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21st Century Knox
April 11, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, Books21st Century, 21st Century Knox, book review, books, David Kohnen, dudley knox, Jack Harris, JFSC, Joint Forces Staff College, naval institute press, us naval institute, USNI1 Comment
The Naval Institute's 21st Century series on important military and naval figures seeks to review articles and writings of these figures and examine their relevance to the 21st Century. Past volumes have examined the careers of Mahan, Patton, Soviet Admiral Gorshkov, Sims, Ellis, General Thomas Power, and Corbett. This latest book in the series examines
Natural Genius
April 9, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, BooksAlligator, book review, books, Brutus de Villeroi, Charles H. Bogart, chuck veit, civil war, Natural Genius, Salvage Boat, submarines, Subs
The American Civil War saw a number of innovations in naval warfare among which was the development of the submarine. Most authors focus on the Confederate Navy's endeavor within this field, however, the U.S. Navy also explored the development of a submarine. In charge of the U.S. Navy's design and construction of "Submarine propeller," better
French Battleships 1914-1945
April 4, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, Booksbattleships, book review, books, Dunkerque, France, French Battleships, French Battleships 1914-1945, French Battleships 1914-45, Jean Bart, New Vanguard, Osprey, Paul Wright, Richelieu, Robert P. Largess, Ryan K. Noppen, Strasbourg, WW2, WWII
For more than two hundred years, from Louis XIV to the twentieth century, France had the second-greatest navy in the world. It was built to challenge England's control of the seas and enabled the building of the world's second-largest overseas colonial empire – and American independence into the bargain. France's navy always built ships of
The Battle of the Atlantic
April 2, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, Booksbattle of the atlantic, book review, books, jonathan dimbleby, Phillip G. Pattee, WW2, WWII1 Comment
World War II histories that focus on numbers of planes lost, bombs dropped, ships sunk, and tons of supplies delivered are superb at getting to the operations analysis of what turned the war in the Allies favor—but suffer from an objective dullness. The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War is quite
The Millionaires' Unit
March 28, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, Booksaviation, book review, books, Carolyn Erickson, JFSC, Joint Forces Staff College, Marc Wortman, The Millionaires' Unit, WW1, WWi, Yale, Yale Unit
The Millionaires' Unit tells the story of several Yale undergraduates in the early 1900s whose foresight helped open the United States Navy up to the utility of aerial operations. American military aviation was woefully behind that of the European militaries when the US entered World War I. The Yale Unit was one of the critical
All at Sea in Arctic Waters
March 26, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, BooksAll at Sea in Arctic Waters, Bletchley Park, book review, books, Charles C. Kolb, Cryptology, Dennis McDonald, HMS Zodiac, royal navy, Telegraphist, u-boats, WW2, WWII
All at Sea in Arctic Waters: What Life Was Really Like On Naval Ships in WW2 by Dennis McDonald, "Telegraphist (S), Bletchley U-Boat Interceptor," is both a memoir and autobiography of a young man who volunteered for the Royal Navy during World War II and chose telegraphy as his duty. During this war, the British
Ungentle Goodnights
March 21, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, Booksbook review, books, christopher mcKee, john grady, naval institute press, Ungentle Goodnights, USNI
Christopher McKee's latest work is a beautifully drawn elegy of the sailors and Marines who were admitted to the "refuge on the Schuylkill" in the 19th century. When first opened it was in bucolic setting removed from Philadelphia, with all the best intentions for men who had given years to honorable naval service. But as
Captain McCrea's War
March 19, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, Booksbook review, books, Captain McCrea's War, FDR, John L. McCrea, Julia C. Tobey, McCrea, Stephen D. Regan, USS Iowa, WW2, WWII
Using his own phrase, John L. McCrea was a fly on the wall at the White House during the first months of the War in the Pacific when naval affairs dominated Franklin Roosevelt's interest. Working under Admiral Harold "Betty" Stark in the office of Chief of Naval Operations, McCrea had a front row seat as
Top Gun: An American Story
March 15, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, Booksaviation, book review, books, Dan Pedersen, F-4, f-4 phantom, Fred H. Allison, Phantom, Top Gun, Top Gun: An American Story, TopGun, U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School, vietnam, Weapons School1 Comment
This is a powerful insider's account of an important and uniquely American institution, Top Gun, the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School. The author, Captain Dan Pedersen (USN) was the first officer in charge of Top Gun, establishing it with his hand selected eight naval aviators and naval flight officers—the "Bros." What makes this an American
Fight Fight
March 14, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, Booksaviation, book review, books, Charles H. Bogart, china, Fight Fight, kevin miller, Mao Zedong, raven one, South China Sea
This is the third Raven One book the author has written on contemporary international relationship issues facing the United States. Central to the fictional story the author tells is how quickly incidents can spin out of control even with the best intentions by all to contain the incident. People hear and see what they want
Lucky's Life
March 12, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, Booksaviation, Benjamin Armstrong, book review, books, Don J. Larson, Lucky's Life, VC-38, William R. Larson, WW2, WWII
Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs sent the telegram at 6:49 PM, 3 January 1944, informing Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Larson Hanks that their son William was missing "in the performance of his duties" in the Pacific. The Chief of Personnel expressed his "sincere sympathy" for their "great anxiety." He told them, from the reports, that it
Treaty Cruisers
March 7, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, Booksbook review, books, Charles H. Bogart, International Warship Building, Leo Marriott, Treaty Cruisers, warships, Washington Navy, WWII
This is a paperback edition of a book first published in 2005. The book has stood the test of time and is still the finest book covering the Washington Navy Treaty Cruisers. These cruisers, built during the 1920s and 1930s by the United States, Britain, France, Japan, Italy, and Germany, were the ships that fought
1941: Fighting the Shadow War
March 5, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, Books1941, book review, books, Charles C. Kolb, fighting the shadow war, Marc Wortman, WWII
As someone interested for nearly seven decades on the Pearl Harbor attack, I am always interested in books that describe the social, political, and economic history of the 1930s and 1940s focusing on the United States and our soon-to-be Allies as well as the Axis powers. Hence, I elected to review Marc Wortman's 1941: Fighting
February 28, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, Booksbook review, books, civil war, David F. Winkler, grant, Guilded Age, Ron Chernow, Ulysses S. Grant
If you are expecting to deploy on a six to seven month cruise in the near future, Ron Chernow's Grant would be a wonderful companion to pack in your seabag. Nearly 1,000 pages in length, the book will take some time to consume, however, the journey is well worth taking as the outcome is a
Barons of the Sea
February 26, 2019 Tatiana PuschniggBook Reviews, BooksBarons of the Sea, book review, books, Charles H. Bogart, Clipper, Clipper ships, Robber Barons, Steven Ujifusa
If you, as a young adult, were fascinated with Howard I. Chapelle's book The Search for Speed Under Sail, you will enjoy Barons of the Sea. The focus of this book is examining the lives of some of the robber barons who built their fortune operating clipper ships. The term "clipper ship" still has the


Editor's note: MLive readers and hubs chose 13 Michiganders to Watch in 2013. You'll see mini-profiles of the choices all this week. For the entire list, which we'll update every day with profile links, click here.
Phil Hagerman is the driving force behind one of the Flint's most rapidly growing businesses -- Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy -- recently tabbed by Inc. Magazine as one of the top 100 job creators in the United States with 765 employees, and counting.
Serving as chief executive officer of the company, the Flint native began in the pharmacy business in 1975 alongside his father, Dale Hagerman.
Phil Hagerman has been named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Michigan and Northwest Ohio Region in 2010, and in 2011 he was named Grant Thornton Leader and Innovator of the Year.
In 2013, Hagerman said, the company has a goal to create 250 new jobs and "broaden our reach in the industry to become more relevant," as well as "taking our position and momentum in the industry and to parlay that in other areas of the community," such as supporting downtown Flint and other causes.
A philanthropic goal has also been set, Hagerman said, to employ 100 full-time positions by year's end as part of a new venture at St. Luke's New Life Center, in which disadvantaged and abused woman create hospital gowns and scrubs.
• His motivation comes from wanting to make a difference. "If you have passion and belief, you can make a lot of things happen and move a lot of mountains," he said.
• When away from the office, he enjoys spending time with his wife of 14 years, Jocelyn, and their children Jennifer, Megan, Tommy and Taylor; skiing in northern Michigan and Colorado; and wake surfing on the Great Lakes.
• His musical tastes include music from the 1950s and '60s, while "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" are some of the novels he's read from his favorite author, Ayn Rand.
• He sees Diplomat helping the Flint community grow in two ways: tapping into the positive momentum the company has created in terms of jobs and using the attention to look for and align with programs moving the community forward.
Tomorrow: Democrat Gretchen Whitmer and Republican Lisa Poshtumus Lyons, both rising stars in the Michigan Legislature.


WE.LAB (Western - Eastern LAB) is an Innovation Accelerator Program based in Shanghai to support sino-international entrepreneurs venture projects.
Creation of Sino – Western joint ventures of young entrepeneurs, graduates, Ph.D / MBAs and / or spin-offs.
Edupreneurship program (training and entrepreneurship) developed in Shanghai which included 3 phases.
The program intend to promote the following social effects between China and Western countries.
ICT & Social Innovation, X-Commerce (B2B, B2C, Mobile, Video), Mobile Apps, Social Business, Internet of Things (IOT), Machine to Machine (M2M), Clean & Green Tech, Digital Interactive Software and Services, Medical Digital Devices.


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The Mauritian Miracle
Lisa JWalters29 January 2018
By Dr Elena Nikolova, Lecturer in Economics, UCL SSEES
Both Mauritius and my hometown of Varna, Bulgaria are famous for their sandy beaches. Mauritius, for its five-star resorts on the Indian Ocean. Varna, for its breath-taking Black Sea coast. But Mauritius attracts travellers looking for luxury, while Varna (no less beautiful, by the way) – those looking for cheap sun.[1]
Mauritius is slightly richer than Bulgaria, but not by much. Bulgaria's GDP per capita (in PPP terms, 2010 constant USD) in 2017 was $7, 967.70, while the corresponding figure for Mauritius is $9,822.0 (World Bank). The Mauritian government has set itself the goal of turning Mauritius in an inclusive, high-income country (with GDP per capita above $14,000) by 2030. If communist-era statistics are to be believed, Bulgaria was actually richer than Mauritius until 1990 or so. However, in recent years the gap between the two countries has widened further (Figure 1).
As of 2017, Mauritius is ranked as number 25 in the Doing Business Database, which measures the ease of doing business in a country based on indicators such as how easy it is to get electricity or resolve insolvency (as a comparison, France's ranking is 31, behind Mauritius). By comparison, Bulgaria's ranking is 50. Mauritius is also less corrupt than Bulgaria. Transparency International ranks Mauritius as the 50th least corrupt country in the world, while Bulgaria occupies 75th place (this comparison is based on data from 2016). And, Mauritius is a much happier place than Bulgaria: Mauritius is ranked as the 64th happiest country in the world, while Bulgaria's ranking is 105 (out of 155 countries, 2017 World Happiness Report).
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Source: World Bank and author's calculations.
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Tags: Bulgaria, comparative economics, mauritius
Soft Power: Cats, Branding and the Ukrainian Far-Right
The joker becomes king: what happened in the Ukrainian election and why Chantal Mouffe might also vote for Zelenskiy
Ukrainian Politics is Like a Box of Chocolates…. You Really Never Know What You're Gonna Get
Depicting Donbas: Creative and Critical Responses to the War in Ukraine
East European liberals' accommodation of ethnic nationalism has left the region's democratic institutions vulnerable

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The Linguistics of Suicide
On Friday, April 5, Michael Warren, the 27-year-old son of Rick Warren, a well-known evangelical Christian pastor and author, committed suicide. You may have heard of Rick Warren. He's the author of the best-selling book, The Purpose Driven Life, which has been purchased by more than 30 million people worldwide.
Rick Warren is also the founder and pastor of Saddleback Church, which is located in Lake Forest, California. Saddleback Church is the eighth-largest church in the United States and has over 30,000 members.
Michael Warren was the youngest of Rick and Kay Warren's three children. After Michael died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Rick wrote an emotional letter to the members of his church. In his letter, he asked for "love and prayers," and said that his son had suffered from years of "mental illness resulting in a deep depression and suicidal thoughts."
"In spite of America's best doctors, meds, counselors, and prayers for healing, the torture of mental illness never subsided. Today, after a fun evening with Kay and me, in a momentary wave of despair at his home, he took his life," Warren wrote. The letter was subsequently released to the media the day after Michael's death.
Within hours of the news being reported on the Internet, hundreds of people posted vicious and hate-filled comments on numerous news-reporting websites. Most of the comments were directed at Rick Warren personally and vilified him for his opposition to gay marriage. Some of the comments taunted him by stating that his son was now burning in hell, while others mocked him because the God he believed in had failed to save his son.
Warren's formal opposition to gay marriage dates back to 2004, when prior to the U.S. general election in November of that year, he sent a letter to Saddleback Church members stating that gay marriage was one of the five "nonnegotiable" issues that had to be considered when voting.
In 2008, Warren formally endorsed California Proposition 8, which was coming up for a vote in the general election. Proposition 8 called for the elimination of the right of same-sex couples to marry by amending the California Constitution to state that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." Proposition 8 passed after a majority of California citizens voted in its favor.
On Sunday, April 7, Rick Warren reacted to the vicious attacks when he tweeted to his church members, "Grieving is hard. Grieving as public figures, harder. Grieving while haters celebrate your pain, hardest. Your notes sustained us." On Monday, April 8, Warren tweeted, "You're most like Jesus when you pray for those who hurt you. 'Father forgive them, for they don't know what they're doing.'"
There's one thing worse than losing a child to an accidental death, and that's losing a child to suicide.
There was a man, Lyndon Duke (1941 – 2004), who took it upon himself to analyze suicide notes for linguistic clues that could be used to predict and prevent suicidal behavior. After completing two doctoral programs and then teaching classes at the university level, Duke retired from teaching so he could study human behavior and provide assistance to those who were in need of help.
Duke discovered a commonality among the suicide notes that had been written by young people who had killed themselves: They felt as though their lives had no meaning, and to them "meaning" meant the difference a person makes. He subsequently worked with several young people who had suicidal tendencies and found that if he could get them to a point where they were making a difference (and knew they were making a difference), their lives took on new meaning. It didn't matter how big of a difference they were making for their lives to change. Even small differences gave them new meaning.
Duke found that most young people who are suicidal feel overwhelmed. At one time they had big dreams, but were unable to follow through because the tasks required to achieve their dreams were too monumental. Because of their overwhelming feeling of inadequacy, they became paralyzed and their dreams turned to despair.
When Duke worked with young people who were suicidal, he told them that they had a special gift — the gift of creation. They had the ability to create meaning in their lives by making a difference. The way they could make a difference was by developing simple routines. If Duke could get them to adopt just one simple routine, they would feel as though they were making a difference. (One example of a simple routine would be for a person to spend the first 20 minutes of every day cleaning his or her room.)
The question Duke would often ask people who needed his help was, "How can you make a difference?" The question was not, "How can you become a better person?" or "What needs to happen for you to be happy?" or "What do you need to do to feel worthy?" The question was, "How can you make a difference?" Once he got an answer, Duke would then work with the person to start creating simple routines to help get the person to the point where he or she was making a difference.
I have no way of knowing whether any of Lyndon Duke's methods would have kept Michael Warren from killing himself. I do, however, know that Duke's methods could be used by you and me to become better and holier individuals. The question to ask would be, "What new routines could I develop that would make a difference in the spiritual lives of my family members, friends, and neighbors?" Some simple routines might include a daily prayer for certain individuals, a weekly visit to an elderly person, a weekly "date" with one of your children, or a daily 10-minute walk with your spouse.
We were put on this Earth to know, love, and serve God. But how can we do that?
One way is by making a difference in the lives of others.
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Sister Roberta Houlihan, CSJ says:
Dear Harry and Georgette –
Your today's article is destined to assist lots of persons, both young and older, to help themselves or another through any agonizing situation – be it a tendency toward suicide or just plain depression.
Thank you once again! Your thoughts that find their way to the written page are God-inspired! Love, Sister Roberta
Ann Confort says:
Making a difference or serving others – pretty much what Jesus taught, wouldn't you say? We just need to be reminded or to remind ourselves.
Good to hear from you Ann.
Yes, we were each created to make a difference by serving God and others. It's a fairly simple formula for achieving significance while we are on this Earth.
Alex Duke says:
I would greatly appreciate it if you could refrain from making assumptions about what it was my father was trying to teach others. He was a deeply spiritual man, but his work was grounded in simply saving lives and comforting those who had lost loved ones. Please don't make his work into a sort of clarion call to a specific thing.
Harry, I just read the comments above.
I'm happy to see other comments, like mine, that have picked up your true message – to follow what Jesus taught us, by assisting anyone, young or old, along life's way, wherever and however it can be done.
You do this well. Keep up God's work! Love, Sister Roberta


GROSSMONT COLLEGE (Press Release)–The annual Fall Scholarship Awards Breakfast was held on Saturday, Sept. 10, in the 200 Building courtyard. In all, 61 students were awarded $44,000 in scholarships. Recipients included 27 students each receiving an Osher scholarship, and 34 campus awards totaling $17,000.
Preceding provided by the Grossmont College Public Information office.
GROSSMONT COLLEGE–This college offers many programs to help students with finances, through the Financial Aid office. Helping to raise the money for this purpose is the recently combined Foundation for Grossmont and Cuyamaca Colleges.
Before the combined operation was founded, the two colleges had their own foundations.
Now, Ernest Ewin, Grossmont Alumnus of '69, directs fundraising for the joint foundation on both campuses. When asked about the reasoning behind combining the two foundations, Ewin replied that it is simpler and more cost-effective than having separate fundraising arms for Grossmont and Cuyamaca Colleges.
Ewin, who also serves as a La Mesa City Councilman, works with individual donors and with various donor foundations, including the Bernard Osher Foundation, which provides $1,000 scholarships for deserving students. Grossmont has raised $580,000 and the Osher Foundation contributed $290,000 (a 50 percent match) to establish 56 Osher scholarships.
The Foundation for Grossmont and Cuyamaca Colleges' goal is to raise over $1 million each year to continue helping students who have financial need and for other campus programs.
For more information, interested parties can visit the Foundation online.


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Resignations sought after school officials block grad from ceremony
3 years 7 months 3 weeks ago Monday, May 23 2016 May 23, 2016 May 23, 2016 6:08 PM May 23, 2016 in News
By: AP News Now
AMITE - The NAACP's Tangipahoa chapter wants the parish's school superintendent and three School Board members to resign after the Amite High School valedictorian was blocked from participating in graduation for refusing to shave his beard.
At a Monday rally in support of Andrew Jones, the group's president, Patricia Morris, said Superintendent Mark Kolwe and board members Walter Daniels, Brett Duncan and Rose Dominguez should step down.
Jones, a 4.0 student said he supports Morris' call and believes the district's policy banning beards is "ridiculous." He says he had been allowed to wear facial hair all year, with no warning until the morning of graduation practice when he was told to shave or be barred from the ceremony.
Kolwe says all students received a copy of the participation requirements nearly three weeks before the May 18 ceremony.


Convinced the world at large can't be trusted to prioritize the well-being of adolescent girls in the event of a cataclysmic event (or just in general), this determined troupe of 8th grade 'doomers' are committed to preparing for survival in the post -collapse society they anticipate inheriting. Judy Blume meets Rambo, WROL. (Without Rule of Law) is a darkly comic coming-of-age story for complicated times.
Michaela Jeffery is a Calgary based playwright and recent graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada (2016). Recent writing credits include: WROL (Without Rule of Law), The Listening Room, Cardiac Theatre (Edmonton) in conjunction with The Azimuth Theatre & Downstage Performance Society – February 2018 (finalist, Project Playwright 2017 – Sanguine Theatre, NYC). Always (The Cultch Emerging Artist Festival – Vancouver, 2017), Hardscrabble Road, GODHEAD, (Shortlist, Headwaters New Play Festival – Creede, Colorado; The Sunset Theatre, Wells, BC), Sundogs (Holding Hollow Productions; Edmonton International Fringe Festival), and others. Her piece Expanding Concepts of Dislocated Space (And Associated Boundaries) was recently published in the July 2018 edition of Bare Fiction Magazine (UK Publication).
Michaela was a recent finalist for the Playwrights Guild of Canada's RBC Emerging Playwright Award (2016) for her play The Listening Room, as well as recipient of the 2015 national Enbridge Playwrights Award (Emerging Category) for her developing play, Going West. This season she's honoured to return to the beautiful big skies of her home province for a second season as part of Alberta Theatre Projects' national Playwrights Unit.
An adventurous director, dramaturg, and arts manager who works extensively in new play development. Laurel's work embraces and explodes a wide variety of styles including plays, staged readings, sensory performances, podcasts, bike games, and secret backyard shows. She is currently the Festival Producer for One Yellow Rabbit's High Performance Rodeo, Calgary's International Festival of the Arts. For seven seasons she was part of the artistic team at Alberta Theatre Projects; production dramaturg for world premiere productions, leading workshops and readings, and forming the national ATP Playwrights Unit. Some of Laurel's recent credits include: TROPHY (High Performance Rodeo/Prague Quadrennial upcoming), Goosebumps: The Musical (Storybook Theatre), Then Comes Now (University of Calgary), The Intuition Project, Touch, Taste (Ghost River Theatre), Charlotte's Web, 1979, Butcher, The Circle, You Will Remember Me, The Valley (ATP) and the Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre's Spring Play Festival. Laurel is a past president and member of LMDA Canada (Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas). She has participated in the Women's Directing Intensive at the Banff Centre, and Visiting Artists Week with Back to Back Theatre in Australia. Laurel has a Masters in Drama from the University of Toronto.


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World Cup roundup, Day 7: Messi's magic moment, fearsome France
Anthony Lopopolo, Daniel Rouse, Gianluca Nesci
The 2022 World Cup is in full swing. At the end of every matchday, we'll review the biggest talking points emanating from Qatar and break down all the action on the pitch. Below, we look back on Day 7 of the tournament.
Argentina stays calm - and reaps rewards
Argentina poked and prodded at Mexico's backline for 40 minutes before finally attempting a shot on goal. Lautaro Martinez's header, though, went well wide, forcing La Albiceleste to break for halftime Saturday with virtually nothing to show for their dominance in possession.
Enter Lionel Messi. A left-footer from range found the bottom corner, Argentina went up 1-0, and a national team that's frequently come up short mitigated further disaster. A draw would've left Argentina in third place in Group C ahead of its final match Wednesday against Poland and in need of a draw between Mexico - one of the most underwhelming sides in Qatar - and surprise package Saudi Arabia just to have a chance of reaching the knockout stage.
Except Argentina didn't play with the urgency many teams in its position would have. It didn't gun for goal. Messi's only touch in the penalty area was an unsuccessful dribble in the 76th minute, and Angel Di Maria toiled on the wings without breaking through Mexico's force field. But the methodical play eventually paid off. The deeper Messi dropped, the more space he found, and he manipulated that space to his advantage, lulling Mexico into a false sense of security before firing a snap shot past goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa in the 64th minute. Di Maria's dribbling took attention away from Messi, allowing him breathing room and, ultimately, the time to score.
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That goal, followed by Enzo Fernandez's wonderful insurance marker, signaled Argentina's belated arrival to a tournament many expected it to win. It also showed that these players won't panic. They didn't launch cross after cross in the hopes that one of their diminutive forwards would get to them. You could hardly tell they were in survival mode.
Argentina's self-belief has been evident since it won the Copa America in July 2021.
"The reality is that the team plays with more calmness now, because the external pressure of not winning isn't there anymore," Messi said before Argentina's World Cup campaign kicked off with a 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia. "I always tell them that, or I used to say that before we won, that tomorrow is a new day, and we have to be calm. That was the only way we could play and develop our game. We achieved that, and we're going onto the pitch calmer than ever.
"That's crucial in order to play in such a big tournament like a World Cup. Go out there calm."
That patience is Argentina's biggest strength, and it's slowly showing its merits.
Griezmann is France's unsung hero
Kylian Mbappe's performance against Denmark on Saturday didn't tell us anything we didn't already know. He's a match-winner and a generational player who's on his way to breaking every scoring record imaginable. Of course he'd score the goals that booked France's place in the knockout stage.
But he's not the only reason for his country's success in Qatar. Antoine Griezmann has carved out an equally influential role in France's squad, providing both cover in defense and inspiration in attack.
It's refreshing to see Griezmann in this kind of form. Coming off a horrible year at Barcelona, the 31-year-old returned to Atletico Madrid a broken player. He even found himself on the bench at the start of the season, playing only 30 minutes at a time.
Now released from virtual purgatory, Griezmann is back to his usual self, making plays all over the pitch to help his squad while his teammates take the spotlight.
Griezmann set up Mbappe's game-winning goal in the 86th minute but also led the team with two interceptions and four successful tackles. He made more touches in France's own end than he did in the final third, and he quarterbacked play from deep-lying positions.
(Courtesy: WhoScored)
One particular defense-splitting pass nearly forced Denmark's Andreas Christensen into a red card. His all-action play gave France the momentum it needed to score a victory against a Danish side that had beaten it twice before in 2022.
Szczesny's penalty prowess
Most players, teams, and fans celebrate the awarding of a penalty kick with gusto. It's understandable. The majority of them are converted, after all. But, when Wojciech Szczesny is between the posts, you can't exhale until the job is done. Saudi Arabia learned that lesson the hard way Saturday.
The Polish netminder rescued his team, and kept the Saudis at bay, with an immaculate double save in first-half stoppage time of Poland's eventual 2-0 win. Szczesny sprung to his right to thwart Salem Al-Dawsari's low penalty before immediately vaulting back to his feet and making a second, vastly more impressive fingertip save from Mohammed Al-Burayk on the rebound.
He was swarmed by his teammates, who pumped their fists and roared their approval for the outstanding sequence of stops. It was a familiar sight for the 32-year-old; Szczesny turned aside three spot-kicks last season for Juventus.
3 - Wojciech Szczesny is the third goalkeeper to save a penalty and keep a clean sheet in the same match at the 2022 #FIFAWorldCup (along with Courtois and Ochoa); already the most times this happened in a single World Cup tournament since 1966 (when data is available). Heroes. pic.twitter.com/KDArBWd4no
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 26, 2022
Saudi Arabia was the better and brighter team for large portions of Saturday's contest, creating some excellent chances, but it couldn't solve Szczesny, who delivered the best performance from a netminder in the tournament with five saves. He's now nullified more shots (nine) than any goalkeeper at the World Cup thus far.
Once derided during his time at Arsenal, Poland's No. 1 was showered with praise after getting his team within touching distance of a first appearance in the World Cup knockout stage since 1986.
Don't forget the Duke
Much of the pre-tournament attention surrounding Australia was elsewhere. Aaron Mooy is the team's undisputed superstar, the eccentric Jason Cummings earned a call-up despite previously representing Scotland, and 18-year-old Garang Kuol - who's yet to start a senior game for club or country - is heavily hyped.
Not many column inches were dedicated to Mitchell Duke. The third-oldest outfield player in coach Graham Arnold's squad, he's played for modest clubs in Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Japan.
Now, Mitchell's name has been etched into Socceroos folklore after his flicked header proved enough to secure an emotional 1-0 victory over Tunisia - the Aussies' first at the World Cup in over 12 years.
2nd - Mitchell Duke 🇦🇺 is the first player who plays in a second division club to score in #Qatar2022 (he belongs to Fagiano Okayama 🇯🇵 from Japanese J2 League). He has scored the 50th goal of this edition. Outsider. 🦘 pic.twitter.com/hdX6S001B9
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) November 26, 2022
The result left Arnold wiping away tears and prompted a celebratory team rendition of Men at Work's 1981 hit single "Down Under." Even Martin Boyle, who was ruled out of the tournament due to injury, joined the lively huddle on crutches.
But the day undoubtedly belonged to Mitchell, who scored his first competitive goal for his country in over a year. He celebrated by forming a "J" with his fingers as a tribute to his son Jaxson.
"I haven't seen it yet, but apparently he did it back to me from the stadium, which was a really special moment that I'm going to treasure for the rest of my life," Duke said.
Quick free-kicks
De Bruyne: 'No chance' of Belgian glory
Many World Cup viewers wrote off Belgium's chances of winning the tournament after the Red Devils' fortuitous opening win over Canada. But Kevin De Bruyne wasn't convinced of his national team's credentials weeks earlier. "No chance, we're too old," the midfielder said during an excellent interview with The Guardian's Simon Hattenstone published on Saturday, adding, "I think our chance was 2018. We have a good team, but it is aging. We lost some key players." Belgium faces Morocco on Sunday.
Serbia charged for Kosovo banner
Serbia is awaiting its punishment after FIFA found the team breached its disciplinary rules regarding "demonstrations of a non-sporting nature." A banner displaying a map of its country with Kosovo - a neighboring state that declared independence from Serbia in 2008 - within its borders hung over the lockers of Milos Veljkovic and Andrija Zivkovic before Thursday's 2-0 defeat to Brazil. The slogan "No Surrender" was daubed over the image. The message comes in a year when tensions have risen between Kosovo, its minority Serbian population, and the nation of Serbia.
FIFA representative defends CR7 penalty call
Sarah Stier - FIFA / FIFA / Getty
Cristiano Ronaldo's record of scoring in five separate World Cups overshadowed the decision that led to his goal. Ghana coach Otto Addo described the penalty call as a "gift." Onlookers wondered why the referee wasn't asked to consult his pitchside monitor. But now, the awarding of Ronaldo's dubious spot-kick has been defended by a member of FIFA's technical study group. Rather than express sympathy for the Ghanaian team, Sunday Oliseh - who represented Nigeria at two World Cups - praised the Portuguese frontman for his "total genius" to draw a foul from Mohammed Salisu. "Maybe the strikers are getting smarter," he added on the high number of penalties in Qatar.
Comeback or collapse for Germany?
A key sponsor has withdrawn its support of the men's team. The World Cup viewing figures for the Japan defeat were the lowest in Germany for over 30 years. With dwindling support back home, Germany's seaside base must feel like a lonely place right now. Hansi Flick knows what's at stake: He's dubbed Sunday's showdown with Spain "our first final" as Germany attempts to avoid two World Cup group-stage exits in a row. The must-watch clash between the European giants concludes this weekend's slate.
Special moment for Enzo Fernandez
What a way to score your first senior international goal. Fernandez, the ascendant 21-year-old midfielder, helped turn the tide against Mexico after being introduced off the bench in the second half. Mexico had largely nullified a jittery Argentina throughout a tense affair in Lusail. It was always going to take something special to break the deadlock. Messi delivered that with his eighth World Cup goal - the same number Diego Maradona scored. But Fernandez's sumptuous curling effort to cap the win was even better. The Benfica youngster, destined for a big transfer in the very near future, gave Argentina more control in midfield with his energy and passing range. Lionel Scaloni's decision not to start him in the first two matches wasn't entirely surprising, considering the groove Argentina found en route to Qatar, but Saturday's showing, both from the team and the midfielder himself, made it abundantly clear: Fernandez needs to start every game from here on out.
Stat of the day
Two tie Zizou.
31 - Kylian Mbappé has now scored 31 goals with France, equalling Zinédine Zidane. Antoine Griezmann, who delivered an assist on the Parisian's second goal, has also equalized Zidane with 26 assists. ZZ. #FRADAN pic.twitter.com/lUijIvlhVI
— OptaJean (@OptaJean) November 26, 2022
Messi really is a father figure for this Argentina side.
The way Messi hugged Fernandez after that goal. He doesn't even hug Thiago like that.
— Zito (@_Zeets) November 26, 2022


Cold? Flu? Ebola? Yikes! What can we do to keep ourselves and our family healthy?
I avoid shaking people's hands and tell them why. It's amazing how many people feel the same way.
Wash my hands immediately after going to the gym.
drink lots of water. 8-10 glasses per day.
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While Petulia is recovering from her beating, Archie comes across a letter she wrote addressed to a Mr. Mendoza at 4295 Morton Drive, San Francisco (a fictitious address). The viewing audience knows from flashbacks that this is the family looking after Oliver after his accident and Petulia has been sending them food and cash. Archie doesn't know this and he goes to the address to investigate.
But as it turns out, the Mendoza house is not in San Francisco - it is in a housing tract in the Serramonte neighborhood of Daly City, just south of San Francisco. Reel SF blog reader CDL deserves compliments for finding this location for CitySleuth.
Then ... Has a housing tract ever looked so good? Cinematographer Nicholas Roeg filmed this glowing vista of the tract in its early construction phase. Morton Drive runs across the foreground and the three streets aligned away from the viewer are, from left to right, Callan Blvd, Wakefield Ave and Canterbury Ave. The Mendoza house is 4295 Callan Blvd, in the left foreground, marked with an arrow (map). Citysleuth wonders if the director's choice of this location was inspired by Pete Seeger's hit song 'Little Boxes', a satire on suburburban development.
... and Now, The south-facing shot above was filmed from near the Hickey Boulevard ridge which runs up to Skyline Boulevard. Extensive construction below the ridge since then and mature trees prevent an identical matching shot today but the similar view below is taken from a little higher up on Hickey close to Skyline. The pink house in the bottom left corner was still under construction in the movie shot above - the Mendoza house opposite it is obscured by the line of newer houses along the near side of Morton Drive.
... Google Earth View ... Below is a recent satellite photo of the housing tract and the Mendoza house (arrowed), courtesy of Google Earth. Skyline Blvd runs along the top of the ridge at right.
Then ... Archie descends the entrance steps of 4295 Callan Blvd after knocking on the door and getting no response.
... and Now, just the same!
... and Now, here's a wider view of the Mendoza house. The junction with Morton Drive is one house down at right.
Then ... Archie finds Mendoza who can't help him because he doesn't speak Spanish. Behind the house (below) a couple of spaced-out hippies are no help either. He leaves, none the wiser.
... and Now, the fecund slope between the two lines of houses after more than 40 years of growth.


New research is showing that brain function can improve in the elderly with weight loss training. Weight loss training in the elderly can improve their cognitive ability and works better than other forms of exercise.
Montrealers would not normally think of seniors pumping iron to lose weight, but a recent Canadian study shows that seniors who are in the early stages of dementia may actually slow the progression of the disease. Dementia affects the cognitive abilities of the individual to the point that they are no longer functional. Montrealers who find it hard to think of seniors pumping iron to lose weight are going to find it even harder to make the connection between exercise and restoring mental faculties.
The researchers in a recent study selected women in their 70's and 80's with mild cognitive impairment. The researchers divided the women into three groups; those who would be doing aerobics, those who would be doing resistance training, and those who would be doing balance and tone training. The study was done over a six month period.
They then retested their memories and other cognitive abilities (first done before the study) at the end of the study. These tests were deemed necessary for individuals to function independently in society. They even performed MRIs on the participants.
They found that the group who did the weight training had a significant improvement in their mental skills.
Teresa Liu-Ambrose, the study's principal investigator who's with the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility and the Brain Research Centre at VCH, says the study was meant to show that cognitive decline can be slowed with exercise.
"What our results show is that resistance training can indeed improve both your cognitive performance and your brain function," she said in a statement.
The study was conducted at the Department of Psychology and Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of British Columbia.
Though more research is needed, Montrealers and seniors everywhere can be excited over these new findings. It never hurts to exercise even as we age.
Carol, great article. I have to agree with that it at least helps as my father-in-law dos simple exercises on a daily basis.
Timely and informative post. Thanks for sharing.
Arnold Schwarzenegger won't get dementia then, I like your reporting of these latest research findings Carol.


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Nibble at Nibali to top general classification
No cyclist has won back-to-back Tour de France titles and kept them since Miguel Indurain in the early 1990s. That is the task ahead of Chris Froome and, while the British rider holds an obvious chance, one cannot help thinking that his odds are considerably shorter than they deserve to be.
Froome won the 2013 Tour de France by four minutes and 20 seconds from Nairo Quintana, with Joachim Rodriguez (5:04), Alberto Contador (6:27) and Roman Kreuziger (7:27) rounding out the top five in the general classification. Froome was a deserving yellow jersey winner and punters who backed him to succeed Bradley Wiggins as the champion had few worries.
Fast forward 12 months ago and bookmakers are offering about the same odds on Froome winning this year's Tour de France as they were on him taking out last year's edition. Froome merits favouritism but his 2014 form ahead of the biggest race on the cycling calendar is not in the same class as that that he brought into the 2013 contest. Froome crashed during the Criterium du Dauphine and, after leading that competition for the first six stages, fell away over the final two days to finish 12th behind Andrew Talansky.
Odds of 2.00 with BetVictor and William Hill are the best that are available about Froome retaining his Tour de France crown. At those odds, one is going to oppose the champion.
Contador is an obvious alternative to Froome. After all, Contador has won the Tour de France previously and not had it taken away from him, he should have been victorious in this year's Criterium du Dauphine and he has a stronger group of cyclists supporting him than 12 months ago. One's issue with Contador is not Contador's fault: he was trading at double-digit odds at the beginning of 2014 and one feels as though betting at odds of 2.88 with Spreadex now would be akin to rocking up late to a friend's 21st birthday party.
Of the Tour de France market leader, Vincenzo Nibali is the pick of the prices at 12.00 with Youwin. Nibali did not take part in last year's 100th edition of the race, choosing to focus on the Giro d'Italia, which he won. Nibali reappeared in last year's Vuelta a Espana, finishing second because it seemed as though he made a conscious decision not to expend all his energy in the final few stages what with the world titles just around the corner. Nibali ended up second, 37 seconds behind surprise Vuelta a Espana winner Chris Horner.
Critics of Nibali will point to his Tour de France record of 20th on debut in 2008, seventh in 2009 and third in 2012 as being below the required standard. Admittedly, Nibali is not a Tour de France champion like Froome and Contador but in 2012 he lost 3:54 in time trials to second-placed Froome – the overall gap between the pair in Paris was just 2:58. Also, one must remember that Nibali had to wage a one-man war against the awesome Team Sky of Wiggins and Froome.
Nibali is worth supporting in Tour de France yellow jersey betting and, if one of the outsiders is going to cause a general classification boilover, the most likely is Tejay van Garderen, who is trading at odds of 67.00 with 888sport, BetVictor and Unibet. Van Garderen is well down the betting lists because his Tour de France fell apart last year – he finished 45th 12 months ago placing fifth – but the American had legitimate excuses and he is back to his best form.
Vincenzo Nibali / Tejay van Garderen to win Tour de France
Starts 5th July
Odds: 12.00 / 67.00
Where to Bet: Youwin, 888sport, BetVictor, Unibet
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The percentage of Glasgow Caledonian University 2012 graduates who have found work or are in a further programme of study now stands at 96.2%.
In UK terms, GCU was ranked in 11th position, placing it well ahead of older universities such as Oxford and Cambridge.
GCU is the second-placed Scottish university in the list, with Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University taking first place.
The full set of annual Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Employment Performance Indicators are available online.


It might be possible for you to walk down Main Street without stopping by the Main Street Bakery but it's nearly impossible to walk past the bakery without smelling the comforting and very welcoming smell of freshly baked pastries. It is hard to miss this snack stop partly every guest visiting the Magic Kingdom walks but it unless they spend all day in the square or use the train to enter and leave the park…but let's be honest, no one does that! Nor should they!
It's popularity can be attributed not only to its convenient location but also to the scent that is piped into the street. Yes, the sweet aroma that takes you over as you make your way towards Cinderella's castle is not actually the smell of pastries sold inside. It is those pesky Imagineers at work again. Now whether you want to believe Disney does this to "sell the story" or to sell more bake goods is up to you. Some people see this and other similar tactics Disney uses as devious but it does not bother me. I think it is interesting and in fact, you can find other artificial scents elsewhere in WDW, one of which you can also find on Main Street.
The Main Street Bakery is a great place for those who aren't looking to spend a lot of time and money. The portions are fairly generous for prices around $3. It is a great option for those who might have skipped breakfast at their resort and don't come to the parks packing. It also serves as a great snack location as you settle into position for the classic view of Wishes.
This entry was posted in Food, Magic Kingdom, Restaurant Review, Snacks and tagged bakery, fireworks, food, Magic Kingdom, Main Street Bakery, restaurants, theme park, travel, vacation, Walt Disney World. Bookmark the permalink.
What is the other artificial scent on Main Street?


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IBM Unveils BladeCenter Express Bundles for SMBs
IBM is rolling out Express versions of its blade server platform designed for small and midsize businesses.
The Armonk, N.Y., company is bundling its Express middleware onto its BladeCenter offerings to create a blade environment that is easy to deploy and scalable, said Elaine Lennox, vice president of SMB for IBMs Systems & Technology Group.
The announcement of BladeCenter Business Express Tuesday comes less than a week after rival Hewlett-Packard Co., of Palo Alto, Calif., unveiled its own SMB offering in its BladeSystem platform, which includes a smaller and less expensive power supply enclosure and new services to make deployment easier.
Lennox said a key difference between IBMs blade initiative and those of competitors is that IBM is focusing more on the whole package. "Its not about hardware," she said. "Its about integrated solutions you can deliver to customers."
For IBM, that means combining its middleware with the BladeCenter systems. The offering creates building-block capabilities, where the Express systems are easily integrated into a customers existing environment and can be added onto in a modular fashion, Lennox said.
"You only need to have one blade to start … and you can just add blades as you grow," she said.
Like HP, IBM also is relying on channel partners to help implement the strategy by packaging and distributing the Express configurations.
The Express blades currently come in four starter configurations aimed at such areas as collaboration and business integration, and are available for Linux and Microsoft Corp.s Windows operating systems. IBM is working on several other starter configurations that will be rolled out in a phased approach throughout the year, said Juhi Jotwani, director of BladeCenter Alliances for IBM.
Middleware that can be bundled onto the blades include Workplace Services Express, WebSphere Business Integration Server Express, Express Runtime and WebSphere Portal Express.
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The blades used in the Express offerings is the Intel Corp.-based BladeCenter HS20. However, customers can request Express configurations running the PowerPC 970-based JS20 or the LS20, powered by Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s Opteron chip, Jotwani said.
The systems are available immediately in North America, with lease pricing starting at $120 per month for a portal server handling up to 20 users. To buy, pricing starts at $4,500. They will be available in other regions in the third and fourth quarters.
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Kammer's Home Improvement is a well-respected roofing repair company and can expertly resolve any problems that your commercial or residential roof is currently facing.
Kammer's Home Improvement has years of experience handling roofing repairs of all complexities. We aren't like other companies who give lofty promises of superior quality, only to then fail at delivering work that's up to snuff.
A roof that leaks or is not able to protect inhabitants from the outside elements is more than annoying it's unsafe. Moisture that enters a roof not only puts you at risk for water damage, but can also rapidly lead to mold and other bacterial growth.


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Chrysaeglia perpendicularis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Karel Černý in 1995. It is found in the Philippines and on Sulawesi.

References

Lithosiini
Moths described in 1995

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Blues can consider themselves unlucky not to leave Maidenhead with at least a point as went went down 2-1 against Hayes & Yeading on Saturday.
Rod Stringer's team were on top for long periods of the game, and it took a blinding save from former Blues' reserve keeper Calum Kitcha from a George Allen header to deny them a share of the spoils.
Joe Wright returned in goal due to Dave Gregory being unwell, and Stringer reverted to one up front with Ryan Melaugh and Spencer McCall replacing Rod Young and Sheldon Sellears in the starting line-up. With Harry Baker resuming his loan spell with Billericay, Scott Shulton was named on the bench as he started his third spell with the club, and came on for the final half an hour.
The visitors started well, but fell behind to the hosts' first shot of the game when Daniel Wishmart netted after nine minutes.
That lead only last two minutes as Mikel Suaerz equalised after good work by Ashley Miller and Johnny Herd but what proved to be the winner came in the 25th minute when a mistake from Danny Fitzsimons allowed former Blue Tom Collins to take the ball around Wright and fire into an empty net.
Blues: J Wright, A Miller, J Herd, J Tabiri, G Allen, D Fitzsimons, R Auger (S Sellears 61), R Church, M Suarez (R Young 77), R Melaugh (S Shulton 61), S McCall. Unused subs:, G Sykes & P Anderson.


Please read this book (if you haven't yet), take a picture of it with something relevant to your culture/city/country or that's meaningful to you, then add your details to the journey log and send it to someone else you know (preferably in a different city or country).
If you don't know anyone who could be interested in participating, don't worry! Just send an email to me@mariusavram.com and you will be given an address you can use.
Please do not keep this book, let its journey around the world continue!
Please make sure the person you send it to understands the experiment (postage fees for national and international delivery are needed).
Please add your details to the log table, expand it if there's no more space on the current one.
Please send the picture or pictures you took to me@mariusavram.com. All pictures with be featured on the website.
Please send an email to me@mariusavram.com with the city and country where you sent the book to. A map of the journey will be featured on the website.
Enjoy being part of a worldwide experiment!
I have always been interested in experiments and traveling, so I started an original experiment by leaving books in airports and train stations back in 2016. Unfortunately, I have never received a message from anyone so far. I decided to change it a bit and give it another try.
Traveling is a big part of my life and I thought connecting people through traveling and books without even meeting would be an awesome idea.
I thought it would be an interesting experiment, I could display some charts and maps with the data about them, if it happened to be successful.
My new approach is to create a chain reaction where every person that receives the book will actually send it to someone else they know. I am curious to see how far will it get and how many different locations will it travel to.
It might reach a point where the book is stuck with someone that cannot find someone else to send it to, so I need to have a backup list with addresses that I can share with said person so the book can continue its journey.
If you want to be part of it just send me an email with you address. Your address will only be shared with that person and will never be available anywhere online. Fair warning, this will require national or international postage fees.
The book I have chosen is a classic and it matches perfectly the theme of the presented experiment. In this case Phileas Fogg is the book itself and there is no time limit.
As the book arrives to new destinations and I get notified about it, I will update the website with the new location and the overall journey on a map. Hopefully, after some time, I'll have enough data to do some analysis as well.
This experiment depends on the collaboration of the people. If you have any suggestions please let me know!
The original experiment consisted of leaving a book with a message of what to do on a bench in a public place. The person who would take it would read the book, then leave it somewhere else in a public place for someone else to pick up and repeat the process. I also included an email address for people to contact me so I would know each location of the books. It didn't work, so I decided to change my approach. It was a hitchhiking approach for the book and I was not aware of similar experiments until recently.


Hotel is conveniently located off of US 68. Hotel offers a hot breakfast, outdoor pool, meeting space, fitness area, and an on-site lounge. Guest rooms offer a coffee maker, hairdryer, and iron with board. Some king rooms offer a large whirlpool, refrigerator, microwave and work area. Pet Accommodation: 15.00/night.
This Comfort Inn is located approximately six miles from Mad River Ski Resort and 55 miles from Columbus International Airport. It's also 10 miles from Indian Lake, Ohio Caverns, and Piatt Castle. There is a seasonal swimming pool on site, as well as a lounge with pool table and dartboard. A family-style restaurant is adjacent to the hotel. In the morning, a complimentary continental breakfast is served and free weekday newspapers are available. The Comfort Inn also offers exercise equipment, valet laundry service, laundry facilities, free parking, cold weather hookups, and safety deposit. Small pets are allowed (fee may apply). All rooms have air-conditioning, clock radios, coffeemakers, dataports, interior access, desks, irons and ironing boards, and cable TV.
I thought the whirlpool in our room was great but a little noisy to run.
Wireless is good, but not every laptop has this yet.
However the breakfast is poor together with space for breakfast tables.
Great room could use a little improvements in hallways.
The rooms and the distance to my business were good.
It was in a quiet location.
We enjoyed our four night stay at the Comfort Inn, Bellefontaine, OH....All in all, it was a very good stay in a moderately-priced motel.
All in all, it was a very good stay in a moderately-priced motel.
The front desk personnel were especially friendly and helpful.
Hotel staff was not very responsive to the problem.


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The Bolivia national badminton team () represents Bolivia in international badminton team competitions. The Bolivian national team is controlled by Federación Boliviana de Bádminton, also known as the Bolivian Badminton Federation located in Sucre. The team competes under the Badminton Pan America confederation.

The Bolivian team participated in badminton at the 2018 South American Games where the team was qualified as the host team.

Participation in South American Games

Current squad
The following players were selected to represent Bolivia at the 2018 South American Games.

Men
Roly Toledo
Paolo Arauz
Henry Mendoza Meruvia
Esteban Limache

Women
Ángela Condori
Daniela Barrientos
Flora Rojas
Juanita Siviora

References

Badminton
National badminton teams


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        speech = gTTS(text=text, lang='ru', lang_check=True, tld='ru').stream()
    elif x.src == 'en':
        speech = gTTS(text=text, lang='en', lang_check=True, tld='com.au').stream()
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Как передать поток speech в FFmpegPCMAudio?
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Lately, I've been spending most of my time activating the Civic Innovation School.
We are launching the second Civic Marathon, it will be a marathon of 15 days to discover and map people and projects focused on Civic Innovation: they can be people, groups, spaces, actions, strategies, projects and research.
Two years ago, from CivicWise we dared to launch the first Civic Marathon. It was a campaign to learn about new projects of Civic Innovation that ended with a live streaming that lasted more than 4 hours with participants from different countries in Europe and Latin America. In the streaming we were continuously changing the language depending on the person presenting your project.


Ballymoney Scouts held their AGM on Friday 25th May; we would like to thank all those who attended.
The call went out for leaders & helpers as well as parent representatives for the group executive committee. No skills or previous experience required – you just need to be committed to working with the young people and having fun!
All adult helpers must be Access NI checked, and any training (1st Aid, Child safeguarding, or anything else identified) will be provided.


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Krapina-Zagorje megye (horvátul Krapinsko-zagorska županija) Horvátország északi részén fekszik, székhelye Korpona.

Közigazgatás
7 város és 25 község (járás) alkotja a megyét. Ezek a következők:

(Zárójelben a horvát név szerepel.)

Városok:
 Donja Stubica
 Klanjec
 Korpona (Krapina)
 Oroslavje
 Pregrada
 Zabok
 Zlatar

Községek (járások):
 Bedekovčina
 Budinščina
 Desinić
 Đurmanec
 Gornja Stubica
 Hrašćina
 Hum na Sutli
 Jesenje
 Kraljevec na Sutli
 Krapinske Toplice
 Konjščina
 Kumrovec
 Máriabeszterce (Marija Bistrica)
 Lobor
 Mače
 Mihovljan
 Novi Golubovec
 Petrovsko
 Radoboj
 Sveti Križ Začretje
 Stubičke Toplice
 Tuhelj
 Veliko Trgovišće
 Zagorska Sela
 Zlatar Bistrica

Jegyzetek

Források
 A Horvát Statisztikai Hivatal honlapja

Külső hivatkozások
Krapina-Zagorje megye honlapja
A turisztikai egyesület honlapja


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Musta'mīn ou Musta'man () était une classification historique dans le monde islamique pour décrire un étranger non-musulman qui résidait pour une durée limitée sur un territoire musulman. Les personnes désignées pour cette classification étaient des harbis  qui possèdaient un sauf-conduit (aman) leur fournissant une protection et le statut de dhimmi sans toutefois avoir à payer la Djizîa. Ce système de Musta'man était principalement utilisé par les marchands, les messagers et les étudiants allant dans les terres musulmanes au cours du Moyen Âge et de l'époque moderne. Les émissaires et les ambassadeurs sont automatiquement dotés d'un aman. L'attribution de ce laissez-passer pouvait être effectué sous différentes formes par un imam. En effet ce dernier pouvait donner un aman à une personne ou bien à l'ensemble de la population d'un État donné. Tout musulman pouvait faire la demande d'aman pour un maximum de dix personnes.

Différents types
Le sauf-conduit de court terme peut être personnel ou général:

 Aman personnel (khass) peut être donné par tout musulman adulte à une ou plusieurs personnes étrangères.
 Aman général ('amm) peut être donné seulement par le calife ou un de ses représentants à un nombre indéfini de .

La durée de validité est de un an pour les musta'min avec ses enfants et sa femme ou les femmes avec qui il est relié. Plusieurs juristes hanbalites permettaient l'extension de la durée à une année lunaire.

Droits
Une fois l'aman  délivré, les musta'mins pouvaient voyager en terre d'Islam et s'adonner à des activités commerciales. En sus de cela, ils étaient autorisés à faire venir leurs familles. Les musta'mins pouvaient épouser une dhimmi et la ramener dans son pays d'origine. Toutefois les femmes dhimmis ne possédaient pas ce même droit. Le musta'min était soumis au droit civil et criminel et il ne doit pas agir  envers l'Islam. Si le musta'min était arrêté alors qu'il ne respectait pas ces lois, il encourait l'exil ou la peine de mort. La personne qui lui a donné l'aman pouvait aussi être condamnée.

Pratique et exemple

Un exemple de l'utilisation de l'amân est l'attribution de ce laissez-passer aux commerçants vénitiens sur les terres de l'Empire ottoman. Comme le soulève l'historien français à l'Université Bordeaux-Montaigne Géraud Poumarède, le statut de musta'min pouvait s'allonger sur de nombreuses années comme en témoigne la présence dans le quartier de Péra du futur doge Andrea Gritti pendant plus de deux décennies ou encore les lettres qu'Andrea Berengo, établit à Alep, adresse à son père en  et  où il affirme vouloir rester quatre ans dans le Levant avant de rentrer dans la lagune. Le statut de musta'min avait une place importante dans les relations entre Venise et la Sublime Porte . En , les autorités ottomanes exemptèrent les vénitiens de Kharâj à condition qu'ils n'habitent plus sur le territoire ottoman. Ainsi, les allers et retours des commerçants faisaient disparaître de fait la limitation d'un an de l'aman.

Voir aussi

 Dhimmi
 Bat Ye'or
 Djizîa

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There is no right or wrong when it comes to the length of your wedding. However, the time you need will determine the cost of your wedding photographer. The more time you need, the more it will cost you. The good news is that when you have a photographer for more time, you will also have more amazing wedding photos.
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Parents/carers will be notified of the outcome of their application via email.
If your child has been offered a place please respond to your paperwork by either accepting or declining the place offered by Friday 26th April 2019.
If your child has been unsuccessful in gaining a place in the first or second round allocations, we do, however, expect to be able to offer further places following further rounds of allocation and, as such, we would urge you to request for your child to be included on the waiting list for the school.
All applications received by Trinity Academy after the closing date for applications on 31st October 2018, will be considered to be late applications. If you wish your child to be considered in further rounds of allocation for places, please submit a late application by the deadline of 9am on Monday 13th May 2019 by clicking here.
Why has my child been unsuccessful in gaining a place at Trinity Academy?
Following the outcome of the first round allocation of places, 71 applicants requested to go on the waiting list which included 31 late applicants.
Trinity Academy had 48 places to re offer in the second round. The school remains oversubscribed; the waiting list was re ranked in line with the over subscription criteria, in order of priority, as set out in the admission arrangements 2019/20 to reallocate these places. This included a fresh round of random allocation, supervised by an independent person. Remaining unsuccessful applicants were drawn randomly and placed on to the waiting list.
0 places have been reserved at the request of the SEN team for children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
'Looked after' children or 'previously looked after' children - 4 places.
Feeder School - 24 places.
Inner priority area - 20 places.
Outer priority area - 29 places.
Out of priority area - 31 places.
Trinity Academy received 221 on-time applications for the 120 places available and was therefore unable to offer places to every applicant who applied.
1 place was reserved at the request of the SEN team for children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
'Looked after' children or 'previously looked after' children- 2 places.
Feeder School - 27 places.
Music Specialists - 12 places.
Inner priority area - 19 places.
Outer priority area - 59 places.
Out of priority area - none.
Parents have the right of appeal under The Education Act to an independent panel, against the decision not to offer your child a place at Trinity Academy for September 2019.
Parents should submit Year 7 2018 appeal forms by Friday 10th May 2019 to the Admissions Officer, c/o Cathedral Schools Trust, College Square, Bristol, BS1 5TS.
Year 7 appeals will be heard from week commencing Monday 24th June 2019.


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Norman T. BLIXT, petitioner, Appellant, v. CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, State of Minnesota, et al., Respondents.
*231 Richard A. Emerick, Bloomington, and Norman T. Blixt, pro se, for appellant.
Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Curtis D. Forslund, Sol. Gen., C. Paul Faraci, Deputy Atty. Gen., J. David Prince, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondents.
Considered en banc without oral argument.
Petitioner appeals from an order of the Ramsey County District Court dismissing his petition for review of a determination of the Civil Service Board.
Employee was dismissed effective October 31, 1969, from his position with the Minnesota Department of Conservation. On appeal, the Civil Service Board upheld the dismissal by an order dated April 2, 1970. A petition for review by the district court was filed on May 6, 1970.
Believing that the filing of the petition for review may not have been within the permissible 30-day period, the district court requested from the parties all information they might have regarding the date of mailing of the findings and order of the Civil Service Board. The only probative response to this inquiry was the statement of the person responsible for the preparation and mailing of all such orders. She stated that in her 17 years of employment, without exception, all orders of the board have been mailed on the date signed. The district court found that the order of the board had been mailed on April 2, 1970. As the filing on May 6, 1970, was therefore subsequent to the statutory limit by one day, the petition for review was dismissed.
Failure to both serve and file the petition for review within the time provided by statute deprives the district court of jurisdiction. Waters v. Putnam, 289 Minn. 165, 183 N.W.2d 545 (1971); State ex rel. Petschen v. Rigg, 257 Minn. 25, 99 N.W.2d 669 (1959).
In those cases in which the board finds the grounds of dismissal reasonable, Minn.St. 43.24, subd. 2, provides a 30-day period during which time the appointing authority may reinstate or otherwise modify the original decision of dismissal. Employee argues that the board's order does not become final until the expiration of this period. We do not agree.
Employee petitioned the district court to review the decision of the Civil Service Board, not the failure of the commissioner of natural resources to reinstate or modify the dismissal. The only issue before the board was the reasonableness of the grounds of dismissal. A subsequent reinstatement *232 by the commissioner would be merely a matter of grace. The findings of the board would be unaffected.
Employee challenges the sufficiency of the evidence in support of the district court's finding that the findings and order of the Civil Service Board were mailed on April 2, 1970. The time of mailing may be sufficiently established by evidence of habit or custom with respect to mailing from the sender's office. Dept. of Employment Security v. Minn. Drug Products, Inc., 258 Minn. 133, 104 N.W.2d 640 (1960); De Vries v. Spring Valley Twp. Mutual Fire Ins. Co., 167 Minn. 509, 209 N.W. 325 (1926). Although such evidence is not conclusive, a reviewing court should not substitute its judgment for that of the district court.
 Rules 6.05, 5.02, and 6.01, Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure, give in effect 33 days after the date of mailing in which to serve and file the petition for review.


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Dying Teenagers in Love
Tears are the highest praise for Lurlene McDaniel's brand of sick lit
by Marni Grossman, from Bust
| July-August 2010
Amanda Bruns / www.amandabruns.com
There are camps for kids with cancer. I know this because Lurlene McDaniel told me so. I spent my preteen summers at Jewish camp, counting down the days while fantasizing about terminal illness and constructing romantic, overblown narration for my life. She walked to free swim, auburn hair billowing in the breeze, her tiny porcelain face exquisite. She was beautiful, but her dark liquid eyes revealed an inner pain.
Never mind that my inner pain had much to do with being forced to go free swim, or that my hair wasn't auburn, nor was my face exquisite. The descriptions felt real. They were tragic, and they were mine. I was the type of girl who spent a lot of time holed up alone with books, writing poetry and thinking deep thoughts. I conjured up visions of a valiant death by tuberculosis, and I read Lurlene McDaniel novels. Turns out, I was not alone.
Lurlene McDaniel is the author of some 50 young-adult novels, including Too Young to Die; Don't Die, My Love; If I Should Die Before I Wake; and her tour de force Six Months to Live. Her books are of the made-for-TV, disease-of-the-month variety, featuring boys and girls—though mostly girls—and their struggles with leukemia and hemophilia and heart transplants. They are embarrassingly overwrought and inexplicably delectable.
McDaniel, now 66, began writing about kids with life-threatening illnesses in the mid-'80s when her son, Sean, was diagnosed with diabetes. She saw a need for young-adult literature that taught kids frankly and sensitively about illness and mortality. "I hope 'well' kids will see a bigger picture of real life," she says about her stories.
To McDaniel's surprise, the books became successful. So successful that Six Months to Live was chosen by children across the country to be placed in a time capsule at the Library of Congress, and six of her novels have been Publishers Weekly best-sellers.
Turns out that kids love reading about other kids with cystic fibrosis (A Time to Die) and inoperable brain tumors (Mourning Song). McDaniel has attributed her success to her care in depicting the lives of her characters realistically, something she was able to do even better after surviving breast cancer, which she was diagnosed with in 1997. "When you actually have cancer, you experience a whole range of emotions that you've not felt before," she says. "The diagnosis gave my characters greater depth, I think."
But the realism and depth extend only as far as the hospital walls. In their day-to-day lives, her characters are—almost uniformly—pretty, popular, and successful. They aren't teased or bullied or subjected to the minor hurts and humiliations that make up adolescence. Outside the hospital, these characters have the kind of lives found only in fiction. And that, I'd argue, is what brings all the girls to Lurlene McDaniel's yard, so to speak.
On Facebook, there are 10 groups devoted to McDaniel, including the exuberant "Lurlene McDaniel is the GREATEST author EVER!" The highest praise from readers, it seems, is tears. "[Crying] comes naturally with her stories," says 13-year-old Facebook group member Stephanie VanderStad, "because they go deep and touch your heart in many ways." Andrea Haddad, another young fan, says, "Crying is the reason I prefer Lurlene's books over all the other books."
While McDaniel's characters are almost exclusively Christian, white, and middle-class, her fans come from all races and creeds, from locales banal and exotic alike. Among her Facebook fans are hijab-clad Razan and cowboy-hat-wearing Brooke. Her readers live around the world, from Little Rock, Arkansas, and Peoria, Illinois, to Jordan and Singapore. But there's one attribute that unites them: They are all female.
McDaniel's books follow a formula. Pretty, likable, white teenage girl develops a potentially fatal disease, but, through a combination of pluck, spunk, and grit, overcomes the hardships. She learns life lessons, gets a boyfriend, and, finally, someone dies. This last point is crucial.
In McDaniel's 1992 novel Someone Dies, Someone Lives, former track star Katie O'Roark is in desperate need of a heart transplant. Like all McDaniel heroines, she is a cheerful stoic. Death soon arrives, though not for Katie. Rather, it claims Aaron Martel, a rising football star. But the Martels' loss is Katie's gain, since she receives Aaron's heart. Josh, Aaron's grieving younger brother, seeks Katie out. Naturally, the two fall in love. With the help of Josh—who, wouldn't you know it, is a runner too—Katie runs in the Transplant Olympics and even wins. Someone lives, someone dies, and another adolescent girl develops a desire for a brush with mortality. Chicks dig terminal illness.
Katie—along with McDaniel's other heroines—bears a striking resemblance to a number of other literary characters, particularly Little Women's Beth March. Lovers of Louisa May Alcott's classic are supposed to identify with Jo, who's rebellious and funny and smart. Meg is materialistic, Amy is a snot, and Beth's a goody-goody who doesn't even make it through the novel. I wanted to be Jo. But I also wanted to be Beth—to die martyred and saintly and to be eulogized affectionately. Let's call it Beth March syndrome: the desire to be kind and patient and cheerful and then wilt beautifully and die. Or simply come close enough so that everyone finally appreciates you.
Is there something more to McDaniel's popularity than the typical teen-girl penchant for melodrama? I believe the attraction lies deeper: All girls are susceptible to Beth March syndrome, because we're taught that suffering is a woman's most noble role, and bearing the wrath of a terminal illness lends an innate goodness to the sufferer. In literature, men go to war to become heroes, achieving immortality through great acts, while women earn their place by courageously battling illness before graciously dying. I envied the girls in McDaniel's books, not in spite of their ailments but because of them. Dying girls get the last laugh. They are loved and cherished, and they are, above all, good—even if they aren't. Because you can't really talk trash about a girl on her deathbed.
Excerpted from Bust (Feb.-March 2010), a magazine that "tells the truth about women's lives and presents a female perspective on pop culture." www.bust.com


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On the anniversary of January 25: Why did it fail to achieve its goals?
Mohamed Abul Ghar
January 25, like all major revolutions in the history, did not immediately achieve all of its goals, but certainly achieved some of them. The French Revolution, considered the greatest revolution in history, achieved its goals after many years, and its ideas were considered so enlightening they spread across the European continent and throughout the world.
In the modern Egyptian era, there have been three popular revolutions: the first was the 1919 Revolution, which spread across the entire country, it was Egypt's stand against the British occupation, as Egyptians sought to achieve independence and freedom, and this happened, in part.
Egypt acquired a constitution which was advanced for its years, and a respected parliament. British occupiers were then compelled to give concessions, followed by more concessions, until foreign capitulations were abolished and the British army departed the Suez region. Progress in the formation of trade unions and civil society groups was also made, alongside community participation, advances in education, and celebration of arts and literature, helping form a modern Egyptian renaissance, but it lacked comprehensive reform in social justice.
Decades later, in 1952, the Free Officers led by the man who would later become president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, seized power in the name of the 'Blessed Movement', which became a popular movement after leading a courageous liberation movement to break away from colonialism in Egypt and the region.
This time, the movement managed to achieve some significant steps towards social justice, giving Nasser an unprecedented popularity which lasts until today. However, the movement deprived Egyptians of their freedoms and took away their platform for innovation. Instead, their hearts became instilled with fear as intellectuals became imprisoned and any element of democracy was crushed. The bitter defeat of the 1967 war caused substantial grievances and erased some memories of social gains made from the 1952 revolution, because it failed to find a free democratic organization to defend it.
More recently, January 25 was a popular revolution, led largely by the middle-class, inclusive of groups of all ages, although the youth was its fuel. It was a revolution that called for freedom, democracy, and justice in all its forms including social justice, but it had no clear leadership and no proper organization. It included all ages and all ideas.
The movement continued peacefully, with protesters making – and then increasing – demands. If former-President Hosni Mubarak had sacked his notorious Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, the revolution may have ended. If Mubarak announced, on January 28, that he and his son had no intention to run for the presidency, the revolution may have ended, partially. But complacency and madness dominates every dictator in history, to the extent that they imagine they are invincible and are on the right side of history, until the moment comes that they discover the opposite truth.
This revolution took a different course, beginning from the afternoon hours of January 28, when the Muslim Brotherhood entered the arena, after announcing prior to January 25 they would not participate. Their participation came after they saw the masses take action and achieve some victories. Despite their relatively small number, they managed to control the course of the revolution, negotiating with former-Vice President of Egypt Omar Suleiman, and betraying the revolutionaries and their cause. They began a conflict with the police, setting alight police stations, storming prisons, and releasing prisoners, including the killers of former-President Anwar Sadat. So, the peaceful revolution turned into a bloody one, in which many people were killed. Elsewhere, thugs, driven by some National Democratic Party supporters, and criminal prisoners, began fights with everyday people in attempt to regain their place and power, and chaos prevailed.
The Egyptian army refused for Gamal Mubarak to inherit the rule of Egypt from his father, and declared that it would not enter into a battle with the Egyptian people, but the Brotherhood's entry into the revolution took it from a peaceful revolution into a military battle.
The Brotherhood was easily able to attract the hordes of Salafis, and what followed was a battle between the Brotherhood and those who staged the January 25 Revolution. The Brotherhood was supported by the 'Couch Party' (Egyptian revolutionaries use the term to describe people who stay at home during protests, and instead watch the revolution through their television screens) and the Egyptian bureaucracy at all levels, until the Brotherhood fell.
In all these developments, there were lessons to learn:
The Egyptian civil powers are of renaissance and are the most educated and understanding, and they are the fuel of different governments, the leader of science and manufacturing, agriculture, art, literature, and education, since the 1919 Revolution until now. They play the largest role in the social progress of Egypt, but are unable to rule Egypt alone due to lack of organization or proper leadership. However, any regime that does not rely on its support will find it impossible to survive.
The Muslim Brotherhood, although their numbers, cadres, and active members are not huge, their organization and ability to persuade one using religious arguments makes them the largest organizational force in Egypt, on the ground, and underground at other times.
On June 30, millions of Egyptians took to the streets against the Brotherhood and were able to remove them, but at the cost of a great bloodbaths, where thousands of Egyptians were killed in street battles, but the army and police proved to be the only ones capable of restraining the Brotherhood.
The revolution has removed the fear factor from the Egyptians; now they are no longer afraid of anything, and by the end they will force any power to cooperate with civil powers. The revolution also achieved a great constitution, and any attempt to abolish it or remove it from its content will be met with resistance and anger, and such an attempt will fail after a while – as was the case when the Constitution of 1923 was changed by the 1930 dictatorship, before being restored following a great public outcry.
The Egyptian people have changed completely, and one thing which assisted their change was communication through international satellite channels and the internet, making it no longer possible to restrain people.
One force alone controlling the diversity of Egypt's resources will have of one force over Egypt's resources will end tragically for everyone. I call on everyone to read history carefully so that they are aware that there will be catastrophic consequences if the people are not granted freedom and participation in decision-making.
In the words of Sayed Darwish, "Stand up Egyptian, Egypt is calling on you."
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