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Martial Arts History Museum
A Histocial, Educational and Cultural Facility
Museum Reaches Out to the Community
Burbank, CA – Businesses across the nation being hit the hardest due to the Covid-19 lockdowns have been gyms, martial arts schools, yoga studios, and museums. None of them have been able even to open their doors to a minimum amount of visitors. To prevent a possible closure of the Martial Arts History Museum, they have just launched their biggest fundraising campaign this week.
The museum, the only one of its kind in the world, has been an integral part of the American landscape for the past 21 years. A place that provides an insight into the Asian-American experience through the history of the martial arts. From the boxer rebellion in China to the Lua warriors of Hawaii to the Japanese samurai, the museum has provided a bridge of cultural understanding.
The Los Angeles County, which has been under lockdown since the first week of April, has taken a heavy toll on the business community. According to a recent analysis, nearly 90% of all martial arts schools will close their doors as a result of the governor's continual lockdown. To avoid such a catastrophe concerning museums, the Martial Arts History Museum has launched a Facebook giving campaign to raise $30,000.
"Over the years, we have set aside funds in case of a tragedy, and that tragedy is here. Since April, we have not received any income, so we have been drawing on those reserve funds. All of our staff are volunteers, so we don't qualify for government grants. So, to avoid draining our reserve, we have decided to launch a crowd-funding campaign," says museum president and founder Michael Matsuda.
The museum selected Facebook as its giving platform because of the upcoming "Giving Tuesday" event on Dec. 1. Facebook will be generously matching the donations the museum has received during this time period.
"We are very thankful to Facebook for this effort. To match our funds would be a tremendous blessing, and it would help get us well into the next year. Who knows how many times the governor will lock us down. It's better that we launch this campaign now rather than wait until the last minute," adds Matsuda.
"I simply ask this. If you love museums, if you love history, then make a donation to keep that history alive for the following generations. If you have benefitted from the martial arts; it helped you from being bullied; it helped you to become a movie star; it helped you to defend yourself; it helped give you confidence; it helped you establish a school; if the martial arts has helped you, then what better way to give back to the martial arts then by saving the Martial Arts History Museum," concludes Matsuda.
To make a donation to the museum, visit their Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/donate/397678681575563/3752281421500596/
Contacting the Martial Arts History Museum can be made at (818) 478-1722 or email at info@mamuseum.com or visit their website at
http://www.MAmuseum.com
The museum is a non-profit 501c3 organization, so your financial donations are tax-deductible.
PS. As of this email, we have reached in both in-person or by FB, nearly $8,000.
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R.L. Stine is the author of over 350 books, most notably the very popular Goosebumps series. In fact, that series produced a TV show of the same name which ran for three years. In 2002, he wrote a book called The Haunting Hour: Chills in the Dead of Night. It was followed in 2007 by a movie The Haunting Hour: Don't Even Think About It. Those were successful enough to prompt another series, R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour, which debuted in 2010.
R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series, Volume Three features five episodes from the latter half of the first season.
"Fear Never Knocks" — Siblings Jenny (Ariel Winter, Modern Family) and Jack (Quinn Lord, 3-2-1 Penguins!) sneak into their grandpa's (Matthew Walker, Stargate: The Ark of Truth) office. But what they find summons more than they bargained for.
"Best Friend Forever" — Jack (Nolan Gould, Ghoul) unwittingly resurrects a man he decides to keep as his zombie pet. Pet "Cheeky" (Chris Cochrane, A Bride for Christmas) has his own ideas, however.
"The Black Mask" — Friends Julie, (Madison Pettis, Jake and the Neverland Pirates) Bill, (Ricardo Hoyos, Degrassi: The Next Generation) and Robb (Ian Robb, Crane) break into a seemingly deserted house. They find a black mask which shows them something unbelievable.
"My Sister the Witch" — Pete (Uriah Shelton, The Glades) is excited for his sister Alice's (Jodelle Ferland, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) return from boarding school. But his joy soon turns to apprehension when she begins exhibiting witchy behavior.
"Catching Cold" — Marty (Robert Capron, Diary of a Wimpy Kid) becomes obsessed with an ice cream truck no one else can see.
Aimed at the 14 and under crowd, The Haunting Hour relies less on gross out or ghoulish scares and instead utilizes "boos" and jumps. It's hard to imagine kids these days being into a scare-light series like this. My 12-year-old-nephew has already seen My Bloody Valentine 3D for crying out loud. But then again he's a budding horror enthusiast, and so The Haunting Hour might be good for kids just looking to get into something scary. The most frightening things they're likely to encounter here are the characters so close to their own age in situations they can relate to. I'll give credit where credit's due: The Haunting Hour has no problem leaving stories without a traditional happy ending. These tales are meant to serve as warnings, and the lack of a pleasant resolution will upset younger viewers.
Video is standard broadcast but the black levels are occasionally lowered for atmosphere's sake (and to hide the science behind the scares.) Audio is better, with a full Dolby 5.1 to flesh out the layers.
It's difficult to imagine this generation of jaded youngsters being drawn to R.L. Stein's The Haunting Hour but it's plausible for those new to the genre. Not gory or gross, it's a scary show parents can watch with youngsters, although those trending on the younger end of the scale will likely be truly scared.
Let the kid in your life persuade you to get this, not the other way around.
Guilty of giving me mild Goosebumps.


Children of a Lesser God is now playing at Studio 54.
A revival of 1980's Tony award winning Children of a Lesser God opened this week at Studio 54. Much of the play still resonates in 2018, but the play does have a bit of a dated feel. The play tells the story of the conflicted professional and romantic relationship between Sarah Norman, a deaf student (Sarah Norman), and her teacher, James Leeds (Joshua Jackson). The tension centers on Sarah's decision not to learn to speak, functioning in the world with only ASL/sign language. Forty years ago, Sarah's notion was revolutionary. It's not novel forty years later. Thankfully people who cannot speak are no longer called "dumb" and the ASL community has made many inroads for accommodations in the hearing world. Additionally, the issue of a professor/student relationship is glossed over, which seems out of place in our #metoo world.
The actors continue to make this play compelling. Sarah Norman does an exceptional job of conveying all the meaning and emotion in her "words" and allows the audience to understand how ASL can be even more expressive than spoken language. Joshua Jackson carries a heavy load, signing and speaking both his part and narrating all of Sarah's signed speech. One is able to truly understand the role Leeds must play as Sarah's guide to the hearing world. The paternalistic role he both wants to have but also must have to some degree as her protector only leads to frustration for both of them.
Strong performances by other cast members (Anthony Edwards as the school head master, Mr. Franklin, Kecia Lewis as Mrs. Norman, and two other deaf performers – John McGinty as Orin Dennis, a long time friend of Sarah and Treshelle Edmond as Lydia, a current student), particularly in the second act as the play's conflict rises, support Jackson's and Norman's leads. All the actors are challenged by plot points that don't all hit the mark (Leeds and Norman fall in love too fast; a secondary plot about a lawsuit the students are bringing against the school).
All the dialogue appears as surtitles (above the stage) to make the play accessible, which was helpful even for the hearing audience as some of the lines were sped through. The staging decision to use the same, fairly sparse, set for all the scenes stretched the audience's imagination but perhaps put too much burden on the actors, taking their focus away from delivering their dialogue.
The central message of Children of a Lesser God is timeless. The desire to make our students, our partners or our children in our image will ultimately fail.


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It's something that's never been seen in the Longwy urban area. Around one hundred Muslim demonstrators yesterday tried to use force to make themselves heard by mayor Edouard Jacque. The demonstration had not been declared. In response to an appeal by the Muslim community of the basin of Longwy, supported by Acmal (Muslim Cultural Association of the conurbation of Longwy), the Muslims first broadcast their Ramadan prayers with lots of loudspeakers beneath the windows of the city hall.
Tired of having awaited the arrival of the mayor for over an hour when it was 32° in the shade, the crowd then tried to penetrate into the interior of the premises. Only a delegation of about ten people managed to gain entry while several police vehicles took up position behind the buildings.
The demonstrators demanded that the mayor take a position in favour of their project to construct a new mosque in Gouraincourt across an area of 1985 m². Currently, in this period of Ramadan, the faithful are praying in the street till 1 o'clock in the morning, in the absence of appropriate structures. Edouard Jacque's recent refusal, dated 17 June, was based on the safety of the worshippers which would be called into question by a passage at the level of the railway adjacent to the future car park with 242 places. Bâtiments de France [tn: architectural heritage agency] also criticised the excessively garish colours of the mosque because it would be located within the perimeter of the ramparts of Vauban [tn: famous builder of fortifications under Louis XIV] which is classified as protected by UNESCO.
Edouard Jacque invited the community to review his copy, regretting the fact that this surprise demonstration "helped only the Front National".
If there aren't any "appropriate structures" (other fortresses of mosques), then tell the Moslems to pick their feet up and get along to the nearest mosque. This is just another Moslem stunt to increase the number of their fortresses by pretending there isn't any mosque already available in the area; they draft in hundreds of their foot soldiers to make it seem there are more Moslems resident in the area than there actually are and that they need another fortress or else they're 'forced' to pray (or, 'prey', more correctly) in the streets.
Where the famous "Egg and Bacon" quiche is named after!
They'll be demanding bacon be removed from shops next.
Where are the police dogs when you need them?
I'm french and this is a drop in the Ocean... the worst is about to come.
I was going to buy a cottage near this area, or perhaps Vittel, and was going to enquire if there were any Muslims around. I guess this answers my question so I won't be buying a cottage. Muslims are a blight and not only lower property values but tarnish an area in general. France must hang tough.


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Q: Lifting $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-triples Let

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*$k$ be an algebraically closed field,

*$G$ a (smooth, connected) reductive algebraic group over $k$,

*$H$ a (smooth, connected) reductive group of semisimple rank 1, and

*$T$ a maximal torus in $H$.

I am specifically interested in the case where the characteristic of $k$ is a bad prime for $G$.
Suppose that we are given a group embedding $F_T : T \to G$ and a $T$-equivariant Lie-algebra embedding $f_H : \mathfrak h \to \mathfrak g$, such that the restrictions to $\mathfrak t$ of $f_H$ and the derivative of $F_T$ agree.  Can we extend $F_T$ to an embedding $H \to G$ whose derivative is $f_H$?
(I know that most results in this area are stated under the assumption of good characteristic, or even of characteristic 0, but I don't actually know any of the counterexamples or where to look for them, so I can't tell if the hypothesis of the existence of $T$ is strong enough to allow me to overcome bad characteristic.)

A: Typically not, even for good characteristic. This comes up indirectly in my paper with Adam Thomas The Jacobson–Morozov theorem and complete reducibility of Lie subalgebras, JLMS arxiv version.
The nilpotent orbits of $G$ on $\mathfrak g$ in characteristic $0$ have representatives $e_{\mathbb Z}$ which are sums of root elements and which remain in distinct orbits when base-changed to a field of good characteristic. Furthermore, each can be completed to an $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-triple $(e_{\mathbb Z},h_{\mathbb Z},f_{\mathbb Z})\in\mathfrak{g}_{\mathbb Z}^3$—this is a result of Pommerening, though Thomas and I extend it slightly. Denote by $(e,h,f)$ the elements $(e\otimes 1,h\otimes 1,f\otimes 1)$ of $(\mathfrak{g}_{\mathbb Z}\otimes k)^3$. We have $h$ is toral, so $\mathfrak t=\langle h\rangle$ is a torus of $\mathfrak{g}$. Since $h$ can be expressed as an integral combination of coroots, $\mathfrak t$ can be lifted to a torus $T$ such that $T$ normalises $\langle e\rangle$ and $\langle f\rangle$. Let $\mathfrak{h}=\langle e,h,f\rangle\cong \mathfrak{sl}_2$. We have that $T$ normalises $\mathfrak{h}$, so that the embedding $\mathfrak{h}\to\mathfrak{g}$ is $T$ equivariant. Suppose we could lift this to $F_H:H\to G$ for some reductive $H$. (So $H\cong \operatorname{SL}_2$ or $\operatorname{PGL}_2$.)
Take the case that $e$ is a regular nilpotent element of $\mathfrak g$. Then a non-trivial unipotent element of $H$ must be regular too. But for $p$ less than the Coxeter number of $G$, a regular unipotent element has order at least $p^2$, so cannot be embedded into an $SL_2$ or $PGL_2$ (whose unipotents have order $p$).
EDITED: I initially expected this problem goes away if you insist $p$ is bigger than the Coxeter number of $G$, because I said there is a 1-1 correspondence between conjugacy classes of $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-subalgebras of $\mathfrak g$ and subgroups of $G$ of type $A_1$. This is obviously wrong however, since in positive characteristic one gets many more irreducible representations for $SL_2$ than for $\mathfrak{sl}_2$, giving many more $SL_2$ or $PGL_2$ subgroups of $GL_n$ than $\mathfrak{sl}_2$ subalgebras, c.f. Steinberg's tensor product theorem.
By way of correction, if $p$ is bigger than the Coxeter number, all unipotent elements have order $p$. Then one can cite Theorem 4.2 of
Lawther, R.; Testerman, D. M., (A_1) subgroups of exceptional algebraic groups, Mem. Am. Math. Soc. 674, 131 p. (1999). ZBL0936.20039. in which an $A_1$ subgroup is guaranteed such that the Lie algebra of its root group contains nilpotent elements of the same Bala–Carter type; a fortiori one that corresponds under a Springer isomorphism.

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I am reading Anais Nin's Diary(31-34) and I am loving Anais Nin's diary. I am June. Completely and thoroughly. Alas, her relationship with June so reflects something of what I had with Charles.
I decided that I would clarify something...as I have gotten a few stares and questions because of it. I am not a drag queen. I do, however, identify with them wholly, I think they are beautiful and fabulous, and I think that the drag queen is definitely something all should aspire to.
I want to detail tonight chronologically as a means of telling the story. Firstly, I went to the LAPC coordinating committee, where we discussed some things that are now on our agenda. There is definitely something left to be desired as to how progressive and progressivlely bold the so-called progressive community is around here. Not that I dont love it, and I dont value them, but it could be better. Then , after that, I went to the Cultural Arts Festival, basically to be described as the semester event --culminating in the spring finale, where the Negroes of Purdue Shuck and jive for the white folks. I love being creative and I love having the venue for expressing myself and my art, in some form, but I REFUSE and I think that it is totally a negative to allow oneself to become caricature and the objectified for white gaze, espcially in a denigrating ay before any audience, and especially a white one that is of the nature of that of Purdue.
The theme for this semester's show was "Fade to Black, Black Images in Hollywood: We Do it To Ourselves." What kind of message is that?? And I am not even making a disavowal of the idea of acknwoledging one's own role in one's own subjugation, but the entire sentiment of this show was to present to its white audience the picture of a non-threatening negro who not only doesn't threaten the established structure, but who also will take responsibility and bear culpability for its own subjugation. This is a horrific statement on the self-esteem, self-pride, and self-valuation of the Negro. We need progress and we need it bad. Alas, to end on a higher note, BVOI director knows she can direct her ass off with a choir, kudos to McKenya, and Kevin Iega Jeff is a gorgeous man. God forbid, I just want a taste.
Malcolm is such a gorgeous boy. But I don't see him crossing that line at any point in time.He is a charmer, the boy that every woman or queen wants to either mother or get into their bed. I am certainly in the latter category.
Ayotte Vs. Planned ParentHood
BitchPhd is alerting everyone to the beginning of oral arguments in the case of Ayotte vs. Planned Parenthood which is currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. This is a crucial case as it will be the precedent for whatever trend in which our rights to abortion will go in this country. It all depends on whether John Roberts is an asshole or someone who will stand up for the protection of the people. God help us all!
Katrina Survivors Assembly and March Organized in Mississippi--From HungryBlues
Hurricane Survivors Assembly & March for Human Rights
Who: Representative Gulf Coast hurricane survivors and evacuees will converge will their allies in over 50 grassroots organizations which make up The People's Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Coalition and The Mississippi Distress Relief Coalition. Together, they will share, heal and develop plans for organizing to move forward in their struggle for justice after Katrina.
What: The Gulf South Youth Assembly, The Gulf South National Assembly and The March for Human Rights.
Why: This will be the first assembly that provides those most negatively impacted by Katrina and its aftermath a chance to participate in developing national solutions for their own futures. A declaration of the people will be drafted and presented to Congress in an upcoming hearing sponsored by Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, 11th District GA. These events will unite the movement of survivors, who continue to have their basic civil and human rights eroded away, as they build a sustainable and comprehensive plan for rebuilding their communities and lives.
December 8, 2005, Thursday
Business School of Jackson State University, 1300 Lynch St. Jackson, MS room 134
7-11 pm ~ Gulf Coast Youth Assembly: Youth speak out on Katrina
December 9, 2005, Friday
Anderson United Methodist Church, 6405 Hanging Moss Road
9am – 6pm ~ Survivor's Assembly and Conference
8pm – 11pm ~ Rally and Cultural Program featuring Amira Baraka, Sonya Sanchez, Dead Prez and more
December 10, 2005, Saturday
Congo Square, North Rampart And St. Phillip Streets, New Orleans, LA
12:30 pm ~ Survivor's March for Human Rights, Self Determination and The Right to Ret
Another Case of Probable Racism at Purdue
Yesterday, police picked up Kyle Darnell Williams Williams, 19, on charges of having committed a battery that occurred on Purdue's campus on Tuesday evening. The police are also trying to pen two other assault cases on him as well. The claim of the police is that they saw him chasing a white woman down the street after they recieved a call concerning the latest battery case. The police are presuming that they will find blood stains on Williams' coat. At this point, the only thing I have to say is--- SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET THIS CHILD A GOOD LAWYER. ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. Also, have the ACLU, the NAACP, and other civil rights organizations on hand to make sure that the police do absolutely EVERYTHING by the books. Castration is the key to our liberation.
December first was the National Strike Against the War. This was done in honor of the anniversary of Rosa Parks defiance in refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery city bus.
You know, RS told me to be prepared for, but I absolutely was not prepared for the dynamics that would come into play when I took over her class in terms of my being a Black male in an authority position in a classroom setting full of white students. Quite interesting. Oh the little children.....
This is quite an interesting and informative article on the formation of street gangs in L.A., specifically the Crips and the Bloods of note. I will write more about these gangs later, especially as I learn and read more about them. I have been aware of these two particular gangs(which is what I was told they were) ever since I was a very small child. I was reared to be deathly afraid of anything to do with these two particular organizations--and their reputation of violence, guns, and death in particular were pounded into me with the fear of the lord. What I am discovering now, is that these two organizations had some very interesting starts-- as quasi-political groups concerned with community uplift-- alas I believe the fact that these two their ideologies or belief systems or practices that spread and encouraged youths to join into these organizations. There was something there. If only it could have been harnessed and turned into something substantial and with a community uplifting effect....
This article, GoodBye Pat Morita, Best Supporting Asian" is an interesting read. Mr. Lawrence Downes offeres a very clear and brutally succinct analysis of the career of Mr. Morita and the effects of racism and orientalism in Hollywood and in American culture as a whole.
Odd and Interesting
To start with, in the discussion that I had with the students in RS's class, I also brought up the fact that Black women weren't the only group to gain franchise in 1965. Asian Americans, specifically the Chinese, gained suffrage under the Voting Rights Act as well. Alas, I thought of this just now as I was reading Margaret Cho's blog where she points out an editorial in the New York Times commemorating Pat Morita's death, which is entitled "GoodBye Pat Morita, Best Supporting Asian." What irony, what feelings and thoughts are conjured up. I find it also interesting that his first film role was as Asian no. 2 in Thoroughly Modern Millie, starring Carroll Channing. Carol, dear heart, passed for white throughout her entire career up until about two years ago when she announced to the world that her father was a Black man. Oh what tangled webs....
Yesterday in class, my students in RS's class and I had a good discussion in which we discussed the various levels of discrimination afforded to black women and black men. I saw many eyes grow wider(especially among the black students) when I laid out the time line that Black men gained the right to vote in 1870; White Women gained the right to vote in 1921; and Black women for all intents and purposes did not gain suffrage until 1965.
I saw rent over the weekend while I was in Chicago. It was great! More about that later.
Bush's current focus on Immigration and his proposal of a guest-worker policy are so blatantly racist. The Latino community has given Bush quite an ample amount of support in his two terms in office. I think the Latino community should be more cognizant and better consider where they put their political support. I also think that they should stop working against their own interests and the interests of their community. In the light of people such as Vincente Fox, segments of the Latino community have moved far to the right and tried to amalgamate themselves into the White community. I think this will be detrimental to anything called progress as far as they are concerned and I think it will prove to be quite unhealthy for those who are partaking in it.
I had a great time in Chicago though.
So they buried my Uncle yesterday. It was a sad moment. It is a heart-wrenching and rare thing to see my father cry. I have only seen him do that a few times in my life, it always pains me. My father and his brothers are beautiful men. I never needed The Distinguished Gentleman or any of the old films of Humprhey Bogart, Cary Grant, or the classy men on screen. I had them at home. My father and his brothers are suave, beautiful men, debonair and charming. I had my uncles and my father. That is all I needed.
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Founded in 1865 in Le Locle by 22 year-old visionary Georges Favre-Jacot, the Firm originally developed fob watches, clocks, and navigation console instruments for the navy. It soon earned recognition for the accuracy of its chronometers, for which it has won 2333 timekeeping awards in its 150 years of existence; after barely ten years, it was already employing over one thousand people.
In 1911, Georges Favre-Jacot named the Firm – which up until then had been named after him – 'Manufacture Zenith'. Nine years later, having produced over two million watches, Zenith opened subsidiaries in Geneva, Moscow, Paris, Vienna and New York.
Renowned for its precision and the reliability of its timekeeping instruments, the manufacture later equipped the cockpit panel dials of the seaplanes of the French Fleet Air Arm as well as supplying console instruments to the Italian navy.
After the Second World War, Zenith returned to its core business, developing new automatic movements. The birth of the El Primero caliber in 1969 – the first high-frequency automatic chronograph – made the firm famous. Zenith successfully navigated the following decades and the advent of quartz, constantly creating new calibers – including the Elite ultraflat movement.
As the dawn of the third millennium approached, the LVMH Group bought out Zenith, giving the Firm a fresh lease of life. At the 2002 Baselworld show, the manufacture presented four new movements and fourteen new models.
Manufacture Zenith boasts over 600 different types of movement. All Zenith watches still have a Zenith manufactured movement produced by the Manufacture in Le Locle.
In 2012, parachutist Félix Baumgartner became a legend by jumping into the stratosphere and reaching a maximum reported speed of 833.9 mph – equipped with the El Primero Stratos Flyback Striking 10th chronograph. He thus joined the long list of pioneers with whom Zenith has worked.
The firm is renamed Zenith.
Arrival of the El Primero caliber.
Launch of the ultraflat Élite automatic movement.
Félix Baumgartner performs his space jump wearing the Zenith Stratos.
From Blériot to Felix Baumgartner, Zenith has made its mark on the history of aviation and space exploration. The Manufacture has played its part in history, marking the time for none other than Ghandi. It has contributed to major advances by equipping a large number of explorers on major expeditions; and these have become an integral part of the brand's heritage, influencing the spirit that drives it forward.
Manufacture Zenith is proud of its history and is still in the exact location where its founder built the first workshop, benefitting from its rich past as it looks to the future and fulfils its destiny. Its vocation is to be a fine watchmaking manufacture – inspired by audacity, authenticity and pleasure since 1865.
This collection of four timepieces demonstrates the Manufacture's fine watchmaking knowhow: the Minute repeater, Equation of Time, fusée and chain, and self-regulating gyroscopic tourbillon.
Based on the caliber of the same name, the El Primero collection comprises the chronographs developed using this movement with an abundance of added complications, including a split-second hand, tourbillon and perpetual calendar.
The Zenith Elite collection offers the ultimate in classic understatement.
This collection bears witness to the firm's aesthetic creativity, with ladies' and men's watches that have stood the test of the decades.
It was in 1969 when the classic Swiss watch brand, Zenith, unveiled an automatic movement that would change the course of history for watches. It was in that year we were introduced to one of the world's first fully integrated, automatic chronographs and star of the show, the Zenith El Primero. The pressure was on as both Breitling and Tag Heuer were working together to be the first, but in the end Breitling and Tag Heuer were beaten to the punch, making Zenith the true star of the show with the original automatic chronograph, Swiss watch movement.
It was on the eve of the quartz crisis that the company chose to unveil this watch and unveiled the gold standard of chronographs, the El Primero movement, an instant classic.
What made the El Primero watch movement so special? It ran at 36,000 VPH and still does down to this day.
The El Primero is still used in the Zenith line-up and has gone down in history as one of the truly classic mechanical watch movements. Classic vintage watches that contain the El Primero movement are considered true collectors items and anyone who is able to buy one will indeed do just that, with both buyer and seller looking for any opportunity to obtain one.
The El Primero caught the eye of a certain Geneva brand, Rolex, as it was both automatic and well made. Rolex used this legendary chronograph in its Daytona series of watches with several modifications.
The fact that Rolex chose to use this watch is a testament to the Zenith company and the men behind it, as they had created one of the best watches on the market. Classic vintage Rolex chronographs that contain this movement are in hot demand from collectors of vintage pieces and are considered true gold in that market and if available to buy, they will be snapped up in heartbeat.


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Zarqa, Jordan ▾ Zarqa
Distance between Zarqa, Jordan and the North Pole
6448 km = 4007 miles
During our calculation of the distance to the North Pole we make two assumptions:
We assume a spherical Earth as a close approximation of the true shape of the Earth (an oblate spheroid). The distance is calculated as great-circle or orthodromic distance on the surface of a sphere.
We calculate the distance between a point on the Earth's surface and the North Pole as the length of the arc of the meridian passing through this point and the North Pole.
Find out the distance between Zarqa and the South Pole, the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn, the Arctic Circle, the Antarctic Circle
Find out the distance between Zarqa and other cities
Zarqa, Jordan
Country: Jordan
Zarqa's coordinates: 32°04′21″ N, 36°05′16″ E
Find out what time it is in Zarqa right now
Wikipedia article: Zarqa
The North Pole
The North Pole is a point where imaginary Earth's axis of rotation crosses the Earth's surface in the Northern Hemisphere.
The North Pole is the northernmost place on Earth. The North Pole latitude is 90° North. The North Pole longitude is undefined, because the North Pole is a point where all the meridians meet.
For the same reason the North Pole has no time zone.
For software and devices using GPS satellite navigation system 0° West may be used as conditional North Pole longitude.
The North Pole's coordinates: 90°00′00″ N
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I am a property owner along Highway 118 near the 25th Line.
Over the last couple of years, the MOECC approved an application to establish a hauled sewage disposal site at 10538 Highway 118, in Algonquin Highlands township.
Despite widespread resistance from the property owners adjacent to the site and being in contravention to the township zoning bylaws, MOECC granted approval because the "science" was right.
I have just learned that the MOECC has received an application for the expansion of the approved spreading site (from 0.85 hectares, to 3.5 hectares) located at 10538 Highway 118, Lot 26, Concession 3, Stanhope Geographic Township, Algonquin Highlands, off the 25th Line, operated by Haliburton Septic Pumping.
The MOECC previously ignored vigorous resistance from the property owners and bypassed the township in its approval. This could happen again. A review of the Hauled Sewage Act must include public opinion and input. It must not impact on municipal zoning bylaws either.


I'm not one to wear multiple perfumes, I would rather have a nice scent that is my go to. These are too floral and girly for my taste, maybe it would be good for the younger consumer.
OK, but could be more connected. . .
I loved these scents overall, but the sizes were so small that ultimately i kept losing them, and they are each so unique that they didn't flow well together. Wish they were more complementary!
This is great for being able to try multiple scents without the huge commitment of a regular-sized bottle! They have some really good scents that can fit your mood, depending on how you feel and what you're doing.
I bought this because I really like Juicy fragrances but have never bought them before. I don't run out of scents very quickly so I didn't feel like buying one expensive bottle and being stuck with that one scent. I thought this option was perfect! I get to switch between 4 scents, which are all still good sizes! My favorite scent is Viva La Juicy. But I can't say I'm a fan of Peace, Love & Juicy Courture. I decided to not give all 5 starts because I didn't like all 4 scents.


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iZombie Season 3 Teaser
As we're all rewatching iZombie season 2 (right?), here's a quick teaser of star Rose McIver talking about what she's looking forward to in the upcoming season 3.
I'd forgotten about the change in the character dynamics after the season finale, and she's right, it should make things more interesting. And I'm glad to hear that more zombies will be reflecting the characteristics of the brains they eat, since those "transformations" are fun.
(On a cultural note, it's weird to hear promotional interviews talking about "shipping" and "one true pairing" as though everyone knows what those are. Fandom culture is now mainstream.)
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Amazon suggests:
iZombie season 2 DVD, season 1 DVD, Pilot on-demand, and
A Wrinkle in Time: the Graphic Novel.
Which makes me wonder if the "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" wave will peak before other Modern (?) YA (??) novels get infected:
Arrgh you there, G-d? It's me Margaret.
The Pushcart Zombie Apocalypse
The Great Braaaaaaaiiiiiinnnnnnnss…
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I need to get over my squeamishness and watch some more of this. I watched and enjoyed the first 4 episodes a lot, but every time she starts eating brains it just grosses me out so. lol
Ha! Not my place to tell other people what does or doesn't make them squeamish, but I think the sweet-and-sour deep-fried brain chunks with sauce in the video actually look kind of yummy.
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Apparently trying to get statistics or the future plans of its telecommunications is one very hard chore with the local landscape dominated by Jabatan Telekom Brunei (JTB) that is a division of the Ministry of Communications. Apparently the Internet speed within Brunei leaves a lot to be desired with many business owners saying that it is a constant problem. It is on the "fix" list of the government despite reports that 100% digitalization was achieved in 1995, the infrastructure seems to have been on the decline since then. In 2016 TelBru launched its "Nationwide Wi-Fi" service, but to keep the pace the government has to restructure and liberalize the local telecom industry.
This is a jungle escape for the digital nomads who like a bit of adventure, very much out of step with the rest of the world where there is no income tax, medical services and education are free or heavily subsidized and you can eat at one of the local markets for a pittance.
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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Dallas Cowboys have featured one of the top defenses in the NFL in recent weeks. Carson Wentz has no intention of giving the Cowboys any extra motivation.
On Wednesday, Eagles Linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill said the Cowboys have had a recent history of choking. The comments gave Dallas fresh bulletin board material on the eve of the biggest game of the season. Wentz decided to take the high road when asked if he wanted to elaborate on his teammate's comments.
"I don't want to dive into that at all," said Wentz. "All I know is we and myself, personally, have a lot of respect for that team and what they're doing this year. Obviously, we've watched a ton of their defense. They do a lot of things well."
Wentz is likely wise to not add further fuel to the fire. The Dallas Defense is currently ranked fifth in the NFL and fourth in the league against the run. Wentz will likely be counted on to air it out more than in previous weeks and knows the Cowboys Defense well after seeing Dallas last month at the Linc.
"It's not like their structure has changed," Wentz said. "They're not really crazy complex. They just do what they do and they do it well. It's not going to come down to anything crazy. We'll just have to make more plays than them."
The Cowboys opened plenty of eyes around the league with their upset win over the Saints in their last outing. New Orleans had steamrolled through ten straight opponents (including the Eagles) before the Dallas Defense stifled the Saints' high flying offense. Wentz was impressed with what he saw on film with how the Cowboys were able to contain Drew Brees and his talented teammates.
"It looks like they did everything well," said Wentz. "I thought they were flying around. Their pursuit is something you notice on film. When guys are out in the open, it just seems like everyone is rallying to the ball. They do a good job."
The Eagles did have their share of success moving the ball against Dallas in last month's game. Despite the defeat, Wentz and his teammates put up impressive numbers with much of the yardage coming in the second half. For Wentz, it comes down to putting together a complete game on Sunday.
"We've just got to really put four quarters together," Wentz said. "In a game like this where we both know each other so well and just played a couple of weeks ago, it's not going to come down to anything fancy. It's just going to come down to guys making plays and we just have to execute better than them."


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 * @file led.c
 *
 * UVify Core LED backend.
 */

#include <px4_config.h>

#include <stdbool.h>

#include "stm32.h"
#include "board_config.h"

#include <arch/board/board.h>

/*
 * Ideally we'd be able to get these from up_internal.h,
 * but since we want to be able to disable the NuttX use
 * of leds for system indication at will and there is no
 * separate switch, we need to build independent of the
 * CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS configuration switch.
 */
__BEGIN_DECLS
extern void led_init(void);
extern void led_on(int led);
extern void led_off(int led);
extern void led_toggle(int led);
__END_DECLS

static uint32_t g_ledmap[] = {
	GPIO_LED_BLUE,    // Indexed by LED_BLUE
	GPIO_LED_RED,     // Indexed by LED_RED, LED_AMBER
	GPIO_LED_SAFETY,  // Indexed by LED_SAFETY
	GPIO_LED_GREEN,   // Indexed by LED_GREEN
};

__EXPORT void led_init(void)
{
	/* Configure LED GPIOs for output */
	for (size_t l = 0; l < (sizeof(g_ledmap) / sizeof(g_ledmap[0])); l++) {
		stm32_configgpio(g_ledmap[l]);
	}
}

static void phy_set_led(int led, bool state)
{
	/* Pull Down to switch on */
	stm32_gpiowrite(g_ledmap[led], !state);
}

static bool phy_get_led(int led)
{

	return !stm32_gpioread(g_ledmap[led]);
}

__EXPORT void led_on(int led)
{
	phy_set_led(led, true);
}

__EXPORT void led_off(int led)
{
	phy_set_led(led, false);
}

__EXPORT void led_toggle(int led)
{

	phy_set_led(led, !phy_get_led(led));
}

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LIMA — Allen County Commissioners and the Allen County Sanitary Engineering Department have begun deliberations concerning the reduction of sewer and water tap-in fees in order to encourage construction and business investment.
The City of Lima, Allen Water District and Allen County tend to structure their fees around a larger upfront payment and lower monthly bills, while other Ohio municipalities require a lower up front fee and costlier monthly bills. By aligning local utility fee structures with the latter model, the county may be able to take some of the bite out the initial cost of running sewer and water lines to new buildings.
The initial proposal calls for reducing the water and sewer capital permit fee by $2,000 to $500 per single family unit for those outside of the city and Allen Water District.
Kayatin said reducing the sewer fee won't cause too many problems as recuperating the cost through monthly county sewer bills won't put undue strain on the system. However, since the county tap-in fee funds the county's water line projects, such as line replacement, state-required reroutes or extensions, reducing it could decrease the source of the $364,000 dedicated to water line projects.
The county does not collect monthly water fees. The City of Lima, as the source of water in the county, provides much of the county's water services, including billing and collection.
Since the conversations are still in their initial stages, Allen County Commissioners and Kayatin have yet to decide the best way of recouping the funds lost by a water tap-in fee reduction. No official actions have been taken.
During a Tuesday meeting, commissioners asked Kayatin to meet with the Allen Economic Development Group and members of Greater Lima Region, Inc. to discuss if the business community has any recommendations.
Kayatin said he will also be meeting with those in charge of City of Lima utilities and Allen Water District officials to see what might be done to reduce initial costs across the board.