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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park was authorized in 1890, the first park of its kind in the United States. It covers multiple battlefields from late-1863 that straddle the Tennessee-Georgia borderline. Though the Confederate army initially won at Chickamauga, Georgia, the Union took control of Chattanooga, Tennessee after the arrival of General Ulysses S. Grant with reinforcements in November. Like Fort Monroe in Virginia, this area then became a beacon for escaped slaves, eventually numbering 2,000 people.
Museums, film, driving tour, Point Park, Ochs Memorial Observatory, Cravens House, cannons
Point Park sits on top of Lookout Mountain offering awesome views of the city of Chattanooga and Moccasin Bend on the Tennessee River. It is also the home of Ochs Memorial Observatory and museum, one reason Point Park charges an admission fee. The nearby National Park Service (NPS) visitor center displays the 30×13-foot painting The Battle of Lookout Mountain by James Walker. At the Chickamauga battlefield, a seven-mile long driving tour explains what happened there on September 20, 1863. The National Military Park also entails seven small military reservations and the Phelps Monument along the road atop Missionary Ridge, east of Chattanooga.
There are miles of trails atop Lookout Mountain and Ochs Memorial Observatory is only accessible by trail (and many stair steps). It contains a museum dedicated to the Civil War and American Indians, specifically the Cherokee who passed through Moccasin Bend (which has its own three-mile loop trail) on the Trail of Tears in 1838.
The entrance to Point Park is designed to look like the Army Corps of Engineers insignia.
https://www.nps.gov/chch/planyourvisit/hours.htm
$10 per person to enter Point Park or America the Beautiful pass
All roads paved, but there is limited free parking available at the NPS visitor center near Point Park.
Cloudland Canyon State Park in Georgia is about 20 miles southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Fort Donelson National Battlefield (Tennessee-Kentucky)
Shiloh National Military Park (Tennessee-Mississippi)
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (Georgia)
Point Park offers an excellent view of Chattanooga on the Tennessee River
Tiff with a historic painting of the battle
Scott with the New York Peace Monument in Point Park
Moccasin Bend on the Tennessee River
Chickamauga, Georgia
Chickamauga Battlefield visitor center
Inside the Chickamauga Battlefield visitor center
Out back of the Chickamauga Battlefield visitor center
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El Rugby Summer Cup 2018 fue una competición amistosa de rugby llevada a cabo en Tbilisi, capital de Georgia.

Participaron las selecciones secundarias de Argentina y de Georgia, la selección absoluta de Brasil y un equipo de Francia. El torneo se desarrolló a dos fechas, en cada una de ellas un equipo europeo se enfrentó a uno sudamericano.

Equipos participantes

 Selección de rugby de Argentina A (Argentina XV)
 Selección de rugby de Brasil (Tupís)
 Selección de rugby de Georgia A (Georgia XV)
 Racing 92

Posiciones

Nota: Se otorgan 4 puntos al equipo que gane un partido, 2 al que empate y 0 al que pierda

Resultados

Primera fecha

Segunda fecha

Referencias

Deporte en Tiflis
Competiciones de rugby de Georgia
Deporte en Georgia en 2018
Rugby en 2018

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Die 1881 gegründete Kelterei Possmann GmbH & Co. KG ist eine Apfelweinkelterei mit Sitz in Frankfurt-Rödelheim und zählt zu den weltweiten Marktführern. Die Kelterei gehört zu den wenigen Unternehmen, die auch aus eigenem Baumbestand Speierlinge verarbeiten.  Das Unternehmen ist seit seiner Gründung ein Familienunternehmen.

Geschichte

Die Kelterei Possmann wurde vom Weinküfer Philipp Possmann 1881 im damals noch selbstständigen Rödelheim gegründet. Es wurden zunächst Gaststätten der Umgebung beliefert. 1927 oder später ist das Produkt als Possmann's Äpfelwein belegt 1937 wurde zusätzlich zu den Produktionsanlagen in der Niddagaustraße eine Abfüllerei in der Eschborner Landstraße errichtet, wohin später der Unternehmenssitz verlegt wurde. Das Areal grenzt gen Norden an die Kronberger Bahn.

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurden die bei den Luftangriffen auf Frankfurt am Main völlig zerstörten Anlagen wieder aufgebaut, wobei als Besonderheit sogenannte U-Boot-Lagertanks für den Saft installiert wurden. 1947 entdeckten die Brüder Werner E. Ch. Possmann und Fritz Possmann im Frankfurter Osthafen U-Boote des Typs XXI und erwarben die Druckbehälter, die mit einem Fassungsvermögen von 418.000 Liter doppelt so viel Volumen wie die herkömmlichen boten. Diese bestehen aus 25 mm Kruppstahl gegenüber den üblichen 5 mm, weisen somit die fünffache Materialstärke üblicher Tanks auf. Infolgedessen können sie mit 10 bar Druck überlagert werden, was laut Possmann eine sterile Lagerung des Apfelweins erlaubt.

1978 wurde eine neue Abfüllerei für rund 20 Mio. Liter Apfelwein und Apfelsaft errichtet, die seither in Betrieb ist.

Produkte

Neben verschiedenen Apfelweinen, die sämtlich in 1-Liter Pfandflaschen angeboten werden, gibt es ein reichhaltiges Sortiment von Fruchtsäften und unterschiedlichen Apfelmixgetränken. Die Markenfigur ist Frau Rauscher.

Die Produkte tragen Auszeichnungen der DLG in Gold, die seit 1973 102-mal an das Unternehmen vergeben wurden.

Nachhaltigkeit
Die Kelterei fördert den Erhalt gefährdeter Kernobstgewächse, wie z. B. die des Ockerstädter Speierlings (u. a. Ockerstädter Riese, auch der Dicke von Ockstadt) u. a. in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Dendrologen Wedig Kausch-Blecken von Schmeling.
Hierzu passt, dass in umweltfreundlichen Mehrwegflaschen verkauft wird.

Sponsoring
Seit 2010 wird zusammen mit dem Fußballbundesligisten Eintracht Frankfurt der sog. Adlerschoppen vertrieben. Seit dem Aufstieg von Eintracht Frankfurt ist bereits die dritte Version der Dose auf dem Markt. Nach dem Adlerschoppen folgte der Uffstiegsschoppen und schließlich der 1.Liga-Schoppen.

Literatur
 Der Äpfelwein in Frankfurt - 100 Jahre Familienkelterei Possmann : 1881-1981, Kelterei Possmann KG, Schwab-Offset, Frankfurt, 1981, 38 S.
 Frank Gotta: Der "Possmann" in Frankfurt: Frankfurt/M. 2012. Verlag Sellner Podprint. ISBN 3-934429-24-6.

Weblinks
 Webseite Possmann

Einzelnachweise

Essen und Trinken (Frankfurt am Main)
Produzierendes Unternehmen (Frankfurt am Main)
Frankfurt-Rödelheim
Gegründet 1881
Lebensmittelhersteller (Hessen)
Apfel als Thema


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UN investigators on Wednesday warned that crimes against humanity and other serious rights violations were continuing unabated in Burundi, blaming in part President Pierre Nkurunziza's repeated calls to hatred and violence.
In its first report last year, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi said it had "reasonable grounds to believe" that government was committing crimes against humanity.
On Wednesday, it said such crimes were still ongoing, citing summary executions, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, torture and sexual violence.
"Serious human rights violations, including some which constitute crimes against humanity, have continued to be committed in Burundi, in 2017 and 2018," the commission said as it released a fresh report on the situation in the tiny east African nation.
"Some practices, such as the disposal of bodies or operating at night, tend to make these violations less visible. Nevertheless, they are still real," head of the commission Doudou Diene said in a statement.
Turmoil since then has killed at least 1,200 people, and has forced 400,000 to flee their homes and triggered an investigation by the International Criminal Court.
The commission did not name the suspected perpetrators, but has said members of the country's National Intelligence Service, the police, military officials and members of the ruling party's youth league, the Imbonerakure were behind many of the worst violations.
It lamented the increasing strength of the Imbonerakure and decried the constantly shrinking of democratic space in the country.
"The control exercised over Burundians by the ruling power and the Imbonerakure increased significantly and is felt in all aspects of daily life," commission member Francoise Hampson said in the statement.
At the beginning of June this year, the 54-year-old Nkurunziza announced that he would not stand for another term in office in 2020.
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The investigators, who are set to present their report to the UN Human Rights Council later this month, urged the council to extend their mandate.


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U.Va. Asks Police to Investigate Report of Frat-House Rape
Published at 10:09 am on November 20, 2014
The University of Virginia's president says she has asked Charlottesville police to investigate allegations that a female student was raped by several men at a fraternity house.
President Teresa A. Sullivan announced the investigation in a statement posted Wednesday evening on the university's website. She says she issued it in response to a Rolling Stone article in which a student describes an assault by seven men at the Phi Kappa Psi house in September 2012.
Sullivan says the article includes details that weren't disclosed to university officials previously.
The article says U.Va. administrators and students keep sexual assaults at the school quiet. Sullivan says the university takes sexual misconduct seriously.
Charlottesville police Lt. Steve Upman tells The Daily Progress that the investigation is in in the preliminary stages. He declined to comment further.
PHOTO: @HenryGraff reports: more from other side of frat house described in @RollingStone article. pic.twitter.com/vTHxzpPwvG — NBC29 (@NBC29) November 20, 2014
In a statement, Phi Kappa Psi said it takes the allegations "very seriously," adding that there's "been no criminal investigations or charges of sexual assault brought against any member of the chapter."
Gov. Terry McAuliffe, whose campus sex assault task force began meeting last month, issued a statement saying he is "deeply disturbed" by the allegations in the Rolling Stone story.
"I have asked university officials to conduct a full review of all of their policies and procedures … and if decided, to bring in outside experts to assist in this effort," he said.
Connie Kirkland, who oversees sexual assault services for Northern Virginia Community College, testified before the governor's task force Wednesday and offered guidance on how to improve campus response to sexual assault. She believes students need to be able to report initially to a confidential advocate on campus who can lay out the options, including possible prosecution.
According to NBC29, Charlottesville police received a request for extra officers on campus Wednesday night from a fraternity, but the name of that fraternity was not disclosed.
Photos tweeted by the NBC affiliate Thursday morning show two windows at the Phi Kappa Psi house shattered and the words "Suspend us!," spray painted beneath a sign.
Police responded to a report of vandalism at the fraternity at 2:45 a.m. Thursday and found windows broken by bottles and chunks of cinder block. They are investigating.
PHOTO: @HenryGraff reports: more vandalism at frat house from @RollingStone article. pic.twitter.com/IctxnynrcC — NBC29 (@NBC29) November 20, 2014

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Twang!!
I've been looking for the cast album of Twang!! for a long time, but haven't had any luck thus far.
"Twang!!??," I hear you cry? "What in the world is Twang!!??"
Twang!! is the infamous 1965 flop London musical written by Lionel Bart that was so disastrous that it caused him to lose pretty much all his movie from having written Oliver!
There is a line in The Producers where Max tells Leo that there are two rules in the theater. The first is, "Never put your own money in your own show." And what is the second rule, Leo asks him? Max puts his put right up to Leo's ear and in as loud a voice as he can possibly manage, screams at the top of his lungs, "NEVER PUT YOUR OWN MONEY IN YOUR OWN SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Lionel Bart put his own money in his own show.
When it was clear that the musical -- which is a tale about Robin Hood -- was foundering, Bart tried to prop it up by pouring more and more money into it. It didn't work. And Bart himself was left foundering, and ultimately had to sell off his rights and royalties to Oliver!.
The show was done in a somewhat satirical style, and ran for six weeks on the West End, largely to empty houses at the Shaftesbury Theatre, as word of what a mess it was got out. (It transferred from its tryout without the book settled and the orchestration finished for the second act.) The show apparently closed when the pit musicians took their sheet music home, insisting that they wouldn't bring it back until they got paid. Which didn't occur.
(Remarkably, there's a nice addendum to all this. In 1994, when Cameron Mackintosh staged a revival of Oliver! that starred Jonathan Pryce, he gave a percentage of the royalties to Lionel Bart, even though he was under no obligation to do so. A pretty remarkable and generous act.)
Anyway, back to Twang!! I still haven't come across the cast album, but I did mind a recording from it of the title song. And it's pretty terrible. In fairness, I've read that some of the songs in the show were quite pleasant, so this shouldn't be taken as an indication of the entire score. But as far as a single title song goes -- it's pretty terrible. Almost unlistenable, and it's only 1:47. It's worth watching, though, (if not listening), because there are some nice period photos from the show and program. (Sorry, "programme.")
Hopefully I'll be able to track down some more songs from the show, some that offer at least a semblance of charm, tunefulness and wit. And if so, I'll be sure to post it. For now, however, we'll have to be happy with this, if only as a part of theatrical history.
But the tales doesn't quite end there.
Remarkably, for reasons I'm not quite sure of, though apparently from a sense of history and an idea how to fix things, in 2013 the Guilford School of Acting (whose graduates include Bill Nighy, Brenda Blethyn, and Michael Ball who was in the original London production of Les Miserables, as Marius.) According to this review here, the show went through a major overall, with a brand new book, the worst songs dropped, and several Bart songs from other shows added, along with a new song written by the production's music director, and some other music, and the whole thing done with a deep sense of camp. And apparently it worked well, with the critic Jeremy Chapman noting, "Any connection between the newly-minted version of Lionel Bart's gigantic 1965 flop Twang!! and a sane, normal evening at the theatre is purely coincidental… but it is tremendous fun." You can read the full review here. .
Here's a "trailer" for that production in rehearsals. Without any of the songs or dialogue or (trusting the critic) sense of fun, it's a tough video to watch, looking pretty darn silly, and not in a fun, campy way. But that's not a fair judgment either, and I'll take Mr. Chapman's word that it worked far better than this --


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Gutiérrez erwarb nach dem Schulbesuch in San Cayetano del Norte und Pamplona am Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Bogotá, das von Rafael María Carrasquilla geleitet wurde, den Grad eines Bachelor. Danach studierte er an der Universidad Nacional Jura, ohne einen Abschluss zu erlangen.

Gutiérrez wurde als Satiriker und als Lyriker bekannt. Unter anderem schrieb er den Himno del Norte, die Hymne von Norte de Santander, die von José Rozo Contreras vertont wurde.

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Nigella Lawson's Pronunciation of "Microwave" is Simply Transfixing
They call cookies "biscuits," and gas "petrol," so why not "meecrowarvy?"
by Kyle Munzenrieder
Against all odds, the impeccably posh British chef Nigella Lawson has emerged as the main character on Twitter today. Not for any wrong-doing or cancelable offenses, though—merely for her particular pronunciation of the word "microwave."
A clip from Lawson's latest BBC 2 series, Nigella's Cook, Eat, Repeat, made the rounds this morning, especially on the American Internet. Lawson is preparing what appears to be something like mashed potatoes, when she picks up a cup of warm milk to add a bit of fat to the dish. She informs viewers that she's warmed it up in the microwave, but pronounces it something like "mee-cro-wavey." It's almost as if she's made it rhyme with the correct pronunciation of the fashion label "Loewe" (loe-AY-vay, fyi).
It quickly went viral.
"Nigella Lawson saying 'Microwave' like this has made my Christmas already," wrote user @EtceteraWithEst, the original uploader of the clip that has now clocked in over 1.1 million views.
The Internet ran with it, many comparing it to John Travolta's unique pronunciation of the name Idina Menzel at the 2014 Oscars ceremony.
While some were just overjoyed by the silliness of it all, others seemed to take it as evidence that Lawson is comically out of touch.
It's not hard to see why. First of all, many Americans tend to view Brits as refined and upperclass (at least, Americans who have never seen the original Love Island). There's also the matter that most food personalities, regardless of country of origin, tend to shy away from using the microwave, the humble appliance of choice for the busy proletariat.
Add to that Lawson's general vibe. She's better known in the United Kingdom, but has appeared on enough American television to leave some sort of impression. Her voice even guest starred on an episode of ABC's Modern Family—though the joke was that it was an incredibly posh and sultry voice. She's descended from British political power on one side and food industry power on the other, and she's the ex-wife of Charles Saatchi, perhaps London's most powerful contemporary art collector. She's carved out such a specific cultural niche that she's one of the few chefs to have ever appeared on the cover of an international edition of Vogue.
So it's easy to see her pronunciation of the word as some sort of upper crust British peculiarity. These are the people who insist on calling cookies "biscuits," and refer to trucks as "lorries."
Alas, as Lawson confirmed on Twitter, it's just a little "camp" inside joke.
As it turns out, she just likes to pronounce it that way for the same reason American mothers love to refer to Target as Tarjé. It's just fun.
Related: Comrade Carey: The Meaning Behind Mariah Carey's Newest Meme


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A number of airlines fly directly into Sunshine Coast Airport at Maroochydore.
Depending on your start and end points, it's only a 1-1½ hour drive from Brisbane, and 2-2½ hours from either Gold Coast or Hervey Bay.
Visitors are definitely spoilt for choice – to borrow a cliché, there really is something for everyone on the Sunshine Coast.
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Known as the 'jewel in the crown' of the Sunshine Coast, Noosa hardly needs an introduction!
Offering a diverse and wonderful experience for everyone who visits, it really is the perfect 'getaway' whether you're a family visiting for a holiday, a couple looking for a romantic retreat, backpackers searching for a new horizon, or a bunch of friends wanting to reconnect.
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If you like the outdoors, be sure and go for a walk through the National Park, where a variety of tracks offer visitors everything from a leisurely stroll, to more challenging half day walks.
I've been to Noosa many, many times, however, had never visited the National Park! I remedied that this trip.
I slip-slop-slapped, donned my joggers, packed my camera gear, strapped on the tripod and off I went. I wasn't after anything too strenuous considering the rigorous schedule I'd been keeping, so I did the Palm Grove Circuit (about half an hour at an easy pace on well shaded tracks).
Then I decided to explore the coastline for a while on the aptly named Coastal Track … and what a beautiful piece of coastline it is! I wish I'd put my swimmers on because the crystal clear waters were so inviting at a number of places, and it was a rather warm day. I made it as far as Boiling Pot before I decided to head back and get changed for a well deserved refreshing dip.
TIP! Make sure you take enough water for everyone. Some parts of the tracks are shaded, some are in full sun. And be mindful of how far along the track you walk, it's the same distance you need to walk back!
You can literally leave your apartment or hotel room and be building sandcastles on the beach in less than 5 minutes! Recently voted the 6th best beach in Australia by TripAdvisor, the north facing Mooloolaba Beach is known as one of the safest, most beautiful and family-friendly surf beaches on the Sunshine Coast and is blessed with near-perfect weather conditions all year. It certainly lived up to that reputation the few days I spent there!!
Make sure you also visit Mooloolaba Spit for calm, sheltered swimming and excellent seafood cafes. It's also the perfect spot for a sunset and to watch the fishing or sailing boats returning!
You'll be with lots of families enjoying take-away dinner or firing up one of the BBQs for a quintessential Aussie meal! You can even try catching lunch or dinner yourself on a river or bay fishing charter.
A stroll along Mooloolaba's beachfront Esplanade is an absolute must. It's full of outdoor cafes, juice bars, alfresco restaurants, fashion boutiques and malls, not to mention a buzzing, holiday atmosphere. It even boasts a public loo with a view of the Pacific Ocean! Wish I'd seen that!
For those who love to get their heads wet, explore beautiful reefs and colourful fish species on a scuba diving expedition, dive the sunken wreck of the HMAS Brisbane or Flinders Reef. During winter, you wouldn't want to miss a life-changing whale watching and whale swim tour to discover how intelligent these huge creatures really are.
Or if you're not quite that adventurous, visit the wharf and aquarium at SEAFLIFE Mooloolaba and swim with a seal.
A visit to Mooloolaba is an aquafarian's dream!
One of the best things about the Sunshine Coast is that it's not only about the coast! Head north, south and west and you'll experience scenic country roads, sweeping panoramic views, local artisans, history, locally made goodies, nature reserves, national parks, theme parks and much more.
Continue on to Part 3 'Sunshine Coast Road Trip' where I visit Eumundi, The Ginger Factory, Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, Maleny and Montville ... all in one day!


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MG Motor India to adopt Wind Solar Hybrid energy for manufacturing
Chinese-owned British Manufacturer MG Motor India has announced its partnership with Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd (CleanMax). As one of Asia's most trusted sustainability partners, CleanMax has agreed to supply 4.85 MW of wind-solar hybrid power. MG Motor India will then use this wind-solar hybrid power to run its manufacturing facility located in Halol, Gujarat. With this partnership, MG will reduce the spread of CO2 by approximately 2 lakh MT in the next 15 years.
Environment Focussed Plans for the Future
Complimenting the partnership is the fact that CleanMax shares its vision with MG's commitment to achieving a sustainable future. By launching the ZS EV SUV, MG has been at the forefront of promoting EV adoption in India. With the SUV launched under its 'Change what you can' initiative, MG Motor India has encouraged people to adopt zero-emission vehicles. The automaker has also stated that it intends to build a sustainable environment while lowering its energy costs.
CleanMax is also the first renewable energy company to set up a Wind Solar Hybrid Power Park in Gujarat. By selling clean energy to private consumers and corporations, CleanMax aims to expand itself to provide 150 MW by 2022. MG Motor India has also stated that it will start drawing power for its Halol facility in February 2022. Additionally, the automaker plans to reduce CO2 and to operate costs by drawing 50% of the power from its hybrid farm.
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Cat With Rare Condition Changes Colors In Front Of Her Owner's Eyes
"Her changing still goes on every day, and I love her more and more."
By Stephen Messenger
A few years ago, when Nicole Böhm rescued a pair of black-and-white kitten siblings living on a dirty farm in Germany, she had no idea that one of the cats would eventually go on to ditch her traditional look for one a bit more interesting.
But that's exactly what Elli did.
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"She had a tuxedo coat like her sister. Nothing unusual," Böhm told The Dodo. "The changing began about one year after birth."
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One day, Böhm noticed something strange on Elli's coat. There, where her fur was once solid black, a few flecks of white hair had appeared.
"It was just a little white spot on her back," Böhm said. "I didn't know why, so I took her to the vet."
Turns out, Elli was diagnosed as having vitiligo — a rare condition which causes a loss of pigmentation, leading to white patches of skin and hair. Though it's sometimes linked to other medical issues, Elli was otherwise totally healthy.
But what began as a few patches of white on Elli's body soon increased into something uniquely beautiful.
In the weeks and months that followed, Böhm watched as the black portions of Elli's coat slowly began transforming to white.
"I was surprised," she said. "I'm still surprised."
Elli's appearance just kept changing ...
... and changing.
Despite undergoing a dramatic physical transformation, however, Elli's sweet nature remained unchanged.
"Her personality is the same as ever. It doesn't matter to her," Böhm said. "She is as cute and lovely and as playful as the first day."
Elli's sister, whose coat hasn't changed at all, still treats her exactly the same as always.
What matters most, of course, is that Elli is healthy and happy. Her special look just makes her all the more lovable — and it hasn't slowed yet.
Böhm said Elli's fur continues to whiten, but she suspects that some black markings, like those on her face, will remain.
Looking back, though, it's clear that she's already come a long way.
For Böhm, seeing her rescued cat's adorable transformation has made sharing a life with her all the more delightful.
"Her changing still goes on every day, and I love her more and more," she said.
You can keep up with Elli's beautiful adventure by following her on Instagram.


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Gamlehaugen is the King's official residence in Bergen. Owned by the state and managed by western Norway regional office of the Directorate of Public Construction and Property, the building is at the disposal of the King.
The property is located outside the centre of Bergen near Troldhaugen, home of renowned Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. It was purchased by shipowner and statesman Christian Michelsen in 1898, and the construction of his private residence was completed around the turn of the century.
Christian Michelsen served as Norway's prime minister during the turbulent time in 1905 when the Storting voted to dissolve the union between Norway and Sweden and Prince Carl of Denmark was elected king of Norway. Following the death of Christian Michelsen in 1925, a nationwide fundraising campaign was launched to establish a trust for the preservation of Gamlehaugen. The property was then acquired by the state.
Gamlehaugen was designed in 1899 by the architect Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland, who was educated in Germany and influenced by late medieval architecture. The building combined the qualities of a fortress and a castle, evoking associations with buildings from two very different regions: the many 16th century castles found in the Loire Valley in France, and the high-towered royal fortresses of Scotland. While Kielland did not copy these buildings, he adopted their architectural principles and added modern details from the Art Nouveau style of his day.
Visitors who enter Gamlehaugen with French and Scottish architecture in mind will likely be struck by the great contrast between what the exterior leads them to expect and what the interior holds. For when visitors enter the grand two-storey hall flanked by the main staircase, they find themselves not in Scotland or France, but in the Norway envisioned at the turn of the century – a Norway that had recaptured the glory of its medieval greatness.
The contrast between the exterior and interior is sustained throughout the rest of the building. The decoration and furnishings are reminiscent of an aristocratic castle, featuring Rococo and Neo-Renaissance furniture as well as Dutch Baroque and Neo-Baroque styles. The building also contains among other things a music room, library and winter garden.
Gamlehaugen is framed by a beautiful English-landscaped park, adorned with a lush, varied selection of shrubbery, flowers and trees. The park is open to the public and is a popular recreational area used for swimming and walking.
The state rooms on the ground floor are open to the public during the summer months. One of the rooms available for viewing is Christen Michelsen's office, containing a unique collection of the former prime minister's memorabilia from 1905.
Gamleahaugen: HMK
Kong Harald utenfor Gamlehaugen. Foto: Gorm Kallestad / Scanpix
Gamlehaugen: Winter morning
Gamlehaugen a winter morning 2007 (Photo: Henry Lie, Gamlehaugen)
View of Gamlehaugen
View of Gamlehaugen (Foto: Henry Lie, Gamlehaugen)
Gamlehaugen: Through the trees
Gamlehaugen (Photo: Svein Hammerstad, Scanpix)
Gamlehaugen: Stairs
The main staircase at Gamlehaugen (Photo: Henry Lie, Gamlehaugen)
Gamlehaugen: Hall
The hall at Gamlehaugen (Photo: Henry Lie, Gamlehaugen)
Gamlehaugen: Library
The library at Gamlehaugen (Photo: Henry Lie, Gamlehaugen)
Gamlehaugen: Winter park
The Gamlehaugen park a winter morning 2007 (Photo: Henry Lie, Gamlehaugen)
Gamlehaugen: Dusk
Gamlehaugen at dusk (Photo: Henry Lie, Gamlehaugen)
Gamlehaugen late at night
Gamlehaugen late at night (Photo: Henry Lie, Gamlehaugen)
Gamlehaugen. Photo: Gorm Kallestad / Scanpix
Gamlehaugen. Photo: Gorm Kallestad, NTB Scanpix
Visit the website of Gamlehaugen


The work Oceania represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/Collection.
Some articles also published in monographic series: Oceania monographs.


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namespace Magento\Framework\Math;

class RandomTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    /**
     * @param int    $length
     * @param string $chars
     *
     * @dataProvider getRandomStringDataProvider
     */
    public function testGetRandomString($length, $chars = null)
    {
        $mathRandom = new \Magento\Framework\Math\Random();
        $string = $mathRandom->getRandomString($length, $chars);

        $this->assertEquals($length, strlen($string));
        if ($chars !== null) {
            $this->_assertContainsOnlyChars($string, $chars);
        }
    }

    public function getRandomStringDataProvider()
    {
        return [
            [0],
            [10],
            [10, \Magento\Framework\Math\Random::CHARS_LOWERS],
            [10, \Magento\Framework\Math\Random::CHARS_UPPERS],
            [10, \Magento\Framework\Math\Random::CHARS_DIGITS],
            [
                20,
                \Magento\Framework\Math\Random::CHARS_LOWERS .
                \Magento\Framework\Math\Random::CHARS_UPPERS .
                \Magento\Framework\Math\Random::CHARS_DIGITS
            ]
        ];
    }

    public function testGetUniqueHash()
    {
        $mathRandom = new \Magento\Framework\Math\Random();
        $hashOne = $mathRandom->getUniqueHash();
        $hashTwo = $mathRandom->getUniqueHash();
        $this->assertTrue(is_string($hashOne));
        $this->assertTrue(is_string($hashTwo));
        $this->assertNotEquals($hashOne, $hashTwo);
    }

    /**
     * @param string $string
     * @param string $chars
     */
    protected function _assertContainsOnlyChars($string, $chars)
    {
        if (preg_match('/[^' . $chars . ']+/', $string, $matches)) {
            $this->fail(sprintf('Unexpected char "%s" found', $matches[0]));
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param $min
     * @param $max
     *
     * @dataProvider testGetRandomNumberProvider
     */
    public function testGetRandomNumber($min, $max)
    {
        $number = \Magento\Framework\Math\Random::getRandomNumber($min, $max);
        $this->assertLessThanOrEqual($max, $number);
        $this->assertGreaterThanOrEqual($min, $number);
    }

    public function testGetRandomNumberProvider()
    {
        return [
            [0, 100],
            [0, 1],
            [0, 0],
            [-1, 0],
            [-100, 0],
            [-1, 1],
            [-100, 100]
        ];
    }
}


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The Case Against the Fed Book Review
By Randy Radic
The Case Against the Fed By Murray N. Rothbard Ludwig von Mises Institute 2007 158 pages.
In The Decline of the West, Oswald Spengler wrote, "With money-traffic there appears between producer and consumer, as though between two separate worlds, the third party, the middleman, whose thought is dominated a priori by the business side of life. He elevates mediation to a monopoly and thereafter to economic primacy, and forces the other two to be 'in form' in his interest … He who commands this mode of thinking is the master of money."
The Case Against the Fed Murray N. Rothbard Best Price: $2.19 Buy New $5.00 (as of 08:50 EDT - Details)
And no, Spengler was not referring to the Fed. But he very well could have been, for the Fed certainly fits the definition of a monopolistic middleman, who is the master of money. Which is the subject of Murray Rothbard's book – The Case Against the Fed.
Like many books, The Case Against the Fed starts out with an introduction. But that's where the similarity ends. For Rothbard's introduction is a real humdinger. He gets right to his thesis, which is that the Fed is super-secretive, accountable to no one, has no budget, and is subject to no audit. And whenever anyone broaches changing this situation, the "standard reply of the Fed and its partisans is that any such measures, however marginal, would encroach on the Fed's 'independence from politics,' which is invoked as a kind of self-evident absolute."
In other words, only by means of absolute power and no accountability can the Fed wage its holy war "against inflation." According to the Fed's line of reasoning, the public is responsible for inflating the money supply. Which means the Fed is all that stands between the public and the temptation of inflation. In Rothbard's opinion, "this mythology is the very reverse of the truth."
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Rothbard's analysis and explanation of the real truth is wonderfully wrought. "If," says Rothbard, "chronic inflation is caused by the continuing creation of new money, and if [the Central Banking System] is the sole monopoly source and creator of all money, who then is responsible for the blight of inflation?" The answer of course is "the Fed itself."
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This fact, according to Rothbard, explains why the Fed requires secrecy. "If the public knew what was going on," it would know that the Fed is "itself the heart and cause of the problem."
After this blistering opening, Rothbard moves on to discuss how money and banking developed. This discussion segues naturally into the 'optimum amount of money.' And as Rothbard demonstrates, "any quantity of money in society is 'optimal.'" Increasing the supply of money in a society is unnecessary and not beneficial. Any increase that occurs is purely and simply inflation, which, in Rothbard's opinion, is tantamount to counterfeiting.
Counterfeiting increases the money supply, which simultaneously pushes up the cost of goods and services and decreases the buying power of money. The other thing counterfeiting does – and this is an important point – is put more money into the "hands of the counterfeiters." In other words, the people printing the counterfeit money get richer.
Rothbard points out that historically, there "have been two kinds of legalized counterfeiting." The first is government printed paper money. The second is "fractional-reserve banking." And Rothbard's explanation of fractional-reserve banking is one of the best around. For it is simple and clear, eschewing technical jargon and convoluted models.
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Q: Check validation rules in Yii framework I'm new to Yii framework so I'm trying to understand the way it is working.
I have the following validation rules for a user creating form, now what I need is to check in afterValidation() method, if all the validation rules have passed an the hash the user password. What I don't know is, if Yii has a build-in method that returns true or false if the validation rules have passed or not.
 public function rules()
    {
        // NOTE: you should only define rules for those attributes that
        // will receive user inputs.
        return array(
            array('email, password, username', 'required'),
            array('email, username, password', 'length', 'max'=>256),
            array('email, username', 'unique'),
            array('password', 'compare'),
            array('password_repeat', 'safe'),
        );
    }

 protected function afterValidate()
        {
            parent::afterValidate();
          if("VALIDATION RULES HAVE PASSED, ther is no error message")
{
            $this->password = $this->encrypt($this->password);
}
        }
        public function encrypt($value)
        {
          return md5($value);
        }

A: The method you should be using is $this->hasErrors() since your form validation has already been performed. The likely reason for the nesting error is due to it calling your afterValidate() after each $this->validate() since I would think this is called automatically if validation is performed and you just end up with an infinite loop

A: Instead if putting anything in afterValidate(), which gets run in a validation cycle, I think you want to put your code in beforeSave().
beforeSave() will only be run if your validation rules run and don't have errors.
As a bonus: if you are just doing standard password stuff, consider using the Yii Password behavior. It will save you lots of time and has already been thoroughly checked by some of the best Yii programmers out there.

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In the oscilloscope configuration window, the "More Blur" label is in the wrong place, occupying the same space as the slider, and disappearing when the slider takes focus.
OfficerMike07 Wrote: In the oscilloscope configuration window, the "More Blur" label is in the wrong place, occupying the same space as the slider, and disappearing when the slider takes focus.
Hehe... I can't always beat the clock.
The track title format help window is taller than my screen (1280*800) and doesn't have a scrollbar or seem to be resizeable. I cant read all of it!
you never know Cliff might have changed that by now?
He probably did change it... I was one day late on my last beta bug find.
I'll look into changing the way its displayed. For a work around, if you're using XP and above, press CTRL+C on the message box window when its displayed, then click ok and open up notepad, then Paste it.
Today I tried to listen to a CD.
I noticed this too when playing files off a hard drive.
It just fails to start the next song.
Also the crashes are becoming more annoying. Whenever i leave Xion to play my entire music folder overnight ( Music is good for my sleep, wipe that stupid smug off your face >.> ), i wake up in the morning to find it crashed dead or stopped by the next song start bug.
If the track title and track artist are on separate layers, the last artist played from the hard drive will not disappear from the "track artist" layer when switching from hard drive music to internet streams.
When the crash occurs, which module is it in? Is it Bass.dll? I get this randomly too, hopefully with the next Bass Audio library update, this will be fixed.


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Boathouse 4
Up to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Go to Go to... ---------------------------------------------- Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower Portsmouth Harbour Tour Royal Navy Submarine Museum ---------------------------------------------- The Library Entrance Lobby The Map Room Push-pins Search Page Site Map
Entrance Lobby > The Map Room > Hampshire and the Isle of Wight > South East Hampshire > Portsmouth > Portsmouth Historic Dockyard > Boathouse 4
Entrance Lobby > The Library > Ships and Boats > Sea-going Vessels > Boathouse 4
OS Ref: SU 629 003
Click for large version of 'Boathouse 4'
Currently Boathouse 4 is filed with a variety of things and feels like a "work in progress".
The ground floor is a Boatbuilding Skills Training Centre occupied by the International Boatbuilding Training College (IBTC) and the Solent Marine Academy (part of Highbury College). There is only limited accessibility to this part of the building.
For the visitor the main event is on the first floor balcony. This houses an interesting exhibition, entitled The Forgotten Craft, celebrating the small boats which are the backbone of the Royal Navy. There is also a restaurant on the west side overlooking the harbour.
Boathouse 4 Gallery
The Steam Pinnace
Click for large version of 'The Steam Pinnace Osborne '
Fast Motor Boat 43957
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The Whaler Acute
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A Fairey Huntress
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Click for large version of 'The Dock'
Click for large version of 'The Workshop'
Fast Motor Dingy 5004
Skimming Dish
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Click for large version of 'Canoes'
Boathouse 4 was built in 1939 as part of the rapid rearmament programme prior to the start of World War II. It was originally intended to be twice the size but construction was halted by the outbreak of the war. The 'temporary' corrugated iron cladding installed in 1940 to cover the unfinished southern elevation is still there to this day.
The official site: opening times, restaurant menus, etc.
http://www.boathouse4.org/
More from the Historic Dockyard's Official Site
http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/site-attractions/attractions/boathouse-4
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The Comprehensive Agriculture and Rural Development-Facility (CARD-F) is one of the key agricultural and rural development programs of the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GoIRA). CARD-F aims to increase employment, income and business opportunities for rural masses through the design, facilitation and implementation of commercially viable agricultural value chains supplemented with rural infrastructure projects in the target provinces of Afghanistan. As a model of cross-ministry collaboration, CARD-F is governed by an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) that consists of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, the Ministry of Counter Narcotics and the Ministry of Finance. Funded by the UK Department of International Development (DFID) and Danish Fund (DANIDA), CARD-F provides needs-based support and services to facilitate growth in legal rural income and employment by providing alternative livelihood opportunities.
Created 18,022 rural employment opportunities and Increased rural net income to more than AFN 84 billion.
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Established 3 feed mills in Kabul, Nangarhar and Balkh provinces with total capacity of 129,600 MTs of poultry feed annually.
Constructed 14 breeder farms in Nangarhar, Balkh and Herat provinces. These farms have together produced 75 million fertile eggs.
Constructed 11 layer farms in Herat and Balkh provinces with total capacity of more than 21 million table eggs annually.
Constructed and standardized 312 commercial broiler farms in Kabul, Balkh, Herat, Helmand, Laghman, Kunar, Kandahar, Nangarhar and Takhar provinces. These farms have together produced 14,206 MTs of broiler meet.
Constructed 8 hatcheries in Nangarhar & Herat provinces that have together produced more than 47 million day old chicks.
Established 4,113 small scale layer farms in Balkh, Badakhshan, Takhar, Parwan, Kapisa, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Khost, Logar, Laghman, Kunar and Herat provinces. These farms have together produced about 1 million table eggs.
Established 1,030 commercial scale greenhouses in Nangarhar, Badakhshan, Parwan, Kabul, Kandahar, Khost, Laghman, Kunar, Takhar and Helmand provinces. These farms have together produced about 4,566 MTs of fresh vegetables.
Trellised 1,081 Jeribs of vineyards and Established 90 Kishmish Khanas (Raisins Drying Facilities) in Parwan, Kabul and Kandahar provinces. These Kishmish Khanas have together produced 123 MTs raisins.
Established 1 milk processing plant and 7 milk collection centers (able to collect 22,000 liters of milk daily) in Balkh and Herat provinces. These milk collection centers have together collected about 8 million liters of milk.
Established 12 milking cow farms (each one with 170 M2 areas) in Balkh province. These farms have a total capacity of sheltering 120 milking cows which can together produce 2,400 liters of milk per day.
Established 825 honey bee farms in Badakhshan, Khost and Helmand provinces. These farms have together produced more than 181 MTs of honey.
Established 1 seed oil extraction plant and 1 oil refinery plant in Balkh province with the capacity of producing 20 tons of unrefined oil and 30 tons of refined oil per day. Established 1 Cotton Ginning & Oil Extraction Plant in Kandahar province with the capacity of 12 metric tons cotton processing and 2 metric tons of cottonseed oil production per hour.
Completed the construction work of 14 KM road in Balkh district of Balkh province.
Built 8 irrigation canals and 3 water reservoirs in Nangarhar and Badakhshan provinces. These canals cumulatively irrigate 10,630 hectares of land in eastern and northern Afghanistan.


Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May listens as opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn responds to her statement in the House of Commons on Brexit in London on July 9, 2018.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is scrambling for her political life after a day of high drama that saw three cabinet ministers resign, her Brexit strategy unravel and questions mount about her continued leadership.
The drama started around midnight Sunday with the sudden resignation of David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union who had been leading the government's Brexit talks with the EU. In a letter to Ms. May, Mr. Davis said he could no longer support her Brexit strategy, calling parts of it "illusory." Steve Baker, a junior cabinet minister in the Brexit department, quit Monday morning and then hours later Ms. May was dealt an even bigger blow with the resignation of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Davis were strong Brexit backers and their resignations left Ms. May facing a growing revolt within her Conservative Party caucus, which is bitterly divided between those who favor a hard Brexit and a complete break with the EU, and those who want the country to keep some economic ties to the EU, including remaining in the customs union. Under party rules, 48 of the Conservative's 317 Members of Parliament can force a vote of confidence in the leader, and there were indications Monday that several MPs have submitted letters calling for a vote. Mr. Johnson is considered a leading candidate to replace Ms. May, although it's unclear if he would win favor among the majority of MPs who do not support his idea of a hard Brexit.
The political turmoil comes at a critical time for Ms. May. The U.K. is set to leave the EU next March, and both sides have been locked in negotiations about the terms of the country's departure and an agreement on the future relationship. The EU has said a deal must be reached by October to give EU member states enough time for ratification.
The customs union has emerged as a key issue in the talks because it allows for the free movement of goods. Under the EU's customs union there are no tariffs on goods that move among member states but all members must charge the same tariffs on imports from outside the bloc. U.K. business groups have said that remaining in the customs union would give them more certainty and better access to the EU. Staying in the customs union would also ensure that there was no hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, something the EU and U.K. have agreed is essential. However, Brexit backers oppose the customs union because it would mean staying aligned to EU regulations and it wouldn't allow the U.K. to charge its own tariffs or develop its own trade policy.
On Friday, Ms. May thought she'd finally reached a consensus with a plan that included a "customs arrangement." The plan, which will be fully outlined later this week, would ensure the free flow of goods between the U.K. and the EU but also permit the U.K. to set and collect its own tariffs. The U.K. would collect EU tariffs on goods moving through Britain to the EU, and turn over the money to Brussels, and it would remain largely aligned with EU regulations. Ms. May hailed the plan as a sensible approach to Brexit that fulfilled the country's objective of leaving the EU without damaging the economy. She also demanded on Friday that all cabinet ministers support the plan or resign.
Ms. May's plan "is not really leaving the European Union," said Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Tory MP who leads the European Research Group, a collection of MPs that strongly support Brexit. "She has advanced backwards. She has advanced not to have Brexit." But Ms. May also won strong support from many Tories who backed her vision for a softer Brexit.
However, other experts said Ms. May could survive the revolt because most Tory MPs support a softer Brexit. Ms. May has also won the backing two other key Brexiteers: Environment Minister Michael Gove and Dominic Raab, who replaced Mr. Davis as Brexit minister.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly spelled Dominic Raab's surname. This version has been corrected.


After Politico Pro reported President Trump had tentative plans to visit Council Bluffs, it was confirmed Tuesday he will be in town on Oct. 9.
The rally will be the President's 39th in Iowa and fourth in Council Bluffs since 2015.
In Iowa there are several tight midterm races as well, with Republican Governor Kim Reynolds facing a challenge from Fred Hubbel and Rep. David Young in a close race with his Democratic challenger Cindy Axne.


I stopped working more than five years ago. I was too sick to keep going and I was old enough so the market for my services was drying up.
I started getting disability almost 2 years after I was physically unable to work. It turned out my monthly disability check was less than a week's pay as a working person. I tried intermittently for several years to find part-time work that might bring in a bit of money. So life wouldn't be so difficult.
Nothing lasted long. More to the point, I didn't last long. I hurt. I was exhausted. I worked more slowly than I did in the past. Finally, I gave up. I was 61.
Garry had stopped working too. There were a lots of adjustments to make. On the psychological side, we had to learn to be retired. The world is different when you don't have a job to define your weeks and days. I had worked at home a lot over the years, so it was not as abrupt a shift for me as it was for Garry. Eventually we slipped comfortably into not-working.
The financial part was — continues to be — challenging. The mortgage had to be lowered or we'd lose the house. Somehow, we got it done. Both of us had no health insurance for more than a year. Me for more than two, during which interval, I nearly died. Because no one would repair me without insurance. Eventually, I lucked into a doctor and a hospital who cared more for my life than my lack of insurance. I'm alive to write this only because of them.
We kept cutting back and cutting back. Last spring, our outgo and income became equal. Exactly. Assuming nothing outside programmed expenses ever occurs, we have the same amount of money as month. Which is absurd. Life is full of expensive surprises. Cars break. Pipes leak. Wells go dry. Appliances wear out. Dogs get sick. Meanwhile, fixed incomes have less and less buying power as inflation eats away at them.
This year, it was my heart. Five surgeries later, I'm back. Blogging my remodeled, rebuilt heart out.
The other day, I received an invitation from a well-known, quite prestigious website to become a contributing editor. This would require I write two posts a month, minimum. Really, they'd like at least one a week or more.
Serendipity is a personal blog. I write about my life, memories, experiences, thoughts. Occasionally, I put up an issue-oriented piece. The other site is more about issues and news. More impersonal, less anecdotal. A lot of politics. Government. Current events.
The point — for me — of taking on this other writing role would be to have a forum where I could post about different stuff, the stuff I avoid on Serendipity. The thing is, I'm not sure I want another forum. Or need one. Even though I'm flattered. It's so hard to say "no" when the compliments are flying thick and fast.
Nonetheless, I take retirement seriously. I don't work, don't search for work. If I get a nibble (because my résumé is out there and headhunters find it), I have (finally) learned to say "no thank you." My survival is predicated on not working. Not having deadlines. Keeping my anxiety level low. If I take it easy — low-key, low stress — I can have a pretty pleasant life. No money to spend, but otherwise nice enough. Do I want more responsibility? Can I handle it? I thought I had decided "yes," but I find myself wavering.
These days, I take retirement seriously. As seriously as I ever took any job at which I worked for pay. It takes dedication to do retirement properly.
I may throw in the towel at the end of this year and retire. I'm certainly old enough and I probably have enough socked away (as long as the stock market doesn't crash) to live modestly for a while longer. But I have defined myself by what I do for my job and I am concerned that if I don't do that any more, I will have lost my identify and I won't know who I am. That's the part about retirement that I find truly scary.
I know a lot of retired people and none of us lost our identities when we quit working. Even the workaholics in the group found a whole new world waiting for them, a life where you get to be yourself, not your job. Really, seriously. NO ONE was more identified with his profession than Garry. Or the rest of the old media crowd. But they all love retirement. It takes a few months to figure out that you really ARE retired, figure out where to get those senior discounts. Learning how to live without a schedule takes some adaptation. But you already work at home, so it won't actually be that big a switch for you. Been there. Done that. And you WRITE. That's not a job you do. That's something that IS you. You already do it. I bet you'll just do more of it. Really, you'll love it.
Thanks, I feel better already!
Why doesn't she have Medicare? It comes automatically with social security and is the best health insurance money can't buy. Even Obama's affordable health care will not refuse anyone because of pre-existing medical conditions. So regardless, these days, there's no reason to not have medical insurance, no matter what age you are. If she is retirement age, she gets Medicare. Period. There's no if, buts, or maybes. And ALL doctors and ALL hospitals accept it. There's prescription coverage too.
Oh. That's a whole other thing. She can't join a local healthcare group? When I lived overseas, that was what I did. I guess it depends on where in the world you are, but most places have some form of universal coverage that you can buy into. I think the US was the LAST country to provide health care to its citizens. The rest of the world already had it.
I Love those two chairs.
I am probably going to pass on the other website. It's enough writing just keeping Serendipity going. I don't think I have another half a dozen monthly posts in me.
I'm with you, Marilyn. I started my blog with an eye to eventually finding some paid writing work that would supplement Social Security when I retire (sooner than I want to think about). But the more I think about it, the less I find myself willing to submit to other people's deadlines and other people's ideas of what I should write. I'll just have to wait and see what happens in the next couple of years.
And they don't pay you. They give you honor, compliments, an audience, prestige … but no MONEY. If there really were money, I might do some shifting away from here to do it … but honor and compliments don't pay the bills. Lord knows I wish they did.
Oh, it wasn't an offer for paid posts? I'd pass, too. I'm already past the "I'll do it for the glory" stage of my writing career, although sometimes I'll do a guest post for someone else just for the fun of it.
There are so many people lining up to do the work for free, it totally kills the market for those of us who prefer getting paid with real money!!
Yep, but I figure those of us who are above the crowd will still be able to demand payment for our work. Not that it's happened for me, yet, but I'm sure the time will come.
We can try. The problem is that quality is not the primary qualification on the internet. They aren't looking for terrific writers. They are looking for incendiaries. Gossip mongers. Hackers. And combination of the aforementioned. And that's why the quality of writing you see online is on the whole, atrocious. There are jobs, but most are freelance and don't pay much. You have to work constantly to keep even. Journalism has always been cutthroat. It's just worse now.
Photography has undergone a similar downward slide. Most people apparently think anyone with a cell phone is a photographer. They can't tell the difference between art and a snapshot. They don't know there IS a difference to see.
Being an artist of any kind has always a hard way to make a living. That's why I wound up as a technical writer. Because I could be a writer and at least for most of my career, quality writing was valued. Newspapers rarely hire full-time writers these days. Everything is freelance, part time, stringer. Cheaper. They don't have to pay benefits. I wish you the best of luck, but I'm serious when I suggest you consider authoring a book. It's easier to sell a book than your soul.
We all seem to accumulate dependents even when we don't realize what's happening. But. You can't work forever. You really don't want to die at the office.A big part of the adaptation to retirement is learning to say "no" to kids, grandkids, and others who have been relying on you for their entire lives. We become everyone's fallback position … but where is OUR fallback position? The time comes to regretfully inform the world it will have to make its way independently. It's reality.
I didn't want to retire, at least not when the company wanted it. I still had two years to go, but the economic situation was not so good for the company. As I was a long serving slave, almost 30 years, they carried on paying me for the two years left. Mr. Swiss was retired two years before me due to health problems. I was worried, and so I put away as much as I could in those two years. I wondered would the money be enough when we were both on the scrap heap. Long story cut short, it was. Of course the big spending spree no longer existed, but we realised we did not need it. I am not interested in working again, I prefer to play with my computer at home. Perhaps we are the lucky ones, but we were both working many years and when the kids left we realised that we had enough to go round. We no longer have big wishes and we poodle along somehow. Sickness insurance is well organised in Switzerland. Expensive, but good.
We manage. We would manage better if cars would stop getting old and needing tune ups and tires and batteries and stuff. And teeth would not need fillings and wells would never run dry. And even better if one could buy a computer and it would last forever. If you only had to buy each thing once and never again, it would work out much better! I don't want much … but computers and cameras … well … I have an itch where technology is concerned. I don't need much clothing since we really don't go a lot of places. We have plenty of furniture and probably more house than we need … Really, we are pretty well set, but pensions are fixed and inflation eats it away and there's nothing to be done about it. If we had been better money managers when we were young, we would be in better shape now. Garry didn't want to retire, either. They wanted younger, cheaper people working. If they'd let him work another two years, we would be in MUCH better shape. But we manage. Some months are harder than others, and having the car need so much work and teeth needing repair in the same month is pretty tough on a fixed income. Next month will be better. Or so I fondly believe.
Well said. It is wiser to take it easy. Moreover, anyone paying even a single Dollar/Euro would end taking up 100% of your life and time. You have had the courage of conviction to refuse and that is what counts. Make the most of what time you have left.
Mainly, I don't want to tie my days in knots to meet deadlines. Been there, done that. See no valid reason to do it again.
Can you do it on your own terms? If you did untake this opportunity you'd have to set some very definite limits to your projects. If they would be okay with that it might be worth a try.
They seem to have a standard arrangement, but I don't think I can turn out that many more posts. I was thinking of cutting back, even here. To add another layer of work is probably foolish.
You have to listen to your inner voice.
You're no moron, Marilyn. The answer will come to you.
How very kind! Thank you!
I sometimes have to restrain myself from posting more, but I don't because I get annoyed when I get too much from one blogger. I don't have time to read that much stuff, not and write. If they were paying me, I think I'd try it, but it's just an honor and frankly, I'm past the point where seeing a byline with my name makes me all warm and runny. I don't think I can write any more than I'm already writing, not and have a life off the computer. I'm glad your retirement turned out to be a second life. I have been too sick to even think about working. What I'm doing is about what I can handle, though maybe that will change. But not yet. Not quite yet.


For many teams the travel will be minimal when the World Championship Play-offs will throw off at the beginning of June 2014.
The nine pairings were drawn on Sunday just hours before the final day of the EHF EURO 2014 and it is some thrilling neighbour duels that certainly form the highlights of the double-headers.
Hungary vs Slovenia was the first match-up that was drawn, shortly followed afterwards by Poland vs Germany and Greece vs FYR Macedonia.
"It's two times do-or-die, nothing else," was the immediate reaction of Bob Hanning, Vice Presiden of the German Handball Federation.
Marek Goralczyk, Secretary General of the Polish Handball Federation said: "It is a shame that one big handball nation will not take part at the World Championship. Nobody wanted to face Germany, now we have to. It will specially be interesting, as we have a German coach (Michael Biegler)."
The draw was conducted by EHF Secretary General Michael Wiederer, EHF Competitions Commission Chairman Leopold Kalin and IHF Vice President Miguel Roca.
The matches will be played 7/8 June 2014 and 14/15 June 2014.
"Norway are one of the most difficult opponents we could get," said Gerhard Hofbauer, President of the Austrian Handball Federation. However, after the success EHF EURO we played, we enter this encounter with self-confidence and are optimistic regarding our chances."
Norway's coach Robert Hedin is also reasonably optimistic: "It could have been worse. The Austrians have improved a lot lately, but still there were only good teams among our possible opponents, I think. It is an obvious advantage that we finish at home."
Satisfaction reigned in the Icelandic camp after having been drawn against Bosnia and Herzegovina. "Among the teams we could have got, this was not the worst opponent," said head coach Aron Kristjansson.
Sweden's coach Staffan Olsson called it a 'medium draw' for his team. "There were easier opponents among our nine potential opponents, but it could also have been worse, I guess.
"We will probably get under a lot of pressure in our first game in Romania, so it is very important to us that we have the last match at home," he said.
Radek Bendl, General Secretary Czech Handball Federation: Serbia were definitely not on our wishing list. The only positive thing is that we have the second leg at home and can combine it with the last qualification match of our women's team for the 2014 EURO.
The nine play-off double headers decide the last nine qualification places for European teams at the World Championship 2015 in Qatar.
Spain as defending champions as well as Denmark, France and Croatia as the three best ranked teams from the Men's EHF EURO 2014 are already qualified.


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U.S.-Vietnam Relations Shift from Foes to Allies
Cold War enemies the United States and Vietnam demonstrated their blossoming military relations Sunday as a U.S. nuclear supercarrier floated in waters off the Southeast Asian nation's coast — sending a message that China is not the region's only big player.
The visit comes 35 years after the Vietnam War as the U.S. and Vietnam are cozying up in a number of areas, from negotiating a controversial deal to share civilian nuclear fuel and technology to agreeing that China needs to work with its neighbors to resolve territorial claims in the South China Sea.
The USS George Washington's stop is officially billed as a commemoration of last month's 15th anniversary of normalized diplomatic relations between the former foes. But the timing also reflects Washington's heightened interest in maintaining security and stability in the Asia-Pacific amid tensions following the sinking of a South Korean warship in March, which killed 46 sailors. North Korea has been blamed for the attack, but has vehemently denied any involvement.
Last month during an Asian security meeting in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton also angered China by unexpectedly calling on the Communist powerhouse to resolve territorial claims with neighboring Southeast Asian countries over islands in the South China Sea.
China claims the entire sea and the disputed Spratly and Paracel islands over which it exercises complete sovereignty. But Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines also have staked claims on all or some of the territory, which straddles vital shipping lanes, important fishing grounds and is believed rich in oil and natural gas reserves. Clinton announced that the U.S. has a national interest in seeing the claims resolved.
"The problem is that China has now committed herself, publicly, to sovereignty of the South China Sea and to push that back, if only to the status of a claim that is not enforced, is going to be very difficult," said Arthur Waldron, an international relations specialist at the University of Pennsylvania. "So we are playing catch up, reminding the Chinese that we have not collapsed into post-great powerdom, and that we have other friends in the region."
Vietnam has long been vocal about the issue, protesting China's plans to bring tourists to the islands and most recently seismic studies conducted near the Paracels. Last month China also held naval drills in the South China Sea.
"Vietnam does not support containing China, but like most other ASEAN members would like to see each major power offset the other," Carl Thayer, a Vietnam expert at the Australian Defense Force Academy in Canberra, said, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. "Quite simply, these are not too subtle signals that Vietnam wants the United States to stay engaged in the region to balance China."
The USS George Washington is a formidable beast rippling with muscle, and a permanent resident of the Pacific, based in Japan. It is a floating city that can carry up to 70 aircraft, more than 5,000 sailors and aviators and about 4 million pounds (1.8 million kilograms) of bombs. It lurked Sunday in waters off the central coast of Danang, Vietnam's jumping off point for the disputed islands.
The supercarrier came to Vietnam following four days of high-profile military exercises last month with South Korea aimed at showing solidarity following the sinking of the 1,200-ton Cheonan navy ship. The drills enraged Pyongyang and drew repeated criticism from its Chinese ally.
A Chinese newspaper ran a front-page story last week strongly hinting that China also is not happy about reports that Vietnam and the U.S. are negotiating a civilian nuclear fuel and technology deal that could allow Vietnam to enrich uranium on its own soil.
U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said China had not been consulted about the talks, but he would not discuss the specifics of the enrichment provision. Congressional aides have said the agreement will likely not contain a no-enrichment pledge, which the U.S. promotes as the "gold standard" for civilian nuclear cooperation accords to ensure materials are not being used to build a nuclear weapon.
Vietnam has denied having any plans to enrich uranium on its own soil.
The aircraft carrier's visit is particularly symbolic as it floats off the coast of central Danang, once the site of a bustling U.S. military base during the Vietnam War, which ended April 30, 1975, when northern communist forces seized control of the U.S.-backed capital of South Vietnam, reuniting the country.
Some 58,000 Americans and an estimated 3 million Vietnamese were killed during the war.
Relations have thrived since the former foes shook hands in 1995. The U.S. is Vietnam's top export market and Americans are the country's No. 1 foreign investor. Two-way trade reached $15.4 billion in 2009.
Military ties have also grown since the first U.S. warship ship visited Ho Chi Minh City in 2003, including high-level defense talks and training.
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Biden Says Job Growth Might Plunge By Two-Thirds As Economy 'Transitions'
By Joseph Curl
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President Joe Biden said job creation in the U.S. could drop significantly over the coming months as Americans increasingly struggle to make ends meet amid soaring inflation and skyrocketing gas and food prices.
In an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal, Biden put much of the blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
"The global economy faces serious challenges. Inflation is elevated, exacerbated by Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. Energy markets are in turmoil. Supply chains that haven't fully healed are causing shortages and price hikes," Biden wrote.
"Americans are anxious. I know that feeling. I grew up in a family where it mattered when the price of gas or groceries rose. We felt it around the kitchen table. But the American people should have confidence that our economy faces these challenges from a position of strength."
But Biden, who has taken credit for job creation that some economists say is simply an economy recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, said it's time to "transition" to a phase that will produce lower job creation in order to reduce inflation.
"I ran for president because I was tired of the so-called trickle-down economy. We now have a chance to build on a historic recovery with an economy that works for working families," Biden wrote. "The most important thing we can do now to transition from rapid recovery to stable, steady growth is to bring inflation down."
"During this transition, growth will look different. We will likely see fewer record job-creation numbers, but this won't be cause for concern. Rather, if average monthly job creation shifts in the next year from current levels of 500,000 to something closer to 150,000, it will be a sign that we are successfully moving into the next phase of recovery — as this kind of job growth is consistent with a low unemployment rate and a healthy economy," Biden wrote.
Biden has been pointing the finger of blame at nearly everyone but himself. He has attributed soaring inflation to Russia's invasion of Ukraine as he and fellow Democrats parrot the talking point that it's "Putin's price hike." Biden has also laid the blame at the feet of what he has dubbed "Ultra-MAGA" Republicans.
The president also claimed, "I've done what I can on my own to help working families during this challenging time — and will keep acting to lower costs where I can — but now Congress needs to act too." Biden called on Congress to "help right away by passing clean energy tax credits and investments" and urged lawmakers to move on his proposals to lower the cost of housing, prescription drugs and child and elder care.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.
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