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Q: .htaccess perform redirect to a new domain I have been working on a new site, and I need to use .htaccess to catch our maintence page and send it to our current website:
For example: mywebsite.net/shop_closed.html should redirect to www.mysite.com
I've tried using this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^website.hostname.net [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.oldsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

and this catches everything. I'm just now learning about .htaccess today, and I'm not sure if I'm even in the ballpark with what I've been doing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A: Replace your code with this:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^website\.hostname\.net$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(shop_closed\.html)$ http://www.oldsite.com/$1 [R=301,L,NC]


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Evan Dando is dead. Those rumors were floating as far back as 1996, when heroin was chic, grunge was a thing, and Mr. Dando, the troubled 29-year-old lead singer of the punk-pop band the Lemonheads, seemed destined to follow Kurt Cobain to an early grave.
On the face of it, that narrative seemed odd. In the grunge-rock firmament, Mr. Dando was supposed to be Mr. Cobain's opposite. Unlike the tortured Nirvana frontman, who took the stage in unwashed hair and thrift-store rags, grinding out three-chord howls of pain in an assault on the very concept of rock fame, Mr. Dando slipped too easily into the role of rock Adonis.
With frontman looks to rival a young Jim Morrison and a knack for spinning out sugary melodies, the Lemonheads — so sweet, so tart — spun out some of more confectionary tracks of the flannel-shirt era, including "It's a Shame About Ray" and "Into Your Arms."
Soon, everyone wanted a piece of Evan. He partied with Keith Richards and Johnny Depp and mugged in paparazzi shots with Kate Moss. In an era where thermal undershirts counted as a fashion statement, Mr. Dando was the rare rocker to catch Hollywood's attention, popping up as a soulful heartthrob in "Reality Bites" (1994) and "Heavy" (1995), a gritty coming-of-age story starring Liv Tyler.
He may have been too beautiful for punk, but he was more than ready to live it.
A British journalist showed up for a 1993 profile and found the singer perched poolside in Hollywood, mired in a depressive bout "as black as it is bottomless," the article read. Unable to speak, on doctor's orders, he was only able to scrawl "sorry, substance abuse" on a yellow notepad.
Another interviewer found him giggling childishly and spinning out surrealistic non sequiturs. He had just come back from a tour serving as a roadie for the New Age chanteuse Enya, he joked, but it ended badly when he called her out for growing a beard.
He had it all and seemed determined to blow it all. With the New Musical Express blaring "Venus and Dopehead" on a 1993 cover featuring Björk and Mr. Dando, his fate seemed clear.
Now, it has been a quarter century. Chris Cornell of Soundgarden is dead. Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots is dead. Evan Dando is not dead. He is not clean and sober. Life is not an old episode of VH-1's "Behind the Music."
But he is back, in some sense, with the first Lemonheads album in a decade and an international tour, which almost qualifies him as the undead, destined to roam the earth forever, keeping a lost rock era alive.
And at 52, he offers no apologies, not even to Enya.
"It's like Dylan said," Mr. Dando said, flashing a flinty smile as he fired up a Marlboro at his home in Martha's Vineyard, the Massachusetts island, on a recent morning, "'I'm glad I'm not me.'"
Come On Feel the Nostalgia
"It's like the whole hooker thing," Mr. Dando said, huddled over a steak-and-eggs breakfast at a Vineyard diner on a crisp, sunny morning in April. "I feel like I'm getting some respect for just hanging in there."
Slouched in a booth with a gray baseball cap pulled low over his stubbled face and shampoo-agnostic hair, he is no longer the bronzed young man who made People's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1993. But he looked at home.
Mr. Dando grew up in leafy Essex, Mass., and later Back Bay, an exclusive Boston neighborhood, and his family has had a house in the Vineyard for decades. On an island of expatriate A-listers, he counts as a celebrity of a different sort, a naturalized local.
In a sense, the statute of limitations on his celebrity ran out long ago. Even in their heyday, the Lemonheads never wholly surpassed next-big-thing status. They managed two gold records, "It's a Shame About Ray" in 1992 and "Come On Feel the Lemonheads" in 1993. But despite recording a string of unshakably catchy singles, they never managed an era-defining anthem like the Nirvana song "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Add to that the fact that the grunge era they helped define was a fleeting moment for a generation that has largely been written out of history with the arrival of the millennials.
A week earlier, the Lemonheads had completed a 27-date European tour, where plenty of fans were in their teens, Mr. Dando said, evidence that the Cardi B generation still cares about guitar-based rock.
A week later, the band was scheduled to embark on a 34-date North American tour.
The idea of a "Lemonheads" reunion is, in fact, highly relative. The band has had more than 40 members since Mr. Dando formed the band with friends at Commonwealth, an elite high school in Boston, in 1985 as The Whelps. "It's kind of like a collective," Mr. Dando said.
The idea of a Lemonheads "comeback" is also highly relative.
In 2009, Mr. Dando released the last Lemonheads album, "Varshons," made up entirely of cover songs. Now, in 2019, he has released the next Lemonheads album, "Varshons 2," made up entirely of cover songs.
"I felt like it was sort of funny to wait 10 years and do another cover album, like I'm the biggest slacker of all time," he said.
Decades removed from his cover-boy era, Mr. Dando seems to consider himself a curator of the alt-rock tradition, much like Wynton Marsalis serves as an ambassador for jazz. The new album almost requires a syllabus, with Mr. Dando serving up interpretations of college-radio nuggets by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, John Prine, Bevis Frond, NRBQ, and the Eyes, the first band of the Go-Go's' Charlotte Caffey.
"I mean, these '90s vibes, they can't go on forever," he said. "Strike while the iron is hot."
Music is hardly the only topic that animates him. These days, Mr. Dando has a lot of time to read and think, and over breakfast, the former prep school student who managed four Fs and one D-, he said, in his one semester at Skidmore College found his thoughts dashing between the early American Calvinists, the 1960s cult known as the Lyman family, the Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, the intellectual legacy of William James and the seamy underside of the '70s soft rock scene. ("John Denver once sawed a bed in half with a chain saw!" he said.)
After breakfast, he was eager to lead me on a Vineyard tour, so we wandered a few blocks from the diner to Wesleyan Grove, a compound of colorfully painted Victorian cottages built for 19th-century Methodist revivalists.
Strolling among the gingerbread pinks and yellows, his face brightened. "You don't even have to be on mushrooms to appreciate this place," he said.
"But," he added, "it is amazing on mushrooms."
Making Hay
"Do I have a pick?" he said, thrusting his fist into his pocket. "Ah yes, I'm a professional."
On a visit to his father's house on the Vineyard, a sprawling shingle house on a working farm, Mr. Dando was standing in front of a ziggurat of hay bales in the soaring loft of the barn. He was toting an acoustic Gibson J-45 guitar with an old snapshot of himself clowning with Anita Pallenberg, the late model and Rolling Stones muse who had three children with Keith Richards, taped to it. (Their son, Marlon Richards, is a close friend of Mr. Dando's.)
At points throughout the day, Mr. Dando reached for a guitar as absent-mindedly as a chain-smoker reaches for a cigarette, although he reached for plenty of those too.
Seating himself on a hay bale, he began strumming "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You," a Lemonheads song from 1996 that captures everything you need to know about the band in two minutes, 51 seconds: the compulsively catchy melodies, the drug references and the mordant wordplay ("Khmer Rhouge, genocide quoi/ your place or Mein Kampf").
The band emerged from the Boston hardcore underground, but they were never entirely of it. The original lineup included Mr. Dando, the son of a white-shoe lawyer and a model; Jesse Peretz, the son of the longtime editor-in-chief of The New Republic Martin Peretz and a future film and television director for shows such as "Girls"; and Ben Deily, who graduated from Harvard after his Lemonheads tenure. "We were the bougiest punk band ever," Mr. Dando said.
Mr. Dando had all the obvious privileges — looks, wealth, connections. But those were not necessarily a plus in an era that prized tortured authenticity above all. With his surfer-ish looks, whimsical attitude and taste for LSD, which he said he began experimenting with in early high school, he seemed more like a hippie-era troubadour than a Generation X nihilist.
"He didn't hate himself and he didn't want to die, he was a jolly child of the universe!" wrote Sylvia Patterson in New Musical Express in 1996, referring to him as "the pop personality of the decade who walked lopsided and, 'smiled like a dolphin.'"
Not every critic was entranced. Some wrote off the Lemonheads as "bubblegrunge," and found plenty of ammo when Mr. Dando, say, posed for the cover of Spin magazine's "'S' is for Sex in the '90s" issue in 1996, shirtless, tanned and jousting tongues with the actress Adrienne Shelly.
It started dawning on him that he had become a teen idol when he would dive into the mosh pit and the fans would attempt to rip his clothes off instead of ferrying him back to the stage.
With the attention from groupies, he said, he would "just David Cassidy out," hiding in his hotel room from rabid fans. "It's an alienating thing," he said. "I was actually celibate for eight months, at the height of it. It just got to the point where, this isn't fun, different chicks every night."
He was the popular kid in class, and had the cool friends to show it. Angelina Jolie appeared in the Lemonheads' "It's About Time" video. Courtney Love popped up in tabloid shots kissing Mr. Dando, not long after her husband, Kurt Cobain, committed suicide, although both denied they were romantically involved. "His sister Holly and his mother, Susan, were both in the room," Ms. Love told Rolling Stone.
He joined the hard-partying members of Oasis on tour during their mid-'90s peak, and was tight with Johnny Depp, who appeared in the "It's a Shame About Ray" video.
"We hung out together for like six months, just at his house," Mr. Dando said of the actor. "We would lie together. We called it 'sidewinding.' We'd take Xanax and, like 5-year-olds in the same bed, talk all night."
"We were really good buds until I slept with his girl," he said.
Despite his budding rock-god persona, the fissures were easy to see.
In 1996, he was booed offstage after arriving two hours late for the Lemonheads' set at the Glastonbury Festival, eventually explaining that he had been in bed with a supermodel, another woman and a bag of heroin.
"You go into this pop music thing where you are doing it on your own, and it's this crazy journey," he said. "There are no rules for it."
Somehow he managed to break them anyway.
'I Have Some Crazy Luck'
"One time, I thought I was going to overdose, and 'Spinal Tap' was in the DVD player," Mr. Dando said, seated at a cluttered Formica table in his rented one-bedroom trailer. "I was like, 'get it out, get it out.' You can't be watching 'Spinal Tap' when you die."
Mr. Dando lives alone. He split from his wife, an English model named Elizabeth Moses, in 2010.
Mr. Dando seems to have taken his interior design cues from the old greenroom at CBGBs. The trailer ceilings are low, the stained beige carpet littered with a drum kit, guitars and amps.
The wall next to the table is covered with an expanse of lumberyard flakeboard, a Gen X mood board of sorts featuring a faded cardboard cutout of Socks, the Clinton family's White House cat; a dime-store eyeglass chain packet featuring a shot of his mother from her modeling days; a photo of himself with a beard from a British GQ spread; and a warped cover of a Partridge Family LP.
Producing a plastic bag of marijuana buds from his sweatshirt pocket, he rolled a joint on the table.
Mr. Dando does not seem to care that his career arc has been more of an Etch A Sketch scribble. He has always felt an inexplicable desire to provoke, to confound. His tendency to indulge in truther-ish speculation about the September 11 attacks has spurred internet flame wars in more recent years.
"I'm not a careerist," he said. "It's like, I don't know, I'm the real deal. It's not always for the best."
Is he a rock 'n' roll madman, like Keith Moon, or is he actually mad?
A 1996 article from The Telegraph, "How Evan Dando Lost His Mind," recounted a story about him getting so blasted on drugs on a trip to Australia that he ended up in handcuffs at the Sydney airport, insisting to police that he retrace his steps "to try and find his mind."
Decades later, Mr. Dando shows no shame in recounting the story.
"I took some speed," he recalled. "Next night I took some ecstasy, third night a hit of acid. I just totally lost it," he said, singing the phrase like an aria. "Like, Christ overtones. I started giving people flowers. Magical thinking in the extreme."
Eventually, he took a taxi to the airport. He had no ticket. He was not scheduled to fly home that day. The taxi driver was female, which triggered guilty feelings about a time years before that he had paid a Hamburg prostitute for oral sex.
"I was acting out my guilt about going to a prostitute, and I threw her change and walked out," he said. "A few minutes later I was wrestling five cops."
His family checked him into Silver Hill mental hospital in New Canaan, Conn., after the episode. "Edie Sedgwick had been there," he said. "My sister thought I'd get a kick out of that." It was the first of three stints in rehab, he said, but Mr. Dando remains ambivalent about drugs in general.
"Drugs eventually become a pain, they become boring, and they don't do what you want them to do," he said. "But that's for everyone to figure out for themselves."
But, he said, "I'm sort of a fan of drugs and music. I think they're good together. I'm just going to be honest about it. Why lie?"
As for larger mental health questions, Mr. Dando said he considers himself a "wicked manic-depressive" and acknowledges that incidents like the Australia debacle were likely a bipolar break exacerbated by drug use. A psychiatrist saw evidence for that diagnosis, including his longstanding battle with night terrors that resulted in traumatic bouts of sleepwalking. "I'd wake up running down the street in my underwear," Mr. Dando said.
But "actually, you know what, I'm not crazy," he said. "I know people that are, but I'm not. That is hard, you know? Really hard."
He is aware that the Evan Dando death watch started decades ago, as with his friend Keith Richards. Both are still here.
"I have some crazy luck and all my friends will tell you that," he said. "I caught a thousand-pound black marlin the first five hours. People say they go five years without seeing a fish that big. I got a hole-in-one once at golf. I've played golf three times."
Whenever he feels desperate, a royalty check seems to arrive, like when Martin Scorsese used the Lemonheads cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" in "The Wolf of Wall Street" in 2013.
"It's like every time I'm about to hit the skids, some 80 grand check comes in from Nowheresville," he said. Also, the publishing deal signed decades ago recently expired, "so what I'm sitting, is pretty. Now I own all my publishing again. I'm going to buy a house."
And maybe even finish another album of Lemonheads originals.
Taking a deep hit off the joint, he reached for a purple Fender Jaguar. Tapping his black Vans slip-ons on the soiled carpet, he strummed his way through a haunting progression — familiar, in a subliminal way, to any member of his generation. It was inspired by the Whoville chorus from the original "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," at once sunny and heartbreaking — a perfect Lemonheads tune, in other words.
"No one believes me that I'm going to do another real record," Mr. Dando said. "But I'm going to do it, if it's the last thing I do."
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Leven Rambin (* 17. Mai 1990 in Houston, Texas) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

Leben
Leven Rambin ist die Tochter von Joseph Howard Rambin III und der ehemaligen Karen Stacy Guthrie, Gründer von Moody Rambin, Houstons größter Immobilienfirma. Rambin hat drei Geschwister, ihren Bruder, Joseph Rambin, eine ältere Halbschwester, Mary Rambin, und einen älteren Halbbruder, Jay Rambin. Rambin begann schon als Kind in Schulaufführungen aufzutreten und studierte an der Houston School of Film and Theatre und an der St. Francis Episcopal Day School, wo sie in ihrem ersten Schulstück spielte, bevor sie nach New York zog und sie ihre erste Hauptrolle bei All My Children bekam. Während ihrer Schauspielzeit hat sie ihr High-School-Diplom über den Texas School University Independent School District fortgesetzt.

Karriere
In der Fernsehserie All My Children spielte Rambin von 2004 bis 2010 die Rolle der autistischen Lily Montgomery, von 2007 bis 2010 in einer Doppelrolle zusätzlich den Part der Ava Benton, die Halbschwester ihres ursprünglichen Charakters. Für ihre Rolle in All My Children wurde sie 2006 in der Kategorie Younger Leading Actress für einen Emmy nominiert. In der sechsten Staffel spielte sie in der Serie Grey's Anatomy die Rolle der Sloan Riley und absolvierte in dieser Rolle auch einen Gastauftritt im Spin-off Private Practice. 2012 verkörperte sie in Die Tribute von Panem – Tödliche Spiele die Rolle der Glimmer. 2013 übernahm sie die Hauptrolle der Clarisse La Rue in Percy Jackson: Im Bann des Zyklopen. Seit 2018 spielt sie die Hauptrolle Kit Lannigan in der Vox-Produktion Gone.

Privatleben
Rambin war von 2015 bis 2017 mit dem Schauspieler Jim Parrack verheiratet. Seit April 2017 ist sie in einer Beziehung mit dem Schauspieler Tilky Jones.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 2004–2010: All My Children (Fernsehserie, 162 Folgen)
 2006: The Book of Daniel (Fernsehserie, 4 Folgen)
 2007: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Fernsehserie, Folge 8x18)
 2008: Gigantic
 2008: Lipstick Jungle (Fernsehserie, Folge 1x04 Bombay Highway)
 2008–2009: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fernsehserie, 10 Folgen)
 2009–2010: Grey's Anatomy (Fernsehserie, 5 Folgen)
 2010: Private Practice (Fernsehserie, Folge 3x11 Noch eine zweite Chance)
 2010: Scoundrels (Fernsehserie, 8 Folgen)
 2010: Case 219
 2011: One Tree Hill (Fernsehserie, 3 Folgen)
 2011: Die Zauberer vom Waverly Place (Wizards of Waverly Place, Fernsehserie, 3 Folgen)
 2011: CSI: Miami (Fernsehserie, 4 Folgen)
 2012: Die Tribute von Panem – The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games)
 2013: Mavericks – Lebe deinen Traum (Chasing Mavericks)
 2013: Percy Jackson: Im Bann des Zyklopen (Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters)
 2014: The Tomorrow People (Fernsehserie, 3 Folgen)
 2014: 7 Minutes
 2014: Two Night Stand
 2015: True Detective (Fernsehserie, 5 Folgen)
 2015: Walter
 2015: I Am Michael
 2017: Tatterdemalion
 2017: Lost Child
 2017: The Path (Fernsehserie, 7 Folgen)
 2017–2018: Gone (Fernsehserie, 12 Folgen)
 2019: The Dirt – Sie wollten Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll (The Dirt)
 2020: The Big Ugly
 2020: Mank
 2021: The Forever Purge
 2021: Red Giant (Kurzfilm)

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Filmschauspieler
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1990
Frau

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Raoul Louis du Roveray (* 2. Quartal 1879 in Brentford; †  Juli 1940 ebenda) war ein englischer Badmintonspieler.

Karriere
Raoul du Roverays größter sportlicher Erfolg datiert von den All England 1920. Dort startete er mit Archibald Frank Engelbach im Herrendoppel und siegte in dieser Disziplin bei dem ältesten und zu dieser Zeit hochkarätigsten Badmintonturnier der Welt. 1926 gewann er die Irish Open im Herrendoppel mit George Alan Thomas.

Sportliche Erfolge

Literatur
 Burke's Who's Who in Sport and Sporting Records. Burke, London 1922

Weblinks
 All England Champions 1899-2007
 Statistiken des englischen Verbandes

Badmintonspieler (England)
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Why Life?
existence, nothingness, reality or perception
Back when my two sons were still a captive audience during car trips, I naturally sought to teach them philosophy and theology. "What is the first question of philosophy?" I would ask, and they soon knew to respond, "Why is there something rather than nothing?" I would continue with "What is the first precept of moral theology?" To which they would reply, "Do good and avoid evil." I would then recount a story from my life, or a movie, or the Bible that would illustrate somewhat these basic tenets.
Everything worked well in our drive-time universe until one day the older boy responded to the first question with "How do we know there is not nothing if all we can know is something?" Not to be outdone, the younger one added, more personally, "How do I know something I do is good or evil?" Like a true philosopher dad, rather than provide answers, I said, "Those are very good questions that some of the smartest people in history have wrestled with for thousands of years." I could see in the rearview mirror the puzzled looks of two boys who suspected they'd been had. Here was the man they absolutely trusted pretending he had an answer for everything, when all the time he was just leading them down an uncertain path. An uprising was in the making.
"Of course," I said quickly, "some answers are better than others. And we can look to steady guides like St. Thomas Aquinas and the teachings of the Church." Ever honest, even in the face of rebellion, I admitted that "It is true though that the further we get from the basic principles, the more difficult it is to discern truth from error and right from wrong. So, your questions are valid and maybe we could address them when we have more time." Inside every innocent-looking kid, I learned, there is an anarchic existentialist waiting to pounce—a simmering Sartre, a rebellious Rousseau. The rearview frowns told me they had concluded that in the end dad's great car lessons were just like school—limited and ultimately boring. Why should they care?
Indeed, that is a question we all face countless times each day, from the ringing of the morning alarm to the beckoning of the bed at night. Why care? Or, more deeply, why life?
Well, as I eventually told my sons, the modern age has lost its sense of awe and excitement over the simple fact that something, anything, exists at all. Just because we have split the atom, we think we have opened the mystery of life itself; there's no cause to thrill over the rays of a rising sun or the texture of a silty beach. Been there, done that? Not only is that attitude a huge assertion of hubris ("Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?" God asked Job), it also shuts us off from the possibility of learning anything outside of our preconceived notions of reality. How often do you hear someone today say, "Wow, I didn't know that!" More likely, we hear, "Hmm, let me google that." There's a strange conceit that a person who carries a smartphone actually possesses all the information that the phone can tap. It's great that we can carry the equivalent of the Library of Congress around in our pockets, but I worry that such ease of access is turning learning from an active, dynamic mental workout to a more passive pursuit. Information is not the same as knowledge, and it's very far from insight or wisdom. The word "cogito" conveys activity of the mind, a grasping and digesting of a thought or idea, the creation of something new. Today, it seems, we leave the cogitation to computers as we concern ourselves with collecting "data" for "processing."
Personally, I knew our culture was doomed when my younger son, who is in eighth grade, reported that his history teacher, after years of saying he would never accept Wikipedia as a source, claimed that the website had developed to the point that it could be reliable for some research. I'll believe that, I replied, when a desperate, college-grad Wikipedia salesman comes to the door.
But to return to the conversation with my sons. "Why is there something rather than nothing?" As I explained during our drive time, the older boy's challenge of "how do we know" shifted focus from the substance of the question to the nature of the language. What do you mean by "something" and "nothing"? In doing so, he underscored the sad state of philosophy today, which has become more a debate about words, signifiers, and whether we can know anything at all. Indeed, philosophy seems to be stuck at the level of an adolescent's door-slamming self-negation: "I never asked to be born!"
But there is something in the world (there is the world itself!), and it is different from nothing. To simply apprehend and express this fact is to become a philosopher. In some way, it is to look out at all that is around me and recognize that it is good (cf. Gen 1:31). It is to affirm the realism of Aristotle and Aquinas (who referred to the Greek as The Philosopher)—a thing is good in so far as it is, in as much as it exists. If you stop to look at the insignificant ant underfoot, in all its weariless cooperation and work, you will be amazed and gain a deeper insight into life. Whether you believe the world always existed, as Aristotle did, or that it was created by God, as Aquinas did, there is a primordial goodness to existence—to existing—that belongs to the thing itself.
There is a world of things that we intuit, apprehend, acknowledge, inherit, classify, categorize, change, exchange, use and exist with. The question, "Why life?" is a search for meaning, but it requires first the apprehension of a thing, of something, that exists apart from whatever I may say about it. Here lies the chasmic divide in philosophy: It's not just about whether a tree falling unobserved in a forest makes a sound, but whether that tree exists. Whether it possesses, in itself, an active being, or whether it exists only in the meaning of the mind. (Echoes of that most modern drama Hamlet.) Here lies also, sadly, the divide of our politics, culture, and economics. This is the question: Whether we see the world—and all the many relations of man, animal and nature—as a reality to be discerned and respected (call it "Nature and Nature's God"), or whether we see things as endlessly fungible, a function of perception and language, which can be conformed to human desire and will. Is the child in the womb truly human; does it have a nature apart from the status we assign?
I think my sons, on a long drive, actually understood what I said—that is, sort of, in a way that will make them think about it more and more. After a short silence, the younger one said, "So what about good and evil?"
We'll leave that for another drive-time blog.
Brian Caulfield writes from Connecticut, where he works on the canonization cause of Blessed Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus.
Peter Nyikos May 18, 2021 at 4:35 pm Reply
Excellent article, Brian! I have long considered the question "Why is there something rather than nothing?" to be THE ultimate question with which we are confronted, and far harder to grapple with than "Does God exist?" or "Is there a life after death?"
Long ago I read, in The Phenomenon of Life, a great book by a great philosopher, Hans Jonas, some sage words about this conundrum. After giving a typically existentialist answer ("there is no reason why there should be anything at all") he went on to say that all of us should be grateful for the finite time we have on earth, and should not think that any of us deserves eternal life in the hereafter.
Or, as a Christian would put it, everlasting life is a gift of God that none of us could possibly merit.


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Certain changes in appearance canoccur after drinking a very small amount of alcohol, when even the symptoms of a hangover do not appear. Most often, it is swelling and redness of the skin. But there is no clear pattern in this.
Some people get swollen after drinking binge not at all, and some, on the contrary, even after one glass of wine, this problem arises.
One of the reasons why after a bingethe accumulation in the body of excess fluid, is a salty snack. But there are a number of other factors that explain why the face swells and it is impossible to remove swelling with simple recipes.
Puffiness indicates that there have been failures inthe work of the body. In particular, this concerns the excretory system and the processes of blood supply. This may indicate that the body is dehydrated as a result of the negative effects of ethyl alcohol.
Not the least role in this is played by the absencebalance in the work of all organ systems, which occurs due to severe intoxication. This inclination of the human body to accumulate excess fluid under the influence of alcohol completely prohibits drinking to people who have any tumors.
In view of the above reasons, there is noa single way, how to quickly remove the swelling and how to remove redness from the face, which can manifest due to the presence of these factors. Local treatment will be ineffective at all or give an insignificant result. In order to restore a normal, human-like appearance, you need to eliminate the causes that cause the fluid to accumulate.
If a person has swollen legs after alcohol, inparticular foot, it is worth immediately contacting a doctor. First, to remove the swelling of this kind is almost impossible. Secondly, it is a sign of cardiac and vascular disorders that can be caused by diseases such as hypertension or alcoholic cardiomyopathy.
How can I get rid of edema?
The only way to remove facial puffinesscompletely, is to consult a doctor who, after conducting the examination, will identify the cause of the delay of a large amount of fluid in the body and prescribe the appropriate treatment. Another mandatory step is to completely stop the use of alcoholic beverages.
Sometimes puffiness subsides after the symptoms of a hangover pass, if it was.
This tea also removes the hangover symptoms.
Another way to remove puffiness from your face,using herbs, are compresses. To do this, you need to wipe one cotton disc in a warm herbal decoction, and the second - in a cool. They need to be alternately applied locally to the swelling. If you are concerned about how to remove swelling under the eyes during a hangover, for this purpose this method will also be effective.
There is a folk method, how to remove a tumor fromface after drinking with potatoes. This vegetable in its raw form should be rubbed on a large grater, drained of all the juice, spread thickly over the gauze and applied to the face for 15-20 minutes. After this mask is removed from the face, the swelling decreases.
On the market there are medicines,which remove excess fluid from the body and thus relieve swelling. Most often they are prescribed after injuries or surgeries, but for a swollen face after drinking they will be effective. You can take them only after consulting a doctor.
Therefore, the express method of how to remove swellinga person after drinking alcohol, as well as get rid of a hangover, does not exist. Some recipes only help to partially remove liquids and reduce the degree of puffiness.
ATTENTION! The information published in the article is for informational purposes only and is not an instruction for use. Be sure to consult with your doctor!


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Angry Birds 2 Cast Announcement, Includes Leslie Jones, Rachel Bloom
CULVER CITY, Calif. USA, April 20, 2018 – As Sony Pictures in association with Rovio Entertainment once again join forces on The Angry Birds Movie 2, the filmmakers have brought together a hilarious all-star cast of new and returning talent for the flightless birds and scheming green pigs as they take their beef to the next level. The Angry Birds Movie 2 is slated to fly into theaters on September 20, 2019.
The Angry Birds Movie (pictured) became a breakout animated hit in 2016. Sony Pictures announced today an all-star cast of new and returning comedy talent in The Angry Birds Movie 2.
The first film's birds and pigs – including Jason Sudeikis (We're the Millers, Horrible Bosses) as the temperamental Red, Josh Gad (Beauty and the Beast, Frozen, Murder on the Orient Express) as speedy Chuck, Bill Hader (Barry, Trainwreck) as Leonard, king of the pigs, Danny McBride (Vice Principals, This is the End) as the volatile Bomb – are back for more fun, as is Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones, Avengers: Infinity War, Three Billboards), stentorian voice of the legendary Mighty Eagle.
They are joined for the sequel by a host of hilarious actors and comedy stars, including Leslie Jones (Emmy-nominee for Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters) as the film's villain, Golden Globe-winner Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Sterling K. Brown (This is Us, Black Panther, The People vs. O.J. Simpson), Mexico's comedy superstar Eugenio Derbez (Instructions Not Included, Overboard), Zach Woods (Silicon Valley, The Post), Awkwafina (Oceans 8, Crazy Rich Asians), Lil Rel Howery (Get Out), Dove Cameron (The Descendants, Agents of SHIELD), Beck Bennett (Saturday Night Live, Brigsby Bear) and Brooklynn Prince (The Florida Project) have all signed on to roles.
John Cohen, producer of the film said, "I'm thrilled about our incredibly talented filmmaking team and the hilarious people we've brought together for the sequel. We're so happy that Jason, Josh, Bill, Danny, and Peter are back for a second adventure joined by Leslie, Rachel, Sterling, Eugenio and this awesome ensemble of new talent. We'll have many more exciting announcements to share soon."
The sequel follows on the success of the global blockbuster The Angry Birds Movie, which opened to #1 in 50 countries worldwide, including the U.S., in May 2016. With $352 million at the global box office, it became the second-highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time. The Angry Birds games have been downloaded over 4 billion times.
The Angry Birds Movie 2 is directed by Thurop Van Orman (The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Adventure Time), co-directed by John Rice (King of the Hill, Rick and Morty), and produced by John Cohen (Despicable Me, The Angry Birds Movie). Mary Ellen Bauder Andrews is co-producing, Sean Charmatz (Trolls) is the head of story, Peter Ackerman (FX's "The Americans," Ice Age) is writing the screenplay, Pete Oswald is the production designer, and Linda Lamontagne is the casting director. David Maisel and Catherine Winder are executive producers. The talented team at Sony Pictures Imageworks handles the animation.
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Why each meta-analysis example paper can be considered a high-level study? The scientific world generates an intensive flow of information, which is presented mainly in periodicals. An enormous number of conference materials and books are published every year. It is obvious that practicing specialists and researchers are not able to get acquainted with all studies. Therefore, the synthesis of information in the form of reviews is very helpful. Based on the good meta-analysis examples, a scientist can obtain a generalized idea of the sphere of interest spending a minimum of time and efforts.
What is the advantage of a meta-analysis?
The traditional practice of writing reviews has one significant flaw - excessive subjectivity. There are no systematic researches in descriptive papers. If the original articles are built according to the scientific methodology, descriptive reviews may contain inadequate assessments, since the data obtained from different sources are generalized without a quantitative analysis of the results of the studies. As a result, a review reflects a predominantly subjective opinion of an author, which contradicts the scientific principles.
To overcome this problem, a meta-analysis technique was developed. It can be defined as a "quantitative systematic review of the literature". The advantages of each example of a meta-analysis are most obvious when the results of individual researches contradict each other, the amount of information is small, and the organization of a large-scale study is too costly.
The first relatively simple meta-analysis was carried out by Karl Pearson in 1904. He attempted to solve the problem of reducing the power of statistical criteria in researches with small samplings. Pearson analyzed the results of eleven studies of the effectiveness of typhus vaccine and combined them into one group to obtain a more accurate assessment of the effect.
Later, complicated statistical methods of meta-analysis used up to now were formed in pedagogical practice. For the first time, this approach was widely applied to the analysis of scientific data in sociology and psychology. Subsequently, it was extended to clinical research. By the way, the term "meta-analysis" was proposed by the psychologist G. Glass in 1976.
A classic example of meta-analysis which proves its great importance is the publication of Meir J. Stampfer and co-authors in The New England Journal of Medicine in 1982. In their review, eight studies of the intravenous introduction of streptokinase in case of myocardial infarction were examined. The publications reported about mortality during the first 45 days after the development of myocardial infarction and receiving the drug.
Three studies showed a statistically significant reduction in mortality. In two studies, mortality reduction did not reach a significant level. And three other publications reported an excess of mortality, although the veracity of the differences was not proven statistically.
Obviously, using the traditional descriptive approach, one could only make a conclusion about the need for further study of the problem with more patients, since the mentioned publications contradict each other. Nevertheless, this meta-analysis research example showed that the studied preparation reduced mortality by 20%.
Compilation of each qualitative example of meta-analysis research paper was carried out in several stages. The work begins with a formulation of tasks and the search for necessary literature. At this stage, it is necessary to clearly define the criteria for choosing publications. Statistical analysis is then carried out, including an assessment of the uniformity of the results and the reasons for their variability. In addition, the calculation of summary indicators and stability analysis of the findings are performed.
It should be noted that a probability of making mistakes exists already at the stage of searching for publications. Omissions can negatively affect the quality of the whole research. The widespread cause of the appearance of defects in the search for literature is the authors' inclination to publish positive results and hush up the negative ones. In addition, the work that showed the greatest effectiveness of some method is more often quoted and published in international periodicals. Consequently, it is possible to incorrectly reflect the state of things in the considered area.
Unambiguous criteria for selecting publications for review are needed. As a rule, an author of a well-written meta-analysis article example takes into account the structure of the study, the size of the sampling, the nature of the method, the publication of the research in the press, and so on. It should be remembered that all studies should coincide in the main parameters.
Are the results of studies comparable? Otherwise, they cannot be combined.
Is there a correlation between the differences in the results of individual studies?
What is the best estimate of the considered method?
The analysis can be based on two models: with fixed and random effects. The first model is used when the analyst has access to the results of all studies on a given problem, the second one - if there is only a sample of the whole scope of work.
At present, scientists tend to pay increased attention not to the statistical significance of generalized results but to the scale of the effect from the application of a certain method. Its influence can be measured in qualitative or quantitative terms. In the first case, the evaluation is carried out using the odds ratio. In the second case, the standardized mean difference or correlation coefficient is applied.
In conclusion, it should be said that only the correct adherence to the methodology of meta-analysis will enable the researcher to obtain information that cannot be collected by performing a traditional descriptive literature review. Despite the huge number of computer programs created to automate the meta-analysis, the reliability of the results is completely dependent on the analyst.
So, prepare to the work thoroughly. If you received such a task for the first time and do not know how to conduct a meta-analysis, an example written by an experienced scientist will help you see many nuances that are not disclosed in the textbooks. Gain the reading experience, and soon you will be able to come to a brilliant discovery. Good luck!


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Norwegian journalist Jørgen Lorentzen was in Turkey during the coup attempt in 2016. One of the neighbours stated that he had experienced many coups before, and that this was not real. From that moment on Lorentzen started investigating the event and its aftermath. This film is the product of three years of intense investigative journalism, which uncovers never-before-seen documents and film foot…
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An insightful doc thick with the sights and smells of a foreign rarely glimpsed world. Ara Güler's archive of photographs captures the essence of Istanbul over sixty years. The legendary Armenian-Turkish photographer dedicated his life to recording the spirit of one of the most vivid cities on earth. Güler's communication of his craft offers a crisp and revelatory insight into the mind of a photo…
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The 'Ultra' fans of Istanbul's three biggest football clubs are known all over Europe for their passionate, violent rivalries. Yet after protests in Gezi Park in 2012 led to a nationwide movement against the AK Party, something remarkable happened: the die-hard fans began fighting side-by-side to protect civilians from police, as 'Istanbul United'. With extraordinary footage from right in the fra…
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This eco-friendly resort is a paradise tucked away in the jungle hills of Phuket. We found the tranquil zen of this resort to be in stark contrast to the touristy buzz in the city below. Rooms were large and beautiful, food was fantastic, ambiance was zen. We both agreed we would only really want to return to Phuket to visit this resort.
The hotel staff was exceptionally considerate. However I am not sure it is worth the price.
Great resort, with very nice and spacious rooms, and a 10 minute walk to Karon beach. It's also a quick 20 min tuk tuk ride away from Patong beach and Bangla Walking Street for those looking to enjoy some nightlife.
Beautifully appointed grounds and convenient to the beach (walk about .5 km) and the major shopping area of Karon Beach. Large selection of food at breakfast. The staff (front desk, housekeeping, restaurant) were professional and always looking to make sure that you are comfortable and enjoying your stay. Very hilly resort on the side of a mountain with great views of the sea. We would stay again if in Karon Beach.
We had an amazing time here. The room was very nice. It was like living in paradise. Loved all the pools. Everything was clean and perfect. The breakfast buffet was delicious. Definitely would come back.
Lobby looks a little too old as well as dinning place, but the hotel has nice view further down view to Karon beach. The check in was horrible for me waited for 15 mins with no one approached. Though they kindly upgraded the room with the view. Pools gym facilities are clean and well maintained. A bit of walk here and there in resort, you will enjoy the walk as trees around. Location isn't too great, but the place is cool. I think it is for married people or couples.
I am so glad we chose to stay at Mandarava Resort and Spa. Hotel staff was continuously working to keep hotel in immaculate condition. They were always friendly and helpful. We enjoyed the separated dwellings of ~ 2 guestrooms as opposed to a multi-story, urbanized hotel. Pools were spacious and there were several swim up bars. The breakfast buffet was amazing and had a nice variety of food. Hotel was within walking distance to the beach and shops, though this is easiest if you don't mind climbing hills/stairs.
Close to Karon Beach. 300baht taxi to Patong. Taxi service from hotel inexpensive compared to USA prices. The hotel was excellent. From the check in to check out everything was flawless. The room was huge & there were 3 of us in a Tropicana room. Bathroom had a deep soaking tub & separate shower. The breakfast buffet was outstanding. The staff & service all around was top notch (I am in the hotel industry). I would 100% recommend this hotel. It's also very peaceful & serene. The pools were beautiful. Ask for Mr. You from the driving service through the hotel, he was exceptional & his prices were inexpensive. A full 5hour sightseeing trip cost us 1500 baht so $45 USD. Also, the fitness center was great as I work out daily. Overall this resort blew me away.
Lovely stay at Mandarava Resort away from noise and crowds. Staff was friendly and extremely helpful. Rooms were spacious and filled with light from large glass windows and balcony.
Everything was awesome, the room, the pool, the food, the proximity to the beach and the staff was very professional and friendly.
Excellent hotel. 5 star accommodations, good food (although only 1 restaurant) and helpful staff. A lot of walking on the property but worth it!
Mandarava Resort exceeded my expectations. The resort was immaculate, spacious, and was in a great location. The staff was very helpful in suggesting things to do, sites to see, and arranging for pickups to/from the airport. The resort's restaurant had an excellent breakfast buffet every morning - plenty to choose from - and served lunch and dinner as well. Try the pad thai! I would definitely stay here again if I return to Phuket.
It was okay. Again this is a resort so if you want to go out, you have to walk or take a car/motorbike. There's a slight hill that you have to walk so there's a lot of huffing and puffing; good exercise though. In addition, because Phuket is consider tropical.. there are bugs you have to deal with. There were small ants constantly in my room. The restaurant is nice but it's in an open area outside so there are bugs and flies flying around while you're eating but what's worse.. sometimes they are in the food.. because the hotel guest(s) get the food but they are too lazy to use the covers to cover the food. That's my 2 cents.
Karon Beach is a short stroll from Mandarava Resort and Spa Karon Beach, and other popular attractions like Kata Beach are within a few miles (5 km). This 232-room, 5-star hotel welcomes business and leisure travelers with 5 outdoor pools, a full-service spa, and a restaurant.
Enjoy a bite to eat at Chom Talay Restaurant, the hotel's onsite restaurant. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with room service. For your convenience, a buffet breakfast is served for a fee each morning from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM.
Guests can expect free WiFi and 40-inch an LCD TV with a DVD player. Beds are dressed in premium bedding and the bathroom offers a soaking tub, a rainfall showerhead, a hair dryer, and free toiletries. Other standard amenities include a balcony, a refrigerator, and a minibar.
Guests of Mandarava Resort and Spa Karon Beach have access to a full-service spa, 5 outdoor pools, and a children's pool. There's free parking and an area shuttle for a fee. The front desk is staffed 24/7 to help with tours or tickets, luggage storage, and dry cleaning/laundry. Other amenities at this luxury hotel include a fitness center, a steam room, and free WiFi in public areas.
Chom Talay Restaurant - Restaurant specializing in international cuisine. Open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Sala Bar - Bar. Open daily.
The hotel has 5 outdoor swimming pools and a children's pool. A steam room and a fitness center are other recreation options.
The preferred airport is Phuket (HKT-Phuket Intl.): 70-min drive, 28.4 mi/45.7 km.


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Garrison, George Tancard
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George Tankard Garrison (Dickinson Chronicles)
George Tankard Garrison was born the son of James R. Garrison and Susan P. Tankard Garrison in Accomac County on Virginia's "eastern shore" on January 14, 1835. He enrolled at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania with the class of 1854. A popular student, he was a member of the notorious Zeta Psi fraternity forced to disband in 1853. He walked with a limp since childhood and used a cane. He graduated with his class and entered the University of Virginia Law School and graduated there in 1857.
He opened a practice in his home county but on the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate armed forces as a private, despite his disability. His main service to his home state during the war came as a legislator, though, since he was elected to the house of delegates and served there between 1861 and 1863. He then was a member of the state senate from 1863 to the end of the war. Just after the war, from May 1865, he briefly represented Captain Richard B. Winder, accused and imprisoned for war crimes at Andersonville Prison. In the elevated atmosphere following Lincoln's murder and the revelations over the treatment of Union prisoners in Confederate hands, Garrison himself was in fact arrested and imprisoned for a short time as he represented Winder.
Following the war, he resumed his practice in Accomac County and also took up farming. In 1870 he began an eleven year service as an elected judge of the Virginia Eighth Circuit. In 1881 he resigned to seek election to the United States Congress as a Democrat. He served in the 47th U.S. Congress and then, in 1883, he lost a re-election bid by one vote in more than twenty thousand votes cast. He contested this result, won his appeal, and was seated for his second term in the 48th U.S. Congress. Following this service, he returned in 1885 to private practice and later was elected as county judge of Accomac County.
Garrison had married Charlotte Ailworth of Accomac on September 19, 1867 and the couple had one child. George Tankard Garrison died in Accomac on November 14, 1889 and was buried in the Edgehill Cemetery. He was sixty-four years old.
John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., "George Tankard Garrison," Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/g/ed_garrisonGT.htm.
George Tankard Garrison (Congressional Biographical Directory)
GARRISON, George Tankard, a Representative from Virginia; born in Accomack County, Va., January 14, 1835; was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1853 and from the law department of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., in 1857; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Accomac; served as a private in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of the State house of delegates 1861-1863; served in the State senate 1863-1865; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected judge of the eighth Virginia circuit in 1870 and subsequently judge of the seventeenth circuit; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); successfully contested the election of Robert M. Mayo to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 20, 1884, to March 3, 1885; resumed the practice of law; elected judge of the county court of Accomack County, Va.; died at Accomac, Va., November 14, 1889; interment in Edge Hill Cemetery.
"Garrison, George Tankard," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000084.
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Antonio Estruch Bros (Sabadell, 17 de abril de 1873 – Buenos Aires, 16 de septiembre de 1957) fue un pintor español.

Se le considera uno de los más destacados representantes de la pintura de historia catalana (sus obras más famosas fueron dos encargos de la Caja de Ahorros de Sabadell: Corpus de Sang -1907-, que representa el episodio que inició la sublevación de los catalanes de 1640 y El once de septiembre de 1714 -1909-, que representa la caída de Rafael Casanova durante el sitio de Barcelona); aunque en Sabadell era más conocido por su pintura religiosa, de gran formato, sobre todo la encargada bajo el mecenazgo de Francisco de Paula Ponsà.

Fue discípulo del pintor catalán Joan Vila i Cinca (cofundador de la Academia de Bellas Artes de Sabadell en el año 1876). Estudió el arte del vitral en Alemania.

Fue becado en la Real Academia de San Fernando (1892) y en la Academia de España en Roma (1894-96), tras lo que fue a Palestina para pintar una serie sobre la vida de Jesús que le encargó Ponsà. En 1910 marchó definitivamente a Buenos Aires, donde ocupó el cargo de director de la escuela de Bellas Artes. En Argentina y Chile tiene una gran cantidad de vitrales realizados, principalmente religiosos y en confiterías notables.

Sus hermanas Josefa y Narcisa cedieron algunas de sus obras al Museo de Sabadell, que en total conserva veintidós de este autor, de las que seis se exponen en la colección permanente. La Biblioteca Museo Víctor Balaguer también guarda obra suya.

Obras
El sueño de la Virgen (antes de 1894)
La Santa Cena  (1903-1904)
Manifestación por la República (1904)
Corpus de Sang, también llamado Els Segadors (1907)
Via Dolorosa (1907)
El once de septiembre de 1714 (1909)
 Decoración pictórica del Santuario de María Auxiliadora de Rodeo del Medio, Mendoza (1910)
 Paisaje con río (década del 1920)
 Mujer entre las flores (década del 1920)

Exposiciones
 1891: Primera Exposición General de Bellas Artes, Barcelona.
 1893: Segunda Exposición General de Bellas Artes, Barcelona.
 1894: Segunda Exposición General de Bellas Artes, Palacio de Bellas Artes de Barcelona.
 1896: Ateneu Sabadellenc, Sabadell.
 1903: Acadèmia Catòlica, Sabadell.
 1903: Sala Parés, Barcelona.
 1915: Exposició 1915 de la Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sabadell, antiguo teatro Lliga Regionalista de Sabadell.

Bibliografía
 DAVID, Joan: Un artista olvidado. Antonio Estruch. A Alba. Revista de la Parroquia de la Purísima Concepción de Sabadell, any II, núm. 16. Sabadell, juny 1951, p. 340-341.
 DAVID, Joan: Entorn de l'obra d'Antoni Estruch Els Segadors''. A Quadern, núm. 7-8. Sabadell, setembre-octubre 1978, p. 67-70.
 El gran Estruch. A Sabadell. Sabadell, 20 gener 1977, p. 7.
 FONTBONA, Francesc: L'Onze de setembre de 1714 d'Antoni Estruch pintura o emblema?. A Serra d'Or, núm. 454. Barcelona, octubre de 1977.
 GONZÁLEZ, Carlos; MARTÍ, Montserrat: Pintores españoles en Roma (1850-1900). Barcelona: Tusquets Editores, 1987, p. 225.
 MARÉS DEULOVOL, Federico: Dos siglos de enseñanza artística en el Principado. Barcelona: Cambra Oficial de Comerç, 1964, p. 259.
 RÀFOLS, J.F.: Diccionario biográfico de artistas de Cataluña, vol. I. Barcelona: Millà, 1951, p. 362.
 UTRILLO, Miquel (Pinzell): L'historia santa, de l'Estruch. A Pèl i ploma'', núm. 94. Barcelona, juny 1903, p. 170-171.

Notas

Pintores de España del siglo XIX
Pintores de España del siglo XX
Nacidos en Sabadell
Fallecidos en Buenos Aires


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Torture costs: How Canada can deport you to torture and make you pay the bill
Sometime I am very proud of being Canadian, especially when we claim the moral high ground while blatantly disregarding basic international law norms. Do as I say, not as I do. For those who didn't catch the sarcasm, this post does not talk about nationalistic pride. Instead it will explore briefly a major failure of our refugee and immigration system. This failure, I fear, is far from being the only one; it just so happens that we were made aware of it unlike most removed refugee claimants' cases. The case I am referring to is the one of Adel Benhmuda and his family. Originally from Libya, he claimed refugee status in Canada in 2000, an application that was rejected by the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) in 2003. The government began removal procedure in 2008. Adel applied for a Pre-removal risk assessment, a procedure supposed to ensure that the removee will not be at risk of torture, cruel or unusual treatment, or death.[1] The application was dismissed by an immigration officer and he was removed to Libya where he was detained upon arrival. He was subsequently tortured. He managed to smuggle his family out and claimed refugee status in Malta.[2] Status was granted and Adel is now trying to come back to Canada.
One might think that Adel's ordeal was finally over, but it was not. He applied to be resettled to Canada under the convention refugee abroad category with the support of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).[3] Against all odds, the visa officer in the Canadian Embassy in Rome in charge of the file rejected Adel's application in a decision filled with factual inaccuracies. In fact, the decision was set aside on judicial review on the ground of reasonable apprehension of bias.[4] Justice Gleason even ordered, as it is rarely done in immigration and refugee matters, that the visa officer's notes be expunged from Adel's file, that the redetermination of his application be done within 90 days, and costs of $5000 (costs are usually not awarded in immigration and refugee matters). Bias was so obvious that, in Gleason J.'s view, "the respondent [Citizenship and Immigration Canada] would have been well-advised to adopt a similar approach in this case [consent to redetermination], as, in my view, the case's outcome was a foregone conclusion".[5] The redetermination resulted in finally allowing Adel and his family (two of his sons were born in Canada) to return to Canada.[6] However, to add insult to injury, the Citizenship and Immigration Canada is now asking him to pay for his removal fee ($6000) in addition to $800 for his authorization to return to Canada.[7]
These fees are usual when someone who is removed wants to come back to Canada. However they can be waived by the Minister (currently Chris Alexander), which one think should be automatic when the person seeking to return to Canada should have not been removed in the first place. Minister Alexander expressed some embarrassment at the situation. Embarrassment is an understatement; he should feel shame. Obviously Adel should not have to pay the fee and an official apology should be issued, but I believe some form of compensation is also in order for the torture he suffered after his removal (considering that litigation for breach of the Charter is a possibility[8]). That would be the least. But for now, besides being "embarrassed", the government has done nothing to rectify the situation.
What this case highlights in my opinion is how dysfunctional the Canadian immigration and refugee system is. As a country that signed and ratified both the Refugee and Torture Conventions, and by presumably being populated by decent human beings, it is our obligation to protect asylum seekers. To that effect, we created an adjudicative system to determine who is and who is not a refugee. The IRB is at the center of this system. The system is supposed to be impartial and, one would think considering its important mission, effective. The question that begs to be asked is how can we have faith in this system when Adel's applications for refugee status and subsequently for pre-removal risk assessment were denied, when they were clearly founded as the following events indicate, and when he was being treated in such a despicable way while trying to come back, including blatant bias by a decision maker? This would be less troubling if this was an isolate case, but, in my experience, it is not.[9]
This tells me that considering the currents government immigration and refugee policy and the "quality" of the IRB decision, the system lacks rigour and independence. The IRB members and immigration officers do not have tenure security like judges (immigration officers and Refugee Protection Division members are public servant and the Refugee Appeal Division members are appointed for a limited term by the government) and often seem to search for ways to dismiss applications, especially when they come from certain countries (like Mexico). Decisions can often be poorly argued and justified but difficult to review considering the deferential "reasonableness" standard of review. Many refugee lawyers and claimants have commented on how hostile the IRB environment can be and how certain members are known for their biases (although they usually are not visible enough to warrant review).[10] The situation is worse inside Immigration and Citizenship Canada which lacks even the pretence of independence (the visa officer's emails are not uncommon although the language is usually more cautious to avoid review). Teaching members and officers how to avoid review (you can tell often that decisions are specifically written to achieve this) is obviously not the solution. Since the problem, in my view, seems to be inherent to the system (problems existed before the election of the conservative government), I am doubtful that reform would be sufficient. It seems to me that the only way to avoid such a failure of our international and humanitarian obligations would be to do a complete overhaul of the system, including better safeguards (pre-removal risk-assessments are clearly inadequate). I doubt this will happen anytime soon. In the meantime the attitude of the government can be summarised by the words of its visa officer: "I do not see what is Canada's obligation in this case". We respect the procedure (although obviously not the spirit of the Conventions) so what can we do more? I mean, removing people so they can risk torture is a costly business and someone has to pay. We found he was not a refugee, so what happens after is clearly not our fault. Right? …
[1] S 115 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27; Article 33 of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, 189 UNTS 137; and Article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 10 December 1984, 1465 UNTS 85.
[2] Josh D. Scheinert, When Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word, Huffington Post Canada, 26 October 2013, online at www.hufftingtonpost.ca < http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/josh-d-scheinert/immigration-canada_b_4165963.html >.
[3] S 139 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2002-227.
[4] Benhmuda v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 1222.
[5] Ibid, at para 41.
[6] CBC News, Deported Libyan family allowed to return to Canada, 18 January 2013, online at www.cbc.ca < http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/deported-libyan-family-allowed-to-return-to-canada-1.1311626 >.
[7] Editorial, Ottawa should waive fee for Libyan deported to torture, Toronto Star, 28 October 2013, online at www.thestar.com < http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2013/10/28/ottawa_should_waive_fee_for_libyan_deported_to_torture_editorial.html >.
[8] See Canada (Prime Minister) v Khadr, 2010 SCC 3; and Suresh v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 SCC 1. See also the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights El-Masri v the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, No 39630/09, [2012] ECHR 2067.
[9] See for example Mary Sheppard, Deported Mexican refugee claimant dies after beating, CBC News, 24 April 2012, online at www.cbc.ca < http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/deported-mexican-refugee-claimant-dies-after-beating-1.1166530 >.
[10] For a quantitative analyses of the IRB refugee determination patterns see Sean Rehaag, "Troubling Patterns in Canadian Refugee Adjudication" (2008) 39 Ott L Rev 335 (available on SSRN).
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Jeff Nguyen 10 November 2013 at 22:14
It's good to know that the U.S. isn't the only country that talks out of both sides of it's mouth. Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Canada once a safe harbor for many refugees and asylum seekers? I remember reading years ago about the influx of Cambodians following the Khmer Rouge. The times they are a changing, it seems. Take care out there.
jurisblogger Post author 11 November 2013 at 00:52
Yes once upon a time we had what was qualified by the UNHCR as a model refugee determination system, and had political actors who promoted humanitarian goals. I remember when I was little my family welcomed a Vietnamese refugee for a year to help settlement when Canada welcomed boat people for Vietnam. It's in stark contrast from how we welcomed the Tamil boat people in 2010 (we basically treated them as either potential terrorists or fake refugee claimants). Two things basically happened: (1) the 9/11 paranoia about terrorist (the act was completely reformed in 2001); and the election of the conservative government in 2006 (things got worse since 2011 when they won a majority in the House of Commons and were able to appoint a majority of senators). Both the law and the political discourses towards refugees, and immigrants more generally, have change considerably in the past 15 years.
It seems like the specter of 9/11 hangs over both of our countries but even more so over the predominantly Muslim countries that were targeted by our governments.
It is heartening to hear of the indigenous movements that are rising up in your country. Building alliances and grassroots coalitions may be an important step in facing the problems in our respective countries. The student protests in Quebec also have no precedent in the U.S. where the progressives at the universities were neutralized by the second coming of Obama.
My take on it is that the current consumer driven capitalist system we have is still benefiting or at least appears to benefit most middle and upper class people who therefore care little about things unless it directly impact their wallet in an obvious way. But for marginalized people for whome the system is not working (students) or actually actively and quite blatantly oppressing them (Aboriginal people) and who have nothing to lose, there is no other choice than to go out and shout and cause disruption to get some tiny amount of change. Both group also have a basic organisation already in place which facilitate mobilization (the student strikes became more of a general protest movement after a while, and Aboriginal groups are finding support from outside their community). I could also add that there is a "tradition" of protest for both groups (since the 70s, Aboriginal people had little choice but to protest to get some attention from the colonial government; and since the 60s there is a student strike nearly every 5 years (my brother participated in this one, while I did the one before! and both my parents also participated in some in their youth). Sadly, the majority of the population is either indoctrinated to think everything is fine or are afraid that change would mean losing something (especially money) or is actively benefiting from oppression. I fear that most of our co-citizens would only rise up when danger is at their doorstep (which might be too late). Hopefully I'm too pesimistic and therefore am wrong. Anyway, end of today's verbal deluge! 😛
That's really great to hear that your family members were active in the student strikes. I grew up in a conservative, Republican worshipping family. I'm hoping to break that cycle with my own family. Good talking to you.
Likewise. I must say I am pretty lucky to have such a fantastic family. Take care!


PS ill get better pics in the day light!
Holy dusty and dirty interior Batman!
Looks good, but nasty/dirty interiors is a huge peeve of mine, sorry.
god forbid you clean her before the pics. but it looks good.


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We have a guest expert this month – my very own VP of Everything, Meg Gehan! Meg has been braving the GDPR waters making sure the IACTCenter and Coaching for ADHD are compliant with the new regulations. Since the IACTCenter prides itself on training and mentoring world-class ADHD life coaches around the globe, I asked her to share what she's learned with you!
First, we are a bit late writing this blog post because we were spending weeks getting the IACTCenter and Coaching for ADHD ready for GDPR day – May 25, 2018 – the day on which the cyberworld loses its collective mind.
The GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation – is a new law that went into effect May 25, 2018 in the European Union and requires online businesses connected to the EU to take steps to protect their data.
Be up front and honest about what they are doing with your private information (everything from your name and email address to your financial details and health records).
Get your permission to send you emails, newsletters, marketing, etc.
Delete any and all information they collected about you and provide an easy way to request this.
So as a consumer, this is fantastic news. You now have control over cyberspace and your own personal details, and can make sure only businesses you like and trust can keep them. Here at the IACTCenter and Coaching for ADHD, we strongly believe in the right of privacy, and most importantly, the right of choice! So we like this.
Now, as a business owner, what does this mean for you?
So, you business owners sitting in the US…yeah I'm talking to you – bet you're wondering if and why this effects you. Like why am I writing about it sitting at my laptop in sunny New England this fine Memorial Day weekend?
Well, the GDPR effects ALL businesses IF they have clients who live in the EU OR IF they have contacts on their list who live in the EU. So if you've been working with Client A who lives in Austria, then it impacts you. If you have a contact on your list from the UK, then you need to follow it.
I bet you are going over your list right now wondering if you have anyone from the EU. Well let me interrupt your ruminating, because…are you ready for the catch? Most of us build our lists with only names and email addresses on it. We have NO idea if Elsa is from Sweden or if Liam is from Ireland…or if they live down the street. So you may think you're safe from this GDPR stuff with your online business in Nebraska, but you just don't know.
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Update your opt in forms so there is a place where people can give explicit permission for you to email them. Most email marketing systems now have a way to do this using checkboxes.
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Eventually you might need a pop up on your site for cookies, but that isn't mandated until 2019.
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Oh and speaking of help…If you're sweating this out cause it's after the deadline and you're like, um crap, I'm noncompliant…Let me know. We like rebels, but we don't like unkindness. And not protecting privacy is the wrong kind of rebel. Simply reach out to info@consultingunboxed.com and I will get back to you!
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And in the comments, we'd love to hear your fave acronyms for GDPR. Our personal fave is Get Drink Please Rightaway which is what I am going to do!
Meg Gehan has been the VP of Everything at the IACTCenter and Coaching for ADHD for the last three years and working with Laurie Dupar for seven. She is a Certified Online Business Manager and Tech VA with a knack for taking the reins of small businesses and helping them grow. She uses her knowledge of systems, technology, marketing, and psychology to successfully maintain the day-to-day functioning and long term planning and project implementation of her clients' businesses.


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Our thanks go out to everyone who helped make our 12th annual Family Formation workshop such a lovely success! We had volunteers for airport runs and overnight hosting, setting up, hospitality, greeters, praise & worship, speakers, people who gave official testimonies, parents who gave impromptu testimonies, catechists who shared their experiences, Catholic Academy and Give Him 5 awesomeness, kids who were engaged in learning about Jesus in Adoration, people who just took a little time to chat with the guests, people who pitched in to help with the clean up and morning-to-afternoon transition, and, of course guests who were curious and enthusiastic.
It just reminded us once again how blessed we are to belong a community of people who love to pass on the Faith!
I have to take this opportunity to remind everyone that we host a come-and-see workshop every year for DREs, priests, and parish leaders who are interested in learning more about Family Formation. Guests get a firsthand view of how this unique method works at our parish, and then more information about how to make it work where they are. The next workshop will be held on April 2, 2016, so go ahead and mark your calendar.
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