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Cartier Resources releases positive Chimo hoisting study results
Posted on October 6, 2020 by Andrew
Cartier Resources Inc. (TSX.V: ECR)
Released the results of an engineering study on the hoisting capacity of the underground mining infrastructure on the Chimo mine property.
This property, owned 100 per cent by Cartier, is located 45 km east of Val d'Or. With simple adjustments, the shaft on the Chimo mine property could extract 1.7 million metric tonnes per year (4,921 metric tonnes per day).
Cartier Resources releases Chimo hoisting study results
2020-09-22 10:49 ET – News Release
Mr. Philippe Cloutier reports
CARTIER PRESENTS THE STRONG HOISTING CAPABILITIES OF THE SHAFT ON THE CHIMO MINE PROPERTY
Cartier Resources Inc. has released the results of an engineering study on the hoisting capacity of the underground mining infrastructure on the Chimo mine property. This property, owned 100 per cent by Cartier, is located 45 kilometres east of the Val d'Or mining camp.
With simple adjustments, the shaft on the Chimo mine property could extract 1.7 million metric tonnes per year (4,921 metric tonnes per day).
This study is one of four engineering studies carried out in tandem with a preparatory study for a new mineral resource estimate on the Chimo mine property to reveal its full value.
The study reveals that the components of the internal shaft structure could be used to hoist skips with a loading capacity of 20 metric tonnes each, travelling at a cruising speed of 2,200 feet per minute (40 kilometres per hour). This hoisting rate would raise 492 metric tonnes per hour of rock to the surface for a total of 4,921 metric tonnes per day in 10 hours of hoisting operations per 24-hour day, or 1.7 million metric tonnes year.
To date, two internal engineering studies have been completed with positive findings, including the study that is the subject of this press release. Two other internal engineering studies are still under way, as well as an internal preparatory study for a new mineral resource estimate, on the Chimo mine property.
No preliminary economic assessment, pre-feasibility study or feasibility study has been completed and disclosure of results from this internal study does not support or imply the technical feasibility and/or economic viability of the project. In addition, while current mineral resource estimates have been completed on separate zones on the property, mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
An attached table shows the current and future features of the shaft infrastructure on the Chimo mine property.
About the Chimo mine project
Cartier holds a 100-per-cent interest in the property for which a 1-per-cent net smelter return royalty was granted to Iamgold Corp. No right of first refusal (buyback) was granted.
The most recent mineral resource estimate for the Chimo mine property, detailed in an attached table, uses a gold price of $1,300 (U.S.) per ounce and a cut-off grade of 2.5 grams per tonne gold.
Fourteen gold zones were mined by three producers between 1964 and 1997 for a production of 376,217 ounces of gold (MERN DV 85-05 to DV-97-01).
The mining infrastructure consists of a network of seven kilometres of drifts on 19 levels, connected by a shaft with a depth of 914 metres. The bridge and surface facilities were dismantled in 2008 but the 25-kilovolt power line and sandpit are still in place.
Cartier's drilling programs to date on the Chimo mine property amount to 124 drill holes for 58,054 metres and 21,867 gold samples collected.
About Cartier Resources Inc.
Cartier Resources, founded in 2006, is based in Val d'Or, Que. The province of Quebec has consistently ranked as one of the best mining jurisdictions in the world, primarily because of its favourable geology, attractive fiscal environment and pro-mining government.
The company has a strong cash position with more than $13.9-million and significant corporate and institutional endorsements, including Agnico Eagle Mines, Meridian Global and Quebec investment funds.
Cartier's strategy is to focus on gold projects with features that offer potential for rapid growth. The company holds a portfolio of exploration projects in the Abitibi greenstone belt of Quebec, one of the most prolific mining regions in the world.
The company is focused on advancing four key projects through drilling programs. These projects were acquired at reasonable costs in recent years and are drill ready, with targets along the geometric extensions of known gold deposits.
Exploration work is currently focused on the Chimo mine property to maximise value for investors. The company is also planning a major drilling program for the Benoist property. Drilling on the Fenton and Wilson properties will follow the Benoist program.
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#MySkyeBody Conversations - Arielle Estoria
She is stunning as she is sassy, with powerful words that every man, woman and child should hear. Arielle Estoria is blazing her own trail in the Body Positivity movement with her poetry, music and energetic personality and we are extremely honoured to have her as one of our newest Skye models! Read more about her in our latest #MySkyeBody Conversations below!
SKYE: Tell us about yourself
Arielle: Arielle Estoria is a Writer, Author, Speaker and Creative. Her motto of "Words not for the ears but for the soul" stems from her dedication to remind her audience that words are meant to be felt and not just heard. Arielle's first EP, a collection of music and poetry called Symphony of a Lioness is now available on iTunes or Apple Music. She is Co-author of two self published collections of poetry: Vagabonds and Zealots (2014) and Write Bloody Spill Pretty (2017) which can both be found on Amazon.com. She is made of sass and good intentions, has a deep love for car karaoke, brunch and flowers.
SKYE: You have dedicated a considerable amount of time and energy to advocating and reinforcing the importance of self-acceptance. What is the source of your confidence?
Arielle: I say that I have been on a "body journey" for the past 10 or so years. I got to the point where hiding who I was, being ashamed of my body and biting my tongue wasn't how I was supposed to live. Even though I hadn't fully tapped into who I was, I knew that how I was orchestrating wasn't in the fullness of who I was supposed to be.
Being the person who was and is always the source for encouraging others in the fullness of who they were meant to be, made me realize that I was essentially being a hypocrite because I couldn't do that for myself. I started writing my body, my personality more love poems and letters than hate mail and that changed everything.
SKYE: You recently made your debut as a swimsuit model when you were approached by Skye to be a part of our latest catalogue. Can you describe your thoughts and feelings when you were offered this opportunity and when you accepted?
Arielle: Haha! Well, I told them this but when they first reached out, I thought it was a scam and that I was going to get adultnapped in Portugal. I was so shocked that they would ask and entrust me with wearing and broadcasting their product. When Skye first reached out to me on Instagram I was thinking "Me?! You want ME and THIS body to wear your swimsuits?" Having that kind of confidence in me and these curves of mine definitely changed the way I saw myself.
SKYE: Wearing swimwear is usually a source of dread for many women. As this was your first time professionally in front of the camera in a bikini, what story would you like to tell when people see a photo of you in a bathing suit?
Arielle: Oh! I ABSOLUTELY DREADED IT. I mean don't get me wrong, I was excited but I also was so, so nervous. I told myself I was going to workout extra hard, do more juice cleanses the month of the shoot and sometimes it happened and sometimes it didn't. People always say "wow you're so confident" or "rock that body girl" like it should be abnormal that a woman with curves should be walking around in a swimsuit. I think having this beautiful opportunity to photograph this body of mine in a swimsuit showed me that it should be considered normal, and in fact, appreciated for a woman with curves to walk around in a bathing suit. We cannot continue to orchestrate ourselves out of a concept of shame. These bodies are beautiful and deserve celebrating.
SKYE: We know through your motto "Words not for the ears but for the soul" you have touched and possibly changed lives. What words have left an impression on your soul and who were they by?
Arielle: So, so many, specifically when it comes to my body. After sharing so much of my insecurities with who I was and how I looked, I had a guy friend of mine comment back and say "I can't wait for you to see yourself the way your Creator sees you" and I don't know who "Creator" is for you, but that changed everything for me. I was looking at myself through the lense of myself and that was a negative lense so for a moment, I tried to see myself the way someone who formed and loved me could see me, and that changed everything for me.
SKYE: If you could be remembered by the world for one thing, what would it be?
Arielle: For how I made them feel: loved, seen and known either through my words or through my presence and being with them.
You can keep up with Arielle's body journey by visiting her blog or following her on Instagram!
Dec 10, 18 • By SKYE

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Ithaca tickets during temple service
Cars parked outside temple got ticketed while drivers were at Rosh Hashana services
Ithaca tickets during temple service Cars parked outside temple got ticketed while drivers were at Rosh Hashana services Check out this story on ithacajournal.com: http://ithacajr.nl/1iSsLN0
Binghamton Published 2:38 p.m. ET Sept. 17, 2015 | Updated 3:08 p.m. ET Sept. 17, 2015
A car parked outside of Temple Beth El got ticketed Monday while the driver was attending Rosh Hashana services.(Photo: Bill Hecht / Contributed photo)Buy Photo
Finding a parking ticket on your car's windshield is a rotten way to start a new year.
But that's exactly what happened this week to some congregants attending Rosh Hashana services at Temple Beth El, 402 N. Tioga St. in Ithaca.
Even with a note on the car's dashboard explaining the vehicle's occupants were attending Rosh Hashana services to welcome the Hebrew calendar year of 5776, the vehicle got ticketed when the parking meter expired.
By the letter of the law, the ticket was proper.
By the spirit Ithaca officials project of a city that's hip, smart, tolerant, inclusive and supportive of diversity, the parking ticket was an insulting contradiction.
Among the ways the ticket outside the temple diminishes the values Ithaca officials frequently tout for their city:
• If Christians had parked at a meter outside a church to attend service on a Christmas that fell on a weekday, there would be no ticket when they got out of church. Why? Christmas is a holiday, and metered parking is free.
• New Year's Day is also a holiday. When Ithaca's dominant culture celebrates a new year, there is no worry about feeding the parking meters. Parking is free.
•Most church services conclude within two hours, so the time on a well-fed coin meter would not have expired before services ended. Many services at temples and mosques run longer than what traditional coin meters allow. These congregants must choose between participating in a worship service and running out to feed the meter.
Ithaca's elected officials have a track record of bending laws that annoy them and some city residents. In April 2007, Ithaca joined the Sanctuary City effort when the city council unanimously approved a resolution telling the city police department to avoid enforcing federal immigration laws.
If the city can find a work-around solution to avoid enforcing a federal law, finding a way to avoid ticketing the cars of worshipers parked outside a religious service should be a snap.
Fortunately, there is an opportunity for Ithaca's officials to atone for the city not living up to its tolerant, inclusive and diversity-celebrating reputation.
Yom Kippur begins Tuesday evening. Ithaca's Jews will spend most of next Wednesday in services reflecting on their lives and seeking forgiveness.
Ithaca city officials should also atone and find a way to avoid ticketing the cars parked outside the temple.
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Houston Texans Considering In-Game Protest?
Jennifer Withers HoeyAugust 29, 2020
Texans Make Abrupt Coaching Change
The Houston Texans are considering an in-game protest, team head coach and general manager Bill O'Brien admitted this week.
"I would say anything is possible," he said Saturday morning in a conversation with the media.
O'Brien's comments come in light of multiple sports teams and leagues speaking out following the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
"Just speaking for the Houston Texans, I'm really proud of these guys that are on our team. We have a lot of really good veteran guys that are really passionate about football, really passionate about what's going on in the world.
"The thing that really strikes me as a coach is you're always in a rush you want to make sure everything is going well you're thinking about the next play, the next three plays from now, but these players they're not in a rush. Our players are really thoughtful. They want to think about things. They don't want to rush to make any decisions on anything. It's been really enlightening to me."
At least one NFL team is talking about boycotting. https://t.co/0uLBnPmwdq
— Game 7 (@game7__) August 29, 2020
O'Brien was one of the first coaches to signal that he would kneel for the National Anthem after the death of George Floyd back in June, so none of this should really come as much of a surprise. He has a tendency to be outspoken on these matters.
O'Brien was not the only notable NFL personality to speak out on Blake's shooting and what it meant big picture.
"We've talked about a wide variety of ways to protest and a boycott in Week One, obviously, that's something that has been discussed," Arizona Cardinals nose tackle Corey Peters said this past week.
"But I think as far as the next steps, I don't think we're there yet. We're still trying to talk with some of the leaders on the team and trying to figure out what's the best way to make the biggest impact."
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson also spoke out.
"I think just witnessing what happened to Jacob and everything else and all the things have added up to this, it's devastating," he said.
"It's truly devastating just to watch that. This isn't like this hasn't been doing on for years. That's the scary part and sad part. The difference now is we get to see it every day because of social media and phones and everything else.
"I think the world is truly seeing the ugliness of society at times, and I think what's really disappointing is just knowing that as we athletes try to make a difference and sometimes people don't want to listen and don't want to recognize that that could have been us, that could be us."
Patriots fans had an interesting reaction to Cam Newton's decision to speak out. https://t.co/ew6UMTU9F3
New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton echoed that sentiment.
"What's going on in this country of ours at times is extremely disgusting," he said.
"And until we find a fix, then more than ever we have to unify as one as much as possible. From the Black Lives Matter campaign to the social injustice, bringing awareness with that, to just everybody becoming more aware of certain things, and not necessarily turning their ear, turning their face with things that are extremely blatant."
Overall, it is clear that NFL players are itching to do something meaningful to start the season. What that something will ultimately end up being remains to be seen.
Related: Milwaukee Bucks Send Special Gift To Jacob Blake
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Jennifer Withers Hoey is a former Business Development Manager who transitioned to writing about sports. With valuable connections all over the West Coast, she has used those contacts to break some of the most interesting stories pertaining to the Portland Trail Blazers, Oregon Ducks, LA Lakers, LA Clippers, Seattle Supersonics (RIP), and more.
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Q: Convert form data to JSON with sub arrays I make a server with Flask.
I want to get form with data and convert it to json file.
example
<form action="" method="POST">
  <input name="your_name" value="" />
  <input name="animal[1][name]" value="" />
  <input name="animal[1][age]" value="" />
  <input name="animal[2][name]" value="" />
  <input name="animal[2][age]" value="" />
  <button type="submit">test</button>
</form>

and I expect to this:
{
    "your_name" : "my_name",
    "animal":[
      {
         "name": "mono",
         "age":"12"
       },
       {
         "name": "jir",
         "age":"34"
       }
    ]
  }
}

if someone know how to do it, thanks

A: How about this:
@app.route('/', methods=["POST"])
def process():
    your_name = request.form['your_name']
    (... do the same here for all your form fields ...)

    your_json = {}
    your_json["your_name"] = your_name
    your_json["animal"] = ...

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Hey, I'm Jironobou(as if my username wasn't obvious enough) From MKO, I've known about MMKR for quite a while and was wondering why there haven't been any updates lately regarding the comic.
We had to do a pause on MMKR for a little bit due to child births, job changes, and a house move. But we are currently writing and putting together episodes again, not as fast as I'd hope to be, but working non the less.
I just finished correcting many mistakes that were in some of the episodes (Liu's name misspellings etc) and should have the next episode up and running by this Sunday (next sunday at the latest).
We also hope to update the front end of the site so that news and such will be displayed as things go on, but first new episodes take priority.
EDIT:Oh, and whats that "Life"Bar for?
It's supposed to be kind of a warning or 'I win the argument' kind of thing, that currently for unknown reasons doesn't work right and instead is fully editable at anytime and randomly may reset back to 100. :) Haven't messed with it enough to find out why it's been doing that.
hmmm, so I guess I retract that, at the moment it is working normally.
Ratcoon2 wrote: hmmm, so I guess I retract that, at the moment it is working normally.
Welcome to the forum Jironobou.
(Just an FYI, the Life total change request will be removed from this post shortly, though you can keep the 69 for now - we just don't want everyone asking for changed life totals as in the end it is meant more as a rating system, 100 = good standing / 0 = deactivated.).
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Parafia św. Rafała Kalinowskiego w Usolu Syberyjskim – rzymskokatolicka parafia znajdująca się w Usolu Syberyjskim, w diecezji Świętego Józefa w Irkucku, w dekanacie irkuckim, w Rosji. Parafię prowadzą karmelici bosi.

Kościół parafialny znajduje się przy ul. Szewczenki 7a, a klasztor karmelitów bosych przy ul. 1 Maja 56. Usolscy karmelici posługują również w kaplicy w Pichtyńsku.

W parafii działa klauzurowy klasztor karmelitanek bosych. Posługują tu również siostry albertynki.

Historia
Pierwsi karmelici przybyli do Usola Syberyjskiego 14 grudnia 1999. Na kaplicę zaadaptowano budynek dawnego sklepu spożywczego. Za patrona obrano św. Rafała Kalinowskiego, który w usolskiej warzelni soli odbywał katorgę za udział w powstaniu styczniowym. W 2010 zakupiono dom, w  którym powstał klasztor karmelitów bosych. W 2016 kaplica przeszła rekonstrukcję i została konsekrowana przez biskupa diecezji Świętego Józefa w Irkucku Cyryla Klimowicza.

Bibliografia
 Informacje o parafii na portalu diecezji Świętego Józefa w Irkucku (ros.)
 Parafia św. Rafała Kalinowskiego w Usolu Syberyjskim

Linki zewnętrzne
 Klasztor Sióstr Karmelitanek Bosych w Usolu Syberyjskim
 Domy zakonne Sióstr Albertynek poza Polską

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The ocean washed in and out with the same shush-shush song that Lauren Webster remembered. Shells tumbled in the surf, dancing with the waves, pooling in the eddies. Seagulls circled the shore, waiting for a chance to nab a forgotten sandwich or an unsuspecting fish. Everything in Paradise Key was exactly the same as she remembered.
Except their group of five, once as inseparable and close as braided strands of hair, now broken and scattered. And down to four.
The shock and grief hit Lauren all over again like a sucker punch. She dropped to the sand and pulled her knees to her chest, holding tight until the pain in her lungs eased enough for her to breathe again. Lily—sweet, irrepressible, optimistic Lily—gone in an instant after some lawyer too busy texting missed a red light and slammed into her Prius.
This week, Lauren had gone to the funeral and said goodbye. Right now, none of it felt real, not being here, not hearing about Lily, none of it. If this was a job, Lauren would cover the whole thing with some kind of colorful ad campaign that made the entire awful event softer, easier to take, like a pretend Hollywood moment with a sunset and a few tears.
But it was real life. And real life sucked.
Lauren got to her feet, brushed the sand off her pants, then picked up her heels and made her way up the sandy path that led to the Paradise Key Resort. Loosely named, because the place had fallen apart in the years since her family used to vacation here. But still a prime destination along the Gulf of Mexico that just needed a little physical and marketing brush up to become something big.
And to become Lauren's saving grace with a job that was in an even more precarious position than the wind and storm-battered resort. On the plane ride here from New York, she'd had a thousand ideas for how to capitalize on Paradise Key's tourism, but now, being back here, smack dab in the center of her past, every one of those ideas had flitted away.
She needed to get a grip. Get back on track. Quit letting her empty life distract her. Once she had secured her position at work again, and proved to her father that she was committed to the company, it would all be fine. It had to be.
At the boardwalk, Lauren rinsed the sand off her feet, then slid on the black Louboutins. The navy Anne Klein suit fit a bit looser than it used to—stress made Lauren lose her appetite, not increase it—but wearing the one-button jacket and twill pants made her feel and look more powerful and commanding. A little self-marketing before her meeting with the tourism bureau in a few minutes.
In the car, Lauren touched up her eye makeup, checked her suit for sand one more time, then headed into downtown Paradise Key to a small office on the corner of 2nd Street, in the very back of the town hall. A sign outside the door in one-inch white plastic changeable letters said Paradise Key Tourism Bureau—or sort of said that, considering the sign was missing a D, E, and B.
Lauren pushed on the door, trying not to roll her eyes when the tiny silver bell above her head let out a happy tinkle. Inside the room, two green clunky metal desks leftover from the invention of the steam engine flanked either side of the wall. A faded "Come to Paradise Key" poster hung between them, the edges curling away from the pushpins holding it against the sheetrock. The dingy green tile flickered beneath sputtering fluorescent lights. The office to the far right read Gary Higgins, with a hand-lettered sign beneath that said On Vacation.
A long, lean man had his feet propped on the desk on the right, the chair tipped back at a precarious angle. His beard fluttered with his rumbling snoring.
Lauren took a step toward the man, about to wake him, when a short heavyset woman with a pouf of carrot-orange hair came bustling out of the back room. The scent of cigarette smoke hung heavy around her, no doubt caused by the half-empty pack of Marlboros peeking from the pocket of her bright red floral dress.
Lauren stilled at the deep voice behind her. It couldn't be. Not after all these years. He'd said he was leaving town, off to become some hot-shot banker. Leaving town. Leaving her. Leaving them.
Eloise clapped her hands, and hurried off to the back room again. Merle kept right on snoring.
"Since when have we been friends, Carter?" Lauren said.
Carter sat back in the Adirondack chair. He propped his feet on the wooden crate that served as an ottoman, in the "sitting area" that Eloise and Merle had carved out of the few feet between the back of the town hall and the dumpster. The tin of snickerdoodles sat on one arm of his chair, a Styrofoam cup of crappy coffee on the other.
And Lauren Webster standing eight feet away, pacing the small area like a panther waiting for a gazelle to come by. The Lauren he remembered had been lighthearted, fun, as ready to dash into the ocean as she was to kiss him under the boardwalk. This Lauren—this buttoned-up, stressed, clipped-tone woman—he didn't know. When Jenna had mentioned the other day that Lauren was coming to town for the funeral, Carter had looked her up. Out of curiosity. Nothing more.
He'd expected Lauren would have settled down in some suburb with an accountant or something. She'd been so adamant about not wanting to work for her father when he knew her that it took Carter completely by surprise to see her listed as one of the "growing stars" at her father's marketing agency in New York.
The woman he had met years ago had been quiet and intelligent, but with a spirit that was straining against the structure of her life. When she'd shrugged off her father's rules for a few months that summer, she'd become someone he couldn't resist. Fun, bright, daring.
Then she'd gone to work with her father, and the career he saw had been successful—but built on bold marketing campaigns that took her clients from tiny to blockbuster. She was talented, that was for sure, but also known for creating out-of-the-box ideas that grabbed attention. He had no doubt that was the same kind of thing she planned for Paradise Key. She'd do some crazy off-the-wall advertising painting little Paradise Key as the spring break party destination—a technique he'd seen with the neighboring towns, and with the New England towns Lauren's firm had worked with over the years. Yes, the campaigns had brought in revenue, but also a higher crime rate that drove out the residents and left the town almost vacant in the off season.
That was the very thing he was helping the tourism board avoid. So that meant he didn't need to help her at all. He was just there for the cookies anyway.
"Are you in charge of the tourism bureau?" she asked.
"Nope." He pulled out the fattest, most cinnamony snickerdoodle in the bunch. Jackpot.
"Not officially." Eloise, however, trusted Carter's judgment, and often consulted with him. They'd started a charity project together a couple of years ago, and he'd been a de facto member of the tourism board ever since. Eloise had said more than once she liked that Carter's vision for Paradise Key matched her own.
Lauren paced some more, her brows knitted and her lips pursed. Tense Lauren needed the cookie sugar rush more than he did, but he wasn't inclined to share right now.
"I changed my mind." A hell of a lot more had kept him rooted to Paradise Key, but he didn't tell Lauren that. The days when she was his closest friend and the woman he loved had ended years ago. Albeit, at his choice. At the time, he'd thought he was doing the right thing for his life.
Lauren looked at the watch on her left wrist. No ring adorned her finger. Not that Carter cared. Well, maybe he did. A little.
He knew why she'd ended the sentence. Because what came after that afternoon on the beach had changed everything between them. Carter and Lauren had gone from friends to lovers—not very good lovers, considering it had been the first time for them both—and their vacation romance suddenly got very, very real. And very, very serious. At least on Lauren's end. She'd begun to talk about leaving home and staying with him in Paradise Key. Ditching the college and the career and life her father had laid out for her practically since birth. Carter had been eighteen and scared as hell of any kind of binding tie. So he'd chosen what he thought would make him happy.
For a while, Carter had everything he thought he wanted. A corner office and a promise of a promotion to CFO. A Mercedes. A penthouse apartment in Chicago. A fiancée who was as driven and serious about her career as he was. He was, as they put it, living the dream. Then he'd come home to Paradise Key to take care of his father. It'd made him realize his priorities had been backward for a long, long time.
The fiancée had stayed a week, then said she couldn't be with a man who thought like a small town. The job went to someone else who was willing to put in the hours and sacrifice the weekends. The apartment, furniture, and life ended up with the fiancée and her new husband. And Carter had stayed here, working in his father's store, settling into this town, and finally seeing what was most important.
It wasn't apartments or cars or titles. It was family and roots. The same things he had once run from, but now embraced with the maturity of someone who nearly lost it all. Seeing Lauren again made him think of that summer, of how she'd told him that she'd never felt at home until she'd come to Paradise Key. Was that woman still in there?
"Killing two birds with one stone? Making the trip a tax write-off maybe?" What was in it for her? What could Paradise Key possibly have that Lauren wanted so badly?
"That, Carter, is no longer any of your business." Lauren disappeared through the back door, leaving him alone with a whole lot of questions and a handful of snickerdoodles.
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Seems pretty cheeky to say one can hear from God and even cheekier to share it with others. But if there's a chance of this soothing hearts and encouraging us to trust God when we're discouraged, then I'm sharing. Feel free to pass this on if it resonates with you….
So often I go through day after day kinda forgetting that I'm surrounded by people who are dying and moving toward an eternity without God.
When the reality of that fact breaks through, even a moment, its unbearable.
30/30 Prayer Challenge: Day 3 I stumble out of bed. Fatigue and nagging pain scream this is silly, that my time, especially in such a helpless state, would be better spent asleep. Yes I'm weak. Yes, I'm needy. Yes, I'm aware there's no good in me to face the day….
I admit, it's a blow to faith when God moves in a powerful way yet the ones for whom you prayed still deal with hellish circumstances.
The difference between a fat caterpillar and a butterfly is startling. Obvious transformation occurs. No one has to ask if there is a difference because the thing looks, acts, and even feeds differently.


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The Warehouse Management System, was developed for our client SoliSYSTEMS, in order to be used in the mexican plants of a car manufacturing company. This system solves the needs of the plant to check in and control the arrival of shipments, manage the location and movement of palletes, and provision of information about the stock and correct consumption order of the parts to other systems in the plant.
The WMS system was developed in order to satisfy four key requirements of the car manufacturer plant:
Material Reception
Warehouse Storing and Movement
FIFO control (first in, first out) of materials
The system had to be integrated into the company's current workflow and interact with other existing systems.
The reception of the materials had to be controlled by a mobile worker by scanning labels with bar codes.
The storage and movement of the materials had to be tracked in order to know exactly where was each material at any moment and the quantity existent in the warehouse.
Finally, the materials had to be consumed from the warehouse in the exact same order than they arrived, so the WMS had to provide this information to the Primary Supply System (another system developed by us).
The implementation of the solution was accomplished with the development of three applications that work together:
A mobile application running in a Honeywell PDA.
A web application, for administrative purposes and for the provision of the web services.
A Windows application running in a tough table PC, and mounted in the forklifts.
The control of the received materials is made by using a mobile application running on a Honeywell PDA, with barcode scanning and RFID reading capabilities. This application was developed completely with C# on Microsoft .NET compact framework, and making use of the PDA manufacturer internal APIs for barcode and RFID reading.
The material is then scanned in order to check it in and also to control the quantities of materiales received against the original order. This information is sent from the PDA to a database of the system and then synchronized with the central system the company uses to track orders worldwide.
Once the material has been received and controlled, the forklift worker appears in order to store the material. Each material to be stored is scanned with the PDA in order to select it and then placed in the desired location.
The forklifts are equiped with another application running in a touch screen tablet computer that provides the operator with important data about the parts being moved. This application was developed also on top the Microsoft .NET framework, using C# and WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation).
The different locations in the warehouse have been identified with RFID tags, and the forklifts are also equiped with an RFID reader. When the material is finally placed in the correct location, this is automatically registered in the system.
Moving materials work in the same way, by selecting the material to be moved and then registering its location using the RFID reader.
All the information is stored in a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database and managed through a web application which provides administrators features to review the actions of the operators, generate reports and authorize users. This application has been developed in C# language and using the Microsoft ASP MVC framework.
This project makes use of various technologies: C#, ASP.NET MVC, .NET Compact Framework, JavaScript, jQuery, WPF, WCF, SQL Server 2012, and more.
Integration with other systems
The WMS is capable of integrating with other existing systems in the plant. In the project, we had to first received the list of expected shipments from a corporative centralized system. We did this by exposing a web service which the external system used to provide us with the shipments information.
The WMS also interacts with the Primary Supply System (PSS). The PSS informs the WMS about the materials it needs to supply, according to the production plan. Then, the WMS answers the PSS with the information of the shipments where it has to consume those material, taking into account that they have to be consumed in the order they were received, and the location of them.
The WMS also informs the warehouse operator if the consumption of materials has reached a critical stock point or, if a material requested by the PSS is in a high position that needs to be moved down with the help of a forklift operator.
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Q: SSAS cube login specific security on data I've encountered the following problem - I already have a working cube that processes lots of data on a schedule. The requirement I got now was to restrict the data in the cube according to specific logins. I'm aware of dynamic SSAS cube security through roles or even logins but I don't see them helping me as I have a kind of a hybrid scenario, and it is as follows:
For example, imagine you have a cube processing sales and income of an international trading company, and you belonged to a role of country directors; what I want to do is adjust permissions so that every country director sees all the measures and dimensions, but they see sales/income only from their country.
Is this possible?
All help is appreciated.
EDIT: I might not have made the best example above. My scenario is slightly different, in a way that there isn't a business rule that would place any two users in a same group. Basically, every user has to see only data that somehow refers to him/her. And this really can't be done manually as there's over 4000 users...
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A: Yes, both Tabular and Multidimensional SSAS have row filtering options. In your scenario you need:

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*Create a role for each Country that has directors

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Big 12 Women's Preview – Baylor Looking for Repeat Success
Mandatory Credit: Ray Carlin-USA TODAY Sports
Big 12 basketball is, consistently, one of the most thriving conferences in the country since its inception for the 1996-1997 season. The women who participate in this sport for the members of this strong conference display their talented skills night in and night out. The 10-member conference will continue to produce extraordinary basketball and the 2018-2019 season should be no different the years prior to this upcoming season.
Henceforth, the 2018-2019 season will be an exciting season in the Big 12 Conference.
On September 4, the women's basketball conference schedule was released, and it shows how tough this conference is going to win this season. Moreover, many teams have already displayed their season schedule and each docket is filled with tough matchups against teams who participated in postseason play (NCAA Tournament, Women's NIT, etc.).
Equally important, the Big 12-SEC Challenge is back, and each game will be competitive from the moment jump ball takes place.
Last season, there were numerous players who were able to shine for their programs and will be returning for the 2018-2019 season. Numerous players who were counting on will be coming back and will exhibit their gifts on a national scale.
FOX Sports will televise 28 Big 12 games this season and the breakdown of the games goes as follows:
19 regular season games
3 non-conference games (2 of which are a part of the Big 12-SEC Challenge)
December 2: Mississippi State at Texas
December 2: Tennessee at Oklahoma State
December 19: UConn at Oklahoma
16 conference games
9 conference tournament games
12 games will be televised nationally on FOX Sports 1
With these games being televised on FOX Sports networks, it'll be a great chance to watch some high-profile programs square off on the court. For example, the conference tournament games will be televised on those networks. The final three games will be nationally televised on FOX Sports 1. The regular season begins on November 6 and the conference schedule begins on January 2.
Something else worth bringing attention to; the Big 12 has also made an announcement regarding the TV schedule with ESPN. Five games, including 4 conference games, will be televised on the ESPN Family of networks. One of those games includes a December 9 matchup of two NCAA Tournament teams from last year as Tennessee will travel to Austin to face Texas.
As for the teams, here's a breakdown of how each program will look this season
To say nothing of how much talent is on the squad would be an understatement. The Baylor Lady Bears will be the favorites to win the Big-12 conference this season. Outside of the conference, the team will face some stiff competition from the likes of South Carolina, UConn, and Stanford in the non-conference portion of the schedule. It is something that Baylor will be ready for with this roster.
Head Coach Kim Mulkey will be bringing back another talent laden roster, one that will be spearheaded by All-American Kalani Brown. The daughter of former NBA player P.J. Brown, the former McDonald's All-American will be looking to leave a mark this season while leading Baylor to a national championship.
Along with All-Big-12 performer Lauren Cox and a talented recruiting class, look for the Baylor Lady Bears to be making some noise this season.
Although the program saw Ariel Atkins move on to play in the WNBA and Tina Thompson take the head coach position at the University of Virginia, do not count out the Longhorns.
Texas is looking to take the crown away from Baylor this season under the leadership of Karen Aston. All-Big-12 performer Lashann Higgs is back for the Longhorns. Her defensive ability will be key for the team to go along with her offensive ability. The Longhorns have a balanced style of play by providing good offense and good defense.
To go along with Jatarie White, Texas has the core group of players to possibly make a run at the Big-12 Championship this season.
Oklahoma State and Oklahoma
BEDLAM!
This is the word that comes to mind when you think of these in-state rival programs. Oklahoma State and Oklahoma have been two consistent programs for the conference and this season should be no exception. Both teams went 11-7 last year and are looking to improve on these records.
Starting with the Cowgirls, losing talented players Loryn Goodwin and Kaylee Jensen will usually be a huge loss for some programs. Fortunately for Oklahoma State, they still have Braxtin Miller. The All-Big-12 Freshman player was very good in her first year on campus and is looking to help lead the way for head coach Jim Litell and this Cowgirls program. In addition, one thing this team will have to improve on is their defense.
Last season, Oklahoma State was ranked seventh in the conference in scoring defense and was in a tie for last place in field goal percentage defense. This squad this year must be better on the defensive end to really make some waves in the Big-12.
With the Sooners, like the Cowgirls, will be bringing back a talented group that will need to see several improvements on the defensive end. Oklahoma was ranked ninth in scoring defense, allowing 72.7 points per game last season.
Not only were the Sooners close to last in scoring defense, but also, they were close to last in field goal percentage defense. They will need to progress on the defensive end this season. By the same token, this team will be looking to their offense to help mask the struggling defense.
Head coach Sherri Coale will look to Shaina Pellington and Ana Llanusa to help push this offense forward.
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TCU was able to produce a top-5 offense in the Big 12 (ranked 5th in total offense, 3rd in field goal percentage). The team's biggest issue is their defense. The Horned Frogs were in the bottom half of the conference when it came to scoring defense and field goal percentage defense.
Raegan Pebley will look to seniors Amy Okonkwo, Jordan Moore and South Dakota transfer Jaycee Bradley to help lead the charge in Fort Worth this season.
The Mountaineers' strongest attribute of their team is defense. West Virginia is looking to take that top defense (2nd in scoring defense, 2nd in field goal percentage defense) from last season and vamp it up for another run in the Big-12 this season.
Up in Morgantown, they will rely on Naomi Davenport and Katrina Pardee to help lead the way for an offense that was average. The non-conference schedule will get West Virginia ready to compete in the Big-12.
The Rest of the Conference
The bottom four in the conference (Iowa State, Kansas State, Kansas, and Texas Tech) will be looking to make some big splashes to regain some traction in the already competitive Big-12.
Beginning with the Cyclones, Bill Fennelly is going coach these young women and make some big improvements this season. Defensively, they can take another step and be very good on that end of the floor. Last season, they were number 6 in scoring defense and field goal percentage defense.
The Cyclones will be led on the court by All-Big-12 performer Bridget Carleton and Madison Wise this season. If they can continue to improve defensively and bring the offense up (8th in scoring offense last season), the Cyclones can scare numerous teams this season in the Big-12.
Kansas State will need to bring their offense up to the skill level of their defense. Last season, the Wildcats were one of the top defensive teams in the conference and was able to exhibit some flashes on the offensive end. Jeff Mittie is coming into this season with three of the starters from last season — and that includes All-Big-12 performers Kayla Goth, Peyton Williams, and Rachel Ranke. The Wildcats will have to improve offensively, and they will be a potential threat to teams competing at the top.
The Kansas Jayhawks are returning all five starters this season and they will have to progress more on the offensive end. Last season, Kansas was in last place in terms of scoring offense. Equally important to note, they also did not shoot the ball well from the floor last season (10th in field goal percentage).
Kansas does have the defense that can help win them some games. With the talent of Christalah Lyons and Kylee Kopatich, head coach Brandon Schneider can win a number of games and cause havoc within the Big-12 with this roster. They just have to put it all together and make it work.
Texas Tech is coming off a disappointing season in the Big 12 and are looking to change their fortunes this upcoming season. Brittany Brewer, Zuri Sanders and Erin Degrate will be among some of the players to help lead the way during Marlene Stollings first year under the helm in Lubbock.
Stollings is looking to bring some of the success she was able attain at the University of Minnesota to Texas Tech and bring the program up from the dreadful 1-17 record in the Big 12. It'll be a tough task, and Stollings can be the coach to do it with the roster she has.
The Big 12 Conference will be on everyone's radar this season. It's been competitive basketball and we should expect the same for the 2018-2019 season.
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Irish 'ready for Islam', Bin Laden told
Newly released papers seized at Bin Laden's compound in Abbotabad suggest that American-born al-Qa'ida operative Adam Gadahn considered Irish people to be particularly receptive for Islam. In a letter to an unknown recipient of January 2011, he suggested issuing a message specifically addressing the Irish people, inviting them to convert to Islam. Irish sympathies for the Palestinian cause, a growing disillusionment with the Catholic Church, following the revelation of clerical child abuse, and the economic crisis, Gadahn identifies as grounds for a possible openness of the Irish people to Islam. As "the most religious in atheist Europe", they would rather adopt another religion than embracing secularism, he argues.
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 7th May 2012 Categories Security and CounterterrorismTags abuse, Adam Gadahn, Bin Laden, Catholic Church, convert, economic, economic crisis, Europe, Palestinian, secularism
Suicide Bombing Comedy to Mark Anniversary of 9/11
Channel 4 has sparked outrage by planning on screening "Four Lions", a controversial comedy film by comedian Chris Morris about Muslim suicide bombers, as part of a season of programmes to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Four Lions is about a group of home-grown British terrorists who are planning an attack during the London Marathon, but end up making a mess of their plans. As the Daily Mail reports, Channel 4 will show the comedy alongside factual documentaries related to 9/11 and the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Even though Four Lions is not about 9/11, Channel 4 was showing it at this time 'because it looked at the wider 'geopolitical' discussion on terrorism' (Daily Mail).
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 6th September 2011 Categories Public Opinion and Islam in the MediaTags 9/11, Bin Laden, Chris Morris, Comedy, controversial, Daily Mail, discussion, Four Lions, London Marathon, Osama bin Laden
Sharia Law in the UK
The Daily Star reports that hardcore Islamists are determined to establish new Sharia law enforcement zones across the UK, starting with the London borough of Waltham Forest later this month. In these zones, alcohol (as well as any other drugs and smoking), gambling, concerts, porn and prostitution, for instance, will be banned. The group has coalesced around the preacher Anjem Choudary, an Islamic extremist from London and former leader of the Islamist organisations al-Muhajiroun and Islam4UK. Choudary is a strong supporter of sharia law and has publicly called for its introduction in the UK on several occasions. In May, he appeared in the news for planning a public funeral service for Bin Laden. According to the Daily Star, the preacher Anjem Choudary "has called the scheme an alternative to government attempts to combat violent extremism under the Prevent strategy". The call for Sharia-controlled zones affects those 25 areas across the country that the government has described as those areas where violent extremism is a problem. In the long run, the group is hoping to establish an Islamic Emirate.
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 11th July 2011 Categories Interfaith and Multicultural Engagement, Islamic Practice and JurisprudenceTags Anjem Choudary, Bin Laden, Daily Star, extremism, law, London, Sharia, UK, Waltham Forest
Pew surveys: Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda had been losing support in Muslim world
In the months leading up to Osama bin Laden's death, a survey of Muslim publics around the world found little support for the al Qaeda leader. Among the six predominantly Muslim nations recently surveyed by the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project, bin Laden received his highest level of support among Muslims in the Palestinian territories – although even there only 34% said they had confidence in the terrorist leader to do the right thing in world affairs. Minorities of Muslims in Indonesia (26%), Egypt (22%) and Jordan (13%) expressed confidence in bin Laden, while he has almost no support among Turkish (3%) or Lebanese Muslims (1%).
Over time, support for bin Laden has dropped sharply among Muslim publics. Since 2003, the percentage of Muslims voicing confidence in him has declined by 38 points in the Palestinian territories and 33 points in Indonesia. The greatest decline has occurred in Jordan, where 56% of Muslims had confidence in bin Laden in 2003, compared with just 13% in the current poll. Jordanian support for bin Laden fell dramatically (to 24% from 61% the year before) in 2006, following suicide attacks in Amman by al Qaeda. In Pakistan, where 2011 data is still not available, confidence in bin Laden fell from 52% in 2005 to just 18% in last year's survey.
Al Qaeda also received largely negative ratings among Muslim publics in the 2011 survey. Only 2% of Muslims in Lebanon and 5% in Turkey expressed favorable views of al Qaeda. In Jordan, 15% had a positive opinion of al Qaeda, while about one-in-five in Indonesia (22%) and Egypt (21%) shared this view. Palestinian Muslims offered somewhat more positive opinions (28% favorable), but about two-thirds (68%) viewed bin Laden's organization unfavorably.
Ratings of al Qaeda are, for the most part, unchanged, except in Jordan, where al Qaeda's favorable rating fell from 34% in 2010 to 15% currently.
As was the case with views of bin Laden, Nigerian Muslims typically offer more positive views of al Qaeda than any other Muslim public surveyed.
Author researcherPosted on 10th May 2011 Categories News by Country, Issues in Politics, Publications, ReportsTags al-Qaeda, Bin Laden, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Osama, Osama bin Laden, Palestinian, Pew Research, Research
Controversies over Funeral Prayers for Bin Laden
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The radical cleric Anjem Choudary, known supporter of Osama Bin Laden and former leader of the outlawed Islamist group al-Muhajiroun, announced he would lead a funeral prayer for Bin Laden outside the US Embassy in London on Friday. He called on fellow extremist to join the public prayer and demonstrations against the killing of Bin Laden. Further, he warned of potential domestic terror attacks following Bin Laden's death. Similarly, the exiled radical preacher Omar Bakri has called for funeral prayers in front of US Embassies around the world. Bakri has condemned the killing of Bin Laden and warned the West of heavy retaliation by Al Qaeda. Britain, like other Western countries, has advised the public to remain alert to the threat of Al Qaeda.
On Friday, then, hundreds of Bin Laden supporters gathered outside the US Embassy in London and protested against the killing of Bin Laden. Concurrently, in Cardiff, a group of approximately 25 Muslims has held a funeral prayer for Bin Laden. Welsh Islamic leaders have, however, condemned the group for holding the funeral prayer. The Muslim Council for Wales and Riverside, for instance, described the group as "publicity-seekers"
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 9th May 2011 Categories Security and CounterterrorismTags al-Qaeda, Anjem Choudary, Bin Laden, London, Muslim Council, Omar Bakri, Osama bin Laden, radical preacher, US, Wales, Welsh Islamic
Controversy over Public Prayer for Bin Laden
Following the killing of Bin Laden, the radical Islamic prayer Pierre Vogel is planning a public funeral prayer for the leader of Al Qaeda in Frankfurt/ Main on Saturday. The city's authorities, however, have prohibited the public prayer for Bin Laden, as it can be understood as a public ridicule of the victims of 9/11 and other terror attacks by Islamic radicals. Yet, Vogel argued that the prayer was not meant to be a defense of the 9/11 attacks. According to him, Bin Laden, as a Muslim, had the right to receive a prayer.
Vogel's plans have not only been welcomed, but also criticized for its potential of public provocation within his own ranks and by other Muslim organizations, such as Milli Görus.
Following the ban of the funeral prayer by the city's authorities, Vogel slightly changed the agenda for his public appearance to a general prayer, without reference to Bin Laden. This is in line with a number of orders issued by the administrative court to prevent the funeral prayer for Bin Laden.
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 9th May 2011 Categories Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, Security and CounterterrorismTags attacks, ban, Bin Laden, court, Frankfurt Main, Muslim organizations, Pierre Vogel, Prayer, right
Debate over Merkel's Reaction to Bin Laden's Death
Following the killing of Bin Laden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel publicly announced her relief about the news during a press conference. More specifically, Merkel said it was "great news" and that she was "happy" to hear about the killing of Bin Laden. Further, she expressed her respect for Obama's strategy. Merkel's expression of joy over Bin Laden's death has unleashed heated debate; her statement has been criticized by various religious groups and members of the political opposition as well as Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and the governing coalition. Critics expressed their discomfort at the expression of joy over the death of a human being. Church representatives argued that from a Christian perspective, in particular, it was especially inappropriate to express happiness about the intentional killing of another human being. While most critics were understanding of expressions of relief about Bin Laden's death, they considered it to be inadequate to express happiness in the way Merkel did. Others, such as Omid Nouripour, member of the Green Party, not only criticized Merkel's statement, but also the killing of Bin Laden more generally. Nouripour stressed that the rules and regulations of a constitutional state had to be kept – even in the war against terror.
Many members of the Christian Democrats, however, supported Merkel. Heiner Geißler, for instance, argued that any civilized person should be happy about the fact that Bin Laden did no longer pose a threat. Geißler responded to criticisms by religious groups and argued that being Christian did not mean to be pedantic and "preachy". He understood Merkel's statement merely as an expression of happiness that this "problem" had been solved. Similarly, Dieter Graumann, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, saw Merkel's happiness as not related to someone's death, but the success in the war against international terrorism. Also amongst those defending Merkel's statement is Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who, similar to Merkel, welcomed Bin Laden's death as "good news". While Westerwelle said that relief about Bin Laden's death was understandable, he warned that the reactions to his killing in the West must not lead to any provocation of Al Qaida. Further, he emphasized the need to stay vigilant, as the killing of Bin Laden did not end the international fight against terrorism and extremism
Reacting to the public criticism, the Government emphasized that Merkel's statement could not be isolated from the context. Seen in its context, it merely expressed relief that Bin Laden no longer posed any threat.
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 9th May 2011 Categories Security and CounterterrorismTags Bin Laden, Central Council, Christian, Christian Democrats, Debate, Germany, governing, international, religious groups, war
Forensic Psychiatrist Reflects Canadian Omar Khadr and Islamic Fundamentalism in Guantanamo Bay
The National Post – February 19, 2011
This article reflects the opinion of Dr. Michael Welner, an expert forensic psychiatrist witness in numerous high profile civil and criminal proceedings in the United States. Here he reflects on the impact of prison relating to the fundamentalism of Omar Khadr:
Against the backdrop of these competing forces, the United States Department of Defense asked me as a veteran of highly sensitive forensic psychiatric assessments to appraise the risk of one such Guantanamo detainee, Omar Khadr. Mr. Khadr, by his own statements in 2002 and most recently in October 2010, admitted to throwing a grenade that killed Sfc. Christopher Speer as he inspected the scene of a recently completed battle. Khadr was 15 at the time that he killed Speer.
When I interviewed Khadr last June in my capacity as a forensic psychiatrist, he was an English-speaking, socially agile 23-year-old with the kind of easy smile that so similarly warms those who encounter the Dalai Lama and Bin Laden alike. Anticipating his eventual release, the military commission asked me to go beyond the natural tendency of advocates and adversaries to see what they want to see in Omar the man.
In American as well as Canadian facilities, tens of thousands of inmates are converting to Islam every year. Yielding to the notion that they are respecting religion, corrections officials have failed to make a committed effort to staff prisons with devout, forceful but peaceful-minded Muslim imams. As a result, the more charismatic, Machiavellian, and aggressive leaders within North American corrections facilities dominate and influence vulnerable and often alienated Muslim prisoners. These influences remain after prisoners are released and have been implicated in American terror attacks by American-born ex-cons.
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 28th February 2011 Categories Security and Counterterrorism, Youth and Pop CultureTags Bin Laden, Canadian Omar Khadr, Dalai Lama, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Khadr, National Post February, North American, Omar Khadr, witness
Terrorist Suspects Arrested In and Around Paris
News Agencies – November 9, 2010
Five people believed to have trained as Islamist militants in Pakistan's troubled Afghan border region have been arrested in and around Paris. Some of those arrested were picked up in the suburb of Roissy, where France's largest airport is located, security sources said on condition of anonymity. Police and intelligence officers have been questioning the suspects. Some of the suspects are apparently linked to death threats made a few weeks ago against the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Dalil Boubakeur.
Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden warned France last month that its planned ban on the Islamic full-face veil in public places and its involvement in the war in Afghanistan justified attacks on its nationals. French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux later said that the country faced a real terror threat and he urged "total vigilance".
Author researcherPosted on 15th November 2010 Categories Security and CounterterrorismTags al-Qaeda, Bin Laden, Boubakeur, Brice Hortefeux, Dalil Boubakeur, death threats, France, Grand Mosque, Mosque of Paris, News Agencies November, Paris
French CFCM Condemns Bin Laden's Recent Statement
News Agencies – October 28, 2010
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has condemned the recent threats against France issued by Osama bin Laden. In a press release, the organization stated "in the name of the values of Islam, religion of peace and the middle way, the CFCM reaffirms its complete condemnation of all hostile acts made against our nation and our compatriots were they come from."
Author researcherPosted on 9th November 2010 Categories Muslim Advocacy and Organizations, Security and CounterterrorismTags Bin Laden, CFCM, France, French Council, nation, News Agencies, News Agencies October, Osama bin Laden, peace, values


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Gregor Mendel celebrated in peas-full Google Doodle
Don't be deceived by the peas. Today's Google Doodle is not a nod to the summer harvest, rather it honors Gregor Mendel, the Austrian friar and scientist who is known as the father of genetics.
Mendel, whose work was not truly appreciated until after his death, would have turned 189 today.
"We celebrate Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist & father of genetics, born July 20, 1822. Peas enjoy!" Google tweeted this morning.
So why the peas? Because, as you may remember from a high school science class, it was Mendel's experiments with the hybridization of thousands of pea plants that lead him to discern patterns in the way traits were passed from generation to generation. He called these individual traits "elements." Today, we call them "genes." Mendel was the first to record how genes function -- that they are received from each parent, that they are sometimes concealed but not lost, and that each "unit" is passed independently from other "units."
He presented his findings in 1865 in a lecture series called "Experiments in Plant Hybrids." As the Mendel Museum writes on its website, "the concepts he established in 1865 came to be known universally as Mendel's laws of heredity, and the man himself came to be regarded as the 'father of genetics' ".
He did all this while becoming the abbot of an Austrian monastery. Who says science and religion can't go hand in hand?
If you'd like to learn more about this man, check out the online exhibition about Mendel's life and work at the Masaryck University Mendel Museum.
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New Actions By State Insurance Commissioner Appear To Benefit Another Campaign Donor
By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2019-07-29/new…
One day in April, the California Assembly insurance committee passed a pet insurance bill that critics say could make it harder for consumers to collect benefits.
That same day, Darlene Graber wrote a check to Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara's re-election campaign for $7,800.
Graber is a homemaker from Austin, Texas, according to state campaign disclosures.
Records show she shares an address with Larry Graber, an executive with Independence Holding Co., a New York insurance conglomerate that markets pet insurance and other products around the country. It was not clear if the Grabers are married.
Lara, whose Department of Insurance sponsored the pet insurance bill, has been promoting healthcare policies for dogs and cats on social media.
His office also is evaluating a 43 percent rate increase proposed by a subsidiary of Independence Holding Co., records show.
Michael Soller, a spokesman for the state insurance department, said the proposed pet insurance bill will help pet owners cut through third-party administrators and other impediments when seeking to collect benefits. The bill also adds a requirement that pet insurance policies disclose the contact information of the entity responsible for the policy, he said.
"There is really no other way to look at this bill other than directly benefiting consumers," Soller said in a telephone interview. "If anything, insurers benefit when pet owners are confused about their existing policies or can't figure out where to file claims or where to make complaints."
Critics say the bill also says policyholders should not file complaints with the state until after they discuss their dispute with the insurer, an added step that could limit the ability of pet owners to collect benefits.
"The department should be contacted only after discussions with the insurer, or its agent or other representative, have failed to produce a satisfactory resolution of the problem," the bill states.
Soller said the distinction is immaterial because his department will respond to consumer complaints.
"You can file a complaint with the department at any time, whether or not you have attempted to resolve the issue with your insurer," he said. The California Department of Insurance "has never failed to open a case or answer a call on our hotline if the consumer has not first contacted the insurer."
Pet insurance is a roughly $1 billion industry in the United States.
Recent news reports have raised questions about the quality of some pet insurance policies, which are designed to pay for veterinary treatment for household pets but often include co-payments and deductibles that reduce the cost-effectiveness of the insurance.
Soller declined to respond to questions about the Graber campaign contribution or the rate increase proposed by the Independence Holding Co. subsidiary.
The Grabers did not respond to email or telephone messages seeking information about the donation.
Earlier this month, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that Lara or his office intervened four times in proceedings to help the workers' compensation insurer Applied Underwriters after Lara's campaign accepted tens of thousands of dollars in political donations from a company executive and his spouse.
The insurance commissioner and his top deputy twice overruled department judges who had issued decisions ordering Applied Underwriters to rebate excessive fees to employers who had purchased workers' compensation policies.
In two other cases, the commissioner ordered judges to reopen cases filed by disgruntled Applied Underwriters' customers after the judges had issued decisions affecting Applied Underwriters.
Following the Union-Tribune reports, Lara pledged to return the contributions and to recuse himself from votes related to Applied Underwriters, which has dozens of complaints pending before the Department of Insurance.
It also was fined $3 million by New York regulators earlier this month for selling problematic workers' compensation policies in that state.
Jamie Court, president of the Los Angeles advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, said the elected insurance commissioner has no business accepting campaign donations from anyone linked to the insurance business.
"Why would a Texas homemaker make a $7,800 contribution to a California insurance commissioner?" Court asked.
The proposed legislation, Assembly Bill 1535, passed the statehouse this month without a single vote in opposition.
It was presented last week to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has until Tuesday to support or reject it. The governor's press office declined to say if he will sign the bill.
"As is the case with all bills pending before the governor, this measure will be evaluated on its own merits," Newsom spokeswoman Vicky Waters wrote in an email.
Consumer Watchdog said the proposed provision would put policyholders at a disadvantage because they typically cannot afford to litigate a claim over a veterinarian bill, and lawyers are unlikely to take their case on contingency because the potential damages are too small, compared with health care cases involving humans.
"That can be used as leverage to force policyholders to settle their claims on the cheap, a problem that is pervasive in the pet insurance industry," Court said in a letter urging Newsom to veto the bill.
Lara, 44, is a graduate of San Diego State University and former state senator from Bell Gardens. He was elected to statewide office in November after promising not to accept political contributions from insurance industry officials.
California insurance commissioners historically have resisted accepting campaign contributions from companies they regulate since former commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, who resigned in 2000 after media reports that he used insurance company donations to promote himself and to benefit donors.
The Insurance Commissioner is an elected post that oversees some $310 billion worth of insurance sold in California each year.
Rey Lopez-Calderon, the executive director of California Common Cause, a nonprofit good-government group, said Lara has been involved in state politics too long to be accepting political contributions from people he regulates — or their spouses.
"This is unfortunately a problem that is systemic — not just related to the insurance industry," Lopez-Calderon said. " For someone who has been a leader as a state legislator in our community, he needs to be above reproach."
Consumer Watchdog last month filed a California Public Records Act request for copies of Lara's monthly schedule of meetings and other appointments in order to determine whether the insurance commissioner is improperly communicating with companies he regulates.
Lara told reporters last week that the request is being processed.
On July 10, the Twitter account for the Department of Insurance urged followers to observe National Kitten Day by purchasing pet insurance.
"Let today be a reminder to consider pet #insurance to protect your furry little friend," the department tweeted. "This coverage will help pay for veterinary expenses necessary for taking care of your kitten or other pets."


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Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke asking him to exempt New York from plans to expand offshore drilling along the Atlantic Coast. In the letter Cuomo says if the drilling is started it would increase the risk of oil spills, contributes to the acceleration of climate change, and conflicts with the state's plans to develop offshore wind energy. The letter comes after Zinke exempted Florida from offshore drilling.


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Finding peace in the process: the art of Terry Norman
By Scott Woods, founder/executive director of Streetlight Guild, author and poet
Terry Norman is a self-taught artist who works most notably with charcoal and pastels creating detailed portraits with a photographic-level of intensity. His solo exhibition opens April 15, 2022 at Streetlight Guild.
Terry Norman
Scott: You're a self-taught artist, but your technical skill is very high end, very photorealistic and clean. Are you able to do that because you practiced so much, found good instruction, or because of natural ability?
Terry: I would say that it is a combination of natural skill, practice and research. I have always been pretty good at drawing what I saw, but also turned to YouTube, the internet and drawing books to learn what I didn't know. As I continued to do more, I learned different ways of getting types of textures down with the charcoal and how light would play a role in creating more of a 3D look. I taught myself how to process and put down on paper what my eyes saw and put that into simple shapes and shades to produce a realistic effect.
Scott: The subjects in your work have a wide range, from celebrities to fictional characters. How does a subject catch your eye, and is catching your eye enough to get you to sit down and draw them?
Terry: I would draw people that I grew up listening to or enjoyed watching on TV. Sometimes the look of a picture can really say so much about that person and really give you the essence of them. Those are the types of pictures that grab my attention. Pictures that give a feeling of who that person is. Also, with me doing them basically for practice and as a learning tool, I would see things in the pictures that I wanted to figure out how to draw, like hats or the texture in a piece of clothing or hair or maybe just how the eyes speak to me in a certain way. I like to challenge myself to see if I can draw it or not, and learned to be patient enough to sit and take my time no matter how long it took.
Scott: There is a lot of hip hop in your catalog. Do you have any influences on your work, artistic or otherwise?
Terry: I listen to a lot of music, with a range from hip hop, which I grew up on, to just about everything else. People would be surprised at what I'm listening to sometimes in my earphones while I draw. It can get pretty random. I grew up with hip hop from The Sugarhill Gang to what's hot now, so I would say I get a lot of influence from that because it's normally what's playing the most when I draw. But it's not possible for me to name one person.
Scott: You've sold work to a variety of buyers across the country. Do any of those sales stand out to you?
Terry: One of my collectors has five of my pieces; what he calls "Powerful Black Influencers" hanging in his home in Pennsylvania. It's pretty special seeing all of those hanging together and knowing the powerful impact those people have had.
Scott: How does the Columbus art community feed what you do?
A collage of portraits by Terry Norman.
Terry: I do what I do strictly off the love I have with being creative in different ways. Along this journey I have met some really talented people in the city with a range of all kinds of artistic abilities. I see what they do and it motivates me to just be creative. I also like to help the ones that don't get as much exposure, trying to help the city see what they also have to offer to the art community. I think Columbus is full of talent and full of so many people pushing their creativity level to the max. I just think more doors should be open so that their talent can be exposed.
Scott: Do you have any rituals for working? What does your process look like? Do you use a dedicated space?
Terry: I pretty much draw at home on my art table most of the time. Depending on how I feel about the picture I will either freehand the sketch or do a simple grid to get a perfect placement of things. I pop in some earphones, turn on the GoPro (I make timelapse videos), have a nice cold beverage to sip on, and I just go to work. It's a stress relieving and relaxing thing for me, so I can get lost for hours at a time in it.
Scott: When you draw portraits, where do you start?
Terry: I start with the eyes. Eyes are so unique and really tell a lot about a person. Plus it's one of the darkest areas on the face to me, so I can go dark with the charcoal and work out from there moving to shape the nose, then moving to the hairline, which is also a dark area. From there I'm kind of all over the picture, back and forth, building it up slowly until I'm happy with the skin and how the shape of the face is forming. It's a really slow process for me overall because I never rush. A single face normally takes me 25-35 hours depending on the amount of detail and texture that I'm trying to get. I normally have to make myself stop because I could just keep working on them forever, seeing things I could fix or feel I could do better. But once I sign it, I know I'm done with it and will not work on it anymore.
Scott: Why do you do what you do? Is it a calling, a love, or just something you've discovered you can do? Is that an either/or question at all?
Terry: I make art because I love to be creative. I don't restrict myself to one kind of art, I do all kinds of things to push my creative brain. I am somewhat of a perfectionist at doing things so I'm always pushing myself to do the best I can do. I like for people to know that if they ask me to do something that I'm going to try and put my all into it. With the charcoal drawings, painted shoes or just anything that I put my artistic touch to. I'm going do it because I love to do it and it's a peaceful place for me.
The Art of Terry Norman is up at Streetlight Gallery April 15 through June 18. The opening reception is 7-9 p.m., April 15. Regular gallery hours are Noon-3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Learn more about Streetlight Guild at StreetlightGuild.org.


The SciChallenge project is progressing well during the phase of preparing the contest. In the recent period of the project, several major steps towards the actual start of the contest were made. This includes the finalisation of the knowledge aggregation, which provided the basis for the development of the contest concept. Furthermore, it also included several steps for increasing awareness for the project.
Generally, there are two approaches to definition of tasks in the existing contests: (1) precisely defined problems or questions that contestants have to solve or answer, (2) broad categories or topics that contestants can choose to develop their projects. Science and engineering fairs usually define categories or topics that the contestants have to address in their project. The comparison also showed that other contests usually use online competition for the preliminary stages of the competition and then the finalists are invited to a face-to-face competition. Furthermore, most of the existing competitions are multi-stage. They are organized at regional, national and international level. The winners of the lower stage proceed to the higher stage of the competition. The analysis also highlights that the evaluation of the projects of science and engineering fairs tend to be more complex. Contestants describe their projects with multiple artefacts: technical report (up to 20 pages), presentation slides, YouTube video, demonstration prototypes. The good practice analysis highlighted many important aspects, from which the consortium drew inspirations for SciChallenge. Therefore, they served as general guidelines for the development of the SciChallenge contest.
The consortium developed a precise concept for the contest, including the many inspirations from other examples. Starting with 50 topic sheets, which are provided on the SciChallenge Platform, the participants will dig deeper into a topic and prepare their contribution. The participants can either prepare a posters, a presentation or a video. For submitting their contribution, the participants have to follow a 2-step process. First, the contribution in the form of a poster, presentation slides or a video is uploaded in one of the main Social Media sites, which guarantee a broad distribution and intuitive functionalities. Second, the participants will register on the SciChallenge Platform for the contest and include the link to their contribution.
Regarding the rating, SciChallenge combines online community rating with traditional jury rating to rank the contributions of contestants. In order to be among the winners, the contributions need to present the problem in a clear manner, include a scientific approach (based on existing knowledge), are creative regarding their realization, have an added value that ensures a sustainable exploitation and sharing beyond the contest, and present ideas and future thinking aiming at addressing major challenges.
Based on these aspects, the 12 final winners of SciChallenge will be selected. All winners will receive a trip to the final award event taking place in Vienna in July 2017 as well as additional prizes.
In order to promote SciChallenge, a video was produced and uploaded on YouTube. It provides initial information on the contest and should motivate young people and teachers to keep track of SciChallenge.
The project consortium has also been active in dissemination activities since the project started. Dissemination actions include website articles, presentations on external events and conferences, participation on open days and workshops as well as online and social media promotion. This includes an article in the HiPEAC Info 46 as well as presentations at the conference "New Perspectives in Science Education" in Italy (March 2016), at the "EUROMATH" in Greece (March 2016) or at the "PCST Conference" in Istanbul (April 2016). The reactions of the different audiences were very positive and flyers were distributed.
In order to start the SciChallenge contest on time, an early prototype of the webplatform is currently developed. It will be finalized until the beginning of the contest. Furthermore, toolkits – in the sense of guidelines and instructions – are currently developed. They aim at the participants as well as at teachers and parents and provide information on the rules and required steps for participating in the contest. In order to inspire the participants, 50 topic sheets are currently prepared. These 1-page sheets present an overview of a broad variety of STEM-topics from different angles and should serve as a catalyst for preparing a contribution for the SciChallenge contest. The actual promotion of the contest will then start in July and August.


The debate over federal funding for "green energy" companies has been revived by A123 Systems' bankruptcy filing.
Battery maker A123 Systems, a one-time darling of the U.S. electric car industry and recipient of millions in government funding, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday.
The filing highlights the controversy over federal subsidies for "green energy" companies that has been a part of the 2012 presidential campaign.
A123 (AONE) has $144 million in debt and missed a $2.7 million interest payment on Oct. 15.
In 2009, A123 received $249 million in federal funding for advanced battery technology manufacturing at two sites in Michigan -- Romulus and Brownstown.
The funding was part of $2.4 billion in stimulus funds designed to jump start advanced vehicle manufacturing in the United States.
A123, based in Waltham, Mass., manufactures lithium ion batteries for electric cars.
A123 sprang out of research labs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001 and was founded with $100,000 in seed money from the U.S. government. Its advanced batteries were once hailed as the American answer to a sector largely dominated by Asian firms.
The company had a high-flying debut on the U.S. stock market in 2009, with its shares surging over 50% on its first day.
But demand for electric vehicles has not materialized as fast as some had hoped. The weak economy has hurt, as has the high cost of electric vehicles.
The A123 filing follows the bankruptcy of at least four other companies that received government money under Obama -- Battery maker Ener1, energy storage company Beacon Power, and solar panel makers Abound Solar and Solyndra.
Its bankruptcy provides fodder for Republicans critical of President Obama's funding for alternative energy companies.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney seized the opportunity. "A123's bankruptcy is yet another failure for the president's disastrous strategy of gambling away billions of taxpayer dollars on a strategy of government-led growth that simply does not work," Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said in a statement.
Adam Fletcher, campaign spokesman for President Obama, replied, "Romney is again hypocritically hiding the truth: He picked his own winners and losers with taxpayer dollars as Governor of Massachusetts, loaning millions to two companies run by his donors. They later defaulted on those loans, leaving taxpayers with the bill and eliminating jobs."
A123 Systems said it has reached an agreement to sell its automotive assets to Johnson Controls (JCI) Inc., an auto parts company.
The company's bankruptcy filing comes just two months after Chinese auto parts maker Wanxiang Group Corp. announced plans to invest up to $465 million in A123.
That deal sparked controversy at the time, with some lawmakers questioning a Chinese company's involvement in A123, which had over $20 million in contracts with the U.S. military.
Critics say the government does not have the expertise to pick winners and losers in the fast-moving alternative energy sector, and should restrict its funding to basic research.
Obama and others say this funding is crucial to support small companies that are competing against energy giants in the fossil fuel industry, which have often enjoyed decades of favorable government policies. They also note that most of the companies the government has funded are still going concerns.


TOPIC : THE GOSPEL OF SATAN. PART 1.
Satan is the arch-counterfeiter. As we have seen, the Devil is now busy at work in the same field in which the Lord sowed the good seed. He is seeking to prevent the growth of the wheat by another plant, the tares, which closely resembles the wheat in appearance.
In a word, by a process of imitation he is aiming to neutralize the Work of Christ. Therefore, as Christ has a Gospel, Satan has a gospe too; the latter being a cleaver counterfeit of the former. So closely does the gospel of Satan resemble that which it parodies, multitudes of the unsaved are deceived by it.
It is to this gospel of Satan the apostle refers when he says to the Galatians, "I marvel that you are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another, but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the Gospel of Christ" (1:6,7).
This false gospel was being heralded even in the days of the apostle, and a most awful curse was called down upon those who preached it.
By the help of God we shall now endeavor to expound, or rather, expose, this false gospel.
The gospel of Satan is not a system of revolutionary principles, nor yet a program of anarchy. It does not promote strife and war, but aims at peace and unity.
It endeavors to occupy man so much with this world that he has no time or inclination to think of the world to come. It propagates the principles of self-sacrifice, charity and benevolence, and teaches us to live for the good of others, and to be kind to all.
It appeals strongly to the carnal mind and is popular with the masses, because it ignores the solemn facts that by nature man is a fallen creature, alienated from the life of God, and dead in trespasses and sins, and that his only hope lies in being born again.
In contradistinction to the Gospel of Christ, the gospel of Satan teaches salvation by works. It inculcates justification before God on the ground of human merits.
Its sacramental phrase is "Be good and do good"; but it fails to recognize that in the flesh there dwells no good thing. It announces salvation by character, which reverses the order of God's Word—character by, as the fruit of, salvation.
Its various ramifications and organizations are manifold. Temperance, Reform movements, "Christian Socialist Leagues," ethical culture societies, "Peace Congresses" are all employed (perhaps unconsciously) in proclaiming this gospel of Satan—salvation by works.
The apostles of Satan are not saloon-keepers and white-slave traffickers, but are for the most part ordained ministers.
Thousands of those who occupy our modern pulpits are no longer engaged in presenting the fundamentals of the Christian Faith, but have turned aside from the Truth and have given heed unto fables.
Instead of magnifying the enormity of sin and setting forth its eternal consequences, they minimize it by declaring that sin is merely ignorance or the absence of good. Instead of warning their hearers to "flee from the wrath to come" they make God a liar by declaring that He is too loving and merciful to send any of His own creatures to eternal torment.
Instead of declaring that "without shedding of blood is no remission," "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God" (Rom 10:3).
Their message may sound very plausible and their aim appear very praise-worthy, yet we read of them—"for such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves [imitating] into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of Light.
Therefore, it is no great thing [not to be wondered at] if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works" (2 Cor 11:13-15).
In addition to the fact that today hundreds of churches are without a leader who faithfully declares the whole counsel of God and presents His way of salvation, we also have to face the additional fact that the majority of people in these churches are very unlikely to learn the Truth for themselves.
The family altar, where a portion of God's Word was accustomed to be read daily is now, even in the homes of nominal Christians, largely a thing of the past. The Bible is not expounded in the pulpit and it is not read in the pew.
The demands of this rushing age are so numerous, that the multitudes have little time and still less inclination to make preparation for the meeting with God.
Hence the majority who are too indolent to search for themselves, are left at the mercy of those whom they pay to search for them; many of whom betray their trust by studying and expounding economic and social problems rather than the Oracles of God.
In Proverbs 14:12 we read, "There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." This "way" which ends in "death" is the Devil's Delusion—the gospel of Satan—a way of salvation by human attainment.


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