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Over 60 people have driven their cars into BLM protesters since May
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ByRay Levy Uyeda
At least 68 people have driven their cars into Black Lives Matter protesters since May 25. The incidents, most incited by civilians and some by police, represent an alarming trend in counter-protest violence against those marching in the streets. On foot, protesters are often defenseless against attacks by speeding vehicles; many have been injured and at least one person has died.
Data collected since late May by Ari Weil, deputy research director at the Chicago Project on Security and Threats of the University of Chicago, shows that vehicle assaults on protesters are increasingly common. According to NPR, Weil's research has found that 18 of the attacks were "deliberate," with many more still under investigation. Weil said that the motivation behind these acts is often animosity against the movement. "The message they're trying to send is, 'You need to get out of the street and stop these protests,'" Weil told NPR. "They're trying to intimidate the most recent wave of BLM protesters, to stop their movement."
Just this past weekend, a 24-year-old white protester was killed in Seattle after a car ran through a crowd of demonstrators on the highway. Another person who was struck is still in serious condition.
While many of the attacks involved KKK members and right-wing sympathizers, police perpetuated 5 of the 45 incidents Weil recorded. While the root cause of the violence is difficult to pin to a single source, anti-Black and anti-protester rhetoric online contributes.
"It is not just an extremist thing here, but there are social media circles online where people are sharing these and joking about them because they disagree with the protests and their methods," Weil told The New York Times.
In early June, a New York City police scanner actually broadcast messages advocating for running protesters over. In 2017, a Santa Fe police officer posted a meme on Facebook that said, "All lives splatter" and "nobody cares about your protest," and an officer in Oregon similarly posted to the social media site, saying, "When encountering such mobs remember, there are 3 pedals on your floor." Later that year, a man actually drove his car into a crowd with the intention to kill and maim protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, murdering 32-year-old Heather Heyer.
Some legislators even seem to see it as their job to protect violent counter-protester's ability to turn their cars into weapons. "This is not just a handful of sociopaths living out a 4chan meme. Across the country, Republicans legislators have attempted to codify the idea that protesters surrender their rights when they stand in the road," Henry Grabar wrote for Slate in 2017. He notes that Republicans capitalize on discussions that politicize public space and question the rights of protesters. Right-wing white extremists also believe that public spaces like roads and highways need to be taken back, mirroring the "law and order" rhetoric favored by President Trump.
The seriousness with which these attacks are viewed, or if the right-wing protester's actions are seen as part of a broader trend of violence, is partially dependent on social circumstances and political context. Now, there's growing public intolerance for perpetrators of violence who slip through the criminal justice system, like police who kill with impunity or ram their cars through crowds of civilians. Some of the perpetrators of the attacks Weil studied are being prosecuted under hate crime laws, which many say is an important step in encouraging accountability for those responsible for racist violence at peaceful protests.


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The Millennial Star is a wonderful newspaper published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Manchester, England. It has articles on church history and doctrine in Utah and England. It also has many sermon transcripts. The contents is vast. It is much larger than any encyclopedia. You can download the files in PDF or Kindle Formats. Both formats are fully searchable. I am including the information from Wikipedia in this review. Kenneth C. Brown 4 January 2021
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (usually shortened to Millennial Star) was the longest continuously published periodical of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and was printed in England from 1840 until 1970, when it was replaced by the church-wide Ensign. It was primarily aimed at British Latter-day Saints.
The first issue of the Millennial Star was published in Manchester, England, in May 1840, with Latter Day Saint Apostle Parley P. Pratt as editor and W. R. Thomas as printer.[1] First mention of the newspaper being sold in Liverpool appeared in March 1842,[2] and printing was officially moved to Liverpool with the April 1842 issue.[3] Pratt was eventually replaced as editor by Thomas Ward.[4] When Ward left England, Orson Hyde, who was then serving as Mission president in the area, became the editor. After that point, editing and supervision of the Star fell to the subsequent mission presidents of the church's European Mission, which was based in England.[5]
When Orson Pratt was called as mission president in 1848, he also became the editor and publisher of the Millennial Star. In his first issue as editor, he also printed an address to the members and missionaries of the church.[6]
Although the Star began as a monthly periodical, over the course of its 130-year history, it became a semi-monthly and then weekly paper.[5]
Due to the Priesthood Correlation Program of the LDS Church, which sought to encourage uniformity and extend control over printed materials, the Millennial Star was replaced by Ensign at the end of 1970.[5]
The following is a list of the editors of the Millennial Star with the time period where they were listed as the editor in the magazine. There are two periods in the 1960s where no editor identification appeared in the issues.
• Parley P. Pratt: May 1840 – October 1842
• Thomas Ward: November 1842[7] – 1 October 1846
• Orson Hyde: 15 October 1846 – 15 January 1847
• Orson Spencer: 1 February 1847 – 1 August 1848
• Orson Pratt: 15 August 1848 – 15 December 1850
• Franklin D. Richards: 1 January 1851 – 1 May 1852
• Samuel W. Richards: 8 May 1852 – 24 June 1854
• Franklin D. Richards (2nd term): 1 July 1854[8] – 2 August 1856
• Orson Pratt (2nd term): 9 August 1856 – 24 October 1857
• Samuel W. Richards (2nd term): 31 October 1857 – 6 March 1858
• Asa Calkin: 13 March 1858 – 12 May 1860
• N. V. Jones: 19 May 1860 – 11 August 1860
• Amasa Lyman: 18 August 1860 – 22 December 1860
• George Q. Cannon: 5 January 1861 – 27 August 1864
• Daniel H. Wells: 3 September 1864 – 2 September 1865
• Brigham Young Jr.: 9 September 1865 – 29 June 1867
• Franklin D. Richards (3rd term): 6 July 1867 – 12 September 1868
• Albert Carrington: 19 September 1868 – 14 June 1870
• Horace S. Eldredge: 21 June 1870 – 6 June 1871
• Albert Carrington (2nd term): 13 June 1871 – 21 October 1873
• Lester J. Herrick: 28 October 1873– 17 March 1874
• Joseph F. Smith: 24 March 1874 – 1 July 1878
• William Budge: 8 July 1878 – 1 November 1880
• Albert Carrington (3rd term): 8 November 1880 – 20 November 1882
• John Henry Smith: 27 November 1882 – 26 January 1885
• Daniel H. Wells (2nd term): 2 February 1885 – 14 February 1887
• George Teasdale: 21 February 1887 – 29 September 1890
• Brigham Young Jr. (2nd term): 6 October 1890 – 12 June 1893
• Anthon H. Lund: 19 June 1893 – 23 July 1896
• Rulon S. Wells: 30 July 1896 – 8 December 1898
• Platte D. Lyman: 15 December 1898 – 30 May 1901
• Francis M. Lyman: 6 June 1901 – 31 December 1903
• Heber J. Grant: 7 January 1904 – 29 November 1906
• Charles W. Penrose: 6 December 1906 – 9 June 1910
• Rudger Clawson: 16 June 1910 – 25 September 1913
• Hyrum M. Smith: 2 October 1913 – 31 August 1916
• George F. Richards: 7 September 1916 – 3 July 1919
• George Albert Smith: 10 July 1919 – 30 June 1921
• Orson F. Whitney: 7 July 1921 – 16 November 1922
• David O. McKay: 23 November 1922 – 25 December 1924
• James E. Talmage: 1 January 1925 – 22 December 1927
• John A. Widtsoe: 5 January 1928 – 28 September 1933
• Joseph F. Merrill: 5 October 1933 – 24 September 1936
• Richard R. Lyman: 1 October 1936 – 6 October 1938
• Hugh B. Brown: 13 October 1938 – 9 May 1940
• James P. Hill: 16 May 1940 – 31 December 1942
• Andre K. Anastasiou: (January?) 4 February 1943 – April 1944
• Hugh B. Brown (2nd term): May 1944 – June 1946
• Selvoy J. Boyer: July 1946 – February 1950
• Stayner Richards: March 1950 – July 1952
• A. Hamer Reiser: August 1952 – November 1955
• Clifton G. M. Kerr: December 1955 – October 1958
• T. Bowring Woodbury: November 1958 – June 1961
• N. Eldon Tanner: July 1961 – February 1963
• Mark E. Peterson: March 1963 – April 1963
• None Listed: May 1963 – February 1967
• Douglas D. Palmer: March 1967 – July 1967
• None Listed: August 1967 – November 1967
• Monitor C. Noyce: December 1967 – October 1969
• David Boulton: November 1969 – December 1970
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1. ^ See the vol. 1. no. 1, May 1840 issue.
2. ^ The reference is made in the printing information at the end of the number: Millennial Star, March 1842, p. 176
3. ^ Liverpool became the printing location mentioned in Millennial Star, April 1842, p. 192.
4. ^ Parley P. Pratt, "Farewell Address to Our Readers and Patrons", Millennial Star, October 1842, pp. 109-10.
5. ^ Jump up to:a b c "Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries | Digital Collections | Collections | HBLL". lib.byu.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
6. ^ Orson Pratt, "President Orson Pratt's First General Epistle to the Saints throughout England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and Adjacent Countries, Greeting", Millennial Star, 15 August 1848, pp. 241-47.
7. ^ Thomas Ward, "Address to Our Readers and Patrons", Millennial Star, November 1842, pp. 123–24.
8. ^ Franklin D. Richards, "Appointment of Elder F. D. Richards to the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–Day Saints in the British Isles, and the Adjacent Countries", Millennial Star, 24 June 1854, pp. 385–86.
• Crawley, Peter (2005) [1997], A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church, Volume One 1830-1847, Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, pp. 108–13, ISBN 1-57008-395-9, OCLC 40429399
• Peterson, Stanley A. (1992), "Millennial Star", in Ludlow, Daniel H. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Mormonism, New York: Macmillan Publishing, p. 477, ISBN 0-02-879602-0, OCLC 24502140
• Millennial Star (PDF scans) Volumes 1–62, 1840–1900, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
• Millennial Star (scans) Volumes 63–132, 1901–1970, Church History Library and Internet Archives.
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Valentine's Day is my favorite classroom party day.
The elation on a six year old's face when they open a small card from a friend is priceless. My students constantly remind me of how to find joy in the simple things this life has for us.
Of course, I had to wear something festive so, in the holiday spirit, I chose this pink thrift store sweater to refashion.
Since I waited until this morning to make my outfit decision, I had to be quick. Pullover sweaters don't do a thing for my shape and I wanted to show off the heart shaped belt from the DI so the only thing I did was cut up the center of the sweater and turn it into a cardigan.
I was "feelin' the love" all day in my new sweater.
Hope you had a beautiful Valentine's Day with the people you love!
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You just cut it up the center? That's it? Even I could do that!!
Yep, and from the looks of it, it's not going to fray. I was going to put black and white bias tape on the edges, but I ran out of time. I don't think I'm going to need to. Of course, the knit has to be interlock. This sweater is super soft. I like it better than I imagined.
well – as soon as I figure out what the heck "interlock" is – I will start looking!
Not sure if there is a way to tell. T shirts are interlocked, that's why they don't fray when you cut them. Finding out about this sweater was a "happy accident".
Intriguing about the interlock knit – I must keep an eye out for that when choosing tops that will need cutting. Your sweater is so very Valentiney; I'm sure it added to the atmosphere in your classroom!
I don't profess to be an expert, just spouting off about what works for me. And what I've learned through trial and error.
Fastest refashion on the panet.
How easy and what great results.. You have sure caused a stir with the fact that this isn't going to fray!!!!
When I saw this on Pinterest I was wondering…."How in the world did she have time for this after a busy weekend"…..well, it was the fastest upcycle refashion on the planet of course! So cute, so cool.
Thanks, Barb! And thanks for letting me ride along with you last week. So fun to spend time with you, as always!
Great sweater!! I need to find a great thrift store with wonderful sweaters. Cant' wait to see your next project.
Thank you, Sharon! Here's to great thrift stores!!!
I just love everything that you make. I also teach PreK Title 1 and my kids got such a thrill out of their valentines!!! It is so much fun to see life through their eyes.
Everyday they remind me of the beauty and wonder this life has to offer. It's a great place to be!
I'm fairly new to sewing, teaching myself various things whilst I look for a new job, and discovered your blog on pinterest and have just spent the last hour and a half browsing.
I have a couple of old dresses in my wardrobe from my boyfriends mum that are giving me refashioning tingles!
Welcome, Becca! I'm so glad you're thinking of refashioning. It's so much fun and an affordable way to learn how to sew, too. Good luck and let me know if you need any help with anything!
I am just amazed at what you are able to do! I can sew a bit (should have paid more attention when Mom tried to get me to learn!) but this gives me a nudge to just jump in and see what happens!
Love your tutes and easy technique. Thank you.
You are so welcome, Karen! Thank YOU for your nice comments!
Wow!!! I love what you do with the old style clothes. You make them something new and exciting. Many kudos!!
Thank so much Carol! It's so fun to know that you are enjoying what I do!!!


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Ace Ventura is one of the leading and busiest DJs & artists on the progressive and psytrance scene. His music has been rocking the dancefloors, and he has been touring constantly all over the globe playing in every possible venue and headlining all major festivals. He is well known for his highly popular mixes, and his extra long DJ sets, and involved in four other highly successful projects: Alpha portal (with Astrix), Easy riders (with Rocky Tilbor), Liquid Ace (with Liquid soul) and Zentura (with Zen mechanics). Behind the Ace Ventura project is Yoni Oshrat - one of Israels biggest talents in electronic music, with a career on top of the scene, stretching for over a decade. Already from an early age Yoni was heavily influenced with music. He was born in a musical family with his father being a famous Israeli composer and song writer (for instance behind the Eurovision song "Halelujah"), and it was therefore no surprise that he went for a career in the sound-business; at first in the TV and movie-industry as a sound producer. His music has been topping the charts and he has been touring constantly all over the globe playing in every possible venue and headlining all major festivals. He is well known for his highly popular mixes and long massive DJ sets. Ace Ventura's new album "Paradise Engineering" was released on 2015 by Iboga Records receiving wall to wall praise and support, cementing his status as a key figure in the scene. He is also involved in three other highly successful projects: Zentura (with Zen Mechanics), Liquid Ace (with Liquid Soul), Easy Riders (with Rocky) & the newly established Alpha portal (With Astrix).
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Happiness Is… Bristol, The Beach & Bahrain
August 28, 2020 April 15, 2015 Ava Ladner
Kyle Busch popped out of his groundhog's hole this week, meaning that NASCAR will feature six more weeks of uninspiring racing. OK, Busch's appearance may not have signaled such a thing, but surely his absence from the track does nothing to better the product. However, by meeting with the media, Busch did address one of the key aspects of racing that fails to get its due credit at times: safety.
The prescient remark Busch made about the inside wall at Daytona only seemed to foreshadow his own injury. The question that arises from such an incident, however, is a simple one: How come it is the drivers that are the ones noting the issues with the sport rather than the governing body? Isn't one of NASCAR's jobs to provide a safe environment (well, as safe as an environment can be made with 43 lunatics driving around) for its races? All too often this aspect is left to the tracks which may not have the same possible mindset.
The governing body still has its place, though. One of the wonderful things that came from the race at Texas was the wonderful slow-motion footage of the the pit stops. While technology now allows the viewer to see these highly choreographed dances around a machine with stunning detail, the most interesting aspect was watching those with the air guns only attempt to nail four of the lugnuts to attach the wheel.
NASCAR, in its infinite wisdom, stated that for this season there would be no infractions for missing lugnuts and that a penalty would occur only should a wheel fall off because of missed lugnuts that caused a caution. Well, teams saw this rule change as an area to speed up their stops and have found that five lugnuts aren't mandatory. They may be right, but if the governing body is supposed to focus on safety, then it seems counter-intuitive to make not affixing all five lugnuts an acceptable practice.
So either how the tires get attached on to the cars should change, or hitting all five lugs should be the standard. Allowing for the prospect of a wheel falling off, which has the potential to send car and driver either into a wall or other drivers, goes against the very notion of setting a safe environment. But until NASCAR changes the rule, the teams will continue to scrape for every nook that might give them an advantage.
OK, let's get on with it.
Happiness Is… Bristol. With the modern cars and the track changes, the racing at Bristol is not what anyone remembers. The high line is the new low line. The bump 'n' run has fallen by the wayside. The general animosity that drivers would feel toward one another after the race has largely been replaced – save for Tony Stewart throwing his helmet a few years back. So yeah, things aren't quite what they once were.
But maybe there's some hope for the 2015 iteration at Bristol. Perhaps it's time to get Rita Ora to introduce the race. If you don't remember (or don't care), Ora is the blonde woman who stepped out in front of Dom Toretto and Letty Ortiz in Fast & Furious 6 to start their improbable street race through London, only one of the most congested cities in the world. But Ora delivered the line, "This is London, baby," with such aplomb that it'd be fantastic to have her step out and say, "This is Bristol, baby," and then have the drivers start their engines. Because with the addition of SAFER barriers (long overdue) to the track, the racing surface is further lessened and offers the potential for the drivers to feel more harangued and to battle more for space. Or so should be hoped.
Happiness Is… The Beach. Last week's IndyCar race at the inaugural Grand Prix of Louisiana can be described by the following adjectives: terrible, s*^t show, awful, craptastic and disappointing. he rain-soaked track never allowed for good racing and the drivers didn't help themselves, providing enough cautions that the pace car led the most laps (how come that driver wasn't on the podium?). So to put that experiment in motorsports in the rear view it's great that the series is heading to one of its more historic venues and will be gracing the streets on Long Beach, Calif.
When the race outside of N'awlins looked like they might actually go the distance, the Penske crew seemed to have things figured out well beyond that of other teams. That Penske is good is not surprising; rather, that Juan Pablo Montoya seems to be leading the charge, ahead of his teammate and defending series champion Will Power, is the fascinating part. With no rain in the forecast, the race in Long Beach will likely be one where things return to form for the powers that be. However, the one question that must be asked: will anyone be watching? Because after the last race, the incentive likely isn't there.
Happiness Is… Bahrain. The question that should be asked here is not where the hell is Bahrain but rather why the hell do they have a Formula 1 race and places like Germany and France do not? Oil money is the easy answer but it's also a nod at the willingness to replace history. NASCAR too has ditched history for new horizons, which makes the moves less of a trend than a common business practice. Casting aside these issues, the track in Bahrain does make for compelling racing, if not for the drama alone.
Last year, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg fought each other to the finish in one of the season's defining moments. With those two already snipping at each other the potential for something interesting to happen increases. The first scenario could have one of them do something stupid on the track that jeopardizes either one or both of them. The second scenario is that they are so intently focused on each other that it allows the Ferraris to creep into the scene.
As the fourth stop of the season, this race may well define a lot of things in regards to performance as well as drama from here on out.
Ava Ladner
As a writer and editor, Ava anchors the Formula 1 coverage for the site, while working through many of its biggest columns. Ava earned a Masters in Sports Studies at UGA and a PhD in American Studies from UH-Mānoa. Her dissertation Chased Women, NASCAR Dads, and Southern Inhospitality: How NASCAR Exports The South is in the process of becoming a book.
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I don't mean to sound bad, but it is actually nice having one less baby at the track. Gets old and tiring.
JohnQ
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Amen, Busch is more of an annoyance than anything else.
Will the heat in Bahrain favor the Ferrari's, as it perhaps did in Malaysia? If the Mercedes dominate there the rest of the competitors will have a long season. And Honda is supposed easing some of the limits on their power unit so perhaps we will see McLaren moving forward this week. It should be interesting.


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Guns, Gore & Cannoli Review
Chad Goodmurphy Sep 25, 2015 1:01 am Sep 25, 2015 11:25 am
In an age where movies are named with little effort and some video game companies have followed suit, it's nice to come across a title that stands out and demands attention like the Claeys Brothers' Guns, Gore & Cannoli.
Set in the Roaring Twenties, during the golden age of prohibition, Guns, Gore & Cannoli is a light-hearted game that combines two things we never see together: mobsters and zombies. Let that sink in for a minute, and think about how great a premise that is, because it's genius.
After choosing your character and waiting for up to three local friends to do the same, you're thrown into a slice of America that is under attack from something it knows nothing about. It seems that an outbreak of zombies has taken hold on an island known as Thugtown, and it's up to the mob to kick its ass.
Well, sort of.
The story centres upon one Vinnie Cannoli, an appropriately named gangster and hitman who's sent to Thugtown in an attempt to locate a kidnapped compadre. He wakes up, narrates his orders to the player and then gets on a boat headed for the epicentre. He does this knowing that things are bad there, although he doesn't seem to be aware of just how bad things have gotten. The streets are overrun with flesh-eating corpses, buildings are the same way, and all of the survivors seem to be mobsters. That's fitting, though, given that they have most of the guns.
I don't want to spoil anything for those who've yet to play the game, but it kind of goes without saying that things don't go as planned. Vinnie finds himself caught up in a shit storm of epic proportions, and all he has at his disposal are his pistol and his wits. That is, until he comes across a plethora of other weaponry, including machine guns, shotguns, a tesla coil and a rocket launcher. Appreciably, Molotov cocktails and traditional grenades also factor in, and allow players to blow shit up with gory results.
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At its core, Guns, Gore & Cannoli is a 2D shooter with platforming elements, like BroForce and Metal Slug, and its simple controls make things easy to grasp. Things are extremely straightforward, which is a good thing, because it's an easy game to just jump in and play. Your goal is, and always will be to survive, and you'll need to master jumping, shooting, kicking and grenade tossing in order to do so. I'd also suggest being prepared to run at any moment, because enemies will quickly outnumber you and can come from each side at any given time.
What you'll want to note before spending money on this game's meagre price tag is that it isn't without its faults. Yes, it has a great premise and is a fun way to spend a few hours, but it's short and gets rather difficult. Its checkpoints are thankfully pretty generous, and health-refilling cannoli isn't in limited supply, but it's not difficult to get overwhelmed by a large group of enemies. The developers really wanted to make things frenetic and hairy, so they spam you with undead, zombie rats, army men and even human mobsters, sometimes to a frustrating extent. The good news is that ammo is always in great supply, so you'll never run out, but the bad news is that enemies in the latter portion of the game pack a powerful punch.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli also tests your skills with a few major boss battles. They're challenging, too, but careful observation and spamming powerful weapons/grenades will aid you well and help you emerge victorious. Then again, I played through this game by my lonesome because I didn't have any friends at my disposal, so the challenge was likely heightened as a result.
Outside of its main campaign, which spans several different environments, including a strip club, a police station, a heavily guarded bridge and some unholy sewers, the Claeys Brothers' quirky shooter offers a competitive versus mode wherein four players can battle it out. This option takes a lot of cues from Super Smash Bros. by dropping the characters into platform-littered arenas, and is somewhat similar despite being faster-paced and focusing on guns over melee combat and special moves. I can't see people getting a lot of play time out of it, though, because it's nothing too special and there's no online support – something that is also missing from the campaign even though it would've been a welcomed addition.
There's a lot of heart to be found here, though, because Guns, Gore & Cannoli lives up to its awesomely colourful title. It's fun, despite being repetitive, and features a lot of tongue-in-cheek humour that keeps things lively. You'll notice one-liners that have been ripped from classic movies, like Cool Hand Luke's, "What we've got here is a failure to communicate," and will enjoy watching the game's impressively hand-drawn and cartoony visuals in action. On the downside, the frame rate will occasionally freeze for a brief second or two, and the hardcoded subtitles don't always line-up perfectly with what the characters are saying.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli knows what it is and doesn't try to be anything different. It's a quirky and comical game, and one that indie-loving console gamers will enjoy.
This review is based on the Xbox One port of the game, which we were provided with.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli is a fun way to spend a few hours, especially if you have two or three friends over. It won't set the world on fire and isn't without its faults, but it knows what it is and doesn't try to do too much.


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La Petite Sœur (titre original : The Little Sister) est un roman noir américain de Raymond Chandler paru en 1949. C'est le cinquième roman de la série ayant pour héros le détective privé Philip Marlowe.

L'œuvre est adaptée au cinéma en 1969 par Paul Bogart sous le titre La Valse des truands, avec James Garner dans le rôle de Marlowe.

Résumé
Philip Marlowe reçoit à son bureau la visite d'une singulière cliente. Non pas une femme fatale, mais une toute jeune fille qui débarque sur la côte Ouest en provenance de Manhattan, au Kansas. Sans maquillage ni bijoux, Chandler remarque qu'elle est néanmoins très élégante, voire un peu pincée. Elle demande au détective de retrouver Orrin Quest, son frère, disparu depuis quelques mois, alors qu'une partie de son salaire d'ingénieur en aviation était autrefois envoyé chez sa mère. Marlowe se fait un peu tirer l'oreille, mais finit par accepter.

Il commence par se rendre à l'appartement du jeune homme où il a maille à partir avec un concierge ivre et violent.  Il trouve dans l'appartement du disparu un soi-disant optométriste qui prend la peine de se balader avec une arme. Marlowe tente en vain de lui tirer les vers du nez. Quand il redescend bredouille de l'appartement, il voit le concierge endormi et le croit victime de son ivresse avant de s'apercevoir qu'il a été assassiné. De retour à son bureau, il reçoit un appel téléphonique d'un inconnu qui lui promet cent dollars s'il accepte de le rencontrer dans sa chambre d'hôtel. Marlowe s'y rend, mais sur les lieux une femme blonde au visage camouflé par une serviette l'assomme avec un revolver. Quand le détective reprend conscience, il découvre une chambre sens dessus dessous et le cadavre de l'optométriste. La police, qu'il appelle sur les lieux du crime, lui apprend qu'il ne s'agit pas d'un optométriste, mais, comme Marlowe s'en doutait déjà, d'un petit caïd sans envergure du crime organisé.

La piste que Marlowe remonte ensuite lui permet de comprendre que le jeune Orrin Quest, avec l'aide d'un certain docteur Lagardie, exerçait chantage et extorsion sur une star d'Hollywood qui protégeait Steelgrave, un réputé gangster. Quand Marlowe se présente chez le docteur Lagardie et qu'il le bombarde de questions, il se rend compte trop tard qu'il vient de presser du doigt le déclic d'une série d'événements de plus en plus violents.

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Éditions françaises

Adaptation
 1969 : La Valse des truands (Marlowe), film réalisé par Paul Bogart, d'après le roman La Petite Sœur de Chandler, avec James Garner dans le rôle de Philip Marlowe, Gayle Hunnicutt et Carroll O'Connor

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TUI Group has presented double-digit earnings growth in 2018 - for the fourth consecutive year - driven by the strong performance of its hotels and cruise products.
Strong demand for holiday experiences and cruises have boosted TUI Group's first half (H1) turnover by 7.2 percent to 6.81 billion euros.
The prospects of tourism, ways to diversify the tourist product and extend the season were discussed during the 14th TUI Airline Congress, held on the island of Rhodes.
Greece features on TUI UK's list of top travel options for the summer of 2019, with Europe's largest leisure group offering its customers more choice and value.
TUI Group is expanding its leisure and personalized offerings by adding Spanish hotel room specialist Hotelbeds Group to its roster.
TUI Group has announced a good start to financial year 2018 with bookings for Greece, Turkey and Cyprus paving the way for a strong summer ahead.
TUI increased turnover by 8.1 percent to 18.5 billion euros in the year ending September 2017 and EBITA by 12 percent to 1.12 billion euros.


My friend Katie's little boy had spent the night on Friday so she came over to hang out a bit today. We had plans to work on some ornaments but we had some struggles with them and decided to cut out snowflakes instead. I told her I wanted to create curtains for the front windows of lacey snowflakes and because she is such a good friend she helped.
I had a book of snowflake patterns but to be honest once we got the folding down, it was less of a pain to just make our own cuts and not worry about any set pattern. We made several different sizes as well. It took 17 snowflakes of various sizes to make one half sized window curtain.
The paper snowflake curtains are so beautiful. I'm inspired to make some myself.
I love the snowflake curtain idea-and it looks great! I think the photo is so adorable with your doggie pokin his head to look out the window!
Wow, I love those! I LOVE snowflakes and making paper ones is always so much fun! What a perfect idea to make curtains with them!
Though everybody here in Finland grows up doing this ammual paper snowflake-routine (willingly or not, it´s a must-do in kindergartens), I´ve never seen patterns this fancy! Very cool idea to make actual curtains of paper snowflakes. I´m gonna try too!
I think the part I love best, is that these could be created after Christmas and left up for winter! Thanks so much for sharing!
WHOA!! You guys RULE!! Those are BEAUTIFUL snowflakes!!
anywho…..LOVE your art and home!
Maybe I shall make some sort of snowflake hanging.


Put your character under pressure – or yourself – in today's writing prompts.
Fiction: Write a piece about a character who is in a place where the sun never goes down (it is always daylight) or conversely where it is dark 24 hours a day. How will it affect them? Make your character react badly to several weeks of living in this world. In other words, put them under pressure with something they have no control over!
Poetry: Write a poem that is all one sentence with no punctuation. Start with free writing but then make conscious decisions about line breaks. If you are stuck for a topic, go to a book and randomly select a word or phrase.


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Richmond Middle School
A High-Performance School for the
Dresden School District
Energy improvements can cost less than conventional building practices. Because the performance of the building envelope leads to a much lower design load, the mechanical systems can be downsized significantly, thus reducing the initial cost of construction. As a bonus, this saves energy for the life of the building.
While long-term energy savings are important, a high-performance building envelope also saves during construction. By focusing on energy efficiency during the design process and integrating this with a rigorous quality assurance program and compliance testing, it is possible to guarantee the building's performance. This allows the mechanical system to be "right-sized" which means the components are smaller and less expensive than in a standard building. This reduction in system size saves a portion of the cost of construction.
Richmond Middle School had a total area of 107,000 square feet and a building cost of about $13 million. The HVAC system cost $1,944,000. At an estimated 25% reduction in size and initial cost, the HVAC savings were $486,000. The high-performance building envelope only cost about $63,000 more than a conventional system. This results in a net savings of $423,000, or about $4.00 per square foot.
Dave Laurin, AIA of Banwell Architects reported that the School only spent $14,000 on fuel for heating last winter.
This is less than $.10 per square foot compared to other schools that often spend more than $.50 per square foot.
The high-performance building envelope savings are not just realized during the construction process. These savings are ongoing for the life of the building in the form of lower operating and fuel costs, proving that building green can be a win-win proposition.
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There's a lot of talent to be replaced from a year ago, and that means heavy pressure on those returning, especially Luttrell who is being looked at as a leader on the mound and at the plate. Luttrell said, "We're working on the hitting aspect of our team, but I think we'll be really strong in pitching. We have a lot of young guys, but having them come up to the varsity I'm sure will have no trouble adjusting and it will all work out.".
At this point, there is no world in which Tippecanoe doesn get the No. 1 seed in the Division II Tecumseh sectional. The Red Devils sit at 16 2 on the season and are ranked No. In my day, we used the shotgun, which was almost unheard of at the time, Myers said. Don think there were any pro or college teams using the shotgun when we were. My sophomore year, a lot of teams were still running the single wing offense.
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Admission is $5 per person. Children are admitted free.
Along with the barbeque, the event will include children's games, cotton candy, and face painting.
For more information, contact Lindsey Deaton at (321) 615-8889 or at teamcoordinator@electwayneivey.com.


You're probably already aware that radio-frequency identification chips (RFID), which store and transmit unique customer data, can be found in many credit cards and ID cards, but did you know they're also in all passports issued after October 2006? Marketers and high-tech identity thieves are constantly developing new ways to use this information. Protect yourself from both with an RFID-blocking passport holder ($18-$19) by DIFR Wear. Made with soft leather and a layer of RF shielding, you can block both unwanted advertising and cyberthieves. DIFR Wear also offers an assortment of RFID-blocking wallets and badge holders.


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 namespace System.Text {
     public sealed class CodePagesEncodingProvider : EncodingProvider {
+        public override IEnumerable<EncodingInfo> GetEncodings();
     }
     public abstract class Encoding : ICloneable {
+        public static Encoding Latin1 { get; }
+        public static Stream CreateTranscodingStream(Stream innerStream, Encoding innerStreamEncoding, Encoding outerStreamEncoding, bool leaveOpen = false);
     }
+    public static class EncodingExtensions {
+        public static void Convert(this Decoder decoder, in ReadOnlySequence<byte> bytes, IBufferWriter<char> writer, bool flush, out long charsUsed, out bool completed);
+        public static void Convert(this Decoder decoder, ReadOnlySpan<byte> bytes, IBufferWriter<char> writer, bool flush, out long charsUsed, out bool completed);
+        public static void Convert(this Encoder encoder, in ReadOnlySequence<char> chars, IBufferWriter<byte> writer, bool flush, out long bytesUsed, out bool completed);
+        public static void Convert(this Encoder encoder, ReadOnlySpan<char> chars, IBufferWriter<byte> writer, bool flush, out long bytesUsed, out bool completed);
+        public static byte[] GetBytes(this Encoding encoding, in ReadOnlySequence<char> chars);
+        public static long GetBytes(this Encoding encoding, in ReadOnlySequence<char> chars, IBufferWriter<byte> writer);
+        public static int GetBytes(this Encoding encoding, in ReadOnlySequence<char> chars, Span<byte> bytes);
+        public static long GetBytes(this Encoding encoding, ReadOnlySpan<char> chars, IBufferWriter<byte> writer);
+        public static long GetChars(this Encoding encoding, in ReadOnlySequence<byte> bytes, IBufferWriter<char> writer);
+        public static int GetChars(this Encoding encoding, in ReadOnlySequence<byte> bytes, Span<char> chars);
+        public static long GetChars(this Encoding encoding, ReadOnlySpan<byte> bytes, IBufferWriter<char> writer);
+        public static string GetString(this Encoding encoding, in ReadOnlySequence<byte> bytes);
+    }
     public sealed class EncodingInfo {
+        public EncodingInfo(EncodingProvider provider, int codePage, string name, string displayName);
     }
     public abstract class EncodingProvider {
+        public virtual IEnumerable<EncodingInfo> GetEncodings();
     }
-    public readonly struct Rune : IComparable<Rune>, IEquatable<Rune> {
+    public readonly struct Rune : IComparable, IComparable<Rune>, IEquatable<Rune> {
+        int System.IComparable.CompareTo(object obj);
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VFX Supervisor
FuseFX-BC
FuseFX Vancouver is seeking a talented and experienced VFX Supervisor for our in house projects.
FuseFX is an award-winning visual effects and animation studio focused on producing photo-real digital effects for feature film, episodic television and commercials.
Preferred Requirements:
• Experience leading a team of Nuke Compositors and CG Generalists in an episodic TV environment
• On-set supervision, script breakdown, and bidding experience
• Working knowledge of Nuke, Maya and Houdini workflows
• Strong understanding of directory structure, file formats, naming conventions, scripts, automation tools, automated dailies
• Excellent problem solving and communication skills
• Strong creative and technical abilities
• Must be a team player and work well under tight deadlines
Skills & Responsibilities:
• Attending production and VFX meetings, location and tech scouts
• Breaking down scripts and working with Producers and Supervisors in bidding
• Providing on-set supervision of plate and element photography
• Leading a team of artists, providing guidance and feedback on shots
• Assisting in recruitment duties, reviewing reels, making recommendations
• Communicating effectively with clients, artists, and management, while guiding a shot from initial concept through final delivery
Please apply at: https://fusefx.com/jobs/vfx-supervisor-3/
About FuseFX-BC
FuseFX is an award-winning visual effects studio that provides visual effects services for film, television, commercials, games, and special venues.
FuseFX has emerged as a leader in Visual Effects for episodic television, as well as increasing work on commercials and feature film productions. FuseFX has over 100 employees at their flagship office in Los Angeles, along with offices in New York City and Vancouver, Canada.
FuseFX BC was established in 2014 to serve Vancouver's burgeoning film and television production community. Led by Jon Cowley, the team combines a boutique mindset with the industry's most efficient pipeline and an ability to work seamlessly and nimbly as an extension of the company's Los Angeles and New York studios. The results are visuals of outstanding quality and imagination, delivered on time and on budget.
FuseFX has developed a proprietary, highly efficient pipeline. This process differentiates the company from others in the business and allows for better quality control, faster turn around of shots, allows the artists to focus on the creativity of visual effects. The company has assembled a highly experienced team of artists, supervisors, and producers with a broad range of experience in all aspects of Visual Effects. The quality of the staff also differentiates FuseFX from its competitors.
Today, FuseFX's three locations have over 30 television shows in production simultaneously, while also servicing various commercial and feature film projects. The company has exclusively provided Visual Effects for all the major studios, and on such productions as American Horror Story, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Criminal Minds, Sons of Anarchy, Bones, Mad Men, TURN, The Blacklist, The Magicians, and many others.
FuseFX was founded by David Altenau in 2006 and initially provided visual effects for a few network episodic productions. In 2008, Tim Jacobsen and Jason Fotter joined the company as partners and contributed to significant expansion, opening new offices in Burbank, and adding infrastructure and personnel to service multiple major episodic television programs as well as feature films and commercials. In 2014, FuseFX opened new offices in New York and Vancouver to service local clients in those markets, bringing on board Greg Anderson and Jon Cowley, respectively to head those operations and build teams dedicated to FuseFX's mission to provide stellar visual effects.
As a philosophy, the principals at FuseFX believe that Visual Effects offer an amazing ability to go beyond the limits of what practical production can accomplish. We strive to work with our clients to create a vision and story that could not otherwise be accomplished without the tools and talents FuseFX offers.


New York state tax division employee with delusional disorder, fired after being deemed a risk for violence, challenged the ruling. At the request of his attorney, The Forensic Panel appraised his fitness for duty and risk for violence. The case was representative of a number of such employment-related cases presenting for our attention, as the examinee had an illness but could contribute at the workplace without risk if compliant with treatment.
Negotiation with the examinee and penetration of his denial saved his job and resolved the case. The evaluation culminated in his agreement to take antipsychotic medication as part of an agreement to return to his position, and the matter resolved without further legal proceedings.


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Q: How to Pivot Without Aggregation I've been reading on this site as well as Google about how to Pivot my data but can't seem to quite figure it out. I want to be able to pivot without doing any aggregation. My data currently looks like. My sql is:
select act, rn
from ##Temp_Outage_Crew
order by act

act         rn
00208763-BC2    AUXO01
00208763-BC2    AUXO03

But I want it to look like what is shown below. I now there is a way to PIVOT this data but I can't get it to work.
act             rn1        rn2
00208763-BC2    AUXO01     AUX03

I have "attempted" to use the row number function but I can't seem to get that to work either.

A: As mentioned in the comments, you must use an aggregation in the PIVOT. MAX works on strings, so it's a great option when you have a 1-to-1 relationship.
To get the arbitrary rn1 and rn2 columns, it makes sense to use ROW_NUMBER(). Assuming you know the maximum number of values rn can have for a particular act value, you can do something like:
;WITH toc_CTE
     AS (SELECT [act],
                [rn],
                [RowNum] = CONCAT('rn', ROW_NUMBER()
                                          OVER (
                                            PARTITION BY [act]
                                            ORDER BY [rn]))
         FROM   #Temp_Outage_Crew)
SELECT [act],
       [rn1],
       [rn2],
       [rn3],
       [rn4]
FROM   toc_CTE
       PIVOT (MAX([rn])
             FOR [RowNum] IN ([rn1],
                              [rn2],
                              [rn3],
                              [rn4])) pvt

If, however, there is no concrete limit on the number of rn values per act, then you will have to use a dynamic PIVOT.

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Spring is coming and soon visitors will be emerging from hibernation to enjoy another beautiful Alberta camping season.
Not surprisingly, the provincial parks in southern Alberta offer the best conditions for spring and early summer adventures, but other locations in the province—like Alberta's Northern Rockies and Lakeland regions—hold subtle charm and amazing experiences for hardy explorers.
Castle Provincial Park is Alberta's newest Rocky Mountain park with a vast diversity of places to discover and explore. There are four campgrounds in the park with basic services, plus a group camp area and additional rustic camping spots. These campgrounds will open in May and get you up close and personal with memorable landscapes and wildlife encounters. You can access the park on a paved highway (No. 774) through Beaver Mines, or enter the park on scenic backroads starting in the Crowsnest Pass from Blairmore or Hillcrest.
Nearby, Beauvais Lake Provincial Park is open year round and offers power hookups at over half of its campsites. This is a great base camp for exploring the pristine lakes, rushing rivers and beautiful waterfalls of the area, or stay in the park to hike a variety of trails around the lake and up into the backcountry.
If you're looking for a scenic tour of the southwest, travel the Cowboy Trail (No. 22) to Chain Lakes Provincial Park. This prairie park alongside the Chain Lakes reservoir is open year round and offers many water activities, including fishing for rainbow trout. Willows, abundant in this oasis, provide privacy between campsites.
Round out your southwest tour with a visit to Park Lake Provincial Park just north of Lethbridge. One of the first provincial parks, Park Lake is a charming lakeside park with a small forest of shady trees planted by volunteers when the park was brand new in 1932. More than half of the campsites have power hookups and there is a sewage disposal facility for use by registered campers. Park Lake Provincial Park is scheduled to open for the 2018 season on May 17th.
Cypress Hills Provincial Park in the southeast corner of the province is a unique mixture of prairie and mountain features. This land mass is the highest spot between the Rockies and the Laurentians, giving it an intriguing mix of landscapes and wildlife. While power and water hookups are available at Elkwater, Beaver Creek and many Cypress Hills campgrounds, the experience of camping in peace and quiet off the beaten track at unserviced campgrounds like Reesor Lake or Battle Creek is a completely different world. Elkwater campground is open year round, but other Cypress Hills campgrounds open for 2018 on May 14th.
From a base camp in Cypress Hills, explore more of southeast Alberta with a day trip to Red Rock Coulee Natural Area. Located on a country road about an hour east of Cypress Hills, you enter a surreal landscape covered in perfectly round rocks. These large red sandstone concretions are an excellent example of spheroid rock formations in Alberta. They measure up to 2.5 metres across and are believed to be among the largest in the world. Make sure you have proper footwear for hiking and bring along adequate drinking water as you explore and experience this amazing wild prairie environment. Be prepared for changes in weather and watch for wildlife that includes mule deer, pronghorn, white-tailed rabbits, rattlesnakes and bull snakes.
For a tamer adventure in Cypress Hills Provincial Park, explore the southern shore of Elkwater Lake along the Shoreline Trail (2.4 kilometres one way). Or drop in at the visitor centre and pick up a map detailing the scenic driving routes in the park.
Watch the awakening of spring in Alberta's Northern Rockies, a wilder version of the mountains to the south. Along the way, stay at Pierre Grey's Lakes Provincial Park on Highway 40 between Hinton and Grande Cache. The campground opens for the season on May 16th and has 30-amp power sites. Several small lakes in this park offer campsites right near the water, where you can go paddling or fish for rainbow trout and brook trout. The park is named for Pierre Gris, who operated a trading post there in the late 1800s.
Continue on to Grande Cache, a small mountain town near Willmore Wilderness Park. Catch a glimpse of this vast wilderness from Sulphur Gates Provincial Recreation Area. In addition to a small campground, and a staging area for visitors entering the wilderness on horseback, you'll find a short trail to lookout platforms with breathtaking views of the Sulphur River canyon and the Smoky River.
On your way back to Hinton, stop in at William A. Switzer Provincial Park. Considered a hub for Alberta Northern Rockies explorations, Switzer Park has a string of lakes joined by Jarvis Creek, and five campgrounds with a variety of services. Gregg Lake campground is the largest and offers power and water hookups, sewage disposal and many other amenities. Jarvis Lake campground is smaller; all sites have power and there is a great beach. Numerous trails throughout the park, a visitor centre, interpretive programs, boat launches and a stocked trout pond offer endless opportunities for outdoor recreation and relaxation.
Catch a lakeside sunrise in northeastern Alberta from your campsite at Beaver Lake Provincial Recreation Area. Just minutes from the town of Lac La Biche, this large sandy fishing lake is dotted with islands and coves perfect for casting your line or exploring by canoe. In the spring songbirds and waterfowl nest in the area, and the mornings and evenings are heralded by their calls. The campground has powered sites and a shower building.
Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park is minutes away on Lac La Biche. The small campground, on an island connected by a causeway, has powered sites, a shower building and a sewage disposal facility for registered campers. The old-growth forest on the island is a birder's paradise with common and rare songbirds, as well as waterfowl and raptors.
South of Athabasca on Steele Lake is Cross Lake Provincial Park. Here all sites are powered, with amenities like showers and a sewage disposal facility. Forest trails are perfect for hiking or mountain biking and a small beach is just right for sandcastle building or launching your canoe. As with most northeastern parks and campgrounds the bird life is abundant and varied, and provides bird watchers with hours of intriguing sights and sounds.
Spring and early summer are ideal for touring around the province to discover new and unique parks.
Between the May long weekend and the July long weekend, many parks are quiet and uncrowded, especially between Sunday night and Friday morning. So make plans to spend some time finding your new favourite place in Alberta's provincial parks. Check albertaparks.ca for campground opening dates, reserving a campsite or other details.


Community cultural galleries and community cultural centers (stations) throughout sub-districts and towns in the Chinese cities are not only operational carriers for supply of urban public cultural services directly targeting at community people, but also the most basic unit in China's construction of Powerful Cultural Country and ideological construction, which are key nodes for China to build a harmonious society and the most direct foothold of "cultural livelihood" in the construction of public cultural service system. With considerations to China's special national conditions, this project bases on specific practices in supply and operation of public cultural services for urban communities, selectively refers long-term development experience in "public governance" of international urban communities, and aims to blaze "a path for the development of socialist culture with the Chinese characteristics and innovation of supply and operation mechanism of public cultural services for urban communities as soon as possible. Therefore, launching of this research project boasts very important thinking emancipation value and practical guidance significance for gradually integrating supply and operation of public cultural services for urban communities into people-oriented, scientific, institutionalized and standardized and sinicized development realm and maximizing benefits of public cultural services for urban communities.
This Project is undertaken by Institute of Literature and headed by Research Professor XU Qingquan. The project was initiated in June 2013, which is expected to be completed in the December of 2014.


Trying to choose between international and domestic adoption? Maybe you have already decided on domestic, but are still unsure of what the process involves. If that is the case, you might benefit from reading this post – it will provide you with answers to quite a few unanswered questions you have about domestic adoption!
What legal status do you obtain?
Through domestic adoption, an adopted child becomes the legal child of the adoptive family, so any fears about losing your baby after you have already adopted should be forgotten. Just like giving birth to one, adopting a child is a natural way of creating a family.
What information do you get about the birth parents?
Couples adopting domestically are usually provided with more detailed medical records and social history of the birth parents. When adopting internationally, parents may not have access to a child's medical history.Information about birth parents in a domestic adoption can also include OB/GYN pregnancy history, legal situation, family history, social history, as well as hobbies and interests.
Do you get to meet the birth parents?
Contact with the birth family can be arranged, and this can be done in a way that suits both parties. Through open communication, birth parents and adoptive parents can set a level of contact they are comfortable maintaining.
How is the cost of the adoption process determined?
It is a common misconception that domestic adoptions cost more than international adoptions. The reality is that the cost of adoption varies depending on a number of factors. One of the most important ones is the arrangement between birth parents and adoptive parents.
Another misconception about domestic adoption is that it takes an incredibly long time. Some families do wait two years or more to adopt a baby, but the truth is that around 75% of families adopt a baby within two to twelve months. Waiting time depends on the adoption plan which usually includes considerations of the race of the baby, whether the adoption is going to be closed or open, what the family's budget is, and many more.
What kind of information will you need to disclose?
Just like every other type, domestic adoption involves filling out paperwork and completing a home study. This means you will need to give the agency your personal, medical, financial and criminal information. You will also need to let them into your home so they can determine what kind of upbringing you would be able to provide.
Do domestic adoptions involve travel?
Couples pursuing a domestic adoption should be ready to travel if they are adopting a newborn baby. They should visit the birth mother and stay wherever she lives until after the baby is born and released from the hospital. Otherwise, in a local adoption circumstance, there isn't a definite need to travel.
What are the benefits of choosing domestic adoption?
There are two major benefits to choosing this type of adoption. The first is that you will have access to many support groups, and you will have no trouble finding advice for most of the issues you encounter along the way. The second is that you will be able to provide your child with information regarding their birth parents, which is not as readily available in international adoptions.
How many people choose domestic adoptions?
Domestic adoption accounts for a significant portion of all adoptions. For example, in the United States nearly 45% of all adoptions are domestic adoptions. This means that if you choose this type of adoption, you may rest assured that you will be in good company!


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Q: new DateTime('2016-04-01 00:00:00') returns '2016-04-01 12:00:00 This is probably a no-brainer, but I can't see the solution.  I have the following code:
$begin = new DateTime('2016-03-14 00:00:00');
echo $begin->format('Y-m-d h:i:s');

The output is:
2016-03-14 12:00:00

I have tried to change timezones, set the timezone, leave it off.  The output never changes.  What gives?  I want the output to read "2016-03-14 00:00:00".

A: You need to use H as it is for 24 hour time and h is 12 hour time.  12:00:00 is 12am or 00:00:00:
$begin = new DateTime('2016-03-14 00:00:00');
echo $begin->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

A: It should be
$begin = new DateTime('2016-03-14 00:00:00');
echo $begin->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

h 12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros    01 through 12
H 24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros    00 through 23

http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

A: h is for 12-hour clock (AM/PM), so your pattern lacks a or A to be complete:
$begin = new DateTime('2016-03-14 00:00:00');
echo $begin->format('Y-m-d H:i:s a');

would give you 2016-04-01 12:00:00 am.
If you want full 24-hrs clock, you need to use H instead:
$begin = new DateTime('2016-03-14 00:00:00');
echo $begin->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

which would give expected 2016-04-01 00:00:00.
Here is the documentation for supported placeholders you can use with format().

A: As said, h is for 12-hour clock format , and H for 24-hour clock format. By changing this letter, your date will format as you wish.
$begin = new DateTime('2016-03-14 00:00:00');
echo $begin->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

Here's a list of format that you can use for DateTime object in PHP (Source)
Day of Month
____________
d   | Numeric, with leading zeros   01–31
j   | Numeric, without leading zeros    1–31
S   | The English suffix for the day of the month   st, nd or th in the 1st, 2nd or 15th.

Weekday
_______
l   | Full name  (lowercase 'L')    Sunday – Saturday
D   | Three letter name Mon – Sun

Month
______
m   | Numeric, with leading zeros   01–12
n   | Numeric, without leading zeros    1–12
F   | Textual full  January – December
M   | Textual three letters Jan - Dec

Year
____
Y   | Numeric, 4 digits Eg., 1999, 2003
y   | Numeric, 2 digits Eg., 99, 03

Time
____
a   | Lowercase am, pm
A   | Uppercase AM, PM
g   | Hour, 12-hour, without leading zeros  1–12
h   | Hour, 12-hour, with leading zeros 01–12
G   | Hour, 24-hour, without leading zeros  0-23
H   | Hour, 24-hour, with leading zeros 00-23
i   | Minutes, with leading zeros   00-59
s   | Seconds, with leading zeros   00-59
T   | Timezone abbreviation Eg., EST, MDT ...
Full Date/Time
c   | ISO 8601  2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00
r   | RFC 2822  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200


Rudolf Otto (25 September 1869 – 6 March 1937) was an eminent German Lutheran theologian, philosopher, and comparative religionist. He is regarded as one of the most influential scholars of religion in the early twentieth century and is best known for his concept of the numinous, a profound emotional experience he argued was at the heart of the world's religions.
Born in Peine near Hanover, Otto was raised in a pious Christian family. He attended the Gymnasium Andreanum in Hildesheim and studied at the universities of Erlangen and Göttingen, where he wrote his dissertation on Martin Luther's understanding of the Holy Spirit (Die Anschauung von heiligen Geiste bei Luther: Eine historisch-dogmatische Untersuchung), and his habilitation on Kant (). By 1906, he held a position as extraordinary professor, and in 1910 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Giessen. Otto's fascination with non-Christian religions was awakened during an extended trip from 1911-1912 through North Africa, Palestine, British India, China, Japan, and the United States. He cited a 1911 visit to a Moroccan synagogue as a key inspiration for theme of the Holy he would later develop. Otto became a member of the German parliament in 1913 and retained this position through the First World War. He then served in the post-war constituent assembly in 1918, and remained involved in the politics of the Weimar Republic. Meanwhile, in 1915, he became ordinary professor at the University of Breslau, and in 1917, at the University of Marburg's Divinity School, then one of the most famous Protestant seminaries in the world. Although he received several other calls, he remained in Marburg for the rest of his life. He retired in 1929 and died of pneumonia eight years later, after suffering serious injuries falling about twenty meters from a tower. Persistent but unconfirmed rumors identified this as a suicide attempt. He is buried in the Marburg cemetery.
Otto's most famous work, The Idea of the Holy, was first published in German in 1917 as Das Heilige - Über das Irrationale in der Idee des Göttlichen und sein Verhältnis zum Rationalen. It is one of the most successful German theological books of the 20th century, has never gone out of print, and is now available in about 20 languages. The first English translation was published in 1923 under the title The Idea of the Holy: An Inquiry into the Non-Rational Factor in the Idea of the Divine and its Relation to the Rational. Otto was influenced by the rationalist approaches of Immanuel Kant and Jakob Fries, and he stated that his previous works had focused on the rational aspects of the divine. He felt people should first do serious rational study of God, before turning to the non-rational element of God as he did in this book.
The book defines the concept of the holy as that which is numinous, a term Otto coined based on the Latin numen ("divine power"). (The term is etymologically unrelated to Immanuel Kant's noumenon, a Greek term referring to an unknowable reality underlying all things.) Otto explained the numinous as a "non-rational, non-sensory experience or feeling whose primary and immediate object is outside the self". This mental state "presents itself as ganz Andere, wholly other, a condition absolutely sui generis and incomparable whereby the human being finds himself utterly abashed." Otto argued that because the numinous is completely irreducible and sui generis it cannot be defined in terms of other concepts or experiences, and that the reader must therefore be "guided and led on by consideration and discussion of the matter through the ways of his own mind, until he reach the point at which 'the numinous' in him perforce begins to stir... In other words, our X cannot, strictly speaking, be taught, it can only be evoked, awakened in the mind". Otto devotes chapters 4 and 5 to attempting to evoke the character of the numinous and its various aspects. He describes it as a mystery (Latin: mysterium) that is simultaneously terrifying (tremendum) and fascinating (fascinans).
According to Mark Wynn in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Idea of the Holy falls within a paradigm in the philosophy of emotion in which emotions are seen as including an element of perception with intrinsic epistemic value that is neither mediated by thoughts nor simply a response to physiological factors. Otto therefore understands religious experience as having mind-independent phenomenological content rather than being an internal response to belief in a divine reality. Otto applied this model specifically to religious experiences, which he felt were qualitatively different from other emotions.
Otto left a broad influence on theology and the philosophy of religion in the first half of the 20th century. In The Idea of the Holy and other works, he set out a paradigm for the study of religion that focused on the need to realize the religious as a non-reducible, original category in its own right. This paradigm was under much attack between approximately 1950 and 1990 but has made a strong comeback since then, as its phenomenological aspects have become more apparent.
The eminent Romanian-American philosopher Mircea Eliade used the concepts from The Idea of the Holy as the starting point for his own 1957 book, The Sacred and the Profane. Carl Gustav Jung, the founder of analytic psychology, applied the concept of the numinous to psychology and psychotherapy, arguing it was therapeutic and brought greater self-understanding, and stating that to him religion was about a "careful and scrupulous observation... of the numinosum". Others to acknowledge Otto were, for instance, Martin Heidegger, Leo Strauss, John A. Sanford, Richard Rohr, Hans-Georg Gadamer (critical in his youth, respectful in his old age), Max Scheler, Ernst Jünger, Joseph Needham, W. T. Stace, Joachim Wach and Hans Jonas. Otto's ideas have also been discussed by Jewish thinkers including Joseph Soloveitchik and Eliezer Berkovits.
Karl Barth, an influential Protestant theologian contemporary to Otto, acknowledged Otto's influence and approved a similar conception of God, as totaliter aliter, and aliud, aliud valde ("other, completely other"), the latter phrase being taken from Augustine of Hippo's Confessions (7.10.16). Otto was also one of the very few modern theologians to whom C. S. Lewis indicates a debt, particularly to the idea of the numinous in The Problem of Pain. German-American theologian Paul Tillich acknowledged Otto's influence on him, as did Otto's most famous German pupil Gustav Mensching (1901–1978) from Bonn University. More recently, Otto's views can be seen in Karl Rahner's presentation of man as a being of transcendence.
↑ Adler, Joseph. "Rudolf Otto's Concept of the Numinous". Kenyon College. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
1 2 "Louis Karl Rudolf Otto Facts". YourDictionary.com. Encyclopedia of World Biography. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
1 2 3 Meland, Bernard. "Rudolf Otto | German philosopher and theologian". Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ Lindsay Jones (ed. in chief). Encyclopedia Of Religion: Second Edition. Thomson Gale, 2005, p. 6926. ISBN 0-02-865743-8.
1 2 Ross, Kelley. "Rudolf Otto (1869-1937)". Retrieved 19 October 2016.
↑ Eckardt, Alice L.; Eckardt, A. Roy (July 1980). "The Holocaust and the Enigma of Uniqueness: A Philosophical Effort at Practical Clarification". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Sage Publications. 450 (1): 165–178. doi:10.1177/000271628045000114. JSTOR 1042566. P. 169. Cited in: Cohn-Sherbok, Dan, ed. (1991). A Traditional Quest. Essays in Honour of Louis Jacobs. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-567-52728-8. ISBN 0-56752728-X.
↑ Otto, Rudolf (1923). The Idea of the Holy. Oxford University Press. p. 7. ISBN 0-19-500210-5. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
↑ Otto, Rudolf H. (1996). Alles, Gregory D., ed. Autobiographical and Social Essays. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-110-14519-9. ISBN 3-11014519-7. mysterium tremendum et fascinans.
↑ Wynn, Mark. "Phenomenology of Religion". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
↑ Agnel, Aimé. "Numinous (Analytical Psychology)". Encyclopedia.com. International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
↑ Eliezer Berkovits, God, Man and History, 2004, pp. 166, 170.
↑ Webb, Stephen H. (1991). Re-figuring Theology. The Rhetoric of Karl Barth. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-438-42347-0. ISBN 1-43842347-0.
↑ Vessey, Mark, ed. (2012). A Companion to Augustine. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-405-15946-3. ISBN 1-40515946-4.
Almond, Philip C., 'Rudolf Otto: An Introduction to his Philosophical Theology' (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1984).
Gooch, Todd A, The Numinous and Modernity: An Interpretation of Rudolf Otto's Philosophy of Religion. Preface by Otto Kaiser and Wolfgang Drechsler. (Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2000). ISBN 3-11-016799-9.
Mok, Daniël (2012). Rudolf Otto: Een kleine biografie. Preface by Gerardus van der Leeuw. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Abraxas. ISBN 978-90-79133-08-6.
Mok, Daniël et al. (2002). Een wijze uit het westen: Beschouwingen over Rudolf Otto. Preface by Rudolph Boeke. Amsterdam: De Appelbloesem Pers (i.e. Uitgeverij Abraxas). ISBN 90-70459-36-1 (print), 978-90-79133-00-0 (e-Book).


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Wesgro works closely with key players including the national, provincial and local government. Its mandate is to facilitate foreign and domestic direct investment into the region; exports of products and services through development of export capability, demand and market access; and to promote Cape Town and the Western Cape as a viable business, leisure and film destination.


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Q: RSA Reverse Encryption using Certificate I am using certificate to encrypt my communication between WCF and Android. Encrypting using Public Key, and decrypting with Private Key is working fine. But I return a session ID from the WCF Application to the Android Client. Now, I need to encrypt the SessionID using my Private Key and Encrypt at the client side using Public Key (Reverse). This reverse encryption and decryption is working fine in the Android Test. But in my C# Test, decryption shows error "Key doesn't exist". I tried changing the encoding to all the possible ones, but no hope. Here is the code.
    private void Encrypt()
    {

        X509Certificate2 myCert2 = null;
        myCert2 = new X509Certificate2(Resource1.code, "code");
        RSACryptoServiceProvider RSA = (RSACryptoServiceProvider)myCert2.PrivateKey;

        string strtt = "This is a test";
        byte[] ascenc = Encoding.UTF32.GetBytes(strtt);
        encrbyte = RSA.Encrypt(ascenc, false);
        encrypted_string =Convert.ToBase64String(encrbyte);
        textBox2.Text = encrypted_string;

    }

    private void Decrypt()
    {

        var myCert2 = new X509Certificate2(Resource1.code, "code");
        RSACryptoServiceProvider RSA = (RSACryptoServiceProvider)myCert2.PublicKey.Key;
        byte[] ascby = Convert.FromBase64String(encrypted_string);
        byte[] decrypted_byte = RSA.Decrypt(ascby, false);
        string decrypted_text = Encoding.UTF32.GetString(decrypted_byte);
        textBox3.Text = decrypted_text;

    }

A: Your question reads, "Now, I need to encrypt the SessionID using my Private Key and Encrypt at the client side using Public Key (Reverse)" -- did you mean decrypt with the public key?
Do you realize that if you encrypt with the private key, anybody can decrypt that has seen the certificate, i.e. anybody who has the public key?


French Police arrest Sunzu for GBV – Zambia: News Diggers!
Zambia's international soccer star Stoppila Sunzu spent last Thursday evening in jail over alleged domestic violence involving his pregnant wife Gift, French media has reported.
According to local newspapers, the Chipolopolo central defender who plays his professional football at French league 2 side FC Metz in Lorrain, is accused of having used violence on his wife, but the player said he was only attempting to bring to an end an altercation between his wife and another woman.
He was released on Friday morning and only made the bench when his club lost 2-1 to Clermont at home on Friday night.
"Somehow, the players are blaming him for the side's loss so he has a very important French Cup game against Monaco today (yesterday) and the club officials are not allowing him to talk to anyone so that he can focus on training, a source at the club told News Diggers, Tuesday.
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Pastor James N. Preston, born in Pittsburgh, PA., was raised and received his formal education in Rochester, New York. Prior to making the decision to become a Funeral Director/Embalmer and graduation from Simmons College of Mortuary Science in Syracuse, New York, he attended Howard University and St. John Fisher College. Pastor Preston has been actively involved in providing funeral services since 1969 and currently co-owns and operates Preston Funeral Home in Phoenix with his wife, First Lady Irene Preston.
Rev. Preston moved to Phoenix in 1982, and later accepted his calling to spread the gospel. On January 6, 1997, Pastor Preston was called as pastor of Bethesda Community Baptist Church and was officially installed on March 23, 1997.
In addition to serving the pastoral ministry for over 30 years, he has conducted through his bereavement ministry, grief support groups for over 26 years. Pastor Preston serves on several boards in the community and is an advocate for those who are disenfranchised by society. In 2004 he received the NAACP Image Award for Religious and Business Leadership in the community. He is the only NAACP dual award recipient for the Arizona Chapter. Recently he received the African American Legislator Unsung Hero's Award, and was elected National Chaplin and National President of Epsilon Nu-Delta Mortuary Fraternity Inc.
Pastor Preston has a great love for God's word and His people. You will find him Sunday after Sunday proclaiming the word of God and on Wednesday evenings you will find him doing one of his favorite things, teaching bible study class. Pastor Preston is an articulate and passionate preacher and teacher. Anytime he is called upon to share the word of God, regardless of circumstance or season, Pastor Preston gives of himself and remains faithful to God's calling. His love and concern for people keeps him in demand as a speaker, teacher and counselor.
Lady Irene is the love of Pastor Preston's life and the epitome of a partner in all aspects of his ministry and business. Together the Preston's have one son Devin, one daughter Jennifer, one grandson, five granddaughter's, and one great grandson. Pastor Preston has reaffirmed over and over again that "God is good all the time, and all the time God is good."
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Lady P, as she is affectionately known, is a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer as well as First Lady of Bethesda Community Baptist Church here in Phoenix. She currently holds three degrees: Associate of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene; Associate of Science in Mortuary Science and Bachelor of Science in Business Management.
Lady Preston is proud to hold membership in Epsilon Nu Delta Fraternity Inc., 100 Black Women in Funeral Service, National Council of Negro Women, Professional Association of Business Women, where received the Women of Excellence Award. Maricopa chapter of Eastern Star. She is also a strong advocate for the POMC (Parents of Murdered Children).
First Lady Irene, together with her husband, Pastor James N. Preston, own and operate their two family businesses, Preston Funeral Home and Blooms Flower and Gift Shop. Lady Irene truly enjoys co-laboring in the ministry alongside Rev. Preston for 30 years, helping wherever needed; ministering to the grieving. She also facilitates grief workshops wherever needed.
Lady P is no stranger to the demands of life. She graciously accepts the roles of ministering wife, mother, grandmother, business owner, and friend. She says her greatest calling and joy is taking care of the man of God. This women of God who truly understands the meaning of scripture, Luke 12:48, "To whom much is given much is required."
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A new start: can Egypt handle democracy?
Protesters in Egypt want immediate democratic rule, but some in the West say the country's not ready, and real change must come more gradually.
For two weeks now, protesters in Egypt have been calling for a change of government. Hosni Mubarak, who has ruled the country since 1981, must leave immediately, they say, and a democratic government take his place.
But Mubarak hasn't left. Last week he claimed that he was ready to step down, but that if he abandoned office now, chaos would follow. On Saturday Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, agreed. Democracy would come, she said, 'but that takes some time. There are certain things that have to be done in order to prepare.'
The commentator Melanie Phillips went further: 'the unhappy fact is,' she wrote, that 'the crucial infrastructure of the rule of law, independent judges and police, free press and so on that are the necessary precondition of democracy just don't exist.'
Why should democracy be so hard to achieve? When first invented by the ancient Athenians, it was beautifully simple. Citizens met in Athens to vote on new laws, serve as juries in trials or elect officials. The people had direct control over all aspects of the city-state.
Of course, what works for a single city might not work for a country of millions. In England, democracy evolved as a system where people elect a small number of individuals to speak for them in parliament. Whereas Athenian democracy was 'direct', British democracy is 'representative'.
A parliament of representatives can vote on laws but it can't govern a whole country on its own. Instead, in the UK at least, parliament chooses a leader to be the head of the government. That leader then chooses ministers to help govern, and those ministers are helped by thousands of politically independent civil servants.
Other groups are also important: judges, who apply the law; religious figures, with their influence over the people; generals, who command the loyalty of the army. In a working democracy, the powers of these groups are limited and separated, to prevent one group getting too much influence.
There are other ingredients too: a free press to hold the government to account; an independent police force; schools free from propaganda; companies that aren't dominated by government ministers.
Now or never?
Egypt has suffered authoritarian rule for decades and doubters argue that its key institutions have been deeply corrupted. Without good preparation, a new democratic state could crumble entirely.
But the young protesters in the streets of Cairo are impatient. 'Slow reform,' they say, is just code for 'more of the same.' This chance of democracy may be risky, but it must be taken now.
Is freedom possible without democracy?
In the UK, we have a 'representative democracy.' But would 'direct democracy,' where anyone could vote on any question, be better? Why / why not?
Imagine you were a protester in Egypt and write a letter to Hillary Clinton to try to persuade her that your country needs democracy without delay.
Many democracies have rules set out in a constitution. Do some research into constitutions around the world and then draw up your own, for a new nation.
"Democracy is over-rated."
Egypt already has elections. Doesn't that make it democratic?
No. Egypt's elections have not been free. Opposition parties have been banned. Voters have been intimidated. Vote counting has been manipulated. Without free elections, a country can't be democratic.
But if Egypt did have free elections then it would be?
It would be more democratic, yes, but only if elections stayed free. Countries normally ensure this through their constitution.
Their what?
A constitution is a set of rules that specifies things like how often elections happen and how long a president can serve for. It is the legal basis for a state.
Democracy sounds very problematic.
Indeed. Winston Churchill said: 'democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.'
A great article from the New York Times explains why the West backs gradual transition in Egypt.
An artistic animated imagining of what it is to lack democracy.
An introduction to ancient democracy from the BBC.
Catch up on Egypt's story so far with The Day's Egypt Special.


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