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Without a doubt, pitch competitions set an exciting scene. Entrepreneurs nervously pace as expert judges whisper over a quietly babbling audience that is arguing about their favorite presenter. At the end, winners are announced, money is awarded, and the crowd is abuzz. However, pitch competitions can be more than just an interesting change of pace.
The last week of November, approximately five hours before my flight left from DC to Lilongwe, I opened my suitcase and began to pack. Some may argue that sprinting around with literal moments to spare may not be the most prudent way to prepare for a week abroad. However, I was too excited; I was travelling to Malawi for the Agricultural Transformation Initiative's (ATI) first annual Agricultural Transformation Summit.
As part of Foundation for a Smoke-Free World's mission of ending smoking in this generation, the Foundation supports efforts to diversify tobacco economies and lessen the reliance of smallholder farmers on the tobacco sector. This requires much more than simple crop substitution, and the Foundation's approach incorporates aspects of science, technology, innovation, and commercialization to view what is fundamentally an economic question through an economic lens.


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San Diego State forward Nathan Mensah (31) shoots over Occidental forward Bernard Cassidy during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Adam Seiko scored 20 points, including six 3s, to lead No. 24 San Diego State over Division III Occidental 95-57 on Friday night.
"We found our mission, we were moving the ball around. It was good to see it go in for everybody," Seiko said. "We put that (Maui Invitational losses) behind us. ...We want to just get better from here on out."
"We sat them intentionally, they could have both played if we needed them," coach Brian Dutcher said. "We tried to get them extra rest leading into Monday because Monday will be a difficult game (hosting Troy)."
"It was the first zone we have seen all year," Dutcher said. "So that is good because Troy plays some zone and they will zone us on Monday."
"It's fun to see the basketball go in and to make 19 3s, I think it was an arena record ... 26 assists, everybody that played scored a basket," Dutcher said. "I thought Matt Bradley was absolutely sensational."
"Matt moved it freely, he got everybody sharing the ball," Dutcher said. "He is by far our best playmaker so when he is playing like that everybody gets involved."
"Our schedule is ranked in the top 10 in the country right now, strength-wise. So I don't think this game hurts us at all, to play a lesser non-Division I opponent at home. It gives us a chance to grow our team and hopefully build some confidence," Dutcher said. "It's a good game to get young guys in. Not every game can be a challenge."
San Diego State's 19 3-pointers tied a single-game high at Viejas Arena since it opened for the 1996-97 Aztecs season. Troy also had 19 3s at Viejas on Nov. 30, 2003.
The 19 3-pointers for San Diego State tops the Aztecs' previous high for 3-pointers at Viejas, which was 17 versus Wyoming on January 29, 2011.
San Diego State: The Aztecs are 61-9 record in their last 70 non-conference games. ... The Aztec's 19 3-pointers tied for eighth most in a game in Mountain West history (beginning in 1999-00 season).

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Indeed, there is a link between Slovenia's largest food processing company Perutnina Ptuj, the French poultry group LDC and the Ukrainian-based international agro-industrial group MHP.
In September 2018, MHP had confirmed it was seeking to acquire Perutnina Ptuj, "the most important specialized meat processing corporation in Southeast Europe".
A Poultry World article reads "The strategic acquisition will add value to MHP's reputation as Europe's most efficiency poultry producer and further its mission as a global player.It also allows the company to serve as a strategic long-term investor to enhance Perutnina Ptuj's already significant share of poultry value-added products."
Less than two months on, a French player enters the acquisition "game". LDC accused the Ukrainian firm and (its) rival for the takeover claiming that via using Perutnina Ptuj the Ukrainian group will abuse the EU-Ukraine free trade agreement.
In a press release issued on Thursday, the French poultry group LDC said it was not trying to cause problems in Perutnina's sale to the MHP group, which submitted a binding bid, but was acting in the interest of EU consumers. The French giant had as well expressed interest in acquiring the Slovenian business. Claims that wanted LDC not being serious enough about its bid to buy Perutnina Ptuj were immediately dismissed by the French side.
LDC is a top-ranked company in the poultry industry and Europe's largest, increased its sales by 5.5 percent in the previous fiscal year "making gains on both the French and export markets", wattagnet.com reported, proving that the strategy it follows, both reduces "imports of poultry meat into France" and boosts "its own exports".
STA reported that, "LDC said that Ukrainian poultry producers were benefiting from low production costs and were increasing poultry meat exports to the EU while abusing the free trade agreement between the EU and Ukraine.
It said the Ukrainian companies exported semi-processed products (chicken breasts with a single wing) to their processing hubs in the EU where they cut them up and repackage them with a made-in-the-EU label.
According to LDC, the practice is being investigated by the European poultry producers' association and the European Commission."
The French group is also preoccupied with the possibility of future "further unchecked growth of Ukrainian poultry meat exports to EU markets, including Slovenia, creating unfair competition to European producers", that the takeover could result in.
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Mondo Topless (1966)
October 3, 2015 / swampflix	/ 9 Comments
With his first six films, Russ Meyer pioneered & eventually mastered what is now known as "the nudie cutie", an antiquated genre that is exactly what it sounds like: a cutesy comedy featuring nude models. His first feature, The Immoral Mr. Teas, is cited as the very first example of the "nudie cutie" and, following a few Teas-imitating stinkers, his final film in the genre, Heavenly Bodies!, proved to be a finely-tuned, navel-gazing example of the limits of what the format could accomplish. The next phase of his career was a series of black & white "roughies", a collection of crudely violent crime pictures that were about as far from the word "cutie" that the director could possibly get. Again, that phase saw some highs & lows for the director, including the irredeemably vile Motorpsycho! & the indisputable crown jewel of the "roughie" genre, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. For his followup to Faster, Pussycat!, Meyer deviously combined the "nudie cutie" & "roughie" aesthetics into a single, incomprehensible picture, Mondo Topless. Mondo Topless is the cinematic equivalent of a child being forced to smoke an entire pack after failing to sneak a single cigarette. Meyer effectively asks his audience, "You want breasts? Here's more than you could possibly handle. Choke on them." The resulting film is an overwhelming assault on the senses, featuring an ungodly chaotic jumble of topless go-go dancing & non sequitur narration. If it were any longer than an hour, it'd be unwatchable. As is, it's a oddly engaging spectacle of pure madness, one that summarized the full extent of what Meyer had accomplished at that time in his career.
One consistent feature of Meyer's nudie cutie work is the non sequitur ramblings of an offscreen narrator, often delivered with the blank expression of an industrial film. Like with everything else it delivers, Mondo Topless adds a barely digestible layer of aggression to this Meyer trope. The narrator, John Furlong (who worked on several Meyer features, including Mudhoney & Common Law Cabin), delivers his relentless monologues in a near shout, backing the audience into a corner as the screen is overloaded with go-go dancers doing their thing. He starts by describing an especially salacious view of San Francisco, a city that reportedly "thrusts itself into the bosom of the Pacific" with the "bulging peaks & deep canyons" of its landscape, its trollies "digesting & disgorging humanity at will", and structures that "thrust their bulk majestically toward the sky." The rapidfire montage of this opening segment features a nude woman maniacally driving through the Bay Area intercut with images of the skyscrapers, ads, automobiles, and dancing naked women that make up Russ Meyer's America. In a fit of shameless self-promotion our aggressive narrator promises an expose on the artform of "the topless", "the phrase & the craze that is changing the mood & the morays of people everywhere […] Here, go-go girls in & out of their environment will be revealed to you in scenes that can only be summarized as a swinging tribute to unrestrained female anatomy. Mondo Topless is believably real in Eastman color. But 'unbelievable' just barely describes all of Russ Meyer's discotheque discoveries: fantastic women, fantastic dances, featuring the world's loveliest buxotics. You only dreamed there were women like these until now. But they're real! Unbelievably real!" It's an onslaught that makes you so dizzy you could puke.
The rest of the film's dialogue is provided by the dancers themselves. As they answer interview questions that were not included to provide context, performers with names like Donna X & Babette Bardot dance frenetically while making strangely disconnected statements like "I used to play cello in a symphony orchestra when I was 13," & "All you're doing is a dance, it has no meaning whatsoever." The range of topics covered in these "interviews" are as disparate as women's sexual autonomy to the freedom of not wearing a bra to bed. The narrator only occasionally interjects to literally dare you to focus on what the dancers have to say as they're violently shaking their bodies for your visual pleasure/motion sickness. When he shouts at you to "sit back!", "relax!", or "enjoy!" what the women have to offer it takes immense emotional fortitude to not shout back "Okay! I'll try! Stop yelling at me!" There's a very small amount of variety to be found within the film, mainly in the different styles of the featured dancers & the locations where they're filmed (a rocky beach, near a passing train, underwater, in a mud puddle, etc.), but otherwise Mondo Topless is aggressively one-note: gorgeous women dance topless to portable radios & tape players at a maddening pace that never once pumps the brakes so the audience can catch its breath.
There's a little bit of cultural context that makes Mondo Topless significant as a historical document, but there's no way that it can be mistaken for a documentary. It only makes the slightest differentiations between "the erotic" dances of the past & "the topless" dancing (aka go-go dancing) that reportedly started in San Francisco. Erotic dances are supposedly built on the tease of the reveal & use of obscuring objects like pasties, where as topless go-go dancing is an all-out "burst of inhibited frenzy." Mondo Topless does its best to recreate this feeling of frenzy in its relentless pace, intentionally distancing itself from Meyer's burlesque nudie cutie past despite re-purposing the exact footage of what seemed to be every single dance from Europe in the Raw in its short runtime. Meyer also takes multiple breaks to pat himself on the back for his own accomplishments, like in an interview with Lorna Maitland, star of his film (duh) Lorna. The narrator brags, "Without artistic surrender, without compromise, without question or apology, an important motion picture was produced: Lorna: A Woman Too Much for One Man." Maitland then goes on to speculate about her boundless future as an actress, tellingly only describing & showing footage only from the exact two scenes of the film I found worthwhile in my initial review.
Otherwise, Mondo Topless makes no attempt to pretend to be anything more than it is: an overwhelmingly aggressive hour of frenzied go-go dancing, Meyer's bizarre editing style (that would later reach its apex in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls) and disorienting, besides the point dialogue that only added confusion & obscurity to the proceedings. But, why should I attempt to describe the overall effect of the Mondo Topless to you when the film was content to review itself in its final monologue? It concludes, "Well, Mondo Topless measures up. The unmistakable Russ Meyer touch makes this more than a gang of great gals. It makes it move. We sincerely hope you enjoyed the flick." Indeed.
Mudhoney (1965)
September 27, 2015 / swampflix	/ 11 Comments
While filming the atypical yuck-it-up comedy Fanny Hill in Europe, Meyer received word from wife/producer (and titular star of Eve & The Handyman) Eve that his first venture into black & white "roughies", Lorna had racked up a nice chunk of change in his absence. How did Meyer celebrate? He took his lastest white hot mistress Rena Horten (who played a sex worker in Fanny Hill) on a lavish mini-vacation. This affair, of course, ramped up some pre-existing marital tension & lead to a rather speedy divorce back home. Not to let a little old speed bump like the dissolution of a marriage get in the way of making a buck, however, Russ immediately talked his now ex-wife to produce his next venture in to pitch black roughies: Mudhoney, starring (of course) Rena Horten.
Reportedly lifting the title from, of all places, an Oscar Wilde quote, Meyer set Mudhoney in a Depression-era Missouri, later referring the film as his "homage to Grapes of Wrath." Despite the incongruity of the setting, the film was in fact filmed in the desert, a tumultuous terrain that fondly reminded the director of his glory days as a WWII combat photographer "because you could die there". Of course, Mudhoney actually has much more in common with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or the ancient freak show Spider Baby than it does with The Grapes of Wrath, no matter what Meyer believed to be true. Depicting a maniacal family of impossible, sex-starved, rural lunatics & the small town of simple farm folk they terrorize, the film has the vibe of an unhinged party that's taken a peculiarly violent turn after a marathon of day-drinking. Sidney, played by a leather-faced Hal Hopper (who starred in & sang the lounge lizard theme song for Lorna) sets the tone early after getting ejected from his favorite drinking hole with shouts of "Why don't you go home to your wife for a change?!". Unfortunately, he does go home to his wife (played by Antoinette Christiani, for whom this is her sole film credit), only to force himself on her in a truly grotesque display. Even in these opening minutes Meyer establishes that Mudhoney firmly in the roughie territory, the carefree days of the nudie cutie firmly in the rearview.
Despite a distinct, depraved atmosphere, however, Mudhoney doesn't have too much going for it. A lot of the problem is its very slight narrative, the same Achilles heel that sunk the almost-enjoyable Lorna. A city boy drifter (John Furlong, who ended up working on many Meyer films & enjoyed a second life as a character actor) finds his way to Meyer's warped version of Missouri & decides to take up work as a farmhand on Sidney's property despite so, so many red flags. A nearby house that functions as a sort of brothel/drinking hole offers a gateway to vice that eventually drives Sidney & his corrupt priest cohort to a violent madness, intensified by the farm hand's designs on his wife & his property, eventually leading to his public execution in the town square. Somewhere in there is the usual Meyer jabs at the city boy's supposedly unmasculine weakness, best exemplified by Luther's acidic line, "She needs a man. A real man! Not some gutless boy." In this case, though, it's Luther who's punished for his transgressions. His wife spits the line, "I hate everything about you! Don't ever touch me again!" in his face, threatening to stab him with a gigantic kitchen knife and, of course, the film concludes with his public execution, Meyer himself making a cameo among the lynch mob. The film may fail to sympathize with the violent alpha-male Meyer would usually side with (although his escalating mental illness in the back half does help a bit in that respect), but it does at least typify the adversarial war of the sexes vibes that plagues nearly all of the director's onscreen romances.
Although Mudhoney doesn't quite work on the whole, it has a great deal of killer atmosphere, of which I have a hard time finding any comparison points besides the aforementioned Spider Baby. So much credit for this has to go to the cast. Hal Hopper holds it down as a vicious brute as usual, but this time he's backed up by the wild, toothless coot Princess Livingston (featured before in Meyer's Wild Gals of the Naked West & Erotica), a hot to trot, go-go dancing Lorna Maitland (star of Meyer's Lorna, duh), and, of course, Rena Horten, who portrays a deaf/mute beauty tactlessly described in the film as "the perfect woman" due to her handicaps (yikes!). The dialogue is a nonstop barrage of atonal yelling without any real breaks for breath or traces of human behavior, the exact kind of stuff that must've inspired many a John Waters performance down the line. The unhinged living room dance parties (accompanied by Princess Livingston's one of a kind cackle) & moonshine swilling are a sight to behold, feeling like true glimpses into a maniacal, rural underwold that must exist somewhere, right? With all of this going for it, it's no wonder that Mudhoney has sort of persisted as a cult classic despite its initial commercial flop, even going so far as to inspire the name of an infamous grunge-era punk band. Still, the bizarre atmosphere rarely overpowers the weak plot & the movie unfortunately works a lot better as a strange afterthought & a memory, like a half-remembered nightmare, than it actually does as a movie-watching experience.
Lorna (1964)
September 20, 2015 September 20, 2015 / swampflix	/ 11 Comments
With 1963's Heavenly Bodies! Russ Meyer effectively brought the nudie cutie chapter of his life to a close, summarizing nearly all of his post WWII pin-up work in a single, enjoyably frivolous (but financially disastrous) picture. Having effectively invented the nudie cutie with The Immoral Mr. Teas & more or less running into the ground with the five films that followed, it was high time for a change in Meyer's career path, one telegraphed by his curmudgeony "documentary" on European sex trade Europe in the Raw. What was next for the moustachioed pervert was much darker territory than the playful narration & pastel voids of his nude comedies. Meyer would spend his next four or so features pioneering an entirely new kind of sexploitation picture: black & white "roughies." Far from the hokey vaudevillian gags of nudie cutie titles like Mr. Teas & Wild Gals of the Naked West, roughies were vicious, often hateful pictures that would lean toward the violent & the salacious, but were also quick to damn the very characters they leered at with (in the films' view) well-deserved deaths for their transgressions. Russ Meyer may have not made the very first roughie (many attribute that milestone to fellow schlock peddler David Friedman), but it was a genre he would eventually damn near perfect with his cult classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.
Although Lorna may not have technically been the first roughie, it was easily one of the first recognizable & successful examples of the genre. A twisted tale about sexual inadequacy, adultery, and betrayal, Lorna paints an ugly, ugly picture, one that's only made more ugly by the harshness of its vivid black & white cinematography. In the film's opening minutes a preacher stops the camera from cruising down a desolate highway to ramble vague, Biblically-themed warnings about loose morals. The following scenes feature a pair of rough drunks following an intoxicated woman home, only to beat & undress her once she spurns their sexual advances (thankfully leaving the scene before it escalates to rape). As the horrifying, leather-faced bully Luther (played by Meyer-newcomer Hal Hopper) rolls out his dim accomplice in tow, his victim shouts "You bastard! You dirty bastard!" & a lounge lizard song (composed & sung by Hopper) about the titular Lorna overtakes the soundtrack. All of this unpleasantness before we even meet the main characters. With this slap to the unsuspecting audience's face Meyer effectively drove the last nail in the coffin of the nudie cutie & revealed the weirder, meaner brute that had been lurking under his surface all along. And he hadn't even really gotten started.
The central couple in this sordid tale is Jim (a square-jawed James Rucker) and his wife, duh, Lorna (a most buxom Lorna Maitland), prototypes of what would eventually solidify as the typical soldiers in Meyer's never-ending war of the sexes. Jim is ostensibly a nice guy. He's sweet to his wife, studies to better himself, etc., but these character traits actually play like flaws in Meyer's fucked up sense of logic. In Meyer's view, Jim is an irredeemable weakling who gets less & less admirable with every "I love you" he coos to his nonplussed wife. Jim's major malfunction is that he's bad in bed. In an early scene Lorna lies in post-coital boredom, musing about her husband's "Wham, bam, thank you ma'am." approach to lovemaking, asking "Why can't he make love to me the way he should?", and slyly suggesting that he just flat out does not provide her orgasms. There's some classic Russ Meyer insanity in these moments, like when disorienting shots of running water appear as Lorna recalls a more lustful time in her relationship with Jim or when her daydreams about moving from their remote marital cabin to the big city devolve into rapid-fire montages of the well-endowed actress drunkenly dancing topless among flashing neon signs. It's in these moments that Lorna shines brightest.
Unfortunately, the generally sour vibe of the roughie format drags the film down a great deal more than it should. When Jim leaves for work it's revealed that his co-worker is none other than Hal Hopper's leather-face Luther, a real prick who incessantly teases Jim about his white-hot wife & the distinct possibility that she might be committing adultery behind his back. This tension amounts to an on-the-job fistfight & near-fatal stabbing. Meanwhile, an unattended Lorna actually does become an adulteress at the roaming hands of an escaped convict (Mark Bradley). More than happy to play house for a "real" man, Lorna invites the convict home & into the bed she shares with her husband, which eventually leads to (of course) their infidelity being uncovered & nearly everyone involved getting fatally wounded in a bodycount-heavy finale that's faithful to the chaos of a traditional stage tragedy. Somewhere in the kerfuffle the Grim Reaper makes an onscreen cameo & the preacher from the opening monologue returns to babble about the definition of adultery & the fate of Lot's wife. It's fairly straight-forward stuff, unpleasant or not.
Shot in just two weeks with a five man crew, Lorna featured Russ Meyer's biggest budget to date & marked the first time he shot a feature on 35mm film. Meyer's most vocal critical supporter & improbable friend Roger Ebert calls this picture the start of the director's "Gothic period" & some credit it as the first mainstream film to combine the nudie picture with high stakes drama. Prosecuted in vain on obscenity charges in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Florida (courtroom battles that later New Hollywood productions would greatly benefit from), Lorna is unfortunately much more interesting as a historical milestone than it is as an actual film. There were elements of Lorna that really worked & you could tell that Meyer was really stretching himself thin trying to grasp for something new & exciting, but much of the film reads dull at best and heartlessly cruel at worst. The best five or so minutes of the picture arrive very early, when Lorna's daydreaming about better orgasms & dancing topless in an urban, neon-lit fantasy world. Meyer would later learn how to better consolidate these more out-there moments with a feature-length narrative, but Lorna never quite reaches an enjoyable cohesiveness, which feels just out of its reach, thanks to the constraints of the newly found roughie genre holding it back.


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Shore Excursion Size Private
Shore Excursion Type Scenic, Wine Tasting
Shore Excursion Duration 4 Hours 30 Minutes
Shore Excursion Leaves From The Ship Pier.
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Recommended Dress Guests must be able to walk on paved, packed dirt, and cobblestone surfaces, and navigate steep curbs in the town.
Restrictions Walking includes paved and cobblestone surfaces, and steep curbs in the town. Walking at the vineyard includes over packed dirt.
Tuscany Village Wine Tasting Excursion
Tuscany is one of the most famous tourist locations in Europe, with its blessing of nature, art, history and scenic hillsides, streaked with green cypress trees and snaking sandy roads leading to earth-tone-colored farmhouses. Stunning Tuscan villas dot the landscape. This region of Italy is also known world-wide for its unique wine. Tuscany is the land of Renaissance - the birthplace of new beginnings. In Tuscany, wine is king, and Tuscan wine has especially strong ties to both art and religion. At the same time, Tuscany thrives on a modern wine industry.
This Livorno excursion will lead you to the countryside where you will stop in the tiny village of Lari. The town is situated where three ridges of the highest Pisan hills meet, and has been inhabited since Etruscan times. A massive castle is in the center of the town; it was recorded in the early Middle Ages, although the building we see today dates to the first half of the 17th century. Once in Lari, you will visit the Pastificio Martelli, which is a local pasta factory. It is the most famous producer of limited-quantity, high-quality varieties of pasta in all of Italy. Only the members of the family work in the pasta factory. They combine long years of professionalism with the passion for keeping up the traditional Italian craft of making pasta. You will have some free time to wander around on your own after the tour of the pasta factory.
The next stop on this Livorno excursion is a visit to a farmhouse dating back to the 16th century, located in the Cenaia area. After touring the estate's vineyards and cellars, which produces its own red and white wine, enjoy a wine tasting accompanied by a snack. After your wine tasting, you will return to the port in Livorno.
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The 1972 General Synod of the Anglican Church approved a Church Canon to establish The New Zealand Anglican Church Pension Board ("Board"). It also approved the establishment of The New Zealand Anglican Church Pension Fund ("Pension Fund"). Finally it gave its approval for the submission to Parliament of an Act to empower trustees at their discretion to transfer the assets of diocesan pension funds to the Board for amalgamation into the Pension Fund. This Act passed into law on 20 October 1972.
The first Board was appointed in April 1972, with the Pension Fund commencing on 1 January 1973.
Back in 1972, the establishment of a new Provincial Pension Fund for the Anglican clergy was a trail blazing innovation. Today the Board, now known as Anglican Financial Care, has developed into a multi-faceted and professional organisation that provides a multitude of financial services to the Anglican Church and other Christian denominations, including the administration of three separate retirement savings schemes (Pension Fund, The Retire Fund and Christian KiwiSaver Scheme). The original Pension Fund of $3m has now grown to such an extent that overall funds under management (including for the other funds) exceeds $200m in value.
In 1974, a Welfare Fund was established which to this day still provides relief from financial hardship for clergy in areas including funeral, education, medical, and housing needs. In 1992, the Basden Fund was established to provide pre-tertiary and tertiary education costs for dependent children of clergy or clergy widows / widowers in the Diocese of Polynesia. In 1993, the Health Fund was established to assist retired clergy, clergy widows / widowers and dependent children with the costs of medical expenses. In 1989, the Board assumed management of the Widows and Orphans Endowment which finances the funds above which today distribute over $700,000 in benefits each year.
In 1992, the Supplementary Support Fund was first introduced. It is a contributory Sickness, Accident or Death Fund. Its purpose is to provide continuing income to a member who, due to sickness or accident, is unable to continue work, and a benefit on the death of a member. Today there are over 250 members with stipends and salaries totalling around $14m.
Ever since its inception, the Board has provided mortgage finance for clergy, clergy widows / widowers, clergy pensioners and other Christians. There has never been a mortgage write-off and currently loans exceed $20m in value.
Anglican Financial Care also provides ancillary services to the wider Church. These include administration services for the Anglican Insurance Board and the Baptist Union Superannuation Scheme, as well as a role coordinating the Inter-Church Bureau ("ICB"). The ICB is an inter-denominational body tasked with monitoring the impact of legislation on the wider Church's affairs.
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BRAVO: Bremerton's new Italian restaurant is worth a try
anders — Nov 3rd, 1994
By Martha Andersson
Sun Staff
Alfredo's, Bremerton's newest Italian restaurant, has been open a little more than three months. But already it's showing strong signs of success.
Alfredo's is located in the recently re-opened Oyster Bay Inn and serves Italian-inspired cuisine, but with new and unexpected twists.
This is a restaurant that attempts to go beyond the ho-hum by offering something artful. And, with a few exceptions, it's succeeding.
Once inside, I found something civilized and restorative taking over.
I felt at home hearing owner-chef Alfredo Russo sing in the kitchen and chatter in Italian with his wife, Eileen. After learning to cook in his hometown of Naples, Italy, Russo later worked in restaurants in Rome, Milan and Palermo before coming to the United States.
The menu he has pulled together features selections from around the world — hazelnut chicken served with poached pears ($13.95), prime rib ($12-$16), and cioppino ($11.95). But the focus is Italian-inspired food — without the lasagne or ravioli.
The menu is small — you don't have to wade through pages of selections — and emphasizes fresh vegetables.
The rich and warm decor will be familiar to former Oyster Bay Inn regulars. Nothing has changed — floral-leaved carpeting, etched glass, white table cloths, blond wood chairs, the view overlooking Oyster Bay.
The atmosphere is lovely (except for a few too-cute, wood-carved wall murals).
First up was a free, sample appetizer — strips of zucchini marinated in olive oil and garlic. The marinade left me wanting more but the zucchini was not quite tender enough.
The next appetizer made the whole dinner worthwhile. Called salmon pescatore ($6.95), it was a generous serving of sliced, smoked salmon, fresh lemon juice and capers — perfectly balanced.
Soups are where Russo's skills shine. They're full-bodied and slow-cooked. The garbanzo bean soup — sounds dreadful, but was luscious — featured a chicken-lamb stock with caramelized onions, bits of celery, carrots and, of course, garbanzo beans.
I should also mention here that Russo bakes his own bread — paneno, almost like an Irish soda bread. Hallelujah, there's one restaurant that chooses not to offer those hockey pucks that pass for bread.
The salad, on the other hand, was not so inspired. It was basically a bowl full of salad greens with two hunks of tomatoes — the square ones you find in the store. The balsamic vinegar dressing, though good, couldn't atone for what was underneath it.
For the entree, I opted for a pasta dish because Russo won the 1994 critic's choice award for pasta at the Amalfi restaurant in Indianapolis, where he worked before coming here.
The cappellini del golfo, shrimp in a clear garlic and parsley broth served over angel-hair pasta ($10.95), was good, but not great. The pasta was al dente. The shrimp was firm and the broth had a pronounced garlic flavor. But I wanted to be bowled over and wasn't.
For a lunch, I tried the chicken Florentine ($5.95), braised in white wine with rosemary, smothered with potatoes and accompanied by julienned carrots and green beans. The chicken should have been more tender, but the slow-roasted potatoes were PACKED with flavor.
The tiramisu, a custard-like dessert made with mascarpone cheese and lady fingers soaked in espresso ($3.95), was delicious. Rich and just right. Not overdone with coffee or booze, as can often be the case.
I also liked the fresh lemon sorbet ($3.25) in a pool of raspberry sauce — refreshing but a smidge too sweet. You'll have to work for this dessert, because it comes in a scooped-out lemon and is hard to eat.
Alfredo's is waiting to get its liquor license, so only non-alcoholic wines are available. Future plans include an espresso machine and lounge with piano bar.
To sum up Alfredo's, selections that were good were outstanding; those that weren't went thud by comparison. But I recommend it — as much for the overall experience as for the food.
Alfredo's
4412 Kitsap Way, 377-5510
Food: HHHH
Atmosphere: HHHH
Service: HHHH
* Hours: Weekdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. for lunch and 5 p.m.-9 p.m. for dinner; weekends from 5 to 10 p.m.; closed Mondays
* Prices: Moderate, $5.95 to $9.95 for lunch entrees and $11.95 to $15.95 for dinner.
* Checks and credit cards accepted
* Only non-alcoholic wines available so far
* Non-smoking only
* Handicapped accessible
All restaurant visits are made anonymously. The Sun pays for all reviewers' meals and does not accept invitations from restauranteurs to conduct reviews. The rating system includes HHHHH for "outstanding," HHHH for "very good," HHH for "good," HH for "fair," and H for "poor.
DINING OUT: Oyster Bay Inn: Culinary refuge on busy thoroughfare
* WHAT:Oyster Bay Inn * WHERE: 4412 Kitsap Way, Bremerton * PHONE:(360) 377-5510 * HOURS:Lunch 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday; dinner 5 to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 5 to 9:50 p.m. Sundays. Few clues on Kitsap Way hint of the pretty views that ... [Read More...]
Review--That's A Some Italian Ristorante
That's A Some Italian Ristorante 18881 Front St., Poulsbo 779-2266 Sunday, 10 a.m.-- 8:30 p.m. Monday -- Thursday, 11:30 a.m. -- 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m. -- 9:30 p.m. Beer and wine Smoking outside on the deck only Handicapped accessible Checks ... [Read More...]
2301 N. 30th St., Tacoma 627-0231 Food: 4 stars Service: 41/2 stars Atmosphere: 41/2 stars Price: moderate to expensive, $4.50-$9.50 for lunch and $7-$19 for dinner Checks and credit cards accepted Full bar with special menu Smoking and non-smoking sections Handicapped accessible on first floor Children's menu ... [Read More...]
Striving for Perfection
Cheese tops carciofi with angel hair pasta (left) and gemelli with vodka sauce (right). James Branaman | Kitsap Sun James Branaman | Kitsap Sun Elisa Corcoran, owner of Mon Elisa's on Bainbridge Island, pulls angel hair pasta from an extruder. James Branaman | Kitsap Sun Elisa ... [Read More...]
Oyster Bay Inn has right ingredients, if dash of culinary courage is added
Oyster Bay Inn 4412 Kitsap Way, (360) 377-5510 Food: HHH 3D4 Atmosphere: HHH 3D4 Service: HHHH 1D2 l Hours: lunch 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily except 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday brunch; dinner 5 to 9 p.m. daily except 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday. l ... [Read More...]


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5G Live! 15 Commercial Standardized 5G Networks Worldwide
1Q 2019: Global LTE Connections Rise to 4.4 Billion
BELLEVUE, Wash. – June 24, 2019– 5G, using 3GPP standardized wireless technology, has been commercially deployed by 15 mobile network operators worldwide, according to 5G Americas, the industry trade association and voice of 5G and LTE for the Americas and TeleGeography (GlobalComms Database). There will be an additional 47 launches of 5G technology expected before the end of 2019 for a total of more than 62 live 5G networks.
LTE will provide the solid foundation for 5G. Already, more than half of all the mobile wireless technology connections worldwide are LTE technology, with a reported 51 percent market share at the first quarter of 2019, providing 4G mobile broadband access to a large portion of the world's population with 4.4 billion global connections, according to data from Ovum.
"LTE continues its momentum worldwide, at the same time that 5G becomes a commercial reality in many parts of the world," said Chris Pearson, President, 5G Americas. "The mobile wireless industry has worked hard to provide technical innovation for both LTE and 5G for the benefit of customers globally."
LTE is currently deployed on 646 networks worldwide according to TeleGeography. In addition to growth in LTE deployments and connections, the LTE technology evolution continues to expand with 299 LTE-Advanced networks worldwide at 1Q 2019. In addition, although not publicized to any great extent, 60 networks may be considered LTE-Advanced Pro; 58 of which have deployed Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) and/or LTE for Machine-Type Communications (LTE-M) 3GPP Release 13 technology features for the Internet of Things.
"The Cellular Internet of Things is future-proofed by 3GPP standards, with many different use cases enabled by Narrowband-IoT and LTE-M, as we fully enter the massive Internet of Things era," stated Vicki Livingston, Vice President, Communications, 5G Americas. "These 4G LTE IoT technologies will form the foundation of the future success of 5G IoT services with Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications requirements for smart factories, connected car, public safety and other critical communications."
1Q 2019 - North America
LTE metrics for the U.S. and Canada continue to show regional leadership. LTE achieved 445 million connections and reached 121 percent penetration of the total population or 1.2 connections per person as of March 2019 compared to 140 percent overall wireless technology penetration. This is the highest penetration rate for LTE of any region in the world.
Comparatively, North America's market share for LTE at 87 percent far exceeds all other world regions; the next highest world regions are the Oceania, Eastern and South Eastern Asia region with LTE share of 70 percent followed by Western Europe at 54 percent (data by Ovum).
North America is also among the world's leading 5G innovators with three national operators offering live 5G services in numerous markets across the country and a fourth expected deployment this year. According to U.S. President Donald Trump, a proponent of 5G technology leadership for the country, there will be 92 U.S. cities with 5G services at the end of 2019.
LTE NB-IoT and/or LTE-M has been deployed by 5 U.S. and Canada operators
LTE is forecast to reach 473 million connections at the end of 2020 (including M2M)
5G connections are forecast to reach 4 million by the end of 2020 and increase to 186 million by the end of 2023
1Q 2018 - Latin America and the Caribbean
"Antel in Uruguay has launched the first 5G network in the region, with more 5G planned deployments to come, as Latin America and Caribbean operators continue to invest in advanced network deployments for LTE," commented Jose Otero, Vice President, Latin America and the Caribbean, 5G Americas. "With the support of governments in the region by providing more licensed and globally harmonized spectrum, the momentum and societal benefits provided by LTE and 5G will continue."
LTE's market share increased to 44 percent at the 1Q 2019, and is forecast to be the most widely used cellular technology in the region by the end of 2020.
698 million total mobile wireless subscriptions including 306 million LTE connections
LTE is forecast to reach 348 million connections at the end of 2019 (forecast includes M2M)
By the end of 2022, LTE is forecast to reach half a billion connections (forecast includes M2M)
1Q 2018 - Global
At the end of March 2019, global LTE connections reached 4.4 billion and market share reached 51 percent. LTE connections are forecast to reach 6 billion by year-end 2022 (forecast includes M2M) and 61 percent share of market. 5G technology is forecast by Ovum to achieve 37 million by year end 2020, grow to 156 million by end of 2021 and then increase to more than half a billion in 2022. 5G Americas' member company Ericsson has forecast that 5G subscriptions are expected to reach 1.9 billion in 2024.
The noteworthy development is that 3GPP standardized 5G technology has been launched in 15 markets globally with 62 expected total deployments by the end of 2019 (TeleGeography).
5 5G networks are set to launch by end of 2Q (June) 2019
11 5G networks are expected to launch by end of 3Q 2019
13 5G networks are expected to launch by end of 2019
An additional 17 operators have announced plans for deployment of 5G in 2019
More than 100 operators have announced their 5G deployment plans in 2020 and beyond and are testing, trialing and building their networks in stages of planned deployments
For more information and to view a variety of statistical charts on the 3GPP family of technologies, and for a list of LTE and 5G deployments by operator, by region visit www.5gamericas.org. Subscriber and forecast data is provided by Ovum and TeleGeography.
5G Americas is an industry trade organization composed of leading telecommunications service providers and manufacturers. The organization's mission is to advocate for and foster the advancement and full capabilities of LTE wireless technologies and their evolution to 5G, throughout the ecosystem's networks, services, applications and wirelessly connected devices in the Americas. 5G Americas is invested in developing a connected wireless community while leading 5G development for all the Americas. 5G Americas is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. More information is available at www.5gamericas.org or Twitter @5GAmericas.
5G Americas' Board of Governors members include: AT&T, Cable & Wireless, Ciena, Cisco, CommScope, Ericsson, Intel, Kathrein, Mavenir, Nokia, Qualcomm Incorporated, Samsung, Shaw Communications Inc., Sprint, T-Mobile US, Inc., Telefónica and WOM.


Includes the New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs.
Includes the entire Old and New Testaments.
We have ongoing access to the best wisdom in the world, and yet many of us hurry through our days without clear direction. We tell ourselves we don't have time, or the Bible is difficult to understand. Be encouraged that obedience often comes before wisdom and understanding. If we want to live our best life, then we must fill our minds with the Word of God.
Schedule a regular time and place.
Have a pen to mark the verses that stand out and write connections they elicit.
What does this text me about who God is?
What does this text say about who I am?


If you're looking for free live instruments samples for your productions, then this is the ultimate list for you! This list contains free .wav samples of pianos, all kinds of strings, guitars and saxophones.
If we missed any free samples or loops, please comment below and let us know!
This pack contains 20 different guitar loops recorded with Gibson guitars.
If you're looking for something lightweight, this is the pack for you. This pack contains close to 1,000 orchestral instruments samples. This pack includes basically every instrument you might need, from oboes to trombones, and from clarinets to grand pianos!
These S5/6000 samples were posted on the KVR forum as a free download.
This pack contains 11 rusty fender rhodes samples.
Over 40 samples of high quality, spacy rhodes samples.
This pack contains 9 violin samples (analog synth).
These samples are recorded with an Anton Krutz Double Bass. This pack contains 40 cello samples.
This pack contains 21 deep strings samples.
This pack is a taster pack of a larger pack, but it's so good that it should be on this list. This pack contains over 700 high quality strings samples.
Another free StayOnBeat pack with free strings, layered with guitars and rhodes.
This pack contains 10 live violin chord samples.
Here are 20 violin loop samples that you can add to your free live instruments samples library!
This pack contains 236 samples of separate acoustic guitar notes.
This pack contains almost 400 guitar samples of separate notes and muted chords.
This pack contains around 120 guitar samples.
These 392 samples of bass guitars could be very useful in your productions.
These funk guitar samples might be just what you need to spice up your tracks. All 289 samples are recorded at 110 bpm.
This pack contains 174 western guitar samples.
This pack contains 63 saxophone samples of separate notes.
This pack contains 12 different brass samples to add to your collection.
Another one of StayOnBeat. This pack contains over 70 live jazz trumpet samples and loops.
Like the title says, this pack contains 466 different jazz samples, ranging from guitars to organs. This one also includes drum samples.
These samples are a bit processed, but it's still a nice pack of 18 bell samples.


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By Aakriti Shrivastava Published: 15 Jul 2015, 5:30 AM IST
Viral Now: Pampers Pooface
Good old potty humour with newborns.
P&G's babycare brand, Pampers' recently-released 'Pooface' commercial has gone viral over the web. As the name suggests, the ad features toddlers, in their most natural state, that is, when making poo.
The video is a montage of clippings, showing babies as they do their business, making 'poo faces' and shot in slow motion to emphasise the expressions. While some infants seem amused, others are estatic and as few appear relieved, many are shocked by what is going on inside their nappies. The ad concludes with a message asking caretakers to not fear the mess. The ad has been creating instant connect with parents or anyone who has cared for a baby, as they do not fail to identify the 'decisive moment' of pooping.
It may be this connection that has led to many parents sharing their own kids' potty pictures with the hashtag '#PampersPooFace' on Twitter. The ad has been widely shared on Facebook and has turned out to be as popular in most parts of the world, including the UK and US. YouTube views for the commercial touched 2.2 million, a week after its release.
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It is really amazing, the planet we live in! I'm sure other planets in the Goldilocks zone also have the same view! These pictures were photographed by my daughter while we were on TPLEX (Tarlac-Pangasinan- La Union Expressway: an expressway connecting several provinces in Luzon) on our way home back to Metro Manila.
I haven't posted any for several days now. My blog's dashboard disappeared and my "New Post" button at the upper right hand corner was also gone. I don't know where to make a draft. How could I bring the dashboard back or restore them so I could publish my posts. HELP me my friend! Tulong please!!!
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Utah Football
Mountain West Conference power rankings
By JazzyUte Sep 12, 2007, 1:44am MDT
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In week two the Mountain West took a hit, as there were quite a bit blown opportunities of some major upsets. Yet, every team that played a BCS opponent, except one, actually kept it close. The lone victim, San Diego State.
TCU held a half time lead against Texas, BYU nearly rallied to beat UCLA in Pasadena, UNLV held a slight lead against Wisconsin with less than 2 minutes to go and Colorado State barely lost to a top-10 Cal team. A few breaks here and there and the Mountain West could have sent shockwaves throughout the college football landscape. Instead, they were 0-5 against BCS opponents, definitely a lost opportunity.
Team of the week: UNLV. The Rebels looked pretty poor in their opener against USU, but nearly shocked the country with their performance against Wisconsin. It's hard to believe the same UNLV team that won only 2-games last year, held a 13-12 lead late in the game. Unfortunately, the Rebels couldn't stop Wisconsin and dropped to 1-1 on the season. However, more play like that and maybe UNLV sneaks up on some teams this year.
Dud of the week: Utah. For the second week in a row, Utah holds this honor. While only New Mexico and Wyoming won Saturday, Utah had the worst loss. The Aztecs did get clobbered by Washington State, but that was on the road and against a pretty talented BCS team.
The Utes struggled on offense against Air Force and couldn't make key stops as the Falcons won 20-12. You should never lose a home game against a team that won only 4 games last year. And while I think the Falcons will be improved, they are not a more talented team than Utah. The loss was embarrassing and worthy of making Utah the dud of the week.
And now, the rankings...
Week Two Rankings
Rank Team Comments
1 The Frogs looked poised for a big upset early on, but then fizzled late against Texas. It was a loss that hurt, since many thought they were capable of beating the Longhorns. It's even worse when you realize they were outscored 34-3 in the second half. Depth was obviously a major issue, but that's typical when going up against BCS teams. TCU is still locked into the top spot, since no team was able to have an impact win.
2 Down 20-3, BYU roared back against UCLA and made it a game. The Cougars actually outscored UCLA 14-7 in the second half, yet were held scoreless in the 4th. The Cougars' offense looked decent and former BYU prised recruit -- and UCLA quarterback -- Ben Olson looked rather weak. Was that BYU's defense, or just poor play on his part? Hopefully it's the latter, since Utah plays Olson this week.
3 It was ugly early, but the Cowboys pulled out the victory. Wyoming is looking pretty good and at 2-0, possibly positioning themselves for a great season. They'll have a test this week though, as they face a Boise State team that was humbled by Washington Saturday.
4 Air Force is 2-0, 1-0 in Mountain West play and looking good. But they've only played one D1-A team this season and that game wasn't the greatest. The Falcons' win over Utah was fairly unimpressive, but a victory is a victory and I'm guessing Air Force will take it. Now it gets tough, as they face TCU Thursday.
5 How good is Colorado State? Well they're 0-2, but both losses have been really close. They took Cal down to the wire and should have beaten Colorado the week before. That's good because it shows that the Rams are competitive, yet bad because they're still 0-2. Just being competitive won't get the job done, they're going to have to start winning games. The Rams have a week off before getting that chance against Houston. That will be a true test, as it's a game Colorado State can reasonably win.
6 UNLV barely beats Utah State and then barely loses to Wisconsin. I'm confused! Are the Rebels now improving, or was that just Wisconsin overlooking an opponent? Hell, it's Vegas, maybe the entire Wisconsin team spent the night prior to the game out gambling, partying and having a good ol' time. We'll see whether they're for real this week, as they host #24 Hawaii.
7 A nice win for New Mexico, who had a track meet with their instate rival New Mexico State. It's funny, in week one they have a defensive battle and then in week two an offensive explosion. The issues with this victory are daunting, however. New Mexico State is not a good team and while they have an offense that loves to air it out, the Lobos defense should not be giving up 34 points to them at home. Look for a 180 this week, as they travel to Arizona. That, like the UTEP game, should be a defensive battle.
8 Chuck Long's second season with the Aztecs looks to be like his first. San Diego State was dominated, both offensively and defensively, against Washington State and looked lost for most of the game. While the Cougars are solid, there is no excuse for that defense to give up 38 complete passes and 469 yards through the air. That 38 completions is now a Washington State record, by the way. Expect more of the same next week, as San Diego travels to Arizona State.
7 Blah, this sucks. Utah shouldn't move up because they haven't proven to me they're better than last place. Every Mountain West team, outside of SDSU -- who's played only one game -- has shown some signs of life. The Utes, though? Nothing. Nothing on offense and while their defense looks decent enough, it won't be enough to carry this team. Hope things change and an upset against UCLA is the place to start.


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HomeAthlete Of The WeekMcClung named first team All-State in volleyball
McClung named first team All-State in volleyball
LHS senior Jaidyn McClung goes up for a monster spike during a Bull Run District match with Mountain View on Sept. 13.
~ Athlete of the Week selected by the publisher
LURAY — Last week, Luray High School senior Jaidyn McClung capped off a stellar season by being named to the first team of the VHSL Class 2 All-State volleyball squad.
Prior to the Nov. 30 release of All-State selections by the Virginia High School League, McClung was named the Bull Run District Player of the Year for a second consecutive season, and then the Region B Player of the Year. The senior standout surpassed 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs for her high school career late in the season and lead the Bulldogs to a Region B runner-up finish and a trip to the VHSL Class 2 state tournament.
Despite dropping six of their first 13 matches, Luray won nine of its last 11 heading into the Region B championship at East Rockingham. The Eagles had to fight for every point as they took the region title in a tough 3-1 match and ended their season as state runner-up to Glenvar. The Bulldogs finished the season at 16-10 after falling to Poquoson in three sets in a Class 2 state quarterfinal.
Other regional standouts among the All-State volleyball selections were East Rockingham sophomore Alliyah McNair (first team) and senior Madelyn Williams (second team), along with Central junior Bailey Sheetz (second team).
Glenvar (26-0) claimed a second-straight state title and touted both the Class 2 Player of the Year, senior outside hitter Claire Griffith, and the Class 2 Coach of the Year, Mark Rohrback. Glenvar only lost one set all season (78-1).
In addition to being captain of back-to-back state champion squads, Griffith ended her four-year career with 904 kills and 730 digs.
Eight players, plus a Libero and a defensive specialist, are selected as first-team All-State and second-team all-state. Only those players selected to the first-team All-Region teams are eligible for selection to the All-State team.
Each All-State selection committee is comprised of eight coaches (two from each region).
For more information on the state volleyball tournament, see the VHSL webpage on volleyball.
McClung named Region B 'Player of the Year' following Luray's loss in title game
Dramatic 3-2 win at Clarke propels Luray into Region B championship game on Tuesday
McClung named Bull Run's Player of the Year, Bulldogs place three on All-District squad
Bulldogs drop district semifinal to East Rock and travel to Buckingham Tuesday for Region B quarterfinal
Luray advances to district semifinal at East Rock with 3-0 quarterfinal win over Rapp
Bulldogs beat Panthers, 3-0, in regular season finale; Luray hosts Rapp in district quarterfinal
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Malaysian Sets Asian Record for Longest Love Poem
By Sarah Anne Lee
Selinaah Muralitharan | Image Credit: Arul'foto Arulnathan | Facebook
At just 21 years old, Selinaah Muralitharan – athlete, medical student, and poet – is a true all-rounder.
Official records for love poems? Yup, it's a thing! And as the newly awarded and current record holder for the 'Longest Love Poem' (English) in the region in the Asia Book of Records, Selinaah Muralitharan demonstrates an enviable control over her life – balancing full-time academic pursuits with a healthy dose of sports and keeping her creative side active with poetic expressions.
Selinaah Muralitharan earlier this year, receiving the Longest Love Poem by the Asia Book of Records | Image Credit: The Star
With 115 stanzas (four lines each) and a total of 2,641 words, 'My Soulmate' is inspired by a special friend of Selinaah's.
She had initially started writing the poem in November 2018, reaching 40 stanzas, but upon discovering that someone had achieved 100 stanzas, Selinaah sought to challenge herself, and the poem grew! Upon reaching completion in January 2019, it was recognised by the Malaysian Book of Records (MBR) as the 'Longest Love Poem' (English) in the entire county.
Her application for the poem to be considered for the Asia Book of Records, however, was delayed by lack of proper documentation. With the guidance and support of her family, Selinaah reapplied, and thus had her poem recognised.
Receiving the Malaysia Book of Records (MBR) award for Longest Love Poem (English) | Image Credit: Arul'foto Arulnathan | Facebook
As support for local literature is still very much independent and all over the place, no mention of where the poem can be found is available. We can only hazard a guess of it being part of her collection of published poems in A Hundred Thoughts (available here). Selinaah is currently in production of a second volume of collected poetry.
We did however, find the winning pieces of the Longest Love Poem in the whole world!
MARÍNA – Andrej Sládkovič (1844)
Image Credit: Real Love Bank.com
Written by this Slovakian poet upon receiving the news that his beloved, the namesake of this poem, was to marry another, the last verses were completed in 1846, a year into her matrimonial union.
At 291 stanzas in which are 2,900 verses, this poem held the title of World's Longest Love Poem for 173 years. In 2017, official registration by the World Record Academy, largest organisation for the certification of world records was successful.
Should you be able to visit Slovakia one day, an interactive exhibition celebrating this poem is open! To read the poem, click here (in its original Slovakian, Google Translate to English is available).
Luceafărul (The Morning Star) – Mihai Eminescu (1883)
Image Credit: Wikipedia
Of the romantic period during which intense emotion, ancient custom, and elements of medieval influence were rich, this Romanian poet was lauded as the era's finest genius.
Regarded as Eminescu's magnum opus, as well as one of the greatest accomplishments in Romanian literature, Luceafĕrul drew upon Romanian folklore, Romantic themes, Indo-European mythology, and self-reflection on his own identity and love. It took him 10 years to write this poem, and he soon succumbed to crippling mental illness soon after completion.
To read this poem in English translation, click here. To read more of his poetry, visit MyPoeticSide.com.
Divine Verse – Rajinder Tumber (2017)
Influenced by a Romanian ex-girlfriend who introduced him to Eminescu's work, and his own hopeless romantic experience, this British cyber security specialist and author won hearts with this his first attempt.
A four-part work, its 61 stanzas of 244 lines clocking in at over 2,400 words, this poem has yet to be officially recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as interests pertain to 'longest poem' instead of 'longest love poem'. Regardless, this modern rhyme of love and life that also contains references to Romantic Christian tropes of the Garden of Eden and Greek influence is worth checking out.
Get a Kindle version here!
And if you aren't the poetic type, this quote from Lemony Snicket's The Beatrice Letters, an accompaniment to his famous A Series of Unfortunate Events, does narrate the emotions of love just as well!
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package context

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/docker/cli/cli"
	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command"
	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/completion"
	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/formatter/tabwriter"
	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/context/docker"
	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/context/store"
	"github.com/docker/docker/errdefs"
	"github.com/pkg/errors"
	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
)

// CreateOptions are the options used for creating a context
type CreateOptions struct {
	Name        string
	Description string
	Docker      map[string]string
	From        string
}

func longCreateDescription() string {
	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
	buf.WriteString("Create a context\n\nDocker endpoint config:\n\n")
	tw := tabwriter.NewWriter(buf, 20, 1, 3, ' ', 0)
	fmt.Fprintln(tw, "NAME\tDESCRIPTION")
	for _, d := range dockerConfigKeysDescriptions {
		fmt.Fprintf(tw, "%s\t%s\n", d.name, d.description)
	}
	tw.Flush()
	buf.WriteString("\nExample:\n\n$ docker context create my-context --description \"some description\" --docker \"host=tcp://myserver:2376,ca=~/ca-file,cert=~/cert-file,key=~/key-file\"\n")
	return buf.String()
}

func newCreateCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
	opts := &CreateOptions{}
	cmd := &cobra.Command{
		Use:   "create [OPTIONS] CONTEXT",
		Short: "Create a context",
		Args:  cli.ExactArgs(1),
		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
			opts.Name = args[0]
			return RunCreate(dockerCli, opts)
		},
		Long:              longCreateDescription(),
		ValidArgsFunction: completion.NoComplete,
	}
	flags := cmd.Flags()
	flags.StringVar(&opts.Description, "description", "", "Description of the context")
	flags.String(
		"default-stack-orchestrator", "",
		"Default orchestrator for stack operations to use with this context (swarm|kubernetes|all)",
	)
	flags.SetAnnotation("default-stack-orchestrator", "deprecated", nil)
	flags.SetAnnotation("default-stack-orchestrator", "deprecated", nil)
	flags.MarkDeprecated("default-stack-orchestrator", "option will be ignored")
	flags.StringToStringVar(&opts.Docker, "docker", nil, "set the docker endpoint")
	flags.StringToString("kubernetes", nil, "set the kubernetes endpoint")
	flags.SetAnnotation("kubernetes", "kubernetes", nil)
	flags.SetAnnotation("kubernetes", "deprecated", nil)
	flags.MarkDeprecated("kubernetes", "option will be ignored")
	flags.StringVar(&opts.From, "from", "", "create context from a named context")
	return cmd
}

// RunCreate creates a Docker context
func RunCreate(cli command.Cli, o *CreateOptions) error {
	s := cli.ContextStore()
	err := checkContextNameForCreation(s, o.Name)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	switch {
	case o.From == "" && o.Docker == nil:
		err = createFromExistingContext(s, cli.CurrentContext(), o)
	case o.From != "":
		err = createFromExistingContext(s, o.From, o)
	default:
		err = createNewContext(o, cli, s)
	}
	if err == nil {
		fmt.Fprintln(cli.Out(), o.Name)
		fmt.Fprintf(cli.Err(), "Successfully created context %q\n", o.Name)
	}
	return err
}

func createNewContext(o *CreateOptions, cli command.Cli, s store.Writer) error {
	if o.Docker == nil {
		return errors.New("docker endpoint configuration is required")
	}
	dockerEP, dockerTLS, err := getDockerEndpointMetadataAndTLS(cli, o.Docker)
	if err != nil {
		return errors.Wrap(err, "unable to create docker endpoint config")
	}
	contextMetadata := store.Metadata{
		Endpoints: map[string]interface{}{
			docker.DockerEndpoint: dockerEP,
		},
		Metadata: command.DockerContext{
			Description: o.Description,
		},
		Name: o.Name,
	}
	contextTLSData := store.ContextTLSData{}
	if dockerTLS != nil {
		contextTLSData.Endpoints = map[string]store.EndpointTLSData{
			docker.DockerEndpoint: *dockerTLS,
		}
	}
	if err := validateEndpoints(contextMetadata); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if err := s.CreateOrUpdate(contextMetadata); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if err := s.ResetTLSMaterial(o.Name, &contextTLSData); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

func checkContextNameForCreation(s store.Reader, name string) error {
	if err := store.ValidateContextName(name); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if _, err := s.GetMetadata(name); !errdefs.IsNotFound(err) {
		if err != nil {
			return errors.Wrap(err, "error while getting existing contexts")
		}
		return errors.Errorf("context %q already exists", name)
	}
	return nil
}

func createFromExistingContext(s store.ReaderWriter, fromContextName string, o *CreateOptions) error {
	if len(o.Docker) != 0 {
		return errors.New("cannot use --docker flag when --from is set")
	}
	reader := store.Export(fromContextName, &descriptionDecorator{
		Reader:      s,
		description: o.Description,
	})
	defer reader.Close()
	return store.Import(o.Name, s, reader)
}

type descriptionDecorator struct {
	store.Reader
	description string
}

func (d *descriptionDecorator) GetMetadata(name string) (store.Metadata, error) {
	c, err := d.Reader.GetMetadata(name)
	if err != nil {
		return c, err
	}
	typedContext, err := command.GetDockerContext(c)
	if err != nil {
		return c, err
	}
	if d.description != "" {
		typedContext.Description = d.description
	}
	c.Metadata = typedContext
	return c, nil
}

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WE ARE HERE FOREVER Arc Review: Your new best friend?
I picked up an Arc of We are Here Forever by Michelle Gish at Emerald City Comic Con. Quirk Books also had Michelle stop by and sign some books! It was great to meet her at the signing. I fell in love with the cover art immediately, and I am so glad I found this comic!!!
How could you not fall in love with this cover!?
A hilarious graphic novel in which the human race has been supplanted by a sweeter, kinder, happier species…but are they as innocent as they seem? In this post-apocalyptic comedy, it's survival of the cutest! After the most adorable apocalypse ever, the human race has vanished from the earth, replaced cute, innocent, playful purple creatures called the Puramus. In this hilarious and epic graphic novel, short interlocking stories follow the purple pals as they explore their new home, form a mini-monarchy, and develop a modern society on par with 21st-century humans. A final act pulls us across time and space in the search for clues to the origins of the Puramus. Along the way, humor and intrigue abound: Can King defend his village when nobody understands what war is? Will Jingle work up the nerve to read her poetry at open mic night? Will Puff Puff ever stop floating? Based on the viral Tumblr comic that gained 18,000 followers in just one year, We Are Here Forever is for fans of post-apocalyptic sci-fi blended with dry comedy and undeniable cuteness. Colorful and cartoony art will you rooting for these cute critters through their absurd adventures. But where did they come from, and what happened to all the humans?
We are Here Forever began its life as a webcomic, and this graphic novel does not hold the full story. However, having no prior knowledge of the webcomic, I felt that I was fully capable of enjoying and loving these funky purple critters. They are full of so much life and emotion, I found myself laughing on every page.
I think this is a great example of an all ages comic. There are some lessons that are great for somewhat younger readers that are important reminders for older readers. This story also asks some big questions about the nature of humanity, and why we can't seem to get our acts together and coexist.
If you are looking for a new graphic novel to add to your TBR I highly recommend We are Here Forever! It goes on sale on July 30th, and I can't wait for more readers to fall in love with the Puramus.
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Chris Powell's Luton Town Preview
Chris Powell on Saturday's substitutions, injuries and Round Two of the Checkatrade Trophy.
On Saturday's defeat, the substitutions and whether he's had to pick the players up…
I'll be honest with you, I've had to pick myself up because I've got a bit of man flu or whatever you want to call it.
Managing is fine lines and our crowd and our supporters have been brilliant to me ever since I came to the club. On Saturday I had to make some big decisions, and I knew one of them would be quite controversial, I knew that. Looking back at it we were in the game at 1-1, we went 2-1 down and then 3-1 down and I was going to make two changes, and in the end I went with three.
Coxy was playing well, no doubt about it. He's my main striker now with Tom Hopper out, but I think a lot of people forgot he was carrying an injury. He took a heavy tackle in the game, of course he was playing on adrenaline and played on, I get that. But I've got to think about not losing yet another player, which I have for tomorrow because he hasn't trained since.
So, in the end I went positive with three strikers as such. I knew it would cause some controversy, but I'm manager and I have to make these decisions. I know people will go with them or not, and they didn't go with it.
Here's the fine line – we were 3-1 down and it becomes 3-2 and everyone is thinking we've got a chance. We make it 3-3 and we all know it's a legitimate goal. 100%. There's no way that goal should have been chalked off.
So, the fine line for me and any manager, that's what can happen. You can make changes and it can go in your favour and the team gets galvanised. All of a sudden, the momentum is with you and you could go on and get a replay or a fourth goal, who knows.
It's the fine lines that have not been going our way this year. So what do we do? We carry on. We come out fighting and show pride in whatever we do. It was a tough one to take, but it's gone. In the end we lost by a decision that was taken out of our hands. We wanted to be in the hat, but it's Barnsley who go to Burnley, but it's gone now.
Now we go into the Checkatrade Trophy and I'm missing some players. Simon Cox for sure and one or two others are 50/50.
On the game at Kenilworth Road...
It's a one-off game. They're going pretty well. We've got to galvanise ourselves, we've got to use young players. We've got some good ones and they're going to have to step-up, but if not we're going to have to help them. We've got to do our best to get a result because it's the game we're in and the game we all love.
We picked up a morale boosting win against Scunthorpe, Barnsley was a tough one where we could have got something from it. We didn't, and we move on. You always move on to the next game, you take it game by game.
Kenilworth Road is where we're at tomorrow, so we've got to do our best to pick up a result and pick each other up.
Luton Town vs Southend United on 05 Dec 18
Checkatrade Tophy


In Madison, Alabama, a "corporation" is defined as a legal entity that's separate from its owners. Therefore, from a legal standpoint, the owner of a corporation and the corporation itself are not the same "person."
This doctrine is recognized as "corporate personhood." While the concept is somewhat abstract, the law of Alabama treats corporations as individual persons, for most purposes. This means that, legally, corporations have many of the same rights, privileges, and obligations as living, breathing human beings.
One of these obligations is the duty to pay income tax in much the same way as an individual person.
Virtually every for-profit corporation in the U.S. is required to pay taxes on its income each year. Most states also have their own corporate income tax. All corporations in Madison, Alabama are required to pay it.
The federal corporate income tax rate is different from the tax rate that applies to individuals. The highest corporate tax rate at the federal level is 35% of income - applying to companies that make over .3 million per year. Corporations earning under ,000 pay a 15% tax rate. There are many tax brackets in between.
The tax rate in Alabama for corporations probably also differs from the taxes that individuals must pay. In some states, the government has decided that their interests would be best served by making corporate taxes as low as possible. So in many states, the tax rate for corporations is much lower than the one paid by individuals, unlike the federal corporate tax.
Corporations in Madison, Alabama are required to pay both the state and federal corporate tax. Failing to pay either (or both) of these taxes can result in severe legal penalties, including fines that may prove ruinous, especially for smaller businesses.
How Can a Madison, Alabama Corporate Tax Lawyer Help?
Most bigger companies have corporate attorneys and accountants on staff who help them comply with federal and state tax laws.
But most smaller Madison corporations cannot afford to have these professionals on staff. Therefore, they simply hire them as needed. If you are a business owner, and you have questions about corporate taxation, you should seek the counsel of a competent and dependable tax lawyer in Madison, Alabama as soon as you can.


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Józef Higersberger (15 lipca 1856 w Warszawie - 18 maja 1921) – polityk, prawnik, minister sprawiedliwości w gabinetach Jana Kantego Steczkowskiego i Józefa Świeżyńskiego, pierwszy prezes Najwyższej Izby Kontroli Państwa.

Życiorys
Jego ojciec, także Józef (1817–1896), był rzeczywistym radcą stanu, dyrektorem i wiceprezesem Banku Polskiego.

Ukończył studia na Wydziale Prawa zrusyfikowanego Cesarskiego Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, pracował jako adwokat w Warszawie, był radcą prawnym Towarzystwa Kredytowego Ziemskiego oraz przewodniczącym Koła Prawników Warszawskich. Latem 1915 mianowany przez władze niemieckie prezesem Sądu Okręgowego w Warszawie.

Był członkiem Rady Departamentu Sprawiedliwości przy Tymczasowej Radzie Stanu; w 1917 został prezesem Sądu Apelacyjnego w Lublinie, następnie Sądu Apelacyjnego w Warszawie.

Od 4 lutego do 4 listopada 1918 był ministrem sprawiedliwości w rządzie Jana Kantego Steczkowskiego (oraz jego tymczasowych następców - Stanisława Dzierzbickiego, Jana Kucharzewskiego i dwukrotnie Bohdana Broniewskiego) i krótkotrwałym rządzie Józefa Świeżyńskiego. 19 lutego 1919 został prezesem nowo utworzonej Najwyższej Izby Kontroli Państwa, położył zasługi w pierwszych latach istnienia urzędu oraz w pracach nad ustawą o izbie, której uchwalenia nie dożył. Zmarł jako prezes NIKP w 1921, jego następcą został Jan Żarnowski.

Spoczywa na cmentarzu Powązkowskim w Warszawie (kwatera 15, rząd 3, grób 12).

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Ryszard Szawłowski, Najwyższe państwowe organy kontroli II Rzeczypospolitej, Warszawa 2004

Absolwenci i studenci Cesarskiego Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Ludzie urodzeni w Warszawie (Królestwo Kongresowe)
Ministrowie Rady Regencyjnej Królestwa Polskiego 1917–1918
Politycy Królestwa Polskiego (1916–1918)
Polscy ministrowie sprawiedliwości
Prezesi Najwyższej Izby Kontroli (II Rzeczpospolita)
Zmarli w 1921
Urodzeni w 1856
Współpracownicy Tymczasowej Rady Stanu
Pochowani na cmentarzu Powązkowskim w Warszawie

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Criminal damage at play park in Carrickfergus
Tributes to young Co Armagh footballer Jamie Hoye who died suddenly
Hunter welcomes planned £80m mental health facility
SDLP East Derry MLA Cara Hunter has welcomed plans for a new £80m mental health facility on the site of Antrim Hospital.
Friday, 3rd December 2021, 7:06 am
East Derry MLA Cara Hunter
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council has been informed the facility is planned to open in 2026.
It will replace the current Holywell Hospital and the Ross Thomson Unit at the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine.
East Derry MLA Ms Hunter said: "I was delighted to hear details of this plan which will transform the way patients with acute mental health conditions are cared for in the North.
"Our current in-patient facilities are very outdated and the planned new hospital would allow us to bring our facilities into the 21st century.
"We have learned much about the best ways to treat people with mental health conditions since our current hospitals were built and I am glad to hear this has been taken into consideration in the plans for the new Holywell Hospital. If people are to get well then their environment has a key role to play in this, people need to be treated with dignity and respect and not feel that they have been locked up or put away and that their condition is something they should feel ashamed of.
"While the planned 134-bed building is a good start, the sad reality is that we have thousands of people with mental health issues currently across the North.
"While not all of these will require in-patient treatment, we need to ensure that we have the capacity to provide for those that do. Proper centres to treat patients of all kinds with mental health disorders must form a key part of Health Minister Robin Swann's mental health action plan. Quick access to the right treatment plays a key role in helping people with severe mental health conditions get on the road to recovery."
Cara HunterNewtownabbey Borough CouncilRobin Swann


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GT Legends es un simulador de carreras de autos deportivos desarrollado por SimBin Studios (más tarde Sector3 Studios) para Microsoft Windows. Está basado en los FIA Historic Racing Championships de 2005 para autos GTC y TC de los 1960s y 1970s.

Jugabilidad
Este es un campeonato en días modernos para autos históricos, y todos los diseños de los circuitos en GT Legends son de la era moderna, en contraste con juegos como Grand Prix Legends que en realidad están ambientados "en" tiempos históricos.

GT Legends tiene el mismo motor de juego que rFactor (desarrollado por Image Space Incorporated), un motor de físicas similar pero diferente código multijugador. En la prensa, fue muy elogiado por su realismo y sonido de calidad excepcionalmente buena.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Sitio web oficial
 Gamespot GTL Review
 Complete GT Legends Cars

Videojuegos de 2005
Videojuegos de carreras
Videojuegos de simulación de carreras
Videojuegos de SimBin Studios
Videojuegos desarrollados en Suecia
Videojuegos ambientados en Bélgica
Videojuegos ambientados en Francia
Videojuegos ambientados en Alemania
Videojuegos ambientados en Italia
Videojuegos ambientados en Suecia
Videojuegos ambientados en el Reino Unido
Videojuegos para Windows
Videojuegos exclusivos para Windows
Videojuegos de un solo jugador y de multijugador


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a boy is kneeling under a statue of bear that has a painting of a man on its back .
A boy sits under a bear with Einstein 's picture on it .
A picture of Albert Einstein on a white bear statue , with a little boy standing under the bear statue 's face .
A portrait of Einstein is painted on statue of a polar bear .
Painting of Albert Einstein on a bear with child reaching up .
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It will be recalled that Morocco had asked for a postponement of Africa's flagship competition from the original 17 January to 7 February 2015 dates, stating the Ebola virus as the reason for their demand.
But Hayatou said CAF was not convinced and that he personally did not understand why Morocco took that stance.
Speaking on French TV, the President said, "We will hurt our sponsors and partners. Everyone will say we are not ready and finally it is CAF that will pay the piper. That is what I told the Moroccans.
Hayatou explained that a new host is set to be confirmed this week.
And about the dates, he said "Once you postpone this event, it will open the door for everybody to ask for a delay of any competition and we will no longer be credible and cannot organise anything"
The 68-year old administrator, also the senior Vice-President of FIFA expressed disappointment at the situation, stating that Morocco's planned hosting of the FIFA Club World Cup in December demonstrates their ability to host AFCON as well.
"I led a delegation to Morocco and we had much dialogue with them that the Africa Cup of Nations, which is our main event, cannot be postponed because this is the credibility of the Confederation.
"They said the reason was Ebola but when we see also that Morocco is in the process of organising the Club World Cup, only 25 days before the Africa Cup of Nations, you understand that this is an argument that must be quickly erased.
"This has led us to this decision. I fully understand the position of CAF and it was absolutely necessary to end this standoff with the FRMF."


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The End of the Night Stalker, Richard Ramirez
Criminals & Crimes
Prevention & Safety
Investigations & Trials
His Capture, Conviction, Marriage, and Death
Bettmann Archive / Getty Images
by Charles Montaldo
Charles Montaldo is a writer and former licensed private detective who worked with law enforcement and insurance firms investigating crime and fraud.
The citizens of Los Angles were frightened as more news of the Night Stalker's latest victims circulated. Neighborhood watch groups were formed, and people armed themselves with guns.
On August 24, 1985, Ramirez traveled 50 miles south of Los Angeles and broke into the home of Bill Carns, 29, and his fiancée, Inez Erickson, age 27. Ramirez shot Carns in the head and raped Erickson. He demanded that she swear her love for Satan, then tied her up and left. Erickson struggled to the window and saw the old orange Toyota Ramirez was driving.
Remarkably, teenager James Romero III noticed a suspicious car cruising the neighborhood and wrote down the license plate number. He turned the information over to the police department.
Two days later, the police located the same Toyota abandoned in a parking lot in Rampart. They were able to get fingerprints from the car's interior. A computer match was made of the prints and identification of the Night Stalker became known. On August 30, 1985, the arrest warrant for Richard Ramirez was issued, and his picture was released to the public.
A Face Revealed
On August 30, Ramirez returned to LA after making a short trip to Phoenix, Arizona to buy cocaine. Unaware that his picture was all over the newspapers, he got off of a Greyhound bus and walked into a liquor store. The woman working inside recognized him and began yelling that he was the Night Stalker. Shocked, he quickly fled the store and headed toward the heavily populated Hispanic area of east Los Angeles. A small mob formed and chased him for two miles.
Captured by a Mob
Ramirez tried to steal a car, but the owner was underneath it doing repairs. When Ramirez tried to start the engine, the man pulled out from beneath the car, and the two struggled until Ramirez escape.
The mob that was in pursuit of Ramirez, now armed with steel rods, caught up with him, beat him with the rods and subdued until the police arrived. Ramirez, fearing that the mob would kill him, raised his hands to the police, begging for protection, and identified himself as the Night Stalker.
Endless Pre-Trial Motions
Because of the endless appeals on the part of the defense and Ramirez asking for different attorneys, his trial did not begin for four years. Finally, in January 1989, a jury had been selected, and the trial began.
Haunts of the Charlie Manson Trial
During the trial, Ramirez attracted several groupies who wrote to him regularly. The trial scene had haunts of the Charlie Manson trial, with women hanging around, clad in black robes. When one of the jurors failed to show up one day and was discovered dead in her apartment from a gunshot wound, many wondered if some of Ramirez's followers were responsible. It was later determined that it was the woman's boyfriend who killed her during an argument that erupted while discussing the Ramirez case.
Sentenced to Die
On September 20, 1989, Richard Ramirez was found guilty on 43 counts in Los Angeles County, including 13 murders, and charges including burglary, sodomy, and rape. He was sentenced to death on each count of murder. During the sentencing stage, it was reported that Ramirez did not want his attorneys to beg for his life.
While being led out of the courtroom, Ramirez made the sign of devil's horns with his chained left hand. He told reporters, "Big deal. Death always went with the territory. I'll see you in Disneyland."
Ramirez was sent to his new home, death row at San Quentin Prison.
The Virgin Doreen
On October 3, 1996, 36-year-old Ramirez tied the knot with one of his groupies, 41-year-old Doreen Lioy, in a civil ceremony held in San Quentin's visiting room. Lioy was a self-proclaimed virgin and a magazine editor with an I.Q. of 152. Ramirez was a serial killer waiting to be executed.
Lioy first wrote to Ramirez after his arrest in 1985, but she was one of many women sending love letters to the Night Stalker. Not willing to give up, Lioy continued to pursue a relationship with Ramirez, and in 1988, she had her dream fulfilled when Ramirez asked her to be his wife. Due to prison regulations, the couple had to postpone their marriage plans until 1996.
Death-row inmates were not permitted to have conjugal visits, and no exception was made for Ramirez and the virgin, Doreen. The situation was likely alright with Ramirez, who said that it was his wife's virginity that made her so appealing.
Doreen Lioy believed that her husband was an innocent man. Lioy, who was raised as a Catholic, said she respected Ramirez's satanic worship. This was demonstrated when she gave him a silver wedding band to wear since satanic worshipers do not wear gold.
The Night Stalker Dies
Richard Ramirez died June 7, 2013, at the Marin General Hospital. According to the Marin County coroner, Ramirez died from complications of B-cell lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system. He was 53 years old.
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Q: MySQL slow_log query_time 838:59:59 Desde hace unos días tengo varias consultas (6 en concreto) en la tabla slow_log cuyo valor en el campo query_time es 838:59:59. Son consultas simples que se ejecutan rápidamente desde MySQL Workbench y que no tienen bloqueos.
¿Alguien sabe por qué puede ser o si se debe a algún bug? Llevo un par de días buscando y no consigo ver nada. Es una instancia clúster de AWS RDS Aurora, con la versión 5.6.10a de MySQL. Adjunto los datos de las consultas que aparecen:

query_time   lock_time  rows_sent  rows_examined  sql_text
'838:59:59'  '00:00:00'   '0'        '0'         'SET autocommit=0'
'838:59:59'  '00:00:00'   '1'        '0'         'select @@session.tx_read_only'
'838:59:59'  '00:00:00'   '0'        '0'         'commit'
'838:59:59'  '00:00:00'   '1'        '1'         'select * from persona_login where persona_id=7686388'
'838:59:59'  '00:00:00'   '1'        '0'         'select @@session.tx_read_only'
'838:59:59'  '00:00:00'   '1'        '0'         'select @@session.tx_read_only'

Muchas gracias.
Un saludo

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Micro Mosaic Festoon Dove Bird Necklace, London Blue Topaz, Italy, Grand Tour Souvenir Jewelry. For your consideration is this beautiful redesigned micro mosaic dove bird festoon necklace. The old elements consist of all the micro mosaics and the chain and clasp.
The faceted London Blue Topaz are hand-wrapped in 14 karat gold filled wire. Necklace measures 17 in length.
Please examine photos for detail and condition. Occasionally I have people ask me if this is my best price for a given item. I prefer to list at my lowest possible price so my buyers are getting the best value.
I prefer not to artificially inflate prices only to dicker down. I don't feel that serves anyone. Yes, this is my best price.
A brief history of micro mosaic jewelry. Wearing micro mosaic jewelry became popular during the Grand Tour period (17th - 19th Century). Members of rich European families would travel around Europe, taking in the sights and cultures of different countries. Italy was a very popular tourist spot as it had a long and prestigious history in arts and culture - a favorite subject in aristocratic circles. It was also a famous glass producer, and Italian craftsmen quickly turned their glass making skills to making stunning miniature micro mosaic pictures for their rich visitors.
Flowers were a very popular subject. The item "Micro Mosaic Festoon Dove Bird Necklace, London Blue Topaz, Italy, Grand Tour" is in sale since Thursday, March 8, 2018. This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewelry\Fine\Victorian, Edwardian 1837-1910\Necklaces & Pendants". The seller is "italianmicromosaics" and is located in Sedona, Arizona. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Sweden, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica.