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At the Center of the Musical Universe
Frédéric Chopin II
by Georg Predota February 12th, 2018
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Completed in April 1893, the 18 Morceaux, Op. 72 were Tchaikovsky's last works for solo piano. Putting together the relevant musical materials for a series of piano pieces he told his brother, "in order to earn some money, I will compose a few piano pieces and romances." Initially, work progressed rather slowly, but "it's remarkable that the further I get, the easier and more enjoyable the job becomes," he writes. "The first two or three items were merely the result of an effort of will, but now I cannot stop my ideas, which appear to me one after another, at all hours of the day."
Originally Tchaikovsky had aimed at writing 30 pieces, but he finalized the set at 18. Apparently, Tchaikovsky had never been a great friend of Frédéric Chopin's music, and biographers and oral historians suggested that Tchaikovsky "found in him a certain sickliness of expression, as well as an excess of subjective sensibility." In his formal writings, Tchaikovsky had very little to say about the Polish composer, but the 15th of his 18 Morceaux was clearly conceived as a mazurka in the style of Chopin.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: "Un poco di Chopin," from 18 Morceaux, Op. 72
Friedrich Kalkbrenner
Here is a bit of a trick question; who was considered the foremost pianist in Europe when the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin relocated to Paris? Since I've given you a bit of a hint already, you would be absolutely correct in your assumption that it was not Franz Liszt, but Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1785-1849). Born in Germany, Kalkbrenner studied at the Paris Conservatoire and eventually settled in Paris. Famous throughout Europe as swashbuckling piano virtuoso, he was also an investor and promoter in the Pleyel piano company. An astute businessman, Kalkbrenner established a "Factory for aspiring virtuosos," drawing students from as far away as Cuba. When Frédéric Chopin first met Kalkbrenner in 1831, he was dazzled. "I am in very close relations with Kalkbrenner, the 1st pianist in Europe," he writes, "all the other piano virtuosos in Paris, including Franz Liszt, are zero besides him." In the winter of 1831, Chopin seriously considered becoming a Kalkbrenner student, writing "anybody who understands music must appreciate Kalkbrenner's talents… I can assure you there is something superior about him, to all the virtuosi whom I have hitherto heard." And on 16 December 1831, Chopin reports "I wish I could say I play as well as Kalkbrenner, who is perfection in quite another style to Paganini. Kalkbrenner's fascinating touch, the quietness and equality of his playing, are indescribable; every note proclaims the master. He is truly a giant, who dwarfs all other artists." Frédéric Chopin's plans to study with Kalkbrenner came to naught, as he demanded a commitment of three years! Chopin eventually dedicated his first piano concerto to Kalkbrenner, who reciprocated by composing a couple of variation sets on Chopin themes.
Friedrich Kalkbrenner: Variations brilliants on a mazurka by Chopin, Op. 120
"The Mighty Five"
The Polish composer's originality as a composer received a decidedly nationalist interpretation by Mily Balakirev (1837-1910) and his circle of "The Mighty Five." For Balakirev, Chopin managed to integrate folk materials with the most advanced techniques of contemporary European art music. And it was precisely this fusion of nationalism and modernism that Balakirev attempted to promote. For him, "Chopin was neither a salon composer nor a romantic composer, but a radical, progressive figure." Balakirev was introduced to the music of Chopin at an early age, and the celebration of his music became a preoccupation well into his twilight years. On the occasion of the Frédéric Chopin centenary in 1910, Balakirev produced his orchestral Chopin Suite, and re-wrote the second movement of Chopin's E minor concerto for solo piano. A couple of years earlier, his friend Konstantin Tchernov had persuaded him to write down an improvisation on two Chopin Op. 28 preludes. The result was the Impromptu, modeled on Chopin's E-flat minor and B Major Preludes.
Mily Balakirev: Chopin Suite, Op. 11 (Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Hoey Choo, cond.)
Mily Balakirev: Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romance (James Rhodes, piano)
Mily Balakirev: Impromptu (after Chopin's Préludes) (Nicholas Walker, piano)
In 1949, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization, probably better known under the acronym UNESCO announced a project to pay tribute to the centenary of Frédéric Chopin's death in 1849. It established the foundation of two scholarships in Paris for young Polish composers, and financed the publication of a complete catalogue of the recordings of Chopin's works. In addition, it organized a concert consisting of compositions specifically written for the occasion by a number of prominent living composers. Held at the Salle Gaveau on 3 October 1949, the "Homage à Chopin" concert featured a series of ten chamber, vocal and instrumental pieces composed by Lennox Berkeley, Carlos Chavez, Oscar Esplà, Jacques Ibert, G.-F. Malipiero, Bohuslav Martinů, Andrzej Panufnik, Florent Schmitt, Alexandre Tansman, and Heitor Villa-Lobos. Villa-Lobos' Hommage is cast in two movements, and addresses two musical forms intimately associated with Chopin. Despite some spiky Brazilian inflections, the "Nocturne," elicits an almost timeless quality, and the highly idiomatic and stormy "Ballade," is a rather sophisticated emulation of Frédéric Chopin's style.
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Hommage à Chopin
Robert and Clara Schumann II Robert Schumann spent the last two-and-a-half years of his life in a private psychiatric hospital
Robert and Clara Schumann How did Robert and Clara Schumann inspired Brahms?
Vincenzo Bellini III Here is what Robert Schumann had to say about Carl Czerny
Vincenzo Bellini II "A woman is not expected to have any desire to compose."
Relaxing Classical Music?


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Brother of JI Leader Arrested in California
They are two of 11 siblings of Malaysian descent, according to court documents. And they did most of their talking across the distance by coded e-mail using Malaysian language. They called guns "iron" and government agents were called "dogs." Bombs were called "prizes" or "presents."
Authorities have arrested Rahmat Abdhir, who is a US Citizen of Malaysian descent in Sunnyvale California. His brother, Zulkifli Abdhir, is a suspected leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, an Al Qaeda affiliated group responsible for killing 202 people in a nightclub bombing in Bali, Indonesia in 2002. Story at Breitbart, photo to the left depicts victims of the Bali bombing, which used a car bomb.
Federal authorities said Friday that a California man has been arrested on terrorism-related charges and indicted along with his Malaysian brother, a fugitive and suspected leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, the group blamed for killing 202 people in the 2002 bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia.
Rahmat Abdhir, 43, a United States citizen of Malaysian descent living in San Jose, was arrested at his workplace in Sunnyvale on Thursday after officials issued a 16-count indictment charging him with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, lying to federal officials and contributing goods and services to a "global terrorist."
UPDATE: From the Department of Justice Post:
Specially Designated Global Terrorist and His Brother Indicted for Providing Material Support to Terrorists
WASHINGTON – A fugitive U.S.-designated terrorist, who is the subject of a $5 million U.S. reward and is believed to be at large in the Philippines, has been indicted on terrorism-related charges in the Northern District of California along with his brother in the U.S., who allegedly provided funds and equipment to him even as the fugitive evaded capture and battled Philippine troops, the Justice Department announced today.
The 16-count indictment and an arrest in the case this morning were announced by Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Scott N. Schools, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California; Joseph Billy, Jr., FBI Assistant Director for Counterterrorism; and Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Zulkifli Abdhir, aka "Zulkifli Bin Abdul Hir, aka "Hulagu," aka "Marwan," age 41, a fugitive believed to be in the Philippines, is charged in the indictment with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and providing material support to terrorists. In September 2003, the U.S. government designated Abdhir as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to Executive Order 13224. In March 2007, the State Department added him to the most-wanted list of its Rewards for Justice program and authorized a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to his arrest or conviction, noting that he was a member of the central command of Jemaah Islamiyah and was believed to be involved in multiple deadly bomb attacks in the Philippines.
Rahmat Abdhir, aka "Sean Kasem," aka "Sean Kalimin," age 43, is a U.S. citizen living in San Jose, Calif., and the brother of Zulkifli Abdhir. Rahmat Abdhir is charged in the indictment with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, providing material to terrorists, contributing goods and services to a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (his brother), and false statements. FBI agents arrested Rahmat Abdhir this morning outside his place of employment in Sunnyvale, Calif. He made his initial appearance today in federal court in San Jose.
"With today's arrest and indictment, we have closed off a channel by which an American citizen was allegedly funding and supplying a fugitive designated terrorist with two-way radios and other materials for his operations overseas," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth L. Wainstein. "As this case demonstrates, we will bring the full force of the law against anyone who uses the resources of our economy to support overseas terrorism."
U.S. Attorney Scott N. Schools said, "This indictment is the product of the extraordinary efforts that FBI, ICE, CBP and their federal, state and local partners have made to assure that the country is protected from future terrorist acts and that individuals who sympathize with terrorists in other parts of the world do not find comfort in the United States. I appreciate the investigative efforts of the FBI and ICE, and the prosecutorial efforts and expertise provided by the Department's National Security Division."
"Today's charges illustrate the workings of an international terror network — and how law enforcement and intelligence agencies, joining together and sharing information, can successfully disrupt the deadly plans of terrorists," said Joseph Billy Jr., FBI Assistant Director for Counterterrorism.
"ICE leveraged both our customs and immigration authorities during this investigation," said Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "Working with our law enforcement partners, federal agents were able to seize dangerous equipment destined for people who mean to do harm."
Money, Radios and Other Equipment Sent from the U.S.
According to the indictment, Zulkifli Abdhir and Rahmat Abdhir communicated with one another between the United States and Philippines, often in code to disguise the nature of their activities, as Zulkifli Abdhir engaged in battles with Philippine troops and evaded capture. Among other things, they discussed items that Zulkifli Abdhir wanted his brother to send him in the Philippines from the United States, including money and accessories for firearms, Insignia two-way radios, backpacks, and knives.
According to the indictment, Rahmat Abdhir shipped requested items to his brother in the Philippines using various aliases for the sender and the recipient. Between June 2006 and June 2007, Rahmat Abdhir allegedly shipped nearly 30 hand-held or two-way radios, as well as Colt .45 magazines, binoculars, a rifle scope and firearms manual, flashlights, batteries, and camouflage clothing to his brother.
The indictment also alleges Zulkifli Abdhir routinely informed Rahmat Abdhir when he needed money sent or wired to the Philippines for purchases of items including firearms and ammunition. Rahmat Abdhir transferred the requested money to Zulkifli Abdhir through bank accounts that his brother provided in the Philippines, varying the times and amounts of money sent, and using false names and addresses. Between June 2006 and June 2007, Rahmat Abdhir allegedly sent more than $10,000 to his brother.
Zulkifli Abdhir kept his brother in the U.S. informed of his situation on the ground in the Philippines by providing reports of battles between Philippine troops and his protectors there, including elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The MILF has waged a secessionist campaign in the Southern Philippines over approximately the last 30 years and has provided assistance to groups such as Al Qaeda's regional affiliate Jemaah Islamiyah and the Abu Sayyaf group.
In one instance, Zulkifli Abdhir described an effort by Philippine government troops to capture him on Aug. 10, 2006 in which commandos surrounded his house and a gun battle ensued. Zulkifli Abdhir also described numerous battles and conflicts with Philippine government troops after a ceasefire between MILF and the Philippine government ended on Sept. 30, 2006. In turn, Rahmat Abdhir routinely kept his brother informed by providing news stories and Internet links that reported on the conflict in the Philippines and the fact that Zulkifli Abdhir was a wanted fugitive.
The maximum penalty for Count One of the indictment, which charges Zulkifli Abdhir and Rahmat Abdhir with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, is 15 years imprisonment. The maximum penalty for Count Two of the indictment, which charges Zulkifli Abdhir and Rahmat Abdhir with providing material support to terrorists, is 15 years imprisonment.
The maximum penalty for Counts Three through Fifteen of the indictment, which charge Rahmat Abdhir with contributing goods and services to a Specially Designated Terrorist, is 20 years imprisonment per count. The penalty for Count Sixteen of the indictment, which charges Rahmat Abdhir with false statements, is eight years imprisonment (maximum if the offense involves international or domestic terrorism).
This case is being investigated by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force in San Francisco, with assistance from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Schmidt of the Northern District of California and Trial Attorney John T. Gibbs of the Justice Department's National Security Division, Counterterrorism Section.
The public is reminded that the charges in the indictment are merely allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Good Background on JI from a 2004 CNN article here. (How evil is JI? They bombed several Christian Churches across Indonesia on Christmas Eve 2000.)
NBC has Video here,
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Hans Espe (* 8. September 1885 in Königsberg; † 27. Juni 1965 im Zug bei Hannover) war ein deutscher Lehrer und Hochschullehrer für Romanistik.

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Hans Espe legte 1903 am Friedrichkollegium Königsberg das Abitur ab. Er studierte Deutsch, Französisch und Englisch in Königsberg und Paris (1904) und wirkte von 1915 als Oberlehrer in Wilhelmshaven-Rüstringen und in Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1919 bis 1924 als Oberstudiendirektor in Rheinhausen, 1924 bis 1933 als Landesschulrat in Bückeburg. Im Landtag von Schaumburg-Lippe gab es 1927 eine Untersuchung wegen eines Disziplinarverfahrens gegen das SPD-Mitglied Espe, in dem die politischen Gegensätze aufeinander trafen. Ihn traf der Vorwurf, betrunken als Franzosenfreund für die Fremdenlegion geworben und öffentlich die französische Nationalhymne Marseillaise gesungen zu haben. 1933 wurde er zur Maßregelung als Realgymnasialdirektor nach Danzig geschickt (bis 1940 im Dienst), wo er aber 1936–1940 den Romanisten Hermann Gmelin an der Technischen Hochschule vertrat.

Nach dem Krieg wurde er im Oktober von der Sowjetischen Militäradministration in Deutschland (SMAD) als Leiter der Lehrerbildung in Erfurt eingesetzt, lehrte aber 1946 bis 1948 als a. o. Professor für Romanistik an der Universität Jena und wirkte 1948 bis 1950 als Kulturattaché beim französischen Hochkommissar in Baden-Baden und Mainz. Nach dem Weggang nach West-Berlin 1948 lehrte er an der Freien Universität Pädagogik und leitete ab 1950 das Wissenschaftliche Lehrerprüfungsamt in Berlin.

Espe war ein früher Vertreter der Vergleichenden Pädagogik und übersetzte 1954 als erster Marc-Antoine Jullien de Paris. Von 1960 bis 1964 leitete er den Europäischen Erzieherbund.

Schriften
 Die Interjektionen im Altfranzösischen, Diss. Königsberg 1908
 Rahmenlehrplan für die Volksschulen des Freistaates Schaumburg-Lippe: Nach d. Entwürfen der Lehrplankommission, 1928
 Die Jugend und der neue Staat. Handbuch für die Erziehung der Jugend zu staatspolitischem Denken. Dresden 1929
 Der Gedanke der Vereinigten Staaten Europas im deutschen Schrifttum", Bielefeld 1930
 (Hrsg.): Die Bedeutung der vergleichenden Erziehungswissenschaft für Lehrerschaft und Schule: Eine Sammlung von Aufsätzen aus- u. inländ. Vertreter d. vergleichenden Erziehungswissenschaft, Berlin 1957
 Europa im Unterricht, 1963

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Hochschullehrer (Technische Universität Danzig)
Hochschullehrer (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena)
Hochschullehrer (Freie Universität Berlin)
SPD-Mitglied
Person (Schaumburg-Lippe)
Schulleiter (Deutschland)
Träger des Bundesverdienstkreuzes 1. Klasse
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Gestorben 1965
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Relativistic rocket means any spacecraft that travels close enough to light speed for relativistic effects to become significant. The meaning of "significant" is a matter of context, but often a threshold velocity of 30% to 50% of the speed of light (0.3c to 0.5c) is used. At 30% c, the difference between relativistic mass and rest mass is only about 5%, while at 50% it is 15%, (at 0.75c the difference is over 50%); so above such speeds special relativity is needed to accurately describe motion, while below this range Newtonian physics and the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation usually give sufficient accuracy.

In this context, a rocket is defined as an object carrying all of its reaction mass, energy, and engines with it.

No known technology can bring a rocket to relativistic speed. Relativistic rockets require huge advances in spacecraft propulsion, energy storage, and engine efficiency which may or may not ever be possible. Nuclear pulse propulsion could theoretically reach 0.1c using current known technology, but would still require many engineering advances to achieve this. The relativistic gamma factor  at 10% of light velocity is 1.005. A 0.1c speed rocket is thus considered non-relativistic since its motion is still quite accurately described by Newtonian physics alone.

Relativistic rockets are usually seen discussed in the context of interstellar travel, since most would need a lot of space to reach such speed. They are also found in some thought experiments such as the twin paradox.

Relativistic rocket equation
As with the classical rocket equation, one wants to calculate the velocity change  that a rocket can achieve depending on the exhaust speed  and the mass ratio, i. e. the ratio of starting rest mass  and rest mass at the end of the acceleration phase (dry mass) .

In order to make calculations simpler, we assume that the acceleration is constant (in the rocket's reference frame) during the acceleration phase; still, the result is nonetheless valid if the acceleration varies, as long as exhaust velocity  is constant.

In the nonrelativistic case, one knows from the (classical) Tsiolkovsky rocket equation that

Assuming constant acceleration , the time span  during which the acceleration takes place is

In the relativistic case, the equation is still valid if  is the acceleration in the rocket's reference frame and  is the rocket's proper time because at velocity 0 the relationship between force and acceleration is the same as in the classical case. Solving this equation for the ratio of initial mass to final mass gives

where "exp" is the exponential function. Another related equation gives the mass ratio in terms of the end velocity  relative to the rest frame (i. e. the frame of the rocket before the acceleration phase):

For constant acceleration,  (with a and t again measured on board the rocket), so substituting this equation into the previous one and using the hyperbolic function identity  returns the earlier equation .

By applying the Lorentz transformation, one can calculate the end velocity  as a function of the rocket frame acceleration and the rest frame time ; the result is

The time in the rest frame relates to the proper time by the hyperbolic motion equation:

Substituting the proper time from the Tsiolkovsky equation and substituting the resulting rest frame time in the expression for , one gets the desired formula:

The formula for the corresponding rapidity (the inverse hyperbolic tangent of the velocity divided by the speed of light) is simpler:

Since rapidities, contrary to velocities, are additive, they are useful for computing the total  of a multistage rocket.

Matter-antimatter annihilation rockets
It is clear from the above calculations that a relativistic rocket would likely need to be antimatter-fired. Other antimatter rockets in addition to the photon rocket that can provide a 0.6c specific impulse (studied for basic hydrogen-antihydrogen annihilation, no ionization, no recycling of the radiation) needed for interstellar flight include the "beam core" pion rocket. In a pion rocket, frozen antihydrogen is stored inside electromagnetic bottles. Antihydrogen, like regular hydrogen, is diamagnetic which allows it to be electromagnetically levitated when refrigerated. Temperature control of the storage volume is used to determine the rate of vaporization of the frozen antihydrogen, up to a few grams per second (hence several petawatts when annihilated with equal amounts of matter). It is then ionized into antiprotons which can be electromagnetically accelerated into the reaction chamber. The positrons are usually discarded since their annihilation only produces harmful gamma rays with negligible effect on thrust. However, non-relativistic rockets may exclusively rely on these gamma rays for propulsion. This process is necessary because un-neutralized antiprotons repel one another, limiting the number that may be stored with current technology to less than a trillion.

Design notes on a pion rocket
The pion rocket has been studied independently by Robert Frisbee and Ulrich Walter, with similar results. Pions, short for pi-mesons, are produced by proton-antiproton annihilation. The antihydrogen or the antiprotons extracted from it will be mixed with a mass of regular protons pumped into the magnetic confinement nozzle of a pion rocket engine, usually as part of hydrogen atoms. The resulting charged pions have a speed of 0.94c (i.e.  = 0.94), and a Lorentz factor  of 2.93 which extends their lifespan enough to travel 2.6 meters through the nozzle before decaying into muons. 60% of the pions will have either a negative, or a positive electric charge. 40% of the pions will be neutral. The neutral pions decay immediately into gamma rays. These can't be reflected by any known material at the energies involved, though they can undergo Compton scattering. They can be absorbed efficiently by a shield of tungsten placed between the pion rocket engine reaction volume and the crew modules and various electromagnets to protect them from the gamma rays. The consequent heating of the shield will make it radiate visible light, which could then be collimated to increase the rocket's specific impulse. The remaining heat will also require the shield to be refrigerated. The charged pions would travel in helical spirals around the axial electromagnetic field lines inside the nozzle and in this way the charged pions could be collimated into an exhaust jet moving at 0.94c. In realistic matter/antimatter reactions, this jet only represents a fraction of the reaction's mass-energy: over 60% of it is lost as gamma-rays, collimation is not perfect, and some pions are not reflected backward by the nozzle. Thus, the effective exhaust speed for the entire reaction drops to just 0.58c. Alternate propulsion schemes include physical confinement of hydrogen atoms in an antiproton and pion-transparent beryllium reaction chamber with collimation of the reaction products achieved with a single external electromagnet; see Project Valkyrie.

Sources
The star flight handbook, Matloff & Mallove, 1989. Also See on the Bussard ramjet page, under the related inventions section.
Mirror matter: pioneering antimatter physics, Dr. Robert L Forward, 1986

References

External links
Physics FAQs: The Relativistic Rocket
 Javascript that calculates the Relativistic Rocket Equation
Spacetime Physics: Introduction to Special Relativity (1992). W. H. Freeman,
The Relativistic Photon Rocket

Interstellar travel
Rocket propulsion


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Nottingham EMT dies of carbon monoxide poisoning
Investigators say generator was in detached garage
Updated: 6:22 PM EST Dec 2, 2014
Amy Coveno
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An EMT with the Nottingham Fire Department was killed last week when she was overcome by carbon monoxide from a generator used during the widespread power outages.Click to watch News 9's coverage.Officials said Diane Nugent, 51, died when she went to refuel a generator in a detached garage at 11 Mooers Road in Nottingham. Her mother, Florence Veber, found her Thanksgiving morning."She left from the house here around 8 a.m., and I went down around 10-15 minutes later because the light didn't come on," Veber said.More than 300,000 outages were reported across New Hampshire in the aftermath of a storm that hit Wednesday. For many, the outages lasted several days, and many turned to generators to provide power.Veber said Nugent, a volunteer EMT, turned the generator off shortly after midnight when she returned from a fire. When her mother found her, the funnel was still in the gas tank, and the generator was still off."I went in, I bent down, and I tried to talk to her," Veber said. "I kissed her, and I felt her arm, and that's when she took it and had three little grunting sounds, and then that was it. Nothing more."Autopsy results confirmed carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause of death. Nugent lost her husband three years ago to cancer, and they had no children.Her 11-year-old Siberian husky was her pride and joy."She was just the most kind, gentle person you could get," Veber said. "Very active. Always wanting to help somebody."Veber said her daughter was two tests away from becoming an advanced EMT and worked a full-time job at Long Term Care Partners in Portsmouth.Funeral services for Nugent have been scheduled for Saturday at Purdy Memorial Chapel at 2 Concord Road in Lee. Visitation begins at 9 a.m., and a walkthrough for fire and EMS personnel will be held at 9:30 a.m. A memorial service begins at 10 a.m.12967056
NOTTINGHAM, N.H. —
An EMT with the Nottingham Fire Department was killed last week when she was overcome by carbon monoxide from a generator used during the widespread power outages.
Click to watch News 9's coverage.
Officials said Diane Nugent, 51, died when she went to refuel a generator in a detached garage at 11 Mooers Road in Nottingham. Her mother, Florence Veber, found her Thanksgiving morning.
"She left from the house here around 8 a.m., and I went down around 10-15 minutes later because the light didn't come on," Veber said.
More than 300,000 outages were reported across New Hampshire in the aftermath of a storm that hit Wednesday. For many, the outages lasted several days, and many turned to generators to provide power.
Veber said Nugent, a volunteer EMT, turned the generator off shortly after midnight when she returned from a fire. When her mother found her, the funnel was still in the gas tank, and the generator was still off.
"I went in, I bent down, and I tried to talk to her," Veber said. "I kissed her, and I felt her arm, and that's when she took it and had three little grunting sounds, and then that was it. Nothing more."
Autopsy results confirmed carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause of death. Nugent lost her husband three years ago to cancer, and they had no children.
Her 11-year-old Siberian husky was her pride and joy.
"She was just the most kind, gentle person you could get," Veber said. "Very active. Always wanting to help somebody."
Veber said her daughter was two tests away from becoming an advanced EMT and worked a full-time job at Long Term Care Partners in Portsmouth.
Funeral services for Nugent have been scheduled for Saturday at Purdy Memorial Chapel at 2 Concord Road in Lee. Visitation begins at 9 a.m., and a walkthrough for fire and EMS personnel will be held at 9:30 a.m. A memorial service begins at 10 a.m.


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Catherine Farnworth joins IQUW as Group Chief Risk Officer
06 Oct 2021 by Jonathan Watson
Property, Commercial and Speciality (re)insurer IQUW has announced that Catherine Farnworth will join the company as Group Chief Risk Officer in October.
Farnworth joins the company to support both the specialist motor insurer ERS and IQUW as it continues its expansion into a more diverse, multi-line insurer following the launch of new lines of business through 2021 including Marine and Energy, Terror and War, Cargo and Specie, Professional Lines, Property, Cyber, Specialty Reinsurance and Property Reinsurance.
Having joined PWC as a Reserving and Capital Actuary, working closely with the Risk function, Farnworth became PWCs Actuarial Lead within the Risk and Regulatory consulting practice in Bermuda, before moving to MS Frontier as Group Actuary and Head of Enterprise Risk Management. Following the merger of MS Frontier and MS Amlin, Farnworth became the Chief Risk Officer for the MS Amlin, part of the Mitsui Sumitomo group.
Commenting on her appointment, Farnworth said: "I am thrilled to be joining IQUW at such an exciting time. Having watched the syndicate's recruitment drive over the last few months and recent product expansion, it is clear the team have an exciting growth plan – one that I'm looking forward to being part of."
IQUW Group CEO Peter Bilsby added: "A strong risk culture is imperative as we buildout. I am delighted that Catherine is joining, she is a very experienced executive with a deep understanding of risk and regulation, she will be a huge asset to us."


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Линия А RER — линия пригородного сообщения Парижа с регионом Иль-де-Франс. Является первой линией RER.

История

О торжественном начале строительства линии было объявлено в июле 1961 г., окончательный проект разработан в 1965 г. Первая очередь («Насьон» — «Буасси-Сен-Леже») была открыта 12 декабря 1969 г., в этот же день линия получила название RER А. 9 декабря 1977 г. западный и восточный участки линии («Насьон» — «Буаси» и «Обер» — «Сен-Жермен-ан-Лэ») соединились под землёй в самом центре Парижа, на станции «Шатле — Ле-Аль», обеспечив пересадку сразу на несколько линий метрополитена.

В 1994 году были открыты последние станции. На ближайшее будущее проектов раширения линии нет, но есть проекты по модернизации некоторых станций.

Сеть

Сегодня линия состоит из 46 станции. Имеет длину 109 километров (из которых 26 находятся под землёй). Из 46 станций 35 принадлежат RATP, а остальные 11 — SNCF. Имеет 5 конечных пунктов:

А1 Сен-Жермен-ан-Ле
А2 Буасси-Сен-Леже
А3 Сержи-ле-О
А4 Марн-ля-Валле-Шесси-Евродисней
А5 Пуасси

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Companies from China are facing new challenges when buying assets in the US and Europe. The government of the Federal Republic of Germany amended the law on foreign investment aimed at protecting all strategically important sectors of the economy.
After four decades of almost undisturbed contemplation of how Chinese business penetrates the Western economy, Washington and Brussels suddenly realized and decided to end this at once. The huge public investment funds of the PRC have already felt a sharp change in the investment climate both in the Old and in the New World.
The United States, Britain and Germany made it clear that they intend to stop penetration of Chinese business into strategically important sectors of the economy.
"We are worried about the fate of the planned investments in the US due to the aggravation of trade disagreements between the United States and the PRC," the Financial Times (FT) quoted Tony Dong, the top manager of the China Structural Reform Fund (CSRF).
According to Dong, his fund is currently negotiating about 40 deals in the US and the EU and hopes that 10-12 of them will end successfully. However, he is afraid that the growing protectionism in the New and Old World will negatively affect his work.
He also notes that Europe remains a more important trading partner of China than the US. Therefore, CSRF will pay more attention to investments in the European Union.
According to a study of Rhodium Group consulting company, in the first half of 2018 Chinese investments in the economy of North America fell to the lowest level in the last seven years. The total investment of Chinese firms and funds in the US and Canada collapsed to $ 2 billion, which is 92% lower than in the first half of 2017. As for the European economy, over the same period, it received six times as much investment from China ($ 12 billion). In addition, the volume of mergers and acquisitions in the EU in January-June 2018 amounted to $ 20 billion, and in North America – to only 2.5 billion.
The vector of Chinese business activities abroad is gradually changing from America to Europe. This can be explained by the sharp tightening of rules for Chinese companies in the United States. Europe, too, tightened the M&A rules for Chinese companies, but these restrictions are much inferior to the American ones.
In July, the UK published a document. Its120 pages describe expansion of powers of Her Majesty's government in business relations with Chinese companies. China mentioned is in the document only once, but no one hides the country against which these tightening are directed.
Last week, Berlin ordered the state bank KFW to buy a 20% stake in the energy operator 50 Hertz, to prevent the purchase of it by Chinese investors. This or next week, analysts also expect an official ban on an attempt by Chinese investors to buy Leifeld Metal Spinning, a small company specializing in the production of materials and equipment for the aerospace and nuclear industries. Such unprecedented intervention in affairs of business shows the extent of protectionism in the country.
The government of the Federal Republic of Germany amended the law on foreign investment aimed at protecting all strategically important sectors of the economy. Ministries can block any transaction that can weaken public order or security if at least 25% of the shares in German companies are put up for sale.
As for the United States, it is expected that Donald Trump will soon sign a law on expanding the powers of the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFI) under the pretext of protecting the country's national security.
"We simply cannot allow China to reduce our advantage in national security, bypassing our laws and taking advantage of opportunities for obtaining investments for very unclear reasons," said Sen. John Cornyn, one of the authors of the new law.


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Trivia Recap – June 17, 2021 – (Virtual/Streaming)
@#$% those doctor cop lawyer trivia questions anyway! Any of you remember when profanity was depicted in this fashion? Looks funnier when it's in a dialogue balloon above a comic strip character's head!
For the second time in about as many weeks, we were laid low by yet another doctor, cop, lawyer trivia question. When oh when will someone finally make a series that incorporates all of these elements – and makes it funny so that I actually want to watch? Any TV producers follow us? Are you reading? Hire me as a consultant!
1. Sequels – What title character is played by Michael J. Fox in a 1985 film and by Jason Bateman in its 1987 sequel? It took us WAY too long to come up with this answer – and '80s movies is supposed to be one of my strong categories!
Y'all can have Law and Order Christopher Meloni. I'll take THIS Christopher Meloni! More about him in a bit…
2. Subtitles – What is the subtitle of the Law & Order series that debuted in 2021 and features Christopher Meloni reprising his role as Elliot Stabler from Special Victims Unit? I'm sorry, but Christopher Meloni will ALWAYS be "Freakshow" to me (from Harold and Kumar go to White Castle)!
3. Populations – What country is home to the largest population of Māori people, with more than 750,000 as of 2018? We thought we were 100 percent on our answer here, but since we kind of overthought a bit, went a bit lower (got it). Anyone ever watch the pre-game rituals this country does in their rugby games (so metal)!
4. Military – What animal is depicted in the logo of the United States Naval Construction Battalion, which includes around 14,000 active and reserve personnel? Miss. Mike's daddy served in the Army, not the Navy 😦
5. Duos – Quin is the last name of what pair of identical twin sisters, who form a music duo under their first names? Never heard of them, miss.
6. Medications – Beginning in the 17th century, quinine has been used as a medication for what infectious disease? Also adds that special zip to tonic water that you either love – or hate.
7. Pro Sports – Among the NBA, NHL, NFL, and MLB, which one was once divided into the Capitol Division, Century Division, Coastal Division, and Central Division? Miss for BIG. Obviously we were way too "ballsy" here.
8. Cities – Name one of the three cities in Virginia with a larger population than the capital, Richmond. Thankfully Mike used to live in this state, and we also visited it in the past five years.
NERD POINT: Name two of three.
9. Companies – Since 2015, when it was acquired in a transaction worth more than $60 billion, DirecTV has been a subsidiary of what company? Miss.
10. Fast Food – According to its menu, KFC offers either 8, 12, or 16 pieces of chicken in what type of container?
Mystery Round: Add 'em Up
Each answer will be a number. Those numbers will add up to 154.
M1. Number in the title of a 1992 film starring Wesley Snipes that is partially set on an airplane
M2. Presidential order number of James Monroe
M3. The largest single digit in the title of a 2017 single by Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid
M4. The largest two-digit number that has no repeated letters when spelled out in English
Final Category – Earth Science
The two most abundant compounds in Earth's crust both include oxygen. Name one of the other two elements that make up these compounds, which are by far the most abundant by weight.
We're usually good in this category, but not on this night…at least we didn't have the other final question that was presented to the pub trivia players – which would have been far worse:
Of the nine currently running Broadway shows that have staged at least 1,000 performances, two debuted more recently than Hamilton. Name either of those musicals.
God, we don't even know shit about Hamilton, let alone any other shows more recent than that one! Ask me about Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals and we'll talk!
As always, Go Pods, and stay classy, Christopher Meloni (when you're playing Freakshow in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle)!
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After being down for the better part of a month, BBM's website is back on line. They've moved their list of new sets to a new page. They've added info for a couple of the sets I mentioned last month - the Tatsunari Hara box set and the Carp and Baystars team sets - but not for the Lions team set and the Ohtani/Fujinami box set. The Lions set is scheduled to be released this coming Friday so BBM better get moving.
BBM did add information for two more of the team sets - the Buffaloes and the Fighters. Both sets have base sets of 81 cards featuring around 70 cards for the players and manager and several subsets. Both sets have four insert sets - the Fighters have 27 cards over the four sets while the Buffaloes have 18. Both sets have the usual collection of autograph cards available. I'm amused that the Fighters set has an 11 card subset featuring the players in street clothes - I guess BBM felt threatened by the AI set that came out recently. Both sets will be out in mid-June.
Epoch has also recently announced a couple new products. The latest of the team based "Stars & Rookies" sets is for the Buffaloes and will be released on June 25. It's pretty much the same idea as the Lions and Baystars sets Epoch has released earlier this season - each box (that retails for 12,960 yen or roughly $118) contains two mini-boxes containing 6 cards each - one or two will be autographed cards and the others will all be base set cards. I think it breaks down to 9 base set cards and three autograph cards per box. There are apparently some "hot boxes" that will contain four autograph cards. There are 27 cards in the base set and a boatload of possible autograph cards.
The other Epoch set is their latest ultra high end set done in conjunction with the OB Club (aka the Japan Baseball Promotion Association). The theme of this one appears to be "League Leaders". Once again, it's a very expensive box (16,200 yen or around $147) for a one pack box containing two base set cards, one insert/parallel card and two autograph cards. There are 27 players featured in the set - each player has a base set card, two different insert/parallel cards, two different autograph cards and a autographed booklet card available. The set will be out on July 9.
There's something on Jambalaya's upcoming release schedule that is intriguingly called "Kabaya Central League Baseball gum". I finally did some Googling of the Hiragana text for it (カバヤ セントラルリーグベースボールガム) and discovered that this is a Epoch set being packaged with banana flavored gum from Kabaya. There's 36 cards in the set (six for each of the six Central League teams). The set is being sold in boxes of 20 1 card packs. The boxes have an MSRP of 2160 yen (about $19.60). I'm including this link to Amazon Japan's listing of the set so that you can see all the cards - the boxes are not eligible to be shipped outside of Japan though.


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Psalm 133 is perhaps the classic portion of scripture that we quote when we discuss the subject of Unity. The very first verse tells us two important things about Unity. Firstly it is good, that it is pleasing to the Lord and secondly that is is pleasant, meaning that it is also pleasing to mankind. The emphatic style with which David brings this to us should also tell us something. For example, exclamations marks are unusual within the scriptures, so to find one in this verse lends, I suggest, extra weight to it's message.
Unity is never an accident. No congregation stumbles into a blissful condition of total unity. Rather it is something that is sought out, it is prayed for, it is worked at. It is the blending of the body of believers with the Will of God. It is where we have finally laid aside so many differences between both ourselves and with God, that we have nothing left that does not reflect Him and His Will in every way.
The Lord made mankind for the purpose of fellowship with Himself. We are designed to be in accord with Him. To be other than this is to move away from our most fundamental aspect of being. The deep desire that the world feels is actually a desire to be in fellowship with the Lord, but the enemy has lied to them and told them that it is a need for anything except God, for example: drugs, alcohol and illicit sexual pleasures.
What are the benefits of Unity?
The Lord teaches us that through unity we are pleasing to Him. This in itself should be enough for us to seek unity, yet the Lord goes further and makes unity pleasant for us as well. This has got to be the ultimate "win-win" situation.
What examples do we have of Unity?
How do we get Unity?
Unity is something you do, not something that happens. I will pick two examples out of these three scriptures that typify the path to unity.
"Love as brethren". Now most families have differences between their members: gender, size, age, income and political affiliation to name just a few areas. Yet most families continue in a loving manner accepting, perhaps even cherishing, their differences. They have that bloodline that transcends and helps them lay aside their differences. We have that same blood in our Christian lives, the blood of Christ. With His blood applied to our lives we are washed clean and empowered to lay aside our differences.
"Forbearing one another in love". A good maxim for the ACLU perhaps!? Forbearing is a fine Olde English word that tranlates perhaps as "puting up with". Now, Christians should not tolerate sin, but where there is a difference between them that has no salvational impact, this verse exhorts us to accept the difference and love our brother anyway.
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Wood in 2011, image by DFree/bigstock
Place of Birth: Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Ethnicity: English, Irish, Scottish, German
Evan Rachel Wood is an American actress, model, and musician. She is the daughter of playwright and actor Ira David Wood III and actress Sara Lynn Moore. Her brother is actor Ira David Wood IV. Evan has a son with her former husband, English actor Jamie Bell.
Evan's ancestry includes English, Irish, Scottish, and German.
Evan's father is Christian. Evan's mother, who was raised in a Christian family, converted to Judaism during her own high school years. (a picture of Evan's mother in her school year book can be seen here). Evan's stepfather is also Jewish. On the audio commentary on the Thirteen (2003) DVD, Evan described herself as Jewish. In 2012, Evan stated, "I believe in God but I am not religious." In 2013, Evan stated, "[I was raised] half Jewish and half Christian. but today I practice neither. I am more spiritual than religious." She has also said, "My mother is Jewish and I was raised with the religion…"
Evan's paternal grandfather was Ira David Wood, Jr. (the son of Ira David Wood and Lucy Della Savage). Evan's grandfather Ira was born in North Carolina. Evan's great-grandfather Ira was the son of Joseph Daniel Wood and Ethalinda Elizabeth Holt. Lucy was the daughter of William Henry Savage and Margaret Ellen Merritt.
Evan's paternal grandmother was Bettie Lee Winstead (the daughter of William Herbert Winstead and Addie Ellis Dew). Bettie was born in North Carolina. William was the son of John Eugene/Lugeness Winstead and Lucy Viola E. Lee/Leigh. Addie was the daughter of George Jefferson Dew and Lucy Ellis Perry.
Evan's maternal grandfather is Richard Alan/Alen Moore (the son of Ira Mack "Denny" Moore and Helen Adoline Fakes). Richard was born in Missouri, and is a prominent landscape architect. Ira was the son of Solomon Festus Moore and Nora Louise McCloud/McLeod. Helen was the daughter of Baron DeCalb Fakes and Rosa Lee Snow.
Evan's maternal grandmother is Patricia Ruth Burke (the daughter of William Francis Burke and Louise Philippine Hartmann/Hartman). Patricia was born in Missouri. William was the son of Robert Fletcher Burke, who was Irish, and of Hester A. Woody. Louise was of German descent, the daughter of Wilhelm/William Frederich Hartmann/Hartman, who was German, and of Louise Caroline Wissler, who was born in Missouri, to German parents.
Evan's paternal grandmother's surname, Winstead, is shared by actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who is also from North Carolina. While Evan and Mary Elizabeth likely have a common Winstead ancestor, this shared connection is distant, in or before the mid 1700s.
Sources: Article about Evan's religious upbringing – http://www.interfaithfamily.com
Genealogy of Evan Rachel Wood – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Evan Rachel Wood (focusing on her father's side) – http://familypedia.wikia.com
Genealogy of Evan's paternal grandfather, Ira David Wood, Jr. (focusing on his father's side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Evan's paternal grandfather, Ira David Wood, Jr., on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Evan's paternal grandmother, Bettie Lee Winstead (through Bettie's sister, Addie Ellis Winstead) (focusing on her own father's side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Obituary of Evan's paternal grandmother, Bettie Lee (Winstead) Wood – http://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Evan's maternal grandfather, Richard Alan/Alen Moore – https://www.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Evan's maternal great-grandmother, Helen Adoline Fakes (focusing on her own mother's side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Evan's maternal great-grandmother, Louise Philippine Hartmann/Hartman – https://www.geni.com
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Evan Rachel and Mary Elizabeth Winstead are 7th cousins, once removed. They both descend from Samuel Winstead, Jr and Winefred Vanlandingham.
"Vanlandingham" line starts with Michael Vanlandingham, a Belgian (Flemish) immigrant to Virginia in the 1600s
Given the birth dates involved, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Evan Rachel Wood are obviously not both descended from Winefred Vanlandingham. Whether they both descend from Winefred's husband I'm less clear on. And that Hagaman family is almost certainly Dutch.
So, do you know who are their latest (certain) shared ancestors?
About Tommy Lee Jones' Hagaman line, I will check it later (Taylor Lautner has that surname in his family tree if I'm right)
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Comey Slams NY Times' Fake News On Russia Probe: "Story Was Almost Entirely Wrong"
Posted by Tyler Durden on June 8, 2017 11:04 pm
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For those of you who continue to consume anonymously-sourced news from the likes of CNN, NYT, WAPO, etc, as pure fact and a perfect substitute for actual, unbiased journalism, while blindly ignoring the overwhelming evidence which continues to suggest these outlets are simply pushing a sensationalized narrative aimed at bringing down an administration of which they disapprove, please consider Comey's testimony from earlier today in which he describes a February NY Times story, which alleged numerous contacts between Trump associates and Russia, as "almost entirely wrong"
Cotton: "On February 14 the New York Times published a story, the headline of which was "Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence."
You were asked earlier whether that was an inaccurate statement and you said you said 'in the main.' Would it be fair to characterize the story as 'almost entirely wrong?'"
Comey: "Yes."
#Comey says that NYT story claiming that the Trump campaign had repeated contacts with Russia was "ENTIRELY WRONG" #FakeNews#ComeyTestimony pic.twitter.com/ihlk16JDIG
— Rightly News (@RightlyNews) June 8, 2017
For those who missed it, we covered the original New York Times article in a post entitled "NYTimes Reports Trump Aides' "Repeated Contact" With Russian Intel Officials, Admits No Collusion Discovered."
Meanwhile, in earlier testimony with Senator Risch, Comey further explained why anonymously sourced stories can often be pure "nonsense."
Risch: "So the American people can understand this, that report by the New York Times was not true, is that a fair statement?"
Comey: "In the main it was not true. And, again, all of you know this, maybe the American people do not, the challenge, and I'm not picking on reporters, about writing stories about classified information is, the people talking about it often don't really know what's going on and those of us who actually know what's going on are not talking about it.
And we don't call the press to say 'hey, you got that thing wrong about his sensitive topic.'"
"I mentioned to the chairman the nonsense around what influenced me to make the July 5th Statement. Nonsense, but I can't go explaining why it's nonsense."
Comey debunks NY Times report that Trump campaign had repeated contacts with the Russians. https://t.co/SktsHq9EGs #TrumpRussia H/T @cnsnews pic.twitter.com/jmLpGk7JiJ
— Conservative Eagle (@ConservEagleUSA) June 8, 2017
Of course, just like with CNN's story yesterday, we're certain that the New York Times will promptly retract their erroneous reporting and offer an apology to their readers for the unfortunate mistake…not that it matters much because the story has already reached millions of readers and inflicted the damage for which it was intended.
For those who missed it, Comey's opening statement also outed another anonymously-sourced 'fake news' article pushed by CNN. Here was our post on the topic from yesterday:
Back on May 9th, the White House released the letter that President Trump sent to former FBI Director James Comey informing him that he'd been relieved of his duties at the FBI. Within that letter, Trump awkwardly inserted a sentence thanking Comey for informing him "on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation." Here's the full sentence (full post here):
"While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgement of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau."
Not surprisingly, this statement set off alarm bells at CNN and other MSM outlets because, if true, it would put a real damper on their "Trump colluded with Russian hackers to stage a coup" narrative. Therefore, those outlets set out on a mission to 'prove' that Comey never made those statements and that, by definition, Trump clearly lied about his past interactions with the former FBI Director.
And not long after setting out on that mission, courtesy of those infamous 'anonymous sources', CNN and ABC struck gold when they confirmed that "FBI Director James Comey is reportedly set to testify he never told President Donald Trump that he was not under investigation." Here is a summary of CNN's reporting from their primary echo chamber, HuffPo:
"Former FBI Director James Comey is reportedly set to testify he never told President Donald Trump that he was not under investigation in connection with Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to CNN and ABC News."
And here is the original CNN reporting:
"Trump has made a blanket claim that Comey told him multiple times that he was not under investigation."
"But one source said Comey is expected to explain to senators that those were much more nuanced conversations from which Trump concluded that he was not under investigation. Another source hinted that the President may have misunderstood the exact meaning of Comey's words, especially regarding the FBI's ongoing counterintelligence investigation."
Unfortunately, CNN's 'anonymous sources' seem to have been 'mistaken' on this one. And while we have no doubts, generally, about the integrity of CNN and/or their anonymous sources, Comey's direct testimony released just a while ago seems to confirm exactly what Trump said in his original May 9th letter and exactly the opposite what CNN subsequently reported.
In fact, here are precisely three instances (ironic, right?), directly from Comey's testimony, in which he personally told President Trump he was not under investigation:
1. January 6th Meeting at Trump Tower:
"In that context, prior to the January 6 meeting, I discussed with the FBI's leadership team whether I should be prepared to assure President-Elect Trump that we were not investigating him personally. That was true; we did not have an open counter-intelligence case on him. We agreed I should do so if circumstances warranted. During our one-on-one meeting at Trump Tower, based on President Elect Trump's reaction to the briefing and without him directly asking the question, I offered that assurance."
2. January 27th Dinner at White House:
"During the dinner, the President returned to the salacious material I had briefed him about on January 6, and, as he had done previously, expressed his disgust for the allegations and strongly denied them. He said he was considering ordering me to investigate the alleged incident to prove it didn't happen. I replied that he should give that careful thought because it might create a narrative that we were investigating him personally, which we weren't, and because it was very difficult to prove a negative. He said he would think about it and asked me to think about it."
3. March 30 Phone Call:
"I explained that we had briefed the leadership of Congress on exactly which individuals we were investigating and that we had told those Congressional leaders that we were not personally investigating President Trump. I reminded him I had previously told him that."
Of course, we're 'absolutely positive' that everything else CNN has learned and reported from their anonymous sources, regarding Trump and his Russian collusion, is completely accurate and reflect nothing but the highest levels of journalistic integrity. As such, we are quite confident that CNN will promptly retract their erroneous reporting and offer an apology to their readers for the unfortunate mistake.


REFLECT: How did Paul know the Colossians had been affected by the gospel?
RESPOND: List 2 areas of your life that seem to remain attached to the "domain of darkness." Pray for the power of God to break these bonds.
Sometimes I say rude and not glorifying things to the people I work with. It isn't things that anyone else would find out of the ordinary but I know in my heart that it wasn't what Jesus would have said. Also, I often find myself not having complete faith in God and his plan for me, I recently broke my arm at crossfit and it has been a struggle to remain joyful and trust that God has an amazing plan for me. I am praying and digging deep to rip out these 'dark' roots which were acceptable in my old life, but I am made new through Christ and I pray that he will ferociously expose all of my 'dark domains' and that he will make in me a pure heart.
Two areas in my life where the roots run deep are impure thoughts, and judging others. I have allowed God to make great progress in me, but I still find create or find old ways to hold onto these things. I will pray for Gods power in breaking free from these bonds.


When I write technical posts, I use Windows Live Writer because it's free and it has lots of plugins. To be honest, it simply rocks! Now, I've used several formatting plugins in these last couple of years without any problems until now. However, I must confess that I haven't really played a lot of attention to the plugins I've used in the past and since I tend to format my machine often, that means I typically won't end using the same plugin again.
After looking more carefully at the HTML shown in the blog, it's easy to see what's going on: it seems like something is happening between the time I hit the publish button and the time the post gets published in my site. By all means, we're not talking about magic here What's happening is that WordPress is stripping my style tags from within the post's body. Even though embedding the stylesheet is normally an option for many of the available formatting plugins, the truth is that Code snippet and Insert Code plugins I installed kept generating style tags for setting the styles of the code snippets (which, as you can see from the previous picture, ended up being discarded by WordPress). Since I can't access the source code of my blog (it's kindly being hosted by msmvps.com), I couldn't try one of the available fixes. That left me with one option (in order to keep using WordPress for my blog, that is): I had to keep looking for a plugin for code insertions that played well with WordPress.
And sure enough, after some time I've managed to find my old and faithful Paste as Visual Studio Plugin which inserts the styles in the tags instead of inserting style tags. And that, my friends, makes me a happy person. And it also makes my readers happy because they can finally read the code I've written. Overall, it's a win-win situation. Having solved this problem, I've also played a little bit with VS color schemes so that the code snippets play well with the blog theme. This wasn't easy because 1.) I'm not a designer and 2.) I really like the black layout IDE (though I must confess that it doesn't really helps when reading technical blogs). Anyways, I've ended up downloading the Clean Metro style and I really think the end result was not bad. what are you thoughts on this? Do you think the blog is readable now? Can I go back and focus on content again?


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Raid of Wrong House Results in $300,000 Judgment Against United States
Loaded on May 15, 2011 by Brandon Sample
Filed under: Searches, Police Searches, Arrest Warrants. Location: New York.
By Brandon Sample
A federal judge has awarded $300,000 to a woman whose house was wrongfully raided by agents from the ATF.
On February 25, 2004, agents from the ATF executed a search warrant at Lillian Carter's home looking for a Kinte Carter. Kinte Carter did not live there, though.
A U.S. Postal Inspection Service agent had negligently advised the ATF that Kinte Carter lived at Lillian Carter's home. Apparently, the USPS agent misread her notes in communicating that Carter lived there.
Lillian Carter sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act seeking damages for past and future emotional distress caused by the raid.
The judge in the case agreed that the government was liable and accordingly awarded $300,000 in damages to Lillian Carter.
See: Carter v. United States, 725 F. Supp. 2d. 346 (E.D. N.Y. 2010).
Carter v. United States
725 F. Supp. 2d. 346 (E.D. N.Y. 2010)
Bench Verdict
More from Brandon Sample:
Q&A: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: Which Errors Are Worth Pursuing?, April 12, 2019
Guilty Plea Does Not Foreclose Challenge To Constitutionality Of Conviction, U.S. Supreme Court Decides, April 19, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Habeas Relief Citing AEDPA Deference, Dec. 19, 2017
Maryland Ban on Prisoner's Book Rescinded, Aug. 23, 2016
Former BOP Guard Convicted In Murder-For-Hire Scheme, Aug. 22, 2016
Second BOP Guard Convicted In Assault-For-Hire, Aug. 22, 2016
BOP Dentist Gets Slap On The Wrist for Sex Abuse, Aug. 22, 2016
No More Than 20 Percent Can Be Deducted To Pay Filing Fees, April 15, 2013
Eighth Circuit Vacates Special Condition of Supervised Release on Possessing Materials Depicting Nudity, April 15, 2013
Heck Does Not Apply to Released Prisoner Seeking Damages for Sentence Miscalculation, April 15, 2013
Eleventh Circuit: Prosecutor Denied Absolute Prosecutorial Immunity for Failure to Ensure Cancellation of Material Witness Warrant, Jan. 15, 2023. Prosecutorial Immunity, Arrest Warrants.
Connecticut Supreme Court Announces 'John Doe' Warrant Based on Suspect's General Description and Partial DNA Profiles, Which May or May Not Include Suspect's DNA, Fails to Satisfy 'Particularity Requirement' of Fourth Amendment, Jan. 15, 2023. DNA Testing/Samples, Arrest Warrants, Fourth Amendment.
Tennessee Supreme Court Clarifies Inevitable Discovery Doctrine in Raid of Home to Execute Arrest Warrant, May 15, 2021. Arrest Warrants, Inevitable Discovery Doctrine.
Fourth Circuit Announces Payton's 'Reason to Believe' Standard for Entering a Third-Party's Home Based on Arrest Warrant for Suspect Amounts to Probable Cause Suspect Resides There, Jan. 15, 2021. Arrest Warrants, Reasonable Suspicion.
Seventh Circuit Rejects Retaliation Claim Based on Suspicious Timing Alone, Oct. 4, 2020. Retaliation, Searches, Failure to Protect (General), First Amendment, rights.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: When Exit Order is Unlawful, Evidence Obtained from Subsequent Search Must be Suppressed, Feb. 18, 2020. Searches.
California Court of Appeal: Electronics Searching Condition Struck in Mandatory Supervision Case, Feb. 18, 2020. Searches.
First Circuit Vacates Conviction Because Sister had Neither Actual nor Apparent Authority to Consent to Search of Brother's Bags, Jan. 21, 2020. Searches, Fourth Amendment, rights.
Idaho Supreme Court: Where Police Were Unaware of Probationer's Fourth Amendment Waiver Until After Unreasonable Search, Waiver Won't Make Search Reasonable, Jan. 21, 2020. Searches, Police, Fourth Amendment, rights.
Georgia Supreme Court: Warrantless Search of Vehicle's Airbag Control Module is Unconstitutional, Dec. 18, 2019. Misconduct/Corruption, Police Misconduct, Searches, Police Searches.


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namespace Silex;

use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event;
use Pimple\Container;

final class PimpleAwareEventDispatcher extends EventDispatcher
{
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     * @var Container
     */
    private $container;

    /**
     * @var array
     */
    private $listener_ids = [];

    /**
     * @var array
     */
    private $listeners = [];

    /**
     * @param Container $container
     */
    public function __construct(Container $container)
    {
        $this->container = $container;
    }

    /**
     * @param $event_name
     * @param $callback
     * @param int $priority
     */
    public function addListenerService($event_name, $callback, $priority = 0)
    {
        if (!is_array($callback) || count($callback) !== 2) {
            throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Expected an array('service', 'method') argument");
        }

        $this->listener_ids[$event_name][] = [$callback[0], $callback[1], $priority];
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function removeListener($event_name, $listener)
    {
        $this->lazyLoad($event_name);

        if (isset($this->listener_ids[$event_name])) {
            foreach ($this->listener_ids[$event_name] as $i => $args) {
                list($service_id, $method) = $args;

                $key = $service_id . "." . $method;

                if (isset($this->listeners[$event_name][$key]) && $listener === [
                        $this->listeners[$event_name][$key],
                        $method
                    ]
                ) {
                    unset($this->listeners[$event_name][$key]);

                    if (empty($this->listeners[$event_name])) {
                        unset($this->listeners[$event_name]);
                    }

                    unset($this->listener_ids[$event_name][$i]);

                    if (empty($this->listener_ids[$event_name])) {
                        unset($this->listener_ids[$event_name]);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        parent::removeListener($event_name, $listener);
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    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function hasListeners($event_name = null)
    {
        if ($event_name === null) {
            return (bool)count($this->listener_ids) || (bool)count($this->listeners);
        }

        if (isset($this->listener_ids[$event_name])) {
            return true;
        }

        return parent::hasListeners($event_name);
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     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
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            foreach (array_keys($this->listener_ids) as $service_event_name) {
                $this->lazyLoad($service_event_name);
            }
        } else {
            $this->lazyLoad($event_name);
        }

        return parent::getListeners($event_name);
    }

    /**
     * @param $service_id
     * @param $class
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    {
        foreach ($class::getSubscribedEvents() as $event_name => $params) {
            if (is_string($params)) {
                $this->listener_ids[$event_name][] = [$service_id, $params, 0];
            } elseif (is_string($params[0])) {
                $this->listener_ids[$event_name][] = [$service_id, $params[0], isset($params[1]) ? $params[1] : 0];
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                    $this->listener_ids[$event_name][] = [
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                } elseif ($listener !== $this->listeners[$event_name][$key]) {
                    parent::removeListener($event_name, [$this->listeners[$event_name][$key], $method]);
                    $this->addListener($event_name, [$listener, $method], $priority);
                }

                $this->listeners[$event_name][$key] = $listener;
            }
        }
    }
}

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A caregiver has been arrested after investigators say a developmentally disabled woman was a raped and impregnated at a facility in Florida.
According to an arrest affidavit from the Rockledge Police Department, authorities learned in January of 2015 that a woman with the mental capacity of a small child had been impregnated while she was living in a group home for developmentally disabled individuals.
The alleged assailant, Willie Shorter, 58, was arrested Wednesday at the Woodsmere Estates Group Home on Bridle Lane in Rockledge. He was charged with lewd and lascivious battery on an elderly or disabled person. Investigators said Shorter was working at a different home in 2015.
Police said that during questioning, because of her diminished mental capacity, the victim was unable to tell the difference between a truth and a lie, or right and wrong. She was, however, able to identify Shorter as a potential father of her child, according to the affidavit.
Police said the victim also named two other people when she was questioned, but investigators said those men were quickly determined not to be the father.
"At the time of the initial investigation there was not enough evidence to obtain DNA from the defendant, and when he was questioned, he denied the allegations," police said.
According to the affidavit, the woman made a report in April of 2018 that Short had inappropriately touched her.
Because Shorter had been named years earlier as a potential father of the woman's child, police requested a DNA sample. That sample came back Wednesday and stated there was a 99.99 percent chance Shorter was the father, the affidavit said.
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