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A hesitation, a mode of doubt, permeates the temporal experience of much contemporary performance, whether clothed in the rhetoric of liveness or consciously mining the archive.
This symposium brings together artists and writers to question the role of re- performance, to confront collective assumptions about authenticity and the changing role of the artist's body.
Interweaving questions of politics, narrative and fiction, participants include: Kiff Bamford; Dora García; Rana Hamadeh; Harold Offeh; Casey Orr and Corin Sworn.
A video work by Vito Acconci will also be screened.
The symposium has been programmed by Kiff Bamford and Harold Offeh from the School of Art, Architecture and Design at Leeds Beckett University. Organised by Kiff Bamford, Naomi Colhoun, Harold Offeh, Simon Morris, Vicky Sharples and Zara Worth.
With thanks to Bryony Bond and Zoe Sawyer at The Tetley and Ben Roberts at the Artists' Research Centre.
11.00 Welcome & Introduction
11.10 Casey Orr 'Photographing Connotations: Fictional Performance Photographs.'
11.40 Corin Sworn 'Work Out', Performance
12.30 Harold Offeh 'Covers' 2008-2017
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch The Tetley's Bar and Kitchen is open and there are further food outlets towards the bridge. (A performance of Dora Garcia's 'Rehearsal Retrospective' will be taking place in the upper gallery).
2.00 Rana Hamadeh 'Can You Make a Pet of Him Like a Bird or Put Him on a Leash For Your Girls?'
8-channel Live Sound-Play / Performance.
This performance is the live version of the sound-play 'Can You Pull In An Actor With A Fishhook Or Tie Down His Tongue With A Rope' commissioned by the Liverpool Biennial and co-produced with Steirischer Herbst Festival, 2014. This live version was commissioned and produced by Western Front, Vancouver, 2015.
Sound Editing: Jorg Schellekens; Audio Research: Sara Hamadeh; Vocalist: Caroline Daish; Sound Engineer for Leeds: Kathryn Gray, Lumen.
Please note this sound-play contains some loud sound, unsuitable for children, ear plugs are available.
2.50-3.15 Break
(A performance of Dora Garcia's 'Performance' will be taking place in the upper gallery).
3.10 Dora García 'These books were alive; they spoke to me', Artist's talk
4.00 Vito Acconci 'Open Book' 1974, Video, 10.09 min, courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix, New York.
4.10 Kiff Bamford 'Opening Uncertainty'
4.30 – 5.00 Plenary
# uncertaintyandperformance
Kiff Bamford
Kiff Bamford is an artist, writer and Senior Lecturer in the School of Art, Architecture and Design at Leeds Beckett University. His concerns relate to the history and documentation of Performance Art and the issue of writing about, with, and in response to such work.
The thought and writings of French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard have been an ongoing source of provocation, and were a dominant voice in his PhD research, undertaken at the University of Manchester. Publications include the monograph Lyotard and the 'figural' in Performance, Art and Writing (Continuum 2012, Bloomsbury 2014); chapters in Rereading Jean- François Lyotard (Ashgate, 2013), Traversals of Affect: On J-F Lyotard (Bloomsbury, 2016), Acinemas: Lyotard and Film (University of Edinburgh Press, forthcoming 2017) and articles in Performance Research and Parrhesia. His study of the life and work of Jean-François Lyotard is forthcoming in the series 'Critical Lives' with Reaktion Books (2017).
Dora García
Dora García is an artist and researcher on the parameters and conventions of the presentation of art, questions of time – real or fictional – and the limits between representation and reality. She uses various supports to generate contexts in which the traditional system of communication – transmitter, message, recipient – is altered, thus modifying the traditional relationship between artist, work and public.
In 2011 she represented Spain at the Venice Biennale with The Inadequate, and in the 56th edition of 2015 she presented the performance and installation project The Sinthome Score, based on a transcription of Jacques Lacan's 23rd seminar Le Sinthome.
A reference in her recent work, she discovered Jacques Lacan through Lacan's work on James Joyce, on whom she has reflected in works such as her film The Joycean Society (2013). She is currently working on Óscar Masotta and the notion of repetition and her ongoing project El café de las voces, which began in Hamburg in 2014 and is still taking place in different cities.
She participated in Munster Sculpture Projects (2007), Sydney Biennial (2008) dOCUMENTA 13 (2012) and Gwangju Biennial (2016). She is professor of contemporary art in Oslo Art Academy and HEAD Genève, and she co-directs with M. Villeneuve and A. Baudelot Les Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers.
Rana Hamadeh
Rana Hamadeh is a visual and performance artist from Lebanon based in The Netherlands. Drawing on a curatorial approach within her artistic practice, she develops longstanding discursive projects that think through the infrastructures of justice, militarism, histories of sanitation and theatre. Her work stems from an extended investigation into specific concepts and terms, treating the field of theory as fiction. In 2011, she initiated her ongoing project, Alien Encounters, which has since been operating as an incubator for a growing series of propositions that aim at complicating the notion of 'alienness'.
Thoughout the project's chapters (manifested through performances, choreographic/ cartographic works, sound and text-based installations-as- stage-sets, writing projects and conversations), the 'alien' turns into a discursive tool that allows for setting up alternative archives from which to locate corporate and state-sponsored forms of violence and their enabling legal apparatuses.
Previous solo exhibitions include The Institute of Modern Art (Brisbane, 2016); The Showroom (London, 2016); Nottingham Contemporary (2015); Western Front (Vancouver, 2015); Gallery TPW (Tonoto, 2015) and Kiosk (Ghent, 2014). Group exhibitions include a.o. The Moscow Biennial (2015), The New Museum (New York., 2014); e-flux (New York., 2014), The 8th Liverpool Biennial (2014), Wattis Institute (2014), The Lisson Gallery (2013), Beirut (2013), Witte de With (2013) and the Van Abbemuseum (2008/2011).
Harold Offeh
Harold Offeh was born in Accra, Ghana in 1977 and grew up in London, UK. He is interested in the space created by the inhabiting or embodying of history. His work encompasses performance, social practice, video and photography, often using humour as a means to confront the viewer with aspects of contemporary culture and history.
He studied at the University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art, London. Harold's current project 'Covers' sees the artist embody images from popular culture in a series of attempts to transform music album covers from the 1970s and '80s by black divas. He continues to work in a number of diverse and situational contexts. He has shown widely both in the UK and abroad, including Studio Museum Harlem, USA, 2013-14;Tate Britain and Tate Learning, 2014-16; Abrons Arts Center, USA 2015, and is studying a practice-based PhD at Leeds Beckett University, where he is Senior Lecturer in Fine Art.
Originally from Delaware, USA, Dr. Casey Orr has exhibited extensively as a photographer. Her work has most recently been shown in Look15, Liverpool International Photography Festival, The Observer Magazine, The Royal Photographic Society's Contemporary Photography Magazine, as part of the Tour de France cultural program as well as The Yorkshire Sculpture Park and (the first time the walls of a prison have been used as a space for art) at HM Prison Leeds. Casey Orr is also Senior Lecturer and member of the feminist collective F= in the School of Art, Architecture and Design at Leeds Beckett University. In 1998 Casey Orr photographed a series of fictional performances by Hayley Newman which, together with their textual documents, constitute the series titled Connotations — Performance Images 1994-1998, featured in the publication accompanying the important 2003 event Live Culture at Tate Modern.
Corin Sworn
Corin Sworn (b. 1976) lives and works in Glasgow. She studied a BA in Psychology at University of British Columbia, Vancouver; a BFA at the Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver and an MFA at The Glasgow School of Art. Sworn creates films and installations deeply rooted in research, weaving together history with memories and fragments of true and imagined stories. Recent exhibitions include: a solo exhibition at Inverleith House, Edinburgh (2014), 19th Biennale of Sydney (2014), The Rag Papers at Chisenhale Gallery (2013), Art Now: Corin Sworn at Tate Britain (2011) and The Foxes (2012) was exhibited at the 55th Venice Biennale. She won the Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2013- 2015. In 2016 she was awarded the first ARC Fellowship, to focus on ideas of performance, politics and popular culture.


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New Spring Cards – part II
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful, pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
Edward Lear's 1871 poem has been intriguing children for nearly 150 years. It was also the inspiration for the English greeting card pictured above. The illustration is by Lynton Lamb (1907-1977), an interesting and accomplished English artist. Born in India, the son of a reverend, Lamb was educated in England, including at the Central School of Arts & Crafts. He is well-known for his book jacket illustrations, poster work, postage stamp designs, architectural decorations and the artistic embellishments in the interiors of passenger ships. During World War II, Lamb designed camouflage for the Royal Army and, after the war, designed the binding on the Bible used in Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.
Edward Lear (1812-1888), a poet and illustrator himself, was a popular children's writer known for his nonsensical poetry and prose. Lear's absurd wit and clever word-smithing took flight in such books as Nonsense Songs (1871) and Laughable Lyrics (1877). Prior to that, he published a multi-volume collection titled The Illustrated Travels of a Landscape Painter which described his extensive travels through Europe and Asia. He set twelve of Tennyson's poems to music and named his beloved home in San Remo (on the Italian Riviera) "Villa Tennyson." Lear never found a life partner though he developed many intense obsessions with various men—none of which were reciprocated.
Please come into the shop to see the full range of newly-received greeting cards from England as well as Lynton Lamb's "Owl and the Pussy-cat."
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Other Albertans with Low Income
IESA Section 30
CASS Regulation Section 4
To ensure all eligible Albertans with low income have appropriate access to Child Support Services (CSS) according to legislative authority, program policy and CSS guiding principles.
Suitability and Eligibility
The Income and Employment Supports Act (IESA) Part 5 Section 30 provides authority for the Child Support Services (CSS) program to provide services to other eligible Albertans with low income. Other Albertans with low income refers to applicants who are not receiving assistance and meet CSS eligibility requirements. This includes Albertans who are referred to CSS through the Service Needs Determination process.
To receive CSS, an applicant must meet suitability and eligibility criteria [Child and Adult Support Services (CASS) Regulation Section 4(1)(2)]. The CSS program assesses suitability and eligibility as follows:
The Child Support Worker (CSW) determines if the applicant has an existing support order or enforceable agreement. If an order/agreement exists, the applicant is screened out and no further CSS activity occurs. There is no legal CSS authority to vary an existing child support arrangement for Albertans with low income under IESA Section 30.
When other Albertans with low income are offered services, the applicant must meet the income eligibility criteria according to the following table:
Family Unit
Maximum Gross Yearly Income
Income eligibility is based on the number of persons in the family and the gross income from all sources within the household unit excluding tax-free monthly payments made to eligible families with children under 18 years of age (eg. Canada Child Benefit). Yearly gross income is based on current monthly gross income at the time of application for CSS multiplied by twelve.
When the applicant meets the income requirements, the CSW conducts a preliminary assessment of the applicant's information to determine whether this is an appropriate self-referral. This preliminary assessment does not require a personal interview. Determination of a suitable case is based on preliminary key information obtained from the applicant that enables the CSW to believe child support action can be commenced, e.g. respondent's financial circumstances, respondent lives in a reciprocal jurisdiction, client's past willingness to follow through with previous support action. As the CSW has authority to pursue matters through court, unwillingness of the respondent to cooperate is no longer a determining factor in providing CSS. The CSW has the authority to accept or refuse services based on this preliminary assessment. A formal assessment requiring a face-to-face interview is completed when the worker has made a decision that child support action can be pursued.
The CSW provides the following services to other Albertans with low income:
Assists the applicant and respondent to enter into an CSS 0045 Support Agreement, or
Brings an application for support in the applicant's name.
The applicant is required to attend court unless the worker knows in advance the matter will be adjourned, e.g. DNA testing. As the CSW cannot confirm the applicant's current circumstances from HS records and as the Director does not have the applicant's rights to ongoing support, the applicant must be available to confirm their situation to the court.
CSW's Authorities
When the CSW provides services to other Albertans with low income, the CSW can:
Undertake locate activities
Require financial disclosure from the respondent
Provide each party with information to assist in settling the matter
Use the approved DNA Testing Provider
Appear and make representations at court
Use department lawyers when required
Transfer information obtained during previous CSS activities to an applicant or the applicant's lawyer if the information is necessary to obtain or enforce a support order or agreement.
When providing services to other Albertans with low income, the CSW:
Does not make applications to vary an order or agreement [IESA Section 30(1)]
Determines medical insurance premium coverage as part of child support obligations based on whether the applicant must pay for this coverage. When applicants pay medical insurance premiums for the child(ren) in their custody and the respondent has medical and dental coverage available, the CSW adds the appropriate clause in the CSS 0045 Support Agreement. When the payer refuses to provide insurance coverage, payments to the recipient will increase by the difference between the single and family premium rates. These provisions for coverage would also extend to court orders. If respondents do not have medical coverage available, this is not included as part of the agreement/order.
Following the first contact, if the applicant is not certain they wish to pursue child support, the CSW does not proceed. Services are only provided when the applicant clearly indicates they want CSS assistance.
Although the CSW has authority to assist other Albertans, support action is stopped if the applicant does not wish to continue. The CSW advises the applicant prior to starting an action the CSS program is under no obligation to provide services to applicants who request support action be withdrawn and re-contact for additional services at a later date. The CSW assesses the reasons for previous CSS file closure when determining if CSS will be provided again.
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US economist says IMF won't solve Jamaica's economic problems
Published:Friday | May 2, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Chad Bryan, Gleaner Writer
Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, is recommending the creation of a currency board and the adoption of the United States dollar as solutions to Jamaica's economic concerns.
Last week, Jamaica was ranked fifth most miserable on a list of 90 countries with a score of 42.3. The list was determined on the basis of data from the Economic Intelligence Unit in Baltimore and Hanke's calculations.
The formula used to compile the list was developed by adding the unemployment rate to the lending and inflation rates, minus percentage change in gross domestic product per capita to arrive at a score.
The index revealed that the nation's main cause of misery was its high interest rates.
"The interest rates are very high because the Jamaican dollar is very weak. To try to stabilise the dollar to keep it from sinking any lower would be bad because there would be more inflation," said Hanke. He pointed out that he had predicted 10-15 years ago that the Jamaican dollar would be weak, interest rates would be high and an attempt to stabilise the dollar would cut off growth.
SCRAP JA DOLLAR
As a solution, Hanke proposes that the Jamaican dollar be scrapped and the country turn to utilising a currency board and the United States dollar.
"This would lower the interest rate immediately and then the misery index score would get a lot better. One way to solve this is to get rid of the Jamaican dollar completely and substitute it with the US dollar," he said.
"Having a currency board would be tied to the US dollar; a fixed exchanged rate and would be freely convertible and backed 100 per cent by the United States reserves. In this case, the Jamaican dollar would be a kind of clone of the US dollar," he continued.
In his opinion, there is no other solution.
When asked if Jamaica's current arrangement under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would help in putting Jamaica on the right economic path, Hanke expressed pessimism.
"No, no! You have had many agreements with the IMF and none has ever worked. This one won't work; none will work. Until you change the currency regime, nothing is going to work in Jamaica, period - end of story. We have enough experience with the IMF and they always end in failure," he concluded.
chad.bryan@gleanerjm.com
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tv NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt NBC August 5, 2016 2:05am-2:36am MDT
tonight, tale of a tape. donald trump and the video he claims he saw despite no evidence that it exists. a new firestorm amid new questions about how melania trump came to america. knife attack an american woman stabbed to death on a london street. a florida college professor's wife. five others wounded amid fears of terrorism. what investigators are now saying. major mob bust. dozens arrested on a laundry list of charges. and the americans to watch. some familiar faces, some new hoping to strike gold here in rio. plus matt lauer with michael phelps. why he says this
the eve of the games. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. >> good evening from copacabana beach, one of the many competition sites for the games starting tomorrow here in rio. in this half of the world, it is mid-winter. even though war u.s. eastern time, the sun has been down here for some time. think february in the states without the cold. we'll have much more on the upcoming competition here later. but we want to start with a snapshot of the race for president. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows that hillary clinton has opened up a nine-point lead over donald trump. 47% to 38%. that's up from a five-point lead just before the republican convention. and comes as the trump campaign struggles again to regain its
controversies. the latest one now involving his wife. nbc's katy tur has details. >> reporter: tonight after his toughest week yet, donald trump is trying to turn the page. training on president obama over a $400 million settlement payment to iran. >> $400 million being flown to iran. i mean, folks, what's going on here? >> reporter: but straying again claiming he saw video of iranians offloading that . us -- has to be -- by the iranians. you know why the tape was given to us? because they want to embarrass our country. >> reporter: the problem? there's no evidence that tape exists. trump repeated his version even after his campaign said he was talking about generic footage of the detainees landing in switzerland. now a new report concerning the timeline around when melania trump
and whether it was league for her to work here. newly recovered photos place her in the usa in 1995, a year before she and trump say she first arrived. melania telling msnbc in february -- >> i never thought to stay here without papers. i had visa. >> reporter: tonight firing back blasting inaccurate reporting and misinformation saying she was always in full compliance with immigration laws. >> political spouses are normally off limits but in this case truas immigration, his wife's history was bound to get scrutiny. >> reporter: all of it coming as aides, confidants, and supporters are pleading with trump to get back to basics. are the controversies wearing on you? >> yes, they are. but not as much as they are my wife. >> he has a good message to tell and the democrats don't. >> reporter: the trump campaign is insisting that they are getting back on message. this as new battleground polling
trump is down double digits in pennsylvania. lester? >> katy tur in maine, thank you. and for his part, president obama said today that while donald trump needed to receive intelligence briefings as a candidate, a candidate also needed to act like a president and not spread those briefings around. the president also spent a great deal of time talking about the fight against isis. we get more tonight from kristen welker. >> reporter: in a press conference at the pentagon designed to tout the obama strategy, president obama once again jumped into the 2016 race targeting donald trump. >> i obviously have a very strong opinion about the two candidates who are running here. one is very positive and one is not so much. >> reporter: the president today asked about trump's repeated assertions the election will be rigged. >> that's ridiculous. that doesn't make any sense. and i don't think anybody would take that seriously.
intelligence briefings which both candidates are now cleared for by law. >> if they want to be present, they got to start acting like president. >> reporter: but donald trump and republicans have also put the president on defense accusing his administration of paying ransom for americans held in iran after revelations the u.s. sent a $400 million cash payment to iran in january coinciding with the release of those americans. >> we have a president who frankly is at his critics arguing the cash was to settle a decades' old financial dispute. >> we do not pay ransom for hostages. >> reporter: kristen welker, nbc news, the white house. we're learning more about a horrific attack on the streets of london. a stabbing spree that claimed the life of an american woman from florida leaving five others injured. investigators say there does not appear to be a terror connection. nbc's kelly cobiella
on a central london sidewalk for darlene horton. the wife of a florida state university professor stabbed in the back. a witness who took this picture said paramedics tried for 20 minutes to save her. >> you could just see they were applying a form of cpr. >> reporter: 64-year-old horton died on this sidewalk. tonight fsu's president said there are no words to express our heart ache. her husbandrd london for the summer. it was their last night in the city. the couple due to fly home to tallahassee today. the man injuring five others in a stabbing spree. shown in the video on the ground being restrained was mentally unstable. no ties to terrorism, no sign of radicalization, police said. >> at this time we believe this is a spontaneous attack and that the victims were selected at random.
terrorism. you said it was chaos. >> it was chaos. because nobody knew what was going on. >> reporter: tonight praise for the action of police on scene in just six minutes. the suspect quickly spotted, tased, and restrained. sadly too late for a florida family now grieving for a wife and mother. kelly cobiella, nbc news, london. as miami deals with a home grown zika outbreak, the cdc said today that more than now been diagnosed with the virus after catching it overseas. including 479 pregnant women. at his news conference, president obama sharply criticized congress for going on recess before authorizing more funding to fight zika. meanwhile in florida, concern remains high about how far the spread of the virus may go. kerry sanders has the latest. >> reporter: pregnant mothers to be in florida have been
yolan baptist among the lucky first. women were told today no testing here, try another office. >> i'm concerned, yes. because this is my first pregnancy and i want it to be a successful one. >> reporter: rather than wait for the state, tracy humphries went to quest diagnostics, a private lab for testing. her husband did too. >> if i do see mosquitoes and i think i have any bites, i would get tested again. >> reporter: zika test results take two to repeated. today president obama criticized congress for failing to fund zika before taking a seven-week vacation. >> zika is a serious threat to americans. especially babies. right now. so once again i want to urge the american people to call their members of congress and tell them to do their job. >> reporter: some good news today. two days now and no more home grown zika cases. the cdc here today clarified the area
be as small as 500 square feet. the challenge, making sure those mosquitoes don't bite people who then spread the virus elsewhere. kerry sanders, nbc news, miami. let's turn now to news breaking here in rio. the international olympic committee just announced how many russian athletes will be allowed to compete. a third of the country's team has been banned after a major doping scandal. it comes on the eve of opening ceremony cloaked over a massive security force. the largest ever deployed in brazil. miguel almaguer is with athletes and the military. >> reporter: tonight for team russia in rio, a split decision for many athletes appealing a ban after a widespread doping scandal. >> the message is clear. no place to hide for cheats. >> reporter: boxers and many members of the swim team given the all clear to compete late today.
against somebody who has done something that was against the spirit of sports. >> reporter: while rio is iconic for its incredible views, tonight what's most stunning here is security. at the foot of christ, heavily armed soldiers. even along the sands of copacabana, police looking for threats big and small. robbery is the biggest concern down here? >> yes. >> reporter: security remains tight along the olympic torch today few problems in this city of sand and surf. the torch one wave closer to the cauldron as tonight the world watches rio. just 24 hours until opening ceremonies. we expect half a million people to flood beaches like the one behind us here as well as this entire city. lester, with this doping scandal, another layer of drama before the games get under way. the big sporting events, the most
>> here we are. thank you very much. the u.s. is represented by 554 athletes here in rio. 292 of them are women. b the most women who have competed for any country. when we look at the athletes to watch, it is the american women leading the way. the usa women's soccer team's 2-0 win over new zealand yesterday sets them on the right path to clinch their fourth gold medal. women. >> in london more american women won gold than american men. women's basketball, they dominate. the williams sisters, they both won four gold medals. they can both win in singles and doubles. >> reporter: i met up with mary carillo to talk about which athletes could make big headlines here. individually, behind us is the swimming venue. we didn't think we'd see michael phelps here. >> no.
he already won 22 olympic medals. 18 of them his favorite color, gold. now he's come back and he's got a chance -- he's got a very legitimate chance of taking on maybe three more goals. >> reporter: and don't forget the splash american katie ledecky made four years ago. >> she comes into london as a 15-year-old, wins the 800 free style, stuns the world. >> the future of usa swimming. >> reporter: four years later, she would win a fist full of gold. she wins by jaw breaking margins. >> reporten watchout for simone biles. >> i'm telling you, this kid. she's got real heft to what she does. and she does things that nobody else has ever seen before. >> reporter: and mary says don't count out jamaican sprinter usain both bolt. >> he's as big a presence as anyone. >> reporter: this is olympics 13 for mary who has extra reason to love the rio games. >> i've been watching
the candidates saying this is what america represents. i love the idea the american flag is going to go up for the next 17 days and people have relief from all that political fatigue. i don't have to tell you what that's been like. >> reporter: can i hug you and say mary carillo for president? that's my endorsement. mary carillo of nbc olympics with some pretty great perspective there. ahead of tomorrow's official opening of the summer games. still ahead tonight, making sure u.s. olympic athletes stay clean. our exclu being carried out. also why ford has issued a huge recall.
back now from rio de janeiro. in the run-up to these games, doping has loomed large. there have been numerous athletes and national teams under the glare of the spotlight. tonight we're taking an ideas look at the u.s. anti-doping agency and why its is the best in the world at detecting cheaters and working to ensure that american athletes are the cleanest. here's nbc's ron mott. >> is there any stopping lance armstrong? >> reporter: the old adage cheaters never win has been debunked time and again in sports. they do win and sometimes get caught. >> the win at all costs culture is across the globe.
a mission to make sure american athletes never use drugs to cheat. looming over the rio games, a doping scandal. russia's entire weight lifting team and all but one track and field athlete banned. >> the pressure on athletes to do whatever it takes to stop at nothing in order to achieve success is as great as we've ever seen. >> reporter: here in the u.s., athletes are tested at competitions and away from their sport. it's a system element of surprise. nbc news is with a doping control officer who showed up unannounced at 7:00 a.m. for a sample. >> we don't want the athlete to be prepared. >> reporter: the marathoner answered the door. his 115th usada drug test had just begun. >> you got nothing to worry about. >> reporter: at the olympic trials, after just making the team, a usada official never
obtained. >> they make it really easy on the athletes but they also make sure all their t's are crossed and i's are dotted. >> reporter: of the thousands of american athletes tested by usada each year, dozens are sanctioned. more than 120 since 2013. sprinter justin gatlin failed a 2006 drug test and served a reduced penalty in exchange for cooperating. tyson gay was also denied knowingly taking a banned substance. both competing in rio. though his number one priority is leveling the playing field. >> obviously we have to hold individual athletes who cheat accountable. but getting to the root cause, the system of the win at all costs, those are the leaders within the sport. team doctors, trainers, owners who may be pressuring athletes. those are the ones we're going our best to hold accountable.
the russians allowed to compete in rio. today the head of the international olympic committee said 10,000 tests will be administered and they're going to keep them on file for ten years for reanalysis. >> all right. ron mott tonight, thank you. when we come back, charges of extortion,
federal agents today arrested nearly
mafia and running a vast east coast criminal operation in what officials are calling a significant blow to the mob, the fbi rounded up what it said was leaders of the gam bee know and locassi families. the fbi says the families jointly ran an operation in five states involving illegal gambling, fraud, arson, and extortion. ford is recalling more than 800,000 vehicles because the might break and the doors could open while the vehicles are moving. the models involved with 2012 to 2015 and they include certain ford and lincoln suvs, cars, and vans. when we come back tonight, matt lauer with the most decorated american
the olympic rings lit here in rio and finally tonight, he is sure to be one of the most talked about athletes of these games. michael phelps taking the plunge for what he says will be the last time. though he looks more or less the same as
changed on the inside for michael phelps as he prepares to carry the american flag tomorrow night at the opening ceremony. matt lauer caught up with phelps. >> reporter: from sydney and athens to beijing and london -- >> here comes phelps to the wall! >> reporter: -- michael phelps has won 22 olympic medals. more than anyone else in history. >> and michael phelps is going to win gold! >> reporter: in public he owned the spotlight. but privately fel >> 100% i was lost. i thought of myself as just a swimmer. and nobody else. >> reporter: now 31, the swimmer is a different person than the one we've come to know. >> i'm a lot more laid back, i'm a lot more relaxed, i'm a lot more open. >> reporter: his cheering section is different too. phelps' sisters and mother who've been staples in the stands are now joined by his fiance and their son boomer robert phelps. >> phelps is going to win it. >> reporter: at 2
his son compete for the first time. >> looked like boomer was awake for the race which was good. >> reporter: and qualify for his olympics. >> having my first born be there to watch is something that's special. >> reporter: boomer's middle name is in honor of his coach he's trained with since he was 11. he's like a completely different person. >> absolutely. in all the areas. it's all about the swimming now. into london. >> leading into london, i didn't want anything to do with the sport. >> reporter: in fact, phelps hated swimming. and often wouldn't show up to practice. but he and bowman put on a good front keeping their strained relationship hidden. prior to london, bob, was there a time you didn't think he was going to go? >> yes. >> reporter: you thought he was going to quit? >> i hoped he would. >> reporter: why? >> i thought it was going to end badly. >> reporter: it all
second dui and went to rehab. >> i felt like i didn't want to see another day. i felt like it should be over. >> reporter: so did you check yourself into treatment because you had a drinking problem or because you had a public relations problem? >> i checked myself in because i think i was at a point in my life where something needed to change. >> reporter: he's sober now and there's a sense of self-acceptance. >> ready? go! >> reporter: people close to phelps says he hates to lose realistic? >> there's a number in my head. >> reporter: so if you don't hit the number, will you be able to look at me and say i went out the way i wanted to go out? >> yeah. because i'm giving an honest effort. i'm having fun again. and this is something that i haven't had in a really long time. >> reporter: there's no question he's always had that competitive fire. but this time he also has the passion. matt lauer, nbc news, rio.
this thursday night from rio, our home for the next couple of weeks.
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The spring baiting programme in the Lake Tikitapu Scenic Reserve had another successful result in 2010. The rat tracking done in December did not find any rats. Unfortunately there would have been a few somewhere and they are no doubt breeding rapidly again. It is a continuous battle to keep the numbers to a reasonable level to allow the birds to breed safely each spring. The possum trap catch in December returned 7.33% for possums. This was slightly higher than in the past couple of years but still a reasonable result, especially as there had been no cyanide bait in the stations for 7 weeks. The majority of possums found were near Tarawera Rd, indicative of re-infestation from across the road and the adjacent farmland.
In December "First Word in Fauna" was contracted by Bay of Plenty Regional Council to do a bird count survey and compare results with previous surveys done at the start of the pest control project. Eight volunteers assisted with the survey following a training session - thanks to them for taking part. Although the results were difficult to compare with previous surveys as they were conducted at different times of the year and by different observers with varying experience, much useful information was gained. A good number of keystone bird species were monitored during the project and it was determined that kereru, bellbird, tui and silvereye could all be used as indicator species for sustaining bush vitality in the Tikitapu Scenic Reserve. Tomtit could also be used as an indicator species for bush intactness in the Tikitapu Scenic Reserve as it is sensitive to environmental changes in its habitat. It is intended to repeat the bird monitoring again in November.
This year it is required that we submit a Work Plan to DoC for approval. Once this is granted the programme for the year will be formulated. It is I would like to thank all the volunteers involved in 2010. This project would not exist without your input and it is very satisfying to see the improvement in the bush and mistletoe, and the increase in birdlife. I would also like to thank DoC and BPRC for their input and guidance with the project, and BPRC for once again supplying the ingredients for the BBQ for the volunteers, following the clearance of the bait stations in December.
If anyone would like to become involved in this project in 2011, I would be delighted to hear from you.
Reasonable fitness is required for the working bees in the reserve, but there are also other jobs to be done such as helping pack the baits, rat tracking, and checking and maintaining the Mistletoe and Nature walks.


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Whittle Communications and Free TV's For Schools
Imagine for a moment a hypothetical, joint project by the National Parent-Teacher Organization, the League of Women Voters and the National Urban League to provide seventh graders through high school senior's a twelve minute free daily television program on American democracy in action. Imagine further that those schools accepting such a program must require all classes to watch the program except for students who individually ask to be excused.
How many of the thousands of public and private schools do you think would accept such an offer? Not many, I would guess.
But in the last two years, over 10,000 schools have agreed to give up twelve minutes a day and deliver a captive student audience to a commercial huckster called Whittle Communications that gives then 10 minutes of sponged news and lifestyle flashes and two minutes of advertisements. The televised ads push candy, soft drinks, high fat foods, deodorants, shampoos and designer shoes — to name a few. The Whittle corporation makes over three million dollars a week off this immensely profitable venture.
The schools sign three year agreements with Whittle Inc. to deliver their classrooms, usually at the beginning of the school day, in return for free rental of televisions, VCRs and a satellite dish. Other non-competitive use of such equipment is permitted the schools by Whittle Inc.
Twelve minutes a day of television in class amounts to six whole days a year staring at the tube, including one whole day watching advertisements. All this on top of the twenty five hours or more a week that these youngsters spend watching TV and videotapes at home.
Whittle has not tempted the National Education Association, nor the American Federation of Teachers nor the National PTO -all of whom are against Whittle's Channel One, as it is called. New York, California and Rhode Island have banned Channel One from the public schools.
All this opposition and more argues that the time is better spent on teaching students to read, write and working in groups to develop their minds, rather than allowing blatant commercialism to invade the schools with soundbites and ads that help turn minds into nodding acquiescence. Schools, it would seem, can teach current events without depending on Whittle's sugar-coated messages.
But all this opposition has not affected 10,000 schools who want Whittle primarily for the equipment that the company provides. School administrators claim tight school budgets do not permit them to purchase this video technology, which explains why CNN's offer to those same schools of free news programs without commercials and without the equipment is receiving few takers.
Whittle's arguments, however, were rejected recently by the Prince George's County Board of Education (Maryland). Anti-Whittle taxpayers estimated that $7.8 million of junior and senior high school time per year would have been devoted to Channel One in that county alone.
Public school officials who have allowed Whittle into their schools need to rethink why boundaries between public education and contagious commercialism are needed. Students deserve a sanctuary from the din of the hucksters and their pseudo, predigested menu of daily events. Taxpayers deserve something more for their money than merchants who videowash young students every schoolday morning.
Parents who wish more information on how to switch off Channel One should write to the Center for the Study of Commercialism, 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20009. What with low literacy, high drop-out rates and uneducated youngsters, schools ought to encourage students to watch less, not more, television.
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Mascoutah, IL has a population of 7,917 and is the 4,729th largest city in the United States. The population density is 830 per sq mi which is 273% higher than the Illinois average and 816% higher than the national average. The median age in Mascoutah is 34 which is approximately 10% lower than the Illinois average of 37. In Mascoutah, 58% of the population over 15 years of age are married, 96% speak English and 0% speak Spanish. 47% of Mascoutah residents were born in Illinois, 46% were born out of state, 4% were born outside of the United States and 2% were foreign born.
The population density in Mascoutah is 273% higher than Illinois.
The median age in Mascoutah is 10% lower than Illinois.
In Mascoutah 89.49% of the population is White.
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Woz's NFL Notebook Week 12: Saints edge Panthers
John Woz, Jr. | November 26th, 2019
Week 12 of the NFL produced several unpredictable results. There were rare wins for the Redskins, Jets, and Buccaneers. Two NFC powerhouses dominated Sunday's headlines. Baltimore made a big statement on Monday night.
Super New Orleans Saints
Carolina Panthers 31-34 New Orleans Saints
I'll start this week's edition of the NFL notebook with a 65 point shootout at the Mercedes-Benz Dome. The 9-2 Saints scored 17 points in each half to secure their night win of the season. Michael Thomas had his seventh 100-yard game of the season. The Saints defense played their part, sacking Kyle Allen four times, for a loss of 26 yards.
With the game tied at 31, Joey Slye missed the opportunity to give the Panthers the lead. Slye's 28-yard field goal attempt was wide left. The Saints got the football and set about a game-winning drive. Brees led his offense downfield, and a Wil Lutz field goal wrapped up a valuable win. Carolina's record stands at 5-6, and a third straight defeat puts their playoff hopes in jeopardy.
Kyle Shanahan sends Green Bay Packing
Green Bay Packers 8-37 San Francisco 49ers
A 10-1 record is impressive. Critics will ask whether a Super Bowl run is sustainable, The 49ers keep clocking up the wins. Sunday's triumph was arguably their most impressive of the season. The 49ers defense held Aaron Rodgers to 104 passing yards and a touchdown. Green Bay's offense did not score a point in three quarters. Fred Warner and Nick Bosa each had a sack, but it was Arik Armstead who had the most joy. Armstead finished with two sacks and two quarterback hits.
A special mention goes to George Kittle for another spectacular display of physical courage. Kittle had a 100-yard game, despite playing with a banged-up knee and a broken ankle. Pro Football Focus graded Kittle at 90.8, the tightest rating for any tight ends in Sunday's games.
It was a great team effort by the 49ers to defeat a competent team. Week 13 is an absolute monster of a matchup. Shanahan takes his team on the road to Baltimore. Do not miss that game!
Baltimore Ravens make a statement with a huge win
Baltimore Ravens 45-6 Los Angeles Rams
The 9-2 Ravens rolled into LA and blew the doors off last season's Super Bowl runners-up. Lamar Jackson reinforced his MVP credentials with a commanding performance. Jackson was 15-20 with 169 yards and five touchdowns, he also had eight carries for 95 rushing yards. The Ravens dominated all phases of the game. The Rams couldn't stop a heavy-duty Ravens offense who ran the football 48 times for 285 yards. We've seen enough of Baltimore to know they are a serious Super Bowl contender, but what about the Rams?
Jared Goff has not thrown a touchdown pass in November. Les Snead went all-in on Jared Goff, the Rams' quarterback is having a tough time behind a brittle offensive line. Goff's grade has regressed from 85.5 in 2018 to 69.2. Those numbers concern me. Look at the Rams' points total and you'll notice a downward spiral, they've averaged under nine points per game in their last six outings. Eric Weddle summed up the Rams defeat.
I'm at a loss for words. I never thought in a million years we'd get destroyed. It's tough to put into words. Defense played awful. Couldn't get off the field. Couldn't help our offense – via the LA Times.
Sean McVay has got lots of thinking to do between now and the NFL draft in April. The Rams play the Cardinals (3-7-1) on Sunday, they dare not lose that one.
Two-minute drill
There's clarity in the AFC playoff picture. New England and Baltimore look set for the first and second seeds, but which team will slip up first? New England's offense isn't as effective as Baltimore's but Bill Belichick is the differentiator.
The Patriots improved to 10-1 after a narrow defeat of the Cowboys. Jason Garrett is under pressure to get results, and Jerry Jones made his feelings known after the game. Dallas is making hard work of it in a poor division. I expect Jones to fire Garrett before the 2020 NFL draft. The Bills are next up for the Cowboys in Week 13.
Staying in the NFC East, the 5-6 Eagles lost for the second time in as many weeks. Seattle did the damage on Sunday, winning 17-9. The Seahawks' four-game winning streak keeps the heat on the 49ers in the NFC West. Seattle allowed six sacks on Russell Wilson, but Pete Carroll's team showed how to win ugly to move to 9-2.
The theme of hot streaks closes out this week's NFL Notebook. Le'Veon Bell hauled in all five of his targets for 59 yards and three first downs as the Jets torched the 6-5 Raiders 34-3. Sam Darnold had one of his better games, he was 20-29 with 315 yards and two touchdowns. Darnold didn't throw a single interception, and he must take confidence into the next game. The Jets' third-straight win improves their record to 4-7. It was a disappointing loss for Oakland who have been the surprise team in the AFC West.
Can the Browns clinch the AFC 6th seed? A third straight puts them one game behind the Steelers in the AFC North. Baker Mayfield led the Browns to a 41-24 demolition job over the 2-9 Dolphins. Nick Chubb and Jarvis Landry each had 100-yard games. Next up for the Browns is a road game in Pittsburgh. Someone had better get the National Guard on standby, there could be fireworks in Week 13.
The battle for the NFC is exciting, but not nearly as much as the Ravens Flock. Jackson and the Ravens are rolling with an exciting brand of football. If John Harbaugh can keep his team focused, they will be difficult to stop. The Chargers stopped them in 2018, but I expect the Ravens to learn from that defeat. Check back on The Scorecrow, our writers will keep you up to date with all the news from around the league.
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Q: Terminal Commands by java I am developing a web system in java, servlet and jsp.
I have a client CRUD ... when a new client is created I need to create a new database for it (tied by cnpj).
The commands for creating and restoring my default database.

createdb teste01
pg_restore -d dbGeralCardapio dados.backup

Vi um exemplo de excução de comandos no terminal assim:
Runtime run = Runtime.getRuntime();
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But for example ...
Before executing the commands I need to log in as root ... and enter the root password. How do I do this in java?

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Sharing our facilities
The Department of Education encourages members of the community and education groups to use school facilities when these are not required by the school.
Schools are a community resource. Use of school facilities provides benefits through:
access to services to support families and communities
cooperation and goodwill between the school and the community
provision of extracurricular learning opportunities
access to state-of-the-art facilities
opportunities for parents and the broader community to become better informed and participate in the school's operation and activities
effective use of valuable school facilities
opportunities for the community to play a positive part in school security through out-of-hours use of the facilities.
Principals can only support use of school facilities where it does not impinge on school requirements and where the use is consistent with the Community Use of School Facilities policy.
The Community Users of School Facilities Selection Guide (PDF 4379.36KB) has been developed to assist school principals in selecting community users through a procurement process for all leases, licences and project deeds.
This matrix summarises the work health and safety requirements (PDF 58.95KB) for different types of community use.
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Salary processing and payouts are not what they used to be a decade ago. What used to be an elaborate process of entering employee data into excel sheets, calculating salaries, generating pay-orders and them manually going and submitting them to the bank are now managed on a click of a button from anywhere, anytime.
Now imagine if you could manage all your HR and Payroll operations through a single application. Which means to say that you are managing all employee data, automatically processing employee leave and attendance data into payroll and managing payroll processing – all through a cloud-based software – anywhere, anytime. Maybe you are already doing that, right?
But now, take a step further, and imagine if you could make salary payments directly from your greytHR application. Yes, you read that right – making salary payments directly from your greytHR application. This is exactly what connected banking will bring to you – a seamlessly connected HR and banking system that empowers you with single window operation.
Here are some of the features that connected banking will bring to you.
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Digital cracks half of ad revenue at Wired magazine
Digital contributed half of all ad revenue at Wired magazine in the final three months of 2012, a first for the title and an encouraging sign for an industry where most big brands still rely overwhelmingly on the difficult business of print. Across the year as a whole, digital ads comprised 45 per cent of total ad sales at Wired, according to the magazine.
The Atlantic has ratcheted digital ad revenue to an even higher share of the total, saying today that digital delivered 59 per cent of its ad revenue in 2012. But Wired has a larger print business, guaranteeing advertisers a paid and verified circulation of 800,000 last year and running 885 ad pages, according to the Media Industry Newsletter, compared with The Atlantic's rate base of 450,000 and 463 ad pages.
Digital revenue for most magazines still runs at a significantly lower level.
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Forward Ski is Going to Copper Mountain!
The Forward Ski team will be in the Copper Mountain area from Nov 9th-20th. If you are going to be there, please send us a note at info@forwardski.com or call us at 775-530-0052 and let us know! We would love to meet with you, demo some systems, and slide around on frozen water!
We will be working with the U.S. Ski Team, Sugar Bowl, Waterville, and many others while we are there. If you see us, say hi!


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Q: Spectrum of quantum fluctuations in a harmonic oscillator If we have a harmonic oscillator and look at it on small scale the energy is quantized and we can calculate the different eigenstates. In general the energy eigenvalues are given by $$E_n = \left(\frac{1}{2}+n\right) \hbar \omega$$
Even if we can bring this system at $T=0$ into it's ground state, there will be zero point motion or quantum fluctuations remaining. Now if we heat a system, depending on its excitations we need Maxwell–Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein or Fermi statistics to calculate the occupation of each state. The resulting spectra are due to thermal excitations from the ground state.
Now if we remain at about absolute zero the system still has quantum fluctuations. From Heisenberg's principle the energy is uncertain but that does not tell me which is the current energy or eigenstate. How can one calculate the 'quantum' spectrum of an harmonic oscillator, or bluntly, how can one calculate the probabilities for observing the system at the state $n=1,2,...$ at $T=0$ if we prepare the system to be in $n=0$?

A: The energy in the ground state is certain, it does not fluctuate. It is the particle momentum and coordinate who fluctuate, not its energy. When your particle is in $n=0$ state, it cannot be found in any other state (the corresponding probabilities are zero). Mathematically it is known as orthogonality of the Hamiltonian eigenstates: $$\langle n|m\rangle=\delta_{mn}.$$


I'll never forget when I first left home my freshman year. For two semesters, I never received care packages for finals or cookies from home. But I got a single dorm-warming gift: a tiny Bodum (good for maybe a large cup and a half). It was a strange luxury having something as nice as a French press while having to heat your water in a microwave. I've managed to upgrade to the larger "full pot" press now and it's hands-down the best piece of kitchen equipment we use regularly. What are Sundays for other than perfecting the art of a press. I don't own an iPhone, but I'd say this accurately describes today, on repeat.
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– Tune in to your physique. Most folks eat not as a result of hunger but as a result of boredom, anxiety and being thirsty. Before snagging yourself an item of snacks, asks oneself first in the event you really necessary it or what causes it will do in your body.
– Sit back, relax and luxuriate in your foods. Do not necessarily rush oneself when ingesting, it will allow you to mind the value of foods therefore leading one to under mind everything you put into your system.
– Take in natural foods. Avoid refined and synthetically made food items.
– Any time buying many fruits and vegetable select the most robust of shades, the a lot more intense along with is the harder nutrients it's got.
– Take in with relatives and buddies. Eating with relatives and buddies will supply you with the feeling regarding satisfaction and also being endowed.
– Drink plenty of water. No less than 8 to be able to 10 glasses of water per day.
– Air, relax and also stretch on a regular basis.
– Constantly thank God for your food He's got given your household.
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Rose Water is known to prevent skin cancer.
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1) Used for Culinary purposes.
2) Used in making confectionaries.
3) Used to cure and heal scars and wounds.
4) Used to make skin healthy and adding to the glow.
5) Used to get rid of dandruff.
6) Soothes the body in hot summers.
7) Used to treat skin related diseases.
8) Used by TV actors.
1) Rose Water applied daily on the skin directly using a cotton bud makes skin glow and adds charms to the skin.
2) Rose Water, when added to the face pack and applied, gives the better result and a beautiful and ravishing skin.
3) Rose Water mixed with glycerine acts as a moisturizer and is very beneficial during winters.
4) A mixture of Rose Water, glycerine, and lemon juice helps to remove tan skin. The mixture, when applied during the night, gives a fairer skin.
5) A paste of Rose Water and sandal wood is the secret of the blooming skin of princesses and queens.
6) Rose Water, when added to the bathing water, gives a cooling effect to the skin.
Among many advantages of Rose Water, the biggest one is that it cures skin cancer. Some other advantages are, it heals wounds and scars, makes skin more glowing and ravishing, helps hair to grow longer and much more.
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If the word "meatloaf" brings back painful childhood memories of a dry, bland lump of meat with questionable texture, then you must try this recipe for barbecued meatloaf. I've made this recipe on several occasions and it's always a big hit. If you're feeling decadent use the ground beef/ground pork mixture called for in the recipe.
For a lighter, healthier version use lean ground turkey instead of the pork and beef. This recipe is enough for two large meatloaves which make excellent leftovers and also freeze very well, but feel free to cut the recipe in half if you prefer.
1.In a large bowl, using your hands, gently combine the meat loaf ingredients.
2.Divide the meat loaf mixture in half and form into 2 loaves, each about 4 inches wide and 6 to 7 inches long. Place the loaves on a sheet pan. Prepare the grill for indirect cooking over medium-low heat.
4. Brush the cooking grates clean. Using a metal spatula, gently pick up each loaf from the sheet pan and place directly on the cooking grate. Grill the meat loaves over indirect medium-low heat, with the lid closed, until a thermometer inserted horizontally through the top of each loaf registers 155°F, 50 to 60 minutes.
5. Remove the loaves from the grill and let rest 10 to 15 minutes. Once removed from the grill, the loaves will continue to cook, allowing them to reach the recommended 160°F for ground beef and pork. Cut the loaves into ½-inch slices and serve with the reserved sauce.
Cut the meat loaf into ½-inch-thick slices and slather both sides with some of the reserved sauce. Grill over direct low heat (250° to 350°F), with the lid closed as much as possible, for 4 to 6 minutes, turning once. Serve on sourdough bread. Also great with melted provolone cheese.


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Routing software development for general purpose UNIX systems is limited. Most sites use UNIX systems only for simple routing tasks for which RIP is usually adequate. Large and complex routing applications, which require advanced routing protocols, are handled by dedicated router hardware that is optimized specifically for routing. Many of the advanced routing protocols are only available for UNIX systems in gated . gated combines several different routing protocols in a single software package.
All protocols are configured from a single file ( /etc/gated.conf ) using a single consistent syntax for the configuration commands.
With multiple routing protocols and multiple network interfaces, it is possible for a system to receive routes to the same destination from different protocols. gated compares these routes and attempts to select the best one. However, the metrics used by different protocols are not directly comparable. Each routing protocol has its own metric. It might be a hop count, the delay on the route, or an arbitrary value set by the administrator. gated needs more than that protocol's metric to select the best route. It uses its own value to prefer routes from one protocol or interface over another. This value is called preference .
Preference can be set in several different configuration statements. It can be used to prefer routes from one network interface over another, from one protocol over another, or from one remote gateway over another. Preference values are not transmitted or modified by the protocols. Preference is used only in the configuration file. In the next section we'll look at the gated configuration file ( /etc/gated.conf ) and the configuration commands it contains.


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Outside groups looking to flip state legislative chambers make their closing arguments
The Arizona State Capitol building. Joe Sohm / Universal Images Group via Getty
With less than two weeks left to Election Day, most eyes are tuned to the battle for control of Congress, but some groups are laser focused on securing majorities in state legislatures across the country
At the same time, one Democratic group called Forward Majority is supporting candidates in 25 seats across three state legislatures — Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona. They're spending over $20 million this cycle, joining another Democratic group called the States Project, which plans to spend $60 million by the end of this cycle in legislative races in five states.
In a press briefing on Wednesday, Vicky Hausman, the co-founder of Forward Majority said, "We are trying to flip state legislative chambers in places like Michigan, where the Michigan Senate has been in Republican hands for nearly 40 years and in places like the Arizona House, where Republicans have controlled the chamber since 1966, literally when Lyndon Johnson was in office."
One of the top messages Forward Majority has found to be resounding in all three states they're targeting is protecting abortion rights, Trent Armitage, the group's campaigns director said at a briefing. But, with less than two weeks until Election Day, Armitage says they've also honed in on hyperlocal issues that resonate with voters.
In Michigan, Armitage said, those local issues include improving water quality and increasing funding to schools. In Pennsylvania, local issues include public education, election denialism among some candidates and property taxes. And in Arizona, local issues that Democrats are focusing on also include education and election deniers.
Read the full article at NBC News Meet The Press.
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L'Atenaide (RV 702) est un opera seria () en trois actes d'Antonio Vivaldi sur un livret d'Apostolo Zeno écrit une vingtaine d'années avant la création de Vivaldi.

L'intrigue, très compliquée, repose sur l'histoire, très romancée, de l'impératice byzantine Eudoxie, épouse de Théodose II.

La première représentation eut lieu le  au Teatro della Pergola à Florence. Parmi les chanteurs de cette première représentation figurait la mezzo-soprano Anna Girò, chanteuse favorite du compositeur. Montesquieu, alors en voyage en Italie, y assista. L'Atenaide fut mal accueilli par le public florentin.

Cet opéra présente une grande richesse musicale, notamment par le grand nombre d'arias, dont une partie fut composée spécifiquement pour l'occasion, mais d'autres repris d'opéras antérieurs et qui avaient connu un grand succès comme le fameux nel profondo repris de Orlando Furioso.

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A Texas news station, KXAN, is investigating a very common disadvantage of HOA living – the Developer/Home Builder or "Declarant" controlled community.
Current and former owners and residents of homes in association-governed communities have been complaining for many years that they have no vote and no voice in managing their communities.
I hear from homeowners on a daily basis, many complaining that their homeowners or condo association fails to respond to their concerns. Yet assessments (fees) continue to rise every year.
For example, check out Bradshaw Crossing and Colorado Crossing, developed by Lennar in Central Texas.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — New neighborhoods are popping up across Central Texas at a staggering rate. Many of the new neighborhoods have homeowners associations that offer you amenities and help you preserve your home's value. However, a KXAN Investigation uncovered there is a loophole in the Texas law that keeps homeowners from having control of their HOA.
Ortega and her neighbors turned to their HOA to ask for lighting to improve safety and to keep out vandals at the park but the HOA did nothing and the park still sits cloaked in darkness as homeowners continue to pay their HOA dues.
Robin Callan has lived in another south Austin neighborhood called Colorado Crossing for nearly a decade. Since January 2016 her HOA increased residents' dues by 33 percent to pay for an unfinished pool and amenity center. "We don't have ownership of or control the HOA as homeowners in the community. So in a sense, it's taxation without representation," explains Callan.
The builder of both neighborhoods, Lennar, controls the HOAs.
The report brings up several important points.
As explained by Attorney Bill Davis, Texas law does not specify if or when Declarant or developer control of HOAs must shift to homeowners. That probably comes as a shock to some homeowners.
But Texas is not unique. Many other states in the U.S. also lack a legal requirement for a developer to turn over control of the HOA board to homeowners.
During the period of Declarant control, the developer or home builder appoints members of the HOA board. Those appointees are business affiliates or co-investors in the developement.
Contrary to industry rhetoric from trade groups such as Community Associations Institute (CAI) and Home Builders trade groups, homeowners do not elect their HOA board unless and until the Declarant gives up control of the association.
I should note that some states, such as Florida and California, specify that a Declarant must gradually give up control of the Association as lots are sold to homeowners. Typically, homeowners cannot elect owners to the HOA board until at least three-quarters of homes are completed and sold. At that point, in some states, homeowners can elect at least one member to the board. But it can take many years, even decades, to reach the threshold for full turnover of control of the Association to homeowners.
It is not uncommon for governing documents of HOAs to permit the Declarant to appoint one or more members to the board, so long as the Declarant continues to own a single parcel or at least one of the common amenities in the community.
Even in states that eventually force a Delcarant to hand over full control of the HOA to its owners, the developer or affiliates may continue to exert a great deal of political and financial influence over the Association.
After many years of running the community without input from homeowners, it can be difficult to find enough members willing to serve on the HOA board. Therefore, one or several incumbent board members – holdovers originally appointed by the Declarant – continue to serve and vote on administrative and budget resolutions affecting all members of the community, for better or worse.
In some common interest developments, the developer, builder, or an affiliated investor or real estate broker, continues to own and/or manage a golf course, restaurant, clubhouse, marina, or other shared amenity or privately-owned business located within the boundaries of the community. Ownership of amenities – or businesses integrated into the community – entitles these investors to a seat on the board, or the right to approve or veto certain decisions of the homeowner-elected board, or both.
Sometimes the Declarant holds and leases several units, with voting interests for each unit owned. The more units owned by the Declarant (or any investor), the more voting power and control that is exercised over the financial affairs of the HOA.
As highlighted in the KXAN investigation, most housing consumers are completely unaware of the concept of Declarant control.
And, by the way, I am not aware of any state law that requires pre-sale disclosure of the fact that a Declarant may still control a homeowners, condominium, or cooperative association.
Consequently, consumers buying a home in an HOA for the first time have no clue that a "Declarant" developer, home builder, investment group, or real estate broker might control the management of their association-governed community at the time of their purchase, and for many years to come.
Unfortunately, many state Legislators have little appetite for controversial politics surrounding HOAs. In states such as Texas, with thousands of HOAs, elected officials may not want to vote in favor of legislation that reduces power and control of HOAs, especially HOAs controlled by developers. In their minds, alienating real estate developers and investors that finance construction of common interest communities would be like biting the hand that feeds them.
Many misguided state government leaders buy into the promise that building thousands of new communities financed by the private sector contributes to "economic development," "smart growth," and a larger property tax base for local governments.
It's a short-sighted political agenda that has failed to produce its promise of economic prosperity, eroding democratic control and social harmony in the process.
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Keith Towler, Chair of the Interim Youth Work Board for Wales has announced that he will launch a Wales wide survey on the state of youth work in Wales.
The aim of the survey is to give young people an early chance to say what they value and what they want from youth work in Wales.
The job of the Interim Youth Work Board for Wales is to advise Welsh Government on making, using, and watching over a youth work plan. This plan will help make sure that young people in Wales can use the youth work services they are entitled to.
The Chair notes that it is important that children and young people are a part of designing the new plan from the start.
The Chair has written two statements, one for the Youth Work sector, which you can read here, and one for children and young people, which you can read here.


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Frogs That Resemble Purple Bubbles
By Ish B May 17, 2021
When hiking in nature, you come across all kinds of strange animals and objects. You can find animals that look like sticks, or even moving blobs that resemble frogs! The Indian Purple Frog looks just like a blob on the ground from afar. But once you step closer towards it, you'll notice that it's actually a frog with defined purple bulbs on its body.
The Indian Purple Frog is nature's lumpy doughnut, and it in fact is not bright purple. It's more of an earthy purple color, and can sometimes even have dark streaks on its back and light brown splashes on its stomach and feet. Despite being on the ground in this picture, the purple frog mostly lives underground, and sports unusual features. It also has a purple hue and a unique pointed nose that accentuates its disproportionate body.
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The purple frog weighs about 6 ounces, which is a little heavier than a baseball. Despite their large body weight, they have tiny feet that allow them to bury themselves underground, where they enjoy spending most of their time.
The purple frog got its name from its purple hue and snout. Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis is its Latin name, and it's derived from the Latin form of Sanskrit which translates to "nose." Its snout is used primarily for consuming ants as their main source of food and termites that lie underground.
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Logan's Park hosted the home opener's during the 1906 & 1907 seasons. This park was located on private property owned by Millard F. Logan. It was located between the block bordered by Sams Street to the North, West Street to the East, Oakland Street to the West and Polk Street to the South. Logan Street runs through the middle of the original property. This is now a residential area.
Corrigan's Field (pasture) was used during the 1906 & 1907 seasons, as well as 1920 when the high school reinstated the football program. It was private property owned by Phillip Corrigan. The field was south of the old high school building, where the current Harrisonville Middle School sits today. It was located between the Middle School Gym and stretching past Highland Street to the West. It was turned into a residential area known as Polson's Addition. The field of play ran East to West.
In 1921 the Wildcats would move to Elder Athletic Field located behind the public school complex, what is currently the Harrisonville Middle School and Harrisonville Early Childhood Center. The field was located on what is now the playground of the Early Childhood Center. The Wildcats played at this field for 28 years. The field of play ran from North to South.