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Category Archives: Quality of Life for San Mateo County
Who speaks for the 11 year old female victim?
This case was Very Fast from start to finish, How and Why?
Just because somebody says something is true, doesn't mean that it is.
As it turns out a San Mateo County Resident was arrested and Criminally Charged with three Felony Sexual Assault counts Bail was $500,000 and 47 days later his case is complete all the Sexual Assault charges are dismissed. This would be a good case for an AUDIT to simply find out what really happened. Was a man falsely charged in the first place? There is No Comment from Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos about his Sheriff Investigators and their work on this case. What are their thoughts?
Sean Gallagher and Steve Wagstaffe offered Mr. Banister to reduce this case to 1 count a Misdemeanor, Why? and Why so fast?
San Mateo County Sheriff Office arrested Mr. Banister on August 31, 2021 after Investigating the Sexual Assault allegations. The Investigation started on August 2, 2021, A Judge issued a $500,000 Warrant for his arrest based on the SMCSO work product.
San Mateo County District Attorney's Office filed the charges below on November 1, 2021, that's 2 months after his arrest. So the District Attorney's Office had two months to review the SMCSO Investigators work and they confirmed the three Felony sexual assault charges on an 11 year old victim.
On November 30, 2021 this offer was read in court, that is 29 days after the charges were approved and filed, What changed? What Happened?
I was not able to report what the District Attorney's Offer was on November 30, 2021 because I was not sitting in the Courtroom. Also not in the Courtroom that morning was defendant Michael D. Banister and his defense attorney Joseph Goethals. They appeared by zoom or phone.
Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo Presiding Judge Leland Davis III cancelled the Public Access by Telephone on November 22, 2021. He has never explained Why? It can't be because it's safe to attend court in person now, So it must be some other really Important reason.
"The listen-only public access lines are no longer in effect; proceedings are open to the public to attend in person."
The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office has a Victim's Advocate. Did the Victim's Advocate meet with the child and did he/she agree with this offer?
Did the parents of the victim agree with the offer?
Hon Judge Susan Greenberg
Banister, Michael Dennis case number 21SF010162A
001 PC288(a)-FEL-Lewd Act Upon A Child 288(a) Felony 07/24/2021
001 PC1192.7(c)-ENH-Serious Felony 1192.7(c) Enhancement 07/24/2021
001 PC667.5(c)-ENH-Special Allegation-Prior-Any Felony 667.5(c) Enhancement 07/24/2021
004 PC647.6(a)(1)-MISD-Child Molesting 647.6(a)(1) Misdemeanor 07/24/2021
001 PC288(a)-FEL-Lewd Act Upon A Child Dismissal: Negotiated Plea
001 PC1192.7(c)-ENH-Serious Felony Stricken
001 PC667.5(c)-ENH-Special Allegation-Prior-Any Felony Stricken
Greenberg, Susan
004 PC647.6(a)(1)-MISD-Child Molesting Pled Nolo Contendere
Sheriff Office Press Release arrest of Michael D. Banister
Does anybody wonder why Sexual Assault Victims don't want to report the crimes.
Does San Mateo County District Attorney's Office ever charge somebody with crimes they know they did not commit? Of course they do, look no further than People vs. Juan Pablo Lopez case NF433910A
Is that what happened is this case? I don't know. Somebody reported a crime, the Sheriff's Office Investigated and so did the District Attorney's Office. They called the 11 year old girl a Victim.
How is it possible for these charges to be DISMISSED?
Remember a person is innocent until proven Guilty.
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Listen to Lisa Taner, The Stink of SB 9-10
If you are a resident of San Mateo County and couldn't care less about politics, but have been wondering what the Hell has happened to the Quality of Life in your residential neighborhoods and the over building and crowding of Office Buildings and don't forget the GRIDLOCK, we used to call it traffic. It hasn't been traffic for the last 15 years.
I recommend you listen to Lisa Taner, she is one of the Good Gals/Guys. Make this phone call it matters.
Lisa Taner
It's time to blow the lid off the trash can of political cronyism and its most recent unseemly offspring, Senate Bill 9 and Senate Bill 10.
Most times in a household, everyone knows when the garbage can is full, but they wait for someone else to take it out — even when it stinks to high heaven. Let's do this job together. Let's delve through that refuse and see exactly who put it there and why it reeks.
Last year, San Mateans may recall, it wasn't but a minute after Measure Y (the renewal of our city's new building height limit measure) received certification of its win that San Francisco's prolific housing bill author, state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, attended a San Mateo-based "anti-Y decompression" meeting. The attendees and guest speakers, our own councilmembers Goethals, Lee and Bonilla, were told that no one should worry about the failed effort to kill off the citizen measure, insinuating that state efforts would pave the way to their desired outcome. "We are making progress," Wiener assured them. "We honestly need more action at the state level." Enter Senate bills 9 and 10.
Senate bills 9 and 10 are a developer's nirvana. With no affordable housing required, or any funds from developers to go toward supporting infrastructure, coupled with the complete removal of any due process, and elimination of local zoning, residents will wake up to find buildings going up right next door to their homes with no rhyme or reason other than developer profit. By then, it will be too late (Did I mention that SB 10 also gives San Mateo's City Council the power to override the will of the voters and dismiss Measure Y?). Go to unitedneighbors.net for the simple facts regarding these two bills, including a two-minute video of all that we have to lose. These bills have already passed in the Senate and the Assembly will be voting on them mid-August. The time to tell Assemblyman Mullin to vote no is now. Call him at (650) 349-2200.
So, how did we get here? Two words: political cronyism. In large part, gone are the days where your representatives actually represent you. Most are busy setting their sights on their next position, with their stepping stones on the backs of us, their constituency. Take a look around our region — it's pretty clear who is doing work for the people and who isn't. Even idealists landing in council seats or higher can quickly expect to feel the firm hand of the special interest folks on their shoulders, complete with promises of what they could be, if only. And if they do the bidding of their pals in high and low places, they'll receive all the endorsements and funding they need to win their next campaign — if the voters just stay ignorant. And it doesn't stop there. Commission seats in cities all around our region are targeted, too, as special interests line up their friendlies to fill those all-important decision-making seats, one by one. It's simply their chess game, a Queen's Gambit move, where you, the resident pawn, is sacrificed to gain control of the board.
As ever, politics is about money and power, but it has morphed into a Godzilla-like creature so hideously ugly, that we want to throw our hands up in the air and move to Mars. I have a better idea. Let's send those who support bad bills like Senate bills 9 and 10 there instead. NASA recently announced it needs people for a simulated Mars habitat for a year. Some of the skills they'll be taught could translate into being better representatives when they "return" to Earth. Sounds like a win to me.
Seriously, there is a way to retain our power as residents and taxpayers. Political climbers will need your vote. Pay attention to what they have done or failed to do — as with SB 9 and 10. Don't be swayed by endorsements. Be vocal about your wants. Ask candidates hard questions — now and when they run for the next best thing. Make their answers and actions known. Your well-cast vote is still your superpower. There's nothing scarier than an educated voter.
Lisa Taner is a San Mateo native who volunteers both locally and regionally with resident groups for the betterment of her community. Her main focus is to limit 'politics over people,' especially in the areas of development, gentrification and displacement.
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Equity Bank ranked position 24 in the Africa top 100 banks by the Africa Business Magazine
Kenyan Banks have been listed on Africa's top 100 top 100 banks by tier 1 capital conducted by the Africa Business Magazine. Equity was the highest ranked Kenyan bank in the report.
The bank climbed three places to position 24 following a 27% increase in its capital to Ksh. 157 billion ($1.4 billion) in the 2021 Q3 financial results.
The Africa Business Magazine noted Equity's continued expansion in the regional market including the recent foray into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This is with the merger of Equity Bank Congo (EBC) and Banque Commerciale du Congo (BCDC) to form Equity BCDC.
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) and Kenya's KCB dropped places in this year's ranking to positions 26 and 29 respectively.
KCB also slipped from position 25 to 29 with tier 1 capital down 6% to Ksh. 123 billion ($1.1 billion), a drop attributed to an 8% depreciation in the Kenyan Shilling against the US Dollar.
Although regional economies have been hard hit, the report has recognized Kenya's and the region's accommodative monetary policies as part of the emergency response by policy makers and central banks. The banking industry is expected to recover later in the year, with Kenya bouncing back fastest.
Overall, Kenyan banks make up regional rankings positions 4 to 7. Tanzania's highest ranked bank is the National Microfinance Bank, creeping up the overall ranking from position 67 to 64 and position 8 in the region with a capital of Ksh. 44.6 billion ($397 million). Rwanda's Bank of Kigali is back in the top 100, after dropping out last year, although tier 1 capital fell 1% to Ksh. 25 billion ($224 million).
Equity's rise in ranking comes in the backdrop of economic turbulence in the region occasioned by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The bank has exhibited innovation during the pandemic period resulting in a rise in the uptake of its digital banking offerings.
Paypal Withdrawals through Equity Bank to now take a day
Equity Group launches Equity Life Assurance as it diversifies to insurance
Equity Bank Uganda admits first cohort of 123 top performing scholars to its Leaders Program
KCB partners with Nakuru County Government in a bid to support MSMEs
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Reprieve for parents as Equity Bank is now offering instant loans for school fees

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Ellen Gallagher in conversation with Tanya Barson
Gallagher, Ellen and Barson, Tanya and Baddeley, Oriana, TrAIN Research Centre, The Drawing Room (2011) Ellen Gallagher in conversation with Tanya Barson. In: Travelling Lines: Drawing as an Itinerant Practice, 22nd - 23rd September 2011, Chelsea College of Art and Design. (Unpublished)
Gallagher, Ellen and Barson, Tanya and Baddeley, Oriana
TrAIN Research Centre, The Drawing Room
Co-Curated by the Drawing Room and TrAIN, University of the Arts London Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation.
Drawing is enjoying a renaissance – in art education, art practice, curating and research. Drawing is on the move: while still subsidiary, it has become established as an autonomous art with a primary status. Travelling Lines brings together scholars, artists, curators and collectors to create an international forum to consider three key themes: itinerant modes of drawing by Latin America based artists that prioritise investigation and exploration, as line travels off the page and out of the studio into the environment; how the nomadic practices of artists necessitate conceptual and low-key strategies associated with drawing, an especially portable medium; and how itinerant and other modes of drawing circulate within the transnational circuits of the globalised art world. Focusing on one medium, speakers address how visual languages participate in, depend on, and travel across local as well as global territories.
The conference coincides with the exhibition The Peripatetic School: Itinerant drawing from Latin America, curated by Tanya Barson, Curator, International Art, Tate Modern.
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Ellen Gallagher is an artist who lives and work in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and New York City whose work is represented in public collections including Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Whitney Museum of American Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Tanya Barson, Curator of International Art at Tate Modern and curator of 'The Peripatetic School: Itinerant Drawing from Latin America'.
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Monetary policy, describes the actions of a country's central banks. Interest rate policy generally focuses on growth and price stability. The central bank of a country generally controls monetary policy. Central banks also usually oversee the commercial banking system of their respective countries.
Central banks are often charged with enhancing economic growth and employment by stimulating an economy with monetary policy. This process usually involved reducing interest rates, making it easier consumers to borrow from banks.
When inflation increases beyond a pre-determined targeted range for maximum growth, central banks will increase interest rates in an effort to dampen price pressures.
The currency markets are easily influenced by monetary policy as changes to interest rates will change the demand for a currency. Although monetary policy only directly affects short term interest rates, the future outlook of the central bank will influence market sentiment which drives longer term interest rates.


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From 'naughty' composer, young Baroque troupe gets a nice boost
Submitted by Nancy Malitz on Oct 11, 2011 – 4:50 pm
Introducing: Wayward Sisters, an emerging early Baroque group with a Chicago connection, has won a coveted recording prize.
By Nancy Malitz
It's the phone call all struggling musicians hope for — the announcement of a competition prize complete with recording contract.
For Wayward Sisters, a Baroque ensemble specializing in 17th-century music, the news lit up lines in Chicago, New York, Seattle and Richmond, VA, the four far-flung locales where its four members reside.
The group's Baroque cellist, Anna Steinhoff, is the Chicagoan. She heard the good news late last month amidst her rounds as freelancer on the modern cello and as a performer in Chicago's vibrant early music scene.
Naxos, an international classical music label, will cut Wayward Sisters' first commercial CD. The group's other members are former Oberlin buddies: Baroque violinist Beth Wenstrom in New York; recorder player Anne Timberlake in Richmond and John Lenti, theorbo and guitar, in Seattle.
Early Music America, the national service organization for the field of early music, sponsored the competition in cooperation with Naxos, to promote the career development of new and emerging early music ensembles. More than 100 groups applied.
Naxos owner Klaus Heymann pronounced Wayward Sisters' entry "captivating from beginning to end." Their selections were from a diverting program-with-attitude they have performed of late: "The Naughty List: Music By Braggarts, Hotheads, Curmudgeons and Snobs."
The group's name has some nifty history behind it. "We're not wayward," Steinoff wryly notes. "We're not even all women!" It derives from the 1623 first folio spelling of Shakespeare's witches, the so-called "weyward" or weird sisters in "Macbeth." (Purcell's librettist made it "wayward" in the late 17th-century opera "Dido and Aeneus," which has a famous conjuring aria for the sorceress: "Wayward sisters, you that fright/The lonely traveller by night…")
Heymann will focus on one of the composers on the naughty list, the Purcell contemporary Matthew Locke (c.1621-1677). He has been described as disagreeable, vitriolic, ill-tempered, spiteful and "atrabilious" — here's a link to save you the trouble on that last one. The list of adjectives comes courtesy of Wayward Sisters' website.
Temper aside, Locke's music is pretty good. Wayward Sisters' Timberlake, who is also the group's historian and programmer, is currently poring through the composer's work for broken consort, the early English term that fits the Wayward Sisters' instrumental mix. She is also looking at the 1677 collection called "Tripla Concordia," which contains notable Locke trios.
"Locke — one composer in a variety of expressions — this will be good for us," said Heymann by telephone from Hong Kong. He presides over a sprawling and rapidly changing international music business, where digital recording means discs, downloads and, increasingly, streaming by monthly subscription.
"I put Locke into my search system, and I came up with only about 30 results. Not too many, so that is excellent," said Heymann. "And some of those results are for larger ensembles, or for harpsichord music — not so much for the mixed consort grouping like Wayward Sisters."
Thus Heymann senses a ready market: "In England, in particular, it should do well. There is strong interest in composers who were contemporaries of Purcell."
Once Wayward Sisters has performed the works before a live audience sufficiently to feel solid in matters interpretive and technical, the musicians will converge at a church in the Toronto suburbs that Heymann prefers for its guitar and early music sound. His Toronto recording team — Norbert Kraft and Bonnie Silver — are veterans of such intimate productions.
But Heymann thinks it's Naxos' post-recording outlets that provide the real help needed by groups just getting started. "Even if artists can cut a CD themselves, they still need distribution," he says. "Wayward Sisters will automatically have a digital platform with 350,000 subscribers when you count all the places our music appears like iTunes and eMusic in addition to our own streaming library. "
The competition buzz is already helping Wayward Sisters, who received requests for demo CDs and concert offers within two hours of the news. Says Steinhoff: "Insofar as performance opportunities have meant just breaking even financially until now, this is great for us. There is no real network for connecting artists with the kinds of intimate spaces that are perfect for us to perform in. We don't necessarily know where these places are. We want people to know that we really love small churches and house concerts."
Meanwhile members of Wayward Sisters make ends meet by performing in their respective cities. Steinhoff plays an early period cello (gut strings, convex bow, no endpin) this week in the Baroque Band's Chicago concerts featuring eminent British soprano Dame Emma Kirkby.
You may also find Steinhoff with the Newberry Consort, the Callipygian Players, Chicago Opera Theater and the city's newest early music enterprise, Haymarket Opera Company.
Wayward Sisters audio: Listen to excerpts from "The Naughty List: Music By Braggarts, Hotheads, Curmudgeons and Snobs"
More on Matthew Locke: Read the Brittanica bio
Photo captions and credits: Top and home page: Wayward Sisters early Baroque ensemble members left to right: Anne Timberlake, Anna Steinhoff, Beth Wenstrom and John Lenti. Middle: Wayward's women are Timberlake, Steinhoff and Lenti. Bottom: Lenti is the group's lone guy. (Wayward Sisters)
Tags: Anna Steinhoff, Anne Timberlake, Baroque Band, Beth Wenstrom, Callipygian Players, Chicago Opera Theater, Early Music America, Haymarket Opera Company, John Lenti, Klaus Heymann, Matthew Locke, Naxos, Newberry Consort, Wayward Sisters
Baritone Hvorostovsky, in poignant recital, rewards ardent fans with profound singing
CSO bassist Alexander Hanna, in solo light, finds singing voice in his grand instrument


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Josh Abbott Band's New Album 'The Highway Kind' Will Be Out in November
Josh Abbott Band is set to release their new album The Highway Kind on November 13, 2020. Hard to believe that it's been three years since they released 2017's string and horn-infused Until My Voice Goes Out.
Josh and the boys have been a mainstay in the Texas / Red Dirt scene since forming in 2006 at Lubbock's Texas Tech University. Two of their projects, Small Town Family Dream and Front Row Seat, scored top 10 debuts on the Billboard country albums chart. And in addition to many No. 1s on Texas radio they've also had five songs crack the Billboard country singles lists, including "Oh, Tonight" with Kacey Musgraves, and "Wasn't That Drunk," with Carly Pearce.
"The Highway Kind is the album I wish we had put out seven years ago. The lyrics, the melodies, the subtle touches; this album is the very best effort from our group. These songs were brought to life and curated to reflect where my life is now: happy, fulfilled, blessed. From love songs to songs about friendship, from ballads to bangers, this album has it all. They're true-life songs. I hope people listen to this record and go, 'Man, Josh is in a really good place around now.'" - Josh Abbott
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10th Muse: The Lost Issues
Written by: Darren G. Davis, Marv Wolfman
Art By: Clint Hillinski, Ren Wong, Roger Cruz
Back in 2001 when the 10th Muse was created at Image Comics it ran for 10 issues. The series started as one of the #1 comics for Image Comics back in those days. After leaving Image Comics these four special issues were lost until now! See the amazing work of Marv Wolfman and Roger Cruz again in all new adventures! With an amazing cover by Marvel Comics Talent Caldwell.
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Written by: Bo Hampton
Art By: Bo Hampton
From writer/artist Bo Hampton, comes a high-action, supernatural western that centers around a pact of vengeance sworn by a tragically orphaned Gypsy girl, an ex-slave with no soul, and a carnival freak billed as the Human Wolf. Gaining strength and courage from each other, they set off across the Old West--in search of the three hideous, inhuman entities that caused their torment and haunt their lives.
A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong Vol #1 In the Bag
Written by: Rafer Roberts
Art By: David Lafuente
GET SMASHED...OR BE SMASHED! Archer is about to set off on his most dangerous mission yet - a quest into the mystic reaches of Armstrong's bottomless satchel to liberate his friend and comrade from the clutches of the mad god Bacchus! Imprisoned in Armstrong's satchel for centuries, Bacchus now commands a legion of monsters, goblins and golems bent on escaping back into the world of man and enacting revenge on their captor... Can Archer single-handedly combat the godly embodiment of intoxication himself - and rescue his best buddy - without becoming lost amongst Armstrong's endless repository of bizarre artifacts and historical oddities in the process? Collecting A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1-4.
A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong Vol #2 Romance & Road Trips
Art By: David Lafuente, Mike Norton
A VALIANT TALE FOR THE AGES! This ain't no ordinary team-up... It's Archer & Faith's first date! First, A&A's whirlwind ongoing series is hitting the town with the one and only FAITH! With Armstrong on the road, Archer is taking some much-needed personal time...and bringing his long-distance romance with Los Angeles's number-one superhero off of FaceTime and into the real world! Then, Archer and Armstrong go on the hunt for Armstrong's long-lost wife, and the clues will put them on the trail of America's craziest traveling circus! Come on board here as red-hot writer Rafer Roberts (Plastic Farm) and Eisner Award winning artist Mike Norton (Revival) bring you more crossbows than Sleepless in Seattle and more fistfights than The Notebook! Collecting A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #5-8
Bacchus Digital Vol #1
Written by: Eddie Campbell
Art By: Eddie Campbell
Eddie Campbell's Bacchus is a true epic, spanning a decade of work, over a thousand pages, and several millennia of alcohol consumption. In Bacchus, the visionary behind From Hell (with Alan Moore) and Alec: The Years Have Pants presents his version of "an American-style comic book,? filtered through his own brilliant, whimsical, and wide-ranging sensibility. With a fine blend of action, comedy, suspense, and an ear for a great story, Bacchus brings the gods and myths of ancient Greece to modern life, as if they had never left. VOLUME ONE contains Book 1: Immortality Isn't Forever and Book 2: The Gods of Business, with new notes from the author.
Eddie Campbell's Bacchus is a true epic, spanning a decade of work, over a thousand pages, and several millennia of alcohol consumption. In Bacchus, the visionary behind From Hell (with Alan Moore) and Alec: The Years Have Pants presents his version of "an American-style comic book,? filtered through his own brilliant, whimsical, and wide-ranging sensibility. With a fine blend of action, comedy, suspense, and an ear for a great story, Bacchus brings the gods and myths of ancient Greece to modern life, as if they had never left. VOLUME TWO contains Book 3: Doing the Islands with Bacchus and Book 4: One Man Show, with new notes from the author.
Eddie Campbell's Bacchus is a true epic, spanning a decade of work, over a thousand pages, and several millennia of alcohol consumption. In Bacchus, the visionary behind From Hell (with Alan Moore) and Alec: The Years Have Pants presents his version of "an American-style comic book,? filtered through his own brilliant, whimsical, and wide-ranging sensibility. With a fine blend of action, comedy, suspense, and an ear for a great story, Bacchus brings the gods and myths of ancient Greece to modern life, as if they had never left. VOLUME THREE contains Book 5: Earth, Water, Air & Fire and Book 6: 1001 Nights Of Bacchus, with new notes from the author.
Eddie Campbell's Bacchus is a true epic, spanning a decade of work, over a thousand pages, and several millennia of alcohol consumption. In Bacchus, the visionary behind From Hell (with Alan Moore) and Alec: The Years Have Pants presents his version of "an American-style comic book,? filtered through his own brilliant, whimsical, and wide-ranging sensibility. With a fine blend of action, comedy, suspense, and an ear for a great story, Bacchus brings the gods and myths of ancient Greece to modern life, as if they had never left. VOLUME FOUR contains Book 7: Hermes vs. The Eyeball Kid and Book 8: The Picture of Doreen Grey, with new notes from the author.
Eddie Campbell's Bacchus is a true epic, spanning a decade of work, over a thousand pages, and several millennia of alcohol consumption. In Bacchus, the visionary behind From Hell (with Alan Moore) and Alec: The Years Have Pants presents his version of "an American-style comic book,? filtered through his own brilliant, whimsical, and wide-ranging sensibility. With a fine blend of action, comedy, suspense, and an ear for a great story, Bacchus brings the gods and myths of ancient Greece to modern life, as if they had never left. VOLUME FIVE contains Book 9: King Bacchus and Book 10: Banged Up, with new notes from the author.


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Straddling the equator and bridging the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the Indonesian archipelago has been a crossroads for millennia, a place where not only West met East, but where indigenous societies traded as freely in knowledge as they did in pepper and cloves.
The richness of the archipelago's land and seas is mirrored in its linguistic wealth. Hundreds of distinct languages are to be found in Indonesia, and many ethnic groups have their own scripts and writing traditions, as well as distinctive writing materials and media. Yet Indonesian manuscripts are virtually unknown outside of Indonesia. Even scholars have only limited access to the tens of thousands of manuscripts in public and private collections in Indonesia and abroad. This is one reason why the SEADL project is so important.
In 1995, the Lontar Foundation of Jakarta published Illuminations: The Writing Traditions of Indonesia, the first comprehensive treatment in any language on the subject. All of the images in SEADL trace their origin to this publication which focuses on the development of the art of writing in Indonesia, beginning with the diffusion of Indic scripts and the creation of indigenous scripts as seen in early stone and copperplate inscriptions; classical Javanese writings and the Javanese manuscript tradition; the spread and influence of Arabic script and calligraphy and the illuminated book-form manuscripts of the Islamic tradition; the elaborate letters and seals of the Malay writing tradition; manuscripts from Aceh; the lontar, or palm-leaf manuscripts of Bali, Lombok and Sunda; Chinese manuscript literature in Indonesia; the diaries and cassette-like manuscripts of South Sulawesi; and the Batak traditions of Sumatra, including writings on bark, bone, and bamboo.
Although as elsewhere in the world, the print revolution brought about a decline in the manuscript tradition. In Indonesia it remained alive long after it had died in the West. In fact illuminated manuscripts were being produced in Indonesia well into the twentieth century and in Bali, even today, the production of lontar palm-leaf manuscripts continues.
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To read more about Indonesian manuscripts, read our essay, Writing Traditions of Indonesia, by Ann Kumar, Professor and Historian.
Keagamaan, a religious treatise.
Kitab al Bayan tasdik
Kitab Al Bayan Tasdik, a compilation of Islamic teachings.
Kitab Bintang
Kitab Doa dan Ayat-ayat Suci
Kitab doa dan ayat-ayat suci, a book of prayers for religious edification.
Kitab Pekih
Kitab Safinatun Nadja
Kitab Seribu Masalah
Kitab Sulamu-Tawfik
Kitab Takrib
Manuscripts like this one, the Kitab Takrib, are frequently believed to be endowed with supernatural powers.
Komentar Al-Quran
A commentary on the Quran. The Quranic text is in red, the interpretation in black.
Kumpulan Doa - Hik
library manuscripts were among the booty confiscated from Acehnese resistence fighters
Kunjarakarna
Kutika 1
Manuscript Kutika.
Detail from Kutika.


MANILA, Philippines – Whatever happened to the opulent "Boracay Mansion" said to be owned by former President Joseph Estrada?
Stirring controversy in 2001 because it was believed to have been purchased with funds from the Jose Velarde account associated with Estrada, the property was originally valued at P86.7 million.
Located at 100 11th Street in residential New Manila, Quezon City, the two adjacent lots measuring 7,145 square meters were estimated to be worth at least P142.92 million by March 2008.
Stripped of its original amenities – a swimming pool that produced artificial waves, an air-conditioned gazebo, a water heater for the pool, expensive tiles and toilet fixtures – the property is now being renovated to make way for an executive house that will serve as a guesthouse for visitors of the Quezon City government.
Designed by the local government's Special Design Group, the estimated P90-million house is targeted for completion by November or December 2015. The property has been titled in the name of the Quezon City government with Transfer Certificate Title (TCT) numbers N-305262 and N-208116.
Called "Boracay Mansion" – because of the artificial white sand by the pool reminiscent of the powdery sand in the beaches of Boracay in the Visayas – the property was vandalized, totally damaged, and no longer livable when the Quezon City government acquired it.
It was as if its original owners wanted to make sure that whoever took over it would find it totally useless and without value. It bore no signs of their expensive taste, only traces of what promised to be an extravagant lifestyle.
Barangay officials earlier said that, as early as November 2000, there were reports of unknown items being taken out of the property at odd hours. A previous Newsbreak story on the Boracay Mansion said they used the 10th Street gate as exit because it was less visible and less busy compared to 11th Street. The property spans 10th and 11th streets.
Barangay officials were helpless in stopping what residents reported at the time because it was private property and had not been taken over by either the Quezon City government or the anti-graft court. The house was not part of a gated subdivision with security guards who could check on possible trespassers.
Previous reports said that, on weekends, the house was used by Estrada and his favored partner, Laarni Enriquez. Long hours of partying kept them awake. Later, Estrada would claim that the house was only lent to him by his close friend Jaime Dichaves and that he did not own it.
When plunder charges were filed against Estrada in 2001, there were riveting stories about unexplained wealth and extravagant mansions for his women. The Boracay Mansion was just one of many.
It was, however, the only property that bore evidence it was linked to Estrada's Jose Velarde "dummy account," according to then Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio. It was also the only property successfully forfeited in favor of the government.
How that happened did not come too easily or quickly.
On September 15, 2005, the Quezon City government auctioned the property after its owners recorded tax delinquencies that amounted to about P1.74 million.
The registered owner of the property was St Peter Holdings Corporation, formed by former partners of Estrada's lawyer then, Edward S. Serapio. The chair of the corporation at the time was Jose "Sel" Yulo, whose name also appeared as owner on one of the architectural plans submitted to the Barangay Mariana office.
According to a Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) story in December 2000, the senior partners of the De Borja law firm, which incorporated St. Peter Holdings, designated Yulo to represent the company in the purchase of the property. He later on executed an affidavit that said he was a mere nominee of Dichaves. Yulo's financial ability to purchase the property had been questioned then.
Quezon City Hall officials were supposed to serve a notice of forfeiture to St Peter Holdings, but the company was no longer at its given address in Ortigas. The city government proceeded with an auction in 2005, but there were no takers, most likely because of the adverse claim appended to the title, officials said.
Two years later, in September 2007, the Land Registration Authority directed the Quezon City government to give up its title to the property so that the Sandiganbayan could auction it.
The Sandiganbayan was looking to recover millions of pesos in favor of the state.
In between – in August 2009 – the Sandiganbayan allowed Barangay Mariana to temporarily use the property for its Solid Waste Collection Program and its shredders. The barangay chairman at the time, Regina San Miguel, reasoned it would help reduce the risk of the grounds becoming a breeding ground for dengue mosquitoes. Unused for a long time, the pool contained stagnant water.
Later on, even the tiles of the pool would be carted away and the hole where the pool used to be would eventually be covered up.
On January 26, 2010, another auction was conducted, this time of the remnants of the Boracay Mansion – a house and the two lots. In a Sheriff's Report dated February 1, 2010, Edgardo Urieta of the Sandiganbayan's Security and Sheriff Division reported a failure of bidding because no bid was received. It was no different from the failed auction conducted by the Quezon City government in 2005.
To prevent the further deterioration of the property and to avoid additional expenses in maintaining and securing it, the anti-graft court ordered Urieta to turn it over to the Bureau of the Treasury for disposition. By March 2010, the turnover was completed.
Today the lot adjacent to the property on which the house stands is being occupied by the family of a barangay tanod. They are watching over it to make sure that vandals and squatters do not invade it.
Shielded from public view, the lot, as seen during our ocular inspection, had remaining structures of a pelota court, quarters for what was presumed to be guards of the Presidential Security Group, a treehouse, and a fountain. There are no traces of what these features looked like – only wild grass, trees, pet dogs of the tanod's family, and their modest makeshift home. The constant crowing of a distant rooster gives it a rural feel in the middle of the city.
The opening in the wall, which used to divide the two adjacent lots, had been closed off. The only entrance to the other property is a separate small gate with a short rickety wooden bridge over a canal.
Estrada had denied ownership of the Boracay Mansion, whose renovation was said to be undertaken by New San Jose Builders. PCIJ in 2000 reported that, according to documents, New San Jose is owned by Jose L. Acuzar, brother-in-law of now Executive Secretary Paquito "Jojo" Ochoa Jr, who, in turn, was Quezon City administrator when Feliciano "Sonny" Belmonte Jr was mayor.
Three engineers of New San Jose applied for barangay permits for the Boracay Mansion renovation, barangay records in 2000 showed.
Estrada, to this day, has not admitted ownership of the Boracay Mansion. And strangely no one has come forward to make a claim on a multi-million-peso property.


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Allison Balfour est une guérisseuse écossaise de l'île Mainland des Orcades, exécutée à Kirkwall le  pour sorcellerie.

Contexte
Les habitants des Orcades ont au  une longue tradition de croyance en diverses formes de magie, de sorcellerie et de créatures surnaturelles. Les pouvoirs magiques sont acceptés comme faisant partie du mode de vie en général et ne sont pas remis en question. La chasse aux sorcières en Écosse débute en 1550, et le parlement de Marie Stuart adopte en 1563 le , qui rend la pratique de la sorcellerie punissable de la peine capitale.

À l'époque, les Orcades sont en théorie soumises à la loi norvégienne, mais l'archipel étant gouverné par des comtes écossais depuis 1468, il tombe en pratique sous leur compétence judiciaire.

Les informations disponibles sur des procès des sorcières dans les Orcades avant 1612 sont rares, ce qui fait d'Allison Balfour un des cas de sorcellerie les plus fréquemment cités en Écosse, selon l'historien Julian Goodare.

Histoire

Complot contre le comte
L'affaire commence quand le seigneur des Orcades, ,  comte des Orcades, surnommé Black Patie, démantèle un supposé complot ourdi contre lui par ses frères cadets, et qu'est trouvé du poison entre les mains de Thomas Paplay, serviteur de son frère John Stewart. Après avoir été torturé pendant onze jours, le valet avoue et identifie Allison Balfour comme complice.

Allison vit dans le lieu-dit  à , avec son conjoint Taillifeir et ses enfants. C'est une guérisseuse assez renommée, qu'auraient consultée les frères de Black Patie pour jeter à celui-ci un sort mortel. Une première tentative aurait déjà eu lieu en , sans que le comte ne s'en ressente.

Malgré la rétractation de Paplay juste avant son exécution, la famille Balfour est arrêtée et conduite à Kirkwall. Compte tenu de l'implication de la famille comtale, le procès se tient dans le   et non pas comme à l'ordinaire dans la cathédrale Saint-Magnus.

Allison est interrogée par Henry Colville de Orphir, un prêtre ami du comte.

Torture

Colville tente avant tout d'obtenir des éléments de preuve à charge contre John Stewart. Pendant quarante-huit heures, il la soumet à des supplices brutaux, alternant les rôles .

Ses jambes sont enfermées dans un dispositif de fer qui peut être chauffé par un four jusqu'à ce que la chair de la victime brûle. Elle perd connaissance à plusieurs reprises, à chaque fois on la réveille pour reprendre la torture.

N'obtenant pas d'aveux, Colville se tourne vers son mari, son fils, et sa fille de sept ans. Taillifeir est torturé devant elle avec un appareil métallique non décrit, possiblement des chaînes, ou encore un dispositif permettant d'exercer une pression de  sur le corps du supplicié.

Les jambes de son fils sont enserrées dans une « botte de fer » à laquelle on applique cinquante-sept coups de marteaux, mutilant les chairs et les os.

Allison Balfour flanche quand Colville s'en prend à sa fille, lui broyant les doigts avec un système à vis. Elle cède et avoue, Colville lui assurant qu'elle ne serait pas exécutée.

Épilogue
Malgré cette promesse Allison, reconnue coupable de complot pour meurtre par sorcellerie, est condamnée à être étranglée et brûlée. Le , elle est emmenée à Gallow Ha' à Kirkwall. Juste avant l'exécution, on veut la contraindre à faire une déclaration de repentance devant la foule assemblée : elle clame son innocence et détaille les tortures menées contre elle et sa famille.

Le , John Stewart est trainé devant la cour de justice d'Édimbourg pour tentative d'assassinat contre son frère. Il fait valoir que la confession d'Allison Balfour ne peut être considérée, puisqu'elle a été obtenue sous la torture et que la malheureuse s'est rétractée. Le verdict des juges l'innocente.

Trois semaines après son acquittement, John Stewart à la tête de quelques hommes assassine Colville sur les îles Shetland. À l'issue du nouveau procès qui s'ensuit le , deux de ses proches sont décapités mais lui-même est à nouveau acquitté.

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Personnalité écossaise du XVIe siècle
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Personnalité condamnée à mort pour sorcellerie
Condamné à mort exécuté par strangulation
Personne torturée au XVIe siècle
Sorcière du XVIe siècle

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Fans of Gentleman Jack set to flock to Halifax to celebrate 600 years of Shibden Hall
A special exhibition will be held at Halifax's Bankfield Museum
The exhibition will mark 600 years of Shibden Hall - home of Gentleman Jack Anne Lister, who is played by Suranne Jones in the BBC series (Image: Jay Brooks)
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A special exhibition to mark the 600th birthday of Shibden Hall - famous as the home of trailblazer Anne Lister aka Gentleman Jack - has opened this weekend.
Calderdale Council is marking the milestone with an exhibition at Bankfield Museum in Halifax.
The first mention of Shibden Hall is any records was in 1420 and for 500 years it was a family residence before passing into public ownership and becoming a museum.
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Over the last century, the hall and its picturesque park have been enjoyed by both local residents and visitors to the area.
Shibden Hall, Halifax, the home of Anne Lister aka 'Gentleman Jack' (Image: Simon Jerram/Flickr)
And recently its fame has grown thanks to to the filming of the hit BBC TV series about its most famous resident - 'Gentleman Jack' Anne Lister.
To mark the building's 600th birthday, Bankfield Museum is hosting a special exhibition that will celebrate Shibden Hall and its many inhabitants.
It features stunning images by renowned artists such as John Horner, as well as objects from throughout the hall's history.
Anne Lister, or 'Gentleman Jack', is Shibden Hall's most famous resident (Image: Calderdale Museums)
The exhibits will be woven into a narrative that stretches from 1420 to the present day.
Highlights include a personal letter from Anne Lister, the most famous resident of Shibden Hall and the inspiration for Gentleman Jack.
And there will be never-before-seen portraits of two key figures in the Anne Lister story.
Gentleman Jack star, Suranne Jones unveils a newly-created interpretation of the remarkable person she portrays, Anne Lister, at the Piece Hall (Image: ©2021 Charlotte Graham)
Calderdale Council's Clr Jenny Lynn, said: "Shibden Hall is one of the most iconic buildings in the region and has a long and rich history.
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"This new exhibition at Bankfield Museum will celebrate key events and notable residents throughout Shibden's 600 years.
"Even the most dedicated Shibden Hall fans will discover fresh insight, with exclusive artwork on display and significant artefacts, including personal items of Anne Lister.
"There's also plenty for the first-time or infrequent visitor, with the exhibition centred around a timeline from 1420 to the present day, showing how Shibden has been influenced by its residents and also the impacts of wider historical events.
"The many memories, photographs and other artefacts which have been submitted by local people, show how special the building is to so many and complement the many historical accounts that feature as part of Shibden 600."
The exhibition will also explore the importance of the hall from the perspective of its many supporters.
Visitors from across the world have submitted photographs, poems, artwork and reflections, with their memories of Shibden Hall and the significance it has for them.
A selection of these will be included in the exhibition.
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Фарфоровая чаша небольшого диаметра не только красива, но и довольно практична и удобна. Ее предназначение – порционная подача салатов и закусок. Также она может использоваться как пиала для индивидуальной подачи каш, супов или лапши или общих закусок и салатов, которые сервируются маленькими порциями.
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My pages about crocheting with the afghan stitch along with row counts along with lots of hints, helps, and links.
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"On August 3, Alejandra Juarez will be deported to a country she barely knows after building a life in the United States for two decades, working with 28 different lawyers to try and earn legal status, having a private bill introduced on her behalf by her Congressman Darren Soto and receiving an outpouring of community and nationwide support. This is an incredibly sad decision for Alejandra, her family and our country.
"The nation has seen the Administration tear over 2,500 children away from their parents at the border. Here, we see a parent being pulled away from her children. This is not new, but it is absolutely the wrong approach.The decision to deport Alejandra Juarez is heartbreaking and a terrible reminder of the costs of the Administration's immigration policies that eliminated enforcement priorities and put a target on the back of millions of families. Her kids deserve their mom here. She deserves the ability to earn citizenship.
Alejandra's community has established a fundraising page on her behalf to assist her in staying connected with her family and loved ones at this incredibly difficult time.
Yesterday (Wednesday, July 25), the Department of Homeland Security denied Alejandra Juarez's request for a stay of her deportation. Alejandra's congressional representative, U.S. Congressman Darren Soto, had previously filed a private bill, H.R. 6191, on behalf of his constituent to allow her to adjust her status and become a legal permanent resident. Congressman Soto has actively supported her case by requesting that ICE exercise their discretion and grant Alejandra more time in the U.S. to continue raising her family.
Alejandra is married to an Iraq veteran who deployed with the Florida National Guard, is the mother of two U.S. citizen girls ages 8 and 16 who were born here, and is an active member of her church in Davenport, Florida. While she was previously a low- or non-priority for deportation, the new enforcement mandate under the Trump Administration that eliminated enforcement priorities has resulted in Alejandra being slated for deportation.


I've rambled a bit about this topic already but I just had another instance where I just shake my head and chuckle at the stupidity.
My little town has a facebook community page.
I had no idea of this for the first 6 of the 7 years we've lived here.
I stumbled upon it once by accident last summer when I was googling something or other going on in our town, and it came up in the search returns. I can see most of the messages and images on it as it's a public page. However I can't see all messages and images because some people have must have their personal accounts set so only other Facebook users can see them.
A lot of people don't realize also that if you don't have a Facebook account, you can't see peoples Facebooks accounts. Years ago you could still read posts and see photos but they changed that about 8 or so years ago I believe. No matter how many times I tell various friends and family this, they still don't comprehend it and will ask if they've seen a photo they posted on their Facebook page? Umm... no. I can't see them, remember?
I just read a post where the person says; "Will the person that owns the ____ (dogs) that live on the corner of Jay St. and 8th St. please message me?"
What makes you think the person that lives there HAS a Facebook account?
And what makes you think that the person that lives there and happens to have a Facebook account even visits this page?
I just shake my head and click away. Because I see things like this all the time. These people do not realize there is a whole universe outside of Facebook.
"Selling this couch... please PM me!"
"Lost Dog! I love him so much and he's my baby and his name is Rocky... if you see him please MESSAGE ME!"
"I do top notch work for indoor painting! Starting my new business! Message me!"
Uh... if I see your dog, I have NO WAY TO LET YOU KNOW. I can't message you. I don't have Facebook and you neglected to leave a phone number. I can't call you to hire you for a service. I can't buy your couch... or loveseat or sports equipment or even your car that you want to sell... because you are asking people to message you as if that is the ONLY WAY YOU COMMUNICATE and you've forgotten that the rest of the world doesn't.


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2/16/05, Markowski Open, Round 7, Reported by Chuck Ensey
Adam Corper & Dimitry Kishinevsky (In Last Year's Electoral College Open)
Kishinevsky & Corper Tie For First w/ 6,
Baker & Wagner Are 3rd & 4th w/ 5 1/2
7 with 5 points, and 6 with 4 1/2 - All 4 1/2's Qualify Except For the one with the lowest tie breaks = Ed Baluran, Sorry, Ed
Smith, Zeigler, McGuiness, Nelson, Bruno, Aeria & Orozco Score 5 to Qualify
Sussman, Richard, Fries, Mahooti and Amodeo make in with 4 1/2 Points - Congratulations Gentlemen!
As far as the Reserve Championship, the following players have made it in. Please let us know immediately if you do NOT plan to play in the Reserve Championship (a 7 round swiss starting next week) so that we can arrange for a replacement. Right now the winners are:
Players U1800 with 4 points: 1. Marc Adlam 2. Fred Borges 3. Sunny Chu 4. Shaun Sweitzer 5. Joel Batchelor. Players with 3 1/2 points 6. Damani Fair 7. Robert Draper 8. Khris Juroshek 9. Fred Gerlach. Players with 3 points (Robert Henderson has 3, but has declined to play, he is unavailable) 10. Pejman Sagart 11. Keith Wilson 12. Roberto Mercado 13. Julian Rodriguez 14. Helmut Keil 15. Brad Ross and 16. Mark De Yoe. Mark had to play an extra tie breaking "playoff" game with Reno Tyrell when they ended up tied for 16th place with identical tie breaks! Mark won that game on Saturday. Again please let us know either by email or the message board or by calling the club if you cannot play in the Reserve Championship, or even the Club Championship for that matter. We think everyone is set to play, but we just want to be sure. Players not in either Championship will play in the Lasker Open, probably in three sections, 1) over 1700, 2) 1700-1400 and 3) U1400.
Adam Corper had a surprise for Bruce in the Marshall Attack of the Ruy Lopez
Back to the action in the Markowski. Adam Corper (6) upset tournament leader Bruce Baker (5 1/2) with an apparently prepared line against Bruce's Marshall Attack in the Ruy Lopez. The famous pawn sacrifice didn't work out so well for Bruce in this heavily analyzed line introduced by Frank Marshall against Capablanca in New York 1918. See the game here.
On Board 2 Dimitry Kishinevsky (5) won against the inspired play of Class A player Tim McGuiness (5). Tim has been upsetting lots of higher rated players, and last night he nearly pulled it off again. It was the second to the last game to finish, and it was interrupted when Tim made a time forfeit claim against Dimitry which was not upheld. I think Tim may have left out a move, so Dimitry did make 40 moves and Tim thought he hadn't. Dimitry went on to win once the game resumed.
Only one game was drawn last night, as I mentioned last week, we have a lot of fighting spirit in our club, no there were no short draws. Ron Bruno (5) and Rick Aeria (5) did play to a draw on Board 3, but it was a hard fought battle.
Lenny Sussman in trouble as Black against NM Carl Wagner
On board 4, Dr. Carl Wagner (5 1/2) went all out for the win against the defensive Expert Leonard Sussman (4 1/2) and did manage to snag the full point. A quick draw would have let them both in the Championship, but Carl wanted to place high in the tournament, and he did, tying with Bruce Baker for Third Place.
There were 9 players with 4 points before this last round started, so the brutal math of elimination meant that these players would all play each other, and that who ever won would be assured of a spot in the Championship, but whoever lost was definitely out of it. Talk about pressure... on Board 5, Todd Smith (5) knocked Ignacio Sainz (4) out of the Championship, and on Board 6, George Zeigler (5) ruined the bid of Dave Saponara (4) to get in. Dave had his chances, if he had sacrificed one more Rook, there was apparently a win there that many people were kind (or was it cruel?) enough to point out to Dave after the game was over.
Cyrus is a spectator as Rezendes & Nelson and others battle for playoff spots
On Board 7, Jesus Orozco (5) knocked out the Grand Swindler, Carey Milton (4) and on Board 8, Tom Nelson (5) managed to finally find the win against Ron Rezendes (4) in "The Longest Game Of The Night". Gee, a long game and Tom's flag didn't fall? Amazing...
Shomari plays the Alekhine's Defence, Bob hits him with an offbeat line
On Board 9, the drama of last year's Co-Champion, Robert Richard (4 1/2) unfolded. Would he be knocked out by the new whiz kid, Shomari Mosi (4)?? Many people thought it would be a shame if last year's Champ was eliminated in the Markowski, but Bob came through with a win and joined the group of five lucky players who made it in with the minimum of 4 1/2 points. Ed Baluran (4 1/2) won on Board 10 against Buddy Morris (3 1/2), but it wasn't enough to put him over the top, as his tie breaks were slightly lower than those of Mario Amodeo (4 1/2), the last player to squeeze through the door before it slammed shut. Mario won his game against Esteban Escobedo (3 1/2). See Ed's win over Bud here. This was a good game and I had a tough time deciding between it and Mario's game. Mario game finally won me over and took the Best Game Prize.
The other players to make it in with wins in the last round were James Mahooti (4 1/2) who edged out Damani Fair (3 1/2) on Board 12, and on Board 13, Thomas Fries (4 1/2) got past Big Bob Draper (3 1/2).
Out of the 16 highest rated players, 5 were knocked out by lowered rated upstarts. Tim McGuiness (#34) was the lowest rated player to get in. The others were pretty high up on the rating list - #17 Mario Amodeo, #19 James Mahooti, #20 Jesus Orozco and #21 Thomas Fries. So who were the ones to get knocked out of the sweet sixteen you ask? How uncouth and nosy of you to even ask, but we tell all here and if you must know... #6 Peter Bisgaard, #11 Carey Milton, #13 Ignacio Sainz, #15 Ed Baluran and #16 David Saponara. Better luck next year fellows, hope springs eternal and as they say in baseball, there is always next year... Plus we have plenty of great tournaments still to come this year, this was just the first of many.
In other games that did not affect the Club Championship, but did have some impact on the Reserve Championship, a big upset was on Board 14 where Fred Borges (4) assured himself a spot in the Reserve Championship by defeating the higher rated James Malowney (3) with a stunning Kingside attack ending in checkmate. I was playing on the next board over and suddenly I noticed Jim was grinning and shaking his head as his King was trapped in a mating net. Well done, Fred! In my game, I, Chuck Ensey (4) sacrificed a Bishop for three pawns in front of the King of Roberto Mercado (3) and it worked out well, and although the sac was a bit unclear, at least it was ambitious. On Board 16, Alejandro Garcia-Betancourt (4) won against Julian Rodriguez (3) and on 17, Sunny Chu (4) won against the higher rated Gary Tuttle (3). Gary recently cut off all his long hair, possibly in an effort to reverse his bad luck lately on the chessboard! Gary is still smarting from his loss to Carey where one inattentive move ruined hours of solid play that should have been rewarded with a win. I talked to Gary and we shared ideas on how to prevent such blunders. It's hard to maintain concentration for four hours or more, and that one time you don't go through the routine of asking what your opponents best reply to your candidate move might be, that's when it always hurts you the most! Amazing how that happens...
Most of the games on the lower boards were won by the higher rated player with only a few exceptions. Winners included Ron Soto (4), Dayne Freitag (4), Shaun Sweitzer (4), Joel Batchelor (4), Fred Gerlach (3 1/2), Keith Wilson (3), Helmut Keil (3), Alina Markowksi (2 1/2), Keith Wetterer (1 1/2) Roger Wathen (2) and Eric Marquis (2 1/2).
Another packed night at the San Diego Chess Club, Round 7 of the Markowski
Upsets were scored by Khris Juroshek (3 1/2) over Stefan Boyland (2 1/2), although Khris' rating is a really old scholastic one, and then Mark De Yoe (2) managed to upset Robert Samuel (2), which knocked Bob out of the Reserve Championship and stormed Mark right into it. Finally, Todd White (2 1/2) won against the higher rated Parviz Soltan (1 1/2).


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#UPDATE: 'Improvised explosive device' made safe in County Limerick town
Maria Flannery
maria.flannery@limerickleader.ie
The army bomb disposal unit and gardai at the scene in Rathkeale after the discovery of a 'suspect device' Picture: Michael Cowhey
THE DEFENCE forces have now made safe an 'improvised explosive device' which was found in a West Limerick town this Wednesday morning.
The Defence Forces deployed the Army Bomb Disposal Team to Rathkeale, following a request from An Garda Síochána this morning, due to the discovery of a 'suspect device'. The bomb squad arrived on the scene at 12:17pm.
A garda source said that the device was found "at the rear of an unoccupied house" in the town.
"To ensure public safety, a number of houses and local businesses were evacuated and a cordon was put in place for the duration of the operation," said a spokesperson for the Defence Forces.
The device was removed to a secure military installation for further examination at 2:06pm. "Any items of an evidential nature will be handed over to An Garda Síochána to assist them with their investigations," added the spokesperson.
The town was closed off while gardai and the bomb team dealt with the homemade device. The local doctor's surgery in the town was also evacuated, and people were told to move to a safe location.
Main Street in Rathkeale was closed between Castlematrix and the fire station for the afternoon, because of the operation, but it has since re-opened.
#LIMERICK Main St (R523) in Rathkeale has reopened between Castlematrix and the Ballingarry jct after an incident. https://t.co/pdsEzJTRQr
— AA Roadwatch (@aaroadwatch) October 18, 2017


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With annual average output of 1.35 million tons, Australia is not a major rice producer. But it is an important rice exporter: about 85% of the harvest is exported and up to 40 million people across the globe eat Australian rice every day. Australians themselves consume just 10 kg per head a year. The rice industry is vertically integrated, with farmers engaged in production, processing and marketing activities, and generates more than $500 million from value-added exports annually.
Rice is grown on some 145,000 ha of land, mainly in the irrigated areas of south-eastern Australia. Eighty per cent of rice produced in Australia is of medium-grain Japonica varieties, which are well suited to high summer temperatures without the humidity of tropical climates.
Direct seeding is the main method of crop establishment. Production is highly advanced and mechanized, and rice is often planted in rotation with pasture crops. The main planting season in eastern Australia is October, with harvesting in March-April. Thanks to the use of improved varieties and better farm-level management, rice yields have increased from 5-7 tonnes/ha in the early 1970s to more than 10.2 tonnes/ha in 2003, with maximum yields of 14 tonnes. Australian rice growers are considered among the most efficient and productive in the world.
Asian immigration has introduced many new rice dishes to the national cuisine. But a traditional favourite remains the classic Australian rice pudding.
For more information about Australian rice, visit the Ricegrowers' Association of Australia website www.rga.org.au
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Through the analysis of an algorithm, we try to find whether the given problem can be sloved by the provided algorithm and if it can solved, then how efficiently it can solve the problem in terms of time and space. This is crucial to differentiate the algorithms as some of them look similiar but they are different and some of them look different but they are equivalent.
It mainly focuses on theoritical study of time and space requirement of algorithms.
which is roughly proportional to the critical (inherently important) operations.
Space compelxity is amount of memory required by an algorithm to produce the result.
It is a high-level description of an algorithm and is more structured than English prose. However, it is less detailed than a program. It is more prefrerred notation for describing algorithms as it hides program design issues.
In order to estimate the running time of an algorithm, we need to count the primitive operations ( addition, substration, division, multiply). It can be done by inspecting the pseudocode and determine the maximum number of primitive operations executed by an algorithm as a function of the input size.
From above, we see that algorithm arrayMax executes 7n – 2 primitive operations in the worst case.
Now, instead of Counting Primitive Operations precisely like in arrayMax algorithm example, using Big-oh Notation.
From above analysis, we conclude that algorithm is of order O(n).


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The Pineapple Story Tests Us: Have Test Publishers become Unquestionable Authorities?
Standards Opinion
By Anthony Cody — April 20, 2012 3 min read
Anthony Cody
Follow me on Twitter at @AnthonyCody
The New York Daily News has perhaps inadvertently shed some light on why teachers might be hesitant to have a large portion of their evaluations based on standardized test scores. In a rare moment of transparency, one of the 8th grade reading comprehension questions has been published, in a story broken by Leonie Haimson on the New York Parents blog, and it has many people scratching their heads.
The story is an absurd tale of a talking pineapple, who challenges a hare to a race. The story must be read to comprehend the controversy.
The questions that follow make even less sense. Students are asked
1. Why did the animals eat the pineapple? a. they were annoyed
b. they were amused
c. they were hungry
d. they wanted to
2. Who was the wisest?
a. the hare b. moose
c. crow
d. owl
Pearson, the largest test publisher in the world, has said that company policy forbids them from commenting.
This story is remarkable for several reasons. First of all, the patent absurdity of the questions. In today's data-driven world, the scores these student achieve could be used to end a teacher's career.
But there are many test questions that are of questionable quality. Scientist Robert Krampf this week also found major errors in Florida's Science FCAT test.
The Science FCAT is Florida's high stakes test that assesses all the science concepts and information that students should have learned by the end of fifth grade. Schools and districts are subject to financial incentives or penalties, depending on their students' FCAT scores, so this is a VERY important test.
The test was developed using guidelines that provide the basic information the test is supposed to be based upon. The glossary includes the following definition:
Predator--An organism that obtains nutrients from other organisms.
Dr. Krampf points out,
By that definition, cows are predators because they obtain nutrients from plants. The plants are predators too, since they obtain nutrients from decaying remains of other organisms. I have yet to find anyone who thinks that this is a proper definition of a predator.
He goes on to enumerate many other errors.
In these circumstances, the safest course of action for a science teacher in Florida is to make sure his students memorize bogus information, because that is what they will be tested upon.
I do not know what the teachers in New York can do to prepare their students for the pineapple story - perhaps have them watch some episodes of Monty Python.
Teachers who give standardized tests are required to sign affidavits swearing they will not copy the tests, or divulge their contents. Thus teachers are forbidden from airing concerns they might have about the contents of the tests.
The tests have become the ultimate authorities in our schools, and the test publishers are virtually unquestionable.
The standardized testing technocracy has convinced our policy makers that the only way we will be competitive in the world is if everyone learns the same information, and has that learning measured in ever-finer increments. We are not supposed to look behind the curtain to see the way this data is arrived at.
We are promised that any problems in the system will be fixed by the next generation, the Common Core, the computers that can score tests as well as the current system of warehouses of poorly paid readers now used for that purpose.
The truth is that sensitive formative assessment is the proper domain of a well-trained, intelligent teacher, capable of seeing the individual strengths and weaknesses of children, and guiding their learning. Standardized tests are useful when used as an annual check on that learning, but that is all. Once heavy consequences are attached to them, all the learning in a classroom is re-oriented to focus on pleasing that master, that almighty unquestionable arbiter of what has been learned.
Teachers can be questioned, and even challenged. I love it when a student disagrees with something I have told them. This is the best sort of teachable moment, because the whole class becomes engaged in trying to find out the truth. The best way I have found to handle this is to make the question a homework assignment, and invite everyone to investigate. And if I am wrong, that is fine by me. I do not need to be the ultimate authority. I want my students to challenge me, and anyone they encounter, if they think they are wrong.
But teachers cannot discuss publicly, let alone challenge the content of the tests, and the test publishers will not even discuss it when the questions are somehow made public. How long will we pretend that this is any way to teach our students to be critical, creative thinkers?
Update: New York Education Commissioner John King has released a statement that says:
First of all, the "passage" printed in the media is not complete. Although the questions make more sense in the context of the full passage, due to the ambiguous nature of the test questions the Department has decided it will not be counted against students in their scores.
It is important to note that this test section does not incorporate the Common Core and other improvements to test quality currently underway. This year's tests incorporate a small number of Common Core field test questions. Next year's test will be fully aligned with the Common Core.
This particular passage, like all test questions, was reviewed by a committee comprised of teachers from across the state, but it was not crafted for New York State. It's a passage that has been used in other states and was included by Pearson Inc., the test vendor, to provide a comparison between New York students and students from other states.1 The passage and related questions are not reflective of the precision of the entire exam.
The accuracy and efficacy of our state assessments are crucial to our reform efforts and measuring student academic growth. We will, as always, review and analyze all questions on every assessment we administer.
You can see the actual text as used in the test here.
Seems like he is saying, "Move along, nothing to see folks. The Common Core will make it all better. Trust your authorities."
Update 2: Daniel Pinkwater, the author of the Pineapple story has commented on its use here, saying,
It's hilarious on the face of it that anybody creating a test would use a passage of mine, because I'm an advocate of nonsense. I believe that things mean things, but they don't have assigned meanings.
He went on to say:
I might have said, "They're making a dishonest living doing these tests, but they're doing no harm." But maybe now they are. And certainly they're sucking up a lot of money that could be put to better uses in education, and I think the whole thing is shameful.
What do you think? Are test publishers worthy of the authority we are now vesting in them?
Standardized Testing Value-Added Measures Common Core
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Standards How to Assess English-Learners' Needs From a Distance? Here's Some Help
Corey Mitchell, May 28, 2020


O Estúdio Neocore games publicou no último dia 26, no Steam um DLC chamado Pigasus, assim como a trilha sonora (fantástica!) do jogo, além do bundle do jogo entitulado Van Helsing II: Complete Pack. Além do jogo The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II e dos novos conteúdos, o pacote completo também oferece a primeira DLC chamada Ink Hunt, com uma campanha a parte dedicada aos jogadores veteranos.
O novo DLC Pigasus é intrigante. De fato, ele não adiciona novo conteúdo ao jogo além de uma loja, e curiosamente, essa loja só é acessível se você sacrificar 5 essências no jogo dentro da Secret Lair, e uma vez invocado o Pigasus, ele ficará disponível na Secret Lair até que você saia do cenário.
Cada vez que você invocar o Pigasus, terá a opção de comprar somente 3 equipamentos, porém são de altíssima qualidade (Epic), a segunda mais alta do jogo, porém, o preço é igualmente alto, sempre custando dezenas de milhões de gold.
Autumn just arrived at our doorsteps and with it the best time has come to lock ourselves into our rooms and play games. Gear up your hero, slay monsters, protect the innocent, quarrel with your charming companion, who happens to be a ghost, by the way… You can do it all in the Van Helsing II: Complete Pack which is now available on Steam for $19.99 for both Windows and Mac, also including the official soundtrack of the game.
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II – It's time to enter the dark side of Borgova and the forbidden wilderness, but beware: you are not the only one behind a mask.
Van Helsing II: Ink Hunt DLC – Discover four new areas and the secrets they hide: the Sanctuary, the Island of Bones, the Inkheart Mines and the Crystal Bastion.
Van Helsing II: Pigasus DLC – Unlocks the Pigasus: you can summon a new creature by spending Essence and you can purchase powerful items in your Lair from the Pigasus.
What is this strange creature? A pig who can fly? A flying machine that looks like a pig? It doesn't matter, really: the Pigasus is the true wonder of weird science, created to explore the depths of the murky Otherworld (better known as the Ink) – and retrieve information from the world beyond, not to mention the large amounts of extremely rare artifacts. Spend some precious Essence, summon this strange creature to your Lair… and buy some rare new items from the Pigasus! Available on Steam for $2.99.
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The Kurentovanje, or Kurent Festival, is one of the world's top ten carnivals and kicks out winter and welcomes spring. It's the Slovenian version of Mardi Gras.
The city of Ptuj is the oldest settlement in Slovenia. It sits on the banks of the River Drava, dominated by its medieval castle. In Roman times it had a population of over 40,000, twice what is now, but it gradually diminished during centuries of Hapsburg rule. Still, the old town is delightful with cobbled streets home to Churches, Monasteries and pastel coloured restaurants and cafes.
What is the Kurent Festival?
The Kurentovanje, or Kurent Festival, is one of the world's top ten carnivals and kicks out winter and welcomes spring. It's the Slovenian version of Mardi Gras and has its origins long before the Romans, in the distant mists of Celtic times.
It fell out of favour but was revived in 1960 in an attempt to keep the traditions alive. It certainly worked. The event spans the ten days before Shrove Tuesday and attracted many thousands of visitors. In 2017 UNESCO inscribed it on their list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Sunday afternoon sees the International Carnival Parade which involves more than 2500 participants and I take my place in front of the ornate town hall, where a band is playing Slovenian folk music. VIP's sitting in the stand include the Slovenian Prime Minister. We wait patiently for the parade to begin.
The Parade is led by the prince of the carnival with his princess, surrounded by guards dressed in 17th century blue and grey. Behind them is a marching band in crusader costumes, mainly young girls. Next comes a group of men in red tunics, blue aprons and black hats, decorated with flowers. They pause in front of the town hall and their guards crack their whips, frightening the crowd.
Following them are tractors full of smoking gypsies, foresters hauling logs, spearmen tossing their ribbon covered spears in the air and a troupe of pantomime horses, known as Rusa. Each is operated by two men and create a bit of stir by spraying the prime minister with water, much to the disquiet of his body guards. Still this is carnival and there's nothing they can do about it.
What we've come to see are the Kurenti and suddenly there are hundreds of them, lopsidedly twirling, like spinning tops gone wrong. Each Kurent has a coat of shaggy sheepskins, topped with an ornate mask, and wears five large cowbells around his waist. Ears are made of bird wings, adorned with ribbons, the nose is elongated and the moustache is made of maize.
White beans, threaded on a string, serve as teeth and a long red tongue of red cloth or leather spills down the front. Heavy boots and red or green leggings complete the ensemble and they brandish a long stave, studded with hedgehog spikes, to drive the devil forward. Each group of Kurents has at least one of these, standing out in their bright red costume.
As they dance, the cow bells make an enormous din, momentarily silenced as they pause and form a circle, expanding and contracting. Some Kurents break off and approach the crowd, begging young girls for handkerchiefs to be added to their clubs. You certainly don't want to mess with them as the masks turn them into shaggy giants and they're certainly a force to be reckoned with.
After the Kurents have passed it's the turn of the international troupes. Macedonia has the Meckari, the Czech Republic brings Mystique, France has the intriguing Mülhüser Waggis and the Sitnan are from Slovakia, without forgetting Rain Dance from Macedonia. Serbia has the Cheerful Ice-creams, the Happy Blossoms and Bullfighters and Belgium brings the Sangliers d'Arlon, all dressed in boar skins.
After the procession is over, I see Kurents all over town, outside the bars, with their heads bared. It's thirsty work dancing through the streets and you certainly can't drink beer whilst wearing your mask. I repair to the Kobel Cellars as the region close to Ptuj produces some of the best wine in Slovenia.
Bojan Kobel leads me through a tasting of his best vintages and tells me that the wine tradition is almost as old as the festival. There's been uninterrupted wine production since Roman times and, unlike the Kurentovanje, you don't need to wear fancy dress to take part.
Kurentovanje has information about the carnival and the next one will take place in 2019.
Ptuj has information about the town.
I Feel Slovenia has information about the country.
We flew Wizz Air direct from London Luton to Ljubljana.
The Grand Hotel Primus in Ptuj makes a good base and has thermal baths.


I have been married for 2 years to a beautiful Colombian woman I meet on a romance tour to Barranquilla Colombia. I am so glad I took the tour. My life could not be better. I wish I could explain in words how happy and fulfilled my life is married to Cristina.
I would like other men to have success in finding there life partner so please feel free to post any question you might have about Colombia, the women, the tours, and/or my romance and marriage to my wife. I would be happy to answer any questions you might have. I can say for certain the women on a romance tour are real, beautiful, available, and want to find their life partner. If you are looking for love I believe this is your best opportunity for success.
My question is about the difference between a place like Latin America and a place like Europe. Have you ever been to Europe? If you have, what are the biggest differences and which would you prefer to travel to?
If you haven't been to Europe, just tell us about the best (and maybe worst) parts about travelling there vs other places you've traveled. Thanks!
First I would like to say you can not go wrong going visiting the Ukraine/Russia, Latin America, or Asia. I can tell you from experience the women are so different than western women. This might sound a little worried but the women you meet abroad weather Ukraine/Russia, Latin America, or Asia the women actual like men and want men to be men. Simple put just go back in time to the 1950's and that is what the women are like but they do want to be treated as equal partners. The women are AMAZING!
I have been to Moscow (but not the Ukraine), China, and Colombia. I have been fortunate I have had no bad experience travel to these countries. The air travel to china is the worst part but I just took a prescription sleeping pill and sleep most the way to China. So the travel goes fast and this helps me get adjusted to Chinese time easier. I will say the first day my stomach is a little uneasy but not bad just getting use to real Chinese food. The only negative experience I had in Russia was the police would stop me and want to check my papers this got a little irritating. But as long as a spotted the policeman first I could avoid the problem. I am trying to think but I cannot think one bad experience in Colombia, the air travel is easy, and it is nice staying in the same time zone.
On all my travels I have only encounter a few rude people. Once traveling on a domestic flight in China I was the only western on the plan. I was setting next to the window and a Chinese lady was next to me. I spoke very little Chinese and she spoke no English but she looked over me and made sure I got my lunch, drink and just made me feel welcome. That is there culture they feel it is there duty to make you feel at home. I am just a little bias when talking about Colombia since I am married a beautiful Colombian woman. But what you will find traveling to Colombia is it is clean, safe, and the people are fantastic. I have never been around nicer and happier people, no matter their financial stature they have a smiles on there face and enjoy laughing.
Which country would I prefer to travel to? My question to you is what woman are you attracted to Asian, Latin, or Ukraine? Once you have that answer just go because what is most important is the women the site seeing is secondary. You can not go wrong visiting any of these countries they all are beautiful countries and you will have a fantastic trip.
But I will make one suggestion go on a romance tour to meet the ladies. The tour company like AFA (loveme.com) will take care of all the details where you can spend your time finding that special lady. I traveled solo a couple of times to meet one lady and each time I was disappointed because once we meet there was no chemistry. The best decision I made was going on a tour because that is where I met my wife. Going on the tour allowed me to meet hundreds of women, which give me the best opportunity to find that special chemistry with a woman.
I hope answered your questions if not let me know.


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