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Is attempted Hobbs Act robbery a "crime of violence" for purposes of § 924(c) after Davis?
In the Second Circuit, a substantive Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a "crime of violence" for purposes of § 924(c) under its elements (or force) clause, § 924(c)(3)(A). See United States v. Hill, 890 F.3d 51 (2d Cir. 2018). But a conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery does not qualify as a crime of violence for purposes of § 924(c), because United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (June 24, 2019), invalidated the residual clause of § 924(c)(3)(B) as unconstitutionally vague (and a conspiracy does not qualify under the elements clause).
That leaves the question of whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a § 924(c) crime of violence after Davis. The Second Circuit has not answered this question — i.e., whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery "has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another" — in a published decision.
There is a strong argument that attempted Hobbs Act robbery does not qualify as a § 924(c) crime of violence after Davis. Here is the gist.
There are only two elements of a federal attempt offense: "[T]he defendant '(a) had the intent to commit the object crime and (b) engaged in conduct amounting to a substantial step towards its commission.'" United States v. Anderson, 787 F.3d 51, 73 (2d Cir. 2014) (quoting United States v. Farhane, 634 F.3d 127, 145 (2d Cir. 2011)). And for a defendant to have taken a "substantial step," he "must have engaged in more than 'mere preparation,' but may have stopped short of 'the last act necessary' for the actual commission of the substantive crime." Id. at 74 (quoting United States v. Celaj, 649 F.3d 162, 171 (2d Cir. 2011)). Thus, "[a] defendant may be convicted of attempt even where significant steps necessary to carry out the substantive crime are not completed, so that 'dangerous persons [may be apprehended] at an earlier stage . . . without immunizing them from attempt liability.'" United States v. Yousef, 327 F.3d 56, 134 (2d Cir. 2003) (quoting United States v. Jackson, 560 F.2d 112, 120 (2d Cir. 1977)).
The Second Circuit, like every other federal appellate court, has adopted the Model Penal Code's definition and standards for federal attempt. Jackson, 560 F.2d at 117-18. See generally Leonard B. Sand et al., Modern Federal Jury Instructions (Criminal) ¶ 10.1 at 10-3 (2018). In defining what constitutes a "substantial step," the MPC lists several examples of conduct or circumstances it deems legally sufficient (so long as they are "strongly corrobative of the actor's criminal purpose," the first element of attempt). See MPC § 5.01(2). Conduct qualifying as a "substantial step" includes "reconnoitering the place contemplated for the commission of the crime"; "possession of materials to be employed in the commission of the crime, which are specifically designed for such unlawful use or which can serve no lawful purpose of the actor under the circumstances"; and "soliciting an innocent agent to engage in conduct constituting an element of the crime." Id. § 5.01(2)(c), (e) & (g), discussed in Jackson, 560 F.2d at 118 and United States v. Stallworth, 543 F.2d 1038, 1040-41 n. 5 (2d Cir. 1976).
Jackson is instructive. There, defendants were charged with two counts of attempted bank robbery (based on two separate attempts to rob the same bank) and argued on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to sustain those convictions. The evidence showed that "[o]n two separate occasions, appellants reconnoitered the place contemplated for the commission of the [robbery] and possessed the paraphernalia to be employed in the commission of the crime — [several firearms, handcuffs, and masks] — which was specially designed for such unlawful use and which could serve no lawful purpose under the circumstances." 560 F.2d at 120.
Relying on the MPC, the Second Circuit rejected defendants' arguments: "Under the Model Penal Code formulation, . . . either type of conduct was sufficient as a matter of law to constitute a 'substantial step' if it strongly corroborated their criminal purpose." Id. (emphasis added). That defendants "reconnoitered the place contemplated for the commission of the" crime was sufficient to establish the actus reus of attempted bank robbery. Id.
Therefore, a defendant who intends to rob a gas station, discusses his plans with a confederate, gathers some masks and gloves, and then carefully reconnoiters a particular location as his target is guilty of attempted Hobbs Act robbery. He "(a) had the intent to commit the object crime and (b) engaged in conduct amounting to a substantial step towards its commission." Farhane, 634 F.3d at 145. Under Jackson and the MPC, his conduct constitutes a "substantial step" "as a matter of law" — "reconnoitering the place contemplated for the commission of the crime." 560 F.2d at 118 (quoting MPC § 5.01(2)(c)).
One can therefore commit attempted Hobbs Act robbery without using, threatening to use, or attempting to use physical force. Preparing for a robbery by reconnoitering a potential target does not require any use of force. At least three judges of the Eleventh Circuit agree. See, e.g., United States v. St. Hubert, 918 F.3d 1174, 1210–13 (11th Cir. 2019) (Jill Pryor, J., joined by Wilson and Martin, JJ., dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc) (attempted Hobbs Act robbery is not a § 924(c) "crime of violence" because it does not have "as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another"); see also Hylor v. United States, 896 F.3d 1219, 1225-26 (11th Cir. 2018) (Jill Pryor, J., concurring) (attempted Hobbs Act robbery does not qualify under elements clause because one can commit this offense by "renting a getaway van, parking the van a block from the bank, and approaching the bank door before being thwarted — without having used, attempted to use, or threatened to use force.").
And while the Second Circuit has ruled that attempted New York robbery qualifies as a "violent felony" under the (very similar) elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), United States v. Thrower, 914 F.3d 770, 776–77 (2d Cir. 2019), it has not issued a precedential decision resolving whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery qualifies under the elements clause of § 924(c). Indeed, Thrower distinguished federal attempt from New York attempt, explaining that "the federal 'substantial step' test 'ushered in a broader view of attempt' than that employed at common law" and under New York's "dangerously near" formulation. Id. at 777 (quoting Farhane, 634 F.3d at 146); see also United States v. Pereira–Gomez, 903 F.3d 155, 166 (2d Cir. 2018) (holding that attempted New York robbery qualifies as a "crime of violence" under Guidelines because "criminal attempt under New York law … requires that the action taken by an accused be 'so near to its accomplishment that in all reasonable probability the crime itself would have been committed, but for timely interference'") (quoting People v. Mahboubian, 74 N.Y.2d 174, 196 (1989)). Thrower even quoted People v. Acosta, 80 N.Y. 2d 665, 670 (1993), for the proposition that "New York's attempt statute is 'more stringent' than the 'substantial step test . . . adopted by [the Second Circuit].'" Thus, there is a substantial argument that attempted Hobbs Act robbery, like conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, does not qualify as a § 924(c) "crime of violence" after Davis.
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The Ross Town Council discussed the town's housing element at its May 14 meeting and ways to increase second-unit production for lower-income residents.
The town is targeting the development of eight units for very-low-income households, six for low-income, five for moderate-income and eight for above-moderate-income as established in state housing guidelines.
After discussing rezoning the St. Anselm's parking lot to allow multi-family housing, the agenda item was continued to next month.


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Q: .htaccess URL redirect How can I redirect http://domain.com/blog/index.php/weblog/rss_2.0/ to http://www.domain.com/feed/ with .htaccess?
The website has 3 domains pointing to it and all is using the same htaccess.
Thanks!

A: You could utilise mod_rewrite.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^blog/index\.php/weblog/rss_2\.0/$ /feed/ [R=302]

That should forward the URL to /feed/ on the same domain as the request came in on. Once you're happy it's working you can change the 302 to 301.

A: redirect 301 blog/index.php/weblog/rss_2.0/ http://www.domain.com/feed/

It's that easy!  Just make sure that the .htaccess file is located at the web root, which is usually `http://www.domain.com'.
EDIT: For redirecting other pages, just follow the basic format
redirect 301 [path from web root] [full path to the new page]

You can add another line for every page that you want to redirect.

A: You can also use RedirectMatch directive of Mod-alias to redirect a url from location to another.
forexample : to redirect
from http://example.com/file.php to http://example.com/folder/file.php
You would use the following code in htaccess :
 RedirectMatch 301 ^/([^.]+)\.php$ http://example.com/folder/$1.php

Explaination :
RedirectMatch directive uses regular expression pattern to match against the url path. in the example above our pattern ^/([^.]+).php$ matches against the url path /file.php , ^ means start of line. then we match / , ([^.]+) is a capture group it matches any characters excluding dot ,and saves the value as $1 for reuse in target url, in the example above it captures name of file. .php matches .php litterly. we need to ecape the dot with a back slash because it is a special word in regex. $ means end of line/string.

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In spring 2005, after working for the same company for 23 years, I quit my job as project manager, and took the summer off to decide what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I was 51, too young to retire, and I didn't want the last 20 years of my work life to be spent dreading coming to work. I figured I would give massage school a shot. I enrolled in Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies in September, 2005.
Yoga is a way of life that enables us to truly inhabit our bodies, mind and spirit. It brings compassion and meaning to our relationships to others and to the world around us. An ancient Eastern practice, yoga today can still transform our lives, connecting us to our inner selves and bringing us into a state of profound well-being.
Lourdes Yoga Teacher Training programs are the longest running programs in this region. Our diverse faculty has years of experience in practice and teaching. We have found yoga from varied backgrounds and cultures, and we truly embrace the Lourdes Health System's mission statement of a diverse community committed to service, healing and collaboration. We teach a wholistic yoga practice. It includes the physical poses with a foundation of evidence-based benefits of cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, and immune health. Perhaps even more importantly, it includes the deeper yoga practices of breath work and meditation that are increasingly gaining respect in the medical community through research of yoga's beneficial influence in areas such as depression, anxiety, attention deficit disorders, and post traumatic stress syndrome.
The Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies is a leader in the education of massage therapists in the region for the past three decades. Lourdes is unique among other programs offered in the field of massage therapy because we provide our students with the highest standard of education!
Our instructors love what they do! They are passionate, motivating and extremely well versed in their craft. They are actively practicing therapists with the experience and expertise to provide college level education in a hospital based setting.
Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies is one of the leading reflexology schools in the area. We stand behind our reflexology training and reflexology certification curriculum as being one of the most well rounded available. We hope this information helps guide your choice to join one of the best reflexology schools in the region. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call us or request to speak to an instructor!
She taught me reflexology in the 1980's at Rosemont College's Health Perspectives Program. Sister Mary Em McGlone taught us Reflexology, Touch for Health, and Therapeutic Touch.
It's been a while since I shared progress on my post 50 journey to become a yoga instructor. Through my education at Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies, I'm gaining a new perspective on the union between the body and the mind.
There are five women, or should I say five yoginis (female yoga practitioners are called yogini, male are yogi), in the YTT200 program this year and by May 2016, after 200 hours of training, we will be eligible for our first yoga teacher certificate from Yoga Alliance.
I was excited and anxious to begin training. I started practicing yoga about seven years ago, after my husband passed away. It helped me heal my "mind, body, and spirit" and work through my grief. It continues to provide an outlet for "letting go" and "slowing down" – which is an on-going challenge for me since retiring from my fast-paced full-time job.
Come learn more about the Massage Therapy program offered through our partnership with Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies. You can also take advantage of a free chair massage until 2 today in the new Taft Hall lobby, and again on Thursday from 12 to 2.
There are many types of allergies, including those caused by foods, pollens, chemicals and environmental factors. The following recommendations are for hay-fever-type allergies that affect sinuses and have cold like symptoms.
If you know you are allergic to something, obviously try to stay away from it. This applies to foods, dust, mold, cat or dog hair, synthetic fabrics and chemicals such as those found in cleaning supplies. When the pollen count is high try to stay indoors and use an air conditioner that has a clean filter. Also I recommend you get tested for allergies at least once every five years.
Acupressure – Use the following sequence of pressure points around your nose, eyes and forehead to relieve sinus headaches, pressure and congestion.
Press at various points around the eye sockets, using your thumbs for the upper points and your middle fingers for the lower points. Do not press hard around the eyes. You will find several natural depressions that help locate the points for you. Press both sides simultaneously for three to five seconds, release, and repeat twice.
Press along the bottom edge of the cheekbones. Press with three-finger pressure on both sides. Again, press for three to five seconds, release and repeat twice.
Use three fingers to press on the temples, in a straight line from the corner of the eye toward the ear. Use medium pressure at most, pressing and releasing.
Aromatherapy – Essential oils for allergies include eucalyptus, pine, rosemary, mint, chamomile, and lavender. Tea tree oil is also effective. The easiest way to use these oils is with a diffuser. Read labels of oils for details on how they should be used as their concentrations vary.
Herbs – the following herbs are good for hay fever: sage, ginger, mint, burdock, and green plantain leaf. To use any of these herbs, make a tea infusion using about ½ teaspoon of the herb per cup of boiling water, and drink two or three times a day while symptoms last.
Hydrotherapy – I always say simple is better. Many look puzzled when I tell them just standing a while in a hot shower is very effective when dealing with allergies. One it washes any allergen that may be on you away and second the steam produced clears your nasal passages.
Obviously there are many more in-depth ways of dealing with allergies, but hopefully these four simple measures will help you effectively deal with those annoying flare ups we all suffer from time to time. Remember the importance to get testes at least once every five years, as we sometimes build an immunity to old allergies and find out we have new ones that we never knew of.
In January I started training to become a yoga instructor. I thought I would share my transformative journey as it unfolds. For fellow yogis — my stories will remind you of why you practice. For non-yogis — come along for the ride — maybe I'll entice you to try a class or two.


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Gil Navarro, an independent thinker and incorruptible official, is running for the San Bernardino City Unified School District board. You should vote for him.
Gil Navarro knows a lot about student problems, parents' concerns and school administrations. For years Gil Navarro has represented students who have been pushed around by the system. Gil Navarro supports students and parents, even if the issue is not popular or politically correct.
Consider who the other contenders are. One is an assistant director, Margaret Hill, working for the county superintendent of schools, that contracts services out to school districts; she also is on the board of a charter school. The conflict of interest is obvious.
As for the other candidates, consider what they have failed to accomplish with political policies that do not meet the needs of students.
Gil Navarro will not support policies that do not consider students first. I urge you to vote for Gil Navarro, a student advocate.
The position of city clerk for the city of San Bernardino calls for an intelligent, honest, independent individual who will quickly but thoroughly ground herself in city history, services and policies. That individual is Esther Jimenez.
For more than two decades, we have worked with Ms. Jimenez on numerous community projects. We have come to admire and respect her dependability, resourcefulness and planning skills. She is always well prepared for any and all tasks. Through her outstanding people skills, she brings out the best in everyone and assures that teams work harmoniously and effectively.
She has the keen ability to maintain an unflappable demeanor under duress. She works smart and hard. These qualities, combined with her broad experience, make her the ideal candidate for city clerk.
Esther Jimenez truly cares about San Bernardino, her hometown. She will be accountable to the citizens of San Bernardino. For city clerk, we recommend Esther Jimenez.
I am very upset that our elected San Bernardino City Council member was the cheerleader to bring a gas station and ultimately provided a planning variance to allow this same gas station to sell alcohol. All this within close proximity to an elementary school!
Our city already has many alcoholic outlets. Our ward needs a leader who will not vacillate, waver, or be strong-armed in the back room!
Elect John Valdivia for 3rd Ward seat on the City Council. He is independent, vocal and demands integrity at City Hall. Moreover, John Valdivia will be focused on residents in the 3rd Ward and not enamored with the walls of City Hall. Vote John Valdivia!


As massive social, technological, and economic changes continue to unfold over the coming decades, our single greatest challenge will be to compose a new civilizational story line that will guide the evolution of our species. Just as religious narratives led humanity through the agrarian era, and capitalism has been the central organizing "game" of the industrial and service eras, we need a new narrative to propel us through the challenges and opportunities of the emerging epoch.
Our current global "story line" isn't working. With accelerating technological growth and access to collective knowledge revolutionizing everyday life, the zero-sum-game mentality of capitalism is unsustainable. With automated labor on the horizon, and the looming existential threats of artificial intelligence (AI), nuclear weapons, and climate change, there is too much at stake to prolong the status quo. We can no longer equate blind growth with human progress. Humanity, as a result, needs a new purpose, a new narrative, to define our existence. Can we afford to be passive about our future, leaving the defining decisions of our time in the hands of corporations and institutions that have led us here? Or will we become active participants in shaping our future and building its new narrative together?
For a global community to rise up and take responsibility for the future of our species, it will be incumbent upon us to adopt a futurist mind-set. We must cultivate deep awareness of ourselves and our surroundings—by honing insight, hindsight, and foresight as critical life skills—so that we can break free from old patterns and unleash a new wave of imagination and progress.
There are many possible futures, and it is not possible to predict what will happen. But consider a scenario in which the technological revolution makes the world unrecognizable in coming decades. Imagine powerful, omnipresent artificial intelligence anticipating our every move, our physical and digital spaces teeming with life and the collective knowledge of our civilization. Imagine that we will augment our bodies, extend our life spans, enhance our brains, and expand our minds, enabling us to transcend the most vexing human conditions and achieve more than we could even imagine.
As old norms and institutions fall apart, we will need to experiment with new modes of living, new tribes and communities, and new "games" to solve problems, reduce suffering, achieve our dreams, and evolve into something greater. We must be socially, psychologically, and existentially prepared. We must consciously evolve and be able to see outside of ourselves. We must, in other words, cultivate a futurist mind-set and become futurist citizens. This will be our greatest achievement.


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Class ImageService

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class ImageService

 Service for accessing images stored in database

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Forge.Random;
using Forge.Tilemaps;
using Forge;

namespace DungeonCrawler.WorldGeneration
{
    public class RoomLayout
    {
        public RoomLayout(Grid<Tile> tiles, Point2 safeCenter)
        {
            Tiles = tiles;
            SafeCenter = safeCenter;
        }

        public Grid<Tile> Tiles;
        public Point2 SafeCenter;
    }

    public class RoomGenerator
    {
        public TileDefinition FloorTile { get; set; }
        public TileDefinition WallTile { get; set; }
        public int MinWidth { get; set; }
        public int MaxWidth { get; set; }
        public int MinHeight { get; set; }
        public int MaxHeight { get; set; }

        public RoomLayout Generate(ForgeRandom random)
        {
            // Validate room generation parameters.
            if (random == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(random));
            }

            if (MinWidth < 3)
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException("Min width must be at least three in size");
            }
            else if (MinWidth > MaxWidth)
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException("Min width must be less than or equal to max width");
            }

            if (MinHeight < 3)
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException("Min height must be at least three in size");
            }
            else if (MinHeight > MaxHeight)
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException("Min height must be less than or equal to max height");
            }

            // Generate random room.
            var roomWidth = random.NextInt(MinWidth, MaxWidth + 1);
            var roomHeight = random.NextInt(MinHeight, MaxHeight + 1);

            var tiles = new Grid<Tile>(roomWidth, roomHeight);

            // Fill with floor type.
            tiles.Fill(SetFloor);

            // Carve walls.
            tiles.Fill(x: 0, y: 0, cols: roomWidth, rows: 1, action: SetWall);
            tiles.Fill(x: 0, y: 0, cols: 1, rows: roomHeight, action: SetWall);
            tiles.Fill(x: roomWidth - 1, y: 0, cols: 1, rows: roomHeight, action: SetWall);
            tiles.Fill(x: 0, y: roomHeight - 1, cols: roomWidth, rows: 1, action: SetWall);

            // Pick a safe center location that can be walked on and pathed to.
            // TODO: Add logic that if the picked spot is invalid another spot can be picked.
            var safeCenter = new Point2(tiles.Cols / 2, tiles.Rows / 2);

            return new RoomLayout(tiles, safeCenter);
        }

        private Tile SetFloor(Grid<Tile> grid, int x, int y)
        {
            return new Tile(FloorTile.Id);
        }

        private Tile SetWall(Grid<Tile> grid, int x, int y)
        {
            var t = new Tile(WallTile.Id);
            t.SetImpassable();

            return t;
        }
    }
}


Email info@peninsulasoftball.com with general questions, or visit the Contact Us page to email an individual board member.
2) What are the key dates?
Practices start in late January. Games start in early February, and finish at the end of April. The All Star season starts in May.
3) What division will my Daughter be in?
Girls may evaluate to "play up" in a division above her age-appropriate division. The approval to play in a higher division will be made by the Board of Directors based upon evaluation scores. Girls may "play down" in the lower age-appropriate division, but must be approved by the Player Agent playeragent@peninsulasoftball.com.
Included in your fees are jersey, umpires, field preparation, free skills clinics, subsidized professional pitching lessons, awards, opening day festivities, free team & individual pictures, and more.
For information about need-based scholarships, please contact the Player Agent playeragent@peninsulasoftball.com.
5) What do I need to provide?
The league supplies basic equipment including bats, balls and catcher's gear. However, you may choose to purchase these on your own. Included in the registration fee are: jersey (6U, is t-shirt), practice t-shirt, ASA registration, insurance, umpire fees, field equipment, skills clinics, and the standard picture package, which includes a team picture with individual player pictures.
Uniforms are to be worn at all games with shirts tucked in.
Most girls also have their own bat. The bat MUST be a softball bat with an "ASA" mark of approval.
4) Where and when are practices and games?
The practices and games are generally held at Robb Field, some older divisions may have travel games. Typically, the 6U Division has the option to practice one night per week as determined by the Manager and has one game on Saturday. The 8U, 10U, 12U and 14U teams generally practice and have games during weekdays and Saturdays. Once teams are solidified, the team Manager will provide you with their designated field location and practice time(s).
6) What if I want a refund?
All refund requests must be submitted in writing to the Player Agent – Email playeragent@peninsulasoftball.com. Refund depends on when the written request is received.
Refund requests due to documented injury will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
7) Are there any special training and/or clinics?
Peninsula Softball works with area organizations and professional coaches to provide clinics and other training opportunities. As these are planned, they will be announced to league families.
Typically there are several free clinics at the start of the season.
For 8U, 10U, 12U, and 14U, we expect to once again provide skills clinics, including pitching and catching group lessons.
8) How can I help out?
Manager: Overall responsibility for your team, and typically also the "head coach". The team manager is responsible for organizing and running the team. The manager selects (drafts) the team in Divisions 8U, 10U, 12U, and 14U and is responsible for all communications with the team's players and parents (but can be delegated to team parent). We know great managers and coaches are on the bleacher side of the fence and we need you to bring your talents onto the dirt side fence!
Coach: Primary role is to teach the girls and assist the Manager. The coach is responsible for the training and skill building of the team's players.
Team Parent: Administrative right arm of the Manager ensuring that non-operational tasks required are supported and that the league communication loop is open to all parents.
Snack Shack: Assist the Snack Shack coordinator with running the popular "Breaker Café" Robb Field.
Scorekeeper: Maintain the game records for the team (training available).
Field Prep: Help drag and chalk the fields before games, as well as general upkeep of our fields.
9) Do I *Have* to help out?
Every TEAM is required to staff the Snack Shack on a Saturday and weekday during the season. Your team's Team Parent will ask every parent/guardian of players to sign up and work in the Snack Shack. It is a great place to meet members of your community and our Peninsula Softball family, while helping the league. Volunteers will receive training/instruction from a member of the Snack Shack Committee (which you can also volunteer for!). Email snackshack@peninsulasoftball.com.
There may be an additional short Snack Shack shift during the Cool Breeze Classic and Cooler Breeze Tournament.
10) Can I sponsor my Daughter's team?
Of course! The league relies quite heavily on the community for sponsorship, and we love our sponsors. The money donated by sponsors helps pay for the free skills clinics, the subsidized pitching lessons, and all the "extras" that make Peninsula Softball special. In return, we do all we can to support our sponsors, well beyond the name on the banner and on the back of the jersey. See the Sponsors Page for more information.
11) How are the teams formed?
Division 6U the Player Agent will attempt to place girls on teams partially based upon the school they attend or the areas in which they live. Mutual "play with" requests for the 6U division are at the discretion of the League. In 8U, we strive for a balance between playing with friends and parity among teams.Girls in Division 8U, 10U, 12U & 14U are selected via draft, based upon the scores they received during the assessment / evaluation (see below). In 10U and up, we do not accept special request to be on a specific team or with a specific player. Placement from the waiting list is on a first-come first-served basis.
12) Does the league give awards?
Champion and Finalist awards are given for the end-of-season tournament in Divisions 8U, 10U, 12U, and 14U. Participation trophies are not included, but can be organized through team parents. 6Udoes have an end-of-season participation award.
For 2017, the League has established the Breaker Award to recognize the special qualities exhibited by Peninsula players that show the principals of good sportsmanship, leadership, and teamwork.
This award is intended to honor one girl from each team in Divisions 8U, 10U, 12U, and 14U who best exhibits these qualities that the league values.
The Breaker Award recipient should be the "glue" of the team – someone who helps maintain morale no matter the circumstance. This player has as many teambuilding skills as athletic skills she knows how to motivate, inspire and encourage teammates to work together, push harder and achieve the utmost success. This player shows respect and graciousness to opposing teams, umpires, coaches and parents, while maintaining a positive attitude during all events. This is the Peninsula Softball athlete who exemplifies sportsmanship, leadership and teamwork.
13) Can my Daughter apply for All Stars?
14) What are the game rules?
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Microsoft to Google: stop copying us!
By Carrie Marshall 2011-04-01T09:03:00.9Z
Microsoft's complaint is no April Fool
Microsoft: it knows a thing or two about anti-competitive behaviour.
Fans of irony rejoice: Microsoft wants Google investigated for anti-competitive behaviour. Had the news come out a day later we'd have chortled heartily, but of course this is no April Fool.
There are two questions here. One, why is an American firm asking European regulators to investigate another American firm? And two, does Microsoft have a case here?
The first one's easy. As Microsoft knows all too well, European regulators tend to take a tougher line than US ones: for example it was EU, not US, regulators who forced Microsoft to offer a ballot screen of different Windows browsers, and it was EU, not US, regulators who fined Microsoft huge amounts of cash and ordered it to play nice with other networking software.
The second one depends on whether Microsoft's telling the truth. If it is, then Google's behaving in much the same way Microsoft behaved before the EU got involved. Microsoft isn't just saying that Google is too big in search, although in Europe it is, its near-100% market share meaning that when Europeans search, they Google.
Microsoft is saying that Google's playing dirty.
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Google has long argued that competition is simple: if someone makes a better search engine, people will dump Google and flock to it. But what if Google could break the internet in such a way that you couldn't make a better search engine? What if Google could access data that other search engines couldn't?
According to Microsoft, that's exactly what Google's doing.
Google isn't just a search engine. It's an enormous content provider, too. Just look at YouTube, or the books Google has been merrily scanning. According to Microsoft, Google gets better access to that content than anybody else. "It has put a growing number of technical measures to restrict competing search engines from properly accessing it for their search results," Microsoft says.
Microsoft also claims that Google gives preferential treatment to its pals. Android and iPhones get full access to YouTube's features; Windows Phone doesn't. Microsoft says it's got the app, but it can't release it without Google's permission - "permission Google has refused to provide."
Does that sound like Google? The open, fair dealing Google? Nope. But it does sound awfully like this Google, the one BusinessWeek says is getting awfully strict about its supposedly open Honeycomb OS. You want Honeycomb? You'd better play by Google's rules, and that means no Bing and no features Google disapproves of.
Microsoft, then, is accusing Google of doing a Microsoft, of rigging the game so that Google always wins. Maybe that's unfair, and maybe the allegations are entirely without merit. But I doubt it. As every playground philosopher knows, it takes one to know one - and if anyone knows what constitutes anti-competitive behaviour, it's Microsoft.
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Eurystyles es un género de orquídeas  epifitas. Es originario de América tropical.

Se compone de especies epífitas que viven en los bosques sombríos, en las ramas o enredaderas cubiertas de musgo, donde nunca falta de humedad, en el Caribe y el sur de México hasta Argentina, pero ausente en Chile y Uruguay.

Taxonomía
El género fue descrito por el botánico y explorador austríaco  Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee en Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 13: 223, en el año 1863, caracterizado por la especie tipo Eurystyles cotyledon Wawra. Este género fue creado originalmente subordinado a la familia  Zingiberaceae.

Eurystyles es un género cercano de Lankesterella , de la que se diferencia por tener grandes brácteas florales y, por regla general, más flores que las segundas, por otra parte, están dispuestas en espiral, en la inflorescencia que es colgante, mientras que en Lankesterella las flores son pocas y generalmente de cara a un lado, además la inflorescencia es mucho más vertical. Ambos géneros están compuestos de plantas que miden menos de cinco centímetros de altura, perennifolias, de color verde claro, brillantes, eventualmente pubescentes y formando una roseta compacta.

Etimología
El nombre del género proviene del griego eury , amplia y stylis columna.

Especies
A continuación se brinda un listado de las especies del género Eurystyles aceptadas hasta mayo de 2011, ordenadas alfabéticamente. Para cada una se indica el nombre binomial seguido del autor, abreviado según las convenciones y usos y la publicación válida.

Anexo:Especies de Eurystyles

Referencias

Enlaces externos

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require "spec_helper"

describe Jacaranda do

  describe "predicate methods" do

    describe "respond to created methods" do

      it "with model with single validation" do
        post = PostWithJacaranda.create(status: "published")
        expect(post.respond_to?(:published?)).to be_true
      end

      it "with model with multiple validations" do
        post = PostWithJacarandaAndTitleValidation.create(title: "Title", status: "published")
        expect(post.respond_to?(:draft?)).to be_true
      end

      it "with param scoped" do
        post = PostWithJacarandaScoped.create(status: "published")
        expect(post.respond_to?(:published_status?)).to be_true
      end
    end

    describe "return correct values" do

      let(:post) do
        PostWithJacaranda.create(status: "published")
      end

      it "when is true" do
        expect(post).to be_published
      end

      it "when is false" do
        expect(post).to_not be_draft
      end
    end
  end

  describe "scopes" do

    it "have the scopes" do
      expect(PostWithJacaranda.respond_to?(:published)).to be_true
    end

    it "create scoped scopes" do
      expect(PostWithJacarandaScoped.respond_to?(:published_status)).to be_true
    end

    it "is a relation" do
      expect(PostWithJacaranda.published).to be_kind_of(ActiveRecord::Relation)
    end

    describe "returned values" do

      let!(:post_published) do
        PostWithJacaranda.create(status: "published")
      end

      let!(:post_not_published) do
        PostWithJacaranda.create(status: "draft")
      end

      it "return correct values" do
        expect(PostWithJacaranda.published).to include(post_published)
      end

      it "not return incorrect values" do
        expect(PostWithJacaranda.published).to_not include(post_not_published)
      end
    end
  end

  describe "errors" do

    it "when included before the validations definitions" do
      expect do
        class PostWithJacarandaBeforeValidation < Post
          acts_as_jacaranda
          validates :status, inclusion: { in: %w{published unpublished draft} }
        end
      end.to raise_error(Jacaranda::JacarandaError, /Model PostWithJacarandaBeforeValidation has no validation of inclusion/)
    end

    it "raise error when has 2 inclusion with same name" do
      expect do
        class PostWithJacarandaDuplicateInclusionValue < Post
          validates :status, inclusion: { in: %w{published unpublished draft} }
          validates :kind, inclusion: { in: %w{report unpublished draft} }
          acts_as_jacaranda
        end
      end.to raise_error(Jacaranda::JacarandaError, /The following validators are in more than one field: unpublished and draft/)
    end

    it "raise a Jacaranda::JacarandaError when has a unknown error" do
      Post.stub(:create_predicate_methods).and_raise(StandardError)
      expect do
        class PostWithUnknownError < Post
          validates :status, inclusion: { in: %w{published unplubished draft} }
          acts_as_jacaranda
        end
      end.to raise_error(Jacaranda::JacarandaError, "Maybe you found a bug, you got a not expected exception. Report this on https://github.com/maurogeorge/jacaranda/issues")
    end
  end
end


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Steiglitz, VIC
Historic gold mining town now an historic park.
Steiglitz, the first auriferous quartz mining site in Victoria, is a well-preserved gold mining town - "almost a ghost town" - which is now an Historic Park administered and maintained by Parks Victoria. The appeal of the Historic Park is that it is held in aspic. The visitor can see important buildings, ruins, mines and other historic artifacts while the five walks around the Park are through bushland noted for its remnants of the gold mining era as well as significant fauna and flora and the importance of its fossils. If you are planning a visit to the "historical experience" that is Sovereign Hill in Ballarat this is a "real" complementary experience. A gold town which has died. Heritage Consultant, Jane Lennon, has pointed out that Steiglitz was set up so people who have visited Sovereign Hill could appreciate the subtleties of the real thing – "the skeleton of a town where the visitors have to use their imagination to see the busy streets, the noisy quartz-crushing machines and the diggers working in the creeks."
Steiglitz is located 91 km west of Melbourne on the edge of Brisbane Ranges National Park. It is 40 km north of Geelong and 54 km south-east of Ballarat.
The town is named (with incorrect spelling) Steiglitz after the first European settlers, the sons of a Bohemian baron, Charles and Robert von Stieglitz who arrived in the district in 1842.
Courthouse and the Self-Guided Walk
Completed and opened in June, 1875 for a contract price of £1600 this slate-roofed red brick courthouse was built when Steiglitz was a flourishing gold town. It is nearly identical to the Court Houses built in Ballan and Lilydale. All were constructed by the contractor, Thomas Watt. The gold was so unreliable that the population declined and the court house was closed in January, 1879. It was reopened in 1895 during renewed mining activities but it ceased operations in 1899. Parks Victoria took control of the building in 1977. It is now a museum with a display of photographs, maps and relics which is open Sundays from 1.00 pm. to 4.00 pm. It is run by volunteers so sometimes it does not open. The museum has a pamphlet which outlines a self-guided 45-minute walk which identifies the remains of the town. If the courthouse is closed there should be a pamphlet in the information box. Otherwise it can be downloaded at http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/603537/Map-Stieglitz-Historic-Park.pdf. There is also extensive signage near the Car Park which indicates the historic route around the town.
There are a small number of remnants of the historic buildings that formed the nucleus of the gold mining town. There is Scott's Hotel (circa 1890s), a post office and general store (1865), a weatherboard cottage, some building foundations, some old streets, shafts and tailings, an old cemetery which opened in 1861 and is still used, but the most complete buildings are the Church of England and Roman Catholic Churches and the Court House. There was once more than 300 buildings in the town and the main mine was located behind the general store and Catholic Church
St Paul's Anglican Church
St Paul's Church of England Is a modest timber structure which dates from the time when the town was booming and the population was around 2,000 people. It was consecrated in 1871 by the Dean of Melbourne and continued to operate until 1962. The exterior was restored in 1988 and the interior in 1994. Behind it is a very modern toilet block.
St Thomas' Catholic Church
This simple wooden church was built in 1868-1869. Amusingly this modest timber church was moved to Plume Street, Norlane in 1951 where it was used as a church hall. It was returned to Steiglitz in December, 1982 when there was a scheme devised to protect the small township. There is a solitary grave in the churchyard. Today the church is home to the Steiglitz Historical Society. For more information check out http://www.steiglitz.com.au.
Historic Cairn
The cairn near the bridge is made of stone from the original Von Stieglitz homestead. It was near this site that William Hooley and Joseph Davis discovered the gold reef which, in 1855, led to the gold rush which produced the town.
Panning for Gold
The geology of the area is described as "Ordovician sediments typified by a thick bed of slates ... these sediments are folded and contain gold in quartz reefs associated with granite intrusions". It is possible to pan for gold in the section on Sutherlands Creek one kilometre downstream from the Meredith Road Bridge. You have to have a "current Miner's Right and can use pans, cradles and hand tools within the creek bed only."
Walks Around the Historic Park
There are five walks in the area surrounding the Steiglitz township.
(1) Steiglitz Circuit Walk - a self-guided 45-minute walk from the Court House which identifies the remains of the town and passes Gibraltar Mine and shares a section with the Deadmans Loop. If the courthouse is closed there should be a pamphlet in the information box. Otherwise it can be downloaded at http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/603537/Map-Stieglitz-Historic-Park.pdf.
(2) Deadmans Loop - is a challenging 5.4 km, 1 hour, 45 minutes walk along the creek bed, through the bushland and past St Thomas's Catholic Church. It is described in detail at http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/steiglitz-historic-park/things-to-do/walks-from-steiglitz-courthouse.
(3) Beards Gully Walk - is a difficult 6 km walk which can take six hours. It passes old mine shafts and involves some steep climbs. The walk is described in great detail at http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/steiglitz-historic-park/things-to-do/walks-from-steiglitz-courthouse.
(4) Native Youth Walk - heads towards Kinglock Mine from the Court House and is an extension of the Steiglitz Circuit Walk.
(5) Grahams Creek Walk - is an extension of the Steiglitz Circuit Walk. Itis a loop from the Crossing Picnic Ground through bushland to Grahams Creek Picnic Area.
* Prior to European settlement the Kurong people, from the Wathaurong Aboriginal language group, had lived in the area for around 40,000 years.
* The first European settlers in the district were the squatters Charles Augustus and Robert von Stieiglitz, sons of a Bohemian baron, who leased Durdidwarrah Run in 1842.
* The von Stieiglitz family had left Durdidwarrah Run when alluvial gold was found on the property in 1853 by a squatter Andrew Love, the son of Geelong's first resident clergyman, and a carter named George Morton. Only a couple of hundred miners arrived.
* The gold rush in the district did not occur until a rich reef was discovered by Joseph Davis and William Hooley on Sutherland Creek in 1855. There were soon 2000 people on-site.
* By 1856 alluvial mining had ceased and quartz-crushing batteries were hard at work. It was believed that this was the richest quartz reef in Australia at the time.
* The population declined in the late 1850s but mechanised mining in the 1860s reinvigorated interest and profits. Quartz reefs were exploited in the 1860s and 1870s.
* By 1875 the town was sufficiently prosperous to justify the construction of the handsome slate-roofed red brick court house.
* Returns from the mines declined in the late 1870s and people left.
* By the 1880s there were no Aboriginal people left in the area.
* Mining started again in the 1890s however returns proved disappointing and commercial activity was already in decline by 1896.
* Many of the buildings were sold off and the Court House was closed in 1899.
* By 1900 there were 500 people and six quartz batteries in the valley.
* Low scale mining continued until World War II and ceased altogether in 1941.
* The local blacksmith closed in 1944.
* The local school closed in 1958.
* By 1966 the town's population was 13. That year the post office closed.
* The National Parks Service took control of the courthouse in 1977 and has since bought over half of the land on which Steiglitz stood, preserving the relics that remain.
* Steiglitz Historic Park was proclaimed in 1979.
* Today Steiglitz Historic Park covers 469 ha in the Brisbane Ranges and is an important example of what happens to a thriving town when the gold runs out. The current population is less than 20 people.
For more information call the Parks Victoria Information Centre on 13 1963. Steiglitz does not have a Visitor Information Centre. The closest is the Geelong Visitor Information Centre, 26 Moorabool Street, Geelong, tel: (03) 5222 2900
Parks Victoria has a very comprehensive website with a number of important downloads - see http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/steiglitz-historic-park for details.
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I am seeking the court record of John FAHY who was involved in a fraud case with George PEARSON in about January 1870 … Can you help please?????
Sam Dawes
Hi Sam, There's a little local not-for-profit group who raise funds to repair & maintain all the historic public buildings in Steiglitz. The biggest way they raise funds is to hold a bi-annual Festival & Reunion. And it's on this year! Sunday, October 23rd – 10 am – 4 pm.
At that Festival you'll find two historical collections that may be of help to your search.
Jack Boardman will have his personal collection (with laptop for instant info) in the little white church (St. Paul's).
While the Catholic Church will be open – it's the museum of the Steiglitz Historical Society.
There is also the Reunion element of the event. Past residents, & descendants of, come from far and wide to get together. Some of them may be able to help. It's happened before.
From Steiglitz resident, Lindy Allinson
Lindy Allinson
Hi, I'm one of the residents of Steiglitz Township. My husband's family bought property here, and our children are third generation. Great site, though there are a few points you have wrong.
1/ No matter what any heritage consultant may say, Steiglitz was NOT 'set up' to complement Sovereign Hill. Steiglitz is the real thing, not a replica. Nor was Sovereign Hill set up to complement Steiglitz. For, just like Steiglitz, Ballarat had a rich gold mining history all its own. Saying they complement one another would be more accurate.
Steiglitz stands alone in its uniqueness. That's why there are so many government management/protection plans, academic papers, and historical articles written about it.
2/Parks Victoria DO NOT own all of the land on which Steiglitz stood/stands. They are the Caretakers of much of it, though the town has just under 1 dozen private homes and properties within it. Almost all of which are historical. That may not sound like much (to anyone who is not familiar with Steiglitz) though for this tiny town it equals more than half of what remains.
3/ Our home is the small red brick cottage (circa 1870). You have not mentioned it in your spiel at all. It's significant enough for Parks to classify it in their Management Plan. Made of the exact same bricks and pattern (Flemish) as the Courthouse it is believed to have been built to encourage the circuit judge to attend Steiglitz Courthouse. Back then most structures were canvas, wattle & daub or wooden slab. A brick building, with ornate features, was considered impressive. It was also a time when Steiglitz residents, cut off from the safety of local police, were vulnerable to escalating robberies & violence. Locals petitioned to have police and more court hearings regularly. Hence the theory of a 'posh' home being built to attract a judge.
Apart from that, always great to read about the town I call home.
With sunny Steiglitz smiles,
I will get all these corrections made in the next couple of days.
Bruce Elder
Hello Lindy, Was there a movie filmed in your area? It seemed familiar?
Francesca Formoso
Thanks Bruce Elder, much appreciated. Am sure those visiting/researching will appreciate that too.
Come have a chat at our next annual fundraising community event. This year is the smaller one, the Steiglitz Airing of the Quilts, in October. Quirky enough to have won Australia Day Event of the Year, and helps raise funds to repair/maintain all the public historic buildings in our tiny town…for Parks are basically broke. Check out the Back to Steiglitz webpage for more details. Hope you can make it, you'll meet lots of locals, and hear some fabulous tales. Thanks, Lindy
Francesca Formosa – we had The Flying Doctors filmed here, numerous tv commercials, various doco's, though Tom Hanks/Speilberg movie was filmed about 20 kms away at the You Yangs a few years back…their big war movie. Probably many I don't know about too. It's so beautiful, attracts many artists, actors, muso's & film makers. With smiles, Lindy
on May 21, 2017 at 3:40 am
James and Bridget (Quinn) RYAN were the general store owners in 1894. Their daughter Mary married Michael Hickey in the Catholic church on the 24th Oct 1894. Mary and her parents had migrated from Limerick, Ireland around 1880.
Ron Hickey
on January 7, 2018 at 10:26 pm
James and Bridget also had an older daughter, her name was also Bridget. She was married
to Michael O'Sullivan. After Mary and Michael Hickey were married they lived with Bridget
and Michael. Mary and Michael first child, James Patrick Hickey was born in 1896, while they
lived there.
Kerryn Drew-Hogarth
on September 25, 2020 at 1:39 pm
The flying doctors series was filmed at and around the old hotel in Regent street. This was owned by my parents and l grew up there and am currently the 4th generation of my family to live in Steiglitz
Brian Trotter
on May 20, 2020 at 11:31 am
Can u build on the land in Stawell st that runs off Birchall track as there's land for sale there, thank u
Eve rogers
on August 2, 2020 at 11:09 am
Hi Eve, Re the land for sale in Stawell St – 2 blocks. The shire took the developer to VCAT to stop him building two modern dwellings…they won. So the quick answer to your question – No.
Hello, I only discovered this site in September this year while researching my family history, I had recently found out that my great grandparents had been married there,
Imagine my surprise to read a post written two years previously, that mentioned not only my great grandparents, but also that my great great grandparents lived there. I had thought that until then, that my great grandmother and her sister had came from Ireland on there own,
I am assuming the writer of the post is a relation, as he shares the same surname of my great grandparents.
I hoped he might see what I posted 25-9-20 and reply.
So, I would like to asked if it would be possible for someone from administration to email Mr Hickey on my behalf and pass on my email address to him, It would be wonderful to have the opportunity to find out more about our shared history,
Regards, K Drew-Hogarth,
on October 4, 2020 at 3:41 pm
Sorry but our visit was very much a disappointment, rough bush tracks with crude signage. Courthouse not open at advertised time. Bring your imagination as to what was once here.
Would not recommend Stieglitz as a destination more of a drive through.
Jon VAN DEN BERG
on February 2, 2021 at 8:49 am
Funny how people have different responses. I loved Steiglitz. Walked around and was fascinated by the remnants of a once-thriving township.
on February 4, 2021 at 9:44 pm
to explore the remnants of an important gold mining town
to enjoy one of the five bushwalks in the area
to do a little gold panning and prove that all those people who left the town were wrong
Scott's Hotel (now a private home) and the bridge across Sutherland's Creek.
The elegant and simple Steiglitz Courthouse (1875).
St Thomas' Roman Catholic Church (1868-1869) - moved and then returned to the village in 1982.
The wonderful incogruity of a state of the art toilet block behind St Paul's Church of England which was consecrated in 1871.
The one shop left in town - now a private home.
Rusting machinery and a mullock heap - all that is left of the mines.
There are still old mine shafts in the area.


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28 interesting facts about Azerbaijan - PHOTOS
10:51 27 September 2017 Read: 11828
Azerbaijan is the amalgamation of a nascent nation with the antiquity that dates back for millennia.
A country where modernity and tradition have always intertwined in a seamless manner and this new nation is forging ahead leaving behind all the ruins and memories of the war torn pre-Soviet era. With a sanguine spirit boosted by the oil industry, the country is once again emerging on its own to claims its rightful place in the geopolitical world map. Azerbaijan has witnessed a history of exodus of people that include the Turkic tribe, Shiite Muslims with Persian origins, and the Russian dominion. The 19th century marked the dawn of modernization and development of the oil industry that the Soviet Union exploited during its rule. The 19th century also saw national awakening that led to a brief independence in 1918 which was ended by the invasion of the Red Army in 1920. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Azerbaijan became the first country to have declared independence. Independence was short-lived euphoria for the young nation as a war on Nagorno-Karabakh broke behind the past is prudent recourse people have taken for constructing a great nation. Check out some of the interesting facts about the amazing country in the write-up below.
Capital: Baku
Largest City: Baku
Official Language: Azerbaijani
Demonym: Azerbaijani
Religion: Shia branch of Islam
Legislature: Presidential Republic
Independence: Declared: 30 August 1991
Completed: 18 October 1991
Area: 86,600 sq.km
Population: 9,165,000 (2011 estimates)
Currency: Manat (AZN)
National Animal: Karabakh horse
1. Azerbaijan is home to the first known fireplace and one of the ancient proto-human habitations in the human history that date back 700,000 to 500,000 years ago. The Azikh Cave, which is also the largest cave in Azerbaijan covering eight thousand square meters, is one of the proto-human sites in Azerbaijan. Unfortunately, it should be mentioned, that now it is under occupation of Armenia.
2. There is a beautiful Khan's Palace in Shaki, one might chance upon a man named Jumay who sits beside a covered object. Upon coming closer, Jumay will unravel the stuffed head of a wolf. When a tourist offers a donation the eyes of the wolf lights up brightly.
3. The Gobustan Nature Park has got thousands of rock paintings that give a peek into the lives of the pre-historic inhabitants of Azerbaijan.
4. Nature of Azerbaijan - is unique, there are 9 out of 11 of the world's climate zones.
5. By the number of mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan ranks first in the world. There are about 350 out of 800 mud volcanoes, in Azerbaijan.
6. Carpet type "Zeyva" Guba-Shirvan school of carpet weaving is inscribed in the painting "Madonna of the Canon Van der Pale" by Jan van Eyck (XV).
7. The average temperature of Baku and the average temperature of the globe agree to tenths of.
8. Azerbaijan is also referred to as "the land of fire" which may be due to the large deposits of oil in the land that might have ignited from time to time.
9. The Absheron peninsula in Azerbaijan has the rare geological wonder of Burning Mountain, where due to natural gas, the mountains burn throughout the year regardless the weather conditions.
10. Famous Norwegian explorer, archaeologist and anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl claimed that one of the peoples of Azerbaijan, Udis (udinler) were the ancestors of the Scandinavians, migrated to Scandinavia in the VI - VII th century ad. In the last two decades of his life he made several trips to Azerbaijan and visited the church in Kish village of Shaki District.
11. Azerbaijan Democratic Republic is the first Muslim country where women were enfranchised.
12. Azerbaijan became part of the USSR in 1922. It declared independence from the Soviet Union on August 30, 1991.
13. Soviet Russia in 1924 carved out the Autnomous Province of Nagorno-Karabakh that comprised of the main population of the ethnic Armenians. The region was within Azerbaijan but ever since the Nagorno-Karabakh war in 1994, it has remained under the Armenian control.
14. 20% Azerbaijan's territory is under the Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh.
15. Azerbaijan is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus region.
16. The world's first oil well was drilled in Bibi-Heybat (Absheron peninsula), Baku during 1847-1848 by Vasiliy Semyonov. The depth of the well was 21m.
17. The industrial settlement of "Neft Dashlari", which means oil rocks, is the first and the largest town on stilts that was constructed on the Caspian Sea. The construction commenced in 1947 and was built in phase. So it is on the list the Guinness Book as the oldest offshore oil platforms.
18. At the beginning of the 20th century in Baku was mined 50% of world oil production and, during World War II Baku fuel supplied all the Soviet army, providing up to 85% of its needs.
19. Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, launched the first in the Soviet Union train.
20. 12% of known worldwide Nobel Prize consists of capital earned by Alfred Nobel from the Azerbaijan's oil industry.
21. Tovuz and Goygol districts were founded by Germans in 1819 and before they were called: Traubenfeld and Elenendorf. In some parts of these districts still exhibits Western European atmosphere.
22. On a golden plate "Voyager" released into space in 1977, recorded a lot of songs of the peoples of the world, as a message to extraterrestrial civilizations. From the Soviet Union on this disc recorded samples of Azerbaijani mugham and Georgian choir.
23. The first opera - "Leyli and Majnun" (January, 1908) and the first ballet - "Maiden Tower" (April, 1940) in the Muslim and East world were staged in Baku, Azerbaijan.
24. Baku Museum of Miniature Books - the world's only museum of miniature books, located in the old city of Baku, known as "Old City". It began to function on April 2, 2002. The exhibits in the museum were collected by the sister of the prominent Azerbaijani, Soviet and Russian artist-painter Tahir Salahov, Zarifa Salakhova for nearly 30 years. Her personal collection consists of 6,500 books from 64 countries. The museum is on the list the Guinness Book as the first private museum of miniature books, and as the largest collection of miniature books in the world.
25. The 1,768 kilometer long Baku-Tbilisi-Jeyhan pipeline that was opened in 2006 brings crude oil from the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan through Georgia to Turkey's port on the Mediterranean coast.
26. On January 1st 2012, Azerbaijan was selected to be the non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the first time. It was a great success of our diplomacy.
27. In May 2011, Azerbaijan won the Eurovision Song Contest and in May 2012, Eurovision Song Contest was held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
28. The First in the history European Olympic Games - Baku 2015 were held in Baku, Azerbaijan on June 12-28, and featured almost 6,000 athletes from 50 countries competing in 20 sports.
The original article was published in Mun.az.
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A possible alternative to leather
Peelsphere: Biomaterial made from fruit waste and algae
Berlin-based textile designer Youyang Song has used fruit peels and algae to create a biodegradable plant-based material that can be used as an alternative to leather. Peelsphere is a versatile, waterproof textile that can even be hardened to form accessories like buttons.
Image: Peelsphere
Song first started experimenting with leather made from fruit leaves after realizing there was nothing available on the market for her own designs. She was determined to create a material that could replace animal hide yet still retain the same versatility and strength of the popular material.
"As an ideal alternative to leather and synthetic leather, Peelsphere is beautiful, durable, versatile and biodegradable," she said. It is available in several colours and patterns created using natural dyes
Source: dezeen.com


Should President Obama Meet Xi Jinping at All?
The upcoming summit between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping, scheduled for September 24 and 25 in Washington, will be the most important event this year in the U.S.-China relationship. The two leaders will have a lot to talk about, from mutual accusations of cyberspying to maritime aggression in the South China Sea. In the year since China and the U.S. signed a groundbreaking pact to limit greenhouse gas emissions, relations between the two have been tense.
Rather than search pointlessly for understanding, win-win propositions, etc.—all of which the Chinese understand well and use against us — it is time to hammer them (in private) on rights and military behavior. They have to clean up their act. We need to make clear something we dare not: namely that sanctions that bite are the alternative. Fear of sanctions—treat them like Russia as would be proportional — may get something. Sadly discussion is a dead end.
In my view, the only outcome worse than talking to the Chinese about the challenges we have with their behavior would to stop talking with them.
So how should our president receive him? If it were up to me, I would say invite him to the White House, but with no pomp. No state dinner or multi-gun salute. Sit down with him and invite him to say what he likes for as long as he likes. Then, independently of the word-game he will have played, list the issues that concern the U.S.: cybersecurity, currency and trade, mass arrest of human rights lawyers, adventurism in the South China Sea, climate change agreements, and whatever else. For each issue, state clearly and concretely what U.S. policy will be a) if things get better and b) if things get worse. Then shake his hand, walk him to the door, and let him go back to China.


Residents of Pennsylvania's Northeast/North Central region experienced healthcare affordability burdens at rates similar to the other regions of Pennsylvania. All told, about half (48%) of Northeast/North Central region adults experienced one or more of the following healthcare affordability burdens in the prior 12 months.
Of the various types of medical bills, the ones most frequently associated with an affordability barrier were dental care, doctor bills and prescription drugs, likely reflecting the frequency with which Northeast/North Central region adults seek these services—or, in the case of dental, lower rates of coverage for these services.
Residents of the Northeast/North Central region also exhibited high levels of worry about affording healthcare in the future. In descending order, respondents were "worried" or "very worried" about: affording nursing home and home care services (71%); costs when elderly (70%); health insurance becoming too expensive (65%); prescription drug costs (64%); cost of a serious illness or accident (64%); and losing health insurance (36%).
65% believed taking better care of their personal health is one of the top three actions that would be most effective in addressing affordability.


The glitz, the glamour and the gloriously-talented folk of cutting-edge entertainment will be showcased next Sunday at the New Zealand Fringe Festival's Awards and closing night party.
Capping off a successful Fringe 09, which saw the largest line-up in many years with 108 participating productions, the celebration will award the best, brightest and most bizarre of Fringe 09 across 14 categories.
Additionally, three productions will be awarded the Pick of the Fringe. Following last year's successful initiative, Downstage Theatre will three gems amongst the delicious, different and downright deviant theatre shows for a return season at Downstage April 29 to May 7.
The entertainment line-up includes Australian multi-instrumentalist Adam Page, fresh from his hit Fringe 09 solo performance series, the winner of the Two Day Play competition, retro band The Flavour of Yesterday, and from the Berlin Bonanza Dota und die Stadt Piraten.
Hosts for the evening are comedians Derek Flores and Vinyl Burns. A closing night party will follow the awards at the Paramount's bar.


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