Mt Kenya Gardens is a private service provider company formed in the year 1996 with a sole objective of organizing smallholder farmers to produce and market fruits and vegetables, both in the domestic and export markets. The company owned by two partners (Gerald & Rosemary) enjoys the experience they attained in agriculture extension skills they achieved when working for the Government of Kenya. Our raw material production base is in the larger Meru and Embu Districts in the eastern foot hills of Mt.Kenya.
Mt Kenya Gardens believes that empowering smallholder farmers to be able to produce fruits and vegetables responsibly would spur their own development and sustainable agriculture across board. Hence, Mount Kenya Gardens focus on promoting initiatives that bring about food safety, improve quality and volumes. This has brought about employment to the community and as thus development.
Mt Kenya Gardens focuses on creating growth and results through partnerships and cooperation, developing synergies and allowing talent to flourish in the global fruit and vegetable industry. We employ more than 300 staff . With a company history stretching back over 15 years producing, sourcing supplying and trading in the country fresh fruits and vegetables, Mt Kenya Gardens provides an integrated supply chain from the grower source to all market segments and customers globally.
To be the best extension service and market link provider of choice for the rural smallholder farmers in the country and region.
To participate in complete horticulture value chain management through scaling up production, value addition and marketing, while ensuring best gains by all players.
Act in accordance with our values.
Be responsive to customers and employees, and producers.
Our enormous technical skill as results of long term job experience.
Our highly fertile agro-ecological zone on the slopes of Mt.Kenya.
Our good, highly trained and competent staff.
Our ability market high quality and competitive.
Our well-established operation base for coordination of all activities.
Our excellent network with key stakeholders and collaborators.
Our use of HCDA cooling deport in the production area.
1) Information Technology: So as to manage our production.
To install computers in our buying centres so that receiving and paying for fruits and vegetables is efficient.
ICT will improve our services in many ways and this is evident from the few computers we have in our offices. Improve the capacities of our staff in ICT through training.
2) Farmer and staff empowerment through vigorous training. This will culminate in achieving the various standards in traceability and global GAP.
3) Farmer buying centre development. These will consist of field stores, buying shed and improved fruits and vegetable washing points.
4) Develop three modern fruit ripening stores. This will be accomplished through buying ethyl catalytic generators and installing two in Nairobi and one in Meru. Mount Kenya Gardens will be the pioneer in this modern fruit ripening.
5) Open up Kisii farmers for growing Apple Bananas and purchasing the available crop which will be ripened in Nairobi. Train to empower these new farmers in modern Banana farming.
6) Introduce banana fruit maturing polythene bags. To import the bags from Egypt and sell them to the farmers so as to improve on the quality.
7) Open up an extra 200Ha of bananas and Papaya from the small scale growers. This is to increase on the production of quality fruits which is our main goal.
8) Open up other vegetable growing areas according to the presented newly installed water projects.
9) Explore the possibility of exporting fresh pineapples to Egypt.
10) Proceed with the new innovation of packaging which had stalled last year. Produce modern banana cartons and labels which is demanded by Nakumatt Market stalls. To be the pioneers in this line.
11) Finish and implement the company restructuring programme already started so as to have policy, and workable systems laid down.
12) Improve our post-harvest skills in fruit harvesting and transportation.
- Fertilizers in relation to the soils in the region.
- Rainfall patterns of the area in relation to the soils.
- Modern science of Banana and Papaya production.
- Post harvest management of fruits and vegetables.
- Vegetable good Agricultural practices to achieve various local and international standards.
- Training in farmer group organization so as to view Agriculture in the commercial extent.
- Exposure to other sustainable projects.
- Awareness of various horticultural crops gross margins so as to help in selection of enterprises.
- Training in production standard requirements.
- Company systems implementation and statutory requirements.
- Seasonal Cash flow problems;- Financing farmers in vegetable and fruit production through provision of inputs is very difficult before the produce is ready for market.
- Local of exposure to the foreign markets.
- Poor financial management skills and producer/customer negotiation acumen.
- Fresh produce poaching by unprofessional exporters.
- Poor fluctuations in the production areas.
- Inability to produce enough capital for fruit and vegetable value addition.
- Expensive packaging equipment: - Labeled cartons, empty crates and polythene bags.
- Training in modern store arrangement to attract customers.
- New innovations where packaging / labeling are introduced.
2. Ministry of Agriculture- Creation of fruit/vegetable farming awareness.
3. Office of the President. -Contracts and agreements witnessing.
4. Methodist Church in Kenya - Fruit farming awareness.
5. H.C.D.A - Parastatal in charge of horticulture development.
6. Frigoken/Everest - Buyers of the vegetables.
7. Nakumatt/Uchumi - Main fruit buyers.
1) Production Capacity Building - Vigorous training;- Farmers, Staff and Management.
- linkage to sources of finance to purchase farmer production inputs.
- Linkage to potential customers in Europe and China.
4) Packaging / Labelling.- Modern Banana ripening cartons.
5) Sourcing of inputs and packaging equipment locally and abroad.
6) Support in kind in the construction of farmer buying centres.
7) Support in company structures/systems document.
8) Importation and distribution of banana maturing polythene bags to farmers.


Interviewer: How long can an assault case last? Could they be pretty long and lengthy?
Martin Kane: It can be. It generally is not because, we can get these cases worked out but like any other case, it can take a considerable period of time. The thing to realize is that the attorney is trying to get the best disposition that he possibly can in a case. He's not as interested in doing it quickly, at least if he's doing his job properly. For instance, if I have a case and I've gotten a district attorney to make a specific offer that I'm not entirely happy with, I'm going to keep adjourning the case and trying to get a better disposition. That's a serious part of my job and I take that very seriously.
Interviewer: In other words, sometimes it helps when a case is actually a little bit more lengthy?
Martin Kane: Absolutely, yes. Generally, time is much more beneficial to the defendant than to the prosecutor. Again, I'm not saying that we're adjourning cases simply to delay them; what I'm saying is that very often, as the case goes on, we find we can work out a better disposition just because it is taking so much longer. Of course, the whole point is to get the very best that you can for the client.
It is Possible That An Alleged Victim May Exaggerate Claims Of Assault Regarding A Defendant?
Interviewer: Are there cases where the alleged victim admits to exaggerating a claim and decides that they want to drop the charges?
Martin Kane: Once again, generally when it reaches that point, the complainant, if he has not already said he wants to drop the charges, it's unlikely that he's going to want to at a later time. One of the somewhat uncomfortable parts of representing somebody in a criminal charge of assault is trying to work it out where if you've really caused somebody great injury and they have sustained great expense, sometimes as a part of a disposition we may offer to pay medical expenses or other expenses that our client is responsible for. You have to be extremely careful about that because you're not doing it to buy a complainant's willingness to drop or reduce a charge. That would actually be criminal behavior in itself. But sometimes, as part of a disposition of the criminal case, where a defendant is entering a plea, it's beneficial to offer a fair financial recompense as part of the agreement.
Interviewer: Are there any particular cases that you can think of, maybe in recent years, or some that stick out in your head that involve an assault charge that you helped defend?
Martin Kane: There are all kinds of issues but the issues are different in every case. I just recently tried a case which looked on its face like an impossible case where a rather rough looking man was accused of assaulting his former girlfriend's new boyfriend who happened to be a very respectable looking school teacher. It looked very bad for my client except we were able to get his cellphone records and, using expert testimony, we were able to show that when the alleged assault supposedly happened, he was nowhere near the incident and he couldn't have been at the scene or at least his telephone could not have been at the scene. When the district attorney called a telephone company expert witness to refute my expert, she wound up actually agreeing with my expert. Instead of my client being convicted, the jury acquitted him in less than an hour. Is that a typical case? No, because there really is no such thing as a typical case.
In another more serious case, my client was accused of assaulting and blinding a victim. He was picked out of a lineup by witnesses. This young man, an extraordinarily talented college student, was actually in a college dormitory at the time of the crime, according to several witnesses. More important, his Metrocard confirmed that he was nowhere near the scene of the crime. In short order, the district attorney agreed to dismiss the case and my client was allowed to return to class and continue his path to success.


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Il Rosso e Il Rosa
From February 2018 to January 2019, the MEF played host to the "Il Rosso e Il Rosa" exhibition, a celebration of the bond between Ferrari and its female enthusiasts through models from all its various eras that were driven by exceptional women from the worlds of entertainment, sport and the nobility.
"Driving with the Stars"
In 2017, the MEF staged a major exhibition featuring some of the most stunning and representative Ferrari models from every era in its history: the cars that won the hearts of the great stars of stage, screen and sport.
There is more to the Ferrari legend than races, victories, technical data and Motor Shows.
It is also a story of famous men and women: iconic sportspeople, actors, singers, musicians and drivers who, in the course of their own careers, fell under the spell of the Prancing Horse's dream cars.
Stars of stage, screen and sport all united by the same passion for red sports cars. In some cases, that passion ran deep and enduring, in others it was love at first sight, as sudden and all-consuming as a lightning bolt.
Red Carpet. The Ferrari Star System
An homage to world cinematography and the Ferrari show-stealers of all eras
In February 2016, the Museo Enzo Ferrari in Modena officially opened the "Red Carpet. The Ferrari Star System" exhibition, a celebration of the world of cinema and TV, and the Ferraris that have been the stars of both on so many occasions.
Featured in the exhibition was everything from the 308 GTSs driven by Magnum P.I. to the Miami Vice Testarossa, the 512 S seen in the movie Le Mans, and the 375 America driven by Sofia Loren in Boy on a Dolphin.
Even off set, many celebrities from the entertainment world were Ferrari devotees. Paul Newman competed in high-profile races of the likes of the 24 Hours of Daytona in a 365 GTB4, while Steve McQueen owned a veritable fleet of Ferraris now much sought-after by collectors. Neither were actresses immune to the charms of the Prancing Horse: Marilyn Monroe adored Ferraris and the star of the exhibition, the 250 GT Cabriolet Pininfarina clothed in a cool white livery, was one of her favourites.
Ferrari's homage to Pavarotti
Between February 2015 and January 2016, the Museo Enzo Ferrari recreated the meeting between two world-famous men who, although they had chosen very different careers, enjoyed the same charisma, success, ambition and glory: Enzo Ferrari and Luciano Pavarotti.
Ferrari was born in 1898, Pavarotti in 1935, so there was a 37-year age difference between the two men. However, they both reached the peak of their fame and achievement at around the same time: when Pavarotti was enjoying his first major successes in the 1960s, Ferrari, who had started building cars under his own name in 1947, was proving his talent as a constructor in no uncertain terms on tracks across the world and selling his road cars to international celebrities.
The Museo Enzo Ferrari created this homage to the great tenor in collaboration with the Fondazione Luciano Pavarotti.
So don't miss the opportunity to relive and explore the exhibition through its online virtual tour: "MEF 2015: Ferrari's Homage to Pavarotti".
Century of pure italian luxury sports cars
Between 2014 and January 2015, the Museo Enzo Ferrari played host to the ''Century of pure Italian luxury sports cars'' exhibition dedicated to Maserati's 100th anniversary. Although originally founded near Bologna, the Trident marque moved to a premises in Modena just a few hundred metres from the Museo, at the end of the 1930s.
The exhibition revealed Maserati's fascinating and little known story, centring around the Trident marque's glorious victories with Nuvolari, two wins in the Indy500, Formula 1 World titles with Fangio and, of course, its sports prototype racers and elegant road-going GTs. Ferrari's most famous models were also shown alongside the corresponding Maseratis from the various eras.

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With apologies to John Anealio of the Functional Nerds.
16) The hotel's robot velociraptors? As in the reptiles that like to eat warm, bloody still live things? Who the effing named them? And what do they look like? Is this a joke?
I got my meds adjusted today. Is reality being tinkered with yet again?
@5 Mapping the Bones was a terrific work, in multiple senses of the word.
@11 ctd: I'd say that The Truman Show is at least as genre as …Events, not the least for its explicit callout to The Prisoner.
Impressed you know him as I found him. There's actually at least another one out there as well I discovered. Illustrator if I remember correctly which I won't count on a day on with my memory being what it is.
Unfunctional right now. Exhausted. Nothing really wrong. Just tired. Busy day. Accomplished adulting things.
(11) Nitpicking a bit, but it's Nevil Shute (full name Nevil Shute Norway).
@Andrew — the resemblance of "Eternal Sunshine" to Kessel's "Hearts Do Not in Eyes Shine" has indeed been noticed … indeed I recall discussing it with John himself a little while ago. I don't think there's any acknowledged influence.
That Mary Poppins bit was really funny.
But it looked to me like "No selection" is one of the options.
The first genre appearance of James Earl Jones that I remember (I saw Dr. Strangelove but didn't really remember him from there) was when he played the real-life Barney Hill in the 1975 tv movie The UFO Incident. This was based on the book about Barney and Betty Hill and their supposed UFO abduction — they didn't remember it happening, but under hypnosis to figure out why they had gaps in their memories they both told similar stories. 40 years after my one viewing of this, I still remember the sheer terror Jones exhibited telling his story of alien encounter under hypnosis.
And — totally non-genre — most people who saw his brief tv series Gabriel's Fire will certainly remember him eating a hot dog. Maybe his best performance ever.
Nitpicking a bit, but it's Nevil Shute (full name Nevil Shute Norway).
I mispelled Nevil Shute's name in my MA thesis in the same way Cat did. It didn't even occur to me to check that he might be spelled differently (and I checked all other spellings and middle initials, but for some reason I never checked his).
On the day I handed in the thesis, I walked across campus and browsed one of the used book stalls there. I'd browsed that stall lots of times before, but decided to take a quick look if they had gotten anything new in. And I found a battered copy of "A Town Called Alice" by Nevil Shute, which definitely hadn't been there a few days before. I saw the spelling and blanched and ran back to the MA examination office (even though the mere prospect of going there normally made me sick, because the people working there were some of the rudest on campus) to get the thesis back (which was already printed, bound etc…), so I could correct the error, even if I had to reprint the whole damned thing. Alas, the office was already closed.
And the kicker was that my thesis supervisor never noticed the error either.
And that's why I will never forgot how Nevil Shute is spelled.
@Cora – A cautionary tale with a happy ending!
17) I am disappointed that the Red Planet may not be considered suitable for a nice glass of red.
I completed 'The Dreaming Stars' and found it improves on the enjoyable 'Wrong Stars'. More character backstory is supplied, and the climax resolves itself in a satisfying and unexpected manner. Now 2/3rds through reading 'Foundryside' and enjoying it. In the car I have seen Bren Cameron safely back to Najida for a bath and a cup of tea (Betrayer), and now finding 'The Handmaid's Tale' still compellingly horrifying.
Captain Mike has made me file tonight!
Ken Richards: I completed 'The Dreaming Stars' and found it improves on the enjoyable 'Wrong Stars'. More character backstory is supplied, and the climax resolves itself in a satisfying and unexpected manner.
My apologies to ABBA… And, also, "pixel" is really hard to find a rhyme for.
The phrasing suggested uncertainty about whether Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was a genre film.
After Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey break up, she goes to a commercial firm to have her memories of her former boyfriend deleted. The movie follows on from that (science-fictional) service.
I thought it was a delightful film on its initial release. I don't usually like Jim Carrey's performances.
@Ingvar: not if you "fixel" things…..
His first genre film is Once Bitten whose content is obvious from its name.
And they didn't call them velociporters?
I've known for a long time that James Earl Jones was in *Dr Strangelove*, but somehow never knew his character had such a gonzo name.
May is going to be a busy month for movies for me – John Wick, Godzilla, and Tolkien, and I think I've forgotten at least one more.
A mixel-pixel-clixel little boxel, full of Kal-Els?
Good morning, filers! I am at ConFusion 2019. Arrived yesterday around noon and helped with setup. The fans and writers and artists are arriving in the face of a winter storm warning here in sunny, warm Detroit, Michigan.
Tomorrow I will speak on three panels. With the staggering amount of talent in attendance, I already feel some serious impostor syndrome.
First none 'll come, then all the ticks 'll.
(8) One of my pet peeves is stories where humanity has abandoned Earth for no discernable reason. The article nicely points out that we're not likely to irradiate the Earth to the point where it's worse than the second-best choice in our own solar system, and it lists examples where people had good reason to leave (e.g. some experiment collapses the Earth into a black hole).
And yet every year a few stories still manage to get into print where humanity has "had to abandon Earth" due to climate change or something.
Meridith Moment: Elizabeth Hand's Winterlong Trilogy (Winterlong, Aestival Tide, Icarus Descending) is available for $4.99 at the Usual Suspects.
@Jeff Smith: It sounds to me like The UFO Incident isn't genre; if Jones was playing a real-life person, the work is either fact or hallucination, not fiction. OTOH, there is a very stretched genre connection: SFF author James MacDonald, who lives and works somewhere in that area, had a coherent explanation for what the "UFO" could have been.
@Chip. Of course you're right, but if it's a narrative about humans and aliens, it's genre to me. I got the book The UFO Incident as a special non-fiction selection from the Science Fiction Book Club back in the 1970s, but I read it as sf. Really, what's the difference between this and The X-Files?
One of the best pieces of acting ever done. The man's a master.
#1) Well, this reminds me way too much of the recent scene in The Good Place with the Good Place committee, but we will wish them good luck with it.
Well, they look like what Jurassic Park called velociraptors. Which look as much like real velociraptors as Big Bird looks like a canary.


"Spoiler alert, he didn't," Maher said on his talk show Real Time With Bill Maher, last night. "Which you'd think would have made the followers go, 'Well, I guess that was a bunch of bulls**t.' Seventh-Day Adventists refer to the world not ending in 1844 as the Great Disappointment. They're disappointed that the world still exists. I don't have to agree with a politician on everything; we can disagree on abortion, entitlements, paid sick leave, the earned income tax credit, but the earth staying is kind of a deal breaker for me."
That's not all. Maher went on to ask how Carson can be so concerned with political matters if he's so busy preparing for The Rapture. "How serious can people like this be about wanting to improve the future when they don't think we'll be around for it?," he said. "A majority of Evangelicals say Christ will either probably or definitely return to earth by 2050, depending on his schedule. So why fix the streetlights if there's just going to be a big fight with Satan? Why reform healthcare? Why wear pants?"
To end the shade, Maher took one last jab at Carson regarding his comment that he could. "feel God's fingers pushing him to be president." Maher's response: God should keep his fingers to himself.
Did you see Ben Carson talk God and money and God on money at the #JusticeForumBET? Check out some of the highlights below and click Video News for more clips from Carson, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O'Malley.


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By Trisha Low
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Theory & Philosophy
When Trisha Low moves west, her journey is motivated by the need to arrive "somewhere better"--someplace utopian, like revolution; or safe, like home; or even clarifying, like identity. Instead, she faces the end of her relationships, a family whose values she has difficulty sharing, and America's casual racism, sexism, and homophobia. In this book-length essay, the problem of how to account for one's life comes to the fore--sliding unpredictably between memory, speculation, self-criticism, and art criticism, Low seeks answers that she knows she won't find. Attempting to reconcile her desires with her radical politics, she asks: do our quests to fulfill our deepest wishes propel us forward, or keep us trapped in the rubble of our deteriorating world?
Coffee House Press (8/13/19)
Breathing: Chaos and Poetry
By Franco "Bifo" Berardi
Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling
By Philip Pullman
By David Harvey
We Are the Crisis of Capital: A John Holloway Reader
By John Holloway


Julius Caesar opens twelfth season!
Julius Caesar, the first play in the Rude Mechanicals twelfth season and Steve's tenth full-length production with the company. We'll start the live pre-show music at 7:30 p.m., with the show at 8. For this summer, 2014, we'll be in Marr's Spring Park, just down the hill from Rowand-Johnson on the UA campus. Plenty of parking available at Rojo, or at ten Hoor across the street. Bring chairs and/or blankets. All free, and worth every ducat. Contact us here, or call 348-0343 or 310-5287.
An American girl, Deirdre O'Connell, is the heroine of this unusual history of a Dublin theatre.
Born and raised in the Bronx, of Irish immigrant parents, O'Connell studied acting at the New York Dramatic Workshop and then with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. There she was introduced to The Method, the Stanislavski System, which became the ruling passion of the rest of her life.
Incidentally, she was not alone. American method actors include Marlon Brando, Sidney Poitier, James Dean, Paul Newman, Rip Torn, Eli Wallach, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Al Pacino, Karl Malden, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Gazzara and Marilyn Monroe.
The Method was a thoroughly established training technique in the United States, but not in Ireland, when in 1963 Deirdre O'Connell, age 23, moved to Dublin and established her teaching studio and repertory company, Focus Theatre, finding its physical home in an abandoned clothing label factory on Pembroke Place. Working on a shoestring, she kept the workshop and the small, 72-seat theatre going until . . . . .
Read the rest of the story at APR.org.
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Windburn is a condition which affects the entire skin of the body when exposed to strong and very cold winds. It occurs due to the skin's exposure to cold wind and low humidity. These two conditions lead to depletion of the oil layer of the skin causing a drying effect which looks like a burn.
One of the most recommended measure for treating and preventing windburn is to bundle up. Every part of your body needs to be completely covered. Leaving any part exposed to the cold increases the likelihood of getting windburn. Whenever you spend your time outdoors, cover your hands with gloves, a scarf to protect your neck and chin, a headband or a hat to cover your ears, and a face mask to protect your cheeks, nose and forehead. Moreover, you may wear goggles to protect your eyes.
Sunscreen is a mandatory item for your skin any time of the year. It's highly recommended to wear a moisturizer and a sunscreen when you are out in dry cold weather. The sunscreen reduces the drying effect on the skin, thus reducing the chances of getting windburn.
It is advisable to moisturize wind burned skin frequently so as to protect it against more adverse effects. The best moisturizer for this case is petroleum jelly. If you can't use petroleum jelly, then look for other products that have jojoba oil, Shea butter or beeswax. Non-acidic products without fragrances are highly recommended since they don't cause skin irritations.
Your lips are vulnerable to windburn just like the other parts of the body. It's therefore important to give them extra protection. Lip balms with sunscreens like Blistex and ChapStick are recommended. Also, lip balms that contain SPF will moisturize and nourish your dry lips.
One of the best measures to avoid windburn is staying inside your home. This means that there are no chances of being affected by chilly weather. Staying indoors is also beneficial as you can keep yourself busy with household chores, or try some other body workouts.
Take necessary measures if you know that in the next few hours, you will spend most of the time outdoor. Avoid washing your face or shaving the head. Doing so removes the natural oils which offer protection against the cold dry weather.
If your skin is affected by windburn, it is obvious that you would not like to advertise it to the outside world. One of the best methods to counter the effects of wind burnt skin is eating food full of vitamin E. This vitamin is very essential in healing the skin. Vitamin E is readily available in avocados, greens, almonds and broccoli. Other than these foods, try others with vitamin E, though the ones mentioned are the best choices. Another way of getting vitamin E is by opening vitamin E caps and then applying them on the skin directly.
Windburn might be very severe on your skin, such that it becomes very painful. Besides this, the skin may swell up and become sore. When this happens, it is advisable to take an anti-inflammatory drug to ease the soreness and the discomfort associated with the windburn. Anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen are recommended to ease the pain and accelerate the healing process. Alternatively, combining a pain reliever with a skin moisturizer could also reduce the soreness and pain on the skin.
After leaving the cold chilly weather, health experts recommend that people should not go directly to hot places – like where there is fire or heaters – to defrost themselves. Instead, they should leave the skin to be defrosted by the indoor room temperature. This makes the skin heal naturally. Furthermore, use of mild cleansers and hot baths must be totally avoided at this time.
The best way to avoid windburn is to bundle yourself. Keeping your face, hands, neck, lips and all other parts covered keeps windburn far away from you. Don't get wind burn this winter, but if you do, use the tips above to combat it.
Joecy Parker is an Online Manager for Dermatend – Cream for Moles and Skin Tags. She likes to Blog about Health, Beauty and Skin care. You can also follow her on Twitter.


A heavy metal project born in Mexico and now residing in Canada, Hellnite started as a thrash band in 2010, releasing their Manipulator EP in 2013. Mastermind Paolo Belmar felt the need to incorporate and expand upon his influences, which range across the board through progressive, death, classic heavy metal and even hard rock nuances- so it's evident on this follow-up full-length Midnight Terrors that listeners can expect a different, broader spectrum of material.
After a few spins, it's clear that diversity wins supreme – many of these arrangements may start from a heavy metal platform, but there is everything from progressive guitar/ drum tempo gallops during "Beasts from the Deep", all out thrash assaults for "Stage on Fire" as well as 80's riffs of evil a la Mercyful Fate during the title track. Paolo plays a major role as producer, composer, guitarist, bassist and vocalist – his main delivery has an accented raspy quality, very much in line with a younger version of Ron Royce (Coroner). The guitar action is crisp and clear, continually possessing melodic traits and hooks that could easily catch metal maven attentions everywhere – one of the standouts being the exotic Iron Maiden-like activities during "Phantom Force". A couple of major disappointments occur when it comes to the overall final product relating to the drum programming and numerous stop/start moments throughout the songs. The predictable fills and mechanized flow often mirror the music to a tee – so much so that it can flatline the mood that Hellnite is trying to achieve. Check out "Spirits Prevail" to hear weird stop/starts and ho-hum transitions that may have been cool 35 years ago, but just sound pedestrian and rehearsal-level in today's crowded marketplace.
Despite all the requisite logo/cover art elements that should make this a winner, Midnight Terrors feels like Hellnite is stuck in a transition period as to where they want to go musically. It's a case of buyer beware, with talent present yet not fully realized.


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No Male Winners Mentioned #MeToo or Time's Up in Their Golden Globes Awards Acceptance Speeches
Ewan McGregor at the Golden Globe Awards 2018 (iNews UK)
At this year's Golden Globe Awards ceremony, all eyes were on the women. The vast majority of female attendees wore black in a bid to draw awareness to the persuasive problem of sexual harassment in Hollywood and beyond. The effort was coordinated by Time's Up, a new initiative started by 300+ Hollywood women to combat harassment for women in service-oriented jobs.
Time's Up grew from #MeToo, the social media movement spawned in the wake of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment scandal where women hashtagged the phrase to indicate that they too had been sexually harassed.
While men in Hollywood proclaimed their support leading up to the Golden Globes, they didn't put their money where their mouthes were: No man who accepted a Golden Globe Award at this year's awards ceremony mentioned Time's Up or #MeToo. This includes those men who wore Time's Up pins in a shallow show of solidarity.
Weird, right? You'd think that if men wanted to be allies to women in the fight against sexual harassment, they'd do more than merely give what amounts to visual lip service to the cause. This contrasted with the women, who showed up and walked the walk. Many female winners of the night, including Elisabeth Moss, Laura Dern, and Nicole Kidman, mentioned the movement and that the tide was turning.
Ten men could've spoken in support of the movements when accepting their awards, and yet chose not to.
Posted on January 9, 2018 January 9, 2018 by SCE Posted in Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment	Tagged "iNews UK", "USA Today", #MeToo, Ewan MacGregor, Golden Globe Awards 2018, Golden Globes, Hollywood, Maeve McDermott, Time's Up	Leave a comment
Trends: Updating Classic Films to Be More Inclusive
Emma Watson as Belle in 'Beauty and the Beast' (The Leaky Cauldron)
Within the last few years, many films have been updates to classic films. While it's no secret that Hollywood likes to recycle its own ideas, there's now a push to make the films more inclusive.
The 2016 release of "Ghostbusters" brought one change to the classic film: the ghostbusters were all played by women (the very funny Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones). While some butthurt fanboys cried that the reboot killed their childhood (actually, they usually used a much more brutal, assault-y verb for it), the movie brought in $46M+ on its opening weekend, and grossed $229M+ over its theatrical run.
"Ocean's 8," which will be released in (wait for it…) 2018, will also feature all female leads in its remake-of-a-remake. (Seriously, the first version involved Frank Sinatra and his boys' club Rat Pack and was released in 1960.) But "Ocean's 8" does one better than "Ghostbusters" in that it's more diverse. In addition to Anne Hathaway and Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Mindy Kaling and rapper Awkwakfina will also star in the ensemble. And that first cast photo looks lit.
This weekend, Disney is releasing a live-action version of "Beauty and the Beast." This movie has a lot going for it: For starters, Emma Watson as the titular character gives it some feminist cred. Watson had a lot of input on the character, and Belle doesn't wear a corset and is an inventor. (Remember, in the original 1991 film, Belle's father was the inventor with the wacky contraptions.)
Updating the characters to reflect modern times also extends to the supporting cast. Le Fou, muscle man Gaston's main lackey, is now going to be gay. And in love with Gaston. Which puts a lot of things into perspective, actually. Though Le Fou will be the first openly gay character, he's far from the only gay character that Disney has created.
The movie will also feature the first two interracial kisses in a Disney movie: one between wardrobe Madame de Garderobe (Audra McDonald) and harpsichord Cadenza (Stanley Tucci), and the other between candlestick Lumiere (Ewan McGregor) and feather duster Plumette (Gugu Mbatha-Raw). And Disney is here for it.
I can't wait to see how Disney movies continue to grow and evolve in terms of representation in the future.
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By common account, the reorganizations of Chrysler and General Motors were extraordinary cases, very much alike, but different from any other. Government intervention on such a scale is not likely to recur and, given their peculiar character, these bankruptcies offer few lessons for corporate reorganizations as a general matter. This essay suggests that this perception is fundamentally wrong. Each case presented a radically different challenge for the bankruptcy system. Moreover, these two distinct challenges, far from being unusual, are not particularly related to the fact of government involvement and are likely to recur many times. The debate over speedy sales of businesses in Chapter 11 is over. Sales are now the norm in large reorganizations. Instead of asking whether there should be sales in bankruptcy, we need to ask how to police various forms of abuse. The principal types of abuse derive from where the controlling creditor lies in the capital structure. In both Chrysler and General Motors, the government was simply a large creditor exercising control over its debtor and pushing for a speedy sale of the assets. But because the government occupied different places in the capital structures in the two cases, the legal challenges were altogether different. Together they capture the issues central to large Chapter 11 cases today.
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Tony Silverman revisits the debate on compensation culture in the UK
Last year a GIRO working party published a research paper entitled 'The Cost Of Compensation Culture'. The paper generated enormous media interest, including national newspaper coverage. There was a leader article in the Financial Times commenting on the paper, which started with 'Britain's actuaries '. The attempt by the GIRO working party to engage with a pivotal issue for non-life insurance is welcome, but how representative was the picture painted?
The United States comparison
The '2% but coming down' figure for the US comes from a 2002 Tillinghast study, referring to 2000, while the UK number of '1% rising at over 10% per year' is derived in the paper. I must admit to some surprise on first reading the paper that the UK number could be remotely in the same ballpark as the US number, given that the differences between the UK and US civil justice systems are so big. The comparison of these two numbers on the front page surely made many readers sit up and think 'I didn't realise we were already that close to the US'. This was an important part of the paper's message.
A closer look revealed the following factors, which suggest that the real picture is somewhat different:
Perhaps most importantly, the UK number includes employers' liability claims. These types of claim are usually part of the workers' compensation insurance in the US, which is not included in the Tillinghast numbers.
The UK number includes several government-paid schemes (for example compensation to farmers for BSE), which are an important part of the UK total. The Tillinghast US study is restricted to private insurance (and self-insurance) costs.
After publication of the 2002 paper, Tillinghast's 2003 paper showed that US tort costs in 2001 increased, rather than decreased, as a percentage of GDP.
The Tillinghast US study excludes punitive damages, which you cannot legally insure against in most US states. Yet the working party's paper relies heavily on punitive damages to paint a picture of a supposedly dysfunctional US system. This dovetails nicely with a commonly held UK picture of the US system deeply affected by reports of verdicts that include punitive damages. The misleading implication is that the UK (1% rising at over 10%) is close to a US-type outcome (2% but coming down) characterised by the cases quoted. In reality the damages in such cases are mostly excluded from the 2% number, so it is likely to be higher in reality.
What of the UK system?
A major plank of the paper concerns the UK conditional fee agreements (CFAs) originally introduced in 1995, intended to increase the proportion of legally valid potential claims entering the UK legal system.
Under this system there was still a liability for the defendant's corporate lawyers' fees if a claimant lost. There was also the cost of the success fee to be paid if a claimant won, which was not recoverable from the defendant. In 2000, the rules were amended to make defendants and their insurers, if they lost, liable for any after the event (ATE) insurance purchased by the claimant to cover liability for defendant's legal fees, and for the success fee element of a CFA. At this point the original intention of increased access to justice began to take effect, as is described in the paper.
At the same time, the gap between the lower proportion of potential claims handled by the old legal aid system and the higher level appropriate to the new system, was filled by the claims management companies (CMCs), some of which developed questionable business practices. The UK public is still less likely to pursue a claim than might ideally be necessary for the new system to work efficiently, and arguably this has provided the CMCs with a role.
What the paper does not do is offer any real evidence that the UK system is awash with frivolous or invalid claims. The attempt to do this by proxy, using a comparison with the US, is flawed, as detailed above. According to a 2002 Datamonitor report, the number of personal injury claims in 2001 had reduced by 7.4% since 2000 and serious injury road traffic accident claims had decreased by 2.6% over the same period. The CBI-PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Services Survey showed that by September 2002 the balance of insurance industry opinion was that the value of claims would actually reduce over the following three months, though this did change in later surveys. So what was really happening?
The UK system, rather than producing an avalanche of flimsy claims, soon began to grind ever slower following legal challenges by insurers to the CFA system and to its accompanying ATE insurance system. These tied up the pipeline of cases in court and have produced a stream of judicial decisions. In the meantime there have been some well-publicised insolvencies among the CMCs.
Assumptions about the US
The first case listed in Appendix IV of the working party's paper under the heading 'It couldn't happen here, could it?' heading is perhaps emblematic of the paper's view of the US system. The single sentence description reads: '81-year-old Mrs Liebeck won $3m in damages against McDonald's after spilling coffee on her lap.' This case is cited so often, and in such similar terms, that some people may be surprised by the facts of the case.
In 1992, 79-year-old Stella Liebeck spilled coffee on her lap. The coffee was so hot she received third-degree burns over 16% of her body, necessitating eight days' hospital treatment and, according to the evidence before the court, permanent disfigurement, and extreme pain. Liebeck offered to settle in return for payment of her medical bills, approximately $20,000, but McDonald's refused her settlement offer. The court heard that McDonald's coffee was heated to 180?190? degrees Fahrenheit (84?C) not necessary for taste, but helpful in creating a pleasant aroma in the area. McDonald's had been aware of the dangers for more than ten years through 700 similar cases and admitted its coffee was 'not fit for consumption' when sold because of the burns risk. The temperature at sale has now been reduced as a result of the Liebeck verdict. The jury assessed compensatory damages at $200,000, but found Liebeck 20% at fault and so awarded her $160,000. The jury then decided punitive damages were appropriate and initially awarded $2.7m, but the trial judge reduced this to $480,000.
The role of punitive damages in the US is sometimes not well understood. Although space does not permit here, there is a deep-rooted and coherent framework for the system. Of course the US system is likely to evolve over the coming years, as all systems will. Pressure for tort reform is continual and, while probably part of an ongoing balance of forces in the US, may result in some reduction in the general level of punitive damages awards in the future.
All in all, the UK is most likely further behind the US in terms of total claims handled by the civil justice system than the paper suggests. It is possible the difference will narrow in the years ahead and there may be some substantial further increases in UK claim levels. Insurers need to consider how they can play a profitable part in the expansion of the industry that such a scenario would entail.


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Q: What does this define mean? #define ASSERT(exp) I see this code in a C program but i don't understand.
#define ASSERT(exp) if(!(exp)){PutStr("Err\n");}

Please explain and show me how to use it.
Thank you!

A: You should read about Preprocessor directives in C.
Here we are creating a macro, which gets replaced during compile time with the value which we used to define the macro with.
For eg:
We can use
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through out your code instead of
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During compile time, compiler replaces all this Assert with the actual condition.

A: Firest  It is better to change the marco name , like MYASSERT
Then we have:#define MYASSERT(exp) if(!(exp))  {PutStr("Err\n");}
Just think when I malloc a char array , I can use it :
char * mem = malloc(800);
MYASSERT(mem);

It is the same as:
char *mem = malloc(800);
if(!mem)
  {PutStr("Err\n");}  //well I think you already define PutStr function

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In the last five years, NERC has funded two major Arctic research programmes:
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The current NERC programme is called the NERC Changing Arctic Ocean programme: Implications for biology and biogeochemistry. This five year programme started in February 2017 with four large projects (Arctic PRIZE, ARISE, ChAOS, DIAPOD) funded by NERC. A further 12 projects joined the programme in July 2018, co-funded by NERC and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Each one investigates different aspects of the Changing Arctic Ocean. Combined, the projects involve 32 research institutions and organisations in the UK and Germany, and more than 200 scientists. Further information about the projects is available on the Changing Arctic Ocean Programme website.
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What is causing the rapid changes in the Arctic at the moment?
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Are the risks of natural hazards in the Arctic region increasing as a result of regional warming and what are the threats posed to the UK?
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Rowe, A. Prescott; Gilliam, Frank J.; Sprunt, David W.; Christian, R. Meade, Jr.; Cole, Fred C. (Washington and Lee Alumni, IncorporatedWashington and Lee University, 1963)
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Well, let's consider a few things. Mocern Christianity, as invented by Paul, initiated the concept of Jesus' Sacrifice for atonement of some original sin.
This original sin never happened, and if we take the definition of "Sin" as something that "Seperated man fro "GOD" then tru there is NO SIN!
And since we know that man was never a "god" Some 10000 years ago in teh non-existant Garden of Eden any more or less than now, and since there is nothing really to seperate man from god, then NO Jesus' death, the result of making the wrong people angry )if that is how it happened) is NOT A sarifice for anything....it is a shame that someone would be killed for speaking out but it happens even today.
Jesus death was of no coincidence. Anyone who angered the Jewish leaders or the Roamn authorities could anticipate it. Go to Iran today with a Bible in hand or a Buddhist prayer robe and I guarantee you it will happen there as well.
"God" did not need to sacrifice himself to himself in order to chagne some law he made anyway" because 1 there is no theistic god to make such lasws and 2 all such "laws" fron god are reallly laws from man.
That being said, there is a lot that can be learned and gained from the pursuit of the "Christ consciousness" That quest for heaven/nirvana, that endless self improvement that we could all use at some time or another. But it does not exist in traditional or organized Christianity today, outside of a few new age and gnostic circles.
Perfect is a subjective not an objective concept.
Modern Christianity is a one-off from Paul as Paul was a one-off from Christ. Modern Christianity has a lot of Gnosticism in it.
Very interesting post dude. Ive thought these same things at times myself!
Self improvement and self destuction are two rather obtuse concepts. The same change gets labled one in one model and the other in another. How do you decide which is happening.
We just need to believe in him.Our faith will answer all all our questions.
He did it all for you and for me, a love that we cannot fatham because our human love is so fractured compared to God who does not have love but is love. The only reason this time-based world exists and He is putting up with all the wrong is because of us, as soon as the last person hears about our Father, He is so finished and we are homeward bound....perfectomundo!
Why didn't they realize who Jesus was? Because they were expecting Him to come and rule the earth by force. We mow know this wont happen until His 2nd coming. They got the exact opposite, a man offering grace instead of capital punishment to sinners. Jesus was the Jews last chance at following the law and if they could, then Jesus would rule His earthly kingdom. This was the small "plan" that He knew was going to fail. Remember the woman that had to beg Jesus to heal her son and their conversation? Even His decsiples waited eagerly for Him to impart His kingdom on earth. Remember the first thing they ask Him after they see Him alive again? "now is it time to restore the kingdom do Isreal?" Jesus only revealed His big plan in private before He left-the famous John 3:16.
Jesus stated a lot of timeless truths, but alot of what He said about earning your way into heaven was for the Isrealites some 2k years ago. Think about it, how could Christ blood clense ur sins if He hadnt died yet? Jesus clearly was the perfect example of the law and upheld it and preached it to a T. It would make sense if the NT started at Romans. Not until Paul had his revelation was the big plan revealed and taught.
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Please show me where in scripture it is God's Law that only God in Human form is an acceptable sacrifice for sins.
In fact, show me where a human sacrifice is demanded at all!
Also... while you are at it. Please show me where it is said that God wants sacrifice for atonement of sins.
God had a plan.. that much is clear. Was his plan to send himself as a human so he could die for the sins of humans as a sacrifice to himself?
Or was his plan to send himself to earth to demand holiness and choices?
If the bible is clear that Jesus is God then why weren't the apostles more reverent to him? After all he is GOD! and why did they become disappointed when Jesus died... didn't they know that God cannot die? Furthermore if Jesus died and took on the incorruptible how (if he is God) would we also take on that incorruptible form since we are not God-man?
Lots of questions and so little time!
That doesn't make any sense. God can't sacrifice himself to himself.


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May 29, 2019, Rhodes, Greece, 138/183
Due to its strategic location, Rhodes has been the target of conquering nations for thousands of years, consequently it holds the world record of 17 diminutions. Construction on the original fort initially began about 4,000 BC with many additions being made over the years. In 305 BC, the residents repelled an attack by Macedonia, which motivated statue builders to develop the Statue of Rhodes, using the metal instruments of war left from the battle. The Colossus was destroyed 66 years later by a massive earth quake. By the way, a technical school in Rhodes developed the best metal statue builders in the world. Over 3,000 statues were stolen by the western powers and Catholic Church around the time of Christ and are on display in these locals.
Byzantine empire controlled the fort after the 7th century, until being defeated by the Knights of St John in 1309. Subsequent to this, the Knights continued reinforcing the Fort for decades until they were defeated by 100,000 Ottoman troops, assisted by a powerful earthquake. The Sultan allowed the Knights to depart on January 1, 1523 with about 5,000 supporters, to settle in Malta.
About 4,000 residents work and live in the old town today, in well preserved buildings. This fort is the best preserved on in Europe.
As an Engineer, I am stunned by the scope and majesty of these structures. How would the builders have been able to design and build such magnificent structures with the tools available during that period? Despite centuries of wear and tear, there is little sign of significant deterioration
Apostle St. Paul came to Lindos in 58 AD.
We toured Old Town in the AM, per Merrilynne's prompting, and took an excursion to Lindos in the PM.
Many attractive hotels line the beaches as this area bathes in a sub-tropical climate, the best in Greece. Numerous outdoor restaurants line some streets. Merrilynne and find this area appealing and will likely spend more time here.
Port of Rhodes
Various photos of the Old Town
Stunning brick and block work
Narrow streets service many areas.
Rental facility inside the wall.
Old bikes are retired, not recycled
Excursion to Lindos
TOWN OF LINDOS dominated by the remains of the Acropolis
Image of a ship carved in the wall during 200 BC
The movie 'Guns of Navarone' was filmed here, using this cave.
Remains of the Acropolis
View from the Acropolis
Note the sea shells in the column, which prove they are authentic.
On the drive to our ship
In the city of Lindos


Funitel is a type of aerial lift, generally used to transport skiers. The name funitel is a portmanteau between the French words funiculaire and telepherique.
Funitel is a type of aerial lift, generally used to transport skiers. The name funitel is a portmanteau between the French words funiculaire and telepherique. Funitels have not only been used as a means to transport skiers; there is one used to transport finished cars between different areas of a factory. Recently, more and more funitels have been added to ski areas.
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Suicidal thoughts can stem from several sources. Depression is a significant source, but substance abuse, physical abuse, divorce, and high amounts of stress can contribute to thoughts of self harm. When you are in a lot of pain, fixating on suicide can seem like the best solution to all of your problems—but that's not true. Suicide is not the answer.
If you are having suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. You'll be connected to a trained person who can help you understand what's going on in your head. The call is free and confidential, and you can call at any time of day or night. Someone is always there for you if you need immediate help.
The key thing to do right now is to talk to someone. You can call the hotline above, but maybe making a phone call and speaking to someone is too embarrassing or hard. That's why the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has other options available to you.
● If you prefer texting, you can send TALK to 741741. You'll be connected with a crisis counselor, and like the lifeline, it's free and available at all hours of the day or night.
● You can also chat online with a counselor at the Crisis Chat Service.
● If you are a veteran, you can send a text to 838255 or contact Vets4Warriors at 855-838-8255.
You can also call or visit your local emergency room. While the ER is set up to deal with physical emergencies like broken arms, a heart attack, or difficulty breathing, suicidal thoughts are considered a serious condition. ER staff can help talk you through your suicidal thoughts with the help of an on-call social worker, who can then assist you with getting more long-term help.
You might be wondering if any of those resources are worth it. Is suicide a real problem if you just have the occasional suicidal thought?
Save.org lists some facts about suicide that show it is indeed a real problem. It's the 10th leading cause of death, and approximately one person dies from suicide every 13 minutes. Each year, around 38,000 people take their own lives. If you are having suicidal thoughts, it's not just a phase or something to "get past." It's a serious problem, and that's why you need someone to help you.
Even if you're not having these thoughts, you may be suffering from chronic depression. It may not come as a surprise, but such depression can lead to thoughts of suicide. The Dave Nee Foundation explains that people as young as 15 can have problems with depression.
Unfortunately, depression and suicide are not uncommon in the United States. If you're having suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or use one of the other options above. These are much-needed immediate resources, but what about help in the long-term? How can you help things get better for the upcoming weeks and months?
● Make sure you have strong relationships with family and friends. Talk to the people in your life, and make sure they understand what you're going through. Then, spend time with them to strengthen the relationships.
● Know where to get help. Bookmark this page, and if needed, add the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to your phone. You can also get the address of your local emergency room.
● Get professional help. Talking to people you trust is important, but doctors and therapists are specifically trained to help you handle suicidal thoughts.
There are times when it feels like suicide is the only answer, but that's untrue. You can be in a very bad place, but in the end, you deserve to live and see how much better life can get.
If you are having suicidal thoughts, it's imperative that you call or text one of the resources listed above. Then, you can focus on long-term care to make sure you can find a way to enjoy life and live it to the fullest. Life can be difficult, but it can also get better.
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YouTube is the biggest social media website on the internet for a very long time. People watch video and want to download YouTube videos for free to watch YouTube videos offline. Today I am going to show you some ways to download YouTube videos without any software.
There are many website and software available to download YouTube videos online and you do not have to install any software. I have chosen the mostly used methods for downloading YouTube videos for free.
The most used, best and the easy way is too go and open YouTube.com and watch the video you want to download. Now go to the video URL and just add "ss" after "www." and before "youtube" and press enter (etc "https://www.ssyoutube.com/watch?v=rJx1Td8sL8o"). If you are on mobile add "ss" after "m." and before "youtube" and press enter (etc "https://m.ssyoutube.com/watch?v=rJx1Td8sL8o").
That's it, now it will take you to the website to choose the format and quality of the video after selecting format press download button.
If you want to download the YouTube video with IDM just right click on the download button and add the URL to IDM software.
In the second method you have to copy the YouTube video URL and then go to "www.convert2mp3.net" (Its is an Online YouTube video converter for free).
Now paste the video URL in the "Videolink (URL)". Choose the format for the video and click "umwandeln" (convert).
Go to "https://www.youpak.com" it is just like YouTube. You can search any video just like YouTube here or paste the YouTube video in the search text field and press enter or click the search icon.
Now the video will be played, click the format you want to download the video in and the video will start downloading.
There are many other similar websites to download YouTube video online but I found these more useful and easy. Please do give comment and suggest it you thing the post needs improvement.


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Services may involve routine household tasks within or outside the home, personal care of the client and other associated domestic services necessary to maintain an individual in an acceptable level of health, hygiene, dignity, safety and ease in their home.
The flexibility of this service allows the changing needs of a person to eb met with the care plan. This person centered approach enables the individual to enjoy the comfort and reassurance that as their needs change, so will the level of care provided.


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Future Fitouts were engaged to carry out the fitout of the new state of the art Mercedes Pre-Delivery Facility in Eagle Farm. Works consisting of new mezzanine floors, 2 x amenities blocks consisting of PWD toillets, showers, custom joinery, feature screens and Mercedes spec finishes.


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Q: Centering an image in a navigation pane So I'm new to html/css and this website, but I'm having trouble laying out my style sheet for my page.
this is a picture of my navigation pane: http://i.stack.imgur.com/88rwB.png
I'm wanting to center the pictures (which also belong to a hyperlinked list) but no matter how many techniques I try, I can't seem to figure out how.
This is my nav css:

nav {
 display: block;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto
    font-family:"Courier New", Courier, monospace;
 font-size:12px;
 color: #ffffff;
 text-align:center;
 line-height:30px;
    background-color:#68594c;
    height:778px;
    width:100px;
    float:left;
    padding:0px;
}
nav img
 { vertical-align: center; }
nav ul{
 list-style-type:none;
 }

this is my html:

I tried

nav img { vertical-align: middle; }

but it didn't change anything. What am I doing wrong?

A: By default, most browsers give ul elements a left padding. You should be able to say:
nav ul {
    list-style-type: none;
    padding: 0;
}

You should also remove the vertical-align: center from the nav img, since that's not valid.

A: If you remove the padding and set text-align: center; to the ul it will center the images
Checkout my codepen http://codepen.io/anon/pen/bZObXO

A: I am submitting my answer using the image you posted in the comments as a basis: http://i.stack.imgur.com/k8thl.png
Here is a jsfiddle where you can see my code in action: https://jsfiddle.net/4kgjw11s/
Your HTML code is unchanged but I have made changes to the CSS:
nav {
  display: block;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto
  font-family:"Courier New", Courier, monospace;
  font-size:12px;
  color: #ffffff;
  text-align:center;
  line-height:30px;
  background-color:#68594c;
  height:778px;
  width:100px;
  float:left;
  padding:0px;
}
nav > ul {
  position: relative;
  padding: 0px;
  margin: 0px;
  list-style-type:none;
}
nav > ul > li {
  text-align: right;
}
nav > ul > li > a {
  margin-right: -25px;
}
nav > ul > li > a >img {
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
}

The image dimensions are placeholders, when you replace them with your real image sizes take the width, divide it by 2, then set it as a negative margin-right for nav > ul > li > a


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Santuário de Ártemis ou Artemisa Braurônia, às vezes designado Braurônio (Brauroneion), foi o santuário à Ártemis Braurônia na Acrópole de Atenas, localizado no canto sudoeste do platô da Acrópole, entre a Calcoteca e o Propileu na Grécia. Foi originalmente dedicado durante o reinado de Pisístrato. Ártemis Braurônia, protetora das mulheres na gravidez e no parto, tinha seu principal santuário em Brauro, um demo na costa leste da Ática.

O santuário da Acrópole tinha uma forma trapezoidal incomum e não continha um templo formal. Em vez disso, um pórtico servia para essa função. Ele mediu cerca de 38 por 6,8 m e estava em frente ao muro sul da Acrópole. Em seus cantos, havia duas asas laterais, cada uma com cerca de 9,3 m de comprimento, a oeste voltada para o leste e vice-versa. Ao norte da ala leste, havia uma outra curta distância do oeste. Toda a parte ocidental do santuário, agora perdida, estava nos restos do muro de uma fortificação micênica. Tudo o que resta do leste são fundamentos para paredes, cortes na rocha, bem como alguns poucos membros arquitetônicos de pedra calcária.

Acrópole de Atenas

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Amanda has been having sessions with the therapy team at the Centre for quite a while now focussing on her balance and mobility with the use of the parallel bars and the antigravity treadmill. Recently she decided that she wanted to start focussing on regaining function in her right arm if possible.
She started having therapy sessions with Kath Smith, our Occupational Therapist. Her assessment indicated difficulties in processing information from the senses of balance, muscle stretch and touch- this was interfering with her ability to have the stable core posture needed to free up and support movement of her shoulder, arm and hand. This is what makes functional use of the hands possible in daily life.


An ultra-chic old stager among Islington's restaurants, Frederick's Restaurant is tucked away in the famous antiques quarter just off the bustle of Upper Street. Eat in the splendid Garden Room with its spectacular vaulted glass roof, or outside under parasols when the weather allows.
The kitchen produces accessible contemporary dishes with a European accent. Typical starters might include foie gras and duck confit terrine or dressed crab with prawns, guacamole, cos lettuce and toast. Main courses could range from classic osso buco and tournedos Rossini to grilled sea bream fillet with creamed sprouts and pancetta or lamb shank with crushed new potatoes, roasted onions and minted peas, while puddings are things like red fruit Knickerbocker Glory or banana cheesecake with cappuccino ice cream. The 200-bin wine list combines some of the best new discoveries with a strong showing of classic French names; there are free tastings on the last Thursday of each month.
A daily pre-theatre menu is available from 5.45 to 7pm and a special children's menu is offered for Saturday lunch (although special deals can also be arranged at other times).


So Long and Thanks for all the Feedback | A Living History of the "Paradise in the Pisgah"
Well, this is it. In just over a week, Julia and I will present our final version of the UNCA site. I know Abby presents tomorrow, so I wish her the best of luck. I honestly feel invested in not just my own, but everyone's projects at this point. After spending so many weeks looking at each other's sites, I feel a genuine excitement when I see how far they've come now, and am excited to see them present this week. It'll be a weird feeling after next Tuesday when I won't be meeting with everyone to discuss changes to all of our sites. I expressed a lot of this in my previous post, but I am very happy that Julia and I finally got our project into a nice working order, and am hopeful that our work will be apparent when we present. For some closing thoughts, I just wanted to reflect on the impact our interviews had on me. Beyond just giving us content for our project, I genuinely learned a substantial amount about our campus and had a rejuvenation in my interest of public history for the first time in a while. I spoke to a lot of people I otherwise wouldn't have, and learned so much, and for that, I am very thankful. I just wanted to give a final "thank you" to Abby, John, and Emily for feedback throughout the life of the project, Mark and Cole for dealing with us for a whole semester, Julia for being contractually obligated to be my groupmate, and anyone out there who has actually kept up with my project blog. Thanks, everyone.


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Beloit College students protest speech by Blackwater founder Erik Prince, prompting cancellation
Jacob Crosse
Erik Prince, 49, former Navy SEAL-turned-founder of mercenary firm Blackwater and brother of current US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, was invited by the local chapter of Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), a reactionary anti-socialist student organization, to speak at Beloit College on Wednesday, March 27. The small private liberal arts school in southern Wisconsin on the border with Illinois has an enrollment of approximately 1,800 students.
However, at the time Prince's speech was slated to begin, 7:30 p.m., the lectern remained empty, while every seat in the lecture hall was occupied and throngs of students packed the hallways. Campus security, along with a small contingent of Beloit Police officers were present outside the hall. Students who were participating in a protest of Prince staged an orderly walkout promptly at 7:30 p.m., respectfully registering their disgust, while other students attended counter-protests and events.
After five minutes, neither Prince, nor any speaker from the YAF had taken to the podium as music and chants led by students asking "Erik Prince, where are you?" filled the hall. Following 30 minutes of intermittent clapping, singing and laughing, students began to stack chairs on the stage while others took to the front of the stage holding signs proclaiming "Erik Prince = War Criminal." By 8:15 p.m. the event was declared canceled by the interim dean of students for "safety reasons." Those in attendance dispersed peacefully and no arrests were made.
Following the event's official cancellation, Prince held a private meeting with a group of YAF members and supporters in which he denounced the president and administration at Beloit College for lacking, "the moral courage to enforce free speech and to defend free speech."
The hypocrisy of Prince, a billionaire war criminal, caterwauling about "free speech" while whistleblower Chelsea Manning is imprisoned and Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange remains confined to the Ecuadorian Embassy in London unable to communicate with the outside world, is laughable.
Prince is routinely given space in the bourgeois press, including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times to lobby for war and his company's participation in future imperialistic spoils. On front pages, cable news stations and in opinion sections Prince has repeatedly touted his plans to "privatize" the Afghanistan invasion and replace US troops with thousands of private mercenaries under his control.
President of Beloit College Scott Bierman released a statement the following morning. Bierman acknowledged that most of the protests were "completely consistent with our principles," however, "voices of dissent differ in fundamental ways from intentional disruption." Bierman continued, "I condemn excessive disruptions unequivocally, I do so because they are debilitating to the mission of this college, a mission I love." How, or what is considered an "excessive disruption," was not made clear by Bierman. As no one attempted to speak at the event it is hard to determine who exactly was disrupted.
In the weeks leading up to the scheduled appearance several students posted on social media and wrote into the student newspaper the Round Table, noting their disapproval at the YAF and the college administration for inviting the war profiteer, with an estimated net worth of $2.4 billion, to the campus to lecture on "national security challenges facing the U.S."
Blackwater, the private military security firm founded by Prince, is notorious for war crimes committed overseas in the service of US imperialism, most infamous being the Nisour Square Massacre in 2007. In that instance Blackwater contractors guarding a US Embassy convoy fired on a crowd of Iraqi civilians killing 17 and wounding 20 others.
Former employees of Prince's have sworn in court that he, "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe," and that Prince's companies "encouraged and rewarded the destruction of Iraqi life."
Prince has since sold Blackwater USA, which now operates under the name Academi, to private investors, while Prince has founded a new private security outfit, Frontier Services Group, based out of Hong Kong, China. It specializes in exploiting African resources for Chinese business interests.
Following the murder of 50 people during the fascist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, perpetrated by white nationalist Brenton Tarrant, several students, including practicing Muslim students, posted in a private Beloit College Facebook group relaying how inappropriate, uncomfortable, and angry they were that the university would be hosting a speaker who is responsible for the deaths of hundreds, if not thousands of Muslims throughout the world.
Beloit College junior Nathaniel Acharya, took publicly to social media, beginning early in the morning on March 15, to register his opposition the YAF, specifically the student president of the organization, Andrew Collins, and its effort to bring Prince to campus. Acharya lamented that he was "sick and tired of Muslims being gunned down in their places of worship and bombed to oblivion in their homes by the cult of violent reactionary filth [that YAF] worships." Acharya ended his first post with a call to action for the student body to protest Prince's lecture, "lest we be complicit in it and all that it represents."
Acharya's follow-up posts on Facebook and Snapchat continued to denounce the YAF, fascists, and white supremacists. His final post, a Snapchat selfie with text underneath, expressed his dismay at message boards 4chan and 8pol where Nazi and fascist propaganda are posted and frequented by fascists such as Tarrant.
In the early afternoon on the March 15, less than 18 hours after his first Facebook post, Acharya was detained by three campus security officers and interviewed by Beloit College Director of Safety and Security Bruce Heine, with a City of Beloit police officer present. His social media posts had been reported for violating Code #6 of the student handbook which concerns "threatening social media posts."
On Sunday, March 17, two days after his meeting with security, Acharya was hand-delivered a letter from the Beloit College Dean of Students Office, informing him that he was under investigation for acts of "serious misconduct." He was informed that the process could last up to 20 days and that he was barred from campus until his hearing on March 19. In the meantime, the junior student was made temporarily homeless, forced to stay with friends and faculty.
During the hearing it was determined that Acharya had violated the policy and would be sentenced to academic probation for the remainder of the semester, however he would be allowed to return and continue his studies. Hundreds of students, along with professors and faculty members, supported Acharya throughout the investigatory process, which many deemed unfair. After he was allowed to return to campus he remained resolute in his opposition to the YAF's invitation, telling the Round Table, "bringing Erik Prince to campus here in the immediate aftermath of the [Christchurch] attack was not only very cold, but inflammatory as well."
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Sending this information out for the ALA Center for the Future of Libraries!
The original announcement is at http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2016/11/center-future-libraries-offers-new-fellowship-opportunity.
CHICAGO - The American Library Association's Center for the Future of Libraries<http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/future/> invites applications for its Future of Libraries Fellowship program<http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/future/engage/fellowship>.
The Future of Libraries Fellowship will provide an individual or group with a stipend of $10,000 to advance new ideas and perspectives for the future of libraries through the creation of a public product - report, white paper, video, resource, tool - that will help library professionals envision the future of library collections, partnerships, services, spaces, or technologies. Projects may build on existing work, research, or initiatives of the Association, its Offices, Divisions, and Round Tables, or explore new directions and interests.
The fellowship is available to individuals in the library profession as well as those from other disciplines with a demonstrated interest in libraries and their futures. The fellowship does not include a residency requirement and international colleagues are encouraged to apply.
Further information, including considerations for those interested in applying, instructions for submitting an application, evaluation and selection information, and a timeline for the fellowship, are available at the Future of Libraries Fellowship page<http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/future/engage/fellowship>.
The Center for the Future of Libraries works to identify emerging trends relevant to libraries and the communities they serve, promote futuring and innovation techniques to help librarians and library professionals shape their future, and build connections with experts and innovative thinkers to help libraries address emerging issues. The Center is modeled on the successful American Alliance of Museums' Center for the Future of Museums<http://www.aam-us.org/resources/center-for-the-future-of-museums> and was made possible by a planning grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services [RE-00-13-0096-13].


It's almost like twitter around here today!
1. An old man called to renew a book. I asked him for the barcode number off of his library card. He read me the library's phone number.
2. We got a box of temporary tattoos in for a kid's event. The tattoos say "Read", a commandment that, when viewed, is fulfilled.
3. I saw The Dapper Man, who restlessly roams the genre fiction section making cell phone calls all day, complain (politely) to a woman in a study room that her cell phone call was disturbing him.
4. The library coffee shop, called Dunn Brothers, is now selling disposable, one shot coffee pods. Their orwellian advertising campaign? "Less Waste".
I see myself in #1. Glad to know there are others like me who roam the earth.
That's very positive! I tend to see myself in #3, but have trouble making peace with that one.