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Prince Harry's Old Pals Have Something To Say About His Upcoming Memoir
By Amanda Lynne/July 25, 2021 11:40 am EST
Prince Harry's upcoming memoir already has fans buzzing. The Duke of Sussex announced this week that he's been working on an intimate book about his life, which is set to be released in 2022. Harry released a statement revealing that the book would share his personal life story as he looks to give the public a glimpse into his private life, per Harper's Bazaar.
"I'm writing this not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become," Harry stated. "I've worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my hope is that in telling my story — the highs and lows, the mistakes, the lessons learned — I can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think." He went on to say that he is extremely "grateful" for the chance to share his story, and for people to hear a "firsthand account" of his life that is true and authentic.
Meanwhile, royal experts are worried about the impact that memoir may have on Harry's already rocky relationship with the royal family. "I am not sure what he is trying to achieve. Whatever he says will lead to conflict. So, why is Harry really writing the tell-all book?" royal author Robert Jobson previously told the Daily Mail. However, now Harry's former friends are worried that the prince may share private details about their lives as well.
Prince Harry's friends are worried he'll spill their secrets
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The Mirror reports that Prince Harry's upcoming memoir may have the royal family concerned about what private information may be shared with the world. However, Harry's former friends are also said to be squirming as they worry that the Duke of Sussex may decide to share personal details about their time together. "It feels very hypocritical given Harry chucked people out of his friendship group for talking to the press," one person told the Daily Mail.
"There is a fear that he's going to reveal details of his hedonistic youth which some worry will play havoc with their careers and personal lives," the insider added. The source went on to say that Harry's old military buddies are on high alert when it comes to the memoir. "If Harry slams any of his old school and military buddies in his new book they have pledged to break ranks to tell their story."
Harry has become known for divulging private information about those close to him. During his tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey back in March, he and his wife Meghan Markle, openly criticized the royal lifestyle and even accused members of the family of making racially insensitive comments about their son. It appears that everyone who's ever been close to Harry is now worried that they may somehow be affected by his new book, which is likely to become a quick bestseller.


How to plot the rate of change or the incline of a line plot?
Hi there, there is probably some statistic or mathematical concept I am missing here.
I'm plotting AWS/Billing Estimated charges in Grafana, but I am having a hard time determining if the slope if increasing or not.
Basically I want to plot the graph in such a way, that I am aware of the rates of change. I.e. if spending goes up, I can notice that increase. If spending goes down, I should be able to visualise it too.
How do I do this? There must be some calculation I can perform?
Yes the "counter reset will generate high negative rate peak" and I see that. But I am not really able to see anything else. Perhaps it's being consistent with no jumps is a good thing.
Nonetheless, I am a little puzzled how to recreate the Grafana, because the AWS console falls down when you need to monitor as I do, several accounts.
Any tips for Grafana? I couldn't grok the Expression field, is that's what I am supposed to use.
That is OK - it calculates rate per second, so don't expect any high numbers, but pretty small decimal numbers. For example 10k USD per month = ~0.003 USD per second. You, can still multiply result (*1000) to have better graphable values.
Ok, I agree RATE(METRICS())*1000 in CloudWatch is better.
But I am still puzzled how to get this shown in Grafana. Is it not possible to do these calculations? I notice Prom can pull them off, but I am going direct from Grafana to CloudWatch sources.
Cloudwatch math is supported https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/11487 I don't see any showstopper.
Thanks for you help I think I figured it out now with your help!
Do please follow up if this could be further improved!


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Wisconsin Bishops Confuse the Flock
In a statement released on August 20, 2021, Wisconsin's Catholic Bishops Conference not only endorsed the controversial abortion-associated COVID injections, but even went so far as to indicate that Catholic pastors should not endorse or validate the conscientious objections of their flocks.
Furthermore, they suggested that those Catholics choosing to decline COVID injections cooperate with the controversial masking/isolation policies demanded by governmental agencies.
While the Wisconsin Bishops did confirm the individual rights of conscience of the faithful, they have provided no guidance, backup or support for those in their flock who choose to exercise these rights of conscience.
In taking these actions, the Bishops of Wisconsin have flustered and confused many Catholic faithful.
There are many faithful who have responsibly followed medical recommendations and vaccination policies of our authorities for decades. We have also followed the directions of our shepherds in the Church, our Bishops.
And Bishops usually provide moral guidance, and do not typically leave complex moral questions to one's own conscience. For example, we would be aghast if a Bishop made a pronouncement on the morality of abortion, and then advised the faithful to use their own consciences to decide whether or not to obtain abortions.
A Bishop should shepherd his flock, providing moral direction under confusing circumstances, and faithfully siding with the Truth no matter what the consequence or Cross.
But now, our Bishops present us with a dilemma.
Now, when there is dissent in our own Church regarding the moral permissibility of the COVID injections, dissent coming from as high up as the previous Papal Nuncio to the United States, when there is also serious dissent between medical experts on the safety of this new mRNA technology, when there is contradiction between the CDC (Center of Disease Control), the WHO (World Health Organization), and numerous world governments on the optimal handling of, and even on acknowledging the existence of the COVID pandemic, our Wisconsin Bishops have chosen sides.
If the Bishops have chosen to take sides in this ethical and medical debate, why did they allow conscientious dissent from their pronouncement?
If the Bishops fear the consequences of standing against the government in this COVID injection issue, if they fear retribution on the Church by civil authorities, why would they guide their flock to do the right thing individually, and face the civil authorities individually, without even the backup of their Catholic pastor with a courageous moral stance?
This very serious and faithful Catholic blogger is confused, stymied, and puzzled by what has happened. I feel I am being obliged to take on a Cross that my Bishops refuse to shoulder.
Indeed, there ARE some bishops and priests who are opposing civil authorities very courageously during this morally challenging time.
If there can be so much disagreement between priests and Bishops, why would the Bishops of Wisconsin take a stance supporting arbitrary totalitarian civil dictates and abandoning their flock to stand alone with their consciences?
PLEASE, if there is a Wisconsin Bishop willing to clarify, let this Catholic blogger know.
I will publish the clarification and will apologize for my ignorant outburst against the authority of the Bishops.
My worst fear is that I am in the right……
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Doug Erickson and the Wisconsin State Journal Are Up to Their Old Tricks or Catholic Bashing in Wisconsin
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Our new card game teaches children about our Legends while they enjoy themselves. At last, children and teenagers can learn while they have fun.
Teaching children can seem next to impossible. After all, all kids want to do is play with their friends. Imagine if there was a way children could learn history as they play an exciting game. Does this sound like a dream? It's actually a reality.
Our team of eight created an interactive game called the Legends Card Game – which teaches children (or teenagers) about history as they play. They'll get a chance to learn about scientists, artists, historical figures and compete at the same time!
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It's a multiplayer game with the interactive task and more informative for kids.
Player need to shuffle all 116 cards well and will distribute 12 no of cards to each player and keeps the rest for in a center.
Player 1 pick one card from center need to pair the cards there symbols at a time equal to all the players. Once pairing done player should keep the pair cards in the center and collect score coins on the board given with card set.
Gameplay twist If your opponent throws a scissor card of the same symbol you have paired, you will lose the pair and your earned score to him or her.
Legends clue card will match all cards players will have 3 legends clue cards in the game which the player can set match with any of there cards. By paring the jackpot card with there clue card/portrait card they can get there points coin also. Here if the player is smart then they can pair the jackpot with the rare icon card and get more points.
Coins will have the icon symbol on one side and points on the other side. We will give 10 to 100 points for each coin. The 100 points coin will be only one 10 points will be 10 coins We will give more points based on paired category symbols. If some category has very fewer cards then that will be considered as rare card and in the coins, we will give extra points for that particular symbols.
This is our second Campaign, and there are some vagaries in terms of timing when it comes to making a physical product, such as production delays, shipping delays, customs delays.
The estimated delivery date is April 2019, but keep in mind this is only an estimate. Also, due to the logistics of international shipping, backers in different regions of the world may receive their rewards sooner than others.
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Let's face it, teaching children can be difficult. In this age of Social Media, YouTube and Online Gaming, it can be almost impossible to separate kids from their screens. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way that children could have fun AND learn at the same time?
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Develop memory and information retention skills.
Playing games helps develop focusing skills.
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To start, shuffle all 116 cards together and deal 12 to each player, stacking the rest in the center.
The first player flips over the top card from the center pile. That player places the match to the side, and also takes a scoring token which matches the symbol on the cards. If no player has a match, the player who flipped it adds it to their hand. Play then passes to the left.
Gameplay twist! When a pair is made, any other player can play a scissors card with a matching symbol to steal the pair AND the score token!
There are 3 Legends clue cards in the deck. They can match any card in the game. Some symbols are more rare than others, and those are generally worth more points, so with a little luck and a little strategy, players can take advantage of Legends cards to try and score some more difficult pairs.
Score tokens have symbols on one side and a point value on the other. The points range from 10 to 100, with lower values being more common and higher values being more rare (e.g. there is only one 100). Some symbols are more rare than others, and those tend to have higher values. The tokens are all mixed at the start of the game with the symbol face up, and players draw them when making matches.
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Philip Donald Andrews (born 14 September 1976) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Life and career
Andrews was born in Andover, Hampshire, in 1976. He played youth football for Basingstoke Town and Fleet Town before joining Brighton & Hove Albion as a trainee in 1993. He made his senior debut in April 1994 in a Second Division match away to Cambridge United. He turned professional a year later, but never established himself as a first-team player. Of his 36 appearances, all but 5 were as a substitute. He was released at the end of the 1996–97 season, and signed for Bashley of the Southern League, where he spent four years. He later played for clubs including Dorchester Town, Weymouth, Andover and Amesbury Town.

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1976 births
Living people
People from Andover, Hampshire
English footballers
Association football forwards
Basingstoke Town F.C. players
Fleet Town F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Bashley F.C. players
Dorchester Town F.C. players
Weymouth F.C. players
Andover F.C. players
Amesbury Town F.C. players
English Football League players
Southern Football League players

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BBC Radio 4 Presenter and one of the regulars on the Today programme
Sarah Montague is one of the main anchors on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, since 2001. It is Radio 4's most popular news and current affairs programme and reaches an average of over six million listeners every week in the early mornings.
In addition since 1999, Sarah has been one of the presenters of HARDtalk, a one-to-one in depth interview series for BBC World. HARDtalk interviews international political leaders to entertainers; from corporate decision-makers to ordinary individuals facing huge challenges, asking hard-hitting questions and covering sensitive topics, to get behind the stories that make the news.
In the past, since joining the BBC in 1997, she has also presented BBC2's Newsnight, BBC1's Breakfast with Frost, Evening News bulletins on BBC1, as well as being a key presenter on BBC News Channel.
Sarah works regularly in the corporate sector hosting conferences, chairing discussions and interviewing CEO's. She has hosted the Nominet Forum for seven years running and has also hosted the Jersey Finance Trusts Seminar for the past four years. She has also interviewed the Nobel Prize winners for BBC World News.
Sarah started her career in finance working as a stockbroker and Eurobond dealer with Natwest Capital Markets, London. Then in 1991 she became a reporter at Channel Television in Guernsey. She moved back to London in 1994 as a freelance news reporter before joining Reuters Television in 1995.
She did a stint at Sky News in 1996 where she presented their main business and news programmes before joining the BBC in 1997.
Sarah is a sought after moderator for award ceremonies and corporate and governmental seminars all over the world.
"Using Sarah Montague to Chair the conference was an inspired move. Not only did she help make the conference run smoothly and on time, but I think she gave a lot of the speakers confidence. The questions to the Board were handled firmly but fairly and she gave a lot of credibility to the event as a whole. We would certainly ask her to help us again" - Savills
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Trichosteresis is a genus of Megaspilid wasps in the family Megaspilidae. There are at least three described species in Trichosteresis.

Species
These three species belong to the genus Trichosteresis:
 Trichosteresis floridanus Ashmead
 Trichosteresis glabra (Boheman, 1832)
 Trichosteresis nudipennis Kieffer, 1907

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Some of the best things in life are free, and on your wedding day it's really no different! Here are our favorite ways to add something treasured to your wedding without touching your budget.
Write a love note – send a sweet note of gratitude to your groom in the hours before your ceremony, or give your mom and dad a letter about what you're thankful to them for. A handwritten letter is a rare gift these days and when you fill one with words from your heart it will be cherished.
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Q: MongoDB equivalent of "NOT BETWEEN" I'm using MongoDB, the PHP driver, and Google Maps. Since Google Maps does a wrap-around for Longitudes (the LEFT longitude could be greater than the RIGHT longitude in some cases), I'm trying to get the equivalent of MySQL's NOT BETWEEN working in MongoDB.
Has anyone successfully used the MongoDB "$or" operator to simulate NOT BETWEEN?
Here's my (unsuccessful) attempt so far:
// If the LEFT longitude is greater
if ($longitude_left > $longitude_right) {
    $params = array(
        '$or' => array(
            'longitude' => array('$gte' => $longitude_left, '$lte' => $longitude_right)
        )
    );
}
// By default, the RIGHT longitude is greater
else {
    $params = array(
        'longitude' => array(
            '$gte' => $longitude_left, '$lte' => $longitude_right
        )
    );
}

$mongo = new Mongo();
$cursor = $mongo->energy->plants->find($params);

A: MongoDB's PHP driver always accepts/expects arrays ...
Since you are passing arrays for $gte and $lte too ... both need to be in arrays for $or to work correctly.
In your example you pass the first part in an array but not an array for $or and 2 more arrays for $gte and $lte ...
For your example to work, you'll need to do something like ...
$params = array('$or' => array(
                     array('longitude' => array('$gte' => $longitude_left)),
                     array('longitude' => array('$lte' => $longitude_left))
                   )
           );

$cursor = $collection->find($params);

A: NOT BETWEEN (a, b)

basically translates into
into an $or clause with
$lt a
$gt b

Converting this into a MongoDB JSON query syntax is straight forward. Or where is your problem?

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Will you miss a diamond in the rough, slight an angel, or crush a flower before it blooms?
I originally shared this post in 2011. The "what ifs" continue to taunt me. How about you?
I have a (now not so) secret love of reality television shows. I try not to watch too many of them because I get hooked every time. The thing that hooks me is the rise of the underdog story that prevails in every episode. Now I am not naive enough to think that all of this happens without the help of some gifted editor or director but schmaltzy as it may be it gets me every time.
On an opening episode of The Next Master Chef there were three or four contestants that I was routing for immediately. Each had their own version of down on their luck, or pulled themselves out of the rubble type story and this show was IT, their shot at something bigger and better for their lives. In addition to their less then stellar start in life each of these folks had an amazing humble attitude that just made you want to root for them.
Now I don't know what the producers of these shows have to do to find these humble stars, Undercover Boss finds 4-5 of them in every episode, but the sheer prevalence leads me to believe that it isn't as hard as it might seem. Which further leads me to believe that approaching life like the director of my own reality show might actually be an access for appreciating and discovering humility all around me.
If I assume that every day, among the people I meet, is at least one unsung hero and it is my job to notice,who knows what I might find. That guy on the corner selling strawberries. The neighbor I barely ever see. The disgruntled store clerk who doesn't find my daughter's "help" charming. The sweet woman who asked for my help reaching the top shelf in the grocery store. They are the people I see.
I rarely if ever give any of them more then a momentary thought as I navigate my day but what would happen if I looked for something more?
Maybe the guy selling strawberries is 2000 miles from home, and he supports 10 people back home and it is his dream to move his entire family to the United States and open a restaurant.
Perhaps, the neighbor has three jobs so he can pay his sister's medical bills and help her kids through school.
What if the disgruntled store clerk had a sick child at home who never had a chance to be a nuisance?
Or the friendly woman was spending every penny she could scrape together to feed homeless people at her church?
When push comes to shove it seems I am more likely to think less of people. I don't always go so far as to think the worst, I am an optimist after all, but it is rare for me to walk around thinking the best possible of people. This is exactly why reality shows work for me. Yes, I am rooting for the underdog but even more significantly, a part of me is genuinely surprised by these people who, if I had bumped into while in the grocery store I NEVER would have guessed that they had great culinary skill, angelic voices, or even a huge heart of gold.
His humility is palpable. His talent is remarkable. However, if I had been walking by at nearly any point in his existence I would have missed both. My life lens just isn't calibrated for this kind of magnificence. He would have been a dirty kid I may have worried about, possibly even have helped out with spare change or food if I thought it would help his "wretched existence." I would not have guessed such grace and talent were hiding right in front of me.
As I write these words, I feel myself wishing for an aha moment in which I could change that. I want to be able to change my lens and see that magnificence in hiding as if playbills had already been printed. I don't want to think that I may miss a diamond in the rough or slight an angel, or crush a flower before it blooms.
"What if " can not go unanswered. These gem's of potential ARE all around us! I have no choice but to believe we all have that innate potential.
What if the next great voice is that stranger on the bus?
What if the next great Chef is that guy from accounting?
What if the next great invention will be designed by a friend?
What if the next great artist was born this week.
What if the next "exactly what the planet needs" came from ANYONE and maybe even you or me?
How amazing! The video, the voice, the song, the story (oh, the story touched my heart so much…).
Also, your words: "If I assume that every day, among the people I meet, is at least one unsung hero and it is my job to notice,who knows what I might find." I LOVE this!! What a wonderful philosophy!
I think it's possible to believe by default that people are essentially good. As a society, we're getting more and more used to wearing the "pessimist" life lens. We need to re-learn to put on the optimist one and be open to discover and better understand the people around us from all walks of life. That way, life will be more fun and blissful!
What a great post Kathy. If I'm going about the day in my head, I'll miss things, when I remember to go about my day in my heart, I'm a different person and what I see is very different too.
Curiosity is a great starting point to get from the head to the heart. Being willing to ask whoever you meet a question, give them a smile, even just offer your heart silently.


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This ornament is 'tin-dipped'. Tin was one of the cheaper materials used at Newman Brothers. It is rococo in design. Rococo was a style developed by craftspeople and designers rather than architects, and is often asymmetrical in design.
This flower pot lid motif is an ornament used to decorate coffins. This ornament was produced at Newman Brothers probably in the 1890s, when the design would have been most popular in the company's history. The design is very common and forms part of the most popular non-registered designs. It mimics, and is inspired by, earlier coffin furniture designs of the late 18th century. The 'Flower Pot' and 'Flower pot and Angel' design was the trade's nickname for certain lid motifs. This design was popular from the 18th century through to the early 20th century and was copied and reproduced, with minor tweaks repeatedly during that time. The use of flowers and foliage are often symbolic of the brevity of life and the natural seasons of life. Both are key elements in Rococo design.


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Mu-cade est un shoot them up libre développé par ABA Games.

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Canadian Oil Sand Producers Throw New Tech at Old Foe
In their quest to make one of the most expensive methods of producing crude more profitable, Canada's oil-sands companies have been ramping up efforts to get their thick bitumen to flow through pipelines more easily and cheaply.
Producers in Canada's prolific oil sands – the world's third-largest petroleum reserves – typically use natural gas condensate to turn their sticky heavy crude into something pipelines can carry. While much of it is produced from Alberta and British Columbia's Montney shale formation, some diluent is imported from the US as well.
That condensate tends to trade on par with the price of light, sweet West Texas Intermediate or even at a premium to that grade, which itself trades at a premium to Western Canadian Select heavy crude.
And to flow through a pipeline, bitumen needs to be about 30 percent condensate.
Technology to reduce those requirements would go a long way toward making the historically costly oil-sands more competitive, and it would free up the pipeline space that has become so scarce that the Alberta government needed to mandate province-wide oil-production cuts.
"The removal of that diluent obviously would not only impact the bottom lines of producers, but also could improve overall market sentiment in Western Canada, given the pipeline-access issues," Dinara Millington, vice president of research at the Canadian Energy Research Institute, told Bloomberg.
MEG Energy threw a spotlight on those efforts this week, when it announced it is working on strategic alternatives for its HI-Q partial upgrading technology. The company is betting that there may be a lucrative market for the method, which cuts out the need for costly diluting agents that take up precious pipeline space.
MEG says its HI-Q technology allows bitumen to be shipped through pipelines without blending with lighter hydrocarbons. The technology employs a process that entails removing and recycling some diluent used in its initial processing, separating out the lighter and heavier portions of the bitumen, then removing solid materials known as asphaltenes.
But it's not the only company working a diluent-cutting technology. Cenovus Energy said last October it was working on a 1,000-bpd pilot plant using a method that would reduce its diluent needs by half. Husky Energy is working on a 500-bpd pilot plant for its diluent-reduction technology at its Sunrise oil-sands project near Fort McMurray. The company has said the process has the potential to cut diluent requirements by half.
"The biggest hurdle is moving that pilot phase into the commercial phase and demonstrating the scale," Kevin Birn, IHS Markit's director of North American crude oil markets, told Bloomberg. "That first mover would obviously have an advantage to then step out from that plant and bring in other producers on joint-venture or operational basis."
Alberta's government is also getting in on efforts to upgrade the province's crude. Premier Rachel Notley this week announced the province is extending a C$440 million loan guarantee to Value Creation to encourage its construction of a C$2 billion partial upgrader, which would turn 77,500 bbl of diluted bitumen a day into higher-value products like medium synthetic crude and ultra-low-sulfur diesel.
The effects of reducing or eliminating diluent needs could eventually ripple beyond the oil sands. Already, the growth of condensate production in Western Canada has trimmed the need for US imports, and diluent-reducing technologies could accelerate that trend. However, that could be a long way off, as the technology still needs to develop, and large, commercial-scale facilities would take time to build, Birn said.
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Madeleine Daly Potter (Washington D. C., 1 de septiembre de 1958) es una actriz estadounidense de cine, teatro y televisión.

Carrera
Potter interpretó papeles en cerca de viente películas y series de televisión, incluyendo cuatro producciones dirigidas por James Ivory. También registró apariciones en obras  de teatro en los Estados Unidos y en el Reino Unido. Hizo su debut en el teatro neoyorquino con Loves Labor's Lost en el Shakespeare Center en 1981.

Filmografía destacada

Cine

 The Bostonians (1984) - Verena Tarrant
 Hello Again (1987) - Felicity Glick
 The Suicide Club (1988) - Nancy
 Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) - Mary
 Slaves of New York (1989) - Daria
 Two Evil Eyes (1990) - Annabel
 Leapin' Leprechauns! (1995) - Morgan de la Fey
 Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns (1996) - Morgan de la Fey
 The Golden Bowl (2000) - Lady Castledean
 Refuge (2002) - Sylvia Oakes
 The White Countess (2005) - Greshenka
 Red Lights (2012) - Sarah Sidgwick

Televisión

 State of Play - Tate
 Midsomer Murders (2006) - Celia Patchett
 Holby City (2013) - Sharon Kozinsky

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Actrices de cine de Estados Unidos
Actrices de televisión de Estados Unidos
Actrices de teatro de Estados Unidos


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Q: Not able to print GC details I am trying to print the GC details for a test program in eclipse.I want to set it only for my program so I went to Run>Run Configurations and in VM arguments gave this:
-Xms1024M -Xmx1024M    –XX:+PrintGCDetails  –XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps

However when I do this and run my program I get the following error:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: –XX:+PrintGCDetails
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: –XX:+PrintGCDetails
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:320)

What am I doing wrong in passing the arguments.

A: What should tip you off is the error message NoClassDefFoundError: –XX:+PrintGCDetails - the JVM isn't trying to parse it as an option but a class...
Then, look at the dashes before -Xms1024M and –XX:+PrintGCDetails / –XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps - they're different!
Replace the latter ones with the former (ie. "real" dashes/minus-sign) and you're good to go.
Cheers,


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Discussion in 'Mac Accessories' started by *LTD*, Oct 31, 2009.
After using the Magic Mouse for the better part of an hour (after figuring out I needed some obscure Apple software update that did not show up automatically under . . . that's right, SOFTWARE UPDATE), my experience is sweet and sour, which is great if you're eating Chinese, but not so great when you're testing a mouse.
So I finally got the mouse to work, but even before pairing it I noticed it had a button. A multitouch mouse with a button! Oooh, middle-click here I come! Wrong. No middle click. No assigning any functions to that button . . . because it's THE button. That's right, bring your Mighty Mouse thinking along because that is EXACTLY what Apple duplicated for the right/left click functions. So that's Strike One. Why am I clicking left and right on a MULTITOUCH mouse?
So what are the multitouch gestures? Screen Zoom (*yawn*, unless you specifically need it, does this need to be a standard gesture??), right/left swipe to go back and forth between webpages (and I assume any other horizontally-facing pages), and up/down scroll, which works like a dream. Vertical touch scrolling (with momentum turned on) is like cream for cats. Nicely done. But that's it.
So without left/right click (or "tap") touch functions the Magic Mouse feels half-finished. Admittedly, the vertical scrolling is sweet. But not sweet enough to divert my attention from the fact that a) I have no tap functions, and b) I have middle-click, which I loved to use in order to open a new Finder window.
But it's not all bad. There's some good here. Read on.
Apple nailed this. This has to be one of the lightest mice I've ever used. I can move it around using two fingers with no effort at all. Mind you, I'm using Lithium batteries. Note that the mouse doesn't seem to work on only one battery, unlike the wireless Mighty Mouse. Odd, but it doesn't detract from the experience. This thing glides.
The Magic Mouse's shape might seem awkward at first glance, but start using it and you'll see that it's shaped for SPEED. Two fingers up top are all you really need to move this thing. The low-slung profile looks great. The right/left swipe movements feel fine. Surprisingly, the acrylic texture feels good and it looks like even sweaty fingers won't hamper the use of what few touch gestures there are on this thing.
It's fast. But is it comfortable?
This might be a personal preference, but being able to rest your hand on a mouse is a good thing. With the Magic Mouse you're only resting the tips of your fingers on the mouse. Not quite as comfortable as my Mighty Mouse. And those somewhat sharp, angular edges of the Magic Mouse don't quite feel right. My Mighty Mouse feels like "home", and felt like it from Day One. The Magic Mouse feels like it'll get the job done faster, but pull me along for the ride and expect me to shut up while it's doing me all those other favours. My wireless Mighty Mouse is like an S-Class Merc. The Magic Mouse is a Lambo. You get the idea.
Tracking. OS X's tracking/mouse acceleration is horrible. Been this way for years. I'll ignore this because it's not really a mouse-specific issue. There are terminal hacks and utilities (like USB Overdrive) which solves this issue. But I still hate having to look to 3rd parties just to get better tracking.
Perhaps USB Overdrive will also extend the touch functionality of the Magic Mouse, though I'm not betting on it. There's a new version already in the works with Magic Mouse support, so we'll see.
So no right/left taps. Fine. Alright, I'll let this slide. But in that case, where's my middle click? At least give us ONE other button or somewhere else to touch in order to get a lousy middle click! Cool vertical scrolling and a great shape doesn't quite make up for this lost functionality. Yes, I can reach for the keyboard, but why should I? Can I at least assign left swipe to open the Finder and right swipe to do something else? Please?
Clicking takes a lot more downward pressure than with the Mighty Mouse (especially left-clicking, for some reason), or with any other mouse, really. I don't like that. When the click functionality on a multitouch mouse is NOT an afterthought, it should be implemented correctly.
There's always the possibility that Apple could extend the touch functionality of the Magic Mouse or that a 3rd party will do it.
I think The Magic Mouse's home is back in the Apple Store. My desktop still belongs to Apple's wireless Mighty Mouse (yes, I've got one of the ones that actually work right and continue to work right.) Gimped touch functionality plus ergonomics that aren't quite up to par all but break the deal. But the speed and the vertical scrolling are sweet.
I'll hang on to the Magic Mouse for a while longer and see if the seas suddenly part, but I'm not expecting any miracles.
I'm bumping up the score.
I'm beginning to feel the ergonomic benefits of the Magic Mouse. Your hand, while not resting on top of the mouse surface, does rest in a more natural position. It's painless and it allows for very precise movement. Further, it can be gripped very high or very low. Nearly the entire surface of the mouse is responsive.
The addition of middle-click functionality in some form would put it over the top.
Clicking takes more pressure than it should, however, especially right-clicking.
Yes, this review took nearly three days to complete. Interestingly enough, it shows the progression of my experiences with this mouse. The ergonomic benefits and sheer speed (due to the light weight) are becoming much more pronounced. I feel compelled to give Apple even more credit because these are such salient factors. The Magic Mouse has replaced my wireless Mighty Mouse completely, and even though there is no middle-click option, I'm finding that given the benefits of the mouse I'm not missing it as much.
A middle-click option or some sort of similar tap functionality would earn an A+.
All in all, well-done, Apple.
Comfortwise it was just as I expected. It's sort of obvious that it defeats the purpose of the mouse to be able to rest the whole hand (palm and all) on the mouse because then you would not be able to efficiently take advantage of the whole touch surface.
Apple was really smart in it's design. Most people would rest part of their hand on the rear of the mouse so Apple stopped the touch surface right above the apple logo. Therefore resting the back of your palm on the rear of the mouse will not accidentally trigger any unintentional touch features.
Bottom line; if you're looking for an ergonomical mouse; avoid this one (though I'd suggest you at least try it out first before condemning it).
I actually rest my fist on the table and control the mouse with my fingertips. Works really well that way and my hand does not get tired.
I've had my Magic Mouse for 48 hours now and this thing is just crippled. It is almost featureless, like a tremendous step back in time to the days when a mouse did left/right click and scroll and nothing else. But it's supposed to be a multi-touch? Useless. I need at the very least a middle click and tap to click functions to make this worthwhile keeping. I'm going to hold on to it for 10 days in the hope 10.6.2 might expand its features, but if not, it's going straight back to the Apple Store. Disappointing. I do agree with you on the good though; the weight is absolutely perfect; it truly is beautiful; the iPhone-esque scrolling is amazing - but the the rest is just 'meh'. I really hope Apple can improve on this one with software updates or it'll be the next Apple iPod HiFi.
I'm pretty sure a 70/100 is a C- — at least that how it was for all the years I've been in school.
And I have to say the Magic Mouse fails at the more fundamental functionality of being a mouse. And that is just unacceptable.
why would you waste money on lithium batteries in something like this?? they're way more expensive than NiMH and they're not rechargeable. I have a pair of lithiums, but I just keep them as a backup for my camera for when my NiMH die on a long trip away from electricity.
I've got a MBP and I've been deliberating on getting a mouse ever since i first got it a few years ago. i used to have an imac with a mighty mouse and I liked that despite the ball gunking up and failing every once in a while.
I'm going to wait and see if they add an exposé gesture to it, then I'll get one. I really liked the side button squeeze on the mighty mouse, i used that for exposé all the time. I use hotcorners for exposé instead now, but that gets people really confused whenever they use my computer.
I currently use a MS Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and I never had a better feeling/control/comfort with any other mouse before.
I have to use a MightyMouse in School which is a real opposite to my MS mouse.
Still not enough to convince me to switch from the MX Revolution.
Lol I cannot believe how many people cannot survive without the middle click option.
We need at least one extra "click" for mice. I want to be able to assign at least ONE extra thing. On the Mighty mouse I had two buttons for this. I can stand to lose one, so long as I have one left over for my most important function assignment.
About the grading scheme. I'm following my undergrad alma mater (and current Post-grad uni), the University of Toronto, although i assume it's standard across Canada, at least.
Had Apple simply taken the wireless Mighty Mouse and replaced the scrollball with touch scrolling and incorporated nothing else, I would have gone for it.
it seems the Magic Mouse was a bit overly-ambitious of Apple. And I can understand that in a way. When you push the design envelope so successfully most of the time, you'll have a couple of misses now and then. But there have been a few too many misses with mice, unfortunately. In the big picture, though, I'll get over it.
That's how I remember it too (and the rest of my family raised in CA, US).
I'm gradually getting adjusted to the feel of the mouse. At least it doesn't hurt my hand or my wrists/forearm like the Bamboo Touch did. That wasn't a mouse, obviously, I'm just comparing multitouch navigation solutions.
BUT . . . my wireless Mighty Mouse is still more comfortable, and the lack of a middle-click is just killing me. I mean, come on, at least give is ONE configurable swipe, button, or tap. Even a cleverly recessed button just on the side where the thumb would be placed, completely flush with the curve and the surface. The pressed state doesn't even have to be very deep.
Lucky for Apple the vertical scrolling is so well implemented, not to mention the 360-degree scrolling. The Magic Mouse's scrolling kills Logitech's implementation now.
2. Allowance for higher speed settings for those of us with messy or small desks.
These shortcoming have been around for years, people have been complaining for years and Apple has been ignoring the situation for years!
I'd give it a D... I'm a 6'2" tall person with rather large hands. I thought the multitouch aspect would be awesome and it is, but I would need this mouse to be twice the size it is for it to be comfortable to use.
I've decided to return mine and will be picking up a logitech performance MX mouse.
The PMX will suite you just fine. Its a behemoth of a mouse.
I've had the Magic Mouse for 72 hours and I am very pleased.
I DO NOT require dozens of buttons for gaming. The height that I sit at my desk makes the ergonomics ideal. The scrolling is responsive and the pointer has great feedback and momentum.
Meh . . . you can always return it - that's how I tested and returned the Wacom Bamboo touch.
I was about to throw the Magic Mouse against a wall yesterday. This morning I revised my review. And now it's my main mouse. YMMV of course, but it's surprising how this thing grew on me.
The options in Universal Access don't really improve tracking/acceleration that much. At all. At least with regard to the Magic Mouse. But the other options are useful. And there is no way to kill mouse acceleration in OS X, except to disable it temporarily. When your session ends or you do a restart you need to disable it again via the Terminal. There little utilities that do this, but most of them don't allow for high speeds and a lot of them don't work with 64-bit SL.
So it's Terminal hacks or USB Overdrive/Steermouse for those that find OS X's tracking too slow (even at the highest setting) and mouse acceleration a big PITA.
Not Ergonomic - My hand hurts a lot in several different places after using it for an hour or two - might have to consider going back to my Logitech.
My experience has been quite the opposite. After using it for a solid week I feel like my hand/wrist rests in a very uncomfortable position because of the low profile of the mouse body. I find it is fatiguing on my wrist after a while and it seems to cause me discomfort.
I do like the multi-touch features but I think this mouse badly needs some additional gestures to make up for its lack of buttons. A few extra gestures that could be user definable to things like expose, dashboard or even a third mouse button click would be ideal.
Someday someone will make a mouse that gives my MX Revolution a run for its money but apparently it is not today.
I have a few issues with the Magic Mouse and a few ideas.
Obviously they have the capability to do a lot with the sensors underneith.
I don't see why they have the ability to recognize Right Click but don't have a region for middle click. They could even just make it a click with 3 fingers on the mouse. Seems too simple. I'm sure image zoom and rotation will probably become gestures. Also... Screen Zoom? It's Ctrl+Scroll... That works with ANY mouse.
Coolest add on functionality would be to have the ability to switch it into TouchPad mode. Where it turns off the laser and lets you use your fingers on the mouse surface to mimic the touchpad on a Macbook Pro. You use one finger to track, two to scroll, press down to click. Seems simple and would be great for sitting it on your lap with that tiny keyboard. The 27" could easily be used as a TV with no need for a desk.
Final score is up, and I'm done.
Slow tracking. Over 2 screens it's soooo irritating.
Should be an option for 1 finger page back and forward. Using 2 fingers is clumsy.
Fingers stick to mouse when sweaty!
2 mouse button clicked should give you expose.
Mouse software is too limited.
Debating whether to return it.


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Coming east on I-80, just about an hour and a half outside Chicago, the sign for the Middle Eastern Conflicts Memorial Wall seems jarringly out of place in the vast Midwestern landscape of golden green farms and blue-signed rest areas, tiny towns with Main Streets and the familiar logos of American consumption.
And even if you follow the sign off the interstate, it takes a while to find the memorial, the road winding right through Marseilles (pronounced Mahr-seh-less, not at all like its French namesake), a hamlet of 4,800 that, with two war memorials in less than a mile (the other is for local war dead) and an abundance of red-white-and-blueness in its choices for décor, seems abundantly if not extraordinarily patriotic.
But during this Arab Spring, with peaceful uprisings having turned bloody and the prospects of intervention in Lybia turning into another protracted involvement -- our third concurrent war -- this seemed the right time to visit.
And there it was, on the other side of town from I-80, resting peacefully on the banks of the Illinois River and just off a parking lot for what looks like an abandoned mall. Granite panels looking away from the water reflect the names of American military casualties. Here and there, flowers, rocks, a photograph. The waters, even in their stillness, provide the kind of background that makes it impossible to do anything but reflect.
By ride he meant on a motorcycle. Thousands of bikers followed him up to Chicago.
And they have, drawing as many as 40,000 bikers for their annual get together. The axis of all the activity is what came later, the wall, which is unique in two ways: One, unlike the memorial to the Vietnam War veterans, which was erected 20 years after the conflict, or the tribute to those who fought in World war II, which went up 60 years after the fact, this memorial was built while the conflicts were ongoing. And, two, it's a totally private, supported by the "illinois Motorcycle Community," without a penny of government money.
On June 23, 2003, they accomplished their goal. About 7,000 people showed up to support them, about three times the size of the town. And that got Cutrano thinking about doing it again, on a larger scale.
"Marseilles offered us a spot," he says.
But why is it called the Middle East Conflicts Wall when its scope is actually global?
The list isn't alphabetical, chronological or even by conflict.


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Licence to torture
Jueves, 05/Feb/2009 Brad Adams The Guardian
David Miliband was right when he wrote on these pages that the use of the term "war on terror" has been a mistake. But the main problem with the war on terror has not been language, but conduct. This week the joint committee on human rights held a hearing on allegations of British complicity in torture in Pakistan, to which Jacqui Smith has been asked to respond. They suggest a policy of condoning torture in the interests of national security.
Take the case of Salahuddin Amin, a British citizen convicted in 2007 for plotting attacks against targets including London's Ministry of Sound nightclub. Amin says that while in Pakistani custody he was met by British intelligence officials on almost a dozen occasions between sessions of torture.
Zeeshan Siddiqui, another British citizen, was detained in Pakistan in 2005 and tortured by the ISI - Pakistan's main intelligence service - while being interrogated over his alleged membership of al-Qaida. He reports being beaten, chained, injected with drugs and threatened with sexual abuse. British intelligence officials, who he says visited him, must have known from visible injuries that he had been mistreated.
Rangzieb Ahmed, from Rochdale, says he was beaten with sticks, whipped with electric cables and deprived of sleep; over a three-day period, he says, his fingernails were pulled out as ISI officials interrogated him. He was convicted of being an al-Qaida member and of directing terrorism. Crucially, at his trial the government did not deny defence claims that MI5 sent the ISI questions to put to Ahmed during interrogation and that MI5 questioned him while he was in ISI custody.
What is most disturbing about these accounts is that the British government knew full well the techniques the ISI and Pakistani law enforcement agencies use in interrogations, particularly in terror cases. The use of torture is widespread, systematic, routine and well documented. Even George Bush's state department criticised the use of torture in its annual human rights reports (though this did not stop the US from working hand in hand with the ISI). Asking Pakistan's security services to interrogate a detainee is essentially a request to use torture to obtain information.
Torture is banned and made punishable by life imprisonment in the UK through the Criminal Justice Act of 1988. Ministers insist that this ban is "absolute" and that Britain never uses or condones torture. But take a closer look and you will see a major loophole: "It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section in respect of any conduct of his to prove that he had lawful authority, justification or excuse for that conduct."
Where does "lawful authority" come from? This can be found in the James Bond-style "licence to kill" provisions in the Intelligence Services Act 1994, which says: "If, apart from this section, a person would be liable in the United Kingdom for any act done outside the British islands, he shall not be so liable if the act is one which is authorised to be done by virtue of an authorisation given by the secretary of state under this section." This may explain why the government has confidently issued blanket denials of illegality in these cases.
A public inquiry should be held to look into these cases, to establish whether British security services have been complicit in torture, illegal detentions and enforced disappearances. Meanwhile, the home secretary's appearance before the human rights committee would be a good opportunity for the government to end its blanket denials and establish an exemplary policy consistent with British rhetoric on rights and liberty.
Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
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An Interview with a NYC Dominatrix
ByCaitlyn Stever February 8, 2015 February 12, 2021
If you met Blair* on the street, you'd never know she briefly worked as a dominatrix in one of NYC's most popular S&M clubs. I met Blair while in college; she was much more shy, more reserved, and devoted to her first boyfriend. Years later when she admitted she had dabbled in BDSM, I was shocked. Thankfully, Blair was willing to have a dominatrix interview to me and illuminate her choices and her journey from being the shy teenager I knew into a confident, sexy woman who was not afraid to experiment and test her limits.
One of the world's most famous practitioners of BDSM- Bettie Page. Credit: Wikimedia.org
M3: What made you decide to become a professional dominatrix?
Blair: I had a close friend that had done it in the past and I asked her to set up an informal interview at the club she worked at. Anyone can ask to do it. They have a very high turnaround rate and a lot of people don't stay long, but I really wanted to give it a try at that point. I had been involved in a complicated long-distance relationship and my role was very submissive to him. I worked exclusively as a dom once I started, I was trying to find a way to be more assertive and my time working made me realize I could do something completely out of character. Women don't have to be confined by what people expect them to be. We put ourselves into these roles where we say, "I'd never do that or this" but being a dom allowed me to step outside my comfort zone and do something no one ever expected me to do. People also don't really understand what BDSM is about; they think you're stripping or you're touching the person in a sexual way and that's not happening at all. They're allowed to 'complete' but they can't touch you and if you feel uncomfortable you can make them stop.
What's the weirdest request you've ever had?
This wasn't so much weird as it was scary. A lot of clients used this stuff called Rush or poppers. It smelled like a million sharpie markers liquified into a bottle. It's an inhalant that comes in a small container filled with liquid. You can find them in sex shops. I was warned to wear gloves when holding the bottle. And that if the liquid touched my skin it would burn and even make me ill. I would hold it to the client's face during sessions, but I was afraid of it. One man who uses it often liked hypnotized and humiliated. I would take money out of his pants during sessions.
What was the most common request?
You set your own limits during your sessions, which allows you to have a lot of control over what you're willing to do. Most men requested verbal humiliation; they wanted me to make fun of their penis size, or they wanted to be stepped on. Some men wanted me to pee on them, but I was never comfortable with that. I had a lot of performance anxiety when it came to that.
A collar common in BDSM. Credit: Wikipedia.org
Did you ever do submissive sessions?
Yes, it was one of my first sessions and after that, I blatantly refused to do any more. The man locked the door to our room, which isn't allowed. I was told to watch out for him by the other women working there because he had been creepy and weird to them as well. Thankfully, there are always cameras in the rooms and everything. At one point the manager started to knock at the door and demanded to know why it was locked. After that, I decided to stop my role as a submissive. You get paid more to do bondage discipline dominance submission sessions, but in my personal life I am way more of a submissive person and in this area, I wanted to be in charge. It's all about preference in the end; no matter what part you play you are always totally in control (even as a submissive). Your clients cannot do anything you don't want them to. If you have read the book 50 shades of Grey then that would explain it well.
How were your coworkers?
Before I started I was so intimidated by the women. Was I going to fit in? Would they be catty? Would it be like high school all over again? A lot of the time you're hanging out with the other employees waiting for your session to start. There are multiple lounges where you can relax, read a book, or just hang around. I felt like a fish out of water at first and was really nervous. I soon found out that, for the most part, everyone was really nice. They were insanely normal, down-to-earth, cool women. It was one of the things I was most sad about when I left. There was one girl there who was one of the sweetest girls I've ever met. She was beautiful and she looked so much like Natalie Portman. One day we were in a session together and she had a short skirt on and you could see these insane, crazy scars running across her legs from cutting herself. It was really unsettling, although I understood and could relate to it. Even the client stopped the session after he saw and asked her why she would hurt herself like that.
What were the clients like?
There was a large number of religious clients. Maybe they were men who couldn't fulfill their desires in other areas of their lives. A lot of people came in that seemed really normal. You would never know if you passed them on the street. There was a part of me that had a fucked up, weird issue with sex and this helped in a weird way. It made me realize that everyone has their thing and it doesn't make you a bad person. As long as you're not harming anyone and doing these things in a controlled setting. Whatever your fantasy is your fantasy and that's fine.
Do you tell the people you date?
I used to be a lot more open about it when I was younger, but I realized it wasn't the best strategy. It leaves no mystery and a lot of guys have really fragile egos. Many can't handle it. They don't understand what it even is immediately and says things like, "I wouldn't want you doing that now" and I'm like, "Well, it's our fourth date, so you really have no control over anything I do." It's not important for me to show all of my past until someone gains my trust and deserves to know more about me.
The person I was somewhat seeing while working there wrote to me, "I thought I was special because I get to see you all dolled up and sexy and now I find out I could have paid for it?" which really hurt. Eventually, I stopped for him; I was infatuated with him because I had never been with a man who was older and had their life on track. Later, I realized that underneath his charm, he was manipulative and selfish. He told me never to judge him by his intentions but his actions. It made me realize that you can never judge anyone by their intentions, and his actions (including influencing my decision to stop working) were all based on selfish reasons.
An image from 'Nights of Horror'. When Joe Schuster, creator of the Superman comic, was hard on cash, he found a new fanbase through the use of BDSM in his anonymously published 1950s comics. Credit: Wikimedia.org
Has it helped your relationships and sex life?
In past relationships, I have had issues with porn. I know there's nothing you can do about that; this is the age we live in, but I think it's hurt a lot of relationships and makes it so much harder for people. You can choose to watch porn and not put in an effort to have an intimate experience with another human being. At least there's an element of communication when people come to see me. I have a vague idea of what's online based on my experiences being a dominatrix, but I can't even imagine the full extent of the shit you can get access to on the internet. I feel like the best thing is being open about your desires. In the end, I am really thankful for both experiences (working as a dominatrix and realizing the person I was with was an asshole). It really woke me up. These experiences had to happen to get me to where I am now. It really hurt to be rejected, but my ego recovered. Part of his power over me was our sexual relationship; he was completely in control. At the end of the day, all we had was an extremely passionate sexual relationship. He was never outright abusive to me, but he was extremely manipulative. Working as a dom allowed me to reclaim some of that control.
Would you ever go back?
I've thought about it a lot in the past two years. It's definitely something I find fascinating. It's hard to say. There's a part of me that wants to give it another try, and not necessarily because of the money, but because there's a lot of training that's involved, and you don't learn it overnight. The women who really knew what they were doing were doing it for 15 years.
There's so much to learn like how to tie a knot the proper way, how to do things without severely injuring a person. You could seriously hurt someone says if you are whipping them and not doing it properly. There's so much training, so I would never go back in if I wasn't serious about the process. Just like any other occupation, a lot of time and effort goes into being the best at what you do and being a dominatrix is a totally valid occupation.
Blair is now single, happy, and attending a prestigious art school in Midtown Manhattan.
*Since she wishes to remain anonymous, we will call my interviewee by her NYC dominatrix name, Blair.
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Флаг муниципального образования города-курорта Пятиго́рска Ставропольского края Российской Федерации — опознавательно-правовой знак, служащий официальным символом муниципального образования города-курорта Пятигорска.

Утверждён 27 сентября 2007 года решением Думы города Пятигорска Ставропольского края № 120-18 ГД. 25 июня 2008 года, после доработки, внесён в Государственный геральдический регистр Российской Федерации с присвоением регистрационного номера 4135.

Фактически же зарегистрированный флаг не является действующим, поскольку город-курорт Пятигорск продолжает использовать флаг 2007 года в его первоначальном варианте.

Описание и обоснование символики

Полотнище флага города-курорта Пятигорска горизонтальное. Отношение ширины (вертикального размера) флага города-курорта Пятигорска к его длине (горизонтальному размеру) 2:3. Изображения на флаге города-курорта Пятигорска полностью повторяют герб муниципального образования города-курорта Пятигорска Ставропольского края. Исключение составляют серебряный и золотой цвета, которые заменяются на флаге города-курорта Пятигорска соответственно на белый и жёлтый.

Флаг города-курорта Пятигорска разделён на две равновеликие горизонтальные полосы — синего (вверху) и красного (внизу) цветов.

Синий цвет (лазурь) символизирует величие и красоту города.

В центре синей полосы помещена композиция жёлтого цвета на чёрном фоне: повёрнутый вправо орёл, терзающий змею. Орёл — символ величия и победы над злом и болезнями, которые олицетворяет змея. Композиция расположена на фоне белого силуэта пятиглавой горы Бештау, давшей название городу Пятигорску.

В центре красной (червлёной) полосы, цвет которой которой символизирует силу минеральных источников, под силуэтом Бештау расположен символ источников: жёлтый круг, из которого вверх бьют жёлтые струи целебной воды, растекаясь вправо и влево. Они достигают таких же жёлтых струй большего размера. Множество струй воды указывает на многочисленность целебных источников Пятигорска. Ниже по центру расположен жёлтый ключ. Этот символ указывает на исторически важное положение города — старейшего на Кавказских Минеральных Водах, ставшего воротами к целебным источникам.

Жёлтый цвет (золото) элементов флага города-курорта Пятигорска символизирует жизнеутверждающее начало.

История
В 2007 году решением главы города Пятигорска Л. Н. Травнева была образована геральдическая комиссия, в число задач которой входила разработка символов города-курорта: герба, флага, гимна и товарного знака.

Летом того же года геральдической комиссией при главе города был объявлен конкурс проектов символики Пятигорска. В течение июля-августа на рассмотрение членов комиссии поступило около 300 конкурсных работ. Лучшими из них были признаны проекты герба и флага, исполненные членом Союза дизайнеров и Союза художников России, преподавателем Ставропольского краевого училища дизайна Ю. А. Логачёвым. По словам Юрия Александровича, при работе над эскизами он «в первую очередь опирался на главные требования [конкурса] — лаконичность и лёгкую читаемость изображаемых на гербе и флаге символов» и постарался «сделать всё, чтобы у горожан возникало ощущение чего-то одновременного и нового, и (…) традиционного — узнаваемого». Такими узнаваемыми символами стали помещённые в гербовом щите и на полотнище флага изображения орла — «символа, с которым вот уже более ста лет неразрывно связан Пятигорск», горы Бештау и минеральных источников.

27 сентября 2007 года городская Дума официально утвердила новые символы Пятигорска. 29 сентября того же года, в рамках празднования 227-летия города-курорта, герб и флаг Пятигорска были представлены местному населению на поляне Песен, где проходила основная часть праздничных мероприятий.

Принятая депутатами Думы символика была направлена на экспертизу в Геральдический совет при Президенте РФ, который выявил в ней нарушения правил геральдики. При участии геральдической комиссии при губернаторе Ставропольского края герб и флаг Пятигорска были откорректированы, а затем вновь направлены в Геральдический совет.

В представленной на рассмотрение версии флага «орёл целиком находился в пределах синей полосы», расположенный под силуэтом Бештау «символ источников» также был изменён. Государственная герольдия одобрила данный вариант и 25 июня 2008 года внесла его в Государственный геральдический регистр под номером 4135. Согласованное с Геральдическим советом описание флага гласило:Прямоугольное полотнище с отношением ширины к длине 2:3, воспроизводящее композицию герба города Пятигорска в синем, красном, белом и жёлтом цветах.

На практике зарегистрированная символика городом-курортом Пятигорском не используется. Его официальными символами продолжают оставаться первые варианты герба и флага, утверждённые 27 декабря 2007 года.

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Nigeria and the Biafran War: Ending the silence
In newspapers and on social media, Nigerians are currently discussing a possible split of the huge country more hotly than ever before.
50 years after the two and a half-year Biafran civil war began, the idea of a state of Biafra – which is what the secessionist region called itself back then – has resurged. Apart from debates and propaganda, including racist agitation, that also means that the country must deal with its past, and most of all with this civil war.
Up to 2.5 million people died in a civil war that was hushed up for decades after it ended in January 1970.
"Biafra was never really on our curriculum at school," said Roy Udeh Ubaka, 23, from Enugu in southeastern Nigeria.
He first heard about it in his social studies course. He added that even then, the "chapter was very short, and Biafra was mentioned only on two or three pages."
Roy Udeh-Ubaka learned about the war from his parents
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It was his father who told him about the Biafran War, Udeh-Ubaka says. "He was a child soldier, and recounted his personal experiences." The young biochemistry student grew up with private recollections of the war rather than reappraised, verifiable facts. In Nigeria, that is true for an entire generation.
For Paddy Kemdi Njoku, former chairman of the country's National Examination Council (NECO), this is one reason why Nigeria is struggling to come to terms with its past. How can you come to terms with something that no one ever talks about?
"Nigerian history from independence to the present should be taught to every child, not just singling out the Biafran War," Njoku said, urging educating children about "how we got independence, for how long we managed our independence, then the military coup and the civil war."
"If history was being taught, we probably wouldn't exactly where we are today," Njoku said.
NoVictor, No Vanquished
But ignoring and hushing up history was part of the strategy adopted in January 1970: NoVictor, No Vanquished was the motto back then.
A memorial like the Unity Fountain in Abuja could commemorate all victims of the Biafran War
In fact, there were few arrests or trials, and possible war crimes were not accounted for. Instead, the government aimed at reintegrating the southeast, mainly populated by the Igbo. Rebuilding the devastated region and sharing their everyday lives was to let Nigerians grow together again.
To this day, Nigerians from the southwest are critical of that strategy.
Senate President chief of Staff Hakeem Baba Ahmed is convinced it was successful. "I think the Nigerian people have reconciled themselves after the war," he said, adding that "however, there are a lot of issues that have arisen since the war, which challenge Nigerian unity and put Nigerian people against each other."
Ahmed says Nigerians are learning to reconcile: "Very few nations would have survived some of the problems we did."
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But not all Nigerians share Hakeem Baba Ahmed's optimistic view. "A few years after the war, there were some gestures of reconciliation," remembered Obinna Edeh, a 27-year-old lawyer – pointing out that Alex Ekwueme, an Igbo, was named vice president in 1979. "His four years in office reintegrated the Igbo in politics," Edeh said. The lawyer, nevertheless, misses a sustainable process. Reconciliation, he said, "shouldn't depend on the discretion of the respective government."
Teach Nigerian history in school, urges Paddy Kemdi Njoku
While Biafra supporters often list a lack of reconciliation as the reason for current demands for independence, Hakeem Baba Ahmed is convinced that Biafra is not the solution to the Nigerian problem at all. Biafra merely represents the fundamentals Nigerians need to address, he stressed: "Poverty, poor governance, and the economy."
Young people must get jobs, he added. "If they have jobs, it doesn't matter whether they live in the east, north or west – they will be comfortable."
Apart from dealing with the past, Paddy Kemdi Njoku urged boosting remembrance of the victims, by having additional events on or around Armed Forces Remembrance Day on July 6. Take it a step further, he said. "And pay homage to the souls of these people who unfortunately died as a result of misunderstandings of the past."
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