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Last updated: (17th Jul, 2018)
Please read these Terms and Conditions ("Terms", "Terms and Conditions") carefully before engaging in the ROTOR UNO Upgrade Kit (the "Service") operated by ROTOR Componentes Tecnológicos S.L. ("us", "we", or "our").
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This offer includes ALDHU cranks (available in 170 mm, 172.5 mm and 175 mm), our standard axle and a choice of either Q RINGS oval direct mount chainrings or round direct mount chainrings in 52/36.This new bundle is available in either rim brake or flat mount disc brake versions of the exclusive UNO hydraulic groupset with pricing set to remain at MSRP €2,499.
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Trump Denies UN Members Laughed At Him, Calls It 'Fake News'
In an absolutely off-the-rails press conference, Trump refused to admit that the world leaders were laughing at him, instead raging at "fake news."
By Red Painter — September 26, 2018
Donald Trump's opening speech at the United Nations on Wednesday was met with less clapping and more laughing. But Trump refuses to admit that they were laughing at him (NARRATOR: They were) and his narcissism has convinced himself that they were sharing a big joke together.
In his press conference Wednesday, Trump was asked about this moment. He did not give up the whole "aw shucks, it was a big old joke" line he picked up from his talking points.
REPORTER: I want to ask you, yesterday you were talking about your administration's speech at the United Nations and a lot of the leaders laughed.
TRUMP: Well, that's fake news. That's fake news and it was covered that way. Okay. So I said that since my election our economy has become the hottest in the world. Tax reductions, regulations, confidence levels are the highest in 18 years, really soon to be historic. unemployment is the lowest in the history of our country. You look at black unemployment, Asian unemployment, you look at women 65 years, the unemployment numbers are among the best we've ever had ever. The numbers are new companies pouring into our country, which nobody thought was possible and I said this and I was in front of a large group of highly professional people, most of whom are from either other countries or the United Nations. People that aren't big into applauding, smiling. and I heard a little rustle, as I said our country is now stronger than ever whether and I hear a little rustle and I said it's true and I heard smiles. I said, oh, I didn't know there would be -- They weren't laughing at me, they were laughing with me. We had fun. That was not laughing at me. So the fake news said people laughed at President Trump. They didn't laugh at me. People had a good time with me. We were doing it together. We had a good time. They respect what I've done.
It's sad that he doesn't even know that he IS the joke.
Delusion, Donald Trump, laughing, Mocking, press conference, united nations, world leaders
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Sésamo (en griego, Σήσαμος), posteriormente llamada Amastris, era una antigua ciudad griega de Paflagonia, que es mencionada por Homero en el catálogo de los troyanos de la Ilíada donde formaba parte de los territorios del país de los énetos gobernados por Pilémenes.

Es citada por Apolonio de Rodas entre las ciudades que costearon los argonautas en su viaje hacia la Cólquide. Polieno relata una estratagema del persa Datames según la cual prometió a los de la ciudad de Sinope que tomaría la ciudad de Sésamo, que era su enemiga y se la entregaría, pero pidió ayuda técnica para construir máquinas de asedio. Cuando los de Sinope le proporcionaron los medios, sitió Sinope en lugar de Sésamo.

Estrabón menciona que la ciudad de Sésamo, junto a las de Citoro, Cromne y Tío, se habían unido en sinecismo para formar la ciudad de Amastris, fundada en el año 300 a. C., aunque Tío se separó del sinecismo poco después. La acrópolis de la nueva ciudad de Amastris era la antigua Sésamo.

La nueva ciudad de Amastris, que fue fundada por la reina Amastris, esposa de Dionisio de Heraclea, perteneció al reino del Ponto desde el 279 hasta el 70 a. C., en que fue tomada por Lucio Licinio Lúculo. Posteriormente Pompeyo la incorporó a la provincia romana Ponto-Bitinia.

Se localiza en la actual ciudad turca de Amasra.

Referencias

Colonias griegas de Paflagonia
Colonias griegas en el Mar Negro

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Tilia ×orbicularis est une espèce de Tilleul, hybride entre Tilia ×euchlora et Tilia petiolaris, appartenant à la famille des Tiliaceae.

Description
Cet hybride produit de grands arbres pouvant atteindre  de haut ayant souvent une couronne conique dont les branches sont parfois retombantes.

Ses feuilles aux nervures marquées sont caduques, simples, cordiformes et dentées. Elles sont de couleur verte et ont un revers tomenteux dont la couleur varie du gris au blanc argenté en été. Elles prennent une belle coloration jaune en automne.

Culture
Il aime tous les sols profonds, bien drainés et frais.

Il a été cultivé vers 1870 dans les pépinières Simon Louis à Metz.

C'est un arbre à croissance rapide sous climat tempéré.

Utilisation
Sa floraison abondante en fait une plante mellifère remarquable et son feuillage un arbre d'ornementation apprécié dans les parcs.
Les propriétés médicinales de ses fleurs sont reconnues en phytothérapie. Son bois léger, quant à lui, est apprécié des sculpteurs.

Voir aussi

Liens externes
 Clé de détermination des espèces de Tilia. (en)
 Galerie de Tilia, photos de détermination des différentes espèces.

Notes et références

Références

Espèce d'Angiospermes (nom scientifique)
Malvaceae
Tiliaceae (Cronquist)
Plante mellifère
orbicularis


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30 Popular Hotel Chains, Ranked
By Jamie GreysonLast Updated Jul 23, 2020 7:42:54 PM ET
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Choosing the perfect hotel for your next getaway can either be the most exciting part of the booking process or the most frustrating. Sometimes you're already out on the road when you unexpectedly need a place to hang your hat. No need to panic.
We've combed through some of America's most well-known hotel chains and ranked them from most-loved by guests to most lacking. Read on to find out how your favorite brand stacks up.
Note: On a scale of 0-100, the American Customer Satisfaction Index independently measures customer satisfaction with popular lodging brands offered by leading hoteliers in the U.S. market.
30. JW Marriott | Marriott
It probably comes as no surprise that luxury hotel brand JW Marriott receives consistently high marks from visitors. Nabbing the highest rating from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) with an admirable 84%, this brand is known for being conveniently situated, clean and well-appointed.
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In this case, you get what you're paying for — so much more than just a place to hang your hat. In fact, the folks at JW Marriott believe you're paying for "mindful experiences and inspiring spaces to improve your well-being and enrich your mind, body and soul."
ACSI Score: 84
29. Embassy Suites | Hilton
Although it's not a "luxury" brand, Hilton's Embassy Suites line is considered an upper upscale group of hotels. Falling just below JW Marriott on ACSI's list, it even outranks its parent company's flagship chain, Hilton Hotels & Resorts.
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According to TripAdvisor reviewers, Embassy Suites really shines in the value department. Top-notch customer service, (often) complimentary continental breakfasts and locations that are comparable to those of luxury hotels all make this brand a great choice. Not to mention, you're likely to save a few hundred dollars.
28. Fairfield Inn & Suites | Marriott
Considered an "Upper Midscale" hotel, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott is high on the list for customer satisfaction — perhaps surprisingly so. Often, these hotels are fairly uniform on the outside (see above), but they focus on acing all the categories that matter most to travelers.
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With reliable Wi-Fi, complimentary breakfasts and a focus on location, this more modest-looking brand receives 8-star reviews on TripAdvisor across properties in multiple big cities and tourist destinations. However, some reviewers knock this reliable brand for its incongruous food and drink prices.
27. Hilton Garden Inn | Hilton
This upscale brand is on par with Fairfield Inn & Suites in the reliability and value categories, but Hilton Garden Inns' modern sensibility sets it apart. When you book with this Hilton brand, you're allowing yourself to "indulge in thoughtful touches to make your stay easier and more comfortable."
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Looking to capitalize on modern, minimalist trends, this chain emphasizes bright, inviting spaces. Locations range from along the waterfront in Marina del Rey, California, to the heart of New York's Times Square, making Hilton Garden Inn a chain you can trust on almost any type of trip.
26. Marriott Hotels | Marriott
Marriott's flagship brand is perhaps most well received by business people, although leisure travelers also rate it highly. With most locations offering a high level of customer service and a wide range of amenities geared toward hosting meetings and events, Marriott is synonymous with business trips.
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The chain is also determined to be a green hotel brand. In addition to tons of LEED-certified hotels, Marriott properties boast reduced water and energy consumption rates and green supply chains. The bad news? Marriott members and one-off guests alike complain of barrages of robo-calls and telemarketer-like offers.
25. Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts | InterContinental
This brand started as the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, but eventually spun off into Crowne Plaza Hotels. With a slogan that reads "We're all business, mostly," this hotel is InterContintental's answer to Marriott. According to Crowne Plaza, "Life doesn't stop when business begins … Sometimes the mojito is as important as the meeting."
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Unfortunately, a majority of reviewers on Consumer Affairs reported more migraines than mojitos. With a wonky "points" system, an inability to uphold the price match guarantee and a rash of denied refunds, this alleged value hotel might break your patience along with the bank.
24. Courtyard | Marriott
In the 1980s, Marriott wanted to complement its flagship brand and build properties in locations that weren't suitable for traditional Marriotts. Courtyard hotels were smaller properties and soon became the favorite of leisure travelers, with family rates and pools offered at most locations.
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Today, the brand has shaken off some of that family vacation friendliness in favor of being "trendy" — equipped for business trips and offering up upscale bistros and bars. With high marks in the customer service department, reviewers claim this chain's biggest con is that not all locations acknowledge the status of Marriott Bonvoy members.
23. Best Western Premier | Best Western
This upscale take on Best Western aims to give guests "a notably refined travel experience." The brand does stand apart from other upscale accomodations. In 2019, it received a JD Power Award for being #1 in Customer Satisfaction.
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The only thing fighting against the chain might be the Best Western name, which is associated with less frills than this Premier version. Nonetheless, scores of TripAdvisor reviewers note that they were pleasantly surprised by the chain's superb accommodations. Welcome to the Premier Life.®
22. Holiday Inn Express | InterContinental
These no-frills hotels are meant to offer limited amenities balanced by appealing price-points. Guests can look forward to continental breakfasts, complimentary Wi-Fi and comfortable rooms, but other features, such as pools and room service, aren't usually part of the Holiday Inn Express brand.
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Often located off freeways or in the suburbs, these express hotels cater to business travelers and those staying for the short term. The hotel's 1998 motto "Stay Smart" is foundational to its identity. The chain saves you time and money so you can enjoy other things. TripAdvisor guests agree, giving Holiday Inn's spin-off top marks in cleanliness and convenience.
21. Hampton | Hilton
Formerly known as Hampton Inn, this middle-market hotel began as a budget inn long before its days as a Hilton property. The brand promises both high quality and consistency as well as a great price match guarantee.
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To compete with Holiday Inn Express, Hampton now offers an impressive complimentary breakfast, featuring prime rib hash and egg white frittatas. In addition to praising the Hampton's value and convenient locations, TripAdvisor reviewers from Amsterdam to Panama City consistently raved about the chain's waffles — of all things.
20. Hilton Hotels & Resorts | Hilton
Next on our list is the flagship brand of American multinational hospitality company Hilton, which owns nearly 600 hotels known for signature spas and top-notch customer service across six continents. Hilton also wins points for being a responsible corporation. It is a well-known green brand that also promotes community involvement.
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Despite its storied history, the chain has an eye toward the future. Hilton Honors members receive free Wi-Fi, keyless entry, digital check-in and the option to choose a room through the company's mobile app. Although it scored a few points lower than competitor Marriott on the ACSI list, Hilton maintains a highly coveted 4-star rating on Consumer Affairs.
19. AC Hotels | Marriott
Owned and operated by Marriott, AC Hotels claims it represents a "new way to hotel." The brand is billed not just as a hotel, but as an experience. From an event series called Unpacked to bartenders that are more mixology experts than average hotel barkeeps, AC Hotels is all about (hipster) innovation.
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The hotels' properties consistently garner 5-star reviews on TripAdvisor, with guests complimenting the comfortable, clean rooms and chic aesthetic. Across various locations, guests have complained about poor room soundproofing, and some longtime Marriott guests seemed unenthused about the hotel's modern feel.
18. Residence Inn | Marriott
Residence Inn is known for being the first extended-stay hotel chain in the United States, helping to popularize the idea of a hotel suite. Appropriately, the brand's slogan is "It's not a room. It's a Residence." In other words, Marriott wants you to enjoy all the amenities of home while staying in their suite-style lodging.
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Although some Residence Inns resemble standard hotels, most are styled after condo complexes, with several outbuildings, a central check-in area and ample green space. In particular, families rank Residence Inns high on their lists. If you're staying near a theme park, for example, the full kitchen offers an easy way to save on pricey meals.
17. Hyatt Regency | Hyatt
One of Hyatt's original brands, Hyatt Regency promises luxury with a modern feel. This chain of hotels also takes the (birthday) cake for offering unique, highly customizable event spaces. With regionally-inspired, seasonal menus, most Hyatt Regency properties offer food and drink 24/7 — perfect for the red-eye traveler.
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Located in suburban areas, near airports and in the hearts of some of the world's most exciting cities, Hyatt's flagship brand scores top marks for location and cleanliness. The chain falls a tad lower than others in terms of customer service, but its real detractor is that it just doesn't offer up the same value as similar upscale competitors.
16. DoubleTree | Hilton
Hilton's fastest growing brand earns brownie points — or just general baked good points — thanks to its famous complimentary chocolate chip cookies. Originally baked for only VIPs in the 1980s, these treats are now available to all guests at check-in. (Soon DoubleTree's cookies will be available off Earth as well.)
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Delicious cookies aside, DoubleTree is known for more than just a warm welcome. Instead of building from the ground up, the brand renovated and retrofitted existing hotels and buildings, which dovetails nicely with the hotel's vibe — upscale, but comfortable. Unfortunately, this approach left some TripAdvisor reviewers feeling the rooms looked tired and drab.
15. Best Western Plus | Best Western
With its name deriving from the fact that most of its original locations were located west of the Mississippi River in the United States, Best Western started as a "co-op" of sorts. Most of the hotels were located in larger urban properties or were family-owned roadside lodgings, but, over time, Best Western came to be recognized as a proper franchise.
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Now, the company's legacy brand can be found around the world. The chain's motto is even "Wherever life takes you, Best Western is there®." Although many Best Westerns offer pools, fitness centers and continental breakfasts, the chain focuses more on value and is rated highly by families.
14. Sheraton | Marriott
Now part of the Marriott family, Sheraton emphasizes its connections to the cities where it has properties. By creating robust physical spaces that reflect the unique charms of a place and developing a more active social media presence, Sheraton shows it is all about community.
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Although the hotel receives excellent ratings in customer service and location categories across a majority of its properties, Sheraton really outshines the competition when it comes to cleanliness. Reviewers note that the traditional rooms, buffet breakfast and other classic amenities make this brand a well-rounded choice.
13. Hyatt Place | Hyatt
An offshoot of Hyatt, Hyatt Place hotels are also known for 24/7 dining options, workspaces and social areas. In 2018, the Business Traveler News Hotel Brand Survey ranked Hyatt Place the #1 Upscale Brand.
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Unlike other upscale brands, Hyatt Place is less "trendy" and more laid back. Both functional and comfortable, the brand's ample rooms — often complete with separate living areas — are meant to help you wind down. That extra space and the complimentary breakfast help make this brand perfect for families.
12. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts | Wyndham
Wyndham hotels are often centrally located — it's all about location, location, location! — and provide guests with amenities they expect to find at an upscale hotel. Like other brands in this class category, Wyndham bills itself as an experience, not just a place to crash.
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These properties offer the usual amenities, like fitness centers and pools, but Wyndham has also launched its Stay Well experience. Associated guest rooms feature innovative amenities such as an air purification system, dawn simulation and aromatherapy. Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, you can expect to wake up feeling refreshed.
11. Comfort Inn/Comfort Suites | Choice
Choice brand hotels, including Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites, aren't part of any high-end portfolio, but they just might fit the bill if you're traveling on a budget. Comfort Inn properties offer the basics — clean rooms with no-frills — whereas Comfort Suites provide a bit more space for business travelers.
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Although the brand may not be as fancy as others, Comfort lodgings — and Choice hotels at large — have always focused on innovation, featuring the industry's first non-smoking rooms, 24-hour-a-day toll-free reservation systems and iPhone application.
10. Westin | Marriott
Now part of the Marriott family following the Starwood acquisition, Westin properties are located in hundreds of major cities throughout the world. This upper upscale chain consistently tops Forbes' "best of" lists, whether the property is beachside or mountainside.
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In recent years, Westin has focused on revamping its pool and fitness facilities, featuring Peloton bikes and other upscale exercise equipment. Nonetheless, Westin still ranks lower than other hotels in its category based on the American Customer Satisfaction Index for 2019.
9. Holiday Inn | InterContinental
Unlike other brands that try to do it all, Holiday Inn focuses on being a kid-friendly, family-oriented chain. Although the properties include business centers and charming cocktail bars, the emphasis is on making travel easy so guests enjoy their time together — away from the details and minutiae.
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In 2018, a study conducted by the nonprofit Values Institute ranked big-name businesses based on the ever-elusive quality of trust. Perhaps surprisingly, the midscale Holiday Inn came in as the third most trusted brand in America, just behind Amazon and Whirlpool. Sometimes, nothing beats reliability.
8. La Quinta Inn & Suites | La Quinta (Wyndham)
La Quinta Inn — which means "the country villa" or "the country place" in Spanish — is a midscale hotel brand on par with Best Western's flagship hotel chain. Often situated in suburban areas, near airports and in other big-name destinations, this brand wants to make sure you "wake up on the bright side®" without breaking the bank.
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Offering free breakfasts, military discounts and a partnership with DoorDash, the brand is definitely a top pick among people traveling with friends and family. Another perk? Don't worry about leaving your furry, four-legged family member at home: La Quinta prides itself on offering pet-friendly rooms.
7. Quality | Choice
Part of Choice hotels, all Quality Inns focus on the simple comforts — all at a low price point. From complimentary hot breakfast, in-room fridges, tea and coffee, free Wi-Fi and comfortable bedding, this brand offers all the essentials, whether you're planning to spend your entire vacation in one of these Choice properties or just one night.
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Quality Inn boasts that it's all about value, and TripAdvisor reviewers agree, giving the chain high marks in value, even though it doesn't boast all the bells and whistles of its competitors. An affordable stay with all the basic amenities? Sounds relaxing — and like a Quality® time.
6. Baymont Inn & Suites | Wyndham
Run by Wyndham, Baymont Inn & Suites is a midscale brand of hotel. Providing auto club member discounts as well as other must-have savings programs, Baymont definitely captures the affordability of old school roadside hotels without sacrificing cleanliness or comfort.
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The chain provides larger, more spacious rooms, a complimentary breakfast buffet and 24/7 fitness centers — all the amenities to make any road trip stop or extended stay worthwhile. If this sounds like it's right up your alley, expect "hometown hospitality from check-in to checkout."
5. Ramada | Wyndham
Ramada — formerly Ramada Inn — is part of the Wyndham family of hotels. However, its locations outside the United States are operated by Marriott, which can cause some of the perks and uniformity found in other Wyndham properties to slip.
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Although Ramada offers free Wi-Fi, complimentary breakfast and well-equipped workout facilities, guests on Best Company have given the chain a solid 2.1 out of 5 stars. Why? Well, not all room tiers have the free food perks, and the Wi-Fi, although free, has been called spotty at best. If you're staying on business, you may want to rethink before booking with Ramada.
4. Days Inn | Wyndham
Another Wyndham property, Days Inn is one of the largest budget hotel chains in the world. The brand's mission is simple: To provide "The Best Value Under the Sun," as implied by the company's sunny logo. The original iteration certainly had that roadside motel feel, featuring onsite restaurants, gift shops and gas pumps.
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Nowadays, this chain targets outdoors enthusiasts and adventure seekers, with many properties located near outdoor attractions. Despite being a budget hotel, Days Inn features several amenities, including free Wi-Fi, fitness centers, suite options and complimentary breakfast — although the offerings are generally limited to oatmeal, yogurt and fresh fruit.
3. Econo Lodge | Choice
Econo Lodge, part of the Choice family, is a standard no-frills, budget hotel. Geared toward guests who typically stay one night — as opposed to long-term stays — locations provide free Wi-Fi and breakfast and are typically located near chain restaurants and tourist attractions.
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As a Choice hotel, Econo Lodge was one of the first brands to offer non-smoking rooms, and most Econo Lodges are now non-smoking facilities. The drawbacks? That free "hot" breakfast is really just coffee, OJ and some muffins. Guests on Best Company have also complained of "resort fee charges" as well as sliding doors on bathrooms that provide little privacy.
2. Super 8 | Wyndham
Super 8, which is now operated by Wyndham, is the largest budget hotel chain in the world. Its name was derived from the original cost of a room at its first South Dakota location — a cool $8.88. Although a room now runs guests a bit more than that, it's still very easy on the wallet and geared toward an overnight stay.
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Super 8 provides free breakfast and Wi-Fi, discounts for military personnel and, in most cases, pools and jacuzzis. These standard amenities may fit the bill for some visitors, but others are disappointed by the lack of exercise facilities and other features. Moreover, reviewers on Best Company reported that pet fees and hidden additional charges have caused some frustration.
1. Motel 6 | G6 Hospitality
The idea behind Motel 6 was to build basic properties and charge guests the low, low price of $6 a night — hence the brand's name. With pet-friendly, renovated rooms and pool areas, Motel 6 can be a solid choice for families — especially since children stay free-of-charge.
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Of course, this brand won't break the bank, but it's also lacking in some avenues. Best Company reviewers have lodged complaints about the difficulty of modifying a reservation, the outdated rooms and furniture and the inferior cleanliness of the brand compared to its competitors.


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Heatwave and thunder storms grip Japan
Monday, 14th July 2008
In Weather In Japan,
High school baseball players were recently instructed to use wooden bats, instead of metal ones, to reduce the risk of being struck by lightning during a thunder storm.
The occurrence came as extreme weather gripped parts of Japan.
On Saturday (July 12th), more than 260 people were taken to hospital due to a heatwave. In Saitima Prefecture, 32 people suffered heatstroke, while in Chiba Prefecture, 28 people were taken to hospital with the condition, reports the Daily Yomiuri.
In the metropolitan Setagaya ward of Tokyo, 11.5 millimetres of rain fell in the space of one hour.
More than 260 people were admitted to hospital on Saturday (July 12th) due to the hot conditions.
According to Japan-Guide.com, the maximum temperature for July in Tokyo is 29C and there are an average of ten rainy days. In December, the maximum temperature falls to 12C and the number of rainy days drops to four.


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Part 19: Various work updates—December 2001
Workforce update
Advice has been received that the rebuild project can continue at its former pace. Accordingly, the work force is now being rebuilt.
Since the foundation ring riveting, work on the boiler has concentrated on completing the welding in of the smokebox tube plate. Following that, the new flanged section of the firebox tube plate was riveted to the copper crown sheet. During this process, some pitting of the manufactured rivet heads was noted, and after careful examination, it was decided to remove them again and carry out an investigation into the causes.
Accordingly a series of test rivets were inserted into test bars. Whilst some pitting was created, there was nothing like that found on the rivets in the boiler. These tests tended to indicate that the popular theories of over heating of rivets, or scale in the rivet snaps was not a major contributing factor. We did observe some changes with different rivet snaps. Spectrograhic analysis and mechanical property tests did not indicate anything untoward in the material. After detailed discussions with our boiler inspector, it was agreed to try again.
Work has commenced on the grate supports, and the new ash pan.
The main frames receiving an undercoat
Another problem that requires a solution is the "fish bellying" of the boiler halfway along the firebox. If left un-attended, this means that the boiler will not fit between the frames! The reason it fitted the old frames was that constant battering over the years had caused the frames to bend outwards and rub against the back of the wheels!
It looks as if the solution will be akin to putting a big G clamp on, and tightening up. It may be that a device similar to a trackman's Jim Crow will have to be made.
Concurrently with this investigation, small warps in the all welded main frames have been relieved out, and it stands ready to receive paint and axle box horns. Both new cylinders are now cast, and are expected back from the machine shop around Christmas.
John Southwell cleaning one of the motion brackets
The tender is looking fairly complete, with the tank now bolted to the underframe. "Second fixings" are now happening, with hand rails, hand brakes and the like being fitted.
The volunteers who work on this on Wednesday evenings are divided into South Australian Railways and Commonwealth Railways supporters. When they are not painting, they appear to be engaged in a battle to come up with the best (or worst) words that might match the CR which will be painted on the side. Examples include "Competent Railways" and "Constantly Rusting". The unpainted tender sides are sporting several "thoughts" on what CR means!
The foundry has been put to use again, with some pipe brackets and the fire-door protector plate being produced in cast iron.


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Gaetz Ramps Up Crusade Against Liz Cheney After She Dared To Cross Trump
Flanked by about two dozen House Republicans, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks during a press conference on October 23, 2019. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who remains a staunch Trump loyalist despite the ex-president inciting a violent coup attempt, on Thursday night demanded House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) move to have House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) stripped of her leadership position after she voted to impeach Donald Trump.
"Kevin McCarthy needs to hold a vote on Liz Cheney," Gaetz told Fox News host Tucker Carlson. "And if he doesn't, the Republican Conference is a total joke. More than half of the Republican conference has said that this person does not speak for us."
The GOP congressman asserted that Republicans "basically have no power" now that Democrats control the White House and both chambers of Congress.
"The only power we have is to communicate," Gaetz said. "And if the person we've designated to communicate for us is the conference chair [who] doesn't have the support of the majority of the conference, it is a total fiction that you've created regarding the entire structure of leadership."
Several hours earlier, Gaetz traveled to Cheney's home state to urge Wyomingites to vote her out of office and "bring Washington to its knees" in a speech that flatly disregarded McCarthy's private plea for rank-and-file GOP lawmakers to stop publicly attacking each other.
For his part, McCarthy initially stood by Cheney when Trump loyalists in the GOP conference began demanding her ouster. However, he partially walked back his support last week, saying he had "concerns" about her.
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Gaetz: McCarthy needs to hold a vote on removing Cheney, otherwise "the Republican Conference is a total joke" pic.twitter.com/xQIJGbrec6
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Along with the 'invention' of chronic illness came the need for nursing homes, to care for people during a prolonged period of chronic illness and increasing disability.
The vast majority of people admitted to a nursing home reside there until death; each year, 25% of all deaths in the United States and 35% of all deaths in Canada occur in nursing homes about one-third of nursing home residents die each year in North America. End-of-life care of nursing home residents, now and in the future, must encompass specific strategies for residents dying of dementia, and the impact on their family caregivers. This evidence-based guideline provides end-of-life support for family members before the death of a nursing home resident. Written 2002; Revised 2009; 2015.
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For the older adult, finding the meaning in critical life events or the meaning in life overall can be a challenging process wherein the nurse can have significant influence. Through the process of finding meaning, the older adult often grows spiritually. In addition, several research studies have shown that a sense of meaning in life was associated with improved psychological well-being, satisfaction with life, and overall quality of life.
The purpose of this evidence-based protocol is to provide guidelines for promoting spirituality and spiritual care for health care providers working with older adults in the community and institutional settings. Spiritual care refers to care practices intentionally chosen to promote spirituality, as conceptualized universally (rather than limiting it to only religiosity). This guideline is developed from a holistic perspective that views humans as being an integrated whole with physical, psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions. Written 2006; Revised 2014.
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THE government of Australia is about to shake up the nation's airline industry.
The new prime minister, Paul Keating, is working on a restructuring plan aimed at increasing competition.
Although the new plan may not be presented until the end of February, industry analysts say it might involve treating the Australian and New Zealand skies as a single market. At the same time, there is speculation that Qantas, the Australian-government-owned international carrier, will be allowed to fly domestically. And there is even talk of a merger among privately held Air New Zealand, Qantas, and Australian Airlines, the government-owned domestic airline.
The basic thrust of any changes appears to be to increase competition to help spur tourism, one of the mainstays of the Australian economy. "They are looking at what is best for tourism versus the individual airlines. They are looking towards the election [in 1993], let's face it," says Richard Green, director of aviation services at Deloitte Ross Tohmatsu, an accounting firm.
The government restructuring is coming on the eve of its own plans to totally privatize Australian Airlines and to sell 49 percent of Qantas. Bids for the two airlines were originally due on Feb. 14. But because of uncertainty about regulatory and other conditions in the airline industry the bidding has now been postponed until the end of March.
At least four foreign airlines have expressed an interest in buying up to 35 percent of Qantas. (Foreign ownership is set at 35 percent; the rest of the shares will be sold to the public.) Among the potential bidders are Air New Zealand, Northwest Airlines, Singapore Airlines, and Japan Airlines. "A lot will depend on how the government will liberalize regulation. For example, Qantas looks a lot more attractive if it could provide domestic services," says Choonho Hui, an airline analyst and vice presiden t at Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific in Singapore.
Qantas says it would like the right to buy Australian Airlines. "The attraction for us is as a domestic market for inbound passengers," says Ken Boys, spokesman for Qantas. The airline is one of the few international carriers without a domestic feeder system. Qantas estimates it has about 20,000 empty seats a week, mainly on international flights within Australia. However, Qantas does not have the right airplanes to provide a full domestic service. "Buying Australian is cheaper than buying new equipment and recruiting new staff and pilots," Mr. Hui says.
THE recession has complicated the government's task of selling its airlines. Qantas operations, for example, lost $158 million (Australian; US $118.6 million) in 1991. This followed a loss of A$119.7 million in 1990. The airline last year shed 3,500 jobs.
Qantas is also under pressure from three US carriers which fly to Australia. For those airlines, the Australia run is about 2 percent of their total operations. For Qantas, the transpacific route is 30 percent of its network. Qantas makes most of its money on its flights to Japan. Thus, Qantas officials were angry last year when Northwest Airlines was given the rights to a US-Japan-Australia route. Qantas says less than 10 percent of Northwest's passengers on the Japan-Australia leg are Americans. "Our m ain criticism is that Australia got nothing in return," Mr. Boys says.
One of the catalysts for the government restructuring is the December bankruptcy of Compass Airlines, which heavily discounted seats to most of the major cities. Australian and Ansett Australia, a privately owned carrier, matched Compass's fares. These prices opened the market to thousands of Australians.
Even if Compass is not resurrected, most analysts do not think air fares will skyrocket. "I don't think we'll return to the cost-plus [pricing system] that we've seen in the domestic market over the last few decades, but there will be genuine attempts to make flying more accessible domestically," says Boys of Qantas. Some small airlines plan to offer shuttle service between high-traffic cities.
If the Australian and New Zealand governments agree to allow each other's airlines to freely cross the Tasman Sea, it could be a boon to Ansett Airlines, which has a subsidiary that provides service in New Zealand. Ansett would probably link up with another international carrier to ensure its share of domestic passengers. Japan's All Nippon Airways already owns 20 percent of Ansett. It might want to buy more.


These Gifts from the Winged-Ones each carry a different and unique frequency. For instance, the black feather with black and white feather adorning it in the top left corner of photo represents a Raven Feather, embellished with the smaller black and white feather is gifted from Woodpecker. Together, the Raven brings balance with dark and light though any transition as Woodpecker assists finding your own truer rhythm.
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Rarely Asked Questions
Edinburgh Fringe Interview: Rarely Asked Questions – Steve N Allen
In a time when you can't do right for doing wrong, Steve N Allen, best known for his smart-suited, sharp-tongued regular appearances on BBC Two's Mash Report, takes a look at how hard it is to be better in his Edinburgh show. When you want to be PC, right on or woke, it can be tough. Be better than an angry Twitter egg. Be better than you. Steve N Allen's show is an entertaining, sometimes hard-edged guide to being better than. Time Out described Allen as having "cutting wit'" and who are we to disagree?
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Interview: Rarely Asked Questions – Steve Gribbin
Back in the late 1980s it seemed compulsory to have Skint Video on every comedy circuit bill. The satirical musical duo of Steve Gribbin and Brian Mulligan made their name with pithy topical songs. They even made NME single of the week with this little ditty about the boys in blue. Three decades on and Steve Gribbin is solo and still going strong on the comedy circuit, still great with a rhyme and angry as ever.
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Interview: Rarely Asked Questions – Tez Ilyas
Tez Ilyas is definitely a comedian with a difference. There aren't many stand-ups out there with the manner and patter of a prime-time entertainer and the material and passion of a hard hitting satirist. The Blackburn comic successfully manages to pull together two very different styles, sweetening his political pill with a smile and a winning punchline. You may have caught him on Radio 4's Tez Talks or The Now Show or on television on Live from the BBC, Mock The Week, The Last Leg or Man Like Mobeen. Now see him live.
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Interview: Rarely Asked Questions – Suzi Ruffell
If Suzi Ruffell isn't the next big thing she flipping well ought to be. She has become one of the star attractions on the live circuit in recent years and has supported the likes of Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan and Alan Carr (read below about how she got too merry with Alan Carr one night) on tour. Her last show Keeping It Classy tells the story of how she moved from her working class family in Portsmouth to more middle class circles in London. It's a colourful, compelling tale told with verve and vigour.
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Interview: Rarely Asked Questions – Rob Schneider
US comedian Rob Schneider is coming to the UK this March for a 5-date tour, visiting London, Glasgow, Birmingham, Chester and Leeds. The former Saturday Night Live star appeared in hit movies Grown Ups, You Don't Mess With The Zohan, Big Daddy and The Waterboy and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. The San Francisco-born funnyman is well known for his trademark blend of character and comedic acting, and has become one of the most popular touring acts on the live comedy circuit.
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Interview: Rarely Asked Questions – Rose Matafeo
New Zealand's Rose Matafeo isn't really a stand-up comedian at all. She is simply a force of nature. A whirlwind in human form ready to whip up a comedy storm from the moment she walks on and sends up her own speccy appearance. Her performances can take in everything from physical clowning to off-the-wall mini-sketches.
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Interview: Rarely Asked Questions – Carl Barron
Carl Barron is one of the most successful comedy performers in Australia and is set to make a rare visit to UK soil, bringing his hugely successful new stand up show "Drinking with a Fork" to the Eventim Apollo on March 3. Barron's unique storytelling style allows him to mine his own life and childhood for comic gems.
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Interview: Rarely Asked Questions – Ismo Leikola
Ismo Leikola started his comedy career in 2002 in Finland and moved to Los Angeles, California in 2016. He is now performs regularly at the Laugh Factory, where he won The Funniest Person in the World competition in 2014, the Comedy and Magic Club and the Ice House.
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Interview: Rarely Asked Questions – Tom Ward
Tom Ward has been on my radar for a few years now. First because he was bloody weird, and more recently because he is bloody funny. Ward has harnessed his oddball side and made it much more relatable lately, while still retaining that special, indefinable Tom Ward Something. His latest show, Love Machine, touches on issues that everyone with a pulse will recognise. Well, almost everyone. As he puts it, "heartbreak, living (and dancing) alone in a house with no heating or hot water, mother problems, being 91% straight (prev.
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Interview: Rarely Asked Questions – Tiff Stevenson
An iconic black and white photograph by ace photographer Andy Hollingworth did the rounds a few years ago. It featured Katherine Ryan, Sara Pascoe, Aisling Bea and Tiff Stevenson backstage at a festival, sharing drinks and smiles. Four strong, empowered funny women. Since then Bea, Pascoe and Ryan have all gone on to big things. Maybe 2017 will be outspoken stand-up Stevenson's year.
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about the meeting. He had a long list of questions about reports that had been made over the past four years and every time he asked a question, the "expert" would go tearing out of the room to try to find the file that had the answer. I remember that day people spent a lot of time ripping open bundles of files and pawing through them like a bunch of gophers. Many times, "I'm sorry, that's classified," got ATIC out of a tight spot.
Ginna, I can assure you, was not at all impressed by the "efficiently operating UFO project." People weren't buying the hoax, hallucination, and misidentification stories quite as readily as the Air Force believed.
Where it started or who started it I don't know, but about two months after the visit from Life's representative the official interest in UFO's began to pick up. Lieutenant Jerry Cummings, who had recently been recalled to active duty, took over the project.
Lieutenant Cummings is the type of person who when given a job to do does it. In a few weeks the operation of the UFO project had improved considerably. But the project was still operating under political, economic, and manpower difficulties. Cummings' desk was right across from mine, so I began to get a UFO indoctrination via bull sessions. Whenever Jerry found a good report in the pile--and all he had to start with was a pile of papers and files--he'd toss it over for me to read.
Some of the reports were unimpressive, I remember. But a few were just the opposite. Two that I remember Jerry's showing me made me wonder how the UFO's could be sloughed off so lightly. The two reports involved movies taken by Air Force technicians at White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico.
The guided missile test range at White Sands is fully instrumented to track high, fast-moving objects--the guided missiles. Located over an area of many square miles there are camera stations equipped with cinetheodolite cameras and linked together by a telephone system.
On April 27, 1950, a guided missile had been fired, and as it roared up into the stratosphere and fell back to earth, the camera crews had recorded its flight. All the crews had started to unload their cameras when one of them spotted an object streaking across the sky. By April 1950 every person at White Sands was UFO-conscious, so one member of the camera crew grabbed a telephone headset, alerted the other crews, and told them to get pictures. Unfortunately only one camera had film in it, the rest had already been unloaded, and before they could reload, the UFO was gone. The photos from the one station showed only a smudgy dark object. About all the film proved was that something was in the air and whatever it was, it was moving.
Alerted by this first chance to get a UFO to "run a measured course," the camera crews agreed to keep a sharper lookout. They also got the official O.K. to "shoot" a UFO if one appeared.
Almost exactly a month later another UFO did appear, or at least at the time the camera crews thought that it was a UFO. This time the crews were ready--when the call went out over the telephone net that a UFO had been spotted, all of the crews scanned the sky. Two of the crews saw it and shot several feet of film as the shiny, bright object streaked across the sky.
As soon as the missile tests were completed, the camera crews rushed their film to the processing lab and then took it to the Data Reduction Group. But once again the UFO had eluded man because there were apparently two or more UFO's in the sky and each camera station had photographed a separate one. The data were no good for triangulation.
The records at ATIC didn't contain the analysis of these films but they did mention the Data Reduction Group at White Sands. So when I later took over the UFO investigation I made several calls in an effort to run down the actual film and the analysis. The files at White Sands, like all files, evidently weren't very good, because the original reports were gone. I did contact a major who was very co- operative and offered to try to find the people who had worked on the analysis of the film. His report, after talking to two men who had done the analysis, was what I'd expected--nothing concrete except that the UFO's were unknowns. He did say that by putting a correction factor in the data gathered by the two cameras they were able to arrive at a rough estimate of speed, altitude, and size. The UFO was "higher than 40,000 feet, traveling over 2,000 miles per hour, and it was over 300 feet in diameter." He cautioned me, however, that these figures were only estimates, based on the possibly erroneous correction factor; therefore they weren't proof of anything--except that something was in the air.
The people at White Sands continued to be on the alert for UFO's while the camera stations were in operation because they realized that if the flight path of a UFO could be accurately plotted and timed it could be positively identified. But no more UFO's showed up.
One day Lieutenant Cummings came over to my desk and dropped a stack of reports in front of me. "All radar reports," he said, "and I'm getting more and more of them every day."
Radar reports, I knew, had always been a controversial point in UFO history, and if more and more radar reports were coming in, there was no doubt that an already controversial issue was going to be compounded.


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WYNN - What Is It About Cookies?
Written by Scott Wynn
The Holidays are over for another year and that for me is a double edged sword. They are fun, although very busy, hectic and go way too fast. I always travel some at the holidays and I love that. The general good feeling is a blessing and so is the time off for many of us. BUT - sheesh the cookies.
THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! You can't get away from them. Now I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but.....
I don't know about you, but cookies are my downfall. Oh, I like a good piece of pie, or cake, ice cream too. But cookies? Well, they are just in a different league. They are everywhere around the holidays, you can't escape them. You make some, you're given some, you buy some, and they are always right there! RIGHT THERE in the kitchen, and I can hardly walk by a plate of cookies and not grab one - or a few.
They are so easy to eat, no plate, no napkin, no knife, no cutting, or opening the fridge, or putting anything back. You don't have to wash a fork, or find a plastic one. It's just the easiest thing on the planet. You walk by, you grab a cookie and by the time you're done walking through the kitchen, it's gone. It's perfect.
And don't we all think that it's "just a cookie." It's not a huge piece of pie or cake and its' way better for us, and in the long and literal run, it probably is. But it's the half dozen part in a single day that gets you.
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Do You Have The Faith Of A Heretic? – Who Knows Anyhow?
Do You Have The Faith Of A Heretic?
Heresy is a set of opinions "at variance with established or generally received principles." In this sense, heresy is the price of all originality and innovation.
In theology, any "opinion that is contrary to the fundamental doctrine or creed of any particular church" is heretical. From the point of view of churches to which we do not belong – and none of us can belong to the lot – we are all heretics.
For centuries heretics have been persecuted by men of strong faiths who hated non-conformity and heresy and criticism. In our time, millions have been murdered in cold blood by foes of non-conformity and heresy and criticism.
Republished in June 2015 (originally published in 1959), The Faith of a Heretic is Walter Kaufmann's most personal statement of his beliefs. He also provides the fullest account of his views on religion. Although he considered himself a heretic, he was not immune to the wellsprings and impulses from which religion originates, declaring it among the most vital and radical expressions of the human mind.
The book covers a lot of ground, touching on theology, organized religion, morality, suffering, and death – all examined from the perspective of a "quest for honesty." Kaufmann also subjects philosophy's faith in truth, reason, and absolute morality to the same heretical treatment. Four words summarize this book: engaging, provocative, refreshing, rewarding.
Walter Kaufmann was a German-American philosopher, translator, and poet. He was a professor at Princeton University for over 30 years. Kaufmann was a prolific author, and wrote extensively on a broad range of subjects, including: authenticity and death, moral philosophy and existentialism, theism and atheism, Christianity and Judaism, as well as philosophy and literature. He is renowned as a scholar and translator of Nietzsche.
Complete list of books & articles written by Walter Kaufmann.


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Courtney Clenney, the OnlyFans and Instagram model who fatally stabbed her boyfriend to death in Miami in April, has been arrested on a murder charge, the Miami Herald has learned. The 26-year-old Clenney was taken into custody on Wednesday in Hawaii, and will be eventually extradited to Miami-Dade County to face trial. She's being charged with second-degree murder with a deadly weapon for the April 3 stabbing of Christian "Toby" Obumseli. Her arrest was confirmed Wednesday afternoon by her Miami defense lawyer, Frank Prieto, who said she'd been in Hawaii while in rehabilitation for substance abuse and post-trauamatic stress disorder.
"I'm completely shocked, especially since we were cooperating with the investigation and offered to voluntarily surrender her if she were charged," Prieto said. "We look forward to clearing her name in court." The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, in a press release on Wednesday evening, said the arrest warrant remained sealed. State Attorney Katherine Fernandez, along with City Police Chief Manuel Morales and South Florida U.S. Marshal Gadyaces Serralta, will detail the arrest at a press conference on Thursday afternoon.
The arrest caps a four-month investigation by Miami police homicide detectives and prosecutors into Clenney, whose killing of her boyfriend during a domestic dispute in a luxury Edgewater apartment garnered headlines across the world. Clenney's defense attorney insisted that she acted in self-defense and the killing was justified. But in the days after his death, Obumseli's relatives called for Clenney's arrest, saying they did not believe he was ever a threat. Obumseli worked in cryptocurrency. Known as Courtney Tailor on her social-media platforms, Clenney boasted over two million followers on her social-media platforms.
She and Obumseli had been dating less than two years, and their relationship had been plagued by domestic strife — she'd once been arrested for domestic battery in Las Vegas, and police had been called to their home in Austin, Texas, on several occasions. The two had only lived in Miami for a few months at the One Paraiso building, 650 NE 32nd St., where staff members had documented numerous domestic disturbance complaints about the couple and had even moved to evict them. Clenney and Obumseli had broken up several times, although investigators believe that he'd moved back into the apartment by the first day of April. The Miami Herald earlier reported that Miami police responded to the apartment on April 1, two days before the stabbing, over another domestic disturbance call. Finally on the evening of April 3, just before 5 p.m., Clenney frantically called 911 to report Obumseli had been stabbed.
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Early to Mid War as they may have appeared at Shiloh, Perryville, Second Manssas or Antietam.
A mix of all the different types that may be had from Good Ground's range of CS troops. Frocks and shells, Kepis and Slouch Hats in a vast number of poses with command of all sorts.


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For HCC board
Capo, Austin, Tamez, Sane and Glaser have our backing for these important posts.
Updated 4:46 pm CDT, Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Our nod for the most important November election contests flying below voter radar? The races for five seats on the Houston Community College Board of Trustees.
If ever there were a down-ballot issue deserving of top-of-the-ballot attention from voters, it is governance of HCC. Despite recent efforts of good government types, the system for running this organization with 63,000 students, 2,000 employees and an annual budget of $300 million has remained in a time warp.
With some exceptions, the current HCC Board of Trustees often seems bent on keeping things the way they've always been instead of guiding the system into the dynamic future. Contracts to friends, family and supporters; bullying staff in public sessions; and keeping districts as personal bailiwicks are hard habits to break.
This may have been acceptable back in the days when "junior colleges" were, relatively speaking, afterthoughts whose often bare-bones facilities could be found in strip shopping centers and after hours in public school classrooms.
No more. It's no stretch to say that as HCC goes, so will go the Houston regional economy. Along with the Lone Star and San Jacinto community college systems, HCC provides the human fuel - well-trained, skilled graduates - that makes our diverse economy continue to hum.
Two important tasks lie ahead for the HCC board. The first is finding a new chancellor and that person's second-in-command. HCC taxpayers gave the system a vote of confidence with approval of a $425-million bond issue last November. But that "yes" came in response to a written commitment by the board to make changes in the way contracts are let and to keep an arm's length between board members and contract recipients.
We have deep concerns about follow-through. Already, the letting of contracts has fallen far behind schedule for questionable reasons. IRS fines are a possibility. Let's get on with this task promptly and in a fully transparent way.
The second board priority is to deal effectively with a remediation problem that threatens to overwhelm the open enrollment system. A finger of blame for this must be directed at the Houston Independent School District; but what's really needed is effective communication between HCC and HISD beginning well before students reach high school.
Those good-paying jobs in the energy industry, medicine and elsewhere require early preparation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. That means in late elementary and middle school.
We recommend the following candidates for election to the nine-member HCC board:
District 1: This northside district, redrawn to include the impoverished Gulfton neighborhood in southwest Houston, is in sore need of a change in representation at HCC. Our choice to return effective leadership to the District 1 seat is Zeph Capo A first-generation college graduate, Capo knows firsthand the importance of HCC as a pathway to meaningful work, especially for those many coming from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. He would be a strong advocate for this important constituency.
District 2: Incumbent Bruce Austin, the HCC board's longest-serving member, has earned another six-year term to represent this northeast Houston district. Austin's is a moderating voice informed by deep institutional knowledge and a clear recognition of the need to work with K-12 to improve the quality of HCC entrants.
District 3: To finish the remaining two years of an unexpired term, we recommend Adriana Tamez. The Denver Harbor native combines intimate familiarity with the southeast Houston district and strong credentials as an education professional. We believe her presence would be a particular help in changing the board tone and direction.
District 7: Incumbent Neeta Sane would bring energy, ideas and integrity to a second term representing a rapidly growing service area in the Fort Bend communities of Alief, Stafford and Missouri City. Sane, who became a U.S. citizen in 2005, has been an HCC trustee since 2007 and has represented the area since it was annexed in 2008. A small-business owner, she brings an understanding of the bottom line as well as education to the table.
District 5: Voters in this Rice/West University area district are filling an open seat. Our choice is Robert Glaser, a lifelong Southampton resident and independent businessman. Glaser gets it. He would bring a deep understanding of the requirements of Houston area business and industry for skilled workers and recognizes the "huge role" HCC must play.
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Juniper Networks profits plummeted 80% in the last three months, according to the company's latest financial results.
In its third quarter results announcement, Juniper blamed the drastic decline from $83.7m to $16.8m on "restructuring," although it remained tight-lipped about the exact measures it was taking.
However, Juniper has confirmed the slashing of 500 jobs, equating to between 4% and 5% of its global workforce.
We contacted Juniper for further details of the restructuring, but it had not returned our request at the time of publication.
Despite the freefall, when it came to profits, sales remained stable for the company. Juniper recorded revenues of $1.118bn, up from $1.105bn in the same period last year, representing a modest 1% growth compared to the same quarter last year.
"Our third quarter results demonstrated a return to year-over-year revenue growth and improved operational performance," said Robyn Denholm, chief financial officer (CFO) of Juniper Networks.
"Long-term demand fundamentals for high-performance networking continue to be positive, yet customers remain cautious in the near-term environment.
"We remain focused on executing our strategy to drive revenue growth and, with our workforce restructuring largely complete, we're well prepared to capture the market opportunity ahead," Robyn Denholm added.
Juniper expects revenues to remain between $1.1bn and $1.13bn.


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Irish PM in Unprecedented Attack on Vatican
spiderman739 December 14, 2015, 5:25pm #1
Kenny attacks Vatican over abuse
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny launches an unprecedented attack on the Catholic Church in parliament.
Brother_Chris December 14, 2015, 5:25pm #2
[quote]VATICAN CITY (EWTN News/CNA) ? Father Federico Lombardi said claims that the Vatican encouraged Irish bishops to not report sex abuse cases to police are untrue and ignore everything the Holy See has done to the counteract the issue.
?In attributing grave responsibility to the Holy See for what happened in Ireland,? Jesuit Father Lombardi wrote, ?such accusations ? demonstrate little awareness of what the Holy See has actually done over the years to help effectively address the problem.?
Father Lombardi clarified that his comments were not an official Vatican response, which is scheduled to be issued soon.
The Vatican spokesman made his remarks July 20 amid accusations by Irish lawmakers that a 1997 letter to Irish bishops sabotaged their child-protection policy by instructing them to handle abuse cases strictly by canon law.
The letter was highlighted in the recently issued report on the Diocese of Cloyne that identified nine cases between 1996 and 2005 which should have been reported by the authorities but were not. The July 13 Cloyne report is one of several government investigations conducted in the wake of frequently mishandled and covered-up abuse cases in the Irish Church.
Prime Minister Enda Kelly harshly criticized the Vatican on July 20, saying that Church leaders are steeped in a climate of ?narcissism? and sought to defend their institutions as opposed to protecting children.
However, speaking to Vatican Radio, Father Lombardi argued that there is ?no reason? to interpret the 1997 letter ?as being intended to cover up cases of abuse.?
He explained that the letter was written to the Irish bishops? conference by the then-papal nuncio in Ireland. It detailed how their 1996 document ?Child Sexual Abuse: Framework for a Church Response? was problematic from a canon-law perspective.
Father Lombardi emphasized that the letter never told Irish bishops to only address abuse cases from a canon-law approach, but that some of the canonical details in the protection policy needed to be amended to prevent them from being invalid.
The letter ?warned against the risk that measures were being taken which could later turn out to be questionable or invalid from the canonical point of view, thus defeating the purpose of the effective sanctions proposed by the Irish bishops,? he said.
Father Lombardi also clarified that there ?is absolutely nothing in the letter that is an invitation to disregard the laws of the country.?
He said that any reference the letter had to bishops providing abuse information to police ?did not object to any civil law to that effect? because civil law of that kind did not exist in Ireland at the time.
The Vatican spokesman called the criticism by the government ?curious,? saying it?s as ?if the Holy See was guilty of not having given merit under canon law to norms which a state did not consider necessary to give value under civil law.?
Father Lombardi was also critical of the accusations against the Vatican in light of everything Pope Benedict XVI has done to address the sex-abuse problem in the Irish Catholic Church.
He recalled the Pope?s ?intense feelings of grief and condemnation? and that the Holy Father spoke openly of his ?shock and shame? at the ?heinous crimes? committed.
In addition to the Pope summoning the Irish bishops to the Vatican in December of 2009 and February of 2010, he also published a letter to the Catholics of Ireland, ?which contains the strongest and most eloquent expressions of his participation in the suffering of victims and their families, as well as a reminder of the terrible responsibility of the guilty and the failures of Church leaders in their tasks of government or supervision,? Father Lombardi said.
He added: An apostolic visitation of the Church in Ireland ? divided into four visitations of the archdioceses, the seminaries and religious congregations ? also followed the Pope?s letter, and the ?results of the visitation are at an advanced stage of study and evaluation.?
Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/spokesman-vatican-didnt-aid-irish-abuse-cover-up/#ixzz1SiMRWudw [/quote]


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Q: Cannot manage to install exfat-nofuse I'm using lubuntu, but still think it's very similar to ubuntu.
I need to install exfat-nofuse as my NAS has exfat format.
I followed these instructions on this post: https://askubuntu.com/a/400946/313828
Everything was fine until the last code:
sudo modprobe exfat_fs

All I get is this message: modprobe: FATAL: Module exfat_fs not found. Same result if I use exfat without '_fs'

A: Try this:
sudo -i
apt-get update
apt-get install exfat-utils exfat-fuse

A: For exfat-nofuse module install using dkms:
sudo -i
cd /usr/src
git clone https://github.com/dorimanx/exfat-nofuse
mv exfat-nofuse exfat-nofuse-1.2.9
echo 'PACKAGE_NAME="exfat-nofuse"
PACKAGE_VERSION="1.2.9"
BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="exfat"
DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="/kernel/fs/exfat"
AUTOINSTALL="yes"
MAKE[0]="CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m make KDIR=$kernel_source_dir"
' > ./dkms.conf
dkms add exfat-nofuse/1.2.9
dkms build exfat-nofuse/1.2.9
dkms install exfat-nofuse/1.2.9
modprobe exfat && dmesg | tail -1

If successful output should be like exFAT: Version 1.2.9
Based on this post: http://www.lushnikov.net/2015/02/25/ubuntu-14-04-%D0%B8-exfat-nofuse/

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Netflix lands on Windows Media Center
February 11th, 2008 | Posted in Net TV | No Comments
Netflix likes to boast its hybrid offering — DVDs by post and Internet streaming — so it seems appropriate that someone would develop a Windows Media Center add-on to manage both.
Andrew Park has done just that. His MyNetFlix plugin for the Vista version of Media Center enables many aspects of a Netflix account to be accessed from within Media Center's "10-foot" User Interface (suitable for viewing on a television) including browsing Netflix's DVD library, editing your Netflix queue and viewing your rental history and DVD recommendations.
The ability to access Netflix's Internet TV service "Watch Now", however, will be of most interest to users who have a Vista Windows Media Center hooked up to their television or are using a PC as part of a home theater setup.
That's the good news. The downside is that the "Watch Now" functionality of Park's MyNetFlix plugin doesn't work on Media Extenders for Windows Media devices (such as the XBox 360 or recently released hardware from D-Link and Linksys) because of software limitations, presumably related to Digital Rights Management (DRM). To access "Watch Now" on a television without connecting a fully fledged PC we'll just have to wait for those promised Netflix compatible LG set-top boxes and televisions to hit the market later this year.
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Crystal Emmanuel (n. 27 nov 1991 a Scarborough, Ontàrio) és una atleta de pista canadenca que s'especialitza en els 200 metres. Va finalitzar l'esdeveniment de 200m als Jocs Olímpics d'Estiu de 2012, però va ser eliminada en les semifinals. Al Campionat del Món d'atletisme de 2013, va competir en l'esdeveniment de 200m però va ser eliminada en les eliminatòries després de ser desqualificada per una infracció de carril.

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In this supplement to her father�s biography, Ruth Velikovsky Sharon depicts the true facts about the campaign against him. She publishes original letters in their entirety that show the true nature of the undeserving, unscientific treatment of Velikovsky by the scientific establishment, a treatment that appears more medieval than enlightened. Dr. Immanuel Velikovsky was one of the greatest scientists of modern times. However, because of his extraordinary findings in many different disciplines, he fell victim to one of the worst slandering campaigns since the Middle Ages. This book is a supplement to Velikovsky�s biography �ABA�The Glory and the Torment.� In a second part, plasma physicist C. J. Ransom undertakes a reevaluation of Velikovsky�s research from the point of view of recent scientific developments.