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cciMB Internazional Guitar Competition Maurizio Biasini
In 2010, the guitarist Marco Vinicio Carnicelli gave a concert in Bologna to commemorate his long-time friend Maurizio Biasini, who had passed away in 2008. Although a physicist by profession, Maurizio Biasini had been himself a keen classical guitar player who earned his diploma in classical guitar with first class honors from the Bologna G. B. Martini Conservatory in 1979, the same year that he obtained his degree cum laude in Physics from the University of Bologna.
Maurizio's passion for the classical guitar together with his cosmopolitan approach to reach excellence in his profession brought a few friends and family members gathered at the concert to the idea of organizing an international classical guitar competition dedicated to Maurizio. The first edition of the competition took place from 10 – 16 October 2011 in Bologna, the city where Maurizio Biasini lived and worked for extended periods, from 1975 on. Famous for its rich musical tradition, Bologna was chosen as a UNESCO City of Music in 2006, thus becoming the first Italian city of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. This network constitutes a global platform that provides visibility to its members and enables them to share knowledge and practices across cultural borders. The cciMB was one of the first cultural events to be included among the initiatives of Bologna City of Music. The Bologna edition hosted 24 excellent young guitarists between 18 and 33 years old, coming from 16 different European and extra-European countries (Syria, Canada). The competition concluded with a final round at the Theatre Manzoni (the main concert venue in Bologna) in the presence of the vice-mayor of Bologna and gathering an audience of 1200, which included many young people.
The second edition of the competition took place form 9 – 15 September 2013 in Basel (Switzerland), a city Maurizio visited often together with his wife Nadia Guth Biasini who now is residing in Basel. Just like Bologna, Basel is known for its vibrant classical musical scene with several outstanding local orchestras and a music conservatory, the Musik Akademie Basel MAB, of excellent reputation. The cciMB 2013 edition, organized in close collaboration with the MAB, was attended by 14 outstanding classical guitarists who had to take on a challenging program with in the final round at the Stadtcasino Basel a commissioned composition by the young composer Yair Klartag and a concert for guitar and string quartet.
From 14 – 17 January, 2016, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) hosted the third cciMB edition with David Tanenbaum, head of the SFCM Guitar Department, as Artistic Director. Novelty at the cciMB2016 was the selection of 12 semifinalists via an online audition procedure as well as the presentation of four concert performances which transformed the competition into a true guitar festival. The opening concert on January 14th 2016 presented no less than two world premieres: a new Clarissa Assad concert, O Saci-Parerê (2013-2014) performed by the New Music Ensemble (Nicole Paiement, conductor; Marc Teicholz soloist) and a new composition for eight guitars and two narrators, Nazcan (2015), by the Chilean composer Javier Farías performed by the San Francesco Conservatory Guitar Ensemble (David Tanenbaum, conductor).
Furthermore, the winner of the SFCM biennial Guitar Concerto Competition 2015, Cristobal Selame, played the concerto by the Italian composer Mauro Giuliani (from Bisceglie). Further concerts included a recital by cciMB 2013 winner Emanuele Buono, and a performance of Jury members Gérard Abiton, Marco Vinicio Carnicelli, David Tanenbaum and Walter Zanetti playing guitar music by Swiss and Italian composers. The latter included another world premier of Italian composer Nicola Evangelisti's Osmósis for amplified guitar and electronics, performed by Walter Zanetti. Finally, on January 17th the three finalists performed the cciMB 2016 commissioned composition Imbricatta in 10 assymetrical layers (2015) by Sergio Assad, and the Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo accompanied by the New Music Ensemble.
The cciMB returned to Europe for its 4th edition, held from April 27 to May 2, 2018, at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional (CRR) de Paris, France, under Artistic Director Gérard Abiton. Among over 45 competitors, 13 standout guitarists representing 8 different countries had been selected online for the semifinal round in Paris, where each performed a 30-minute program including a sonata and the cciMB 2018 commissioned composition Cantar de mio Cid by Jean-Dominique Krynen. Jin-Hee Kim (26) from South Korea and Omar Nicho (25) from Peru shared the second prize (EURO 5000.- each). Third prize (EURO 3000.-) went to the Argentinian Fabian Cardozo (31) while the first prize was not awarded. Omar Nicho also won the Savarez special prize of Euro 1000.- for best performance of set piece and cciMB 2016 commissioned composition Imbricatta by Sérgio Assad, who was present at the final round for the occasion.
The cciMB 2018 Festival presented four amazing concerts: the opening concert with Gypsy jazz, flamenco and dance by Antoine Boyer, Samuelito, Sébastien Giniaux, William Brunard and Karine Gonzaliz; a Soirée médiévale by the ensemble La Schola Alumni from Basel, Switzerland (direction Marc Lewon); a concert by the guitar Duo Melis and finally a concert by cciMB2013 winner Emanuele Buono and Quatuor Strada. For the first time, the cciMB included a social outreach program organized in collaboration with Elías Abraham Fóscolo of the Association PlayForRights and the international solidarity and outreach movement Emmaüs.
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Джеймс «Джабби» Джабара (10 октября 1923 — 17 ноября 1966) был первым американским летчиком-асом реактивного истребителя ВВС США. Джафара родился в Оклахоме, жил в Канзасе, где окончил среднюю школу и поступил курсантом авиации на службу в Форт-Райли. Прежде чем получить звание младшего лейтенанта Джеймс прошел обучение в четырёх летных школах в Техасе. В ходе Второй мировой войны он совершил два боевых вылета в Европу в качестве пилота американского истребителя North American P-51 Mustang и одержал несколько побед в сражениях с немецкой авиацией.

В 1948 году Джабара выполнял полеты на первом реактивном самолёте ВВС США, Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, затем пересел за штурвал North American F-86 Sabre. Во время Корейской войны, управляя этим самолётом, он сбил несколько самолётов МиГ-15 советского производства. Первую победу в воздушном сражении он одержал 3 апреля 1951 года. Спустя месяц стало известно о ещё нескольких победах, что сделало его первым американским асом реактивного самолёта в истории. В ходе сражений в Корейской войне он одержал всего 15 побед, что принесло ему прозвище «тройной туз», и сделало его вторым по результативности асом ВВС США. За выдающиеся заслуги в боевых сражениях он был удостоен Креста «За выдающиеся заслуги», Серебряной звезды, Креста летных заслуг, Медали военно-воздушных сил и британского Креста «За выдающиеся лётные заслуги».

После Джабара командовал несколькими базами ВВС США, летал за штурвалом Lockheed F-104 Starfighter и Convair B-58 Hustler. В 1966 году, находясь в отпуске во время войны во Вьетнаме, погиб в автокатастрофе вместе со своей дочерью. Они были похоронены на Арлингтонском национальном кладбище. В знак признания его вклада в военную авиацию США в его честь был назван аэропорт недалеко от Уичито, штат Канзас. Ежегодно Академия ВВС США вручает премию Джеймса Джабара выпускникам, которые показали превосходные достижения во время обучения.

Ранние годы жизни
Джабара родился в Маскоги, штат Оклахома, в семье иммигрантов из Марджъуюн, города в Южном Ливане.

Джабара был бойскаутом и получил самую высокую награду американского скаутского движения — Eagle Scout. С самого детства он мечтал стать пилотом, он рассказывал: « Я читал статьи об Эдди Рикенбакере, романы о воздушных боях, думаю, с шестого класса я мечтал стать летчиком-истребителем.» В школьные годы он работал в продуктовом магазине своих родителей, в мае 1942 года окончил школу Wichita North, в Уичито, штат Канзас. Маленький рост в 165 сантиметров и необходимость носить очки корректирующие зрение не помешали Джеймсу поступить на службу в Форт-Райли в качестве курсанта авиационного корпуса. Пытаясь улучшить свое зрение, он съедал до 20 морковок в день, ошибочно полагая, что это может помочь. После обучения в четырёх летных школах Техаса в октябре 1943 года он получил звание младшего лейтенанта. У Джеймса и его супруги Нины было четверо детей: Джеймс Уильям (1949), Кэрол Энн (1950), Кэти (1952) и Джейн (1957).

Вторая мировая война
Во время Второй мировой войны войска союзников боролись с немецкими воздушными войсками на территории Европы. Союзники использовали несколько истребителей, в том числе североамериканский P-51 Mustang. Джабара был пилотом P-51 в двух боевых вылетах в Европу. Его первый вылет в Европу длился с января по октябрь 1944 года в составе 363-й истребительной группы 9-й воздушной дивизии США. Во время своей первой миссии он получил задание атаковать немецкие железнодорожные объекты в Бельгии. В марте 1944 года Джабара сопровождал транспортировку бомбардировщиков в Германию, когда немецкий пилот расстрелял его самолёт и разбил ему купол. Несмотря на то, что на большой высоте он столкнулся с температурой ниже нуля, он смог сбить вражеский самолёт, прежде чем вернулся на базу. Во время одного из полётов, находясь в строю, он и другой пилот Р-51 столкнулись в воздухе. Они оба катапультировались и благополучно спаслись, а вот самолёты были уничтожены. В другом полете, когда Джабара атаковал немецкий самолёт, они столкнулись в воздухе. Когда оба пилота благополучно приземлились, они встретились и обменялись рукопожатием. По окончании первого тура Джабара вернулся в США, где был инструктором для пилотов. Он вернулся в Европу в свой второй тур, который длился февраля по декабрь 1945 года, в составе 355-й группы восьмой дивизии ВВС. Во время тура в Европа Джабара выполнил 108 боевых вылетов. Ему приписывают уничтожение полутора немецких самолётов в воздушном бою, так как один из них он уничтожил при помощи ещё одного пилота. Также он уничтожил четыре самолёта на земле. Джабара был награждён Крестом лётных заслуг (США) с группой дубовых листьев, а также Медалью военно-воздушных сил (США).

После Второй мировой войны Джабара хотел оставить военную службу и поступить в колледж, но в итоге решил поступить в авиационную школу на военно-воздушной базе Тиндалл, штат Флорида. С 1947 по 1949 год он находился на Окинаве в составе 53-й истребительной группы. В 1948 году на Окинаве Джабара управлял своим первым реактивным самолётом Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star. Размышляя о переходе на реактивный самолёт, он сказал: «Это было совершенно по-другому. Я был на высоте 10 000 футов, прежде чем вспомнил, что нужно поднять шасси. Это было так тихо и быстро. Я думаю, это был самый счастливый момент моей жизни». Джабара вернулся в США, где получил звание капитана в 4-ом истребительно-перехватывающем отряде, здесь он управлял североамериканским истребителем F-86 Sabre на базе аэропорта округа Нью-Касл, штат Делавэр.

Корейская война
До начала Корейской войны власть на полуострове была разделена на правительство, поддерживаемое США, на юге и на поддерживаемое Советским Союзом правительство на севере. Разделенные 38-ой параллелью Соединенные Штаты и Советский Союз приняли решение сохранять разделение до тех пор, пока не будет принято обоюдное решение о будущем полуострова. 25 июня 1950 года северокорейские войска пересекли границу и атаковали несколько ключевых южнокорейских объектов. Пока Соединенные Штаты готовили военную помощь Южной Корее, Советский Союз также помогал Северной Корее, проводя обучение пилотов и поставляя истребители МиГ-15. 13 декабря 1950 года с 334-й эскадрильей истребителей-перехватчиков Джабара прибыл в Корею. Эта эскадрилья была первым авиационным подразделением с F-86 Sabre, организованным в ВВС США для противодействия советским МиГ-15. К 2 января 1951 года Джабара успел выполнить пять боевых вылетов на F-86 и повредить один корейский истребитель МиГ-15 в воздушном бою. Свою первую победу в Корейской войне Джабара одержал 3 апреля 1951 в воздушном бою, когда 12 F-86 Sabre противостояли 12 МиГ-15, действие развернулось на северо-западе Северной Кореи. Следующую победу он одержал 10 апреля, третью — 12 апреля и четвёртое 22 апреля, что сделало его асом. Когда 334-ая эскадрилья была возвращена в США, Джабара добровольно перевелся в 335-ую.

20 мая 2 истребителя F-86 Sabres встретились в небе с несколькими МиГ-15, завязался воздушный бой. Вызванные по радиосвязи ещё 2 F-86 Sabres пришли на подмогу, за штурвалом одного из них был Джабара. Перед боем Джабаре и другим американским пилотам было приказано избавиться от дополнительных топливных баков, что помогло улучшить маневренность. Правый топливный бак Джабары не отделился от крыла, и по протоколу он обязан был вернуться на базу, так как из-за дисбаланса самолёту мешал дополнительный вес, что ограничивало его потенциал в сравнении с МиГами. Но Джабара мечтал стать асом реактивного истребителя, он принял решение воздушное сражение. В этом сражении он уничтожил 2 вражеских самолёта, что позволило ему стать первым американским асом на реактивном истребителе. По версии американской армии 36 североамериканских истребителей F-86 Sabres сражались с 50 МиГами, по данным советской армии в небе было всего 30 МиГ-15. Возвращаясь на военную базу уровень топлива в баках Джабары был на нуле, ему пришлось заглушить двигатели и планировать, включив двигатели перед самой посадкой. Сопоставление данных США и СССР, которые стали доступны после прекращения холодной войны, показало, что в том бою был потерян только один МиГ-15, и на счету Джабары было максимум 4 подбитых истребителя. Согласно советским данным Джабара стал асом только во втором боевом турне в 1953 году. Он был награждён Крестом «За выдающиеся заслуги», второй по значимости наградой в стране.

Несмотря на то, что сам Джабара был против, в США он получил отпуск, который он должен был провести в рекламном туре, как герой страны. Продуктовый магазин его семьи в Уичито был переполнен людьми в течение нескольких дней. Он и его отец Джон выступали на местном и национальном радио и телевидении. Также в Уичито был проведен один из самых посещаемых парадов в истории города. Джабару вместе с его отцом даже отправили в тур доброй воли по Ближнему Востоку, в рамках которого герой выступил с речью в родном городе своего отца Марджаюне, Ливан. Кинохроника включала в себя кадры его боевого самолёта и ритуальное награждение его крестом за выдающиеся заслуги на бейсбольном матче в Бостоне. В мае 1952 года Джабара вернулся в Соединенные Штаты, где временно работал в штабе ВВС в Вашингтоне, округ Колумбия. Спустя 2 месяца он был переведен в командование воздушной подготовки на базе ВВС Скотт, штат Иллинойс. По своему личному желанию в январе 1952 года он был отправлен в очередной тур в Корею.

В то время Джабара был в звании майора. Во время своего второго тура в воздушных боях Джабара сбил ещё 9 вражеских МиГов, одержав в общей сложности 15 побед. Свою седьмую победу он одержал 16 мая 1953 года, а 26 мая сбил ещё два МиГа, 10 июня Джабара сбил ещё два МиГа. А через восемь дней его лётная группа столкнулась в воздухе с четырьмя МиГами, именно в этот момент у его истребителя произошли механические неисправности, из-за которых он чуть не врезался в возвышенность. Устранив проблемы с самолётом, он вернулся в бой и смог сбить уже повреждённый МиГ. 30 июня первый из двух его вылетов за день привёл к одной победе. Во время второго вылета он сопровождал истребители-бомбардировщики F-86 Sabre. И здесь он успел сбить ещё один самолёт, прежде чем сам попал под шквальный огонь противника. Пытаясь уклониться от их атаки, он резко ускорился и его двигатель заглох. Он планировал в сторону океана для возможной посадки на воду, но смог перезапустить двигатель и вернуться на базу. 15 июля Джабара одержал свою последнюю победу. Спустя пару дней он выполнил 2 последних боевых вылета в рамках тура. В воздухе он искал самолёты противника, так как хотел превзойти или сравняться с количеством сбитых самолётов Джозефа Макконнелла (одержал 16 воздушных побед), но так и не смог встретить самолёты противника. 15 воздушных побед дали ему титул «тройного аса», все его победы в Корее были над МиГ-15. Он получил серебряную звезду, а также ещё один крест за победы в воздухе. По результату Корейской войны Джабара был вторым по количеству американских побед в воздухе после Макконнелла, который уничтожил 16 самолётов противника. В Советском союзе было 4 пилота, которые превзошли или сравнялись с Джабаров по количеству одержанных побед: Евгений Пепеляев (23), Николай Сутягин (22), а также Александр Сморчков и Лев Щукин (по 15 одержанных воздушных побед).

После Корейской войны
В июле 1953 года Джабара вернулся в США. Он был назначен командиром 4750-й учебной эскадрильи на базе ВВС Юма, которая позже была переименована в ВВС Винсент, штат Аризона. В январе 1957 года Джабара находился на базе ВВС Эглин во Флориде, чтобы присоединиться к 3243-й эскадрильи, которая приступала к испытанию истребителей Lockheed F-104. Затем он был переведен в штаб 32-й воздушной дивизии в Сиракузах, штат Нью-Йорк, позже принял командование 337-й эскадрильей истребителей-перехватчиков на базе ВВС Вестовер, штат Массачусетс. В 1958 году на истребителе F-104 Джабара выполнил несколько боевых вылетов в Тайване. С июля 1960 по июнь 1961 года он прошёл обучение в военно-воздушном колледже в Монтгомери, штат Алабама. В составе 43-й бомбардировочной дивизии Джабара управлял первым сверхзвуковым бомбардировщиком Convair B-58 Hustler на базе ВВС Карсвелл, штат Техас. В июле 1964 года на базе ВВС Люк, штат Аризона, Джабара помогал обучать пилотов НАТО управлению истребителем F-104. Также он писал о значительном техническом усовершенствовании нового самолёта по сравнению с F-86 Sabre.

В 1965 году Джабара был назначен командиром 31-го тактического истребительного авиаполка на базе ВВС Хомстед, штат Флорида. В 1966 году он получил звание полковника, став самым молодым полковником в то время. Он вызвался выполнять боевые вылеты во время войны во Вьетнаме. В июле 1966 года Джабара совершил свой первый полёт, присоединившись к лётной группе F-100 Super Sabre для бомбардировки. В результате этого вылета были повреждены несколько зданий, удерживаемых Национальным фронтом освобождения Южного Вьетнама. Примерно через неделю после выполнения миссии он вернулся в отпуск в Хомстед.

Смерть
В то время, когда Джабара воевал во Вьетнаме, его семья поселилась в Мертл-Бич, Южная Каролина. Вернувшись из Вьетнама, Джабара отправился к своей семье. 17 ноября 1966 года Джабара и его 16-летняя дочь Кэрол Энн погибли в автокатастрофе в Делрей-Бич, Флорида. В день катастрофы семья Джабары ехала на 2 машинах по пути в новый дом в Южной Каролине, где его жена Нина и дети: Джеймс младший, Кэрол Энн, Джейн и Кэти, должны были жить во время всего его турне во Вьетнаме. Кэрол Энн управляла автомобилем Volkswagen, её отец был пассажиром на заднем сидении. Она потеряла контроль над управлением, автомобиль сначала вылетел на разделительную полосу, засаженную травой, она вывернула руль, чтобы вернуться на проезжую часть, от резкого движения рулём машина вернулась на среднюю полосу и несколько раз перевернулась. Джабара получил серьёзную травму головы, его доставили в госпиталь Делрея, где констатировали смерть. Кэрол Энн скончалась через 2 дня. Панихида по Джабаре прошла на базе ВВС Хомстед со всеми почестями, которые положены погибшему военному лётчику. Джабара и его дочь были похоронены вместе в одной могиле на Арлингтонском национальном кладбище.

Его внук, лейтенант Николас Джабара, окончил Академию ВВС США в 2001 году. 31 января 2002 года он трагически погиб в авиакатастрофе тренировочного самолёта Cessna T-37 Tweet на авиабазе Лафлин, штат Техас.

Почести
В честь полковника Джеймса Джабары его именем был назван аэропорт к северо-востоку от Уичито, штат Канзас. Начиная с 1968 года Ассоциация выпускников Академии ВВС США ежегодно вручаем премию Джеймса Джабары выпускнику Академии, который демонстрирует наиболее выдающиеся достижения в учёбе. Его друг основал мемориальный фонд Джеймса Джабары, который в 2004 году установил его памятник в Академии ВВС в Колорадо-Спрингс, штат Колорадо.

В 1950 году Ассоциация ВВС США удостоила Джабару звания «Самый выдающийся авиатор года», в 1957 году она же назвала его одним из 25 американских мужчин, «которые больше всего сделали для развития авиации». В 2006 году Канзасский музей авиации включил его имя в Зал славы авиации Канзаса.

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Not welcome: Gay students, parents are denied service in Florida's publicly funded voucher schools | Commentary
By Scott Maxwell
In Florida last year, 156 private Christian schools with anti-gay views educated more than 20,800 students with tuition paid for by state scholarships. (joe mario pederson, , /Orlando Sentinel (staff, orlandosentinel))
Once again, Orlando Sentinel reporters peered behind the curtains of Florida's unchecked voucher-school system to see how $1 billion worth of public money is being used.
And once again, what they found was ugly.
Their reporting uncovered more than 80 schools with blatant discrimination policies that deny admission to gay children, expel or discipline students who reveal they're gay and sometimes refuse to educate children of LGBT parents.
These schools want public money. But they don't want to serve all of the public.
One school told a mother — a firefighter married to U.S. Air Force veteran — that her children were unfit to be educated there simply because the couple was two women.
The two women served their country and community. But the school — which received $371,000 in state scholarship money last year — told the family to get an education elsewhere.
We'll talk more about these discrimination policies in a moment — and about the politicians and bureaucrats who defend them.
But first, let's go back two years to the last time Sentinel reporters investigated the wild west of unregulated voucher schools in Florida.
In their "Schools without Rules" series, reporters found voucher schools forging safety reports, using factually incorrect curriculum and hiring unqualified teachers — some who hadn't even finished high school.
Yes, high school dropouts teaching school … underwritten with public money.
They found voucher schools that stiffed teachers out of paychecks and some that shut down in the middle of the school year, stranding students.
Berate public schools all you want. There will never be a day when you take your child to a public school only to find it's gone out of business.
The reporters found administrators accused of fraud, teachers accused of abuse, loads of problems — all of it swept under the rug by politicians who demonize public schools while promoting "school choice."
Neither the Sentinel nor these reporters have it in for voucher schools. Heck, we spend far more time covering issues — and uncovering problems — at public schools.
These reporters wanted to see what was happening in Florida's billion-dollar voucher-school system for a simple reason: No one else will.
In six months, our reporters visited more voucher schools in Central Florida — to see what kids were learning and how they were being treated — than the Florida Department of Education visited in the entire state in a year.
Florida drowns public schools in regulations and tests in the name of "accountability" but lets voucher schools run wild.
Some voucher schools do great jobs. And many welcome all children, regardless of race, faith or sexual orientation. This includes some Christian and faith-based schools that not only welcome LGBT students but teach students that discrimination against anyone is wrong.
But others discriminate — not only against LGBT students, but also students with even mild disabilities.
If these kids were denied admission because they were black, it would be illegal — and politicians would be outraged.
But Florida green-lights discrimination against LGBT citizens. In hiring. In housing. And yes, in schooling.
And Gov. Ron DeSantis and leaders in the Republican-controlled Legislature are fine with it.
They say the state doesn't directly fund discrimination, since parents choose the schools. But the state chooses which schools are allowed to take the vouchers.
The politicians also say people of faith should be free to discriminate if that's part of their belief system.
People used to make similar arguments for racial discrimination. In defending a 1965 ban on interracial marriage, a Virginia judge declared in 1965 that God "did not intend for the races to mix."
Discrimination was wrong then. It is wrong now.
It's especially wrong when underwritten with tax dollars.
When I first wrote about this issue last year and identified schools that refused to accept LGBT students, Step Up For Students — the nonprofit that made about $18 million administrating vouchers that year — went on the attack, claiming I was trying to hurt "disadvantaged children."
The group's president, Doug Tuthill, penned an op-ed that tried to downplay the issue, claiming Step Up found only 38 schools with anti-gay discrimination policies.
First, that's 38 too many.
But the truth, as six months of investigating by reporters Annie Martin and Leslie Postal revealed, is that many more schools have explicit discrimination policies.
So, either Step Up's research abilities stink, or the group was trying to downplay a pattern of institutional discrimination while it kept cashing checks.
Tuthill also claimed he'd found no evidence "of a single LGBTQ+ scholarship student being mistreated."
Maybe he doesn't view discrimination as mistreatment.
Maybe if he was the one being discriminated against, he'd feel differently.
I'm sure Step Up will attack again — especially since some of the corporations that chose to redirect their tax payments to the state's scholarship/voucher program are rethinking their involvement. Rosen Resorts led the way, saying it would no longer allow its tax credits to fund discrimination.
What Step Up should do is back legislative efforts to ban discrimination against the disabled, against LGBT families, against people of different faiths — against anyone.
And they should welcome more accountability and standards in general, to make sure children are actually being educated at these publicly funded schools — just as Florida already demands of traditional schools.
Many lawmakers are fine with the status quo and publicly funded discrimination. If you're not, speak up.
You can find contact info for your legislator at www.leg.state.fl.us
smaxwell@orlandosentinel.com


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For Valentine's Day – True Love Lovers
14. February 2013 · Comments Off on For Valentine's Day – True Love Lovers	· Categories: Domestic, Random Book and Media Musings · Tags: adelsverein trilogy, books, cm russell, entertainment, literature, love, romance, sam houston, to truckee's trail, valentine's day
So not being really a romance writer, and having pretty much washed out of the lists of matrimony personally, I still have managed to write about romance … mostly by pulling in a little bit of inspiration from here and there from real-life couples. For instance, the main romantic couple in my first book, Dr. John and Elizabeth in To Truckee's Trail were inspired by … you'll never guess. Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning! A married couple, wildly, passionately, crackers-in-love with each other after twelve years of marriage – why not? The romance doesn't and shouldn't end at the altar, but it should go on. I rather liked the Victorians, by the way – they weren't nearly as prudish as they've been painted, nor were their emotions quite so stifled. Robert fell in love with her through reading her published poetry – and lest that sound rather stalker-ish, it worked out. They married blissfully, although she was an invalid and several years older than him. They went off to Italy and were more or less happy for the rest of their lives together, just as I imagined Dr. John and Elizabeth to have been. Men and women alike poured out their souls in letters and poetry, and they weren't ashamed or repressed in the least, especially when it came to a good manly weep or putting down on paper how they really, really felt.
I didn't particularly have a literary model for the central romance and tragedy in the Adelsverein Trilogy – that between Magda Vogel, the immigrant German girl, and Carl Becker, the former soldier and Ranger. I did think at first that it might be one of those sparkling Beatrice and Benedict-type confections, where they poured witty scorn at each other, and only later realized that they were in love. There did have to be a romance, of course – between the daughter of an immigrant family, and a representative of the country they were coming to – bridging the two worlds, as it were. But I just couldn't make it work in that way; Magda turned out to be rather humorless and stern, and Carl was just too reserved. I did recycle the Beatrice and Benedict angle for the romance in the third book of the Trilogy; with Peter Vining and Anna Richter. They both had a sense of humor, and were quite aware that their sharp teasing of each other amused the heck out of anyone who had the luck to be in the vicinity.
Another great historical romance happened between two very real people, and which I put into Deep in the Heart; the marriage between Sam Houston and Margaret Lea Houston, which initially horrified her family and dismayed his friends. Some of them gave it six months, tops. He was twice her age, twice and disastrously married before, had a reputation of being a drunk, a rake and a reprobate, and being the hero of Jan Jacinto and the President of an independent Texas just barely made up for all of that. Marry a gently-bred Southern girl barely out of her schoolroom? Everyone confidently predicted disaster – and everyone was wrong. They were devoted to each other. She had a spine of pure steel, unsuspected under those fashionable Victorian furbelows. For the rest of their lives, whenever they were apart – and they were often separated, since Sam Houston spent much time at his official duties as a senator in Washington DC, or campaigning for office – they each wrote a letter a day. Margaret Lea bore and raised a large family of children, made a comfortable home for him whenever he was there to enjoy it, made him stop drinking and eventually to be baptized. His very last words included her name.
And my final real-life romance inspiring a romance between a couple of my characters is that of the painter Charles M. Russell, and his wife, Nancy – who, like Margaret Lea, was very much younger than a husband who had a bit of a reputation. Half his age, a bit prim and self-contained, Nancy also had steel in her spine – and she was a much better marketer and business agent than her carefree cowboy artist husband. C.M. Russell lived for art, and likely would have been no more than locally known as a wrangler-cowhand who had a talent with a paintbrush, but he made a partnership with Nancy, and she put him on a wider artistic scene. And that is the angle for one of the romances in the current book – between a young prospective professional artist, and a woman with a head for business. Because it all isn't just love – it's a partnership between a woman and a man, each filling in each other's lacks and supporting each other in a mutual endeavor called life.
Snow Bound
28. August 2012 · Comments Off on Snow Bound	· Categories: Old West · Tags: donner party, james reed, to truckee's trail, truckee, wagon train
A few years ago, I was offered an opportunity to review a new movie about the Donner Party – which turned to be one of those arty flicks, with some moderately well-known actors in the cast. It appeared at a couple of film festivals and then went straight to DVD. The plot actually focused on a small group of fifteen, who called themselves the Forlorn Hope. As winter gripped hard, in November of 1846, they made a desperate gamble to leave the main party, stranded high in the mountains, and walk out on snowshoes. They took sparingly of supplies, hoping to leave more for those remaining behind, and set out for the nearest settlement down in the foothills below. They thought they were a mere forty miles from salvation, but it was nearly twice that long. (Seven of the Forlorn Hope survived; two men and five women.) The poster art made it seem as if it verged into horror-movie territory – which I usually avoid, having an extremely good imagination and a very low gross-out threshold – but I did watch it all the way through. The subject – a mid 19th century wagon-train party, stuck in the snows of the Sierra Nevada – is something that I know a good bit about. The ghastly experience of the Donners and the Reeds, and their companions in misery, starvation and madness has horrified and titillated the public from the moment that the last survivor stumbled out of the mountain camp, high in the Sierra Nevada, on the shores of an ice-water lake.
Their doom unfolded inexorably, like a classic Greek tragedy. It seemed to historians, no less than the survivors, that in retrospect, every step taken closed off an escape from the doom of starvation, of murder, betrayal and grisly death which waited for them in the deep mountain snows of the Sierra Nevada. They had departed from the established emigrant trail on advice of a man who had never actually traveled along the route which he had recommended in a best-selling guidebook. They lost precious time, wandering in the desert, where they lost supplies and a portion of their draft animals – and what may have been a worse misfortune, at a critical point, they lost a large portion of their faith and trust in those outside the immediate family circle. (Comprehensive website about their journey, here.)
And yet, two years earlier, another wagon-train party, the Stephens-Townsend Party had also become marooned in the mountains, on the very same spot. Ten wagons, carrying fifty or so men, women, and children had also gambled against being over the wall of the Sierras before winter blocked the passes. They also had suffered in the Forty-Mile Desert, had also taken short-cuts along the trail, consumed nearly all of their supplies, become lost, and occasionally distracted with personal disputes, and had made the same hard choices. They also had split their party – but by choice rather than chance, exhaustion and accident. They also built rough cabins – barely more than huts and brush arbors – and slaughtered the last of their draft oxen for food. And yet, the Stephens-Townsend Party, with the Murphys and the Sullivans and the Millers, and young Mose Schallenberger and the rest of them – they survived. Better than survived, for they arrived in California with two more than they started with, two wives in the party having given birth along the way. But hardly anyone has ever heard of them. The eighty or so of the Donner Party, the Reed family, with the Breens, the Graves and the rest – under the same circumstances, same kind of gear and supplies – they lost nearly half their party to starvation and perhaps murder, and became pretty much a byword in the annals of the West.
What made the difference; why did one group manage to hold together, under challenging circumstances, and the other fall apart, spectacularly? I don't suppose anyone could give a definitive answer at this point, although I wrote a fictional account of the Stephens-Townsend emigrant journey experience in an attempt to explore that question.
It was my theory that the Stephens-Townsend people were fortunate in two respects and that would be their salvation. (Of course, they were also hampered in one respect – of not actually having a trail to follow once departing from Ft. Hall, save the faint tracks of the Bidwell-Bartleson party from three years before.) Against that handicap, of having to scout the longest and most perilous section of the trail to California themselves, they had men among them who were knowledgeable about what they faced generally, if not specifically. Hired guide Caleb "Old Man" Greenwood was one of the old breed, a mountain man and fur-trapper, who had married a Crow Indian woman. Another member of the party, Isaac Hitchcock, who was traveling with his widowed daughter, had also spent much time in the far west. He is thought by some of his descendents to have been an associate of Jedediah Smith, and to have ventured to California, sometime in the late 1820s. In any case, he also had vast experience, existing in the untracked wilderness which lay beyond the 'jumping off' places, all along the Mississippi-Missouri. Their elected leader, Elisha Stephens, one-time blacksmith and all-around eccentric may have been a teamster on the Santa Fe Trail; he appeared to have superior skills when it came to maging the daily labor of moving a number of heavy-laden wagons over rough trails.
The other fortunate aspect which strikes me, in reading the accounts of these two emigrant parties, is that the Stephens-Townsend group was a more cohesive organization. Over half the party was an extended family group, that of Martin Murphy, Senior – his sons and daughters, son-in-law, and various connections. But although they had lived for a time variously in Canada, and in Missouri, they seem not to have been accustomed to the west in the way that the two old mountain men were, and sensibly accepted the leadership of Elisha Stephens. Indeed, Stephens appears to have been trusted implicitly by everyone in the California-bound contingent, even before splitting off at Ft. Hall from a larger group bound for Oregon.
The Donner Party was also made up of family groups, but in reading the various accounts of historians, it becomes plain that during the increasing hardships attendant on crossing the worst stretches, they fractured, with each family left to look after their own. James Reed, who emerges as the strongest and most able leader, killed another emigrant in a violent dispute, during the arduous passage along the Humboldt River. Exiled from the wagon-train, he borrowed a horse from his friends, and went on ahead, later bringing back help and spearheading the eventual rescue of his family and friends.
But at the time when active leadership was most required – the ill-fated emigrants were deprived of it. As historian George R. Stewart described it, their crossing of the 40-Mile Desert – that deathly stretch between the last potable water at the Humboldt Sink, and the Truckee River – turned into a rout. They had lost draft animals, wagons, supplies, many were on foot, straggling up the twisting canyon of the Truckee River. They had no margin for making considered choices after that point. They could only make a desperate gamble on whatever chance seemed to offer slim odds of success over none at all.
It makes for terrific drama, after all. Still, it has never seemed fair that one party should be infamous, and the other barely known at all.
The Original 'Dog'
09. March 2012 · Comments Off on The Original 'Dog'	· Categories: Domestic, Old West · Tags: california trail, dogs, donner pass, sierra nevada, stephens townsend party, to truckee's trail, wagon train
The character in To Truckee's Trail who goes by the name "Dog" is actually a real dog – she belongs to my daughter. She is actually a boxer-who-knows-what mix, not a mastiff as I described her (although she could very well have a portion of mastiff in the mix.) She does have a white splotch on her nose and at the end of her tail… and she is very loyal, but not quite as obedient and bright as "Dog". Still – if I am writing a story, I get to make it my way, right?
E-book Revolution
23. February 2012 · Comments Off on E-book Revolution	· Categories: Book Event · Tags: books, celia hayes, e-books, to truckee's trail
So, having had my books available as Kindle and Nook editions since the very first that Amazon and B&N made that mode available to authors, I've decided to go all in with e-books in general and make them available through Smashwords for all formats. Several other indy authors that I know have recommended it highly, and why limit myself to just the two house-specific formats. Of course, I am several years late, of course, but I've never been famous as an early-adapter… unless it was in joining the Air Force when it wasn't really the hip thing to do, joining the military … and blogging, before simply everyone got a blog … and then, being an indy author. So upon reconsideration, maybe I'm a kind-of early adapter.
The Kindle/Nook readers are getting to the point of being rather popular. My daughter and my business partner now have them, they're so popular that they're for sale at Sam's Club, for pete's sake, so I think it's clear that they've arrived. People are even readingbooks on their phones! Well, it saves the trees, and publishers don't have to have a humongous warehouse any more.
Anyway, I've done a Smashwords.com edition of To Truckee's Trail; my first novel, and still hands-down the best seller. In March and April, I will make The Adelsverein Trilogy, and Daughter of Texas/Deep in the Heart also available in any-e-book format, not just what is available on Amazon and B&N's proprietary readers.
To Truckee's Trail – The Very Roof of the Mountains
13. November 2011 · Comments Off on To Truckee's Trail – The Very Roof of the Mountains	· Categories: Chapters From the Latest Book, Uncategorized · Tags: california trail, donner party, stephens townsend party, to truckee's trail, truckee pass, wagon train
Chapter 12 – The Very Roof of the Mountains
From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932: "There was snow falling every day that we moved the wagons along the river. I don't think we knew how bad things was, until Ma told Mister Stephens to kill the milk cow. We were only children, you see, but my little sister Sadie, she cried and cried. We all cried, even Ma, I think. That was the one milk cow we took from the old farm inIowa, and Ma, she still scolded us for crying. The men and Ma had consulted and decided to leave six wagons at the lake, and continue on with the teams that were still fit."
From Dr. Townsend's diary: "Twentieth of November, 1844 . . . still encamped at a lake in the mountains, endeavoring to find a way over the rampart of the mountains. There are three notches in the mountain wall to the west, the lower of the three appears to offer the clearest path. Captain Stephens has called another meeting."
It seemed to John almost a twin of the meeting a week before, when Elizabeth and the others had drawn straws for the fast-moving party to go down the south fork, instead of carrying on west with the wagons: the fire burning on a bed of cherry-red coals, throwing up a shower of sparks, as another armload of wood we tossed into it, Stephens looking like a grim, bearded gargoyle.
"Folks," he said, quietly, "Thanks for coming round. It's too cold for a long palaver, so I'll bite the bullet first. It's been brought up before; we ought to leave the wagons –" He held up his hand, at the murmur of disagreement around the fire, and Isabella cried out, "We can't! How can we manage with the children!"
"Miz Patterson, we already been all over that ground. I already know how some of you would be in a passel of trouble, trying to pack out enough to keep everyone fed an' sheltered. So here's my thought. Leave five or six wagons here, pack the rest with just what we'd need. Pool the fit oxen to double-team those wagons. And," he looked serenely around the group of faces gilded by firelight, half in flickering shadow, "I'll be the first to say I'll leave my wagon here and put my team in the pool and come back in the spring to bring it out. Anyone else?" More »


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You & Yours Rolling Out Ready-to-Drink Canned Cocktails
The local distillery releases the cocktails tomorrow
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For those who have sipped a tasty cocktail at You & Yours Distilling Co.'s East Village tasting room, you now have an easy way to tote along their spirits to your next beach picnic or concert in the park. Tomorrow marks the official release of their new line of canned cocktails, which sees You & Yours joining the still-small contingent of craft distilleries occupying the ready-to-drink market.
Using their flagship spirits, the debut can lineup includes the Gin & Tonic made with You & Yours' Sunday Gin and the Cranberry Vodka Soda using signature Y&Y Vodka. A drink that was served at its tasting room, a Vodka Mule made with peach bitters, has also made its way into cans. The suggested retail price is $14.99 for a four-pack of 12-ounce cans. Co-founder and head distillery Laura Johnson and co-founder and CMO Luke Mahoney, who are launching a new warehouse facility that will be production central for the canned cocktails and house a future beer and wine garden, say that they expect to eventually expand the core offerings with seasonal releases.
The canned cocktails will be available at the distillery's tasting room starting Wednesday, October 17, with distribution throughout California launching on October 30.


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By Alex Landragin·In Government· Friday, 1st April 2011
Mystery Surrounds Disappearance of Chinese-Australian Writer
Two intriguing stories this week have triggered a renewal of the debate about free speech. It was feared Dr Yang Hengjun (known to friends as Henry), a Chinese-Australian crime novelist and prominent blogger on contemporary China, was being held captive by Chinese authorities after disappearing from an airport in Guangzhou. The writer, whom Greens Senator Scott Ludlam described as one of the most influential political bloggers in China, divides his time between the People's Republic and Sydney. John Garnaut's op-ed gave readers a personal insight to the story. Yang has since given the ABC assurances that he expects to leave China in a matter of days.
Nonetheless, a fog of intrigue continues to hang over the story, as if it were lifted from the pages of a political thriller. Yang's political thrillers include the bestselling 'Fatal Weakness' series: Fatal Weakness, Fatal Weapons and Fatal Pursuit. The novels, published online, feature plots in which government corruption is endemic. An English-language excerpt can be read here. According to the writer's agency, Creative Works, Yang's novels "tell of an American plot to control China, set right before the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Too sensitive to be published in China, these Chinese language novels have been read by millions of Chinese online …" Yang adds a personal message: "I want to thank the Beijing authorities personally on my own behalf because without their strong suppression of freedom of publishing, I would never have become the first political espionage novelist in China."
The New York Times reports Yang last blogged on March 27, the day he disappeared. "The entry criticizes Peking University in Beijing for a new policy that aims to re-educate students who are deemed to have 'radical' thoughts." The Times report continues: "The Chinese government, in the harshest crackdown in years, is holding scores of human rights advocates, political writers, lawyers and dissidents. The roundup began in late February after calls for a revolution modeled on the protests in Tunisia surfaced on the Internet in Chinese."
Earlier this year, another Chinese writer, Murong Xuecun, visited the Wheeler Centre and spoke of the difficulties of maintaining independence as a Chinese writer. Local crime writer and Wheeler Centre Fellow Andrew Nette has also blogged on the Chinese crime fiction scene, which is a popular source of critique of low-level and mid-level government corruption. And while the book industry in Australia worries about the future of publishing, Chinese writers are showing that, despite stringent censorship, the web can reach a massive reading public with a voracious appetite for controversy, courage and truth.
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Intrepid Camera is a British manufacturer of large format cameras and darkroom equipment.

Their cameras are noted for being inexpensive and lightweight compared to large format cameras from other manufacturers.

History
Intrepid was founded in 2014 in Brighton UK by University of Sussex product design student Maxim Grew through a successful Kickstarter campaign. Following the successful launch of a 4×5 format camera, the company has since expanded to produce cameras in 5×7 and 8×10 formats, as well as enlargers.

Products

Cameras

 Intrepid 4×5
 MK4 (2019)
 Black Edition (2021)
 MK5 (2022)
 Intrepid 5×7 (2020)
 Intrepid 8×10
 MK2 (2019)
 MK3 (2022)

Enlargers

 Intrepid 4×5 Enlarger
 Intrepid Compact Enlarger

References

External links

 Official company website

Photography companies of England


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Q: How to play and pause button hide on mobile? I have this code,
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*now its show only play button, i want to show pause button  when any user click on play button. if audio is pause then show the play button. mean change the icon on click, and show only one icon one time.

*can i add downlaod audio button with play pause toggle button

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Osceola County Developments
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Osceola considers school impact hikes while exempting vacation homes
By Laura Kinsler
GrowthSpotter |
Osceola Schools Superintendant Debra Pace has recommended the following school impact fees, with an exemption for deed restricted vacation home resorts and lower fees for other types of short-term rentals. (Osceola County School District)
Osceola County's School Board has opted to wait until Jan. 16 to vote on a new school impact fee ordinance to recommend to county commissioners for 2018.
The board held a workshop on Tuesday to review the changes, which will have a significant impact on new development throughout the county. Vacation home developments would see enormous savings, while single-family homes would be charged 16 percent more than the current impact fee.
That $11,823 impact fee for new homes would be the highest in the state. Seminole County's calculated fee is $12,322, but the county only collects $5,000 per home.
This chart shows how Osceola's current and proposed impact fees for single family homes compare with other Central Florida counties. (Tindale Oliver)
New multifamily developments would be hit hardest under the staff recommendation. Their fees would nearly double from $6,088 per unit to $11,362. Multifamily developers are also facing a potential doubling of mobility fees in 2018, and the combination of the two could kill some projects that are currently in permitting.
"I would vote against this tonight if it came before me," School Board member Tim Weisheyer said at the end of the workshop. "I want to think through this language."
Superintendent Debra Pace recommended splitting the housing types into five categories, which results in a smaller increase for townhomes and a fee reduction for condos. Those are offset by higher fees on single-family homes and apartments.
Osceola's proposed school impact fees could spell 'disaster' for new apartments
Multifamily developers could take the biggest hit if Osceola County adopts new school impact fees.
School board members were provided with three versions of the new impact fee ordinance that expands the "vacation villa" impact fee exemption, similar to the exemption for age-restricted communities. Other short-term rental communities would be eligible for a reduced impact fee.
Attorney Frank Kruppenbacher and District Planning Director Rhonda Blake also drafted language to establish guidelines for how a developer could apply for the impact fee waiver or reduced rate.
"We're trying to write a definition for something that doesn't exist in the statute," Blake said.
The developer would be required to create deed restrictions for 30 years that would prohibit the units from being occupied by anyone for more than 30 days. The community would have to have professional management and enhanced amenities, while also lacking certain residential services such as mail delivery and county garbage collection.
In addition, each unit would be required to file a vacation rental business tax with the county. The property would not be eligible for homestead exemption for 30 years.
Finally, if any student under the age of 19 registers for school and lists his address as a vacation villa or home, the owner or HOA would be required to pay the full mobility fee for that unit within 60 days.
Hector Lizasuain, government relations director for Magic Development, said the "vacation villa" category is designed for projects like Magic Village, which are true resorts.
"Our deed restrictions are even tougher than the ones they proposed," Lizasuain said.
The reduced short-term rental rate would be available in other communities that may include a mix of vacation homes and permanent residents, such as Reunion Resort. In those cases, the developer or builder would need to apply for the reduced impact fee prior to obtain a certificate of occupancy.
Osceola County could double mobility fees and require earlier payment
Learn why Osceola County could strike another blow to the county's homebuilder industry by doubling mobility fees in 2018.
Although the district's consultant used data from the Westside Short-Term Rental Overlay District to develop the fee structure, Pace told board members she would not recommend applying the lower rate to all new development in that geographic area. She said the exemption or reduced rate should be available anywhere in the county, if a project meets the criteria.
"We know there is residential development going on in the overlay area," she said. "Celebration Island (Village) is a perfect example. That's coming to us in a couple of years and we know it's going to be feeding us students."
Sarah Graber, chief financial officer for Osceola County Schools, said the district could reassess the data on an annual basis, instead of every three years.
If the school board approves the new ordinance on Jan. 16 it would then go to the Board of County Commissioners, which has the final say on impact fees.
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Yesterday I was planning to make a short ds106 radio show and podcast with the idea of helping folk starting the new round of ds106. It was in my mind most of the day, and I intended to do a bit of planning and note taking.
Somehow the day got to its end without the planning, the result was pretty rambling. I think I can do better.
Over the next 2 weeks of bootcamp I'll do three or four broadcasts, then try for one a week.
I'll aim for 10 minutes, with 10 minutes of planning beforehand.
More information about this in the next episode.
Love the chicken GIF! It immediately grabbed my attention when scanning the Google+ DS106 community posts. Gonna be fun to see how your chicken theme plays out visually.
I thought the first show/podcast was already really great, and I look forward to more! Excellent idea. Loved having regular podcasts when Scottlo was doing it earlier this summer, and I'm excited you're going to do some for this round. I might add in one or two myself to the mix!


To briefly sum it up, crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. The two pertinent forms of crowdfunding that have gotten investors all excited are equity crowdfunding (ECF) and peer-to-peer lending (P2P).
P2P, on the other hand, is the practice of lending money to individuals or businesses through online services that match lenders with borrowers. The lender (investor) will be repaid his loan back at fixed intervals with interest included.
Equity crowdfunding has become an increasingly popular way for early-stage and early-growth companies to tap investors attracted by the potential for high returns. An investor who has spent the last couple of years lamenting over the lacklustre performance of his stocks sees ECF as an investment channel that claims to offer even better returns.
Moreover, as the ECF investment companies are unlisted on the stock exchange, there is lower correlation between the performance of these companies and that of the stock market.
While it is likely that some ECF investments can go bust or not even give back the original investment, the right companies for the lucky investors could also become extremely successful, in which case the returns can be multiple times the initial amount.
P2P investors, on the other hand, are not so much looking to own a share of the company but rather, they want a regular payback of their money plus some interest.
P2P investing is garnering a lot of interest from would-be investors who are looking for something different and better than banks' fixed deposits.
P2P offers investors the ability to diversify and enter into many different loan opportunities with a relatively low minimum amount. They are also persuaded by higher returns than fixed-deposit investment, less volatility compared to shares or unit trust funds and ultimately the promise of fixed monthly payments with more certainty of return.
ECF means investing in very early stage businesses and as such, there are inherent risks to be aware of such as the likelihood of bankruptcy, in which case, you will not be able to recover your original investment.
A case in point would be the Rebus Group collapse. Noted as the largest crowdfunding failure in the UK to date; Rebus' investors are liable to lose their entire stakes as crowdfunded investments are not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Further, those who are hoping to see their investments in ECFs pay off within the short term may be in for a disappointment as returns will not be immediate.
This is because companies will tend to reinvest any profits back into the business for growth rather than pay out dividends to shareholders. If you invest in ECFs, you may also be faced with liquidity issues as it may take a long time to sell your shares.
While ECF offers an opportunity to gain access to company equity ownership, it is not a substitute for listed shares as the latter is directly regulated or governed by Bursa Malaysia. In addition, listed shares have a ready market to trade your stock holdings anytime, subject to the market price, of course.
Despite its offer of fixed potential return over an agreed tenure, P2P investments are not a substitute for fixed deposits. The risk profile and certainty of capital and interest payments are different.
Moreover, while banks are backed by Bank Negara and deposits protected by Malaysia Deposit Insurance Corp (PIDM), no such framework exists for companies soliciting P2P.
1. Know where ECF and P2P stands in your strategic asset allocation. Be mindful that they are considered high risk investments for the mere fact that the SC has categorised investors into three classes – sophisticated, angel and retail; each with its respective criteria and investment cap. As a rule of thumb, it is advisable to invest not more than 2% your total investable capital in crowdfunding.
2. Ensure you are investing in best of breed by comparing apple to apple when it comes to risk versus returns. This requires a fair bit of homework but your diligence may save you a lot of pain and heartache down the line.
3. Diversification is key. To reduce the risk, diversify your investment into different schemes on different platforms.
4. Monitor how your investments are performing. Even though there is not much you can do to recall your investment immediately, at least prepare yourself mentally for possible scenarios.
5. Consider the time required before you see your investments come to fruition. Dividends are rare from start-ups and you may only see return on your capital when you are able to sell your shares in the business which may take a number of years. Is the investment worth the waiting and the risk, considering so much time and effort is needed to research on it?
One cool judgement is worth a dozen hasty councils – Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the USA.
Investment opportunities come and go all the time. It is logical for investors to be on the lookout for alternatives to their existing investments which have been producing less than impressive returns lately. However, do not lose sight of your own investment goals while in pursuit of the proverbial pot of gold at the rainbow's end.
A certain investment scheme may be all the rage right now but it may not necessarily be suited for everyone. Remember how thousands of unsuspecting individuals succumbed to peer pressure and threw their life savings into money games?
Herd mentality is bound to rear its head every time something new comes into the market. This is where rationale and self-discipline differentiates a prudent investor from the crowd.


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Newspaper columnist ignores Joe Mauer's brain injury, calls him a wimp, says he should catch again
By Aaron GleemanOct 1, 2014, 10:40 AM EDT
I want to make you aware of one of the worst "hot takes" I've ever seen, but first some background information just so we're all on the same page.
Joe Mauer spent a decade as a catcher, winning three batting titles and one MVP while making six All-Star teams and snagging three Gold Gloves. Then in August of last season he suffered a concussion from a foul tip to the mask, the symptoms for which remained months later and forced him to move from catcher to first base at age 31.
And now, following an underwhelming first season at first base for Mauer, newspaper columnist Bob Sansevere of the St. Paul Pioneer Press wrote something that has me shaking my head after nearly every sentence. Let's go through it:
What will the Twins' next manager do about Joe Mauer? Here's a thought: Let him catch again.
Reminder: He stopped catching last season because of a brain injury.
The reason he was told to pack away his catcher's mitt was because he kept getting hurt and there was a belief sticking him at first and having him DH would mean fewer injuries and more games played.
To write "he kept getting hurt" without mentioning the specific injury that forced the position change was to Mauer's brain and was caused by catching seems misleading at best. An alarming number of catchers across baseball have unfortunately also suffered brain injuries caused by catching in recent years.
Well … Mauer played in 113 games and had 445 at bats while still a catcher in 2013. This season, no longer catching, he played in 120 games and had 455 at bats. Yep, a difference of seven games and 10 at bats.
He did manage to avoid another brain injury, which was the entire point. The fact that Mauer spent time on the disabled list with a strained oblique muscle–also an increasingly common injury across baseball in recent years–is secondary to his avoiding further trauma to his brain.
Face it, the guy is brittle wherever you play him. So why not let him play where he's happiest? Maybe he'll get his batting average back over .300 if he's not in sulk mode.
Because he suffered a brain injury while catching and catching puts him at further risk to suffer more brain injuries. And perhaps Mauer had a hard time getting his batting average to its usual mark because he suffered a brain injury last season and dealt with headaches, mood swings, sensitivity to light, and other symptoms for months. Twins fans watched a concussion nearly ruin Justin Morneau's entire career. Also, "sulk mode" is made-up garbage.
As for current catcher Kurt Suzuki, give him a first baseman's glove and he can rotate between first and DH with Kennys Vargas when Mauer is catching. Or just sit Suzuki when Mauer catches.
So, to recap: Sansevere wants to move Mauer from first base/designated hitter to catcher and move the current catcher, Kurt Suzuki, to first base/designated hitter. What would that accomplish, exactly? They'd both still be in the lineup taking up the same two positions. And the one with previous brain trauma would be at the more dangerous position.
Bottom line here: The new manager has to stop the Mauer coddling and have him catch again.
Bob Sansevere, veteran, high-profile newspaper columnist and radio host, thinks the Twins were "coddling" a player by moving him away from catcher following a brain injury and thinks moving that same player back to catcher is now the best plan. And he literally never mentions the concussion in the entire column.
UPDATE: Sansevere has now edited the original article in attempt to make it less offensive, adding in several new paragraphs and altering others, but barely notes the changes. One such alteration:
News flash: You can suffer a concussion anywhere on the field, including while playing first base.
Seriously. He added that to the original article.
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Some 800,000 copies of "Mon pays c'est l'amour" (My Country is Love) went on sale at midnight.
Warner studios said they expect Hallyday's 51st studio album to go platinum (100,000 sales) within minutes.
The musician's widow Laeticia Hallyday posted a message online to mark the event, signing off with "to the freedom of thinking, to your music, I love you forever".
The cover features a black-and-white picture of France's answer to Elvis Presley, with a hand on one hip, staring off into the distance.
His last album -- a mix of rock, rockabilly and blues -- was caught up in the battle, with the two children demanding a right of review.
A court dismissed their request.


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1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa) is a hydrofluorocarbon is a colorless gas used primarily for closed-cell spray foam insulation. HFC-245fa is also known as pentafluoropropane and by its chemical name 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane.

Environmental Effects

Unlike CFC and HCFC blowing agents formerly used for this purpose, it has no ozone depletion potential and is nearly non-toxic.  Although it is intended to remain trapped within the foam insulation, it is practically non-biodegradable with a lifetime of 7.2 years when it eventually does escape into the atmosphere.  It does have a high global warming potential of 950 (950 times the global warming effect of ).  Honeywell refers to this as "acceptable" in their literature, but they don't include the actual number.

Economics
One of the disadvantages of R-245fa is its cost.  In 2000, R-141b cost one US dollar per pound, whereas R-245fa cost $2.50 to $4.00 per pound.  As of 2007, and prior to Sinochem's production it was already a high volume production chemical, with over 1 million pounds produced annually.

Manufacturing History
Pentafluoropropane is produced by Honeywell and in Asia by Sinochem.  Honeywell markets HFC-245fa under the Enovate and Genetron 245fa brand names. AlliedSignal, who adopted the Honeywell name after acquiring it, decided in 1999 to provide a non ozone depleting blowing agent as an alternative for dichlorofluoroethane (HCFC-141b) and trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11).  Competitors Atofina and General Electric pursued strategies using other agents.

See also
Building insulation
Fiberglass
Honeywell

References

External links
Honeywell's Enovate Homepage
Housingzone.com Article about Solving Problems with Spray Foam

Insulators
Refrigerants
Fluoroalkanes


DES MOINES, Iowa -- More fresh snow fell over parts of central Iowa Sunday afternoon, catching some drivers at a rest stop off Interstate 35 by surprise.
All the fresh snow accumulating made it difficult for some drivers who were heading north bound on Interstate 35. Some of them said they just wanted to get to where they were going safely.
"I got capris on. My grandkids have flip flops on in the car. We are trying to just get home," said Christine Oakland of Minnesota.
The snow caught Oakland by surprise. She was driving northbound on I-35, trying to get her family back home to Minnesota after a vacation.
"The wind is pushing around a lot more and that makes it a little more difficult with visibility and everything. Down in our area, we have had enough snow where the ditches are filling in," said Rory Worthington of Pleasantville. "We probably got six inches with the snow in our area. It was not good."
Heading south on I-35, conditions were treacherous. There were more than a handful of cars stuck on the side of the road.
The Iowa State Patrol reminds you that if you do find yourself stuck in a ditch, make sure to call 911. Do not try and get out and help yourself because the cold temperatures are not safe.


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 *
 * Twilio - Chat
 * This is the public Twilio REST API.
 *
 * NOTE: This class is auto generated by OpenAPI Generator.
 * https://openapi-generator.tech
 * Do not edit the class manually.
 */

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Twilio.Base;
using Twilio.Converters;
using System.Linq;

namespace Twilio.Rest.Chat.V1.Service
{

    /// <summary> create </summary>
    public class CreateChannelOptions : IOptions<ChannelResource>
    {

        ///<summary> The SID of the [Service](https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/chat/rest/services) to create the resource under. </summary>
        public string PathServiceSid { get; }

        ///<summary> A descriptive string that you create to describe the new resource. It can be up to 64 characters long. </summary>
        public string FriendlyName { get; set; }

        ///<summary> An application-defined string that uniquely identifies the resource. It can be used to address the resource in place of the resource's `sid` in the URL. This value must be 64 characters or less in length and be unique within the Service. </summary>
        public string UniqueName { get; set; }

        ///<summary> A valid JSON string that contains application-specific data. </summary>
        public string Attributes { get; set; }

        public ChannelResource.ChannelTypeEnum Type { get; set; }

        /// <summary> Construct a new CreateChannelOptions </summary>
        /// <param name="pathServiceSid"> The SID of the [Service](https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/chat/rest/services) to create the resource under. </param>
        public CreateChannelOptions(string pathServiceSid)
        {
            PathServiceSid = pathServiceSid;
        }

        /// <summary> Generate the necessary parameters </summary>
        public  List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> GetParams()
        {
            var p = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();

            if (FriendlyName != null)
            {
                p.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("FriendlyName", FriendlyName));
            }
            if (UniqueName != null)
            {
                p.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("UniqueName", UniqueName));
            }
            if (Attributes != null)
            {
                p.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Attributes", Attributes));
            }
            if (Type != null)
            {
                p.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Type", Type.ToString()));
            }
            return p;
        }

    }
    /// <summary> delete </summary>
    public class DeleteChannelOptions : IOptions<ChannelResource>
    {

        ///<summary> The SID of the [Service](https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/chat/rest/services) to delete the resource from. </summary>
        public string PathServiceSid { get; }

        ///<summary> The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Channel resource to delete. </summary>
        public string PathSid { get; }

        /// <summary> Construct a new DeleteChannelOptions </summary>
        /// <param name="pathServiceSid"> The SID of the [Service](https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/chat/rest/services) to delete the resource from. </param>
        /// <param name="pathSid"> The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Channel resource to delete. </param>
        public DeleteChannelOptions(string pathServiceSid, string pathSid)
        {
            PathServiceSid = pathServiceSid;
            PathSid = pathSid;
        }

        /// <summary> Generate the necessary parameters </summary>
        public  List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> GetParams()
        {
            var p = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();

            return p;
        }

    }

    /// <summary> fetch </summary>
    public class FetchChannelOptions : IOptions<ChannelResource>
    {

        ///<summary> The SID of the [Service](https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/chat/rest/services) to fetch the resource from. </summary>
        public string PathServiceSid { get; }

        ///<summary> The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Channel resource to fetch. </summary>
        public string PathSid { get; }

        /// <summary> Construct a new FetchChannelOptions </summary>
        /// <param name="pathServiceSid"> The SID of the [Service](https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/chat/rest/services) to fetch the resource from. </param>
        /// <param name="pathSid"> The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Channel resource to fetch. </param>
        public FetchChannelOptions(string pathServiceSid, string pathSid)
        {
            PathServiceSid = pathServiceSid;
            PathSid = pathSid;
        }

        /// <summary> Generate the necessary parameters </summary>
        public  List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> GetParams()
        {
            var p = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();

            return p;
        }

    }

    /// <summary> read </summary>
    public class ReadChannelOptions : ReadOptions<ChannelResource>
    {

        ///<summary> The SID of the [Service](https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/chat/rest/services) to read the resources from. </summary>
        public string PathServiceSid { get; }

        ///<summary> The visibility of the Channels to read. Can be: `public` or `private` and defaults to `public`. </summary>
        public List<ChannelResource.ChannelTypeEnum> Type { get; set; }

        /// <summary> Construct a new ListChannelOptions </summary>
        /// <param name="pathServiceSid"> The SID of the [Service](https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/chat/rest/services) to read the resources from. </param>
        public ReadChannelOptions(string pathServiceSid)
        {
            PathServiceSid = pathServiceSid;
            Type = new List<ChannelResource.ChannelTypeEnum>();
        }

        /// <summary> Generate the necessary parameters </summary>
        public  override List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> GetParams()
        {
            var p = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();

            if (Type != null)
            {
                p.AddRange(Type.Select(Type => new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Type", Type.ToString())));
            }
            if (PageSize != null)
            {
                p.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("PageSize", PageSize.ToString()));
            }
            return p;
        }

    }

    /// <summary> update </summary>
    public class UpdateChannelOptions : IOptions<ChannelResource>
    {

        ///<summary> The SID of the [Service](https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/chat/rest/services) to update the resource from. </summary>
        public string PathServiceSid { get; }

        ///<summary> The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Channel resource to update. </summary>
        public string PathSid { get; }

        ///<summary> A descriptive string that you create to describe the resource. It can be up to 64 characters long. </summary>
        public string FriendlyName { get; set; }

        ///<summary> An application-defined string that uniquely identifies the resource. It can be used to address the resource in place of the resource's `sid` in the URL. This value must be 64 characters or less in length and be unique within the Service. </summary>
        public string UniqueName { get; set; }

        ///<summary> A valid JSON string that contains application-specific data. </summary>
        public string Attributes { get; set; }

        /// <summary> Construct a new UpdateChannelOptions </summary>
        /// <param name="pathServiceSid"> The SID of the [Service](https://www.twilio.com/docs/api/chat/rest/services) to update the resource from. </param>
        /// <param name="pathSid"> The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Channel resource to update. </param>
        public UpdateChannelOptions(string pathServiceSid, string pathSid)
        {
            PathServiceSid = pathServiceSid;
            PathSid = pathSid;
        }

        /// <summary> Generate the necessary parameters </summary>
        public  List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> GetParams()
        {
            var p = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();

            if (FriendlyName != null)
            {
                p.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("FriendlyName", FriendlyName));
            }
            if (UniqueName != null)
            {
                p.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("UniqueName", UniqueName));
            }
            if (Attributes != null)
            {
                p.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Attributes", Attributes));
            }
            return p;
        }

    }

}

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package example.armeria.server.blog.grpc;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import com.linecorp.armeria.server.Server;
import com.linecorp.armeria.server.docs.DocService;
import com.linecorp.armeria.server.docs.DocServiceFilter;
import com.linecorp.armeria.server.grpc.GrpcService;

import example.armeria.blog.grpc.BlogPost;
import example.armeria.blog.grpc.BlogServiceGrpc;
import io.grpc.reflection.v1alpha.ServerReflectionGrpc;

final class Main {

    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Main.class);

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        final Server server = newServer(8080);

        server.closeOnJvmShutdown().thenRun(() -> {
            logger.info("Server has been stopped.");
        });

        server.start().join();

        logger.info("Server has been started. Serving DocService at http://127.0.0.1:{}/docs",
                    server.activeLocalPort());
    }

    private static Server newServer(int port) throws Exception {
        final GrpcService grpcService =
                GrpcService.builder()
                           .addService(new BlogService())
                           .enableUnframedRequests(true)
                           .exceptionMapping(new GrpcExceptionHandler())
                           // You can set useBlockingTaskExecutor(true) in order to execute all gRPC methods in
                           // the blockingTaskExecutor thread pool.
                           // .useBlockingTaskExecutor(true)
                           .build();

        final BlogPost exampleRequest = BlogPost.newBuilder()
                                                .setTitle("My first blog")
                                                .setContent("Hello Armeria!")
                                                .build();
        final DocService docService = DocService.builder()
                                                .exampleRequests(BlogServiceGrpc.SERVICE_NAME,
                                                                 "CreateBlogPost", exampleRequest)
                                                .exclude(DocServiceFilter.ofServiceName(
                                                        ServerReflectionGrpc.SERVICE_NAME))
                                                .build();
        return Server.builder()
                     .http(port)
                     .service(grpcService)
                     // You can access the documentation service at http://127.0.0.1:8080/docs.
                     // See https://armeria.dev/docs/server-docservice for more information.
                     .serviceUnder("/docs", docService)
                     .build();
    }

    private Main() {}
}


As a counselor and art therapist, I am honored to work with people who are seeking greater happiness, improved health and well-being and more fulfilling relationships and careers. I often describe my job in the following way: I help people cultivate the optimal conditions for growth and healing to occur. While the conditions are unique to the individual, one of the most powerful practices that I teach is mindful awareness of one's thoughts, feelings and sensations.
Consider for a moment something you do habitually that you would like to change.
Have you been meaning to eat more whole foods? Perhaps you feel you deserve a loving relationship and want to stop dating people who mistreat you. Another common experience is to wish you can "let go" of anger or resentment you feel toward the person who wronged you. Despite your strong will and determination, you find yourself pulling into the donut shop, calling your ex, or seething at the mere thought of that person who brings out the worst in you.
dial the number or vent to our friends about how awful that wrong-doer is, there is a very crucial moment. There is a moment of discomfort. Within this moment of discomfort resides great opportunity. The opportunity is to experience the arising and dissolving of that discomfort. When we bring our objective awareness to present moment experience, we notice that a feeling or sensation that seemed to have no end actually does have a life cycle, however brief it may be. It will likely arise again later that day or with the very next inhale. With regular practice of mindful awareness, it has been shown that those moments "in-between" increase in duration. We will notice anger or craving and then notice no anger and no craving. As such, the practice begins to poke holes in experiences that had felt solid and lasting. We begin to experience (not just in theory but in practice) spaciousness even in tight places.
even for just a micro-moment, of any punitive and shaming inner dialogues that, while well-intended, actually impede growth and change. Approaching even the least appealing aspects of our experience with an open-minded curiosity carves out a little space that wasn't there previously. From this more spacious perspective, we can see new options and choose to act in ways that are more aligned with our values. People report feeling more calm, confident and competent in handling the inherent challenges of life. After nearly twenty years in the field of personal growth and development, I can say with confidence that mindful awareness is one of the most empowering tools that I both practice and teach.


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Q: Does text from a rich text editor not inherit styles when rendered in an HTML document? Just to make things clear, I have used an RTE in the backend to store some description. Later, through an api, I am receiving the description along with other details as a response. Now the styles are intact till now. For example, bold headings. But when I render it in the HTML document using innerHTML property, all I see is unformatted text. The headings are not bold anymore.
Here's a part of response:

\r\n\n\r\n
Features \n
\r\n\n\r\n
Gives even skin tone, smoother complexion and sculpted facial features.

Clearly, font-style="bold" can be seen here. But after this, the rendered version does not contain those styles.
Here's the full response:
"cart_count":2,
"images":[
],
"success":true,
"message":"Sucessfully",
"data":{
"product_id":1,
"name":"Dr G Butterfly Gua Sha",
"category_id":1,
"category":"Skin Tool",
"description":"
Dr G Butterfly Rose Quartz Gua Sha is a beauty and wellness tool designed to heal and enhance natural beauty. It lifts and sculpts your face, drains the lymph node, which reduces puffy eyes and face. By scraping with repeated strokes on the surface of the skin, this tool helps stimulate muscles and increases the blood flow. \n
\r\n\n\r\n
Features \n
\r\n\n\r\n
Gives even skin tone, smoother complexion and sculpted facial features. Reduces the signs of ageing and gives younger-looking skin. Increases lymphatic function. Stimulates blood circulation. Improves the appearance of dark circles and reduces under-eye puffiness.
\r\n\n\r\n
How To Use  \n
\r\n\n\r\n
Apply Dr G oil or Dr G gel as per your skin type covering the face and neck.
\r\n
Hold the butterfly gua sha tool firmly and sweep across gently up and out, starting with the neck, cheeks, jawline, chin, around the mouth, and slowly glide under the eyes, across your eyebrows and from your forehead up to your hairline.
\r\n
You can sweep it 3-5 times per area.
\r\n
Recommended at least a few times a week for best results.
\r\n\n\r\n
About Dr G \n
\r\n\n\r\n
Dr G offers luxury skincare products, backed by over a decade of dermatology expertise and on-ground practice. Made for Indian weather conditions, with variants for different skin types, including sensitive skin, and to address specific skin concerns - these innovative products are a perfect balance of nature and science. Drawing from ancient Ayurveda and combining natural extracts with skin-safe science, Dr G's range of products bridge modern skincare with holistic science.
",
"short_description":"Sculpts, Tones, Reduces Puffiness, Lifts",
"max_quantity":500,
"status":1,
"in_stock":1,
"measurement":[
{
"is_cart":true,
"ordered_quantity":2,
"is_wish":false,
"discounted_price":1400.0,
"weight":"200 Gram",
"price":1400.0,
"prod_id":1,
"percentage":100,
"max_quantity":500
}
]
}
}

A: The HTML from your response isn't valid. You can easily test it, if you copy the HTML string from your response to a text file with .html file ending and open it with your browser (index.html for example). Or use a validator like this one: https://www.freeformatter.com/html-validator.html
Let's pick one part from the HTML string which has wrong characters and gets displayed unformatted:
Features \n
If you remove the backslashes \ here this peace gets rendered correctly:
Features \n

I would reccomend you to encode the HTML before sending it to the frondend. You could use Base64 which can be easily encoded in the backend and decoded on the frontend before displaying it.
If this "wrong" characters are already there when you recive this HTML (on your Backend) you have to parse it first to clean it.