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Can anyone tell me where I can download instructions for a KT74.
I have just called Kewtech and enquired about a PDF manual for the KT74, they are sending it to me via email.
I will forward it onto you as soon as I get it.
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Despite conducting her own government business through a personal "homebrew" server while secretary of state, Hillary Clinton is seen in a newly obtained video lecturing her staff of their "special duty" to recognize the importance of cybersecurity.
"Together we can do our part to improve the security of the State Department and of our nation," Clinton says.
Asked for comment, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz told Foxnews.com, "Hillary Clinton needs only to look into the mirror to find the biggest cyber security risk."
Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said, "This is not new. It has been widely reported that during Clinton's tenure the State Department issued these kinds of warnings about possible cybersecurity to employees. These warnings were more than appropriate given that it was subsequently confirmed that State's email was hacked."
During her interview with the FBI, according to bureau documents released last month, Clinton claimed she could not remember a number of details regarding the training or guidance she received on various areas of department protocol. The interview summary said Clinton "could not recall" any briefing or training regarding the retention of federal records or the handling of classified information.
The video marks the latest example of how Clinton ran afoul of the very practices she expected others to follow. As Fox News' Catherine Herridge previously reported, an internal 2011 department cable shows Clinton's office once told employees not to use personal email for security reasons.
The same year, Clinton skipped a cyber briefing that the department security team put together just for her, according to congressional investigators and an unclassified letter from the State Department.
In 2010, the same year as the video, some State Department officials were voicing concerns about Clinton's own email and computer setup. A department report found that two Information Resource Management officials had discussed worries about the system and were told it was approved by the legal department staff.


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NASA's Kepler Mission Extended to 2016
April 10, 2012 - Astronomy, Search for Life, Space - Tagged: Astronomy, earthlike, kepler, Kepler-22 - no comments
Kepler Telescope
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — NASA's Kepler mission has been approved for extension through fiscal year 2016 based on a recommendation from the Agency's Senior Review of its operating missions.. The extension provides four additional years to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone — the region in a planetary system where liquid water could exist on the surface of an orbiting planet – around sun-like stars in our galaxy. The 2012 Senior Review report is available at:
https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/2012-senior-review
"Kepler has revolutionized our understanding of exoplanets and the study of stellar seismology and variability," said Roger Hunter, Kepler project manager at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. "There is currently no other mission in development that can replace or surpass the precision of Kepler. This extended mission will afford Kepler a unique opportunity to rewrite our understanding of the galaxy and our place in it."
Launched in March 2009, the Kepler spacecraft identifies planet candidates by repeatedly measuring the tiny change in brightness of more than 150,000 stars to detect when a planet transits the face of the star. The size of the planet can be derived from these periodic dips in brightness. At least three transits are required to verify a signal as a planet.
"Kepler offers a new technical capability, opening a new measurement parameter space, and as often happens with such developments, that has led to unexpected results…. There has been a continuous stream of new findings – the assimilation and exploitation of new opportunities is just beginning," as stated by the committee in the 2012 Senior Review report.
The mission's discoveries beyond our solar system include the first unquestionably rocky planet; the first multiple-transiting planet system; the first small planet in the habitable zone; the first Earth-size planets; the smallest Mars-size planets; and the confirmation of a new class of double-star planetary systems.
Ames Research Center manages Kepler's ground system development, mission operations and science data analysis. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., managed the Kepler mission's development.
Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colo., developed the Kepler flight system and supports mission operations with the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore archives, hosts and distributes Kepler science data. Kepler is NASA's 10th Discovery Mission and is funded by NASA's Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington.
For more information about the Kepler mission, visit:
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I am obsessed with Stacy and Chris' engagement session at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. The weather could not have been more gorgeous, and Stacy looked amazing in her dress from Rent the Runway. Their wedding is this October at Chandler Hill Vineyards, and I cannot wait.
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UroToday - Dr. James Elmore, et al. from Atlanta evaluated, to see if there was a difference in clinical outcome, two groups of children who were cured of reflux with either open surgery or Deflux injection. Forty-three patients underwent Deflux and thirty-three open reimplantation for vesicotueral reflux. The group defined urinary tract infection as any culture that grew more than 10(5) colonies of a single organism, with symptoms typical of cystitis. A febrile urinary tract infection was defined as a previously described cystitis type of infection accompanied by a temperature greater than 101.5F.
The group found that the incidence of urinary tract infection after open surgery was significantly higher than that observed following successful Deflux injection. They found that 38% of the patients who had open surgery did have recurrent UTIs. Those who had a Deflux injection had a recurrent UTI rate of only 15%. A febrile urinary tract infection occurred in 24% of the children who underwent open surgery and in 5% of those who underwent Deflux injection. Hospital readmissions were only seen in children who underwent open surgery.
The group concluded that children successfully cured of reflux with Deflux injection had a lower incidence of febrile and nonfebrile urinary tract infections compared to those cured with open surgery in their experience. This is an interesting finding and some may argue that the open surgery can add to the dysfunctional voiding of patients - especially in the early postoperative period. It is an interesting observation, but one must also evaluate why open surgery was required in those children in the first place. Was it because of a higher grade of reflux? Was it the higher rate of recurrence of febrile urinary tract infections? Was it because of renal scarring? All such patients are at higher risk and are typically treated with open surgery rather than injection therapy.
If they are at increased risk, is it truly because of bladder dysfunction or is it attributable to the procedure? In my opinion, most likely it will be bladder driven, and have nothing at all do with the procedure - but everything to do with the patients themselves.


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Running for wellbeing this winter
Posted on 18 December 2020 by Alumni team
The winter months can be difficult for anyone struggling with their mental health, this year more than ever.
Meet the volunteer – Scott Bowers
Scott Bowers (BA 2003, PGDip 2004) is a Cardiff University volunteer who's been an alumni ambassador, a member of Cardiff University Court, and a student mentor. He works professionally as chief corporate affairs officer for one of the UK's leading sports businesses, The Jockey Club, and has recently become a dad. Read on to discover why he is such an enthusiastic and dedicated volunteer.
Meet the Researcher – Professor Anne Rosser
Huntington's is a devastating disease, caused by a faulty gene which stops the brain working properly, affecting mobility, learning, thinking and emotions. We spoke to researcher Anne Rosser, Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences at Cardiff University.
Unusual career paths and creative outlets – For Alumni, By Alumni
Posted on 17 November 2020 by Alumni team
James Orpwood (BSc 2002, PhD 2006) has gone from fisheries scientist to mountaineer, conquering tremendous heights and tackling a new career path. He's also about to publish his first book, written during many lockdown hours as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. James describes his personal career journey and how he made the most out of his spare time…
Examined Life: Neville John (BMus 1957)
Posted on 21 October 2020 by Alumni team
Neville John (BMus 1957) was born in Tumble, Carmarthenshire and studied cello at Cardiff University. He led a successful career as a music teacher and composer following his studies and recently celebrated his 90th birthday. In this Examined Life, he reflects on his musical family, his fondest memories of Cardiff and the historical disaster that inspired him to compose.
The journey starts here – For Alumni, By Alumni
Nadine Lock (BA 2001) has worked in Human Resources for over ten years in the Third Sector and Private Sector. She reflects on the journey facing the Class of 2020, and shares the things she wished she'd known as a new graduate.
Cardiff University to provide a coronavirus (COVID-19) screening service for asymptomatic students and staff
Posted on 24 September 2020 by Alumni team
Cardiff University is implementing a number of innovative protective measures as the campus reopens, including the creation of a unique mass screening service for asymptomatic University students and staff
Avoiding burnout by finding your 'thing' – For Alumni, by Alumni
Gemma Clatworthy (BA 2007) discovered a passion for storytelling during her Ancient History studies at Cardiff University, but it wasn't until a global pandemic and a country-wide lockdown that she learned about the stress-relieving power of focusing on something you love. Here, she shares her struggles with balancing a career, childcare and the unrealistic desire to be perfect, and how she narrowly avoided burnout by channelling her feelings into a creative pastime.
Meet the Researcher – Dr Sarah Lauder
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and each year around 55,000 people are diagnosed in the UK alone. Ahead of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, we spoke to cancer researcher Sarah Lauder (BSc 2002, PhD 2007), a Research Associate at Cardiff University's Gallimore Godkin Cancer Immunology Lab.
Giving young adults experiences that will stay with them for life
Cardiff University's Global Opportunities programme gives students the chance to volunteer, work and study abroad, and benefit from the experiences they would have otherwise missed out on. We spoke to Sammy Fagan (Chemistry 2018-) who spent summer 2019 teaching children in Tanzania.
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In an age when many establishments are cutting down on their financial committment to classical music, it is heartening to read about expansions. Merton College, Oxford, are setting up a new choral foundation with Peter Phillips, of Tallis Scholars fame, as the musical director. From 2008/09 the college will be offering up to 16 choral scholarships. Initially the choir (mixed) will sing 2 services per week. At the moment services are sung by volunteer choristers directed by an organ scholar.
David Hill, currently musical director of St. Johns College, Cambridge, is stepping down next summer to take over the BBC Singers. Currently the singers are directed by Stephen Cleobury (of Kings College, Cambridge) who becomes conductor Laureate. Though Cleobury managed to direct the singers in addition to his existing commitments, Hill evidently does not feel that the can balance everything; he is also musical director of the Bach Choir.
And Andrew Manze is stepping down from the English Concert and his place being taken by Harry Bicket; Bicket joined the orchestra in 1984 as harpsichordist. This is his first directorship of an orchestra, in recent years he has made his name as a conductor of operas, mainly baroque, at such venues as the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago, Covent Garden and the Bavarian State Opera. It was Munich who gave him his first big leg up when he took over from Charles Mackerras when Mackerras objected to the rather avant garde nature of the Richard Jones production in a Handel opera. Since then, Bicket has conducted a number of Handel's operas both there and in other venues.
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Little Red Robin #12: Lulu and the Caterpillars Award-winning author
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Get ready to read! LITTLE RED ROBINS are ideal for sharing and reading together. Full colour illustrations throughout.
Lulu loves animals. All sorts of animals. Huge ones like elephants. Small ones like ladybirds. Dangly ones, climbing ones, furry ones, even flying ones.
When Lulu finds twenty-seven unwanted caterpillars in some nettles, she takes them all home to look after. She's especially excited because she knows that soon the caterpillars will turn into beautiful butterflies.
Little Red Robin (book 12)
Little Red Robin
Hilary McKay
Hilary McKay was born in Boston, Lincolnshire and is the eldest of four girls. From a very early age she read voraciously and grew up in a household of readers. Hilary says of herself as a child "I anaesthetised myself against the big bad world with large doses of literature. The local library was as familiar to me as my own home."
After reading Botany and Zoology at St. Andrew's University Hilary then went on to work as a biochemist in an Analysis Department. Hilary enjoyed the work but at the same time had a burning desire to write. After the birth of her two children, Hilary wanted to devote more time to bringing up her children and writing so decided to leave her job.
One of the best things about being a writer, says Hilary, is receiving letters from children. She wishes that she had written to authors as a child, but it never occurred to her to contact them!
Hilary has written many books but is probably best known for the award-winning Casson family series.
Hilary now lives in a small village in Derbyshire with her family. When not writing Hilary loves walking, reading, and having friends to stay.
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Over Christmas break I had the chance to see my family in Iowa. My younger brother and his wife are expecting their first child. A little girl they plan to name Elizabeth. While I was home they asked me to paint a mural on the walls of their nursery. They picked out the images and I spent about 8 hours putting it on the walls. It turned out fairly well, for my first mural. The important thing was that they were excited and said it was exactly what they wanted. Little Elizabeth is expected to enjoy her new room this coming May!


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Historical novel sheds light on "Barbado'ed" Irish
Brian Fitzpatrick, writing for Irish Emigrant, looks at a new novel by William P. Sexton that sheds light on the history of the Irish in Barbados. Follow the link below for the review's original post.
An American-born chronicler of Irish history, William P. Sexton, has penned a new historical novel centered on the fate of the Irish men, women and children transported to Barbados in the 1600's by Oliver Cromwell. In the aftermath of the conquest of Ireland, Cromwell deported a great many Irish who refused to give up their land or to fight in foreign wars; others were simply lifted from the streets and shipped to the Caribbean to work as slaves or indentured laborers on tobacco plantations. The majority ended up in Barbados, Montserrat or Jamaica, and these forced transfers became so prevalent that the term "Barbado'ed" was coined to mean someone deported to Barbados.
Slaves transported by white settlers first arrived on Barbados in the 1620's and continued to be sent there for decades in order to feed the booming trade in forced labor. By 1667, there were over 40,000 slaves on the island. However, most descendants of the "Barbado'ed" Irish were eventually able to move away from the island (many to other parts of the Caribbean), as African slavery became the norm. The number of Irish sent to Barbados is not known for certain. Estimates vary widely, from a high of 60,000 to a low of 12,000. The enslavement of Africans in Barbados continued until 1834, when the slaves were emancipated (conditional to completing a four-year period of apprenticeship). By then the Irish of Barbados had disappeared into history; the census of the 1880's did not identify any Barbadians as Irish.
What did remain in the region was a small population of poor whites, often called 'Red Legs'. According to folk etymology, the name is derived from the effects of the tropical sun on their fair-skinned legs. They are thought to be the descendants of the "Barbado'ed" victims of Cromwell's wars, be they Irish, Scottish or English (many Enlglishmen were also "Barbado'ed" following the Monmouth Rebellion). These descendants are to this day dotted around Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada and a few other Caribbean islands. In Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago they are known as "Bakras", meaning "back row".
Sexton's novel tells the tale of Sean Tierney, a veteran of the early siege of Limerick taken from his home in the middle of the night and sent to Barbados in chains. The swashbuckling, pirate-slaying narrative tells of his 35-year long effort to return to Limerick against all odds, taking in a gamut of historically-themed encounters with the likes of Michel de Grammont, and spanning exotic locations such as Panama, Mexico, Venezuela and Hispaniola. It sheds light on an absolutely fascinating and still divisive subject matter in an entertaining manner, spinning one man's personalized thread around a period and practice still shrouded in some mystery.
William P. Sexton was born in New York City to Irish-born parents, and lived in Ireland during the seventies. He is married with two sons and two grandsons, living in New Jersey. He has previously written three Irish historical novels: Liam O'Connor, I Have Not Forgotten Thee, and Nina's Irish Odyssey. For details on how to obtain a copy of "Escape from Barbados" see www.oseasnain.com
For the original post go to http://www.irishemigrant.com/ie/go.asp?p=story&storyID=6910
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Domain Tasting - A Short History
Domain tasting was a practice rampant up until relatively recently - one that has effectively been stomped on by ICANN, freeing up millions of domain names for legitimate registration.
When a domain name is registered, an AGP (Add Grace Period) applies whereby a registrant has five days (3 days for .com au) to request a refund.
Some were abusing this grace period by testing multiple domain names to see if they could be monetised through the placement of advertising on a web page created for the domains. When domain names proved to be non-productive during the Add Grace Period, the registrant applied for a refund; keeping only the domain names showing promise; hence the name "domain tasting".
The scale of the problem grew to incredible proportions up until 2008/2009 as millions of domain names were being "tasted" and refunded. In fact, at its worst, it's believed the number of incidences of domain tasting far outnumbered legitimate registrations as some parties were tasting thousands of domain names at a time. It's believed some registrars were well aware of the practice, but turning a blind eye to it in order to scoop up the fees from a taster's successful tests.
The issue came to a head in 2008 when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) introduced a non-refundable charge for each domain name registration. Given there were far more "loser" domains than winners in the tasting process, the small charge was enough to discourage the practice.
In August 2009, ICANN released a report entitled "The End Of Domain Tasting" that stated measures introduced had resulted in a massive 99.7% decrease in AGP deletes from June 2008 to April 2009.


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Ariana Gillis
Book Artist
Hailing from just outside Toronto, Ariana Gillis began taking singing lessons at the age of six, but she was hardly thrilled. So, her father encouraged her to write her own material and learn to play the guitar. An award-winning songwriter himself, he gave her invaluable insight into the process. However, music's importance didn't really become apparent until her final year of high school, when she came down with double pneumonia. She missed three months of school, and couldn't sing properly for about
a year. "Within that span of time, I realized I needed music. I craved it."
With renewed focus, Gillis made an immediate impact on the Niagara music scene, winning Songwriter of the Year at the 2009 Niagara Music Awards, followed by Female Vocalist and Album of the Year in 2010. She networked at music conferences, which led to a quick, two-song performance for Dave Marsh in a stairwell in Memphis, following the release of her second album, Forget Me Not. Marsh then played Gillis on his Sirius XM radio show, which caught the attention of Elton John's songwriting partner.
"I'm staggered by how good she is. There's not much that impresses me these days but after hearing her available tracks, I can honestly say she's the single most exciting artist I've heard in a long time."
Grammy Award-winning Lyricist, Bernie Taupin —
"I've never seen an unknown performer with more power as when I saw Ariana…. I couldn't stop talking about her. She may be the best new emerging artist anywhere."
Writer - Rock Critic - Historian, Dave Marsh —
"I have been a fan of Ariana Gillis since discovering her music on satellite radio in 2009…something rare and unseen - genuine, un-calculated, un-co-opted, art from a soulful gem."
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Police investigate string of fires in Fort Madison
According to police, officers found a house with flames in the 2800 block of Avenue O, several blocks away from the originally given location.
Published: Jan. 23, 2023 at 9:03 AM CST|Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 10:02 AM CST
FORT MADISON, Iowa (KWQC) - Police are investigating after they say there has been a string of fires in Fort Madison.
The Fort Madison Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire around 4 a.m. Sunday, according to Fort Madison police in a media release.
The fire was extinguished before serious damage, police said. The home remains occupied.
After an initial investigation, it was found accelerant was used at an outside corner of the home, police said. There was a second fire across the street to a neighbor's yard ornament.
The fires are believed to possibly be related to a string of fires in the city's southside, police said. This fire was the third on the same two-block stretch of Avenue O.
According to police, this fire was the first attempt on an occupied home, other fires were on vacant houses.
The investigation is ongoing, police said. The State Fire Marshall was contacted.
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Jan and Cora Gordon
Here are more than 200 posts on Jan and Cora Gordon; famous travellers, writers, artists and musicians in the first half of the 20th century. They were articulate witnesses to the cultures and events of Europe and the USA from before WW1 to just after WW2. The abundance of primary materials presented here should make this a valuable resource for researchers. For a structured overview of the lives and works of the Gordons, please visit: http://www.pbase.com/hajar/art_of_jan_and_cora_gordon
Jan and Cora Gordon in Portugal 1933
Passenger records for 1933 reveal that Jan and Cora Gordon departed for Lisbon from Liverpool on board the Arlanza, leaving Southampton on the 6th May 1933. Jan Gordon was 51 and Cora 54. They arrived back in Liverpool on the 11th August 1933, on board the Deseado Royal Mail ship.
The account of this journey can be found in Book II of "Portuguese Somersault", Book I being concerned with an earlier and less successful trip after which they had vowed never to go back.
On the Arlanza to Lisbon, May 1933
At the end of their first visit they had purchased a pottery bull in Amarante for one escudo (about twopence-halfpenny at the time)."The body was bright orange, and it stood on stiff orange legs. From each side of a golden, conical head enormous horns spread out with a subtle and striking double curve. The tail was bent in a loop, and the lower half was attached to the side of the leg." This bull is illustrated on the cover of the book and also makes an appearance in a picture of their London flat in Clanricarde Gardens.
Cover of Portuguese Somersault (1934)
On the second journey the Gordons made four trips: a pilgrimage to Fatima; a trip to Beja, Mertola and The Algarve; a third to Evora, Elvas, Portalegre and the Castello de Vide; Marvão and the wine-shop in Castello de Vide; and finally a visit to Nazareth.
The route of the second Portuguese journey
The Gordons had timed their visit to be able to participate in the Fatima pilgrimage honouring the vision of the Blessed Virgin seen by three children on May 13, 1917. They progressed with the crowds towards a large stone altar, "hollowed like a basin, into which the pilgrims were throwing the ends of their candles and tapers ..." They observe that "religion and superstition in Portugal often go back apparently to the most primitive beliefs and practices of the folk; and here we had, not only a most convenient way of getting rid of candle ends - always something of a problem after a big procession - but possibly also a burning sacrifice, echo perhaps of the vestal fires of ancient Rome."
Pilgrimage to Fatima
The Algarve trip took them through Elvas, close to the border with Spain (a place I visited in 1990). They were impressed by the Elvas policeman, but not by the situation of the cafe placed exactly opposite the gaol. They found a Pensão with a broad terrace providing an enchanting view of the town.
Labyrinths of whitewash at Elvas
They were delighted one day to find a family with guitars. The father was blind. "At last the blind man had his guitarra in tune with his wife's guitar, which in Portugal is called a viola. Then, at our request, they began to play an accompaniment and obbligato, while the round-cheeked daughter sang a fado."
The blind singer
During the third trip the Gordons visited a wine-shop in Castello de Vide and found the owners delighted that Jo [Cora] thought their shop, with its elegant earthenware pots, worth painting.
The wine shop at Castello de Vide
At Nazareth they found a town of holidaymakers and fishermen, a "striking contrast of ease and poverty. A painting of the fishermen of Nazareth is shown in Jack Bilbo's obituary for Jan Gordon.
The boats of Nazareth
The book ends with the sight of whole families of women and children, all dressed in black sleeping out on the Nazareth beach, reminding Jo [Cora] of "Five-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie." They were told that they did this every summer, letting their houses to visitors, homeless all the summer long to amass enough money to keep themselves from starving during the winter. "..the flat yellow sand, lit here and there by the glimmers of the lamps along the front, backed by the dark mute hulls of the beached boats, and, scattered over the wide space, those patient women, shrouded in their shawls like small self-contained tents."
Jan and Cora Gordon in Albania
Jan and Cora Gordon visited Albania in the summer of 1925 and in 1927 published the book " Two Vagabonds in Albania ." Two phrases from this book resonated when I first read it: " Now and again a wolf howled from far away, and somewhere a kid, lost or smelling some wolf-taint in the air, bleated with persistent terror " pg. 138. and " As we came down into the cultivated fields of the valley we found ourselves walking through clouds of red-winged grasshoppers, which sprang up on all sides with a clattering flight ." pg. 139 The book begins with "Don't stay in Durazzo." From Durazzo they made a clockwise loop to the south, passing through Tirana, Elbasan, Berat, Kelcyre, Permeti and Gjinokastro before returning north to Tirana. The second leg of the journey was an excursion to the north, from Scutari up into the mountains. Map of prominent places visited on the southern loop described in "Two Vagabonds in Albania"
Jan and Cora Gordon: Who was "K"?
On a quiet Sunday afternoon, rereading Jan Gordon 's " GRADUS AD ... MONTPARNASSUM " (Blackwood's, March 1929, under his "Salis" pseudonym) I wondered who the character known only as "K" might be. The text states that, "K --- has since climbed to eminence, the button of the legion of honour, the front page of a great daily, poems in profusion, and a number of plays; but in those days he clung to a paper which hung on the edge of bankruptcy, and was the author of one slim book of verse in praise of opium dreams, a long way after Baudelaire." "K" chose Jan and Cora Gordon to exhibit their work at the art gallery of a fashionable photographer he "had been of service to", referred to in the text as "M". The show "was noticed favourably" and Cora sold (to a diplomat, perhaps Paul Morand ) "a big exuberant drawing in colour of the Cleopatra-cum-anachronism period." Jan Gordon was not c
Jan and Cora Gordon: An Encounter with Édouard de Max
During the second of the Paris art shows described in Jan Gordon's "GRADUS AD ... MONTPARNASSUM" (Blackwood's, March 1929, under his "Salis" pseudonym) a lady poetess "swore that De M---, the great French actor, must see Claribel's [Cora Gordon's] drawings. But, alas! De M--- was in bed." The poetess took Cora in a cab to see the actor, along with the more exotic and esoteric of her drawings (according to Jan Gordon, Cora's designs were "mostly of semi-nude dancers making arabesques of themselves to a counter rhythm of draperies and cats.") Left in an antechamber, she found herself "in the midst of a weird collection", every piece in the crowded assemblage "picked for some sinister or erotic quality." "At intervals a creaking voice uttered French words of considerable impropriety" - this was a parrot. Behind a curtain was a bathroom in which the bath was scooped in the black marble floor. &qu
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Trump directs former White House counsel McGahn to defy subpoena, not appear before Congress
President Donald Trump said last month that his administration is "fighting all the subpoenas" issued by House Democrats seeking testimony related to Mueller's report.
Trump directs McGahn to defy Congressional subpoena
May 20, 2019, 7:34 PM UTC / Updated May 20, 2019, 9:31 PM UTC
By Dartunorro Clark
President Donald Trump has directed former White House counsel Don McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena and not testify Tuesday, current White House counsel Pat Cipollone said Monday.
In a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Cipollone wrote that the Justice Department "has advised me that Mr. McGahn is absolutely immune from compelled congressional testimony with respect to matters occurring during his service as a senior adviser to the President."
He added, "the President has directed Mr. McGahn not to appear at the Committee's scheduled hearing" on Tuesday.
McGahn's lawyer, William Burck, informed the committee that his client would not appear at the Tuesday hearing.
"Mr. McGahn...must honor his ethical and legal obligations as a former senior lawyer and senior adviser to the President," Burck wrote. "In short, it is our view that the Committee's dispute is not with Mr. McGahn but with the White House...Mr. McGahn remains obligated to maintain the status quo and respect the President's instruction."
Hours before the letter from McGahn's lawyer, Nadler lashed out at Trump.
"The President acted again and again — perhaps criminally — to protect himself from federal law enforcement," Nadler said. "Don McGahn personally witnessed the most egregious of these acts. President Trump knows this. He clearly does not want the American people to hear firsthand about his alleged misconduct, and so he has attempted to block Mr. McGahn from speaking in public."
Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, criticized Nadler for subpoenaing McGhan, suggest that the chairman read McGahn's testimony documented in Mueller's report instead.
"What better way to ensure we don't hear from McGahn this week than by subpoenaing a witness who's categorically immune from testifying?" Collins tweeted. "
What better way to ensure we don't hear from McGahn this week than by subpoenaing a witness who's categorically immune from testifying? Thankfully, McGahn's testimony is in Vol 2 of the #MuellerReport, 99.9% of which is available to the chairman, should he ever choose to read it.
— Rep. Doug Collins (@RepDougCollins) May 20, 2019
McGahn had been subpoenaed by Nadler's committee to answer questions about Mueller's investigation of President Donald Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 election. The Justice Department, in a legal opinion made public Monday, said McGahn could not legally be compelled to testify, citing the principle of the separation of powers.
Sources close to McGahn say they have received the Justice Department's legal opinion and a letter from the White House instructing McGahn not to testify, which are being reviewed.
Last month, Trump said that his administration is "fighting all the subpoenas" and that he has been the "most transparent president and administration in the history of our country by far."
McGahn was a key witness in Mueller's probe into whether the president attempted to derail the investigation. Mueller's 448-page report said, for example, that Trump ordered McGahn to tell Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that "Mueller has to go." McGahn resisted those efforts despite Trump's insistence, the report said. But, when news of those events were first reported in The New York Times months later, Trump sought to have McGahn deny it and write a letter "for our records" changing his story.
McGahn, who left the administration last year, was subpoenaed in April by Nadler for testimony and documents as part of the panel's investigation into possible obstruction of justice by the president and others.
However, Cipollone sent a letter to Nadler in early May objecting to the request. Cipollone did not assert executive privilege in the letter but suggested that the White House considers the documents privileged.
Cipollone argued that the documents "remain legally protected from disclosure under longstanding constitutional principles, because they implicate significant Executive Branch confidentiality interests and executive privilege," adding that McGahn "does not have the legal right to disclose these documents.
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney also directed McGahn not to produce the subpoenaed White House records because the White House is the "appropriate legal custodian." Cipollone added that the Department of Justice "is aware of and concurs with this legal position."
Dartunorro Clark
Dartunorro Clark is a political reporter for NBC News.
Kelly O'Donnell and Alex Moe contributed.


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How can I find foreclosures in Aberarder?
This saves me a lot of time and effort. I don't have to search the internet for many hours looking at different Realtors websites sifting through houses in Aberarder that are not really foreclosures or don't fit what I am searching for.
Other options for finding foreclosed residential or commercial properties is to reach out to your local bank to see if they are carrying properties in their portfolio or to contact a local Realtor that specializes in foreclosure listings. Many Realtors will list just about any property they can get their hands on but they may not be well versed in the foreclosure purchasing process so you need to be educated before going in.
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How you can buy a foreclosed condo in Aberarder, NU.
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How do you purchase a distress sale homes in Nunavut?
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int(104) Poll: When are you most active on the site?
Poll: When are you most active on the site?
What months do you find yourself most available for posting?
As part of the mods recent attempts to help increase activity on the site, and due to the number of people on the site with jobs that change shifts based on the season, and the number of college people dealing with exams and other issues, we felt it would a good idea to see what months people tend to be more active on the site.
This may, or may not, have an effect on things like future PPV's and events, depending upon results.
So, if you please, pick the time that matches the most with your schedule, and perhaps leave a comment regarding when and why you find yourself the most, and least, available and active on the site.
Re: Poll: When are you most active on the site?
I should have the most time in July and December, but it is also a question of inspiration for a given thread, mental stability and availability of posting partners, so I did not vote for a special time.
Honestly, pretty much anytime that isn't December works for me, since my job gets crazy around Christmas.
Trick question; I'm never active on the site.
I would have loved to pick something specific, but honestly, I'm usually very poor at predicting how much time and energy I'll have available for AFW and when. I guess generally, like Vcom said, beginnings of the semesters tend to have less deadlines etc.
On the other hand, the PPVs tend to usually be at rather tricky times. May is often quite busy for me, and I often travel in the beginning of June. December on the other hand tends to often be busy too.
But overall, the last option definitely describes my activity the best.
Joke!, depends on my mood and creativity.
I'm definitely not more or less active during one month over another. My schedule is pretty random, so I write and post here when I have the time and energy for it. I also try to limit the number of roleplays I have going at a time, so that I can update them more regularly and not get too bogged down.
Current Status - Just got back from hiatus. Sorry I was gone for so long, but my activity should start to resume now.
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My schedule is a tad erratic. Sometimes I'm posting here (mostly on discussion), but sometimes I'm kinda busy with jobs and other stuff. I would like to RP here again soon!!


For a band who've released barely 150 minutes of music in over 23 years, it's fairly impressive quite how much of that has made an impact on the surrounding musical environment. From that angle, then, Portishead are nothing if not efficient: their debut album captured the smoky, heavy-eyelidded essence of what was starting to be called trip-hop and packaged it so handsomely that it remains today the only album within that style to be completely accepted into the mainstream pop canon; their most recent, meanwhile, was one of the most combative reanimations of all time, proof that long-hibernating, supposedly typecast bands can still surprise and confront, seduce and provoke.
The album between those twin peaks, though, released twenty years ago today, often seems like the forgotten middle child. That's understandable, but unfair: while the burden of influence – and indeed commemoration – doesn't hang on 'Portishead''s shoulders with quite the same weight as it does on its siblings, it remains no less compelling today. Neither the band's most accessible album nor their most musically challenging, instead 'Portishead' splits the difference between those qualities, revelling in its own queasily approachable form of discomfort: it takes the template of what is in retrospect a reasonably groovy debut and ramps up the gothic froideur, leaving something more insidious, more lascivious and more three-dimensional than its predecessor. Equally, listening in 2017, the adversarial air of 'Third' is clearly audible in 'Portishead''s wriggling nastiness, leaving a salty sense of anticipation when it ends.
That's not to say however that 'Portishead' is a compromise record in the slightest, or one that only achieves definition when considered alongside the rest of its family tree. Indeed, it has as strong a personality as any 1997 album one could name, characterised by Beth Gibbon's swings from plotting snarl to wronged howl and back to plaintive regret, Geoff Barrow's clipped, crackling drum programming and, in particular, Adrian Utley's deceptively aggressive and frequently brittle guitar sound: the distorted Morricone twangs on 'All Mine' are the most vicious Portishead has ever sounded, and even the relatively pared-back solos on 'Mourning Air' and 'Elysium' are so frosty and gnarled that any surrounding instrumental warmth is blown away as if on an Arctic tundra.
Indeed that icy, trebly grit is 'Portishead''s true calling card: if 'Dummy''s inspiration was the luxury loneliness of film noir soundtracks, its follow-up thrives off trembling strings and the strangling dread of Bernard Herrmann's horror movie scores that pair tension not so much with release but just with eerie stillness. Accordingly, 'Half Day Closing', all crepuscular spy movie theme, is followed by the hushed 'Over', the album's masterpiece of minimalism, never allowing the listener to truly relax. Similarly, the hard cut at the end of 'Elysium' and its dangerously teetering static is immediately interrupted by 'Western Eyes'' ominous string swells. It's a striking aesthetic: compared not just with the easy flow of 'Dummy' but also with many of its contemporaries, 'Portishead''s jarring atmosphere is stylish but also wilfully cantankerous, and has far more in common with the stubborn stygian murk of Godspeed You! Black Emperor's debut album than anything that 1997 audiences might've expected from a hitherto coffee table-friendly, Mercury Prize-winning band – a bold move even in the context of 1997's ever-broadening pop tastes.
Indeed, perhaps timing is the largest contributory factor for 'Portishead' being broadly disregarded over the past 20 years. After all, in late 1997, trip-hop as purist as this was starting to feel slightly draining: in a post-'Endtroducing…' landscape, music that majored on atmospherics, texture and sampling was starting to add new elements to the brew to maintain attention, whether that be in the form of Cornelius' psychedelic cut-ups or Beck's freewheeling postmodernism on 'Odelay'. 'Portishead''s resolute gloom, by contrast, was substantial but stiff, requiring a sterner constitution to fully digest it: it is monolithic and unforgiving – qualities that today lend it welcome gravitas – but, alongside other recent records with trip-hop roots such as 'Homogenic', also rather cold. To many fans of its by-now adored predecessor, its steely stance and more wiry build represented hard work with little reward.
Twenty years on, however, that sense of refusenik obstinance, combined with subtle, creepily insistent personality mutations and both critical and popular neglect for most of its life leaves the album as Portishead's most intriguing record. Strange, macabre and slyly adventurous, dark, spacious and more nightmare than dream, Portishead's second album might be their most unremembered, but in 2017 it looks like the meanest entry in one of pop's leanest catalogues.


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Alaska Railroad transfer act. June 22 (legislative day, June 8), 1982. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Alaska land status technical corrections act of 1992. July 30 (legislative day, July 23), 1992. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Alaska native claims settlement act amendments of 1994. October 3, 1994. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Amending section 504 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to promote the development of mineral wealth in Alaska. December 12, 1985. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Amending section 901 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. December 12, 1985. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Amending section 901 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. February 6 (legislative day, January 27), 1986. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Amending the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to designate certain lands in the Tongass National Forest as wilderness, and for other purposes. June 13, 1989. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Amending the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1960, and for other purposes. March 27, 1987. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Amending the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to reform the onshore oil and gas leasing program. October 15, 1987. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Arctic coastal plan competitive oil and gas leasing act. March 24 (legislative day, March 21), 1988. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Clarifying the status of submerged lands in the State of Alaska and for other purposes. August 3, 1987. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Clarifying the status of submerged lands in the State of Alaska and for other purposes. March 18, 1988. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Clarifying the status of submerged lands in the State of Alaska. October 1 (legislative day, September 24), 1986. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Enrolling 20 individuals under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. July 10, 1990. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Federal onshore competitive oil and gas leasing act of 1986. August 15 (legislative day, August 11), 1986. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Federal onshore oil and gas leasing act of 1987. September 30 (legislative day, September 25), 1987. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Improving federal management of lands on Admiralty Island, Alaska. September 22 (legislative day, September 7), 1988. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Improving federal management of lands on Admiralty Island, Alaska. September 29, 1987. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Improving the management of Glacier Bay National Park. September 16 (legislative day, September 8), 1992. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Land conveyances within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. March 10, 1988. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
National fish and wildlife enhancement act of 1988. June 3, 1988. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Redesignating public lands in Alaska to allow hunting. October 26 (legislative day, October 24), 1983. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. July 21, 1992. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Tongass timber reform act. March 30 (legislative day, January 23), 1990. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Tongass timber reform act. May 4, 1988. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
Context of Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Tongass timber reform act. May 4, 1988. -- Ordered to be printed.
Alaska Railroad transfer act. June 22 (legislative day, June 8), 1982. -- Ordered to be printed.
Alaska land status technical corrections act of 1992. July 30 (legislative day, July 23), 1992. -- Ordered to be printed.
Alaska native claims settlement act amendments of 1994. October 3, 1994. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Amending section 504 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to promote the development of mineral wealth in Alaska. December 12, 1985. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Amending section 901 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. December 12, 1985. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Amending section 901 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. February 6 (legislative day, January 27), 1986. -- Ordered to be printed.
Amending the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to designate certain lands in the Tongass National Forest as wilderness, and for other purposes. June 13, 1989. -- Ordered to be printed.
Amending the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1960, and for other purposes. March 27, 1987. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Amending the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to reform the onshore oil and gas leasing program. October 15, 1987. -- Ordered to be printed.
Arctic coastal plan competitive oil and gas leasing act. March 24 (legislative day, March 21), 1988. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clarifying the status of submerged lands in the State of Alaska and for other purposes. August 3, 1987. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clarifying the status of submerged lands in the State of Alaska and for other purposes. March 18, 1988. -- Ordered to be printed.
Clarifying the status of submerged lands in the State of Alaska. October 1 (legislative day, September 24), 1986. -- Ordered to be printed.
Enrolling 20 individuals under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. July 10, 1990. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Federal onshore competitive oil and gas leasing act of 1986. August 15 (legislative day, August 11), 1986. -- Ordered to be printed.
Federal onshore oil and gas leasing act of 1987. September 30 (legislative day, September 25), 1987. -- Ordered to be printed.
Improving federal management of lands on Admiralty Island, Alaska. September 22 (legislative day, September 7), 1988. -- Ordered to be printed.
Improving federal management of lands on Admiralty Island, Alaska. September 29, 1987. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Improving the management of Glacier Bay National Park. September 16 (legislative day, September 8), 1992. -- Ordered to be printed.
Land conveyances within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. March 10, 1988. -- Ordered to be printed.
National fish and wildlife enhancement act of 1988. June 3, 1988. -- Ordered to be printed.
Redesignating public lands in Alaska to allow hunting. October 26 (legislative day, October 24), 1983. -- Ordered to be printed.
Settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. July 21, 1992. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Tongass timber reform act. March 30 (legislative day, January 23), 1990. -- Ordered to be printed.

 Data from Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act - Bates College

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Title: Almost every racial strain (except pure Japanese) worked in the shops and on the damaged ships at Pearl Harbor. This is one of a series of portraits made of these workers.
Almost every racial strain (except pure Japanese) worked in the shops and on the damaged ships at Pearl Harbor. This is one of a series of portraits made of these workers.


Can I listen to music on the Apple Watch?
Yes, you can store up to 2GB of music (around 200 songs) on the Apple Watch. These tracks can be accessed without an iPhone through the Apple Watch Music app. This means you can listen to music on your Apple Watch without taking your iPhone with you, which makes it useful for jogging and other activities.