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The Salute to Australia event in Sydney Harbour on Australia Day 2019
Sydney Harbour Islands
There are 13 islands dotted throughout Sydney Harbour, each showcasing a unique element of the nation's rich Aboriginal, colonial and naval history. From famous forts sitting opposite Sydney icons to compact outcrops tucked into the inner harbour, they are a side of the city few ever experience.
Cockatoo Island
Cockatoo Island is the largest harbour island and one of 11 Australian convict sites on UNESCO's World Heritage list. It was established as a convict prison in 1839 before becoming one of the country's most important shipyards. Take an audio tour of the sites or join the all-ages Haunted History Tour and the adults-only paranormal tour, Ghostyard.
Getting to Cockatoo Island is easy and ferries run regularly from Circular Quay. Stay the night in Cockatoo Island's campground or heritage accommodation, enjoy a BBQ on the waterfront, or take in views of Sydney Harbour from one of many tranquil picnic spots. The sunrise views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge are unbeatable.
Shark Island and Fort Denison
Shark Island sits just off Point Piper and popular for picnics with its spectacular views of Sydney's glittering cityscape. Captain Cook Cruises runs regular ferries to Shark Island from Circular Quay. Australia's indigenous history can also be explored at islands in the harbour on Tribal Warrior Harbour Cruises.
Fort Denison is a former defence facility and commands great views of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. You can visit the museum or take a guided tour. It's also one of the hottest places in Sydney to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks. Fort Denison is currently closed for maintenance and will reopen in late 2019.
You'll need to take a ferry from Circular Quay to Watsons Bay and alight at Garden Island to visit the active dockyards of Garden Island and the Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre, which has a fascinating naval heritage. The island in Woolloomooloo Bay remains part of an active naval base. Entry into the museum is free.
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Vinkhuijzen collection of military uniforms, NYPL
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DINNER TENDERED TO SERGT. HOWARD C. WOODBURY [held by] ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY [at] "BOSTON, MA"
Artillerie, Geleiter, 1592 = Artillery escort, 1592
[View of the mounted artillery.]
WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY DINNER [held by] ANCIENT & HON. ARTILLERY CO. OF BOSTON [at] [BOSTON] (?)
PARTING FROM OLD HALL OF MILITARY MUSEUM & LIBRARY COMMITTEE [held by] ANCIENT & HONORABLE ARTILLERY CO. [at] "FANEUIL HALL, BOSTON, MA" (OTHER (HALL);)
The Artillery, Regular Army, Centennial, 1889.
Rare type of German trench mortar ; On Le Mort Homme or Dead Man's Hill ; Ask any Doughboy ; Direct hit by American artillery.
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Black-throated Blue Wood-Warbler. 1. Male. 2. Female. (Canadian Columbine.)
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Canadian Pacific B.C. Coast Steamships
Canadian Cavalry (Governor-General's bodyguard).
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DINNER IN HONOR OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CHARLES GRANT GARRISON [held by] SOUTH JERSEY BAR [at] PHILADEPHIA BOURSE ([HOTEL?];)
A View near Garrison's, West Point.
Plate 29 [Map bounded by Bronx River, Garrison Ave., Southern Blvd., Home St.]
Plate 26 [Map bounded by Dawson St., Longwood Ave., Garrison Ave., Whitlock Ave., E. 149th St.]
Halifax Garrison Artillery.
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Plate 32 [Map bounded by Tiffany St., Oak Point Ave., Cabot St., Garrison St., Burnet Pl.]
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SGS Signs Analytical Testing Agreement with AstraZeneca for COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate
SGS is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with AstraZeneca for the provision of safety, quality control and analytical testing services in support of AZD1222 – a COVID-19 vaccine candidate co-invented by the University of Oxford and its spin-out company, Vaccitech and licensed by AstraZeneca.
SGS will conduct vaccine bulk harvest and drug substance testing from its Biosafety Center of Excellence in Glasgow, Scotland. The recently expanded laboratory provides testing of cell banks, vaccines, gene and cell therapies, monoclonal antibodies and other recombinant protein based biological medicines, including a vaccine testing solution suitable for coronavirus.
Dr. Archie Lovatt, Scientific Operations Director (Biosafety), SGS says: "As pioneers in the development of the biosafety testing industry, our team at Glasgow's Biosafety Center of Excellence is proud to be part of this important development program. We welcome the opportunity to join forces with AstraZeneca to provide testing in support of the AZD1222 vaccine candidate."
In addition to the viral bulk harvest testing, SGS will also conduct quality control and analytical testing of the vaccine production in its laboratory in Wavre, Belgium. This site, which is qualified as a center of excellence in GMP large molecule testing, will support batch release and stability testing.
Mr. Wim Van Immerseel, Business Unit Manager, SGS Belgium, commented: "Our teams are enthusiastic and motivated to contribute to the fight against this pandemic by supporting AstraZeneca."
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Complaint Filed Against AIPAC with the Office of Congressional Ethics
Contact: Ariel Gold | CODEPINK national co-director | ariel@codepink.org | 510 599 5330
Medea Benjamin | CODEPINK national co-director | medea.benjamin@gmail.com | 415 235 6517
Tuesday, August 14, 2019, Washington, DC — A group of 41 Democratic members of Congress have just returned from a trip to Israel with the American-Israel Education Foundation (AIEF)—the 501(c)(3) nonprofit arm of American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)—and Republican members are currently in Israel on the same trip. In light of these trips, the peace group CODEPINK has filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics, insisting that the intertwined relationship between the lobby group AIPAC and the educational group AIEF is in violation of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (HLOGA).
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (HLOGA), enacted in 2007, bans any lobbyists or organizations employing lobbyists from providing lawmakers with gifts of travel (other than same-day travel to and from a conference). AIPAC skirts around this through its creation of AIEF, exploiting the law's loophole (commonly referred to as the AIPAC loophole) that allows lobbying organizations to form 501(c)(3)s for such purposes. This would seem to let AIPAC off the hook, but there is no organizational separation between AIPAC and AIEF.
According to the 2016 tax filing of AIEF—the most recent year available to the public—the AIEF does not provide any payment to its employees. This is not because their employees are volunteers, but because its staff are paid by AIPAC—which AIPAC admits on page 65 of its 2016 tax return. In 2016, a whopping $57,225,341 was exchanged between AIPAC and AIEF.
AIPAC/AIEF congressional trips to Israel are particularly problematic because of what members of Congress don't see, how one-sided they are, and how these experiences influence their political positions and voting after they return. AIEF trips do not go to Gaza and don't meet with Palestininan civil society organizations working tirelessly for dignity and freedom. The 2019 AIEF congressional did meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, but did not travel to the most problematic places in the West Bank, such as the city of Hebron where checkpoints exist within the city and walkways are divided between Israeli Jews and Palestinians.
"These congresspeople are our public officials who are being taken by lobbyists to a foreign country for the purpose of increasing support for Israel--a country that already receives $3.8 billion a year of our taxdollars," said CODEPINK co-director Medea Benjamin. "When we try to get AIPAC, AIEF, or even members of the Congress to tell us who is on the trip or what the itinerary is, we are denied this information. This devious exploitation of the law and this lack of transparency are unacceptable and we call on the Office of Congressional Ethics to take action."
This is not a one time event. Between January 2008 and July 2019, the House Office of the Clerk has registered 1,789 congresspeople as traveling to Israel with AIEF. A full ⅔ of all foreign congressional trips are to Israel, mainly through AIEF/AIPAC.
"The goal of the AIPAC congressional trips is to whitewash Israel's human rights violations and continue increasing amounts of unchecked U.S. financial support and diplomatic immunity for Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people. This year, outraged that AIPAC was again exploiting loopholes to send members of Congress on these trips, we went directly to the freshmen congress members to appeal to them not to go on the trip," says CODEPINK Co-director Ariel Gold. "We have counted around 30 freshment congress members who didn't attend the trip this year for a variety of reasons, including not wanting to take money from PACs. I hope that with the next freshmen class, we will no longer have to go this route because the Office of Ethics will put an end to such unethical behavior."


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Q: WebView not showing content all.
I'm having some trouble displaying a url content gotten from a EditText field, on a WebView on Android.
I just want to add a String inserted into an EditText field, to open a url on another activity, where a webView opens with the Google search url, searching for the given text in EditText.
This is my MainActivity:
package com.hbt.activities;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.View;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    EditText term;
    String query;
    WebView intview;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    term = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.searchtext);
    query = term.getText().toString();

    intview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
    intview.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
    intview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    intview.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
}

public void openWikipedia(View intview){

     Intent intent = new Intent(this, Wikipedia.class);
     intent.putExtra("query", query);
     startActivity(intent);
    }

public void openGoogle(View view){

     Intent intent = new Intent(this, Google.class);
     intent.putExtra("query", query);
     startActivity(intent);
    }
}

This is my Google.java:
package com.hbt.activities;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class Google extends Activity {
String query;
WebView intview;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_google);
}

public void opengoogle (View webView1){
    intview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
    intview.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
    intview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    intview.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
    intview.loadUrl("https://www.google.pt");

    String query = "";

    Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
    if (bundle == null){
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Insert a search item.",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
    if (bundle != null) {
        query = bundle.getString("query");
    }

}

@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
    if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK){
        onBackPressed();
        return true;
    }
    else{
        return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
    }
}
}

And finally, the Wikipedia.java:
package com.hbt.activities;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class Wikipedia extends Activity {

    String query;
WebView intview;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_wikipedia);
}

 public void openWikipedia (View view){
     intview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
     intview.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
     intview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
     intview.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);

     String query = "";
     Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
     if (bundle == null){
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Insert a search item.",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
     }
     if (bundle != null) {
         query = bundle.getString("query");
     }

     String url = "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search="+ query;
     Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
     i.setData(Uri.parse(url));
     startActivity(i);

}

    @Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
    if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK){
         onBackPressed();
         return true;
     }
     else{
        return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
     }
}
}

I really can't understand why the WebView doesn't show the content. Any help would be extremely appreciated. Thanks in advance.
As asked, here goes the Layout XML:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<Button
    android:id="@+id/Wikipedia"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_above="@+id/Google"
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/Google"
    android:layout_alignRight="@+id/Google"
    android:minEms="6"
    android:onClick="openWikipedia"
    android:text="@string/wikipedia" />

<Button
    android:id="@+id/Google"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:onClick="openGoogle"
    android:text="@string/google" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/searchtext"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_above="@+id/Wikipedia"
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/Wikipedia"
    android:layout_alignRight="@+id/Google"
    android:layout_marginBottom="18dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
    android:hint="@string/text_to_search_" />

<WebView
    android:id="@+id/webView1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_above="@+id/searchtext"
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/searchtext"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

Next the Wikipedia layout XML:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<WebView
    android:id="@+id/webView2"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    />

</RelativeLayout>

and the Google XML:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<WebView
    android:id="@+id/webView1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

They are different because I was trying to approach the matter form several fronts.

A: Ok. The only things that you would want is the MainActivity and the main_activity.xml.
The other things, you don't really need as far as I can see.
Here's the code listing of the MainActivity:
public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    EditText term;
    String query;
    WebView intview;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        term = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.searchtext);
        query = term.getText().toString();

        intview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
        intview.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
        intview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        intview.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
    }

    public void openWikipedia(View intview) {
        String url = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" + query;
        this.intview.loadUrl(url);
    }

    public void openGoogle(View view) {
        String url = "https://www.google.pt?q="+query;
        this.intview.loadUrl(url);
    }
}

Now, the main activity's layout. No changes required as compared to the original one you have. But, for clarity, I am posting it.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<Button
    android:id="@+id/Wikipedia"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_above="@+id/Google"
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/Google"
    android:layout_alignRight="@+id/Google"
    android:minEms="6"
    android:onClick="openWikipedia"
    android:text="Wikipedia" />

<Button
    android:id="@+id/Google"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:onClick="openGoogle"
    android:text="Google" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/searchtext"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_above="@+id/Wikipedia"
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/Wikipedia"
    android:layout_alignRight="@+id/Google"
    android:layout_marginBottom="18dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
    android:hint="Text to search" />

<WebView
    android:id="@+id/webView1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_above="@+id/searchtext"
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/searchtext"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

Now, once you press the button, Google or Wikipedia, your webview should start loading the display the content on it. Give it some time.
For Wikipedia: I noticed, it has redirects, so finally, it will open the new URL in the default browser. You will need to handle this.
For Google: The URL is probably not setup correctly, but you could look into it.
Though, the main problem of the WebView not loading properly should be fixed now.
--------------------Update-------------------------------
Now, change these things:
MainActivity.class
public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    EditText term;
    String query;
    WebView intview;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        term = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.searchtext);
        query = term.getText().toString();

        intview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
        intview.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
        intview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        intview.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
    }

    public void openWikipedia(View intview) {
        String url = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" + query;
        this.intview.loadUrl(url);
    }

    public void openGoogle(View view) {
        Intent intent = new Intent(this, Google.class);
        intent.putExtra("query", term.getText().toString());
        startActivity(intent);
    }
}

Google.class
public class Google extends Activity {
    String query;
    WebView intview;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_google);
        opengoogle();
    }

    public void opengoogle() {
        intview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
        intview.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
        intview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        intview.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
        intview.loadUrl("https://www.google.pt");

        String query = "";

        Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
        if (bundle == null) {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Insert a search item.",
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
        if (bundle != null) {
            query = bundle.getString("query");
            intview.loadUrl("http://www.google.com?q=" + query);
        }

    }

    @Override
    public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
            onBackPressed();
            return true;
        } else {
            return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
        }
    }
}

A: Add this inside your onclick methods to get the current value of the EditText, before sending the intent: query = term.getText().toString();
public void openWikipedia(View intview){
     query = term.getText().toString();
     Intent intent = new Intent(this, Wikipedia.class);
     intent.putExtra("query", query);
     startActivity(intent);
    }

public void openGoogle(View view){
     query = term.getText().toString();
     Intent intent = new Intent(this, Google.class);
     intent.putExtra("query", query);
     startActivity(intent);
    }

Set up the webviews in onCreate():
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_google);

    intview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
    intview.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
    intview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    intview.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
    intview.loadUrl("https://www.google.pt");

    String query = "";

    Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
    if (bundle == null){
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Insert a search item.",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
    if (bundle != null) {
        query = bundle.getString("query");
    }

}

That should work.

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In this course, you will learn how to use the 7c's in all your communication whether written, spoken or even body language.
You will learn good verbal communication skills and I teach you simple tricks to make it easier. Good verbal skills are more than just the words we use; you will learn about tone and intonation. I even address the dreaded sentence upending that is plaguing the business world, why it doesn't work for you and how to defeat the habit. Believe me, if you are an upender you can't imagine how you are being judged by your peers, your subordinates and your superiors and it ain't good. I can use the slang word ain't here because it is being used to prove a point.
You will learn good written communication skills as well. Skills such as how to write a professional looking and sounding business letter, the do's and don'ts of writing business emails. You will learn proper techniques for preparing a written business meeting agenda and how to produce an office memo correctly. I provide downloadable material for you to use as a guide.
You will learn how to read body-language and more importantly how to interpret what you are seeing and you will learn how to improve your own body language so that the signals you send agree with the words you are using.
You will learn how to delegate properly so that results can be obtained when and how you want them. I go over the good, the bad, and that not so pretty when it comes to delegation and help you understand how to differentiate between them.
If you are in the workplace you are now or will be responsible for conducting meetings. Both team meetings and one-on-one meetings. Most people dread attending meetings and if asked why, their responses will usually fall into one of two categories and often fall into both: the meeting always starts late and runs long, and the second reason, nothing ever gets accomplished.
I will teach you how to organize a meeting and then conduct it so those three elements, starts late, runs long, and nothing gets accomplished, will never come up when talking about the meetings you hold.
If you are not conducting then you need to know how to attend a meeting and I will teach you that, too.
Now, no self-respecting course on communication would be complete without a discussion on grammar. This course just covers those areas that keep cropping up as I communicate with others. The information is basic but the fact that I keep running into it suggests to me we need to talk about it.


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A: Check your target in your build config in xCode.

A:  #ifdef __IPHONE_3_0
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Caricatures Quotes
Quotations list about caricatures, buffoonish and caricature captions citing George Santayana, Ernest Hemingway and Walt Disney
The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be.
— George Santayana
When writing a novel a writer should create living people;
people not characters. A character is a caricature.
All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.
— Walt Disney
Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.
A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth.
— Joseph Conrad
The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.
— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Caricature is rough truth.
— George Meredith
Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.
— Michael J. Fox
I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people are going to fully appreciate what this reform is if we pass it and implement it and it becomes not a caricature but a reality, and I still believe that. So I think it will be easier to sell it moving forward than it was to this point.
— David Axelrod
The problem became this: We became a caricature of ourselves.
We were after light, and it began to look as though we were after heat, not to reveal some information or not to find out the story.
— Mike Wallace
Animation is different from other parts.
Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
I've always looked upon the Ducks as caricature human beings.
Perhaps I've been years writing in that middle world that J.R.R. Tolkien describes, and never knew it.
— Carl Barks
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Sometimes we tend to focus more on the personalities and the conflicts, and it really caricatures the issues.
— Mitchell Reiss
For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself.
— Jim Sensenbrenner
I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you.
— Radha Mitchell
The press creates a caricature.
The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In fact, we hold our highest rewards for those scientists who can prove others wrong. And by the way, they are famous in their own lifetimes. We don't wait until they're dead.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
Drag breaks the fourth wall, which is why it's never been quite accepted, because nobody wants to be told that they are really a caricature of themself and to not take yourself too seriously.
— RuPaul
I see in Cambridge, particularly among the women dons, a series of such grotesques! It is almost like a caricature series from Dickens to see our head table at Newnham.
— Sylvia Plath
What's natural is beautiful, and when you're not you anymore, you become a caricature.
— Monica Bellucci
A simple caricature, a simple sketch - that's fine.
There's nothing wrong with that. But if you draw up a caricature... if you associate that subject with the things you're not supposed to, then, of course, you can't expect that to be acceptable.
— Recep Tayyip Erdogan


Welcome to April all ye shoe lovers! We hope you are as excited as we are about this month.
April holds a lot of goodies for all most especially for all DC and Marvel fans as the world wide release of blockbusters such as Shazam and Avengers: End Game would be happening.
Speaking of premiers, what exactly is a premier and why do people rave so much about it.
A premiere or première is the debut (first public presentation) of a play, film, dance, or musical composition. Here the creme de la creme of the movie industry are invited to come see the newest movie to be added to the industry's archive . The cast and crew members of the movie too get to see the finished project they took on. It is usually a tuxedo event for the men and a gown event for the ladies and it depicts to the world the fashion prowess of an individual.
Over the years, the fashion rules have evolved most especially the shoe choices as more shoes have been found to be more red carpet worthy.
The idea behind a red carpet look is to look chic, look classy, elegant and at the same sophisticated. In all shoe choices, comfortability is key and these should reflect heavily in your choice.
This blog post is dedicated to all our movie lovers and those in the arts and it hopes to enlighten us all on the 5 shoe types to wear to a movie premier.
Let the red carpets roll!
Although Brogues are of Scottish origins (thick Scottish brogue, aye!), they have soon turned out to be a red carpet favourite.
Brogues are great with suits and bring out the classic gentleman look. If you want to achieve that formal yet casual look, brogues are also an excellent choice.
To command that star-studded look on the red carpet, I recommend wearing a quarter brogue, preferably black, with the suit of your choice. At The Footwear Academy, we have an array of different designs and styles for brogues. Do take time out to check us out.
We know that it's an unwritten law for most ladies to wear heels on the red carpet. Pumps are great as they offer a sense of versatility to its users. So, you don't have to be worried about wearing it only for events like a movie premier. They also offer tons of benefits to you as they make one have a taller appearance which most times helps to boost one's confidence. It also gives you a slimmer physique.
Have you gotten your pair of pumps for the next movie premier?
Both have the same effect on him who wears them. Wearing a stylish monk strap, sets you apart from the multitude attending the premier and it has the advantage of being a versatile pair of shoe too. So whether its a business meeting and a movie premier happening on that same day, monk strap got you covered.
These are much more higher in inches than pumps and come in different styles, designs and brands. This is a must see at the movie premier but only the brave can pull of wearing very high stilettos.
They give shape to the calf muscles and also elongate the look of your legs to make you look leaner. This is a must wear if you choose to wear a thigh high slit dress. Remember the trick to wearing comfortable stilettos are; to wear stilettos with adequate lift, shock absorbers and arch support for the feet. This would enable you enjoy the rest of the evening without having to stress your feet.
Although these are a must have for men in the finance sector, they can also be a showstopper at any red carpet event. This is because they are definitely a formal shoe, hence they readily offer the elegant look one seeks.
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Although the heavy rain has let up in Houston, getting in and out of the city is still very difficult. Many roads remain flooded, and some bridges have been damaged. Houston's two main airports reopened with limited service today. Harvey also shut down a major economic engine in Texas, Houston's port. NPR's Greg Allen reports on what it will take to get Houston running again.
GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: Since Saturday when both of Houston's airports shut down, thousands of flights in and out of the city were canceled. Up to now at Bush Intercontinental, the runways were only open for limited operations and humanitarian flights. Charlie Hobart is with United Airlines.
CHARLIE HOBART: Yesterday we flew the last of the remaining customers who were at Houston out of the airport and into our other hubs. So right now it's about preparing for the eventual resumption of service.
ALLEN: The Houston Airport System announced it was reopening both Bush Intercontinental and Hobby at 4 p.m. today. Passengers are being told to check with their airlines on the status of their flights. But with many roads still impassable, shippers like FedEx and UPS cannot yet say when they'll resume service in Houston. UPS spokesman Jim Mayer says from his company's perspective, there's no point flying packages into Houston if the company can't deliver them to customers.
JIM MAYER: We have to be able to get our vehicles out. We have to have people to drive the vehicles, load the vehicles. So it's really a tough situation in Houston. You know, we're making plans to get back into operation as soon as we can safely do so.
ALLEN: BNSF and Union Pacific railroads have also suspended service along the Texas coast. BNSF says it's dealing with multiple track washouts. Logistics consultant Noel Perry says the impact of the shutdown of Houston's air, rail and port operations will stretch far beyond the East Texas region.
NOEL PERRY: Houston is an interchange point. It isn't the only one, but it's an important one. And so there are effects that go in west and east and north.
ALLEN: Perry points to similar disruptions after Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. When trucking resumed, he says, the cost of freight deliveries spiked.
PERRY: I would expect something like that again here. So if you're trying to get a dry van to run into Houston or out of Houston at some point over the next couple of weeks, you're going to be paying a hell of a lot more.
ALLEN: One of the biggest question marks as Houston begins its recovery is how long before the port, a 25-mile long complex of public and private facilities, can reopen. Roger Guenther is the executive director of Port Houston.
ROGER GUENTHER: There's 40 or 50 vessels in and out of here every single day. And this is not only, you know, the container ships and the general cargo ships but the things like the oil tankers.
ALLEN: Nearly two-thirds of the nation's traffic in petrochemicals flows through the port. A lengthy port shutdown would have an impact on fuel prices. Guenther says a task force headed by the Coast Guard is just beginning to assess the condition of the port post-Harvey to determine what needs to be done before it reopens. But he says initial reports are positive.
GUENTHER: Our container facilities, our general cargo facilities received minimal damage. You know, there weren't the high winds like we saw in Ike. It's all about the tremendous amount of water that's being dumped into the channel.
ALLEN: Houston's shipping channel will have to be surveyed for debris and other navigation hazards before it's cleared to reopen. How long that will take is uncertain. After Hurricane Ike, it was a week before the port resumed operations. Greg Allen, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Cow's Head
retold by S.E. Schlosser
Oksana lived in a small house on the edge of town with her father, her stepmother and her stepsister. Oksana's stepmother disliked Oksana, favoring her true daughter, Olena.
Soon after her father's remarriage, Oksana found that all the housework fell to her while Olena idled her days away. Oksana's father was a timid man, and could not bring himself to defy his wife. So Oksana wore Olena's cast off clothes, and her hands grew red and chapped from scrubbing in the cold, while Olena attended parties, growing lazy and spoiled.
One year, when the winter snows were particularly fierce, Oksana's family ran out of money. Oksana's stepmother began nagging her father to send Oksana away, because they could not afford to keep two girls. Reluctantly, Oksana's father agreed. He took Oksana to a cottage deep in the woods and left her there.
Oksana was very frightened. The woods were said to be filled with demons and monsters. But Oksana was also practical. She entered the cottage with her small bundle and found a fireplace, a lopsided table and a rusty old pot. Oksana put away the loaf of bread, the knife and the slab of cheese her father had given her. She folded the blanket and laid it near the fireplace. Then she collected wood and built a fire.
Oksana knew the bread and cheese would not last her all winter. So she made a snare using the thin, flexible branches of the trees and caught a snow rabbit to eat. She also dug under the deep snow, and found some roots and berries for food.
By dark, Oksana had melted water for drinking, and used the rest to make a stew. So Oksana ate well. Then she lay down near the fire for the night, listening to the wind howl and pretending to herself that she was not frightened of the woods.
It was midnight when the knock came.
Knock, knock, knock.
It echoed hollowly through the dark cottage. Oksana woke with a start, her heart pounding in fear. It came again.
Oksana thought of the monsters. She hid under her blanket, praying the thing would go away.
Oksana rose, grabbing a branch. She crept towards the door. The wind howled eerily down the chimney. Oksana swallowed and swung the door open. There was nothing there. Her heart pounded fiercely as she stared out at the snow whipping about in the light of her small fire. Then she looked down. Oksana let out a shriek of terror and leapt back, dropping her stick. It was a demon. An evil spirit.
It had no body!
"Who are you?" Oksana stuttered, clutching the door with shaking hands.
"I am Cow's Head," it replied.
Indeed, Oksana saw at once that it was. The head was brown, with curved horns and strange, haunted eyes.
"I am cold and hungry. May I sleep by your fire?" the Cow's Head asked. Its voice was cold and lifeless.
Oksana gulped down her horror.
"Of course," she said.
"Lift me over the threshold," demanded the Cow's Head hollowly. Oksana did as she was bidden.
"Place me near the fire."
Anger warred with compassion inside her, but compassion won. Oksana put it next to the fire.
"I am hungry," said the Cow's Head. "Feed me."
Oksana thought of her meager food supply. The stew left in the pot was for her breakfast. She fed it to Cow's Head.
"I will sleep now," it said. There was no softening in its attitude toward her. Nonetheless, Oksana made it comfortable for the night, giving it her blanket and sleeping in a cold corner with only her cloak to keep her warm.
When she woke in the morning, Cow's Head was gone. Where it had slept was a large trunk, filled with the most beautiful gowns she had ever seen. Under the gowns lay heaps of gold and jewels.
Oksana stared blankly at the riches in front of her. Her father's voice roused her.
"Daughter, I am come."
Oksana forgot the trunk in her joy. She ran into his arms. He had defied her stepmother to come and bring her back to their home.
"Papa, come see!" Oksana exclaimed as she pulled him into the cottage. Her words tumbled over each other as she explained.
Her father took her home. She was honored in her town for her compassion and her bravery, and won scores of suitors. She married soon after her return from the cottage.
Hearing Oksana's story, and seeing the riches she had received, Olena went to the cottage in the forest and spent the night there. But when Cow's Head appeared, she was too lazy to serve it. In the morning, all her gowns had turned to rags and her possessions to dust.
But Oksana lived to a ripe old age in happiness and prosperity.
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i am not really sure how is that i have never posted on chiaozza--have i? (my brain is going to mush!) since i own one that hangs over my bed and they are made in brooklyn by friends of a friend. well they now they have the full alphabet and i am tempted to buy some more! they only thing i will warn you is they are more delicate than you might think--so think decorative and not a shelf-shelf.
You've got great taste. I love this brand but have not added it to our collection. I think it's time to change that!


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Jazz Plan To Sign Danuel House To Second 10-Day Deal
Heat Waive Marcus Garrett, Sign Kyle Guy To Two-Way Contract
Will Cherry
Warriors Sign Deyonta Davis, Waive Will Cherry
October 11th, 2018 at 5:15pm CST by JD Shaw
The Warriors have signed free agent Deyonta Davis, waiving Will Cherry to create roster space, the team announced in a press release Thursday.
Cherry is expected to play in the G League with Santa Cruz, Marc J. Spears of ESPN's The Undefeated tweets. He signed a contract to join the Warriors on Monday.
Davis, 21, holds career-averages of 4.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 12.1 minutes in 98 games. He's spent the past two NBA seasons with the Grizzlies, also seeing action with the team's G League affiliate.
Davis was drafted with the No. 31 pick in 2016 by Boston. Before then, he spent one collegiate season at Michigan State.
The Warriors still have 20 players on their active roster, with NBA rules requiring that they soon waive three players to reach the season limit.
Deyonta Davis
Warriors Sign Will Cherry To Exhibit 10 Deal
October 8th, 2018 at 1:29pm CST by Luke Adams
OCTOBER 8: Cherry has signed an Exhibit 10 deal with the Warriors, tweets Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated, adding that the guard is expected to end up playing in Santa Cruz.
SEPTEMBER 19: The Warriors are expected to add Will Cherry to their 20-man offseason roster, according to Emiliano Carchia of Sportando. A source tells Carchia that Cherry is set to sign an Exhibit 10 contract with the defending champions.
Cherry, who went undrafted out of Montana in 2013, appeared in eight games for the Cavaliers during the 2014/15 season, but has otherwise spent most of his professional career playing overseas. Having played in Lithuania, Germany, Turkey, the 6'0″ point guard last suited up for Croatian club Cedevita Zagreb.
In 25 ABA League games last season, Cherry averaged 11.1 PPG and 3.2 APG. He also posted a team-best 11.8 PPG and 4.1 APG in 15 EuroCup contests.
The Warriors technically only have 13 players on guaranteed contracts, but Patrick McCaw figures to eventually become the 14th, and the team will likely start the season with an open roster spot to avoid increasing its projected tax bill. As such, Cherry may end up with the Santa Cruz Warriors, Golden State's G League affiliate.
Eastern Notes: Cherry, Pistons, Wittman
September 1st, 2015 at 8:00pm CST by Eddie Scarito
Unrestricted free agent Will Cherry has officially signed with the German club Alba Berlin, the team announced (translation by Emiliano Carchia of Sportando). International journalist David Pick first reported the team's interest and Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports was the first to relay that a signing was imminent. Cherry played in Lithuania last season after he was waived by the Cavaliers. The point guard saw action in eight games while with Cleveland and averaged 1.9 points, 1.0 assist and 0.8 steals in 8.6 minutes per contest.
Here's more from the Eastern Conference:
Stan Van Gundy wanted to hire a shooting coach for his first season with the Pistons, but he didn't get around to it until this summer, when he brought on Dave Hopla, who's wasted no time getting to work, writes Keith Langlois of Pistons.com. Hopla is working with extension candidate Andre Drummond and others and using analytics to enhance their strokes, as Langlois chronicles.
Justise Winslow, who was selected No. 10 overall by the Heat in this year's draft, blew away team executives during the predraft interview process, Zach Lowe of Grantland relays. The swingman was projected by a number of mock drafts to be a potential top five selection, but he surprisingly fell to Miami with the final pick in the top 10 this past June.
The Wizards will have to make a tough decision regarding whether or not coach Randy Wittman is the right man to continue leading the franchise on the court, J. Michael of CSNMid-Atlantic writes. Wittman, who owns a 137-158 record overall with Washington, is entering the second season of his three-year pact, and his contract is only partially guaranteed for the 2016/17 campaign, Michael notes.
Chuck Myron contributed to this post.
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And-Ones: Cherry, Jones, O'Quinn, Hibbert
August 29th, 2015 at 10:55pm CST by ChrisCrouse
Will Cherry is expected to sign with Germany Alba Berlin, Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports tweets. An official for the club told international journalist David Pick, who first reported the team's interest, that the signing will indeed take place (Twitter links). Cherry played in Lithuania last season after being waived by the Cavs. The point guard saw action in eight games with Cleveland early last season and averaged 1.9 points, 1.0 assists and 0.8 steals in 8.6 minutes per game.
Here are some notes from around the league:
A. Sherrod Blakely of CSSNE.com names Rockets forward Terrence Jones as a "glue guy" to watch this season. Jones is eligible for a rookie scale extension and will make slightly under $2.5MM in the last season of his current deal.
Blakely also names Kyle O'Quinn as a player to watch this season. The Knicks acquired O'Quinn via sign-and-trade with the Magic. The 25-year-old's contract is worth $16MM over four years.
Fran Blinebury of NBA.com examines possible nominees for the 2015/16 Comeback Player of the Year Award. Some notable players on the list are Kevin Durant, Paul George, Kobe Bryant and Chris Bosh. Blinebury also includes Roy Hibbert and Lance Stephenson as candidates to improve upon their 2014/15 performances. Both players changed area codes this offseason. Hibbert was sent to the Lakers in exchange for a second round pick. Stephenson was traded to the Clippers in exchange for Spencer Hawes and Matt Barnes.
Will Cherry To Play In Lithuania
December 7th, 2014 at 2:00pm CST by Eddie Scarito
SUNDAY, 2:00pm: Zalgiris Kaunas confirmed the deal via Twitter.
FRIDAY, 4:55pm: Free agent Will Cherry is finalizing a deal to join the Lithuanian team Zalgiris Kaunas, David Pick of Eurobasket reports (Twitter link). Cherry was waived on November 30th by the Cavs in order to clear a roster spot so that Cleveland could claim A.J. Price off waivers. Gino Pilato of D-League Digest reported earlier today that Cherry was headed overseas rather than intending to rejoin the D-League.
Pick also tweets that the deal isn't likely to be completed until Monday, which is when Cherry would clear D-League waivers, which he is expected to do. The point guard had signed a D-League deal with the affiliate of the Cavs shortly after the Raptors let him go at the end of the preseason and before Cleveland signed him for the big club in the first week of the regular season. The Cavs affiliate rescinded its rights to Cherry so that he wouldn't have to pay a buyout to head overseas, according to Pilato (Twitter link).
The 6'1″, 23-year-old Cherry appeared in eight games for the Cavs this year, averaging 1.9 points and logging 8.6 minutes per night. Cherry had notched 12.8 PPG and 4.0 RPG while playing 25.3 minutes per contest in five games for the Cavs Summer League team in Las Vegas. He had also played for the Cavs' D-League affiliate last season, when he provided 11.6 PPG, 3.7 RPG, and 4.5 APG in 30.4 MPG.
Cavs Notes: Irving, Allen, Miller, Cherry
December 5th, 2014 at 1:15pm CST by Chuck Myron
The Cavs and Kyrie Irving shook hands on a five-year extension this summer without knowing that LeBron James would return to Cleveland, sources insist to Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com, but Irving has had no problem adjusting his game to support LeBron's, as Windhorst examines. Irving took a backseat to no one Thursday, popping for 37 points while James dished 12 assists in Cleveland's fifth straight win. Here's more on a Cavs team that's finally on a roll:
Ray Allen is telling teams to talk to him in January and that he'll make a decision about his future in February, tweets Ryen Russillo of ESPN Radio. The Cavs remain the favorite to sign him, according to Russillo, though Allen and his camp have continually insisted that he's unsure whether he wants to play, much less which team he'd want to play for.
Mike Miller thought coming into the summer that he'd re-sign with the Grizzlies and spend the rest of his career in Memphis, as he tells Grantland's Jonathan Abrams, but the team's decision to sign Vince Carter derailed that plan, Abrams writes. He was reportedly close to a deal with the Nuggets, who offered him three years and $12MM, according to Abrams, but he chose instead to join the Cavs for two years and nearly $5.587MM. "The history of this city [Cleveland], if they go on to win one and I'm somewhere else — that's the decision I couldn't live with," Miller said. "So when it came down to the money, unfortunately I left a lot on the table again. It is what it is, but I'd have a hard time [waking up] every morning if I would have went somewhere else and not had the opportunity to win [a title]."
It's unclear where Will Cherry will play next, but it won't be in the D-League, as a source tells Gino Pilato of D-League Digest that the point guard is heading overseas in the wake of his release from the Cavs this past weekend (Twitter link).
Mike Miller (Former Player)
Cavs Claim A.J. Price, Waive Will Cherry
November 30th, 2014 at 6:14pm CST by Zachary Links
6:14pm: The Cavs made it official with a press release.
4:32pm: This time, it's Price displacing Cherry from the Cavs' roster. The Cavs have waived Cherry, according to Chris B. Haynes of Cleveland.com (via Twitter).
Cherry, 24 in February, appeared in eight games and played a total of 69 minutes for the Cavs this season. In that limited time, he averaged 1.9 PPG and 1.0 APG. Cherry signed a two-year, non-guaranteed deal for the minimum salary with Cleveland just weeks ago.
The guard averaged 12.8 PPG and 4.0 RPG while logging 25.3 minutes per contest in five games for the Cavs Summer League team in Las Vegas. Cherry also played for the Cavs' D-League affiliate last season, when he provided 11.6 PPG, 3.7 RPG, and 4.5 APG in 30.4 MPG.
4:27pm: The Cavs have claimed A.J. Price off waivers, a league source tells Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports (via Twitter). The guard was let go by the Pacers last week.
It's a return to Cleveland for Price, who opened the season on the Cavs roster only to be let go within the first week of the regular season in favor of Will Cherry. The 28-year-old performed well in his brief 10-game stint with the Pacers, averaging 10.5 points, 2.7 assists and 1.0 turnover in 19.3 minutes per contest.
Even though Price played well, someone had to go in Indiana as the team's hardship provision for a 16th roster spot had expired. Pacers coach Frank Vogel was complimentary of Price and said that he's deserving of an NBA roster spot somewhere. The Excel Sports Management client has acknowledged that going overseas could be a possibility for him, but he's undoubtedly happy to stay in the Association.
A.J. Price
Eastern Notes: Harris, Cherry, Hawks
November 4th, 2014 at 6:48pm CST by Alex Lee
We've already gone out West earlier tonight. Now let's check in on the Eastern Conference, where Wizards-Knicks and Magic-Bulls highlight the Tuesday night schedule. Here is what else is going on in the East:
The Magic raised the idea of an extension with annual salaries of about $9MM in negotiations with Tobias Harris around Labor Day, but the sides never resumed negotiations, according to Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders. Harris said that left him a "little disappointed" but with the understanding that it's "a part of the game," as he told Kyler. The Magic have told Harris' camp that they're likely to match any offer for him in restricted free agency next summer, Kyler writes.
The Cavaliers' two-year deal with Will Cherry, agreed to on Sunday, is non-guaranteed for the minimum this season and next, reports Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders (via Twitter). Cherry will make the prorated amount of $495,399 this season and then the full minimum of $845,059 next season, assuming he remains on the roster.
With the ownership and front office of the Hawks in disarray — not to mention the shortcomings of the other teams of note in the Atlanta area — the ability of Mike Budenholzer and his players to keep their focus on the court has been refreshing, writes Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Tobias Harris
Cavs Waive A.J. Price, Sign Will Cherry
November 2nd, 2014 at 12:20pm CST by Eddie Scarito
SUNDAY, 12:20pm: The Cavs have officially signed Cherry, the team announced.
4:54pm: Cherry's deal will be for two years, Chris Haynes of The Plain Dealer reports (Twitter link), though it's still unknown if any portion of his salary will be guaranteed.
SATURDAY, 4:28pm: The Cavaliers have waived A.J. Price, the team has announced. Price's salary was non-guaranteed, so the move won't cost Cleveland any cash. This reduces the Cavs' roster count to 14, one player below the regular season maximum. Cleveland intends to use the open roster spot to sign guard Will Cherry, Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports is reporting (Twitter link). No contract details were made available, but Cleveland is limited to offering Cherry no more than the minimum salary.
The big shocker here is that the team isn't signing Ray Allen, who would seem like a perfect fit for a Cavs squad looking to contend in the Eastern Conference. Allen still hasn't decided on whether or not he is going to play this season, though he has been mentioned as a target for the Spurs as well as the Cavs.
The 6'1″, 23-year-old Cherry averaged 12.8 PPG and 4.0 RPG while logging 25.3 minutes per contest in five games for the Cavs Summer League team in Las Vegas. Cherry also played for the Cavs' D-League affiliate last season, when he provided 11.6 PPG, 3.7 RPG, and 4.5 APG in 30.4 MPG. He was waived by the Raptors at the end of training camp last month.
Price hasn't appeared in either of Cleveland's regular season games this season. His career numbers are 5.9 PPG, 1.5 RPG, and 2.2 APG. His slash line is .381/.321/.749.
Raptors Waive Will Cherry, Jordan Hamilton
October 25th, 2014 at 11:55am CST by Eddie Scarito
The Raptors have officially waived Will Cherry and Jordan Hamilton, the team announced (Twitter link). These moves reduce Toronto's preseason roster count to 15 players, which is the league's regular season limit. Both players had their deals partially guaranteed for $25K, so the Raptors are on the hook for a total of $50K as a result. Presumably, that means Greg Stiemsma has made the opening-night roster on his $25K partially guaranteed deal.
The 6'1″, 23-year-old Cherry averaged 12.8 PPG and 4.0 RPG while logging 25.3 minutes per contest in five games for the Cavs Summer League team in Las Vegas. Cherry also played for the Cavs' D-League affiliate last season, when he provided 11.6 PPG, 3.7 RPG, and 4.5 APG in 30.4 MPG.
Hamilton is a player who is sure to garner interest from other NBA teams looking for some help on the wing. The 24-year-old out of Texas for his career has appeared in 126 games, averaging 5.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG, and 0.8 APG. His slash line is .406/.358/.671.
Jordan Hamilton
Zach Collins Plays G League Game, Nears Return For Spurs
Northwest Notes: Simons, Favors, Beasley, Timberwolves


Our friends, the Noltas, made a trip to Liberia this summer. They made a few upgrades and repairs at the orphanage, as well as ordering and purchasing several school desks. We hope you enjoy the pictures of a furniture company delivering the desks.
Mitch, founder of Peace Is The Goal, sent soccer balls and other gear with our friend Eric Lewis to Liberia. He just found our website online, and emailed us asking if we'd like some soccer gear. Mitch is a 17 year old young man that plays soccer in Wisconsin. He sent 12 balls, 7 backpacks, 2 gear bags and a ball pump. Check out the pictures of Eric and the soccer balls he was able to take to Liberia.
A young lady in Pennsylvania raised money for the orphanage by having a lemonade stand. How great is the faith of children trying to help children? SHe raised $60 in 2 days!
The last week of July 2009 a crew of 9 people went to Liberia and finished the common area and orphanage side of the facility! We were able to move the kids in! YEAH! Here are a few pictures from the newly finished site. A special thanks to Eric, Joel, Joe, Tim, Kipp, Bill, Brant, and Kelly for all their hard work.
Here is Eric installing the solar panels. So great that the orphanage has power (current) that is green, sustainable, and free.
Here is the wind mill and water storage tank. The wind blew nearly every night recharging the batteries to provide power! The water storage tank provides gravity fed running water to the showers, kitchen, bathrooms, etc.
Here are pictures of some of the quilts and curtains made by the women at E-Free Church in Montrose, PA. They sure do brighten the place and make it much more kid-friendly.
Here are pictures of the new playground, called Matthew's Play Place.
An 11 year old daughter Alex and her 2 friends, Sammy and Savannah wanted to find something to do to help other people less fortunate then themselves. They decided to try to sell friendship bracelets for $1.50 and send any money they raised to causes close to their heart. Half the money they sent to the orphanage project and the other half they sent to fundraiser for one of the girls cousins who is suffering from terminal brain cancer. Alex has 3 siblings that were adopted from Liberia through Addy's Hope and currently is waiting for her newest brother to come home. They sold bracelets to family, neighbors, friends and even got permission to sell them to the teachers at their elementary school. They have worked incredibly hard and were able to raise $175 for the orphanage project! They feel so good about doing it they decided to keep going. They have decided to name their group Friends for Africa."
*** Update *** Brant has 752 pairs of undies!!!
Brant Dixon in Winston-Salem, NC is traveling to Liberia to meet his new brothers at Addy's Hope later this month and he hopes to take hundreds of pairs of underwear with him!
On Monday, July 13, Brant sent out an all-points bulletin to family and friends seeking donations of new kids underwear. Challenged by his brother, Jay, who in September, went without his usual birthday presents and instead asked party guests to bring tee-shirts and underwear for the Addy's Hope kids, Brant decided to see what he could do!!
Support and encouragement are pouring in to B's email inbox---and so are the undies! He collected 218 pairs on Tuesday alone---and he's just getting started!!
Quilts, curtains, and backpacks....OH MY!
Ladies at the Montrose Evangelical Free Church are making curtains for the new orphanage and school in Liberia. They are picking out bright, cheerful fabric to use for the curtains that will be in the bedrooms and classrooms. There are 18 windows to decorate in the orphanage. A few women are making quilts for sound absorption and color and there are backpack patterns that you can make for the village children that will be going to school there. They are very excited that doing such a simple thing is going to make a difference in children's lives in Liberia!
An orphan living near Monrovia, Liberia in West Africa decorated this bookmark. Feel free to put this in your favorite book or give to a friend as a constant reminder of the children of Liberia.
Some kids in Pennsylvania are selling the beautiful Threads of Hope bracelets and necklaces again this year. Threads of Hope (http://www.threadsofhope.com.ph/) is a great organization that let's you donate 40% of the money raised to the cause of your choice and the other 60% goes back to the women in the Philippines who made the bracelets and necklaces. They are donating the 40% to Amazima Ministries (http://www.amazima.org/) and Addy's Hope Orphanage Project (http://www.futurefororphans.com/). The bracelets/anklets are $1.00 and the necklaces are $2.00. They have found that the necklaces work as cute headbands too!
If you are interested in buying any of them please email them at hopefulcards@yahoo.com and tell them what color(s) you would like. It will cost $1.00 if you need them mailed.
Orphanage Project Liberia was featured in our chuch's newsletter, Lifeline. Thanks Life Church for your support!
A young lady in Pennsylvania is helping to raise money for Orphanage Project Liberia. If you would like to order some hand made cards that will help orphans in Liberia, please contact her. Here is a message from her.
I wanted to continue helping the orphans and people of Liberia so my mom and I brainstormed and came up with the idea of making and selling handmade cards to raise money for Liberia. I asked my sister and my 2 friends and they quickly agreed to help! The money from the sale of the cards is going to Addy's Hope Orphanage and Orphanage Project Liberia! We are selling a pack of 6 assorted cards for $5 and there is a small fee for shipping that depends on how many packs you buy! If you would like to order a pack of cards please email us at hopefulcards@yahoo.com and tell your family and friends about this opportunity to reach the orphans of Liberia!
Here is a picture of the lovely young ladies making the cards.
Here are some great pictures of these gorgeous cards!!!
The kids at LIFE Church in Fort Collins, CO made notes, prayer bears, visors, and bracelets for the children at Addy's Hope Orphanage. The children at the orphanage loved their gifts and were so thankful and happy that children in America were thinking of them.
On Monday April 13th our friends Todd and Holly with Africa Bags had a fundraiser for their upcoming trip to Malawi. We also had a Passion Africa meeting (more of a get together) and were invited to give a presentation about our project. About 50 people attended, including friends and Orphanage Project Liberia supporters. It was truly a great opportunity to show those in Northern Colorado what had happened in Liberia, as well as thank people for their time, prayers, donations, and support.
Here is a slideshow of pictures from that night (thanks Todd for taking them!). Kami ran the slideshow while Jeremy spoke. It was a really fun night.
Here is a photo of what we were able to get accomplished on this trip. It is not complete, but the amount of work that was done in the 6 days we had to work with is a true miracle.
The progress is that the exterior walls, roof, bathrooms (one boys and one girls restrooms with two toilets each and a sink for each), kitchen floor, and well are completed. The fence is mostly done, but we do not have a gate. The other items left to start/complete include electrical, plumbing, install 9 windows, install an exterior door, desks, chairs, book shelves, kitchen roof, kitchen shelves, beds, interior walls for bedrooms, interior walls for class rooms, ceiling.
Here is a slideshow of all the construction pictures!
Margibi County Senior Senator Clarice Jah came to look at the progress of the project. We were honored to give her a tour of the future facility and explain how the entire surrounding community will benefit in many ways.
Here is a picture of the construction crew.
Click here for a great newspaper article about the 4 men who were on the team that traveled from Pennsylvania!
So the container is set to arrive in Liberia very soon! Kami leaves March 7th and Jeremy leaves March 14th to go and build the school and orphanage. There are currently 7 other people coming with us. Jeremy and Kami hope to have it mostly completed by the time they leave on April 1st. We will be sending out email updates (see below to sign up) and will try and post pics and updates on this website.
If you would like to receive email updates while they are on their trip send an email to Kami at bluecowgirl@yahoo.com with the word "update" in the subject line.
Kami was able to give a presentation at Calvary school to show them the pictures from the well and additional water fixtures their fundraised money purchased in Liberia! Enjoy the slideshow!
God is doing amazing things in Winston-Salem, North Carolina where the Calvary Middle Schoolers ROCKED their well project fundraiser by raising an incredible $3,562.24! This is more than $1000. over goal and will provide for ALL the well materials, drilling, labor costs and now, some terrific upgrades--- including better plumbing and also sink and toilet fixtures for the interior of the new orphanage.
Awesome job! Way to go, Cougars!!! THANK YOU to every one who donated!!!
WOW! The CBDS Middle School Cougars are on a roll---they've raised over $1000. at the halfway point of the well fundraiser!!
*Mrs. Morris's and Mrs. Clark's home bases are nippin' at your heels in 4th and 5th places!!!
Keep bringing in CHANGE and any other donations!
The Calvary Middle School is off to a SUPER-FAST start collecting over $500 for the well in just the first 3 days of the project!!!
Way to go----KEEP IT UP, COUGARS!!!
We are pleased to partner with the middle schoolers of Calvary Baptist Day School, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This energetic bunch of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders has commited to raising funds for the drilling of the water well at the school and orphanage. Their "CHANGE FOR ORPHANS" project kicks off on Tuesday February 10th with an assembly and runs through the end of February. Students are encouraged to donate the change they would spend on soda, sports drinks, and Starbucks treats to the project. Students could also consider donating a portion of their allowance, doing chores to raise extra money, asking friends and family for donations of spare change --- all in the hopes of raising $2,500. The Calvary home room that donates the most money will earn an extra incentive --- the chance to soak their Principal, Brenda Lidbom, with water balloons at the middle school social on February 27th. Go Cougars!
We are starting to collect bottles of chewable children's vitamins and over the counter meds (no liquids please) to take with us in a few weeks when we head to Liberia to build the school/orphanage. Please send Kami an email at bluecowgirl@yahoo.com if you are interested.
Petra, from Half Moon Bay California, contacted us with an offer of as many soccer uniforms as we could carry to Liberia. She is shipping boxes to gear to our house and we will take it on the place. Greg Thomas with the Half Moon Bay Review interviewed Jeremy, and the article came out today. Click here to read the article.
Today the container was loaded onto a truck and is headed to Houston to be put on a ship.
Thanks to Joe at Crystal Landscape for bringing their equipment down to help load the container.
The last items to load in the container have arrived. Thanks so much to Mel Wright for designing and building the solar and wind power system for the school/orphanage!
Here is a picture of Mel describing the components to Jeremy.
Here is a picture of the solar panels.
Here is a picture of Jeremy and I in front of the container tonight with the last bits loaded.
Tomorrow the conatiner will be fumigated tomorrow, aired out on Tuesday, picked up and put on a truck on Wednesday, arrive in Houston on Friday, and then be on a boat headed for Africa! Thank you to everyone who has helped and/or been supportive of this project. Please pray for the safe travels and arrival of this container full of goods that will help the Liberian people.


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Weekend preview: F1, Formula E, WRC
Rachit Thukral
motorsport.com 25 April 2019
Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Formula 1)
Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Formula 1) Glenn Dunbar / LAT Images
Glenn Dunbar / LAT Images
The start of the 2019 season has certainly caught everyone by surprise, with Ferrari failing to live up to its pre-season promise.
Instead, Mercedes has stolen a march with three back-to-back one-two finishes - all of which has strengthened its status as F1's best operational team.
Ferrari's low-drag SF90 will offer it a substantial advantage in Baku's final sector, but there are concerns over the car's performance in high-downforce sections of the track.
The Maranello-based outfit will bring a "few upgrades" to Azerbaijan GP, its first since the season started, and it would be interesting to see how it will position the team vis-a-vis Mercedes.
With Haas bracing for a tough race, Red Bull-Honda and Renault are likely to battle for the best-of-the-rest spot. Baku's long straights will serve as a barometer for engine performance, and paddock insiders will be eagerly watching the speed trap figures of both Honda and Renault-powered teams.
Paris E-Prix (Formula E)
Paris E-Prix (Formula E) Alastair Staley / LAT Images
Alastair Staley / LAT Images
Formula E will head to Paris this weekend after kicking off its European leg in Rome a fortnight ago.
The race will take place less than two weeks after city's iconic Notre Dame cathedral was partially damaged by an accidental fire.
Mahindra Racing secured a double points finish at the last race, but the team's declining form has seen it slip to a joint third in the teams' standings, tied with Audi.
However, Jerome d'Ambrosio still leads the drivers' standings for Mahindra on the back of a consistent first half of the season.
D'Ambrosio's teammate Wehrlein pointed out that the M5Electro is affected severely by weather changes, with cold conditions its Achilles heel.
With rain forecast on Saturday and temperature not expected to go above 20c, Mahindra is unlikely to feature on the podium this weekend - bar any exceptional circumstances.
Rally Argentina (WRC)
Rally Argentina (WRC) Hyundai Motorsport
Hyundai Motorsport
The World Rally Championship contingent will head to Argentina for the second gravel rally of the season.
The three title rivals are separated by just five points at present, with Hyundai's Thierry Neuville leading Citroen driver Sebastien Ogier and Toyota's Ott Tanak.
Neuville and Tanak shared the spoils in the last two editions of Rally Argentina, while Ogier has never won this event before - his best result being a second place finish in 2016.
Action will begin on Thursday with a 4.25 km shakedown in Villa Carlos Paz, before the first leg gets underway on Friday.
Honda Racing India (Asia Road Racing Championship)
Honda Racing India (Asia Road Racing Championship) ARRC
The Honda India team will head to Australia this weekend for the second round of Asia Road Racing Championship.
Rajiv Sethu and Senthil Kumar will represent the all-Indian team in the Asia Production 250cc category, which sits above the entry level Underbone 150cc class.
Sethu enjoyed his career best finish off 11th in the season opener in Malaysia, while Kumar also put on a fine show on his debut, finishing inside the points in 14th.
Mahaveer Raghunathan (Formula 2, Baku)
Mahaveer Raghunathan (Formula 2, Baku) Joe Portlock / LAT Images
Joe Portlock / LAT Images
Mahaveer Raghunathan will compete in his second Formula 2 round in Baku this weekend.
The Indian driver, who races under a Dutch license, endured a fraught debut in Bahrain last month, securing a best finish of 18th.
Moreover, he was found to have completed an extra lap at racing speeds for which he has been handed a 10-place grid drop. The penalty will apply to Saturday's feature race.


The Museum Broken Arrow to Host Annual Fundraiser - The Museum Broken Arrow | Keeping History Alive.
The Museum Broken Arrow will host its fourth annual fundraiser, Night at the Museum, on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Rose District Pavilion located just south of The Museum Broken Arrow, 400 S. Main St. in Broken Arrow.
This year's Night at the Museum theme is Main Street Speakeasy and will feature a vintage speakeasy from the 1920s. Live entertainment will be provided by local jazz artist Cynthia Simmons. The event also includes a silent auction and a free photo booth presented by Elite Custom Photo Booth.
Guests will also be able to enjoy a cash bar and refreshments provided by Main Street Tavern, In the Raw Broken Arrow and The Rooftop.
All proceeds from the event will go toward the operational expenses of the Museum including preservation of artifacts and photographs, the development of exhibits and to conduct ongoing research on Broken Arrow and its history.
Advanced tickets are $30 if purchased by Sept. 9 at 4 p.m. Tickets will be $35 at the door on the evening of the event.
Current sponsors of Night at the Museum are Cox Communications, Inc., Additive Systems, Inc., Main Street Tavern, In the Raw Sushi Broken Arrow, First National Bank Broken Arrow, the City of Broken Arrow, The Rooftop, RCB Bank, TTCU The Credit Union, D.C. & Janice Anderson, Labor Relations, Inc., Windstream, Colburn Electric, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Woods and Associates Allstate Insurance, Red Crown Credit Union, Larry & Phyllis Gallo and Vann & Associates | PR + Marketing. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.
For more information on the fundraiser, tickets, how to become a sponsor or to donate a silent auction item, please visit BrokenArrowMuseum.org.
The Museum Broken Arrow is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization located in historic downtown Broken Arrow near the site of the original Katy Train Depot. The Museum's mission is to preserve the local history of the city and its residents and to serve as an educational opportunity for future generations. In addition to showcasing local history, the Museum also offers events, educational opportunities and facility rental. The Museum is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call (918) 258-2616 or visit BrokenArrowMuseum.org.
Located in historic downtown Broken Arrow, near the site of the original train depot, the Broken Arrow Museum's mission is to be a place where our community comes together to explore Broken Arrow's past, appreciate its present, and imagine its future.
Our Non-Profit organization works to share local history in interactive and informative exhibits.
The Museum raises its operational costs through donations, fundraisers and membership dues. You may donate by credit card below. We also accept cash and check donations at the museum.


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The Culture Hero Ambat is associated with the origin of headbinding in certain coastal areas of southern Malakula, Vanuatu. Ambat himself had an elongated head and a fine, long nose. Head elongation styles vary slightly among the many different language and cultural areas of southern Malakula. The area where people have the longest elongated heads is the Nahai-speaking area of Tomman Island and the south south-western Malakulan mainland opposite. A person with a finely elongated head is thought to be more intelligent, of higher status and close to the world of the spirits. Even today, throughout Vanuatu, the Bislama/Pidgin English term, Longfala Hed (Long Head) is synonymous with intelligence.
On Tomman Island and the facing south south-western Malakula mainland, headbinding began approximately a month after birth. Each day the child's head was smeared with burnt paste made from the Navanai-Molo nut (from the candle nut tree). This process softens the skin and prevents 'binding rash'. The child's head was then bound with Ne'Enbobosit, a soft bandage made from the inner bark of a type of banana tree. Over this was placed a No'onbat'ar (specially woven basket) made from Nibirip (pandanus) and this was bound around with the Ne'euwver (fibre rope).
This process continued every day for approximately six months to produce the required shape.
We elongate the heads of our children because it is our tradition and it originates with the basic spiritual beliefs of our people. We also see that those with elongated heads are more handsome or beautiful, and such long heads also indicate wisdom. General South Malakulan (Quotation as translated into Bislama by Kirk Huffman)
Among the Bintulu Malanus Dayak people of Borneo it was considered a sign of beauty to have a flat forehead. The process of flattening the head was started during the first month of a baby's life with a tool called a tadal. A cushion was placed on the child's forehead with bands placed over the top of the head and around the back of the head. The strings holding the bands in position were adjusted without disturbing the baby. In the early stages, only very slight pressure was applied, but gradually the pressure was increased.
The Mangbetu people of north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo also practised head elongation. Babies' heads were bound with cloth to create the desired shape. As adults, the effect was emphasised by wrapping the hair around a woven basket frame so that the head appeared even more elongated.
In some parts of Europe, especially France, head elongation was practised up until the late 19th century. In the Deux-Sevres area, head elongation involved wrapping the baby's head in a tight bandage. The binding was left for a period of two to four months and was then replaced with a fitted basket. When the baby was older, the basket was strengthened with metal thread.
In the Normandy region it was customary to bind a child's head with at least two coiffures (headresses) and a piece of canvas to tightly compress the skull.
body art past exhibitions
Papua New Guinea Scarification
Aboriginal Scarification
Mt Hagen - Papua New Guinea Festival
The Meaning of Ta Tau - Samoan Tattoing
Footbinding
Corsetry - Shaping the waist
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
The Meaning of Ta Moko - Maori Tattooing
Tattooing - Earliest examples
Paint up - Aboriginal Dance
The Body Art exhibition explored the many different ways, both temporary and permanent, in which people modify, change, decorate and adorn their bodies. It revealed the what, why, how and where of 'body art'.


The main objective of the course is to provide students with an accurate picture of how the software interacts with the underlying hardware. The student must acquire an approximate vision of how the processor and memory system of a computer works today.
In particular, it is expected that the student to be able to perform quantitative analysis, using figures of merit, of the performance of a computer running a program and know how to make appropriate comparisons between different design alternatives.
Understanding the concurrent techniques used by today's computers to reduce the execution time. Being aware of the impact on computer performance of taken decisions when programming in a high level language.
Relating the evolution in the integration techniques with the changes undergone by the architecture of computers and how current restrictions will condition the future evolution of computers.