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Afriški marabu (znanstveno ime Leptoptilos crumenifer) je velika ptica močvirij iz družine štorkelj Ciconiidae. Gnezdi v Afriki južno od Sahare, tako v mokrih kot v sušnih habitatih, pogosto v bližini človeških bivališč, zlasti na odlagališčih odpadkov. Včasih jo imenujejo "ptica pogrebnik" zaradi njene oblike od zadaj: krila in hrbet, podobna plašču, suhe bele noge in včasih velika bela masa perja.

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Ime marabu naj bi izhajalo iz arabske besede murābit, kar pomeni 'tiho' ali 'puščavnikovo. Lekcija je prvotno opisala vrsto v rodu štorkelj Ciconia kot Ciconia crumenifera. Vrsta je bila premaknjena v rod Leptoptilos in končnica je bila spremenjena v crumeniferus in so jo uporabljali številni avtorji, dokler ni bilo ugotovljeno, da je pravilna moška končnica, ki ustreza rodu crumenifer.

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Afriški marabu je ogromna ptica: veliki primerki naj bi dosegli višino 152 cm in težo 9 kg.Stevenson, Terry and Fanshawe, John (2001). Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi. Elsevier Science,  Fisher in Peterson sta sprejela razpon kril 3,7 m, ki sta to vrsto uvrstila med največji razpon kril od vseh živih ptic. Poročali so o celo višjih meritvah do 4,06 m, čeprav nobena meritev nad 3,20 m ni bila preverjena. Pogosto mu pripisujejo največji razpon med kopenskimi pticami, saj lahko tekmuje z andskim kondorjem; bolj tipično pa te štorklje merijo po krilih 225–287 cm, kar je približno 33 cm  manj od povprečnega razpona kril andskega kondorja in skoraj 65 cm manj od povprečja največjih albatrosov in pelikanov. Tipična teža je 4,5–8 kg, neobičajno le 4 kg, dolžina (od kljuna do repa) pa je 120 do 130 cm. Samice so manjše od samcev. Dolžina kljuna je lahko od 26,4 do 35 cm. Za razliko od večine štorkelj, tri vrste Leptoptilos letijo z uvlečenim vratom kot čaplja.

Marabu je nezgrešljiv zaradi svoje velikosti, gole glave in vratu, črnega hrbta in belega spodnjega dela. Ima ogromen kljun, rožnato golšo na grlu (crumenifer(us)) pomeni "nosilec mošnjička za denar"), ovratnik ter črne noge in krila. Spola sta si podobna, vendar je mlada ptica bolj rjava in ima manjši kljun. Polna zrelost se doseže šele po najmanj štirih letih.

 Vedenje in ekologija
Kot večina štorkelj je tudi marabu družinski in gnezdilec v koloniji. V afriški sušni sezoni (ko je hrana bolj dostopna, saj se tolmuni krčijo), zgradi drevesno gnezdo, v katerega odleže dve ali tri jajca. Znano je, da je precej slabe volje.

Drugim štorkljam je podoben tudi po tem, da ni zelo glasen, a se prepusti dvorjenju z ropotanjem z eazkazovanjem. Z grleno golšo tedaj oddaja različne zvoke.

 Vzreja
Afriški marabu se razmnožuje v kolonijah, ki se začnejo v sušnem obdobju. Samica izleže dve do tri jajca v majhno gnezdo iz vej; jajca se izležejo po inkubacijski dobi 30 dni. Njihovi mladiči dosežejo spolno zrelost pri 4 letih. Življenjska doba je 43 let v ujetništvu in 25 let v naravi.

 Hranjenje
Afriški marabu je pogost mrhovinar, gola glava in dolg vrat pa sta prilagoditvi temu preživetju, tako kot pri jastrebih, s katerimi se marabu pogosto prehranjuje. V obeh primerih bi se pernata glava hitro strdila s krvjo in drugimi snovmi, ko bi bila ptičja glava znotraj velikega trupla, golo glavo pa je lažje vzdrževati čisto.

Ta velika in močna ptica je predvsem mrhovino, ostanke in iztrebke, vendar bo oportunistično pojedla skoraj vse živalske snovi, ki jih lahko pogoltne. Občasno poje druge ptice, vključno z gnezdišči Quelea, golobov, piščancev pelikanov in kormoranov ter celo plamencev. Med gnezditveno sezono odrasli zmanjšajo mrhovino in vzamejo večinoma majhen živ plen, saj mladiči potrebujejo takšno hrano za preživetje. Običajni plen v tem času so lahko ribe, žabe, žuželke, jajca, mali sesalci in plazilci, kot so mladički in jajca krokodilov , ter kuščarji in kače. Čeprav je znano, da jedo gnilo in na videz neužitno hrano, lahko te štorklje včasih sperejo hrano v vodi, da odstranijo zemljo.

Ko se prehranjuje z mrhovino, marabu pogosto sledi jastrebom, ki so bolje opremljeni s trnkastimi kljuni za trganje mrhovine in lahko počakajo, da jastrebi odvržejo kos, ukradejo kos mesa neposredno jastrebu ali počakajo, da jastrebi končajo. Tako kot jastrebi tudi marabuji opravljajo pomembno naravno funkcijo s čiščenjem območij z zaužitjem mrhovine in odpadkov.

Marabuji so vedno bolj odvisni od človeških smeti in na stotine ogromnih ptic je mogoče najti okoli afriških odlagališč ali čakati na ostanke v urbanih območjih. Opazili so, da marabuji, ki jedo človeške smeti, požrejo skoraj vse, kar lahko pogoltnejo, vključno s čevlji in kosi kovine. Znano je, tisti, ki so se prehranjevali iz človeških virov, napadejo, ko jim odtegnejo hrano.

 Grožnje
Popolnoma odrasli afriški marabuji imajo malo naravnih sovražnikov in imajo visoko letno stopnjo preživetja, čeprav naj bi levi plenili nekatere posameznike v zasedi. Pri divjih marabujih so odkrili številne endoparazite, vključno z ogorčicami Cheilospirura, Echinura in Acuaria, Amoebotaenia sphenoides (Cestoda) in Dicrocoelium hospes (Trematoda).

 Človekova uporaba
Marabujev puh se pogosto uporablja pri okraševanju različnih kosov oblačil in klobukov ter ribiških vab. Puranov puh in podobno perje so uporabljali kot nadomestek za obrezovanje 'marabujev'.

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Gay Guy Goes Missing In Joburg
What the hell is going on? Gay men are being murdered like flies and nobody seems to be doing anything about it. Instead you have leaders making erroneous statement like "gays are rotten".
Given the recent murders, fears are growing that a young gay guy might fall victim to the same fate.
Report By: Shain Germaner
A gay man from Bloemfontein has been reported missing after pursuing an internet relationship in Joburg.
Thebe Mogamisi met a potential love interest online late last year, and travelled from to Joburg to meet "Sipho" on New Year's Eve.
His aunt, Dikeledi Mokatong, last heard from Mogamisi on December 31, when he said he would finally be meeting his new friend in person.
Calls to his phone number go straight to voice mail and his online profiles have been inactive.
"I can't sleep at night, I'm so worried. Thebe is not the kind of person who would stay quiet for so long," said Mokatong. "We just pray nothing bad has happened to him."
A missing person's case has been opened at the Park Road police station in Bloemfontein.
Last year, The Star exposed seven murders of gay men in the greater Joburg area, all found strangled in their homes.
In each case, it appeared the men had met their killers either online or through cellphone chatrooms. The murderer or murderers would then be invited into their victim's home, killing their host and then fleeing the scene. Theft was ruled out as a motive as very little was taken from each of the crime scenes.
Police said last year the cases were not linked, which could mean at least seven murderers have yet to be brought to justice.
The gay community in Joburg is up in arms over the murder last month of ex-TV presenter and HIV activist Jason Wessenaar. His was the seventh gay murder in Joburg.
Wessenaar was stabbed in the neck seven times during a struggle with his killer – he is also reported to have met him online and invited him to the home where he was staying.
Friends and family of the activist have expressed extreme dissatisfaction at the police investigation.
One of Wessenaar's closest friends, Yvette Raphael, is the founder of the Justice for Jason campaign, which called on the public to send e-mails to "the minister of safety and security, the Gauteng commissioner of police and other leaders of the government to ensure Jason's killers are brought to justice".
The seven murders began with Manolis Veloudos, in April 2010. It was followed last year by Jim Cathels, Oscar O'Hara, 33, Siphiwe Selby Nhlapo, 36, a 47-year-old unnamed landlord and Barney van Heerden, 39, and then Wessenaar.
*http://www.gnpplus.net/images/stories/newsreleases/2012_Demand_Justice_for_Jason.pdf"Anyone who has seen Thebe Mogamisi, can contact shain.germaner@inl.co.za or the Park Road police station in Bloemfontein on 051 507 6000. - The Star
This is really unsettling given the fact that the police have thus far done very little if anything at all in solving any of these cases.
If you know where Thebe is inform the relevant authorities.
If Thebe has decided to do some vat-en-sit Egoli without informing his relatives about his where-about -- dude call someone and let them know that you are ok.
Also read HERE and HERE about gay murders in Jozi.
Gay Guy Goes Missing In Joburg Reviewed by PhilMphela on 2:22:00 PM Rating: 5
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This is shocking! And to think that the police are dragging their feet on all these cases is even worse!! I don't get this, it seems to me this whole thing is about homophobic. Guess what gays are also people too dammit. They contribute as much to the society as any other straight person does.
You know in cases like these I actually prefer countries that downright oppose homosexuality because at least there you know where you stand.
Whats with this hypocrisy?!
Keith Recore said...
Thanks Phil! Let's hope Thebe is on a side journey and just has not let anyone know. However, with the printed information, seems unlikely. Understandbly the police are ovewhelmed with many cases and underwhelmed with resources, however it does seem past due for a task force to close loose ends, snyc common elements and most importantly to let ALL of the families/friends/colleagues know where they are in these cases.
Until when are gay men going to realize that this whole thing of meeting people from dating sites is not safe? This is just too sad.

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When the original specification of Super 200 rally cars was introduced, it was hoped that performance would be comparable to existing Group N rally cars and that both could compete side by side. However, it soon became clear that the S2000 cars' lower minimum weight ggave them a significant advantage over Group N cars.
The FIA subsequently introduced the R4 specification, which allowed a series of weight-saving components to be developed for Group N cars, with the aim of equalising performance and ensuring parity in competition.
In 2010, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation approached MML Sports and asked it to jointly develop and market, along with Ralliart Italy, the official kit of parts to upgrade Group N Lancer EvoIX and EvoXs. Homologation was granted in early 2011 and MML Sports immediately demonstrated that its own R4 Lancer EvoX was at least as competitive, and more often than not, more competitive, than normally-aspirated S2000 cars.
The R4 upgrade kit consists of several bespoke designed and fabricated components to reduce the overall weight of the EvoX rally cars. The complete kit can be seen by downloading the schematic diagram below but in essence, it revolves around fabricated front and rear crossmembers, re-designed suspension mounting arms, lightweight bonnet, boot and door panels with impact-absorbing foam inserts and a revised heater assembly and dashboard.
The regulations also allow a lighter laminated front windscreen but this is ordered separately.
The results are clear to see. MML Sports' own Lancer EvoX R4 was in the region of 100Kg lighter than comparable Group N cars during its test phase in actual competition in 2011 and this translated to a one second per kilometre advantage over its own Group N EvoX, in identical stages.
In real terms, this put the MML Sports' R4 EvoX genuinely on the pace of an original specification Super2000 car in competition in Latvia, driven by a front-running S-WRC driver.


Will genes from Idaho and the Yellowstone area finally begin to mix?
Former Idaho wolf B271M has been wandering around the Yellowstone area for over two years now. He had little success finding a mate in the Park, but has paired with a radio-collared female in Sunlight Basin to Yellowstone Park's east.
So far there has been no genetic evidence that wolves from Idaho or NW Montana have produced offspring with the wolves that were reintroduced to Wyoming.
The Idaho wolf orginally came from a pack on the western edge of the Sawtooth Mountains of south central Idaho.
Story: Idaho, Cody wolves 'pair'. By Angus M. Thuermer Jr. Jackson Hole Daily.
We have to hope that some dork doesn't shoot him.
Let's hope nobody shoots either one of them.
Gotta love our elected officials!
This pairing, if they den, will be the the "one" event that the delisting faction latch onto to further the cause. This will be pushed, during the lawsuit hearings, by ID, MT, and WY as "The" single (soup of the day) reason to delist, period. Funny how the last delisting was derailed because the lack of genetic transfer. Expect this to get huge media coverage in the three states.
pffffft, the genetic diversity argument is soooooo 2008. You're either on the bus or off the bus, it's the "WE NEED A NATIONAL PLAN" for 2009.
Absolutely, just like one cold, wet winter justifies the denial of global warm….er climate change. What's your point?


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Columbia Journalism Review Faults Columbia, LA Times for Improper Disclosure of Anti-Oil and Gas Funding
December 3, 2015 | Steve Everley
An investigative research team whose controversial climate reports were funded by anti-oil and gas interests failed to provide adequate disclosure of the donations, according to a report out this afternoon by the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR). Additionally, an Energy In Depth review of online records suggests the excuse provided by the project's editor for not disclosing the information properly is, in fact, entirely inaccurate.
The CJR report, part of the magazine's role as a media watchdog, could raise additional ethical questions about funding sources for non-profit organizations that produce what many would otherwise see as objective reporting.
The researchers under scrutiny are affiliated with the Energy and Environment Reporting Fellowship at Columbia University, which recently produced two reports claiming an American energy company had helped advance mainstream climate science, but allegedly later "poured millions into a campaign that questioned climate change." Both reports were published by the Los Angeles Times in October, and later even helped spark a push by state government officials to investigate energy companies' opinions on climate change.
An Energy In Depth review of online records from late last month showed that the reports had been financed by a number of large foundations, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, that oppose and actively work to stop oil and natural gas development. After EID's report, the Los Angeles Times quietly updated one of the stories to disclose that information to its readers.
A review of archived pages conducted earlier this week by the Daily Caller, a conservative online outlet, also discovered that the Columbia fellowship program that produced the reports had similarly not disclosed funding from anti-fossil fuel interests when the stories were initially published. Columbia later updated its website to note that it had taken money from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Energy Foundation, and other organizations that also finance national campaigns in opposition to conventional energy development.
In the wake of these developments, and against the backdrop of additional attention being directed back to the research team's previously undisclosed financial supporters, the Columbia Journalism Review weighed in today with a critical take on the alleged lack of transparency.
In describing how several institutions are "often drawing on funds from outside groups" to support their journalistic research projects, the CJR highlights the legitimate questions regarding who those funders actually are:
"But the practice also raises questions of balance in what subjects get reported, as well as appropriate disclosure of the outside funders and their political leanings. In the case of Columbia, The Energy and Environmental Reporting Project is funded in part by a group of philanthropic organizations, at least one with a clear advocacy bent on the issue. The names of the funders were not listed on the two articles when they were published by the Los Angeles Times, though they were later added online." (emphasis added)
Bill Keller, editor in chief of the Marshall Project, told CJR that when it comes to nonprofit news, "most organized funders are geared for advocacy." CJR adds that these organizations "often have a topical focus, and grants for subject-specific coverage inherently influence what journalism reaches the public."
Not surprisingly, another non-profit news organization, InsideClimate News (ICN), has come under fire for its objectivity. ICN regularly cites environmental activist groups in its reports, without disclosing in the story that both ICN and the groups cited are funded by the same foundations. Energy In Depth has previously explored how funders for InsideClimate News, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, also bankroll environmental advocacy groups like 350.org, the Sierra Club, and Earthworks.
As for the Columbia team, CJR observes that the Energy and Environment Reporting Fellowship is "supported by six outside groups," including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, which, according to CJR, "has taken a particularly strong stance against fossil fuels."
Why the Lack of Disclosure?
The CJR report explains that "there is arguably some harm in not disclosing those funders to readers," adding that the Los Angeles Times made "no explicit mention of the philanthropic organizations providing financial support" for the articles it published. "After that complaint was made public this week," according to CJR, "the Times appended the relevant information to the work online."
A spokesperson for the Times defended its decision not to initially disclose, telling CJR that "a list of the project's funders has been available on the project's website," and that the Times "clearly noted that the reporting was done by the Columbia University's Energy and Environment Reporting Project."
CJR suggests that's hardly a credible excuse, observing that it's "questionable, though, whether very many readers would have taken the time to visit the Columbia project's web page to examine its funders."
Earlier this week, the Dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Steve Coll, also defended his research team's use of anti-oil and gas money, claiming that it has always been fully disclosed. In response to a letter questioning the objectivity of the Columbia team's reports, based in part on the funding it received from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Coll wrote:
"Your letter focuses on the fact that the project is supported in part by grants from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. This is true, and is prominently disclosed on the Project's website, as are the names of the other significant financial supporters of the Project, apart from the Graduate School of Journalism itself."
Archival records of the Columbia website released yesterday, however, showed that the funding sources were not disclosed when the reports were published. As CJR points out, "there was no such disclosure of funding on Columbia's website when both stories ran, the first on Oct. 9 and the second on Oct. 23."
But an even more damning revelation came from Columbia's research team, specifically Susanne Rust, the project's editor, who defended the decision not to disclose funding until nearly a month after the first story was published.
"The investigative editor on the project, Susanne Rust, offered this explanation: '[The project] didn't even have a website until Oct. 9 because we were operating in stealth mode,' Rust says. 'When the first story came out, we realized we needed one. Probably a couple weeks later, [school administrators] said it'd be good to get the funders on there as well. They finally got up on Nov. 6.'
"Rust pegs the long delay to bureaucratic inertia. As a courtesy after publication, the school notified funders that their support would be made public. 'Throughout the reporting,' Rust adds, 'whenever anyone would ask how this was funded, there was full disclosure.'"
But online records suggest that Rust's statement indicating the Energy and Environment Reporting Fellowship "didn't even have a website until Oct. 9" is not true. Based on an internet archive review by Energy In Depth, the project had a website at least a month earlier than Rust claimed. Here is how the Fellowship's page appeared on September 8, 2015:
Screen capture of the Energy and Environment Reporting Fellowship website as it appeared on September 8, 2015 — one month before the program released the first of its two controversial climate reports. The project's editor claimed the program "didn't even have a website" prior to the release of the first story. Accessed via Internet Archive
That page, which also provided bios for the authors of the stories that were later published by the Los Angeles Times, did not list the Rockefeller Brothers Fund or any of the other funders.
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Six figures from Spar
CJ LANG celebrated a major fundraising milestone last month, having raised £150,000 for charity over a 12 month period.
The Spar Scotland wholesaler has been distributing funds to local charities, community groups, foodbanks and Spar's national charity partner Marie Curie.
CJ Lang has also announced it plants to introduce a new Community Cashback initiative shortly, which will see the firm donate £30,000 to groups and charities supporting communities in Scotland.
Colin McLean, chief executive at CJ Lang, said: "As a wholesale business based in Dundee which supplies over 300 local community Spar stores, we are pleased to be able to send donations to recipients the length and breadth of Scotland."
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There are too many bloggers who would have to be paid off to make corruption work. It's far easier to corrupt Big Media. You just work on the guy at the top and he tells the underlings what to do. It's easier to do and harder to isolate. These bloggers were all too happy to reveal the fact that they got a bribe, er, gift, er, loaner from Microsoft. Whatever scheme was afoot fell apart and just showed that Microsoft is still up to its dirty tricks. Now we know.
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Во хетерогеноста на блогосферата лежи нејзината најголема сила.
и јас сум корупиран блогер и јас сакам лап топ. што трба да правам за да добијам?
Само нека пробаат со мене.
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El Exèrcit d'Extremadura va ser una unitat de l'Exèrcit Popular de la República que va operar durant la Guerra Civil Espanyola. Sota la seva jurisdicció es trobaven les forces republicanes desplegades en el front d'Extremadura. Situat en un front secundari, no va tenir un paper important durant la contesa, si bé va participar en l'ofensiva de Valsequillo en 1939.

Historial
L'Exèrcit d'Extremadura va ser creat en la tardor de 1937 com una nova formació escindida del desaparegut Exèrcit del Sud republicà. Inicialment es va designar al tinent coronel Joaquín Pérez Salas com a comandant en cap del nou Exèrcit, si bé aviat seria substituït pel coronel Ricardo Burillo Stholle. La seva caserna general es trobava a Almadén. En l'estiu de 1938 les operacions relacionades amb el tancament de la bossa de Mèrida, emprès per l'Exèrcit del Sud franquista, van suposar una greu derrota per a l'Exèrcit d'Extremadura i es van saldar amb importants pèrdues humanes, materials, etc. El coronel Burillo va ser substituït pel coronel Adolfo Prada Vaquero, que va aconseguir reorganitzar al desfet Exèrcit d'Extremadura i frenar l'ofensiva franquista. El general Antonio Escobar Huertas assumiria el comandament a la fi de 1938. El gener de 1939 l'exèrcit va llançar una important ofensiva en el front de Còrdova-Extremadura, que en els primers dies va obtenir un cert èxit. No obstant això, l'ofensiva acabaria fracassant després de diverses setmanes de combats. L'Exèrcit d'Extremadura va ser dissolt al final de la contesa, al març de 1939.

Comandaments
Comandants
 Tinent coronel Joaquín Pérez Salas;
 Coronel Ricardo Burillo Stholle;
 Coronel Adolfo Prada Vaquero;
 General de brigada Antonio Escobar Huertas;

Caps d'Estat Major
 Tinent coronel Joaquín Alonso García;
 Tinent coronel Javier Linares Aranzabe;
 Coronel Eduardo Sáenz de Aranaz;
 Coronel Ramón Ruiz-Fornells Ruiz;

Comissari
 Nicolás Jiménez Molina, del PSOE;

Comandant general d'Artilleria
 Coronel d'artilleria José Valcázar Crespo;

Comandant general d'Enginyers
 Tinent coronel d'enginyers Pedro Fraile Sánchez;

Notes

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Vegeu també
 Batalla de Peñarroya
 Exèrcit Popular de la República
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Jeff Koons's Gazing Ball sculpture at centre of legal tussle between art dealers
In new court filings, Fabrizio Moretti reveals the work he says David Zwirner has failed to deliver—and is now seeking $6m in damages
Dan Duray
Lawyers for Blue Art Limited, the London-based company owned by the Italian Renaissance dealer Fabrizio Moretti, filed an amended complaint Wednesday night (17 August) against the New York art dealer David Zwirner and his gallery, which Moretti says failed to deliver a work of art he bought for $2m. The new complaint comes after Zwirner's motion to dismiss named the previously anonymous purchaser and called the lawsuit "a case of buyer's remorse". In response, Moretti's recent court filings reveal the work at the heart of the case—Jeff Koons's Gazing Ball (Centaur and Lapith Maiden) (2013), from the gallery's show that year. And while he previously asked for the original purchase price for the work plus fees, Moretti's updated suit seeks $6m in total damages.
In the new filing, Moretti's lawyers say Zwirner and the gallery played "a kind of 'three card monte' in which the numbered casts of the sculpture"—an edition of three, plus an artist's proof—"were distributed to their buyers willy-nilly".
On 24 June 2014, according to the complaint, Moretti made a purchase agreement and soon put down a deposit of $400,000 on edition 2 of 3, his lawyers say. By early 2015, the gallery told Moretti that the sculpture was nearly complete and the collector started paying off what he owed. In April 2015, the work was ready but instead of being delivered to Moretti, it was labelled as edition 3 of 3 and taken to the Contemporary Art Evening Auction at Sotheby's in May, where it carried an estimate of $1.5m to $2.5m—and failed to sell.
On 29 June 2015, the court papers say, Moretti paid the final $200,000 he owed and around that time, another sculpture was completed. This one, however, was labelled edition 1 of 3 and went to another buyer, who still owed the gallery $1.6m. Moretti, faced with a bad art market and a sculpture from a series that had now been unsold at auction, says he still had not received his piece by the time he filed his lawsuit on 4 August this year.
Further complicating matters is the fact that the editions that were made are not the same as the one shown at the Gazing Ball show at David Zwirner Gallery in May 2013, the complaint says. That is now classified as a "prototype" and the dimensions of the sculpture ready for collection by Moretti are different from the object he purchased, the collector says.
"It's a shocking level of indifference to customers that is frankly surprising for a dealer who has a buyer who paid $2m," Moretti's laywer John Cahill told The Art Newspaper. "The idea not only that [a gallery] can deliver the work to you whenever they want, they don't even have to tell you what work you're getting, what size it is, or any information that a specific law requires."
Moretti's amended suit alleges that Zwirner's dealings violate the New York Arts and Cultural Affairs Law, updated in 1991 to "augment the laws protecting art purchasers from the slippery practices of some art dealers", according to the court papers, and to outline the information that must be provided to the buyer of a sculpture. Moretti is seeking additional damages because Zwirner violated the law in the vagueness of the purchase agreement and in the editioning, the court documents state. The complaint also accuses the dealer and gallery of breach of contract and fraud, among other charges.
"The lawsuit is entirely meritless," a spokeswoman for David Zwirner says. "The gallery had already moved to dismiss the case and the recent amended allegations are also absolutely baseless. The client has declined delivery of the artwork, which is completed and ready for pick up. Unfortunately he has been attempting to use the court system as a negotiating tactic."
In the motion to dismiss, Zwirner's lawyers said there was no breach of contract since Blue Art "did not specify a date or deadline for delivery" and instead tried "simply to walk away from a deal in which it had 'lost interest'", quoting an email from Moretti to Zwirner about the sculpture. They also described the fraud claim as "specious", adding that in its "blunderbuss pleading, Blue Art does not attribute even one alleged misrepresentation to Zwirner—nor can it—revealing that its suit against him personally is no more than harassment".
"I do not know why David has chosen to treat me in this manner," Moretti says in a statement on behalf of Blue Art. "It is also unfair to the artist, whom I like and admire. It is no secret that I helped to bring the work of Jeff Koons to the Palazzo Vecchio in 2015. It is my hope that I can receive justice in a New York court."


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Q: Visual Studio code snippets Cursor In Visual Studio when you insert a snippet and finish inserting literals the cursor jumps to the beginning of the snippet.
Now I'd like to tell visual studio where the cursor should go afterwards. I've searched the web and actually hold little hope for this to be possible.
To illustrate, suppose I have this snippet:
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Then after inserting:
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A: Use the $end$ variable as shown in the following "if" snippet for c#.
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Anne Kerry Swank Angel Art is in the Vatican
By Send2Press Newswire on October 29, 2014 in California, Entertainment, Photography, Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., Oct. 29, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Artist Anne Kerry Swank's limited edition Angel watercolor photographs series now hangs in the Vatican, Rome, after a twenty-year journey of the artist that began with a morning prayer to God and Divine Inspiration.
"Our Heavenly Father asked me to spread his gospel of salvation through the creation of these images of Angels, his Divine messengers, to make celebration of art communicating and inspiring the human heart to yearn for God's path. God assured me I would be given vision that heaven was watching over this blessed journey, and he would lead me every step of the way."
The first limited edition watercolor that was received by His Holiness, Pope Francis, and selected for display is "Serenity," in green tones, number 1/30. It measures 30x40 inches. The image is a vision depicting an angel that represents the Holy Spirit and God's peace within. The second limited edition watercolor is "Divine Presence" in sepia tone, number 5/50. It measures 35x35 inches and depicts an angel representing the Holy Trinity.
Dr. Donald Lawrence Jolly-Gabriel saw the Angel images, heard Ms. Swank's story, and acted as God's vessel to carry them to His Holiness, Pope Francis, at the Vatican. "I am so grateful," says Ms. Swank "that the Vatican is displaying this art and delivering the message of Christ."
"Angels are sent by God to help guide us," she continues. "With every new undertaking, I pray and ask God to open my vision, guide my hand, and to send an angel to assist. When I choose the colors, an angel guides me. The names come through prayer as well."
Both images were photographed at the Royal Horse Stables, Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, and hand colored by the artist.
"These images radiate love, hope and joy. God is only a prayer away. Ask in faith. The messengers are sent by God to guide and help us in all ways."
About Anne Kerry Swank:
Anne Kerry Swank was born in 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She learned about light and photography from her father. As a child, she found a sense of solitude and peace when visiting Roskilde Cathedral in her native Denmark.
Moving to California in 1979, Ms. Swank enrolled in photography courses at Orange Coast College. There, influenced by mentor Rick Steadry, she developed her talent into a profession, beginning her career in architectural photography.
Seeking to concentrate on more figurative work, she became a successful portrait artist, drawing a large following for her classic style, capturing the nuances of light and shadow.
"The Angel Project" is Ms. Swank's latest and most extensive endeavor. The series presents angelic compositions imbued with the highest virtues of grace and nobility as an inspiration to us all.
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Legalized sports betting has failed to generate the revenue expected in Rhode Island.
The state initially budgeted for $23.5 million in gambling related revenues for the fiscal year ending in June 2019.
The target was lowered to $11.5 million in January, but R.I. lottery officials are reporting that the state has posted just 1.3% of that total ($150,000) to date.
Governor Gina Raimondo attributed the shortfall to a later start than anticipated, but wagering volume (of course, less than expected) and gambler performance (better than expected) have also made rebalancing the budget a priority.
While it's all but assured that Rhode Island will fall short of January's revamped projection, it should experience significant revenue growth in 2020; Raimondo recently signed a bill that will permit online sports betting within the state.


KantaKantun is being carried out with early Secondary School students across Malta and Gozo, who learn about the often overlooked similarities between music and architecture. Students are encouraged to create their own material through planning and discussion while also learning to structure their ideas coherently.So far this project has been carried out with schools in Valletta, Rabat (Gozo), Mġarr, Ħamrun, Rabat (Malta) and Birżebbuġa.
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Earliest Domestic Grains Along Silk Road Spread By Ancient Nomads
By News Staff | April 1st 2014 05:48 PM | Print | E-mail
Charred grains of barley, millet and wheat deposited nearly 5,000 years ago at campsites in the high plains of Kazakhstan show that nomadic sheepherders played a surprisingly important role in the early spread of domesticated crops throughout a mountainous east-west corridor along the historic Silk Road, suggests new research from Washington University in St. Louis.
"Our findings indicate that ancient nomadic pastoralists were key players in an east-west network that linked innovations and commodities between present-day China and southwest Asia," said study co-author Michael Frachetti, PhD, an associate professor of archaeology in Arts&Sciences at Washington University and principal investigator on the research project.
"Ancient wheat and broomcorn millet, recovered in nomadic campsites in Kazakhstan, show that prehistoric herders in Central Eurasia had incorporated both regional crops into their economy and rituals nearly 5,000 years ago, pushing back the chronology of interaction along the territory of the 'Silk Road' more than 2,000 years," Frachetti said.
A panoramic view of the Byan Zhurek valley and setting near Tasbas. Credit: Michael Frachetti/Washington University in St. Louis (2011)
The study establishes that several strains of ancient grains and peas had made their way across Eurasia thousands of years earlier than previously documented.
While these crops have been known to exist much earlier in ancient China and Southwest Asia, finding them intermingled in the Bronze Age burials and households of nomadic pastoralists provides some of the earliest concrete signs for east-west interaction in the vast expanse of Eurasian mountains and the first botanical evidence for farming among Bronze Age nomads.
Bread wheat, cultivated at least 6,000 years ago in Southwest Asia, was absent in China before 2500 B.C. while broomcorn millet, domesticated 8,000 years ago in China, is missing in southwest Asia before 2000 B.C. This study documents that ancient grains from eastern China and soutwest Asia had made their way to Kazakhstan in the center of the continent by 2700-2500 B.C. (nearly 5,000 years ago).
"This study starts to rewrite the model for economic change across Eurasia," said first author Robert Spengler, PhD, a paleoethnobotanist and research associate in Arts&Sciences at WUSTL.
"It illustrates that nomads had diverse economic systems and were important for reshaping economic spheres more generally."
Findings are based on archaeobotanical data collected from four Bronze Age pastoralist campsites in Central Eurasian steppe/mountains: Tasbas and Begash in the highlands of Kazakhstan and Ojakly and Site 1211/1219 in Turkmenistan.
Photo of the long-term settlement stratigraphy at the site of Tasbas. Mudbrick/clay oven (visible on right lower portion) contained earliest evidence for grain farming. Credit: Paula Doumani /Washington University in St. Louis (2011)
"This is one of the first systematic applications of archaeobotany in the region, making the potential for further future discovery very exciting," Spengler said.
Frachetti and a team of WUSTL researchers led the on-site excavations, working closely with archaeologists based in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Italy. Spengler conducted the paleoethnobotany laboratory work at WUSTL, under the directorship of Gayle J. Fritz, PhD, professor of archaeology and expert in human-plant relationships.
"Finding this diverse crop assemblage at Tasbas and Begash illustrates first evidence for the westward spread of East Asian and Southwest Asian crops eastward, and the surprise is that it is nomads who are the agents of change," Frachetti said.
Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B,
Source: Washington University in St. Louis
Nomads Helped Spread Agriculture Across Eurasia
Millet: The Missing Link In Prehistoric Humans' Transition From Hunter-gatherer To Farmer
Cold Case Tibet: Climate Change Implicated In Collapse 4,000 Years Ago
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According to Reuters, he said the country will take whatever action necessary.
Pompeo said they want to guarantee safe navigation through vital shipping lanes in the Middle East.
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[pjw] NEWS: Pakistan says US drone strike aimed at Taliban leader illegal (Reuters 5/24)
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Oh how I miss the old days when someone had to actually commit a crime
before they could be arrested, tried and jailed. But I guess I still have
that pre-9/11 mentality. Now the US just has to believe that a person
was posing an imminent threat and they can assassinate them. Mind you,
this does not even rise to the same kind of imminent threat that police
officers use to justify shootings, when a person might be standing there
in front of them with a weapon in hand. Just words, likely intercepted by
drones or spies or internet snooping, if they existed at all.
The US used a drone strike on Saturday to (possibly) kill the head of the
Afghan Taliban, based on this flimsy excuse. It's more likely they are
trying to force the Taliban to the negotiating table. I'm not sure that
killing anyone who refuses to negotiate is the best motivator for that
person's successors to come to the table.
Interestingly, this is only ("only") the third drone strike in Pakistan
all year, with the first two being on January 9 and February 22. (more
info at http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com ). There were 13 in 2015, 25
in 2014, 27 in 2013, and 50 in 2012.
Anyway, here's the article from Reuters.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-taliban-identity-idUSKCN0YF1T4
| Tue May 24, 2016 6:50pm EDT
Pakistan can't confirm Taliban leader is dead, criticizes U.S. drone strike
ISLAMABAD | By [99]Asad Hashim and [100]Syed Raza Hassan
ISLAMABAD Pakistan's interior minister said on Tuesday he could not
confirm that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour had been
killed in a U.S. drone strike, and described Washington's
justification for the attack as "against international law".
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that Mansour had been
killed in the drone strike, and the Pentagon said separately that
Mansour was plotting attacks that posed "specific, imminent threats"
to U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
On Tuesday, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told reporters
that the body recovered on Pakistani soil, near the Afghan border, was
charred beyond recognition, adding that DNA samples would be tested
against a relative who had come forward to claim the body.
"The government of Pakistan cannot announce this without a scientific
and legal basis," Khan told a news briefing.
He did not identify the relative or say whether he or she claimed to
be related to the Taliban leader or someone else.
Two U.S. officials told Reuters that U.S. intelligence and military
agencies used multiple streams of intelligence, including human
intelligence and electronic surveillance to locate and identify the
car carrying Mansour.
That enabled multiple drones operated by the Joint Special Operations
Command to incinerate the car when it reached an empty stretch of road
in a remote area where there was little danger of causing civilian
casualties.
"There were multiple forms of intelligence attributed to tracking him
down," a U.S. official said.
Khan rejected the U.S. argument that it could launch attacks across
borders in order to protect its interests.
"For the U.S. government to say that whoever is a threat to them will
be targeted wherever they are, that is against international law," he
said. "And if every country in the world adopts this rule, it will be
the law of the jungle."
Pakistan and the United States have been uneasy allies in the war
against the Taliban and other Islamist militants in the region.
Critics in Afghanistan and the United States accuse Pakistan of
allowing the Afghan Taliban's leadership to take shelter on its
territory, something that Islamabad has denied.
The militant movement has made territorial gains and carried out a
series of deadly attacks across Afghanistan since NATO forces
officially wound down their combat mission at the end of 2014,
undermining the Western-backed government in Kabul.
Recent events echo those in 2011, when U.S. special forces raided a
building in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad that killed longtime al
Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, infuriating and severely embarrassing
Islamabad.
CROSS-BORDER STRIKE?
Khan said the car was destroyed on Pakistani territory but was fired
"from another country", presumably Afghanistan, where more than 10,000
U.S. and coalition troops remain.
Khan added that Pakistani authorities were also investigating a
passport bearing the name of Wali Muhammad, which was found near the
burned out shell of the car believed to have been the target of the
drone attack.
He confirmed the passport in question had been used to travel from
Pakistani airports multiple times, and that it held valid visas for
Iran, Dubai and Bahrain.
If the travel document proves to have been used by Mansour himself, it
would raise fresh questions about how the Taliban leader was able to
move freely in and out of Pakistan and whether he had help from the
country's security apparatus.
Khan on Tuesday disputed that elements of Pakistan's security
apparatus supported the Taliban leadership.
"If (Mansour) was availing Pakistani intelligence agency support and
help, would he be traveling like this?," he asked, referring to
reports that the target was alone with a single driver.
The circumstances surrounding the killing remain murky, including how
the U.S. verified it was Mansour who was killed in the attack and how
any documents could be recovered from the fiery scene.
"You could not see a spot of paint ... that's how bad it was hit,"
Khan said. "How was a passport lying just a few yards away? So first
we have to establish that, whether he was actually using it."
The Taliban have not issued any official statements on Mansour since
Saturday's drone strike.
However, Taliban officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, have
said Mansour is dead and a council is meeting to choose a successor,
the second such leadership shura in a year after the death of the
movementÕs founder, Mullah Mohammad Omar, was confirmed in 2015.
MYSTERIOUS PASSPORT
Authorities in Quetta, the Baluchistan capital, showed a copy of the
recovered passport, which has a photo bearing a strong likeness to the
officially released Taliban picture of Mansour, to a Reuters reporter.
They also noted that it bore an exit stamp from Iran's land border
with Pakistan dated May 21, the day of the drone strike.
Pakistani immigration records show that the Wali Muhammad passport was
used at least 18 times since 2006 to travel internationally, two
senior officials in the Federal Investigation Agency, which manages
borders, told Reuters.
One of the officials in the southwestern province of Baluchistan said
the passport was used mostly over the land border with Iran and from
the airport in the southern city of Karachi, with the last exit from
Karachi en route to Dubai on March 31, 2015.
The second official reviewed computerized records of the passport and
said there were "18 travel events" from Karachi airport starting in
2007, with the last arrival at Karachi on April 2, 2015.
A spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry was quoted on state media
denying that such an individual had crossed the border from Iran to
Pakistan at the time in question.
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates did not respond to questions
on whether Mansour might have entered Dubai using an assumed name or
whether there was any record of a Wali Muhammad visiting.
(Additional reporting by Gul Yousufzai in QUETTA, Idrees Ali and Mark
Hosenball in Washington.; Writing by Kay Johnson; Editing by Mike
Collett-White and Alan Crosby)


Posted by sumeethevans on May 23 2008, 9:07 PM. Posted in Windows "7".
Whilst "one of the great features in Windows 7″ might be a bit much, this is right up there with the new multi-line Calculator. No seriously, this has rather interesting implications for IT administrators and even home users.


Communication is critical to any business small and large in order to grow and maintain functionality. A paging system is composed of one or more fixed transmitters with one or more base stations installed. Speakers are placed throughout the premise to hear personnel from these stations. We are able to install as many of these stations and speakers as needed for small or large buildings and either for indoor or outdoor use. These customizable paging systems can also be interfaced with a building's access control system allowing video. Such options are ideal for schools, hospitals, and government buildings.
The benefit in having a paging system is having a clear line of communication for situations such as emergency notifications, locating employees, and making mandatory announcements. In order to get the best solution we come to your location for a site survey. This is important before installing these devices so as that sound is not hindered and that alarms will be clearly heard.
When installing the paging system to your location we pay attention to the layout of your building and the area you need the most effective communication system. We are able to locate placement for base stations and speakers based on our site survey and your requirements. Insuring your business has the best communication solution is our priority.
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Jets LT Mekhi Becton believes Carl Lawson has made him 'a whole lot better'
Ryan Honey
Offensive tackle Mekhi Becton is already improving just from going up against Jets free-agent pickup Carl Lawson in practice.
One of the more underrated and talented defensive ends the NFL has to offer is now in Florham Park.
After signing a three-year, $45 million contract in March, Carl Lawson is expected to add tremendous firepower to the Jets pass rush and defensive line as a whole.
But terrorizing the opponent isn't the only type of contribution Lawson will be making for the Jets. The veteran will also aid in the improvement of his teammates and is already helping offensive tackle Mekhi Becton, his in-practice competition, capitalize on his potential.
Lawson's efforts ended up assisting Becton in the Jets' preseason-opener against the Giants this past weekend.
"[My play Saturday] was pretty good. It was really slowed down for me, not going against Carl every day," Becton told the media Monday. "I would say he made it a whole lot easier for me going out there."
"[Carl is] helping me out a whole lot," the second-year player later added. "After the first drive, I went up to him and was like, 'I appreciate you bro, you've made me a whole lot better. They have nothing on you, so I appreciate you a whole lot.'"
At 6-foot-2, 265 pounds, Lawson's pure strength and athleticism allow him to be a great fit on the edge of Robert Saleh's 4-3 defensive scheme. These qualities additionally make him such a unique defender who will be a challenge for opposing offensive linemen.
"He's definitely a different type of guy to block because he's going 100% every time," Becton said. "He's lower to the ground and he's got power and speed so he's definitely a different type of guy."
Lawson and the rest of this Jets defensive line should be a strong focal point of the entire defense. This is especially the case when you consider the return of Quinnen Williams, who the team just activated off the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list Monday.
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The Nexus Player has long been discontinued, now Google is ready to make way for a new Android TV device!
                        I can't say how many threads I've read on Google+ or Reddit that said "Google has abandoned the Android
                        TV platform" I have to say, I was kinda feeling they had too. That's until Google annouced along
                        side Nvidia that they're planning to roll out Google Assistant to all Android TV devices, that run
                        Android Marshmallow. Which I for one did not expect at all, well done to Google for successfully
                        breaking me down and then building me back up.

Take this with a pinch of salt...

The rumours are that the new Android TV devices will support Google Assistanct out of the Box, not sure
                        if they'll hold the Title of Pixel or Nexus - My money is on Pixel being the name, Google wants to
                        concrete their Pixel brand as much as they can at this point, and they should! The Device will most
                        likely support 4K resolution TV's just like the Nvidia Shield and the Xiaomi Mi box.

The release date is rumoured to be this Spring

Google doesn't seem to be in such a rush to release a new device, I'm counting on the release of the
                        Pixel Android TV device coinciding the release of the roll out of Google Assistant on Android TV,
                        so far the release has been held back even on the Nvidia Shield, that it was first announced with.
                        Be sure to catch a review on my Youtube Channel                        as soon as its ready!

Remember this is just a rumour, check it out for yourself

                    Link to the FCC filing

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Jamie Hume, of the University College of Estate Management, has won the JCT Student Competition 2018, with his video entry, "What inspires you about construction? – Leeds Corn Exchange".
The runner-up prize winner was Harry Simpson, Nottingham Trent University, with his photographic essay entry on Derelict Space Development.
An accompanying selfie photo competition, running alongside the main competition was won by Max Hume of Ulster University.
They could choose to focus on a particular building, be it a famous landmark or a building with personal meaning, or they could highlight an element of the building or construction process, for example aesthetics or design, a building's function, any innovative or creative features, sustainability and a building's positive environmental impact, social impact, or another feature of the construction industry that they find inspiring.
As with previous competitions, students had the option to choose the format of their entry, with shortlisted entries this year including videos, photographic presentations, and traditional essays.
The 2018 competition ran from September 2017 to March 2018 with judging taking place in May. Students from a number of high-level institutions from around the UK, including the University College of Estate Management, University College London, Nottingham Trent University, Oxford Brookes University, and Ulster University, continuing the high level of interest and value that the competition generates for construction students.
The JCT Student Competition aims to provide a significant boost to construction students, to assist with their studies, and provide development opportunities. This year a winning prize of £1,000 was awarded, with a £250 prize for the runner-up.


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Voting rights are a perennial topic in American politics. Recent elections and the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which struck down key enforcement provisions in the Voting Rights Act (VRA), have only placed further emphasis on the debate over voter disenfranchaisement. Over the past five decades, both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have consistently voted to expand the protections offered to vulnerable voters by the Voting Rights Act. And yet, the administration of the VRA has become more fragmented and judicial interpretation of its terms has become much less generous. Why have Republicans consistently adopted administrative and judicial decisions that undermine legislation they repeatedly endorse? Ballot Blocked shows how the divergent trajectories of legislation, administration, and judicial interpretation in voting rights policymaking derive largely from efforts by conservative politicians to narrow the scope of federal enforcement while at the same time preserving their public reputations as supporters of racial equality and minority voting rights. Jesse H. Rhodes argues that conservatives adopt a paradoxical strategy in which they acquiesce to expansive voting rights protections in Congress (where decisions are visible and easily traceable) while simultaneously narrowing the scope of federal enforcement via administrative and judicial maneuvers (which are less visible and harder to trace). Over time, the repeated execution of this strategy has enabled a conservative Supreme Court to exercise preponderant influence over the scope of federal enforcement.
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Him: Will you get me a [insert name of item, let's say coffee]?
Me: Give me just a minute.
Him: Oh forget it then.
You would think over three years i would have anticipated how these conversations would go and either a) adjusted my approach or b) learned to modulate my frustration about them.
I'm not beating myself up about this (much) but hoping (I suppose) that if you're in this position with an elder (or anyone with a brain impairment) in your life, you figure it out sooner than I did.
The irony was never lost on me that a man who seemingly had ALL the time in the world (from the perspective of his daily schedule — he almost always had literally nothing on his agenda for the day except for watching more tennis) …….. didn't have the cognitive ability to wait for even the briefest period of time.
And then there was me in contrast: always trying to fit in one more moment of work (I work from home) or one of the kazillion things I am always doing because I either have to or want to.
The other irony? On a bigger perspective, he didn't have all the time in the world. He was 85 when he came to our home (already suffering from the short-term memory issues due to mini-strokes (and I always say — there's nothing very "mini" about any stroke)) at 85 and had two bouts of cancer while he was here, one of them ultimately ending his life.
We often demand to be given time — we demand that of ourselves, of God, of others.
Maybe the biggest gift we can give ourselves is a different perspective about it all.


ooh, this time next week i'll be 29 (birthday is this sunday, by the way)! feels so weird that i'm almost 30. really doesn't feel like it. wonder if i'll feel the same when i'm almost 40? will i still be blogging when i'm almost 40? will blogging (in its current form) still even exist by the time i'm 40? who knows, eh.
this week i've been pretty busy working on a couple of commissions, so i've not really been out much or taken photos. ah, the life of an illustrator/freelancer, eh? hopefully i'll be able to show you what i've been working on soon-ish.


John Budkins has been named vice president of programming and scheduling for the CBS Television Stations group. He's spent the past seven years with CBS Television Distribution as vice president of sales for the Northeast Region. He will be responsible for working with the local management teams at the 28 CBS-owned stations to negotiate the acquisition and renewal of syndicated programming.
Budkins starts in the new role December 13.
"John Budkins has earned a well-deserved reputation as a syndication executive who really understands the local stations business and the importance of negotiating deals that make sense for both stations and program suppliers," said CBS Television Stations President Peter Dunn. "We look forward to having him join our team and work with our stations and syndication partners to ensure that we continue to make smart decisions regarding our programming needs."
Prior to joining CBS Television Distribution in 2003, Budkins spent 2 1/2 years with NBC Enterprises in the sales department. Before that, he was director of sales and marketing for Hearst-Argyle Television Productions.


Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by jtc42, Jun 18, 2009.
Im currently on Win7 7100 x86 and was wondering the best way to go from now.
I ideally want to move to 64bit (though I only have 2GB RAM I hear it still has advantages) but only have 32 bit Windows Vista so upgrading from that when Win7 is actually out seems unlikely.
If I clean install the 7260 RTM build, will my RC key be able to activate it? And more importantly will I be able to upgrade to the final Win7 when its released? I ask this because I already bought Vista and dont wanna pay full price for the full Win7 install, Id much rather buy an upgrade pack.
Anyone got any advice? Im not TOO fussed about 64bit since I do a ot of music production and I hear there can be some issues with it, but Id like to try.
I wouldn't go with 7260 since 1. It is 32-bit and that would make it difficult for you to then move on to 64-bit and 2. RTM is just around the corner.
If you do decide to go ahead yes, the RC keys still work but when the RTM is released they will not work and you wouldn't be able to upgrade to it. However you can buy an upgrade license at release.
My advice is that you wait a couple of days and see if any other builds show up that still work with the RC keys, install that and then wait until you can purchase an upgrade license.
It is highly not recomended but I think it is possible with a text file edit just like the one for upgrading from beta to RC.
There is no way to upgrade from x86 to x64, you have to install clean.
RC Keys will activate 7260 but that may change as new builds are leaked or the code goes gold.
You will be able to upgrade from the RC to the final, or from a certain build to RTM. If they block the RC upgrade you can just edit the cversion.ini in the sources folder on the disk and change the low build number to 7100 and you will be fine. It may not be officially supported but you are probably better upgrading from 7 to 7 because you already have all the new framework down, the only thing the install does is the hard link migration of your files, and upgrading of features and components, most of the time when I upgrade from build to build it takes 30-40 mins depending on how much crap is in my profile.
But theres currently no way to upgrade from 7100 to 7260 right?
I successfully upgraded from 7100 to 7260 .
Which ISO did you use? Theres so many around.