money into the economy when there aren't things to buy will just push prices up. That's a major cause of inflation. The government should only spend when the effect on the society is good. Creating and spending more money during the pandemic, than had ever been created and spent outside of a war situation, was good for the society. The same applies to taxation and borrowing; if it's good for the society then it should tax and borrow. How the spending, taxation and borrowing affect the national debt is a matter of no relevance which is not even worth recording.
I: How does a government decide whether its spending will have a good effect on society?
L: One critical indicator of whether government spending is good is its impact on the rate of unemployment and inflation. If there is unemployment in the society, then that means that the non-government sector is not generating enough demand to employ everyone who wants to work. In this situation the government should spend to employ the unemployed without any concern about the effect of that spending on the national debt.
I: When is it good to tax?
L: Any tax introduced will change and/or reduce demand in an economy. For instance a tax on a particular fuel type will reduce demand for that fuel type. This will create unemployment in the industrial sector that produces that fuel type. Demand for other fuel types may increase and that may lead to increased employment in other sectors. If a government decides to increase the tax rate on those earning over £100,000 that will also reduce demand and therefore increase unemployment – perhaps in the yacht building sector. The main point of taxation is to redirect resources towards socially desirable objectives. A fuel tax may be levied for environmental reasons. An income tax may be introduced for equality reasons. But the initial effect of both taxes is to reduce the spending capacity of the non-government sector which may result in increased unemployment. If the increased unemployment is not absorbed by the non-government sector then a progressive government must increase its spending to bring those made unemployed into useful employment. The important point, however, is to realise that the objective of taxes is not to raise money but to redirect resources. Currency creating governments never need to 'raise' money. They have an infinite amount of money. They don't have infinite resources.
I: So governments never need to tax?
L: A government will almost certainly need to tax. It will have policies around education, health, housing, defence etc that it wants to implement when in power. It then has to acquire the resources to implement its policies. Taxation is the way a government acquires resources from people to implement its policies. Since it has been elected by the people on the basis of the policies that it proposes to implement, it is implicit that people are prepared to give up resources to allow the government to implement its policies. People experience a tax as a reduction in their personal income. It is natural to think that they are transferring their money to the state and that the state will then use that money to buy the resources it needs to implement its policies. However that's not really an accurate description of what is going on. It is more accurate to say that a tax is freeing up resources (people and materials) because a tax has reduced people's purchasing power. The state will then buy those resources with money that it creates. This distinction may seem subtle but it becomes crucially important if there are unemployed resources in the society.
If there are unemployed resources (workers and materials) in the society, the state can acquire them without taxation. So in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) there was a huge increase in unemployed resources – particularly workers as unemployment increased. In this situation the government should have created and spent money without increasing taxes. And so the national debt (the difference between government spending and taxes levied) would have gone up. Raising taxes in 2008 would have been the wrong thing to do because it would have taken demand out of the economy. Since the economy was already suffering from a lack of demand, government spending should have taken place without an increase in taxation. A currency creating government can always spend without increasing taxation. This would have been a moment to do that.
I: When is it good for a government to borrow by issuing bonds?
L: A currency creating government never needs to borrow. A government bond is a riskless asset that earns interest. It allows those with cash savings to change their portfolios to holding an interest earning asset rather than just cash. A government may choose to issue bonds for welfare reasons. For instance George Osborne issued a bond which could only be bought by the retired and there was a maximum amount that each individual could buy of £20,000. Its purpose was to increase pensioner welfare and not to raise money.
I: Will government spending not create inflation?
L: It could do. But only if the government is competing with the non-government sector for resources. It will not be the case if the government is employing resources that the non-government sector does not wish to employ. I cannot see how an extra £20 per week for Universal Credit would result in the government competing with the non-government sector for resources. Particularly when more than 1.5 million people are unemployed.
George Osborne should have engaged in extra government spending in 2010 since the economy was suffering from insufficient demand. But instead, Osborne chose to use the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) to realise his objective of a small state. Osborne pretended the size of the national debt was the most important problem that society had to deal with. He cut state spending to slow the rate of increase of the national debt and was prepared to let unemployment grow. With disastrous consequences.
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Der Gamanderhof in Schaan ist ein ehemaliger Meierhof, der in den Jahren 1720 bis 1722 gebaut wurde. Das Gehöft an der Strasse nach Planken steht in Hanglage und ist von Bäumen umgeben. Neben dem Wohnhaus befindet sich ein Wirtschaftsgebäude. Zusammen bilden sie eine ursprünglich mit einer Mauer umfriedete, rechteckige Hofanlage.

Geschichte

Der fürstliche Gutshof im Gamander oberhalb von Schaan gilt als das erste grössere Bauvorhaben nach der Übernahme der Landesherrschaft durch das Haus Liechtenstein. In der 1719 von Fürst Anton Florian erlassenen Dienstinstruktion war er als Massnahme zur Steigerung der in Eigenregie betriebenen Viehwirtschaft vorgesehen. Vom zentral gelegenen Gamanderhof aus wurden die herrschaftlichen Güter bewirtschaftet. Der Lindauer Geometer Johann Jacob Heber erstellte 1721 Pläne der Anlage in Grundrissen und Ansichten. Es könnte sich um die frühesten Baupläne Liechtensteins handeln.

Im Jahr 1726 betrug der Ertrag an Heu und Emd 26 Klafter im Wert von 156 Gulden, jener an Streu 22 Fuder im Wert von 66 Gulden. Aufgrund seiner Grösse erwies sich der Hof als nicht rentabel, weshalb er 1735 verpachtet wurde. 1780 wurde er für 15'000 Gulden an die Gemeinde Schaan verkauft. 1787 ging der Gamanderhof in Privatbesitz über. Käufer waren die Gebrüder Christoph und Anton Frommelt. Im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert gab es mehrere Besitzerwechsel. Ab 1943 befand er sich im Eigentum der Familie von Halem. 1951 wurde das Wohngebäude unter Denkmalschutz gestellt.

Als die Besitzerfamilie den Gamanderhof 1997 zum Verkauf ausschrieb, war sein Schicksal unklar. Ein Überbauungsgesuch des Unternehmers Fritz Kaiser wurde im Jahr 2000 abgelehnt. 2001 wurde der Hof vom Land Liechtenstein für 5,75 Millionen Franken erworben. Die Initiative dazu ging vom Historischen Verein für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein (HVFL) aus. Nach einer Sanierung dient das Wohngebäude seit 2006 als Sitz des Historischen Vereins, der ursprünglich im Liechtensteinischen Landesarchiv in Vaduz untergebracht war.

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Aus der Erbauungszeit datieren das Wohngebäude und Teile des Wirtschaftsgebäudes. Um 1890 wurde die westliche Hälfte des Wirtschaftsgebäudes abgebrochen. Die erhalten gebliebene östliche Hälfte dieser Stallscheune erhielt 1910 ihr heutiges Dach und wurde 1919 nach Norden erweitert.

Das zweistöckige Wohngebäude aus Mauerwerk wurde 1943 renoviert und innen neu ausgebaut. Seine Raumstruktur entspricht der einfachen mittelalterlichen Ordnung, wie sie im Alpenraum bis ins 19. Jahrhundert angewendet wurde. Es handelt sich um ein Dreiraumhaus mit drei Kammern und einem Stiegenhaus im Erdgeschoss und einer weiteren Wohnung im Obergeschoss. Das Haus könnte somit von zwei Familien genutzt worden sein.

Bei den 2005 durchgeführten Sanierungsarbeiten kam an der Westseite des Wohngebäudes der Originalputz von 1721 zum Vorschein. Die Malerei am Gebäude und die Fensterlaibungen wurden aufgrund überlieferter Formen bei den Sanierungen 1943 und 2005 erneuert.

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Gutshof
Bauwerk in Schaan
Kulturgut in Schaan


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Putin accuses Bulgaria of TurkStream pipeline holdup, says can bypass country if needed
by Daily Sabah with Reuters
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Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Bulgaria on Wednesday of deliberately delaying the implementation of the TurkStream natural gas pipeline project on its territory and said Moscow can find ways to bypass Bulgaria if needed.
Putin was speaking in the Russian Black Sea city of Sochi following talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
The pipeline, crossing beneath the Black Sea from Russia to Turkey and set to stretch to Turkey's neighbors, will have a total capacity of 31.5 billion cubic meters. Turkey will receive 15.75 billion cubic meters of the gas, while the remainder will go to southeastern Europe. The capacity of 31.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year is equal to the energy demand of 15 million homes.
TurkStream begins on the Russian coast near the town of Anapa and runs over 930 kilometers through the Black Sea to come ashore on the Turkish coast in the Thrace region, near the town of Kıyıköy.
The second line is expected to go from Turkey through Bulgaria, then to Serbia, Hungary, and Slovakia. With the first segment of the pipeline completed, negotiations are ongoing in Europe for the next segment.
Vucic on Wednesday told Putin that Serbia has almost completed the construction of the TurkStream on its territory.
The first phase of the pipeline, to supply Turkey first, is expected to go online in the first days of January 2020. The Russian president will visit Turkey on Jan. 8 to participate in the launch of the project, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday. The second section is expected to be completed in 2020.
Of the two onshore lines, one is being built by Turkey's state-owned oil and gas trading company, Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAŞ) to connect to the Turkish grid. A BOTAŞ-Gazprom joint venture is building the second line toward Europe.
The project is the largest-diameter offshore gas pipeline in the world laid at such depths. The world's biggest construction vessel, the Pioneering Spirit, carried out the deep-sea pipe laying.


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Liechtenstein National Day 2022: Quotes, Wishes & Messages
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Since August 15th is celebrated as Liechtenstein National Day in Liechtenstein each year, send your loved ones heartfelt congratulations and wishes on this day. Share the most motivational sayings and quotes with everyone in honor of Happy Liechtenstein National Day.
We have put together a terrific assortment of Liechtenstein National Day wishes to share on social media with your loved ones in order to assist you in finding the ideal Liechtenstein National Day messages.
When is Liechtenstein National Day?
In Liechtenstein, August 15 is observed as a public holiday known as Staatsfeiertag (National Day).
Liechtenstein National Day Quotes, Wishes, Greeting & Card Messages
Everyone had a happy Liechtenstein National Day. It's time to assemble in the Vaduz Castle and cheerfully enjoy this day.
Let's get together to celebrate Liechtenstein National Day and watch the fireworks on this memorable day. Greetings to all.
On the occasion of Liechtenstein National Day, greetings to all. This day serves as a reminder of a dazzling moment in our country's history.
The celebration of Liechtenstein National Day serves as a reminder to all citizens to support and continuously advance their nation. Happy National Liechtenstein Day.
Everyone had a happy Liechtenstein National Day. We must all celebrate today that we are fortunate to live in such a wonderful country.
Greetings on Liechtenstein National Day to all. Today is all about joyfully honoring the freedom and achievements of our nation.
The magnificent fireworks on this day will always serve as a constant reminder of what a wonderful country we were born in. Happy National Liechtenstein Day.
Liechtenstein National Day
On August 15, which is Liechtenstein National Day, everyone congregates in Vaduz Castle. After the summer break, returning students are seeing their peers for the first time. However, for older generations, watching the fireworks, which start at 10:00 PM, has become a habit. A breathtaking 30-minute fireworks show at Vaduz Castle marks the end of National Day.
Liechtenstein National Day is all about the love for the country and its people. Today, many people around the world celebrate this day with great enthusiasm as it is observed in a true spirit of patriotism. It's high time that you also share your thoughts by posting your favorite Liechtenstein National Day quotes and messages here on EntrepreneurBD.
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You Are Here : Home » Learn » New World » Gifographic » How does a Search Engine work?
To a lot of people, the internet = Google. In reality however, the internet is slightly bigger than Google. Actually, it's a lot bigger. And every time we look up "Justin Beiber" or "Game of Thrones new episode" or even "blue sweater", the search results that magically appear actually have a lot going in behind the scenes. Let's find out what the behind-the-scene action is and how search engines (even the ones other than Google) work.
The stage where content is discovered.
In the crawling stage, what basically happens is, bots (called spiders), visit (or crawl) websites at incredibly fast speeds, and analyse all the content on the website, including but not limited to its layout, ads, the words, numbers, images, keywords and links. Any new links found are also added to a list to links to be crawled. Crawling is a continuous process. Spiders crawl websites all the time to constantly update the database.
The stage where content is analysed and stored in databases.
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The stage where data is fetched in response to a query.
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A search engine does all that to ensure that the results it displays is the one most relevant to you.
Who would've thought that so much work goes in behind a simple Google Search? Amazing isn't it?


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ED : UK EMBASSY FUNDING TRADE UNIONS
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 NewsdzeZimbabwe 0
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday accused the United Kingdom (UK) embassy of funding trade unions, including teachers to rebel against the government in pursuance of a regime change agenda.
Mnangagwa's remarks come at a time when there is a deadlock between government and teachers over the payment of allowances to invigilate ongoing Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) examinations.
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) and the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) have refused to invigilate the examinations.
Mnangagwa said there was a foreign hand influencing the conduct of teacher unions and singled out the UK embassy.
"The British extra-territorial concern by a foreign legislature on a sovereign African State, which is a full and equal member of the United Nations, is grossly unwarranted in terms of tenets of international law and practise," he said.
"Because of this brazen, self-confessed violation of our sovereignty and threat to our national security and stability by the British government, my government will institute full and thorough investigations into this grave matter.
"Zimbabwe is a sovereign State, has been since independence from colonial rule in 1980, which is not even affiliated to the Commonwealth, a body it voluntarily quit over differences related to her just land reform programme.
"Equally, civic groups and teachers employed by the Zimbabwe government to work here in Zimbabwe are not employees of the British government, whether by contract or remuneration. Their activities, singly or in combination, have nothing to do with the British government or any foreign government for that matter."
But teacher unions dismissed Mnangagwa's threats as an attempt to gag them from demanding better wages and improved conditions of service.
The educators are demanding US dollar-denominated salaries or the equivalent in local currency.
"We are aware of the African proverb that, 'when a leopard wants to eat its young ones, it first accuses them of smelling like a goat'," PTUZ president Takavafira Zhou said.
"Government is such a leopard in this scenario. Such ludicrous hallucinations are not only baffling, but are madness of the worst order."
Artuz president Obert Masaraure added: "We are no one's agent, but we have a right to decide to change a corrupt and clueless regime. Our families are starving because of underpayment and our education is collapsing." Newsday


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