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Jews and Palestinians: A little history remembered
by Jonathan Adelman and Asaf Romirowsky
YNet News
https://romirowsky.com/14869/jews-palestinians-history
The failure of American-mediated peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the likely creation of a Hamas-Fatah government in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip have cast deep shadows over the Middle East.
Harry Truman once said that the only new history is the history that we have forgotten. This is especially true of the Palestinians, whose history has been forgotten by many.
When the 1948 war between Israelis and Arabs is bathed in the color of a Palestinian "nakba" (catastrophe), few remember that the United Nations in November 1947 by a 33-12 vote adopted Resolution 181 that called for the creation of a Jewish state and a Palestinian state. The 650,000 Jews in British Palestine declared independence in May, 1948 and won their battle for statehood.
The United States and the Soviet Union immediately recognized Israel, followed by leading European countries. In 1949 Israel, by an even larger 37-12 vote, was admitted to the UN General Assembly, and in 1950 Muslim Turkey and largely Hindu India recognized Israel. Today 160 states recognize Israel.
By contrast, the Palestinians were the only people who ever turned down statehood. They joined with five Arab states to try to destroy the new Jewish state. Why did they do this?
Lacking a strong national consciousness, they followed the Arab League. As the Jews lacked an army, tanks, airplanes or cadre of professional officers, had a vulnerable 9-mile waist and no history of martial valor, this seemed to be a safe bet. The victories of the Arab forces from December 1947 to March 1948, the numerous British bases handed over to Arab forces as the British evacuated Palestine, British weapons sold to Jordan and Iraq and professional British military leadership of the Jordanian Legion reinforced these notions. Too, 1.2 million Palestinian Arabs greatly outnumbered 650,000 Jews. The Arabs also knew that most experts (including Marshal Bernard Montgomery) believed that Arab victory was inevitable.
Arab rejectionism, long a part of Palestinian identity before 1948, was reinforced by the refugee camps after the defeat in 1948. During the fall of 1949 an American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) staffer reported a large sign in a refugee camp that read:
1. Send us back home.
2. Compensate us.
3. Maintain us until we are refreshed.
This is the epitome of Palestianism at large.
From 1948 to 1967, during Egyptian rule of Gaza and Jordanian rule of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, there was no serious Arab effort to create a Palestinian state. Except for Jordan, the Palestinians were denied citizenship, discriminated against by Arab states and often maltreated in the refugee camps.
After the Israeli victory in the Six-Day War, up to 150,000 Palestinians in the occupied territories crossed the border to work and traveled freely in Israel. This ended with the first intifada (1987-1991) and second intifada (2000-2005). By 2005 the Israelis withdrew from Gaza, which two years later came under the control of radical Hamas.
The Arab world, seeing Palestinians as potentially disruptive of their political order, has done little for the Palestinians. Egypt and Jordan, which signed peace treaties with Israel in 1979 and 1994 respectively, saw national concerns trumping political concerns. Most aid for the Palestinians has come from the European Union and the United States, not the Arab states. During the Arab Spring, there has been almost no mention of the Palestinian issue by Arabs of any political stripe.
And what about the Palestinians who remained in Israel after 1948? During the first period of Israeli rule (1948-1965), the Palestinians were not treated well under military rule. Freed from military rule in 1965, there remains significant job discrimination and a condescending Israeli attitude.
But there has also been significant progress. The 156,000 Israeli Palestinians of 1948 have grown to 1.6 million people. The average Palestinian, who had two years of education in 1948, today has 11 years of education, while women are the majority of high school graduates. Fully 12% of Israeli university students are Palestinians.
Israeli Palestinians are Israeli citizens with passports, access to Israeli hospitals, schools, social welfare and courts. Palestinian life expectancy of 79 years is almost 10 years higher than life expectancy in the Arab world while Palestinian income per capita ($15,000/capita) is 50% higher than in the Arab world.
There are a dozen Palestinians in the 120-seat Knesset (Israeli parliament), several in the Israeli foreign service and one on the Israeli Supreme Court. Progress has been slow but real.
Polls show that most Israeli Palestinians, like East Jerusalem Palestinians, would stay in Israel rather than move to a Palestinian state once created.
The reality, both good and bad, turns out to be much more complex than the simple picture often posited of the history of the Palestinians.
Jonathan Adelman is a professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and Asaf Romirowsky is the executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) and co-author of "Religion, Politics, and the Origins of Palestine Refugee Relief."


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Dragon fruit, rich in nutrients and low in calories, may be beneficial for fighting chronic illnesses, improving gut health, and boosting immunity. It is high in fiber as well as various vitamins and minerals including manganese and iron. Health benefits of dragon fruit include its ability to aid in weight loss, control diabetes, improve digestion, lower cholesterol, and boost energy levels. It may also be protective against certain cancers and heart diseases, defend against bacteria and fungi and optimize the overall functioning of the body.
Dragon fruit is an exotic and delicious fruit, also considered a tropical superfood, because of its wealth of benefits. It is also known as pitaya or pitahaya, and some call it a strawberry pear. However, pitaya technically differs from dragon fruit (pitahaya), as the former comes from genus Stenocereus while the latter comes from Hylocereus. The dragon fruit has its origins in Mexico, South America, and Central America. It is suspected that the New World settlers probably brought it to Southeast Asian nations like Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines, where it remains an important part of the dietary fruit intake. Now, it's not just the healthy fruit, but also nutrient-rich pitaya powder, that is available worldwide.
Apart from the fruit, the peel of the dragon fruit is found to be useful in pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and nutraceutical applications, as per 2011 research published in the Journal of Food Science.
Dragon fruit is low in calories and rich in antioxidants, making it a good addition to any weight loss diet. According to the USDA, the fruit contains good amounts of fiber, lycopene, and carbohydrates as well as water-soluble vitamins such as carotene, vitamin C and B vitamins niacin and riboflavin. The mineral wealth of this fruit is also high and includes magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and sodium.
Dragon fruit is believed to contain phytonutrients that prevent various diseases. Also, research published in Food Chemistry suggests that there are polyunsaturated fatty acids (linoleic acid and linolenic acid), and omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids in the seeds of these fruits.
The health benefits of the dragon fruit are mainly attributed to its antioxidant, antibacterial, and nutritional properties. The benefits include boosting immunity, faster metabolism, and a smoother digestive process.
A recent study on dragon fruit showed that this fruit may have anticancer properties particularly in the case of colon cancer. Along with the antioxidant quality of vitamin C that boosts the immune system, dragon fruits also contain other sources of natural antioxidants.
According to research, carotene and lycopene, found in these fruits, are potent antioxidants that have been linked to a number of anti-carcinogenic qualities. They help in reducing the chances of prostate cancer as well as the size of tumors in the body. As dragon fruits boost your immune system, it is a good first step for those frequently getting sick, or even at a high risk of developing cancer.
The high level of vitamin C found in dragon fruit helps boost immunity and it stimulates the activity of other antioxidants in the body as well. According to a 2011 research study, the flesh and the peel of the white and red pitayas have high polyphenol and flavonoid content which can help eliminate free radicals. This has been linked to preventing the proliferation of cancer cells. Also, these antioxidants work to increase the platelet count, thus treat dengue and help a faster recovery.
Research published in Food Chemistry also suggests that dragon fruits are rich in oligosaccharides that help promote the growth of gut bacteria like lactobacilli and bifidobacteria. A 2015 study on natural prebiotics in Thailand showed that the fruit helped increase healthy gut flora, which is important for smooth digestion.
Dragon fruits have a high fiber content, which means that they can help bulk up bowel movements, facilitating smooth passage through the digestive tract, stimulating peristaltic motion, and inducing a release of digestive juices. By regulating bowel function with dietary fiber, this fruit helps in preventing conditions like constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, and even colorectal cancer.
Regular consumption of dragon fruit is linked to a reduction in blood sugar levels, which is beneficial for type 2 diabetics and those with pre-diabetes. In a 2017 research review study, it was found that overall pre-diabetics showed a noticeable reduction in blood sugar levels as compared to people who had not eaten dragon fruit. Furthermore, prediabetics with higher consumption of dragon fruit showed greater blood glucose reduction.
Iron, present in dragon fruits, is good for boosting the hemoglobin levels in anemic individuals. It also aids in the production of red blood cells (RBCs), which then helps in the proper oxygenation of vital organs.
Research published in the Journal of Food Science indicates that due to a high polyphenol and flavonoid content, and antioxidant activity it can be used for cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications both.
Dragon fruit is also packed with vitamins and minerals such as vitamin C and the B-vitamins as well as magnesium. Benefits of magnesium include improving bone health and heart health. The B1, B2, and B3 vitamins help improve everything from blood pressure, skin health, and cholesterol levels to thyroid function, fluctuating hemoglobin levels, and carbohydrate metabolism.
The antioxidants in dragon fruit may help fight the signs of aging by reducing the harmful effects of free radicals in the body. They also aid in treating sunburn, acne, and dry skin. Vitamin C, contained in many fruits but particularly dragon fruit helps brighten the skin. Try adding dried dragon fruit powder to your daily juices and watch your skin become radiant.
Dragon fruit contains no unhealthy saturated fats. This leads to higher levels of HDL ("good" cholesterol) and lower levels of LDL ("bad" cholesterol) in the body. The chances of developing plaque in the arteries and veins are less, thereby reducing your chances of suffering from atherosclerosis, heart attacks, and strokes.
Adding dragon fruit or adding dragon fruit extract powder to your daily diet helps in keeping the hair nourished and healthy. Its high amounts of nutrients help to reduce the damage done to hair by the chemicals present in artificial hair color. It also helps improve the texture and bring back the shine to your hair.
Dragon fruit powder is rich in anti-inflammatory properties, which help in reducing the pain caused by arthritis and other medical conditions.
Dragon fruit is known to inhibit the growth of human cytochrome P450, a protein found in the liver. This protein is often linked with the occurrence of congenital glaucoma. Also, according to research published in the journal Food Chemistry, the beta-carotene content in this fruit helps in preventing macular degeneration and cataract formation by keep the eyes protected from harmful free radicals.
Dragon fruit is higher in calcium than many other fruits and can, therefore, help contribute to the daily calcium requirements needed to keep your bones healthy, improves the bone mineral density, and prevents osteoporosis. A study done by Tufts University showed that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables offers the right mix of nutrients, protein, and calcium to boost bone density.
Dragon fruit is beneficial for pregnant women as it contains iron, B vitamins, and folate. Studies show that iron helps in preventing hemoglobin deficiency and also in preventing the occurrence of anemia. The B vitamins and folate help prevent birth defects and boost energy.
Also, the mild laxative properties of dragon fruit help loosen the stool and regulate bowel movements. Moreover, the calcium content in it aids in the bone development of the fetus, thereby contributing to a healthy pregnancy. High levels of calcium and magnesium also help fight osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
Dragon fruits contain B vitamins and are rich in vitamin C, both of which help in keeping the cell membranes healthy. This activity of the vitamins may help prevent the occurrence of cognitive disorders and keeps your brain functioning like Einstein!
It's high time you add dragon fruit to your diet if you are suffering from respiratory disorders like asthma. Dragon fruit extract capsules are also available, which help provide vitamin C and antioxidants. There is evidence that higher intakes of fruit and vegetables may have a positive impact on respiratory issues.
Fresh dragon fruit can be bought at your local supermarket and it is even available online. When choosing a dragon fruit, make sure the skin does not have brown spots. If the fruit is soft, it has probably gone bad. Consider red dragon fruit chips as a healthy snack option for everyone, including adults and kids. Since the fruit is seasonal, you can also use freeze-dried dragon fruit powder, packed with antioxidants, in your smoothie, granola, yogurt, and raw desserts.
Yellow skin with white flesh.
There are sweet and sour dragon fruits, depending on the species, shape, and size. In terms of the most common form of dragon fruit, it is slightly smaller than a cantaloupe, red in color, and covered in broad spiky growths.
When you cut it open, the texture of the fruit's meat is like a kiwi, and it is filled with small black seeds. The meat of the fruit is used to make wine and can be strained into other beverages, while the leaves of dragon fruit can be steeped for a very healthy form of tea. The rough outer skin has little nutritional value and is rarely eaten.
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Indigenous Women and Girls at Great Risk of Human Trafficking, Survivor Says
"They think we're broken, but we're not."
Just like violence against Indigenous women and girls has been a quietened problem for many years, human trafficking is a secretive issue that must be addressed in order to improve gender equality and human rights. Join Global Citizen and take action now.
Human trafficking is a difficult issue to address — it's a purposefully hidden practice affecting and exploiting millions around the world.
But despite its invisible nature, it's abundantly clear that Indigenous women and girls are disproportionately affected in Canada. And human trafficking survivor Bridget Perrier wants everyone to know it.
Perrier, an Anishinaabe woman, was adopted in Thunder Bay, Ontario, when she was 5 weeks old by a non-Indigenous family in 1976 in the Sixties Scoop, CBC reported.
She was molested by a family friend when she was 8 years old and was surrendered to the Children's Aid Society when she was 11. From there, she ended up in a group home, where older girls introduced her to the sex trade. She recalled the first time she was brought to a man's house, where the girls told her to laugh, Perrier told CBC.
"The more you laughed, the more $100 bills were left under the Kleenex box," Perrier said. "For a little girl, that's a lot of money."
The same year, a woman who ran a brothel recruited Perrier.
Related Stories June 25, 2019 Thomson Reuters Foundation Southeast Asia Urged to Improve Women's Rights to Stop Bride Trafficking
Then, only 12 years old, Perrier said she was manipulated to stay, as the madam drew on her insecurities. She experienced many terrible events during this time of her life, including being held captive for 43 hours, during which time she was raped and tortured by a man. She had ventured out to make money outside of the brothel. She was 14.
Perrier escaped and received medical help, including internal stitches. The man was found and received just two years in a federal penitentiary.
Following her time with the brothel, Perrier ended up working under a pimp, who moved her to Toronto, threatening her with violence, and beating her if she disobeyed him.
Sadly, Perrier's story is not unique.
Human trafficking is hard to address in Canada and around the world, as collecting data is challenging.
In Canada, for instance, police services only reported 340 incidents of human trafficking in Canada in 2016, but the RCMP Criminal Intelligence estimated in the past that hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked in Canada every year. Between 2009 and 2016, 72% of human trafficking victims were under 25.
Related Stories May 22, 2018 Thomson Reuters Foundation Swedish Girls Fearing Forced Marriage Told to Hide Spoon in Underwear
The majority of human trafficking court cases result in decisions of stayed or withdrawn, according to Statistics Canada.
The final report released earlier this month by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls includes calls to action on sex trafficking, as it includes information on exploitation and human trafficking of Indigenous women and girls, including survivor testimonies.
Perrier warns that Indigenous women and girls are at greater risk for human trafficking. She said that she even avoided telling people she was Indigenous when she was in the sex trade, as she said Indigenous women experienced the worst violence.
Related Stories June 25, 2019 Canada Will Dedicate $13M to Commemorating Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Her first child, a son she had when she was 16, had developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia at 9 months, and died when he was five. His death pushed her to find a way out.
"They think we're broken, but we're not," Perrier said. "I have a good resilience, I just have a lot of fractures."
In 1999, Perrier delivered her daughter and entered transitional housing at Nekenaan Second Stage Housing. She got her high school diploma, then studied social work at George Brown College. She co-founded Sex Trade 101, an anti-sex trafficking lobbying organization.
Now 43, Perrier lives in Toronto and advocates for support for survivors of human trafficking.
TopicsCitizenshipWomen & Girlssex traffickinghuman traffickingNational Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and GirlsMMIWGgender equalityMissing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls


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Chisenhale Gallery presents a special limited edition artwork by Caragh Thuring, as part of the gallery's Archive Editions series.
Working with artists who have participated in Chisenhale Gallery's programme, Archive Editions are new works, donated by the artists to raise funds to realise the gallery's artistic programme and support the next generation of pioneering artists.
Through her paintings, Thuring recycles and repositions imagery examining open-ended narratives and the speed at which images are consumed. In 2014, Chisenhale Gallery presented a new body of paintings by Thuring, which explored pertinent questions surrounding contemporary image making, asking exactly how much information is required to satisfy intention and how this contributes to the generation of meaning.
Thuring's new edition for Chisenhale Gallery, Snake Wall, 2018, comprises a silhouette of a submarine, hand painted by the artist onto a bespoke woven fabric. The brick design of the cloth is a digital reworking by Thuring of an earlier painting, Brick Lady (2013) reconstructed on a loom. With image built into the surface before paint is added, the fabric wraps around the stretchers' edge, further acknowledging the edition's three-dimensional presence. The submarine is disruptive and mysterious, alluding to what is beyond but can't fully be seen or understood. As such, Snake Wall becomes an incomplete story, with an enigmatic logic.
Caragh Thuring (b. 1972) lives and works in London. Solo exhibitions include: Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco (2018); Thomas Dane Gallery, London (2016); Simon Preston Gallery, New York (2015) and Chisenhale Gallery, London (2014). Selected group exhibitions include: Criminal Orientation, Attenborough Arts Centre, then touring. Virginia Woolf, An exhibition inspired by her writings, Tate St Ives, Cornwall; touring to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (all 2018); Voyage, Galeria Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo (2017); Call and Response, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York (2015) and Woman's Art Society II, MOSTYN, Llandudno (2015).
Caragh Thuring is represented by Thomas Dane, London and Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco.


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Have you ever considered moving to Earth? I'm sure you could become a scientist or an engineer and make a lot of money. You're a citizen of Saudi Arabia, right? They have lots of big corporations there. Lots of jobs for smart people.
Kelvin,
Nah. I don't want to live on Earth. I'm a moon gal. Besides, it would be a huge medical hassle. I've been here more than half my life, so my body is used to ?th of your gravity. Before I could go to Earth I'd have to do a bunch of exercise and take special pills to stimulate muscle and bone growth. Then I'd have to spend hours every day in a centrifuge…bleh. No thanks.
Talk to Charisse you chickenshit.
I slinked along a huge corridor on Aldrin Down 7. I didn't really have to sneak around—at this ungodly hour, no one was in sight.
Five a.m. was a largely theoretical concept to me. I knew it existed, but I rarely observed it. Nor did I want to. But this morning was different. Trond insisted on secrecy, so we had to meet before normal working hours.
Barn doors towered every twenty meters. The lots here were few and large, a testament to how much money these businesses had handy. Trond's company workshop was labeled only with a sign reading LD7-4030—LANDVIK INDUSTRIES.
I knocked on the door. A second later, it slid partially open. Trond poked his head out and looked both ways down the hall.
"Were you followed?"
"Of course," I said. "And I led them straight to you. Turns out I'm not very bright."
"Smartass."
"Come in." He gestured me forward.
I slipped in and he immediately closed the door. I didn't know if he thought this was stealthy or what. But hey, he was paying me a million slugs. We could play 007 if he wanted.
The workshop was effectively a garage. A huge garage. Seriously, I'd kill to have that space. I'd make a little house in one corner and then, I don't know, install fake grass in the rest of it? Four identical harvesters, each in its own bay, filled the room.
I walked over to the nearest harvester and looked up at it. "Wow."
"Yeah," Trond said. "You don't realize how big they are until you see one up close."
"How did you get them into town without anyone knowing?"
"It wasn't easy," Trond said. "I had them shipped here in pieces. Only my most trusted people even know about it. I pieced together a staff of seven mechanics who know how to keep their mouths shut."
I scanned the cavernous workshop. "Anyone else here?"
"Of course not. I don't want anyone knowing I hired you."
"I'm hurt."
The harvester stood four meters tall, five meters wide, and ten meters long. Reflective material coated the hull to minimize solar heating. Each of the beast's six wheels was a meter and a half across. The bulk of the machine was a huge, empty basin. Powerful hydraulics on the front and a hinge on the rear provided the basin's dumping mechanism.
The front of the harvester had a scoop with associated articulation. There was no passenger compartment, of course. Harvesters were automated—though they could be remote-controlled when necessary. A sealed metal box rested where you might expect a cockpit. It bore the Toyota logo, along with the word "Tsukuruma" in a stylish font.
Roll-around toolboxes and maintenance equipment surrounded the harvester wherever the workers had left off at the end of their shift.
"Okay," I said, taking in the scene. "This is going to be a challenge."
"What's the problem?" Trond walked over to one of the wheels and leaned against it. "It's just a robot—it doesn't have any defenses. Its only AI is for pathing. I'm sure you and a big tank of acetylene could figure something out."
"This thing is a tank, Trond. It's not going to be easy to kill." I walked partially around the harvester and got a closer look at the undercarriage. "And it's got cameras everywhere."
"Of course it does," said Trond. "It needs them to navigate."
"It sends video back to its controllers," I said. "Once it goes offline, the controllers will roll back to footage to see what happened. They'll see me."
"So cover up any identifying marks on your EVA suit," Trond said. "No problem."
"Oh there's a problem. They'll call the EVA masters to ask what the hell's going on, and then the EVA masters will come out to get me. They won't know who I am, but they can drag my ass back inside and have a Scooby-Doo moment when they pull my helmet off."
He walked around to my side of the harvester. "I see your point."
I ran my hands through my hair. I hadn't showered that morning. I felt like I was a wad of grease that had been dipped in a vat of dirtier grease. "I need to come up with something that has a delayed effect. So it'll happen after I get back inside."
"And don't forget, you've got to total the things. If there's anything left to fix, Sanchez's repair crews will have them up and running in days."
"Yeah, I know." I pinched my chin. "Where's the battery?"
"In the forward compartment. The box with the Toyota logo on it."


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I guess you have heard this at least once until now, but I can't stress it enough. People still believe that if you make things more complicated, with more features or options, they're going to be more attractive.
Actually the opposite is true. People want the simplest way that will solve their needs.
The trick is to find the needs and to find a way to combine them and offer a product to satisfy different needs, but which are similar and can be covered by the same product.
A pen will always be a pen. It solves a basic need and that's all they do. On the other hand, phones have turned into smart phones that satisfy a lot of different needs right now. That's because people love comfort and availability. But overdoing it, adding too many features and trying to turn it into something else, will probably ruin it.
There is no such thing as too simple. Find the need and create a product to satisfy it. If you can merge more needs into one product then it's even better. But remember, keep it simple, no matter how many needs you address.


Drywall is a sturdy wall material but not sturdy enough to support heavy weights. Many pictures don't qualify as heavy weights, and you need little more than a nail to hang them. When their weight exceeds 5 to 10 pounds, however, you're safer using wall anchors -- unless there is a stud or rafter available -- and the type of anchor you need depends on where you're placing the picture and how heavy it is.
Resist the temptation to hang light pictures on nails, and use picture hangers instead. A hanger is designed so that the nail holding it sinks in at a steep angle, and the hanger itself prevents the nail from straightening out. Some hangers are attached to an adhesive pad, which gives them even more support. Hangers can hold a surprising amount of weight -- up to 50 pounds of downward force. One of their primary advantages is that they make a very small hole that you can easily fill when you move the picture.
You have a choice of three different types of plastic anchors for hanging pictures, but only two give you an advantage over a plastic picture hanger, which is a relatively new addition to the home improvement market. Plastic hangers look like conventional metal ones, but have tow spikes that dig into the drywall, and can hold up to 100 pounds of downward force before failing. By contrast, the largest conical plastic anchors fail at 80 pounds. Plastic screw anchors and wing anchors can hold more weight, but you need to make a larger hole to install them, and you must also supply the screw.
Two-part systems consisting of a metal sleeve that you fasten to the drywall and a bolt that you screw into it are at the top end of the strength scale for wall anchors. Molly bolts differ from toggle bolts in the manner in which they adhere, and both are permanent. If you ever want to "erase" them, you often have to cut them out. Toggle bolts are the stronger of the two and can support weights in excess of 300 pounds. The hole you need to predrill for one can be as large as 3/4 inches.
The maximum weight you can support from a wall anchor is limited by the strength of the drywall itself. If you put enough weight on a toggle bolt, it can tear through the wall, especially if the weight is directed outward as well as down. It would be unusual for a picture to produce enough force to do that, but if you aren't sure, it is safer to drive screws or nails into the wall studs. Similarly, using drywall anchors to hang heavy weights from the ceiling is never a good idea. It's safer to screw hooks into the rafters.
Deziel, Chris. "How to Hang Pictures in Drywall." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/hang-pictures-drywall-48853.html. 10 December 2018.


Blogtoberfest 2012, certainly, in many ways, not two whole years. But in others, it seems a lifetime ago. In those two years I've fallen pregnant, grown a baby, given birth & raised that tiny human from a newborn into a very active, very cheeky, very adorable toddler. My creative life has stretched and changed and grown as it needed to, to fit in around the demands of mothering four little people. Part of that meant Blogtoberfest last year needed to be put aside – I had a 3.5wk old baby, posting daily was not something I needed to add to my list of "things to do to survive today". But with baby now a toddler, I've heard the siren's call and signed up for this year.
There will be a mix of sewing and Project Life and writing and arting and… Already my creative mojo is flowing with new projects and ideas, and that alone, is enough to call it, on day three, a success. Presuming I can live up to my own hype going on in my head. 31 days. 31 posts. Let's do this!
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Q: Why does Spring batch multithreaded step break additional repository hibernate queries in ItemProcessor? I working on transforming a gigantic DB2 schema with about 30-40 tables into a streamlined JSON format via Spring Batch. My process works just fine with one thread, but as soon as I increase the thread pool size to enable multi-threading my step, my ItemProcessor breaks down with infuriatingly cryptic and incomprehensible errors.
I just don't understand how my Processor could possibly not be thread-safe: I'm not maintaining state anywhere, I'm just making a few extra repository calls to enrich the data, since I couldn't get the reader to pull in everything I need. And one such repository call is throwing an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException! I even added a @Transactional annotation to my processor and called it using Java's multithreaded java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService - works just fine there too.
I just can't seem to figure out why my Spring Batch multithreaded step would break my Item Processor's simple repository queries. I even intermittently get LazyLoading exceptions! Isn't an Item Processor supposed to be wrapped in a transaction? And intermittently I see absolutely nonsensical exceptions about class-cast exceptions, where a one to many mapping is returning the wrong Entity type! Again, this all works perfectly for the same data set in one thread. Is my configuration wrong?
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1765
    at org.hibernate.engine.internal.EntityEntryContext.reentrantSafeEntityEntries(EntityEntryContext.java:319) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.14.Final.jar!/:5.3.14.Final]
    at org.hibernate.engine.internal.StatefulPersistenceContext.reentrantSafeEntityEntries(StatefulPersistenceContext.java:1156) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.14.Final.jar!/:5.3.14.Final]
    at org.hibernate.event.internal.AbstractFlushingEventListener.prepareEntityFlushes(AbstractFlushingEventListener.java:145) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.14.Final.jar!/:5.3.14.Final]
    at org.hibernate.event.internal.AbstractFlushingEventListener.flushEverythingToExecutions(AbstractFlushingEventListener.java:83) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.14.Final.jar!/:5.3.14.Final]
    at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultAutoFlushEventListener.onAutoFlush(DefaultAutoFlushEventListener.java:46) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.14.Final.jar!/:5.3.14.Final]
    at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.autoFlushIfRequired(SessionImpl.java:1433) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.14.Final.jar!/:5.3.14.Final]
    at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.list(SessionImpl.java:1519) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.14.Final.jar!/:5.3.14.Final]
    at org.hibernate.query.internal.AbstractProducedQuery.doList(AbstractProducedQuery.java:1538) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.14.Final.jar!/:5.3.14.Final]
    at org.hibernate.query.internal.AbstractProducedQuery.list(AbstractProducedQuery.java:1506) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.14.Final.jar!/:5.3.14.Final]
    at org.hibernate.query.Query.getResultList(Query.java:132) ~[hibernate-core-5.3.14.Final.jar!/:5.3.14.Final]
    at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query.JpaQueryExecution$CollectionExecution.doExecute(JpaQueryExecution.java:129) ~[spring-data-jpa-2.1.14.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.14.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query.JpaQueryExecution.execute(JpaQueryExecution.java:91) ~[spring-data-jpa-2.1.14.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.14.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query.AbstractJpaQuery.doExecute(AbstractJpaQuery.java:136) ~[spring-data-jpa-2.1.14.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.14.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query.AbstractJpaQuery.execute(AbstractJpaQuery.java:125) ~[spring-data-jpa-2.1.14.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.14.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.doInvoke(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:605) ~[spring-data-commons-2.1.14.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.14.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.lambda$invoke$3(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:595) ~[spring-data-commons-2.1.14.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.14.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor$$Lambda$541/246846952.get(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
    at org.springframework.data.repository.util.QueryExecutionConverters$$Lambda$540/1619129136.apply(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
    at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.invoke(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:595) ~[spring-data-commons-2.1.14.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.14.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) [spring-aop-5.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.data.projection.DefaultMethodInvokingMethodInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMethodInvokingMethodInterceptor.java:59) ~[spring-data-commons-2.1.14.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.14.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) [spring-aop-5.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor$$Lambda$539/1493625851.proceedWithInvocation(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.invokeWithinTransaction(TransactionAspectSupport.java:295) ~[spring-tx-5.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:98) ~[spring-tx-5.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) [spring-aop-5.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.invoke(PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.java:139) ~[spring-tx-5.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) [spring-aop-5.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor$CrudMethodMetadataPopulatingMethodInterceptor.invoke(CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor.java:144) ~[spring-data-jpa-2.1.14.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.14.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) [spring-aop-5.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor$ExposeRepositoryInvocationInterceptor.invoke(CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor.java:364) ~[spring-data-jpa-2.1.14.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.14.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) [spring-aop-5.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.invoke(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.java:93) ~[spring-aop-5.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) [spring-aop-5.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.SurroundingTransactionDetectorMethodInterceptor.invoke(SurroundingTransactionDetectorMethodInterceptor.java:61) ~[spring-data-commons-2.1.14.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.14.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186) [spring-aop-5.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:212) [spring-aop-5.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.12.RELEASE]
...

Here's my properties file:
#I don't want all my jobs run, I want to specify which one via an environment variable
spring.batch.job.enabled=false

spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding=true
spring.main.web-application-type=none

#If I set this count to 1, everything works just fine.
process.thread.count=4
process.page.size=25
hibernate.jdbc.fetch_size=100
process.chunk.size=25
process.publish.limit=200

My configuration class:
@Configuration
public class FullProductSyncBatchJobConfig {

    @Bean
    @StepScope
    public ItemStreamReader<LegacyProduct> productReader(
            LegacyProductRepository legacyProductRepository,
            @Value("#{jobParameters[pageSize]}") Integer pageSize,
            @Value("#{jobParameters[limit]}") Integer limit) {
        RepositoryItemReader<LegacyProduct> legacyProductRepositoryReader = new RepositoryItemReader<>();
        legacyProductRepositoryReader.setRepository(legacyProductRepository);
        legacyProductRepositoryReader.setMethodName("findAllRelevantProducts");
        legacyProductRepositoryReader.setSort(new HashMap<String, Sort.Direction>() {{
            put("id.guid", Sort.Direction.ASC);
            put("id.modelNumber", Sort.Direction.ASC);
        }});
        legacyProductRepositoryReader.setPageSize(pageSize);
        if(limit > 0) legacyProductRepositoryReader.setMaxItemCount(limit);
        legacyProductRepositoryReader.setSaveState(false);
        return legacyProductRepositoryReader;
    }

    @Bean
    @StepScope
    public ItemProcessor<LegacyProduct, StreamlinedProduct> productDocumentBuilder(
            SupplierRepository supplierRepository) {
        return new StreamlinedProductBuilder(supplierRepository);
    }

    @Bean
    @StepScope
    public ItemWriter<StreamlinedProduct> productDocumentPublisher(
            GcpPubsubPublisherService publisherService) {
        return new StreamlinedProductPublisher(publisherService);
    }

    @Bean
    public Step fullProductSync(ItemStreamReader<LegacyProduct> productReader,
                                ItemProcessor<LegacyProduct, StreamlinedProduct> productDocumentBuilder,
                                ItemWriter<StreamlinedProduct> productDocumentPublisher,
                                StepBuilderFactory stepBuilderFactory,
                                TaskExecutor syncProcessThreadPool,
                                PlatformTransactionManager jpaTransactionManager,
                                @Value("${process.chunk.size:100}") Integer chunkSize,
                                @Value("${process.publish.timeout.retry.limit:2}") int timeoutRetryLimit,
                                @Value("${process.failure.limit:20}") int maximumProcessingFailures) {
        return stepBuilderFactory.get("fullProductSync")
                .transactionManager(jpaTransactionManager)
                .<GtinVendor, AbstractProduct>chunk(chunkSize)
                .reader(productReader)
                .processor(productDocumentBuilder)
                .writer(productDocumentPublisher)
                .faultTolerant()
                .retryLimit(timeoutRetryLimit)
                    .retry(TimeoutException.class)
                .skipPolicy(new SyncProcessSkipPolicy(maximumProcessingFailures))
                    .listener(new SyncProcessSkipListener()) // <== just logs them right now
                .taskExecutor(syncProcessThreadPool)
                .build();
    }

    @Bean
    public Job fullProductSyncJob(Step fullProductSync,
                                  JobBuilderFactory jobBuilderFactory) {
        return jobBuilderFactory.get("fullProductSync")
                .start(fullProductSync)
                .build();
    }
}

And my processor class:
@Slf4j
public class StreamlinedProductBuilder implements ItemProcessor<LegacyProduct, StreamlinedProduct> {

    private DimensionRepository dimensionRepository;

    public LegacyProductBuilder(DimensionRepository dimensionRepository) {
        this.dimensionRepository = dimensionRepository;
    }

    public StreamlinedProduct process(LegacyProduct legacyProduct) {
        StreamlinedProduct streamlinedProduct = new StreamlinedProduct();

        streamlinedProduct.setPrimarySupplierNumber(parsePrimarySupplierNumber(product.getSuppliers()));
        attachProductDimensions(streamlinedProduct, legacyProduct);

        return streamlinedProduct;
    }

    private int parsePrimarySupplierNumber(List<Supplier> suppliers) {
        /* This intermittently throws a ClassCastException when using multiple threads,
         * saying that a Description can't be cast a Supplier... WHAT??! HOW???! How does
         * getSuppliers() ever return a list of a completely different one-to-many entity????
         */
        for(Supplier supplier : suppliers) {
            if(supplier.isPrimary()) return supplier.getId();
        }
        return -1;
    }

    private void attachProductDimensions(LegacyProduct legacyProduct,
                                         StreamlinedProduct streamlinedProduct) {
        // The following line occasionally throws the ArrayOutOfBounds index I mentioned above. WHY?
        // Works just fine in one thread...
        List<Dimension> dimensions= dimensionRepository.findByProductIdAndModel(
            legacyProduct.getId().getGuid(), legacyProduct.getId().getModelNumber());

        Map<String, Double> dimensionsAsMap = new HashMap<>();
        for (Description description : descriptions ) {
            dimensionsAsMap.put(dimension.getName(), dimension.getValue());
        }
        streamlinedProduct.setDimensions(dimensionsAsMap);
    }
}

My repository:
@Repository
public interface DimensionRepository extends PagingAndSortingRepository<ProductDimension, DimensionCompositePK> {

    @Transactional(isolation = Isolation.READ_UNCOMMITTED) // <== fails with or without this
    @Query(value = "select d.name as name, d.value as value " +
                   "from {h-schema}product p left join {h-schema}dimension d " +
                   "on p.guid = d.product_guid and p.model_number = d.product_model_number " +
                   "where p.guid = :guid and p.model_number = :model", nativeQuery = true)
    List<Dimension> findVendorsByGtinGlnCountry(@Param("guid") String guid,
                                                @Param("modelNumber") Integer model);
}

A: I don't know what was going on or why I was seeing exceptions suggesting Spring was trying to fill certain oneToMany relationships with the wrong Entity class from a different oneToMany relationship.
But regardless, adopting the Spring Batch driver-query pattern seems to have fixed things for me. I was under the impression that the same transaction was shared for a given chunk across the reader, processor, and writer. But I think that assumption was incorrect - each chunk of each stage has its own transaction.
So now my reader simply pulls in all relevant IDs of my entity class, and the processor goes out and fetches the oneToMany relationships for that entity.

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Soppin' the Gravy is an album by Mark O'Connor. It consists mostly of traditional Texas Fiddle music, with O'Connor's own piece, "Misty Moonlight Waltz", and an instrumental version of "Over the Rainbow". O'Connor can be seen on the cover with the white-painted fiddle that he used for competition. At the time of this album's release, O'Connor had won numerous fiddle championships, including a win in the National Old Time Fiddler's Contest Open division in 1979 and a 1975 win in the Grand Masters Contest in Nashville, Tennessee.

Track listing
"Soppin' the Gravy" – 1:52
"Misty Moonlight Waltz" (O'Connor) – 3:15
"College Hornpipe" – 1:43
"Calgary Polka" – 1:15
"Morning Star Waltz" – 1:54
"Peaches 'N' Cream" – 1:58
"Skater's Waltz" – 2:34
"Tennessee Wagoneer" – 1:49
"Yellow Rose Waltz" – 1:58
"Medley: Speed the Plow/The Maid Behind the Bar (Judy's Reel)/Teatottler's Reel (Temperance Reel Or The Devil in Georgia)" – 1:58
"Jesse Polka" – 1:59
"The Dawn Waltz (Virginia Moonlight Waltz)" – 2:00
"Wild Fiddler's Rag" – 1:57
"Over the Rainbow" (instrumental) (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 3:42

Personnel
Mark O'Connor - fiddle, rhythm guitar
Jerry Thomasson - (son of Benny Thomasson) - tenor guitar
Buck White - mandolin
Technical
Fred Cameron - recording engineer
Bill Wolf - mixing engineer, mastering
Marty O'Connor - executive producer
Gail Lipson - photography
Tim Garvin - cover design, calligraphy

Mark O'Connor albums
1979 albums
Rounder Records albums


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I have another guest review from Andrea. Thank you so much for the photos of the back of this wrap! I'm definitely passing on this one.
"I tried on the Sit in Lotus Wrap at a store today and thought I should let you know it looks wearing upside down.
Weird in the back in my opinion. Way too short!
Guess that's why they don't show the back view on the website!
The back of the wrap is definitely too short and a little weird looking. Doesn't look like it lays right. I did end up placing a huge order over the weekend so hopefully I'll have some reviews coming up soon. On the way I have the Transformation Wrap coming, Breeze By Muscle Tank, a couple of Vinyasa Scarves, Ivivva Rhythmic Tights, and Set To Go Joggers.
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text:
Drilling of new wells being completed within Shah Deniz-2 project in Azerbaijan
Business 19 January 2015 14:40 (UTC+04:00)
Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan.19
By Emil Ismayilov - Trend:
All the work on drilling of SDC-04 well, the project depth of which exceeds 6,000 meters, will be completed in the next few weeks as part of pre-drilling on the second stage of the development of Shah Deniz gas condensate field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, a source on the oil and gas market of Azerbaijan told Trend Jan.19.
It is reported that the operator of the Shah Deniz field development is the British BP.
"The well is being drilled from the Istiglal rig, and the work on its drilling will be completed in the next few weeks," said the source.
The drilling of SDD-03 well, the project depth of which is about 6,300 meters, is planned to be completed in the next 6 months within the framework of the Shah Deniz-2 project, according to the source.
"Drilling operations in 2014 were implemented with high enough rates and forestalling," the source said. "Works on SDD-03 well, which are conducted with the Heydar Aliyev rig, will also be finished soon, and in February-March 2015, the rig can begin drilling of SDD-04."
The source said that within the framework of pre-drilling of the Shah Deniz-2 project six wells have already been drilled, and the number of the drilled wells will reach eight after the completion of the work on SDC-04 and SDD-03 wells.
The annual gas production volume will increase from 9 billion cubic meters (within the first phase) by an additional 16 billion cubic meters in the second phase within the framework of the Shah Deniz project. Two offshore platforms will be installed and more than 20 subsea wells will be drilled for the extraction of additional volumes of gas within the framework of Shah Deniz-2 project.
The gas to be produced as part of the Stage 2 of the field's development will be exported to Turkey and to the European markets by means of expanding the South Caucasus Pipeline and construction of the Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline (TANAP) and the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP).
Shah Deniz reserves are estimated at 1.2 trillion cubic meters of gas. The contract to develop the offshore Shah Deniz field was signed on June 4, 1996.
Participants at the development of the Shah Deniz field are SOCAR (the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) with a share of 16.7 percent, BP (28.8 percent), Norway's Statoil (15.5 percent), Iran's NICO (10 percent), French Total (10 percent), Russia's Lukoil (10 percent) and Turkish TPAO (9 percent). Earlier, Total sold its share to Turkish TPAO and after completion of the transaction, the share of the latter will be 19 percent in the project.
Moreover, Norway's Statoil has sold its 15.5-percent share in the Shah Deniz project to the Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas. The transactions on the sale and purchase of the shares haven't been completed yet.
Edited by CN
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IRELAND-28 ARGENTINA-17
A territory kick from Johnny Sexton in the 68th minute summed up Ireland's evening perfectly. The Pumas had possession around the halfway line and were working their way through the phases, trying to find a way through the Irish cordon of tacklers, which was holding up well on this occasion. Dan Leavy was biding his time as always and when he found the right breakdown, he grabbed hold of the ball in the tackle, not letting go until he was able to turn around and brazenly place it back for his side. This meant we had a few seconds of Argentinian transition to play with, and Sexton had no hesitation in aiming for the acres of space he could see in their 22. But the kick went off the side of his boot and I'm sure I wasn't the only one who felt it was either going to go out on the full or straight to their left winger, as it was heading his way. As luck would have it, the kick arced perfectly over Moyano's head and bounced into touch. The outcome evoked a loud cheer from the Aviva Stadium crowd, though a close up of Sexton's reaction showed he was far from satisfied. Yet while the accuracy was lacking, we still got close to the result we wanted, though we wouldn't want to chance that every time, especially next weekend. As went that kick, so went Ireland's evening. And I have to say that while I wasn't happy at all watching the match live, the second time around I found loads more positives…no doubt knowing the result helped a lot! I actually thought we weren't far off perfect Schmitball for the first 9 minutes and 36 seconds. I thought they scored first? I hear you cry. Well I never said it was totally perfect, though when Sanchez kicked over the penalty after 2 minutes, it was not only his second touch of the match, but also his team's. They clearly watched Italy put most of their kickoffs straight to Jacob Stockdale in Chicago the week before, after which he'd bust his way out of the 22. So instead they sent it as far away from him as they could, to his opposite winger Keith Earls no less. What do we do? We work it through some phases, create space on our left wing, ship it to Stockdale, who bust his way out of our 22 anyway. We then do it all over again, back and forth across the pitch for the Ulsterman to make another decent gain until Jordan Larmour carries it into contact and gets jackled to a penalty by centre Matias Orlando, which Sanchez dispatched over the bar for 3 points. This clearly made us hungry to have the ball back so on the restart Sexton tried one short down the middle for Will Addison, a late, late replacement for Henshaw and thus an interesting choice for a play like this, to chase. The move didn't pay off at first but it wasn't long before Peter O'Mahony earned a jackling penalty of his own and this gave us a lineout at their 22. Oh, a lineout…well we were crap at those on the day so we probably lost it, you might be thinking. Actually we lost "just" three on the day, and this wasn't one of them. Tadhg Furlong barged his way into their 22 and we soon won a penalty at the breakdown, one that looked easily kick able for Sexton but he showed our intentions to prove the bookies' 18-point spread right by kicking for the corner. Again the setpiece was ok for us and we even won another penalty, this time at the maul and put it back into touch for another go, winning the third line out as well. Now we have a drive on and we get it well over the line, only there's too many arses in the way for officials to tell if the ball has been grounded so we're back for a 5m scrum. Here is one area we had the most control of the night. On our first put in the ball reached CJ Stander and the pack was slowly marching forward, the ref's arm was extended, and scrum half Kieran Marmion was waiting to see if we could get it to the line but then spotted a chance to get it the rest of the way himself and took it. Yes, we had shipped an early score but look at the rest from that opening spell…decent exit from 22, strong jackle turnover, lineouts working well, scrum even better, and now a try on the board. Once Johnny pops over this conversion then we can crack on with adding to our lead… Now you know why I was so precise in saying 9 minute 36 seconds. That was the moment Sexton's boot met the ball for the extra two points and it was an absolute stinker of a kick. In fact just before the try when we had a penalty advantage, he tried a little dink over the top that didn't fall just right either. Maybe Sexton's tendency to perfection is a catalyst for the side? Once he's on song anything is possible and the rest cind it easier play their part? Or maybe the miss was more of a sign to the opposition that they still have a chance? Whatever the actual effect, Argentina started to get into the game literally from the restart. It didn't look like a kick Sanchez intended to fall to a team mate but whatever way we judged our lifters, the ball sailed over and into the grateful arms of Moyano. Now they're the ones on the attack and this time O'Mahony gets himself on the wrong side of the ref's whistle and after conceding just three penalties all of the previous match, the Pumas are back in the lead after converting their second with just 11 minutes gone. Haven't these guys read the script? We're ranked second on the planet and we've a very important date with the All Blacks next week so why won't they just roll over and let us beat them already??? The cheek of them!!! And soon after that score, the lineout bug started to bite. For this first one it wasn't so much that Best's accuracy was off, more that it seemed to die in mid air over Henderson allowing their open side Pagadizaval to swat it down. Then later when an attack was going nowhere Sanchez launched a high kick which Stockdale was unable to catch and the knockon gave them a scrum just in our half. Now we see how costly losing Henshaw was. Please understand that I'm not for a second questioning Will Addison's ability, and it wasn't even his channel that was breached on this move. But for a Joe Schmidt game plan to work, I reckon the last position he'd want to lose at the last minute is his 13. Pretty much all the defensive work, all the planning, all the DVD sessions and x's and o's n whiteboards would be geared toward locking down the centre channels, especially off set pieces. Also it is widely known that Joe generally wants you fit by Tuesday if you're going to play on Saturday, such is the importance of his preparation. No matter how well an understudy knows his lines for a performance, when called to the stage at the eleventh hour, not only can his delivery fall short at times, so can other actors around him. And off this scrum the Puma centres De La Fuente and Orlando worked a simple enough combination to get through Sexton and Aki to get deep into our backfield. Even with that penetration, we are normally good at scrambling back, but our guests worked this situation extremely well, dragging us over to one side before firing across to the other wing where Delguy got it down. 17 minutes on the clock, and clearly we're not going to have everything our way. But wait…now it's Sanchez turn to disappoint with the conversion...can Ireland play their way back again? Absolutely. It took us about seven minutes but the lads treated the next spell like their lives depended on getting the next score, and having heard stories of Joe's rollickings, that feeling was justified. This second try wasn't quite as straightforward as the first, as by then the Argentinians had settled to their own defensive patterns. Between them their locks Alamano and Lavanini, plus their tighthead Medrano, made a whopping 71 tackles throughout. By contrast, Ireland just had 120 to make in total. That's an insane amount of work and we had to fight for every metre we made. Once again we worked our way to an attacking lineout in their 22 and began winning penalties although eventually the tough tackling took its toll and we knocked on. Not to worry we've got that scrum domination to fall back on…you don't see many go against the head at this level yet we won it back (with yet another pen advantage as well, shame they aren't reflected in the match stats) and although we were face with another light blue wall, eventually Bundee Aki tried a 'Ringrose-esque' run against the grain from behind a ruck and hey presto, we're back in front. We traded penalties before the break (including easily Sexton's best connection of the night which just dropped over the bar from just inside their half) to go in both ahead by one and very much reliant on coming out with some kind of a plan to take the game by the scruff of the neck. One who was not to emerge for the second half was of course poor Sean O'Brien. On 36m when we had just lost possession he tried to tackle Lavanini but just couldn't set his position and took the full weight of the massive lock's shoulder on his arm, which according to reports is now broken. Almost to the letter the very scenario we all feared. Nothing more to be said here but 'fingers crossed'. So in our first possession of the second period, we got an idea what our plan was, and curiously enough based on the evidence up to that point, it involved Sexton's boot, yet what looked like a relatively simple kick pass for him went straight to the Pumas' fullback. In fairness, in his career he has comfortably earned the right to back himself in any aspect of the game, but that kick I described at the start of the writeup wasn't the only one to go awry and we were arguably lucky to emerge from the third quarter still ahead by the narrowest of margins. Though one of the reasons I say 'arguably' is that while our tally of 6 penalties on the night was poor by our standards (particularly when 4 of them were in Sanchez' kicking range), our visitors were pinged twice as often and that's not counting unused advantages from scrums. Perhaps a 10-minute spell with an extra man might have been more productive for us but referee Nic Berry wasn't obliging. The reason I have gone this far into the article before mentioning James Ryan is that he is the kind of player who quietly goes about his business for 80 minutes and deserves to have his contributions highlighted should one not directly lead to a score because they are still immensely valuable.
When he wasn't busting gain lines for carries, he was up near the top of our tackling charts or forcing turnovers at their mauls. He's getting very close to being undroppable, though in this contest both of his opposing locks were in similar form. Not far off MotM was Peter O'Mahony. For all the talk of Leinster's embarrassment of backrow riches, the Munster skipper gets on my Irish team sheet before any of them. He always knows when to produce the goods just when they're needed, like forcing a turnover or even putting in one of the better territory kicks on the night. But it was his perfectly timed lineout steal that helped us seal the win. Once more we had hit them hard with phases in their 22 and the resistance was holding so much that Larmour felt his only option was to grubber one into touch close to the line. Sidenote on Larmour…this outing was definitely a reality check for him after last week. I said then he deserved man of the match because he tended to his FB duties as well as the YouTube moments, but this time, we definitely saw a few wobbles. Hopefully Rob is OK for the All Blacks in which case Jordan should definitely be in line for jersey 23 at least. Anyway…for all the talk of our lineout woes, the Pumas just lost one on their own throw but it was the most important, and moments before the dart you can see O'Mahony reading it like he made the call himself. From there Leavy got it over the line but it was held up so once again we relied on our scrum to lead to a try, this time via Stander putting through Luke McGrath. A word on the scrum halves…both did well to get on the score sheet though I did feel there was an uptick in pace when Luke came on. When it comes to selection for next week, much depends on Murray's fitness but I think I'd nudge the Leinster 9 ahead in the pecking order for the time being. So our third try put us two scores ahead and perhaps I'm being greedy but when we won another penalty in the 75th minute, I was disappointed that we didn't go for a fourth as that would have brought us to the 15-point margin that earns maximum ranking points. Instead Sexton took the three and that was all the scoring for the day. Not the dominant display nor result we expected by a long shot…but like I say, there were mitigating factors in that Argentina played closer to their "World Cup v Ireland" form than their "normal November v Ireland" form, plus the very late personnel change. I can also see silver linings, not least of which is that the All Blacks won't be able to see much in our play over this 80 minutes that will prepare them for next Saturday. Was this by design as much as by circumstance? Perhaps.
We can certainly do with bringing the scrum form forward, though I'd have concerns over Tadhg Furlong after he seemed to be visibly shaken on more than one occasion after what looked like head knocks. But answers to questions like those will only arrive after kickoff next Saturday. After all the success Ireland have enjoyed in 2018 so far, having had the summer off and some time back at their provinces, there are bound to be a few cobwebs….hopefully this match has served to clear them all. JLP
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Adrienne C. Moore (14 de agosto de 1980 en Nashville) es una actriz estadounidense, reconocida por su papel de Cindy "Black Cindy" Hayes en la serie de Netflix  Orange Is the New Black.

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Empezó su carrera actuando en obras de teatro, apareciendo en algunas producciones Off-Broadway. En televisión realizó algunos papeles pequeños en las series Blue Bloods y 30 Rock, antes de obtener fama internacional en la serie Orange Is the New Black.

Moore es reconocida por interpretar a Cindy "Black Cindy" Hayes en la mencionada serie de Netflix Orange Is the New Black. Ha actuado en la serie de manera regular en sus primeras tres temporadas. En 2014, Moore recibió su primera nominación al premio NAACP Image Award por su desempeño en la serie. Co-protagonizó la película The Lennon Report, acerca de los eventos concernientes a la noche en que el músico John Lennon fue asesinado en 1980.

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Not sure it would make sense for alligators to be out that far, unless they got there by accident or there was just a few really, really dedicated individuals that managed to swim there.
I wouldn't. I'd actually love to see more villain revivals; Titanus, Dragonlord, Chien Kahn, Silver, Magligna and the hive, etc. Dig into the toybox more, before buying more new toys!
He's an American Alligator. A wrongly colored American Alligator (they're usually black), but everything about his build says that's what he is. The shape of his head and snout, his bulk. A crocodile would be more slender in every way.
The Titanic wreckage is in the Labradore Sea, 370 miles south from Newfoundland. It was nowhere close to Britain at that point, especially because it was so close to the end of journey. It's right about at 41.726931° N -49.948253° W .
So, the Titanic wreckage would be about 588.74 miles from Burnow. Probably too far for them to know what was going until after the event. In fact, Burnow is quite a lot closer to New York than the Titanic was when it sank.
Considering how Alopex was a cute little bad@$$ fox with a "Tragic Backstory™ right from the get-go, it seems like she was always meant to switch sides. Not to mention that because she's a cute little fox, she is extremely identifiable, especially considering the glut of fox characters that exist on the internet, including those similar to her. Which is honestly why I don't care much for her.
I'm not so sure she was ever truly a cold-cut villain in the same way as Hob, Shredder and Krang - who certainly does have something of a Tragic Backstory. And of course, she was never a villain who acted on her own. She was a crony, and I'm not so sure she could be an antagonist on her own.
I'd say the way her personal needs were written during that time were far different from Hob and Krang - who are both commandeering and having suffered losses that they would understand with Alopex. The difference is that when it comes from separation from family and home, she is more on Raphael's field of empathy than Hob and Krang. Hob who was actually a complete and total innocent when he was thrown out by his "family" (making his backstory the only mini I can't stand to read on an emotional level), and Krang, who could have had the power to stop what was happening on his homeworld but couldn't - and I've assumed that he has suffered mentally from separation of his own kind.
Imagine you're the last human, save for the ones you've managed to save who are in stasis; your own father could be called directly responsible for the destruction and was so bull-headed you couldn't convince him to stop for the sake of your home and people. You have to spend decades upon decades with another species who are basically ants to you and have far shorter lifespans. Which means that even if you did decide to make a friendship out of a total alien, it would be short lived. Besides, it wouldn't be the same. You'd be spending most of that time cooped up in a tiny box behind glass because you can't breathe the air in the potential new home. Which forces you to eat and sleep completely alone in specialized areas that the aliens can't come in because they can't breathe that air. And to rub salt in the wound, the ones who are your friends are basically in induced comas and kept alive in stasis. If any of them were lovers, that level of intimacy was denied. What little spare time you have is spent alone in their stasis room, the closest you can get for proper socialization. And with no one around that you see fit to talk you out of it, there's nothing to stop you from pulling the same level of destruction that your father pulled with the hopes that it would lead to saving your people.
Alopex was straight-up abducted and experimented on. Granted, Hob was as well, but he had at least been mutated beforehand and made his presence known to the humans. They'd probably get along marginally, but don't become friends. Because Alopex wouldn't agree with Hob's mentalities, and Alopex is basically a wild dog to Hob.
When it comes to recovery, Alopex and Hob were able to make friends and want to maintain relationships. Even if they had to literally make some of those friends like Hob did. Krang did not have that opportunity and knows better than to take any of those. He is not out to create new friendships, but to preserve and give a new life to those who are his friends, even if he has to suffer mentally. Friendships with humans and human-like beings would not last long enough for him; he had no equal. If circumstances were completely different, he could have had Honeycutt as an advisor at the very least, but that would never have happened in the set IDW universe as it is. But at the very least, Honeycutt might understand his situation more than others.
As for more villains...Ch'rell is coming and so are the Triceratons. Bobby Curnow has said the Triceratons would be some time in 2017. Ch'rell, who was probably very close to Krang given how Honeycutt and Ma'riell have described him so far. Krang's greatest warrior and so zealously devoted to him that his sister was more concerned about Ch'rells reaction to Krang's imprisonment than their combined war crimes? I'd say that's...very, very close.
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So I'm not sure about the weather, but even if by some strange circumstance there's an alligator that far out, wouldn't it be too cold for them to survive?
I was wondering about that myself. To put it in perspective with the Titanic sinking...it was so f***ing cold in the Labradore Sea on the night that the Titanic sank, with the night sky so clear of disruption and without a moon, that it literally made a mirage that caused icebergs to be obstructed from view. You simply could not see ice bergs, it was that cold.
But yeah, it would be extremely cold out there for a reptile, especially in the spring and winter. So there's no way for them to be there naturally.
However, on Burnow, none of the predators that would attack alligator nests would be there. It could be possible that before Krang came to Burnow, a European expedition ship came there with a bunch of alligators and other animals, and those managed to escape and breed. Because of scarcity of food and the cold, not all of them would thrive, but Leatherhead would have been one of the lucky survivors. He could have hibernated during the colder parts of the year. In some way, there was a silver lining to his mutation that could have made it easier for him to live, but it would be marginal.
I just checked and Burnow is too far north from the Bermuda Triangle. It goes from Bermuda, to Miami, to Costa Rica.
As for the storm that came over Burnow, it was probably Tropical Storm Andrea.
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Hm... Maybe the simplest explaination for why he's that far out and incorrectly colored, is that he wasn't really an American Alligator? He is older than modern biology after all, so he could easily be some undiscovered/extinct species/sub-species that evolved for salt water and colder weather?
Maybe. A lighter color adaptation would help him in a colder environment, as dark colors can often be a death sentence in those climates.
Lol thanks for correcting my ignorance with he Titanic. Also I know Leather Head is a alligator, but I threw out the idea of salt water crock, bc he lived in salt water in this universe.
My favorite scene for Alopex is just Before/Beginning City Fall when Alopex is training to fight the turtles. She looked badass and scary.
Is Agent Bishop after mutants to create super soldiers for an army to protect Earth from aliens or something different this time?
I am also curious if Earth Protection Force and Dark Water are selarate branches of the executive branch like the CIA and DBI who have to work together at times.
Considering Blackwater's role in the OT, they might take on the 'good cop' role for government, with Bishop and the EPF taking the 'bad cop' role. I think the EPF is focused on mutants this time, with bishop not being obsessed with aliens in IDW, but rather mutants. This would give him a more personal hate for the TMNT.
I would think that in the case of the Universe set, the mutants were the first ones he could deal with at the time - and he probably assumed they'd be easier than the aliens he was watching. If he has a problem with both, then it's likely he's just trying to get them where he can take them. He's also likely figured out that the aliens are responsible for the mutants in one way or another.
- Hob himself has gotten the Mutanimals under his control and is preparing for a turf war.
- Karai, Bludgeon and Koya all went to Japan. We haven't seen them in a while though.
- Traag and Granitor were on Burnow Island and defeated by the Turtles, they're locked up somewhere there.
- Rat King, Kitsune, etc. are all still scheming behind the scenes.
I really like how even with Shredder and Krang gone for now, all the original villains from the first 50 issues are still being given things to do and a follow up without the two "main villains."
I'm not sure about Tragg and Granitor being "locked up", especially with how beaten up they were by Leatherhead. My guess is they were just dumped in a room somewhere for the Utroms to find...which may have not been the best thing for them. They probably did finally get their air at some point.
I firmly predict that when we next return to Burnow Island, Tragg and Granitor have been accepted by the Utroms due to their previous allegiance to Krang and are now serving as security.


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Nine points Pentecostals and Charismatic families of churches must do to build healthy relationships with the nation of Israel, Jews, and Palestinians.
Pentecostals, traditional Charismatics, and third-wave Charismatics are collectively called Renewalists. They staunchly support the nation of Israel regardless of whatever behaviour this nation exhibits. Is this is a good thing?
There is a great need within the Renewalist movement to build a fair and balanced relationship with the nation of Israel, Jews, and Palestinians. The current oral tradition is sorely lacking in this regard.
The connection between Pentecostals, Christian Zionism, Judaism and the State of Israel.
Many people do not realize that Pentecostalism is the fastest growing Christian religion in the world with an estimated 497 million followers world-wide and expected to top 1 billion by 2025.1 This is a sharp contrast to the 13 million people who call themselves fundamentalists.
It hasn't gone unnoticed in Israel, who have wanted their share of this Pentecostal growth in their country. They see it as a serious economic contributor and a powerful political alliance.
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The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday signed into law, the bill which prescribed death penalty for kidnappers.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 26, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National Commerce Corporation (Nasdaq:NCOM) (the "Company" or "NCC"), the parent company of National Bank of Commerce, today reported fourth quarter 2015 net income to common shareholders of $2.9 million, compared to $1.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2014. Diluted net earnings per share were $0.28 in the 2015 fourth quarter, compared to $0.27 in the 2015 third quarter.
For the full year, NCC reported net income of $9.6 million, up from $5.4 million in 2014, and diluted net earnings per share of $1.02, compared to $0.91 in 2014.
On October 31, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of Reunion Bank of Florida, incurring approximately $395 thousand in merger-related expenses. Also, as previously announced, the Company closed its Kissimmee, Florida and English Village (Birmingham), Alabama branch banking offices, effective December 31, 2015. In connection with these closings, the Company incurred approximately $165 thousand in closing and severance costs in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Net Interest Margin (tax-effected) of 4.06%, down from 4.58% for the fourth quarter of 2014. The margin increased 0.04% compared to the 2015 third quarter. During the fourth quarter of 2015, average cash and federal funds balances were $191.1 million, compared to $48.6 million in the 2014 fourth quarter and $166.7 million in the 2015 third quarter. The 2014 fourth quarter margin was also higher than the 2015 fourth quarter due to the proportionately larger size of factoring revenues as a percentage of total revenues, resulting from the higher yields in the factoring division.
Return on Average Assets of 0.72% for both the 2015 and 2014 fourth quarters. Return on Average Assets was impacted by the larger average balances in cash and federal funds during the fourth quarter of 2015.
Return on Average Tangible Common Equity of 7.48%, compared to 7.86% for the fourth quarter of 2014.
Fourth quarter 2015 loan growth (excluding mortgage loans held-for-sale) of $304.3 million. The fourth quarter loan growth includes loans acquired in the October 31, 2015 Reunion acquisition totaling approximately $258.4 million.
Fourth quarter 2015 deposit growth of $372.6 million. The fourth quarter deposit growth includes deposits acquired in the October 31, 2015 Reunion acquisition totaling approximately $277.7 million.
$58.9 million in mortgage production, compared to $55.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2014.
$172.1 million in purchased volume in the factoring division, compared to $198.7 million for the 2014 fourth quarter.
A slight decrease in non-acquired non-performing assets to $4.3 million from $4.5 million at September 30, 2015, and an increase compared to $3.3 million at December 31, 2014.
Annualized net charge-offs of 0.06%, compared to 0.02% for the fourth quarter of 2014.
Ending tangible book value per share of $15.03.
Ending book value per share of $20.01.
The Company will host a live audio webcast conference call beginning at 9:00 a.m. Central Time on January 27, 2016 to discuss earnings and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2015. Investors may call in (toll free) by dialing (855) 871-0559 (conference ID 30845889). A replay of the conference call will be available beginning two hours after the completion of the call until 10:59 p.m. Central Time on January 29, 2016 and can be accessed by dialing (855) 859-2056.
Investors who plan to participate in the live webcast of the conference call should access the webcast by visiting www.nationalbankofcommerce.com, and then clicking on the "Investor Relations" link under the "Learn More" tab located on that webpage. A replay of the webcast will be available on the website for one year. A copy of the news release will also be available at the same location.
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"Tangible common equity" is total shareholders' equity less goodwill, other intangible assets and minority interest not included in intangible assets.
"Average tangible common equity" is defined as the average of tangible common equity for the applicable period.
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National Commerce Corporation (Nasdaq:NCOM), a Delaware corporation, is a financial holding company and bank holding company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. Substantially all of the operations of NCC are conducted through the company's wholly owned subsidiary, National Bank of Commerce. National Bank of Commerce currently operates seven full-service banking offices in Alabama (in Birmingham, Huntsville, Auburn-Opelika, and Baldwin County) and ten full-service banking offices in Central Florida (in Vero Beach through National Bank of Commerce; in Longwood, Winter Park, Orlando, and Oviedo through United Legacy Bank, a division of National Bank of Commerce; and in Tavares, Port Orange, St. Augustine and Ormond Beach through Reunion Bank of Florida, a division of National Bank of Commerce). National Bank of Commerce provides a broad array of financial services for commercial and consumer customers.
NCC files periodic reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Copies of its filings may be obtained through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or at www.nationalbankofcommerce.com. More information about NCC and National Bank of Commerce may be obtained at www.nationalbankofcommerce.com.
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