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Openn Offers Terms and Conditions
Openn Offers Terms of Use
1 Acknowledgement
1.1 The Users acknowledge that the Openn Offers process is facilitated by the Agent.
1.2 Openn Tech Pty Ltd ABN 37 607 908 636 ("the Owner of the App") owns the App that conducts the Openn Offers process and provides the App for Sellers and Agents to list property for sale by Private Treaty and for Qualified Buyers to purchase the Property.
2 Terms of use
2.1 These terms of use and the terms of service located at https://www.openn.com.au/terms-of-service (except those terms that apply to auctions) govern the agreement between Users and the Owner of the App in relation to the Openn Offers process.
2.2 These terms of use apply to the extent of any inconsistency between the terms of service located at https://www.openn.com.au/terms-of-service in relation to the Openn Offers process.
2.3 Words and phrases used in these terms of use have the same meaning as the terms of service located at https://www.openn.com.au/terms-of-service except as otherwise defined in these terms of use.
3 Owner's Service
3.1 The Owner does not conduct the Openn Offers process. The Owner:
(a) is not an auctioneer or a real estate agent and does not claim to be;
(b) does not own or offer for sale the Property or any property listed on the App; and
(c) role is limited to providing the App for the sale of the Property.
3.2 The Owner is therefore not responsible or liable:
(a) in the event that a Seller or Buyer fails to complete a Contract;
(b) for the completion of the sale of a Property;
(c) for the state and condition of any Property listed on the App; and
(d) for verifying a Property listed on the App.
4 Commencement of Openn Offers
4.1 The Openn Offers process commences once a Property has been launched on the App and will prevail until the property has been sold or withdrawn from the App.
4.2 Prior to using the App to place an Offer, it is recommended that Buyers:
(a) obtain independent legal advice on the Contract; and
(b) undertake their own due diligence on a Property including without limitation building, pest and strata inspections and searches.
5 The Openn Offers Process
5.1 A Buyer must become a Qualified Buyer to participate in the Openn Offers process and use the App.
5.2 The Seller has instructed the Agent to only accept offers made by Qualified Buyers in accordance with these terms of use. Any offers made on a Property that do not comply with this clause and the terms of use will not be passed on to the Seller.
5.3 In order to become a Qualified Buyer, the Buyer must, prior to the Final Offer Stage:
(a) download the App or visit www.openn.com.au;
(b) create an account;
(c) select the Property in the App; and
(d) enter their Pending Offer in the App including their contact details and any terms and conditions;
5.4 In taking the steps to become a Qualified Buyer, the Buyer warrants to the Seller, the Agent and the Owner of the App that the Buyer previously had the opportunity to:
(a) inspect the Property and undertake due diligence on the Property and are satisfied with the Property (subject to any terms and conditions in their Pending Offer);
(b) obtain independent legal advice on the Contract and in relation to purchasing the Property.
5.5 In the Campaign Offer Stage on the App, other Qualified Buyers can join the Openn Offers process.
5.6 Throughout the Campaign Offer Stage, any Buyer may improve their Offer Price through the App.
5.7 The Final Offer Stage commencement date and time will be displayed on the App to Qualified Buyers.
5.8 Prior to the Final Offer Stage, the Agent will determine whether:
(a) The Buyer is eligible to participate in the negotiation for the Property based on the Seller's instructions; and
(b) If so, the Buyer will become a Qualified Buyer and the Agent will approve the Qualified Buyer on the App.
5.9 The Buyer acknowledges that the sale by Openn Offers is not an auction and that the Agent and the Seller have the authority to sell the Property to any Qualified Buyer at any time, and that they might not have the chance to improve their Offer.
5.10 Once the Agent approves the Qualified Buyer on the App, the App will:
(a) send a confirmation notification to the Qualified Buyer;
(b) show when the Final Offer Stage will commence; and
(c) provide them with Sa Unique Identification Number that will be used to identify them in the App.
5.11 Qualified Buyers are entitled to participate in the Openn Offers on the basis that:
(a) any Offer made on the App using a Qualified Buyer's Unique Identification Number will be deemed to have been made by that Qualified Buyer;
(b) during the Campaign Offers Stage and the Final Offer Stage the Agent may determine a minimum sum by which any Offer must exceed and no Offer will be accepted that does not meet that requirement;
(c) (subject to the laws in the State) the Agent may reveal on the App the Offer Price made by a Qualified Buyer or that an Offer has been made on the Property;
(d) during the Final Offer Stage, the App will set a time limit during which Qualified Buyers may consider whether or not to make an Offer;
(e) each Qualified Buyer will compete with other Qualified Buyers such that the Winning Buyer of the Property will be the Qualified Buyer who has had their Offer accepted by the Seller as the Winning Offer;
(f) the Seller may not make an offer on the Property either directly or through an agent or other representative;
(g) Dummy Offers and/or encouraging another party to engage in Dummy Offers constitutes a breach of these terms of use and may have serious legal consequences; and
(h) the Qualified Buyer is solely responsible for the operation of the App, internet access, access to their account, and the making of each Offer in the Openn Offers process.
6 Final Offer Stage
6.1 The Final Offer Stage on the App will commence at the date and time nominated by the Seller for the Final Offer Stage to begin, which can be at any time, provided that:
(a) the Final Offer Stage must commence between 8.00am and 9.00pm; and
(b) if the date and time for the Final Offer Stage has changed since the Qualified Buyer entered their Offer, the Agent will use reasonable endeavours to contact that Qualified Buyer (at that Qualified Buyer's contact details) to advise when the Final Offer Stage will commence.
6.2 During the Final Offer Stage, the negotiation will be conducted as follows:
(a) Qualified Buyers may choose to make changes to their Offer including without limitation, further improvements to their Offer Price by increments that have been determined by the Agent;
(b) the App will display the Unique Identification Number for each Qualified Buyer;
(c) during the Final Offer Stage, the App will indicate:
i. the minimum sum by which a Qualified Buyer must improve their Offer Price by if they wish to do so;
ii. the time period during which Offer Price improvements may be made before the Final Offer Stage ends;
(d) the Final Offer Stage will proceed, with the Qualified Buyers improving their Offer Price, until all Offers are exhausted within the time period set by the App or a Winning Offer is accepted by the Seller;
(e) the ultimate Buyer of the Property will be the one who has had their Offer accepted by the Agent on the app, and has completed a Contract;
(f) the Agent may also pause the time limit for making Offers during the Final Offer Stage for the purpose of taking instructions from the Seller or conferring with Qualified Buyers, and such a pause will be displayed on the App and visible to all Qualified Buyers.
7 Formation of contract
7.1 The Winning Buyer must sign (and return to the Agent) a Contract for the Property incorporating the terms and conditions of the Winning Offer within a reasonable timeframe after notice that the Winning Offer has been accepted and no later than any timeframe provided by the Agent.
7.2 If the Winning Buyer fails to comply with clause 7.1 then the Seller is under no obligation to sell the Property to the Winning Buyer and the Winning Buyer may be excluded from further participation in the Openn Offers process.
8 Dummy Offers
8.1 Dummy Offers and/or encouraging another party to engage in Dummy Offers constitutes a breach of these terms of use and may also constitute fraud and misleading or deceptive conduct and attract serious consequences.
8.2 Any party who becomes aware of the occurrence of Dummy Offers must inform the Agent as soon as possible.
8.3 The Qualified Buyers and Sellers warrant that they will not engage in Dummy Offers nor encourage or permit any other party to engage in Dummy Offers.
9 Use of the App
9.1 Users of the App must not disclose their Password to any other person nor allow any other person to access the App on his or her behalf.
9.2 If a User becomes aware of any unauthorised use of the App, the User agrees to immediately notify the Owner.
9.3 Users must ensure that they have adequate mobile and/or internet coverage to allow access to the App;
9.4 Users of the App will not hold the Owner responsible for any loss or damage arising from the misuse, improper use, or unauthorised use of their username and / or Password for the App.
9.5 The Owner reserves the right to deny access to the App:
(a) in the event any false or fraudulent information is provided;
(b) in the event of any unauthorised use of the App; and
(c) at its sole discretion.
10 Withdrawal of Property from Sale
10.1 The Seller may instruct the Agent to withdraw the Property from the App at any point.
11 Withdrawal or Suspension of Openn Offers
11.1 The Agent may cancel the Openn Offers including, but not limited to, the Final Offer Stage, if:
(a) the Agent reasonably considers that a technical problem has occurred with the App such that the Openn Offers cannot properly proceed; or
(b) the Agent reasonably considers that one or more Qualified Buyers are experiencing difficulties with the use of the App such that the Openn Offers cannot properly proceed.
11.2 The Agent will contact the Qualified Buyers to advise them of a new Openn Offers Campaign (and a new Final Offer Stage) provided that upon the Openn Offers restarting in these circumstances, no Qualified Buyer shall be bound by any prior Offer and shall be free to make an Offer at any amount the Qualified Buyer wishes.
11.3 The Agent may also pause the Final Offer Stage for the purpose of taking instructions from the Seller or conferring with Qualified Buyers. This pause will be displayed on the App and visible to all Qualified Buyers.
11.4 The Agent may withdraw or remove Offers that he or she thinks are likely to have been made in error or bad faith, at their complete discretion.
12 Liability and Indemnity
12.1 The Developer, the Owner, Agent and their officers, directors and employees will not be held liable, in any circumstances, for any loss or damages which arise out of:
(a) any use, attempted use and/or any technical failure of the App;
(b) acting, or failing to act, on any information contained on or referred to on the App; and
(c) any errors or defects in the App.
12.2 The Qualified Buyers and the Sellers release and hold harmless the Agent, the Owner and the Developer and their officers, directors and employees from and against all actions, suits, demands, claims, losses, damages and costs whatsoever, whether at law or in equity arising out of: a. any use, attempted use and/or any technical failure of the App; b. acting, or failing to act, on any information contained on or referred to on the App; and c. any errors or defects in the App.
12.3 Users of the App will indemnify and keep indemnified the Agent, the Owner and the Developer and their officers, directors and employees from and against all actions, suits, demands, claims, losses, damages and costs whatsoever, whether at law or in equity arising out of any breach of these terms of use by You.
13 Compliance with Law
13.1 These terms of use are to be interpreted so that they comply with all applicable laws in each jurisdiction.
13.2 If any part of these terms of use are unenforceable, illegal or void then it is severed and the remainder of these terms of use remain in force.
14 Intellectual Property
14.1 Unless otherwise indicated, the Owner and the Developer owns or has a license to use all intellectual property (including copyright, trademarks and designs) subsisting in the content (including any graphics, images, logos, text, material, software) on the App.
14.2 Content on the App must not be modified, copied, reproduced, republished, framed, uploaded to a third party, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way except as expressly provided for on the App.
15 Privacy
15.1 The Developer's Privacy Policy (available at https://www.openn.com.au/privacy-policy) forms part of these terms of use. By using the App, You consent to the Developer collecting, handling and using Your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
16 Governing Laws
16.1 These terms of use are governed by the laws of the State, and all Users submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State's Court.
17 Definitions
(a) Agent means the licenced real estate agent appointed by the Seller to sell a Property.
(b) App means the specialised software program designed to facilitate the Openn Offers process and known as "Openn".
(c) Buyer means person intending to make an Offer on a Property.
(d) Campaign Offer Stage means the stage of the Openn Offers that commences when the Property is listed on the App and ends at the earlier of the Property being sold or the commencement of the Final Offer Stage.
(e) Contract means a contract for the sale and purchase of a Property.
(f) Developer means Openn Pty Ltd ACN 612 338 477.
(g) Dummy Offers means false or fictitious Offers made by non-genuine Buyers with no intention of buying the Property and also includes any real estate offer practices prohibited in the State.
(h) Final Offer Stage means the stage of the Openn Offers at which Qualified Buyers make competing Offers to purchase the Property through the App, with a time limit applying to the making of Offers and the process concluding when the Property is sold or all Offers are exhausted.
(i) Offer includes a Pending Offer, a Qualified Offer and any Offer Price improvements.
(j) Offer Price means the purchase price offered for the Property within any Offer.
(k) Openn Offers means the process set out in these terms of use according to which the sale of the Property is to be conducted using the App.
(l) Owner means Openn Tech Pty Ltd ACN 607 908 636 being the owner of the App.
(m) Pending Offer means an opening offer, including the Offer Price, contact details and any terms and conditions made by a Buyer, through the App, done during the process to become a Qualified Buyer.
(n) Property means a property offered for sale by the Agent on the App.
(o) Qualified Buyer means a Buyer who has fulfilled the requirements set out in clause 5.
(p) Qualified Offer means a Pending Offer that has been reviewed by the Agent and has met the Agent's requirements to present it as an offer to the Seller.
(q) Seller means the person entitled to sell a Property and who has appointed the Agent to sell a Property.
(r) State means the state or territory in which the relevant Property is located.
(s) Unique Identification Number means the unique identifying number provided by the App to each Qualified Buyer to allow them to be identified in the App.
(t) Winning Buyer means the Qualified Buyer who makes the Winning Offer.
(u) Winning Offer means the Offer for the Property made in the App which has been accepted by the Seller.


Why is healing still in the game?
Re: Why is healing still in the game?
I think Reg & VIP Wolf should passivly heal, as only the VIP Counter parts of the other characters get the heal passive.
maybe a no heal mode?
Wolverine's healing factor is the only heal in the game, that is a threat.
Ironmans is so small, and a two level heal. His "heal" is due to upgrading his systems to gold armor it's hardly a heal.
Juggernauts healing, is I believe smaller .. but the heal .. during his citorak power up, is tiny, compared to the speed and strength buff he receives from performing the power up.
A passive heal ability, originally brought up by lux, was already passed to Tmy and the response was that though possible, figuring out what to tweak, and hopefully not breaking other things in the process would take too long while he has to continue to upgrade and tweak existing characters, and add the rest of the moves to the new characters.


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Q: First test is always failing after modularizing and adding lazy loading Hello!
I'm working on a quite big Angular 13 application that has unit tests for almost all components/services/pipes/etc. After a long time, we decided to split the application into Angular modules and implement lazy loading. It's already working, but after fixing all the imports in the unit tests we still have one unit test failing. It's always the first one. The tested component is random. For now, I observed that the failing unit tests were from components/pipes from SharedModule and CoreModule which are imported not lazily in the app module, but probably I just didn't run it enough times to get components from other modules as well.
Error in Karma
I don't know how to debug it. I found this question from StackOverflow, but I don't know how to apply it in ng test.
This is my test.ts file:
import "zone.js/testing";
import { getTestBed } from "@angular/core/testing";
import { BrowserDynamicTestingModule, platformBrowserDynamicTesting } from "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/testing";

declare const require: any;

getTestBed().initTestEnvironment(BrowserDynamicTestingModule, platformBrowserDynamicTesting());
const context = require.context("./", true, /\.spec\.ts$/);
context.keys().map(context);

This is my tsconfig.json that is used for test:
{
  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "outDir": "./out-tsc/spec",
    "types": ["jasmine", "node"],
    "target": "es5"
  },
  "files": ["src/test.ts", "src/polyfills.ts"],
  "include": ["src/**/*.spec.ts", "src/**/*.d.ts"]
}

A: I found the reason. The problem was that I was in did having circular dependency. I had some variables in the app.module which were imported by a shared module which is also imported in app.module.
For the debuging information I turned on the "Stop at exception" function in Chrome Dev Tools

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I've always liked to imagine that the Manic Street Preachers' 1998 song 'If you tolerate this your children will be next' was about the Daily Mail and the fact that if we're not careful they'll be putting out a daily junior edition to indoctrinate our children into their radicalised nonsensical thinking.
Then before you can say 'Social websites harm a child's brain!' we'll all be making highly judgemental knee jerk reactions to every possible scenario, whether we know a single thing about it or not. This would inevitably lead to a catastrophic chain of events whereby most of the UK population would become diehard Daily Mail readers and we'd become a totalitarian police state. id-iom would then have to raise a resistance army made up from the hardy few who experienced a serious case of cognitive dissonance on perusing the Mail. I can only imagine the resulting conflict would be much like the film 'Red Dawn' (the 1984 version not the 2012 version) and we'd eventually rise triumphant in some bleak alternate universe.
After a quick bit of internet research it actually turns out that the song is actually about the Spanish Civil War. Apart from that however I'd like to think my imagined story still holds true. If you haven't read the Daily Mail and generally disklike everything in life then maybe, just maybe, you should give it a go. Anyway, what else was I meant to do with a copy of the Daily Mail?
Title: If you hate everything….


James Hollis sought a court-ordered buy-out of his 50% interest in a Nevada corporation. In a bench trial in Judge Lynn Hughes' district court, the court found that Dan Hill, holder of the other 50% interest, breached the fiduciary duty he owed to Hollis and ordered a buy-out of Hollis' shares based on Rob Hancock's assessment of the corporation's value (including what Judge Hughes characterized as an "ex-dividend") at an effective date more than one year prior to the date of judgment. Hill timely appealed. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and remanded in part due to an issue with the effective valuation date.
In the second trial, Rob Hancock testified on the corporation's value at a later date (9 months henceforth) from the original trial valuation date). Judge Hughes then ruled from the bench with a similar court ordered buy-out based upon Rob Hancock's testimony and opinions regarding value and accrued dividends. Hollis v. Hill, 232 F.3d 460 (5th Cir. 2000), the first reported federal court case in the 5th Circuit based upon a claim on minority shareholder oppression.


Parents say that a shortage of teachers is the biggest challenge facing schools at all levels: pre-primary (named by 40% of parents), primary (46%) and secondary (35%). The largest group of citizens (22%) also name teacher shortages as the main challenge arising from making education free, followed closely (20%) by poor teacher performance.
These findings were released by Twaweza in a research brief titled What's going on in our schools? Kenyans' opinions and experiences of the education sector. The brief is based on data from Sauti za Wananchi, Africa's first nationally representative high-frequency mobile phone survey. The findings are based on data collected from 1,703 respondents across Kenya between October and November 2017.
Although they are consistent about what challenges seem prevalent in the sector, Kenyans are divided on whether the quality of education has improved (42%) or deteriorated (32%) since schools became [fee] free.
A large majority of citizens are also unaware of recent education reforms: curriculum changes were most well-known, mentioned by 1 out of 4 citizens (26%), but 6 out of 10 citizens (58%) could not name any reforms at all and 1 out of 10 (10%) mentioned a reform that has not happened.
Citizens are also disengaged from school finances: only 3 out of 100 can correctly state the amount of money government sends to primary and secondary schools per student in replacement for school fees. Three out of four do not know if this money arrives at their local school (76%) and the same number (75%) say they have never been to school to look for information about finances.
However, 8 out of 10 citizens (81%) think that they have a role to play in improving the quality of education in the country. And in some ways they are actively fulfilling their obligations: 8 out of 10 citizens visit their children's school and discuss learning with teachers at least once a term. Half of parents also help their children with homework more than twice a term, although one out of five (19%) never do.


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HomeBlogWhen did Chief Keef make his first album?
When did Chief Keef make his first album?
A bidding war between major labels resulted in Keef signing with Interscope. His debut album Finally Rich was released in December 2012, and featured the singles "I Don't Like" and "Love Sosa", which would popularize the Chicago rap subgenre drill.
What was chief Keefs first song?
Kicking his career off at the age of 16 with the street single "I Don't Like," he was a hit on Chicago's high school circuit before mixtapes and viral videos led to a contract with Interscope. His official debut, 2012's Finally Rich, was a hit, peaking in the Top 30 of the Billboard 200.
Does Chief Keef have a number 1 album?
The best-selling album by CHIEF KEEF is FINALLY RICH, which sold over 500,000 copies .
How many albums Chief Keef have?
Chief Keef/Albums
When did Chief Keef make his first album? – Related Questions
What is the longest rap album of all time?
Kendrick Lamar's Classic Debut 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' is the Longest Charting Rap Album of All Time. Dimas Sanfiorenzo Dimas Sanfiorenzo is the Managing Editor for Okayplayer.
What rapper holds the most records?
Eminem. Eminem is the best-selling rapper in history. With over 200 million records sold, he is also the 6th best-selling solo music artist of all time. Growing up in Detroit, Marshall Mathers aka Eminem started his rap career at the age of 16.
Who is the fastest rap ever?
There's Eminem, who was credited with a Guinness World Record in 2020 for rapping a staggering 7.5 words per second in one verse in Godzilla. His 2013 track Rap God was also awarded a Guinness World Record for packing the most words inside a hit single — 1,560 words inside 6 minutes and 4 seconds.
Who is the goat of hip hop?
Who is the world best rapper?
The best rappers in the world include Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Ye, Jay-Z, Travis Scott, J. Cole, Drake, Snoop Dogg, Post Malone, and Dr. Dre. There are numerous other amazing artists from different parts of the world.
What rapper has broken the most records?
Tupac Shakur for Highest Selling Rap Artist of All Time
By 2004, Makaveli had sold 67 million albums worldwide, and Guinness gave him the title eight years after his death.
Who has the most hits in rap history?
Artists with the most number-one singles
25 Drake
11 Lil Wayne
10 Puff Daddy
Who has the most World Records in music?
Elvis Presley. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Elvis Presley is still the best-selling artist in music history with more than 1 billion album and song sales worldwide. He's also still breaking records from beyond the grave.

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WE MUST UNLEASH THE DAMS
We are being told that climate variation will make for a thirsty planet. That is, if nothing is done. A few billion people are already suffering from acute thirst because of little or no access to water, because of agricultural, industrial or domestic pollution, or because of a lack of toilets, sewerage and treatment systems.
Although water and sanitation were millennium targets, they still are not a priority. Guns, canons and mobile phones still continue to come before drinking water.
Water is, however, everywhere on and beneath the surface of the earth, and available at a moment's notice, but not always in the long run. Today, many countries – including France– can no longer or not at all store water to deal with demographic growth and increasing standards of living, especially in cities.
Dams and freshwater reservoirs have a bad reputation. They are said to be detrimental to the conservation of biodiversity. As a result, seasonal water shortages are recurrent in France. Last August alone, water restrictions were placed on 70 of about 100 French departments.
The poorest countries are not the only ones affected. California is on the brink of disaster, like some of its aging and neglected dams, which is causing an unprecedented water crisis
Ever since ancient times, however, humanity has always been careful about keeping its winter waters for summer, its flowing rains for days of thirst.
Two things are needed: we need many more dams that are respectful of nature, that are more "intelligent", and that are shared equally among purposes. And we need a lot of them. We must also renew our networks everywhere, as well as our pipes that leak like old sieves and cause shameful loss and waste. Finally, we must convince the people and younger generations to be more moderate and respectful consumers.
Ours is a huge program, but of compelling necessity. Our political obligation is to secure water for today and for tomorrow.
Loïc Fauchon, President of the World Water Council
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Asked by MTI whether they believed radical nationalist Jobbik had changed over the years, Hungary's political parties were unanimous in their opinion that Jobbik was still the same party it was six years ago when one of its MPs made derogatory remarks about Jews in a radio interview.
In an interview with Szent Korona (Holy Crown) Radio in 2011, Jobbik lawmaker István Apáti said that apart from Jobbik, all parties were "aiding the Jews" and that Hungary "has become free prey to Israel".
"Jobbik is willing to do anything for power and money, including deny its past anti-Semitic remarks," ruling Fidesz said. The party called it "shameful" that Jobbik had "insulted" various groups, including Hungary's Jewish community. Jobbik's leaders never apologised for these comments and no one was ever expelled from the party for making them, Fidesz added.
The Socialist Party said in a statement that they, too, felt that Jobbik was still "the same radical party as in the past".
Not even the party's more recent "cuteness campaign" will help it let go of its past, they insisted. If Jobbik were truly committed to becoming a people's party, Apáti would not still be a member of its parliamentary group, the Socialists said.
The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) said that it "did not for a minute fall for Jobbik's cuteness campaign and self-proclaimed democratisation". DK said it still viewed Gábor Vona's party as an "anti-European, exclusionary, racist and anti-Semitic party" and a "B-team" of Fidesz. Any form of cooperation with Jobbik is out of the question, they said.
The opposition Együtt party agreed that Jobbik "has not changed at all" over the past several years.
"It is still the same far-right party that is trying to spread savage ideas while putting on a guise of cuteness," Együtt leader Viktor Szigetvári said.
Tímea Szabó of Párbeszéd (Dialogue) said her party saw no difference between "the kind of incitement being spewed by Jobbik and the kind being carried out by the Fidesz-Christian Democrats alliance in Hungary today". She said Fidesz and Jobbik were "competing with each other in fear-mongering and inciting hate".
Green opposition LMP was not available for comment.
Do you find the way Jobbik talks about these minorities to be offensive?


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Otherwise known as the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Baltimore Basilica is historically the first Roman Catholic cathedral built in the United States as well as a continuously practicing house of faith and community. The building not only represents an institution of the Catholic church and a national shrine to the Virgin Mary but it is also a fabulous and everlastingly significant site lauding the American freedom of religion.
The history of Baltimore is forever linked to the freedom of religion. Being one of the first predominately Catholic cities in the original colonies, Baltimore experienced great prejudice in the early years of the colonies. Over time, however, tolerance grew and Baltimore became a haven for practicing Catholics. History shows it as gaining the first official American Diocese, instituted by Pope Pius VI in 1789, under the guidance of the first American Superior, Father John Carroll. The Baltimore Basilica was built soon after in beauty and grandeur.
Though other cathedrals existed in the continental United States before the building of the Baltimore Basilica, they were not part of the founded American colonies at the time and were thus not considered American cathedrals. The Baltimore Basilica was consecrated in 1821, its building began in 1806 under the architectural direction of "The Father of American Architecture," Benjamin Henry Latrobe, an architect of the United States Capitol among others.
Every year, thousands of travelers visit the Baltimore Basilica to worship and tour its magnificent grounds. Guided tours are offered although you may also visit on your own to see the National Shrine, the museum on site, and the Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden, a wonderfully peaceful and relaxing place of spiritual renewal. The Basilica is open daily from 8:30 am-4:30 pm for touring and guided tours are available weekdays at 9 am, 11 am, and 1 pm. Guided tours include the undercroft and upper church, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel, Crypt, Museum, and the Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden.
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Civil Registry of Sinaloa will have 60 days to adapt to the new equal marriage law
The State Congress must pass the opinion to the State Executive for it to be published in the Official Gazette of the State of Sinaloa
Culiacan, Sinaloa.- With the recent approval of equal marriage in Sinaloa, the director of the Civil Registry in Sinaloa, Marco Antonio Irizar Cárdenas, commented that once the executive publishes it in the Official Gazette of the State of Sinaloa, the dependency that he presides will have 60 days to make the necessary adjustments.
The State Congress unanimously approved the amendment of Articles 40 and 165 of the Family Code to extend the definition of marriage and common-law marriage.
"Indeed, they have just created a reform in the State Congress in which some articles of the Family Code were modified, from now on equal marriages will be allowed in the State of Sinaloa, however, we have to be clear that this leads a procedure and as for the State Congress that opinion will pass it on to the executive for publication and from there it will be necessary to analyze the transitory articles that this opinion has, "he said.
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He commented that from its publication in the Official Gazette of the State of Sinaloa, the Civil Registry will have 60 days to adapt the marriage certificates.
"We have a period of 60 days from the publication of the Official Gazette of the State of Sinaloa to adapt the opinion in that time, you have to make all the adjustments such as regulations, guidelines in the Civil Registry, new formats that are going to be having to issue to formalize the legal act, "he shared.
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Many large-scale mining companies in Australia are tapping into this market of highly motivated workers, and have begun to offer mining traineeship and apprenticeship to ensure they snap up keen workers before other industries get a hold of them.
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Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) is the first volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne. The book focuses on the adventures of a teddy bear called Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends Piglet, a small toy pig; Eeyore, a toy donkey; Owl, a live owl; and Rabbit, a live rabbit. The characters of Kanga, a toy kangaroo, and her son Roo are introduced later in the book, in the chapter entitled "In Which Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest and Piglet has a Bath."
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Sir Harry Donald Secombe CBE (* 8. September 1921 in Swansea, Wales; † 11. April 2001 in Guildford, England) war ein britischer Schauspieler und Sänger.

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1949 bildete Harry Secombe zusammen mit Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan und Michael Bentine die "Blödeltruppe" Goons, die ab 1951 unter dem Titel The Goon Show erfolgreich im Radio auftrat. Secombe spielte in Kinofilmen und zahllosen Fernsehsendungen und wirkte (nebenbei) auch in Musicals mit.

In der britischen Hitparade taucht sein Name zum ersten Mal 1955 mit "On With The Motley" auf, ein Top-20-Hit. Sein größter Erfolg nach einer weiteren Top-20-Notierung im Jahre 1963 war im Frühjahr 1967 eine neue Version von "This Is My Song", die es in Großbritannien auf Platz 2 brachte. Die Nummer war von Charlie Chaplin geschrieben worden.

1953 wurde Harry Secombe zum "Commander of the Order of the British Empire" (CBE) ernannt, 1981 wurde er zu Knight Bachelor erhoben.

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 1968: Oliver (Musical / GB)
 1969: Danach (Science-Fiction-Komödie / GB)
 1970: Ein blinder Passagier hat's schwer (Komödie / GB)
 1970: Song of Norway (Musical / USA)
 1971: Die herrlichen sieben Todsünden (Komödie / GB)

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The comments represented a shift in strategy for the White House, which previously tried to keep its distance from the controversy sparked by a Washington Post report detailing accusations by four women that Mr Moore pursued them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s.
Trump himself has stood by Moore in the wake of the allegations. "But you mentioned the economy, and while I think it's foolish to give him all the credit for the good economy, it would also be absolutely unfair not to give him a significant amount of credit for the economy".
The race had otherwise been seen as a safe bet for Republicans, but some polls show Moore now losing. Lindsey Graham said, "If you can't be in a mall, you shouldn't be in the Senate". Trump has repeatedly told his aides he does not believe Moore would ever quit.
The Left was always going to come at Alabama Republican Roy Moore with everything they had, a conservative author told Laura Ingraham Wednesday night on "The Ingraham Angle".
Moore has denied the accusations. The Times noted that Trump verified the accuracy of the tape and apologized for his recorded comments when they were first unearthed in October 2016. When a group of senators gathered with the president in the White House last week to discuss the tax overhaul, it took little to get Trump onto the topic of Moore - and he immediately offered the same it-was-40-years-ago defense, according to officials at the meeting. He's also denied the allegation of sexual assault.
Absent action from Trump, party leaders have explored - and abandoned - a number of ways to derail Moore.
The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee are both pulling their support for Mr Moore's campaign ahead of the December 12 special election that he is running for.
"All you can do is identify a way out of the mess, and if people don't want to follow it, that's on them", said Josh Holmes, one of McConnell's closest political advisers.


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Hear Singer-Songwriter Caroline Spence Team With Emmylou Harris for 'Mint Condition'
Courtney Carr Published: January 24, 2019
Caroline Spence has shared a new song, and it features a little high-profile vocal help from bluegrass giant Emmylou Harris. Press play above to listen to the track.
Spence's "Mint Condition" is the title track from her upcoming album release. In the song, the up-and-coming singer-songwriter talks about how although all of her favorite things are "tired and worn," she preserves her love in the best possible condition. Harris joins in on the chorus with Spence later in the song for a warm duet, singing: "Still in mint condition, mint condition / Like when we were two kids just hopin' and wishin' / That this life that we see ain't no apparition / So we keep our love in mint condition."
Spence told American Songwriter that in 2013, she made the conscious decision to stop writing pity party breakup songs to writing things a little more optimistic. She explained to the outlet, "I gave myself a writing prompt that was something like, 'Let's write the opposite of all that. Let's think about the type of life you'd like to look back on when you're older. Let's write something good enough for Emmylou Harris to sing … Everything came full-circle in this amazing way.''
"Mint Condition" is available for purchase now. Spence's album, Mint Condition, as a whole will be released on May 3. More information about Spence can be found on her official website.
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Tom Denton is cautiously confident ahead of Saturday's tie against Stalybridge Celtic at the MBI Shay Stadium.
There will be familiar foe on the opposition dugout in the form of Steve Halford, a close mate of the Shaymen striker and one of the joint managers at the club after Liam Watson resigned from Celtic last Friday.
Halford and Phil Phillips secured the club's first victory last Tuesday night in a thrilling 3-2 contest at home to Gainsborough Trinity.
"The lads have been saying this week that the focus should be for us to try and win all our home games and then pick up as many as you can away" insists Denton.
"Stalybridge won't be a push over though on Saturday. They might be down the bottom but Steve and Phil have come in and given the club a much needed lift. After Tuesday's results they now something to build on going forward now but we're more than capable of taking all 3 points on Saturday" the striker added.
FC Halifax Town return home after two consecutive away fixtures – 2-1 victory away at AFC Telford followed by a thrilling fixture at Salford City FC on Tuesday night, in which Kevin Roberts's header in the dying minutes made it 2-2 and rescued a point for the Shaymen.
"First half at Salford I think we deserved to be ahead. In the dressing room at half-time there was no concerns about heading back out and carrying on with the same outcome. But Salford to their credit came out strong and got some luck with the penalty decision which you need in football at times" admits Denton.
Denton described the scenes as 'crazy and a great feeling' before adding that "those moments show the togetherness that this squad has and the determination to play until the final whistle and fight for every ball and we got rewarded at the end with Kevin's header".
The Shaymen's 6ft 7 giant has had a fantastic start this season – with 7 goals in his opening 9 games. Despite not scoring in three games (AFC Fylde), Denton isn't fazed and is proud of the start he has made at the club.
"I do expect us to score goals at the weekend but I'm more focused on the team rather than myself, as long as the ball ends up in Stalybridge's goal I don't care who scores" Denton added.
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Jill Scott wins I'm a Celebrity 2022
Louis Chilton and Nicole Vassell
Jill Scott has been crowned the winner of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'s 2022 series.
The result was announced by presenters Ant and Dec at the end of Sunday night's episode.
Following the departure of Mike Tindall one day previously, three contestants had been left competing in the final episode: ex-England footballer Jill Scott, actor Owen Warner and disgraced Tory MP Matt Hancock.
The MP was revealed as the third-place finisher earlier in the programme after viewers saw the trio take part in three final Bushtucker Trials.
After an exit interview with the hosts, Hancock reunited with his girlfriend Gina Coladangelo on the bridge with a kiss and a hug.
Hancock's involvement in the ITV reality series had been the main talking point for a series that saw production return to the Australian jungle after two Covid-struck years in Gwrych Castle, Wales.
The former health secretary was announced as a surprise contestant shortly before the series aired, joining a roster of contestants that also included DJ Chris Moyles, Culture Club singer Boy George, and broadcaster Charlene White.
With odds of 2/9, Scott had been the strong favourite to emerge victorious from Sunday's final, with Hancock less likely at 5/1. Warner, meanwhile, was a relatively long shot at 10/1.
Jill Scott on 'I'm a Celeb' (ITV)
As the final result was announced, Scott and Warner hugged before Warner shared how "gassed" he was for his friend's success.
She was crowned by Mike Tindall.
Over 12 million votes were cast since the final votes opened yesterday.
You can click here for a breakdown of how much this year's I'm a Celebrity contestants were reportedly being paid.
The I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here final is available to stream now on ITVX.
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Government to publish fresh plan to tackle pressures on NHS
The Government and the NHS will publish an urgent and emergency care plan on Monday to tackle the pressures on the health service.
More than half a million patients a year will be treated in "hospitals at home" in an attempt to relieve pressure on A&E departments.
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Happiness for two or a rope on the neck?
Art of livingLifestyle
Prestige issue 290, June 2018
The ring on the finger, in the gilded cage, the rope on the neck … all the phrases commonly attributed to marriage, but which one would better define conjugal union? If we believe these expressions, we would rather discard marriage, as they mention cage, rope, ring that squeezes and grips … bars. And yet, the marriage bond is an art. Sublime as well by its quintessence as by its rejoicings. Created by God for the true happiness of the couple. A life inside life. What did we do with it? Is it a dream today to seek a love that is not a flash of fire but that holds all life? A love that grows and matures over the years, without taking anything away from the joys of a married life? Is it not our dream to find great love, and to keep it? The dream of one day wearing a queen's dress, a little diamond to decorate the hand, and especially to share life with a soul mate? Much more than a dream, marriage is a beautiful reality. It's up to us to know how to seize it. Come on, still today love is touring. Ring, ring, peal, and proclaim aloud: «Together we are at our best». Round up of major wedding celebrations.
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Ways and Customs
Between tradition and modernity
The hand request
Even today, to get married, the young man must ask the hand of his beloved to her father. With one difference, in the past the girl did not meet her husband until the wedding day, and it was up to the father to accept or refuse the request.
Symbol of love, union and fidelity, the exchange of rings between the bride and groom dates back to the old age. The alliance was made of iron, later became in gold. In the 3rd century BC, the Greeks wore the alliance to the left annular, the finger which, according to them, is linked to the heart by the vein of love. The Romans perpetuated this tradition by calling this ring finger a golden finger, and the Egyptians respected this belief. However, Spain, Poland and Germany have so far made an exception to this rule by bringing the alliance to the right annular.
Poems and dances
Before the celebration of the wedding, a festival was held in Lebanese villages, that lasted several days. Contests of poems, «zajal» or «ataba» in particular, were disputed between men, and everyone, men, women and children indulged in dabke, danced to the rhythm of the «mejwiz», the double flute.
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Wedding dresses each woman dreams about…
The woman to the man's left
This tradition dates back to the time when the groom was kidnapping his chosen, putting her on his left shoulder while he was fighting against the other contenders, with a sword in his right hand. Even today, during the nuptial ceremony, the woman always stands to the left of the man.
In the Vth century BC, The Spartans celebrated the last evening of celibacy of the future groom around a good meal. Nowadays, the young man is still burying his single life during a festive evening with his friends.
The henna night
This tradition takes place the day before the wedding, in the absence of the bridegroom. The girl shares the day with her family and friends, and in the evening, they celebrate together the night of henna. Specific songs and dances mark the ceremony that continues until dawn. While the guests decorate their hands and feet of this coloring powder, the single friends are trampled by the girl, auguring sign of their upcoming marriage.
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During the XIVth century, when people thought the marriage was bad, they rushed on the procession making as much noise as possible. From where was born the tradition of the horns, perpetuated until our days by the traditional parade of the bride by car in the street.
The rice throw
An ancient pagan rite is at the origin of this tradition. Throwing grains of rice on newlyweds is a symbol of prosperity and especially fertility that would be transmitted to them through these grains.
The throwing of the garter
The throwing of the garter is for men with a "free" heart. The groom raises the dress of his sweetheart, removes the knotted garter above his knee and throws it to future candidates. Whoever catches it first will get married in the year.
Yeast dough
After the wedding celebration, the new groom carries his wife on his shoulders to the marital home. There, she applies a paste of yeast on the door before entering. So the bride, stuck in her husband's house, will be an excellent housewife.
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A look in accordance with the big day
Sacred and consecrated white by tradition, symbol of purity and light, this year it is more poetic, ultra feminine and ultra romantic. Silk crepe, tulle, lace … this timeless lace, with its vintage and classic look that never goes out of style, and plunging necklines all feminine and sensual.
What would the bride be without her veil? Short or long, it is the unmatched piece of the wedding dress that gives it a mysterious dimension. The veil was once a sheet that the man passed on the head of his chosen to express his desire to marry her. This tradition was maintained at the time of arranged marriages, when the groom had the opportunity to discover the face of his elected at the last moment, so that he did not have time to retract.
The bouquet
The tradition of the bouquet dates back to the Middle Ages, at the time of the Crusaders. It was composed of orange blossoms, symbol of purity and beauty of the woman.
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I'm BittBurger. Also known as BitttBurger with three t's on Reddit, because apparently there's a Beer named after me, or vice versa, and I didn't know it.
I've been in the bitcoin "space" since early 2012, and bought my first Bitcoin at $59. I've attended conferences galore, met Vitalik when he announced Ethereum in Miami, have held plenty of debates with Chris DeRose about his hatred of Ethereum (in fact he helped me write the summary snippet on the home page of this very website!) … and I have mailed out free Bitcoin bumper stickers to hundreds of people in the community at my own expense just because I believe in the butterfly effect a simple sticker on the back of a car can bring.
The good people at yBitcoin Magazine can vouch that I have been a volunteer distributor of theirs in both Miami and San Diego for the last few years, and while my resume is about as unimpressive as could possibly be in the Bitcoin space, at least I am somewhat known, and have shown I am in this with good intentions!
I had the wild idea upon hearing about the Genesis Block newspaper reference made by Satoshi back in 2014, to contact the archival company in London and see if they had any copies left. For whatever reason, I managed to get the last two copies they had on file. A year or two later, I realized how incredibly valuable these newspapers are both to this community, and the technology as a whole.
Truly museum pieces for whatever museum might house worldwide financial influences, if Bitcoin goes mainstream, I wanted to track all the known copies and their value as long as I could.
Anyone who puts their email into the email box on the home page – you can trust me that nobody will ever see your email address except myself. And it will never be used unless we have an event where one of the newspaper holders has let me know they're looking to sell.


Guys! We made a book!
I wrote down my first thoughts in May of 2014 and Tooks (Madhawi) and I started collaborating in June of 2016 and now we have … finally… sent the finished manuscript of our childrens' book, What If Butterflies Loved Snow? off to the publisher!
I can't even tell you how exciting and fun it's been working with Tooks as she brought this story to life.
I mean I could tell you but I don't want to. Because if I tried to explain the fun we have had, you would just laugh at our ridiculous conversations (snowflake vomit is totally a thing by the way). Then you would shake your heads about how cooperatively disorganized we are and how we did everything involving technology in the hardest way possible. (And let me tell you, since we live with an ocean between us, there was a lot of technology to muddle through!) I think we prefer to continue to laugh at ourselves and you can just imagine the fun we are having without all the ridiculous details.
However… there are plenty of details we are willing to share.
If you'd like to be in the know (Pssst these people will probably get to know fun things like how this all came about, stories about silly snowmen and release dates!) and get a fun coloring sheet… …sign up in the form below.
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In the meantime we are on to the next phase!
We have a whole new set of skills to learn as we watch the publishing process happen and dive into marketing.
What if Butterflies Loved Snow? is working it's way toward the printing press and we are beyond excited to have made it this far together!
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Fantastic. Congratulations to you both. It looks wonderful.
Looks amazing…and so sweet. Children will love it!
It has been fun to follow along with this project.
Wow, that's great! And it looks like you're really getting involved in the marketing of it. These days you really have to do a lot of work to make your book stand out. I've been on the marketing side of publishing for close to 30 years, it's changed so much since I've started. Good luck!
Congratulations on your book. That's wonderful!


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During the time of Sharq al-Andalus a real (from the Arabic Riyad) was a kind of orchard or garden, with some kind of building as summer residence that used to belong to a member of Andalusian urban oligarchy, located around the cities or large farmhouses.

In this sense, in other areas of Al-Andalus it is also used the word Almunia. An example would be Real Palace of Valencia, although the term  Real  continues within the Catalan to Arabism, present in many place names like Secar de la Real in Palma de Mallorca, the Montroy and Real de Gandia, or the same Pla del Real in Valencia. It is very common to confuse etymology with a derivative of royal or relating to the king, which is more explicit in the case of the Real Palace as it was royal residence.

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Pontocho
Typical and Historical Entertainment Alley in Kyoto
Pontocho is a famous 500-meter long pedestrian walkway located between Shijo-dori and Sanjo-dori avenues, and parallel to the Kamo-gawa River in Kyoto's downtown. It is renowned for its good restaurants and many bars and lively nightlife. Pontocho also names an historical Geisha district.
One of the historical Geisha districts
Street with restaurants and bars for nightlife
How to go to Pontocho?
In the same area as Gion traditional district, Pontocho Alley is separated from Hanamikoji-dori and Shirakawa-dori streets by the Kamo-gawa river, that it follows from north to south. The alley was indeed created by embankment works between the rivers Kamo and Takase in the 1670s.
Its name is the combination of 2 words and refers to its location where the street is sandwiched between 2 streams of water:
"Ponto" derived from the Portuguese and means "bridge" or "point", and,
"Cho" means "district" / "block" in a Japanese city.
Pontocho quickly became a place to rest and entertain to travelers and merchants who traveled upstream on flat-bottomed boats.
The first ochaya tea houses opened in 1712 and one century later the street was granted an official license to become one of Kyoto's hanamachi, that is to say a district where live and work a Geisha community. As living human treasures, Pontocho's Geiko and their apprentices Maiko have been taking part ever since to the neighborhood's artistic and historical fame.
Each spring 🌸 in May they perform their traditional Kamogawa Odori dance show at the Pontocho Kaburenjo Theater. It is also easy to see them during the celebration of Setsubun at Yasaka shrine each February 3.
Pontocho displays a typically traditional Japanese cityscape with 2-stories wooden buildings and many white and red suspended lanterns 🏮, decorated with the plover (chidori), a bird that is the symbol of the district. Since 2021, the thousands of electric cables that were hanging above the passersby have been buried and their ugly poles removed. The asphalt concrete was also replaced by a more authentic-looking pavement. Kyoto municipality is committed to preserving the old-fashioned charm of its most touristic historical districts.
Pontocho awakens at the end of the afternoon, when the sun sets. While quiet on the daytime, the alley becomes lively in the evening and particularly crowded on the weekend. The street is indeed an essential of Kyoto's nightlife, with its countless restaurants, tea houses and izakaya pubs.
The restaurant offer is varied with many choices from traditional every-day Japanese cuisine to international cuisine. Many restaurants sell yakitori and yakiniku grilled meat.
Prices range from the very affordable to the very upscale, such as places hosting the areas' geiko and maiko's performances. We recommend comparing the menus, as many were translated into English and to check the last reviews on the internet 📶 to find a good price for value. Reservation is highly recommended for the most popular restaurants and / or for tables with a view on the river.
Summer offers the best ambiance to Pontocho, with a very convivial atmosphere. Restaurants with a view on the Kamo-gawa river set up their terraces on stilts to provide the best setting for dining in the open air. The clients thus benefit from the cool of the night with a refreshing wind along the stream and spent an agreeable time under the light of the lanterns.
⬇ Further down this page, discover our visit guide in Pontocho and around.
By Kanpai Updated on March 04, 2022 Pontocho
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By bus (Southern access) -- Stop at Kawaramachi (lines #4, 5, 17 or 205 from Kyoto station) then 3 minutes' walk
Northern access: Keihan Line, stop at Sanjo station and cross the bridge
Southern access: Hankyu Line, Kyoto-Kawaramachi station or Keihan Line, Gion Shijo station and cross the bridge
Where is Pontocho?
Today 3 / 10°C
Tomorrow -4 / 7°C
The day after tomorrow -5°C
Weather Forecast in Kyoto
When to visit Pontocho?
All year round, ideally in summer to enjoy the stilt terraces and for one evening
How to say Pontocho in Japanese?
先斗町 (Ponto-cho)
Pontocho Opening Times
Restaurants and bars open only in the evening (sometimes from 11:30 a.m. for those offering lunch)
Prices vary according to the restaurants and bars in this touristic district
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Pictured: Will Wingfield's last minute winner made it back-to-back away wins for Melford this week, following Saturday's 4-1 victory at Wivenhoe Town.
It was a scrappy match at times against an Ipswich Wanderers side recently reinforced under new manager Mark Benterman, which presented a closer game than the earlier in the season victory for Melford at Stoneylands.
After only 4 minutes a shot from Ashley Sloots, on the night the best player on the pitch, was cleared off the Ipswich goal line.
This was followed by a free kick from Nathan Rowe which sailed over the Ipswich bar, and then another chance when Steve Adams was played into the box by Hassan Ally only to see his shot comfortably saved by Jack Spurling in the home goal.
At the other end Ipswich spurned two good chances, new signing Paris Tuwizana had two efforts blocked by the Melford defence, then Peter Maina took advantage of a split Melford defence but his effort went well off target.
The Villagers continued to enjoy more possession, with Rowe again finding space over the bar with another free kick, and in another attack Dan Swain put in a great shot only to see it cleared off the Ipswich goal line.
The best chance of the half fell to the home team, a ball found the unmarked Tuwizana on the Ipswich right flank, the wide man ran in on goal and with just keeper Darren Moyes to beat blazed the ball over the bar.
With Melford kicking down the slope for the second half, play to a large extent replicated that of the first half, with any flow to the game punctuated by niggly fouls and a fussy referee who produced a number of yellow cards.
The winner almost came for the home team on 76 minutes when a well struck free kick from Ipswich full back Paolo Coelho, looked destined for the Melford net only for Darren Moyes in the Melford goal to dive full length and push the ball round the post.
Despite Melford having plenty of control another great chance came for Ipswich ten minutes later, a cross found the Melford box, a defender slipped over and the ball came to the feet of young Sam Cheetham some three yards out, but in his haste to convert he scuffed his shot with just Moyes to beat.
As the game crept into the third minute of added time Melford scored the all important goal.
It's another away match for the First Team on Saturday with a long trip to the Norfolk coast to take on Great Yarmouth Town, while at Stoneylands the Reserves host Haverhill Rovers Res.


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Rep. Allen West, a tea party congressman who believes the House Progressive Caucus is filled with communists, may be the most polarizing of the 93 GOP freshmen, but he's revered by conservatives—some of whom have floated him as an (implausible) vice presidential choice. His status as the right wing's national security guru makes West's comments in Robert Draper's new profile of the 112th Congress, Do Not Ask What Good We Do, kind of damning. West, a 22-year-military veteran, was concerned about Mitt Romney's basic grasp of foreign policy:
It amazed him how some of his fellow Republicans remained clueless when it came to the basics of foreign policy—including Afghanistan, where America had spent the past decade at war. He had winced when he heard presidential candidate Mitt Romney referring to "the Afghanis." Afghanis were the country's currency! "Hugely embarrassing," West said. (Months later, when GOP presidential contender Herman Cain dismissed his own ignorance of the country he referred to as "Uz-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan," a disgusted West muttered, "Not funny at all."
Draper's sketch of West focuses on the congressman's complicated relationship with the Congressional Black Caucus (he's the only GOP member), and his unflinching military ethos (West analogizes his arrival in Washington to Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon). West does not suffer fools—or at least people he considers to be fools, whatever the basis in fact—gladly. The entire book is worth a read.
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Honoring MLK Together with All Faiths
Interfaith Worship Held by Duluth NAACP
DULUTH, Minn.- Follow the sounds of gospel music and clapping hands, and you'll find a large, jubilant group at the Peace United Church of Christ.
"This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine!"
The Duluth Branch of the NAACP gathered the crowd to honor the freedom–fighting life of Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr., and the legacy that shines bright to this day.
"Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!"
Before he was a civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor.
He may have dreamed of impacting congregations as diverse as this one in Duluth.
On Sunday, they honored the legacy he left behind, fighting for equality side by side.
"I think it's very beautiful," said Salaam Witherspoon, Chair of the Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee. "And it means a lot, especially to us as a planning committee because we put a lot of work into it to ensure that all of our events are free."
"We do a lot of fundraising just to ensure that people are able to enjoy."
The spirit of King could be felt in the packed church, through song and dance.
Electrifying music coursed through bodies and made them move.
The service was part of a larger weekend of MLK Day events.
The theme: The Current Crisis.
Because despite how far we've come since King's time, there is still more work to be done.
"Racism isn't confined to one place," said Andrea Gelb, Chair of MLK Interfaith Worship Services for the NAACP. "And we have a hard time retaining people of color in our community because of bias and because of lack of culture."
Still, glee was in the air.
Rather than mourn King's passing, they rejoice all he taught, and all he accomplished.
Rabbi David Steinberg of the Temple Israel chants verses from the Talmud, the inflections and syllables taking over his body.
Following him, Deborah Faul of the Islamic Center Twin Ports delivers a speech, linking King's words to Islam and to modern issues.
The worship was interfaith. Organizers say that best serves King's vision, of everyone striving forward together.
"The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. brought everybody along," Gelb said. "There wasn't anybody who was supposed to sit on the sidelines."
"It's all our work."
According to Witherspoon, that's important to remember, while trying to move forward.
"We'll keep on going back, it'll be like, revolving door," she said. "We need each other. It's what makes it work, I mean there's just no way that you couldn't include all of us. Cause we won't have good results."
"Jesus is the light, I'm gonna let it shine!"
At the front of the room, everybody lights a candle while singing a song as bright as the flames.
"In my brother's heart, I'm gonna let it shine!"
Black and white, young and old, they all contribute a flame to the bright light of unity.
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A gang of thieves was caught on film carrying out a daring robbery which had them jumping on to a moving cargo truck, like a scene from a heist movie.
Swedish cargo company PostNord set up cameras inside one of their delivery trucks after they suspected goods were being stolen in transit between Stockholm and Goteborg. Their suspicion came true as they witnessed, through live feed, two thieves boarding their cargo truck which was moving at the speed of 80 km per hour.
Surveillance video showed the two men climbing on to the moving truck from the bonnet of their car, similar to heists seen in reel life and then rummaging through cargo, which was filled with empty boxes as part of the plan. Empty-handed, the men tried to make their way back to their car but were arrested by cops who were waiting nearby. Their two accomplices were also arrested by police.
Electronic goods, mainly computers and smartphones, worth 224,620 pounds had disappeared from the company's trucks, Daily Mail reported. The company then set up the trap in September to nab the thieves.
"I had a theory, or a feeling in my stomach, that the thefts were carried out during the journey, but no one really believed me,' Alexis Larsson, the firm's Head of Security told a Swedish website.
This isn't the first time thieves have taken inspiration from reel life. In August, a Romanian five-member gang in Netherlands stole iPhones worth nearly 6 million dollars from a moving vehicle.


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Hustle and Flow
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XBoxes And Friends
Where it all started — the OG XBox360.
Almost every Tuesday night, I fire up my XBox. I've been doing it, for the most part, for the last 15 years. It sounds silly, and I'm not even much of a gamer, but it has persisted.
On the last Thursday of every month, for the last 8 years, I've had a morning coffee meeting scheduled. I've had to move it from time-to-time, but it has persisted.
Every May, around Mother's Day, my family flies out to California, and we drive to a little summer camp facility on Malibu Canyon Road. We've been doing it for the last 13 years, give or take a pandemic and wildfire here and there. The financial cost to take that long weekend is not insignificant for 5 airline tickets, car rentals, and all the other expenses associated with it. But it has persisted.
What's the commonality? Intentional friendship.
"People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person." — Brian Chalker
The Xbox scenario? It was born out of a group of college friends who wanted to stay connected, but were geographically challenged. Under the guise of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six and Halo, and through various XBox console iterations, we all realized nostalgia-as-a-binding-agent quickly wore off, and that the gift of being consistently present in each other's lives was a more enduring bond.
We've been through marriages, divorces, job promotions, layoffs, deployments, and even deaths within our group (rest in power, Chadwick). My wife has remarked that it was disconcerting at first to overhear our mixed conversations on the headsets. We switch seamlessly from multiplayer team commands to updates about jobs, clients, and marriages. And as much as we press into that stuff between online matches, we also take time to be together in-person, whether in Dallas, Austin, Seattle, or otherwise. The friendships endure, even though we have different lives, lifestyles, and belief systems, because I think we've all realized life is hard and choppy, and we need relationships with depth and longevity if we are going to stay afloat.
The monthly coffee is with my friend Micah. The meetings have been a lifeline to me, especially during some rather chaotic seasons of life. We consider each other younger/older brothers to each other, after all these years of sharing our lives with each other. We have a common faith, an entrepreneurial streak, and an affinity for high growth tech companies. But more importantly, we've been very, very open about internal struggles, as well as sharing successes in personal and intellectual growth. And the occasional business idea or two.
The man, the myth, the legend Micah Davis.
The Malibu crew? That also originated out of a desire for a group of guys to keep on meeting together after our time living together in Washington, DC. As we started to have families, we realized that we wanted to pass along the shared experience of following Jesus, and the friendships formed, with our wives and kids. The vision and the spirit of that long weekend has grown, and we have 20+ families with 50+ kids who can't WAIT to be together, year after year. While the adults have deepened our relationships, despite being spread out between California, Texas, and beyond, we've also seen the kids develop their own friendships amongst their own group. And there's a steady number of families-visiting-families trips that occur throughout the year, as well. Intentionality is key here, as we live so far away from one another.
The Malibu crew, in which most of the kids don't know what life is like without gathering together.
I admit: when it comes to friends, I've got an embarrassment of riches. I didn't even mention our closest of friends within our church community group, a couple of friends who text every day, usually with Wordle results, nor my network of friends through a couple of leadership communities of which I'm a member.
But why does all this matter to a CEO? Because relationships are life, particularly deep, meaningful ones. Study after study after study show that shallow acquaintances are fine for networking, but true friendships and relationships are intrinsic to a longer, fuller human experience. We've seen it in the boardroom, politics, non-profits, and in the church — those who don't have deep authentic friendships fail. Miserably. Life is littered with headlines of fame and fortune, but with paragraphs and books of loneliness, misery, and wounded-ness that affects future generations.
Our bankers and financial planners talk so much about financial investing and compound interest. As professionals, we create business plans, forecasts, and detailed career paths. Even in our home life, we admire our great vacation planning and elaborate daily schedules. But the real challenge in life is to be just as purposeful, if not more, in cultivating deep relationships. The deeper the relationship, the messier it will probably get, but if we persist, we will discover how our personal and professional lives slowly become so much healthier and fuller because of them.
This may all sound a little off-brand for the typical founder/CEO type, but hear me out: besides my marriage, the long-term friendships that I have formed and cultivated are what has not just saved me at times, but allowed me to thrive, in one of the most stress and anxiety-ridden things I will ever do in life. I'm encouraging you to do the same.
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March is finally here, bringing the promise of spring and savings.
From a gratis stack of pancakes to complimentary tax assistance, we've rounded up eight fabulous freebies to make this month of green beer and basketball brackets even better!
What's even better than a slice of pie? A complimentary slice of pie! And that's exactly what you'll get when you dine at participating Village Inn or Bakers Square restaurants on Free Pie Wednesday.
Times vary by location, but you'll always have a choice of classic fruit or featured pie.
Each year, a slew of restaurants offer freebies and discounted fare on "National Pi Day," March 14.
Why on that day? Because the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter — which is roughly 3.14 — is known as "pi," and is celebrated on the 14th day of the third month of the year, or 3/14.
Some Pi Day discounts are for pizzas. In most of those cases, you will pay $3.14 for your pizza pie. But other deals are freebies, usually for "pie," the fruit-filled treat.
Last year, Marie Callender's, O'Charley's and Village Inn all offered a free slice of pie. Money Talks News will let you know about this year's deals when they are announced.
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If you have spent a long, cold winter waiting for spring, hang in there. As the Beatles sang, "Here Comes the Sun"! The first day of spring this year is March 20, and it is likely that at least a couple of freebies will blossom that day.
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