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Microsoft Near Deal to Acquire Skype
Software Giant Could Pay Nearly $8 Billion for Company
Microsoft's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, sees the Internet as a key battleground for the company.
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By Anupreeta Das And Nick Wingfield
Updated May 10, 2011 12:01 am ET
Microsoft Corp. is close to a deal to buy Internet phone company Skype Technologies SA for between $7 billion and $8 billion—the most aggressive move yet by Microsoft to play in the increasingly-converged worlds of communication, information and entertainment.
A deal could be announced as early as Tuesday, people familiar with the matter said, though they cautioned that negotiations aren't yet final and a deal could still fall apart. Including Skype's long-term debt, the total value of the deal is about $8.5 billion.
Representatives for Microsoft and Skype declined to comment.

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Pres. Bio Receives Lands Complaints & Dispute Resolution Report
His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has received a report on the findings of the Complaints and Dispute Resolution Committee that was mandated to investigate land disputes in the Western Area from April 2018 to January 2021.
Committee Chairman, Alhaji Mutada Sesay, who was representing the Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone, thanked the President for the confidence reposed in him and the 9-man committee to serve the country, emphasizing that land issues were not only common in the Western Area these were also happening across the country, posing potential security challenges to the peace and community cohesion.
"After the formation of the Committee, we made a number of site visits, where necessary, to add value to our work. I want to assure you that within the timeframe and resources at our disposal, our work has been thorough, fair, just and empathetic," he said.
The chairman further stated that the committee's work had also resulted in the identification of the several challenges that would inform the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning to execute a sound and informed understanding of the problems around land ownership. He also noted that if the recommendations were fully implemented the decisions could prevent future problems in the ministry.
Presenting the report to President Julius Maada Bio, Minister of Lands, Housing and Country Planning, Dr. Turad Senesie, said he is happy that the findings of the committee were finally submitted, adding that just after his appointment, he had the task to restore sanity and calmness to the many issues around land ownership in the country. He added that inasmuch as the report revealed that some members of his ministry were the cause of the many problems, the public too did not help the situation.
"Your Excellency, most of these problems are because the country lacks a regulatory framework for land management and ownership. This report will attempt to put the issue to rest. It is now my privilege to present the committee's report to you," he concluded.
His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio thanked members of the committee and staff of the ministry for what he said was a great task, adding that land disputes had remained a problem to the peace of the nation.
He noted that it was because of the many conflicts around land issues that his government put the committee together and tasked its members to find ways to properly manage land administration in communities.
He recalled that the civil war devastated the country, took away lives, destroyed property and reversed development. He, therefore, encouraged citizens not to allow land disputes and related issues to be another source of conflict in the country. He added he already charged the ministry to institutionalize the system of land acquisition in ways that could put those problems under control.
"I want to thank you all for putting this difficult task together. Cabinet will look at the report and implement the recommendations therein. You have done a great job," he concluded.
Vice President Inspects Lands Ministry
The Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone on Thursday October 7, 2021 made an unannounced inspection tour to the Ministry of Lands Housing and Country Planning.
The visit was meant to ascertain reports of massive progress at the Ministry since Dr. Turad Senesie was appointed Minister months' ago.
Vice President Dr. Juldeh Jalloh expressed satisfaction over the work being done by the minister and team towards restoring peace, justice and order in a sector that has been marred by violent clashes and complaints of injustice over the years.
He called on the Minister to continue with his professional leadership at the Ministry.
The Vice President was accompanied by Deputy Minister of Finance, Madam Patricia Laverley.
Court Reporters Association Appreciate Chief Justice
The Sierra Leone Court Reporters Association (SLCR) has presented a plaque of honour to the Honourable Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards in appreciation for organizing the first professional training for Court Reporters across the country.
The training was held in June this year at the former Special Court building in Freetown to acquaint the Reporters with Legal Terminologies; the Challenges of Court Reporting, Accessing Court Files and Officials; News gathering and reporting techniques; Civil and Criminal trials and the Divisions of the Court among host of other topics.
According to them, the training has guided and improved on their professional work as journalists.
Presenting the team to the Hon. Chief Justice, the Head of Communications, Judiciary of Sierra Leone, Elkass Sannoh, said the leadership of the association approached him to be given access to the Hon. Chief Justice to commend him for providing capacity training for them as Court Reporters. He said they affirmed that the training provided by the Judiciary through the Judicial and Legal Training Institute has positively impacted their work as journalists.
In his brief statement, the Secretary General of the Association, Salifu Conteh thanked the Chief Justice for the premium his administration has placed on the pivotal role played by journalists in the democratic space.
He said, "We want to thank you for granting us this privilege to be trained. We've been yearning for it for quite a long time. We only asked for a day but you gave us two days that was heavily loaded. We enjoyed everything and the facilitators were excellent in their delivery."
He went on to note that even though the Association had loved to have the Hon. Chief Justice in attendance during the training, his absence didn't deter the training as the team from the Judicial and Legal Training Institute made the training a huge success.
Handing over the plaque with wonderfully inscripted words, the Vice President of the Association, Aminash Brima commended the Chief Justice for what she referred to as the "freest space" ever to be given to journalists in the Judiciary's history to access court files and prompt responses to concerns from the public through the Communications Department of the Judiciary.
In his remarks, the Hon. Chief Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards thanked the Association for their kind consideration and gesture. He urged them to work together in the interest of the country and the greater good of all.
"The training that was done was well planned and excellently executed under my watch by the Judicial and Legal Training Institute for the first time. We want you to continue doing your job professionally for the good of this nation," he admonished.
He said his administration has been centered around transparency and accountability which is why he was interested in providing court reporters the requisite training in furtherance of that goal.
He urged them to always feel free reporting on the proceedings and activities of the court, adding that they should channel any concerns to the Communications Department for immediate action. He assured them of more support and encouraged them to be always professional in reporting the truth.
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A Year of Storytelling at Industrial Heritage Sites
By Sarah Rovang posted 12-12-2019 13:54
Preservation Leadership Forum is presenting a series of posts by Sarah Rovang, the 2017 recipient of the H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship from the Society of Architectural Historians. The fellowship allows its recipients—recent graduates with advanced degrees or emerging scholars—to study by travel for one year, providing them with opportunities to see and experience architecture and landscapes firsthand; think about their profession deeply; and acquire knowledge that will be useful for their future work, for contributions to their field, and for contributions to society. In her last post for Preservation Leadership Forum, Rovang looks back at her work regarding the the many facets of storytelling at industrial heritage sites across the world. For more about Rovang's work, read her posts on the SAH Blog, listen to her podcast, and follow her on Instagram @sarahmoderne.
What do a silkworm cocoon warehouse in rural Japan and a former shipbuilding yard in Amsterdam have in common? How do you connect a copper mining company town in the Chilean Andes to a woolen mill in northern England? One year and approximately 200 industrial heritage sites and museums later, these are the questions I'm trying to answer as I look back on my time as the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) H. Allen Brooks Traveling Fellow. Here on Preservation Leadership Forum (PLF) I've written about interpretive soundscapes in industrial South Africa, the role of dark tourism in Japan, interpretation of labor history and worker spaces in Chile, and providing a look at the role of visitorship and audio guides at industrial heritage sites.
Zeitz MOCAA sits in the middle of a large square, creating dramatic vistas of the structure from across Cape Town's waterfront district. | Credit: Sarah Rovang
In my final post for SAH, I reflected on some of the aspects that made certain sites effective examples of public storytelling, specifically looking at who industrial heritage is for, what stories (both local and global) are being told, while also recognizing that industrial architecture and technologies are still fundamentally cultural products. With that in mind, this final piece on Preservation Leadership Forum examines the historic places I visited through the lens of historic preservation and interpretation.
Best Adaptive Reuse of an Industrial Structure: Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
The interior of the silo and elevator building have been carved out to create the new lobby space. The void at the center of the building was modeled on the shape of a giant corn kernel, an homage to the building's former grain storage function. | Credit: Sarah Rovang
Among the yachts, food halls, and co-working spaces that dot Cape Town's gentrifying waterfront, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art (opened 2017) looms large as a reminder of the dock's former industrial function. Carved from a 1920s concrete grain silo and elevator building, Zeitz MOCAA is the work of British architecture firm Heatherwick Studio. The most provocative and compelling space is the building's core where the lofty elevator building meets the cylindrical voids of the grain silo. From this central core radiate galleries housing the work of contemporary African artists. The museum features an excellent architectural audioguide that introduces visitors to each of these spaces. As an urbanistic gesture, however, I found the whole structure less convincing. Will the museum live up to its aspiration to become the "cathedral in the square" for Cape Town's waterfront?
Runners Up: Gasometer Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany, and Salts Mill, Saltaire, England
Best Adaptive Reuse of an Industrial Landscape: North Duisburg Landscape Park, Ruhr Valley, Germany
The view from one of the blast furnaces in North Duisburg Landscape Park where stairs and railings have been added for the use of adventurous visitors. | Credit: Sarah Rovang
On the dreary March day when I visited the North Duisburg Landscape Park in Germany's Ruhr Valley, the sprawling former steel and coal plant felt both post-industrial and post-apocalyptic. At the park's core, a few restaurants, visitor center, and concert venue anchor Latz + Partner's 1991 design for the 200 hectare site. Wander away from the center though, and it's easy to become lost in a world of towering blast furnaces, labyrinthine machinery, and strangely serene cooling tanks. While I enjoyed the Zeche Zollverein complex in nearby Essen (especially the illuminating Ruhr Museum), the whole complex felt a bit sanitized, almost like an industrial theme park. By contrast, the density of monumental industrial architecture and machine remnants preserved in Peter Latz's design for North Duisburg serve as a vivid reminder of heavy industry's environmental impact on the Ruhrgebiet.
Runners Up: Higashida Blast Furnace, Kitakyushu, Japan and NDSM Wharf, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Best Industrial Heritage Road Trip: Humberstone and the Nitrate Mining Landscape of the Chilean Atacama Desert
A row of abandoned salitrera worker housing off of Chile's Route 5.| Credit: Sarah Rovang
In the far northern region of Chile, Route 1 and Route 5 wind through a surreal, almost Martian, landscape of stark desert and industrial ruins that tell the story of Chile's nitrate mining heritage. We started in Iquique and took Route 1 south to Antofagasta, Chile's second largest city. Along this coastal route, a thin strip of white beach is dotted with the ruins of former ports and processing plants for Chilean nitrate. In Antofagasta we stopped at the Museum of the Atacama Desert, whose buried concrete ramparts frame a view of the 19th-century silver foundry above. Looping back up Route 5 through the country's interior, we passed scores of abandoned nitrate mining towns, or salitreras. The largest and most complete of these is the UNESCO-listed Humberstone. This massive site takes at least a day to explore, especially given the excellent bilingual museum located in the former pulperia, or general store. Maria Elena, an original salitrera off Route 5, is still an operational company town that brings together utopian town planning and well-preserved Art Deco architecture. A little further south, Pedro de Valdivia is an uncanny but deeply moving ghost town abandoned in the 1990s.
Runner Up: Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site, Norway
Best Corporate Industrial Museum: Toto Museum, Kitakyushu, Japan
Despite seeming like an overwhelming number of toilet models, this chronological exhibit—like so many others in the Toto Museum—was clearly laid out and easy to follow. | Credit: Sarah Rovang
At their worst, corporate museums feel like gimmicky advertisements. But at their best, thoughtful historical interpretation can balance the commercial angle. The Toto Museum exemplifies many excellent qualities not just of corporate museums but of effective public storytelling more generally. Like other exceptional museums I visited, the Toto Museum blends the specifics of a historically-contingent local story (the adoption and manufacture of Western-style toilets in Japan) with a more global takeaway (that our bathroom fixtures say a lot about us as a species).
Runner Up: Verkade Experience, Zaans Museum, Zaandam, Netherlands
Best Engagement with Labor History in an Industrial Setting: Tie between Workers Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa, and the Arbetetsmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden
The Arbetetsmuseum is centrally located in the heart of the revitalized industrial downtown of Norrköping. | Credit: Sarah Rovang
Before and during apartheid, many black African workers in South Africa lived in workers' compounds, separated from their families and often far from home. One of the few that survives now serves as the venue for the Worker's Museum in Newtown, a comprehensive introduction to the essential relationship between racial justice and labor rights in South Africa. Like the Swedish Arbetetsmuseum in Norrköping, which is housed in a former textile mill, the Workers' Museum draws much of its interpretive power from its use of the preserved structures in which it resides. The Arbetetsmuseum makes a compelling case for the continuity between the early activism of women union organizers and the more recent Swedish activism around reproductive rights, LGBTQ recognition and equality, and inclusion and accessibility.
Runners Up: Arbejdermuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark, and the People's History Museum, Manchester, England.
Best Underground Industrial Experience: National Coal Mining Museum for England, Caphouse Colliery, UK
The entrance shaft and headgear above the Caphouse Colliery at the National Coal Mining Museum for England. No photos from the tour unfortunately; all devices bearing a battery are banned to prevent accident sparks! | Credit: Sarah Rovang
During my fellowship year, I donned over a dozen hard hats in preparation for subterranean adventures into diamonds, gold, coal, and mercury mines, champagne caves, and even a mysterious network of tunnels in Liverpool. The National Coal Mining Museum for England provided a fascinating but often chilling voyage into the historical conditions of coal mining from the early 19th-century to the present. Scale recreations of changing mine architectures and technologies made it easy to empathize with the mining families of the early Victorian era, who worked in appalling conditions before the first worker safety laws. The tour guides are former miners who use their own experiences to inform visitors about mining culture, unions, and the England's shift away from coal.
Runner Up: Anthony's Shaft Mining Museum, Idrija, Slovenia
Most Surprising Revelations about an Industrial Process: Tie between the Museum of Printing on Fabric, Mulhouse, France, and Newman Brothers Coffin Works in Birmingham, England.
Guide Cornelius demonstrates one of the foot-operated pressing machines that were used to make certain coffin fittings at the Newman Brothers Coffin Works Museum. | Credit: Sarah Rovang
Much of my year was spent considering the industrial exploitation of major raw materials (coal, cotton, copper, etc.). But some of the museums I most enjoyed were those that revealed the processes behind products whose manufacture I had taken for granted. The Musée de l'Impression sur Étoffes (Museum of Printing on Fabric) in the eastern French industrial city of Mulhouse is a sumptuous explosion of patterned textiles and behemoth printing presses. At the Newman Brothers Coffin Works Museum in Birmingham, England, I learned about how technology for making jewelry and cabinet hardware helped build a prosperous, vertically-integrated funerary fittings business, serving Britain's leading celebrities and politicians.
Runner Up: Cup Noodles Museum, Yokohama, Japan
Sarah Rovang is an architectural historian, curator, and educator specializing in 20th-century American architecture with particular attention to technology, modernization, and the rural landscape.
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For Sunday service, and in memory of Gloucester ringer John Smith, whose visits to Washington the past few autumns were an annual pleasure.
This performance was rung in memoriam — John Smith.
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Our finishing touches enhance the most elegant interiors and our customised linens and tableware showcase the highest levels of quality. In addition, our bespoke pieces provide a level of style that simply can't be surpassed.
We used Gillian Weir for the supply of bespoke table linens, towels and bedroom accessories for our Yacht . Not only was the service excellent, all was delivered within a challenging time frame but the quality is second to none.
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Bringing health care to the world
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SB-based telehealth nonprofit helps most vulnerable communities during COVID-19
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An internal medicine specialist from New Jersey, visible on the monitor, consults with a doctor in Bangladesh about a potential COVID-19 case. The communication is made possible by two Santa Barbara companies, the World Telehealth Initiative and InTouch Health.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a Santa Barbara nonprofit is working to provide access to health care for vulnerable communities all over the world.
The organization, World Telehealth Initiative, is enabling doctors to help patients anywhere in the world without having to travel.
The WTI sees a major need for improvement. As of now, the World Health Organization states that half of the planet's population does not have access to essential health services and that around 40 percent of countries have fewer than 10 doctors per 10,000 people.
An expectant mother awaiting safe delivery at Area 25 hospital in Malawi. This hospital is one of only a few places in the eastern African nation that provides C-sections for obstructed labors. The World Telehealth Initiative is working to improve healthcare access around the world.
In contrast, according to the WTI, the U.S. doctor per patient ratio is approximately one to 380 people.
The world's lower doctor-to-patient ratio has left a deep impact. The lack of health care has led to 8.6 million treatable deaths each year, according to the WTI.
The WTI was founded in 2017 with the help of its partners at a Santa Barbara telemedicine company, InTouch Health.
Since then, the WTI has provided care for 15 developing communities around the world by using InTouch Health's innovative global cloud-based network, which allows volunteer physicians to provide care anywhere in the world from any location.
According to the WTI's news release, "WTI's telehealth technology is compatible with any medical specialty, including neurology, cardiology, infectious disease, pediatrics, orthopedics and more. The model is much more sustainable than traditional health care methods, such as medical missions (flying a doctor to a location) and video conferencing (a doctor using a potentially unreliable internet connection). Medical professionals are eager to volunteer their time and services, and WTI allows them to do so from their home or office, eliminating the typical barriers of travel, cost and safety."
The World Telehealth Initiative has highlighted the effectiveness of InTouch Health's telehealth capabilities by continuing to provide quality care around the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The need for what we do has never been greater. As you may have heard, telehealth has proven to be a critical tool in the fight against COVID-19," said Sharon Allen, co-founder and executive director of World Telehealth Initiative in a statement.
"It keeps providers safe while enabling them to care for patients," she said. "It allows infectious disease specialists, pulmonologists or epidemiologists to support any clinic or hospital anywhere in the world. We are helping our partners in low-resourced settings establish isolation wards, get donated ventilators on-line, train on acute respiratory distress, provide patient care, etc."
Ms. Allen told the News-Press that when the organization first heard about the possibility of a global pandemic, "we immediately reached out to our partners and asked how we can help them and what they needed from us."
An emergency room doctor from the U.S., visible on the monitor, consults with a Bangladesh clinician caring for a patient with severe pain. Through telehealth, the patient was tested, diagnosed and treated.
After finding out the needs of their international partners, Ms. Allen said with global resources spread thin due to COVID, there was a concern whether there would be a shortage of volunteer physicians to "help with the mission." She explained the WTI feared it would lose the progress made before COVID-19.
However, Ms. Allen said their volunteer physicians "didn't skip a beat" and that it was inspiring to see how "philanthropic our physicians are and how much they wanted to help."
The WTI has helped many of its international community programs prepare for and monitor COVID-19 in a number of ways. So far, WTI has provided patient care, helped develop intensive care units and used its connections to provide hospitals with critical ventilators needed to fight COVID-19.
In addition, Ms. Allen told the News-Press that the WTI has been able to use its relationships with infectious disease experts to connect their hospitals with "doctors that were on the frontlines" fighting COVID.
"It's been very exciting to see the successes during a time like this," Ms. Allen said. "There are just so many options with telehealth to connect patients with the providers that they need."
Ms. Allen said that the WTI will continue to provide care around the world no matter the circumstance and has plans to expand to between 15 to 40 programs within the next two years.
In addition, Dr. Yulun Wang, InTouch Health's chairman, founder and chief innovation officer, told the News-Press that while InTouch Health goes forward with its recent merger with Teledoc Health, the WTI will gain additional funding as part of Teledoc Health's Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative Platform.
"I am very excited about that because it will be giving it additional life," Dr. Wang said.
email: bmackley@newspress.com
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Originally published in 2007, Mac Deaver's book, The Holy Spirit (Center of Controversy – Basis of Unity), had sold out. We are very pleased to say that, thanks to the great work of our friend, Stephen Bradd, the book is available again. It is a slightly updated edition, but essentially the same in content. However, the two formats are new: paperback and Kindle. Paperback copies can be ordered at this link. And, the Kindle Edition can be ordered here. This is the first Biblical Notes book to be offered in digital format, and we hope to make others available in the future. This book gives historical background to the controversial issue of the Holy Spirit in the church of Christ in the last half of the twentieth century to the present.


gần như hoàn toàn do Nike tài trợ... Photo by Georgie Cobbs on Unsplash.
'For all intents and purposes' nghĩa là hoàn toàn gần như.
The original Space Jam was, for all intents and purposes, a Nike-sponsored movie. The film was inspired by a Nike Super Bowl commercial starring Jordan and Bugs Bunny; the shoe giant houses Air Jordan, and also has a lifetime deal (lifetime, as in for life!) with James.
US National Security Adviser John Bolton has previously called the court "illegitimate" (không chính danh) and any prosecution (sự truy tố) unjust (không đúng, bất công). "We will not cooperate with the ICC. We will provide no assistance to the ICC, " Bolton said in September 2018. "We will let the ICC die on its own. After all, for all intents and purposes, the ICC is already dead to us."
Bài trước: "Put up your dukes" nghĩa là gì?
"Put up your dukes" nghĩa là gì?
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'Put up one's dukes' nghĩa là giơ nắm đấm lên, vào thế chuẩn bị đánh nhau.
Sound the bells and put up your dukes, because MTV Studios has announced that they're planning a revival of their stop-motion animated series CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH!
You can see the Philly crowd cheering from the floor below and the upper deck, and then you can put up your dukes, move around the ring, and start punching an opponent.
Before you put up your dukes to defend the honor of Omaha drivers, keep this in mind: The ranking has major limitations. For example, it's based on self-reported data.
Detach the Joy-Cons however, and you'll be able to use motion controls to aim and control the camera, rotate and inspect clues from various angles, and even put up your dukes and brawl.
"Put my feet up" nghĩa là gì?
"Put one's finger on" nghĩa là gì?


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How the Godfather influenced American culture
How the Godfather impacted American culture.
The Mafia: How the Godfather helped create it.
Violence: How the Godfather showed America how to deal with violence.
Feminism: How the Godfather showed America how to respect women.
Politics: How the Godfather showed America how to be a successful politician. The Godfather, published in 1972, is a novel by Mario Puzo. The story of Vito Corleone, a Mafia boss in New York City during the early 1940s, it has been widely acclaimed as one of the greatest American novels. The book has been adapted for the screen multiple times and remains popular. It has had a significant effect on American culture, especially in terms of its depiction of organized crime and its impact on American society. The Godfather is one of the most influential movies of all time. Not just because it was a huge financial success, but also because it has had a lasting impact on American culture. The movie showed the power of family, the importance of loyalty, and the dangers of corruption. It also became an icon for male machismo and criminal behavior. Thanks to The Godfather, we can see how Hollywood can be used to promote values and attitudes that are important to society as a whole. …………………………………………………………………………… The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was released in 1972. This film would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture of the year and would also win the award for Best Director of a picture. The Godfather is one of the most influential films of all time. The story follows the life of Don Corleone and his struggles in New York City during the 1940s and 50s. The film has had a large impact on American culture, and has been cited as an important factor in the rise of American cinema. The Godfather has been praised for its realistic portrayal of organized crime, and its depiction of Italian-American culture. In the 1970s, American movies were changing. Jerry Lewis was retiring and being replaced by a new generation of comedians like George Carlin and Dick Van Dyke. The violence in movies was also getting more graphic, especially with films like The Godfather. But one movie that had a lasting impact on American culture was The Godfather. This movie tells the story of two families in New York City who are fighting for control over the Mafia. It has been praised for its intense plot and gritty realism, which has made it one of the most popular movies of all time. The Godfather has been made into a number of films, including a successful trilogy. The second film in the series, The Godfather: Part II (1974), brought back Marlon Brando and Al Pacino for sequels. ___________________________________________
The Godfather, Part II
___________________________________________ The Godfather Part III (1990) was not as popular as the other two films, but it was still a box office hit. The Godfather is one of the most influential films in world history. It has been said that this movie has had a more profound effect on American culture than any other. The film's gripping story and powerful characters have made it an enduring favorite with viewers of all ages.
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Toronto, Ontario, April 25, 2018 – Meridian, Ontario's largest credit union, celebrated record growth at its 13th Annual General Meeting and a jump in its ranking as the third largest credit union in Canada, up from fourth place. Meridian CEO Bill Maurin shared the news in Hamilton at Liuna Station with more than 200 Members in attendance.
Four Board Directors were elected to the Board, including: Ken Bolton, Karen Farbridge, Colleen Sidford and Bruce West.
Resigning Board Chair John Murphy was replaced by Karen Farbridge, appointed by the Board as Board Chair after the Annual General Meeting.
"We look forward to an exciting year ahead of building on a strong foundation that will lead to even more great achievements with our Member-centric focus," said Maurin.
With over 70 years of banking history, Meridian is Ontario's largest credit union and the third largest in Canada, helping to grow the lives of its more than 300,000 Members. Meridian has $18.7 billion in assets under management and delivers a full range of financial services online, by phone, by mobile and through a network of 90 branches across Ontario, and commercial banking services in 11 locations. Meridian Members also have access to THE EXCHANGE® Network, with more than 3,500 no-fee ABMs across Canada and 500,000 ABMs in the United States. For more information, please visit: meridiancu.ca.


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14 Most Romantic Hotels in Houston, TX
There are lots of great places to see and things to do in Houston with your sweetheart when you are looking for a romantic getaway together. For example, you can watch the sunset at the James Turrell Twilight Epiphany Skyspace, ride bikes through Buffalo Bayou Park, book a couple's spa treatment, or explore the city's museums while walking hand-in-hand. At the end of your days out and about in Houston, it's also nice to come back to a cozy hotel that caters to couples and has lots of special perks to treat you right.
Here are the most romantic hotels in Houston, Texas to stay at for the next getaway with your partner.
Magnolia Houston
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Another downtown Houston option for your couple's trip is the Magnolia Houston, a top-rated hotel that was originally the home of the Houston Post Dispatch newspaper. It is a 1926 landmark building and has 314 guest rooms and suites. Couples enjoy staying here because of the rooftop plunge pool, 24-hour fitness center, and the fact that it's one of the best pet-friendly hotels in Houston with no pet fees. You'll be near dining and eclectic shopping here when you want to head out into the city to go exploring. When you want to stay in, there's the Magnolia Lounge with a library and billiards room, plus in-room dining so you can stay cozy and cuddled up together.
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At the Hotel ICON, you can enjoy contemporary luxury in the heart of downtown with the one you love. This is an award-winning hotel and one of Houston's most luxurious hotels in the building that once housed the Union National Bank of Houston. It is a Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel and offers guest rooms, suites, and a penthouse suite. Couples can book some packages here, such as the Kiss & Tell Package with roses, champagne, strawberries, breakfast for two, late check-out, and valet parking. Line & Lariat is a beautiful onsite restaurant, and there's a hotel bar and room service also available. The Hotel ICON is also home to the Beauty and Beyond spa should you want to book a treatment or two.
This Marriott-brand hotel is a great choice for couples because of its convenient downtown location and access to the epic Texas-shaped lazy river. The Marriott Marquis Houston has an infinity pool, multiple dining options, a wine bar, and a rooftop terrace. The Altitude Rooftop & Pool is on the hotel's sixth floor and offers signature poolside events. You and your partner can get a couple's massage at the Pure Spa Houston, which has 5,000 square feet of rejuvenating space. It's nice to take it easy and dine right onsite at the hotel because Cueva serves tapas and wine, Xochi by Hugo Ortega has Mexican cuisine, and Walker Street Kitchen is the place to go for homestyle hospitality.
The Sam Houston
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The Sam Houston is a Hilton-brand Houston hotel that is pet-friendly and historic. The hotel first opened in 1924 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Many attractions are just a mile away, including the aquarium and Astros baseball games. There is a complimentary shuttle service that runs from the hotel. Amenities to look forward to during your couple's trip to The Sam Houston are an onsite restaurant, room service, a fitness center, and free Wi-Fi. Pets up to 75 pounds are welcome here when you pay a $125 fee.
The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa
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At The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa, you can enjoy a relaxing and romantic getaway with the one you love at one of Texas' best spa resorts. This hotel is a secluded retreat that is by Memorial Park and minutes from downtown. It is on a peaceful 27-acre oasis and decorated with elegant Texas décor. Couples will enjoy the two onsite restaurants, a sophisticated bar, and three pools. Plan to spend time in the adults-only garden pool, soak in the hot tub at the main resort pool, and get in some exercise at the sports pool.
Hotel ZaZa Houston
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For a boutique hotel experience in Houston, couples choose the Hotel ZaZa Houston. This Museum District hotel which also happens to be one of Houston's best hotels has an onsite restaurant, pool villas, concept suites, and a relaxing day spa. ZaSpa offers spa treatments that range from massages to skincare and infrared saunas. The hotel's dining experiences include poolside fare, terrace views, and a chic ambiance. The Hotel ZaZa Houston has 315 hotel rooms with some unique themes, such as Parisian opulence to rockstar-style rooms. You'll find art throughout the hotel and also rooms with sparkling chandeliers and stainless-steel kitchens.
Hotel Granduca Houston
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Couples will have a wonderful time staying at the Hotel Granduca Houston, which has been open to guests since 2006. The hotel, home to one of the coolest pools in Houston, is reminiscent of an Italian villa and has renovated rooms with updated lighting, new furniture, and carpeting. It offers old-world charm and puts you and your partner in a unique and luxurious environment. Experience the Italian spin on traditional English afternoon tea, dine alfresco in the lovely gardens, and sip cocktails at Giorgio's Bar. The location of this hotel is in the heart of Uptown Park and near the Galleria. There are 122 rooms and suites that offer full kitchens, complimentary Wi-Fi, and pet-friendly accommodations.
Hilton Americas-Houston
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Another option for your next romantic trip to Houston is the Hilton Americas-Houston, a top-rated downtown hotel with elegant rooms and a full-service spa. This hotel is connected to the George R. Brown Convention Center and close to the Toyota Center and Discovery Green Park. There are lots of amenities that couples enjoy here, including an onsite restaurant, fitness center, indoor pool, and concierge. The 23rd-floor spa offers a whirlpool, infinity-edge lap pool, health club equipment, and couples' experiences. Self-parking is available for $35, and valet parking is $58.
Omni Houston Hotel
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The Omni Houston Hotel is a luxury retreat for couples in the prestigious Uptown area. It is situated in a park-like setting and has 378 guest rooms and suites available. Couples will enjoy spending time together in the Whiskey Lounge and Black Swan Nightclub, getting treatments at the Mokara Spa, and dining at the full-service restaurants onsite. Moonshot is the poolside bar, while in-room dining is also an excellent option for traveling couples. There are walking and biking trails to help you stay active, plus two outdoor swimming pools and a 24/7 fitness center.
Four Seasons Hotel Houston
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The Four Seasons Hotel Houston is a five-star luxury hotel in downtown Houston that offers lavish accommodations for couples looking for a romantic hotel in Texas. It has TopGolf swing suites to have a little fun, a spa for some pampering, and excellent restaurant options at Toro Toro and Bayou & Bottle. Couples love staying here because of the location near cultural attractions, the diverse food scene, and in-hotel bourbon experiences. There are multiple kinds of suites to stay in at the Four Seasons Hotel Houston, including cabana rooms overlooking the outdoor pool.
The Moran CITYCENTRE
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The Moran CITYCENTRE offers world-class service and modern style in Houston. Couples can stay here for a romantic trip and feel the pulse of the city through the upscale dining experiences and sophisticated rooms. While staying at the hotel, you and your partner can listen to a live band, sample Mediterranean fare, and grab a nightcap at the Milano Bar. At this hotel, you can book a package to celebrate your love in a special way and perhaps plan a surprise of sparkling wine and chocolate-covered strawberries.
Hotel Derek
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The Hotel Derek is a boutique hotel in Houston in the heart of Uptown. It has chic and luxurious guest rooms to offer and is across from the Houston Galleria in the River Oaks District. Book a penthouse suite or guestroom with a unique terrace to enjoy the views of the city skyline. The hotel offers dining every day, in-room dining, an outdoor pool, valet and self-parking, and pet-friendly rooms. The daily amenity fee at the Hotel Derek gives you and your partner access to the gym, pool, Wi-Fi, bottled water, and in-room coffee.
Le Méridien Houston Downtown
Luxurious and sophisticated, the Le Méridien Houston Downtown is a romantic hotel for a couple's trip in Houston. It is a Marriott-brand Houston hotel in downtown Houston that is filled with both modern flair and Southern charm. The rooms have mini-fridges and all the comforts of home. You can also upgrade your room to a luxury suite to celebrate something special and have separate living and sleeping areas. Amenities at this hotel are a restaurant, convenience store, fitness center, and turndown service. Pets weighing up to 40 pounds can stay here with you for a fee of $50 per day.
The St. Regis Houston
The St. Regis Houston is a five-star hotel with a prime location and luxury spa. It's a top pick for couples celebrating something special and wanting an elegant room or suite to enjoy together. You can celebrate the tradition of afternoon tea, listen to live music while sipping cocktails at the Remington Bar and cool off in the heated outdoor pool. The St. Regis is a Marriott-brand hotel with turndown service, room service, and dog-friendly rooms for pups under 50 pounds when you pay a $200 pet fee.
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In today's issue, we take a chance to look back on the war that has just ended; to read about some of the Allied victories and losses, and to remember those that lost their lives to save, not just our nation, but the world from Hitler's tyranny.
This was one of the many ads that convinced young Canadian men to go and fight the war in Europe. It's thanks to ads like this that we destroyed the Axis Powers.
British troops retreating to Dunkirk (May 27th 1940).
340 000 Saved in Dunkirk.
This amazing event that some are calling "The Miracle of Dunkirk" will probably go down as a major battle in World War II.
It all began in April 1940, when Adolf Hitler decided to set his blitzkrieg across Western Europe. The blitzkrieg struck Denmark, and immediately the order was sent out to Canadian troops to board a ship to Norway. However, shortly afterwards, the order was changed and British troops were sent instead. This was a blessing for the Canadians who would have faced a quick and overwhelming defeat. By May, Hitler and his Nazis had already taken over both Norway and Denmark, and the German Wehrmacht had control of the Netherlands, Belgium, and had pushed into France, about as far as Amiens. The British troops had retreated into the French coastal town of Dunkirk. They were pinned between Hitler and the English Channel.
Hitler was a man that was proud of his accomplishments. One of these accomplishments was the advanced Luftwaffe, the German air force. Instead of finishing off the British troops with panzers (tanks) and ground troops, Hitler decided to wait for his prized Luftwaffe to finish him off. This would be one of Hitler's major mistakes. Before the Luftwaffe were able to get up into the air, a fog rolled in off the English Channel and prevented them from attacking. It was now that Prime Minister Winston Chamberlain called for all ships, even just a fishing ship, to sail across the English Channel and rescue the troops. The operation succeeded beyond what was expected. Only 10 000 troops had been expected to be rescued, but 340 000 was the final tally. It was a miracle, and it shall be remembered by many for a very long time.
In a single devious move, the Japanese destroyed a large U.S naval fleet. The United States had moved their ships to the Hawaiian island in order to combat the aggressive actions of the Japanese. The U.S had been trying to set up a treaty with Japan, unfortunately, the peace talks were merely a distraction, intended to keep all thoughts of a Japanese invasion out of the thoughts of Americans.
It was a calm Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, on the Hawaiian island and there was little going on. But this calm was quickly shattered when Japan led an air assault on Pearl Harbour. Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto planned for fighter planes to be launched from aircraft carriers. The plan succeeded beyond belief. The reason for its overwhelming effectiveness is simple: the entire U.S naval fleet had been docked and still, very easy targets for a bombing. And that's just what the Japanese did. They bombed and shot ships and people to bits. In just 2 hours, an entire naval fleet gone.
It turns out that this attack had been premeditated, planned 3 months in advance. There were also other attacks planned for British colonies Hong Kong and Malaya, and another U.S base in the Philippines on the same day. It was an extremely aggressive move by the Japanese, and it awakened the sleeping giant called the United States.
An entire U.S naval fleet was taken out by a surprise Japanese attack.
With men across the Atlantic, the women began to have increased roles in industries normally dominated by men. In the beginning, only single women were targeted for jobs, but by September 1942, any woman between the age of twenty and twenty-four would be recruited into the National Selective Service. Later, the government even campaigned for married women to work.
During World War I factories were just getting used to having women as a part of their workforce. Now, during World War II, they began to think of the women's needs. In Ontario and Quebec, they set up a few day-care centres for women doing war work. Almost 1 million women had taken jobs by 1944.
In some areas of work, women began to dominate. For example, in aircraft plants, 30% (25 000) were women and more 260 000 had jobs in munitions plants. Wearing a trousers and a bandana around their head to keep long hair out of the way, women became an integral part of the work force. Without working women on the home front, times would have been tough.
During World War II, Chrysler Canada experienced a great jump in sales, shattering all previous production records. Chrysler Canada began manufacturing military vehicles to help the Allied forces in the war effort. Chrysler built 180 816 military trucks, plus millions of shells and tubes for rockets, along with tracers, igniters, parts for Bofors guns, and other war materials. In Chatham, Ontario, a Chrysler parts plant made a major contribution to the Allied effort in developing a new way of rustproofing, protective wrapping, and packaging. This new development was adapted by the British Army and Canadian Government. Not only did Chrysler Canada produce vehicles and parts, it also owned the only plant in North America that produced finished field guns straight from scrap iron.
I think that it was terrible of the United States to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Frankly, I don't really care that the war was lasting for such a long time, all I really care about is the innocent lives claimed by "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", the nicknames for the atomic bombs.
When the first bomb was dropped onto Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, after U.S President Truman asked Japan if they would surrender or otherwise accept "prompt and utter destruction", I became nervous. I was worried about all those innocent Japanese that would no doubt be killed. When the Japanese denied this offer, I almost cried. When I heard 70 000 had been killed and 61 000 were injured, I knew it would be devastating. But still, even after that B-29 bomber dropped "Little Boy" that stubborn Japanese Emperor didn't surrender.
When Japan decided to reject the U.S' second ultimatum after 3 days, in went "Fat Man". It wasn't as devastating as "Little Boy", but it was still quite bad. On August 29, 1945, the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. 40 000 more were killed in this second bombing. Finally, after the deaths of over 100 000, the Japanese Emperor surrendered unconditionally on August 10, 1945. I was extremely happy, for lives would be saved. The day became known as VJ Day (Victory in Japan Day).
They were down three games to none in the series, yet they came back in 1942. They won the seven game series and brought the Stanley Cup back to Toronto after a ten year absence. It had been Hap Day's second year as coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and now he's done it again.
Now, the 1947 playoffs have been played, and we have a winner of the Stanley Cup. In a repeat of the 1942 series, the Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Red Wings in another thrilling seven game series. Hap Day gets another Stanley Cup.
With their heroes slowing down, whether due to the war, age, or illness, it was a comeback victory. It was also a big time for some of the lesser-known players such as goalie Frank McCool and defenseman Babe Pratt. The Leafs are playing their best hockey in a while, but no one really knows the reason, except for maybe the players themselves.
Babe Pratt is pictured here. He was a hero during the 1947 series against the Detroit Red Wings.
Newman, Garfield. Canada: A Nation Unfolding, Ontario Edition. Canada: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, 2000.
WriteWork contributors. "The Canadian Herald - World War II Newspaper" WriteWork.com. WriteWork.com, 19 May, 2009. Web. 26 Apr. 2019.


I just got an Athlon XP 1700 (palamino core). Anyway, this thing is hot with the stock heat sink. I just put a blow-hole in the case it's in and it didn't help much. I've researched and found that it is natually hot, though it's a pain when I play NFS:U for 30 min and it stops (more then once).
The idle temp is 36C/case and 59C/cpu (room temp is 27C). After 20 minutes of prime95, the case was 41C/case (39C/case after cutting the hole) and 71C/cpu. The mobo (Ali) can only let me get up to a max of 75/cpu before it will shut down.
Get yourself some Arctic Silver 5 and replace the normal thermal compound with it. You can replace it with a third-party heatsink (I'd recommend something from the Thermaltake Volcano line), but it's almost a waste of money for such an old CPU.


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Over 600 medical emergencies reported during Black Nazarene Feast
SEA OF DEVOTEES. Hundreds of devotees gather in front of the Quiapo Church to join the celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene along Quezon Boulevard in Quiapo, Manila Monday (Jan. 9, 2023). The Traslacion (transfer) was canceled for the third straight year but their devotion to the Black Nazarene never wavered. (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said there were about 642 medical consultations to their health operating units for the past three days of activities for the celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene.
In a situation report, 577 of the tally are cardio-related cases such as hypertension, hypotension, chest pain and high blood pressure.
About 43 cases are trauma-related like wounds and lacerations; 10 are neurological-related like headaches and dizziness; eight are respiratory-related, difficulty breathing and asthma; and four are gastro-related, abdominal pains and loose bowel movement.
The cases were logged from Jan. 6 to 9, 2023.
They were reported, managed and addressed from the days of preparation for the celebration, the DOH said.
Four cases out of the tally are hospitalized, three are now discharged, and one is still under observation.
The Metro Manila Center for Health Development works with the DOH to ensure the safety of the Black Nazarene devotees. (PNA)


A new framework for building a more successful and inclusive Scotland, and the way in which progress towards it can be measured, has been launched by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
The National Performance Framework (NPF), showcased at an international conference in Edinburgh, sets out a vision for national wellbeing in Scotland across a range of economic, social and environmental factors.
The new NPF was developed following consultation with the public, trades unions, business organisations, local government, and civic and voluntary sector organisations.
The National Performance Framework incorporates the UN Sustainable Development Goals, fulfilling the First Minister's commitment to embed them in all government activity.
"The Scottish Government wants Scotland to be the best place possible to live, work, grow up and study in.
"This new national performance framework includes 11 key outcomes that the whole of Scotland can get behind and has been developed in collaboration with other parties and all aspects of society, including public and private sectors, voluntary organisations, businesses and communities.
"As a government we recognise that economic growth is hugely important, but it must be matched by improvements in our environment, in people's quality of life, in the opportunities available to people and the public services they have access to.
"As a government and as a country, the challenge this new framework sets us all is to make progress in these areas to improve wellbeing across Scotland.
"I am delighted to add COSLA's name to the National Performance Framework.
"I want to add to the First Minister's words and provide a clear message of support from Local Government for the new National Performance Framework and for the ambitions it sets out for a successful and inclusive Scotland.
"We too share those aspirations for our country and the communities that we serve locally.
"Particularly I want to underline the opportunity that the new Framework provides for both our democratically elected spheres of government in Scotland to work toward these outcomes through ever stronger and more meaningful partnership working arrangements.
Following the introduction of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, Scottish Ministers have a duty to consult on, develop and publish a new set of National Outcomes for Scotland and to review them at least every five years.
For the first time National Outcomes are also specifically aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, as set out in the Programme for Government.
The new National Performance Framework includes 11 National Outcomes that set out the kind of country we want to be, and 81 National Indicators that will be used to track and measure progress towards achieving them.
The new NPF was approved by the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 24 May 2018.
Oxfam Scotland, in partnership with the Carnegie UK Trust, completed a small public engagement exercise to help inform the revised National Performance Framework.


An illustrated map of the streets of London by Caroline Dadd, with landmarks and sights highlighted. This is part of a range of informative mugs that will educate and astound you with unusual facts and figures. Take your time to study the design whenever you're having a hot drink and simply absorb all those facts!


The definition of science was briefly in the dock last month as Australia took Japan to the International Court of Justice over its continued defiance of the 1986 whaling ban under the laughable pretext of 'scientific research'. The prosecution argued that this whaling was not 'scientific' in the least, pointing to the fact that while catches fluctuated all over the place, the stated scientific aims didn't, suggesting that the harvest was the main goal all along. The Japanese retorted in court that it wasn't for the prosecution to say what was or was not 'scientific', any more than they could say what was or was not art. Unfazed by this feeble bit of sophistry the Australian team pointed out that 3600 minke whales had been slaughtered since 2005 and yet not one peer-reviewed study had been published on whale stocks, supposedly the whole purpose of the 'research'.
Not surprisingly the Japanese case sank without trace and m'Lud ordered Japan to cease whaling in the Antarctic forthwith, a ruling which left Japanese officials 'deeply disappointed'. But perhaps not that disappointed, given that sales of whale meat in Japan have hit the seafloor in recent years, forcing the government to pump in subsidies to keep the ghost industry afloat, a fact that might explain the curiously crap courtroom performance.
Just as you can't claim things are scientific when they're not, you also can't claim things are scientifically correct when they're not. The story last year that a Japanese team had found a simple way to stress ordinary cells into regressing to become pluripotent stem cells made world headlines, and no wonder. However the follow-up story, that the research papers turned out to contain manipulated or falsified images, didn't get quite so much media attention. In fact you'd be forgiven for overlooking it altogether since it has mostly appeared in the form of brief paragraphs on back pages. The Japanese researchers are highly embarrassed by this turn of events and are now embroiled in recrimination and some unfortunate vilification. Let's hope they don't end up hiring the Captain Ahab legal defence team.
In the larger picture however this is an example of science working well, not badly. From original claim to exposure of discrepancies took just a few weeks and other researchers were soon loudly complaining that they couldn't replicate the test results. Imagine if politics worked the same way. No capitalist politician would last more than a fortnight. They'd all be 'struck off' and the Commons would be empty. Tempting thought. But then there'd be nobody to report this remarkable state of affairs as most of the journalists would have been struck off too.
Speaking of which, what became of the rather astonishing claim, discussed in April's Pathfinders, that a study predicting global social collapse was funded by NASA? Our sceptical enquiries got not a squeak out of the Guardian journalist who was responsible for the claim. More accommodating were the Maryland authors of the research paper, who promptly passed on the text of a NASA press release that crossed our own printing date and which disclaimed in clear and unequivocal terms any involvement in or backing of the study. So, that clears that up. It's easy to understand why a newspaper journalist might want to gild the lily for the sake of a headline-grabber, but it doesn't help socialists or anyone else building a case against capitalism to have people on our own side of the fence dishing out bogus information.
The researchers also kindly sent a copy of their report, from which last month this column could only quote indirectly. We can make this available on request if anyone wants to read it. It's easy to follow for the most part, though a little heavy on equations in places. The Human and Nature Dynamics or HANDY model is based on existing predator-prey models which look at how populations oscillate around lines of equilibrium. This is straightforward enough for two variables, say wolf and rabbit. If the wolf population goes up, the rabbits go down, forcing the wolf population back down, which in turn encourages the rabbit population up again, and so on. It's like market economics with fur and teeth.
HANDY adopts the same basic approach, using human population as wolf and nature as rabbit, but it then introduces the idea of stratification by splitting population into two independent variables, worker and elite, and also splits the rabbit into two, giving natural resources as one variable and labour-derived wealth as the other.
You can think of the model as a bit like an Etch-a-Sketch only with 4 inter-related knobs. As you turn one knob up, others are forced down. If workers are zero, wealth must be flat or falling, because only workers produce wealth. If wealth is high, nature must be low, because the one comes from the other. If elites are high, some or all of the others must be falling, because elites are the non-producing predator.
The challenge is to get all parameters into a sustainable straight line (equilibrium) but this is only possible in certain pre-set conditions (eg if Elite is set at zero). HANDY models four main types of scenario, equating to soft or rough approaches to equilibrium (a good or tolerable result), perpetual boom and slump (not so good), and full unrecoverable collapse (definitely bad). Collapse is due either to natural resource depletion (Type-N collapse) or the labour force dying off (Type-L), but in either case all variables return to zero, the statues crumble and the desert sand blows in over the ruins.
Setting the dials how you want, you can model what would happen if population went up and resources were exhausted in an egalitarian society with no elite (socialism, say, with its brains on holiday), an 'equitable' society with a modest elite but broadly equal incomes (nursery-book capitalism), and a corrosively elitist society of the type we see today. The argument the researchers are making is that the outcomes they can produce are generally descriptive of actual historical collapses and also of observable traits in the modern world, and that a model which includes social stratification can reproduce these collapses better than one without. If the model can achieve a close synchronicity to the real world it can be considered in some sense diagnostic as well as descriptive. In other words it can predict.
Are there, or could there be other 'dials', factors which are universal rather than historically contingent? The researchers can't think of any and neither can we, but hey, it's a work in progress. The equations are algorithms of ratio (eg workers also consume wealth but at a far lower rate than elites) and these may also be open to challenge or refinement. HANDY doesn't and can't 'prove' that our socialist case is correct, but what it does do is take a previously unchallenged social assumption about property ownership and elite privilege and place it squarely on the table as an item for debate and scrutiny. And that's something everybody should be doing.


once again having to run thru to find the errors. The first one being that it's in zip which completly screws up rights for any linux system.
Secondly being in the /xml/servers.xml file where the portion about connection to the game server where hacked off.
what was in there though was <password>SuperAdmin</password>.
It's a nice tool you have made but to search for the errors after all updates is getting rather tiresome.
Edit: Also , the adress given in the readme.txt file in the zip does not work. It gives a lovely php error where it states there are no such file.
The first one being that it's in zip which completly screws up rights for any linux system.
Hum... why? My debian perfectly undestands unpacking ZIP files, you can also unpack RCP on your windows und upload it with your prefered FTP tool , but what filetype would you prefer?


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"Stanley's Cup" is the fourteenth and final episode in the tenth season of the American animated television series South Park. The 153rd episode of the series overall, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 15, 2006. In the episode, Stan is forced to become the coach of a pee-wee hockey team. Written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker, the episode parodies the 1992 film The Mighty Ducks.

In the episode, Stan's bike is towed, and he can't do his job as a paperboy. The only way of getting his bike back is to coach a pee-wee hockey team. Similar to Cartmanland, the health of a character is affected by others' fortune or misfortune.

Plot
Stan's bicycle is towed away for parking violations. To reacquire it, he is forced to become the coach of a pee-wee hockey team. As coach, he quickly runs into a whole host of problems in dealing with the small boys. One of the boys, Nelson, has cancer, which has already spread to his bone marrow. When he takes a turn for the worse, he asks Stan to win a game for him. However, neither team is capable of scoring and the game ends in a tie.

The team is invited to play at the Pepsi Center, with the same premise — if Stan's team wins, Nelson will have enough hope to survive. When they get to the Pepsi Center to play in the intermission of an NHL professional ice hockey game between the Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings, the other team does not show up, and Stan worries that since they cannot play, it could result in Nelson's death. Attempting to console the boys, the Avalanche let the pee-wee team play the final period of their game against the Red Wings. The Red Wings unleash a vicious assault on the boys and go on to win, 32–2. Nelson dies in the hospital and the Red Wings celebrate their victory to the song "We Are the Champions."

Production
Trey Parker and Matt Stone revealed that "Stanley's Cup" started off as a "bank episode," an episode which is partially produced in advance at the start of the season for use towards the end of the season to allow for rest during the run. However, whenever Parker and Stone wanted to finish the "banked" episode, they found it increasingly difficult to do so. Because of the dissatisfaction with the episode, it was not finished until they were forced to work on it: at the end of the production run with one episode left to be produced. Because the second half of season ten did not feature a true "bank episode," and thus did not allow for extra time off, Parker and Stone described the run as being an extremely difficult one to complete. Stone compared it to child birth, while Parker thought their struggles to finish production on the season could have resulted in the show ultimately being cancelled.

For the commentary of the final version, Matt and Trey, both find the ending to be very comical, after several weeks of production struggle and describe it as "a really happy ending for the other person's story," but it is polarizing amongst fans.

Reception
Despite the episode being mostly well received by critics, "Stanley's Cup" is a relatively unpopular episode amongst fans of the series. According to Parker and Stone, "a lot of people didn't get that one. We thought the ending was really sweet and weird, but nobody really got it." Stone said the episode "is like three-quarters of a show, but the ending is fucking sweet."

Dan Iverson of IGN gave the episode a positive review, with a score of 9.1 out of 10, writing: "With the hilarious satire, and the parody of a well known movie genre we couldn't help but love this episode. Even though it featured sports as the theme, it wasn't any funnier for those who played hockey as a kid, but could be enjoyed by anybody that has seen this type of film. The only problem that we had with the episode was the disregard for Steve Irwin's death. South Park has never had any problems making fun of taboo topics, but it just felt like it is too soon to make these comments."

References

External links
 "Stanley's Cup" Full episode at South Park Studios

Colorado Avalanche
Detroit Red Wings
Ice hockey mass media
South Park (season 10) episodes
The Mighty Ducks
Television episodes about cancer

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The 1998 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Netherlands from 11 to 20 December. It was won by Norway after beating Denmark 24–16 in the final match.

Venues
The tournament was held in the following cities:
Amsterdam
's-Hertogenbosch

Qualification

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Bracket

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking

Source: EuroHandball.com.

All Star Team

Source: EHF

References

European Women's Handball Championship
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This week, time spent reviewing the past years and laughing at how far I have come. I think maybe it's an indicator of getting older, but it seems like when you're 16, you look around the world and in the hubris of youth assume that everyone would love to be young like you. And as we age, we look around at the young and thank our lucky stars we never have to be 16 again.
I'm not in love with every step I've taken over the past 35+ years, but I'm in love with the life I live today, with my husband and my children and with the amazing contacts and encounters that have fallen into my path. None of the best things in my life could have been planned, and all the things I wake each day and say a prayer of gratitude over clearly came from a mind greater than my own. And so, not just this week, but this week especially, I am truly thankful.
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