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Uncompromising Honor
Uncompromising Honor ( )
Author: Weber, David
Series title: Honor Harrington Ser.
Publication Date: Oct 2018
Publisher: Baen Books
FIRST NEW HONOR HARRINGTON NOVEL IN FIVE YEARS! New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and international best-selling phenomenon David Weber delivers book #19 in the multiple New York Times best-selling Honor Harrington series, the first new Honor Harrington novel since 2013''s Shadow of Freedom. HONOR''S FINISHING WHAT SHE STARTED The Solarian League''s navy counts its superdreadnoughts by the thousands. Not...
FIRST NEW HONOR HARRINGTON NOVEL IN FIVE YEARS! New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and international best-selling phenomenon David Weber delivers book #19 in the multiple New York Times best-selling Honor Harrington series, the first new Honor Harrington novel since 2013''s Shadow of Freedom.
HONOR''S FINISHING WHAT SHE STARTED
The Solarian League''s navy counts its superdreadnoughts by the thousands. Not even its own government knows how enormous its economy truly is. And for hundreds of years, the League has borne the banner of human civilization, been the ideal to which humanity aspires in its diaspora across the galaxy.
But the bureaucrats known as the "Mandarins," who rule today''s League, are not the men and women who founded it so long ago. They are corrupt, venal, accountable to no one . . . and they''ve decided the upstart Star Kingdom of Manticore must be destroyed.
Honor Harrington has worn the Star Kingdom''s uniform for half a century and served her monarch and her people well. In the course of those years, the woman the newsies call the Salamander has grown from a tactically brilliant but politically naïve junior officer to supreme fleet command and a seat on the highest military and political councils of the Grand Alliance.
Very few people know war the way Honor Harrington does. Very few have lost as many men and women, as many friends, as much family, as she has. Yet despite that, hers has been a voice of caution. She knows the Mandarins and the Solarian League Navy are growing increasingly desperate as the truth of their technological inferiority sinks home, but she also knows the sheer size of the League. And she knows how its citizens will react if the Grand Alliance takes the war to the League, attacks its star systems, destroys its infrastructure . . . kills its civilians. Today''s victory, bought on those terms, can only guarantee a future war of revenge against a resurgent Solarian League and its navy.
Honor knows the Grand Alliance must find a victory that doesn''t require incursions deep into Solarian space, doesn''t leave a legacy of bottomless hatred, and the strategy she supports has been working.
The League is sliding towards inglorious defeat as it steadily loses ground in the Protectorates and the Verge. As its central government teeters towards bankruptcy and even some of its core systems opt to secede in the face of the Mandarins'' corruption. As the Solarian Navy finally realizes it cannot face an Alliance battle fleet and win.
But the Mandarins have embraced a desperate new strategy, and in pursuit of that strategy, the SLN has committed atrocities such as the galaxy has not known in a thousand years. The League have violated its own Eridani Edict against mass civilian casualties, violated the Deneb Accords prohibition on war crimes.
And they have finally killed too many of the people Honor Harrington loves.
Hers is the voice of caution and compromise no longer, and the galaxy is about to see something it has never imagined.
The Salamander is coming for the Solarian League, and Hell is coming in her wake.
About Uncompromising Honor:
"...a balanced mix of interstellar intrigue, counterespionage, and epic fleet action...with all the hard- and software details and tactical proficiency that Weber delivers like no one else; along with a large cast of well-developed, believable characters, giving each clash of fleets emotional weight."--Booklist
". . . moves. . . as inexorably as the Star Kingdom''s Grand Fleet, commanded by series protagonist Honor Harrington. . . . Weber is the Tom Clancy of science fiction. . . . His fans will relish this latest installment. . . ."--Publishers Weekly
"[E]ach book contains food for multiple tastes [and] provides a feast. Readers . . . will get enough hardware-geek stuff and space battles to make their palms sweaty. Those who love political intrigue will nigh have their brains explode from following all the tentacles of strategy. . . .Those who love fully drawn characters with everything at stake . . . will have lots to cheer about. And those who love bad guys committing atrocious deeds, only to get what they deserve from the good guys, will sleep contentedly at night because justice has been served. Uncompromising Honor provide[s] a long, luxurious trip. . . [that is] emotionally and intellectually gratifying. . ."--New York Journal of Books-West
"Weber''s books [are] enjoyable as fiction and profound as works of art. . . . [in them] great power competition makes its way into the space age on a galactic scale. . . . Battles are described in vivid, suspenseful detail. . . . both sides grapple to do their duty as they understand it . . . [and] it is the human touches that make this book so gripping. . . . Weber''s fans will greatly enjoy Uncompromising Honor [and be left] eagerly awaiting the next installment of this magnificent series."--Mark Vandroff, Center for International Maritime Security
About Shadow of Freedom, #18 in the Honor Harrington series:
"This entry is just as exciting as Weber''s initial offering. . . .The result is a fast-paced and action-packed story that follows [our characters] as they move from reaction to command of the situation. Weber builds Shadow of Freedom to an exciting and unexpected climax."--Daily News of Galveston
About Mission of Honor, #13 in the Honor Harrington series:
"Weber combines realistic, engaging characters with intelligent technological projection and a deep understanding of military bureaucracy in this long-awaited Honor Harrington novel...Fans of this venerable space opera will rejoice to see Honor back in action."-Publishers Weekly
"This latest Honor Harrington novel brings the saga to another crucial turning point...Readers may feel confident that they will be Honored many more times and enjoy it every time."-Booklist
About David Weber and the Honor Harrington series:
". . .everything you could want in a heroine .... Excellent ... plenty of action."-Science Fiction Age
"Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!"-Anne McCaffrey
"Compelling combat combined with engaging characters for a great space opera adventure."-Locus
"Weber combines realistic, engaging characters with intelligent technological projection . . . Fans of this venerable space opera will rejoice . . ."-Publishers Weekly
Honor Harrington Main Series:
On Basilisk Station
The Honor of the Queen
The Short Victorious War
Field of Dishonor
Flag in Exile
Honor Among Enemies
In Enemy Hands
Echoes of Honor
Ashes of Victory
War of Honor
The Shadow of Saganami
Storm from the Shadows
Mission of Honor
A Rising Thunder
Shadow of Freedom
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / Military
Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H): 6.125 x 9.25 x 1.5 Inches
Weber, David (Author)
David Weber was born in Cleveland, Ohio on October 24, 1952. He received an undergraduate degree from Warren Wilson College and attended graduate school at Appalachian State University. He ran Weber Associates, a small advertising and public relations agency, for several years.
He currently writes science fiction and fantasy full-time. His first novel, Insurrection, in collaboration with Steve White, was published in 1990. He has authored or co-authored over 40 books including The Honor of the Queen, In Enemy Hands, The Service of the Sword, Storm from the Shadows, the Honor Harrington series, the Safehold series, and the Star Kingdom series.
Weber's first book in the Manticore Ascendant Series, co-authored with Timothy Zahn, made the New York Times bestseller list in October 2014. At the Sign of Triumph, book 9 in the Safehold series, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2016. Book 10, Through Fiery Trials, was published in January 2019.
Shadow of Victory
Weber, David
On Basilisk Stati...
House of Steel
The Honor of the ...


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A main topic of discussion during the Jan. 21 meeting of the Whitehall Business Assoc. was once again the membership drive. Also a committee will be formed to study plans for Frontier Days and Crazy Days. Bridget Morse will chair the committee. Joan Jones from the A & W said she would like to see St. Patrick's Day celebrated. At the next meeting, the Association's By-laws will be discussed.


The quality policy of the company is leaded by the science and technology, seeking for the perfect, putting the clients' satisfaction and the excellent quality of the product to the first, obeying the promise and guarantee and improving itself continually. In the end of the year 2002, the company had initially obtained the ISO9001:2000 QMS certificate and the IQ-net certificate and passed all the examination every year.
In the year 2007, nine types of the water ring vacuum pumps had obtained the safety symbol certificate issued by the National Mine Products Safety Symbol Office of China. In august, 2007, the Trademark Bozhong was named the Famous Trademark in Shandong Provice.n March 15th, 2014, the company declared "Zibo City Screw Vacuum Pump Engineering Technology Center", "Hefei University of Technology - Bozhong Vacuum Production & Study & Research Base" formally founded. In January 2014, the company joined to draw up the National Standard Vacuum Technology The Testing Methods for The Performance of the Roots Vacuum Pump Part 4: The Noise Testing.


Sessions informed Trump of his resignation in a letter sent to the president earlier in the day. In the letter, which was widely shared by US media, Sessions said he was resigning "at your [Trump's] request".
In the resignation letter, Sessions said he was honoured to have worked "to implement the law enforcement agenda" that formed a central part of the Trump campaign for the presidency.


Just a quick post, as I only have a few words for this particular polish.
Ok, here's a few more words.
You can see the bumpy texture here (above) with one thick layer of Seche Vite topcoat.
This was just supposed to be a simple manicure, Finger Paint's "Tiffany Imposter" as the base, Quo by Orly "An Affair to Remember" glitter next, then Kleancolor "Chunky Holo Candy" to top it off. Unfortunately, I forgot everything I learned back in art class, about what happens when colors mix together.
And what happens when all of those colors mix together? This is what happens!
If I decide to keep this mani on – I think I will have to get a lace headband and gloves, florescent legwarmers and start singing Cyndi Lauper.
Posted in Glitter, Holographic, Kleancolor, New Manicures, The "bad and the ugly"
Isn't this what a Jelly polish is supposed to be? The last Jelly polish I bought was opaque with a thin consistency and not shiny at all. Yet, Kleancolor does not advertise that this is a Jelly.
I think I am very confused about what makes a Jelly polish, a Jelly polish.
If anyone can help me out with this, feel free to correct me 😉 I won't be offended at all. I just wanna know the difference!


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package org.apache.geronimo.samples.daytrader.client;

import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import javax.swing.table.*;

public class TradeQuoteAuditStats extends AbstractTableModel {
	public static final int SYMBOL_COL = 0;
	public static final int COMPANY_COL = 1;
	public static final int PRICE_COL = 2;
	public static final int AUDIT_PRICE_COL = 3;
	public static final int VOLUME_COL = 4;
	public static final int AUDIT_VOLUME_COL = 5;
	public static final int OPEN_COL = 6;
	public static final int LOW_COL = 7;
	public static final int HIGH_COL = 8;
	public static final int CHANGE_COL = 9;
	public static final int UPDATE_COL = 10;

  private static String columns[] = {
		"Symbol", "Company Name", "Price",
		"Audit Price", "Volume", "Audit Volume",
		"Open", "Low", "High",
		"Change", "Last Update"};

	private static Class columnClasses[] = {
		String.class, String.class, String.class,
		AuditModel.class, String.class, AuditModel.class,
		String.class, String.class, String.class,
		ChangeModel.class, String.class};

  private int numColumns = columns.length;

	private NumberFormat nf;
	private DateFormat df;
	private Map map;
	private ArrayList sortedList;
	private Object lock;
	private int lastSortCol = SYMBOL_COL;
	private boolean lastSortForward = true;

	public TradeQuoteAuditStats() {
		init();
	}

	public void init() {
		map = new HashMap();
		sortedList = new ArrayList();
		nf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
		df = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.SHORT);
		lock = new Object();
	}

	public void updateSymbol(String symbol, String company, BigDecimal newPrice, BigDecimal open, BigDecimal low, BigDecimal high, double volume, long publishTime, BigDecimal priceChange, double volumeChange) {
		boolean newSymbol = false;
		TradeStreamerQuoteDataBean bean;

		synchronized(lock) {
			bean = getSymbol(symbol);
			if (bean == null) { // first time bean was used
				bean = new TradeStreamerQuoteDataBean();
				bean.setSymbol(symbol);
				bean.setCompanyName(company);
				bean.setPrice(newPrice);
				bean.setOpen(open);
				bean.setLow(low);
				bean.setHigh(high);
				bean.setVolume(volume);
				bean.setLastUpdate(new Date(publishTime));
				bean.setAuditPrice(priceChange);
				bean.setAuditVolume(volumeChange);
				bean.setChange(newPrice.subtract(open).doubleValue());
				newSymbol = true;
			}
			else { // update to an existing bean
				bean.setPrice(newPrice);
				bean.setOpen(open);
				bean.setLow(low);
				bean.setHigh(high);
				bean.setVolume(volume);
				bean.setLastUpdate(new Date(publishTime));
				bean.setAuditPrice((bean.getAuditPrice()).add(priceChange));
				bean.setAuditVolume(bean.getAuditVolume() + volumeChange);
				bean.setChange(newPrice.subtract(open).doubleValue());
			}

			map.put(symbol, bean);

			if (newSymbol) {
				sort(lastSortCol, false);
			}
		}
	}

	public TradeStreamerQuoteDataBean getSymbol(String symbol) {
		synchronized(lock) {
			TradeStreamerQuoteDataBean quote = (TradeStreamerQuoteDataBean)map.get(symbol);
			return quote;
		}
	}

	public TradeStreamerQuoteDataBean getSymbol(int row) {
		synchronized(lock) {
			Iterator it = sortedList.iterator();
			int ii = 0;
			while (true) {
				if (!it.hasNext()) {
					break;
				}
				TradeStreamerQuoteDataBean bean = (TradeStreamerQuoteDataBean)it.next();
				if (ii == row) {
					return bean;
				}
				ii++;
			}
			return null;
		}
	}

	public void clearStats() {
		synchronized(lock) {
			init();
		}
	}

  public int getColumnCount() {
    return numColumns;
  }

  public int getRowCount() {
		synchronized(lock) {
			return map.size();
		}
  }

  public Object getValueAt (int row, int column) {
		synchronized(lock) {
			Iterator it = sortedList.iterator();
			int ii = 0;
			while (true) {
				if (!it.hasNext()) {
					break;
				}
				TradeStreamerQuoteDataBean bean = (TradeStreamerQuoteDataBean)it.next();
				double price;
				if (ii == row) {
					switch (column) {
						case SYMBOL_COL:
							return bean.getSymbol();
						case COMPANY_COL:
							return bean.getCompanyName();
						case PRICE_COL:
							price = bean.getPrice().doubleValue();
							return nf.format(price);
						case AUDIT_PRICE_COL:
							return bean.getAuditPriceModel();
						case VOLUME_COL:
							return String.valueOf(bean.getVolume());
						case AUDIT_VOLUME_COL:
							return bean.getAuditVolumeModel();
						case OPEN_COL:
							price = bean.getOpen().doubleValue();
							return nf.format(price);
						case LOW_COL:
							price = bean.getLow().doubleValue();
							return nf.format(price);
						case HIGH_COL:
							price = bean.getHigh().doubleValue();
							return nf.format(price);
						case CHANGE_COL:
							return bean.getChangeModel();
						case UPDATE_COL:
							Date update = bean.getLastUpdate();
							return df.format(update);
						default:
							break;
					}
				}
				ii++;
			}
			return null;
		}
  }

  public void setValueAt (Object aValue, int row, int column) {
		// not editable
	}

  public String getColumnName(int columnIndex) {
    return columns[columnIndex];
  }

  public Class getColumnClass(int columnIndex) {
    return columnClasses[columnIndex];
  }

  public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column) {
		return false;
  }

	public void sort(int column, boolean fromUserGUI) {
		synchronized(lock) {
			Collection values = map.values();
			sortedList.clear();
			sortedList.addAll(values);
			// TODO: be more carefull with obect allocation - make static comps?
			Comparator comp = new TradeQuoteAuditStatsComparator(column);
			Collections.sort(sortedList, comp);
			if (fromUserGUI) {
				if (column == lastSortCol) {
					if (lastSortForward) { // if we already sorted forward, reverse
						Collections.reverse(sortedList);
					}
					lastSortForward = !lastSortForward; // switch the last sort
				}
			}
			lastSortCol = column;
		}
	}
}

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Magdalen Chambers is delighted to announce that Russell James (formerly of Devon Chambers) has joined Chambers from the beginning of February.
February 3, 2016 /0 Comments/in Frontpage Article, Land and Property, News /by Lisa Glithero
Russell is an experienced civil practitioner who specialises in Housing and Homelessness Law, Property Litigation, Civil and Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury. He has appeared in the full spectrum of civil courts and tribunals from the First Tier Tribunal to the Supreme Court, with his practise taking him all over the South West and Southern England, including London.
Russell is recommended for property litigation in Legal 500 (2015) where he is described as having "excellent technical skills" and being "knowledgeable about housing law." He has also appeared in a number of reported decisions including the Supreme Court case of Akerman-Livingstone v Aster Communities Limited [2015] UKSC 15.
For further information, please follow the link to take you to his profile. Or contact James Basden, Senior Clerk on 01392 285 200 or james@magdalenchambers.co.uk
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Hallo Leute ich brauche dringend hilfe in der sache Conversion und Traffic kann mir jemand helfen ich bekomme jeden tag 10-15 Kunden in meinem shop aber sie kaufen nicht bei mir ein woran kann das liegen und was kann ich da gegen tun ??
Great to hear you have some traffic coming to your store. Normally dropshippers look for a 1-2% conversions, meaning after 100 visitors you'd ideally have 1 sale. So don't distress!
I would suggest going to your Shopify Orders > Abandoned Checkouts to see if customers are at least adding products to their cart. Also what products. Take that information and start advertising those products. This way as you start boosting the traffic you can focus on the most popular products and start seeing conversions!
Just because you don't see a sale doesn't mean it isn't useful. Use the Shopify admin to see what is popular and then use that as you continue. This really helped me!
Always happy to help you out friend. Please feel free to share any other experiences or questions or your hat!


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Features , Perspective
This Singaporean Marine Biologist Went From Doing Admin Work To Swimming with Sharks
Life of a Singaporean Marine Biologist
Continents apart, Tiffany earnestly fills me in about life abroad like a friend sending time capsules in postcards. While shuffling between Norway and Barcelona, she tells me of her fondest memories of freediving with sharks and watching killer whales feeding in the northern Norwegian fjords.
"I would love to tell you more about that!" she writes. "I love being out in the field, even if I have to wake up at 5.00am in the morning. The amazing sunrise always makes it better."
This September, Tiffany will be taking her Master's degree at the University of St Andrews, Scotland's oldest and highest-ranking institution.
"I am keen on the protection and conservation of marine life and the environment. Growing up in Singapore, I never knew the consequences of consuming shark's fin soup, or how detrimental plastics are to marine life. And these are only two out of the many problems the oceans face."
Ironically, the former Republic Polytechnic graduate was adamant she'd never do science again after earning a Diploma in Biotechnology.
She toyed with the idea of pursuing a "common and secure" business degree, and eventually worked as a business office administrator for Singapore General Hospital, and in the casino marketing team for Resorts World Sentosa (RWS).
"I wanted to be the best, but I didn't know how to be the best at what exactly," she recalls.
During her two-year stint at RWS, she chanced upon a laboratory technician role in the Department of Animal Health and Research at S.E.A Aquarium and took a significant pay cut to secure an internal transfer.
By working in the laboratory with aquarists and assisting vets, she discovered her interest in marine life. However, her university application was rejected.
So, she left her job at RWS and dived straight into marine conservation through internships and long-term volunteer projects in the Philippines.
Here, she tells us about her first encounter with killer whales and the challenges of leaving the little red dot to venture into uncharted waters.
The first step into marine conservation (Philippines)
Tiffany:
Leaving my full-time job, relocating to a different country, and paying to volunteer were my hardest decisions to make.
I was afraid I was making a big mistake, but my family supported my decision. My boss/mentor also encouraged me to go all out and make the most of it because we grow through experience.
In the Philippines, I got accepted into the Zoox Experience Programme, an 8-week course which taught the fundamental knowledge on marine conservation. The practical and management skills I learnt were used to carry out assignments with the local government and communities.
My work supported Green Fins, a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) initiative which implements environmental-friendly guidelines within the diving industry to protect marine ecosystems.
I planned a seagrass monitoring programme with the local government and Fisheries Officer of Puerto Galera, Philippines. I collected data from the field, analysed it, and produced a report to the local authorities.
As a Green Fins Assessor, I also conducted environmental training sessions to dive staff and overcame language barriers to deliver scientific concepts to a non-specialist audience.
Zoox provided me with a reference letter, which I used to apply for the BSc (Hons) in Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth and got accepted.
A few months before my degree started, I went around the Philippines alone before deciding to volunteer as a researcher for a Non-Governmental Organisation, LAMAVE.
While collecting data on the whale shark population in Oslob, I picked up freediving to take photos of and identify sharks. I also learnt more about the ecology of the marine megafauna and how tourism impacts migratory species.
Studying whales in the Arctic
In 2014, I moved to England for my 3-year degree. In my final year, I did a module on the ecology and conservation of marine vertebrates and chose an Honours project on the habitat preference of sperm whales off the west coast of Scotland.
Whales and dolphins are highly intelligent. They have families (pods), their own calls, and 'dialects'. Most species migrate large distances, such as humpback whales. They could spend winters in northern Norway and summers all the way down to the Caribbean.
To study cetaceans, we can attach satellite tags to track them, take pictures of their dorsal fin or tail flukes and also noticeable features to identify individuals. We can also detect them from the sounds they produce.
My unwavering desire to help conserve cetaceans (specifically whales) sparked when I first saw humpbacks and killer whales feeding in the northern Norwegian fjords, and the number of boats surrounding these whales.
With the increasing number of ships at sea, the boat engine sounds emitted can overpower whale communication in some species, affecting the mating process as whales have to 'speak louder'.
Although the killer whales don't seem to mind the noise just yet, environmental changes, potential oil exploration, and drilling in the Norwegian Arctic are some of the threats that may impact these whales.
Struggles and prospects
After getting my degree, I was convinced that marine mammal research was my calling. However, I didn't have the resources then; funding is important in this field and it doesn't come easy due to the tough competition among researchers and the lack of belief in climate change.
I admit I lost myself many times in the past year. I sent out at least 50 job applications only to get rejected by all except one and had to overcome loneliness and anxiety.
But, I believe you can either follow a plan which restricts your life or take chances and learn from mistakes.
Ironically, the more I applied for jobs, the more I found myself wanting to pursue marine mammal research through academia. So I applied to the University of St Andrews—the only research-focused Master's degree in Marine Mammal Science worldwide—and got accepted!
Protecting The Marine Environment
As Singaporeans, we like to complain and have things as convenient as possible. Back home, I always get shocked by the number of plastic bags my mum hoards in the cupboard. In Norway and England, they charge for bags. Even if they cost a few cents, a significant decrease in the demand of plastic bags has already been found.
But behind the complaints, I believe we are capable of being more environmentally-conscious, and it's as easy as using a reusable water bottle and bag.
Aspiring scientists like myself persevere because we desire to find answers to our many questions and to protect marine animals through our research.
I hope by sharing my story, other girls will not only be inspired to go off the beaten track but also realise everyone can do their part in protecting the marine environment.
By: Chevonne Cheng
marine biologist singapore, singaporean marine biologist
Chevonne Cheng
Chevonne tends to notice irrelevant details in movie scenes and little quirks about people. In her previous life, she marketed F&B concepts. When not writing, she's an imaginary music critique who is easily amused by lame jokes.


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Home » News » Provincial » Ontario Providing Free Naloxone Kits in Workplaces
Ontario Providing Free Naloxone Kits in Workplaces
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Life-saving kits required to be on hand in at-risk workplaces by June 1, 2023
The Ontario government is launching a first-of-its-kind program to make free naloxone kits (and free training) available at workplaces where there is a risk of staff witnessing or experiencing an opioid overdose.
In 2021, 2,819 people died from opioid-related causes in Ontario – the highest number on record and up from 366 in 2003. Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can temporarily reverse an opioid overdose, restore breathing within two to five minutes, and allow time for medical help to arrive.
"Ontario, like the rest of Canada, is in the middle of an opioid epidemic made worse by a toxic supply of recreational street drugs," said Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. "That's why our government is the first in North America to require naloxone kits be accessible in at-risk workplaces by June 1, 2023, to raise awareness for those struggling with addition, reduce stigma and save lives."
Of the workers who died from opioid-related causes last year, 30 per cent were employed in construction – by far the most impacted industry. Bars and nightclubs have also seen increased opioid usage and accidental overdoses, often because of recreational drugs laced with deadly opioids such as fentanyl and carfentanil.
"Our new Workplace Naloxone Program, as part of our Narcotic Transition Services, will save lives," said Michael Tibollo, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. "Everyone in Ontario deserves access to these kits, and this innovative program will bring a new level of safety to our province's workplaces."
For up to two years, Ontario will provide free nasal spray naloxone kits to businesses at risk of opioid overdoses through the Workplace Naloxone Program and free training needed to equip staff with the tools to respond to an opioid overdose.
Businesses can determine if they are eligible for the program and find additional information on accessing naloxone kits and training at Ontario.ca/workplacenaloxone. Once the requirement is in effect, Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development's inspectors will take an education-first approach to enforcement.
On June 1, 2023, at-risk employers will be required by legislation to ensure their workplaces have life-saving naloxone kits and workers are trained on how to use them.
This includes employers who become aware, or ought reasonably to be aware, that there may be a risk of an opioid overdose in their workplace, i.e., if a worker discloses an opioid use issue, if needles or other opioid paraphernalia are found at the workplace, or if they are otherwise given information that would lead them to reasonably conclude there is a risk of an overdose in the workplace.
Businesses with questions about their responsibilities under the legislation can visit Ontario.ca/workplacenaloxone.
For up to two years, the Workplace Naloxone Program provides at-risk employers with access to free training for up to two workers and one nasal spray naloxone kit for each eligible workplace.
Separately, individuals can also contact their local pharmacy to receive a naloxone kit.
To protect the health and safety of workers in Ontario, the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development has hired over 100 new inspectors to build the largest workplace inspectorate in the province's history and increased occupational health and safety fines to the highest level in the country.
"Naloxone saves lives, and more access to naloxone will save more lives. I should know, it saved my life, and has saved the lives of people close to me. I won a gold medal as the goalie for Team Canada's national sledge hockey team at the 2006 Paralympic Games in Torino and live in addiction recovery from decades of legal prescriptions to opioids from injuries at the highest athletic level of international competition. Premier Ford, Minister McNaughton, Minister Tibollo and this government are to be commended for their commitment to saving lives through awareness and access to naloxone. I live by the words "Never Give Up" and am still here because naloxone saved my life. Thank you Premier and Ministers for Never Giving Up! "
– Paul Rosen
Paralympian and Motivational Speaker
"Minister McNaughton has done incredible work to support the hospitality sector as we continue to recover post-pandemic, with skills development and training and most importantly workplace safety. We are proud to build on that great work by supporting the expansion of the Workplace Naloxone Program which will improve safety. Naloxone is a tool that we never want to use. But if needed, it's important that it's accessible, and that's what this program accomplishes."
– Hanif Harji
CEO of Scale Hospitality
"Through the Workplace Naloxone Program, we are committed to supporting employers with the costs associated with training and kits and supporting workers with access to high-quality training that will equip them to safely respond to an opioid overdose."
– Dr. Joel Moody
Ontario Chief Prevention Officer
"As a leader in first aid training, the Canadian Red Cross commends the Government of Ontario for its investment into training Ontarians to prepare for and respond to opioid poisoning. We encourage workplaces to sign up to receive more information on how they can apply for free training on how to prevent death caused by opioid poisoning. Together, we can address the growing opioid crisis."
– Liane Fernandes
Vice President, Ontario Operations, Canadian Red Cross
"The opioid crisis in Ontario continues to be a significant public health crisis and unfortunately shows no sign of ending any time soon. The steps being taken today will save lives and St. John Ambulance is proud to be a partner in this program."
– Shawn McLaren
Chief Learning Officer, St. John Ambulance
"The number of people dying from opioid-related deaths is a major health crisis in Ontario. We commend the government for equipping higher-risk workplaces with free naloxone kits and training. This will save lives, not only by providing the means and education but also in removing the stigma to seek support. "
– Camille Quenneville
CEO, Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario
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The first bit of news is about the Honda Urban EV Concept. We have an official name for it now. When it goes on sale it will be called the Honda E. It's arriving in Europe first, with a release in other markets following later on. It's expected to produce more than 200 lb-ft of torque and a battery that should allow for around 124 miles of driving. That may seem a bit low, but the Honda E is built to be a city car. The buildout of more charging infrastructure in more areas will help it get around. With fast charging tech, expect it to be able to charge to eighty percent in just half an hour.
We've also learned that a popular Honda model might soon get the hybrid treatment. The 2019 Honda Fit is a versatile small car with the cargo space you need. We've seen test mules of the next-generation Honda Fit in action, but now we know that a hybrid version could also be in the works. The Honda Fit is already quite fuel-efficient, so we look forward to seeing what a hybrid version can do.
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I have witnessed street sexual harassment.
I was with a friend walking on the road just chatting with her and actually not observing things around me. Then as we went and stood on the bus stop waiting for the bus i see this guy trying to get all close and funny with a girl waiting there for her bus. She must be a little younger to me and i saw the change in her getting uncomfortable and she tried moving away. the guy who looked maybe a few years elder to me moved in alignment with her and tried getting up and close. She didnt look like she would say something and i by that time moved closer to them and spoke at the top of my voice , "dont u see there is no place here, move away from here, its congested". everyone around us had started to stare and after giving me a glaring look he walked away from the stop.
yes i have been eve teased loads of time. whether its whistling, passing comments, and loads of other forms. But not even once have i had any support.
I have always raised my voice and spoken to the guy but all that people do is give a stare.
Feels pretty redundant but not useless.
How would you like the public to show support when you experience street sexual harassment?
If nothing else the people around me can come and ask on what happened and give him a piece of their mind.


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(4535) Adamcarolla (1986 QV2) – planetoida z pasa głównego asteroid okrążająca Słońce w ciągu 4,67 lat w średniej odległości 2,79 j.a. Odkryta 28 sierpnia 1986 roku.

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Ascio Technologies was founded in 1999, and is an accredited domain registrar under the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers with approximately 1.8 million domains under management. Ascio is a part of the family of brands under CSC. Pre-acquisition, the Ascio business generated approximately $4 million of annual EBITDA.
CSC provides business, legal, tax, and digital brand services to companies around the globe. It is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, since 1899, and has offices throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.


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Archimede Nardi (born April 19, 1916) was an Italian professional football player.

He played 3 games in the Serie A in the 1936/37 season for A.S. Roma.

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IEF and Impact Hub are in the process of identifying teams of local entrepreneurs who would be interested in establishing Impact Hubs in their city or town.
1. What is Impact Hub? What is IEF?
Impact Hub is a rapidly expanding global network of more than 16,000 social innovators. Our 90+ locations on five continents host a diverse community of entrepreneurs, practitioners, investors, and organizations; offer collaborative working and meeting space; and provide a variety of incubation and acceleration programs to drive entrepreneurial action for a more just and sustainable world. All Impact Hubs are initiated, developed, and run by local teams. They are both deeply rooted in their local markets and communities as well as globally connected through platforms like Impact Hub Passport and enabled to scale solutions worldwide.
Impact Hub has been present in developing and emerging economies since the opening of Impact Hub Sao Paulo in 2008. In the past nine years, we have run several successful seed programs and have been steadily growing our membership throughout Central and South America, Asia, and Africa. As an example, Impact Hub Yangon in Myanmar joined the network in November 2016 and is already planning their programmatic activities as well as attending regional gatherings to strengthen their impact. At the same time, Impact Hub Accra in Ghana is about to celebrate its two-year anniversary and has organized incredible incubation programs for a constantly growing community after expanding their space and team.
Equipped with knowledge on how to establish thriving startup ecosystems in challenging contexts, Impact Hub is now looking forward to fostering entrepreneurship across India with IEF and finding passionate entrepreneurs to join our network.
IEF works to empower and energize the countless small-scale entrepreneurs conducting business in India. It is one of the leading Indian organizations in providing learning and development tools, hard- and soft-skill development programs, and networking and showcase platforms for local entrepreneurs and small and mid-size businesses.
2. What is IEF's and Impact Hub's relationship?
IEF Entrepreneurship Foundation and Impact Hub have partnered to support the development of sustainable Impact Hubs in India. Initially the focus will be developing two hubs, one in a large metro and another is a small tier 2 city. They will be the first locations in the country since Impact Hub's major rebranding effort in 2013, welcoming a key market into our global network and a valuable contribution to local entrepreneurial ecosystems and individual entrepreneurs.
IEF and Impact Hub are currently working to identify teams of local entrepreneurs interested in bringing Impact Hubs to large metro cities in India, such as New Delhi, Gurugram, and Pune, as well as smaller tier 2 towns such as Gangtok, Rajkot and Guntur. Selected teams will begin an Impact Hub onboarding process, throughout which they will receive dedicated support from seasoned co-founders and various other experts within the network. In the initial phase of the onboarding process, so called Pre-Candidate phase, IEF will have initial conversation with interested teams, assess the team's ability to open an Impact Hub in the respective city and provide feedback to the teams. However, the formal application process and the final whether a team starts the onboarding process will remain in the hands of Impact Hub.
Upon approval as Impact Hub Candidates, IEF will facilitate connections with mentors, angel investors, and potential partners to help each founding team establish relevant learning and acceleration programs, attract member entrepreneurs, improve management, and ensure sustainable development. Once both teams have successfully completed the onboarding process and become official Impact Hubs, several opportunities for collaboration between IEF and Impact Hub have been identified for further development and exploration.
3. What is the Impact Hub onboarding process? And what is it for?
The onboarding process is a step-by-step approach to integrating new teams in the Impact Hub global network. This practice was designed to bring Impact Hub founders up to date with the basics of successfully running their business before becoming operational. Founders receive experienced support from within the community, can access resources and feel more confident about making their business model work. Besides this, the onboarding process serves as a guarantee that only teams capable of genuinely recreating the Impact Hub experience are integrated into the network.
Pre-Candidate Stage: lasting between 3-6 months, this is the first step for a new team to truly realize its vision. In this stage, the team will have to show that it's up for the long journey ahead.
Candidate: lasting over a six-month period, the team will prove that its vision is feasible and that it really has what it takes to bring an Impact Hub to its city.
Initiative: Lasting up to 18 months, the team in the Initiative stage needs to find a space, raise money, build a community, and, finally, open.
Up & Running: The team has made it! It's time for some serious impact.
5. What are some of the key highlights of the process?
The Pre-Candidate stage has an intense focus on team structuring, local market knowledge, community sensing, and, above all, on the contribution of our specialists to the onboarding process. Both our Growth Team and our Onboarding Coaches, due to their broad expertise, take an active part of this early stage, contributing to the Pre-Candidates development and being responsible for endorsing the ones who are a proper fit to our network.
After a Pre-Candidate team has submitted its community event report, initial market research, video pitch and Candidate application form, the team will be invited to join a call with our Global Growth Lead. Only after having received the endorsement from her, the team will be invited to proceed further. As a next step, the team needs to submit a EUR 845 Candidate payment which will cover the 1-day training with an Onboarding Coach as well as 15 hours of virtual coaching throughout the Candidate stage. After the deposit of the Candidate payment, we offer an on-site 1-day Onboarding Coaching session at the Impact Hub of the Onboarding Coach, in which at least two members from the Pre-Candidate team deep-dive into our network's values, lessons learned, and our culture. The Onboarding Coach needs to endorse the Candidate's application and only after that the application will be placed online for the entire network for review and questions. In case no objections are raised, the team is officially approved as an Impact Hub Candidate.
During the Candidate stage, the team will be receiving support from the Onboarding Coach who will provide guidance through the process and assist in the creation of a feasibility study – one of the main elements of the Initiative application. The overall Initiative application still consists of the team's feasibility study, the financial planning, a filled out Initiative form and letters of recommendation from two Referring Impact Hubs that should support the Candidate's vision and truly believe in it.
In this stage, the team will continue having access to several resources: best practices and the network's learnings, including case studies and webinars, as well as Hubnet (our internal communication platform). They will receive a branded blog linked to the main website, their personal Impact Hub Candidate logo, a business plan toolkit, a presence on the main global map, an @Candidate.impacthub.net email addresses, and will receive our weekly newsletter.
After submitting the application and paying the first instalment of the joining payment, the Initiative application will be placed online for the entire network for review and questions. If no objections are raised, then an elected Initiative Committee will have interview calls with the team's Onboarding Coach and the entire team itself. The Committee will then vote and if the team receives ¾ majority vote, it will advance to the next stage and will be welcomed as an Impact Hub Initiative of our Network.
Once the Initiative Committee has made its final decision, the team can officially call itself an Impact Hub [City Name] and will be welcomed into our network. The team will receive a EUR 3000 development budget, which is part of our overall joining payment and, together with the Onboarding Coach, the team will define its development plan. It will need to find a space, raise money and build a thriving community. It is time to think about what really helps to open and run a thriving and sustainable Impact Hub. Is it an Art of Hosting training, an on-site visit from their Onboarding Coach? All of that and many more actions can be taken as part of the development plan.
The team will still have access to all of the services from the Candidate stage, plus full access to the Makers website (internal) to help along the way. The team will also receive full integration into the network (personalized Impact Hub logo, a branded website, full access to Hubnet, and access to all learning and support resources), and access to Impact Hub Marketplace via the Makers Website, including programs and partnerships from around the network. And, to be fully inducted, the team will be invited to three individual calls: a Governance Induction Call, a Board Welcoming Call, and Capacity Building Induction Call.
6. What is the Impact Hub Joining Payment?
The Joining Payment is the fee each new Impact Hub pays to join our Network and contribute to cover for costs of onboarding and of key services and assets of the Network, like information systems, the work of our global team, among others. As long as the onboarding process exists, we had a Joining Payment. The Joining Payment varies from EUR 6,000 to EUR 24,750, and the specific value each team will pay is estimated based on two components: the projected revenue of the local Impact Hub in the third year of operation, and the purchasing power of the city based on GDP per capita. When the GDP per capita of the city is not available, we use the GDP per capita of the country.
Currently all estimations are based on year 2014 – latest year for which world databases are available. When figures are updated by the referred sources, information based on the latest year available should be used.
The basis for estimating this payment component is the local Impact Hub's gross revenue projected for third year of operations, as stated in the team's feasibility study submitted as part of the team's Initiative application.
City GDP per Capita Payment: The city's GDP per Capita according to 2014 Global Metro Monitor Map is 12,747. This makes it fall in the third quintile ranging between USD 10,000 and 19,999 which is related to a cost factor of 1.027. Thus: City GDP per Capita Payment = 14,600 x 1.027 = 14,994.
Impact Hub Revenue Capacity Payment: Let's imagine in the team's financial feasibility study submitted as part of their Initiative application, the team projected a gross revenue for the third year of operation of EUR 150,500. This makes it fall in the second quintile ranging between EUR 100,000 and 199,999, which makes applicable a cost factor of 0.753. Thus, the related payment will be: Impact Hub Revenue Capacity Payment = 14,600 x 0.753 = 10,994.
The first instalment is due when the team applies to become an Impact Hub Initiative and prior to their application being processed by the Initiative Committee. This instalment is amounting to 50% of the team's overall Joining Payment.
The second instalment is due 180 days after the first day of starting the Impact Hub business. This instalment is amounting to 50% of the team's overall Joining Payment.
Within the first instalment of the Joining Payment, there is a non-refundable amount of 1000€ in order to cover the costs of the Initiative Committee. This means if the Initiative Committee rejects the team's application, the team will be refunded the first instalment that the team made when applying for Impact Hub Initiative status, minus 1000€.


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Tuscaloosa Rotary Club
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We meet every Tuesday
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Welcome to the Tuscaloosa Rotary Club!
During the calendar year 2017, the Rotary Club of Tuscaloosa has been proudly celebrating its 100th anniversary!
Rotary is a local service club, bringing together a community of civic-minded citizens for fellowship and service. Membership is by vocational classification, with the expectation that Rotarians represent their business or profession in Rotary, and in turn represent Rotary and its principles among their colleagues.
The Rotary Four-Way Test – One of the worlds most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The Four-Way Test. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, it has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It does not mandate any decision or action, but simply asks four questions:
Of the things we think, say or do:
FIRST: Is it the TRUTH?
SECOND: Is it FAIR to all concerned?
THIRD: Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
FOURTH: Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"
Regular attendance at weekly meetings is expected. As successful business and professional people who are in command of their own schedules, Rotarians are expected to make their presence at Tuesday meetings a priority. The Rotary Constitution requires 60 percent minimum attendance with no more than four consecutive unexcused absences. Missed meetings can be made up by attending an online e-club, another Rotary Club, or a designated Rotary activity or committee, within two weeks before or after the absence.
Rotary is a member-supported organization. The initiation fee is $120 (for former Rotarians $30). This is for pro-rated dues to RI and District, publications, etc. Quarterly dues of $210 (payable in advance during the first month of each quarter), include the weekly meals. New members pay the initiation fee with membership application. Pro-rated dues for the current quarter are billed later by the club treasurer.
Why Be a Rotarian?
Opportunity to Serve. Rotarians provide service from community to international levels. Members experience fulfillment from giving back to the community.
Personal Growth and Development. Membership in Rotary ensures continuing personal and professional development. Organizational planning, team-building, fundraising, and mentoring are just a sampling of the skills that can be enhanced through Rotary.
Friendship. Fellowship was a primary reason Rotary was started in 1905, and members from multiple businesses and professions greet each other in first-name friendship. Through Rotary a member becomes friends with a broad array of community leaders.
Professional Networking. A founding principle of Rotary was to provide a forum for professional and business leaders. Rotarians are people who make decisions and influence policy.
Good Citizenship. Weekly programs keep Rotarians informed about what is taking place in the community, the nation, and the world, making them better citizens.
Cultural Diversity. Rotary Clubs are open to members of all ethnic, religious, and political groups. They practice and promote tolerance, and Rotarians find instant acceptance and friendship wherever they go.
Ethical Environment. Promoting high ethical standards has been a hallmark of Rotary from its earliest days. The Rotary 4-Way-Test is four simple questions that encourage truth, fairness, goodwill, and benefit.
World Understanding. Rotarians gain an understanding of humanitarian issues and have a significant impact through international service projects and exchange programs.
Entertainment. Rotary events provide a diversion from personal and business routines, including fellowship, information, education, and service opportunities.
Rotary Serves – The World and the Community
The Rotary Foundation (TRF) is the structure through which Rotarians worldwide support humanitarian and educational services. Virtually all Tuscaloosa Rotarians contribute, mostly through quarterly, semi-annual, or annual amounts added to club dues. The contributions accumulate for Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) and multiple-PHF recognition. What does the TRF do? Many things, but the top three are
International Scholarships – more than any other non-governmental entity;
Group Study Exchange – hundreds of teams each year in a month-long visit to another society; and
PolioPlus – Rotary's bold determination to rid the world of the crippling disease.
Tuscaloosa Rotary Memorial Foundation (TRMF)
TRMF was created by the Rotary Club of Tuscaloosa in 1971, as a separate legal entity to provide for tax-deductible contributions for local service. From its first project in 1972-73 to the present, Rotary has raised and contributed more than $900,000. In one way or another, virtually every citizen of Tuscaloosa county has been touched by the service projects of Rotary. Examples of Rotary Community Service are visible in club support of Boy-and-Girl Scouts, the DCH Open-Heart Surgery Suite, FOCUS on Senior Citizens, the Tuscaloosa County Library, Strings in Schools, the Children's Hands-on Museum, Bama Theatre, Salvation Army, and other social service projects.
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Rotary is dedicated to six areas of focus to build international relationships, improve lives, and create a better world to support our peace efforts and end polio forever.
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Turn your passion for change into action through Rotary. Rotary members dream big and do whatever it takes to find solutions.
Whether it's as a member, partner, or supporter, you can be a part of the solution
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Moses Roper, b. 1815
A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery
Philadelphia: Merrihew & Gunn, 1838.
Born in 1815 in Caswell County, North Carolina, Moses Roper was the son of a white planter, Henry H. Roper, and Nancy, his house slave. When Roper was about six years old, he was sold away from his family, probably because of his light skin tone and embarrassing resemblance to his father. Roper was eventually bought by John Gooch, a cotton planter in Kershaw County ("Cashaw" in Roper's narrative), South Carolina. Harsh treatment at Gooch's hand led Roper, only a teenager at the time, to begin a long series of unsuccessful escape attempts. After Gooch sold him in 1832, Roper labored for a series of masters who took him through parts of Georgia and Florida. Finally bought by a Mr. Register—a Marianna, Florida, planter known for his cruel treatment of slaves—Roper ran away yet again, beginning what would ultimately be a successful escape. After walking over 350 miles from Marianna to Savannah, Georgia, Roper gained employment as a steward on the Fox, a schooner that sailed North in August 1834. Once there, Roper traveled through New York, Vermont and Massachusetts, working various jobs. During his time in Boston, he met local abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison, and became a signatory to the constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Roper still lived in fear of being returned to slavery in the South, however, so in November 1835, he sailed on The Napoleon for Liverpool, England.
Upon arriving in England, where slavery had been abolished a year earlier, Roper connected with prominent British abolitionists, who paid for him to be formally educated and employed him on the anti-slavery lecture circuit. Roper's Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Slavery was first published in London in 1837; a U.S. edition appeared the next year. In 1839, Roper married Ann Stephen Price, an Englishwoman who helped him with his copious anti-slavery work. In 1844, after nine years of lecturing, Roper estimated that he had given two thousand speeches. He eventually purchased a farm in western Canada and moved there with his wife and their child. Most details concerning the rest of Roper's life, including the date and place of his death, remain unknown.
Extremely popular with abolitionist audiences in both England and America, Moses Roper's Narrative was published in ten different editions between 1837 and 1856, and was even translated into Celtic. In the Narrative's first edition, a letter from Rev. Thomas Price, one of Roper's British sponsors, introduces the text. In later editions, Roper excises Price's letter, and introduces his work himself. In doing so, Roper emphasizes his authorial independence by breaking with one of the formal conventions of fugitive slave narratives, in which prominent white abolitionists typically introduce an African American's autobiographical account. The 1848 edition of Roper's text—the version summarized here—is the longest version of the Narrative; it includes Roper's preface as well as an appendix. This appendix features a short note (dated March 1846) updating readers on Roper's life after slavery, poems written by Roper's admirers, correspondence from readers of his Narrative, and lists of the towns in England he visited and the denominations of the groups to which he lectured.
Roper's story, like many freedom narratives, begins with an explanation of his origins, specifically his mixed-race parentage. Since his father is white (he alternately describes his mother as both "half white" and "part Indian, part African"), Roper is light-skinned (p. 7, p. 43). One unique feature of Roper's Narrative is its frank discussion of how this light skin tone sometimes enables him to "pass"—to be identified as a white/Native American man rather than an enslaved black man—in order to avoid capture and re-enslavement. Throughout the Narrative, Roper's skin color functions alternately as both a curse and a blessing. White slave owners resent Roper's light complexion and thus single him out for abuse, but on his numerous escape attempts, he is frequently able to convince whites that he is not a fugitive slave. For example, when an overseer on a North Carolina plantation discovers Roper, the man recognizes Roper as a runaway slave and aims to return him to his owner. The overseer's wife however, successfully insists that Roper is not "of the African origin," for "she had seen white men still darker . . ." (p. 17). The overseer and his wife then feed Roper and let him continue north. While this particular escape attempt eventually ends in failure, it is Roper's ability to pass as non-black that allows him to be hired on the Fox and ultimately escape slavery. Scenes such as these have led scholar Kristina Bobo to identify Roper's narrative as "one of the earliest accounts of passing in African-American literature" (p. 91).
Roper's Narrative also features unflinching descriptions of the violence he endures in slavery, especially while living under Gooch (1829-1832). Roper and Gooch become locked in an apparently unending vicious cycle: the teenage Roper is determined to escape slavery at every available opportunity, while Gooch is equally determined—each time Roper is caught and returned to him—to break Roper's will to escape. After one of his failed escape attempts, Roper writes that Gooch "gave me five hundred lashes on my bare back . . . He then chained me down in a log-pen with a forty pounds chain, and made me lie on the damp earth all night. In the morning . . . without giving me any breakfast, [Gooch] tied me to a large heavy harrow, which is usually drawn by a horse, and made me drag it to the cotton field for the horse to use in the field" (p. 12). Later, after a another escape attempt, Roper has twenty-pound iron bars bent around his feet in order to limit his mobility and is then suspended from his wrists on a device called a cotton screw, "a machine used for packing and pressing cotton" (p. 28). (This punishment is illustrated on page 29 of Roper's text). Finally, Roper and Gooch's escape-punishment cycle culminates in Gooch ordering Roper's fingernails to be crushed in a vice and his toenails beaten off with a hammer. This too fails to quash Roper's defiance, and when Gooch's "whole stock of . . . cruelties seemed to be exhausted," he sells Roper (p. 30).
Roper is then exchanged between a series of different masters, including a Mr. Beveridge, whom Roper calls "the only kind slave-holder in America" (p. 35). Beveridge, who lives in Apalachicola, Florida, owns several steam ships and puts Roper to work on them as a steward. This period of relatively kind treatment ends in 1834, when Beveridge goes bankrupt and Roper is sold to the infamously cruel Register, the master from whom he successfully escapes. (Although some accounts of Roper's life, including that in The Black Abolitionist Papers Vol. 1, The British Isles, 1830-1865, attribute Roper's employment on the Fox and eventual escape directly to Beveridge's bankruptcy, more recent sources, including those listed below, confirm the account presented in Roper's Narrative.) On his long journey away from Register, Roper promises that if he makes his way to freedom, he will "spend [his] life in the service of God" (p. 42). The closing sections of the Narrative, which reassert his desire to free his family, make it clear that Roper saw the anti-slavery efforts to which he dedicated his life as a way of fulfilling that promise.
Roper says that his motivation to write his Narrative did "not arise from any desire to make [himself] conspicuous," but rather from a desire to expose "the cruel system of slavery" (p. iii). Roper's success as an author and a lecturer in his own lifetime proves that he succeeded. Today critics see Roper's Narrative as an important early example of the fugitive slave narrative, a genre which, as Kristina Bobo points out, Fredrick Douglass and William Wells Brown would eventually help make "one of the most widely read forms of autobiography in mid-nineteenth-century America" (p. 91).
Works Consulted: Bobo, Kristina, "Moses Roper," in The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature: An Anthology, edited by William L. Andrews, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2006; Finseth, Ian Fredrick, introduction to A Narrative of the Adventures & Escape of Moses Roper, in North Carolina Slave Narratives: The Lives of Moses Roper, Lunsford Lane, Moses Grandy & Thomas H. Jones, edited by William L. Andrews, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2003; Gross, Izhak, "The Abolition of Negro Slavery and British Parliamentary Politics," The Historical Journal, 23.1 (1980): 63-85; Huddle, Mark Andrew, "Roper, Moses," in African American Lives, edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, 727-729, New York: Oxford University Press, 2004; "Moses Roper, b. 1815," in The Black Abolitionist Papers, Vol. I: The British Isles, 1830-1865, edited by C. Peter Ripley, et al., Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1992.
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Statistics are reset when the SQL Server sevice is restarted, so this query will only return activity since that time. Also, just because there's no activity doesn't mean it's safe to remove an object - some tables may only be used during monthly or annual processes, and so they wouldn't show any activity except during those brief intervals.
This is a pretty interesting development from Google and also seems to be coming much more common now, companies openly offering payments for bugs/vulnerabilities discovered in their software. They already used that strategy to find bugs last year with their Native Client Security hacking contest. This time they offer $500 for most vulnerabilities, $1,337 for 'particularly clever' flaws. You can see the blog post on the Chromium blog here.
It's a chance for the white-hat guys to earn a few bucks, but honestly I don't think it's going to change anything. Especially not when we're talking $500 per vulnerability because a serious browser 0-day exploit that can allow execution of malware will go for 100 times that much on the black market. Even for the particularly severe or clever bugs worth $1,337, that's still peanuts compared to what they can sell the exploit for on the black market.
I hope it helps though and gives some legitimate security researches a little more incentive to focus on Chrome, the bad guys won't pay much attention though as Chrome is still a relatively small player in the browser world.
I don't realistically expect any groundbreaking bugs to come out of this initiative, but I think a few people might bust out their browser fuzzing tools and see what they can find.
Worth a bit of effort if you can find 10 decent bugs in a couple of hours and net yourself $5000usd.
You can see the on the chromium project severity guidelines page the different severity ranking for bugs.
With all of the news about hacked e-mail accounts, it isn't a big surprise that other Google services can be manipulated, too. Yesterday, politicking or pranking Russian translators forced a Google Translate mistranslation of four segments — "USA is to blame," "Russia is to blame," "Obama is to blame," and "Medvedev is to blame" into English from Russian (click here to see a screenshot).
Google Переводчик (Translator) made the U.S. and President Obama blameless in the Russian translation ("USA is not to blame," and "Obama is not to blame", while placing blame on Russia and President Medvedev. Naturally, soon after the news went up, Google quickly fixed the translations.
"These are translation bombs" said Alla Zabrovskaya, Google's Russian Public Relations Director. "We are not always able to weed them out, and it is good that our users find them, and let us know about them.
But the question that remains is: how many more of those mistranslations (or "translation bombs" as they call them) exists in the Google translation engine (or any others automatic translation engine)? Some of them should be very easy to spot (such as translation "White House" with " Visit myspamsite.com") but others will be spotted only through careful analysis of the translation.
Crowdsourcing applications need protection against malicious manipulation because the wisdom of the crowd will more and more reflect the politics of its members.
Online translation applications are only as reliable as the crowd that feeds them. You should therefore never use those applications to translate important documents or messages. "Machine translation" is only useful to grasp the general meaning of a piece of content but nothing more.
If you need real professional translations, you should work with a real translation provider. Unlike automatic translation engines, they have the ability to garantee you that your message will be the same in every language.
Seattle-based Amazon.com said late Wednesday evening that it has launched a new, software development kit for its Kindle electronic reader.
According to Amazon, its new Kindle Development Kit allows developers to create active content for the Kindle, including mobile games, active content, links to web site data, and more. Among firms developing content for the Kindle are EA Mobile, the mobile games arm of Electronic Arts; Handmark, which is developing an active Zagat guide which pulls Zagat's online ratings and reviews onto the Kindle; and Sonic Boom, which is building word games and puzzles for the electronic reader.
Amazon said it will be providing a limited beta to participants who want to access the development kit, which includes sample code, documentation, and a Kindle Simulator which runs on Mac, PC, and Linux desktops.


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ATHLETICS: The reign continues – New Straits Times
Sukan SEA
ATHLETICS: The reign continues – New Straits Times.
NAURAJ Singh Randhawa lived up to his name to become Malaysia's ninth Sea Games high jump king after a flawless display at the Wunna Theikdi Stadium yesterday.
Harith Ammar Sobri, who had never run a 200 metres international race before, surprised everyone by taking silver in the event, the first medal for Malaysia in the longer sprint since Nazmizan Muhammad's double in 2003.
However, it was Nauraj, whose name translates as "nine kings" in Hindi, who bore the burden of continuing Malaysia's winning run in the high jump which eight Malaysians had won before.
Taking over the mantle from three-time champion Lee Hup Wei, Nauraj did not miss a single attempt as he saw off the competition after clearing 2.17m.
Electing to pass 2.21m, which would have bettered his personal best of 2.20, Nauraj went for Loo Kum Zee's 1995 Games record of 2.24m but failed.
"I'm glad I got to be the ninth king," said Nauraj, 20, after making his Sea Games debut.
"I'm satisfied with my performance and this win is for the country and all those who supported me.
"I went for the record because I've never cleared that height and I wanted to get a feel of what it's like to go that high."
Nauraj and teammate S. Navinraj, who finished fifth after clearing 2.09m, were almost caught off guard when their event was brought forward by an hour without notice.
"Actually, it was a bit messed up. I did not get to warm up and it was during the competition that I warmed up," said Nauraj, who only made his first attempt at 2.05m and subsequently cleared 2.13 and 2.17 without trouble.
"It was a challenge but I faced it and did not let it change my mindset." The silver medal for Harith, 19, was remarkable as, never having run under 22 seconds before, he clocked 21.75 in the heats and then 21.46 in the final.
The sprinter from Terengganu, already surprised to make the podium, was initially classified third in the same time as Vietnam's Le Trong Hinh but as he was speaking to reporters, the scoreboard showed he had been upgraded to second to further astonishment.
"I can't believe it," said an incredulous Harith. "I've only run the 200m just once this year and now I can't believe I've got the silver medal."
Thailand's Jirapong Meenapra and Vietnam's Vu Thi Phuong completed the sprint double after winning the men's and women's 200m gold respectively.
Malaysia had no representative in the women's long jump after Noor Amira Nafiah (heel) and Noor Shahidatun Nadia Zuki (hamstring) pulled out due to injuries.
RESULTS (Malaysia unless stated) — Men's 200m: 1 Jirapong Meenapra (Tha) 21.29s, 2 Harith Ammar Sobri 21.46, 3 Le Trong Hinh (Vie) 21.47 … 7 Shamimi Azmi 21.72.
3,000m steeplechase: 1 Christoper Ulboc (Phi) 9:01.59s, 2 Pham Tien San (Vie) 9:02.50, 3 Patikarn Pechsricha (Tha) 9:04.04.
High jump: 1 Nauraj Singh Randhawa 2.17m, 2 Dao Van Thuy (Vie) 2.13, 3 Pramote Pumurai (Tha) 2.13 … 5 S. Navinraj 2.09.
Decathlon: 1 Jesson Ramil Cid (Phi) 7,038 pts, 2 Zakaria Malik (Ina) 6,711, 3 Nguyen Van Dat (Vie) 6,383.
Women's 200m: 1 Vu Thi Huong (Vie) 23.55s, 2 Neeranuch Klomdee (Tha) 24.02, 3 Nguyen Thi Oanh (Vie) 24.13 … 7 S. Komalam Shally 24.95.
3,000m steeplechase: 1 Rini Budiarti (Ina) 10:04.54s, 2 Nguyen Thi Oanh (Vie) 10:30.92, 3 Jessica Barnard (Phi) 11:04.84.
Long jump: 1 Maria Londa (Ina) 6.39m, 2 Thitima Muangjan (Tha) 6.24, 3 Bui Thi Thu Thao (Vie) 6.14.
Javelin: 1 Saowalak Pettong (Tha) 52.96m, 2 Natta Nachan (Tha) 50.37, 3 Bui Thi Xuan (Vie) 48.31.
Read more: ATHLETICS: The reign continues – Other – New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/sports/other/athletics-the-reign-continues-1.437834#ixzz2ntOsaNcP


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TRAK has 22 viewpoints which are grouped into 5 perspectives. Each viewpoint belongs to a single perspective and specifies a single view (type). Each viewpoint specifies what sets of types of architectural description element and relationships (tuples) can appear. The architectural description element types and relationships are specified by the TRAK metamodel.
TRAK Enterprise Architecture Framework document (this document). http://trak.sourceforge.net. This controls TRAK as a whole.
TRAK Enterprise Architecture Framework Viewpoints document. http://trakviewpoints.sourceforge.net. This defines the TRAK viewpoints.
TRAK Enterprise Architecture Framework Metamodel document http://trakmetamodel.sourceforge.net. This defines the architecture description elements that can appear in a viewpoint definition.


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DAMAD & KARST
A double whammy post for you here, Damad were a band from Savannah, Georgia in the U.S. that existed from 1994 - 2000 after they split up 3 members went on to form Kylesa, Unfortunately Damad and founding Kylesa member bassist Brian Duke died from an epeleptic seizure during the recording of Kylesas debut album and now Philip Cope is the only remaining Kylesa member formerly with Damad.Vocalist and provider of artwork for Some of Damad and both of Kart's releases Victoria Scalisi and drummer Scott Duke went on to form Karst. Right that's the Kylesa connection dealt with onto Damad... So Damad had a very unique sound for the time, super heavy sludgy guitars mixed with a touch of industrial, and a big heaping of fat metal riffage, some spoken political samples and electronic noises add this Victoria's fucking brutal vocals and you had one serious wall of noise, though never quite reaching any serious "Fast" tempos their fanbase was mainly based in the political/crusty punk scene and along with Neurosis in my opinion are pretty much resposible for the sound that would later be known as Post Metal. Not that it's all just sheer noise there are some great structures and riffs plus some more "gentle" passages where Victoria is almost singing however if you're not familiar with the band i can assure you they are not an easy listen however if you have an ear for the more original and unique end of heavy music then this is definitely for you and the influence of Damad can be heavily felt in the early Kylesa recordings in fact when i heard Kylesa's first album i was convinced that they had just changed the name! Laura Pleasants of Kylesa and Victoria Scalisi being in my opinion the most BRUTAL female vocalists in heavy music!
So this is not quite a complete Damad discography I have been unable to obtain their "Dam Ol' Flag" EP their demo cassette or their Plus Equals Minus cassette (however i think 2 tracks off this were used on the "Rewind" 7" which is contained here) So here's what you get The First link DAMAD EP's contains their side of a split EP With In/Humanity, "Rewind/Manmade" 7" the "Centric" EP Their 3 Tracks from their Split CD with Meatjack and their track from the "Destroying Southern Tradition" Comp EP I have also uploaded first album "Rise And Fall" and 2nd and final album "Burning Cold". The Damad side of the Meatjack split and both albums are taken from my own CD's and are the usual 320kbps quality, the ep's and the comp track are from decent quality vinyl rips.All of these are great recordings theres not one bad track amongst them theres some great ideas and enough original and fuck off heavy riffage to satisfy any fan of heavy music!
DAMAD EP's - Mediafire
RISE AND FALL - Mediafire
BURNING COLD - Mediafire
So onto Karst... Karst as I've said were formed after Damad split and only released an EP and one album, both of which are not that far removed from what Damad were doing Victoria's vocals are still as brutal as they ever were except I would say whilst Karst are still heavy as shit their guitars are not quite as downtuned and sludgy as Damad's were and there's a slight upshift in tempo's as well making them a little more frantic and less of a bulldozer of sound like Damad overall there's a slightly more hardcore feel to the music (When i say hardcore think of the more original bands like Dead and Gone, Born Against, Econochrist etc) but overall i could not see anyone who liked Damad not liking Karst.
So I have uploaded both the "Receive the Void" EP and the "Vision Of Insane Hope" album for you both at 320kbps from my own CD's which is everything they did.
RECEIVE THE VOID EP - Mediafire
VISON OF INSANE HOPE - Mediafire
I don't know what Victoria Scalisi is up to these days I think she still does artwork for bands and i think some a member of Damad or karst may have been in Baroness but if anyone knows feel free to comment! In the meantime enjoy a double dose of some really original musical brutality!
Posted by Dave Ballantyne at Monday, April 22, 2013
I lived in Savannah when Damad was still around. The last I heard about Victoria other than the Karst recordings and the Damad reunion in 2006 at the Jinx (formerly the Velvet Elvis), she and Damad/Karst's drummer (Scott Cooper I think is his name) settled down and had kids. How true that is, I don't know, but I found that out from a Youtube post from one of the former members of Seeds of Confusion. I was at a Kylesa show at the Dollhouse in Savannah last year, and I found out that Philip Cope's first band was a band that some friends of mine were in--Momento Mori. He left before recording their tape "Starve" back in '92. They definitely had more of a punk-metal sound compared to Damad, but I'm surprised that I didn't wear the tape out! Another band from that time I really dug was Clownknife. HOLY SHIT were they heavy! Unfortunately I never got my hands on their tape and can't find anything online, but several friends of mine had it. I was at their farewell show at the Velvet Elvis in '94 right before they moved to Phoenix, and the set started off without a guitarist. The bassist played all that, and it was some of the heaviest sludge I've ever heard. I had some scars from that pit! \m/
BTW--if you want to see a young Laura Pleasants, check out this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXP3r7mFZz4
She was in the background of the interview my friend Steve from Vibrations of Doom did with Jerry Only and Michale Graves from the Misfits. She also made her first-ever onstage appearance when they called women up to the stage to sing along with "She". She and her friends rode with us to the show. She looked nothing like she does now--she had really short hair and wore spikes.
Hey I Misanthrope, Thanks for your VERY informative comment I wish more people would share their stories on here, I know Momento Mori from their split EP w/ Kylesa but had no idea about Philip Cope having been a member of the band never heard or heard of Clownknife though but i will keep my eyes peeled when I'm surfing! as for Laura in the Misfits vid well she looks VERY different and hey we were all young once right? :-) thanks again and please keep coming back to the blog.
Just found a Clownknife live video from '94. https://youtu.be/6vj8nabgwZA
victoria is still a bad ass you just have to know where to find her.
thanks for the uploads, btw. i'm too lazy to rip this stuff, but you have my blessing to spread it like, whatever.
oh wait - i can straighten this out for ya - Karst was started by Victoria Scalisi (Vocals) Scott Cooper (Drums) Mauro Vidulich (Bass) and some fuckwit guitar player who vanished. the band immediately recorded the masterpiece that is receive the void and was rolling along nicely until Mauro died right in the middle of writing Vision. Matt Maggioni (Baroness, Unpersons) was added on Bass to finish the recording and live shows. A second guitarist was also added (Cullen Barnard) because the original fuckwit guitarist had become completely useless outside of writing the music, so someone needed to keep things sounding tight until the wheels fell off completely because fuckwit guitarist couldn't deal with being part of Karst without Mauro.
oh one more thing - that's a different momento mori... mOmento mori was phillip / mEmento mori is on the split with kylesa. it's in the details.
hey anonymous ok thanks for the info i assume you were involved in these bands somehow?? unfortunately i can only go by what scant info i find on the net so thanks for commenting It's weird this post has been up for 18 months and i'm only hearing this now but thank you for your permission to share this stuff as most of it is out of print and hard to find I had to do a lot of ebaying to gather some of it.
that's because fuckwit guitarist resurfaced and now everyone is like omfg we have to find all those old recordings he was pretty good until he sucked yay!
i think the most important thing to take away is that Victoria Scalisi can still kick anyone's ass on or off the stage.
oh yah, one last thing. yr missing a few things from the Damad EP's and compilations department asides from dam ol flag... there's a deep six comp with a live recording, a hater of god box set comp, a females in extreme metal comp on Dwell Records, a profane existence compilation (but that's the same recording as on burning cold i think) a few other knick knacks like a track from a passive fist compilation... there's probably more stuff than that I just can't think of it right now. the two tracks from the plus equals minus cassette made it onto recordings as well, btw. i just have to think really really hard to figure out where. or go crate digging. neither of which i'm up for right now, soz!
here's a few places you can get lucky and fill in all the blanks for prolly under 100 quid.
http://www.discogs.com/Damad-Damad/release/2344225
http://www.discogs.com/Various-In-Our-Time/release/1573644
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Deadly-Sins/release/1494527
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Unforeseen-Disasters/release/1511164
http://www.discogs.com/Various-A-Tradition-Of/release/1506444
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Awakening-Females-In-Extreme-Music/release/1064901
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ox-Compilation-Nr-27-Haistakaapapaska-The-Most-Voljume-For-The-Basic-Treatment/release/819676
http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-GoodBad-And-The-Ugly/release/1512877
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Aftermath/master/52160
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ox-Compilation-39-Noisemakers-Hellraisers/release/2765559
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Reality-Part-4/master/308333
Hey anonymous thanks again Discogs is my holy temple of worship i use it for everything i put on here along with my own knowledge, the Damad track on "aftermath" (Profane Existence) is indeed from "Burning Cold" I know about the track on "Deadly Sins" 7" comp box set but was never able to source it and I never bother with live tracks as my opinion is what's the point unless you were at the show? Personally tho anonymous I'd like to take this conversation off the blog you can contact me on davealba71@gmail.com or friend me on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DaveBallantyne1971 I'd be interested to hear more about who you are and your involvement with Damad & Karst? This post was more about the sharing of the main body of work however if i could have sourced the other tracks i would have I did have a CD rip of the Plus = Minus cassette but it got lost somewhere over the years, anyway get in touch dude I'd like to chat more about all this,
Does anyone know where to find a copy of Momento Mori - starve? I had their tape along time ago, would love to hear them again.
sorry anon I can't help if any readers can feel free to use the comments here.
I still have Momento Mori's Starve on cassette - surprised it still plays! Unfortunately I lost the artwork since I let a friend borrow it. I sent a message to their former drummer Josh Wendelkin on Facebook a few years ago to see if I could post mp3s of it online. I never heard back from him, though. He went to high school with me, and I think he has a studio in Arizona now. I still occasionally talk to their former singer Robert Abernathy. He was also in Damad and now has a project on SoundCloud called The Pipes of Drone. Anyway, email me at imisanthropeofficial@gmail.com if you want me to rip you a copy of it. Really awesome punk metal!
romastian 1 May 2016 at 07:43
Great uploads man, been looking everywhere for these albums!! Thanks a bunch! Is there a possibility to obtain a lossless rip from your CDs?
Dave Ballantyne 1 May 2016 at 07:48
Hi Romastion, No sorry I'm afraid my computer does not recognise or accept any kind of FLAC file the CD rips are at 320kbps with music recorded as cheaply as this was at the time I doubt flac would reveal any better frequencies or quality.Thanks for the comment.
Not sure why it's not posting under I, Misanthrope - doesn't matter. Anyway, Victoria and Scott have a new band, and I see they played some shows in Savannah, even one with Black Tusk. I haven't heard them yet, but here's a link to their Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/LIES-in-STONE-1814614632099605/
Dave Ballantyne 27 September 2016 at 09:53
Thanks for the heads up on that chris I will check that out I love victorias work as a vocalist and an artist sorry I took so long to reply,
Even more good news about Victoria - check this out! This was last weekend. http://m.connectsavannah.com/savannah/the-return-of-damad/Content?oid=3753426
So I think that and Cope's other projects explain Kylesa's hiatus.
Got the Dam Ol' Flag 7" off of Discogs,and just converted it to MP3 so I can play it on my phone. Kicks ass \m/ So glad they reunited and are playing shows again!
Dave Ballantyne 5 January 2017 at 06:18
.Hey cheris... Any chance of sharing that Dam' Ol Flag 7"?
Love to hear it! my email adress is davealba71@gmail.com
Sure thing - let me know what you think about it. It's a bit different from the band they became
captain2man 30 December 2016 at 20:15
My band played with Damad at a skatepark in Athens, GA back in the late 90s. They were amazing. Victoria's vocals were brutal (and doing so while very pregnant). When we played Savannah, a few of them came out to see us which was awesome. Saw them the following year at ABC No Rio in NYC. Great band with a pretty perfect catalog of records. I'll be seeing them next month at St. Vitus Bar in Brooklyn with Starkweather. Their first show up here in 18 years.
Hey Jeff that show you played with Damad sounds way cool! What was your band? And yeah the back catalog is Impressive if small I don't know why anyone hasn't compiled all the comp tracks and Ep's together in one package! Thanks for the comment
I read a recent interview with Philip Cope where he said they would be doing that soon \m/
So I found out why they had to cancel the NYC show last month. Please read and help Victoria out any way you can - https://www.gofundme.com/help-support-victoria?rcid=53e80d9568d5459b8b8fcfe86d192cf0
Hi Chris yeah I have done it was all over facebook tragic isn't it i hope she gets better soon. thanks for commenting ,
I hope so too. I know she went through treatment and everything, and I think they said she's doing better. I hate to see anyone go through that. But like everything else, I believe Victoria will kick its ass \m/
Just heard Victoria passed away last night :( Thank you so much for your awesome music - you will be sorely missed! http://www.revolvermag.com/music/victoria-scalisi-sludge-band-damad-dead-after-battle-cancer/23598
WOBURN HOUSE
INFAUST


US President Barack Obama had to break away from his speech to the Democratic National Committee in California when he was interrupted by a heckler.
A man in the crowd began shouting "Freedom for Ethiopia!", and despite the president's best efforts, he didn't manage to stop the taunts.
The man, who described himself as an exiled journalist and freedom activist trying to raise the voices of Ethiopians, later handed out copies of a letter he wrote to the president about aiding the "oppressed people of Ethiopia".
Difficult words: interrupt (start speaking when somebody's speaking), heckler (somebody who interrupts you), taunt (comment), oppress (to treat somebody cruelly).


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Pool People/
Kelly Fisher is the AZB female Player of the Year!
Kelly Fisher
Kelly Fisher has been chosen the AZBilliards female Player of the Year for 2008. Ms. Fisher had a simply stellar 2008, claiming victories at both the WPBA US Open and the WPBA Pacific Coast Classic and runner-up honors at The WPBA Great Lakes Classic and the WPBA Nationals. In fact, Fisher was in the top ten at ALL of the WPBA events for 2008. In addition to the above-mentioned first and second-place finishes she also garnered two fifth-place finishes (GenerationPool.com and WPBA San Diego) and a 9th at the Carolina Classic.
Many fans had expected Fisher to earn this honor earlier than she did. When she came over from England in 2005 and became a WPBA pro she came with a lot of credentials. She was six times the World Snooker Champion and seven times the European Snooker Champion. This was the Fisher who was going to unseat the other Fisher, the Queen Allison who had so long dominated the WPBA winners list.
But while Kelly had her shining moments, even winning the West Coast Classic that first year, she fell short of the goals that many had put out for her. The next year she also enjoyed a single WPBA victory lap – again for the San Diego Classic. But 2007 became the year that she really blossomed. That year she won the Great Lakes event, the San Diego Classic (again) had two second-place WPBA finishes and a third. It was evident to all that she had begun to find her gear.
That gear drove her to the top in 2008 and she wears the crown well. In addition to her 'table job', she is also President of KwikFire Cues and is involved in the future of the game by sponsoring the KwikFire Kids, 13-year old Jonathan Castillo from New Jersey and 10-year old Taylor Reynolds from Maine. Ms. Fisher's outgoing personality and willingness to promote the game led WPBA pro Sarah Rousey to comment: " She's one of the nicest, most approachable people you could ever meet. She is always willing to share her knowledge with everyone and help anyone out." AZBilliards agrees with that assessment and we heartily congratulate Kelly Fisher for being our female Player of the Year for 2009!
Jerry Forsyth - AzB Staff
Kelly Fisher 3-peats in San Diego
Billiards Digest Staff | Apr 23, 2007
Kelly Fisher Lands Diamondback Sponsorship
Press Release | Mar 29, 2007
Fisher Nominated for 'Sportswoman of the Year' Honors
AzB Staff | Aug 28, 2008