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Q: About the set of all homomorphisms from $G$ to $H$ Prove or disprove:
a)
If $H$ be an abelian group then  $\operatorname{Hom}(\mathbb{Z},H) \cong H$. (note that $\operatorname{Hom}(G,H)$ is set of all homomorphisms from $G$ to $H$).
b) if $m,n \in \mathbb{N}$ and $(m,n)=d$ then $\operatorname{Hom}(\mathbb{Z}_n,\mathbb{Z}_m) \cong \mathbb{Z}_d$
I think that for "a" if $H=\mathbb{Z}$ then $\operatorname{Hom}(\mathbb{Z},\mathbb{Z}) =\operatorname{Aut} (\mathbb{Z})$ and $|\operatorname{Aut}(\mathbb{Z})| =2$ and "a" is false. for "b" if $m=n$ and $\operatorname{Hom}(\mathbb{Z}_n,\mathbb{Z}_n)= \mathbb{Z}_n\neq \operatorname{Aut} (\mathbb{Z}_n) = U(n)$ and $| \operatorname{Aut} (\mathbb{Z}_n)| = \phi(n)$

A: For (a), define a map $\Phi:\mathrm{Hom}(\mathbb{Z},H)\to H$ by $\Phi(\phi)=\phi(1)$. Then, $\Phi$ is a group homomorphism since $\Phi(\phi+\psi)=(\phi+\psi)(1)=\phi(1)\psi(1)=\Phi(\phi)\Phi(\psi)$.
To see that $\Phi$ is injective, note that for any $\phi\in\mathrm{Hom}(\mathbb{Z},H)$, $\phi(n)=\phi(1)^n$ (I'm writing the product in $H$ multiplicatively), so if $\Phi(\phi)=\phi(1)=\psi(1)=\Phi(\psi)$, then $\phi(n)=\phi(1)^n=\psi(1)^n=\psi(n)$. That is $\phi=\psi$. Finally, for $h\in H$, let $\phi:\mathbb{Z}\to H$ be the map defined by $\phi(n)=h^n$. Then $\phi(1)=h=\Phi(\phi)$. Hence $\Phi$ is surjective and an isomorphism.
Note that (b) is also true (and can be proved in a way similar to (a)). You just need to determine when a homomorphism $\phi:\mathbb{Z}_n\to\mathbb{Z}_m$ given by $\phi([1]_n)=[x]_m$ is well defined.

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Who are the five people who died in the DC protest at the Capitol?
By Gabrielle Fonrouge and Laura Italiano
January 7, 2021 | 3:16pm	| Updated January 8, 2021 | 3:54pm
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The five people who died during the US Capitol invasion included a military vet who was shot, a cop who collapsed while fending off rioters, and three protesters who perished from medical emergencies, officials said.
Along with gunned-down Air Force veteran and Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt, pro-Trump protesters from Pennsylvania, Alabama and Georgia died after suffering medical episodes during the violent uprising — including one woman was trampled by a mob storming the building.
A US Capitol Police officer also died after "physically engaging with protesters," according to a report.
One of the people who died from a medical emergency includes Kevin Greeson, 55, of Athens, Ala., according to AL.com.
The last post to Greeson's Twitter account, on July 28, cited a discredited claim by President Trump that hydroxychloroquine is a cure for COVID-19.
"Trump 2020!" he tweeted one month prior.
Greeson, who had a history of high blood pressure, suffered a fatal heart attack during the protest. He was "a wonderful father and husband who loved life," his family told the News Courier.
"Kevin was an advocate of President Trump and attended the event on January 6, 2021, to show his support," the statement said.
"He was excited to be there to experience this event. Our family is devastated."
A second medical emergency fatality was Benjamin Philips, 50, of Ringtown, Pa., the Morning Call confirmed.
Philips — a computer programmer who founded a social media site for Trump supporters, Trumparoo.com — died of a stroke, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Police said the third person was Rosanne Boyland, 34, of Kennesaw, Ga, who was trampled to death by a mob as rioters stormed the building.
Boyland was "a really happy, wonderful person," a sister told Atlanta's 11Alive.
DC's Metropolitian Police Department Acting Chief Robert Contee did not elaborate on the three who died, saying only, "They were on the grounds of the Capitol when they experienced a medical emergency."
Ashli Babbitt, who was allegedly shot by Capitol police.
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Avid Trump supporter Babbitt, 35, meanwhile, was shot dead by Capitol Police as she tried to breach a barricade into the House chambers.
The fifth person to die in the chaos was Brian Sicknick, a 42-year-old New Jersey native-turned-Capitol Police officer, who died Thursday after reportedly being struck with a fire extinguisher during the riot.
"The White House grieves the loss of life that occurred yesterday and extends sympathies to their families and loved ones," press secretary Judd Deere said Thursday.
"We also continue to pray for a speedy recovery for those who suffered injury."
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Altrincham, Football, Grantham Town, groundhopping, Non League, Northern Premier League, South Kesteven Stadium, The Meres
Saturday 21st April 2018 ko 15.00
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In my working life, knowledge of the geography of the UK is useful. There's a large map on the wall behind me, to help work out how long it takes to get from place to place, but being an inveterate groundhopper usually makes it redundant. After all, simply having driven to most of the towns helps, but the glaring exception was Grantham.
I've no idea why, it is after all the birthplace of Margaret Thatcher and the home of a unique type of Gingerbread . It was invented as is so many great ideas, by accident. Grantham was on the stagecoach route and a market for a flat, hard biscuit called a "Whetstone" grew up in the early 1700's to feed the passers-by. Now I'm sure over 200 years later the young Margaret Roberts would have approved, because when in 1740 local baker John Egglestone accidentally added ginger he created something better than what he'd attempted to make!
The delicacy gives the football club it's nickname and it was a regret that none was available to buy at the South Kesteven Stadium. The club moved to the newly-built council-owned athletics stadium in 1991 after leaving their London Road home. The stadium is built on the site of the Meres playing fields and the best of 20 years later you still hear the ground referred to as "The Meres."
But as I put these words together I can hear the groundhoppers muttering "A lousy athletics stadium" and while generally I'm no fan of the genre, there are some glorious exceptions, the Olympic Stadium, Stockholm being one, this version isn't a bad place to watch a football match. As usual there is no view from behind the goal, but the saving grace is the elevation of the stands along the touchlines. While it'll never be as good a football-only venue it's more than adequate for the Gingerbreads' needs.
Of course opponents Altrincham have an iconic home of their own, Moss Lane. I have to say I was shocked to see them playing at the 3rd step of non-league, I see them as one of the most famous non-league clubs. Going into this game they needed a win to pip Warrington Town to both the title and automatic promotion. With Grantham neatly ensconced in a play-off spot it was never going to be easy for the visitors.
It took time and I'm sure nerves played a part, but Chris Merrie's shot eased the tension and in the end it was only the brilliance of Keiran Preston in the home goal that stopped Altrincham adding to John Johnston's further strike.
Mobile phones were nervously checked, but the even those who didn't know, saw the truth at the final whistle. The away end erupted in celebration, while the hosts plotted a subsequently unsuccessful play-off tilt.
It was a far better game and ground than I'd expected, perhaps we all enjoy things more if there little or no weight of expectation. Grantham were and are a welcoming, friendly club to visit. Just try and ignore that running track!!
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The Women's double FITA round integrated was an archery competition at the 1984 Summer Paralympics.

The German archer Anneliese Dersen won the gold medal.

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JPMorgan Chase is losing one of its highest ranking senior executives.
Michael Cavanagh, the bank's co-head of investment banking, is joining the Washington, DC-based private equity firm Carlyle Group, according to reports this morning. Daniel Pinto, JPMorgan's other co-head of the investment bank, will be named sole head of the unit.
Cavanagh is one of a handful of high-profile executives who had a shot of succeeding Jamie Dimon as chief executive of the largest US bank by assets. His departure leaves Marianne Lake, who was named CFO two years ago, and JPMorgan chief operating office Matt Zames as the insiders to watch.
Cavanagh's exit from the firm after more than a decade is perhaps the most significant in a recent string of leadership departures from the bank. Others include Ina Drew, former chief investment officer of the firm's proprietary trading unit, who bowed out amid the trading scandal known as the "London whale"; Charlie Scharf, former head of the the bank's retail division; James "Jes" Staley, former head of investment banking; and Heidi Miller, former head of international operations.
However, Cavanagh's departure is particularly important. He has been widely viewed as one of Dimon's closest consiglieres and is on a short list officials who have been with Dimon since the start of the the CEO's ascendancy. Cavanagh, along with Zames, has also played a sort of Mr. Fix-it role in trying to address the fallout from the bank's embarrassing trading scandal two years ago. He also has served a number of key roles at the firm, including chief financial officer during the height of the financial crisis and head of a unit of the bank focused on trading US government bonds.
JPMorgan did not immediately return a call requesting comment.


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DIEGO Maradona made a dream home debut as Argentina coach when his side demolished Venezuela 4-0 in a 2010 World Cup qualifier in Buenos Aires on Saturday while Uruguay and Colombia followed suit with home wins.
Uruguay beat South American group leader Paraguay 2-0 while Colombia ended a five-match goal drought as it overcame struggling Bolivia by the same score.
Paraguay stayed top of the 10-team South American group with 23 points from 11 games while Argentina went second, four points behind. Brazil, third with 17, was visiting Ecuador, seventh with 12.
Uruguay moved into fourth place with 16 points, ahead of Chile on goal difference, and Colombia climbed to sixth on 14.
Lionel Messi inspired Argentina by scoring the first goal and setting up the second on a day which Maradona described as better than fiction.
Maradona, who began his reign with friendly wins away to Scotland and France, was given a rousing reception when he came onto the field before the game.
"This was better than I expected, reality has overcome fiction," said Maradona, who since retiring as a player has been treated for drug addiction, obesity and liver disease. "I couldn't have imagined what happened today. It was perfect."


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This imposing building takes up an entire block. It was once the headquarters for the Eva Perón Foundation, a foundation Evita established to distribute funds to needy children and families, as well as, some say, to siphon funds for personal use. Today there is little to mark the former use of the building, miraculously saved by the subsequent military regime, which felt it was too important and expensive a building to allow to be demolished as had been the case with other sites associated with Evita. Only a tiny plaque, affixed to a lobby column in 2002, explains the relationship. Nevertheless, this is a grand 1940s classical building, reserved in style, with simple Doric columns fronting Paseo Colón. The floors and walls throughout are decorated with sumptuous multicolored marble. As an engineering school, it is brimming with students but still maintains a hushed atmosphere of quiet academic pursuits. The dean's office was once Evita's own. It's a public building and anyone can enter it, but the school offers no information or tours based on its former use and discourages random wanderers.


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Krásna Lúka je obec na Slovensku v okrese Sabinov.

Polohopis
Obec se nachází na úpatí Levočských vrchů mezi Torysou a Plavnicí.

Vodní toky
Přes obec protéká Kučmanský potok.

Dějiny
První písemná zmínka o obci, v níž se vzpomíná kostel sv. Martina biskupa je z roku 1295. První písemná zmínka, která vzpomíná obec jako farnost je však až z roku 1329. Do roku 1948 se obec jmenovala Šenvíz (název vznikl z německého sousloví Schöne Wiese).

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 Http://www.krasnaluka.ocu.sk/historia.html webová stránka obce Krásna Lúka

Obce v okrese Sabinov
Obce v regionu Šariš
Přejmenovaná sídla na Slovensku


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Mary Gauthier, (New Orleans, Louisiana, 11 maart 1962) is een Amerikaanse singer-songwriter.

Biografie

Jeugd
Bij haar geboorte werd zij door haar moeder (die zij nooit heeft gekend) ter adoptie afgestaan. De eerste negen maanden van haar leven bracht ze door in een katholiek weeshuis: St. Vincent DePaul's Catholic Charities Orphanage. Ze werd geadopteerd door een echtpaar uit Thibodaux, Louisiana. Haar adoptie-ouders hadden een ongelukkig huwelijk, en haar vader was alcoholist.

Problemen
Zelf noemt ze het dan ook niet verwonderlijk dat ze al op haar dertiende drugs en alcohol gebruikte en twee jaar later van huis wegliep (in de auto die ze van haar ouders stal) en voor het eerst in een afkickcentrum zat. Haar achttiende verjaardag bracht ze door in een cel in Salina, Kansas wegens het stelen van geld en pillen uit de auto van een priester. Hoewel de aanklacht werd ingetrokken, was ze niet langer welkom in Kansas. Deze ervaringen en het leven bij vrienden thuis en in begeleidwonen-projecten leverden stof voor haar latere liedjes (in het bijzonder voor "Drag Queens in Limousines").

Studie en werk
Later studeerde zij filosofie aan de Louisiana State University, maar na vijf jaar stopte ze wegens drugsproblemen, en verhuisde in een opwelling naar Boston. Ze werkte daar als bordenwasser, en toen ze het uiteindelijk bracht tot manager van het restaurant waar ze werkte, vond ze financiële steun om een klein eigen restaurant genaamd Lunch Break te openen en een koksopleiding te volgen. Een paar jaar later kon ze, 28 jaar oud, haar tweede restaurant openen, Dixie Kitchen (ook de naam van haar eerste album). Op de openingsavond van Dixie Kitchen werd ze opgepakt voor rijden onder invloed. Dat werd een keerpunt in haar leven. Een kelner uit het restaurant nam haar mee naar een twaalfstappenprogramma, en langzaam kon zij zich van haar verslaving losmaken, en realiseerde zij zich dat ze met drank en drugs een gat dat zij in zich voelde probeerde te vullen. Een andere ommekeer kwam een paar jaar later, toen een medewerkster uit haar restaurant (een studente aan Berklee College of Music) haar meenam naar een open podium in Club Passim op Harvard Square om haar een paar liedjes te horen zingen. Gauthier merkte dat muziek wel in staat was om "het gat" te vullen.

Zangcarrière
Gauthier schreef op haar 35e haar eerste liedje. Nadat haar eerste album Dixie Kitchen was uitgebracht, verkocht zij haar aandeel in het restaurant om haar tweede album Drag Queens in Limousines te financieren. In de zomer dat Dixie Kitchen uitkwam werd ze gevraagd op elf belangrijke folkfestivals, waaronder het Newport Folk Festival. Haar derde album, "Filth and Fire" werd door Jon Pareles van de New York Times uitgeroepen tot indie-cd van het jaar, en kwam op nummer 8 van de album-top 25 van het KRO-programma American Connection. Ze verhuisde naar Nashville en sloot een contract met het label Lost Highway. Haar eerste album voor dit label, "Mercy Now", kwam voor op veel top 10-lijstjes van Amerikaanse bladen voor 2005 (nummer 19 bij American Connection), en ze werd door The Americana Music Association uitgeroepen tot New Artist of the year.
Haar tweede album bij Lost Highway verscheen in 2007 (nummer 21 bij American Connection). Het titelnummer Between Daylight and Dark schreef ze samen met Fred Eaglesmith, die het nummer tijdens zijn optredens ook uitvoert.

Haar liedjes, die vaak een sombere kijk op het leven geven, worden wel aangeduid als "country-noir". In Europa verkoopt zij meer albums dan in Amerika, en met name in Nederland heeft ze een vaste luisterschare, en is ze regelmatig te gast op Americanafestivals als het Blue Highways Festival in Utrecht, Roots of Heaven in Haarlem of Take Root in Groningen.

Discografie
 Dixie Kitchen (1997)
 Drag Queens in Limousines (1999)
 Filth and Fire (2002)
 Mercy Now (2005)
 Between Daylight and Dark (2007)
 The Foundling (2010)
 The Foundling Alone (2011) (Acoustic Demos)
 Live at blue rock (2013) (Live)
 Trouble & Love (2014)
 Rifles & Rosary Beads  (2018)
 Dark Enough to See the Stars (2022)

Externe links
 Website van Mary Gauthier

 Official Mary Gauthier Lost Highway Artist Page

Amerikaans singer-songwriter
Amerikaans countrymusicus
Amerikaans zanger
Amerikaans tekstdichter
Americana


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Becoming a minimalist traveller is not easy, yet it's not that hard. It's going to be hard to adapt to being a minimalist traveller but once you do, it a smooth road all the way down. Your life on the road becomes easier if you train yourself to pack smart and travel light. You finally feel free like a bird not packed like a mule.
Travelling light makes your trips much more comfortable and stress-free. Imagine carrying a bag packed with electronics and their chargers all the way on your trip. There are devices you can't leave behind when travelling. It doesn't matter what kind of a traveller you are, but you can't go without your phone or tablet and the chargers. These are not a few things to carry especially if you are a minimalist traveller.
All of this sounds nice until it comes to packing. Some people haul up to 30kg worth of stuff in their huge backpacks. These people often sweat, stress and curse along the way and swear never to pack so much again.
If you are going for a short trip and you don't work from the laptop, a smartphone is going to be enough for your trip. With the phone, you can check your emails, text, call, video chat, listen to music, use the flashlight, do your banking, keep notes and so many other things.
Wherever you are going, a Wi-Fi connection is the only thing you need and a charger. If you are going to be out most of the time, I advise you carry the VogDuo power bank. There's nothing concerning your trip that you can't do with your smartphone including booking tickets, paying for goods and services, catching an Uber and many other things.
You are going to be out for the most of the day, and you won't get time to charge the phone in your hotel room. Why? By the time you get back, you will be exhausted. At this time, you will be free and start checking your mail and returning calls. It's time you are going to relax and catch up with some friends. All this time, you won't plug in your charger since you are using it but the power bank will be charging. A smartphone is all you need, but you have to carry the power bank with you if you don't want the stress of having to charge all the time.
If you own a smartphone and you are a traveller, this experience is not new to you. You are taking panoramic shots of a beautiful view, and as you reach the best place for a lovely photo, the phone decides to play dead. Your only help will be the power bank. As long as its fully charged, you have the power of taking all the pictures and videos you want without fear of low battery charge.
Nowadays, you can't go anywhere without a charger. As long as you have your smartphone with you and you are going on a trip, carrying a charger is not an option. However, there are other options for charging your phone.
For the people travelling with their cars and most of the time will be spent on the road, a charger and the power bank are essential. VogDUO has USB car chargers to ensure you stay fully charged on the road. The USB car charger is plugged into the 12-volt outlet of your car (the cigarette lighter port). Some people claim this charger is obsolete because their vehicles have USB integration system. However, if you need faster-charging speeds, the VogDUO USB car charger is your best bet. Your inbuilt USB carports only put out 1 amp which isn't enough to charge a tablet. If you are using apps like Google Maps or Waze and charging the phone with your inbuilt USB system, you will get to where you are going without much charge added to the phone.
Packing a wall charger is another option. USB wall chargers have the capacity to charge tablets, smartphones and other USB devices quickly.
Travelling is fun but carrying a lot of stuff can limit the fun. Don't overwhelm yourself if you don't have your smartphone charger. It's still going to be a fun trip with VogDUO devices. Smart and sleek saving the day when you have nowhere else to turn.


The roughly triangular parish, covering some 675 hectares, is bounded on the N. by an E.-flowing tributary of the R. Nene and on the S.W. by a stream flowing S.E. towards the R. Tove. Much of the higher ground in the S., above 145 m. above OD, is covered by Boulder Clay. From there the land slopes N. across Northampton Sand, Upper Lias Clay and Marlstone Rock to the stream at 100 m. above OD. Clay and sandstones are also exposed along the valley in the S.W. No prehistoric or Roman material has been found in the parish.
b(3) Ponds (SP 636536), lie S.E. of the village, on the N. side of the road to Cold Higham, on Boulder Clay at 162 m. above OD. The site consists of a rectangular pond with, immediately to the E., a square flat island, 20 m. by 15 m., completely surrounded by a broad water-filled ditch between 5 m. and 12 m. wide. On the Tithe Map of 1843 (NRO) neither feature is depicted, though the paddock in which they lie is called Windmill Pool. It is possible that the moated feature is the site of a former windmill. Some unglazed sherds, presumably medieval or later, were found recently in the centre of the island (NM Records).
b(4) Pond (SP 631547), lies in the valley of a small N.E.-flowing stream immediately N. of the village, on Upper Lias Clay at 122 m. above OD. The roughly rectangular water-filled pond 60 m. by 40 m. has a U-shaped island in the centre. No date or purpose can be assigned to it, though it is perhaps 18th or 19th-century in origin. It is not shown on the Tithe Map of 1843 (NRO) but is on a slightly earlier map (OS 1st ed. 1 in. map, 1834). In 1843 the area was called Paradise.
(5) Cultivation Remains. In the early 17th century there were three open fields in the parish known as Radmore, Windmill and High Cross Fields, together with an area of woodland called The Heath. Radmore Field, which occupied the E. part of the parish, was enclosed by private agreement in 1647 and all the rest, including The Heath, by another agreement in 1711 (G. Baker, Hist. of Northants., I (1822–30), 404).


WASHINGTON, D.C.-When you are a publisher serving more than 50 political buyers across some 200 different political campaigns and receiving one trillion bid requests monthly, ad tech only goes so far. "We have to be able to understand what's happening," according to Erik Requidan, VP of Programmatic at Intermarkets.
"Let's say a bidder is bidding 10 million times for your inventory and they're only winning a million times. You've got a problem there. This is where your humans come in," Requidan said during a panel discussion at the recent Beet.TV summit on politics and advertising.
Election seasons are typically a win for Intermarkets, whose publishing portfolio includes The Drudge Report and The Political Insider. "We've always been a tier one buy for all sides because we're able to reach a lot of the audiences like independents and a lot of the different blocks that help to win elections," said Requidan in response to a question from panel moderator Matt Prohaska of Prohaska Consulting. Another attribute is the publisher's 90% direct-site navigated audience, more than double that of most sites.
Amid all of this change, one of the biggest challenges is explaining a publisher's differentiation to media buyers, according to Requidan.


This building is around the corner from my office. After seeing the result I went out and tried to shoot it square without success. The format just didn't work.This was shot on the Voigtlander Bessa R2a with a 50mm @ f16 directly into the sun which is why you see the screwed b+w flare.
I like how the subject takes up the space in the frame in this shot. I also like all the textures and the exposure. Everything to me seems to have the right balance. The clouds, the flare elements fading into small lines on the left of the shot and the tonal balance overall.


Who कहा this? " For god's sake Matsuda would आप stop with this Misa-Misa crap" ?
Before Light and एल started to fight in Misa's new appartment in episosde 18, what type of cake did एल take from Misa?
Who कहा this? "This is an outrage, taking advantage of this situation is unforgiveable, I will find who ever is responsable for this" ?
How many times is Light shot at the end of the anime?
Her name is Amane "______"
Who's this working on the computer?
What was the name एल used when he entered the university?
Who's real name is this?
Who कहा this? "NO, your just a murderer Light Yagami, and this notebook is the deadliest weapon of mass murder in the history on man kind"
When Misa was searching about Light, what did she read his name as?
Who कहा this? "I'm a guy, I get a little shy sometimes"
Who कहा this? "UHH, I'm not doing anything in particular, it's just, I hear the bell"
Her name is Takada "______"
If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a दिल attack.
Why was an सेब such an reacurring theme in Death Note?
What is Light's father's name?
A god of death cannot be killed even if stabbed in his दिल with a चाकू या shot in the head with a gun.
What is Ryuk's favourite food?
what is l's real name?
Light read the rules of the Death Note when he FIRST took a hold of it.
How many death notes can exist in the human realm?
Who कहा this:You have never killed anyone before,right Yagami?
What is Ryuk प्रिय food?
What was L's first words when the task force go to meet him?
The Death Note will not affect those under 780 days old.
What's the Name of Light's Mother?
If the owner fails to consecutively write names of people to be killed within 13 days of each other, then the user will die.
In the very first ep. of Death Note after the theme song, the first thing आप see is??
Who is the सेकंड Kira?
What did Light thought was gonna happen after Ryuk shows up for the first time?
how many times did light need to open his watch with deathnote inside it?
His name is Higuchi "______"
"Suicide" isn't a valid cause of death.
How do आप get Shinigami Eyes?
Who was the first victim of the Death Note?
Who is the (first) Shinigami who died saving Misa?
Does Shinigami have a gender?
If आप make this note unusable द्वारा tearing it up या burning it, all those who have touched the note till then will die.
How many फिल्में are there made द्वारा Death Note ?
What episode is this ending in?
If आप lose the Death Note या have it stolen, आप will lose its ownership unless आप retrieve it within 490 days.
The number of pages of the Death Note will eventually run out.
When a Shinigami dies, his Death Notes disappears with him.
In episode 2, what did Sayu wanted Light to help her with?
In Death Note, what was the phrase that एल कहा to Light before एल kicked him in the face?
Can a human be born with Shinigami Eyes?
A person can't shorten his या her own life द्वारा using the note.
आप cannot kill humans at the age of 124 या over with the Death Note.
What Is Near's Real Name?
The person whose name was misspelled four times on purpose will not be free of death from a Death Note.
What were Light's words to Ryuk when Ryuk told him that if he gets rid of all the bad people the only one bad left would be himself?
One god of death is allowed to pass on Death Notes to only 1 human at a time.
It is useless trying to erase names written in the Death Note with erasers या white-out.
Who is the illustrator of Death Note?
The Death Note will be rendered useless if the victim's name is misspelled three times.
What episode did Misa कहा this? "Mr. stoker this is illigal आप have to stop, ok come on please" ?
What is the real name of Halle Lidner?
Who in Death Note does not like chain letters?
Why Light says "...Damn Death God..." in episode 2?
After they die, the place humans go is Nu (nothingness).
What is the real name of this picture?
If the cause of death is written within ... of लेखन the subject's name, it will happen.
Who is the head of the NPA?
Who are the Yotsuba Corporation?
Who say's, "Kira what your doing is EVIL"?
Which shinagami saved misa's life and died?
What is Matsuda's first name?
Which person कहा that the US would no longer go against Kira?
The owner of the Death Note cannot be killed द्वारा a god of death who is living in the world of the gods of death.
Exchanging and लेखन on the Death Note between the gods of death is no problem.
आप may lend the Death Note to another person while maintaining its ownership. Subletting it to yet another person is possible, too.
Who is George Sairas in Death Note?
Even the original owners of the Death Note, gods of death, do not know much about the note.
What is Matt's real name?
What inpired Obata about the creation of Rem?


I missed magrib prayer due to a valid reason and when entered the masjid, salatul i'sha was announced. Should I join the same or need to make up the magrib first?
You should join the congregation with the intention of maghrib and after the third rakah, sit down and finish your maghrib quickly and rejoin the Imam with the intention of isha while he's still praying his isha and after he concludes, you get up and continue your isha.


Our friend Carla from Hagerty Marine Insurance was also learning the finer points of operating an 80 year-old vintage race boat from Charles Mistele aboard Miss America IX.
Although I have experienced many great rides and thrills in my 24 years in this hobby, today another "check" on my bucket list has been realized…thank you Charles for the ride of a lifetime on Miss America IX…where do I go from here – it's all downhill, baby!!
Jet boats. The miss America boat has straightline speed, but a jet adds turning agility and the ability to stop on a dime.
No really, each time Miss America would rip by, from her cockpit, I swear I could hear the same sound that Geico pig makes. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Did you just compare Carla to a pig? I foresee someone getting a big rate increase this year.
Not at all. I was describing the owner's glee. Of course, it could have been transmission whine… Or a circling heron. Or Matt, just messing with me.


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Midnight Quiets the Undead
It'll be 1am soon, and the little monsters that made it into the ductwork are all dead… not jumping around gnawing at things dead, but just lying there slowly decomposing dead. A few minutes ago we took a quick look outside to find nothing remarkable: no zombie anythings shuffling around, and no strange lights in the sky.
Now that the skittering has quieted down, and the effect seems to have passed, it's kind of funny, really. Last year, faced with a metropolitan sprawl full of undead the family survived unscathed. Now, holed up in the wilds of Kentucky, an undead squirrel took my hand.
It was a small bite — a scratch, really — but we all agreed that loosing a limb was better than going zed. Of course it hurt like hell, and most everyone's eying me nervously, but I'm sure I won't turn.
Well, pretty sure.
Written by Jeff in June of 2008. Last edited March 2017.
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P@ - June 14th, 2008 at 9:47 am
It's interesting to compare last year with this year. It seems to me that last year had a lot more survivors, while this year, more people ended up becoming victims.
Still, this meme is a lot of fun. Thanks for hosting it!
Sylvan (Dave) - June 14th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I found it really fun this year, despite my having to be at work all day. I'd write updates as things went on and post them when I had the chance. Overall, since I "survived" last year, I wanted this year to be a bit less optimistic. 🙂
More than everything, though, I wanted to network with everyone else, highlight other people's great ideas, and really build something that could explain all the different reports as still being viable (hence the "parallel worlds colliding" stuff).
Perhaps next year Mars will attack? The Four Horsement will ride? Who knows?
Sylvan (Dave)


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Sweet Sicamous! Family makes gingerbread model of historic B.C. ship
With an estimated 10 hours left on the project, one of the creators says it's nearly done
Dustin Godfrey
It might not float, as the real SS Sicamous did during record-level flooding earlier this year, but a gingerbread model of the famous historical ship is a pretty sweet project.
Made by Bill and Corinne Driedger and Bill's sister and brother-in-law Nettie and Herman Steuernagel, Bill said he estimates the project still has another 10 hours left — which he called "getting close."
@SSSicamous #penticton The race is on to finish our gingerbread version of the spectacular S.S. Sicamous! 😊 pic.twitter.com/ejBVM0eQWT
— Bill Driedger (@BillyD1971) December 24, 2017
"I spent most of the day yesterday on it," Bill said. "Whenever we get a chance, we poke away at it. We were trying to get it done before Christmas, but I'm not sure that's going to happen."
Maybe not — especially if the couples dip too much into the eggnog.
"We did the Eiffel Tower a couple of years ago as a project, and we've been meaning to do another one, and since we did that in northern Alberta, I guess all four of us moved to Penticton," Bill said, adding they floated the idea of doing the Sicamous last year.
"But we never got around to it with travel and whatnot. So today and this year we decided to tackle it. The sizing isn't 100 per cent, but it's just fun."
Bill said it would have taken significantly longer to try to get everything to scale, but it isn't a half-baked project, as it is. What might be the most challenging part coming up is the paddlewheel at the back of the steamship, something the team of bread-gineers (OK, that one might be a stretch) would have to tackle gingerly.
"I'm not sure how that's going to happen," he said.
Compared to the Eiffel Tower, Bill said the SS Sicamous has been a bit of a more complicated recipe.
"The Eiffel Tower's so skinny, and we kind of just did it on a whim," he said. "This guy, there's a lot more going on trying to get it to look right."
The cookies haven't crumbled yet, but Bill said if a fatal mistake means sweet demise for the doughy ship, what remains is easily — and cheerfully — cleaned up.
@dustinrgodfrey
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These elements reduce the visibility of bus drivers, who must slow down and drive with added caution. They must also be extra vigilant to see transit users waiting at stops.
These vehicles remove snow from roads, but they also slow traffic.
In the event of heavy snowfall or freezing rain, snow removal and salting operations must take place on several roads and arteries simultaneously, which is sometimes impossible to do. As a result, drivers must slow down on their routes.
In this instance, transit users have to climb over a snowbank to embark or disembark, which inevitably requires more time.
Buses must then use regular lanes and meeting their schedule depends on traffic volume. Did you know that on very windy days, the reserved lane on the Champlain Bridge must be closed? The same goes for the shoulders on Highways 13, 30 and 40, which may not be used by buses when covered in snow.
If a car is obstructing a public road, it hinders bus traffic.
Want to know if your bus will be on schedule? Follow the Twitter account for your area. You will find the most up-to-date information on your route's service status. To see all the tools available for transit users, click here.


Totally agree, it probably helped that ep V and VI weren't directed by Lucas so he could focus on the universe.
On the other hand, the one thing Lucas did get right with the prequel trilogy was the lightsaber battles.
On the other hand, the one thing Lucas did get right with the prequel trilogy was the lightsaber interpretative dances.
Sure there was a lot of flourishes, but the Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen did their own lightsaber fights (actually, all the actors, except Yoda obviously, did in Ep3), and they're pretty proficient with their swords.
I think my favorite duel so far was Kylo Ren vs. Luke because it's a lot more realistic, even though it was just an illusion.
It was careful, realistic pacing, and not this flurry of constant attacks that really just doesn't work.


We meet Dionysus and Prince lookalike Innana. We find out some superfans believe if they kill a god then they'll absorb their powers, which isn't true for everyone except Baphomet – maybe. Ananke seems to be manipulating the gods into making themselves vulnerable enough for her to kill them. (Is she stealing their lives to maintain immortality? Or is she 'removing' troublemakers?) Ananke deliberately told Bap not to kill other gods because he alone could absorb their remaining time on Earth to extend his own life, and of course, what does Bap do? He's on Ananke's to-kill list after he takes Innana's life. Baphomet's symbolic upside down crucifixion of Innana was interesting. That and Innana's forgiving Baphomet and warning him that stealing his life force will just prolong Bap's misery. It's also hinted that Bap is the one behind framing Lucifer for the judge's death. And finally our naive protagonist Laura is bumped off by Ananke after she turns her into Persephone.
Superfan Laura being murdered during the afterglow of becoming a god came as a shocking cliffhanger. Although I'm not sure I believe she's truly gone due to the god she became. Ananke could've killed her when she was still human, so why didn't she? Persephone travels between two worlds and is separated from her husband in the Underworld and reunited with her mother every six months. Might this have something to do with it?
Taking Laura's parents' lives may have been a tactical move. Perhaps Laura's mother would take on the role of Persephone's mother Demeter. Upset at the loss of her daughter to Hades for half the year, Demeter brings on winter by withdrawing her power over vegetation growth allowing crops to wither and winter to take hold. Laura's mother may not have powers but she could turn the world against the gods after watching Ananke murder her innocent daughter.
We're told only twelve gods are remade. Cassandra turns out to be the twelfth, Urdr, the Norse goddess of fate and a seer of past, present and future as part of the trio of Norns. Notice Cassandra's name is that of the Greek prophetess cursed by Apollo to never be believed. Well, that happens here, too.
The Faust Act didn't exactly blow me away. I'm still frustrated with these characters. They feel shallow and superfluous. Except for Lucifer and she's dead. I miss her. Cassandra feels like Luci-lite and I'm not digging her angst. And Laura's desperation is off-putting.
Having the two characters with the most stage time whacked by the same person in the same way is repellent and repetitive. Whether you loved them or hated them, Lucifer and Laura were our main connections to this universe. By seeing the world through their eyes we grew attached to them. Who's left for us to care about?
A British setting (loved seeing the Excel Centre hosting Fantheon as they hosted fan event LonCon3 last year which I attended), a mixed race protagonist, plenty of non-stereotypical GLBT and non-white characters, vibrant illustrations and a fascinating mythology are all things I admire in the W+D universe. However, a jumpy narrative, the lack of plot progression and meaningful dialogue is difficult to tolerate.
Twelve gods, I think, were too many to adequately develop. It feels as if they're thrown into scenes or forced to converse with Laura just because they've had very little stage time and the audience hasn't had a chance to get to know them yet. This has slowed the pace of the story to plodding (I was so bored reading this) and plot threads have been too quickly resolved (who and why were snipers shooting at the gods?) which was anticlimactic or forgotten until the closing act (Laura's obvious god ability). The Faust Act did a lot more in 144 pages than Fandemonium did in 166.
Reviews of the next few issues of the comic aren't reassuring. It seems plot is completely absent in favour of telling back stories. If one of those is Ananke's then that might be helpful. Should my library purchase the third volume, I may skim it. The Wicked + The Divine's mythology is compelling but I'm not willing to waste money on it.
Oh noooooo! The premise looked so exciting too, I usually love things based on mythology, but this book sounds messy. Better luck with your next read.


The Cubs take the field in Pittsburgh today for the first game of 2014. While the 2013 season largely eluded me I'm excited about the start of a new one, maybe because this winter was so mind-crushingly oppressive.
But the fact remains that so many of the games this season, as they have been for the last 12-15 years, won't be played during the day. And I'm sorry but night games just don't work for me and wouldn't even if I did have a cable subscription, which I don't. Too many of the games have increasingly been on channels I didn't get and, quite frankly, I've got other things to do in the evening.
Plus, my contention that a reliance on night games on one of a half-dozen cable channels is killing generations of potential new fans remains firmly in place. As I've said before, the fandom of myself and my generation was built on being able to turn on the game on WGN-TV as soon as I got home from school every day. If it was a 1:20 game I could still catch the 7th inning or so. It it was a 3:05 game I could catch it starting in the 2nd or 3rd. So I saw almost every home game and many of the road games throughout my entire childhood.
If you're making games inaccessible – they're currently not part of WGN Radio's streaming either – you're not giving the fans the in they need. Why would I pay $200-$300 for a bunch of us to go to a game – or even for an MLB multimedia package online – if I'm not already invested in the team and the players?
Anyway, media theory aside, today the Cubs take the field for the first time in the 2014 season. The snow has indeed melted away from Wrigley Field, though the team won't play there until the weekend. The wind will surely be blowing since it's April in Chicago, though which direction is anyone's guess. And a legion of fans will get their hopes up that predictions of it being an ugly year are over-stated and that somehow the ragtag team that's been assembled will at least make things interesting in the NL Central this year.


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The Six Most Legendary Trolls In MMO History
If you've spent any time on the Internet, particularly gaming, you've encountered at least a few people who believe themselves to be trolls. Such individuals are often thoroughly abrasive, and tend to take a sort of perverse joy in making the lives of others miserable. Their reasons vary. Perhaps they're making an effort to forget how unfulfilled they themselves feel, or maybe they're simply jaded, bored sadists.
Whatever the case, most of them are entirely uncreative. There's no artistry to what they do; a trained chimp could carry out their actions at least as effectively as they. Trolling is, as many are aware "a art;" most self-proclaimed trolls are by no means artists.
But occasionally (and strangely often in the world of MMOs), someone will step up and set themselves apart from the crowd. Their reasons are always their own, but they inevitably carry out plots and pranks so cunning, unique, or thoroughly vile; one can't help but be at least a little impressed. Today, we're going to pay tribute to some of the most legendary trolls of MMOs past.
Mr. Feng
This might not be an act of outright trolling, but it still bears mentioning here.
Most parents cut their kids off when they're playing too many video games. They take away their consoles, remove Internet privileges, or, in the worst-case scenarios, send them off to addiction camps and counselling. Not Mr. Feng. He decided on a slightly different course of action.
Frustrated that his son Xiao Feng wasn't making any headway finding a job, Feng decided that his gaming habits were to blame. He further reasoned that if Feng the younger didn't find gaming fun anymore, he'd stop – and maybe start making an effort. So, in true evil overlord fashion, he hired a cadre of assassins to kill his son.
These assassins all played the same games his son did, and all of them were, to a man, better than him. Every time Xiao Feng logged on, his character died. Eventually, there was no point in playing any longer, and Feng Jr. decided to stick up to Feng Sr. He informed his father that gaming was not, in fact, the reason he hadn't found work – he was genuinely trying to find the job he wanted; a job that suited him.
Feng was "relieved," but it's unknown whether or not he's called off the assassins.
There was once an Everquest server by the name of Sullon Zek. It was a corrupt, violent, and lawless place, geared almost entirely towards faction/alignment-based PVP. Naturally, this meant that the population of the server almost universally tended towards the evil alignment, with good checking it at around 10% of the server's population. The forces of good were scattered, broken, and weak. They needed a hero. They needed…
A level 5 bard?
Yep. As it turned out, one of the few rules on the server was that characters below 6th level were unable to compete in PVP combat. Fansy, of course, used this to wander about to his heart's content. His character – a chaotic good half-elf bard – traveled from one end of the server to another, clad in bright colors and spreading joy and happiness wherever he went.
Likelier than not, the number of times he was called a "fag" or some derivative thereof was somewhere in the thousands.
Here's where things get really masterful. See, the only real combat ability a low-level bard is equipped with is the ability to run really, really fast. In that context, Fansy quickly realized three things:
1. Since his character was level 5, any mobs present in higher level zones would be extremely keen on crushing him into a paste.
2. They can only do this if they can catch him.
3. They will kill everything in their path until they are able to do so.
So Fansy the bard made his merry way to Oasis, provoked a bunch of sand giants, then proceeded to dance merrily away. As expected, they followed him, and had angry sex with anyone and anything that got in their way. Since this was in the days before mobs had limits on the distance they'd chase a player, Fansy effectively cleared an entire continent of evil simply by being really good at running, like some twisted combination of Forrest Gump and The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
All the while, he responded to the torrent of abuse resulting from his antics with oblivious, good-natured cheer.
Of course, the evil players who just hours ago had said 'lol, no rules bro, deal with it' immediately started complaining about the exploit. Eventually, the complaints grew so loud that the server admins changed the rules, and made low-level players targetable. That's right – he trolled so hard he brought rules to a no-rules server.
Then he came back a year later and used a bug with the bard's charm skill to repeatedly slaughter a bunch of neutral characters…who then petitioned the GMs. Said GMs made yet another exception on the 'no-rules' server and punished him for, well…playing as intended.
Chrae
Many of the others on this list crushed entire servers under their iron heel. Chrae changed the course of game development with what he did, and exerted a very real influence on one of the most legendary MMO franchises in history. You see, back in the early days of Ultima Online, there were enemies known as slimes. If you've ever played an RPG, you know what they are – they more often than not define 'low level' just as much as goblins and zombies. Back when they were first introduced, they had this irritating tendency to split when they were struck.
In other words, hitting them caused them to replicate. Lovely, right? For most people, it was a minor inconvenience. You had to deal with a damaged weapon, a legion of boring, uninspired, doubling enemies; and the unnerving thought that you were an agent in their reproductive process.
For Chrae, it was a means of bringing an entire server to its knees. He managed to trap a few slimes in a house, and after some trial-and-error, equipped himself with a bunch of purple potions (extremely weak grenades, basically). Then he started throwing. After the house was full enough that his computer could barely handle it, he strolled over and opened the door.
The server crashed, but not before slimes slaughtered pretty much its entire population.
The next day, he decided he'd try a different approach. He stepped forward, identifying himself as the one behind the slime invasion. He laid out a few simple terms: the people were to pay him 10,000 gold, or his slimes would blight the land once more(he was planning to attack it anyway). Everyone laughed…until Chrae crashed the server again.
The day after that, the developers released an update that prevented slimes from splitting. That's right – one madman with a house, some weak potions, and a few slimes changed the world of Ultima Online. Who says one person can't make a difference?
How many people can say they've killed a god?
Rainz can, at least. Back in August 1997, Ultima Online's beta test was in full swing. On the 8th o
f that month, Lord British – creator Richard Garriott's in-game avatar – decided to pay a visit to the server, to be conducted as part of a population stress-test. Rainz decided he'd attempt to rain on the parade – quite literally. He targeted Lord British with a spell known as "fire field."
To his shock, British keeled over.
Evidently, the whole incident was tied to an oversight on the developers' part. Lord British was ordinarily flagged as invulnerable, but shortly before the incident, the server crashed. Garriott forgot to set his invulnerability flag when he logged on. End result? Rainz killed a character that belonged to the creator of Ultima Online. The massive amount of lag that resulted from the stress test coupled with the deactivation of the guards allowed him to steal away into the night, with only a few witnesses.
A short time later, Rainz was banned from the beta test. Not for the assassination, mind you – apparently, he'd been exploiting a number of in-game bugs to grief other players, rather than reporting them so that they could be fixed.
The Mittani
Although Angwe might be number one on this list simply for how masterfully he turned a server against him, he's actually not the biggest jackass here. That dubious honor goes to Alexander "The Mittani" Gianturco, widely known as Eve Online's most notorious, morally bankrupt player. His reputation is at least partially understandable; he makes an effort to play The Mittani as a villain in a world where morality is a weakness and political maneuvering is the norm.
In other words, he's a bit of a dick by necessity. That doesn't excuse his behavior at a CCP-hosted Eve Fanfest convention last year, where he went up on stage to mock a player who'd expressed thoughts of suicide and followed that up by giving everyone his personal information and encouraging them to harass him into making good on those thoughts.
Though he has since apologized, been hit with a temporary ban and resigned from the player's council, what he did was still completely out of line.
Angwe
Angwe was a high level Orc rogue on the Dethecus Server, and possibly a psychic vampire who survived on rage alone. He gained his chops in Everquest PVP, and after some time playing World of Warcraft, he realized that he missed being able to communicate with the people he killed. He enjoyed being subjected to their ire.
So he created an alliance account by the name of Angwespy, and went to town.
There is a place in World of Warcraft known as The Wetlands. It's one of the first Alliance PVP zones, and a major thoroughfare for mid-level characters besides. There's also only one entrance to the zone, save by Gryphon or boat. Guess where Angwe set up shop?
By camping that bottleneck, Angwe forcibly established himself as one of the biggest trolls in MMO history. He's been threatened. People have tried to track him down. He's been targeted with every insult known to man, and more than a few previously unknown ones. He didn't inspire rage so much as complete, full-blown psychosis.
The worst thing was, he was actually good at playing his class. He wasn't targeting newbies simply because they were easy prey; that wasn't his only goal. His real aim was to draw out the higher-level players so that he could kill them for honor – which he did, more often than not. The legions of angry newbies he ended up creating were just happy bonuses.
He was less a player than a world boss, and his mere presence defined an entire server. People went so far as to write elaborate and intricate guides centered entirely on avoiding him. Whole guilds formed with the express purpose of hunting him down.
That wasn't all he did, either. On Angwespy, he had this little process where he'd worm his way into a guild, trick the leaders into granting him officer, and then run a macro to remove every single guild member. In his own words, "ganking lets you drink sweet tears, but wiping out an established guild lets you mainline them."
I think we can leave it at that.
Honorable Mention: The Guiding Hand Social Club
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After spending three active years in the US Army, Pastor Mark O'Donnell began attending the University of Akron. It was while studying there and attending a local church that he met his wife Sheri. It was just one month after they were engaged that God's call to preach was clearly impressed upon his heart. After completing two and half years at the University of Akron and marrying Sheri, Pastor O'Donnell began attending Massillon Baptist College in pursuit of a Pastoral Degree. While attending Bible College the Lord opened up the door for he and his new bride to work with teenagers and in the music ministry. God blessed them with victory after victory in both their ministry and personal lives. In 1991, Pastor and Sheri were blessed with their first of four children, Joshua followed by Morgan, Megan, and Caleb. In 1994 God led Pastor Mark O'Donnell to start the Community Baptist Temple in the Lake Senior Center in Uniontown, Ohio. The work began with he and his family and today it continues to thrive and grow. Throughout his life, it is evident that Christ has always been at the center of his life and ministry. Prayer, passion and persistence have been core building blocks in the pursuit of a bright and blessed future. Pastor O'Donnell selflessly gives of himself to both God and others and as a result countless families and individuals have reaped the benefit. In every victory that God brings to Community Baptist Temple and his own life and family, Pastor Mark O'Donnell is sure to give the glory to the only one that really deserves it, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Brother Steve Cavanaugh and his family have been serving the Lord in the ministry since 2007, and at CBT since March of 2012. He is the Assistant Pastor/Youth Director and leads the Media Ministries. He has been married to his wife Liz since 2007. They have been blessed with a wonderful family of four children.
Brother Joshua has been serving on staff at CBT since 2011. He oversees the Music and Bus ministries. He, along with his wife Sarah, are class leaders in our Young Married Couples Class. They have a newborn daughter, Maci.
Brother Brad and his family have been serving at CBT since May of 2013. He leads the Sunday School ministry and is our resident bus mechanic. Brother Brad and his wife Megan also lead our combined Adult Class in the auditorium Sunday mornings. Brad and Megan have been blessed with two children.


Lifesize cardboard cutout of the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley in his gold lame suit. Elvis is a Hollywood Legend as an extremely talented entertainer in his movies and with his music.
Measures approximately 73″ x 28″.


Switzerland-based pumping solutions specialist Sulzer is pleased to announce it has successfully completed the purchase of American technology company JWC Environmental LLC (JWC).
JWC is a leading provider of highly engineered, mission-critical solids reduction and removal products such as grinders, screens, and dissolved air flotation system for municipal, industrial and commercial wastewater applications.
The transaction allows Sulzer to grow its wastewater treatment offering through complementary equipment, as well as to improve its access to the municipal and industrial wastewater market in North America.
Furthermore, Sulzer intends to strongly pursue and support JWC's geographic expansion into markets in EMEA and Asia.
Significant sales synergies are expected through growth in JWC's markets outside North America. JWC will operate as part of Sulzer's Pumps Equipment division.
The enterprise value of $215m adjusted for an acquired tax asset corresponds to a multiple of approximately 10x 2018 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA).
JWC is headquartered in Santa Ana, California, US, and employs around 230 people.
Please contact Sulzer via the enquiries form for more information.


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In order to enhance his ability to make people laugh, a struggling comedian takes part in a teleportation experiment that "improves" whatever cargo is being teleported… but the results are no laughing matter.
So, you set out to make a supernatural horror film based on teleportation, with a budget of $12,000 and you're going to shoot it all on an iPad 2.. What can go right? Well, quite a lot actually, here's why.
Firstly, going into this I really didn't know what to expect from the quality, as I've never seen a film shot solely on an iPad 2 before (I believe this is the first feature length film to have been done so), so when I started watching, I was pleasantly surprised at how it looked and sounded, the pessimist in me was expecting less. I've certainly seen a lot worse shot films on digital lately, especially in the found footage/mockumentary genre I've recently become hooked on (I make it 190 films seen now, I keep a list), and with top directors such as David Lynch seemingly favouring digital cameras over film lately, maybe the iPad 2 will have more of a say in the future of film making… Who knows?
Our hero Peter doing what he does best (worst).
There was one part where a character pics up a picture and we're seeing out from the picture's POV where I thought, "Oh yeah, he's holding the iPad" but apart from that I didn't think of it at all. Anyway, that's the last I'm going to mention of the iPad 2 as there's so much more to this film than how it was shot.
At the beginning, we're introduced to Peter "The Soothsayer" (Yarborough), a failing comedian with a quite frankly, weird stage act that involves a "lucky circus peanut". We meet him during the middle of said act, where he eventually get's booed off stage before being attacked by a pregnant lady. The next morning, Peter is awoken (he sleeps in a bath) by a phone call from a Mr. Randall (Ferris), who mysteriously offers to hire him for $100 after seeing him perform the previous night. A slightly confused Peter eventually accepts the offer and goes to Mr. Randall's home later that night where he is greeted by Stu (Houck), Mr. Randall's personal assistant.
After delivering some awkward jokes Stu's way, Peter is invited inside, and immediately rushes to the bathroom to perfect his routine. There, he finds blood in the toilet, and after an incident with his dropped lucky peanut, he ventures back to the living room where he is met by Mr. Randall, who immediately starts to berate him, telling him his comedy will get him nowhere. As Peter angrily starts to storm out, Mr. Randall takes his lucky peanut in his hand and makes it disappear. After being told it will return in ten minutes, Peter agrees to wait and watches closely, trying to figure out how this trick was pulled off. Eventually, the peanut returns but it is now gold plated and an impressed Peter asks if he can be taught the trick. Mr. Randall tells Peter it isn't a trick and explains how he got this power from a mysterious man with black teeth, and how he used it on his unborn daughter, but was knocked unconscious by the man before he could bring her back. As Peter and Mr. Randall are talking, Stu takes some "time out" in the hallway where another mysterious man tells him to get back out there..
After making a crumpled $100 note disappear and reappear crisp, Mr. Randall tells Peter why he called him over. He wants to use his powers on him so he can figure out what happened to his daughter. So will Peter agree to be made to disappear? If so, where will he end up? What did happen to Mr. Randall's daughter? Who are these mysterious people popping up all over the place? Why was there blood in the toilet? Why did the peanut become gold plated? Well, thankfully all these questions are answered through out the film.
Hmm, I'm not sure I fully trust this guy.
To be fair, I really didn't mean to ramble on so much about the story. I do try not to be one of those people that thinks just stating what happens in a film constitutes a review, most of the time, but the main strong point of this film is the story, it really did impress me, and after 20 minutes in I was basically hooked and needed to know what was going to happen next. Like I said, all the questions are answered, so there isn't that frustration you get from the ending of a film that poses many questions, but isn't so hot with the answers. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate open ended films that make you think, but this film didn't need any of that as all the answers are pretty satisfying.
The acting is also above average. Obviously it's not The Godfather, but it all works. The way Scott Yarborough plays Peter "The Soothsayer" is perfect for the whole feel of the film, and the same can be said for all the other characters, particularly Emily Marsh who plays Mariella. Who? Watch it!
I'm gonna take his face… off!
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Excellent work as always Damian.


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Q: How to generate methods in scala Basically, I have a class, that has several getters that return different Seqs. But I need to use those collections in java code. I implemented alternate getters, that return java collections explicitly, but I want to do that in a more implicit way. Something like that:
class X {

     @AsJava //annotation that generates method someSeqJava: java.util.List[Int]
     def someSeq: Seq[Int] = Seq(1,2,3,4)

}

Or any other way. I do not want to write all those convertions myself all the time.
Thanks.

A: Have a look at JavaConversions/JavaConverters.
If you want to use annotations, you might need to have a look at AspectJ.

A: This is similar to @BeanProperty annotation and it should be relatively easy to create a compiler plugin that does the job. In fact, from your needs, it seems you could hook the plugin after the typer phase (so that symbols and types are all available).
EDIT:
I'd suggest you to take a look at the following discussions, they might help:

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*https://groups.google.com/d/topic/scala-user/UF3KUSwl1C4/discussion

*https://groups.google.com/d/topic/scala-user/H-fjKUYo_QY/discussion

*https://groups.google.com/d/topic/scala-internals/cChbFPMk82w/discussion

*https://groups.google.com/d/topic/scala-debate/Vp4uDutxQkc/discussion
Here is a short guide from the official scala website

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*http://www.scala-lang.org/node/140


Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn is on a mission to reform military intelligence.
Flynn: Yes. It goes back to General McChrystal's recognition that this exquisite capability we developed for targeting individual terrorists and extremists was not really a war-winning capability. It can definitely buy you time and apply pressure on the enemy, and enable other progress. But after conducting two listening tours in Afghanistan it occurred to me that, God, after years of honing this 'capture or kill' capability, I know the enemy like the back of my hand, but I don't know the larger operational environment in which he travels. Developing a war-winning strategy for the large-scale conflicts we just found ourselves involved in — and will find ourselves involved in sometime in the future — requires an understanding of the underlying forces, people and cultural dynamics. Which brings me to the number one lesson learned from the past decade of conflict: the lack of understanding of the operational environment led to a mismatch in the resources and capabilities that we applied to that environment. In some instances we applied kinetic force, for example, in an environment that didn't respond well to it.
Flynn: Well, I will just tell you that the best signals intelligence I have ever seen — and I have seen an awful lot — was enabled by human intelligence. The very best signals intelligence is usually the result of someone capable and brave enough to develop access that we otherwise would not have had. And that has led to a lot of successes.


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label Mobile Business
BEE group wants Blue Label investigated for monopoly
By Samuel Mungadze, Senior news journalist
Johannesburg, 16 Jul 2019
Sello Phakoe, chairman of black economic empowerment consortium Eliovect, which lodged a complaint at the Competition Commission for alleged unfairness meted on small and medium enterprises in the prepaid airtime market, is hopeful the anti-trust watchdog will open the space to black service providers.
The claim against Blue Label Telecoms and others alleges these entities are a monopoly controlling prepaid airtime market distribution as a coalition of mobile operators and retailers.
The complaint claims Blue Label's purchase of Cell C ensures vertical and horizontal integration across the value chain and unfair market dominance, supported by exclusive contracts, massive infrastructure commitments by mobile carriers as well as discounts, which have previously been unavailable to black service providers.
"We would like to achieve a level playing field for SMMEs and in particular black-owned SMMEs," says Phakoe.
The Competition Commission has confirmed it is investigating the matter.
Blue Label gets green light to acquire Hyve Mobile
Blue Label sees revenue increase after Cell C loss
Commission spokesperson Sipho Ngwema says: "The investigation continues and we can't make a determination at this point on when we shall conclude.
"The complaint is against the following major retail groups: Shoprite, Pick n Pay, Woolworths, Spar, OK Franchises, Massmart Group and Steinhoff International, as direct or parent companies of major retail chains through which various products, including prepaid airtime and starter kits, are sold."
Meanwhile, Phakoe says his consortium hopes for a favourable outcome from the government anti-trust watchdog.
"This is where we are hoping our government institutions can assist us. Institutions like the Competition Commission and ICASA are critical in turning this tide as SMMEs do not have the financial muscle to face the legal and financial prowess of these monopolies if and when they choose to collude."
He adds there is only one black-owned competitor in the space in which Blue Label operates and "they don't receive the same discounts".
"This is difficult as all black companies 'can buy' direct but this is misleading. The issue is not about direct access but the financial terms they will receive. They will never receive the same discounts or 'thank you' cheques that the monopolies will. This means they will never be able to compete."
Nicola White, Blue Label spokesperson, hit back at Phakoe and the Competition Commission.
"The complaint received by the Competition Commission is riddled with inaccuracies and, in our view, has no merit whatsoever," she says.
"Blue Label, since its inception in 2000, has been driving financial inclusion for the mass market. We believe all South Africans should be able to access First World financial products closer to their homes, decreasing the cost of transport and making their lives more convenient. We continue to drive our growth into the informal market."
Further, she questions the rational motivation of the investigation.
"How we do this is to manage all the logistics, technology, R&D, capex, financial reconciliation and marketing functions for our spaza shop owners and informal retailers, whilst taking all the risk in doing so. We provide airtime and data, bill payments services, electricity, gaming and ticketing products and services, as well as training and marketing support."
White says the discounts Blue Label receives from the mobile network operators (MNOs) are no different to those received by all the other distributors of MNO products.
She also denies Blue Label is Cell C's exclusive prepaid airtime distributor.


Oxfam is supporting the Indonesian government to provide clean water and hygiene facilities to those affected by the tsunami that hit Indonesia on 22 December. Coastal communities in the Sunda Strait are believed to be among the worst hit, with officials saying underwater landslides triggered by a volcanic eruption may have caused the waves.
Oxfam will be providing clean water, building toilets, and distributing hygiene kits that include blankets and soap.