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B Street Theatre's 'We're Gonna Be Okay' enjoyed for its developed characters, edgy perspective
Jackson Margolis September 2, 2018 12 views
The cast of "We're gonna be Okay" on stage during a performance. Photo used by permission of B-Street Theatre
Junior Jackson Margolis and his brother, freshman Dylan, regularly review plays presented by the B Street Theatre, which is now part of The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts and is located at 2700 Capitol Avenue.
On Aug. 10 they saw Basil Kreimendahl's "We're Gonna Be Okay," which premiered in 2017 at the Humana Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, and has a cast of six.
Though I studied the Cuban Missile Crisis last year in history class and understood the rising tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, not only did I overlook the fear suffocating many American citizens in the early '60s, but I was also oblivious to it.
I grasped the general idea: we were on the brink of nuclear warfare, and it was scary. But until experiencing Kreimendahl's "We're Gonna Be Okay," I didn't fully comprehend the severity and unease of the situation for the average, good American samaritan.
But Kreimendahl and director Buck Busfield pull audiences into the conflict of the time period through emotional dialogue, relatable characters and a plot that echos the tensions and issues of today.
The show begins by introducing two families who are neighbors by chance and friends by choice – at least that's what Efran (Dave Pierni), a talkative, middle-aged father with control issues, believes.
Though Efran loves his country – so much so he becomes sentimental while listening to the "Star Spangled Banner" – he doubts that Washington is looking out for everyday citizens. Thus, he believes that, due to rising tensions with the Soviet Union, he must take his family and neighbors' survival into his own hands. So with the help of his mor serious, blue-collar neighbor, Sul (Jason Kuykendall), he sets off to dig a hole in his backyard to build a fallout shelter.
To add to the drama, while Efran's crafty and forward-thinking wife, Leena (Elisabeth Nunziato,) who also played Martha – the lead in Dylan's and my first and favorite B Street show "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" – is against the idea, Sul's friendly and cooperative wife, Mag (Dana Brooke), believes the shelter is necessary for survival.
And what better way for the audience – and the two families – to know each other than by building a shelter and discussing spirit animals?
The show also introduces Efran and Leena's teenage son, Jake (Doug Harris), a baseball fanatic with a secret, and Sul and Mag's daughter, Deanna (Stephanie Altholz), a quirky adolescent who struggles with the word "normal."
But once the less-than-perfect shelter is built and the two families move in, the conflicts buried deep inside each character begin to uncoil. This creates conflicts over power, solution, sexuality, gender equality, safety and the future.
Jackson: So what did you think, big brother?
Dylan: I'm not your big broth –
J: Moving on. Who was your favorite character?
D: I didn't have one.
J: What a great answer. OK, well, mine was Efran. Not only was his character the most developed, but Pierni's acting was very convincing. Occasionally he would go on long tangents about his internal turmoil, which simply captivated me.
D: I'm glad that he captivated you.
J: Very funny. OK, even though I wasn't necessarily rooting for him, and I didn't even really like him at all, Pierni's energy and emotion really showed Efran's anxiety with the future.
D: Yes, I really was able to see the clear transition in act one, where Efran was the main person backing building the bomb shelter, to act two, where he really began losing his marbles.
J: Part of that was due to the intense and awful relationship he had created with his son.
D: Yeah, I was really waiting for the son to stand up to him.
J: But does he? To find out, you must see the show.
D: What was that?
J: OK, moving on again. Dylan, my boy, what did you think of the blocking and directing?
D: Oh, it was pretty good.
J: Do you have anything else to say about it?
D: It was pretty good – Actually, I do.
J: What is it?
D: This show is not for a younger audience.
J: Good point. There were certain sexual discovery scenes that I would not recommend a child to see.
D: Even I was a little uncomfortable at parts.
J: Thanks for sharing.
D: You're welcome.
J: Well, the show was also for an older audience. There were several jokes that made me chuckle slightly, but everyone else, (who is much older,) was just dying.
D: Especially the woman three seats to the right of me.
J: You know who you are, Gretchen.
D: Don't put that in. That's the most "Jackson" writing ever.
J: Fine.
D: OK, Jackson, I have a question for you.
J: Shoot me (figuratively).
D: What do you think was the main message of the show?
J: Unity under disaster and the effect that it has on a community. The writer really did a way better than "OK" job of putting the audience in the middle of one of the greatest crises in American history. And in the first act. Hold on, I've talked enough. What did you think about the first act?
D: I liked the second one better.
J: OK, that's not about the first act.
D: Wait, you'll see. I thought that the second act was better than the first act.
J: Such a comedian. Anyway, my favorite thing about the first act was the relationship that developed between Efran and Sul. At the start of the act, Efran was trying to convince Sul to be his friend and to help him build the bomb shelter – and by the end of the act, Efran's wish has come true. Sul is both a great friend and has helped Efran with his nearly finished bomb shelter between their properties.
D: I don't think you breathed once that whole time.
J: Well, that's why I'm the professional.
D: Well, I really liked how none of the characters were either the hero or the villain. Each character had moments where they said something that I either agreed with or didn't.
J: For example, Efran.
D: Why do you only talk about Efra –
J: Well, in the first act, I was rooting for him to convince the other of the benefits of the bomb shelter, but in the second act, I started to root against him when he was mentally aggressive to his son.
D: Good example.
J: What was your favorite part, Dillon.
D: Please don't spell my name like "Dillon" in your article.
J: OK. Well, I really enjoyed the scene near the end of the show where Leena, Efran's wife, is able to bring up the timeless – and also modern – issue of feminism through burning a particular clothing item.
D: Three guesses which.
J: From Leena's defiant action in the bomb shelter, you could really see how challenging it is for her to deal with her husband and, though it's against Efran's request, how she wants to become a teacher.
D: I liked the set.
J: That wasn't off-topic at all.
D: I thought the set was clever because the crew transformed it during intermission. In the first act, the houses on stage created a very suburban feel, and the set in the second act (while they were in the shelter) had a very dark and dismal underground feel.
J: Another cool thing about the show is that even though it took place in the early '60s, the issues the show discusses are still current dilemmas.
D: And relate to today.
J: You said it, Dylan. What was your favorite element of the show?
D: How it made me think about the possibility of the end of the world.
J: That was your favorite thing?
D: OK, I mean that it was the most interesting part.
J: You're right. You know, we get so caught up in our everyday lives that we neglect the possibility of nuclear warfare.
D: Well said.
J: And I think that one of the strongest parts of the play is how the writer was able to show how, in a world-ending crisis, some people want to find a solution, while others give up, and some even go insane.
D: And "We're Gonna Be Okay" perfectly shows all of these different directions.
J: OK, when I see a show, I want to walk away saying, "That made me think."
D: You always say that.
J: Well, it's true. And based on this gripping and almost edgy ending, I couldn't help but ponder how society was – and would be – affected by a nuclear attack.
D: It wasn't that gripping.
J: I disagree. Not only was there somewhat of an unexpected twist at the end, but the ending also makes the show really come full circle with the theme of unity under disaster.
D: Sure, but I still got a little bored at times. The dialogue would occasionally go on and on, leading me to lose interest in the overall plot.
J: So what did you think of the plo –
D: Well, there were sections of the plot that were unneeded. There were several unresolved issues between Efran and Jake that I would have prefered to be solved.
J: See, I liked walking out of the theatre uneasy and unsure of what would happen physically and emotionally between the two of them.
D: You're dumb.
J: Thanks. Well, did you want them to build the fort?
D: I didn't really care. I knew it was going to happen. I also didn't like how it contradicted what actually happened during –
J: Let's not give away too much. All that being said, how many stars would you give it?
D: Two-and-a-half out of four. It didn't really entertain me all that much. At least the second half had some intense parts, but I was never really on the edge of my seat.
J: Well I'm going to give it a three-and-a-half.
D: You give everything a three-and-a-half.
J: If it's a good show that keeps my interest, then
D: There can't be a single part that I thought was boring if I'm going to give it a three-and-a-half or a four.
J: Geez – tough critic. I'm not giving it quite a four because some of the dialogue was a little repetitive, and there were a few occasions where the show didn't keep my interest.
D: Is there anything that you've seen that you'd give a four?
J: Let me think for a second. Maybe "West Side Story" at Music Circus in 2015, but other than that, I don't know.
D: That was a rhetorical question.
J: … Anyway, would you recommend this to a high school student?
D: Maybe. But only if you're really into theatre and are a junior or a senior.
J: Overall, it was a good show. And we agree on a three, and that's not bad.
D: That's fair. The show is OK, and you're gonna be "Okay" watching it.
The show runs from Aug. 9 – Sep. 7, Tuesdays through Sundays. Tickets are $27-$39.
—By Jackson Margolis
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Who is on Question Time tonight and where do they stand on Brexit? Here's your guide...
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Norman Lamont
Who? Ask your parents, kids. Conservative peer
Where is he on Brexit? No-deal advocate and chairman of the hardline Leave Means Leave group
As redolent of the grim early 1990s as Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine playing the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party, Lamont was John Major's chancellor under whom the government was forced to withdraw the pound from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, triggering Black Wednesday and an estimated hit to the Treasury of £3.3bn. Later boasted at a press conference that his wife had heard him singing in the bath that morning, a claim to which, asked about later, he quoted the Edith Piaf song Je ne regrette rien, a response which his friend the former Labour MP Woodrow Wyatt - father of sometime Boris Johnson paramour Petronella - defended on that evening's Newsnight by saying Lamont did an excellent impersonation of an owl. Was at the centre of a brief and weird scandal in 1992 after an off-licence manager falsely claimed he'd bought cheap wine and Raffles cigarettes at his shop. Simpler times.
Richard Leonard
Who? Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
Where is he on Brexit? Firmly anti-Brexit, he has said his party should have a clear policy to remain in the EU
Leader of Scottish Labour - who, like Norman Lamont, were big in the 1990s before sinking into near-irrelevance - since 2017, which makes him one of the longest-serving in the role in the past decade. A faithful Corbynista who believes his leader is a man of unique virtue unparalleled in human history, he has nevertheless risked the wrath of Seumas Milne et al by deviating on Brexit policy in the wake of the party's disastrous European election results. Called last month called for Labour to say its preference was to remain in the EU, saying: "I do think that we need clarity in our position. So you would expect me to be arguing, as I am, that means we need to be clearer in our position going into any public vote." Despite being leader of Scottish Labour, is as English as a sexually-repressed Morris dancer.
Caroline Voaden
Who? Liberal Democrat MEP for South West England
Where is she on Brexit? Fully on board with party policy to revoke Article 50 in the event of a Lib Dem majority in a general election
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Kate Andrews
Who? Associate director of free-market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs
Where is she on Brexit? Brexit cheerleader on the Liz Truss swashbucklin' Global Britain wing
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Who? Director
Where is he on Brexit? Anti-Brexit but argues there are more important issues to tackle
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On the weekend, an article in a United Kingdom newspaper – The Daily Star – highlighted that there are currently 210 Rastas in Her Majesty's Armed Forces, a 40 per cent increase since 2016, when they numbered 150. The article attributed the climb to the UK's Ministry of Defence having to broaden its recruiting horizons following the sacking of thousands of sailors, soldiers and airmen as part of defence cuts.
Sister Mitzie Williams, who has served as chair of the local Nyahbinghi Administrative Council, said that while she, like many Rastas, believes institutions like the military are oppressive, the growth is a step in the right direction for religious rights. She also lamented various levels of discrimination faced by Rastafarians over the years.
"I see it as a victory anywhere at all. I see it as a victory in any faith that people are allowed to exercise their personal, religious, constitutional and most of all, their human rights, whether in the army or in a government office," she told The Gleaner yesterday.
"I remember going to a school to apply for a job as a teacher and the first thing the man asked me was if I came to indoctrinate the children or convert them to Rastafari. The only reason he said that was because of my locks. I'm sure he would not say that to a Christian lady," Williams added.
The British army's recruitment website notes that Rastafarians serving in the army "may wear full beards and may have dreadlocks, which do not need to be altered or cut, but should be worn in a manner that is tidy and allows for the wearing of all forms of headdress correctly. Operational Effectiveness and Health and Safety must not be compromised at any time".
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"The JDF actually admires the healthy living, clean eating and, certainly, the emphasis on peace, brotherly love and goodwill to all men. These are values the JDF endorses," he pointed out.


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Study: Employers Could Dump Sickest Employees On Public Health Care
"A loophole in the federal health care overhaul would allow many employers to game the system by dumping their sicker employees onto public health insurance exchanges, according to two University of Minnesota law professors. They say the loophole could have dire consequences for the financial health of the exchanges, which are a key part of President Barack Obama's health care law. The online marketplaces are intended to make it easier to comparison shop for health plans and also to expand access to coverage for the uninsured."
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DFI Retail Group - DBS Research 2022-08-01: Still Not A Convenient Time; Awaiting Visible Catalysts
DFI Retail Group - Still Not A Convenient Time; Awaiting Visible Catalysts
DFI RETAIL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED (SGX:D01)
DFI Retail Group (SGX:D01) reported a headline net loss of US$52m, which includes US$60m loss from associates (largely Yonghui and Maxim). While its subsidiaries remained profitable, posting 1H22 sales of US$4.48bn (-1.2% y-oy) with an underlying operating profit of US$76m, this was 51% lower compared to the same period last year.
DFI Retail Group had, in its 1Q22 business update in earlier in May 22, guided for 2022 results to be lower compared to 2021, but the headline performance was still underwhelming for us in respect of the higher-than-expected operating expenses and operational challenges.
Among the performance of its subsidiaries, while Health and Beauty posted strong performance, this failed to mitigate the weakness in its Grocery Retail as well as Convenience Stores. In addition, DFI Retail Group also increased its investments in digital capacity and capability, which is said to be necessary to meet customers' needs and to drive long-term growth and value. In its results briefing, management guided that the level of investments in its digital capabilities are likely to continue into 2H22F, and possibly FY23 as well.
The underwhelming headline performance can be attributed to DFI Retail Group's share of Yonghui's results amounting to US$64m (due to the latter's performance in 4Q 2021) as well as losses from Maxim's, which contributed an underlying loss of US$26m due to movement restrictions in Hong Kong.
An interim dividend of US$0.01 per DFI Retail Group share was declared for 1H22, vs US$0.03 a year ago.
DFI Retail Group - Segments commentary
Grocery Retail segment hard hit by reopening in Southeast Asia, inflation and investments.
While Grocery Retail in North Asia saw decent like-for-like sales, this failed to negate the impact from Southeast Asia as Group operations were affected by easing restrictions, store renovations in Singapore and stock availability in Malaysia. Recall that in 1H21, COVID restrictions were still predominant, while in 2H22, easing restrictions towards 2Q22 saw a shift towards out-of-home consumption.
DFI Retail Group's management also indicated that renovation for several stores had ramped up in 1H22 after these were delayed due to COVID restrictions in 2021. There are expectations for these to be completed by end of 2022.
As a result, 1H22 Grocery Retail saw sales drop by 8.5% y-o-y to US$2.0bn (from US$2.19bn). Along with higher costs of goods, operating costs from labour and electricity and e-commerce investment costs, operating profit for the segment plunged by 44.2% to US$47.4m, from US$84.9m a year ago.
Convenience Stores impacted by Hong Kong and China restrictions.
While Singapore convenience stores saw strong sales and profit arising from easing of restrictions, the segment was impacted by restrictions in China and Hong Kong. In 1Q, due to restrictions, 50% of its stores were forced to close or had shortened operating hours. We noted that there was q-o-q sales recovery post lockdowns
in 2Q22. As a result, sales for the segment in 1H22 was US$1.08bn, but profitability was impacted with an operating loss of US$0.1m, down from a profit of US$18.6m a year ago. Store expansion continues, nonetheless, with 100 new stores opened, of which 75 were in South China.
Health & Beauty the star; 1H22 sales +11%, operating profit +91% y-o-y.
Health & Beauty was the star performer with 1H22 sales at US$984.5m, up by 11% y-o-y due to recovery across North Asia (Mannings) and Southeast Asia (Guardian).
Mannings Hong Kong saw higher like-for-like sales due to surge in demand for COVID-19 related products and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines as well as double-digit sales growth for Own Brand.
Guardian stores across Southeast Asia benefitted from easing of COVID restrictions and recovery in mall and tourist locations, with profit more than doubling for Guardian.
Overall, operating profit for Health and Beauty almost doubled to US$39.3m (+90.8% y-o-y) in 1H22, compared to a year ago.
Home furnishing improved from new stores and e-commerce.
Home furnishing saw 1H22 revenue improving by 6.4% y-o-y to US$409.6m, on the back of newly opened stores last year and e-commerce sales. However, like-for-like sales were impacted in 1Q22 due to COVID restrictions on store operating capacity as well as stock availability. It was noted that stock availability was at ~80-85%, down against more than 95% during pre-COVID.
Notwithstanding the challenges, Home Furnishing segment posted an operating profit of US$15.2%, up by 32.2% y-o-y, with like-for-like sales improving in 2Q22. Ikea now has 40 touchpoints with ~4.3m sq ft of trading space. Its new upgraded Taiwan fulfillment centre is expected to be operational in 2H22.
Maxim also reeled from restrictions in Hong Kong, while Robinson Retail benefited from Philippines' easing of restrictions.
Maxim was severely impacted by the restrictions from dining-in in Hong Kong, and the temporary lockdowns in China. The opposite was true for Robinson Retail where its drugstores, department stores and specialty segments saw strong performance on increase in economic activity following easing restrictions.
For Hong Kong, it was noted that like-for-like sales recovered over the course of 2Q as restrictions eased.
Our views on DFI Retail Group
As a result of its underwhelming 1H22 and higher-than expected investment into its digital capabilities that is expected to last into 2H22 and possibly FY23, we cut our FY22 and FY23 forecasts for DFI Retail Group by 77% and 30% respectively. This is also contributed by the slower than expected lifting of restrictions in North Asia as well as sales impact from store renovations in Southeast Asia for Grocery Retail in which we have brought down our sales forecasts by 4.5%/3.5% for FY22F/23F.
While DFI Retail Group had earlier guided for a weaker 2022 compared to 2021, its underwhelming 1H22 performance took us by surprise. The impact from Yonghui is well-flagged though the steep plunge in underlying performance of its subsidiaries, particularly its Grocery Retail segment - traditionally the main contributor - could be hard for the market to digest.
There continues to be challenges faced by DFI Retail Group and we understand the investments are needed to drive its longer-term growth. However, for confidence in DFI Retail's share price to return, we believe two key factors are needed:
firm easing of restrictions in North Asia;
concrete positive results from investments made thus far.
Accordingly, we revised down our target price for DFI Retail Group to US$2.67, rolling our valuation to FY23F.
With DFI Retail's share price already severely underperforming and negative factors largely known, we maintain our HOLD recommendation.
Above is the excerpt from report by DBS Group Research.
Clients of DBS may access the full report in PDF @ https://www.dbs.com/insightsdirect/.
Andy SIM CFA DBS Group Research | https://www.dbs.com/insightsdirect/ 2022-08-01 2022-08-01
Read also DBS's most recent report:
2022-12-13 DFI Retail Group - Man The Counters, Tourists Returning!.
Previous report by DBS:
2022-11-09 DFI Retail Group - Upgrade To Non-Consensus BUY.
Price targets by other brokers at DFI Retail Target Prices.
Listing of research reports at DFI Retail Analyst Reports.
DFI Retail Share Price History,
DFI Retail Announcements,
DFI Retail Dividends & Corporate Actions,
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DFI Retail Share Price vs STI Performance


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Q: Controller Class Not Found Weirdest thing on my symfony 2 project, just added a new controller as I normally would, setup the routing and for some reason it just won't work...
src/AppBundle/Controller/SupplierController.php:
namespace AppBundle\Controller;
// omitted all necessary use statements, but they are normally here...

class SupplierController extends Controller
{
    public function signUpAction(Request $request)
    {
        $defaultData = array('message' => 'Type your message here');
        $form = $this->createFormBuilder($defaultData)
            ->add('fname', TextType::class, array('label' => 'First Name'))
            ->add('lname', TextType::class, array('label' => 'Last Name'))
            ->add('company', TextType::class)
            ->add('email', EmailType::class)
            ->add('phone', NumberType::class, array('label' => 'Tel. No.'))
            ->add('message', TextareaType::class)
            ->add('receiveUpdates', CheckboxType::class)
            ->add('send', SubmitType::class)
            ->getForm();

        $form->handleRequest($request);

        if ($form->isSubmitted() && $form->isValid()) {
            // data is an array with "name", "email", and "message" keys
            $data = $form->getData();
        }

        return $this->render('AppBundle:Suppliers:SignUp:_form.html.twig', array('form' => $form->createView()));
    }

}

app/config/routing.yml:
// other routes omitted...

supplier_sign_up:
    path: /supplier/register
    methods: [GET]
    defaults:
        _controller: AppBundle:Supplier:signUp

Run the page:
The _controller value "AppBundle:Supplier:signUp" maps to a
"AppBundle\Controller\SupplierController" class, but this class was not
found. Create this class or check the spelling of the class and its
namespace.

Very strange ey? The route recognises the controller, the namespacing is correct, checked spelling etc. Can't work it out... any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

A: So this turned out to be a Sylius issue, basically due to the way Sylius works with symfony I had to configure my form as a sylius resource and call it via a service

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After completing three posts about unattended deployment of full operating systems with WDS (Part I, Part II and Part III), I had pending this post about the examples of the unattended files. So here they are.
Note: All of the data about the components and values used on these two XML files, are explained on Part III about WDS Deployment.
Hope that you find it useful!
i have a question about these unattended files: can i use these files for any Windows version (for example Windows 7).
Yes, you can use it for Windows 7; also I have a couple of posts and unattended files for Windows 8. Check my WDS section.


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Putin's "In your face bitch" move to deploy S-400 missiles to the Russian air base in Latakia
Why Did Turkey Dare Shoot Down a Russian Plane? The Proxy War in Syria
By Juan Cole
An illustration of a Turkish fighter attacking a Russian bomber. Shutterstock
This post originally ran on Truthdig contributor Juan Cole's website.
The Turkish government decision to down a Russian jet operating in the north of the Syrian province of Latakia is breathtaking in its boldness. Russia may no longer be a superpower, but it is a nuclear-armed great power. The newly elected Justice and Development Party (AKP) government of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his mentor President Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey can rule without the help of any other party in parliament, and seems determined to double down on its policy of intervening in Syria.
The Davutoglu government risks substantial economic harm. Russian tourism has boosted the Turkish economy, and Russia was planning an important gas pipeline through Turkey as well as the building for Ankara of a nuclear power reactor. All those activities have just been cancelled, and tour operators in Russia are looking for other tourist markets after pressure from the Putin government. Russia is attributing the attack to an attempt by Turkish officials to protect gasoline smuggling routes from Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) to Turkey, but the geography of the shoot-down tells against this interpretation. This was near al-Qaeda territory in the northwest, not Daesh territory in the northeast, and the issue is arms smuggling, not oil smuggling.
Turkey has backed a range of Muslim fundamentalist groups in northern Syria in hopes of eventually overthrowing the Baath government of Bashar al-Assad. Turkey is also afraid of the leftist Kurds of northern Syria, which are accused of attempting to ethnically cleanse Arab and Turkmen villages that stand in the way of their establishing land bridges between the three major Kurdish cantons of northern Syria. The People's Protection Unites (YPG) or leftist Kurdish militias have already linked two of these cantons, defeating Daesh in order to do so. The third, Afrin, is separated from Kobane by a set of Arab and Turkmen villages north of Aleppo.
But there are also Turkmen villages in the north of Idlib province west of Aleppo, and in the north of Latakia province to the west of Idlib. Turkmen populations in those provinces have organized militias and have joined rebel groups fighting the al-Assad government. Some of them have sometimes tactically allied with the Jabhat al-Nusrah, al-Qaeda in Syria, against government troops.
The Turkmen in the north of Latakia province live in an area called Turkmen Mountain near the Turkish border, including the sub-districts of Rabia and Qastal Maaf. The Turks call this area Bayirbucak. It is alleged that Turkey and the CIA are sending weapons for the rebel groups through Turkmen Mountain. Rabia is just southwest of the Idlib city of Jisr al-Shughour, which fell to al-Qaeda and its allies in late April. This city is a potential launching pad for the conquest of Latakia Province by hard line Salafi groups who are hand in hand with al-Qaeda.
One of Russia's current strategic goals is to keep Latakia Province from falling to the rebels. Latakia contains a crucial port of the same name, as well as the Tartous naval facility leased to the Russians. Latakia is heavily Alawite, the Shiite group that is a mainstay of the al-Assad government.
Russia appears to have been attempting to cut off a smuggling route for CIA weapons such as T.O.W. anti-tank missiles through Jabal Turkmen by attacking the Turkmen militias of northern Latakia Province, in the interests of shoring up the al-Assad government there. This attack may also have been intended to panic Turkmen populations into fleeing over the border into Turkey, thus removing a power base for Turkey on the Syrian side of the border and removing a group that would aid al-Qaeda and its allies in Jisr al-Shughour to move west.
The Turkish press has been extremely exercised about this Russian campaign against the Turkmen in Rabia and Jabal Turkmen more generally, and some newspapers appear to have foreseen the attack on the Russian jet.
The centrist Milliyet wrote (BBC Monitoring trans.): "The picture has totally changed in Syria. Russian jets have hit and Al-Asad's Hezbollah-supported troops have started an operation to expel Turkmens from Bayirbucak. Was that a calculated move? Al-Asad's intention is to widen his sphere of influence by taking control of the Turkmen region with Russia's support… The more Ankara says that Al-Asad will go, the stronger Al-Asad makes his position."
The centrist, pro-government Turkish newspaper Sabah wrote on Tuesday, according to BBC Monitoring, "Now, attacks conducted by the Russia-Iran-Asad alliance against Turkmens have been added to that. The aim is clear: to draw Turkey into the war or to weaken its hand at the table. There are some other intrigues as well."
The religious-Right Yeni Safak wrote (BBC Trans.): "Turkmen Mountain? It is Turkey's 'red' line! No-one should assume that Turkey is just watching and waiting. So many things are being done behind the scenes! We will soon see them. Ankara will not be deterred by Turkey's enemies!.. What is going on is an 'unannounced world war'! Briefly, independent Muslim Turkey is putting up a vital fight against the Crusader-Zionist alliance!"
This paper seems to see Putin's Russia as an Eastern Orthodox Christian power allied with Israel against Turkmen populations. (None of this is true). Its sources appear to have predicted to it Turkey's dramatic response to the Russian campaign. The center-right Turkiye compared the Russian campaign against Jabal Turkmen as a "Second Gallipoli," referring to Winston Churchill's hope of taking the Gallipoli Peninsula in WW I and then marching right up to the then capital, Istanbul, thus cutting the war in the eastern Mediterranean short. The British empire was thwarted in this plan by a strong Ottoman defense and use of machine guns and artillery. Turkiye is hearkening back to WW I, when Russia attacked eastern Anatolia!
Source: Quotes package from BBC Monitoring, in Turkish 24 Nov 15
We may conclude that Russia's targeting of Turkmen, an ethnic group that speaks a language similar to that spoken in Turkey, raised nationalist hackles in Ankara. But in addition, these Syrian Turkmen are religious, just as is the leadership of the ruling AKP in Turkey. And, further, they are a linchpin for Turkish, American and Saudi intervention in Syria, since they appear to be among the arms smugglers getting munitions to the rebels against the al-Assad government. Although the CIA maintains that these weapons only go to some 45 "vetted" groups that are not extremists, they in fact get into the hands of al-Qaeda and its allies, grouped as the Army of Conquest, as well. Russia must defeat the Army of Conquest and protect the Alawites of Latakia if it is to achieve its war aims in Syria, and appears to have decided to begin by blocking Turkmen smuggling. The Turkmen had their revenge, killing one or both of the pilots who ejected from the downed fighter jet and also taking down a Russian helicopter that attempted to rescue them.
Russia and Turkey are now fighting a proxy war in Syria, and have been all this fall. As of yesterday, they are not just using proxies, but are directly in conflict with one another.
Turkey and the Turkmen are carving out a sphere of influence in northern Syria and are insisting that Russia recognize it. How severe the conflict becomes depends in part on how Russia responds to this setback for its war aims. It also depends on whether Turkish goals are more ambitious, to help the al-Qaeda-led Army of Conquest take Latakia. If Jabal Turkmen is a red line for Turkey, Latakia port is a red line for Russia. Red lines have a way of turning into hot wars.
Deuce ☂ Wed Nov 25, 10:41:00 PM EST
LYING SACKS OF SHIT
Turkish military: We did not know jet's nationality
The Turkish military has said that they have been in contact with the Russian defence attaches and have told their Russian counterparts that they were unaware of the nationality of the jet when they issued the warnings.
The military said they told the attaches that they implemented the rules of engagement when the jet did not heed their warnings.
In an attempt to ensure the crisis does not become a full-blown diplomatic row, the military said they have been in contact with military authorities in Moscow and "expressed readiness for cooperation".
You will recall that Israel has been trying to prevent Syria from acquiring the Russian S-300 system. Putin upped that game.
THIS WAS REPORTED
The shooting down of an Israeli warplane by Syria has not been reported by Western and Israeli media sources. According to Sputnik, on August 21, "the Israeli Air Force resumed airstrikes on Western Syria, targeting a government army base at Khan Al-Sheih in Damascus province and another in the al-Quneitra province after a six-hour halt in attacks that followed their multiple air raids over the Golan Heights."
Fars News Agency (FNA) also confirmed the Israeli attacks and the shooting down of an Israeli fighter plane:
The Syrian air defense system shot down an Israeli warplane violating the Arab country's air space.
The Israeli fighter jet was targeted over the city of Al-Quneitra on Friday.
Israel regularly violates the Syrian airspace and it launches missile attacks against the Arab country.
On Friday, the Israeli Air Force resumed airstrikes on Western Syria, targeting Brigade 68 Base in Khan Al-Sheih in Damascus province and Brigade 90 Base in the al-Quneitra province after a six hour halt in attacks that followed their multiple air raids over the Golan Heights.
Yesterday, Friday, August 21, 2015 in the early hours, Damascus time, an Israeli US made F-16 fighter-bomber, flew into Syrian airspace brazenly and fired at Brigade 68 and, then, turned and flew back toward Brigade 90 in Qunaytra in order to insure a safe landing in occupied Palestine if the aircraft was struck. It was struck. An SA-9 from the Iftiraas Air Defense Base and an SA-2 near the Khalkhaala AB were fired. But, the technical wizardry was most on display when an S-300 (SA-10 "Grumble) super-air-defense missile was fired from the Republican Guard base near the Mazza AB at the foot of Qaasiyoon Mountain west of Damascus. This was done so that the F-16's electronic countermeasures would first fix on the SA-2 and SA-9 while the S-300 plowed forward to exterminate the vermin inside the Israeli aircraft. The S-300 vaporized the Israeli bomber. No evidence was seen of the pilot ejecting. Instead, eyewitness accounts described a ball of fire over the Golan and the remains scattering into the air over the Huleh Valley in Palestine.
sam Wed Nov 25, 11:28:00 PM EST
The government of Canada's new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week voted against the six resolutions condemning Israel which were passed by the UN General Assembly, a move hailed by the UN Watch NGO.
Trudeau's Liberals have also expressed support for Israel, and he recently noted that he would "support Israel and any Canadian government will." However, some analysts predicted a more critical line for Israel and a boost in support for the Palestinians in the event of a Trudeau win.
Charlton Wed Nov 25, 11:47:00 PM EST
Happy Thanksgiving to you, Sam.
Charlton Thu Nov 26, 02:29:00 AM EST
US government officially closes its eyes to genocide against ME Christians
By Carol Brown
The Obama administration is pulling out all the stops to deny Christians in the Middle East any relief from their horrific plight. The door to the United States has been closed using an obscure bureaucratic angle that withholds recognition of official refugee status for Christians fleeing ISIS. And now an unnamed State Department representative has signaled that Middle Eastern Christians may be excluded from an official declaration of genocide. Per a report at NRO, Yazidis will be officially recognized as victims of genocide. And rightfully so. But Christians are not slated to be. And while this may seem like meaningless bureaucratic garbage compared to the reality that is unfolding in the Middle East, the implications are significant.
First, it would continue to render invisible the genocide that is being committed against Christians in the Middle East. There are no words to describe this disgrace, but sin comes to mind. For an overview of the savagery that has been, and continues to be, inflicted upon Christians in the Middle East, see the short summary of part of NRO article, below.
ISIS has been enforcing its "convert or die" policy against Christians.
Thousands of have been kidnapped and murdered by ISIS.
Some executions are videotaped and used as threats against those held captive.
Those who refuse to renounce their faith have been raped, beheaded, or crucified.
Women and girls have been enslaved and sexually abused.
Christians have been systematically stripped of all their wealth.
Christian homes are marked with the red letter N for "Nazarene."
Members of the clergy have been assassinated.
Churches and ancient monasteries have been demolished or desecrated.
Second, whether or not a group receives an official genocide designation has far reaching implications. Again, summarizing part of the NRO article pertaining to how a genocide designation impacts American policy toward persecuted groups:
The US can assist with the restoration of stolen land and property.
Various forms of aid start to flow.
Asylum can be granted.
Most significantly, according to the Geneva Convention, without an official designation of genocide, no country, including the United States would be legally bound to take any action to protect or prevent the assault – the genocide – against Christians.
As madness reigns, transforming the United States and the entire world into a place where evil is taking hold, there are echoes of sanity here and there. On the matter of an official genocide designation for Christians in the Middle East, bipartisan House Resolution 75 proposes that genocide is being faced no only by Yazidis, but by Christians and other minority groups in the Middle East.
Please call your elected officials and urge them to support this bill. Like so many things, it's a no brainer. And yet we are living in a time when the most obvious things require a massive grass roots effort. And even then, we are more often than not, thwarted. But we must always try.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/11/us_government_officially_closes_its_eyes_to_genocide_against_me_christians.html


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Justia › US Law › US Case Law › US Supreme Court › Volume 135 › St. Germain v. Brunswick
St. Germain v. Brunswick, 135 U.S. 227 (1890)
St. Germain v. Brunswick
Argued and submitted April 11, 1890
STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
The application of an old process, or machine or apparatus to a similar or analogous subject, with no change in the manner of application, and no result substantially distinct in its nature, will not sustain a patent,
although the new form of result may not have before been contemplated.
Letters patent No 72,969, granted to Emanuel Brunswick, January 7, 1868, for a revolving cue rack, are void for want of novelty.
This was a bill filed by Emanuel Brunswick against Ferdinand de St. Germain in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California, October 25, 1880, for an alleged infringement of letters patent No. 72,969, granted to Brunswick, January 7, 1868, for a revolving cue rack.
The defendant demurred to the bill February 16, 1881, and among other causes of demurrer assigned that
"the said complaint does not describe or set forth any new or useful invention or discovery, or any invention or discovery patentable under the patent laws of the United States, but, on the contrary, the descriptions of the alleged inventions contained in said complaint show that the same is not patentable."
The demurrer was overruled, whereupon the defendant answered, denying, among other things, that the alleged invention was of any utility or value. Replication having been filed, proofs were taken, and an interlocutory decree was entered on the 12th of May, 1884, in favor of the complainant, sustaining the patent, finding that there had been infringement, and referring the case to a master to take and state an account of the gains and profits, and also the damages. The master subsequently reported that the defendant had realized $1,176 profits from the manufacture and sale of the cue rack, but that no damages had been sustained by complainant by reason of respondent's sales over and above the profits. Exceptions were filed by both complainant and defendant and were overruled by the court, and on the 27th of May, 1886, a final decree in complainant's favor was entered in the case, for the amount reported by the master, with interest and costs, and an appeal duly taken to this Court by the defendant.
The first error assigned is "that the court erred in holding that the said letters patent were valid." The specification, drawings and claim are as follows:
"Be it known that I, E. Brunswick, of the City of Chicago, in the County of Cook, Illinois, have invented new
and useful improvements in billiard cue racks, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which --"
"Drawing No. 1 represents the plain revolving cue rack; and"
"Drawing No. 2 represents the lock-up rack for private use."
"The nature of my invention consists in making the billiard cue rack so arranged that it may revolve and be detached from the wall."
"To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation."
"Two circular plates, A and B (drawing No. 1), are firmly secured to a vertical shaft, C. The lower plate A is provided with a rim, a, at its outer edge to prevent the butt ends of the cues from slipping off the plate, and the upper plate B is provided with several openings through which the points of the cues are passed. Each plate is provided with a metallic pin, D, which enters a metallic socket, E, inlaid in the stationary brackets, F F, and revolve in it. The brackets are secured to a wall, a pillar, or any other object, and support the rack."
"I make private cue racks (drawing No. 2), in which the lower plate A forms a bottom to a round box, B, open on top, and divided into compartments, C C, by partitions, p p, each compartment having a door, D, hung on hinges and provided with a lock and key. The upper plate E forms a bottom to the box B, and is provided with several holes. The rack, being revolving, is very convenient for handling the cues."
"What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by letters patent is --"
"The revolving billiard cue rack constructed and operating substantially as and in the manner herein described and specified. "
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the facts as above, delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case falls within the familiar rule that the application of an old process or machine or apparatus to a similar or
analogous subject, with no change in the manner of application, and no result substantially distinct in its nature, will not sustain a patent, although the new form of result may not have before been contemplated.
The ordinary cue rack was made with the upper part perforated with holes to receive the small ends of the cues when put in the rack, and with a ledge or molding along the front of the lower part, on which the cues stood, so as to prevent them from slipping off. The horizontal and straight upper and lower parts of the ordinary cue rack were changed by complainant into two circular disks, called "plates" in the specification, having the perforations and the rim secured to
a vertical shaft, and each provided with a metallic pivot, entering into and revolving in a metallic socket, inserted in ordinary brackets attached to the wall or pillar or any other object, for the support of the rack.
As the revolving rack held the cues in the same way and by the same means as the ordinary rack, if patentable novelty existed at all, it must be found in making the racks revolve, when constructed and operating in the manner stated.
But revolving contrivances, such as table casters and the like, for the reception and carriage of articles so as to bring them easily within reach, were well known, and the application of such a contrivance to the holding and carrying of cues was but the application of an old device to a new and analogous use, with such changes only as would naturally be made to adapt it thereto.
The making of the old cue rack circular, putting in the revolving apparatus, and suspending it on brackets, a common use of the latter, involved mechanical skill simply, and not the exercise of invention, in the creation of a novel, substantive result.
The state of the art, as shown by the prior patents for revolving dining tables and bottle casters, introduced on behalf of defendant, illustrates the correctness of this conclusion.
These tables and casters were so arranged as to revolve about a common center and bring around dishes and decanters in that way as desired. The office performed was the same in respect to dishes and decanters as that performed by complainant's contrivance in respect to cues. The difference between revolving and stationary tables and casters and between revolving and stationary cue racks is the same. Those revolve, and these do not. We think that competent knowledge and skill in his calling on the part of an intelligent mechanic would have enabled him, on request, to construct the revolving billiard cue rack in question without calling the inventive faculty into play.
The patent was void for want of novelty, and
The decree is reversed and the cause remanded with a direction to dismiss the bill.


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Majority of Finns champion nuclear power
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By Julian GOMEZ • Updated: 08/12/2022
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As winter approaches and the energy demand increases, Finland hopes to reduce its dependency on Russia. Nuclear power, once a source of public mistrust, has now become an attractive solution.
Finland is preparing to reopen Europe's biggest nuclear reactor, Olkiluoto 3. Located on an island off Finland's southwestern coast, the project began in 2005.
Several set-backs postponed the opening until September of this year, but the reactor was closed again because of technical issues.
Between 60% and 70% of the Finnish public now support nuclear power, which is well above the EU average. This hasn't always been the case, with polls from the 1980s showing that only 40% of Finns were in favour of this energy source.
Finland's Green party is similarly not opposed to nuclear energy, a stance not shared by their counterparts in other European countries.
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Trust in state regulation is high
This shift in attitude has a number of explanations. Trust in state regulation is high in Finland, and many view nuclear power as an important tool in combating the climate crisis. What's more, uranium allows Finland to become more self-sufficient in its energy production.
Finnish citizen Anna Viitanen told us: '"My opinion on nuclear power plants in Europe has changed this year. Since we can no longer depend on energy from Russia, it gives us independence."
Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has been using gas supplies as a bargaining chip, resulting in spiralling energy costs across Europe. EU states hope to wean themselves off Russian energy, but to do so, they must find alternative supplies.
Yet a minority of Finns still remain unconvinced by nuclear power. Some point to the possibility of accidents, or the problem of storing radioactive waste.
Jari Natunen, a Finnish biochemist, told us that we must change our lifestyles instead of resorting to nuclear energy.
"We can't save the planet by consuming more," he says. "The time has ended for this kind of economy. We just need to reduce our consumption of goods and energy."
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The vast area of the Andes was home to extraordinary cultures that produced ritual imagery for millennia before the arrival of the Spanish and continued with new subjects and significance under the dictates of the Catholic Church. Easel paintings by indigenous artists from Cuzco, once the capital of the Inca empire, have received considerable attention along with other Precolumbian and colonial ceramics, metallurgy, architecture, and textiles from the city and its environs, Changes in artistic production follow the course of cultural, social, political, and religious action through numerous administrative systems, culminating with the Spanish in the sixteenth century. However, there is another, often neglected but distinctive type of artistic creation that can also provide insight into the methodology of the Catholic Church to convert the native people: church murals used as visual strategies. In her book, Heaven, Hell, and Everything in Between, Ananda Cohen Suarez delivers the first comprehensive discussion of the role of murals to go beyond a symbolic and didactic means of evangelization to reveal a system of complex meaning specific to the rural areas where they were produced. Using eight remote churches and chapels in pueblos de indios in the countryside within one hundred miles of Cuzco, known for their remarkable murals as case studies, Cohen Saurez presents us with an all-encompassing view that covers over two hundred years. She takes excellent art historical interpretations of Christian iconography into new territories of social discourse to offer a description of the murals within the context of sacred architectural space. Key to the understanding of Precolumbian rituals, especially as related to the Inca, the idea of adorning the walls of temples, tombs, and palaces with painted symbols and filling them with offerings ranging from mummies to sacred artifacts, including textiles and ceramics with specific symbolic designs, cannot be ignored in relation to these colonial artworks, as the artists would certainly revere such traditions as the new churches were built and decorated. While forced to address the churches' demands for the construction of Spanish-styled architecture and adornment, each church in her case study represented a specific community that required subjects of local significance to be understood and successful. It is through this multidisciplinary strategy of localization that Cohen Suarez presents a comprehensive study that brings together unique interpretations of archaeological and art history, archival research, and early documents to enhance the descriptions of each church and its location, community history, and traditions. Although many of these murals are tourist destinations, their full significance is never appreciated as much as their decorative details: "Amazing in such remote areas and by local people way out here!" is too often repeated, much to the frustration of art historians working in the area who prefer to delve deeper into the extraordinary artistry and sometimes mysterious content.
The book begins with an introduction that places Cohen Suarez's subject within its historical and traditional context and makes note that murals belong to an "uninterrupted visual tradition" originating long before the Spanish arrival of 1532 (5). She links the colonial murals of her study to this historical lineage, while recognizing that most of them do not directly reference Precolumbian imagery—which in the Andes tends to be abstract—but use a similar conceptual approach regarding sacred space, to place a Christian lesson within the realm of participation and activation familiar to the people. The book is structured to focus on one or more specific church mural programs to analyze their styles and iconography and compare their subject matter as it relates to the communities they serve. Although few artists are documented mural painters, the author has done considerable research in order to give them credit for their work and explain their influences and career trajectories. With emphasis on visual narratives that introduce specificity in time and place as interpreted by the artists, each church depicts a biblical story that brings attention to a subject that had referential significance for them and the people.
The first chapter uses archaeological and art historical sources to introduce Andean painting traditions and materials as it tracks broad stylistic variations and pays tribute to cultural antecedents often neglected in discussions of colonial art that tend to favor European sources. It is an admirable defense of colonial artists and their unique abilities for interpretation—both stylistic and technical—that appears in recent scholarship but is still often eclipsed by a Eurocentric approach. Cohen Suarez's approach to the murals is appreciated and overdue. This respect for the indigenous artists establishes the studies done by the author as emerging from a "bottom-up" perspective that puts the community first. The chapter on textile designs and their significance and how cloth was integrated into the murals goes far in elucidating the role of textiles and their sacredness to the indigenous peoples and how they can be subsumed into mural designs by the Spanish with their own agenda to "simultaneously overlap, contradict, and redefine one another" (85). Perhaps the best known of the Andean churches, recognized for its extraordinary and complex murals and considered the "Sistine Chapel" of the Andes, the Church of San Pedro Apóstal de Andahuaylillas may be a model for Cohen Saurez's multifaceted investigation, which draws associations between the concerns of church officials and the necessity to communicate different messages depending on the viewer's cultural position. It is most telling that the realized murals could be used not only for religious edification, but to promote false doctrine as well as influence its subjects. Her conclusion is that each church approaches its mural program within associative cultural constructs. The role of priests in approving content is but one of the well-researched approaches used to enrich her account of the time period. In what should be a continuation of this research, further discussion of the role of the church and how it directs the artists would be a valuable addition. One can only ask how much the priests understood the subliminal messages that were incorporated in artistic references and responses to a particular theme, such as the water/river as sacred pacarina (place of origin), pilgrimages to the apus (spirits), the sacredness of cloth, etc. To elucidate these themes, she chose the baptism of Christ, heaven and hell, the Last Judgment, and earthly violence/divine justice with their layered meanings to demonstrate how "murals can articulate community values and collective histories that extend far beyond their expected parameter of religious meaning" (127). These analyses successfully provide the basis for the book's premise that the "murals demonstrate the social, political, and art historical relevance of colonial Andean mural painting" (183) and are a valuable contribution to Andean studies.


Get back to its purpose.
The design and decoration decisions for the balcony must be in line with its practical purpose. The main question is, what are you going to do with it? If you still have no idea, here are some other questions for you that can answer what items you can add to your balcony to make it look more livable.
What type of activities do you want to do there (for instance, hanging out with friends, napping, lounging, reading, eating, barbequing, sun-tanning, or even working)?
What time of the day are you likely going to spend on the balcony?
Are you going to use it frequently or occasionally?
How much direct sunlight, wind, or rain is the balcony exposed to?
Not only would these questions guide you in deciding what items to add to the balcony, but it would also help you figure out the required resilience of materials to use, the right type of lighting, and other things.
Consider the size of your balcony.
In choosing the right furniture and items to fit the balcony, make sure you have the space for it. If you want to have a rectangular table with four chairs so your small family can dine "outdoors," make sure it will be easy to move around even when the chairs are pulled out. If there isn't enough space, you can opt for foldable chairs that can be hung on the wall or rails when not in use. The size of the seating and table you want to add depends on the available space of your balcony.
Enjoying a cup of coffee in the morning, or having a quiet moment reading your book while enjoying the fresh air and the view of the neighborhood is one of the most relaxing things people do on a balcony. Don't settle for a basic metal chair, plastic monobloc chairs, or some basic wooden stools for your balcony if you want to relax there. Add a bench, a small loveseat, a small couch or any extra accent chair that doesn't suit the style of your home inside, and place it in a corner of your balcony. You may also create a DIY daybed or DIY bench using wooden crates with cushions piled on top. Or if you want a cute alternative, why not add a hanging egg chair or a hammock? Enhance them with colorful pillows too for a vibrant and fun vibe. Placing comfortable seating adds to the coziness and "relax factor" of your balcony.
The balcony is an ideal place to grow houseplants. It gives plants access to a decent amount of sunlight and air. Plants can transform any space into a welcoming retreat where you can get away with the busyness of life once in a while.
The type of plants you can grow depends on the space available and the amount of sunlight the balcony receives, so it's best to research about which plants are ideal for your balcony condition, before trying out plants. You may either use pots or planters – just decide on how you will distribute them around the floor, or create a vertical garden arrangement on the wall or on the balcony railings.
Plant flowering plants like roses and jasmine if you want a touch of color to brighten up your balcony. You can easily place flower baskets on the railings, or hang them from the ceiling for a unique presentation. If you want plants that would be useful for your home, plant fine herbs. Herbs are perfect for small balconies. But if your balcony allows some more space, you can add vegetables or fruit plants. Some plants that would give you easy harvest are tomatoes and lettuce. Whatever you pick, just make sure you have the time to maintain them. But if you don't have a green thumb, opt for cacti plants – some of them are even flowering.
If you want to create a mini garden in your balcony, use planting of different heights and sizes. Vary their containers too. Like for instance, you can put up flowers in a plant box placed in the middle of the balcony, then add tall plants on the pot placed on either side. Hang some orchids or fern from the ceiling on the sides. The plants in your mini garden can also serve as a natural privacy screen for your balcony.
Make the floor friendly to the feet.
Rugs are typically added later in modern balconies. Placing an outdoor floor rug will help you define your small outdoor seating area in a decorative, attractive and comfortable way. If you want to transform the whole balcony floor, buy floor decking from a hardware store. Or, you can install artificial turf for your space, especially if you have a garden planned for it. The artificial turf refreshes the look while making it cozy to the feet, and making the balcony feel more like an extension of the outdoors.
Before choosing anything, consider practical aspects like durability, resilience to foot traffic and sunlight, and weather resistance.
More often than not, a lighting fixture in balconies is overlooked. People install simple overhead lighting, and that's it – no one bothers to change or improve it. But nothing beats lighting in creating the right atmosphere. If you plan on hanging out on your balcony during the evenings and nights, make sure you consider lighting as part of your design. Think about the atmosphere and mood you want to create and the activities you want to do there. Get a pendant light with a strong bulb wattage if you would like to read on your balcony at night. Have a dimmer light switch and hang candle lanterns or fairy lights to create an intimate and romantic atmosphere. If you want a little more playful lighting, hang string lights or DIY your own string lights for a fun, personalized yet also romantic effect.
Let it pop with colors and patterns.
Bring your balcony to life with fun accent colors and patterns. You can do it by painting your tables and chairs, or your plant pots. Show some personality with soft, cushiony pillows in your chosen colors and patterns to turn your balcony into a welcoming space. Layer vibrant colors with patterns, using a chair's cushion or a rug to make a lively statement.
Since a balcony is usually a small space, don't cramp it with cumbersome items like tall vases, big potteries, or bulky furniture. You don't also need to decorate its walls – your wall hangings might only get faded and even dirty. Just place the things you need like seating and matching table and be content with that. Put your extra things inside your home. Adding less stuff will also make your balcony easier to keep clean. And when rain or snow comes, having fewer items would make it easy for you to bring things inside, like those cushions you have to keep dry.


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Corinth es una ciudad ubicada en el condado de Denton en el estado estadounidense de Texas. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 19.935 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 979,01 personas por km².

Geografía
Corinth se encuentra ubicada en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Corinth tiene una superficie total de 20.36 km², de la cual 20.2 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0.78%) 0.16 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 19.935 personas residiendo en Corinth. La densidad de población era de 979,01 hab./km². De los 19.935 habitantes, Corinth estaba compuesto por el 84.68% blancos, el 5.73% eran afroamericanos, el 0.84% eran amerindios, el 2.65% eran asiáticos, el 0.05% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 3.2% eran de otras razas y el 2.86% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 11.77% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Localidades del condado de Denton


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Recap: James Madison 55, St. Francis 7
James Madison 55, St. Francis (Pa.) 7: Quarterback Justin Thorpe ran for two touchdowns and passed for another in the first half as the Dukes, ranked fifth in FCS, rolled over the visiting Red Flash.
Thorpe recorded 177 yards passing and 76 yards rushing to lead James Madison, which totaled 602 yards. Dae'Quan Scott ran for one score and took a pass from Thorpe to register a second, finishing with 73 yards rushing and 51 receiving.
James Madison scored touchdowns on its first three possessions, going 63, 74 and 54 yards, respectively. The Dukes defense held Saint Francis to just two first downs and 53 yards in the first half to take a 34-0 lead.
Scott bulled his way into the end zone from 1 yard out to give James Madison the lead with 5:42 remaining in the first quarter.
Thorpe used his blocking well to score from 15 yards with 43 seconds left in the first quarter and scrambled in from 9 yards 2:44 into the second quarter for a 21-0 advantage. Thorpe flipped a short pass to Scott, who went 41 yards up the middle for a score 4:22 later.
John Kelly hit Kevin Parker with a 2-yard pass for Saint Francis' touchdown early in the fourth quarter.
GAME NOTEBOOK: James Madison coach Mickey Matthews is 13-1 in home openers, including 10 straight wins. ... Saint Francis has not won a season-opening road game since 1974 and is 0-6 in its last six season openers. ... It was the first meeting between the two teams.


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Built in 2004, offering 5 bedrooms and panoramic sea views from the incredible infinity pool, this spacious, modern villa in a quiet, gated community in Sitges would make a great home for a family, golfers or as a luxury holiday home by the coast.
The villa is set over many levels, making for a very interesting property. The ground floor has a generous split level living and dining area opening up onto the terrace overlooking the pool and garden with incredible sea views. There is a good sized kitchen with utility room.
Up one level we find 2 bedrooms sharing a bathroom followed by a suite a little further up and then on to the master floor with interconnected bathroom, walk-in wardrobe, bedroom and balcony. From there we go up again to an office/multipurpose space. These spaces are connected with a beautifully crafted staircase.
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Knicks should make room for Hernangomez
Feb 5, 2018 | 12:03PM
Knicks should make room for Hernangomez -- not trade him
The NBA trade deadline is Thursday
Jan 25, 2018; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Nuggets forward Trey Lyles (7) defends against New York Knicks center Willy Hernangomez (14) in the first quarter at the Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports (Isaiah J. Downing)
Knicks C Willy Hernangomez' representatives have asked the team's front office to trade him before the Feb. 8 trade deadline, per Yahoo! Sports Shams Charania.
The 23-year-old has been publicly unhappy with his playing time as Enes Kanter and Kyle O'Quinn have crowded his development. He has only played in 25 games this season, and in 9.2 minutes per game, he has averaged just 4.4 points and 2.6 rebounds.
Teams have been gauging the Knicks' interest in trading the young center, who showed promise last season with 8.2 points and seven boards in 72 games. His production earned him a spot on the All-Rookie first team in 2017.
"I feel great to know other teams are interested about me, right?" Hernangomez said earlier this season. "My situation is like this right now, not playing much. But I'm ready. I like to be with my teammates. I like to be a part of this team. But I don't want to [sound] selfish, but I want to play. I'm ready for everything."
Head coach Jeff Hornacek said that he wasn't aware Hernangomez requested a trade, NY Post's Zach Braziller reported.
Hernangomez has two years left on his four-year rookie deal before becoming an unrestricted free agent in 2020.
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Hernangomez is in a strange situation and so are the Knicks. Hernangomez 100 percent should be playing every single night. Instead, most nights he doesn't even see the floor. Is it his fault? No. He's got a coach who looks more inept every game. You can't blame Hernangomez for wanting to get traded so he can get some minutes. The problem for him and the Knicks is that his playing situation can change very quickly.
With Joakim Noah's time with the Knicks looking like it could be over, that may eliminate one center from the roster. That situation is still sticky, and Noah should honestly be playing every night, but that's another story. The other thing is Kyle O'Quinn could be the guy to get traded before Thursday. While O'Quinn is likely to opt out of his contract when the season ends, he can provide some much-needed frontcourt help to a contending team that could potentially give the Knicks a late first round draft pick. If Noah and perhaps O'Quinn are out of the fold soon, it would leave the once overstocked Knicks center position with just Hernangomez and Enes Kanter.
That would mean beginning Thursday night when the Knicks take on the Raptors, Hernangomez could see 20-plus minutes every night behind Kanter. If that's the case I wouldn't recommend the Knicks trading him at this point. His value is not very high right now and playing behind Kanter for the remainder of the season would allow him time to play and showcase himself for a potential trade in the offseason.
It could also show the Knicks that they should keep him and give him consistent minutes every night. Trading O'Quinn for contractual reasons and for the ability to play Hernangomez makes more sense than trading Hernangomez right now. The 23-year-old might just have to wait it out this week.
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We can all agree that there's just something about the Caribbean that makes you crave the perfectly-crafted rum cocktail. When our own Jennifer Richardson went on her recent charter vacation in the British Virgin Islands, she searched far and wide for the BVI's best "rum punch" drinks and has shared the tasty results below.
There is something irresistible about the name 'Seychelles', pronounced SAY-SHELLS, that elicits feelings of offshore tranquility filled with sun-soaked vacation days and undiscovered island treasures. And the physical reality does not disappoint.
When newlywed travel bloggers Breanne and Earle Pitt recently traded the bitter New England cold for The Bitter End in the BVI, they discovered just how incredible a yacht charter vacation can be.
There's almost something magical about the healing effects that salty sea breezes and calming ocean currents have on human beings. In fact, the curing powers of saltwater are so strong that our bodies actually crave it on a regular basis.
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Sitting pretty along the southeastern border of the Caribbean, there is a small strip of islands that we have come to know as the Windwards.