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Outrage continues as Indian's see criminal code for dealing with rape as "Too lax"
Tiffany Cordero , Impact Staff
"We are very happy, justice has been served" are words that are rarely spoken by parents of rape victims in India primarily because when it comes to sexual crimes. Indian citizens feel that the legal system is inadequate.
On the evening of December 16th of last year, the sexual assault of a female in New Delhi not only shocked the Nation of India, it shocked the entire world. A 23 year old paramedic student was on her way home with a friend after seeing a movie when they boarded a bus full of intoxicated men at a major intersection in upmarket South Delhi, according to police. It was then that the young woman was dragged to the back of the bus while her friend was beaten, and repeatedly raped and tortured by five of the men.
It is said that the men used an iron rod to violate her as the bus drove around the city for almost an hour. When they had finished, they dumped the two victims by the side of the road. The woman's injuries were so severe that some internal organs had to be removed. She died two weeks later at a hospital in Singapore.
The attack sparked major uproar all across India and the world, with protests being carried out for months, urging that the Indian government answer this injustice with Justice. Advocates criticized the world's largest democracy for failing to protect half of its population. Protesters demanded better treatment of women and decried the apathy of police and the judicial system. After a trial that lasted about seven months, the Delhi court convicted four of the men ages 19 to 28 of murder, rape and kidnapping. They were all given the death penalty.
Since the assault in New Delhi, cases of rape in India have gained national and international attention, generating wide spread concern about the safety of women in urban and rural sectors of the country. A rape every twenty-two minutes, according to Indian government statistics, is just about the average time a woman falls victim to sexual assault in India. But, is India's government doing enough to ensure the safety of its women? Maybe not. According to a survey report on Pew Research Center, an overwhelming 90% of Indians feel that rape is a very big problem and nearly 74% say that the laws in the country are too lax when it comes to punishing cases of rape.
It seems that the issue goes far beyond laws and cuts into a power struggle between men and women in Indian society. It is no secret that women are seen as a liability in Indian culture and society and many fear that laws won't be enough to stop rape from happening.
"Enforcing stricter laws won't make any difference because people don't follow them anyway," said Ms. Indian Princess International and New Jersey Saloni Sawant; "society is oppressive toward women especially in rural areas where they are basically tortured and forced to have many kid,s especially boys because they believe girls are worthless."
When asked where the real solution lied, she replied with a simple word: education.
"I believe that it's their responsibility to give better education to the people so they understand and are aware of the increasing problem."
Too many women are told to never speak out about the crimes committed against them and those who do are treated as societal outcasts because they have brought shame upon their family name. However, it is because of people like Ms. Sawant who believe that education on gender equality is vital to not only women but also men that now women and their male counter parts are joining together in the fight against sexual crimes.
According to another survey conducted by Pew, roughly as many men (91%) as women (89%) say that rape is a very big issue and are demanding that the Indian government take better action when it comes to protecting their women. Every twenty two minutes a woman falls victim to rape in India, the clock continues to tick and as the victims pile up by the hundreds, so does the endless wait for justice.
Tiffany Cordero, Impact Staff
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers makes cameo on "Game of Thrones"
By Christopher Brito
May 13, 2019 / 9:16 AM / CBS News
Football fans watching Sunday night's fiery "Game of Thrones" episode may have caught a familiar face in the crowd. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers made a surprise cameo on the show and it didn't last long.
The Packers superstar confirmed on Instagram that he played a role on the popular television show for its fifth episode of season eight, titled "The Bells," and he was grateful for it.
"It was just for a few seconds, but I'll always be thankful to have been on the penultimate episode of @gameofthrones," he wrote.
It was just for a few seconds, but I'll always be thankful to have been on the penultimate episode of @gameofthrones #crazyepisodetonight #
A post shared by Aaron Rodgers (@aaronrodgers12) on May 12, 2019 at 9:44pm PDT
Rodgers hinted at making his "Thrones" debut during an interview at a Kentucky Derby event. No one has confirmed which scene he appeared in but fans believed they spotted him in possibly three scenes — all a few seconds in duration — throughout the chaotic 79-minute episode.
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In one of them, as King's Landing faces the wrath of Daenarys and Drogon, Rodgers appears to be running away from the dragon's fire breath until he gets burned alive.
Aaron Rodgers is my favorite athlete and cameo actor #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/zlc2SwaMh1
— Tanner Guns (@FlowGunner) May 13, 2019
In another, he looks to be an archer with the Golden Company, standing third from the right.
Incredible performance tonight by Mr @AaronRodgers12 pic.twitter.com/NnETtVWkFi
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) May 13, 2019
However, some eagle-eyed fans were confident it was neither of the above. In a post-show interview, he talked about helping a woman before dashing to save himself. According to two viewers, a scene with Arya matched the costume he was wearing on his Instagram post and Rodgers' description of his part.
Aaron Rodgers talks about his role in #GameOfThrones. "I was helping a woman, who was injured... then the hell with her I'm getting out of there."  pic.twitter.com/DcLFPDUrJH
— Lily Zhao (@LilySZhao) May 13, 2019
Because @bayburmTV and I take our #GameofThrones very seriously, we are pretty sure Aaron Rodgers was neither carrying a bow nor was he on fire. He was in the bell tower scene with Arya. Outfits match. Scenes match. GOOD. NIGHT. #GOT #content pic.twitter.com/E4g48xA3ZY
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Q: Using Make $(dir) or $(notdir) on a path with spaces I'm using code similar to the following in a Makefile:
empty:=
space:= $(empty) $(empty)
path_escape = $(subst $(space),\$(space),$(1))

TOP=$(call path_escape,$(abspath .))
TARGET=$(TOP)/foo

$(info TOP='$(TOP)')
$(info TARGET='$(TARGET)')

all: $(TARGET)

$(TARGET):
    touch '$(notdir $@)'

.PHONY: $(TARGET)

If I use this in a directory with no spaces, say space-test, it works fine:
$ make
TOP='/tmp/space-test'
TARGET='/tmp/space-test/foo'
touch 'foo'

However, if I use it in a directory with spaces, say space test, then $(notdir) does the wrong thing:
TOP='/tmp/space\ test'
TARGET='/tmp/space\ test/foo'
touch 'space foo'

What's happening here is that $(notdir) interprets /tmp/space test/foo as two paths and returns the "file part" of both (i.e., space and foo). The weird part of this is that TARGET is properly escaped; somehow, inside the rule or inside $(notdir), the backslash escapes are being ignored.
What am I doing wrong here?

A: The $(notdir) function in GNU Make takes a list of arguments, separated by spaces.  Some functions support escaping spaces with \\, but $(notdir) is not one of them.
This should work:
s? = $(subst $(empty) ,?,$1)
?s = $(subst ?, ,$1)
notdirx = $(call ?s,$(notdir $(call s?,$1)))

$(TARGET):
    touch '$(call notdirx,$@)'

This defines a "space-safe" version of notdir called notdirx.  It's quite simple: s? first turns all spaces to question marks (hoping that they cannot be present in file names), and ?s converts back.  In between we can safely call the original notdir function.
For an excellent summary on GNU Make and spaces in file names, see GNU Make meets file names with spaces in them.

A: Assuming you have a Unix shell, you could shell out:
notdirx = $(shell basename '$1')
dirx = $(shell dirname '$1')

A similar strategy could apply to other functions. Just remember the quote marks around the variable that contains the whitespace-infected text that you want to treat as a single argument. This will also protect you from other special characters (except for quote marks!). Here's an example to double-backslash escape any spaces in the result of a wildcard glob:
$(shell ls -1 '*.foo' | sed 's/ /\\\\ /g')

Windows is putting parentheses in directory names now, too: C:\Program Files (x86)\ It's not yet clear to me what are the implications of this when using make.

A: This is just a shot in the dark:
TOP='"/home/chris/src/tests/make/space test"'

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Not so long ago, I wrote a post about how computers are going to disappear from our view. After having read up on the subject some more, I have gained new insights. Therefore, I now write a follow-up.
A very promising technology that could play a very important role in the miniaturisation of computer systems: Magnetic RAM.
Magnetic RAM, a new memory technology that promises to provide non-volatile, low-power, high speed and low-cost memory. Often described as the 'holy-grail' of memory, MRAM has the potential to replace FLASH, RAM and even Hard-discs.
Just think about how much space it would save if hard-discs and dvd-drives would be replaced by non-volatile M-RAM, which will be the size of the DDR-RAM working memory that's in PC's today. And it's low-power and high-speed (2Ghz record at time of writing) too!
M-RAM could also allow for instant-on PC's, which basically implies nobody will ever be waiting for a booting PC ever again.
I for one can't wait until we get rid of those nasty rotating media, that actually need to physically rotate in order to be useful. Very annoying. M-RAM truly is the holy grail of digital memory, combining all of the advantages (non-volatile, low-power, high-speed, small-sized) of existing memory-technology, but none of the disadvantages (volatile, high-power, low-speed, large-sized).
Here are some pictures of M-RAM, along with a brief explanation of how it works.
The so-called 'Portable Computing Boom' is a' comin', and the industry expects it in the coming years. Battery makers are gearing up for it already, as they expect portable computer sales to overtake traditional computer sales as early as 2009.
The Mac mini is a good sign of the times. While its performance is not on par with modern desktop computers, it's getting awfully close. If anybody had built a mini computer like this five to ten years ago (assuming it was even possible), its performance would have been disastrous compared with desktop computers. Portable computer-performance is definately catching up.
Another sign of the times are Mini-ITX computers. An important keyword here is integration. As more and more functionality gets stuffed into one motherboard (or chip, or chipset, for that matter), the machine will take up less and less space.
The Mini-ITX mainboard successfully integrates various combinations of readily-available chipset and processor components from VIA that come with rich feature sets that include ultra low power native x86 processors, onboard LAN and various integrated AGP graphics and audio options. Further enhancing its versatility, the Mini-ITX mainboard can include CompactFlash and CardBus slots, TV-Out connector, SPDIF 5.1 audio, USB 2.0, 1394 (Firewire), integrated MPEG2/MPEG4 decoding, support for up to DDR400, Serial ATA and much more.
That's downright impressive. This integration trend has indeed been quite a stubborn trend for years now. Motherboards now have integrated 8-channel sound, ethernet, and firewalls. And what about cell phones? When you buy one, you might wonder if you have actually bought a cell phone. Perhaps you accidentily bought an mp3-player? Or is it a digital camera? Or a PDA, even? Oh wait... cell phones are all of that combined into one.
As a given application increases in popularity, system shipments rise, competition emerges, and cost pressures consequently increase, Moore's Law inexorably comes into play. Chip vendors at the core of the system design pull functions that formerly resided in separate peripherals into their next-generation products. These core semiconductor suppliers also expand the overall capabilities of their products and therefore the ability for their customers to differentiate themselves from their competition.
The term "System on a Chip" or "SoC", has recently gained popularity. Take a look at what this Google search yields when searching for "system on a chip".
The SoC is certainly the holy grail of integration.
Personal computers could soon fit entirely on a key ring. Researchers at IBM in New York, US, have developed a way to carry a powerful, personalised virtual computer from one PC to the next, without losing the user's work.
This is yet another approach towards a full blown portable computing boom.
A serious assessment of current integration-, miniaturisation-, and mobility-trends show that the portable computing boom is indeed inevitable. We will be living in a truly portable society in the not too distant future.


Falling asleep at night is great. Falling asleep while you are at work isn't.
While that may be incredibly obvious sounding, staying awake and energized at work is something that most people struggle with. That post-lunch dip is especially tough and can be a productivity killer.
Although some people combat it with sugary sodas or caffeine, that can often do more harm than good. It can cause the inevitable crash and caffeine that late in the day can lead to problems trying to fall asleep later. This can start an endless cycle.
So, what can you do to boost energy naturally? Luckily, this infographic has outlined 20 ways to get more energy. Not only can you recharge your batteries during the work day by doing things like going for walks, working out or listening to music, but you can also try to sync with your own circadian rhythm to get your full body in tune.


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Soy's Heart Benefits Hold Steady Over Time, Review Finds
MONDAY, July 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration might soon revoke soy's longstanding claim to boost cardiovascular health.
But now comes long-term research that appears to bolster the notion that soy does indeed do a heart good.
Canadian researchers pored over the results of 46 separate trials. Their conclusion: "These data strongly support the rationale behind the original FDA heart health claim for soy," said study lead author David Jenkins, a professor of nutritional sciences and of medicine at the University of Toronto.
Co-author John Sievenpiper, also a professor of nutritional sciences at the university, stressed that the overall benefit of soy for heart health wasn't major -- just an average 5% reduction in cholesterol levels.
However, "if you put that together with other plant-based foods in a portfolio you get a much stronger effect," he said in a university news release.
The team's findings come as the FDA mulls possibly removing the right to a labeling claim that soy "may reduce the risk of heart disease," first approved by the agency in 1999.
In an announcement issued in October 2017, the agency said it was considering revoking the claim, "based on our review of the totality of publicly available scientific evidence currently available."
The FDA said that evidence "does not support our previous determination that there is significant scientific agreement among qualified experts for a health claim regarding the relationship between soy protein and reduced risk of coronary heart disease."
It's thought that the FDA will make a decision on the issue this summer.
But the Toronto researchers say their review shows a consistent and long-term cardiovascular benefit.
They looked at the same 46 trials the FDA cited in its 2017 announcement, and found reductions in LDL ("bad") cholesterol and total cholesterol among people who ate lots of soy. The benefit appeared steady across all 46 trials, they added.
That consistency is important, Sievenpiper said.
In some data reviews, "analyses with small studies produce big effects that diminish over time as sample sizes increase and results get more precise. We saw that with fish oil, for example," he said. "But in this case, nothing has changed."
In Jenkins' view, "these data strongly support the rationale behind the original [supportive] FDA heart health claim for soy."
The new analysis received no direct funding from the soy industry. However, a university news release states that "Jenkins and Sievenpiper have received support from government, nonprofit and industry funding sources, some of which include companies and industry groups that produce or promote soy and other plant-based foods."
Two nutrition experts had varying views on the new data.
Michelle Milgrim is a registered dietitian who directs employee wellness at Northwell Health in Lake Success, N.Y. Reading over the findings, she said soy probably has a "modest" benefit to heart health.
"The bottom line: soy protein can still be enjoyed as part of an overall healthy diet, but you may want to consider additional actions to help reduce your risk for heart disease -- exercise, smoking cessation, stress reduction, maintaining a healthy weight, and routine visits with your doctor," Milgrim said.
Nutritionist Katrina Hartog said the new review has some flaws, however.
In fact, the "limitations of this study would be similar to limitations associated with the proposed FDA soy health claim reversal," she said. These limitations include "the fact that some studies included in the analysis compared soy with a variety of alternative foods, and other studies used soy flour, added to high-temperature foods, which can possible damage the soy protein structure and thus reduce the effectiveness of soy protein."
In Hartog's opinion, "with or without the health claim, soy foods are generally good for the heart and blood vessels if they replace less healthful choices such as red meat or high-fat protein foods."
Jenkins agreed with that notion.
"We're moving into an age of plant-based protein, and it would be a shame to see that shift undermined" by the FDA rescinding soy's heart-healthy label, he said.
The findings were published June 27 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
The American College of Cardiology offers more on a healthy diet and your heart.
By E.J. Mundell
SOURCES: Michelle Milgrim, M.S. R.D., manager, Employee Wellness, Northwell Health, Lake Success, N.Y.; Katrina Hartog, M.P.H., R.D., clinical nutrition manager, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; University of Toronto, news release, June 27, 2019; U.S. Food and Drug Administration


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WesCorp names Siravo its new president/CEO
SAN DIMAS, Calif. - One of the most coveted jobs in the corporate credit union network has been filled. At press time, the $16 billion WesCorp named Bob Siravo, president/CEO of the $1 billion Travis CU, Vacaville, Calif. as its new president/CEO. Siravo was also serving as WesCorp's chairman prior...

SAN DIMAS, Calif. – One of the most coveted jobs in the corporate credit union network has been filled. At press time, the $16 billion WesCorp named Bob Siravo, president/CEO of the $1 billion Travis CU, Vacaville, Calif. as its new president/CEO. Siravo was also serving as WesCorp's chairman prior to this appointment. The top job at WesCorp opened up late last year when Dick Johnson announced he was retiring after 25 years of service. Full story in the April 3 issue of Credit Union Times.


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Have you captured that perfect Killbear memory? We would love to share it and show to everyone what an incredible place Killbear is. Enter Killbear's Photo Contest! Check out the winners and finalists from previous years!
To Enter: Mail submissions to Killbear Provincial Park, 35 Killbear Park Rd., Nobel, ON P0G 1G0 by December 31, 2018. Photographer agreement and model release forms are available online, in the park tabloid, or in the Visitor Centre.
The photo contest runs from January 1 to December 31 of each year. Entries must be received by the contest closing date of December 31 of each. Neither the park, Ontario Parks, MNRF or any sponsors or its agencies of this contest are responsible for entries that are lost, late, delayed, misdirected, unintelligible, illegible, incomplete, postage due, stolen, returned, separated, damaged, or undeliverable entries or mail. Proof of mailing is not proof of delivery.
There is no limit to the number of entries per person. Each submission must include a separate entry form (or a reproduction of facsimile). Numerous entries do not need to be mailed in separate envelopes.
All contest entries must include a completed photographer agreement release.
Any photos containing identifiable people must also be accompanied by a model release form. Model releases are the responsibility of the entrant and must be available in the event the photo is a winner.
Acceptable entries must be in colour, or black and white unmounted prints or mounted transparencies/slides. Digital entries must be submitted on a minimum 5" X 7" print using photo-quality paper. The original file resolution must be a minimum of 7.2 megapixels. The digital prints should match the quality and character of the original digital capture. Compositional changes to digital files are not acceptable and will be disqualified; tonal or colour cast corrections are acceptable. Include for all entries, original material, original negatives and/or digital capture files. They must be available for reproduction purposes. For all entries, original material, including original negative and/or capture file must be available for reproduction purposes. All entries and contest materials received become the property of the contest organizers and will not be returned.
To be considered in the contest, all submissions must be original, unpublished photographs taken of or in an Ontario provincial park.
By signing the Killbear Provincial Park photo contest entry form, the contestant grants the provincial park, Ontario Parks and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, unrestricted rights for a minimum of two years to use the photograph(s) for any purpose. This includes, but is not limited to, print or electronic publishing, exhibits, films, video, web, social media campaigns, news releases, merchandise and any related communication media for promotional purposes without further compensation. Ontario Parks is not obligated to use photographer's name as a credit along with the photograph. The photographer must own all rights to any photographs entered in this contest. It is the responsibility of the contestant to ensure that publication of the photographs raises no legal claims. Accordingly, you hereby agree to compensate the sponsors fully regarding any claims arising out of the use of your photograph(s). Photograph(s) previously published in full or in part in other publications, social media channels, contests etc, will be disqualified. Limit of one (1) prize per person or household.
Ontario Parks and the MNRF may post the winners names and as many of the winning photographs as space permits in park tabloids and other publications, electronic, print or otherwise.
Prior to receiving a prize, the winners will be required to sign an agreement declaring that a) he or she does not sell photographs or charge a fee for taking pictures; b) the photography submitted is his or her original work; c) the photography was taken at the location specified on the entry form, d) the photography was not edited in anyway.
All prizes must be accepted as awarded, and are not convertible to cash.
The Ontario Parks photo contest is open to any amateur photographer who visits an Ontario provincial park, except employees of Ontario Parks', Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, sponsors and/or their immediate family members.
Only the photographer has the right to submit a photograph, and the photographer must sign each entry form and a photographer agreement release. Prizes will be awarded to the photographers.
A qualified panel of sponsor's judges will judge eligible entries. All decisions of the contest judges are final.
By signing the entry form, the participant consents to the entry of his or her submission and agrees to these official rules and regulations and the decisions of the judges, which are final and binding in all matters to this contest.


The next Luddy Lunch will be from 1pm on Sunday 16th September at no. 1 Luddington (Wendy & Martin Whitmee).
£10 per person – please bring along pudding and / or drinks.
To confirm your attendance, please contact Wendy, Pauline or Sarah, by the evening of Friday 14th. Alternatively, contact us here.


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a female Indiana Jones
by Lux on August 16, 2017 at 12:00pm
Aloha Wanderwell Liked Living Dangerously. Aloha stands on top of her famous car as it is lifted onto a ship during her tour of Africa in the 1920s.?
Aloha Wanderwell
The first Woman to Drive around the World
Adventure, exploration, danger, and murder: this was the life of Aloha Wanderwall. Inspired by the fantastic tales she read in her father?s beloved collection of boyhood books, she dreamed of travel, and intrigue in far-flung corners of the globe. In 1922, when she was 16, she embarked on an ambitious around-the?world expedition led by ?Captain? Wanderwell?
Wanderwell was an explorer, a vaudevillian and filmmaker, a female Indiana Jones, a wife and mother. She visited places no western man or woman had seen before. She was a figure of controversy, self-invention and marketing. The romance that informs her legend is both real and contrived.
When she was still a teenager, she hopped into a Model T Ford and drove through 80 countries in the 1920?s. They called her ?The World?s Most Travelled Girl.? An early filmmaker, Aloha captured her husband and two children as they explored the world. ?Did she have adventures? Stranded in Brazil, she lived with and documented the Bororo people.
Trying to find fuel (never mind roads) in the 1920?s, she used crushed bananas and animal fat for fuel. ??Her husband was mysteriously murdered. ?Apparently, she cut her hair and fought for the French Foreign Legion. She flew a seaplane. ?In Indochina, she had to shoot her way out of a gauntlet of angry elephants. In India on their round-the-world trip oxen were frequently required to tow the Ford Model-T across mud flats and rivers. In China in 1924, when civil warfare made it impossible to purchase fuel, labourers pulled?the car for eighty miles?
She died in obscurity, and you?ve probably never heard of her. Even with a name like Aloha Wanderwell.
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As I'm writing this column in mid-April, it feels and looks like spring has (finally) "sprung" after an unusually long winter. The seasons are a common metaphor for life. Spring is the season of re-awakening, renewal, revival, restoration and rejuvenation. This spring, however, has added meaning for our community as we embark on the mission to revitalize and renovate our aged, 92 year old civil infrastructure… our dam and sewage collection and treatment system. We are also moving forward on exciting plans to enhance Morse Park, our beach-boardwalk and marina, and our historical Town Center.
Folks often ask me if I knew what I was getting myself into by becoming the new mayor of Lake Lure at this time and do I regret that decision. My answer has consistently been "no" and "no". For me I think it's the "right time" and I welcome the challenges and the opportunities to get good (and needed) things accomplished.
I could also ask myself and my Lake Lure neighbors and friends if we knew what we were getting ourselves into when we decided to live and invest here. Without hesitation I again answer "no" and "no". I suspect (hope) others will respond the same way, but I know some will not. My perspective is that we often take for granted our good fortune to enjoy one of the most beautiful places on earth. However, we don't always recognize our responsibility as its caretakers and stewards. Rather than looking at it as an unforeseen burden or consequence perhaps we should see it as an opportunity to revive, rejuvenate and restore this wonderful place for our remaining time and for many future generations to follow. We can and must work together to get this done now. Unfortunately, it can't wait for some future generation.
Our lake is back at "full pond" and boat permits are "flying" out of Town Hall. The tour boats are running and the beach opens one week before Memorial Day Weekend. The Lake Advisory Board is looking into viable ways to perform shoreline construction projects without dropping the lake level.
An RFP (Request for Proposal) has been issued to qualified contractors interested in performing our annual lake dredging work to remove the sediments that have been and are continually deposited in our lake from the Rocky Broad River and other tributaries that flow into our lake. Contractor proposals are due by April 28th. Thereafter, a contractor will be selected and a contract negotiated for dredging will resume this fall.
An RFQ (Request for Qualifications) has been issued to solicit statements of qualifications from qualified engineering consultants who are interested in providing design and related services during bidding and construction for the remediation of our dam. Responses are due by June 1st. We'll be selecting the best-qualified engineering consultant shortly thereafter and then negotiating their contract and giving them a notice to proceed with the design in July. Meanwhile, we're pursuing the best long-term financing solution for this project.
Negotiations are underway to modify the design, bidding and construction observation-administration services contract with our wastewater consultant (Brown Engineering) to design and develop construction documents for a new low-pressure sewage collection system and a new (or refurbished) sewage treatment plant. Dialogue continues with NCDEQ to confirm that this project will satisfactorily address and resolve our chronic, excessive lake water infiltration problems with our existing (obsolete) sewer collection system that runs inside the lake and our malfunctioning, non-regulatory-compliant sewage treatment plant.
The new public restrooms to be constructed in a portion of the existing Visitors Center in Morse Park have been designed and an RFB (Request for Bid) has been issued. A construction contractor will be selected and construction is expected to begin in May or early June (possibly into July) such that the new restrooms are open in the summer season, well before the World Equestrian Games (WEG) in September when we expect many visitors from around the world who will be attending the WEG at Tryon International Equestrian Center to discover Lake Lure and the Hickory Nut Gorge.
A new architect has been hired to redesign the improvements to the commercial strip center that will become the new home of the ABC Store along with 1 or 2 other local businesses. Our goal is to have this building renovated and waiting for the ABC Store to relocate when business slows down in the winter season. Improvements to the exterior of the building will be expedited to enhance its appearance while interior renovations are underway.
I hope that, like me, you are rejuvenated by the coming of spring and looking forward to a great summer season.


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Wat je ziet ben je zelf is een Nederlands televisieprogramma dat sinds maart 2009 wordt uitgezonden op RTL 4. Het programma, dat elke woensdag om half elf te zien is, wordt gepresenteerd door Dyanne Beekman.

In Wat je ziet ben je zelf gaat styliste Dyanne Beekman samen met haar team aan de slag met stellen die (te) weinig tijd aan zichzelf besteden. Naast een totale metamorfose van de koppels, wordt er ook aan hun relatie gewerkt.

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Nederlands televisieprogramma

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Charterhouse Chronicle
Brian Brindley
MY OXFORD friend P J Kavanagh, the poet, was the son of Ted Kavanagh, the creator and script-writer of ITMA. ITMA (short for It's That Man Again an anti-Hitler joke) was the weekly halfhour comedy broadcast (wireless, of course, not television) that sustained the British during the war of 1939 to 1945. Its star was the Liverpool comedian Tommy Handley, but just as important was Jack Train, who supplied a huge cast of characters with funny voices.
The idea of a repeated catch-phrase didn't, of course, originate with ITMA, but it was very highly developed: much of each episode was devoted to zany characters saying what we had all been waiting for them to say. Some of those characters were immortal: Colonel Chinstrap, who could interpret every casual remark as an invitation to have another drink — his catch-phrase was "I don't mind if I do"; Mrs Mopp — hers was "Can I do you now, Sir?"; and a sinister German spy called Funf. I don't suppose that, 60 years on, anyone not brought up on ITMA would find it the least bit funny — but it helped to win the war.
Patrick (not to be confused with the other Patrick Kavanagh) married the beautiful Sally Philipps — soon, alas, to die untimely young. The wedding was at Brampton Oratory; in those days "mixed marriages" were not allowed to take place at High Altar, so the rite was oddly asymmetrical: Patrick and Sally were joined standing before the very beautiful altar and reredos in the right-hand transept.
For Sally was not a Catholic; her mother was the writer Rosamond Lehmann; her father was shortly to succeed to the peerage as Lord Milford, when he became the only communist member of the House of Lords. His communism was not very evident on that day: he wore a morning coat like every other man present (though I think I remember a red buttonhole) and the service was followed by a very swanky reception at 55 Park Lane.
Patrick's father, Ted, was a Catholic, a fiercely un-reconstructed Catholic of the days before Vatican II; I remember Patrick saying to me on one occasion: "If the Pope said black was white, my father would find some way of agreeing with him." At the marriage feast, Mr Kavanagh came up to me in the most affable manner, and said: "I understand you're a Catholic too." With all the brashness of my newly-acquired AngloCatholicism I replied: "Yes; but not a Roman Catholic." "Hrrmp", said Mr Kavanagh (or words to that effect), "I didn't know there was any other kind of Catholic" and stomped off crossly.
Looking back, I am not particularly proud of my part in that exchange: I hope I didn't spoil the whole of his son's wedding day for Mr Kavanagh; in any case, I now recognise that he was right: there isn't any other sort of Catholic.
I am rather sorry, all the same, that we are so shy about using the term "Roman Catholic" except when it comes to legal documents, and in describing our schools. (The sign-posts at Walsingham pointing to the Slipper Chapel used to carry a symbol that looked like a skull and cross-bones, in reality a tiara and crossed keys, to avoid identifying it as the "RC Shrine".) Of course, I am well aware that it was an unwanted title, bestowed on us by British parliament at the time of Emancipation, in the place of the offensive "Papist"; but it is, and ought to be, a title of great honour. It is because we are Roman that we are Catholics.
Romanity, is not of course, one of the Marks of the Church, and never can be: the Church is One, the Church is Holy, the Church is Catholic, the Church is Apostolic. But its Romanity is the guarantee of these Marks. We can tell the Church is One because it is Roman; that it is Catholic because it is Roman; that it is Apostolic because it is Roman; we ought to be able to tell that it is Holy because it is Roman, but that is where Rome has sometimes let us down. The Church has never been weaker than when the popes resided at Avignon, rather than teaching the Faith above the tombs of the Apostles.
The Council of Chalcedon (451) accepted the judgement of St Leo the Great (pope from 440 to 461) given in his Tome, with the words "Peter has spoken through Leo"; and no less a Doctor of the Church than St Augustine (354-430) had already given his opinion: "Roma locuta est, causa finita est" — "Rome has spoken, the case is settled."
It is the absence of Romanity that causes the non-Roman churches, Orthodox as well as Protestant, to go astray. This is particularly poignant in the case of the Church of England, a noble religious institution that aspires most earnestly to display the marks of the Church: anyone who watched the recent television documentaries on St Paul's Cathedral will know well that the Church of England is not One: those who claim that it is Catholic have to ignore large sections of it that are fiercely antiCatholic; those who long for it to be Apostolic must despair at its doctrinal levity and love of novelty; on its Holiness it would not be appropriate for me to comment.
I have been to Rome; I have kissed the hand of Paul VI and John Paul II, and exchanged words (albeit briefly) with both of them; I have seen them celebrating Mass above the very resting-place of St Peter. That is how I know where the true Faith is to be found, in the See and Bishop of Rome. So I am proud to call myself a Roman Catholic; Roma locuta est, causa finita est; Peter has spoken through John Paul.
• In Charterhouse Chronicle last week, the author wrote that Baroness Thatcher was the first woman apart from the Queen to become a member of the Order of the Garter, an accolade that in fact belongs to the Duchess of Norfolk. We would like to apologise for this oversight.


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Ballast, Ties, Rail, Class 1, OFF Track Maintenance, ON Track Maintenance
Schumer: Expedite RRIF loan to Port of Oswego for rail upgrades
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) urged the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to provide a $1.5-million loan to the Port of Oswego in New York through its Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) program. The port would use this funding to upgrade rail along the docks.
"The Port of Oswego is gearing up for a boost in ship traffic and imports in valuable commodities, but the federal government holds the keys to unlocking the full potential of this trade hub in central New York," said Schumer. "The fact that the Port of Oswego's rail line, a critical link between the port and local supply chains, has been left to decay is unacceptable and the FRA should immediately provide funding to revamp this crucial one mile of rail."
The RRIF program was established by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) in 1998 and amended by the Safe Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: a Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) in 2005. The RRIF program authorizes the FRA administrator to provide direct loans and loan guarantees up to $35 billion to improve railroad infrastructure.
The rail along the docks at the port has been in place since 1963 and has not undergone any major rehabilitation since that time. Schumer says the rail has deteriorated to the point where CSX has, at times, shut down activity and rail at the north end is out of alignment, which causes derailments on a consistent basis. He says the port has eight switches on site, none of which work properly. Schumer also says continued deterioration of the rail could force closure of rail service and reduce the port's appeal to potential users and new business interested in locating in central New York.
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More than three years ago, I wrote about how church-goers in San Francisco received a special perk if they parked on Dolores Street. Even though local laws prohibited anybody from parking by the median, the double-parking kept happening on Sunday mornings. Police always looked the other way.
You can see in that picture that cars are typically parked on the sides of the road… but on Sundays, people would illegally park next to the medians with no consequences.
That's because no cops wanted to punish people who were just trying to find a parking spot before church services.
They city said it lacked resources to ticket everyone, but so what? Couldn't they just hire more people? If everyone got a ticket one week, you can bet those medians would be clear the following week.
There's no reason parking laws should be ignored just because churches are in session.
The other option, of course, was that the city could declare that everyone could park by the medians on Sundays and no tickets would be issued. At least that way, it wouldn't be a special unofficial benefit for the religious.
Well, they've finally taken that step.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board on Tuesday voted to make a pilot program for free weekend parking on street medians on Dolores Street permanent. That parking is largely aimed at church-goers, who complained that scarce weekend parking in the Mission could lead to dwindling memberships for religious organizations.
The unanimous decision was the culmination of years of negotiations between secular neighbors who decried the median parking as a violation of the separation of church and state, and church officials who said ex-San Franciscans, pushed out by rising rents, deserved parking to attend services.
This is a fine move since it applies to everyone equally and the law doesn't promote or punish people who just want to go to church. Religious people had complained for years about the lack of parking spots because local sunbathers were taking those spots by the median — but now everyone will have access without worrying about a ticket.


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Criminalising Non-Violent Organisations: CAGE submission to the UK Government review of the Muslim Brotherhood
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In the following brief, CAGE contributes to the UK Government's review of the Muslim Brotherhood by highlighting a number of key concerns.
First, the brief challenges the central charge prompting this review, that the Muslim Brotherhood might be an extremist organisation. Second, the brief questions the Government's definitions of what constitutes 'extremism' and 'violent extremism' and its insistence on conflating the two terms. Third, the brief raises concerns relating to the integrity of the review and the efficacy of its potential outcomes.


Recently we met a couple of good friends of ours out at dinner. They brought their two terriers, Sam & Eddie, and, of course, the Milt joined us as well. Upon our arrival, our friends got quite a chuckle out of the big backpack that Jeff wore to dinner, referring to it as our "baby bag."
Water and food bowls are key for dining on the go, although many restaurants will provide water.
If you don't have a baby bag, I recommend you acquire one. There are lots of fun gadgets and gizmos to make your bag even more fun rather than lame. You might seem silly but definitely better safe than sorry!
I carry an emergency bag, too. I went to the local Army/Navy store and got a German medic shoulder bag......because it made me giggle.


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Today we had good weather condition, after towing our Newston net in the morning to collect micro plastic in our location, Ty and I got on the water. He was on Ban Ana, our yellow kayak and I was back in the water. This day was unique for Ty and I; it was the first time he paced me on the kayak and it was my first time back in the water since the decision was made to stop my swim across the Pacific.
The water was warmer than last time I swam. It felt odd to be swimming with a different mind set. Few days ago I focused on the distance I covered, pushing myself to cover as many miles as possible every day. But today I was an observer swimming to share my experience. The time I spent in the water and the distance I covered have little value in my new role.
And even though I swam only 5 hours, we still collected eight pieces of plastic debris, three of them were bottles.
Glad to hear that you can relax and enjoy your swimming again in this new context.


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Wow, that title is a mouthful.
But then again, so are these cookies.
In keeping with the theme of using gluten-free flours in recipes that make them shine, these simple cookies take teff flour and let it sing. And they are certainly easy to make, straightforward, and made with simple clean ingredients.
Tender Teff Peanut Butter cookies require just six ingredients (or eight, if you add the raisins and chocolate chips and I definitely recommend that you do), and, while I haven't tried them this way, I suspect they would be equally delicious with almond butter. Maybe even cashew butter or sunflower seed butter, if you are feeling particularly bold and wild.
They're tender, sweet but not too sweet, and just the right amount of crumbly. Gluten-free cookies are great like that. The whole goal of shortbread is to be free of gluten – it's what gives shortbread that classic sandy texture. Gluten-free and shortbread are like two peas in a pod. And since lots of gluten-free baking turns out a bit crumbly/sandy anyways, why not say it was what you were aiming for in the first place?
Quite frankly, the first time I made these I ate too many of them. Plus, I put chocolate chips in them AND made those little cross hatching marks on them that make peanut butter cookies so much cuter. What's a gal to do?
But out of that snacking experience was born the freezer test. I usually bake things, eat a few from the oven, and freeze all the rest. It's a system that works for me. These cookies freeze really nicely. Keep that in mind if you want to make a larger batch. The recipe is so simple it can be halved, doubled, etc.
So all hail teff flour! And nut butter. And whatever else you want to add. Hey-oh!
For more glorious teff options, try teff banana chocoate chip muffins.
In a small saucepan and over low heat, whisk together peanut butter, coconut oil, and maple syrup, just until combined.
Stir in teff flour and salt and mix until combined.
Stir in raisins and/or chocolate chips, if using.
Scoop by the spoonful and round into balls, before placing on a baking sheet.
Cross hatch and flatten the cookie dough using a fork – this is where we get that classic peanut butter cookie look.
Bake for 13-15 minutes, depending on size, and let cool.
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"All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts... The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land." [p.239]
"A land ethic of course cannot prevent the alteration, management, and use of these 'resources', but it does affirm their right to continued existence, and, at least in spots, their continued existence in a natural state.
In short, a land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it. It implies respect for his fellow-members, and also respect for the community as such." [p.240]
"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." [p.262]
Aldo Leopold. 1949. "A Sand County Almanac". Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-345-34505-3
Hunters vs criminals
In Erich Fromm's benchmark book "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness", he states that "the behavioural patterns and neurological processes in predatory aggression are not analogous to the other types of animal aggression." He finds they are in fact closer to the biochemistry of pleasure and joy.
In Fromm's studies of aggression he concludes that the motives of hunters are psychologically very different from those of criminals and finds that hunters tend to be peaceful people.
Erich Fromm. 1973. "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness". Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.
SUBSISTENCE VS. SPORT HUNTING
The argument that subsistence hunting is morally acceptable but sport hunting, or hunting for pleasure, is bad has been around for almost one hundred years. The argument is analogous to the Roman Catholic dictum that having sex for pleasure is bad but having sex for reproduction is morally acceptable. Even the most prudish must admit that on occasion having sex for reproduction can and often does involve some pleasure. Similarly with subsistence hunting, being successful and killing an animal can and often does involve some pleasure.
What both of these arguments have in common is an examination of the *motivations* of the participants involved and using these motivations to define whether the subsequent actions caused by these motivations are morally acceptable or not.
Dr. Ann Causey states:
"What the anti-hunters ultimately find objectionable, and what most sport hunters are understandably reluctant to admit, is that the motive for sport hunting boils down to the enjoyment of the activities undertaken as part of the quest for and ultimately the achievement of the kill."
"Antihunters believe... that it is morally wrong to kill for pleasure. Period."
"Can the desire to kill for sport be explained, and more importantly for the sport hunter, can it be defended? I believe the answer to both of these questions is yes."
"...the desire to hunt is the modern vestige of an evolutionary trait of utmost adaptive significance to early man. Hunting is, they remind us, man's dominant occupation, having supported and literally shaped us for over ninety-nine percent of our existence, only very recently have been supplanted by agriculture."
"Though the urge to kill has in the past been reinforced by instinct, it is tempered in modern man by reason. This gives rise to the big conflict characteristic of sport hunting: the mixture of elation and remorse, of thrill and regret. It is instinct versus intellect.... Caras makes a wonderful analogy to illustrate the relationship in hunting between need and desire: 'If scientists come up with test-tube babies tomorrow morning there will be just as much fornicating tomorrow night as there has always been.' The need may well be gone, but the desire, in many of us, remains strong."
"We have now reached the heart of the issue of the morality of hunting."
"Is it morally wrong to wish to hunt for sport and to take pleasure in the occasional kill?"
"The answer, it seems to me, is no. It is not morally wrong to take pleasure in killing game; nor is it morally right. It is simply not a moral issue at all, because the urge itself is an instinct, and instincts do not qualify for moral valuation, positive or negative. Thus, the urge to kill for sport is *amoral*, lying as it does outside the jurisdiction of morality."
Ann Causey "On the Morality of Hunting". Environmental Ethics Vol.11 Winter 1989. pp.327-343.
Hunting As Religion
Eric K. Fritzell, Professor and Department Head, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University
"... When I hunt I am immersed mentally, physically and even spiritually in an age-old predatory relationship among animals. I am participating in a common ecological process -- just as a fox seeks her prey. I do not need to kill to eat -- although I enjoy and appreciate eating game immensely. I kill in order to have hunted. To me, hunting is a very intense personal relationship between myself, the prey, and the environment in which the chase occurs. When I take my annual pilgrimage to the North Dakota pothole country, I take great pleasure in and spend the vast majority of my time seeking just the right place to attempt to kill some ducks. In a sense, I am hunting for an ecosystem in which to participate. This participation, to me, is a form of ecological worship.
As animals, we humans can't escape our participation in the ecological functioning of the world. But modern living has removed us spiritually from the relevant ecological processes -- eating a steak is a rather passive activity, procuring venison is not.I can think of a few other ecological functions in which the human animal could participate more intimately -- gathering wild asparagus or defecating in the woods, for example -- but none have the intensity of predation." ...
http://www.ool.com/wildlife-forever/symposium/fritzell.html
HUNTING AND RIGHTS
"Hunting is often justified by claims of necessity, of wildlife population management, of tradition, and of other things, and all the claims can be valid. The simple truth is that hunting needs no justification. The United States of America, while no longer a true republic, is a pluralistic democracy in which the rights of minorities are strictly guarded. The activities of hunters do not harm non-hunters, and thus hunting is, and should be, accommodated by the non-hunting majority. Should the time come when hunting is outlawed merely because it is disliked by the majority, whoever indulges in the next-most unpopular activities had best beware.
In recent years, a vocal group of "animal rightists" have claimed that animals, too, have rights and thus should not be hunted. Buffalo chips! Humans most certainly have ethical responsibilities toward animals; among them is the ethical responsibility for a clean kill when hunting. With all rights come responsibilities, to one's self if to no one else. Americans have the right to free expression with the concomitant responsibility not to perjure themselves. Americans have the right to bear arms with the attendant responsibility to use them wisely. Americans have the right to assemble and the simultaneous responsibility to keep their assembly peaceful. The inseparable joining of rights and responsibilities is obvious in all cases. Animals do not have any understanding of responsibilities, therefore they cannot have rights. The fact that "animal rightists" exist and their arguments even occasionally heeded is a reflection of the current lack of realization in the United States and western Europe that rights carry with them certain responsibilities."
from: Dr. Warrren Eastland. [undated]. "Hunting: What is it?" (paper for Boone and Crockett Club). Ecology Dept. University of Northern British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada.
HUNTING SAFETY
According to the 1991 figures from the U.S. National Safety Council, here are the annual rates of outdoor recreation-related injuries requiring hospital emergency room treatment in the US:
Recreation # of injuries per 100,000 participants
Football 2,171.1
Baseball 2,089.6
Soccer 910.2
Bicycle riding 904.6
Skateboarding 869.2
Horseback riding 464.6
Ice skating 334.9
Fishing 141.2
Tennis 119.7
Golf 104.4
Swimming 93.3
Hunting 8.0
From the same source (1991 figures of National Safety Council), here is the table of accidental deaths in the US: Accident cause Mortality rate per 100,000 people
Automobiles 18.6
Home accidents 8.6
Falls 5.0
Poisoning 2.6
Fires 1.7
Suffocation 1.3
Hunting (among participants) 0.85
Lightning 0.04
Insect stings 0.02
Hunting (among non-participants) 0.001
"Many hunters have participated in hunter safety courses. Hunter education is now mandatory in 39 states for at least part of the hunting population. These educational efforts are an important part of hunting today. Despite anti-hunter's claims to the contrary, hunting has become an extremely safe sport relative to many other common activities. The probability of being killed or injured in a hunting accident is lower than when you are attending a sporting event or major concert, playing billiards, or taking a bath.
[Report of International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Hunter Education Study Team. "Hunter Education in the United States and Canada with Recommendations for Improvement." (Fred. G. Evenden, Team Leader). Bethesda, Maryland. 1990 112p.]
"..the [U.S.] National Safety Council reports for 1988 there were 161 hunting fatalities, 49 of which were self-inflicted. Thanks in part to hunter safety education classes, hunting fatalities have declined by more than 50 percent over the last two decades.
In general, three-quarters of the hunters who have accidents have not taken hunter safety education courses. Participating in hunting today is safer than swimming, bicycling, playing baseball, golf, tennis, touch football, basketball, fishing, horseback riding, and driving to the place where you are going to hunt, if you look at the numbers of injuries per 100,000 people participating in various sports compiled by the National Safety Council. In 1988, ten states reported no hunting fatalities, and Connecticut had no hunting accidents at all. Statistics show that you are more likely to be killed by lightening when outdoors than to be killed in a hunting accident. In a normal season, more hunters die from heart attacks than hunting accidents. According to the California Department of Fish and Game, there is a 0.0015-0.00425 percent chance of being killed or wounded while hunting deer in California. In 1992, despite the presence of nearly half a million deer hunters in the field, no one was killed and only one person was wounded in California.
In response to [president of Fund for Animals] Cleveland Amory's charge that hunters are harming "many innocent bystanders", the actual data show that "Hunting accidents involving non hunters are extremely rare. On the average, only one nonhunter is injured by a hunter for every 12 million recreation days of hunting. A nonhunter is 20 times more likely to die from stinging insects than wounding by a hunter. Media tend to sensationalize accidental hunting deaths and injuries, but in comparison with many urban areas where violence has reached epidemic proportions, the woods and marshes during hunting season are extremely safe, especially when you consider that everyone hunting is armed with lethal weapons. In 1992 in California there were no nonhunter injuries or deaths associated with hunting." [p. 161]
James A. Swan. 1995. "In Defense of Hunting". HarperCollins Publishers, New York. ISBN 0-06-251237-4
HUNTING AND VALUES
"A man may not care for golf and still be human, but the man who does not like to see, hunt, photograph, or otherwise outwit birds or animals is hardly normal. He is supercivilized, and I for one do not know how to deal with him. Babes do not tremble when they are shown a golf ball, but I should not like to own the boy whose hair does not lift his hat when he sees his first deer. We are dealing, therefore, with something that lies very deep." [p.227]
"...there are cultural values in the sports, customs, and experiences that renew contacts with wild things. I venture the opinion that these values are of three kinds.
First there is value in any experience that reminds us of our distinctive national origins and evolution..." [p.211]
"Second, there is value in any experience that reminds us of our dependency on the soil-plant-animal-man food chain, and of the fundamental organization of the biota." [p.212]
"Third, there is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called 'sportsmanship'."
"A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter obviously has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of this conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscious, rather than a mob of onlookers. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this fact.
Voluntary adherence to an ethical code elevates the self-respect of the sportsman, but it should not be forgotten that voluntary disregard of the code degenerates and depraves him. For example, a common denominator of all sporting codes is not to waste good meat." [p.213]
"We seek contacts with nature because we derive pleasure from them... The duck-hunter in his blind and the operatic singer on the stage, despite the disparity of their accoutrements, are doing the same thing. Each is reviving, in play, a drama formerly inherent in daily life. Both are, in the last analysis, esthetic exercies." [p.283]
"Scientists have an epigram: ontogeny repeats phylogeny. What they mean is that the development of each individual repeats the evolutionary history of the race. This is true of mental as well as physical things. The trophy-hunter is the caveman reborn. Trophy-hunting is the prerogative of youth, racial or individual, and nothing to apologize for." [p.293-294]
CAMERA HUNTING "Camera hunting" is not hunting, it is nature photography. Real hunting (not that sham called "camera hunting") requires the death of the animal, or at least the possibility of the death of the animal, because it authenticates the entire procedure and grounds it in reality.
As Jose Ortega y Gasset states in "Meditations on Hunting":
"...killing is not the exclusive purpose of hunting." [p.45]
"To the sportsman the death of the game is not what interests him; that is not his purpose. What interests him is everything that he had to do to achieve that death - that is, the hunt. Therefore what was before only a means to an end is now an end in itself. Death is essential because without it there is no authentic hunting: the killing of the animal is the natural end of the hunt and that goal of hunting itself, not of the hunter. The hunter seeks this death because it is no less than the sign of reality for the whole hunting process. To sum up, one does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted." [p.96-97]
Jose Ortega y Gasset. 1985. "Meditations on Hunting". Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. ISBN 0-684-18630-


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ISIL: Imbecilic Buffoon Trump leading America to Extinction
Juan Cole 04/05/2017
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – –
Disturbing signs emerged Tuesday that Donald J. Trump's odd self-presentation and erratic pronouncements could be a serious security threat to . . . all Americans. That is, if the US appears to be led by an incompetent it will encourage attacks.
Al-Hayat reports that a spokesman for Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) said Tuesday, in the terrorist organization's first comment on US president Donald Trump, that the United States is "sinking" and that it is led by a buffoon. Abu al-Hasan al-Muhajir added in a voice recording distributed by the Telegraph app, that America "is bankrupt and the signs of its demise are obvious to everyone watching. There is no clearer evidence of it that that you have surrendered your affairs to an imbecilic buffoon . . . who doesn't have the slightest idea of what Syria, Iraq or Islam are."
The Daesh mouthpiece called on supporters to flock to the aid of the beleaguered terrorist group and called for attacks on the countries that are besieging it.
It warned the US that if it continued its war on Daesh, it would "drown in the quagmire of death."
Trump is said to be seeking ways to accelerate the campaign against Daesh.
The Iraqi army in conjunction with an international coalition that includes the United States is conducting an operation to retake Mosul, some 25% of which is still in Daesh hands. Iraq's third-largest city, it is the last major urban stronghold for Daesh in Iraq.
Al-Hayat [Life] reports that defeated supporters of Daesh and their families, as well as those of local police who agreed to work with the brutal group, are facing increasing reprisal killings at the hands of tribes opposed to them. The houses of defeated Daesh member have been firebombed. Daesh had committed massacres against many families and clans, especially the rural AlBu Nimr. Some families who have become tent-dwelling refugees outside main cities like Fallujah decline to return home if they have a family member who served with Daesh, for fear of reprisals.
In Syria, the US is intimating that preparations are almost complete for an assault on the Daesh capital, the small eastern desert town of Raqqa, which I can't imagine has more than 100,000 people left in it, and maybe fewer. Raqqa Province was a little over 900,000 people before Daesh took it over, and is now said to be only 400,000.
In the past week, thousands have fled the coming battle for the city.
Wochit News: " ISIS Calls Trump 'Idiot' In Message"
Filed Under: Donald Trump, Featured, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page


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> work out (history lesson, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong).
an explainer doc if necessary.
> or to be used as learning resources.
> normative spec work (because of Priority of Constituencies).
> https://www.w3.org/TR/css-2017/ updated as new concrete sensors emerge.
still stand whether or not the explainer part is spec-contained.
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British government sports minister Tracey Crouch has revealed to a horse racing industry meeting that she intends to set a rate of 10 percent of gross profits for both retail and online bookmakers under the new levy replacement system.
The new levy system was announced by the government in March this year and is set for implementation in April next year. It is lower than the current 10.75 percent paid by High Street bookmakers, and is likely to yield around GBP 90 million for the horse racing industry, just short of the GBP 100 million it requested.
Setting a rate will enable the formal process of acquiring approval under European state aid rules to begin, say observers.
The levy has delivered declining amounts for horseracing in recent years, dropping from GBP99.3 million in 2005-6 to GBP54.5 million in 2015-16 as offshore online gambling operators absorbed more and more of the market.
Minister Crouch is due to meet racing industry representatives at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport separately on Wednesday; the industry has until November 4 this year to make final representations to government on the issue.


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Hrvatska radiotelevizija, w skrócie jako HRT – chorwacki publiczny nadawca radiowo-telewizyjny z siedzibą w Zagrzebiu, od 1 stycznia 1993 członek Europejskiej Unii Nadawców (EBU).

Historia
Początki radiofonii w Chorwacji sięgają lat 20. XX wieku, gdzie pierwszy program radiowy został wyemitowany 15 maja 1926. Halo, halo! Ovdje Radio Zagreb! – tak brzmiały pierwsze słowa wypowiedziane na żywo o godzinie 20:30 na antenie radia przez prezenterkę Bożenę Begović.

30 lat po rozpoczęciu emisji programu radiowego, 7 września 1956 wyemitowany został pierwszy program telewizyjny w Chorwacji, za pośrednictwem nadajnika zlokalizowanego na górze Šljeme w pobliżu Zagrzebia. Drugi program uruchomiono 27 sierpnia 1972. Aż do 2000 roku były to jedyne stacje telewizyjne w Chorwacji, wtedy wówczas uruchomiono pierwszą w kraju stację komercyjną Nova TV.

Kanały

Telewizja
 HRT1 (HTV1, potocznie Prvi program) – profil kanału zbliżony jest do polskiej TVP1, na program składają się informacje, publicystyka, filmy, seriale i programy rozrywkowe. Główny program informacyjny HRT1, emitowany codziennie o 12.00 i 19.30, nosi nazwę Dnevnik. Kilkakrotnie w ciągu dnia emitowane są również krótsze wydania dziennika, pod nazwą Vijesti. Na antenie HRT1 zobaczyć można też lokalne wersje takich programów, jak: Milionerzy (Tko želi biti milijunaš?), Najsłabsze ogniwo (Najslabija karika), czy Taniec z gwiazdami (Ples sa zvijezdama), a także amerykańskie seriale, m.in. Ally McBeal, Brzydula Betty (Ružna Betty) oraz program Oprah Show. Kolejnym znaczącym programem emitowanym na tej antenie jest codzienny historyczno-dokumentalny program TV kalendar, który jest emitowany nieprzerwanie od 1976 roku.
 HRT2 (HTV2, potocznie Drugi program) – w ramówce kanału znajdują filmy i seriale, programy dla dzieci i młodzieży, transmisje z widowisk sportowych, a także informacje.
 HRT3 (HTV3, potocznie Treći program) – zazwyczaj w ramówce są programy o kulturze, ale także na tym kanale emitowane są filmy oraz filmy dokumentalne. Emisja rozpoczęła się w późnych latach 90., natomiast zakończyła się w 2004 roku, a później HRT3 powróciło do emisji we wrześniu 2012 roku.
 HRT4 (HTV4, potocznie Četvrti program) – w ramówce emitowane są programy informacyjne. Emisja rozpoczęła się w grudniu 2012 roku.
 HRT Plus – kanał dostępny drogą satelitarną i w sieciach kablowych, dzieli czas antenowy z kanałem HRT Sat. Program emitowany jest w godzinach 10.00 – 2.00, składa się głównie z relacji z wydarzeń kulturalnych, jak również filmów i seriali.
 HRT Sat (inne nazwy: HTV Slika Hrvatske, HTV Pictures of Croatia, HRT Satelitski Program) – kanał adresowany do widzów zamieszkałych poza granicami Chorwacji. Należy rozróżnić 2 wersje kanału: pierwsza emitowana jest w Europie, druga w Ameryce Północnej, Ameryce Południowej i Australii.
 W Europie HRT Sat emitowany jest po zakończeniu programu HRT Plus, na wspólnym kanale, w godzinach 2.00-10.00. Program składa się w większości z powtórek wybranych audycji głównie z anteny HRT1.
 W Australii i obu Amerykach kanał HRT Sat emitowany jest w takiej samej formie, jak w Europie, jednak po zakończeniu programu o godzinie 10.00 (według czasu środkowoeuropejskiego) cały program z danego dnia powtarzany jest dwukrotnie, w celu umożliwienia odbioru widzom z innych stref czasowych.

Radio
 HR1 i HR2 – w ramówce stacji znajdują się programy informacyjne, rozrywkowe i dokumentalne, a także muzyka. Na antenie HR2 emitowane są informacje dla turystów przygotowywane we współpracy z nadawcami zagranicznymi, nadawane w 4 językach: włoskim (Rai Radio Uno), niemieckim (Hitradio Ö3, Bayerischer Rundfunk), angielskim (Virgin Radio) i chorwackim.
 HR3 – programy kulturalne i muzyka poważna.
 HR Glas Hrvatske (HR Voice of Croatia) – kanał przeznaczony dla słuchaczy zamieszkujących poza granicami Chorwacji, wraz z telewizją HRT Sat transmitowany jest do Ameryki Północnej i Południowej oraz Australii.
 HR – programy regionalne – odrębne rozgłośnie radiowe, emitujące własny program, znajdują się w miastach: Zagrzeb (Radio Sljeme), Dubrownik, Knin, Osijek, Pula, Rijeka, Split i Zadar.

Odbiór
 Cyfrowy przekaz naziemny (DVB-T) – na terenie całej Chorwacji (głównie w okolicach większych miast) emitowane są programy wchodzące w skład cyfrowego multipleksu: HRT1, HRT2 oraz stacje komercyjne (RTL Televizija i NovaTV, a lokalnie także NIT – Nezavisna istarska televizija i Slavonska televizija). Emisja prowadzona jest w systemie MPEG-2. Dodatkowo w Zagrzebiu i najbliższej okolicy realizowany jest eksperymentalny przekaz w technologii HDTV oparty na systemie MPEG-4.
 Przekaz satelitarny:
 W Europie, Afryce Północnej i na Bliskim Wschodzie za pośrednictwem satelity Hot Bird 6 nadawane są kanały telewizyjne: HRT1, HRT2, HRT Plus/HRT Sat i radiowe: HR1, HR2, HR3, HR Glas Hrvatske, HR Pula. Kanały radiowe są ogólnodostępne (przekaz niekodowany), natomiast HRT2 i HRT Puls/HRT Sat są w całości kodowane w systemie Viaccess. Program HRT1 jest w większości niekodowany, z wyjątkiem audycji, do których emisji HRT posiada prawa jedynie na terenie Chorwacji (głównie filmów, seriali i programów realizowanych w oparciu o zagraniczne licencje oraz niektóre transmisje sportowe). W oficjalnej sprzedaży znajdują się karty umożliwiające odbiór wszystkich kanałów HRT z satelity. Oferowane są zarówno mieszkańcom Chorwacji, jak i innych krajów położonych w zasięgu satelity Hot Bird, jednak po znacznie wyższej cenie.
 W Ameryce Północnej za pośrednictwem satelity AMC 4 transmitowane są programy HRT Sat i HR Glas Hrvatske, przekaz kodowany w systemie Irdeto 2.
 W Ameryce Południowej z satelity AMC 4 dostępne są programy HRT Sat (przekaz niekodowany) i HR Glas Hrvatske (przekaz kodowany)
 W Australii programy HRT Sat i HR Glas Hrvatske dostępne są z satelity Optus B3, przekaz kodowany w systemie Irdeto 2.
 Internet – HRT udostępnia na swojej stronie internetowej bezpłatny streaming swoich kanałów radiowych: HR1, HR2, HR3, HR Glas Hrvatske i programów regionalnych z Rijeki, Puli, Osijeka, Splitu i Zagrzebia. Streaming HR Dubrovnik dostępny jest na jego stronie internetowej .

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Strona internetowa HRT

Europejska Unia Nadawców
Radiofonie publiczne
Telewizje publiczne
Chorwackie stacje telewizyjne
Rozgłośnie radiowe w Chorwacji


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Commercial Lease Considerations During COVID-19
Travis R. Dunkelberger
Public health experts agree that the coming days are critical in stemming the transmission of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19. Regional, state, and local closures and prohibitions are expected, particularly in the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, New York Metropolitan Area, New Jersey, and Delaware.
Many states have declared a state of emergency, and localities are facing their own struggles. For example, portions of New Rochelle, New York is a containment zone and Teaneck, New Jersey's mayor has asked the town of 40,000 residents to self-quarantine. On the eve of publishing this alert, Pennsylvania's Governor Tom Wolf ordered drastic closures in 5 counties. It appears this is the beginning.
While commercial landlords and their tenants are rightly anxious about impacts to their businesses, the COVID-19 response requires them to review and understand their various lease obligations. Commercial lease relationships are complex, and considering current and unavoidable circumstances, there are three paramount issues:
Language. The terms of the lease are essential and require that any discussion begin with a review of the lease.
Communication. All leases have notice provisions that should be strictly adhered to when possible. Beyond "notice" issues, communication is critical in empowering parties to make business decisions. The opposite is also true, as the lack of communication or surprise is fertile ground for disputes.
Reasonableness. Disputes invariably end up before a fact finder—whether it be judge, jury, or arbitrator. While many contractual provisions are interpreted with reasonableness in mind, unreasonable behavior may taint even the most correct legal position before a fact finder.
With these in mind, parties should be mindful how COVID-19 and COVID-19 containment efforts impact their commercial lease.
Quiet Enjoyment. Where a landlord chooses to temporarily close its premises, such action should be based on guidance from a government agency to avoid breaching the covenant of quiet enjoyment (whether implied or expressly provided for in the lease). The landlord should assess whether any provisions in the lease provide a defense for its closure, including, but not limited to, standard provisions regarding a tenant's obligations to comply with statutes, notices, and orders of competent authorities. Since most quiet enjoyment clauses also contain a carve-out for "lawful interruption," a landlord should base its actions on guidance from government or regulatory authorities and/or preventative measures mandated by state or local health and safety agencies/officials. Failing to do so may unnecessarily subject a landlord to potential client claims based on its interference with the tenant's use of the premises.
Continuing Operations. Operating covenants are commonly found in commercial leases and compel tenants to operate efficiently and profitably by conducting regular business during the term of the lease. As above, because most commercial leases contain an obligation to comply with statutes and orders issued by governmental authorities, the tenant would be in breach of its obligations by failing to comply with any health or safety orders relating to COVID-19. Such obligations are likely to outweigh any continuous-operations clause in the lease, though the landlord may be able to avoid rent reductions (or rent suspension) by arguing the business can continue its operations online and/or through remote working capabilities.
Excusing or delaying performance. The law or the lease may include provisions that would exclude delayed or non-performance. Our colleague, Stephan Cutler, wrote previously about these issues. We note, however, that provisions excusing performance are strictly construed, require notice, and look at mitigation. Absent a landlord's breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment or an express term of the lease, it is unlikely that non-payment of rent will be excused.
Operations and management. Largely growing out of their duty of care to visitors and employees, landlords and tenants should consider what, if any, additional protocols are required.
Business interruption insurance. Nestled within your CGL policy is a potential recovery source for losses sustained by a landlord or tenant due to their inability to use the premises. Business interruption insurance usually requires physical damage. In some instances, however, coverage was purchased or extended to include closure due to actions of a civil authority, critical supply chain issues, or communicable or infectious disease. As with any insurance coverage analysis, a mastery of the policy and facts is necessary. To the extent the reader is unsure of what it purchased, COVID-19 is a potent reminder to evaluate insurance products.
COVID-19 is only beginning to alter the landscape of American life and business dealings. At Klehr Harrison, our counsel is guided by business considerations and working to assist clients through this time of tumult.
Please note, on April 5, 2020, the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health issued an Order mandating enhanced cleaning and disinfecting requirements for owners of large buildings. The Cleaning Order applies to owners of buildings of at least 50,000 square feet used for commercial, industrial or other enterprises, including but not limited to facilities for warehouses, manufacturing, commercial offices, airports, grocery stores, universities, colleges, government, hotels, and residential buildings with at least 50 units.
Co-author Gatetano P. Piccirilli is a partner in the Litigation Department at Klehr Harrison.
Co-author Travis R. Dunkelberger is an associate in the Litigation Department.