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Our local and state governments must provide basic infrastructure and support for private businesses and government agencies to grow, providing good paying jobs for our citizens. That requires economic development programs and land use plans to encourage growth in the right places, at the right time.
As former Director of Economic Development for the City of Aberdeen, I worked with private businesses and government agencies to bring almost $250 million in investments and over 500 jobs to Harford County. I know we can only be successful if we have a plan created through public input and supported by the business community.
We need to support a strong legislative team that will work together for Harford County to have a voice that is heard in Annapolis and bring its fair share of tax money back to our County. My history of serving Harford County through various boards, committees and non profits as well as being a business owner, make me the best choice to be a part of the Harford County Delegation.
WE CAN DO BETTER TOGETHER!
Maryland prides itself on providing the best public education of its children in the nation. But that requires making sure our school system has sufficient funding to do the job. We need a strong, more experienced team that will consider education a top priority. We have to work harder with county officials and other state legislators to bring back the necessary money needed to insure Harford County teachers have competitive pay and a secure retirement. As well as schools having the supplies and resources necessary to give our children the highest quality education to compete in today's global market.
I understand that not every child dreams of going on to college. Those students should have an alternative choice in life. We have an existing vo-tech school that gets approximately 1000 applications per year but can only accept less than 300 students. There will always be a need for vocational and/or technical occupations. These schools allow students to graduate and immediately enter the work force with a living wage. That is why I support an additional vocational/technical school in Harford County.
Having all of my children and grandchildren enrolled in the public school system, I have seen first hand the improvements needed to insure students transition into the work force. I look forward to working in Annapolis to accomplish these goals.
I support the efforts to protect our environment. Clean water, clean air and taking care of our land is essential not only to our well-being but our children as well. We do not inherit the planet from our parents; we borrow it from our children.
burden, not just the few listed in the legislation. This is an important issue and we need to get it done right and fairly.
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Highway User Revenue (HUR) is the tax we pay on gas and vehicle registration. This was a 46 million dollar budget in 2009 for cities and towns. In 2009 the State took 96% of this budget, leaving less than 2 million dollars to be divided between 157 municipalities in MD. This money is used for building roads, repaving streets, fixing pot holes, and repairing sidewalks, just to name a few.
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Fortunately, here in Harford County, we have been able to attract a variety of new business that employ a large number of people. Unfortunately, we have a very limited public transportation system to get potential employees to employers that need them.
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SCUTTLEBUTT 3622 - Thursday, June 28, 2012
Scuttlebutt is published each weekday with the support of its sponsors,
providing a digest of major sailing news, commentary, opinions, features
and dock talk . . . with a North American focus.
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DEAR CURMUDGEON
* From 2-time Olympic medalist, JJ Fetter:
I had recently sailed an Etchells regatta, and was thinking about how much
fun leeward gates are (for everyone but the leader). Gates have really
added to our game by creating so many more tactical options and
opportunities for separation for a boat behind to quickly get back in the
hunt.
But I have no idea who created the gate. Do you know? It doesn't seem right
that whoever invented such a good idea doesn't get more recognition (and
it's probably some race committee veteran who rarely gets thanked for
spending all their time running races and for whom setting gates added to
their daily workload).
* From rules guru and match race champion Dave Perry:
The first I am aware hearing of the concept of the gate is from Paul
Elvstrom (no surprise there!) in his book "Expert Dinghy and Keelboat
Racing" published in 1967. I have scanned three pages from the book for you
to read. Fascinating stuff:
Courses: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/12/courses.pdf
Starboard rounding: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/12/starboard.pdf
For better racing in 1967 he was advocating:
- starboard roundings
- leeward gates
- a mid-line buoy on the starting line
- using a powerboat as the reaching mark for instantaneous adjustment
depending on the breeze strength.
- windward gates
Current trends for better racing:
- starboard roundings are the norm for team and match racing
- leeward gates are the norm (and have been since the '80's)
- mid-line buoys are more and more common
- using powerboats for marks is what they are doing in the current AC World
Series events.
Windward gates have also been used by the Etchells Jaguar Series in Florida
when the fleet size warranted it. Here's a paper I wrote advocating the use
of windward gates in big fleet racing:
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/12/windward_gate.pdf
Do you know who it was that first put the idea of leeward gates into use?
Let us know at editor@sailingscuttlebutt.com
SAILING'S MOST DRAMATIC EXPERIMENT
Consider the 34th America's Cup to be the sailing's most dramatic
experiment. Lots of investment has been made to increase interest in the
event, largely from the non-sailing corners of the world. So what do these
people know about the event? Here is what the New York Times fed them this
week...
Two years ago the officials who run the America's Cup made an important
decision: they were going to change professional sailing into a sport that
was actually fun to watch.
This was a big shift for a sport that has traditionally been indifferent to
the idea of an audience. But new revenue was needed to help sailing teams
struggling to raise the tens of millions of dollars needed to build and
sail the boats for the Cup, so the organization decided to chase the
broadcast television deals and sponsorships that are the lifeblood of many
other sports.
The basic strategy was to add increasing speed and danger to sailing, by
using winged catamarans, boats that move much faster, but also capsize
easily, and holding races close to shore, where wind patterns are less
predictable.
The America's Cup will get its first chance to test its product with a
United States audience this weekend, when a part of the World Series race
in Newport, R.I., will be broadcast on NBC. This is the first time a
professional sailing race will be shown live on a major American network in
20 years.
Assuming that faster, more dangerous races can generate interest, there is
still one major challenge: even sailors acknowledge that their sport can be
almost incomprehensible to the naked eye.
The task of changing this belongs to Stan Honey, whom the America's Cup
hired as its director of technology last spring. Honey has made a career
out of creating augmented reality for sports broadcasts. He is best known
for the glowing first-down line in football telecasts, and he has also
developed glowing hockey pucks for N.H.L. games, the illuminated strike
zone for baseball and various graphics for Nascar races.
Sailing is in more dire need of augmented reality than perhaps any other
sport, said Honey, a former professional sailor. Boats tack back and forth,
trying to catch pockets of wind that will propel them through a race's
various legs. It can be difficult to determine who is ahead, or what
strategy is being employed to remain there.
"If you don't put the graphics on the water, you end up with people saying,
O.K., white triangles on a blue background," Honey said. -- Read on:
http://tinyurl.com/NYT-062712
OBSERVATION: The last few days have demonstrated how fond social media
users are of AC45s on foils or colliding with other boats. Makes us wonder
if the first AC72 incident could sink the Internet. Regarding the
collision, it was Team New Zealand's AC45 that collided on Tuesday with a
race committee boat during practice prior to the start of the AC World
Series in Newport. Skipper Dean Barker said he had to luff to avoid a
couple of spectator boats and lifted a hull to avoid the official boat....
just not high enough. Full story:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10815843
BROADCAST: The AC World Series begins in Newport on Thursday. Here are the
broadcast details:
https://www.facebook.com/sailingscuttlebutt/posts/337002359715986
QUOTE / UNQUOTE
"We feel fast on the open course, but we need to start well. That is key.
All the things that you can control, you have to control. Competition,
Mother Nature and the current are going to be the biggest variables in
performance here. The boats are so fast, that you are punished if you don't
do things properly." - Terry Hutchinson (USA), Artemis Racing skipper,
about the race course at the AC World Series in Newport, RI.
ULLMAN SAILS POWER BIG WINS AT LONG BEACH RW
Last week's Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week hosted three days of
exceptional racing with sunny skies and breeze up to 20kts. Congratulations
to several Ullman Sails customers who swept up trophies in one design and
handicap classes! John Laun's "Caper" convincingly won the J/120 class by
10 points and Gary Mozer's J/105 "Current Obession2" finished first in
class by 8 points. In the 15-boat Viper 640 fleet, Jim Sears on "the
F.N.G." won first overall with Ed Feo's "Locomotion" finishing a close
second. And Jay Steinbeck's "Margaritaville" won PHRF-1 powered by a new
Ullman Sails GP Race mainsail.
http://www.ullmansails.com
KEEPING SCORE
The competition for the 34th America's Cup will be on San Francisco Bay for
the sailors, but another scoreboard will be following the action on land.
And this action is vital to the success of the event.
The San Francisco Travel Association, the official tourism marketing
organization for the City and County of San Francisco, announced that the
city welcomed 2,872,000 international visitors in 2011, an increase of
nearly 10 percent over 2010 and a nearly 30 percent increase over 2009.
Tourism is San Francisco's largest private-sector employer.
Europe continues to be the largest overseas market for San Francisco, with
the United Kingdom as the number one market, Germany a close second, and
France in third. Asia is the second largest overseas market for San
Francisco, with Oceania as the third.
"The continued growth in the overseas market is a positive sign that our
economy is improving and that San Francisco continues to be a desirable
destination for both business and leisure travelers," said Joe
D'Alessandro, San Francisco Travel president and CEO. "We look forward to
welcoming the America's Cup World Series later this summer and the
America's Cup in 2013, which will attract even more visitors to San
Francisco."
The tourism industry generated $526 million in taxes for the City of San
Francisco, up 8.6 percent from the previous year. Tourism supported 71,403
jobs in 2011 with an annual payroll of $2.06 billion. In 2011, there was an
average of 129,499 visitors in San Francisco each day. Visitor spending
equated to $23.19 million daily (including spending related to meetings and
conventions).
Source: http://tinyurl.com/SFC-062712
SCUTTLEBUTT TRIVIA
The 2012 Olympics will be the third time London has hosted the Summer
Games. When was the last time that London hosted the Games?
TRYING TO PROVE HISTORY WRONG
By Ken Read, PUMA skipper
It's crunch time. Last chance at the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. Three
scoring chances left. An In-Port Race here in Lorient, France; the short
leg to Galway, Ireland; and finally the In-Port in Galway. Then it is over.
This 39,000-mile odyssey is over.
Forget about The Race for a moment. When this race starts it is impossible
to see the light at the end of the tunnel. It is really daunting. So many
oceans to cross, so many storms to survive. Man-made obstacles. Naturally
made obstacles. Whales, albatross, dolphins, starry nights to admire and
jet-black skies torn apart by lightning. It goes on and on. Day and night
blend together, 20-day leg after 20-day leg. Short stopovers and even
shorter time with families and friends. The ocean is the highway and we are
cruising it as fast as possible without crashing and burning.
What an adventure. And we have 400 miles to go before this is in the books.
When I did my first circumnavigation of the globe in 2007-08, I thought it
was crazy. I never for a moment thought I would do a Volvo, never mind two.
This race has been different. The race has been relentless. No room for a
single mistake. And if you made one, you paid dearly. The competition is
simply that good.
When you sign up to do anything against the best, you surely expect to get
pushed. We have been pushed. Ever since we broke our mast on Leg 1, we have
fought an uphill battle. Most thought we would never have a chance. In
fact, no one has ever won the Volvo after they were unable to complete a
leg. With our broken mast in the middle of the Atlantic on Leg 1, we
couldn't finish. Since then we have been trying to prove history wrong.
Read more here: http://tinyurl.com/KR-062712
FOR SALE: Puma's Mar Mostro, competing now in the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12,
is on the market. "Mar Mostro is an amazing yacht, whether sailing around
the world or on an IRC race track," Ken Read, Mar Mostro skipper. "We were
very pleasantly surprised when we won the only two IRC events we sailed in!
Around the buoys and in the Transatlantic Race, both against very stiff IRC
competition, Mar Mostro was fast and reliable in all conditions. Whoever
buys this boat will share the wild ride PUMA Ocean Racing has been on
during our epic and exciting around-the-world race!" For boat specs and
details, visit http://www.pumavolvo70forsale.com
SCHEDULE: Competition resumes again this Friday for the Pro-Am Race, the
In-Port Race on Saturday and the final offshore leg from Lorient to Galway,
Ireland (485nm) on Sunday. Schedule:
http://tinyurl.com/VOR-2011-12-schedule
Standings: http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/racetracker/rdc.html
Video reports: http://www.youtube.com/user/volvooceanracevideos
BACKGROUND: During the nine months of the Volvo Ocean Race, which started
in Alicante, Spain (Oct. 29) and concludes in Galway, Ireland during early
July 2012, six professional teams will sail over 39,000 nautical miles
around the world via Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, Sanya, Auckland, around Cape
Horn to Itajai, Miami, Lisbon, and Lorient. Teams accumulate points through
nine distance legs and ten In-Port races. - http://www.volvooceanrace.com
The Industry News category of the Scuttlebutt Forum provides an opportunity
for companies to announce new products and services. Here are some of
recent postings:
* Max Skelley Joins North Sails
* Melges appoints Andrew Lowe as General Manager
* Nautor expands into Asian market
View updates here: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/forum/industry_news
SAILING SHORTS
* San Francisco, CA (June 27, 2012) - Continuing a tradition of firsts in
Grand Prix Yacht Racing, organizers at the most prestigious inshore racing
series on the U.S. West Coast, the Rolex Big Boat Series, have announced
today their decision to form both an HPR (High Performance Rule) class and
a Catamaran class as competing divisions at this year's event, taking place
at St. Francis Yacht Club on September 6-9, 2012. -- Read on:
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/12/0627a/
* Gothenburg, Sweden (June 27, 2012) - The opening round of the 2012 ISAF
Women's Match Racing Worlds was completed today, with the top four teams
from Group A and Group B advancing to the Gold group to sail for the World
title. The winners of their groups were Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) and Silja
Lehtinen (FIN), who both posted perfect 7-0 records. Racing continues with
the Finals on Saturday. Current standings:
http://www.gkss.se/en/Events/WMRWC/Section/Results/
* The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee reports that two boats returning to
the U.S. from the Newport Bermuda Race had faced emergency situations that
are being managed by Bermuda Radio and the US Coast Guard. The 41-foot
'Avenir' reported rudder damage, requiring the crew to be rescued by the
Cruise ship 'Norwegian Star'. Also, the 42-foot 'Convictus Maximus' was in
need of assistance after a crew member onboard suffered a suspected spinal
injury. -- Full report: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/12/0627/
* (June 27, 2012) - The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for the Olympic fleet
racing events have been released, with the next release to follow the
Olympics in August. Top North American is Amanda Clark/ Sarah Lihan (USA),
third in the Women's Doublehanded event (470). -- Details:
http://www.sailing.org/38798.php
* Vancouver, BC (June 24, 2012) - The Farr 30 Canadian National
Championships attracted eight teams from Canada and the US for ten races
over three days on picturesque English Bay. Hosted by the beautiful Royal
Vancouver Yacht Club, conditions ranged from moderate to light breeze and
pouring rain on day one, to glorious sunshine and a stable eight to ten
knot breeze on the final day of racing. Taking the title was Canadian
Andrew Hamilton on 'Through'. -- Full story:
http://www.farr30.org/news/421-2012-farr-30-canadian-national-title.html
SEND US YOUR RACE REPORTS
Posting your event information on the free, self-serve Scuttlebutt Event
Calendar tool is the easiest way to communicate to both sailors and sailing
media. But don't stop there... send us your race reports too. Here are some
of the upcoming events listed on the calendar:
* Jun 30-July 2 - Lake Huron International Regatta - Port Huron, MI, USA
* Jul 4-7 - Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship - Newport, RI, USA
* Jul 5-8 - Junior Olympic Festival - Annapolis, MD, USA
* Jul 5-8 - Extreme Sailing Series, Act 4 - Porto, Portugal
View all the events at http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/calendar
IN MPX WE TRUST
Do you have faith in your foul weather gear? The Musto MPX Race Smock,
Jacket, and Salopettes (http://bit.ly/LRPdTh) are built to perform at the
highest level and last. Designed with inshore and round-the-cans racers in
mind, the MPX Race line is perfect for men and women who need trimmed down
high performance gear paired with a broad range of movement for performance
sailing. You can put trust in your gear because Musto uses only top end
Gore-Tex brand Pro Shell Laminate in the MPX. APS knows wet, cold, and
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TRIVIA ANSWER
The last time London hosted the Olympic Games was 1948, and for sailing,
Torquay was the venue. The equipment used was the Firefly, Swallow, Star,
Dragon and Six metre. Despite the apparent home advantage, Britain won just
one medal, a gold in the Swallows, while the American team scooped up four
medals in the five classes. It was at these Games that 20 year old Paul
Elvstrom began his impressive Olympic career, winning the Gold medal in the
Firefly. Full coverage from these Games at Yachting World:
http://tinyurl.com/YW-062712
Scuttlebutt strongly encourages feedback from the Scuttlebutt community.
Either submit comments by email or post them on the Forum. Submitted
comments chosen to be published in the newsletter may be limited to 250
words. Authors may have one published submission per subject, and should
save their bashing and personal attacks for elsewhere.
Email: editor@sailingscuttlebutt.com
Forum: http://sailingscuttlebutt.com/forum
* From Tom Materna:
I read the SPOT non-action (in Scuttlebutt 3617) with great concern and
posted it to our rider group that uses them. Roger, who has been doing
adventures for years, has this info set up to make SPOT work better which
may have helped save a life. It may in the future. This is a reply I got:
This is why I created a website (http://whereamiriding.com/) that monitors
every update from every user every 10 minutes. If someone hits their HELP
button, I know about it regardless of who it is and if I'm one of their
'lucky 7' on their SPOT details page. If you hit the 911 button, that
information gets sent to SPOT and they make the calls to the emergency
contact you've setup on your account.
When people register they also have the option of filling out some
"Emergency Contact" information so I can get on the phone and call people
even if I don't know them. Had this user been registered on my site and hit
the HELP button prior to 911, a pair of digital eyes would have known he
needed help before a pair of real eyes do...and to me that's better than
not having any eyes at all watching over you.
Doesn't it completely suck that if you hit the 911 button, that information
doesn't get sent to your SPOT page?? SPOT needs to fix that. The 'HELP'
button information does though, so if you need to hit the 911 button, I'd
say hit the HELP button first, then the 911 button after that. At least
your people get notified, THEN your contact will get a call from the GEOS
center. Just a hint if you need it sometime. -- Scuttlebutt forum, read on:
http://forum.sailingscuttlebutt.com/cgi-bin/gforum.cgi?post=14070#14070
CURMUDGEON'S OBSERVATION
I didn't make it to the gym today. That establishes a new record.
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A faulty National Weather Service transmitter on Onondaga Hill was to blame for thousands of listeners of WRVO FM 90 not learning about a July 28 tornado warning until after the fact. The center of the bad weather that day was in the Skaneateles area where the station has a strong listener and donor support base. WRVO was unable to make the announcement until after the warning had passed due to the technical problems at the National Weather Service.


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T-M: Prof. Pastori, Paris massacre had an extraordinary impact on public opinion in Europe and in the World. For some aspect, the emotional reaction could be considered similar to September 11 one. Do you see some similarities between these two events?
GP: Despite the impact that the Paris massacre has had, I think that the event cannot be compared to 9/11. 9/11 was a watershed. It happened — from a Western point of view — in a phase of ideological void and helped in filling it. In the post-cold war age, 9/11 provided a long expected enemy to surrogate the USSR. The Paris massacres are – at the best – only a product of 9/11. Moreover, 9/11 had a 'greatness' that lacks in the Paris massacres: it was an unexpected challenge to the 'hyperpower', carried out on her own territory, against highly symbolic targets (WTC, Pentagon, maybe Capitol Hill or the White House). In Paris, all these elements recur in a far lesser scale. Vengeance against the (supposed) blasphemy of "Charlie" strips and grass-root anti-Semitism in the case of the killings at the kosher shop, seem the key movers of the attacks, while the 'Islam vs. West' logic comes second and seems more deeply perceived from 'our' side than from 'theirs'.
T-M: Many analysts spoke about "molecular terrorism" referring to this attack. In your opinion, is this definition correct? What does it mean?
GP: The concept of 'molecular terrorism' highlights the extreme fragmentation of this phenomenon. It is, from a certain point of view, another step in the process started with the 'brandization' of al-Qaeda: loosely connected 'cells' operating under the same label ('brand') but with no (or very weak) coordination among them. With the Paris attacks (but we have had other examples) this process reaches a new extreme. On the other hand, I think that the 'molecular metaphor' can be misleading. In other words, I am not sure that the different 'molecules' really belong to the same body. In the last years, the 'jihadi discourse' has grown so widespread (and so intrusive) that almost everybody can find in it a mirror of his/her own frustrations/ambitions. 'The establishment of the Caliphate' of 'the fighting against the crusaders' are just two of the reasons that push people to join the jihad; social, economic and personal malaise – both in and outside Europe – can be an equally good one…
T-M: Do you foresee a French international initiative? Also in order to strengthen French position in Mediterranean Area?
GP: French position in North Africa and the Middle East is already strong; France was one of the leading powers of the coalition that ousted Muammar Gaddafi from power in 2011, opening the Libyan Pandora's box, and her profile – in the MENA region – is traditionally high. At the eve of the Paris attacks, the country was living a phase of retrenchment, due to the domestic weakness of President François Hollande and the budgetary cuts affecting the armed forces. Despite the deep emotional impact of the terrorist attacks, I am not sure that these things will change. To put it bluntly, I do not think that France will ever start a military campaign somewhere in the world as the US did in 2001 in Afghanistan. The attacks themselves are – from a certain point of view – a product of France's activism in the Middle East. More probably, reactions will focus on the domestic dimension, stressing the role of security agencies and increasing the efforts in the field of intelligence.
T-M: The attacks reverberated in Turkey perhaps more than in any other Islamic country, in fact Turks are divided along the Islamist and secularist fault line. In which direction do you think the Turkish debate on freedom of expression will be directed?
GP: Turkey is currently facing a very difficult period, whose results will be pivotal in the future of the Middle East. Beyond the Islamists/secularists fault line lays the deep cleavage opposing conservatism and liberalism on the meaning and foundations of the state. This cleavage cuts across the Islamist/secularist divide, sometimes with rather problematic results. Erdogan and the AKP, for example, which now appears as champions of conservatism, reached power in 2002 by embodying a liberal challenge to the old (post-)Kemalist order. On these assumptions, drawing a too strong relation between Turkey and France could be misleading. In the same way, it could be misleading associate Islam with intolerance and poor freedom of expression. Erdogan's policies have far more to deal with the conservative character of the AKP than with its – largely mythologized – adherence to Islamic values.
T-M: Do you think Western values are actually in danger in front of Islamists?
GP: Maybe paradoxically, I think that the main danger to Western values comes from the West itself. Finding the right way, not overreacting to the terrorist threat while, at the same time, dealing effectively with its destabilizing effects is extremely difficult. If the West chose to 'wage war on terror' by renouncing to its civil and political conquests, things could become quite nasty. The West's main strength is not military power; is the capacity to build consensus on some key issues such as freedom, tolerance, respect, etc. Far from being perfect, the West (I use this word for the sake of simplicity, but the concept is rather problematic) is the only subject that can really play this role in present-day international environment. Applying two-way standards in dealing with the 'Islamist problem' is the best way to abdicate this position, which is now the main asset that the West has in its hands.
T-M: What is, in your opinion, the wisest strategy for EU and US to react to these attacks?
GP: I think that there is no single 'wise strategy' to react to terrorist attacks. Any strategy has to be comprehensive and multidimensional. Intelligence is pivotal in preventing attacks, but it is not enough to eradicate the problem. Equally, military intervention (if effective) can help in reducing the appeal of the terrorist option and in contrasting its territorial dimension, but it too does not tackle with the issue definitively. Unfortunately, terrorism seems a problem that the world has to learn to live with. In this perspective, I believe that every wise strategy has to focus on damage reduction. Containing the spreading of the military threat can be a step in the good direction but, most important, it is having a political strategy behind it. In these days, the situation in Libya is providing us a striking lesson: if a political project does not support the military action, situation can easily evolve from bad to worse…
*Gianluca Pastori is an Italian Researcher and Professor of International Relationship at Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Milan.
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@interface WTNetworkActivityIndicatorManager ()
@property (readwrite, nonatomic, assign) NSInteger activityCount;
@property (readwrite, nonatomic, strong) NSTimer *activityIndicatorVisibilityTimer;
@end
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@implementation WTNetworkActivityIndicatorManager

+ (instancetype)sharedManager{
    static WTNetworkActivityIndicatorManager *_sharedManager = nil;
    static dispatch_once_t oncePredicate;
    dispatch_once(&oncePredicate, ^{
        _sharedManager = [[self alloc] init];
    });

    return _sharedManager;
}

- (instancetype)init
{
    self = [super init];
    if (self) {
        [self handleNotifications];
    }
    return self;
}
- (void)dealloc
{
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}
-(void)handleNotifications
{
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserverForName:WTNetworkingOperationDidStartNotification
                                                      object:nil
                                                       queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue]
                                                  usingBlock:^(NSNotification *note)
    {

            [self incrementActivityCount];

    }];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserverForName:WTNetworkingOperationDidFinishNotification
                                                      object:nil
                                                       queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue]
                                                  usingBlock:^(NSNotification *note)
    {
            [self decrementActivityCount];
    }];
}

+(NSURLRequest*)requestFromNotification:(NSNotification*)notification
{
    if ([[notification object] isKindOfClass:[NSURLRequest class]]) {
        return [notification object];
    }
    return nil;
}

- (void)incrementActivityCount {
    [self willChangeValueForKey:@"activityCount"];
    @synchronized(self) {
        _activityCount++;
    }

    [self didChangeValueForKey:@"activityCount"];

    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        [self updateNetworkActivityIndicatorVisibilityDelayed];
    });
}

- (void)decrementActivityCount {
    [self willChangeValueForKey:@"activityCount"];
    @synchronized(self) {
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        _activityCount = MAX(_activityCount - 1, 0);
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    }
    [self didChangeValueForKey:@"activityCount"];

    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        [self updateNetworkActivityIndicatorVisibilityDelayed];
    });
}

- (BOOL)isNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible {

    return self.activityCount > 0;
}
- (void)updateNetworkActivityIndicatorVisibilityDelayed {
    if (self.enabled) {
        // Delay hiding of activity indicator for a short interval, to avoid flickering

        if (![self isNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible]) {

            [self.activityIndicatorVisibilityTimer invalidate];

            self.activityIndicatorVisibilityTimer = [NSTimer timerWithTimeInterval:0.17
                                                                            target:self
                                                                          selector:@selector(updateNetworkActivityIndicatorVisibility)
                                                                          userInfo:nil
                                                                           repeats:NO];

            [[NSRunLoop mainRunLoop] addTimer:self.activityIndicatorVisibilityTimer
                                      forMode:NSRunLoopCommonModes];

        } else {
            [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(updateNetworkActivityIndicatorVisibility)
                                   withObject:nil
                                waitUntilDone:NO
                                        modes:@[NSRunLoopCommonModes]];
        }
    }
}

- (void)updateNetworkActivityIndicatorVisibility {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible:[self isNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible]];
}

@end

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In June 2007, Cirrus Aircraft unveiled the configuration of its new single-engine jet. At the time, it appeared as though Cirrus was jumping on the same bandwagon as other would-be or existing aircraft manufacturers. The apparent market for a single-engine jet, if all the prognostications were to be believed, was going to soar, part of the then-current hype projecting huge fleets of very light jets about to clog up the world's airspace.
The list of would-be single-engine jets was long, yet only a handful have actually flown: the VisionAire Vantage, PiperJet, Eclipse 400, Diamond D-Jet, and Stratos 714. While Stratos's effort has recently seen renewed activity including flight testing, only one—Cirrus's SF50 Vision Jet—has made it into production.
Bringing a new jet into production is a significant challenge. In the midst of the development program in 2011, at a time when funds to see the project through were scarce, Cirrus was sold by its Middle East-based, majority owner venture capital firm Arcapita to China Aviation Industry General Aircraft, a division of Aviation Industry Corporation of China. The new owners were willing to provide the money to see the all-composite Vision jet through certification and into production. Finally, on Oct. 31, 2016, Cirrus announced FAA certification for the SF50 Vision Jet.
In the early days of the Vision program, Cirrus quickly racked up several hundred orders secured by $100,000 deposits. Many of those original buyers stuck with their orders over the years and are now taking delivery of their new jets. Perhaps encouraged by seeing Cirrus overcome the hurdles of certification and initial production, more buyers have stepped up, and the backlog is now greater than 600.
Cirrus is taking its time and not rushing the ramp-up process. As with its SR-model manufacturing, jet airframe components are made in Grand Forks, North Dakota, then shipped to Duluth for final assembly. Cirrus expected total deliveries to reach 20 by the end of November. Next year's target is 60 jets, with an ultimate goal of 125 per year.
From the beginning, Cirrus touted the Vision jet as "the slowest, lowest and cheapest jet available," and its projected performance and price targeted owners of single-engine, piston-powered Cirrus SR20s and SR22s who wanted a move-up option in the Cirrus family. Until the jet came along, the upgrade choice was either a multiengine piston twin such as the Beechcraft Baron or Piper Seneca; a Piper, TBM or Pilatus PC-12 single-engine turboprop; or a light jet.


Ballyrashane was formed in 1657 and the first minister was a scotsman, Rev. Robert Hogsyard (1657 - 73). A 'sod church' was build after 1661 at Knockinkerragh and replaced in the early 18th century when a new church was built behind Brookhall. A third church was built at Ballyrashane crossroads in 1824 but this was replaced by the current building in 1846. A memorial tower was added after the First World War.
Rev. Thomas Mullin (1948 - 78) was the author of many books on local and church history. Membership stands today at about 170 families.


Reverend and the Makers' Jon McClure talks break-ups, breakdowns and famous friends.
It was the musical rivalry of a generation, the most publicly hyped chart showdown since The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. No one with a passing interest in '90s British pop music could escape the media battle played out between Oasis and Blur on a daily basis. But what far fewer people know is that when history was made this March, as Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn ended a two-decade feud by sharing a stage at London's Royal Albert Hall, there was a silent cog behind the scenes.
That cog was another strong musical personality: Jon McClure, frontman of Reverend and the Makers, who play The Music Room in Dubai in a fortnight's time. Around a year before that very-public reunion for the Teenage Cancer Trust – for which, incidentally, Gallagher's gig in Dubai a week earlier was a warm-up – McClure was tasked with putting a call in between the two men he's lucky enough to call friends. And guess who made the first move?
Yes Jon, they have. Aside from the charity gig duet, earlier this month Noel said he would be 'interested in working' with Albarn, while former Blur bandmate Alex James has told journalists the pair are already 'working together on a lot of stuff'. Kind of a big deal, you might say.
This isn't the only time a famous name comes up when we take a call from McClure. With unfettered nonchalance he talks about partying with Kasabian, working with Gorillaz, campaigning with The Libertines' Carl Barât, jamming with Afrobeat legend Tony Allen and catching his 'friend' Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers practising bass in a Lagos hotel room. And let's not forget the flat he shared with someone from a band called the Arctic Monkeys – one Alex Turner.
One can't help but wonder why, with endorsement from such high places – Reverend and the Makers have been called on to support Oasis, Ian Brown, The Verve and Red Hot Chili Peppers – why McClure's band is known only a fraction as well as his famous friends. After briefly catching the British public imagination with their first two singles – 'Heavyweight Champion of the World' and 'He Said He Loved Me', from The State of Things in 2007 – the band have not had a chart hit. And at what should have been the peak of their success, after supporting Oasis' ill-fated final tour in 2009, the band imploded in the wake of a poorly received second album, A French Kiss in the Chaos. So what happened, Jon?
This prejudice, perceived or otherwise, took its toll, sparking a period of hedonism in McClure's life that saw the band take a two-year hiatus. 'It all got a bit dark for a minute,' he says sombrely. 'I can't tell you the kind of anguish you feel, when you think long and hard about the lyrics you write, and people just dismiss them as stupid.
McClure pulled himself together to pen a third album, last year's @Reverend_Makers. He promises there's 'lots, lots' more records left to write, and doesn't rule out going solo. When the conversation turns to Dubai and the region, he talks about his love of Arabic food and Al Jazeera news, and the Iraqi woman he dated for six years.
Now however McClure is partnered with the Makers' keyboard player Laura, and – despite returning to his ex for a spell – the pair married 'four or five' years ago. 'She's like my best mate,' he tells us, before explaining his partner's other strong suite is allowing his band to emulate Pulp and keep alive the 'Sheffield thing' of having a girl at the keys.
Reverend and the Makers play The Music Room on Friday October 4, 9pm. Dhs100. Majestic Hotel Tower, Bur Dubai (04 501 2534).


The Hubble images were created from HST data from proposal 9987: H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University) and J. Krist (STScI). The science team for this release is led by D. Golimowski (Johns Hopkins University).
This Hubble Space Telescope view of Beta Pictoris clearly shows a primary dust disk and a much fainter secondary dust disk. The secondary disk extends at least 24 billion miles from the star and is tilted roughly 4 to 5 degrees from the primary disk. The secondary disk is circumstantial evidence for the existence of a planet in a similarly inclined orbit. The planet may have indirectly formed the secondary disk by sweeping up smaller planetesimals - chunks of rock and/or ice - from the main disk. The planetesimals then collide, producing the dust seen in the disk. The image, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), is the sharpest visible-light view of the disks around Beta Pictoris.
Astronomers used the Advanced Camera's coronagraph to block out the light from the bright star. The black circle in the center of the image marks the coronagraphic mask. The colorful spike-like features and the speckled background are artifacts of the image processing which removed the residual starlight. The color image reveals that the disk is slightly red. The disk appeared gray in previous images taken by ground-based telescopes. Though astronomers are not sure why the disk is red, they think it is due to compact or fluffy grains of graphite and silicates, which may be as small as smoke particles.
The image was taken Oct. 1, 2003.
The Advanced Camera for Surveys images were obtained as part of the guaranteed observing time awarded to the ACS Investigation Definition Team led by Holland Ford (Johns Hopkins University) and Garth Illingworth (University of California at Santa Cruz).


Pregnant, alone, and on the run to protect her unborn child, Laura Malone finds herself stranded with Gabriel Bradley, with whom she forms a bond after he provides her with shelter and friendship through the storm. 500,000 first printing.
Filled with Nora's exquisite storytelling and memorable characters, this rare Western historical romance is a unique treat for Nora's many fans. Lawless is editorially connected to Loving Jack and Best Laid Plans, which will be published in September 2003 in Love by Design.
When Cody Johnson first caught sight of structural engineer Abra Wilson, he thought of endless possibilities. She had style and confidence--and was distracting as hell. She'd called his design an impractical piece of fancy, but then he'd always preferred frankness to subtleties. Abra had met men like Cody before. They usually thought they could smile their way out of trouble, and this overconfident East Coast architect was no exception. She'd told him to back off, but he wasn't listening. Sparks ignited in the desert building site, and then passion soon followed. But was it enough to stop someone from trying to destroy their first project together? Would they be able to find out who it is before any more damage is done?
Abducted from her convent school, headstrong Scottish beauty Jennifer Merrick does not easily surrender to Royce Westmoreland, Duke of Claymore. Known as "The Wolf"; his very name strikes terror in the hearts of his enemies. But proud Jennifer will have nothing to do with the fierce English warrior who holds her captive, this handsome rogue who taunts her with his blazing arrogance. Boldly she challenges his will... until the night he takes her in his powerful embrace, awakening in her an irresistible hunger. And suddenly Jennifer finds herself ensnared in a bewildering web... a seductive, dangerous trap of pride, passion, loyalty, and overwhelming love.


Emerging professionals —sometimes called Millennials— have a new set of expectations about work. They want more development, more feedback and more mentoring - they want accelerated career growth.
Most organizations only focus on helping managers adapt and become great career coaches, but few understand how to put young professionals in the DRIVER'S seat of their own career path.
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I read an understanding of Christian maturation years ago. It changed me then and supports me now.In the first state folks are living in Chaos.
To Get out of chaos many folks seek Spiritual Rebirth. I did it at Church at church seeking Rebirth . Then still part of the second stage seeking the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.The chaos became more or less under control.ill there was this voice I couldn't control telling me there was still much voice telling there was more, much more.
Here is the problem I had. Once I gained my escape from chaos I got stuck. Each time I felt urged by God to move forward another step toward Her/Him fear stopped me. The fear was if I seriously look for more I might offend or God or betray scripture I might fall back into Chaos. I couldn't stop the urge to move closer to God to find something more intimate with God fear stopped me. I was frozen by the fear of Chaos.
In time my frustration grew more and more dominating. Circumistance and misery Drove me to Al-Anon. I finally committed to program. I made a thorough commitment too. The truth is if I could have thought of something else to try first I would have tried it. i was simply out of anything else I could try..When my dear nephew Larry asked me why I had committed myself so deeply to Al-Anon I answered "Well Larry it was it was either I would commit or die". Kiddingly I said "Being the smart sort of guy I am I chose program.
In Al-anon I worked the steps with my sponsor. when we finally got to the 11th step we got to Step 11. There I read "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve my conscious contact with God".
I have learned that seeking intimacy with God is an limitless endeavor. I can always gain more intimacy.It also seems to me that unlimited wisdom is now limited and so is unlimited power. I have to wait for heaven to know unlimited power and wisdom.
Howeverthere is no limit on love for God and my neighbor It is only limited by my courage and my faith.
,As It says in 1st John "Behold, what manner of love is this that we should be called the Sons of God. Being God's child is an act o God's grace that is beyond I can ever imagine.


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Historical & Cultural Education For Schools, Museums & Events!
Aim – Children will gain a deeper understanding about life in the Iron Age. This will include lifestyle, the importance of Celtic art, and the development of metal work.
How we achieve this – Venutius will explain that life in the Iron Age was very different. Until the Romans arrived in 43AD, there were no written records in Britain. The Celts were skilled artists, creating abstract designs that could be understood only by the select few.
The term Celt, originally Keltoi, means the hidden people. This is not to say the Celts were hidden, but rather their cultural identity was hidden. They had a verbal tradition. Storytelling was key to the Celtic world. A short poem for a Druid was two hours long and training for a Druid lasted 20 years. Druids were at the top of society, followed by warrior chieftains, then warriors, the professional class and the lower classes.
Artisan metal workers pioneered new techniques for making swords and jewellery. Women had equal rights to men, and some women became fierce warriors or powerful queens. Life changed dramatically with the arrival of the Roman Legions under the command of Emperor Claudius.


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JAMAICANS DENIED U.S. VISAS
A group of Jamaicans have been denied visas to attend a performing arts competition in the U.S. For the World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) – which is to be held in California this June, 15 intended participants went the U.S. embassy in Kingston to apply for visas over 3 days this week. Of the
SOCA THEMED CRUISES RETURN FOR 2ND YEAR
Both Soca themed cruises returned for a 2nd installation. Last year the inaugural UberSoca Cruise and Soca on the Seas both delivered successful, sold out cruises that were attended by Soca fans across the world. Recently both announced they would be returning. The 2017 edition of Soca on the Seas – which is supported by
CARICOM NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR NATIONALS ABROAD
CARICOM member states are being accused of not doing enough to assist nationals who violate U.S. immigration laws. U.S. immigration lawyer, Fitzmore Harris – who is Antiguan, says "One of the main functions of the overseas consulates is to protect the rights of their citizens", and he does not believe that enough is being done.
U.S. REPATRIATES MORE THAN 100 DOMINICANS
The U.S. Customs and Border patrol has repatriated more than 100 Dominicans since the beginning of the year. U.S. authorities say since January, 126 undocumented migrants from the Dominican Republic were intercepted attempting to enter the country illegally in 4 separate incidents. On January 20, a patrol aircraft detected a vessel between Puerto Rico and
CARIBBEAN TOURISM AT AN ALL TIME HIGH
Tourism in the Caribbean region is at an all-time high. Yesterday, secretary general of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) High Riley, made the announcement while presenting the Caribbean Tourism Performance Report 2016. Riley noted that Caribbean tourism last year surpassed 29 million arrivals for the first time ever, and is growing faster than the global
Irie Jam Family, let's wish Mr.Rebel Salute a Blessed Earthstrong. Big up Tony Rebel ❤ #HappyBirthday… https://t.co/BwXJgBHZXx23 hours ago


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Red lava rock, technically called scoria is a colorful addition to a garden; some suppliers also sell black lava rock, which garners its visual impact from texture, alone. The red coloration is formed during eruption due to the oxidation of iron. A favorite for desert landscapes, lava rock will work best where it mirrors the surrounding terrain or is designed to be a standout feature, such as an island bed. Relative to other rock mulches, lava is lightweight, so less costly to transport and less onerous to move into the garden for spreading.
Pros for Gardeners Red lava rock, technically called scoria is a colorful addition to a garden; some suppliers also sell black lava rock, which garners its visual impact from texture, alone. The red coloration is formed during eruption due to the oxidation of iron. A favorite for desert landscapes, lava rock will work best where it mirrors the surrounding terrain or is designed to be a standout feature, such as an island bed. Relative to other rock mulches, lava is lightweight, so less costly to transport and less onerous to move into the garden for spreading.
Aesthetics are an important component of mulching. If you are concerned about curb appeal for enhancing real estate values, consider that red lava rock may be unappealing to some — and if you don't like how lava rock looks after you've installed it as mulch, it is difficult and costly to remove. The rocks can also be used by neighborhood vandals to scratch graffiti onto surfaces.
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Waterspout on Bond Chapel Is a digitally altered photograph with intensified shades of green. It is on display at the South Side Impressions exhibit at Beverly Art Center. Bond Chapel at the University of Chicago was designed by Coolidge & Hodgdon (1925–26).. I'm an architect, as well as an artist, and I find inspiration in the beauty of the Gothic Revival architecture in the Main Quadrangle. This digital art was also displayed in a curated, international exhibit archived online, Digital Gothic: University of Chicago Cityscapes by Leon Sarantos at International Streaming Festival 6th Edition, December, 2011.
I am among the Chicago artists displaying their South Side Impressions at the Beverly Art Center, throughout this March. Chicago, including the Hyde Park area, is a fascinating subject for Midwest regional artists. This exhibit showcases the diverse world of the South Side of Chicago. Artistic impressions reflect the people, place, culture and landmarks. The Beverly Art Center is at 2407 W. 111th Street (corner of 111th street and Western Avenue), about 20 minutes from the Loop in Chicago's historic Beverly Hills and Morgan Park neighborhood. Other Exhibiting artists: Gary Eckstein, Emma Grace Galvan, Brigit Goudie, Sierra D. Harris, Takiyah C. Harris, Valencia Hearon, Jack McCollam, Crystal A. McGrath, Fred Moss, Lindsay Sandbothe, Kyle Schneider, Pierre Seaton, Michelle Valenta, Robert P.Workman, and Regina Ziemann. The exhibit will be on display throughout March. If you are in town, hope you stop by.
Botany Pond is one of a series of cityscape artworks, focusing on the Main Quadrangles at the University of Chicago campus. The traditional grey, stone Gothic buildings in the background contrast with the red, blue and green colors used to portray today's students in the foreground. Botany Pond at the University of Chicago was originally built as an outdoor research lab by John Coulter, who was the first chair of the botany department at the university.
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The Solomon Islands coral snake is a medium-sized poisonous snake, Loveridgelaps elapoides, exclusive to the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. Like the coral snakes of the New World, Micrurus, the Solomon Islands snake is secretive, brightly banded, and active at night. Adult length averages 3 to 4 feet (0.9 to 1.2 meters), though some individuals grow to 5 feet (1.5 meters) in length. The snake is a member of the cobra family, Elapidae, which is characterized by short, hollow, immovable fangs that deliver a paralyzing venom. It is considered potentially dangerous, but it is not aggressive and bites are rare.
The small, graceful head is distinct from the neck and has a pointed snout. The scales are smooth and shiny. The body is moderately stout, with a short, pointed tail. The eyes are very small. The snake is brightly patterned with black and yellow rings. The yellow fades to white on the sides and underbelly, and the head is bright white. The snake inhabits dense mountain forests near streams, feeding mainly on lizards and blind snakes. It is seldom seen, and little is known of its habits. (See also elapid.)
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When you look in the mirror and smile do you see more of your gum than you wish? Unfortunately, there are health reasons that cause you to have a "gummy smile".
- Excessive visible gum tissue - If your gum tissue covers part of your teeth your gums will become more visible than normal.
- Hyperactive lip muscles - This is when your lip raises higher than normal and exposes more of your gum tissue when you smile.
- Development of your upper jaw bone - If your upper jaw bone grew and developed incorrectly it could be exposing more of your gums than normal.
In our next blog on "gummy smiles" Dr. Parkes will review ways to treat these conditions. If you have questions or want to schedule a time to see the team at Periodontal Associates of Jackson please contact us today. Dr. Parkes and his team have a goal for the people of Jackson, MS: to have the happy and healthy smiles they have always desired.


The Word 'Hobby' has been taken from the term "hobby-horse." A "hobby-horse" is a toy with which the children play in the sweet days of their childhood. The children climb it and prance about, pretending to be riding it. Just as such a hobby-horse is a means of entertainment to the children; a hobby is a source of amusement to a grown-up man.
Thus, a hobby is an amusement or interesting pursuit which a person follows during his leisure or free time. A hobby, therefore, provides diversion from one's main business. Thus also what is a hobby to one man may be business for another. For example, to one man, photography may be a profession while to another, it may be a hobby.
There are different kinds of hobbies. Different persons are attracted by different hobbies. Some people like collecting things. Others may be collecting books, coins, or stamps. Some others may like collecting wild flowers, leaves and ferns or stones. Some like collecting sea-shells or fossils. There are other persons who like photography, sketching, painting or wood-carving. Still other may like hunting, fishing or playing games. Some people show a great zest for boating and racing. There are some people who like cultivating flowers in their gardens. They like growing roses, lilies, violets and daffodils. Some children take delight in keeping pets such as dogs, parrots and rabbits.
Hobbies have many advantages. A hobby sharpens our sense of observation. It develops resourcefulness. One learns how to satisfy one's passion or curiosity. A hobby brings happiness and interest in our life when we have nothing to do. Thus, it prevents us from indulging in mischief. A hobby also educates us in many ways and increases our intelligence.
A man who has failed to develop any hobby is bound to remain sad or lonely in life. Time hangs heavy on his hands and he feels frustrated.


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Poll: British Reject May's Brexit Plan, Some Turn to Johnson, Far Right
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Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to leave the European Union are overwhelmingly opposed by the British public and more than a third of voters would support a new right-wing political party committed to quitting the bloc, according to a new poll.
May's political vulnerability was exposed by the survey which found voters would prefer Boris Johnson, who quit as her foreign minister two weeks ago, to negotiate with the EU and lead the Conservative Party into the next election.
Only 16 percent of voters say May is handling the Brexit negotiations well, compared with 34 percent who say that Johnson would do a better job, according to the poll conducted by YouGov for The Sunday Times newspaper.
With a little more than eight months to go before Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, 2019, May's government, parliament, the public and businesses remain deeply divided over what form Brexit should take.
May's plans to keep a close trading relationship with the EU on goods thrust her government into crisis this month and there is speculation she could face a leadership challenge after two of her most senior ministers, including Johnson, resigned in protest.
Only one in 10 voters would pick the government's proposed Brexit plans if there were a second referendum, according to the poll. Almost half think it would be bad for Britain.
The new Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday the prime minister was still trying to persuade members of the cabinet that her strategy was the best way forward.
Raab also warned that Britain could refuse to pay a 39 billion pound ($51 billion) divorce bill to the EU if it does not get a trade deal – a threat used before by ministers.
No deal Brexit
Speaking to the BBC, Raab refused to deny reports the government is planning to stockpile food or use a section of motorway in England as a lorry park to deal with increased border checks if Britain leaves the EU without a deal.
Asked about a story in The Sun newspaper that the government was planning to stockpile processed food, Raab initially replied "no" and then added: "That kind of selective snippet that makes it into the media, to the extent that the public pay attention to it, I think is unhelpful."
The possibility of leaving without a trade deal has increased with May facing rebellions from different factions in her party. She only narrowly won a series of votes on Brexit in parliament last week.
The Sunday Times poll found voters are increasingly polarized, with growing numbers of people alienated from the two main political parties.
Thirty-eight percent of people would vote for a new right-wing party that is committed to Brexit, while almost a quarter would support an explicitly far-right anti-immigrant, anti-Islam party, the poll found.
Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage and U.S. President Donald Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon are in discussions about forming a new right-wing movement, according to The Sunday Times.
Half of voters would support remaining in the EU if there were a second referendum, the poll found, a level of support found in other surveys this year.
YouGov spoke to 1,668 adults in Britain on July 19 and 20, according to The Sunday Times, which did not provide other details about how the poll was conducted.
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Published on November 13th, 2008 3:01 pm EST
According to recently released numbers, 2.4 million people watched the 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table, resulting in a Nielsen rating of 1.9. The 2007 main event final table broadcast featuring Jerry Yang did a rating of 1.38. This is a 35%+ increase over last year's numbers, and virtually guarantees that the multi-month final table delay is here to stay.
Even the slightest increase in ratings numbers would have likely resulted in a continuation of the practice of delaying the final table until November. However, a 35% increase in ratings for the WSOP final table broadcast makes it hard to imagine that Jeffrey Pollack will revert to the old format of crowning the champion in July.
Ratings this year were up across the board - even the ratings for the preliminary events.
Interest in the final table increased as the tournament progressed.
The October 21st episode (where the final 27 players were determined) did a rating of 1.44.
The October 28th episode (featuring the crowning of the "November Nine" and the elimination of Tiffany Michelle) did a rating of 1.59.
As mentioned, the final table episode on November 11th ended up fetching a rating of 1.9.
The October 21st, October 28th and November 11th episodes all managed to receive higher ratings than the 2007 final table broadcast that featured Jerry Yang.
Many people didn't like the idea of the final table delay when it was first proposed, and many people still don't like the idea now.
However, based on the increased ratings this year, the "pausing" of the WSOP main event final table is very likely to continue for the foreseeable future.


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Approval of USD 500 million for Eletrobrás
Eletrobrás granted an A/B loan Latin America's development bank continues supporting Brazil's electricity sector
(Caracas, October 1, 2010).- Today CAF approved an A/B loan for USD 500 million to finance part of the investment plan of Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras S.A. (Eletrobrás), a strategic company for Brazil's electricity sector.
"With this operation, CAF continues the support it has been giving the Brazilian electricity sector, which has been declared to be strategic by that country's Federal Government," highlighted Enrique García, the Latin American financial institution's executive director. García also pointed out that this brings loans approved by CAF for Eletrobrás in recent years to more than USD 1.3 billion.
The purpose of Eletrobrás's investment plans is to expand and improve efficiency in the generation, transmission, and distribution of energy, renew the strategy for the distribution business, continue maintaining a high standard of corporate management, and selectively identify opportunities for growth in given international markets.
García also mentioned his satisfaction at conducting this A/B operation together with a large number of banks making up the syndicate. In point of fact, the loan consists of a contribution from CAF of USD 125 million, corresponding to tranche A, with the USD 375 million of tranche B being financed by a bank syndicate made up of BBVA, Banco Santander, and HSBC.
A/B loans are a co-financing mechanism developed by multilateral agencies for jointly financing development projects with other financial institutions. The benefits generated by this type of operation include the catalytic effect in favor of the region; in other words, the possibility of attracting funds, through CAF, from third parties at highly competitive rates. About Eletrobrás
Eletrobrás has been a client of CAF's since 1997. It is a mixed open capital corporation whose shares are traded on the São Paulo (Bovespa) and the Madrid Stock Exchanges and whose level 1 ADRs are traded on the secondary stock market. The Federal Government is the majority shareholder and the Eletrobrás group is Brazil's main electricity supplier and also the major source of financing for the electricity sector. CAF es una institución financiera latinoamericana constituida en 1970 con el objetivo de impulsar el desarrollo sostenible y la integración regional. Promueve el crecimiento sostenido, sostenible y de calidad en la región, mediante el financiamiento de proyectos de los sectores público y privado, y la provisión de cooperación técnica y otros servicios especializados. CAF, conformada por 18 países de América Latina, El Caribe, Europa y 14 bancos privados, es una de las principales fuentes de financiamiento multilateral y un importante generador de conocimiento para la región. Para mayor información visite www.caf.com


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Q: What are the Visor alternatives? Visor is a plugin for Terminal.app that allows usage of quake-console-style terminal access. Are there any alternatives to this Terminal.app plugin?

A: Try TotalTerminal (http://totalterminal.binaryage.com/). It's by the author of Visor, but doesn't require SIMBL to function. And it works flawlessly on Lion.

A: The hotkey window in iTerm2 works well for this, but with one catch - it only works if iterm2 is open (it doesn't have to be focused or in the foreground, but it must be running).

A: For quickly executing simple commands, DTerm can be an excellent solution. It can execute simple, non-interactive commands without opening a terminal window, or you can press ⌘+↩ to have it execute the command in a Terminal/iTerm window.
I think of DTerm as a sort of CLI app launcher, similar to common GUI app launchers like Alfred, Quicksilver, LaunchBar, or even Spotlight.

A: Well, I always ask Alfred to give me the stuff I want, so my Hotkey would be
alt + Space and then i this will invoke Alfred and select iTerm2

It's more than a keystroke, but Alfred gives me so much power :)

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Granger Girls Soccer 0, La Salle 8 at Granger on Thursday, October 18th. Granger had 13 saves.
First Half: Kamryn Fiscus (LS) (Peyton McCrea) 15:00, Kamryn Fiscus (LS) 16:00, Gillian Martin (LS) 25:00, Elle Lancaster (LS) (Lauren Desmerais) 28:00, Gillian Martin (LS) (Kamryn Fiscus) 29:00, Lauren Desmerais (LS) (Kamryn Fiscus) 36:00.
Second Half: Lauren Desmerais (LS) 60:00, Natalie Newman (LS) (Lilly Siegler) 63:00.
Saves: Hayley Stohr (LS) 0, Granger 13.
Spartan Girls Soccer lost 1-0 at Naches Valley on Tuesday, October 16th.
First Half: Faith Hahn-Landis (NV) (Katherine Cartmel) 34:00.
Saves: Tanara Zieback (NV) 2, Granger 10.
Granger Girls Soccer lost at home to Highland 3-0 on Thursday, October 11th. Pricila Ramos had 6 saves for the Spartans.
First Half: Gaby Gutierrez (H) (Jackie Naranjo) 7:00, Gaby Gutierrez (H) 9:00.
Second Half: Jackie Naranjo (H) (Fatima Lopez) 54:00.
Spartan Girls Soccer lost at Goldendale 3-1 on Monday, October 8th. Mireya Carrasco scored Granger's goal with a Yaneli Torres assist. Priscila Ramos had 11 saves.
Saves: Priscila Ramos (G) 11, Jeeneeva Lawrence (Go) 8.
Spartan Girls Soccer 2, Zillah 0 in Granger on Thursday, October 4th. Xochitl scored two penalty kicks in the second half to lead Granger.
Second Half: Xochitl Chavez (G) PK 66:00, Xochitl Chavez (G) PK 71:oo.
Saves: Priscila Ramos (G) 3, Zillah 7.
Granger Spartan Girls Soccer defeated Ki-Be at home on Tuesday, October 2nd. Tobi Guisinger scored the tying goal and Mireya Carrasco scored the go ahead goal for Granger in the first half.
First Half: Ariel Lofton (KB) 9:00, Liliana Luna (G) 9:00, Ariel Lofton (KB) 17:00, Tobi Guisinger (G) 21:00, Mireya Carrasco (G) (Julie Salgado) 24:00, Xochitl Chavez (G) 32:00.
Second Half: Ariel Lofton (KB) 56:00.
Saves: Priscila Ramos (G) 5, Ki-Be 4.
Granger Spartan Girls Soccer lost 4-2 at home vs Cle Elum on Thursday, September 27th. Brenda Cuevas and Mireya Carrasco each scored for the Spartans. Priscila Ramos had 9 saves.
First Half: Grace Terrill (CE) 23:00.
Second Half: Grace Jackson (CE) (Penalty Kick) 55:00, Grace Terrill (CE) 60:00, Grace Terrill (CE) 67:00, Brenda Cuevas (G) 70:00, Mireya Carrasco (G) (Yaneli Torres) 78:00.
Granger Girls' Soccer lost at La Salle 11-0 to La Salle on Tuesday, September 25th. Priscila Ramos had 15 saves for the Spartans.
First Half: Gillian Martin (L) 1:00, Lauren Desmarais (L) (Peyton McCrea) 6:00, Elle Lancaster (L) (Lily Lancaster) 23:00, Ellie Richardson (L) 37:00.
Second Half: Kamryn Fiscus (L) (Azul Ponce) 52:00, Gillian Martin (L) (Kamryn Fiscus) 59:00, Tatiana White (L) (Natalie Newman) 63:00, Gillian Martin (L) (Kamryn Fiscus) 67:00, Kamryn Fiscus (L) (Tatiana White) 71:00, Grace Liscano (L) 77:00, Peyton McCrea (L) (Kamryn Fiscus) 80:00.
Saves: Hayley Stohr (L) 0, Priscila Ramos (G) 15.
Granger Spartan Soccer lost 2-0 to Naches Valley at home on Thursday, September 20th.
Granger Girls Soccer lost 8-1 at Highland on Tuesday, September 18th. Mireya Carrasco scored the Spartans goal with Julie Salgado assisting.
First Half: Gaby Gutierrez (H) (Jackie Naranjo) 17:00, Gaby Gutierrez (H) (Ivette Ramos) 27:00, Jasmine Silva (H) (Michelle Soto) 32:00, Gaby Gutierrez (H) (Jasmine Silva) 35:00, Gaby Gutierrez (H) (Jasmine Silva) 38:00, Gaby Gutierrez (H) (Jackie Naranjo) 39:00.
Second Half: Mireya Carrasco (G) (Julie Salgado) 48:00, Gaby Gutierrez (H) (Ivette Ramos) 65:00, Michelle Soto (H) (Litzy Gabino) 70:00.
Saves Mariana Ramos (H) 3, Priscilla Ramos (G) 10.
Granger Girls' Soccer defeated Goldendale at home 4-0 on Thursday, September 13th. Julie Salgado scored 2 goals, Brenda Cuevas scored 1 and had an assist, Yaneli Torres scored one, and Naydin Franco had an assist to lead the Spartans.
Spartan Girls' Soccer won 3-2 at Zillah on Tuesday, September 11th. Julie Salgado had the hat trick for Granger, Xochitl Chavez and Yaneli Torres had assists and Priscilla Ramos had 6 saves.
First Half: Julie Salgado, 19:00 (G); Makilie Hernandes, 24:00 (Z).
Granger Girls Soccer lost 5-2 at Ki-Be on Thursday, September 6th. Mireya Carrasco and Xochitl Chavez both scored and Julie Salgado and Mireya Carrasco had assists for the Spartans.


National Hockey League Stanley Cup Finals, 2015 will be taking place between Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning. Though both the teams have played very well in the past, the competition is still to happen.
Both the teams are already tied at a score of 2-2 so far. Blackhawks can be pushed in by Lightning for a serious game on Wednesday in Chicago. The lightning already has a good goaltender to make things more serious. There are some very great players on both the teams such as Ben Bishop, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Corey Crawford to name a few.
In the Game 4, Chicago Blackhawks managed to shots goals and evened the score by 2-1. Following the course of the game, they managed their series with Lightning at 2-2 score. Although Blackhawks quickly scored in the initial round, Tampa Bay wasn't far behind. Both the teams picked up pace and the game ended in a tied series so far.


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Active - 1964 - 1994 | Born - Oct 17, 2004 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Died - Oct 17, 2004 | Genres - Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Action, Crime
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Steely-eyed, incisive African American character actor Julius W. Harris made his first movie appearance in 1964's Nothing But a Man. Harris' subsequent screen roles included the menacing Tee Hee in the 1973 James Bond entry Live and Let Die and African premiere Longo in First Family (1980), who in the film's funniest scene negotiates a slave-trade operation with American President Bob Newhart. On TV, Harris starred in the Flipper-like syndicated series Salty (1974). One of Julius W. Harris' most memorable TV portrayals was as Ugandan President Idi Amin (substituting for Godfrey Cambridge, who died during production) in the feature-length Victory at Entebbe (1976).
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The wrestler-turned-Guardians of the Galaxy star talks about his new movie Bushwick and its accidental political relevance.
Dave Bautista, the musclebound wrestler-turned-actor, is having a moment. He's Guardians of the Galaxy's Drax the Destroyer, a franchise highlight who's going to be involved in the MCU for a long time to come. He fought James Bond in Spectre, and, yes, he's a six-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
But that was all the easy stuff. Now he's really ready to challenge himself. In Bushwick (out this weekend), Bautista stars as Stupe, a tough lone wolf just trying to get back to his family as the titular neighborhood in Brooklyn that suddenly becomes a war zone. The movie is brutal, dirty, and bleak. Bautista spoke with GQ about becoming a more serious actor, and the sudden, accidental political relevance of Bushwick.
GQ: Thanks for speaking with me, Dave. As a kid I watched wrestling a lot so this is exciting for me on that front, too.
Dave Bautista: Oh, cool. Do you still watch?
I actually just went to SummerSlam last weekend, for old time's sake.
There are some great wrestlers around right now! AJ Styles, Charlotte Flair, Finn Balor are all really impressive. It was a very long show, though.
Yes. Yeah! That's why I can't do it. I can't watch it, I can't do it anymore, man. It's so oversaturated. That's why I stopped. The Monday night shows alone are like three hours long? Who wants to watch anything for three hours every week?
Good thing Bushwick is so lean, then. It all takes place in real-time, and is designed to look like a single shot. Was working within that system, with a lot of long, unbroken shots hard, or freeing?
It was the hardest thing I've ever done. I've been lucky to work on a lot of big movies. And there you have reshoots, you have a big cast, you have the editing to back you up. You have that luxury. I wanted a challenge. I also wanted to prove to people that I was actually becoming a better actor. And to prove that to myself as well.
What's the longest take in the film?
The one that stands out—and I'll tell you the reason it stands out in my head—was a part where I did a monologue in the laundromat near the end of the movie. It was in the script, but it was very different. I talked to the directors and the producers and told them what I thought Stupe's background story should be. I asked them if they trusted me to just tell that story, because it was the one opportunity we really had to get to know Stupe.
Then when I was done, everyone was just standing there and I thought, Man, I blew it. It must have been way too long. I thought they hated it. But they were blown away! We did it one more time, and that was it.
It was very short. We worked for less than seven weeks, including rehearsals. We didn't take any days off.
Did you stay in the area, in Brooklyn?
I stayed in Williamsburg. I fell in love with it, man. I'd mostly been to New York before for wrestling, and I always stayed in Manhattan. We stayed, usually, in Times Square. To be honest with you, I was just never really crazy about it. Not at all. I didn't like it. Okay, I hated it [laughs]. There was too much of everything. Then when I stayed in Williamsburg, I just fell in love with it. I found myself really enjoying the neighborhoods and walking everywhere. I really, really found a whole new appreciation for New York.
This movie is really a double-hander between you and Brittany Snow. You're often by yourselves for long periods of the film. How did you make sure you got the chemistry right? The movie really hinges on that relationship.
I didn't put any thought in to it all. When Brittany and I weren't filming, we were talking. She's really a lovely, lovely, lovely woman. She's really super laid back and easy to get along with. I think I am, as well. [laughs] I think we just clicked, because we're both low maintenance.
We were also both a little nervous and self-conscious about our performances. It was a challenge for both of us, so we could really relate on that. We relied on each other. It made things very easy for us to click onscreen, because a lot of times with the long takes... it's a lot of empty gaps.
There's a lot of sound design in the movie, as well, with explosions and gunfire. I'm sure for a while, it must have felt funny or silly shuffling through Brooklyn silently for long periods.
You filmed this nearly two years ago. There are political elements to this movie; there are hints that there's a new cessation in the U.S. causing the conflict. I think it's safe to say that the climate has changed significantly since it was filmed and since it was written. It feels very relevant now, only this week there's new debate about Confederacy statues and things like that. Is that a thing that you've been thinking about in the weeks leading up to the movie? That people will see this in, maybe a heavier context than what was initially almost sci-fi, when it was first written?
It's weird, because it's becoming more relevant within the last few weeks. What appealed to me originally was that I thought it was an interesting premise, because it just seemed so far fetched.
Then, as the political climate changed and Trump became our president, it makes me sick to even say that, but he became our president. You see that things are just starting to become very divided in our country. It doesn't seem so far fetched anymore. Even, because of current events in the last month, last few weeks, it just seems even more and more relevant, which is really... makes me uneasy, but this is the time we're living in. Hopefully not for long, but it's a scary thing.
They'll probably read into Bushwick a lot more now. At the time, it wasn't really what I was thinking about. I wasn't thinking about a political message. I was thinking about trying to be a better performer.
Right, of course. It feels almost like The Purge. It's crazy, then I was hit by, "Oh. Oh, wow. This is suddenly quite real."
On a more positive note, regarding communities, I was really impressed and relieved, with the portrayal of Bushwick in the movie. I live there and it's certainly diverse, and there are serious issues with gentrification and class divides. When I found out that there was an action/thriller/horror movie called Bushwick coming out, I thought, "Oh, great. Some idiot in LA made a thriller set in my neighborhood, and they're going to say it's really dangerous and terrible all the time." But everyone that you meet that's from Bushwick in the film—it's a community. They're pulling together. Did you talk to residents about the film?
Oh yeah. We were literally out on the streets. We didn't have trailers. Between takes, we were sitting on stoops. We were at the corner stores. We were hanging out. We were in the neighborhood.
The directors had spent many years living in Bushwick. That was their community. It's very diverse, but at the same time, everybody's living together. Of course, there's not going to be a perfect, peaceful harmony/utopia-type situation, but it is very much a diverse neighborhood that is all going in one direction.
Before I go I want to ask about the ending, which was hard for me to process. Without detailing exactly what happens, there's very little hope at the end of this movie. It's shocking, given the film's obvious care for its two lead characters and the neighborhood of Bushwick being a focal point in itself. I'm having difficulty identifying the need for it. What do you think the message is to take away from such a film, with such a bleak ending?
You know, looking at it in hindsight, I still struggle with this. I really want to see Lucy, Brittany's character, succeed. It's hard to watch what happens. I really thought it would be more inspirational, and I really wanted to root for her and see her pull through.
The directors just felt very strongly that that there's not really a happy ending in the war. There's nothing good that comes out of violence. That was the message they wanted to portray, and I believe it does. But, at the same time, you always have to remember, this is still entertainment. You want to have something inspirational, something to root for. But the ending, that's what the filmmakers wanted to portray. In all honesty, that's realistic. There really isn't anything good that comes out of war. War is not a feel-good movie. War is heartbreak and violence. There's nothing good that comes out of it. That's, I guess, the story we're telling.


Just my luck….I woke up this morning and finally had some inspiration to blog and: Second Life seems to be down and offline for 5 hours as I type this. Oh boo boo boo and meh! So I was surfing around the webz, forgetting I was trying to login and in the middle of some boring article about the on Buddhism inspired interior of Steven Seagal's home (don't ask how I got there!) suddenly SL popped on and I found myself inworld!
I rushed to Kittens Heaven, on my list to blog about ever since it opened! Kittens Heaven is a new sim, owned and lovely decorated by Isabelli Anatine. It is her dream come true and that shows.
Apart from some residential parcels, the whole sim is open to the public and oh joy for photographers: Isa has building enabled for some minutes, enough to rez your own props and snap away! I wish more sim owners did that, if only for 5 mins.
Anyway, Kittens Heaven also has a wonderful, warm, café with so many poses in the furniture and lots of details, a great place to have some breakfast (try the waffles!) and coffee. There are also events (DJ). The rest of the sim is worth exploring. Many secluded spots, and at this moment it's in Autumn decorations, but knowing Isabelli, she will for sure turn it into a winter wonderland when the time gets there.
I could take two photo's before I got logged out…but hey, you should go visit yourself!
Cozy café, great to hang out!
Editted this blogpost on 29 march 2013, this location is not longer available: Kittens Heaven has moved to a new sim! Click here for new details!
Thank you so much for share it Cait!