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Trance Update 155 EXCLUSIVE GuestMix: SHANE HALCON
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On this week [17 – 22 december, 2012] in Trance Update Episode 155 we have in the second hour an exclusive guest mix from SHANE HALCON.
an canadian DJ and producers.
You can listen the radio show on:
PureSound.FM: Thursday at 2.00 PM (GMT+2) – Online: http://puresound.fm/listen_mp3.m3u
Radio Transilvania Oradea: Sunday at 9.00 PM (GMT+2) – 97,2 FM or Online: http://86.35.4.198:8000/listen.pls
Podcast: https://www.maartensikke.com
About Shane Halcon – Biography
Shane Halcon is no stranger to the pursuit of perfection. Originally a professional cricket player in the U.K., at the age of 19 Shane followed his intuition and pursued a career in Electronic Dance Music.
Before his 24th birthday, Shane successfully held positions in every field of Electronic Dance Music. From DJ & producer, to marketing and label manager, to event promoter, toartist and tour manager. This only bears testament to his determination, talent, power of will, and hunger to succeed.
His humble beginnings as a "small town" teenager from Pretoria, South Africa, are a far cry from where he now resides in The Netherlands, a mere hub for his regular global adventures as a performing artist, and tour manager to First State. Now , at 26, Shane has his sights set on making an even bigger impact than he already has on the international EDM scene, which is evident with him having made his North American debut, with appearances in Canada, and Miami Music Week to fit in with his already impressive "been there done that" checklist that sees him on regular flights to all corners of the globe.
Known primarily as a DJ in the past, 2011 has brought Shane much success on the production front, having multiple tracks released on Intuition Recordings, and First State Music. The most recent of which, a collaboration with Tiff Lacey entitled "Must Have Fallen", reached Top 40 status on the highly acclaimed Beatport Trance Top 100 in July this year. Shane Halcon's tracks have been heard in live sets by the biggest artists in the world, most notably support from Armin van Buuren, Menno de Jong, Paul Oakenfold, First State, Solarstone, Myon & Shane 54, Richard Durand … the list is endless. As if that wasn't enough, his tracks have been heard across numerous "A-list" radio shows including A State of Trance, Planet Perfecto, Anjunabeats World Wide, Intuition Sessions, Crossroads, International Departures and many more.
Shane Halcon – Links
Official MySpace Page
Shane Halcon – Discography
Shane Halcon & Dave Skinz – Toolroom (CD, .)
Sheer Music 2008
(CD) Intuition Recordings 2010
(CD, Fea) Intuitiondeep 2010
Shane Halcon & Tiff Lacey – Must Have Fallen (File, MP3, 320)
First State Music 2011
North Gate and 1 more…
Menno de Jong – Intuition Sessions 2 Rio De Janeiro (2xCD, Comp, Mix)
Intuition Recordings (2) 2011
Various – Trance 100 .2011 Volume 2 (4xCD, Comp, Mixed)
Armada Music 2011
Maze (Shane Halcon Remix)
First State feat. Tyler Sherritt* – Maze (6xFile, MP3, 320)
Magik Muzik, Magik Muzik 2011
Backstage (as S. Halcon)
Various – The Gallery – Social Deconstruction Mixed By Gavyn Mytchel (2xCD, Comp, Mixed)
Enhanced Recordings 2012
Various – Trance Africa (Mixed By James G & Shane Halcon) (2xCD, Comp, Mixed)
Shelter Music 2009
Shane Halcon – Video
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XM Anniversary Gala in Shanghai
On 19th August, XM celebrated its six-year presence in China with a luxury grand gala event that took place in the biggest financial hub of Asia-Pacific, Shanghai.
We were extremely pleased to have a great number of our clients join us and celebrate this very special anniversary with us at the Jing An Shangri-La Hotel in Shanghai on 19th August.
As a 6-year anniversary event, the gala represented the achievement of many core values of XM in China, the most important one being our clients' continued trust and loyalty to XM. No other event of such magnitude could have been more rewarding in terms of strong company-client relationship than the grand gala in Shanghai.
XM's 6-year presence in China is a milestone in our company history, to which we attribute great significance in every aspect. To make this event truly memorable, apart from a sumptuous dinner a whole array of live performances and an evening rich in glamour and vibrant atmosphere kept our guests entertained. Moreover, to add some extra excitement to the event, all our guests who are clients of XM could enter the XM Lucky Draw, which offered no less than 35 valuable prizes to the lucky winners who were raffled on the premises, the Grand Prize being a BMW 1 Series Sedan 2017.
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Q: Hibernate - update an object (entity) in DB, based on "not complete" object, without loosing values, for already filled columns I wanted to update object in Hibernate, which let say has 3 fields, already filled in (id=1, firstname="kim", lastname="kardashian"), based on some "delta" object (id=1, firstname="kimirsen", lastname=null).
I'm using:
Session.update(object);

and my Object entity class has below annotation:
@DynamicUpdate

that I've found it's required.
However I'm still getting:
NULL not allowed for column "LASTNAME"; SQL statement:

exception.
Is there any way, to update object, without checking each and every fields (if it's null, if yes, then query field in DB to check, if it's already filled in or not...)?

A: if you want to update only the firstname, then you should query the DB and get the object with id, and modify the firstname, before calling the update.
I don't think you can leave out lastname, and expect Hibernate to ignore it.
DynamicUpdate is for specifying whether Hibernate should update in the DB, all the fields of the Persitent Object or only the modified fields (in comparison to the db).

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Let everyone else flock to the beach: Spring is actually one of the best times to hit the slopes. Many ski resorts out West are open through Memorial Day, conditions permitting—and conditions have been especially permissive this year.
Case in point: A whopping 40 feet of snow fell this year at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, the Lake Tahoe resort where the photo above was taken.
A base that deep keeps itself cool, preventing the snow from melting even as the air temperatures creep toward 70 degrees, says Patrick Thorne, editor of the wintersports magazine InTheSnow. A late-April powder day isn't unheard of, either. Squaw got 20 inches on April 23.
All this makes for a short but highly enjoyable window when it's possible ski or snowboard in a T-shirt. Or if you're ballsy, a bathing suit.
Plus, since it's not peak season, you'll have the place to yourself.
You can squeeze in a lot more runs for the price of your lift ticket when there aren't any lines. There's no dodging ski schools or families—just undisturbed turns on wide-open trails, at whatever pace suits you.
You'll save a ton of cash by skiing in May, too. Most resorts are running spring specials, like lift ticket and lodging passes from $99 per night.
Here are five places you can count on for great spring skiing this year, according to Thorne and ZRankings, a ski trip booking site that ranks resorts based on snowfall data, geography, and more.
Arapahoe ranks No. 1 for May skiing conditions, according to ZRankings. You can count on late-season snow because it's one of the highest ski areas in the world, with the base of the mountain sitting above 10,000 feet. This also means it's colder than most ski resorts, so don't expect to ski in your shorts.
It's still snowing at this this Utah resort—check out the @snowbird Instagram account for proof of powder. Not only is the snowfall consistent, but it's apt to stick around well into spring: Half of the slopes face north, which keeps the snow out of the sun so it doesn't melt as the days grow warmer, says Christopher Steiner, founder of ZRankings.
Mammoth has a long ski season thanks to its high elevation—the summit is at 11,000 feet. Spring skiing at this California resort is a party: There are 10 ski-in/ski-out bars, according to onthesnow.com, and bikinis are not an uncommon sight on the slopes.
Whistler was just ranked the #1 ski resort overall by Ski Magazine. This monster of a resort covers 8,171 acres and has a vertical drop of more than 5,000 feet. Whistler has a permanent ski area on a glacier, so spring skiing is guaranteed, Thorne says.
Spring skiing at Squaw is as well known for its laid-back vibe as it is for its sprawling 6,000 acres of diverse terrain. You might catch a hot tub part at High Camp (elevation: 8,200 feet) or spot people skiing in suits, T-rex costumes, and bikinis. You're likely to get balmy days here, but half of the slopes face north, which preserves much of the snow.


(NY Post) CNN on Monday walked back an "exposé" on Attorney General Jeff Sessions that turns out to have exposed nothing, except maybe the network's own bias.
The original report back in May blared that Sessions hadn't listed those two meetings with Russia's ambassador on his FBI disclosure forms prior to his Senate confirmation hearings. Now CNN admits that the FBI told Sessions not to list any of his dozens of meetings with other countries' diplomats as part of his senatorial duties.
To be fair, the May story did note the Sessions camp's claims about the FBI's guidelines. But it also quoted a Beltway "expert" as saying that Sessions should've listed every meeting anyway.
What forced CNN to "clarify"? A right-wing group's Freedom of Information request produced an FBI e-mail from March that proved Sessions right.
The misleading May report became part of the litany of alleged Team Trump deception on its Russia contacts, showing up in The Atlantic as well as stories for ABC News, Buzzfeed, the Huffington Post and so on — all "confirming" Sessions' supposed lack of candor in his verbal testimony.
Monday's 'fess-up follows last week's stunning CNN retraction of an incorrect report that WikiLeaks informed Donald Trump Jr. of dirt before releasing it publicly.
CNN (among others) plainly needs to start asking more questions when partisan sources hand it "bombshells" that seem to confirm the now-very-thin "collusion" narrative.
You'll note that the FBI told Sessions to do one thing in regard mandatory reporting and then when the corrupt, evil, lying, smug, sneering, sly mainstream media began to crucify the Attorney General in the court of public opinion, they stood by AND-SAID-NOTHING.
I might be a broken record. Whenever somebody comes to me with a problem, I have a stock response. Those of you who know me understand that I'm too old and wicked to change. "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women!" I realize that it's a cliche Hollywood line and yet, I internalized it in my younger years and made it my own.
has nothing to do with this topic.
There is something to be said for dramatic and disproportional overreaction. President Trump has used that tactic too, but he hasn't thanked me personally -- yet.
Even so, overreaction must be moderated with the best you can deliver being meeted upon on deserving persons. Overreacting all of the time dilutes the value of the tactic.
This is not overreaction. Blowing up the Mosque too would be overreaction? Not really... terrorists maneuvering on your position? Engage. "Winchester on gun ammo, shoot Hellfires". That's not over reaction. Landing to take scalps is overreaction...according to some bleeding hearts. 30mm chain gun vs rag heads? Is it fair? A rusty knife would be better but a chain gun will do. North Koreans shoot off a missile aimed at Guam - retaliation that blows the Norks back into the stone age and glasses each military installation is reaction but it doesn't count as DRAMATIC overreaction. We need to come up with grander gestures as a nation.


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MS Weekly Bulletin | May 25, 2018
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
- Omar N. Bradley
As she approached the end of her ninth decade, Mrs. Fleming said this to TASIS students: "Always remember, even when I'm not here to scold you, times change, values don't. Always hold on to yours!" But exactly what are these values that students should hold onto?
Are they found in the words chiseled into our campus building facades, or are they expressed in our Mission Statement? Possibly in the "TASIS Paideia" foundation document, or in Mortimer Adler's Paideia Proposal, or in Werner Jaeger's Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture (a book that would certainly be on my recommended reading list for all teachers)? Might they be identical to those of the Cum Laude academic honour society to which we elect some of our students every year?
I think that the answer is Yes—and No. Yes, because all of these articulate aspirations that are promoted and encouraged to some extent in various ways at TASIS. But also No, because many of the admirable principles found in these sources can seem rather distant from students' daily lives. As I try to observe the values visible in the TASIS community today, I come up with this list:
Leadership, initiative
Service, commitment to others
Kindness, generosity, empathy, compassion
Academic scholarship, dedication to knowledge acquisition
Perseverance, determination to overcome obstacles
Global outlook, open-minded, international mindedness
Creativity, problem-solving
Some may want to quibble with the values in this list, and of course there is always room for discussion and improvement. But I think that if we listen carefully to the kinds of qualities that this year's student award winners are said to embody, we will hear words like those above.
And furthermore, I think that these values are exactly what Mrs. Fleming dreamed about seeing in young people when she began dreaming her impossible dreams.
– David Jepson, Director of Studies
Saturday, May 26 HS Commencement Ceremony
Thursday, May 31–Friday, June 1 ES Musical
Monday, June 4 MS last day of classes
Tuesday, June 5 8th Grade Moving-Up Ceremony
Wednesday, June 6 Dormitories close
Class of 2018 Graduates Tomorrow!
TASIS The American School in Switzerland's Class of 2018 will graduate on the morning of Saturday, May 26, with the Commencement Ceremony beginning in the Palestra at 11:00.
Ms. Lynn Fleming Aeschliman, Chairman of the TASIS Board of Directors, will deliver the Invocation; Hon. Francesco Hurle, Municipale di Collina d'Oro, will offer a message from the Comune; Rev. Dr. William W. Schumacher, Professor of Theology at Concordia Seminary, will give the Commencement address; Mr. Christopher Nikoloff, Headmaster, will present the School's coveted Graduation Awards; and Dr. Mark Abisi, Academic Dean, will present diplomas to the 103 members of the Class of 2018.
All members of the TASIS community are cordially invited to attend the Commencement Ceremony, which can also be viewed live on the TASIS YouTube page.
Textbooks: Students must return textbooks to their teachers by Friday, June 1. If the books are not returned, the TASIS Business Office will charge CHF 100 per textbook. This fee also applies for all missing library books. Fees for other kinds of books (workbooks, grammar books, etc.) may vary.
Summer Reading Lists: Please see required summer reading lists for EAL, English, and the Italian Section.
Summer Learning Resources: We realize that many of you would like to keep your children engaged in their learning process throughout the summer. In order to help support this effort, every year the Middle School puts together a list of recommended learning resources by subject that you can consider when trying to engage your child in the different disciplines they encounter throughout the school year.
MS Supplies List: Please see a list of student supplies needed for next year.
MS Assemblies and Advisor Meetings
During Assembly on Wednesday, May 23, the MS After-School Program Spring Term Awards Ceremony was held. Congratulations to the award recipients!
Track and Field Floor Van Leeuwen, Coach's Award
Ivan Linnikov, Most Valuable Athlete
Music Band Adriano Condulmari, Leadership and commitment
Leonardo Panella, Leadership and commitment
Theater Jane Wilson, Outstanding commitment and performance
Pedro Dias, Outstanding commitment and performance
Girls Volleyball Liza Chirikova, Most improved
Maria Mochalnikova, Leadership award
Dance Mariaurora Rosso, Fearless Award
Choir Sofya Rappoport, Passion and dedication
Climbing Club Sofia Gozman, Enthusiasm and positivity
Also, the World Issues Service Learning Group talked about their activities, projects, and recent trip to Geneva.
MS Service Learning News
The Cometa SL Group visited Cometa in Como yesterday and gave the proceeds from their bake sale and "no dress code day" to the Headmaster of Cometa, Mr. Giovanni Figini. All proceeds will be given as a scholarship to a student in need who can learn a practical job and have a new opportunity in life. The visit was very informative and delightful: Mr. Figini gave our students a tour of the school, the gardens and families' houses and talked about the history of Cometa. The group also spent time with the students after school and played sports with them.
The Music Therapy SL Group also visited Cometa yesterday afternoon, and it was a great trip to a fantastic place. TASIS students had positive and meaningful interactions with the Cometa students in a musical context. They created a short, interactive musical performance using singing, ukuleles, drums, and several other percussion instruments. What they prepared contained an element of performance and elements of playing instruments and games with the children they met in Cometa. The intention of the interaction was to create a fun and therapeutic space in which to relax and enjoy music together while participating in music-making and playing.
Last day of school for MS students on June 4
Monday, June 4, is the last full day of school for MS students. Please see the alternate schedule below.
6th & 7th Grade & Advisors 8th Grade & Advisors
8:00–9:30 Advisory
8:40–9:30 Farewell Assembly Rehearsal (for those involved with Assembly)
8:40–9:30 Student Council Preparations at UBS (only for those who are preparing)
9:30 Walk to UBS Sports Complex 9:30 Depart for Splash & Spa
10:00 Structured Games 10:00 Arrive at Splash & Spa
11:00 Supervised Free Time 10:00–14:15
Splash & Spa
12:00 BBQ Lunch
13:00 Structured Games
13:45 Supervised Free Time
14:30 Walk back to school 14:10 Depart Splash & Spa
14:45 Arrive at school 14:45 Arrive back at school
Middle School Farewell Assembly
MS students will meet for the Advisor block from 8:00–9:30. All key bracelets must be brought to the advisors for collection. If a student does not return the bracelet, the family will receive an invoice for CHF 50. On that day, students must also clean out their lockers.
After the Advisor block, students will depart for the End-of-the-Year Activities.
Eighth graders will go to Splash and Spa. Sack lunches will be provided.
Sixth and seventh graders will participate in the Spirit Games at the UBS Sports Complex.
On that day, students may wear the TASIS PE uniform.
The last day of school will conclude with the MS Farewell Assembly and distribution of the MS Yearbook.
Shuttle Bus Service Sign-Up Form for 2018–2019
Please note that next year shuttle buses for all divisions will leave campus every day at 16:00. (Note that on Wednesdays, shuttle buses for Elementary School students will leave campus at 14:55.)
The Shuttle Bus Service Sign-Up Form for 2018–2019 is available now. Please review the new Shuttle Service Routes Schedule and fill out the sign-up form if you are interested in using the shuttle service next school year.
Please note that all current submissions have to be renewed if a student will continue to use the shuttle bus service next school year. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Koreshkova at shuttle@tasis.ch.
Reminder: TPA Potluck Lunch at Casa Fleming on May 30
All parents are invited to come to Casa Fleming between 12:30–14:30 on Wednesday, May 30, to enjoy one another's company and share homemade dishes before breaking for the summer holiday. TPA President Laura Colombo will talk about this past year, discuss the new structure of the TPA Board, and discuss some of the activities proposed for 2018–2019. She will ask parents for feedback based upon their experiences this year. Interested parents will also have the opportunity to share their interests and availability to help with the TPA next year.


Louisville headquarterd tech company, ParkVu, recently introduced their Music WithMe app that allows users to not only wirelessly (wifi or 3G connection) sync their Android phone with iTunes, but also share (Facebook or Twitter) what you're listening to or what you've recently downloaded to your phone. Pretty sweet!
According to their release, "Music WithMe for Android is a free app that wirelessly syncs your iTunes music to your Android smartphone. Unlike some other wireless sync apps Music WithMe is not dependent upon your device and your computer being on the same wifi network. In fact Music WithMe works with wifi or your phone's 3G connection. Select which artists, albums and playlists you want to sync."
The cherry on top is that ParkVu has partnered with Louisville label sonaBLAST! to provide free music downloads directly to users' Android phones. This free music includes local favorites Cheyenne Marie Mize, The Pass, The Fervor and The Seedy Seeds.
Read more about Music WithMe here or download the app from the Android Market. Also, be sure you download the desktop app to get started. One caveat is that you'll need a Facebook account to get rolling, as the app uses an easy credentialing process to get you logged-in (no pesky sign-up process).
I have yet to give Music WithMe a whirl to give a good enough review at this time, but please let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Still not convinced? Lifehacker refers to Music WithMe as the "holy grail of iTunes syncing for Android."


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It's not a carbon tax, it's a 'behaviour-changing measure': government officials
The Liberal government today released the carbon-pricing scheme it will impose on any province or territory that, by spring 2018, doesn't have its own comparable scheme in place.
As of today, 97 per cent of Canadians live in provinces that either already have a price on carbon pollution, or are planning and working toward it, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Thursday.
The three per cent of Canadians left out of that equation are in Saskatchewan – the one province that continues to hold out on signing on to the Trudeau government's climate change plan.
READ MORE: Trump administration initiates NAFTA renegotiation process
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is so opposed to the idea, he has said he'll fight Ottawa all the way to the Supreme Court.
But McKenna isn't concerned. Rather she's certain imposing a country-wide price on carbon pollution is Ottawa's prerogative.
"We've been working hard to work with Saskatchewan," she told reporters, noting she's had more than a dozen meetings on this issue with the province's environment minister.
"But let me be absolutely clear, that it is well within the federal government's right to take action to protect the environment."
Sask. premier describes federal carbon tax plan as a 'ransom note'
Environment Canada officials earlier in the day said a possible basis for legal action from Saskatchewan would be that the federal government cannot impose a tax on a province or territory. On that front, the feds are safe, the official said.
"This is not a revenue-raising tax," he said. "This a behaviour-changing measure."
Any revenue generated from whatever scheme a province develops will go right back to the province, though Ottawa is still determining exactly how that will happen; officials said they are so far looking at ways to return the funds to residents or businesses, which could help offset rising costs of energy.
Most Canadians live in jurisdictions where carbon pollution is already levied in some form.
B.C. and Alberta have carbon taxes, while Ontario and Quebec have cap-and-trade systems. Nova Scotia has said it intends to create a cap-and-trade system in 2018, and the other Atlantic provinces are gauging whether to join Nova Scotia's plan or go it alone.
While the Liberal government is standing ready to impose the levy scheme it unveiled today, the scheme is also available to any province that doesn't want to develop and implement its own.
Thursday's "technical paper" on the federal carbon pricing plan details the levies on liquid, gas and solid fossil fuels Ottawa would impose in order to meet the targets Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laid out late last year.
Brad Wall criticizes attempt to link carbon tax with equalization payments
Canada has agreed to cut its emissions to 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. That requires a reduction of almost 200 million tonnes of carbon-equivalent emissions in 13 years, or the equivalent of taking every car in Canada off the road, twice.
In October, Trudeau announced his government's intention to introduce a minimum price – or "floor price" – for carbon pollution of $10 per tonne in 2018, increasing to $50 per tonne by 2022.
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Is Cadaver Dissection Diminishing in PT Schools?
Purpose/Hypothesis : Cadaver dissection has historically been considered the standard for teaching gross anatomy to healthcare professionals. The increase in technology has led to a wide variety of new teaching resources for gross anatomy. A 1994 Physical Therapy Journal article found that only half of the gross anatomy courses were taught by degreed physical therapists and that 100% of the courses used dissection as a primary method of teaching. Since this survey, the Physical Therapy profession has transitioned from a bachelor degree to a doctoral degree. The purpose of this study was to gather information regarding basic teaching methodology used for the Gross Anatomy course in Physical Therapy schools and to see what factors are influencing teaching pedagogy.Number of Subjects : 72 DPT ProgramsMaterials/Methods : A 42 question survey containing multiple-choice and open ended questions about six subcategories: demographics, four teaching methods and questions about the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) was sent to 204 accredited programs electronically. Data was summarized and compared to data from the 1994 published survey.Results : There was 35% response rate. Data indicate Physical Therapy programs teach gross anatomy predominately using dissection (92.96%) ; a decrease from 100% seen almost 20 years ago (chi-square, p < 0.01). Concurrently, the use of computer-based learning has significantly increased from 18.4% to 56.3% (chi-square, p < 0.01). Combined teaching methodologies are used in 70% of the programs. The instruction from a PT degreed faculty member has decreased, with only 20.5% of current faculty teaching holding a PT degree (chi-square, p < 0.01). As for financing gross anatomy labs, fewer programs believe their budgets will continue to support the rising cost of cadavers (chi-square, p < 0.05) and a majority of programs are sharing lab space with other professional students (chi-square, p <0.05).Conclusions : Although dissection is still the predominant teaching method used in Physical Therapy schools, there is a diminished presence of its use coupled with an increase use of more teaching methods and technology. The importance of Gross Anatomy education in the Physical Therapy Doctoral program and the rising financial cost of cadavers, may make a larger need for a variety of teaching methods.Clinical Relevance : Having research that shows teaching methodology in Physical Therapy schools is important for educators to understand what possible teaching methods are available to programs. Also, seeing changes over time is critical for the Physical Therapy profession as Physical Therapists move to being direct, patient-care practitioners.


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Quote of the Day: Bob Dylan on Barack Obama
"…He's got an interesting background. He's like a fictional character, but he's real. First off, his mother was a Kansas girl. Never lived in Kansas, though, but with deep roots. You know, like Kansas bloody Kansas. John Brown the insurrectionist. Jesse James and Quantrill. Bushwhackers, guerillas. Wizard of Oz Kansas. I think Barack has Jefferson Davis back there in his ancestry someplace. And then his father. An African intellectual. Bantu, Masai, Griot-type heritage — cattle raiders, lion killers. I mean, it's just so incongruous that these two people would meet and fall in love. You kind of get past that, though. And then you're into his story. Like an odyssey, except in reverse."
– A snippet from the latest installment of Bobby D's pre-release Q&As with author Bill Flanagan is now up over at Pop Vox along with an audio stream of the second to last track, "Feel A Change Comin' On." Together Through Life is out April 28 on Columbia.


AMBER Davies gets emotional on tonight's Love Island following Friday night's shock recoupling.
The reality star was left stunned when new girl Georgia Harrison picked her boyfriend Kem to couple up with.
The move came just hours after the pair finally made their relationship official, and on tonight's show the fallout from the decision plays out in the villa.
At one point, Amber is seen lying on the sofa upset, as a concerned Kem does his best to reassure her that Georgia's decision doesn't change anything between them.
He says: "Forget everyone else in here, we have fallen in love.
However, earlier in the evening it was a different scenario for Amber, as she raged in the Beach Hut at Georgia's decision.
Kem is just as confused as he says in the Beach Hut: "What is going on? My head has fallen off, someone has hit it with a golf club snapped in half and it's just splattered all over the trees, that's what's happening right now.
Montana does her best to dispel the drama between Amber and Georgia, encouraging the two women to talk to each other.
Georgia says: "I am a really nice girl and obviously I can see you're in a good relationship, I'm not going to do anything to hurt you, I'm not going to do anything to threaten you. I really do just want a chance."
Taking her comments on board, Amber replies: "I think you need to respect I was very angry and at the end of the day, for me and Kem it doesn't change anything."
Speaking about the atmosphere in the villa after her shock decision, Georgia adds in the Beach Hut: "The mood in the villa is so awkward.
"Amber obviously doesn't really want me in her space at all so you could cut the tension with a knife at the moment… Kem would be the sort of person I would click with in the outside world.


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Millions Cannot Afford to Heat Homes As UK Faces Arctic Snap
December, 08, 2022 - 16:07
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – More than 3 million low-income UK households cannot afford to heat their homes, according to research, as a "dangerously cold" weather front arrives from the Arctic.
The UK Health Security Agency has issued a cold weather alert recommending vulnerable people warm their homes to at least 18C, wear extra layers and eat hot food to protect themselves from plummeting temperatures, The Guardian reported.
Ministers also confirmed that people in more than 300 postcode areas in England and Wales would receive cold weather payments in the coming days. The £25 payments are triggered when the average temperature is 0C or less for seven days in a row.
But about 710,000 households will still struggle to pay for warm clothing, heating and food, according to analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
A fifth of the 2.5 million low-income households were going without food and heating, it estimated. The JRF survey, of 4,251 people in the bottom 40% of incomes, which was conducted last month, also estimated that about 4.3 million households had curbed their spending on heating before the cold spell.
More than 7 million households have gone without at least one of the essentials since June, the JRF will say when its full report is released next week.
About 2.4 million households have borrowed money or used credit to cover their bills so far this year. The current cold snap means households with vulnerable people face the impossible decision over whether to take on more debt to heat their home to the level recommended by health professionals.
Rachelle Earwaker, a senior economist at JRF, said: "The government must see that families will not be able to get through the winter on the current levels of support.
"For hundreds of thousands of households it is not a choice between putting the heating on or not. Our research shows they cannot afford anything recommended to protect themselves from the effects of plummeting temperatures.
"We are still experiencing historically high inflation and the prices of essentials are still soaring. Energy bills, while capped, are still almost double what they were last winter. Housing shortages, rising rents and mortgage payments are overburdening budgets across the country.
She said the dangerously cold weather was cause for concern. "People are being forced to wager their financial health and whether they can afford more debt, against their wellbeing without sufficient heat, clothing or hot food."
The basic social security level was "woefully below" the level that would allow people to afford essentials, Earwalker added.
The foundation is urging the government to change universal credit and increase the basic rate of support.
A government spokesperson said: "Our priority will always be to support the most vulnerable. We recognize that people are struggling with rising prices, which is why we are protecting millions of those most in need with at least £1,200 of direct payments and providing households with £400 towards energy costs.
"Our immediate support also includes our energy price guarantee, saving around £900 for a typical household over winter and our household support fund is helping people with essential costs. Meanwhile, the chancellor recently announced a further extensive cost of living package, ensuring those most in need are supported next year as well as this."
The Met Office has issued a number of weather warnings for snow and ice in parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the east coast and south-west of England over the coming days.
Its chief meteorologist, Steve Willington, said: "As an Arctic maritime air mass settles across the UK, temperatures will fall with widespread overnight frosts, severe in places, and daytime temperatures only a few degrees above freezing.
"Showers will turn more wintry with an increasing risk of snow as the week progresses, particularly in coastal areas or over higher ground. There will be widespread frosts with temperatures falling to as low as -10C overnight in isolated spots by the end of the week."
Age UK advised people to maintain a supply of food and medicine to reduce the number of outdoor trips, and torches with spare batteries in case of a power cut.
Homeless people in London will be sheltered after the severe weather emergency protocol was activated for the first time this winter to provide emergency accommodation for rough sleepers.
UK Economy to Shrink in 2023, Risks 'Lost Decade': CBI


South African Mining: Where is it Headed?
Ever since the dawn of the industrial revolution, coal has remained an indispensable ingredient for modern transport and infrastructure. The building blocks of our modern world; glass, cement, steel and aluminium are energy intensive to produce, and coal powers their production. Being commercially mined in over 50 countries, coal is still the most abundant, accessible, and affordable source of energy. Coal though has one downside, burning it produces more pollutants than other fuels.


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CTA Considers China's New White Paper on Tibet Another Whitewash
posted Jul 18, 2011, 6:18 PM by The Tibetan Political Review [ updated Jul 19, 2011, 8:41 AM ]
In response to China's latest white paper on Tibet, the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration issued the following statement during a press conference on 18 July, 2011, in Dharamsala.
The ultimate judge of China's rule or misrule in Tibet should be the Tibetan people. Ever since the 17-Point Agreement, which was signed under duress in 1951 in Beijing, more than 60 years ago, the Tibetan people have made their judgment clear with their lives and limbs. Even after 60 years of China's invasion of Tibet and more than 50 years after Tibet came under the complete control of Beijing in the aftermath of the repression which crushed that year's popular uprising against Chinese rule, today large parts of Tibet are still under martial law, all but in name. The grim situation in Karze and Ngaba in eastern and northeastern Tibet is a clear judgment made by the Tibetan people of China's sixty years rule of Tibet.
Against this background, for the State Council, the Cabinet of the Chinese Communist government, to issue another white paper on Tibet on 11 July compels the Central Tibetan Administration to consider this document another whitewash of an ongoing and ugly reality. Such a white paper cannot stifle the voices of increasing number of monks, nuns, writers and students who demand greater freedom for Tibet and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to his people.
Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping at a ribbon-cutting ceremony
at a new Chinese propaganda exhibit in Lhasa, July 2011
In fact, the latest white paper is an attempt to cover up the darkest period experienced by the Tibetan people after China's invasion of Tibet. Every vestige of the Tibetan identity is annihilated and more than 1.2 million Tibetans died as a direct result of China's rule of Tibet.
Another startling fact of the nature of China's white papers on Tibet is their frequency. In an open, plural society, no elected government is compelled to issue white papers so frequently. An educated electorate and free media enable people to make their judgment on the performance of their elected representatives during elections. This is not so with China. In the age of the Internet, the Chinese Communist authorities spend enormous resources to keep the Chinese people ignorant and the media muzzled. In view of this, no amount of cycled and recycled white papers can silence those brave Chinese voices that demand democracy in China and Tibetan voices that call for greater freedoms for the Tibetan people.
Another startling fact is that no other minorities in China have been inflicted with so many white papers as the Tibetan people.
Perhaps one reason for China to waste so much ink and paper on the Tibetans is to counter the enormous and growing sympathy the Tibetan struggle attracts within the international community, including amongst Chinese scholars, writers, public intellectuals and human rights activists in and outside China. The international community, as such, will not be fooled by China's white papers on Tibet.
The Central Tibetan Administration take this opportunity to inform Beijing that the day when the State Council feels that there is no need to issue white papers on Tibet is the day when the reality in Tibet conforms to official Chinese Communist rhetoric.
If the sentiments of the Tibetan people are respected and their aspirations incorporated into state policy, the Tibetan people on their own volition, with no nudging from the Chinese Communist Party, will present their own White Paper to Beijing. For China to deserve such a White Paper from the Tibetan people on its performance in Tibet, Beijing must let the Tibetan people to speak free. Stifling the voices of the Tibetan people in Tibet and using one giant megaphone to trumpet its propaganda to the world will fool no one. The resources and talent of official China can be gainfully used in other fields.
Later, the Central Tibetan Administration will issue a detailed response to the distortion of historical facts and other propaganda on Tibet presented in China's latest white paper.
Thubten Samphel, Secretary
Tenzin Phuntsok Atisha, Secretary
Lobsang Choedak, Press Officer
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The Brexit vote has created business uncertainty, and it is likely that leaving the UK will generate difficult trading conditions for some time. It is important, therefore, that businesses do everything they can to ensure they are as ready as can be for increasing pressure on prices, and more intense competition for business.
2)Put together a team of 6 to 10 employees and ask them to map out your key business processes. This can be done at a fairly high level using sticky notes – it doesn't have to be a highly technical activity. The key is to identify the delays, hold-ups, backtracking, re-input of information, and rework that each process contains. Once you have identified the unhelpful and inefficient twists and turns in the process, the team should work with everyone in the business to eliminate those problems. For each process this activity might take 3 or 4 months with the team meeting fortnightly for half a day. It will more than pay for itself in efficiency savings; will get employees more motivated in working to improve the business; and will eliminate process problems which may drive your customers into the arms of competitors.
Both of these activities are easy to get started and neither is costly. They will have the added benefit of raising employee morale by encouraging them to make improvements to their working life. Most importantly they will increase the attractiveness of your business to your customers and greatly reduce the risk that customers will move to competitors when trading conditions get tighter. The efficiencies generated will give you more leeway on price, and the improved service you offer to customers may help you justify a premium over competitors.
Get to work now so that you are in a strong position when Brexit begins to bite!


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Q: ElvUI. How to show itemlevel in unit frame? It is nice to see levels of your group members immediately in the unitframes. With ElvUI you can do it using [level] variable in unitframe options for your aim or group.
But often item level is much more important.
Is it possible to show average item level of a player in the ElvUI unit frame (preferable group unitframe, but aim unitframe is also ok)? Some text-variable like [level] may be, or an addon?

A: Unless you make an addon for it, ElvUI at its core will not do this.
Since the UI does make a note of easy to read ilvls on gear pieces for all toons you use the UI for, the same cannot be done unless your inspecting the other player.  Since this is not always possible.  Having an addon to data fetch the info would be better, however it would have a slight margin of error since the data does not sync until log out and back in.
The PUG tool for Raiding actually helps with this since it sends the data in real time.  But the problem would stil lie within ElvUI Core programming since it was never intended to keep track of ilvls of anyone your in a party with nor does it have the capacity to do such a thing.
Your better off finding an addon that does this or making one yourself.


The National Association of Black Journalists celebrated its 40th Anniversary with a reception in Washington, D.C., where it was founded and on the actual founding date, December 12. Dorothy Tucker, who is NABJ Vice President Broadcast and NABJ Chicago board member, attended. NABJ President Sarah Glover captured 10 of the 44 NABJ Founders in front of the White House after the reception.


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705,000 Mercedes-Benzes Recalled in U.S.
Updated Apr. 13, 2017 5:50PM ET / Published Feb. 10, 2016 2:57AM ET
Hyungwon Kang/Reuters
Daimler AG said it was recalling 840,000 vehicles in the United States on Tuesday over the defective Takata Corp. airbags, which can exploded with deadly force. The automaker said included in that number is 705,00 Mercedes-Benzes and about 136,000 Daimler vans. The recall is "precautionary," according to the company, and will cost nearly $400 million. The Takata defect, which can cause airbags to overinflate and explode, has been blamed for at least 10 U.S. deaths. The defect has forced the recall of more than 20 million vehicles in the U.S. alone.
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Bix Beiderbecke Museum Bestows Two New Bix Lives Awards
Jonathan Turner October 13th, 2020 Rock Island, Music, Moline, Events, Entertainment, East Moline, Davenport, Bettendorf, Arts & Entertainment News
Josh Duffee and Carol Schaefer are two Davenport men who are passionate about one of Davenport's most famous natives. They are the newest winners of the Bix Lives award, given each year since 2007 to people who exemplify what it means to keep Bix Beiderbecke's legacy alive. Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke (1903-1931) is a legendary Davenport native, cornetist and pianist for whom an annual jazz festival and three-year-old museum in Davenport are named. The Bix Beiderbecke Museum and World Archives (at the lower level of River Music Experience, 2nd and Main streets) announced Duffee and Schaefer... Read More
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Bix Anniversary Honored With Records From Davenport Home
Jonathan Turner August 5th, 2020 Rock Island, Music, Muscatine, Moline, Milan, Events, Entertainment, East Moline, Davenport, Bettendorf, Arts & Entertainment News
Fourteen years before Aug. 6 was burned into the world's memory (with the 1945 U.S. atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, killing more than 70,000 people), that date marked another impactful death. Davenport native and jazz legend Leon Bismark ("Bix") Beiderbecke died Aug. 6, 1931 at age 28, from alcohol abuse and lobar pneumonia in his Queens, N.Y., apartment. His mother and brother Burnie were on their way to New York but arrived too late. Bix's body was returned to Davenport with services on Aug. 11, 1931 at Hill & Frederick's Funeral Home, and burial at Oakdale Cemetery,... Read More
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Bix Museum Audio Archives To Go Online, 49th Jazz Fest Starts Friday
Jonathan Turner July 30th, 2020 Rock Island, Music, Muscatine, Moline, Milan, Events, Entertainment, East Moline, Davenport, Bettendorf, Arts & Entertainment News
The Friends of the Davenport Public Library recently won a state of Iowa grant to make material about jazz legend Bix Beiderbecke much more accessible to the public. The library earned nearly $15,000 from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs to digitize audio recordings for the Bix Beiderbecke Museum and World Archive, which opened three years ago at the lower level of River Music Experience, 2nd and Main streets, Davenport. The collection of 239 reel-to-reel tapes and other media formats, including cassettes, CDs and VHS tapes, has been stored at the lower level of the Davenport Main Library,... Read More
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Bix Jazz Fest Goes Virtual
Tess Abney July 29th, 2020 Things To Do, Online Entertainment, Music, Local, Events, Entertainment
The Bix Jazz Society is excited to announce they are hosting a VIRTUAL JAZZ FEST on Friday Jul 31 and Saturday Aug 1. This virtual concert is free to anyone who wishes to experience 1920's-30's Jazz. Covid-19 may be separating us, through Bix, Jazz and Technology we will unite! The 49th annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival will feature six fantastic bands from Denver to Chicago. Each band will premiere new sets of traditional 1920's & 30's era Jazz music on Friday, July 31 from 6pm – 9pm and Saturday, August 1 from 6pm – 9pm. These concerts may be viewed on a smartphone,... Read More
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Quad-Cities Cultural Groups Among Those Awarded $2 Million-Plus In Iowa Grants
Jonathan Turner July 18th, 2020 Rock Island, Music, Muscatine, Moline, Milan, Local, Entertainment, East Moline, Davenport, Business, Bettendorf, Arts & Entertainment News, Art
Several Quad-Cities cultural organizations and projects were among 176 grants totaling just over $2 million, announced Friday by the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs (IDCA), for works in art, film, history, and culture. The funding comes through programs overseen by the department's divisions: the Iowa Arts Council, the State Historical Society of Iowa and Produce Iowa, the state office of film and media production. "These funds are critical to help sustain arts, film, heritage and cultural vibrancy across the state and showcase Iowa's world-class cultural programs and destinations with... Read More
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Quad-Cities' Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival Goes Virtual This Year
Jonathan Turner June 8th, 2020 Rock Island, Moline, Milan, Geneseo, Events, Entertainment, East Moline, Davenport, Cities, Bettendorf, Arts & Entertainment News, Art
Joining the cavalcade of Quad-Cities cultural offerings impacted by Covid-19, the 49th-annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival in Davenport also is moving online this year, July 31 and Aug. 1. It had been scheduled for the Rhythm City Casino Event Center in Davenport, but bands this time will record videos that can be seen for free, said Steve Trainor, Bix Society board president. "I think the majority of the board of directors of the Bix Jazz Society had felt, almost from the beginning that this was not going to be your typical year," he said Monday. "And like everyone else, the more... Read More
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Davenport Musical Legends Showcased In Bix Facebook Live Show
Sean Leary April 6th, 2020 LeClaire, Hampton, Geneseo, East Moline, Davenport, Cordova, Colona, Clinton, Cities, Cedar Rapids, Bettendorf, Arts & Entertainment News
DAVENPORT — Local musician Josh Duffee has long been a scholar of area legends like Louie Bellson and Bix Beiderbecke, and now he's sharing his encyclopedic knowledge with a new online show, Bix Beiderbecke: A Driving Tour Around Davenport, taking place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday on Josh's Facebook Live. "When I have the opportunity to travel the country and the world performing the music I love, I am proud to say that my family and I live in Davenport, Iowa, the hometown of Bix Beiderbecke!" Josh said. "The one thing I've heard the most from the... Read More
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Celebrate the Man Behind the Name at Bix Jazz Festival
Tess Abney July 30th, 2019 Things To Do, Music, Local, Events, Entertainment, Davenport
One of the most iconic festivals in the Quad Cities Area is once again upon us. It's time for some jazz! Bix Beiderbecke was a musical genius from our very own city of Davenport. He was a famous jazz cornetist pianist and composer. The annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival is not only a celebration of his accomplishments but a way to keep the genre alive. The 48th Annual Bix Festival will be held once again at the Rhythm City Casino Resort in Davenport (7077 Elmore Ave) in the Event Center. World-class jazz bands will charm you while dancers twirl and swing! A pleasant mix of traditional... Read More
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Celebrate the Man Behind the Name at 47th Bix Jazz Festival
Tess Abney July 30th, 2018 Local
One of the most iconic festivals in the Quad Cities Area is once again upon us. It's time for some jazz! Bix Beiderbecke was a musical genius from our very own city of Davenport. He was a famous jazz cornetist pianist and composer. The annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival is not only a celebration of his accomplishments but a way to keep the genre alive. The 47th Annual Bix Festival has a new location! The festival will be held once again at the Rhythm City Casino Resort in Davenport (7077 Elmore Ave) in the Event Center. World-class jazz bands will charm you while dancers twirl and... Read More
Celebrate Bix's Birthday With Swing And Jazz Bash
Tess Abney March 9th, 2018 Music, Entertainment
One of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s was born and raised right here in the QCA, and it's time to celebrate his birthday! That's right, it's Bix Beiderbecke's birthday! The Bix Birthday Bash fundraiser is happening this Saturday Mar 10 at Rhythm City Casino (7077 Elmore Avenue Davenport) from 6:30 – 9 p.m. in the Rhythm Room! This evening includes free Swing Dance Lessons from 6:30 – 7 p.m. Then stick around to enjoy live music from Dandelion Stompers from 7 – 8 p.m. and Locust Street Boys from 8 – 9 p.m. In addition to the amazing musical entertainment, enjoy some... Read More
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Aerial Surveys to Document Lesser Prairie-Chicken Population Trends
(March 7, 2017) - Aerial surveys will begin March 16 and run through mid-May in five states containing lesser prairie-chicken habitat. The surveys are conducted annually by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) to document population trends and how the bird is responding to management strategies identified in the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan.
The range-wide plan is a collaborative effort of WAFWA and the state wildlife agencies of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado. It was developed to ensure conservation of the lesser prairie-chicken with voluntary cooperation of landowners and industry. The plan allows agriculture producers and industry to continue operations while reducing impacts to the bird and its grassland habitat.
Annual report on Lesser Prairie-Chicken released
WAFWA Reports on 2016 Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-wide Plan Conservation Progress
On March 31, the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service its third annual report detailing achievements under the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan. Among other highlights, WAFWA reported on the purchase of an ecologically significant piece of property in Kansas, which permanently protects nearly 30,000 acres of high-quality lesser prairie-chicken habitat.
The range-wide plan is a collaborative effort of the state wildlife agencies of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado and is administered by WAFWA. It was developed to promote conservation by providing a blueprint for lesser prairie-chicken conservation through voluntary cooperation of landowners, land management agencies and industry participants. This plan allows participants to continue operations while restoring and maintaining habitat and reducing development impacts to the bird and its habitat.
Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-wide Plan is working on the Landscape
The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) has released a new video demonstrating how the mitigation program in the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan is successfully conserving habitat for this iconic grassland bird. The video documents work being done on a West Texas ranch that is being funded by industry participation in the plan. The video was produced through a partnership between WAFWA, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and Pheasants Forever.
The range-wide plan allows industry to continue operations while reducing and mitigating impacts to the bird and its grassland habitat. Industry contributions support conservation actions implemented by participating private landowners. Pioneer Natural Resources is one of more than 160 companies that are enrolled in the plan.
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RE: Summer transfer window 2017 - Arildonardo - 09-06-2017
(09-05-2017, 01:40 AM)WCmilan Wrote: I heard also Iniesta will be a free agent?
Yes, but he'll be 34 when next season starts and is already showing signs of not being quite the player he used to be... So, no thanks.
RE: Summer transfer window 2017 - Jay Crisp - 09-06-2017
(09-06-2017, 09:00 AM)Arildonardo Wrote: Yes, but he'll be 34 when next season starts and is already showing signs of not being quite the player he used to be... So, no thanks.
Yeah , and he hasnt had a goal in assist in what over a calendar year.
RE: Summer transfer window 2017 - Siregar - 09-06-2017
No, Iniesta or players above 32. We are now in first year, we took experienced players like Biglia and Bonucci (but they are not very old) combine with young players. 33 years old midfielder is already too old I think even he was world class player before and if he still could play 90 minutes, it could not be good for the team since in only 1 season we potentially have to change him.
The management has taken very good transfer with regard of experienced players like mentioned above.
RE: Summer transfer window 2017 - PassiamoAlleCoseFormali - 09-07-2017
(09-04-2017, 03:16 PM)Hitman Wrote: Here's a list of players that are out of contract next summer:
Top names: Messi, Alexis, Ozil, Isco, Giminez, De Vrij, Goretzka, Blind, Bernard, Luan, Emre Can
https://www.transfermarkt.com/statistik/endendevertraege
I have a weakness for Isco.
RE: Summer transfer window 2017 - Sampinjon - 09-07-2017
Sosa aparently "very close" to Trabzonspor.
(09-07-2017, 05:08 PM)Sampinjon Wrote: Sosa aparently "very close" to Trabzonspor.
Di Marzio confirms: Milan has 6 million euros. The player has 4 more bonuses. It is done.
Petrachi: "Milan wanted Belotti in Niang deal."
"It was very difficult to bring him here. Milan wanted to put Niang in the offer for Belotti but started from an unsuitable base."
RE: Summer transfer window 2017 - Ryo - 09-09-2017
(09-09-2017, 01:49 PM)PassiamoAlleCoseFormali Wrote: Petrachi: "Milan wanted Belotti in Niang deal."
Unsuitable my ass. We're not going to pay 100M for a 65M player, that's just common sense.
Don't know what these people are smoking, but they must be high af...
RE: Summer transfer window 2017 - ACM2020 - 09-09-2017
Who is Petrachi?
RE: Summer transfer window 2017 - reza - 09-09-2017
Torino sporting director


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The management of the money resources of the United States has always been the primary function of the Department of the Treasury. Whether it is regulating national banks, determining international economic policy, collecting income and excise taxes, issuing securities, reporting the government's daily financial transactions, or manufacturing coins or bills for circulation, the one concern that still ties together the activities of the Department of the Treasury is money.
Though formally established as an executive department by the First Session of Congress in 1789, many functions of the Department of the Treasury were being carried out even before the signing of the Declaration of Independence thirteen years earlier. Over the decades, the functions of the Department have expanded and grown more sophisticated to meet the needs of a developing nation.
The history of the Department of the Treasury began in the turmoil of the American Revolution, when the Continental Congress at Philadelphia deliberated the crucial issue of financing a war of independence against the United Kingdom. The Congress had no power to levy and collect taxes, nor was there a tangible basis for securing funds from foreign investors or governments. The delegates resolved to issue paper money in the form of bills of credit, promising redemption in coin on faith in the revolutionary cause. On June 22, 1775 -- only a few days after the Battle of Bunker Hill, Congress issued $2 million in bills; on July 25, 28 citizens of Philadelphia were employed by the Congress to sign and number the currency.
On July 29, 1775, the Second Continental Congress assigned the responsibility for the administration of the revolutionary government's finances to Joint Continental Treasurers, George Clymer and Michael Hillegas. The Congress stipulated that each of the colonies contribute to the Continental government's funds.
To ensure proper and efficient handling of the growing national debt in the face of weak economic and political ties between the colonies, the Congress, on February 17, 1776, designated a committee of five to superintend the Treasury, settle the accounts, and report periodically to the Congress. On April 1, a Treasury Office of Accounts, consisting of an Auditor General and clerks, was established to facilitate the settlement of claims and to keep the public accounts for the government of the United Colonies. With the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, the new-born republic as a sovereign nation was able to secure loans from abroad.
Robert Morris was designated Superintendent of Finance in 1781 and restored stability to the nation's finances. Morris, a wealthy colonial merchant, was nicknamed "the Financier" because of his reputation for procuring funds or goods on a moment's notice. His staff included a Comptroller, a Treasurer, a Register, and auditors, who managed the country's finances through 1784, when Morris resigned because of ill health. The Treasury Board of three Commissioners continued to oversee the finances of the confederation of former colonies until September 1789.
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be a Department of Treasury, in which shall be the following officers, namely: a Secretary of the Treasury, to be deemed head of the department; a Comptroller, an Auditor, a Treasurer, a Register, and an Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, which assistant shall be appointed by the said Secretary."
Alexander Hamilton took the oath of office as the first Secretary of the Treasury on September 11, 1789. Hamilton had served as George Washington's aide-de-camp during the Revolution, and was of great importance in the ratification of the Constitution. Because of his financial and managerial acumen, Hamilton was a logical choice for solving the problem of the new nation's heavy war debt.
Hamilton's first official act was to submit a report to Congress in which he laid the foundation for the nation's financial health. To the surprise of many legislators, he insisted upon federal assumption and dollar-for-dollar repayment of the country's war debt of $75 million in order to revitalize the public credit: "[T]he debt of the United States…was the price of liberty. The faith of America has been repeatedly pledged for it, and with solemnities that give peculiar force to the obligation." Hamilton foresaw the development of industry and trade in the United States, and suggested that government revenues be based upon customs duties. His sound financial policies also inspired investment in the Bank of the United States, which acted as the government's fiscal agent.
In the first years of the American republic's existence, the government was quartered in Philadelphia until the new capital city, as authorized in the Constitution, was built on the banks of the Potomac River. In 1800, the government moved to Washington, D.C., and the Department of the Treasury moved into a porticoed Georgian-style building designed by an English architect, George Hadfield. This structure was burned by the British in 1814, but was rebuilt by White House architect James Hoban. This building was identical to three others located on lots adjacent to the White House, each housing one of the four original departments of the U.S. Government: U.S. Department of State, U.S. War Department, U.S. Treasury Department and the United States Navy. The Treasury Building, to the southeast of the White House, was burned by arsonists in 1833 with only the fireproof wing left standing.
The present Treasury Building is a magnificent granite structure in the Greek Revival style; it was built over a period of 33 years between 1836 and 1869. The east and center wings, designed by Robert Mills, architect of the Washington Monument and the Patent Office Building, comprise the first part of the building constructed from 1836 to 1842. The most architecturally impressive feature of the Mills design is the east front colonnade running the length of the building. Each of the 30 columns is 36 feet tall and is carved out of a single block of granite. The interior design of the east and center wings is classically austere, in keeping with the Greek Revival style.
Later additions were made to the original wings, beginning with the construction of the south wing from 1855 to 1860 and the west wing from 1855 to 1864. The preliminary design of the wings was provided by Thomas Ustick Walter, architect of the dome of the U.S. Capitol, but architects Ammi B. Young and Isaiah Rogers refined the plans, designed the interior details, and supervised construction. While the exterior of the building was executed along the lines of the original Mills wings, the interiors of the later wings reflect changes in both building technology and aesthetic tastes. Iron columns and beams reinforced the building's brick vaults; the architectural detailing became much more ornate, following mid-nineteenth century fashion.
The final addition to the Treasury Building was the north wing, built from 1867 to 1869. Its architect was Alfred B. Mullett, who subsequently designed the State, War, and Navy Building (now the Dwight D. Eisenhower Building) on the other side of the White House.
Similar in construction and decor to the south and west wings, the north wing is unique as the site of the Cash Room -- a two-story marble hall in which the daily financial business of the U.S. Government could be transacted. The room was opened in 1869 as the site of President Ulysses S. Grant's Inaugural Reception.
The Treasury Building is the oldest departmental building in Washington and has had a great impact on the design of other government buildings. At the time of its completion, it was one of the largest office buildings in the world. It served as a barracks for soldiers during the Civil War and as the temporary White House for President Andrew Johnson following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
Throughout the decades of American history, the Department of the Treasury has been a dynamic aspect of the government's service to the people, expanding and developing to accommodate the nation's needs. While the fiscal and collection functions have remained substantially constant for over two centuries, other incidental operations have varied greatly. Most of the functions assigned to Treasury by the Act of 1789 are still carried out by the Department of the Treasury, although the functions of the Comptroller have been assumed by the Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Many functions of the Federal Government, regardless of fiscal significance, were first placed under the jurisdiction of Treasury; other agencies or executive departments have since been created to administer some of these activities. The Postal Service, for example, was supervised by Treasury until 1829; the General Land Office, which was the nucleus of the Department of the Interior, was part of Treasury from 1812 to 1849. Operations associated with business were Treasury activities until the creation of the Department of Commerce and Labor in 1903; and the functions of the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury were eventually established within the General Services Administration in 1949. The oldest seagoing armed service in the United States, the Coast Guard, remained in the Department of the Treasury until its transfer to the Department of Transportation in 1967. Other marine interests were administered by Treasury: the Coast Survey, the Lighthouse Service, and the Marine Hospital Service, from which the Public Health Service, and ultimately, the Department of Health and Human Services grew. The Bureau of Narcotics was part of Treasury until its functions were relocated in the Department of Justice as today's Drug Enforcement Agency. The Bureau of the Budget, established in Treasury in 1921, was transferred to the Executive Office of the President in 1939 and now oversees the spending of federal funds as the Office of Management and Budget.
Treasury is an agency that has been sculpted by the history of the nation it serves, though its basic functions, assigned by Congress from powers granted to Congress in the Constitution, remain constant. The Department has adapted to the ever-changing realities of the nation's development through periodic innovations and reorganizations. The Civil War, for example, had a great effect upon the activities of the Department of the Treasury: the loss of customs revenues from the seceded Southern states resulted in the establishment of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, as well as the printing of paper currency and the institution of the National Banking System. The growth of international trade after World War I and America's involvement in World War II demanded an active role by the Department of the Treasury in the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944, which established the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and the leadership of the United States in promoting worldwide economic development.
The Departmental Offices are composed of divisions headed by Assistant Secretaries, a General Counsel, or Inspectors General who report to the Secretary through the Deputy Secretary, the Under Secretary for International Affairs, the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, or the Under Secretary for the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. Most of these divisions are located within the Main Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. The bureaus make up 98% of the Treasury work force, which totals approximately 125,000 people.
The Secretary of the Treasury serves as a major policy advisor to the President, has primary responsibility for formulating and recommending domestic and international financial, economic, and tax policy, participating in the formulation of broad fiscal policies that have general significance for the economy, and managing the public debt. The Secretary oversees the activities of the Department which serves as the financial agent for the U.S. Government, carries out certain law enforcement responsibilities, and manufactures coins and currency. He also serves as the chief financial officer of the government.
The Secretary is a member of the President's National Economic Council. He is the Chairman and Managing Trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees. He also serves as U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the North American Development Bank.
The Deputy Secretary, established by the Act of May 18, 1972, advises and assists the Secretary in the supervision and direction of the Department and its activities, and acts temporarily for the Secretary in his absence, sickness, or unavailability. The Deputy Secretary plays a primary role in the formulation and execution of Treasury policies and programs in all aspects of the Department's activities.
The Treasurer of the United States, the only Treasury office older than the Department itself, was established July 29, 1775. The Treasurer was originally charged with the receipt, custody, and disbursement of government funds, though many of these functions have been taken over by a bureau of the Department of the Treasury. The Treasurer's signature, along with that of the Secretary of the Treasury, is on all U.S. paper currency. The Treasurer also serves as one of the Treasury Department's principal advisors and spokespersons in the area of financial literacy and education.
On November 25, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Homeland Security Bill which set into motion many changes for the Department of the Treasury. Under the reorganization of the Department, two of Treasury's oldest bureaus, the U.S. Customs Service (1789) and the U.S. Secret Service (1865), as well as the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (1970) were transferred to the Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003. Portions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (1972) were transferred to the Department of Justice on January 24, 2003.
This article was sourced originally from Treasury History Overview , U.S. Treasury Department, accessed January 6, 2008.
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La Gomera Airport (IATA: GMZ, ICAO: GCGM) is a airport locatit near the toun o Playa Santiago on the island o La Gomera in the Canary Islands, 34 km (21 mi) soothwast bi road frae the island's caipital ceety, San Sebastián de la Gomera.
Awtho the runway wis completit in 1994, the terminal did no open till 1999. Wi a 1,500 m × 30 m (4,921 ft × 98 ft) runwey the airport can anerly tak turbo-prop inter-island flichts, no jets frae mainland Europe, an anerly operates durin daylicht. Thare are twa return flichts per day, tae Tenerife North.
Awtho 34 km (21 mi) frae the island caipital, the airport wis locatit here tae avoid disturbin the Garajonay Naitional Pairk an avoid the cloudier an foggier climate tae the North o the island, whilst the volcanic terrain gies few suitable steids onywhaur on La Gomera, awtho even this steid required extensive embankments at baith ends o the runway.
Aviation in the island o La Gomera stairtit in the 1950s, when a private airfield wis constructit. Its name wis "El Revolcadero" an it was situated in Tecina. This airfield haed a runwey (09-27), an hangar an a smaw staund which wis uised as control touer. The airfield wis for the awner's private uise an for emergencies an fumigation wirks.
In the year 1962, the island haed a lot o sanitar assistance problems, so studies tae build a airport in the island wur stairtit, but this project wis no carriet oot till 1975. Housomeivver, due tae the openin o the Tenerife Sooth Airport an a new maritime line wi the island, the project wis again delayed.
Feenally, in the 1980s, problems wi woondit evacuations necessitatit biggin a airport in the island, an on 27 Julie 1987 a greement for the construction o the airport wis signed.
At the end o 1997, aw is ready tae begin wi the wirks an, at the end o 1994 the arifield haed a runwey (09-27), a aircraft pairkin an a taxi wey tae the runwey. The electit place tae build the instalations wis the "Meseta de los Acantilados" (Plateau Clints), which is locatit 2 kilometres frae the auld airfield of "El Revolcadero".
At the end o 1995, when Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA), leeiterally "Spainyie Airports an Air Navigation", teuk ower the airport, a passenger terminal wis built, which wis inauguratit in 1992. This passenger terminal haes twa floors an we can see in it the teepical Canarian airchitectur.
In the next chairt, the evolution o passengers traffec bi year is indicatit.
↑ "Airport destinations - La Gomera Airport". Aena. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
↑ "History - La Gomera Airport". Aena. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
↑ "BOLETÍN OFICIAL DE CANARIAS. 361 - RESOLUCION de 13 de febrero de 1991, de la Secretaría General Técnica, por la que se dispone la publicación del Convenio de 11 de enero de 1991, entre la Administración del Estado y el Gobierno de Canarias para la financiación, gestión y seguimiento de las obras de infraestructura del aeropuerto de La Gomera (B.O.E. nº 64, de 15.3.91)" (PDF). Gobierno de Canarias. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
↑ "Evolution of passenger traffic". Aena. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
This page wis last eeditit on 29 August 2014, at 16:40.


Visuals are important. How something appears can leave a lasting impression. In a day where many books are actually judged by their covers, Crossway has taken notice and created the ESV Illuminated Bible, Art Journaling Addition. It truly has a beautiful cover, but there's much more to it than that.
Many Christians haven't actually read the Bible all the way through. It's kind of puzzling. We say we believe in Jesus. Jesus is God. The Bible is literally the words of God. Why wouldn't we want to know what God has said?
The Bible is one grand, beautiful story. Many think the Old and New Testaments to be clearly divided or they perceive God to have had a major change between the Old and New. This couldn't be further from the truth.
Yesterday, I borrowed a truck a drove a rather large pallet of bottled water between two towns. I didn't have it tied down and I just drove slow and relied on it's weight to keep it in place. I usually like to drive fast. I want to make the best time possible to get to where I'm going. However, in this case, I wanted to be slow.